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installed on the printer’s hard disk (see above). With these types of printers, the syntax for documents that reside in the prin-
ter’s Flash memory must only be used if the printer has both a hard disk and Flash memory.
Run a Document Installed on a Printer
If you installed your document directly on a printer, you print it by sending a trigger to the printer followed by the input data.
The Trigger and Data Capture Guide provides platform-specific procedures for creating the appropriate trigger and
inserting it at the head of the data stream you send to the printer.
Most PostScript printers also support Printer Control Language (PCL). For this reason, you should configure your printer to
detect the language of the incoming job and automatically switch to the appropriate language. This is particularly important in
environments where people send both PCL and PS jobs to the printer. Consult your printer manual for help configuring the
printer.
To run a document installed on a printer:
1. Create the trigger.
To create the trigger, you must know the operating system of the host on which the input data resides, and how that
host is connected to the printer (direct connection, serial line, print server).
You also need to determine the technique you intend to use to create the trigger and insert it at the head of the data
stream.
2. Send the trigger, followed by the input data, to the printer.
Run a Document Installed in a PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool
Consult the PlanetPress Workflow Tools User Guide for complete information on creating and executing a PlanetPress Suite
process.
To run a document in a PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool:
1. Install the document into the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool.
2. Create a PlanetPress Suite process to run your document.
3. Run the PlanetPress Suite process.
When you install a document on a PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool server, you should make sure the fonts included in the doc-
ument are actually available on the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool server. To install TrueType fonts, use the standard Win-
dows procedure. To install PostScript fonts, use the Install PostScript Font command in your PlanetPress Suite Workflow
Tool.
Run a Document that Uses a Database Emulation
You cannot install a document that uses database emulation on a printer and send a trigger along with the data to have the doc-
ument print. Only PlanetPress Design and PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools can perform the necessary conversion of the data
before sending it to the document.
In most cases you run a document that uses database emulation in a PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool. This makes it possible
to automate the execution of the document, and ensures that the data sent to the document always reflects the contents of the
database at the time the document prints. Consult the PlanetPress Workflow Tools User Guide for help printing a document
that uses a database emulation.
You can also use the hard copy preview capability in PlanetPress Design to print the document with all or some of the data-
base. In this case, in the hard copy preview options, you should select Refresh data from database to update the contents of
the sample data file before executing the preview. This ensures the preview reflects the latest changes to the database.
Document Output and Preview
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