Configuration

Prerequisite: The user who is to perform the configuration must have the necessary per­missions to be able to do this. The procedure for creating a new user is described in the section How do I create a new user account?.

The following steps must be performed so that the job can be processed by a Manage­ment Information System and/or a Prinect Manager prepress system and submitted to the machine:

•Existing machines must be connected via the Central Device Manager (CDM).

·Connecting a Prinect Press Center Press

·Connecting a Prinect CP2000 Center Press

·Connecting Digital Presses

·Connecting the Data Terminal

·Connection of Finishing Machines

·A corresponding SheetfedPrinting sequence and a corresponding process (PPF import configuration) will be created automatically after the creation of an offset press.

•The sequence(s) created automatically for new machines – SheetfedPrinting sequences for off­set presses, PagePrint and ImposedPrint sequences for digital presses — must also be edited accordingly.

You define, for example, what is to happen with the imported data in a SheetfedPrinting sequence. For example, you can set up the following options:

·Sheet preview generation,

·Ink zone calculation,

·Ink consumption calculation, and

·Press selection (if several presses are available).

For detailed information about how to configure these sequences, please refer to "Sheetfed Printing" Sequence Template, "PagePrint" Sequence Template or "ImposedPrint" Sequence Template.

•To connect an MIS and/or an external prepress system, the URL of the JMF recipient and the JDF/JMF hotfolder of Prinect Manager must be known. The MIS requires information about the path where the generated JDF/JFM files are to be stored.

When connecting a prepress system that transfers data using the PPF-CIP3 process, the storage path (hotfolder) for the PPF/CIP3 files must be made known to the prepress system.

You can retrieve the URL of the JMF recipient and the JDF/JMF hotfolder used in Prinect Mana­ger in "Administration > JDF Import". The hotfolder function automatically assigns PPF/CIP3 files to the respective job generated from a JDF/JMF file.

You can find a detailed description of how to configure the PPF import in the section PPF Workflow — General. The PPF import configuration described there only applies to a PPF workflow. Some options have to be configured differently in a JDF-PPF workflow. These deviations will be pointed out at the appropriate place in this chapter.

•The JDF Connector of the MIS — e.g. of the Business Manager — must be configured to match the JDF communication settings of Prinect Manager.

•The cost center allocation between MIS and Prinect Manager must be configured.

•The master data and the PDC messages must be synchronized between the MIS, Prinect Mana­ger, and press.

•You must define whether the job is to be processed automatically or manually.

•You must define whether the job is to be forwarded in advance.

•The job list must be configured.