Put on a press: the hand-over

The hand-over shows what goes to the press, runs the checks before a put, and ends in Put it on the press's name. A connector writes the file.

What it does

Put on a press…, at the right of the bar, opens the hand-over. WHAT GOES TO THE PRESS lists the file's name, the folder it will reach, every separation and every page, as the press would be given them. A line says the job is saved in your shop's account with its print file in it and that the shop's press connector brings it down into the hot folder Integrations names for that press.

Choose the press. The one this stock prints on is already chosen. Press Put it on and the press's name. The job is saved with its print file kept in it, the website records who put it where and when, and the connector fetches it. A person at the press starts it in the RIP.

The checks before a put. The red count on the button is the preflight's stops, and they hold the put. Beside them the hand-over checks the press itself:

  • Stops: the press connector has nowhere to write a job for that press, because Integrations names no hot folder for it; or the press's hot folder is another press's too.
  • Looks: the press connector beside the press has not been seen lately, or none reports it, or two claim it; or the job's stock names no press, so nothing checks that this press prints it.
  • Before it goes: the job must be saved in your shop's account, and if another window holds the job you press Take it first.

After the put the job's row in Jobs says put on the press, when and by whom, waiting for the press, and then who fetched it and when. Take it off takes the job off the press's list again, even after the connector has fetched it. A press made from a cutter is greyed out in the list, with the reason.

Why it matters for your shop

  • You see what goes in before it goes. The separations are the biggest thing on the screen, because a RIP decides what to do with a separation by its name, and a cut line called CutContour Kiss on a Quick Set that knows Cut Contour Kiss prints as a thin black outline round every sticker. Nothing in a RIP will tell you.
  • A stop at the press counts as a stop on the sheet. A put with nowhere to land is stopped on your screen, not found out at the RIP.
  • Nothing is put by accident. One button, named for the press you chose, and nothing is put until every stop is clear.
  • Studio's reach ends at the folder. It never starts, stops or reorders anything on your RIP.

How to use it

  1. Open the job and clear every stop in the Preflight tab.
  2. Press Put on a press…. A saved job also has it on its row in Jobs.
  3. Read WHAT GOES TO THE PRESS and the checks under it.
  4. Choose the press, then press Put it on and its name.
  5. Follow it in Jobs until it says it was fetched. Fetched means the connector has the file, which is not the same as printed.

So far we have tried the connector against a stand-in press, not yet beside a shop's own. We set it up with you and watch the first job through.

Learn more

Put a job on a press is the how-to guide. If the connector cannot reach the press, see Download the print file.

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