Configuring the GUI of the Microsoft Windows application software Select'N'Send

The GUI version of the Microsoft Windows application software Select'N'Send lets users access a selection of LDD profiles. It also submits various documents and document types to the LDD system. Selected files are submitted to the system in their current formats. Each solution script determines the accepted file types. For more information, contact your solution developer.

1. From your computer, launch the GUI of the Microsoft Windows application software Select'N'Send. Do one of the following:

   • Right-click the file that you want to submit to LDD, and then click Send To > Lexmark Document Distributor Enterprise.

     

   • From the command line, type sendservent filename, where filename is the file that you want to submit to LDD, and then press Enter. For more information, see Running the Microsoft Windows application software Select'N'Send from the command line.

     Note: The program folder of the Microsoft Windows application software Select'N'Send is added to the system path during installation. This configuration enables the software to be accessed from any folder at the command line.

     

   • Drag the file that you want to submit to LDD onto the sendservent.exe file or to a shortcut pointing to that file.

     

2. From the Lexmark Select'N'Send window, select a document server.

   

   If the client software is newly installed, then the list is empty.

   To add a server, do the following:

   1. Click Setup.

   2. From the Server Setup window, click Add.

   3. Type the IP address or FQDN of the server, and then click OK.

   4. Exit the Server Setup window, and then select the new server from the list.

3. Click Next.

4. From the Server Profiles list, select a profile.

5. Click OK.

Running the Microsoft Windows application software Select'N'Send from the command line

The command-line version of the Microsoft Windows application software Select'N'Send is useful for the following:

• Automated processes

• Accessing LDD profiles from other software, such as Windows Small Business Server operating systems

• Creating batch files that help users submit specific files by using specific profiles

To run the command-line version of the Microsoft Windows application software Select'N'Send, type the following command:

sendservent -s server -p profile -f filename [-u userdatafile -t timeout -i interval]

where:

• server is the IP address or FQDN of the load balancer.

• profile is the profile to run on the LDD server.

• filename is the name of the file to be submitted to the LDD system.

  Note: The specified file is submitted to the system in its current format. Each solution script determines the accepted file types. For more information, contact your solution developer.

• userdatafile is the name of the file containing user information for the job.

  Note: If a user data file is not specified or if expected data is missing from a specified file, then a script that expects user data fails.

• timeout is the time in seconds the LDD system waits for confirmation before aborting the operation with an error. The default value is 0, which specifies no timeout. This setting is optional.

• interval is the time in seconds the LDD system waits between each instance of polling for confirmation. The default value is 0.5. This setting is optional.