A 4 Notes for PCShare users
If
Create Layouts is active in a specific volume, ImageServer will create layouts of all image files, regardless of whether they come from a Macintosh or PC client. OPI generates layout files always according to the
PC Layouts checkbox in the HELIOS Admin
Volume settings. Thus, if you want to have PC-compatible layouts of all images (e.g. for working in a volume shared with PCShare) - even if they are coming from a Macintosh - you have to activate the
PC Layouts option for this specific volume (see
PC Layouts in
4.3 "Volume settings").
PCShare support includes UTF-8 volume character sets, long file names, and file locking. OPI does not make any precautions for sticking to the
8dot3 file name syntax when creating layout files, etc. Files with long file names will not be seen anymore by older PCShare clients.
Important: "opisrv" does not automatically create a layout image if a PCShare-based file is renamed and the new file name does not end with one of the known image file suffixes!
If you want to use image files cross-platform and share volumes between Macintosh and Windows clients, we recommend to set the "Close option" flag in the PCShare Admin "Export Volumes" dialog.
The "Close option" guarantees that PCShare always closes a file completely to allow a Macintosh client to operate on consistent data.
OPI printing to Windows PostScript printers (via SMB/CIFS)
The advantage of the HELIOS "Windows Printer" support is that the OPI server will do the OPI processing
on-the-fly during output, e.g.:
- Image replacement
- ColorSync/ICC separation/proof
- Scaling/Cropping
- Output optimization
