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Characteristics tab
The characteristics define the type of paper on which the Print context is meant to be printed.
l Media Type: The type of paper, such as Continuous, Envelope, Labels, Stationery, etc.
l Weight: The weight of the media in grammage (g/m2).
l Front Coating: The pre-process coating applied to the front surface of the media, such as
Glossy, High Gloss, Matte, Satin, etc.
l Back Coating: The pre-process coating applied to the front surface of the media.
l Texture: The texture of the media, such as Antique, Linen, Stipple or Vellum.
l Grade: The grade of the media, such as Gloss-coated paper, Uncoated white paper, etc.
l Hole Name: Pre-defined hole pattern that specifies the pre-punched holes in the media,
such as R2-generic, R2m-MIB, R4i-US, etc.
New dialog
The New dialog lets you create a new OL Connect project, data mapping configuration or
template.
To open this dialog, select File > New from the menu or click the New toolbar button.
Options for this dialog:
l Wizards: Type a text to filter the templates, data mapping configurations and Sample
Projects. (See "Templates" on page477, "Data mapping configurations" on page222,
and "Sample Projects" on page1060.)
l Data Mapping Configurations: Lets you create a new data mapping configuration for a
database or data file.
l Databases: Select the database type and click Next. For the options on the next
page, see "Using the wizard for databases" on page231.
l Files: Select the file type and click Next. Then select the file itself and click Finish.
After opening the file, you have to make settings for the input data (see "Data source
settings" on page249) to make sure that the source data is parsed correctly and
divided into logical units of data the way you want. Then you can start building the
data extraction workflow.
l Data mapping Wizards: Lets you create a new data mapping configuration with a wizard.
See "With a wizard" on page225.
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