PrintShop Web Connect

The PrintShop Web Connect Input task allows the use of a PReS Workflow in order to drive PrintShop Mail Web requests. A Send to PReS printer is available to PrintShop Mail Web operators selecting Generate Output in the PrintShop Mail Web Order Manager, providing an easy way to send jobs toward the PrintShop Web Connect Input task, in order to take full advantage of PReS Workflow's built-in automation tasks.

Note: PrintShop Mail Web and PReS Workflow must be installed on the same server in order to make the PrintShop Web Connect Input task available in your PReS Workflow.

Input

This task does not poll an input, it sits there and waits for a job file to be sent by the local PrintShop Mail Web installation.

Processing

When the job is received from PrintShop Mail Web, it is saved as a job file. No further processing is done on the file.

Output

The task outputs the job file as is, with no evaluation or modification. The format of the job is PostScript generated by PrintShop Mail Web.

PrintShop Web Connect Preferences

A PrintShop Web Connect preferences page, accessible via the PReS Workflow Button | Preferences | PrintShop Web Connect, allows to provide operator credentials to your PReS Workflow configuration.
It is mandatory to fill both the user name and password fields (with the values of an existing user on the PrintShop Web server) in order to use the PrintShop Web Connect Input task.

Note: It is also mandatory to send your configuration to your PReS Workflow service since the PrintShop Web credentials are included in the *.cfg file (See Sending a configuration), which is updated every time the configuration is sent to the service via the Send Configuration button.

General Tab

  • All documents: Lists, in a hierarchical view (Company -> Publication Types -> Documents), the PrintShop Mail documents already existing on the PrintShop Web server.
  • Refresh: Click to update the list of PrintShop Mail documents available on the PrintShop Web server.

"Other" Tab

  • Job Information group
    • Information elements: Indicates what Job Info variables are automatically created by the input task.
    • Add lines before first data page: Using the arrows keys you can add any job information directly at the beginning of your data file.
  • Backup input files: Check this to save a copy of each data file that is captured by your input. These files are saved in the PReS Workflow Tools working folders under the "Backup" folder.
    To navigate quickly to the Workflow working folders, press the keyboard shortcut CTRL+ALT+Shift+F4 from within the Workflow configuration tool.
    The number of days to keep backups of jobs processed by input tasks is set per process; see Process properties.
  • Backup filename: Enter the file name that you wish the input data file backup to be saved under.
  • Delete Existing Metadata: Check to remove any Metadata from memory. This option is disabled on initial input tasks, and is checked by default on secondary input tasks.

On Error Tab

For a description of the options on the On Error tab see Using the On Error tab.

Miscellaneous Tab

The Miscellaneous tab is common to all tasks.

It contains a text area (Task comments) that lets you write comments about the task. These comments are saved when the dialog is closed with the OK button and are displayed in The Task Comments Pane.

Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in the Process area.

The tab also provides an option to highlight the task in The Process area with the default color, set in the Preferences (see Colors), or the color selected or defined under Highlight color on this tab.
To revert the selected highlight color to the default color, open this tab, turn the Highlight option off and close the dialog with the OK button; then turn highlighting back on.
Highlighting can also be turned on and off via the task's contextual menu and with the Highlight button on the View ribbon.