Xerox 45069888 User Manual

Xerox EX Print Server, Powered by Fiery®, for the Xerox 700 Digital Color Press

Printing from Mac OS

45069888 23 April 2008

CONTENTS

CONTENTS 3

INTRODUCTION 5

Terminology and conventions 5

About this document 6

User software 6

Downloading printer drivers using WebTools 7

System requirements 7

SETTING UP PRINTING ON MAC OS X 8

Installing Mac OS X printer drivers and printer description files 8

Setting up the EX Print Server on Mac OS X 9

Configuring installable options 15

PRINTING UTILITIES 16

Printing from a USB device 16

FTP printing 18

PRINTING FROM MAC OS X 19

Printing from applications with Mac OS X 19

Setting print options and printing from Mac OS X 19

Retrieving secure print jobs on the digital press control panel 27

Using presets 29

Defining and printing custom page sizes 30

Defining and editing custom page sizes in Page Setup 31

Defining and printing custom page sizes with the printer driver 33

Enabling Two-Way Communication 36

INDEX 39

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION 5

This document describes how to install printer drivers and printer description files for the Xerox EX Print Server, Powered by Fiery, for the Xerox 700 Digital Color Press and how to set up printing from Apple Mac OS X computers. It also describes how to print to the EX Print Server. For information about setting up network servers and clients to use the Xerox EX Print Server, Powered by Fiery, for the Xerox 700 Digital Color Press, see

Configuration and Setup. For general information about using the color digital press, your

computer, application software, or network, see the documentation that accompanies those products.

For information about supported operating systems and system requirements, see Welcome.

Terminology and conventions

This document uses the following terminology and conventions.

Term or convention Refers to

Aero EX Print Server (in illustrations and examples)

Digital press Xerox 700 Digital Color Press

EX Print Server Xerox EX Print Server, Powered by Fiery, for the Xerox 700 Digital

Mac OS Apple Mac OS X

Titles in italics Other documents in this set

Color Press

Topics for which additional information is available by starting Help in the software

Tips and information

Important information

Important information about issues that can result in physical harm to you or others

INTRODUCTION 6

About this document

This document covers the following topics:

• Installing printer files on Mac OS computers

• Setting up printing connections on Mac OS computers

• Installing EX Print Server printing utilities

• Printing from Mac OS computers

User software

The following table lists the user software that is described in this document. This is the user software you need for setting up basic printing on the EX Print Server. Other documents may describe other user software depending on what you are trying to accomplish.

User Software Description

PostScript Printer Description (PPD/Plugin) files

PostScript screen fonts These are the PostScript/TrueType screen fonts that correspond

These files are used with the PostScript printer driver that allows the EX Print Server to appear in the Print and Page Setup dialog boxes of popular applications. The EX Print Server PPDs provide information about the digital press to your application and printer driver.

to the printer fonts installed on the EX Print Server. For a complete list of PostScript/TrueType fonts installed on the EX Print Server, print a font list. For more information, see Command WorkStation Help.

INTRODUCTION 7

Downloading printer drivers using WebTools

You can install printer drivers and printer description files from the User Software DVD or directly from the EX Print Server with WebTools.

For more information about setting up and starting WebTools, see Utilities.

TO DOWNLOAD PRINTER DRIVERS WITH WEBTOOLS

1 Start your Internet or intranet browser and type the DNS name or IP address of the

EX Print Server.

2 Click the Downloads tab.

3 Click the link for the printer drivers that you want to install (Printer Files for Mac OS X).

A file named OSX.dmg is downloaded to your desktop. The file contains a folder named Printer Driver in a BinHex-encoded, compressed format. If your Internet browser is equipped with an expander utility, such as StuffIt Expander, the folder decodes and decompresses automatically.

If the Printer Driver folder does not automatically decode and decompress, double-click the file to start the utility that performs that function.

4 Install the appropriate printer driver for your operating system.

For instructions on installing the printer driver for Mac OS X, see “Installing Mac OS X

printer drivers and printer description files” on page 8.

System requirements

For detailed system requirements, see Wel co me , provided in your media pack.

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SETTING UP PRINTING ON MAC OS X

To set up the EX Print Server as a PostScript printer on a Mac OS X computer, install the printer driver files that correspond to your digital press. The printer driver files are provided on the User Software DVD or can be downloaded using WebTools. Printer drivers provide a way to communicate information about print jobs between your applications, the EX Print Server, and the digital press.

Installing Mac OS X printer drivers and printer description files

The User Software DVD contains the following software for Mac OS X (see the OSX : Printer Driver folder):

•

OSX Installer: Installs the printer driver files required to print from Mac OS X.

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Language folders: Printer description files that are installed by OSX Installer. You do not

need to open these folders or install them manually on your computer. The appropriate files are installed by OSX Installer.

TO INSTALL THE PRINTER DESCRIPTION FILES FOR MAC OS X

1 Quit all open applications.

2 Make sure that the Printer Setup Utility is not running on your computer.

Printer Setup Utility updates the list of available printers when it starts. If a printer description file is added while Printer Setup Utility is running, you cannot select the associated printer model until you restart.

3 Insert the User Software DVD into the DVD drive.

4 Open the OSX : Printer Driver folder on the User Software DVD.

5 Double-click the OSX Installer icon to start installing the printer driver.

6 Follow the on-screen instructions.

The OSX Installer installs the printer driver files that correspond to the EX Print Server.

7 When copying is complete, click Quit.

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Setting up the EX Print Server on Mac OS X

After you install the printer driver files on Mac OS X, you must set up the EX Print Server in the Printer Setup Utility. This section describes how to set up the EX Print Server and configure the EX Print Server for the options installed on the digital press.

TO SET UP THE EX PRINT SERVER IN THE PRINTER SETUP UTILITY (FOR MAC OS X V10.3.9)

1 Choose Utilities from the Go menu and start the Printer Setup Utility.

The Printer List dialog box appears.

2 Click Add.

3 Choose AppleTalk or IP printing from the menu that appears.

4 For AppleTalk, choose the AppleTalk Zone and choose the name of the EX Print Server.

If the zone is not listed as the Default Zone, or one of the Recent Zones, select AppleTalk Network, select the zone, and then click Choose. Proceed to step 6.

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For IP Printing, type the IP address or DNS name of the printer in the Printer Address field and the print connection (Print, Hold, or Direct) in the Queue Name field.

5 For Printer Model, choose Xerox and the appropriate model, and then select the file for the

EX Print Server PPD.

6 Click Add.

The EX Print Server is added to the list of printers.

7 (Optional) With the EX Print Server selected, choose Printers > Create Desktop Printer,

specify a name and location for the icon, and then click Save.

You can now print a file to the EX Print Server by clicking and dragging the file to the EX Print Server Desktop Printer icon.

You are ready to configure installable options for the EX Print Server. For information about configuring installable options, see “To configure installable options” on page 15.

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TO SET UP THE EX PRINT SERVER WITH BONJOUR CONNECTION TYPE IN THE PRINTER SETUP UTILITY

NOTE: Bonjour printers are available to Mac OS X v10.4.x computers only if Bonjour is

enabled on the EX Print Server.

1 Choose Utilities from the Go menu and start Printer Setup Utility.

The Printer List dialog box appears.

2 Click Add.

3 Click Default Browser.

4 Select the printer with the Bonjour connection type from the Printer Name list.

5 Click Add.

6 Choose the installable options and click Continue.

The EX Print Server is added to the list of printers.

7 To create a desktop printer, select the EX Print Server, choose Printers > Create Desktop

Printer, specify a name and location for the icon, and then click Save.

You can now print a file to the EX Print Server by dragging the file to the EX Print Server Desktop Printer icon.

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TO SET UP THE EX PRINT SERVER IN THE PRINTER SETUP UTILITY (FOR MAC OS X V10.4)

1 Choose Utilities from the Go menu, and start Printer Setup Utility.

The Printer List dialog box appears.

2 Click Add.

3 Choose the Default Browser tab or the IP Printer tab.

4 In the Default Browser, choose the name of the EX Print Server with the AppleTalk connection

type from the Printer Name list.

If the printer is not listed in the Printer Name list, click More Printers.

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