Konica Minolta bizhub C6500P User Manual

Creo Color Servers

IC-304 Print Controller

2.0

User Guide

English

731-00952B-EN Rev A

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1 Welcome 1

Welcome to the IC-304 Print Controller User Guide...............................................................................2

Overview of IC-304 Print Controller ........................................................................................................ 2

Hardware and Software Components.............................................................................................. 3

Supported File Formats ................................................................................................................... 4

Workflow .......................................................................................................................................... 5

IC-304 Print Controller Network Printers ......................................................................................... 5

2 Getting Started 7

Turning On the IC-304 Print Controller ................................................................................................... 8

The Workspace ....................................................................................................................................... 9

The Printer Status Pane ................................................................................................................. 11

The Alerts Window ......................................................................................................................... 12

The Job Info Area........................................................................................................................... 12

The Preferences Window...................................................................................................................... 14

The Resource Center ............................................................................................................................ 15

The Job Parameters Window................................................................................................................ 16

The Help Menu...................................................................................................................................... 18

Turning Off the IC-304 Print Controller ................................................................................................. 19

3 Working at a Client Workstation 21

Printing a Job from a Client Workstation .............................................................................................. 22

Defining a Printer in Windows ........................................................................................................ 23

Defining a Printer on Macintosh..................................................................................................... 26

Working With Hot Folders .............................................................................................................. 29

Print Driver Software............................................................................................................................. 32

Installing the Print Driver Software on Macintosh.......................................................................... 32

Accessing the Print Driver Software .............................................................................................. 38

Setting Job Parameters ................................................................................................................. 40

Using Profiles ................................................................................................................................. 40

Controlled Printing ......................................................................................................................... 42

Viewing the Printer Status.............................................................................................................. 43

PostScript Settings ........................................................................................................................ 46

Working Offline............................................................................................................................... 46

Disabling the Print Driver Software ................................................................................................ 47

Uninstalling the Print Driver Software ............................................................................................ 49

EZ Connect ........................................................................................................................................... 51

Launching EZ Connect................................................................................................................... 52

Adding a Server to the EZ Connect Window ................................................................................. 53

Changing the Server Display Name ............................................................................................... 54

Deleting a Server............................................................................................................................ 54

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Refreshing the Status of the EZ Connect Window ........................................................................ 55

Searching For a Job on a Server ................................................................................................... 55

Remote Workspace .............................................................................................................................. 55

Launching the Remote Workspace................................................................................................ 56

Creo Color Server Job Ticket Software................................................................................................ 57

Installing the Job Ticket Software.................................................................................................. 57

Creating a Job Ticket..................................................................................................................... 58

Loading a Job Ticket ..................................................................................................................... 59

Submitting a Loaded Job Ticket for Printing ................................................................................. 60

Managing Servers .......................................................................................................................... 61

Updating the Creo Color Server Job Ticket Software ................................................................... 62

Changing the Location of Saved Job Tickets................................................................................ 62

Web Center........................................................................................................................................... 63

The Web Viewer ............................................................................................................................. 64

Downloads ..................................................................................................................................... 65

Links............................................................................................................................................... 65

4 Basic Workflows 67

Basic Job Workflow .............................................................................................................................. 68

Submitting...................................................................................................................................... 68

Processing ..................................................................................................................................... 68

Storage........................................................................................................................................... 69

Importing and Printing Jobs ................................................................................................................. 70

Importing Files ............................................................................................................................... 71

Resubmitting.................................................................................................................................. 72

Remote Scanning Application .............................................................................................................. 72

Setting Up Scan Boxes ................................................................................................................. 73

Managing Scanned Images ........................................................................................................... 77

5 Managing Jobs 79

Managing the Job Queues.................................................................................................................... 80

The Queues.................................................................................................................................... 81

Status Information.......................................................................................................................... 84

Suspending and Resuming Queues .............................................................................................. 84

Changing the Order of Jobs in the Queues ................................................................................... 85

Aborting a Running Job ................................................................................................................. 85

Batching Jobs ................................................................................................................................ 86

Moving a Waiting Job to the Storage Area .................................................................................... 87

Deleting a Job ................................................................................................................................ 88

Unlocking a Job ............................................................................................................................. 88

Managing the Storage Area .................................................................................................................. 89

Previewing a Job .................................................................................................................................. 93

Navigation Buttons ........................................................................................................................ 94

Using the Preview Tools ................................................................................................................ 94

Viewing Pages in the Job Preview & Editor Window ..................................................................... 95

Contents

Editing an RTP Job ........................................................................................................................ 97

Job Accounting................................................................................................................................... 100

Viewing the Accounting Information ............................................................................................ 101

Printing and Exporting the Accounting Log ................................................................................. 103

Clearing the Information from the Accounting Viewer ................................................................. 105

Creating Virtual Printers ...................................................................................................................... 105

Job Report .......................................................................................................................................... 107

6 Production Printing 109

Imposition .......................................................................................................................................... 110

Imposition Workflows................................................................................................................... 110

Printing with Page Exceptions ............................................................................................................ 117

High-Resolution Workflow .................................................................................................................. 119

Creo APR ..................................................................................................................................... 120

Export as PDF2Go ....................................................................................................................... 120

Fonts ................................................................................................................................................... 121

Font List ....................................................................................................................................... 121

Managing Fonts on the IC-304 Print Controller ........................................................................... 124

Downloading Fonts ...................................................................................................................... 124

Managing Paper Type Profiles............................................................................................................ 127

Printing on Tabs Using the Tabs Plug-In for Acrobat ......................................................................... 129

Managing Tabs in the Tab Printing Window ................................................................................ 135

7 Color Workflow 137

Calibration........................................................................................................................................... 138

Color Calibration Method............................................................................................................. 138

Choosing a Calibration Mode ...................................................................................................... 139

Performing Off-the-glass Calibration ........................................................................................... 139

Performing Calibration with a Spectrophotometer ...................................................................... 142

Viewing Calibrated Media Type Information ................................................................................ 145

Color Tools.......................................................................................................................................... 146

Managing Profiles ........................................................................................................................ 146

Editing and Creating Spot Colors ................................................................................................ 149

Protecting RGB and CMYK Colors .............................................................................................. 152

Using the Gradation Tool to Adjust Color .................................................................................... 154

8 VI Workflow 161

VI Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 162

VI Document Formats ......................................................................................................................... 163

Kodak Variable Print Specification............................................................................................... 164

PPML............................................................................................................................................ 165

PostScript Files ............................................................................................................................ 165

Using Variable Print Specification to Print a VI Job............................................................................ 165

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9 System Administration 167

Setting Up and Configuring the IC-304 Print Controller ..................................................................... 168

Server Setup ................................................................................................................................ 169

Network Setup ............................................................................................................................. 172

Remote Tools Setup .................................................................................................................... 176

Security ........................................................................................................................................ 177

System Disks ............................................................................................................................... 180

Scan Management....................................................................................................................... 181

Mail Service.................................................................................................................................. 183

Connected Finishers .................................................................................................................... 184

Localization .................................................................................................................................. 185

Deletion Policy ............................................................................................................................. 186

Pre-RIP Preview ........................................................................................................................... 187

Print Queue Manager ................................................................................................................... 188

Default Image Size ....................................................................................................................... 189

Calibration Device........................................................................................................................ 190

JDF Output Path .......................................................................................................................... 191

Paper Size Switch ........................................................................................................................ 192

System Messages............................................................................................................................... 193

Job History................................................................................................................................... 194

Messages..................................................................................................................................... 195

Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration .............................................................................. 198

A Setting Parameters 201

Setting Parameters in the Job Parameters Window........................................................................... 202

Print.............................................................................................................................................. 202

Imposition .................................................................................................................................... 205

Quality .......................................................................................................................................... 212

Color ............................................................................................................................................ 216

Finishing....................................................................................................................................... 220

Exceptions ................................................................................................................................... 226

Services ....................................................................................................................................... 229

Setting Parameters in the PPD File..................................................................................................... 233

Glossary 239

Index 253

Welcome

Welcome to the IC-304 Print Controller User Guide .........................2

Overview of IC-304 Print Controller ..................................................2

2 Chapter 1—Welcome

Welcome to the IC-304 Print Controller User Guide

Welcome to your IC-304 Print Controller User Guide.

This user guide is for IC-304 print controller operators and system administrators and explains how you can quickly and easily print from the IC-304 print controller or from a client workstation.

Overview of IC-304 Print Controller

The IC-304 print controller is an on-demand prepress system that uses Creo advanced prepress technologies to drive a printer.

As an optimal digital color solution for printers, the IC-304 print controller enables you to print from Windows®, Macintosh®, and UNIX® client workstations. The IC-304 print controller processes image files in page-description language (PDL) formats—for example, PostScript®, PDF, and Variable Information—using RIP (Raster Image Processor) technology. The system converts image files into a suitable processed format for direct, high-quality digital printing. The IC-304 print controller process by allowing printing with preset workflows.

also streamlines the printing

In combination with the printer, the IC-304 print controller enables you to efficiently print flyers, brochures, pamphlets, dummy catalogs, short-run trials, and print-on-demand publications. When installed as a fast network printer with the IC-304 print controller, the printer prints up to 65 full-color/black and white A4 (210mm x 297mm)/ Letter (8.5 inches x 11 inches) pages per minute.

The IC-304 print controller combines RIP functionalities, automation, control tools and special hardware development capabilities with PC architecture.

Overview of IC-304 Print Controller 3

Hardware and Software Components

The IC-304 print controller includes:

• Interface boards

• Software

• Windows XP Professional software system

• Adobe® Acrobat® 8.0

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Supported File Formats

The IC-304 print controller supports the following file formats:

• PostScript (composite or pre-separated files)

• PDF

• EPS

• Creo VPS (Variable Print Specification)

• PPML (Personalized Print Markup Language)

• JPG

• Pre-separated formats

The IC-304 print controller can import and covert the following GAP (Graphic Art Port) file types:

• Brisque Jobs

• TIFF

• TIFF IT

• CT / LW

Overview of IC-304 Print Controller 5

Workflow

The IC-304 print controller basic workflow is as follows:

IC-304 Print Controller Network Printers

The IC-304 print controller provides three default network printers, known also as virtual printers.

Virtual printers are a function used for automating workflows, which then define job streaming. They contain preset workflows that are automatically applied to all print jobs processed with that virtual printer. There is no need to reset job settings for each job, thus increasing printing efficiency.

Note: By default, the job parameters set in the job (from the client workstation) override the parameters set in the virtual printer. If you add or edit a virtual printer, you can select the Override PPD parameters check box to override the parameters set in the PPD file.

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The three default virtual printers are:

• Store

Files are spooled directly to the Storage area and await operator processing. You can only import PDL files (such as: PostScript, PDF, VPS) to this virtual printer, not RIPped - processed files.

• Print

Files sent to this virtual printer are processed and printed directly to the printer via the IC-304 print controller.

• Process

Files sent to this virtual printer are automatically processed. After processing, the files are stored in the IC-304 print controller until the print operator re-submits them for printing.

With printing workflows tailored to your job requirements, the IC304 print controller enables you to:

Storage area of the

• Define new virtual printers

• Choose from which virtual printer to print

For more information on creating and editing virtual printers, see

Creating Virtual Printers

on page 105.

Getting Started

Turning On the IC-304 Print Controller..............................................8

The Workspace..................................................................................9

The Preferences Window ................................................................14

The Resource Center.......................................................................15

The Job Parameters Window ..........................................................16

The Help Menu ................................................................................18

Turning Off the IC-304 Print Controller............................................19

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Turning On the IC-304 Print Controller

1. Tur n on t he m oni tor.

2. Open the front panel of the IC-304 print controller, and then

press the power control button.

The power indicator on the front panel lights up and the Windows operating system starts.

3. By default the IC-304 print controller workspace automatically

opens at start up without the need to log on. In this case, the IC-304 print controller splash screen appears followed by the workspace.

Note: If the IC-304 print controller workspace does not appear automatically after the power button is pressed, from the Windows Start menu, select IC-304 > IC-304.

If user logon has been specified, the Log On dialog box

appears. To log on, in the Log On dialog box, select your user type and enter your password.

For more information about specifying user logon see on page 177.

Security

The Workspace 9

1 2 3

The Workspace

After you turn on the IC-304 print controller, the workspace automatically appears.

Table 1 describes the IC-304 print controller workspace.

Table 1: IC-304 print controller workspace

Item Name Description

1 Title bar Displays the name of your server and the access level with

which you logged on

2 Menu bar Consists of the

File, Manage, Queues, To ol s , Info, and Help menus.

Click a menu name to open the corresponding menu.

3 Toolbar Consists of shortcut buttons for the Import window, Resource

Center, Calibration, Spot Color Editor, Gradation, and Alerts

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Table 1: IC-304 print controller workspace

Item Name Description

4 Printer Status Displays messages about the current printer state and your

printer configuration. You can also find information about the paper in each tray, the connected finishing devices, toner availability, and disk space and network details.

5 Queues Consists of the

processed. After a file has been processed successfully, it moves either to the area.

6 Storage The

Storage area contains files that:

• were successfully printed

• were held, were aborted, or failed during processing or

printing

• were sent directly from the client workstation to the Storage

area or were imported to the

Process Queue, which lists the files to be

Print Queue (the upper area) or to the Storage

Storage area

The Workspace 11

The Printer Status Pane

The Printer Status pane displays information about the current printer status—for example, Printing.

The printer icon displays the current printer configuration, according to the connected feeders and finishers.

Click

Tray s, Finishers, Toners, or Server to display information about

the size and type of paper in each tray, the connected finishing devices, the available toner, and disk space and network details.

Under recently calibrated. Progress bars display information about incoming and outgoing jobs.

If there is a problem with one of the printer components or with the server, a red indicator appears in the printer icon and next to the relevant component—for example, if a tray is empty

Server, you can also view the date that the printer was most

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The Alerts Window

The Alerts window lists all of the alert messages that are generated during the workflow.

To view alerts:

On the toolbar, click Alerts.

The Job Info Area

The window has two view options:

 All: To view all messages

 Selected: To view alerts related to a selected job. This is the

default view.

The

Job Info area displays a small image of each page in the

selected processed job. The

Job Info area also contains the

The Workspace 13

following information:

• Job’s title

• File type

• Paper size

• Print range

• Total number of pages in the job

• Total number of copies to print

• A box to enter the required page number and arrow buttons to

browse through the pages of your job

To open the Job Info area:

Right-click a job in the Process Queue or Print Queue, and select

Job Info.

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The Preferences Window

You can set all system preferences in the Preferences window.

To open the Preferences window:

From the File menu, select Preferences.

The window is divided into two areas:

• Administrator: Users can view these settings, but configuring

these settings depends on the access level defined for each user.

• General: All users can view these settings, but only an

administrator or operator can configure the settings.

Note: If you log on to the IC-304 print controller as a guest, the Preferences window is unavailable.

For more information about setting system preferences, see

Setting Up and Configuring the IC-304 Print Controller

page 168.

The Resource Center 15

The Resource Center

The Resource Center enables you to add, remove, and manage external resources for the IC-304 print controller.

To open the Resource Center:

On the toolbar, click Resource Center .

The Resource Center provides access to the following resources:

• Virtual printers, in which you can create, edit and remove virtual

printers, see

• Fonts, see

page 124

• Profile Manager, see

Creating Virtual Printers

Managing Fonts on the IC-304 Print Controller

Managing Profiles

• Backup & Restore configuration, see

the Configuration

• Paper Type Profiles ID, see

page 127

on page 198

Managing Paper Type Profiles

on page 105

on page 146

Backing Up and Restoring

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The Job Parameters Window

The IC-304 print controller enables you to edit imported PDL files and change the job settings—for example, paper size, imposition, and color settings—in the job parameters window.

¾ In the queues or Storage area, double-click the job whose

parameters you want to view.

Note: In the queues, you can edit the parameters of jobs that have not begun to run. If you want to edit the parameters of a running job, you must first suspend the queue (click the suspend button).

The job parameters window appears.

Note: If you edit the parameters of a job in the Print Queue and the changes require re-RIPing of the job, it automatically moves to the Process Queue.

The Job Parameters Window 17

Each area in the job parameters window—for example, Print,

Imposition, or Quality— has a set of related parameters and values

that you can select.

Table 2: Description of buttons in the job parameters window

This button Enables you to

Imposition

Quality

Color

Finishing

Exceptions

Set print related parameters—for example,

Print range and Media Type. See

page 202

Set parameters related to print layout—for example, See

Trim Size and Imposition Method.

Imposition

on page 205

Set parameters related to print quality—for example,

Trapping and High Image Quality—

and improve the quality of printed jobs. See

Quality

on page 212

Apply last minute color corrections, or set the output job to match other output

Color

devices. See

on page 216

Set parameters related to finalizing your printed document—for example, define settings for the front and back cover. See

Finishing

on page 220

Include special exceptions in a job—for example, use a different media type for a front and back cover. See

Exceptions

page 226

Services

Set parameters that will assist your job workflow—for example, delete jobs, change the location of the entire printed image, or enter job information

. See

Services

page 229

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The Help Menu

The Help menu enables you to access the user guide and provides information about the current version of the IC-304 print controller installed on your computer.

To open the About window:

From the Help menu, select About.

The About window displays the following information:

• IC-304 print controller version number

• Date the version was installed

• Any IC-304 print controller updates that were installed on top of

the version

To open the user guide:

From the Help menu, select Top ic s.

Turning Off the IC-304 Print Controller 19

Notification area with IC-304 icon

Notification area without IC-304 icon

Turning Off the IC-304 Print Controller

1. From the File menu in the workspace, select Exit.

If there are jobs that are being processed or printed, the following message appears:

There are currently jobs running, are you sure you want to exit the application?

If there are no jobs being processed or printed, the following message appears:

Are you sure you want to exit the application?

The IC-304 print controller workspace closes, and you return to the Windows desktop.

2. Verify that the IC-304 icon does not appear in the notification

area.

3. From the Windows Start menu, Shut Down.

4. In the Shut Down Windows dialog box, select Shut down and

OK.

click

5. When the Windows shutdown is complete, turn off the

monitor.

6. On the IC-304 print controller, click the power button behind

the front door.

The power LED on the front panel turns off.

Note: Some situations may require the power button to be depressed for more than 4 seconds.

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Working at a Client Workstation

Printing a Job from a Client Workstation.........................................22

Print Driver Software .......................................................................32

EZ Connect......................................................................................51

Remote Workspace.........................................................................55

Creo Color Server Job Ticket Software...........................................57

Web Center......................................................................................63

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Printing a Job from a Client Workstation

To print a job from a client workstation, select one of the following methods:

• Print the job via one of the IC-304 print controller network

(virtual) printers—for example,

The job is spooled and then processed or printed (according to the selected job flow of the virtual printer). If you use this method, you can print from any application —for example, Microsoft Word— and use any file format from any client workstation (Windows, Macintosh, or UNIX).

For more information about printing from a client workstation, see "Printing From Windows" on page 24 and "Printing from a Macintosh" on page 28.

• Drag the files to a hot folder.

The job is spooled and processed or printed (according to the selected job flow of the corresponding virtual printer).

Print.

For more information about hot folders, see "Print Driver Software" on page 32.

If you use the hot folder method, you can print most PDL files on the IC-304 print controller— for example, PostScript, PDF, EPS, and Variable Print Specification files.

Note: PDL jobs that are spooled to the IC-304 print controller must have the appropriate file name extensions—for example, *.ps or *.pdf.

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