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YoucanprintandsendemailfromtheDesigner,butifyouwanttodothisinanautomatedprocess,orif

youwanttoproducewebpagesthatarenotattachedtoanemail,youneedtobuildWorkflowpro-

cesseswithOLConnecttasks.Formoreinformation,see:"WorkflowprocessesinOLConnectpro-

jects"onpage168.

Print output

Connectsupportsanumberofdifferenttypesofprintoutputs.Theseinclude:

l

PCL

l

PDF

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PostScript(includingthePPML,VIPPandVPSvariants)

Printtemplates(alsocalledPrintsections),arepartofthePrintcontext.Theyaremeanttobeprinted

directlytoaprinteroraprinterstream/spoolfile,ortoaPDFfile(see"GeneratingPrintoutput"onthe

facingpage).

ThePrintcontextcanalsobeaddedtoEmailoutputasaPDFattachment;see"GeneratingEmailout-

put"onpage1340.

WhengeneratingoutputfromthePrintcontext,eachofthePrintsectionsisaddedtotheoutputdoc-

ument,oneaftertheotherinsequence,foreachrecord.

Todynamicallyselectasectionforoutput,useaControlScript;see"ControlScripts"onpage838.

ThereisanumberofsettingsinthePrintcontextandPrintsectionsthathaveanimpactonhowthe

Printcontextisprinted;see"PrintsettingsinthePrintcontextandsections"onpage444.

TosplitthePrintoutputintoseveralfiles,see"Splittingprintingintomorethanonefile"onpage1329.

Fax output

ItispossibletogenerateFaxoutputfromPlanetPressConnectthroughaPrintoutputjobcreating

PDF/VToutput,withsomeadditionalWorkflowsteps.

See"GeneratingFaxoutput"onpage1337fordetails.

Email output

TheEmailcontextoutputsHTMLemailwithembeddedformattingtoanemailclientthroughtheuseof

anemailserver.TheHTMLgeneratedbythiscontextismeanttobecompatiblewithasmanyclients

andasmanydevicesaspossible.

AlthoughtheEmailcontextcancontainmultipleEmailtemplates,onlyoneofthemcanbemergedwith

eachrecord.Whichoneisused,dependsonasetting;see"EmailoutputsettingsintheEmailcontext

andsections"onpage1341.

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