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The Job Jackets Manager dialog box (Utilities > Job Jackets Manager) lets a job definer work with Job
Jackets files and their components. This dialog box has a basic mode (top) and an advanced mode
(bottom).
Creating Job Jackets files
First of all, when and why should a job definer create a Job Jackets file? There
are no hard-and-fast rules for answering this question: If you want to, you can
put Job Tickets for all of your print jobs in one great big Job Jackets file.
However, here are some guidelines to indicate when you might want to have
separate Job Jackets files.
If you plan to create a number of print jobs that share the same Resources ●
(such as colors, style sheets, trapping settings, color management settings,
and page sizes), you might want to create one Job Jackets file for all of
those print jobs. For example, if you’re a design firm that serves several
different clients, each of which has its own visual identity, you might create
one Job Jackets file for each client.
If you are in charge of a design group and you’d like to make sure that every ●
layout artist working on a particular project (such as a promotional
campaign) uses the exact same Resources, you might want to create a Job
Jackets file and Job Ticket template containing those Resources, and have
all of the layout artists share that Job Jackets file.
If you are an output provider and you have a particular press with particular ●
requirements, you might create a Job Jackets file that captures that press’s
requirements for your customers (and thus helps them to avoid exceeding
those requirements). You might even be able to download a Job Jackets file
containing a press’s requirements from the press manufacturer.