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2. Delete Filter Clear Window amp Refresh Menu Entry Description Opens a dialog box for selecting a filter If the filter is active only messages matching the filter are displayed The tree on the left side of the filter dialog displays all available and filtered columns The right side displays the filter for cur rently selected tree entry Starting time and Ending time You can specify an exact period of time for which the messages should be displayed Starting time starting time for displaying the first message Ending time ending time for displaying the last message The button Now selects the current date and time and shows it in the appropriate input fields Message fiter IN Starting ume Enaingnime i Staring time i Ending time February x 005 E Type Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat E Module 1 2 3 4 5 E Host a a n a al Job Id 13 o 14 15 16 17 18 19 REESEN 20 21 22 23 24 ES 26 27 28 ju cie7_ iia gt Cancel Help 4 Type Select one or several message types Selecting all or deselecting all entries will have the same effect all message types will be displayed Module The list contains only the names of modules that have generated at least one message If there is no module name selected the module name filter is inactive Chapter 3 PRISM
3. POD File Properties Compose Introduction With the Professional Document Composer you can manipulate files so as to make optimum use of the paper format and sequence the pages on the printout to suit the type of binding that follows the printing process For further details refer to the Professional Document Composer chapter Illustration Collect Professional Document Composer Compose Composer XPDC start method Use virtual parameters Working method No composing Compose files first and then chain them Chain files before composing Composing set E Store job ticket with linked set lt internal gt Pages Count 32 Paper format A4 Width Height Start Composer nents In addition imposition set The UI Element No composing Compose files first and then chain them Chain files before composing Description When the toggle button is turned on no actions are performed to manipulate the files The settings made when the file was created remain valid The selected files are processed by the Composer before they are chained to create the print file Empty pages which are generated during the Composer process at the end of the single files are preserved All the files in the job are processed by the Composer after they have been chained to create the print file
4. Alarm_Delay 10 Alarm_Text This is a important job Please print immediately Alarm_Delay represents the minutes between the Accepted time of the print job and the time limit Alarm_text is the message shown in the message popup window if the time limit is reached Column Titles Column Description Job identification number This is assigned by the ODS The login name under which this job was started Name The job name assigned by the owner 54 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer All Jobs Column Priority Steps Queue Queue name Description Indicates whether or not the job has been prioritized for exam ple given express rights The express right influences the process order of the job Once set the express right causes that the job is moved to the begin ning of the queue If the requested services are available the job is processed before all other jobs If you set express rights for other jobs these will be moved to top of the processing If the job list is sorted by the Priority column in descending order all jobs are on top which will be processed next Print jobs in PRISMAproduction Server have a Priority and a time stamp The priority is shown in the print queue column Priority Print jobs are put in the print queue with priority 128 Job with Express rights have priority o and a serial num ber The priority is
5. Description The option list offers all hostnames which already generated a message and all searching values entered in previous search sessions since last opening of the message window Module Choose the module which issued the message Search for mod ules which contain the numbers or characters you insert here For instance XYZ will find all modules containing these charac ters The option list offers all already known modules and all searching values entered in previous search sessions since last opening of the message window Job Id Message Id and Description Search for messages which contain the numbers or characters you insert here For instance 123 or XYZ will find all messages containing these numbers or characters Continue searching forward in the message data base from the current selected position until the last message If there is no line selected further searching is not possible Continue searching backward in the message data base from the current selected position until the 1st message If there is no line selected further searching is not possible Deletes the current selected search settings A confirmation di alog must be replied before the command is executed Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 83 Messages Menus 84 Delete Messages Select no Entry Suppress Message Search Search Next RA Search Previous Clear search settings
6. RESOURCES LOCAL IXO1 RESOURCES SHARED RESOURCES SYSTEM IxO XDATA DEVICE XPDC XPDC DEFAULT XRESOURCE Ix010222 0 24 entries Ready JOBINPUT_TICKETS aeiaxxha PP PPP PP eee PPrPrrPr rrr File name APA_600dpi_with_infopages TIC APA_600dpi_without_Infopages TIC DPCONNECT TIC JOBREQUIREMENT TIC LCDS_3 00dpi_without infopages TIC LCDS_Driver TIC LCDS_Example_Download TIC LD_Convert TIC OTM_IN_APAAFP TIC OTM IN LCDS_LCDS TIC NATIVE_PCL TIC OTM_IN_POD_IOCATIC OTM IN_POD_PCL TIC OTM_IN_POD_PDF TIC OTM_IN POD_PS TIC OTM_IN_POD_TIFF TIC OTM_OUT_AFP TIC OTM_OUT_LCDS_AFP TIC OTM_OUT_PCLTIC POD_600dpi_PCLTIC POD_600dpi_PDF TIC POD_600dpi_PS TIC DPCONNECT TIC JOBREQUIREMENT TIC Type Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Job Ticket Size I 1 514 1 515 1 889 2 172 1 494 787 2 207 2 239 1 046 2 108 648 1 353 1 427 1 333 1 332 1 329 1 332 1 002 538 1 788 1 794 2 027 1 728 2 172 Last modified Access 4 30 07 3 41 PM rjw 4 30 07 3 41 PM rjw 5 16 07 5 08 PM rjw 2 28 06 3 18 PM ryw 6 22 07 1 58 PM rjw 241 07 2 46 PM rfw 6 22 07 1 58 PM rjw 4 30 07 3 41 PM rjw 4 13 07 2 20 PM rjw 4 13
7. All Modules Description 140 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Job Attributes Print All Modules Description Enter one or more print ranges assuming you do not want to print the entire document You can choose different ways of defining the printing range 5 page 5 5 all pages beginning page 5 5 page 1 though 5 5 8 page 5 though 8 6 7 15 page 6 through 7 and all pages from page 15 If you want to restrict the print range for a user defined header you can only do this via the Job Properties dialog in the All Jobs application Only APA Module and POD Module with the setting per job files You can also enter ranges of more than one print file Therefore you identify the files via the file number in the List of Files Examples 1 1 1032 2 3 file No 1 from page 1 through page 10 and file No 2 from page 2 through page 3 3 5 1 5 10 file No 3 No 4 No 5 pages 1 to 5 each and page 10 to end of file 1 3 10 35 1 file No 1 No 2 No 3 for each file page 10 to end of file and from file 5 all pages to end of job Note Pages means in this case the logical pages of the data stream and not the physical sheets Form In this field you can enter or select a specific form size and appearance of the logical page which will be assigned to the whole printjob In the All Jobs window the selected form will be d
8. Pick local Time Logical Events The logical events configured in the database are listed here UI Element Description Required Check the boxes of the events which should be relevant for job submission You are allowed to select up to 8 events Output of the event name as configured in the database Output of the event description 148 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Job Attributes Start Print Events Job Attributes Start Print Events Introduction A job is only printed status Ready to print if the events selected here are true Until then the job is in the state waiting for event or waiting for time to run For further details see Job Attributes Start Job Events on page 147 Illustration Message tore Print Header Start Job Events Start Print Events Notification All Events must be true One Event must be true Time Date Events Logical Events Required Event Description fd Enable Time Date E Trans_F Delivery France 4 Trans_GB Delivery Great Britain Mi job 1 Booklet A4 Year Month Day Hour Minute aje PsN S ae 3S a Pick local Date Pick local Time 4 a gt Ok cancel Help Re Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 149 Job Attributes Notification Job Attributes Notification Introduction U
9. Tool Bar and Menu Functions Icon Menu Entry Description Printer Menu Cancel Job and This entry opens a dialog box where the user selects the job Halt Printer cancel procedure The toolbar additionally contains a sub menu where the cancel procedure can be selected directly To open this menu click on the arrow down button to the right of the stop sign m Interrupt Printjob gt Cancel and Hold Printjob Immediately Cancel and Delete Printjob On File Copy Boundary On Job Copy Boundary Action Every cancel command sets the printer into the Halted state After interrupting the printout you can print one or more jobs belonging to a different job queue Once these jobs have been printed you can switch back to the job queue you interrupted and then continue the printout m Interrupt Printjob Halts printing of the current job and sets the printer into the Halted state The job stays in the queue If it will be printed again printing will resume at the point where the job was interrupted m Cancel and Hold Printjob Halts printing of the current job and sets the printer into the Halted state The job stays in the queue and if it will be printed again it will be reprinted from the beginning m Cancel and Delete Printjob Halts printing of the current job and sets the printer into Halted state The job is deleted from the job list Boundary Each of the cancel commands r
10. Cancel and Delete The job is interrupted and deleted It cannot be continued Boundary Type Boundary Function Immediately On File Copy The interruption is performed if the current copy of the file is Boundary printed The job will be interrupted immediately On Job Copy The interruption is performed if the current copy of the job is Boundary printed 68 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer All Jobs Job Positioning for Job 0 All Jobs Job Positioning for Job 0 Introduction gt This dialog box is opened when you select the Reposition job icon The icon is available for selection when a job is printing processing printing If the job is in another state the function can be selected to define the absolute position before printing In this case Absolute Position is already preselected Illustration Absolute Position Pages oe From current Page From last Checkpoint Boundary Immediately On File Copy Boundary On Job Copy Boundary Ok Cancel Help hz Relative Position Absolute Position Page 1 File Copy File Number Job Copy 1 ok cancer Help Re Relative Position For relative positioning specify a number of pages before or after the current page or last checkpoint Printing resumes at the specified position Be sure to enter the
11. Create User Message Create Test Message Message Database gt Menu Entry Create User Mes sage Ck Create Test Mes sage Message Database gt Open for ser vice only Description Opens a dialog where the current user enters a message for a specific job The user can enter here a short and a detailed de scription for a specific job id If the job id stays on the value o the message belongs to no job The user name is not changeable and will appear in the message window in the module column Job Id Message from user 00000031 senice Short message Detailed message 7 x Cancel Help e Opens a dialog where the current user can enter a message id for creating a test message to see the text which belongs to the message id This function is enabled for service users only Select message id 00000000 k Cancel Opens the message database which you have defined under Configuration gt Message System see chapter Message Sys tem Automatic Saving in the PRISMAproduction Server Administrator s Guide The default path is u prismapro da ta custom msg Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Messages Menus Delete Messages Select no Entry Suppress Message Search t Search Next S Search Previous Clear search settings Ch Create User Message Cr
12. Device selection Dependent on the module different source media like cartridges tapes or discettes are offered You can add devices with the Server Files application Input devices for LCDS print data can be selected here cartridge tape and channel Additionally you can select channel 1 to 4 if via the service user script number_of_channels Select these devices if you want to read LCDS data from a tape cartridge or online channel You don t need to select single files be cause all data are processed The suitable LCDS format LCDS Data is set automatically XRE SOURCE Library link to the LCDS resources import directory u prismapro data resimport Icds for the import of LCDS Xerox resources from harddisk All resources including JSLs have to be in the 512 Byte Block format ASCII formatted JSLs must not be imported via XRESOURCE The suitable LCDS format Re source is set automatically Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Virtual Directories APA and POD Modules jsl Library link to the jsl library of the selected custom catalog to choose the JSL to be compiled Automatically the appropriate LCDS format JSL is chosen rds Library link to the rds library of the selected custom catalog to choose the resource to be sampled Automatically the appropriate LCDS format Sample is chosen POD Module OUTPUT Directory which stores files sorted by the format TIFF PS or PD
13. Help Help contents Opens the Vario PJM help Context help Changes the mouse pointer into a ques tion mark If you click on an entry in the window you will get a related help topic About VarioPJM_ Version number of Vario PJM Functions of the Status Bar The status bar at the bottom of the window shows status messages black and error messages red The message remains in the status bar until it is overwritten by another message Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 97 VarioPJM Job Setup Notes VarioPJM Job Setup Notes Introduction In this dialog you define the basic settings for the job the printer and the postprocessing Additionally you can insert information on the sender receiver and account of the job Illustration Qepa Job Setup Notes Semmgs Additional sheets Special Pages Setup Notes Job Name Test Login Name Page range J All Pages ai enal rintfile deme yca demo ioca From 1 To Seer See Format IOCA Zj l Las Printer P5000 CUTSHEET z s ElTake parameter from the file InputTrays 4p Prin Store Fa A Job queue 1 Default class x sender PA Copies 5 Receiver s ZY Collation Collated z ie Account Output Tray Default E Job offset wah Operator Message
14. Job Attributes dialog the print job gets the status exception waiting for release and will only be executed after you click amp Continue in the job list Cancel Submis You can cancel the submission of a job This is possible as long sion as the PJM starts the job Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 157 PJM Utilities Menu PJM Utilities Menu Introduction This menu allows you to open the TrueProof Viewer TrueProof must be installed in this case and to configure other data viewers like Acrobat Reader Illustration Viewer Configuration Menu Entry True Proof Viewer 1 Description If available opens the TrueProof viewer to view documents This tool allows an exact proof of the printout and can also be used for documents on an external Windows Server Viewer Configura tion R LS Allows you to configure a fitting viewer for every data format This program is then used to display a file which is in the List of Files Format Viewing Tool fusr X11R6 binfacroread Ok cancel Help Re Format Double clicking this column opens a list with file for mats Select one format which you want to configure a viewer for Viewing Tool Double clicking this column opens a file selec tion box which allows you to select the path to the desired program 158 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction
15. T job You are prompted to confirm the operation the job is then immediately interrupted If the job state is processing printing or processing in output control a dialog box is opened for you to specify exactly how you want to interrupt the job see All Jobs Interrupt Jobs on page 68 The system completes the current processing step of the selected job and then halts the job Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 63 All Jobs Menu and Tool Bar Functions Menu Entry Tool Description Bar Icon Continue Continue execution Restart Continues printing of the selected Job at the point of interrup gt tion You can use the function to resume processing of jobs which were interrupted or which encountered errors Jobs in the state exception waiting for release system param eter Operator intervention can be reactivated in this way Restart from beginning only possible for APA and POD jobs The restarted job is executed again from the very beginning with all its original start parameters if parameters have been modified in the meantime these modifications will be discard ed Jobs in the state finished reprintable can be reprinted using this button This permission can be suppressed for certain users A description can be found in the Technical Reference Manual chapter Command Line Tools Express right The job with e
16. Testoo2 TIF Continues until se quence is interrupt ed The Collector begins with file Testooo TIF and then selects the next file in the numeric sequence Testoo1 TIF The selection continues until the Collector is unable to locate a subsequent numeric sequence It t Note The Collector does not necessarily s hen stops tart with the file Testooo TIF It searches for the first file that matches the filter since no page ranges have been specified For example if the first occurrence of the filter is the file Testoos TIF the Collector begins with this file Otherwise the files are collected as described above The second example is the same as the first but we have now activated the Gaps option Example 2 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 165 POD File Properties Collect Selected file serves as input form Index Range Gaps File selection list Testooo TIF Testoo1 TIF Testoo2 TIF Testoo4 TIF Testoo3 TIF no range Enabled Collects all files with the pattern Test TIF in the directory even if there are gaps in the sequence e g Testoo3 TIF does not exist Note stands for a digit If the Allow gaps in index sequences checkbox is enabled all files that match the filter are collected The files do not need to be in sequence because gaps are allowed The Collector just skips any gaps it encoun
17. The title bar along the top of the window contains the window name Printer Pool The client area contains printer specific information in 2 different views Symbol view displays each printer as symbol for 130x70 pixels size with information on the right side of the symbol Printer name Printer status datatype name of the printer driver Table view shows all printers in a table The columns of the table are configurable by clicking on the header of a column Information displayed in Table view 194 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Active form name and id of the printing job The tooltip contains additionally hostname printer model resolution supported Printer Pool Overview m Printer status PS as a symbol column and a separate text column processing not ready active inactive message halted Printer name Name Printer model Model Printer Resolution DPI Supported datatype Data Format Id of the printing job Job Id Active Form name Form Active job queue s Job Queue Printer status Status in text form corresponds to the printer status symbol If you click the right mouse button you can select the following additional columns to be displayed Hostname Server Continuous forms or Cutsheet printer Printertype Printer driver Driver Printer speed Speed Toner colors installed on the printer Colors Printer autostart status Autostart NPRO t
18. Finishing O Internal Stitcher Al Ticket lt Internal gt POD Ready Setup UI Element Description Job Name Insert a job name to identify the print job This name will be displayed in the Job List under Jobname It is recommended not to keep the default name tmp If you keep it you will not be able to differentiate the jobs by their names Use a maximum of 64 characters or as minimum at least 1 character which is no blank in the job name are rejected ifan archive is addressed is rejected if you store in a directory Page range All Select the whole range of the print file by checking this box Pages Page Select the first and the last page to be printed range From To 98 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer VarioPJM Job Setup Notes UI Element Description Printer Select an AFP printer connected to this PRISMAproduction Server system The number of input trays is displayed automat ically InputTrays Displays the number of input trays which are configured for the selected printer Print the job on the selected target printer Store The print job will be stored on the PRISMAproduction Server server Use the button 2 to select the target directory E Native Data E As Preprint E Resource m n PFU DEFAULT gt E Public Cancel Help re Job qu
19. Media Introduction You can use this window to indicate the basic settings for the media requirements for the Unity PCL or TIFF converter depends on the input data format Illustration Collect Compose Media Halftone and Raster Color Unity Settings for Media Use medias from document Use paper size Paper size Page layout Paper Name Simplex Width Duplex Height Tumble Cancel Basic Converter Settings UI Element Page layout Description The converters can process files for simplex duplex and tumble duplex output Use this option to define the mode Note The media mode you select here will overwrite the mode specified in the file Conversion of the Media Requirements There are two possibilities for the conversion of the media requirements in the output file Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 173 POD File Properties Media UI Element Description Use medias from Since all relevant information concerning input media and fin document ishing requirements may be concealed within the data stream of the input files the converters have been enhanced to translate these commands into corresponding AFPDS commands The document will be scanned for example for PostScript input media requirements and transferred into AFPDS media selection requirements commands In case of a PS file the
20. Separation Method No color separation AA Media No color separation Color Select color range RGB Mode Standard colors CMY RGB Spot colors Color Names Mode Please select a Color Separation Method to extract color from your document Cancel Separation Method Depending on the color spaces used in the input documents the following three separation methods can be used Select color range RGB Standard colors Spot colors Color Mode CMY RGB Names Mode See POD File Properties See POD File Properties See POD File Properties Select color range RGB Standard colors Spot colors Color Names Mode on page 176 CMY RGB on page 180 Mode on page 181 For further information on color in PS or PDF files see chapter UnityRIP Module and Color Separation in the PRISMAproduction Server Administrattion Settings and Tasks Guide Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 175 POD File Properties Select color range RGB Mode POD File Properties Select color range RGB Mode Introduction It is supposed that the color information of the file which should be separated are exclu sively or mainly defined in the RGB color space The values of the RGB colors to be ex tracted should be known as accurate as possible Otherwise you can use different utilities for example Plug ins for Adobe Acrobat to receive the necessary information For exa
21. the server has been added as Slave with a printXXX service Rip a computer on which a converter or the Professional Document Composer is installed No printers are driven In the Master Slave configuration the server has been added as Slave without a printXXX service UnityRIP a Windows computer on which the UnityRIP is installed States which operating system is installed f Free memory The amount of free memory in the u file system Status The computer status ok the connection to the master is OK offline the connection to the master is closed or an error has been reported job acception disabled No new jobs are accepted Already started job keep on processing Job acceptance can be reactivated via the Network menu missing resources System falls below an ODS parameter value ODS Network Status Displays if the ODS is able to accept and process jobs or not 74 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Servers Network Menu A menu called Network is shown when the Hosts tab is open This menu provides the following functions Menu Entry Function amp Synchronize time Synchronizes the system clocks on the hosts in the ODS network to the time on the ODS master amp Cleanup directo ries En amp able job accep tion amp Disable job ac ception This function searches all the directories on all the hosts in the
22. Empty pages between the single files may be lost with this option You can select this command only ifall files in the List of Files are marked Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 169 POD File Properties Compose UI Element Description s i isi sSSCS Composing set The selected files are manipulated by a parameter set that you open in a file selection box Store job ticket with linked set When this option is turned on the job ticket is saved with a reference to a specific composer set This ensures the job will always be printed with the current contents of this set When the option is turned off the contents of the selected set are copied into the job ticket Start Composer The button Start Composer opens the Professional Document Composer The main elements of the Professional Document Composer are the fields Integrate Impose and Assemble The field Integrate contains all logical operations this means all those functions that manipulate the print file on the logical page level prior to the actual imposition This includes the in sertion and deletion of pages page cropping and the insertion of overlays and of variable data Once prepared in this manner the file can then be imposed this means the page sequence and page layout can be changed The corresponding settings are selected in the Impose field The field Assemble provides the means of processing the out
23. Idle 9 1 2 HotDir OTM_IN_A pim CHG_PRT 10 53 76 32 OTMLIN Open Idle o o o Mirror 8000 Mirror port e Open Idle o o o Job 1D Service Queue Job Details Status Speed KB s Kbytes 00000014 HotDir HotDir1 demo ioca Finished 0 3 536 00000013 HotDir HotDir1 demo ioca Error o 3 536 00000012 HotDir HotDir1 demo ioca Error o 3 536 210 Queues LP 1 Download O HotDir 2 Mirror 1 Job Submission Enabled Job entries 3 233 Input Status Table View 20 Oly Mas LP1 1234 5000 HotDir1 OTM_IN_APA_AFP 8000 Open Idle Open Idle Open Idle p Open Idle p Open Idle p Open Idie Be 070 0 00 0 ooro EX 070 0 ERX 070 0 EX 070 0 Trapping AFP Mirror port 234 Input Status Symbol View The upper half of the window displays all input channels of the type LP printer Download port and HotDir directory you have created on the system A filter allows you to display only one type of channel The status of the queue is displayed Open Idle ready to receive data Open Receiving the system is receiving a print job Closed the respective daemon is down no data can be received Via the menu or toolbar you can manually activate or deactivate the daemons You can also reset the job counter The table in the lower half of the window displays the jobs which have been sent to the input queues You can display either the jobs of one channel type or all jobs Tool Bar Icon
24. Magenta and Yellow can also be addressed as spotcolors using their color name consider the correct spelling During the RIP process a spot color is identified by its name Therefore this name must be known and has to be added to the parameter list exactly and completely You have to Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 181 POD File Properties Spot colors Color Names Mode take care for the correct spelling including blanks Using this method printer color fre quency and angle can be set individually Color Name in the source file PANTONE224 CV Printer color Mi turquoise Frequency Ipi Angle Degree Cancel Merge all separable color planes to a single HLC This is an additional function which includes many possibilities also for 2 2 printing Note i Only the colors and Black which are set in this window are extracted Example A document contains the colors PANTONE 256 CV Cyan Magenta and ocered The colors PANTONE and ocered are to be extracted Cyan and Magenta will be ignored They will not be added to the black image Only Black PANTONE and ocered are output 182 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer POD File Properties Unity POD File Properties Unity Introduction Using this tab you can define additional options for the Unity Note Li For a detailed description of the Unity see cha
25. Open Messages Write message G Show details of the selected job Description This icon changes color when a message is pending for the se lected job This might happen when an error is encountered in the job for instance Clicking the icon opens an additional window showing the text of the message Opens the PRISMAproduction Server Messages window The display is filtered so that only entries are visible which are re lated to the marked job Opens a window which allows you to write a message for this job The message is sent to the messages module and can be read there for example from the job list via Open amp Mes sages This icon opens a tab with details about the selected job see All Jobs Job details viewer on page 71 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 61 All Jobs Menu and Tool Bar Functions 62 Bar Icon Show the job anal ysis created by CIS afi Open PJM with Job Ticket B Menu Entry Tool Description Show the results of the job analysis performed by CIS You can select a summary view or a resources view To get this result the APA job has to be executed by the PJM using the CIS pro gram license dependent See APA Settings gt PreProcessing CIS in the APA Module manual This icon opens the Print Job Manager with all the data belong ing to the selected job The job is opened in either mo
26. Printer Maintenance Illustration vpsooo General Maintenance General E Maintenance E Page counter Consumables Toner E Developer Brush Corotron Strip Fiter Blade Others m a Oo d E Printer hardware defect a repair is required Note Disabling the maintenance mode clears the defect switch automatically UI Element Maintenance Page counter Description Switch on off the printer maintenance mode The mode remains active until deactivated All jobs which are printed in this mode will be marked as printed in maintenance mode in the account ing normally only for test prints which are not relevant for the customer For every print job which is printed in this mode a special message has to be confirmed Nov 15 2008 08000025 Keskas x010222 op ocene 2 49 10 PM P5000 Description Do you really want to print a new job in printer maintenance mode aw Answer Option s Message details Please select one answer from list Print job Stop printer Coe er ea Lee Printer hardware defect a repair is required If you check this box the printer is disabled and becomes the status Defect If the maintenance mode is switched off the defect switch is cleared automatically Here you can enter the counters which the printer internally displays Chapter 3 PRISMAprod
27. You can also type in a specific filename You can also select the in and output bin if the header page is to be printed on a different paper or should be ejected to a different output bin Print Separation Separation sheets can be inserted automatically between print Pages POD files You can print a file stored in the HEADER library on Module the separation sheets The print files and the files printed on the separation sheets are chained to one print file Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 145 Job Attributes Header Trailer 146 UI Element Print System Header POD LCDS and APA Modules Description The System Header presents system related data for example the time and duration of the print process the job s number in the system s internal queue the size of the job the name of the print file etc The information can also be reduced to error messages Note For LCDS and APA Tickets the print of a system header is always enabled Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Job Attributes Start Job Events Job Attributes Start Job Events Introduction A job is only processed for example converted if the events selected here are true Until then the job is in the state waiting for event or waiting for time to run There are two kinds of events Time Date Events and Logical Events You define and
28. depends on the valid job queues defined for the selected target printer You define Job queues under Configuration gt Job queues In the Printer Configuration the job queues are assigned to printers 118 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Jobsplitting per Job Copies Jobsplitting per Job Copies Purpose Use this function to distribute higher numbers of job copies not file copies on several printers for faster output Jobsplitting Procedure 1 2 3 In the Explorer under Configuration gt Cluster create a new cluster of the Jobsplitting type B glt mh X Cluster Name Cluster Type Jobsplitting Jobsplitting CS_Test_Cluster Printer FF_Test_Cluster Printer Under Configuration gt Printer assign at least two printers to this cluster General Print Parameter Job Queues Cluster Colors input Devices Output Devices Printer Notification Select Name jw CS_Test_Cluster oO FF_Test_Cluster m Jobsplitting In the Job Parameter section of the PJM you have to select this cluster as Printer In the example below the cluster name is Jobsplitting Q e BVs job Parameter Job Name jobsplit_per_job Copies 1000 per Job z Printer Jobsplitting gt MRM bd Job Queue 1 Default class z List of Files Axi t B tb Format iocA n
29. istration Settings and Tasks Guide chapter Backup Solutions gt Mirror Print Jobs Check this option if you want the job to be created twice Once on this server and also on a mirror server 2nd PRISMAproduction master This provides a greater security because the job can be executed on the mirror system if the original system is not accessible This function is license dependent If this option is checked the PJM toolbar displays Mirroring on the right hand side Mirror Server Select the mirror server which is configured in the System Configuration Mirror Policy m Default Select this option if the setting in the System Configuration should be valid m Mandatory If this option is selected the system only creates the job if mirroring was successful In other words the job is created on both systems or it is not submitted at all m Optional In this case the system tries to mirror the job but if this is not successful the job will be created on the 154 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer PJM Job Menu Menu Entry Description original server anyway Ticket Rule Select a Ticket Rule which has been configured to modify the ticket of the mirrored job so that this job can be submitted on the mirror server You can set this parameter in the System Configuration and or in the PJM gt Transfer Mode The Ticket Rule which is set in t
30. 0 rejected because of invalid or missing job parameters Detailed Description Optional Information The job with id 0 was rejected to be printed on printer 1 The job is not printable with the received job parameters Please check if ODS is running properly a tre gt Next Help re 4 The Next and Previous buttons displays the next or prior message details without closing and reopening the dialog If the message was a question the tab Answer displays the replied answer itself the name of the user who answered the question and the time at which the question was answered Displays messages from the beginning of the database Move Section gt Prior Section Positions the viewed area backward Usually the last half of the displayed entries is removed and the same number of messages is inserted before the displayed list Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer fe Details Move Section Section Size Font Time Date Format k Auto Scrolling lv Show Message Tooltips K Popup Questions Y Edit Filter Open Filter E Save Filter as Delete Filter Clear Window efresh Menu Entry Move Section gt Next Section Move Section gt Last Section Section Size Messages Menus Description Positions the viewed area forward Usually the first half of th
31. 2008 Contents Contents Chapter 1 Introductionis aa aaa a iadaa A a aaia 7 INtFOCUCTION cescccccccceeceeeececeeseseesseeeseceeesuaeeeauseeeeceeeeeceseeeseeesseeesseeeceneauaneeaneeess 8 Introduction to the POD MOdUIE cssssccssseeceeeeeeceeeeeseeesseeessseessssneaaeeeees 10 Chapter 2 The PRISMAproduction Desktop cc ccccscsssseeccceeeeeeneeeesesssessssessseeesaeeaeeaaeeeenees 13 Log in to PRISMAproduction Server LINUX ccccescseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 14 PRISMAproduction Server Menus cccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeenees 15 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Exploret ccscsccseceeceeeeeeeeeeeneseseesssssssseaaaaeaee 19 General Handling of the PRISMAproduction Server Explorer c006 20 Explorer Main Window FUN ctions ccsscseseessssssseeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 20 Explorer Main Menu Functions cecccccceeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 23 Explorer Workspace and Session CONncCet ccccsssseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 28 Create and Save User Defined Workspaces and SeSSiON6 00000008 30 Common Functions of the Explorer Applications cccccccccccceeeeeeeeees 34 Classic EXDIOFED sivcstscssetssedssendtecevauvveecedesersbuhancade av ebeceies ded celadweastsntadeutineevtad 38 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer on a Windows PC 2eee 41 Overview of the Explor
32. 3 4 All values are in mm The most common formats appear bold LEF Long edge forward SEF Short edge forward a Yi VP 5000 High Capacity Stacker Stacker loftser Restrictions he used paper must have a size from 203mm 210mm to 432mm x 310mm Ok Cancel UI Element Description Offset Indicate if you wish an offset when stacking Restrictions Information on the restrictions of this postprocessing type Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 229 Workflow UPI Devices VP 5000 High Capacity Stacker with Stitcher Rotator Stacker Degrees E Aternate Offset 0 Restrictions The used paper must have a size from 203mm A 210mm to 432mm x 310mm UI Elemen Description Rotator Degrees Select a rotation by o or 90 degrees Alternate Offset Indicate if you wish an offset when stacking Stacker Restrictions Information on the restrictions of this postprocessing type Note You cannot use rotation and stacker at the same time This leads to a paper jam VP 5000 Stitcher 230 Corner Staple Edge Stitch Stacker m Use Stapler E Use Stitcher E Offset Position Stitch Offset Top Left Corner mmf Staple Offset Restrictions The used paper must have a size from 203mm x 254mm to 229mm x 310mm De
33. As measure units you can use mm cm pixel or inch Image Shift gt Y Insert an image shift in y direction on the back page from 500 gt Back to 500 mm or from 19 68 to 19 68 inch As measure units you can use mm cm pixel or inch Layout Define the layout for the print job Depending on the jobtype you have the following possibilities Simplex Duplex Tumble Paperformat In the Media Attribute Mode see above select a paper which Input Tray has been defined in the PRISMAproduction Server database via Configuration gt Paper as user defined paper In the Tray Number Mode you can select a tray number The paper which is assigned to this tray is displayed Add All parameters defined are added to the list above The list is sorted by the page number Change Modify the parameters of a marked entry in the list Delete Marked entries are deleted from the list Note As you cannot define special pages as cover sheets with printing a correspond ing entry will be adjusted this means the first or last valid page is entered A message is displayed accordingly Special pages shifts apply always to the pages specified also if no material is changed or material is moved Note the following if special pages cause a change of the print data and or a change of material If the frontpage of a duplex page is defined a
34. DIN A4 US Letter Stacking facedown Print order 1 n Select impositioning sets which have been defined in PRISMAproduction Server using the Professional Document Composer Select Media Attribute Mode to use the Attribute Based Media Selection AIMS If the Tray Number Mode is used the correct input tray is selected by its number This mode is only selectable with printer models VarioPrint 51xx and if the page range contains more than one page Paperformat Input Tray Section Image Operations In the Media Attribute Mode see above select a paper which has been defined in the PRISMAproduction Server database via Configuration gt Paper as user defined paper In the Tray Number Mode the media which are assigned to the trays are displayed Image Shift Centered print Set the image shift for the print job You can shift front and back pages within a range from 500 to 500 mm or from 19 68 to 19 68 inch in x or y direction For jobtypes Booklet and Calendar you can shift values for the second image accordingly As measuring units you can select mm cm pixel or inch Activate this option to position the image in the center of the page Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 103 VarioPJM Settings UI Element Description sss s Section Creep Creep Dependent on the jobtype Booklet or Calenda
35. Job Attributes gt Print dialog can be provided with the following procedure Steps to configure the Printer Colors Step Action In the Explorer open Configuration gt Printers gt Toner Stations 232 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Workflow Color Selection On this tab you find a list with all toner colors currently available from Oc as well as the user defined toners which you configure under Configuration gt Consumables see chapter Consumables Configuration in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration Settings and Tasks Guide For the selected printer check the boxes of the desired toners under Available for Printer BD ah X Printer Name a Model Printer Driver Printer Type Server Name ub vP5000 VarioPrint_5 160 IPDS Driver Cutsheet Printer 1x010222 ops oce net 4 ys7000_PCL VarioStream_7400 PJL PCL Driver Continuous Feed Printer 1x010222 ops oce net Ehyssooo YarioStream_8550 IPDS Driver Continuous Feed Printer Ix010222 ops oce net 4 ys8000_Twin VarioStream_8750_Twin IPDS Driver Twin Printer 1x010222 ops oce net General Print Parameter Job Queues Cluster Toner Stations Input Devices Output Devices Printer Notification Gray Cur gt TA ma E Auto Insert colors from printer Available for Printer Toner name Color Color names C009 B15 C10 ER 0053002 C009 B25 D10 EE 0053002 C010 B815 C10
36. List of files in the PJM Indicate the number of the job copy Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer All Jobs Job details viewer All Jobs Job details viewer Introduction You can display a detailed view of the processing status of any marked job by clicking on the above icon You can also call up this function by double clicking a job or by selecting the respective entry from the pop up menu or the Job menu This opens a tab with a list of all the processing steps of the selected job The list is modified continually The tool bar and job menu functions are described under A Jobs on page 52 Upper Table Column Description File step The sequence number of the file within the job and the number of the processing step The fully qualified file name and the service that is assigned to the step The name of the host on which the service was executed Status The status of the processing step See AZ Jobs on page 52 Progress Displays the progress of the processing step Lower Table Is displayed after the job has reached the status waiting ready to print and refers to the file of the job Column Description Number of the file This information is needed for absolute positioning or for setting a printing range in PJM File name Full path and name of the file In case of chained files the name of the first file is shown
37. Menus 16 User Utilities for ser vice E Create menu entry Delete menu entry N PRISMA Status ah User Scripts PRISMA Status User Utilities for admin User Utilities for applic PRISMA Status and operator KCalc Scientific Calculator PRISMA Status ah User Scripts Issues a console message which informs you on the start and test of PRISMAproduction Server components User Scripts KCalc Scientific Calcula tor Allows the service and admin user to select and exe cute customized programs or shell scripts without direct access to the operating system Standard admin msg_printout amp e The scripts which appear on the Sandard tab are stored in u prismapro cfg userscripts user The scripts pro grams under the Standard tab are available for all users Depending on the log in ID the second tab is labeled with the respective user ID name It provides scripts programs only accessible for this user ID These scripts are stored in u prismapro cfg userscipts admin Service Click on the folder button to select a user script for example monthly report If you start the file by clicking the traffic light a script file is called up for example This is a script file which should be executed only in June spsprt class 3 formdef F10101 pagedef P1STD3 u pismapro job report Starts the Linux calculator application For the u
38. N 0CT 43001 C010 825 D10 007 43001 C011 B15 C10 sooceico1 C011 B25 D10 NN soocT61c01 CU01 B15 C10 EE 0055002 U01 B25 D10 ER 0055002 Companygreen EE Companygreen Companyred EE Companyred G001 B15 C10 EE 0CT 4201 G001 B25 D10 007 42601 a a a o a O a a Z a a O R15 C10 configure Printer VP5000 on Server Ix010222 ops oce net Toner name and Color names of the selected toners are also displayed in the Printer Settings dialog of the Printer Pool application Here you can mark those colors which should be checked before printing vs9000 Job check Toner Colors Job Selection Checks L o E Form Name B126 C65 G10 OCTS3B04 E Resolution E Companygreen Companygreen Printer Name i Companyred Companyred L M105 C65 G10 OCTS6M06 E Job Queue E V101 C65 G10 OCT45801 i Toner Colors E Yuo1 c65 D10 O0CT88Y01 E Data Type Printer Automation E Printer Start Stop E Printer NPRO Questions from Printer w Restrict to Users Cancel Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 233 Workflow Color Selection Action In the PJM in Job Attributes gt Print dialog you can now select the toner color for the respective toner station of the active printer in the Color Selec tion section Printer Color Ma Printer Color lOCTS3B04 OCT56M06 OCT45801 ocT88yo1 Companygreen Companyred Color Selectio
39. ODS network and deletes files that are no longer required You are prompted to confirm the delete operation before it is execut ed Enables the host for accepting ODS jobs Disables the host for accepting ODS jobs Ena amp ble Job pro cessing D amp isable job pro cessing Activates the global job processing of the ODS This setting controls if jobs which are in the ODS are processed It does not influence the job acceptance of the ODS Deactivates the global job processing of the ODS This setting controls if jobs which are in the ODS are processed It does not influence the job acceptance of the ODS Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 75 Services Services Services Introduction This application shows all the services for which licenses are available Services Table Column Title Description Name Name of the service The extension indicates the number of this service Server Name of the host on which this service is available Status of the service free or occupied by a specified job Service Menu Hide free services When this option is checked only the active services are shown When the option is left unchecked the tab shows the free ser vices as well amp Enable Services Activates the selected service s amp Disable Services 8 Deactivates the sekected service s i Note Th
40. PRISMAproduction Server fields Every user can make or modify the settings for his or her account in this window This includes also the settings for the user language and the country preferences which can be different from the global settings in Configuration gt System Note Li The Authorization settings cannot be modiefied here Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 217 Events Configuration Events Events Configuration Introduction It is possible to make the start of a job dependent on the occurrence of a particular event Job execution is directed with the Start Job Events and Start Print Events functions in the Job Attributes Section of the PJM see chapter Job Attributes gt Start Job Events and chapter Job Attributes gt Start Print Events in the PRISMAproduction Server User s Guides The events that users can choose in the PJM to direct job execution have to be defined using this configuration interface This interface is also used during processing to confirm the occurrence of a particular event Illustration E v t gh X Events Name Trans_F Trans_GB Begin night shift Column Titles Column Description Delivery to France Delivery to Graet Britain 8 30 pm Description 218 Name of the event This is used in the PJM for directing and controlling the events A typical event name would be roll loaded Ev
41. Properties button 2 With the default settings the users applic admin service and operator have this authorization jobs control all Only users with this authorization can submit commands to change the state of jobs they do not own These statements are Interrupt Halt Continue With the default settings the users applic admin service and operator have this authorization Icons for Short Information Description Job is finished reprintable former locked status Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 53 All Jobs Icon Description There is a message for this job Job is in exception status amp The job has a time limit which has been exceeded See note below for more information Note If you use the PJM in command line mode you can assign a time limit to the job In the Status column a tooltip informs you about the time limit of the job If the printing doesn t start before the limit is reached or if the job is interrupted and the time limit exceeds the job gets the icon with the red alarm clock and a message If you double click the job the message is displayed with a text which you also define on the PJM command line The alarm clock and message will also appear if the job is in the status processing in output control To define the time limit and the time limit message you have to define two new parameters in the job section of the OCT file job
42. Separation Method Standard colors CMY RGB Media Halftone and Raster e Color color Name in the source file Printer color Freque Angle Unity Cyan 106 Magenta 106 Yellow 106 Red 106 Green 106 Blue 106 All Colors 106 Select one color that shoul arated as HLC The Printer color will always be set to Alternate Color Fre y and raster settings can be adjusted individually Cx You have to take care of the following Process colors C M Y are extracted using the so called InRip Separation This means the RIP has the basic ability to extract the colors which are commonly used in the normal print process and separate them without any further parameters RGB colors are no process colors and can therefore not be addressed by the InRIP function A new function has been developed to also select these basic colors as HLC Because the separation functions of CMY and RGB are incompatible it is also not possible to combine two such colors for 3 3 printing Therefore the selection is limited to one color For documents which contain mixed color data for example Cyan and Red you have the possibility to extract both colors and to use them as one single HLC This is also real ized with a special function select All Colors in the list because of the incompatibility At the moment there is no possibility to set the printer color individually Alternate Color is always used t
43. Server Server V4 0 is also a scalable system providing print per formance up to 1000 ipm You can enhance performance and stability by selecting from a variety of industrial standard server models by cross linking servers and by the use of multi processor systems The Print while spooling downloading function enables PRISMAproduction Server Server V4 0 to start printing during the transmission of data This function is provided for MVS Direct and MVS Download users as well as for offline users Support for VarioStream 9240 and ColorStream 10000 Full Color and Multilevel Gray Graphic Arts Plus Enhanced IPDS backend AFP Color Consortium Enhanced JDF support with JDF Tickets and JMF Feedback Enhanced UP3I support Enhanced PJL backend now PCL module Using CIS in Workflow Job Splitting Indexing or Resource Packaging Server HW platform independency for low volume installations Two parallel LCDS Process chains DPconnect DigiPath V4 0 support Graphical User Interface The administration and configuration of the system is centralized in the PRISMAproduc tion Server Explorer This java based graphical user interface has the following features Monitoring and handling of all print jobs independent of the printer language workflow and interface by means of the common spool Changes in the configuration are detected automatically for example printers and re sources can be added dynamically to the system without resta
44. activate logical events under Configuration gt Events for example Nightshift or Reel of paper installed See Events Configuration on page 218 You can activate Time Date Events directly in this window by selecting a time Illustration Message fare Print _ Start Job Events Start Print Events All Events must be true One Event must be true Time Date Events Logical Events Required Event Description M Enable Time Date F Trans_F Delivery France 4 Trans_GB Delivery Great Britain job1 Booklet A4 Year Month Day Hour Minute Pick local Date Pick local Time Ayo yay aw alo S a 4 gt Ok cancel Help Re Conditions UI Element Description All Events must be All events logical and date time must be true before the job true is submitted One Event must One event logical and date time must be true before the job be true is submitted i Note If the timer of a print job has expired for example because of an old job ticket the job will be submitted without comment Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 147 Job Attributes Start Job Events Time Date Events UI Element Description Enable You can only set the time if this option is activated Time Date Pick local Date Click these buttons to set the current system time and date
45. also shown via a tool tip The priority can be changed with the Job properties window You can modify the priority of the job via the job properties o represents the highest priority and 255 the lowest States the current processing step step x of y A bar indicates the progress Queue of this job Name of the queue of this job Printed pages Page position Print range States the number of pages printed n th page of total A bar indicates the progress As long as the number of pages is un known is displayed Note Pages means in this case the logical pages of the data stream and not the physical sheets Indicates the print page position in the job and the page count per job The range of pages to be printed Note Pages means in this case the logical pages of the data stream and not the physical sheets Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 55 All Jobs Column Description 3 si i ssts si lt i s Y Printer The printer on which the job is being or will be printed Until the state ready to print the printer name can also be a cluster name Form The form used for the job STD or user form defined in Con figuration gt Paper gt Form selectable in the PJM Job at tributes gt Print or SCT table name Type The type of data stream in whi
46. blue Plain 210 0 x A4pink pink Plain 210 0 x lt No Pa Printer Panel The Printer Panel icon or menu entry is only active if a TrueProof printer is configured and selected Maintenance Re See Printer Pool Printer Maintenance on page 204 port Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 197 Printer Pool Tool Bar and Menu Functions 198 Icon Menu Entry Description Printer Menu Activate Printer Disable Printer 8 Reset Printer D Claim Printer Printers can be separately enabled or disabled When a printer is enabled the corresponding print server process is loaded and started When the printer state is halted for example because the current print job has been interrupted it can be reactivated by selecting the Activate Printer command Cancels and resets an active printer process Before the com mand is executed you are prompted to confirm this action be cause of a possible data loss Additionally the user has to try to stop that printer and interrupt the running print job before this command is executed This procedure is required because of the really dangerous data loss problems Opens a dialog box where you can select a user group to which all new messages for the selected printer will be assigned Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Printer Pool
47. entry When you create a new job ticket PRISMAproduction Server proposes these defaults as settings for the new ticket The Save Default parameters are m Job parameter Job name Copies Printer Job Queue a Job attributes Store output file Print Print header trailer Notifica tion Clear Default Clears the default settings described above After New an empty job ticket is available again Edit File Properties _ File properties of PostScript and PDF files Professional Docu Opens the file in the Professional Docu ment Viewer ment Viewer for viewing Viewer Configura Opens a dialog box which allows you to a assign viewing programs to different file types tion 96 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer VarioPJM Overview Menu Menu Entry Description Job Transfer Mode _ Opens a dialog with the following op tions m Print data will be copied to the Serv er The print files are copied to the ODS Master In this case they can exist two times Create links to the print files if possi ble Copies files if they are not on the ODS master Do not change the files until the job is finished If this option is selected a link to the print files is created on the ODS mas ter This may be faster but the files must not be changed until the print job is finished Execute Execute a print job
48. following PostScript setpagedevice parameters will be honored m PagesSize mandatory a MediaWeight a MediaColor m MediaType For MediaTypes and MediaColors for which no predefined equivalent can be found an AFPDS custom media attribute extension will be generated This will not be interpreted by older SPS versions and will generate an error As long as only predefined values are used it is possible to use the new UnityRIP with PRISMAproduction Server versions lt V3 02 18 Note PageSizes which are specified in a landscape format in PostScript will be handled in a special way Ifa layout of duplex is encountered it will be changed to tumble to provide the cor rect output In case of a requesting tumble within PostScript duplex output will be generated Use paper size Use this parameter to define the physical page size Click the Paper Name field to display a list of the valid paper formats You can also select a variable format Do this by entering the Width and Height dimensions in inch or in cm Note If you are using the Composer to manipulate the output make sure the paper size you select matches the size set in the Composer 174 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer POD File Properties Color Overview POD File Properties Color Overview Introduction Use this tab to separate colors in the input document Illustration Collect Separate Colors Compose
49. for APA and LCDS Via DEMO you can access precon figured test jobs for different file formats Up One Level Changes to the next higher directory ic Home Changes to the login directory Create New Fold Creates a new folder in the selected directory er a List Displays the files in a folder in the form of a list Details Displays the files with detailed information on the file size and date of the last modification File Name The file displayed here is selected and can be placed in the List of Files If you press lt shift gt or lt ctrl gt when selecting files you can mark more than one file to be placed in the list When a Device Tape is selected only a single file name is al lowed Only one 1 asterisk is allowed in this file name To select the first second or third file on the device without knowing the filename the file sequence number can be used Examples 1 to select the first file 2 to select the second file Add Adds the selected file s you have selected or found via the serch APAPODILCDSOLDS dialog to the List of Files The file selection box is closed File s Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer File Selection Box Ul Element Description sSY Files of Type Search a Only files of this type are displayed If you select the UNIX file filter you can use file names with wildcards according to the UNIX rul
50. is executed LCDS Note LCDS has its own JDL DJDE based XEROX copy feature LCDS JSL copy counts do not show up in the spool queue because the actual copies may differ due to copy modification entries etc From V3 00 06 To be compatible with previous release not including the job grouping feature the following change was made for all jobs including a single file After job submission the file copy count will be multiplied with the job copy count The result is entered in the job copy count and the file copy count is set to 1 File Properties This command opens a window where you can adjust the set Ll tings of a print file You can also open the dialog box by double clicking the file name in the List of Files section You will get different windows depending on the POD Module module you are working with See the respective chapters for the module dependent file properties APA Settings Properties for LCDS file and File Properties POD Module List of Files Columns The colums titles displayed depend on the selected ticket type POD APA or LCDS Column Title Description Description No Number of the file within the system File Fully qualified filename Size of the file in bytes Size Format Format of the file Is set automatically by the PJM Compose POD only Indicate if the file is modified by the Co
51. load PRISMAproduction Help Media assigned to Input Trays brder co Holes Type g 1A Adwhite white Plain 8268x11 693 80 Jo o aot C T Size Weight Order c l Nam olor ype iz Weight rder C Holes SONS White Standard 279 4 80 Dolphin 48 pool white Plain 210 0 80 Flurdrucker red Plan 210 0 80 R TP CB blue Plain 210 Druckerpark TP_Dolphin s green Plain 210 0 5 VP5000 white Plain 215 9 Ey oh Tarr white Plain 215 9 8 of 8 printers Allocated print speed 0 ppm unlimited User Permissions ieee User defined Paper Standard Paper Form Tab Paper Name weight Color Yinch size 80 White 11 693 gO Red 3 65 80 Blue 11 693 80 Green 11 693 80 White i 11 0 Master Slave 80 White A 14 0 CI Message System 80 White 17 0 80 White 16 535 41_Druckerpark Papier BF Breou f adminewoga 7 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 239 Workflow Extended AIMS Concept Workflow Extended AIMS Concept Introduction With the PRISMAproduction Server version 3 02 18 a new extended Attribute based Input Media Selection is introduced This concept helps to overcome the following re strictions with the Oc VarioPrint printers a Color and mediatypes are predefined on the printer Custom defined names for color and media types are not possible a Tab Ordered Material restrictions With this extended AIMS concept settin
52. logical page 2 and it s copy copies will be printed on the second physical page Invers Two up The logical pages 2 and 1 will be printed on the first physical page pages 4 and 3 on the second physical page Default The information comes from the data stream Printer Default The information comes from the configuration of the printer Color Selection Select the color s with which the job is to be printed The number of fields depend on the number of toner stations of the printer For details see Workflow Color Selection on page 232 POD Module Description Proof Print This command superimposes a grid on each page which helps you measure the position of images more exactly If this button is active and the number of copies is higher than 1 an error message is displayed Tab Printing Printing of tabs within a document For details see Workflow Tab Printing on page 222 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 143 Job Attributes Print 144 All Modules UP3I Devices APA LCDS Module RESOURCE PACKAGING LCDS Module Catalog Catalog Host Description Connection to UP3I postprocessing devices For details see Workflow UP3I Devices on page 225 Description If this option is activated external resources will be packed in the printdata file as inline resources Description Here you define the GCI Catal
53. next to the icon a list of the already configured filters is displayed If there are already settings defined in the filtered job list they will be displayed and can be modified Note For a detailed description of job filters see AZ Jobs Job Filter on page 65 Opens the job list with the filter which you select from the drop down list Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer All Jobs Menu and Tool Bar Functions Menu Entry Tool Function Opens a dialog allowing you to save the filter settings under a freeform name which appears in the job list window Bar Icon Save filter You can also add a Description of the filter which appears as tooltip for the filter name in the tree view Check Save for public access if you wish the filter to be made available to every user in the ODS network If you leave the box unchecked the filter will only be available in the local Ex plorer tree Click OK to create a new entry under the node All Jobs in the tree view of the Explorer Delete Filter Deletes a filter which you can select from a pop up menu Create default job Resets all modifications you have made on the default filters filters Job Menu This menu contains functions which apply to the selected job You can also display the Job menu functions by right clicking an entry in the list Menu Entry Tool Bar Icon Show job message Ca
54. of the message Date of the message Time of the message Name of the host that generated the message ID of the job the message belongs to Message ID hidden by default Name of the module having issued the message Short description Detailed description Attention A The pop up messages which you have to confirm to continue printing for example with a standard form are shown only if in the messages window in the View menu the entry Ignore questions is deactivated Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 77 Messages Overview Illustration 9 Messages esas View Help aY XIQA A azs gt x Type Time Date Host Message id Module User Job id Description 1 34 40 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 74000109 ops 00000034 Job 0000003 3 2 08 41 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 ops 61000000 ExplorerServer service User service fi 2 25 07 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0p5 48200009 OPconnectCon Translation ta 2 25 07 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 ops 48200009 OPconnectCon Translation ta ft 2 25 07 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 ops 48200009 DPconnectCon Translation ta ir 2 25 07 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 ops 48200009 DPconnectCon Translation ta fis 2 25 08 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 48200009 DPconnectCon Translation ta a 3 48 13 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 ops 61000001 ExplorerServer service User service iis 4 04 31 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 74000100 ops 00000035 Job 000
55. or the width of the requested page size This parameter can be used alone or in conjunction with the Position of the page parameter The scaled page can be positioned within the target page size This is for example nec essary if you like to scale a letter sized PDF page into a DIN A4 target size paper See also Workflow for scaling PDF files on page 235 This parameter allows you to link the original PDF pages to 1 out of 9 possible positions of the requested page size as defined in the Media tab The default enforces no positioning which means that all pages will be linked to the PostScript origin See also Workflow for scaling PDF files on page 235 Use Virtual Mem ory VM for fonts Default false This parameter controls the treatment of fonts which are em bedded in the PDF document If this parameter is true the library emits the PostScript font program for the font incrementally on a per glyph basis If this parameter is false the library emits the whole font at the beginning of file which may use up all the available virtual memory Image generation UI Element line Strict fontcheck Fatten lines Fatten fonts out Enables the check for Multiple Master Fonts in the PDF docu ment If you have problems when converting and printing PDFs it is adviced to switch this function off Description Default o Fattens very thin lines betw
56. printer s reference values will be used If you check the option a special set of grays will be used which is custom defined for optimum results on our printing systems You can also modify the brightness enter a positive value to increase the brightness and a negative value to reduce it Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 171 POD Flie Properties Halftone and Raster UI Element Description Use adjustment of Use these options to set the shape of the raster cells the screen raster cell angle and frequency Changing these values has a considerable impact on the appearance of the printout You can use this feature to create special effects Dot generation Use settings from inputfile Uses the values for the raster fre quency and angle which are coded in the input file Use circular raster cells Allows to set frequency and angle values individually Use rectangular raster cells Allows you to adjust the frequency value Frequency Changing these values has a considerable impact on the way gray shades are printed The default setting is 85 0 lpi lines per inch The higher the value the more fine is the resolution of gray raster patterns Angle The default settings is 45 0 degrees The angle of the lines can have a considerable impact on the printout 172 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer POD File Properties Media POD File Properties
57. the Dataformat column for the GraphicArts workflow a filename ptd Displays the first file name of the print job download ptd Displays the Host Download parameters To add the additinal columns you have to copy the desired ptd file s one path higher u prismapro cfg odscontrol ptds The new columns are initially hidden Job States SHG i Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 57 All Jobs 58 Status Description sss sS processing pre pare Data are converted before being sent to the printer processing service active A service is being executed for example conversion processing trans fering data processing print ing processing being interrupted Data are transferred Data are transferred to the printer while the printer is printing An interruption has been requested and the print of the current copy is being completed processing in output control waiting waiting for event waiting for ser vice All the data has been sent to the printer The pages are being stacked Single Fanfold everything has been printed but not yet stacked Twin only recto pages have been printed verso have not yet been printed The job is awaiting the occurrence of an event see Events Configuration on page 218 and Job Attributes Start Print Events on page 149 The job is waiting for
58. the Configuration Interfaces General Usage of the Configuration Applications Introduction Because of the database concept some icons and control elements appear with the same functionality in many of the configuration applications This chapter explains these ele ments and will be referred to in the subsequent chapters Editing configuration data The configuration data is stored in the form of database tables Each table consists of rows and columns When you select a row you can edit its contents provided its value is not derived from values in other fields To modify a column entry double click it with the mouse There is a standard set of functions and icons for editing tables Configuration Icons Icon Description Inserts a new row or item following the selected one Add new Row Item x Deletes the selected row or item Delete Row Item amp Shows the actual status of the data stored in the database Any Reload Dis changes that you have made via the interface are discarded if you card all do not save them prior to executing this function Changes Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 215 General Usage of the Configuration Applications Context Menus If you click with the right mouse button on a column title a context menu opens with functions to sort the list or to hide and display colums Sort ascending Sort descending Reset to default Column resize mode Auto resize la
59. the entry Open Filter in the Printer Pool View menu Additionally the filter can be selected to be visible for the current user only or for all users and if the window opened by the new entry should open in a separate window by default Delete Filter 208 Opens a small dialog box where you can select theprinter filter which should be deleted Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Input Status Input Status Input Status Introduction This window shows the LP Download and HotDir input queues their status and the jobs which are currently received Additionally this window supports activating and deactivating of individual queues The windoow can be switched between table and symbol view See also chapter Input Modules gt Download HotDir and LP in the PRISMAproduction Server Administrator s Guide i Note During very high load of jobs the jobs shown in the window may not be real time or the window may freeze completely This does not have any influence to the job transmis sion The window is usable again after it is reopened Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 209 Input Status Illustration 20 8ly B c service Queue Description PrajobSub TicketRule MirrorServer PefaultTicket Enabled Status Active Jobs Finished Jobs Error Jobs LP1 pjm JOBREQUI Open Idle o 3 0 HotDir HotDirl pjm APA600 Open
60. the filter for the currently selected tree entry Each selected entry in the tree leads to a new tab on the right side of the dialog Illustration Filter options f a E Exclude selected extries E Docuprint E vP6250 E Docutech ia vP5000 E CPS300 S9230 E Data Format Cancel Description Server Filter for server which the printer is connected to Cluster Filter for cluster which are defined in the system Model Filter for supported printer models Printer Type Filter for basic printer types DPT Filter for printer s resolution Driver Filter for printer driver Data Format Filter for printer s data formats Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 207 Printer Pool Printer Filter UI Element Description The list selection area in this dialog has a small toolbar with these items rd Select none Invert selection Ca Select all Additionally you can Exclude selected extries from the filter Save Filter As Opens a dialog which allows you to define a name and a description for the filter and then to save the selected filter configuration Filter name VP5000 Description Printer_Filter Z Available for all users Ok Cancel After saving the filter can be selected if you click the small arrow icon next to the filter icon or by selecting
61. the requested service to be available waiting for time to run waiting ready to print The job is waiting until a time date event occurs see Job At tributes Start Job Events on page 147 The job is waiting for a free printer or was started with the sys tem parameter Hold job until operator confirmation finished finished com plete The job has been printed in its entirety All the sheets have been stacked A completed job remains in the job list for the time specified in the system parameters Hold Finished Jobs h finished reprint able The status when a job is assigned to a job class for which the entry Lock Jobs after printing is defined in the system param eters exception exception hold The job was canceled with O Interrupt job Immediately at ready to print status Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer All Jobs Status Description exception print The printer has reported an error error exception print Status following the interrupt command ing interrupted exception service Error caused by a service for example error during conversion error exception service Status following the halt command 11 or interrupt command interrupted E when the job has not yet been printed or was at ready to print status excepti
62. the resources are read from the local system which is connected to the printer less network traffic at printing time RESOURCES SYSTEM lt hostname gt u prismapro resources system System print resources Library for the LCDS Module Description XRESOURCE lt hostname gt u prismapro data resimport Icds Data from the LCDS resource import directory Further Libraries Examples SHARED contains the preconfigured or user defined sessions See Create and Save User Defined Workspaces and Sessions on page 30 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 49 Server Files HEADER contains user defined header pages for the PJM COMPOSER MERGE OVERLAYS MARKS VARIABLE contain the resources for the Professional Document Composer IMPSET contains complete impositioning schemes for the Professional Document Composer HOME points to the home directory of the user who is currently logged on This di rectory is created on the PRISMAproduction Server master when a user with auto login is configured Write permissions for this directory can be configured in Configuration gt User Permissions gt General Explorer settings DEMO u prismapro demo In this path you find demo job for all language modules Devices APA LCDS OLDS 50 The input devices for the APA LCDS and OLDS Module are collected under this node Devices are confi
63. the selected files provided the parameters are actually supported by the file s format POD File Properties Tabs The file formats which can be used with the POD Module are described here File Formats on page 128 Dependant on the file format the following tabs are available Description Collect This function generates a single file from a list of files See POD File Properties Collect on page 163 Compose With the Professional Document Composer you can manipu late files so as to make optimum use of the paper format and sequence the pages on the printout to suit the type of binding that follows the printing process For further details refer to Professional Document Composer manual See POD File Properties Compose on page 169 Defines the media settings for the conversion of the PS PDF TIFF and PCL file formats There is no need to convert IOCA data since this is a derivative of the AFPDS Consequently no Convert tab is shown when you choose the File Properties command See POD File Properties Media on page 173 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 161 POD File Properties Overview 162 Tab Description Halftone and This function applies only to PostScript and PDF files It enables Raster you to set various parameters for manipulating the print image See POD Flie Properties Halfione and Raster on page 171 Color In this dia
64. user usefull feedback about the activities of the PRISMAproduc tion Server system On the left side a small button allows you to minimize enlarge the navigation bar Next to this icon the currently active workspace is displayed At the right side of the status bar the following information is shown m The icon with the red question mark indicates that there are operator questions which have not yet been answered Click on this icon to display the questions see Messages Operator Requests on page 93 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 21 Explorer Main Window Functions a A progress bar displays of the amount of free space on the u filesystem If you touch this indicator with the mouse a tooltip displays the usage of the u file system of all slaves in the cluster m The color of the icon next to the progress bar indicates the status of the PRISMAproduction Server network Green status ok job acception and processing are enabled Red either the servers or the job acception and or the job processing have been dis abled m Next to this the hostname and the currently logged in user are displayed Function of the Title Bar Icons Description Available in nomal mode maximized mode and full screen Minimize El Available in normal mode minimized mode and maximized mode Maximize Restore m i Close K Available in all modes Reduce
65. you insert with the Add button below the list Single entries in the list can be marked for dele tion or modification Define the page number before which one or more blank pages should be inserted See notes after this table Define the number of blank pages to be inserted Select the physical tray Depends on the selected printer Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 107 VarioPJM Additional Sheets 108 UI Element Description Paperformat In the Media Attribute Mode see above select a paper which Input Tray has been defined in the PRISMAproduction Server database via Configuration gt Paper as user defined paper In the Media Attribute Mode you can select a tray number The paper which is assigned to this tray is displayed Add All parameters defined are added to the list above The list is sorted by the page number Change Modify the parameters of a marked entry in the list Delete Marked entries are deleted from the list Note As you cannot define blank pages as cover pages these will be ignored when submitting the job and a message is issued When inserting blank pages note the following If you insert pages between the front and backpage of a duplex page the backpage becomes the frontpage of the following sheet This means all subsequent duplex pages will be moved one page backwards until the next simplex page or until the end of the job exc
66. 0 0 0 o 21 24 A4_Red 21 Duplex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Select All Deselect All From To Page range ZE 24 Paperformat A4_Red 210 0x297 0 red 90g m2 Plain O O hd Image Shift X Y Layout Agd Front 0 0 mm x 0 0 mm X Duplex kA Change Back 0 0 mm y 0 0 mm z Delete Ticket lt Internal gt POD Ready Special Pages Tab The table on this tab lists all special pages which you insert with the Add button below the list Single entries in the list can be marked for deletion or modification UI Element Description Select All Mark all entries in the list Deselect All Demark all entries in the list Page range gt Insert the first and the last special page valid for this entry From gt To Image Shift Insert an image shift in x direction on the front page from gt X gt Front 500 to 500 mm or from 19 68 to 19 68 inch As measure units you can use mm cm pixel or inch Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 109 VarioPJM Special Pages UI Element Description Image Shift gt Y Insert an image shift in y direction on the front page from gt Front 500 to 500 mm or from 19 68 to 19 68 inch As measure units you can use mm cm pixel or inch Image Shift Insert an image shift in x direction on the back page from 500 gt X gt Back to 500 mm or from 19 68 to 19 68 inch
67. 0003 ir 4 04 32 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 ops 90002000 VP5000 service 00000035 SPL Source t 4 04 32 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 90002000 VP5000 service 00000035 SPL Source t i 4 04 42 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 90002000 VP5000 service 00000035 SPL Source t ir 4 04 42 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 ops 74000109 ops 00000035 Job 0000003 4 05 13 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 74000100 ODS 00000036 Job 0000003 4 05 14 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 90002000 VP5000 service 00000036 SPL Source t Li 4 05 14 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 90003315 VP5000 senice 00000036 Resource file if 4 05 14 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 90003315 VPS000 service 00000036 Resource file 4 05 14 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 90002000 P5000 service 00000036 SPL Source t 4 05 14 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 ops 90003000 PS000 service 00000036 Additional me fa 4 05 14 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 ops 90002000 P5000 service 00000036 SPL Source t 20 of 2491 entries 0 open questions Messages Window 78 The Messages window consists of the title bar menu bar tool bar message information list and a status bar The title bar contains the name of the window or the name of the saved filter the window was opened with The menu bar contains the menus Messages View and Help The tool bar contains some of the most important menu bar entries for quicker access The status bar indicates how many me
68. 07 2 20 PM rjw 4 13 07 2 20 PM rjw 4 13 07 2 20 PM rjw 4 13 07 2 20 PM rjw 4 13 07 2 20 PM rjw 4 13 07 2 20 PM rjw 4 13 07 2 20 PM rjw 4 13 07 2 20 PM rjw 4 13 07 2 20 PM rjw 4 13 07 2 20 PM rjw 6 5 07 6 01 PM r w 6 5 07 6 01 PM rjw 6 5 07 6 01 PM rjw 3 16 07 2 01 PM rjw 3 16 07 2 01 PM rjw Libraries Can be configured in Configuration gt Library paths When selecting files in the PJM List of Files section you can select files from these libraries Depending on the language module you can select files from different libraries Libraries for the POD Module TARGET u prismapro data pjm tar get Description Original files in their native format OUTPUT u prismapro data pjm out put Libraries for the APA Module TARGET u prismapro data pjm tar get RESOURCES lt hostname gt u prismapro resources Saves files in the TIFF PS and PDF for mat which have been reconverted from IOCA Original files in their native format All print resources on the master Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 47 Server Files Libraries for the POD Module Description RESOURCES LOCAL lt hostname gt The base directory u prismapro re sources local is used for a central resource management All resources are kept on one central system The usage of this function is working au tomatically If the resources for a job are selected fr
69. 109 ops 00000032 Job 0000003 a 1 33 46 PM_ Jul26 2007 _1x010222 0ps 74000100 ODS 00000033 Job 0000003 7 10 of 2453 entries 0 open questions E ql Workspace a B a A serviceenx010222 24 Sample workspace containing the Printer Pool Servers and the Messages applications Create Sessions To design a new session you can choose from the following actions m Select amp New Session from the Explorer amp File menu A new empty session will be created m Right mouse click on the navigation bar and choose amp Add Workspace A workspace containing the selected application is automatically created An icon in the navigation bar represents the workspace OR m Click on the 8 amp View menu and choose amp Add Workspace to achieve the same result To place more than one application in one workspace proceed as follows 30 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Create and Save User Defined Workspaces and Sessions a Right mouse click on the workspace icon in the navigation bar and select amp Add Application to add another application to you workspace OR m Click on the amp View menu and choose amp Add Application to achieve the same result To change the layout of the workspace you can use drag and drop or the menus To drag and drop a view simply left click on the view header and move the view around A blue frame will preview the new layout of the workspace as it would look after droppin
70. 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer All Jobs Note Li Due to the amount of information provided the list can be very complex If you click a column title you can hide or show columns Thus you can adjust the list to your needs Sorting Table Lines You can sort the entries in most lists in either ascending or descending order To change the sort order left click the column title An arrow is then shown the sort symbol Click the arrow to change the sort order You cancel the sorting via the shortcut menu or by clicking the arrow until it disappears When sorting columns with a bar which indicates the progress of an action the compar ison is done in the following order m Proportion of bytes processed and the entire job size progress m Entire size of the job m Bytes processed If the result is that the values are equal the next step is performed for the comparison Customize Columns You can change column widths using the mouse The Reset to default function restores the columns to their default widths Hide Column suppresses the display of a column Show Column makes the hidden columns visible again Add Columns for Special Use Cases With PRISMAproduction Server files are delivered which supplement the description file for the job list jobsviewer ptd to display extra columns The following files are released in the path u prismapro cfg odscontrol ptds examples a dataformat ptd Displays
71. 3 is set as paper format The docu ment in letter format is to be placed unchanged on this page Because the target format A3 is larger than the original format letter you have to de fine on which position on the target page the document has to be placed This is also required if the paper format is smaller than the size of the docu ment In this case the oversize contents of the documents is cut off c Scale the document to any paper format For this purpose you have to define the desired paper format and to check the option Fit width or height respectively in the converter dialog With this setting the document will be scaled proportionally until one paper edge either left or right or on top of the page is reached You also have to define the position of the document as described below You have the following possibilities for positioning Top Left Top Top Right Left Center Right Bottom Left Bottom Bottom Right In case a the preset standard position according to the PostScript Graphics Model Bottom Left is used The document page is therefore placed in the lower left corner of the paper format Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 235 Workflow for scaling PDF files In case b you can select any position In case c you can select several positions Depending on whether you scale fitting to paper width or paper height you have three different methods to position the pages Scale
72. 32767 copies on Sheets POD Module only Choosing this option will print the single pages one after the other as many times as indicated in the Copies field n times the first sheet and then n times the second sheet and so on This function is only available if the Professional Document Composer is installed and you are printing on an I mode printer per Job Files Select this option to indicate that you want to print file copies The number of file copies can be specified in the List of Files section as separate Jobs This setting has the effect that for every file an own job is created in the List of Files The single jobs get an own job number and the job names are deduced from the job name inserted above You can set for the single files different number of copies in the List of Files In further processing these copies are dealt with as job copies Note See also Jobsplitting per Job Copies on page 119 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 117 PJM Job Parameter Section UI Element Description Printer One printer selected from a list of all the printers in the PRISMAproduction network Select the printer on which the job is to be printed Warning Your choice will have an influence on PJM menu functions because some settings depend on the selected printer If the option Access Each Printer of a Cluster is enabled in the System Configuration in additio
73. Aproduction Server Explorer Messages Menus Details Move Section Section Size Font Time Date Format k Auto Scrolling lv Show Message Tooltips K Popup Questions E save Filter as Clear Window Refresh Menu Entry Description Eneou ona LO E Exclude selected extries Starting time E Ending time a Hot Directory Service type a serieMahagen i Module E Mirror 8000 E user Hae rismalp E Host E vP2110 E Job ta I veso00 E Message id meen E XeroxDocuprint E backupedge E Comparex Data Converter TA ce Convertor Cancel Help You can additionally select the following items to configure a filter Host Job Id and Message Id The list selection area in this dialog has a small toolbar with this items S Select none amp Invert selection Ca Select all 4 Add new entry available only for Module Job Id and Message Id Exclude selected extries display all but items selected in the filter available only for Type Module User Host and Message Id Open Filter Select a filter you have previously created Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 91 Messages Menus a Details Move Section Section Size Font Time Date Format k Auto Scrolling lv Show Message Tooltips Popup Questions Y Edit Fitter Open Filter
74. Bar and Menu Functions Introduction The Printer Pool functions which are accessible via the tool bar and menus are described below Icon Menu Entry Description ss s sSCid Printer Menu Settings See Printer Pool Printer Settings on page 201 Z Media Settings Opens a dialog which allows you to add or modify the media al which are assigned to the input trays of the selected printer You can only modify the list if the selected printer is not active If you modify a media which is assigned to an input tray this media will be added to the list of user defined papers in the Paper application see Paper Configuration Tool on page 219 If you click the button with the three dots you can add a paper from a list which contains all standard and user defined papers Medias assigned to Input Trays Tray Name Color Type Size Weight order cou Holes Ad white Standard 210 0 x 297 0 Adpink pink Plain 210 0 x 297 0 Ad4skyblue blue Plain 210 0 x 297 0 Advellow yellow Plain 210 0 x 297 0 lt No Paper gt Name Color Type Size weight order Co Holes Ad white Standard 210 0 x A3 white Standard 297 0 x 80 Ad_uncut white Standard 215 0 x white Standard 305 0 x white Standard 250 0 x white Standard 148 5 x white Standard 420 0 x white Standard 215 9 x white Standard 215 9 x white Standard 279 4 x Agvellow yellow Plain 210 0 x A4skyblue
75. Copies The number of copies of the file Once printing of the job is underway the entry in this column states how many copies of the total filecopies x copies of y have already been printed This entry can be edited after the job has been submitted Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 71 All Jobs Job details viewer 72 Column Formdef Description Form definition valid for the file This entry can be edited after the job has been submitted Pagedef Page definition valid for the file This entry can be edited after the job has been submitted Size of the file in kbytes States the number of pages printed n th page of total If the number of pages cannot be identified will be issued Copies Formdef and Pagedef can be modified To do this the Print File Properties dialog can be opened either by double clicking the table entry or by clicking the Edit icon 2 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Servers Servers Servers Introduction The Servers application lists all the computers available in the PRISMAproduction Server network When you select a computer a toolbar is activated which allows you to enable or disable the computer These functions are also accessible via the Server menu At the bottom of the application the status of the PRISMAproduction Server network is displayed Toolbar and Serv
76. E Save Filter as lt Delete Filter Clear Window amp Refresh Menu Entry Description Save Filter As Opens a dialog where the name and description of the filter can be entered for saving the selected filter configuration Filter name Description E Available for all users E Open in new window The filter is not stored into a file it appears in the PRISMAproduction Server Explorer as a new entry in the message node Additionally the entry can be selected to be visible for the cur rent user only or for all users and if the window opened by the new entry should open in a separate window by default 7 Delete Filter Opens a dialog where you can select a filter which can be deleted Clear Screen Removes all messages from the screen Messages are not not deleted and can be restored with Refresh Refresh Refreshes the message entries Messages Context Menu 92 Some of the menu entries described above are also accessible via a context menu which appears if you right click a message entry Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Messages Operator Requests Messages Operator Requests Introduction Questions to the operator interrupt the printing process if certain operator actions are required If the Messages View menu entry Popup questions is activated the operator requests pop up au
77. F Under Job Attributes gt Store gt Resource just select one of these formats PFL Print File Library Stores job tickets ready to be printed An incremented number will be added to the files so that they are not overwritten in case of modification PREPRINTS Contains already converted files under construction You can use this directory to try out different schemes of impositioning without converting the files again and again Modified files overwrite the old version All Modules DEMO This directory contains demo jobs for all language modules Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 131 Job Attributes Overview Job Attributes Overview Introduction The parameters you define in the Job Attributes Section influence the submission of a print job Illustration Job Attributes i Message Store Print E Header Trailer E Events Notification W Custom Settings AAAARAIS Available Categories Clicking on the edit icon Z will open a dialog box with up to seven enabled tabs depend ing on the boxes you have checked 132 Category Message Print Header Trailer Events Function You can add a message for the operator to the job The job can be interrupted until the operator confirms this message See Job Attributes Message on page 134 The files used
78. Ge pa Job Setup Notes Settings Additional Sheets Special Pages Cover Sheets Blank Sheets Front and Back Different X al Before Page Number Paperformat 1 1 AA_Green 210 0x Print on front Cover Sheet Print on Both Sides Z Paperformat A4_Green 210 0x297 0 green 90g m2 PlainjO O v Before Page 7 1 Add 4 Print on back Cover Sheet Number 1 Change L Print on Both Sides x Ay ees Paperformat Delete Paperformat 2 aaucreenidi01owo7 OlareenGOu MPIEMIOIO E Ad_Green 210 0x297 O green 90g m2 Plainlolo v Header Tab Printing Tab Set AsTabo3en1 i Print System Header Position Modus Fro Print Data using Size of Tab Pages D E Error Pages only Positions te E E j Ticket lt Internal gt POD Ready Additional Sheets Tab 106 UI Element Description Section Cover Sheets Cover Sheets Select one of the following options None Front Only Back Only Front and Back Same Front and Back Different 1 1 Print on front Available options Cover Sheet None Print on Side 1 Print on Side 2 Print on Both Sides 1 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer VarioPJM Additional Sheets UI Element Paperformat Input Tray Print on back Cover Sheet Description In the Media Attribute Mode see above select a paper which has been defined in the PRISMAproduction Server databa
79. MAproduction Server Explorer All Jobs Menu and Tool Bar Functions Menu Entry Tool Description Bar Icon Search in print You can search for strings EBCIDIC or ASCII within an AFP file file The system returns the page numbers on which the string af was found Search_afp does not work if conditional processing formatting is used with line data mixed data Additionally the pagedef and the resource library which contains this pagedef must be de fined in the job ticket for each print file The function does not work if the pagedef and libraries are defined in the printer de faults only If the Carriage Control Character parameter Pdscc is not defined in the job ticket the default ASA is used You can define the job ticket parameters with the PJM interface select every print file and add the information via APA Settings subwindow or by generating an appropriate default ticket for the automated input processes LP HotDir Download where the required information is added to the filedefaults section When you choose this function you are prompted to confirm that you really want to delete the job This prevents jobs from being inadvertently selected and deleted If the job is in the processing printing state or in processing in output control it cannot be deleted The button appears grayed out Interrupt This function cancels the current processing step of the selected
80. Oc User manual PRISMAproduction Server POD Module Copyright Copyright 4001 2008 Oc All rights reserved including rights of translation reprinting reproduction by copying or any other method of this document as a whole or parts thereof Offenders will be liable for damages All rights including rights created by patent grant or registration of a utility model or design are reserved Delivery subject to availability right of technical modifications reserved All hardware and software names used are trademarks of their respective owners PRISMA production and Oc CustomTone are registered trademarks of Oc Adobe Acrobat Reader and Distiller are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated PostScript 3 is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated Microsoft Windows Windows XP Windows Server 2003 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Java and all Java based trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States and other countries SUSE Linux Enterprise is a registered trademark of Novell Inc For this product we also offer seminars at our International Training Center in Poing Information Phone 49 8121 72 3940 Fax 49 8121 72 3950 Oc Printing Systems GmbH ITC Postfach 1260 85581 Poing Germany Edition 09
81. Selected file Index Range Gaps File selection list oo4test Disabled 003 XXXXxx oo4test O17XXXXXXXXX 004XXXX OO1XXXX 002XXX 022Xxx x stands for any character Not permitted 03XX 0004XX etc since the number of digits is not identical To sum up all numeric sequences must have the same number of digits sequences 03xx and 0004xxx would not be allowed for the above example In this mode the numeric block on the left side of the file name is the only filter criterion for generating a list Right index This mode is similar to Left index The differences are that the numeric block has to be on the right side of the file name In this mode the numeric block need not have the same number of digits as the numeric block in the filter The names still match even if the number of digits is different For example 003 and 0004 may both be used since the leading zeroes are truncated The Range and Gaps parameters function in the same way as in the previous examples The table below gives an example Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 167 POD File Properties Collect F 168 Selected file Index Range File selection list Testoo4 3 17 4 Disabled XXX003 1 2 22 testoo4 XXXXO17 XXx004 XXxO1 XXXKOO2 XXX22 x stands for any character Not permitted XxO1 XXxOOO1 in the same directory L In this mode the numeric block on the right side of t
82. Server Explorer Set Working Mode Set Working Mode Introduction PJM provides different working modes Depending on the mode selected certain functions are available or restricted The working modes only allow task related modifications of job tickets The user administration within the PRISMAproduction Server Explorer allows to assign working modes as permissions to permission groups see chapter User Management gt User Permissions in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration Settings and Tasks Guide Depending on the permission group the user belongs to different working modes can be used or are restricted to use Users of the default permission group Operator are only allowed to work in Production Mode All other default permission groups are allowed for all working modes Illustration Exper mode 7 Expert Mode Preparation Mode Production Mode Working Mode Description Production Mode Users operators can only send completed jobs or reprints to Default permis the printer sion group Opera The Print function is turned on and Store is turned off If an empty ticket is loaded the files which are placed in the List of Files can be assigned the default values stored in the ticket The List of Files cannot be modified if there are already files in the ticket The following settings can be made in Production Mode Job Name Copies Pri
83. SpotColorBlue 25 5 SpotColorTol 50 SpotColorGreen 169 m Ifthere is more than one list entry currently only two entries are possible a new key which contains all values will be generated for every line Example HLC1 105 30 169 25 25 5 50 106 45 Turquoise 0 0 HLC2 25 5 30 211 25 70 50 106 45 Orange o 1 The values are an abstract of the list entries The figure before the last figure defines the way the separation is performed Represent separation as o Automatic Automatic detection of objects image or graphic Images are rasterized graphics are not rasterized unless they consist of gray scales 5 Halftone raster All objects will be rasterized 9 Solid fill All objects will be extracted as full color objects The last figure defines if the RIP interprets the detected color as sRGB color Interpret as sRGB color fo Activated 1 Deactivated sRGB represents a color space which has been developed to display colors on digital monitors A Color management Module which is part of the operating system enables the display of the same image on different hardware devices Unfortunately many appli cations use this reduced color space when saving or printing documents This may produce unwanted effects in connection with high quality printouts Note If you select a sRGB color for the separation it is recommended to set the tolerances 3 to 4 times higher as for RGB
84. ar of the Linux desktop opens the login screen to the PRISMAproduction Server Ex plorer PR Aprod O service Login Waiting for automatic login If the user is configured for Auto login see chapter User Management gt User in the PRISMAproduction Server Administrator s Guide the Explorer opens automatically The basic layout of the Explorer is like follows 20 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Explorer Main Window Functions Illustration gt Ex PRISMAproduction mmea File View Window Help Application Area dl No selection Status Bar Aservice x010222 4 Layout of the Explorer Window The title bar offers standard functionality like maximizing restoring minimizing and closing It also contains a system menu which provides this functionality The system menu will pop up when a single right click is made on the title bar OR when a left click is made on the Oc logo in the title bar Double clicking the title bar maximizes the Explorer or restores the former layout The functions of the Explorer main menu are described here Explorer Main Menu Functions on page 23 The navigation bar holds the workspaces of a session and allows users to navigate through current open view areas The latter are called workspaces The navigation bar can be minimized using the small icon in the left corner of the status bar The status bar gives the
85. archives on all servers of the PRISMAproduction Server network See Server Files on page 46 All Jobs Displays job lists with detailed information on the status of the print jobs See All Jobs on page 52 Servers Displays information on the computers connected to the PRISMAproduction Server system See Servers on page 73 42 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Overview of the Explorer Applications POD Module Function Services This tab shows all services which are licensed on the system It also informs on the status of the service See Services on page 76 Messages Displays messages and logging information Details can be viewed for each entry See Messages Overview on page 77 VarioPJM Easy to handle print job manager for cutsheet printing See VarioP M Overview on page 95 Print Job Manag Mighty tool for the creation and execution of print jobs er See PJM Main Window on page 112 Printer Pool Provides access to all printers configured in the system for ad ministration and job control tasks Printer Pool Overview on page 193 Print File Manag Controls import and export operations for POD archive Allows er for admin and you also to search and delete archives service users only See chapter Print File Manager in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration and Settings Guide Professional Docu Too
86. ascending Select your preferred sort order here or left click the column Sort descending title An arrow is then shown the sort symbol Click the arrow Unsort to change the sort order If the arrow disappears no sorting is performed Hide column You can suppress columns in the tables in order to limit the Show column information displayed to match your needs Reset to default Hide Column suppresses the display of a column Show Column makes the hidden columns visible again Reset to default displays all hidden columns again Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Common Functions of the Explorer Applications Menu Item Function Column resize Select one of the options which are offered here or adjust the mode column width using the mouse Use the function Reset to de fault of the context menu to reset the default width of the columns Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 37 Classic Explorer Classic Explorer Definition The move from the explorer tree towards a workspace management concept should not be underestimated It will take time for the user to get used to the new workspace concept For this reason the old explorer tree is still supported and is called the Classic Explorer To use the classic explorer it must be loaded just like a normal session The PRISMAproduction Server installation installs the session file c
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88. b list either via the menu View gt amp Edit Filter or via the Filter icon Note Only the creator of a filter or the users admin and service are allowed to delete or to overwrite a filter Illustration Filterable columns Resolution Job name Printer E exception hold E exception mirrored E exception print error E exception printing interrupted E exception service error E exception service interrupted E exception waiting for release E finished complete E finished reprintable E mirror server was unreachable E mirrored Printing started Printing finished Cancel Apply Job Filters You can filter most of the columns of the job list These columns are offered under Fil terable columns Columns which should be part of the filter have to be moved from the left part of the window to the right using the arrow buttons The right part of the filter window displays a tab for every column On these tabs you define the filter conditions which should be valid for column All filter conditions for the different columns have to be valid at the same time to display the job using this filter The possibilities to assign conditions depend on the data type of the column Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 65 All Jobs Job Filter Buttons Function All Activates t
89. butes match those entries defined on the target printers Otherwise no match on media attributes will be possible The following attributes characterize a paper Paper Name Freeform text but must be unique Weight As indicated on the package Color See table below Type See table below Size Width X Size Height Y Size Order Count Reserved for future functions Drilling Reserved for future functions Available colors white black gray Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 237 Workflow Media Assignement to Printers red yellow green blue turquoise violet orange brown gold silver noColor pink buff ivory goldenrod mustard Available Media Types Standard Transparentfilm Precuttabulator Preprinted 3 Configuring Input Trays In Configuration gt Printers select the Input Devices tab and define for every Cutsheet printer as many input trays as the number of different medias you intend to use in your workflow 4 Assigning media types to input trays 238 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Workflow Media Assignement to Printers In the Printer Pool application select the Media Settings icon to assign the media defined in the Paper application to the input trays of the selected printer These media can be regarded as your default media
90. ch the file exists for example AFP PCL PDF or PS If the job has been generated in the RAW format pass through the correct format is displayed here only if the job was generated with a suitable printer Color If the job is to be printed with colors this column states the color names Resolution 240 dpi 300 dpi 600 dpi or MRM Multi Resolution Mode Copies The number of copies of the job Once printing of the job is underway the entry in this column states how many copies of the total x copies of y have already been printed A bar indi cates the progress Warning If you define Copies per Job not Copies per Job Files in the PJM and additionally print header pages and ticket pages the number of job copies is only indicated in the job details window The Job List will always display Copies 1 in this case Be careful when modifying the number of copies via the job properties button Status The status of the current processing step The states are ex plained below Accepted Date and time of the job acceptance Started Date and time of jobstart Modified Date and time of job modification Printing started Date and time of start of printing Printing finished Date and time of end of printing Printing time Duration of printing Pages Copy Number of pages per copy Size Copy Size of one copy Size Size of the entire print job 56 Chapter
91. colors commonly used in the graphical industry Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 177 POD File Properties Select color range RGB Mode Select Color Range RGB Mode Dialog 178 If you click the Add button the following dialog opens Bao Choose Options Printer color E Orange Frequency 106 Ipi Angle 45 Degree Represent separation as Automatic RA lu Interpret as sRGB color Use the slider buttons in the upper section Choose color to mix an individual color which is displayed in the square on the left side In this section you can also define the tolerances which enlarge the extent of the basic color The values are also indicated as percent which makes it easier to find the correct settings Additionally the selected range is visualized on the color bars The following settings can be performed in the lower Options section UI Element Description Printer color Defines the OCA color code which specifies how the selected color is indicated in the resulting AFP data stream as color for the printer Frequency Raster frequency Indicates the number of lines per inch With higher values less gray shades can be displayed because the square for the generation of the raster point gets smaller the more lines are used On the other hand with a lower val
92. correct page value Selection Function Pages According to the indicated page numbers in this text field the job is positioned forward or backwards From current Page The starting point of the relative position ing is the current page From last Checkpoint The starting point of the relative posi tioning is last checkpoint Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 69 All Jobs Job Positioning for Job 0 Selection Boundary Absolute Position 70 Function The boundary of the current document is only taken into con sideration if it is indicated If you allow positioning beyond document boundaries in some cases printing may resume in a different document Immediately The job is repositioned immediately On File Copy Boundary The job is repositioned after printing the current file copy On Job Copy Boundary The job is repositioned after printing the current job copy containing more than one file Positions to a particular page when you restart a print job For absolute positioning specify a page number in the document and the document copy at which printing is to resume Be sure to enter the correct page and copy values Selection File Copy File Number Function Indicate the page in the file Indicate the number of the file copy Indicate the file number as displayed in the Job details or
93. ct files from devices such as tapes cartidges and other hard disks All Modules provide access to the vitual directory DEMO which contains preconfigured test jobs Illustration Look In demo Gu afp prismapro ioca G dem fas Jes HOME icds 6 TARGET tineda output odda Ga PFL Sect E PREPRINTS File Name demo pdf Files of Type All Files Name possible Content File size 10 Last modified 8 3 07 4 40 PM H subdirectories Search Add POD File Cancel 154 Example of the POD file selection box with activated search options Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 125 File Selection Box Window Functions UI Element Description 126 Look In Name of the directory of which the contents is displayed The system remembers the last file opened and displays it If this file has been deleted the parent directory will be selected in stead Clicking the list button opens a view of all directories in hierar chy above the selected directory Double clicking a directory opens it Directories beginning with are logical paths for default libraries from which you can also select files See Virtual Directories on page 130 Via DEVICE you can for example select files from tape
94. ction Server Explorer The available items in this menu depend on the language modules installed and on the unser ID Some functions like Create menu entry and Delete menu entry are not accessible for the users operator applic and admin The user service is the only user who has full access to all menu functions System Menu Entry Description amp Reboots the system Reboot amp This command opens a dialog box to confirm or cancel the Shutdown system shutdown The system must always be shut down properly before the print server is powered off User Utilities There are different functions for the different basic users User Utilities for ser User Utilities for admin User Utilities for applic vice and operator User Scripts E Create menu entry KCalc Scientific Calculator Delete menu entry PRISMA Status PRISMA Status aft User Scripts ah User Scripts Create menu entry Opens a shell script which allows you to create a new menu entry for a defined user group After the creation of the entry you can assign any program to be launched if you click the entry This entry will be visible in the submenu of the User Utilities menu if you log on under the defined user group Delete menu entry Deletes the menu entries created for the different user groups via a shell script Chapter 2 The PRISMAproduction Desktop 15 PRISMAproduction Server
95. ction Viewer Jul 26 2007 3 50 21 PM D JettyServer 4D SlaveFileSystemServer gt OdsStatusServer gt OdsContigServer gt MessageServer gt LicenseServer Operation With the default settings the user groups system admin and service are authorized to view connections The operator does not have this right When you double click a particular server you are shown the connections viewer with a list of the connections that exist with the server in question This data is intended for administrators the purpose being to provide an overview of the connections that are currently in operation in the PRISMAproduction network Services which are started incorrectly are marked with a special icon A tooltip provides further details 44 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Connection Viewer Column Function Serial number of the connection Client host Client system on which the application runs which has connect ed itself to the server The entry consists of the symbolic name or the IP address User name Linux login name of the application or the user who started the application Application Applications which are currently connected to the server Date of the login to the server Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 45 Server Files Server Files Server Files Introduction 46 This node allows you to access files and devices of all computers of
96. deve History tom of this page Of course lops power software pro Frame was founded in we won t mind if you read ducts that make it easier for April 1986 All four founders the whole page 100 people o gencrate andre have a proven track record ey As yon da read notice sent information both oati Wf meeting commitments z m 209 97 297 01 mm simplex page 12 00 600 dpi 84 19 212 01 mm B1 Pages fone 4 Main Window The main window consists of four different areas page area thumbnail area navigator area and a menu and toolbar Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 187 Professional Document Viewer 3 Window Area Description Page area The page area displays the page contents The visual appearance of the page contents is affected by a number of options The scrollbars and if supported by your mouse and your oper ating system by the mouse wheel can be used to move around in the current page In addition you can move around in the page by left dragging the page contents To zoom in the page use the right mouse button to select the area you are interested in To zoom out again click right in the area Thumbnail area The thumbnail area contains small images thumbnails of the document pages This way you can easily have an oversight over the document s contents You can scroll through the doc ument by means of the scrollbar To bring a page of the docu ment to display you simply have to doub
97. dification or viewing mode depending on its status View Job D The print file is displayed if it s stored in an archive or as re source Edit job proper ties 4 Reposition 4 gt Opens the Job Properties dialog You can change some parameters of a job while the job is in the queue awaiting printing for example before the jobs state changes to waiting ready to print You can change the printer job queue form copy count priority and page range The form name can contain up to 64 characters You can also add a file indicator file number or file range before the respec tive print range for example 1 5 9 3 6 10 or 1 3 10 35 11 The indication of the print range may contain up to 250 char acters line breaks after each semicolon are allowed Printer S8000 Job queue 1 Default class Form Priority Copies Print range 1 50 100 3 1 99 120 Lx Cancel Warning If you define Copies per Job not Copies per Job Files in the PJM and additionally print header pages and ticket pages unwanted multiple printouts may occur if you modify the number of copies This is because the number of copies refers to the whole job as indicated in the job details You can reposition a job while it is in the process of being printed See All Jobs Job Positioning for Job o on page 69 Chapter 3 PRIS
98. e applications can be started by the Explorer example when clicking on a PDF file Acrobat is invoked automatically For more detailed information see the PRISMAproduction Server Administration Settings and Tasks Guide chapter Remote Access to the PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 41 Overview of the Explorer Applications POD Overview of the Explorer Applications POD Illustration Window Help Add Workspace Add Application K Remove Workspace 4 Connections amp Properties Server Files Ji Small Navigation Bar B All Jobs gt Servers Empty workspace Gx Configuration o Services I Messages Y vario PJM PJM Printer Pool LCDS Channel LCDS Resources Import LCDS Resources Export Input Status Print File Manager e tpg E D lt p OLDS Services LCDS Resources G Local files The modules of the PRISMAproduction Server Explorer The availability of the modules depends partly on the licenses which are installed on the system Module Function Configuration Contains several submodules to configure for example printers system settings and so on Connections Provides an overview of all Java servers currently connected to the PRISMAproduction Server system See Connection Viewer on page 44 Server Files Provides access to resource libraries and
99. e displayed entries is removed and the same number of messages is appended to the displayed list Positions to the end of the database also occurs when the message window opens Note New messages are displayed automatically only if the view area is positioned to the end of the database Opens a dialog where the scrollable section size can be adjusted Messages per Section 500 Max line count 10000 Cancel Help Re Because of performance issues and memory requirements the number of visible message entries is limited to 10 000 default 5000 lines Lines which do not fit into the window are cached and can be viewed by scrolling the window You can either key in the limit value via the keyboard or click the arrow buttons in the dialog box The default is 5000 cacheable lines Note Increasing the number of visible lines uses more system memory Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 87 Messages Menus 88 a Details Move Section Section Size Font Time Date Format k Auto Scrolling lv Show Message Tooltips Popup Questions Y Edit Fitter Open Filter E Save Filter as lt Delete Filter Clear Window gt Refresh Menu Entry Description Font Opens a dialog box which allows you to select a font font size and decoration for the message window Fontname size Dialog 12 v Dialoginput Lucida Bright Luc
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101. e selected From a Take parameter from the file Sender Receiver drop down list you can select another format l4 Clicking this button allows you to adjust the properties for the file for example media or color settings R Le Clicking the Open Viewer button allows you to preview the original document depending on the file format with a config ured viewer IOCA with the Professional Document Viewer All parameters are taken from the file Displays the sender of the print job A PA Use this button to add additional information for the sender Displays the receiver of the print job A RA Use this button to add additional information for the receiver 100 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer VarioPJM Job Setup Notes UI Element Description Account You can insert your account number here Operator Mes Insert a message for the operator The operator can view the sage message in the PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 101 VarioPJM Settings VarioPJM Settings Introduction This dialog allows you to make further settings for the appearance of the print job Addi tionally you can decide which measuring unit is valid for the display of the image shift The resolution of the job is also displayed At the bottom of the dialog you can insert an e mail address for notification on the stat
102. e service mirror is a special case It appears automatically in the list as soon as the respective settings are saved in the system configuration see chapter System Configu ration gt Mirroring in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration and Settings Guide By default this service is deactivated no connection and must be activated by hand If the mirror server is available the status of the service changes to online 76 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Messages Overview Messages Messages Overview Introduction The Messages window displays all messages which were sent by processes from the print server environment Different message types logs warnings errors operator questions requiring an answer are marked by different symbols in the type column To provide further clarity you can filter the messages according to various criteria You can save filters under different names and switch between them easily You can configure the PRISMAproduction Server message system using the Message System configuration tool See chapter Message System Overview in the PRISMAproduction Server Admin istration Settings and Tasks Guide Here you can configure for example when older messages are deleted which operator requests should automatically be answered and which messages should be exported to an external file The following information is provided for each message Type
103. e they are analyzed and processed In connection with LCDS print jobs are interpreted in a more general way They include also the conversion of resources and compile jobs for the preparation of job description languages Permissions The PRISMAproduction Server Explorer user administration allows you to assign per mission groups which also contain PJM specific rights to single users Users of the default permission group Operator have restricted access to the PJM capa bilities They can only work in Production Mode open and start existing job tickets without making changes to the print parameters or saving a new ticket Operators can only change the job queue destination printer and number of copies of a given print job They can add a print file in a preconfigured empty job ticket See details on authorization levels in Set Working Mode on page 159 PJM via Commandline Apart from the graphical user interface PJM can also be controlled via command line which also allows the execution of print jobs See chapter PJM Command Line Mode Overview in the PRISMAproduction Server Administrator s Guide Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 111 PJM Main Window PJM Main Window Illustration Q amp Q epg Y Job Parameter Expert Mode Job Attributes 3 E Message Z Job Name lOCAtest_2 E Store Pr
104. eate Test Message Message Database 5 Menu Entry Description Save Saves either all displayed message entries only displayed 5 columns and lines from current section or the whole message database to an ASCII file You specify the file name and the location in the Save dialog box Save In service y gi bin Desktop Documents public_html Q licenceS2bd73 lic D OTM_IN_AFP TIC Current Section QAI Sections File Name Files of Type All Files Cancel Note Depending on the count of entries in the database saving may take a while Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 85 Messages Menus View Menu 86 Details Move Section Section Size Font Time Date Format k Auto Scrolling lv Show Message Tooltips i Popup Questions Y Edit Filter Open Filter E Save Filter as Delete Filter Menu Entry Move Section gt 1p 1 First Section Clear Window Refresh Description To view the detailed description of an entry double click it or choose View gt Details or click the first button in the tool bar A window then displays the information available for the message Time Date Host 10 55 27 AM Feb 25 2005 pc008158 ops de Message Id Job Id Module 08000030 Spool Description Printjob
105. een o and 3 pixels This option also applies to fonts With outline fonts fattens the contour lines of these fonts 184 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer POD File Properties Unity UI Element Description Image width align Default OFF ment Creates an image width which corresponds to the next smaller multiple of 8 pixels of the desired page width 8 bit Alignment Usually the system rounds down to a multiple of 32 pixels This function is very time consuming Enlarge image Default OFF width Creates an image which is wider than the page The image width will be enlarged to the next higher multiple of 32 pixels of the desired page width This setting may lead to PEMs PageErrorMarks Adjust frame size Default OFF Adjusts the AFP frame to the size of the image Use EoB parame The EoB parameter is needed for PostScript files which contain ter incorrect CCITT4 compressed TIFF images Character and contents of these files are defined by special parameters Among them are the number of rows and columns and the information if an End of Block mark exists which defines the end of data in the PostScript file Usually this marker represents the last row and the last column of the image To save memory some applications write the EoB parameter already on a position after which no more image information is expected If Unity meets while ripping such an EoB flag ahead of t
106. elected files to clipboard Copy selected files to the clipboard D Paste files from clipboard Pastes files from the clipboard to the opened direc tory File Menu additional functions Menu Entry Open amp Compare Search 4 Description Opens a selected directory The file is opened using the program which would usually be used by the operating system You can open a PDV file with all available PDV versions if there is no other viewing program assigned on the operating system level Double clicking the file or directory has the same effect Compares directories see below Adds the search dialog to the directory viewer You can search for a file Name wildcards and are allowed or for Content text which is in the file you search for or for files of a certain size modification date You can also include subdirectories in the search Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 213 Local files View Menu additional functions Menu Entry Description Files in subdirecto Check this option to show the subdirectories ries Functions in the list You can select multiple entries by pressing Shift while you click the entries Right clicking an entry opens a shortcut menu with functions which depend on the context for example Open Copy Cut Paste and Delete Double clicking an entry has the same effect as Open Compare Directori
107. ents Name Description For instance roll with red paper must be loaded on the printer Active Setting an event to active state indicates that it has occurred This setting can also be changed by the operator For a description of the menu and toolbar icons see General Usage of the Configuration Applications on page 215 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Paper Configuration Tool Paper Paper Configuration Tool Introduction You can use this dialog to define paper types which are available throughout the whole system You need paper types m for the use in DPconnect m as input parameters for conversion Most of the default paper types are already prede fined in the Standard Paper table They are also offered in the Convert dialog in the PJM For the conversion only the size of the paper is relevant m to describe the contents of the input trays You can use the User defined Paper table to define any paper with specific attributes Use the Form table to define forms which can be assigned to a job under the PJM dialog Job Attributes gt Print The form names also appear in the job lists The Tab table displays all available tabsets together with their description These tabs are available in the Tab Printing dialog of the PJM POD only You have to select the tabset which corresponds to the tabset inserted into the
108. ept for the cover sheet Tab Set Position Modus Section Tab Printing only with Standard Displays the tab set used for tab printing Displays the position mode selected Positions Resource B Displays the positions on which the tabs are to be inserted Only possible if Position Modus Explicit Displays the resource for the tab set Only possible if Position Modus Explicit Opens a dialog which allows you to change the parameters for tab printing i Tab Printing Tab Set A4Tab03En1 v Explicit Positions 5 10 15 Resource COMPOSER A4TabO3En1 tab We From Print Data From Print Data using Size of Tab Pages ok cancer Help Re See Workflow Tab Printing on page 222 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer VarioPJM Special Pages VarioPJM Special Pages Introduction On this tab you define special pages for the print job This function is only valid for the jobtypes Standard and 2 identical copies Illustration Qe B8 Job Setup Notes Settings Additional Sheets Special Pages Special Pages From To Paper for Layout Front X mm Front Y mm Back x mm Back Y mm 5 10 Ad4_Green Duplex 0 0 0
109. equires a selection of the boundary on which the command should be executed a Immediately Cancels the job immediately a On File Copy Boundary Cancels printing of the current job when the current copy of the current print file has been printed a On Job Copy Boundary Cancels printing of the current job when the current copy of the job containing more than one file has been printed View Menu Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 199 Printer Pool Tool Bar and Menu Functions 200 Icon Menu Entry Printer Menu Description Toggle View Clicking this entry you can switch between Table view and Symbol view Orientation In the Symbol view select whether the printer symbols should be presented horizontically or vertically Wrap Lines Opens a dialog box which allows you to select columns of the Table view for which the lines should be wrapped Font Opens a dialog box which allows you to select a font and font properties for the Table view Edit Filter See Printer Pool Printer Filter on page 207 Open Filter Save Filter As Delete Filter Messages Ca Cluster Refresh Help Menu Licensed Print Speed Opens the message window but displays messages of the selected printer only Opens a dialog where the printer cluster configuration is dis played in two view
110. er Menu with marked server name This menu offers different functions depending on what type of host you have selected for example print server Menu entry Icon Function Cancel current op This function cancels the current ODS operation eration D Disable server Switches an active host to inactive state No further jobs are 8 then accepted for this host Enable server Switches an inactive host to active state Jobs are then accepted P for this host again Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 73 Servers List columns Column Title Host name Description The configured host name Type Operating system The function of the host in the ODS network The type dis played here depends on the type you have set when adding the computer via the Master Slave configuration see chapter Master Slave Configuration in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration Settings and Tasks Guide Master the host with master rights each system can have only one master All other computers are automatically slaves In the Master Slave configuration the server has been added as Master with a printXXX service Print server a pure print server which only drives printers It is inserted in the master slave configuration as PrintSlave without a printXXX service Print server mainly a print server but files can also be con verted In the Master Slave Configuration
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112. ermission management application see chapter User Management gt User Permissions in the PRISMAproduction Server Administrator s Guide The files on all servers in the PRISMAproduction Server cluster are accessible via Server Files Local Files Window Column Titles 212 Description Name of the file File name File type file or directory Size Size of the file or number of directories or files in the directory Last modified Specifies when the file was last modified Access Access rights No access r Read access r w Read Write access w Write access Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Local files Tool Bar Icons Icon Ul Element Description Cancel current operation Cancels the operation D Shows the open directory Clicking the arrow Directory List jujprismaproyaiagyprimers down button opens a history of the previously visited directories Change to parent directory Changes from the open directory to the next a higher directory in the hierarchy Update directory amp Rereads the directory from the operating system Create new directory Creates a new directory in the opened directory Ch Delete selected files x Deletes selected files Cut selected files to clipboard Cuts selected files to the clipboard X Copy s
113. es Adds the search dialog to the file selection window see the lower part of the screenshot above You can search for a file Name wildcards and are allowed or for Content text which is in the file you search for or for files of a certain size modification date You can also include subdirectories in the search If you search in a POD archive many more search attributes are offered This is because POD archives are connected to a database which holds the meta data of the print files Closes the window without adding files Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 127 File Formats File Formats Introduction You set the format for a file which is part of a PJM Job in the List of Files section of the PJM window Format AFP he File Formats for all Modules Depending on the language module you use the selected files can have the following formats POD Module IOCA Image Object Content Architecture This format is a subset of AFP Files in this format do not have to be converted You can reconvert IOCA to TIFF PS or PDF when you store the file In the Job Attributes window select Store as resource and apply the desired format PCL TIFF Files are converted for printing by the PCL Converter Files are converted for printing by the TIFF Converter Select this format for files which are to be printed without further checking and without conversion pass th
114. es 214 You can call this function from the File menu on the Local files and Server Files appli cations This tool compares the actual directory to another Via the View menu you can also include subdirectories The comparison itself is based on the filenames The result of the comparison is displayed on a separate tab with the addition compare in the title bar Directory to compare ufprismapro diag printers a List files that are in both directories Compare List files that are only in current directory Close UI Element Description Directory to com You can either key in the name of the directory which should pare be compared with the current directory or click the Open file icon to open a file selection dialog box The current directory is the one open on the screen in which you select the Compare function It is referred to in the upper area of the window and also on the tab List files that are The comparison will list the files that are present in both direc in both directories tories List files that are The comparison will list the files that are present only in the only in current di current directory rectory Compare Starts the comparison Close Closes the window area with the compare function Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer General Usage of the Configuration Applications Configuration Usage of
115. et at section job in the fol lowing format Active_Notification mailNotify lt email Ad dress gt lt STARTIFINISHEDIER ROR gt An E mail is sent for every specified status blank separated The email contains the following information as subject and as message information lt JOBID gt Job lt JOBNAME gt has reached status lt STATUS gt eMail Address E mail address for the message to be sent Below the address you can Se lect the status of the job when an e mail is to be sent Language Default is System the system language of PRISMAproduction Server as set in the system configuration But you can also set another language for the notification messages which may better suit the needs of your customer Trigger on Status Change Select the status of the job when an e mail is to be sent eMail Address Language System Language gt yystem Language E Stan r Printing de E Finished E Error E interrupt E Canceled E Deleted Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 105 VarioPJM Additional Sheets VarioPJM Additional Sheets Introduction Here you define cover sheets blank sheets or tabs Illustration G 3
116. eted Definition You can execute specific functions from the list For example you can interrupt or continue a job The availability of functions depends on the status of the job Functions which are currently not available are displayed as gray icons Some modifications of jobs can only be executed with special rights see chapter User Management gt User Permissions in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration Settings and Tasks Guide Illustration Z awae e L leox no e R Jobid Name Priority Steps Queue Printedpages Printer Form Type Copies Job Status 00000032 pages txt 123 M 1 oO vesooo STO AFP EEN finished complete 00000033 Testjob 128 E 1 EGS VPs 000 STO AFP D finished complete i 00000034 APA Tes 128 M 1 O v P5000 STO AFP MSS finished complete i 00000035 tmp 128 M 1 SSE v P5000 STO AFP B finished complete 4 00000037 test ioca _ 128 EEM 1 v P5000 STO AFP M finished complete 00000038 testioca Express 0 1 1 or P5000 AFP 0 1 exception waiting for release Standard Filtered Job Lists You can present the following job lists in the Explorer m All Jobs this list contains all the jobs on the system If the scope of the list has been restricted the suffix filtered is shown to indicate this m Active Jobs the standard filter for all processing and waiting states and for the states exception service error and exception print error 52 Chapte
117. eue Select the job queue of the printer Copies Number of copies for the job Max number of copies 32767 Collation Select whether to collate or not collate the copies of the job Collated will result in document copies Uncollated results in sheet copies Additionally you can define an offset for both possibilities Output Tray Select the output tray i Note You have to select a valid output tray which is config ured in the Printer Configuration If no valid tray is selected a warning is displayed Job Offset You can switch on or off the job offset Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 99 VarioPJM Job Setup Notes UI Element Finishing Description Internal Stitcher You can use this function with the printers VarioPrint 2090 3090 Oc _9260 and Docutech_618o If a UP3I device is set for the selected printer Printer Configura tion gt Output Trays you can set up parameters pressing this button Stacker E pftsed Restrictions The used paper must have a size from 203mm x 210mm to 432mm x 310mm Cancel Help r Notes UI Element Description Login Name Displays the current login name of the user Printfile Displays the name of the print file B The folder button allows you to select a file locally via a file se lection box Format Displays the file format depending on the fil
118. f an application in a workspace is not restricted for example clicking on a job ticket opens the PJM a The current settings are saved and will be restored if you open the explorer again PRISMAproduction Server Sessions Several workspaces can be opened at the same time The navigation bar allows the user to navigate through the currently open workspaces This is called a Session Sessions can be saved for later use The figure below illustrates how a saved session can be opened again Note that the default path is SHARED and that session files have the psn exten sion See also Create and Save User Defined Workspaces and Sessions on page 30 Predefined Sessions To open a session use the File gt Open Session menu item A dialog is opened pro viding available sessions Note that there are some predefined sessions like admin psn and classic operatior psn These sessions are created again on every new installation of PRISMAproduction Server i e all changes will be reset With the commands New Session and Save Session As user defined sessions can be added to the list of predefined sessions The following predefined sessions are available Classic Operator Session 28 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Explorer Workspace and Session Concept m Monitoring of the jobs Control of the printers m Monitoring of the print process The Classic Operator session is t
119. fit the PJM offers to remove the parameters The following UP3I devices can be configured Duplo Booklet Maker Stitcher Rotation Folder Axis Offset Trimmer 4 Use Trimmer With 146 5 Axis Offset 146 5 Staple Positions 52 157 Restrictions Trim Offset 147 Maximal 24 sheets with 80 g m and a cover with 300 g m Ok Cancel UI Element Description Stitcher Use Stitcher m Activate Stitcher Without no rotation With Rotate by 90 degrees The rota tion works only for formats like A4 letter and similar formats Axis Offset Distance from the outer edge to the inner edge For recommend ed values see table below Staple Positions The staples will always be positioned centric You can influence the distance of the staples by entering values in these fields Folder Axis Offset Distance from the outer edge to the inner edge For recommend ed values see table below Trimmer Use Trimmer Activate trimmer The trimmer cuts the booklet along the open edge to avoid creeping of the pages Trim Offset Distance from the outer edge to the inner edge For recommended values see table below Restrictions Information on the restrictions of this postprocessing type Recommend Settings for Duplo Bookletmaker 226 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Wor
120. free form message text can be typed in here Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Job Attributes Store Job Attributes Store Introduction You can save a print file for further use by storing it in a purpose defined directory li brary The directories libraries to be selected depend on the language module used ticket type APA POD or LCDS Illustration i Public E Public E Public m Public i Native Data Target Mi As Preprint RIP_only i Resource Target m In PFL DEFAULT KIHK Ok Cancel Help Re Store Options for the POD Module Type of Data Directories Libraries Native Data The original native files are stored in TARGET login file name The login name can be for example service or applic This option is available for all language modules As Preprint The already converted print data are stored in the Preprint archive for further processing adding impositionig schemes Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 135 Job Attributes Store Type of Data Directories Libraries 136 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Job Attributes Store Type of Data Directories Libraries The created print job is saved as a resource of the specified type A resource file is created especially for the print file preparation
121. g the dragged view It is also possible to drag a view outside the current workspace into another workspace or into the navigation bar There is also a context menu which opens if you right click on a application header This menu allows you to close existing or to add new applications on different positions in the workspace B Close Add above gt Add below gt Add left gt Add right gt Now you can add more workspaces to create your user defined session Workspace Properties Each workspace has its own set of properties When selecting the properties entry of a workspace a dialog is displayed Name Operation Description Operation of the print serve Icon a Name Represents the name of the workspace This name is displayed in the navigationbar m Description Represents the description of the workspace The description is displayed in the tooltip as soon as the mouse is moved over the workspace icon in the navigationbar a Icon Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 31 Create and Save User Defined Workspaces and Sessions The icon to be used in the navigationbar as a representation of the workspace When no icon is choosen an empty selection a so called dynamic icon will be used This dynamic icon shows the current layout of the workspace it represents Save Sessions 32 Your workspaces will auto
122. ge Store Print Header Trail et Notification File Properties which have been saved as default Clear Default Clears the default settings described above After New an empty job ticket is available again Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 115 PJM Job Parameter Section PJM Job Parameter Section Introduction The Job Parameter section cannot be accessed via the menu or toolbar Here you have to define general settings for a print job Illustration Job Parameter Job Name tmp Copies 1 per Job z Printer Cutsheet_600dpi 600 dpi v Job Queue 1 Default class na UI Element Description Insert a job name to identify the print job This name will be displayed in the Job List under Jobname It is recommended not to keep the default name tmp If you keep it you will not be able to differentiate the jobs by their names Use a maximum of 64 characters or as minimum at least 1 character which is no blank V in the job name are rejected ifan archive is addressed is rejected if you store in a directory 116 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer PJM Job Parameter Section UI Element Description Copies Number of copies to be printed of the entire job and additional options for jobs per Job Number of copies of the job max
123. ge System gt Overview in the PRISMAproduction Server Administrator s Guide Here you can activate or deactivate the automatic answer 94 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer VarioPJM Overview VarioPJM VarioPJM Overview Introduction The PRISMAproduction Server Vario PJM is a combination of the Print Job Manager PJM and the Professional Document Composer PDC This user interface provides a dialog which simplifies editing job tickets for cutsheet printers which are driven by the POD Module Vario PJM consists of a menu bar a tool bar four tabs which open different dialog boxes and a status bar The following tabs are offered VarioP M Job Setup Notes on page 98 VarioP M Settings on page 102 VarioP M Additional Sheets on page 106 VarioP M Special Pages on page 109 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 95 VarioPJM Overview Functions of the Menu Bar Tool Bar Menu Menu Entry Description Ticket New Generates a new job ticket By Open Load the job ticket from a file File end ing is always TIC Save Saves the ticket to file File ending is al B ways TIC Save As Saves the ticket file in a different location Save Default The settings which you make in the main window for example for job attributes can be saved as defaults for future use To save a set of defaults click the Save Defaults
124. graded Installed version is older than the target component upgraded Installed version is newer than the target component not installed Component is not installed Note u prismapro bin prismadiag has a new option V to create a file u prismapro diag version versions html which shows the PRISMAproduction Server versions of all servers of the PRISMAproduction Server cluster This file is also automat ically integrated into the normal prismadiag compressed info archive file Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 27 Explorer Workspace and Session Concept Explorer Workspace and Session Concept Introduction To provide a task related operation of the system the Explorer is based on a workspace concept A workspace is defined as an area that hosts one or more applications also called views Only these applications are open which the user needs for his special task Addi tionally the applications are already arranged in an expedient way Definition Task related workspaces can be described by the following features m Each workspace can contain one or more application s for example PJM PDC m Only these applications are active which are required for the task a The selection and arrangement of applications within a workspace can be modified You can change the size of the applications or hide them completely m Changing to another workspace is always possible a The full functionality o
125. gs which before you had to perform on the printer itself are now performed on the PRISMAproduction Server server Printer hardware related functions like clustering and tab printing must also be defined on the printer itself With this concept it is also possible to run pure input bin number oriented printers like Oc Pagestream 75 55 or only medianame oriented printers like the Oc Pagestream 156 via IPDS Workflow 240 m In the Configuration gt Paper application you may define the media types with all respective attributes You can enter any paper color you want for example sky blue or blossom white If you click on Media Settings in the Printer Pool application tool bar icon or menu entry you can configure a printer specific mapping table for the selected printer using the predefined paper names a Media attributes defined in PostScript or DigiPath documents are preserved by the Unity DPconnect Professional Document Composer and preserved incorporated in the AFP data which are spooled in the PRISMAproduction Server spool a During printing the IPDS backend scans the APF data for required media and com pares the required media with the media already loaded on the printer This loading is represented by the mapping table you have created for the printer on the PRISMAproduction Server system This table is obviously empty after installation or new definition of a logical printer m Ifthe backend fi
126. gured under Configuration gt Devices When selecting files in the PJM List of Files section you can select devices from this path APA and LCDS Module Select files from the different input devices CARTRIDGE TAPE which are collected in the DEVICE directory For LCDS resources select input devices presented under DEVICE XFLOPPY_35 XRES_CARTRIDGE XRES_TAPE For LCDS print data you can select cartridge channel additionally channel to channel4 if the corresponding service user script number_of_channels has been started or tape under the XDATA_DEVICE library You can also select JSLs and resources directly from the jsl and XRESOURCE library Special Functions for Devices If you click with the right mouse buttton on a device or a file within a device the context menu offers some extra functions Function Description Rebuild catalog This function is available via the right mouse button in the Device application Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Server Files Function Description a This functions are available via the right mouse button in the Rewind Device application if the device type is tape gt Goto next entry D Skip forward a Unload device Archives POD Lists the archives for printing and organizing POD data files m PFL Print File Library contains archives with jobs ready to print m PREPRINTS contains archives wi
127. he System Configuration is only applied if the Ticket Rule setting in the PJM is set to Default Force Mode Usually a job is only transferred to the mirror server if the job is executable on this server The Force Mode option enforces the creation of the job on the mirror server Note Be aware that in this way jobs can be created which cannot be executed Show All Parame ter Click this option to display all the settings made for all the ele ments in a print job Ticket file lt Internal gt E Job attributes CIS_Pack_Print no Chaining no Color_Verification_Ids Copies 5 Copies on sheets no Events yes Eventsjob EventsPrint Form Input tray A Input_Files Job class 1 Default class Job name Test_IOCA Job ticket input tray Default Job ticket output tray Default Job ticket rotation 0 Job type POD Messages no Messages text Messages type display Output tray Default Print yes n a Papers at Inputtrays Tray Paper Color Weight Size X Size Y Type Perfo Orde LA Ads Skyb 90 210 297 Plain O gt t 2 B Adpi pink 90 210 297 Plain O i The table Papers at Inputtrays only appears with a POD job with assigned print media It will always be updated which means that the table can be modified by each step of the con verter or by the composer settings Chapter 3 PRISMApr
128. he default session for the user operator Operator Session m In addition to the tasks of the classic operator session the operator session allows the usage of the Print Job Manager The Operator session is the default session for the user applic Admin Session m Gives access to all configuration tools of the system m Access to all devices libraries and resources of the PRISMAproduction Server system The Admin session is the default session of the users admin and service Classic Session Opens the Classic Explorer as it is known from the previous versions of PRISMApro duction Server On the left you find the familiar tree stucture which allows you to launch the applications with a double click of the mouse See Classic Explorer on page 38 Illustration Look In SHARED D admin psn D classic operator psn D classic psn D operator psn File Name Files of Type PRISMA Session Files psn Cancel Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 29 Create and Save User Defined Workspaces and Sessions Create and Save User Defined Workspaces and Sessions Introduction You can create your own workspaces combine these workspaces with other workspaces and save the result as a session What you are exactly allowed to do depends on your permissions as a PRISMAproduction Server user The following describes how y
129. he file name is the only filter crite rion for generating a list As the example illustrates the numeric sequences can consist of blocks of various numbers of digits In other words the length of the numeric block can vary but it must always result in a unique number For example xxoo3 becomes 3 and xxx00002 becomes 2 Truncation of the leading zeroes results in unique numbers It is not possible to have two files with numeric blocks such as xxooo1 and xxxx000001 in the same directory because truncation of the leading zeroes results in the number 1 in both cases Directory Use this mode to collect files on the basis of their position in a given directory Select a file in the directory and specify a value for the Range parameter The Range values do not define a filter instead they define the file s position in the directory The Range and Gaps parameters function in the same way as in the previous examples The following example illustrates how this mode works Selected file Index Range Gaps File selection list Test OPS 3 17 22 Disabled File 3 17 are collect ed first followed by file 22 Note If you use this mode you must know exactly which files are at which position in the directory otherwise the results might not be what you intended The files are sorted lexically like with the UNIX LINUX Is command Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer POD File Properties Compose
130. he visibility of all criteria of the filter category None Cancels all selections Invert Cancels all selected criteria and sets all deselected criteria Different Methods for Filters Marking with a checkmark Only jobs of the marked are displayed Setting a range Only jobs of the indicated range are displayed Setting a pattern Only jobs with the job name ending with the indicated pattern are displayed You can also define more than one pattern in the text field The different patterns have to be separated by semicolon The conventions for patterns are displayed as a tooltip Setting a range of time Only jobs which are started in the range of time indicated are displayed The shortcut menu that you can open for column headings in the job lists also includes an amp Edit Filter function When you choose the function via the shortcut menu you are shown the relevant tab for the column heading in question Save User Defined Filters 66 To save your filter definitions an to make them selectable from the user interface click on Sa amp ve Filter As in the View menu A dialog opens allowing you to save the filter settings under a freeform name which appears in the joblist window and also in the se lection list which opens if you click the small arrow next to the filter icon in the tool bar You can also add a Description of the filter which appears as tool tip for the filter name Check Save for p
131. heet Printer 1x010222 o0ps oce net VPS000 VarioPrint 5160 AFP Linedata Driver Cutsheet Printer 1x010222 0ps oce net VP5000 1 VarioPrint_5160 AFP Linedata Driver Cutsheet Printer 1x010222 0ps oce net Print Parameter Job Queues Cluster Colors inputDevices Output Devices Printer Notification Name Physical Number STANDARD SAMPLETRAY STANDARD UP3I VP_SO00_HCS STANDARD STANDARD SAMPLETRAY FINISHER JUP31 DT6180_bind UP3 DT6180_bookletmaker UP31 Duplo_Bookletmaker UP31 Dupto_Stitcher JUP3I VP_3090_Stitcher configure Printer VP5000 on Server Ix010222 ops oce net Configuration of UP I Devices If you select the tray with the UP3I devices as Output Tray the button UP3I Devices becomes active in the PJM Job Attributes gt Print dialog Select Job Attributes gt Print gt UP3I Devices to enter parameter for these devices Every device configured in Configuration gt Printers gt Output Devices is represented by a tab The parameters offered refer to the device on the active tab only You can decide for example in case of a stitcher which corner of the paper is to be stitched or in case of an cutter you define the line for the cut Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 225 Workflow UPI Devices If the output tray is changed the PJM checks if the UP3I parameters fit to the new tray If they don t
132. hich are connected with static documents for example when creating serial letters via the PDC The files are saved in the COMPOSER directory with the ending var a Overlays Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 137 Job Attributes Store Type of Data Directories Libraries In PFL Files which are connected to other files in the PDC They are saved in the COMPOSER directory with the ending ovl m Tab Resources Resource files for tab printing which should only contain tab pages and are stored in the COMPOSER directory with the ending tab m Merge Files which could be inserted into existing documents by pages They are saved in the COMPOSER directory with the ending mrg Mapping Files which could be used to overlay IOCA files They are saved in the COMPOSER directory with the ending map The created print job is stored in the selected archive of the Print File Library as a job which is ready for production Public If this function is enabled the file can be accessed by other users in the PRISMAproduction Server system It is stored under directory user filename Example TARGET ad min 15pages ps If the file is not stored for public use it will be saved in the di rectory user Example TARGET admin 1 5 pages ps Store Options for the APA and LCDS Modules Resource Type of Data Directories Nat
133. his menu provide you with detailed information on printjobs and allow you to modify output settings as well as to submit printjobs Most of the functions are also accessible via the main toolbar of the PJM 152 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer PJM Job Menu Illustration Menu Entry Description Transfer Mode Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 153 PJM Job Menu Menu Entry Description Opens a dialog with the following options Print data will be copied to the Server The print files are copied to the ODS Master In this case they can exist two times Create links to the print files if possible Copies files if they are not on the ODS master Do not change the files until the job is finished If this option is selected a link to the print files is created on the ODS master This may be faster but the files must not be changed until the print job is finished Print data will be copied to the Server Create links to the print files if possible Copies files if they are not on the ODS master Do not change the files until the job is finished Mirror Jobs during Submission Mirror Server berlin ops oce net Mirror Policy Mandatory Additional Ticket Rule CHG_PRT_ON_MIRROR Ok Cancel Mirror Jobs during Submission For a detailed description of the mirror concept see the Admin
134. ibutes Custom Settings Job Attributes Custom Settings Introduction The Custom Settings tab is for other print job parameters which are not set on any of the other tabs for example because they are user defined or rarely used You can use the tab to enter free form parameter names and values Illustration Custom Settings Number Key Value useracc 1 u_accl Customer name OPS u_acc2 Customer number 12345 u_acc3 Order from 16 08 2005 u_accS Delivery note 112233 u_acc Delivery date 31 08 2005 Cancel Example The image above shows a use case where user defined information is added to the legacy accounting record 1032 which is always written for every job To write user accounting information in Rec 1032 the following has to be done For use with a POD or a APA job ticket an OCT Oc Custom Ticket must be created with at least one of the following sections job Job_Info1 u_acc1 job usertext for acc1 Job_Info2 u_acc2 job usertext for acc2 Job_Info3 u_acc3 job usertext for acc3 we CCC files Info1 u_acc1 usertext for acci related to file 1 Infoz u_acc2 usertext for acc2 related to file 1 etC files Info1 u_acc1 usertext for acci related to file 2 etc until Info6 u_acc6 usertext for acc6 related to file 2 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 151 PJM Job Menu PJM Job Menu Introduction The items of t
135. ich are assigned to a job via the PJM Job Attributes gt Print dialog All available tabs are described in this table These tabs are provided fpr tab printing in the PJM You have to select the type which has the same number size and sorting as the tabs inserted If you select User defined Paper you can define the following parameters for each paper Column Paper Name Weight Description Freeform name to identify the paper Choose some standard names from a list box if you click into the name field Maximum length 40 characters Paper weight Integer values from 40g m to 200g m 220 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Paper Configuration Tool Column Description CSY Color Any color of the paper Some colors are offered in a list box Transparent switches Type to transparent film Max length of the field 40 characters For every color in the combo box a defined hex code will be inserted in the data stream For other colors which you insert manually a special hex code for Custom Color is inserted Additionally you can use so called color prefixes clear light or dark where clear can be combined with light or dark Example Possible combinations of the color red red clear red light red dark red clear light red clear dark red Type Standard Transparentfilm Precuttabulator Preprinted Width of the pa
136. ida Sans Lucida Sans Typewriter Luxi Mono Luxi Sans Luxi Serif E Bold E italic Default Sample text for selected font ewe Tie Time Date For Opens a dialog where you can select the time and date format mat for different countries Auto Scrolling Enables or disables automatic jumping to the bottom of the message list when a new message arrives Show Message if you move the mouse pointer over the description column of Tooltips a message a tooltip displays the full description of this message This function can be enabled or disabled Popup Questions Enables or disables the automatic opening of question dialogs Note a question dialog opens only if the message filter does not hide appropriate entries Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Messages Menus me Details Move Section Section Size Font Time Date Format k Auto Scrolling lv Show Message Tooltips K Popup Questions Y Edit Filter Open Filter E Save Filter as Delete Filter Clear Window gt Refresh Menu Entry Description Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 89 Messages Menus 90 a Details Move Section Section Size Font Time Date Format k Auto Scrolling lv Show Message Tooltips Popup Questions Y Edit Filter Open Filter E Save Filter as
137. igured in the printer configura tion see Workflow UP3I Devices on page 225 Default Information on the input trays is read from the data stream Printer Default The information comes from the configuration of the printer 142 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Job Attributes Print All Modules Description Print Mode These parameters enable you to set the hardware mode on the printer The Print mode defines the relation between logical pages and the physical page when printing on a continuous feed printer You can enter any mode even if there is a different one selected for the Composer However when you use the hardware mode the settings for this mode will be executed in addition to the mode settings specified in the Composer Example Ifyou have selected Two up mode in the Composer and Identical copies for the hardware mode the document will first be processed for two up and then an identical copy will be made of this two up Example If you select the default No Two up the document will just be manipulated by the Two up of the Composer No Two up One logical page will be printed on the physical page Normal Two up The logical pages 1 and 2 will be printed on the first physical page pages 3 and 4 on the second physical page Identical Copies The logical page 1 and it s copy copies will be printed on the first physical page
138. ile as default value if you use the Pick Defaults function Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 121 PJM List of Files Section Edit Menu Menu Entry Icon Description Submission clears List of Files Edit menu only Keep selected Printer Edit menu only Remove File If this option is checked the list will be automatically deleted after printing to avoid accidentally printing files of a former job If you open a job ticket and this box is checked the printer se lected in the Job Parameter section is not overwritten by the printer defined in the job ticket This allows you to keep a spe cific printer Choose this command to remove files from the list x Move File up You use this function chiefly when you want to print various files in a particular order The selected file can be moved one place up in the list Move File down View File gt Le You use this function chiefly when you want to print various files in a particular order The selected file s can be moved one place down in the list POD Module only A suitable viewing program is started for the selected file You can configure one program per data format via the Utilities menu If nothing is configured the Professional Document Viewer opens for TIFF and IOCA files Pick Defaults to The file properties that you make on a regular basis for exam ple fo
139. ime or if it is missing by mistake a correct output cannot be verified and the program stops with an error message If the Use EoB parameter function is activated the RIP is ad vised to complete the image with the missing pixels on it s own and to adjust or ignore the gap between header info and EoB flag Note This function must not be set by default because correctly embedded TIFFs need this parameter obligatorily GetTiff Service Activates the GetTiff Service license dependent Typically this functionality is used in conjunction with PostScript forms using a defined set of TIFF images as forms and being used multiple times within a document It then enhances the perfor mance of the conversion See chapter Unity gt GetTiffService Integration in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration Settings and Tasks Guide Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 185 POD File Properties Unity UI Element Description Substitute missing Setting this parameter causes the converter to use a default font fonts in place of any fonts that are missing It merely issues a warning PS PDF PCL to tell you that this has been done If this parameter is turned off processing aborts with an error message This function is available for the Unity PDF PS and PCL Converters only Enhanced Functionality of the Unity 186 Since all relevant information concer
140. ime value Timeout Operator The status bar displays the number of printers and the used and licensed speed ranking of the PRISMAproduction 3 0 license Before you can execute a command you must select a printer by clicking on a symbol or on a row in the table The menu bar contains the menus Printer View and Help Status Info Possible printer status infos including the displayed colors Status Description Active blue Printer is active but prints no job 3 Spool inactive red Spool is down and can be activated in printer configuration Spool halted red Spool is temporarily inactive and will be active as soon the database becomes ready again Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 195 Printer Pool Overview 196 Status Draining yellow Starting yellow Error red x Inactive black B License red a Message red amp Printing green Waiting red Description Printer is draining Printer is starting Printer detected an error Printer is inactive but ready to be started Printer is waiting on a free PRISMAproduction license Printer waits for an operator answer in the message window Printer prints a job Printer waits for an occupied printer which is connected via TCP IP Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Printer Pool Tool Bar and Menu Functions Printer Pool Tool
141. ime when this dialog has been opened or to the time of the message which has been se lected first If you change the date below the selection list the number of days from this date is updated in the list entry auto matically The fields for the time cannot be modified they only indicate the time which will be used for the delete command The deleted messages cannot be restored Delete messages older than 14 days June Select no Entry Deselects all selected messages in the list Suppress Message Opens a dialog where you have to cofirm for which module the suppression should be active The suppressed message will ap pear in the list of the message configuration tool see chapter Message System Overview in the PRISMAproduction Server Administrator s Guide Here you can activate or deacti vate the suppression Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Messages Menus Delete Messages Select no Entry Suppress Message Create Test Message Message Database Description Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 81 Messages Menus 82 Delete Messages Select no Entry Suppress Message S Search Previous Clear search settings Create User Message Create Test Message Message Database gt El Menu Entry Description Opens the Search dial
142. int J Copies 1 per Job z a Z E Header Trailer g Printer VP5000 zjm gt events Z Job Queue 1 Default class Notification Custom Settings List of Files Ax ztBb Format TIFF 7 File Copies i Z No File size Format Compose Collect 1 usprismaprof demo fioca demo ioca 3620925 IOCA no No 2 HOME Documents logo tif 588058 TIFF no No 40890 IOCA no No ufprismaprofdemo padffdemo paf Ticket lt internal gt POD 00000043 OCA test_2 finished complete Components of the PJM Main Window 112 Component Menu Bar Tool Bar Status Bar Job Parameter Section Function Contains the following menus Ticket see PJM Ticket Menu on page 114 Ed amp it see PJM List of Files Section Edit Menu on page 121 Job see PJM Job Menu on page 152 Utilities see PJM Utilities Menu on page 158 Help Contains icons for a fast call of functions which can also be accessed via the Ticket and Job menus You also set the Working Mode here see Set Working Mode on page 159 Shows the current status of the job ticket generation and the job processing Set general parameters for the entire print job See PJM Job Parameter Section on page 116 Job Attributes Section Set detailed parameters for the output of the print job See Job Attributes Overview on page 132 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer PJM Main Window Component Functi
143. ion Connections Server Files All Jobs Servers Printer Pool LCDS Channel LCDS Resources Import LCDS Resources Export Input Status Print File Manager PDC OLDS Services gt P LCDS Resources Function Click this entry to add an empty workspace or an application from the list to the session The application is opened in a new workspace As above but does not offer an empty workspace and adds the application selected to the workspace which is currently active Removes the active workspace This applies to the icon in the navigation bar Opens the properties dialog for the selected workspace Here you can modify the name of the workspace and its icon 24 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Explorer Main Menu Functions Menu Item Small Navigation Bar Window Menu Select Previous Workspace Select Next Workspace Configuration Server Files TARGET Menu Item Select Previous Workspace Select Next Workspace Function Deminishes the navigation bar to make the best use of the entire screen You still can select the workspaces which are in the session Function Allows you to switch between the workspaces which belong to the current session Workspace Names Help Menu Help contents Context help About PRISMAproduction Installed Components Menu Item Help contents Context help Lists a
144. ion printing and for publishing type document printing on a variety of printing systems spanning the full gamut of output speeds Due to its modular scalable concept Oc PRISMAproduction Server can be configured exactly to the customer s needs m Use of additional PDLs on one system platform m Connection of one or more cutsheet and continuous feed printing systems m Single server and cluster solutions with additional print servers and RIPs The integration of the individual components into a single workflow system under a unified GUI makes the product a high availability system for all kinds of print applications Due to the following features PRISMAproduction Server is a high performance printer server which combines stability and flexibility for production printing a A better throughput of data allows you to connect more and faster printing systems Server HW platform independency for low volume installations m You can manage and print jobs of more than 2 gigabyte m An extended LINUX server operating system supports modern server technologies a The combination of several servers in a network increases performance and guarantees high system stability a SNMP assists you in monitoring an maintaining the system locally or via remote control Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction PRISMAproduction Server Server V4 0 is a modular system which allows you to combine all available language modules in one system PRISMAproduction
145. ions in other directories if you have the permission to write into these direc tories The user Operator has no right to save sessions in the SHARED directory Revert to Default This function is only visible for users which have no permission Session to modify sessions The modification which have been done in the user interface are reset by reloading the default session see Default Session in Create and Save User Defined Workspaces and Sessions on page 30 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 23 Explorer Main Menu Functions Menu Item Preferences View Menu Function Opens a dialog box with the following options Application menus can be made visible as soon the mouse enters the title bar of an application Application lists can be sorted alphabeti cally You can define a custom title bar See Explorer Workspace and Session Concept on page 28 Exits the Explorer The last settings of the explorer will auto matically be saved If you restart the program all windows will be rebuilt Window Help Add Workspace Empty workspace Add Application lt Remove Workspace Properties ll Small Navigation Bar i D t PRR EE Ry lt b 1 4 Local files Menu Item Add Workspace Add Application Remove Workspace Properties Configurat
146. isplayed giving you the possibility to print only jobs of the same form You define the forms available in the PJM with the Paper tool to be selected from the Explorer Configuration view If the SCT tool is used for LCDS jobs the table name of the active SCT table is used as form entry In this case the PJM Form entry is not used Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 141 Job Attributes Print All Modules Description Input Tray The selection provided here depends on the definition of input tray names you make under Configuration gt Printers gt Input Devices see chapter Printer Configuration gt Input Devices in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration Settings and Tasks Guide The input tray of the printer itself has to be set to Remote Default Information on the input trays is read from the data stream Printer Default The information comes from the configuration of the printer Output Tray The selection provided here depends on the definition of output tray names you make under Configuration gt Printers gt Output Devices see chapter Printer Configuration gt Output Devices in the PRISMAproduction Server Adminis tration Settings and Tasks Guide The output tray of the printer itself has to be set to Remote To work with the settings of the UP3I Devices you have to activate the UP3 tray you conf
147. it There is no information on tabs in the document to be printed A resource file containing tab pages must be available in addition to the print file This resource file has been created using a special tool and has been saved as Resource of the type Tab Resource in the PJM Store options Under Positions you indicate before which document pages a tab page has to be inserted 222 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Workflow Tab Printing Illustration i Tab Printing Tab Set A4Tab03En1 v Explicit Positions Resource From Print Data From Print Data using Size of Tab Pages Ok Cancel Help UlElement Element UlElement Description i Tab Printing Has to be activated to make the settings for tab printing Tab Set Explicit The positions of the tab pages are indicated explicitly The tab pages are expected in a resource file Positions Indicate the pages of the input document before which a tab page should be inserted The input document is the document which does not yet contain tab pages Rules for entering the position The single positions are separated by a semicolon The required tab set is set here Values must be in ascending order With duplex tumble documents you have to take care that the position always refers to a front page you cannot insert tab sheets before back pages The po
148. ive Data The original native files are stored in TARGET login file name The login name can be for example service or applic This option is available for all language modules Only available for the APA Module Data can be stored here as Packed AFP These AFP containers can be used within other AFP files If this function is enabled the file can be accessed by other users in the PRISMAproduction Server system It is stored under directory user filename Example TARGET ad min 15pages txt If the file is not stored for public use it will be saved in the di rectory user Example TARGET admin 1 5 pages txt 138 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Job Attributes Print Job Attributes Print Introduction Use the options on this tab to manipulate the print output For further settings use the Professional Document Composer Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 139 Job Attributes Print Illustration Print Print Range Print Mode No Two up Form STD Normal Two up Identical Copies Invers Two up Tab Printing E Proof Print Default Printer Default Input Tray Default Output Tray B UP3I Devices Color Selection Printer Color Printer Color IGREEN 0001 IRED 0000
149. k The installed version is identical with the released version Pre release red The installed version has not yet been released upgrades blue One or more components have been upgraded downgrades blue One or more components have been downgraded upgrades downgrades blue One or more components have been upgraded and one or more components have been downgraded Incomplete red For the installed version one or more components are missing which may result in errors when executing the program 26 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Explorer Main Menu Functions Menu Item Function Installed release PRISMAproduction 3 10 04 upgrades Component Name Original Version Installed Version Comment oce pp inputmod 3 10 17 7 oce pp jes 3 10 06 3 oce pp jobrequir 1 10 01 1 oce pp jpdv 3 10 01 2 oce pp icds 3 10 07 15 oce pp icdsres 3 10 01 1 oce pp libraryma 3 10 04 3 oce pp license 3 10 00 5 oce pp mailNotify 3 10 04 2 Oce pp messages 3 10 07 2 oce pp oceanlaf 3 10 04 21 oce pp odda oce pp ods oce pp odscontrol ILRI 10 05 6 upgraded KRKK K KRRRKKE oce pp postgres oce pp ppml K The Comment column displays the current status of each component add on Component is not a standard PRISMAproduction delivery down
150. kflow UP I Devices Print i Stitch Fold ing i Axis Axis direc i Off Off tion set set ae LEF 152 5 15255 Letter SEF Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 227 Workflow UP I Devices All values are in mm The most common formats appear bold LEF Long edge forward SEF Short edge forward Duplo Stitcher Without Stitch Positions mm mm Restrictions Maximal 50 sheets with 80 g m UI Element Description Rotation Without no rotation With Rotate by 90 degrees Stitch Positions The staples will always be positioned centric You can influence the distance of the staples by entering values in these fields Stitcher Restrictions Information on the restrictions of this postprocessing type Recommended Settings for Duplo Stitcher Format Format Printing Position Rotation Stitch Stitch name size direction in Duplo Position Position A B 228 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Workflow UPI Devices Format Format Printing Position Rotation Stitch Stitch name size direction in Duplo Position Position A B Legal 356x SEF Not passible 216 mm Ledger 432 xX SEF 279 mm A3 420 X SEF 297 mm A3 430x SEF 305 mm eS gt General lengthx LEF es length 4 length width 3 4 General widthx SEF No length 4 length SEF length
151. l for the impositioning of POD files which is also accessible ment Composer via the PJM and command line PDC Local files Provides access to the local file system See Local files on page 212 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 43 Connection Viewer Explorer Applications Connections Connection Viewer Introduction The Connections application displays all java servers of the system Definition A java server provides a particular service which can be requested by clients When a client submits a request for a service an application is launched on the client system in order to deliver the service in question The connection between this application and the server is shown in the Connections window Illustration gt DataServer l id Client host User name Application Login time gt DatabaseServer a 0 localhost system LicenseServer Jul 26 2007 8 37 10 AM gt UserConfigServer a 1 localhost system DataServer Jul 26 2007 8 37 23 AM D gt ConfigSlaveServer a 2 localhost system PrinterStatusServer Jul 26 2007 8 37 24 AM 4 ExplorerServer 3 localhost system InputServer Jul 26 2007 8 37 27 AM gt ConfigServer a 4 localhost system DataServer Jul 26 2007 8 37 32 AM k a 5 localhost system DataServer Jul 26 2007 8 37 32 AM D ConfigurationServer 50 localhost system Log profile updater Jul 26 2007 8 38 02 AM D gt NetworkM onitorServer a 477 127 0 0 2 service Conne
152. lassic psn for the classic explorer by default Illustration Configuration User and Permissions Custer By Logging Bvents A system E Devices Fl Master Siave CI Message System S Licenses Accounting S Backup Restore Library paths amp Printers amp job Queues fco R LCDS Jobs 5 Printer Input Devices E Paper Toner Color Verification amp TicketRules Archives gt Input Modules E DPconnect E d Connections Dia O Server Files wR Al E Explorer Tree E B seners Ro Services CI Messages Printer Poot REEM WAN jobs B Printers 210 0 2 8 0 Wy H Ol Messages y VP6250 gl ji heave By2 VP5000 Applications which have been eae oe selected in the Explorer Tree Fd CPS900 Inactive WwW VS9230 Inactive wif a 7 q Active application Printer Pool 4 of 4 printers Used speed ranking O of 12 31 Workspace Classic Explorer The left section of the window shows the Explorer tree the structure of the system The right section shows the active application The applications that have been launched are each presented by a tab The tab belonging to the active application is shown in a different color You activate an application by clicking its tab Explorer Tree 38 Nodes Clicking a node opens it or closes it again When a node opens you are shown the substructure it contains
153. le button is on millimeters will be used as the unit of measure Units inch Thumbnail Op tions No Light and Strong Antialiasing Help Menu Menu Item When this toggle button is on inches will be used as the unit of measure In this dialog the user can change some settings regarding the display of thumbnails If the Display Thumbnails box is checked the thumbnail contents will be displayed otherwise only white pages will be shown Using the Adjust Thumbnail Size slider one can change the size of the thumbnails in the display The image above provides a preview of these settings The Professional Document Viewer features a technology known as Antialiasing to improve image quality when displaying pages with a zoom less than 100 This setting can be made in the toolbar or in the Options menu Whilst antialiasing may greatly enhance the quality of the dis played page this process consumes much more memory and processor resources than non antialiased viewing and is some what slower which could make the viewer less responsive Therefore one should decide which setting to use with this in mind Description Contents Opens the PDV3 help About Displays version info on PDV3 About Modules Opens a list with path and version of the installed PDV3 Modules Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Professional Document Viewer 3 Tool Bar B
154. le click the pages thumbnail The thumbnail area is a docked window That means you can dock the window in and undock it from the viewer window Note Whether or not the thumbnails do contain visual con tents can be changed in the Thumbnail Options dialog This dialog allows you to define the thumbnails size as well Navigator area The navigator area contains a small overview over the current page It can be used to move around on the page which is espe cially useful when working zoomed in the page To move to a certain area in the page click on the area in the navigator view The page display will then move to this area Using docking windows The Thumbnail Area the Navigator Area and the several Toolbar sections are implement ed as so called dockable windows These are windows that can be and by default are docked in the main application However one can undock these windows by dragging 188 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Professional Document Viewer 3 the window handle which is on top or left of the window out of the application window To dock the window again drop the window on the left or top side of the main window By right clicking in the toolbar or the navigator area these windows can be switched on or off E Navigator Thumbnail View v Color Planes v Displacement lv Page Text v File Commands v Zoom Settings lv Page Selection v Display Rotation lv T
155. ling PDF fil S cceecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeae 235 Workflow Media Assignement to Printers ccceeceseeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeee 237 Workflow Extended AIMS Conce pt ccccccscccccccceecseeeeseeesssessssesssseeeees 240 Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction Introduction PRISMAproduction Server V4 0 8 Oc PRISMAproduction Server Server V4 0 is the fifth generation of Oc print servers focusing mainly on IPDS printing systems Oc PRISMAproduction Server Server is a high performance output management system for corporate and commercial market segments It can handle any application for monochrome CustomTone and full color printing in the transaction printing environment AND on demand segments Convergence It processes virtually any standard print description language Output is focused on high speed IPDS devices Additional backends also allow non IPDS devices to be driven in specific environments Customers printing AFP directly from mainframes can also benefit from the IPDS backend since it is also used within PRISMAproduction Server Host SPS module The PRISMAproduction Server Server POD Module makes the powerful workflow engine suitable for graphical arts markets In combination with additional PRISMA products such as DocSetter and PRISMAweb it forms the PRISMA for PoD suite This solution creates a unified converged platform for mid to very high volume transact
156. ll Jobs scsi dekes sdbadesdeldcessasivasaeasdel E OEE 52 Job details viewer ccccceecesceseseeseeeeseeeeseeeeeees 71 Job list columns ccccececeeeseeseteeseeeeseeeeteeeeees 54 Ob States s imienna ea 57 Menu and tool bar functions c cceseeeeeeees 60 Standard filtered job lists All Jobs Active Jobs Exception Jobs Print Queue Finished Jobs 52 Cc Configuration All A ODS 3s tesaee vaguest sxttecseisesatstansnciesseseettesesetooiees 52 EYVONMES eserse sassseseicesgeds sevedsoess ceacseceesisseseeivenescys 218 General Usage of the Applications 0 0 0 0 215 PAPER scelsi inienn nici issi 219 E Events Configuration E E EE E 218 Explorer Classic Explorer sxscscss icsesssesessossssesscescosssscsiassese 38 F Forms EET R E E E 220 l Input Module Display Input Module status info 0 209 Input Status E Avia sisdien si we terasiaaians 209 L Local Files Directory Vi WEL smireni 212 M Menu Bars Appearence 242 Messages Delete find and create messages Men s rreran R Operator Tequests seesi reiii OVE RVISW anunua are an ae View and filter messages ceeseeseeeeeees P Paper Configuration Tool RERE E S 219 Preferences RTE RRE A INE 34 Print Job Manager Components of the main window 112 Configure data viewers oo seers 158 Define job name copies printer and job queue Expert Mod sisccscscensessssssoussotsiozse File formats in the List of Files Fil
157. ll workspaces which belong to the current session Clicking on them opens the respective application Ifa workspace contains more than one view these views are inte grated between two lines If you select a view the menu bar of the respective application is expanded Function Opens the main help page for the PRISMAproduction Server Explorer You can also use F1 If you have selected this menu item you can click on a item of the user interface to open a related help window not all items are linked to context sensitive topic Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 25 Explorer Main Menu Functions Menu Item Function About Opens a window with version and copyright information PRISMAproduc tion Installed Compo A window opens which shows the installed PRISMAproduction nents Server release and its components It is marked when it was modified upgraded downgraded compared to the original delivered software package Every server in the PRISMAproduc tion Server cluster has an own panel The first tab shows the primary server the following ones show the secondary servers The request is always performed after installation and when booting a server When a server is connected to its master the version information is transferred to the master The title line shows the PRISMAproduction Server version of each server The title line additionally shows the following information Original blac
158. log select the method of color separation as well as the colors or color ranges which should be separated See POD File Properties Color Overview on page 175 Unity Here you can set additional Options for the conversion of PDF and PS files with the UnityRIP See POD File Properties Unity on page 183 PCL Converter Here you can set additional Options for the conversion of PCL files with the PCL converter Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer POD File Properties Collect POD File Properties Collect Introduction This function generates a single file from a list of files You have to specify the mode you want to use plus a page range This function is useful for editing extensive lists of files of the same data format The Collect mode you can choose from is Masked Left index Right index or Directory You also have to select a file from the Add files dialog box and add it to the List of Files This file serves as a template or sample for the list Once you have selected a template you have to specify the mode The modes are described below Next specify the page ranges you want to include in the list Finally you can check the Allow gaps in index sequences toggle button which allows gaps with the options Masked Left index and Right index Illustration Collect Collect Compose Media Collect mode Color Index range e documen
159. matically be saved when you log off You can also save your session explicitly under a name to which you can always return after modifications and which can be assigned to another user To save a user defined session click amp Save Session As in the amp File menu In the di alog box enter a suitable name and click OK The new workspace will automatically be saved with the extension psn Note Per default sessions are saved in the SHARED directory But the user operator is not allowed to access this directory for writing Therefore sessions can also be saved in the TARGET directory The user operator is allowed to write to this directory also via the Launcher Additional sessions can be saved to any local directory Note Session files are not saved by the Configuration gt Backup Restore component For ex ample in case of a new installation the adminstrator has to save the session files manually Default Session PRISMAproduction Server automatically saves the workspaces which was last used by a user when he logs off from the Explorer on a certain machine When this user logs on again this workspace is loaded again Ifa user logs on and PRISMAproduction Server finds no saved session the default session which is assigned to the user will be opened The default session will for instance always be opened if a new user logs on for the first time If needed a different default session pre or user defi
160. mple if the document contains logos as scanned images the color values may not be detected clearly Instead of that they consist of many different intensities of the same color and can only be described almost exactly by a color range Illustration Collect Separate Colors Compose Separation Method Select color range RGB Mode Media Halftone and Raster ZI X Printer Colour Red Green Blue Frequ Angle feparati sRGB Turquoise 0 0 255 0 255 0 106 45 Autom Off Orange 209 0 114 0 36 0 106 45 Autom Off Color Unity Click on Adal to create a new RGB color definition with a color range The printer currently supports a maximum of 2 HLC Cancel Selection of the RGB Color Range There are two possible ways how the values can be stored in the job ticket The first version is compatible to the existing PJM ticket the second version is open for the new possibil ities of the 3 3 functionality a Basically the color values the tolerances and the additional options are stored in a list If only one color is added to the list the old method for the storage of the color values in the list will be used In this case the single values are stated as Key Value com binations Example SpotColor 1 SpotColorAngel 45 176 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer POD File Properties Select color range RGB Mode
161. mposer See chapter POD File Properties gt Compose Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 123 PJM List of Files Section Edit Menu 124 Column Title Collect POD on ly Formdef APA only Pagedef APA on ly JDL LCDS only JDE LCDS only Description Indicates if the file is processed by the collect function See chapter POD File Properties gt Collect Indicates the form definition selected See chapter APA Settings gt Resources Indicates the page definition selected See See chapter APA Settings gt Resources Job Description Library See chapter Properties for LCDS file gt General Job Description Entry See chapter Properties for LCDS file gt General Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer File Selection Box File Selection Box Introduction Clicking this icon opens the file selection box The caption on the title bar depends on the selected job ticket APA LCDS POD or OLDS The physical or virtual directories which are presented under Look In also vary depending on the active ticket type Select the file s to be inserted in one job ticket The list can contain up to 9998 files With the POD Module you can load job tickets and reprints from an archive Options within the job ticket which are not supported by the server settings are marked red With the other modules you can also sele
162. n The color allocations configured in Configuration gt Printers gt Toner Stations are offered here The number of list boxes shown depends on the toner stations installed in the selected printer If you submit this print job the color names also appear in the Color col umn of the All Jobs application 7R BAB Z xX il GP wR Name Priority Steps Queue Printed pages Printer Form Twe Color Resolution Copies J test_color 128 0 1 1 0 31 Vs9000 STD AFP ein ae 0 1 waiting 234 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Workflow for scaling PDF files Workflow for scaling PDF files Introduction With UNITY version 3 00 12 and higher it is possible to modify the size and position of PDF files These modifications are only possible with PDF files because the format consists of independent single pages PostScript as a computer language is able to produce pages with repeated program loops This has the effect that the pages are not independent anymore and cannot be scaled as individual sheets You have the following possibilities for scaling a Keep the original size of the document It is sufficient to define the document format as paper format Example The page size set for the PDF or PS document is DIN A4 Insert DIN A4 as paper size in the converter dialog b Use a larger paper format but keep the original size of the document Example In the converter dialog DIN A
163. n menu arrow button only When mouse enters title bar Always Order of applications in menus As defined by the server Sorted alphabetically Custom Title Bar Text User Server long Server short Server IP Session server short session name Font and Color Dialog plain Preview The rightmost entry in the applications menu bar is always the help menu Which other menus are available depends on the application For example when the PJM is open you are shown the PJM menus Edit Ticket etc Menu Help The first entry in the Help menu always leads to the topic related to the active application F1 Help The next entry refers to the context help If you click this entry the mouse pointer turns into a question mark If you click with this pointer on a cetain part in the application the help system opens the related topic If you want to print help pages a local printer must be installed Tool Bar The tool bar icons each launch a particular function Not all the functions are available for every context the ones that are unavailable at a particular time are shown in gray Most toolbar functions can also be accessed via the menus Status Bar The active application displays status information in the status bar Additionally the disk usage of the u file system is always shown If you touch this indicator with the mouse a tooltip displays the u
164. n the printer Deactivating this check box ignores the job specific queue You can assign one more or all defined job queues for each se lected printer Only job queues predefined in your system can be assigned by using Configuration gt Jobqueue and Config uration gt Printers By default only queues 1 to 3 are defined Per printer more than 100 active queues are supported Toner Colors The printer compares it s configured color id Toner Stations in Configuration gt Printers to the colors specified in the spooled jobs Data Type The printer compares it s data type definition to that of the spooled jobs If there is no match the job is not printed on the printer Deactivating this check box ignores the data type specified in the job 202 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Printer Pool Printer Settings Printer Automation Allows you to set NPRO and to let the printer start automatically as soon as a job arrives UI Element Description Printer Start Stop This feature allows printer sharing over the network Select it if you want any printer to be activated automatically as soon as a print job arrives The printer will be disabled as soon as the job is printed and after the NPRO time elapses The value of o seconds causes here to stop the printer immedi ately if no subsequent job is available for that printer It can be activated again by the
165. n to the cluster names all single printers within a cluster are selectable from this list Thus jobs can be transferred to single printers to single printers within a cluster or to a cluster If you select a single printer tho job will be printed only on this printer If you select a cluster of the type printer the job will be printed on any available printer in this cluster which matches the requirements of the job If you select a cluster of the type printer_jobs_splitting the copies of the job will be distributed to the printers of the cluster see Configuration gt Cluster In addition to the printers configured in the system logical printers lt Any printer gt are offered in this list If you configure printers with the resolution of 600 300 or 240 dpi logical printers lt Any xxx dpi printer gt are offered which match the resolution configured If you select lt Any printer gt the job will be executed on any printer available which has the resolution MRM If you select lt Any xxx dpi printer gt the job will be printed on a printer which matches the resolution If the printer name starts with TP a TrueProof printer is configured in the System Next to the printer name text box you find another combo box which allows you to select the desired resolution The resolutions offered here depends on the selected printer model Job Queue Sets the job queue of the print job Which job queues are listed
166. nds the required material in this mapping table the respective tray number is invoked via IPDS m Ifthe required paper is not found in the mapping table the required attributes are displayed in a message window see below the operator loads the paper in one of the input bins of the printer and defines documents this in this message window This is Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Workflow Extended AIMS Concept done by simply choosing the input bin for the required paper No retyping of the at tributes is necessary Date Time Message Id Job Id_ User Host Module Sep 18 2008 17002077 lt autostart gt wolga ops oce net 2 46 46 PM 00000389 600dumny Description A list of input bins with attributes is required Paper Request Message details Additional Information Media requested by the Printer Size Weight Order Holes 210 x 297 o Type Size Weight Order Holes Plain 297 0 x 420 0 80 o Plain 210 0 x 297 0 80 0 Unit of Measure Previous gt Next Operator has to assign the correct input tray where the requested input media is loaded Note Mapping table is empty or deleted during installation and restore of backup During restore of a backup the actual paper loading of the printer must not be restored Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 241 index A
167. ned can be assigned to the user group exept for the standard user groups The assignement is performed via the config uration application User Permissions See chapter User Management gt User Permis sions in the PRISMAproduction Server Administrator s Guide Note The default session is especially important if the operation should be organized in a way that certain users should only be allowed to work with some specified applications Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Create and Save User Defined Workspaces and Sessions Assign a Predefined Session to a User Administrators have the possibility to create suitable sessions and to save them as default sessions for these users who should only be allowed to work with selected applications e g operators The administrator assigns such a custom made session as default session to the operator user and withdraws his session rights The assigned default session will always be opened for users without session rights Without these permissions the user is not able to leave his predefined session The ad ministrator has always the possibility to adjust the contents of the default session according to the actual requirements A message informs the user in case of modifications Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 33 Common Functions of the Explorer Applications Common Functions of the Explorer Applications Introduction The f
168. ning input media and finishing requirements are concealed within the PostScript data stream the Unity has been enhanced to translate PostScript finishing commands into corresponding AFPDS commands The UP3I exten sion to AFPDS MFC has been chosen to function as a common interface to the adjacent backend modules ipds ps and xrx backend If this functionality is used the subsequent use of the Professional Document Composer may discard all added information by the Unity In general the Unity generates portrait afpds pages no matter whether the input media selection specifies landscape or portrait The Unity is not a cropping tool though it may sometimes work if you specify a smaller page size than the original PS PDF document requires The origin of the page is the lower left corner Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Professional Document Viewer 3 PJM Print Job Manager Professional Document Viewer 3 Introduction The Professional Document Viewer 3 opens by default if you want to view a document in the IOCA or TIFF format under PRISMAproduction Currently supported document types on the PRISMAproduction Server Linux platform is AFP IOCA a subset of AFP documents limited to IOCA and BCOCA objects Typical use is in the PRISMA POD environment TIFF files can also be viewed Illustration Professional Document Viewer 3 u prismapro demo ioca demo ioca 9 jessas Eile Zoom Options Help
169. ns with full functionality in the web browser Java technology a Beginning with version 3 Unity RIP can also run on the PRISMAproduction Server Server under Linux this increases performance by 50 Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction to the POD Module Unity RIP for converting PostScript and PDF into AFP IOCA images Unity RIP supports CustomTone for PostScript and PDF Unity RIP Version 4 0 includes the upgrade to PDF V 1 6 m TIFF Converter supports CustomTone m PCL Converter from PCL into AFP IOCA images mixplex printing resource handling Basic PS PDF output converter to send the above mentioned converted files to PS printers or folders PDF Graphic Arts for transferring containerized PDF files to the VSgxxx and CS10000 direct ripping in the controller DPconnect converts DigiPath data streams RDO into AFP IOCA images DigiPath job ticket information is transferred into the PRISMAproduction Server internal format DPconvert converts DigiPath RDO files without losing the original job ticket infor mation for use with DocSetter and DocWorks From these products the job can be send to PRISMAproduction Server VPconvert a new converter to handle Xerox VIPP file formats This converter is only working in conjunction with the Unity RIP PDC Professional Document Composer for imposing of print jobs PFL Print File Library for storing amp easy reprinting of print jobs The Print File Library is
170. nt jobs through to completion As a rule one or more computer systems PCs are used for controlling the print process These are termed servers Via a server the PoD system can be fully integrated into existing data processing and prepress environments Oc offers various server components so enabling users to tailor their system configuration to suit their specific needs The high performance printer is the kernel of a PoD system Oc offers a wide range of powerful cut sheet and fanfold printers They print black and white or two colors and on one or both sides of the paper The printer transfers the digital information to paper through electrophotography This process guarantees excellent print quality with a standard resolution of 600 dpi Custom selected paper preprocessing and finishing components round off the PoD system for example roll unwinders for continuous fanfold paper feed devices for the output of cut sheet stacks or components with bookbinding functions Preprocessing and finishing components can run either online directly connected to the printing system or offline With online finishing the system delivers cut sheet stacks bound and or folded booklets and books all produced in a single continuous workflow In contrast to former versions of the POD Module the latest release offers the following benefits for upgrade customers a Pre press and print job submission can be done at any workplace Print Job Manager ru
171. nter Job Queue Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 159 Set Working Mode Preparation Mode Expert Mode Working Mode Description At this authorization level users can prepare resources for exam ple for print jobs for both the Composer and for reprints Data is stored in the Preprint archive POD Module in TAR GET with the APA Module The Print and Header functions can be set in this mode and can be saved with the job ticket but will not be executed on job submission If the preparation in this mode is finished the job can be re leased for production via the menu Job gt Release for Produc tion It is then transferred to a PFL There are no restrictions at this authorization level 160 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer POD File Properties Overview PJM Print Job Manager POD File Properties Overview Introduction The file properties dialog in the PRISMAproduction Server POD Module consists of up to 6 subdialogs to make your settings The functions provided depend on the file format of the selected file s The dialog opens if you double click on the selected file or if you click on the properties icon Z The default parameters are edited if you do not select a file Files you subsequently place in the List of Files are assigned these parameters If you select several files the parameters you modify are applied to all
172. o File Size i fujprismapro demoa ioca demo i 3620925 IOCA Insert the number of copies per job and submit the job It will be distributed evenly on the number of printers in the cluster Therefore the total number of job copies is divided by the number of printers in the cluster Every part of the job get s it s own job id You can verify the result in the joblist Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 119 Jobsplitting per Job Copies Result If one of the printers or except for one all printers of the cluster fail the job will be printed on the available printer because in the job list the name of the cluster and not of a single printer is referenced The distributed jobs are always printed together even on different printers Other jobs which are located between the distributed jobs in the list and should actually be printed before will not be sent to the printer Note Li The express setting applies to the single job which means the job will not be printed together if you assign express rights to one of it s parts 120 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer PJM List of Files Section Edit Menu PJM List of Files Section Edit Menu Introduction The List of Files section in the main PJM window is where you assemble and edit the set of print files belonging to the job You can set the format and parameters of each file in the list All language module jobs sup
173. o code the colors Raster frequency and angle can be modified Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer POD File Properties Spot colors Color Names Mode POD File Properties Spot colors Color Names Mode Introduction The selection of spot colors which are normally addressed by a color name the possibil ities to separate colors for 3 3 printing are extended But this implies a proper preparation of the data The colors to be separated have to be defined in the PS PDF files as spotcolor with a unique name Most commonly known are the names of PANTONE and HKS Illustration Collect Separate Colors Compose Separation Method Spot colors Color Names Mode Media Halftone and Raster 2 X Color color Name in the source file Printer color Frequency Angle 106 45 0 Unity PANTONE 224 CV Alternate Color E Merge all separable color planes to a single HLC Cancel Examples PANTONE 5 1 Process PANTONE 116 CVC PANTONE 109 CVP HKS 6 K HKS 7 Z ete There are also other color systems which can be used in the same way for example ANPA Color FOCOLTONE TOYO TRUEMATCH and so on Additionally common software products in the market like Adobe InDesign or InDesign CS allow the definition and usage of user defined color names as spotcolors Example my_cyan my_blue oce red i Note Process colors Cyan
174. oduction Server Explorer 155 PJM Job Menu 156 Menu Entry Description Information g Use this dialog box to enter details relating to the user User tab and recipient Receiver tab You can also enter unformatted data of any type on the Ship ment tab The contents of the Account field also appears in the accounting record Here you can insert an information which makes it easier to identify the print job for example the customer account id In the current version of PJM the input field permits entries to a maximum length of 1024 bytes There is no length restric tion for the data you enter on the Shipment tab Determine Re quirements POD Module on ly Attributes Opens a dialog which allows you to add job requirements to the job ticket which can be displayed as information in the All Jobs window If no physical destination printer is defined in the job the operator then has the possibility to route the job to the correct printer For a detailed description of the Jobrequirements feature and parameters see chapter POD Module Components gt Jobre quirement in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration Settings and Tasks Guide This menu item calls the dialog which you can also access in the window section Job Attributes The number of available tabs depends on the settings in this window section Here you define where the converted and o
175. og Direction From last message till first one Mi Message Type Errors E Host fi Module Cutsheet_600dpij E Message Id E Job ld E Description i Search in Current Section only Cancel Help e Here you can choose several parameters to get exact search re sults Depending on the check boxes you select the search can be enlarged or reduced to the appropriate columns Search in Current Section only If selected the search is done only in current section If its des elected the search is done in the whole message database and the visible section is moved automatically regarding the search direction Direction Choose the direction in which the search should be performed From last message till first one From current position till beginning From current position till end From first message till last one Message Type Choose which message type should be searched for Errors Logs Infos Warnings Questions jAnswers User Messages Host Choose the host computer which generated the messages you are looking for Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Delete Messages Select no Entry Suppress Message reate User Message reate Test Message Message Database Menu Entry Search Next amp Search Previous a Clear search set tings Messages Menus
176. og in which the whole LCDS job is running You can also define the computer on which the catalog is stored Catalog DEFAULT Z Catalog Host pc008158 0ps de_ v Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Job Attributes Header Trailer Job Attributes Header Trailer Introduction Here you can add a header page with job related details to the job This information can be used for job identification purposes Illustration E Prim Ticket Rotation 0 Degrees Input Tray Default Output Tray Default E Print User Header File Input Tray Default Output Tray Default E Prin Separation Pages File E Print System Header Cancel Header Page Types UI Element Description sis Print Ticket Turn this option on to print a header page with all the informa POD Module tion relating to the job ticket You can also define the job ticket input output tray if the Job Ticket is to be printed on different paper You can rotate the Job Ticket Rotation to adapt it to the orientation of the document Print User Header Use this option to add a user specific header page from the POD Module HEADER directory When you click the open file button a file selection box with the predefined HEADER directory opens for you to load a custom defined header page
177. ollowing chapter contains some general notes on functions which are common for all PRISMAproduction Server Explorer applications Menu Bar 34 The menu bar of an application opens if you click on the small black arrow right in the title bar of every active application The menu bar disappears again if your mouse pointer leaves this area Hide Menubar Show Menubar You can configure the way this menu bar is displayed by choosing File gt Preferences in the main menu bar If you activate Always the menu bars will be always visible in all applications Addition ally you can define if the applications in the Add Workspace or Add Application menus should be sorted alphabetically The lower half of the Preferences window allows you to set up a Custom Title Bar which will be displayed right on top of the Explorer window This can be useful for ex ample if you open several PRISMAproduction Server systems via the Launcher The title bar helps you then to identify the server and or user of the respective application You can use special tokens for the text of the title bar which are replaced by the user name Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Common Functions of the Explorer Applications the server name long or short the server IP address and or the session name You can also define font font size and color for the text Show application menu On click o
178. om the resources local path then the name of the selected system is added to the job ticket PJM Window At printing time the resources are read from this system via network on the fly Nothing else for example NFS mount is required 48 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Server Files Libraries for the POD Module Description RESOURCES SHARED The base directory u prismapro re sources shared is used for a distributed resource management All resources MUST be distributed to every system Print Server If you work on a PRISMAproduction Server cluster with master and slave s the resources in this directory will be dis tributed on all servers of the cluster auto matically if they have been copied via the PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Java file system into the resources shared path Ifa system is not up and running at that point the resources are NOT copied to this system If the resources are copied via other tools they are NOT copied to the other systems which will cause problems at printing time There fore click a directory or a single resource with the right mouse button and select Synchronize from the context menu as soon as the other servers are up again The usage of this function is working au tomatically If the resources for a job are selected from the resources shared path then the name of the selected system is NOT added to the job ticket At printing time
179. on List of Files Sec Set detailed parameters for the files to be printed in a print job tion See PJM List of Files Section Edit Menu on page 121 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 113 PJM Ticket Menu PJM Ticket Menu Introduction The Ticket menu contains commands for managing saving and organizing job tickets Some of the commands in the menu can also be accessed via toolbar buttons Illustration POD Ticket APA Ticket LCDS Ticket OLDS Ticket Native Ticket Menu Entry Description New Choose this command to create an empty job ticket with default amp settings If you click on the small arrow you can select the ticket type from a drop down menu You can only select tickets which correspond to the installed PRISMAproduction Server licenses All others are grayed out The selection Native Ticket is only available if a PCL printer has been installed If this ticket is selected you can only define a print range as job attribute For further information see the Technical Reference Guide chapter Print Parameters gt Functions of the PCL PJL Backend Open Use this command to open an existing job ticket When you load a job ticket a file selection box see File Selection Box on page 125 is opened for you to select the job ticket The job tickets are saved with the extension TIC Save Choose this command to save the current job
180. on waiting The job was submitted in the PJM with the option Hold job for release until operator confirmation exception mir Status of a mirrored job on the mirror server rored Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 59 All Jobs Menu and Tool Bar Functions All Jobs Menu and Tool Bar Functions Menu Functions Many of the menu items can also be accessed via the tool bar Edit menu Menu Item Function Select all Selects all the jobs Deselect all Deselects all the jobs View menu Menu Entry Tool Bar Icon Function Update Freeze The view of the job list is updated permanently The current status of the job list is frozen to make modifications more comfortable Weak command locking Show Summary Edit filter Y Open Filter This setting has an influence on the availability of functions of the menu and toolbar if more than one job is marked If it is switched off a command in the menu or toolbar must be possible for all marked job to be active If Weak command locking is switched on a command must be executable for only one of the marked jobs to be active You can also enable a weak command locking if you press the shift key Displays a summary of the print process Printed pages in the status bar of the job list window Opens the filter dialog box If you click on the small arrow
181. on on the bottom layer Translucent Pages These buttons can be used to enable or disable translucent pages When enabled you see not only the current page but the backside of the page as well displayed in a blue or user defined color However the visual appearance of this changes depends on whether the document viewed is to be printed top to down or left to right As most import modules do not support such information the user must set the correct mode by himself This can be done by the Duplex and the Tumble setting To provide the same features for single sided papers a Simplex setting was added which lets you look through the current page on the next one in your document Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 191 Professional Document Viewer 3 Status Bar 09 97 297 01 mm simplex page 24 00 600 dpi 4 65 256 12 mm B1 Pages fdone 4 The status bar provides the following information m Coordinates of the mouse pointer on the current page measured from the left and top page margins a Zoom setting a Total page count 192 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Printer Pool Overview Printer Pool Printer Pool Overview Introduction The Printer Pool entry in PRISMAproduction Server Explorer opens a window con taining all the administration functions for the printers configured in the system Here it is possible to control all printers of a PRISMA
182. ou can create modify a session To design a new session you can choose from the following actions Illustration PRISMAproduction File View Window Help 2 8 8 EEEE ET gt X MO gt Jobid Name Priority Steps Queue Printed pages Print Ps ieronpecupmn z 00000032 pages txt 1 8 Bp 1 o o ay 00000033 Testjob 123 M 1 ESS ves 001 EE ww 00000034 APA Tes 1 8 MJE 1 O vP 500 e Docutech Ta Inactive VP5000 2 2 Active 17 j a m a oje E 7 of 7 printers Used speed ranking 0 of 12 Ready 3 Entries 1 selected A L esses essa Yew He fly xX Qi a 8 8 2 x gt xu Type Time I Date I Host Message id Module User Job td Description A 1 32 09PM__ Jul26 2007 1x010222 0ps 13002510 VPS000 serice VP5000 1 N 2 E 1 33 16PM_ Jul26 2007 1x010222 ops 74000100 ODS 00000032 Job 0000003 ie 1 33 16 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 90002000 vPS000 senice 00000032 SPL Source ir 1 33 16 PM Jul26 2007 ix010222 ops 12000100 vP5000 service 00000032 FOR JOB page a 1 33 19 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 ops 90010070 P5000 service 00000032 OPERATOR A fe 1 33 21 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 90002000 VP5000 service 00000032 SPL Source s 1 33 31 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 90002000 VP5000 senice 00000032 SPL Source E 1 33 31PM_ Jul26 2007 1x010222 ops 08000009 Print Daemon Anew print sp e 1 33 31 PM Jul 26 2007 1x010222 0ps 74000
183. per in mm or inch Height of the paper in mm or inch Order Count Quantity of proposition of sorted printed sheets between min o and max 100 Drilling In case of drilled paper insert max 4 holes DPconnect needs the setting Drilling 3 If you select Form you can define the following parameters for each form Column Description Form Name Freeform name max 8 characters Form Description Description of the form max 255 characters Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 221 Workflow Tab Printing Workflows Workflow Tab Printing Introduction With tab printing you have to specify a tabset You have to select a tabset which corre sponds to the size number and sorting of the tab sheets inserted The name of the tabset describes also its properties a Example 1 A4Tabo3E1n A4 Tabs with 3 Sheets Single Flag 1 n a Example 2 LetTabo7Win Letter Tabs with 7 Sheets Waterfall 1 n Tab printing is supported in two modes Printing without resource file The document contains all information to insert tabs on the correct positions There are two possibilities a Information on the position of the tab pages is available in the document Setting From Print Data a The tab pages are available in the data stream and are identified by their size Setting From Print Data using Size of Tab Pages Printing with resource file setting Explic
184. port multiple entries in the List of Files You can switch from right justification to left justification of the table entries if you click the table heading This might help you reading long list entries The commands in the Ed amp it menu can all also be accessed via the tool bar in the List of Files section These commands are used for editing the entries in the list Illustration Add File Default Path from Ticket Submission clears List of Files Keep selected Printer Remove File Move File up Move File down Pick Defaults File Properties Professional Document Viewer Menu Entry Icon Description Add File Ly When you click Add File a file selection box see below opens for you to select the print file s you want to put in the job ticket Every file inserted is checked for the data format which is then displayed in the Format column If you have defined default values with the Pick Defaults function every file which is inserted in the list contains this data format and these file properties For the POD Module If you load reprints from the PFL into the List of Files these will automatically be connected with the IOCA format because they have been converted to this format already The List of Files can contain a maximum of 9998 files Default Path from Ticket Edit menu only Activating this option adds the path of the selected f
185. priate format in the Job Attributes gt Store gt Resource dialog the reconversion into PS or PDF requires PS PDF output license The resulting files are stored in OUTPUT A matching suffix will be added Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 129 Virtual Directories Virtual Directories Introduction Under Look In in the file selection box you find so called logical paths like TARGET or PFL POD Module These paths lead to directories where you can store specific files dependent on their usage Some of these directories can also be accessed via the Job Attributes gt Store dialog You can use Server Files to administrate and modify the logical directories See Server Files on page 46 Virtual Directories for all Modules 130 APA and POD Modules TARGET HOME APA OLDS and LCDS Modules The original files in their native format are stored in TARGET lo gin filename if they are marked for public access and in TAR GET Ylogin filename if the files are not accessible by other users A login name can be for example admin or service Under Job Attributes gt Store you can save files in their native format Home directory of the current PRISMAproduction Server user Write permissions for this directory can be configured in Configu ration gt User Permissions gt General Explorer settings DEVICE LCDS Module XDATA_DE VICE
186. printer With the tabs Standard Paper and User defined Paper you can chose between the units mm and inch You can switch between four tabs to show or modify the different tables Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 219 Paper Configuration Tool Illustration B gh X mm User defined Paper Standard Paper Form Tab Paper Name Weight Ad4_preprinted Ad4_preprinte Ad4_preprinte A4_preprinte 90 Yellow 90 Green 90 Blue 90 Red Description of the tabs Tab User defined Pa per Standard Paper Form Tab Color Y Size Drilling Order Count 297 0 297 0 297 0 297 0 Type Preprinted Preprinted Preprinted Preprinted oocooo Description Select this entry to set up user defined medias and to specify various media attributes see table below User defined papers can be assigned to printer input trays using the Media Settings dialog in the Printer Pool application Paper types which are most commonly used are already prede fined and are shown in the table if you select this entry These papers are only defined by size Standard papers can be assigned to printer input trays using the Media Settings dialog in the Printer Pool application see chapter Printer Pool gt Tool Bar and Menu Functions in the PRISMAproduction Server User s Guides Select this entry to define forms wh
187. process These files are called during the process and contribute specific elements to the print job A resource file might also have to run through various components of the Print Job Manager for example a converter before it can be saved to one of the logical paths for further use Resources can be prepared for the Professional Document Composer as overlays variable data etc They can also take the form of user defined header pages to be used with the Print function Resource files can be saved for later editing a logical path might be declared a location for storing files that are still in native format or which have already been converted into TIFF or in IOCA but need to undergo further processing before they can be used as print files a Target Stores the original files as IOCAs in the TARGET directo ry a Header Stores user defined Header files in the HEADER directory a Tiff Stores TIFF data with the ending TIFF in the OUTPUT directory a Ps Stores PS data with the ending PS in the OUTPUT di rectory requires PS PDFoutput license a Pdf Stores PDF data with the ending PDF in the OUTPUT directory requires PS PDFoutput license a Marks File type containing user defined marks which can be used when working with the Professional Document Composer Users create from a black sheet marks of a defined size The files are saved in the SCOMPOSER directory with the ending mrk a Variable Data Type of files w
188. production Server cluster in a single window even if they are physically connected to different print servers Available operations Activate and stop printers a Adjust parameters for job selection on each printer like assigning job queues to printers see also Printer Pool Printer Settings on page 201 Set the NPRO time the time after which the last page printed is to be ejected Interrupt cancel and delete a running print job a View printer dependent messages The Administrator window consists of the title bar tool bar menu bar client area and a status bar Clicking the Toggle View icon E you can switch between Table view and Symbol view Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 193 Printer Pool Overview Illustration 210 0 6 marear m Docuprint gt Y59230 a ae native Inactive imak Me le d a J vPe250 T B Inactive JP wZ ii Docutech fe Inactive Seep PEN VP5000 Active Bag ur z CPS900 Inactive 7 6 of 6 printers Used speed ranking 0 of 12 202 Printer Pool Symbol View 20 8 210 Ore Ql y h Symbol Name DPI Status a Docuprint 300 dpi Inactive a P6250 MRM Multiple Resolution Inactive ab Docutech 300 dpi Inactive Ba P5000 MRM Multiple Resolution Active a CPS900 MRM Multiple Resolution Inactive a VS9230 MRM Multiple Resolution Inactive 203 Printer Pool Table View Printer Pool Window
189. pter Unity in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration and Tasks Guide Illustration Collect Unity options Compose Workflow amp PDF Image generation Media E ignore layout changes Fatten lines 0 Halftone and Raster PDF packages 0 E Fatten fonts outline Color Image width alignment E Scale to fit either width or height E Enlarge image width Position of the page JOO E Adjust frame size ooo Use EoB parameter Boo Unity E Use Virtual Memory VM for fonts E GetTiff Service Strict fontcheck E Substitute missing fonts Cancel Workflow amp PDF UI Element Description Ignore layout Default ON changes Ignores all changes in the layout of a PostScript file PDF packages Default 50 The value defines how many pages of a PDF document the Unity internally converts to PostScript before these are inter preted All values greater than o are allowed o deactivates the packaging option Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 183 POD File Properties Unity UI Element page Scale to fit either width or height Position of the Description This parameter allows you to scale the original PDF pages to match the format of the requested page size as defined in the Media tab Hereby the page will be enlarged or shrunk until it reaches either the height
190. put resulting from Integrate and Impose on the physical page level Assemble functions include the moving of logical pages on the physical sheet and the insertion of blank sheets and marks 170 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer POD Flie Properties Halftone and Raster POD Flie Properties Halftone and Raster Introduction This function is available for black and white images in PostScript and PDF files only It enables you to set various parameters for manipulating the print image Attention A Exercise extreme caution with this option you may restrict the PostScript command set The quality of the output could be impaired and the converters may not function correctly Illustration Collect eemmaose Halftone settings Media Halftone and Raster Color Unity E Optimize brightness Brightness RPh ee ee 100 Use adjustment of raster cell Dot generation Use circular raster cells Frequency 85 v _ Use circular raster cells z Angle 45 Use settings from inputfile Use circular raster cells Use rectangular raster cells ey In order to increase the print qualit e brightness of the images in a document The shape of the raster cell and its forming impacted by frequency and UI Element Description Optimize bright Use this option to optimize gray shades If you do not check ness the option the
191. r you can set creeping for the print job Weight g m2 Select the paper weight from 40g m to 200g m Volume Set the volume of the paper between 0 5 to 5 0 Section Layout Landscape Select this option if the page is turned by 90 Layout Depending on the jobtype the following can be selected Simplex Duplex Tumble Section General Metric Select the basic measuring unit for the image shift If you check the box the unit will be mm If you uncheck the box the unit is inch Resolution Displays the resolution of the selected printer Jobrequirements Opens a dialog box where you can add different job require ments like Media names trays resolution and many others to the operator message This message is sent with every print job and can be opened in the PRISMAproduction Server print queue window All Jobs For more details see chapter Jobrequirement in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration Settings and Tasks Guide 104 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer VarioPJM Settings UI Element Notification Description Use this button to configure the notification via an E mail if the job has a defined state To use this function you have to configure the access to an SMTP server via System Configura tion The E mail can also be sent as an SMS to a cellular phone This information is stored in the tick
192. r 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer All Jobs m Exception Jobs standard filter for all exception states Exception Jobs require an in teraction of the operator m Print Queue all jobs whose state has something to do with printing These states are exception hold exception print error exception printing interrupted processing being interrupted processing printing processing in output control waiting ready to print finished reprintable Finished Jobs standard filter for the finished states Job lists for which you have defined a custom filter You can restrict the scope of each job list by defining filters It is advisable to adjust the display of the list according to your own needs You can for instance hide columns adjust the column width etc To do this you can use the general Explorer functions as described in Common Functions of the Explorer Applications on page 34 Authorizations for Jobs Authorization Description jobs view all Users with jobs view all authorization are shown all the jobs users without this authorization are shown only their own jobs With the default settings the users applic admin service and operator have this authorization jobs modify all Only users with this authorization can modify the properties of jobs they do not own Jobs are modified with the Edit Job
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194. r composed data should be stored or how they should be printed For details see Job Attributes Overview on page 132 Release for Produc tion POD Module on ly This function allows you to release a job for production by storing the job in the Print File Library In this mode the op tion to store job tickets in the PFL is disabled in the Job At tributes gt Store dialog Store the current job in the PFL only All further store and print options are ignored PFL Archive DEFAULT m Public ok _cancet_ Hee re Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer PJM Job Menu Description Execute The Execute command starts a print job for the job ticket currently displayed in the main PJM window using the job name you have specified When printing begins the server as signs a unique eight digit number to the print job This job ID is displayed in the status bar on your workstation together with a message to indicate how the task is progressing An message is displayed if an error occurs The job ID is also displayed in the All Jobs window You can check the status of a job in the All Jobs application If the option Operator Intervention is activated in the general Menu Entry settings in the System Configuration tool or if you select Hold job until operator confirmation on the Message tab in the
195. r form definition page definition and so on can be saved as defaults for further files to be placed in the list To save a set of defaults mark a file and click Pick Defaults All files you subsequently place in the List of Files are automatically assigned the same settings All options which can be set in the List of Files are saved as defaults file format file properties The defaults only remain active until you next load a new job ticket To use the same defaults with every job ticket you have to save them permanently You do this with Save Default in the Ticket menu Additionally you can use the path of the selected file as default path for the other files Therefore you have to activate the De fault Path from Ticket function in the Ed amp it menu Format Format AFP X Set the format for the marked file see File Formats on page 128 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer PJM List of Files Section Edit Menu Menu Entry Icon Description s CSY File Copies Number of file copies which should be created in this job 1 32767 The File Copies field is active if you select per Job Files in the Job Parameter section With ENTER the value will be transferred to the marked files Note In this case no Chain files before Composing is possible Like wise such a job cannot be stored Error messages will be shown when the job
196. ransparency Settings v Display Quality Settings Line up Menu and Tool Bar Functions File Menu Menu Item Description Open File Opens a file selection box Export to Postscript Export to PDF Exit Print Current Page Recently viewed Files Zoom Menu Menu Item Normal 100 Fit into Window Converts the file to PostScript and saves it under a user defined name in the selected directory Converts the file to PDF and saves it under a user defined name in the selected directory Exits the program Prints the current page on the connected default printer Displays a list of the files you have recently opened You can easily reopen the file by clicking on it Description This view corresponds to the original presentation of a docu ment one pixel on the screen is one pixel in the page The view of the document is scaled up or down so that it fits into the main window both horizontally and vertically 5 800 Options for zooming up one step doubles the zoom factor or down for an overall or detailed view of the print file Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 189 Professional Document Viewer 3 Options Menu Menu Item Toggle Linecross Units pels Description Allows you to switch on and off the line cross When this toggle button is on pels will be used as the unit of measure Units mm When this togg
197. rough It is under the re sposibility of the user that the target printer is able to interpret the data format RAW data cannot be modified by Collect and Compose PDF Unity File is in the PDF format and is converted for printing by the Unity Converter PS Unity PDF Unity File is in the PostScript2 or PostScript3 format and is converted for printing by the Unity Converter Creates an object container data output The files are then converted by the printer controller see Unity Plus GraphicArts_Plus in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration Settings and Tasks Guide PS Unity Creates an object container data output The files are then converted by the printer controller see Unity Plus GraphicArts_Plus in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration Settings and Tasks Guide 128 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer File Formats APA and LCDS Modules Files to be printed with the APA Module must have the AFP file format If you want to print ASCII Linedata you can also select this format and modify corresponding parameters in the APA Set tings dialog If you select RAW the data will be printed without further checking Files to be printed with the LCDS Module must have the file for mats LCDS Data JSL Resource or Sample Reconverting file formats Files in the IOCA format can be reconverted into TIFF PS or PDF if you set the appro
198. rver Explorer 133 Job Attributes Message Job Attributes Message Illustration Start Job Events Start Print Events Notification Message Store Print Header Inform operator only Hold job until operator confirmation Message text Important job Deliver to Miller immediately 7 7 Window Functions 134 Use the Message tab to enter a message to submit to the operator You can decide if the the job will only be continued if the operator confirms the message or if the message is only added to the job without influencing the job processing The default setting is Inform operator only If a note to the operator is entered in the text field the job ticket is displayed in the Ex plorer All Jobs application with a special icon fi The text is displayed by double clicking the print job name UI Element Description Inform operator When this option is active the message does not influence the only job processing Hold job until op The print job remains in wait state with the message exception erator confirma waiting for release The operator can call up the message by tion double clicking the job in the All Jobs window and can then confirm it with Start or hold the job by clicking Wait The print process does not continue unless the message is confirmed Message text A
199. s which printer is member of which clusters which cluster contains which printers as it s member Printer in Cluster s Cluster Members amp Docuprint HE amp cutsheet_cluster vpsoo00_1 amp vesooo B vP6250 amp Docutech a amp vpsooo amp Cutsheet_Cluster cPs900 Bvs9230 Refreshes the printer pool entries Opens a dialog box where the licensed speed ranking of the PRISMAproduction Server license is displayed Q The license PRISMAproduction 3 0 permits the simultaneous printing on printers with the overall speed ranking of 6 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Printer Pool Printer Settings Printer Pool Printer Settings Introduction This dialog contains the rules for each printer separately how the print jobs are assigned to the printer and which automatic settings are activated for that printer The settings are divided in 2 major parts m Job selection checks m Printer automation The left side of the dialog shows under Job selection checks all items which can be checked To enable the check you have to mark the box The right side of the dialog displays tabs for some items which allow you to make further settings Illustration VP5000 Job check Job Queue Job Selection Checks S b o G Form Name Resolution 001 Default class E002 Print in the night id Printer Name E003 Print on monday Mob Queue E Colors E Da
200. s Description Reset job counter Resets the counter for active finished and error jobs to o The job list below is deleted Enable input channel Disable input channel Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Input Status Icon Description i Description Zooo Filter applications No Filter LP Download HotDir Toggle View Table view Shows information in form of a table Symbol view Displays the same information as symbols CA Show all Jobs Displays all jobs of all input channels Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 211 Local files Local files Local files Introduction The Local files entry provides access to files on your local computer system Generally existing access rights for files and directories are observed Only these functions are offered which are allowed for the respective object The Local files entry provides the usual functions for managing files You can select two start positions T Provides access to the local file system highest level Home Displays the home directory of the user who is logged on This directory has been created by the system when a new PRISMAproduction Server user with auto login has been set up on the PRISMAproduction Server master This HOME directory is also accessible via the PJM The administrator defines the write permission for this directory in the p
201. s special page only the backpage becomes the frontpage of the following sheet This means all subsequent duplex pages will be moved one page backwards until the next simplex page or until the end of the job except for the cover sheet 110 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Introduction to the Print Job Manager PJM Print Job Manager Introduction to the Print Job Manager General The Print Job Manager PJM is the common tool used to interactively define and submit jobs to the PRISMAproduction Server system The description of a print job is saved as the Job Ticket Depending on the licensed language modules for example APA Module POD Module different file formats can be processed The following description covers the formats which are available for the language module described in this book The job ticket describes the print job for one print file or for a list of print files The print job contains the name of the print file the type of data and the physical target of the printout Depending on the printer type a list of print files may contain different data formats After reformatting for example PostScript PCL or TIFF files can printed on an IPDS printing system Apart from print jobs you can also store resources and reprints within the job ticket which are released for production in a second step Based on a server client concept these job tickets can be sent from any client to the server wher
202. s the size of the title bar Available in nomal mode and maximized mode Full Screen E Revertes the Full Screen function Available in full screen mode Normal Screen E 22 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Explorer Main Menu Functions Explorer Main Menu Functions Introduction The PRISMAproduction Server Explorer main menu is always located underneath the title bar on the left side of the Explorer window The File menu allows you to create or modify so called sessions to build a user defined PRISMAproduction Server interface which suits your needs With the help of the View menu you can add applications to the sessions File Menu View Window Help 3f New Session Menu Item Function New Session Opens a new Explorer session which not yet contains workspaces or applications You can use this empty session to built an individually configured user interface Open Session Allows you select a predefined or user defined Explorer Session See Explorer Workspace and Session Concept on page 28 Import Opens the same file selection dialog as above Workspaces Save Session As You can save you own user defined session under a new name see Create and Save User Defined Workspaces and Sessions on page 30 PRISMAproduction Server offers the SHARED directory to save sessions You can also save sess
203. sage of the u file system of all slaves in the cluster Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 35 Common Functions of the Explorer Applications Appearance of the Application Windows 36 There are several ways of modifying the application windows to fit your requirements Settings such as the choice of open applications or column widths are saved and restored the next time you launch the Explorer Presentation in one window By clicking one of the two arrows in the column separating the application windows which provide a separarte tree view for example Configuration or Server Files you can display either the tree view or the application area Modify the window size Drag the separator column between the windows to adjust the width of the workspace and Explorer tree panels to your requirements Sort table lines customize and adjust tables inside applications You can make settings that affect how lists are displayed Some settings can by changed simply using the mouse for others you choose the function from a context menu opened when you click the name of the column Sort ascending Sort descending Unsort Hide column Show column Reset to default Column resize mode Auto resize last column Auto resize next column Auto resize subsequent columns Auto resize all columns No automatic resizing Function Menu Item Sort
204. scription UI Element Corner Staple Use Stapler Activate device Position Select the corner where the staples should be positioned Staple Offset Enter an offset value Edge Stitch Use Stitcher Activate device Stitch Offset Enter an offset value which in dicates the distance from the upper and lower edge of the paper If nothing is entered here the staples will be placed near the upper and bottom edge of the document Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Workflow UP I Devices UI Element Description Stacker Offset Indicate if you wish an offset when stacking Stacker means here the internal stacker of the stitcher Restrictions Information on the restrictions of this postprocessing type The UP3I values will be added to the ticket parameters Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 231 Workflow Color Selection Workflow Color Selection Introduction You can define the colors in the PJM to ensure that the print job submitted is printed with the correct colors Select Colors in the PUM You can define the colors for the print job in the PJM dialog Job Attributes gt Print The number of possible settings corresponds to the number of toner stations installed in the selected printer You can configure this number in Configuration gt Printers gt General The toner colors selectable in the PJM gt
205. se via Configuration gt Paper as user defined paper In the Media Attribute Mode you can select a tray number The paper which is assigned to this tray is displayed Available options None Print on Side 1 Print on Side 2 Print on Both Sides Paperformat Input Tray In the Media Attribute Mode see above select a paper which has been defined in the PRISMAproduction Server database via Configuration gt Paper as user defined paper In the Media Attribute Mode you can select a tray number The paper which is assigned to this tray is displayed Note Li If you define cover pages which have already been defined as special pages the corresponding entry for the special pages is adjusted for example the first and last valid page is inserted and a message is issued Section Header Print System Header Error Pages only Check this box if you want to print a system header The system header presents system related data for example the time and duration of the print process the jobs number in the systems internal queue the size of the job the name of the print file etc If the box Print System Header is checked you can reduce the information to error messages Section Blank Sheets only with Standard and 2 identical copies Display area Before Page Number Input Tray Lists all blank pages which
206. se this tab to configure the notification via an E mail if the job has a defined state To use this function you have to configure the access to an SMTP server on the System tab The E mail can also be sent as an SMS to a cellular phone This information is stored in the ticket at section job in the following format Active_Notification mailNotify lt email Address gt lt STARTIFINISHEDIERROR gt An E mail is sent for every specified status blank separated The email contains the fol lowing information as subject and as message information lt JOBIDs gt Job lt JOBNAME gt has reached status lt STATUS gt Illustration Print Notification eMail Address ab c com Language System Language nA stan B Printing B Finished l Error E interrupt E Canceled E Deleted Ok Cancel Help Notification Settings UI Element eMail Address Description Receiver address of the e mail Default is System the system language of PRISMAproduction Server as set in the system configuration But you can also set another language for the notification messages which may better suit the needs of your customer If the job enters a status marked an e mail will be sent to the address above Trigger on Status Change 150 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Job Attr
207. sers service and admin this application can reached via the KDE main menu Tools Chapter 2 The PRISMAproduction Desktop PRISMAproduction Server Menus Reset PRISMAproduction Server Menu Entry G Reset PRISMAproduc tion Server Description This feature stops and restarts the communicator and all server processes daemons services on the local system Every time a saving or restoring of the PRISMAproduction Server configuration was performed a Reset PRISMAproduction Server has to be executed on all servers starting with the master system Please close Explor er window before executing Reset PRISMAproduction Server Chapter 2 The PRISMAproduction Desktop 17 PRISMAproduction Server Menus 18 Chapter 2 The PRISMAproduction Desktop Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Explorer Main Window Functions General Handling of the PRISMAproduc tion Server Explorer Explorer Main Window Functions Introduction E PRISMAproduction Server Explorer represents a frame which provides access to all java based PRISMAproduction Server components like the PJM job lists or the message system etc Furthermore it allows you to configure workspaces and to individually adjust them to your requirements Log in Log in to the system see Log in to Linux on page 14 Clicking the Linux KDE button and then rrseer or clicking the icon in the bottom b
208. sitions can be described by the following expressions Cm is the last page of the input document integer n n integer n integer n integer integer n integer integer n 1 Resource Indicate a resource file which contains only tab pages From Print Data The positions of the tab pages are already part of the data stream of the print data makes only sense with a DPconnect file Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 223 Workflow Tab Printing UI Element Description From Print Data The data stream contains pages which can be identified as tab using Size of Tab pages by their size This method can only be used with special Pages DocSetter documents 224 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Workflow UP I Devices Workflow UP I Devices Introduction The UP3I parameters are processed by the Professional Document Composer which adds the information to the data stream The connection of UP3I devices is realized via a special output tray This output tray is created in Configuration gt Printers gt Output Devices In the Type column select the UP3I device from a list Illustration Printer Name Model Printer Driver Printer Type Server Name CPS900 Oce CPS900 Postscript Driver Cutsheet Printer 1x010222 ops oce net Docuprint Docuprint_135 AFP Linedata Driver Cutsheet Printer 1x010222 ops oce net Docutech Docutech 6180 Postscript Driver Cuts
209. spool if a new job is waiting for this device Printer NPRO If no new job is submitted to the printer after the last page of a document has been printed the print server generates blank pages in order to eject the last printed page into the stacker You can specify the time that must elapse the NPRO time before the final page is automatically ejected The setting takes effect after the start of the next job The default value of 00 00 00 HH MM SS causes the print server to wait indefinitely The pages are then stacked only if the printer is deactivated or a new job starts printing The maximum time are 12 hrs If the value is out of range the time will automatically be set to the minimum or maximum value for the next print job Questions from Printer UI Element Description Restrict to Users If you activate this entry you can select users from a list which should get operator requests Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 203 Printer Pool Printer Maintenance Printer Pool Printer Maintenance Introduction If you click this icon or the corresponding menu entry a window is opened which provides a reporting function for the accounting whenever the operator carries out maintenance tasks on the printer for example replaces or refills consumables like devel oper stations or toners 204 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Printer Pool
210. ssages are stored in the database how many message are displayed in the window and how many questions are still not answered by the user The message information list contains one line for each message entry By default each entry s time stamp and a short description of the message are displayed You can enable or disable the columns for displaying other information by clicking with the right mouse button on the header of the list columns Additionally you can access a pop up menu by clicking a message entry with the right mouse button This menu allows you to view information on a selected message or to deselect or delete this message Message Types a Information entries a Log entries Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Messages Overview 4 Warning Error a Open question g Answered question a User generated notification entry Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 79 Messages Menus Messages Menus Messages Menu 80 K Delete Messages Select no Entry Suppress Message earch Previous lear search settings G Create User Message Create Test Message Message Database gt Menu Entry Description Delete Messages Opens a dialog which allows you to Delete messages older than o days or to Delete messages before o whereas the x time given here either refers to the t
211. st column Auto resize next column Auto resize subsequent columns Auto resize all columns No automatic resizing If you click with the right mouse button in the list a context menu opens with commands to insert or delete rows Add new row Duplicate row Delete row Copy value of cell Paste value in cell Predefined Entries in Tables Ifa column must contain a predefined entry a double click on the column displays a list of the entries you can pick 216 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer User Management User Info for operator and applic User Management User Management User Info for operator and applic Introduction Here the data for the user who is currently logged in are displayed Illustration Login Username Authorization First Name Last Name Settings Password Password Aging Language Country Prefs Default Contact Phone Email Person Job Title Company Address 1 Address 2 P O Box Zip Country User Info Window The information in this window can also be viewed by users who have no permissions for the user management If the user who is logged in is an LDAP user this window displays the data which is managed by LDAP as long as the data can be assigned to
212. supported by a database The new facility for searching for data in job tickets makes locating print files a much faster and simpler process Chapter 1 Introduction 11 Introduction to the POD Module 12 Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The PRISMAproduction Desktop Log in to PRISMAproduction Server Linux Log in to PRISMAproduction Server Linux Illustration OPS PRISMA admin admin Username OPS PRISMA api EN applic OPS PRISMA operator Password Ge ae OPS PRISMA service Service Session Type System Log on to the PRISMAproduction Server When you power on the print server the login screen is displayed By default you can y 8 y y y log in as the user operator applic admin or service You can also log in as user root with the respective password 8 After you have entered username and password click the Return button The KDE desktop appears Now click the Explorer button which is preconfigured in the bottom bar for the default PRISMAproduction Server users PRISMAproduction Server will be started automatically without password entry if the user ID is configured as Auto 14 Chapter 2 The PRISMAproduction Desktop PRISMAproduction Server Menus PRISMAproduction Server Menus Introduction Clicking the Linux KDE button and then e gives you access the PRISMAproduction Server menus which call functions not included in the Java environ ment of the PRISMAprodu
213. t field The selected or entered answer is transmitted to the sender after the close button is se lected If the window is closed without selecting an answer it s automatically reopened The number of questions is indicated in the title of the window here 1 1 number of open questions number of questions If there are more than one questions to be an swered two buttons are active at the bottom of the window which allow you move one question backwards or forwards An answered question looks like this Time Date Host 10 17 09 AM Feb 23 2005 pc008158 0ps de Message Id Job Id Module 12000100 00000010 Cutsheet_600dpi Description FOR JOBCIOCA Test 00000010 0001 PDS 10 53 61 2 1 data ads files 00000010 00000010 0001 0002 data 1 MOUNT FORM FORM STD Detailed Description Optional Information Answer Answered at Feb 23 2005 10 17 36 AM by user service 10 53 61 21 CONTINUE Ok lt Previ gt Nex Help he 4 If the operator request can be answered automatically by the system there will be a check box at the bottom of the dialog i Next time reply automatically for current module only for current module only for all module names CONTINU Previ I TEXT Lai s s If the automatic answer is active the message will appear in the list of the message config uration tool see chapter Messa
214. ta Type Printer Automation E Printer Start Stop 4 Printer NPRO Questions from Printer Restrict to Users Ok Cancel Help Job Selection Checks Checks before printing if the requirements needed for the printer are fulfilled Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 201 Printer Pool Printer Settings Check before Description printing Form Name Allows you to assign manually a defined form to the printer You can choose a predefined form form a drop down list or you enter the form in the text field directly The form name may contain wildcards Example STD o accepts STD10 STD 1110 STD1010 T 1 accepts STD10 STD1110 STD1010 Proceed with next Form If selected the printer switches to jobs with other forms auto matically instead of waiting for operator intervention Resolution The printer compares it s configured resolution to that of the spooled jobs If there is no match the job is not printed on the printer Deactivating this check box ignores the job specific resolution Printer Name The printer compares it s configured name to the destination printer name of the spooled jobs If there is no match the job is not printed on the printer Deactivating this check box ignores the job specific printer name Job Queue The printer compares it s configured job queue s to the queue of the spooled jobs If there is no match the job is not printed o
215. ters The third example illustrates how to use the Range parameter Example 3 Selected file Index Range Gaps File selection list serves as input form Testoo3 TIF Disabled Testoo3 TIF Testo17 TIF Testoo4 TIF Testoo1 TIF Testoo2 TIF Testo22 TIF This example is self explanatory The only point to note is that all the files you specify as being part of the range must actually exist if any are missing an error message will be displayed With the no Range parameter on the other hand the Collector continues 166 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer POD File Properties Collect collecting until it has found the last file in the sequence If you want to permit gaps in the sequence enable the Allow gaps in index sequences option When the option is en abled gaps are permitted in the sequence 3 17 shown above Left index In this mode only the numeric block on the left side of the file name is used as a filter for selecting files for the Collect function Any characters can appear to the right of the numeric block they have no impact on the selection The numeric block comprises a fixed number of digits for example three digits oo4 To match the filter a file name must have the same number of digits in its numeric block as specified in the numeric block of the filter The Range and Gaps parameters function in the same way as in the previous examples
216. testnes Tool bar and menus PRISMA Status EE E 15 PRISMAproduction Menu E E AEE E 15 R Reboot E AREP PEIEE E T AEAEE 15 Reset S Sessions PE EEIE EE E A 28 Sessions User defined PEES A NTE EEE E RTAS 30 Shutdown AA EAEE E E SE 15 T Tables Appearence E EE E AE EAEE 34 Tabs A E E EE 220 U Unity AIMS Extended AIMS cccccescescsssseeeeeees 240 User Defined Paper E E A EE EE E A ATT 220 User Management User Info Window ccccscssessessessessesseessesees 217 User Scripts E E E EA EES E TE EE E E ETN 15 User Utilities A EAE A aioe seven eelenee 15 WwW Workflow Color Selection Tab printing UP3I devices ccssccssessessessessesscsscsscssesecseees Workspaces 243
217. th jobs which still have to be modified Not all actions are allowed in the archive viewer because this will disturb the internal administration of the Print File Library PFL It is allowed to change and update direc tories and to delete files The following actions lead to error messages Creating and deleting of directories selecting copying and pasting of files Operations dealing with files should be performed via the Print Job Manager PJM or the Print File Manager PFM The PFM allows renaming and deleting of files You create and modify archives under Configuration gt Archives See chapter Archives PFL Archives Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 51 All Jobs All Jobs All Jobs Introduction PRISMAproduction Server keeps a list of all the jobs in the system together with their attributes This list is presented in an easy to understand manner The job list can easily be quite extensive so users can apply filters to display only jobs that match particular criteria The standard filtered lists are the list of active jobs finished jobs print queue jobs and exception jobs with errors List columns for which a filter has been defined are shown in color The job list is changed continually while processing is underway In System Configuration you can define how long finished jobs are kept in the list All other jobs remain in the list until they are explicitly del
218. the PRISMAproduction Server network Here you can execute all common directory operations or compare files and directories see also Local files on page 212 The Server Files node leads you directly to the contents of libraries devices POD archives and LCDS resource libraries The files can be resources job tickets print files or device files Provided you have enough rights you can modify the physical path of some virtual directories only possible for HEADER TARGET and OUTPUT and also move the files using the Library paths application in the Configuration workspace see chapter Library path configura tion in the PRISMAproduction Server Administrator s Guide The PFL and preprint archives for the POD Module can be created and configured in the Archives application which you also find in the Configuration workspace see chapter Archives Overview in the PRISMAproduction Server Installation and Configuration Guide For a general description of the tool bar and menu functions within the file browser see Local files on page 212 The files can be combined in the categories Libraries Devices and Archives Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Server Files Illustration COMPOSER DEVICE GCI Ix0 10222 ops oce n HEADER HOME IMPSETS JOBINPUT_TICKETS LCDS Ix010222 0ps oce UNEDATA TABLE ODDA OUTPUT SPFL PREPRINTS
219. the setting is not activated With this setting the Collector can only collect an uninterrupted sequence of numbers it stops if it encoun ters a gap in the sequence number for example 005 follows 003 and 004 is missing If the option is enabled the Collector ignores any gaps in the sequence and continues col lecting until it has completed the specified page ranges Enabling the option has no effect if you have only specified individual pages or combinations of pages no from to sequence in the page range Note Be careful with this function If you do use it you must know which files you have stored in the directory otherwise the results might not be what you intended Collect mode 164 You can choose from four modes for collecting files No This setting deactivates collecting mode Masked This mode requires a filter the file you select in the Add files dialog box serves as the filter The non numeric characters in the file name are used as a filter for selecting the files The numeric characters are used to build the sequence Therefore it is not possible to use multiple number blocks in the same filter such as 032 Testoo3 TIF Examples of how to use the mask function Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer POD File Properties Collect Example 1 Selected file Index Range serves as input form Testoo3 TIF no range Gaps File selection list Disabled Testooo TIF Testoo1 TIF
220. the substructure is closed again when you close the node Launching an application from the Explorer tree Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Classic Explorer Right click the name of an application in the Explorer tree to show a shortcut menu with functions for opening the application for example open in a separate window Choose the function you want to use The application is then opened and made active which means that its interface is shown on the Explorer application workspace Double clicking the name of the application in the Explorer tree has the same effect as choosing the function from the shortcut menu Shortcut menus in the Explorer tree Right click an application in the Explorer tree to open a context sensitive shortcut menu which functions are shown will depend on the current working context The menu also contains functions for opening and activating applications All these functions can also be accessed via the application menus Application Area The right section of the Explorer window shows the open applications There is a separate tab for each one The tab gives the name of the application and a number if there are multiple sessions of the same application running simultaneously The active application is shown with its own interface and its tab is highlighted in a different color Opened applications Click the tab to make an open application the active one The interface belonging to
221. this application is then shown Another way of doing this is to choose Show existing from the shortcut menu that is displayed when you right click the name of the application which should be the active one in the Explorer tree Active application The interface of the active application is displayed on the screen The application functions can be accessed via the menus There are also icons available for most functions enabling rapid access to the functions in question The menus of the active application are shown in the menu bar Close the active application or position the tabs Right click the tab to display a pop up menu Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 39 Classic Explorer 40 Function Close the selected application Close all applications in the left window pane Tab placement gt Top Bot Places the tab oft the selected application on the tom Left Right selected position All other tabs will be positioned accordingly Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer PRISMAproduction Server Explorer on a Windows PC PRISMAproduction Server Explorer on a Windows PC Introduction You can access the PRISMAproduction Server Explorer from outside a server cluster via the Explorer Launcher The Laucher invokes the Explorer as a local application Advantage of the Laucher approach The local file system is accessibl
222. ticket under its E present name If the ticket has no jobname it will be saved with the default name tmp TIC Modifyed settings are saved under the current ticket name without notice If the job ticket has not yet been saved a file selection box opens see Save As 114 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer PJM Ticket Menu Menu Entry Description Save As When you choose this command a dialog box is opened listing the job ticket files that have already been saved When you save a job ticket a file selection box see File Selec tion Box on page 125 is opened for you to select the item The dialog box lists all the files in the selected directory The job tickets are saved with the extension TIC You can also overwrite an existing job ticket by selecting its name in the list The name of the ticket is then appended to the path name The default name of a new job ticket is lt job name gt TIC Save Default The settings that you make on a regular basis in the main win dow for example for job attributes can be saved as defaults for future use To save a set of defaults click this menu entry When you create a new job ticket PRISMAproduction Server proposes these defaults as settings for the new ticket The Save Default parameters are Ticket type all Job Parameter Job Name Copies Printer Job Queue all Job Attributes Messa
223. ting the GUI Status changes are communicated by events for example no polling in monitoring components necessary better overall performance a Exact repositioning and reprinting of jobs in case of an error m The PRISMAproduction Server Explorer also works as a standalone application in a distributed network allowing you to realize a centralized administration of the system independent of the physical location of the server s Chapter 1 Introduction 9 Introduction to the POD Module Introduction to the POD Module Introduction to the POD Module 10 PRISMA for PoD is offered as a solution for print shops and print service providers in the graphic arts industry which can contain parts of other product categories such as PRISMAtools This manual describes the POD Workflow Module as part PRISMAproduction Server Server V4 The complete POD solution always consists of four main components a Document generation prepress Print process control High performance printer Paper preprocessing and finishing You can generate documents prepress in different ways using desktop publishing software for example word processors form generators and scanners The documents are then transferred to the print process control This directs the entire print process from receiving the print jobs and converting the data to a printable format through to impositioning the pages The control element starts the print process and tracks the pri
224. to paper width top of paper center of paper bottom of paper Scale to paper height left paper edge center of paper right paper edge i Note High magnification or diminishment of the contents of the document may lead to a loss of quality of the images because these are mostly optimized for a 1 1 reproduction 236 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Workflow Media Assignement to Printers Workflow Media Assignement to Printers Introduction Steps The following steps must be performed to make use of the Attribute based Input Media Selection AIMS features of a supporting printer model Set messages flags It is advisable to activate a monitoring mechanism when working with media attributes This mechanism will issue messages in case of a mismatch of the paper types defined in PRISMAproduction Server and provided by the printer Therefore you can select a special tuning set Activate media attribute mismatch MMT message on the Print Parameter tab in Configuration gt Printers available Tuning Sets I Activate media attribute mismatch MMT message _set_ _view_ __ Cancel Create paper types Under Configuration gt Paper define the papers you wish to use on your production system by entering a name and the intended media attributes The paper names defined here will be assigned to input bins later on It is necessary that the names and attri
225. tomatically Otherwise small icons in the status bar of the PRISMAproduction Server Explorer indicate if there are questions available or not Illustration Date Time Message Id Job Id_User Host Module Oct 31 2007 17002193 lt autostart gt Ix010222 ops oce net 2 00 33 PM 00000001 P5000 Description FOR JOB test0 1 00000001 0001 PDS 127 0 0 2 data ods files 00000001 00000001 0001 0002 data 1 MOUNT FORM FORM STD Answer Option s Message details Additional Information Please select one answer from list CONTINUE STOP JOB STOP BACKEND Automatic reply Z Next time reply automatically for current module only CONTINUE Previous gt Next Icons in the Status Bar The following icons indicate if there is a message to be answered to continue the print process Description Show open ques Double click this icon to show open questions tions Show open ques No open questions are available tions i Operator Request Window The layout of the bottom part of the window depends on the question There can be displayed Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 93 Messages Operator Requests a alist containing all allowed answers one of these answers must be selected the window close button will then show the selected answer a number value with a checked range value a free answer text inpu
226. ts of the same type can be merged to one sin ontinuing the work flow Define how this collection shoulc Ok Index range This value specifies the page range that you want to collect The table below explains the options you can choose from a lately range Description 3 17 Begins collecting on page 3 and finishes after completion of page 17 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 163 POD File Properties Collect H Index range Description 174 Begins collecting on page 1 continues on page 7 and finishes on page 4 on pages 1 2 and finishes on page 22 3 17 4 1 2 22 Begins collecting on page 3 to 17 continues on page 4 then As is clear from these examples you can enter multiple page ranges by separating them with blanks The only restriction is that the sequence of combinations must not exceed 255 characters If you omit a page range the Collector begins with the lowest sequence of numbers it encounters in the directories and adds files until it reaches the highest se quence The results depend on what Collect mode you have selected and whether you have checked the Allow gaps in indices option Examples of how to use the collecting function are given later in this section Allow gaps in index sequences You set this option in order to permit collecting of a sequence of numbers even when there are gaps in the sequence Per default
227. ublic access if you wish the filter to be made available to every user in the ODS network If you leave the box unchecked the filter will only be available in the local Explorer Click Ok to create a new entry under All Jobs in the Add Workspace list of the Ex plorer Note By saving an empty filter you can permanently save the column settings without restrict ing the actual content of the job list Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer All Jobs Job Filter Note Li For a full description of the View menu see A Jobs on page 52 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 67 All Jobs Interrupt Jobs All Jobs Interrupt Jobs Introduction g This dialog appears ifa job is to be interrupted in the processing printing state It then gets the state exception hold You can define which interrupt action has to be performed Action and on which position the interruption is to be executed Illustration Interrupt the selected job s immediately Currently Printing Jobs Action Interrupy Cancel and Hold Cancel and Delete Boundary Immediately On File Copy Boundary On Job Copy Boundary Cancel Type Action Function Interrupt After interruption the job can be continued at the position of the interruption Cancel and Hold The job is interrupted and held for reprinting
228. uction Server Explorer 205 Printer Pool Printer Maintenance UI Element Description sss sSsSsS Consumables Use this section to log the activities related to consumables for example change refill or clean Additionally you can also indicate for example how much toner has been refilled The Consumable name field can be edited if the administrator did not predefine consumables in Configuration gt Consum ables see chapter Consumables in the PRISMAproduction Server Administration Tasks and Settings Guide If the con sumables have been preconfigured only these elements are se lectable and no free form text can be entered The text field Remark is also filled automatically with the contents of the Description column in Configuration gt Consumables In this case the text can be modified by the operator In the entry Others still unknown not configured consum ables can be typed in If you click OK the information is transferred to the account ing database 206 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Printer Pool Printer Filter Printer Pool Printer Filter Introduction Click this icon Y to open a dialog box for selecting a filter If the filter is active only printers matching the filter are displayed The tree on the left side displays all available and filtered columns The right side displays
229. ue more gray shades can be displayed In this case the raster dots are bigger and the image appears more coarse grained Angle Indicates the angle of the raster lines in relation to the vertical axis The angle increases clockwise Select an angle between o and 90 in steps of 7 5 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer POD File Properties Select color range RGB Mode UI Element Description Represent separa Automatic Depending on the object type detected the objects tion as will either be rastered mostly with images or will be output as full color text and graphics Halftone raster All objects are treated as images and are therefore rasterized Solid fill All objects are treated as full color graphics and are accordingly output as full color Interpret as sRGB color If the PS PDF documents to be ripped contain sRGB colors for ex ample if the document comes from the MS Office environ ment this box should be checked to ensure that the sRGB color space is separated Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer 179 POD File Properties Standard colors CMY RGB POD File Properties Standard colors CMY RGB Introduction This separation method enables you to select one process color Cyan Magenta Yellow or one basic screen color Red Green Blue as color separation Illustration 180 Collect Separate Colors Compose
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231. us of the job Illustration Bees Job Setup Notes Settings Additional Sheets Special Pages Jobtype Creep Jobtype Standard Onto 1 FaceDowr E Media Attribute Mode Tray Number Mode Layout Paperformat A4_Green 2 10 0x297 0 green 90g m Plain 0 0 Iz Landscape a Simplex X Image Operations General iz E Metric Image Shift fe E Centered print Resolution 600 x ee Front 0 0 mm am 2 0 mm v Jobrequirements Back 0 0 mm xj 0 0 mm kA Notification Ticket lt Internal gt POD Ready Settings Tab UI Element Description Section Jobtype 102 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer VarioPJM Settings UI Element Jobtype Media Attribute Mode Tray Number Mode n to 1 Face Down Description Select a specific jobtype Standard You can define image shifts with this type only Stacking face down Print order 1 n Note The following three impositioning schemes require a target material twice the size of the original document Booklet for portrait pages up to DIN A4 US Letter Stacking face down Print order n 1 Calendar for landscape pages up to DIN A4 US Letter Stacking face down Print order 1 n 2 identical copies for pages up to
232. uttons leese oS These buttons let you select a page for display The two buttons on the left activate the first or the previous page while the two buttons on the right activate the next or the last page of the document The text area lets you directly specify the page number to view By pressing the third button you can easily select the page graphically Remember that a page can be selected in the thumbnail view as well Offset F horz 0 00 mm El vert 0 00 mm al B horz 0 00 mm El vert 0 00 mm al Copy Save You can use these controls to shift the print image on the front and or back side If the document does not define front and backpages the upper row F defines the values for the odd pages and the row below B defines the values for all even pages You can save the settings as an impositioning set for reuse Color Selection B Backside CustomTone Plane B Black Plane E E 5 These buttons have a visual effect only when viewing documents with Custom Tone sometimes called Spot Color or Highlight Color layers or which have been printed in duplex mode The checkboxes on the left enable or disable the respective layer By clicking on the small color areas one can define the color used for that specific layer By using the buttons on the right side the order of the layers can be changed A dot which is colored on top layer always overwrites a colored dot in the same positi
233. within a job can be stored in special directories to make the available for other applications if needed For in stance original files generated print files or mapping files can be stored each in separate directories See Job Attributes Store on page 135 You can add parameters to the job which apply to the printer for example reducing the print job to a defined page range or the control of the hardware mode of the printer See Job Attributes Print on page 139 You can define if header pages should be printed or not and of which type these page are to be See Job Attributes Header Trailer on page 145 Here you can define if executing or printing a job is dependent on the occurrence of a defined event See Job Attributes Start Job Events on page 147 and Job Attributes Start Print Events on page 149 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer Job Attributes Overview Category Function Notification If a defined job status is reached an E mail will be issued See Job Attributes Notification on page 150 Custom Settings The Custom Settings tab is for other print job parameters that are not set on any of the other tabs for example because they are user defined or rarely used You can use the tab to enter freeform parameter names and values See Job Attributes Custom Settings on page 151 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Se
234. xpress rights is processed as soon as the required services are available The position in the list is not altered Remove Express Removes the express right assigned to the job right Dh Delete Check If a checkpoint exists see tool tip in the status column you point can delete it by clicking on this menu entry Transfer control to If the job has been mirrored on a mirror server this function mirror allows you to manually transfer the job control to this mirror server On this server the job state exception mirrored changes accordingly and the job can be printed on the mirror server This function is protected by a permission in the user manage ment Tooltip of a job If you position the mouse pointer on a job a tooltip pops up giving information on the job for example starttime 64 Chapter 3 PRISMAproduction Server Explorer All Jobs Job Filter All Jobs Job Filter Introduction Li You can apply filters to restrict the content of job lists to entries that match particular criteria You can define various types of filters and store them for use again at a later date Filters you have saved are presented in the pop up menu of the All Jobs application You can also select a saved or preconfigured filter if you click on the small arrow next to the filter icon 7 in the tool bar The functions for creating and editing job filters are launched in a jo

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