Sending a preset request with a job
- Verify that your printer supports this function.
Ricoh ProVC printers with RICOH TotalFlow Print server DFE support this function at code level v8.32.018 and BOS v153.09.123 and above.
- Make sure that the AFP printer object does not have a value set for its Preset name property.
The Preset name has two possible uses: as a scheduling property and as a request sent to the printer with a job. These functions are mutually exclusive; a single AFP printer object cannot support both uses. If the printer has a value set for Preset name, RICOH ProcessDirector assumes that the property is used as a scheduling property and does not send the preset request to the printer with the job.
- Understand how you are informed of the correct preset to use for a job.
Do you receive a list of available presets and what jobs should use them? Is the preset to use included in the job name or in a job values file submitted with the job?
To request a preset when you send an AFP job to a printer, you must set the Preset name property for the job to the correct value. Various methods are available to set this property.
To send a preset request with a job, use the method appropriate for your environment:
- Update the Preset name property for an individual job.
- On the Main page, find the job in the Jobs table.
- Right-click the job and select Properties to open the Job property notebook.
- On the Scheduling tab, find Preset name and enter the name of the preset to use.
- Click OK.
- Update the default job values for the workflows that process AFP jobs.This option is useful when all jobs processed by a workflow use the same preset.
- Click the Workflow tab.
- On the Workflows page, find and open the workflow to update.
- In the upper right corner, click the menu and select Manage job defaults.
- Find the Preset name property and enter the default value to use for jobs that use this workflow.
- Click OK and approve the change.
- Add an AssignJobValues step to the workflows the process AFP jobs.This option is useful if the preset is submitted in a job values file or for conditional workflows, when jobs that follow different processing paths require different presets.
- Click the Workflow tab.
- On the Workflows page, find and open the workflow to update.
- In the workflow editor, click the side panel in the top right corner of the window.
- Go to Steps and expand the SET PROPERTIES group.
- Find the AssignJobValues step template and drag it into the workflow in the correct position.
- Double-click the AssignJobValues step to open the properties notebook.
- On the Assigned Job Values tab:
- Click OK.