HP How to Connect your Printing software with HP Applications Center JDF workflow User Manual
HP PageWide XL printers
HP DesignJet printers
How to
Connect your Printing
software with HP
Applications Center
JDF workflow
This document will explain how to
configure HP SmartStream with your
HP Applications Center Pro account
using a JDF connection
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V1.0
Introduction
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How to connect SmartStream &
HP Applications Center Pro
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JDF/RIP’s Automation
Benefit from more efficiency in your workflow with JDF connectivity
• Create print-ready files directly in your web2print service
• SmartStream automatically downloads your files, without manual interaction
• SmartStream preflights and RIPs your file ready to send to your desired printer
SmartStream
File ripping
Printing
HP Applications Center Pro
HP Applications Center
Enablement
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How to connect SmartStream &
HP Applications Center Pro
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JDF/RIP’s Automation
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Select configuration wheel
Select “Settings”
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HP Applications Center
Enablement
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How to connect SmartStream &
HP Applications Center Pro
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JDF/RIP’s Automation
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Select
“Workflow
integration”
Select “Enable
JDF connectivity”
& “Enable JDF
authentication”
Enabling JDF Hot Folder
Functionality
in HP SmartStream
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How to connect SmartStream &
HP Applications Center Pro
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JDF/RIP’s Automation
HP Applications Center JDF settings
HP applications Center Pro login details for SmartStream configuration
Username: Workflow integration “URL identifier”
Enabling JDF Hot Folder
Functionality
in HP SmartStream
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How to connect SmartStream &
HP Applications Center Pro
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JDF/RIP’s Automation
Password: Web Integration “API key”
Hotfolder incoming URL: Workflow Integration “JDF connection”
Configuring new HP Applications Center Pro
hot folder in HP Smartstream
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Select configuration
wheel
Select “Hot folders”
Select “Add”
new folder
“Browse” computer to
select destination of new
Hotfolder
Paste “JDF connection”
URL using instructions
from previous slide
Select “Get
files from HP
Applications
Center”
Enter Username
and Password as
described on
previous slide
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Receiving new files from HP Applications Center in HP SmartStream
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3
HP Applications
Center Pro
Dashboard Order
status changes to
“Ready to print”
When HP
Smartstream is open
it will automatically
“pull” pdf file from
HP Applications
Center and show as a
new file in HotFolder
Select “Preflight Tab
then the HotFolder
you designated for
HP Applications
Center files
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File is processed by
Preflight Manager
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You may now send
the print ready file
to the printer of
choice
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