Examples of creating custom steps (transform) objects

The following shows four specific examples (from simple to more advanced) for creating transform objects. The third and fourth examples require additional programming to create the programs that are called from the Transform Options field. This topic should suggest how you can use custom steps to customize your InfoPrint Manager installation.

In this section:

  1. Creating a custom step (transform) object to copy to a file without printing
  2. Creating a custom step (transform) object to convert AFP data into PDF data and store it for later usage
  3. Creating a custom step (transform) object to convert data and print only smaller files
  4. Creating a custom step (transform) object that updates the job's page count
Parent topic: Understanding the transform objects and the custom steps (transforms) subsystem