There are many ways to submit a job for processing in K2. Some are manual, some are automated, some are for software developers looking for ways to integrate an upstream application with K2.
The standard K2 workflow would have you proceeding from the Job Submission UI, to a printer output workflow. There are other ways to submit jobs as well. There is a link at the end of this document to explore those.
Here we focus on the Job Submission user interface.
For a quick-start movie guide to using the Job Submission UI, look here.
Here is a quick view of the UI:
Job Submission
Section 1. Project List
Accessing job submission application
The K2 Job Submission application can be accessed directly from the Mac or PC production clients. Click the Job Submission button in the client toolbar to open the application in your browser.
Search for projects
Narrow down your project list by typing value present in the project list in the search field. The list will only display projects that contain characters entered in the search.
Sort project
Click on each of the column headings to sort projects. The first click sorts the list ascending, second click sorts descending, and third click resets sort.
View project notes
Project notes can be viewed from the project list by clicking on the note icon for a particular project in the list.
Create a new project
Click the plus button to create a new project in K2. The project name is required. Customer and due date are optional.
Edit and a project
To edit an existing project, highlight the project you want to edit. Click the pencil button to open the project for editing. You can also double click on the project to open it.
Delete a project
To delete an existing project, highlight the project and click the delete button.
Unit of measure settings
When PDF files are uploaded to a K2 Project, the system will display the size of the uploaded PDFs trim box size in the source PDF list. By default, the unit of measure is set based on the region settings in Windows. The unit of measure can be changed by clicking the settings button and selecting the desired unit, millimeters or inches.
Section 2 - Project Functions
Job Information
A project number will be generated automatically. This number can’t be changed.
The job information area will display the information entered when creating a new project. This information can be modified after the project has been created.
Edit Due Date
The due date can be modified by clicking the calendar button and selecting a new due date.
Project Notes
Project notes can be added by clicking the notepad button. A text window will display where notes can be entered that are important to the project.
Uploading source PDF files to your project
Users can upload single or multiple PDF files into the project that then can be assigned to project components.
Browser Method - Click the plus button is available so the user can browse to their PDF(s) for upload.
Drag and Drop Method - Users can also drag and drop a single or multiple PDFs onto the plus button to upload.
After the PDF(s) are uploaded the name of the PDF file displays along with the trim box size and the number of pages. Click the arrow next to the PDF name to show image thumbnails of the pages within the PDF. Each page will be identified with the page number next to it.
View Uploaded Source PDF
PDF files uploaded can be viewed using your default browsers PDF viewer. Highlight the PDF you want to view, then click the eye button. The PDF will open in a new tab in your web browser.
Deleting source PDF files
To delete a PDF from the source PDF list, highlight the PDF then click the trash can button.
Assigning a PDF to the default component
When a new project is created a component will be present called “Component 1”. The user can change the name of the component by clicking the name and typing a new name.
Each component will have a workflow selector for output and the option to assign an imposition preset to the component.
The uploaded PDFs can be assigned to components as pages.
PDF Pages can be assigned to components by:
- Select a single PDF, drag and drop into component.
- Shift click or control click multiple PDF files, drag and drop into component.
- Expand the PDF to view pages, select a single page or a group of pages using shift or control click, drag and drop into component.
- Selective group of pages from multiple PDFs. Expand each PDF to show pages, control or shift click multiple pages for each PDF, drag and drop into component.
How to create additional components in a project
Additional components can be added to the project by clicking on the plus button. When the plus button is clicked, a field will appear where the component name can be entered. After the name is entered, click Create. The new component will now be available for PDF page assignment.
Adding Blank Pages to the component run list
There may be times where blank pages are needed to fill pages for an imposition. Blank pages can be inserted into the component run list by clicking the page+ button. To insert a blank page before a specific page, select the page and click the blank page button. A blank page will be inserted before the page selected. Repeat the process for additional pages. Blank pages can be rearranged in the run list.
Delete pages in the component run list
Highlight and click the delete button to delete a single page from the component run list. Shift+Click or CTRL+Click to select multiple pages in the run list.
Easily reorder pages in the run list by clicking the page and dragging and dropping it into the desired position. Multiple pages can be moved by Shift+Click or CTRL+Click, drag and drop into position. 
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