Creating New Jobs

Jobs can be created by workflows or manually in the Manual Job Manager. When creating a manual job, you can either directly print the job (QuickProof) or you can configure the job settings and/or check the layout by opening the job in the Manual Job Manager.

In the Jobs view, you can also create new jobs by drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer. In the Workflows view, you can also add new jobs to a hotfolder by drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer. The image files are physically copied into the hotfolder and processed according to the hotfolder/workflow settings.

You can later review the settings of finished jobs in the History view. You can reprint a job from the History with the same or changed settings.

  1. On the File menu, click New Job or click on the toolbar.
  2. Select the input file type, for example, TIFF or PDF. If you want to select input files in different file formats or if you want to see all files, select All Files (1).
    The browse box filters the files in the selected folder and displays only images in the selected input file format.
  3. Select an input file (2). It is also possible to select multiple files (by holding down the CTRL or SHIFT key).
    All recognized images will be shown in the Image Files info box (3) at the bottom of the dialog box, each image in a separate row. Unrecognized files are also listed below the recognized files.
  4. Select a Proof Standard, Printer, Medium, and Calibration Set.
  5. Click Print to print the selected files directly without user interaction or click Open to edit the job in the Manual Job Manager (4).

New Job dialog box.

The screenshot shows the job settings described in the preceding instructions.

You can create a job with multiple images in various ways:

  • Select multiple images (multiselect) in the New Job dialog box.
  • Duplicate an existing image in the job by selecting the image and pressing CTRL+D.
  • Create multiple duplicates by selecting the image and defining a number of copies on the Multiple Copies tabbed page below the preview.
  • Add new images to a job by clicking the Add Image button on the toolbar of the Manual Job Manager.
  • Workflow, Nesting: Collect multiple images from separate workflows/hotfolders by defining a nesting template.

You can export jobs with all relevant settings and files and reuse them as templates for a faster creation of similar jobs.

  1. Configure a job in the Manual Job Manager and select Save As from the Job menu.
    The Save As dialog is displayed.
  2. Select a location to save the job to and click Save to save the job.
    The job is saved as *.job file. Import the job when you need it as a template for a similar job.
  3. On the File menu, click Import Job.
    The Import Job dialog is displayed.
  4. Select the exported job you want to use as a template and click OK to open it in the Manual Job Manager.
  5. Right-click on the image you want to replace and select Replace Image from the context menu.
    The former image is replaced and the job can be printed with the new image, without having to be configured from scratch.

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