Viewing job information

You can view various pieces of information about jobs in the RICOH ProcessDirector system, including their status, properties, and log information.

In this section:

  1. Viewing and changing properties of a job
    The properties of a job include a wide variety of information, such as what printer the job is supposed to print on, how big the input file is, whether it is a duplex job, and much more. You can change some of the job properties as needed.
  2. Custom job properties
    You can use custom job properties to set values that do not correspond to any other job properties that are available. You can set default values for these custom job properties in your workflows and change them just as you can any other editable job properties.
  3. Viewing the JDF job ticket
    Some values in the JDF job ticket are not shown in the RICOH ProcessDirector user interface, but the workflow might call an application that uses these values. Therefore, you might need to view the JDF job ticket.
  4. Viewing and changing page exceptions
    You can view and change page exceptions. Page exceptions are media, sides, and finishing instructions for specific pages that differ from the instructions for a job.
  5. Tracking the progress of a job
    You can track the progress of jobs as they print from the Printers portlet. If the print progress bars are visible, each AFP and Ricoh PDF printer shows the number or name of the job that is printing and the current progress of that job.
  6. Viewing the status of a job
    You can use the Jobs table to see the current status of a job and the workflow associated with it.
  7. Viewing checkpoints and deadlines
    Job checkpoints are the planned and actual times that a job completes each processing phase. The SLA deadline is the time by which the job should complete the SLA target step.
Parent topic: Working with jobs