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Queue Screen

When XMF is started, the Queue screen is displayed at the same time as the XMF Main Client Desktop screen. In the Queue screen, the job status is indicated by icons to enable easy recognition. Depending on the job status, you can configure and manage jobs.

You can also display [Job Status] screen within the Queue screen to check the job status, workflow settings, and logs. In [Job Status] screen, you can control output by surface or colour separation, release a held job and perform approval.

ID Setting Description

1

Operation Icons

You can set and manage jobs according to their status.

Note
  • You can also right-click jobs or status icons in the Queue list and carry out operations from the context menu.

2

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Click this icon to display [Job Status] screen within the Queue screen. Click again to hide [Job Status] screen.

3

Queue list

Displays a list of job statuses. The job status is represented by status icons to enable easy recognition.

JobType: Displays an icon that indicates the job type as follows.

  • : Standard jobs
  • : TIFF Bypass jobs
  • : Variable jobs
  • : Split jobs
  • No icon: Others

ID: Displays the job ID.

JDF ID: Displays the JDF ID.

Part ID: Displays the part ID.

Job Name: Displays the job name.

State: Displays the job status.

Comment: Displays the comment.

Customer Id: Displays the customer ID.

Company: Displays the company name.

Start Date: Displays the starting date and time.

Due Date: Displays the due date.

Last Activity: Displays the date and time when the job was last modified.

Template: Displays the selected job template.

Priority: Displays the priority. Displayed in orange when the job priority is set to 80 or higher.

Order: Displays the job order.

Archiver: Displays an icon that indicates the archive status as follows.

  • : Automatic archiving is scheduled
  • : Archiving is completed
  • : Automatic job deletion is scheduled
  • : Automatic deletion of rendered images is scheduled
  • : Automatic deletion of rendered images is completed

Job Owner: Displays the job owner.

Job Lock: Displays the job lock.

Page Prep: Displays the status of the page preparation process with a percentage.

RIP Proof: Displays an icon that indicates the status of the workflow item [RIP Proof].

ROOM Proof: Displays an icon that indicates the status of the workflow item [ROOM Proof].

Plates: Displays an icon that indicates the status of the workflow item [Plates], [Digital Press], [Jet Press]/[J Press], [Jet Press F]/[J Press F], [Jet Press R] or [Jet Press W]/[J Press W].

Export: Displays an icon that indicates the status of the workflow item [PDF Export] or [JDF Export].

Approval: Displays an icon that indicates the status of the workflow item [Hold] or [Local Approval].

Remote Approval: Displays only when the workflow item [Remote RIP Approval] is included. Displays the icon which indicates the status of the workflow item [Remote RIP Approval].

Note
  • Click [] to select the items that you want to display in the list.
  • You can drag a column in the list to change the order of the columns. Click [] and select [Restore Defaults] to restore the order of the default setting.
  • Click [] at the right of the Queue list to display the preview screen of the job.
  • When you right-click [Page Prep] column, you can select the information to display from [Show Percentage Progress], [Show Document Progress], and [Show Document & Percentage Progress]. When you right-click [RIP Proof], [ROOM Proof], and [Plates] columns, you can select the information to display from [Show Percentage Progress], [Show Surface Progress], and [Show Surface & Percentage Progress].
  • For some output devices and workflow items, the progress of [Plates] is completed (100%) when the output data transfer is completed.
  • For some CTP devices, settings may need to be configured in Configuration Tool in order to display the progress of [Plates] according to the device exposure status. For details, contact the administrator.
  • When a job in [Job Name] is displayed in a colour (blue, orange, red or purple), the job was created in a previous version and the colour reproduction will be changed by processing in Ver. 4.1 or later. Backwards compatibility for these jobs is possible based on certain conditions, and a tool is provided for this.
  • When a job is retried from XMF Remote, the icon indicating the completion of automatic deletion of rendered images is not hidden.

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Job Status

You can check the processing status, workflow settings, and logs for the selected job in the Queue list. In the job status screen, you can control output by surface or colour separation, release a held job and perform approval.

Note
  • The displayed contents and operations are the same as [Job Status] screen that is displayed by double-clicking the status icons in each job.
  • [Job Status] screen is not displayed within the Queue screen as the default. Click [] to display the screen.
  • Click [] at the bottom of [Job Status] screen to display the logs of the job.

Status Icon Display

The meanings of the status icons displayed in the Queue list are as follows.

Icon Description

Process is completed

Processing
Waiting to process
Process is paused
Process is deleted

Page mapping is necessary

Note
  • If you right-click an icon, you can select operations of page mapping from the context menu.
Waiting for approval
Hold [Finishing] output
Hold CIP4 output
Pending

Waiting for device

Note
  • These icons are displayed when the device control status is [] or [] in [Device Status] pane on [System and Device Status] screen. The process stops after rendering if the status is []. The process stops before rendering if the status is []. The process restarts when you change the control status to [].
Hold before output
Waiting for media
Process failed

 

When the mouse cursor is moved onto each of the icons, the icon changes to progress checking, and the progress in the tool tip is displayed as %. The progress checking icons for each column are as follows.

 

Page Prep:

RIP Proof, ROOM Proof:

Plates:

Export:

Approval:

Remote Approval:

Note

You can check the job status by double-clicking a status icon to display [Job Status] screen.

When [Remote RIP Approval] is used as the workflow item, the approval progress is displayed in [Remote Approval] column. Also, the following icons indicating the job releasing status are displayed.
[]: Job already released
[]: Job releasing being processed
No icon: Job not released

When [Continue Processing if Preflight Fails] checkbox is checked in [Preflight & Action Lists] pane in [Job Edit] screen, [] (orange check mark) is displayed in [Page Prep] if the preflight fails during page preparation.

Operation Icons and Context Menu in the Queue Screen

The operation icons and the contents of the context menu in the Queue screen are as follows.

Setting Description

When you click and select a set Queue filter, only jobs which match the filter conditions are displayed in the Queue screen.

When you select [Create New Filter], [Custom Filter] dialog is displayed in order to create a new filter.

When you select [No Filter], all jobs are displayed in the Queue screen.

Retry Selected Jobs

Either right-click a job to retry and select [Retry Selected Jobs], or select a job to retry and click []. [Held] is displayed in [State] of the selected job, and [Retry Job] dialog is displayed.

Check the checkbox of the item you want to retry and click [Retry].

Note
  • Click [] to check the checkboxes of all the items. Click again to clear the checkboxes of all the items.
  • You can pause before retry starts by clicking [Hold].
  • When the icons under [Page Prep], [RIP Proof], [ROOM Proof], [Plates] or [Export] column is right-clicked, you can retry a selected item.
  • When retrying [Jet Press]/[J Press], [Jet Press F]/[J Press F], [Jet Press R] or [Jet Press W]/[J Press W] in a variable job, if you select the item and check [Retry], you can specify the sheets or records to retry.
  • All: Select to retry all sheets.
  • Sheets: Select and enter the sheet numbers to specify the sheets to retry. To specify multiple sheets, separate them with commas. To specify a range of sheets to retry, enter the first sheet number and last sheet number with "-" (hyphen) in between.
  • Records: Select and enter the record numbers to specify the records to retry. To specify multiple records, separate them with commas. To specify a range of records to retry, enter the first record number and last record number with "-" (hyphen) in between.
  • The retry unit for variable jobs is the imposition layout used in the job. For this reason, if the imposition layout is comprised, for example, of 3 sheets, the execution target is the set of 3 sheets in the imposition layout that includes the sheet specified as the execution target.

Abort Selected Jobs

The selected job process is aborted by either right-clicking a job to abort and selecting [Abort Selected Jobs], or selecting a job to abort and clicking [].

Note
  1. An aborted job can be retried afterward.
  2. When the icon under [Page Prep], [RIP Proof], [ROOM Proof], [Plates] or [Export] column is right-clicked, you can abort a selected item.

Hold Selected Jobs

The selected job process is paused by either right-clicking a job to pause and selecting [Hold Selected Jobs], or selecting a job to pause and clicking []. In the Queue screen, [Workflow Item Held] is displayed in [State] of the selected job. The process of the paused job is held until the pause is cancelled.

Note
  • When the icon under [Page Prep], [RIP Proof], [ROOM Proof], [Plates] or [Export] column is right-clicked, you can pause a selected item.
  • For [Jet Press]/[J Press]/[Jet Press F]/[J Press F]/[Jet Press R], pausing is not possible.
  • For [Jet Press W]/[J Press W], pausing is not possible during output processing of print data.
  • If the XMF server PC uses a 64-bit OS, rendering is not paused. (Processes other than rendering are paused.) To render a job faster while another job is rendering, raise the priority of the job that you want to render faster.

Release Selected Jobs

The paused job process is restarted by either right-clicking a job for which to cancel the pause and selecting [Release Selected Jobs], or selecting a job for which to cancel the pause and clicking [].

Note
  • When the icon under [Page Prep], [RIP Proof], [ROOM Proof], [Plates] or [Export] column is right-clicked, you can cancel the pausing of a selected item.
Restriction
  • When holding is performed by surface, release cannot be selected in the Queue screen.

Priority Setting for Selected Job

The priority of a selected job can be set by right-clicking the job for which to set the priority and selecting from [Set High Priority], [Set Medium Priority], and [Set Low Priority].
Save Job as Template

Right-click a job for which to create a template, select [Save Job as Template] to display [New Job template] dialog, and then the selected job can be saved as a template. The saved template can be used for other jobs.

Note
  1. The operation is available when you are logged in as an administrator.
Copy Job

Right-click a job to copy and select [Copy Job] to display [Copy Job] dialog.

Enter a name and description of the job to copy and click [OK]. The selected job is copied and displayed in the Queue screen.

Caution
  1. The input data is not copied.
Set Job Protection Right-click a job to protect and select [Set Job Protection]. The selected job is protected and [] is displayed. The protected job cannot be edited and deleted, but retrying, aborting, pausing, and cancelling the pause can be performed.
Clear Job Protection Right-click a job to cancel the protection and select [Clear Job Protection]. The protection of the selected job is cancelled. In the Queue screen, [] in [State] of the selected job disappears.

Advanced Job Log window

Displays the Advanced Job Log window. You can check all the logs of the job.

Note
  • You can display up to 4 Advanced Job Log windows at the same time. You can display multiple windows for the same job and check using different search conditions.
  • When multiple jobs are selected in the queue list, the Advanced Job Log window cannot be displayed. To display the logs of different jobs at the same time, display multiple Advanced Job Log windows and select a different job in each window.

Delete Selected Jobs

Either right-click a job to delete and select [Delete Selected Jobs], or select a job to delete and click []. The deleting confirmation dialog is displayed. Click [OK] to delete the selected job.

Note
  1. If [Native File Management] is set in [Administration] screen - [Archiver] pane, when the job is deleted, the work folder of the corresponding job is also deleted at the same time. To prevent the work folder from being deleted together with the job, change the work folder name before deleting the job, or move the work folder to a different location.
  2. In an XMF Remote linked job, depending on the system settings, a message may be displayed to confirm whether or not to delete the job on the XMF Remote side.
    To also delete the job on the XMF Remote side, select [Delete jobs in both XMF and XMF Remote] and click [OK].
    To not delete the job on the XMF Remote side, select [Delete job only in XMF] and click [OK].
    For details on the delete synchronisation setting for XMF Remote linked jobs, contact the service engineer.
Cancel All Archive Requests

All archive processes are cancelled.

Note
  1. The operation is available when you are logged in as an administrator.
View Job

Right-click a job for which to display rendering results and select [View Job]. [View Job] dialog is displayed. Either double-click a surface to edit, or select a surface to edit and click [OK]. [Imposition View - XXXXX - Rendered Mode - (Read only)] screen is displayed.

Note
  • Surfaces in each workflow item are expanded in the display.
  • The surface on the top is displayed as selected.
Open Work Folder

In jobs for which a work folder has been generated, the work folder of the job can be opened by right-clicking the job and selecting [Open Work Folder].

Note
  • This operation is for users who are logged in as a user with the capability for native file management.
  • To access the work folder from the Queue screen of an XMF client that has been installed on a different PC from the XMF server, the shared settings for the work folder must have been configured in advance on the XMF server PC.
Click to display the job search field. Jobs to display in the Queue screen can be narrowed down by entering conditions in search items. Click [] again to cancel the job search.
Click to display the Unique ID Search Field. Enter a unique ID to search a job.
Click to display [Barcode Input] dialog. Enter a barcode to search for a job.

You can edit and configure the selected job. Click this icon to display [Job Edit] screen for the selected job.

Click this icon to display the selected job in Viewer.

Select the job to archive and click [] to display [Archive] dialog.

Note
  1. The operation is available when you are logged in as an administrator.

Click to display [Archiver] screen. You can restore the archived job.

Note
  1. The operation is available when you are logged in as an administrator.

Use failed documents

For jobs that had a problem in the preflight process, right-click the icon in [Page Prep] column and select [Use failed documents] to continue the page preparation and subsequent processes. The icon in [Page Prep] column changes from [] to [].

Map Pages Manual

Map All Pages Automatic

If the replacement data is input into the drop folder for a job that is configured for page replacement by the auto mapping, you can select how to map the pages by right-clicking the icon in [Page Prep] column.

Select [Map Pages Manual] to display [Map Pages] dialog and you can set pages to map.

Check the checkboxes of pages to map.

Note
  • Click [] to check the checkboxes of all the items. Click again to clear the checkboxes of all the items.

Select [Map All Pages Automatic] to map the input data according to the auto mapping rules for the job.

Note
  • In variable jobs, [Map Pages Manual] and [Map All Pages Automatic] cannot be used.

Retry CIP4 output

When you right-click [Plates] icon and select [Retry CIP4 output], you can retry CIP4 data output.

Note
  • All the CIP4 data corresponding to the selected job is retried.
  • CIP4 data can also be output again by surface when the user selects a surface in [Job Status] screen.
  • Retry may not be possible depending on the job processing status.

Open Output Folder

You can open the output folder by right-clicking the icon under [RIP Proof], [ROOM Proof], [Plates] or [Export] column and selecting the workflow name or workflow item name from [Open Output Folder].

Note
  • You cannot open the output folder if you do not have access rights to the output folder.