HP Designjet T1200 User Manual

							10 Job queue management
●Introduction
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Job queue page (T1200 series only)
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Job preview (T1200 series only)
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Turn off the job queue (T770 HD and T1200 series only)
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Select when to print a job in the queue (T770 HD and T1200 series only)
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Identify a job in the queue (T770 HD and T1200 series only)
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Prioritize a job in the queue (T770 HD and T1200 series only)
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Delete a job from the queue (T770 HD and T1200 series only)
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Reprint or copy a job in the queue (T770 HD and T1200 series only)
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Job status messages (T770 HD and T1200 series only)
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							Introduction
The job queue management options described in this chapter are available for the following printers.
●T1200 series: all options in this chapter
●T770 HD: front panel options only
●T770 and T770 PS: no job queue management
Job queue page (T1200 series only)
You can manage your printers job queue from the HP Utility, see Access the HP Utility on page 27,
or the printers Embedded Web Server, see 
Access the Embedded Web Server on page 27.
By default, the access to the job queue is open to all users. An administrator can set a password so
that users are required to enter a password for:
●Seeing job previews
●Canceling or deleting jobs
The job queue page shows all jobs that are available in the printer job queue. It includes jobs that are
being received, parsed, rendered, printed and already printed.
The following information displayed for each job:
●Preview: Click the icon to see the job preview. The job preview is available once the job is
processed.
●File name: Click the file name to see the properties of the job.
●Status: Gives the current job status.
●Pages: Number of pages in the job.
●Copies: Number of copies printed.
●Date: Date and time the printer received the job.
●User: The users name.
Jobs in the queue can be sorted by any of the information items (except Preview) by clicking on the
title of the corresponding column. You can perform the following operations on one or all jobs in the
queue:
●Cancel: Cancels the selected jobs. You are asked to confirm before the job is canceled. The job
remains stored in the printer, but will not be printed unless you click Reprint.
●Hold: Holds the select jobs until you click Continue to print.
●Continue: All selected jobs, which are on hold, continue printing.
●Reprint: Prints more copies of a job. Type the number of copies (default 1, maximum 99) and
click Print.
●Move to front: Sends all selected jobs to the top of the job queue.
●Delete: Deletes selected jobs from the job queue. You are asked to confirm before the job is
deleted.
●Refresh: Refreshes the page, ensuring the information is updated.
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							NOTE:The job queue page does not automatically update.
Job preview (T1200 series only)
The printer samples all incoming jobs and generates a JPEG file that can be served as a preview of
the job. This preview is available for all languages supported by the printer: the T1200 PS supports
PDF, PostScript, HPGL/2, RTL, TIFF and JPEG.
NOTE:Do not send a job for preview with more than 64 pages, this may cause the driver software
to crash.
Job preview is available once the job is processed. To access the preview page, click the magnifying
glass icon, which appears in the Preview column on the job queue page. The preview page shows
the following job details along with a thumbnail preview of the job:
●File name: The file name of the job.
●Loaded paper: The type of paper loaded in the printer.
●Job dimensions: The dimensions of the job.
To see a larger preview of the job, click either the job thumbnail or the magnifying glass icon, which
appears on the right hand side of the printer image.
NOTE:Browsers without the Macromedia plug-in show the job image as yellow shaded. Browsers
that have the Macromedia flash plug-in version 7 and above shows an enhanced preview of the job
image inside the paper loaded in the printer.
Turn off the job queue (T770 HD and T1200 series only)
You can turn off the job queue in the following ways.
●Using the Embedded Web Server (T1200 series only): Select the Setup tab, then Printer
settings > Job management > Queue and select Off.
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Using the front panel: Select the Setup menu icon 
, then Job management options >
Enable queue > Off.
Select when to print a job in the queue (T770 HD and
T1200 series only)
NOTE:The When To Start Printing options cannot be used with PostScript jobs.
You can select at what point you want to print a file you have in the queue.
●Using the Embedded Web Server (T1200 series only): Select the Setup tab, then Printer
settings > Start printing.
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Using the front panel: Select the Job management menu icon 
, then Job queue.
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							There are three options you can select:
●When After Processing is selected, the printer waits until the whole page has been processed
and then it starts to print. This is the slowest setting but ensures the best print quality in large or
complex prints.
●When Immediately is selected, the printer prints the page as it is processed. This is the quickest
setting, but the printer may stop halfway through a print to process data. This setting is not
recommended for complex images with dense color.
●When Optimized is selected (this is the default setting), the printer calculates the best time to
begin printing the page. It is usually the best compromise between the After Processing and
Immediately settings.
Identify a job in the queue (T770 HD and T1200 series
only)
The best way to look at the queue is in the Embedded Web Server (Main tab > Job queue), where
you can manage the queue and get full information on every job (by clicking the name of the file).
However, this method is available for the T1200 series only.
You can also manage the queue from the front panel. To do so, select the Job management menu
icon 
, then Job queue, where you can see a list of the jobs in the queue.
Each has an identifier, comprising:
: 
The job currently being printed has a check mark, canceled jobs have crosses, processing jobs have
a clock and jobs on hold have a warning.
Prioritize a job in the queue (T770 HD and T1200 series
only)
You can select any job in the queue and make it the next one to be printed.
●Using the Embedded Web Server (T1200 series only): After selecting the job, select Reprint.
●Using the front panel: After selecting the job, select Move to front.
If nesting is turned on, the prioritized job may still be nested with others. If you really want this job to
be printed next, and on its own on the roll, first turn nesting off and then move it to the front of the
queue as described above.
Delete a job from the queue (T770 HD and T1200 series
only)
Under normal circumstances, there is no need to delete a job from the queue after printing it, as it will
just fall off the end of the queue as more files are sent. However, if you have sent a file in error, and
want to avoid printing it, you can simply delete it.
●Using the Embedded Web Server (T1200 series only): Select the job and then select Delete.
●Using the front panel: Select the job and then select Delete.
In the same way, you can delete a job that has not been printed yet.
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							If the job is currently being printed (its status is printing in the Web server), you may want to cancel it
and then delete it.
●Using the Embedded Web Server (T1200 series only): After selecting the job, select Cancel and
then Delete.
●Using the front panel: After selecting the job, press the Cancel key and then select Delete.
Reprint or copy a job in the queue (T770 HD and T1200
series only)
To reprint or make extra copies of any job in the queue, select the job in the Embedded Web Server
(T1200 series only) and click the Reprint icon, then specify the number of copies you want. The job
will be moved to the top of the queue. To make more than one print of a non-printed job in the queue
from the front panel, select the job and choose Copies, then specify the number of copies required
and press the Select key. This overrides any value set by your software.
NOTE:If Rotate was On when you sent the file, every copy will be rotated.
You can reprint an already-printed job from the front panel. Select the Job management menu icon
, then select the job from the queue, then select Reprint.
NOTE:You cannot use this method for PCL3 jobs. To reprint old jobs that are PCL3, you may be
able to use your operating systems printer spooler, if you have already set the spooler to save old
jobs. This facility depends on your operating system.
Job status messages (T770 HD and T1200 series only)
These are the possible job status messages, approximately in the order in which they may be seen:
●Receiving: the printer is receiving the job from the computer
●Waiting to process: the job has been received by the printer and is waiting to be rendered (for
jobs submitted through the Embedded Web Server only)
●Processing: the printer is parsing and rendering the job
●Preparing to print: the printer is performing writing system checks before printing the job
●Waiting to print: the job is waiting for the print engine to become free to proceed with printing
●Waiting for nest: the printer is set up with Nesting=On and is waiting for other jobs in order to
complete the nest and proceed with printing
●On hold: the job was sent with the on hold for preview option and is on hold
NOTE:Do not send a job for preview with more than 64 pages, this may cause the driver
software to crash.
NOTE:If the printer hangs up while printing a job, and the queue facility is turned on, the
partially printed job will appear in the queue as on hold when the printer is next turned on. When
you resume the job, it will start printing at the page at which it was interrupted.
●On hold for paper: the job cant be printed because the right paper is not loaded in the printer.
Load the required paper, see 
Paper handling on page 31, and click Continue to resume the job
●On hold for accounting: the job cant be printed because the printer requires all jobs to have an
account ID: enter the account ID and then click Continue to resume the job
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							TIP:To set an account ID, see Require account ID (T1200 series only) on page 24.
●Printing
●Drying
●Cutting paper
●Ejecting page
●Canceling: the job is being canceled, but will remain in the printer job queue
●Deleting: the job is being deleted from the printer
●Printed
●Canceled: the job has been canceled by the printer
●Canceled by user
●Empty job: the job does not contain anything to print
Reactivate a job on hold (T1200 series only)
When the printer puts a job on hold you receive an alert, see Printer alerts on page 176, which
explains why the job is on hold. Follow the instructions on the screen to remove the hold and continue
printing.
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							11 Retrieving printer usage information
●Get printer accounting information
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Check printer usage statistics
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Check ink and paper usage for a job
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							Get printer accounting information
There are various different ways of getting accounting information from your printer.
●View printer usage statistics for the whole lifetime of the printer, see 
Check printer usage
statistics on page 110.
●View ink and paper usage for each of your recent jobs by using the HP Utility, see 
Check ink and
paper usage for a job on page 110. If the HP Utility is not available, see Access the HP Utility
on page 27.
●Use a third-party application to request printer status, printer usage or job accounting data from
the printer through the Internet. The printer provides data in XML to the application whenever
requested. HP provides a Software Development Kit to facilitate the development of such
applications.
Check printer usage statistics
There are two ways to check your printers usage statistics.
NOTE:The accuracy of the usage statistics is not guaranteed.
Printer statistics with the HP Utility
1.Access the HP Utility, see Access the HP Utility on page 27.
2.Under Windows, go to the Overview tab and click on the Printer usage link.
Under Mac OS, select Information > Printer Usage and click on the Lookup button.
Printer statistics with the Embedded Web Server
1.Access the Embedded Web Server, see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 27.
2.Go to the Main tab.
3.Select History > Usage.
Check ink and paper usage for a job
There are two ways to check ink and paper usage for a job.
NOTE:The accuracy of the usage statistics is not guaranteed.
Ink and paper statistics with the HP Utility
1.Access the HP Utility, see Access the HP Utility on page 27.
2.Select Job center to view information regarding the most recent jobs.
3.Under Windows, click on the Accounting link.
Under Mac OS, select Job Accounting and click on the Look Up button.
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							Ink and paper statistics with the Embedded Web Server
1.Access the Embedded Web Server, see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 27.
2.Go to the Main tab.
3.Select History > Accounting.
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							12 Handling ink cartridges and printheads
●About the ink cartridges
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Check the ink cartridges status
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Remove an ink cartridge
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Insert an ink cartridge
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About the printheads
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Check the printhead status
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Remove a printhead
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Insert a printhead
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