Updating properties for AFP banner pages

Each entry in the file has two lines. The first line contains text strings and database property names, separated by commas. Database property names are delimited with brackets ([]). The second line expresses the first line as a symbol formula. For example:

• This example defines a job property. The symbol name is the same as the job property name.

  [Job.Copies]
  ${Job.Copies}
  

• This example defines a printer property:

  [Printer.AFP.Overlay]
  ${Printer.AFP.Overlay}
  

• This example defines a system setting:

  [WorkflowSystem.Transform.ServerAddress]
  ${WorkflowSystem.Transform.ServerAddress}

• This example defines a barcode that includes an initial text string, two job properties, and a final text string:

  SO,[Job.ID],[Job.TotalSheets],2009
  ${Customer.BarCode}
  

• This example defines a property of the load plan associated with the job. The ampersand (&) indicates that the properties are nested.

  &[Job.Insert.LoadPlan.ID] [LoadPlan.Media]
  ${Job.Insert.LoadPlan.ID} ${LoadPlan.Media}

• This example defines a single instance of a job property that can have different values for different phases and steps. The example resolves to one value:

  [Job.External.Command.Prepare.RunExternalProgram]
  $[Job.External.Command.Prepare.RunExternalProgram]

• This example defines all instances of a job property that can have different values for different phases and steps. This example can resolve to several values:

  [Job.External.Command]
  $[Job.External.Command]

When RICOH ProcessDirector assigns a job to a printer and generates the jobnumber.banner_attributes.txt file, it resolves entries from the configuration file. Depending on settings in the individual banner-page configuration files, such as /aiw/aiw1/control_files/banner_pages/header.cfg, it can resolve entries like this:

[Job.Copies.Value]
1
[Job.Copies.NameAndValue]
Job copies requested: 1

[Customer.BarCode.Value]
SO10000007112009
[Customer.BarCode.NameAndValue]
SO: SO Job number: 10000007 Total sheets: 11 2009: 2009

&[Job.Insert.LoadPlan.ID] [LoadPlan.Media.Value]
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