User manual SHARP AR-PE3 JOB MANAGEMENT GUIDE

[. . . ] Fiery® Print Controller AR-PE3 SERVER & CONTROLLER SOLUTIONS Job Management Guide About the Documentation This manual is part of a set of Fiery Print Controller AR-PE3TM documentation that includes the following manuals for users and system administrators. Most are available as Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) files on the User Documentation CD. · The Quick Start Guide summarizes the steps for configuring the Fiery Print Controller AR-PE3 and printing. It also describes how to access the Adobe Acrobat PDF files on User Documentation CD. [. . . ] For complete information about print settings in FreeForm jobs, see the Printing Guide. 3 3-26 Using Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE Archiving jobs You can archive PostScript and raster data jobs internally to the Fiery X3e hard disk drive, or externally to the Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE hard disk drive or network drives. Once a PostScript or raster data job is archived, it appears in the Archive panel of the Jobs window. You can issue the following Actions menu commands, described on page 2-15, for jobs in the Archive panel: · Print · Delete · Rename · Hold · Process and Hold · Print and Hold · Remove Raster Data · Preview · Properties TO ARCHIVE A JOB 1. 3. In the Active Jobs window, select any held job. To archive the job internally to the Fiery X3e hard disk, click OK. The job is archived internally and appears in the Archive panel of the Jobs window. 3 4. 5. 3-27 Archiving jobs To archive the job externally to the Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE hard disk drive or to a device on the network, click Add. Click to add a device Browse to the device and folder to which you want to archive the job and click OK (Command WorkStation) or Choose (Command Workstation LE). The Archive Options dialog box displays external devices as available archive volumes. 6. In Command WorkStation, if applicable, select Archive rasters in the Archive Options dialog box. The Archive rasters option is not available for PostScript data jobs and jobs archived to Server Internal. NOTE: Large raster data files may take considerable time to archive. Select an archive volume and click OK. Archived jobs appear in the Archive panel of the Jobs window. 3 3-28 Using Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE Using the Job Log The Job Log panel of the Jobs window displays a list of all the jobs processed or printed since the Job Log was last cleared. You can adjust the column widths in the Job Log display by clicking the column border in the heading and dragging left or right (see "Customizing job ticket information" on page 3-9). You can also print the Job Log, export it to a tab-delimited text file, or clear it manually. Using the Job Log Setup, the administrator can specify preferences to print the Job Log automatically every 55 jobs, or print and clear the Job Log automatically every 55 jobs. Periodically clearing the Job Log helps improve the performance of the Fiery X3e. The administrator can also choose the Job Log page size. For more information, see the Configuration Guide. NOTE: If a job was saved from the Imposition window of DocBuilder Pro with a new name and then printed, it appears in the Job Log with the name of the original job, not the new name. 3 TO 1. 2. 3-29 Using the Job Log PRINT THE JOB LOCAL PRINTER* LOG FROM COMMAND WORKSTATION ON A In Command WorkStation, choose Print from the File menu, and then choose Job Log. The Print dialog box appears. Specify your local printer settings and click OK. NOTE: For information about how to print the job log from Command WorkStation LE, see "Printing Fiery X3e information pages" on page 2-26. TO EXPORT THE JOB LOG 1. If it is not already displayed, click the Job Log tab on the Jobs window to open the Job Log panel. Click inside the Job Log panel to make it active. In Command WorkStation, choose Job Log from the Server menu, and then choose Export. In Command WorkStation LE, choose Export from the File menu, and then choose Job List or Job Log. Rename the file, if desired (the default name is job. log), specify a destination, and then click Save. 2. 3. 4. The Job Log is exported to a tab-delimited text file. You can open the exported file using a spreadsheet, database, or word processing application. [. . . ] If all other troubleshooting methods have failed, clear the server. You can clear the server by using the Server>Clear Server command in Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE. In Command WorkStation, you can delete the following jobs individually: held jobs, active jobs, printed jobs, archived jobs, FreeForm masters, and scan jobs. Users cannot connect to the Fiery X3e If users are unable to connect to the Fiery X3e, or are unable to find the Fiery X3e from their workstations, the network administrator may need to troubleshoot their network connections, and check settings on the servers they use for printing. If settings have changed, it may be necessary to reconfigure the Fiery X3e. [. . . ]