RIP
Job Sharing
Job Sharing option in PrintFactory is an easy method to send jobs to support or any other PrintFactory user. It shares the job with all required profiles and details to restore it at any other location, even on different types of printers or cutters. ...
Remote Rip View
From Editor and Layout, all jobs in remote RIPs can be viewed and controlled. This prevents the user from having to go to the RIP stations to access jobs in the RIP. Where Editor and Layout: Go to Window -> RIP jobs
Remote RIP view in web browser
A live preview of the RIP jobs list can be accessed by any computer on the same LAN as the RIP by entering the address http://localhost:5438 into a web browser. The remote view will show you the current status of all jobs currently held in the RIP: ...
Community profiles
Printer profiles made available by either the dealer, manufacturer or PrintFactory can be imported directly into Calibrator after loading the driver to the RIP. A pop-up windows appears showing all new pmms/ iccs available to automatically install. ...
System Load
A system load window is available to display in the RIP by going to the View menu and selecting System Load: The left hand dial is showing current CPU usage by percentage The right hand dial is showing current system memory (RAM) usage The bottom ...
Recalibration interval
The recalibration interval allows the company to enforce a strict recalibration policy on the production floor. If the printer has not been calibrated within the specified time, the jobs in the RIP will no longer be processed. When the recalibration ...
Version 6 RIP Overview
Scaling the job window contents in the RIP
This item is in the bottom right hand side of the RIP Interface. Scaleable up and down. By sliding the white button along the bar to the right, makes the window bigger, and to the left makes it smaller. The columns are still fully editable as before, ...
RIP User Interface Overview
Scaling the job window contents This item is in the bottom right hand side of the RIP Interface. Scaleable up and down. By sliding the white button along the bar to the right, makes the window bigger, and the left makes it smaller. The columns are ...
Backup and Restore a Job
What is contained in a Job Backup A backup of a job is a ZIP file containing all the files which were used to process the job: ICC profiles Printer profiles (*.pmm) Job tickets PDF files An XML file containing the settings of your PrintFactory ...
Backup and restore Printer settings
What is contained in a printer back-up? A backup of a printer is a ZIP file containing all the printer (or other output device) settings and all printer profiles: Printer settings (.xml) Printer profiles (*.PMM) Printer_restore file How to backup a ...
HP Wall Art
PrintFactory contains support for HP WallArt. What is HP WallArt? The HP WallArt Solution is cloud based software that helps you easily design, 3D visualize and print wall decoration. Note: More details about HP WallArt can be found here. ...
Viewing Job Info
You can view information about a specific job. This can be information about the job itself, but also information about the queue in which the job was processed. To view job information, do one of the following: Double-click the status indicator of ...
Output Inspector
Output Inspector The Output Inspector allows you to preview the exact data which is sent to the printer, it includes raster and color information. Proceed as follows: 1. Select a job from the RIP 2. Then right click and select Inspect Job The Output ...
Reprinting Jobs
About reprinting jobs You can reprint a job, or part of it. If you do so, you can also decide whether the job should be rerendered or not. You may wish to rerender the job if: An error occurred when printing Settings of the queue have been changed ...
Starting and Pausing Jobs
About pausing and starting You can pause and start (resume) jobs but also printers. You can do so in either in one of the following processing stages: Pause/start Interpret Render Print Job Yes Yes Yes Printer No Yes Yes You can use the dedicated ...
Job Preview in RIP
To show or hide the job preview Click the Show/Hide Preview button in the main RIP window top toolbar: You can move the location of the preview pane by clicking the title of the preview window & dragging with the mouse. It can be snapped into ...
Canceling a Job
To cancel a job Proceed as follows: Select a job in progress in the RIP jobs list. Click the Pause job button in the top toolbar.
Second printer not allowed
Creation of a second printer of the same type is not allowed if the names are equal. Therefore it is required to assign an unique name to the printers.
ROOM Hotfolder conflict
If you set a ROOM connection for your printer, you should not use a folder that is set as a Hotfolder of a queue (each queue has a Hotfolder set into queue settings > Workflow). If the ROOM queue and a Hotfolder are pointing to the same ...
In-RIP Nesting
Concept This topic discusses the Nesting functionality available in the RIP. This is important not to confuse with the nesting functionality in the Layout application. Once configured, the Nesting functionality takes jobs from Hotfolders, received ...
Backup and Restore a Job
What is contained in a Job Backup A backup of a job is a ZIP file containing all the files which were used to process the job: ICC profiles Printer profiles (*.pmm) Job tickets PDF files An XML file containing the settings of your PrintFactory ...