Amedia characteristic is some physical attribute of amedia. Characteristics fall into the categories color, hole pattern, size, type, and weight.
Media characteristics can be added and edited. Adding newmedia sizes and weights works well, and, although you can also add new colors, prepunched hole patterns, and types, note that they may not work well with all ticketing ormedia import/export systems; as a result, add these characteristics with caution.
Use the table below as a guide:
|
Colors |
Weights |
Types |
Holes |
Size |
MicroPress |
See * note below |
Yes |
custom types listed as "paper" |
Yes |
Yes |
Fiery (Pre-8) |
See * note below |
Yes |
custom types listed as "paper" |
Yes |
Yes |
Balance (Legacy) |
See * note below |
Yes |
custom types listed as "paper" |
Yes |
Yes |
Fiery 8 |
Yes (listed with name you assign) |
Yes |
Yes (listed with name you assign) |
Yes |
Yes |
FJC |
Yes (listed with name you assign) |
Yes |
Yes (listed with name you assign) |
Yes |
Yes |
MIS/ESC |
See * note below |
Yes |
custom types listed as "paper" |
Yes |
Yes |
* Most colors will come through. The following will not:
● Cyan-based colors
● Magenta-based colors
● Administrator-defined colors
To managemedia characteristics
1. On the Media Catalog | Manage Characteristics tab select themedia characteristic you want to edit from the Select Characteristic to Manage pull-down list.
2. To edit, click Edit in the Edit column for the characteristic and make changes.
Note: You can edit only thosemedia characteristics that you have added to the Media Catalog. You cannot edit the pre-definedmedia in the Media Catalog that shipped with MarketDirect StoreFront; however, you can delete them.
3. To add a new characteristic, scroll to the bottom of the page.
a. Type a description and enter information in any other text entry boxes.
b. Click Add New [characteristic].
Note: If you delete a size attribute, the Width and Height fields and Add New Size button will be disabled until you exit and reopen the Media Catalog.
Note: Deleting amedia in MarketDirect StoreFront merely flags themedia's entry in the database so that themedia cannot be used in any new (future) ticket templates. Becausemedia link to particular versions of ticket templates, the deletion does not affect: (1) New jobs created with an older ticket template (2) Existing saved jobs or jobs in the shopping cart, submitted in orders, or reordered. This deletion functionality is particularly useful for an initial setup during which you want to delete certainmedia that you do not offer your customers. It can, however, be used to delete anymedia that you do not want to "clutter" up yourmedia catalog. It does not, however, remove themedia from ticket templates in which it is available.
Media reassignment enables administrators to substitute onemedia for another either in bulk (e.g., allmedia with US Letter size attribute will be converted to A4 size attribute) or individually (e.g., to change the name in amedia name/description from "US Letter" to "A4"; the name/description change will be automatically applied to ticket templates that use the substituted media).
Case Example
of Media
Reassignment:
A printer based in Europe that caters
to European customers never uses US Letter sizemedia.
The printer can reassignmedia
with the size attribute US Letter in the system to the size attribute
A4 attribute and then delete the US Letter size from the Media
Catalog.
1. On the Media Catalog | Manage Characteristics tab select the type ofmedia characteristic you want to reassign from the Select Characteristic to Manage pull-down list: Colors, Hole Patterns, Sizes, Types, Weights.
2. Scroll down and locate themedia you want to reassign then click Reassign in themedia’s row.
Note: A panel will open with a note telling you how manymedia are linked to the selectedmedia. You can view or edit the attributes of themedia on this panel before reassigning by clicking Edit.
3. From the pull-down list, select themedia attribute to substitute (or reassign) for the selected media.
Note: For example, you might want to reassign all “US Letter” sizemedia to “A4.” Thus, you would select A4 from the pull-down list.
4. Click Reassign.
5. To delete the original media, check the box Delete [media].
6. (Optional) If the media characteristic is linked to othermedia, you can click Edit to edit themedia descriptions individually (then click Save) or click Delete to delete them individually and then click Save.
● To editmedia catalog entries
● To removemedia from the catalog
● To perform a bulkmedia import