Konica Minolta FIERY X2 FOR CF900, FIERY X2 FOR CF910 User Manual

Release Notes Fiery X2 Color Server, software version 1.0

This document contains information about Fiery X2TM software version 1.0. Before using the Fiery X2 with software version 1.0, make a copy of these them to all users.

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The term “Fiery X2” is used to refer to the Fiery X2 Color Server.

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Fiery X2 Color Server

Fiery X2 Setup

Hard disk

The Fiery X2 has an internal 3.2GB hard disk drive. The states that the hard disk drive is 2.1GB.

Setting passwords

If you want to password protect the Fiery X2, make sure to set both an Administrator password (either from the Fiery X2 Control Panel or from Fiery WebSetup) and an Operator password (from Fiery WebSetup). Setting one password and not the other may cause unexpected results.

Publish Hold Queue

Printer Setup>Publish Hold Queue must be set to Yes. Setting this option to No results in not being able to connect to the Fiery X2 via Fiery Downloader, Fiery Print Calibrator, or Fiery Scan.

NDS tree

In Network Setup>Service Setup>PServer Setup>NDS Setup, selecting an empty tree causes unexpected results. Make sure the desired NDS tree has contents before selecting it.

Token Ring TCP/IP address

In order to set a TCP/IP address for the Token Ring board, Network Setup>Protocol Setup>TCP/IP Setup>Enable TCP/IP for Token Ring must be set to Yes.

Getting Started

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Setup from Fiery WebSetup

Color and Paper Setup options

The CMYK Simulation option is not available from Fiery WebSetup. This Setup option can be set only from the Control Panel (as described in Chapter 2 of the

Guide

). The P ure Black Text/Graphics and Black Overprint options are available from Fiery

W ebSetup .

Compression and Black Overprint options

In Printer Setup>Color and Paper Setup, you can set Compression to Off and Black Overprint to On; however, doing so will produce unexpected results. If you set Compression to Off, Black Overprint Black Overprint can be set to On or Off.

Not supported with Mac OS computers

Due to known Java issues, Fiery WebSetup is not supported with Mac OS computers.

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be set to Off; if you set Compression to On,

Administrator

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Date format

The date format used in Fiery WebSetup is Day/Month/Y ear. This format is independent of the language being used for the Fiery X2 Control Panel display.

Windows 95

You may experience problems when running Fiery WebSetup with Microsoft Internet Explorer on Windows 95. If this happens, quit and relaunch your web browser. If you still encounter problems, verify that you are running the latest version of Internet Explorer, because older versions may not have all of the necessary components to support Fiery WebSetup. Alternatively, you can use Netscape Communicator instead.

Network connections

Software uninstallers

Fiery Downloader

Fiery utilities

If the Fiery X2 is at the maximum amount of network connections allowed (eight), and you attempt to connect to the Fiery X2 using an additional Fiery utility from a Mac OS computer, you will not be able to connect and you will not receive an error message.

All Fiery utilities

If you uninstall all of the Fiery utilities, also delete the ﬁle “eﬁnl.ini” from the Windows folder. This ﬁle is not automatically deleted by the uninstallers and may cause obsolete settings to display if any of the Fiery utilities are later reinstalled.

Fiery Scan for Windows

Unlike the other Fiery utilities for Windows, the Fiery Scan plug-in does not include an uninstaller. Reinstalling the Fiery Scan plug-in overwrites any previous software installed; however, if you want to uninstall the Fiery Scan plug-in altogether, delete the ﬁle “fy_tw_32.ds” from the Windows\Twain_32 folder.

Conﬁguring the connection

For Windows NT 4.0, when conﬁguring the connection to the Fiery X2 (in the Add New Server or Modify Server Settings dialog box), you may see the “PIPE” setting appear in the Protocol popup menu. Do not select this setting as the PIPE protocol is not supported.

Selecting multiple ﬁles

On Mac OS computers, in the Download dialog box, the Shift-click function (to select multiple sequential ﬁles) and the Control-click function (to select multiple non-sequential ﬁles) may have no effect. Instead, select the ﬁles to download one by one.

Duplicate PS ﬁles

On Mac OS computers, in the Download dialog box, selecting “All ﬁles” and then “Add all” may result in all PostScript ﬁles being do wnloaded twice or in do wnloading non-PostScript ﬁles. When using “All ﬁles,” make sure to individually select each ﬁle you want to download.

EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) ﬁles

Do not save EPS ﬁles with TIFF preview and JPEG encoding. Doing so will result in a PostScript error when the ﬁle is downloaded to the Fiery X2.

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PDF (Portable Document Format) ﬁles

PDF ﬁles can be downloaded to the Print queue and the Hold queue only. Downloading PDF ﬁles to the Direct connection is not supported.

Fiery Print Calibrator

Fiery Scan

Conﬁguring the connection

Passwords

For effective protection against inadvertent changes to Fiery X2 calibration and simulation settings, set both an Administrator password and an Operator password. If only an Operator password is set, unauthorized users may still be able to access and modify settings using Fiery Print Calibrator. Both passwords can be set from Fiery WebSetup; only the Administrator password can be set from the Fiery X2 Control Panel.

Conﬁguration page updating

After performing calibration based on measurements obtained with a densitometer and applying that calibration from a remote workstation, you must reboot the Fiery X2 before the new calibration is reﬂected in the Conﬁguration page.

Conﬁguring the connection

Printing and copying

Attempting to scan while copying may produce unexpected results. Complete or cancel the copying process before attempting to scan.

Printing and scanning

Attempting to prescan while printing on large paper sizes may produce unexpected results. Complete or cancel the scan before attempting to print.

Scan progress bar

For Mac OS computers, there is no scan progress bar.

Match Copy

In order to print a scan as an exact match to the original copy:

• In the Fiery Scan Options dialog box, select Match Copy from the Color Conversion pop-up menu.

• In the CMYK Simulation print option, select the Match Copy setting.

Minimizing other applications

For Windows computers, before beginning a ﬁnal scan, minimize any other open applications. Not doing so may cause a delay in reactivation of the Photoshop application after the scan is completed.

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