Queue Manager. Xerox C60/C70, Color C60/C70, FreeFlow Print Server
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The Queue Manager section enables you to create and manage print queues and ensure the steady flow of jobs through the printing system.
The Queue Manager also enables you to:
• change the properties of a queue
• change the job status of a queue
Working with Printer Queues
For a job to be printed, it must be submitted to the printer through a print queue.
The function of a print queue is to manage the flow of print jobs through the FreeFlow ®
Print Server to the printer.
About Default Queues
Three predefined queues are created automatically on new FreeFlow ® Print Server installations or on systems that reload the operating system.
Note
Predefined queues are not created during FreeFlow ® Print Server upgrade installations.
This installation feature enables you to use the Print, Save, and Hold queue capabilities immediately without the need to create each queue manually once the software is installed.
The following queues are created automatically:
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• HostName_PRINT: The Print queue is created with the standard set of default settings.
• HostName_SAVE:
Color printers: The Save queue is created with typical color attribute settings.
For example, Fast Reprint Format, Save DRI , and Gather Images are enabled.
Monochrome printers: The Save queue is created with typical monochrome image quality attribute settings.
• HostName_HOLD: The Hold queue is created with the standard set of default settings.
The queue is set to Do Not Release Jobs. This setting prevents the queue from automatically releasing jobs to print. Jobs can only be printed once they are manually set to be released or if the queue status is changed.
These three queues function similarly to any other queue you may create. You can change the queue properties and copy or delete the queue at any time.
Note
If you select a different display language for the system, the system prompts you whether you want the three predefined queues renamed using the selected language. Follow the displayed instructions.
About the Queue Manager Window
The Queue Manager window displays all of the queues available on the printer.
Each queue is like a virtual printer which has unique characteristics that are defined when the queue is created. The columns of the Queue list display information on the following topics for each available printer queue on the system:
• Queue Name: Name of the queue.
• Priority: Each queue for the printer is assigned a priority. The priority designates the order in which the queues are to be processed. The priority of a queue can be set between 1 (highest priority) and 100 (lowest priority). The default priority setting is
50.
• Accept: The Accept column displays either Yes or No. If Yes is displayed, the queue is enabled to accept new jobs for printing. If No is displayed, the queue is prevented from accepting new jobs for printing.
• Release: The Release column displays either Yes or No. If Yes is displayed, the queue automatically prints incoming jobs. If No is displayed, the queue can only print if it is manually set to release or if the queue status is changed.
• Lock: The Lock column displays either Yes or No. If Yes is displayed, the queue is locked. If No is displayed, the queue is unlocked. Properties of a locked queue cannot be changed without first unlocking the queue.
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• Hot Folder: The Hot Folders option enables you to print jobs by copying jobs into a
Hot Folder enabled queue. The Hot Folder column displays either Yes or No. If Yes is displayed, the Hot Folders option is enabled. If No is displayed, the Hot Folders option is disabled.
Accessing the Queue Manager Window
Click Queue on the navigation bar.
Configuring the Queue Manager Window
1. To change the order of the job data categories that appear in the queue list, click on a column heading and drag it to the desired location in the heading row.
2. To change the width of a displayed column, do the following steps: a) Click on the desired column separator.
The mouse cursor changes to a double-headed arrow.
b) Hold down the left mouse button and drag the column separator appropriately:
Left to decrease column width;
Right to increase column width.
Note
If the width of a column is too small to display the entire contents of a cell, hover the cursor over the cell to view the full contents.
Understanding the Override Option
When you enable the Override icon in Queue Manager for any queue property, that selection applies to any jobs submitted to that queue and takes precedence over any property selections that are made in the Job Manager or programmed into the job.
Before you create a queue and begin making property selections for it, you must understand the Override option.
The priority levels of the Override option are listed below:
1.
Queue overrides
2.
Exception page programming
3.
Job ticket settings
4.
Submission print protocol (lp, lpr, nprint) settings
5.
PDL Level options (setpagedevice & PCL options)
6.
Queue defaults
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For example, any Exception Page settings (priority 2) overrides any Job Ticket settings
(priority 3). Any Queue Property override settings take precedence over all other property features.
Creating New Queues
Before jobs can be printed, they must be submitted to the printer through a print queue.
The function of a queue is to manage the flow of print jobs through the Print Server to the printer.
Creating a New Printer Queue
Create a new queue when you need to control the flow or handling of documents in different ways.
1. From the Queue Manager window, do one of the following:
• Click the New icon in the toolbar.
• Right-click on any queue and select New.
The New Queue window opens.
2. In the Name field, enter a name that identifies the queue. For example, if the queue is set to release jobs, the name may be PRINTER3RELEASE.
The name may consist of letters and/or numbers and can have up to 25 characters, including underscores.
When creating a queue to be used for lp/lpr printing, the queue name is limited to
14 characters. A queue name longer than 14 characters is not visible to the lp/lpr gateway. This is a limitation of the gateway.
Note
The Printer Name is read only. It contains the name of the connected printer.
3. Enable the Override icon if you want the setting to take precedence over programming associated with individual jobs.
4. Make option selections using the following tabs:
• The Basic Settings tab: Enables you to set queue property options.
• The Paper Stock tab: Enables you to select the queue default paper stock.
• The Output tab: Enables you to select queue output options.
• The Image Quality tab: Enables you to set basic functions that enhance the quality of the printed image.
• The Color Management tab: Enables you to make selections regarding use of embedded profiles and intended rendering.
• The Image Placement tab: Enables you to modify the original images for output.
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• The PDL Settings tab: Enables you to select decomposer (processing) options.
Note
If you do not have a valid PostScript ™ license on the system, you will see PostScript in the list of format options, but it will be grayed out and it cannot be selected.
5. When you are finished making selections, do one of the following:
• Click Cancel to exit the window without creating a new queue.
• Click Add Queue to create the new queue and exit the window.
6. Set a priority between 1 (highest priority) and 100 (lowest priority) for the queue.
The default priority setting is 50.
Each queue for the printer is assigned a priority. The priority indicates the order in which the queues are to be processed. All jobs in the queue with the highest priority are processed before jobs in queues having lower priorities. If a priority is not set, a default priority of 50 is assigned to the queue when it is created. If more than one queue has the same priority, the queues are processed in repeating succession.
7. Make any other necessary changes to the remaining fields:
• Accept
• Release
• Lock
• Hot Folder
About the Print Line
The Print Line represents the current physical setup of the print system including print speed, resolution, and sides imaged.
The Print Line is established on the UI of the printer. The printer UI sends information about the currently active Print Line and a list of the system’s Print Lines to the FreeFlow ®
Print Server. The Print Server uses Print Line information in the following ways:
• The active Print Line name is displayed in the main UI status area.
• Each queue is linked to a specific Print Line which is selected when the queue is created.
• A job sent to a queue linked to a non-active Print Line can be scheduled and ripped, but it will not be printed until the required Print Line is active.
Non-selectable Print Line information is displayed in the Basic Settings tab of the Queue
Properties or Job Properties window.
Note
The Print Line selection cannot be changed on an existing queue.
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Note
When using Copy Queue, the new queue inherits the Print Line selection of the copied queue.
Setting or Changing Queue Properties
Once a new queue is created, most of its properties can be added, deleted, and modified; however, the Queue Name and Printer Name cannot be modified.
Note
When you enable the Override icon in Queue Manager for any queue property, that selection applies to any jobs submitted to that queue and takes precedence over any property selections that are made in the Job Manager or programmed into the job.
Accessing the Queue Properties Window
Use any method below:
• Double-click a queue.
• Right-click a queue and select Properties.
• Select a queue and select Properties from the More Actions menu.
• Select a queue and click the Properties icon in the toolbar.
The Queue Properties window appears.
Exiting from the Properties Window
To return to either the Job Manager window or the Queue Manager window from the
Properties window without saving changes, use any method below:
• Click Cancel.
• Click the X icon in the upper, right corner of the window.
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• Press the <Esc> key.
About Queue Properties
The Queue Properties window enables you to view and specify parameters that are used as default settings to process all jobs submitted to the queue.
The Queue Properties window contains the following tabs:
• Basic Settings: Contains default job property settings for jobs submitted to the queue.
• Paper Stock: Contains stock and tray choices for your print job.
• Output: Contains features used to determine job output options.
• Image Quality: Enables you to make image quality adjustments.
• Color Management: Contains two sections: the color data flow diagram and the controls area. The color data flow diagram represents the paths that color data follow while being processed by the system. The controls area enables you to set functions that enhance the quality of the printed image based on the type of file printed and the fonts used.
• Image Placement: Contains features that enable you to modify original images for output.
• PDL Settings: PDL settings determine how jobs sent to the queue are decomposed
(ripped), or prepared for printing based on their PDL.
Note
If you do not have a valid PostScript ™ license on the system, you will see PostScript in the list of format options, but it will be grayed out and it cannot be selected.
About the More Actions Menu in Queue Manager
Note
All options in the More Actions menu are also available by right-clicking any entry in the queue list.
The More Actions menu in the Queue Manager includes:
• Properties: Enables you to view and modify the properties of an existing queue.
• New: Enables you to create a new queue.
• Delete: Enables you to delete an existing queue.
• Set as Default: Enables you to set a default queue.
• Enable Hot Folder: Enables use of the Hot Folders option that lets you print jobs by copying jobs into a Hot Folder enabled queue.
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• Disable Hot Folder: Disables use of the Hot Folders option.
• Accept: Enables the queue to accept new jobs for printing.
• Reject: Prevents the queue from accepting new jobs for printing.
• Release: Sets the queue to automatically send incoming jobs to print.
• Hold Jobs: Prevents the queue from automatically releasing jobs to print. Jobs can only be printed once they are manually set to be released or if the queue status is changed.
• Lock: Enables you to lock one or multiple queues.
• Unlock: Enables you to unlock one or multiple queues.
• Select All: Highlights all of the queues in the queue list.
• Clear All: Clears all selected (highlighted) queues in the queue list.
• Redisplay: Updates the queue list display.
To choose more than one queue when selecting the Delete, Accept, Reject, Release, and
Hold Jobs options, use either action below:
• Press and hold down the <CTRL> (Control) key and select each individual queue.
• To select multiple queues that are sequential in the list, press and hold down the
<SHIFT> key while selecting the first and last queue names you want to select. This action highlights the first and last selected queue names and all queues in between.
About the Queue Manager Icon Toolbar
The toolbar offers several of the same options available from the More Actions menu.
The toolbar includes the following buttons:
• New Queue: Enables you to create a new queue.
• Queue Properties: Enables you to view and modify the properties of an existing queue.
• Release Jobs: Sets the queue to automatically send incoming jobs to print.
• Hold Jobs: Prevents the queue from automatically releasing jobs to print. Jobs can only be printed once they are manually set to be released or if the queue status is changed.
To choose more than one queue when selecting the Release or the Hold Jobs options, use either method below:
• Press and hold down the <CTRL> (Control) key and select each individual queue.
• To select multiple queues that are sequential in the list, press and hold down the
<SHIFT> key while selecting the first and last queue names you want to select. This action highlights the first and last selected queue names and all queues in between.
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About Icon Use
Icons are used throughout the user interface to provide quick access to frequently used actions.
Some icons are used throughout the entire UI . Other icons are unique to a particular tab.
Related Topics:
About the Common Icons Used in Job and Queue Properties
About the Unique Icons Used in Queue Properties
About the Icons Used for the Queue Properties Tabs
Table 10. Identification of Icons Used for Queue Properties Tabs
Icon Tab Name
Basic Settings
Paper Stock
Output
Image Quality
Color Management
Image Placement
PDL Settings
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About the Unique Icons Used in Queue Properties
Table 11. Identification of Icons Unique to Queue Properties
Icon Name
New Queue
Accept Jobs Queue
Description
Launches the Queue Properties window so you can configure the properties for a new queue.
Sets the selected queue to accept print jobs.
Reject Jobs Queue
Release Jobs in Queue
Sets the selected queue to reject print jobs.
Sets the selected queue to release print jobs.
Hold Jobs in Queue
Delete Queue
Default Queue
Sets the desired queue to not release print jobs.
Deletes the selected queue.
Indicates the queue that is set as the default queue.
About the Common Icons Used in Job and Queue Properties
Table 12. Identification of Common Icons Used
Icon
General
Name Description
Override Disabled
Override Enabled
Properties
Indicates that there is no queue override applied to the property.
Indicates that the queue property option selected is set up to override the same option that was set as a job property in Job Manager.
Provides access to the Job Properties window.
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Icon
Basic Settings
Name
Uncollated
Collated
TIFF
PostScript
Unknown Format
One Sided
Two Sided
Head-to-Toe
Description
Indicates that the pages are not printed in sequence, but by quantity. Example: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3.
Indicates that the pages of the print job are printed sequentially by set. Example: 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3.
Indicates a file format of PDF .
Indicates a file format of TIFF .
Indicates a file format of PostScript.
Indicates that the file format is not known.
Indicates that the job is printed on only one side of the paper.
Indicates that the job is printed on both sides of the paper.
Indicates that the job is printed with the top of the images positioned at opposite ends of the sheet of paper.
Output
Output Delivery System Specified
Output Delivery Face
Up
Output Delivery Face
Down
Indicates that the output delivery method is specified by the system.
Indicates that printer pages are delivered face up.
Indicates that printer pages are delivered face down.
Output Order Ascending (1-N)
Indicates that the output order has page 1 on top and the last page on the bottom.
Output Order Descending (N-1)
Indicates that the output order has the last page on top and page 1 on the bottom.
Output Order System
Specified
Slip Sheets Enable
Indicates that the output order is specified by the system.
Indicates that slip sheets are in use.
Slips Sheets Disable Indicates that slip sheets are not in use.
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Icon
Image Quality
Name
Normal
Description
Indicates a color mode of Normal.
Normal with Enhanced
Gloss
Indicates a color mode of Normal with Enhanced
Gloss.
Grayscale Indicates a color mode of Grayscale.
Fast Black
System Specified
Dot
Indicates a color mode of Fast Black.
Indicates that halftone screen used is system selected.
Indicates that a Dot halftone screen is in use.
Line
Stochastic
System Specified
Nearest Neighbor
Bi-Linear
Filtered
Smart
Indicates that a Line halftone screen is in use.
Indicates that a Stochastic halftone screen is in use.
Indicates that the interpolation method used is system selected.
Indicates that the Nearest Neighbor interpolation method is in use.
Indicates that the Bi-Linear interpolation method is in use.
Indicates that the Filtered interpolation method is in use.
Indicates that the Smart interpolation method is in use.
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Icon
Image Placement
Name
None
N Up
Booklet
Signature
Description
Indicates that no layout type is selected.
Indicates that the layout type N Up is selected where multiple pages of content can be printed on a single sheet of paper.
Indicates that the layout type Booklet is selected where the content is bound and usually has a cover.
Indicates that the layout type Signature is selected where a large sheet of paper is printed with four or a multiple of four pages that when folded creates a section of a book.
Indicates that the page display is vertical.
Portrait
Landscape Indicates that the page display is sideways.
Rotation 0 Degrees Indicates that the image is not rotated.
Rotation 180 Degrees Indicates that the image is rotated 180 degrees.
About the Basic Settings Tab
The Basic Settings tab enables you to view and change default job settings that are applied to jobs submitted to the queue.
Note
When you enable the Override icon in Queue Manager for any queue property, that selection applies to any jobs submitted to that queue and takes precedence over any property selections that are made in the Job Manager or programmed into the job.
From the Basic Settings window you can configure the following basic printing properties:
• Quantity
• Collation
• Administrative Pages
• Start Message
• Sides Imaged
• Format
• Banner Page Message
• Stock List
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When you are finished making selections, click either:
• Cancel to exit the window without saving your selections
• Save to save your selections and close the window
About Quantity
Use the Up and Down arrows to change the number of desired prints.
About Collation
Click your preference for collated or uncollated print sets.
About Administrative Pages
Administrative Pages are optional pages that can be printed with the job. Either the
System Administrator or the Operator can configure a print job to include Administrative
Pages options.
Different Administrative Pages can be enabled for each queue, or one Administrative
Page can be created for a group of queues.
The types of Administrative Pages that can be printed for a printer queue include the following:
• Banner Pages
• Attributes Report
• Error Page
Note
Enabling the Override icon causes each setting to take precedence over any property selections made in the Job Manager or programmed into the job. For example, if you want to print a Banner Page and/or an Attributes Report on a particular queue, enable the Override icon.
About Banner Pages
A Banner Page is a break page that prints at the beginning of each job and contains specific job information by default.
Banner Pages provide the following information:
• Job Name: Specifies the name of the job and is used to identify and track the job in the queue.
• Job Sender: The name of the person who sent the job. This field cannot be edited.
• Job Recipient: The name of the person who is to receive the job. If you do not know the name of the intended recipient, you may enter a recipient location.
• Banner Page Message: Information you want to be printed on the Banner Page.
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• Printing Date and Time: Specifies when the job was printed.
• Number of Copies: The number of job copies that were printed.
• Product Name and Current Software Version
• Account Number: Can be a number used for billing purposes.
• Job ID: The job identification set at the Print Server.
• Server Name and Queue Name: Identifies the server and queue.
To include a printed Banner Page as the first page of the job, select the Print Banner
Pages check box.
Important
The Print Banner Pages check box must be selected for the Banner Page Message to be printed.
About Attribute Reports
The Attributes Report is a one-page summary of the selected job or queue settings.
The Attributes Report includes information about the following:
• Job Identification
• Stock
• Output
• Image Quality
To print an Attributes Report, select the Print Attributes Report check box.
To view the Attributes Report, open the Properties window for the job or queue and click the View Report button.
About the Error Page
An Error Page prints with the job if the page has been enabled.
Note
Any Queue Property override settings take precedence over all other property settings.
To print Error Pages, select the Print Error Pages check box.
Note
When a job is printed but has errors, the status displayed for the job says Completed
With Errors.
About Start Message
The Start Message box is intended for you to record any special instructions or information for the print operator. The Start Message is not printed.
Type any special instructions or information for the print operator into the message box.
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Example: You can include a description of the queue or include directions such as, “Send only 8.5 x 14 inch jobs.”
About Sides Imaged
This option determines the placement and positioning of the image or text on the page.
• 1 Sided: Only the front side of the sheet of paper is printed.
• 2-Sided: Both the front and the back sides of the paper are printed.
• Head-to-Toe: 2-sided printing where the top of each page is positioned at opposite ends of the sheet of paper. To read the back side of the sheet, turn the sheet over from top to bottom.
About Format
Use the menu to make one of the following selections:
• PostScript
• TIFF
• JPEG
• Unknown
Note
If you select either PostScript ™ or PDF, two additional check boxes appear:
• Process as PDF/X
• Disable Printer Simulation for PDF/X Jobs
About PDF/X Processing
When the Process as PDF/X check box is enabled, the Output Intent profile specified in a PDF/X job is applied. Some CMYK and RGB settings are ignored as they are incompatible with PDF/X. PDF jobs that are not PDF/X compliant print normally using the color settings specified in the Color Management tab.
If the Disable RGB Emulation for PDF/X Jobs is selected, the Destination Profile is only applied to Device CMYK colors.
Note
The Color Mode option must be set to Normal to enable PDF/X support. When the Color
Mode option is set to Grayscale, the PDF/X controls are automatically cleared and are not available.
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Note
If the option is viewed from a Queue Properties window, an Override icon is available next to the option. Click the Override icon to lock (override) or unlock the setting. When an Override icon is locked, the settings associated with the override take precedence over what is configured in the job.
About Banner Page Message
The Banner Page Message box is intended for the user’s own message or notes. The text entered in the message box is printed along with the Job ID, server information, and queue information.
Important
The Print Banner Pages check box must be selected for the Banner Page Message to be printed.
Type directly into the message box, the desired text to be printed on the Banner Page of the print job.
About Stock List
This option displays a table that lists all available stock papers loaded in the printer and ready for use. If you make a selection from the stock list, you do not have to configure the following properties on the Paper Stock tab:
• Size
• Color
• Type
• Weight
• Coating
About the Paper Stock Tab
The Stock tab enables you to designate a paper stock to be used for a particular queue.
Note
Confirm that the attributes selected are supported on the printing system.
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Note
If you selected a stock from the Stock List on the Basic Settings tab, the following properties are pre-selected:
• Size
• Weight
• Color
• Type
• Front Coating
• Back Coating
If you did not select a stock from the Stock List, you can use the properties listed above to configure the paper stock options. Additionally, you will need to select an option from the Drilled property.
When you are finished making selections, click either:
• Cancel to exit the window without saving your selections
• Save to save your selections and close the window
Strategies for Configuring the Paper Stock Tab
Note
The features and options available depend upon the configuration of your system.
Choose from the following strategy options:
• Use the default stock settings.
Any attributes not specified either by the submitter or in the data file are acquired from the queue defaults.
• Select a stock from the Stock List.
This option ensures that the job uses an available stock.
• Set all properties except for Size to Use-Ready.
The system uses any available stock of the correct size. When using this option, you can either select a size, or permit the size to be determined by the data file.
Note
If a job uses multiple page sizes, do not to set a specific size.
• Set properties to Unspecified.
• Select the Custom option for the property and enter a unique value.
Note
If the selections are not available in the printer when the job is ready to print, the job becomes ineligible or creates a Stock Not Loaded fault.
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About Stock Name
If you selected a stock from the Stock List on the Basic Settings tab, that stock name appears in this field.
About Stock Size
Select the desired paper size.
If you select Custom, the Width and Height fields appear where you can enter the appropriate measurements.
Note
The acceptable range for each dimension appears under its entry field.
About Stock Weight
Select the desired paper weight.
Note
The supported media weight is 70-250 GSM.
About Stock Color
Select the desired paper color.
If you select Custom, an additional field appears where you can enter the desired color.
About Stock Type
Select the desired type of stock.
If you select Custom, an additional field appears where you can enter the desired stock.
About Drilled Holes
Select the desired number of holes to be drilled.
About Stock Front Coating
Select the desired coating for the front side of the print.
About Stock Back Coating
Select the desired coating for the back side of the print.
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About the Output Tab
The Output tab enables you to configure finishing options. Finishing is a general term that refers to the processes that are typically performed on a job after it is printed. The specific finishing options that are available vary based on the capabilities of your printer and any attached finishing units. If no finishing unit is available, the default setting is
None.
From the Output window you can configure the following basic printing properties:
• Stapling/Finishing
• Sides Imaged
• Output Location
• Offset
• Collation
• Output Delivery
• Collated Sets Offset Interval
• Output Order
• Slip Sheets
• Slip Sheets Stock
When you are finished making selections, click either:
• Cancel to exit the window without saving your selections
• Save to save your selections and close the window
About Stapling/Finishing
Select the desired option for stapling, hole punching, and/or folding.
Note
Depending on your selections, additional Stapling and/or Hole Punch menus or options may appear where you can make additional selections.
Note
The graphical representation of the printed pages is updated to show the results of the options selected.
About Sides Imaged
This option determines the placement and positioning of the image or text on the page.
• 1 Sided: Only the front side of the sheet of paper is printed.
• 2-Sided: Both the front and the back sides of the paper are printed.
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• Head-to-Toe: 2-sided printing where the top of each page is positioned at opposite ends of the sheet of paper. To read the back side of the sheet, turn the sheet over from top to bottom.
About Output Location
Choose one of the following selections:
• System Specified: Allows the system to select the most appropriate output location based on the job properties selected and the available finishing components on the printer.
• Top Tray 1: Used for simpler jobs that do not require finishing or collated stacking.
This tray is also used as the purge destination.
• Stacker Cart: Used for most large jobs that require stacking or stapling.
• Top Tray 2: Used for simpler jobs that do not require finishing or collated stacking.
• Stacker Tray: Used for most small jobs that require stacking or stapling.
About Offset
Choose one of the following selections:
• None: Offset is not performed. This is the default selection.
• Each Collated Set: The offset occurs between each set printed.
• Each Uncollated Stack: The offset occurs between each stack printed.
• Each Set and Stack: The offset occurs between each set and stack printed.
About Output Order
Choose one of the following selections:
• 1-N: Ascending order
• N-1: Descending order
• System Specified
About Collation
Click your preference for collated or uncollated print sets.
About Collated Sets Offset Interval
Use the Up and Down arrows to select the desired number of sets for the offset interval.
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About Output Delivery
Choose one of the following selections:
• System Specified
• Face Up
• Face Down
About the Image Quality Tab
When adusting image quality control settings, it is important to make small, incremental adjustments. Making large adjustments can create image quality problems.
The Image Quality tab enables you to configure or select the following color properties:
• Color Balance
• Adjusted Preview
• Color Mode
• Overprint check box
• Black Overprint check box
• Text and Graphics Enhancement check box
• Halftone
• RGB to Black (for Text and Graphics)
• Interpolation Method
• Resolution (dpi)
When you are finished making selections, click either:
• Cancel to exit the window without saving your selections
• Save to save your selections and close the window
About Color Balance
The Color Balance adjustments enable you to fine-tune color balance for CMYK collectively, or for each color individually. The C (Cyan) button is selected by default, but you may select any of the buttons. By using the three sliding scales, you can adjust color balance for the following:
• Highlights: Move the slider up (positive values) to make the highlights in the image darker. Move the slider down (negative values) to make the highlights in the image lighter.
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• Midtones: Move the slider up (positive values) to make the midtones in the image darker. Move the slider down (negative values) to make the midtones in the image lighter.
• Shadows: Move the slider up (positive values) to make the shadows in the image darker. Move the slider down (negative values) to make the shadows in the image lighter.
Note
The buttons above the sliders each have three values that change to show the numerical effect that changing the slider has on that particular color.
Note
To reset all of the sliding scales, click the Rest All To Zero button.
Note
If you make an adjustment using the C, M, Y, or K buttons, the All Colors button becomes unavailable.
About Adjusted Preview
The check box enables you to toggle between a representation of the original color balance settings and your adjusted color settings. The preview of your job images is only available for PostScript ™ , PDF, and TIFF file types. For other file types, such as PCL or
VIPP, stock images are used for the preview.
If you select and then clear the Adjusted Preview check box, you can show or hide the effect of the color balance adjustment to obtain before and after views of the displayed image.
Note
To select a different stock image for the adjusted preview, use either method below:
• Click the Right-Arrow and Left-Arrow icons to move forwards or backwards through the stock preview images sequentially.
• Click the White Circle, located at the bottom of the preview image, that represents the position of the desired image within the set of stock images.
About Color Mode
Color Mode: Choose one of the following:
• Normal
• Normal with Enhanced Gloss
• Grayscale
• Fast Black
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About Grayscale Printing
Selecting a Grayscale option disables any Image Quality features that are incompatible with grayscale printing.
About the Overprint and Enhancement Check Boxes
The Image Quality tab includes the following check boxes to control overprinting and enhancement:
• Overprint: Select the check box to enable overprint.
• Black Overprint: Select the check box to enable black overprint.
• Text and Graphics Enhancement: Select the check box to enable text and graphic enhancement.
About Halftones and Screens
Halftone Screen refers to the pattern of dots or lines of varying sizes applied to an image of varying tones, or same sized dots applied to a tint of color for color systems.
The System Specified halftone screen is the default option applied.
Make the desired selection.
Tip
The number values seen in the list of options refer to the screen frequencies of the various dot screen and line screen patterns described. It is important to note that a higher-value screen frequency does not necessarily produce a better result. The novice user is encouraged to accept the default setting, as this setting is designed to produce the best general results of the available settings.
The general differences among the various kinds of halftone screens are described below:
Note
Selections available vary by printer type.
• Dot Screening: Dot screening applies a rosette type pattern to the screen, which is a commonly desired screen pattern. The dot screen halftone makes seeing artifacts and patterns in a large halftone much less likely. However, when two straight line areas meet one another, slight jags may be visible. A dot screen is particularly useful for large gradients and other shading areas likely to produce visible lines from a line screen pattern.
• Line Screen Halftone: A line screen provides a linear dot pattern. The line screen halftone makes seeing artifacts and patterns in a large halftone more likely compared to a dot screen. However, when two straight lines adjoining halftone areas meet, the linear nature of the screen avoids the jagged border areas that are more often found in a dot screen pattern.
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• Stochastic Screens: Stochastic screening uses randomly placed dots instead of the traditional halftone dots aligned along designated screen angles. The concept of stochastic screening is that dots placed randomly do not cause moire patterns.
However, completely random positioning does not work well. The stochastic screen prevents screening interference patterns, but it can cause graininess and other visual artifacts. Therefore, stochastic screening as implemented by your printer uses a complex algorithm to determine the optimum placement of dots in order to appear random while reducing graininess. This random arrangement of dots means there is no direction to the screen; and therefore no screen angle exists. The variable spacing of the dots means there is no fixed spacing, and therefore there is no screen frequency.
So, without frequency or angle, there is no possibility of moire among the four process-color screens, or even of moire from patterns within an image.
About RGB to Black for Text and Graphics
Select one of the following:
• Off
• Black Uses K Only
• Black and Gray Use K Only
About Image Interpolation
Image interpolation, or image resample, attempts to produce a smooth transition between adjacent samples rather than simply replicating pixels which would result in blocky images.
The FreeFlow ® Print Server enables you to select an interpolation method in order to achieve maximum image quality at the desired RIP performance. Image interpolation is the process of estimating the value of the output image based on the known values of the input images.
The several interpolation methods available that are used to scale image data, or pixels, from one resolution to another are described below:
• System Specified: Use this default method if you are unsure of which other method to use.
• Nearest Neighbor: The output pixel value is simply the value of the input pixel closest to the output location. Nearest neighbor interpolation is the quickest interpolation method.
• Bi-Linear: The replacement pixel in the scaled image is calculated using a weighted sum of the four nearest pixel values in the source image. The Bi-Linear method offers better quality results than Nearest Neighbor interpolation.
• Filtered: This method uses an anti-aliasing filter to construct a smooth analog signal from a digital input.
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• Smart: This method automatically chooses between Bi-Linear interpolation and
Filtered interpolation based on the input image characteristics. Smart interpolation provides the best quality interpolation.
About Resolution
Select one of the following:
• 300x300x8 dpi
• 600x600x8 dpi
Note
For best results, match the resolution of the print file to the resolution setting of the print queue.
About the Color Management Tab
The Color Management tab enables you to select advanced color settings that affect the printed image quality.
The Color Management window is divided into two sections:
• Controls Area: This area enables you to select and configure options for:
CMYK
RGB
Gray Source
Spot Color Processing
• Color Data Flow Diagram: This diagram illustrates the path that the color data follow while being processed by the system.
About the Color Management Controls Area
The color controls area uses several tabs to group the settings by color space (CMYK,
RGB, and Gray) and associated processing options (Spot Color Processing).
Note
The Destination Profile is not located within the tabbed areas because it affects all color spaces.
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About the Icons Used in the Color Management Tab
Table 13. Identification of Icons Used in the Color Management Tab
Icon Name
CMYK
RGB
Gray
Spot
About the CMYK Tab
The CMYK tab includes the following settings:
CMYK Source Color Space
• Use Embedded Profile check box
Images
Text and Graphics Enhancement
CMYK Rendering Intent
• Use Embedded Rendering check box
Images
Text
Graphics
Additional Information About CMYK Color Space
The CMYK Color Space section of the Color Management Tab has two areas: CMYK
Source Color Space and CMYK Rendering Intent. Each area has a check box that can be selected to use embedded profile or rendering information in the job, or can be cleared to ignore embedded information.
Note
If the option is viewed from a Queue Properties window, an Override icon is available next to the option. Click the Override icon to lock (override) or unlock the setting. When an Override icon is locked, the settings associated with the override take precedence over what is configured in the job.
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The CMYK Source Color Space area contains two menus: Images and Text and Graphics
Enhancement. The CMYK Rendering Intent area contains three menus: Images, Text, and Graphics. These menus enable you to make separate adjustments that cause the system to perform specific optimization for CMYK.
About Using Embedded Profile for CMYK & RGB
By enabling or disabling the Use Embedded Profile check box, you can choose whether to use or ignore any embedded profiles that may be in the print job. By default, the check box is not selected and any profiles are ignored. When selected, any embedded profiles take precedence over the queue default settings. If there are no embedded profiles in the job, the queue default settings are used even if the Use Embedded Profile check box is selected.
Note
Selection of the Use Embedded Profile check box for RGB is recommended. Enabling this feature gives the most accurate output from the intent of the file creator.
About CMYK Source Color Space for Images & Text and Graphics
Enhancement
The CMYK options for the Source Color Space menus (Images and Text and Graphics
Enhancement) are the same.
Make the desired selection.
About CMYK & RGB Rendering Intent for Images, Text, and Graphics
The CMYK and RGB options for the three menus (Images, Text, and Graphics) are the same.
Select one of the following:
• Saturation
• Perceptual
• Relative Colorimetric
• Absolute Colorimetric
The Rendering Intent and Color Space features enable the system to perform specific optimizations for CMYK or RGB. For example, a Colormetric selection is best used for
CMYK color matching, while a value of Perceptual is best used for RGB professional photographs.
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Explanation of Job Rendering
Occasionally, the requested colors in an image are outside the gamut of the target printer and cannot be exactly reproduced. Rendering provides color mapping between the color gamut of the source image and the color gamut of the printer.
Select the Rendering option that best fits the images in the source files as they map to the printer.
Additional Information About Using Embedded Rendering for CMYK & RGB
By enabling or disabling the Use Embedded Rendering check box, you can choose whether to use or ignore any embedded rendering intents that may be in the print job.
By default, the check box is not selected and any rendering intents are ignored. When selected, any embedded rendering intents take precedence over the queue default settings. If there is no embedded rendering intent in the job, the queue default settings are used even if the Use Embedded Rendering check box is selected.
Tip
The default settings on this window give optimal results with most print jobs. Only make changes to the settings if you understand the effect that the changes will have to the output.
To use the rendering already embedded within the job, select the Use Embedded
Rendering check box.
Otherwise, choose among the following options on the Images, Text, and Graphics menus:
• Saturation: Optimizes the rendering of business graphics, such as charts and graphs.
Preserves 100% K, making it good for text.
• Perceptual: Optimizes the rendering of photographic images. Preserves the visual relationship among colors as they are perceived by the human eye. All or most colors are proportionally scaled to fit the output gamut, but their relationship does not change.
• Relative Colorimetric: Optimizes the rendering of spot color and logos. This transformation, however, uses additional information, such as hue and saturation, specified in the source profile to select the most appropriate value within the printer gamut. Colors that fall within the Output Color space remain the same. Only colors that fall outside are changed to the closest possible color within the Output Color space.
• Absolute Colorimetric: Optimizes the rendering of spot color and logos by identifying the closest value within the printer gamut.
Note
You can choose different rendering options for images, text, and graphics to optimize each output type appropriately.
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About the RGB Tab
The RGB tab includes the following settings:
RGB Source Color Space
• Use Embedded Profile check box
Images
Text and Graphics Enhancement
Enable Printer Simulation check box
RGB Rendering Intent
• Use Embedded Rendering check box
Images
Text
Graphics
Additional Information About RGB Color Space
The RGB Color Space section of the Color Management Tab has two areas: RGB Source
Color Space and RGB Rendering Intent. Each area has a check box that can be selected to use embedded profile or rendering information in the job, or can be cleared to ignore embedded information.
Note
If the option is viewed from a Queue Properties window, an Override icon is available next to the option. Click the Override icon to lock (override) or unlock the setting. When an Override icon is locked, the settings associated with the override take precedence over what is configured in the job.
The RGB Source Color Space area contains two menus: Images and Text and Graphics
Enhancement. The RGB Rendering Intent area contains three menus: Images, Text, and Graphics. These menus enable you to make separate adjustments that cause the system to perform specific optimization for RGB.
By selecting the Enable Printer Simulation check box, you can control emulation processing. The default setting for RGB Emulation is Off. When the check box is selected,
RGB processing follows the CMYK path.
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If you are trying to match an industry standard and your file contains RGB and CMYK input, select the Enable Printer Simulation check box so the RGB and CMYK elements will match.
If you have a document that contains RGB and CMYK data and want all of the data to match, it is also recommended that you select the Enable Printer Simulation check box.
The RGB data is converted to CMYK using the CMYK Color Space chosen in the CMYK
Color Space area.
When the Enable Printer Simulation check box is selected, the following are true:
• The RGB Rendering Intent adjustments are unavailable since the Printer Simulation is enabled via the auto-generation of RGB-to-CMYK DeviceLink ICC profiles and image adjustment is applied on the Lab color space.
• Some settings are unavailable in the Color Management tab.
About Using Embedded Profile for CMYK & RGB
By enabling or disabling the Use Embedded Profile check box, you can choose whether to use or ignore any embedded profiles that may be in the print job. By default, the check box is not selected and any profiles are ignored. When selected, any embedded profiles take precedence over the queue default settings. If there are no embedded profiles in the job, the queue default settings are used even if the Use Embedded Profile check box is selected.
Note
Selection of the Use Embedded Profile check box for RGB is recommended. Enabling this feature gives the most accurate output from the intent of the file creator.
About RGB Source Color Space for Images & Text and Graphics
Enhancement
The RGB options for the Source Color Space menus (Images and Text and Graphics
Enhancement) are the same.
Select one of the following:
• Adobe RGB
• sRGB
• Apple RGB
• Color Match RGB
About CMYK & RGB Rendering Intent for Images, Text, and Graphics
The CMYK and RGB options for the three menus (Images, Text, and Graphics) are the same.
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Select one of the following:
• Saturation
• Perceptual
• Relative Colorimetric
• Absolute Colorimetric
The Rendering Intent and Color Space features enable the system to perform specific optimizations for CMYK or RGB. For example, a Colormetric selection is best used for
CMYK color matching, while a value of Perceptual is best used for RGB professional photographs.
Related Topics:
Additional Information About Using Embedded Rendering for CMYK & RGB
Explanation of Job Rendering
Occasionally, the requested colors in an image are outside the gamut of the target printer and cannot be exactly reproduced. Rendering provides color mapping between the color gamut of the source image and the color gamut of the printer.
Select the Rendering option that best fits the images in the source files as they map to the printer.
Additional Information About Using Embedded Rendering for CMYK & RGB
By enabling or disabling the Use Embedded Rendering check box, you can choose whether to use or ignore any embedded rendering intents that may be in the print job.
By default, the check box is not selected and any rendering intents are ignored. When selected, any embedded rendering intents take precedence over the queue default settings. If there is no embedded rendering intent in the job, the queue default settings are used even if the Use Embedded Rendering check box is selected.
Tip
The default settings on this window give optimal results with most print jobs. Only make changes to the settings if you understand the effect that the changes will have to the output.
To use the rendering already embedded within the job, select the Use Embedded
Rendering check box.
Otherwise, choose among the following options on the Images, Text, and Graphics menus:
• Saturation: Optimizes the rendering of business graphics, such as charts and graphs.
Preserves 100% K, making it good for text.
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• Perceptual: Optimizes the rendering of photographic images. Preserves the visual relationship among colors as they are perceived by the human eye. All or most colors are proportionally scaled to fit the output gamut, but their relationship does not change.
• Relative Colorimetric: Optimizes the rendering of spot color and logos. This transformation, however, uses additional information, such as hue and saturation, specified in the source profile to select the most appropriate value within the printer gamut. Colors that fall within the Output Color space remain the same. Only colors that fall outside are changed to the closest possible color within the Output Color space.
• Absolute Colorimetric: Optimizes the rendering of spot color and logos by identifying the closest value within the printer gamut.
Note
You can choose different rendering options for images, text, and graphics to optimize each output type appropriately.
About the Gray Tab
The Gray tab includes the following settings:
Gray Source Color Space
• Use Embedded Profile
Images
Text and Graphics Enhancement
Additional Information About the Gray Source Color Space
The Gray Source Color Space section of the Color Management tab has a Use Embedded
Profile check box that can be selected to use embedded profile information in the job, or cleared to ignore embedded information.
Note
If the option is viewed from a Queue Properties window, an Override icon is available next to the option. Click the Override icon to lock (override) or unlock the setting. When an Override icon is locked, the settings associated with the override take precedence over what is configured in the job.
The Gray Source Color Space area contains two menus: Images and Text and Graphics
Enhancement. These menus enable you to make separate adjustments that cause the system to perform specific optimization for the color gray.
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About Using Embedded Profile for Gray Source Color Space
By enabling or disabling the Use Embedded Profile check box, you can choose whether to use or ignore any embedded profiles that may be in the print job. By default, the check box is not selected and any profiles are ignored. When selected, any embedded profiles take precedence over the queue default settings. If there are no embedded profiles in the job, the queue default settings are used even if the Use Embedded Profile check box is selected.
About Gray Source Color Space for Images and Text and Graphics
Enhancement
The Gray options for the two Source Color Space menus (Images and Text and Graphics
Enhancement) are the same.
Choose one of the following selections:
• Gamma 1_8
• Gamma 2_2
• LPC70 Gray
About the Spot Processing Tab
The Spot Processing tab includes the check box to enable spot color processing.
When the color path is disabled, the alternative color space is used instead of the spot colors.
Note
If the option is viewed from a Queue Properties window, an Override icon is available next to the option. Click the Override icon to lock (override) or unlock the setting. When an Override icon is locked, the settings associated with the override take precedence over what is configured in the job.
The Print Server honors all PANTONE ® and spot colors that are defined in the spot color table. The spot colors in PostScript and PDF files can be specified by the PostScript setcustomcolor operators as well as the separation and DeviceN color operators. The alternative color spaces are used in case the spot color is not found in the spot color table.
The following scenario exemplifies the value of this feature: You want to print a document that contains spot color text, graphics, and images. Viewed on the computer monitor, the spot color data within the document is seen; however when the document is printed, the colors look very different from what was seen on the monitor. Because the Print
Server does not support spot color processing for images, you might prefer to disable spot color processing and eliminate this problem.
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A second example scenario follows: Within the document there are spot color objects and CMYK objects next to each other that should match. If you disable spot color processing, the spot color data goes through the CMYK path, resulting in objects that look the same.
About Destination Profile
Select the desired profile to be used.
About the Color Management Flow Diagram
The color flow diagram always reflects the current state of the control area settings.
The diagram is refreshed any time the settings are changed.
Place the mouse over any area of the diagram to display a tool tip containing information about that specific area of the diagram.
About the Image Placement Tab
The Image Placement window enables you to configure:
• Layout Type
• Image Rotation
• Image Shift
When you are finished making selections, click either:
• Cancel to exit the window without saving your selections
• Save to save your selections and close the window
About Layout Type
The Layout Type option enables you to select the desired printed layout.
The following selections are available:
• None: No special layout is applied.
• N Up: This layout is often used to provide a down-scaled proof print of the job. Enables you to designate how many pages (N) are to be printed on a single sheet of paper.
• Booklet: A booklet is made up of individual sheets of paper that are bound between a front and back cover.
• Signature: A signature sheet is a sheet of paper that is folded one or more times to become a single unit of several pages in multiples of four.
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About Image Rotation
The Image Rotation option enables you to rotate the printing or image 180 degrees.
Select between no rotation (0 degrees) and 180 degree rotation.
About Image Shift
The Image Shift option enables you to adjust where on a page printing occurs.
Use the Up and Down arrows to increase or decrease the amount of desired shift in either or both the X and Y directions.
Note
A positive X value, shifts printing up; a negative value shifts printing down.
A positive Y value, shifts the printing to the right; a negative value shifts printing to the left.
To center the printing on the page, click the Center button.
If the print is 2-sided, repeat the process for Side 2.
About the PDL Settings Tab
The options within the PDL Settings tab are used to define settings specific to each PDL interpreter.
Note
If you do not have a valid PostScript license on the system, you will not see a
PostScript/PDF option.
Note
When you enable the Override icon in Queue Manager for any queue property, that selection applies to any jobs submitted to that queue and takes precedence over any property selections that are made in the Job Manager or programmed into the job.
From the PDL Settings window you can configure the following basic page description properties:
• Resolution ( dpi )
• Minimum Line Width
• PostScript Resolution ( dpi )
• FreeFlow VI Project Container Filter (VPCF)
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About PostScript Resolution (dpi)
PostScript Resolution ( dpi ): Choose either of the following options:
• 600x600x8
• 300x300x8
About Minimum Line Width
The Minimum Line Width option enables you to adjust the minimum line width within a PDF job to control the thickness of the fine lines that they do not disappear during printing.
Minimum Line Width: Use the Up and Down arrows to set the desired minimum line width at both resolutions.
Note
The minimum value is 0 and the maximum value is 4.
About FreeFlow VI Project Container Filter (VPCF)
The VPC Filter reports error codes that are defined by the Global Fault Manager (GFM) or the filter back to the GFM.
Select the check box if desired.
Managing Printer Queues
The Queue Manager provides flexibility: you can create a single queue through which all jobs can be submitted, or you can create multiple queues each having its distinct properties.
Note
When you enable the Override icon in Queue Manager for any queue property, that selection applies to any jobs submitted to that queue and takes precedence over any property selections that are made in the Job Manager or programmed into the job.
Only 250 queues can be created. However, you can also create up to 128 AppleTalk connections. It is not recommended to use a large number of AppleTalk queues because use of many queues degrades system performance. On systems with the AppleTalk license disabled, 250 queues can be set up without performance degradation.
Note
AppleTalk support is discontinued with FreeFlow ® Print Server 9.0 and higher.
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Setting the Default Queue
Use either method below:
• Right-click the queue and select Set as Default.
• Select the queue and select Set as Default from the More Actions menu.
An icon appears next to the selected queue to indicate that it is the default queue.
Deleting a Queue
1. Use either method below:
• Right-click the queue and select Delete.
• Select the queue and select Delete from the More Actions menu.
2. Click Yes on the confirmation window to delete the queue.
The queue is removed from the queue list.
Setting a Queue to Accept Print Jobs
The Accept column of the queue list displays the word Yes if the queue is configured to accept print jobs.
Jobs cannot flow through a queue unless the queue is set to accept jobs.
Use either method below:
• Right-click the queue and select Accept.
• Select the queue and select Accept from the More Actions menu.
The displayed value in the Accept status column changes to Yes.
Setting a Queue to Reject Print Jobs
The Accept column of the queue list displays the word No if the queue is not configured to accept print jobs.
If you need to prevent jobs from processing through a particular queue, you can set the queue to reject jobs.
Use either method below:
• Right-click the queue and select Reject.
• Select the queue and select Reject from the More Actions menu.
The displayed value in the Accept status column changes to No.
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Setting a Queue to Release Print Jobs
The Release column of the queue list displays the word Yes if the queue is configured to release print jobs.
Although a queue may accept jobs for processing, the jobs do not print unless the queue is set to release print jobs. If the queue is not set to release jobs, then jobs are held until released through Job Manager.
Use either method below:
• Right-click the queue and select Release.
• Select the queue and click the Release icon in the toolbar.
• Select the queue and select Release from the More Actions menu.
The Release status of the queue changes to Yes.
Setting a Queue to Hold Print Jobs
The Release column of the queue list displays the word No if the queue is configured to hold print jobs.
To control the process flow of jobs through a queue, you can set the queue to hold jobs until they are individually released for print.
Use either method below:
• Right-click the queue and select Hold Jobs.
• Select the queue and click the Hold Jobs icon in the toolbar.
• Select the queue and select Hold Jobs from the More Actions menu.
The Release status of the queue changes to No.
Setting a Queue to Be Locked
The Lock column of the queue list displays the word Yes if the queue is locked.
You can lock one or multiple queues. If the selected queues include both locked and unlocked queues, all queues are set to locked.
• To change the properties of a locked queue, you must first unlock the queue.
• You cannot delete a locked queue. Unlock the queue first.
• An Operator can copy locked queues. The resulting new queue is not locked.
• An Operator can change the Accept/Reject Jobs and Release/Hold Jobs attributes on a locked queue.
Use either method below:
• Right-click the queue and select Lock.
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• Select the queue and select Lock from the More Actions menu.
The Lock status of the queue changes to Yes.
Setting a Queue to Be Unlocked
The Lock column of the queue list displays the word No if the queue is unlocked.
A queue must be unlocked before you can change its properties or delete it. You can unlock one or more queues. If the selected queues include both locked and unlocked queues, all queues are unlocked.
Use either method below:
• Right-click the queue and select Unlock.
• Select the queue and select Unlock from the More Actions menu.
The Lock status of the queue changes to No.
Enabling a Queue As a Hot Folder
The Hot Folder column of the queue list displays the word Yes if the queue is configured as a hot folder.
1. Use either method below:
• Right-click one or more queues and select Enable Hot Folder.
• Select one or more queues and select Enable Hot Folder from the More Actions menu.
The Hot Folder status of the queue changes to Yes.
2. After a successful job submission to the queue, the job is deleted from the Hot Folder.
Note
If the Hot Folder fails to submit a job to a queue, that job is copied to a folder titled
Error, which is a sub folder in the Hot Folder. The Error folder only appears if a job fails to be submitted by the Hot Folder. Jobs within the Error folder and jobs within a disabled Hot Folder remain there until a user deletes them. The Xerox ® Freeflow ®
Print Server does not automatically purge the Error folder or disabled Hot Folders.
Disabling a Queue As a Hot Folder
The Hot Folder column in the queue list displays the word No if the queue is not configured as a hot folder.
Use either method below:
• Right-click one or more queues and select Disable Hot Folder.
• Select one or more queues and select Disable Hot Folder from the More Actions menu.
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The Hot Folder status of the queue changes to No.
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