Introduction
There are two basic types of Output Task Processors:
•Task Processors for physical output devices. Jobs which include these Task Processors produce real physical output on the selected devices. These output devices include imagesetters, platesetters and proofers.
•Task Processors for generic output devices. Generic output Task Processors process files that can be imaged on third-party physical devices. However, they are not directly connected to these devices. The following types of generic output devices may be available:
•TIFF Imagesetter: Provides an imagesetter engine emulation in TIFF format.
•TIFF Platesetter: Provides a platesetter engine emulation in TIFF format.
•TIFF Proofer: Provides a proofer device emulation in TIFF format.
•PS Imagesetter: Provides a raster file in Adobe’s PostScript format.
•PS Proofer (PS): Provides a proof file in Adobe’s PostScript format.
•PDF Proofer: Provides a proof file in Adobe’s PDF format.
•GDI Proofer: Provides a proof file to any Windows printer driver supporting GDI, that works RGB based.
NOTE: Generic output devices can be used for testing or demo purposes. They can for instance emulate the timing of a physical device without producing real output files.
The PS Imagesetter and PS Proofer both output a rendered TIFF file with a PostScript wrapper. This file can be sent to any device which supports PostScript input. The output can be done via a Windows spooler, via TCP/IP or to file. The PDF Proofer outputs a rendered TIFF file with a PDF wrapper. This file can be opened in Acrobat as a .
In addition to the above, there is also:
•The
Export Task Processor which allows you to output your jobs to file in either PDF or PostScript format.
•The component (available only when you create a ticket based on a Public Page Store template). You can use this to create a central repository of input documents available to all jobs.
•The Remote Proofer Controller () Task Processor, which provides a low-cost proofing solution for customers working off-site.
•A series of Link Task Processors, which allow you to output jobs to specific digital presses.
•The Display Task processor allows you to perform soft-proofing of rendered results.