Xerox Fiery X12, Fiery XP12 Printing Guide

Fiery X12/XP12

PRINTING GUIDE

for DocuColor 12

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Contents

Preface

About this manual

About the documentation

How the Fiery works

About printer drivers and PPDs/PDDs xiii

Supported paper sizes xiv

Non-imageable area xiv

Toner reduction xiv

Before you begin

Chapter 1: Printing from Windows Computers

Printing from applications

Setting options and printing from Windows 95/98 1-1

Working with custom page sizes in Windows 95/98 1-13

Setting options and printing from Windows NT 4.0 1-15

Printing to the parallel port 1-21

Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location 1-21

Printing with Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader

Chapter 2: Printing from Mac OS Computers

xii

xiii

xiv

1-1

1-22

Printing from applications

Selecting the Fiery in the Chooser 2-1

Setting options and printing from Mac OS computers 2-3

Deﬁning custom page sizes 2-6

Printing with Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader

Chapter 3: Printing from UNIX Workstations

Printing to the Fiery

2-1

2-7

3-1

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Chapter 4: Special Features

Printing variable data documents with FreeForm

How FreeForm works 4-1

Creating the master-elements document 4-2

Creating the variable-elements document 4-3

Combining the FreeForm Master with the variable-elements document 4-4

Using FreeForm 4-5

Printing simulations

Printing duplex pages

Scanning from the copier

Fiery Scan color conversion settings 4-10

Using Fiery Scan 4-10

Chapter 5: Downloading Files and Fonts

Using Fiery Downloader

Printing with Fiery Downloader 5-4

Downloading and managing printer fonts 5-8

Chapter 6: Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

Fiery WebTools

Checking Fiery status with the Status WebTool 6-2

Accessing information with WebLink 6-3

Downloading ﬁles with WebDownloader 6-3

4-1

4-9

4-10

5-1

6-1

Fiery Link

Fiery Link tools 6-5

Preferences 6-7

My Fiery List 6-9

Windows taskbar menu 6-9

6-3

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Appendix A: Print Options

Where to set print options

Print option override hierarchy A-2

Default settings A-2

More about print options A-10

Appendix B: Font List

PostScript printer fonts

Adobe Type 1 fonts B-1

TrueType fonts B-5

PCL printer fonts

Appendix C: Troubleshooting

Maintaining optimal system performance

Troubleshooting

General printing problems C-2

Problems with print quality C-5

Problems with Fiery Downloader C-6

Problems with Fiery Scan C-8

Problems with Fiery WebTools C-8

A-1

B-1

B-6

C-1

C-2

Index

xi About this manual

Preface

The Fiery X12/XP12 Color Server™ enables you to use your color copier as a networked printer. You can use the Fiery X12/XP12 Color Server to print ﬁnal documents or proof jobs you will later print on an offset press. You send a print job to the Fiery X12/XP12 Color Server as you would to any other printer—you select it from the Printers dialog box on Microsoft Windows computers, or in the Chooser on Apple Mac OS computers—and then print from within any application.

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The term “Fiery®” is used in this manual to refer to the Fiery X12 or Fiery XP12 Color Server. The Fiery supports the DocuColor 12 digital copier. The term “copier” is used to refer to the DocuColor 12.

This icon speciﬁes information, features, or procedures that apply only to

X12

the Fiery X12.

This icon speciﬁes information, features, or procedures that apply only to the

XP12

Fiery XP12.

Both the Fiery X12 and Fiery XP12 include Command WorkStation™ software, which enables an operator to manage all jobs sent to the Fiery. Some of the job management features of the Command WorkStation are also available from Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler™. Although it may not be the case at all sites, it is assumed that an operator controls and manages jobs sent by users from remote workstations. For information on the features of the Command WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler, and Fiery Spooler, see the

Job Management Guide

About this manual

This manual is intended for those remote users who send jobs via the network or via a parallel port connection between their workstation and the Fiery. It covers the following topics:

• Printing from a Windows computer

• Printing from a Mac OS computer

• Printing from UNIX

xii Preface

• Using special features, such as printing variable data documents, press simulations,

duplex pages, and scanning images from the copier using Adobe Photoshop and the Fiery Scan™ plug-in

• Downloading ﬁles and fonts using Fiery Downloader™ and WebDownloader

• Monitoring jobs and accessing information using Fiery WebTools™ and Fiery

™

Link

• Specifying and overriding job settings, a list of fonts installed on the Fiery, and

troubleshooting information

About the documentation

This manual is part of a set of Fiery documentation that includes the following manuals for users and system administrators:

• The

Conﬁguration Guide

Fiery for the supported platforms and network environments. It also includes guidelines for setting up UNIX, Windows NT 4.0, and Novell NetWare servers to provide PCL and PostScript printing services to clients.

explains basic conﬁguration and administration of the

•

Getting Started

Speciﬁcally, it describes installation of PCL and PostScript printer drivers, printer description ﬁles, and other user software provided on the User Software CD. It also explains how to connect each user to the network.

• The

Printing Guide

jobs via remote workstations on the network or via a direct parallel port connection.

• The

Color Guide

It addresses concepts and issues associated with printing to the Fiery and outlines key workﬂow scenarios. This manual explains how to calibrate your copier and take advantage of the ColorWise® color management system, as well as features of ColorWise Pro Tools™. In addition, the from popular Windows and Mac OS applications.

describes how to install software to enable users to print to the Fiery.

describes the printing features of the Fiery for users who send

provides information on managing the color output of your Fiery.

Color Guide

offers information on printing

xiii How the Fiery works

• The

Job Management Guide

including the Command WorkStation, and how they can be used to manage jobs. This book is intended for an operator or administrator, or a user with the necessary access privileges, who needs to monitor and manage job ﬂow and troubleshoot problems that may arise.

explains the functions of the Fiery client utilities,

• Printed

Release Notes

some of the problems you may encounter.

provide last-minute product information and workarounds for

How the Fiery works

The Fiery receives ﬁles from computers on the network, processes (RIPs) those ﬁles, and then sends them to the copier’s print engine for printing. Even with the Fiery installed, you can still use the copier to make copies.

Windows and Mac OS computers communicate with the Fiery by means of a PostScript printer driver and PostScript printer description (PPD) ﬁles. Windows computers can also communicate with the Fiery by means of a Printer Control Language (PCL) printer driver and PDD ﬁles (the PCL equivalent of PPD ﬁles). Both drivers enable you to use special features of the Fiery from the Print dialog box.

About printer drivers and PPDs/PDDs

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

A PPD/PDD ﬁle contains information about a particular device’s features and capabilities (for example, what paper sizes and media types are supported). The printer driver reads the information in the PPD/PDD ﬁle and presents that information to you in the form of options you can choose from the Print dialog box. The PPD/PDD for the Fiery includes information about the features of both the copier and the Fiery X12/XP12 Color Server.

For information on the PPD/PDD options, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

xiv Preface

Supported paper sizes

The Fiery supports printing at 600 dpi (dots per inch) on a wide range of paper sizes. For more information, see the description of the Paper Size print option in Appendix A, “Print Options.”

Non-imageable area

The Fiery non-imageable area for DocuColor 12 is 4mm on the leading, trailing, near, and far edges.

Toner reduction

The Fiery maximum toner density for DocuColor 12 is 240%.

Before you begin

Before using the Fiery, follow these steps:

1. Conﬁrm that the system administrator has completed Setup, as described in the

Conﬁguration Guide

2. Find out what printer defaults the administrator speciﬁed in Setup.

These default settings can affect the results of your print jobs. Check with your administrator or operator for information on these default settings.

3. Conﬁrm the user software is installed correctly on your workstation, as described in

Getting Started

4. Consult the affect color output.

Color Guide

for information on print options and application features that

xv Before you begin

5. Find out how your workstation is conﬁgured for printing on the network.

If your site has an operator who controls all printing, you may have access to the Hold queue only. In this case, all jobs you send are spooled to the Fiery and held until the operator sends them to their next stage of processing.

You may also have access to the Print queue. If you send jobs to this queue, jobs spool to the Fiery and proceed to RIP and print according to your job settings—unless someone (you, or an operator, for example) intervenes.

Lastly, you may have access to the Direct connection, which sends jobs straight to the server without spooling.

6. Find out whether the Fiery is set up to use Fiery WebTools and what your access privileges are.

The administrator may or may not have enabled access to the server via the Internet (or an intranet). If access is enabled, a password may be required to utilize certain functions.

1-1 Printing from applications

Chapter 1: Printing from Windows Computers

This chapter describes printing to the Fiery from Windows 95/98 and Windows NT

4.0. You can print from a networked Windows computer, a computer using Windows (WINS) printing, or a Windows computer connected to the parallel port on the Fiery. If you plan to print ﬁles at another location, follow the procedures described in “Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location” on page 1-21.

Another way to print from a Windows computer is to download PCL, PostScript, Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), or Portable Document Format (PDF) ﬁles using Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader. Basic instructions are provided at the end of this chapter.

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For information on setting up the Windows environment for printing with Windows servers connected to the Fiery, see the on connecting to the Fiery over the network, installing printer drivers, and installing the Fiery utilities, see

Getting Started

Conﬁguration Guide

. For information

Printing from applications

Once you have installed the Fiery printer driver and set it to the proper port, as described in Simply choose the Print command from within your application.

To achieve the best printing results from speciﬁc applications, see the

Getting Started

, you can print directly from most Windows applications.

Color Guide

Setting options and printing from Windows 95/98

To print from Windows 95/98, use either the PCL printer driver or the Adobe PostScript printer driver for Windows 95/98. Both drivers are included with the Fiery user software.

Once you have installed the PCL printer driver and PDD ﬁle, or the Adobe PostScript printer driver and PPD ﬁle, you can specify print settings for a particular job and print it to the Fiery.

1-2 Printing from Windows Computers

To print from Windows 95/98 applications by connecting your computer to a print server via the network, one of the following is required: a NetWare server, a Windows NT server, or a UNIX server. For more information, see the

To print from Windows 95/98 applications without connecting to a print server, you can use SMB printing. For more information, see

The procedures for setting options and printing are different depending on which printer driver (PCL or PostScript) you use. Procedures for the PostScript printer driver appear below; procedures for the PCL printer driver start on page 1-5.

Getting Started

Conﬁguration Guide

SET PRINT OPTIONS

USING THE ADOBE POSTSCRIPT PRINTER DRIVER:

Saved settings, see page 1-7

Print option bars, see below

AND PRINT FROM WINDOWS 95/98

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Printers.

2. Select the icon for the Fiery and choose Properties from the File menu.

3. Click the Fiery Printing tab.

Shortcuts, see page 1-12

Click to display all print option

Click to hide all print options

The Fiery Printing tab serves as the control center for all frequently used printing functions.

1-3 Printing from applications

4. Click the Paper Source print option bar.

In the Page Size area, specify the page size for the job.

From the Paper Source pop-up menu, choose the paper tray for the job. For example, you can specify that the job should be printed on pages from Tray 4.

In the Media Type area, specify the type of media to use for the job.

For more information on these and other print options, see Appendix A.

NOTE: If paper loaded in the selected tray is a different size, orientation, and/or media

type than that of the job you are sending, the Fiery displays an error message and the job might not print. You should then load the correct paper in the selected tray or cancel the job.

5. Click the Destination, Layout, Watermarks, ColorWise, Image Quality, Finishing, and FreeForm print option bars to specify the appropriate settings for the print job.

These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery and the copier. They override settings speciﬁed in Fiery Printer Setup, but can be overridden from the Command WorkStation or the Fiery WebSpooler. For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A.

If you choose Printer’s default, the job prints according to the settings entered during Setup, or the default settings. See Appendix A for more information.

1-4 Printing from Windows Computers

6. If you want to make the new settings the default settings for all jobs printed from

7. Click the Owner Information print option bar.

Some options can also be set from an application (for example, Reverse Page Order or Collation). In these cases, use the driver option to perform the function, rather than setting it from the application. The application may not set up the ﬁle properly for printing on the Fiery and may also take longer to process.

NOTE: If you specify incompatible print settings, the Conﬂict dialog box may appear.

Follow the on-screen instructions to resolve the conﬂict.

your Windows 95/98 computer, click Apply.

8. Enter text messages in the Notes 1 and Notes 2 areas.

Enter user and job identiﬁcation information for accounting purposes, or whatever information is required at your site.

The information you enter in these areas can be viewed by the operator at the Command WorkStation and also appears in the Job Log. It cannot be edited or erased by the operator.

1-5 Printing from applications

9. In the Instructions area, enter instructions to the operator about the job.

These instructions can be displayed at the Command WorkStation, but do not appear in the Job Log. These instructions can be edited by the operator.

10. Click OK.

11. From your application, choose Print.

Make sure the Fiery is selected as your current printer.

12. Click OK.

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS AND PRINT FROM WINDOWS 95/98

USING THE PCL PRINTER DRIVER:

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Printers.

2. Select the icon for the Fiery and choose Properties from the File menu.

3. Click the Fiery Printing tab.

Saved settings, see page 1-7

Print option bars, see below

Shortcuts, see page 1-12

Click to display all print option

Click to hide all print option

The Fiery Printing tab serves as the control center for all frequently used printing functions.

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4. Click the Paper Source print option bar.

In the Paper Size area, specify the page size for the job.

From the Paper Source pop-up menu, choose the paper tray for the job. For example, you can specify that the job should be printed on pages from Tray 4.

In the Media Type area, specify the type of media to use for the job.

For more information on these and other print options, see Appendix A.

NOTE: If paper loaded in the selected tray is a different size, orientation, and/or media

type than that of the job you are sending, the Fiery displays an error message and the job might not print. You should then load the correct paper in the selected tray or cancel the job.

5. Click the Finishing and Watermarks print option bars to specify the appropriate settings for the print job.

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6. If you want to make the new settings the default settings for all jobs printed from

7. Click OK.

8. From your application, choose Print.

9. Click OK.

If you choose Printer’s default, the job prints according to the settings entered during Setup, or the default settings. See Appendix A for more information.

NOTE: If you specify incompatible print settings, the Conﬂict dialog box may appear.

Follow the on-screen instructions to resolve the conﬂict.

your Windows 95/98 computer, click Apply.

Make sure the Fiery is selected as your current printer.

Using saved settings

Print option settings can be saved on your hard disk so you can easily load speciﬁcally conﬁgured settings for a particular job. Settings ﬁles can also be shared over a network, using the Import and Export features.

NOTE: Although the user interface differs slightly, the following procedures are the

same for both PostScript and PCL drivers, in both Windows 95/98 and Windows NT

4.0. The following examples show the Windows 95/98 PostScript driver.

TO CREATE SAVED SETTINGS:

1. Make sure Default Settings appears in the Saved Settings pop-up menu, then conﬁgure the options from all the print option bars.

As soon as you change any settings, the Saved Settings menu displays Untitled instead of

Default Settings.

Click the Disk button

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2. Click the Disk button.

3. Enter a Settings Name and click OK.

The name appears in the Saved Settings pop-up menu.

TO LOAD SAVED SETTINGS:

1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Saved Settings pop-up menu.

2. Choose the settings you want to use.

The options are automatically conﬁgured with the saved settings.

TO DELETE SAVED SETTINGS:

Click the Settings button

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1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Settings button.

2. Select the settings you want to delete and click Delete.

3. Click Yes to conﬁrm deletion, then click OK.

TO MODIFY SAVED SETTINGS:

1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Saved Settings pop-up menu.

2. Choose the settings you want to modify.

The options are automatically conﬁgured with the currently saved settings.

3. Conﬁgure your new settings from the print option bars, then click the Disk button.

4. Click OK to save the modiﬁed settings.

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TO EXPORT SAVED SETTINGS:

1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Settings button.

2. Select the Saved Settings you want to export, then click Export.

3. Browse to the location where you want to save the ﬁle, enter a ﬁle name, and then click OK.

OTE: The ﬁle name must include the .sav extension and can be up to eight characters

long (not including the extension). The ﬁle name does not have to match the Settings Name.

4. Click OK in the Settings dialog box.

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TO IMPORT SAVED SETTINGS:

1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Settings button.

2. Click the Import button.

3. Browse to the location of the saved settings ﬁle you want to import.

4. Select the ﬁle, then click OK.

5. Click OK in the Settings dialog box.

OTE: When you import saved settings, they appear in the Saved Settings menu under

their Settings Name, not the ﬁle name. In the example above, the ﬁle present.sav (ﬁle name) was imported, but it appears in the Saved Settings menu as Presentation (Settings Name).

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Using Shortcuts

The Shortcuts section of the driver interface displays the current settings for some of the most common print options. You can access and change these settings quickly and easily using the Shortcuts. You can also access some page layout and ﬁnishing options by clicking the Finishing tab, then right-clicking the image of the page directly below Shortcuts (PostScript drivers only).

NOTE: Although the user interface differs slightly, the following procedures are the

same for both PostScript and PCL drivers, in both Windows 95/98 and Windows NT

4.0. The following examples show the Windows 95/98 PostScript driver.

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS USING SHORTCUTS:

1. From the Fiery Printing tab, place your cursor over the print option you want to set.

When your cursor is directly over the print option name, the cursor turns into a hand and the option name is underlined; see the Orientation print option in the example below.

Selected print option

2. Click the selected print option and specify the appropriate settings.

Alternatively, you can right-click the print option and specify the settings directly.

3. Click Apply to make the new settings the default.

4. Click OK.

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TO SET PRINT OPTIONS USING THE PAGE SHORTCUTS:

1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the ﬁnishing tab, then place your cursor over the page image and right-click.

Right-click the page image

Click the Finishing tab

OTE: Page shortcuts are only available from the PostScript drivers.

2. Specify the appropriate settings for the print options.

3. Click Apply to make the new settings the default.

4. Click OK.

Working with custom page sizes in Windows 95/98

With custom page sizes, you deﬁne the page dimensions and the unprintable area of the page. You can save three different custom page sizes for easy use any time you print.

NOTE: Custom page sizes are not available from Windows NT 4.0. Although the user

interface differs slightly, the following procedures are the same for both PostScript and PCL drivers for Windows 95/98. The following examples show the Windows 95/98 PostScript driver.

Click Custom

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TO DEFINE A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE:

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then choose Printers.

2. Right-click the Fiery icon, then choose Properties.

3. Click the Fiery Printing tab, then click the Paper Source print option bar.

4. Click the Custom button.

5. Enter the name and the dimensions of the page, then click OK.

The new custom page name appears in the Page Size pop-up menu.

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6. To deﬁne the unprintable area of the custom page, click the Unprintable Area button, enter the desired information, then click OK.

7. Click OK.

After you deﬁne a custom page size, you can use it from within an application, without having to redeﬁne it each time you print.

TO PRINT A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE:

1. Choose Print from your application.

2. Make sure the Fiery is selected as the printer, then click Properties.

3. Click the Fiery Printing tab, then click the Paper Source print option bar.

4. Select the custom page size from the Page Size pop-up menu.

5. Click OK, and then click OK again to print the job.

Setting options and printing from Windows NT 4.0

You can print from Windows NT 4.0 using the PCL printer driver or Adobe PostScript printer driver, both of which are included on the User Software CD.

Once you have installed the PCL printer driver and PDD ﬁle or the Adobe PostScript printer driver and PPD ﬁle, you can specify print options.

The procedures for setting options and printing are different depending on which printer driver you use (PCL or PostScript). Procedures for the PostScript printer driver appear below and procedures for the PCL printer driver start on page 1-20.

With the Adobe PostScript printer driver, you can set options on a job-by-job basis (see below), or establish default settings for all jobs printed from your computer to the Fiery (see page 1-18).

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TO SET PRINT OPTIONS FOR A SPECIFIC WINDOWS NT 4.0 PRINT JOB

USING THE ADOBEPS PRINTER DRIVER:

1. Choose Print in your application.

2. Make sure the Fiery is selected as your printer and click Properties.

3. Click the Fiery Printing tab.

Saved settings, see page 1-7

Print option bars, see below

Shortcuts, see page 1-12

Click to display all print option

Click to hide all print option

The Fiery Printing tab serves as the control center for all frequently used printing functions.

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4. Click the Paper Source print option bar and specify the appropriate settings for the print job.

In the Page Size area, specify the page size for the job.

From the Paper Source pop-up menu, choose the paper tray for the job. For example, you can specify the job should be printed on pages from Tray 4.

In the Media Type area, specify the type of media to use for the job.

For more information on these and other print options, see Appendix A.

NOTE: If paper loaded in the selected tray is a different size, orientation, and/or media

type than that of the job you are sending, the Fiery displays an error message and the job might not print. You should then load the correct paper in the selected tray or cancel the job

5. Click the Destination, Layout, ColorWise, Image Quality, Finishing, and FreeForm print option bars to specify the appropriate settings for the print job.

These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery and the copier. They override settings speciﬁed in Fiery Printer Setup, but can be overridden in the Command WorkStation Properties dialog box, or in the Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler Override Print Settings dialog box. For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A.

If you choose Printer’s default, the job prints according to the settings entered during Setup, or the default settings. See Appendix A for more information.

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6. Click the Owner Information print option bar.

7. Enter text messages in the Notes 1 and Notes 2 areas.

8. In the Instructions area, enter instructions to the operator about the job.

NOTE: Some options can also be set from an application (for example, Reverse Page

Order or Collation). In these cases, use the driver option to perform the function, rather than setting it from the application. The application may not set up the ﬁle properly for printing on the Fiery and may also take longer to process.

Enter user and job identiﬁcation information for accounting purposes, or whatever information is required at your site.

The information you enter in these areas can be viewed by the operator at the Command WorkStation and also appears in the Job Log. It cannot be edited or erased by the operator.

These instructions can be displayed at the Command WorkStation, but do not appear in the Job Log. These instructions can be edited by the operator.

9. Click OK and then OK in the Print dialog box.

TO SET DEFAULT PRINT OPTIONS FOR ALL WINDOWS NT 4.0

JOBS USING THE ADOBEPS PRINTER DRIVER:

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Printers.

2. Right-click to select the Fiery and choose Document Defaults.

3. Click the Fiery Printing tab.

4. Specify the appropriate default settings for all print jobs, as described starting on page 1-16.

5. Click OK.

With the PCL printer driver, you can set options on a job-by-job basis (see below), or establish default settings for all jobs printed from your computer to the Fiery (see page 1-20).

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TO SET PRINT OPTIONS FOR A SPECIFIC WINDOWS NT 4.0 PRINT JOB

USING THE PCL PRINTER DRIVER:

1. Choose Print in your application.

2. Make sure the Fiery is selected as your printer, then click Properties.

3. Click the Fiery Printing tab.

Saved Settings, see page 1-7

Print option bars, see below

Click to display all print options

Click to hide all print options

Shortcuts, see page 1-12

The Fiery Printing tab serves as the control center for all frequently used printing functions.

4. Click the Paper Source print option bar and specify the appropriate settings for the print job.

In the Page Size area, specify the page size for the job.

From the Paper Source pop-up menu, choose the paper tray for the job. For example, you can specify that the job should be printed on pages from Tray 4.

In the Media Type area, specify the type of media to use for the job.

For more information on these and other print options, see Appendix A.

NOTE: If paper loaded in the selected tray is a different size, orientation, and/or media

type than that of the job you are sending, the Fiery LCD screen displays an error message and the job might not print. You should then load the correct paper in the selected tray or cancel the job

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5. Click the Finishing and Watermarks print option bars to specify the appropriate

6. Click OK in the Print dialog box.

settings for the print job, and click OK.

These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery and the copier. They override settings in Fiery Printer Setup; the settings can also be changed in the Command WorkStation Properties dialog box, or in the Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler Override Print Settings dialog box. For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A.

If you choose Printer’s default, the job prints according to the settings entered during Setup, or the default settings.

NOTE: Some PPD options can also be set from an application (for example, Reverse

Order or Collation). In these cases, use the PPD driver option to perform the function, rather than setting it from the application. The application may not set up the ﬁle properly for printing on the Fiery and may also take longer to process.

TO SET DEFAULT PRINT OPTIONS FOR ALL WINDOWS NT 4.0 JOBS USING

THE PCL PRINTER DRIVER:

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Printers.

2. Right-click to select the Fiery and choose Document Defaults.

3. Click the Fiery Printing tab.

4. Specify the appropriate default settings for all print jobs, as described starting on page 1-19

5. Click OK.

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Printing to the parallel port

The Fiery has a parallel port that enables you to print most ﬁles directly from a Windows computer if your network administrator has connected the Windows computer’s parallel port to the Fiery parallel port.

NOTE: You cannot use Fiery Downloader through the parallel port.

TO PRINT FILES TO THE PARALLEL PORT:

1. Make sure the parallel port is enabled on the Fiery.

Check with your site administrator or operator to see whether printing to the parallel port is enabled. See Getting Started for information on setting up parallel port printing on your Windows computer.

2. Select the printer port that is connected to the Fiery parallel port.

Select one of the local ports: LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3. For instructions, see your Windows documentation.

3. Print from within your application.

Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location

If you do not have a Fiery and are preparing files to take to a service bureau or other location, print the final files to the File port (as opposed to one of the local ports). You can also print to the File port to create a ﬁle to download using Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader. For instructions on printing to the File port, see your Windows documentation.

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Printing with Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader

Downloading ﬁles with Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader is generally faster than printing from application software. You can use Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader to print PCL, PostScript, EPS, or PDF ﬁles.

TO PRINT USING FIERY DOWNLOADER:

1. Create a PCL, PostScript, EPS, or PDF ﬁle. Specify the appropriate print options and include (embed) any necessary fonts that are not resident on the Fiery.

For a list of fonts resident on the Fiery, see Appendix B.

2. Launch Fiery Downloader and connect to the Fiery.

For instructions on setting up Fiery Downloader, see Getting Started.

3. Select the ﬁle(s) you want to download, and specify any necessary options.

4. Click Download File(s).

For details, see Chapter 5, “Downloading Files and Fonts.”

TO PRINT USING WEBDOWNLOADER:

1. Create a PCL, PostScript, EPS, or PDF ﬁle. Specify the appropriate print options and include (embed) any necessary fonts that are not resident on the Fiery.

For a list of fonts resident on the Fiery, see Appendix B.

2. Launch Fiery WebTools and click WebDownloader.

See “Fiery WebTools” on page 6-1 for information on accessing WebDownloader.

3. Select the queue and the ﬁle you want to download.

4. Click Download.

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Chapter 2: Printing from Mac OS Computers

You can print to the Fiery just as you would print to any other printer from any application software. First, select the Fiery as the current printer in the Chooser, and then print the ﬁle from within the application.

Another way to print from a Mac OS computer is to download PostScript, Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), or Portable Document Format (PDF) ﬁles using Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader. Basic instructions are provided at the end of this chapter.

Printing from applications

Before you can print to the Fiery from applications, you must select the Fiery in the Chooser. Then, using the Adobe PostScript printer driver and the correct PostScript Printer Description ﬁle (PPD), you can control many Fiery printing features by specifying job settings from print dialog boxes.

For information on achieving the best printing results from speciﬁc applications, see the Color Guide.

Selecting the Fiery in the Chooser

Before you print a job, make sure the Fiery is the currently selected printer.

NOTE: For information about setting up the Fiery in the Chooser, see Getting Started.

TO SELECT THE FIERY AS THE CURRENT PRINTER:

1. Make sure the Fiery is connected to the network and turned on.

2. Choose Chooser from the Apple menu.

3. Click the AdobePS icon to select it.

OTE: Make sure AppleTalk is set to Active.

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4. If your network is divided into zones, select the zone in which the Fiery is located.

5. Select the Fiery by <Server Name>_<Device Name>_<Queue Name> from the “Select a PostScript Printer” list.

The names of all supported printers in the zone appear in the scroll list on the right.

NOTE: If your system administrator has not enabled the connection to the Print queue

or the Direct connection, the corresponding names will not appear in this list. For example, if your site has an operator who controls the ﬂow of print jobs from the Command WorkStation, you may be able to print only to the Hold queue. See the Conﬁguration Guide for more information on enabling printer connections.

6. Close the Chooser window.

The Fiery remains selected as the current printer until you choose a new printer in the Chooser.

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Setting options and printing from Mac OS computers

In Mac OS applications, print options are set from both the Page Setup dialog box and the Print dialog box. For details on speciﬁc print options, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

NOTE: Some default print options are set by the administrator during Setup. Check

with the administrator or the operator for information on the current server default settings.

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS AND PRINT WITH THE ADOBEPS PRINTER DRIVER:

1. Open a ﬁle and choose Page Setup from the application’s File menu.

2. In the dialog box that appears, specify the Page Attributes settings for your print job.

Make sure to select the Fiery as your printer.

NOTE: Page Setup dialog boxes vary across applications.

3. Click OK.

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4. Choose Print from the application’s File menu.

Make sure the Fiery is selected as your printer and specify settings for the print options displayed.

NOTE: Print dialog boxes vary across applications.

Choose Job Notes from the pop-up menu

From the Paper Source pop-up menu, choose the paper tray for the job. For example, you can specify that the job should be printed on pages in Tray 1.

NOTE: If paper loaded in the selected tray is a different size, orientation, and/or media

type than that of the job you are sending, the Fiery displays an error message and the job will not print. You should then load the correct paper in the selected tray or cancel the job.

5. Go to Job Notes.

Choose Printer Speciﬁc Options from the popup menu

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In the Notes 1 and Notes 2 areas, enter user and job identiﬁcation information for accounting purposes, or whatever information is required at your site. These notes will appear in the Job Log; they can also be viewed by the operator at the Command WorkStation. These notes cannot be edited or erased by the operator.

In the Instructions area, enter instructions to the operator about the job. These instructions can be displayed at the Command WorkStation, but do not appear in the Job Log. These instructions can be edited by the operator.

6. Go to Printer Speciﬁc Options and specify the appropriate settings for your print job.

These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery and the copier (you may need to scroll to see all the options). They override settings in Fiery Setup, but can be changed from the Command WorkStation, or from the Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler. For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

If you choose Printer’s default, the job prints according to the settings entered during Setup, or the default settings. See Appendix A, “Print Options.” for more information.

Some PPD options can also be set from an application (for example, Reverse Order printing or Collation). In these cases, use the PPD option to perform the function, rather than setting it from the application. The application may not set up the ﬁle properly for printing on the Fiery and may also take longer to process.

NOTE: If you specify incompatible print settings, a dialog box may appear. Follow the

on-screen instructions to resolve the conﬂict.

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7. If you want to make the new settings the default settings, click Save Settings.

8. Click Print.

OTE: The Fiery does not support printing the Cover Page from the AdobePS printer

driver.

Deﬁning custom page sizes

With custom page sizes, you deﬁne the page dimensions and margins. After you deﬁne a custom page size, you can use it from within an application, without redeﬁning it each time you print.

TO DEFINE A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE:

1. Choose Page Setup from the application’s File menu.

2. For Paper, choose Custom.

3. From the pull-down menu under “AdobePS Page Setup,” choose Custom Page Default.

Choose Custom Page Default

Limits for selected dimension displayed here

Custom page name

displayed her

Enter a custo

page nam

4. Enter the page dimensions and margins.

You can view the minimum and maximum sizes by using the pull-down menu under PPD Limits.

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5. To save this custom page size, enter a name for it, and click Add.

Saved custom page sizes appear in the menu of page sizes at the top right of the dialog box. To remove a saved custom page size, select it from the menu and click Remove.

6. Click OK.

Printing with Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader

Downloading ﬁles with Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader is generally faster than printing from an application. You can use Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader to print PostScript, EPS, or PDF ﬁles.

TO PRINT USING FIERY DOWNLOADER:

1. Create a PostScript, EPS, or PDF ﬁle. Specify the appropriate print options and include (embed) any necessary fonts that are not resident on the Fiery.

For a list of fonts resident on the Fiery, see Appendix B, “Font List.”

2. Launch Fiery Downloader and connect to the Fiery.

For instructions on setting up Fiery Downloader, see Getting Started.

3. Select the ﬁle(s) you want to download and specify any necessary options.

4. Click Download.

For details, see Chapter 5, “Downloading Files and Fonts.”

TO PRINT USING WEBDOWNLOADER:

1. Create a PostScript, EPS, or PDF ﬁle. Specify the appropriate print options and include (embed) any necessary fonts that are not resident on the Fiery.

For a list of fonts resident on the Fiery, see Appendix B, “Font List.”

2. Launch Fiery WebTools and click on WebDownloader.

See “Fiery WebTools” on page 6-1 for information on how to access WebDownloader.

3. Select the queue and the ﬁle you want to download.

4. Click Download.

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Chapter 3: Printing from UNIX Workstations

You can print to the Fiery directly from UNIX workstations. Jobs printed to the Fiery are sent to the Print or Hold queue and can be manipulated from the Command WorkStation, or from Windows and Mac OS computers on the network, using Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler.

NOTE: If you print to the Hold queue, an operator must intervene from the Command

WorkStation, Fiery Spooler, or Fiery WebSpooler for the job to print; jobs sent to the Hold queue are spooled to disk and held.

The queue name and Fiery printer name are determined by your system administrator. Contact your system administrator for the names of your queues.

For information about setting up printing from TCP/IP, see your UNIX system documentation.

Printing to the Fiery

You can use UNIX commands to print PostScript and text ﬁles to the Fiery. In general, use basic print commands (lpr, lpq, lprm) to send print jobs to a Fiery. See UNIX manual pages or other documentation for information about UNIX commands.

NOTE: Only PCL, PostScript, or text ﬁles can be printed from UNIX.

TO PRINT FROM UNIX:

• On a system running SunOS 4.1.x or another BSD-based variant, use the lpr command to send a job to the Fiery as follows:

lpr <-Pprinter> <-#copies><filename>

For example, if the Print queue of your Fiery is named print_Server, your ﬁle is named

Sample, and you want to print two copies, type:

lpr -Pprint_Server -#2 Sample

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• On a system running Solaris 2.x or any System V implementation of UNIX, use the lp command to send a job to the Fiery as follows:

lp -d <printername> {-n <copies>} <filename>

For example, if the Print queue of your Fiery is named print_Server, your ﬁle is named

Sample, and you want to print two copies, type:

lp -d print_Server -n 2 Sample

TO DISPLAY A LIST OF JOBS IN THE QUEUE:

• On a system running SunOS 4.1.x or another BSD-based variant, use the lpq command to see printer jobs in the queue as follows:

lpq <-Pprinter>

For example, if the Print queue of your Fiery is named print_Server, type:

lpq -Pprint_Server

Your workstation displays the contents of the queue.

• On a system running Solaris 2.x or any System V implementation of UNIX, use the lpstat command to see printer jobs in the queue as follows:

lpstat -o <printername>

For example, if the Print queue of your Fiery is named print_Server, type:

lpstat -o print_Server

Your workstation displays the contents of the queue.

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TO REMOVE JOBS FROM THE QUEUE:

NOTE: Unless you log in as the root user, you can remove only your own jobs.

• On a system running SunOS 4.1.x or another BSD-based variant, use the lprm command to remove jobs from the queue as follows.

lprm <-Pprinter><job #…>

You can use the lpq command to check the job number.

For example, to remove job number 123 from the Print queue of your Fiery named

print_Server, type:

lprm -Pprint_Server 123

The lprm command reports the names of any ﬁles it removes.

• On a system running Solaris 2.x or any System V implementation of UNIX, use the cancel command to remove jobs from the queue.

cancel <printername> <job ID>

For example, to remove job number 123 from the Print queue of your Fiery named

print_Server, type:

cancel print_Server 123

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Chapter 4: Special Features

This chapter describes some of the special features supported by the Fiery, including:

• Printing variable data documents using FreeForm™ (Fiery XP12 only)

This option is also available for Fiery X12 servers equipped with the optional Fiery Advanced Controller Interface kit.

• Printing simulations

• Printing duplex pages

• Scanning images from the copier using Fiery Scan

Printing variable data documents with FreeForm

XP12

Variable data printing is typically used for direct-mail advertising or other targeted mailings. It involves combining a set of master elements that are common across copies of a document with a set of variable elements that change from copy to copy. An example is a brochure that greets customers by name and may include other personal information about the customer obtained from a marketing database. Background elements, illustrations, and text blocks that do not change across copies of the brochure comprise the master elements. The customer’s name and other customer-speciﬁc information comprise the variable elements.

How FreeForm works

The basic premise of FreeForm variable data printing is that the master-element data for the job can be sent to the Fiery and rasterized separately from the variable-element data. The master-element data is stored on the Fiery in prerasterized form as a FreeForm Master, and can be used as often as needed with multiple sets of variableelement data. Because the FreeForm Master job is preRIPped and stored on the Fiery, the only RIP time required for variable data print jobs is the time needed to RIP the variable-element data. In fact, FreeForm Masters can be used for any ﬁxed-element data that you might combine with different data from day to day. For example, a letterhead template can be stored as a FreeForm Master and used repeatedly as the background for different letter content (the variable-element data).

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FreeForm allows you to create the master-element and variable-element documents using any application you wish. The two documents can be created using different applications, or even different computer platforms. To create the master-elements document, you can use a page layout or graphics application. To create the variableelements document, you can use a word processing application that has a mail merge feature, a page layout application that supports scripting, or a database application.

FreeForm functions are controlled with two print options: Create Master and Use Master. You can set these options in the printer driver when you send a job, or you can instruct the operator to set them with job overrides from the Command WorkStation, Fiery Spooler, or Fiery WebSpooler.

Creating the master-elements document

Before you can use FreeForm, you must create a master-elements document and a variable-elements document. This includes creating the layout for the combined document, as well as the elements themselves. In a page layout or graphics program, you arrange the master elements (text and graphics that do not change) on one or more pages, leaving space for the variable elements.

Space for variable elements

Unchanging master elements

Master-elements document

4-3 Printing variable data documents with FreeForm

When you have ﬁnalized the design of the master-elements document, print it to the Fiery and specify that a FreeForm Master is to be created from the job (see page 4-6).

NOTE: Although the Fiery can store up to 100 FreeForm Masters, the printer driver

interface, Fiery WebSpooler, and Fiery Spooler allow you to select numbers 1 through 15 only. To create a FreeForm Master with a number greater than 15, the operator must set the Create Master and Use Master options and RIP the job from the Command WorkStation.

Creating the variable-elements document

You can create the variable-elements document with a word processing application that provides a mail merge function, a database application, or a page layout application that supports scripting. In all cases, information is taken from a list or database and merged into an existing document that is set up to accept the information. Each application has different controls for this function; see the application documentation for detailed instructions. Before the variable elements can be added to the masterelements document, they must be formatted to conform to the layout of the masterelements document. This is done by creating a document with the correct formatting and then adding the variable information in the appropriate places.

Variable element

Variable-elements document

4-4 Special Features

When you have created the variable-elements document, print it to the Fiery and specify that it should be combined with the corresponding FreeForm Master.

Combining the FreeForm Master with the variable-elements document

When you print the variable-elements document to the Fiery, you specify the FreeForm Master created from your master-elements document with the Use Master print option. The Fiery combines the raster data of the variable-elements document with the preRIPped FreeForm Master, creating a new raster data ﬁle. The merged raster ﬁle can be soft-proofed (before it is printed) in the Thumbnail windows of the Command WorkStation, Fiery Spooler, or Fiery WebSpooler.

Combined document

4-5 Printing variable data documents with FreeForm

Using FreeForm

This section provides some suggestions to help you print variable data jobs correctly.

• Consult your administrator or operator on how FreeForm Master numbers are

assigned at your site.

If FreeForm printing is used by a large number of users at your site, FreeForm Master numbers, or ranges of numbers, may be assigned to speciﬁc users or groups. Users can select only numbers 1 through 15 as print option settings. The operator can override FreeForm Master numbers and reassign them to numbers greater than 15 from the Command WorkStation. You may want the operator to assign all FreeForm Master numbers to avoid potential conﬂicts in the use of FreeForm Master numbers.

• Use the Job Notes and Instructions ﬁelds to communicate instructions about your

job to the operator.

If you want to create or use a FreeForm Master number greater than 15, these ﬁelds can be used to tell the operator to override the appropriate job setting (Create Master or Use Master) and RIP the job from the Command WorkStation.

• Give your jobs unique and descriptive names.

Both you and the operator need to be able to easily identify your jobs if there are many jobs in the queues, the FreeForm Master numbers are reassigned, or you want to refer to another job in the Job Notes or Instructions ﬁelds.

• See Appendix A, “Print Options” for restrictions on print option settings when

using FreeForm.

The following settings for the master-elements document and variable-elements document must match:

Color Mode Combine Separations Duplex Page Size Page Order

4-6 Special Features

The following settings for the variable-elements document override the corresponding settings in the master-elements document:

Black Detection Collation Media Type Paper Source Save Fast Reprint Stapler Mode

TO PRINT VARIABLE DATA DOCUMENTS:

1. Create a master-elements document.

The master-elements document can comprise multiple pages.

The example below shows one page of a master-elements document for a tri-fold brochure which was created with a page layout application.

4-7 Printing variable data documents with FreeForm

2. Print the master-elements document to the Fiery with the Create Master print option

3. Create the variable-elements document.

set to one of the FreeForm Master numbers (1 through 15).

Or, set the Create Master option to None and instruct the operator to use overrides to create a FreeForm Master from this job.

You can create the variable-elements document using a different ﬁle, a different application, or a different computer platform than was used to create the masterelements document, but some print options must be the same (see page 4-5 for details).

The example below shows one page of the variable-elements document for the tri-fold brochure. The data in this document can be as simple as a name and address, or as complex as multiple, full-color graphics and photographic elements.

4-8 Special Features

4. Print the variable-elements document to the Fiery with the Use Master print option set to the appropriate FreeForm Master number.

The FreeForm Master number may be one you set yourself when you sent the masterelements document or it may be one that was assigned by the operator.

FreeForm Master numbers can be overridden from the Command WorkStation, Fiery Spooler, or Fiery WebSpooler. Check with the operator to make sure that the FreeForm Master number you specify is the correct one for the FreeForm Master you want to use.

If you want to check the job before it prints, instruct the operator to RIP and Hold the job so that you can preview it from the Command WorkStation, Fiery Spooler, or Fiery WebSpooler.

The example below shows the FreeForm Master and variable-elements document combined. The variable data is simply overlaid on the master-elements document.

4-9 Printing simulations

Printing simulations

You can use the Fiery to proof offset press jobs or to simulate the output of other print devices by specifying settings for two print options: CMYK Simulation Proﬁle and CMYK Simulation Method. These options affect CMYK data only.

The Fiery provides CMYK Simulation targets for the major international press standards: SWOP, DIC, and Euroscale. You can also create, save, and import custom simulation proﬁles using ColorWise Pro Tools (see the Color Guide).

• When printing simulations on the Fiery, choose the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle

setting corresponding to the press standard for which the CMYK data was prepared, or choose a custom simulation proﬁle.

• To simulate the color of a copy made from the copier glass, choose the Match Copy

setting. This setting bypasses Fiery calibration.

Use the CMYK Simulation Method print option to specify the quality of simulation desired: Quick or Full. For more information, see the Color Guide.

Printing duplex pages

You can use the Fiery to print double-sided (duplex) pages.

TO PRINT DUPLEX PAGES:

1. When specifying print options, set Duplex to the desired setting.

prints both sides using the same top edge; Top-Bottom prints the back side

Top-Top

upside-down. See “Duplex” on page A-12 for more information.

2. Set other options and click OK.

3. Click Print.

4-10 Special Features

Scanning from the copier

With the Fiery Scan plug-in module for Photoshop, you can scan an image from the copier glass directly into Photoshop on your computer. You can also load pages into the copier’s document feeder for scanning.

The following requirements and constraints apply:

• Fiery Scan cannot be used over the parallel port, it requires a network connection.

For information on supported networking protocols, see Getting Started.

• The Fiery Scan plug-in must be installed as described in Getting Started.

• Photoshop 5.0’s RGB Setup, should be using the EFIRGB ICC (Mac OS) or

EFIRGB.icm (Windows) settings. See Getting Started for information on loading this ﬁle.

Fiery Scan color conversion settings

Fiery Scan offers two color conversion choices for scanned data:

• Calibrated RGB creates an RGB scan optimized for printing with Fiery Rendering

Styles (CRDs) or ICC proﬁles, as well as for viewing on the monitor.

• Match Copy creates a CMYK scan that, when printed on the Fiery, looks like a copy

of the original made with the copier.

Using Fiery Scan

With Fiery Scan, you ﬁrst create a prescan of the image; then you can select part, or all, of the prescan for ﬁnal scanning.

NOTE: The Windows and Mac OS versions of Fiery Scan are fundamentally the same;

differences are noted in this section. Where both windows or dialog boxes are illustrated, the Windows version comes ﬁrst, followed by the Mac OS version.

4-11 Scanning from the copier

TO PRESCAN A DOCUMENT:

1. Launch Photoshop.

2. Place the original you want to scan on the copier glass, or, if you have multiple originals, place them in the document feeder.

3. In Photoshop’s File menu, point to Import, and click Select TWAIN_32 Source (Windows) or Fiery Twain Select (Mac OS).

4. Select Fiery Scan in the window that appears, and click Select (Windows) or OK (Mac OS).

5. In the File menu, point to Import, and click TWAIN_32 (Windows) or Fiery Twain Acquire (Mac OS).

6. Select the Fiery in the Chooser window, and click OK (Windows) or Connect (Mac OS).

If the Fiery does not appear in the Windows Chooser list, you must conﬁgure the Chooser list to communicate with the Fiery. For instructions, see Getting Started.

7. Select the appropriate settings in the Fiery Scan dialog box.

4-12 Special Features

Prescan size—Choose the paper size of the original from the pop-up menu.

Resolution—Specify a value for the resolution. Changing the resolution also changes

the image size. The maximum resolution supported by the Fiery appears in the dialog box.

Scan Mode (Full Color, Grayscale, or Black & White)—Specify the type of scan you

want.

8. Click Prescan.

The prescan image appears on the left side of the dialog box.

If you are using the document feeder, the Fiery advances and scans one page for each Prescan request.

NOTE: After prescanning, you must complete the scan before the Fiery is able to begin

RIPping and printing any new jobs.

4-13 Scanning from the copier

TO SELECT OPTIONS AND COMPLETE THE SCAN:

1. Drag the cursor to select the area of the prescan image you want to acquire, or enter the area to acquire in the Selection area.

4-14 Special Features

In the Selection area, you can specify:

Units (inches, centimeters, picas, points, ciceros, or pixels)—Specify the ruler units

that appear around the preview image.

Width and Height—Enter the width and height of the area to scan or select an area of

the page using the selection marquee. If you use the marquee to select the scan area, the dimensions appear in these text boxes. If you do not specify a scan area, the default is to acquire the entire scan.

To select a portion of the image using the marquee, you can move the selection marquee around by positioning the Hand tool inside the marquee and dragging the marquee to a new location. You can change the size of the frame by clicking and dragging one of the handles on the corners of the selection frame. If you want to deselect the area you have selected, double-click anywhere.

The Fiery scans at a maximum resolution that is dependent on the size of the selected area. When you select an area to be scanned, Fiery Scan displays the maximum resolution possible for that area. You can enter a dpi value which is less than the maximum resolution.

2. Click Options to display the Fiery Options dialog box (Windows) or Scan Options dialog box (Mac OS).

4-15 Scanning from the copier

3. Select the appropriate settings and click OK.

4. Click Scan in the main window to acquire the scan.

Original—Select the resampling interpolation method to use. In general, you should

choose Photograph if you are scanning a continuous tone photographic image and

Offset Print or Copy if you are scanning a printed document. The Offset Print or Copy

mode takes slightly more time but reduces moiré patterns in scans.

Color Conversion—Select the color conversion to use: Calibrated RGB or Match Copy.

Use Calibrated RGB if you will print the image using a Fiery Rendering Style (CRD). Use Match Copy to match the colors in a copy made by the copier as closely as possible, assuming that you are going to print the image to the same copier and you do not want to use a Rendering Style. Also see “Fiery Scan color conversion settings” on page 4-10.

The progress bar displays how much of the image has been processed. You can click Esc (Windows) or Command-. (Mac OS) to cancel acquiring the scan.

When the scan is acquired, the scanned image is displayed in Photoshop.

5-1 Using Fiery Downloader

Chapter 5: Downloading Files and Fonts

Fiery Downloader allows you to send PCL, PostScript, Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), and Portable Document Format (PDF) ﬁles directly to the Fiery without using the application in which they were created. It also enables you to manage printer fonts on the Fiery.

You can use Fiery Downloader from a remote workstation as well as from the Command WorkStation. Fiery Downloader requires a network connection—you cannot use Fiery Downloader with the parallel port. For information on installing and conﬁguring Fiery Downloader and on supported networking protocols, see Getting Started.

NOTE: The Windows and Mac OS versions of Fiery Downloader are fundamentally the

same; differences are noted in this section. Where both windows or dialog boxes are illustrated, the Windows version comes ﬁrst, followed by the Mac OS version.

You can also use the WebDownloader WebTool to download a PostScript, EPS, PCL, or PDF ﬁle. See “Downloading ﬁles with WebDownloader” on page 6-3.

Using Fiery Downloader

You can use Fiery Downloader to:

• Print PCL, PostScript, EPS, and PDF ﬁles to the Fiery

• Check the status of the Fiery

• Manage the printer fonts stored on the Fiery hard disk (this feature requires that the

Direct connection is published on the Fiery)

NOTE: Fiery Downloader was designed speciﬁcally for the Fiery; you cannot use it with

any other printer. You can use standard LaserWriter downloaders, such as the Adobe Font Downloader, with the Fiery.

TO VIEW INFORMATION WITH FIERY DOWNLOADER:

Displays server status and user

nd document name of the job

urrently printing

Displays server status and user

nd document name of the job

urrently processing

5-2 Downloading Files and Fonts

1. Double-click the Fiery Downloader icon or choose Fiery Downloader from the Start>Programs menu.

2. Select the Fiery in the Chooser window, and click OK (Windows) or Connect (Mac OS).

The Fiery Downloader Status window appears and you see the Fiery Downloader Toolbar, menus, and status bar at the bottom of the screen.

Dynamically displays the progress

f the job

Displays the amount of available

isk space

5-3 Using Fiery Downloader

Buttons for some menu functions appear in the Toolbar at the top of the window.

Open Click to connect to a different Fiery.

Download Click to download a ﬁle or font to the Fiery.

Status If you are viewing the font list, click to display the

status window for the current Fiery.

Font list If you are viewing the status window, click to

display a list of printer fonts on the Fiery hard disk.

About Fiery Downloader (Windows only)

You can click the font list button or choose Font List from the File menu to view font information in the window.

Click to view version information about Fiery Downloader.

3. To select a different Fiery, choose Open from the File menu, or click the Open button.

4. Select the Fiery in the dialog box that appears, and click OK (Windows) or Connect (Mac OS).

5. To close the status window, choose Close from the File menu; to quit Fiery Downloader, choose Exit (Windows) or Quit (Mac OS) from the File menu.

5-4 Downloading Files and Fonts

Printing with Fiery Downloader

Printing ﬁles with Fiery Downloader is fast—generally faster than printing from within applications. If you regularly print large ﬁles, be sure to try printing with Fiery Downloader.

TO DOWNLOAD A FILE OR FONT WITH FIERY DOWNLOADER:

1. Use your application to generate a ﬁle.

You can save a PCL, PostScript, or PDF ﬁle by selecting the appropriate option in the application’s Print dialog box. With some applications, you can also save EPS ﬁles.

If you experience problems printing EPS ﬁles with Fiery Downloader, you can print the ﬁle directly from the application in which you created it.

2. Launch Fiery Downloader.

3. Choose Download from the File menu or click the Download button.

5-5 Using Fiery Downloader

4. Choose the ﬁle type to display from the Files of type (Windows) or Show (Mac OS) menu.

You can leave this at the default All Known Formats or choose All Files. All Known Formats lists all ﬁles in formats supported by Fiery Downloader.

You can download ﬁles and fonts in the same batch. If the fonts are used by ﬁles in the same batch, the fonts should be downloaded ﬁrst.

5. Choose the Connection Type (Windows) or Queue (Mac OS) to which you will download the ﬁles.

The options available to you in this menu depend on the setup at your site. The potential selections are Print Queue (Windows) or Print (Mac OS), Hold Queue (Windows) or Hold (Mac OS), and Direct Connection (Windows) or Direct (Mac OS). If your administrator has not enabled one or more of these connections, you cannot select it.

PDF ﬁles cannot be printed with the Direct connection. If you choose the Direct connection, the job is spooled to the Print queue and then printed. If the Print queue is not enabled, the job is spooled to the Hold queue and must be released for printing by the operator.

5-6 Downloading Files and Fonts

6. Select the ﬁlename and click Add File(s) (Windows) or Add (Mac OS).

7. To change the attributes of a ﬁle to be downloaded, select it and click Options.

NOTE: To download fonts, you must use the Direct connection (make sure the Direct

connection is published on the Fiery). If you do not have access to the Direct connection, you must embed any special fonts used by the ﬁle in the ﬁle when you generate it.

The File name ﬁeld (Windows) displays the name of the selected ﬁle before you click Add.

You can navigate to different drives and directories to select ﬁles to download. Click Add All (Mac OS) to add all ﬁles in a folder.

To select multiple sequential ﬁles (Windows), select the ﬁrst ﬁle and then Shift-click the last ﬁle. Control-click to select multiple non-sequential ﬁles.

If you change your mind about a ﬁle, select the ﬁlename in the Files to Download list and click Remove File(s) (Windows) or Remove (Mac OS).

Click Remove All (Mac OS) to remove all ﬁles from the Files to Download list.

PostScript Options dialog box (Windows) PDF Options dialog box (Windows)

PostScript Options dialog box (Mac OS) PDF Options dialog box (Mac OS)

OTE: The Options button is not available when downloading PCL ﬁles.

5-7 Using Fiery Downloader

8. Specify the following information in the dialog box and click OK.

The options you set apply only to the selected ﬁle. You can set different options, or leave the default settings, for each ﬁle.

Copies—Specify the number of copies.

Brightness (PostScript and EPS ﬁles only)—Change the Brightness setting if a ﬁle

appears to be too dark or too light. Choose 85% for a substantially lighter image, 115% for a substantially darker image, or one of the options in between.

NOTE: Some applications, including Adobe Photoshop, provide transfer functions that

let you specify density settings for an image. If the ﬁle you are printing includes transfer functions, the Fiery Downloader Brightness option has no effect. For more information on using transfer functions, see the documentation for your application.

‘showpage’ after EPS ﬁles (Windows) or ‘showpage’ (Mac OS) (PostScript and EPS

ﬁles only)—In most cases, you do not need to use this option. Select the ‘showpage’ option only if an EPS ﬁle fails to print without it. This option adds a ‘showpage’ PostScript language command at the end of the print job. Some applications omit this necessary PostScript language command when they generate EPS ﬁles. Select this option when printing EPS ﬁles generated by these applications. If you select this option unnecessarily, extra blank pages may print.

If you experience problems printing EPS ﬁles with Fiery Downloader, you can print the ﬁle directly from the application in which you created it.

Page range (PDF ﬁles only)—Specify the page range you want to print.

9. Click Download File(s) (Windows) or Download (Mac OS).

10. To cancel downloading, press Escape (Windows) or Command-. (Mac OS).

5-8 Downloading Files and Fonts

Downloading and managing printer fonts

The Fiery includes 46 built-in PCL fonts and 136 PostScript fonts; for a complete list, see Appendix B, “Font List.” In addition, two Adobe Multiple Master fonts are included and are used for font substitution in PDF ﬁles.

Before downloading a ﬁle that uses fonts not resident on the Fiery, you must download the fonts (unless the fonts are embedded in the ﬁle). To see what fonts are resident on the Fiery, choose Font List from the File menu or click the Font List button (see page 5-10).

You can download fonts only via the Direct connection. If you do not have access to the Direct connection, you must embed any special fonts used by the ﬁle in the ﬁle when you generate it.

The screen fonts that correspond to the printer fonts installed on the Fiery are not automatically installed on your Windows system.

NOTE: You cannot use Fiery Downloader to download TrueType fonts. If you use

TrueType fonts in Windows, you can print them by converting them to Adobe Type 1 fonts. To do this with the Adobe PS printer driver for Windows 95/98, click the Fonts tab and set up the Font Substitution Table, as necessary. For Windows NT 4.0, go to the Advanced tab of the Fiery Document Defaults dialog box, then select Graphic> TrueType Font> Download as Softfont.

Printer fonts and Mac OS screen fonts

Like all PostScript fonts, the fonts included with the Fiery come in two forms: printer fonts and screen fonts. The printer fonts are installed permanently on the Fiery hard disk. The screen fonts, which are included with the Fiery user software, should be installed on your Mac OS computer. If you are using these fonts in documents you print on a LaserWriter, they are probably already installed. If not, you will need to install them yourself. For instructions, see Getting Started.

Occasionally, you may want to use Adobe Type 1 (Windows) or PostScript (Mac OS) fonts that are not included with the Fiery. If so, you will need to install both the screen fonts and the printer fonts on your computer. To do this, follow the instructions from the font manufacturer.

5-9 Using Fiery Downloader

Downloading printer fonts to the Fiery

In general, each time you print from within a Mac OS application, the application automatically downloads any fonts used in your document that are not already installed on the Fiery, as long as the printer fonts are installed in your System Folder. These fonts remain in the Fiery only until your document has printed. If you print the same document again, your application must download the fonts again.

If you regularly use one or more fonts from Windows or Mac OS applications that are not already installed in the Fiery, you can save time by downloading them to the Fiery hard disk with Fiery Downloader. Fonts you download to the Fiery hard disk remain installed until you remove them using Fiery Downloader, no matter how many times the Fiery is turned off and on. You’ll probably want to download fonts you use on a regular basis to the Fiery hard disk.

Before you download PCL, PostScript, or EPS ﬁles with Fiery Downloader, make sure all fonts included in your ﬁle are installed on the Fiery or embedded in your ﬁle; otherwise the text in these fonts will not print correctly and may not print at all. For PDF ﬁles, font substitution occurs automatically for fonts not installed on the Fiery. Two multiple master fonts (a serif font and a sans serif font) stored on the Fiery are used exclusively for substitution with PDF ﬁles.

5-10 Downloading Files and Fonts

TO VIEW FONT INFORMATION, UPDATE, PRINT, AND DELETE FONTS:

• Choose Font List from the File menu or click the Font List button.

OTE: If the Direct connection is not published, you cannot view the font list or

perform any of the tasks described in this procedure. See the Conﬁguration Guide or talk to your administrator for information on how to publish the Direct connection.

The Font List window appears with Update, Print, and Delete buttons in the title bar. The printer fonts included with the Fiery (resident fonts) are locked. Locked fonts appear with a lock icon next to the name and cannot be deleted.

Click to print the font list to the Print queue Select a font and click to delete it

lick to update the information

in the font list window

Lock icon

6-1 Fiery WebTools

Chapter 6: Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

Fiery user software includes a variety of tools that allow you to track and manage print jobs. Access to some tools is controlled by your site administrator, but other tools are available to all users.

• The Command WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler, and Fiery Spooler all provide the

capability to view and control the ﬂow of print jobs to the Fiery. If the administrator has set Administrator and Operator passwords in Setup, you need one of these passwords to perform most Command WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler, and Fiery Spooler functions. For information on these tools and the access privileges needed to use them, see the Job Management Guide.

• The Status, WebLink, and WebDownloader WebTools do not require any special

access privileges. As long as the administrator has enabled Web Services in Setup and has provided users with the IP address of the Fiery, anyone can use these WebTools.

• Fiery Link, a utility designed to give you up-to-date status on print jobs and

connected Fiery servers, is also available to all users.

Fiery WebTools

Fiery WebTools reside on the Fiery’s hard disk drive but can be accessed over the network from a variety of platforms. The Fiery has a home page that lets you view server functions and manipulate jobs remotely. This chapter describes only the Status, WebLink, and WebDownloader WebTools. For information on Fiery WebSpooler, see the Job Management Guide. For information on the Installer WebTool, see Getting Started. For information on WebSetup, see the Conﬁguration Guide.

TO ACCESS FIERY WEBTOOLS:

1. Start up your Internet browser application.

See Getting Started for information about supported platforms and browsers.

2. Enter the IP address or the DNS name of the Fiery.

Check with the operator or administrator for this information.

6-2 Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

3. If a Log In dialog box appears, select Guest and click OK.

4. When the Fiery home page appears, click to select one of the Fiery WebTools.

The Log In dialog box appears only if the administrator has set a password. Guest access is sufﬁcient to use the Status, WebLink, and WebDownloaderWebTools, as described in this chapter.

Move the cursor over the buttons to display information about the selections.

Checking Fiery status with the Status WebTool

You can use the Status WebTool to see what jobs are currently processing and printing. To access the Status WebTool, point your browser to the Fiery home page and click the Status button. The current RIP Status and Printer Status appear in the window.

To open a new browser window for the Status display, click Float. You can then close other browser windows and leave the Status window open to continue checking the status of the Fiery. As long as you keep the Status window open, it is dynamically updated.

To obtain more information about the status of jobs, use Fiery WebSpooler, Fiery Spooler, or the Command WorkStation, as described in the Job Management Guide. You can also use Fiery Link as described on page 6-3.

6-3 Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

Accessing information with WebLink

The WebLink button on the Fiery home page provides a link to another web page or to multiple web pages, provided you have a valid Internet connection. The administrator at your site can set the WebLink destination. Check your Fiery WebLink for any information available there.

Downloading ﬁles with WebDownloader

Using WebDownloader, you can send PostScript, Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), PCL, and Portable Document Format (PDF) ﬁles to the printer without ﬁrst opening the ﬁle in an application.

TO DOWNLOAD A FILE WITH WEBDOWNLOADER:

1. Click the WebDownloader WebTool.

2. Select the destination.

You can download ﬁles to the Direct, Print, or Hold queue. Files sent to the Print queue are spooled in the printer’s memory. Files sent to the Hold queue remain in memory until they are moved to the Print queue or are deleted.

3. Click Browse to search for the ﬁle, then select the ﬁle and click Open.

4. Click Download.

Fiery Link

Fiery Link is designed to provide you with up-to-date status on print jobs and connected servers. It tracks the status of your print jobs and alerts you to errors. For example, you can see how many print jobs are ahead of your job in the queue. Fiery Link also provides information about paper and toner levels. For example, you can make sure the sorter output tray is empty before sending a job that will be sorted.

For information on installing and conﬁguring Fiery Link, and on supported networking protocols, see Getting Started.

NOTE: The Windows and Mac OS versions of Fiery Link are fundamentally the same;

differences are noted in this section. Where both windows or dialog boxes are illustrated, the Windows version comes ﬁrst, followed by the Mac OS version.

TO BEGIN USING FIERY LINK:

Click to minimize Fiery Link to the Tool Tray on the Taskbar (Windows only)

6-4 Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

1. Double-click the Fiery Link icon or choose Fiery Link from the Start>Programs menu.

The main Fiery Link window appears.

Click to scroll through the list of Fiery Link tools

Displays the selected Fiery Link tool

Click to set preferences

Click to scroll through the lis

of servers and print jobs

Displays the selected

server or print job

Click to edit My Fiery List

NOTE: To exit Fiery Link, press the Alt and F4 keys (Windows) or the Command and

Q keys (Mac OS).

2. Click the currently selected server or print job to display the list of all connected servers or print jobs.

6-5 Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

3. From this list, select the Fiery or the job about which you want information.

4. Click the currently selected Fiery Link tool to display a list of all the tools (as shown below), and select a tool.

Fiery Link tools

Fiery Link includes the following tools that can be used to monitor a print job or a connected Fiery. Clicking the up and down arrows scrolls through the Tool List and opens each tool in turn in the Fiery Link window.

Icon: Tool: If a print job is selected: If a server is selected:

Status Shows the job status and number of pages

processed.

Queue Position Shows the number of jobs ahead of the

selected job in the queue.

Shows the status of the server, including any error messages. You can make an error message disappear by clicking the Fiery Link window.

Shows the total number of active jobs queued to print on the server.

6-6 Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

Icon: Tool: If a print job is selected: If a server is selected:

File Info Displays the ﬁle name, when it was sent to

the server, the target server, the number of pages, and number of copies.

Input Trays (see below)

Toner (see below)

Fiery Info Shows the model name, amount of

Support Lists the contact names and information for

Shows paper levels in all trays of the output device to which the job was printed.

Shows the toner levels of the output device to which the job was printed.

memory, processor, and software version of the target server.

the target server and the output device.

Input Trays

An icon is used to represent the paper level in each tray. A red icon indicates the paper tray is empty, a yellow icon indicates the paper tray is less than half full, and a green icon indicates the paper tray is more than half full. Up and down arrows allow you to scroll through the available paper trays.

Toner

You can see how much toner your copier has by clicking on the Toner tool. A warning appears if the copier is getting low on toner.

Displays the server name and connected device, total number of queued jobs, and the number of those jobs sent by the user.

Shows paper levels in all trays of the output device to which the server is connected.

Shows the toner levels of the output device to which the server is connected.

Shows the model name, amount of memory, processor, and software version of the server.

Lists the contact names and information for the server and the output device.

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Preferences

Click the preferences checkbox in the main window to view the Preferences dialog box.

Setting the My Fiery List Options preferences

You can track print jobs, monitor Fiery servers, or both. If you select Track my print jobs, and then click the currently selected print job, the Active Job List window is displayed.

6-8 Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

If you select Monitor my Fierys, then click the currently selected Fiery server, the Device List is displayed.

If you select Both, then click the currently selected print job or Fiery server, both the Active Job List and Device List are displayed.

Setting the General and Alert option preferences

You can set the following options for tracking print jobs, monitoring servers, or both:

• Show/hide tool tips

• Show/hide animations

• Enable/disable audible alerts

• Enable/disable stack alerts

• Enable/disable processing error notiﬁcation

• Enable/disable printing error notiﬁcation

• Enable/disable ﬁle printed notiﬁcation

• Enable/disable consumable warnings notiﬁcation

6-9 Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

My Fiery List

Click the Fiery checkbox in the main window to access the My Fiery List. You can use My Fiery List to specify the Fiery servers you want to monitor using Fiery Link. For information on setting up and changing the My Fiery List, see Getting Started.

Windows taskbar menu

You can access a menu from the Windows taskbar status area to get information about Fiery Link, set some Fiery Link options, or exit the application.

TO ACCESS AND USE THE TASKBAR MENU:

1. Right-click the Fiery Link icon in the Windows taskbar status area.

2. Choose one of the options from the pop-up menu.

Options with checkmarks are enabled.

3. Choose About Fiery Link for version information.

4. Choose Always on Top to enable or disable the option.

If this option is enabled, the Fiery Link window always appears on top of other open windows. If this option is disabled, the Fiery Link window may be hidden by other open windows.

5. Choose Dock Fiery Link to enable or disable the option.

If this option is enabled, the Fiery Link window is automatically repositioned to either the far left or the far right side of your screen. If this option is disabled, you can position the Fiery Link window anywhere on the screen.

6. Choose Exit to exit Fiery Link.

A-1 Print Options

Appendix A: Print Options

Print options give you access to all the special features of your copier and Fiery. Print options can be speciﬁed in several places—in Fiery Setup, from the printing application, from Fiery Downloader, from ColorWise Pro Tools, from the Command WorkStation, from Fiery WebSpooler, and from Fiery Spooler. The table in this appendix brieﬂy describes each print option, gives its default setting, and provides information on any constraints or requirements in effect.

Where to set print options

• During Setup

Some settings are speciﬁed during Setup by the administrator. For information on the current default server settings, check with the administrator or the operator.

• From applications

With the PCL and Adobe PostScript printer drivers, you can specify job settings when you print a job. See Chapter 1, “Printing from Windows Computers” and Chapter 2, “Printing from Mac OS Computers” for information about specifying job settings from applications.

• From Fiery Downloader

Only a few settings—Copies, Page Range (for PDF ﬁles only), and Brightness (for PostScript and EPS ﬁles only)—can be speciﬁed when printing jobs with Fiery Downloader. To change options in Fiery 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 Chapter 5, “Downloading Files and Fonts.”

• From ColorWise Pro Tools

You can set the default RGB Source Proﬁle, CMYK Simulation Proﬁle, Output Proﬁle, CMYK Simulation Method, and RGB Separation settings. See the Color Guide for more information on using ColorWise Pro Tools.

A-2 Print Options

• Overrides from the Command WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler, and Fiery Spooler

To change job settings from the Command WorkStation, double-click a job to display the Properties dialog box. To change job settings from Fiery WebSpooler and from Fiery Spooler, double-click a job to display the Override Print Settings dialog box. For more information, see the Job Management Guide.

Print option override hierarchy

The override hierarchy is as follows:

• A user’s printer driver settings override the Fiery Setup and ColorWise Pro Tools

settings.

• Settings made from the Command WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler, or Fiery Spooler

override the user’s printer driver settings.

Default settings

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

For options that can be conﬁgured during Setup from the Control Panel, Command WorkStation, WebSetup, or ColorWise Pro Tools choosing Printer’s default results in the Fiery printing the job with the Setup setting speciﬁed. For options that cannot be conﬁgured during Setup, the Fiery prints the job with a pre-conﬁgured “Printer’s default” setting. For more information, see the “Requirements, constraints, and information” column.

To ﬁnd out about the current Setup defaults, print the Conﬁguration page from the Command WorkStation or from the Fiery Control Panel.

A-3 Print Options

Option and settings:

(Default setting is underlined)

(Other) Gamma

s default/1.0/1.2/1.4/1.6/

Printer’

1.8/2.0/2.2/2.4/2.6/2.8/3.0

(Other) Phosphors

s default/Hitachi EBU/

Printer’ Hitachi-Ikegami/NTSC/ Radius Pivot/SMPTE/Trinitron

(Other) White Point

s default/5000 K (D50)/

Printer’ 5500 K/6500 K (D65)/7500 K/9300 K

Description:

Specify a source gamma value for printing RGB images, objects, and text.

Specify a source phosphors value for printing RGB images, objects, and text.

Specify a source white point value for printing RGB images, objects, and text.

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

Setting this option to Printer’s default produces the same result as the setting. To enable this option, RGB Source Proﬁle must be set to For more information, see the Color Guide. This option is not available for PCL printing.

Setting this option to Printer’s default produces the same result as the

(D50) setting.

To enable this option, RGB Source Proﬁle must be set to For more information, see the Color Guide. This option is not available for PCL printing.

Other.

2.2

SMPTE

5000 K

Black Detection Printer’s default/Off/On

Select Off if your job consists of black-only text pages combined with a signiﬁcant number of color pages. Select

On if you are printing a

predominantly black and white job.

Color Mode must be set to

Standard Color, or Expert Color.

For more information, see page A-10. This option is not available for PCL printing.

CMYK,

A-4 Print Options

Option and settings:

(Default setting is underlined)

Black Overprint

s default/Off/On

Printer’

Brightness

s default/85% Lightest/

Printer’ 90% Lighter/95% Light/ 100% Normal/105% Dark/ 110% Darker/115% Darkest

CMYK Simulation Method

s default/Quick/Full

Printer’

Description:

Select Off to print black text with knockouts. Select

On to overprint black text.

Select 85% for a substantially lighter image,

115% for a substantially darker

image, or use one of the settings in between.

Select Quick to utilize one-dimensional transfer curves to adjust density output of individual color channels. Select

Full to utilize four-dimensional

transfer curves, which adjust for hue as well as density of individual color channels.

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

Printer’s default setting reﬂects the

The setting speciﬁed in Fiery Setup. For Windows, choose Color Mode to access this option. If this option is set to Separations option must be set to Setting this option to sets the Pure Black Text/Graphics option to

On.

For more information, see page A-10 and the Color Guide. This option is not available for PCL printing.

Setting this option to produces the same result as the

Normal setting.

This option is not available for PCL printing.

The

Printer’s default setting reﬂects the

setting speciﬁed in Fiery Setup. For Windows, choose Color Mode to access this option. For more information, see the Color

Guide.

This option is not available for PCL printing.

Expert Color as the

On, the Combine

Off.

On automatically

Printer’s default

100%

Expert Color as the

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle

s default/SWOP-Coated/

Printer’ DIC/Euroscale/Simulation-1/ Simulation-2/Simulation-3/ Simulation-4/Simulation-5/ Simulation-6/Simulation-7/ Simulation-8/Simulation-9/ Simulation-10/None/Match Copy

Specify the simulation goal to be used for the current print job.

The Printer’s default setting reﬂects the setting speciﬁed in Fiery Setup. For Windows, choose Color Mode to access this option. For more information, see page A-11 and the Color Guide. This option is not available for PCL printing.

Expert Color as the

A-5 Print Options

Option and settings:

(Default setting is underlined)

Collate Printer’s default/Off/On

Color Mode

s default/CMYK/Grayscale

Printer’ (from the Mac OS driver) OR

d Color/Expert Color/Grayscale

Standar

the Windows drivers)

(from

Combine Separations On/Off

Copies

-999

Create Master

None

/1-15

Description:

Specify how to output multiple-page/multiple-copy jobs.

Specify the color mode for the current print job. Select

CMYK, Standard Color, or Expert

Color for a full-color document.

Select

Grayscale for a grayscale or

black-and-white document.

When printing separations from a desktop publishing application: Select

On to combine separations on a

single page. Select

Off to view separations as four

individual black-and-white pages each representing one color plate.

Specify the number of copies of the job to print.

To create a FreeForm master from this job, specify a number to assign to the FreeForm master ﬁle.

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

For more information, see page A-12. This option is not available for PCL printing.

The

Printer’s default setting reﬂects the

setting speciﬁed in Fiery Setup. For Windows, you must choose

Color to set other color print options,

including Pure Black Text/Graphics. This option is not available for PCL printing.

This option is not available for PCL printing. For more information, see page A-12.

Do not enter a value greater than 999.

This option is also available for Fiery X12 servers equipped with the optional Fiery Advanced Controller Interface kit. See page 4-2 for more information. Create Master is not available for PCL printing.

Expert

Custom Output Direction

s Default/Long Edge First/

Printer’ Short Edge First

Specify whether the short edge or long edge prints along the width of the media.

Setting this option to Printer’s default produces the same result as the

First setting.

This option is for use with custom page sizes only. See page A-12 for more information. This option is not available for PCL printing.

Long Edge

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Option and settings:

(Default setting is underlined)

Duplex

/Top-Top/Top-Bottom

Off

Face-Down Printing

s default/Off/On

Printer’

Instructions

Description:

Specify whether the job should print single-sided or double-sided (duplex), by specifying the orientation of printed images.

Select Off to print your document on the top of the paper. Select document on the bottom of the paper (i.e., the document will output from the copier with the text facing down).

Enter instructions to the operator about the job.

On to print your

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

For more information on duplex printing, see page A-12. The Duplex option cannot be selected with the

Heavyweight Media Type.

Face-Down Printing must be set to and Page Order set to duplex jobs.You cannot print a duplex job from Tray 5.

The setting speciﬁed in Fiery Setup. The Media Type option must be or set to This option is not available for PCL printing.

The Instructions ﬁeld has a 128-character limit. This option is not available for PCL printing.

12x18 Paper Size or the

Forward for all

Printer’s default setting reﬂects the

Normal

Heavyweight if Face-Down Printing is

On.

Mailbox

/Bin 1/Bin 2/Bin 3/Bin 4/Bin 5/

Off Bin 6/Bin 7/Bin 8/Bin 9/Bin 10

Media Type (Paper Type)

/Heavyweight/

Normal Extra Heavyweight/Transparency/ Transparency Interleave

Notes 1 and Notes 2

Specify an output bin for the print job. Requires the optional mailbox/sorter

copier attachment. This option is not available for PCL printing.

Select Transparency if you will be printing on transparencies. Select

Transparency Interleave to print

multiple transparency sheets with a blank, plain paper sheet inserted between each transparency.

Enter special information about the job. The Notes 1 and Notes 2 ﬁelds each have

PCL supports only

Transparency.

a 31-character limit. This option is not available for PCL printing.

Normal and

A-7 Print Options

Option and settings:

(Default setting is underlined)

Output Proﬁle

s default/Output-1/Output-2/

Printer’ Output-3/Output-4/Output-5/ Output-6/Output-7/Output-8/ Output-9/Output-10

Page Order

s default/Forward/Reverse

Printer’

Description:

Specify the output proﬁle to be used for the current print job.

Select Forward to print the pages of your job from ﬁrst to last. Select

Reverse to print the pages of your

job from last to ﬁrst.

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

The Printer’s default setting reﬂects the setting speciﬁed in ColorWise Pro Tools. For Windows, choose Color Mode to access this option. See page A-13 and the Color Guide for more information. This option is not available for PCL printing.

The

Printer’s default setting reﬂects the

setting speciﬁed in Fiery Setup. This option is not available for PCL printing.

OTE: If you set Page Order to Reverse

and print a job with more than 1000 pages, or a job that is too large to be saved to the Fiery’s memory and disk (based on currently available space), then the job may print in sections that have to be manually rearranged after printing. For example, if you print a 1500-page document in reverse order, the Fiery might divide the job into two portions, ﬁrst printing page 1000 to page 1, and then page 1500 to page 1001.

Expert Color as the

Page Range

/Even/Odd

All

Paper Size 11x17/12x18/A3/A4/SEF A4/A5/ SEF A5/A6/DocuPac/SEF DocuPac/ Legal/Legal 13/Letter Postcard (4x6)/SR-A3/Custom page 1/ Custom page 2/Custom page 3

/SEF Letter/

Specify which pages of the document to print.

Specify the size of the paper on which to print the document.

This option is available only as an override from Fiery WebSpooler, Fiery Spooler, and Command WorkStation.

See page A-14 for more information.

A-8 Print Options

Option and settings:

(Default setting is underlined)

Paper Source

utoSelect/Tray 1/Tray 2/

A Tray 3/Tray 4/Tray 5/Tray 6

Pure Black Text/Graphics

s default/Off/On

Printer’

Remove White PPT Background

/Yes

Rendering Style

s default/Photographic/

Printer’ Presentation/Relative Colorimetric/ Absolute Colorimetric

Description:

Specify the paper tray to use for your job. The AutoSelect setting automatically

Select Off to print black text and graphics as a four color black using C, M, Y, and K toner, and to use normal PostScript rendering. Select

On to print black text and graphics

as a one color black, using 100% black toner only.

Select Yes when using PowerPoint to create variable data in conjunction with FreeForm.

Specify a default color rendering dictionary (CRD) to be used when you print RGB images, objects, and text.

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

selects the tray containing the paper size speciﬁed for the job. If you select

Normal as the Media Type.

The setting speciﬁed in Fiery Setup. For Windows, choose Color Mode to access this option. This option is automatically set to the Black Overprint option is set to For more information, see the Color Guide. This option is not available for PCL printing.

This option is also available for Fiery X12 servers equipped with the optional Fiery Advanced Controller Interface kit. Remove White PPT Background is not available for PCL printing.

The Printer’s default setting reﬂects the setting speciﬁed in Fiery Setup. For Windows, choose Color Mode to access this option. For more information, see page A-14. This option is not available for PCL printing.

Tray 6, you must select

Printer’s default setting reﬂects the

Expert Color as the

On if

Expert Color as the

On.

RGB Separation

s default/Output/Simulation

Printer’

Select Output for RGB jobs which you are printing to the ﬁnal output device. Select

Simulation for RGB jobs for which

you want to simulate an output device that is not the device to which you are printing.

The

Printer’s default setting reﬂects the

setting speciﬁed in Fiery Setup. For Windows, choose Color Mode to access this option. This option is not available for PCL printing.

Expert Color as the

A-9 Print Options

Option and settings:

(Default setting is underlined)

RGB Source Proﬁle

s default/EFIRGB/sRGB (PC)/

Printer’ Apple Standard/Other/Source-1/ Source-2/Source-3/Source-4/Source-5/ Source-6/Source-7/Source-8/Source-9/ Source-10/None

Save Fast Reprint

/On

Off

Spot Color Matching

s default/Off/On

Printer’

Description:

Specify a source color space deﬁnition for printing RGB images, objects, and text.

Specify whether or not to save a job’s raster data to disk after printing, so the data will be available later for reprinting (without reRIPping).

Select Off to print speciﬁed PANTONE colors in your job using the current CMYK Simulation and CMYK Simulation Method. Select

On to activate the PANTONE

Lookup Table. The Fiery prints speciﬁed PANTONE colors in your job by matching the CMYK print blend to the same color from the PANTONE library.

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

The Printer’s default setting reﬂects the setting speciﬁed in Fiery Setup. For Windows, choose Color Mode to access this option. See page A-14 and the Color Guide for more information. This option is not available for PCL printing.

With Save Fast Reprint set to option settings remain with the saved raster data each time the job is reprinted. To print the job with new print option settings, you must remove raster and reRIP the job. This option is not available for PCL printing.

The

Printer’s default setting reﬂects the

setting speciﬁed in Fiery Setup. For Windows, choose Color Mode to access this option. For more information, see the Color Guide. This option is not available for PCL printing.

Expert Color as the

On, all print

Expert Color as the

Stapler Mode

/Front/Rear/Dual

Off

Text/Graphics Enhancement Off/On

Specify whether or not and how to staple the job.

Select On to sharpen the edges of text and line graphics.

Select

Off for printing text using very

small font sizes.

See page A-15 for more information. This option is not available for PCL printing.

This option is not available for PCL printing.

A-10 Print Options

Option and settings:

(Default setting is underlined)

Use Master

None

/1-15

Description:

For variable data print jobs, specify a FreeForm master number to be used for the job.

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

This option is also available for Fiery X12 servers equipped with the optional Fiery Advanced Controller Interface kit. See page 4-2 for more information. Use Master is not available for PCL printing.

More about print options

The following sections provide additional information about print options. See the table above for information on the settings, requirements, and constraints in effect for these options.

Black Detection

Off—Select if your job consists of black-only text pages combined with a signiﬁcant

number of color pages. Doing so will prevent the copier from having to cycle down each time between printing the black only pages and color pages.

On—Select when you are printing a predominantly black and white job. The Fiery

speeds printing by sensing the data on each page of your job to detect any color information; if black is the only color detected on a page, the copier will print the page using only black toner and one print cycle instead of the four cycles necessary for color printing.

Black Overprint

When printing black text in combination with a color background or graphics, the text can be printed in one of two ways: either as part of the color background, or on top of the color background. Black Overprint allows you to choose a speciﬁc way to print the black text for such a job.

Off—Prints the black text with knockouts. The Fiery ﬁrst prints the color background

with the black text areas ‘knocked out’ (no color is printed in the text areas); the black text is then printed in the knocked out area, ﬁlling in the areas not printed in color. The result is a ﬂatter appearance for the black text.

A-11 Print Options

On—Overprint the black text. Used in combination with the Pure Black Text/Graphics

option, the Fiery ﬁrst prints the full color background, then lays the black text on top of the color background as 100% K toner. The result is a darker and glossier appearance for the black text. Overprinting also minimizes misregistration and ‘haloing’ problems.

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle allows you to change the simulation goal for the current print job. As the job begins processing, the simulation goal selected in CMYK Simulation Proﬁle is applied before printing.

NOTE: Choosing Printer’s default results in the job being printed with the simulation

goal currently set on the Fiery.

SWOP-Coated—Uses the United States press standard.

DIC—Uses the Japanese press standard.

Euroscale—Uses the European press standard.

Simulation-1 (2,3,4,5...10)—Uses a custom simulation goal. Before selecting this

setting, you are required to create a new simulation goal with ColorWise Pro Tools and link the new simulation to one of the custom simulation names, e.g., Simulation-1.

NOTE: If two-way communication is enabled, Simulation-1 through Simulation-10 do

not appear in the Windows 95/98 PostScript driver. This driver displays all the custom simulations saved on the Fiery by name. See Getting Started for information on setting up two-way communication.

None—Uses no simulation goal. Select this setting when the CMYK data for your job

has already been separated for your speciﬁc printer (for example, when using the Color Management System built into your computer to convert the CMYK data to the printer’s color space).

Match Copy—Uses no calibration or simulation goal. Select this setting when printing

images imported with Fiery Scan (with the Color Conversion option set to Match Copy), or when you want to bypass Fiery calibration and simulation.

For more information about simulation and calibration, see the Color Guide.

A-12 Print Options

Collate

Use this option to specify sorting options.

Off—Copies of a complete job are output, uncollated into the top tray.

On—Copies of a complete job are collated and output into the top tray.

Combine Separations

The Combine Separations option speciﬁes whether to combine color separations (created in desktop publishing applications such as QuarkXPress or Adobe PageMaker) on a single page to simulate printing on a press from ﬁlm separations. It allows you to proof overprinting, trapping, and other four-color printing effects before having ﬁlm separations created. It also enables you to combine Desktop Color Separations (DCS) format ﬁles to print them at full resolution instead of printing the low-resolution master ﬁle. Selecting the appropriate color rendering dictionary (CRD) setting for the type of image you are printing ensures optimal color output on the Fiery.

Your job must have been printed as color separations or DCS format when you printed it from your application. If you did not print the job in this manner, the Combine Separations option has no effect.

Custom Output Direction

You can specify whether a custom page size job prints with the short edge ﬁrst (SEF) or the long edge ﬁrst (LEF) along the width of the media.

To specify the output direction of a standard page size, use the corresponding page size. Page sizes such as Letter and A4 print with the long edge ﬁrst. Page sizes that have “SEF” as part of their names print with the short edge ﬁrst.

Duplex

If your copier has a duplexing unit, you can print with the Top-Top and Top-Bottom duplex settings.

A-13 Print Options

TO PRINT DUPLEX PAGES USING A DUPLEXING UNIT:

1. Choose Print in your application, and locate the Duplex print option.

The location of Fiery print options varies, depending on the printer driver you are using.

2. Choose one of the Duplex settings:

—Prints the top of the image on side 1 on the same edge of the page as the top

Top-Top

of the image on side 2.

Top-Bottom—Prints the top of the image on side 1 on the opposite edge of the page

from the top of the image on side 2.

3. Print the job.

The following table shows how the Duplex settings correspond to printed output:

Top-Top Top-Bottom

Portrait

1 2

Landscape

1 2

Output Proﬁle

Output-1 through Output-10—Uses a custom output proﬁle. Before selecting this

setting, you are required to download or create the output proﬁle with ColorWise Pro Tools, then link it with one of the custom output proﬁle names, e.g., Output-1.

NOTE: If two-way communication is enabled, Output-1 through Output-10 do not

appear in the Windows 95/98 PostScript driver. This driver displays all the output proﬁles saved on the Fiery by name. See Getting Started for information on setting up two-way communication.

A-14 Print Options

For information on output color space and color management, see the Color Guide.

Page Range

The operator can specify a page range override, but this range applies only to the pages included in the active job. For example, if a user speciﬁes Odd for Page Range in the original job, even if the operator speciﬁes a Page Range override of All, only the odd pages of the original document are printed (“all” the odd pages).

Rendering Style

Use this option to select a default color rendering dictionary (CRD) to be used when you print RGB images, objects, and text.

Photographic—Optimizes the range of colors on the Fiery to produce the best results

for photographic or bitmapped images.

Presentation—Optimizes the output of pure, saturated colors such as those used in

business presentations.

Relative Colorimetric— Provides a close match to the CMYK device being simulated,

regardless of the media being used.

Absolute Colorimetric— Provides the closest match to the CMYK device being

simulated, including rendering the paper color as the background.

RGB Source Proﬁle

This option is used to specify a source color space for RGB data.

EFIRGB—Optimal source space for printing to the Fiery. This setting provides

consistent output across platforms.

sRGB (PC)—Speciﬁes the source space of a generic Windows computer monitor.

Apple Standard—Speciﬁes the source space of a Mac OS computer monitor.

Other—Allows you to specify a custom RGB source setting using the (Other) Gamma, (Other) Phosphors, and (Other) White Point print options.

Source-1 through Source-10—Uses a custom source proﬁle. Before selecting this

setting, you are required to download the source proﬁle to the Fiery with ColorWise Pro Tools, then link it with one of the custom source proﬁle names, e.g., Source-1.

Xerox Fiery X12, Fiery XP12 Printing Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Preface

About this manual

About the documentation

How the Fiery works

About printer drivers and PPDs/PDDs

Supported paper sizes

Non-imageable area

Toner reduction

Before you begin

Chapter 1: Printing from Windows Computers

Printing from applications

Setting options and printing from Windows 95/98

Setting options and printing from Windows NT 4.0

Printing to the parallel port

Printing with Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader

Printing from applications

Selecting the Fiery in the Chooser

Setting options and printing from Mac OS computers

Printing with Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader

Printing to the Fiery

Chapter 4: Special Features

Printing variable data documents with FreeForm

How FreeForm works

Creating the master-elements document

Creating the variable-elements document

Combining the FreeForm Master with the variable-elements document

Using FreeForm

Printing simulations

Printing duplex pages

Scanning from the copier

Fiery Scan color conversion settings

Using Fiery Scan

Chapter 5: Downloading Files and Fonts

Using Fiery Downloader

Printing with Fiery Downloader

Downloading and managing printer fonts

Checking Fiery status with the Status WebTool

Accessing information with WebLink

Fiery Link

Fiery Link tools

Preferences

My Fiery List

Windows taskbar menu

Appendix A: Print Options

Where to set print options

Print option override hierarchy

Default settings

More about print options