Profile files
A Profile file must contain the necessary job parameters for the VIPO job submitted via lpr. The table below lists the valid job parameters.
Job parameter | Parameter default | Parameter description |
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InitFile=text | No default | (Optional) VIPP startup file that |
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| prepends to the submitted data file. |
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JobType=text | distill_only | Valid values are: |
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| • distill_only |
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| • distill_and_split into PDF files |
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| • split_only into PDF files |
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OutputFolderName=text | Default | Folder location of the VIPO job output. |
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OutputFilenameTemplate=text | <DFNAME><DIGITS=6>.pdf | Controls the name(s) created for the |
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| PDF output file(s). |
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IndexFileTemplate=text | <FS=’:’>FileName:InputFile: | Controls header creation and bookmark |
| EndSplitDate:EndSplitTime: | extraction in the index file that is |
| OutputDir:Pages: | generated as part of the VIPO |
| FileSequence:Bookmark | |
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PrinterName=text | None | Specifies the printer for printing the job |
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| submitted to VIPO for processing. If you |
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| do not want the job to print, select none. |
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| Ensure that VI Interpreter is installed on |
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| the printer selected for VIPP job output, |
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| as well as any resources the VIPP job |
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| may need. Only PostScript printers will |
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| be listed. |
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print_if_job_completes | Conditional action if optional job printing | |
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| is selected. Select one of these options: |
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| print_always — Sends the job to the |
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| selected printer no matter what the |
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| outcome of the VIPO job submission. |
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| print_if_job_completes — Sends the |
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| job to the selected printer only if it is |
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| successfully completed by the VIPO |
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| server. |
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DistillJobOptions=filename | Default | filename is an existing Acrobat Distiller |
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| job options file. See “Assigning a |
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| Distiller job options file“ |
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The default location for loading and saving the profiles is your user Profiles directory. However, you may select any other directory on the Client for loading and saving profiles, including the virtual printers profile directory located in VIPO <server_root>/profiles.
VI PDF Originator User’s Guide
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