Promotional Print Jobs - Sample Project

The Print Promotional Jobs Sample Project generates a simple Connect solution that can produce promotional print output.
To start the Sample Project, select File > New > Sample Projects > Print Promotional Jobs from the menu.
For more detailed information about this project, and instructions on how to test and customize it, see Sample Project: Print Promotional Jobs.

The wizard contains the following options.

• Workflow

  • Project folder: Select a folder. In this folder, the Project Wizard will create two folders: Configurations and Workspace. The project's resource files are saved to the Configurations folder. The Workspace folder is meant to be used when debugging the solution (see Testing and running the project).
    

  • Send Templates and resources to Workflow: Check this option to send the necessary resource files to the active Workflow instance on the local machine. Without these files the Workflow configuration can be inspected, but it cannot be tested; in order to test the configuration, you'll have to send the resources manually (see Sending files to Workflow).
    
    In order for this option to work, Workflow and the Designer must be installed on the same machine. In addition, the PPMessenger service must be running. By default, this service is always started automatically from the moment Workflow has been installed.

• Workflow
  • Project folder: Select a folder. In this folder, the Project Wizard will create two folders: Configurations and Workspace. The project's resource files are saved to the Configurations folder. The Workspace folder is meant to be used when debugging the solution (see Promotional Print Jobs - Sample Project).
  • Send Templates and resources to Workflow: Check this option to send the necessary resource files to the active Workflow instance on the local machine. Without these files the Workflow configuration can be inspected, but it cannot be tested; in order to test the configuration, you'll have to send the resources manually (see Sending files to Workflow).
    
    In order for this option to work, Workflow and the Designer must be installed on the same machine. In addition, the PPMessenger service must be running. By default, this service is always started automatically from the moment Workflow has been installed.

• Production

  • Output preset: Select the output format: PDF, PCL or PostScript Level 3. The variants with Virtual Stationery will add the stationery file (stored in the Connect template) as background image to the pages. In any case, the output will be printed to a file.
    The Sample Project will set the respective Output Creation Preset for the Output Creation tab in the All In One plugin, and it adds the correct file extension (.pdf, .pcl or .ps) to the File name setting in the Send To Folder task.