About FreeFlow Process Manager

Table 1-2. Workflow and Job Management Preparatory Procedures

Procedure

Overview

 

 

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.

 

 

Configure the SMTP

The Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) Server is used for e-mail

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 e-mail attachments.

 

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.”

 

 

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.”

 

 

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

 

 

Operator and Administrator Guide or the online help: “Configuring preflight

 

settings.”

 

 

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Xerox 701P47169 manual Printer Registration, or the Printer Status/Job Status Tool