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Xerox Digital copier printers User's Manual

1. How the Fiery SI works xi About the documentation xii Using this manual xii World WideWeb xii Safety warnings xiii Cleaning the Fiery SI xiii System requirements for Macintosh users xiii System requirements for Windows users xiv N eworking requirements xiv System requirements for UNIX users XV Specifications XV Supported paper sizes xvi Resolution xvi Operating the Fiery SI Using the Control Panel 1 1 Activity light 1 2 Buttons 1 2 Display window 1 3 Starting and shutting down the Fiery SI 1 7 Starting the Fiery SI 1 7 Restarting the Fiery SI 1 8 Shutting down the Fiery SI 1 9 Printing with Macintosh Computers Printing from applications 2 1 Printing pages from the bypass tray 2 4 viii Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Table of Contents Using the color reference pages 2 5 CM YK Color Reference pages 2 6 Color Charts 2 6 RGB Color Reference pages 2 7 PANTONE books 2 7 Printing with PC Compatible Computers Printing to the Fiery SI 3 1 Printing from applications 3 1 Saving files to print at a remote location 3 1 Printing to the parallel port 3 1 Setting printing options 3 2 Printing with Windows 3 x 3 2 Printing with Windows 95 3 2 Printing with Windows N T 3 3 Printing pages from the bypass tray 3 14 Using the color reference pages 3 15 CM YK Color Reference pages 3 16 Color charts 3 16 RGB Color Reference pages 3 17 PANTONE books 3 17 Scanning J obs Scannin
2. r Rendering intent Saturation best used for presentation graphics C Contrast best used for photographic images C Colorimetric best used for matching a particular color Cancel Help Restore Defaults 9 Click to choose a color matching option Choose D ownload image color matching If you have installed a color profile and your application is1CM aware choosing this option activitates the color rendering dictionaries CRD s and allows you to take advantage of PostScript Level 2 features 10 Close the printer window 3 14 Printing with PC Compatible Computers Printing pages from the bypass tray You can use the Fiery SI to print manually fed pages on the copier if you want to print on a special paper or a transparency You can use the Fiery SI to print on 16 24 pound paper 60 90 gsm thick paper 28 32 pound 105 120 gsm or Xerox recommended transparencies from the bypass tray You can also use the bypass tray for paper sizes such as A6 and 11 x 18 moda 5750 only There are several ways to print manually fed pages e From the Control Panel you can set Enable Bypass Tray as default to Yes to print all jobs from the Bypass Tray unless another tray is specified e From within the Fiery XJ Spooler select a job select O verride Print Settings and set the Bypass Tray option to On e For many applications you can use the following procedure and select Bypass Tray in the Print or Page Setup dialog
3. Note You should print to the H old queue only if you havea M acintosh or PC with Fiery XJ Spooler connected to the Fiery SI so that you can move the jobs from the Hold queue to the Print queue The queue name and Fiery SI printer name are established by your system administrator Contact your system administrator for the name of your queues NOTE FOR ADMINISTRATORS T he internal rp names that must be matched exactly when setting up printing to the Fiery SI are print_5760 65 hold 5760 65 print_5790 hold_5790 print_5750 and hold_5750 For information about setting up printing from TCP IP see your UNIX system documentation Printing to the Fiery SI You can use U N IX commands to print PostScript files and text files to the Fiery SI In general the basic printing commands lpr Ipq lprm can be used to send print jobs to a Fiery SI See your UNIX manual pages or other documentation for information about UN IX commands Note M ake sure that the files are either PostScript or text files T hese are the only formats you can use to print from UNIX 7 2 Printing with UNIX Workstations To PRINT FROM UNIX On a system running SunOS4 or another BSD based variant use the lpr command to send a job to the Fiery SI as follows lor lt Pprinter gt lt copies gt lt filename gt For example if the Print queue of your Fiery SI is named print_Server your file is named Sample and you want to print two copies type lpr
4. You will see icons identifying the available network types If your M acintosh has Built in EtheTalk it is EtherTalk Phase 2 Does the Fiery SI appear in the Chooser on another Macintosh on the same network If there s another M acintosh nearby check to see if the Fiery SI appears in the Chooser on that Macintosh If the Fiery SI is visible from one M acintosh but not from another there may bea problem with the way the second M acintosh is connected to the network Check all the cabling and other connections and verify that the network is properly terminated If there isa 10BaseT transceiver on the network make sure that its green link integrity light is on For more information about the network refer to the documentation provided with the network hardware Do other printers on the network appear in the Chooser If your network includes printers other than the Fiery SI they should appear in the Chooser If none of the printers appear in the C hooser list there is most likely a problem with the way the M acintosh is connected to the network Check all the cabling and other connections For moreinformation about the network refer to the documentation provided with the network hardware If other printers appear in the Chooser there may bea problem with the Fiery SI connection Contact your Fiery SI system administrator Try printing a test page by pressing the Menu button and choosing Print Pages Test Page from the Control Panel
5. Alert icon The job that is currently printing appears in this list It can be selected and deleted to cancel printing Jobs that have been processed and are waiting to be printed appear in this list Although they can be selected and deleted to be canceled they are dimmed because their settings cannot be changed and they cant be moved Jobs that are processing appear in the scroll list but they are dimmed because their settings cannot be changed and they can t be moved or canceled Jobs that are waiting to be printed that have not been processed appear with the Print icon T his list shows jobs in the order they will be printed Jobsin the H old queue appear with the H old icon You can move thejob to the Print queue to print it Jobs that have been printed are saved in the Printed queue and appear with the Printed icon J obs are stored in the Printed queue until the limit set by your system administrator in the Printer Setup on the Control Panel is reached If a PostScript error occurred while a job was printing it appears in the Printed queue with an Alert icon next to it You can double click the Alert icon to display the error message Icons also appear above the scroll list The icons are Update Duplicate and Print Click this icon to update the information in the Fiery XJ Spooler main window Drag a document onto this icon or select the document and click this icon to duplicate it and put the duplicate in the
6. 5 If necessary in the graph click and drag points to adjust the curve The graph maps input percentage to output percentage in 10 increments T he curve you selected appears and points along the curve are marked so that you can adjust then Note You should adjust points in this way after you have entered values in the other area of the window If you attempt to change values after you have adjusted the curve on the graph values may not be valid zm Fiery J 5760 65 Edit Calibration View Curves OTarget Measured Custom KlTarget Measured Maximum Density c 1 99 m 1 78 v 1 09 k 1 83 r LightnessiDarkness Brightness Dot Gain North American RM r3 e cuescd a _ 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Input ink 38 Gainat50 0 European G t 40 o kA Input Output ae me and at so is 0_ View Channels EJ Cyan J Magenta PJ Yellow J Black Save Target Color Calibration Fiery XJ_5760 65 Edit Calibration View Curves C Target Measured Custom Miferger Mi Weaenred r Maximum Density c s9 Ts Y 41 09 k f 83 m Lightness Darkness Apply setting to All id Brightness Normal C DotGain flare 0 G fn Amenee O 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90100
7. If you re able to print the test page but Fiery SI still does not appear in the C hooser contact your authorized service support center Troubleshooting If this happens Try this Make sure that no one is calibrating the Fiery SI You cannot connect to a Fiery SI from aFiery XJ utility chooser If someone is calibrating the Fiery SI with the control panel or the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator you can select it in the Chooser but you cannot connect to it T his insures that only one person is calibrating the server at any time and that print jobs do not use unexpected calibration You cannot sdect or view one of the queues Have your system administrator enable the queue in Setup on the Fiery SI Control Panel Only connections enabled in Setup are available for selection and display in the Fiery XJ Spooler You cannot open the Fiery SI with the Chooser in a Fiery SI W indows utility If you are using Windows 3 x you may not have enough Conventional memory to open the Fiery Chooser See your W indows documentation for information about memory If you are using Windows 3 x with AppleTalk did you set up your AUTOEXEC BAT files in the proper order If Windows quits unexpectedly or if you receive an error message Cannot perform AppleTalk call and you are using CO PSTalk you may have put the Fiery SI Network Setup commands in the wrong order in your AUTO EXEC BAT file Check to make sure that any CO PSTal
8. Print special pages from the Fiery SI You can print the following pages from the submenu that appears Test Page A test page enables you to confirm that the Fiery SI is properly connected to the copier and provides color and grayscale samples to troubleshoot problems with the copier or the Fiery SI The following information is listed Server Name Printer M odel Color M ode Calibration Target Color Rendering and Dateand Time printed Configuration Prints the C onfiguration page which gives the current server and device configuration T his page lists general information about the hardware and software configuration of the Fiery SI the current options for all Setup settings information about the current calibration and the ethernet and token ring addresses if applicable of the Fiery SI J ob Log Prints a log of the lag 55 jobs For information on the fiddsin the Job Log and on printing it in other forms see Using theJob Log on page 5 22 Control Panel Map Prints the Control Panel M ap which is an overview of the screens you can access from the Control Pane For information about using these screens to set up the Fiery SI see the Administrator Guide Color Charts Prints samples of the RGB CMY and PANTONE colors available from the Fiery SI Font List Prints a list of all fonts resident on the hard disk 1 6 Operating the Fiery SI Suspend Printing Resume Printing Run Diagnostics Rebo
9. Saving files to print at a remote location If you do not havea Fiery SI and are preparing files to take to a service bureau or other location you should print your final files to the File port You can also print to the File port to create a file to be downloaded with the Fiery XJ D ownloader Printing to the parallel port The Fiery SI has a parallel port that enables you to print most files directly from a PC if your network administrator has connected the PC s parallel port to the Fiery SI parallel port Note You cannot use the Fiery SI utilities through the parallel port 3 2 Printing with PC Compatible Computers TO PRINT FILES WITH THE PARALLEL PORT 1 Make sure that parallel printing is enabled on your Fiery SI Print the Configuration page to see if parallel port printing is enabled See the Administrator Guide for information about setting up parallel printing on the Fiery SI and Getting Started for information about setting up parallel port printing on your PC Select the printer port that is connected to the Fiery Sl s parallel port Select one of the local ports LPT 1 LPT 2 or LPT 3 For instructions see your Windows documentation Print from within your application If you are printing a PostScript file in binary format not ASCII verify that the N etwork Setup option Ignore EOF character is set to Yes You can use the Functions menu on the Fiery SI to print the C onfiguration page to view the set
10. alan Input Ink Gain at 50 is A Cl European Geinetao is 1 Input Output oz i 0 View Channels And at 80 is 0 M Cyan M Magenta M Yelow M j Save Target When you are finished click Save Target and enter a name for the new target This saves the target fileto your M acintosh or PC hard disk so that you can use it again or continue editing it later Note If you edited one of the press standard targets make sure that you include the original standard name SWOP DIC Linear or Euroscale in the new target name This ensures that the correct information appears on the Calibrator Test Page Testing and applying calibration You can view a sample of calibration before you apply it to your Fiery SI You can print e Calibrator Test Page T his page is provided with Fiery XJ Print Calibrator and shows a comparison of uncalibrated and calibrated data e User defined CALIB EPS in H old Queue You can create an Encapsulated PostScript EPS filein any application and name it CALIB EPS T hen print the file to the H old Q ueue of the Fiery SI from your application or save it as an EPS file and download it to the H old Queue with the Fiery XJ Downloader 6 31 Using the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator TO TEST AND APPLY CALIBRATION 1 Click Test in the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator main window Print Test Page Select a file to print to Fiery HJU_5760
11. and you can set a higher resolution Fiery XJ Spooler problems If this happens Try this You can t move or delete jobs e Choose Password from the Administrator menu and enter the password that was created in the M acintosh Fiery XJ on the Fiery SI Control Panel If you do not enter the password you can only move Spooler override settings for and delete your own jobs Appendix D Setting J ob Overrides D 1 Setting J ob Overrides Job O verride settings enable you to use all the special features of your copier and Fiery SI You can set job settings in several places T his table shows where options can be set and where they can be overriden T he underlined option in the leftmost column is the printer s default T he settings to the right override one another in the order given For example Fiery XJ Spooler settings override Fiery XJ Downloader settings Fiery XJ D ownloader settings override Print dialog box settings and so on To change settings on the Fiery SI Control Pana restart the Fiery SI and choose Run Setup For detailed instructions see the Administrator Guide For information about your Fiery Sl s current settings choose Print Pages Configuration from the Functions menu on the Control Panel The Configuration page lists all current settings If you are using a printer driver that supports PostScript Level 2 you can set and override some options from the Print dialog box and other dialog box
12. curves and customize the selected target Prints a page so that you can view the results of calibration before changing the calibration on the Fiery SI U pdates the calibration on the Fiery SI 3 To view current calibration information choose Calibration Status from the Server menu User Device Last Measured Selected Target Last Calibrated Server Calibration Status LCD_Calibrator Fiery HJ_5760 65 01 25 96 18 00 00 SWOP Coated 01 25 96 18 03 00 Server Calibration Status x User Device Last Measured Selected Target Last Calibrated Unknown Fiery XJ_ 02 21 96 14 02 51 5760 65 02 21 96 15 33 00 The Server Calibration status dialog displays the user name of the person who last calibrated the Fiery SI the name of the current Fiery SI the date and time of the current measurement file the file name of the target used for the last calibration and the date and time of the most recent calibration 4 To calibrate a different Fiery SI choose Open from the File menu 6 16 Color Calibration Measurements M easurements files provide toner values that correspond to colors You can measure a page of swatches with a densitometer and import the measurenents The creation date and time of the current measurements file appears below the M easurements icon If thereisno measurements file see To create a measurements file to be imported on page 6 17 TO USE MEASURE
13. 100 Input ink 36 Gainat50 0 European Gain at 40 is ole and at so is 0_ View Channels E Cyan JMagenta MJ Yellow Black Save Target lt u r5 Input Output 6 23 Using the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator Fiery XJ_5760 65 Edit Calibration View Curves Target Measured C Custom MV Measured Maximum Density c fis9 mf178 vfo fis m Lightness Darkness Apply setting to All 7 Normal 0 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90100 Input Ink Gain at 50 is E Enrapean antr Ales i i View Channels Andat80 is j Input Output M Cyan M Magenta M Yellow M Black Save Target You can use this dialog box to view measured or target curves or to edit calibration curves The graph on the left side of the window allows you to view and manipulate color output values the areas on the right allow you to adjust other values The View Channds and View Curves areas specify which curves display on the graph 2 In the View Channels area verify that the channels you want to edit are selected You can view the channdis for all four color channels Cyan M agenta Yellow and Black or in any combination T his aids in fine tuning edits and when editing curves on amonochrome screen Note If all channels are turned on initially th
14. 5 Specify information about the job in the Fiery XJ Scan main window that appears can i Reselutien Man 200 units width 0 00 inches Height 0 00 _ inches Image Size 0 Bytes Options Cancel Scan Prescan size Letter Scan Resolution 100 Max 200 Scan Mode Full Color Selection gt Units finches o Width inches Height inches Image Size 0 Bytes Cancel Scan Options Prescan size Choose the paper size of the original from the menu You can scan a Letter or A4 original from the copier Resolution Specify a value for the resolution C hanging the resolution changes the image size T he maximum resolution supported by your Fiery SI appears in the dialog box Scan M ode Full C olor Grayscale or Black amp W hite Specify the type of scan you want 4 3 Scanning documents 6 Click Prescan T he image appears on the left side of the window p Scan Resolution 200_ Max 200 Scan Mode Full Color wv H inches 5 inches MBytes Options Prescan Cancel Prescan size Letter Scan Resolution Max 200 Scan Mode Fun Color gt Selection Units inches Width 8 50 inches Height inches Image Size 2 66 MBytes Cancel 4 4 Scanning J obs TO SELECT OPTIONS AND COMPLETE THE SCAN 1 Drag the cursor to select the
15. 9 1 4 Index R Reboot Server command 1 6 Rendering Style option D 4 Resampling option in Fiery XJ Scan 4 5 resolutions supported xvi restarting the server 1 8 Resume Printing command 1 6 RGBO1 DOC file 3 17 RGBO2 PPT file 3 17 RGB Color Reference pages Macintosh 2 7 Windows 3 17 RGB page 01 02 files 2 7 RGB_REF folder 3 17 RIP Status screen 1 4 Run Diagnostics 1 6 Run Setup 1 8 S safety warnings xiii scanning 4 1 Send H eader with Each Job option 3 7 Sharpness option D 4 showpag after EPS files option 5 7 shutting down the server 1 9 Solid Color rendering style D 4 sorter D 4 Sorter Mode option D 4 spooler 5 12 starting the server 1 7 status displaying C 1 status messages Control Panel 1 3 Suspend Printing 1 6 SWO P Coated target 6 3 system requirements Macintosh xiii Windows xiv T target curve viewing and editing 6 22 target files removing 6 21 understanding 6 2 using 6 19 TCP IP UNIX printing 7 1 TCP IP WindowsNT 3 3 Test Page printing 1 5 Toolbar in Fiery XJ Downloader 5 3 transparencies 2 4 3 14 Transparency option D 3 troubleshooting C 1 TrueType fonts 3 8 turning off the server 1 9 U UNIX printing 7 1 setting up printing 7 1 Use image color matching slower option in Windows 95 3 13 Ww warnings xiii W indows system requirements xiv W indows 3 x PostScript printer driver 3 2 Windows 95 Printer Driver 3 9 WindowsNT 3 3 World Wide Web WWW page xii X X Rite DT P32 de
16. COMMUNICATION WITH YOU AND ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Electronics for I maging does not warrant that the operation of the software will be uninterrupted or error free or that the Software will meet your specific requirements Limitation Of Liability IN NO EVENT WILL ELECTRONICSFOR IMAGING ORITSSUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA LOST PROFITS COST OF COVER OR OTHER SPECIAL INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGESARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE CODED FONT PROGRAMS OR ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY THISLIMITATION WILL APPLY EVEN IF ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING OR ANY AUTHORIZED DEALER HAS BEEN ADVISED OFTHE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PRICE OF FIERY SI XJ REFLECTSTHIS ALLOCATION OF RISK BECAUSE SOME STATES JURISDICTIONSDO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU Export Controls You agree that you will not export or reexport the Software or C oded Font Programs in any form without the appropriate United States and foreign government licenses Your failure to comply with this provision isa material breach of this Agreement Government Use Use duplication or disclosure of the Software by the United States G overnment is subject to restrictions as set f
17. Darkness Apply setting to All t Brightness Normal C DotGain 0 Worth American 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90100 H Input Ink Gain at 50 is E Etropeen eee al ands Input Output oz i 0 vo Channels And at 80 is 0 M Cyan M Magenta M Yellow M Black Save Target From the Apply setting to pop up menu choose the channels to be adjusted in the Lightness Darkness area of the window If needed use the Brightness menu to adjust brightness Choose Lightest for a substantially lighter image Darkest for a substantially darker image or one of the options in between Note If you change a value for a color with the Brightness menu it overrides values set elsewhere in the dialog box If needed adjust the Dot Gain value Thisis used for simulating press output and should be used with a press target You can choose either the N orth American or European standard T hen enter the desired D ot Gain in the text box es T he valid values for N orth American gain at 50 input are 0 50 output T he valid values for European at 40 input are 0 60 gain on output the valid values for European at 80 input are 0 20 gain on output If you use D ot Gain values the curve is smoothed so that there are no spikes or jumps in output value Note You will need to measure this value with a densitometer 6 29 Using the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator
18. Edit Calibration oix m View Curves Target Measured C Custom M Target Measured Maximum Density c fi 39 m fi78 y fio9 kK f123 m Lightness Darkness Apply setting to All if Brightiess Norma J Dot Geir Wort Ameri 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90100 Been Input Ink Gain at50 is 0 Enropean P Bee Oo x Gain at 40 is o Input Output o me m View Channels Andat80 is 6 M Cyan M Magenta M Yellow M Black 6 27 Using the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator TO EDIT CUSTOM CURVES 1 Click Custom to edit the curve ELI Fiery HJ_5760 65 Edit Calibration View Curves OTarget Measured Custom 100 K Target Measured o 90 t 80 Maximum Density p 70 c 1 99 M m 1 78 y 1 09 K 1 83 Wg 1 99 m 1 78 1 83 50 r LightnessiDarkness p ing to Lal k Apply setting to 30 s Brightness 10 Dot Gain 0 North American 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Inputink 96 Gain at50 0 European Gain at 40 is oe Input Output View Channels And at 80 is o A E Cyan Magenta A Yellow Black 6 28 Color Calibration 2 Fiery XJ_5760 65 Edit Calibration m View Curves C Target Measured Miterget mM Measired r Maximum Density c s9 Ys Y 11 09 K es p Lighness
19. Plain Paper Fruit Bob Silva Financial repJob 8675309 03 11 96 12 47 30 12 47 30 00 00 14 817869 5760 65 Plain Paper The text in the Status column provides information about the job OK The job was printed normally ERROR A PostScript error occurred while a job was processing You can double click ERROR to display the error message A dialog box displays the PostScript error Click OK to close the dialog box CANCEL The job was canceled before printing was completed 4 To print the J ob Log choose Print J ob Log from the File menu or click the Print icon at the top of the window The information displayed in the Job Log window prints to the current Fiery SI W hen you print the Job Log totals are printed for all appropriate columns 5 To save the J ob Log as a file that you can view with a different application choose Export J ob Log from the File menu or click the Export icon at the top of the window 5 24 Managing Print J obs 6 Enter a name for the log file and click Save The ob Log is saved as a text file and the ob Log window reappears You can view the information in any application that can read a text file Items are separated by tabs 7 If you entered the Administrator password you can choose Delete J ob Log from the File menu to clear the J ob Log The system administrator can also print and clear the Job Log from the Control Panel TO USE ADMINISTRATOR FUNCTIONS 1 Choose Password from the Administrato
20. Printers dialog box select the Fiery SI in the Installed Printers box Then click the Setup button 4 Select the paper size and paper orientation in the Paper dialog box If you can select a Paper Source specify the paper tray to use for the job For example you can use this dialog box to specify that the job should be printed on the pagesin the bypass tray Fiery SI Regal v2015 108 on LPT1 Features Fonts PostScript Job Control Watermark Output Format PostScript Paper Source Auto Tray Select Paper Size Letter r Orientation Scaling Portrait a percent lt Landscape lt Rotated Landscape Copies r Special Effects Watermarks None CONFIDENTIAL COPY DRAFT E First Rage mny Adobe 5 Click the PostScript tab 4 Printing with PC Compatible Computers 6 Select the appropriate information for your file and click OK Fiery SI Regal v2015 108 on LPT1 Select Use PostScript Level 2 Features Send Full C olor D ata Match C olor Across Printers M argins D efault Protocol O ptions D efault and PostScript Performance O ptimize for Speed Note Setting M atch C olor Across Printers activates the color rendering dictionaries 3 5 Setting printing options 7 Click the Features tab to display the Features window select the appropriate settings and then click OK Fiery SI Regal v2015 108
21. SI Select the D efault option under Margins for best printing results You can change the size of the image by changing the Scaling factor in this dialog box or you can control the image size from within your application 3 8 Printing with PC Compatible Computers 4 Click Advanced to set additional options 5 6 The Advanced O ptions dialog box appears T his dialog box allows you to set advanced printing options Advanced Options TrueType Fonts Send to Printer as Adobe Type 1 O Use Printer Fonts for all TrueType Fonts O Use Substitution Table Edit Substitution Table Menory Y Ee Memory KB 2929 oO Clear Memory per Page Graphics Resolution DPI 400 Halftone Frequency 9 9 Halftone Angle 0 0 Oo Negative Image o Mirror Olan Colors to Black amp Compress Bitmaps oO Conform to Adobe Document Structuring Convention K Print PostScript Error Information You can us this dialog box to choose how to send TrueType fonts to the Fiery SI In most cases you should set the Send to Printer option to Adobe Type 1 and you should not use the U se Substitution Table option Click H elp for more information about TrueType conversion options T he Resolution box displays only the option of 400 dpi because the Fiery SI is a 400 dpi printer H alftone settings have no effect on the output Selecting Negative Image changes black to white blue to ye
22. Safety warnings Safety warnings The Fiery SI display window is aliquid crystal display LC D 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 pand T his will change the color of the panel Cleaning the Fiery SI Clean the Fiery SI with a soft cloth moistened with isopropyl alcohol or ethyl alcohol Never use water or ketone as these may permanently alter the display System requirements for Macintosh users For installation of user software you need A CD ROM drive This can be ether an internal CD ROM drivein your M acintosh or an external drive with the appropriate cable and software to run on your computer To use the Fiery SI with aM acintosh computer you need e Any Macintosh computer in the M acintosh II Quadra Centris Performa or Power M acintosh families that has at least 4M B of RAM and EtherTalk Phase 2 installed e Apple System software version 7 0 or later Adobe PostScript Printer D river version 8 0 or later or Apple LaserWriter driver version 7 0 or later and PPD PostScript Printer Description files The current version of the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver and the PPD files are included with the Fiery SI User Software e To use Fiery XJ
23. Status region displays the server status and the user name and document name of the job currently printing TheRIP Status region displays the server status and the user name and document name of the job currently processing 5 4 Managing Print J obs The D ownload Progress bar displays the amount of a job processed when you download a job to the printer The Fiery XJ H ard Disk region displays the amount of available disk space You can click the D isplay Font List button or choose Font List from the File menu to view font information in the window To select a different server choose Open from the File menu select the Fiery SI in the dialog box that appears and click OK or Connect To close the window choose Close from the File menu to close the application choose Quit Macintosh or Exit Windows from the File menu Printing with the Fiery X Downloader Printing PostScript files with Fiery XJ Downloader is fast generally faster than printing from within applications If you regularly print large files be sure to try printing with the Fiery XJ Downloader TO DOWNLOAD A FILE OR FONT WITH THE FIERY XJ DOWNLOADER 1 2 Use your application to generate a file You can save a PostScript file by selecting the PostScript option in the application s Print dialog box With some applications you can save Encapsulated PostScript EPS files If you experience problems printing EPS files with the Fiery XJ Downloader
24. Windows 95 you do not have to enter the U ser and D ocument information TO CHANGE THE PRINTER SETUP WITH THE WINDOWS 3 X POSTSCRIPT PRINTER DRIVER 1 Inthe Printers dialog box select the Fiery SI in the Installed Printers list box and click Setup Printers Default Printer HP LaserJet 4Si 4SiMX PS 600dpi on LPT1 Installed Printers Fiery SI Regal v2015 108 on LPT1 HP LaserJet 4Si 4SiMX PS 600dpi on LPT1 Set As Default Printer Oo Use Print Manager 3 7 Setting printing options 2 Use the Print Setup dialog box to specify information about the printer setup such as the paper size and paper orientation Server on LPT1 Paper Source Upper Tray B Paper Size Letter 8 5 x 11 in Cancel Orientation Copies s C Note Print Setup dialog boxes vary across applications 3 Click Options in the Print Setup dialog box Options Print To OK Printer O Encapsulated PostScript File Margi ae Scaling 700 Send Header None Bd Color DJ Send Header with Each Job Do not use the Encapsulated PostScript File option when you are printing to the Fiery SI T his option is for files you wish to import into other applications M ake sure that the C olor checkbox is selected M ake sure that the Send H eader with Each Job checkbox is selected T his option ensures that all the correct PostScript information is sent to the Fiery
25. al file and that it is placed correctly on the copier glass If you still get this message try scanning a page with Fiery XJ Scan to verify that the scan feature is working Error Type 11 D escription D ata not consistent Action T hereisa problem with the copiers scan feature so that the copier can scan the page but it cannot be used to calibrate the Fiery SI Try repositioning the measurement page on the copier glass or try printing another measurement page and placing it on the copier glass If you still encounter this error message there may bea problem with print quality H ave your copier serviced Problems with Fiery XJ utilities and plug ins General problem with Fiery XJ utilities Try this Make sure that you are using the latest version of utilities W hen you update your Fiery SI to new system software you should delete the utilities on your M acintosh or PC compatible and install the latest Fiery XJ utilities to insure full compatibility If you are using Windows make sure that additional files are installed correctly If you are using Windows you need additional files to use the utilities and plug ins See Gating Started for installation instructions and troubleshooting information Windows 95 or NT utilities Make sure that either the NET WIPX DLL Windows 95 or NET_WSCK DLL Windows NT file is in the SYSTEM directory M ake sure that only one file is installed in this directory and
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27. and will make available to Electronics for maging other legal remedies Limited Warranty And Disclaimer Electronics for Imaging warrants that for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of ddivery to you the Software under normal use will perform without significant errors that make it unusable Electronics for maging s entire liability and your exclusive remedy under this warranty which is subject to you returning Fiery SI to Electronics for Imaging or an authorized dealer will be at Electronics for Imaging s option to use reasonable commercial efforts to attempt to correct or work around errors to replace the Software with functionally equivalent software or to refund the purchase price and terminate this Agreement Some states do not allow limitations on duration of implied warranty so the above limitation may not apply to you Except for the above express limited warranty Electronics for Imaging makes and you receive no warranties or conditions on the Products express implied or statutory and Electronics for Imaging specifically disclaims any implied warranty or condition of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose For warranty service please contact your authorized service support center EXCEPT FOR THE ABOVE EXPRESS LIMITED WARRANTY ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING MAKESAND YOU RECEIVE NO WARRANTIES ORCONDITIONSON THE SOFTWARE OR CODED FONT PROGRAMS EXPRESS IMPLIED STATUTORY ORIN ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THISAGREEMENT OR
28. box TO PRINT PAGES USING THE BYPASS TRAY 1 Make sure that the Use Bypass Tray option on the copier panel is set to No Note If you select Bypass as your paper supply on the copier it will put the copier in Copier M ode and the copier will be unavailable for printing Insert the paper or transparencies in the bypass tray You can load up to 40 sheets Press the Clear All button on the copier From your application select Bypass Tray as the Paper Source in the Page Setup or Print dialog box If Interleaved mode is selected in the Print O ptions dialog box one of the paper trays must be loaded with a paper the same size and orientation as the transparencies in the bypass tray Select the correct page size in the Page Setup or Print dialog box Click Print in your application 3 15 Using the color reference pages Using the color reference pages The Fiery SI User Software includes several types of color reference pages that you can view and print to see the full range of colors available from your Fiery SI TheCM YK Color Reference pages enable you to view and print CM YK color patches in the range of colors the Fiery SI can print e Color Charts isa downloadable PostScript file of the color charts that can be printed from the Control Pand e TheRGB Color Reference pages are a M icrosoft Word and aM icrosoft PowerPoint file that you can open in the application to view the colors available in the standard pale
29. calibration Make sure that you re using the correct target Nothing happens when you press down on the densitometer unit Your densitometer may have locked up T he solution is to clear the unit s memory Disconnect the densitometer from its power supply Remove the batteries from the unit for a minute Calibrate and zero your densitometer before continuing The DT P32 densitometer displays Transmitting D ata but no data is transmitted T he densitometer appears stuck or frozen A data transmission error may have occurred On the X Rite DTP 32 press the two keys marked MENU On the densitometer press pap Remeasure the patches Calibrator Comparison page looks wrong If you are using a custom target for a press standard make sure that the name of the press standard is included in the target name The Comparison page uses different images to correspond to different targets so if you edit the name of the target for a press standard you must include the name of the standard O therwise the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator prints the images for the copier target C 10 Troubleshooting If this happens Error message appears on control panel Try this The numbered error messages Error Type 8 and Error Type 11 have the following meanings Error Type 8 D escription Page did not scan incorrect page on copier glass Action M ake sure that you are using the AutoC
30. cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures FCC Information WARNING FCC Regulations state that any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate this equipment NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules T hese limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in acommercial environment T his equipment generates and uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications O peration of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Industry Canada C lass A Notice Thisdigital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise enissionsfrom digital apparatus as set out in the interference causing equipment standard entitled Digital Apparatus IC ES 003 from Industry C anada Avis de Conformation Classe A d l Industrie Canada Le pr sent appareil num rique n met pas de bruits radiodectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de la Classe A prescrites dans la norme sur le mat ri
31. converting them to AdobeType 1 fonts To do this with the Adobe PostScript printer driver click the Fonts tab and select Send TrueType Fonts to T his Printer as Type 1 To do this with the W indows 3 x printer driver set the Send to Printer as Adobe Type 1 command in the Advanced O ptions dialog box To do this with the Windows 95 printer driver click the Fonts tab and select Always use built in printer fonts instead of True Type fonts Printer fonts and Macintosh screen fonts Like all PostScript fonts the fonts included with the Fiery SI come in two forms printer fonts and screen fonts T he printer fonts are installed permanently on the Fiery SI s hard disk T he screen fonts which are included with the Fiery SI should be installed on your M acintosh If you are using these fonts in documents you print on a LaserWriter they are probably already installed If not you ll need to install them yourself See Getting Started for instructions Occasionally you may want to use PostScript M acintosh or Adobe Type 1 Windows fonts that are not included with the Fiery SI If so you ll need to install both the screen fonts and the printer fonts on your computer To do this follow the instructions from the font manufacturer 5 9 Downloading files and fonts Downloading printer fonts to the Fiery SI In general each time you print from within aM acintosh application the application automatically downloads any fonts used in your document
32. diagnostics are finished the following message is displayed For software update or setup press any key If you want to change the Setup options press one of the buttons if you do not press a button the Fiery SI continues starting up and displays the message dle when it is ready to receive data 1 8 Operating the Fiery SI If you press a button the following options appear Choose To do this Run Setup View the optionsin the Setup menus For information on these settings see the Administrator Guide Install Software Install new system software This should be done only by your Fiery SI service representative Format Disk Reformat the Fiery SI hard disk This should be done only by your Fiery SI service representative Restarting the Fiery SI You should use the procedure described in this section to restart the Fiery SI rather than using the power switch on the rear of the Fiery SI To RESTART THE FIERY SI 1 Make sure that the Fiery SI is not receiving processing or printing a document M ake sure that the status message on the Control Panel is Idle Note If ajob from the Print Q ueue is processing it will continue processing and print after the Fiery SI is restarted if a job sent to the direct connection is processing it will not finish processing or printing Press the Menu button to display the Functions menu Use the down arrow button to scroll to the last screen and choose Reboot Server 1 9 Us
33. file 6 30 Calibrated RGB option 4 5 calibration control panel 6 10 6 11 custom curves 6 27 editing 6 22 measurements files 6 2 problem with out of range values C 9 removing 6 13 6 32 scheduling 6 3 target files 6 2 understanding 6 2 cancel downloading 5 7 printing 1 3 5 15 processing 1 4 5 15 scanning 4 5 Chooser M acintosh 2 1 C 2 cleaning server xiii CMYK Color Reference pages Macintosh 2 5 2 6 Windows 3 15 3 16 CMYK Reference psfile 2 6 CMYK REF psfile 3 16 color problems C 8 Colorchart ps file 2 6 Color Charts pages Macintosh 2 6 printing from LCD 1 5 Windows 3 16 color control Windows 95 3 13 Color Conversion option in Fiery XJ Scan 4 5 Color Modeoption D 2 Color Reference pages Macintosh 2 5 Windows 3 15 color rendering dictionaries see Rendering Style option Configuration page printing 1 5 Confirm file deletion option 5 17 Control Pand calibration 6 10 6 11 server 1 1 status messages 1 3 Control Pand M ap printing 1 5 Copier M ode option D 2 copies specifiying D 2 copying jobsin Fiery XJ Spooler 5 19 CRDs see Rendering Style option 1 2 Index D ddeting jobsin Fiery XJ Spooler 5 20 densitometer for calibration 6 11 problems C 9 using 6 4 Device O ptions tab in Windows 95 3 11 diagnostics 1 6 DIC target 6 3 display window 1 3 downloading files and fonts 5 1 duplicating jobs in Fiery XJ Spooler 5 18 E editing calibration 6 22 EFICOLOR 4 5 Enable Bypass Tray as default opt
34. ob Log With the Fiery XJ Spooler you can view and print a log of all the jobs printed to the Fiery SI You can also save the Job Log as a text file that you can then import into a spreadsheet or word processing application for job accounting purposes All jobs printed to the queues printed by direct connection and scanned from the copier are listed in the Job Log TO DISPLAY PRINT AND SAVE THE J OB LOG 1 2 Choose Show J ob Log from the Window menu Specify the period for the J ob Log in the window that appears Click All to view all jobs since the Job Log was cleared click D ate if you want to specify a period of time for the Job Log Job Log Range Select Job Log Format all Date Month Day From t_ to i Job Log Range x Select Job Log Format All C Date Month Day Year From m EJ se To K j fs Cancel Click OK TheJob Log window displays alist of all the jobs and the following information about them status document name user name date start time end time process time file size print device paper size media number of originals number of color pages number of black and white pages total number of pages note 1 and note 2 5 23 Using the Fiery XJ Spooler The information in the note fidds is specified in the Print dialog box if you are using the Adobe PostScript printer driver Use the scroll bar at the bottom of the win
35. recently sent to the Fiery SI are saved in the Printed queue You can drag these jobs back to the Print queue to print additional copies The number of jobs saved in the Printed queueis set by your system administrator in the Setup Jobs in the queues are stored on the Fiery SI s hard disk M ake sure that you leave enough space on the hard disk for fonts and others spooler jobs You can use the Fiery XJ Spooler Job Log to view information about jobs printed to the Fiery SI for job accounting purposes or saved for reference The Job Log can be printed to the Fiery SI or saved asa file and viewed in other applications 5 13 Using the Fiery XJ Spooler TO USE THE FIERY XJ SPOOLER 1 Double click the Fiery XJ Spooler icon or choose Fiery XJ Spooler from the Windows 95 Start button 2 Select the Fiery SI in the Chooser window that appears 3 Click Connect or OK The Fiery XJ Spooler main window and File Edit Window H elp Windows and Administrator menus appear Server Server name 4 Fiery XJ Spooler Print Status Server User Bob Silva Document Portrait Current Print and RIP status Device Printing E Portrait Bob Silva 12 34 32 03 11 96 Copier 547318 Name of the job currently Waiting printing Ripping Bob Silva 12 34 32 03 11 96 Copier 547318 Name of the job currently processi ng Warren You 12 34 42 03 11 96 Copier 41710 Tools Warren You 12 34 46 03
36. that it is the correct file for your system C 11 Troubleshooting Fiery XJ Downloader problems If his happens You can t print an EPS file using the Fiery XJ D ownloader Try this Try printing using the Showpage option in the Download PostScript File dialog box The Showpage after EPS file option adds a showpage PostScript language command at the end of the print job Certain applications omit this necessary PostScript language command when they generate EPS files You ll need to select the Append Showpage option when printing EPS files generated by these applications If you continue having difficulties printing an EPS file with the Fiery SI D ownloader try printing the file from the application in which it was created Try printing the EPS file on the media in the manual feed tray Make sure that the job does not contain a PostScript error In Setup turn on the Print up to PostScript error option to search for PostScript errors in the file In the Fiery XJ Spooler check to see if the job has an error icon next to it Double click the icon to see the PostScript error message You have problems downloading a font with Fiery XJ Downloader Make sure that the Direct connection is enabled on the Control Panel You can print the C onfiguration page from the C ontrol Panel to see which connections are enabled Extra blank page prints after a Fiery XJ Downloader job Turn off th
37. the Fiery SI by printing a Configuration page or Test Page from the Control Panel Functions menu e With the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator by choosing Calibration Status from the Server menu This method gives you additional information See To view information with the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator on page 6 13 Using a densitometer If you calibrate your Fiery SI from either the Control Pane or the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator you can use a densitometer to input color information T he procedure is the same in both cases For additional information about setting up and using your densitometer see the documentation that came with it Setting up the densitometer Before you calibrate the Fiery SI configure and zero your reflection densitometer to prepare for measuring the printed patches 6 5 Understanding calibration TO CONNECT THE X RITE DTP32 1 2 Plug the square end of the interface cable like a modular phone plug into the 1 0 port on the side of the X Rite DTP32 YY Attach the round 8 pin mini connector to the modem port on the back of your Macintosh Or attach the 9 pin connector to the COM1 or COM2 port on your PC Or attach the 9 pin connector to the serial port on the back of the Fiery SI Square connector M
38. the color reference page Enter the corresponding cyan magenta yellow and black values in any application that supports CMYK Color charts The color charts are a PostScript version of the charts you can also print from the Control Panel T hey are designed to look best when the copier is calibrated to the copier standard and not one of the press standards To PRINT AND USE THE COLOR CHARTS Use the Fiery XJ Downloader to download the COLORCHT PS file For information on using the Fiery XJ D ownloader see D ownloading files and fonts on page 5 1 3 17 Using the color reference pages RGB Color Reference pages The RGB Color Reference pages display the RGB colors available in M icrosoft Word and PowerPoint TO PRINT AND USE THE RGB COLOR REFERENCE PAGES 1 2 Open Microsoft Word or PowerPoint Open the APLPAGES RGB_REF folder and open the RGB01 DOC Microsoft Word or RGBO2 PPT Microsoft PowerPoint file Choose Print from the File menu Select the color that you want to use and enter the corresponding values for colors you want to reproduce in your own Word or PowerPoint document PANTONE books The PANTONE book files print standard PANTONE colors as they appear when printed on a Fiery SI There are PAN TONE books that simulate coated and uncoated paper stock for all supported devices To PRINT AND USE THE PANTONE Books 1 Use the Fiery XJ Downloader to download the Coated or Uncoate
39. the file so you can delete all but one reference to a file TO DUPLICATE A JOB WITHIN A QUEUE 1 Select the job that you want to copy by clicking its name The selected job is highlighted If you want to select more than one job Shift click to sAlect multiple adjacent jobs Ctrl click to select multiple non adjacent jobs Choose Duplicate J ob from the Edit menu The job appears at the bottom of the queue TO DUPLICATE AND PRINT A J OB 1 Select the job that you want to copy by clicking its name The selected job is highlighted If you want to select more than one job Shift click to sAlect multiple adjacent jobs Ctrl click to select multiple non adjacent jobs Click the Duplicate and Print icon or drag the job to the Duplicate and Print icon The job appears at the bottom of the Print queue 5 19 Using the Fiery XJ Spooler To COPY A JOB TO ANOTHER QUEUE 1 Select the job that you want to copy by clicking its name The selected job is highlighted If you want to select more than one job Shift click to select multiple adjacent jobs Ctrl click to select multiple non adjacent jobs Hold down the Option Macintosh or Ctrl Windows key as you drag the job to either the Hold or Print queue icon or to the Hold or Print section of the job list A copy of the job is moved to the queue you have selected but the original job still appears in the H old or Printed queue so that you can print the job at a
40. use this feature in conjunction with Fiery SI calibration Always run the copier s self calibration routine before calibrating U sing the copier s calibration feature alone will not necessarily bring output densities from your copier to the optimal values for Fiery SI printing 6 4 Color Calibration Set up a standard printing environment in Control Panel Setup by selecting printing options that correspond to the way you usually print Then print oneor more standard color pages You can print the Color Charts from the Control Panel and the Color Reference pages that are included with your user software See U sing the color reference pages on page 2 5 or page 3 15 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 your Fiery SI system If your solid density patches 100 cyan magenta yellow or black look less saturated with time show the pages to the copier or printer technician to find out if an adjustment can be made to improve the output Checking calibration status Before printing a job you should check to see whether the Fiery SI is calibrated what target was used and when the printer was last calibrated You can view information about the last calibration e At
41. 11 96 Copier 506981 z Fruit Bob Silva 12 34 56 03 11 96 Copier 817749 Scroll list of every document sent Hands Bob Silva 123513 03 11 96 Copier 215274 to the Print Queue Postcard Bob Silva 12 36 43 03 11 96 Copier 296093 gt Seasons Bob Silva 123632 03 11 96 Copier 296089 Scroll list of every document sent Budget Process sample book Bob Silva 12 37 05 03 11 96 Copier 697600 to the Hold Queue Window Bob Silva 12 37 22 03 11 96 Copier 471129 Mac disk label 7 eps Warren You 12 03 46 03 11 96 Copier 260772 m Mac disk label 7 eps Warren You 12 05 58 03 11 96 Copier 260855 J obs with PostScript errors appear Mac disk label 7 eps Warren You 12 08 40 03 11 96 Copier 260769 in Printed queue with Alert icon Painting Bob Silva 12 34 26 03 11 96 Copier 147119 Available Fieru XJ Disk Soace MB 440 Available disk space 5 14 Managing Print J obs E Server x Server name 4 Fiery XJ Spooler ALm Print Status Server User Bob Silva Document Postcard Current Print and RIP status Rip Status User Bob Silva Document Postcard Document Time Date Device Size Printing I Postcard 12 36 43 03 1196 Copier 296093 Name of the job currently Waiting printing Ripping E Postcard Bob Silva 12 36 43 03 1196 Copier 296093 Name of the job currently Print processing Ly Hands Bob Silva 12 35 13 03 116 Copier 215274 C Fruit Bob Silva 12 34 56 03 11 96 Copier 817749 E Tools Bob Silva 12 34 46 03 1196 Copier 506
42. 65 using the current calibration settings Calibrator Test Page User defined CALIB EPS in Hold Queue Cancel Print Test Page x Select a file to printto Fiery XJ_5760 65 using the current calibration settings C User defined CALIB EPS in Hold Queue cara 2 Specify which page to print and click Print 3 When you have visually verified that the test page displays appropriate color values click Apply Calibration 4 Click Continue when prompted to verify that you want to update calibration 5 When you are finished choose Quit Macintosh or Exit Windows from the File menu to close the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator application 6 32 Color Calibration Removing calibration If desired you can remove calibration from the Fiery SI In general it is not necessary because any new calibration replaces the existing one TO REMOVE CALIBRATION WITH THE FIERY XJ PRINT CALIBRATOR 1 Start the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator 2 Choose Remove Calibration from the Server menu 3 When prompted verify that you want to proceed with removing calibration The current calibration curves are removed and the printer is uncalibrated Chapter 7 Printing with UNIX Workstations 7 1 Printing to the Fiery SI You can print to the Fiery SI directly from U N IX Jobs printed to the Fiery SI are sent to the Print or H old queue and can be manipulated from M acintosh and PC computers on the network
43. 95 Start button Select the Fiery SI in the Chooser window that appears and click Connect or OK The Fiery XJ D ownloader s Status window appears and you see the Toolbar Fiery XJ D ownloader s menu s and the status bar at the bottom of the screen Fiery HJ Status 5 4 Fiery XJ Downloader Print Status Status idle User Document Rip Status Status idle User Document Download Z E C Fiery J Hard Disk are Disk 516 MB 485 MB Free 24 8 B E 5 3 Downloading files and fonts H Fiery XJ Downloader Eile Window Help T 2 lal 21 5 4 Fiery XJ Downloader r Print Status Status idle User Document Rip Status Status idle User Document Download Progress Downloading r Fiery XJ Hard Disk Hard Disk 516 MB 442 MB Free Se Icons for some menu functions display in the Toolbar at the top of the window Click the button to perform the function T he icons are Open Click this button to connect to a different Fiery SI D ownload Click this button to download a file or font to the Fiery SI D isplay font list Click this button to display a list of printer fonts on the Fiery Sl s hard disk Display status Click this button to display the status window for the window current Fiery SI About the Click this button to view version information about the D ownloader Fiery XJ Downloader Windows only The Print
44. 981 C Sun Bob Silva 12 34 42 03 1196 Copier 41710 Hold M Seasons Bob Silva 12 36 52 03 11 96 Copier 296089 M Track Bob Silva 12 37 05 03 1196 Copier 697600 M Window Bob Silva 12 37 22 O3 1196 Copier 471129 Scroll list of every document sent to the Print Queue Scroll list of every document sent to the Hold Queue Printed Ma SAMPLEL PS Unknown 16 14 56 03046 Copier 466158 Jobs with PostScript errors appear EFE iac disk Ibel 7eps Waren You 1203 46 03 11 96 Copier 260772 in Printed queue with Alert icon POM Mac disk label 7 eps Warren You 120558 03 1196 Copier 260855 Mac disk label 7 eps Waren You 12 03 40 03 1196 Copier 260769 PM Pointing Bob Silva 123426 03 1196 Copier 147119 PM Portrait Bob Silva 123432 03 1196 Copier 547318 Available Fiery XJ Disk Space IMB 440 Available disk space The job list includes information about the document name user name time and date sent print device and file size T he window is split into regions that correspond to the different queues and steps in the printing process You can click and drag ajob to the Print or H old region of the window to move it to the corresponding queue Printing Waiting Ripping Print H old Printed Printed 5 15 Using the Fiery XJ Spooler amp Zo U D i ee The icons provide information about the job Print icon Print icon RIP icon Print icon Hold icon Printed icon
45. Agreement does not grant you any right to patents copyrights trade secrets trademarks whether registered or unregistered or any other rights franchises or licenses in respect of the Software C oded Font Programs Typefaces Trademarks or accompanying documentation You may not adapt or use any trademark or tradename which is likely to be similar to or confusing with that of Electronics for Imaging or any of its suppliers or take any other action which impairs or reduces thetrademark rights of Electronics for maging or its suppliers T hetrademarks may only be used to identify printed output produced by the C oded Font Programs At the reasonable request of Electronics for Imaging you must supply samples of any Typeface identified with a trademark The M acApp software is proprietary to Apple C omputer Inc and is licensed to Electronics for Imaging Inc for distribution only for use in combination with Fiery SI software utilities Confidentiality You agreeto hold the Software and C oded Font Programsin confidence disclosing the Software and C oded Font Programs only to authorized users having a need to use the Software and C oded Font Programs as permitted by this Agreement and to take all reasonable precautions to prevent disclosure to other parties Remedies Unauthorized use copying or disclosure of the Software C oded Font Programs Typefaces Trademarks or accompanying documentation will result in automatic termination of this license
46. Fiery SI Color Server USER GUIDE for Xerox digital copier printers Copyright 1996 Electronics for Imaging Inc All rights reserved T his publication is protected by copyright and all rights are reserved N o part of it may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means for any purpose without express prior written consent from Electronics for Imaging Inc except as expressly permitted herein Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Electronics for Imaging Inc T he software described in this publication is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of such license Trademarks Notice EFI theEFI logo Fiery the Fiery logo EFICOLOR and theEFICOLOR logo are trademarks registered in the U S Patent and Trademark O ffice Fiery XJ Fiery XJe Fiery XJ Fiery SI Fiery Driven the Fiery D riven logo XJ RipChips Rip W hile Print Continuous Print Command WorkStation AutoC al STARR Compression and M emory M ultiplier are trademarks of Electronics for Imaging Inc Xerox 5760 5765 5790 5750 M ajestik Regal and all Xerox product names mentioned in this publication are trademarks of the X erox C orporation Adobe the Adobe logo Adobe Illustrator PostScript Adobe Photoshop Adobe Separator and Adobe PageM aker are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated registered in certain jurisdictions E
47. Fiery SI in the Chooser Printing from applications You can print to the Fiery SI from applications by selecting a Fiery SI in the Chooser If you have installed the Adobe PostScript Printer D river 8 0 or later or the LaserWriter Printer D river version 8 0 or later you can override some of the printer settings on the Fiery SI in the Print O ptions dialog box TO SELECT THE FIERY SI AS THE CURRENT PRINTER 1 2 Make sure that the Fiery SI is connected to your network and turned on Select Chooser from the Apple menu Click the PSPrinter icon or the LaserWriter icon to select it Select PSPrinter if you are using the Adobe PostScript Printer D river select LaserWriter if you are using the LaserWriter Printer D river If your network is divided into zones select the zone in which the Fiery SI is located Select the Fiery SI in the list that appears The names of all supported printers in the zone appear in the Chooser window Note If your system administrator disabled the connection to one of the queues or the direct connection the corresponding name will not appear in this list Make sure that AppleTalk is Active set Background Printing to Off and then click the close box to quit the Chooser The Fiery SI is selected as the current printer until you choose a new printer in the Choose 2 2 Printing with Macintosh Computers To PRINT FROM A MACINTOSH APPLICATION 1 Make sure that any printer descriptio
48. I across the network very frequently T his data adds to the network traffic and may slow down other network jobs For optimum network performance turn off automatic updating 5 17 Using the Fiery XJ Spooler in the Fiery XJ Spooler Preferences dialog box when you want to view updated information in the Fiery XJ Spooler windows choose U pdate from the W indow menu or click the U pdate icon Confirm file deletion Select this if you want a confirmation dialog box to appear before you delete a file 5 If you selected Manual updating in the Preferences window choose Update from the Window menu to update the information in the Fiery XJ Spooler window 6 To display information about a different Fiery SI choose Open from the File menu The Chooser window appears 7 Select the Fiery SI in the Chooser The Fiery XJ Spooler main window appears and displays information about the Fiery SI you selected Note You can movebetween Fiery XJ Spooler windows by choosing the Fiery SI name in the Window menu You can move between the ob Log and M ain windows for a server by choosing them in the Window menu You can also use the C ascade option in the Window menu to organize windows on your Desktop 8 Choose Close from the File menu to close the connection to the current Fiery SI choose Quit Macintosh Exit Windows from the File menu to quit the Fiery XJ Spooler Duplicating copying moving and deleting jobs Macintosh Windows 95
49. MENTS 1 Click the Measurements icon to view values in the current measurements file Fiery XJ_5760 65 Measurements Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 1 _0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 2 _0 124 0 141 0 159 0 176 3 _0 247 0 282 0 318 0 353 40 371 0 424 0 476 50 494 0 565 0 635 6 _0 618 0 706 0 794 0 882 7 _o 741 _0 847 0 953 1 059 s _o 865 0 988 1 112 1 235 o 0 988 1 129 1 271 1o02 a27 a a29 11 1 235 4 442 1 588 1 765 12 1 359 4 553 1 747 13 _1 482 1 694 1 906 2 118 14 4 606 2 065 15 _4 729 2 224 161 e53 2118 2 382 17 _1 976 2 259 2 541 2 824 18 _2 100 2 700 6 17 Using the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator 2 3 I Fiery XJ W_plotter Measureme Mial EJ Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 1 _ 0 000 i 0 000 0 000 2 0 124 0 159 0 176 3 _0 247 0 0 318 a l 0 371 0 0 476 g 0 494 0 565 0 635 L 9 618 0 706 0 794 7 _ 0 742 0 953 p _o 865 o 1 112 g 0 988 i 1 271 10 1 122 1 1 429 112 235 4 1 588 12 _1 359 1 747 13 _ 1 482 1 906 14 1 606 2 065 15 _ 1 729 2 224 16 _ 1 853 2 382 17 _1 976 2 541 18 _ 2 100 2 700 EERE EEEEEEEBEGEE If you want to use a di
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52. Pprint_Server 2 Sample On a system running Solaris 2 or any System V implementation of UNIX use the Ipr command to send a job to the Fiery SI as follows Ip d lt printername gt n lt copies gt lt filename gt For example if the Print queue of your Fiery SI is named print_Server your file is named Sample and you want to print two copies type Ip d print_Server n 2 Sample TO DISPLAY A LIST OF JOBS IN THE QUEUE On a system running SunOS 4 or another BSD based variant use the Ipq command to see printer jobs in the queue as follows Ipq lt Pprinter gt For example if the Print queue of your Fiery SI is named print_Server type Ipq Pprint_ Server Your workstation displays the contents of the queue On a system running Solaris 2 or any System V implementation of UNIX use the Ipstat command to see printer jobs in the queue as follows Ipstat o lt printername gt For example if the Print queue of your Fiery SI is named print_Server type Ipstat o print_ Server Your workstation displays the contents of the queue 7 3 Printing to the Fiery SI TO REMOVE JOBS FROM THE QUEUE Note Unless you login as the root user you can remove only your own jobs Ona system running SunOS 4 or another BSD based variant use the Iprm command to remove jobs from the queue as follows Iprm lt Pprinter gt lt job gt You can use the lpg command to check the job number For example to renove job numb
53. Print queue 5 16 Managing Print J obs 2 El e Print D rag a document onto this icon or select the document and click this icon to print it to the Print queue Hold D rag a document onto this icon or select the document and click this icon to save it in the H old queue D dete D rag a file onto this icon or select the document and click this icon Canca to deete it or cancel processing or printing it You will be asked to verify that you want to delete the job You can eliminate the verification notice by turning off the C onfirm file deletion option in the Preferences window Choose Preferences from the Edit menu to specify how the Fiery XJ Spooler behaves The Preferences window appears Preferences Manually Update Automatically every seconds A Confirm file deletion Update Automatically every zo seconds C Manually M Confirm file deletion Cancel You can use this window to specify that the Fiery SI Update Automatically every n seconds or Update M anually T his option lets you specify whether the Fiery XJ Spooler main window is automatically updated every 20 seconds or at an interval that you set or whether it is updated only when you choose the Update command from the Window menu By default the Fiery XJ Spooler main window is updated automatically every 20 seconds Note When automatic updating is on data is coming from the Fiery S
54. Printer s default the Fiery SI prints according to the setup options entered on the Control Pand Note Photoshop RGB images saved in EPS format may activate color rendering dictionaries even if the C olor G rayscale option is selected 2 4 Printing with Macintosh Computers Click Save after you change the options to make the new settings your default settings For information about these options see Appendix D Setting Job O verrides Click OK to accept your options and click Print to print Printing pages from the bypass tray You can use the Fiery SI to print manually fed pages on the copier if you want to print on special paper or transparencies You can use the Fiery SI to print on 16 24 pound paper 60 90 gsm thick paper 28 32 pound 105 120 gsm or Xerox recommended transparencies from the bypass tray You can also use the bypass tray for paper sizes such as A6 and 11 x 18 model 5750 only There are several ways to print manually fed pages e From the Control Pane you can set Enable Bypass Tray as default to Yes to print all jobs from the Bypass Tray unless another tray is specified e From within the Fiery XJ Spooler select a job choose O verride Print Settings and set the Bypass Tray option to On e For many applications you can use the following procedure and choose Bypass Tray in the Print or Page Setup dialog box TO PRINT PAGES USING THE BYPASS TRAY 1 Make sure that the Use Bypass Tray o
55. Scan Adobe Photoshop version 2 5 or later e To use the paging feature of Fiery XJ Spooler an alphanumeric pager and PageN OW software version 1 5 or later PageN OW is available from M ark Space Softworks 1 800 799 1718 United States and C anada only xiv Before You Begin System requirements for Windows users For installation of user software you need A CD ROM drive This can be ether an internal CD ROM drivein your PC or an external drive with the appropriate cable and software to run on your computer To use the Fiery SI with an IBM PC or compatible you need e An IBM PC or compatible with an 80386 80486 or Pentium processor and at least 4M B of RAM A mouse that is supported by Windows MS DOS version 5 0 or later M icrosoft Windows version 3 1 or later Windows 95 or Windows NT To us Fiery XJ Scan Adobe Photoshop version 2 5 or later To print to the Fiery SI from Windows you need to use a PostScript printer driver and PostScript Printer D escription PPD file T hese drivers and PPD files are included with the U ser Software Use the Adobe PostScript Printer D river for W indows version 3 0 1 with Windows 3 1x Use version 4 1 with Windows 95 W indows 3 1x users can use the PostScript Printer D river that came with the W indows3 1 system software however all Fiery SI printing features will not be available To print from computers running Windows N T you can use the PostScript driver delivered w
56. Select the showpage 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 Repeat steps 7 and 8 for any other jobs as needed When you have selected all files and fonts click Download To cancel downloading press Command Period on a Macintosh or the Escape key on a PC To select a different Fiery SI choose Open from the File menu select the Fiery SI in the dialog box that appears and then click Connect Downloading and managing printer fonts Before printing a PostScript or EPS file containing fonts that are not resident on the Fiery Sl s hard disk you must download the fonts manually The Fiery SI comes with 39 PostScript fonts T hese include regular bold italic and bold italic versions of the following fonts C ourier Times H elvetica H elvetica Condensed H elvetica N arrow ITC Avant Garde Gothic D emi ITC Bookman N ew Century Schoolbook and Palatino Also included are ITC Zapf Chancery ITC Symbol and ITC Zapf Dingbats 5 8 Managing Print J obs You cannot use the Fiery XJ Downloader to download TrueType fonts Note If you are using TrueType fonts in Windows you can print then by
57. acintosh computer s modem port or your IBM PC compatibles serial port and measure values with the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator You may also be able to connect any Status T densitometer to your M acintosh or IBM PC if you have utility software provided by the densitometer manufacturer to create a measurements file Targets Target files define desired calibration results Several target files are provided with the Fiery SI and you can create additional ones as needed by modifying existing targets W hen you calibrate the Fiery SI you can select the target file that corresponds to the type of printing you are doing The targets provided with the Fiery SI are e 5760 65 or 5790 O ptimized for best results for specific copier performance You should use the copier target if you are going to use the copie s ICC profile to print CM YK data or the Color Rendering Dictionaries CRD The CRD sare used if you print an RGB file from Photoshop or if you use a PostScript Level 2 Printer D river Adobe PostScript Printer D river for M acintosh Adobe PostScript Printer D river for Windows or Apple LaserWriter Printer D river version 8 0 or later 6 3 Understanding calibration D1C Japanese press standard Euroscale European press standard 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 copier s density range W hen you line
58. acintosh PC 6 6 Color Calibration If you are using a Macintosh attach the round 4 pin mini connector to one of the Apple Desktop Bus ADB ports The M acintosh ADB port provides power to the DT P32 od 0 o0 oO F If you are using a PC a Macintosh without an ADB port available or a PowerBook or the Fiery SI use the optional AC adapter available from X Rite to provide power If you use the optional AC adapter 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 TO CONNECT THE X RITE DTP32 TO A POWERBOOK 1 2 Turn the PowerBook off Connect the network cable to the PowerBook s EtherTalk port Plug the square end of the densitometer interface cable into the 1 0 port on the side of the X Rite DTP32 Attach the round 8 pin mini connector to the serial port on the PowerBook If the densitometer display indicates that densitometer battery power is low use the external AC adapter for the densitometer Note D ont connect the densitometer to the PowerBook ADB port 6 7 Understanding calibration 6 Configure the densitometer to factory defaults and save the settings See the 7 8 9 densitometer manual for details Factory default settings for the X Rite D T P32 are Page 1 LANG ENG TONE loud TYPE ser Page 2 BAUD 9600 HAND xon AXMT on Page 3 DPT on SEP spc DLIM cri
59. and WindowsNT users can move delete and configure their own print jobs the Fiery SI system administrator or anyone with Fiery XJ Spooler Password access can move delete and configure jobs for all users and can re order jobs within a queue Windows 3 x users can delete configure and move jobs between queues T he Fiery SI system administrator or anyone with Fiery XJ Spooler Password access can re order jobs within a queue You can move your jobs from the H old queue and the Printed queue to the Print queue If for example you frequently print the same file you can send it to the H old queue and later drag a copy of the file to the Print queue By copying rather than moving ajob you leave a copy of the job in the H old queue so that you can print the job again later You can also duplicate a job if you want to have multiple copies of a job in the same queue 5 18 Managing Print J obs Duplicating jobs You can duplicate jobs in the Print Printed and H old queues e If you want to change printing parameters in the O verride Print Settings window without losing the original settings e If you want to print more than 20 copies to the sorter T he maximum number of copies that you can print to the sorter is 20 W hen you duplicate a job the Fiery SI creates a reference to the original file so duplicate files do not require the full amount of disk space on the Fiery SI As long as one of the duplicates remain the Fiery SI saves
60. are used if you print a CM YK file from Photoshop an RGB file with a PostScript Level 2 Printer D river Adobe PostScript Printer D river for M acintosh Adobe PostScript Printer D river for Windows or Apple LaserWriter Printer D river version 8 0 or later or if you use a PostScript Level 2 Printer D river and select Color M atching and your Printer Profile in the Print dialog box If the Fiery SI is calibrated to a press standard select Calibrated RGB convert the fileto CM YK mode in Photoshop and print it in CM YK mode Make sure that the Original option in the Scan Options dialog box is set correctly If there is an interference pattern moir select O ffset Print or C opy for the Resampling setting Make sure that the copier is calibrated to the standard for your copier and not to a press standard for example Print the Test Page from the Control Panel to view the current calibration Fiery XJ Scan does not respond when you click Prescan The Fiery SI may be in use by another user Check the status of the Fiery SI and try again after the job is finished printing C 13 Troubleshooting If this happens Try this Fiery XJ Scan does not let you e Click Prescan and then set the resolution scan at full resolution The Fiery SI scans at full resolution for an area that is about 25 square inches W hen you select an area smaller than about 25 square inches the M ax value increases in the dialog box
61. area of the prescan image that you want to acquire or enter the area to acquire in the Selection area In the Selection area you can specify Units inches centimeters picas points ciceros or pixels Specify the ruler units that appear around the preview image Width and H eight Enter the Width and H eight of the area to scan If you select an area of the page with the selection marques its dimensions appear in these text boxes If you do not select a prescan area the default is to acquire the entire scan You can use the selection marquee to select an area of the image that you want to acquire or you can acquire the entire image W hen you select a portion of the image you can move the selection marquee around by positioning the pointer inside the marquee and dragging the marquee to a new location If you want to deselect the area you have selected click outside the selected area D ouble click to reselect the whole scan You can change the size of the frame by clicking and dragging one of the handles on the corners of the selection frame The Fiery SI scans at a maximum resolution that is dependent on the size of the scanned area For letter or A4 paper sizes the maximum scan resolution is 200 dpi For an area that is roughly one fourth the size of letter A4 the maximum scan resolution is 400 dpi If you select asizein this range you can type a resolution of up to 400 in the dialog box If you want to change any option
62. arize the Fiery SI the entire measured density rangein each color channd is divided into equal steps Equal stepsin ink percentage such as 0 10 and 20 are printed in equal steps in density and appear as roughly equal visual steps T his gives a linear response using the range of densities available SW O P Coated US press standard Scheduling calibration In general you should calibrate the Fiery SI at least once a week If it is very important to maintain consistent colors or if your Fiery SI is subject to wide fluctuations in temperature or humidity you should calibrate every few hours In general to get the best performance from your copier 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 your Fiery SI system after copier maintenance H owever because your copier may be unstable immediately after maintenance you should wait until you have printed approximately 50 pages before you calibrate Note Copier output is very sensitive to changes in tenperature and humidity To minimize these effects your copier should not be installed near a window or in direct sunlight or near a heater or air conditioner Your copier may have a self calibration feature that optimizes toner densities after scanning a test page on the copier glass or some other method You can
63. arts e Activity light that indicates current Fiery SI activity e Line selection buttons e Up and down arrow buttons e Menu button e Display window showing status information and options for setting up the Fiery SI E __ Activity light z Line selection buttons Display window Up and down arrow buttons S D Menu button Activity light 1 2 Operating the Fiery SI The activity light indicates the current Fiery SI activity If the light is Solid red Flashing red Solid green Flashing green No light Buttons Line selection buttons Up down arrow buttons M enu button T here is an error causing printing and scanning to be disabled and the Fiery SI isidle T here is an error causing printing and scanning to be disabled but the Fiery SI is still processing T he light changes to solid red when it is finished processing The Fiery SI is idle The Fiery SI is processing or printing a job or communicating with a remote computer for example through the Fiery XJ Spooler The Fiery SI is off or starting up T here are four line selection buttons on the right side of the Control Pane Use these buttons to select the command displayed on the corresponding line of the display window A special character gt appears in the display window next to a button when it is active Use these buttons to scroll to different screens in multi screen lists to select Setup
64. ber of copies of the current page printed and the total number of copies of the page requested 1 4 Operating the Fiery SI cal RIP Status ii Info Status Ld Functions When the Fiery SI is processing ajob the RIP Status screen appears T his screen displays the following Cancel J ob Press the top line selection button to cancel the job currently processing The Fiery SI cancels the job before printing begins Document name T he name of the document currently processing User name T he name of the user who sent the job currently processing Kilobytes T he amount in kilobytes of the job processed so far When the Fiery SI is not processing or printing a job it displays information about the current server and software It displays the following information Server Name T he Fiery SI name Status T he current status of the Fiery SI T he Fiery SI status can be Idle Initializing Busy Processing Printing or Scanning Number of MB T he space in megabytes available on the Fiery SI hard disk Version T he system software version running on the Fiery SI You can press the M enu button to display the Functions menu Usethe up and down arrow buttons to scroll through the list Press the line selection button to the right of the command to select it 1 5 Using the Control Panel Functions menu You can choose the following commands from this menu Choose Print Pages To do this
65. d PostScript file that corresponds to your device T hese files are installed in the C olor Reference folder by the installer For information on using the Fiery XJ Downloader see D ownloading files and fonts on page 5 1 Enter the PANTONE color number in an application that supports specifying colors that way Chapter 4 Scanning J obs 4 1 Scanning documents Fiery XJ Scan is a Photoshop plug in module that enables you to perform additional functions with your Fiery SI Fiery XJ Scan allows you to scan an image from the copier directly into Photoshop on your computer T his Photoshop plug in is provided with the Fiery XJ software You cannot use the Fiery SI Photoshop plug ins with the parallel port Note T he utilities for Macintosh and Windows users are fundamentally the same differences are noted in this chapter W hen you see a window or dialog box illustrated the M acintosh version comes first followed by the W indows 95 version Scanning documents Fiery XJ Scan is a plug in for use with Adobe Photoshop version 2 5 or later First you create a prescan of the image then you can select part or all of the prescan for final scanning To PRESCAN A DOCUMENT Start the Photoshop application Place the original you want to scan on the copier Choose Fiery XJ Scan from the Acquire submenu of the File menu 4 2 Scanning J obs 4 Select the Fiery SI in the Chooser window that appears and click Connect or OK
66. dow to view all fields in the ob Log window Fiery HJ_5760 65 Start Time End Time Process Time Size XJ Sean Unknown 01 25 96 10 45 42 10 50 42 00 05 00 45125370 5760 65 11x17 Platen Unknown Unknown 03 11 96 12 06 22 12 07 25 00 00 07 263136 5760 65 LTR Plain Paper Mac disk label 7 eps Warren You 03 11 96 12 07 27 12 07 27 00 00 07 263136 5760 65 LTR Plain Paper CANCEL Mac disk label 7 eps Warren You 03 11 96 12 10 36 12 10 36 00 00 07 263050 5760 65 Unknown Unknown OK Configuration Operator 03 11 96 13 32 36 13 33 19 00 00 05 12044 5760 65 LTR Plain Paper per Bob Silva Brochure art Deliver to ma03 11 96 12 43 00 12 43 00 00 00 11 147247 5760 65 Portrait Bob Silva Brochure art Deliver to mar03 11 96 12 44 08 12 44 08 00 00 11 547446 5760 65 Print Export OK XlScan Unknown 01 256 10 45 42 10 50 42 00 05 00 45125370 S760 65 Plain Paper OK Macdisklabel 7 eps Waren You 03 4196 1205 16 12 05 16 00 00 07 263053 5760165 Plain Paper Update OK Mac disk label 7 eps Warren You 03 1196 12 07 27 12 07 27 00 00 07 263136 5760 65 Plain Paper Maz disk label 7 eps Warren You 03 4196 12 10 36 12 10 36 00 00 07 263050 5760 65 Unknown Configuration Operator 03 1196 13 32 36 13 33 19 00 00 05 12044 5760 65 Plain Paper Untitled 1 Bob Silva 03 1196 12 39 21 12 40 11 00 00 12 470330 5760 65 Plain Paper Painting Bob Silva Brochure art Deliver to ma3 1196 12 43 00 12 43 00 00 00 11 147247 5760165
67. e Showpage option This option adds a special PostScript command that will cause an extra blank page to print if it is not needed C 12 Troubleshooting Fiery XJ Scan problems If this happens Try this Make sure that the plug in is installed correctly in the Photoshop Plug ins folder For Fiery XJ Scan does not appear in the Adobe Photoshop Acquire menu information on where to install software see Getting Started In Photoshop choose Preferences Plug ins from the File menu and verify that the Plug ins folder selected corresponds to the folder containing the Fiery XJ Scan Fiery XJ Scan images are wrong Verify that the Printer Model in Printer Setup is specified correctly For example if M ajestik is selected and you are using a Regal the scan will appear to be yellow only Make sure that the Color Conversion setting in the Scan Options dialog box is set correctly It should only be set to M atch Copy if you are going to scan the file and then print it on the same device You should select Calibrated RGB if you are going to use EFICO LOR or manipulate the filein any way or print it on any other device M ake sure that it is set to Calibrated RGB if you will be saving the file as an RGB format EPS file and placing it in another application or if you are going to usethe EFICOLOR profile to print CM YK data separated for your specific copier or the Color Rendering Dictionaries CRD 5 The CRDs
68. e copier and Fiery SI The sorter is full You must remove the paper in the sorter before continuing the job There is a problem with the copies sorter See the copier console for instructions An eror occurred with the copier See the copier message panel for information The copier is powering up It will be ready for printing in a few minutes Appendix B Type Examples B 1 Type Examples Times ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRTUVWXYZ abcdefghijkImnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 Helvetica ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 Helvetica Narrow ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 Helvetica Condensed ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijkimnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 ITC Avant Garde ABC DEFG HI KLM NO PQ RSIVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 Palatino ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 ITC Bookman ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 B 2 Type Examples New Century Schoolbook ABCDEFGHIJ KLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijkIl mnopaqrstuvwxyz1234567890 ITC Zapf Dingbats Laele ieee sie lt gt He II RR Ti IRAE OK Ak Ak ORRICK tKOORLIOUOAA V ODI ITC Zapf Chancery ABCDEF GHIIKLMNOPQRSTUVWKXYZ abcdefghijklmnopgqrstuvwxyz123456 7890 Symbol ABXAE DHISOKAMNOTIOPXTY GQ2 YZ APY SEOyNLOKALVOTOPOTOOME WC Courier ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPORS TUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 Appendix C Troub
69. e brouilleur Appareils N um riques N M B 003 dict e par l Industrie C anada Certificate by M anufacturer I mporter Thisisto certify that the FC07 is shidded against radio interference in accordance with the provisions of VFG 243 1991 T he German Postal Services have been advised that this device is being put on the market and that they have been given the right to inspect the series for compliance with the regulations Electronics for Imaging Inc Bescheinigung des H erstellers I mporteurs H eirmit wird bescheinigt dass der FC 07 im U eberainstimmung mit den Bestimmungen der VFG 243 1991 Funk Entstort ist D er D eutschen Bundespost wurde das Inverkehrbringen dieses G eraetes angezeigt und die Berechtigung zur U eberpruefung der Serie auf Einhaltung der Bestimmungen eingeraumt Electronics for Imaging Inc RFI Compliance Notice This equipment has been tested concerning compliance with the relevant RFI protection requirements both individually and on system level to simulate normal operation conditions H owever it is possible that these RFI Requirements are not met under certain unfavorable conditions in other installations It is the user who is responsible for compliance of his particular installation Dieses G eraet wurde einzeln sowohl als auch in einer Anlage die einen normalen Anwendungsfall nachbildet auf die Einhaltung der Funk entstoerbestimmungen geprueft Esis jedoch moeglich dass die Funk enstoerbestimmungen unter un
70. e the dialog box to move to different drives and directories to select files to download Click Add All M acintosh to add all filesin a folder If you change your mind about a file select the filename in the Files to D ownload list and click Remove Files Click Remove All M acintosh to remove all files from the Files to D ownload list To change attributes of a job select it and click Options Copies O showpage Brightness 100 Normal Copies fi Brightness 100 Normal z I showpage after EPS files Default Cancel OK 5 7 Downloading files and fonts 8 10 11 12 Specify the following information in the dialog box and click OK Copies Specify the number of copies you want by entering the number in the Copies text box Brightness C hange the Brightness setting if a file prints too dark or too light Select 85 for a substantially lighter image 115 for a substantially darker image or one of the options in between Note 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 Fiery XJ Downloader Brightness options will have no effect on your printout 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
71. efault On Off Control Panel If your copier is equipped with a sorter you can use this option to specify that the Fiery SI should print the job to the sorter O nly 20 copies can be printed and sorted Yes No Yes No Yes D 5 Setting J ob Overrides Rendering Style Use this setting to select a default color rendering dictionary CRD to be used when you print an RGB file from the Adobe PostScript Printer driver or an application such as Adobe Photoshop 2 5 or later that supports PostScript Level 2 Note Color rendering dictionaries are not used when CM YK files are sent to the Fiery SI nor are they used when RGB files are sent from PostScript Level 1 applications when using any printer driver or Q uickD raw applications when using the LaserWriter 7 x or other PostScript Level 1 printer drivers A activity light on Control Pand 1 2 Adobe Font D ownloader 5 1 Adobe Photoshop xiii xiv transfer functions 5 7 Adobe PostScript Printer D river Macintosh 2 1 Windows 3 2 ADOBEPS DRV 3 2 3 3 3 6 AdobeType 1 fonts 3 8 Advanced O ptions dialog box Windows 3 8 Alert Status screen 1 3 All Colors to Black option 3 8 AppleTalk 2 1 AutoCal 6 10 AUTOEXEC BAT file C 3 automatic calibration 6 10 automatic paging 5 25 B Background Printing 2 1 Brightness option in Fiery XJ Downloader 5 7 in M acintosh Print O ptions dialog box D 2 buttons Control Panel 1 2 bypass tray 2 4 3 14 C CALIB EPS
72. er 123 from the Print queue of your Fiery SI named print_ Server type Iprm Pprint_Server 123 Thelprm command reports the names of any files it removes e Ona system running Solaris 2 or any System V implementation of UNIX use the cancel command to remove jobs from the queue cancel lt printername gt lt job D gt For example to remove job number 123 from the Print queue of your Fiery SI named print_Server type cancel print_Server 123 Appendix A Error Messages A 1 Error Messages W hen an error interferes with printing you will see a message on the Fiery SI Control Panel Following are the messages listed in alphabetical order with the appropriate corrective action for each one Message Accessory disabled Busy Check power amp cable Copier needs attn Copier offline Copier running Disk full Door open Fuser web empty Corrective action additional information One of the copier s accessories is disabled The Fiery SI has received a print job but the copier is busy The job will print when the copier resumes printing There is a problem with the copier power or cable connection First check to make sure that the copier is turned on There may also bea problem with the cable connection between the Fiery SI and the copier M ake sure that the cable has not come loose T he Fiery SI will resume printing when the cable is securely connected to both the Fiery SI and the copier There
73. er notes in the Note 1 and Note 2 area at the bottom of the dialog box T hese notes will appear in columns in the Job Log If the Print dialog box lets you select from a pop up menu of available printers choose the Fiery SI 7 Click Options to specify additional information for the print job Note The LaserWriter Printer D river and the Adobe PostScript Printer D river version 8 3 may show different options See your documentation for information Print Options Cover Page None Before After Document Print PostScript Color Matching w Printer Profile Printer s Default w Copier Mode Printer s default v Color Mode Printer s default w Sorter Mode Printer s default v Selecting C olorSync C olor M atching activates the C olorSync ICC profiles If you choose this option be sure to select the Printer Profile that corresponds to your copier Selecting PostScript C olor M atching activates color rendering dictionaries If you use this option leave the Printer Profile option as Printer s D efault Then select aC RD from the Rendering Styles pop up menu in the lower part of the window Options in the lower portion of this dialog box are specific to the Fiery SI They override settings in the Printer Setup on the Fiery SI You must scroll to see all the pop up menus You can override some of these settings in the Fiery XJ Spooler O verride Print Settings dialog box If you choose
74. es T he options are the same regardless of the name of the dialog box See Chapter 2 Printing with Macintosh Computers and Chapter 3 Printing with PC C ompatibleC omputers for information about which dialog box to use with your system and how to use them To set options in the Print and Print Options M acintosh or D evice O ptions or Print Features Windows dialog boxes open the filein an application and follow the instructions in Chapters 4 and 5 To change options in the Fiery XJ Downloader select the job in the Files to be D ownloaded list and click O ptionsto display the O ptions dialog box For information about the Fiery XJ Downloader see D ownloading files and fonts on page 5 1 To change options in the Fiery XJ Spooler select the job and double click to display the O verride Print Settings dialog box For information about the Fiery XJ Spooler see Changing print settings for ajob on page 5 20 D 2 Setting J ob Overrides 3 3 z Print F Setting and options o Control Print Options Fiery XJ Fiery XJ Underlined option is printer s Description P dialog b Downloader Spooler anel Print f default box F Options Overrides eatures Brightness Select 85 for a substantially No No Yes Yes Yes 85 Lightest 90 Lighter lighter image 115 for a 95 Light 100 Normal substantially darker image or one 105 Dark 110 Darker of the optionsin between 115 Darkest Bypass Tray Specify that the j
75. etails Capture Settings Paper Graphics Fonts Device Options PostScript Watermarks Available printer memory in KB m Printer features Copier Mode Printers default Color Mode Printers default Sorter Mode Printers default b Change setting for Copier Mode Printers default X Help Restore Defaults coe T he settings you select in the D evice O ptions window override the settings specified in Printer Setup on the Fiery SI You can override some of these settings in the Fiery XJ Spooler O verride Print Settings window If you select Printer s default the Fiery SI prints according to the setup options entered on the Control Pana 12 Printing with PC Compatible Computers 7 Click the Graphics tab Fiery SI Regal v2015 108 Properties 400dpi sceemengles 3 13 Setting printing options 8 Under Color Control click image color matching slower and then click Choose image color matching method Image Color Matching 2 x r Image color matching method C Host Image Color Matching Image color matching performed on the host This results in better int rfi host performance Driver creates color rendering dictionaries and downloads them to the printer C Printer Image Color Matching Image color matching performed on the printer Uses previously downloaded or printer resident color rendering dictionaries Recommended when printing to file
76. ey may overlap so you will have to move or turn off the topmost channe to see other channels 3 In the View Curves area verify that the curves you want to edit are selected Choose Target M easured to view the target or measured curve choose Custom to view and edit the calibration curves If you selected Target M easured you can use the check boxes to specify whether to view Target M easured or both curves 6 24 Color Calibration To VIEW THE MEASURED CURVE Click Target Measured and Measured in the View Curves area T hese curves represent the values in the measurements file and cannot be changed Li Fiery J 5760 65 Edit Calibration lt u r5 O 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90100 Input Ink 3 Input Output View Channels fa Cyan Magenta MJ Yellow J Black ViewCurves Target Measured Custom O Target Measured Maximum Density c 1 99 M 1 78 Y 1 09 K 1 83 r LightnessiDarkness Apply setting to Brightness Dot Gain North American Gain at50 0 European Gain at 40 is oe and at so is 0_ Save Target 6 25 Using the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator Fiery XJ_5760 65 Edit Calibration m View Curves Target Measured Custom Measured r Maximum Density efi 93 m fi 78 y fi 09 kK 183 m Lightness Darkness Appl
77. f Page 4 DEF off X10 off DAP off Page 5 M M max LOCK off Turn on the PowerBook In the PowerBook Setup Control Panel select Normal for Modem Controls Calibrate the densitometer as described below TO CALIBRATE THE X RITE DTP32 1 On the X Rite DTP32 simultaneously press the two buttons marked MENU The words MAIN MENU appear in the display Press the p1 key until p2 appears CALIBRATION appears in the display CALI BRATI NG TRANSMISSION is displayed followed by the words INSERT CAL STRIP 2 3 Press the cal key 4 Press the den key 5 Position the strip guide at 5 Strip guide 6 Insert the arrow end of the Auto Cal strip into the entrance of the X Rite DTP32 until the roller starts pulling the strip 6 8 Color Calibration READING appears momentarily followed by the density values and CALI BRATION OK If UNRECOGNI ZABLE STRIP appears try cleaning the strip see your X Rite D T P32 Operating M anual Recalibrate the densitometer at least once month Measuring values with a DTP32 densitometer You can connect a DT P32 densitometer to the Fiery SI or to your M acintosh or PC if you are using Fiery XJ Print Calibrator T he densitometer scans the density of the first patch automatically advances to the next patch and automatically transmits the measured values to the Fiery SI or Fiery XJ Print Calibrator The DT P densitometer has an adjustable strip guide to the right of the strip en
78. f color that will be measured by the copier and then compared to the target calibration After the page is printed the M easure Page screen displays Select Yes and then choose OK When prompted Position page on copier then press OK place the Measurements page on the copier glass and click OK Position the page as you would a standard portrait copy with the top of the page at the far edge of the copier glass T he copier scans the page on the glass creates a measurements table and automatically compares it to the target you selected It then adjusts measurements to match the target 6 11 Understanding calibration 10 11 12 13 When prompted to Print Comparison Page select Yes Verify that the colors on the page are correct When Prompted to Overwrite Calibration select Yes Select Yes to confirm When calibration is complete choose Exit Calibration This automatically restarts your Fiery SI Calibrating with a densitometer To calibrate with a densitometer the Fiery SI must have a serial port to connect the densitometer to C ontact your authorized service support center for information about Fiery SI hardware TO CALIBRATE WITH A DENSITOMETER 1 Connect the DTP32 densitometer to your Fiery SI For instructions see Setting up the densitometer on page 6 4 Restart the Fiery SI and press the Menu key when prompted to enter Setup Press Run Setup Scroll down to choose Calibration Cho
79. fferent measurements file choose Import from the Measurements menu if you do not want to change the file go to the Target section When prompted select the new measurements file to use and click OK TO CREATE A MEASUREMENTS FILE TO BE IMPORTED 1 2 Connect the DTP32 densitometer to your Macintosh or PC Choose Densitometer from the Measurements menu Note Creating a measurements file from a densitometer connected to your PC is not supported with Windows 3 x 6 18 Color Calibration Densitometer Select densitometer port and press Start to begin scanning Select densitometer Ce Ce Status Select densitometer port and press Start to begin scanning None Select densitometer port Start Cancel 3 Select the port connected to the densitometer in the Select Densitometer pop up menu 4 Click Start 5 Follow the on screen instructions to measure patches For instructions see M easuring values with a DT P32 densitometer on page 6 8 6 When you are finished click Accept You can save the measurements file so that you can use it again by choosing Export from the M easurements menu T his saves the values in the M easurements file that you can use later without having to remeasure by importing it 6 19 Using the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator Working with targets Target files are files containing desired calibration goals Several target fi
80. files that simulate all of the PANTONE colors available from your Fiery SI TheCM YK Color Reference PostScript file and the PAN TONE books are installed with the installer The other color reference pages are in the Color Files folder on your U ser Software CD You can install them individually as needed as described in Getting Started Note When you print these files you can try different color rendering styles to find the best results for your needs 2 6 Printing with Macintosh Computers CMYK Color Reference pages The Color Reference folder contains a PostScript file of color reference pages that you can download to the Fiery SI You can use the pages as a reference for graphics applications that allow you to specify color as values of cyan magenta ydlow and black T he pages display groups of color patches and give you the percentage of each process color required to achieve the color shown T hereare 11 pages each one shows colors from 0 to 100 TO PRINT AND USE THE CMYK COLOR REFERENCE PAGES 1 Use the Fiery XJ Downloader to download the CMYK Reference ps file For information on using the Fiery XJ D ownloader see D ownloading files and fonts on page 5 1 Select the color that you want to use from the color reference page Enter the corresponding cyan magenta yellow and black values in any application that supports CMYK Color Charts T he color charts are a PostScript version of the color charts
81. g documents 4 1 Managing Print J obs Downloading files and fonts 5 1 Printing with the Fiery XJ D ownloader 5 4 Downloading and managing printer fonts 5 7 ix Table of Contents Using the Fiery XJ Spooler 5 12 Duplicating copying moving and deleting jobs 5 17 Changing print settings for a job 5 20 Using theJob Log 5 22 Chapter 6 Color Calibration Understanding calibration 6 1 H ow calibration works 6 2 Scheduling calibration 6 3 Checking calibration status 6 4 Using a densitometer 6 4 M easuring values with a D T P32 densitometer 6 8 Calibrating the Fiery SI from the Control Panel 6 10 Automatic calibration 6 10 Calibrating with a densitometer 6 11 Removing calibration 6 13 Using the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator 6 13 M easurements 6 16 Working with targets 6 19 Editing calibration 6 22 Testing and applying calibration 6 30 Removing calibration 6 32 Chapter 7 Printing with UNIX Workstations Printing to the Fiery SI 7 1 Appendix A Error Messages Appendix B Type Examples x Table of Contents Appendix C Troubleshooting Basic troubleshooting tips C 1 General printing problems C 2 Problems with print quality C 7 Problems with calibration C 9 Problems with Fiery XJ utilities and plug ins C 10 Fiery XJ Downloader problems C 11 Fiery XJ Scan problems C 12 Fiery XJ Spooler problems C 13 Appendix D Setting J ob Overrides Rendering Style D 5 Index Before You Begin xi How the F
82. g jobsin Fiery XJ Spooler 5 19 N Negative Image option 3 8 NetWare printing 3 2 Note 1 N ote 2 in Fiery XJ Spooler 5 23 Macintosh 2 3 Windows 3 6 number of copies specifiying D 2 on off switch 1 7 Override Print Settings 5 20 P PageN OW paging software xiii 5 25 Page Setup dialog box 2 2 PANTONE 1 5 PANTONE book files Macintosh 2 7 Windows 3 17 paper sizes supported xvi paper tray bypass 2 4 3 14 parallel port printing with 3 1 problems C 6 password 5 24 Photographic rendering style D 4 Photoshop plug in 4 1 PostScript options 3 3 PowerBook setup for calibration 6 6 PowerPoint Macintosh 2 7 Windows 3 17 power switch 1 7 preferences 5 16 prescan 4 1 Presentation rendering style D 4 Printed queue 5 12 printer description files 2 2 printer driver Macintosh 2 1 Windows 3 x 3 2 Windows95 3 9 WindowsNT 3 3 printer fonts 5 7 Printer s D efault setting 2 3 3 5 3 11 Printers dialog box Windows 3 6 printer setup with Adobe PostScript Printer D river for Windows 3 3 with W indows PostScript Printer Driver 3 6 printing from Fiery XJ Downloader 5 4 from M acintosh applications 2 1 from Windows applications 3 1 list of fonts 5 3 5 11 with Novell NetWare 3 2 with Windows 3 x 3 2 with Windows 95 3 2 with WindowsNT 3 3 Print Pagescommand 1 5 Print queue 5 12 Print Setup dialog box Windows 3 7 Print Status screen 1 3 Print XJ Pages command 1 5 problems C 1 PSCRIPT DRV 3 2 3 6 PSCRIPT DRV for Windows 95 3
83. ging to identify the C oded Font Programs and Typefaces reproduced therefrom Trademarks and d assign your rights under this Agreement to a transferee of all of your right title and interest in and to Fiery SI provided the transferee agrees to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement You may not a make use of the Software directly or indirectly to print bitmap images with print resolutions of 600 dots per inch or greater or to generate fonts or typefaces for use other than with Fiery SI b make or have made or permit to be made any copies of the Software C oded Font Programs accompanying documentation or portions thereof except as necessary for use with the Fiery SI unit purchased by you provided however that under no circumstances may you make or have made or permit to be made any copies of that certain portion of the Software which has been included on the Fiery SI hard disk drive You may not copy the documentation c attempt to alter disassemble decrypt or reverse engineer the Software Coded Font Programs or accompanying documentation d rent or lease the Software Proprietary Rights You acknowledge that the Software C oded Font Programs Typefaces Trademarks and accompanying documentation are proprietary to Electronics for Imaging and its suppliers and that title and other intellectual property rights therein remain with Electronics for maging and its suppliers Except as stated above this
84. guenstigen U mstaenden bei anderen G eraetekombinationen nicht eingehalten werden Fuer die Einhaltung der Funk entstoerbestimmungen seigner gesamten Anlage in der dieses G eraet betrieben wird ist der Berei ber verantwortlich Compliance with applicable regulations depends on the use of shielded cables It isthe user who is responsible for procuring the appropriate cables Einhaltung mit betreffenden Bestimmungen kommt darauf an dass geschirmte Ausfuhrungen gebraucht werden Fuer die beschaffung richtiger Ausfuhrungen ist der Betreiber verantwortlich Software License Agreement Electronics for maging Inc grants to you a non exclusive non transferable license to use the software and accompanying documentation Software included with the Fiery SI Color Server you have purchased including without limitation the PostScript software provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated You may a use the Software solely for your own customary business purposes and solely with Fiery SI b use the digitally encoded machine readable outline and bitmap programs Font Programs provided with Fiery SI in aspecial encrypted format C oded Font Programs to reproduce and display designs styles weights and versions of letters numerals characters and symbols Typefaces solely for your own customary business purposes on the screen of the Fiery SI or Macintosh monitor used with Fiery SI c use the trademarks used by Electronics for Ima
85. ick Remove You may want to do thisto free up disk space although these files are small and to make sure that no one uses the wrong target file You should always use the Backup Targets command to save targets before you delete then Remove Target Fiery HJ_5 760 65 5760 65 DIC Euroscale Linear SWOP Coated Cancel Remove Target ix FieryXJ W_plotter Euroscale Linear SWOP Coated Cancel 6 22 Color Calibration Editing calibration You can edit the current calibration curve or the target file and save the changes as a new target calibration file T his allows you to fine tune the calibration on your Fiery SI to meet your exact specifications Thecreation date and time of the current calibration appear under the Edit Calibration button Note The values in these screens do not represent standard values for calibration T hey are intentionally exaggerated for example purposes To VIEW TARGET MEASURED CURVES OR EDIT CALIBRATION 1 Click the Edit Calibration button The Edit Calibration dialog box appears aL Fiery J 5760 65 Edit Calibration View Curves Target Measured Custom A Target Measured r Madmum Density c 1 99 m 1 78 v 109 k 1 83 r LightnessiDarkness Apply setting to brightness Dot Gain 0 North American 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
86. iery SI works The Fiery SI Color Server enables you to use your color copier as a networked printer and scanner You can use the Fiery SI to print final documents or to proof jobs you will later print on an offset press You can print to the Fiery SI as you would print to a LaserWriter or other printer you select it from the M acintosh Chooser or Windows Printers dialog box and then print from within any application You can print to the Fiery SI from networked Apple M acintosh computers from networked IBM PC or compatible computers running M icrosoft Windows and from networked U NIX workstations running TCP IP In addition you can use the parallel port to print directly from aPC How the Fiery SI works The Fiery SI is a special purpose controller that enables you to use a color copier as a printer by connecting it to networked computers It also enables you to scan a document from the copier and work with the scanned image on your computer The Fiery SI receives files from computers on your network processes RI Ps those files and then sends them to the copie s print engine for printing Even with the Fiery SI installed you can still use your copier to make copies Macintosh and PC computers communicate with the Fiery SI by means of a Printer Driver application Printer description files enable you to use special features of the Fiery SI from the Print dialog box xii Before You Begin About the documentation This guide
87. iery XJ Downloader or any third party LaserWriter downloader such as the Adobe Font D ownloader to download additional fonts e Built in EFICOLOR color management e Internal 2 1GB hard disk drive e For installation of Fiery SI systen software CD ROM drive and 50 pin SCSI cable to connect the drive to the Fiery SI s SCSI port xvi Before You Begin Supported paper sizes The Fiery SI supports the following paper sizes e Letter Letter SEF A4 A4SEF e 8 x10 9 x12 e Legal 216mm x 356mm e Legal 13 216 x 330mm Tabloid 11 x 17 A3 e Postcard e The5750 also supports A6SEF and 12 x 18 paper sizes Resolution The Fiery SI prints at 400 dots per inch dpi on all supported paper sizes The Fiery SI scans at a maximum resolution that is dependent on the size of the scanned area For letter or A4 paper sizes the maximum scan resolution is 200 dpi For an area that is roughly one fourth the size of letter A4 the maximum scan resolution is 400 dpi 1 1 Using the Control Panel Chapter 1 You can use the Fiery SI control panel to view status information about jobs print A special pages and set up printing For information about Setup options and how to use ea ce the them see the Administrator Guide Using the Control Panel The Control Pane on the front of the Fiery SI enables you to access special features and view information about jobs printed to the Fiery SI It comprises the following p
88. igure LPT port box that displays turn the Spool MS DOS print jobs option off C 7 Troubleshooting Problems with print quality If this happens Print settings for your job output do not match the settings you gave Try this Make sure that you did not override the setting for the job in another place For information about options and overrides see Appendix D Setting Job O verrides You get poor printing results Does your application require the Fiery SI s printer description files If you are printing from an application such as Adobe Separator or PageM aker M acroM edia FreeH and or Q uarkX Press you should make sure that the Fiery SI printer description file is installed correctly For information about installing these files see Getting Started Calibrate your copier Separations do not combine properly Make sure that the file was initially created as separations If you are printing separations or a DCS format file check the Combine Separations setting for the job in the Print Options Macintosh or Features Windows dialog box With Combine Separations O n all four colors will be printed on a single page with Combine Separations O ff four black and white pages will print to simulate four single color plates T he registration or colors of an image are not what you expected Print a test page or make a test copy with the copier The problem may be with the copier If yo
89. information When calibration is complete choose Exit Calibration This automatically restarts your Fiery SI 6 13 Using the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator Removing calibration If desired you can remove calibration from the Fiery SI In general it is not necessary because any new calibration replaces the existing one To REMOVE CALIBRATION USING THE CONTROL PANEL 1 2 When the Fiery SI restarts press the Menu key when prompted to enter Setup Press Run Setup Scroll down to choose Calibration Choose Remove Calibration When prompted verify that you want to proceed with removing calibration The current calibration curves are removed and the printer is uncalibrated After calibration is renoved you can download a new calibration Using the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator The Fiery XJ Print Calibrator allows you to perform extended calibration procedures from your networked workstation You can calibrate to targets provided with your Fiery SI or you can customize targets and calibration curves to suit the specific needs of your printing environment Note The utilities for Macintosh and W indows users are fundamentally the same differences are noted in this chapter W hen you see a window or dialog box illustrated the M acintosh version comes first followed by the W indows 95 version TO VIEW INFORMATION WITH THE FIERY XJ PRINT CALIBRATOR 1 Double click the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator icon The Chooser windo
90. ing the Control Panel Shutting down the Fiery SI You may need to shut down the Fiery SI for service When you do so fonts that have been downloaded to the hard disk drive are not deleted Print jobsin the H old 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 SI To SHUT DOWN THE FIERY SI 1 4 Make sure that the Fiery SI is not receiving processing or printing a document M ake sure that the status message on the Control Panel is Idle Note If ajob from the Print Q ueueis processing it will continue processing and print after the Fiery SI is restarted if a job to the direct connection is processing it will not finish processing or printing Press the Menu button to display the Functions menu Scroll to the final screen and select Reboot Server You should always select Reboot Server before you turn the Fiery SI off to ensure that no jobs are lost Switch off the Fiery SI when it restarts 2 1 Printing from applications Chapter 2 Printing with Macintosh Computers You can print to the Fiery SI just as you would print to a LaserWriter or other printer First select the Fiery SI as the current printer in the Chooser then print the file from within your application Depending on the application and printer driver you are using you may need to use the Page Setup dialog box to set printing options after you select the
91. int Options Print Features Yes Fiery XJ Downloader Options No Fiery XJ Spooler Overrides Yes D 4 Setting J ob Overrides Setting and options Underlined option is printer s default Rendering Style Photographic Presentation M onitor Solid C olor For more information on this setting see page D 5 Description T he Photographic CRD optimizes the range of colors on the Fiery SI to produce the best results for photographic or bitmapped images T he Presentation CRD optimizes the output of pure saturated colors such as those used in business presentations The Monitor CRD simulates relative color values as viewed on amonitor as much as possible C olor saturation is reduced so that colors that are bright on screen and have high contrast with other colors especially blues and greens retain those qualities when printed T he Solid C olor CRD ismost useful for printing spot colorssuch as thosefound in company logos or corporate charts and graphs Control Panel No Print dialog box No Print Options Print Features Yes Fiery XJ Downloader Options No Fiery XJ Spooler Overrides Yes Sharpness Softer D efault Sharper Change the Sharpness setting to alter the results of a print Select Sharper to make edges appear more defined select Softer to make edges less defined No No Yes No Yes Sorter M ode On Off Enable Sorter as d
92. ion 2 4 3 14 D 2 Enable sorter as default option D 4 Encapsulated PostScript File option 3 7 end of file EO F character 3 2 EPS files 5 1 C 11 error messages Control Panel A 1 Euroscale target 6 3 F Features window 3 5 Fiery XJ Downloader choosing a printe 5 4 printing with 5 4 Fiery XJ Print Calibrator 6 13 Fiery XJ Scan problems C 12 Fiery XJ Spooler automatic paging 5 25 changing print settings 5 20 copying jobs 5 19 ddeting jobs 5 20 duplicating jobs 5 18 moving jobs 5 19 preferences 5 16 problems C 13 font list displaying 5 3 5 11 printing 1 5 5 3 5 11 Format Disk option 1 8 For software update or setup press any key message 1 7 Functions menu 1 4 G Graphics tab in Windows 95 3 12 H Hold queue 5 12 l image color matching W indows 95 3 13 Info Status screen 1 4 Install Software option 1 8 Interleaved option D 3 Job Log in Fiery XJ Spooler 5 22 printing 1 5 L LaserWriter driver xiii LaserWriter Printer Driver 2 1 light on Control Panel 1 2 Linear target 6 3 list of fonts printing 1 5 Ipq command 7 2 lpr command 7 2 Iprm command 7 3 M M acintosh chooser C 2 system requirements xiii M atch Copy option 4 5 measured curve viewing 6 22 measurements files 6 2 6 16 1 3 Index MediaType option D 3 Menu button 1 2 M icrosoft PowerPoint Macintosh 2 7 Windows 3 17 Microsoft Word Macintosh 2 7 Windows 3 17 Mirror option 3 8 Monitor rendering style D 4 movin
93. is an unidentified problem with the copier See the copier user interface for additional messages T he copier will resume printing when the problem is corrected The Suspend Printing option has been selected from the Function menu Press Resume Printing in the Functions menu to reconnect the Fiery SI to the copier The copier isin use scanning or making a copy Theinternal Fiery SI hard driveis full To make more space available open the Fiery XJ Spooler and delete unnecessary jobs or use the Fiery XJ Downloader to remove unnecessary fonts If these do not work you can use the Clear Server command from the Control Pand One of the doors on the copier is open Close the door to resume printing T he copiers fuser web is enpty Printing will resume when it is replaced A 2 Error Messages Ld ___ in bypass Ld ___ trans bypass Load ___ paper Ld___intray1 Ld ___ in tray 2 Ld ___ in tray 3 No toner Paper jam Press Clear All T he copier s bypass tray is not loaded with the paper size specified T he Fiery SI will print when the bypass tray is loaded with the required paper T he copier s bypass tray is not loaded with the transparency size specified The Fiery SI will print when the bypass tray is loaded with the required transparency T he copier is not loaded with the paper size specified T he Fiery SI will print when the copier is loaded with the required paper T his message will also appear if you are prin
94. is part of the set of Fiery SI documentation that also includes the following manuals for users and system administrators e Getting Started describes how to install the software from the User Software CD or from floppy disks and how to set up printing e The Administrator Guide explains basic configuration and administration of the Fiery SI 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 e RdeaseN otes include information about changes in the current release of system and user software last minute information and information to help you use them efficiently Using this manual This manual includes the following topics e Printing from aM acintosh e Printing from a Windows PC e Scanning jobs from a M acintosh or Windows PC e Using the M acintosh and Windows D ownloader and Spooler e Calibrating the Fiery SI e Printing from UNIX e Appendixes Includes alist of Fiery SI error messages examples of the printer fonts installed on the Fiery SI troubleshooting information information about setting and overriding job settings World Wide Web You can visit the Electronics for Imaging World W ide Web pageto download the latest information and software In addition the WWW page contains marketing and corporate information about Electronics for Imaging T he address is http www efi com xiii
95. ith the operating system and the Fiery SI PPD file provided with the User Software Networking requirements For network use with Windows 3 x you need e Farallon PhoneN ET PC software version 3 1 or later for AppleTalk or COPSTalk for Windows version 1 2f or later for AppleTalk or SPX IPX protocol Novell Ethernet or Token Ring For network use with Windows 95 you need e TCP IP networking protocol or SPX IPX networking protocol N oval For network use with Windows NT you need TCP IP networking protocol xv System requirements for UNIX users IPX Novell e With an IPX Novell network you need aN ovell file server running N Ware software version 3 11 or later that supports Frame Ethernet 802 3 or 802 2 or Ethernet II System requirements for UNIX users To use the Fiery SI with aU NIX workstation you need e Workstations with Standard TCP IP Ethernet connectivity supporting the lpr protocol in compliance with RFC 1179 e TCP IP printing software that conforms to RFC 1179 Berkeley lpr protocol Specifications The Fiery SI has the following features 32MB RAM e CPU R4600 R4700 100 MHz e Supports AppleTalk TCP IP and IPX protocols simultaneously e Supports EtherT alk Phase 2 e Supports thinnet by transceiver thicknet and twisted pair cabling e Supports token ring networking with additional optional hardware e Supports Adobe PostScript Level 2 CPSI e Includes 39 PostScript fonts You can use the F
96. k commandsprecedethe APPL_TSR and APPLINIT commands so that all network information is loaded first See G ating Started and the documentation that came with your network software for more information If you are using Windows 95 or Windows NT is your NET WSCK INI file set up correctly This file must be set up for Windows 95 and Windows NT printing with TCP IP and SPX IPX See Getting Started for instructions Printing seems to take too long Print to a queue instead of to the direct connection W hen you print to a queue the job is stored on the Fiery SI until it can be processed and printed when you print to the direct connection some file processing is performed on your computer before it is sent to the Fiery SI and it cannot begin processing on the Fiery SI until it isdone processing the previous job so you must wait longer to use your computer Special paper or transparency options are grayed out Select a tray that supports printing special paper or transparencies such as the Bypass Tray C 4 Troubleshooting If this happens Fiery SI doesn t respond to a Print command Try this Has someone disconnected the copier by selecting Suspend Printing If the Fiery SI system administrator or another user has selected Suspend Printing on the Fiery SI Control Panel to interrupt printing so that someone can make a color copy for example your print job will not resume until someone selectsResu
97. k thisicon to update the information in the font list window Print Click thisicon to print the font list to the Print queue D dege Select a font and click this icon to delete it Em Fiery HJ Fontlist Ej Name AvantGarde Book AvantGarde BookOblique AvantGarde Demi AvantGarde DemiOblique Bookman Demi Bookman Demiltalic Bookman Light Bookman Lightltalic Courier Courier Bold Courier BoldOblique Courier Oblique Galliard Black Helvetica Helvetica Bold Helvetica BoldOblique Helvetica Condensed Helvetica Condensed Bold Helvetica Condensed Bold0bl Helvetica Condensed Oblique Helvetica Narrow Helvetica Narrow Bold Helvetica Narrow BoldOblique Helvetica Narrow Oblique Helvetica Oblique NewCenturySchlbk Bold NewCenturySchlbk Bolditatic NewCenturySchlbk Itatic NewCenturySchlbk Roman Palatino Bold Palatino Bolditalic Palatino Italio Palatino Roman Symbol Times Bold Times Bolditalic Times Itatic Times Roman ZapfChancery Mediumitalic ZapfDingbats 5 11 Downloading files and fonts H Fiery XJ_5760 65 Fontlist olx Locked Name AvantGarde Book AvantGarde BookOblique AvantGarde Demi AvantGarde DemiOblique Bookman Demi Bookman Demiltalic Bookman Light Bookman Lightltalic Courier Courier Bold Courier BoldOblique Courier Oblique Helvetica Helvetica Bold Helvetica BoldOblique Helvetica Condensed Helvetica Condensed Bold Helvetica Condensed BoldObl Helvetica C
98. les are provided with the Fiery SI and you can create additional ones as needed You can then select the target file that corresponds to the type of printing you are doing T he text under the Target button in the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator main window displays the name and creation date and time for the currently selected target TO SELECT A TARGET 1 Click the Target button in the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator window A dialog box displays a list of target files available on the Fiery SI Select Target Server Fiery HJ_5760 65 Select a new target from the list below 6 20 Color Calibration Select Target x Serer Fiery XJ_5760 65 Select a new target from the list below SWOP Coated Local Cancel pages 2 If desired click Local to select a target on your workstation if not go to step 3 3 Select a target and click OK To BACK UP TARGETS Choose Backup Targets from the Server menu to copy the target files on the Fiery SI to your workstation Files are saved in a folder called Backup in the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator folder You can save targets for safekeeping You should always save targets before updating Fiery SI system software to ensure that no custom targets are lost 6 21 Using the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator TO REMOVE TARGETS FROM THE FIERY SI S HARD DISK 1 Choose Remove Target from the Server menu 2 Select the target s and cl
99. leshooting C 1 Troubleshooting This section provides some troubleshooting guidelines should a problem arise If you are still unable to resolve a problem contact your authorized service support center Basic troubleshooting tips There are some basic situations that can cause a variety of problens Before you look for a specific problem use the tips in this list Check the power and cables for your Fiery SI copier and computer Check the Control Panel and Activity Light of the Fiery SI for information If possible print the Configuration page from the Control Panel and make sure that the settings match your configuration Check the current status of the Fiery SI The current status appears on the Fiery SI control panel Press the M enu button to see other status screens For example if thereis ajob processing and one printing you can press the M enu button to view status information about both jobs If you have the Background Printing option turned on in the Chooser on aM acintosh computer open Print M onitor to see the printing status If the status messages indicate that Fiery SI is processing or printing your file the Fiery SI is still working on your job In general you should turn Background Printing off with the Fiery SI In the Fiery XJ Downloader check the Status window or look at the Status field in the Fiery XJ Spooler main window If the Fiery SI is processing your job you ll see this from the statu
100. llow red to green etc T his option may not have an effect in all applications T he effect of selecting All C olors to Black varies from one application to another In some applications this option has no effect Selecting M irror prints a mirror image of the original T he Conform to Adobe D ocument Structuring Convention option should be off Special effects created with some applications will not print if this option is selected Click OK When you have set the printing options close all the dialog boxes 9 Setting printing options TO CHANGE THE PRINTER SETUP WITH THE WINDOWS 95 PRINTER DRIVER 1 Double click the My Computer icon 2 Double click the Printers icon 3 Select the icon for your Fiery SI 4 Choose Properties from the File menu 10 Printing with PC Compatible Computers 5 Click the Paper tab and enter information about the paper size and paper orientation Fiery SI Regal v2015 108 Properties Ad Letter Legal 11x17 A3 8x10 Legal Je Boteted AutoSelect Tray Cee More Options __ Akou __tHelp__ Restore petauns ox d oe 3 11 Setting printing options 6 Click the Device Options tab and select the appropriate settings The options in this window are specific to the Fiery SI For information about these options see Appendix D Setting Job O verrides You must scroll to see all the pop up menus Fiery SI Regal v2015 108 Properties 2 x General D
101. me Printing from the Functions menu on the Control Panel Did you select the Fiery SI as the current printer Before printing you must select the Fiery SI asthe current printer from your Macintosh IBM PC or compatible or U N IX workstation Is the Fiery SI visible in the Chooser on your Macintosh If not see the topic The Fiery SI doesn t appear in the M acintosh C hooser s list of printers on page C 2 Make sure that the copier is switched on Someone may have turned the copier off or the Automatic Power O ff or Power Saver mode function may have engaged Even with the copier off the Fiery SI appears in the Chooser as long as the Fiery SI itself is turned on Try printing a test page by pressing the Menu button and choosing Print Pages Test Page If you re able to print the test page but still can t print a file from your computer contact your system administrator or your authorized service support center Verify that you printed to the correct queue View the Fiery XJ Spooler main window to see which queue you printed to If you selected the Fiery SI H old queue you must move your job to the Print queue to print If you are printing over an IPX Novell network verify through PCONSOLE that the job was sent to the Novell queue and that the queue is being used by the Fiery SI Make sure that the job does not contain a PostScript error In Setup turn on the Print up to PostScript error option to search for PostScrip
102. mple_User Cancel OK 4 Choose Start Error Paging from the Administrator menu to enable automatic paging To stop paging choose Stop Error Paging from the Administrator menu You can monitor the messages sent to the pager from within PageN OW See your PageN OW documentation for information Chapter 6 Color Calibration 6 1 Understanding calibration Calibrating your Fiery SI ensures consistent reliable color output You can calibrate the Fiery SI in several ways Scan a page from the copier glass and use automatic calibration AutoC al e Connect a densitometer to your Fiery SI and calibrate it from the Control Panel e Connect a densitometer to your M acintosh or IBM PC compatible and download calibration to your Fiery SI with the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator This chapter describes the function of calibration and describes how to calibrate your Fiery SI Note Changing calibration affects all jobs for all users so you may want to limit the number of people authorized to calibrate the Fiery SI and use Fiery XJ Print Calibrator Understanding calibration Calibration allows you to e Maximize the color reproduction capabilities of the Fiery SI Ensure consistent color quality across time Produce consistent output across Fiery SI servers of the same kind O ptimize your Fiery SI for use with EFICO LOR color management software Use your Fiery SI as a proofing system Achieve better color matches whe
103. n files needed by the application are installed on your Macintosh See Getting Started for information on which files you need and where to install them Open the file you want to print from within the application Choose Page Setup from the application s File menu Select printing options in the Page Setup dialog box and click OK If you are using the LaserWriter printer driver and the Page Setup dialog box lets you select from a pop up menu of available printers choose the Fiery SI Note The Text Smoothing Graphics Smoothing and Faster Bitmap Printing options have no effect on files printed with the Fiery SI Choose Print from the application s File menu Select the settings you want Printer Fiery SI_5790_Hold Copies i Pages Al From Paper Source All O First from Auto Select v Printer v OFile O Print Selected Area Encoding O ASCII Binary JPEG Print in Gray RGB CMYK Note Print dialog boxes vary across applications and printer drivers If you can select a Paper Source specify the paper tray to use for the job For example you can specify that the job should be printed on the paper or transparencies in the bypass tray M ake sure that a color option is selected otherwise your color file may print in black and white 2 3 Printing from applications If you are using the Adobe PostScript Printer D river version 8 3 you can ent
104. n prompted align the right side of the patches page with the strip guide and measure the yellow column After the yellow strip is measured Pass 3 of 4 OK appears in the densitometer display 8 When prompted move the page guide to 15 and measure the black column After the black strip is measured Pass 4 of 4 OK appears in the densitometer display Note If there is a problem measuring a color follow the instructions on the densitometer to remeasure it 6 10 Color Calibration Calibrating the Fiery SI from the Control Panel You can calibrate the Fiery SI from the Control Panel by connecting a densitometer to the serial port on the back of the Fiery SI or by using AutoC al Automatic calibration You can calibrate the Fiery SI without a densitometer with AutoC al USING AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION 1 2 When the Fiery SI restarts press the Menu key when prompted to enter Setup Press Run Setup Scroll down to choose Calibration Choose Calibrate The Calibration M ethod screen appears Select Copier Glass for the Calibration Method When prompted to Select Target use the up down arrow keys to scroll through the list of target names then choose OK You can choose from the list of all targets on the Fiery SI hard drive T his includes several targets included with the Fiery SI as well as any custom targets you have loaded When prompted select Yes to print the Measurements page This page is comprised of bands o
105. n you re reproducing spot colors such as PANTONE colors or other named color systems Linearize your Fiery SI while maintaining the currently available density range Create custom calibration targets and custom calibration curves 6 2 Color Calibration 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 D ensity is a measure of the light absorbed by a surface T he saturation of toner colors which affects output densities from your copier is affected by such variables as room humidity and service settings and also tends to drift over time Regular calibration corrects for day to day variationsin densities Calibration works by creating calibration curves on your Fiery SI server that compensate for deviations from desired density values T hese calibration curves are generated by creating a measurements file a file containing numerical values corresponding to the amount of toner being printed for the full range of colors and comparing it to a target Measurements M easurements files provide numerical values that correspond to your copier s toner density for each color To create a measurements file you can scan a page from your copier and use AutoC al connect an X Rite D T P32 densitometer to the Fiery SI and record values or connect an X Rite DT P32 densitometer to your M
106. nds to your device T hese files are installed in the C olor Reference folder by the installer For information on using the Fiery XJ Downloader see D ownloading files and fonts on page 5 1 Enter the PANTONE color number in an application that supports specifying colors that way Chapter 3 Printing with PC Compatible Computers 3 1 Printing to the Fiery SI The Fiery SI enables you to print from an IBM PC compatible computer connected to the Fiery SI This section describes how to print to the Fiery SI from Windows For information on setting up the Windows environment for printing with Windows servers connected to the Fiery SI seethe Administrator Guide For information on how to connect to the Fiery SI over the network install printer drivers and install the Fiery SI utilities see Getting Started Printing to the Fiery SI You can print files directly to the Fiery SI from within your Windows application If you plan to print files at another location you should follow the procedures described in Saving files to print at a remote location You can print from aPC connected to the parallel port on the Fiery SI This PC can also be aN oval server Printing from applications Once you have installed the Fiery SI printer driver and set it to the proper port as described in Getting Started you should be able to print directly from most Windows applications Simply choose the Print command from within your application
107. nother time TO MOVE A JOB WITHIN A QUEUE 1 Choose Password from the Administrator menu and enter the password If there is no password go to step 2 Select the job that you want to move by clicking its name The selected job is highlighted If you want to select more than one job Shift click to select multiple adjacent jobs Ctrl click to select multiple non adjacent jobs Drag the file to the new location in the queue TO MOVE JOBS BETWEEN QUEUES 1 Select the job that you want to move by clicking its name The selected job is highlighted If you want to select more than one job Shift click to sAlect multiple adjacent jobs Ctrl click to select multiple non adjacent jobs Move the selected job to another queue by dragging it to the queue icon of your choice or to the Hold or Print section of the job list For example move a job that is currently in the H old queue to the Print queue by dragging the job to the Print queue icon 5 20 Managing Print J obs TO DELETE A JOB FROM ANY OF THE QUEUES 1 2 Select the job that you want to delete by clicking its name Drag the selected job to the Delete icon or click the Delete icon You can also choose D elete from the Edit menu to delete a selected job You can only delete your own jobs system administrators who enter the Fiery XJ Spooler password can delete any job M acintosh Windows 95 and Windows NT Changing print settings for a job Yo
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109. ob should be Yes Yes No No Yes On Off printed on the media in the Enable Bypass Tray as default Bypass Tray On Off Control Panel Color M ode Specify the color mode for the Yes No Yes No No CMYK Grayscale document Select CM YK if it isa full color document or select Grayscale if it is a grayscale document Copier Mode This option allows you to specify No No Yes No No Photo M ap the document type Select Photo if the file is a photograph select Map if the file is a combination of text and photographs Copies Specify the number of copiesof No Yes No Yes Yes the job to print D 3 Setting J ob Overrides Setting and options Underlined option is printer s default Media Type Plain Paper T hick Paper Transparency Interleaved Description Use this option to specify the type of media to be printed on Select Plain Paper if you will be printing on standard copier paper Select T hick Paper if you will be printing on heavy paper stock Select Transparency if you will be printing on a transparency Select Interleaved if you will be printing multiple transparencies with blank paper separators T he transparencies are fed from the bypass tray and the paper sep arators are fed from the paper tray T he Transparency option is available only if the source that you selected for the Paper Source supports Transparency media Control Panel No Print dialog box No Pr
110. on LPT1 xi Paper Features i Fonts PostScript Job Control Watermark Printer Features Feature Selection Color Mode Printer s default z Brightness Pimersceteut SSCS Rendering Style Printer s default E High Productivity Black Printer s default E Toner Reduction Printers aetan S S SS About Help Cancel l OK The options in this window are specific to the Fiery SI You must scroll to see all the pop up menus The settings you select in the Paper Features and PostScript windows override the settings specified in Printer Setup on the Fiery SI You can override some of these settings in the Fiery XJ Spooler O verride Print Settings window If you choose Printer s default for any of the options in the Features dialog box the Fiery SI prints with the default value for the server or the information entered during Control Pane Setup For information about these options see Appendix D Setting Job O verrides 3 6 Printing with PC Compatible Computers TO PRINT WITH THE ADOBE POSTSCRIPT PRINTER DRIVER WITH WINDOWS 3 x OR WINDOWS 95 1 Choose Print in your application The Color Printer Job N otes dialog box appears User Document Untitled Notepad Note 1 Note 2 Abort 2 Enter your User and Document name and any notes in the Note 1 and Note 2 boxes This information will appear in the Job Log Note If you are using
111. ondensed Oblique Helvetica Narrow Helvetica Narrow Bold Helvetica Narrow BaldOblique Helvetica Narrow Oblique Helvetica Oblique NewCenturySchibk Bold NewCenturySchibk Boldltalic NewCenturySchibk ltalic NewCenturySchibk Roman Palatino Bold Click the Update button to update the information in the list Click the Print Font List button to print the font list Select a font and click the Delete button to delete the font Shift click to select multiple fonts Note The printer fonts included with the Fiery SI resident fonts are locked Locked fonts appear with a lock icon next to the name and cannot be deleted 5 12 Managing Print J obs Using the Fiery XJ Spooler The Fiery XJ Spooler lets you monitor and manipulate the print jobs that you send to the Fiery SI It also lets system administrators track and manage all users print jobs Spooler jobs can be in one of the following queues Print Normal print jobs sent to the Fiery SI appear in the Print queue You can move and manipulate these jobs as described below Hold Jobs sent to the H old queue remain in the H old queue until they are moved to the Print queue or deleted If you need to print the same document frequently you can send it to the H old queue and move a copy of the job to the Print queue every time you need to print it You can also send large jobs to the H old queue and then move them to the Print queue when other users are not printing Printed T he jobs most
112. options from a list of available options and to select alphanumeric characters Press this button to view other screens Under normal operation the Control Panel displays the Info Status screen with information about the status of the Fiery SI If you press the M enu button the Functions menu is displayed and you can perform additional operations If ajob is processing or printing pressthe M enu button to display the RIP Status screen or Print Status screen 1 3 Using the Control Panel Display window The display window provides information about the status of the Fiery SI 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 SI is doing O nly the icons for the screens that are currently available appear The screens are Alert Status If thereisa problem with processing a job or printing functions t an error message appears on the Control Panel For information on error messages see Appendix A Error M essages Print Status When theFiery SI is printing or scanning a job the Print Status fk screen appears T his screen displays the following Cancel J ob Press the top line selection button to cancel the job currently printing User name T he name of the user who sent the job currently processing Pages Total T he num
113. orth in subdivision c 1 ii of the Rightsin Technical D ata and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252 227 7013 or in subparagraphs c 1 and 2 of the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Right C lause at 48 CFR 52 227 19 as applicable Third Party Beneficiary You are hereby notified that Adobe Systems Incorporated a California corporation located at 303 Almaden Blvd San Jose CA 95110 Adobe is a third party beneficiary to this Agreement to the extent that this Agreement contains provisions which redate to your use of the Fonts the C oded Font Programs the Typefaces and the Trademarks licensed hereby Such provisions are made expressly for the benefit of Adobe and are enforceable by Adobe in addition to Electronics for Imaging General This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of California This Agreement is the entire agreement held between us and supersedes any other communications or advertising with respect to the Software Coded Font Programs and accompanying documentation If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect If you have any questions concerning this Agreement please write to Electronics for Imaging Inc Attn Licensing D ept or see Electronics for maging s web site at www efi com Electronics for Imaging Inc 2855 Campus Drive San M ateo CA 94403 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Before You Begin
114. ose Calibrate The Calibration M ethod screen appears Select Densitometer for the Calibration Method When prompted to Select Target use the up down arrow keys to scroll through the list of target names then choose OK You can choose from the list of all targets on the Fiery SI T his includes several targets included with the Fiery SI as well as any custom targets you have created from your workstation with Fiery XJ Print Calibrator 6 12 Color Calibration 10 11 12 13 14 15 When prompted select Yes to print the Measurements page This page is comprised of swatches of color that will be measured by the densitometer and then compared to the target calibration After the page is printed the M easure Page screen displays Select Yes and then choose OK When prompted on the Control Panel position the cyan strip in the densitometer See M easuring values with a DT P32 densitometer on page 6 8 for instructions Status messages display the progress of scanning and collecting measurements If there is a problem you may need to calibrate your densitometer See To calibrate the X Rite DT P32 on page 6 7 When prompted repeat step 10 to scan magenta yellow and black When prompted to Print Comparison Page select Yes This page provides you with a preview of the selected calibration When Prompted to Overwrite Calibration select Yes Select Yes to confirm Status messages display progress
115. ot Server Suspend communication between the Fiery SI and the copier You can suspend printing if you want to interrupt the current Fiery SI job so that you can use the copier to make copies Jobs continue to process on the Fiery SI and after you make the copies you can select Resume Printing and the copier will continue printing jobs Resume communication between the copier and the Fiery SI after you have finished making copies T his command is provided for service representatives U se the line selection buttons to select the diagnostic test you want to run and choose OK Contact your authorized service support technician for information about these diagnostics Shut down all Fiery SI activity in the correct manner and then restart You should use this option instead of the switch on the rear of the Fiery SI 1 7 Using the Control Panel Starting and shutting down the Fiery SI Generally you can leave the Fiery SI running all the time T his section describes how to shut down and restart the Fiery SI when necessary Starting the Fiery SI To start the Fiery SI move the switch on the rear of the Fiery SI to the On position al 99006 Power switch in the off position zoi Diagnostic messages appear on the Control Pand If any diagnostics fail more information and instructions appear C ontact your service representative if the Fiery SI encounters problems while running the diagnostics W hen the
116. ption on the copier panel is set to No Note If you select Bypass as your paper supply on the copier the copier will bein Copier M ode and unavailable for printing Load paper or transparencies into the bypass tray You can load up to 40 sheets Press the Clear All button on the copier 2 5 Using the color reference pages 4 From your application choose Bypass Tray as the Paper Source in the Page Setup or Print dialog box If Interleaved mode is chosen in the Print O ptions dialog box one of the paper trays must be loaded with a paper the same size and orientation as the transparencies in the bypass tray 5 Select the correct page size in the Page Setup or Print dialog box 6 Click Print in your application Using the color reference pages The Fiery SI User Software includes several types of color reference pages that you can view and print to see the full range of colors available from your Fiery SI e TheCM YK Color Reference pages enable you to view and print CM YK color patches in the range of colors the Fiery SI can print e Color Charts is a downloadable PostScript file of the Color C harts that can be printed from the Control Panel The RGB Color Reference pages are a M icrosoft Word and aM icrosoft PowerPoint file that you can open in the application to view the colors available in the standard palette for that application and see how they print on the Fiery SI e ThePANTONE books are downloadable PostScript
117. r menu This menu is active only if a password was created on the Fiery SI 2 Enter the password in the window that appears Administrator s Password Administrator s Password 0K Cancel Administrator s Password x Administrator s Password Cancel This password is set in the Setup on the Control Panal If you enter the password on a Macintosh or PC with Windows 95 or WindowsNT you can move override and delete all users jobs in the Fiery XJ Spooler main window and re order jobs within a queue If you enter the password in Windows 3 x you can re order jobs within a queue 5 25 Using the Fiery XJ Spooler Setting up automatic paging In the United States and C anada if you have PageN OW paging software installed on your M acintosh computer you can set up the Fiery XJ Spooler to notify you if there is a problem with printing To use this feature Both PageN OW and the Fiery XJ Spooler must be running on your M acintosh e You must be connected to the server you want to monitor in the Fiery XJ Spooler To SET UP AUTOMATIC PAGING 1 Set up your user name in PageNOW See the PageN OW documentation for instructions Edit Subscriber Name Sample_User Service Nene v Pager ID 1234567 Page length 80 Ly 2 Choose PageNow username from the Fiery XJ Spooler Administrator menu 3 Enter your User Name Enter PageNow user name User Sa
118. s click Options to display the Scan Options dialog box Click OK when you are finished Scan Options Resampling Photograph vj Color Conversion Match Copy vj 4 5 Scanning documents Resampling Photograph Color Conversion Calibrated RGB gt Cancel OK Resampling Select the resampling interpolation method to use In general you should choose Photograph if you are scanning a continuous tone photographic image and O ffset Print or C opy if you are scanning a printed document T he O ffset Print or Copy mode takes slightly more time but reduces moir patterns in scans Color C onversion Select the color conversion to use Calibrated RGB or Match Copy the default copier CM YK conversion You should use Calibrated RGB if you will be using EFICOLOR or if you may want to print the image to any other printer You should choose M atch Copy to match colorsin a copy from the glass as closely as possible assuming that you are going to print the image to the same copier and you do not want to useEFICOLOR 3 Click Scan in the main window to acquire the scan The progress bar displays how much of the image has been processed You can click Cancel to cance acquiring the scan W hen the scan is acquired the scanned image is displayed in Photoshop Chapter 5 Managing Print J obs 5 1 Downloading files and fonts The following utilities to heap you manage print jobs are provided on the User Sof
119. s message If your print job doesn t appear in the status message another user s job may be printing before yours or the Fiery SI may already have finished printing your job If the Printed queue on your Fiery SI is enabled jobs that have finished printing will appear in that list in the Fiery XJ Spooler main window If your job is waiting to print it will appear in the list for the Print queue If you are printing over an IPX Novell network the job may be processing on the Novell print server before it is sent to the Fiery SI Open the Fiery XJ Spooler main window and locate the name of the job you are trying to print This window provides information about the status of every job printed to a queue including information about jobs that do not print because of PostScript errors C 2 Troubleshooting General printing problems If this happens The Fiery SI doesnt appear in theM acintosh C hooser s list of printers Try this On the Macintosh make sure that the correct zone is selected and that AppleTalk is active AppleTalk must be active T he Fiery SI may bein a different zone from the one that s sdected If your network doesn t have zones this is not applicable Print the Configuration page from the C ontrol Panel to view the correct AppleTalk zone Choose Control Panels from the Apple menu open the Network Control Panel or AppleTalk Control Panel and make sure that you have selected EtherTalk Phase 2
120. t errors in the file In the Fiery XJ Spooler check to see if the job has an error icon next to it Double click the icon to see the PostScript error message C 5 Troubleshooting If this happens M essage requests a paper size that you don t have Try this Cancel the job and do one of the following If you are printing a PostScript file set the C onvert Paper Sizes setting in Printer Setup on the Control Panel to convert the job to the paper size you do have You can do this to convert between US and metric paper sizes See theAdminisrator Guide for information If you are printing a file from an application change the page size in the Page Setup dialog box Test page or other special Control Pane page doesn t print If the message Ripping displays on the Control Panel but the page never prints restart the Fiery SI press the Menu button to enter Setup and verify that the Printer Model in Printer Setup is specified correctly Check the copier s display If the copier display says Ready to copy proceed to step 3 If the display shows a diagnostic or error message take the appropriate corrective action as described in the copier manual Try making a copy If you can make a copy proceed to step 4 Restart the Fiery SI and when you see Idle on the status line of the Fiery SI display try printing a test page again If the test page still fails to print contact your authorized service s
121. that are not already installed on the Fiery SI as long as the printer fonts are installed in your System Folder T hese fonts remain in the Fiery SI only until your document has printed If you print the same document again your application must download the fonts again If you regularly use one or more fonts from M acintosh or Windows applications that are not already installed in the Fiery SI you can save time by downloading them to the Fiery SI s hard disk with the Fiery X Downloader Fonts you download to the Fiery SI s hard disk remain installed until you remove then using the Fiery XJ Downloader no matter how many times the Fiery SI is turned off and on You ll probably want to download fonts you use on a regular basis to the Fiery SI s hard disk Before you print PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript EPS files using the Fiery XJ Downloader make sure that all fonts included in your file are installed in the Fiery SI If your file contains fonts that are not installed on the Fiery SI the text in these fonts will not print correctly and may not print at all With some applications you can include fonts when you create PostScript files See your application software for information 5 10 Managing Print J obs To VIEW FONT INFORMATION 1 Choose Font List from the File menu or click the Font List button The Font List window appears with U pdate Print and D elete buttons in the title bar The icons are Update Clic
122. ting transparency interleave and do not have the correct paper size loaded The copier s tray 1 is not loaded with the paper size specified The Fiery SI will print when tray 1 is loaded with the required paper The copier s tray 2 is not loaded with the paper size specified The Fiery SI will print when tray 2 is loaded with the required paper The copier s tray 3 is not loaded with the paper size specified T he Fiery SI will print when tray 3 is loaded with the required paper The toner for one of the colors has run out Refer to the copier display to determine which toner color is empty If more than one toner needs to be added press and hold the Stop icon on the copier for additional information T here is a paper jam in the copier O pen the copier doors and check the locations indicated on the copier display The Fiery SI will resume printing when you have cleared the paper jam and closed the copier doors Press the Clear All button on the copier A 3 Error Messages Replace waste bottle Reset copier amp XJ Sorter limit exceeded Sorter problem Unknown error Warming Up The copier waste toner container is full of used toner Replace the container with anew one according to the instructions in your copier manual T he Fiery SI will resume printing when you have replaced the waste toner container Press the Reset button on the copier and then select the Reboot Server option in the Functions menu to reset th
123. tings for all Setup options Setting printing options Once you have installed the Fiery SI printer driver file you can select the printer settings you prefer You can also change some of these settings for a particular file from within your application when you send the file to the Fiery SI Printing with Windows 3 x You can use the Fiery SI with either the Adobe PostScript Printer D river ADO BEPS D RV included with the Fiery SI or the Windows PostScript Printer Driver PSCRIPT D RV included with your W indows software Printing with Windows 95 To print from Windows 95 applications over anetwork you must be connected to a print server T his can bea Novell NetWare server N T server or UNIX server See the Administrator Guide for information about connecting a server to the Fiery SI You can print from Windows 95 with the Adobe PostScript Printer D river for Windows version 4 1 3 3 Setting printing options Printing with Windows NT You can print from WindowsNT with the Printer D river included with Windows NT It does not support additional PostScript Level 2 features so you cannot set any Fiery Sl specific options See Gating Started for information about the Windows N T Printer D river TO CHANGE THE PRINTER SETUP WITH THE ADOBE POSTSCRIPT PRINTER DRIVER WITH WINDOWS 3 X 1 For Windows 3 x in the Main group double click the Control Panel icon 2 Double click the Printers icon 3 For Windows 3 x in the
124. trance After each column is scanned the density measurements are used to create a Measurements file In general valid measurements for all patches fall within the range of 0 05 to 3 05 TO MEASURE CALIBRATION PATCHES WITH AN X RITE DTP32 1 When prompted on the Control Panel or Fiery XJ Print Calibrator position the pointer on the strip guide to 15 and click OK on the Control Panel or Fiery XJ Print Calibrator to begin measuring First you ll measure the cyan column Slide the paper guide left or right until the arrow points to 15 6 9 Understanding calibration 2 With the arrow below the cyan column pointing towards the densitometer align the right side of the patches page with the strip guide 3 Insert the patches 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 4 Hold the page against the guide to prevent any skewing while the strip is being measured After the strip is measured Pass 1 of 4 O K appears in the densitometer display Transmitting D ata appears briefly after each pass 5 When prompted move the strip guide to 30 and measure the magenta column After the magenta strip is measured Pass 2 of 4 O K appears in the densitometer display 6 Turn the patches page around so that the arrow above the yellow column is pointing toward the densitometer Leave the strip guide set to 30 7 Whe
125. tte for that application and see how they print on the Fiery SI e ThePANTONE books are downloadable PostScript files that simulate all of the PANTONE colors available from your Fiery Sl TheCM YK Color Reference file and the PANTONE books are installed by the installer The other color reference pages are in the CLRFILES folder on your User Software CD You can install them individually as needed as described in Getting Started Note When you print these files you can try different color rendering styles to find the best results for your needs 3 16 Printing with PC Compatible Computers CMYK Color Reference pages The Color Reference folder contains a PostScript file of color reference pages that you can download to your Fiery SI You can use the pages as a reference for graphics applications that allow you to specify color as values of cyan magenta yellow and black T he pages display groups of color patches and give you the percentage of each process color required to achieve the color shown T here are eleven pages each one shows colors from 0 to 100 TO PRINT AND USE THE CMYK COLOR REFERENCE PAGES 1 Use the Fiery XJ Downloader to download the CMYK_ REF PS file For information on using the Fiery XJ D ownloader see D ownloading files and fonts on page 5 1 If you do not have Fiery XJ D ownloader installed print the file as you would any other PostScript file Select the color that you want to use from
126. tware CD or floppy disks e The Fiery XJ Downloader isa utility that allows you to print PostScript and Encapsulated PostScript files directly to the Fiery SI without using the application they were created in T he Fiery XJ Downloader also enables you to manage printer fonts on the Fiery SI e The Fiery XJ Spooler isa utility that allows you to view the order and priority of print jobs ddetejobs and movejobs between queues You can also useit to view job accounting information You cannot use the Fiery XJ utilities with the parallel port Note The utilities for M acintosh and Windows users are fundamentally the same differences are noted in this chapter W hen you see a window or dialog box illustrated the M acintosh version comes first followed by the W indows 95 version Downloading files and fonts You can use the Fiery XJ Downloader to e Print PostScript and Encapsulated PostScript EPS files e Check the status of the Fiery SI e Manage the PostScript printer fonts stored on the Fiery SI s hard disk Note You can also use standard LaserWriter downloaders such as the Adobe Font D ownloader with the Fiery SI T he Fiery XJ Downloader was designed specifically for the Fiery You cannot use the Fiery XJ Downloader with any other printer 5 2 Managing Print J obs To VIEW INFORMATION WITH THE FIERY XJ DOWNLOADER 1 Double click the Fiery XJ Downloader icon or choose Fiery XJ Downloader from the Windows
127. u can set certain printing parameters for a job in the O verride Print Settings dialog box T he settings in this dialog box override the settings in the Print O ptions dialog box and the Control Pane Printer Setup You can change printing parameters only for jobs in the H old Print and Printed queue sections of the Fiery XJ Spooler main window You can change print settings only for your own jobs system administrators who enter the Fiery XJ Spooler password can change print settings for any job M acintosh Windows 95 and Windows NT 5 21 Using the Fiery XJ Spooler TO CHANGE PRINT SETTINGS FOR A J OB 1 Double click a job or select the job and choose Override Print Settings from the Edit menu The O verride Print Settings window appears Override Print Settings Copies fi Sorter Mode Default Settings v Media Type Default Settings vj Rendering Style Default Settings vj Brightness Default Settings vj Override Print Settings x Copies fr Sorter Mode Default Settings Media Type Default Settings ka Rendering Style Default Settings a Brightness Default Settings hd E Cancel 2 Choose the new settings from the pop up menus If you select D efault Settings the job will use the settings in the Print dialog box For information about these options see Appendix D Setting Job O verrides 3 Click OK to make changes 5 22 Managing Print J obs Using the J
128. upport center C 6 Troubleshooting If this happens Jobs sent to the parallel port do not print Try this Increase the parallel Port Timeout in Seconds on the Fiery SI Control Panel On the Fiery SI Control Panel change the Ignore EOF Character setting If you are printing ASCII format PostScript only set Ignore EOF Character to No If you are printing Binary format PostScript set it to Yes If you print using the DOS copy command make sure to use the b option when printing binary files Restart your PC enter BIOS setup and if you have a BIOS setting for the parallel port make sure that it is set to Compatible mode and not to Bi Directional ECP EPP or any other mode If you are using Windows 95 open the System Properties control panel click the Device Manager tab click Ports double click the parallel port you are using and make sure that the driver selected is the standard Printer Port driver instead of the ECP Port EPP Port or any other driver For information about changing this setting see your Windows 95 documentation If the PostScript Printer Driver that you are using lets you select bi directional communication make sure that it is disabled This is generally set from the Properties dialog box for the printer If you are printing from a DOS window on a Windows 95 PC display the Properties dialog box for the printer click the Details tab and then click Port Settings In the Conf
129. ur test page or copy show that the copier is working properly correct the problen within your application software If the test page or copy are wrong your copier may need to be calibrated or adjusted in some other way Your printed file appears too dark Adjust the image s Brightness setting in the Print Options Macintosh Print Features Adobe PostScript Printer Driver for Windows Device Options Windows 95 PostScript Printer Driver Download Fiery XJ Downloader or Override Print Settings Fiery XJ Spooler dialog box You can usethe Brightness optionsin the Fiery XJ Downloader to adjust the lightness of your image whenever you print a PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript EPS file G8 Troubleshooting If this happens Color output is incorrect Try this Print the Configuration page and check the calibration information The copier may need to be recalibrated because it has been too long since it was calibrated or because it is using a different target You should use the copier target if you are going to useICC ColorSync or ICM profiles the color rendering styles available in the Print O ptions and Features and Fiery XJ Spooler O verrides dialog boxes the Fiery XJ Scan M atch Copy color conversion or the Photoshop separation tables Color file prints in black and white Print the Configuration page and make sure that the Color Mode is set to CMYK and not Grayscale In the Print dialog bo
130. w appears Select the Fiery SI in the Chooser window that appears and click Connect or OK If there is no M easurements file on the Fiery SI or no Target selected you will be notified during startup 6 14 Color Calibration The Fiery XJ Print Calibrator main window and File Edit Measurements Server and Window menus appear Buttons for the main Fiery XJ Print Calibrator functions appear in this window T he current status is displayed at the bottom of the window T he functions unavailable at a particular time are dimmed and cannot be selected Fiery HJU_5760 65 Main Fiery XJ Print Calibrator Edit Apply Measurements Target Calibration Test Calibration mn Not loaded 5760 65 None 01 09 96 08 48 00 Select an option above by clicking on its button Fiery XJ Print Calibrator Fiery XJ_5760 65 File Edit Measurements Server Window Help Edit Apply Measurements Target Calibration Test Calibration AGB eo 12 31 95 5760 65 23 59 59 01 09 96 08 48 00 Select an option above by clicking on its button The buttons are M easurements Displays density values in the current measurements file Target Allows you to select a new target for calibration or for customizing Displays the currently selected target 6 15 Using the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator Edit Calibration Test Apply Calibration Allows you to view the current measured and target
131. x or Print Options make sure that you have not selected Black and White Make sure that the Color Mode selected for the job in the Print Options or Print Features dialog box is CMYK and not Grayscale D esktop Color Separations DCS format images print incorrectly Make sure that you selected the correct options to send separations in the application s Print dialog box Make sure that you have the file for every layer of separation that you are printing Set the Combine Separations option to On in the Print Options or Print Features dialog box This combines the high resolution files for an image and prints them With Combine Separations O ff the low resolution master file will print QuickD raw fill patterns print as solids Use the Adobe PostScript Printer driver Or the Apple LaserWriter 8 1 or later printer driver C 9 Troubleshooting Problems with calibration If you are calibrating from the Fiery SI check the Control Pand for an error message If this happens After calibration the toner density for a particular color is too high Try this Open the Edit Calibration window and adjust the maximum density for that color A measurement is out of range Make sure you have properly zeroed your densitometer After calibration dark patches on the test page are too saturated or too weak If the colors are too weak check the toner level Check to see if your densitometer needs
132. y setting to All 7 GE SS Noma oo 41 O 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90100 Input Ink Gain at 50 is l oo Enroneen 0 o Gain at 40 is o Input Output 3 oy i 0 m View Channels And at 80 is l u NorthAmerncen M Cyan M Magenta M Yellow M Black Save Target Note You can click Target to compare the target curve to the measured curve The closer the measured densities are to the target densities the better the results you ll get from calibration TO EDIT THE TARGET CURVE 1 Click Target Measured and Target on the right side of the dialog box 2 Adjust the values in the Maximum Density areas for each color to adjust the endpoints of the target curve as needed You can enter a value from 0 1 to 3 0 6 26 Color Calibration The rest of the curve adjusts to match the endpoint a Fiery HJ_5760 65 Edit Calibration View Curves Target Measured Custom A Target Measured Maximum Density c 1 99 M 1 78 Y 1 09 K 1 83 r Lightness Darkness Apply setting to brightness Dot Gain lt un r5 North American 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Input Ink 3 Gain at50 0 European input Gain at 40 is ole View Channels And at 80 is o A E Cyan Magenta J Yellow Black Save Target Fiery XJ_5760 65
133. you can print the file directly from the application in which you created it Double click the Fiery XJ Downloader icon 5 5 Downloading files and fonts 3 Choose Download from the File menu or click the Download button A dialog box containing alist of files appears Download Tutorial v Macintosh HD Eject Desktop Add All Show All known formats Files to Download Options Remove All Cancel Download Select Files to Download 21x Look in 2 Kathyt h El ay old a file EPS File name fiie EPS Files of type All Known Formats EE Connection Type Print Queue z Download File s Files to be Downloaded file EPS i Remove File s Options 5 6 Managing Print J obs 4 7 Select the file type to display in the Show Files of Type menu You can leave this at the default All known formats or select All Files All known formats will list all files in formats supported by the Fiery XJ D ownloader All Files will list all files Note You can download files and fonts in the same batch Select where to download the file or font in the Queue Connection type pop up menu You can select the Print queue H old queue or Direct connection If the connection is not enabled an error message will appear Select the filename and click Add File s The Filename field Windows displays the name of the selected file before you click Add You can us
134. you can also print from the Control Pand T hey are designed to look best when the copier is calibrated to the copier standard and not one of the press standards To PRINT AND USE THE COLOR CHARTS Use the Fiery XJ Downloader to download the Colorchart ps file in the Color Charts folder from the Color Files folder on the User Software CD or Floppy Disks For information on using the Fiery XJ D ownloader see D ownloading files and fonts on page 5 1 2 7 Using the color reference pages RGB Color Reference pages The application pages display the RGB colors available in M icrosoft Word and PowerPoint TO PRINT AND USE THE RGB COLOR REFERENCE PAGES 1 2 Open Microsoft Word 6 0 or later or PowerPoint 4 0 or later Open the RGB page 01 Word or RGB page 02 PowerPoint file in the Color Files Application pages RGB Color Reference folder from the Color Files User Software CD or floppy disk Choose Print from the File menu Select the color that you want to use and enter the corresponding values for colors you want to reproduce in your own Word or PowerPoint document PANTONE books The PANTONE book files print standard PANTONE colors as they appear when printed on a Fiery SI There are PAN TONE books that simulate coated and uncoated paper stock for all supported devices To PRINT AND USE THE PANTONE BOOKS 1 Use the Fiery XJ Downloader to download the Coated or Uncoated PostScript file that correspo

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