"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 BookletProof sequence. The folder is created the moment a new job is created and this BookletProof sequence is assigned to the new job.

"Output is" list box

This is where you define how the data will be saved:

​•​intermediate result

The resulting data are saved but are processed by subsequent sequences and are released for overwriting after they are sent to the next processing stage.

​•​saved result

The resulting data are saved and can be used for processing by subsequent sequences. However, they remain saved and are not overwritten by subsequent sequences.

​•​Temporary side result

As a side result, the data are also saved out of the normal processing path. The data saved as a temporary side result can be overwritten by subsequent sequences. In other words, they are processed further by subsequent sequences and released for overwriting after they are sent to the next processing step.

​•​Saved side result

As a side result, the data are also saved out of the normal processing path. The data saved as a "side result" remain saved and are not overwritten by subsequent sequences, i.e. these data are filed as "backups".

Note: Not all result types mentioned here are available in all sequence types.

"Page Softproofs" group

Prerequisite: You can use this group only if a soft proofer (soft proof, PDF export, Tiff export, etc.) was set as the proofer (in the "on" list box).

"Store" list box

You can choose between the following options if a side result option is set in the "Output is" list box:

​•​Job internal

The generated soft proof documents are filed below the "PTJobs\Jobs" folder. The pages or documents are used within the workflow.

​•​Job external

You can select a folder for filing the generated documents in the file system of the Prinect server or you can create a new folder. This can be the hotfolder of 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.

"Name Rule" option

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).