Print Manager Preferences

The Print Manager Windows > Preferences ... menu option allows the adjustment of Print Manager preferences.

There are three groups of preferences which can be altered, or set back to default settings at any time. These groups are:

1. Database Connection preferences
2. Language Setting
3. General Settings
4. SNMP Connection Settings

Database Connection preferences

Dialog used to change the PReS Connect back-end Database.
This dialog supports the swapping of the back-end database between various vendor databases. Note, however, that the alternate vendor database(s) must already be installed and available in order to swap to them.

• Basic Connection Settings selections:
  • Database vendor: Select the database type from the drop down list.
    Moving from one vendor database to another will reset all screen selections to defaults, regardless of what may have been previously selected.
  • Database URL: This is a read-only summation of the current database connection settings.
    If the Test Connection button shows that the database cannot be successfully connected to using the selected settings, then the contents of this field could be used to try to connect to the database outside of PReS Connect. This should help in determining and refining the acceptable connection options.
  • Hostname: Enter the IP Address or alias of the server where database resides.
  • Port: Enter Port number. The defaults are those which the vendors use by default.
  • Schema: The individual database schema, within the vendor database.
    If a previously non-existent schema were chosen here, then a new schema of that name will be created within the database when the back-end database swap is applied. The tables within that schema, though, will not be created until Connect is restarted.
  • Username: Enter the database login username.
    It is considered best practice for this user to have root privileges.
  • Password: Enter the password associated with selected username.
  • Confirm password: Re-enter the user password.
• Advanced Connection Settings selections:
  • Maximum concurrent threads: This option sets the maximum database threads. 
    The maximum setting is determined by the specific capabilities of the machine Connect is installed upon (CPU speed and the amount of cores being the major determinants).
    
    Leaving this value set to the default maximum should be the best option in most circumstances.
    We recommended this entry be left at the default value.
  • Custom database parameters table: These are extra parameters which are appended to the database connection URL. The default values are those which have been determined to be useful in connecting to specific vendor databases.
    • Property: These are free field text fields.
      These fields and their associated values get appended to the JDBC connection and therefore must follow all rules regarding acceptable URL addresses for such.
    • Value: The value applied to the associated Property.
    • Add: Used to add extra Property values to the table.
    • Delete: Used to remove existing Property values from the table.
• Test Connection: Use to test if current connection settings will connect to the specified database.
• Restore Defaults: Will restore the settings to PReS Connect HyperSQL standard defaults.
• Apply: When a database connection is confirmed as correct this button becomes active, and is used to actually apply the database swap.

Language Setting

Select the display language.
As of PReS Connect version 1.8 the languages supported are:

• German (DE)
• English (EN)
• Spanish (ES)
• French (FR)
• Italian (IT)
• Japanese (JA)
• Korean (KO)
• Portugese (PT)
• Chinese Simplified (ZH)
• Chinese Traditional (ZH_HK, ZH_MO or ZH_TW)

General Settings

• Hot Folder group: Define a global hot folder that captures any jobs placed within that folder and places them in the Job Queue pane.
  This does not automatically print the jobs, but it does allow them to then be dragged across to the appropriate production printer in the Printer Queue pane.
• Enable Hot Folder: Check to enable the global hot folder.
• Monitored Folder: Enter a path for the hot folder, or click the Browse button to browse for it.
• Session Retries: The number of times Print Manager will try to reconnect to the printer before it stops trying and instead produce a timeout error in the messages.
• Printer Timeout (sec): The startup time (in seconds) allowed to the printer before a timeout error is reported in the messages.
• Printer Ack Timeout (sec): The time (in seconds) that the Print Manager waits for a response (an Acknowledgement) from the printer after sending a response request.
• Retry Delay: The time (in seconds) that the Print Manager waits before retrying a job after a timeout.
• Log Level: Use the drop-down to select which log level to save. Higher logging levels such as "Debug" give more helpful messages and details in the log but can impact processing time and resources. You might need to adjust this setting based upon your production facilities, and your logging requirements. Some sites might decide that "Error" logging levels are all they need.
• Printer Preferences group:
  • Hide disabled printers: Select to have any printers disabled in the Printer Settings Dialog not appear in the Printers pane.
    Not being able to see a printer that exists in the Printer Settings Dialog within the Printers pane can be confusing for new users.
    We would recommend not selecting this option until you are fully comfortable with the Print Manager.

SNMP Connection Settings

Options for printers that support Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) connection. Not all IPDS printers do, but most PostScript and PCL printers will. This protocol allows the printers to communicate their status to the Print Manager.

All the SNMP settings relate to SNMP connection and re-connection attempts. They are:

• Connection attempts entry: Defines the number of times the Print Manager will attempt to connect to a printer before abandoning the attempt. This setting applies only when the Print Manager is started.
• Polling interval (secs) entry: Defines the polling interval in seconds.
  This determines how often the Print Manager attempts to communicate with the printer, and applies to all communications with the printer. It applies both to the initial Connect attempts (setting the interval between those connection attempts) as well as how often the printer is polled after a connection has been established.
  Each time the printer is polled the printer status is updated in the Printer Status pane.
• SNMP keep retrying after timeout checkbox. Tick this if you would like to attempt to reconnect to the printer if a connection fails (or times out). Once ticked, you can set the retry interval amount.
  • Retry interval on Timeout (secs) entry: Enter the length of time (in seconds) between connection retries. This interval period applies only to attempts at reconnecting to printers.

• Last Topic Update: 12, December, 2017 11:18 PM
• Last Published: 23, May, 2019 01:55 PM