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Print Manager Spool
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Each printer is assigned a form. The assignment triggers the output of the jobs, which
have this form name. If a form has the "automatic form mounting" property, PRIS-
MAspool changes to a different form automatically and then prints the jobs with the new
form. If a form does not have this property, it has to be explicitly assigned to the printer.
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Pending printer error messages are displayed.
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When a job is printing, the number of the most recently printed page is displayed; this
number is updated dynamically to inform you how many pages have been output on the
printer.
5.1.3 Form Properties
The properties of a form determine which actions PRISMAspool has to execute when pro-
cessing a job. PRISMAspool Spool Server can be instructed to:
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Print a header page at the start of a job. This page contains data from the job ticket.
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Print a trailer page at the end of a job.
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Automatically load a form. This determines, whether the form has to be assigned ex-
plicitly to the printer in order for jobs with this form name to be printed, or whether
PRISMAspool assigns the form name to the printer automatically.
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Turn job offsetting on or off. The system can also be instructed to take the job offsetting
commands from the print file itself.
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Turn job monitoring on and off (PJL capable printers only). This is the function that dis-
plays the number of pages printed while the job is being output.
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Load resources: PCL resources can be inserted preceding and following the job.
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Delete a job: you can specify, whether the job is to be deleted immediately after printing,
kept for a number of days and then deleted, or be deleted manually later.
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Run a data converter: a data filter can be run on the print data before output, e.g. to
insert special control commands for printing. Data filters provide the capabilities for cus-
tomizing specific applications.
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Staple each job by using specification in a given form.
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