PowerSWITCH 07

Example flows

When you don't want to start from scratch, you can just download one of these examples, adapt it to your needs and you are set to go.

• Sort jobs in folders based on Ad Ticket Job ID
  

  This example flow retrieves the XMP information from a PDF file. Folders are created based on the JOB ID field from the XMP information. All files are moved to the folder with the matching JOB ID.

• Submit and track jobs with SWITCHclient
  

  This demo flow for SWITCHclient shows you how to use Submitpoints to submit jobs through the SWITCHclient and Checkpoints where you can view a job and decide which direction it has to follow afterwards.

• Sort jobs based on JDF information
  

  This example flow adds the JDF information that comes with a file to the job ticket of that file. A script will search for the customer's company name in the JDF information and move the file in the correct folder.

• Sorting based on XMP metadata
  

  All incoming files are sorted one way or the other depending on the XMP information stored in the file (more specific: in the Destination field).

• Sort on XMP metadata using AppleScript
  

  An AppleScript is used to sort all incoming files depending on the XMP information stored in the file (more specific: in theDestination field).

• Use preflight profile depending on XMP data
  

  This flow processes all PDF files through a single Enfocus PitStop Server configurator, but the PDF Profile that is used depends on the GWG Ad Ticket that is present in the PDF file.

• Use Apago PDFspy to detect use of Courier
  

  The information collected by Apago PDFspy is exported as XML and also used to track down the font Courier.

• Prioritize submitted jobs
  

  Files are submitted through SWITCHclient where you are obligated to enter a priority between 1 and 9. The "Priority Queue" tool looks at these priorities to decide which file should be preflighted first.

• Rename file using SWITCHclient
  

  This flow allows you to rename files by entering the new name in the SWITCHclient checkpoint. The actual renaming is done by PowerSWITCH.

• Add GWG Job ID to job name
  

  This example flow retrieves job ID from the XMP information stored in the PDF file. This job ID is added as a prefix to the filename.

• Archive FTP Server for 2 months
  

  All files and jobs are downloaded from the FTP server and stored in the archive folder. They stay in this folder for 60 days and are then deleted by the Recycle Bin script.

• Change and export Exif Image info
  

  This flow shows how you can use EXIFutils to change the exif information of incoming images. Secondly, it exports the exif information and save it as an XML file.

• Sort on PitStop XML report content
  

  The XML preflight reports created by PitStop are picked up as metadata. This metadata is used to sort files in different folders depending on the type of errors that were found e.g. color, font or other errors.

• Use WAM!Net job ticket
  

  WAM!Net hands over jobs to PowerSWITCH; each job contains one or more files and a job ticket. SWITCH reads the job ticket information and uses it in a confirmation email.

• WAM!Net receive and preflight
  

  PowerSWITCH receives files from WAM!Net together with their WAM!Net job ticket. All files are preflighted; a different email is sent for failed or success files depending on the WAM!Net job ticket. Job tickets, preflight reports and processed files are collected in one archive per job.

• Sort and check FlightCheck Online files
  

  FlightCheck Online flow hands over files to PowerSWITCH which will read the job ticket information delivered with the job. All jobs are preflighted and sorted based on this information.

• Extract email info for Cumulus
  

  SWITCH retrieves attachments from emails send to a specific email account wile remembering the sender’s email address, email subject, body etc. This email information is saved in XML which is picked up by AutoCatalog together with the attachments and added to the Cumulus database.

• From ADAM to Photoshop contact sheet
  Adam creates an order for each 4 images and hands them over to SWITCH. SWITCH uses Photoshop to create a contact sheet of these 4 images.
• Check images and hand over to ADAM
  

  The EXIF information is retrieved from all images received through FTP. FlightCheck professional is used to check the quality of the images and sends low quality images through an approve cycle before adding them to ADAM.

• Preflight PDF files with DevZeroG PrintSure CLI
  The example flow shows how you can use the PrintSure PDF preflight engine to preflight files inside a company. The flow is based on a script for the command-line version of the PrintSure engine.