Perform a Batch Conversion and/or Installation
You can have PlanetPress Design perform one or more of the following in a single operation:
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Install each document on one or more printers.
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Install each document in one or more installations of a PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool.
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Install each document in a PlanetPress Design iWatch installation.
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Convert each document and save it to a file, along with the PostScript code for installing the document on the printer.
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Save the PTZ (or PTK) version of each document to a file.
To start a batch conversion and/or installation, from the PlanetPress Design Button, choose Batch Send To.
To use the Batch Send To wizard
- In the Introduction screen, simply click Next >>.
- In Select Documents, select the documents you want to convert and/or install. To add a document, simply browse to its location on the left and drag it to the right part of the screen. Click Next >>.
All of the subsequent conversion and/or installation operations you define in the wizard are performed on all of the documents you select here.
- If you want to install the documents on one or more printers, place a checkmark next to each printer you want to send to in the Select printers screen. Refer to Install a Document for the Send to Printer settings. Click Next >>.
- In PlanetPress Suite Workflow, select any PlanetPress Workflow workstation where you want to send the document(s). Refer to Install a Document for the Send to PlanetPress Workflow settings. Click Next >>.
- In PlanetPress iWatch, enter the host of any iSeries printer where you want to send the document(s). Refer to Install a Document for the Send to PlanetPress iWatch settings. Click Next >>.
- In Send, a list of operations will appear. Click Next >> to start the Batch Send To process.
PlanetPress Design performs the batch conversion and/or installation you defined in the wizard, displaying status messages as it progresses through the operations.
- Click Finishto exit the wizard. The Batch Send To window disappears and returns to PlanetPress Design.
Batch Send To does not support sending to BrightQ hosts. To send to a BrightQ host, see Install a Document.