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You need to create a refine process template for a specific customer. This customer's job will be ongoing with files being received intermittently throughout a long period of time. You want to create a refine process template that will be used only for this customer.

Create a new job and set job attributes

  1. If it is not already open, start Prinergy Workshop.
  2. In Job Finder, right-click your main group, and choose New Job.
  3. Type the job name XXJob_Refine_PT (where <XX> represents your initials).
  4. Click Create
  5. Minimize Job Manager.

Copy a refine process template

  1. From the Job Finder Tools menu, select Process Template Editor.
  2. Right-click the Refine group, and choose New Process Template Group.
  3. Name the group XXRefineGroup (where <XX> represents your initials).
  4. Expand the Refine sub-group.
  5. Double-Click the 1stRef-Normz to open the Process Template.
  6. From the File menu, select Save As.
  7. From the list that appears, select Refine, then XXRefineGroup.
  8. Name the process template XXRefineTemplate (where <XX> represents your initials).
  9. Click the Create Process Template button.
  10. Close the process template.
  11. Close Process Template Editor.

Copy an input file to the job folder

  1. From your workstation, locate: PST for Packaging Practice Files / Act_02_Create Refine PT / Input File
  2. Restore Job Manager.
  3. Open the Input File folder. 
  4. Drag the Wells Brochure.ps to the Job Manager's Input Files area.
  5. In the Add Input Files dialog box that appears, under Options, clear the Process Selected Files Using Process Template check box.
  6. Click OK.
    Your file is copied to the UserDefinedFolders folder.

Refine the input file using the Refine process template

  1. Drag the input file to the Refine > XXRefineGroup > XXRefineTemplate process template in the Process Templates pane in Job Manager.
  2. In the Start Process dialog box, click OK.
  3. The refined files now show up in the 1-Up Artwork area of the Job Manager.  The supplied Practice file has multiple pages.  Each page is refined to its own PDF.
  4. To view the refined PDFs, you may double-click on one in the Job Manager to open the PDF in Acrobat.
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