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Job Genie
Plate separated, single-­‐bit screen TIFFs have become predominant in print industry workflows. The TIFF
Based (Generic) input filter is designed to poll jobs from RIPs that produce 1-­‐bit TIFF files; one file for each
process or spot colour plate of a particular job.
While the TIFF Based (Generic) input filter has a limited intelligence and can recognise standard filenames, such as
jobname_plate.tif, it will not understand or be able to correctly poll a filename like J371P1S1CCyan.tif.
The Job Genie utility allows for the configuration of a TIFF Based RIP input filter to poll and recognise any filename
convention, no matter how unique or complex, and stitch the 1-­‐bit files into single jobs. Job Genie can also be used to
rename files to have more user-­‐friendly onscreen names, or group files together into a single publication.
The configuration window is split into two (2) sections. The column on the left allows you to enter a Task (see Tasks
below). The main panel displays the five (5) tabbed sections requiring consideration when setting up each Task. After it
is created, the Job Genie is selected in a RIP queue using an input filter such as TIFF Based RIP (User Configurable) to
poll the chosen directories for the defined filenames.
Tasks
A Job Genie is made up of one or more user-­‐defined tasks. Each task specifies how the job filenames are collected; how
they are defined and grouped; how the job names will be displayed in the RIPMonitor; and if the jobs will be proofed as
a publication when submitted for processing.
Important Note: More than one task may be required to collect all the files in a given path if the naming varies. Jobs are
constructed in the order of the tasks. Once a Jobname is matched by a given task, it is removed from subsequent
searches, so the order of the tasks is very important. To change the order of a task, select it with the mouse and drag it
to the desired position in the list.
Interface Options
• Log – Enable or disable to display the matching process in the ServerLog for the task selected. This can be
useful to debug problems where configurations are not matching files properly. It is best to turn logging off for
a Job Genie that is functioning correctly to avoid the ServerLog becoming too large or cluttered.
• Add – Add another task to the list.
• Duplicate – Copy the selected task to a new one.
• Delete – Delete the currently selected task.
Tabs – (1) Collect Files
This tab specifies how the files are sorted and collected by the input filter. One or more search parameters can be
entered, with each one comprising of an Action type, a Match criteria and a search
String.
It is not necessary to enter anything in this first tab if all the files in the RIP input
filter path are valid for collection and proofing.
As with tasks, each collection action is performed in order. Once a file has been
excluded by a task, it is not looked at again so the order of the actions is very
important.
Action Options
• Ignore Files – Do not include any files matching the definition specified
when the input filter collects the ready for sorting.
• Ignore Directories – Do not look in directories matching the definition specified when collecting files ready for
sorting.
• Descend Directories – Only look in directories specified by the definition when collecting files ready for sorting.
• Include Files in Directories – Include all files in the definition specified directories when collecting files ready
for sorting.
• Include Files – Only collect files as specified by the definition.
Note: Of the above actions, Include Files in Directories has precedence over all other actions. If this is matched, files and
directories at the same level are ignored. Files and directories within the directory matched are then subjected to a
search, governed by any other specified action.
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