Job tickets

Fiery JobFlow Ticket is a feature in Fiery JobFlow Base that allows users to submit jobs via a simple, text-based ticket with which they can define the order of jobs, the number of copies per jobs, and if the jobs should be merged or not.

A Fiery JobFlow Ticket is a text file with comma-separated values. Currently, Fiery JobFlow supports two columns: job location and number of copies. You do not need to add a header or name the columns. Fiery JobFlow always assumes job location is in column one and number of copies is in column two.

You can add comments in the ticket by beginning a line with //. Fiery JobFlow will ignore anything in a comment line. You can tell Fiery JobFlow to merge jobs in a ticket by adding an action. The # character prepends the action. Currently, Fiery JobFlow only supports the #merge command. You can also use wildcards to retrieve jobs.

The resources used below can be found at: http://resources.efi.com/jobflow/library.

Examples of a ticket to retrieve jobs from a local folder or network location and sets copies per job:

// Filename, NumCopies
c:\folder\Bedding Flowers.pdf,10
c:\folder\Direct Sow Flowers.pdf,10
c:\folder\Flowering Bulbs.pdf,5
\\networkdrive\Roses.pdf,20

Note: Job preset can also be added in Ticket (.csv) jobs after copies setting.

Examples of a ticket to retrieve jobs from a local folder or network location and sets copies per job using wildcards:

// Filename, Copies, preset
c:\folder\*.*,10, 2up_landscape
c:\folder\*.pdf,10, 2up_landscape
c:\folder\8page*.*,10, 2up_landscape

Examples of a ticket that merges jobs in a ticket and sets copies for a merged job:

// Filename, NumCopies
#merge,10
c:\folder\Bedding Flowers.pdf
c:\folder\Direct Sow Flowers.pdf
c:\folder\Flowering Bulbs.pdf
\\networkdrive\Roses.pdf

An example of a ticket which merges jobs in ticket and sets copies for merged job using a wildcard:

//Filename, copies, preset
#merge,10, 2up_landscape
C:\folder\*.*

If jobs are merged, Fiery JobFlow automatically adds bookmarks for the first page of every job that is merged. The bookmark title is taken from the job name minus the file extension. These bookmarks can be used in Fiery JobMaster to automatically add tabs.

Example of a ticket which merges jobs in the ticket and sets copies for merged job. Jobs and ticket are submitted as a folder or archive:

// Filename, NumCopies
#merge,1
Bedding Flowers.pdf
Bedding Flowers.pdf
Flowering Bulbs.pdf
Roses.pdf

Note: If a folder or an archive is submitted, all jobs will be merged automatically. If you add the #merge command you can define the number of copies for the merged jobs.