Xerox DocuColor 250 Management Guide

Splash RPX-i Color Server

Job Management Guide

© 2006 Electronics for Imaging, Inc. The information in this publication is covered
under Legal Notices for this product.

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NTRODUCTION

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About this document

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Starting the Splash RPX-i

The Splash RPX-i interface

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Administrator status 10

Utility toolbar

Changing the toolbar display 12

Start/Stop button

Print queues

Print queue column headings 16

Preview window

Status indicators

Splash RPX-i main menus

Job Settings

Default job settings

Editing default job settings 25

Managing raster files

RIP-While-Print 27

RIP-While-Receive 27

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RIP-Across-Jobs 27

Instant Reprint 27

Print Consecutive Jobs 27

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Checking job errors

Preflight 28

Color PostFlight 29

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Tray Alignment

Tray alignment features 33

Print Info

Configuring Print Info 34

Enabling Print Info Strip 35

Secure Access

Using Secure Access at client workstations 37

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Printing with Secure Access 37

Setting up Users 38

Accounts 39

Screening Preferences

Job Log Options

Imposition

Imposition settings 44

Printing a booklet 46

Color management tools

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Creating Hot Folders 51

Managing Hot Folders 52

Printing to Hot Folders 54

Sharing Hot Folders 55

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Virtual Printers

Setting up Virtual Printers on client computers 56

GA File Converter

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Printing a document set with Set Builder 73

Setting finishing options 75

Managing Set Builder jobs 76

Duplex and odd-length jobs 76

Previews 76

Errors in Set Builder document sets 76

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Printing Tabs 85

Schedule Job

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Splash Server Remote functions 91

Administrator connections 92

User connections 92

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Setting up mailboxes

Scanning from the copier

Using Splash Remote Scan

Configuring Splash Remote Scan 97

Retrieving a scan 97

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Managing jobs in the Print queue 102

Downloading installers and files from the Web Queue Manager

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NTRODUCTION

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Terminology and conventions

INTRODUCTION

This document describes job management features of the Splash RPX-i Color Server for
Apple Mac OS and Microsoft Windows computers. The Splash RPX-i Color Server is a
high-end Color Publishing Print Solution for use on Power Mac OS G5 platforms.
Splash user software enables Mac OS or Windows computers to send print jobs across an
appropriate network to the Splash RPX-i Color Server, which processes the jobs and sends
them to the copier. If you are unfamiliar with your platform’s procedures for printing or
integrating printers within the network environment (Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003,
AppleTalk, UNIX, Novell, and Microsoft TCP/IP), see the documentation that accompanies
your computer system.

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This document uses the following terminology and conventions.

Term or convention Refers to

Copier DocuColor 240/250

Fiery Fiery Network Controller

Mac OS Mac OS 9, Mac OS X

Splash RPX-i Splash RPX-i Color Server

Titles in italics

Windows Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

Other documents in this set

INTRODUCTION

About this document

This document describes the Splash RPX-i server interface, functions, and job management
options. The following topics are covered:

•Splash RPX-i user interface

•Advanced features of Splash RPX-i

•Production features of Splash RPX-i

•Splash Server Remote

•Drop folders, Hot Folders, Virtual Printers, and the GA File Converter

•Web Queue Manager

•Splash Remote Scan

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This chapter provides an introduction to the Splash RPX-i server graphical user interface and
its basic functions.

Starting the Splash RPX-i

In order for you to use the Splash RPX-i server, it must be connected to the Fiery by Direct
Connect or Network Connect. With Direct Connect, the Splash RPX-i is always connected
to the Fiery. If you are using Network Connect, use the following procedure to configure the
connection. Ask your network administrator for the IP address of the Fiery.

For more information about Direct Connect and Network Connect, see Getting Started.

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TO CONNECT TO THE FIERY

1 Click the Splash Server icon in the Dock at the bottom of the Splash RPX-i Macintosh desktop,

or double-click the Splash Server icon in the Applications : Splash Folder.

NOTE: The Dock appears when you roll your mouse to the bottom of the screen.

2 If the Fiery that you want to connect to is listed in the Controller Connection window, select

the name and IP address in the list and click OK.

3 If the Fiery that you want is not listed, type its IP address in the “Manually enter an IP

address” text field and click OK.

The Splash RPX-i main window opens.

To quit the Splash RPX-i application, return to the main window and press Command+Q,
or choose Quit Splash Server from the Splash Server menu.

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The Splash RPX-i interface

When you start the Splash RPX-i application and connect to the Fiery, the main window
appears. The main window displays information about managing print queues, administering
server functions, and controlling the jobs in the print queues.

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1 Splash RPX-i toolbar

2 Start/Stop button

3 Active queue

4 Hold queue

5 Error queue

6 Preview window

7 Trays

8 Device status

9 Splash Server status

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The following sections describe each component of the Splash RPX-i interface.

Administrator status

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To log on to the Splash RPX-i with Administrator privileges, choose Server:Login and type
the Administrator password. By default, the password is blank.

Set a password to protect the Splash RPX-i settings against unauthorized changes. For more
information, see the Configuration Guide.

NOTE: Logging on to the Splash RPX-i with Administrator privileges allows you to change the

Splash RPX-i preferences and settings and use all the utilities. If you do not log on with
Administrator privileges, some functions are unavailable.

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Utility toolbar

The Splash RPX-i utility toolbar allows you to access Splash applications and utilities.

TO USE THE TOOLBAR

•To open any of the utilities displayed in the toolbar, click the utility button.

The default toolbar displays buttons for the following utilities:

• ColorCal allows you to perform color calibration. For more information, see the

• Profile Loader allows you to add ICC profiles. For more information, see the Color Guide.

• CopyCal allows you to create color profiles that simulate the output of any color printer.

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Color Guide.

For more information, see the Color Guide.

• ColorTuner allows you to edit the color output of a RIPped job before all the copies are

printed. For more information, see the Color Guide.

• Set Builder allows you to combine several jobs, printing them as a single, collated
document. For more information, see page 73.

• Scan allows you to scan jobs directly from the Splash RPX-i. A separate Adobe Photoshop
plug-in allows you to scan with Photoshop. For more information, see page 93.

You can add buttons for the following utilities and features:

• Spot Color Editor allows you to add and delete spot colors, as well as change the value
output for any spot color. For more information, see the Color Guide.

• Color Profiles allows you to select color profiles. Includes a link to Profile Loader.
For more information, see the Color Guide.

• Mixed Media allows you to specify different paper types and trays for individual pages or
ranges of pages within a single job. For more information, see page 77.

• Schedule allows you to set a time to print a job and then have the job automatically print
at that time. For more information, see page 86.

• Preflight checks jobs spooled at the Splash RPX-i for printing errors before the job is
processed. For more information, see page 28.

• Color PostFlight outputs input colors as a tint of a specific primary output color depending
on what type of job and what type of color the input is. For more information, see page 28
and the Color Guide.

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Changing the toolbar display

You can change the toolbar display by adding or removing buttons in Splash RPX-i
Preferences.

For more information about setting preferences, see the Configuration Guide and the

Color Guide.

TO CHANGE THE TOOLBAR DISPLAY

1 Choose Preferences from the Splash Server menu.

2 Click Button Bar.

3To add or remove buttons from the toolbar, drag them to or from the Loaded Buttons list.

4 Click OK.

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Start/Stop button

The Start/Stop button allows you to start and stop processing files.

These actions are global, and will start or stop all print jobs currently on the Splash RPX-i.

Client workstations can send print jobs to the Splash RPX-i while processing is stopped. Jobs
sent via Print and Save or Print and Delete are spooled to the startup disk and appear in the
Active queue. To control client printing, you can configure the Splash RPX-i to spool and
hold all incoming print jobs, allowing the administrator to review jobs and determine job
priorities.

If a print job is listed in the Active queue when server processing is halted, the Splash RPX-i
stops all jobs at the first logical stopping point and leaves them in the Active queue, except for
currently RIPping or printing jobs, which may return to the Hold queue. Job order is not
affected by this option.

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TO START AND STOP JOB PROCESSING

1To start or resume processing, click the Start/Stop button or choose Server>Start Processing.

The logo background to the right of the button changes from red to green.

2To stop processing all jobs currently on the Splash RPX-i, click Start/Stop, or choose Stop

Processing from the Server menu.

The logo background to the right of the button changes from green to red.

Print queues

The print queues in the main window display the Active, Hold, or Error status of all
spooled jobs.

• Active queue displays the currently processing print job and jobs awaiting automatic

• Hold queue lists print jobs that the server has processed and jobs queued to Process and

• Error queue lists print jobs that failed to print, either partially or completely.

Preferences for job processing that determine whether a job is sent to the Active queue or the
Hold queue are set in the Splash RPX-i Server Preferences and in the File Handling print
options. For more information, see the Configuration Guide and the Printing Guide.

When you set up a Hot Folder, you specify settings for job processing on the Extras tab.

Job management of the print queues is described in the following procedures.

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processing.

Hold or Process and Save.

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TO RESIZE A PRINT QUEUE

•To resize a print queue, click the tab that separates it from another queue and drag
up or down.

NOTE: You cannot resize a queue to hide another queue.

TO SELECT JOBS IN A PRINT QUEUE

•To select a job in one of the print queues, click the job.

•To select multiple jobs consecutively, click one job, press Shift, and click multiple jobs in
the queue.

•Press Command and click to select multiple non-consecutive jobs.

If a selected job has a preview image, it appears in the Preview window of the main window.

TO MOVE JOBS BETWEEN QUEUES

•To print a job in the Hold queue, drag the job to the Active queue.

•To move a job to the Hold queue, drag the file from the Active or Error queues. You can also
select a job in the Active queue and choose Hold from the Jobs menu.

•To resume processing of a job in the Hold queue, drag the job to the Active queue, choose
Remove Hold from the Jobs menu, or press Command+R while the job is selected.

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TO REORDER JOBS IN THE ACTIVE QUEUE

• Reorder jobs in the Active queue by dragging them to a new position within the queue.

Moving jobs in the Active queue allows you to reschedule jobs for RIPping or printing
without putting them on Hold.

Reordering jobs in the Active queue does not affect the current state of the job. Once a job
begins printing or RIPping, it continues to do so until it finishes or is placed on Hold.

When the currently RIPping job finishes and moved to the Print Pending stage, the job in the
Active queue that is Pending (highest in the queue) begins RIPping, and so on through all the
jobs in the Active queue.

TO DELETE A JOB

•To delete a job from the Hold or Error queues, select the job and press Delete.

A dialog box prompts you to confirm this action. If image files are saved, you are asked to
delete the entire job or just the saved image.

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•To delete a job that is currently processing in the Active queue, select the job, drag it to the
Hold queue, and then choose Delete Job from the Jobs menu. Or you can select the job and
press the Delete key on the keyboard.

You can also delete jobs by dragging them to the Trash icon on your Mac OS desktop. Jobs in
the Active queue cannot be dragged to the Trash.

NOTE: If you attempt to delete multiple jobs and some jobs have saved rasters while others do

not, a dialog box prompts you to delete the job or the images, as described previously. If you
choose to delete images, the raster files are deleted from those jobs with raster files and the
other files remain unchanged.

TO ACCESS PRINT QUEUE JOB OPTIONS

1 Select a job in any print queue and click the arrow button on the upper-right side of

the queue.

You can also access the options from the Jobs menu.

2 Click an option to choose it.

3To edit job settings, click Edit Jobs.

For more information about print queue job options, see page 109. For more information
about job settings, see page 20 and the Printing Guide.

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Print queue column headings

To modify the column headings in the print queues, use the following procedure.

TO MODIFY PRINT QUEUE COLUMN HEADINGS

•To resize or reposition a column heading in the Active, Hold, or Error queues, click the column
heading and drag right or left.

•To add a column heading, click the arrow to the right of the queue, select Add Column, and
select from the list of possible headings.

•To change a column, Control-click an existing column heading and choose from the list of
possible headings.

•To delete a column heading, Control-click the column heading and choose Remove Column.

For a list of all the available print queue column headings and a brief description of each,
see page 104.

The following section provides additional information about specific print queue column
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Info–Basic

1Info-Basic icons

Info field

On the Splash RPX-i server interface, the leftmost column in the Hold queue acts as a job
information field.

The Info field has two display options:

• Info–Basic displays a symbol that indicates the job’s print status.

• Info–Detailed displays symbols that indicate the job’s print status, with different color

background.

TO SELECT AN INFO FIELD DISPLAY OPTION

•To toggle from one option to the other, control-click the Info column heading, and then
choose Info–Basic or Info–Detailed from the menu that appears.

In the Active queue, the Rip and Print status of a job is available in the Status field. When a
job moves to the Error queue, the reason the job failed to print appears in the Error Message
field.

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• I: Has Saved Rasters (Image)

•T: Will Apply Color Tuning When Run (Tuning)

Info–Detailed

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• P: Has Preflight Report

• R: RIPped (previously processed)

• S: Receiving From Network (Spooling)

•Blank: Fully Received, Not Processed

• Clock Symbol: Job scheduled to print at a later time

NOTE: For Info–Basic jobs for which more than one status condition applies, the field

displayed is according to the hierarchy listed previously. For example, for a job with saved
rasters and a preflight report, “I” is displayed in the Info field.

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The Info–Detailed displays six columns of color icons that indicate the progress of a job.

• I: Saved Raster, prints without reRIPping, symbol is Purple if it has saved rasters,

blank if not.

•T: Applies Color Tuning When Run, symbol is Magenta if it applies Color Tuner,

blank if not.

• P: Preflight Report, symbol is Gray if there is a report, blank if not.

• R: RIPped (previously processed), symbol is Yellow if processed, blank if not.

• S: Received/Receiving from network, symbol is Blue if received, half-filled blue

if receiving.

• Clock Symbol: scheduled to print at a later date.

NOTE: More than one Info–detailed field can be displayed at a time.

Preview window

1 Magnifying glass icon

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Jobs RIPped at the Splash RPX-i include a preview image for each page of the job. If a job has
not been RIPped, the preview is unavailable. Previews are automatically stored for all pages
when a job is RIPped.

The Preview window is a fixed size and is not movable from within the main Splash RPX-i
server interface. However, clicking the resize button to the left of the Preview window allows
you to open a new Preview window that is not attached to the main window. You can move
and resize the new Preview window. The Preview window also displays the page number of
the thumbnail image.

TO PREVIEW A JOB

1 Select a processed job in the Active, Hold, or Error queues.

2 In the Preview window, click the magnifying glass icon.

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2 Resizing handle

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Status indicators

Information about the status of the copier trays and the Splash RPX-i is displayed in the
lower-right side of the Splash RPX-i server interface.

• Device displays the status of the printer, including up to three error conditions or

warnings. The installed paper trays are also displayed, showing the paper sizes they
accommodate. The type of paper installed in the copier may be viewed by dragging the
cursor over the tray status bar. It also shows the amount of paper currently in each tray:

–Display bars are green if trays of greater than 50% full.

–Display bars are yellow if trays are between 25% and 50% full.

–Display bars are red if trays are 25% or less full.

The Device status also displays copier out of paper, paper jam, and low toner information.

• Splash displays Splash RPX-i status, network activity, server status (Idle, Stopped, or

Processing), the date of the last calibration, and available hard disk space. It also displays
the connection status for the AppleTalk and LPR network, the AppleTalk name, and the
IP address.

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Last Calibrated displays the date and time the ColorCal calibration utility was last run.

Disk Space Available shows the available space on the Splash RPX-i hard disk, both
numerically and visually.

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Splash RPX-i main menus

The following menus are displayed on the Splash RPX-i: Apple, Splash Server, File, Edit,
Server, Profiles, Jobs, and Windows.

NOTE: If you do not log on with Administrator privileges, some commands in each menu

may be disabled or View only. Also, some commands are functions of Mac OS and are not
applicable to the Splash RPX-i.

For a description of the menus, see page 105.

Job Settings

The Job Settings dialog box allows you to view the options for jobs in the Hold or Error
queues and revise them.

For information about the specific job settings, see the Color Guide and Printing Guide.

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TO EDIT JOB SETTINGS

1To open the Job Settings dialog box, double-click the job in the queue or select the job and

choose Edit Job from the Jobs menu.

2 Click the tabs in turn to edit the job settings.

Summary displays job details. If a Preflight report has been run, the Preflight Report button is

enabled and you can click it to access the report. A preview of the job is also displayed.

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Page displays page handling options.

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Tray displays tray and media handling options.

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Output displays finishing options.

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Color displays color handling options.

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Quality allows you to set text and graphic printing options.

Extras displays settings for file handling and prepress features. It also allows you to

schedule jobs.

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Info displays job details.

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Default job settings

Default job settings allow you to set default print options for jobs that are not sent with a
Splash PPD, or for jobs that are sent with specific job options set to printer’s default. The
settings include all color correction and printing modes, as well as paper types. The Default
Job Settings dialog box appears when you choose Edit Defaults from the Jobs menu.

NOTE: You must log on with Administrator privileges to modify the default job settings.

Editing default job settings

The following procedure explains how to edit default job settings.

TO CUSTOMIZE DEFAULT JOB SETTINGS

1 Choose Edit Defaults from the Jobs menu.

The Default Job Settings dialog box appears.

2 Click the Page, Tray, Output, Color, Quality, and Extras tabs, and specify the settings on each.

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3 Click OK to save your settings.

The Splash RPX-i applies the default job settings in the following situations:

•To graphics files (EPS, TIFF, TIFF/IT, CT/NLW, PSD, PDF, PDF-X1/a, ExportPS, and

PDF2Go formats) or PostScript files that are placed in the Drop Folder or dragged to the
Active or Hold queues.

•To graphics files received from a client on a TCP/IP network.

Default job settings for PostScript printing

The default job settings are set at the Splash RPX-i. For jobs that are not sent with a
Splash RPX-i PPD, default job settings are applied. Job defaults are applied to jobs from the
following sources:

•Jobs from UNIX clients

•Mac OS jobs using non-Splash PPDs

•Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 jobs using non-Splash PPDs

•Jobs from clients with print options specified as printer’s default

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Managing raster files

Raster files can be saved using the File Handling job options: Process and Hold, Print and
Hold, or Color Postflight and Hold. Jobs with saved raster files can be reprinted without
reRIPping, depending on the Splash RPX-i server preferences and job options selected. For
example, calibration does not require reRIPping. When a job is edited in such a way as to
require reRIPping, you are warned that this causes the raster files associated with the job to be
deleted. You must confirm or cancel the edits.

The following options require reRIPing:

• Page: Page Range, Duplex, Force Paper Size, Scaling, Rotate, Staple, and Imposition

options (If Imposition: Step and Repeat is selected, changing the Number of Copies causes
the file to reRIP.)

• Tray: Tray Selection, Paper Type Selection

• Color: All options

• Quality: All options

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• Extras: Process and Hold, Color Postflight and Hold, Separations, Single Page Separations,

Progressives, Invert Image, Auto Grayscale Detect, Print Control Strip, Save as TIFF,
Mirror Image, and Print Info Strip

• Info: User name and Job Comment, if the Print Info option is enabled for the job

Editing the Splash RPX-i server preferences does not cause jobs to be reRIPped. Some jobs
may require that you delete the raster file and reRIP the file in order to have preference
changes take effect.

TO DELETE RASTER FILES

• Select the job and choose Delete Job from the Jobs menu, or click Delete.

If any of the files selected have raster files, a dialog box prompts you to cancel, delete the
image file only, or delete the entire job. You can also delete raster files by dragging the spool
file to the Trash icon on your Mac OS desktop. Both spool and raster files are deleted with no
warning message.

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RIP-While-Print

Automatic RIP-While-Print reduces print wait time by ensuring that the Splash RPX-i is
never idle while jobs are present. RIP-While-Print tracks all print jobs, including jobs that are
in transit to the Splash RPX-i, and directs Adobe CPSI (Configurable PostScript Interpreter)
processing of jobs, where the currently processing job has the highest priority.

RIP-While-Receive

Automatic RIP-While-Receive reduces print wait time by ensuring that the Splash RPX-i is
never idle while print jobs are present. RIP-While-Receive tracks all print jobs, including jobs
that are in transit to the Splash RPX-i, and directs CPSI processing. The currently processing
job has the highest priority and is completed first, regardless of whether another job has been
spooled completely.

NOTE: In environments where very large jobs are printed, consider disabling RIP-While-

Receive to allow small jobs to print before large jobs finish spooling. Use the server preference
on the network pane to disable RIP-While-Receive.

If an error occurs, a job is moved to the Error queue when spooling finishes. You can restart
the job when the error is corrected. It is not necessary to resend the job from the client.

RIP-Across-Jobs

The Splash RPX-i automatically begins RIPping a second job as soon as the first job finishes
RIPping. It does not wait for the first job to finish printing.

Instant Reprint

Instant Reprint allows RIPped files to print repeatedly without RIPping the job for each
repetition. Jobs with an “I” shown in the Print queue Info–Detailed field print without
reRIPping.

NOTE: Instant Reprint is a Splash RPX-i server function and requires no action from the user.

Changing some job settings might cause the job to reRIP. For a list of these settings, see

page 26.

Print Consecutive Jobs

The Splash RPX-i starts printing the next available job immediately. The Splash RPX-i does
not require the copier to cycle down before printing the next job. But if a job does not become
available within 30 seconds, the Splash RPX-i cycles down the copier.

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Checking job errors

The Splash RPX-i provides two ways of checking for job errors before printing: Preflight and
Color PostFlight. You can find out if errors exist in a file by using Preflight. To identify the
elements in the file that are causing the problem, use Color PostFlight.

Preflight

The Preflight feature allows you to examine jobs before they print for potential problems, and
produces a viewable and printable text report. Potential problems include the following:

•PostScript errors

•Missing fonts and font substitutions

• Color mode of each item (RGB, CMYK, Spot) in the file

•Page size

•Spot colors not defined by the Splash Server

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TO SCREEN A JOB FOR POTENTIAL ERRORS

1 Select the job in the print queue and choose Preflight from the Jobs menu.

The job is moved to the Active queue for preflight processing, then moved back to the Hold
queue when processing is complete.

2 Choose Show Preflight from the Jobs menu.

The Preflight Results dialog box appears.

3 Click Print to print a hardcopy report.

4 Click OK to exit.

You can now use the Preflight report to identify and fix any errors.

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Color PostFlight

The Color Postflight feature allows you to determine where any problems are. When you run
a Color Postflight check, a color-coded printout of the file is produced.

TO RUN A POSTFLIGHT CHECK

• Select the job in the Print queue and choose Color Postflght from the Jobs menu.

• Select the job in the print queue and click the Color Postflight icon in the toolbar.

• With the job open, select Postflight and Hold on the File Handling tab of the printer driver.

The job is moved to the Active queue for preflight processing and printing, and then moved
back to the Hold queue when processing and printing are complete. As the job is processing,
a preview of the Postflight is displayed in the Preview window.

In the printed Postflight of the job, all CMYK data (text, graphics, and images) prints in cyan,
all RGB data prints in Red, all Spot data prints in yellow, and all grayscale data prints in
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If you decide to convert one mode of color data to another, for instance, CMYK to Spot color,
use the Color Tuner application. For more information about Color Tuner, see the

Color Guide.

ADVANCED FEATURES OF THE SPLASH RPX-I

ADVANCED FEATURES OF THE SPLASH RPX-I

This chapter describes some of the advanced job management tools provided on the
Splash RPX-i. These features include the following:

•Tray Alignment

•Print Info/Control Strip

•Secure Access

• Screening Preferences

•Job Log Options

•Imposition

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Tray Alignment

Tray Alignment allows you to set vertical and horizontal print offsets that result in the
accurate alignment of print margins and crop marks, for either single-sided jobs or duplex
jobs. The offsets are different for Side 1/simplex and Side 2. When you first open the Tray
Alignment dialog box, Side 1 is automatically selected. Align side 1, and then align Side 2.

Tray Alignment supports the configuration of individual offsets for each tray. You can send
duplex jobs in automatic duplex mode to any tray or manually send duplex jobs to Tray 5
for paper stocks that cannot automatically duplex.

NOTE: Align Side 1 to correct small offsets that occur during normal printing. If offsets for

Side 1 are greater than a few pixels, service the copier. Clipping can occur with large offsets.