XEROX 5799 User Manual

Fiery SI Color Server

USER GUIDE

for Xerox digital copier printers

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The CE marking applied to this product symbolises Rank Xerox’s declaration of conformity with the following applicable directives of the Eur opean Union as of the dates indicated.

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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WARNING: In order to allow this equipment to operate in proximity to industrial, scientiﬁc, and M edical (ISM) equipment, the external radiation from ISM equipment may have to be limited or special migration measures taken.

WARNING: This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interfer ence, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

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.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, and uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

Industry Canada Class A Notice

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the interference-causing equipment standard entitled, “Digital Apparatus” ICES-003 from Industry Canada.

Avis de Conformation Classe A d l’Industrie Canada

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de la Classe A prescrites dans la norme sur le matériel brouilleur, “Appareils Numériques” NMB-003 édictée par l’Industrie Canada.

Certiﬁcate by Manufacturer/Importer

This is to certify that the FC07 is shielded against radio interference in accordance with the provisions of VFG 243/1991. The German Postal Services have been advised that this device is being put on the market and that they have been given the right to inspect the series for compliance with the regulations. Electronics for Imaging, Inc.

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

Electronics for Imaging, Inc. grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the software and accompanying documentation (“Software”) included with the Fiery SI Color Server 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 SI; b. use the digitally-encoded machine-readable outline and bitmap programs (“Font P rograms ”) provided with F iery SI 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 screen of the Fiery SI or Macintosh monitor used with Fiery SI;

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 SI 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 SI;

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 SI 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 SI 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.

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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 b y the Coded Font P rograms. At the reasonable request of Electronics for Imaging, you must supply samples of any Typeface identiﬁed with a trademark.

The MacApp software is proprietary to Apple Computer, Inc. and is licensed to Electronics for Imaging, Inc. for distribution only for use in combination with Fiery SI software utilities.

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Before You Begin

How the Fiery SI works About the documentation

Using this manual xii World Wide Web xii

Safety warnings Cleaning the Fiery SI System requirements for Macintosh users System requirements for Windows users

Networking requirements xiv

System requirements for UNIX users Speciﬁcations

Supported paper sizes xvi Resolution xvi

Chapter 1: Operating the Fiery SI

Using the Control Panel

Activity light 1-2 Buttons 1-2 Display window 1-3

xii

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xiv

xv xv

1-1

Starting and shutting down the Fiery SI

Starting the Fiery SI 1-7 Restarting the Fiery SI 1-8 Shutting down the Fiery SI 1-9

Chapter 2: Printing with Macintosh Computers

Printing from applications Printing pages from the bypass tray

1-7

2-1 2-4

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Using the color reference pages

CMYK Color Reference pages 2-6 Color Charts 2-6 RGB Color Reference pages 2-7 PANTONE books 2-7

Chapter 3: Printing with PC-Compatible Computers

Printing to the Fiery SI

Printing from applications 3-1 Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location 3-1

Printing to the parallel port Setting printing options

Printing with Windows 3.x 3-2 Printing with Windows 95 3-2 Printing with Windows NT 3-3

Printing pages from the bypass tray Using the color reference pages

CMYK Color Reference pages 3-16 Color charts 3-16 RGB Color Reference pages 3-17 PANTONE books 3-17

2-5

3-1

3-1 3-2

3-14 3-15

Chapter 4: Scanning Jobs

Scanning documents

Chapter 5: Managing Print Jobs

Downloading ﬁles and fonts

Printing with the Fiery XJ Downloader 5-4 Downloading and managing printer fonts 5-7

4-1

5-1

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Using the Fiery XJ Spooler

Duplicating, copying, moving, and deleting jobs 5-17 Changing print settings for a job 5-20 Using the Job Log 5-22

Chapter 6: Color Calibration

Understanding calibration

How calibration works 6-2 Scheduling calibration 6-3 Checking calibration status 6-4 Using a densitometer 6-4 Measuring values with a DTP32 densitometer 6-8

Calibrating the Fiery SI from the Control Panel

Automatic calibration 6-10 Calibrating with a densitometer 6-11 Removing calibration 6-13

Using the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator

Measurements 6-16 Working with targets 6-19 Editing calibration 6-22 Testing and applying calibration 6-30 Removing calibration 6-32

5-12

6-1

6-10

6-13

Chapter 7: Printing with UNIX Workstations

Printing to the Fiery SI

Appendix A: Error Messages Appendix B: Type Examples

7-1

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Appendix C: Troubleshooting

Basic troubleshooting tips General printing problems Problems with print quality Problems with calibration Problems with Fiery XJ utilities and plug-ins

Fiery XJ Downloader problems C-11 Fiery XJ Scan problems C-12 Fiery XJ Spooler problems C-13

Appendix D: Setting Job Overrides

Rendering Style D-5

Index

C-1 C-2 C-7 C-9

C-10

xi How the Fiery SI works

Before You Begin

The Fiery SI Color Server enables you to use your color copier as a networked printer and scanner. You can use the Fiery SI to print ﬁnal documents or to proof jobs you will later print on an offset press. You can print to the Fiery SI as you would print to a LaserWriter or other printer—you select it from the Macintosh Chooser or Windows Printers dialog box, and then print from within any application.

You can print to the Fiery SI from networked Apple Macintosh computers, from networked IBM PC or compatible computers running Microsoft Windows, and from networked UNIX workstations running TCP/IP. In addition, you can use the parallel port to print directly from a PC.

How the Fiery SI works

The Fiery SI is a special-purpose controller that enables you to use a color copier as a printer by connecting it to networked computers. It also enables you to scan a document from the copier and work with the scanned image on your computer.

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

Macintosh and PC computers communicate with the Fiery SI by means of a Printer Driver application. Printer description ﬁles enable you to use special features of the Fiery SI from the Print dialog box.

xii Before You Begin

About the documentation

This guide is part of the set of Fiery SI documentation that also includes the following manuals for users and system administrators:

•

Getting Started

from ﬂoppy disks and how to set up printing.

• The

Administrator Guide

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

•

Release Notes

user software, last-minute information, and information to help you use them efﬁciently.

Using this manual

This manual includes the following topics:

describes how to install the software from the User Software CD or

explains basic conﬁguration and administration of the

include information about changes in the current release of system and

• Printing from a Macintosh

• Printing from a Windows PC

• Scanning jobs from a Macintosh or Windows PC

• Using the Macintosh and Windows Downloader and Spooler

• Calibrating the Fiery SI

• Printing from UNIX

• Appendixes—Includes a list of F iery SI error messages, examples of the printer fonts installed on the Fiery SI, troubleshooting information, information about setting and overriding job settings.

World Wide Web

You can visit the Electronics for Imaging World Wide Web page to download the latest information and software. In addition, the WWW page contains marketing and corporate information about Electronics for Imaging. The address is: http://www.eﬁ.com

xiii Safety warnings

Safety warnings

The Fiery SI 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.

Do not touch or put pressure on the panel. This will change the color of the panel.

Cleaning the Fiery SI

Clean the Fiery SI with a soft cloth moistened with isopropyl alcohol or ethyl alcohol.

Never

use water or ketone as these may permanently alter the display.

System requirements for Macintosh users

For installation of user software, you need A CD-ROM drive. This can be either an internal CD-ROM drive in your Macintosh or an external drive with the appropriate cable and software to run on your computer.

To use the Fiery SI with a Macintosh computer, you need:

• Any Macintosh computer in the Macintosh II, Quadra, Centris, P erforma, or Power Macintosh families that has at least 4MB of RAM and EtherTalk® Phase 2 installed

• Apple System software version 7.0 or later

• Adobe® PostScript® Printer Driver version 8.0 or later, or Apple® LaserWriter® driver version 7.0 or later; and PPD (PostScript Printer Description) ﬁles

(The current version of the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver and the PPD ﬁles are included with the Fiery SI User Software.)

• To use Fiery XJ Scan™, Adobe Photoshop™ version 2.5 or later

• To use the paging feature of Fiery XJ Spooler, an alphanumeric pager and PageNOW! software version 1.5 or later. PageNOW! is available from Mark/Space Softworks: 1-800-799-1718. (United States and Canada only)

xiv Before You Begin

System requirements for Windows users

For installation of user software, you need A CD-ROM drive. This can be either an internal CD-ROM drive in your PC or an external drive with the appropriate cable and software to run on your computer.

To use the Fiery SI with an IBM PC or compatible, you need:

• An IBM PC or compatible with an 80386, 80486, or Pentium processor and at least 4MB of RAM

• A mouse that is supported by Windows

• MS-DOS version 5.0 or later

• Microsoft® Windows version 3.1 or later, Windows 95, or Windows NT

• To use Fiery XJ Scan, Adobe Photoshop version 2.5 or later

• To print to the Fiery SI from Windows, you need to use a PostScript printer driver and PostScript Printer Description (PPD) ﬁle. These drivers and PPD ﬁles are included with the User Software. Use the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver for Windows version 3.0.1 with Windows 3.1x. Use version 4.1 with Windows 95.

Windows 3.1x users can use the PostScript Printer Driver that came with the Windows3.1 system software; however, all Fiery SI printing features will not be available.

• To print from computers running Windows NT, you can use the PostScript driver delivered with the operating system, and the Fiery SI PPD ﬁle provided with the User Software.

Networking requirements

For network use with Windows 3.x, you need

• Farallon PhoneNET PC software version 3.1 or later (for AppleTalk) or COPSTalk for Windows version 1.2f or later (for AppleTalk); or SPX/IPX protocol (Novell), Ethernet, or Token Ring

For network use with Windows 95, you need

• TCP/IP networking protocol or SPX/IPX networking protocol (Novell)

For network use with Windows NT, you need TCP/IP networking protocol

xv System requirements for UNIX users

IPX (Novell)

• With an IPX (Novell) network, you need a Novell ﬁle server running NetWare software version 3.11 or later that supports Frame Ethernet 802.3 or 802.2, or Ethernet II.

System requirements for UNIX users

To use the Fiery SI with a UNIX workstation, you need:

• Workstations with Standard TCP/IP Ethernet connectivity supporting the lpr protocol in compliance with RFC 1179

• TCP/IP printing software that conforms to RFC1179 (Berkeley lpr protocol)

Speciﬁcations

The Fiery SI has the following features:

• 32MB RAM

• CPU R4600/R4700, 100 MHz

• Supports AppleTalk, TCP/IP, and IPX protocols simultaneously

• Supports EtherTalk Phase 2

• Supports thinnet (by transceiver), thicknet, and twisted pair cabling

• Supports token ring networking with additional optional hardware

• Supports Adobe PostScript Level 2 CPSI

• Includes 39 PostScript fonts You can use the Fiery XJ Downloader or any third-party LaserWriter downloader,

such as the Adobe Font Downloader, to download additional fonts

• Built-in EFICOLOR color management

• Internal 2.1GB hard disk drive.

• For installation of Fiery SI system software—CD-ROM drive and 50-pin SCSI cable to connect the drive to the Fiery SI’s SCSI port

xvi Before You Begin

Supported paper sizes

The Fiery SI supports the following paper sizes:

• Letter, Letter SEF

• A4, A4SEF

• 8” x 10”

• 9” x 12”

• Legal (216mm x 356mm)

• Legal 13 (216 x 330mm)

• Tabloid (11” x 17”)

• A3

• Postcard

• The 5750 also supports A6SEF and 12” x 18” paper sizes.

Resolution

The Fiery SI prints at 400 dots per inch (dpi) on all supported paper sizes.

The Fiery SI scans at a maximum resolution that is dependent on the size of the scanned area. For letter or A4 paper sizes, the maximum scan resolution is 200 dpi. For an area that is roughly one-fourth the size of letter/A4, the maximum scan resolution is 400 dpi.

1-1 Using the Control Panel

Chapter 1: Operating the Fiery SI

Activity light

Display window

You can use the Fiery SI control panel to view status information about jobs, print special pages, and set up printing. For information about Setup options and ho w to use them, see the

Administrator Guide

Using the Control Panel

The Control Panel on the front of the Fiery SI enables you to access special features and view information about jobs printed to the Fiery SI.

It comprises the following parts:

• Activity light that indicates current Fiery SI activity

• Line selection buttons

• Up and down arrow buttons

• Menu button

• Display window showing status information and options for setting up the Fiery SI

Line selection buttons

Up and down arrow buttons

Menu button

1-2 Operating the Fiery SI

Activity light

The activity light indicates the current Fiery SI activity. If the light is: Solid red There is an error causing printing and scanning to be

disabled, and the Fiery SI is idle.

Flashing red There is an error causing printing and scanning to be

disabled, but the Fiery SI is still processing. The light

changes to solid red when it is ﬁnished processing. Solid green The Fiery SI is idle. Flashing green The Fiery SI is processing or printing a job, or

communicating with a remote computer—for example,

through the Fiery XJ Spooler. No light The Fiery SI is off or starting up.

Buttons

Line selection buttons

Up/down arrow 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. A

special character (>) appears in the display window next to a

button when it is active.

Use these buttons to scroll to different screens in

multi-screen lists, to select Setup options from a list of

available options, and to select alphanumeric characters.

operation, the Control Panel displays the Info Status screen

with information about the status of the Fiery SI. If you press

the Menu button, the Functions menu is displayed and you

can perform additional operations. If a job is processing or

printing, press the Menu button to display the RIP Status

screen or Print Status screen.

1-3 Using the Control Panel

Display window

The display window provides information about the status of the Fiery SI, 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 SI is doing. Only the icons for the screens that are currently available appear.

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 A “Error Messages.”

Print Status When the Fiery SI 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 page printed

and the total number of copies of the page requested.

1-4 Operating the Fiery SI

RIP Status When the Fiery SI 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 F iery SI 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 amount (in kilobytes) of the job processed so

far.

Info Status When the Fiery SI 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 SI name. Status—The current status of the Fiery SI. The Fiery SI status

can be: Idle, Initializing, Busy, Processing, Printing, or Scanning.

Number of MB—The space (in megabytes) available on the

Fiery SI hard disk.

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

Functions You can press the Menu button to display the Functions menu.

Use the up and down arrow buttons to scroll through the list. Press the line selection button to the right of the command to select it.

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Functions menu

You can choose the following commands from this menu:

Choose: To do this:

Print Pages

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

Test Page—A test page enables you to confirm that the

Fiery SI is properly connected to the copier and provides color and grayscale samples to troubleshoot problems with the copier or the Fiery SI. The following information is listed: Server Name, Printer Model, Color Mode, Calibration, Target, Color Rendering , and Date and Time 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 SI, the current options for all Setup settings, information about the current calibration, and the ethernet and token ring addresses (if applicable) of the Fiery SI.

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 “Using the Job Log” on page 5-22.

Control Panel Map—Prints the Control Panel Map, which

is an overview of the screens you can access from the Control Panel. For information about using these screens to set up the Fiery SI, see the Administrator Guide.

Color Charts—Prints samples of the RGB, CMY, and

PANTONE colors available from the Fiery SI.

Font List—Prints a list of all fonts resident on the hard

disk.

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Suspend Printing

Resume Printing

Run Diagnostics

Reboot Server

Suspend communication between the Fiery SI and the copier. You can suspend printing if you want to interrupt the current Fiery SI job so that you can use the copier to make copies. Jobs continue to process on the Fiery SI and after you make the copies, you can select Resume Printing and the copier will continue printing jobs.

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

This command is provided for service representatives. Use the line selection buttons to select the diagnostic test you want to run and choose OK. Contact your authorized service/support technician for information about these diagnostics.

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

Power switch in the off position

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Starting and shutting down the Fiery SI

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

Starting the Fiery SI

To start the Fiery SI, move the switch on the rear of the Fiery SI to the On position.

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

Idle when it is

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If you press a button, the following options appear:

Choose: To do this:

Run Setup

Install Software

Format Disk

Restarting the Fiery SI

You should use the procedure described in this section to restart the Fiery SI rather than using the power switch on the rear of the Fiery SI.

TO RESTART THE FIERY SI:

View the options in the Setup menus. For information on these settings, see the Administrator Guide.

Install new system software. This should be done only by your Fiery SI service representative.

Reformat the Fiery SI hard disk. This should be done only by your Fiery SI service representative.

1. Make sure that the Fiery SI is not receiving, processing, or printing a document.

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 SI 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 down arrow button to scroll to the last screen and choose Reboot Server.

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Shutting down the Fiery SI

You may need to shut down the Fiery SI 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 SI.

TO SHUT DOWN THE FIERY SI:

1. Make sure that the Fiery SI is not receiving, processing, or printing a document.

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 SI is restarted; if a job to the direct connection is processing, it will not ﬁnish processing or printing.

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

3. Scroll to the ﬁnal screen and select Reboot Server.

You should always select Reboot Server before you turn the Fiery SI off to ensure that no jobs are lost.

4. Switch off the Fiery SI when it restarts.

2-1 Printing from applications

Chapter 2: Printing with Macintosh Computers

You can print to the Fiery SI just as you would print to a LaserWriter or other printer. First, select the Fiery SI as the current printer in the Chooser, then print the ﬁle from within your application. Depending on the application and printer driver you are using, you may need to use the Page Setup dialog box to set printing options after y ou select the Fiery SI in the Chooser.

Printing from applications

You can print to the Fiery SI from applications by selecting a Fiery SI in the Chooser. If you have installed the Adobe P ostScript P rinter Driver 8.0 or later or the LaserWriter Printer Driver version 8.0 or later, you can override some of the printer settings on the Fiery SI in the Print Options dialog box.

SELECT THE FIERY

1. Make sure that the Fiery SI is connected to your network and turned on.

2. Select Chooser from the Apple menu.

3. Click the PSPrinter icon or the LaserWriter icon to select it.

Select PSPrinter if you are using the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver; select LaserWriter if you are using the LaserWriter Printer Driver.

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

SI AS

THE CURRENT PRINTER

5. Select the Fiery SI in the list that appears.

The names of all supported printers in the zone appear in the Chooser window.

If your system administrator disabled the connection to one of the queues or the

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direct connection, the corresponding name will

6. Make sure that AppleTalk is Active, set Background Printing to Off, and then click the close box to quit the Chooser.

The Fiery SI is selected as the current printer until you choose a new printer in the Chooser.

not

appear in this list.

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PRINT FROM A MACINTOSH APPLICATION

1. Make sure that any printer description ﬁles needed b y the application ar e installed on your Macintosh.

See

Getting Started

2. Open the ﬁle you want to print from within the application.

3. Choose Page Setup from the application’s File menu.

4. Select printing options in the Page Setup dialog box and click OK.

If you are using the LaserWriter printer driver and the Page Setup dialog box lets you select from a pop-up menu of available printers, choose the Fiery SI.

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The

options have no effect on ﬁles printed with the Fiery SI.

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

for information on which ﬁles you need and where to install them.

Text Smoothing, Graphics Smoothing

, and

Faster Bitmap Printing

6. Select the settings you want.

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Print dialog boxes vary across applications and printer drivers.

If you can select a you can specify that the job should be printed on the paper or transparencies in the

bypass tray

Make sure that a color option is selected; otherwise, your color ﬁle may print in black and white.

Paper Source

, specify the paper tray to use for the job. For example,

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7. Click Options to specify additional information for the print job.

If you are using the Adobe P ostScript P rinter Driv er version 8.3, you can enter notes in the

Note 1:

and

Note 2:

in columns in the Job Log. If the Print dialog box lets you select from a pop-up menu of available printers, choose

the Fiery SI.

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The LaserWriter Printer Driver and the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver

version 8.3 may show different options. See your documentation for information.

area at the bottom of the dialog box. These notes will appear

Selecting choose this option, be sure to select the Selecting this option, leave the from the

Options in the lower portion of this dialog box are speciﬁc to the Fiery SI. They override settings in the Printer Setup on the Fiery SI. (You must scroll to see all the pop-up menus.)

You can override some of these settings in the Fiery XJ Spooler Override Print Settings dialog box.

If you choose entered on the Control Panel.

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dictionaries even if the

ColorSync Color Matching

PostScript Color Matching

Printer Proﬁle

Rendering Styles

Printer’s default

Photoshop RGB images saved in EPS format may activate color rendering

pop-up menu in the lower part of the window.

Color/Grayscale

, activates the ColorSync ICC proﬁles. If you

Printer Pr oﬁle

activates color rendering dictionaries. If you use

option as

, the Fiery SI prints according to the setup options

option is selected.

that corresponds to your copier .

Printer’s Default

. Then select a CRD

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8. Click

9. Click OK to accept your options, and click Print to print.

Save

after you change the options to make the new settings your default

settings.

For information about these options, see Appendix D "Setting Job Overrides."

Printing pages from the bypass tray

You can use the Fiery SI to print manually fed pages on the copier if you want to print on special paper or transparencies. You can use the Fiery SI to print on 16–24 pound paper (60–90 gsm), thick paper (28–32 pound/105–120 gsm) or Xerox-recommended transparencies from the bypass tray. You can also use the bypass tray for paper sizes such as A6 and 11” x 18” (model 5750 only).

There are several ways to print manually fed pages:

• From the Control Panel, you can set

jobs from the Bypass Tray unless another tray is speciﬁed.

• From within the Fiery XJ Spooler, select a job, choose

set the

Bypass Tray

• For many applications, you can use the following procedur e and choose

in the Print or Page Setup dialog box.

option to On.

Enable Bypass Tray as default

Override Print Settings

Yes

to print all

Bypass Tray

and

PRINT PAGES USING THE BYPASS TRAY

1. Make sure that the Use Bypass Tray option on the copier panel is set to No. N

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If you select

Copier Mode and unavailable for printing.

2. Load paper or transparencies into the bypass tray.

You can load up to 40 sheets.

3. Press the Clear All button on the copier.

Bypass

as your paper supply on the copier, the copier will be in

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4. From your application, choose Bypass Tray as the Paper Source in the Page Setup or

5. Select the correct page size in the Page Setup or Print dialog box.

6. Click Print in your application.

Print dialog box.

Interleaved

must be loaded with a paper the same size and orientation as the transparencies in the bypass tray.

mode is chosen in the Print Options dialog box, one of the paper trays

Using the color reference pages

The Fiery SI User Softwar e includes sev eral types of color r efer ence pages that y ou can view and print to see the full range of colors available from your Fiery SI.

• The CMYK Color Reference pages enable you to view and print CMYK color

patches in the range of colors the Fiery SI can print.

• Color Charts is a downloadable PostScript ﬁle of the Color Charts that can be

printed from the Control Panel.

• The RGB Color Reference pages are a Microsoft Word and a Microsoft PowerPoint

ﬁle that you can open in the application to view the colors available in the standard palette for that application and see how they print on the Fiery SI.

• The PANTONE books are downloadable PostScript ﬁles that simulate all of the

PANTONE colors available from your Fiery SI.

The CMYK Color Reference PostScript ﬁle and the PANTONE books are installed with the installer. The other color reference pages are in the Color Files folder on your User Software CD. You can install them individually as needed as described in

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When you print these ﬁles, you can try different color rendering styles to ﬁnd

the best results for your needs.

Getting

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CMYK Color Reference pages

The Color Reference folder contains a PostScript ﬁle of color reference pages that you can download to the Fiery SI. You can use the pages as a reference for graphics applications that allow you to specify color as values of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. The pages display groups of color patches and give you the percentage of each process color required to achieve the color shown. Ther e are 11 pages—each one shows colors from 0% to 100%.

PRINT AND USE

1. Use the Fiery XJ Downloader to download the CMYK Reference.ps ﬁle.

2. Select the color that you want to use from the color reference page.

3. Enter the corresponding cyan, magenta, yellow, and black values in any application

TO PRINT AND USE THE COLOR CHARTS:

• Use the Fiery XJ Downloader to download the Colorchart.ps ﬁle in the Color Charts

THE CMYK COLOR REFERENCE PAGES:

For information on using the F iery XJ Downloader, see “Downloading ﬁles and fonts” on page 5-1.

that supports CMYK.

Color Charts

The color charts are a PostScript version of the color charts you can also print fr om the Control Panel. They are designed to look best when the copier is calibrated to the copier standard and not one of the press standards.

folder from the Color Files folder on the User Software CD or Floppy Disks.

For information on using the F iery XJ Downloader, see “Downloading ﬁles and fonts” on page 5-1.

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