General tab
- State:
- The current state of the job. The system defined job states are:
- Unbatched: The job is not part of a batch.
- Batched: The job is part of a batch.
- Held: The job is paused and waiting for an action from the user and is not available for filters and batches until released.
- Missing Imposition When imposition filters are defined and the incoming job does not match any imposition
filters, the jobs are set into the Missing Imposition state.
Note: The job is not imposed before sending to the output and the original job file is used to generate the generated file in the output location.
- Sent: The job has been sent for processing.
- Printed: The job has been printed on a device.
- Imposing: The job is in the imposition process.
- Imposed: The job has been successfully imposed.
- Imposition Error: An error occurred during job imposition or the specified imposition timer expired.
- Waiting for File: The job file cannot be found in the specified location or the job file is not specified.
- Output Error: When a job is in Batched state and the batch is sent to a disabled output destination or the output destination cannot be reached, the job state is changed to Output Error.
- Proof Out: A job proof sample was sent for printing and is waiting for approval or rejection.
- Proof Rejected: The job proof was printed and rejected.
- Preflighting: The job is in the preflight process and is not available for filters or batches.
- Preflight Error: An error occurred during Preflight or the job does not match any preflight filters.
Note: This state is only available if the Preflight feature is enabled.
- Waiting for Related Jobs: A job is in the Waiting for Related Jobs state when another job received with the same order is in Waiting for File state and the Keep orders together setting for the containing order is enabled.
- Processing on Printer: The job is currently being prepared for printing.
- Held on Printer: The job is held on the printer and waiting for manual release or conditions to be met.
- Suspended on Printer: The job paused printing due to an error or intervention, and requires intervention to manually resume.
- Canceled on Printer: The job was aborted or deleted on the printer and will not continue printing.
- Printing: The job is actively being printed on the printer.
Note: If available, this value also includes the percentage complete.
Note: You can create custom job states in the window. - Job Name
- The job name is used to help identify jobs. The default is the input file name. You can edit the job name. You can enter a string of up to 256 characters.
- Job Received From
- The system displays the job original file path.
- Job File
- The name of the file associated with the job. You can replace an existing file or,
if the file is missing, you can upload a new file. Click Browse… and select a file to upload from your system directory.
Click the file name to download the original job file to your machine.
Note: You can upload a job file only when the job is in Waiting for File, Held, Unbatched, Imposition Error, Proof Rejected, Preflight Error, or Waiting for Related Jobs.
If the uploaded file has a different document size, the system displays a warning message. When a new PDF or PostScript file has been uploaded to an existing job and the document width, height, and page count do not match the original values, you can choose between the existing values or the new values. For the Document size and Pages, choose one of these actions: Keep previous settings. or Use new settings..
- Description
- You can edit the job short description.
- Location
- Specifies where the job is located after it was sent for printing.
Note: You can create custom locations in the window.
- File Size
- The size of the file in GB, MB, or KB.
- Customer
- You can edit the name of the customer. You can enter a string of up to 256 characters.
- Submitted
- The date and time when the job was submitted.
- Part Number
- You must specify a unique job identification number within the order.
- ISBN
- The ISBN code if it exists.
- SKU
- A number containing the product attributes, such as manufacturer, product description, size, and so on.
- Product Type
- The type of the product.