Creating preview output connectors

This section describes how to create preview output connectors manually.

If the same driver and settings are used for the preview as and when generating the final output, you can use the same output connector for preview and output. To use another driver or other settings, you must create a separate preview output connector. For example, an output connector of type NULL.

Prerequisites

•	All preview connectors in the Project are manually configured. It is not possible to combine default preview connectors with manually configured preview connectors.

•	The Message is service-enabled. In the configuration where the Message is service-enabled, the Use default preview connector option is cleared.

•	In the Platform configuration, output mode Job is selected.

Post requisites

•	The preview connectors must be selected at preview service requests.

To create a preview output connector

You create preview output connectors and configure the driver settings using standard procedures.

Recommended driver settings

The driver settings affect the performance of the service request responses.
For PDF and TIFF drivers, we recommend the following values:

PDF driver settings	Recommended value
Use Compression	Yes

TIFF driver settings	Recommended value
Compression	LZW
Color	Index color
Resolution	150 DPI (maximum) The resolution directly affects the document size and formatting speed, and thereby the performance.

Related topics

•	Service-enabling a Message

•	Selecting preview output connectors