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Page 7: Table Of Contents
Printing from applications with Mac OS 8.6 or later or Mac OS X Classic 2-42 Setting print options and printing 2-42 Defining custom page sizes 2-47 Printing from applications with Mac OS X 2-51 Setting print options and printing 2-51 Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 7...
Page 8 Customizing Hot Folder settings 6-97 Specifying Hot Folder print options 6-98 Viewing Hot Folder Job Logs 6-100 Chapter 7: Tracking and Monitoring Jobs Accessing Fiery WebTools 7-103 Checking Fiery status with Fiery WebStatus 7-104 Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 8...
Page 9 PostScript printer fonts B-132 Adobe Type 1 fonts B-132 Appendix B:Font List TrueType fonts B-137 Appendix C:Troubleshooting Maintaining optimal system performance C-138 Troubleshooting C-138 General printing problems C-139 Problems with print quality C-140 Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 9...
Page 10 10 Contents Problems with Fiery Downloader C-142 Problems with Fiery WebTools C-143 Index Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 10...
Page 11: About The Documentation
• Release Notes provide last-minute product information and workarounds for some of the problems you may encounter. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 11...
Page 12: Introduction
12 Introduction Introduction The Fiery Network Controller for Sharp AR-C360P is used to print final documents or proof jobs that will be printed later on an offset press. You can send a print job to the Fiery as you would to any other printer—select it in the Print dialog box and then print from...
Page 13: Sharp Ar-C360P Efi Printing
Fiery WebTools and EFI Job Monitor ™ ™ • Printing using the Fiery E-mail Service • Specifying and overriding job settings, generating a list of fonts installed on the Fiery, and troubleshooting information Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 13...
Page 14: Chapter 1: Printing From Windows Computers
Software CD. Once the printer driver and a corresponding printer description file are installed, you can specify print settings for a particular job and print it to the Fiery. You can also set default print settings using the driver. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 14...
Page 15 1-26 Print option bars, see below Click to display all print options Click to hide all print options The Fiery Printing tab serves as the control center for all frequently used printing functions. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 15...
Page 16 Rendering Style, click Expert Settings and proceed to step 5; otherwise, skip to step 5. In the Expert Color Settings dialog box, click Update to display the current Fiery settings. Click Update Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 16...
Page 17 Password from the Command WorkStation/Command WorkStation LE Job Properties dialog box and Fiery Spooler Override Print Options dialog box. The Group Name appears in the job’s Notes 2 field in the job management tools Job Log. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 17...
Page 18 These print options are specific to the Fiery. They override settings specified in Fiery Printer Setup, but can be overridden from the job management tools. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 18...
Page 19 1. Windows 98/Me/NT 4.0/2000: Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. : Click Start and click Printers and Faxes. Windows XP : Choose Settings and then Printers and Windows Server 2003 Faxes. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 19...
Page 20 To access print options without opening print option bars 1. Open the Fiery Printing tab. 2. Right-click a print option bar. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 20...
Page 21 Available settings appear. 4. Click a setting of your choice. Note:For the text-field options such as Group Name and Notes 1, you must click and open the print option bars to access them. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 21...
Page 22: Using Job Templates
Untitled instead of Default Job Template. Job Templates Save Current Job Template 2. Click the Save Current Job Template button. 3. Enter a Job Template name and click OK. The name appears in the Job Templates menu. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 22...
Page 23 The options are automatically configured with the currently saved settings. 3. Configure your new settings from the print option bars and click the Save Current Job Template button. 4. Click OK to save the modified template. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 23...
Page 24 Note:The file name must include the .sav extension. The file name does not have to match the Job Template name. 4. Click OK. To import saved templates 1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Job Templates button. 2. Click Import. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 24...
Page 25: Shortcuts
The Properties or Printing Preferences dialog box has two Shortcuts areas: Print Option Shortcuts area and Page Shortcuts area. This section discusses how to change print options using these Shortcuts areas and how to customize the Print Option Shortcuts area. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 25...
Page 26: Using Shortcuts
Alternatively, you can right-click the print option and click your selection from the menu that appears. 3. Click Apply to make the new settings the default or OK to close the Properties dialog box. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 26...
Page 27 2. Specify the appropriate settings for the print options. 3. Click Apply to make the new settings the default or OK to close the Properties dialog box. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 27...
Page 28: Customizing Print Option Shortcuts
3. Select an option you want to add from the Available Shortcuts list and click Add. double-click an option you want to add in the Current Shortcuts list. The new option item appears at the bottom of the Current Shortcuts list. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 28...
Page 29: Working With Custom Page Sizes In Windows 98/Me
Working with custom page sizes in Windows 98/Me To define or edit a custom page size, or print your job on a custom page size in the Windows 98/Me PostScript printer driver, use the following procedures. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 29...
Page 30 5. Specify options to define the custom page size. —Enter a name for your custom page size. The new Paper name custom paper name appears in the Document Size menu. —Enter the width of the print job. Width Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 30...
Page 31 2. Select the Fiery icon as the printer and click Properties. 3. Click the Fiery Printing tab, and then click the Paper Source print option bar. 4. Select a tray from the Paper Source menu. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 31...
Page 32: Working With Custom Page Sizes In Windows Nt 4.0
32 Printing from Windows Computers The custom page size must be defined and assigned to a tray at the Sharp AR-C360P control panel. For more information, see the Sharp AR-C360P User’s Guide. 5. Select the custom page size from the Page Size menu.
Page 33 7. Click OK to close the Document defaults dialog box. To Edit a custom page size with the Windows NT 4.0 printer driver 1. Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. 2. Right-click the Fiery icon and choose Document defaults. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 33...
Page 34 4. Select a tray from the Paper Source menu. The custom page size must be defined and assigned to a tray at the Sharp AR-C360P control panel. For more information, see the Sharp AR-C360P User’s Guide. 5. Select PostScript Custom Page Size from the Page Size option.
Page 35: Working With Custom Page Sizes In Windows 2000/Xp/Server 2003
2. Windows 2000: Choose Settings and then Printers. Windows XP: Click Printers and Faxes. Windows Server 2003: Choose Settings and then Printers and Faxes. 3. Right-click the Fiery icon and choose Printing Preferences. 4. Click the Paper/Quality tab. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 35...
Page 36 The PostScript Custom Page Size Definition dialog box appears. 7. Specify options to define the custom page size. —Enter the width and height of the Custom Page Size Dimensions print job. —Select a unit of measurement for the print job. Unit Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 36...
Page 37 You can now specify the custom page size from an application. Note:Access the Paper/Quality tab only for defining or editing custom page sizes. Set up the rest of the print options in the Fiery Printing tab. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 37...
Page 38 6. Choose PostScript Custom Page Size from the Paper Size menu. The PostScript Custom Page Size Definition dialog box appears. If it does not appear, click Edit Custom Page Size. 7. Edit the settings, as described on page 1-36, and click OK. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 38...
Page 39 9. Select a tray from the Paper Source menu. The custom page size must be defined and assigned to a tray at the Sharp AR-C360P control panel. For more information, see the Sharp AR-C360P User’s Guide. 10. Click the Layout print option bar and select a setting from Orientation according to the way the custom size paper is loaded.
Page 40: Viewing The Printer Status
—Displays the size of paper in the specified drawer. Size —Displays the dimensions of the paper in the specified Dimensions drawer in inches or millimeters. —Displays the type of media loaded in the specified Media Type drawer. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 40...
Page 41: Saving Files To Print At A Remote Location
File port (as opposed to one of the local ports). You can also print to the File port to create a file to download using Fiery Downloader. For instructions on printing to the File port, see your Windows documentation. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 41...
Page 42: Chapter 2: Printing From Mac Os Computers
Setup dialog box and the Print dialog box. For details on specific print options, see Appendix Some default print options are set by the administrator during Setup. Contact the administrator or the operator for information on the current server default settings. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 42...
Page 43 3. Select the Fiery as your printer. Note:Page Setup dialog boxes vary across applications. 4. Select the Page settings for your print job. 5. Click OK. 6. Choose Print from the application’s File menu. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 43...
Page 44 Fiery displays an error message and the job fails to print. Load the correct paper into the selected tray or cancel the job. 8. Choose Fiery Job Notes. Choose Fiery Job Notes Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 44...
Page 45 In the Instructions area, enter instructions to the operator about the job. These instructions can be displayed in Command WorkStation, but do not appear in the Job Log. These instructions can be edited by the operator. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 45...
Page 46 Load the correct paper into the selected tray or cancel the job. Note:If you specify incompatible print settings, a dialog box might appear. Follow the on-screen instructions to resolve the conflict. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 46...
Page 47: Defining Custom Page Sizes
With custom page sizes, you can define page dimensions and margins. After you define a custom page size, you can use it from within an application, without redefining it each time you print. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 47...
Page 48 Saved custom page sizes appear in the menu of page sizes in the upper-right corner of the dialog box. To remove a saved custom page size, choose it from the menu and click Remove. Click OK. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 48...
Page 49 1. Choose Page Setup from the application’s File menu. 2. Choose Custom Page default. 3. Select the Custom Page Size name. 4. Edit the page dimensions and margins. 5. Click Add. 6. Replace the existing Custom Page name and click OK. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 49...
Page 50 You can also define a new custom page size in the Custom Page Size dialog box when you print to the Fiery. If you specify dimensions that match a particular regular page size, the Fiery processes the job as a regular page size job. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 50...
Page 51: Printing From Applications With Mac Os X
Setup dialog box and the Print dialog box. For details on specific print options, see Appendix Some default print options are set by the administrator during Setup. Contact the administrator or the operator for information on the current server default settings. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 51...
Page 52 2. In the dialog box that appears, choose Page Attributes for Settings and the Fiery for Format for as your printer. 3. Select the Page settings for your print job. 4. Click OK. 5. Choose Print from the application’s File menu. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 52...
Page 53: Sharp Ar-C360P Efi Printing Guide
6. Select the Fiery as your printer and choose an option category from the menu that appears. You can change the print option settings for each category. Choose print categories 7. Choose Fiery Job Notes. Choose Fiery Job Notes Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 53...
Page 54 Fiery, click to clear the check box to the left of the option. You do not have to delete the information in the field. When the check box is cleared, the information you enter is saved but not sent to the Fiery. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 54...
Page 55 Note:If you select an invalid setting or combination of settings when printing a document, no error message appears. For example, you may be able to select duplex printing on transparency media. Invalid settings and combinations are ignored by the Fiery. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 55...
Page 56 56 Printing from Mac OS Computers 9. Click Print. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 56...
Page 57: Chapter 3: Printing From Unix Workstations
For example, if the Print queue of your Fiery is named print_Server , your file is named Sample , and you want to print two copies, type: lp -d print_Server -n 2 Sample Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 57...
Page 58 Note:On a system running Solaris 8, use the cancel command to remove jobs from the queue. cancel <printername> <job ID> For example, to remove job number 123 from the Print queue of your Fiery named print_Server , type: cancel print_Server 123 Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 58...
Page 59: Chapter 4: Downloading Files And Fonts
• Print PostScript, EPS, TIFF, and PDF files to the Fiery. • Manage the printer fonts stored on the Fiery hard disk (this feature requires that the Direct connection be published on the Fiery). Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 59...
Page 60 Displays server status and user and document name of the job currently processing Dynamically displays the progress of the job Displays the amount of available disk space Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 60...
Page 61 About Fiery Click to view version information about Downloader Fiery Downloader. (Windows only) To view font information in the window, click the Font List button or choose Font List from the File menu. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 61...
Page 62: Downloading Files And Printer Fonts
EPS and TIFF files. If you experience problems printing EPS files with Fiery Downloader, you can print the file directly from the application in which you created it. 2. Start Fiery Downloader. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 62...
Page 63 Direct connection, the job is spooled to the Print queue and then printed. If the Print queue is not enabled, the job is spooled to the Hold queue and must be released for printing by the operator. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 63...
Page 64 Click Remove All (Mac OS) to remove all files from the Files to Download list. 7. To change the attributes of a file to be downloaded, select it and click Options. PostScript Options dialog box PDF Options dialog box (Windows) (Windows) Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 64...
Page 65 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 might print. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 65...
Page 66 3. Browse to the location in which to save the fonts. You can create a new directory by clicking Create (Windows) or New Folder (Mac). 4. Click OK. The font backup file is saved. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 66...
Page 67: Managing Printer Fonts
You can download fonts only via the Direct connection. If you do not have access to the Direct connection, you must embed any special fonts used by the file when you generate it. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 67...
Page 68 System Folder. These fonts remain in the Fiery only until your document has printed. If you print the same document again, your application must download the fonts again. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 68...
Page 69 Fiery. Two multiple master fonts (a serif font and a sans serif font) stored on the Fiery are used exclusively for substitution with PDF files. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 69...
Page 70 Click to print the Font List to the Print queue Select a font and click here to delete it Click to update the information in the Font List window Lock icon Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 70...
Page 71: Chapter 5: Printing Variable Data Documents
• Combine Separations to On • Optimize PowerPoint to On For more information, see Appendix Printing variable data documents with FreeForm In FreeForm variable data printing, you can use print options to Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 71...
Page 72: How Freeform Works
Creating the master document Before you can use FreeForm, you must create a master document and a variable document. This includes creating the layout for the combined document, as well as the elements Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 72...
Page 73: Creating The Variable Document
Use Master options and RIP the job from Command WorkStation/Command WorkStation LE. Creating the variable document You can create the variable document with a word processing application that provides a mail merge function, a database Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 73...
Page 74 When you have created a variable document, print it to the Fiery and specify that it be combined with the corresponding FreeForm master (see page 5-78). Combining the FreeForm master with the variable docu- Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 74...
Page 75 FreeForm master that contains multiple pages, the variable pages are combined with the master pages in a cyclical fashion. The following example illustrates how a variable document combines with a two-page master document. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 75...
Page 76: Using Freeform
Combined document Using FreeForm This section provides some suggestions to help you print variable data jobs correctly. • Consult your administrator or operator on how FreeForm master numbers are assigned at your site. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 76...
Page 77 Punch Option Stapler Mode Note:If the 2 Sided Printing settings for the master-elements document and variable-elements document do not match, the job prints using the 2 Sided Printing setting for the variable-elements document. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 77...
Page 78 FreeForm Master numbers (1 through 15). Or, set the Create Master option to None and instruct the operator to use overrides to create a FreeForm master from this job. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 78...
Page 79 The following example shows one page of the variable document for the tri-fold brochure. The data in this document can be as simple as a name and address, or as complex as multiple, full- color graphics and photographic elements. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 79...
Page 80 RIP and Hold the job so you can preview it from the job management tools. The following example shows the FreeForm master and variable document combined. The variable data is overlaid on the master document. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 80...
Page 81: Previewing Master Documents In The Windows Printer Driver
Once a master document is created, you can preview it from the Windows printer driver. This feature makes it convenient to select a master document you need when you perform FreeForm printing. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 81...
Page 82 Chapter 1 of the User Software Installation Guide. 6. Select the master document you want to preview from the Use Master option and click Preview Master. The FreeForm Master - Preview window appears. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 82...
Page 83 83 Printing Variable Data Documents 7. Click Close. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 83...
Page 84: Chapter 6: Using Efi Hot Folders
The Hot Folder application supports the printing of PostScript and PDF jobs. However, if you specify print options that differ from and override the printer default options, or specify imposition options, the Fiery may offer only restricted file format support. These Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 84...
Page 85 Partially supported Fully supported The Fiery offers full support for PostScript and PDF jobs if you assign only printer default options to a Hot Folder. For information on setting print options, see Appendix Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 85...
Page 86: Using The Hot Folder Control Panel
The Hot Folder Control Panel displays the name of each Hot Folder currently defined on your computer, the name of the server associated with each Hot Folder, and the directory path to the Hot Folder. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 86...
Page 87: Creating And Deleting Hot Folders
You can print jobs by dragging and dropping them onto this folder. To delete a Hot Folder from your computer, you must disable and remove it from the Hot Folder Control Panel. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 87...
Page 88 The Folder properties dialog box for the Hot Folder appears. Note:Do not use the following folder types as Hot Folders: • The System Folder of your computer • The Desktop Folder of your computer Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 88...
Page 89 6. To configure the connection to the Fiery server in a local subnet, click the AutoSearch tab. 7. Only servers that support Hot Folders appear in the Available Servers area. 8. To add a server from the local subnet, select it and click OK. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 89...
Page 90 For more details on job and imposition settings, see “Customizing Hot Folder settings” on page 6-97. 11. Click OK. The new Hot Folder is ready for use. The folder name appears in the list in the Hot Folder Control Panel. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 90...
Page 91 For information about using the subfolders to store archived jobs, “Customizing Hot Folder settings” on page 6-97. 6. Delete the folder by dragging it to the Recycle Bin or choosing Delete from the File menu. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 91...
Page 92: Enabling And Disabling Hot Folders
You can choose to disable a folder to prevent it from being monitored. Any jobs you send to a disabled folder remain unrecognized by the Hot Folder application until you enable the folder again. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 92...
Page 93 Click the EFI Hot Folder tab and select Enable Hot Folder or Disable Hot Folder. Enabled folders are marked with a green state in the Control Panel; disabled folders are marked with a red state. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 93...
Page 94: Setting Hot Folder Preferences
Setting Hot Folder preferences You can specify several preference settings for the Hot Folder application, including the unit of measurement used for imposition settings, and the default folder location for temporary files and imposition templates. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 94...
Page 95: Assigning Properties To Hot Folders
You can use the Folder Properties dialog box to define the settings associated with each Hot Folder. You can specify the print options, imposition settings, server destination, and queue destination each Hot Folder uses for incoming jobs. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 95...
Page 96 EFI HotFolders > Properties from the menu that appears. • Right-click the Hot Folder you want, and choose Properties from the menu that appears. Click the EFI Hot Folder tab, and then click Configure. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 96...
Page 97: Customizing Hot Folder Settings
You can instruct the Hot Folder application to store archive copies of job files in the Fail and Move folders. You can also specify alternative folder locations for archive files. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 97...
Page 98: Specifying Hot Folder Print Options
When setting options for a folder assigned to a print job, all options for every printer in the group appear, and some might conflict. For more information on print options, see Appendix Note:The Direct connection is not supported when setting options for a folder. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 98...
Page 99 Print options are organized into functional groups. You can expand each group by clicking the corresponding menu bar. 3. Specify print options by choosing the print option from the appropriate menu. 4. Click OK to return to the Properties dialog box. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 99...
Page 100: Viewing Hot Folder Job Logs
100 Using EFI Hot Folders Viewing Hot Folder Job Logs You can view a log of all jobs that have been processed through a Hot Folder. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 100...
Page 101 1. Click Refresh to update the Job Log. The Job Log is not updated in real time. New jobs are logged, but not listed, while the Folder Log dialog box is displayed. To clear the Job Log, click Clear All. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 101...
Page 102: Chapter 7: Tracking And Monitoring Jobs
Setup and provided users with the IP address of the Fiery, anyone can use them. • Job Monitor, a utility designed to give you up-to-date status on print jobs and connected Fiery servers, is also available to all users. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 102...
Page 103: Accessing Fiery Webtools
Guest access is sufficient to use Status and WebLink, as described in this chapter. 5. When the Fiery home page appears, click to select one of the Fiery WebTools. Move the cursor over the buttons to display information about the selections. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 103...
Page 104: Checking Fiery Status With Fiery Webstatus
You can then close other browser windows and leave the Status window open to continue checking the status of the Fiery. As long as you keep the Status window open, it is dynamically updated. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 104...
Page 105: Accessing Information With Weblink
If Job Monitor does not start automatically or has been exited, use the following procedure. To manually start Job Monitor 1. Windows 98/Me/NT 4.0/2000: Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. Windows XP: Click Start and choose Printers and Faxes. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 105...
Page 106 After you start the utility, an icon for Job Monitor appears in the Windows taskbar. For more information on Job Monitor, see the Job Monitor Help file. To access the Job Monitor Help file, click Help in the Tool bar. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 106...
Page 107: Chapter 8: Using Fiery E-Mail Service
Configuration Guide. Note:Fiery E-Mail Service will not process .vbs, .exe, or .bat extensions. Printing using an E-mail Client You can submit print jobs to the Fiery in the form of an e-mail Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 107...
Page 108 1. Open your e-mail application. 2. Enter the Fiery e-mail address in the To: line. 3. Enter text in the Subject line or leave the Subject line blank. 4. Attach the file you want to print. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 108...
Page 109 Once the job has been printed, you receive a second e-mail notification that indicates the job printed successfully. You can use Job Control to check the status of your job and see if it printed successfully. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 109...
Page 110: Job Control
You will receive an e-mail response that contains the links that allow you to cancel jobs, check job status, and search and manage address books. Click any of the links to perform a Job Control command. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 110...
Page 111: Printing Using The E-Mail Port Monitor
1-14. 6. Click OK again to send your job to the Fiery. Note:If the attachment exceeds the file size limitation set in your application, the attachment may be broken into several messages. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 111...
Page 112: Appendix A:print Options
Print options give you access to the special features of your Fiery Appendix A: Print Options and Sharp AR-C360P. Print options can be specified in several places—in Fiery Setup, or from the printing application, Fiery Downloader, ColorWise Pro Tools, or the job management tools.
Page 113: Where To Set Print Options
WorkStation LE, double-click a job to display the Job Properties dialog box. To change job settings from Fiery Spooler, double-click a job to display the Override Print Settings dialog box. For more information, see the Job Management Guide. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 113...
Page 114: Print Option Override Hierarchy
If you do not use the printer driver interface to configure a particular option, the Sharp AR-C360P prints the job with the underlined setting. For options that can be configured in Setup from the Sharp AR- C360P Control Panel, Command WorkStation/Command WorkStation LE, WebSetup, or ColorWise Pro Tools, choosing Printer’s defaul...
Page 115: Booklet
For more information, see Chapter 1 of the Color Guide. Specify to arrange the pages of For more information, see Booklet Imposition your job in special layouts for page A-126. Off/Booklet folding or cutting after printing. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 115...
Page 116 DIC/Euroscale/Simulation-1/ job. Fiery Setup. Simulation-2/Simulation-3/ For Windows, choose Expert Simulation-4/Simulation-5/ Color as the Color Mode to Simulation-6/Simulation-7/ access this option. Simulation-8/Simulation-9/ For more information, see Simulation-10/None/Match Chapter 1 of the Color Guide. Copy Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 116...
Page 117 Select Secure Print if you are Destination the print job. printing secured jobs that must Normal Print/Secure Print be selected at the Sharp AR- C360P with a PIN. See the Job PIN option to enter the PIN. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 117...
Page 118 Fiery administrator has assigned users to print groups and passwords to each group, enter the appropriate Group Password for the print job. Specify the image quality for Image Mode your job. Standard/Best Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 118...
Page 119 Manual Feed Recycled/Rough/Glossy/ tray. Bond/ Cardstock/Letterhead Specify the weight of the media Media Weight for the job. Printer Setting/Light/ Medium Light/Medium/ Medium Heavy Heavy/Ultra Heavy 1/Ultra Heavy 2/ Ultra Heavy 3 Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 119...
Page 120: Mixed Media
Printer’s default/ ColorWise Pro Tools. Output-1/Output-2/ For Windows, choose Expert Output-3/Output-4/ Color as the Color Mode to Output-5/Output-6/ access this option. Output-7/Output-8/ For more information, see Output-9/Output-10 Chapter 1 of the Color Guide. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 120...
Page 121 Feed/Multi Purpose Tray If you select Manual Feed, you must load the appropriate paper in the Manual Feed tray and select the correct paper size for the print job. Otherwise a paper jam might occur. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 121...
Page 122 For more information, see using 100% black toner only. Chapter 1 of the Color Guide. Select Yes when using Remove White PPT PowerPoint to create variable Background data in conjunction with No/Yes FreeForm. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 122...
Page 123 100% For more information, see page A-131. Note: The supported range is 25 to 400. Note: This option is not the same as the Scale option available from the printer driver. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 123...
Page 124 (one)/Top Left Vertical (one)/Top Right Horizontal (one)/Top Right Vertical (one)/Left (two)/Right (two)/Top (two)/Saddle Stitch Select On if you want to Toner Saving conserve the amount of toner On/Off used when printing a job. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 124...
Page 125 Command WorkStation/ Command WorkStation LE allows you to select up to 100 FreeForm Masters. For more information on creating FreeForm masters in Command WorkStation/ Command WorkStation LE, see Job Management Guide. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 125...
Page 126 To print 2-sided (duplex) pages 1. Choose Print in your application and locate the 2-Sided print option. The location of Sharp AR-C360P print options varies, depending on the printer driver you are using. 2. Choose one of the 2-Sided Printing settings: —For portrait jobs, prints the top of the image...
Page 127 Note: The Mixed Media feature does not work on the following jobs: variable data printing, N-up, and imposition (booklet). Note: If you apply the Mixed Media feature to FreeForm jobs, a master page may be printed on pages that should be blank. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 127...
Page 128 The term “Body” does not necessarily refer to what you consider the body of the document to be; it means the media type for pages that are not represented in the list with a particular media type. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 128...
Page 129 Source in the Mixed Media dialog box is equal to Tray 1. —Select Long Edge Binding or Short Edge Binding 2 sided printing if you want to print on both sides of the paper. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 129...
Page 130 1. Choose Print in your application and click Properties. 2. Click the Paper Source print option bar, and then click Define. The Mixed Media dialog box appears. 3. Select the item you want to delete in the Selection List. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 130...
Page 131: Scale
For example, if a user sends a job with a scaling value of 50% and the operator specifies a Scale override of 200%, the job is printed at 100% of the original document size, that is, 50% of 200%. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 131...
Page 132: Postscript Printer Fonts
Sharp AR-C360P. PostScript printer fonts The following table lists the 136 built-in PostScript printer fonts on the Sharp AR-C360P. In addition to these fonts, two Adobe Multiple Master fonts are included and used for font substitution in PDF files. Note:For Mac OS computers, install the corresponding screen fonts from the User Software CD.
Page 133 Cooper Black Italic Cooper Black, Italic Copperplate- Copperplate33bc Copperplate33bc ThirtyThreeBC Copperplate-ThirtyTwoBC Copperplate32bc Copperplate32bc Coronet Coronet Coronet Courier Courier Courier Courier-Bold Courier Bold Courier, Bold Courier-Oblique Courier Oblique Courier, Italic Courier-BoldOblique Courier BoldOblique Courier, Bold Italic Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 133...
Page 134 Helvetica Narrow Oblique Helvetica-Narrow, Italic Oblique Helvetica-Narrow- Helvetica Narrow BoldObl Helvetica-Narrow, Bold BoldOblique Italic Helvetica-Condensed Helvetica Condensed Helvetica Condensed Helvetica-Condensed- Helvetica CondensedBold Helvetica Condensed, Bold Bold Helvetica-Condensed- Helvetica Helvetica Condensed, Oblique CondensedOblique Italic Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 134...
Page 135 Optima-Italic Optima Italic Optima, Italic Optima-BoldItalic Optima BoldItalic Optima, Bold Italic Oxford Oxford Oxford Palatino-Roman Palatino Palatino Palatino-Bold Palatino Bold Palatino, Bold Palatino-Italic Palatino Italic Palatino, Italic Palatino-BoldItalic Palatino BoldItalic Palatino, Bold Italic Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 135...
Page 136 Univers 45 Light, Italic Univers-BoldOblique Univers 65 BoldOblique Univers 45 Light, Bold Italic Univers Univers 55 Univers 55 Univers-Oblique Univers 55 Oblique Univers 55, Italic Univers-CondensedBold Univers 67 Univers 47 CondensedBold CondensedLight, Bold Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 136...
Page 137: Truetype Fonts
CondensedOblique CondensedOblique Italic ZapfChancery- Zapf Chancery ZapfChancery MediumItalic ZapfDingbats Zapf Dingbats ZapfDingbats TrueType fonts The Sharp AR-C360P includes 10 TrueType fonts: Windows menu name, PostScript name Mac OS menu name style Apple-Chancery Apple Chancery Apple Chancery Chicago Chicago Chicago Geneva...
Page 138: Appendix C:troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Maintaining optimal system performance Beyond the routine requirements of servicing and maintaining the Sharp AR-C360P and replenishing consumables, you can improve the overall performance of your system by doing the following: • Check job ticket information carefully before printing.
Page 139: General Printing Problems
If this happens Try this You cannot connect to • Make sure the Sharp AR-C360P is not being calibrated from the the Fiery. Control Panel. If the Fiery is being calibrated from the Control Panel, you can select it in the Chooser, but you cannot connect to it.
Page 140: Problems With Print Quality
If the administrator or operator has selected Suspend Printing on the command. Sharp AR-C360P Control Panel or Command WorkStation/Command WorkStation LE to interrupt printing, your print job will not resume until someone selects Resume Printing from the Functions menu on the Control Panel or clicks the function key on Command WorkStation/Command WorkStation LE.
Page 141 This combines the high-resolution files for an image and prints them. With Combine Separations Off, the low-resolution master file will print. QuickDraw fill patterns • Use the Adobe PostScript Printer driver (or the Apple LaserWriter print as solids. 8.3 or later printer driver). Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 141...
Page 142: Problems With Fiery Downloader
Turn off the ‘showpage’ after EPS files (Windows) or ‘showpage’ prints after a Fiery (Mac OS) option. Downloader job. This option adds a special PostScript command that will cause an extra blank page to print if it is not necessary. Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 142...
Page 143 143 Troubleshooting Problems with Fiery WebTools If this happens Try this General problems. • Clear the history (Microsoft Internet Explorer). Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 143...
Page 144: Index
4-60, 4-61 Copies option A-117 downloading file or font 4-62 Create Master option 5-72, A-117 to 4-66 Custom Page Sizes Hard Disk area 4-60, 4-61 defining for Mac OS 2-47 installing printer fonts 4-69 Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 144...
Page 145 4-59, 4-64 archiving 6-98 installing 4-69 job log PostScript 4-68 for Hot Folders 6-101 printer fonts 4-68 job management tools printer fonts on server 4-70 overriding Printer Setup screen fonts 4-68 settings 1-18 Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 145...
Page 146 (Other) White Point option A-120 Pure Black Text Graphics Output Profile option A-120 option A-122 overrides, of job settings A-113 Remove White PPT Background Owner Information 1-17 option A-122 Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 146 Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 146...
Page 147 C-140 troubleshooting printer default settings EPS files C-142 where to set A-113 Fiery Downloader C-142 Windows 1-19 Fiery WebTools C-143 printer setup general printing Mac OS 2-43 to 2-47 problems C-139 to C-140 Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 147...
Page 148 WebLink, see Fiery WebTools White Point option A-120 Windows PostScript printer driver 1-14 printer default settings 1-19 printing with 1-14 setting print options 1-15 to 1-19 Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 148 Sharp AR-C360P EFI Printing Guide - 148...

Sharp AR-C360P Printing Manual

Chapter 1: Printing from Windows Computers

Chapter 2: Printing from Mac os Computers

Chapter 3: Printing from UNIX Workstations

Chapter 4: Downloading Files and Fonts

Chapter 5: Printing Variable Data Documents

Chapter 6: Using EFI Hot Folders

Chapter 7: Tracking and Monitoring Jobs

Chapter 8: Using Fiery E-Mail Service

Appendix A:print Options

Appendix B:font List

Appendix C:troubleshooting

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