What Are Job Tickets?
A Job Ticket is a file you create using the Job Ticket Editor. A Job Ticket defines how the pages of a single job are to be assembled, the processing features to be used (, , , , rasterization, etc.), and the output device to which the rendered job will be sent.
A Job Ticket is always associated with one or more unique input channels , AppleTalk Channels, etc.). When a user sends a document to one of these input channels, the Apogee attaches the corresponding Job Ticket to it. The input document and the Job Ticket are combined to become a single Job.
When should you use Job Tickets?
You should use Job Tickets in workflows that are subject to lots of changes, or when you want to process jobs that are made up of several different documents. These documents can be combined in a single job by dragging the required pages from the to your . You need to create and manually submit a new Job Ticket for every new job.
If you print a weekly magazine, it is recommended that you use standard Job Tickets. This is because you will probably have to create an imposition for different document types (advertisements, articles, etc.). The page count and content will also probably vary from week to week.