Learning about the Destinations application

The Destinations application is used to manage and monitor destinations. In the navigation pane, click the Destinations button to open the Destinations application. The navigation pane displays a configurable Destinations tree showing all destinations. From the tree, you can create destinations and destination groups. Using drag-and-drop functionality, destinations can be organized into destination groups, which allows for easier monitoring from the console window.

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Navigation pane

When you right-click an item in the navigation pane, the following options will display. The options listed will vary depending on if a destination or destination group is selected.

Navigation Pane Options	Descriptions
Enable	Allows the destination to accept documents for printing. (destinations only)
Disable	Stops document processing. If a document is printing, the destination state will change to Moving Off-line and the document state will show Busy. The printer will continue to print the document until the document is placed on hold. Once the document state has changed to Hold, the destination will finish printing the data currently in its buffers, then the destination state will change to Offline. (destinations only)
Open	Opens the destination or destination group in the active tab.
Open in New Tab	Opens the destination or destination group in a new tab.
New Group	Creates a new destination group under the selected destination group. A new group entry titled UnNamed will appear in the tree. Type the new group name and press enter to create the group. By default the new group will inherit the security settings of its parent group. (destination groups only)
New Destination	Creates a new destination under the selected destination group. Displays the Add Destination dialog box. By default the new destination will inherit the security settings of its parent group. (destination groups only)
Configure	Opens the selected destination for editing. (destinations only)
Rename	Renames the selected destination or destination group.
Delete	Deletes the selected destination or destination group. Destination groups cannot be deleted if they contain any destinations or subgroups.
Destination Redirect	Opens the Select Redirected Destination dialog box for configuring redirection for this destination. Redirection causes new documents assigned to a destination to be automatically reassigned to a different destination. (destinations only)
Output History	Opens the Destination Output History window for viewing the output history of selected destinations or folders. From the submenu, you can choose from one of the predefined output history time frames or create a custom query.
Security	Opens the Security Configuration dialog box for updating the security settings. This will define the type of access users and groups have to the either the selected destination or the destinations contained in the selected group.

Console window

The console window displays a tabbed view of the Destination tree selection. When a destination is selected in the tree, a destination home page will display showing the properties of the destination. When a destination group (folder) is selected in the tree, the Destinations grid will display listing all of the destinations in the group. Notice the Destinations grid is in a tab page control. By default, navigating in the tree will replace the information in the active tab. To open a destination or group in new tab, right-click the item and select Open in New Tab. Your tree selection, open tab pages, and console window settings will be saved for the next time you open the application.

By default a Documents grid will display below the Destinations grid. Notice there are two tabs below the grid, Spooled and Retained. The Spooled tab lists all of the documents currently mapped to the destination selected in the tree. The Retained tab lists all of the documents that were printed and retained by the selected destination. If a group is selected, the list will contain documents for all of the destinations in the group. You can switch the tabs to view either spooled or retained documents. As you select items in the tree, both of the grids will update to show only the appropriate documents.

Grid right-click options

Grid Options	Descriptions
Enable	Allows the destination to accept documents for printing.
Disable	Stops document processing. If a document is printing, the destination state will change to Moving Off-line and the document state will show Busy. The printer will continue to print the document until the document is placed on hold. Once the document state has changed to Hold, the destination will finish printing the data currently in its buffers, then the destination state will change to Offline.
Open	Opens the destination or destination group in the active tab.
Open In New Tab	Opens the destination or destination group in a new tab.
Configure	Opens the selected destination for editing.
Alerts	Displays all pending SNMP alerts for the selected destination. The Barr EOM SNMP Service uses SNMP to continuously monitor the specific device/printer status for each destination.
Destination Redirect	Opens the Select Redirected Destination dialog box for configuring redirection for this destination. Redirection causes new documents assigned to a destination to be automatically reassigned to a different destination.
Security	Opens the Security Configuration dialog box for updating the security settings. This will define the type of access users and groups have to the selected destination.
Layouts	Layout files are saved for the logged in user. You will only have access to load and delete the layout files you create. Delete layout – Allows for deleting layout files created by the current user. The Delete Layout dialog box is displayed. Load layout – Allows for loading layout files created by the current user. The Choose Layout dialog box is displayed. Reset layout – Abandons any unsaved grid changes and resets the grid to the default settings. The default settings are configured in the Configure Columns Utility. Save layout – Saves the current grid settings to a layout file for the current user. The Save Layout dialog box is displayed.

Grid status bar options

Status bar options	Descriptions
Search	Searches the grid. To search, type the text you want to find and press ENTER or click the Search image. If the text is found, your focus will be moved to the first occurrence. New buttons will appear near the Search box that allow you to stop searching, move to the previous occurrence, and move to the next occurrence.
Print button	Prints the contents of the grid.
Paging buttons	Allows for paging through the grid. Click the double left arrow button (<<) to go to the first page, the left arrow button (<) to go to the previous page, the right arrow button (>) to go to the next page, and the double right arrow button (>>) to go to the last page.
Number of Records	Displays the number of records in the grid.

Destination states

Destination States	Descriptions
Offline	The destination cannot accept documents.
Ready	The destination is ready to accept documents.
Processing	The document that is being sent to the destination is being prepared for printing. The destination is waiting to start printing.
Printing	A document is currently being printed.
Pause	Document processing has been paused.
Intervention	An error has occurred on the physical printer that requires user intervention. For example, the printer may be out of paper or there could be a printer jam.
Down	An error occurred on the printer.
Warning ON	This state is used only for Barr Enterprise Print Server destination printers. This indicates the Barr Enterprise Print Server destination printer is in an intervention state (for example, out of paper, cover open, and needs toner).
Moving Off-Line	A printer destination has been disabled while a document is being printed. The printer will continue to print the document until completed.
Moving On-Line	This is a transitional state that occurs when the printer is in a Moving Off-Line state, the destination is printing a large document, and the operator decides to set the destination back to Enabled before the document finishes printing.