Welcome to the Spire CX260 User Guide................................................................................................................................................2

Terminology......................................................................................................................................................................................................2

Overview of Guide...........................................................................................................................................................................................3

Introduction to the Spire CX260.................................................................................................................................................................4

Hardware and Software Components...............................................................................................................................................5

Supported Formats.................................................................................................................................................................................5

Workflow ..................................................................................................................................................................................................5

Spire CX260 Network Printers............................................................................................................................................................6

2 Getting Started

Overview..........................................................................................................................................................................................................10

Turning the Spire CX260 On and Off ......................................................................................................................................................10

Basic and Basic Pro Configurations..................................................................................................................................................10

Control Station and Pro Control Station Configurations ............................................................................................................. 11

Working from a PC Client Workstation .................................................................................................................................................. 12

Defining the Printer on the Client Workstation ............................................................................................................................ 12

Printing from the Client Workstation .............................................................................................................................................. 12

Spire Print Driver Software................................................................................................................................................................. 13

Working from a Macintosh Client Workstation.................................................................................................................................... 21

Defining a Printer on Macintosh Client Workstations................................................................................................................ 21

Printing from a Macintosh Client Workstation............................................................................................................................ 23

Working Remotely ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 24

EZ Connect ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 24

Remote Workspace............................................................................................................................................................................. 29

Spire Web Services .............................................................................................................................................................................. 31

Remote Scan Application ...................................................................................................................................................................37

Preparing PostScript Files Offline for the Spire CX260 ............................................................................................................. 46

3 Overview of Spire CX260

The Workspace............................................................................................................................................................................................. 50

Opening the Spire CX260 Workspace from the Start Menu................................................................................................... 50

Customizing the Workspace View................................................................................................................................................... 51

The Server and Printer Monitors .............................................................................................................................................................. 52

Managing the Job Queues ......................................................................................................................................................................... 52

The Queues Window.......................................................................................................................................................................... 53

Status Information............................................................................................................................................................................... 55

Batching Jobs ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 55

Changing the Order of Jobs in the Queues ................................................................................................................................... 56

Suspending and Resuming Queues................................................................................................................................................. 57

Aborting a Running Job ...................................................................................................................................................................... 57

Moving a Waiting Job to the Storage Window............................................................................................................................ 58

Unlocking a Job .................................................................................................................................................................................... 59

Viewing and Editing Job Parameters ..............................................................................................................................................60

Deleting a Job .......................................................................................................................................................................................60

Managing the Storage Window................................................................................................................................................................. 61

Discarding RTP Information.............................................................................................................................................................. 62

Handling Jobs in the Storage Window ........................................................................................................................................... 62

Archiving and Retrieving Jobs .......................................................................................................................................................... 64

Viewing a Job's History...................................................................................................................................................................... 66