Process job manually or automatically?
Under certain circumstances in a PPF workflow, not all the required job data are in the PPF/CIP file, depending on your prepress system. Manual job processing would be suitable here to allow you to add job data later on, such as the customer name, number of impressions or due date.
Note: If you wish to check your jobs first or add job data, you have to configure manual job processing. This means you have to disable the "Autostart" option in the process ("Basic configuration" section). Please note that you have to set this option accordingly for all defined processes.
If the "Auto start" option is activated, the job is automatically started and can no longer be stopped.
In the PPF workflow, you must have always selected "Job attachment from PPF" ("Basic configuration" section). Only then is a job automatically created from the PPF/CIP file supplied by the prepress system. If this option has not been activated, manual intervention is necessary.