"External PDF Processing" Option

Prerequisite: You must have the "Smart Automation" license for this step.

This option lets you copy PDF files out of a Prinect Production job and into an output folder to process these files with external processes. "External processes" means that PDF processing tools that run outside the Prinect Production can be used. The externally processed files are stored in a return folder for further processing in the Prinect workflow.

In this way, in an automated workflow PDF documents can be processed first with external applications and afterwards in the Prinect workflow. The output folder can be used as a hot folder for external processing. The return folder acts as a hot folder for the Prinect workflow, i.e. the files stored here are automatically processed further by the Prinect workflow.

"Output directory" box

Click "Browse" to select an existing folder or create a new one in the system environment of the Prinect server. The PDF files from the current print job are copied to this folder for external processing.

"Return directory" box

This displays the name of the return folder where the processed PDF files have to be filed. The default name is: "PDConnect/PDFReturn". The "PDConnect" return folder is located on the Prinect server in the "PTConfig" share.