Xerox Fiery EX4112, Fiery EX4127 Printing from Mac OS

Fiery® EX4112/4127

Printing from Mac OS

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17 August 2007

CONTENTS

CONTENTS

CONTENTS 3

INTRODUCTION 5

Terminology and conventions 5

About this document 6

User software 6

Downloading printer drivers using WebTools 7

Downloading printer drivers from the Fiery EX4112/4127 8

System requirements 8

SETTING UP PRINTING ON MAC OS X 9

Installing Mac OS X printer drivers and printer description files 9

Setting up the Fiery EX4112/4127 on Mac OS X 10

Configuring installable options 13

PRINTING UTILITIES 15

Printing from a USB device 15

Automatic printing 15

FTP printing 16

PRINTING FROM MAC OS X 17

Printing from applications with Mac OS X 17

Setting print options and printing from Mac OS X 17

Defining custom page sizes from Mac OS X 21

Enabling Two-Way Communication 23

INDEX 25

INTRODUCTION

Terminology and conventions

INTRODUCTION 5

This document describes how to install printer drivers and printer description files for the
Fiery EX4112/4127, and how to set up printing from Mac OS X computers. It also describes
how to print to the Fiery EX4112/4127. For information about setting up network servers
and clients to use the Fiery EX4112/4127, see Configuration and Setup. For general
information about using the copier, your computer, application software, or network, see the
documentation that accompanies those products.

The Fiery EX4112/4127 supports the Xerox 4112 and Xerox 4127.

For information about supported operating systems and system requirements, see Welc om e.

This document uses the following terminology and conventions.

Term or convention Refers to

Aero Fiery EX4112/4127 (in illustrations and examples)

Copier Xerox 4112 and Xerox 4127

Fiery EX4112/4127 Fiery EX4112/4127

Mac OS Apple Mac OS X

Titles in italics Other documents in this set

Topics for which additional information is available by starting
Help in the software

Tips and information

Important information

Important information about issues that can result in physical harm
to you or others

INTRODUCTION 6

About this document

This document covers the following topics:

• Installing printer files on Mac OS computers

• Setting up printing connections on Mac OS computers

• Installing Fiery EX4112/4127 printing utilities

• Printing from Mac OS computers

User software

The following table lists the user software that is described in this document. This is the user
software you need for setting up basic printing on the Fiery EX4112/4127. Other documents
may describe other user software depending on what you are trying to accomplish.

User Software Description

PostScript Printer
Description
(PPD/Plug-in) file

PostScript screen fonts These are the PostScript/TrueType screen fonts that

These files are used with the PostScript printer driver that
allows the Fiery EX4112/4127 to appear in the Print and Page
Setup dialog boxes of popular applications. The Fiery
EX4112/4127 PPDs provide information about the copier to
your application and printer driver.

correspond to the printer fonts installed on the Fiery
EX4112/4127. For a complete list of PostScript/TrueType
fonts installed on the Fiery EX4112/4127, print a Font List.
For more information, see Command WorkStation Help.

INTRODUCTION 7

Downloading printer drivers using WebTools

You can install printer drivers and printer description files from the User Software DVD or
directly from the Fiery EX4112/4127 with WebTools.

For more information about setting up and starting WebTools, see Utilities.

TO DOWNLOAD PRINTER DRIVERS WITH WEBTOOLS

1 Start your Internet or intranet browser and type the DNS name or IP address of the

Fiery EX4112/4127.

2 Click the Downloads tab.

3 Click the link for the printer drivers that you want to install (Printer Files for Mac OS X).

A file named OSX.dmg is downloaded to your desktop. The file contains a folder named
Printer Driver in a BinHex-encoded, compressed format. If your Internet browser is equipped
with an expander utility such as StuffIt Expander, the folder decodes and decompresses
automatically.

If the Printer Driver folder does not automatically decode and decompress, double-click the
file to start the utility that performs that function.

4 Install the appropriate printer driver for your operating system.

For instructions on installing the printer driver for Mac OS X, see “Installing Mac OS X

printer drivers and printer description files” on page 9.

INTRODUCTION 8

Downloading printer drivers from the Fiery EX4112/4127

You can download printer drivers files to your computer directly from the
Fiery EX4112/4127 over the network, and then install them following the procedures
in “Installing Mac OS X printer drivers and printer description files” on page 9.

TO DOWNLOAD PRINTER DRIVER FILES FROM THE FIERY EX4112/4127

1 Click the Go menu and choose Connect to Server.

2 Enter SMB:// followed by the name of the Fiery EX4112/4127 or the IP address,

and click Connect.

The enabled print connections are displayed along with a folder called Mac_User_SW.

If you cannot locate your Fiery EX4112/4127, contact your network administrator.

3 Open the Mac_User_SW folder.

4 Open the folder for your operating system and copy the Printer Driver folder to your desktop.

5 Install the appropriate printer driver for your operating system.

For instructions on installing the printer driver for Mac OS X, see “Installing Mac OS X

printer drivers and printer description files” on page 9.

System requirements

For detailed system requirements, see Wel co me , provided in your media pack.