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1. account Select the radio button This account and type in the login data of the user Make sure that the user has adequate read write privileges to the Server If the computer is in a domain this should be sufficient In the case of computers in user groups we recommend that you create one user with exactly the same name and password on both computers EFI Colorproof XF Server and file server and to enter this information on the Log On tab Please make sure that the user either already has administrative rights on the EFI Colorproof XF computer or grant him full access manually to the folders FlexLM EFI Colorproof XF 2 6 and EFI Colorproof XF Profiles Apply the settings and then restart EFI Colorproof XF via EFl Colorproof XF Control Log on to a Server from the Client installed on the computer and define a hotfolder This is necessary even if hotfolders have already been assigned to workflows 2 1 6 Hotfolder and Apple Talk In order to integrate Mac OS 9 machines into the prepress workflow EFI Colorproof XF offers the possibility to display the selected hotfolder as an apple talk printer After selecting a hotfolder the check box Enable Apple Talk Spooler needs to get selected EFI Colorproof XF uses the installed Apple Talk protocol from the computer and displays the hotfolder in the network Please note that the checkbox will be only available if the Apple Talk protocol is installed If not the ch2. 2006 efi Proofing Solutions WITH BEST TECHNOLOGY
3. information please see the user manual 2 2 5 How to integrate the virtual printer driver The virtual printer driver can be handled as a normal windows printer driver That means it is possible to share the virtual printer driver in the network That s very helpful because it makes it possible to install the driver only once for every workflow onto the server computer and share it with all other clients The Virtual Printers can be used as LPR Printers so that nearly every OS which supports LPR Printing can print to it 2 3 EFI Uni Driver 2 3 1 General explanation The EFI Uni Driver is in comparison to the virtual printer a real printer driver The difference is that a real printer driver takes the parameter set by the user and actively applies these Know How Article Status 24 04 2006 efi Proofing Solutions WITH BEST TECHNOLOGY Know How Article essential to print changes to the job For example if the user wants to print an A3 document but set the page size in the Uni Driver to A4 the document will be clipped on the A4 format amp EFIXF Printing Preferences Layout Paper Quality EFI xF PostScript Info Kopien Be auswahlen m Kurzbefehle A EET Seitengr e Druckqualit t fi E EFI Linearization g q z Lag L600 dpi F Job Ticket drucken Benutzerdefinierter text Kontrollstreifen drucken Kontrollstreifen Farbmanagement in Kontrollstreifen Druckquali
4. paper size and resolution with every print job Sometimes a user does not want to care about the driver settings or he even doesn t know what to set up Changing settings within the EFI Uni Driver does also include the danger that the user uses a setting which doesn t match the workflow the user wants to print into For example the user prints on a 24 inch paper roll Unfortunately the the EFI Uni Driver does not offer the option to setup a 24 inch roll In order to do so the user needs to click into the Layout tab and then the Advanced button In the following window he can select Custom PostScript Page Size in the menu Paper size A windows box opens where he can type in all important information about the desired paper size Know How Article Status 24 04 2006 efi Proofing Solutions WITH BEST TECHNOLOGY Know How Article EFI XF Advanced Options g EFI XF Advanced Document Settings B ag Paper Output Paper Size Copy Count 1 Copy in Graphic Print Quality 600 dpi a Image Color Management Custom Page Size Dimensions Unit ICM Method ICM Disabled O O Inch ICM Intent Pictures Width 25 40 10230 55 Mil Scaling 100 Height 297 00 25 40 1574 80 5 soles TrueType Font Substitute with Device Font i Document Options Paper Feed Direction Long Edae First Advanced Printing Features Enabled K g PostScript Options E wy Printer Features Farbmanagement verwenden Ein Perp
5. AA to print Workflow Integration of EFI Colorproof XF How to integrate EFI Colorproof XF into an existing prepress workflow efi GmbH Kaiserswerther Str 115 40880 Ratingen Germany www efi com Status 24 04 2006 L essential to print Know How Article Table of content 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 4 2 1 5 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 5 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 3 1 Used system COnfiQguration ccccccccceessecesececeeeeeesaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeaeseeeesnaeseeaaeseenaeeeneeenaas 3 MQ PONG Ses au ses sae ate re San na Sear ae acca tah sek Sema tats sa tab sad van aeacs sacan a a E beset 4 Hotfolder integration cceccceesseceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeaeeeeeeeeaeeeeaaeseeeeeseeeesaeeeeeaeseeeeetneees 4 General Explanation cissiccccviscccdes dandcuss daecteesined onian Nea NEARE AENEAN NEAL aacdon andes EA ANE 4 Advantage sessiossa E a EEEE EE EES ie ede aie 5 Disadvantage seisoi OA 5 Appliance within EFI Colorproof XF ccccccccssccecesseneeeeseeeeeeeseeeaeeeseeeaesesseeaeeessenaeeeesenas 6 Hotfolder and Apple Talk siiisccetissnccstistccussvieceetetaecensvvineenvnsdeeensnieentdiueemiaineasiadeenite 7 ViPtUal Printet ursis an a aa aa aaa 8 General explanation ccssssccccssscccessssscceesscsccesssngeceessnseceessseedessnsedeesssseesersnseeessensedeenes 8 Aavan age sessa E ES 8 Disadvantage eniai a a E E 9 Appliance within EFI Colorproof XF ccccsccccssssececsenneeeeseneeeeseaeee
6. at he can convert every file type into PostScript PostScript can be calculated by EFI Colorproof XF So the user doesn t need to take care what file format he is using and if EFl Colorproof XF can calculate this Know How Article Status 24 04 2006 efi Proofing Solutions WITH BEST TECHNOLOGY efi Know How Article essential to print Another advantage is that due to the structure of the virtual printer the user also doesn t need to take care about the page size or other settings Because it is not a real printer driver all settings will be overwritten by EFI Colorproof XF anyway 2 2 3 Disadvantage The virtual printer has two disadvantages It is not possible to make last minute changes to a workflow setting for example job rotation or job scaling The user needs to do these changes within the EFI Colorproof XF interface If this is a real disadvantage depends on the needed flexibility of the production workflow The other disadvantage is that the user needs to create a virtual printer for every installed workflow Because the virtual printer is a hard wired connection like a hotfolder to a specific workflow every workflow needs its on virtual printer A company with a lot of workflows might get lots of printer on the operating system level 2 2 4 Appliance within EFI Colorproof XF After the selection of a hotfolder please select the checkbox Create Virtual Printer and type in a name For more detailed
7. eck box will be grayed out The Apple Talk printer will get a standard name which follows the naming convention workflow on computer But in some production environments the naming convention might not be transparent for the user Therefore it is possible to change the name of the apple talk spooler which will get displayed on the Mac OS 9 computer Because the hotfolder will get displayed as an Apple Talk printer on the Mac OS 9 system it requires a PPD file This PPD file can be found on the EFI Colorproof XF installation CD Some operating systems do not support the Apple Talk protocol by default EFI offers a Apple Talk driver in the Tools folder which you can find in the installation folder Please do the following in order to install the protocol 1 Open the Local Area Connection Properties by making a right mouse click onto the network environment Know How Article Status 24 04 2006 efi Proofing Solutions WITH BEST TECHNOLOGY Know How Article essential to print 4 Local Area Connection Properties General Advanced Connect using B9 Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit C This connection uses the following items Client for Microsoft Network a M dEl Deterministic Network Enhancer O 8 Intel Wireless Connection Agent ileand Printer Sharina for Microsoft Networks _ Select Network Component Type PR Vv Click the type of network component you wan
8. endicular Direction 0 00 0 00 1574 80 PostScript Custom Page Size Definition Paper Type Cut Sheet Boll Feed Offsets Relative to Paper Feed Direction Eingebettetes Eingangsprofil verwenden wenn verf gbi 4 Parallel Direction 0 00 0 00 0 00 Ai gt i 2 3 4 How to integrate the EFI Uni Driver The EFI Uni Driver has the ability to connect to the EFI Colorproof XF Server like a standard client application Therefore he needs to be installed on every client machine It is not possible to install the EFl Uni Driver on a server and share it with the network Know How Article Status 24 04 2006 efi Proofing Solutions WITH BEST TECHNOLOGY efi Know How Article essential to print 3 Executive Summary 3 1 Article summary There are different possibilities to submit a job to the EFI Colorproof XF server Every technique has its own need and area of application The hot folder and virtual printer meet the need for an automatic workflow which does not require any manual changes on the job anymore They are the fastest and easiest way to print a job It is also the safest way because no unintended changes can be done with the job The most flexible way but also the most time consuming is the use of the client application The client offers the way to do specific changes with the job but requires the manual loading of the job Know How Article Status 24 04
9. es the jobs into the watched hotfolder and the application does all the rest of the processing If the jobs should also get printed automatically the workflow needs to be set up on automatic that means all arrows needs to be on green 2 1 3 Disadvantage The disadvantage is that the user can t have any interaction with the application Neither he can make changes to the job while he prints the job to the application For example if he selected a workflow which does automatically rotate all incoming jobs but he wants to pint the job not rotated he needs to do the job changes in the EFI Client application In order to do so he needs to switch the workflow output device on red square so that the job stops Know How Article Status 24 04 2006 efi Proofing Solutions WITH BEST TECHNOLOGY oe 2 7 Know How Article ssential to print after calculation Then he needs to open the Job Explorer and does the job changes The same applies if he wants to do other changes like job scaling Another disadvantage is that the job needs to get converted into a format which EFI Colorproof XF can process For example EFI Colorproof XF can not process native file formats except Adobe Photoshop Files These file types need to get converted into PostScript or PDF before 2 1 4 Appliance within EFI Colorproof XF Create a new workflow in the System Manager by making a right mouse click Select the blue Input bar and the first
10. ffers a full automated job processing but no job interaction The virtual printer allows to make job adjustment but might lead to unexpected results in PostScript processing You will find more information about all this on the next pages 2 1 Hotfolder integration 2 1 1 General explanation A hotfolder in general can be compared with a watched folder The software application checks a selected folder from time to time 30 sec by default and looks if this folder contains a new job If there is a new job in this folder the job gets picked up and processed thru the selected workflow The hotfolder is always hard wired to a workflow Therefore EFI Colorproof XF knows how to process the job and where it needs to get printed Know How Article Status 24 04 2006 efi Proofing Solutions WITH BEST TECHNOLOGY Know How Article essential to print EFI Fiery XF File Edit System Tools View f eb x O82 gt General gt Workflow v Input Hotfolder C Server JobFolder C JobFolder isocoated LlEnable AppleTalk Spooler AppleTalk spooler Name C Create Virtual Printer Virtual printer name Layout Color Output Color Verifier Connected to CHRISTIAN D410 2 1 2 Advantage The advantage of using a hot folder is the full automated processing The user needs to set up the software and its different workflows only once After that he just copies or sav
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12. t to install Uninstall Properties Client UP E Service Allows your computer to access resources on a Microsoft F Protocol network Description TE ae A client provides access to computers and files on Show icon in notification area when connected the network you are connecting to Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity 2 Click on the Install button 3 Select Protocol 4 Click on Have disc and navigate to the Tools folder within the installation folder After clicking on OK the Apple Talk protocol is ready to use Please see the manual for more detailed information about the Apple Talk spooler 2 2 Virtual printer 2 2 1 General explanation The virtual printer basically displays a hotfolder as a printer in the operating system The virtual printer is not a real printer driver like standard vendor printer driver It is still a PostScript driver but does not allow settings like paper size or page positioning In order to use the virtual printer you have to create and assign a Hotfolder to the Workflow 2 2 2 Advantage The virtual printer is a very simple solution in order to print jobs to EFI Colorproof XF It can be selected from within the application like a standard printer driver which is very intuitive for the user Next to the usability another argument for the virtual printer is that the virtual printer is a PostScript printer driver That means th
13. tab called Hotfolder Hotfolder Remote PS PDF TIFF IT Scitex CT LW One bit Job detection Hotfolder C ServerJobFolder C JobFolder isocoated C Enable AppleTalk Spooler AppleTalk spooler Name C Create Virtual Printer Virtual printer name In order to select a Hotfolder click on the Choose button and navigate to the desired folder It does not make a difference where this folder is located It is even possible to select a folder somewhere on the network The only requirement is that the path to the hotfolder should be the physical path and not any network shortcut from the desktop 2 1 5 Assigning hotfolder on other computer Because EFI Colorproof XF runs as a service and not as a Windows application a number of things have changed regarding the monitoring of hotfolders in network environments In order for files to be retrieved from a network it is essential that the service on the Server computer logs on with the right user name To set this up on the EFI Colorproof XF computer go to Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Services Right click the service EFI Colorproof XF Server and choose Properties Know How Article Status 24 04 2006 efi Proofing Solutions WITH BEST TECHNOLOGY ef Know How Article essential to print from the context menu Click the tab Log On The default log on setting is Local System
14. tat 600 dpi SeitengroBe Therefore it is important that the user pays attention to the setting from the EFI Uni Driver 2 3 2 Advantages The EFI Uni Driver is also a PostScript driver That means if the user prints from the layout or image manipulation application to the EFI Uni Driver the application proprietary file format gets converted into PostScript which can be processed by EFI Colorproof XF Another advantage is the possibility to select different workflows from one EFI Uni Driver The EFI Uni Driver has the ability to connect to the EFI Colorproof XF server like the Client application The EFI Uni Driver gathers information and about all workflows Depending on the used login name and password the user will get the option to select different workflows In this way the EFI Uni Driver needs to get installed only once per Client Computer which makes the operating system level way more cleaned up and organized Know How Article Status 24 04 2006 efi Proofing Solutions WITH BEST TECHNOLOGY See Layout Paper Quality EFI xF PostScript Info Know How Article m Workflow ausw hlen E EFI Linearization Workflow ausw hlen EFI Linearization schaften des Druckjobs m Kurzbefehle SeitengroBe Lag Druckqualitat L 600 dpi 2 2 3 3 Disadvantages Depending on the workflow it might be a disadvantage that the user needs to set up the
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