Xerox Fiery EXP8000 Configuration and Setup

Fiery

SERVER & CONTROLLER SOLUTIONS

EXP8000 Color Server

Conﬁguration and Setup

45049601 13 July 2005

ONTENTS

CONTENTS

NTRODUCTION

Terminology and conventions

About this document

ONNECTING

Fiery EXP8000 on the network

Stages of installation on the network

THE

ETWORK

Summary of Fiery EXP8000 network installation 11

Network server setup requirements

Windows networks 12

NetWare networks 13

AppleTalk networks 13

UNIX networks 14

REPARING

Levels of access and control

FOR

IERY

EXP8000 S

Fiery EXP8000 print connections 15

Passwords 16

WebTools 17

Control level examples 18

E-mail viruses and E-mail printing 18

IP address ﬁltering and port ﬁltering 19

Secure Printing 19

Group Printing (Member Printing) 19

ETUP

CONTENTS

Connecting network cable to the Fiery EXP8000

Back view of the Fiery EXP8000 20

Ethernet connection 20

About Setup

Setup from a network computer 21

ETTING

Accessing Setup

General/Server options

Network Setup

THE

Local Setup from the Fiery EXP8000 22

Remote Setup 23

IERY

EXP8000

FROM

ETWORK

OMPUTER

Adapters/Ports 27

Protocols 28

Security 29

Services 30

Printer Setup options

Printer connections 40

Job Batching Delay 40

VDP Search Path 40

PS Setup and Color Setup options 40

Exiting Setup

ETUP

OPTION

PS/Color Setup options

ONFIGURING

Conﬁguring the Fiery EXP8000 and clients for WebTools

REFERENCE

OOLS

CONTENTS

DMINISTERING

Administrator functions

Setting passwords

Passwords from a network computer 48

Changing the Windows XP system password 48

Updating system software

Clearing the Fiery EXP8000

Saving and restoring Fiery EXP8000 conﬁguration

Managing e-mail address books

FTP Printing

Setting up printing groups

THE

IERY

EXP8000

Printing the Conﬁguration page

Maintaining optimal Fiery EXP8000 performance

Shutting down, rebooting, and restarting the Fiery EXP8000

Shutting down the Fiery EXP8000 59

Rebooting or restarting the Fiery EXP8000 60

Burning a CD-RW

ROUBLESHOOTING

Troubleshooting the Fiery EXP8000

Safe Print 62

Runtime error messages 62

Cannot connect to Fiery EXP8000 with Fiery EXP8000 utilities 63

Cannot connect to the Fiery EXP8000 with Command WorkStation 64

NDEX

NTRODUCTION

Terminology and conventions

INTRODUCTION

This document describes how to set up network servers and user computers to use the Fiery EXP8000 Color Server so that users can print to it as a high-performance networked printer. For general information about using the digital press, your computer, your software, or your network, see the documentation that accompanies those products.

Setting up the network environment correctly requires the presence and active cooperation of the network administrator. Detailed instructions for conﬁguring networks is beyond the scope of this document. For information, see the documentation that accompanies your network system.

This document uses the following terminology and conventions.

Term or convention Refers to

Aero Fiery EXP8000 (in illustrations and examples)

Digital press DocuColor 8000/7000 digital press

Fiery EXP8000 Fiery EXP8000 Color Server

Mac OS Apple Mac OS X

Titles in italics

Windows Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server

About this document

This document covers the following topics:

•Network connectors on the Fiery EXP8000

•Information speciﬁc to the Fiery EXP8000 about setting up network servers

OTE

For information about network servers, see the documentation that accompanies your

network system.

•System security through access levels and passwords

•Setup of the Fiery EXP8000 with Conﬁgure or Command WorkStation, Windows Edition

•Setup of the Fiery EXP8000 to allow users to use WebTools

•Administration of the Fiery EXP8000

•Troubleshooting

Administrator functions described in other documentation are summarized on page 46.

ONNECTING

Fiery EXP8000 on the network

CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK

THE

This chapter summarizes the stages in setting up the Fiery EXP8000.

When the Fiery EXP8000 is connected to a network, it behaves as a networked PostScript printer. The Fiery EXP8000 supports the following network protocols (rules that enable computers on a network to communicate with each other):

•AppleTalk

•TCP/IP, which also includes the BOOTP, DHCP, FTP, HTTP, IMAP, LPD, POP3,

ETWORK

Port 9100, SMTP, and SNMP protocols

• IPX/SPX (Novell)

These protocols can run concurrently on the same cable. Computers that use other protocols can print through a server that uses one of the supported protocols mentioned. The Fiery EXP8000 is auto-sensing, and handles all connections simultaneously.

CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK

Stages of installation on the network

Installation can be performed by a network or printing administrator. The stages of a successful installation are:

1 Conﬁguring the network environment

Conﬁgure network servers to provide users with access to the Fiery EXP8000 as a networked printer. For information about conﬁguring network servers in Windows and UNIX network environments as they relate speciﬁcally to the Fiery EXP8000, see page 12. For information about using your network, see the documentation that accompanies your network system.

2Physically connecting the Fiery EXP8000 to a functioning network

Prepare a network node for the Fiery EXP8000. Obtain cable and attach the cable to the network connector of the Fiery EXP8000. For details, see page 20.

3 Setting up the Fiery EXP8000

Conﬁgure the Fiery EXP8000 for your printing and network environment (see Setting Up

the Fiery EXP8000 from a Network Computer).

4Preparing user computers for printing

Install the ﬁles needed for printing, install user software, and connect the user computers to the network. The software installation is described in Printing from Windows and Printing

from Mac OS.

5Administering the Fiery EXP8000

Monitor and maintain system performance and troubleshoot problems that may arise (see Administering the Fiery EXP8000).

CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK

Summary of Fiery EXP8000 network installation

Network server conﬁguration

Network Server

Connection

Conﬁgure network servers to specify Fiery EXP8000 print queues and Fiery EXP8000 users.

Prepare a network node. Connect the Fiery EXP8000 to the network. If you use the Fiery Advanced Controller Interface (FACI), connect it to the network.

Fiery EXP8000

Fiery EXP8000 Setup

Client computer setup

Use the Conﬁgure WebTool or Command WorkStation, Windows Edition to conﬁgure the Fiery EXP8000.

At each computer from which users print:

•Install the appropriate printer ﬁles and connect to one or more print connections.

•Install utilities and an Internet browser on computers where users will use them.

•Verify the Fiery EXP8000 in the list of printers and run a test print.

Fiery EXP8000 available on the network

CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK

Network server setup requirements

This section provides basic information about conﬁguring the Fiery EXP8000 and using it on the network. It does not explain network functions for printing in general. Only information speciﬁc to the Fiery EXP8000 is presented. Setting up the network environment correctly requires the presence and active cooperation of the network administrator. Detailed instructions for conﬁguring networks is beyond the scope of this manual. For information, see the documentation that accompanies your network system.

Conﬁgure the network and servers, and ensure that there is a live network connection before you conﬁgure Fiery EXP8000 network settings in Setup. This allows the Fiery EXP8000 to query the network for zones, servers, and server-based queues.

Whenever you change the conﬁguration of the Fiery EXP8000, digital press, or network at your site, alter the settings to correspond to the changed environment. Changing network or port settings may require that you make changes to other Setup options, as well.

Windows networks

• The Fiery EXP8000 requires a valid IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address.

Enter these addresses manually or use DHCP or BOOTP protocols to assign them dynamically. Make sure the Fiery EXP8000 name and address are listed in a domain name server (DNS) or hosts name database used by your system.

If more than one Fiery EXP8000 print connection is published (for example, if both the Print queue and the Hold queue are published), consider creating a printer for each print connection, so that users can print to each connection directly.

• Conﬁgure the Fiery EXP8000 with the correct Windows domain name.

This is especially important for Windows printing, also known as SMB printing.

To use Microsoft Active Directory, you must assign the Fiery EXP8000 to a domain. If you assign the Fiery EXP8000 to a workgroup, you cannot use Active Directory.

CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK

NetWare networks

•You must have administrator privileges on the network to create new NDS or bindery objects.

For more information, see the documentation that accompanies your network server.

•You can conﬁgure a single directory tree and up to eight bindery servers simultaneously.

• The Fiery EXP8000 looks for print jobs on one NetWare print server per bindery server.

NetWare servers support the creation of print queues, which are storage areas for print jobs. When a client on a remote computer decides to print, the job is directed to a Print queue on the NetWare ﬁle server and spooled to the NetWare server disk, freeing up the client workstation.

Append one of the following sufﬁxes that corresponds to the Fiery EXP8000 print connection to the end of the NetWare queue names as follows:

_print _hold _direct

OTE: These sufﬁx names must be in English and in all lowercase letters.

You do not need to perform Setup when you add or remove a NetWare queue. However, always restart the Fiery EXP8000 after you create or remove a queue that will be connected to the print server used by the Fiery EXP8000.

When the Fiery EXP8000 is conﬁgured to connect to a NetWare server, it polls the NetWare server for jobs in each of its queues. If jobs are found, they are automatically transferred over the network to the matching connection on the Fiery EXP8000. For example, jobs from the NetWare queue with the _print sufﬁx are sent to the Fiery EXP8000 Print queue.

•You can connect up to eight bindery servers to the Fiery EXP8000.

NOTE: The NetWare bindery server you select must not be in the same tree as the one you

selected in NDS Setup, if both NDS and bindery are used by the Fiery EXP8000.

AppleTalk networks

AppleShare servers require no special conﬁguration.

CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK

UNIX networks

• When you conﬁgure a UNIX workstation with the lpr protocol and connect to the Fiery EXP8000 over a TCP/IP network, you can print directly to the Fiery EXP8000.

• Setting up UNIX workstations requires an administrator with root privileges. After the initial conﬁguration, UNIX users submit print jobs to a named printer.

• The Fiery EXP8000 is a printer controller that understands lpr protocols.

• The Fiery EXP8000 has a remote printer name you must use in order to communicate with it successfully.

Regardless of the UNIX system you use, the name you use for the remote printer (or rp in the

/etc/printcap ﬁle) in conﬁguring the network for the Fiery EXP8000 must be one of the

following:

print hold direct

Workstations on a TCP/IP network can print directly to the Fiery EXP8000 as a remote printer, or can print to a Windows 2000/Server 2003 server or UNIX workstation acting as a print server.

PREPARING FOR FIERY EXP8000 SETUP

To prepare for printing at your site, you must do some initial Fiery EXP8000 conﬁguration (or “Setup”) to specify the network environment and the types of printing you do. Before you perform Setup, you must decide the levels of access to implement, such as passwords and other security features that the Fiery EXP8000 offers. Because many of these security features are interconnected, review the information in this chapter to plan for an effective security system, and then perform Setup accordingly.

Levels of access and control

When you conﬁgure the Fiery EXP8000 during Setup, you (as system administrator) implement a particular level of control by enabling these elements:

•Print connections

•Passwords

•Access to WebTools

Fiery EXP8000 print connections

The Fiery EXP8000 supports three print connections: Print queue, Hold queue, and Direct connection. You enable or “publish,” these print connections to users on the network when you conﬁgure Printer Setup. All published connections are constantly checked for the presence of jobs. The Print queue and Direct connection give remote users more direct access to the Fiery EXP8000 than the Hold queue. Therefore, do not publish the Print queue and the Direct connection in environments where maximum control is required.

In addition, you can enable the Printed queue, which is a storage area for the most recent jobs from the Print queue. The Printed queue allows you to reprint those jobs. In Setup, enable the Printed queue and specify the maximum number of jobs to retain in the queue (see page 25). To reprint jobs in the Printed queue, use the job management tools (Command WorkStation).

NOTE: To use the Fiery utilities and WebTools, you must enable at least one print connection.

PREPARING FOR FIERY EXP8000 SETUP

Hold queue

Jobs sent to the Hold queue are spooled to the Fiery EXP8000 hard disk for printing at a later time or for reprinting. Because the Hold queue is a storage area, jobs sent to it cannot proceed through the printing process until the operator intervenes using the job management tools.

Print queue

The Print queue is the standard Fiery EXP8000 queue. Jobs sent to the Print queue are processed and printed in the order in which they are received. Jobs prioritized by an operator with the job management tools and jobs sent via the Direct connection take priority over jobs sent to the Print queue.

Direct connection

The Direct connection transmits jobs directly to the Fiery EXP8000, but only when the Fiery EXP8000 is Idle. If the Fiery EXP8000 is busy, the job remains at the user workstation until the Fiery EXP8000 is ready. The job is then processed as soon as the previous job is ﬁnished and before the next queued job is processed.

Jobs sent to the Direct connection are not stored on the Fiery EXP8000 hard disk, and cannot be selected for reprinting, moving, or deletion. Therefore, the Direct connection provides a measure of security for sensitive ﬁles. Jobs sent to the Direct connection do appear in the Job Log, for accounting purposes.

NOTE: To download fonts to the Fiery EXP8000, you must publish the Direct connection.

Passwords

Implement passwords as a means of controlling access to Fiery EXP8000 functions. The Fiery EXP8000 allows you to set the following passwords:

•Administrator

•Operator

•Windows system password

NOTE: The Administrator and Operator passwords are separate from the Windows system

password.

By default, the Administrator password is set on the Fiery EXP8000, but the Operator password is not. We strongly recommend that you change the Administrator password to protect the Fiery EXP8000 from random or accidental changes to Setup. For more information, see “Setting passwords” on page 47.

PREPARING FOR FIERY EXP8000 SETUP

Administrator privileges

Administrator control, which confers control of Setup, is the highest level of control because the person who has access to Setup can control the printing and job management environment. Administrator privileges include:

•Publishing print connections

•Setting passwords

•Deleting fonts

• Controlling print jobs from the job management tools

•Overriding job settings

• Clearing the Fiery EXP8000 of all job data

•Deﬁning default color proﬁles

•Setting default settings for print options

Operator privileges

Operator control includes control of print jobs from the job management tools, including the ability to override job settings.

Guest privileges (no password)

A user does not need a password to log in as a Guest from the job management tools. A Guest can view the status of active jobs but cannot make changes to jobs or to the Fiery EXP8000 state.

WebTools

The Fiery EXP8000 supports Internet or intranet access with WebTools from Windows and Mac OS computers. To enable use of WebTools, see “Conﬁguring WebTools” on page 45.

Home

Home provides you with current information about the jobs processing and printing on the Fiery EXP8000. To use this WebTool, you do not need a password. For more information, see

Utilities.

Print allows you to print PostScript, EPS, PDF, and TIFF ﬁles directly to the Fiery EXP8000 without opening the ﬁle in an application. To use this WebTool, you do not need a password.

PREPARING FOR FIERY EXP8000 SETUP

Conﬁgure

Conﬁgure allows you to view and modify Fiery EXP8000 options from a network computer. This function requires an Administrator password. For more information, see Setting Up the

Fiery EXP8000 from a Network Computer.

Downloads

Downloads allows users to download installers for printer drivers and other software directly from the Fiery EXP8000. To use this WebTool, you do not need a password. For more information, see Printing from Windows, Printing from Mac OS, and Utilities.

Control level examples

The following table shows how print connections, passwords, and WebTool access are used together to create varying levels of security. The columns between Minimum Security and Maximum Security represent increasing levels of security.

Settings used in Conﬁgure Minimum

Security

Enable Direct connection √ √ √

Enable Print queue √ √ √ √

Enable Web Services √ √ √

Set an Administrator Password (strongly recommended )

Set an Operator password √ √ √

√ √ √ √

Maximum Security

E-mail viruses and E-mail printing

Because you can allow users to print ﬁle attachments in e-mail messages sent to the Fiery EXP8000, the Fiery EXP8000 accepts only valid attachments (for example, PostScript or PDF ﬁles). Typically, viruses transmitted via e-mail require execution by the receiver. Attachments that are not valid ﬁles are discarded by the Fiery EXP8000. Because ﬁle types such as .BAT, .VBS, and .EXE could launch harmful virus activity, the Fiery EXP8000 does not process these ﬁle types. The Fiery EXP8000 also ignores e-mails in RTF (Rich Text Format) or HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) format, and any included JavaScript code.

You can deﬁne a list of authorized e-mail addresses on the Fiery EXP8000. Any e-mail that the Fiery EXP8000 receives from an e-mail address not in the authorized list is deleted. For more information, see page 53.

PREPARING FOR FIERY EXP8000 SETUP

IP address ﬁltering and port ﬁltering

To r estrict unauthorized connections to the Fiery EXP8000, you can permit only users whose IP addresses are within a deﬁned range. Commands or jobs sent from unauthorized IP addresses are ignored by the Fiery EXP8000.

Secure Printing

This option allows the printing of highly sensitive or conﬁdential ﬁles. A user printing a ﬁle with the printer driver assigns a password to the job. The user must then enter the password at the Fiery EXP8000 to print the job. For more information, see Print Options.

Group Printing (Member Printing)

This feature allows you to deﬁne group names and passwords that users must enter in order to print a job. The user enters the group name and password from the printer driver, or from an override in Command WorkStation. The group name is included in the Job Log when the job is printed.

You can use this feature for accounting purposes and for limiting printing to users who have a valid group name and password. For more information, see Print Options.

Connecting network cable to the Fiery EXP8000

1Power connector 2 Network connector

(10/100/1000BaseT) 3 Not used 4 Printer interface (C) 5 Printer interface (M) 6 Printer interface (Y) 7 Printer interface (K)

PREPARING FOR FIERY EXP8000 SETUP

This section includes an illustration of the Fiery EXP8000 back panel, and provides information about connecting the Fiery EXP8000 to the network.

Back view of the Fiery EXP8000

2 3

4 5 6 7

Ethernet connection

For Ethernet connections, the Fiery EXP8000 supports Unshielded Twisted Pair UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) cabling for these network speeds:

• 10BaseT: Category 3 or higher

• 100BaseT: Category 5 or higher (4-pair/8-wire, short-length)

• 1000BaseT: Category 5e or higher (4-pair/8-wire, short-length)

The cable uses an RJ-45 connector that plugs into the RJ-45 socket on the Fiery EXP8000.

TO CONNECT TO THE ETHERNET BOARD

• Connect the network cable to the RJ-45 connector on the back of the Fiery EXP8000.

About Setup

PREPARING FOR FIERY EXP8000 SETUP

Setup conﬁgures the Fiery EXP8000 to communicate with other devices and to manage print jobs. Perform Setup the ﬁrst time you turn on the Fiery EXP8000 after new system software is loaded, or any time Server software is reinstalled. An initial Setup using default settings is adequate to allow users to print to the Fiery EXP8000 and use the WebTools. When your network or user printing environment changes, change the options accordingly.

NOTE: You cannot access Setup functions from Command WorkStation, Macintosh Edition.

Setup from a network computer

Local Setup

Local Setup refers to setting up the Fiery EXP8000 from the Fiery Advanced Controller Interface using Command WorkStation, Windows Edition.

Remote Setup

Remote Setup is the Setup method from a computer on the network using either the Conﬁgure WebTool or Command WorkStation, Windows Edition.

+ 47 hidden pages