Defining a workflow to submit a file to an InfoPrint 5000 hot folder

To submit a print job to a hot folder on an InfoPrint 5000, you must create a workflow that uses the CopyToFolder step.
To define the workflow:
  1. Click the Workflow tab.
  2. Right-click the OutputPDF workflow and select Copy.
  3. Name the copy of the workflow, fill in or edit other values that you need, and click Continue.
  4. Find and right-click the TransformJobIntoPDF step.
  5. Select Delete. You see a confirmation message. Click Yes.
  6. Connect the DetectInputDataStream step to the CopyToFolder step:
    1. Hover over the DetectInputDataStream step. Click and hold a highlighted section () to make the connector appear.
    2. Drag the connector onto the CopyToFolder step, wait until a section of the step is highlighted, and release the mouse button.
  7. Right-click the CopyToFolder step and select Properties.
  8. Click External.
  9. Delete the contents of the External Command property and replace it with a one of these commands:
    • If you want to submit a print file to the hot folder, the command should look like this:
      • cp ${getCurrentFile(${Job.InputDatastream})} /mnt/destinationHotFolder/${Job.ID}

      Replace destinationHotFolder with the name of the directory that the InfoPrint 5000 printer uses as a hot folder.

        Note:
      • When you use this command, you cannot send the number of copies (or other job properties) to the printer. You must specify the number of copies on the printer.

    • If you want to submit a MIME package (containing a PDF file and a JDF job ticket), which specifies the number of copies to print, the command should look like this:
      • cp ${getFileName(print,mjm,read)} /mnt/destinationHotFolder/${Job.ID}

      Replace destinationHotFolder with the name of the directory that the InfoPrint 5000 printer uses as a hot folder.

        Note:
      • Copying a MIME package requires InfoPrint 5000 Code Level V2.9.112 or later.

  10. Click OK.
  11. Save and enable the workflow.
Parent topic: Printing PDF and PostScript files on the InfoPrint 5000 printer Models AS1 and AD1/2