Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS)

Introduction

The Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) allows end-users to print directly to the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools from any Windows application, by using the familiar File|Print option. At the other end, PlanetPress Office and PlanetPress Production specifically can capture the incoming stream and convert it internally into a PDF file along with its metadata.

Although it is available with every PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools, this feature becomes even more useful in environments where the Document Input emulation is available (with PlanetPress Office or PlanetPress Production).

Install a Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS)

The Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) is automatically installed during the PlanetPress Suite setup, along with a default Windows Printer Queue called PlanetPress Printer.

Install a Windows Printer Queue using the Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS)

A Windows Printer Queue using the Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) can be installed from the PlanetPress Design Data Capture window.

Creating a new Windows printer queue from PlanetPress Design:

1. Start PlanetPress Design.
2. Choose Tools | Data Capture | Windows Queue Input.
3. Click New.
4. Enter a Name for the printer queue.
5. Click OK.

Every new Windows printer queue using the Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) is shared by default. Once such a shared queue is created, end-users can install it on their own computer by going through the same steps they would when installing a new remote printer in their Operating System. By default, connecting to a shared printer will automatically result in the Objectif Lune Printer Driver being downloaded to the connecting host.

Printer Properties setup

A printer queue using the Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) can be configured to produce one of 3 different types of datafiles: EMF, PostScript, or PDF.

Possible printer properties settings, along with the datafile type it will produce:

Spool Print Jobs in EMF Format:

• This will create an EMF datafile.
• This format is usally reserved for use with the Windows Print Converter action plugin (see PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools documentation).
• This format can be obtained using any PlanetPress Suite Product; PlanetPress Design or any of the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools.

Spool Print Jobs in RAW Format:

• This will create a PostScript datafile when the option Create PDF (with Medatada) is unchecked.
  • This format can be obtained using any PlanetPress Suite Product; PlanetPress Design or any of the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools.
• This will create a PDF datafile when the option Create PDF (with Medatada) is checked.
  • This format can be obtained using PlanetPress Design and PlanetPress Office or PlanetPress Production.

By default, the Create PDF option is:

• Checked if the incoming stream has been produced with the Objectif Lune Printer Driver.
• Unchecked if the incoming stream comes from some other PostScript Driver.
• Grayed out and unchecked if the incoming stream is not PostScript.

Data Capture from PlanetPress Design

Once a shared Windows printer queue using Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) is installed on both the server and the client sides, data capture can be achieved the same way as with any other Windows printer queues.

Data Capture from PlanetPress Design:

1. Start PlanetPress Design.
2. Choose Tools | Data Capture | Windows Queue Input.
3. Select a Windows print queue using the Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) from the drop-down list.
4. Click Capture.
5. Start the windows application from which you want to capture data.
6. Open your selected document.
7. Click File | Print.
8. Choose the same Windows print queue as in step 4.

Note that steps 5-7 can be performed at any time, even if PlanetPress Design is not yet in data capture mode. This is because every Windows printer queue using Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) is paused by default. Once the data capture has started, it captures the first queued job. If there are more than 1 job, the user will have to use the data capture button again.

PDF Creation Parameters

PDF files retrieved from a Windows print queue using Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) have the following properties:

• PDF 1.4
• Optimized PDF (subject to change)
• No down-sampling of images

These settings are pre-configured and cannot be changed by the user.

About Metadata

Metadata files are files containing information on the job itself rather than containing the job per se. A job sent to the Objectif Lune Printer Driver (PS) creates its own metadata, allowing users to retrieve relevant information, such as, for instance, the time and date the print request was sent. For more on this, see the Working with Metadata documentation pages.