F reeF low Process Man ager Ope rator and Ad ministrator Guide1-2About F ree Flow Process M anag erThe Workflow Builder applicationUse Workflow Builder to:• Create workflows– Use graphical tools to assemble customized workflowsfrom workflow process steps.– Configure the settings for workflow process steps.– Enable workflows to receive jobs.– Disable workflows to modify them or to prevent jobsubmission.• Import and export workflows.• Take processes offline and change concurrency counts.• Create preflight profiles by launching Adobe Acrobat.• Set up and manage hot folders.• Add external PDF processes to support third party software.• Set up third-party scripts.• Set up Notify attributes on the SMTP server; set up the Proxyserver.• Set up repository credentionals.The Workflow process steps include:Table 1-1. Workflow process stepsStep DescriptionInput Displays automatically as the first workflow node when you select<Enter> during new workflow creation. Does not have a settingsdialog in Workflow Builder. In Workflow Job Manager, thesettings dialog and the tool tip display the original input files.AIE Automatic Image Enhancement (AIE) optimizes sharpness, colorbalance, saturation, exposure, noise reduction and contrast ofTIFF, JPEG, and BMP images, whether standalone or embeddedin a PDF. AIE also supports redeye removal for humans andshadow detail enhancement. The AIE feature works only for colorand grayscale images.Convert Converts documents submitted to the workflow to PDF. Convertsthe following formats: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel(includes Microsoft Office 2007), MS Publisher, AdobePhotoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, JPG, JPEG, TIFF,TIFF-IT, TIF, BMP, PS, RDO, QXD, QXP, VPC, and EPS.Allows you to flatten PDFs for printing.Users can select from various job options to generate optimalPDFs.Join Combines multiple PDF files into a single PDF file.
