Xerox FIERY ZX-40 Printing Guide

Printing Guide

FIERY ZX-40

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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio fr equency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

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software provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated.

You may: a. use the Software solely for your own customary business purposes and solely with Fiery ZX; b. use the digitally-encoded machine-readable outline and bitmap programs (“Font Programs”) provided with Fiery ZX in a special encrypted format (“Coded

Font Programs”) to reproduce and display designs, styles, weights, and versions of letters, numerals, characters and symbols (“Typefaces”) solely for your own customary business purposes on the display window of the Fiery ZX or monitor used with Fiery ZX;

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a. make use of the Software, directly or indirectly , to print bitmap images with print resolutions of 600720 dots per inch or gr eater , or to generate fonts or typefaces for use other than with Fiery ZX;

b. make or have made, or permit to be made, any copies of the Software, Coded Font Programs, accompanying documentation or portions thereof, except as necessary for use with the Fiery ZX unit purchased by you; provided, however, that under no circumstances may you make or have made, or permit to be made, any copies of that certain portion of the Software which has been included on the Fiery ZX hard disk drive. You may not copy the documentation;

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Contents

Preface

About this manual About the documentation How the Fiery ZX works

About PostScript printer drivers and PPDs xiii Supported paper sizes and resolutions xiii

Before you begin

Chapter 1: Printing from Windows Computers

Printing from applications

Setting options and printing with Windows 95 1-1 Setting options and printing from Windows 3.1x 1-6 Setting options and printing from Windows NT 4.0 1-10 Printing to the parallel port 1-12 Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location 1-12

Using the Fiery Downloader to print

Chapter 2: Printing from Mac OS Computers

Printing from applications

Selecting the Fiery ZX in the Chooser 2-1 Setting print options and printing from Mac OS computers 2-4

xi xii xii

xiii

1-1

1-13

2-1

Using the Fiery Downloader to print

Chapter 3: Printing from UNIX Workstations

Printing to the Fiery ZX

2-9

3-1

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Chapter 4: Special Features

Printing variable data documents Printing simulations Printing booklets Printing duplex pages

Chapter 5: Downloading Files and Fonts

Using the Fiery Downloader

Printing with the Fiery Downloader 5-4 Downloading and managing printer fonts 5-7

Chapter 6: Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

Fiery WebTools

Checking Fiery ZX status with the Status WebTool 6-2 Accessing information with the WebLink WebTool 6-2

Appendix A: Print Options

Where to set print options

Print options and override hierarchy A-2 More information about print options A-7

4-1 4-2 4-3

4-11

5-1

6-1

A-1

Appendix B: Font List

PostScript printer fonts

Adobe Type 1 fonts B-1 TrueType fonts B-3

B-1

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Appendix C: Troubleshooting

General printing problems Problems with Fiery Downloader

Index

C-1 C-5

xi About this manual

Preface

The Fiery ZX-40 Color Server enables you to use your color copier as a networked printer. You can use the Fiery ZX to print ﬁnal documents or to proof jobs you will later print on an offset press. You send a print job to the Fiery ZX as you would to any other printer—you select it from the Windows Printers dialog box or Mac OS Chooser, and then print from within any application.

Your Fiery ZX-40 Color Server system includes Command WorkStation™ software that enables an operator to manage all jobs sent to the Fiery ZX. Some of the job management features of the Command WorkStation are also available from the Fiery WebSpooler. Although it may not be the case at all sites, the documentation for this product assumes the presence of an operator who controls and manages jobs sent by users from remote workstations. For information on the features of the Command WorkStation and the Fiery WebSpooler, see the

This manual uses the term “Fiery ZX” to refer to the Fiery ZX-40 Color Server.

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Job Management Guide

About this manual

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

• Printing from a Windows computer

• Printing from a Mac OS computer

• Printing from UNIX

• Using special features such as variable data printing, press simulation printing, booklet printing, and duplex printing

• Downloading ﬁles and fonts using the Fiery Downloader

• Monitoring jobs and accessing information using the Fiery WebTools

• Specifying and overriding job settings, examples of the printer fonts installed on the Fiery ZX, and troubleshooting information.

xii Preface

About the documentation

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

• The

Conﬁguration Guide

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

• The

Printing Guide

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

• The

Color Guide

to a Fiery ZX Color Server. It also includes practical color printing tips and application notes that explain how to print to the Fiery ZX from popular Windows and Mac OS applications.

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

provides an introduction to the basics of color theory and printing

explains basic conﬁguration and administration of the

describes the printing features of the Fiery ZX for users who

• The

Job Management Guide

including the Command WorkStation, and how they can be used to manage jobs and maintain color quality. 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, perform color calibration, and troubleshoot problems that may arise.

•

Release Notes

the problems you may encounter.

provide last-minute product information and workarounds for some of

explains the functions of the Fiery ZX utilities,

How the Fiery ZX works

The Fiery ZX 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 ZX installed, you can still use the copier to make copies.

When printing from an application, your Windows or Mac OS computer communicates with the Fiery ZX by means of a Adobe® PostScript® printer driver and a PostScript printer description ﬁle (PPD).

xiii Before you begin

About PostScript printer drivers and PPDs

A PostScript printer driver is an application that 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 (see below), and translates all that information into PostScript, a language the printer understands. In other wor ds, 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 PostScript printer driver reads 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 Fiery ZX includes information about the features of both the copier and the Fiery ZX-40 Color Server.

For information on the PPD options for your Fiery ZX, see Appendix A, "Print Options."

Supported paper sizes and resolutions

You can print all page sizes supported by the DocuColor 40 in Contone mode at 400 dpi in Full Color or Grayscale. Note that you can print on thick paper and transparencies only from the bypass tray. See the Xerox

Materials Usage Guide

for

complete information about the page sizes supported.

Before you begin

Before using the Fiery ZX, 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 your workstation, as described in

Getting Started

xiv Preface

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 ZX 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 ZX 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 ZX 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).

1-1 Printing from applications

Chapter 1: Printing from Windows Computers

This chapter describes how to print to the Fiery ZX from Windows 95, Windows 3.1x, and Windows NT™ 4.0.

Y ou can print fr om a networked Windo ws computer, from a Windows computer using Windows (WINS) printing, or from a Windows computer connected to the parallel port on the Fiery ZX. If you plan to print ﬁles at another location, follow the procedures described in “Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location” on page 1-12.

For instructions on special printing features such as variable data printing and booklet printing, see Chapter 4, “Special Features.”

Another way to print from a Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 computer is to download PostScript, Encapsulatd PostScript (EPS), or Portable Document Format (PDF) ﬁles using the Fiery Downloader. Basic instructions are provided at the end of this chapter; for details on using the Fiery Downloader, see Chapter 5.

For information on setting up the Windows environment for printing with

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

Conﬁguration Guide

Getting Started

. For

Printing from applications

Once you have installed the printer driver and set it to the proper port as described in

Getting Started

choose the Print command from within your application. To achieve the best printing results from speciﬁc applications, see the

Setting options and printing with Windows 95

To print from Windows 95, use the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver for Windows version 4.2.x included with the Fiery ZX user software.

, you can print directly from most Windows applications. Simply

Color Guide

1-2 Printing from Windows Computers

Once you have installed the Adobe PostScript printer driver and Fiery ZX PostScript Printer Description ﬁle (PPD), you can specify print settings. You can also change some of these settings for a particular job from within your application when you send it to the Fiery ZX. Before printing, make sure that the correct print options are set.

SET PRINT OPTIONS AND PRINT WITH THE ADOBE

FROM WINDOWS

95:

1. Double-click the My Computer icon.

2. Double-click the Printers icon.

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

4. Click the Paper tab.

5. Specify the appropriate settings for your print job.

PRINTER DRIVER

In the Paper size area, specify the page size for your job. From the Paper Source pop-up menu, choose the paper tray for the job.

1-3 Printing from applications

6. To use a standard paper size, make your selection and skip to step 11.

7. Click Custom to specify the dimensions of the custom paper size.

To specify a Media Type, click More Options. Choose from the Paper type pop-up menu and then click OK.

See Appendix A for information on the Paper Source and Media Type print options.

To deﬁne a custom paper size, scroll the Paper size bar to the right and select one of the three Custom p+ paper sizes.

The minimum and maximum dimensions allowed by the printer driver are indicated inside brackets. You are notiﬁed if you enter an invalid dimension.

You can also give the custom paper size a name.

8. Set custom paper size dimensions and click OK.

9. Click Unprintable Area and enter margin values for the custom paper size.

The minimum and maximum values allowed by the printer driver are indicated inside brackets. You are notiﬁed if you enter an invalid entry.

10. Click OK.

1-4 Printing from Windows Computers

11. Click the Fiery Options tab.

12. Click through Job, Color1, Color2, and so on, and specify the appropriate settings for your print job.

(Use the left and right arrows to the right of the tabs to display additional tabs.) These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery ZX and the DocuColor 40. They override settings in Fiery ZX Printer Setup; the settings can also be changed in the Properties dialog box with the Command WorkStation, or in the Override Print Settings dialog box with the Fiery W ebS pooler. For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

If you choose Printer’s default, the Fiery ZX prints with either the printer driver setting, or the information entered during Setup.

13. If you want to make the new settings your default settings, click Apply.

14. Click OK.

1-5 Printing from applications

15. Choose Print in your application.

16. Click OK.

17. 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 notes you enter in these areas can be viewed from the Command WorkStation and the Fiery W ebSpooler, and also appear in the Job Log. They cannot be edited or erased by the operator.

18. Enter instructions to the operator about the job in the Instructions area.

These instructions can be viewed from the Command WorkStation and the Fiery WebSpooler, but do not appear in the Job Log. They can be edited by the operator.

19. Click OK.

Saving and loading print option settings

Print option settings can be saved to a settings ﬁle on your hard disk. S aving a settings ﬁle enables you to easily load speciﬁcally conﬁgured settings for a particular job.

1-6 Printing from Windows Computers

TO SAVE PRINT OPTION SETTINGS:

1. After specifying settings for print options in the Fiery Options tab, click Save Settings.

2. Name the settings ﬁle and browse to a location on your hard disk where you want to save the ﬁle.

3. Click OK.

The settings ﬁle is saved to the location you speciﬁed.

TO LOAD PRINT OPTION SETTINGS:

1. From the Fiery Options tab, click Load Settings.

2. Browse to the settings ﬁle.

3. Select the settings ﬁle from the list and click OK.

The print option settings in the Fiery Options tab are automatically conﬁgured with the saved settings.

Setting options and printing from Windows 3.1x

To print from Windows 3.1x, use the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver version 3.0.1. The driver is included with the Fiery ZX user software, and uses all features of the Fiery ZX.

1-7 Printing from applications

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS AND PRINT WITH THE ADOBEPS PRINTER DRIVER

FROM WINDOWS 3.1X:

1. In the Main window, double-click the Control Panel icon.

2. Double-click the Printers icon.

3. In the Printers window, select the Fiery ZX in the Installed Printers box and click the Setup button.

4. Click the Paper tab.

5. Specify the appropriate settings for your print job.

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6. Click the Features tab.

7. Specify the appropriate settings for your job and click OK.

These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery ZX and the DocuColor 40 (you must scroll to see all the pop-up menus).

They override settings in Fiery ZX Printer Setup; the settings can also be changed in the Properties dialog box with the Command WorkStation, or in the Override Print Settings dialog box with the Fiery WebSpooler. For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

If you choose Printer’s default, the Fiery ZX prints with either the printer driver setting, or the information entered during Setup.

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8. Choose Print in your application.

9. If necessary, enter your name in the User area.

Once you enter your name in the User area, it appears automatically in this dialog box when you print subsequent jobs.

NOTE: This entry cannot be changed without deleting and reinstalling the printer.

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

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

The notes you enter in these areas can be viewed from the Command WorkStation and the Fiery W ebSpooler, and also appear in the Job Log. They cannot be edited or erased by the operator.

The notes you enter in the Notes 1 and Notes 2 areas are kept in memory and appear automatically in this dialog box when you print subsequent jobs. You can edit these notes if necessary for subsequent jobs.

11. Enter instructions to the operator about the job in the Instructions area.

These instructions can be viewed from the Command WorkStation and the Fiery WebSpooler, but do not appear in the Job Log. They can be edited by the operator.

The instructions you enter in the Instructions area are kept in memory and appear automatically in this dialog box when you print subsequent jobs. You can edit these instructions if necessary for subsequent jobs.

12. Click OK.

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Setting options and printing from Windows NT 4.0

To print from Windows NT 4.0 use the Windows NT 4.0 PostScript Printer Driver included with Windows NT. Before printing, make sure that the correct print options are set.

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS AND PRINT WITH THE MICROSOFT POSTSCRIPT

PRINTER DRIVER FROM WINDOWS NT 4.0:

1. Click the Windows NT Start button and choose Settings>Printers.

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

3. Click the Page Setup tab.

4. Specify the appropriate settings for your print job.

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5. Click the Advanced tab.

6. Under Document Options, select Printer Features and then select print options in the list.

The print options in the Printer Features list are speciﬁc to the Fiery ZX and the DocuColor 40. They override settings in Fiery ZX Printer Setup; the settings can also be changed in the Properties dialog box with the Command WorkStation, or in the Override Print Settings dialog box with the Fiery WebSpooler. For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A, “Print Options.”

If you choose setting, or the information entered during Setup.

7. Click OK.

8. Choose Print in your application.

Printer’s default, the Fiery ZX prints with either the printer driver

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Printing to the parallel port

The Fiery ZX 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 ZX parallel port.

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

TO PRINT FILES TO THE PARALLEL PORT:

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

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 ZX parallel port.

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

3. Print from within your application.

If you are printing a PostScript ﬁle in binary format (not ASCII), verify that the Network Setup option Ignore EOF Character is set to Yes. Check with your site administrator for this information.

Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location

If you do not have a Fiery ZX and are preparing files to take to a service bureau or other location, print your 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 be downloaded using the Fiery Downloader. For instructions, see your Windows documentation.

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Using the Fiery Downloader to print

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

TO PRINT USING THE 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 ZX.

For information on the fonts resident on the Fiery ZX, check with the operator. Also see Appendix B, “Font List.”

2. Start up the Fiery Downloader and connect to the Fiery ZX.

For instructions on setting up the 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.”

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