Working With Queues
A printer queue is a list of print jobs that await an available printer, need further programming, or are being held by an operator for some reason.
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NOTE: The Xerox Nuvera Digital Copier/Printer only has one queue. Once you set the queue properties, all jobs coming in simply pass through and are processed and completed. |
Three queues are pre-installed on your Nuvera Digital Production System.
HostName_Print - system defaults
HostName_Save - typical save settings
HostName_Hold - default setting release=No
In the Xerox Nuvera Digital Production System user interface, Queue Manager is used to create numerous internal printer queues that can be used to control the flow or handling of documents in different ways.
For example, you can configure one queue as a hold queue, where incoming jobs are saved to a locally designated directory. This is useful when submitting jobs remotely, where the client submission tool may not include all programming options, or the submitter may not know exactly which types of paper stocks are available at the system. Jobs submitted to the Hold queue can be programmed directly at the Xerox Nuvera user interface for final output. Queues can also be set up to allow print jobs to print immediately.
For example, your work environment has 3 types of print jobs:
- Jobs submitted remotely. Set up a print queue to save received jobs to a specific location, to be retrieved and programmed further at a later time
- Jobs with little or no job programming required. Set up another print queue to print jobs immediately
- Jobs that need a large amount of special programming, including insertion of special pages, covers, etc. You could send them to the same queue used for jobs submitted remotely, or you could set up a discrete queue for jobs that require special stock programming. This way, you can do all jobs that require paper tray loading all at once
To add a new queue
- In the Xerox Nuvera user interface, select the Queue Manager button.
- Select Queue.
- Select New. The New Queue dialog displays,
- In the Queue Name field, enter a name of up to 25 characters. The name can consist of letters, numbers, and underscores.
- Select a quantity between 1 and 65,500 to indicate the default number of job sets to be printed for all jobs sent to this queue, unless otherwise specified in the job itself.
- Set a priority between 1 (highest priority) and 100 (lowest priority) for the queue.
- Select the input format to indicate the manner in which jobs will be submitted to the queue.
- Select a destination of either Print, Save, or Print and Save. Print releases the document immediately for printing. Save saves the document to the location designated in Save Location.
- If desired, add a banner page message or job comments
- Make extended option selections from the Stock, Output, Image Quality, Image Edit, and PDL Settings tabs.
- Select decomposer (RIP) options on either the PostScript/PDF, Advanced PostScript, TIFF, PCL, ASCII, or LCDS buttons.
- Select Add Queue to complete the new queue.
- Select Close to exit the New Queue dialog.
- In the Queue list, right click the new queue and choose Accept Jobs to enable the queue.
To view or modify queue properties
- In the Xerox Nuvera user interface, click the Queue Manager button.
- Select a queue and double click to open Queue Properties.
- Modify queue settings as desired, then click <OK> to have your changes enabled by the system.
To copy a queue
- In the Xerox Nuvera user interface, click the Queue Manager button.
- Right-click on a queue.
- Select <Copy>. Rename the queue and set new queue properties.
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NOTE: Override Feature. Many options in the Queue Manager dialogs contain an override setting. Select Override only if you want the queue settings to take precedence over any attributes programmed with individual jobs. This setting may be useful for jobs being submitted by remote users who may not be familiar with the system configuration. |
Locking/Unlocking a queue
A System Administrator can lock queues so that the queue properties can not be changed until the queue is unlocked by a System Administrator. Right click on a queue and select Lock or Unlock.
Using Hot Folders
Hot Folders allow you to drag and drop print jobs from your networked PC into a Hot Folder. The Hot Folder places the job in a queue on a Xerox Nuvera System. Once the job is submitted to the queue the job is automatically deleted from the Hot Folder.
To activate Hot Folders for a given queue:
- Logon as a System Administrator.
- Select Queue Manager.
- Right click on the queue that you want to activate its Hot Folder.
- Select Hot Folder: Enable Hot folder.
The Xerox Nuvera automatically performs all network configuration, utilization SAMBA, exporting the Hot Folder to the network so it is visible to all users. To mount Hot Folders on your networked PC contact your system administrator.
