You can integrate digital print client software with Prinergy Workshop.
Why you should integrate digital print client software
Integrate digital print client software if you want to:
- Use Prinergy Workshop and the digital print client software on the same computer. With integrated software, you do not need to prepare files in Prinergy Workshop and then change computers to use the software that controls the digital printer.
- Run the digital print client software from the Tools menu of Prinergy Workshop.
When you should not integrate digital print client software
You do not need to integrate digital print client software if you want to send files to digital printers using only process templates. For information about this method of sending files to digital printers, see About using digital printers.
Where and how to integrate digital print client software
Each client computer is integrated with digital print client software separately. Therefore, if you integrate digital print client software, you need to do it on each computer that is running Prinergy Workshop.
For instructions on integrating digital print client software, see Integrating Digital Print Client software With Prinergy Workshop.
For information about installing and configuring digital print client software, see the Prinergy Digital Print Installation and Configuration Guide.
How Prinergy Workshop changes when you integrate digital print client software
After you integrate digital print client software, it appears in Prinergy Workshop on the Tools menu, next to Digital Print Administration Console. With this new menu item, you can start the software from within Prinergy Workshop.
If the digital print client software is from Xerox, the software can also appear in the Submit to Digital Print dialog box that appears when you select File > Send to Digital Direct in Job Manager.
If you want to run more than one digital print client, you can integrate more than one client with Prinergy Workshop. When you submit files for digital printing, you select the specific software client that you want in the Digital Press list in the Submit to Digital Print dialog box.
The ability to run the Digital Submit and Digital Direct applications is licensed by the Digital Print license in Prinergy Administrator.