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Job Settings

[Input] Pane

You can configure settings related to data input, such as the import method, the details of auto page mapping, and the "Drop Folder" function where you can create a job automatically simply by dropping the input files into a predefined folder.

ID Setting Description

1

Drop Folder List

Displays the path of the set drop folder.

2

Add

Click to display [File Browser] dialog. Select the drop folder and click [Add]. The path of the added drop folder is displayed in the Use Drop Folders list.

Caution
  • When data is input into the drop folder, it is deleted from its original folder. Be sure to back up the data before inputting it into the drop folder.
Note
  1. The drop folder added after creating the job is used exclusively for adding files to that job.

3

Edit

Select the drop folder to change, and click [Edit] to display the [File Browser] dialog. Select the drop folder and click [Add]. The path of the changed drop folder is displayed in the Use Drop Folders list.

4

Remove

Select the drop folder to delete, and click [Remove]. The path of the selected drop folder is deleted from the Use Drop Folders dialog.

Note
  1. The deleting confirmation dialog is not displayed.

5

Source Files Accepted

You can select the format of the input file from [PDF], [PS], [TIFF], [EPS], [JDF] and [PPML].

When the checkbox is checked, files are imported from the drop folder, and the preparation is performed.

When the checkbox is cleared, files are input from the drop folder, but an error message is displayed in the job log and the files are not added to the job.

Exclude Subdirectories: When the checkbox is checked, subdirectories in the drop folder are excluded and files cannot be input from the drop folder. When the checkbox is cleared, files are input from the drop folder, and the job name is set as the folder name.

Force unknown formats to PS: When the checkbox is checked, data with an unknown format, such as when the PS comment is missing, are processed as PS. When the checkbox is cleared, files are input from the drop folder, but an error message is displayed in the job log and the files are not added to the job.

Note
  1. When the input file is PS or 1-bit TIFF, the page preparation is performed after converting to PDF.
  2. For PDF, TIFF and JDF, only files that satisfy the following conditions can be input.
  3. Input Source File Supported Version/Format
    PDF 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4
    TIFF 1-bit TIFF (Mono 1-bit)
    JDF 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
  4. Up to 24 separations (files) of 1-bit TIFF files can be input.
  5. When 9 or more 1-bit TIFF files are input, the following applies.
  6. To enable correct display in the viewers, [Overprint Preview] must be selected in [Settings] pane of a viewer.
  7. If an action that excludes overprint is set in [Preflight & Action Lists] pane, the process is not performed correctly.
  8. If the overprint setting is changed before running the job, output cannot be performed correctly.
  9. When a JDF file is input, the job setting parameters described in the JDF have priority over the settings in the job template.
  10. When a workflow with an interrupt process for proofing or an approval process is set in the JDF file or job template, the job is created with the workflow set according to the JDF description.
  11. To use a drop folder to input variable files, check the [PPML] or [PDF] checkbox. Check the [PPML] checkbox for variable files in PPML format, and check the [PDF] checkbox for variable files in PDF/VT-1 format.
  12. The same drop folder cannot be used for both PPML files and files in other formats. When using drop folders to input PPML files and files in other formats at the same time, set a different drop folder for each.
  13. When the [Exclude Subdirectories] checkbox is checked, the folder format PPML is not recognised as a job even when it is dropped into the drop folder. In this case, the folder format PPML remains in the drop folder.
  14. When a file in a format other than that set in the drop folder is input, the page preparation is performed, but when the job is added to the Queue screen, a message is displayed in the job log stating that a non-supported document was submitted. In this case, the status of the page preparation is 0%.
  15. A subdirectory is automatically created in the <JobDrops/JJobID> level in the drop folder specified in the job template. You can add files to the job by dropping input files into this folder.
  16. In variable jobs ([Variable], or a job created using a job template created based on [Variable]), only 1 file can be input.
    A file in PDF (including PDF/VT), PPML, PS or EPS format can be input.
  17. In variable jobs, an input file that includes records with different settings (example: 1st record: 3 pages, 2nd record: 4 pages) will cause an error in page preparation.

6

File Name Template

You can perform auto page mapping by setting an input file name template that includes page information. Check the checkbox, click [], and select an input file name template.

Note
  1. If you logged in as an administrator, click [Browse] to display [Administration] screen - [File Name Templates] pane.
  2. When the [Auto Mapping] checkbox in [Auto Page Mapping Settings] is checked, and you select an input file name template in which [Page No] is specified, the confirmation dialog for enabling the auto page mapping function is displayed. When setting an input file name template to assign a page, clear the [Auto Mapping] checkbox.

7

Multi-file Input

Set to process multiple TIFF files as 1 page. This is mainly used with 1-bit TIFF input when there are files for each colour separation, and you want to merge these files and process them as a single file.

You can set this only when [File Name Template] is specified in [General Input Rules].

Check the checkbox to enable the input of multiple files.

Note
  • In variable jobs, because it is not possible to input multiple files, multiple file input cannot be set.

8

Search Method

Click [] and select the standard for determining the input of multiple files.

Number of Files: A job is created when the number of files dropped into the drop folder reaches the specified number. Enter the number of files that you want to specify in the input field.

Note
  1. The unit of the input field is [files].
  2. Files that do not match the file name specified in [File Name Template] are not counted in the number of files. Files that do not match remain in the drop folder.
  3. If more than the specified number of files are dropped into the drop folder, an additional job is created when the specified number of files is reached again. Leftover files that do not reach the specified number of files remain in the drop folder.

Time files arriving: A job is created when the specified time after dropping files into the drop folder elapses. Enter the time that you want to specify in the input field.

Note
  1. The unit of the input field is [seconds].
  2. The files moved to the folder within the specified time are all added to a single job.
  3. If another file is dropped into the folder before the specified time elapses, the job is created when the specified time elapses after the last file was dropped.
  4. Files that do not match the file name specified in [File Name Template] are not handled as target files. Files that do not match remain in the drop folder.

9

Use ImageDescription TIFF tag for Separations

When the checkbox is checked, the colour separation information of the TIFF file is obtained based on the ImageDescription tag included in the TIFF file.

Note
  1. The ImageDescription TIFF tag is a tag included in a TIFF file that describes images.
  2. You can select this only when the [TIFF] checkbox is checked in [Use Drop Folders] - [Source Files Accepted].
  3. When input data is imported into a job, a thumbnail of the corresponding colour is created based on the obtained colour separation information.
  4. The obtained information has priority over the information set in [File Name Template].

10

Default

You can set the TIFF orientation rules for TIFF file input. Click [] and select the default for the TIFF orientation rules.

Note
  1. The setting is required when the [TIFF] checkbox is checked in [Use Drop Folders] - [Source Files Accepted].
  2. In variable jobs, because it is not possible to input TIFF files, this cannot be set.

11

Use Orientation TIFF tag

When the checkbox is checked and an Orientation TIFF tag is included in the input data, a corresponding description is set in the TIFF orientation rules.

Note
  1. The Orientation TIFF tag is a tag included in a TIFF file that specifies the display orientation of images.
  2. The TIFF orientation rules obtained from the Orientation TIFF tag have priority over the [Default] setting.

12

Render to You can select the drawing range of the page from the PDF page boxes. Click [] and select a page box.

13

Auto Mapping

You can map pages automatically by setting detailed mapping rules. Check the checkbox to enable the auto mapping.

Note
  1. When an input file name template in which [Page No] is specified is selected in [Input] pane - [General Input Rules], you cannot set [Auto Page Mapping Settings] at the same time.
  2. When the [Automatically flow pages] checkbox is checked in [Page Prep Preferences] pane - [Autoflow], you cannot set [Auto Page Mapping Settings] at the same time.

14

Search Templates

Click to display the [Search] dialog. When you enter information into [Template Name] or [Comment], auto page mapping templates that match that condition are displayed. Select the auto page mapping template that you want and then click [OK].

15

Rule List

Displays the input rules and mapping rules in a list.

The rules displayed in the list can be operated with the following buttons.

Add: Click to display the [Auto Page Mapping] dialog.

Edit: Click to edit the rule selected in the list.

Delete: Click to delete the rule selected in the list.

Move Up: Click to increase the priority order of the rule selected in the list.

Move Down: Click to decrease the priority order of the rule selected in the list.

Save As Template: Click to save the currently set rule as an auto page mapping template. When you click this, the [Save Page Mapping Template] dialog is displayed.

16

Overwrite the page(s) that have been already mapped.

When the checkbox is checked and the target page for auto page mapping is a mapped page, blank page or not required page, the page is overwritten.

Note
  1. When the checkbox is cleared, mapping is performed only to unmapped pages, without overwriting.

17

Re-mapping Click to display the [Re-mapping pages] dialog. Check the message and click [OK] to discard all assigned pages and re-map the pages in accordance with the newly set rules.
Note

When creating a job template, [Template Input Options] can be set.

Caution

If input data is input into the drop folder while [Job Edit] screen - [Page Mapping Manager] is displayed or when the input data is input via the printer driver, the auto page mapping does not function.

When the input data is a separation TIFF file, mapping is performed in [Source Files] with a single joint display name.

The auto page mapping is not supported for the virtual PostScript printer input or HTTP connection input.

When using an imposition JDF that was output from another imposition application (such as Metrix) to update the imposition information of an existing job, check the following.