Wide Format Hot Tickets
Wide Format Hot Tickets allow you to automate the creation of wide-format jobs. Files can be dropped in a hot folder or uploaded, and new wide-format jobs are created and submitted automatically.
For each product or document, the system creates an individual job that takes the file name as job name and the job name of the hot ticket as order number. Depending on whether the input is an image file or document, the processing is as follows:
•Input file is an image: a wide-format job is created for each image and this job consists of one sheet and one Print Layout.
•Input file is a document: each page is assigned to a sheet in the same wide-format job; a layout hot ticket can only have one sheet, so additional sheets are replicated from this one sheet.
There are two options for the placement of the images on the sheet:
•Sheet without frames: the image is placed in the default image placement position, i.e. in one of the corners of the sheet, aligned with the lay of the printer.
•Sheet with frames: the image is used to fill all the frames on the sheet; each frame on this sheet can have a different size, fitting options, etc.
Wide Format Hot Tickets are managed in the Hot Tickets window.
Create a Wide Format Hot Ticket
NOTE: This option requires a special license.
1 Go to the Hot Tickets window.
2 Choose File > New from Templates and then the Wide Format Hot Tickets tab.
3 Choose the template you want to use in the list, enter a name for the hot ticket and choose a Printer.
4 Click Open.
The Layout Editor opens and you can set up the sheet just like you would do for a regular wide-format job. Leave the sheet empty if you want images to be placed in the default image placement position. Draw frames on the sheet if you want multiple instances of the same image on the sheet.
NOTE: Only create 1 sheet. Additional sheets will be discarded when you save the hot ticket.
5 Go to the Media Layout inspector, which is slightly different for hot tickets than for regular wide-format jobs. In the Layout Products panel, select the options as required:
•Automatically place images on sheets: select this option if you want your images to be placed automatically on sheets
•When no frames, place: Single image per sheet or Multiple images per sheet
•Optimize orientation: If you selected the first option to place images, you can choose to automatically rotate images so they fit in the frames.
6 Click the Submit Job button to save your hot ticket and choose the Print Files and Cut Files option you want to use for all the jobs created from the hot ticket.
7 Click Submit to save your changes.
Create jobs from a Wide Format Hot Ticket
1 Go to the Hot Tickets window.
2 Context-click the hot ticket you want to use in the Hot Ticket list and choose Upload Document.
3 Browse to the images or documents you want to upload. Multiple images and documents can be uploaded.
4 Click Open.
The system creates one or more wide-format jobs in the background. Go to the Jobs window and you will see the new jobs appearing in the Job list. An individual job is created for each image and/or page in a document. For example, if you uploaded 20 images, the system creates 20 jobs.
5 Double-click a job to edit and fine-tune in the Layout Editor.
Make a Wide Format Hot Ticket template
A Wide Format Hot Ticket is always created from a template. You can create your own templates from an existing Wide Format Hot Ticket.
1 Go to the Hot Tickets window.
2 Select the hot ticket you want to save as a template in the Hot Ticket list.
3 Choose File > Save as Template.
4 Choose a template Category and click Save.
The template is added to the list of templates.