Configuring the Expert Mode

The Expert Mode settings are primarily used for anomaly detection. They are generally enabled on a one-off basis, during an analysis, then returned to the default configuration. The Expert Mode settings are described in detail in the Administration Manual - Advanced Functions.

  • Safe mode: partial count in case of analysis problem (approximate)

  • Colour: color detection on page

  • Title: By default, Watchdoc assigns to the print job the title it retrieves from the title tag (<title>) of the header (<header>) of the spool file (.shd?). In some cases, it may be necessary to change this default operation and apply another one.

    • ignore the title extracted from the spool: check this box to ignore the title of the document saved in the spool file. Unchecking this box is useful if you notice inconsistencies between the document title and the title displayed in Watchdoc because some drivers may send Watchdoc a wrong title. In this case, specify which title is assigned to the document.

    • Replace document title with generic text in print history: Check this box to have Watchdoc replace the document title with a generic title in the print history display. How does WD replace the generic title?

    • Encrypt document title in shared queue: Select this check box if you want Watchdoc to turn document titles into a random string of numbers so that the title is not readable in the shared queue. Why do you want to encrypt the title? When is this useful?

  • Copies:

    • Ignore the number of copies extracted from the spool: check this box in which case should it be

    • Automatically correct if number of copies squared: check this box if you are confronted with a malfunction generated by a driver that multiplies the number of copies exponentially.

  • Duplex: Ignore duplex mode from the spool. Check this box to disable duplex mode and force duplex mode on a device.

  • N-to-Up: Ignore N-to-Up mode extracted from the spooler: check this box in case the driver handles N-to-Up mode incorrectly (e.g. 2 pages in 1, 4 pages in 1), so as to ignore this mode of operation;

  • Ghosts: automatically detect and delete the last empty page. Check this box if you want Watchdoc to detect and not print empty pages in print jobs (page with no characters).

  • Identity:

    • Ignore identity retrieved from spool: Check this box to ignore the identity of the user returned by the driver in case the identity is wrong

    • Retrieve the identity from the users using a SSO software

  • Workstation:

    • Ignore workstation name from spool: check this box to ignore if you want the name of the station (workstation) from which the print jobs are launched to be ignored by Watchdoc.

    • Use workstation name as user name: check this box if you want the name of the workstation (client computer) to be used as the user identity.

  • Domain:  Force domain for users in this queue: check this box if you want to designate a specific directory or a proxy directory as the domain, which you choose from the drop-down list below the check box. Where do the entries in the list come from? Are they predefined, do they vary depending on another parameter?

  • Auth. Title

    • Extract the identity of the document title if it corresponds to : check this box if the identity of the user appears in the title of the spool file and you want to exploit it. You must then complete the configuration by entering in the following field a regular expression indicating how to extract the string corresponding to the user's identity, for example: "^GenericApp - User:([A-Za-z0-9_]+)$"

    • Also use the extracted title for the password: check this box if the title of the document must be use as a password to access the document.