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Fiery FS150 Pro and
Fiery FS150 Print Servers
Product Guide
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This document represents the feature set typically included in Fiery
print servers. Actual feature set included may vary by specific Fiery
models, as some features may not be supported due to specific project implementation characteristics or regional requirements. For
information on a specific Fiery model's feature set, refer to that model's feature matrix or ask your Fiery server vendor. Nothing herein
should be construed as a warranty in addition to the express warranty statements provided with EFI products and services.

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  • Page 1 Fiery model’s feature set, refer to that model’s feature matrix or ask your Fiery server vendor. Nothing herein should be construed as a warranty in addition to the express warranty statements provided with EFI products and services.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction .............................. 7 The Changing Market for Digital Front Ends ..............................7 Fiery Servers Meet Current and Future Needs ............................. 7 Introduction to Fiery FS150/FS150 Pro ................................9 FS150 Pro and FS150 New Features Table ..................... 11 New Features ........................................ 11 Productivity .............................
  • Page 3 VDP Record Range Printing ..................................37 VDP Multi-Up Booklet ....................................38 Transactional Printing ............................39 Set Page Device Support ....................................39 Sequential Printing ......................................40 Usability ..............................42 Job and Device Management Tools ........................43 Fiery Command WorkStation ..................................43 Fiery Command WorkStation 5.5 .................................
  • Page 4 Fiery JDF ................................138 Fiery JDF Key Features ....................................139 Fiery JDF Enhancements ................................... 145 Integration to EFI MIS and Web-to-Print Solutions ..................146 EFI Digital StoreFront ....................................146 EFI Online Print Solutions ................................... 146 EFI PrintSmith Vision ....................................147 EFI Pace ........................................
  • Page 5 Fiery Dashboard Integration ..................................153 Mobile Printing ..............................154 Direct Mobile Printing ....................................154 PrintMe Cloud Printing ....................................154 PrintMe Mobile ......................................155...
  • Page 6 Introduction...
  • Page 7: Introduction

    (DFEs) in the market. Powerful features such as Fiery HyperRIP enable customers not only to take advantage of the already improved performance of the FS150 Pro servers but also to obtain an additional performance improvement in speed of up to 55% — adding to the already robust world-class tools in Fiery FS150 Pro.
  • Page 8 EFI and other third-party products with Fiery digital front ends, making Fiery servers the preferred choice for commercial printers. Fiery FS150 Pro, along with Fiery FS100 Pro, Fiery System 9 Release 2 and 10, is the first to achieve the JDF1.3 Integrated Digital Printing Interoperability Conformance Specifications (ICS) certification by CIP4.
  • Page 9: Introduction To Fiery Fs150/Fs150 Pro

    Some important new features include the following: Fiery FS150 is available for embedded Fiery servers and Fiery FS150 Pro for external Fiery servers. Some important new features include the following:...
  • Page 10 • Photo publishing: photo books, postcards and calendars. • Corporate: newsletters, presentations and proposals. • Book publishing: books and manuals. • Packaging: boxes, envelopes and proofs. • Variable data printing (VDP): direct mail, catalogs and transactional promotional material.
  • Page 11: Fs150 Pro And Fs150 New Features Table

    Fiery FS150 is available for embedded Fiery servers and Fiery FS150 Pro for external Fiery servers. New Features...
  • Page 12: Productivity

    FS150 Pro servers but also obtain an additional performance improvement of up to 40% faster — adding to the already robust, world-class tools in Fiery FS150 Pro. Combined with its intuitive operation, the high-performance Fiery servers automate workflows to deliver completely finished jobs faster.
  • Page 13: Performance Technology

    Performance Technology Spool — RIP — Print Simultaneously ® Over the years, Fiery servers have incorporated various innovative technology features to improve throughput, such as RIP-While-Print ® RIP-1-While-Receive-2, ECT Compression, RIPChips and Continuous Print. Designed to enhance the Fiery system’s overall performance, these features are now unified as the Spool-RIP-Print Simultaneously feature.
  • Page 14: Fiery Hyperrip

    Fiery HyperRIP Fiery HyperRIP is a proprietary EFI-rendering technology that dramatically improves performance by splitting a job into two or four logical parts for parallel RIPping. This splitting of a single job for faster processing is critical to production efficiency as file sizes continue to grow.
  • Page 15: Optimized Pdf

    Improves the PDF workflow by successfully rendering PDF files containing XObjects. APPE 3.0 ® Fiery FS150 Pro servers provide support for the latest PDF-native rendering platform from Adobe The v3.0 enhancements announced by Adobe can be found at http://www.adobe.com/products/pdfprintengine.html. Benefit Fiery servers keep customers up to date with support for the latest industry standards.
  • Page 16: Advanced Job Management

    Advanced Job Management A successful production printing operation depends on a very structured workflow, much like a factory assembly line; each step is dependent on the successful completion of the last. The Fiery system has many tools that manage jobs faster and minimize bottlenecks. A truly integrated solution, it also uses these features to give production print operators tremendous flexibility to alter aspects of the workflow without disruption: •...
  • Page 17: Rush Print

    Benefits: Prevents one job from holding up all the other jobs that could be printing. Avoids outages at the production line and decreases bottlenecks at the RIPping stage. Rush Print The Rush Print feature provides advanced job management that allows the user to mark the job as urgent, process and print it immediately and interrupt the currently printing job.
  • Page 18: Schedule Print

    The operator can also configure the Fiery server to print sample prints at a predefined interval that spans print jobs. This lets the operator print sample pages on a regular basis, either as a regular spot check or as part of a more methodical process whereby the operator creates an archive of printed sheets documenting the print quality at regular intervals.
  • Page 19 Server Job Presets Previously, users could create local Job Presets, which were available for use only on the user’s workstation. Now administrators can create and share Server Job Presets to automate the selection of Job Properties for commonly used tasks, saving time and maximizing productivity.
  • Page 20 Permits administrators to save and manage the most commonly used settings and then easily publish them as Virtual Printers and Hot Folders. Import and Export Job Presets This feature offers the ability to import and export both server and local Job Presets. Local Job Presets can be exported and shared between users.
  • Page 21: Product-Specific Presets

    Product-Specific Presets Fiery servers include five server presets to help users quickly set up jobs with some frequently used print settings, and also to promote the use of server presets and workflows. The server presets include the following: U.S. Presets Half-letter booklet Letter booklet Letter duplex grayscale...
  • Page 22: Proof Print

    Proof Print Proof Print allows users to produce a copy of any job in the Hold or Print queues with a single mouse click, eliminating the need to open the job in Job Properties, modify the job ticket or change the copy count to print a copy for proofing. Request Proof Print from Hot Folders.
  • Page 23: Fiery Productivity Package

    Fiery Productivity Package The Fiery Productivity Package option for Fiery embedded servers helps users meet tight turnaround times and produce top notch color documents the first time, while automating your processes to make you more productive than ever before. Features included in the package are the following: •...
  • Page 24: Job Submission Automation

    Job Submission Automation Fiery Hot Folders Fiery Hot Folders provide the user with a simple and automated method of sending documents to a Fiery server. Users can copy or simply drop documents into Hot Folders and then route them to a Fiery server with a job ticket attached, or merge files from same folder.
  • Page 25: Fiery Server Automated Workflows

    • Publish, delete or edit virtual printers. Key Functions and Features: • Defines a combination of up to 252 virtual printers on a Fiery server. • Is easily accessible from any print driver — ideal for "driver-based" workflows. • Provides Fiery system actions such as Hold, Process and Hold, Print, and Print and Hold. •...
  • Page 26 Drop zone indicated on the Held queue Benefits: Easy way of associating Server Presets and Virtual Printers while downloading the job onto the Fiery server. Enhanced view of the server list and server information such as consumables, toners, alerts and more.
  • Page 27: Variable Data Printing

    EFI’s Fiery technology delivers fast, industry-leading, adaptable VDP capabilities and allows users to choose any authoring tool to create static and variable elements with flexible and open, end-to end VDP solutions. EFI VDP solutions include the most comprehensive array of VDP languages, such as Fiery FreeForm™, the industry’s open standard personalized print markup language (PPML), PDF-VT and a...
  • Page 28: Fiery Vdp Raster Preview

    Fiery VDP Raster Preview The Fiery VDP Raster Preview enables users to view the content of the job, organized by records or finished sets, and to navigate either by records/finished sets or by pages/surfaces. The job is displayed in actual size, and the user may use the scroll bars to see the whole image.
  • Page 29: Ppml 3.0

    • FreeForm 1 Fiery FreeForm 1 is a simple way to create page-based variable data jobs. Users need a software application that contains a database merge feature for authoring. Rasterized master background pages are created with specified variable content zones, and database information is merged into these zones.
  • Page 30 FreeForm master until all the variable document pages are used. FreeForm Multipage Previews — With bidirectional communication enabled, the EFI Fiery Driver provides the user with multipage previews of FreeForm masters. This allows visual confirmation of selected FreeForm masters whose static content spans multiple pages.
  • Page 31 Personalized four-page newsletter containing variable document with only two variable pages FreeForm has been enhanced to give the user control over the mapping between the variable and master documents. This provides several benefits. First, instead of adding blank pages to the source variable document, the user can map a blank page to a master page. Second, the user can pick and choose which master page a given variable page uses.
  • Page 32 Users can choose Enhanced FreeForm from the Job Properties VDP tab Using the Define Mapping table, users can associate the variable pages with the corresponding page of the master document. Benefits: Simplifies creating and using VDP documents by allowing users to map variable documents to master documents without modifying the source documents.
  • Page 33: Vdp Resource Manager

    Fiery FreeForm Kit The FreeForm Kit is a free download available at efi.com for customers to obtain everything they need to create successful variable data printing (VDP) jobs quickly. The FreeForm technology already exists in their Fiery server at no extra cost. It’s suited to a wide range of VDP applications and is driver based, so it requires no specific VDP software application to work.
  • Page 34: Pdf/Vt Support

    PDF/VT Support Efficiently driving complex VDP jobs in digital print requires support for multiple standards to ensure interoperability. Fiery servers are compliant with PDF/VT, a new standard developed by the ISO for VDP data exchange, through both CPSI and APPE. Supporting PDF/VT brings the benefits of a PDF workflow to VDP, helping print providers increase production efficiency with capabilities such as late- stage exchange of critical variable content.
  • Page 35 PDF/VT is displayed as a file type in Command Workstation; the number of records and pages per record are also displayed. PDF/VT file format under VDP Resource Manager Hot Folders Filter for PDF/VT Support Fiery Hot Folders now support the latest VDP format on the market — PDF/VT. Selecting the PDF/VT checkbox grays out all other PDF options, ensuring that Hot Folders passes through the PDF to the Fiery server without any processing or modification so the variable components are preserved.
  • Page 36: Processing Optimization For Pdf And Postscript Vdp Files

    Users can select PDF/VT as input file type in Hot Folders settings. Processing Optimization for PDF and PostScript VDP Files Some customers use PDF or PostScript formats for creating VDP jobs. PDF uses XObjects, and PostScript uses Forms, to convey information about repeating objects in the file.
  • Page 37: Record And Set Level Finishing Support

    Benefits: Allows VDP jobs imported as PostScript and PDF formats to be correctly processed with the desired finishing requirements. Reduces waste by allowing users to print a selected set of records. Provides additional VDP job information, allowing operators to prepare and troubleshoot VDP jobs more effectively. Record and Set Level Finishing Support Fiery systems support individual VDP set (record-based) finishing for VDP jobs.
  • Page 38: Vdp Multi-Up Booklet

    VDP Multi-Up Booklet The VDP Multi-Up Booklet is a Fiery Impose feature that allows two records to be printed on a sheet, reducing costs by printing on a larger sheet size for a single click charge. It is accessed via Fiery Impose, and users can save settings as an Impose preset that can be selected from Virtual Printers or Hot Folders for automated job submission.
  • Page 39: Transactional Printing

    Transactional Printing Set Page Device Support Set page device (SPD) refers to a group of PostScript commands that describe the printing characteristics of a file. This includes aspects such as paper attributes, finishing options and number of copies. SPDs are primarily used for specialized applications that require dynamic mixed media or data-driven mixed media such as transactional applications that have a variable number of pages per document, where media requirements may be different for each page.
  • Page 40: Sequential Printing

    Benefits: Increases productivity with support of the user’s existing workflow. Automatically prints SPD embedded files without operator intervention to save time and increase productivity. Sequential Printing Sequential Printing guarantees that jobs print following one another in first-in, first-out printing order. For example, in transactional printing, jobs need to be printed and mailed in a certain order.
  • Page 41 Sequential printing begins when the first file is spooled to the Sequential Print queue. Each Sequential Print run will display a unique group ID icon. When a Sequential Print run starts, other print jobs will wait to process until the Sequential Print run is completed. Identification of Sequential Print jobs in Command WorkStation While a Sequential Print run is taking place, the Fiery server will still allow the operator to select actions such as Rush Print, Process Next, Print Next, Suspend on Mismatch, Preview, Hold and Cancel.
  • Page 42: Usability

    Usability Fiery Systems Deliver Ease of Use The Fiery servers adapt to all skill levels. Job management and preparation become faster and more efficient, regardless of the jobs’ complexity, using award-winning Fiery Command WorkStation and Fiery Impose-Compose. For example, Mixed Finishing Sets automate document production with multiple finishing requirements in a set. Fiery Impose supports user-defined trim and bleed definitions, so the operator has more control over imposition settings The following table represents the standard configuration for each respective Fiery server platform and system version combination.
  • Page 43: Job And Device Management Tools

    Fiery server. The backward compatible Fiery Command WorkStation also allows print providers to update and provide usability enhancements for current Fiery servers at no additional cost. To download the latest version of Command WorkStation, visit www.efi.com/CWS5. Job Center An uncluttered workspace is one key to working productively.
  • Page 44: Fiery Command Workstation 5.5

    Fiery Remote Scan Improvements Version 5.6 of Command WorkStation will be available via download at www.efi.com/cws5 after June 2014. For more information on the Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 new features, refer to the Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 New Features Guide or visit www.efi.com/cws5.
  • Page 45: Fiery Command Workstation 5.6

    Expanded localization (Russian, Turkish, Polish, Czech) For more information on the Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 new features, refer to the Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 New Features Guide or visit www.efi.com/cws5. Fiery Ticker Fiery Ticker is a visual screensaver-type application for Command WorkStation. Fiery Ticker shows processing and printing speeds,...
  • Page 46 Applications Package 4.0 (with Command WorkStation 5.4) on Fiery servers running System 9 and later. The Fiery Ticker will run automatically, providing an at-a-glance view of the activity status of Fiery systems when an operator is not directly using the Fiery server. The operator can also initiate the Fiery Ticker view directly from inside the Command WorkStation.
  • Page 47: Fiery Go

    To download Fiery Go and get additional information, visit Apple iTunes store at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fiery-go/id672206364?ls=1&mt=8 For additional information on technical requirements and a video tour, refer to http://fiery.efi.com/fierygo Benefits: Allows operators to manage the jobs on Fiery servers from anywhere in the print shop.
  • Page 48: International Support

    print users sometimes need to quickly check print jobs and output device status without launching a dedicated application or going to a centrally located management system. Fiery WebTools™ delivers basic Fiery functionality for users who don’t need Command WorkStation sophistication. WebTools, browser- based and hosted on the Fiery server, delivers pertinent information on print and printer status at any Web-capable workstation.
  • Page 49 Benefits: Improves productivity at installation and in the initial setup. Improves the display of mixed-language environments and double-byte characters, such as those of the Chinese, Japanese and Hebrew languages. Improved International Support Users can change the language in Command WorkStation and Hot Folders — independent of the Fiery server. Each user can run Command WorkStation on her client workstation in the preferred language by simply changing it in Preferences.
  • Page 50 Double-byte file names on Command WorkStation Benefits: Displays regional paper sizes and dates for a more user-friendly experience. Improves productivity during first-time language setup of server and Command WorkStation client. Provides flexibility to use Command WorkStation in the user’s preferred language, regardless of the Fiery server language. Improves usability in double-byte font environments.
  • Page 51: Make-Ready Solutions

    Make-Ready Solutions Fiery Impose Imposition errors in complex jobs are costly and drain time from tight production schedules. Fiery Impose streamlines and automates the imposition process, making production more efficient. The flexible Impose software option launches on Command WorkStation 5, so it can run on the user’s desktop or locally at the Fiery server.
  • Page 52 • Customizable Trim-and-Fold Marks: Define the color, length, width, trim type and fold marks independently. For additional information on Fiery Impose, visit http://www.efi.com/sqi. Benefits: Reduces print errors and saves significant time with job previews of printed output. Minimizes the complexity of imposing VDP documents.
  • Page 53 User Defined Finish Size controls PDF definitions for bleeds and trim marks Visit the Demos section at the Fiery Command WorkStation website at www.efi.com/CWS5 to watch the video demonstration. Benefits: Improves usability as the designer defines the desired trim-and-bleed sizes in the document. Plus, imposition jobs can be done from files containing different trim-and-bleed sizes.
  • Page 54 size (trim box), rather than on the default crop box, now have a way to specify either crop box or user-defined finish size for all jobs opened in Impose. This gives users two options for imposing jobs: the crop box and the trim box. The new preference allows operators to choose a default imposition method.
  • Page 55 Barcode reader automatically sets up preprogrammed jobs. Impose settings include definition of registration mark and barcode. Benefits: Increases productivity by working with industry-standard finishers. Saves times and minimizes waste with automatic positioning of finishers. Duplo Imposition Layout Options The new Duplo imposition layouts are layout schemes intended for post-processing with a Duplo offline finisher. The imposition layouts available before System 10 were limited to VDP file formats.
  • Page 56 The new selections are Duplo Long Edge and Duplo Short Edge impositions for non-VDP PDF and PS files The Duplo — Short Edge Feed Imposition Layout orders pages sheet wise in line with columns or rows perpendicular to the shortest sheet edge, optimizing page layout to fill the rows and columns on a sheet.
  • Page 57: Fiery Compose

    Benefit: Saves paper and click count with higher gangup repeats on one larger sheet of paper. Print Marks on Front Surface Only The checkbox “Print mark on front surface only” (located at the bottom of the “Marks” window of Fiery Impose) prevents the printing of trim and fold marks, job labels and blank page text on the back of a page when shops are using duplex printing.
  • Page 58: Subset Finishing

    PDF changes. • Compose supports the following Fiery job formats: For additional information on Fiery Compose, visit http://w3.efi.com/Fiery/Products/Workflow-Suite/Fiery-Compose. Benefits: Provides an intuitive and visual application that enables less experienced operators to perform complex document functions.
  • Page 59: Fiery Jobmaster

    Subset Finishing in Compose Benefits: Produces finished documents with minimal operator intervention. Increases productivity through the use of inline finishers with Compose. Fiery JobMaster Fiery JobMaster provides advanced PDF-based make-ready functions. In addition to all features included in Fiery Compose, Fiery JobMaster offers fully visual tab insertion and design, page numbering, scanning and powerful late-stage editing features.
  • Page 60 Offers the ability to edit a job by adding scan pages and visual tabs and by removing and adding page numbers. Allows operators to cost-effectively produce complex jobs efficiently and inline. Supports both black-and-white and color workflows. For more information on Fiery JobMaster, please visit http://www.efi.com/FieryJobMaster. Fiery JobMaster visual interface Fiery JobMaster tab editor interface...
  • Page 61: Fiery Make-Ready Solutions: Feature Set Comparison

    Benefits: Helps produce fully finished jobs with well-defined sections without the use of special tab media. Offers printers a new and different type of value-add application to provide their customers. Fiery Make-Ready Solutions: Feature Set Comparison...
  • Page 62: Job Submission And Settings

    Job Submission and Settings Fiery Driver The ability to easily and accurately submit jobs to the Fiery server is one of the most important features for users. The Fiery Driver provides a printing interface that offers a simplified user interface, highlighting the basic printing options most commonly required in an office environment.
  • Page 63: Fiery Job Properties

    Section 508 Usability The driver is designed to be Section 508 compliant. Navigation is done through the Tab key, and selection of different tabs is done through Alt + number, which is displayed in a mouse-over event. (NOTE: Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology and to make new opportunities available for disabled people.) Benefits: The improved interface is extremely intuitive, with automation capabilities that reduce training and increase productivity.
  • Page 64 Fiery Mixed Media offers a robust architecture — a single, consistent workflow for all jobs and comprehensive integration with other features such as VDP and EFI Impose. Users select the Mixed Media settings directly from the Fiery Driver and Job Properties, and specify various finishing options and media types for certain sections or chapters.
  • Page 65 Benefit: Makes it possible to print the predefined tab text on the tab ear. Insert Tabs Digital production environments tend to be operator-centric, with each operator performing specific tasks in a digital document “assembly line.” Typically, in this type of setting, the same operator at the same point in the workflow makes media and tab placement decisions. With this in mind, the Mixed Media windows and Insert Tabs functions are tightly integrated into one workflow for ease of use and maximum operator productivity.
  • Page 66 Benefits: Provides a quick way to make additional customization at the last possible production stage. Increases productivity by shortening the job setup and applying automation to complex job definitions. Decreases waste by automating complex finishing settings. Media Defined Profiles Fiery servers offer various properties for selecting the Output Profile in Expert Settings from the Fiery driver or Job Properties on Command WorkStation 5.
  • Page 67 Print Actions extended Benefits: Increases productivity and simplifies job submission with fewer steps in Command WorkStation. Saves time and clicks for actions performed every day in Command WorkStation. Quick Access Tab Reminder The Quick Access tab allows users to define their favorite settings. A yellow Help balloon appears in the Quick Access tab to remind users to customize the tab.
  • Page 68: Fiery Vue

    The workflows are targeted at a specific Fiery Driven engine selected by the user, and only the printing and finishing options available on that engine will be presented. For more information, visit www.efi.com/fieryvue. Benefits: Offers the most intuitive and innovative way to create professional-looking documents right out of the box with the WYSIWIG user interface for office power users.
  • Page 69: Usb Media Server

    USB Media Server USB Media Server provides an easy way to connect USB mass storage devices to the Fiery server and print files stored on those devices. New folders can be created on the mass storage device for automated printing. KEY FEATURES: •...
  • Page 70: Paper Catalog

    Paper Catalog Digital document production tools demand a robust approach to paper management across the entire production environment. The ability to have an all-encompassing view of paper stock with automated access is essential in a successful document-production facility. The Paper Catalog is a centralized paper warehouse database that stores attributes of the media stock at the production site. Operators can access the feature from applications such as the Command WorkStation, but the database resides on the Fiery server, where it is protected against server reboot or clear server actions.
  • Page 71 Benefits: Simplifies media selection at job submission, reducing both manual steps and material waste resulting from incorrect media usage. Provides interactive feedback to reduce mistakes at the time of associating paper stock to paper loaded in the trays, increasing overall production. Offers easy-to-relate color profiles for each media through a simplified interface for best quality color output.
  • Page 72 New Paper Catalog simple mode Paper Catalog functionality is now standard in embedded servers for corporate and light production markets. It also features a simple mode to input new entries. Benefits: Engine-driven media offers faster, easier setup.. Setup is easier for non-JDF workflows. Paper Catalog for embedded servers enhances productivity.
  • Page 73 Add Smart Media to a tray so it will be automatically assigned next time media with the same attributes is loaded. Benefits: Streamlines and simplifies the process of adding new media to Paper Catalog and saves valuable time. No additional steps are required to add a media when a favorite (smart) media is loaded in a tray. Increases reliability for media-driven workflows: minimizes errors when setting up media and operator intervention.
  • Page 74: Pad Printing

    Mixed Media viewer user interface Pad Printing Pad printing gives operators the ability to print multiple copies of a job without having to perform unnecessary mental calculations or multiple steps. Previously the operator had to multiply the number of pages in the pad of paper by the number of pads, manually separating the pads after printing.
  • Page 75: Fiery Remote Scan Improvements

    The Fiery Scan utility brings document scanning capability to workgroups through any compatible output device with copier capability that is connected to a Fiery server. Windows and Mac users can create high-quality scans and specify destinations for the scanned files across a network. The Fiery Remote Scan plug-in allows users to control the Fiery scanner/document feeder configuration remotely from a client workstation.
  • Page 76 Fiery mailbox contents are displayed on the Mac client Benefits: Faster retrieval of scanned jobs. Windows and Mac support without the need to install additional applications in the Fiery Extended Applications package. Auto Login The Auto Login feature remembers the mailbox name and password of Fiery users so they have to enter mailbox login information only once.
  • Page 77: Tools For Technical Support

    Tools for Technical Support Fiery Setup Wizard Fiery Setup Wizard optimizes settings for the customer’s particular printing environment during the install process. It allows the administrator to quickly and easily specify basic Fiery server settings such as language, region, server and environment (a group of standard settings used in a particular printing environment).
  • Page 78 Recommended settings per environment Settings √ √ √ √ Job Log (Auto Export) √ √ √ √ Enable System Updates √ √ √ Enable Remote Desktop √ Enable Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE) √ √ √ Enable Printed Queue √ √...
  • Page 79: Fiery System Restore

    4 GB. The Fiery Clone Tool for Embedded Servers software can also be downloaded from the Download Drivers page of efi.com. Click the Application Software and Tools tab to select Fiery Clone Tool for Embedded Servers. Benefits: It achieves an effective cloning process with simple and intuitive steps.
  • Page 80: Fiery Configuration Tool

    Fiery Configuration Tool The Fiery Configuration Tool allows the Fiery administrator to configure the Fiery server for a specific print environment. It replaces the tool available after selecting the Configure button in the Fiery Command WorkStation Device Center under General/ Server Configuration.
  • Page 81: Improved Serviceability

    Job Error Report The Job Error Report captures important troubleshooting information that EFI Technical Support personnel use to resolve issues. This feature automates collection of the raster file, native file, color profiles, job logs, configuration sheet, job and job ticket, engineering logs and optional operator comments into a zip file that users can save on the desktop with a simple click.
  • Page 82 Facilitates communication of all necessary information to EFI Technical Support. Provides faster and easier resolution of problems. Backup and Restore Enhancements EFI has updated the Backup and Restore user interface to allow users to capture more settings. These include the following: • Fiery System settings •...
  • Page 83 Previous Server Backup functions Increased server backup functionality Backup and Restore will now accept backup files from earlier system versions back to System 8 Release 2, allowing print providers to upgrade their Fiery server and restore their settings later. Benefits: Improved usability with a much more comprehensive and faster backup and restore of a Fiery server.
  • Page 84 The expanded list provides the administrator with greater control.
  • Page 85: Fiery Industrial Design

    Fiery Industrial Design The Fiery external server family has a sophisticated and appealing industrial design for the server, the stand and the GUI kit (keyboard, mouse and flat-panel display). The new design has been customized for the Fiery system and according to the needs of a digital printing environment, giving it the highest quality and functionality ever available in a design.
  • Page 86 ES-2000 DVD eject holder Reset Tabletop button size Keyboard tray Benefits: Prevents accidental commands that would potentially delay operations. Improves operator productivity by using the workspace more efficiently. Optimizes the usable workspace and saves operator time by adding the option to store the keyboard under the tabletop, helping operators avoid the necessity of leaving the immediate area to perform other prepress activities.
  • Page 87: Color

    Color The Fiery server delivers outstanding color across applications and platforms. The Fiery server is ideal for producing marketing materials and packaging or for photo-publishing applications. The high-value, color- intensive applications produce high-quality results because the Fiery server optimizes the printer to obtain superior color that amazes even the toughest customers.
  • Page 88: Color Management Tools

    Color Management Tools Fiery color management tools give the expert user maximum control over color quality with a suite of advanced and precise tools. Personalized settings can be configured to accurately simulate and fine-tune the output of other devices. The color management technology included in every Fiery server supports any color space, including CMYK, RGB, spot colors and CIE L*A*B*.
  • Page 89: Pdf/X Support

    PDF/X Support EFI leads the industry in PDF/X-4 compliance and the Fiery FS100 Pro and FS150 Pro servers are the first print servers to produce perfect PDF prints. Print providers using a Fiery print server can have confidence that their print jobs will accurately reflect the true intent of ®...
  • Page 90 Pass certification, and the Fiery FS100 Pro server was the only one to receive the 100% Perfect Pass label. Due to various controversies and with EFI Fiery FS100 Pro being the only RIP to achieve the Perfect Pass score, VIGC has discontinued RIP audits since March 2013.
  • Page 91 Benefits: Achieves expected, desired results on even the most complex graphics files. Meets and exceeds requirements of even the most demanding customers. PDF/X Output Intent PDF/X standards enable graphic designers and document creators to distribute standardized PDF files that will reproduce consistently even when output on different print systems.
  • Page 92 servers are able to respect source profiles embedded in a document. The checkbox “Use embedded profile when present” specifies whether embedded color profiles should be used or ignored when present for RGB and CMYK sources. Fiery Expert Color settings for use with PDF/X Output Intent and/or embedded source profiles Benefits Fiery servers give users the flexibility to handle a variety of input color spaces based on embedded ICC source profiles.
  • Page 93 Fiery’s Composite Overprint feature enables overprinting only for objects specified to overprint in composite PostScript and PDF files. Several important feature benefits are a smaller file size for network transfers, honoring of overprint commands specified in source applications such as QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign, one-time color management by the RIP and overprinted objects in separated data that will be overprinted in composite data to match overprint results.
  • Page 94: Grayscale Composite Overprint

    Benefits: Increases productivity by accelerating the processing and spool times, speeding up print time by sending a single composite file instead of four separate files over the network. Improves output for PDF workflows and throughput for native applications such as Quark by sending jobs as a composite rather than as separations.
  • Page 95: Automatic, In-Rip Processing For Smoother Workflow

    Red boxes indicate where errors occur because overprint With Grayscale Composite Overprint enabled is not applied Benefits: Guarantees black-and-white output that matches the design on the first print, even if the designer has used techniques such as overprinting. Saves cost while producing black-and-white output and preserves the appearance of complex design elements. Automatic, In-RIP Processing for Smoother Workflow With Fiery servers, color processing takes place only once, in RIP at the Fiery server near the printer —...
  • Page 96: Color Transformations For Accurate Simulations

    Color Setup in Command WorkStation Color Transformations for Accurate Simulations Fiery color management supports color transformation by providing all the tools needed to create accurate simulations quickly and easily. Basic color users also benefit from fast, hassle-free, superior color printing. Fiery color management technology offers great out-of-the-box color with features that convert raw files to stunning color prints quickly, easily and consistently.
  • Page 97: Cmyk Black Point Compensation

    • Full (Output GCR): The black channel from the output profile is used for GCR. Recommended for production printing. • Pure Primaries: Uses selected profile for RGB data. CMYK Black Point Compensation CMYK Black Point Compensation uses Fiery color management to control shadow detail when converting CMYK colors. This is especially useful for images with standard CMYK gamut sources such as ISO Coated V.2 or GRACoL, which are printed on low-quality media that deliver a smaller CMYK gamut, such as plain, uncoated paper.
  • Page 98: Calibration

    Calibration Fiery Calibrator Digital print engines, particularly color copiers, are susceptible to gradual shifts in color consistency caused by changes in temperature and humidity, fluctuation in CMYK toner levels and use of various paper stocks. To compensate for these variables, the print system needs to be brought back to a standardized color appearance.
  • Page 99 More flexibility setting up paper preferences The Calibrate button launches the Calibrator Wizard to guide users step by step through the calibration process; even someone with no training can calibrate. Calibrator Wizard guides operators through every step of the process. Contextual Help Fiery servers provide comprehensive information for calibration functions.
  • Page 100 Help is specific to the content of the window. Any User Can Calibrate Administrators can increase productivity by enabling any user to calibrate. Calibration is so simple that operators really need no training to do it. Operators can set up their preferences in the Users and Groups window under the Users tab in Device Center. Also, because calibration functions are now separate from management functions, administrators do not have to be concerned that users may accidentally change or modify any of the system preferences or global settings.
  • Page 101 Manage Calibration Sets Calibration sets define linearization for a specific paper type, including settings that affect calibration results. A set contains information about the media, the engine’s halftone screen setting and other media-specific variables. Calibration normalizes the tonal output of the device so that color responses for this combination of print settings are normalized.
  • Page 102 Benefits: Allows any authorized user to create new sets, edit existing sets and delete unneeded calibration settings. Increases the effectiveness of calibration because it ensures that calibration applies to a specific set of printing conditions. Calibration Guard Fiery servers have now incorporated Calibration Guard to provide calibration status, warnings and alerts to require the use of Fiery calibrations.
  • Page 103 Integrated Color Profiler Suite Profiling Method and Patch Layout If Fiery Color Profiler Suite 3.x or newer is installed on the Fiery server running Command WorkStation, the patch set and device to use for integrated media profile creation from the Calibrator wizard can also be specified. This allows the user to create an ICC profile for a paper in the same wizard-based workflow that the new calibration set is created in.
  • Page 104: Grayscale Calibration

    Job-based Calibration Job-based calibration increases accuracy and effectiveness because users customize calibration for a specific job and its associated media and profiles. This is extremely useful for jobs that use nonstandard media because most users do not routinely calibrate special media.
  • Page 105: Maximum Printer Density

    In certain instances, it is important to override default color settings in lieu of a specific device’s capabilities. A device link is a unidirectional transformation from one color space to another, allowing users to create specific color environments without being forced to use EFI color management.
  • Page 106: Fiery Color Profiler Suite

    Suite 4 can also optimize spot color matches using the same iterative technology. Color Profiler Suite fully supports the new EFI ES-2000 spectrophotometer, in addition to X-Rite iSis and iO table, and gives users the tools they need to precisely match industry color standards such as ISO, FOGRA and GRACoL.
  • Page 107 • Color Profiler Suite is integrated with the Fiery ImageViewer, allowing users to quickly check how well the monitor can represent the printed output on the screen and create new monitor profiles by launching the Monitor module without leaving ImageViewer. Benefits: •...
  • Page 108 Color Profiler Suite Device Linker, including “optimize a device and optimize spot color” links Color Profiler Suite Integration with Calibrator The Color Profiler Suite is now directly integrated with Fiery Calibrator so that the user can choose Manage Calibration Sets to create new profiles using the same wizard they use to create the new calibration set.
  • Page 109 Note how closely spot colors can be printed using the selected output profile. Color Profiler Suite Integration with Fiery ImageViewer Users can create a custom monitor profile with the integrated Monitor Profiler in the Fiery ImageViewer preferences. A custom monitor profile allows for a more accurate onscreen soft proof within ImageViewer.
  • Page 110 Compare monitor and output profiles. Benefits: Increases productivity and ease by enabling users to do all their work within one system. Allows users to create new ICC color profiles as needed. Helps users determine whether spot colors are in the gamut of the current output profile with the integration of the Profile Inspector module.
  • Page 111: Spot Color Accuracy Tools

    Fiery servers deliver exceptional out-of-the-box color with Fiery color and imaging technology. To measure colors, use the EFI ES-2000 spectrophotometer. For greater control over spot color matching, choose Fiery Spot- On. To guarantee that color reproduction is always accurate, consistent and reliable, use Fiery Color Profiler Suite. For more advanced tool requirements, choose Fiery Graphic Arts Package or Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition to make color troubleshooting, preflight, and proofing tasks quick and precise.
  • Page 112: Fiery Spot-On

    Benefits: Meets the expectations of demanding color customers. Properly matches the latest PANTONE colors, including new colorimetric definitions. The latest PANTONE libraries are always available for download from efi.com PANTONE libraries available on the Fiery server ® The full array of PANTONE libraries, including the updated PLUS SERIES of the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM with 84 new colors, can also be downloaded from download.efi.com/FieryPantone.
  • Page 113 With fewer steps than other digital software applications and an integrated color management system, users can edit colors in Fiery Spot- On without having to switch back and forth from one tool to another or re-enter information to set up color profiles for repeatable results. Built-In Spot and Substitute-Color Capabilities Fiery Spot-On offers a number of sophisticated capabilities for spot-color matching, including the following: •...
  • Page 114 Use Job Properties to define the specific paper to use for printing the Color Search Pattern Benefits: Delivers accurate and simplified corporate color production. Offers intuitive user interface and reduces training needs. Eliminates spot color rework with late-stage color editing without opening the native original application. Produces increased color accuracy by using the same media used in the final run.
  • Page 115: Image Quality Settings

    Image Quality Settings Fiery Image Enhance Visual Editor Image Enhance Visual Editor is an easy interactive Command WorkStation plug-in tool for adjusting image colors in a job without the need to open the file in the originating application. This feature is part of the Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition and Fiery Productivity Package options.
  • Page 116 Image Enhance Visual Editor requires Fiery external servers running Fiery System 10 and above or the Fiery Productivity Package for embedded Fiery servers. Users can also obtain these updates in Fiery Extended Applications, which are available for download on efi.com/CWS5.
  • Page 117: Fiery Image Enhance

    Benefit: On-the-fly correction for individual images yields higher-quality products in less time without the need to go back to the original design files The new Fiery Image Enhance Visual Editor “definition” and “saturation” controls Auto Trapping (fixed) Professional-quality color documents are created by managing all aspects of color on the page, including how colors interact with one another.
  • Page 118 Image Enhance automates workflows so operators don’t need to preview or tweak images before printing. Just turn it on in Fiery Job Properties. It streamlines job submission through Fiery Hot Folders, Virtual Printers or File-Print and achieves the best image results. Key Features: •...
  • Page 119: Text And Graphics Quality (Engine Specific)

    Reduces waste from jobs printed with less-than-optimal quality. Text and Graphics Quality (Engine Specific) Text/Graphics Quality applies processing enhancement to text and graphics, sharpening the edges of text and graphic images. Text/Graphics Quality is applied only when 100% color is used in the image. Because pure cyan, yellow or magenta elements are not a part of typical output, and because it’s difficult to get 100% of toner in the output colors, the feature is mostly used in black elements for a sharper and smoother text and line art with minimized “jaggies”...
  • Page 120: 12-Bit Smooth Shading

    12-bit Smooth Shading This enhancement updates the Image Smoothing command to allow the reproduction of smoother blends between colors when printing objects filled with smooth shades. With Image Smoothing enabled, the feature will smooth transitions between steps to reduce visible appearance of bands in the blend.
  • Page 121: Prepress Solutions

    Prepress Solutions Fiery Graphic Arts Package These features from the optional Graphic Arts Package are now built in and available as standard features in Fiery external servers. • Soft Proofing provides color-corrected previews of RIPped jobs. • Paper Simulation simulates the color of the paper to be used for final output and the effect that the color has on inks. •...
  • Page 122: Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition

    — the commercial print or print-for-pay shop. This type of customer often has specific workflow requirements that cannot be handled through the EFI standard feature set. The Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition meets the specific needs and requirements of this market.
  • Page 123 The second key feature is the Fiery ImageViewer application that allows the user to visually check the final processed job (raster output from the RIP) before printing and apply adjustments to color for the overall job. Because Fiery ImageViewer supports soft proofing, users can achieve color-accurate visual corrections on a properly calibrated and profiled display.
  • Page 124 Featuring the most powerful collection of preparation and review tools integrated into a color RIP, the EFI application provides local and remote soft proofing, online and offline soft proofing and intuitive color-editing capabilities for viewing and correction of a rasterized job before it is committed to the print device.
  • Page 125 They also insist on proper file conversion with optimal productivity. EFI Hot Folders, a separate EFI utility, is designed to provide users with an automated method for sending print files to a Fiery through simple drag-and-drop or print-to-file actions.
  • Page 126 The filters in Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition include the following: Filter Description DCS2.0 TO Converts DCS 2.0 format to PostScript. This plug-in accepts the following DCS 2.0 formats: POSTSCRIPT Single/Multiple file DCS, no composite Single/Multiple file DCS with grayscale composite Single/Multiple file DCS with color composite The output is preseparated postscript, one separation per page TIFF/IT TO...
  • Page 127 Preflight is accessible from the EFI Fiery Command WorkStation Macintosh and Windows Editions. Preflight integrates a range of elements reported, including VDP resources, and is designed to optimize ways to communicate results, including the following: •...
  • Page 128 Benefits: Increases productivity in the overall process of job submission and printing by eliminating printing errors at the printing stage, reducing waste due to missing resources. Improves communications with document designers by using the preflight report to improve the quality of the jobs submitted to the Fiery engine, reducing turnaround time.
  • Page 129 Operators enable Auto Preflight when setting up Hot Folders and Virtual Printers by checking the Preflight box. The administrator can also define what constitutes a warning error and what to do with jobs that have these errors. For example, such jobs can be moved to the Hold queue —...
  • Page 130 The user can print a job with the Ugra/Fogra Media Wedge by inserting it directly in the job at the creation stage or by adding it to the job using the Control Bar. Once it is printed, the user can check the accuracy and consistency of the color of the job by measuring it, using the EFI Verifier module that comes with the EFI Color Profiler Suite. Benefits: Increases quality control and eliminates errors by allowing operators to monitor color quality.
  • Page 131 • Width • Color reduction • Shape • Types of objects to trap Benefits: Increases quality without performance impact, allowing operators to trap complex jobs without slowing down production. Offers full control over trapping values for adapting to different printing environments and job characteristics.
  • Page 132 Option Sub Option Description TRAP SHAPE Ellipse This feature represents how traps around object corners are shaped. Diamond Rectangle TRAP OBJECT TYPES (Checkbox) When no selection is made in this area, only trapping of objects (text and graphics) against objects is applied. Trap Image Internally The trapping algorithm is applied to every (Checkbox)
  • Page 133 Postflight is the process of analyzing processed files — PostScript, PDF, DCS2 and others — for quality control in a digital prepress workflow. EFI PostFlight is a perceptive utility that enables operators to troubleshoot previous problems with the color of a printed job or to use it as a preventative measure.
  • Page 134 registration of two associated plates and see the color separations individually to diagnose specific imaging problems and develop solutions. Color separations as progressives Cyan+Black Black Cyan+Magenta+Black Cyan+Magenta+Yellow+Black Benefits: Progressives are useful for noncolor-critical proofing (e.g., two-color printers that do four-color print jobs, such as newspaper inserts or mail brochures).
  • Page 135 2-Color Print Mapping Color publications are often printed on commercial printing presses using four colors. This process can be expensive because of the four inks used to print the job. When generating commercial publications using two colors, a grayscale and a spot color can be just as effective and less expensive.
  • Page 136: Fiery Jobflow

    Fiery JobFlow supports targeted external servers on System 9R2, System 10, FS100 Pro and FS150 Pro. Fiery JobFlow replaces the previous Flow module for Fiery Central. For a complete list of supported printers, please visit efi.com. Fiery JobFlow saves time and money by automating repetitive tasks.
  • Page 137: Integration

    JDF-enabled EFI, non-EFI and third-party solutions worldwide. Fiery JDF technology serves as a gateway to other EFI solutions and Fiery-enabled solutions, allowing users to move job details such as job numbers, descriptions, media, production counts, and start and stop times through their systems faster and more efficiently.
  • Page 138: Fiery Jdf

    Fiery JDF What Is JDF Technology? JDF is an open-standard technology that allows data to pass between different applications and systems for automatic print production workflow, specifying how jobs are managed and produced. JDF allows MIS, Web-to-Print and prepress solutions to talk to each other. The electronic JDF job ticket simplifies data exchange and collection, eliminates manual data entry and re-entry, makes print production faster and increases efficiency and accuracy.
  • Page 139: Fiery Jdf Key Features

    JDF industry standards with nonproprietary formats for flexible, out-of-the-box interoperability. It integrates seamlessly with EFI Web-to-Print, Print MIS and Proofing solutions and is supported by more than 30 partner technologies, including Agfa Apogee and Kodak Prinergy. The integration enables print providers to meet their business needs now and in the future and allows businesses to scale using the same solutions.
  • Page 140 Enables applications such as Agfa :Apogee to populate their UI with available finishing controls, and applications such as EFI Digital StoreFront to automatically map their job attributes to Fiery job attributes. Designs a job option dialog that matches the installed Fiery configuration with JDF applications that read Device Capabilities.
  • Page 141 RunList editing dialog Improved Media Mapping The Fiery server automatically selects the correct paper catalog entry when the incoming JDF attributes uniquely identify a single media. The Fiery server clearly flags media mismatches when a single media is not uniquely identified. Benefits: Saves operator time.
  • Page 142 Manual close dialog Improved Job Details — User Authentication and Tracking Additional information such as the Command WorkStation logon credentials are automatically captured and inserted into JDF tracking audits. This functionality provides more robust reporting to MIS and thus makes the Fiery server a strong choice for MIS-integrated workflows.
  • Page 143 Allows operators to validate job settings in Command WorkStation before printing. Permits operators to view the ticket electronically if the submitting application includes it. CIP4 IDP ICS JDF Certification http://ir.efi.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=711945 Benefit: Trusted job option handling from the first certified DFE in the industry.
  • Page 144 NumberUp and StepRepeat Imposition The Fiery Gangup and Gangup Repeat imposition is now available via JDF. Benefit: First phase of Fiery server imposition dynamically accessed through JDF. Subset Finishing Support for subset finishing for staple, punch and fold. Benefit: Print mixed sets of documents without user intervention at Command WorkStation. SlipSheet Support Insert a blank sheet per copy or sets of n sheets on Fiery servers that support the feature.
  • Page 145: Fiery Jdf Enhancements

    Requires Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 / Fiery Extended Applications 4.2, available by June 2014 through online download. For more information on the Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 new features, go to the Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 New Features Guide or visit www.efi.com/cws5. For more information, refer to www.efi.com/fjdf.
  • Page 146: Integration To Efi Mis And Web-To-Print Solutions

    Analyze information about equipment and employees to provide management staff with the details they need to make more informed business decisions. Below is a summary of key customer benefits for each EFI solution that integrates with Fiery servers. For more information, refer to http://w3.efi.com/Fiery/Products/Fiery-Integration.
  • Page 147: Efi Printsmith Vision

    EFI Pace EFI Pace is a browser-based, scalable, and customizable print management system designed to streamline operations, reduce costs and provide the information customers need to be more successful. Its primary target markets are small to mid-sized commercial print shops, in-plant operations, specialty and hybrid printers and government and school operations.
  • Page 148: Integration To Adobe Pdf Workflows

    PDF files that contain transparency. EFI and Adobe have partnered to offer industry-leading print solutions by integrating the APPE PDF-rendering technology with the Fiery server. This support offers users a native PDF end-to-end workflow and enables them to improve the consistency and flexibility of the printed output from design to print.
  • Page 149 APPE Fiery CPSI CPSI accepts PDF jobs and converts them into PostScript. End-to-End PDF Workflow Although the job format changes, Fiery CPSI provides “What You See Is What You Print” (WYSIWYP) results. It reduces unwanted surprises The Fiery CPSI is a PDF/X compliant RIP, and disruptive, last-minute which guarantees that the printed results Full Fidelity Desktop...
  • Page 150: Network Integration And Security In Corporate Environments

    Network Integration and Security in Corporate Environments EFI networking technologies allow users to print and manage Fiery servers from the most popular network environments. Fiery servers deliver the most comprehensive set of tools for IT managers and system administrators to help keep the software updated, to automate security controls and to simplify the administration of the Fiery servers on the network.
  • Page 151: Fiery Security

    Benefits: Protects Fiery configuration data with a higher level of encryption. Prevents malicious attacks using PostScript files by implementing a mechanism whereby only EFI signed executables can be run on the Fiery server. Provides the benefits and confidence of securely erasing jobs without affecting performance.
  • Page 152: Job Cost Tracking

    Job Cost Tracking Fiery FS150 systems include version 4.5 of the Fiery Driver, which has implemented Job Cost Tracking as its new feature. Job Cost Tracking configures the print driver to record the accounting information included in the print job so that print environments without a cost accounting solution have a way to track print activity.
  • Page 153: Fiery Dashboard Integration

    Requires Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 / Fiery Extended Applications 4.2, available by June 2014 through online download. For more information on the Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 new features, see the Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 New Features Guide or visit www.efi.com/cws5.
  • Page 154: Mobile Printing

    PrintMe Cloud Printing ® Mobile professionals and business guests can use EFI PrintMe Cloud Service on a Fiery Driven printer to easily send a file and print securely. Users can send files to the PrintMe Cloud from their desktops, laptops, smartphones or tablets and receive back a retrieval code.
  • Page 155: Printme Mobile

    PrintMe Mobile EFI PrintMe Mobile is a Windows server application that enables direct Wi-Fi printing from a wide variety of mobile devices (iPads, iPhones, Android devices, laptops and Chromebooks) to network printers. Users enjoy the ease of simply selecting Print within their application and choosing from the printers that automatically populate in a drop-down menu.
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