What are the editor's tasks during the paper submission period?

First note that the specified author submission deadline does not automatically trigger any actions (like closing the submission). However, it is the deadline communicated to the authors in E-mails generated by the system. Actually, you decide on when to close the submission manually.

The editor's tasks during paper submission are:

• editors monitor the progress of paper submissions (there is an E-mail notification)
• editors send reminders (guided by the Submission Server) in case of incomplete submissions
• editors check the page limits (if any) and encourage the authors to comply with the style guidelines
• editors write a preface and include it in a pre-generated front matter template
• editors guarantee a handing over of the volume within the agreed deadline
• no need to check the submitted LaTeX sources manually (there are some automatic checks on upload)
• no need to do any kind of typesetting