step_plates

Plates Step

"Submit to" group

This displays sequences to which you can submit existing documents. To do this, drag-and-drop the document to the sequence concerned.

In this step, you can choose between the following sequence types:

•ImpositionOutput sequence: Output on a CTP Device. The CTP device can be connected directly to the Prinect Production server or it is driven by the Tiff-B export mechanism such as a Prinect Shooter 2. See "ImpositionOutput" Sequence Template

•FormOutput sequence: Output to a CTP device in the ROOM Proof workflow for TIFF-B export. The FormProof and FormOutput sequences are always used together in the ROOM Proof job. See "FormOutput" Sequence Template.

•CopySurfacePDF sequence: Copy imposed PDF surfaces from the job to a location in the file system that you can select. See "CopySurfacePDF" Sequence Template.

•ImposePDF sequence: Creates a PDF sheet document from imposed sheets. See "ImposePDF" Sequence Template.

•ForkSheet sequence: Lets you submit layouts to several (similar or different) sheet output sequences at the same time (parallel processing). See "ForkSheet" Sequence Template.

"+" button

The "Select Templates to Add" window opens. In this window, you can add other sequence templates to "Submit to". See "Select Templates to Add" Window.

"Submit to" in context menu

Menu command	Function
Open Sequence	Opens the enabled sequence for checking or editing.
Add Sequence	Opens the "Select Templates to Add" window. See "Select Templates to Add" Window.
Delete Sequence	Deletes the enabled sequence from the "Submit to" group.
Reassign Template	The "Reassign a new template for ..." dialog opens. This is where you can select a different sequence template that will be assigned to the job instead of the existing one. Sequences that match the current step are suggested. After that, the data are processed again with the new sequence.
Show Suppressed Sequences	A check mark indicates the "enabled" status. Non-executable sequences (if present) are displayed in this case. Invoking this function again will disable it, and there will be no check mark. Non-executable sequences are hidden.

Various view modes are available for you to optimize your workflows.

These are:

	Layout view
	•Display the layout •Submit the layout to a plate output sequence
	Separations view
	•Edit the plate product ID •Submit the layout to a plate output sequence •Submit single separations to a plate output sequence

You can select between the list and the thumbnail view in the layout view.

To do this, click one of the icons below.

	Show List
	Show Thumbnails