"Destination" Option
When a print job is processed by a sequence in the Prinect workflow, not only do you have the processed PDF documents or pages that generally run through the various sequences or are output but you also have additional data that are created or copies of the processed data that are saved. In "Destination", you define how and where these data will be saved. This means that you can save, for example, the PDF documents processed by a sequence also as a side result. After the whole Prinect workflow has finished, you can then understand how a sequence processed the job data.
You can specify the paths for the output files in the various Destination setups. In the path name box, the default setting for the output folder is "$Template". This is a variable that creates a folder with the name of the current CopySurfacePDF sequence. The folder is created the moment a new job is created and this CopySurfacePDF sequence is assigned to the new job.
"Output is" list box
You can choose between the following options:
•Temporary side result
The resulting data are saved as a side result but are processed by subsequent sequences and are released for overwriting after they are sent to the next processing stage.
•Saved side result
The resulting data are saved as a "side result" and are not overwritten by subsequent sequences, i.e. these data are filed as the "saved result".
"Surfaces" group
"Store" list box
You can choose between the following options:
•Job internal
The copied surfaces are filed below the "PTJobs\Jobs" folder. The copied pages or documents are used within the workflow.
•Job external
You can select a folder for filing the copied surfaces in the file system of the Prinect server or you can create a new folder. This can be the hotfolder for a third-party product, for example, in order to enable further processing in an automatic workflow. You can enter the path and name of the folder manually or use the "Browse" function to locate the desired folder.
•Job exchange
This item is available only if Prinect Portal Services is connected to the Prinect Manager. "download" is set by default as the name in the "in Folder" box. You should not change this item. When this sequence is assigned to a print job, the surfaces are copied automatically to the relevant download folder on the Prinect Portal Services server that is part of this job.
Example: You want to make imposed, color-converted and trapped PDF data available to a customer. Then you can make a job available to the customer who will upload, for example, 32 pages for a brochure to this job and after a few seconds will receive four 8up PDFs.
"Name Rule" list box
This is where you can select a rule for naming the output files of this sequence. The use of name rules lets you, for example, use certain data of the print job in the file names. The name rules that were defined in "Administration > Resources > Rules for File and Folder Names" display in the list (see Rules for File and Folder Names).
You can use the "ImposePDF" sequence to edit sheet pages with assigned document pages (assigned manually, using "Automatic Page Assignment" or with the "AutoSheet" sequence) to one imposed PDF sheet document.
You can configure the following options in the "ImposePDF" sequence:
•"Accept approved Surfaces only" Option
"Accept approved Surfaces only" Option
When this option is checked and the "Approve Surface" option is also checked in the preceding sequences, the surfaces are assigned automatically to the sheet layout only if the surfaces have "Approved" as their production approval status. Processing stops if you try to assign surfaces that were not approved and an appropriate message displays.