Supported file formats
Smart hot folders can accept and process any of the following source
files:
●
Input files (
.ps
,
.pdf
,
.eps
,
.tif
, and so on)
●
Non-incremental Prinergy exported job files (
.zip
)
●
Imposition plans (
.pjtf
and
.jdf
from Preps 4.2.3 and later) and
marks files (
.ps
and
.pdf
)
●
Preps
.job
files
●
JDF-MIS stripping parameters
Note: While you can import impositions that were created in earlier versions of
Preps, you can only edit them in Preps 6. The Preps DLL on the Prinergy server
(which is used to convert Preps jobs, JDFs, and so on to impositions) only works in
Preps 6 mode. This means that sites with Preps 5 clients must migrate these
clients to Preps 6 in order to edit Prinergy impositions. Preps version 5 and earlier
are no longer tested or supported. Preps 5 templates can be migrated by opening
and saving them in the Preps 6.2 standalone application. The Preps 6.2 application
and DLL have been modified to translate Preps 5 templates to Preps 6 mode at the
moment they're opened.
How smart hot folders work
A smart hot folder matches the source file name with the naming
patterns configured in the smart hot folder. See the topic on naming
patterns in smart hot folders.
For more information about how smart hot folders work, see the case
study about smart hot folders.
Note: Smart hot folders are not the same as job-specific hot folders. For
information about job-specific hot folders, see the topic about hot folders.
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Examples: invalid naming patterns
This topic includes examples of naming patterns that don't work and
the reasons why.
Example 1: Incorrect file naming syntax
In the following example, the source file is accepted by the smart hot
folder, but a job is not created because the back reference is incorrect.
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