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1. From the PlanetPress Design Button, choose Print.
2. In the Select printers list, select the printer or printers on which you want to perform the preview.
3. If you also want to save a copy of the converted document to a file, select Print to file.
4. Select the data pages you want to use for the preview.
All data pages: Select to use all data pages in the sample data file. It is important to understand that this refers to
data pages and not document pages. The presence or absence of an individual document page in the preview
depends on the output type of the page and the condition, if any, set on the page.
Use data page range: Select to perform the preview using a range of the data pages in the sample data file. Use the
From and To spin boxes to enter the range. It is important to understand that this refers to data pages and not doc-
ument pages.
From: Enter the page number of the first data page in the range of data pages you want to use for the preview. You
can type the page number or use the spin buttons to adjust the value. This option is available only when you select Use
data page range.
To: Enter the page number of the last data page in the range of data pages you want to use for the preview. You can
type the page number or use the spin buttons to adjust the value. This option is available only when you select Use data
page range.
5. Specify whether you want to execute the preview host-based or printer-based. This option is important if your doc-
ument contains dynamic images that reference external images.
Optimized PostScript Stream: Select to have PlanetPress Design execute the preview host-based. Clear to have
PlanetPress Design execute the preview printer-based. If you clear Optimized PostScript Stream, the external images
must reside on the printer on which you are printing the preview. If you select Optimized PostScript Stream, the exter-
nal images must reside either on the host on which PlanetPress Design is running, or on the printer on which you are
executing the preview. Obviously the PlanetPress Talk expression you entered in the Image box for each of the
dynamic images that reference external images, must resolve to the correct pathnames for the external images in the
preview environment. Executing a document host-based decreases the time the printer spends executing the doc-
ument and can be useful if your concern is minimizing the time the document requires to execute on the printer.
6. In the Number of copies box, enter the number of copies of the preview you want to print, or use the spin buttons to
adjust the value. This box is available only if you have at least one printer selected in the Select printers list.
7. If your document uses database emulation, set the refresh option.
Refresh data from database: Select to have PlanetPress Design refresh the sample data file by repeating the SQL
query before creating the soft proof preview. Clear to have PlanetPress Design use the sample data file in its current
state. This option is available only when your document uses database emulation.
Refresh Metadata: Select to have PlanetPress Design refresh the metadata file before creating the soft proof pre-
view. Clear to have PlanetPress Design use the metadata file in the current state, without regenerating it.
8. Click OK to exit the Print dialog box and execute the preview.
PlanetPress Design converts the document and adds a trigger to the PostScript code. It then sends the document to
each printer you selected in the Select printers list, along with the pages (or record sets) of the sample data file you
specified for the preview. The preview prints on each of those printers. If you selected a Host based execution, Plan-
etPress Design performs a partial execution of the document before sending it to each of the printers.
If you selected Print to File, PlanetPress Design prompts you to specify the name of the file to which you want to
save the converted document. Once you enter a file name and click Save, PlanetPress Design saves a copy of the con-
verted document (a PostScript file).
Print Using a Windows Driver
PlanetPress Design generates the job file and hands it over with the available print options to the Windows print driver, which
takes the relay for the actual printing part.
When printing using a Windows Driver, PDF image resources will lose their transparency, because they are
Document Output and Preview
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