Toshiba GA-1121 User Manual

TOSHIBA GA-1121

JOB MANAGEMENT GUIDE

About the Documentation

This manual is part of a set of TOSHIBA GA-1121 (Fiery X3e+) documentation that includes the following manuals for users and system administrators:

•The Quick Start Guide summarizes the steps for configuring the TOSHIBA GA-1121 and printing. It also describes how to access the online documentation.

•The User Software Installation Guide describes how to install software from the User Software CD to enable users to print to the TOSHIBA GA-1121, and also describes setting up printing connections to the GA-1121.

•The Configuration Guide explains basic configuration and administration of the TOSHIBA GA-1121 for the supported platforms and network environments. It also includes guidelines for setting up UNIX, Windows NT 4.0/2000/Server 2003, and Novell NetWare servers to provide printing services to users.

•The Printing Guide describes the printing features of the TOSHIBA GA-1121 for users who send jobs from their computers.

•The Color Guide provides information on managing the color output of the GA-1121. It explains how to calibrate your TOSHIBA GA-1121 and take advantage of the ColorWise ColorWise Pro Tools

™

color management system, as well as features in

•The Fiery Color Reference addresses concepts and issues associated with managing color output of the TOSHIBA GA-1121 and outlines key workflow scenarios. In addition, it offers information on printing color documents from popular Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS applications.

•The Job Management Guide explains the functions of the job management utilities, including Command WorkStation

™

and DocBuilder Pro™, and how you can use them to monitor and control jobs on the TOSHIBA GA-1121. This manual is intended for an operator or administrator, or a user with the necessary access privileges, who monitors and manages job flow, performs color calibration, and troubleshoots problems that may arise.

• Release Notes provide last-minute product information and workarounds for some of the problems you may encounter.

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Contents

About the Documentation

Introduction

About this manual xiii

Terminology xiv

Chapter 1: About Job Management

Job environments 1-1

Levels of job control 1-1

Setting up an operator-controlled environment 1-2

Understanding job flow 1-2

Spooling, processing, and printing 1-3

Visualizing job flow 1-4

Communicating with users 1-5

What the operator should check 1-7

Overview of the job management utilities 1-8

Command WorkStation 1-8

Command WorkStation LE 1-9

Fiery Spooler 1-9

Chapter 2: Introduction to Command WorkStation and Command

WorkStation LE

The graphical interface 2-1

Active Jobs window 2-4

Jobs window 2-5

Activity Monitor 2-7

Job status indicators 2-10

Action buttons 2-11

Preview windows 2-11

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Monitoring single or multiple GA-1121 servers* 2-11

Customizing the graphical interface 2-12

Using layout styles* 2-12

Showing, hiding, and arranging components 2-12

Using commands 2-14

Menu bar 2-14

Context-sensitive menus 2-23

Preparing to work with Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE 2-23

Connecting to the GA-1121 2-23

Printing GA-1121 information pages 2-25

Setting preferences 2-28

Correcting tray alignment* 2-30

Managing GA-1121 fonts 2-32

Chapter 3: Using Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE

Starting up and logging in 3-1

Logging in to the GA-1121 3-2

Access levels 3-5

Logging out 3-6

Removing the GA-1121 from the server list 3-6

Monitoring jobs 3-7

Selecting jobs 3-7

Sorting job displays 3-8

Customizing job ticket information 3-8

Managing job flow 3-10

Importing jobs 3-10

Using job management commands 3-13

Viewing and overriding print settings 3-14

Managing jobs on multiple GA-1121 servers* 3-18

Canceling jobs 3-19

Printing Fiery FreeForm variable data documents 3-20

Creating and monitoring FreeForm masters 3-20

Using FreeForm masters with variable data jobs 3-22

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Tips for using Fiery FreeForm 3-23

Archiving jobs 3-24

Using the Job Log 3-26

Searching for jobs 3-27

Chapter 4: Previewing and Manipulating Jobs

Previewing jobs 4-1

Displaying thumbnail previews 4-1

Preview window controls 4-2

Displaying full-screen previews 4-3

Editing and merging jobs 4-6

Editing jobs 4-6

Merging jobs 4-8

Chapter 5: Using DocBuilder Pro

Previewing, editing, and merging jobs 5-1

Imposition window 5-3

Job previews 5-4

Navigating in the Imposition window 5-6

Switching between page view and layout view 5-8

Setting magnification levels 5-9

Viewing the sheets 5-10

Using templates 5-11

Saving your work 5-12

Chapter 6: Advanced Features of DocBuilder Pro

Mixed Page mode and Fixed Page mode 6-1

Imposition settings 6-2

Sheet settings 6-3

Layout settings 6-5

Scale settings 6-10

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Finishing settings 6-14

Modifying the layout manually 6-18

Reordering pages in Layout mode 6-18

Adding, duplicating, and deleting sheets 6-19

Editing page content 6-21

Rotating pages 6-22

Setting gutter sizes 6-23

Managing templates 6-24

Tips for using the Imposition feature of DocBuilder Pro 6-26

Page-level operations 6-26

Saving imposed jobs 6-26

Chapter 7: Fiery Spooler

Tracking and managing jobs with Fiery Spooler 7-1

About the Fiery Spooler window 7-2

Manipulating job options and job flow 7-4

Overriding job option settings 7-6

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Job icons 7-7

Spool area 7-7

RIP area 7-9

Print area 7-9

Previewing, editing, and merging jobs 7-10

Previewing raster jobs 7-10

Displaying full-screen previews 7-12

Editing and merging raster files 7-13

Using the Job Log 7-17

Connecting to a different GA-1121 from Fiery Spooler 7-19

Appendix A: Basics of Imposition

Printing books with the Imposition feature of DocBuilder Pro A-1

Basics of imposition layout A-1

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Printer’s marks A-4

Additional sheets A-6

Binding methods A-7

Gang-Up printing A-9

Appendix B: Templates

1-Up Full Bleed B-1

2-Up Perfect B-2

2-Up Saddle B-4

3-Up Trifold Brochure B-6

4-Up Gate Fold B-8

4-Up Head to Head B-10

4-Up Z-Fold B-12

Appendix C: Troubleshooting

Error messages C-1

Troubleshooting C-2

Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE does not respond C-2

Unexpected printing results C-3

Clearing the server C-4

Users are unable to connect to the GA-1121 C-4

Setup error messages C-5

Index

xiii About this manual

Introduction

This manual is intended for Toshiba GA-1121 operators and administrators, or users with the necessary access privileges, who monitor and manage job flow, manipulate jobs, and troubleshoot problems that may arise. It describes the functions and features of the Fiery WorkStation LE, and Fiery Spooler

job management utilities—Command WorkStation, Command

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—for the purposes of job management and

quality control.

NOTE: In this guide, the term “GA-1121” is used to refer to the Toshiba GA-1121. The

term “copier/printer” is used to refer to the e-STUDIO211c/311c/2100c/3100c. The term “Windows” is used to refer to Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, wherever appropriate. Illustrations of Windows software may not necessarily reflect the version of Windows that you use.

About this manual

This manual is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1 provides preliminary background information about job management and introduces the Fiery job management utilities. It explains how to set up an operator-controlled print environment and discusses job workflows that commonly occur on the GA-1121.

• Chapter 2 introduces the Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE user interfaces. It also provides information on basic Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE functions, such as printing GA-1121 information pages and setting preferences.

• Chapter 3 provides instructions on how to monitor and manage job flow using Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE. It explains how to hold, process, print, and cancel selected jobs, and how to track and archive printed jobs.

• Chapter 4 describes how to preview, edit, and merge jobs using the Preview windows of Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE.

• Chapter 5 describes how to use the Imposition feature of DocBuilder Pro to arrange the pages of your print job in special layouts for folding, binding, or cutting after printing. The Imposition feature is available only if you have installed the DocBuilder Pro option for Command WorkStation.

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• Chapter 6 provides instructions on using advanced aspects of DocBuilder Pro to create custom layouts and take full advantage of Imposition features.

• Chapter 7 describes Fiery Spooler, which you can use to view and manage GA-1121 job activity.

• Appendix A provides an overview of the terms and concepts of imposition, including various folding, binding, and cutting methods.

• Appendix B describes the built-in templates available from the Imposition feature of DocBuilder Pro.

• Appendix C provides basic troubleshooting information.

Terminology

Specific terms are explained as they are introduced. However, the following general terms are used throughout:

PostScript (PS)—A computer language designed as a page description language. The

• GA-1121 uses this language to image the page and communicate with applications and the copier/printer.

The term “PostScript” can also be used to refer to PDF data jobs. PDF is a structured form of PostScript that provides the ability to preview, scale, and reorder pages. Where applicable, the term “PDF” is specifically used to refer to PDF data or jobs.

•

Printer Control Language (PCL)—A computer language designed as a page

description language. The GA-1121 uses this language to image the page, and communicate with applications and the copier/printer.

•

Job—A file consisting of PostScript or PCL commands and comments that describe

the graphics, sampled images, and text that should appear on each page of a document, and the printer options that should be used in printing, such as media or finishing options.

•

Spool—Write to a disk. Used in this manual to refer to a PostScript or PCL print job

saved to the GA-1121 hard disk drive in preparation for processing and printing.

•

RIP—Acronym for raster image processing, which changes PostScript or PCL

commands into descriptions of each mark on a page. In common use as a noun, a “raster image processor” (RIP) is the computer processor that performs this function.

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The GA-1121 RIP changes text and graphics commands in PostScript or PCL into specifications for each dot of toner deposited on a page by the copier/printer.

•

Process—The term “process” is used interchangeably with the term “RIP” in this

manual to refer to raster image processing.

•

Print—The task of rendering, or imaging, a page or job on a print device.

These concepts explain how the GA-1121 and the copier/printer work together as a powerful printing system.

1-1 Job environments

Chapter 1: About Job Management

This chapter explains the basic principles of job management in an operator-controlled print environment and provides an overview of the GA-1121 job management utilities.

Job environments

The GA-1121 supports several control levels of printing, job management, and Setup, and gives you the flexibility to choose a configuration that corresponds to the requirements of your site.

Levels of job control

The following descriptions outline the range of levels of job control that may exist in your environment:

• At one extreme, an operator in a high-volume printing environment controls the entire job flow and all printing. Print jobs arriving from remote users are spooled to the GA-1121 hard disk drive and stored until the operator decides it is time to print them. Additional functions (job overrides, prioritizing, and font management) are reserved for the operator.

• At the other extreme, anyone on the local network can control all printing and GA-1121 functions; operator intervention is not required. Users can print from their workstations to any of the published print connections. Anyone can use the job management utilities to control any print job.

You can implement intermediate levels of job control in your environment. However, the job management utilities are best suited for an operator-controlled environment.

1-2 About Job Management

Setting up an operator-controlled environment

This manual assumes you are working in an operator-controlled environment with responsibility for managing job flow. To establish an operator-controlled environment, you or the administrator must complete the following tasks:

Set up password privileges—The administrator must set up separate passwords for

operator access and administrator access to the GA-1121. For instructions on setting up passwords, see the Configuration Guide.

Publish the Hold queue only—The administrator must enable only the Hold queue,

not the Direct connection or the Print queue, in Setup. (For more information, see the

Configuration Guide.) This ensures that all jobs sent by remote users are spooled and

held on the GA-1121, in preparation for job management by the operator.

Establish communication between users and the operator—The operator and remote

users must agree on a method for communicating print needs, such as Fiery FreeForm notes fields (see page 1-5).

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masters. Users can attach instructions to jobs using print option and

Understanding job flow

In an operator-controlled printing environment, remote users send jobs to the Hold queue of the GA-1121. Using a job management utility, the operator views the list of held jobs and decides when to release each job for processing and printing.

The operator may also intervene during the workflow, stopping jobs as they are processed or printed, placing jobs on hold for future action, or overriding the user-defined print settings for a job. In some cases, the operator may even modify a job, duplicating or removing pages, or merging it with pages from another job before releasing it for printing.

Spooling

Processing

1-3 Understanding job flow

Spooling, processing, and printing

To understand job flow through the GA-1121, it is helpful to consider the three main stages of printing.

Spooling—When a job file is sent over the network by a remote user or imported from

disk, it arrives at the GA-1121 and spools to a location on the hard disk drive. After spooling completely, the job is held on the hard disk drive, where it awaits further instructions from the operator.

Printing

Processing (RIPping)—When the operator releases the job file, it undergoes raster

image processing (RIPping) at the GA-1121. During processing, the job file is interpreted as a raster image. This raster image contains the data required by the copier/printer to print the job the way its originator intended. In the raster image, data associated with each dot is rendered on the copier/printer. The raster data tells the copier/printer whether or not to apply toner to each position on the page.

Printing—After processing, the job typically moves on to the printing stage. During

this stage, the raster image associated with the job is transferred from the GA-1121 to the copier/printer at a high speed. The raster image is then rendered onto paper, and the job is printed.

While original job files are saved to the GA-1121 hard disk drive, raster images are typically deleted after printing. The operator can issue commands to save and hold the raster image on the hard disk drive along with the original job file. Saving the raster image to the hard disk drive offers two advantages: raster files are already processed, so they print quickly, and each part of the raster file is still identified with a page in the original document, so you can access individual pages of a saved raster file.

1-4 About Job Management

Visualizing job flow

As the operator, your job management tools permit holding and releasing a job at any stage of the job flow. In the following illustration, solid boxes indicate the types of job status flags you may see in the Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE Active Jobs window. Boldface items represent commands you can issue from a job management utility to release held jobs.

Spooling

PostScript and PCL data

PostScript, PCL, and raster data

Processing (RIPping)

Spooled/Held

Process (RIP) and Hold Print and HoldPrint

Processing (RIPping)

Processed/Held

PrintingPrinting Printing

Printed

Processing (RIPping)

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Each command initiates a job workflow:

Print—When you issue the Print command for a held job, the job is released for

immediate processing and printing on the GA-1121.

Print and Hold—When you issue the Print and Hold command for a held job, the job

is released for immediate processing and printing. However, a raster copy of the original job remains in processed/held status, even after the original job finishes printing.

Process (RIP) and Hold—When you issue the Process and Hold command (Command

WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE) or RIP and Hold command (Fiery Spooler) for a held job, the job is released for processing and then held in processed/ held status indefinitely. To release the job for immediate printing, you must issue the Print command. A raster copy of the original job remains in processed/held status, even after the original job has finished printing.

Communicating with users

As the operator, you can use the job management tools to communicate with users who originate print jobs. You can help users become better informed about the GA-1121 and the copier/printer so that they can choose the appropriate options for their jobs by supplying the following information:

GA-1121 device information

• The name of the GA-1121 on the network and the names of the network servers sharing it

• The IP address or DNS name of the GA-1121, to allow users access to Fiery WebTools

• List of default copier/printer settings and other settings

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• List of installed fonts

If their applications do not download fonts automatically, can users download fonts to the GA-1121? Should users embed fonts in documents or supply them for you to download?

• Resident calibration target and date of current measurements

• Custom simulations

Are custom simulations available? If so, what type of targets do they represent? Although users see these print options, they should not select them if there are no custom targets on the GA-1121.

• List of installable options for the copier/printer

• Available media, alternative choices, and standard tray/media configurations

Printing information

• Duration for jobs to be held on the GA-1121 before deletion

• Instructions for setting up the printer on client computers

• Sources of PostScript printer drivers, PPDs, color reference files, and additional information

• Recommended PPD settings

• Conflicting settings and common PostScript errors

• FreeForm information regarding use of master and variable data

• Imposition information regarding use of the DocBuilder Pro option

• Characteristics of commonly used output color profiles

• Requirements for Notes fields (information that appears in the Job Log)

For example, department name, account code, phone number, or extension. Is particular information mandatory at your site?

• Suggestions for what to enter in the Instructions field

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What the operator should check

Users specify print options with jobs they send to the printer. They can also use the Instructions and Notes fields to communicate special print requirements and accounting information. Together, this user-specified information that accompanies the job is called a job ticket.

As the operator, we recommend that you tell remote users which job ticket information you check when receiving a print job, and the information you require in order to print jobs they send.

Job ticket information

You can view and potentially override the print options specified by users by checking job ticket information. To display user-defined print options, choose Properties in Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE (see page 3-14), or Override Print Settings in Fiery Spooler (see page 7-6).

Notes fields

Users can enter accounting information in the Notes fields, such as:

• User name and phone number

• Billing information

• Job cost information

Instructions field

Users can also enter information in the Instructions field to communicate special print requirements, such as:

• Priority, due date, and request for notification

•Number of copies

• Type and quantity of paper

• Request for color check by the operator

• Request to hold job for future printing or reprinting, and future job instructions

• Instructions to merge job with another job

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• Fiery FreeForm information regarding the use of master and variable data

• Imposition instructions

Overview of the job management utilities

The GA-1121 includes the following job management utilities:

• Command WorkStation

• Command WorkStation LE (Mac OS X 10.2/10.3)

• Fiery Spooler (Mac OS 9.x)

These utilities are designed for use by operators who must track and manage jobs and oversee general job flow through the GA-1121. All the utilities offer the following job management features:

• Monitoring activity on the GA-1121 and controlling job flow

• Viewing and overriding user-defined print option settings

• Editing and merging job files

• Tracking job activity through the Job Log

Command WorkStation

The most powerful of the job management utilities, Command WorkStation can be installed on a Microsoft Windows computer that has a network connection to the GA-1121. In addition to the job management functions previously outlined, Command WorkStation offers a customizable user interface for monitoring and managing jobs on multiple GA-1121 servers simultaneously.

For an introduction to the Command WorkStation user interface, see Chapter 2. For information on monitoring, managing, and archiving jobs with Command WorkStation, see Chapter 3.

1-9 Overview of the job management utilities

Command WorkStation LE

Command WorkStation LE allows operators and users to manage jobs from a Mac OS X (10.2/10.3) computer with a network connection to the GA-1121.

The features of Command WorkStation LE are similar to those of Command WorkStation. For information on Command WorkStation LE, see Chapters 2 and 3.

Fiery Spooler

Fiery Spooler must be installed on a networked Mac OS 9.x computer and can only be used on that computer.

Fiery Spooler offers job management functions similar to those of Command WorkStation. The default Fiery Spooler user interface is shown in the following illustration.

Spool status bar

Spool area

RIP status bar

RIP area

Print status bar

Print area

Thumbnail B

Thumbnail A

For more information about using Fiery Spooler, see Chapter 7.

2-1 The graphical interface

Chapter 2: Introduction to Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE

This chapter provides an introduction to the Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE graphical user interfaces. To follow along in the software as you read the chapter, log in to the application with an Operator or Administrator password, as described on page 3-2.

Once you are logged in, you can tour the application. Your exploration will be more complete if you have some jobs in the Active Jobs window (jobs in the Hold queue), and can send more jobs from a nearby computer.

The chapter also describes Setup functions such as printing GA-1121 information pages, setting application preferences, and managing GA-1121 fonts.

NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, information in this chapter applies to both

Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE. Sections that apply exclusively to Command WorkStation are denoted by an asterisk (*). Sections that apply exclusively to Command WorkStation LE are denoted by a dagger (†). In cases where the two applications are nearly identical, only Command WorkStation illustrations are shown.

The graphical interface

Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE provide graphical means to monitor, preview, and manage jobs on one or more GA-1121 servers. You can hide or rearrange the components in the interface to create custom layouts that meet your job management needs.

2-2 Introduction to Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE

The following illustrations show the components of Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE.

Command WorkStation

1 Menu bar (see page 2-14) 2 Job status indicators (see page 2-10) 3 Action buttons (see page 2-11) 4 Active Jobs window (see page 2-4) 5 Jobs window (see page 2-5) 6 Activity Monitor (see page 2-7)

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Command WorkStation LE

1 Action buttons (see page 2-11) 2 Active Jobs window (see page 2-4) 3 Jobs window (see page 2-5) 4 Activity Monitor (see page 2-7)

The following sections describe each component in Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE.

Server selection menu

ob ticket information

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Active Jobs window

The Active Jobs window dynamically displays the status and job ticket information of jobs that are currently being held, processed, or printed on the GA-1121. The title bar displays the total number of jobs and the total number of held jobs currently being monitored.

The Active Jobs window is always displayed. You cannot hide or drag it to a different location. By issuing job management commands, you release held jobs in the window for processing and printing, cancel jobs currently processing or printing, and send jobs back to held status for future action. For more information on the status flags displayed in the Active Jobs window, see “Job status indicators” on page 2-10.

Command WorkStation

ob ticket information

Command WorkStation LE

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