Defining a workflow to send PDF jobs to Quadient Inspire Designer
Copy and customize one of the PDF workflows to create a workflow that sends jobs to
Quadient Inspire Designer.
To define a workflow to send jobs to Quadient Inspire Designer:
- Click the Workflow tab.
- Right-click the PDF workflow and select Copy.
- Name the copy of the workflow, fill in or edit other values that you need, and click Continue.
- In the workflow editor, click Step Templates in the top right corner of the window.
- Find the ComposePDF step template and add it to the Receive phase before the OptimizePDF step.
- Right-click the ComposePDF step and select Properties.
- Update any values that are different for this workflow.
- For a workflow that accepts a WFD and one or more raw data files to generate a PDF
file, we recommend these settings:
Property Value External program language Not set External command PNetTC ${Job.GMC.WFDFileLocation} ${Job.GMC.SetupDataFiles} -o MyOutput1 -e PDF -f ${getFileName(print, pdf, write)} WFD file ${getFileName(print, unknown, read)} Data modules -difDataInput1 Fixed data modules Not Set External program code page UTF8 Valid return codes 0,2 Data files ${getFileName(overrides, text, read)} Fixed data files Not set Quadient JOB file Not set
- For a workflow that accepts a WFD and a PDF file, then sends them to Quadient Inspire Designer to be reformatted or modified, we recommend these settings:
Property Value External program language Not set External command PNetTC ${Job.GMC.WFDFileLocation} ${Job.GMC.SetupDataFiles} -o MyOutput1 -e PDF -f ${getFileName(print, pdf, write)} WFD file ${getFileName(gmc, wfd, read)} Data modules -PDFinParamInput1 Fixed data modules Not Set External program code page UTF8 Valid return codes 0,2 Data files ${getFileName(print, pdf, read)} Fixed data files Not set Quadient JOB file Not set
- For a workflow that accepts a WFD and one or more raw data files to generate a PDF
file, we recommend these settings:
- Click OK.
- Add and update any other step templates that the workflow requires.
- Save the workflow.