Mackie V7.0 manual Job templates, Printing a document via a globally defined job template

Job templates Producing Output with Xprint V7.0

3.6Job templates

Just as different font settings can be combined in the font objects, print job settings can be combined in an Xprint V7.0 object. This is called a job template (-jtp). Job templates can either be predefined by the administrator for the entire system and made available to all users, or they can be defined by each individual user as private job templates.

In Xprint V7.0, jobs are sent to a device, a device group, or to an unspecified target. This is different to a number of other print spoolers, where jobs are sent to a qualified print queue. Sending jobs to a qualified print queue allows admin- istrators to associate print characteristics with each queue (e.g. a form, a print density etc.). For the users, this means that selecting a queue automatically selects the characteristics associated with that queue. Using this approach, each physical printer can be associated with several logical queues, each logical queue having its own characteristics.

The Xprint V7.0 job templates work in a similar way. Administrators can define job templates, to which they assign a job destination (device or device group), with print characteristics. If users submit their jobs by using templates instead of specifying a destination, this has the same effect as using the qualified queues of the other spoolers.

3.6.1Printing a document via a globally defined job template

The Xprint V7.0 administrator might have configured job templates in the system. These contain all the options required for frequently submitted print jobs of a specific type. Users no longer have to enter the individual options but simply select the appropriate template.

To print a document with a job template use the following option:

-tejob_template

With this option you can use exactly one predefined job template or a job template you have defined yourself for your print job.

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