Set up your shop, a checklist

A supervisor's checklist for a new Studio Cloud shop: second supervisor, presses, stock and Quick Sets, press connector, hot folders, people.

We set your shop up when the licence is agreed and invite its first supervisor. This is what that supervisor does next, in the order that saves the most trouble.

The checklist

  1. Invite a second supervisor. If a shop has no supervisor, nobody can invite anyone. Do this first. See Invite people and set roles.
  2. Add your presses. Press Presses in the column, add each press and write its make and model. See Add your presses and presets.
  3. Add your stock, with its Quick Set. Press Materials, add each roll you load and type the Quick Set exactly as your RIP names it. Studio ships every Quick Set blank on purpose. See Give each stock its Quick Set.
  4. Set up the press connector. One small program on one computer beside the press. We do this with you. See Set up the press connector.
  5. Name each press's hot folder. Under Integrations, one box for each press, on the ONYX card. You can choose from the folders the connector sees, or make a new one. See Name a hot folder for each press.
  6. Invite your people. Give each a role, Person or Supervisor. See Who can do what.
  7. Put your colours in. Your customers' brand colours go in Colours to match… as swatches. See Match a customer's colour.
  8. Run one job through. Use Your first job, start to finish with a real stock and a real press.

What to do on the first day with a press

Watch the first job through with us. Check the cut line's separation name against what your RIP expects before the first sheet of a new job. See Put a job on a press.

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