Xerox Fiery EXP6000, Fiery EXP5000 Printing from Mac OS

Fiery

SERVER & CONTROLLER SOLUTIONS

EXP6000/EXP5000 Color Server

Printing from Mac OS

45049032 15 March 2005

ONTENTS

CONTENTS

NTRODUCTION

Terminology and conventions

About this manual

User software

Using Fiery WebTools Installer

System requirements

ETTING

RINTING

Installing Mac OS 9 printer drivers and printer description ﬁles

Setting Up the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 on Mac OS 9

RINTING

Installing Mac OS X printer drivers and printer description ﬁles

Setting up the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 on Mac OS X

OS 9

OS X

CONTENTS

RINTING

FROM

Printing from applications with Mac OS 9

Selecting the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 in the Chooser 19

Setting print options and printing from Mac OS 9 20

Deﬁning custom page sizes from Mac OS 9

FROM

Printing from applications with Mac OS X

Setting print options and printing from Mac OS X 27

Deﬁning custom page sizes from Mac OS X

Enabling Two-Way Communication

OS 9

OS X

NDEX

NTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

This manual describes how to install printer drivers and printer description ﬁles for the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 Color Server, and how to set up printing from Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X computers. It also describes how to print to the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000. For information about setting up network servers and clients to use the Fiery EXP6000/ EXP5000 Color Server, see Conﬁguration and Setup . For general information about using the digital press, your computer, application software, or network, see the documentation that accompanies those products.

The Fiery EXP6000 supports the DocuColor 6060. The Fiery EXP5000 supports the DocuColor 5252/2060/2045.

INTRODUCTION

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

About this manual

This manual covers the following topics:

•Installing printer ﬁles on Mac OS computers

•Setting up printing connections on Mac OS computers

•Printing from Mac OS computers

User software

The User Software CDs provide the following Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 user software.

Adobe PostScript Printer Driver

PostScript Printer Description (PPD/Plugin) ﬁle

Allows you to print to the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 from Mac OS computers. The printer driver also supports Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 and PostScript 3 features.

For use with the PostScript printer driver that allows the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 to appear in the Print and Page Setup dialog boxes of popular applications. The Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 PPDs provide information about the digital press to your application and printer driver.

PageMaker PPD ﬁles Allows you to print to the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 from

Adobe PageMaker. You must install the appropriate PPD in PageMaker. For instructions, see the documentation that accompanies PageMaker.

PostScript fonts PostScript screen and printer fonts that correspond to the

PostScript printer fonts installed on the Fiery EXP6000/ EXP5000. For a complete list of PostScript fonts installed on the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000, see the Fiery Downloader, described in Utilities .

INTRODUCTION

Using Fiery WebTools Installer

You can install PostScript printer drivers and printer description ﬁles from the User Software CD or directly from the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 with the WebTools Installer.

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

the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000.

2 Select a login level, type a password, if required, and then click OK.

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No password is required to log on as a guest. If the administrator has conﬁgured guest access, any user has full access to the WebTools Installer while logged in as a guest.

3 Click Installer.

4 Click the link for the printer drivers that you want to install (Printer Files for Mac OS 9 or

Printer Files for Mac OS X).

A folder named Printer Driver is downloaded to your desktop 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.

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If the Printer Driver folder does not automatically decode and decompress, start the utility that performs that function.

5 Install the appropriate printer driver for your operating system.

For instructions on installing the printer driver for

Mac OS 9 “Installing Mac OS 9 printer drivers and printer

Mac OS X “Installing Mac OS X printer drivers and printer

System requirements

For detailed system requirements, see Welcome , provided in your media pack.

See

description ﬁles” on page 10

description ﬁles” on page 14

ETTING

SETTING UP PRINTING ON MAC OS 9

RINTING

To set up the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 as a PostScript printer on a Mac OS 9 computer, install the PostScript printer driver and the printer description ﬁle that corresponds to your digital press. The PostScript printer driver and printer description ﬁles are provided on the User Software CD. Printer drivers provide a way to communicate information about print jobs between your applications, the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000, and any other PostScript printer connected to your computer.

Follow the procedure on page 10 to install printer ﬁles from the User Software CD.

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5252/2060/2045. When installing the printer driver, choose the appropriate printer driver for the digital press running in your networked environment. To print to the DocuColor 6060, select Fiery EXP6000. To print to the DocuColor 5252/2060/2045, select Fiery EXP5000.

The following PostScript printer drivers are provided for the DocuColor 6060/

OS 9

SETTING UP PRINTING ON MAC OS 9

Installing Mac OS 9 printer drivers and printer description ﬁles

The following instructions are for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X Classic. The term “Mac OS 9” refers to Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X Classic. For the supported versions, see the system requirements section of Welcome.

The User Software CD (1 of 2) contains the following software for Mac OS 9 (see OS9:English:Printer Driver folder).

•AdobePS Installer: Installs the PostScript Printer Description ﬁles (PPDs) necessary to print from Mac OS 9.

•Printer Descriptions: Printer description ﬁles that are installed by the AdobePS Installer. You do not need to open these folders or install them manually on your computer. The appropriate ﬁles are installed by the AdobePS Installer. If you must install the ﬁles manually, copy them to System Folder:Extensions:Printer Descriptions.

TO INSTALL THE ADOBE POSTSCRIPT PRINTER DRIVER AND PRINTER DESCRIPTION FILE FOR MAC OS 9

1 Quit all open applications.

2 On the User Software CD, open the English: Printer Driver folder.

3 Double-click the AdobePS8.8.0 Installer icon.

4Follow the on-screen instructions.

The AdobePS Installer installs the Adobe PostScript printer driver and the printer description ﬁles that correspond to the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000.

NOTE: If you operate the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 in a copy shop, quick print shop, or

service bureau, provide your customers with copies of the printer driver, printer description ﬁles, ICC proﬁles for printing images, and any relevant documentation. This ensures that the jobs they create and print to ﬁles are properly formatted for printing to the Fiery EXP6000/ EXP5000.

SETTING UP PRINTING ON MAC OS 9

Setting Up the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 on Mac OS 9

On Mac OS 9, set up the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 in the Chooser, using the AppleTalk protocol. This section describes how to set up the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 with the AdobePS printer driver.

You must also conﬁgure the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 for the options installed on the digital press to allow the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 to take advantage of the digital press options.

Installable option Selections

GA Package Not Installed, Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Fiery Graphic Arts

Package, Premium Edition

Feeder Not Installed, SFM (Fiery EXP6000), HCF (Fiery EXP5000)

Finishing Device Setup Not Installed, HCS, HCSS, HCS Bypass, HCS - HCS, HCS -

HCSS, HCS - HCS Bypass

NOTE: The Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition is not supported in the Mac OS 9

printer driver. To use the features on Mac OS 9, you must send your job to the Hold queue and then override the job properties from EFI Command WorkStation. For more information, see Utilities.

SETTING UP PRINTING ON MAC OS 9

TO SET UP THE FIERY EXP6000/EXP5000 IN THE CHOOSER

1 Choose Chooser from the Apple menu.

2 Make sure AppleTalk is set to Active.

3 Click the AdobePS icon.

4 If your network is divided into zones, select the zone in which the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 is

located.

The Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 appears in the Select a PostScript Printer list in the form of <server name>_<print connection>.

NOTE: Only the print connections that have been enabled in Setup (Print, Hold, and Direct)

appear in the Chooser.

5 Select a Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 connection from the Select a PostScript Printer list

and click Create.

6 Select the correct printer description ﬁle for your printer and click Select.

7 In the Installable Options dialog box, choose the appropriate settings.

8 Click OK.

An icon ( ) appears to the left of the printer name, indicating that the printer has been matched with a PPD.

NOTE: Set up each print connection separately. Repeat the last two steps for all enabled

connections.

9 Close the Chooser.

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