Usage scenario for printing jobs on plain paper instead of preprinted paper

An application at Client A submits jobs to the input device for the workflow that processes PDF jobs. The jobs specify Form For Client A as the media. The printing company already has a RICOH ProcessDirector media object named Form For Client A.

To replace the preprinted paper, the printing company creates a PDF file that uses the same page size as the preprinted paper and has the same content. The printing company adds the PDF file as an electronic form to the Form For Client A media object. While adding the form to the media object, the printing company selects None as the value of the Media name for printing property.

The printing company then adds a step based on the CombinePDFWithForm step template to the PDF workflow after the OptimizePDF step and before the CountPages step.

Because the printing company processes jobs for many different clients through the PDF workflow, they add a branch from the OptimizePDF step to the CountPages step. That branch bypasses the CombinePDFWithForm step.

To route the jobs for Client A through the CombinePDFWithForm step, the printing company sets this rule on the connector from the OptimizePDF step to the CombinePDFWithForm step: Job.CustomerName = 'Client A'. The value of the Order of execution property for the rule is 1.

After the printing company modifies the PDF workflow, the jobs from Client A move through the CombinePDFWithForm step. The step combines the electronic forms defined for the Form For Client A media object with the job data and checks the value of the Media name for printing property. Because the value is None, the step removes all instances of the media name Form For Client A from the job. As a result, the job prints on the printer default media. The jobs for all the other clients bypass the CombinePDFWithForm step and print on preprinted paper.

The PDF workflow modified by the printing company is similar to the ElectronicFormJobSample workflow supplied with the Preprinted Forms Replacement feature. The biggest difference between the workflows is the rule on the connector from the OptimizePDF step to the CombinePDFWithForm step. For more information about the ElectronicFormJobSample workflow, refer to the Information Center.