Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v8.0 SP2 What's New

FreeFlow June 2011 702P00236

Print Server V8 SP2

FreeFlow

Print Server

What’s New

Document version 1.0: June 2011

1 Common Features

Simplified Media Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

JDF Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

JDF Error handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Hot folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Job name mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Imposition Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Accounting Export Separator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Offset N Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

IPDS Container Object Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

TIFF and JPEG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

TIFF images in container objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Localization Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

IPP Hold and Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

New FreeFlow Remote Print Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Contents

2 800/1000 Press

Color Version Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Use of FWA for calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Dynamic Spot Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Clear Feature Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Clear dry ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Define alternate names for Clear in Spot Color Edit (update to 8.0 SP1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Clear billing update for 8.0 SP2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Sample Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Quad Stitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Productivity Mode Selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Ability to Change Private IP Address on the GUI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

FreeFlow Print Server V8 SP2

What’s New

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FreeFlow Print Server V8 SP2

What’s New

Common Features

Simplified Media Selection

Simplified media selection is a new feature that allows administrators to set up queue defaults for stock in a way that any attribute, except for size, can be set to Use Ready, meaning that any ready stock can be used. In addition, a main Use Ready button sets all attributes, except for stock, to Use Ready status, meaning that any available stock of the correct size can be used.

These new stock selection options help avoid faults involving jobs that do not have the proper stock loaded. This fault commonly happens when the user submits jobs from a client, does not know what stock is loaded at the printer, and specifies only a stock size.

FreeFlow Print Server matches all the specified media attributes and ignores the ones set to Use Ready when searching for a tray.

Note When queues are set to ignore all attributes except size, use your most common paper in

the highest capacity tray, as that tray is the first chosen.

JDF Printing

The FreeFlow Print Server software now includes improved Job Definition Format (JDF) functionality. A JDF job ticket with PDL document files allows users to attach job settings to their print jobs. Support is for JDF 1.3 tickets.

The FreeFlow Print Server JDF feature utilizes the hot folder mechanism to accept the jobs into the system for processing, and returns updated JDF job tickets containing job status information and processing times.

Note The FreeFlow Print Server hot folder does not automatically delete the input PDLs that were

created manually and stored in the hot folder subdirectories. Manually purge this location periodically.

For more information on submission of JDF job tickets from Adobe Acrobat, contact Xerox customer support for access to a document entitled Adobe Acrobat Professional - Simplified JDF Job ticketing and print job submission.

JDF Error handling

Fault messages now display on the Paused list with a Faulted status. You can open the Job Properties window, Faulted tab, to see details about the error. It will indicate if the JDF ticket had a parsing error, or if the referenced PDL file was not accessible.

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Common Features

Hot folders

The FreeFlow Print Server feature utilizes the hot folder mechanism to accept the jobs into the system for processing and returns updated JDF tickets containing job status information and processing times.

When a JDF ticket is submitted to a hot folder, the JDF ticket is parsed, job attributes are mapped and set to FreeFlow Print Server data structures, and the data file is scheduled in the system. After each job is scheduled into the system, the JDF job ticket is updated and moved into either the output folder, or to the error sub-directory folder if a fault is detected during job submission.

Note The FreeFlow Print Server JDF feature does not support multiple input files. A JDF ticket that

contains multiple input file specifications (such as a front cover, body, and back cover) must point to a single file where each specification needs to have a page range set and be contiguous. For example: Front Cover: p

page of the data file, p

- pa Body Content: p

is the last page of the data file, and p1 < pa < pb < pe.

- pb Back Cover: p

a+1

- pe where p1 is the first

b+1

Job name mapping

The job name displayed at the FreeFlow Print Server has changed. It used to be the name of the JDF ticket, but now it is taken from the internal JDF data, making the FreeFlow Print Server Job Name more meaningful.

The priority used for the job name is as follows:

1. Use the JDF DescriptiveName, if not NULL.

2. Use the CustomerInfo@CustomerJobName, if not NULL.

3. If the CustomerInfo@CustomerJobName is NULL, use the data file name.

4. If the JDF cannot be processed, use the JDF ticket file name.

Imposition Orientation

FreeFlow Print Server offers a new selection for Layout Image Rotation, located in on the System Preferences Job Policy tab, called Rotate 90, which allows you to change the default output image rotation on the system for imposed jobs. This replaces the command line script, setimposedimageorientation. A restart is not required when this System Preferences setting is changed.

This feature is useful for landscape booklet jobs that need to be folded/stitched along the short edge instead of the long edge, or for N-up jobs in which the user wants the multiple images oriented the opposite of the default setting, even if it means less images on the sheet.

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