Xerox Wide Format Color RIP Quick Start Guide

November 2009 701P30700

Xerox® Wide Format Color RIP

Quick Start Guide

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Adobe® Postscript® print engine.

Printed in the United States of America.

Changes are periodically made to this document. Changes, technical inaccuracies, and typographic errors will be corrected in subsequent editions.

Document Version: November 2009

Table of Contents

1 Xerox WFC RIP Printer Setup...............................................................1-1

2 Xerox WFC RIP Available Configurations.......................................2-1

3 Exploring the WFC RIP...........................................................................3-1

Main Screen ............................................................................................................................3-1

Help Menu ...............................................................................................................................3-2

Setup Properties....................................................................................................................3-3

Setting Preferences............................................................................................................. 3-4

Preference Manager...........................................................................................................3-5

Setting Default Job Properties.......................................................................................3-6

4 Practice ........................................................................................................4-1

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1 Xerox WFC RIP Printer

Setup

Perform the following steps to setup the Xerox® WFC RIP to operate with your Xerox Wide Format Color Printer.

1. Double click on the Xerox WFC Server or WFC Server PRO 6.0 icon on the Desktop.

2. In the Add Setup dialog box: a. Under “Choose a device type”, click the Color Printers radio button.

b. Under “Choose a device” > “What is the brand name of your color printer?” select

Xerox.

c. Under “Choose a device” > “What is the model name of your Xerox?” select the model

of your printer. Figure 1 shows, a Xerox 8265™.

d. Click Next.

Figure 1. Add Setup Dialog Box

Xerox® Wide Format Color RIP® 1-1 Quick Start Guide

Xerox WFC RIP Printer Setup

3. In the Add Setup dialog box: a. In the Communication dialog box, type in the IP address of the printer.

Figure 2. Communication Dialog Box

b. Leave the “Port Number” set to 9100. c. Click OK. d. In the “Add Setup” dialog box, under “What do you want to call your new setup?”,

type the printer model number.

Figure 3. Add setup Dialog Box (continued)

e. If you want others to be able to print to this RIP as a printer server, under “Do you

want to print to your “model number” from other applications?”, click the checkbox “Yes, install the desktop driver.”

f. Under “How is your “number model” connected to your computer?”, select TCP/IP

from the drop down box.

4. Click Finish. The Xerox WFC RIP is now setup to communicate with your Xerox Wide

Format Color Printer.

5. Complete the installation by verifying communications between the RIP and the printer

by sending a test print to the printer.

a. Right mouse click on the printer Setup > Test Print. b. Verify that the printer outputs the test print.

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2 Xerox WFC RIP

Available Configurations

Xerox offers two configurations of the Wide Format Color Server RIP:

1. Xerox Wide Format Color Server RIP.

• Drag and Drop TIFF’s, JPEG’s and PDF’s files directly into the queue.

• Control your final output with specific ICC profiles for your printer, ink and media.

Cannot create ICC profiles.

• Color Mapping allows you to easily and precisely specify output colors and effortlessly

reproduce them again and again.

• Large images can be tiled with advanced control of each panel and overlap amount.

• Tile Mapping enables quick assembly of tiled prints with fewer mistakes.

• Nest pages and jobs, manually or automatically, for efficient media usage.

• Job labels can be added at the click of a button with clear post-production details.

• Job Priority settings allow for additional workflow control.

• Configure multiple printer setups.

2. Xerox Wide Format Server RIP Pro – The top-of-the-line RIP includes all the features of

Server and the following:

• Designed for high production environments with multiple design stations as well as

multiple printers.

• Prints from any Windows application.

• Large images can be tiled with advanced control of each panel and overlap amount.

• Editor design station includes popular layout tools plus template and serialization

tools for added efficiency. Workspace can be configured to simulate Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop desktops.

• Automated archiving gives the system virtually limitless capacity and quick reprints

• Color Profiler is included which allows users to create ICC media profiles (Optional

Reading device is needed).

• Skin changes (See preferences)

• Simulation

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Xerox WFC RIP Available Configurations

Both RIP packages include the following:

• Adobe® Postscript® print engine

• ICC media profiles for approved Xerox media

• HTML-based job log

• Drag and drop job submission

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