Manage Production Print Queues

	When it comes to production printing, there are just two ways of doing it - logon to your applications and send print files directly to the printer or use a print spooling system that automatically queues your print files. Of course, if everything works smoothly, then printing directly to the printer can do the job. However, you should use a print spooler if you want to schedule print jobs, set print priorites, track print operations, reprint page ranges, etc.

Use Barr EOM to Manage Production Print Queues

Barr EOM includes very powerful spooling capabilities and gives you complete control of your production print operations. You can connect to and capture files from a wide variety of hosts and applications. After Barr EOM captures the files you can-

• Create job scheduling and priority rules based on size, source, job ticket, header, etc.
• Create failover rules to move jobs from down printers to active printers.
• Maximize utilization of assets by automatically routing jobs to the most cost efficient devices for the job.
• Setup automated notifications to alert you when issues arise.
• Track all processes for reporting, billing, and auditing purposes.

While Barr EOM provides automation capabilities, manual control of documents and printers is always at your fingertips. You can manually change document routing criteria, such as copies and priority, by editing the information displayed on screen. With a click of the mouse, you can start and stop all spool activity, start and stop individual documents or printers, or send commands to reset printers. If a printer jams, you can quickly redirect documents to another device.

Perhaps most importantly, with Barr EOM you can manage the routing of all documents from a combined print queue or quickly drill down to groups of printers or even a single device. At a glance, you get a comprehensive view of all documents and printers, instead of having to open separate windows to view individual Windows queues for each destination device. You can also fully customize the queue display. You can sort the documents a variety of ways and change what type of information displays for each document without interrupting spool activity.

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