In the "Sheet finishing" planning step, all operations for processing the finished printed sheets, such as cutting, folding, die cutting etc., are planned. The operations display, sorted by sheets. Within a sheet, the operations are sorted by their order in the production run.
You can add and delete operations in this planning step.
"Details" window
A sheet preview is displayed to make it easier to identify individual sheet parts. The sheet components associated with the selected operation are highlighted. You can configure the display properties of the preview images, e.g. the size, in this window using the "View properties" context menu command. See also "View properties layouts (thumbnails)" window.
Context menu in the "Details" window
Context menu command | Function |
|---|---|
View Properties | A dialog opens where you can modify the screen display of the thumbnails. See "View Properties" window (page list). |
Functions in the "Sheet finishing" planning step
There are different ways in this step to invoke the editing functions in this Planning step.
"Show planned operations only" option
•The option is enabled:
Unplanned operations such as an unplanned folding operation are not shown. For example, this is helpful for gang run forms with a great number of segments.
•The option is not enabled:
Each folding sheet is listed at least once, even if the sheet is not assigned an operation.
Context menu
You can invoke or run more editing functions in the context menu. To invoke the context menu, select an operation and click right. The context menu has the following functions:
Context menu command | Function |
|---|---|
New Operation Before | A new operation is inserted in the production process before the currently selected operation. If multiple operations are selected before this command, a new operation will be inserted before each of the selected operations. See "New Operation Before" / "New Operation After". |
New Operation After | A new operation is inserted in the production run after the currently selected operation. If multiple operations are selected before this command, a new operation will be inserted after each of the selected operations. See "New Operation Before" / "New Operation After". |
Split Amounts | The selected operation is split into two equal operations. As a result, the total amount of print products can be split and produced in parallel on several machines. Note: If you want to print on several offset presses at the same time, you must ensure that several sets of printing plates are produced accordingly. |
Merge Amounts | Multiple split operations are merged into one operation, and the amounts are produced with the merged operation. To do this, select the operations in question and invoke this context menu command. |
Add Stock Quantity | This function lets you create a new operation for adding a production volume to stock. As a result, you can use available free capacities, for example, and produce in advance for a later repeat job. See "Add Stock Quantity" and "Remove Quantity from Stock". Remember there is no automatic feedback to stock management in such a case. |
Remove Quantities from Stock | This function lets you create a new operation for a stock withdrawal. This allows you to withdraw a quantity produced for a product part of a previous job from stock , e.g. the cover of a brochure. |
Production > delegate | The selected operation is removed from the planning for processing the current job and executed in another job, i.e. the operation is "delegated" to another job. This can be useful for processing gang jobs, for example. Delegated operations are dimmed. Please note that delegated operations are not automatically assigned to another job, but must be assigned manually. |
Production > execute | An operation set to "delegate" is reset to "execute " again and is included in the schedule of the current job. |
Remove | The selected operation is removed from planning and deleted ultimately. |
"Quantity" box:
In the Planning Assistant, all the quantities are calculated based on the delivery quantity entered in the "Delivery" planning step. The quantities in the other planning steps should be calculated and, if possible, not edited. This is why the box for the quantity usually cannot be edited. But it might be necessary to edit the quantities in exceptional cases. You can then unlock this box for editing with the key shortcut "Ctrl + Shift + E".
For the selected operation, the quantity produced with this operation is calculated from the displayed quantity plus allowance. This quantity is the output variable for calculation of the amount(s) in the next operation.
Example: A "Delivery quantity" of 1000 is entered in the "Delivery" planning step. This quantity will be adopted in the "Binding" step without any changes. Enter an "Allowance" of 15 for binding. The resulting quantity for binding is 1015. In the next planning step ("Sheet finishing"), a quantity of 1015 is the output variable for calculating the folding sheet quantities.
"Waste" box
The waste is different for each individual machine and is determined by the machine parameters defined in the CDM. As a result, the waste is transmitted by the MDS, but you can change this value if necessary.
"Machine" / "Variant" list boxes
Select the machine and/or a variant of this machine for planning here. If allowance, setup time and production time are set up for the selected machine in CDM, then these data are set by default in the input boxes. The "SheetFinishing" and "StitchFinishing" sequences are set up automatically based on the selected machines and/or variants.
Note: For information about the machine setup in the Device Assistant, go to "Administration" > "System" > "[name of Prinect server]" > "CDM" > "selected machine" > Edit" in the context menu.
Duration
If processing times are taken from the MIS, setup time and production times are calculated using the setup and processing times stored in the MIS.
If times are not taken from the MIS, setup time and processing times are calculated using the machine-related parameters filed in the Central Device Manager.
Buttons
Below the list of operations, there are buttons for the following functions:
Button | Function |
|---|---|
Split Amounts | The selected operation is split into two equal operations. As a result, the total amount of print products can be split and produced in parallel on several machines. Note: If you want to print on several offset presses at the same time, you must ensure that several sets of printing plates are produced accordingly. |
Merge Amounts | Multiple split operations are merged into one operation, and the amounts are produced with the merged operation. To do so, select the operations in question and click this button. |
New Operation After | A new operation is inserted in the production run after the currently selected operation. See "New Operation Before" / "New Operation After". |
New Operation Before | A new operation is inserted in the production process before the currently selected operation. See "New Operation Before" / "New Operation After" |
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