"Basic job data" view

Basic data of the new job are entered in this view.

Job Number

Enter a job number in this box. Each job needs a unique job number in the Prinect Manager. You can take the job number, for example, from a job ticket. The job number is red if you enter a number that already exists in the Prinect Manager. In this case, you must enter a different job number so that the numbers stay unique.

"Automatic" option

The job number is assigned automatically by the system when you enable this option. The job number is generated based on the following pattern:

Example: _20150123_001.

This option simplifies the creation of new jobs, especially if you often create new jobs based on an existing one, e.g. in digital printing.

Job Name

Enter a job name in this box. The job name can be made up of digits and/or letters. The job displays in the list by its job name. We recommend that you use the job number as the prefix and add other characters for the job name. This makes sure that the job name is unique. If you do not wish the job number to be created automatically, the job number is used automatically as the prefix for the job name when you hit the Tab key.

The name must be unique within a group.

Documents

This is where you can add documents you wish to edit in the new job. Click the "Browse" button to display the "Add Files" Window. This is where you can select the documents (files) you want in the file system. The file names display in "Documents".

Even after you create a new job, you can add documents to be edited to the open job.

Job Group

This is where you can define in which job group the new job will be created. The group that was marked in the job list before you invoked "New Job" is set by default. Each job group and each job has its own folder in the file system. The paths to these folders display in the "Job Group" and "Job Home" boxes.

By default, the new job folder is created as a subfolder of the group folder of the marked group. Click the "Change" button if you wish to modify this allocation. In the "Select Group" dialog, you can cre­ate a new group by entering a new group name in the "Group Name" box. You assign the new job to this group with "Add & Select".

You can also select another of the job groups and assign the new job to this group with "Select".

Generally, the job folder is created as a subfolder of its group folder. This is indicated by a "lock" that links the "Job Group" and "Job Home" boxes. The "Job Home" box is also dimmed. Click the lock if you wish to change the job folder and set it somewhere that is not immediately below the group folder. The lock icon is then "open". You can now use the "Change" button beside the "Job Home" box and, after clicking this button, can select another folder in the file system in the "Select Location for Job Data" dialog" or create a new folder (see also "Create Job Location" Window).

"Start Job" option

When this option is enabled, the job starts immediately after you close the "Create Job" window by clicking "Finish". When the job starts, all documents added to the job are processed immediately by the sequences defined in "Processing".

You will find details about the buttons along the bottom of the dialog in: Buttons in all views.