Xerox Fiery EXP6000, Fiery EXP5000 Print Options

Xerox Fiery EXP6000, Fiery EXP5000 Print Options

Fiery® EXP6000/EXP5000 Color Server

SERVER & CONTROLLER SOLUTIONS

Print Options

© 2005 Electronics for Imaging, Inc. The information in this publication is covered under Legal Notices for this product.

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15 March 2005

 

 

CONTENTS

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

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About this manual

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Terminology and conventions

5

PRINT OPTIONS OVERVIEW

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About printer drivers and printer description files

6

 

 

 

 

About print options

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Print option override hierarchy

7

 

 

 

 

Setting print options

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PRINT OPTIONS

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Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 print options

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More about print options

19

 

Booklet Maker

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Centering Adjustment

21

 

Collation

21

 

Creep Adjustment

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Duplex

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Image Shift

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Scale

23

INDEX

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INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

This manual is intended for users who want a description of all the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 print options. It explains each print option and provides information on any constraints or requirements in effect.

About this manual

This manual covers the following topics:

Information on printer drivers, printer description files (PPDs), and setting Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 print options.

Details about specific print options, including a table that briefly explains each print option, default setting, and any constraints or requirements.

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

 

 

PRINT OPTIONS OVERVIEW

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PRINT OPTIONS OVERVIEW

This chapter describes printer drivers and PPD files, Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 print options, and locations for setting print options.

About printer drivers and printer description files

The Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 receives files from computers on the network, processes (RIPs) the files, and then sends them to the digital press. Windows and Apple Mac OS computers communicate with the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 by means of a printer driver and PPD files.

A printer driver manages printing communication between your application and the printer. It interprets the instructions generated by the application, merges those instructions with printer-specific options you set, and then translates all information into Adobe PostScript, a language the printer understands. In other words, the printer driver writes a PostScript file based on your original file and the options you set from the Print dialog box.

A printer driver also allows you to select print options for your digital press. To do this, the printer driver must be matched with a PPD (PostScript Printer Description) file for your Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000. A PPD file contains information about the features and capabilities of a particular device (for example, what paper sizes and media types are supported). The printer driver reads the information in this PPD file and presents that information to you in the form of options you select in the Print dialog box. The PPD file

for the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 includes information about the features of both the digital press and the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000. For information about the specific print options for the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000, see the table on page 10.

 

 

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About print options

Print options give you access to the special features of your digital press and Fiery EXP6000/ EXP5000. Print options can be specified in several places—in Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 Setup, or from the printing application, EFI Fiery ColorWise Pro Tools, EFI Hot Folders, or EFI Command WorkStation.

Print option override hierarchy

The override hierarchy is as follows:

A user’s printer driver settings override the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 Setup and ColorWise Pro Tools settings.

Settings made from Command WorkStation override the user’s printer driver settings.

 

 

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Setting print options

During Setup

Some settings are specified during Setup by the administrator. For information about the current default server settings, contact the administrator or the operator.

From applications

With the Adobe PostScript printer drivers, you can specify job settings when you print a job. For information about specifying job settings from Windows applications, see Printing from Windows. For information about specifying job settings from Mac OS applications, see Printing from Mac OS.

From Fiery Downloader

You can specify only a few settings, such as Copies, Page Range (for PDF files), and Brightness (for PostScript and EPS files only) when printing jobs with Downloader.

To change options in Downloader, select a job in the Files to be Downloaded (Windows) or Files to Download (Mac OS) list and click Options. For more information, see Utilities.

From ColorWise Pro Tools

Set the default CMYK Simulation Profile, CMYK Simulation Method, RGB Source Profile, RGB Separation, Output Profile, Rendering Style, Spot Color Matching, Pure Black Text/Graphics, and Black Overprint settings. For more information about using ColorWise Pro Tools, see Color Printing.

From Hot Folders

Assign a group of print options to a Hot Folder. When you specify print options for a

Hot Folder, the print options are assigned to all jobs sent through that Hot Folder.

These print options override any default options.

For more information, see Hot Folders Help.

• Overrides from Command WorkStation

To change job settings from Command WorkStation, double-click a job to display the

Properties dialog box.

For more information about Command WorkStation, see Command WorkStation Help.

 

 

PRINT OPTIONS

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PRINT OPTIONS

This chapter explains each print option, default setting, and any constraints or requirements.

It also provides details about specific print options.

Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 print options

In the following table, underlined settings in the Option and settings column indicate default printer driver settings (PPD defaults). If you do not use the printer driver interface to configure a particular option, the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 prints the job with the underlined setting.

For options that you configure in Setup from FieryBar, Command WorkStation, WebSetup, or ColorWise Pro Tools, choosing Printer’s default results in the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 printing the job with the setting you specified in Setup. For options that cannot be configured in Setup, the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 prints the job with a preconfigured Printer’s default setting. For more information, see the Requirements, constraints, and information column in the table.

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