Solution Overview

The CQ-Print Administrator™ productivity solution provides an efficient way to manage and print text-based files according to your specific print layout requirements and specifications.  The solution is especially useful for large recurring print jobs that require pre-set file formatting options such as the number of columns per line and the number of rows per page.  The solution also allows you to configure and save print Layouts that are useful for unattended print jobs that you schedule through other programs.  Through these print Layouts, you can also include customizable headers, footers, and banner pages that allow you to separate print jobs.

Print Files the Easy Way

CQ-Print Administrator is the ideal solution for print operators that receive large, multi-megabyte text-based files that need to be printed efficiently with little user intervention.  The solution is especially useful for print operators that receive print jobs on a daily, weekly, or monthly recurring basis.  The CQ-Print Administrator solution provides all the tools and features for complete print job satisfaction.

The solution simplifies the print process by allowing you to open large text-based files and preview these files on the screen.  This might sound like a simple task, but most programs in use today, such as word processing programs, will automatically format text and make it next to impossible to view it in an unformatted way.

The large Preview Area on the main CQ-Print Administrator’s screen allows you to view each file in a fixed text format.  You simply enter in the maximum number of columns per page and the CQ-Print Administrator shows you a true representation of what your text will look like when it is printed.

Technical Features

• Unattended Operation Through Pre-Set Print Layouts.
  The CQ-Print Administrator allows for unattended and scheduled print operations based on pre-set print Layouts.  This way, you can call CQ-Print Administrator through another program such as CQ-EE™, CQ-3770EE®, CQ-3770MC®, CQ-3770® and CQ-3780® or through another CQ productivity solution such as CQ-Forms Manager™ or CQ-Event Scheduler™.  Then, when CQ-Print Administrator is called, it loads the pre-set options for the file and prints it according to these options.  This is an ideal solution for large, after-hours print jobs.  For example, if you download a weekly report after-hours and need to pre-set print options for this particular report, you can save these options and print the report through the CQ-Print Administrator solution.

• Header, Footer, and Banner Page Features.
  Headers and footers are the areas at the top and bottom margins of each page in a document.  The CQ-Print Administrator solution allows you to insert text into pre-set print Layouts in the form of headers and footers that are then printed at the top or bottom of each page in a document.  For example, you can insert page numbers, the date, the document’s (i.e. form’s) title or file name, or any other piece of information that you feel is necessary.

For users that print multiple documents in unattended mode, the banner page feature can be used. Banner pages, also known as "separator" pages, are used at the beginning of each document to make it easy to find a document among others at the printer.  For each pre-set print Layout, you can have CQ-Print Administrator print a banner page before the document.  You can set each banner page with unique text such as the name of the document or perhaps the department that the document should be delivered to.  You can also have this banner page print from another tray on the same printer if you would like to, for example, have a different color sheet of paper separate jobs.

• Forms Setup for Multiple Forms Per Page.
  The Forms Setup screen is used for print jobs that require multiple forms to be printed on a single paper.  This feature is most useful for certain pre-printed forms (such as government 1099 forms) that may require multiple forms to be printed on a single sheet of paper. With the CQ-Print Administrator’s font sizing and inter-line spacing features, you can make just about any form fit into a specifically sized print area.
   
• Print Recovery Features.
  Many print jobs, especially those that are downloaded from mainframe computers, require a large amount of paper.  Not only do these print jobs sometimes require thousands of pages of paper, but also in many cases the paper is pre-printed with graphics, text, or lines that add to the overall cost of the print job.

Occasionally, a printer will fail during a print job due to a paper jam, an out of paper error, or some other reason.  Rather than starting a print job completely over and wasting regular paper or even more expensive pre-printed paper, CQ-Print Administrator enables users to locate where to resume printing through any of several different methods:

• Use the Go To Page feature to go directly to the last page printed and then resume printing from that page.
• Use the Find feature to search for a given character sequence and then resume printing from that page.
• Use the Preview Area to visually identify a location to resume printing.  This ensures that you resume printing from the proper location.

For example, the printer experiences a paper jam about halfway through a 1,000 page print job.  The pages aren’t numbered, so you don’t really know which page was the last to be printed correctly without manually counting over 500 pages.  Through the CQ-Print Administrator’s Find feature, you can search the Preview Area for a character sequence that appears on the last correctly printed page.  You can then go to that page through the Go To Page feature and note in the Status section of the screen the page number.  Finally, you can print the remainder of the file through the Print Page Range feature by selecting the Current Page to End option.

• Compatible with Any Attached Printer (Ideal for Raw Print Data).
  The CQ-Print Administrator solution is fully compatible with any laser printer that the Windows® operating system supports in any mode that the Windows operating system supports.  Print jobs can also be sent to printers as raw print data.  This is useful when printing to generic text, line, dot matrix, or similar printers.
   
• Manage Any Size Text-Based File.
  The CQ-Print Administrator can be used with any size text-based file, including large files in ASCII format.  Many of the files and reports that are downloaded on a daily basis from mainframe computers are larger in size than normal and therefore require a solution that can easily handle large files.  The solution also manages multiple files with ease through convenient folder tabs located near the top of the main screen.  To access a file, you simply click the corresponding folder tab.
   
• Manage Multiple Files Simultaneously.
  You can have several files open simultaneously as the solution can easily format and print multiple files.  This is useful as some extremely large files can take several minutes to open on some slower PCs.  You can access and set the formatting options on another file while other large files are being processed.
   
• Print to Multiple Printers.
  The CQ-Print Administrator solution allows multiple files to simultaneously print to multiple attached printers.
   
• Flexible File Formatting Options.
  Options such as the maximum number of columns per line, the maximum number of lines per page, and whether to wrap or truncate long lines can be set through the solution.
   
• Precise Preview Area.
  The scrolling Preview Area allows you to preview each page of the file according to the specifications that you set.  You can also use this area to display the margin that helps identify long lines of text you may want to wrap or truncate.
   
• Print According to Your Page Ranges.
  The solution allows you to specify the pages that you want to print.  You can print only the currently selected text, the entire file, the current page only, from the current page to the end of the file, or any pages that you specify.  These features allow you to print as little or as much of a given file as needed.
   
• Useful Edit and Navigation Features.
  The solution comes with several useful edit features, including Copy, Select All, and Find.

You can easily move throughout text files through the CQ-Print Administrator’s navigation features.  These features include buttons to view the previous or next page of text.  You can also jump to a specific page through the Go To Page feature.

• CQ Access Point Agreement
  (CQ’s Annual License Activation and Software Maintenance Agreement).
  CQ recognizes the importance of providing our customers with access to comprehensive technical services and support.  CQ also feels that access to product upgrades and updates is an integral part of an organization’s overall software deployment strategy. With this in mind, CQ provides the CQ Access Point agreement to its customers. With each license acquisition, you receive annual license activation as well as access to the product upgrade and technical support features of Software Maintenance.

Sample Screen Shots

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Free Trial
CQ also offers FREE trial versions of CQ-Print Administrator.  For the ultimate look at the CQ-Print Administrator productivity solution’s features and functionality, contact CQ today for information on receiving YOUR free trial version.