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Tell me about the job states

 

List of possible job states

The following job states can be displayed in the Status column of the job lists:

 

Designation

Explanation

Cancelled

The job was cancelled by the user (by using the Cancel the job function in the job details). Such jobs are moved to the Req. attention list by the system.

Aborted

The print job was aborted due to a system error or due to a restart of the Service Control module. Click the button in front of the job to view details about the job and find information about the error.

In queue

The data of the print job are being transferred to the server.

Waiting

The data of the print job are on the server, the job is queued for processing and waits for processing by the RIP.

Merging, merged

The data are transferred to the JobTicketMerger which merges the information supplied to compile the corresponding job ticket.

Processing

The data are either
being processed by the JobTicketMerger or
transferred to the printer after having been ripped.

Ripping

The job is being prepared for printing by the RIP (Raster Image Processor).

Paused

The print job has been stopped but not cancelled. This can be effected "manually" by clicking the Hold the job button or automatically as a result of the following settings:

  • The Hold jobs before printing option has been enabled in the Print settings under Job handling and a job already completed or cancelled has been restarted.
    See Tell me about the print job control--job preferences.
  • The Hold jobs after restarting the RIP has been enabled under Job handling > Print settings and the software has been restarted via the Service Control module or by a restart of the server operating system. All jobs that have not yet been processed by the RIP will then be assigned this status.
  • The Hold job before printing (for preview) option has been enable din the print settings.

In either case, the job has to be restarted if you want it to be output.

Refer also to How do I restart a job?

Done

The job was printed and is completed.

Note: Print jobs that are in the Paused and Done states may be assigned the additional Warning state. This means that the jobs have been completely processed by the system but caused an error message to appear in the job details, for example, because conflicting settings for this print job had to be resolved by the software.

A typical example: The source file was already preseparated but Color Management was activated in the print settings. In this case, the HP Designjet 50ps PrintManager would solve the problem by ignoring the Color Management settings and writing an appropriate message to the job details.

Queued

In the Job handling panel, the Execute jobs between ... option has been enabled but the print job was sent outside this time frame. Thus, the data will be transferred to the server and the print job will be queued at the HP Designjet 50ps PrintManager but output will not be started until the start time set has been reached.

Refer also to Tell me about the print job control.

Direct

This status does not identify print jobs but rather jobs sent directly to the RIP, for example, when adding fonts via a font downloader.

Further information on the job lists and job processing:

Tell me about the different job list types

How do I restart a job?

How do I stop a job?

How do I delete a job?

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