Active Jobs Pane |
The Active Jobs pane is a visual representation of all the jobs that are currently being printed on the network. By using this pane, you can manage print jobs over the network by restarting, pausing, or deleting active jobs. When you have the correct permissions, you can also open the Printer Properties dialog and move print jobs to other printers on the network.
You can move print jobs from one printer to another on the network by dragging the selected jobs to the target printer in the Printers pane. When the jobs are successfully printed on the target printer, they are canceled on the source printer.
When Printer Maestro detects a print job, it stores information about the print job as fields in its database. You can view this information by adding or removing columns in the Active Jobs pane. The following information is available.
Field |
Description |
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Name |
Displays the name of the print job. This field is required and is included in the default view. |
Status |
Displays the current status of the print job. |
Pages |
Displays the total number of pages in the print job. |
Size |
Displays the size of the print job. |
Owner |
Displays the name of the user who submitted the job. |
Client |
Displays the name of the computer on which the print job was created. |
Submitted |
Displays the time when the job was submitted. |
Errors |
Displays the number of errors that were encountered by the print job. |
Warnings |
Displays the number of warning messages that were generated by the print job. |
Schedule |
Displays any schedule restrictions for the print job. |
Priority |
Displays the priority of the print job, ranging from 1 (lowest) to 99 (highest). |
Computer |
Displays the name of the computer on which the job is being printed. |
Printer |
Displays the printer to which the print job was sent. |
You can right-click various locations in the pane to display a context menu. The options in the menu vary depending on the pane element that you clicked, as follows:
When you right-click a column header, the menu displays a list of the columns that are available to add or remove from the pane. For more information, refer to Working with Columns.
When you right-click the pane's title bar or in a blank area of the pane when no rows are selected, the menu displays the following options:
View: When you point to this option, a menu is displayed that you can use to change view settings for the pane and to print the contents of the pane.
Fields: When you point to this option, a list of available column headers is displayed that you can use to add or remove columns from the pane.
Group By: When you point to this option, a menu is displayed that you can use to change how the rows are grouped.
Collapse All Groups: Collapses all groups. Available when groups are used and one or more groups are expanded.
Expand All Groups: Expands all groups. Available when groups are used and one or more groups are collapsed.
When you right-click a print job, the menu displays the following options:
Pause: Pauses the selected print job.
Restart: Resends the selected job to the printer.
Cancel: Cancels the selected print job.
Move: Pauses the selected print job so that you can move the job to a new position in the print queue.
Properties: Opens the Job Properties dialog, where you can view and/or modify the properties of the selected print job.
You can hide the pane by using one of the following methods:
On the View menu, click the name of the pane.
In the top right corner of the pane, click the icon.
To close the pane, click the icon in the top right corner of the pane.