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Job icons
The Spool area is both the receiving area for jobs from users on the network (Hold
queue) and the waiting area for jobs that will be RIPped.
Hold queue jobs
—When printing requires an operator (because the Print queue and
Direct connection are disabled), the operator must assign a destination to all jobs
received from users on the network (Icon 1). Once assigned, jobs move down the
Spool queue for processing (Icons 2, 3, and 4). All jobs printed to the Hold queue
require routing by an operator.
Print queue jobs
—When printing does not require an operator, network jobs sent to
the Print queue appear in the Spool area, where they are displayed with a white printer
icon (Icon 2). When jobs reach the head of the queue, they are RIPped and printed
without operator intervention.
Direct Connection
—Jobs printed to the Direct connection are not displayed in the job
lists. They are displayed briefly in the status bars (where they cannot be selected) and
are included in the Job Log.
RIP area
The job icons in the RIP area are as follows:
After a job is rasterized, it goes into the RIP area. The RIP area holds only jobs with
raster data. Jobs in the RIP area are either waiting for the copier/printer to be free
(Print queue jobs, Icon 2), or they are being held (Icon 1). Held jobs in the RIP area
have already been rasterized (RIP and Hold), or they have been printed and their raster
data has been routed back to the RIP area
(
Print and Hold).
RIP area icon
What it indicates
How long you see the job
1
Raster data, no destination
defined; may have been
printed before and held
Until it is deleted, moved to
the Archive window, or
stripped of its raster data and
sent to the Spool area
2
Raster data headed for Print
in its turn; no hold defined
Until copier/printer is free to
print the job
