To create jobs in Prinergy Direct, you can start with imposed flats or
exported jobs.
Imposed flats
Prinergy Direct can accept imposed flats from other software such as
Preps, Kodak Pandora, or Adobe InDesign.
To accept the files, you must set up a job with an add-and-process hot
folder linked to a refine process template. When you drop the flats into
the hot folder, Prinergy Direct refines the files into PDF flats.
Hub-and-spoke
You can use Prinergy Direct in a hub-and-spoke setup where the hub is
a Prinergy Connect or Prinergy Powerpack system and the spoke is
Prinergy Direct.
How you accept the export depends on whether the other Prinergy
system exports an entire job or a partial job:
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To accept an entire job, you set up a pre-job with an add-and-
process hot folder linked to an ImportAll process template. When
you drop the export into the hot folder, Prinergy Direct creates a
new job.
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To accept a partial job, you take an existing job and set up an add-
and-process hot folder linked to an ImportIncremental process
template. When you drop the export into the hot folder, Prinergy
Direct adds the imported files to the job.
Hub-and-spoke workflow with partial jobs
Your workflow can follow a hub-and-spoke setup where you export a
partial job from one Prinergy system and import it into another
Prinergy system.
Prerequisite
: The .zip file was exported from Prinergy using an
ExportIncremental process template. (If you have a complete job, see
Hub-and-Spoke Workflow with Jobs instead.)
1. Create a job or open an existing job.
2. Add a hot folder and associate it with an
ImportIncremental
process template.
3. Drop the export file into the hot folder.
Prinergy adds the export to the existing job. If the imported
signature name matches an existing signature name, Prinergy adds
01 to the imported signature.
Hub-and-spoke workflow with partial jobs
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