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FreeFlow Process Manager Operator and Administrator Guide

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About FreeFlow Process Manager

To select a device type for PREPS versions prior to 5.2.2

You must select a device type for each signature in order to use  

old PREPS job files.

1. Start PREPS.

2. Select [Setup: Device Setup]. 

3. Select [Press Sheet Size] in the “Installed Devices” section.

4. Select [OK] to close the Device Setup dialog.

5. Close the PREPS application. You can now use the old job 

files.

For more information about device setup, refer to your PREPS 

documentation.

Missing hardware key error

If the ”Preps Server error, check Preps Automation Front-End 

server” error message is displayed on your PREPS UI or on the 

server that you are using to run PREPS, do the following, even if 

the PREPS hardware key is not missing:

1. Stop the PREPS Automation Front-End server by performing 

one of the following:

•

If there is a yellow folder icon (with the tooltip “Waiting for 

Jobs”) in the systray, double-click the icon to open the 

Preps UI.

– In the UI, select [File: Exit] to close PREPS. 

•

If there is not a yellow folder icon (with the tooltip “Waiting 

for Jobs”) in the systray, then the application must be 

stopped in the Windows Task Manager.

– Open Windows Task Manager, find the PrepsSlv.exe 

process, and end the process.

– Find the PrepsSrv.exe process and end the process.

2. Close the FreeFlow Process Manager applications and shut 

down the FreeFlow Process Manager server. 

3. Reinsert the hardware key.

4. Reboot the FreeFlow Process Manager server. 

5. Open the FreeFlow Process Manager applications and 

resubmit the job. The Preps Automation Front-End server 

starts automatically.