In "Administration > System", you can define the following settings and receive information:
•Pause Jobs after restarting the server
•Check whether there is sufficient material when starting jobs
•MCL usage: Bring forward other jobs if there is not enough plate material for the next job.
•Serial, sorted output via FBDI workflow
•Information about the directory settings
Pause Jobs after restarting the server
If this option is set, all jobs that are still to be processed are set to "paused" when you reboot the computer. These options apply to all the virtual printers.
Check whether there is sufficient material when starting jobs
This is where you specify whether the material stock is to be checked before starting jobs.
MCL usage: Bring forward other jobs if there is not enough plate material for the next job.
A special mode for defining the order of processing was introduced for Prinect Shooter with Suprasetter MCL (Multi Cassette Loader). In this mode, the plates loaded to the various trays of the MCL are used up as far as possible without an operator having to be on site. This "night mode" is done with the "MCL usage: Bring forward other jobs if there is not enough plate material for the next job" option. This gives you optimal utilization of the loaded plates.
•Optimized usage of available plates in the Suprasetter MCL
•Jobs are processed in the normal order as long as there are enough plates available.
•Processing of other jobs is brought forward if there is not enough available plate material for the next job.
•The correct plate quantity must be entered in the user interface of the MCL.
Note: At least SCM version 2.30.001 must be installed to be able to use this function.
Explanation:
In the standard mode (option disabled), the single imaging jobs are processed simply one after the other and the imagesetter stops and requests that plates are reloaded when one of the trays is empty. This can cause jobs for other plates that are further down the Shooter queue also not to be imaged, although there are still enough plates in another tray of the MCL.
The "night mode" ensures that these jobs are brought forward, thus making sure that the loaded plates are utilized optimally. The jobs continue to be imaged in the scheduled order until there are not enough plates of the required type to image the entire next job. This job stays "Waiting" and jobs for other plate types are done earlier in their scheduled order. The SCM user must manually set the number of plates still in each tray and this number is updated when plates are reloaded. It is assumed that the correct number is set there.
Serial, sorted output via FBDI workflow
FBDI jobs are always output one after the other in their correct order if you check this option.
Prerequisite: This option works only if the FBDI protocol is used (workflow system or third-party RIP).
A processed job cannot be interrupted by other jobs, except for when "Urgent" is assigned as the priority. For that reason, the job is normally fully processed before another job can be output. This ensures that the plates of a job are output together in their correct order.
Note: This option is a principal workflow setting and should be set once directly after Prinect Shooter first starts.
This is where you can define the directory where the jobs will be stored if no depot directory is set in the job itself. See Depot. If "Always ask" is enabled, a dialog where you can define the depot folder appears each time a job is to be stored. If this option is disabled, you can select a folder in the file system with "Find" that will be used as the default depot directory.
Information about the directory settings
"License Server" shows the computer name of the License Server that makes the licenses for Prinect Shooter available. Normally, the License Server is defined during installation of the Prinect Shooter software. However, if the License Server is to be located on a different computer or if the computer name of the License Server is changed, a modify installation of the Prinect Shooter 2 setup is required. You should change the computer name before you disable the old License Server. After you modify the License Server, exit the Prinect Shooter services with "Service Control". Afterwards, make sure that the new License Server is running and can be reached in the network and that the required licenses are assigned to the Prinect Shooter computer (in the License Manager). After that, restart the Prinect Shooter services.
Temporary Folder
Prinect Shooter uses the temporary folder to buffer data that are created during job processing.
Configuration spool directory:
All the job data created temporarily during processing are buffered in the configuration spool directory. This buffer action is known as "spooling". The spool directory contains the data of all the jobs in the job list. This includes the data of finished jobs that are not yet removed from the job list. Because the TIFF-B files can be very large, the spool directory should be located on a drive of the Prinect Shooter PC that has enough available memory. You can check the available memory of each of the drives on the Prinect Shooter PC in the drive monitor. See Drive Monitor.
Hot Folder default root directory
This is the default directory for hot folders. This means that hot folders are created as subfolders of this root directory. By defining the "Hot Folder default root directory", you set that this hot folder path will be used by default for the virtual printer when you create a new virtual printer. You can define a local directory or a shared directory in the network neighborhood as the hot folder default root directory. Because hot folders are used to transfer TIFF-B files, you must make sure that the drive on which the hot folders are located has enough available memory.
This is where you define how the system reacts when jobs are to be reprinted.
If this option is set, all jobs that are still to be processed are set to "paused" when you trigger a reprint. These options apply to all the virtual printers.
Note: Note that this option influences the reprinting of single separations. See Reprint single separations.
Use this button to delete the stored login password for the logged-in user. See Remember user name/password.