XEROX 5000AP User Manual

User Guide

FIERY X2

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January 1, 1996—Council Directive 70/80/CCO amended by Council Directive 93/68/EEO. Approximation of the laws of the member states related to low voltage equipment.

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W ARNING: In or der to allow this equipment to operate in proximity to industrial, scientiﬁc, and M edical (ISM) equipment, the external radiation fr om ISM equipment may have to be limited or special migration measures taken.

FCC Information

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.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

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.

In order to maintain compliance with FCC regulations, shielded cables must be used with this equipment. Operation with non-approved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in interference to radio and TV reception. The user is cautioned that changes and modiﬁcations made to the equipment without the approval of manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

Industry Canada Class B Notice

This Class B digital apparatus meets all the requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations.

Avis de Conformation Classe B de l’Industrie Canada

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada.

Certiﬁcate by Manufacturer/Importer

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Bescheinigung des Herstellers/Importeurs

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RFI Compliance Notice

This equipment has been tested concerning compliance with the relevant RFI protection requirements both individually and on system level (to simulate normal operation conditions). However, it is possible that these RFI Requirements are not met under certain unfavorable conditions in other installations. It is the user who is responsible for compliance of his particular installation.

Dieses Geraet wurde einzeln sowohl als auch in einer Anlage, die einen normalen Anwendungsfall nachbildet, auf die Einhaltung der Funk-entstoerbestimmungen geprueft. Es ist jedoch moeglich, dass die Funk-enstoerbestimmungen unter unguenstigen Umstaenden bei anderen Geraetekombinationen nicht eingehalten werden. Fuer die Einhaltung der Funk-entstoerbestimmungen seigner gesamten Anlage, in der dieses Geraet betrieben wird, ist der Betreiber verantwortlich.

Compliance with applicable regulations depends on the use of shielded cables. It is the user who is responsible for procuring the appropriate cables. Einhaltung mit betreffenden Bestimmungen kommt darauf an, dass geschirmte Ausfuhrungen gebraucht werden. Fuer die beschaffung richtiger Ausfuhrungen ist

der Betreiber verantwortlich.

Software License Agreement

Before using the Software, please carefully read the following terms and conditions. BY USING THIS SOFTWARE, YOU SIGNIFY THAT YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. If you cannot or do not accept these terms, you may return the entire package within ten (10) days to the Distributor or Dealer from which you obtained them for a full refund.

Electronics for Imaging, Inc. grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the software and accompanying documentation (“Softwar e”) included with the Fiery X2 you have purchased, including without limitation the PostScript

software provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated.

You may: a. use the Software solely for your own customary business purposes and solely with Fiery X2; b. use the digitally-encoded machine-readable outline and bitmap programs (“Font P rograms”) pro vided with Fiery X2 in a special encrypted format (“Coded Font

Programs”) to reproduce and display designs, styles, w eights, and versions of letters, numerals, characters and symbols (“Typefaces”) solely for your o wn customary business purposes on the display window of the Fiery X2 or monitor used with Fiery X2;

c. use the trademarks used by Electronics for Imaging to identify the Coded Font Programs and Typefaces reproduced therefrom (“Trademarks”); and d. assign your rights under this Agreement to a transferee of all of your right, title and interest in and to Fiery X2 provided the transferee agrees to be bound by all

of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You may not:

a. make use of the Software, directly or indirectly, to print bitmap images with print resolutions of 600 dots per inch or greater, or to generate fonts or typefaces for use other than with Fiery X2;

b. make or have made, or permit to be made, any copies of the Software, Coded Font Programs, accompanying documentation or portions thereof, except as necessary for use with the Fiery X2 unit purchased by you; provided, however, that under no circumstances may you make or have made, or permit to be made, any copies of that certain portion of the Software which has been included on the Fiery X2 hard disk drive. You may not copy the documentation;

c. attempt to alter, disassemble, decrypt or reverse engineer the Software, Coded Font Programs or accompanying documentation. d. rent or lease the Software.

Proprietary Rights

You acknowledge that the Software, Coded Font Programs, Typefaces, Trademarks and accompanying documentation are proprietary to Electronics for Imaging and its suppliers and that title and other intellectual property rights therein remain with Electronics for Imaging and its suppliers. Except as stated above, this Agreement does not grant you any right to patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks (whether registered or unregistered), or any other rights, franchises or licenses in respect of the Software, Coded Font Programs, Typefaces, Trademarks or accompanying documentation. You may not adapt or use any trademark or trade name which is likely to be similar to or confusing with that of Electronics for Imaging or any of its suppliers or take any other action which impairs or reduces the trademark rights of Electronics for Imaging or its suppliers. The trademarks may only be used to identify printed output produced by the Coded F ont Programs. At the reasonable request of Electronics for Imaging, you must supply samples of any Typeface identiﬁed with a trademark.

Conﬁdentiality

You agr ee to hold the Software and Coded F ont P rograms in conﬁdence, disclosing the Softwar e and Coded Font P rograms only to authoriz ed users having a need to use the Software and Coded Font Programs as permitted by this Agreement and to take all reasonable precautions to prevent disclosure to other parties.

Remedies

Unauthorized use, copying or disclosure of the Software, Coded F ont Programs, Typefaces, Trademarks or accompanying documentation will result in automatic termination of this license and will make available to Electronics for Imaging other legal remedies.

Limited Warranty And Disclaimer

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General

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Contents

Preface

About the documentation

About this manual xiv Terminology and conventions xiv

How the Fiery X2 works

About PostScript printer drivers and PPDs xv

Supported paper sizes Fiery X2 job environments

Permissions xvii

Before you begin

Chapter 1: Using the Control Panel

Introduction to the Control Panel

Activity light 1-2 Buttons 1-2 Display window 1-3 Functions menu 1-5

Starting and shutting down the Fiery X2

Starting the Fiery X2 1-6 Restarting the Fiery X2 1-7 Shutting down the Fiery X2 1-8

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xvi xvi

xviii

1-1

1-6

Safety warnings Cleaning the Fiery X2

1-8 1-8

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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 3.1x 2-6 Setting options and printing from Windows NT 4.0 2-9 Printing to the parallel port 2-11 Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location 2-12

Using Fiery Downloader to print

Chapter 3: Printing from Mac OS Computers

Printing from applications

Selecting the Fiery X2 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 X2

Chapter 5: Scanning

2-1

2-12

3-1

3-4

4-1

Scanning from the copier

Fiery Scan color conversion settings 5-1 Using Fiery Scan 5-2

Chapter 6: Downloading Files and Fonts

Using Fiery Downloader

Printing with the Fiery Downloader 6-3 Downloading and managing printer fonts 6-7

5-1

6-1

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Chapter 7: Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

Tools for job tracking and management

Fiery WebTools 7-1 Fiery Spooler 7-1

About Fiery WebTools

Access privileges 7-2 Checking Fiery X2 status with the Status WebTool 7-4 Accessing information with the WebLink WebTool 7-5

Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler for Windows

Job management features 7-8 Job List window 7-9 Job icons 7-15 Spool area 7-15 RIP area 7-16 Print area 7-17 Job commands 7-18 Overriding print settings 7-20 Thumbnails and full-screen previews in DocBuilder 7-22 Using the Job Log 7-33 Differences between Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler

for Windows 7-35

Fiery Spooler for Mac OS computers

The job list 7-38 Duplicating, copying, moving, and deleting jobs 7-40 Changing print settings for a job 7-43 Using the Job Log 7-44

7-1

7-2

7-6

7-36

Chapter 8: Color Calibration

Introduction to color calibration Understanding calibration

How calibration works 8-3 Scheduling calibration 8-4 Checking calibration status 8-6

8-1 8-2

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Calibrating with AutoCal from the Control Panel

Removing calibration 8-8

Calibrating with Fiery Print Calibrator

Using a densitometer 8-8 The Calibration Mode window 8-12 Measurements 8-13 Measuring values with a DTP32 densitometer 8-14 Testing and applying calibration 8-18 Calibration checklist 8-20 Calibrating the densitometer 8-21

Chapter 9: Advanced Fiery Print Calibrator Topics

Using advanced calibration features

Choosing a measurements ﬁle 9-1 Working with targets 9-2 Customizing calibration targets 9-5 Backing up Fiery X2 targets 9-9 Deleting custom targets 9-10 Removing calibration 9-10

Using advanced simulation features

Working with simulations 9-11 Using the Simulation Mode window 9-12 Checking the current simulation 9-13 Editing simulations 9-14 Managing simulations 9-17 Testing and setting a new default simulation 9-17

8-6

8-8

9-1

9-10

Appendix A: Print Options

Where to set print options

Print options and override hierarchy A-2 More information about print options A-6

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Appendix B: Font List

PostScript 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-5 Problems with Fiery Downloader C-8 Problems with Fiery WebTools C-9 Setup error messages C-9 AutoCal error messages C-10

Index

B-1

C-1 C-4 C-5

xiii About the documentation

Preface

The Fiery X2 Color Server enables you to use your color copier as a networked printer . You can use the Fiery X2 to print ﬁnal documents or to proof jobs you will later print on an offset press. You send a print job to the Fiery X2 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.

Users with the necessary access privileges can monitor and manage jobs sent to the Fiery X2 and perform color calibration of the color server. Additionally, with Fiery X2 user software, you can also download ﬁles and fonts to the Fiery X2 and scan images from the copier into Adobe Photoshop.

About the documentation

This manual is part of a set of Fiery X2 documentation that includes the following manuals for users and system administrators:

• The

Administrator Guide

Fiery X2 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 X2. Speciﬁcally, it describes installation of PostScript™ printer drivers, printer description ﬁles, and other user software provided on the User Software CD. It also explains how to connect each user to the network.

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

explains basic conﬁguration and administration of the

• The

User Guide

jobs via remote workstations on the network or via a direct parallel port connection. It also explains how to use the Fiery WebTools and Fiery X2 client utilities to manage jobs and maintain color quality, and provides troubleshooting information for problems that may arise.

•

Release Notes

the problems you may encounter.

describes the printing features of the Fiery X2 for users who send

provide last-minute product information and workarounds for some of

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About this manual

This manual covers the following topics:

• Using the Fiery X2 Control Panel

• Printing from Windows computers

• Printing from Mac OS computers

• Printing from UNIX workstations

• Scanning images from the copier using Photoshop and the Fiery Scan plug-in

• Downloading ﬁles and fonts using Fiery Downloader

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

• Calibrating the Fiery X2

• Creating custom simulation and calibration targets

™

• Specifying and overriding job settings, a list of the printer fonts installed on the Fiery X2, and troubleshooting information

Terminology and conventions

The Fiery X2 supports Empress (5750), Regal (5790), and Regal II (5799) digital copier printers. The term “copier” is used to refer to all supported copiers.

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

PostScript (PS)

• Fiery X2 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 X2 hard disk in preparation for processing and printing.

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

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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.

•

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

These concepts can explain how the Fiery X2 Color Server and the copier work together as a powerful printing system. The Fiery X2 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 X2 works

The Fiery X2 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 X2 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 X2 by means of a PostScript printer driver and a PostScript printer description ﬁle (PPD).

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 X2 includes information about the features of both the copier and the Fiery X2 Color Server.

For information on the PPD options for your Fiery X2, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

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Supported paper sizes

The Fiery X2 supports printing at 400 dpi (dots per inch) on the following paper sizes:

• Postcard (4" x 6")

• 8" x 10", 8" x 10"-R

• Letter, Letter-R (8.5" x 11")

• Legal 13 (8.5" x 13")

• Legal (8.5" x 14")

• 9" x 11", 9" x 11"-R

• 9" x 12"

• Tabloid (11" x 17")

• 12" x 18"

• A6 (105 mm x 148 mm)

• B5, B5-R (182 mm x 257 mm)

• A4, A4-R (210 mm x 297 mm)

• Docupac (241 mm x 297 mm)

• B4 (257 mm x 364 mm)

• A3 (297 mm x 420 mm)

OTE

Postcar d, 8" x 10"-R, 9" x 11", 9" x 11"-R, 12" x 18", A6, and B5-R paper sizes are supported on the 5750 color copier only; the Docupac paper size is supported on 5790 and 5799 color copiers only.

Fiery X2 job environments

The Fiery X2 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 various controls that limit user access to certain Fiery X2 functions, including Fiery X2 conﬁguration (Setup), calibration, job overrides, and font management.

xvii Fiery X2 job environments

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 Fiery X2 Setup options. By default, anyone can access Setup, but the administrator can limit access to Setup by specifying an Administrator password for the F iery X2 (see the

Administrator Guide

Also by default, anyone can log in to Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler and control job ﬂow, but an administrator can restrict access to these functions by specifying an Operator password.

The three security levels from greatest to least control 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. The Administrator can also set a common web link for all users who log in to the Fiery X2 using their web browser.

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

•

Operator

—includes control of print jobs that arrive at the server and the ability to

perform calibration.

Guest

•

—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.

This manual describes the features of the Fiery WebTools and Fiery client utilities and 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.

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Before you begin

Before using the Fiery X2, follow these steps:

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

Administrator Guide

2. Find out what printer defaults the administrator 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. Consult Appendix A for information on print options that affect color output.

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

You may have access to both the Print queue and the Hold queue. If you send a job to the Print queue, the job spools to the Fiery X2 and proceeds to RIP and print according to your job settings—unless someone intervenes with Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler.

If you send a job to the Hold queue, the job spools to the Fiery X2 and is held until someone intervenes with Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler sends them to their next stage of processing.

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 X2 disk.

6. Find out whether the Fiery X2 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 Control Panel

Chapter 1: Using the Control P anel

Activity light

Display window

Menu button

You can use the Fiery X2 Control Panel to view status information, print special pages, and set up printing.

Introduction to the Control Panel

The Control Panel, shown belo w on the front of the F iery X2, comprises the following parts:

Line selection buttons

Up/down button

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Activity light

The activity light indicates current Fiery X2 activity. If the light is: Solid red An error has occurred causing the Fiery X2 to be disabled. Flashing red There is an error causing printing to be disabled, but the

Fiery X2 is capable of processing. Solid green The Fiery X2 is idle. Flashing green The Fiery X2 is processing or printing a job, or

communicating with a remote computer. No light The Fiery X2 is off or starting up.

Buttons

Line selection buttons

Up/down button

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 this button 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 X2. If you press the Menu button, the Functions menu

is displayed and you can perform additional operations (see

page 1-5). If a job is processing or printing, press the Menu

button to cycle among the active screens.

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Display window

The display window provides information about the status of the Fiery X2, 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 X2 is doing. Only the icons for the screens that are currently available appear. The menu button cycles among the active screens as follows:

Alert Status If there is a problem with processing a job or printing functions, an error message

appears on the Control Panel. For information on error messages, see Appendix C, “Troubleshooting.”

Print Status When the Fiery X2 is printing or scanning 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 X2 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 X2 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.

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Info Status When the Fiery X2 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 X2 name. Status—The current status of the Fiery X2. The Fiery X2 status can be: Idle,

Initializing, Busy, Processing, or Printing.

Megabytes—The space (in megabytes) available on the Fiery X2 hard disk, for

example, 756MB.

Version—The system software version running on the Fiery X2.

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

button to scroll through the list. Press the line selection button to the right of a command to select that command. See page 1-5 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 X2, 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

Print special pages from the Fiery X2. You can print the following pages from the submenu that appears:

Test Page—A Test Page enables you to conﬁrm that the Fiery X2 is properly

connected to the copier, and provides color and grayscale samples to troubleshoot problems with the copier or the Fiery X2. The follo wing settings ar e 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 X2, the current options for all Setup settings, information about the current calibration, and the Ethernet and Token Ring addresses of the Fiery X2.

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 7, "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 X2, see the Administrator Guide.

Color Charts—Prints samples of the R GB, CMY, and PANT ONE colors available

from the Fiery X2.

Font List—Prints a list of all fonts currently on the Fiery X2 hard disk.

Suspend communication between the Fiery X2 and the copier. You must suspend printing if you want to interrupt the current Fiery X2 job so that you can use the copier to make copies. Jobs continue to process on the Fiery X2. After you make the copies, select Resume Printing to continue printing jobs from the Fiery X2 and networked users.

Resume Printing

Run Diagnostics

Reboot Server

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

Resume communication between the copier and the Fiery X2 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 X2 activity in the correct manner and then restart. You should use this option instead of the power switch on the back of the Fiery X2.

Power switch

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Starting and shutting down the Fiery X2

Generally, you can leave the Fiery X2 running all the time. This section describes how to shut down and restart the Fiery X2 when necessary.

Starting the Fiery X2

To start the Fiery X2, move the power switch on the back of the Fiery X2 to the On position. If the copier is also powered off, power it on before powering on the Fiery X2.

Diagnostic messages appear on the Fiery X2 Control Panel. If any diagnostics fail, more information and instructions appear. Contact your service representative if the Fiery X2 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 X2 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 X2 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 X2 using AutoCal. For more information,

see “Calibrating with AutoCal from the Control Panel” on page 8-6 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 X2

You should use the procedure described below to restart the Fiery X2 rather than using the power switch on the back of the Fiery X2.

TO RESTART THE FIERY X2:

1. Make sure that the Fiery X2 is not receiving, processing, or printing a job.

The status message on the Control Panel should read Idle.

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

after the Fiery X2 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/down button to scroll to the last screen and choose Reboot Server.

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Shutting down the Fiery X2

You may need to shut down the Fiery X2 for service. When you do so, fonts that have been downloaded to the hard disk drive are not deleted. Print jobs in the Hold and Printed queues and jobs that have been processed but not printed are not deleted and are available for printing when you restart the Fiery X2.

TO SHUT DOWN THE FIERY X2:

1. Make sure that the Fiery X2 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 X2 is restarted; if a job to the Direct connection is processing, it will not ﬁnish processing or printing.

2. Power off the Fiery X2 by moving the power switch on the back to the Off position. N

OTE: After powering off the Fiery X2, make sure to also power off the copier. Leaving

the copier powered on while the Fiery X2 is powered off can lead to ex cessiv e drain on the Fiery X2 motherboard battery.

Safety warnings

The Fiery X2 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 X2

Clean the Fiery X2 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 X2 from Windows 95, Windows 3.1x, 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 X2. 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 2-12.

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

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

Windows servers connected to the Fiery X2, see the Administrator Guide. For information on how to connect to the Fiery X2 over the network, install printer drivers, and install the Fiery utilities, see Getting Started.

Printing from applications

Once you have installed the Fiery X2 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 X2 user software, and uses all features of the Fiery X2.

Once you have installed the Adobe PostScript printer driver and Fiery X2 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 X2. 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 X2, 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 X2 and choose Properties from the File menu.

4. Click the Paper tab.

5. Specify the appropriate settings for the print job.

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

7. From the Paper type menu, choose the type of media to use for the job and click OK.

In the Paper size area, 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 from 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 X2 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.

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8. Click the Fiery Options tab.

9. Go to the Job, Color1, Color2, Color3, and Finishing tabs, and specify the appropriate settings for the print job.

These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery X2. They override settings in Fiery X2 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 X2 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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