Xerox Fiery EXP6000, Fiery EXP5000 Workflow Examples

Fiery® EXP6000/EXP5000 Color Server

SERVER & CONTROLLER SOLUTIONS

Workﬂow Examples

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15 March 2005

		CONTENTS	3

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION		5

	Terminology and conventions	5

	About this manual	6
MIXED MEDIA		7

	What is Mixed Media?	7

	Example: Workﬂow with Mixed Media	8
	Items required for this example	8
IMPOSITION		11

	What is imposition?	11

	Example: Workﬂow with imposition	12
	Items required for this example	12
VARIABLE DATA PRINTING WITH FREEFORM		15

	What is variable data printing?	15
	Variable data printing languages	15
	Sending variable data jobs to the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000	15

	What is FreeForm and how is it used with variable data print jobs?	16

	Example: Variable data workﬂow using FreeForm	16
	Items required for this example	17

		CONTENTS	4

VARIABLE DATA PRINTING WITH FREEFORM 2 AND MIXED MEDIA		20

	What is FreeForm 2 and how is it used with variable data print jobs?	20

	What is Mixed Media and how can it be used in variable data print jobs?	21

	Example: Variable data workﬂow with FreeForm 2 and Mixed Media	21
	Items required for this example	22
PPML WITH IMPOSITION		25

	What is PPML and how do you impose it?	25

	Example: PPML workﬂow with imposition	26
	Items required for this example	27
HOT FOLDERS		29

	What is a Hot Folder?	29

	Example: Workﬂow with Hot Folders	30
	Items required for this example	30
TERMS		33
INDEX		35

		INTRODUCTION	5

INTRODUCTION

This manual provides examples of complex printing scenarios and an overview of the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 features used in the examples. The example workﬂows illustrate

how you can combine features to create jobs. Each workﬂow includes cross-references to help you locate more information about performing each task.

Terminology and conventions

This manual uses the following terminology and conventions.

Term or convention	Refers to
Aero	Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 (in illustrations and examples)
Digital press	DocuColor 6060/5252/2060/2045
Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000	Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 Color Server
Titles in italics	Other books in this documentation set
Windows	Microsoft Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0,
	Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003
	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 manual

This manual covers the following topics:

•Mixed Media concepts and how it is used in an example workﬂow.

•Imposition concepts and how it is used in an example workﬂow using EFI Impose.

•Variable Data Printing concepts with EFI Fiery FreeForm and how it is used in an example workﬂow using FreeForm.

•Variable Data Printing concepts with FreeForm2 and how it is used in an example variable data workﬂow with Mixed Media.

•Imposition concepts with PPML (Personalized Print Markup Language) and how it is used in an example variable data printing workﬂow using Impose and PPML.

•Printing to a Hot Folder on the network and an example workﬂow using EFI Hot Folders.

•Deﬁnitions for popular applications and printing terms used in this manual.

		MIXED MEDIA	7

MIXED MEDIA

This chapter provides an overview of Mixed Media and an example workﬂow that includes

Mixed Media.

What is Mixed Media?

The Mixed Media feature allows you to print ranges of pages on different types of media. For example, you can use Mixed Media to specify a heavy stock for the cover, add blank pages, insert colored media on designated pages, and specify duplex pages within a single print

job. Specify Mixed Media settings when you print a job from an application with the printer driver. Deﬁne and modify the Mixed Media settings of jobs already sent to the

Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 from EFI Command WorkStation or deﬁne Mixed Media settings in the Hot Folders application.

For more information about Mixed Media, see Utilities.

		MIXED MEDIA	8

Example: Workﬂow with Mixed Media

A geology professor at Ocean Crest University wants to print her new course book for the fall semester. The new course book consists of eight chapters. She wants her students to be able to ﬁnd the information they want easily and quickly. To ensure this, each chapter divider in the book is printed on heavy media. The chapter text is printed on plain media and the front and back covers are printed on heavy media.

The professor sends her request, along with the book ﬁle in PDF (Portable Document Format) (Geology101.pdf), to the university’s in-house production department.

The following diagram illustrates the components of the course book.

Back cover printed on heavy media

Chapter dividers on heavy media

Chapters printed on plain media

Front cover printed on heavy media

Completed course book

Items required for this example

•Geology101.pdf

•Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000

•Command WorkStation with Mixed Media

•Heavy media for the front and back covers

•Heavy media for chapter dividers

•Plain media for the chapter text

For information about supported media types, see Print Options.

NOTE: The Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 supports PDF versions 1.2-1.5.

		MIXED MEDIA	9

Mixed Media workﬂow

Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000

Step

Task

For more information

1The professor creates the PDF and sends the ﬁle to the university’s in-house production department.

2	The operator in the production department downloads	Command WorkStation Help
	the ﬁle to Command WorkStation.

		MIXED MEDIA	10

Step	Task	For more information

3	The operator selects the job in Command WorkStation,	Utilities
	chooses Mixed Media Setup from the Actions menu, and
	then applies the following settings:
	A) From Deﬁne Cover, the operator speciﬁes front and
	back covers that print on front only or duplex, cover stock,
	and speciﬁes the tray to pull media from.
	B) From Deﬁne Page Range, the operator types 2, 32, 64, 98,
	124 for the page range (the pages that divide the chapters),
	speciﬁes a heavy media, and then indicates which tray contains
	the heavy media.
	C) From Insert Blank, the operator speciﬁes inserting a blank
	page after the last page to distinguish the end of the print job
	and clicks OK.
	D) From Finishing, the operator speciﬁes duplex, clicks OK,
	and then saves the ﬁle.

4	The operator processes and holds the job.		Command WorkStation Help
4	The operator processes and holds the job.		Command WorkStation Help


5	The operator previews the job.		Command WorkStation Help

6	The operator prints the job.		Command WorkStation Help
	NOTE: The operator can also print one set as a proof
	before printing multiple copies.

7The operator retrieves the job from the digital press.

8The job is printed with a front and back cover and dividers for each chapter.

To use Mixed Media in Command WorkStation, your downloaded ﬁle must be a non-raster ﬁle. To remove raster information from a ﬁle in Command WorkStation, right-click the ﬁle and select Remove Raster Data.

You can duplicate this workﬂow with a PostScript ﬁle instead of a PDF. You can also specify inserting tabs. For example, instead of specifying heavy media for the chapter dividers, you can specify tabs and print chapter numbers on each tab. For more information about printing with tabs, see Utilities.

		IMPOSITION	11

IMPOSITION

This chapter provides an overview of imposition and an example workﬂow using imposition.

What is imposition?

Imposition is the process of arranging individual pages of a book, booklet, or brochure on a large sheet. The pages are laid out such that when the sheet is printed, folded, and cut, the pages are in the correct orientation and order.

The Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 supports Impose. Impose is a server-based imposition application that allows you to edit and assemble entire documents on the Fiery EXP6000/ EXP5000 before you process the ﬁles.

For more information about imposition, see Command WorkStation Help.

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