Xerox Fiery ZX 9 Printing Guide

Printing Guide

FIERY ZX-9

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Contents

Preface

How the Fiery ZX works

About PostScript printer drivers and PPDs xi

Before you begin About this manual About the documentation Supported paper sizes

Non-imageable area xv Toner reduction xv

Chapter 1: Printing from Windows Computers

Printing from applications

Setting options and printing from Windows 95 1-1 Setting options and printing from Windows 3.1x 1-6 Setting options and printing from Windows NT 4.0 1-9 Printing to the parallel port 1-11 Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location 1-12

Using the Fiery Downloader to print

Chapter 2: Printing from Mac OS Computers

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1-1

1-12

Printing from applications

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

Using the Fiery Downloader to print

Chapter 3: Printing from UNIX Workstations

Printing to the Fiery ZX

2-1

2-5

3-1

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Chapter 4: Scanning Jobs

Scanning from the copier

Fiery Scan color conversion settings 4-1 Using Fiery Scan 4-2

Chapter 5: Downloading Files and Fonts

The Fiery Downloader

Printing with the Fiery Downloader 5-4 Downloading and managing printer fonts 5-8

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: Setting Print Options

Where to set print options

Override hierarchy A-2 More information about print options A-6

4-1

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

Maintaining optimal system performance Troubleshooting

General printing problems C-2 Problems with print quality C-5 Problems with the Fiery Downloader C-7 Problems with Fiery Scan C-7

C-1 C-2

Index

xi About this manual

Preface

The Fiery ZX-9 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 Printers dialog box on Windows® computers, or in the Chooser on Mac® OS computers—and then print from within any application.

Your Fiery ZX-9 Color Server system includes Command WorkStation

software, which enables an operator to manage all jobs sent to the Fiery ZX. 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.

This manual uses the term “Fiery ZX” to refer to the Fiery ZX-9 Color Server.

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About this manual

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

• Printing from a Windows computer

• Printing from a Mac OS computer

• Printing from UNIX

• Scanning images from the copier using Adobe® Photoshop® and the Fiery ScanTM

plug-in

• Downloading ﬁles and fonts using Fiery Downloader

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

troubleshooting information

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About the documentation

This manual is part of a set of Fiery ZX documentation that also 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 Novell® 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 User Software CD and Command WorkStation 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.

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

explains basic conﬁguration and administration of the

describes the printing features of the Fiery ZX for users who

• 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.

• 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.

provides an introduction to the basics of color theory and printing

explains the functions of the Fiery ZX client utilities,

provide last-minute product information and workarounds for some of

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.

xiii Supported paper sizes

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

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 Color Server.

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

Supported paper sizes

The Fiery ZX supports printing at 400 dpi (dots per inch) on the following paper sizes:

• 8" x 10"

• Letter, Letter-R (8.5" x 11")

• Legal 13 (8.5" x 13")

• Legal (8.5" x 14")

• 9" x 12"

• Tabloid (11" x 17")

• B5, B5-R (182 mm x 257 mm)

• A4, A4-R (210 mm x 297 mm)

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• Docupac (241 mm x 297 mm)

• B4 (257 mm x 364 mm)

• A3 (297 mm x 420 mm)

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

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 the Fiery WebTools and what y our 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 perform job management with the Fiery WebSpooler.

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Non-imageable area

The Fiery ZX non-imageable area for 5790 and 5799 color copiers is 8 mm on the leading edge and 3 mm on the trailing, near, and far edges.

Toner reduction

The Fiery ZX maximum toner density for 5790 and 5799 color copiers is 250%.

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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.

You can print from a networked Windows computer, or from a Windows computer connected to the parallel port on the Fiery ZX. If you plan to print ﬁles at another location, you should follow the procedures described in “Saving ﬁles to print at a remote location,” page 1-12.

Another way to print from a Windows computer is to download PostScript ﬁles, Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) ﬁles, or Portable Document Format (PDF) ﬁles using the Fiery Downloader.

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 utilities, see

Getting Started

Conﬁguration Guide

. For

Printing from applications

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

Getting Started

, you should be able to print directly from most Windows

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

Setting options and printing from Windows 95

To print from Windows 95, use the Adobe PostScript printer driver for Windows 95. The driver is included with the Fiery ZX user software, and uses all features of the Fiery ZX.

Once you have installed the Adobe PostScript printer driver and Fiery ZX PostScript Printer Description ﬁle (PPD), you can select the printer settings you prefer. You can also change settings for a particular ﬁle when you print the ﬁle to the Fiery ZX. Before printing, make sure that the correct print options are set.

Color Guide

1-2 Printing from Windows Computers

To print from Windows 95 applications over a network, you must be connected to a print server. This can be a Novell NetWare server, an NT server, or a UNIX server. For information about connecting a server to the Fiery ZX, see the Conﬁguration Guide. Alternatively, you can print from Windows 95 without connecting to a print server via SMB printing. For information about setting up SMB printing, see Getting Started.

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS AND PRINT WITH THE ADOBEPS PRINTER DRIVER

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. Select the appropriate settings for your print job.

1-3 Printing from applications

6. To select a speciﬁc media type, click More Options.

7. In the Paper type pop-up menu, specify the type of media to use for the job and click

In the Paper size area, specify the page size that your job should print on. In the Paper source pop-up menu, specify the paper tray to use for the job. For

example, you can specify that the job should be printed on pages in the Manual Feed tray. The Paper source selection is valid for the current job only.

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 ZX 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.

OK.

1-4 Printing from Windows Computers

8. Click the Fiery Options tab.

9. Click through the Job, Color1, Color2, Color3, and Finishing tabs, and select the appropriate settings for your print job.

These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery ZX. 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 or F iery Spooler . F or information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A, “Setting Print Options.”

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

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

11. Click OK to activate the current settings.

Printer’s default, the F iery ZX prints with either the default value for the

1-5 Printing from applications

12. From your application, choose Print.

13. 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. These notes will appear in the Job Log.

14. Click OK to begin printing.

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.

TO SAVE PRINT OPTION SETTINGS:

1. After conﬁguring the options from the Job, Color1, Color2, Color3, and Finishing tabs, 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.

1-6 Printing from Windows Computers

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 options from the Job, Color1, Color2, Color3, and Finishing tabs 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 for Windows

3.1x. The driver is included with the F iery ZX user software, and uses all features of the Fiery ZX.

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 dialog box, select the Fiery ZX in the Installed Printers box and click the Setup button.

4. Click the Paper tab.

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5. Select appropriate settings for your print job.

In the Paper Source pop-up menu, specify the paper tray to use for the job. For example, you can specify that the job should be printed on pages in the Manual Feed tray. The Paper Source selection is valid for the current job only.

In the Paper Size pop-up menu, specify the page size that your job should print on.

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 ZX 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.

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6. Click the Features tab.

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

These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery ZX (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 or Fiery Spooler. For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A, “Setting Print Options.”

If you choose Printer’s default, the F iery ZX prints with either the default value for the server, 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.

The Color Printer Job Notes dialog box appears.

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. These notes will appear in the Job Log.

11. Click OK to begin printing.

Setting options and printing from Windows NT 4.0

You can print from Windows NT 4.0 using the printer driver included with Windows NT.

TO SET PRINT OPTIONS AND PRINT WITH THE MICROSOFT POSTSCRIPT

PRINTER DRIVER FROM WINDOWS NT 4.0:

1. Choose Print in your application and click Properties.

2. Click the Advanced tab.

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3. Select the appropriate settings for your print job.

In the Paper Size menu, specify the page size that your job should print on. In the Paper Source menu, specify the paper tray to use for the job. For example, you

can specify that the job should be printed on pages in the Manual Feed tray. The Paper Source selection is valid for the current job only.

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 ZX 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.

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4. Scroll down to Printer Features, and select the appropriate settings for your print job.

If you choose Printer’s default, the F iery ZX prints with either the default value for the server, or the information entered during Setup.

5. Click OK, then click OK in the Print dialog box to begin printing.

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.

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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.

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.

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 ﬁles, EPS ﬁles, or PDF ﬁles.

TO PRINT USING THE FIERY DOWNLOADER:

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

For a list of fonts resident on the Fiery ZX, 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.

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

2-1 Printing from applications

Chapter 2: Printing from Mac OS Computers

TO SELECT THE FIERY ZX AS THE CURRENT PRINTER:

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

Another way to print from a Mac OS computer is to download PostScript ﬁles, Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) ﬁles, or Portable Document Format (PDF) ﬁles using the Fiery Downloader.

Printing from applications

Before you can print to the Fiery ZX from applications, you must select the Fiery ZX in the Chooser. Then, using the Adobe PostScript printer driver and the correct PostScript Printer Description ﬁle (PPD), you can control many Fiery ZX 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 ZX in the Chooser

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

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

2. Choose Chooser from the Apple menu.

3. Click the AdobePS icon to select it.

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

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5. Select the Fiery ZX by <Server Name>_<Device Name>_<Queue Name> from the

6. Make sure that AppleTalk is set to Active, then click the close box to quit the Chooser.

“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 name 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.

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

Setting print options and printing from Mac OS computers

In Mac OS applications, print options are set from both the P age S etup dialog box and the Print Options dialog box. For details, see Appendix A, “Setting 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 FROM MAC OS COMPUTERS:

1. Open the ﬁle you want to print from within the application.

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

The PSPrinter Page Setup dialog box appears.

3. In the Paper pop-up menu, specify the page size that your job should print on and click OK.

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

The Print dialog box appears.

NOTE: Print dialog boxes vary across applications.

If the Print dialog box lets you select from a pop-up menu of available printers, choose the Fiery ZX.

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 ZX 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. From the General pop-up menu, choose Job Notes.

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.

6. From the Job Notes pop-up menu, choose Printer Speciﬁc Options.

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7. Select the appropriate settings for your print job.

These print options are speciﬁc to the Fiery ZX (you must scroll to see all the options). 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 or F iery Spooler. For information about these options and overrides, see Appendix A, “Setting Print Options.”

If you choose Printer’s default, the F iery ZX prints with either the default value for the server, or the information entered during Setup.

Some PPD options are ones that could 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 ZX and may also take longer to process.)

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

9. Click Print to begin printing your job.

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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 ﬁles, EPS ﬁles, or PDF ﬁles.

TO PRINT USING THE FIERY DOWNLOADER:

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

For a list of fonts resident on the Fiery ZX, 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.

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

3-1 Printing to the Fiery ZX

Chapter 3: Printing from UNIX Workstations

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

NOTE: If you print to the Hold queue, someone such as an operator must intervene at

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

The queue name and Fiery ZX printer name are established 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 ZX

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

NOTE: Only PostScript or text ﬁle formats can be printed from UNIX.

TO PRINT FROM UNIX:

• On a system running SunOS v4.1.x or another BSD-based variant, use the lpr command to send a job to the Fiery ZX as follows:

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

For example, if the Print queue of your Fiery ZX 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 v2.x or any System V implementation of UNIX, use the lp command to send a job to the Fiery ZX as follows:

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

For example, if the Print queue of your Fiery ZX 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 v4.1.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 ZX is named print_Server, type:

lpq -Pprint_Server

Your workstation displays the contents of the queue.

• On a system running Solaris v2.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 ZX 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 v4.1.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 remov e job number 123 from the P rint queue of your F iery ZX named

print_Server, type: lprm -Pprint_Server 123

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

• On a system running Solaris v2.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 remov e job number 123 from the P rint queue of your F iery ZX named

print_Server, type: cancel print_Server 123

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Chapter 4: Scanning Jobs

This chapter describes how to scan images from the copier using the Fiery Scan plug-in for Adobe Photoshop.

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

differences are noted in this chapter. Where a window or dialog box is illustrated, the Windows version comes ﬁrst, followed by the Mac OS version.

Scanning from the copier

With the Fiery Scan plug-in for Photoshop, you can scan an image from the copier directly into Photoshop on your computer.

The following requirements and constraints apply:

• Fiery Scan requires a network connection and cannot be used with the parallel port.

For information on supported networking protocols, see Getting Started.

• The Fiery Scan (TWAIN) plug-in must be installed in the Photoshop Plug-ins

folder.

• Photoshop’s Monitor Setup must be currently using the Calrgb.ams (Windows) or

Calibrated RGB (Mac OS) ﬁle. 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 using the Rendering

Styles (CRDs) of the Fiery ZX, as well as for viewing on the monitor.

• Match Copy creates a CMYK scan that, when printed on the Fiery ZX (with the

CMYK Simulation PPD option set to Match Copy), looks like a copy of the original.

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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.

TO PRESCAN A DOCUMENT:

1. Place the original you want to scan on the copier glass.

2. Start the Photoshop application.

3. From the File menu, select either Import or Acquire.

The selection depends on which version of Photoshop your are using.

4. For Windows, select “Select TWAIN_32 Source” from the submenu. For Mac OS, select “Fiery Twain Select” from the submenu.

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

6. From the File menu, select either Import or Acquire.

The selection depends on which version of Photoshop you are using.

7. For Windows, select “TWAIN_32” from the submenu. For Mac OS, select “Fiery Twain Acquire” from the submenu.

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

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

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

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

the image’s ﬁle size. The maximum resolution supported by the Fiery ZX appears in the dialog box.

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

want.

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

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10. Click Prescan.

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

TO SELECT OPTIONS AND COMPLETE THE SCAN:

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

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 ar ea of

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

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2. Click Options, and select the appropriate settings from the Original and Color Conversion pop-up menus.

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 R GB or M atch Copy.

Use Calibrated RGB if you will print the image using a Fiery ZX 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 set the CMYK Simulation PPD option to Match Copy.

3. Select the appropriate settings and click OK.

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

You can press the Esc key (Windows) or Command-. keys (Mac OS) to cancel acquiring the scan.

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

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Chapter 5: Downloading Files and Fonts

Fiery Downloader allows you to send PostScript ﬁles, EPS ﬁles, and PDF ﬁles directly to the Fiery ZX without using the application they were created in. It also enables you to manage printer fonts on the Fiery ZX.

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 supported networking protocols, see Getting Started.

NOTE: The Windows and Mac OS versions of F iery Downloader ar e fundamentally the

same; differences are noted in this chapter . Where a windo w or dialog box is illustrated, the Windows version comes ﬁrst, followed by the Mac OS version.

Fiery Downloader

You can use Fiery Downloader to:

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

• Check the status of the Fiery ZX

• Manage the PostScript printer fonts stored on the Fiery ZX hard disk (this feature

requires that Publish Direct Connection is set to Yes in Fiery ZX Printer Setup)

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

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

TO VIEW INFORMATION WITH FIERY DOWNLOADER:

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

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

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

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Buttons for some menu functions appear in the Toolbar at the top of the window. Click the button to perform the function. The buttons are:

Open Click to connect to a different Fiery ZX.

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

Display status window

Display font list Click to display a list of printer fonts on the

About the Downloader (Windows only)

The Print Status area displays the server status and the user name and document name of the job currently printing.

The RIP Status area displays the server status and the user name and document name of the job currently processing.

The Download Progress bar dynamically displays the progress of the job as it downloads to the Fiery ZX.

The Hard Disk area displays the amount of available disk space on the Fiery ZX. You can click the Display Font List button or choose Font List from the File menu to

view font information in the window.

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

Click to display the status window for the current Fiery ZX.

Fiery ZX hard disk. Click to view version information about Fiery

Downloader.

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

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

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Printing with the 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 THE FIERY DOWNLOADER:

1. Use your application to generate a ﬁle.

You can save a 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 the Fiery Downloader, you can print the ﬁle directly from the application in which you created it.

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

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

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

You can leave this as the default, All Known Formats, or select All Files. All Known Formats lists all ﬁles in formats supported by Fiery Downloader; All Files lists all ﬁles.

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 before the ﬁles.

5. Select 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 select the Direct connection when downloading a PDF ﬁle, 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.

To download fonts, you must use the Direct connection (make sure that Publish Direct Connection is set to Yes in Fiery ZX Printer Setup. 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.

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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.

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, 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)

PostScript Options dialog box (Mac OS)

PDF Options dialog box (Windows)

PDF Options dialog box (Mac OS)

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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. Select 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, pro vide 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 . S ome 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 the 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. When you have selected all ﬁles and fonts, 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 ZX includes 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.

NOTE: Publish Direct Connection must be set to Yes in Fiery ZX Printer Setup in order

to download and manage fonts, and to view the font list.

Before downloading a ﬁle that uses fonts not resident on the Fiery ZX, you must download the fonts. To see what fonts are resident on the Fiery ZX, 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 ZX are not automatically installed on your Windows system.

NOTE: You cannot use the 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, click the Fonts tab and set up the Font Substitution Table as necessary.

Printer fonts and Mac OS screen fonts

Like all PostScript fonts, the fonts included with the Fiery ZX come in two forms: printer fonts and screen fonts. The printer fonts are installed permanently on the Fiery ZX hard disk. The screen fonts, which are included with the Fiery ZX user software, should be installed on your Mac OS computer . I f 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 ZX. 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 Fiery Downloader

Downloading printer fonts to the Fiery ZX

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 ZX, as long as the printer fonts are installed in your System Folder. These fonts remain in the Fiery ZX 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 ZX, you can save time by downloading them to the Fiery ZX hard disk with the Fiery Downloader. Fonts you download to the Fiery ZX hard disk remain installed until you remove them using the Fiery Downloader, no matter how many times the Fiery ZX is turned off and on. You’ll probably want to download fonts you use on a regular basis to the Fiery ZX hard disk.

Before you download PostScript or EPS ﬁles with the Fiery Downloader, make sure that all fonts included in your ﬁle are installed on the Fiery ZX 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 ZX. Two multiple master fonts (a serif font and a sans serif font) stored on the Fiery ZX 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.

The Font List window appears with Update, Print, and Delete buttons in the title bar.

Update Click to update the information in the font list

window.

Print font list Click to print the font list to the Print queue.

Delete Select a font and click to delete it. Shift-click to

select multiple fonts. The 136 printer fonts included with the Fiery ZX

(resident fonts) are locked. Locked fonts appear with a lock icon next to the name and cannot be deleted.

6-1 Fiery WebTools

Chapter 6: Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

Fiery ZX user software includes a variety of tools that allow you to track and manage print jobs. The particular tools, and the access privileges for them, that are available to you depend on the conditions implemented by your site administrator.

The Command WorkStation, the Fiery WebSpooler, and the Fiery Spooler all provide the capability to view and control the ﬂow of print jobs to the Fiery ZX. 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 WebTool does not require any special access privileges. If the administrator has enabled Web Services in Setup and has provided you with the IP address of the Fiery ZX, you can use the Status WebTool to monitor the status of print jobs as they are rasterized and printed.

Fiery WebTools

Fiery WebTools reside on the Fiery ZX but can be accessed over the network from a variety of platforms. The Fiery ZX has a home page that lets remote users view server functions and manipulate jobs. For an overview of the Fiery WebTools and information on how to access them, see the Job Management Guide. This chapter describes only the Status WebTool and WebLink.

TO ACCESS THE 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 ZX.

Check with the operator or administrator for this information.

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

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

6-2 Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

Checking Fiery ZX status with the Status WebTool

You can use the Status WebTool to see what jobs are currently processing and printing.

To access the Status W ebTool, point your browser to the F iery ZX 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 ZX. As long as you keep the Status window open, it is dynamically updated.

To obtain more information about the status of jobs, use the Fiery WebSpooler, the Fiery Spooler, or the Command WorkS tation. F or information about them, see the Job Management Guide.

Accessing information with the WebLink WebTool

The WebLink button on the Fiery ZX 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 ZX WebLink for any information available there.

A-1 Setting Print Options

Appendix A: Setting Print Options

Job settings give you access to all the special features of your copier and Fiery ZX. Job settings can be speciﬁed in several places—in Fiery ZX Setup, from the printing application, from the Fiery Downloader, from the Command WorkStation, from the Fiery WebSpooler, or from the 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

• 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 Adobe PostScript printer drivers (included in your user software) and the Windows NT 4.0 printer driver, you can specify and override 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 the Fiery Downloader

Only a few settings—Page Range (for PDF ﬁles only), Copies, and Brightness—can be speciﬁed when printing jobs with the Fiery Downloader . To change options in the 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”.

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

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 the Fiery Spooler, double-click a job to display the Override Print Settings dialog box. For more information, see the Job Management Guide.

A-2 Setting Print Options

Override hierarchy

In the following table, the default printer driver settings (PPD defaults) are underlined. The override hierarchy is as follows:

• A user’s printer driver settings override the Fiery ZX Setup settings.

• Settings made from the Command WorkStation, the Fiery W ebSpooler , or the Fiery

Spooler override the user’s printer driver settings.

Option and settings:

(Printer’s default is underlined)

Black Overprint Off/On

Brightness 85% Lightest/90% Lighter/95% Light/ 100% Normal 110% Darker/115% Darkest

CMYK Simulation SWOP-Coated/DIC/Euroscale/ Custom-1/Custom-2/Custom-3/ Custom-4/Custom-5/ None/Match Copy

CMYK Simulation Method Quick/Full

/105% Dark/

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 one of the options in between.

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

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:

The default setting for printing reﬂects the Black Overprint setting speciﬁed in Fiery ZX Color Setup. The Black Overprint option is supported, provided that the Compression and Pure Black Text/Graphics options are set to and the Combine Separations option is set to

Off.

For more information, see page A-6.

The default setting for printing reﬂects the CMYK Simulation setting speciﬁed in Fiery ZX Color Setup. For more information, see page A-7.

The default setting for printing reﬂects the CMYK Simulation setting speciﬁed in Fiery ZX Color Setup.

On,

A-3 Setting Print Options

Option and settings:

(Printer’s default is underlined)

Color Mode CMYK/Grayscale

Combine Separations On/Off

Compression Off/On

Description:

Specify the color mode for the current print job. Select

CMYK 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.

Select Off to disable compression for printing very complex images. Selecting Off requires a signiﬁcant amount of memory to process and print; however, images print faster with the best possible image quality. Select

On to enable compression when

printing. Select this setting for multiple-page jobs that do not consist of complex images.

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

The default setting for printing reﬂects the Color Mode setting speciﬁed in Fiery ZX PS Setup.

For more information, see page A-8.

The default setting for printing reﬂects the Compression setting speciﬁed in Fiery ZX PS Setup.

Copier Mode

/Map

Photo

Copies

Select Photo if the ﬁle is a photograph. Select

Map if the ﬁle contains detailed

drawings and small text, such as might be found on a map.

Specify the number of copies of the job to print.

A-4 Setting Print Options

Option and settings:

(Printer’s default is underlined)

Media Type

Paper/Thick Paper/

Plain Transparency/Interleaved

Notes 1 and Notes 2

Page Order Forward/Reverse

Pure Black Text/Graphics Off/On

Description:

Select Plain Paper if you will be printing on standard bond copier paper. Select

Thick Paper if you will be printing

on heavy paper stock. Select

Transparency if you will be printing

on a transparency. Select

Interleaved if you will be printing

multiple transparencies with blank paper separators.

These ﬁelds appear in the Printer Job Notes dialog box (Windows) or Job Notes pop-up menu (Mac OS). Use them to enter special information about the 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.

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% K toner only .

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

For more information, see page A-8.

The Notes 1 and Notes 2 ﬁelds each have a 32-character limit.

The default setting for printing reﬂects the Page Order setting speciﬁed in Fiery ZX PS Setup. To enable the Compression must be set to

The default setting for printing reﬂects the Pure Black Text/Graphics setting speciﬁed in Fiery ZX Color Setup.

Reverse setting,

On.

Rendering Style Photographic/Presentation/Solid Color

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

The default setting for printing reﬂects the Default CRD setting speciﬁed in Fiery ZX Color Setup. For more information, see page A-8.

A-5 Setting Print Options

Option and settings:

(Printer’s default is underlined)

RGB Source EFIRGB/sRGB (PC)/Apple Standard/ Other/Off

(Other) Gamma

1.0/1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0/ /2.4/2.6/2.8/3.0

2.2

(Other) White Point 5000 K (D50) 6500 K (D65)/7500 K/9300 K

(Other) Phosphors Hitachi EBU/Hitachi-Ikegami/NTSC/ Radius Pivot/SMPTE

/5500 K/

/Trinitron

Description:

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

EFIRGB, sRGB (PC), or

Apple Standard to set the gamma, white

point, and phosphors values at preset levels. Select

Other to make custom adjustments

to gamma, phosphors, and white point values (see the following three print options). Select

Off to disable any RGB source.

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

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

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

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

The default setting for printing reﬂects the RGB Source setting speciﬁed in Fiery ZX Color Setup.

To enable this option, RGB Source must be set to

the Rendering Style option set to

Solid Color.

To enable this option, RGB Source must be set to

Other.

OTE: This option is most effective with

Other.

Save Fast Reprint

/On

Off

Sharpness Softer/Normal

Sorter Mode Off/Collate

/Sharper

/Sort

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 Softer to decrease the clarity of the printed image. Select

Normal to make no adjustment to

the clarity of the printed image. Select

Sharper to increase the clarity of

the printed image. Specify how to output

multiple-page/multiple-copy jobs.

For more information, see page A-9.

A-6 Setting Print Options

Option and settings:

(Printer’s default is underlined)

Spot Color Matching Off/On

Description:

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 ZX prints speciﬁed Pantone colors in your job by matching the correct Pantone color.

Requirements, constraints,

and information:

The default setting for printing reﬂects the Spot Color Matching setting speciﬁed in Fiery ZX Color Setup. For more information, see the Color Guide.

More information 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 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 ZX 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.

On—Overprint the black text. Used in combination with the Compression and Pure

Black Text/Graphics options, the Fiery ZX 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.

A-7 Setting Print Options

CMYK Simulation

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

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

goal currently set on the Fiery ZX.

SWOP-Coated—Uses the United States press standard. DIC—Uses the Japanese press standard. Euroscale—Uses the European press standard. Custom-1—Uses a custom simulation goal. Before selecting this setting, you are

required to create a new simulation goal with Fiery Print Calibrator and name the simulation goal exactly as follows: Custom-1.

Custom-2—Uses a second custom simulation goal. Before selecting this setting, you are

required to create a new simulation goal with Fiery Print Calibrator and name the simulation goal exactly as follows: Custom-2.

Custom-3—Uses a third custom simulation goal. Before selecting this setting, you are

required to create a new simulation goal with Fiery Print Calibrator and name the simulation goal exactly as follows: Custom-3.

Custom-4—Uses a fourth custom simulation goal. Before selecting this setting, you are

required to create a new simulation goal with Fiery Print Calibrator and name the simulation goal exactly as follows: Custom-4.

Custom-5—Uses a ﬁfth custom simulation goal. Before selecting this setting, you are

required to create a new simulation goal with Fiery Print Calibrator and name the simulation goal exactly as follows: Custom-5.

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 ZX calibration and simulation.

For more information about calibration, see the Job Management Guide.

A-8 Setting Print Options

Combine Separations

The Combine Separations option speciﬁes whether to combine color separations (created in desktop publishing applications such as QuarkXPress or A dobe P ageMaker) 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 optimum color output on the Fiery ZX.

Y our job must hav e 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.

Media Type

The Media Type option allows you to select the type of media for loading into the manual feed tray.

Plain Paper—Standard bond paper from 16 lb to 28 lb (60 g/m Thick Paper—Paper heavier than 28 lb, up to 90 lb Index (163 g/m Transparency—Transparency sheets. Interleaved—Multiple transparency sheets inserted with blank, plain paper separators.

With Interleaved selected, the transparencies are fed from the bypass tray and the paper separators are fed from the paper tray.

to 105 g/m2).

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 ZX 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.

Solid Color—Most useful for printing spot colors such as those found in company

logos or corporate charts and graphs.

A-9 Setting Print Options

Sorter Mode

Off—Disables the sorter. Collate—Copies of a complete job are collated and output into the top tray. Sort—Copies of a complete job are sorted and output into one of 20 bins, arranged in

page order.

Sorter speciﬁcations

The sorter unit has one top output tray and 20 output bins; therefore, the maximum number of copies that can be sorted is 20. Sending 21 or more copies to the sorter results in the excess copies of the job being discarded. In order to print more than 20 copies you can resend the job, 20 copies at a time, from the P rint dialog bo x, from the Command WorkStation, from Fiery WebSpooler, or from Fiery Spooler.

The maximum capacities of the top output tray and output bins are shown in the table below. If a print job exceeds the maximum capacity of a particular tray or bin, the Fiery ZX prints to the maximum capacity and then reports an error message. Once the paper is removed, the job resumes printing.

Output bin Paper size Plain paper Thick paper

Sort (bins 1 to 20)

Letter/A4 LetterR/A4R

Legal 11 x 17/A3

50 25

25 15

B-1 Font List

Appendix B: Font List

This appendix lists the built-in printer fonts included with your Fiery ZX.

PostScript printer fonts

Listed below are the 136 built-in PostScript printer fonts on the Fiery ZX. In addition to the fonts listed below, two Adobe Multiple Master fonts are included and are used for font substitution in PDF ﬁles.

NOTE: For Mac OS computers, install the corresponding screen fonts from the User

Software CD. For instructions, see Getting Started.

Adobe Type 1 fonts

The Fiery ZX includes 117 Adobe Type 1 fonts:

• AlbertusMT, AlbertusMT-Italic, AlbertusMT-Light

• AntiqueOlive-Roman, AntiqueOlive-Bold, AntiqueOlive-Compact, AntiqueOlive-Italic

• AvantGarde-Book, AvantGarde-BookOblique, AvantGarde-Demi, AvantGarde-DemiOblique

• Bodoni, Bodoni-Bold, Bodoni-Italic, Bodoni-BoldItalic, Bodoni-Poster, Bodoni-PosterCompressed

• Bookman-Demi, Bookman-DemiItalic, Bookman-Light, Bookman-LightItalic

• Carta

• Clarendon, Clarendon-Bold, Clarendon-Light

• CooperBlack, CooperBlack-Italic

• Copperplate-ThirtyThreeBC, Copperplate-ThirtyTwoBC

• Coronet-Regular

• Courier, Courier-Bold, Courier-Oblique, Courier-BoldOblique

• Eurostile, Eurostile-Bold, Eurostile-ExtendedTwo, Eurostile-BoldExtendedTwo

• GillSans, GillSans-Bold, GillSans-Italic, GillSans-BoldItalic, GillSans-Condensed, GillSans-BoldCondensed, GillSans-Light, GillSans-LightItalic, GillSans-ExtraBold

• Goudy, Goudy-Bold, Goudy-Italic, Goudy-BoldItalic, Goudy-ExtraBold

B-2 Font List

• Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica-BoldOblique, Helvetica-Condensed, Helvetica-Condensed-Bold, Helvetica-Condensed-BoldObl, Helvetica-Condensed-Oblique, Helvetica-Narrow, Helvetica-Narrow-Bold, Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique, Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique, Helvetica-Oblique

• JoannaMT, JoannaMT-Bold, JoannaMT-Italic, JoannaMT-BoldItalic

• LetterGothic, LetterGothic-Bold, LetterGothic-BoldSlanted, LetterGothic-Slanted

• LubalinGraph-Book, LubalinGraph-BookOblique, LubalinGraph-Demi, LubalinGraph-DemiOblique

• Marigold

• MonaLisa-Recut

• NewCenturySchlbk-Roman, NewCenturySchlbk-Bold, NewCenturySchlbk-Italic, NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic

• Optima, Optima-Bold, Optima-Italic, Optima-BoldItalic

• Oxford

• Palatino-Roman, Palatino-Bold, Palatino-Italic, Palatino-BoldItalic

• StempelGaramond-Roman, StempelGaramond-Bold, StempelGaramond-Italic, StempelGaramond-BoldItalic

• Symbol

• Tekton

• Times-Roman, T imes-Bold, T imes-Italic, T imes-BoldI talic

• Univers, Univers-Bold, Univers-BoldExt, Univers-BoldExtObl, Univers-BoldOblique, Univers-Condensed, Univers-CondensedBold, Univers-CondensedBoldOblique, Univers-CondensedOblique, Univers-Extended, Univers-ExtendedObl, Univers-Light, Univers-LightOblique, Univers-Oblique

• ZapfChancery-MediumItalic

• ZapfDingbats

B-3 Font List

TrueType fonts

The Fiery ZX includes 19 TrueType fonts:

• Apple-Chancery

• ArialMT, Arial-BoldMT, Arial-ItalicMT, Arial-BoldItalicMT

• Chicago

• Geneva

• HoeﬂerText-Regular, H oeﬂerT ext-Black, H oeﬂerT ext-I talic, HoeﬂerText-BlackItalic, HoeﬂerText-Ornaments

• Monaco

•NewYork

• TimesN ewRomanPSMT, TimesNewR omanPS-BoldMT, TimesN ewRomanPS-ItalicMT, TimesN ewRomanPS-BoldI talicMT

• Wingdings-Regular

C-1 Troubleshooting

Appendix C: Troubleshooting

This appendix provides troubleshooting tips.

Maintaining optimal system performance

The Fiery ZX does not require maintenance. Beyond the routine requirements of servicing and maintaining the copier and replenishing consumables there are a few things you can do to improve the overall performance of your system:

• Reduce unnecessary two-way communication. If users notice that the server is frequently too busy to receive jobs, it may be because

several users are running utilities that are updated often. Large numbers of remote users running the Fiery Downloader or the Fiery WebTools may have a signiﬁcant effect on Fiery ZX performance.

• Schedule the printing workload by checking job ticket information before printing. Print jobs with the same output and paper speciﬁcations together to minimize paper changes. Also, print routine jobs while you prepare to print jobs with special instructions or special media.

• Reduce unnecessary server connections at the Command WorkStation. If you use a second or third Fiery ZX Color Server on an occasional basis, performance will be improved if you log off when you are not using it.

• Avoid printing with the server “Disk full” warning. If you see this warning, delete jobs from the Queues window that have been held for

a long time and are not likely to be needed. Avoid this condition by deleting old jobs on a regular basis. The date associated with a job is the original date it was sent.

Even when the disk is full, 128KB of disk space is reserved for printing a tabloid size job, but printing proceeds only when the oldest printed job is deleted from the Printed queue (Print area).

C-2 Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

In case of problems, and before you call for service, check the guidelines in this section. If you are unable to resolve the problem, make a note of the error condition and contact your authorized service/support center.

This section provides some troubleshooting guidelines should a problem arise. If you are unable to resolve a problem after referring to this section, contact your site operator or administrator.

General printing problems

If this happens: Try this:

You cannot connect to a Fiery ZX.

You cannot select or view one of the queues.

You cannot connect to the Fiery ZX from a Windows computer with the Command WorkStation or Fiery utilities.

Printing seems to take too long.

Special paper or transparency options are dimmed.

• Make sure that the Fiery ZX is not being calibrated.

If the Fiery ZX is being calibrated, you can select it in the Chooser, but you cannot connect to it. This insures that only one person is calibrating the server at any time and that print jobs do not use unexpected calibration.

• Have your system administrator enable the queue in Setup.

• Make sure the connection is conﬁgured correctly.

For instructions, see Getting Started.

• Print to a queue instead of to the Direct connection.

When you print to a queue, the job is stored on the Fiery ZX until it can be processed and printed; when you print to the Direct connection, the job cannot be sent to the Fiery ZX until the previous job is ﬁnished processing, so you must wait longer to use your computer.

• Select a Paper Source that supports the media type you are using. for information on requirements and constraints pertaining to special papers and transparencies, see Appendix A, “Setting Print Options.”

C-3 Troubleshooting

If this happens: Try this:

Fiery ZX doesn ’t respond to a Print command.

Message requests a paper size that you don’t have.

• Has someone disconnected the copier by selecting Suspend Printing from the Functions menu?

If the administrator or operator has selected Suspend Printing on the Fiery ZX Control Panel or Command WorkStation to interrupt printing (so that someone can make a color copy, for example), your print job will not resume until someone selects

Printing from the Functions menu on the Control Panel or clicks the function key on

the Command WorkStation.

• Did you select the Fiery ZX as the current printer?

Before printing, you must select the Fiery ZX as the current printer from your Windows computer, Mac OS computer, or UNIX workstation.

• Make sure that the copier is switched on.

Someone may have turned the copier off, or the Automatic Power-Off or Power Saver mode function may have engaged. Even with the copier off, the F iery ZX appears in the Chooser as long as the Fiery ZX itself is turned on.

• If you are printing over an IPX (Novell) network, verify through the PCONSOLE utility that the job was sent to the Novell queue and that the queue is being used by the Fiery ZX.

• Make sure that the job does not contain a PostScript error.

Check with the operator, or use the Fiery WebSpooler to check the job’s status. In the Fiery WebSpooler, a job containing a PostScript error appears in red.

• Cancel the job and do one of the following:

If you are printing a P ostScript ﬁle, ask the administrator to set the Convert P aper S izes setting in Printer Setup to convert between US and metric paper sizes.

If you are printing a ﬁle from an application, change the page size in the Page Setup dialog box.

to convert the job to a paper size you do have. You can do this

Resume

C-4 Troubleshooting

If this happens: Try this:

Jobs sent to the parallel port do not print.

You cannot print with QuarkXPress 3.32 using the PSPrinter 8.3.1 driver on a Mac OS computer.

• Ask the administrator to increase the parallel “P ort Timeout in Seconds” on the Fiery ZX Control Panel.

• Ask the administrator to change the Ignore EOF Character setting on the Fiery ZX Control Panel.

If you will be printing ASCII format PostScript only, set Ignore EOF Character to No; if you will be printing Binary format PostScript, set it to

• If you print using the DOS copy command, make sure to use the /b option when printing binary ﬁles.

• Restart your Windows computer, enter BIOS setup, and if you have a BIOS setting for the parallel port, make sure that it is set to Compatible mode and not to Bi-Directional, ECP, EPP, or any other mode.

• If you are using Windows 95, open the Sy stem Properties contr ol panel, click the Device Manager tab, click Ports, double-click the parallel port you are using, and make sure that the driver selected is the standard Printer Port driver instead of the ECP Port, EPP Port, or any other driver.

For information about changing this setting, see Getting Started and your Windows 95 documentation.

• If the PostScript Printer Driver that you are using lets you select bi-directional communication, make sure that it is disabled.

This is generally set from the Properties dialog box for the printer.

• Remove the ﬁle called Balloon Help from your QuarkXPress application folder and relaunch QuarkXPress.

Yes.

C-5 Troubleshooting

Problems with print quality

For information about printing with speciﬁc applications and about optimizing color output, see the Color Guide.

If this happens: Try this:

Print settings for your job output do not match the settings you gave.

You get poor printing results.

Separations do not combine properly.

The registration or colors of an image are not what you expected.

• Make sure that you did not override the setting for the job in another place.

For information about options and overrides, see Appendix A, “Setting Print Options.”

• Does your application require one of Fiery ZX’s printer description ﬁles?

If you’re printing from an application such as Adobe Separator or PageMaker, MacroMedia FreeHand, or QuarkXPress, make sure that the Fiery ZX printer description ﬁle is installed correctly. For information about installing these ﬁles, see Getting Started.

• Make sure the system has been calibrated.

For instructions, see the Job Management Guide.

• Try printing with Compression set to Off.

In general, Compression increases processing speed without affecting print quality, so you should leave it on unless it affects the print quality of speciﬁc ﬁles.

• Make sure that the ﬁle was initially created as separations.

• If you are printing separations or a DCS format ﬁle, set the Combine Separations print option to On.

With Combine Separations On, all four colors will be printed on a single page; with Combine Separations Off, four black-and white pages will print to simulate four singlecolor plates.

• Ask the operator to print a test page or make a test copy with the copier.

The problem may be with the copier. If your test page or copy show that the copier is working properly , corr ect the problem within your application software. I f the test page or copy are wrong, your copier may need to be calibrated or adjusted in some other way.

C-6 Troubleshooting

If this happens: Try this:

Your printed ﬁle appears too dark.

Color output is incorrect.

Color ﬁle prints in black and white.

Desktop Color Separations (DCS) format images print incorrectly.

QuickDraw ﬁll patterns print as solids.

• Adjust the Brightness option.

Y ou can use the B rightness option when printing from an application or fr om the F iery Downloader to lighten your image whenever you print a PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) ﬁle.

• Check with the operator or administrator about the current calibration information.

The copier may need to be recalibrated because it has been too long since it was calibrated or because it is using a different target.

• In the Color Matching dialog box, make sure that Color/Grayscale or ColorSync Color Matching or PostScript Color Matching is selected (not Black and White).

• Make sure that the Color Mode print option is set to CMYK and not Grayscale.

• Make sure that you selected the correct options to send separ ations in the application’ s Print dialog box.

• Make sure that you have the ﬁle for every layer of separation that you are printing.

• Set the Combine Separations option to On.

This combines the high-resolution ﬁles for an image and prints them. With Combine Separations Off, the low-resolution master ﬁle will print.

• Use the Adobe PostScript Printer driver (or the Apple LaserWriter 8.3 or later printer driver).

C-7 Troubleshooting

Problems with the Fiery Downloader

If this happens: Try this:

General problems

You can’t print an EPS ﬁle using the Fiery Downloader.

You have problems downloading a font with the Fiery Downloader.

Extra blank page prints after a Fiery Downloader job.

• Make sure that you are using the latest version.

If you are updating your Fiery ZX to new system software, delete the previous version of the Fiery Downloader from your Windows or Mac OS computer and install the latest version to insure full compatibility.

• Make sure the connection is conﬁgured correctly.

For instructions, see Getting Started.

• Try printing using the ‘showpage’ after EPS ﬁles (Windows) or ‘showpage’ (Mac OS) option in the Download PostScript File dialog box.

This option adds a showpage PostScript language command at the end of the print job . Certain applications omit this necessary PostScript language command when they generate EPS ﬁles. You’ll need to select the Append Showpage option when printing EPS ﬁles generated by these applications.

If you continue having difﬁculties printing an EPS ﬁle with the Fiery Downloader, try printing the ﬁle from the application in which it was created.

• Make sure that the job does not contain a PostScript error.

Check with the operator, or use the Command WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler, or Fiery Spooler to check the job ’s status. Jobs with a PostScript error appear with an Error icon.

• Check with the administrator to make sure that the Direct connection is enabled.

The Direct connection must be used to download fonts.

• Turn off the ‘showpage’ after EPS ﬁles (Windows) or ‘showpage’ (Mac OS) option.

This option adds a special PostScript command that will cause an extra blank page to print if it is not needed.

Problems with Fiery Scan

If this happens: Try this:

Fiery Scan main window does not appear after launching.

• Check to see if the TWAIN module(s) installed by Adobe Photoshop are located in the correct Plugins subfolder. If not, reinstall Adobe Photoshop software.

Index

Adobe Font Downloader, see Font

Downloader Adobe Photoshop, see Photoshop AppleTalk 2-2

Black Overprint option A-2, A-6 Brightness option A-1, A-2 BSD 3-2

Calibrated RGB ﬁle for Mac OS 4-1 Calibrated RGB option 4-1, 4-5 Calrgb.ams ﬁle for Windows 4-1 CMYK Simulation Method option A-2 CMYK Simulation option A-2, A-7 color, problems C-6 Color Mode option A-3 Combine Separations option A-3, A-8 Command W orkStation xi

capability to view and control the ﬂow of

print jobs 6-1

overriding Printer Setup settings 1-4,

1-8, 1-11

using Fiery Downloader from 5-1 compression C-5 Compression option A-3 Connection T ype option 5-5 Control Panel, printer settings

overridden 1-11

Copier Mode option A-3

DCS (Desktop Color Separations) C-6 default setting, see printer default setting DIC simulation goal A-7

Direct connection xii

not in Chooser, Mac OS 2-2

required to download fonts 5-8, C-7 Display Font List button 5-3 Downloader, see Fiery Downloader downloaders, LaserWriter 5-1

EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) ﬁles

downloading 5-1

downloading from Mac OS 2-5

downloading from Windows 1-12

problems downloading C-7 EPS ﬁles

downloading 1-1 Euroscale simulation goal A-7

Fiery Downloader

Brightness option 5-7

choosing a printer 5-3

Command W orkStation 5-1

downloading ﬁle or font 5-4 to 5-7

Download Progress bar 5-3

Hard Disk region 5-3

installing printer fonts 5-9

job overrides A-1

Mac OS 2-5

PDF ﬁles

printing from 5-4

Print Status area 5-3

problems with C-7

restriction with parallel port 1-11

RIP Status area 5-3

Toolbar 5-3

using 5-1

Windows 1-12

I-2 Index

Fiery Scan plug-in for Photoshop

color conversion options 4-1 Original option 4-5 prescanning 4-3 problems with C-7 restraints and constraints 4-1

Fiery Spooler, overriding Printer Setup 1-4,

1-8, 1-11

Fiery WebTools

accessing xiii, 6-1, 6-2 home page 6-1 overview 6-2 Status 6-1, 6-2 WebLink 6-2

WebSpooler 1-4, 1-8, 1-11, 6-1 File name entry ﬁeld 5-6 File port, saving ﬁles to 1-12 Files of type menu (Windows) 5-5 Font Downloader 5-1 font list

displaying 5-3, 5-10

PostScript B-1 to B-3

printing 5-3, 5-10 Font List button 5-3 fonts

Adobe Type 1 5-8, B-1, B-2

downloading and managing 5-1, 5-6,

5-8 installing 5-9 PostScript 5-8 printer fonts 5-8 printer fonts on server 5-10 screen fonts 5-8 substitution with PDF ﬁles 5-9 TrueType 5-8

Font Substitution Table 5-8

Gamma option A-5

Hand tool 4-4 Hold queue xii, 2-2

installing printer fonts 5-9 Interleaved option A-8

job overrides

(Other) Gamma option A-5 (Other) Phosphors option A-5 (Other) White Point option A-5 Black Overprint option A-2, A-6 Brightness option A-2 CMYK Simulation Method option A-2 CMYK Simulation option A-2, A-7 Color Mode option A-3 Combine Separations option A-3, A-8 Compression option A-3 Copier Mode option A-3 Media Type option A-8 Page Order option A-4 print settings A-1 Pure Black Text/Graphics option A-4 Rendering Style option A-4, A-8 RGB Source option A-5 Save Fast Reprint option A-5 Sharpness option A-5 Sorter Mode option A-5, A-9 Spot Color Matching option A-6

LaserWriter printer, fonts installed on 5-8 lp command 3-2 lpq command 3-1, 3-2, 3-3 lpr command 3-1 lprm command 3-1, 3-3 lpstat command 3-2

I-3 Index

Mac OS

Paper Source menu 2-3 PostScript printer setup 2-2 printer default settings 2-4 Printer Speciﬁc Options menu 2-3 printing 2-1 to 2-5 screen fonts 5-8 tray selection 2-3

marquee 4-4 Match Copy option 4-1, 4-5 Match Copy simulation goal A-7 Media Type option A-4, A-8

None simulation goal A-7 Notes ﬁelds

Mac OS 2-3 Windows 3.1x 1-9 Windows 95 1-5

(Other) Gamma option A-5 (Other) Phosphors option A-5 (Other) White Point option A-5 overrides, of job settings A-1

Page Order option A-4 Page Range option A-1 paper, sizes supported xiv Paper Source menu

Mac OS 2-3 Windows 3.1x 1-7 Windows 95 1-3 Windows NT 4.0 1-10

parallel port

printing with 1-11 problems C-4

PDF ﬁles

downloading 5-1 downloading from Mac OS 2-5 downloading from Windows 1-12

font substitution 5-9 performance, optimizing C-1 Phosphors option A-5 Photographic rendering style option A-8 Photoshop, transfer functions 5-7 Plain Paper option A-8 Portable Document Format, see PDF ﬁles PostScript

downloading ﬁles 5-1

downloading ﬁles from Mac OS 2-5

downloading ﬁles from Windows 1-12

font list B-1 to B-3 PostScript printer description ﬁles, see PPDs PostScript printer drivers

Mac OS 2-1

Windows 3.1x 1-6

Windows 95 1-1 PostScript printer setup

Mac OS 2-2 PPD (PostScript Printer Description) xi, xii

options A-1 PPDs 1-1, 1-6, 2-1 prescan 4-2 Prescan option 4-4 Prescan Size option 4-3 Presentation rendering style option A-8 Print command (Windows) 1-1 printer default settings A-1

Mac OS 2-4

speciﬁed by administrator in Setup xii

Windows 95 1-4 printer setup

settings 1-11

with Adobe PostScript Printer Driver for

Windows 95 1-2 to 1-5

with Microsoft PostScript Printer Driver

for Windows NT 4.0 1-9

I-4 Index

Printer Speciﬁc Options menu 2-3 printing

font list 5-3 from Fiery Downloader 5-4 from Mac OS applications 2-1 to 2-5 list of fonts 5-10 on the network xii to local port 1-12 troubleshooting C-2 to C-4 Windows 3.1x 1-6 Windows 95 1-1 Windows NT 4.0 1-9 with parallel port 1-11

print options

settings 1-5 speciﬁc to color server 1-4, 1-8, 1-11 Windows 3.1x 1-6 to 1-9 Windows 95 1-2 to 1-5

print quality

problems with C-5

Print queue xii

not in Chooser, Mac OS 2-2

Pure Black Text/Graphics option A-4

Queue option 5-5 queues, access to xii

remote users xiii Rendering Style option A-4, A-8 Resolution option 4-3 resolutions supported xiv RGB Source option A-5 RIPping xi

Save Fast Reprint option A-5 Scan Mode 4-3 scanning

from the copier 4-1

specifying height of area to be

scanned 4-4 specifying units of scan area 4-4 specifying width of scan area 4-4 see also Fiery Scan plug-in for Photoshop

Selection area 4-4 Sharpness option A-5 Show menu (Mac OS) 5-5 showpage after EPS ﬁles option 5-7 Solid Color rendering style option A-8 sorter capacity A-9 Sorter Mode option A-5, A-9 Spooler, see Fiery Spooler Spot Color Matching option A-6 Status WebTool, see Fiery WebTools SunOS v4.1.x 3-2 Sun Solaris v2.x 3-2 SWOP-Coated simulation A-7

TCP/IP printing 3-1 Thick Paper option A-8 Transparency option A-8 tray selection

Mac OS 2-3 Windows 3.1x 1-7 Windows 95 1-3 Windows NT 4.0 1-10

troubleshooting C-2

general printing problems C-2 to C-4

TWAIN, see Fiery Scan plug-in for

Photoshop

UNIX

BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution)

variant of 3-3 displaying jobs in queue with 3-2 printing with 3-1 removing jobs from queue with 3-3 System V 3-2

I-5 Index

WebLink, see Fiery WebTools WebSpooler, see Fiery WebTools WebTools, seeFiery WebTools White Point option A-5 Windows 3.1x

Paper Source menu 1-7 PostScript printer driver 1-6 printing with 1-6 print options 1-6 to 1-9 tray selection 1-7

Windows 95

Notes ﬁelds 1-5 Paper Source menu 1-3 PostScript printer driver 1-1 printer default settings 1-4 printing with 1-1 tray selection 1-3

Windows NT 4.0

Paper Source menu 1-10 printing with 1-9 tray selection 1-10

Xerox Fiery ZX 9 Printing Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Preface

About this manual

About the documentation

About PostScript printer drivers and PPDs

Supported paper sizes

Before you begin

Non-imageable area

Toner reduction

Chapter 1: Printing from Windows Computers

Printing from applications

Setting options and printing from Windows 95

Setting options and printing from Windows 3.1x

Setting options and printing from Windows NT 4.0

Printing to the parallel port

Using the Fiery Downloader to print

Chapter 2: Printing from Mac OS Computers

Printing from applications

Setting print options and printing from Mac OS computers

Using the Fiery Downloader to print

Chapter 4: Scanning Jobs

Scanning from the copier

Fiery Scan color conversion settings

Using Fiery Scan

Chapter 5: Downloading Files and Fonts

Fiery Downloader

Printing with the Fiery Downloader

Downloading and managing printer fonts

Chapter 6: Tracking and Managing Print Jobs

Accessing information with the WebLink WebTool

Appendix A: Setting Print Options

Where to set print options

Override hierarchy

More information about print options

PostScript printer fonts

Adobe Type 1 fonts

TrueType fonts

Appendix C: Troubleshooting

Maintaining optimal system performance

Troubleshooting

General printing problems

Problems with print quality

Problems with the Fiery Downloader

Problems with Fiery Scan

Index