Xerox Fiery X40 Printing Guide

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Fiery X40 Color Server

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Contents

Preface

About this manual About the documentation How the Fiery X40 works

About printer drivers and PPDs xiii 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 1-2 Working with custom page sizes in Windows 95/98 1-15 Setting options and printing from Windows NT 4.0 1-17 Working with custom page sizes in Windows NT 4.0 1-21 Setting options and printing from Windows 2000 1-24 Working with custom page sizes in Windows 2000 1-28 Printing to the parallel port 1-31 Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location 1-31

Printing with Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader

xii

xiii

1-1

1-32

Chapter 2: Printing from Mac OS Computers

Printing from applications

Selecting the Fiery X40 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 Fiery WebDownloader

2-1

2-8

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Chapter 3: Printing from UNIX Workstations

Printing to the Fiery X40

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

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

3-1

4-1

4-9

4-10

5-1

Fiery WebTools

Checking Fiery X40 status with the Status WebTool 6-2 Accessing information with WebLink 6-3 Downloading ﬁles with WebDownloader 6-3

Fiery Link

Fiery Link tools 6-5 Preferences 6-7 My Fiery List 6-9 Windows taskbar menu 6-9

6-1

6-3

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Appendix A: Print Options

Where to set print options

Print options and override hierarchy A-2 Default settings A-2 More information about print options A-10

Appendix B: Font List

PostScript printer fonts

Adobe Type 1 fonts B-1 TrueType fonts B-5

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 WebTools C-7

Index

A-1

B-1

C-1 C-2

xi About this manual

Preface

The Fiery X40 Color Server™ enables you to use your color printer as a networked printer.You can use the Fiery X40 Color Server to print ﬁnal documents or to proof jobs you will later print on an offset press. You send a print job to the Fiery X40 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.

The Fiery X40 includes Command W orkStation™ software, which enables an operator to manage all jobs sent to the Fiery X40. Some of the job management features of the Command WorkStation are also available from Fiery WebSpooler. 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 and Fiery WebSpooler, see the

Job Management Guide

About this manual

This manual is intended for those remote users who send jobs via the network or a parallel port connection between their workstation and the Fiery X40. It covers the following topics:

• Printing from a Windows computer

• Printing from a Mac OS computer

• Printing from UNIX

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

xii Preface

• Downloading ﬁles and fonts using Fiery Downloader™

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

™

Link

• Specifying and overriding job settings, a list of fonts installed on the Fiery X40, and troubleshooting information

About the documentation

This manual is part of a set of Fiery X40 documentation that includes the following manuals for users and system administrators:

• The

Conﬁguration Guide

Fiery X40 for the supported platforms and network environments. It also includes guidelines for setting up UNIX, Windows NT, and NetWare servers to provide PostScript printing services to clients.

•

Getting Started

Fiery X40. Speciﬁcally, it describes installation of 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.

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

explains basic conﬁguration and administration of the

• The

Printing Guide

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

• The

Color Guide

Fiery X40. It addresses concepts and issues associated with printing to the Fiery X40 and outlines key workﬂow scenarios. This manual explains how to calibrate your printer and take advantage of the ColorWise color management system, as well as features of ColorWise Pro T ools. In addition, the printing from popular Windows and Mac OS applications.

• 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.

•

Release Notes

the problems you may encounter.

describes the printing features of the Fiery X40 for users who

provides information on managing the color output of your

Color Guide

explains the functions of the Fiery X40 utilities,

provide last-minute product information and workarounds for some of

offers information on

xiii How the Fiery X40 works

How the Fiery X40 works

The Fiery X40 receives ﬁles from computers on the network, processes (RIPs) those ﬁles, and then sends them to the printer’s print engine for printing. Even with the Fiery X40 installed, you can still use the copier to make copies.

Windows and Mac OS computers communicate with the Fiery X40 by means of a PostScript printer driver and PostScript printer description (PPD) ﬁles. The driver enables you to use special features of the Fiery X40 from the Print dialog box.

About printer drivers and PPDs

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 options you specify , and translates all that information into PostScript, a language the printer understands. In other words, the printer driver writes a PostScript ﬁle based on your original ﬁle and the options you set from the Print dialog box.

A PPD ﬁle contains information about a particular device’s features and capabilities (for example, what paper sizes and media types are supported). The printer driver r eads the information in the PPD ﬁle and presents that information to you in the form of options you can choose from the Print dialog box. The PPD for the F iery X40 includes information about the features of both the printer and the Fiery X40.

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

xiv Preface

Non-imageable area

The Fiery X40 non-imageable area for printer depends on the selected paper size.

Paper size

Letter, A4, A3, ISO B5, 8x10

11x17, Legal, Legal 13, ISO B4, SEF A6, SEF Letter, SEF A4, SEF ISO B5, SEF 8x10, SEF 9x11, 9x12, Docupac

12x18 3.18 mm 3.18 mm 1.06 mm 1.06 mm

Leading

edge

0.7 mm 0.7 mm 0.7 mm 0.7 mm

2.4 mm 2.4 mm 0.7 mm 0.7 mm

Trailing

edge

Top edge

Bottom

Toner reduction

The maximum toner density for the printer is 220%.

edge

xv Before you begin

Before you begin

Before using the Fiery X40, 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 that the user software is installed correctly on y our workstation, as described in

Getting Started

4. Consult the affect color output.

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

Color Guide

for information on print options and application features that

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 X40 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 X40 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 X40 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 how to print to the Fiery X40 from Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000. You can print from a networked Windows computer or from a computer using Windows (SMB) printing, or from a Windows computer connected to the parallel port on the Fiery X40. If you plan to print ﬁles at another location, you should follow the procedures described in “Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location” on page 1-31.

Another way to print from a Windows 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.

OTE

For information on setting up the Windows environment for printing with

Windows servers connected to the Fiery X40, see the information on how to connect to the Fiery X40 over the network, install printer drivers, and install the Fiery utilities, see

Getting Started

Conﬁguration Guide

. For

Printing from applications

Once you have installed the Fiery X40 printer driver and set it to the proper port, as described in Simply choose the Print command from within your application.

Getting Started

, you can print directly from most Windows applications.

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

Color Guide

1-2 Printing from Windows Computers

Setting options and printing from Windows 95/98

To print from Windows 95/98, use the Adobe PostScript printer driver for Windows 95/98. The driver is included with the Fiery X40 user software.

Once you have installed the Adobe PostScript printer driver and the PPD ﬁle, you can specify print settings for a particular job and print it to the Fiery X40.

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, a Windows 2000 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

Conﬁguration Guide

Getting Started

SET PRINT OPTIONS AND PRINT FROM WINDOWS

DOBE POSTSCRIPT PRINTER DRIVER

Saved settings, see page 1-6

rint option bars, see below

Page shortcuts, see page 1-14

95/98

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

2. Select the icon for the Fiery X40 and choose Properties from the File menu.

3. Click the Fiery Printing tab.

USING THE

Shortcuts, see page 1-13

Click to display all print option

Click to hide all print options

1-3 Printing from applications

4. Click the Paper Source print option bar.

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

Page Size

In the From the

you can specify that the job should be printed on pages from the Bypass Tray.

Media Type

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

OTE

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 X40 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

area, specify the page size for the job.

Paper Source

pop-up menu, choose the paper tray for the job. For example,

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

1-4 Printing from Windows Computers

5. Click the ColorWise print option bar.

Print Mode

In the advanced color management features (such as

area, specify the color mode for the job. If you want to use any

Rendering Style

), click Expert Settings.

Click Update

6. In the Expert Color Settings dialog box, click Update to display the current Fiery X40 settings.

If the Update button does not appear, make sure that two-way communication is set up as described in

7. Specify the color settings for the print job, then click OK.

Getting Started

1-5 Printing from applications

8. Click the Media, Layout, and Image Quality print option bars to specify the appropriate settings for the print job.

These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery X40 and the printer. They override settings in Fiery X40 Printer Setup, but can be changed from Command WorkStation or Fiery WebSpooler. For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A.

For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A. If you choose

Setup, or the default settings. See Appendix A for more information.

OTE

(for example, 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 X40 and may also take longer to process.

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

Follow the on-screen instructions to resolve the conﬂict.

Printer’s default

Some options listed in the printer driver could also be set from an application

, the job prints according to the settings entered during

9. Click the Owner Information print option bar.

Illustration to be provided.

1-6 Printing from Windows Computers

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

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

12. Click OK.

13. From your application, choose Print.

14. Click OK.

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.

Make sure the Fiery X40 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 networ k, using the Import and Export features.

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TO CREATE SAVED SETTINGS:

1. Make sure that Default Settings appears in the Saved Settings pop-up menu.

2. If you are using the PostScript driver, conﬁgure the options from all the print option bars.

Illustration to be provided.

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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3. Click the Disk button.

4. Using a maximum of 28 characters, 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 in the Saved Settings pop-up menu.

2. Choose the settings you want to use.

The printer driver is automatically conﬁgured with the saved settings.

TO DELETE SAVED SETTINGS:

lick 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 in the Saved Settings pop-up menu.

2. Choose the settings you want to modify.

The printer driver is automatically conﬁgured with the saved settings.

Click the Disk button

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

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4. Click OK to save the modiﬁed settings.

TO EXPORT SAVED SETTINGS:

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

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

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

4. Click OK in the Settings dialog box.

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.

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.

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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 right-clicking the image of the page directly below Shortcuts.

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.

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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 OK.

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TO SET PRINT OPTIONS USING THE PAGE SHORTCUTS:

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

Right-click the page image

2. Specify the appropriate settings for the print options.

3. Click OK.

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