Calibration status (expiration)
If you set a time limit for a calibration, an outdated calibration results in status messages in Command WorkStation and can cause a job to be suspended.
Command WorkStation displays a warning (yellow) for the job in the Job Center when the calibration will be outdated within 30 minutes, and an error (red) when the calibration is outdated.
If the calibration of a job is outdated, the Fiery server can suspend the job when you try to print it. The suspended job is not printed but remains in the Printing queue in a suspended state.
The calibration status is checked just before the job is sent to print. If the calibration becomes outdated while a job is printing, the job will not be suspended. We recommend that you calibrate before printing a long job to minimize the possibility of the calibration becoming outdated while the job is printing.
If you double-click the suspended job, you can do one of the following:
Calibrate the Fiery server for the job's calibration setting(s). After you update the calibration measurements, select the suspended job and print it.
Continue printing the job using the outdated measurement data. Select this option if output consistency is not important for this job.
Types of jobs affected by calibration limit
The Fiery server can determine if the calibration is outdated for most jobs, including:
Jobs submitted from an application using the Fiery PostScript printer driver or Fiery VUE.
Imported PDF and TIFF jobs.
Jobs that have been processed (including processed VPS and VIPP jobs).
The Fiery server cannot determine if the calibration is outdated and therefore will not suspend the following types of jobs:
PCL and PJL jobs.
Jobs submitted from an application without using the Fiery PostScript printer driver or Fiery VUE. This includes VPS and VIPP jobs that have not been processed.
Jobs submitted through the Direct connection. These type of jobs cannot be suspended in any case.
In addition, the Fiery server does not check the calibration of jobs that were printed using the Force Print command. The Force Print command can be used on jobs that were suspended because of a job mismatch (the paper or finishing required for the job was not available). These types of jobs, because they are being forced to print, are not checked for calibration.