Xerox Fiery EX12, Fiery EX2000d Printing Guide

Fiery EX12/EX2000d

PRINTING GUIDE

About the Documentation

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

• The

Quick Start Guide

It also describes how to access the online documentation.

• The

User Software Installation Guide

User Software CD to enable users to print to the Fiery, and also describes setting up printing connections to the Fiery.

• The

Conﬁguration Guide

Fiery for the supported platforms and network environments. It also includes guidelines for setting up UNIX, Windows NT 4.0, and Novell NetWare servers to provide printing services to users.

• The

Printing Guide

jobs from their computers.

• The

Color Guide

It explains how to calibrate your Fiery and take advantage of the ColorWise® color management system, as well as features in ColorWise Pro Tools™.

• The

Fiery Color Reference

color output of the Fiery and outlines key workﬂow scenarios. In addition, it offers information on printing color documents from popular Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS applications.

summarizes the steps for conﬁguring the Fiery and printing.

describes how to install software from the

explains basic conﬁguration and administration of the

describes the printing features of the Fiery for users who send

provides information on managing the color output of the Fiery.

addresses concepts and issues associated with managing

• The

Job Management Guide

including EFI Command WorkStation™ and Fiery DocBuilder Pro™, and how you can use them to manage jobs and maintain color quality. This manual is intended for an operator or administrator, or a user with the necessary access privileges, who needs to monitor and manage job ﬂow, perform color calibration, and troubleshoot problems that may arise.

•

Customer Release Notes

for some of the problems you may encounter.

explains the functions of the Fiery client utilities,

provide last-minute product information and workarounds

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The software described in this publication is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of such license.

This product may be covered by one or more of the following U.S. Patents: 4,500,919, 4,837,722, 5,212,546, 5,343,311, 5,424,754, 5,467,446, 5,506,946, 5,517,334, 5,537,516, 5,543,940, 5,553,200, 5,615,314, 5,619,624, 5,625,712, 5,666,436, 5,760,913, 5,818,645, 5,835,788, 5,867,179, 5,959,867, 5,970,174, 5,982,937, 5,995,724, 6,002,795, 6,025,922, 6,041,200, 6,065,041, 6,112,665, 6,122,407, 6,134,018, 6,141,120, 6,166,821, 6,185,335, 6,201,614, 6,215,562, 6,219,659, 6,222,641, 6,224,048, 6,225,974, 6,226,419, 6,238,105, 6,239,895, 6,256,108, 6,269,190, 6,289,122, 6,292,270, 6,310,697, 6,327,047, 6,327,050, 6,327,052, RE36,947, D406,117, D416,550, D417,864, D419,185. D426,206, D439,851, D444,793

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FCC Information

WARNING: FCC Regulations state that any unauthorized changes or modiﬁcations to this equipment not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

Class B Declaration of Conformity

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

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

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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

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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.

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Compliance with applicable regulations depends on the use of shielded cables. It is the user who is responsible for procuring the appropriate cables.

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Contents

About the Documentation

Introduction

About this manual

Chapter 1: Printing from Windows Computers

Printing from applications

Setting options and printing from Windows 1-2

Using saved settings 1-9

Using Shortcuts 1-14

Deﬁning and printing custom page sizes

Working with custom page sizes in Windows 9x/Me 1-16

Working with custom page sizes in Windows NT 4.0 1-19

Working with custom page sizes in Windows 2000/XP 1-23

Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location 1-26

Chapter 2: Printing from Mac OS Computers

Printing from applications

Selecting the Fiery in the Chooser 2-1

Setting options and printing from Mac OS computers 2-3

Deﬁning custom page sizes

1-1

1-16

2-1

2-7

Chapter 3: Printing from UNIX Workstations

Printing to the Fiery

3-1

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Chapter 4: Downloading Files and Fonts

Using Fiery Downloader

Downloading printer fonts 4-4

Managing printer fonts 4-8

Chapter 5: Printing Variable Data Documents

About variable data printing

Printing variable data documents with FreeForm

How FreeForm works 5-2

Creating the master document 5-3

Creating the variable document 5-4

Combining the FreeForm master with the variable document 5-5

Using FreeForm 5-7

Printing variable data documents with FreeForm 2

Assigning speciﬁc master pages to a variable data document 5-11

Printing documents from variable-data printing applications

Using the Fiery Variable Data Printing (VDP) Resource Manager 5-12

Chapter 6: Scanning

Fiery Scan components

Using Fiery Remote Scan

Sending a scan job to a speciﬁc destination 6-5

Retrieving scan ﬁles 6-8

4-1

5-1

5-2

5-11

5-12

6-1

6-2

Using the Fiery Bar Scan application

Scanning to the Fiery hard disk drive

Sending the scan job to a speciﬁc destination 6-15

6-12

6-14

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Chapter 7: Using EFI TIFF/IT Converter

TIFF/IT ﬁle formats

Using EFI TIFF/IT Converter

Setting EFI TIFF/IT Converter preferences 7-3

Converting ﬁles 7-5

Chapter 8: Using Hot Folders

Overview of Hot Folders

File format restrictions 8-2

Using the Hot Folder Control Panel

Creating and deleting Hot Folders 8-4

Enabling and disabling Hot Folders 8-7

Setting Hot Folder preferences 8-8

Assigning properties to Hot Folders

Customizing Hot Folder settings 8-9

Specifying Hot Folder print options 8-11

Specifying imposition options 8-12

Viewing Hot Folder Job Logs

Chapter 9: Tracking and Monitoring Jobs

7-1

7-2

8-1

8-3

8-9

8-15

Accessing Fiery WebTools

Checking Fiery status with the Status WebTool 9-3

Accessing information with WebLink

9-1

9-4

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Chapter 10: Using Fiery E-mail Service

How Fiery E-mail Service works

Printing using an E-mail Client

Job Control 10-4

Printing using the E-mail Port Monitor 10-5

Appendix A: Print Options

About printer drivers and printer description ﬁles

Where to set print options

Print option override hierarchy A-3

Default settings A-3

EX2000d printer options: A-11

More about print options

Appendix B: Font List

PostScript printer fonts

Adobe Type 1 fonts B-1

Tr ueType fonts B-6

10-1

10-2

A-1

A-2

A-20

B-1

Appendix C: Troubleshooting

Maintaining optimal system performance

Troubleshooting

General printing problems C-2

Problems with print quality C-4

Problems with Fiery Downloader C-5

Problems with Fiery WebTools C-6

Index

C-1

xi About this manual

Introduction

EX12

EX2000d

The Fiery EX12/EX2000d Color Server™ is used to print ﬁnal documents or proof jobs that will be printed later on an offset press. You can send a print job to the Fiery EX12/EX2000d Color Server as you would to any other printer—select it from the Printers dialog box on Microsoft Windows computers, or in the Chooser on Apple Mac OS computers, and then print from within any application.

OTE

The term “Fiery” is used in this manual to refer to the Fiery EX12/EX2000d Color Server installed in the copier/printer. The name “Aero” is used in illustrations to represent the Fiery. The term “Windows” is used in this manual to refer to Windows 9x/Me/XP and Windows NT 4.0/2000.

This icon speciﬁes information, features, or procedures that apply only to the Fiery EX12.

This icon speciﬁes information, features, or procedures that apply only to the Fiery EX2000d.

Although it may not be the case at all sites, it is assumed that an operator controls and manages jobs sent by users from remote workstations. For information on the features of Command WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler™, and Fiery Spooler™, see the

Job Management Guide

About this manual

This manual is intended for remote users who send jobs via the network and the Fiery. It covers the following topics:

•Printing from a Windows computer

•Printing from a Mac OS computer

•Printing from a UNIX workstation

• Downloading ﬁles and fonts using Fiery Downloader™

•Printing using the Fiery E-mail Service

xii Introduction

•Using Fiery Scan™ software

EX12

•Using the EFI TIFF/IT Converter

•Using Hot Folders

•Monitoring jobs and accessing information using Fiery WebTools™

•Specifying and overriding job settings, generating a list of fonts installed on the

Fiery, and troubleshooting information

1-1 Printing from applications

Chapter 1: Printing from Windows Computers

This chapter describes printing to the Fiery from Windows computers. You can print from a networked Windows computer or from a computer using Windows (WINS) printing. You can also save ﬁles to print at a remote location.

You can print from a Windows computer in any one of a number of ways. You can download PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), TIFF, or Portable Document Format (PDF) ﬁles using Fiery Downloader, or print documents using Fiery E-mail Services and Hot Folders. For basic instructions and details on using Fiery Downloader, see Chapter 4. For basic instructions on using the Fiery E-mail Service, see Chapter 10, and for details on using Hot Folders, see Chapter 8.

OTE

For information on setting up the Windows environment for printing with Windows servers connected to the Fiery, see the about connecting to the Fiery over the network, installing printer drivers, and installing Fiery utilities, see the

User Software Installation Guide

Conﬁguration Guide

. For information

Printing from applications

Once the Fiery printer driver is installed and set to the proper port, as described in the

User Software Installation Guide

applications. Simply set the print options for the job and choose the Print command from within your application.

, you can print directly from most Windows

To achieve the best printing results from speciﬁc applications, see the the

Fiery Color Reference

Color Guide

and

1-2 Printing from Windows Computers

Setting options and printing from Windows

To print from Windows, select and install the corresponding Adobe PostScript printer driver. The drivers are included on the Fiery User Software CD.

Once the Adobe PostScript printer driver and printer description ﬁle (PPD) are installed, you can specify print settings for a particular job and print it to the Fiery. You can also set default print settings using the driver.

To print from Windows applications by connecting your computer to a print server via the network, you will need a Novell NetWare, Windows NT, or UNIX server. For more information, see the

To print from Windows applications without connecting to a print server, you can use Server Message Block (SMB) printing. For more information, see the

User Software Installation Guide

Conﬁguration Guide

The following procedures provide examples of how to use the driver to specify print options. For information about speciﬁc print options, see Appendix A.

OTE

The following procedures use Windows 98 illustrations.

SET PRINT OPTIONS FOR

USING THE ADOBE POSTSCRIPT PRINTER DRIVER

1. Choose Print in your application.

2. Select the Fiery as your printer and click Properties.

A SPECIFIC WINDOWS PRINT JOB

1-3 Printing from applications

3. Click the Fiery Printing tab.

Fiery EX12

Saved settings, see page 1-9

Print option bars

Saved settings, see page 1-9

Print option bars, see below

Shortcuts, see page 1-14

Click to display all print options

Click to hide all print options

Fiery EX2000d

Shortcuts, see page 1-14

Click to display all print options

Click to hide all print options

The Fiery Printing tab serves as the control center for all frequently used printing functions.

NOTE: Supported tabs and print options may vary between Windows 9x/Me, Windows

NT 4.0/2000, and Windows XP. For a complete list of print options, see Appendix A.

1-4 Printing from Windows Computers

4. Click the ColorWise print option bar.

Fiery EX12

Fiery EX2000d

In the Print Mode area, specify the color mode for the job.To use advanced color management features, such as Rendering Style, click Expert Settings and proceed to

step 5; otherwise, skip to step 9.

1-5 Printing from applications

5. In the Expert Color Settings dialog box, click Update to display the current Fiery settings.

Fiery EX12

Click Update

Fiery EX2000d

Click Update

If the Update button does not appear, make sure Two-Way Communication is set up, as described in the User Software Installation Guide.

NOTE: Specify the color settings for the print job and click OK.

1-6 Printing from Windows Computers

6. Click the Owner Information print option bar.

Fiery EX12

Fiery EX2000d

1-7 Printing from applications

7. Enter the Group Name, Group Password, and text in the Notes area.

8. In the Instructions area, enter instructions to the operator about the job and click OK.

9. Click the remaining print option bars to specify the appropriate settings for the print

Enter user and job identiﬁcation information for managing purposes, or whatever information is required at your site.

The Administrator or Operator can edit the Group Name and Group Password from the Command WorkStation Properties window.

The information you enter in the Notes ﬁeld can be viewed by the operator at Command WorkStation and also appears in the Job Log. It cannot be edited or deleted by the operator.

NOTE: Group Name and Group Password options are not available when printing to

the Direct connection.

These instructions can be displayed in Command WorkStation, but do not appear in the Job Log. These instructions can be edited by the operator.

job and click OK.

These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery and the copier/printer. They override settings speciﬁed in Fiery Printer Setup, but can be overridden from the job management tools.

NOTE: The term “job management tools” is used in this manual to refer to Command

WorkStation, Fiery Spooler, and Fiery WebSpooler.

For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A.

For information on conﬁguring installable options, see the User Software

Installation Guide.

For more information about job management tools, see the Job Management Guide.

If you choose Printer’s default, the job prints according to the settings speciﬁed in Setup. For more information, see Appendix A.

NOTE: If you specify incompatible print settings, the Conﬂict dialog box provides

instructions to resolve the conﬂict.

10. From your application, click OK.

Select the Fiery as your current copier/printer.

11. Click OK.

1-8 Printing from Windows Computers

TO SET DEFAULT PRINT OPTIONS FOR ALL WINDOWS PRINT JOBS

USING THE ADOBE POSTSCRIPT PRINTER DRIVER

1. Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers.

2. Right-click the Fiery icon and choose Properties (Windows 9x/Me), Document Defaults (Windows NT 4.0), or Printing Preferences (Windows 2000/XP).

Fiery EX12

Fiery EX2000d

3. Specify the default settings for your print job, as described on page 1-2.

1-9 Printing from applications

Using saved settings

You can save print option settings to your hard disk so you can easily load speciﬁcally conﬁgured settings for a particular job. You can also share settings ﬁles over a network, using the Import and Export features.

TO CREATE SAVED SETTINGS

1. Make sure that Default Settings appears in the Saved Settings menu, and then conﬁgure options from the print option bars.

As soon as you change any settings, the Saved Settings menu displays Untitled instead of Default Settings.

Fiery EX12

Disk button

Settings button

1-10 Printing from Windows Computers

Fiery EX2000d

Disk button

Settings button

2. Click the Disk button.

3. Enter a Setting Name and click OK.

The name appears in the Saved Settings menu.

1-11 Printing from applications

TO LOAD SAVED SETTINGS

1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Saved Settings menu.

2. Choose the settings you want to use.

The options are automatically conﬁgured with the saved settings.

TO DELETE SAVED SETTINGS

1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Settings button.

2. Choose the settings you want to delete and click Delete.

3. Click Yes to conﬁrm the deletion, and then click OK.

TO MODIFY SAVED SETTINGS

1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Saved Settings menu.

2. Choose the settings you want to modify.

The options are automatically conﬁgured with the currently saved settings.

3. Conﬁgure your new settings from the print option bars and click the Disk button.

4. Click OK to save the modiﬁed settings.

1-12 Printing from Windows Computers

TO EXPORT SAVED SETTINGS

1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Settings button.

2. Choose the Saved Settings you want to export and click Export.

3. Browse to the location in which to save the ﬁle, enter a ﬁle name, and then click OK.

OTE: The ﬁle name must include the .sav extension and can be up to eight

characters (not including the extension). The ﬁle name does not have to match the Settings Name.

4. Click OK.

1-13 Printing from applications

TO IMPORT SAVED SETTINGS

1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Settings button.

2. Click Import.

3. Browse to the location of the saved settings ﬁle you want to import.

4. Select the ﬁle you want to import and click OK.

5. Click OK in the Settings dialog box.

OTE: When you import saved settings, they appear in the Saved Settings menu under

their Setting Name, not the ﬁle name. In the preceding examples, the ﬁle present.sav (ﬁle name) was imported, but it appears in the Saved Settings menu as Presentation (Setting Name).

1-14 Printing from Windows Computers

Using Shortcuts

The Shortcuts area of the driver interface displays the current settings for some of the most commonly used print options. You can access and change these settings quickly and easily using the Shortcuts. You can also access some page layout and ﬁnishing options by right-clicking the image of the page directly below Shortcuts.

Fiery EX12

Print Option Shortcuts

Page Shortcuts

Fiery EX2000d

Print Option Shortcuts

Page Shortcuts

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TO SET PRINT OPTIONS USING SHORTCUTS

1. From the Fiery Printing tab, position your cursor over the print option you want to set.

2. Click the selected print option and specify the appropriate settings.

Alternatively, you can right-click the print option and specify the settings directly.

3. Click Apply to make the new settings the default.

4. Click OK.

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS USING THE PAGE SHORTCUTS

1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Finishing tab, position your cursor over the page image, and then right-click.

2. Specify the appropriate settings for the print options.

3. Click Apply to assign the new settings as the default.

4. Click OK.

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Deﬁning and printing custom page sizes

With custom page sizes, you can deﬁne the dimensions of a printed page. After you deﬁne a custom page size, you can use it from within an application without having to redeﬁne it each time you print.

Working with custom page sizes in Windows 9x/Me

When you create custom page sizes, specify Width dimensions to correspond with the shorter side of your job and specify Height dimensions to correspond with the longer side of your print job. Custom page sizes should be set this way, regardless of the orientation settings in the application. See the following illustrations.

Portrait Landscape

Height

Width

NOTE: Custom page sizes are not supported with Imposition jobs.

TO DEFINE A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE WITH THE WINDOWS 9X/ME

PRINTER DRIVER

1. Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers.

2. Right-click the Fiery icon and choose Properties.

Width

Height

Custom button

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3. Click the Fiery Printing tab and click the Paper Source print option bar.

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Custom button

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4. Click Custom.

The Enter Custom Paper Size dialog box appears.

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5. Specify options to deﬁne the custom page size.

—Enter the width of the print job.

Width

Length—Enter the length of the print job.

Units—Select a unit of measurement for the print job.

Transverse—Select this option to swap Width and Length dimensions to correspond

to the paper feed direction of the print job.

Paper name—Enter a name for your custom page size. The new custom paper name

appears in the Document Size menu.

6. Click OK.

7. To deﬁne the unprintable area of the custom page, click Unprintable Area, enter the desired information, and then click OK.

8. Click OK again.

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