Xerox Fiery EXP6000, Fiery EXP5000 Welcome

Fiery® EXP6000/EXP5000 Color Server

SERVER & CONTROLLER SOLUTIONS

Welcome

© 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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WELCOME

This Welcome manual provides system requirements and an overview of how to set up the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 Color Server so that you can begin printing. It describes the initial tasks you must perform and points you to sections in the user documentation where the procedures are described in detail. This guide also provides a description of the user manuals on the User Documentation CD and instructions on printing them.

This manual assumes that you have already installed the digital press components. Details about the digital press, the network, remote computers, software applications, and Microsoft Windows are beyond the scope of this guide.

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

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About the documentation

This manual is part of a set of documentation provided to users and system administrators of Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000. The documents are on the User Documentation CD and are in PDF (Portable Document Format). These files can be viewed online or printed using Adobe Reader. When viewed online, these files contain links and cross-references that allow you to quickly and easily locate needed information. Use the most recent version of Reader to take advantage of advanced search capabilities. For more information, see “Installing and using Adobe Reader” on page 5.

The following comprise the documentation set for your Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000:

•Welcome provides an introduction to the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 and the user documentation.

•Configuration and Setup explains configuration and administration of the Fiery EXP6000/ EXP5000 for supported platforms and network environments. It also includes guidelines for providing printing services to users.

•Printing from Windows and Printing from Mac OS describe how to install the printer drivers on Windows and Apple Mac OS computers, establish printing connections for different networks, and begin printing from users’ computers. Each manual also describes the installation and use of print-related utilities, such as EFI Job Monitor.

•Printing from UNIX describes how to set up printing connections for the network and begin printing from a client workstation.

•Print Options provides information about print options for the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000. This manual describes print options and features that you access from the printer driver, EFI Command WorkStation job overrides, and EFI Hot Folders job properties.

•Utilities describes how to install, configure, and use the software utilities included on the User Software CD.

•Color Printing explains how to manage color output on the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000. This manual provides information about EFI Fiery ColorWise Pro Tools, including how to calibrate the Fiery EXP6000/EXP5000 and set EFI Fiery ColorWise print options from Windows and Mac OS computers.

•Fiery Graphic Arts Package addresses the specific needs and requirements of graphic arts professionals and commercial print shops.

•Fiery Color Reference provides an overview of color management concepts and workflows, and describes how to manage color from various applications.

•Workflow Examples explains complicated printing scenarios and provides cross-references to relevant information in the documentation set.

•Variable Data Printing supplements the information in Workflow Examples with reference information about VDP (variable data printing). This manual provides an overview of EFI Fiery FreeForm and where to set FreeForm options.

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•Glossary provides definitions for popular color concepts, printing applications, and printing terms used in the documentation set.

•Customer Release Notes provide last-minute product information and workarounds for some of the problems you may encounter.

About Help

Most of the user software, utilities, and printer drivers contain Help that is accessible from Help buttons or main toolbar menus. Help provides detailed procedures on using the application and, in some cases, provides additional detail. The documentation refers you to Help for more information as appropriate.

Installing and using Adobe Reader

For your convenience, the current version of Adobe Reader for Windows and Mac OS X is included on the User Documentation CD. This version features enhanced capabilities for full rules-based searches across the documentation set. We strongly suggest that you install the current version of Reader to take advantage of these capabilities, unless you have installed the equivalent version of Adobe Acrobat.

TO INSTALL ADOBE READER

1Insert the User Documentation CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer.

2Double-click the CD icon.

3Open the Adobe Reader folder.

4Open the folder for your platform and double-click the installer file within (.exe for Windows,

.dmg for Mac OS X).

5Follow the on-screen installation instructions.

Using Adobe Reader

View or print the PDF files provided on the User Documentation CD using Reader or Acrobat. Once you install Reader, you can double-click a PDF icon to open the file. Note the advanced search capabilities of the version of Reader that is provided on this

User Documentation CD. You can search for a word or phrase across the Fiery EXP6000/ EXP5000 documentation set by examining all the documents within a specific language folder on the User Documentation CD. For information on using this and other features of Reader, see the Help that accompanies the application.

NOTE: You can view user documentation from the CD or copy the language folder that you want to your desktop. If you copy the files to your computer, keep all the files in the language folder, and do not rename the files. If you rename the files, the cross-reference links will not work properly.