Xerox FreeFlow What’s New

FreeFlow May 2013 702P01397

Print Server V9 SP3

Xerox® FreeFlow® Print Server

What’s New

Includes Adobe® Normalizer and PostScript®, Adobe® PDFtoPS Library for Xerox® FreeFlow Print Server, Adobe® CPSI for Xerox® FreeFlow Print Server, Adobe® PDF Print Engine, Adobe® PostScript OEM Source for Xerox® FreeFlow Print Server, and Adobe® PostScript fonts for Xerox® FreeFlow Print Server.

Includes Monotype Imaging® Intellifont. BR5336

Document version 1.1: May 2013

1 Common Features

XCPT Support for Interoperability with Enterprise Printers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

PDF/VT Support with APPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

VIPP Normalizer APPE Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Client Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Hot Folder Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Hot Folders Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Native JDF/JMF Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

JDF 1.4 Pass Through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Solaris 10 Update 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Validate FreeFlow Print Server Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

BandR Tool for System Backup and Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

2Xerox® Color 800/1000 Press and Xerox® iGen® 150 Press

Color Management SDK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Queue Creation for Color Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2

Alternative Grace Period Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

3Xerox® Color 8250 Production Printer

Standard Dot Halftone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Pantone Matching System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Gray Component Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

4Xerox® Color 550/560/570 Printer

New Speed Offering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

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Common Features

XCPT Support for Interoperability with Enterprise Printers

This feature provides the support for Xerox Common Print Ticket (XCPT) job ticket format.

XCPT is a job ticket format supported by Xerox Enterprise and Office Products. XCPT tickets are semantically similar to Xerox Printing Instruction Format (XPIF) tickets, as they use the same attributes and values, but they have a different encoding. The string @PJL XCPT is included at the beginning of every line. This encoding allows XCPT tickets to be treated as Printer Job Language (PJL) comments if sent to a non-Xerox printer, which is a requirement for Xerox Enterprise and Office printer products.

Supporting XCPT format tickets allows FreeFlow Print Server to accept jobs that were generated for Xerox Enterprise or Office printer products.

Support for XCPT format tickets is a necessary, but not sufficient, requirement for supporting Xerox Cloud and Mobile Print Solutions. Additional functionality, such as supporting Extensible Interface Platform (EIP) on the FreeFlow Print Server platform, is also required to fully support Cloud and Mobile Print integration.

PDF/VT Support with APPE

The main intent of the Portable Document Format/Variable Transactional (PDF/VT) feature is for Variable and Transactional printing. An example of PDF/VT is printing of a color graphics page that has transparencies along with monochrome billing statement page. This document describes the FreeFlow Print Server processing of PDF/VT. PDF/VT supports specifying the finishing options such as media color and stapling within the document.

The following are prerequisites for performing PDF/VT:

• Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE) 2.6

• JDF 1.4 or higher

• PDF version 1.5 or higher

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Common Features

VIPP Normalizer APPE Path

The Variable Data Intelligent PostScript Printware (VIPP) client sends VIPP job (jobs with extension as .nm, .sub, .vp) to a queue that has APPE enabled and no other queue setup is required. The VIPP Normalizer converts the VIPP job into a PDF/VT file. FreeFlow Print Server then processes the PDF/VT with APPE. During this process, the setpagedevice commands are converted to equivalent PDF/VT metadata, enabling FreeFlow Print Server to process the job according to the instructions (such as finishing) with the job.

Client Path

XMPie and other clients that produce native PDF/VT files send jobs to a queue that has APPE enabled and the job is processed accordingly.

The user has to set the PDF/X button on the Color Management GUI to On to properly process the PDF/X4 content within the PDF/VT.

Description

PDF/VT is designed to make Variable Data Print (VDP) more efficient. PDF/VT uses Job Definition Format (JDF) to control the printing workflow. The available type of PDF/VT is PDF/VT-1. All resources (contents) are embedded in a single PDF file. FreeFlow Print Server currently supports this version. FreeFlow Print Server support is dependent on the usage on FreeFlow Print Server defined PDF Document Part (DPart) metadata semantics and structure. FreeFlow Print Server does not support JDF tickets, designating the PDF DPart metadata semantics and structure, generated by a client.

PDF/VT has hierarchy (DPart) that describes the structure of the document. Within these DParts the Document Part Metadata (DPM) exists and contains information about the DPart. FreeFlow Print Server uses metadata to describe finishing and media attributes for the logical document (or set of pages) for a PDF/VT file.

FreeFlow Print Server also uses JDF in conjunction with the PDF/VT file to describe finishing and media attributes for the document. The FreeFlow Print Server prints the job as instructed by the DPart available inside the job; there is no need to modify the GUI. For example, the PDF/VT file can instruct FreeFlow Print Server to use dynamic duplexing or use the interposer. If GUI overrides are selected, then the GUI selections take precedence over the DPart commands.

Considerations

• PPR only supports up to PDF version 1.5. Currently APPE 2.6 will process PDF version 1.7. There may be a need to change PPR to support version 1.7.

• User PPR for optimal performance.

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