Workshop
Print queue
The Print queue is the workshop's list: every piece waiting on a machine, on every job that's on. It's the first thing the Printing role sees on Home.
Step by step
- 1
Open the queue
Click Print queue in the sidebar. Ready now is everything you can start; Coming up is waiting on an earlier step or the customer's approval. Pick a machine or a material to see only that, and sort by due date, job, material or machine.
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Count it off
Each piece shows what it uses, its sides, its size and the print files to load. Click Done when it's finished, or type how many are done, like 25 of 40. The next step on the line is up as soon as this one's done.
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Notes and reprints
Click Note to leave a note for the next person. If pieces have to be made again, click Reprint, say how many and why; the material is written down as wasted on the job and the step goes back.
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Run pieces together
Tick pieces for the same machine, even from different jobs, and click Run together. Click Run done when the run is finished, and every piece on it is ticked off.
Good to know
- By default you see the steps your role does; tick Everyone's steps to see the lot.
Plana is job management for signage, print and events.
Every job, email, proof and invoice in one place.