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User Guide

FIERY XJ BP100

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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 the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

Class B Declaration of Conformity

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio fr equency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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Contents

Preface

Copier support and media pack About the documentation

About this manual xii Terminology and conventions xiii

How the Fiery XJ works

About PostScript printer drivers and PPDs xiv

Supported paper sizes Fiery XJ job environments

Permissions xv

Before you begin

Chapter 1: Using the Control Panel

Introduction to the Fiery XJ Control Panel

Activity light 1-1 Buttons 1-2 Display window 1-2 Functions menu 1-4

Starting and shutting down the Fiery XJ

Starting the Fiery XJ 1-5 Restarting the Fiery XJ 1-6 Shutting down the Fiery XJ 1-7

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xiv

xvi

1-1

1-5

Safety warnings Cleaning the Fiery XJ

1-7 1-7

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Chapter 2: Printing from Windows Computers

Printing from applications

Setting options and printing from Windows 95 2-1 Setting options and printing from Windows NT 4.0 2-6 Printing to the parallel port 2-8 Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location 2-8

Using Fiery Downloader to print

Chapter 3: Printing from Mac OS Computers

Printing from applications

Selecting the Fiery XJ in the Chooser 3-1 Setting print options and printing from Mac OS computers 3-2

Using Fiery Downloader to print

Chapter 4: Printing from UNIX Workstations

Printing to the Fiery XJ

Chapter 5: Downloading Files and Fonts

Using Fiery Downloader

Printing with Fiery Downloader 5-3 Downloading and managing printer fonts 5-6

2-1

2-9

3-1

3-4

4-1

5-1

Chapter 6: Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

Tools for job tracking and management

Fiery WebTools 6-1 Fiery Spooler 6-1

About Fiery WebTools

Access privileges 6-2 Checking Fiery XJ status with the Status WebTool 6-4

6-1

6-2

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Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler for Windows

Job management features 6-7 Job List window 6-8 Job icons 6-12 Job commands 6-14 Overriding print settings 6-15 Using the Job Log 6-16 Differences between Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler for Windows 6-18

Fiery Spooler for Mac OS computers

The job list 6-21 Duplicating, copying, moving, and deleting jobs 6-23 Changing print settings for a job 6-25 Using the Job Log 6-26

Chapter 7: Color Calibration

Introduction Understanding calibration

How calibration works 7-2 Scheduling calibration 7-3 Checking calibration status 7-5

6-5

6-19

7-1 7-1

Calibrating with AutoCal from the Control Panel

Removing calibration 7-7

Working with simulations

Changing simulation targets 7-8

Appendix A: Print Options

Where to set print options

Print options and override hierarchy A-2 More information about print options A-3

7-5

7-7

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Appendix B: Font List

Printer fonts

Adobe Type 1 fonts B-1 TrueType fonts B-5

Appendix C: Troubleshooting

Error messages Maintaining optimal system performance Troubleshooting

General printing problems C-4 Problems with print quality C-6 Problems with Fiery Downloader C-7 Problems with Fiery WebTools C-9 Setup error messages C-9 AutoCal error messages C-9

Index

B-1

C-1 C-3 C-4

xi Copier support and media pack

Preface

The Fiery XJ BP100 enables you to use your color copier as a networked printer. You can use the Fiery XJ BP100 to print ﬁnal documents or to proof jobs you will later print on an offset press. You send a print job to the Fiery XJ BP100 as you would to any other printer—you select it from the Printers dialog box on Windows computers, or in the Chooser on Mac OS computers—and then print from within any application.

In this manual, the term “Fiery XJ” is used to refer to the Fiery XJ BP100.

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Users with the necessary access privileges can monitor and manage jobs sent to the Fiery XJ and perform color calibration of the color server using AutoCal. Additionally, with Fiery XJ user software, you can also download ﬁles and fonts to the Fiery XJ.

Copier support and media pack

The Fiery XJ supports R2 color copiers—the term “copier” refers to the following models:

• Ricoh Aﬁcio Color 5106 and 5206

• Lanier 5606DC

• Sharp AR-C861 and AR-C862

• Gestetner 2606 and 2606e

• nashuatec C606 and C606e

• Rex Rotary CC8606 and CC8606E

• infotec 7316 and 7316E

• Savin SDC206 and SDC206E

Your Fiery XJ includes a media pack containing:

• User Software CD

• Documentation set

xii Preface

About the documentation

This manual is part of a set of Fiery XJ documentation that includes the following manuals for users and system administrators:

• The

Administrator Guide

Fiery XJ for the supported platforms and network environments. It also includes guidelines for setting up UNIX, Windows NT, and Novell NetWare servers to provide Adobe PostScript printing services to clients.

•

Getting Started

Fiery XJ. Speciﬁcally, it describes installation of PostScript™ printer drivers, printer description ﬁles, and other user software provided on the Fiery XJ User Software CD. It also explains how to connect each user to the network.

• The

User Guide

jobs via remote workstations on the network or via a direct parallel port connection. It also explains the functions of the Fiery WebTools and Fiery XJ client utilities and how they can be used to manage jobs, and provides troubleshooting information for problems that may arise.

describes how to install software to enable users to print to the

describes the printing features of the Fiery XJ for users who send

explains basic conﬁguration and administration of the

•

Release Notes

the problems you may encounter.

provide last-minute product information and workarounds for some of

About this manual

This manual covers the following topics:

• Using the Fiery XJ Control Panel

• Printing from Windows computers

• Printing from Mac OS computers

• Printing from UNIX® workstations

• Downloading ﬁles and fonts using Fiery Downloader

• Tracking and managing jobs and accessing information using Fiery WebTools™ and Fiery client utilities

• Calibrating the Fiery XJ with AutoCal

• Specifying and overriding job settings, the printer fonts installed on the Fiery XJ, and troubleshooting information

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xiii How the Fiery XJ works

Terminology and conventions

Speciﬁc terms are explained as they are introduced. However, the following general terms are used throughout:

PostScript (PS)

• Fiery XJ uses this language for imaging the page and for communication with applications and with the print engine.

Job

•

—A ﬁle consisting of PostScript commands and comments that describe the graphics, sampled images, and text that should appear on each page of a document, and the printer options that should be used in printing, such as media or color rendering style.

Spool

•

—Write to a disk. Usually used here to refer to a PostScript print job being

saved to the Fiery XJ hard disk in preparation for processing and printing.

RIP

—Acronym for raster image processing, which changes text and graphics commands into descriptions of each mark on a page. In common use as a noun, a “raster image processor ” (RIP) is the computer processor that performs this function.

—A computer language designed as a page description language. The

•

—The process of rendering, or imaging, a page or a job on a printer.

These concepts can explain how the Fiery XJ and the copier work together as a powerful printing system. The Fiery XJ PostScript RIP changes text and graphics commands in PostScript into color speciﬁcations for each dot of toner deposited on a page by the copier.

How the Fiery XJ works

The Fiery XJ receives ﬁles from computers on the network, processes (RIPs) those ﬁles, and then sends them to the copier’s print engine for printing. Even with the Fiery XJ installed, you can still use the copier to make copies.

When printing from an application, your Windows or Mac OS computer communicates with the Fiery XJ by means of a PostScript printer driver and a PostScript printer description ﬁle (PPD).

xiv Preface

About PostScript printer drivers and PPDs

A PostScript printer driver is an application that manages printing communication between your application software and the printer. It interprets the instructions generated by the application software, merges those instructions with printer-speciﬁc PPD options you specify (see below), and translates all that information into PostScript, a language the printer understands. In other wor ds, the printer driver writes a PostScript ﬁle based on your original ﬁle and the options you set from the Print dialog box.

A PPD ﬁle contains information about a particular device’s features and capabilities (for example, what paper sizes and media types are supported). The PostScript printer driver reads the information in the PPD ﬁle and presents that information to you in the form of options you can choose from the Print dialog box. The PPD for the Fiery XJ includes information about the features of both the copier and the Fiery XJ.

For information on the PPD options for your Fiery XJ, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

Supported paper sizes

The Fiery XJ supports printing at 400 dpi (dots per inch) on the following paper sizes:

• 8" x 10"-R

• Letter, Letter-R (8.5" x 11")

• Legal 13 (8.5" x 13")

• Legal (8.5" x 14")

• Tabloid (11" x 17")

• A6-R (105 mm x 148 mm)

• A5, A5-R (148 mm x 210 mm)

• A4, A4-R (210 mm x 297 mm)

• A3 (297 mm x 420 mm)

xv Fiery XJ job environments

Fiery XJ job environments

The Fiery XJ supports several levels of control of printing, job management, and setup, and offers you the ﬂexibility to choose the conﬁguration that corresponds to the requirements of your site. If desired, the administrator can implement controls that limit user access to certain Fiery XJ functions, including Fiery XJ conﬁguration (Setup), calibration, job overrides, and font management.

The spectrum of control that an administrator can implement is described fully in the

Administrator Guide

Permissions

Support for various types of job environments is achieved by a combination of F iery XJ Setup options. By default, anyone can access Setup, but the administrator can limit access to Setup by specifying an Administrator password for the Fiery XJ (see the

Administrator Guide

The two security levels are:

Administrator

• person who has access to Setup can control the printing and job management environment by choosing which print connections are enabled, and by electing to set passwords.

Guest

•

This manual describes the features of the Fiery WebTools and Fiery client utilities, as well as all privileges, whether those privileges are available to everyone or are exclusive to only certain people. It also includes descriptions of administrator functions, sometimes referring you to other manuals for more information.

—allows users to view the status of active jobs and the list of stored jobs. They cannot make changes to jobs. A password is not needed to log in as Guest and view jobs from the Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler windows.

—confers control of Setup and is the highest level of control. The

xvi Preface

Before you begin

Before using the Fiery XJ, follow these steps:

1. Conﬁrm that the system administrator has completed Setup as described in the

Administrator Guide

2. Determine which printer defaults the administrator has speciﬁed in Setup.

These default settings can affect the results of your print jobs. Check with your administrator or operator for information on these default settings.

3. Conﬁrm that the user software is installed correctly on your workstation, as described in

Getting Started

4. Find out how your workstation is conﬁgured for printing on the network.

If you send a job to the Print queue, the job spools to the F iery XJ and proceeds to RIP and print according to your job settings—unless someone intervenes with Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler.

You may also have access to the Direct connection, which sends jobs straight to the server without spooling and is used to download printer fonts to the Fiery XJ disk.

5. Determine whether the Fiery XJ is set up to use Fiery WebTools and what your access privileges are.

The administrator may or may not have enabled access to the server via the Internet (or an intranet). If access is enabled, a password may be required to perform job management with Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler.

1-1 Introduction to the Fiery XJ Control Panel

Chapter 1: Using the Control P anel

Activity light

Display window

Up and down buttons

Menu button

You can use the Fiery XJ Control Panel to view status information, print special pages, and set up printing.

Introduction to the Fiery XJ Control Panel

The Control Panel, shown belo w on the front of the Fiery XJ, comprises the following parts:

Line selection buttons

Activity light

The activity light indicates the current Fiery XJ activity. If the light is: Solid red An error has occurred causing the Fiery XJ to be disabled. Flashing red There is an error causing printing to be disabled, but the

Fiery XJ is capable of processing. Solid green The Fiery XJ is idle. Flashing green The Fiery XJ is processing or printing a job, or

communicating with a remote computer. No light The Fiery XJ is off or starting up.

1-2 Using the Control Panel

Buttons

Line selection buttons

Up and down buttons

Menu button Press this button to view other screens. Under normal

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.

When a button is active, a special character (>) appears in the

display window next to the button.

Use these buttons to scroll to different screens in multi-

screen lists, to select Setup options from a list of available

options, and to scroll alphanumeric characters.

operation, the Control Panel displays the Info, RIP, or Print

Status screen with information about the status of the

Fiery XJ. If you press the Menu button, the F unctions menu

is displayed and you can perform additional operations (see

page 1-4). If a job is processing or printing, press the Menu

button to cycle among the active screens.

Display window

The display window provides information about the status of the Fiery XJ, displays menu information, and enables you to view and edit information in the Setup menus.

The last line of the display window displays text that tells you what screen you are looking at and highlights one of the icons to indicate what the Fiery XJ is doing. Only the icons for the screens that are currently available appear. The menu button cycles among the active screens.

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.”

1-3 Introduction to the Fiery XJ Control Panel

Print Status When the Fiery XJ 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 job printed and the total

number of copies of the job requested.

RIP Status When the Fiery XJ 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 Fiery XJ 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 size (in kilobytes) of the job processed so far. NOTE: This number

is always displayed in kilobytes, even if the amount goes over 1000KB; for example, 10MB is displayed as 10000KB.

Info Status When the Fiery XJ is not processing or printing a job, it displays information

about the current server and software. It displays the following information:

Server Name—The Fiery XJ name. Status—The current status of the Fiery XJ. The Fiery XJ status can be: Idle,

Initializing, Busy, Processing, or Printing.

Megabytes—The space (in megabytes) available on the Fiery XJ hard disk, for

example, 756MB.

Version—The system software version running on the Fiery XJ.

Functions You can press the Menu button to display the Functions menu. Use the up and

down buttons to scroll through the list. Press the line selection button to the right of a command to select that command. See page 1-4 for more information.

Network The network icon appears at the bottom left of any of the other screens when a

job is being sent to the Fiery XJ, either over the network or through the parallel port. The network icon also appears, together with a ﬂashing green activity light, when a remote utility is running.

Print Pages

Suspend Printing

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Functions menu

The Functions menu provides the following commands: Print special pages from the Fiery XJ. You can print the following pages from the

submenu that appears:

Test Page—A Test Page enables you to conﬁrm that the Fiery XJ is properly

connected to the copier, and provides color and grayscale samples to troubleshoot problems with the copier or the Fiery XJ. The following settings are among those listed on the Test Page: Server Name, Printer Model, color settings, calibration information, date and time the Test Page was printed.

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 Fiery XJ, the current options for all Setup settings, information about the current calibration, and the Ethernet and Token Ring addresses of the Fiery XJ.

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 Chapter 6, "Tracking and Managing Print Jobs."

Control Panel Map—Prints the Control Panel Map, which is an overview of the

screens you can access from the Control P anel. For information about using these screens to set up the Fiery XJ, see the Administrator Guide.

Font List—Prints a list of all fonts currently on the Fiery XJ hard disk.

Suspend communication between the Fiery XJ and the copier. You must suspend printing if you want to interrupt the current Fiery XJ job so that you can use the copier to make copies. Jobs continue to process on the Fiery XJ. After you make the copies, select Resume Printing to continue printing jobs from the Fiery XJ and networked users.

Resume Printing

Run Diagnostics

Reboot Server

NOTE: Do not select Suspend Printing while printing sort jobs.

Resume communication between the copier and the Fiery XJ after you have ﬁnished making copies.

This function is provided for service representatives only. Contact your authorized service/support technician for information about running diagnostics.

Shut down all Fiery XJ activity in the correct manner and then restart. You should use this option instead of the power switch on the back of the Fiery XJ.

Power switch in the off position

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Starting and shutting down the Fiery XJ

Generally, you can leave the Fiery XJ running all the time. This section describes how to shut down and restart the Fiery XJ when necessary.

Starting the Fiery XJ

To start the Fiery XJ, move the power switch on the back of the Fiery XJ to the On position. If the copier is also powered off, pow er it on before po wering on the Fiery XJ.

Diagnostic messages appear on the Fiery XJ Control Panel. If any diagnostics fail, more information and instructions appear. Contact your service representative if the Fiery XJ 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 Setup option settings, press any button; if you do not press a button, the Fiery XJ continues starting up and displays the message ready to receive data.

NOTE: If an Administrator password has been set, you are required to enter it to access

Setup.

Idle when it is

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If you press a button, the following options appear. For information about the Setup menus and options, see the Administrator Guide.

Choose: To do this:

Exit Setup Server Setup Network Setup Printer Setup PS Setup Color Setup Job Log Setup Calibration

Change Password Clear Server

Exit the Setup menus; the Fiery XJ reboots. Enter the Server Setup menus. Enter the Network Setup menus. Enter the Printer Setup menus. Enter the PostScript Setup menu. Enter the Color Setup menu. Enter the Job Log Setup menu. Calibrate the Fiery XJ using AutoCal. For more

information, see “Calibrating with AutoCal from the Control Panel” on page 7-5 and the Administrator Guide.

Change the Administrator password. Clear all jobs in all server queues as well as the Job Log.

Check with your administrator or operator before choosing Clear Server.

Restarting the Fiery XJ

You should use the procedure described below to restart the Fiery XJ rather than using the power switch on the back of the Fiery XJ.

TO RESTART THE FIERY XJ:

1. Make sure that the Fiery XJ is not receiving, processing, or printing a job.

Make sure that the status message on the Control Panel is Idle.

NOTE: If a job from the Print queue is processing, it will continue processing and print

after the Fiery XJ is restarted; if a job sent to the Direct connection is processing, it will not ﬁnish processing or printing.

2. Press the Menu button to display the Functions menu.

3. Use the up and down buttons to scroll to the last screen and choose Reboot Server.

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Shutting down the Fiery XJ

You may need to shut down the Fiery XJ for service. When you do so, fonts that have been downloaded to the hard disk drive are not deleted. P rint jobs in the Printed queue and jobs that have been processed but not printed are not deleted and are available for printing when you restart the Fiery XJ.

TO SHUT DOWN THE FIERY XJ:

1. Make sure that the Fiery XJ is not receiving, processing, or printing a job.

Make sure that the status message on the Control P anel is Idle. If a job has just ﬁnished processing or printing, wait at least ﬁve seconds after the Control Panel status message switches to Idle before proceeding to step 2.

NOTE: If a job from the Print queue is processing, it will continue processing and print

after the Fiery XJ is restarted; if a job to the Direct connection is processing, it will not ﬁnish processing or printing.

2. Power off the Fiery XJ by moving the power switch on the back to the Off position. N

OTE: After powering off the Fiery XJ, make sure to also power off the copier. Leaving

the copier powered on while the Fiery XJ is powered off can lead to excessive drain on the Fiery XJ motherboard battery.

Safety warnings

The Fiery XJ display window is a liquid crystal display (LCD) that is made of glass and can break. Do not subject it to strong shocks.

If the display window breaks and the liquid crystal material leaks out, do not inhale, ingest, or touch it. If the material gets on your skin or clothing, wash it off with soap and water immediately.

Cleaning the Fiery XJ

Clean the Fiery XJ with a soft cloth moistened with isopropyl alcohol or ethyl alcohol. Never use water or ketone as these may permanently alter the display.

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Chapter 2: Printing from Windows Computers

This chapter describes how to print to the Fiery XJ from Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0.

You can print from a networked Windows computer, or from a Windows computer connected to the parallel port on the Fiery XJ. If you plan to print ﬁles at another location, you should follow the procedures described in “Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location” on page 2-8.

Another way to print from a Windows computer is to download PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) ﬁles using Fiery Downloader.

NOTE: For information on setting up the Windows environment for printing with

Windows servers connected to the Fiery XJ, see the Administrator Guide. For information on how to connect to the Fiery XJ over the network, install printer drivers, and install the Fiery utilities, see Getting Started.

Printing from applications

Once you have installed the Fiery XJ printer driver and set it to the proper port as described in Getting Started, you can print directly from most Windows applications. Simply choose the Print command from within your application.

Setting options and printing from Windows 95

To print from Windows 95, use the Adobe PostScript printer driver for Windows 95. The driver is included with the Fiery XJ user software, and uses all features of the Fiery XJ.

Once you have installed the Adobe PostScript printer driver and Fiery XJ PostScript Printer Description ﬁle (PPD), you can specify print settings. You can also change settings for a particular job when you print it to the Fiery XJ. Before printing, make sure that the correct print options are set.

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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 Fiery XJ, see the Administrator Guide. Alternatively, you can print from Windows 95 without connecting to a print server via SMB printing. For information about setting up SMB printing, see Getting Started.

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS AND PRINT WITH THE ADOBEPS PRINTER DRIVER

FROM WINDOWS 95:

1. Double-click the My Computer icon.

2. Double-click the Printers icon.

3. Select the icon for the Fiery XJ and choose Properties from the File menu.

4. Click the Paper tab.

5. Specify the appropriate settings for the print job.

In the Paper size area, specify the page size for the job.

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6. To select a speciﬁc media type, click More Options.

7. From the Paper type pop-up menu, choose the type of media to use for the job and

From the Paper source pop-up menu, choose the paper tray for the job. For example, you can specify that the job should be printed on pages in the Bypass tray. The Paper source selection is valid for the current job only.

NOTE: If paper loaded in the selected tray is a different size, orientation, and/or media

type than that of the job you are sending, the Fiery XJ displays an error message and the job will not print. You should then load the correct paper in the selected tray or cancel the job.

click OK.

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8. Click the Fiery Options tab.

9. Go to the Job, Color, and Finishing tabs, and specify the appropriate settings for the print job.

These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery XJ. They override settings in Fiery XJ Printer Setup; the settings can also be changed in the Override Print Settings dialog box with the Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler. For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

If you choose Printer’s default, the Fiery XJ prints with the default setting speciﬁed during Setup.

10. If you want to make the new settings the default settings, click Apply.

11. Click OK.

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12. From your application, choose Print.

13. Enter text messages in the Notes 1 and Notes 2 areas.

14. Click OK.

Enter user and job identiﬁcation information for accounting purposes, or whatever information is required at your site. These notes will appear in the Job Log.

OTE: The Fiery XJ does not support printing the Cover Page from the AdobePS

printer driver.

Saving and loading print option settings

Print option settings can be saved to a settings ﬁle on your hard disk. S aving a settings ﬁle enables you to easily load speciﬁcally conﬁgured settings for a particular job.

TO SAVE PRINT OPTION SETTINGS:

1. After conﬁguring the options from the Job, Color, and Finishing tabs, click Save Settings.

2. Name the settings ﬁle and browse to a location on your hard disk where you want to save the ﬁle.

3. Click OK.

The settings ﬁle is saved to the location you speciﬁed.

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TO LOAD PRINT OPTION SETTINGS:

1. From the Fiery Options tab, click Load Settings.

2. Browse to the settings ﬁle.

3. Select the settings ﬁle from the list and click OK.

The options from the Job, Color, and Finishing tabs are automatically conﬁgured with the saved settings.

Setting options and printing from Windows NT 4.0

You can print from Windows NT 4.0 using the printer driver included with Windows NT.

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS AND PRINT WITH THE MICROSOFT POSTSCRIPT

PRINTER DRIVER FROM WINDOWS NT 4.0:

1. Choose Print in your application and click Properties.

2. Click the Advanced tab.

3. Specify the appropriate settings for the print job.

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4. Scroll down to Printer Features, and select the appropriate settings for the print job.

In the Paper Size menu, specify the page size for the job. From the Paper Source menu, choose the paper tray for the job. For example, you can

specify that the job should be printed on pages in the Bypass tray. The Paper Source selection is valid for the current job only.

NOTE: If paper loaded in the selected tray is a different size, orientation, and/or media

type than that of the job you are sending, the Fiery XJ displays an error message and the job will not print. You should then load the correct paper in the selected tray or cancel the job.

If you choose Printer’s default, the Fiery XJ prints with the default setting speciﬁed during Setup.

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5. Click OK, then click OK in the Print dialog box. N

OTE: The Fiery XJ does not support printing the Cover Page from the Microsoft

PostScript printer driver for Windows NT 4.0.

Printing to the parallel port

The Fiery XJ has a parallel port that enables you to print most ﬁles directly from a Windows computer if your network administrator has connected the Windows computer’s parallel port to the Fiery XJ parallel port.

NOTE: You cannot use Fiery Downloader through the parallel port.

TO PRINT FILES TO THE PARALLEL PORT:

1. Make sure the parallel port is enabled on the Fiery XJ.

Check with your site administrator to see whether printing to the parallel port is enabled. See Getting Started for information on setting up parallel port printing on your Windows computer .

2. Select the printer port that is connected to the Fiery XJ parallel port.

Select one of the local ports: LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3. For instructions, see your Windows documentation.

3. Print from within your application.

Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location

If you do not have a Fiery XJ and are preparing files to take to a service bureau or other location, print the final files to the File port (as opposed to one of the local ports). You can also print to the File port to create a ﬁle to be downloaded using Fiery Downloader. For instructions, see your Windows documentation.

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Using Fiery Downloader to print

Downloading ﬁles with Fiery Downloader is generally faster than printing from application software. You can use Fiery Downloader to print PostScript or EPS ﬁles.

TO PRINT USING FIERY DOWNLOADER:

1. Create a PostScript or EPS ﬁle. Specify the appropriate print options and include (embed) any necessary fonts that are not resident on the Fiery XJ.

For a list of fonts resident on the Fiery XJ, see Appendix B, “Font List.”

2. Launch Fiery Downloader and connect to the Fiery XJ.

For instructions on setting up Fiery Downloader, see Getting Started.

3. Select the ﬁle(s) you want to download, and specify any necessary options.

4. Click Download.

For details, see Chapter 5, “Downloading Files and Fonts.”

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Chapter 3: Printing from Mac OS Computers

TO SELECT THE FIERY XJ AS THE CURRENT PRINTER:

You can print to the Fiery XJ just as you would print to any other printer from any application software. First, select the Fiery XJ as the current printer in the Chooser, and then print the ﬁle from within your application.

Another way to print from a Mac OS computer is to download PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) ﬁles using Fiery Downloader.

Printing from applications

Before you can print to the Fiery XJ from applications, you must select the F iery XJ in the Chooser. Then, using the Adobe PostScript printer driver and the correct PostScript Printer Description ﬁle (PPD), you can control many Fiery XJ printing features by specifying job settings from print dialog boxes.

Selecting the Fiery XJ in the Chooser

Before you print a job, make sure the Fiery XJ is the currently selected printer.

1. Make sure the Fiery XJ is connected to the network and turned on.

2. Choose Chooser from the Apple menu.

3. Click the AdobePS icon to select it.

4. If the network is divided into zones, select the zone in which the Fiery XJ is located.

5. Select the Fiery XJ by <Server Name>_<Device Name>_<Queue Name> from the “Select a PostScript Printer” list.

The names of all supported printers in the zone appear in the scroll list on the right. For information about setting up the Fiery XJ in the Chooser, see Getting Started.

NOTE: If your system administrator has not enabled the connection to the Print queue

or the Direct connection, the corresponding name will not appear in this list.

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6. Make sure that AppleTalk is set to Active, and then close the Chooser window.

The Fiery XJ remains selected as the current printer until you choose a new printer in the Chooser.

Setting print options and printing from Mac OS computers

In Mac OS applications, print options are set from both the P age S etup dialog box and the Print dialog box. For details, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

NOTE: Some default print options are set by the administrator during Setup. Check

with the administrator for information on the current server default settings.

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS AND PRINT WITH THE ADOBEPS

PRINTER DRIVER:

1. Open the ﬁle you want to print, and choose Page Setup from the application’s File menu.

The AdobePS Page Setup dialog box appears.

2. In the Paper pop-up menu, specify the page size for the job and click OK.

3. Choose Print from the application’s File menu.

OTE: Print dialog boxes vary across applications.

If the Print dialog box lets you select from a pop-up menu of available printers, choose the Fiery XJ.

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4. From the General pane, choose Job Notes.

5. From the Job Notes pane, choose Printer Speciﬁc Options.

6. Specify the appropriate settings for the print job.

From the Paper Source pop-up menu, choose the paper tray for the job. For example, you can specify that the job should be printed on pages in the Bypass tray. The Paper Source selection is valid for the current job only.

NOTE: If paper loaded in the selected tray is a different size, orientation, and/or media

type than that of the job you are sending, the Fiery XJ displays an error message and the job will not print. You should then load the correct paper in the selected tray or cancel the job.

In the Notes 1 and Notes 2 areas, enter user and job identiﬁcation information for accounting purposes, or whatever information is required at your site. These notes will appear in the Job Log.

These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery XJ (you may need to scroll to see all the options). They override settings in Fiery XJ Printer Setup; the settings can also be changed in the Override Print Settings dialog box with the Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler. For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

If you choose Printer’s default, the Fiery XJ prints with the default setting speciﬁed during Setup.

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Some PPD options are ones that could also be set from an application (for example, Reverse Order printing or Collation). In these cases, use the PPD option to perform the function, rather than setting it from the application. The application may not set up the ﬁle properly for printing on the Fiery XJ and may also take longer to process.

7. If you want to make the new settings the default settings, click Save Settings.

8. Click Print. N

OTE: The Fiery XJ does not support printing the Cover Page from the AdobePS

printer driver.

Using Fiery Downloader to print

Downloading ﬁles with Fiery Downloader is generally faster than printing from application software. You can use Fiery Downloader to print PostScript or EPS ﬁles.

TO PRINT USING FIERY DOWNLOADER:

1. Create a PostScript or EPS ﬁle. Specify the appropriate print options and include (embed) any necessary fonts that are not resident on the Fiery XJ.

For a list of fonts resident on the Fiery XJ, see Appendix B, “Font List.”

2. Launch Fiery Downloader and connect to the Fiery XJ.

For instructions on setting up Fiery Downloader, see Getting Started.

3. Select the ﬁle(s) you want to download, and specify any necessary options.

4. Click Download.

For details, see Chapter 5, “Downloading Files and Fonts.”

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Chapter 4: Printing from UNIX Workstations

TO PRINT FROM UNIX:

Y ou can print to the Fiery XJ directly from UNIX. Jobs printed to the F iery XJ are sent to the Print queue and can be manipulated from Windo ws and Mac OS computers on the network using Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler.

The queue name and Fiery XJ printer name are established by your system administrator. Contact your system administrator for the names of your queues.

For information about setting up printing from TCP/IP, see your UNIX system documentation.

Printing to the Fiery XJ

You can use UNIX commands to print PostScript ﬁles and text ﬁles to the Fiery XJ. In general, the basic print commands (lpr, lpq, lprm) can be used to send print jobs to a Fiery XJ. See your UNIX manual pages or other documentation for information about UNIX commands.

NOTE: Only PostScript or text ﬁle formats can be printed from UNIX.

• On a system running SunOS 4.1.x or another BSD-based variant, use the lpr command to send a job to the Fiery XJ as follows:

lpr <-Pprinter> <-#copies> <filename>

For example, if the Print queue of your Fiery XJ is named print_Server, your ﬁle is named Sample, and you want to print two copies, type:

lpr -Pprint_Server -#2 Sample

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• On a system running Solaris® 2.x or any System V implementation of UNIX, use the lp command to send a job to the Fiery XJ as follows:

lp -d <printername> {-n <#copies>} <filename>

For example, if the Print queue of your Fiery XJ is named print_Server, your ﬁle is named Sample, and you want to print two copies, type:

lp -d print_Server -n 2 Sample

TO DISPLAY A LIST OF JOBS IN THE QUEUE:

• On a system running SunOS 4.1.x or another BSD-based variant, use the lpq command to see printer jobs in the queue as follows:

lpq <-Pprinter>

For example, if the Print queue of your Fiery XJ is named print_Server, type:

lpq -Pprint_Server

Your workstation displays the contents of the queue.

• On a system running Solaris 2 or any System V implementation o f UNIX, use the lpstat command to see printer jobs in the queue as follows:

lpstat -o <printername>

For example, if the Print queue of your Fiery XJ is named print_Server, type:

lpstat -o print_Server

Your workstation displays the contents of the queue.

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TO REMOVE JOBS FROM THE QUEUE:

NOTE: Unless you log in as the root user, you can remove only your own jobs.

• On a system running SunOS 4.1.x or another BSD-based variant, use the lprm command to remove jobs from the queue as follows.

lprm <-Pprinter> <job #…>

You can use the lpq command to check the job number.

For example, to remov e job number 123 from the Print queue of your Fiery XJ named

print_Server, type: lprm -Pprint_Server 123

The lprm command reports the names of any ﬁles it removes.

• On a system running Solaris 2.x or any System V implementation of UNIX, use the cancel command to remove jobs from the queue.

cancel <printername> <job ID>

For example, to remov e job number

print_Server, type: cancel print_Server 123

123 from the Print queue of your F iery XJ named

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Chapter 5: Downloading Files and Fonts

Fiery Downloader allows you to send PostScript and EPS files directly to the Fiery XJ without using the application in which they were created. It also enables you to manage printer fonts on the Fiery XJ.

You can use Fiery Downloader from a remote Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, or Mac OS workstation. Fiery Downloader requires a network connection—you cannot use Fiery Downloader with the parallel port. For information on supported networking protocols, see Getting Started.

NOTE: The Windows and Mac OS versions of Fiery Downloader ar e fundamentally the

same; differences are noted in this chapter . Where a windo w or dialog box is illustrated, the Windows version comes ﬁrst, followed by the Mac OS version.

Using Fiery Downloader

You can use Fiery Downloader to:

• Send PostScript and EPS files to the Fiery XJ

• Check the status of the Fiery XJ

• Manage the PostScript printer fonts stored on the Fiery XJ hard disk (this feature

requires that Publish Direct Connection is set to Yes in Fiery XJ Printer Setup)

NOTE: Fiery Downloader was designed speciﬁcally for the Fiery XJ; you cannot use it

with any other printer.

TO VIEW INFORMATION WITH FIERY DOWNLOADER:

1. Launch Fiery Downloader.

2. Select the Fiery XJ in the Chooser window and click OK (Windows) or Connect (Mac OS).

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Displays server status and user and document name of the job currently printing

Displays server status and user and document name of the job currently processing

Dynamically displays the progress of the job

The Fiery Downloader Status window appears and you see the Fiery Downloader Toolbar, menus, and the status bar at the bottom of the screen.

Displays the amount of available disk space

Buttons for some menu functions appear in the Toolbar at the top of the window:

Open Click to connect to a different Fiery XJ.

Download Click to download a ﬁle or font to the Fiery XJ.

Status If you are viewing the font list, click to display the

status window for the current Fiery XJ.

Font list If you are viewing the status window, click to

display a list of printer fonts on the Fiery XJ hard disk.

About Fiery Downloader (Windows only)

Click to view version information about Fiery Downloader.

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3. To select a different Fiery XJ, choose Open from the File menu or click the Open

4. Select the Fiery XJ in the dialog box that appears, and click OK (Windows) or Connect

5. To close the connection to the Fiery XJ, make sure the Status window is active and

6. To quit Fiery Downloader, choose Exit (Windows) or Quit (Mac OS) from the File menu.

You can click the Font list button or choose Font List from the File menu to view font information in the window.

button.

(Mac OS).

choose Close from the File menu or click the close box in the Status window.

Printing with Fiery Downloader

Printing ﬁles with Fiery Downloader is fast—generally faster than printing from within applications. If you regularly print large ﬁles, try printing with Fiery Downloader.

TO DOWNLOAD A FILE OR FONT WITH FIERY DOWNLOADER:

1. Use your application to generate a ﬁle.

You can save a PostScript ﬁle by selecting the appropriate option in the application’s Print dialog box. With some applications, you can save EPS ﬁles.

If you experience problems printing EPS ﬁles with Fiery Downloader, you can print the ﬁle directly from the application in which it was created.

2. Launch Fiery Downloader.

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3. Choose Download from the File menu or click the Download button.

4. Choose the ﬁle type to display from the Files of type (Windows) or Show (Mac OS) menu.

You can leave this at the default All Known Formats or choose All Files. All Known Formats lists all ﬁles in formats supported by Fiery Downloader.

You can download ﬁles and fonts in the same batch. If the fonts are used by ﬁles in the same batch, the fonts should be downloaded ﬁrst.

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5. Choose the Connection Type (Windows) or Queue (Mac OS) to which you will download

6. Select the ﬁlename and click Add File(s) (Windows) or Add (Mac OS).

To download fonts, you must use the Direct connection (make sure that Publish Direct Connection is set to Yes in Printer Setup on the Fiery XJ). If you do not have access to the Direct connection, you must embed any special fonts used by the ﬁle in the ﬁle when you generate it.

the ﬁles.

The options available to you in this menu depend on the Setup at your site. The potential selections are the Print Queue (Windows) or Print (Mac OS), or Direct Connection (Windows) or Direct (Mac OS). If your administrator has not enabled one or more of these connections, you cannot select it.

The File name ﬁeld (Windows) displays the name of the selected ﬁle before you click Add.

You can navigate to different drives and directories to select ﬁles to download. Click Add All (Mac OS) to add all ﬁles in a folder.

To select multiple sequential ﬁles, select the ﬁrst ﬁle and then shift-click the last ﬁle. Control-click to select multiple non-sequential ﬁles.

If you change your mind about a ﬁle, select the ﬁlename in the Files to (be) Download(ed) list and click Remove File(s) (Windows) or Remove (Mac OS).

Click Remove All (Mac OS) to remove all ﬁles from the Files to Download list.

7. To change the attributes of a ﬁle to be downloaded, select it and click Options.

8. Specify the following information in the dialog box and click OK:

The options you set apply only to the selected ﬁle. You can set different options, or leave the default settings, for each ﬁle.

Copies—Specify the number of copies to print. Brightness—This option is not supported on the Fiery XJ. ‘showpage’ after EPS ﬁles (Windows) or ‘showpage’ (Mac OS) (EPS ﬁles only)—In

most cases, you do not need to use this option. Select the ‘showpage’ option only if an EPS ﬁle fails to print without it. This option adds a showpage PostScript language command at the end of the print job. Some applications omit this necessary PostScript

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9. Click Download File(s) (Windows) or Download (Mac OS).

10. To cancel downloading, press Esc (Windows) or Command-. (Mac OS).

language command when they generate EPS ﬁles. Select this option when printing EPS ﬁles generated by these applications. If you select this option unnecessarily, extra blank pages may print.

If you experience problems printing EPS ﬁles with Fiery Downloader, you can print the ﬁle directly from the application in which you created it.

Downloading and managing printer fonts

The Fiery XJ includes 136 built-in PostScript fonts; for a complete list, see Appendix B, “Font List.” In addition, two Adobe Multiple Master fonts are included and are used for font substitution in PDF ﬁles.

NOTE: Publish Direct Connection must be set to Yes in Fiery XJ Printer Setup in order

to download and manage fonts, and to view the font list.

Before downloading a file that uses fonts not resident on the Fiery XJ, you must download the fonts (unless the fonts are embedded in the ﬁle). To see what fonts are resident on the Fiery XJ, choose Font List from the File menu or click the font list button (see page 5-2).

You can download fonts only via the Direct connection. If you do not have access to the Direct connection, you must embed any special fonts used by the ﬁle in the ﬁle when you generate it.

The screen fonts that correspond to the printer fonts installed on the Fiery XJ are not automatically installed on your Windows system.

NOTE: You cannot use Fiery Downloader to download TrueType fonts. If you use

TrueType fonts in Windows, you can print them by converting them to Adobe Type 1 fonts. To do this with the AdobePS driver, click the Fonts tab and set up the Font Substitution Table as necessary.

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Printer fonts and Mac OS screen fonts

Like all PostScript fonts, the fonts included with the Fiery XJ come in two forms: printer fonts and screen fonts. The printer fonts are installed permanently on the Fiery XJ hard disk. The screen fonts should be installed on your Mac OS computer. If you are using these fonts in documents you print on another printer , they ar e probably already installed. If not, you will need to install them yourself.

Occasionally, you may want to use Adobe Type 1 (Windows) or PostScript (Mac OS) fonts that are not included with the Fiery XJ. If so, you will need to install the screen fonts on your computer and the printer fonts on the Fiery XJ. To do this, follow the instructions from the font manufacturer.

Downloading printer fonts to the Fiery XJ

In general, each time you print from within a Mac OS application, the application automatically downloads any fonts used in your document that are not already installed on the Fiery XJ, as long as the printer fonts are installed in your System Folder. These fonts remain in the Fiery XJ only until your document has printed. If you print the same document again, your application must download the fonts again.

If you regularly use one or more fonts from Windows or Mac OS applications that are not already installed in the Fiery XJ, you can save time by downloading them to the Fiery XJ hard disk with Fiery Downloader. Fonts you download to the Fiery XJ hard disk remain installed until you remove them using Fiery Downloader, no matter how many times the Fiery XJ is turned off and on. You’ll probably want to download fonts you use on a regular basis to the Fiery XJ hard disk.

Before you download files with Fiery Downloader, make sure that all fonts included in your ﬁle are installed in the Fiery XJ or embedded in your ﬁle; otherwise the text in these fonts will not print correctly and may not print at all.

Lock icon

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TO VIEW FONT INFORMATION, UPDATE, PRINT, AND DELETE FONTS:

• Choose Font List from the File menu or click the Font List button.

The Font List window appears with Update, Print, and Delete buttons in the title bar. The printer fonts included with the Fiery XJ (resident fonts) are locked. Locked fonts appear with a lock icon next to the name and cannot be deleted.

Select a font and click to delete it

Click to print the font list to the Print queue

Click to update the information in

the font list window

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Chapter 6: Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

Fiery XJ user software includes a variety of tools that allow you to track and manage print jobs. The particular tools, and the access privileges for them, that are available to you depend on the conditions implemented by your site administrator. This chapter describes the functions of Fiery WebTools and Fiery utilities that let you track and manage jobs sent to the Fiery XJ.

Tools for job tracking and management

Depending on the workstation you use and the setup at your site, you may be able to choose between several Fiery XJ job tracking and management tools.

Fiery WebTools

If your site administrator has enabled Web Services on the Fiery XJ, you can access Fiery WebTools from Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 computers with an Internet browser. Fiery WebTools that provide job tracking capabilities are Fiery WebSpooler and the Status WebTool. Fiery WebSpooler also provides job management capabilities, provided you have the necessary access privileges (see page 6-2). For speciﬁc information on the browsers supported with Fiery WebTools, see Getting Started.

Fiery Spooler

Fiery Spooler, like Fiery WebSpooler, provides job tracking and job management capabilities. Fiery Spooler can be installed from the User Software CD on Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, and Mac OS computers, and requir es only a network connection to the Fiery XJ. If your network administrator has not enabled Web Services on the Fiery XJ, or if you do not have the necessary system support to use Fiery WebTools, you may choose to use Fiery Spooler for job management. For information on the system and network requirements for the Windows and Mac OS versions of Fiery Spooler, see Getting Started.

NOTE: The interface of Fiery Spooler for Windows is virtually identical to that of

Fiery WebSpooler; therefore, the descriptions of both are combined into one section beginning on page 6-5. The interface of Fiery Spooler for Mac OS is signiﬁcantly different from that of Fiery WebSpooler; it is described in detail starting on page 6-19.

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About Fiery WebTools

Fiery WebTools reside on the Fiery XJ but can be accessed over the network from Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 computers. The Fiery XJ has a home page from which remote users can select among the Fiery WebTools in order to view server functions, manipulate jobs, and download printer ﬁle installers. For speciﬁc information on the browsers supported with Fiery WebTools, see Getting Started.

The following Fiery WebTools can be accessed from the Fiery XJ home page.

WebTool: Summary: For more information:

Status Shows you the jobs currently processing

and printing.

W ebSpooler Allows you to view , manipulate, r eor der,

reprint, and delete jobs currently spooling, processing, or printing on the Fiery XJ. Also allows you to view, print, and delete the Job Log. Most of these functions require an Administrator password, if one has been set.

Installer Allows you to download Fiery XJ printer

ﬁle installers directly from the server.

Access privileges

The Fiery XJ system allows the site administrator to choose and implement a level of access and control appropriate for your particular site. The levels of access allowed to remote users depend on whether the administrator has enabled use of the Fiery WebTools, and whether a password is required to use certain features of the Fiery WebT ools.

See page 6-4

See “Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler for Windows” on page 6-5

See Getting Started

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The two possible levels of access to Fiery WebTools are Administrator and Guest. When an Administrator password has been speciﬁed, the access levels are as follows:

Access level: Privileges and password requirements:

Administrator Has full access to all Fiery W ebTools and Fiery XJ Control Panel

Guest Can view job status, but cannot make changes to jobs or Setup,

TO ACCESS FIERY WEBTOOLS:

1. Start up your Internet browser application.

See Getting Started for information about supported platforms and browsers.

2. Enter the IP address or the DNS name of the Fiery XJ.

Check with the administrator for this information.

functions; Administrator password required

and cannot view the Job Log; no password required

3. If the Log In dialog box appears, enter the password and click OK.

The Log In dialog box appears only if an Administrator password has been set.

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4. When the Fiery XJ home page appears, click to select one of the Fiery WebTools.

Move the cursor over the buttons to display information about the selections.

NOTE: The Conﬁgure button appears only if you logged in as Administrator. With

Administrator privileges, you can click this button and specify which of the Fiery WebTools are available to other users.

Checking Fiery XJ status with the Status WebTool

You can use the Status WebTool to see what jobs are currently processing and printing. The Status WebTool does not require any special access privileges. If the administrator has enabled Web Services in Setup and has provided you with the IP address of the Fiery XJ, you can use the Status W ebTool to monitor the status of print jobs as they are rasterized and printed.

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To access the Status WebTool, point y our bro wser to the Fiery XJ home page and click Status. The current RIP Status and Printer Status appear in the window.

To open a new browser window for the Status display, click Float. You can then close other browser windows and leave the Status window open to continue checking the status of the Fiery XJ. As long as you keep the Status window open, it is dynamically updated.

To obtain more information about the status of jobs, use Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler.

Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler for Windows

Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler for Windows both pr ovide a window on Fiery XJ and copier functions, and an interface from which you can control those functions.

NOTE: After launching, the Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler for Windows

interfaces are virtually identical. Following the explanations of how to launch each tool, the remainder of this section uses the term “Fiery WebSpooler” to refer to both Fiery W ebSpooler and F iery Spooler for W indows. Wher e differences exist between the two, they are noted.

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TO LAUNCH FIERY WEBSPOOLER:

1. From the Fiery XJ home page, click WebSpooler.

For instructions on how to access the Fiery XJ home page, see page 6-3.

2. To log in as Administrator, enter the Administrator password and click OK. To log in as Guest, click OK, without entering any password.

The Fiery WebSpooler window appears in a new browser window.

TO LAUNCH FIERY SPOOLER ON A WINDOWS COMPUTER:

1. Choose Fiery Spooler from the Start>Programs menu.

2. Select the Fiery XJ in the Chooser window that appears.

For information on setting up the connection to the Fiery XJ, see Getting Started.

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3. Click OK.

Job management features

Unless a password has been deﬁned in Fiery XJ Setup, you can log in to Fiery WebSpooler without entering a password, and you are given full privileges which include:

• A view of current printing jobs and jobs stored on the Fiery XJ

• Control of printing jobs and a view of the Job Log

• Ability to clear the Job Log

After the Administrator has performed Setup and speciﬁed the password, user options depend on your login level. If you log in to Fiery WebSpooler as Guest, you have the ﬁrst option only. If you log in as Administrator, you have all three options. For information about Setup and specifying passwords, see the Administrator Guide.

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You can use Fiery WebSpooler to perform the following functions from your workstation:

• Override current job option settings

• Delete jobs

• Duplicate or rename jobs

• Change the priority of jobs

• Display, print, or delete the Job Log

Most of these functions require the Administrator password. However, even without a password, you can log in to Fiery WebSpooler as Guest with view-only privileges.

Job List window

Your ﬁrst view of Fiery WebSpooler is the Job List window, which is divided into three areas by Spool, RIP, and Print status bars. The Job List window is surrounded by a frame that includes slider buttons and menus. System information indicators at the bottom of the window show the current availability of hard disk space and RAM on the currently selected Fiery XJ.

When the Fiery XJ is receiving and processing print jobs, the Job List window is a dynamic display, ﬁlled with the names of jobs and their characteristics. Status bars animate in real time as new jobs are processed and printed, and jobs move to different display areas.

Menu bar

Spool status bar

Spooled jobs

RIP status bar

Rasterized (RIPped) jobs

Print status bar

Printed jobs

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System information indicators

The Spool, RIP, and Print areas of the Job List window represent the stages of printing a job. Jobs come in at the top level (Spool) and drop down to the Print level, unless they are held along the way.

• Spooled jobs—Jobs listed in the area below the Spool status bar area are PostScript

ﬁles stored on the Fiery XJ disk. These jobs were sent to the Print queue. These PostScript ﬁles are saved on the server’s hard disk. PostScript files can come in packets from the network, or from another place on the server hard disk. Jobs are added to a queue in the order in which they arrive, and they generally move to another queue in the same order unless someone has intervened to change the order.

• RIPped jobs—Jobs listed in the area below the RIP status bar are ready to print.

They have already been rasterized (RIPped, or processed for printing) and are waiting, in order, for access to the printer. During RIPping, PostScript commands are interpreted in the Fiery XJ to allow the copier to print the ﬁle the way its originator intended.

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The result of this interpretation is a raster ﬁle associated with the original PostScript ﬁle. In this raster ﬁle (raster image), color data is associated with each dot that can be rendered by the print engine. The color data tells the print engine whether or not to apply cyan, magenta, yellow, or black toner to each position on the page.

• Printed jobs—Jobs listed in the area below the Print status bar have already been

printed. Printed jobs can be stored on the Fiery XJ disk. The number of jobs that can be stored (from 1 to 99) is deﬁned in Setup.

• Errors—Jobs with an error are shown in red. To display the error, double-click the

job line.

If you are logged in as Administrator, you can interact with a job in the window by selecting it and choosing a command from the Job menu, or by double clicking it and setting print option overrides. (However, if a password has been set and you are logged in as Guest, you can only view jobs; you cannot interact with them.)

The job icons displayed in the Fiery WebSpooler window are explained on page 6-12.

NOTE: If your job does not appear anywhere in the Fiery WebSpooler window, it may

have already been printed; if so, it will appear in the Job Log. To view the Job Log, choose Show Job Log from the Windo w menu. (F or more information on the J ob Log, see page 6-16.)

Menu bar

The menu bar has four menus. When an action is not available in the current context, the command is dimmed.

Menu: Choose this: To do this:

File Print Job Log Print the Job Log

Delete Job Log Delete the Job Log Export Job Log Save the Job Log as a text ﬁle Open Fiery Launch Fiery WebSpooler for a different Fiery XJ Exit Log out from the server and exit Fiery WebSpooler

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Menu: Choose this: To do this:

Job (For more information on these commands, see page 6-14)

Window Show Job List Show the Job List window

Help About View the Fiery WebSpooler information screen

Delete Job(s) Delete one or more selected jobs Duplicate Job(s) Duplicate one or more selected PostScript data jobs in the Spool or Print areas Rename Rename a selected job Print Print the selected job(s); see page 6-13 Process Next Give top priority to this job Override Print

Settings

Show Job Log Show the Job Log window

Status bars

Jobs actively involved in the three processes (spooling, rasterizing, and printing) are listed in the status bars that span the Job List window.

Status bars show the ﬁlename and user name for the active process, and an indication of its progress. Each status bar heads the list of jobs that have completed the process. Thus, beneath the Spool status bar, you see a list of spooled ﬁles; beneath the RIP status bar, you see a list of rasterized (RIPped) ﬁles. Beneath the Print status bar, you see a list of jobs that have already been printed.

View and edit print settings for the selected job(s); see page 6-15

NOTE: In the Spool status bar, the ﬁlename and user information always appear as

“Unknown” (as shown below). This information is not available until the job has ﬁnished spooling to the Fiery XJ disk.

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Job icons

There are two types of icons that are used for active jobs:

Icon:

PostScript data after printing, raster deleted

PostScript icon

PostScript or raster data headed for printing

Printer icon

Spool area

The job icon in the Spool area is described below:

Spool area icon: What it indicates: How long you see the job:

PostScript data headed for

White printer icon

The Spool area is the waiting area for jobs that will be RIPped (jobs in the Spool queue).

Print queue jobs Network jobs sent to the Print queue appear in the Spool area

where they are shown with a white printer icon. When they reach the head of the queue, they are RIPped and printed.

Active jobs:

(white icons)

Until the RIP is free

Direct connection jobs Jobs printed to the D irect connection are not displayed in the

Fiery WebSpooler job lists. They are displayed brieﬂy in the status bars (where they cannot be selected) and are included in the Job Log.

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RIP area

The job icon in the RIP area is described below:

RIP area icon: What it indicates: How long you see the job:

Raster data headed for in its turn

White printer icon

After a job is rasterized, it goes into the RIP area. The RIP area holds only raster data (i.e., jobs that have been rasterized). Jobs in the RIP area are waiting for the copier to be free.

NOTE: Raster jobs in the RIP area that are waiting to print cannot be manipulated by

job commands.

Print area

The job icon in the Print area is described below:

Print area icon: What it indicates: How long you see the job:

PostScript data only—raster data has been deleted

White PS icon

The Print area, also referred to as the Printed queue, contains jobs that have already been printed.

Until copier is free to print the job

Until the job limit is reached

NOTE: A job row that appears in light red indicates that a PostScript error occurred

while printing the job. To see the error, double-click anywhere in the row.

Newly printed jobs are added to the Printed queue, and ar e shown at the top of the list. Jobs are saved in the Printed queue until the job limit is reached. When the ﬁrst job over the limit is printed, the oldest job is deleted from the disk. The default job limit is 10 jobs. The value for Jobs Saved in Printed Queue can be changed in Setup by the administrator.

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NOTE: If you reprint a job in the Printed queue, the job returns to its original position

in the Printed queue after it is printed.

While it is printing, a job consists of PostScript and raster data; jobs with only PostScript data remaining are represented by a white PS icon.

Job commands

Using the commands in the Job menu, you can alter the destinations, priorities and other characteristics of jobs that appear in the Fiery WebSpooler window.

Job commands are used to assign a selected job to a new destination or process. These commands are available from the Job menu (see page 6-10). The job commands available at a given time depend on the context; unavailable commands are dimmed.

The job commands available for selected jobs in the Job List window are listed in the following table.

Choose this: To do this:

Delete Job(s) Delete the job(s) Duplicate Job(s) Duplicate one or more selected PostScript

data jobs in the Spool or Print areas. You can use the duplicate job(s) for different print options or a different destination. (The Duplicate command actually creates a reference to the original job, with the same

name) Rename Rename the job (PostScript ﬁle) Print Print the job in its turn

After printing, keep the printed job in the

Print area until the job limit is reached. Process Next Give top priority to this job

RIP (and then print) it as soon as the

processor is free, before other waiting jobs

Option is dimmed if there are no other

waiting jobs

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Choose this: To do this:

Override Print Settings View and override print settings for a

selected job or a group of selected jobs

Overriding print settings

When logged in as Administrator , you can use the Override P rint Settings command to check and override the print option settings (properties) of all jobs.

You can use this command for several purposes:

• To override a setting based on printed output or other print device conditions

• To change settings for a duplicate of the original job

• To print a single copy of a job before printing the number of copies required by the user

To change the print settings for a job, double-click the job line or select the job and choose Override Print Settings from the Job menu.

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The options you set here are the same ones you set from the P rint dialog box when you print from an application. For information about print options, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

If you want to retain a copy of the job with its original settings, duplicate the job and rename the duplicate before you change any settings (see “Job commands” on page 6-14).

The Override Print Settings dialog box displays all the job settings encoded by the PostScript printer driver that can be decoded by the Fiery XJ. If you (as operator) have not changed anything, these are the settings a user entered before sending the job.

For information on print option settings, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

Using the Job Log

From Fiery WebSpooler, you can view and print a log of all jobs printed by the Fiery XJ, including jobs downloaded with Fiery Downloader. You can also sav e the J ob Log to a text ﬁle which you can then import into a spreadsheet or word processing application for job accounting purposes.

NOTE: If you logged in as Administrator, you can delete the Job Log from

Fiery WebSpooler (see page 6-18). The Job Log is not available if you logged in as Guest.

TO DISPLAY , UPDATE, PRINT, DELETE, AND SAVE THE JOB LOG:

1. Choose Show Job Log from the Fiery WebSpooler Window menu.

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2. Click All or specify a date range.

3. Click OK.

The Job Log appears in a new browser window.

Update

Delete

The Job Log displays each job and the following information: status, document name, user name, date, start time, end time, process time, ﬁle size, device, paper size, media, number of originals, number of color pages, number of black-and-white pages, total number of pages, Note1, and Note2.

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4. To update the Job Log, click the Update button.

5. To print the Job Log, choose Print Job Log from the File menu or click the Print

6. To clear the Job Log, choose Delete Job Log from the File menu or click the Delete

The Status column provides the following information about jobs:

OK ERROR CANCEL

button.

The information displayed in the Job Log window prints to the current Fiery XJ. When you print the Job Log, totals are printed for all appropriate columns.

button.

The system administrator can also print and clear the Job Log from the Control Panel.

Differences between Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler for Windows

Though the interfaces for both Fiery Spooler for Windows and Fiery WebSpooler are almost identical, there are some feature differences.

The job was printed normally. An error occurred during processing or printing. The job was canceled before printing was completed.

Connecting to a different Fiery XJ

With Fiery Spooler, you can connect to a different Fiery XJ from within the application using the following procedure.

TO CONNECT TO A DIFFERENT FIERY XJ:

1. Choose Open Fiery from the File menu.

2. Select the Fiery XJ in the Chooser window that appears.

For information on setting up the connection to the server, see Getting Started.

3. Click OK.

The Fiery Spooler main window appears.

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Saving the Job Log as a ﬁle

With Fiery Spooler, you can save the Job Log as a ﬁle that you can view with a different application.

TO SAVE THE JOB LOG AS A FILE:

1. Choose Export Job Log from the File menu or click the Export button at the top of the Job Log window.

2. In the File name area, enter a name for the Job Log ﬁle (the default name is Fiery Job Log.txt).

3. Browse to the location where you want to save the ﬁle, and click Save.

The Job Log is saved as a text ﬁle, and the Job Log window reappears. You can view the information in any application that can read a text ﬁle. Items are

separated by tabs.

Export button

Fiery Spooler for Mac OS computers

For Mac OS computers, the Fiery Spooler interface and functionality differ from Fiery WebSpooler, and the Windows version of Fiery Spooler.

On a Mac OS computer, Fiery Spooler jobs can be in one of the following queues: Print Normal print jobs sent to the Fiery XJ appear in the Print queue. You

can move and manipulate these jobs as described below.

Printed The jobs most recently sent to the Fiery XJ are saved in the Printed

queue. You can drag these jobs back to the Print queue to print additional copies. The number of jobs saved in the Printed queue is set by your system administrator in Fiery XJ Setup.

Jobs in the queues are stored on the Fiery XJ hard disk. Make sure that you leave enough space on the hard disk for fonts and other Fiery Spooler jobs.

TO LAUNCH FIERY SPOOLER ON A MAC OS COMPUTER:

Server name or IP address of Fiery XJ

Current Print and RIP status

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You can use the Fiery Spooler Job Log to view information about jobs printed to the Fiery XJ for job accounting purposes, or saved for reference. The Job Log can be printed to the Fiery XJ or saved as a ﬁle and viewed in other applications.

1. Double-click the Fiery Spooler icon.

2. If your network is divided into zones, select the zone in which the Fiery XJ is located.

3. Select the Fiery XJ from the list of servers that appears, and click Connect.

The Fiery Spooler main window appears.

Name of the job currently printing

Name of the job currently processing

Scroll list of every document sent to the Print queue

Jobs with PostScript errors appear in Printed queue with Alert icon

Available space on Fiery XJ hard disk

4. To access Administrator functions, choose Password from the Administrator menu.

This menu is active only if a password was created on the Fiery XJ.

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5. Enter the password in the window that appears, and click OK.

The job list

The job list includes information about the document name, user name, time and date sent, print device, and ﬁle size.

The window is split into regions that correspond to the different queues and steps in the printing process. You can click and drag a job to the Print region of the window to move it to the corresponding queue.

Buttons appear above the scroll list. The buttons are:

Update Click to update the information in the Fiery Spooler

main window.

Duplicate and Print

Print Drag a document onto this button or select the document

Hold This queue is not enabled on the Fiery XJ. If you drag a

Delete/ Cancel

Drag a document onto this button or select the document and click to duplicate it and put the duplicate in the Print queue.

and click to print it to the Print queue.

document onto this button, or select the document and click this button, you will receive a Warning message.

Drag a document onto this button or select the document and click to delete it or cancel processing or printing it. Y ou will be asked to v erify that you want to delete the job. You can eliminate the veriﬁcation notice by turning off the Conﬁrm ﬁle deletion option in the Preferences dialog box.

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The icons provide information about the job:

Printing Printing icon The job that is currently printing appears in this list; it can be selected

and deleted to cancel printing.

Waiting Printing icon Jobs that have been processed and are waiting to print appear in this

list, but they are dimmed because their settings cannot be changed and they cannot be moved or canceled.

Ripping RIP icon Jobs that are processing appear in this list; they can be selected and

deleted to cancel processing.

Print Print icon Jobs that have not been processed appear in this list, in the order they

will be processed and printed. The jobs can be selected and deleted to cancel processing and printing.

Printed Printed icon Jobs that have been printed are saved in this list. Jobs are stored in the

Printed queue until the limit set by your system administrator in Fiery XJ Setup is reached. The jobs can be selected and deleted from the Fiery XJ hard disk.

Printed Alert icon If a PostScript error occurred while a job was printing, it appears in

the Printed queue with an Alert icon (the Printed icon with a red slash) next to it. You can double-click the Alert icon to display the error message. The jobs can be selected and deleted from the Fiery XJ hard disk.

Choose Preferences from the Edit menu to conﬁgure how the Fiery XJ updates and deletes ﬁles.

You can use this window to specify that the Fiery XJ:

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Update Automatically every n seconds or Update Manually—This option lets you

specify whether the Fiery Spooler main window is automatically updated every 20 seconds (or at an interval that you set), or whether it is updated only when you choose the Update command from the Window menu. By default, the Fiery Spooler main window is updated automatically every 20 seconds.

NOTE: When automatic updating is on, data is coming from the Fiery XJ across the

network very frequently. This data adds to the network trafﬁc, and may slow down other network jobs. For optimum network performance, turn off automatic updating in the Fiery Spooler Preferences dialog box; when you want to view updated information in the Fiery Spooler window, choose Update from the Window menu or click the Update button.

Conﬁrm ﬁle deletion—Select this if you want a conﬁrmation dialog box to appear

before you delete a ﬁle.

Duplicating, copying, moving, and deleting jobs

Users are able to monitor their own print jobs. The Fiery XJ system administrator (or anyone with Fiery Spooler P asswor d access) can move, delete, and conﬁgur e jobs for all users, and can re-order jobs within a queue.

You can move your jobs from the Printed queue to the Print queue. By copying rather than moving a job, you leave a copy of the job in the Printed queue so that you can print the job again later. You can also duplicate a job if you want to have multiple copies of a job in the same queue.

Duplicating jobs

You can duplicate jobs in the Print and Printed queues:

• If you want to change printing parameters in the Override Print Settings dialog box

without losing the original settings

• If you want to print more than 15 copies to the sorter (the maximum number of

copies that you can print to the sorter is 15)

6-24 Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

When you duplicate a job, the Fiery XJ creates a reference to the original ﬁle, so duplicate ﬁles do not require the full amount of disk space on the Fiery XJ. As long as one of the duplicates remain, the Fiery XJ saves the ﬁle, so you can delete all but one reference to a ﬁle.

TO DUPLICATE A JOB WITHIN A QUEUE:

1. Select the job that you want to copy by clicking its name.

The selected job is highlighted. If you want to select more than one job, shift-click to select multiple, adjacent jobs; control-command-click to select multiple, non-adjacent jobs.

2. Choose Duplicate Job(s) from the Edit menu.

The job appears at the bottom of the queue.

TO DUPLICATE AND PRINT A JOB:

1. Select the job that you want to copy by clicking its name.

The selected job is highlighted.If you want to select more than one job, shift-click to select multiple, adjacent jobs; control-command-click to select multiple, non-adjacent jobs.

2. Click the Duplicate and Print button, or drag the job to the Duplicate and Print button.

The job appears at the bottom of the Print queue.

TO COPY A JOB TO ANOTHER QUEUE:

1. Select the job that you want to copy by clicking its name.

The selected job is highlighted. If you want to select more than one job, shift-click to select multiple, adjacent jobs; control-command-click to select multiple, non-adjacent jobs.

2. Hold down the Option key as you drag the job to Print queue icon or to the Print section of the job list.

A copy of the job is moved to the Print queue, but the original job still appears in the Printed queue so that you can print the job at another time.

6-25 Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

TO MOVE A JOB WITHIN A QUEUE:

1. Select the job that you want to move by clicking its name.

The selected job is highlighted. If you want to select more than one job, shift-click to select multiple, adjacent jobs; control-command-click to select multiple, non-adjacent jobs.

2. Drag the ﬁle to the new location in the queue.

TO DELETE A JOB FROM ANY OF THE QUEUES:

1. Select the job that you want to delete by clicking its name.

2. Drag the selected job to the Delete button or click the Delete button.

You can also choose Delete Job(s) from the Edit menu. System administrators (or anyone with Fiery Spooler Password access) can delete any

job.

Changing print settings for a job

You can set certain print settings for a job in the Override Print Settings dialog box. The settings in this dialog box override the settings in the Printer Speciﬁc Options dialog box and in Fiery XJ Setup.

You can change print settings only for jobs in the Print and Printed queues of the Fiery Spooler main window.

System administrators (or anyone with Fiery Spooler P asswor d access) can change print settings for any job.

NOTE: The Override Print Settings dialog box may not reﬂect the entire set of print

options that are available from the printer driver.

6-26 Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

TO CHANGE PRINT SETTINGS FOR A JOB:

1. Double-click a job or select the job and choose Override Print Settings from the Edit menu.

The Override Print Settings dialog box appears.

2. Choose the new settings from the pop-up menus.

If you leave a setting at Default Settings, the job will use the settings in the Printer Speciﬁc Options dialog box.

For information about these options, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

3. Click OK to make changes.

Using the Job Log

With Fiery Spooler, you can view and print a log of all the jobs printed to the Fiery XJ. You can also save the Job Log as a text ﬁle that you can then import into a spreadsheet or word processing application for job accounting purposes. All jobs printed to the queues and printed by direct connection are listed in the Job Log.

6-27 Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

TO DISPLAY , UPDATE, PRINT, SAVE, AND DELETE THE JOB LOG:

1. Choose Show Job Log from the Window menu.

2. Specify the period for the Job Log in the window that appears.

Click All to view all jobs since the Job Log was clear ed; click Date if you want to specify a period of time for the Job Log.

3. Click OK.

The Job Log window displays a list of all the jobs and the following information about them: status, document name, user name, date, start time, end time, process time, ﬁle size, print device, paper size, media, number of originals, number of color pages, number of black and white pages, total number of pages, Notes 1, and Notes 2.

The information in the note ﬁelds is speciﬁed in the Print dialog box if you are using the AdobePS printer driver.

Use the scroll bar at the bottom of the window to view all ﬁelds in the Job Log window.

Update

Export

Delete

6-28 Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

4. To update the Job Log, click the Update button at the top of the window.

5. To print the Job Log, choose Print Job Log from the File menu or click the Print b utton

6. To save the Job Log as a ﬁle that you can view with a different application, choose

The text in the Status column provides information about the job: OK The job was printed normally.

ERROR A PostScript error occurred while a job was processing. You can

double-click ERROR to display the error message. A dialog box displays the PostScript error. Click OK to close the dialog box.

CANCEL The job was canceled before printing was completed.

at the top of the window.

The information displayed in the Job Log window prints to the current Fiery XJ. When you print the Job Log, totals are printed for all appropriate columns.

Export Job Log from the File menu or click the Export button at the top of the window. Enter a name for the log ﬁle, and click Save.

The Job Log is saved as a text ﬁle, and the Job Log window reappears. You can view the information in any application that can read a text ﬁle. Items are

separated by tabs.

7. If you entered the Administrator password, you can choose Delete Job Log from the File menu to clear the Job Log.

The system administrator can also print and clear the Job Log from the Control Panel.

7-1 Introduction

Chapter 7: Color Calibration

Calibrating the Fiery XJ ensures consistent, reliable color output. You can calibrate the Fiery XJ by using AutoCal from the Fiery XJ Control Panel. AutoCal allows you to obtain measurements from the copier and apply a calibration using the copier’ s built-in scanner.

Introduction

A calibration is generated from two components that originate separately: measurements and a target.

• Measurements represent the actual color behavior of the copier; they are computed

from readings taken by the copier’s scanner.

• Targets represent the goal of printing, such as obtaining pleasing color from the

copier or simulating another print device. A copier-speciﬁc target is provided with the Fiery XJ.

Calibration generates curves describing various color densities based on a speciﬁed target and a set of measurements that you provide.

Once you have calibrated the Fiery XJ, a calibration is stored on the Fiery XJ; this calibration is referred to as the resident calibr ation. The resident calibration is applied to all print jobs.

NOTE: Changing the resident calibration has the potential to affect all jobs for all users,

so you may want to limit the number of people authorized to perform calibration. An Administrator password can be set to control access to calibration from the Fiery XJ Control Panel.

Understanding calibration

The Fiery XJ allows you to choose between two standard calibrations. A standard calibration uses one of the targets provided with the Fiery XJ (r2 or Linear) with a new set of measurements.

7-2 Color Calibration

Calibration allows you to:

• Maximize the color reproduction capabilities of the Fiery XJ

• Ensure consistent color quality across time

• Produce consistent output across Fiery XJ servers of the same engine

• Optimize the Fiery XJ for using ColorWise Color Rendering Dictionaries (CRDs)

and CMYK simulations, and for using ICC-compatible proﬁles when printing RGB color data

• Linearize the Fiery XJ while maintaining the currently available density range

How calibration works

Success in obtaining satisfactory print quality from a digital color printer depends on many factors. Among the most important are establishing and maintaining optimal toner densities. Density is a measure of the light absorbed by a surface. By carefully regulating toner densities, you can obtain consistent printed color.

Even with a calibrated system, toner density is affected by such variables as room humidity and service settings; it also tends to drift over time. Regular measurement detects day-to-day variations in densities, and calibration corrects for them.

Calibration works by creating calibration curves on the Fiery XJ that compensate for the difference between actual and desired density values.

Calibration curves and target curves are the graphic equivalent of which are mathematical descriptions of changes that will be made to the data with which you start. Transfer functions are often graphed as Input/Output curves.

Target curves (targets, for short) result from applying one or more transfer functions in sequence. The server generates calibration curves after comparing measured values to the ﬁnal target values for each of the four toner colors.

Measurements

Measurements ﬁles contain numerical values that correspond to the toner density produced by the copier when it prints solid cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, and graduated tints of those colors.

transfer functions,

7-3 Understanding calibration

To create a measurements ﬁle, you ﬁrst print a page of color patches from the Control Panel. Then you measure the patches, using the copier’s scanner. The new measurements are automatically downloaded to the Fiery XJ.

You can print a calibration Comparison Page showing the result of using the new measurements with any of the current targets. When you are satisﬁed with a particular combination of measurements and target, you apply the calibration to the Fiery XJ; this becomes the new resident calibration.

Targets

Target ﬁles deﬁne desired calibration results. Two target ﬁles are provided with the Fiery XJ. When you calibrate the Fiery XJ, you can select the target ﬁle that corresponds to the typical printing goals at your site. This becomes the resident calibration target that is used by default.

The calibration targets provided with the Fiery XJ are:

r2—Optimized for best results with the copier.

•

• Linear—Results in output that divides the maximum measured density for each

color into equal density steps to provide an even distribution of tones over the copier’s density range. When you linearize the printer, the entire measured density range in each color channel is divided into equal steps. Equal steps in toner percentage, such as 0%, 10%, and 20%, are printed in equal steps in density, and appear as roughly equal visual steps. This gives a linear response using the range of densities available.

Scheduling calibration

In general, you should calibrate the Fiery XJ at least once a day, depending on the volume of print jobs. If it is very important to maintain consistent colors, or if the copier is subject to wide ﬂuctuations in temperature or humidity, calibrate every few hours. Calibrate when you change paper stock. In general, to get the best performance from the copier, calibrate whenever there is a noticeable change in print quality.

If you need to split a print job into two or more batches, it is especially important to calibrate before printing each batch.

7-4 Color Calibration

You should also calibrate the Fiery XJ system after copier maintenance. However, because the copier may be less stable immediately after maintenance, wait until you have printed approximately 50 pages before you calibrate.

NOTE: Output from the copier is very sensitive to changes in temperature and

humidity. To minimize these effects, the copier should not be installed near a window or in direct sunlight, or near a heater or air conditioner. Paper is sensitive to climate changes as well, and should be stored in a cool, stable environment.

The copier has a self-calibration feature (Auto Color Calibration, or ACC) that optimizes toner densities after scanning a test print on the copier glass. If you never calibrate the Fiery XJ from the Control Panel, the self-calibration feature can improve the color output of print jobs. Using the copier’s self-calibration feature alone will not necessarily bring output densities from the copier to the optimal values for Fiery XJ printing. However, if you regularly calibrate the Fiery XJ, your print jobs can sometimes be improved by asking a service technician to disable the copier’s selfcalibration feature.

The copier allows you to adjust printed color from its touch panel display. You can typically increase or decrease toner density for one or all toner colors. These control panel settings affect copies made from the copier glass, and may affect Fiery XJ output as well. If they do, make sure these settings remain the same (preferably at a neutral position) prior to calibration, and from one print job to the next. If you change these settings, calibrate the Fiery XJ when you have ﬁnished changing settings.

Print some standard color pages. Images with skin tones offer a very good basis for comparison. You can save and compare pages you printed at different times. If there is a noticeable change in appearance, you should calibrate or linearize the Fiery XJ system.

If the solid density patches (100% cyan, magenta, yellow or black) look less saturated with time, show the pages to the copier technician to ﬁnd out whether adjusting the copier can improve the output.

7-5 Calibrating with AutoCal from the Control Panel

Checking calibration status

You can check whether the Fiery XJ is calibrated, what target was used, and when the printer was last calibrated. You can view information about the last calibration by printing a Conﬁguration page or Test Page from the Control Panel.

Calibrating with AutoCal from the Control Panel

You can calibrate the Fiery XJ from the Control Panel using AutoCal, which calibrates the Fiery XJ using the copier’s built-in scanner as a densitometer. If an Administrator password has been set, you will need it for calibration.

For instructions on using the Fiery XJ Control Panel, and for more details on the AutoCal options, see the Administrator Guide.

For information on error messages you may see during the AutoCal procedure, see “AutoCal error messages” on page C-9.

NOTE: You will need the Kodak Gray Scale strip that came in the media pack with your

Fiery XJ.

TO ACCESS AND USE AUTOCAL:

1. Reboot the Fiery XJ, and be ready to press a button at the Control Panel shortly after startup diagnostics.

2. Press any key when the Fiery XJ message “For software update or setup, press any key.” appears.

3. Choose Run Setup.

4. Choose Calibration, and choose Set Up Calibration.

5. For Tray, choose the paper source for the patch page.

6. Choose Calibrate.

The Select Target screen appears.

7. Select the target.

7-6 Color Calibration

8. When prompted, select Yes to print the measurement page.

9. Select Yes in the Measure Page screen.

10. When prompted on the Control Panel, place the K odak Gray Scale strip f ace down along

This page is comprised of swatches of color that will be measured by the copier and then compared to the target color values.

After the page is printed, the Measure Page screen is displayed.

NOTE: The measurement page printed from the Control Panel is printed in the copier ’s

Photo mode (for Photo mode calibration). If you want to print a measurement page in the copier’s Letter mode (for Letter mode calibration), download the ﬁle “Letter.ps” from the User Software CD. This ﬁle is located in the Color\Calib folder (Windows) or the Color:Calibration folder (Mac OS).

the top of the copier glass.

Place grayscale strip face down

Place color measurement page face

down over grayscale strip

11. Place the color measurement page face down over the grayscale strip.

Align the top-left corners of the grayscale strip and the color measurement page with the arrow at the top-left corner of the copier glass.

Make sure the patches on the grayscale strip do not overlap the color patches.

12. Close the copier lid, being careful not to move the grayscale strip and color measurement page.

13. Click OK.

Status messages display the progress of scanning and calculating measurements.

14. When prompted to Print Comparison Page, select Yes.

This page provides you with a preview of the selected calibration.

15. When prompted to overwrite calibration, select Yes.

7-7 Working with simulations

16. Select Yes to conﬁrm.

Status messages display progress information. The new calibration becomes the resident calibration.

17. When calibration is complete, choose Exit Calibration.

This automatically restarts the Fiery XJ.

Removing calibration

It is also possible to remove calibration from the F iery XJ. In general, it is not necessary because any new calibration replaces the existing one.

TO REMOVE CALIBRATION FROM THE CONTROL PANEL:

1. From the Control Panel, access the Calibration menu as described on page 7-5.

2. Choose Remove Calibration.

3. When prompted, verify that you want to proceed with removing calibration.

The current calibration curves are removed, and a default calibration is restored.

Working with simulations

Simulations, or press simulations, allow you to use the copier as a prooﬁng device for jobs that will print on an offset press. Because the range of colors available on the copier is different from that of a press, the Fiery XJ automatically adjusts the color so that the output falls within the range of colors a press can produce.

Three simulation target ﬁles are provided with the Fiery XJ user software. These ﬁles enable you to load targets for the following press standards:

DIC—Japanese press standard

•

• Euroscale—European press standard

• SWOP-Coated—US press standard

7-8 Color Calibration

Changing simulation targets

By default, the Fiery XJ is loaded with the SWOP-Coated simulation target. You can change the simulation target by downloading special ﬁles from the User Software CD to the Fiery XJ.

NOTE: Changing the simulation target on the Fiery XJ also resets the default Rendering

Style setting to Presentation.

TO CHANGE THE SIMULATION TARGET:

1. Insert the User Software CD into your computer.

2. Launch Fiery Downloader.

3. For Windows, browse to the Color\Simulate ﬁle.

For Mac OS, browse to the Color:Simulation ﬁle.

4. For Windows, select the Dic.ps ﬁle to load the DIC simulation; select the Euroscl.ps ﬁle to load the Euroscale simulation; or select the Swop.ps ﬁle to load the SWOP-Coated simulation.

For Mac OS, select the Dic.ps ﬁle to load the DIC simulation; select the Euroscale.ps ﬁle to load the Euroscale simulation; or select the Swop.ps ﬁle to load the SWOP-Coated simulation.

5. Click Download to download the ﬁle to the Fiery XJ.

6. Reboot the Fiery XJ by powering it off and on.

The simulation target you just loaded remains the Fiery XJ default simulation until it is changed again.

7. If necessary, change the default Rendering Style setting on the Fiery XJ.

A-1 Print Options

Appendix A: Print Options

Print options give you access to the special features of the copier and the F iery XJ. Print options can be speciﬁed in several places—in Fiery XJ Setup from the Control Panel, from the printing application, from Fiery Downloader, and from Fiery W ebSpooler or Fiery Spooler. The table in this appendix brieﬂy describes each print option, gives its default setting, and provides information on any constraints or requirements in effect.

Where to set print options

• During Fiery XJ Setup (from the Control Panel)

Some settings are speciﬁed during Setup by the administrator. To see the current default settings, print the Conﬁguration page from the Fiery XJ Control Panel.

• From applications

With the Adobe PostScript printer drivers (included in your user software) and the Microsoft PostScript printer driver for Windows NT 4.0, you can specify and override job settings when you print a job. See Chapter 2, “Printing from Windows Computers” and Chapter 3, “Printing from Mac OS Computers” for information about specifying job settings from applications.

• From Fiery Downloader

Only one setting—Copies—can be speciﬁed when printing jobs with Fiery Downloader . T o change the Copies setting in F iery Downloader, select the job in the Files to be Downloaded (Windows) or Files to Download (Mac OS) list and click Options. For more information, see Chapter 5, “Downloading Files and Fonts”.

• Overrides from Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler

To change job settings from Fiery WebS pooler or F iery Spooler , double-click a job to display the Override Print Settings dialog box. F or more information, see Chapter 6, “Tracking and Managing Print Jobs.”

A-2 Print Options

Print options and override hierarchy

In the following table, underlined settings in the “Option and settings” column may indicate either default printer driver settings (PPD defaults), or that a default has been speciﬁed in Fiery XJ Setup. To ﬁnd out about the current Setup defaults, print the Conﬁguration page from the Fiery XJ Control Panel.

The override hierarchy is as follows:

• A user’s printer driver settings override the Fiery XJ Setup settings.

• Settings made from Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler override the user’s printer

driver settings.

Option and settings:

(Default setting is underlined)

Color Mode

s default/CMYK/Grayscale

Printer’

Copier Mode

s default/Photo/Letter

Printer’

Copies

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Media Type

Paper/Thick Paper/Transparency

Plain

Notes 1 and Notes 2

Page Order

s default/Forward/Reverse

Printer’

Description:

Specify the color mode for the current print job.

Select

CMYK for a full-color document.

Select

Grayscale for a grayscale or black-

and-white document. Select Photo if the ﬁle is a photograph.

Select

Letter if the ﬁle contains detailed

drawings and small text. Specify the number of copies of the job

to print. Select Plain Paper if you will be printing

on standard bond copier paper. Select

Thick Paper if you will be printing

on heavy paper stock. Select

Transparency if you will be

printing on a transparency. Use one or both of these ﬁelds to enter

special information about the job. Select Forward to print the pages of your

job from ﬁrst to last. Select

Reverse to print the pages of your

job from last to ﬁrst.

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

The default setting for printing reﬂects the Color Mode setting speciﬁed in Fiery XJ PS Setup.

For more information, see page A-3.

The Notes 1 and Notes 2 ﬁelds each have a 32-character limit.

The default setting for printing reﬂects the Page Order setting speciﬁed in Fiery XJ PS Setup.

A-3 Print Options

Option and settings:

(Default setting is underlined)

Rendering Style

s default/Photographic/

Printer’ Presentation/Solid Color

Sorter Mode Printer’s default/Off/Collate

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

The default setting for printing reﬂects the Rendering Style setting speciﬁed in Fiery XJ Color Setup.

For more information, see page A-3. For more information, see page A-4.

/Sort

Description:

Specify a default color rendering dictionary (CRD) to be used when you print RGB images, objects, and text.

Specify how to output multiple-page/ multiple-copy jobs.

More information about print options

The following sections provide additional information about print options. See the table above for information on the settings, requirements, and constraints in effect for these options.

Media Type

The Media Type option allows you to select the type of media for loading into the bypass tray.

Plain Paper—Standard bond paper. Check your copier manual for speciﬁc

information.

Thick Paper—Heavy paper. Check your copier manual for speciﬁc information. Transparency—Transparency sheets.

Rendering Style

Use this option to select a default color rendering dictionary (CRD) to be used when you print RGB images, objects, and text.

Photographic—Optimizes the range of colors on the Fiery XJ to produce the best

results for photographic or bitmapped images.

Presentation—Optimizes the output of pure, saturated colors such as those used in

business presentations.

Solid Color—Most useful for printing spot colors such as those found in company

logos or corporate charts and graphs.

A-4 Print Options

Sorter Mode

Off—Disables the sorter. Collate—Copies of a complete job are collated and output into the bottom tray. Sort—Copies of a complete job are sorted and output into one of 15 bins, arranged in

page order.

B-1 Font List

Appendix B: Font List

This appendix lists the built-in printer fonts included with your Fiery XJ.

Printer fonts

Listed below are the 136 built-in printer fonts on the Fiery XJ.

In addition to the fonts listed below, two Adobe Multiple Master fonts are included and are used for font substitution in PDF ﬁles.

NOTE: For Mac OS computers, install the corresponding screen fonts from the User

Software CD. For instructions, see Getting Started.

Adobe Type 1 fonts

The Fiery XJ includes 117 Adobe Type 1 fonts:

• The Mac OS column lists the name as it appears on the Font menu on a Mac OS

computer. For example, in most applications, to use “Bodoni-Bold,” choose Bodoni Bold from the Font menu.

• The Windows menu name is the name as it appears on the Font menu on a

Windows computer. The style refers to the style that must be selected in the application to access the particular PostScript font. For example, to use “BodoniBold,” choose Bodoni from the Font menu and Bold from the Style menu.

PostScript name: Mac OS menu name: Windows menu name, style:

AlbertusMT-Light Albertus MT Lt Albertus MT Lt AlbertusMT Albertus MT Albertus MT AlbertusMT-Italic Albertus MT It Albertus MT, Italic AntiqueOlive-Roman Antique Olive Roman Antique Olive Roman AntiqueOlive-Bold Antique Olive Bold Antique Olive Roman, Bold AntiqueOlive-Italic Antique Olive Italic Antique Olive Roman, Italic AntiqueOlive-Compact Antique Olive Compact Antique Olive Compact AvantGarde-Book Avant Garde AvantGarde AvantGarde-Demi Avant Garde Demi AvantGarde, Bold AvantGarde-BookOblique Avant Garde BookOblique AvantGarde, Italic

B-2 Font List

PostScript name: Mac OS menu name: Windows menu name, style:

AvantGarde-DemiOblique Avant Garde DemiOblique AvantGarde, Bold Italic Bodoni Bodoni Bodoni Bodoni-Bold Bodoni Bold Bodoni, Bold Bodoni-Italic Bodoni Italic Bodoni, Italic Bodoni-BoldItalic Bodoni BoldItalic Bodoni, Bold Italic Bodoni-Poster Bodoni Poster Bodoni Poster Bodoni-PosterCompressed Bodoni PosterCompressed Bodoni PosterCompressed Bookman-Light Bookman Bookman Bookman-Demi Bookman Demi Bookman, Bold Bookman-LightItalic Bookman LightItalic Bookman, Italic Bookman-DemiItalic Bookman DemiItalic Bookman, Bold Italic Carta Carta Carta Clarendon-Light Clarendon Light Clarendon Light Clarendon Clarendon Clarendon Clarendon-Bold Clarendon Bold Clarendon, Bold CooperBlack Cooper Black Cooper Black CooperBlack-Italic Cooper Black Italic Cooper Black, Italic Copperplate-ThirtyThreeBC Copperplate33bc Copperplate33bc Copperplate-ThirtyTwoBC Copperplate32bc Copperplate32bc Coronet Coronet Coronet Courier Courier Courier Courier-Bold Courier Bold Courier, Bold Courier-Oblique Courier Oblique Courier, Italic Courier-BoldOblique Courier BoldOblique Courier, Bold Italic Eurostile Eurostile Eurostile Eurostile-Bold Eurostile Bold Eurostile Bold Eurostile-ExtendedTwo Eurostile ExtendedTwo Eurostile ExtendedTwo Eurostile-BoldExtendedTwo Eurostile BoldExtendedTwo Eurostile ExtendedTwo, Bold GillSans GillSans GillSans GillSans-Bold GillSans Bold GillSans, Bold GillSans-Italic GillSans Italic GillSans, Italic GillSans-BoldItalic GillSans BoldItalic GillSans, Bold Italic GillSans-Light GillSans Light GillSans Light GillSans-LightItalic GillSans LightItalic GillSans Light, Italic

B-3 Font List

PostScript name: Mac OS menu name: Windows menu name, style:

GillSans-Condensed GillSans Condensed GillSans Condensed GillSans-BoldCondensed GillSans BoldCondensed GillSans Condensed, Bold GillSans-ExtraBold GillSans ExtraBold GillSans ExtraBold Goudy Goudy Goudy Goudy-Bold Goudy Bold Goudy, Bold Goudy-Italic Goudy Italic Goudy, Italic Goudy-BoldItalic Goudy BoldItalic Goudy, Bold Italic Goudy-ExtraBold Goudy ExtraBold Goudy ExtraBold Helvetica Helvetica Helvetica Helvetica-Bold Helvetica Bold Helvetica, Bold Helvetica-Oblique Helvetica Oblique Helvetica, Italic Helvetica-BoldOblique Helvetica BoldOblique Helvetica, Bold Italic Helvetica-Narrow Helvetica Narrow Helvetica-Narrow Helvetica-Narrow-Bold Helvetica Narrow Bold Helvetica-Narrow, Bold Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique Helvetica Narrow Oblique Helvetica-Narrow, Italic Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique Helvetica Narrow BoldObl Helvetica-Narrow, Bold Italic Helvetica-Condensed Helvetica Condensed Helvetica Condensed Helvetica-Condensed-Bold Helvetica CondensedBold Helvetica Condensed, Bold Helvetica-Condensed-Oblique Helvetica CondensedOblique Helvetica Condensed, Italic Helvetica-Condensed-BoldObl Helvetica CondensedBoldObl Helvetica Condensed, Bold Italic JoannaMT Joanna MT Joanna MT JoannaMT-Bold Joanna MT Bd Joanna MT, Bold JoannaMT-Italic Joanna MT It Joanna MT, Italic JoannaMT-BoldItalic Joanna MT Bd It Joanna MT, Bold Italic LetterGothic Letter Gothic Letter Gothic LetterGothic-Bold Letter Gothic Bold Letter Gothic, Bold LetterGothic-Slanted Letter Gothic Slanted Letter Gothic, Italic LetterGothic-BoldSlanted Letter Gothic BoldSlanted Letter Gothic, Bold Italic LubalinGraph-Book Lubalin Graph LubalinGraph LubalinGraph-Demi Lubalin Graph Demi LubalinGraph, Bold LubalinGraph-BookOblique Lubalin Graph BookOblique LubalinGraph, Italic LubalinGraph-DemiOblique Lubalin Graph DemiOblique LubalinGraph, Bold Italic Marigold Marigold Marigold MonaLisa-Recut Mona Lisa Recut Mona Lisa Recut

B-4 Font List

PostScript name: Mac OS menu name: Windows menu name, style:

NewCenturySchlbk-Roman New Century Schlbk NewCenturySchlbk NewCenturySchlbk-Bold New Century Schlbk Bold NewCenturySchlbk, Bold NewCenturySchlbk-Italic New Century Schlbk Italic NewCenturySchlbk, Italic NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic New Century Schlbk BoldIt NewCenturySchlbk, Bold Italic Optima Optima Optima Optima-Bold Optima Bold Optima, Bold Optima-Italic Optima Italic Optima, Italic Optima-BoldItalic Optima BoldItalic Optima, Bold Italic Oxford Oxford Oxford Palatino-Roman Palatino Palatino Palatino-Bold Palatino Bold Palatino, Bold Palatino-Italic Palatino Italic Palatino, Italic Palatino-BoldItalic Palatino BoldItalic Palatino, Bold Italic StempelGaramond-Roman StempelGaramond Roman StempelGaramond Roman StempelGaramond-Bold StempelGaramond Bold StempelGaramond Roman, Bold StempelGaramond-Italic StempelGaramond Italic StempelGaramond Roman, Italic StempelGaramond-BoldItalic StempelGaramond BoldItalic StempelGaramond Roman, Bold

Italic Symbol Symbol Symbol Tekton Tekton Tekton Times-Roman Times Times Times-Bold Times Bold Times, Bold Times-Italic Times Italic Times, Italic Times-BoldItalic Times BoldItalic Times, Bold Italic Univers-Extended Univers Extended Univers Extended Univers-BoldExt Univers BoldExt Univers Extended, Bold Univers-ExtendedObl Univers ExtendedObl Univers Extended, Italic Univers-BoldExtObl Univers BoldExtObl Univers Extended, Bold Italic Univers-Light Univers 45 Light Univers 45 Light Univers-Bold Univers 65 Bold Univers 45 Light, Bold Univers-LightOblique Univers 45 LightOblique Univers 45 Light, Italic Univers-BoldOblique Univers 65 BoldOblique Univers 45 Light, Bold Italic Univers Univers 55 Univers 55 Univers-Oblique Univers 55 Oblique Univers 55, Italic

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PostScript name: Mac OS menu name: Windows menu name, style:

Univers-CondensedBold Univers 67 CondensedBold Univers 47 CondensedLight,

Bold Univers-CondensedBoldOblique Univers 67 CondensedBoldObl Univers 47 CondensedLight,

Bold Italic Univers-Condensed Univers 57 Condensed Univers 57 Condensed Univers-CondensedOblique Univers 57 CondensedOblique Univers 57 Condensed, Italic ZapfChancery-MediumItalic Zapf Chancery ZapfChancery ZapfDingbats Zapf Dingbats ZapfDingbats

TrueType fonts

The Fiery XJ includes 19 TrueType fonts:

PostScript name: Mac OS menu name: Windows menu name, style:

Apple-Chancery Apple Chancery Apple Chancery Arial-BoldItalicMT Arial Bold Italic Arial, Bold Italic Arial-BoldMT Arial Bold Arial, Bold Arial-ItalicMT Arial Italic Arial, Italic ArialMT Arial Arial Chicago Chicago Chicago Geneva Geneva Geneva HoeﬂerText-Black Hoeﬂer T ext Black Hoeﬂer T ext Black HoeﬂerText-BlackItalic Hoeﬂer Text Black Hoeﬂer Text Black, Italic HoeﬂerText-Italic Hoeﬂer Text Hoeﬂer Text, Italic HoeﬂerText-Ornaments Hoeﬂer Text Ornaments Hoeﬂer Text Ornaments HoeﬂerText-Regular Hoeﬂer Text Hoeﬂer T ext Monaco Monaco M onaco New York New York New York TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT Times New Roman Bold Times New Roman, Bold TimesNewRomanPS-

BoldItalicMT TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT Times New Roman Italic Times New Roman, Italic TimesNewRomanPSMT Times New Roman Times New Roman Wingdings-Regular Wingdings Wingdings

Times New Roman Bold Italic Times New Roman, Bold Italic

C-1 Troubleshooting

Appendix C: Troubleshooting

This appendix provides a list of error messages that may appear on the Fiery XJ Control Panel, as well as troubleshooting tips.

Error messages

Error messages can result from problems with the print job, the F iery XJ, or the copier . Some of the most common error conditions are listed here.

Following are the messages (listed in alphabetical order), with the appropriate corrective action for each one. You can cancel the pending print job while you attend to the error condition. A few normal status messages are included in this list in case they cause concern.

Fiery XJ message: Corrective action/additional information:

Busy

Check power & cable

The Fiery XJ has received a print job, but the copier is being used to make a copy . This message appears when someone makes a copy without ﬁrst selecting Suspend Printing from the F unctions menu. The Fiery XJ will begin the print job when the copy job is ﬁnished.

There is a problem with the copier power or cable connection. First check to make sure that the copier is turned on. There may also be a problem with the cable connection between the Fiery XJ and the copier. Make sure that the cable has not come loose. The Fiery XJ will resume printing when the cable is securely connected to both the Fiery XJ and the copier.

Close Bypass Tray

Communication error

Copier ofﬂine

Door open

The bypass tray is open. The Fiery XJ will resume printing when the bypass tray is closed.

There is a communication error between the copier and the Fiery XJ. Check the cable connections and the copier’s user interface for additional information.

Someone has selected Suspend Printing fr om the Functions menu on the Fiery XJ Control Panel. When you select Resume Printing on the Control Panel, printing will resume normally.

One of the copier doors is open. The F iery XJ will resume printing when the door is closed.

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Fiery XJ message: Corrective action/additional information:

Error-check panel

Load ___ in any tray

Load ___ in bypass tray

Load ___ thick in bypass tray

Load ___ trans in bypass tray

Load ___ tray 1

Load ___ tray 2

Load ___ tray 3

There is an unidentiﬁed problem with the copier . Check the copier user interface for additional messages. The copier will resume printing when the problem is corrected.

The copier is not loaded with the paper size speciﬁed. The F iery XJ will resume printing when the copier is loaded with the required paper.

The copier’s bypass tray is not loaded with the paper size speciﬁed. The Fiery XJ will resume printing when the bypass tray is loaded with the required paper.

The bypass tray is not loaded with the thick paper speciﬁed. The Fiery XJ will resume printing when you have loaded the required thick paper into the bypass tray.

The bypass tray is not loaded with the transparencies speciﬁed. The Fiery XJ will resume printing when you have loaded the required transparencies into the bypass tray.

The copier’s Tray 1 is not loaded with the paper size or type speciﬁed. The Fiery XJ will resume printing when Tray 1 is loaded with the required paper.

The copier’s Tray 2 is not loaded with the paper size or type speciﬁed. The Fiery XJ will resume printing when Tray 2 is loaded with the required paper.

The copier’s Tray 3 is not loaded with the paper size or type speciﬁed. The Fiery XJ will resume printing when Tray 3 is loaded with the required paper.

No black toner

No cyan toner

No fuser oil

No magenta toner

The black (K) toner has run out. Replenish the black toner container according to the instructions in your copier manual.

The cyan (C) toner has run out. Replenish the cyan toner container according to the instructions in your copier manual.

The fuser oil bottle in the ﬁxing assembly is empty. Replace the fuser oil according to the instructions in your copier manual. The Fiery XJ will resume printing when you have replaced the fuser oil.

The magenta (M) toner has run out. Replenish the magenta toner container according to the instructions in your copier manual.

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Fiery XJ message: Corrective action/additional information:

No yellow toner

Paper jam

Sorter limit ___

Unknown error

Warming up

Waste toner full

The yellow (Y) toner has run out. Replenish the yellow toner container according to the instructions in your copier manual.

There is a paper jam in the copier. Open the copier doors and check the locations indicated on the copier display. The Fiery XJ will resume printing when you have cleared the paper jam and closed the copier doors.

The sorter unit has one bottom output tray and 15 output bins; therefore, the maximum number of copies that can be sorted is 15. Sending 16 or more copies to the sorter results in the excess copies of the job being discarded. In order to print and sort more than 15 copies you can resend the job, 15 copies at a time, from the Print dialog box, from Fiery WebSpooler, or from Fiery Spooler.

An error occurred with the copier. Check the copier user interface for more information.

The copier is powering up. It will be ready for printing in a few minutes.

The copier’s waste toner container is full. The Fiery XJ will resume printing when you empty or replace the container.

Maintaining optimal system performance

The Fiery XJ does not require maintenance. Beyond the routine requirements of servicing and maintaining the copier and replenishing consumables there are a few things you can do to improve the overall performance of your system:

• Reduce unnecessary two-way communication. If users notice that the server is frequently too busy to receive jobs, it may be because

several users are running utilities that are updated often. Large numbers of remote users running Fiery Downloader or Fiery WebTools may have a signiﬁcant effect on Fiery XJ performance.

• Schedule the printing workload by checking job ticket information before printing. Print jobs with the same output and paper speciﬁcations together to minimize paper changes. Also, print routine jobs while you prepare to print jobs with special instructions or special media.

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• Avoid printing with the server “Disk full” warning. If you see this warning, delete jobs that have been held for a long time and are not

likely to be needed. Avoid this condition by deleting old jobs on a regular basis. The date associated with a job is the original date it was sent.

Even when the disk is full, some disk space is reserved for printing a tabloid size job, but printing proceeds only when the oldest printed job is deleted from the Printed queue (Print area).

Troubleshooting

In case of problems, and before you call for service, check the guidelines in this section. If you are unable to resolve the problem, make a note of the error condition and contact your authorized service/support center.

This section provides some troubleshooting guidelines should a problem arise. If you are unable to resolve a problem after referring to this section, contact your site administrator.

General printing problems

If this happens: Try this:

You cannot select or view one of the queues.

Printing ties up your computer for too long.

Special paper or transparency options are dimmed.

• Have your system administrator enable the queue in Setup on the Fiery XJ Control Panel.

• Print to the Print queue instead of to the Direct connection.

When you print to the Print queue, the job is stored on the Fiery XJ until it can be processed and printed; when you print to the Direct connection, the job cannot be sent to the Fiery XJ until the previous job is ﬁnished processing, so you must wait longer to use your computer.

• Select a Paper Source that supports the media type you are using.

Ricoh bp100 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS usergd

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Preface

Copier support and media pack

About the documentation

About this manual

Terminology and conventions

About PostScript printer drivers and PPDs

Supported paper sizes

Permissions

Before you begin

Chapter 1: Using the Control P anel

Activity light

Buttons

Display window

Functions menu

Safety warnings

Chapter 2: Printing from Windows Computers

Printing from applications

Setting options and printing from Windows 95

Setting options and printing from Windows NT 4.0

Printing to the parallel port

Using Fiery Downloader to print

Chapter 3: Printing from Mac OS Computers

Printing from applications

Setting print options and printing from Mac OS computers

Using Fiery Downloader to print

Chapter 4: Printing from UNIX Workstations

Chapter 5: Downloading Files and Fonts

Using Fiery Downloader

Printing with Fiery Downloader

Downloading and managing printer fonts

Chapter 6: Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

Tools for job tracking and management

Fiery Spooler

Access privileges

Job management features

Job List window

Job icons

Job commands

Overriding print settings

Using the Job Log

Fiery Spooler for Mac OS computers

The job list

Duplicating, copying, moving, and deleting jobs

Changing print settings for a job

Using the Job Log

Chapter 7: Color Calibration

Introduction

Understanding calibration

How calibration works

Scheduling calibration

Checking calibration status

Calibrating with AutoCal from the Control Panel

Removing calibration

Working with simulations

Changing simulation targets

Appendix A: Print Options

Where to set print options

Print options and override hierarchy

More information about print options

Appendix B: Font List

Printer fonts

Adobe Type 1 fonts

TrueType fonts

Appendix C: Troubleshooting

Error messages

Maintaining optimal system performance

Troubleshooting

General printing problems