Xerox Job Mgmt Guide.Book

Job Management Guide
FIER Y XJ+ 525
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Contents
Preface
About this manual
xiii
Terminology
xiv
About the documentation
xv
Fiery XJ job environments
xvi
Permissions
xvi
Safety warnings
xvii
Cleaning the Fiery XJ
xvii
Chapter 1: Using the Control Panel
Introduction to the Fiery XJ Control Panel
1-1
Activity light
1-1
Buttons
1-2
Display window
1-2
Functions menu
1-4
Starting and shutting down the Fiery XJ
1-5
Starting the Fiery XJ
1-5
Restarting the Fiery XJ
1-6
Shutting down the Fiery XJ
1-7
Chapter 2: Introduction to the Command WorkStation
About the Command WorkStation
2-1
Starting up and logging in
2-3
Connecting to the server
2-3
Logging in
2-4
Logging out
2-6
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Command WorkStation interface
2-6
Window area (Queues, Archive, Job Log)
2-8
Menu bar
2-9
Server selection tabs
2-11
Sliders
2-12
Job ticket information
2-13
Window selection tabs
2-15
Queues window
2-15
Status bars
2-16
Job icons
2-19
Spool area
2-19
RIP area
2-20
Print area
2-21
Job commands
2-22
Archive window
2-25
Filtering jobs in the Archive window
2-27
Job Log window
2-28
Job properties
2-30
Viewing and editing job properties
2-31
Thumbnails and full-screen previews (DocBuilder)
2-32
Editing and merging files with DocBuilder
2-32
Full-screen previews
2-34
Chapter 3: Managing Print Jobs
Communicating with users
3-1
What the user needs to know
3-1
How users communicate print requirements
3-2
Customizing the Command WorkStation window
3-3
Printing server information pages
3-4
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Workflow scenarios
3-5
Using the copier
3-6
Canceling jobs
3-7
Previewing print jobs
3-8
Previewing the currently rasterizing job
3-8
Merging raster files with DocBuilder
3-9
Viewing and overriding print settings
3-15
Downloading files and fonts
3-18
Managing server fonts
3-21
Archiving jobs
3-22
Using the Job Log
3-23
Server management commands
3-25
Chapter 4: Overview of Fiery WebTools
Fiery WebTools
4-1
Access privileges
4-1
Using Fiery WebTools
4-2
Chapter 5: Fiery WebSpooler
Tracking and managing jobs with Fiery WebSpooler
5-1
About the Fiery WebSpooler window
5-2
Manipulating job options and job flow
5-4
Overriding job option settings
5-6
Thumbnails and full-screen previews (DocBuilder)
5-6
Using the Job Log
5-8
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Chapter 6: Color Calibration
Introduction
6-1
Understanding calibration
6-2
How calibration works
6-2
Scheduling calibration
6-4
Checking calibration status
6-5
Using a densitometer
6-5
Setting up the densitometer
6-5
Calibrating with Fiery Print Calibrator
6-7
The Calibration Mode window
6-9
Measurements
6-10
Measuring values with a DTP32 densitometer
6-11
Testing and applying calibration
6-15
Calibration checklist
6-17
Calibrating the densitometer
6-18
Chapter 7: Advanced Fiery Print Calibrator Topics
Using advanced calibration features
7-1
Choosing a measurements file
7-1
Working with targets
7-2
Customizing calibration targets
7-5
Backing up Fiery XJ targets
7-9
Deleting custom targets
7-10
Removing calibration
7-10
Using advanced simulation features
7-10
Working with simulations
7-11
Using the Simulation Mode window
7-12
Checking the current simulation
7-13
Editing simulations
7-14
Managing simulations
7-17
Testing and setting a new default simulation
7-17
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Appendix A: Troubleshooting
Error messages
A-1
Maintaining optimal system performance
A-5
Troubleshooting
A-6
Command WorkStation fails to connect to a Fiery XJ
A-7
Unexpected printing results
A-8
Clearing the server
A-9
Users are unable to connect to the printer
Setup error messages
Index
A-9
A-10
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Preface
About this manual
This manual is intended for Fiery XJ+ 525 Color Server™ operators or administrators,
or users with the necessary access privileges, who monitor and manage job flow,
perform color calibration, and troubleshoot problems that may arise. It describes the
functions and features of Fiery® utilities and Fiery WebTools™ for the purposes of
print job management and color quality control.
The Fiery XJ+ 525 Color Server includes Command WorkStation™ software, which
enables an operator to manage all jobs sent to the Fiery XJ. 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.
N OTE : The term “Fiery XJ” is used to refer to the Fiery XJ+ 525 Color Server.
About this manual
This manual is organized as follows:
• Chapter 1 describes the Fiery XJ Control Panel. It explains the various messages and
icons that you might see on the Control Panel and describes how to print system
information pages from the Control Panel. It also explains how to properly start up
and shut down the Fiery XJ.
• Chapters 2 and 3 describe the Command WorkStation interface. The Command
WorkStation application can be installed on networked Windows 95 computers and
used to view and manage virtually all aspects of Fiery XJ activity. In addition to
providing a graphic display of the job flow, the Command WorkStation allows you
to reprint or hold jobs, view and override print option settings, download files,
manage printer fonts, preview print jobs, merge rasterized jobs, calibrate the
Fiery XJ, and perform Setup (server configuration).
• Chapter 4 introduces Fiery WebTools, explains how to access them, and directs you
to sources of more information (in this manual or in other manuals in the
documentation set).
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• Chapter 5 describes Fiery WebSpooler, which can be used to view and manage
Fiery XJ job activity. The interface and features of Fiery WebSpooler have identical
counterparts in the Command WorkStation; therefore, this chapter refers you to
Chapters 2 and 3 for details about many Fiery WebSpooler functions.
• Chapter 6 tells you how to monitor and maintain color quality of your print output
by calibrating the Fiery XJ with Fiery Print Calibrator™.
• Chapter 7 describes advanced applications of Fiery Print Calibrator, such as creating
custom calibration and simulation targets to customize the color responses of the
Fiery XJ.
• Appendix A lists error messages that you might see at the Fiery XJ Control Panel, the
Command WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler, or the DocuColor 40, and contains
some troubleshooting information.
Terminology
Specific terms are explained as they are introduced. However, the following general
terms are used throughout:
• PostScript (PS)—A computer language designed as a page description language. The
Fiery XJ uses this language for imaging the page and for communication with
applications and with the print engine.
• Job—A file consisting of PostScript commands and comments that describe the
graphics, sampled images, and text that should appear on each page of a document,
and the printer options that should be used in printing, such as media or color
rendering style.
• Spool—Write to a disk. Usually used here to refer to a PostScript print job being
saved to the Fiery XJ hard disk in preparation for processing and printing.
• RIP—Acronym for raster image processing, which changes text and graphics
commands into descriptions of each mark on a page. In common use as a noun, a
“raster image processor” (RIP) is the computer processor that performs this function.
• Print—The process of rendering, or imaging, a page or a job on a printer.
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About the documentation
These concepts can explain how the Fiery XJ+ 525 Color Server and the
DocuColor 40 work together as a powerful printing system. The Fiery XJ PostScript
RIP changes text and graphics commands in PostScript into color specifications for
each dot of toner deposited on a page by the DocuColor 40.
About the documentation
This manual is part of the set of Fiery XJ documentation, which includes the following
manuals for users and system administrators:
• The Configuration Guide explains basic configuration and administration of the
Fiery XJ for the supported platforms and network environments. It also includes
guidelines for setting up UNIX, Windows NT, and NetWare servers to provide
PostScript printing services to clients.
• Getting Started describes how to install software to enable users to print to the
Fiery XJ. 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 describes the printing features of the Fiery XJ for users who send
jobs via remote workstations on the network or via a direct parallel port connection.
• The Color Guide provides an introduction to the basics of color theory and printing
to a Fiery XJ Color Server. It also includes practical color printing tips and
application notes that explain how to print to the Fiery XJ from popular Windows
and Mac OS applications.
• The Job Management Guide explains the functions of the Fiery XJ client utilities,
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 provide last-minute product information and workarounds for some of
the problems you may encounter.
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Fiery XJ job environments
The Fiery XJ supports several levels of control of printing, job management, and setup,
and offers you the flexibility to choose the configuration that corresponds to the
requirements of your site. Your situation may correspond to one of the descriptions
outlined below, or you may prefer an intermediate level of control.
At one extreme, an administrator or operator in a high-volume printing environment
controls the entire job flow and all printing. Print jobs arriving from remote users are
spooled to the server disk and stored until the operator decides it is time to print them.
Additional functions (calibration, job overrides, prioritizing, font management) are
reserved for the administrator or operator.
At the other extreme, anyone on the local network can control all printing and server
functions; operator intervention is not necessary. Users can print from their
workstations to any of the published print connections. Anyone can use the Command
WorkStation or Fiery WebSpooler to control any print job.
The spectrum of control that an administrator can implement is described fully in the
Configuration Guide.
Permissions
Support for these job environments is achieved by a combination of Fiery XJ Setup
options. By default, anyone can access Setup, but the administrator can limit access to
Setup by specifying an Administrator password for the Fiery XJ (see the Configuration
Guide).
Also by default, anyone can log in to the Command WorkStation or Fiery WebSpooler
and control job flow, but an administrator can restrict access to these functions by
specifying an Operator password.
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Safety warnings
The three security levels from greatest to least control are:
• Administrator—confers control of Setup and is the highest level of control. The
person who has access to Setup can control the printing and job management
environment by choosing which queues are enabled, and by electing to set
passwords. The Administrator can also manage the fonts on the server, clear the
server disk when necessary, and set a common web link for all users who log in to the
Fiery XJ using their web browser.
• Operator—includes control of print jobs that arrive at the server and the ability to
perform calibration and reboot the server.
• Guest—allows users to view the status of active jobs and the list of stored jobs. They
cannot make changes to jobs or change their printing instructions. A password is not
needed to log in as Guest and view jobs from the Command WorkStation or Fiery
WebSpooler windows.
This manual describes the features of the Fiery client utilities, including the Command
WorkStation, and all operator privileges, whether those privileges are available to
everyone or are exclusive to only certain people. It also includes descriptions of
administrator functions, sometimes referring you to other manuals for more
information.
Safety warnings
The Fiery XJ display window is a liquid crystal display (LCD) that is made of glass and
can break. Do not subject it to strong shocks.
If the display window breaks and the liquid crystal material leaks out, do not inhale,
ingest, or touch it. If the material gets on your skin or clothing, wash it off with soap
and water immediately.
Do not touch or put pressure on the panel. This will change the color of the panel.
Cleaning the Fiery XJ
Clean the Fiery XJ with a soft cloth moistened with isopropyl alcohol or ethyl alcohol.
Never use water or ketone as these may permanently alter the display.
1
1-1
Chapter 1:
Using the
Control Panel
Introduction to the Fiery XJ Control Panel
You can use the Fiery XJ Control Panel to view status information, print special pages,
and set up printing. While most elements in the Control Panel display have
counterparts in the Command WorkStation, you can view current functions on the
Control Panel even when the Command WorkStation is not connected to the server or
is not running.
Introduction to the Fiery XJ Control Panel
The Control Panel, shown below on the front of the Fiery XJ, comprises the following
parts:
Activity light
Line selection buttons
Display window
Up and down buttons
Menu button
Activity light
The activity light indicates the current Fiery XJ activity. If the light is:
Solid red
An error has occurred causing the Fiery XJ to be disabled.
Flashing red
There is an error causing printing to be disabled, but the
Fiery XJ is capable of processing.
Solid green
The Fiery XJ is idle.
Flashing green
The Fiery XJ is processing or printing a job, or
communicating with a remote computer.
No light
The Fiery XJ is off or starting up.
1
1-2
Using the Control Panel
Buttons
Line selection
buttons
There are four line selection buttons on the right side of the
Control Panel. Use these buttons to select the command
displayed on the corresponding line of the display window.
When a button is active, a special character (>) appears in the
display window next to the button.
Up and down
buttons
Use these buttons to scroll to different screens in multiscreen lists, to select Setup options from a list of available
options, and to scroll alphanumeric characters.
Menu button
Press this button to view other screens. Under normal
operation, the Control Panel displays the Info, RIP, or Print
Status screen with information about the status of the
Fiery XJ. If you press the Menu button, the Functions menu
is displayed and you can perform additional operations (see
page 1-4). If a job is processing or printing, press the Menu
button to cycle among the active screens.
Display window
The display window provides information about the status of the Fiery XJ, displays
menu information, and enables you to view and edit information in the Setup menus.
The last line of the display window displays text that tells you what screen you are
looking at and highlights one of the icons to indicate what the Fiery XJ is doing. Only
the icons for the screens that are currently available appear. The menu button cycles
among the active screens.
The screens are:
Alert Status
If there is a problem with processing a job or printing functions, an error message
appears on the Control Panel. For information on error messages, see Appendix A,
“Troubleshooting.”
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Print Status
Introduction to the Fiery XJ Control Panel
When the Fiery XJ is printing a job, the Print Status screen appears. This screen
displays the following:
Cancel Job—Press the top line selection button to cancel the job currently
printing.
User name—The name of the user who sent the job currently processing.
Pages/Total—The number of copies of the current job printed and the total
number of copies of the job requested.
RIP Status
When the Fiery XJ is processing a job, the RIP Status screen appears. This screen
displays the following:
Cancel Job—Press the top line selection button to cancel the job currently
processing. The Fiery XJ cancels the job before printing begins.
Document name—The name of the document currently processing.
User name—The name of the user who sent the job currently processing.
Kilobytes—The size (in kilobytes) of the job processed so far.
N OTE : This number is always displayed in kilobytes, even if the amount goes over
1000KB; for example, 10MB is displayed as 10000KB.
Info Status
When the Fiery XJ is not processing or printing a job, it displays information
about the current server and software. It displays the following information:
Server Name—The Fiery XJ name.
Status—The current status of the Fiery XJ. The Fiery XJ status can be: Idle,
Initializing, Busy, Processing, or Printing.
Megabytes—The space (in megabytes) available on the Fiery XJ hard disk, for
example, 756MB.
Version—The system software version running on the Fiery XJ.
Functions
You can press the Menu button to display the Functions menu. Use the up and
down buttons to scroll through the list. Press the line selection button to the right
of a command to select that command. See page 1-4 for more information.
Network
The network icon appears at the bottom left of any of the other screens when a
job is being sent to the Fiery XJ, either over the network or through the parallel
port. The network icon also appears, together with a flashing green activity light,
when a remote utility is running.
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Functions menu
The Functions menu provides many of the options available from the Command
WorkStation. You can choose the following commands from this menu:
Print Pages
Print special pages from the Fiery XJ. You can print the following pages from the
submenu that appears:
Test Page—A Test Page enables you to confirm that the Fiery XJ is properly
connected to the copier, and provides color and grayscale samples to troubleshoot
problems with the copier or the Fiery XJ. The following settings are among those
listed on the Test Page: Server Name, Printer Model, color settings, calibration
information, date and time the Test Page was printed.
Configuration—Prints the Configuration page, which gives the current server and
device configuration. This page lists general information about the hardware and
software configuration of the Fiery XJ, the current options for all Setup settings,
information about the current calibration, and the Ethernet and Token Ring
addresses of the Fiery XJ.
Job Log—Prints a log of the last 55 jobs. For information on the fields in the Job
Log and on printing it in other forms, see “Job Log window” on page 2-28.
Control Panel Map—Prints the Control Panel Map, which is an overview of the
screens you can access from the Control Panel. For information about using these
screens to set up the Fiery XJ, see the Configuration Guide.
Color Charts—Prints samples of the RGB, CMY, and PANTONE colors available
from the Fiery XJ.
Font List—Prints a list of all fonts currently on the Fiery XJ hard disk.
Suspend Printing
Suspend communication between the Fiery XJ and the copier. You must suspend
printing if you want to interrupt the current Fiery XJ job so that you can use the
copier to make copies. Jobs continue to process on the Fiery XJ. After you make
the copies, select Resume Printing to continue printing jobs from the Fiery XJ.
Resume Printing
Resume communication between the copier and the Fiery XJ after you have
finished making copies.
Reboot Server
Shut down all Fiery XJ activity in the correct manner and then restart. You should
use this option instead of the power switch on the back of the Fiery XJ.
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Starting and shutting down the Fiery XJ
Starting and shutting down the Fiery XJ
Generally, you can leave the Fiery XJ running all the time. This section describes how
to shut down and restart the Fiery XJ when necessary.
Starting the Fiery XJ
To start the Fiery XJ, move the power switch on the back of the Fiery XJ to the On
position. If the copier is also powered off, power it on before powering on the Fiery XJ.
Power switch
Diagnostic messages appear on the Fiery XJ Control Panel. If any diagnostics fail, more
information and instructions appear. Contact your service representative if the
Fiery XJ encounters problems while running the diagnostics.
When the diagnostics are finished, the following message is displayed:
Press any key for setup…
If you want to change Setup option settings, press any button; if you do not press a
button, the Fiery XJ continues starting up and displays the message Idle when it is
ready to receive data.
N OTE : If an Administrator password has been set, you are required to enter it to access
Setup.
If you press a button, the following options appear.
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For information about the Setup menus and options, see the Configuration Guide.
Choose:
To do this:
Exit Setup
Exit the Setup menus; the Fiery XJ reboots.
Server Setup
Enter the Server Setup menus.
Network Setup
Enter the Network Setup menus.
Printer Setup
Enter the Printer Setup menus.
PS Setup
Enter the PostScript Setup menu.
Color Setup
Enter the Color Setup menu.
Job Log Setup
Enter the Job Log Setup menu.
Change Password
Change the Administrator password.
Clear Server
Clear all jobs in all server queues as well as the Job Log.
Check with your administrator or operator before choosing
Clear Server.
Restarting the Fiery XJ
You should use the procedure described below to restart the Fiery XJ rather than using
the power switch on the back of the Fiery XJ.
TO
RESTART THE
1.
F IERY XJ:
Make sure that the Fiery XJ is not receiving, processing, or printing a job.
Make sure that the status message on the Control Panel is Idle.
N OTE : If a job from the Print queue is processing, it will continue processing and print
after the Fiery XJ is restarted; if a job sent to the Direct connection is processing, it will
not finish processing or printing.
2.
Press the Menu button to display the Functions menu.
3.
Use the down button to scroll to the last screen and choose Reboot Server.
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Starting and shutting down the Fiery XJ
Shutting down the Fiery XJ
You may need to shut down the Fiery XJ for service. When you do so, fonts that have
been downloaded to the hard disk drive are not deleted. Print jobs in the Hold and
Printed queues and jobs that have been processed but not printed are not deleted and
are available for printing when you restart the Fiery XJ.
TO
SHUT DOWN THE
1.
F IERY XJ:
Make sure that the Fiery XJ is not receiving, processing, or printing a job.
Make sure that the status message on the Control Panel is Idle. If a job has just finished
processing or printing, wait at least five seconds after the Control Panel status message
switches to Idle before proceeding to step 2.
N OTE : If a job from the Print queue is processing, it will continue processing and print
after the Fiery XJ is restarted; if a job to the Direct connection is processing, it will not
finish processing or printing.
2.
Power off the Fiery XJ by moving the power switch on the back to the Off position.
N OTE : After powering off the Fiery XJ, make sure to also power off the copier. Leaving
the copier powered on while the Fiery XJ is powered off can lead to excessive drain on
the Fiery XJ motherboard battery.
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Chapter 2:
Introduction to
the Command
WorkStation
About the Command WorkStation
This chapter introduces you to the graphical user interface of the Command
WorkStation. First, you select a user level and log in to the Fiery XJ. Once you have
logged in, you can tour the Command WorkStation windows. Your exploration will be
more complete if you have some jobs in the Spool area (jobs printed to the Hold
queue) and have the ability to send more jobs from a nearby computer.
Chapter 3 builds on the information in this chapter and describes job monitoring and
control in more depth.
About the Command WorkStation
The Command WorkStation provides a window on Fiery XJ and copier functions, and
an interface from which you can control those functions.The Command WorkStation
application can be installed on a Windows 95 computer with a TCP/IP or IPX
network connection to the Fiery XJ. To perform Setup from the Command
WorkStation, a TCP/IP connection is required.
By default, no passwords are set on the Fiery XJ—in this default state, anyone can
perform Setup and use all Command WorkStation functions. Until an Administrator
password is defined in Fiery XJ Setup, you can log in to the Command WorkStation as
an Administrator without entering a password, and you are given full privileges which
include:
• A view of current printing jobs and jobs stored on the Fiery XJ
• Control of printing jobs and calibration
• Access to Setup, management of resident fonts, and clearing of the Fiery XJ disk and
the Job Log
After the Administrator has performed Setup and specified passwords, Command
WorkStation user options depend on your login level. If you log in to the Command
WorkStation as Guest, you have the first option only. If you log in as Operator, you
have the first two options. If you log in as Administrator, you have all three options.
For information about Setup and specifying passwords, see the Configuration Guide.
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After you connect to a Fiery XJ and log in, your first view of the Command
WorkStation is the Queues window (as indicated by the tab at the bottom) which is
divided into three regions by Spool, RIP, and Print status bars. The Queues window is
surrounded by a frame that includes slider buttons and menus.
Once the Fiery XJ receives print jobs, the Queues window becomes a dynamic display,
filled with the names of jobs and their characteristics. Status bars animate in real time
as new jobs are processed and printed, and jobs move to different display areas. An
operator, who has complete job control, sets the process in motion for each job.
Menu bar
Spool status bar
Spooled jobs
RIP status bar
Rasterized (RIPped) jobs
Print status bar
Printed jobs
The Spool, RIP, and Print areas of the Queues window represent the stages of printing
a job. Jobs come in at the top level (Spool) and drop down to the Print level, unless
they are held along the way.
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Starting up and logging in
• Spooled jobs—Jobs listed below the Spool status bar area are PostScript files stored
on the Fiery XJ disk. These jobs were sent to either the Print queue (white icons) or
the Hold queue (yellow icons).
• RIPped jobs—Jobs listed below the RIP status bar are ready to print. They have
already been rasterized (RIPped, or processed for printing) and are waiting, in order,
for access to the printer. Rasterized jobs can also be held; held jobs are displayed on a
yellow background.
• Printed jobs—Jobs listed below the Print status bar have already been printed.
Printed jobs can be stored on the Fiery XJ disk. The number of jobs that can be
stored (from 1 to 99) is defined in Setup.
You can interact with a jobs in the window by selecting them and choosing from Job
menu commands or right-mouse menu commands, or by double clicking them.
(However, if passwords have been set and you log in as a Guest, you can only view jobs;
you cannot change or route them.) This chapter and the next explain the Command
WorkStation interface in detail.
Starting up and logging in
To start up the Command WorkStation application, click the Windows Start button
and choose Command WorkStation from the Programs menu.
Connecting to the server
If the Command WorkStation was previously connected to a server, you are prompted
to choose a Fiery XJ from the list of servers.
N OTE : If the Command WorkStation has never been connected to a Fiery XJ, you are
prompted to configure an entry for the server. Click OK and see Getting Started for
instructions on how to configure a new connection.
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With the Fiery XJ device name (DocuColor) selected, click OK. If the device name is
not displayed, click the plus sign (+) to expand the Fiery XJ entry.
The Command WorkStation connects to the server and you are prompted to choose a
login level and enter a password to log in (see below).
If you have any difficulties connecting to the server, see Appendix A for error messages
and troubleshooting information.
Logging in
When the Command WorkStation has connected to a server, the Log in/out slider
appears, prompting you to select a login level and enter a password. Before you log in,
the Operator key is in the vertical position, and the Administrator and Guest keys are
in the flat (horizontal) position. When you click your login level, the corresponding
key turns to the vertical position.
Log in/out slider
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Starting up and logging in
For Administrator or Operator access to the server, click the corresponding key, enter
the password, and click Log in or press Enter. For Guest access only, click the Guest
key and then click Log in. No password is required for Guest access.
If you change your mind about logging in, or do not have the password you need, click
Cancel.
When you have entered the appropriate password and logged in, the Log in/out slider
retracts and the full Command WorkStation display appears. The color of the key in
the lock indicates your login level. If the server is handling a large number of jobs, it
may take a few moments to display the entire job list.
When you reopen the slider after you have logged in, the Log in button will have
changed to the Log out button.
Access levels
The three possible levels of access to Command WorkStation functions are
Administrator, Operator, and Guest. To enable maximum password protection,
Administrator and Operator passwords must be specified in Setup (see the
Configuration Guide).
When both Administrator and Operator passwords have been specified, the access
levels are as follows:
Access level:
Privileges and password requirements:
Administrator
Has full access to all Command WorkStation and Fiery XJ
Control Panel functions; Administrator password required
Operator
Has access to all Command WorkStation functions except Setup,
clearing the server disk, clearing the Job Log, and font
management; Operator password required
Guest
Can view job status, but cannot make changes to jobs or Setup,
and can view the Queues window only; no password required
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N OTE : Access privileges alone do not confer control of print jobs. If the operator is
going to manage all print jobs, the Administrator must route all user jobs to the Hold
queue (that is, all jobs are spooled and held on the server). To accomplish this, only the
Hold queue, and not the Direct connection or the Print queue, should be enabled in
Setup. See the Configuration Guide for more information.
Logging out
There are two ways to log out from the server:
• From the Server menu, choose Log out
• Open the Log in/out slider (click the key icon just below the Fiery logo) and click
Log out
The Command WorkStation interface
The display illustrated below is the default Command WorkStation display in the
middle of job processing. There are two other windows, Archive and Job Log, which
you access via tabs at the bottom of the display (3). The elements numbered 1 through
4 are common to all Command WorkStation displays, those numbered 5 through 7
appear only in the Queues window, and element number 8 is common to the Queues
and Archive windows.
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1
4
5
2
6
8
7
3
1 Server selection tabs
2 Sliders and system information
3 Window selection tabs
4 Job ticket information
5–8 Queues window display
The Command WorkStation provides access to a great deal of information and many
features that are accessed in various ways—buttons, menus, double-clicking, and right
mouse commands. It is a powerful interface that allows for a great deal of interaction
and flexibility in the production process. This section describes each of the elements
that compose the Command WorkStation display.
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Window area (Queues, Archive, Job Log)
This area can display one of three windows: the Queues window (shown below), the
Archive window, or the Job Log window (only the Queues window is available if you
logged in as Guest). The Queues window is the default window; it shows spooled,
processing, and printing jobs in a display that changes dynamically.
For information on:
See:
Queues area
“Queues window” on page 2-15
Archive area
“Archive window” on page 2-25
Job Log area
“Job Log window” on page 2-28
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Menu bar
The menu bar has five menus. When an action is not available in the current context,
the command is dimmed. When a command is marked with a check, selecting it again
reverses, or toggles, the command.
Menu:
File
Choose this:
To do this:
Preferences>
Enable Animation
Turn on or off animation of the status bars
Preferences>
Enable Popup Help
Turn on or off short captions that appear when you pause the mouse over
window elements. The captions identify the main parts of the Command
WorkStation window.
Preferences>
Expand/Collapse All
Expand the status bars to make them more visible from a distance, or collapse
them to free up window space
Preferences>
Revert to Defaults
Restore default settings for the status areas (narrow heights), the column
headings (job title, user, date/time, copiers, size), and the column widths
Print Pages
Print any or all of the following pages: Configuration page, Test Page, Control
Panel Map, Font List, Color Charts, Job Log; see page 3-4
Exit
Log out from the server, exit the Command WorkStation application, and
return to the Windows desktop
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Menu:
Job
(For more
information on
these commands,
see page 2-22)
Page
(DocBuilder
commands for
Thumbnail A)
Introduction to the Command WorkStation
Choose this:
To do this:
Delete
Delete one or more selected jobs
Duplicate
Duplicate one or more selected PostScript data jobs in the Spool or Print areas;
see page 2-19, page 2-21, and page 2-22
Rename
Rename a selected job
Hold
Hold the selected job(s); see page 2-17
RIP and Hold
RIP and then hold the selected job(s); see page 2-17
Print
Print the selected job(s); see page 2-21
Print and Hold
Print the selected job(s) and then hold it in the RIP area; see page 2-17
Process Next
Give top priority to this job
Remove Raster
Remove the raster information from the selected job(s); see page 2-23
Properties
View and edit print settings for the selected job(s); see page 2-31
Thumbnail A
Open a selected held raster data job in the Thumbnail A window where you
can view a full-screen preview of the job, edit the job, or merge it with raster
data from other jobs; see page 2-32
Thumbnail B
Open a selected raster data job (not necessarily a held job) in the Thumbnail B
window for viewing or for copying pages into a job in the Thumbnail A
window; see page 2-32
Download
Download files and fonts to the Fiery XJ with Fiery Downloader; see
page 3-18
Archive
Archive one or more selected jobs; see page 2-25
Delete
Delete the selected page(s)
Duplicate
Duplicate the selected page(s)
Preview
View a full-screen preview of the selected page; see page 2-34
Undo
Undo previous Page menu commands (multiple undos available)
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Menu:
Server
Help
The Command WorkStation interface
Choose this:
To do this:
Cancel RIPping
Stop RIPping the current job
Cancel Printing
Stop printing the current job
Suspend Printing
Temporarily halt printing
Resume Printing
Restart printing (after a Suspend Printing command)
Calibrate
Start the Fiery Print Calibrator; see Chapter 6 and Chapter 7
Manage Fonts
View the fonts currently installed on the Fiery XJ disk, download additional
fonts, or delete fonts (requires Administrator privileges); see “Server
management commands” on page 3-25
Reboot
Perform a soft reboot of the Fiery XJ (requires Operator or Administrator
privileges); see “Server management commands” on page 3-25
Clear
Clear all jobs in all queues on the Fiery XJ hard disk as well as the Job Log
(requires Administrator privileges); see “Server management commands” on
page 3-25
Setup
Start the Fiery Setup program (requires Administrator privileges); see “Server
management commands” on page 3-25 and the Configuration Guide
Log out
Log out of the server
About
View the Command WorkStation information screen
Server selection tabs
The Server selection tabs, just below the menu bar at the top of the display, can be used
to log in to additional Fiery XJ servers (if your site has more than one) and to switch
between Fiery XJ servers currently connected to the Command WorkStation.
If you click a blank tab, you are prompted to connect to a server in the list or configure
a new server entry (see “Connecting to the server” on page 2-3). A limit of five
Fiery XJs can be connected to a single Command WorkStation.
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You can access the Server selection tabs from all Command WorkStation windows
(Queues, Archive, and Job Log).
Sliders
Along the left side of the display are buttons you click to activate function sliders.
Click to view server information
Click to open the Log in/out slider
Click to start a Fiery utility
Click to view disk space and
RAM availability
To retract any slider, click the icon at the far right of the slider.
Server information slider
The Server information slider displays name and version information about the
currently connected server and the Command WorkStation. To retract the slider, click
the Fiery logo at the far right of the bar.
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Log in/out slider
This slider is described in “Logging in” on page 2-4 and “Logging out” on page 2-6. To
retract the slider, click the lock icon at the far right of the bar.
Utilities shortcut slider
This slider can be used to access the Fiery Downloader and Fiery Print Calibrator
utilities. These utilities can also be accessed from the Job menu and Server menu,
respectively. To retract the slider, click the icon at the far right of the bar.
Disk space and RAM slider
Disk space
used
RAM currently in use
Total hard disk capacity
Total RAM
The System information indicators show the current availability of hard disk space and
RAM on the currently selected Fiery XJ server. To retract the slider, click the icon at
the far right of the bar.
Job ticket information
All the jobs listed by name in the Queues and Archive windows can display the job
ticket information specified by the person who originated the print job. The
Command WorkStation can display this information because it parses the PostScript
file before it is RIPped.
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You have considerable flexibility in arranging this information in the display. For
example, you can add Media Type to the display if you want to see which jobs call for
special paper or other media.
You can choose not to display headers for options that are not used at your site, or you
can display all possible options and scroll to see the ones that are less important to you.
If you just want to experiment, when you are finished you can choose Revert to
Defaults from the File>Preferences menu.
To customize the display in the Queues and Archive windows, you can:
• Adjust the width of a column by clicking the column border in the heading and
dragging left or right.
• Choose the options you want to display, and the sequence in which you prefer to
view them. To add, move, or delete a column, hold down the right mouse button on
the appropriate job ticket item; release the button after choosing a menu option:
Add—one of the listed columns to the display at your mouse position
Move Left, Move Right—move the selected column left or right
Delete—the selected column
The Job Title and User are required; all other columns are optional.
For example, you can display the Instructions column, which shows information typed
into the Instructions field by the user, and you can reduce the width of the column so
you are just able to see whether or not there are instructions in it. To read the full
instructions, double-click the job and scroll to the Instructions field in the Properties
dialog box.
N OTE : The Date/Time value indicates the date and time that the job arrived in the
Spool, RIP, or Print area.
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Queues window
Window selection tabs
The Command WorkStation always starts out by displaying the Queues window, from
which you view current job processes and control job flow and file storage. To go to
another window, click the corresponding tab at the bottom of the Command
WorkStation display.
Queues window
Spooling
The Queues window is a dynamic display of the job staging area: jobs are lined up for
processing and printing, some of them are being held waiting for directions, some are
moving from one stage or queue to another and are finally dropped from the list, some
are held for processing by the operator, and some are held in a different queue in case
you need to reprint them.
RIPping
One approach to understanding the dynamic display is to imagine the three parts of
the Queues window corresponding to the three stages of printing, illustrated as a
downhill flow.
Printing
Spooling—a PostScript file is saved on the server’s hard disk. The file can come in
packets from the network, or from another place on the server hard disk. Jobs are
added to a queue in the order in which they arrive, and they generally move to another
queue in the same order unless an operator has intervened to change the order.
Rasterizing (RIPping)—PostScript commands are interpreted in the Fiery XJ to allow
the DocuColor 40 to print the file the way its originator intended. The result of this
interpretation is a raster file associated with the original PostScript file. In this raster file
(raster image), color data is associated with each dot that can be rendered by the print
engine. The color data tells the print engine whether or not to apply cyan, magenta,
yellow, or black toner to each position on the page.
Printing—transferring the raster image from the server to the print engine at high
speed, freeing up RAM for the next job. While the PostScript file is usually saved to
disk, raster images are held in RAM during and after each print job. However, both
users and operators can request that the Fiery XJ save the raster image to disk along
with the PostScript file.
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Saving the raster image to disk offers some advantages—raster files are already
processed so they print quickly, and each part of the raster file is still identified with a
page in the original document, which means that individual pages of a saved raster file
can be accessed.
Status bars
Jobs actively involved in the three processes (spooling, rasterizing, and printing) are
listed in the status bars that span the Queues window.
Status bars show the filename and user name for the active process, and an indication
of its progress. Each status bar heads the list of jobs that have completed the process.
Thus, beneath the Spool status bar, you see a list of spooled files; beneath the RIP
status bar, you see a list of rasterized (RIPped) files; beneath the Print status bar, you
see a list of jobs that have already been printed.
N OTE : In the Spool status bar, the filename and user information always appear as
“Unknown” (as shown below). This information is not available until the job has
finished spooling to the Fiery XJ disk.
Spooled jobs on Hold (yellow)
Active spooled jobs (white)
RIPped jobs on Hold (yellow)
Active RIPped jobs (white)
Printed jobs (white); some include
raster files in RAM
When a job is being processed, provided animation is enabled (see page 2-9), the
corresponding status bar is animated, indicating that the process is active.
If an error occurs, the corresponding status bar alerts you by displaying a message on a
red background instead of the normal blue background.
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Queues window
Enlarging the status bars Click the small arrows at the left of the status bar to
expand the status bar display. Click the arrows again to collapse the status bar to its
original size. To expand all the status bars at the same time, press Ctrl-E or choose
Expand/Collapse All from the File>Preferences menu. Click the arrows or press Ctrl-E
again to collapse them to their original size, or choose Expand/Collapse All again.
Changing proportions By default, the status bars divide the window area into three
equal parts. You can drag the RIP and Print status bars up or down to change the
proportion of the window devoted to each job area. For example, drag the RIP status
bar down if you have a long list of spooled jobs that you want to see without scrolling.
Making space If your workflow includes holding many jobs, and you don’t want to
view the held jobs all the time, consider moving some of them to the Archive window.
You can move jobs back and forth between the Queues window and the Archive
window with a single right mouse command (see page 2-22).
Active jobs and held jobs
In the description that follows, assume that the operator has full control of jobs; that is,
the administrator has disabled the Direct connection and the Print queue, and all user
jobs come to the Hold queue. For more information about queues, see the
Configuration Guide.
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The operator’s job management functions permit holding a job at any stage of the
process we have described, as illustrated below. In the figure, boxes indicate types of job
icons you would see in the Queues window.
Spool
Spooled and held
Spooled for printing
RIP
RIPped and held
PostScript and
raster data
Print*
RIPped for printing
Print
Print and hold
Printed
Deleted
*A copy of the held job is printed; the held job remains in the RIP area.
Jobs that are held are shown with a yellow icon in a yellow row, just beneath the Spool
or RIP status bar. Jobs that are held must be activated with a command in order to
print.
Active jobs are shown in white with white icons; new jobs are added above older jobs.
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Job icons
There are three types of icons that are used for both active jobs and jobs on hold.
Active jobs:
(white icons and rows)
Icon:
Jobs on Hold:
(yellow icons and rows)
PostScript or raster data
headed for printing (top) or
after printing (bottom)
PostScript data headed for Print
and Hold or job on Hold after
printing (Hold)
PostScript and raster data
after printing, ready for fast
reprint
PostScript data already rasterized
and held
Printer icons
Raster icon
Spool area
The job icons in the Spool area are described below:
Spool area icon:
1
Yellow printer icon
Yellow job row
2
What it indicates:
PostScript data from a user on
the network; no destination is
defined
Until a destination is chosen
PostScript data headed for
Until the RIP is free
Print
White printer icon
White job row
PostScript data headed for
3
RIP and Hold
Yellow raster icon
White job row
PostScript data headed for
4
Print and Hold
Yellow printer icon
White job row
How long you see the job:
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The Spool area is both the receiving area for jobs from users on the network (Hold
queue) and the waiting area for jobs that will be RIPped (jobs in the Spool queue).
Hold queue jobs When printing requires an operator (because the Print queue and
Direct connection are disabled), the operator must assign a destination to all jobs
received from users on the network (icon 1 in the table above). Once assigned, jobs
(icons 2, 3, and 4) move down the Spool queue for processing. All jobs printed to the
Hold queue require routing by an operator.
Print queue jobs When printing does not require an operator, network jobs sent to
the Print queue appear in the Spool area where they are shown with a white printer
icon (icon 2). When they reach the head of the queue, they are RIPped and printed
without operator intervention.
Direct connection jobs Jobs printed to the Direct connection are not displayed in the
Command WorkStation job lists. They are displayed briefly in the status bars (where
they cannot be selected) and are included in the Job Log.
RIP area
The job icons in the RIP area are described below:
RIP area icon:
1
Yellow raster icon
Yellow job row
2
What it indicates:
How long you see the job:
Raster data, no destination
defined; may have been
printed before and held
Until it is deleted, moved to
the Archive window, or
stripped of its raster data and
sent to the Spool area
Raster data headed for Print
in its turn; no hold defined
Until copier is free to print
the job
White printer icon
White job row
After a job is rasterized, it goes into the RIP area. The RIP area holds only raster data
(i.e., jobs that have been rasterized). Jobs in the RIP area are either waiting for the
copier to be free (Print queue jobs, icon 2 in the above table), or they are being held.
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Held jobs in the RIP area have already been rasterized (RIP and Hold) or they have
been printed and their raster data has been routed back to the RIP area (Print and
Hold), where they are shown in yellow rows (icon 1).
N OTE : Raster jobs in the RIP area that are waiting to print (icon 2 in the table above)
cannot be manipulated by job commands.
Jobs held in the RIP area remain there until the operator moves them to the Archive
window or deletes them. Printing these jobs does not remove them from the RIP area.
Instead, a copy of the job is created and printed.
N OTE : For all rasterized jobs, the print option settings, in addition to the current
calibration state of the Fiery XJ, remain with the saved raster data each time the job is
reprinted. To print the job with new print option settings and with new calibration
data, you must remove the raster data and reRIP the job.
Print area
The job icons in the Print area are described below:
Print area icon:
1
What it indicates:
How long you see the job:
PostScript data only—raster
data has been deleted
Until the job limit is reached
Raster and PostScript data
Until the job is reprinted or
the job limit is reached
White printer icon
White job row
2
White raster icon
White job row
If RAM is needed to RIP an
active job, the raster data is
deleted and the job gets the
PS icon (icon 1, above)
The Print area, also referred to as the Printed queue, contains jobs that have already
been printed. These jobs were assigned the Print destination (white printer icon in the
Spool or RIP areas) without any Hold instructions; therefore, they all have white icons
and rows.
N OTE : A job row that appears in light red indicates that a PostScript error occurred
while printing the job. To see the error, double-click anywhere in the row.
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Newly printed jobs are added to the Printed queue, and are shown at the top of the list.
Jobs are saved in the Printed queue until the job limit is reached. When the first job
over the limit is printed, the oldest job is deleted from the disk. The default job limit is
20 jobs. The value for Jobs Saved in Printed Queue can be changed in Setup by the
administrator.
N OTE : If you reprint a job in the Printed queue, the job returns to its original position
in the Printed queue after it is printed.
While it is printing, a job consists of PostScript and raster data. The raster data in
RAM is not cleared until memory is needed to rasterize the next job. As long as the
raster data is intact, the job can be reprinted from the Printed queue. Printed jobs that
still have their raster data are represented by a white raster icon in the Printed queue
(icon 2 in the previous table); jobs with only PostScript data remaining are represented
by a white PS icon (icon 1). If the job was printed from a held raster job (in the RIP
area), the raster data in the RIP area remains and can be used to reprint the job after
the raster data has been cleared from the Printed queue.
Job commands
Job commands are used to assign a selected job to a new destination or process. These
commands are available from the Job menu (see page 2-9). Many are also available as
right mouse commands (described following the list of commands below). The job
commands available at a given time depend on the context; unavailable commands are
dimmed. Job commands are available in the Queues and Archive windows.
The job commands available for selected jobs in the Queues and Archive windows are
listed in the following table. The table also describes the effect of each command on
raster data associated with the affected job(s).
Choose this:
To do this:
Raster data is:
Delete
Delete the job(s)
Deleted
Duplicate
Duplicate one or more selected PostScript data
jobs in the Spool or Print areas. You can use the
duplicate job(s) for different print options or a
different destination. (The Duplicate command
actually creates a reference to the original job,
with the same name)
n/a
(The Duplicate command is not available for
raster jobs)
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Choose this:
Queues window
To do this:
Raster data is:
Rename
Rename the job (PostScript file with or without
raster)
Unaffected, but associated with the new name
Hold
Hold the job in the current place (except for a job
in the Print area, which is moved to the Spool or
RIP area, depending on whether it still has raster
data associated with it)
Held in RIP area, if included with job
RIP and Hold
RIP the job and hold it in the RIP area
Held in RIP area indefinitely
Print
Print the job in its turn (RIP it first if it does not
have raster data)
After printing, keep the printed job in the Print
area until the job limit is reached.
Temporarily held in RAM after printing until
memory is needed for another job
(If the job was printed from a held job in the RIP
area, the raster data in the RIP area is kept
indefinitely)
Print and Hold
(Like the user print
option Save Fast
Reprint)
Print the job in its turn (RIP it first if it does not
have raster data)
After printing, hold the PostScript data and the
raster in the RIP area
Held in RIP area indefinitely (saved to disk)
Process Next
Give top priority to this job
RIP (and then print) it as soon as the processor is
free, before other waiting jobs
Option is dimmed if there are no other waiting
jobs
n/a
Remove Raster
Remove the raster data from a job that has raster
data (indicated by a raster icon); leave the
PostScript data unaffected
N OTE : This command is available only for jobs
in the Spool area that are not currently held.
Deleted
N OTE : If you remove raster from a job in the RIP
area, the job is sent to the Spool area.
Properties
View and override print settings for a selected job
or a group of selected jobs
Possibly deleted and regenerated, depending on
whether you change any settings that require reRIPping
Thumbnail A
Open the selected held raster data job in the
Thumbnail A window where you can view a fullscreen preview of the job, edit the job, or merge it
with raster data from other jobs
Changed if job is edited, unaffected if job is only
viewed
Thumbnail B
Open the selected raster data job (not necessarily
a held job) in the Thumbnail B window for
viewing or for merging into a job in the
Thumbnail A window
Unchanged
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To do this:
Raster data is:
Download
Download files and fonts to the Fiery XJ with
Fiery Downloader; see page 3-18
n/a
Archive
Archive the selected held job(s) to the Fiery XJ
hard disk and move the job icon to the Archive
window; see page 2-25
Archived with the job, if archiving of raster data
is specified
Using right mouse commands
Use the following instructions to activate job commands with a single right mouse
click.
TO
ROUTE JOBS WITH RIGHT MOUSE COMMANDS :
1.
To route a single job in the job list, right-click the job.
2.
Select one of the commands or destinations and release the mouse button.
The command is carried out or the job is routed to the destination you chose.
Depending on your choice, the job line may reappear in a different part of the window
or a different window, or the job line may be deleted.
3.
To route multiple jobs at the same time, select the jobs first.
Click the job line to select the first job. Shift-click to select adjacent jobs;
Ctrl-click to select nonadjacent jobs.
N OTE : Select jobs with the same job icon; otherwise, the destination options may not
be the same. For example, select multiple jobs in the Spool area, and choose Print.
4.
With the cursor still in one of the selected job lines, press the right mouse button.
5.
Select one of the commands or destinations and release the mouse button.
The command is carried out or the jobs are routed to the destination you chose.
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Archive window
Archive window
If you want to store jobs before or after printing them, you can archive them. The
Fiery XJ can archive jobs internally (on the Fiery XJ hard disk). For instructions on
how to archive jobs, see page 3-22.
N OTE : The Archive window is not available if you logged in as Guest.
Both PostScript and raster data jobs can be archived, but jobs must first be held in the
Spool or RIP areas of the Queues window before they can be archived.
When you archive a job, the job is moved, not copied, to the archive destination (the
Fiery XJ archive area). The Archive window shows a cumulative list of all jobs that
have been archived. This list is cleared (along with all jobs on the server) by a Clear
Server or Clear command. The job icons in the Archive window are described below:
Archive icon:
What it indicates:
PostScript data only—raster data not present or deleted
Printer icon
Job was archived from the Spool area
Raster and PostScript data
Job was archived from the RIP area
Raster icon
The job commands described on page 2-22 can also be used with jobs in the Archive
window.
The icons that appear in the Archive window are always white, since they have no
destination (as long as they are in the Archive window).
Sort order indicator
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By default, the Archive window displays all archived jobs. Until they are deleted,
archived jobs remain in the Archive window indefinitely. You can display a subset of
archived jobs based on various selection criteria by using the Filter command (see
page 2-27).
As with the Queues window, you can select the headings for the display and use Job
menu or right mouse commands; you can also sort jobs.
To:
Do this:
Sort jobs in a category, such as
by Date
Double-click the Date heading. A small arrow indicates whether jobs are sorted in ascending
or descending order. Double-click again to sort in the reverse order.
Route a job to a destination in
the Queues window
Use job commands from the Job menu or the right mouse command menu. For example, to
print a job, choose Print or Print and Hold. You can also select and route multiple jobs. For
details, see page 2-24.
The other options, RIP and Hold or Hold, send a copy of the job to the Queues window (to
the RIP and Spool areas, respectively) without printing it; Remove Raster (which applies
only to jobs with the raster icon) leaves only the PostScript data for the job in the Archive
window.
View only particular jobs
Select Range, click Filter, and make entries in the Filter dialog box (see page 2-27).
Delete a job
Select the job(s) and choose Delete from the Job menu or right mouse command menu.
Display or move job ticket
information headers in the
Archive window
Click the right mouse-button on the appropriate column head; choose Add from the
drop-down menu to list the options that you can add to the display. The categories are the
same as in the Queues window (see page 2-13) but you can arrange them differently. The
column head arrangements you set in the Archive window are independent of those you set
in the Queues window.
Adjust the width of a column
Click the column border in the heading and drag left or right.
Export the currently displayed
list of archived jobs to a
tab-delimited text file
Click the floppy disk icon (at right of the Filter button). Specify a filename and a location for
the file and click Save. You can then open the exported file with a spreadsheet, database, or
word-processing application.
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Filtering jobs in the Archive window
The Archive window displays a cumulative list of all archived jobs. If a large number of
jobs have been archived, it may be difficult to locate a particular job or a particular
group of jobs. You can display a specified subset of jobs by filtering jobs in the Archive
window.
You can filter jobs according to any or all of the following criteria:
• Job title
• User name
• Date created (or a date range)
• Notes 1 or Notes 2
• Instructions
Number of archived jobs not
currently displayed
Click to show earlier or later
months
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The Filter command lets you perform a search based on any and all values you specify
in the Filter dialog box. Enter values in all fields relevant to your filtering criteria. If
you enter values in more than one field, only jobs that meet all the criteria are
displayed. For example, if you enter 10 in the Job Title field and Marlon in the User
field, only those jobs whose titles somewhere contain “10” and whose User name
somewhere contains “Marlon” will be displayed.
To filter by date, select Range in the Date created area and enter dates in the From and
To fields; or, click the calendar icons next to the From and To fields and select dates by
clicking on them in the calendar that appears. Click the arrows at the upper corners of
the calendar to display different months.
When filtering is in effect, the Archive window shows a “[number] hidden” message
that indicates the number of archived jobs not currently displayed.
Job Log window
The Job Log is a list of processed and printed jobs, the date and time they were
processed or printed, and the characteristics of the job. It includes downloaded files
and fonts and RIP and Hold jobs.
N OTE : The Job Log window is not available if you logged in as Guest.
At any given time, the Job Log includes only those jobs processed or printed since the
Job Log was last cleared. The Job Log can be cleared manually from the Job Log
window or automatically if the administrator has enabled autoclearing of the Job Log
in Setup. The Job Log is also cleared whenever a Clear Server or Clear command is
executed (see page 1-6 and page 2-9).
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Job Log window
You can adjust the column widths in the Job Log display by clicking the column
border in the heading and dragging left or right. For more information, see Chapter 3.
When you open the Job Log, you can choose to display all jobs in the current Job Log
or only the jobs in a specified date range. By default, all jobs are displayed. To specify a
date range, select Range and enter dates in the From and To fields; or, click the
calendar icons next to the From and To fields and select dates by clicking them in the
calendars. Use the arrows at the upper corners of the calendars to display different
months. After you have specified the date range, click the Update icon to update the
Job Log display with your settings.
N OTE : In the Job Log, “Start Time” reflects the time that the job began RIPping; “End
Time” reflects the time that the job printed; and “Process Time” reflects the total RIP
time for the job. These times do not correspond to the Date/Time values displayed in
the Queues window.
Update the Job Log window
display
Clear the Job Log
Export the Job Log
Print the Job Log
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Updating the Job Log display To update the Job Log window display after specifying
a date range (or at any other time), click the Update icon.
Exporting the Job Log From the Job Log window, you can export the Job Log to a
tab-delimited text file. The exported file can be opened with a spreadsheet, database, or
word processing application. The exported Job Log contains the jobs for the date range
you specified.
Clearing the Job Log The Job Log is stored on the server disk. When logged in as
Administrator, you can clear the Job Log by clicking the trash icon. The Job Log is
cleared whenever an Administrator clears the server or installs new software. In
addition, the Job Log can be cleared automatically after every 55 jobs.
Printing the Job Log To print the Job Log, click the printer icon. The Job Log is sent
to the Hold queue and appears in the Spool area of the Queues window. You can use
Job menu commands to manipulate the Job Log print job as you would any other job.
Or you can choose Print Pages from the File menu, select Job Log, and click Print. The
printed Job Log contains the jobs for the date range you specified. See “Using the Job
Log” on page 3-23 for more information.
Printing and clearing the Job Log automatically You can decide how you want to
handle the Job Log. If you have Administrator privileges, you can choose Setup from
the Server menu and enter your preferences in the Job Log Setup. You can choose to
print the Job Log automatically every 55 jobs, or both print and clear the Job Log
automatically every 55 jobs. You can also choose the Job Log page size.
Job properties
When logged in as Operator or Administrator at the Command WorkStation, you can
use the Properties command to check and override the print option settings
(properties) of all jobs.
You can use this command for several purposes:
• To check a user’s job settings, especially notes and instructions
• To override a setting based on printed output or other print device conditions
• To change settings for a duplicate of the original job
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• To print a single copy of a job before printing the number of copies required by the
user
Viewing and editing job properties
The Properties command lets you view and edit the print option settings of multiple
jobs simultaneously. You can use this feature to compare the properties of several jobs
and thereby group together jobs with similar settings, if it is beneficial for throughput
or efficiency.
To view the properties of one or more jobs, select the job(s) and choose Properties from
the Job menu or the right mouse menu.
For information on using the Properties dialog box to change job settings, see
“Viewing and overriding print settings” on page 3-15.
N OTE : Some print options that are available in the printer driver are not displayed in
the Properties dialog box. For information on specific print options and settings, and
where they can be set, see Appendix A of the Printing Guide.
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Thumbnails and full-screen previews (DocBuilder)
The Command WorkStation includes a powerful DocBuilder tool that allows you to
preview and edit raster data. (For information on how to identify a raster data job, see
page 2-19.) DocBuilder consists of two thumbnail windows and several pagemanipulation commands (listed in the Page menu).
The DocBuilder tool can be used in the following ways:
• In the Thumbnail A window, you can see thumbnails of the currently RIPping job,
as it is processed, or of any raster data job (see “Previewing print jobs” on page 3-8).
• From the Thumbnail A window you can open a full-screen preview of a raster file
(see “Full-screen previews” on page 2-34).
• Using the Thumbnail A and Thumbnail B windows together, you can merge raster
data from more than one file, even if the files were printed from different
applications on different computer platforms (see the next section and “Merging
raster files with DocBuilder” on page 3-9).
DocBuilder’s merge features eliminate the limitations of particular software
applications. You can merge raster pages of documents of different types, even different
computer operating systems. You can merge color pages from graphics programs with
text pages from a word processor. An outline of DocBuilder’s features follows; for more
information and applications, see “Merging raster files with DocBuilder” on page 3-9.
Editing and merging files with DocBuilder
When you select a raster data job and choose the Thumbnail A or Thumbnail B
command (from the Job menu or from the right mouse commands), the
corresponding Thumbnail slider opens automatically, displaying thumbnails of the
editable file. To close the Thumbnail slider, click anywhere in the tab along the right
edge of the Thumbnail window. When the Thumbnail window is open, the arrows in
the tab point to the right, indicating that clicking the tab retracts the slider.
With the Thumbnail A window you can see thumbnail views of any raster data job—
that is, any file that is currently RIPping, or any file that has been RIPped and held to
disk. You can also use the Thumbnail A window to edit a raster file—you can change
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the sequence of pages, delete pages, duplicate pages, and copy pages from other raster
files into the Thumbnail A window. You can save the edited raster file as a new
printable document.
The Thumbnail B window can also display thumbnails of a raster job, and the
document displayed in Thumbnail B can be used as a source for editing the document
shown in Thumbnail A.
N OTE : Be careful not to delete all pages of a job in Thumbnail A without first saving a
copy of the job.
Click to expand or retract
the Thumbnail B window
Click here to close the Thumbnail B window
Thumbnail B (source)
Click to expand or retract
the Thumbnail A window
Click here to close the Thumbnail A window
Thumbnail A (target)
You can merge documents by dragging (copying) one or more entire pages from
Thumbnail B to Thumbnail A. This creates a new document in the Thumbnail A
window. If you select one or more pages in the Thumbnail A window, the commands
in the Page menu give you additional editing possibilities. (Most of the Page menu
commands are also made available by right-clicking pages in Thumbnail A.) Multiple
undos of Page menu commands are possible.
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You can merge pages from multiple documents into the Thumbnail A document by
opening documents one after another in the Thumbnail B window. Documents in the
Thumbnail B window are view-only, and while you can copy pages from Thumbnail B
to Thumbnail A, you cannot edit the Thumbnail B document. A merged document
that you create in Thumbnail A can be saved (with a different name) as a new raster
data file.
For more information, see “Merging raster files with DocBuilder” on page 3-9.
Full-screen previews
Double-clicking any page in the Thumbnail A or Thumbnail B window opens a
full-screen preview of the page. The full-screen preview is a view-only display, and it
takes time to retrieve the data. Once begun, the process cannot be canceled.
N OTE : If you have edited a raster job with DocBuilder, you must save the edited file
before you can view full-screen previews of all its pages.
Using the icons in the full-screen preview, you can display adjacent pages, rotate the
page, or close the preview.
Click to view adjacent pages
Click to close the
full-screen preview
Click to rotate 90 degrees
clockwise
Click arrows or in empty
spaces, or move bar to
scroll up or down
Click arrows or in empty
spaces, or move bar to scroll
left or right
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Chapter 3:
Managing
Print Jobs
Communicating with users
This chapter provides some general information about managing printing with the
Fiery XJ Color Server and the DocuColor 40, and gives you some hints on using the
Command WorkStation windows to monitor and manage print jobs. It suggests ways
to guide users so that their jobs are more likely to print correctly the first time. The
chapter also follows the course of a print job and shows possible ways to expedite jobs
and take advantage of the special capabilities provided by the Command WorkStation.
Communicating with users
The Command WorkStation interface facilitates communication between users and
operators. All the same, users who originate print jobs may need to become better
informed about the Fiery XJ and the DocuColor 40 so they can choose the appropriate
options for their jobs.
What the user needs to know
You or the network administrator should consider supplying some of the following
information to your users:
• The name of the printer on the network and the names of servers sharing the printer
• User’s access status
Do all jobs require operator intervention because they go to the Hold queue? If not,
which connections are published—Direct connection and/or Print queue?
• How long you will hold jobs on the server before you delete them
• List of default printer settings and other settings (from the Configuration page)
• List of installed fonts
Do the users’ applications download fonts automatically? If not, can users download
fonts, should they embed them in documents, or should they supply them to you so
you can download them?
• Requirements for Notes fields (information which appears in the Job Log)
For example, department name, account code, phone number or extension. Is some
information mandatory at your site?
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• Resident calibration target and date of current measurements
• Custom simulations
Are they available? What type of targets do they represent? Users see these print
options (CMYK Simulation) and should not select them if there are no custom
targets on the server.
• IP address or DNS name of printer so users can access Fiery WebTools, at least to see
if their jobs have printed
• Available media, alternative choices, standard tray/media configurations
• Suggestions for the Instructions field
• Information users might find in the WebLink web site
• Instructions for setting up the printer on client computers
• Sources of PostScript printer drivers, PPDs, color reference files, and additional
information
• Recommended PPD settings
• Conflicting settings and common PostScript errors
How users communicate print requirements
Explain to remote users the information you check and what you need to know in
order to print the jobs they send. The Instructions field is suited for communication
about the job requirements. Notes fields appear in the Job Log so they are more suited
for accounting, billing, and job cost information.
Users can provide you information with the print job, for example:
• Information entered in the Instructions field or the Notes fields—special
requirements at your site (see below)
• Job ticket information provided by PPD option settings (job properties)
Instructions and Notes fields
• User name and phone number
• Priority, due date, request for notification
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• Number of copies needed
• Request that operator do color check
• Hold job for future printing or future reprinting
• Merge with another job, and merging instructions
• Quantity of paper required
• Future requirements for the job
Customizing the Command WorkStation window
You can customize the display of job ticket information in the Queues window by
rearranging the headings. The Job Title and User name are always at the left, but you
can tighten the columns so you see what you need, and move and add other column
headings so the most important information is visible without scrolling. The following
procedure is also described on page 2-13.
TO
CUSTOMIZE THE
1.
Q UEUES
WINDOW DISPLAY :
Right-click in the column heading.
A menu appears. The Add submenu lists the headings that are not already displayed.
2.
Choose the options you want to display, and the sequence in which you prefer to view
them.
Add, delete, or move a column by holding down the right mouse button on the name
of the appropriate column heading; release the button after choosing one of the menu
options:
Add one of the listed columns to the display at your mouse position.
Move Left, Move Right—move the selected column left or right.
Delete the selected column.
The Job Title and User columns are required—all others are optional.
3.
Adjust the column widths.
Adjust the width of a column by clicking the column border in the heading and
dragging to the left or right. You can change the column widths at any time.
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If you display the Instructions column, which shows information typed into the
Instructions field by the user, you can reduce the width of the column so you can just
see whether or not there are instructions in it.
4.
With a narrow Instructions column, if you want to read detailed instructions, doubleclick the job and choose Notes from the Job Properties window.
This also allows you to read the notes. You can edit or annotate the information in the
Instructions field if you wish. It remains with the job as long as the job is on the server.
The operator cannot edit the Notes fields.
Printing server information pages
Using the Print Pages command from the File menu you can print multiple copies of
various special pages of information stored on the Fiery XJ. These include:
• Configuration—Prints the Configuration page, which gives the current server and
device configuration. This page lists general information about the hardware and
software configuration of the Fiery XJ, the current settings for all Setup options,
information about the current calibration, and the Ethernet and Token Ring
addresses of the Fiery XJ.
• Test Page—A Test Page enables you to confirm that the Fiery XJ is properly
connected to the copier, and provides color and grayscale samples to troubleshoot
problems with the copier or the Fiery XJ. The following settings are among those
listed on the Test Page: Server Name, Printer Model, color settings, calibration
information, date and time the Test Page was printed.
• Control Panel Map—Prints the Control Panel Map, which is an overview of the
screens you can access from the Control Panel. For information about using these
screens to set up the Fiery XJ, see the Configuration Guide.
• Font List—Prints a list of all fonts currently resident on the Fiery XJ hard disk.
• Color Chart—Prints samples of the RGB, CMY, and PANTONE colors available
from the Fiery XJ.
• Job Log—Prints a log of the last 55 jobs processed or printed. For information on
the fields in the Job Log and on printing it in other forms, see “Using the Job Log”
on page 3-23.
Server information pages printed with the Print Pages command appear in the Fiery XJ
Job Log with a User Name of “Operator” even if you logged in as Administrator.
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Workflow scenarios
Workflow scenarios
The workflow at your site will depend on the number and complexity of jobs and the
amount of responsibility given to the operator. This section suggests some ways you
might interact with a job.
Scenario 1 At this site, the Print queue is enabled, and anyone at the Command
WorkStation can view the progress of jobs. A small job is sent to a server and copier
that are not busy. You watch the job progress from the top to the bottom of the Queues
window.
The green light on the Fiery XJ flashes, the network icon blinks; on the Command
WorkStation the Spool status bar is animated and the job title appears. As soon as
spooling has finished, the Spool status bar is cleared and the RIP status bar animates.
Almost immediately thereafter, the RIP status bar is cleared and the Print status bar
animates. The printed job is listed below the Print status bar and the job pages emerge
from the DocuColor 40. You move it to the mailbox of the person who sent the job.
Scenario 2 At this site, all jobs come to the Hold queue and therefore require
operator intervention to proceed.
Again, the green light on the Fiery XJ flashes, the network icon blinks, the Spool status
bar is animated, and now in the Spool area (below the status bar) the job title comes
into view. In a few moments the job is on the list, and you have time to scan the
headings for the job ticket information—media type, special instructions, copies, and
pages.
Are you ready for this job to print? Do other jobs have priority? What is the job for—
is it final output or a test print? The first choice is whether to put the job in the print
queue or hold it before processing it further. If you do nothing, the job remains in the
Spool area, and the file remains on the server disk.
Perhaps this is a routine job and does not call for special handling. You right-click the
job and choose Print. You notice the RIP status bar animate, and almost immediately,
the Print status bar animates. The printed job is listed below the Print status bar and
the job pages emerge from the DocuColor 40.
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The next job is a large job that you have not seen before. The Instructions field
indicates that the originator of the job wants to check one printout of the job before
you print another 50 copies. You make sure the Copies field is set to 1, right-click the
job, and choose Print and Hold.
The RIP status bar animates and displays the job title, and then the Print status bar
and copy 1 of the job emerges from the DocuColor 40. You call the sender of the job
for approval. When the job is approved, you set the number of copies to 50, right-click
the job now being held in the RIP area and choose Print.
Scenario 3 Everyone has discovered the DocuColor 40 on the network and jobs are
coming in rapidly. You right-click several routine jobs in the Spool area and choose
Print to let the server print them one after the other. You choose Print and Hold if you
know you will be reprinting the job soon. You move jobs that have more detailed
instructions (or need to be printed with similar jobs) to the Archive window (rightclick Archive). You remove printed jobs from the output trays and replenish media.
While some jobs are flowing through the queues and printing, you are preparing for
jobs that require more attention, such as obtaining special paper, using DocBuilder to
merge two documents, or notifying the originator of a job that a PostScript error
occurred.
Before you load special paper, you make sure all pending jobs are in holding areas.
When an especially important job is spooled for RIPping, you right-click Process Next.
You flip back and forth between the Archive and Queues window. You use the Archive
window to sort jobs into groups with similar requirements, such as media type, user
name, or another setting, and print all the jobs of the same type in sequence.
Using the copier
If you have a copier job that has priority over the spooled incoming print jobs you can
temporarily close the Fiery XJ connection to the DocuColor 40 and then reopen it
when you have finished copying.
When there are no active printing jobs competing for the DocuColor 40 engine (no
white job lines in the Spool or RIP area), you do not need to suspend printing to make
copies.
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GIVE THE COPIER TOP PRIORITY AND LATER RESTORE PRINTER PRIORITY :
1.
From the Server menu, choose Suspend Printing.
This suspends printing temporarily. Jobs continue to spool and RIP on the server as
long as disk space and RAM are available.
2.
When you have finished with the copier job, choose Resume Printing from the Server
menu.
The printing connection between the Fiery XJ and the copier is reopened and printing
resumes.
Canceling jobs
You may need to cancel a job after it has been routed for processing or printing. You
can cancel a job only while it is being RIPped or while it is being printed. You cannot
cancel a waiting job (white job row) that is routed for RIPping or printing.
• Canceling jobs during processing—While a job is being RIPped, and its name
appears in the RIP status bar, choose the Cancel RIPping command from the Server
menu or right-click on the RIP status bar and choose Cancel RIPping.
When the RIP job is canceled, the Canceling message appears on the Fiery XJ
Control Panel. The name of the canceled job appears in the Job Log.
• Canceling jobs during printing—While a job is printing, and its name appears in
the Print status bar, choose the Cancel Printing command from the Server menu or
right-click on the Print status bar and choose Cancel Printing.
When the print job is canceled, Canceling appears on the Fiery XJ Control
Panel.The name of the canceled job appears in the Job Log.
N OTE : Canceled jobs may be partially printed, and may include pages with one or more
missing color planes, or pages that are completely blank.
• Canceling at the Control Panel—If you are at the Fiery XJ, the most direct way to
cancel a job is to press the top button on the server Control Panel while you can read
the name of the job that is processing or printing. For more information on the
Control Panel, see Chapter 1.
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Previewing print jobs
You can use the Thumbnail A window to preview pages of the currently RIPping job.
You can also use Thumbnail A, as well as Thumbnail B, to preview any raster data job
in the RIP or Print areas.
The thumbnail windows also allow you to open an editable thumbnail view of a held
raster job in the RIP area and perform electronic collation or document merging. This
feature, called DocBuilder, is described on page 3-9.
Previewing the currently rasterizing job
To see the progress of jobs as they are RIPped, you can leave the Thumbnail A window
open in RIP preview mode.
TO
VIEW THUMBNAILS OF THE CURRENTLY
RIP PING
FILE :
1.
Click the Thumbnail A tab at the right of the Queues window to open the slider.
2.
Click the RIP preview icon at the left side of the window.
In this mode, Thumbnail A displays each page of the currently processing job after it
has been RIPped.
Click to display the currently
rasterizing job
Click to close the
thumbnail window
3.
Choose a PS file in the Spool or Print area and select RIP and Hold, Print, or
Print and Hold.
As pages are RIPped, they are displayed in the Thumbnail A window.
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When you have finished viewing, click the Thumbnail A tab to close the thumbnail
window.
VIEW THUMBNAILS OF ANY RASTER DATA FILE :
1.
Select any raster data job in the RIP or Print area.
2.
Choose Thumbnail A or Thumbnail B from the Job menu.
If you choose Thumbnail A, make sure the raster data preview icon (at the left side of
the window) is selected.
N OTE : Wait until all pages have been displayed before opening another raster file with
Thumbnail A. If the job contains many pages, it may take some time for the entire job
to be displayed.
Raster data preview icon
Click to close the
thumbnail window
3.
When you have finished viewing, click the Thumbnail A or Thumbnail B tab to close
the thumbnail window.
Merging raster files with DocBuilder
The ability to work with raster files gives you new opportunities to combine
documents from different sources into a single raster file. For example, you can
combine full color covers and chapter head pages created in a page layout application
with two-color text pages created in a document processing application. Or, you can
customize a slide presentation by inserting slides from a different presentation.
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You can display two raster files at once: a source file and a target file. The target file is
displayed in the Thumbnail A window, the source in Thumbnail B. Both files must be
held raster jobs in the RIP area.
N OTE : You cannot create a new PostScript file in this process; you must print the
merged raster file, which has references to the original PostScript files. Before editing or
merging files with DocBuilder, make sure the source files were RIPped using the print
option settings and the resident calibration you want for the final output. Raster files
edited with DocBuilder cannot be reRIPped.
TO
VIEW AND EDIT RASTER DATA JOBS :
1.
Select a raster data job and choose Thumbnail A from the Job menu.
The file must be a held raster job in the RIP area.
2.
In the Thumbnail A window, right-click a thumbnail image to see the commands
available for pages in Thumbnail A.
These commands can also be accessed from the Page menu (see page 2-9) as well as
from buttons along the left side of the Thumbnail A window (see illustration below).
To scroll through the pages in Thumbnail A, you can drag the slider bar at the bottom
of the screen, click in the empty area to the left or right of the slider bar, or click on the
arrows.
Click to open a full-screen
preview of the page
Click to duplicate a page
Click to delete a page
Delete deletes the currently selected page.
Duplicate duplicates the currently selected page.
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Open Preview opens a full-screen preview of the currently selected page (see “Fullscreen previews” on page 2-34).
Undo undoes the previous DocBuilder command—this command is available only from
the Page menu.
3.
To move pages within Thumbnail A, left-click to select the page(s) and hold down the
mouse button as you drag the selected page(s) to the new location.
Shift-click to select multiple, sequential pages; Ctrl-click to select multiple, nonsequential pages. Make sure to release the Shift or Ctrl key before moving the pages.
If you move the page(s) on top of existing page(s), the page(s) will be overwritten.
If the icon does not have an arrow, the page(s) will be replaced; if the icon has an arrow,
the page(s) will be inserted.
…
Replace single page
Replace multiple pages
…
Move single page
between two pages
Move multiple pages
between two pages
…
Move single page
before first page
Move multiple pages
before first page
…
Move single page
after last page
4.
Move multiple pages
after last page
When you are finished editing, click the Thumbnail A tab.
If you have edited the job, you are prompted to save the job (click Yes) and enter a new
name.
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Enter a new name and click OK.
The new raster file is now in the RIP area, ready to print. If you saved the edited file
with a new name, the original source file remains held in the RIP area.
TO
MERGE TWO RASTER DATA JOBS :
1.
In the Thumbnail A window, display the document you wish to edit.
The file must be a held raster job in the RIP area.
2.
Right-click another source document file (a held job with a raster icon) and select
Thumbnail B.
The Thumbnail B tab opens a second thumbnail view which cannot be edited but can
be a source for pages added to the document in Thumbnail A.
N OTE : To merge documents, the page sizes of the source document and the target
document must be the same.
3.
In the Thumbnail B window, left-click to select the page(s) and hold down the mouse
button as you drag the selected page(s) to the new location in Thumbnail A.
Shift-click to select multiple, sequential pages; Ctrl-click to select multiple, nonsequential pages. Make sure to release the Shift or Ctrl key before moving the pages.
To scroll through the pages in Thumbnail A and Thumbnail B, you can drag the slider
bar at the bottom of the screen, click in the empty area to the left or right of the slider
bar, or click on the arrows.
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To replace page(s), drag Thumbnail B page(s) on top of page(s) in Thumbnail A; to
add page(s), drag the page(s) to a new position between pages, before the first page, or
after the last page in Thumbnail A.
+
+…+
Replace single page
Replace multiple pages
+
+…+
Move single page
between two pages
Move multiple pages
between two pages
+
+…+
Move single page
before first page
Move multiple pages
before first page
+
+…+
Move single page
after last page
Move multiple pages
after last page
N OTE : To insert a Thumbnail B page directly after the last Thumbnail A page, drag the
Thumbnail B page so that it is just to the right of the last Thumbnail A page and
shows an arrow pointing to the right. If the Thumbnail B page is placed too far to the
right of the last Thumbnail A page, the Thumbnail B page will replace the last
Thumbnail A page.
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Thumbnail B
Page 4 copied from the
document in Thumbnail B
Multiple undos are available; use Ctrl-Z or the Undo command (from the Page menu)
to undo all the way back to your first edit. There is no Redo function.
N OTE : Make sure to save the merged job before deleting any of the jobs you used to
create the merged job.
Thumbnail B pages moved into Thumbnail A adopt some specific attributes of the
Thumbnail A job, such as the document and user name. However, many color-related
print options that are set in the Thumbnail B page, such as CMYK Simulation and
Rendering Style, remain with the specific page. This could result in a merged job being
made up of pages with different attributes.
Generally, the print option settings specified for the Thumbnail A job that are adopted
by the pages copied from Thumbnail B do not require reRIPping to take effect. The
one exception is the setting specified for the Save Fast Reprint option, which requires
reRIPping if you want to change it.
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Viewing and overriding print settings
The print option settings that remain with the pages copied from Thumbnail B into
Thumbnail A are generally those that do require reRIPing to take effect.
Attributes that do not require reRIPping can be changed for the newly merged job
without having to reRIP any original PostScript files. Attributes that require reRIPping
result in reRIPping of the original PostScript file(s) associated with Thumbnail A.
4.
To close the Thumbnail view, click once on the same tab you used to open it
(Thumbnail A or Thumbnail B tab).
5.
If you have edited Thumbnail A, you are prompted to save the job (click Yes) and
enter a new name. Enter a new name and click OK.
The new raster file is now in the RIP area, ready to print, together with the original
source and target files.
N OTE : If you print the edited raster file, it appears in the Job Log with the name of the
original job, not the new name you specified for the edited job.
Since you cannot create a new PostScript file by merging two raster data jobs, you must
print the merged raster file, which has references to the original PostScript files. If a
merged job is reRIPped and printed, then only the pages of the original PostScript job
in Thumbnail A will be processed and printed.
N OTE : In cases where multiple users are connected to the Fiery XJ via the Command
WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler, and/or Fiery Spooler, and one user makes changes to
a Thumbnail A job, not all users may see the results of those changes. If you are unable
to view changes in a job, or if selecting a Thumbnail window results in a message
indicating zero pages, then close and relaunch the Command WorkStation, Fiery
WebSpooler, or Fiery Spooler.
Viewing and overriding print settings
When logged in as Operator or Administrator at the Command WorkStation, you can
view and override user job settings for any job in the Queues window and view job
settings for jobs in the Archive window. Using the Properties dialog box, you can view
and override job settings for a single job or for multiple jobs at once. When viewing
multiple jobs, you can override settings for each job independently or override a setting
for all the jobs at once.
N OTE : For PDF files, you are only able to override number of copies and page range
from the Properties dialog box.
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• To view the properties for a single job, double-click the job line or select the job and
choose Properties from the Job menu or right mouse menu.
• To view the properties for multiple jobs at once, shift-click to select contiguous jobs,
or Ctrl-click to select non-contiguous jobs, and choose Properties from the Job
menu or right mouse menu.
N OTE : If you want to retain a copy of the job with its original settings, duplicate the job
and rename the duplicate before you change any settings (see “Job commands” on
page 2-22).
To override a setting for a single job, right click on the current setting and choose the
override setting from the pop-up list.
N OTE : For some options, changing the setting requires that the job be reRIPped; these
options show an icon to the left of the option name.
Indicates reRIPping is required
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Viewing and overriding print settings
To override settings for all jobs listed in the Properties dialog box, right click on the
name of the print option (the row header) at the left of the dialog box and choose the
override setting from the pop-up list.
The Properties dialog box displays all the job settings encoded by the PostScript printer
driver that can be decoded by the Fiery XJ. If you (as operator) have not changed
anything, these are the settings a user entered before sending the job. There are two
exceptions to this: Page Range and Scale.
N OTE : Some print options that are available in the printer driver are not displayed in
the Properties dialog box. For information on specific print options and settings, and
where they can be set, see Appendix A of the Printing Guide.
When the Properties dialog box opens, the page range is always shown as All pages and
the scale is always shown as 100%. All pages denotes all the pages specified by the user
in printing the job; it may not include all the pages in the original document on the
user’s disk. Similarly, 100% scale indicates 100% of the magnification specified by the
user.
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The Properties dialog box does display all the remaining user settings, including user
Instructions and Notes fields.
• Instructions fields are intended to be viewed and annotated by the operator, but
their contents are associated with the job and are deleted when the job is deleted
after printing.
• Notes fields can be viewed but cannot be changed by the operator; their contents are
transcribed to the Job Log just as the user sent them.
Downloading files and fonts
From the Command WorkStation you can download a variety of file types, as well as
fonts, to the Fiery XJ. These files and fonts can be located anywhere on the network or
on an external device connected to the Command WorkStation computer. You browse
to locate the files and fonts, select them, and add them to a list of items to be
downloaded. You can specify a limited number of print option settings for files that
you download (see page 3-20).
To download fonts, the Direct connection must be used. If the Direct connection is
not currently published in Setup, see the Configuration Guide for instructions on how
to publish it.
N OTE : You cannot 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.
The Manage Fonts command provides another way to download fonts to the Fiery XJ
(see page 3-21).
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DOWNLOAD FILES OR FONTS :
1.
Choose Download from the Job menu, or right click on the Spool status bar and select
Download.
The main Fiery Downloader window appears.
For fonts, choose Direct
connection
2.
In the Files of type pop-up menu, choose the file types to display.
You can leave this at the default All Known Formats or choose All Files. All Known
Formats lists all files in supported formats; All Files lists all files.
3.
In the Queue pop-up menu, choose the queue to which you will download the files.
The options available in this menu depend on the print connections currently enabled
in Setup. The potential choices are Print Queue, Hold Queue, or Direct Connection. If
your administrator has not enabled one or more of these connections, you cannot
choose it.
To download fonts, you must choose Direct Connection.
PDF files are always spooled to the Fiery XJ hard disk before being printed. PDF files
can be downloaded to the Direct Connection or to the Print queue (or to the Hold
queue if the Print queue is not enabled).
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4.
In the Look in pop-up menu, browse to the file(s) you want to download.
5.
Select the filename and click Add.
The File name field displays the name of the selected file before you click Add.
You can navigate to different drives and directories to select files and fonts to
download.
To select multiple sequential files, select the first file and then Shift-click the last file.
Ctrl-click to select multiple non-sequential files.
If you change your mind about a file, select the filename in the Files to be Downloaded
list and click Remove.
6.
To change the attributes of a file to be downloaded, select it and click Options.
The Options dialog box for PostScript and EPS files is different from that for PDF
files, as explained below.
PostScript options
7.
PDF options
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. Choose 85% for a substantially lighter image, 115%
for a substantially darker image, or one of the options in between.
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Downloading files and fonts
N OTE : Some applications, including Adobe Photoshop, provide transfer functions that
let you specify density settings for an image. If the file you are printing includes
transfer functions, the Brightness option has no effect. For more information on using
transfer functions, see the documentation for your application.
‘showpage’ (after EPS files)—In most cases, you do not need to use this option. Select
the ‘showpage’ (after EPS files) 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.
Some 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 downloading EPS files, 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 (1 to 999).
8.
Click Download.
To cancel downloading, click Cancel.
Managing server fonts
The Fiery XJ includes a number of built-in printer fonts. You can download additional
fonts to the Fiery XJ using the Manage Fonts command (see below) or the Download
command (see page 3-18). Users on the network can also download fonts to the server
using Fiery Downloader (see the Printing Guide). Downloading fonts, either from the
Command WorkStation or with Fiery Downloader, requires that the Direct
connection is published in Setup (see the Configuration Guide).
N OTE : The Manage Fonts command is available only if you logged in as Administrator.
Although no special privileges are necessary to download fonts, Administrator
privileges are required to remove fonts from the server. The built-in printer fonts are
locked and cannot be removed by anyone.
To print a list of fonts currently resident on the Fiery XJ, use the Print Pages command
(see page 3-4).
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ADD OR DELETE FONTS :
1.
Choose Manage Fonts from the Server menu.
Click to download additional fonts
Locked fonts
Click to delete font(s)
Click to update the font list display
Downloaded fonts
2.
The Server Fonts window displays Add, Delete, and Update buttons.
To download additional fonts to the Fiery XJ, click Add and refer to the instructions
on page 3-18.
To delete a font, select it in the font list and click Delete. Shift-click or Ctrl-click to
select multiple fonts.
N OTE : The printer fonts included with the Fiery XJ (built-in fonts) are locked. These
fonts appear with a lock icon next to the name and cannot be deleted.
To refresh the font list display, click Update.
Archiving jobs
PostScript and raster data jobs can be archived internally to the Fiery XJ hard disk.
TO
ARCHIVE A
P OST S CRIPT
OR RASTER JOB :
1.
In the Queues window, select any held job in the Spool or RIP areas.
2.
Choose Archive from the Job menu.
The job is moved to the Archive window.
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Using the Job Log
Chapter 2 introduced the Job Log, which is the list of all processed and printed jobs,
including the date and time they were printed, and all the characteristics of the job. It
explained that the Administrator can set Job Log preferences for clearing and printing
the Job Log automatically, and for Job Log page size (page 2-28).
After displaying the Job Log you can print it (using either the Print icon or the Print
Pages command), or export it to a tab-delimited file. The exported Job Log file can be
imported into a spreadsheet, database, or word processing application for job
accounting purposes. If only a portion of the Job Log is displayed (such as jobs for the
current day), only that portion of the Job Log is printed or exported.
N OTE : When you print the Job Log, the print job is sent to the Hold queue and
appears in the Spool area of the Queues window with the job title “Job Log” and the
user name “Operator” (even if you logged in as Administrator). You can then use Job
menu commands to manipulate the Job Log print job as you would any other job.
After printing or exporting the entire Job Log, you may want to clear it; you clear the
Job Log by clicking the Delete (trash can) icon.
Icons appear above the Job Log. The icons are:
Update
Click to update the information in the Job Log window.
Print
Click to print the currently displayed portion of the
Job Log to the Print queue. You can use Job menu
commands to manipulate the Job Log print job as you
would any other job.
Export
Click to export the currently displayed portion of the
Job Log to a tab-delimited file.
Delete
Click to delete the Job Log (you will be asked for
confirmation).
Calendar
Click to display a calendar and specify a date range.
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The Job Log window displays a list of all the jobs and the following information about
them: status, document name, user, date, start time, end time, process time, size,
device, page size, media, number of originals, number of color pages, number of black
and white pages, and total number of pages.
N OTE : If a raster job was saved in DocBuilder with a new name and then printed, it
appears in the Job Log with the name of the original job, not the new name you
specified for the edited job.
The text in the Status column provides information about the job:
OK
The job was printed normally.
Cancel
The job was canceled before printing was completed.
Error
An error occurred during processing or printing.
The information in the Notes 1 and Notes 2 fields is displayed if users entered this
information when they printed.
N OTE : The Notes fields are supported only for jobs printed with the Adobe PostScript
printer drivers provided on the User Software CD. They are not supported for jobs
printed from Windows NT 4.0.
Use the scroll bar at the bottom of the window to view all the fields in the Job Log
window.
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Server management commands
Server management commands
The following Server menu commands are used to manage server performance,
configuration, and status. Some of these commands are available only when logged in
as Administrator.
• Calibrate—Opens Fiery Print Calibrator (see Chapter 6 and Chapter 7)
• Reboot—Causes the Fiery XJ to be rebooted, just as if you had selected Reboot
Server from the Control Panel (see page 1-4)
• Clear—Clears all jobs in all server queues as well as all jobs archived on the Fiery XJ
hard disk, the index of archived jobs (in the Archive window), and the Job Log.
• Setup—Invokes Fiery Setup (see the Configuration Guide)
• Manage Fonts—Allows you to delete fonts from, as well as add fonts to, the Fiery XJ
(see page 3-21)
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Chapter 4:
Overview of
Fiery WebTools
Fiery WebTools
This chapter introduces Fiery WebTools and provides instructions on their usage. For
more information on certain Fiery WebTools you are referred to other chapters in this
book and to other manuals in the documentation set.
Fiery WebTools
Fiery WebTools reside on the Fiery XJ but can be accessed over the network from a
variety of platforms. The Fiery XJ has a home page that lets remote users view server
functions and manipulate jobs.
Fiery WebTools can be used on Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, and Mac OS client
computers with certain Internet browsers that support the Java language. For specific
information on the browsers supported with Fiery WebTools, see Getting Started.
Access privileges
The Fiery XJ system allows the site administrator to choose and implement a level of
access and control appropriate for your particular site. There is a spectrum of control
which can be implemented; the levels of access allowed to remote users depend on
whether the administrator has enabled use of Fiery WebTools, and whether or not a
password is required to use the job management features of Fiery WebTools.
If you have been given the Operator password, you can manage job flow and override
print settings of your jobs with Fiery WebSpooler. If not, you can still track the status
of your jobs with the Status tool, and with Fiery WebSpooler as a Guest. Check with
your site administrator for information on your Fiery WebTools access privileges.
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Overview of Fiery WebTools
Using Fiery WebTools
Fiery WebTools are accessed from the Fiery XJ home page.
WebTool:
Summary:
For more information:
Status
Shows you the jobs currently processing
and printing.
See the Printing Guide
WebSpooler
Allows you to view, manipulate, reorder,
reprint, and delete jobs currently
spooling, processing, or printing on the
Fiery XJ. It also allows you to view,
print, and delete the Job Log.
See “Tracking and managing
jobs with Fiery WebSpooler” on
page 5-1
WebLink
Provides a link to another web page,
provided you have a valid Internet
connection. The WebLink destination is
initially set to
www.efi.com/weblink/xerox. From this
page, you can link to either the Xerox
home page or the Electronics for
Imaging home page (www.efi.com). The
WebLink destination can be changed;
this function requires the Administrator
password, if one has been set.
See the Printing Guide and the
Configuration Guide
Installer
Allows you to download the Command
WorkStation software installer and
Fiery XJ printer file installers directly
from the server.
See Getting Started
WebSetup
Allows you to modify the Fiery XJ
configuration (Setup) remotely. This
function requires the Administrator
password, if one has been set.
See the Configuration Guide
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TO
ACCESS
Using Fiery WebTools
F IERY W EB T OOLS :
1.
Start up your Internet browser application.
2.
Enter the IP address or the DNS name of the Fiery XJ.
Check with the operator or administrator for this information.
The Fiery XJ home page appears.
3.
Click one of the buttons at the left to select one of the Fiery WebTools.
Move the cursor over the buttons to display information about the selections.
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Chapter 5:
Fiery WebSpooler
Tracking and managing jobs with Fiery WebSpooler
Fiery WebSpooler duplicates many of the functions and features of the Command
WorkStation. It provides additional flexibility by allowing job tracking and
management from multiple platforms over the Internet or an intranet.
Tracking and managing jobs with Fiery WebSpooler
You can use Fiery WebSpooler to perform the following functions from your
workstation:
• Override current job option settings
• Delete jobs and cancel processing
• Duplicate or rename jobs
• RIP a job and hold the raster data
• Hold jobs in the spooled area or the RIPped area
• Remove raster data from RIPped files
• Change the priority of jobs
• Edit and merge raster data jobs (DocBuilder)
• Display, print, or delete the Job Log
Most of these functions require the Administrator or Operator password. However,
even without a password, you can log in to Fiery WebSpooler as Guest with view-only
privileges.
N OTE : Most Fiery WebSpooler commands function identically to those of the
Command WorkStation. For more information on specific commands, see Chapters 2
and 3.
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TO
ACCESS
Fiery WebSpooler
F IERY W EB S POOLER
1.
WINDOW :
From the Fiery XJ home page window, click WebSpooler.
For instructions on how to access the Fiery XJ home page window, see page 4-3.
2.
To log in as Administrator, enter the Administrator password and click OK.
To log in as Operator, enter the Operator password and click OK.
To log in as Guest, click OK, without entering any password.
The Fiery WebSpooler window appears in a new browser window.
About the Fiery WebSpooler window
Like the Command WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler is a window to view Fiery XJ and
copier functions, and an interface from which you can control those functions.
The Fiery WebSpooler window is divided into three areas by Spool, RIP, and Print
status bars. When the Fiery XJ receives print jobs, the Fiery WebSpooler window
becomes a dynamic display, filled with the names of jobs and their characteristics.
The Spool, RIP, and Print areas of the Fiery WebSpooler window represent the stages
of printing a job. Jobs come in at the top level (Spool) and drop down to the Print
level, unless they are held along the way.
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The job icons displayed in the Fiery WebSpooler window are explained in “Job icons”
on page 2-19.
N OTE : In Fiery WebSpooler, the “PS” characters do not appear inside yellow PS icons
(in the Spool area) and white PS icons (in the Print area).
Spooled jobs—Jobs listed in the area below the Spool status bar are PostScript files
stored on the Fiery XJ disk. These jobs were sent to either the Print queue (white
icons) or the Hold queue (yellow icons).
RIPped jobs—Jobs listed in the area below the RIP status bar are ready to print. They
have already been rasterized (RIPped, or processed for printing) and are waiting, in
order, for access to the printer. Rasterized jobs can also be held; held jobs are shown
with a yellow icon.
Printed jobs—Jobs listed in the area below the Print status bar have already been
printed. Printed jobs can be stored on the Fiery XJ disk. The number of jobs that can
be stored (from 1 to 99) is defined in Setup.
If you are logged in as Administrator or Operator, you can interact with a job wherever
it appears in the window by selecting it and choosing a command from the Job menu,
or by double-clicking the job and setting override options. See “Manipulating job
options and job flow” on page 5-4 for information.
Errors—Jobs with an error are shown in red. To display the error, double-click the job
line.
N OTE : If your job does not appear anywhere in the Fiery WebSpooler window, it may
have already been printed; if so, it will appear in the Job Log. To view the Job Log,
choose Show Job Log from the Window menu. (For more information on the Job Log,
see page 5-8.)
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Manipulating job options and job flow
Using the commands in the Job menu, you can alter the destinations, priorities and
other characteristics of jobs that appear in the Fiery WebSpooler window.
To understand the effect each of these commands has on a job, you need to understand
the way the Fiery XJ handles PostScript and raster data, and how jobs are activated or
held in the various stages of processing. See Chapter 2 for this background information
before manipulating jobs with Fiery WebSpooler. Also, the commands in the
Fiery WebSpooler Job menu have identical counterparts on the Command
WorkStation. For background and information about these commands, see Chapters 2
and 3.
Choose this command
from the Job menu:
To do this:
Raster data is:
Delete Job(s)
Delete the job(s) from the list
Deleted
Duplicate Job(s)
Duplicate one or more selected PostScript data
jobs in the Spool or Print areas (creates a
reference to the original job, with the same
name)
n/a
(The Duplicate command is not available for
raster jobs)
Rename
Rename the job (PostScript file with or without
raster)
Unaffected, but associated with the new name
N OTE : If the renamed job is printed, the Job
Log reflects the job’s original name.
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Choose this command
from the Job menu:
Tracking and managing jobs with Fiery WebSpooler
To do this:
Raster data is:
Hold
Hold the job in the current place (except for a
printed job, which is moved to the Spool or
RIP area)
Held in RIP area indefinitely, if included with
job
RIP and Hold
RIP the job and hold it in the RIP area
Held in RIP area indefinitely
Print
Print the job in its turn (RIP it first if it does
not have raster data). Keep the printed job in
the Print area until the job limit is reached
Temporarily held in RAM until memory is
needed for another job
Print and Hold
(like the PPD option
Save Fast Reprint)
Print the job in its turn (RIP it first if it does
not have raster data)
After printing, hold the PostScript data and the
raster in the RIP area
Held in the RIP area indefinitely (saved to
disk)
Process Next
Give top priority to this job
Print the job (or RIP and print) as soon as the
processor and copier are free, before other
waiting jobs
Held in RAM after printing (can be selected in
the Print area while it remains there), or Held
in RIP area (saved to disk) if destination was
RIP and Hold
Remove Raster
Remove the raster from a job that has raster
data; leave the PostScript job in place
Deleted
Override Print Settings
Change the print options for the job
(see page 5-6)
Deleted and regenerated, if the newly selected
options require reRIPping, or reprinted with
the new settings, if none require reRIPping
Thumbnail A
Open the selected held raster data job in the
Thumbnail A window where you can view a
full-screen preview of the job, edit the job, or
merge it with raster data from other jobs
Changed if job is edited, unaffected if job is
only viewed
Thumbnail B
Open the selected raster data job (not
necessarily a held job) in the Thumbnail B
window for viewing or for merging into a job
in the Thumbnail A window
Unchanged
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Fiery WebSpooler
Overriding job option settings
To change the job options of a job, double-click the job line or select the job and
choose Override Print Settings from the Job menu. If necessary, scroll down to see all
the various job options.
Indicates reRIPping is required
PDF Settings dialog box for PDF files
Override Print Settings dialog box for
PostScript files
The options you set here are the same ones you set from the Print dialog box when you
print from an application. For information about setting and overriding these print
options, see the Printing Guide.
N OTE : For some options, changing the setting requires that the job be reRIPped; these
options show an icon to the left of the option name.
Thumbnails and full-screen previews (DocBuilder)
Like the Command WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler includes a powerful DocBuilder
tool that allows you to preview and edit raster data. DocBuilder consists of two
thumbnail windows and several page-manipulation commands (listed in the Page
menu). The DocBuilder tool can be used in the following ways:
• In the Thumbnail A window, you can see thumbnails of the currently printing job,
as it is processed, or of any raster data job.
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• From the Thumbnail A window you can open a full-screen preview of a raster file.
• Using the Thumbnail A and Thumbnail B windows together, you can merge raster
data from more than one file, even if the files were printed from different
applications on different computer platforms.
DocBuilder’s merge features eliminate the limitations of particular software
applications. You can merge raster pages of documents of different types, and even
different computer operating systems. You can merge color pages from graphics
programs with text pages from a word processor.
N OTE : In cases where multiple users are connected to the Fiery XJ via
Fiery WebSpooler, Fiery Spooler, and/or the Command WorkStation, and one user
makes changes to a Thumbnail A job, not all users may see the results of those changes.
If you are unable to view changes in a job, or if selecting a Thumbnail window results
in a message indicating zero pages, then close and relaunch Fiery WebSpooler, Fiery
Spooler, or the Command WorkStation.
DocBuilder differences in Fiery WebSpooler
The DocBuilder tool in Fiery WebSpooler functions almost identically to that in the
Command WorkStation. For detailed information on using DocBuilder, see Chapters
2 and 3 (for instructions on editing and merging raster files, see “Merging raster files
with DocBuilder” on page 3-9). Though the interfaces are almost identical, there are
some feature differences:
• You cannot scroll through the pages in Thumbnail A or Thumbnail B by dragging
the slider bar at the bottom of the screen.
• Thumbnail A right-click commands are not available; instead click on a page to
select it, and either click the appropriate button in the Thumbnail A window or
choose the appropriate command from the Page menu.
• Page icons and arrows do not appear when moving page(s) from Thumbnail B to
Thumbnail A. Instead, a blue outline appears around a Thumbnail A page that is to
be replaced; and a blue bar appears adjacent to or between Thumbnail A page(s) to
indicate where the Thumbnail B page(s) are to be inserted.
• The full-screen preview window has a status bar (the Command WorkStation does
not), the “X” button used to close the full-screen preview is in a different location,
there are no page advance arrows, and there is no rotate button.
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• The Ctrl-Z keyboard shortcut for the Undo command is not available. To undo one
or more DocBuilder commands, choose Undo from the Page menu.
Using the Job Log
From Fiery WebSpooler, you can view and print a log of all jobs printed by the
Fiery XJ, including jobs downloaded with Fiery Downloader.
N OTE : If you logged in as Administrator, you can delete the Job Log from
Fiery WebSpooler (see page 5-9). The Job Log is not available if you logged in as
Guest.
TO
DISPLAY , UPDATE , PRINT , DELETE , AND SAVE THE
J OB L OG :
1.
Choose Show Job Log from the Fiery WebSpooler Window menu.
2.
Click All or specify a date range.
3.
Click OK.
The Job Log appears in a new browser window.
N OTE : The Delete button appears only if you logged in as Administrator.
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Update
Print
Delete
The Job Log displays each job and the following information: status, document name,
user name, date, start time, end time, process time, file size, device, paper size, media,
number of originals, number of color pages, number of black-and-white pages, total
number of pages, Note1, and Note2.
The Status column provides the following information about jobs:
OK
The job was printed normally.
ERROR
An error occurred during processing or printing.
CANCEL
The job was canceled before printing was completed.
4.
To update the Job Log, click the Update button.
5.
To print the Job Log, choose Print Job Log from the File menu or click the Print
button.
The information displayed in the Job Log window prints to the current Fiery XJ.
When you print the Job Log, totals are printed for all appropriate columns.
6.
If you logged in as Administrator, you can choose Delete Job Log from the File menu
or click the Delete button to clear the Job Log.
The system administrator can also print and clear the Job Log from the Control Panel.
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Chapter 6:
Color Calibration
Introduction
Calibrating the Fiery XJ ensures consistent, reliable color output. You can calibrate the
Fiery XJ with Fiery Print Calibrator and an X-Rite DTP32 automatic scanning
densitometer. By connecting the densitometer to the serial port on your computer, you
can quickly measure color patches and download measurements to the Fiery XJ.
This chapter describes the purpose of calibration and provides instructions for all
calibration procedures.
For information on advanced calibration and simulation features available with Fiery
Print Calibrator, such as editing targets and creating custom targets, see Chapter 7.
Introduction
A calibration is generated from two components that originate separately:
measurements and a target.
• Measurements represent the actual color behavior of the DocuColor 40; they are
computed from densitometer readings.
• Targets represent the goal of printing, such as obtaining pleasing color from the
DocuColor 40 or simulating another print device. A DocuColor 40-specific target is
provided with the Fiery XJ.
Calibration generates curves describing the various color densities based on the target
and the measurements that you provide from a densitometer.
Once you have calibrated the Fiery XJ with Fiery Print Calibrator, a calibration is
stored on the Fiery XJ; this calibration will be referred to as the resident calibration. The
resident calibration is applied to all print jobs unless bypassing of calibration is
specified by setting the CMYK Simulation option to Match Copy (see the Printing
Guide).
N OTE : Changing the resident calibration has the potential to affect all jobs for all users,
so you may want to limit the number of people authorized to perform calibration.
Administrator and Operator passwords can be set in Setup from the Command
WorkStation to control access to calibration with Fiery Print Calibrator.
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Understanding calibration
The Fiery XJ allows you the flexibility to choose a standard calibration or a custom
calibration. A standard calibration uses one of the targets provided with the Fiery XJ
(DocuColor or Linear) with a new set of measurements.
Calibration allows you to:
• Maximize the color reproduction capabilities of the Fiery XJ
• Ensure consistent color quality across time
• Produce consistent output across Fiery XJ servers of the same engine
• Achieve better color matches when reproducing spot colors, such as PANTONE
colors or other named color systems
• Optimize the Fiery XJ for using ColorWise Color Rendering Dictionaries (CRDs)
and CMYK simulations, and for using ICC-compatible profiles when printing RGB
color data (see the Color Guide)
• Linearize the Fiery XJ while maintaining the currently available density range
Chapter 7 discusses advanced calibration techniques, including how to:
• Use the Fiery XJ as a proofing system by printing press simulations
• Create custom calibration and simulation targets
How calibration works
Success in obtaining satisfactory print quality from a digital color printer depends on
many factors. Among the most important are establishing and maintaining optimal
toner densities. Density is a measure of the light absorbed by a surface. By carefully
regulating toner densities, you can obtain consistent printed color.
Even with a calibrated system, toner density is affected by such variables as room
humidity and service settings; it also tends to drift over time. Regular measurement
detects day-to-day variations in densities, and calibration corrects for them.
Calibration works by creating calibration curves on the Fiery XJ that compensate for
the difference between actual and desired density values.
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Understanding calibration
Calibration curves and target curves are the graphic equivalent of transfer functions,
which are mathematical descriptions of changes that will be made to the data you start
with. Transfer functions are often graphed as Input/Output curves.
Target curves (targets, for short) result from applying one or more transfer functions in
sequence. The server generates calibration curves after comparing measured values to
the final target values for each of the four toner colors.
Measurements
Measurements files contain numerical values that correspond to the toner density
produced by the DocuColor 40 when it prints solid cyan, magenta, yellow, and black,
and graduated tints of those colors.
To create a measurements file, you first print a page of color patches from Fiery Print
Calibrator to the DocuColor 40. Then you measure the patches, by using an X-Rite
DTP32 densitometer connected to a computer on the network. The new
measurements are automatically downloaded to the Fiery XJ.
You can print a calibration Comparison Page showing the result of using the new
measurements with any of the current targets. When you are satisfied with a particular
combination of measurements and target, you apply the calibration to the Fiery XJ;
this becomes the new resident calibration.
N OTE : You might also be able to create measurements with a different brand Status T
densitometer if the densitometer manufacturer provides utility software to create a
measurements file.
Targets
Target files define desired calibration results. Two target files are provided with the
Fiery XJ. You can create additional ones by modifying existing targets with Fiery Print
Calibrator. When you calibrate the Fiery XJ, you can select the target file that
corresponds to the typical printing goals at your site. This becomes the resident
calibration target that is used by default.
The calibration targets provided with the Fiery XJ are:
• DocuColor—Optimized for best results with the DocuColor 40.
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• Linear—Results in output that divides the maximum measured density for each
color into equal density steps to provide an even distribution of tones over the
DocuColor 40’s density range. When you linearize the printer, the entire measured
density range in each color channel is divided into equal steps. Equal steps in toner
percentage, such as 0%, 10%, and 20%, are printed in equal steps in density, and
appear as roughly equal visual steps. This gives a linear response using the range of
densities available.
You can store targets on the computer where you use Fiery Print Calibrator, on another
connected disk, or on the Fiery XJ disk (or all three).
Scheduling calibration
In general, you should calibrate the Fiery XJ at least once a day, depending on the
volume of print jobs. If it is very important to maintain consistent colors, or if the
DocuColor 40 is subject to wide fluctuations in temperature or humidity, calibrate
every few hours. Calibrate when you change paper stock. In general, to get the best
performance from the DocuColor 40, calibrate whenever there is a noticeable change
in print quality.
If you need to split a print job into two or more batches, it is especially important to
calibrate before printing each batch.
You should also calibrate the Fiery XJ system after DocuColor 40 maintenance.
However, because the DocuColor 40 may be less stable immediately after
maintenance, wait until you have printed approximately 50 pages before you calibrate.
N OTE : Output from the DocuColor 40 is very sensitive to changes in temperature and
humidity. To minimize these effects, the DocuColor 40 should not be installed near a
window or in direct sunlight, or near a heater or air conditioner. Paper is sensitive to
climate changes as well, and should be stored in a cool, stable environment.
The DocuColor 40 has a self-calibration feature (Automatic Gradation Adjustment, or
AGA) that optimizes toner densities after scanning two test prints on the
DocuColor 40 glass. The DocuColor 40 allows you to adjust printed color from its
touch panel display. You can typically increase or decrease toner density for one or all
toner colors. These control panel settings affect copies made from the DocuColor 40
glass, and may affect Fiery XJ output as well. If they do, make sure these settings
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remain the same (preferably at a neutral position) prior to calibration, and from one
print job to the next. If you change these settings, calibrate the Fiery XJ when you have
finished changing settings.
Print some standard color pages such as the Color Charts (from the Control Panel or
from the Command WorkStation) and the Color Reference pages included with the
user software (see Getting Started). All of these pages include fully saturated color
patches and pale tints of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Images with skin tones offer
a very good basis for comparison. You can save and compare pages you printed at
different times. If there is a noticeable change in appearance, you should calibrate or
linearize the Fiery XJ system.
If the solid density patches (100% cyan, magenta, yellow or black) look less saturated
with time, show the pages to the DocuColor 40 technician to find out whether
adjusting the DocuColor 40 can improve the output.
Checking calibration status
You can check whether the Fiery XJ is calibrated, what target was used, and when the
printer was last calibrated. You can view information about the last calibration:
• By printing a Configuration page or Test Page from the Control Panel or the
Command WorkStation
• With Fiery Print Calibrator, by choosing Server Status from the Server menu (see
page 6-10)
Using a densitometer
Fiery Print Calibrator is designed to work with the X-Rite DTP32 reflection
densitometer so that color measurements are entered automatically.
Setting up the densitometer
Before you calibrate the Fiery XJ, you need to connect, configure, and calibrate the
densitometer to prepare for measuring the printed patches (see “Calibrating the
densitometer” on page 6-18). For additional information about setting up and using
the densitometer, see the documentation included with it.
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TO
Color Calibration
CONNECT THE
X-R ITE DTP32
TO THE COMPUTER :
1.
Turn off the computer.
2.
Plug the square end of the interface cable (like a modular phone plug) into the I/O
port on the side of the X-Rite DTP32.
Square connector
3.
Attach the connector to the computer.
For a Windows computer, attach the 9-pin connector to the COM1 or COM2 port on
the computer and tighten the screws.
Square connector
Unused connector
Connect to COM port
Connect to keyboard port
Interface cable
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Use the optional AC adapter (available from X-Rite) to provide power.
Plug the small connector on the adapter cable into the side of the X-Rite DTP32 and
plug the adapter into a wall outlet.
Small connector
AC adapter
5.
Turn on the computer.
6.
Calibrate the densitometer (see page 6-18).
7.
Use Fiery Print Calibrator to calibrate the Fiery XJ (see the next section).
Calibrating with Fiery Print Calibrator
Fiery Print Calibrator allows you to calibrate from a computer networked to the
Fiery XJ. You can calibrate to targets provided with the Fiery XJ as described in this
chapter, or you can customize targets and calibration curves to suit the specific needs of
your printing environment as described in Chapter 7.
TO
USE
F IERY P RINT C ALIBRATOR :
1.
Start Fiery Print Calibrator and connect to the server you want to calibrate.
To calibrate a different Fiery XJ, choose Open from the File menu.
For instructions on configuring the connection to the Fiery XJ from a Windows
computer, see Getting Started.
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2.
Color Calibration
If this is the first time you are calibrating, you are prompted to select a target.
The first time you use Fiery Print Calibrator, you see only the targets provided with the
Fiery XJ. You can store additional targets on the Fiery XJ and on your computer. You
can designate any target stored on the Fiery XJ as the resident target.
The initial default target is the DocuColor 40 target; it is the one with the
DocuColor 40 device name (DocuColor).
3.
Select a target and click OK.
The target you choose becomes the default target. The target can be changed
independently of your measurements.
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The Calibration Mode window
The Calibration Mode window of Fiery Print Calibrator has large buttons which
indicate the sequence for the main Fiery Print Calibrator functions. There is a menu
bar with File, Edit, Measurements, Server, and Window menus, and a status message at
the bottom of the window. The functions that are unavailable at any particular time are
dimmed and cannot be selected.
The buttons and their actions are:
• View Measurements—Displays a table of density values in the current measurements
file. Below the button is the date of the active measurements.
• Select Target—Allows you to select a new target for calibration or for customizing.
Below the button is the name and creation date of the currently selected target. This
target is not necessarily the resident calibration target used by the Fiery XJ.
• Edit Calibration—Allows you to view the current measured and target curves and
customize the selected target.
• Test Calibration—Prints a page so that you can view the results of calibration before
updating the resident calibration on the Fiery XJ.
• Apply Calibration—Updates the resident calibration on the Fiery XJ.
In order to Apply Calibration to the Fiery XJ, you must have a Measurements file
and a Target.
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To view current calibration information, choose Server Status from the Server menu.
If the Fiery XJ is calibrated, the Server Status dialog displays the user name or login
name of the person who last calibrated the Fiery XJ, the name of the current Fiery XJ,
the date and time of the current measurement file, the name of the resident calibration
target, and the date and time of the most recent calibration.
Measurements
Measurements files provide toner values that correspond to standard color patches.
Typically, you measure a page of patches with a densitometer and the measurements
are loaded on the Fiery XJ.
The creation date and time of the current measurements file appears below the
Measurements button in the Calibration Mode window.
N OTE : For demonstration purposes only, if you do not have a measurements file,
you can use the DEMO.MEA file on the User Software CD. This file should not be used
to calibrate the Fiery XJ.
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Measuring values with a DTP32 densitometer
To create a measurements file you print a patch page and feed it into the densitometer.
The densitometer scans the density of the patches on the page and automatically
transmits the measured values to Fiery Print Calibrator.
After each column of patches is scanned, you move the page to scan another column.
The DTP32 densitometer has an adjustable strip guide to the right of the strip
entrance. The density measurements are used to create a Measurements file. In general,
valid measurements for all patches fall within the range of 0 to 3.05. Values between
-0.01 and +0.005 are shown in Fiery Print Calibrator as 0. Values that appear in the
Measurements window as negative numbers might indicate a problem with the
densitometer.
TO
PRINT PATCHES FOR MEASUREMENT :
1.
From the Calibration Mode window, choose Print Patch Page from the Measurements
menu.
2.
Select a page size and paper tray.
Letter/A4 prints 21 patches per color; 11x17/A3 prints 34 patches per color.
The Fiery XJ downloads the patch page to the DocuColor 40. The patch page has four
columns of progressively less saturated tints of each process color.
3.
TO
Click Print.
PRINT SPECIAL PATCHES FOR CALIBRATING :
•
With Fiery Downloader for Windows, download either Custom21.ps or Stand21.ps (21
patches); or Custom34.ps or Stand34.ps (34 patches) from the Clrfiles\Calibrat folder
on the User Software CD.
These PostScript files contain color patches similar to the ones that you can print from
the Measurements menu. Custom21.ps and Custom34.ps are provided to enable you
to download measurement patches that incorporate the copier’s current calibration set,
while Standard21.ps and Standard34.ps are provided to enable you to download
standard measurement patches that ignore the copier’s current calibration set. These
files are provided for expert users and should not be used for day-to-day calibration.
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TO
Color Calibration
MEASURE CALIBRATION PATCHES WITH AN
X-R ITE DTP32:
1.
Make sure your X-Rite DTP32 is connected (page 6-6) and calibrated (page 6-18).
2.
Choose Densitometer from the Measurements menu.
3.
Select the page size that matches the patch page you printed.
The Long page size has more patches with more finely distinguished color gradations.
4.
In the Select densitometer port pop-up menu, choose the port (COM1 or COM2) with
the densitometer interface cable.
If the densitometer screen does not display MAIN MENU, for example after calibrating
the densitometer, press the two MENU buttons at the same time.
5.
Click Start.
6.
Follow the on-screen instructions to measure patches.
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When prompted, position the pointer on the strip guide to 15.
The first column you’ll measure is the cyan column.
8.
With the arrow above the cyan column pointing towards the densitometer, align the
right side of the patch page with the strip guide.
9.
Insert the patch page into the densitometer until it rests against the drive rollers and
the motor is activated.
There may be a slight hesitation before the rollers start.
10.
Hold the page against the guide to prevent any skewing while the strip is being
measured.
After the strip is measured, Pass #1 of 1 OK! appears in the densitometer display.
Transmitting Data appears briefly after each pass.
11.
When prompted (onscreen and on the densitometer), move the strip guide to 30 and
feed the patch page to measure the magenta column.
After the magenta strip is measured, Pass #1 of 1 OK! appears in the densitometer
display.
12.
Turn the patch page around so that the arrow above the yellow column is pointing
toward the densitometer.
Leave the strip guide set to 30.
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When prompted, align the right side of the patch page with the strip guide and
measure the yellow column.
After the yellow strip is measured, Pass #1 of 1 OK! appears in the densitometer display.
14.
When prompted, move the page guide to 15 and measure the black column.
After the black strip is measured, Pass #1 of 1 OK! appears in the densitometer display.
N OTE : If there is a problem measuring a color, follow the instructions on the
densitometer to remeasure it.
15.
When all four columns have been measured, click Accept in the Densitometer window.
The Densitometer window closes; the date beneath the Measurements button is
updated to the current date because the measurements have been saved to the Fiery XJ.
TO
SAVE THE MEASUREMENTS FILE :
•
Choose Export from the Measurements menu to save the measurements file to your
computer hard disk.
If you save the measurements file to your hard disk, use it only as a backup for your
own reference. You can import this file later without having to remeasure, but this is
usually not recommended. For optimal calibration, use a new measurements file based
on current densitometer values.
For your information, exported measurements files are tab-delimited ASCII files that
you can open in a word processing, spreadsheet, or database program.
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VIEW STORED MEASUREMENT VALUES :
•
Click the View Measurements button to view values in the current measurements file.
Fiery Print Calibrator displays the current measurements on the Fiery XJ. They are the
measurements that were stored on the Fiery XJ when you last clicked Accept.
Testing and applying calibration
You can view a sample calibration before applying it to the Fiery XJ as the resident
calibration. Since the measurements have already been updated, you are actually
checking the combination of your measurements with one or more targets.
You can use the Comparison Page provided with the Fiery XJ to test a calibration
before applying it. This page shows a comparison of uncalibrated and calibrated data.
The Comparison Page provides the following calibration information:
RGB using Color Rendering Dictionary section
• Name or Server—the name of the Fiery XJ defined in Setup
• Model or Printer—the Fiery XJ model name and DocuColor 40 model
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• Target—the currently selected target in Fiery Print Calibrator, not necessarily the
target for resident calibration on the Fiery XJ
• Measurements—how measurements were obtained
• Rendering Style—the default rendering style specified in Setup
• Date & Time—when the Comparison Page was printed
For a description of the information in the section of the page labeled “Press CMYK
using Simulation” see page 7-18.
You can also create your own comparison page. To do this, create a PostScript or an
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) file and name it Calib.eps. Use Fiery Downloader to
download the Calib.eps file to the Hold queue of the Fiery XJ.
TO
TEST AND APPLY CALIBRATION :
1.
Click Test Calibration in the Calibration Mode window.
2.
Select a page, choose a paper tray, and click Print.
3.
If you are satisfied with colors on the printed page, click Apply Calibration, and click
Continue to update the resident calibration.
Or if you are not ready to apply the calibration, you can print a Comparison Page with
a different target or saved measurements file.
Select the target or measurements file, and click the Test button.
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When you have finished working with Fiery Print Calibrator, choose Exit from the File
menu.
Calibration checklist
Once you have calibrated the Fiery XJ and, if necessary, adjusted your target to get
satisfactory output, calibrating again is just a matter of taking new color measurements
and applying them to the current target. A summary of the steps follows.
Prepare the densitometer
Connect and configure the densitometer.
If color is critical, calibrate the densitometer. Otherwise, wait until the densitometer
prompts you to do so.
Use Fiery Print Calibrator
Start Fiery Print Calibrator.
Check the target indicated in the main window. This is your current target.
Choose Print Patch Page from the Measurements menu.
Choose Densitometer from the Measurements menu.
Choose the densitometer port and click Start.
Pick up the patch page from the DocuColor 40 and feed it into the densitometer,
following the prompts in the Densitometer dialog box on the Fiery Print Calibrator
screen.
When you have measured all four colors, click Accept in the Densitometer dialog box.
Check the results
Click Test in the main window to print a calibration Test Page.
Compare the calibrated and uncalibrated color. If the result of using the new
measurements is satisfactory, click Apply Calibration. If not, either measure again or
edit the target, and test once more before clicking Apply Calibration.
Click OK in the confirmation dialog boxes and close Fiery Print Calibrator.
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Color Calibration
Calibrating the densitometer
You will need the black-and-white AutoCal strip included with the densitometer.
Calibrating the densitometer does not require Fiery Print Calibrator.
TO
CALIBRATE THE
X-R ITE DTP32:
1.
Connect the densitometer to the computer and supply power (see page 6-5).
2.
On the X-Rite DTP32, simultaneously press the two buttons marked MENU.
The words MAIN MENU appear in the display.
3.
Press the p1 key until p2 appears.
4.
Press the cal key.
CALIBRATION appears in the display.
5.
Press the den key.
CALIBRATING TRANSMISSION is displayed, followed by the words INSERT CAL STRIP.
6.
Position the strip guide at 5.
7.
Insert the arrow end of the Auto-Cal strip into the entrance of the X-Rite DTP32 until
the roller starts pulling the strip.
Strip guide
READING appears momentarily, followed by the density values and CALIBRATION OK.
If UNRECOGNIZABLE STRIP appears, try cleaning the strip (see the X-Rite DTP32
Operating Manual).
8.
Start Fiery Print Calibrator and proceed to calibrate the Fiery XJ (see page 6-11).
Recalibrate the densitometer at least once month. For critical color, calibrate the
densitometer every time you calibrate the Fiery XJ.
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Chapter 7:
Advanced Fiery
Print Calibrator
Topics
Using advanced calibration features
This chapter describes advanced features of Fiery Print Calibrator, including
customizing calibration and simulation targets. For introductory information about
Fiery Print Calibrator and for instructions on performing calibration, see Chapter 6.
For information on the simulation capabilities of the Fiery XJ, see the Color Guide.
The following section describes the advanced calibration features of Fiery Print
Calibrator. For information on working with simulations, see “Using advanced
simulation features” on page 7-10.
Using advanced calibration features
Fiery Print Calibrator offers additional flexibility for advanced users. You can:
• Use a different measurements file stored on your computer
• Select a different target when your printing goals change
• Edit an existing target to suit your needs, test it, save it as a custom target, and save it
on the Fiery XJ
• Save measurements as a target
• Back up the targets that are stored on the server
• Remove targets from the server
Choosing a measurements file
Although you can import a saved measurements file, the measurement file you use
should reflect the current color behavior of the copier. Therefore, import saved
measurements only if you have reason to doubt your current measurements, or if you
don’t have access to a densitometer. You cannot edit measurement values with Fiery
Print Calibrator.
N OTE : The measurements file is copied to the server as soon as you load a new one. It is
also copied as soon as you accept new measurements in the Densitometer dialog box
(see Chapter 6).
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Any measurement accepted or imported into Fiery Print Calibrator automatically
becomes the measurements file for the connected Fiery XJ. This measurements file is
used to create the resident calibration as well as all the other calibrations stored on the
Fiery XJ.
N OTE : You should view or back up the current measurements before changing them.
TO
USE A MEASUREMENTS FILE :
1.
To view the density values in the current measurements file, click the Measurements
button.
2.
To back up the measurements, choose Export from the Measurements menu and enter
a descriptive name.
3.
To use a different stored measurements file, choose Import from the Measurements
menu and select a saved measurements file from your computer.
Working with targets
Target files provided with the Fiery XJ contain desired calibration goals. Select the
target file that corresponds to the type of printing done at your site.
You can view your current measurements and compare them with the current target.
You can also edit the target file and save the changes as a new target file. This allows
you to fine-tune the calibration on the Fiery XJ to meet your exact specifications.
Custom targets are always based on an existing target. Select the target to use as a base
for the custom target on a target. In most cases, you’ll use the copier target
(DocuColor).
The target for the resident calibration can be either of the provided targets, or a custom
target with any name. (Instructions for creating custom targets are provided later in
this chapter.) Select a target to use for the resident calibration, and click Apply
Calibration.
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You can test calibrations by comparing calibrated and uncalibrated image data on the
Comparison Page, which uses both CMYK and RGB images. You can also create a
custom comparison page as described on page 6-16.
Comparing the measured and target curves
Before editing a target curve, compare it to the current measured curve. By doing so,
you can determine how close the measured color densities are to the target densities.
The closer the measured densities are to the target densities, the better the results you
get from calibration.
N OTE : Large differences between the standard copier target and measured curves may
mean that the copier needs servicing.
TO
COMPARE THE MEASURED CURVE AND THE CURRENT TARGET CURVE :
1.
Start Fiery Print Calibrator and select a target from the list of available target files.
The targets in this list are stored on the Fiery XJ. Alternatively, click Local to use a
target stored on your computer.
2.
Click OK.
3.
Click the Edit Calibration button in the Calibration Mode window.
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Select Target/Measured and turn on the Measured option in the View Curves region.
These curves represent the values in the measurements file and cannot be changed.
Select Target/Measured
Turn on Measured
5.
Turn on the Target option and compare the target curve (thick lines) to the measured
curve (thin lines).
Turn on Target
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Customizing calibration targets
The copier’s calibration target provided with the Fiery XJ should be used for general
printing purposes. You may, however, have special printing needs that require a custom
calibration. In this case, you can use Fiery Print Calibrator to edit an existing
calibration target and save it as a custom target.
The Edit Calibration window provides information about your current target and
measurements in graphic form and lets you edit curves and values to create a new
target.
N OTE : All changes are stored as you make them. To discard changes, reload the target
from the server or your computer.
The graph on the left side of the window allows you to view and manipulate color
output values. The View Channels check boxes (beneath the graph) and the View
Curves areas (to the right of the graph) specify the curves displayed on the graph.
You can change several components of a target. The changes are accumulated in the
custom target that you eventually save. You can:
• Change the maximum density (Dmax).
An adjusted target is created with the new maximum density.
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Independently, you can:
• Adjust brightness
• Adjust dot gain for more saturated output without affecting the overall color balance
• Load a custom curve and edit points in the curve
The current custom curve is applied to the original target curve or, if you adjusted
the Dmax, it is applied to the target with the new maximum density.
• By clicking Save, save a copy of the edited target to your computer
• Choose Apply Calibration when you are ready to update the resident calibration on
the Fiery XJ
N OTE : The values in the following illustrations do not represent standard values. They
are intentionally exaggerated for example purposes.
TO
ADJUST MAXIMUM DENSITY
(D MAX ):
1.
Select the target to edit (see page 6-7).
2.
Click the Edit Calibration button.
3.
In the View Curves area, click Target/Measured and Target.
4.
For each color, enter a value in the Maximum Density areas, and press Tab or Enter to
adjust the endpoint of the target curve as needed.
You can enter a value from 0.1 to 3.0.
The rest of the curve adjusts to make a smooth transition to the new endpoint. The
adjusted target is stored. To discard changes, reload the target from the server or from
the local disk.
TO
CUSTOMIZE A TARGET :
1.
Select the target to edit (see page 6-7).
2.
Click the Edit Calibration button.
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In the View Curves area, click Custom to edit the input/output curve.
The graph maps input ink percentage to output ink percentage by analogy to ink on a
press. Initially, the graph is a 45° straight line; that is, input values equal output values.
This is the starting place for your editing.
As you make changes, you either increase or decrease the amount of toner that will be
used to render a certain percentage tone. An ink density of 100% is a fully saturated
color; 0 to 5% is a highlight color.
4.
In the View Channels area, select the channels to edit.
You can view information for all four colors at the same time (cyan, magenta, yellow,
and black), or any combination of these. Working with only one or two colors at a
time helps you to distinguish the curves and to fine-tune your adjustments, especially
when using a monochrome monitor.
5.
In the “Apply setting to” menu, choose the channel to adjust in the
Lightness/Darkness area of the window.
6.
Use the Brightness menu to adjust brightness as needed.
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Adjust the dot gain as needed.
These values are used independently of the Brightness curve. Changing the values for
dot gain can give more saturated color output without affecting the overall color
balance. The dot gain values simulate dot gain, not compensate for dot gain.
You can choose either the North American or European standard and then enter the
desired Dot Gain. The valid values for North American gain at 50% input are 0% to
50% output. The valid values for European gain at 40% input must be less than the
80% input setting plus 40%; the valid values for European at 80% input are 0% to
20% gain on output.
If you use Dot Gain values, the curve will be smoothed so that there are no spikes or
jumps in output value.
N OTE : You should measure this value from actual press output, using a densitometer.
8.
In the graph, drag points to adjust the curve as needed.
The graph maps input percentage to output percentage in 10% increments. Points
along the curve are marked so that you can adjust them.
N OTE : You should adjust points in this way after you have applied a brightness or dot
gain curve. If you attempt to change a brightness or dot gain setting after you have
adjusted the points on the graph, your earlier changes are not registered.
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You can test the changes now by using the Test Calibration button in the Calibration
Mode window, or customize the target further.
If you edit a local target file, you are prompted to save it on the Fiery XJ before
calibration can be changed.
N OTE : You cannot use the name of an existing target.
10.
Enter a name for the edited target file and click Save.
11.
To save the target on your computer, click Save (in the Edit Calibration window) and
enter a name for the new target.
You can use a saved target again or continue editing it later.
Backing up Fiery XJ targets
If you think you may need a target later, you can back up targets to save the target to
your computer before you delete it from the Fiery XJ. You should always save targets
before updating Fiery XJ system software to ensure that no custom targets are lost.
TO
BACK UP TARGETS :
•
Choose Back Up Targets from the Server menu.
This copies the target files from the Fiery XJ to your computer.
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Deleting custom targets
If desired, you can delete custom targets permanently from the Fiery XJ. You may want
to do this to make sure no one applies a calibration using the wrong target file. You
cannot delete the original targets (DocuColor and Linear).
TO
DELETE CUSTOM TARGETS FROM THE
F IERY XJ
HARD DISK :
1.
Start Fiery Print Calibrator.
2.
Choose Delete Target from the Server menu.
3.
Select the target and click OK.
N OTE : Deleting the target used for the resident calibration does not affect the resident
calibration. To delete a calibration based on a deleted target, you must apply another
calibration that uses a different target, or remove calibration as described in the next
section.
Removing calibration
If desired, you can remove calibration from the Fiery XJ. When you remove
calibration, the resident calibration curves are removed, and a default calibration is
restored.
TO
REMOVE CALIBRATION :
1.
Choose Remove Calibration from the Server menu.
2.
When prompted, confirm that you want to remove calibration.
Using advanced simulation features
Fiery Print Calibrator offers simulation features for advanced users. You can:
• Change the default simulation on the Fiery XJ
• Edit an existing simulation to suit your needs, test it, save it as a custom simulation,
and save it on the Fiery XJ
• Back up the simulations that are stored on the server
• Remove simulations from the server
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Working with simulations
Simulations, or press simulations, allow you to use the DocuColor 40 as a proofing
device for jobs that will print on an offset press. Because the range of colors available
on the DocuColor 40 is different from that of a press, the Fiery XJ automatically
adjusts the color so that the output falls within the range of colors a press can produce.
Several simulations are provided with the Fiery XJ, and you can create additional ones
by editing existing simulations with Fiery Print Calibrator. A default simulation target
is specified by the administrator in Setup. You can change the default simulation using
Fiery Print Calibrator.
The simulations provided with the Fiery XJ are:
• DIC—Japanese press standard
• Euroscale—European press standard
• SWOP-Coated—US press standard
• Match Copy—Bypasses calibration and produces output that matches a copy made
from the copier glass
Each of the press simulations has both a Quick and Full version. These versions
correspond to the method of mapping colors from your copier’s color gamut to that of
the desired press standard as follows:
• Quick—Compensates for only density (one-dimensional mapping)
• Full—Corrects for hue as well as density (four-dimensional mapping)
The PPD for the Fiery XJ provides placeholders for five custom simulations named
Custom-1, Custom-2, and so on. These can be made available for users to select from
the CMYK Simulation print option when printing a job.
You can store targets on the computer where you use Fiery Print Calibrator, on another
connected disk, or on the Fiery XJ disk (or all three). However, only the original
simulations and five custom simulations are available to users who choose a simulation
on a job-by-job basis (with the CMYK Simulation print option).
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For a custom simulation intended to be available only as a CMYK Simulation setting
in Setup, any name can be used. For a custom simulation intended to be available for
users to choose on a job-by-job basis, the name must be “Custom-1”, “Custom-2”, and
so on.
N OTE : The custom simulation names “Custom-1” and “Custom-2” appear in the users’
CMYK Simulation settings, and users can choose them, whether or not the
corresponding custom options have been created and loaded on the Fiery XJ. Jobs
printed with a non-existent custom simulation fail printing and show an error.
For more information on the CMYK Simulation and CMYK Simulation Method
print options, see the Color Guide and the Printing Guide.
Using the Simulation Mode window
After starting Fiery Print Calibrator, choose Simulation Mode from the File menu.
The Simulation Mode window has buttons for the most frequently used Fiery Print
Calibrator functions. There is also a menu bar with File, Edit, Measurements, Server,
and Window menus, and a status message at the bottom of the window. Functions
unavailable at any particular time are dimmed and cannot be selected.
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The buttons and their functions are:
• Select Simulation—Allows you to select a simulation to work with. You must select a
simulation before editing or applying it to the Fiery XJ. Below the button are the
name and creation date of the currently selected simulation, which is not necessarily
the default simulation on the Fiery XJ.
• Edit Simulation—Allows you to view and customize the current simulation.
• Test Simulation—Prints a test page so that you can view the results of the simulation
you are currently working with.
• Set Default Simulation—Updates the default simulation on the Fiery XJ.
Checking the current simulation
You can use Fiery Print Calibrator to see the simulation currently selected as the
default on the Fiery XJ.
TO
VIEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRENT SIMULATION :
1.
Start Fiery Print Calibrator and connect to the Fiery XJ.
2.
Choose Server Status from the Server menu.
The bottom section of the Server Status window displays the default simulation.
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Editing simulations
You can edit a press simulation to meet your exact specifications. You can also save the
changes as a new simulation.
N OTE : The values in the following illustrations do not represent standard values. They
are intentionally exaggerated for example purposes.
TO
EDIT A SIMULATION :
1.
Start Fiery Print Calibrator and connect to the Fiery XJ.
2.
Choose Simulation Mode from the File menu.
3.
Click the Select Simulation button.
A dialog box displays the simulations available on the Fiery XJ.
4.
Select a simulation and click OK.
Click Local to select a simulation on your computer.
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Click the Edit Simulation button.
Select channels
You can use this dialog box to view or to edit simulations.
6.
In the View Channels area, select the channels to edit.
You can view information for all four colors at the same time (cyan, magenta, yellow,
and black), or any combination of these. Working with only one or two colors at a
time helps you to distinguish the curves and to fine-tune your adjustments, especially
when using a monochrome monitor.
7.
For each color, enter a value in the Maximum Density areas and then press Tab or Enter
to adjust the endpoint of the target curve as needed.
You can enter a value from 0.1 to 3.0.
The rest of the curve adjusts to make a smooth transition to the new endpoint. The
adjusted target is stored. To discard changes, reload the target from the server or from
the local disk.
8.
From the “Apply setting to” menu, choose the channel to adjust in the
Lightness/Darkness area of the window.
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Use the Brightness menu to adjust brightness as needed.
N OTE : If you change a value for a color with the Brightness menu, it overrides values
set elsewhere in the dialog box.
10.
Adjust the Dot Gain value as needed.
For simulating press output, you can choose either the North American or European
standard. Enter the desired Dot Gain in the appropriate text box. The valid values for
North American gain at 50% input are 0%-50% output. The valid values for
European gain at 40% input must be less than the 80% input setting plus 40%; the
valid values for European at 80% input are 0% to 20% gain on output.
If you use Dot Gain values, the curve is smoothed so that there are no spikes or jumps
in output value.
11.
In the graph, click and drag points to adjust the curve as needed.
The graph maps input percentage to output percentage in 10% increments. The points
along the curve are marked so that you can adjust them.
N OTE : You should adjust points on the curves after you have entered values in the other
areas of the window. If you change values after you have adjusted the curve on the
graph, values might not be valid.
12.
When you are finished, click Save and enter a name for the new simulation.
This saves the simulation to Fiery XJ. Use Local to save the simulation to your
computer hard disk so that you can use it again or continue editing it later.
• Give the simulation a new name. You cannot overwrite the name of an original press
target.
• Include part of the original name in the new name, for example, “SWOP-New.”
This helps you remember what the new simulation is based on.
• To allow users to print with the simulation on a job-by-job basis, you must use the
exact names “Custom-1”, “Custom-2”, and so on. Give users a description of the
custom simulations because they see only the “Custom” names from the printer
driver interface.
N OTE : If custom simulations are later deleted from the server, users might still select
them when they print. However, jobs printed with non-existent custom simulations
will fail printing and report an error.
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Using advanced simulation features
Managing simulations
With Fiery Print Calibrator, you can back up and delete simulations. You can also set
the default simulation to None.
TO
BACK UP SIMULATIONS :
•
Choose Backup Simulations from the Server menu to copy the simulations from the
Fiery XJ to your computer.
Simulations are saved in a folder called Backup in the folder where Fiery Print
Calibrator is located. You can save simulations for safekeeping. You should always save
simulations before updating Fiery XJ system software to ensure that no custom
simulations are lost.
TO
DELETE CUSTOM SIMULATIONS FROM THE
F IERY XJ
HARD DISK :
1.
Choose Delete Simulation from the Server menu.
2.
Select the custom simulation and click OK.
You can delete simulations to make sure no one uses the wrong simulation file. You
should always use the Backup Targets command to save simulations before you delete
them.
TO
SET THE DEFAULT SIMULATION TO
N ONE :
1.
Choose Set Default Simulation to None from the Server menu.
2.
When prompted, confirm you want to reset the default.
Testing and setting a new default simulation
You can use the Comparison Page provided with the Fiery XJ to test a simulation
before making it the default simulation on the Fiery XJ. This page shows a comparison
of images with and without simulation applied.
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Advanced Fiery Print Calibrator Topics
The Comparison Page provides the following simulation information:
Press CMYK using Simulation section
• Simulation—The currently selected simulation in Fiery Print Calibrator, not
necessarily the default simulation on the Fiery XJ.
• Method—Quick or Full. Quick accounts for only the density of colors (onedimensional mapping) to the press goal. Full corrects for both density and hue (a
four-dimensional mapping).
• Press—The press standard for which the sample CMYK images were separated (for
example, SWOP or Euroscale).
For a description of the information in the section of the page labeled “RGB using
Color Rendering Dictionary,” see page 6-15.
You can also create your own comparison page. To do this, create a PostScript or EPS
(Encapsulated PostScript) file and name it Calib.eps. Use Fiery Downloader to
download the Calib.eps file to the Hold queue of the Fiery XJ.
TO
TEST AND APPLY A SIMULATION :
1.
In the Simulation Mode window, click Test Simulation.
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Using advanced simulation features
2.
Select a page and choose a paper tray.
3.
Click Print.
4.
When you have visually verified that the test page displays appropriate colors, click
Set Default Simulation.
5.
Select the simulation to set as the default.
The default simulation is used when users select the Printer’s Default setting for the
CMYK Simulation print option. Users can choose a different simulation on a job-byjob basis.
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Appendix A:
Troubleshooting
Error messages
This section lists error messages you might see, and provides some troubleshooting
guidelines should a problem arise with the Fiery XJ or the Command WorkStation. If
you are unable to resolve a problem after referring to this chapter, contact your
authorized service/support center.
Error messages
Error messages can result from problems with the print job, the Fiery XJ, the
Command WorkStation, or the copier. Some of the most common error conditions are
listed here.
A copier error message sometimes remains displayed on the Command WorkStation
even after you have resolved the error. A time lag in communicating the resolution of
the error to the Command WorkStation may lead you to believe the error has not been
resolved. However, printing will resume and the Command WorkStation display will
be updated after a short delay.
When an error interferes with printing, you will see a message at the Command
WorkStation. The status bar that displays the message indicates the process where the
error occurred. Following are the messages (listed in alphabetical order), with the
appropriate corrective action for each one. You can cancel the pending print job while
you attend to the error condition. A few normal status messages are included in this list
in case they cause concern.
Fiery XJ message:
Corrective action/additional information:
Add fuser oil
The copier does not have any fuser oil. Printing will resume when
you add fuser oil.
Add staples
The stapler has run out of staples. The job that requires stapling
will be finished after you add staples.
Add toner: C/M/Y/K
Add toner of the specified color.
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Fiery XJ message:
Corrective action/additional information:
Belt waste toner
bottle almost full
This warning message appears on the Fiery XJ Info screen and
indicates that you should replace the belt waste toner bottle as
soon as possible, although you may continue to print in the
meantime.
Broken tray: 1/2/3
There is a problem with the named tray. Make sure that it is
present and there is no mechanical problem.
Call for service
Error # x-xxx
The system has detected an error that requires a service call. Before
calling for service, power cycle the copier and the Fiery XJ. If that
does not resolve the error, call your authorized service
representative and provide them with the error number that is
displayed. Only the service representative can clear this type of
error.
Check power & cable
There is a problem with the print engine power or cable
connection. First check to make sure that the print engine is
turned on. There may also be a problem with the cable connection
between the Fiery XJ and the print engine. Make sure that the
cable has not come loose. The Fiery XJ will resume printing when
the cable is securely connected to both the Fiery XJ and the print
engine.
Clearing paper path
This is a normal status message (LCD is solid green), displayed on
the Fiery XJ Info screen when the copier is clearing the paper on
the race track.
Close copier door
One of the doors on the copier is open. Close the door to resume
printing.
Close tray: 1/2/3
One of the trays on the copier is open. Close the tray to resume
printing.
Connecting:
Press “CM”
If this message is displayed on an Info screen (Fiery XJ LCD is
solid green), it is a normal status message indicating that the
Fiery XJ is requesting control of the copier. You can either wait for
the connection to be made or speed up the connection process by
pressing the copier’s CM button.
If this message is displayed on an Abort screen, you must press the
copier’s CM button for printing to proceed.
Copier adjustment
in progress…
This is a normal status message (LCD is solid green), displayed on
the Fiery XJ Info screen when the printer is performing internal
adjustments.
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Error messages
Fiery XJ message:
Corrective action/additional information:
Copier is offline
The Suspend Printing option has been selected from the
Functions menu. Press Resume Printing in the Functions menu to
reconnect the Fiery XJ to the copier.
Disk full
The Fiery XJ disk is almost full. In this state, a new job can only be
printed when the oldest printed job is deleted. This is not an
efficient way to print, and may lead to delays and printing errors,
so you should delete unneeded jobs from the Hold areas in the
Queues window (yellow job rows) and held jobs in the Archive
window. Also delete unneeded fonts. If these do not work, you can
use the Clear Server command.
Empty belt waste
toner bottle
Belt waste toner bottle is full. Printing will resume after you empty
the belt waste toner bottle.
Empty finisher
You must remove the paper from the finisher before continuing the
job.
Empty sorter bins
You must remove the paper from the sorter bins before continuing
the job.
Empty waste
toner bottle
The waste toner bottle is full. Printing will resume after you
replace the waste toner bottle.
Finisher is not ready
The copier’s finishing unit is being used in manual mode, or is not
connected, or is out of order.
Fuser oil almost
empty
This warning message appears on the Fiery XJ Info screen and
indicates that you should replace the fuser oil as soon as possible,
although you may continue to print in the meantime.
Fuser web almost
used up
This warning message appears on the Fiery XJ Info screen and
indicates that you should replace the fuser web as soon as possible,
although you may continue to print in the meantime.
Idle
This is a normal status message (LCD is solid green). The Fiery XJ
is idle, waiting for the next job.
Internal error
An error has been detected by the Fiery XJ system software. In the
unlikely event that you see this error, report it to your authorized
service representative.
Ld ___ film in bypass
The copier’s bypass tray is not loaded with the film size or type
specified. The Fiery XJ will print when the bypass tray is loaded
with the required film.
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Fiery XJ message:
Corrective action/additional information:
Ld ___ in bypass
The copier’s bypass tray is not loaded with the paper size or type
specified. The Fiery XJ will print when the bypass tray is loaded
with the required paper.
Ld ___ in tray ___
The copier’s specified tray (1, 2, or 3) is not loaded with the paper
size specified. The Fiery XJ will print when the named tray is
loaded with the required paper.
Load thick ___
in bypass
The copier’s bypass tray is not loaded with the thick paper size
specified. The Fiery XJ will print when the bypass tray is loaded
with the required thick paper.
Ld ___ transp
in bypass
The copier’s bypass tray is not loaded with the transparency size
specified. The Fiery XJ will print when the bypass tray is loaded
with the required transparency.
Low toner: C/M/Y/K
This is a warning message indicating that the toner for one of the
colors is running low.
Paper jam
There is a paper jam in the copier. Open the copier doors and
check the locations indicated on the copier display. The Fiery XJ
will resume printing when you have cleared the paper jam and
closed the copier doors.
Printing …
This is a normal status message indicating that printing is in
progress.
Recycle copier power
Turn off the copier power switch, then turn it on again.
Re-establishing comm
Please wait …
When the Fiery XJ is not communicating with the printer, it
displays this message while it tries to connect. An error may have
occurred with the copier. See the copier message panel for
information.
Replace fuser web
The copier’s fuser web is used up. Printing will resume when it is
replaced.
Run setup and enter
DocuColor key
This message is displayed if your model requires that you enter a
security code. Call your authorized service representative and
request a valid security code.
Sorter is broken
Call for service
The copier’s sorter unit is malfunctioning. Call your authorized
service representative.
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Maintaining optimal system performance
Fiery XJ message:
Corrective action/additional information:
Sorter is not ready
The copier’s sorter unit is in use—possibly someone is removing
paper from the sort bins. Printing will proceed when the sorter
unit is not being used.
Stapler is broken
Call for service
The copier’s stapler unit is malfunctioning. Call your authorized
service representative.
Unknown error
An error occurred with the print engine.
Warming Up …
This is a normal status message. The print engine is powering up.
It will be ready for printing in a few minutes.
Waste toner
bottle almost full
This warning message appears on the Fiery XJ Info screen and
indicates that you should replace the waste toner bottle as soon as
possible, although you may continue to print in the meantime.
Maintaining optimal system performance
The Fiery XJ does not require maintenance. Beyond the routine requirements of
servicing and maintaining the print engine 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 remote utilities or Fiery WebTools may have a significant effect on
Fiery XJ 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 XJ server on an occasional basis, performance will be improved
if you log off when you are not using it.
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• Avoid printing with the server Disk full warning.
If you see this warning, delete jobs from the Queues or Archive windows 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.
As a last resort, you can use the Clear Server or the Clear command.
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.
Command WorkStation hangs
If the Command WorkStation windows do not update, try clicking the Log in/out
slider and logging out, and then exiting the Command WorkStation. Restart the
Command WorkStation application or restart the computer.
If the Command WorkStation windows do not update, or no jobs are displayed, and
the mouse has no effect (you cannot select a job or a window, use a right mouse
command, or select a menu item) the Fiery XJ is down or communication over the
network has failed.
To force an exit from the Command WorkStation application, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete,
and with the Command WorkStation selected, click End Task. At the Fiery XJ,
disconnect and reconnect the network cable, and try printing a Test Page or
Configuration page. If that fails, reboot the server.
If the Fiery XJ Control Panel does not respond to the Menu button, press the Reset
button, turn off the server and turn it on again. When it reaches Idle, restart the
Command WorkStation application.
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Troubleshooting
Command WorkStation fails to connect to a Fiery XJ
If a remote Command WorkStation cannot connect to a server that was connected
previously, you may need to reconfigure the connection.
1.
If you can, choose Exit from the Command WorkStation File menu.
2.
In the C:\Windows folder, find the Efinl.ini file and move it out of the C:\Windows
folder to another folder.
If the Efinl.ini file contains a limited amount of configuration information that is easily
recreated (i.e., information for only one or two servers), you can delete the file
altogether. A new Efinl.ini file will be created in the C:\Windows folder when you
reconfigure the connection.
If the Efinl.ini file contains configuration information for several servers, or
information that is not readily recreated, keep the Efinl.ini file as a backup.
3.
Print a Configuration page.
You will use the information on this page to configure the connection to the server.
4.
Launch the Command WorkStation application.
5.
When you are prompted to configure a server connection, click OK.
Use the instructions in Getting Started to configure the connection.
6.
If you still cannot connect to the Fiery XJ, the administrator should reinstall
Command WorkStation software.
See Getting Started for details.
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Unexpected printing results
If this happens:
This is the problem:
A cover page is not printed
when you reprint a saved
raster job.
The cover page identifies the originator of the job and the
time the job was sent. Time stamp and user information on
the cover page of a reprinted job are not meaningful.
The job settings are not
carried out as you expected.
If the user printed from the Mac OS or Windows 3.1x
platform, there may be two conflicting print settings. You can
check the job properties by double-clicking the job. See the
Printing Guide for a table of job properties and conflicting
properties. Notify the users of these conflicts so they can
avoid them in the future.
If you expected the settings you see in the Properties window,
be aware that the Copies and Collation fields do not currently
reflect user settings, and that Page Range and Scale percent
are All and 100%, respectively, unless they were changed after
being sent for printing.
The job doesn’t print.
Some printing errors may be displayed in the Print status bar.
When the job is in the Printed queue, jobs that had a
PostScript error are displayed in a light red job row. Doubleclick anywhere in the row to see the error message.
There are font errors.
If user-specified fonts that are not resident on the Fiery XJ are
not printing correctly in PostScript files that are downloaded
by users, request that they embed the fonts in the PostScript
file or print directly from their application. When users print
from their applications, if special fonts are not downloaded
automatically, they should be downloaded directly to the
Fiery XJ with Fiery Downloader. This can be done by the
user or by the operator, provided the Direct connection is
enabled. For information about Fiery Downloader, see the
Printing Guide.
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Troubleshooting
Clearing the server
Clearing the server is an Administrator option that can be used as a last resort if a job
persists in the system and prevents printing despite attempts to cancel or delete it.
Clearing the server deletes all jobs currently saved on the server in any queue and all
locally archived jobs. It also clears the Job Log and the index of archived jobs.
Before clearing the server, export the Job Log if you haven’t recorded the information
in it. If you can, notify users that you will clear their jobs from the server so they can
back them up and resend them when the server is back in operation.
You can clear the server from the Control Panel (see page 1-6) or from the Command
WorkStation with the Clear command in the Server menu (see page 2-9).
Users are unable to connect to the printer
If users are unable to connect to the printer, or are unable to find the printer from their
workstations, the network administrator may need to troubleshoot their network
connections, and check settings on the servers they use for printing. If settings have
changed, it may be necessary to reconfigure the Fiery XJ.
For example, if print servers or print queues on a Novell server are renamed or deleted,
or if accounts or permissions are changed, the Fiery XJ administrator may have to edit
settings or enter new settings in IPX (Novell) Setup to reflect the new configuration.
If users cannot connect to the printer with Fiery Downloader from Windows 95 or
Windows NT 4.0, you may need to reconfigure the utility’s connection to the server.
See Getting Started for details.
Mac OS users may fail to see the printer if a network administrator has assigned it to a
different zone, or has added zones where previously there were none.
If you have configured the Fiery XJ and set up client computers and network servers
according to guidelines in the Configuration Guide and Getting Started, try printing a
Test Page (at the Command WorkStation, choose Print Pages from the File menu).
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Troubleshooting
If you are able to print the test page but still can’t print a file from a remote computer,
contact the system administrator to troubleshoot the network connection.
If you are unable to connect, and you cannot print the Test Page, check the copier’s
touch panel display.
If this happens:
Try this:
It displays a diagnostic or
error message.
Take the appropriate corrective action, as described in the
copier manual or in the section “Error messages” on
page A-1.
The display is completely
blank.
Check the copier’s Standby function. If the copier is in
Standby mode, press the Standby key to see any messages on
the display.
The copier is not in
Standby mode.
The copier’s Automatic Power-Off function may have shut
down the copier.
Turn the copier on, and then try printing a Test Page again
when the copier has warmed up.
You still cannot print a
Test Page.
Make a copy. If you can make a copy, restart the Fiery XJ, and
when you see Idle on the status line of the Fiery XJ display,
try printing a Test Page again. If the Test Page still fails to
print, contact your authorized service/support center.
Setup error messages
For information on Setup error messages, see the Configuration Guide.
Index
Numerics
C
9-pin connector 6-6
CALIB.EPS file 6-16, 7-18
Calibrate command 2-11, 3-25
calibration
adjusting brightness 7-7, 7-8
AGA (copier’s self-calibration) 6-4
applying 6-16
bypassing 7-11
checking status 6-5
checklist 6-17
COM1 and COM2 port 6-6
Comparison page 6-15, 7-18
current 6-1
custom curves 7-6
editing 7-2 to 7-9, 7-14
expert features 7-1 to 7-19
from Fiery Print Calibrator 6-1
measurements 6-1, 6-3
measurement values 6-11 to 6-15
measuring patches 6-12
overview 6-1, 6-2
port 6-12
removing 7-10
resident 6-1, 7-2
scheduling 6-4
standard procedure 6-5 to 6-17
targets 6-1, 6-3, 6-8
testing 6-15, 6-17, 7-9, 7-18
viewing status 6-10
see also densitometer, Fiery Print
Calibrator
Calibration Mode window 6-9
calibration patch page 6-3, 6-11
Cancel Job
from the Control Panel during
printing 1-3
from the Control Panel during
RIPping 1-3
A
access
levels xvii, 2-5
restricting xvi
active jobs 2-18
adjusting columns (Queues window) 2-14
Administrator password xvii, 1-5, 2-1, 2-5
Adobe Photoshop, see Photoshop
AGA, see calibration
Alert Status screen 1-2
animation, see status bars
Apply Calibration option 6-9, 6-16
Archive command 2-10, 2-24, 3-22
archived jobs, filtering 2-26
Archive window 2-25
adjusting column width 2-26
changing displayed headers 2-26
deleting held jobs A-6
exporting job list 2-26
features 2-26
Filter 2-27
job icons 2-25
routing jobs 2-26
sorting jobs 2-26
archiving a job 2-17, 2-24
Automatic Gradation Adjustment, see
calibration--AGA
B
Backup Simulations option 7-17
Back Up Targets option 7-9
brightness, adjusting in custom curves 7-7,
7-8
Brightness menu 7-16
broken LCD xvii
buttons, Control Panel 1-2
I-2
Index
Cancel Printing command 2-11, 3-7
Cancel RIPping command 2-11, 3-7
Change (Administrator) Password
option 1-6
Clear (Server) command 2-11
Clear command 3-25
clears archived jobs 2-25
Clear Server command 1-6
clears archived jobs 2-25
CMYK Simulation option 7-11, 7-12
Color Charts 1-4, 3-4, 6-5
Color Reference pages 6-5
Color Setup option 1-6
column width, adjusting 2-13
Command WorkStation xiii
Archive window 2-25
display, described 2-6
introduction to 2-1
Job Log window 2-30
logging in to server 2-4
main window, parts of 2-6
menus 2-9
starting 2-3
troubleshooting A-7
Comparison Page 6-15, 7-17, 7-18
calibration 6-3
custom 6-16, 7-18
Configuration page 6-5, A-7
printing from the Command
WorkStation 3-4
printing from the Control Panel 1-4
connection to server, configuring 2-3
Control Panel 1-1 to 1-7
activity light 1-1, 1-3
buttons 1-2
down button 1-2
Functions menu 1-4
line selection buttons 1-2
Menu button 1-2
status screens 1-2
up button 1-2
Control Panel map
printing from the Command
WorkStation 3-4
printing from the Control Panel 1-4
copier, adjusting printed color from 6-4
curves
Brightness 7-8
input/output 7-7
target 7-7, 7-8
custom Comparison page 6-16, 7-18
custom simulations 7-11
D
Delete command 2-10, 2-22, 3-10
Delete Job command (Fiery
WebSpooler) 5-4
Delete Simulation option 7-17
DEMO.MEA file 6-10
densitometer
calibrating 6-18
DTP32 6-1, 6-5 to 6-7, 6-11, 6-18
selecting port 6-12
Status T densitometer 6-3
Densitometer window 6-14
density patches 6-5
DIC simulation 7-11
differences
between DocBuilder for Fiery
WebSpooler and for the
CommandWorkStation 5-7
Direct connection 2-20, 3-21, A-8
disk space used 2-13
display window 1-2
Dmax, see maximum density
DocBuilder 3-9 to 3-15
Delete command 3-10
Duplicate command 3-10
editing options 3-10
merging two files 3-13
Open Preview command 3-11
Undo command 3-11
I-3
Index
DocBuilder differences 5-7
Dot Gain
adjusting 7-16
European standard 7-16
North American standard 7-16
simulating 7-7, 7-8
down button 1-2
Download command 2-10, 2-24, 3-21
downloading files and fonts 3-18
Duplicate (page) command 3-10
Duplicate command 2-10
Duplicate Job command (Fiery
WebSpooler) 5-4
E
Edit Calibration options 6-9
Edit Calibration window 7-5
Edit Simulation button 7-15
Edit Simulation options 7-13
Efinl.ini file A-7
Electronics for Imaging home page
(www.efi.com) 4-2
Enable Popup Help option 2-9
error display 2-16
error messages A-1 to A-5
during Setup A-10
Euroscale simulation 7-11
Exit command 2-9
Exit Setup option 1-6
Expand/Collapse All command 2-9
Export command 6-14
exporting archived job list 2-26
F
Fiery Print Calibrator 6-1
advanced features 7-1 to 7-19
calibration from 6-1
Calibration Mode window 6-9
checking calibration status 6-5
displaying measurements 6-15
function buttons 6-9, 7-13
main window 6-9
overview 6-7 to 6-17
press simulations 7-13
Simulation Mode window 7-12
storing targets 6-4
Fiery WebSpooler
accessing 5-2
Delete Job(s) command 5-4
functions available with 5-1
Guest (view-only) privileges 5-1
Hold command 5-5
Job menu 5-4
Operator password 5-1
overview 4-2
Print and Hold command 5-5
Print command 5-5
Process Next command 5-5
raster data 5-4
Remove Raster command 5-5
Rename command 5-4
RIP and Hold command 5-5
RIPped jobs 5-3
status bars 5-2
window 5-2
Fiery WebTools
accessing 4-3
home page 4-3
Installer 4-2
overview 4-1
passwords 4-1
Status 4-2
WebLink 4-2
WebSpooler 4-2
File menu commands 2-9
Filter command
Archive window 2-26
fonts
Adobe Type 1 3-18
deleting 3-22
displaying font list 3-22
downloading 3-18, 3-22, A-8
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Index
managing 3-21 to 3-22
printer fonts on server 1-4, 3-22
printing font list 1-4, 3-4, 3-22
TrueType 3-18
Font Substitution Table 3-18
Functions menu, Control Panel 1-3, 1-4
G
Guest access xvii, 2-1, 2-5
H
headers
Job Log window 2-29
Queues window 2-13, 3-3
held jobs 2-18, 2-20
Help menu commands 2-11
Hold command 2-10, 2-23, 5-5
I
icons
Archive window 2-25
Job Log window 2-30
Print area 2-21
RIP area 2-20
Spool area 2-19
Info Status screen 1-3
Installer WebTool, see Fiery WebTools
Instructions field 3-2, 3-4, 3-18
J
job
active 2-18
areas 2-2
canceling 3-7
defined xiv
deleting 2-22
environment xvi
flow 2-15
flow diagram 2-18
flow scenarios 3-5
held 2-18
limit 2-21, 2-22
order of display 2-18
overrides 3-16, 5-6
previewing 3-11
remove raster and reRIP 2-21
job icons 5-3
Archive window 2-25
Print area 2-21
RIP area 2-20
Spool area 2-19
Job Log 2-30
clearing 2-30, 3-23
deleting 2-30, 3-23
described 2-28
displaying 3-23, 5-8
exporting to a file 2-30, 3-23
printing automatically 2-30
printing from the Command
WorkStation 3-4, 3-23
printing from the Control Panel 1-4,
3-4
specifying a date range 2-29
updating the display 2-30, 3-23
using (from Fiery WebSpooler) 5-8
viewing printed jobs 5-3
Job Log Setup option 1-6
Job menu commands 2-10, 5-4
Jobs Saved in Printed Queue 2-22
job ticket information 3-3, A-5
rearranging 2-13, 3-3
L
LCD xvii, 1-1
line selection buttons 1-2
logging in to a server 2-4
Log in/out slider 2-4, 2-13, A-6
Log out command 2-11
I-5
Index
M
Manage Fonts command 2-11, 3-21, 3-25
Match Copy simulation 6-1, 7-11
maximum density 7-6, 7-15
Maximum Density area 7-15
measured curve, viewing 7-6
measurements file 6-3, 6-10
creating 6-11 to 6-15
file format of 6-14
saving 6-14
view 6-9
Menu button 1-2
messages, see error messages
N
Network Setup option 1-6
Notes fields 3-1, 3-2, 3-4, 3-18
O
on/off switch 1-5
Open Preview command 3-11
Operator password xvii, 2-5, 4-1, 5-1
Override Print Settings command 5-5
P
PANTONE 1-4, 3-4
passwords
Administrator 2-5
Change (Administrator) Password
option 1-6
for calibration 6-1
for Command WorkStation access 2-1
Operator 2-5, 4-1, 5-1
patch page 6-11, 6-12, 6-14
PDF files, downloading 3-19
performance, optimizing A-5
permissions xvi, 2-1
Photoshop, transfer functions 3-21
port, densitometer 6-12
PostScript xiv, 2-15
error 2-21
icon 2-19
RIP xv
PostScript Setup option, see PS Setup option
power switch 1-5
Preferences menu command 2-9
press simulations, see simulations
Preview command 2-10
previewing print jobs 3-9
Print and Hold command 2-10, 2-23, 5-5
Print area 2-2
icons 2-21
Print command 2-10, 2-23, 5-5
Printed queue 2-3, 2-21, 5-3
printer (job) icon 2-19
printer fonts, see fonts
printer settings, customizing 2-10
Printer Setup option 1-6
printing 2-15
Comparison page (calibration) 6-15
Comparison page (simulation) 7-17
Configuration page 1-4, 3-4
defined xiv
font list 1-4, 3-4
server information pages 1-4, 3-4
print jobs
deleting from queue 2-10
previewing 3-8, 3-9
routing 2-22 to 2-23
Print Pages command 1-4, 2-9, 3-4, 3-23
Command WorkStation 3-4
Control Panel 1-4
Print Patch Page option 6-11, 6-12, 6-14
Print Status screen 1-3
problems, see troubleshooting
Process Next command 2-10, 2-23, 5-5
Properties command 2-10, 2-23, 3-16
Properties dialog box 3-15
Notes field 3-18
PS Setup option 1-6
I-6
Index
Q
queues 2-15
Queues window 2-15
changing the proportions 2-17
deleting held jobs A-6
described 2-15
elements 2-6
spooled jobs 2-15
R
RAM 2-15
in use 2-13
total 2-13
raster
data 2-20, 2-22, 5-4
icon 2-19
image 2-15
needed for DocBuilder 3-10
raster files
editing 3-9
previewing 3-8
saving 2-16
saving an edited document 3-12, 3-15
rasterizing, see RIPping
Reboot (Server) command 2-11
Reboot (server) command 3-25
Reboot Server command, from Control
Panel 1-4
remote users A-5, A-9
Remove Calibration option 7-10
Remove Raster command 2-10, 2-23, 5-5
Rename command 2-10, 2-23, 5-4
resident calibration 6-1
applying 6-16
bypassing 6-1
restricting access to server xvi
Resume Printing command 2-11
Control Panel 1-4
Revert to Defaults command 2-9
right mouse button commands 2-22 to 2-23
RIP, defined xiv
RIP and Hold command 2-10, 2-23, 5-5
RIP area 2-2, 2-20
RIPped jobs 2-3, 5-3
RIPping 2-15
RIP Status screen 1-3
S
safety xvii
Save Target option 7-9
Select Simulation button 7-13, 7-14
Select Target option 6-9
server
cleaning xvii
clearing the A-9
configuring 2-3
connecting from Command
WorkStation 2-3, 2-11
display window xvii
restarting 1-6
selecting another 2-11
shutting down 1-7
server fonts, see fonts
Server Information slider 2-12
Server menu commands 2-11
Server Selection tabs 2-11
Server Setup option 1-6
Server Status option 6-5, 6-10
Server Status window 7-13
Set Default Simulation button 7-13
Setup command 2-11, 3-25
‘showpage’ after EPS files option 3-21
Simulation Mode window 7-12, 7-13
simulations
applying 7-18
backing up 7-17
Comparison Page 7-17
custom 7-11
deleting 7-17
editing 7-14
Full method 7-18
overview 7-11
I-7
Index
Quick method 7-18
removing 7-17
saving 7-16
selecting 7-14
testing 7-17, 7-18
viewing 7-14
sliders 2-12
sorting jobs 2-26
source file 3-10
spool, defined xiv
Spool area 2-2
job icons 2-19
spooled jobs 2-3
displayed in Fiery WebSpooler 5-3
icons 2-19
starting the server 1-5
status bars 2-2, 2-16
animation 2-16
displaying error 2-16
Print 5-2
RIP 5-2
Spool 5-2
status screens, Control Panel 1-2
Status WebTool, see Fiery WebTools
Suspend Printing command
from Command WorkStation 2-11
from Control Panel 1-4
switching servers 2-11
SWOP-Coated simulation 7-11
system information 2-12
system performance A-5
T
target curve, see targets
target file 3-10
targets 6-3
backing up 7-9
copier target 6-3
curves 7-4
custom 7-5 to 7-6, 7-7
Linear 6-4
measured curves 7-4
provided with the color server 6-3
removing 7-10
saving 7-9
viewing and editing 7-6
working with 7-2
see also calibration and simulations
TCP/IP, required for Setup from the
Command WorkStation 2-1
Test Calibration option 6-9
Test Page 6-5
printing A-10
printing from
Command WorkStation 3-4
printing from Control Panel 1-4
problem printing A-10
Test Simulation button 7-13, 7-18
Thumbnail A
editing options 3-10
page commands 3-9, 3-10
page display 3-8
window 3-10
Thumbnail A command 2-10, 2-23, 5-5
Thumbnail B
window 3-10
Thumbnail B command 2-10, 2-23, 5-5
transfer functions 6-3
troubleshooting
Command WorkStation cannot connect
to server A-7
Command WorkStation hangs A-6
general guidelines A-6
unexpected printing results A-8
users are unable to connect to the
printer A-9
U
undo, in editing thumbnail views 2-33, 3-14
Undo command 2-10, 3-11
up button 1-2
utilities, remote A-5
I-8
Index
V
View Channels area 7-15
View Measurement icon 6-15
View Measurements option 6-9
W
warning
"Disk full" A-6
display window breakage xvii
WebLink WebTool, see Fiery WebTools
WebSetup WebTool, see Fiery WebTools
WebSpooler, see Fiery WebSpooler
WebTools, see Fiery WebTools
window selection tabs 2-6, 2-15
workflow scenarios 3-5