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  • Page 2 June, 2005 Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. Oki assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. Oki also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it.
  • Page 3 TV reception. The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without the approval of manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 3...
  • Page 4 (2) you transfer to the person or entity all of the Software and Documentation (including all copies, updates, upgrades, prior versions, component parts, the media and printed materials, and this Agreement); (3) you retain no copies of the Software and ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 4...
  • Page 5 252.227.7015 (November 1995) and DFARS 252.227-7037 (September 1999). In the event that any of the above referenced agency regulations are modified or superceded, the subsequent or equivalent regulation shall apply. The name of the Contractor is Electronics for Imaging. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 5...
  • Page 6 Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. If you have any questions, please see EFI’s web site at www.efi.com. Electronics for Imaging 303 Velocity Way Foster City, CA 94404 ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 6...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Printing from applications with Mac OS 9.2 or later or Mac OS X Classic Setting print options and printing Defining custom page sizes Setting print options and printing Chapter 3: Printing from UNIX Workstations Printing to the ES3640e MFP ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 7 1-14 1-14 1-23 1-26 1-27 1-28...
  • Page 8 Enabling and disabling Hot Folders Setting Hot Folder preferences Assigning properties to Hot Folders Customizing Hot Folder settings Specifying Hot Folder print options Viewing Hot Folder Job Logs ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 8 4-58 4-61 4-66 5-70 5-71...
  • Page 9 9 Contents Chapter 8: Tracking and Monitoring Jobs Accessing Fiery WebTools Checking ES3640e MFP status with Fiery WebStatus Accessing information with WebLink Job Monitor Chapter 9: Using Fiery E-mail Service How Fiery E-mail Service works Printing using an E-mail Client...
  • Page 10 10 Contents Appendix C:Troubleshooting Maintaining optimal system performance Troubleshooting General printing problems Problems with Fiery Downloader Problems with Fiery WebTools Index ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 10 C-145 C-145 C-146 C-149 C-151...

  • Page 11: About The Documentation

    Document Format) files on the User Documentation CD. • The software from the User Software CD to enable users to print to the Fiery Network Controller for ES3640e MFP with the EFI PostScript driver, and also describes setting up printing connections to the Fiery.

  • Page 12: Introduction

    12 About this manual Introduction The Fiery Network Controller for ES3640e MFP 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: Es3640E Mfp 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 ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 13 ™...

  • Page 14: Chapter 1: Printing From Windows Computers

    CD1. 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 ES3640e MFP. You can also set ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 14...
  • Page 15 To set print options for a specific Windows print job using the PostScript printer driver 1. Choose Print in your application. 2. Select the ES3640e MFP as your printer and click Properties. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 15 Configuration Guide Chapter 2.
  • Page 16 Windows 98/Me, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003. For a complete list of print options, see 4. Click the ColorWise print option bar. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 16 Supported tabs and print options may vary between Shortcuts, see...
  • Page 17 Communication is set up, as described in Chapter 1 of the User Software Installation 6. Specify the color settings for the print job and click OK. 7. Click the Owner Information print option bar. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 17 step 5; otherwise, skip to Click Update...
  • Page 18 The information you enter in the Notes 1 field can be viewed by the operator at the job management tools and also appears in the Job Log. It cannot be edited or erased by the operator. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 18...
  • Page 19 A menu appears for each print option bar, which displays print options available under the print option bar. These print options are specific to the ES3640e MFP. They override settings specified in Fiery Printer Setup, but can be overridden from the job management tools.
  • Page 20 Note: orientation, or media type than that of the job you are sending, the ES3640e MFP displays an error message and the job will not print. You should then load the correct paper in the selected tray or cancel the job.
  • Page 21 1-21 Printing from applications 2. Right-click the ES3640e MFP icon and choose Properties (Windows 98/Me), Document defaults (Windows NT 4.0), or Printing Preferences (Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003). The Fiery Printing tab appears. If it does not, click the Fiery Printing tab.
  • Page 22 Available settings appear. 4. Click a setting of your choice. Note: you must click and open the print option bars to access them. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 22 For the text-field options such as Group Name and Notes 1,...

  • Page 23: Using Job Templates

    Untitled instead of Default Job Template. 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. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 23 Job Templates...
  • Page 24 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. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 24...
  • Page 25 The file name must include the .sav extension. The file Note: 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. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 25...

  • Page 26: Shortcuts

    (file name) was imported, but it appears in the Job Templates menu as Presentation (Template Name). Shortcuts The Properties or Printing Preferences dialog box has two Shortcuts areas: Print Option Shortcuts area and Page Shortcuts ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 26...

  • Page 27: Using Shortcuts

    To set print options using Print Option Shortcuts 1. From the Fiery Printing tab, position your cursor over the print option you want to set. The cursor changes into a hand. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 27 Print Option Shortcuts Page Shortcuts...

  • Page 28: Customizing Print Option Shortcuts

    3. Click Apply to make the new settings the default or OK to close the Properties dialog box. Customizing Print Option Shortcuts You can customize the Print Option Shortcuts area so that you have easy access to most frequently used print options. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 28...
  • Page 29 4. To change the order of the Current Shortcuts, select an option in the Current Shortcuts list and click Move Up or Move Down. 5. Click OK to close the Modify Shortcuts dialog box. Now, the Print Option Shortcuts area is customized. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 29...

  • Page 30: Defining And Printing Custom Page Sizes

    Working with custom page sizes in Windows 98/ 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. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 30 Landscape Width Height “Working with custom page...
  • Page 31 To define a custom page size with the Windows 98/Me printer driver 1. Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. 2. Right-click the ES3640e MFP icon and choose Properties. 3. Click the Fiery Printing tab and click the Paper Source print option bar. 4. Click Custom.
  • Page 32 To edit a custom page size with the Windows 98/ Me printer driver 1. Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. 2. Right-click the ES3640e MFP icon and choose Properties. 3. Click the Fiery Printing tab and then click the Paper Source print option bar.

  • Page 33: Working With Custom Page Sizes In Windows Nt

    1-33 Defining and printing custom page sizes 2. Select the ES3640e MFP 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.
  • Page 34 —Select a unit of measurement for the print job. Unit —Choose the paper feed direction of the print Paper Feed Direction job. —Only the Cut Sheet option is available. Paper Type ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 34 —Enter the width and height of the...
  • Page 35 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 ES3640e MFP icon and choose Document defaults. 3. Click the Advanced tab. 4. If PostScript Custom Page Size is already selected as Paper Size, click the Edit Custom Page Size button.

  • Page 36: Working With Custom Page Sizes In Windows 2000/Xp/Server 2003

    To print a custom page size with the Windows NT printer driver 1. Choose Print from your application. 2. Select the ES3640e MFP as the printer and click Properties. 3. Click the Fiery Printing tab, and click the Paper Source print option bar.
  • Page 37 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 ES3640e MFP icon and choose Printing Preferences. 4. Click the Paper/Quality tab. 5. Click Advanced.
  • Page 38 Access the Paper/Quality tab only for defining or editing Note: custom page sizes. Set up the rest of the print options in the Fiery Printing tab. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 38 —Enter the width and height of the —Enter the offsets...
  • Page 39 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 ES3640e MFP icon and choose Printing Preferences. 4. Click the Paper/Quality tab. 5. Click Advanced.

  • Page 40: Viewing The Printer Status

    INDOWS ERVER RINTER DRIVER 1. Choose Print from your application. 2. Select the ES3640e MFP as the printer and click Properties. 3. Click the Paper/Quality tab. 4. Click Advanced. 5. Select PostScript Custom Page Size from the Page Size option.

  • Page 41: Saving Files To Print At A Remote Location

    —Displays the status of toners. Level Engine Status This area displays the status of the ES3640e MFP at the time. Saving files to print at a remote location If you are preparing files to take to a service bureau or other location, print the final files to the File port (as opposed to one of the local ports).
  • Page 42 1-42 Printing from Windows Computers to download using Fiery Downloader. For instructions on printing to the File port, see your Windows documentation. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 42...

  • Page 43: Chapter 2: Printing From Mac Os Computers

    If you are using Mac OS 9.2 or later Printing or Mac OS X Classic, select the ES3640e MFP as the current from Mac OS printer in the Chooser, and then print the file from within the Computers application.
  • Page 44 1. Open a file and choose Page Setup from the application’s File menu. 2. In the dialog box that appears, choose Page Attributes. 3. Select the ES3640e MFP as your printer. Page Setup dialog boxes vary across applications. Note: 4. Select the Page settings for your print job.
  • Page 45 2-45 Printing from applications with Mac OS 9.2 or later or Mac OS X 7. Select the ES3640e MFP as your printer and specify settings for the print options displayed. Print dialog boxes vary across applications. Note: From the Paper Source menu, choose the paper tray for the job.
  • Page 46 The information you enter in the Notes 1 field can be viewed by the operator at the job management tools and also appears in the Job Log. It cannot be edited or erased by the operator. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 46 Group Name and Group Password options are not available...
  • Page 47 Quality, Finishing, FreeForm, and Printer Specific Options. Choose Printer Specific Options These print options are specific to the ES3640e MFP. You may have to scroll to see all the options. They override settings in Printer Setup, but can be changed from the job management tools.

  • Page 48: Defining Custom Page Sizes

    If paper loaded in the selected tray is a different size, Note: orientation, or media type than that of the job you are sending, the ES3640e MFP displays an error message and the job fails to print. Load the correct paper into the selected tray or cancel the job.
  • Page 49 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. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 49 Custom page names displayed here Enter a custom...
  • Page 50 5. Click Print. You can also define a new custom page size in the Custom Page Size dialog box when you print to the ES3640e MFP. If you specify dimensions that match a particular regular page size, the ES3640e MFP processes the job as a regular page size job.

  • Page 51: Setting Print Options And Printing

    2-51 Defining custom page sizes Printing from applications with Mac OS X With the ES3640e MFP printer description files installed, you are able to print directly from most Mac OS X applications. For more information about installing PPD files see Chapter 2 of the...
  • Page 52 3. Select the Page settings for your print job. 4. Click OK. 5. Choose Print from the application’s File menu. 6. Select the ES3640e MFP as your printer and choose an option category from the menu that appears. You can change the print option settings for each category.
  • Page 53 Options dialog box. The Group Name appears in the job’s Notes 2 field in the job management tools Job Log. Note: when printing to the Direct connection. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 53 Group Name and Group Password options are not available...
  • Page 54 If you decide not to send the information in any of the fields to the ES3640e MFP, 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 ES3640e MFP.
  • Page 55 Printer Features menu. The application or the PostScript printer driver may not set up the file properly for printing on the ES3640e MFP, resulting in unexpected printing errors and longer processing time. If you select an invalid setting or combination of settings Note: when printing a document, no error message appears.

  • Page 56: Chapter 3: Printing From Unix Workstations

    3-56 Printing to the ES3640e MFP Chapter 3: You can print to the ES3640e MFP directly from UNIX workstations. Jobs printed to the ES3640e MFP are sent to the Printing Print or Hold queue and can be manipulated from Command...
  • Page 57 3-57 Printing to the ES3640e MFP For example, if the Print queue of your ES3640e MFP is named , your file is named Sample , and you want to print two print_Server copies, type: lp -d print_Server -n 2 Sample To display a list of jobs in the queue •...

  • Page 58: Chapter 4: Downloading Files And Fonts

    • Check the status of the ES3640e MFP. Note: but it is available through the EFI Fiery WebStatus. • Print PostScript, EPS, TIFF, and PDF files to the ES3640e MFP. Guide. The Windows and Mac OS version of Fiery Downloader and Chapter 2.
  • Page 59 4-59 Using Fiery Downloader or Fiery WebDownloader • Manage the printer fonts stored on the ES3640e MFP hard disk (this feature requires that the Direct connection be published on the ES3640e MFP). Note: specifically for the ES3640e MFP; you cannot use them with any other printer.
  • Page 60 Displays the amount of available disk space Buttons for some menu functions appear in the toolbar at the top of the window. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 60 Open Click to connect to a different ES3640e MFP. Download Click to download a file or font to the ES3640e MFP.

  • Page 61: Downloading Files And Printer Fonts

    5. To select a different Fiery, choose Open from the File menu or click the Open button. 6. Select the ES3640e MFP in the dialog box that appears and click OK (Windows) or Connect (Mac OS). 7. To close the status window, choose Close from the File menu. To quit Fiery Downloader, choose Exit (Windows) or Quit (Mac OS) from the File menu.
  • Page 62 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. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 62...
  • Page 63 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 (Windows) ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 63 PDF Options dialog box (Windows)
  • Page 64 If you experience problems printing EPS files with Fiery Downloader, you can print the file directly from the application in which you created it. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 64 PDF Options dialog box (Mac OS) (Windows) or (Mac OS) ‘showpage’...
  • Page 65 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. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 65...

  • Page 66: Managing Printer Fonts

    1. Create a PostScript, EPS, TIFF 2. Specify the appropriate print options, and include (embed) any necessary fonts that are not resident on the ES3640e MFP. For a list of fonts resident on the ES3640e MFP, see 3. Start Fiery WebTools and click Fiery WebDownloader. For more information on accessing Fiery WebTools, see 4.
  • Page 67 Occasionally, you may want to use Adobe Type 1 (Windows) or PostScript (Mac OS) fonts that are not included with the ES3640e MFP. If so, you must install both the screen fonts and the printer fonts on your computer. To do this, follow the instructions from the font manufacturer.
  • Page 68 For PDF files, font substitution occurs automatically for fonts not installed on the ES3640e MFP. Two multiple master fonts (a serif font and a sans serif font) stored on the ES3640e MFP are used exclusively for substitution with PDF files.
  • Page 69 Click to print the Font List to the Print queue Click to update the information in the Font List window Lock icon ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 69 If the Direct connection is not published, you cannot view Configuration Guide or consult...

  • Page 70: Chapter 5: Printing Variable Data Documents

    FreeForm masters—on the ES3640e MFP. You can send a variable-element job to the ES3640e MFP with instructions to combine the job with a particular FreeForm master. You cannot use the following print options and settings when printing variable data: •...

  • Page 71: Printing Variable Data Documents With Freeform

    How FreeForm works The basic premise of FreeForm variable data printing is that the master-element data for the job can be sent to the ES3640e MFP and rasterized separately from the variable-element data. The master-element data is stored on the ES3640e MFP in rasterized form as a FreeForm master, and can be used as often as needed with multiple sets of variable-element data.

  • Page 72: Creating The Master Document

    Master document When you have finalized the design of the master document, print it to the ES3640e MFP and specify that a FreeForm master be created from the job (see Although the ES3640e MFP can store up to 100 FreeForm masters, the printer driver interface and Fiery Spooler allow you to select numbers 1 through 15 only.

  • Page 73: Creating The Variable Document

    To do this, you create a document with the correct formatting, and then add the variable information in the appropriate places. For efficient variable data printing, create a variable document that has significantly more pages than its corresponding FreeForm master. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 73...

  • Page 74: Combining The Freeform Master With The Variable Document

    5-78). Combining the FreeForm master with the variable document When you print a variable document to the ES3640e MFP, you specify the FreeForm master created from your master document with the Use Master print option. The ES3640e MFP combines the raster data of the variable document with the already RIPped FreeForm master, creating a new raster data file.
  • Page 75 Pages 3 and 4 of the variable document are combined respectively with Pages 1 and 2, again, of the master document. This pattern continues for each subsequent set of pages in the variable document. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 75...

  • Page 76: Using Freeform

    Users can select only numbers 1 through 15 as print option settings. The operator can override FreeForm master numbers and reassign them to numbers greater than 15 from Command WorkStation/ ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 76...
  • Page 77 Appendix The following settings for the master document and variable document must match: Color Mode (Mac OS) or Print Mode (Windows) Combine Separations 2 Sided Printing Orientation Page Size Punch Option Stapler Mode ES3640e MFP 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. 3. Create the variable document. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 78...
  • Page 79 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. 4. Print the variable document to the ES3640e MFP with the Use Master print option set to the appropriate FreeForm master number.
  • 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. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 80...

  • Page 81: Previewing Master Documents In The Windows Printer Driver

    To preview master documents in the Windows printer driver 1. Choose Print in your application. 2. Select the ES3640e MFP as your printer and click Properties. 3. Click the Fiery Printing tab. 4. Click and open the FreeForm print option bar.
  • Page 82 Chapter 1 of the 6. Select the master document you want to preview from the Use Master option and click Preview Master. The FreeForm Master - Preview window appears. 7. Click Close. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 82 User Software Installation Guide.

  • Page 83: Chapter 6: Scanning

    Fiery Scan consists of the following software components and features: • Fiery Scan server module—allows you to access the Scan Module from the ES3640e MFP control panel for initiating scans and sending scan images to specific destinations. • Fiery Remote Scan—allows you to send scanned images through the network from remote workstations.

  • Page 84: Using Fiery Remote Scan From Remote Workstations

    1. Start the Fiery Remote Scan application, or in Adobe Photoshop, choose Import from the File menu and click Fiery Remote Scan 5. 2. Verify that the ES3640e MFP is selected as a scanning device. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 84...
  • Page 85 6-85 Using Fiery Remote Scan from remote workstations 3. If the ES3640e MFP is not selected, click Choose Device to select the ES3640e MFP as your scanning device. For information on how to configure communication with and select the ES3640e MFP, see Chapter 1 of the Installation Guide.

  • Page 86: Sending The Scan Job To A Specific Destination

    This allows you to manipulate the file using Command WorkStation/Command WorkStation LE. For information about using Command WorkStation/Command WorkStation LE, see the Job Management ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 86 “Sending the scan job to a on page 6-86. Guide.
  • Page 87 The Send dialog box appears. 2. Select Save to Disk. 3. Select a file format from File Format and click Save As. 4. Select the drive location, enter a file name, and click Save. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 87...
  • Page 88 3. Enter an e-mail address in the To: field, or browse the list of e-mail addresses in the Address Book by clicking To:, Cc:, or Bcc:. You can also enter a Subject line and body text. 4. Click OK. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 88...
  • Page 89 2. Select FTP and click Edit FTP. The FTP Destination dialog box appears. 3. Enter the appropriate settings and click OK. If a proxy server is enabled, select Proxy Enable and enter the information for the proxy server. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 89...

  • Page 90: Retrieving Scans Using Fiery Webscan

    The WebScan window appears. 2. In the Mailbox field, enter the number of the Mailbox in which your scan file is located. 3. Click Refresh. All scan files in the Mailbox are displayed. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 90...
  • Page 91 7. Click Save As. Depending on the browser you are using, you may be asked Note: to indicate whether you want to open the file from its current location or save the file to disk. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 91...
  • Page 92 6-92 Scanning To delete a scanned image from the Fiery Mailbox, select the scan job that you want to delete from the WebScan window and click Delete. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 92...

  • Page 93: Chapter 7: Using Efi Hot Folders

    This chapter describes how to use the EFI Hot Folders application to store and reuse frequently used print options when printing Using EFI PostScript and PDF files on the ES3640e MFP. Hot Folders Overview of Hot Folders A Hot Folder is a special folder to which you can assign a group of print options.

  • Page 94: Using The Hot Folder Control Panel

    Hot Folder. File format PostScript The ES3640e MFP 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 Using the Hot Folder Control Panel The Hot Folder application continuously monitors the Hot Folders on your computer for new jobs.

  • Page 95: Creating And Deleting Hot Folders

    Each Hot Folder you create resides on your hard disk and contains all the files and subfolders corresponding to information about your jobs. You can print jobs by dragging and dropping them onto ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 95...
  • Page 96 3. Select an existing folder or navigate to the location where you want to create a new folder and enter the folder name. 4. Click OK. The Folder properties dialog box for the Hot Folder appears. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 96...
  • Page 97 5. In the Server field, click Select. The Select Server dialog box appears. 6. To configure the connection to the ES3640e MFP server in a local subnet, click the AutoSearch tab. 7. Only servers that support Hot Folders appear in the Available Servers area.
  • Page 98 7-98 Using EFI Hot Folders To manually configure the connection to the ES3640e MFP, click the Manual tab, enter the IP address or DNS name of the ES3640e MFP, and click OK. 9. In the Logical Printer field, choose the print queue for the Hot Folder.

  • Page 99: Enabling And Disabling Hot Folders

    Enable or Disable. • Right-click the Hot folder you want on the desktop. Choose EFI HotFolders > Disable HotFolder or EFI HotFolders > Enable HotFolder from the menu that appears. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 99 on page 7-102.

  • Page 100: Setting Hot Folder Preferences

    The default unit of measurement is used for several imposition settings. 3. To specify a folder location for temporary files created by the Hot Folders application while processing jobs, click Browse, select the folder you want, and then click OK. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 100...

  • Page 101: Assigning Properties To Hot Folders

    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. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 101...

  • Page 102: Customizing Hot Folder Settings

    By default, each Hot Folder you create contains the following subfolders: —the default location for storing all jobs that fail to Fail Folder process successfully. Problems at the ES3640e MFP might cause a job to fail. —the default location for storing archive copies of all Move Folder jobs that have been successfully processed;...

  • Page 103: Specifying Hot Folder Print Options

    To set print options for a Hot Folder 1. To enable print settings, select Job Settings in the Properties dialog box. If necessary, click Define to display the Job Settings dialog box. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 103 Appendix...

  • Page 104: Viewing Hot Folder Job Logs

    To view the Job Log for a Hot Folder 1. In the Hot Folder Control Panel, select the folder for which you want to view the Job Log. 2. Click View Log. The Folder Log dialog box appears. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 104...
  • Page 105 3. 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. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 105...

  • Page 106: Chapter 8: Tracking And Monitoring Jobs

    Jobs The job management tools all provide the capability to view and control the flow of print jobs to the ES3640e MFP. If the administrator has set administrator and operator passwords in Setup, you must have one of these passwords to perform most of the job management tools functions.

  • Page 107: Checking Es3640E Mfp Status With Fiery Webstatus

    For information about supported platforms and browsers, see the User Software Installation 2. Enter the IP address or the DNS name of the ES3640e MFP. For this information, contact the operator or administrator. 3. If a Log In dialog box appears, select Guest and click OK.

  • Page 108: Accessing Information With Weblink

    To open a new browser window for the Status display, click Float. You can then close other browser windows and leave the Status window open to continue checking the status of the ES3640e MFP. As long as you keep the Status window open, it is dynamically updated.

  • Page 109: Job Monitor

    Job Monitor Job Monitor allows you to track the status of jobs sent to the ES3640e MFP. In addition, Job Monitor tracks the status of consumable materials on the printer and alerts you to any errors that interfere with printing. If you have more than one Fiery- based product, you can use Job Monitor to monitor all of them at the same time.
  • Page 110 8-110 Tracking and Monitoring Jobs Job Monitor opens a utility window on the screen and establishes a connection to the ES3640e MFP. If you have installed and configured printer drivers for more than one Fiery-based product, Job Monitor automatically establishes connections to all.

  • Page 111: Chapter 9: Using Fiery E-Mail Service

    Using Fiery It allows you to print to remote locations and bypass firewalls. E-mail Service With E-mail Service, you can submit jobs to the ES3640e MFP as e-mail attachments. You can use E-mail Service in the following ways: • Print using an E-mail Client •...

  • Page 112: Printing Using An E-Mail Client

    Printing using an E-mail Client You can submit print jobs to the ES3640e MFP in the form of an e-mail attachment using your e-mail application. When you send an e-mail with an attachment, E-mail Service extracts the file and sends it to the ES3640e MFP Print queue.

  • Page 113: Job Control

    6. Send the e-mail. The file is sent to the ES3640e MFP and the job is printed. After the ES3640e MFP receives the job, you receive an e-mail notification that the print job was accepted. The e-mail also provides a job identification (ID).

  • Page 114: Printing Using The E-Mail Port Monitor

    To cancel a job, enter #CancelJob<job id> in the Subject line. You will receive a notification indicating that the job has been cancelled and will not print to the ES3640e MFP. You can only cancel the job if you sent the job or are an administrator.
  • Page 115 9-115 Printing using an E-mail Client To print using the Fiery E-mail Port Monitor 1. Choose Print in your application. 2. Make sure the ES3640e MFP is selected as your printer and you have set up the E-mail Port Monitor for it. 3. Click Properties.

  • Page 116: Appendix A:print Options

    OS computers communicate with the ES3640e MFP by means of a printer driver and printer description (PPD) files. The driver allows you to use special features of the ES3640e MFP from the Print dialog box. A printer driver manages printing communication between your application and the ES3640e MFP.

  • Page 117: A-117 Where To Set Print Options

    A-117 Where to set print options options you can choose from the Print dialog box. For information on the specific print options for the ES3640e MFP, see the table on page A-117. Where to set print options • During Setup Some settings are specified during Setup by the administrator.

  • Page 118: Print Option Override Hierarchy

    For more information, see the Print option override hierarchy The override hierarchy is as follows: • A user’s printer driver settings override the ES3640e MFP Setup and ColorWise Pro Tools settings. • Settings made from the job management tools override the user’s printer driver settings.
  • Page 119 A-119 Where to set print options To determine the current Setup defaults, print the Configuration page from Command WorkStation/Command WorkStation LE or the ES3640e MFP Printer Control Panel. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 119...
  • Page 120 Auto Trapping Off/On Black Detection On/Off Black Overprint Printer’s default/Off/Text/ Text/Graphics ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 120 Description Select False for simplex (single-sided) printing. Select Short Edge Binding for duplex (double-sided) printing with both sides using the same short edge.
  • Page 121 CMYK Simulation Method Printer’s default/Quick/ Full (Source GCR) /Full (Output GCR)/ With CRD ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 121 Description Specify to arrange the pages of your job in special layouts for folding or cutting after printing. Select 85% for a substantially...
  • Page 122 Standard Color/Expert Color/Grayscale (from Windows) Combine Separations Off/On Copies 1-999 ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 122 Description Specify the simulation goal to be used for the current print job. Specify the color mode for the current print job. Select CMYK, Standard Color, or Expert Color for a full-color document.
  • Page 123 Printer’s default/Face Up/Face Down Group Name Group Password Image Mode Standard/Best ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 123 Description To create a FreeForm master from this job, specify a number to assign to the FreeForm master file. Specify the location to output the print job.
  • Page 124 Below 200 ppi/Below 300 ppi Instructions Job PIN Media Type Plain Paper/Transparency/Labels/ Recycled/Rough/Glossy/Bon Cardstock/Letterhead ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 124 Description Select On to minimize grainy output when printing low-resolution images. When you select On, image smoothing will be enforced on all images.
  • Page 125 1.8/2.0/2.2/2.4/2.6/2.8/3.0 (Other) Phosphors Printer’s default/Hitachi EBU/ Hitachi-Ikegami/NTSC/ Radius Pivot/SMPTE/Trinitron ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 125 Description Specify the weight of the media for the job. Click Define to specify media types for specific pages. Enter information about the job.
  • Page 126 Finisher (Face-up)/ Finisher (Face-down) Page Order Forward/Reverse Page Range All/Even/Odd ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 126 Description Specify a source white point value for printing RGB images, objects, and text. Specify the output profile to use for the current print job.
  • Page 127 Tray4/Tray5/Manual Feed/ Multi Purpose Tray Print Master Printer’s default/Yes/No Print Mode ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 127 Description Specify the size of the paper on which to print the document. Specify the paper tray to use for your job.
  • Page 128 Rendering Style Printer’s default/Photographic/ Presentation/Relative Colorimetric/ Absolute Colorimetric ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 128 Description Specify On to store a print job and print only one copy. The remaining copies will print after the user enters information from the ES3640e MFP panel.
  • Page 129 /Source-5/ Source-6/Source-7/Source-8 /Source-9/ Source-10/None Scale 25-400% 100% ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 129 Description Select Output for RGB jobs you are printing to the ES3640e MFP. Select Simulation for RGB jobs for which you want to simulate an output device other than the ES3640e MFP.
  • Page 130 Top Right Horizontal (one)/ Top Right Vertical (one)/ Left (two)/Right (two)/Top (two)/ Saddle Stitch Toner Saving On/Off ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 130 Description Specify how to output multiple-page/multiple-copy jobs. Select Off to print specified PANTONE colors in your job...

  • Page 131: More About Print Options

    To print 2-sided (duplex) pages 1. Choose Print in your application and locate the 2-Sided print option. The location of ES3640e MFP print options varies, depending on the printer driver you are using. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 131...

  • Page 132: Mixed Media

    With the Mixed Media feature, you can print ranges of pages on different types of media. You can specify the Mixed Media settings when you print the job with the ES3640e MFP printer driver for Windows. For example, you can use this option to specify a different media type for the cover, add blank pages, and specify duplex printing on parts of the job.
  • Page 133 To print using mixed media on Windows computers 1. Choose Print in your application and click Properties. 2. Click the Fiery Printing tab. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 133 Chapter 3).
  • Page 134 Separate the page numbers by commas. For example, if the chapters in a 4-chapter document start on pages 1, 2, 34, and 56, enter 1,2,34,56. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 134 Information in italics in the Selection List is the default...
  • Page 135 —Select Long Edge Binding or Short Edge Binding 2 sided printing if you want to print on both sides of the paper. —Select a weight that is appropriate for the media Media Weight type. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 135...
  • Page 136 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. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 136 step 6 for each page or page range you want to page A-135.

  • Page 137: Optimize Powerpoint

    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%. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 137...

  • Page 138: Appendix B:font List

    Font List PostScript printer fonts The following table lists the 136 built-in PostScript printer fonts on the ES3640e MFP. In addition to these fonts, two Adobe Multiple Master fonts are included and used for font substitution in PDF files. Note: fonts from CD1.
  • Page 139 Bookman-DemiItalic Carta Clarendon-Light Clarendon Clarendon-Bold CooperBlack CooperBlack-Italic Copperplate-ThirtyThr eeBC ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 139 Windows menu Mac OS menu name name, style Antique Olive Italic Antique Olive Roman, Italic Antique Olive Compact Antique Olive Compact Arial Bold Italic...
  • Page 140 GillSans-LightItalic GillSans-Condensed GillSans-BoldCondens GillSans-ExtraBold Goudy Goudy-Bold Goudy-Italic Goudy-BoldItalic Goudy-ExtraBold Helvetica Helvetica-Bold Helvetica-Oblique Helvetica-BoldOblique ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 140 Windows menu Mac OS menu name name, style Copperplate32bc Copperplate32bc Coronet Coronet Courier Courier Courier Bold Courier, Bold Courier Oblique...
  • Page 141 JoannaMT-BoldItalic LetterGothic LetterGothic-Bold LetterGothic-Slanted LetterGothic-BoldSlant LubalinGraph-Book LubalinGraph-Demi LubalinGraph-BookObl ique LubalinGraph-DemiObl ique Marigold MonaLisa-Recut ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 141 Windows menu Mac OS menu name name, style Helvetica Narrow Helvetica-Narrow Helvetica-Narrow, Bold Helvetica Narrow Helvetica-Narrow, Oblique Italic Helvetica Narrow...
  • Page 142 StempelGaramond-Ita StempelGaramond-Bol dItalic Symbol Tekton Times-Roman Times-Bold Times-Italic Times-BoldItalic TimesNewRomanPS-B oldMT ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 142 Windows menu Mac OS menu name name, style New Century Schlbk NewCenturySchlbk New Century Schlbk NewCenturySchlbk, Bold Bold New Century Schlbk NewCenturySchlbk,...
  • Page 143 Univers-CondensedBol Univers-CondensedBol Oblique Univers-Condensed Univers-CondensedObl ique ZapfChancery-Medium Italic ZapfDingbats ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 143 Windows menu Mac OS menu name name, style Times New Roman Times New Roman, Bold Italic Bold Italic Times New Roman Times New Roman,...

  • Page 144: Truetype Fonts

    B-144 Font List TrueType fonts The ES3640e MFP includes 10 TrueType fonts: PostScript name Apple-Chancery Chicago Geneva HoeflerText-Black HoeflerText-BlackItalic HoeflerText-Italic HoeflerText-Regular Monaco New York Wingdings-Regular ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 144 Windows menu Mac OS menu name name, style...

  • Page 145: Appendix C:troubleshooting

    • Avoid printing with the ES3640e MFP “Disk full” warning. If you see this warning, delete jobs that are not likely to be reused. Avoid this condition by deleting old jobs on a regular basis.

  • Page 146: General Printing Problems

    • Print to a queue instead of to the Direct connection. too long. When you print to a queue, the job is stored on the ES3640e MFP until it can be processed and printed; when you print to the Direct...
  • Page 147 Control Panel or clicks the function key on Command WorkStation/Command WorkStation LE. • Make sure the ES3640e MFP is selected as the current printer. Before printing, you must select the ES3640e MFP as the current printer from your Windows computer, Mac OS computer, or UNIX workstation.

  • Page 148: Problems With Print Quality

    • Ask the operator to print a Test Page with the printer. color of an image are The problem may be with the ES3640e MFP. If your Test Page not what you shows that the ES3640e MFP is working properly, correct the expected.

  • Page 149: Problems With Fiery Downloader

    General problems. • Make sure you are using the latest version. If you have had your ES3640e MFP updated with new system software, delete the previous version of Fiery Downloader from your Windows or Mac OS computer and install the latest version to ensure full compatibility.
  • Page 150 Fiery ‘showpage’ (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. ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 150 Try this...

  • Page 151: Problems With Fiery Webtools

    For Mac OS: System Folder\Extensions\TWAIN Data Sources folder application. • If not, reinstall the TWAIN supported host application. Problems with Fiery WebTools If this happens General problems. • Clear the history (Microsoft Internet Explorer). ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 151 Try this Try this...
  • Page 152 FreeForm Master number 5-73 Copies option A-122 Create Master option 5-71, A-123 Custom Page Sizes ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 152 defining for Mac OS 2-48 defining for Windows 2000/XP/ Server 2003 1-36 defining for Windows 98/ Me 1-30 defining for Windows NT 4.0 1-33...

  • Page 153: I-153 Index

    4-60, 4-69 PostScript B-138 to B-144 printing 4-60, 4-69 TrueType B-144 Font List button 4-61 fonts ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 153 Adobe Type 1 4-67, B-138 downloading and managing 4-59, 4-63 installing 4-68 PostScript 4-67 printer fonts 4-67...
  • Page 154 Output Profile option A-126 Page Order option A-126 Page Range option A-126 Page Size option A-127 ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 154 ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 154 Print Master option A-127 Print Mode option A-127 print settings A-118...

  • Page 155: Troubleshooting C

    Print Mode option A-122, A-127 print options assigning to Hot Folders 7-103 Mac OS 2-44 to 2-48 saving sets of 7-103 ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 155 Windows 1-15 to 1-20 print quality, problems with C-148 printer default settings where to set A-117...

  • Page 156: General Printing Problems C

    WebLink, see Fiery WebTools White Point option A-126 Windows PostScript printer driver 1-14 printer default settings 1-20 printing with 1-14 setting print options 1-15 to 1-20 ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 156 ES3640e MFP EFI Printing Guide - 156...

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