Workflow bar

The structure of the workflow bar reflects the procedure in creating a job in a print shop and the bar displayed is dynamic. The various steps are shown accordingly.

In the versions preceding Prinect Signa Station 2016, the elements (product parts, documents, plates, pages, etc.) of the job you wanted to create were the structural features of the user interface. Most of these elements were integrated into the Job Assistant and their structures also set up there. How­ever, when a job was created, it was difficult to find the various elements in the user interface.
This changed as of version 2016. All procedures with the required elements were integrated into the workflow bar and now can be found on the top level of the user interface. You now can see at all times at what point in the job you are.

Note: The "Job", "Contents" and "Output" steps refer to the entire job while all other steps reflect the settings of the product part selected in the Browser window on the left.
This is important only if you have several product parts in a job. You can ignore it if you have just one product part in your job.

The open or new job is available for editing directly, without you having to invoke the Job Assistant as in earlier versions.

The workflow bar is the control element in the user interface and lets you edit an open and active job in a fast and easy manner.
You can start other important and frequently used functions with a click.

At the beginning and end of the workflow bar, there are buttons that you can use to open and create other jobs and display various inspectors. You can switch between the resources view and the job view (using shortcut "Alt + 1" and "Alt + 0"). More details can be found in the "Resources and Machines" chapter, General.

The currently selected inspector is highlighted.

Possible keyboard shortcuts in the workflow bar:

Possible steps and order in the workflow bar

Job Data

1.Job
Job (Administrative Data)

Product part data (imposition)

2.Product Part
Product Part

3.Master Pages (not in the "Montage" and "Packaging" work modes)
Master Pages

4.Binding (not in the "Montage" and "Packaging" work modes)
Binding

5.Marks
Marks  

6.Plates
Plates

7.Schemes (not in the "Montage" and "Packaging" work modes)
Schemes  

Possible product part data depending on selected work mode

8.Assembly Block (only in the "Montage" work mode)
Assembly Block (only in the "Montage" work mode)

9.Packaging (cutting die file) (only in the "Packaging" work mode)
Packaging (only in the "Packaging" work mode and in "Sheet Optimization for Packaging")

10.Article (only in the "Packaging" work mode)
Article (only in the "Packaging" work mode)

11.Optimization (Ganging Optimization)
"Optimization" Step

12.Results (Ganging Optimization)
Results (Gang Job)

13.Versioning (only when working with a version cluster)
See Working with a Version Cluster.

Job Data

14.Contents
Contents

15.Output
Output

Additional data in the various steps

A digit, a line or an exclamation point display in the various steps, indicating that there is additional information.
This gives you an overview of the basic data and contents of a product part at any time, without hav­ing to click the step.

The top level of the workflow bar shown above contains the following information about the selected product part:

•the blue lines above the steps indicate that you have already clicked the step,

•an additional special master page is defined,

•a plate template is selected,

•a folding sheet is defined,

•a PDF document is assigned to the job. The "flashing exclamation point" indicates that there are unplaced pages,

•seven press sheets will be output for the job.

A '0' is not displayed.

The following information displays in the steps:

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