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7
Managing Jobs and Documents
You need to consider various aspects of jobs and documents to be able
to manage them properly in Advanced Printing Software. Generally,
three types of attributes reflect the different aspects of job and document
management:
• Attributes that affect the job or document object itself without regard to
the data that is to appear on the printed output. These attributes include
setting the input and the output trays to be used on the print device.
• Attributes that determine how the spooler and supervisor process print
data. These attributes might include translation filters.
• Attributes that determine the look and content of the actual printed
output. These attributes include those that influence how pages are laid
out on each sheet of paper and determine whether separator pages are
output between documents.
7.1 Performing Job and Document Operations
Job and document operations that users perform on a regular basis can
include the following:
Print a job
Print a job after a specified time
List job and document attributes
List the job queue
Modify job and document attributes
Remove or cancel a job
Resubmit a job
Promote a job
Specify job priority
Pause and resume a job
Hold a job
Retain a job
Discard a job
Include messages and even notification
It is important to understand the difference between a job and a document.
A job can contain many documents and can contain a number of different
processing instructions for each document.
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