Canon large format printer imagePROGRAF iPF6400 User Manual
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Job Management Using imagePROGRAF Printmonitor Job Management Using imagePROGRAF Printmonitor You can use the Driver Panel in imagePROGRAF Printmonitor for operations such as pausing and canceling print jobs. • Pausing/Resuming Print Jobs Selecting a print job and clicking the button pauses printing of the selected job. To resume printing of a paused print job, select the print job and click the button. Note •Once all the print data for a print job has been sent to the printer, the job can no longer be paused/resumed.• Canceling Print Jobs Selecting a print job and clicking the button cancels printing of the selected job. Note •You cannot cancel other users' print jobs.iPF6400 Job Management Using imagePROGRAF PrintmonitorUser's Guide Print Job Management Printmonitor (Mac OS X) 711
Accounting (Windows) Accounting (Windows) Accounting Manager ........................................................................................................................................................... 712 Launching the Accounting Manager ............................................................................................................................. 712 Accounting Manager Main Window .............................................................................................................................. 713 Job List Area ............................................................................................................................................................... 715 Accounting Manager Basic Procedures ...................................................................................................................... 716 Configuring Unit Costs in Accounting Manager ...................................................................................................... 717 Setting the Unit Cost for Ink ...................................................................................................................................... 717 Setting the Unit Cost for Paper ................................................................................................................................ 718 Setting the Unit Cost for Items Other Than Ink and Paper .......................................................................... 720 Configuring Units and Display Settings in Accounting Manager ..................................................................... 721 Automatically Acquiring Print Job Logs at Regular Intervals ............................................................................. 721 Canceling Regular Print Job Log Acquisition ............................................................................................................ 722 Switching Between Displaying Jobs on Printer and Regularly Acquired Jobs ........................................... 722 Exporting Print Job Data as a CSV File ....................................................................................................................... 722 Displaying Job Properties or Period Properties ....................................................................................................... 723 Showing, Saving and Loading Selected Unit Cost Data ....................................................................................... 724 Showing the Total Amount of Ink and Paper Consumed .................................................................................... 724 Accounting Manager Accounting Manager The Accounting Manager stores the printer's print job logs so that you can use the information for checking printing costs, etc. The benefits of using the Accounting Manager are outlined below. • Print Job Log Collection This allows you to check which documents were printed from each printer, who printed them and when. • Calculation of the Total Pages Used and the Total Cost This allows you to use the collected print job logs to calculate totals for items such as the number of pages printed, the amount of paper used and the printing costs incurred. • Regular Data Acquisition for Print Jobs Job logs can be automatically collected periodically. • Exporting Print Job Data This allows you to export collected print job data as a CSV file. Important•The Accounting Manager in Status Monitor displays approximate estimates of the amount of paper consumed and the inkconsumed per job. Canon cannot guarantee the accuracy of these estimates. These estimates will also vary depending onthe conditions of printer use.•Print job log collection is not performed when Set./Adj. Menu -> Printer Info -> Show Job Log of the control panel is Off.However,•even if Show Job Log is set to Off, regularly acquired jobs that already have been retrieved at that time are displayed.•When Show Job Log has been set to On again, all jobs within the printer at that time are displayed. Launching the Accounting Manager Launching the Accounting Manager The procedure for launching the Accounting Manager is shown below. 1 Open the imagePROGRAF Status Monitor window. Accounting Manager iPF6400 User's Guide Print Job Management Accounting (Windows) 712
2 Select Accounting in the Accounting menu. Or, open the Accounting sheet and click the Account- ing button. Accounting Manager Main Window Accounting Manager Main Window The Accounting Manager main window consists of a title bar, menu bar, toolbars, listed job selection area, job list area, totals area and status bar. • Title Bar This displays the printer model, its serial number and the port number it is using. • Menu Bar Allows you to select the menu options required for operation. • Toolbars Provide tool buttons and pull-down menus for the main operations. Note •You can opt to either show or hide the toolbars in the View menu.• Listed Job Selection Area You can use this area to select which job log is displayed. iPF6400 Accounting Manager Main WindowUser's Guide Print Job Management Accounting (Windows) 713
If you are using regular data acquisition, this area allows you to view the collective job logs for each specified peri- od. For more information on how to select the job logs displayed, see Switching Between Displaying Jobs on Printer and Regularly Acquired Jobs →P.722 . • Job List Area This area lists the details of acquired jobs. Displays a list of the jobs in the printers or periodically acquired jobs. (See "Job List Area .") →P.715 Note •You can change the items that are displayed and the display order using the Advanced Display Settings dialog box.The Advanced Display Settings dialog box can be displayed by selecting Advanced Display Settings from the Showmenu.• Totals Area Displays the total costs for the selected job and the amounts of paper and ink consumed. Note •If you are viewing regularly acquired print jobs, selecting a period on the left side of the window displays the total costsfor that period and the amounts of paper and ink consumed.Accounting Manager Main Window iPF6400 User's Guide Print Job Management Accounting (Windows) 714
• Status Bar Displays messages and other information. Job List Area Job List Area The job items and details that can be displayed in the job list area are as follows. • No. The job serial number. • Job Cost The cost of printing. Note •If the ink and paper unit costs are not set, **** is displayed.• Document Name This is the name of the printed document. • Printing Results OK is displayed when the print process was executed, and Cancel is displayed if the print process was not execu- ted. • Media Type This is the type of paper used in printing. • Output Image Size The size of the image used for printing. Note •If the job has multiple pages, the size of the last page is displayed.• Paper Consumed The area of paper used for printing. Note •The Paper Consumed may differ from the product of Paper Width and Paper Length.• Paper Width The width of paper used for printing. iPF6400 Job List AreaUser's Guide Print Job Management Accounting (Windows) 715
Note •If the job has multiple pages, the width of the last page is displayed.• Paper Length The length of paper used for printing. • Ink Consumed The amount of ink used for printing. • Owner The sender of the job. • Print Job Start Time/Print Time The time when printing started and the time taken to print. • Number of Pages The number of pages printed. • Roll Paper Width The width of roll paper used for printing. • Paper Cost The cost of paper used for printing. Note •If the paper unit cost is not set, **** is displayed.• Total Ink Cost The total value of the cost of ink used for printing. Note •If the ink unit cost is not set, **** is displayed.• Total of Other Costs The total value of costs other than paper and ink. • Ink Cost Details The cost of each ink color. • Ink Consumption Details The amount of each color of ink used. Accounting Manager Basic Procedures Accounting Manager Basic Procedures The first time you use the Accounting Manager, use the following procedures to configure the settings. 1 Configure unit costs, including the costs of ink and paper. For details of the unit cost settings, see Configuring Unit Costs in Accounting Manager →P.717. 2 Set options such as the units displayed. For details of the unit settings, see Configuring Units and Display Settings in Accounting Manager →P.721. Accounting Manager Basic Procedures iPF6400 User's Guide Print Job Management Accounting (Windows) 716
3 If you are using Regular Data Acquisition, configure the Regular Data Acquisition settings. For details of the Regular Data Acquisition settings, see Automatically Acquiring Print Job Logs at Regular Inter- vals →P.721 . 4 Specify the jobs to be listed. For details of how to select the job logs displayed, see Switching Between Displaying Jobs on Printer and Regu- larly Acquired Jobs →P.722 . This displays the required print job logs and lists the details. Configuring Unit Costs in Accounting Manager Configuring Unit Costs in Accounting Manager Select Unit Costs in the Settings menu to open the Unit Costs dialog box. Configure the unit cost settings in this dialog box. Note •When you select a job and then open the Unit Costs dialog box, items with unit costs that have not yet been configured forthat job are shown highlighted.• Setting the Unit Cost for Ink→P.717 • Setting the Unit Cost for Paper→P.718 • Setting the Unit Cost for Items Other Than Ink and Paper→P.720 Setting the Unit Cost for Ink Setting the Unit Cost for Ink Open the Ink sheet. Set the unit cost for ink in this sheet. To set the same unit cost for all the inks 1 Select the Use same price for all ink checkbox. iPF6400 Configuring Unit Costs in Accounting ManagerUser's Guide Print Job Management Accounting (Windows) 717
2 Enter the Tank Capacity and corresponding Price. 3 Click the OK button. Important•Your settings are not applied until you click the OK button. To set different unit costs for each ink color 1 Select the ink color to be costed. 2 Enter the Tank Capacity and corresponding Price. 3 Click the Overwrite button. 4 Repeat steps 1 to 3 for all the inks. 5 Click the OK button. Important•Your settings are not applied until you click the OK button. Setting the Unit Cost for Paper Setting the Unit Cost for Paper Opens the Paper sheet. This sheet is used to configure the unit cost of paper. Setting the Unit Cost for Paper iPF6400 User's Guide Print Job Management Accounting (Windows) 718
Setting Standard Prices 1 Select the media type in Media Type. 2 Enter the Width and Length of the paper, as well as the Price for the area of the configured width x height. 3 Click the Add button. To change the unit cost of a media type that has already been configured, click the Over- write button. 4 Click the OK button. Important•The settings are not applied until you click the OK button. Specifying Price by Roll Paper 1 Select the media type in Media Type. 2 Click the Roll Paper Width Settings button to display the Roll Paper Width Settings dialog box. 3 Enter the Roll Paper Width and Length of the paper, as well as the Price for the configured length. 4 Click the Add button to return to the Paper sheet. 5 To change the unit cost of a media type that has already been configured, click the Overwrite button. 6 Click the OK button. Important•If you do not set the standard prices, you cannot set the price for each roll paper.•If the Roll Paper Width is set to the same value as the Width of the paper configured in the standard prices, the cost iscalculated using the price configured in the Roll Paper Width Settings dialog box.•The settings are not applied until you click the OK button. iPF6400 Setting the Unit Cost for PaperUser's Guide Print Job Management Accounting (Windows) 719
Setting the Unit Cost for Items Other Than Ink and Paper Setting the Unit Cost for Items Other Than Ink and Paper Open the Other sheet. Use this sheet to set any price for items other than inks and paper. 1 Enter any name in the Name field. 2 Enter a value in Unit Cost. 3 Use Allocated to specify whether the costs are allocated as being incurred by the print job. 4 Click the Add button. To change the unit cost for a media type you have already set, click the Overwrite but- ton. 5 Click the OK button. Important•Your settings are not applied until you click the OK button. Note •You can set unit costs for up to 5 items.Setting the Unit Cost for Items Other Than Ink and Paper iPF6400 User's Guide Print Job Management Accounting (Windows) 720