User Guide
RIP STATION 5000
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WARNING: FCC Regulations state that any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void
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Electronics for Imaging, Inc. grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the software and accompanying documentation (“Software”) included
with the RIP Station 5000 you have purchased, including without limitation the PostScript® software provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated.
You may:
a. use the Software solely for your own customary business purposes and solely with RIP Station 5000;
b. use the digitally-encoded machine-readable outline and bitmap programs (“Font Programs”) provided with RIP Station 5000 in a special encrypted format
(“Coded Font Programs”) to reproduce and display designs, styles, weights, and versions of letters, numerals, characters and symbols (“Typefaces”) solely for your
own customary business purposes on the display window of RIP Station 5000 or monitor used with RIP Station 5000;
c. use the trademarks used by Electronics for Imaging to identify the Coded Font Programs and Typefaces reproduced therefrom (“Trademarks”); and
d. assign your rights under this Agreement to a transferee of all of your right, title and interest in and to RIP Station 5000 provided the transferee agrees to be
bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
You may not:
a. make use of the Software, directly or indirectly, to print bitmap images with print resolutions of 600 dots per inch or greater, or to generate fonts or typefaces
for use other than with RIP Station 5000;
b. make or have made, or permit to be made, any copies of the Software, Coded Font Programs, accompanying documentation or portions thereof, except as
necessary for use with the RIP Station 5000 purchased by you; provided, however, that under no circumstances may you make or have made, or permit to be
made, any copies of that certain portion of the Software which has been included on the RIP Station 5000 hard disk drive. You may not copy the documentation;
c. attempt to alter, disassemble, decrypt or reverse engineer the Software, Coded Font Programs or accompanying documentation;
d. rent or lease the Software.
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Contents
Before You Begin
How the RIP Station works
About the documentation
About this manual xii
World Wide Web xiii
System requirements
Windows computers xiii
Mac OS computers xiv
IPX (Novell) xv
UNIX (TCP/IP) xv
Parallel port xv
Specifications
Chapter 1: Operating the RIP Station
Using the Control Panel
Activity light 1-2
Buttons 1-2
Display window 1-3
Starting and shutting down
Starting the RIP Station 1-6
Restarting the RIP Station 1-7
Shutting down the RIP Station 1-8
xi
xi
xiii
xv
1-1
1-6
Chapter 2: Printing with Windows Computers
Setting print options
Printing with Windows 95 2-2
Working with custom page sizes in Windows 95 2-5
Printing with Windows 3.1x 2-6
Printing with Windows NT 4.0 2-9
Printing with Windows NT 3.51 2-11
Printing to the parallel port
2-1
2-11
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Preparing files to print at a remote location
Using the Color Reference pages
CMYK color reference pages 2-13
RGB Color Reference pages 2-14
PANTONE reference pages 2-14
Chapter 3: Printing with Mac OS Computers
Printing to the RIP Station
Selecting the RIP Station in the Chooser 3-1
Setting print options 3-3
Defining custom page sizes 3-8
Using the color reference pages
CMYK Color Reference pages 3-9
RGB Color Reference pages 3-10
PANTONE reference pages 3-10
Chapter 4: Downloading Files and Fonts
Using the Fiery Downloader
Printing with the Fiery Downloader 4-3
Downloading and managing PostScript printer fonts 4-6
2-12
2-13
3-1
3-9
4-1
Chapter 5: Managing Print Jobs
Using the Fiery Spooler
Duplicating, copying, moving, and deleting jobs 5-6
Changing print settings for a job 5-9
Using the Job Log 5-10
Using the Fiery WebTools
Checking RIP Station status 5-16
Tracking and managing jobs 5-16
Linking to other Web sites 5-17
Installing software 5-17
5-1
5-14
ix Table of Contents
Chapter 6: Simulation
Understanding simulations
DuPont Color Proofing 6-2
Printing with a simulation on a per-job basis
Checking the current simulation
Editing simulations
Managing simulations 6-9
Testing and applying simulations
Chapter 7: Printing with UNIX Workstations
Printing to the RIP Station
Appendix A: Print Options
Where to set print options
Override hierarchy A-2
Paper Sizes A-5
Print Mode A-6
Rendering Style A-6
Appendix B: Fonts
6-1
6-3
6-4
6-5
6-10
7-1
A-1
PostScript printer fonts
Adobe Type 1 fonts B-1
TrueType fonts B-3
B-1
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Appendix C: Troubleshooting
Error messages
Basic troubleshooting tips
General printing problems
Problems with print quality
Problems with utilities
Problems with Fiery Downloader
Problems with Fiery Spooler or WebSpooler
Index
C-1
C-3
C-4
C-8
C-9
C-9
C-10
xi How the RIP Station works
Before You Begin
The RIP Station enables you to use the printer as a high speed, networked printer. You
can print documents from your computer as you would to any other printer on the
network—you select it from the Printers dialog box (for Windows-based computers)
or the Chooser (for Mac™ OS™-based computers)—and then print from within any
application.
You can print to the RIP Station from networked Windows and Mac OS computers.
In addition, you can use the parallel port to print directly from Windows computers.
How the RIP Station works
The RIP Station is a special-purpose controller that enables you to print to the printer
by connecting it to networked computers. The RIP Station receives files from
computers on the network, processes (RIPs) those files, and then sends them to the
printer’s print engine.
Windows and Mac OS computers communicate with the RIP Station by means of a
PostScript printer driver and PPDs (PostScript printer description files). The printer
driver and PPDs enable you to use all the special features of the RIP Station from the
Print dialog box.
About the documentation
This manual is part of the set of documentation that also includes the following
manuals for users and system administrators:
• The
Setup Guide
and printer files from the User Software CD, and to set up printing. It also describes
how to install printer files from the RIP Station via the Internet.
• The
Printer Guide
Pro 5000. The guide includes instructions for installing ink cartridges, loading
various media, and solving problems like paper jams.
describes how to unpack the RIP Station, to install user software
explains how to set up and maintain your EPSON Stylus
xii Before You Begin
• The
Administrator Guide
RIP Station for the supported platforms and network environments. It also includes
guidelines for setting up UNIX, Windows NT, and NetWare servers to provide
PostScript printing services to clients.
• The
Color Printing Guide
printing to a RIP Station. It also includes practical color printing tips and
application notes that explain how to print to the RIP Station from popular
Macintosh and Windows applications.
•
Release Notes
the problems you may encounter.
provide last-minute product information and workarounds for some of
explains basic configuration and administration of the
provides an introduction to the basics of color theory and
About this manual
This manual includes the following topics:
• Printing from a Windows computer
• Printing from a Mac OS computer
• Downloading fonts and files
• Managing print jobs with Fiery Spooler and Fiery WebTools
• Printing with press simulations
• Printing from UNIX workstations
• Appendixes—Include information about setting print options, a list of the printer
fonts installed on the RIP Station, a list of error messages, and troubleshooting
information.
Conventions
• Illustrations of software windows use the name “Astro” as the name of the
RIP Station on the network.
• In the title bar of some windows, such as Fiery Downloader or Fiery Spooler, the
network name of the RIP Station is appended to the device name by an underscore.
For example, “_Pro5000” also appears in the title bar of these windows.
xiii System requirements
World Wide Web
You can visit the EPSON World Wide Web page to download the latest information
and software. In addition, the WWW page contains marketing and corporate
information about EPSON. The address is:
http://WWW.PROGRAPHICS.EPSON.COM
You may also want to visit the Electronics for Imaging World Wide Web page at:
http://www.efi.com
System requirements
The User Software CD contains Adobe PostScript printer driver and PPDs (PostScript
printer description files) for Windows and Mac OS. You can also install printer drivers
from the RIP Station via the Internet.
Windows computers
To print with a Windows computer you need:
• Any Windows-based computer with an 80386, 80486, or Pentium processor and at
least 4MB of RAM
• A mouse supported by Windows
• A CD-ROM drive
For installing
You can install printer drivers either from the User Software CD or via the internet
with the Fiery WebTools Installer.
For installing
CD-ROM drive to the RIP Station, or you can connect a Windows computer to the
parallel port of the RIP Station and use the Windows computer CD-ROM drive.
• Microsoft® Windows 95, Windows version 3.1 or later, or Windows NT
version 3.51 or 4.0
• To take advantage of PostScript 3 printing features of Windows 95 and Level 2
features of Windows 3.1x, use the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver for Windows
included with the RIP Station user software.
user
software, you need a Windows computer with a CD-ROM drive.
system
software on the RIP Station, you can connect an external
xiv Before You Begin
With Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows 95 with IPX/SPX networking protocol set up
With Windows 3.1x
• Microsoft Windows version 3.1 or later
• IPX/SPX networking protocol set up
• MS-DOS version 5.0 or later
With Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT with TCP/IP networking protocol set up
OTE
Windows NT version 3.51 users can use the Windows Printer Driver to print,
N
:
but PostScript Level 2 features will not be available. Windows NT version 4.0 users
can access PostScript Level 2 features.
Mac OS computers
To print with a Mac OS computer you need:
• Any Mac OS-based computer that has at least 4MB of RAM and EtherTalk® Phase 2
installed
• A CD-ROM drive
For installing
user
software, you need a Mac OS computer with a CD-ROM drive.
You can install printer drivers either from the User Software CD or via the internet
with the Fiery WebTools Installer.
For installing
system
software on the RIP Station, you can connect an external
CD-ROM drive to the RIP Station, or you can connect a Windows computer to the
parallel port of the RIP Station and use the Windows computer CD-ROM drive.
• Apple System software version 7.0 or later
• The Adobe® PostScript® printer driver included with the RIP Station user software)
• To use the paging feature of Fiery Spooler, an alphanumeric pager and PageNOW!
software version 1.5 or later. In the United States and Canada, PageNOW! is
available from Mark/Space Softworks: 1-800-799-1718.
• To use the Fiery WebTools, Netscape Communicator version 4.0.1 or later, a color
monitor, and the IP address or DNS name of the RIP Station
xv Specifications
IPX (Novell)
To print with an IPX (Novell) network, you need:
• A Novell file server running Novell NetWare software version 3.11, 3.12, or 4.0 that
supports Frame Ethernet SNAP, Ethernet II, 802.3, or 802.2
UNIX (TCP/IP)
To use the RIP Station with a UNIX workstation, you need:
• A workstation with standard TCP/IP connectivity (for example, Sun SPARCstation
or Silicon Graphics workstation)
• TCP/IP printing software that conforms to RFC1179 (Berkeley lpr protocol)
Parallel port
To use the RIP Station parallel port, you need:
• Windows computer with an 80286 processor or higher and at least 1MB RAM
• Parallel cable with 36-pin connector
Specifications
• CPU R4700, 133 MHz
• 32MB of memory
• Internal 2.1GB hard disk drive
• Supports AppleTalk, TCP/IP, and IPX protocols simultaneously
• Supports EtherTalk Phase 2
• Supports thinnet (by transceiver), thicknet, and twisted pair cabling
• Supports 100BaseT
• Built-in EFICOLOR color management
• Adobe PostScript 3 support (for Windows 95 and Mac OS)
• 136 PostScript 3 fonts
xvi Before You Begin
You can use the Fiery Downloader or any third party LaserWriter downloader, such
as the Adobe Font Downloader, to download additional fonts
• Fiery WebTools™ (Installer, Status, WebSpooler, and WebLink)
• Fiery Downloader
• Fiery Spooler
• Fiery Print Calibrator
™
™
™
• For installation of RIP Station system software—CD-ROM drive and 50-pin SCSI
cable to connect the drive to the RIP Station SCSI port.
You can also install system software from the parallel port of a Windows 95
computer to the parallel port of the RIP Station.
1-1 Using the Control Panel
1
Chapter 1:
Operating the
RIP Station
Activity light indicates
current activity
Display window for status and
performing setup
Up and down button
Menu button
You can use the RIP Station Control Panel to view status information about jobs, print
special pages, and set up printing. For information about Setup options and how to use
them, see the
Administrator Guide
.
Using the Control Panel
The Control Panel on the front of the RIP Station enables you to access special features
and view information about jobs processing and printing.
It comprises the following parts:
Line selection buttons
1-2 Operating the RIP Station
1
Activity light
The activity light indicates the current RIP Station activity. If the light is:
Solid red The RIP Station has just been turned on and is about to
begin startup diagnostics, or there is an error that prevents
the RIP Station from processing or printing.
Flashing red There is an error causing printing to be disabled, but the
RIP Station is still processing. If the error is cleared, the light
changes to green; if the error is not cleared, the light changes
to solid red when the job is finished processing.
Solid green The RIP Station is idle.
Flashing green The RIP Station is performing startup diagnostics,
processing or printing a job, or communicating with a
remote computer—for example, through the Fiery Spooler.
No light The RIP Station is off.
Buttons
Line selection
buttons
Up and down
button
Menu button Press to view other screens. The Control Panel displays the
There are four line selection buttons on the right side of the
Control Panel. Use these buttons to select the command
displayed on the corresponding line of the display window. A
special character appears in the display window next to a
button when it is active.
Use to scroll to different screens in multi-screen lists, to select
Setup options from a list of available options, and to select
alphanumeric characters.
Info Status screen with information about the status of the
RIP Station. If you press the Menu button, the Functions
menu is displayed and you can perform additional
operations. If a job is processing or printing, press the Menu
button to display the RIP Status screen or Print Status
screen.
▼
1-3 Using the Control Panel
1
Display window
The display window provides information about the status of the RIP Station, displays
menu information, and enables you to view and edit information in the Setup menus.
The last line of the display window is the name of the current screen and includes an
icon to indicate what the RIP Station is doing.
The screens are:
Alert Status If there is a problem with processing a job or printing functions,
an error message appears on the Control Panel. For information
on error messages, see Appendix C, “Troubleshooting.”
Print Status When the RIP Station is printing a job, the Print Status screen
appears. This screen displays the following:
Cancel Job—Press the top line selection button to cancel the job
currently printing.
User name—The name of the user who sent the job currently
processing.
Pages/Total—The number of copies of the current page printed
and the total number of copies of the page requested.
RIP Status When the RIP Station is processing a job, the RIP Status screen
appears. This screen displays the following:
Cancel Job—Press the top line selection button to cancel the job
currently processing. The RIP Station cancels the job before
printing begins.
Document name—The name of the document currently
processing.
User name—The name of the user who sent the job currently
processing.
Kilobytes—The amount (in kilobytes) of the job processed so
far.
1-4 Operating the RIP Station
1
Info Status When the RIP Station is not processing or printing a job, it
displays information about the current server and software. It
displays the following information:
Server Name—The RIP Station name.
Status—The current status of the RIP Station. The RIP Station
status can be Idle, Initializing, Busy, Processing, or Printing.
Number of MB—The space (in megabytes) available on the
RIP Station hard disk.
Version—The system software version running on the
RIP Station.
Functions You can press the Menu button to display the Functions menu.
Use the up and down button to scroll through the list. Press the
line selection button to the right of the command to select it.
1-5 Using the Control Panel
1
Functions menu
You can choose the following commands from this menu:
Choose: To do this:
Print Pages
Print special pages from the RIP Station. You can print the
following pages from the submenu that appears:
Test Page—Prints a test page to confirm that the
RIP Station is properly connected to the printer and
provides color and grayscale samples to troubleshoot
problems with the printer or the RIP Station.
Configuration—Prints the Configuration page, which
gives the current server and device configuration. This
page lists general information about the hardware and
software configuration of the RIP Station, the current
options for all Setup settings, information about the
current simulation, and the Ethernet address (if
applicable) of the RIP Station.
Suspend Printing
Resume Printing
Job Log—Prints a log of the last 55 jobs. For information
on the fields in the Job Log and on printing it in other
forms, see “Using the Job Log” on page 5-10.
Control Panel Map—Prints an overview of the screens you
can access from the Control Panel. For information about
using these screens to set up the RIP Station, see the
Administrator Guide.
Color Charts—Prints samples of the RGB, CMY, and
PANTONE colors available from the RIP Station.
Font List—Prints a list of all fonts resident on the hard
disk.
Demo Page—Prints information about the RIP Station
and includes sample color pictures.
Suspend communication between the RIP Station and the
printer.
Resume communication between the RIP Station and the
printer.
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Power switch
Power connector
Reboot Server
Shuts down all RIP Station activity in the correct manner
and then restarts. Use this option, and not the power
switch on the back, to restart the RIP Station.
Starting and shutting down
Generally, you can leave the RIP Station running all the time. Remember that when
the RIP Station is turned off, the printer is not available on the network. This section
describes how to shut down and restart the RIP Station when necessary.
Starting the RIP Station
To start the RIP Station, move the switch on the rear of the RIP Station to the On
position.
Diagnostic messages appear on the Control Panel. If any diagnostics fail, more
information and instructions appear. Contact EPSON if the RIP Station encounters
problems while running the diagnostics.
When the diagnostics are finished, the following message is displayed:
For software update or setup press any key
If you want to change the Setup options, press one of the buttons; if you do not press a
button, the RIP Station continues starting up and displays the message
ready to receive data.
Idle when it is
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If you press a button, the following options appear:
Choose: To do this:
Run Setup
Install Software
Format Disk
Upgrade Flash
Flash Info
Restarting the RIP Station
You should use the procedure described in this section rather than using the power
switch on the rear of the RIP Station.
View the options in the Setup menus. For information on
these settings, see the Administrator Guide.
Install new system software. This should be done only by
your local EPSON reseller or dealer.
Reformat the RIP Station hard disk. This should be done
only by your local EPSON reseller or dealer.
Upgrade the Boot ROM in the RIP Station.
View information about the current Boot ROM.
NOTE: You must restart the RIP Station in order to access Setup options.
TO RESTART THE RIP STATION:
1. If the RIP Station is turned off, turn on the power switch on the back panel of the
RIP Station.
If the RIP Station is already on, make sure the Control Panel is at Idle.
When Printing or Ripping appears on the Control Panel and the activity light is
flashing green, the RIP Station is busy. When these jobs are finished, Idle appears on
the Info screen.
2. Press the Menu button once, then select Reboot Server from the Functions menu.
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Shutting down the RIP Station
If you need to shut down the RIP Station for service, fonts downloaded to the hard
disk drive are not deleted. Print jobs in the Hold and Printed queues and jobs that have
been processed but not printed are not deleted and are available for printing when you
restart the RIP Station.
NOTE: Always obtain permission from the network administrator to take the
RIP Station off the network.
TO SHUT DOWN THE RIP STATION:
1. Make sure the RIP Station is displays Idle.
When Printing or Ripping appears on the Control Panel and the activity light is
flashing green, the RIP Station is busy. When these jobs are finished, Idle appears on
the Info screen.
2. Turn off the power switch on the back panel of RIP Station.
If the system has just finished processing, wait five seconds after the system reaches Idle
before turning off the power switch.
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Chapter 2: Printing with Windows Computers
This chapter describes how to print to the RIP Station from a Windows computer
using the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver (provided with the RIP Station user
software). You can print files from within your Windows application to the
RIP Station connected on your network. You can also print to the parallel port on the
RIP Station from a laptop computer, a desktop computer, or a Novell server.
If you prepare files to print at a remote location, such as a service bureau, set up your
Windows printer to print to the File port. You can still specify the RIP Station print
settings when you create your file. This ensures that when the file is finally printed, you
get the same quality output as if you had printed the files yourself. You can also print to
the File port to create a file to be downloaded with Fiery Downloader.
For information on setting up the Windows environment for printing with Windows
servers connected to the RIP Station, see the Administrator Guide. For information on
how to connect to the RIP Station over the network, install printer drivers, and install
the Fiery utilities, see the Setup Guide. For more information on setting up and using
the printer, see the EPSON Stylus Pro 5000 Printer Guide.
Once you have installed the printer driver and set it to the proper port as described in
the Setup Guide, you can print directly from Windows applications. Choose the Print
command from within your application.
Setting print options
Once you have installed the appropriate PostScript Printer Driver and RIP Station
PPD (PostScript printer description file), you can select the printer settings you prefer.
You can also change some of these settings from within an application when you print
a job to the RIP Station.
To achieve the best printing results from specific applications, see the Color Printing
Guide.
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To set print options for a job, you need to change the printer driver properties. You can
access the printer driver properties in several ways. For example, with many
applications you can access the properties from the print dialog box. The procedures in
the following sections describe how to set print options by changing the properties of
the printer driver in the Windows control panel.
Printing with Windows 95
To print from Windows 95 applications over a network, you must be connected to a
print server. This can be a Novell NetWare server, an NT server, or a UNIX server. For
information about connecting a server to the RIP Station, see the Administrator Guide.
You can print from Windows 95 with the Adobe PostScript printer driver for Windows
included with the RIP Station user software.
TO CHANGE THE PRINTER SETUP WITH THE ADOBE POSTSCRIPT PRINTER
DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 95:
1. Double-click the My Computer icon.
2. Double-click the Printers icon.
3. Select the icon for the Fiery LX Stylus Pro 5000.
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4. Choose Properties from the File menu.
5. Click the Paper tab, and select the appropriate settings for your print job.
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6. Click the Fiery Options tab and choose the appropriate settings.
For best performance, it is recommended to use portrait orientation. If you print
landscape images, rotate them within the application.
NOTE: If media loaded in the selected tray is a different size, orientation, or media type
than that of the job you are sending, the RIP Station displays an error message and the
job will not print. You should then load the correct media in the selected tray or cancel
the job.
The options in this dialog box are specific to the RIP Station. They override settings in
Printer Setup on the RIP Station Control Panel; you can also override some of these
settings in the Fiery Spooler or WebSpooler Override Print Settings dialog box. For
information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”
If you choose Printer’s default, the RIP Station prints with the information entered
during RIP Station Setup.
7. If you want to make the new settings your default settings, click Apply.
8. Click OK to activate the current settings.
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Working with custom page sizes in Windows 95
With custom page sizes, you define the page dimensions and the unprintable area of
the page. You can save three different custom page sizes for easy use any time you print.
TO DEFINE A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE:
1. From the Start menu button, choose Settings and choose Printers.
2. Right-click your printer icon, and choose Properties.
3. At the Paper tab, select a custom page size icon.
In this example, Custom page 1 is selected. “Custom p+” is displayed because the
entire name does not fit in the window.
4. Click the Custom button.
5. Define the name and the dimensions of the page. Click OK.
6. To define the unprintable area of the custom page, click the Unprintable Area button.
Click OK.
7. Click Apply and then OK.
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After you define a custom page size, you can use it in an application. You can reuse a
custom page size definition without having redefine it each time you print.
TO PRINT A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE:
1. Select Page Setup from your application.
2. In the printer name menu, select a different printer from the one you want to use.
3. Select the printer that you want to use.
This ensures the connection to the proper printer.
4. Select the custom page size, and click OK.
5. Select the print options for the job.
6. Select Print from the application and print the document.
Printing with Windows 3.1x
You can print from Windows 3.1x with the Adobe PostScript printer driver included
with the RIP Station user software.
TO CHANGE THE PRINTER SETUP WITH THE ADOBE POSTSCRIPT PRINTER
DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 3.1X:
1. In the Main group, double-click the Control Panel icon.
2. Double-click the Printers icon.
3. In the Printers dialog box, select the Fiery LX Stylus Pro 5000 in the Installed Printers
box, and click the Setup button.
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