Output Options

The Outputs tab (Fig. 31) contains an Output Options panel where the following options for the selected output can be specified:

•	Paper Tray (printers only)

•	Output to File (Output to File only)

•	Duplex (printers only)

Selecting a Paper Tray

If a printer associated with an output on the Outputs tab (Fig. 31) contains one or more paper trays, one of them can be selected for use by a Task. This functionality allows multiple Tasks to be created, each of which use the same printer but a different paper tray.

To select a paper tray, perform the following actions:

1.	Select an output.

2.	In the Output Options panel click the Paper Tray list box.

3.	Click the required paper tray option.

NOTE:

When an output is selected the selected paper tray is reset and another must be selected.

NOTE:

The Paper Tray list box only becomes active when a printer output is selected.

Specifying File Options

If the Output to File output is selected on the Outputs tab (Fig. 31), the following file options become available in the Output Options panel:

•

Folder

•	Output File Name

Folder

When the Output to File output is selected, a folder in the Windows file system must be specified. This is where PDF documents are written after OMR marks are applied.

To specify a folder, perform the following actions:

1.	Select the Output to File output.

2.	In the Output Options panel click the Browse for Folder button (…) to the right of the Folder field.

3.	In the Browse dialog (Fig. 15) locate the required folder then select it. Alternatively, create a new folder then select it.

4.	Click the OK button.

The path and name of the folder now appears in the Folder field.

Instead of performing the actions above, the path and name of a folder can be typed directly into the Folder field.

Output File Name

When the Output to File output is selected, the PDF document that is created after OMR marks are applied must have a file name. The file name can consist of any of the following optional Output File Name components:

Component	Description
Task Name	The name of the Task used for processing.
Time	The date and time (yyyymmddhhmmss) the PDF document was created.
Source Name	The name of the original PDF document that was processed minus the .pdf extension.
Unique ID	A unique number.

 

Each component is separated by an underscore (_) and appears in the same order as above. The file name is also given a .pdf extension.

To determine a file name, perform the following actions:

1.	Select the Output to File output.

2.	In the Output Options panel click the check box to the left of an Output File Name component until a tick appears.

3.	Repeat step 2 for all required components.

NOTE:

At least one component must be selected before the associated Task can be saved.

EXAMPLE:

All four components are selected. A PDF document called Welcome Letter.pdf is processed using a Task called General Letters then output to file at 10:30:50 on 01/05/2012. The file name of the PDF document created would be:

General Letters_20120501103050_Welcome Letter_634714806334.pdf

Specifying Duplex

By default, mail pieces are printed simplex, meaning each page is printed on just one side of a piece of paper.

To print mail pieces duplex so odd pages appear on the front and even pages appear on the reverse of a piece of paper, perform the following actions:

1.	Select an output.

2.	In the Output Options panel click the Duplex check box until a tick appears.

To deselect duplex click the Duplex check box until the tick is removed.

NOTE:

The Duplex check box only becomes active when a printer output is selected.