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5.2 Detailed Directions
This section includes the following procedures:
• Capture Sample Data Using the Data Capture Tool (Page 48)
5.2.1 Capture Sample Data Using the Data Capture Tool
Use this procedure to momentarily capture data sent to an input for the purpose of generating a sample data
file, as well as to capture data for a document you install on a printer or in PlanetPress Watch/Server
To capture sample data using the Data Capture tool:
1. In the PlanetPress main menu, choose Tools | Capture Data.
2. From the dropdown list, select one of the following data inputs ports: LPD, Serial, Telnet, or Windows
Queue.
3. Set the options for the capture based on the selected input.
4. Click Capture to actually capture the port.
When PlanetPress Design is ready to receive the data on the selected port, a message box is displayed.
To stop the capture, click Stop.
5. To see the log files, click the Open Log button. To view the captured data, double-click the
corresponding log file.
Log files are located in C:\Documents and Settings\[User account name]\Application Data\PlanetPress
Suite 5\PlanetPress Design\DataCap. They are named according to the capture date.
6. Click OK.
Note on Using Windows Queue Input Capture:
There are 2 available capture modes when using the Windows Queue Input: Simple and Advanced. To toggle
from one mode to another, simply click the << Advanced button to switch to the Advanced mode, and click
the >> Advanced button to revert to the Simple mode.
In both modes, if a Windows Queue using the Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) already exists, this queue is
automatically selected. If no such queue exists, Advanced mode is automatically enabled in order to allow
users to select existing printer queues.
Capturing data in Simple mode will use the default printer options, while the Advanced mode allows to set the
printer options. Any modification will prompt users with a notification message listing the changes about to be
made to the printer options.
In Simple mode, as soon as a file is captured, the data capture tool is closed and the captured file is
automatically associated to the sample data files list of the current document and set as the active data file. In
Advanced mode, and any other input, a Save dialog is prompted with every single capture. Once the data
capture tool is closed, another prompt allows you to associate the last captured file as your active sample data
file.
Related topics:
• LPD Input (Page 48)
• Serial Input (Page 49)
• Telnet Input (Page 50)
• WinQueue (Page 50)
LPD Input
Retrieves data using LPD/LPR. LPD/LPR is a printer protocol that uses TCP/IP to establish connections
between printers and workstations on a network. PlanetPress Design provides the LPD service for
Windows to receive print jobs through a TCP/IP network without requiring a Window’s driver.
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