Version 5.3.02 - Serendipity Software

Touch Console
The Touch Console application offers enhanced control and usability of the SoftProof application through the use of a
touch screen. Ideal for press room environments, the separate touch screen acts as the console, controlling jobs that are
loaded and softproofed on the main screen. Individual jobs or entire publications can be quickly located for proofing.
A Touch Console Settings menu saves valuable time, enabling the operator to choose default navigation options; the
queues the Touch Console will search for jobs; and whether the console switches automatically to the Main control
screen, the SoftProof view navigator, or the page navigator (for publications) once a job or jobs have loaded.
A Mode Bar allows instant switching between control
interfaces from the main Image and Navigation control,
through to Ink Keys and Channels; the Virtual Loupe;
Press Configurations; Page Navigation; Notes and
Tabbed Views.
When the Touch Console is launched, a blank screen
will appear on both monitors (the touch screen and the
main monitor) with instructions to select which
monitor is the touch screen. Simply touch whichever
screen is to be the Touch Console to begin.
The Interface
The interface occupies the whole of the touch screen. At the top is a banner advising which section the user is in at the
time. The title banner will change to reflect the different modes in use. The bottom of the screen displays the various
modes to use with SoftProof. Return to the starting point at any time by pressing the Home button.
Using the Touch Console
When first starting, Home is the default position. View the jobs in the system by selecting one of the mode buttons along
the bottom of the screen:
• Publications – View a list of jobs that are part of a publication only.
• Books – View a list of jobs that make up a Book as defined by the Bookfilter and BookMonitor application.
• Jobs – View a list of jobs that are not part of a publication only.
• All – View a list of all jobs in the system.
Jobs must be in the print queue to be displayed, i.e., they must have completed rendering. It will not show any jobs
Waiting to Render or in a Held status.
Once a mode has been selected, the screen will change to display the appropriate list of jobs with the available sorting
and viewing options:
Actions available include:
• Select – Touch your finger on a job in the list and it becomes selected. The mode options change to display View
Imaged, View Rendered and View Flipbook.
• Scroll – Touch your finger on the list and drag it up or down the screen. Lift your finger off and position it again
to scroll further.
• Fast Scroll – Touch your finger on the list and drag it fast up or down and let go in a “throwing” action. To stop
the list at any point, touch a job on the screen.
• Scrollbar (optional) – If enabled, drag your finger down the overlaid scrollbar to move up and down the list.
Moving your finger left-­‐right will change the position of the scrollbar itself.
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