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PlotWorks User Guide • PFS Files • D-3

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Optional site level 
defaults.

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Created at the 
Print Server.

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Contains 
Parameters that 
are global to the 

 

entire site.

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Used to create 
directory-level 
defaults.

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Created by Plot- 
Works, edited at 
the Print Server.

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Contains Para-
meters for a single 
target directory.

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Overrides site-
level defaults.

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Incoming PFS file.

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Created by end user.

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Contains 
Parameters for a 
single print job.

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Overrides directory-
level defaults.

There are three types of PFS files used. They are:

Site level PFS files are optional files that provide defaults for all target 
directories in your site. These are the lowest level of PFS file and will be 
overridden by the other PFS files unless locked. See “Locking Parameters” 
on page D-39.

Directory level (parameter) PFS files are directory-specific. The directory 
PFS file is used to fill in parameters omitted from incoming PFS files, and to 
lock certain parameters so that they cannot be changed by the end user. See 
“Locking Parameters” on page D-39. Directory level PFS files override site 
level PFS files. PlotWorks copies the original PFS file into the Job Queue as 
“Submitted.PFS”. The converted PFS file created from the directory-level 
PFS is saved as [Queue Name].PFS.