Defining a workflow to print AFP data to a PCL printer

You can define a workflow that accepts a print job in AFP format and sends it to a PCLOut printer. You cannot send PCL data to a PCLOut printer; you must send PCL print jobs to Passthrough printers.
To define a workflow to print AFP data to a PCLOut printer:
  1. Click the Workflow tab.
  2. Right-click the AFP workflow and select Copy.
  3. Name the copy of the workflow, fill in or edit other values that you need, and click Continue.
  4. In the workflow editor, right-click the PrintJobs step and select Properties.
  5. In the Scheduling tab, change the values of the Binding, Fold options, Job class, Job form, Job destination, Requested location, Media, Output bin, Punch, and Staple properties to match the scheduling properties of the PCLOut printer that you want to print on. Other scheduling properties may be defined in a configuration file.
  6. Select the name of the PCLOut printer from the Requested printer list.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Save and enable the workflow.

In this section:

  1. Processing concerns when using PCLOut printers
    There are specific limitations to the support available when sending AFP jobs to PCLOut printers.

Related information:

Adding or removing scheduling properties
Parent topic: Preparing to use workflows