Link a hot folder to a profile

This article will demonstrate how to link a hot folder to a specific profile.

We asume that you have already created a hot folder.

  1. Go to Manage > Input > Hot folders.
  2. Click the edit button (pencil-icon) of the hot folder that you want to link.
    (In case you don't have a hot folder yet, create one first.)
  3. Next to Profile ID: select the profile that you want to link to.
  4. Click OK to close the dialog.
  5. Click Save to save the Hot folder settings.

Optionally

Is is possible the further restrict a profile to only accept data from a hot folder.
This means that jobs which are being printed to Print&Share CQ will not be processed by the profile. It will only accept the once being placed in a hot folder.

  1. Go to Manage > Workflow > Profiles.
  2. Edit the profile you want to restrict.
  3. In the General section click the Edit button.
  4. Change the Job source: from All sources to Hot folder.
  5. Click Save.

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