Note: Options marked with an asterisk * in the dialog box require you to restart Prinergy Workshop before they take effect.
Startup Tab
Go to Separations View When Opening Job Manager
Displays the Separations view when a job is opened in Job Manager. If this option is cleared, the Pages view displays by default.
Displaying the Separations view is recommended if you spend most of your time working in the Separations view (for example, if your primary activity is plate or film making).
Restore Last Group Expansion in Job Finder at Login
Select this option to open all groups in Job Finder that were open when you last quit Prinergy Workshop.
Clear this option to close all groups in Job Finder when you start Prinergy Workshop.
This preference does not take effect until after you restart Prinergy Workshop.
General Tab
Workshop Language
Indicates the language in which Prinergy Workshop runs. You can choose to run Prinergy Workshop in the same language as your operating system, or in one of the other languages offered.
This preference does not take effect until after you restart Prinergy Workshop.
Product
If you want Workshop to override the default mode—Connect versus Powerpack—of the server, select an option in this list. The setting affects terminology in the Workshop user interface. In Connect mode, you see terms for commercial printing, such as "page" and "signature". In Powerpack mode, you see terms for packaging printing, such as "1-up artwork" and "step and repeat".
PDF Color Name Encoding
Select the encoding for displaying color names. Options are ISO Latin 1, UTF-8, and Local System Default. The default is ISO Latin 1.
The color names are displayed using the selected encoding as soon as you close the dialog box. Color names that you manually add to the color database by typing a color name are encoded using the selected encoding.
This feature was added to improve support for Japanese and Asian languages.
Refresh Queue Manager Every
Determines how often the display is refreshed in the Active Processes pane in Job Manager, and in the View pane in the Queue Manager. The default refresh rate is every 10 seconds.
A less frequent setting reduces network traffic, but decreases the currency of the information displayed.
Maximum Number of Info Windows Displayed
Restricts the number of items for which you can display info windows. Opening a large number of info windows at the same time may have a negative impact on performance.
Show Process Info Window When Process Is Created
Displays the Process Info dialog box when you initiate a process from Job Manager.
If cleared, you can still display the Process Info dialog box for an active process by double-clicking the process in the Processes pane.
Use Job Favorites As Default
In the Process Templates pane, displays the Job tab by default when a job is opened.
Automatically Add Templates Used for Processing to Job Favorites
Select this option to make the Add Process Template to Job Favorites check box selected by default each time you open the Start Process dialog box. Selecting the Add Process Template to Job Favorites check box adds the process template the Job tab of the Process Templates pane after you start the process.
Save Window, Column, and View Options
Saves Prinergy Workshop customizations when Prinergy Workshop is closed. Customizations may include size and position of windows, size and order of columns, which columns are displayed, viewing as list or thumbnails, and use of grouping buttons.
Show Not Licensed Dialogs
Displays dialog boxes for unlicensed features even though you cannot use the features. You must purchase a license key to unlock features that you do not have.
Show Confirmation Dialogs for All Deletes
Displays a warning dialog box when you delete an element, with the options to Continue or Cancel the delete menu item.
View tab
Display Processing Panel on the Left
Select this check box to display the Process Templates pane and the Processes pane on the left side of the Job Manager window. Clear this check box to display these panes on the right side of the Job Manager window.
This preference does not take effect until after you restart Prinergy Workshop.
Display Page Sets in Reader Spreads
Joins facing page positions in pairs to emulate reader spreads (for example 1, 2-3, 4-5, and so on).
Applies only when displaying as thumbnails.
If cleared, all positions are displayed individually rather than as pairs.
This preference does not take effect until after you restart Prinergy Workshop.
Show Hidden Files in File Browser
Displays hidden files such as system files in lists, for example, in the Add Input Files dialog box.
Use Large Icons for View Selection Buttons
Select this option to display the buttons across the top of Job Finder and Job Manager as large icons instead of small ones.
In Job Finder, the buttons are Jobs and Pre-Jobs.
In Job Manager, the buttons are:
- Pages
- Signatures
- Separations
- Storage
- History
This preference does not take effect until after you restart Prinergy Workshop.
Automatically Add Dynamic Columns to Table Views
Select this check box to automatically add dynamic columns to list views in a pane when an element is being processed. If this check box is cleared, dynamic columns are not automatically added. You can add to the information that is displayed in a pane by selecting an option from the Visible Columns dialog box.
By default, this preference is enabled when Prinergy Workshop is installed. If you change this preference, it does not take effect until after you restart Prinergy Workshop.
Measurement Unit
Indicates the unit used to display measurement information in windows and dialog boxes. Options are:
- Point (pt)
- Millimeter (mm)
- Centimeter (cm)
- Inch (in)
If you change this setting, the new measurement unit appears the next time you display a dialog box or refresh a window.
Application Font
Indicates the font and font size used to display information.
This preference does not take effect until after you restart Prinergy Workshop.
Display Large Thumbnails
Displays thumbnails that are larger than the default size.
This preference does not take effect until after you restart Prinergy Workshop.
Use Default (Blank) Thumbnails
Displays generic thumbnails for pages and page positions.
With this option selected, you can drag-and-drop pages to page positions without the potential performance impact of real thumbnail images.
Use this option only in the following situations:
- Large jobs in which displaying all generated thumbnails may decrease performance
- Jobs where the page content is similar and thumbnails don't help to distinguish pages, such as textual pages.
This preference does not take effect until after you restart Prinergy Workshop.
Show an Even Number of Thumbnails Per Row in All Page Views
Displays thumbnails in rows containing an even number of thumbnails.
This option works in conjunction with Display Page Sets in Reader Spreads Display. If reader spreads are displayed, thumbnails are displayed in even numbers of reader spreads, rather than as individual pages.
This preference does not take effect until after you restart Prinergy Workshop.
Set to Defaults
Returns settings for all preferences to the system defaults. Does not apply to the Configure Digital Print Application tab.