HP Designget AG5234 Rev. 7 manual Command line monitoring

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Running post-job command "C:\test\logfile.bat out00002.hpf 112442" in directory C:\SWNT\SW\Output

The above example refers to a batch file (logfile.bat) which uses a program to send an e-mail confirming that a job has been processed. The e-mail contains the job name (out00002.hpf) and the time it was pro- cessed (approximately 11:24). These details were provided by using the substitution codes %f and %t in the post processing text box. The working directory is the output file folder specified in the File Output: Change... text box. If no output file folder is specified then the working directory is the ‘..\SW\’ directory, which is one level below the directory containing the RIP executable.

For a more thorough test of how commands behave when used at the command prompt of the operating system, try creating a batch (.BAT) file with these contents and using the name of the batch file as the application in your command string.

echo %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %9 pause

Note: If you have problems with a command, test it outside the RIP by opening a command window and running the command manually. If you think that you have used any substitution code from which the RIP might gener- ate an element containing characters with a special meaning to your operating system, try surrounding that code with double quotes. For example, use "%f" in the post processing text box rather than just %f.

If there are no special characters involved, look at the number of substitution codes that you are using and the length of the command string both before and after expansion of the substitution codes. The limit on the length of the expanded command string varies with the Microsoft Windows environment but you should have no prob- lems with up to 125 characters in the string after expansion.

10.3 Command line monitoring

The RIP uses the monitor window to report the post processing commands that have been run. Typical output takes the form:

Running post-job command "C:\test\logfile.bat out00002.hpf 112442" in directory C:\SWNT\SW\Output

where:

C:\test\logfile.bat is a batch file

out00002.hpf is data used by the batch file. See %f in Table 6

112442 is the time (11:24) the job was processed. See %t in Table 6.

C:\SWNT\SW\Output is the working folder specified in Device Configuration, see “Configuring Harlequin RIP devices” on page 9 for more information. Also see %o in Table 6.

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