Xerox DocuColor 3535 User Guide
User Guide
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653-00561A-EN
CXP3535 Color Server
for DocuColor 3535
version 1.0
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CXP3535 Color Server for DocuColor 3535
version 1.0
User Guide
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Contents
1 Welcome 1
Welcome to the CXP3535 Color Server User Guide ..................................................................................2
User Guide Purpose .................................................................................................................................. 2
Who Should Use This Guide ..................................................................................................................... 2
Chapter Content and Description ............................................................................................................. 3
Product Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Composition...................................................................................................................................... 6
Features............................................................................................................................................. 6
Supported Formats .......................................................................................................................... 10
Workflow ........................................................................................................................................ 10
Data Flow ........................................................................................................................................ 12
CXP3535 Color Server Network Printers...........................................................................................13
2 Getting Started 15
Powering Up .......................................................................................................................................... 16
CXP3535 Color Server in the Start Menu ......................................................................................... 16
Test Page................................................................................................................................................ 17
The CXP3535 Color Server Workspace ................................................................................................... 19
Workspace Items ............................................................................................................................. 20
Shut Down and Power Off...................................................................................................................... 29
3 Setting Up Client Workstations 31
Default Network Printers on PC and Macintosh Clients ........................................................................... 32
Defining a Printer on PC Client Workstations .......................................................................................... 33
Defining a Printer - Windows NT 4.0................................................................................................ 33
Defining a Printer - Windows 98 ...................................................................................................... 35
Defining a Printer - Windows 2000 and ME ..................................................................................... 38
Defining a Printer - Windows XP ...................................................................................................... 42
Creating PostScript Files on the PC................................................................................................... 46
Copying PPD from PC ...................................................................................................................... 55
Printing from a PC ........................................................................................................................... 55
Defining a Printer on Macintosh Client Workstations .............................................................................. 57
Setting the Network Printer for Macintosh OS 9............................................................................... 57
Setting the Network Printer for Macintosh OS X (10.2) .................................................................... 59
Printing from a Macintosh ............................................................................................................... 63
LPR Printing with the CXP3535 Color Server ........................................................................................... 65
Setting up an LPR Printer in Windows NT 4.0 ................................................................................... 65
Setting up an LPR Printer in Windows 2000/XP ................................................................................ 72
Windows NT/2000/XP Command Line ............................................................................................. 80
Setting up an LPR Printer in Macintosh OS X (10.2) .......................................................................... 81
Setting up an LPR printer in Mac OS 9 (using the Choose Spire Over IP utility).................................. 86
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Printing from Linux .......................................................................................................................... 94
Defining a Printer on Unix Client Workstations ................................................................................ 98
Novell NDS Setup and Configuration ...................................................................................................... 99
Defining Novell NDS Printer Queues in the Novell NDS Tree ........................................................... 100
Configuring IPX Printing ................................................................................................................ 114
Installing the Printer Drivers on a Novell Client Using the Adobe PS Application ............................. 116
Defining the CXP3535 Color Server as a Novell NDS Client ............................................................ 117
4 Working on the CXP3535 Color Server 121
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 122
Printing from the CXP3535 Color Server............................................................................................... 122
Importing Files............................................................................................................................... 122
Reprinting Files .............................................................................................................................. 124
Setting Job Parameters on the CXP3535 Color Server........................................................................... 126
Job Parameters Window ................................................................................................................ 126
The Print Settings Tab.................................................................................................................... 128
The Paper Stock Tab ...................................................................................................................... 140
The Print Quality Tab ..................................................................................................................... 144
The Color Tab................................................................................................................................ 152
The Imposition Tab ........................................................................................................................ 168
The Services Tab ............................................................................................................................ 188
The Finishing Tab........................................................................................................................... 200
Slip Sheet ...................................................................................................................................... 203
The Exception Tab ......................................................................................................................... 214
Adjusting Job Parameters Post-RIP ........................................................................................................ 221
5 Working from the Client Workstation 223
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 224
Printing from Client Workstations......................................................................................................... 224
Using Hot Folders .......................................................................................................................... 225
Setting PPD Parameters from Client Workstations................................................................................. 232
PPD Parameters ............................................................................................................................. 232
Spire Web Center................................................................................................................................. 240
The Web Viewer............................................................................................................................ 241
Downloads .................................................................................................................................... 246
Links.............................................................................................................................................. 247
6 Workflows & Tools 249
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 250
High-Resolution (APR) Workflow .......................................................................................................... 250
APR (Automatic Picture Replacement)............................................................................................ 251
OPI (Open Prepress Interface)......................................................................................................... 252
APR and OPI File Formats............................................................................................................... 252
Setting the High-Resolution File Path ............................................................................................. 252
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Preparing to Print Using APR or OPI ............................................................................................... 254
Printing with APR or OPI ................................................................................................................ 255
Organizing High-Resolution Files.................................................................................................... 256
Sample Job: Printing a Brochure Using the APR Workflow.............................................................. 256
VI (Variable Information) Workflow....................................................................................................... 257
Using Creo Variable Print Specification to Print a VI Job ................................................................. 259
VI Document Formats .................................................................................................................... 259
Creo Variable Print Specification (VPS) ........................................................................................... 262
Organizing VI Elements.................................................................................................................. 264
CXP3535 Color Server Job Parameters and VI Jobs......................................................................... 264
Imposition Workflow ............................................................................................................................ 266
Editing Imposition Jobs .................................................................................................................. 267
Color Workflow.................................................................................................................................... 268
CXP3535 Color Server Color Formats............................................................................................. 268
The Gradation Tool........................................................................................................................ 269
The Calibration Tool ...................................................................................................................... 281
The Spot Color Editor .................................................................................................................... 307
PDF Workflow ...................................................................................................................................... 311
Export as PDF2Go .......................................................................................................................... 314
PDF Optimization........................................................................................................................... 315
Printing PrePress Files - Graphic Art Port (GAP)...................................................................................... 315
Importing GAP Files ....................................................................................................................... 315
Supporting Graphic Arts Port (GAP) Files........................................................................................ 316
Gap File Structure .......................................................................................................................... 316
Scan Back Workflow............................................................................................................................. 317
7 Managing Jobs 319
Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 320
Queue Manager ................................................................................................................................... 320
The In Process Queue..................................................................................................................... 322
The In Print Queue......................................................................................................................... 323
Queue Manager Status Panel Information...................................................................................... 325
Job Batching Workflow.................................................................................................................. 326
Reordering Jobs in Queues............................................................................................................. 327
Suspending and Resuming Queues ................................................................................................ 328
Handling Jobs in Queues................................................................................................................ 328
Aborting a Running Job ................................................................................................................. 329
Moving Waiting Jobs to Storage .................................................................................................... 330
Deleting Jobs ................................................................................................................................. 331
Viewing and Editing the Job Parameters ........................................................................................ 332
Storage Folder ...................................................................................................................................... 332
Storage Folder Status Panel Information......................................................................................... 334
Handling Jobs in the Storage Folder ............................................................................................... 334
Submitting Jobs ............................................................................................................................. 335
Duplicating Jobs ............................................................................................................................ 335
Archiving and Retrieving Jobs ........................................................................................................ 336
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Viewing the Job History ................................................................................................................. 339
Filtering the List ............................................................................................................................. 339
Export a Job as InSite............................................................................................................................ 348
Job Preview & Editor............................................................................................................................. 349
The Job Editor Tabs ....................................................................................................................... 350
The Job Editor Buttons................................................................................................................... 353
Viewing Pages in the Job Editor ..................................................................................................... 354
Editing RTP Jobs ............................................................................................................................ 359
Previewing and Editing PDL Jobs.................................................................................................... 367
Job Ticket Report.................................................................................................................................. 368
Thumbnail Window.............................................................................................................................. 370
Managing Disk Space ........................................................................................................................... 371
8 Administering the System 373
The Administration Window................................................................................................................. 374
General Setup ...................................................................................................................................... 375
Changing the Server Name............................................................................................................ 376
Changing the Date & Time ............................................................................................................ 378
Selecting the User Interface Language ........................................................................................... 379
Setting the Default Unit of Measurement ...................................................................................... 380
Enable Test Page ........................................................................................................................... 381
Resource Manager ............................................................................................................................... 382
Virtual Printers............................................................................................................................... 382
Fonts ............................................................................................................................................. 386
High-Res........................................................................................................................................ 396
VI Elements ................................................................................................................................... 397
Profile Manager............................................................................................................................. 399
User Defined Imposition Template ................................................................................................. 406
Network Setup ..................................................................................................................................... 408
IPX Printing.................................................................................................................................... 409
TCP/IP Setup.................................................................................................................................. 411
AppleTalk Setup ............................................................................................................................ 412
Preferences .......................................................................................................................................... 413
Color - Spire Spot Color Dictionary ................................................................................................ 414
Color - Calibration Methods .......................................................................................................... 415
Color - Emulations......................................................................................................................... 416
Accounting/Message Viewer Log Setup ......................................................................................... 418
System Disks.................................................................................................................................. 419
Alert Messages .............................................................................................................................. 419
Pre-RIP Preview.............................................................................................................................. 420
Default Archiving Path................................................................................................................... 421
PDF Optimization........................................................................................................................... 422
OPI ................................................................................................................................................ 422
Default Paper Size ......................................................................................................................... 423
Print Queue Manager .................................................................................................................... 425
Remote Tools Setup....................................................................................................................... 426
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ATS ............................................................................................................................................... 431
Utilities ................................................................................................................................................. 432
View Configuration ....................................................................................................................... 432
Configuration Backup and Restore................................................................................................. 435
9 Job Accounting 439
Job Accounting Overview ..................................................................................................................... 440
Viewing the Accounting Information ............................................................................................. 440
Managing the Accounting Information ................................................................................................. 442
Reordering Columns ...................................................................................................................... 442
Resizing Columns .......................................................................................................................... 443
Filtering the Information by Date ................................................................................................... 444
Sorting the Information ................................................................................................................. 445
Accounting / Message Viewer Log Setup .............................................................................................. 446
Exporting the Accounting Report.......................................................................................................... 446
Printing the Accounting Report............................................................................................................. 447
10 System Messages 449
Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 450
The Alerts Window............................................................................................................................... 450
System Disks Threshold Message ................................................................................................... 451
Job History ........................................................................................................................................... 452
The Message Viewer............................................................................................................................. 454
Managing Messages............................................................................................................................. 455
Reordering Columns ...................................................................................................................... 455
Resizing Columns .......................................................................................................................... 455
Filtering the Messages by Type....................................................................................................... 456
Sorting the Message List ................................................................................................................ 457
Printing the Message List ............................................................................................................... 457
Pop-up Messages ................................................................................................................................. 458
A Reinstalling your CXP3535 Color Server 459
Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 460
Reinstalling the Operating System......................................................................................................... 462
Reinstalling the Creo Application .......................................................................................................... 464
The Configuration Wizard (If configuration backup is available) ............................................................ 468
Restoring the Backed Up Configuration ......................................................................................... 468
Restoring the Factory Defaults Configuration ................................................................................. 473
The Configuration Wizard (if recovery fails or is unavailable) ................................................................. 476
Choosing the Configuration Type .................................................................................................. 476
Setting the Language..................................................................................................................... 477
Configuring the Host Name ........................................................................................................... 478
Setting the Date and Time ............................................................................................................. 481
Setting the Default Measurement Units ......................................................................................... 483
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Configuring the IP Address ............................................................................................................ 484
Configuring the Apple Talk Zone ................................................................................................... 486
Completing the Configuration....................................................................................................... 488
Changing the Operator Name and Password ................................................................................. 491
Installing and Configuring Novell Client for Spire ........................................................................... 492
Configuring the McAfee VirusScan ................................................................................................ 496
Importing a File and Performing a Test Print................................................................................... 503
Shutting Down and Powering Off.................................................................................................. 503
Glossary 505
Index 517
Welcome
Welcome to the CXP3535 Color Server User Guide.............................2
User Guide Purpose ............................................................................2
Who Should Use This Guide................................................................2
Chapter Content and Description........................................................3
Product Overview................................................................................4
2 Chapter 1 – Welcome
Welcome to the CXP3535 Color Server User Guide
Welcome to your CXP3535 Color Server User Guide.
The CXP3535 Color Server is a powerful, comprehensive color server
providing high throughput and print predictability to digital workflows. In
combination with the Xerox DocuColor 3535 Printer, the CXP3535 Color
Server effectively addresses the growth of on-demand printing needs and
delivers the best output quality available.
Throughout this guide, we look forward to supporting you all the way
from first time setup and configuration to print.
User Guide Purpose
This user guide will help you operate the CXP3535 Color Server. It can also
be used as a reference guide for questions or procedures. Study this user
guide to take full advantage of the many unique and advanced features of
the CXP3535 Color Server.
Who Should Use This Guide
This user guide is for CXP3535 Color Server operators and system
administrators. This guide explains how you can quickly and easily print
from the CXP3535 Color Server or from a client workstation. Step-by-step
procedures are included for new and occasional CXP3535 Color Server
users. Detailed information is provided for users who require in-depth
knowledge of the CXP3535 Color Server.
Chapter Content and Description 3
Chapter Content and Description
Chapter Contents Description
Chapter 1 Welcome This chapter introduces the guide and the
CXP3535 Color Server features and workflows.
Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter explains how to power up the
CXP3535 Color Server and provides
explanations about the CXP3535 Color Server
workspace and main windows.
Chapter 3 Setting up Client Workstations This chapter explains how set up PC and
Macintosh client workstations and how to
configure LPR printing. It also explains how to
setup and configure Novell NDS.
Chapter 4 Working on the CXP3535
Color Server
Chapter 5
Working from the Client
Wo r ks t a t io n
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Wor kf lo w s a nd Tool s
Managing Jobs This chapter explains how to manage jobs in the
This chapter explains how to import jobs and set
job parameters from the CXP3535 Color Server.
It also explains how to reprint files from the
Storage Folder and how to adjust job parameters
post RIP.
This chapter lists the methods for printing from
client workstations, explains how to set job
parameters using the PPD and shows how to
monitor jobs from client workstations.
This chapter describes the CXP3535 Color Server
printing workflows: High Resolution (APR and
OPI), VI, Imposition, Color and PDF.
This chapter also provides information on
printing pre-press files using the graphic art port
(GAP).
Queue Manager and in the Storage Folder. It
also explains
how to export jobs to an InSite
server and how to use the Job Preview & Editor
tool and the job Thumbnail window. A section
about managing disk space is also provided.
4 Chapter 1 – Welcome
Chapter Contents Description
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Appendix A
Appendix B
Administrating the System This chapter explains how to administrate your
Job Accounting This chapter provides details about managing
System Messages
Reinstalling the System This chapter describes the two methods for
Adding and External SCSI
Device
Product Overview
system using the Administration window
utilities.
job accounting using the Accounting window.
This chapter describes the various alerts and
error messages. This chapter also provides
explanations about viewing messages in the Job
History, Message Viewer, and Alerts windows.
reinstalling your CXP3535 Color Server
software by complete overwrite or by system
partition.
This chapter describes how to add and external
SCSI device to the CXP3535 Color Server.
The CXP3535 Color Server is an on-demand pre-press system that uses
Creo Spire advanced pre-press technologies, to drive a Xerox DocuColor
3535 Printer.
As an optimal digital color solution for printers, the CXP3535 Color Server
enables you to print from PC, Macintosh, and UNIX client workstations.
The CXP3535 Color Server processes image files in PDL formats (for
example, PostScript, PDF, and Variable Information), using RIP (Raster
Image Processor) technology. The system converts image files into a
suitable RTP (Ready-To-Print) format for direct, high-quality digital
printing. The CXP3535 Color Server also streamlines the printing process
by allowing printing with preset workflows.
In combination with the Xerox DocuColor 3535 Printer, the CXP3535
Color Server enables casual users to produce professional-quality, fullcolor, finished documents quickly and easily, production of both black
and white and color jobs: flyers, brochures, pamphlets, dummy catalogs,
short-run trials, and print-on-demand publications. When installed as a
Product Overview 5
fast, network printer with the CXP3535 Color Server, the Xerox
DocuColor 3535 Printer, prints and copies up to 35 color or monochrome
pages per minute Xerox DocuColor 3535 Printer.
The CXP3535 Color Server combines RIP functionalities, automation,
control tools and special hardware development capabilities with PC
architecture. Users can scan, copy, print and load paper all at once.
CXP3535 Color Server for Xerox DocuColor 3535 Printer
6 Chapter 1 – Welcome
Composition
The CXP3535 Color Server is a dedicated Creo platform running in a
Windows 2000 environment.
The CXP3535 Color Server includes:
• Creo hardware, including the interface board
• X-Rite Calibration device
• Software, including:
Creo Application Software
Windows 2000 Professional Operating System
The latest version of Adobe Acrobat
Ultimate InSpire Software
Features
The CXP3535 Color Server provides the following main features:
• Creating jobs in RTP format
Using the CXP3535 Color Server, RTP files can be created and stored
on the CXP3535 Color Server itself. This enables the user to print RTP
data at any time without further processing.
• Powerful document printing capabilities
In combination with the Xerox DocuColor 3535 Printer, the CXP3535
Color Server enables complete printing and processing of documents,
including the production of covers and pages on different paper
stocks.
• Enhanced job editing
The CXP3535 Color Server enables the user to edit jobs, both pre- and
post-RIP. Pre-RIP editing includes full Adobe Acrobat functionality
including: deletion, extraction, rotating, adding, and cropping of
pages. Post-RIP editing includes deleting job pages and merging pages
from different jobs to a new job. This minimizes the need to re-RIP
jobs.
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• RIP - Adobe Postscript Level III and Extreme Certified technologies
The CXP3535 Color Server uses the industry-standard Adobe RIP,
with enhancements for Continuous Tone and Linework. Data are
processed separately as Continuous Tone and Vector Data layers for
increased efficiency and merged during printing.
• Ready-to-Print Job Preview and Editing
The CXP3535 Color Server enables the user to preview RTP jobs up to
pixel levels to see all job details and to verify job quality and content
post-RIP. It is also possible to view a thumbnail list of job pages, or the
actual raster pages.
• Job Management
The CXP3535 Color Server enables the user to monitor job progress
during all stages of printing. Among other functions, you can promote,
demote, delete, monitor the import process, and estimate when a job
will be fully imported. You can also abort jobs during RIPing or
printing, as well as archive and retrieve jobs.
• Enhanced Text and Line Art Quality – FAF (Full Auto Frame)
The CXP3535 Color Server enables the user to choose superior text
quality using the Creo proprietary algorithm. This function enhances
the quality of diagonal lines, borders, blends, and small text. The Creo
anti-aliasing causes blends to appear smooth with no banding and
diagonal lines to appear crisp without jagged edges (do not use this
option with VI jobs).
The user may also choose superior image quality with the Creo
proprietary smooth scale algorithm. This function improves the
quality of images containing various resolutions (such as images taken
from the Internet).
• Trapping
The CXP3535 Color Server uses the well-known Creo algorithm to
trap job information easily. The FAF algorithm has been tailored for
digital printing.
• Imposition
The CXP3535 Color Server offers a full suite of Imposition functions,
based on the well-known Ultimate Imposition engine. On the
CXP3535 Color Server, imposition is robust with user-friendly
operation. And only the CXP3535 Color Server enables imposition of
Variable Information jobs.
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• Color Management
The CXP3535 Color Server has a number of color management tools
and utilities that will help you to improve the quality of your jobs. The
CXP3535 Color Server enables you to modify color on-the-fly, even
for images that have already been RIPped. This functionality includes
application of brightness and contrast adjustments, as well as changes
to image gradation and calibration.
• Variable Information Printing
The CXP3535 Color Server enables processing of Creo Variable Print
Specification and Xerox VIPP file formats and PPML for efficient VI
(Variable Information) processing and printing. Repeated elements
are RIPped once and cached, so there is no need to continually re-RIP
them. The CXP3535 Color Server also provides easy management of
VI elements, including previewing, deleting and updating. The
CXP3535 Color Server also offers imposition for VI jobs, the only
digital solution in the industry with this capability.
• Creo Workflow Extenders
This is a set of Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXPress software plug-ins
and extensions that facilitate printing with the CXP3535 Color Server.
These extensions are located in the shared
CXP3535 Color Server or on CD #3 supplied with the CXP3535 Color
Server software kit.
Utilities folder on the
• Job Batching
In order to prevent cycling down, the CXP3535 Color Server streams
several jobs into a single batch to prevent the printer from cycling
down between jobs.
• Web Viewer
The CXP3535 Color Server Web Viewer provides online Spire
information and can be accessed from client workstations. The user
may view the CXP3535 Color Server queues, Storage folder and Alerts
window, for remote job monitoring. In addition, the Spire Web Center
enables the user to download remote client tools, utility applications,
color profiles, and print drivers or view Spire related documentation.
• Gallop
The CXP3535 Color Server Gallop workflow enables the user to begin
printing a defined number of pages before the entire job has been
RIPped. This enables you to print and RIP concurrently.
Printed pages can then be deleted automatically to free disk space.
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• Hot Folders
For every published virtual printer, a hot folder is automatically
created to enable the users to easily submit PDL jobs to the CXP3535
Color Server. To use the hot folders, simply drag and drop your jobs
onto the required hot folder.
• Integrated Preflight Check
The CXP3535 Color Server Preflight check enables you to perform a
preflight check of key job components, before a job is sent for
processing. This feature detects missing job components all at once,
saves inefficient processing time with constant error / failed messages
and consequently shortens the correction cycle dramatically. The
following key job components are checked:
Fonts
Hi-resolution images
Spot colors
• Graphic Arts Port
The Graphic Arts Port (GAP) on the CXP3535 Color Server connects
with other Creo workflow systems, including Brisque™ workflow
software and Prinergy® workflow management, and opens the server
to popular graphic arts file formats, such as TIFF, TIFF/IT and CT/
LW, so you can redirect urgent jobs from offset to digital printing, or
proof offset jobs on a digital printer.
• Spire Spot Color Editor
The CXP3535 Color Server enables you to tune your spots according
to your personal requirements. In addition, you may create custom
spot colors with fixed CMYK values according to your personal
requirements.
• PDF2Go
CXP3535 Color Server contains a built in proofing tool - the PDF2GO
port. The PDF2Go port converts RTP files to standard PDF files, which
can then be easily submitted by email for proofing, shortening the
approval cycle significantly.
• Mixed Media Documents
CXP3535 Color Server provides you with the ability to create finished
documents with mixed media types; you may add inserts, tabs and
covers to your job, and collect a truly finished product from the
printer, eliminating the need to separately prepare and combine the
finishing material.
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• Admin Remote Tool
The CXP3535 Color Server Remote Admin utility, enables the system
administrator to connect, view, operate and perform administration
actions on the CXP3535 Color Server from his client workstation. The
remote connection password secured.
Supported Formats
The CXP3535 Color Server supports the following file formats:
• PostScript (composite or pre-separated files)
• PDF
• EPS
• Creo VPS (Variable Print Specification)
• VIPP (Variable Data Intelligent PostScript Params)
• PPML (Personalized Print Markup Language)
• GAP (Graphic Art Port) files (file formats from various prepress
systems, for example Brisque job and TIFF / IT)
Workflow
• Creo CT & LW
• JPG, TIFF
The CXP3535 Color Server receives and processes files from the following
client workstations:
• Macintosh: running Mac OS 8.5.x or higher and Mac OS X (10.1 and
higher).
• PC: running Windows 98 / ME / Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 / and XP
• UNIX Workstations and Servers
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The CXP3535 Color Server basic workflow is as follows:
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Data Flow
The CXP3535 Color Server data flow is as follows:
1. The input file arrives at the CXP3535 Color Server from either a client
workstation, local hard disk, or external media and is submitted to the
Process queue.
2. The processing sub-system produces an RTP job from the input file.
3. The RTP job is stored on an image disk.
4. When printing starts, the RTP job elements on the disk are
decompressed and merged to the correct location on the page. This is
done using Creo hardware.
5. The image delivery sub-system converts the RTP information into the
print engine format.
6. The image delivery sub-system transmits the page information to the
print engine.
7. The page data is delivered to the Print Engine and the job is printed.
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CXP3535 Color Server Network Printers
For Macintosh and PC networks, the CXP3535 Color Server provides
three default network printers, known also as virtual printers.
Virtual printers are a function used for automating workflows, which then
define job streaming. They contain preset workflows that are automatically
applied to all print jobs processed with that virtual printer. There is no
need to reset job settings for each job, thus increasing printing efficiency.
Note: The job (print) parameters set in the job (from the client) override the
parameters set in the virtual printer.
The three default virtual printers are:
• SpoolStore
Files are spooled directly to the Storage Folder and await operator
processing. You can only import PDL files (such as: PS, PDF, VIPP,
VPS) to the spool store, not RIPped - RTP files.
• ProcessPrint
Files sent to this virtual printer are processed and printed directly to
the Xerox DocuColor 3535 Printer via the CXP3535 Color Server.
• ProcessStore
Files sent to this virtual printer are automatically processed and stored
in RTP format. After processing, the files are stored in the
of the CXP3535 Color Server until the print operator re-
Folder
submits them for printing.
With printing workflows tailored to your job requirements, the CXP3535
Color Server enables you to:
Storage
• Define new virtual printers
• Choose from which virtual printer to print
For information on defining and editing virtual printers, see Virtual Printers on
page 382.
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Getting Started
Powering Up.....................................................................................16
Test Page ..........................................................................................17
The CXP3535 Color Server Workspace..............................................19
Shut Down and Power Off ................................................................29
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Powering Up
To power up the CXP3535 Color Server:
Important: You should always power up the CXP3535 Color Server first, and
then power up the Xerox DocuColor 3535 Printer.
1. Switch on the monitor.
2. Click the Power button on the front panel of the CXP3535 Color
Server.
The power LED on the front panel lights-up. The Windows 2000
System starts and a test page is printed.
Note: If the CXP3535 Color Server is already powered up, open the
workspace using the Start menu (as described in the following section).
CXP3535 Color Server in the Start Menu
The CXP3535 Color Server program group appears in the Windows Start
menu.
To open the CXP3535 Color Server workspace:
Click the Start button and follow the path CXP3535>CXP3535.
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