This Quick Start Guide provides a short overview about the main functions of the Kodak Dynamic Print Planning Console. It also provides some sample data for trying out.
Preparation
- After logging in, in the Dynamic Print Planning Console, check your Workspace list. If the QuickStart workspace does not appear in the list, follow these steps. Otherwise continue with the next section.
- Download one of the following xml files to your computer:
- QuickStart_imp.xml (Imperial)
- QuickStart_metric.xml (Metric)
- Open the Dynamic Print Planning Console.
- On the right-side of the window, click the Edit workspaces button.
- In the Edit workspaces window that appears, click the Import
button. - In the Open window that appears, select one of the xml files that you downloaded earlier, and click Open.
The QuickStart workspace has been added to your Workspace list.
Main window with header
The header is always visible and offers main navigation, user management and more. The navigation tabs, Planning, Products, Resources and Configuration lead to the four main areas of the Console.
| Console elements | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Logo |
| 2 | Navigation: The navigation tabs Planning, Products, Resources and Configuration lead to the four main areas of the Console. |
| 3 | Workspace selection: This menu is for selecting a workspace. Each workspace holds its own, independent data. |
| 4 | Workspace creation and editing: Clicking the edit |
| 5 | Documentation: This icon opens the documentation. |
| 6 | User menu: This icon provides access to the user menu. Here, you can see details about your login credentials and edit your personal data. Depending on your rights you can also open the user administration. |
Start a calculation
Right under the header in the Planning area, you find the control bar.
Click the Start 
button to start a calculation. The result of the calculation will appear in the time scale (see next point). You see a green box representing a planned print job and a orange box representing a proposed print job. Click them to select them.
Planning
The Planning area is the control center of the Dynamic Print Planning Console, where everything comes together. On the top-left side of the screen, the defined press are displayed and on the top-right side the time scale planning table with jobs is displayed. In the lower-left side, you can view the data from the optimized job planning and the print form layout. On the lower-right side you see a filtered list of print products, depending on the selected print job in the time scale.
Products
When you click the Products tab, you can view all your print products with main information. When you select the check box to the left of each print product, it activates the selected product for the next calculation. On the top-left side, you can find information about the job status, such as Pending, Finished. or Ready for Press. On the top-right side, you can find the different job editing functions.