System Objects

In this section:

1. Server
   You install the TotalFlow Production Managerserver on a Windows computer. TotalFlow Production Manager names the server System.
2. Printers
   You create printers in TotalFlow Production Manager and associate them with printer devices. Printers receive jobs from workflows and send jobs to printer devices.
3. Workflows
   Workflows receive jobs, then submit the jobs to TotalFlow Production Manager printers or printer pools.
4. Printer pools
   Printer pools are groups of printers that work together for maximum efficiency. When you send a job to a printer pool, TotalFlow Production Manager assigns it to the printer that can print it fastest.
5. Connections
   Connections allow TotalFlow Production Manager to receive jobs from external online applications such as MarcomCentral Web-to-print system.
6. Papers
   Papers represent the types of paper, envelopes, forms, labels, or transparencies that jobs are printed on. TotalFlow Production Manager keeps track of the paper in each input tray of each printer and uses this information to assign jobs that require specific papers to printers that use those papers.
7. Users
   All TotalFlow Production Manager users must have a unique TotalFlow Production Manageruser name and password.
8. Jobs
   Jobs are input files that TotalFlow Production Manager has accepted and submitted for processing.
9. Reports
   Reports provide information about job printing and printer activity. Administrators can use this information for capacity planning, production efficiency measurement and optimization, and problem determination.
10. Activities
    An activity contains the code that does a specific action, such as creating or removing a job. It can also define default job property values.