Working with jobs

You can manage jobs and their progress through all phases of RICOH ProcessDirector processing using the Main page of the RICOH ProcessDirector user interface.

Through the user interface, you can do a variety of tasks.

In this section:

  1. Finding jobs in the system
    Jobs that have been created by input devices and that have entered the RICOH ProcessDirector system are displayed in the Jobs portlet.
  2. Viewing job information
    You can view various pieces of information about jobs in the RICOH ProcessDirector system, including their status, properties, and log information.
  3. Starting and restarting jobs
    Often, jobs arrive in a RICOH ProcessDirector input device and start to process immediately. However, there might be times when you need to do an action to move a job through the system. In addition, you might need to restart a job if it has been interrupted or stopped during processing.
  4. Reconciling jobs
    If your workflow has a Reconcile step after the PrintJobs step, you can reconcile each job manually. If documents in the job are damaged after reconciliation is complete, you can reprint them by using the Print Again action.
  5. Monitoring for expected jobs
    Input devices report the status of jobs that are expected to arrive in your system at the intervals you set. You can use the Input Devices portlet to monitor for the arrival of expected jobs.
  6. Inserting and reconciling jobs
    After the inserter has inserted all the documents in a job, you can report to the system that the job has completed insertion. After reporting that the job has completed insertion, you can reconcile the job manually.
  7. Preview printing
    Preview printing lets you print a collection of pages from a print job as a test print before you print the entire job. You can use preview printing to verify your printer settings or test different options for your job.
  8. Viewing jobs
    You can view the contents of any AFP or PDF job that is in the RICOH ProcessDirector system. When you view a job, you see it in your browser window.
  9. Downloading print files from jobs
    You can download the print files for one or more jobs directly from the Jobs table.
  10. Working with jobs when using document processing features
    This section describes special considerations for working with jobs.
  11. Submitting jobs when using Avanti Slingshot
    In Slingshot, you create a sales order with one or more line items and attach PDF files to the line items. Then you release the sales order for processing and export one or more PDF files associated with a JDF job ticket to RICOH ProcessDirector.
  12. Working with jobs when using Deadline Tracker
    This section describes special considerations for working with jobs.
  13. Working with jobs when using Archive
    This section describes special considerations for working with jobs.
  14. Working with jobs when using Automated Verification
    You can complete the ReadBarcodeData step for a job manually as part of your barcode verification process or to see the status of the verification. If your barcode scanner or camera scans a barcode that the barcode reader is not able to interpret, you can resolve the invalid scans.
  15. Logging job information before the job completes
    RICOH ProcessDirector writes job information to an audit log when the job's retention period ends. You can also log job information at any point in the print process.
  16. Moving jobs to the next step
    You can move one or more jobs to the next processing step with the Go to Next Step action. You can do this task only if the job is in one of these states: Error; Manual, Waiting; Manual, Working; Retained; Unassigned; or Waiting.
  17. Restarting jobs at the current step
    You can restart one or more jobs so that they process the current step again from the beginning, using the Restart Step action. You can do this task only if the jobs are in the Error state.
  18. Stopping a job or a group of jobs
    You can stop processing a job or a group of jobs and then start to process them again later, either from the point that they stopped or from a different spot. You must stop jobs to do some job actions.
  19. Deleting jobs
    You can delete a job that is no longer needed.
  20. Working with documents
    You can work with documents using the Documents portlet on the Main page of the user interface.

Related information:

Finding jobs in the system
Parent topic: Using RICOH ProcessDirector