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The Smart Inbox and the queue concept

Definition

You can use the Smart Inbox for customized job management. A Smart Inbox works as a personal mailbox from which you print jobs, in which you can store jobs, and where you can scan jobs to. Jobs that are waiting to be processed are visible in the queue.

Table 1. The Smart Inbox and the queue concept

Concept

Used to

The queue

  • Get a job printed as soon as possible.

  • Get feedback of the printer progress.

  • Cancel requests.

  • Change priority (local).

The Smart Inbox

  • Send jobs to the system.

  • Keep together sets of documents from various origin.

  • Organize documents over various Smart Inboxes, to easily retrieve jobs.

  • Reprint jobs or change settings of jobs that are already sent to the printer.

Jobs in a Smart Inbox

You can use Smart Inboxes to manage your jobs. When you open the Jobs tab in WebTools Express the Smart Inbox section displays an overview of the Smart Inboxes. Define one or more Smart Inbox names that allow you to easily organize and access your jobs. For more information, see The Smart Inbox in the Jobs tab and Create and open a Smart Inbox.

In the printer driver application or job submitter, you can select the specific Smart Inbox you want to print to. When a job is kept in the Smart Inbox, you can start the job manually on the user panel or in WebTools Express.

Under [Preferences] - [System defaults] - [Job management] you can determine rights, make settings for the Smart Inbox, and make more settings for general job management. For more information, see Configure the job management settings

Parent topic:
Configure the Smart Inbox settings
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