Select File > Print. The following options appear on every tab of the Print dialog box.
Send to
Lists all available output types, and displays the current output type. You can select a different output type each time you print.
- Printer: Prints to the printer that is selected in the Connection dialog box. Divided output is not available.
- PDF: Generates one or more PDF output files
- PS: Generates one or more PostScript files
- JDF: Generates a Job Definition Format file
- PJTF: Generates an Adobe Job Ticket file for workflows that require Portable Job Ticket Format job data
- PPF: Generates one Print Production Format cutting-data file per press sheet
The default type is defined on the Output tab in the Preferences dialog box.
Copies
Specify the number of copies to be printed.
Comment text
Type text or text-mark variables to build the $Comment text mark for this job.
Media
Lists all available media resources, including any tile sets that you create, and displays the job's media selection. The default media is Press Sheet Size. If Multiple appears, then the output targets more than one media size and will be imaged by one or more devices:
- Changing this setting applies the selection to the entire output.
- The lowest supported capabilities apply to the entire output.
- One JDF, PJTF, or PDF output file contains the separate media information for each press sheet.
- JDF or PJTF output also includes a separate marks flat per media.
- PDF output generates a single file that contains the different media sizes, and only the applicable press runs are printed by each device. (To send separate files, you can use divided output.)
- PS output generates a separate file for each media. Sequentially numbered press runs that target the same media are output in a single file. Nonsequential press runs are output as separate files in the correct sequence.
The output file names include the media name and a sequential numeric identifier.
Note: To successfully generate PS output with multiple media to an AFP share location, limit the file name to 31 characters.
Connection
Displays the connected printer that is currently selected in the Connection dialog box for the target media. This option only appears if Printer is selected in the Send to box. It is not displayed for multiple media.
Sends the output to the Send to selection. The default output path is defined on the Folders tab in the Preferences dialog box. If the Print ID dialog box appears, type an identifier that is appended to the file name of each output file generated. The maximum number of characters for the Split File Name is defined on the Preferences Output tab. If the Print ID dialog box does not appear, it indicates that the split file name format in Preferences uses a different identifier.