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FreeForm (option) window
FreeForm (option) window
The GA-1040 FreeForm
™
printing feature provides a flexible and efficient method for
printing variable data jobs (such as direct-mail advertising pieces). FreeForm allows
users to preRIP and store the master elements of their variable data jobs on the
GA-1040, and then use that master data as needed, for multiple variable data jobs.
The preRIPped master-element jobs are stored on the GA-1040 as FreeForm Masters,
and are displayed in the FreeForm window.
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FreeForm is available as an option. For more information, contact your
authorized service/support technician. FreeForm is not available for PCL jobs.
About FreeForm printing
FreeForm printing involves combining a RIPped FreeForm Master with a variable-
elements job to create the final variable data job. This final job can be soft-proofed
before printing with the Thumbnail windows and the full-screen preview display.
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The FreeForm window is not available if you logged in as Guest.
To create a FreeForm Master, the job comprising the master elements must be RIPped
with the Create Master print option set to a value from 1 to 100 (that is, a setting other
than None). Users can set this option to a value from 1 to 15 when they send a job, but
View only particular jobs
Choose Filter from the Window menu, and make entries in the Filter dialog box
(see page 1-35).
Delete a job
Select the job(s) and choose Delete from the Job menu or right-mouse command menu.
Display or move job ticket
information headers in the
Archive window
Click the right mouse button on the appropriate column head; choose Add from the
drop-down menu to list the columns that you can add to the display. The categories are the
same as in the Queues window (see page 1-14) but you can arrange them differently. The
column head arrangements you set in the Archive window are independent of those you set
in the Queues window.
Adjust the width of a column
Click the column border in the heading and drag left or right.
Export the currently displayed
list of archived jobs to a
tab-delimited text file
Choose Export from the Window menu. Specify a filename (the default name is archive.log)
and a location for the file and click Save. You can then open the exported file with a
spreadsheet, database, or word-processing application.
To:
Do this:
