Xerox Fiery EXP6000, Fiery EXP5000 Print Options

Fiery

SERVER & CONTROLLER SOLUTIONS

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EXP6000/EXP5000 Color Server

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

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NTRODUCTION

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About this manual

Terminology and conventions

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About printer drivers and printer description files

About print options

VERVIEW

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Print option override hierarchy 7

Setting print options

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Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 print options

More about print options

Booklet Maker 19

Centering Adjustment 21

Collation 21

Creep Adjustment 22

Duplex 22

Image Shift 23

Scale 23

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NTRODUCTION

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About this manual

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.

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.

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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

Windows Microsoft Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0,

Other books in this documentation set

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

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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.

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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.

PRINT OPTIONS OVERVIEW

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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PRINT OPTIONS OVERVIEW

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 .

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•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.

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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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