Creating a custom step (transform) object to convert data and print only smaller files

If your transform might want to terminate the processing of the job in some cases but return data to be printed in other cases, you can create a conditionally terminating transform. For example, you might want to transform and store some documents but transform and return for printing other documents. You can define a return code that your transform can return to indicate when it has completed its task successfully, but is not returning any data for printing.

In the example below, the actual destination activates the pics2gif transform when incoming JPEG and TIFF jobs enter the system. These jobs are transformed into GIF format and then uploaded to the Internet by an application outside of InfoPrint Manager. When the transformed GIF files are smaller than 3 KB, they are returned to InfoPrint Manager for printing on a proof printer. To observe cost-cutting mandates across the installation, transformed GIF files that are larger than 3 KB are not printed. The transform checks the size of the transformed file and sends a return code of 5 if the job is too big to be printed.

To define a data stream transform object from the InfoPrint Manager Web Administration Interface as a conditionally-terminating transform, use this procedure:

  1. Connect to the InfoPrint Manager server using the