About FreeFlow Process Manager
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Procedure | Overview |
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Manage production | Production printers must be added to FreeFlow Process Manager before you |
printers for workflows | attempt to drag a Print process into a workflow during the workflow building |
| process. |
| In FreeFlow 6.0, a new common printer interface enables all FreeFlow |
| applications to maintain a single database of configured printers and to have a |
| common job setup GUI interface across FreeFlow applications. The common |
| printer interface includes the following utilities: |
| Registered Printer List Locator: Allows you to set whether the registered |
| printer list in use by a FreeFlow applicaton is located on a local computer or on a |
| remote computer. |
| Printer Registration: Allows you to register and manage supported |
| production printers and queues for use by FreeFlow software applications. To |
| configure the Print process step in a workflow, production printers must first be |
| added via the FreeFlow Printer Registration application. |
| Printer Status/Job Status Tool: Allows you to status jobs, queues, and |
| printers. |
| For additional information about Production Printing, refer to the Xerox |
| Customer Software Release Document for FreeFlow Process Manager, |
| or the Xerox Production Printing Guide for FreeFlow Applications. |
| You can also access the online Help for the Registered Printer List Locator, |
| Printer Registration, or the Printer Status/Job Status Tool. |
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Configure the SMTP | The Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) Server is used for |
server | notification. The SMTP Setup dialog, accessed via the Workflow Builder |
| application, allows you to identify the mail server for outgoing mail or |
| notifications and to establish the maximum size for |
| For details, refer to the following procedure in the Freeflow Process Manager |
| Operator and Administrator Guide or the online help: “Setting up the SMTP |
| Server.” |
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Set up workflows | Three default workflows are provided with the software: Simple, Main, and |
| Reprint. Modify these workflows or create your own, based on the needs of your |
| organization. You may want to name workflows based on clients (XYZ Co.) or |
| types of jobs (brochure, newsletter, flyer). |
| For details, refer to the following procedure in the Freeflow Process Manager |
| Operator and Administrator Guide or the online help: “Configuring process |
| settings;” “Building a new workflow.” |
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Generate the preflight | Preflight profiles do not exist on a clean install. You will need to generate the |
profile repository on a | profile repository. |
clean install. | For details, refer to the following procedure in the Freeflow Process Manager |
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| Operator and Administrator Guide or the online help: “Configuring preflight |
| settings.” |
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FreeFlow Process Manager Operator and Administrator Guide |