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  • Page 1 Fiery X3e PRINTING GUIDE...
  • Page 2 This manual is part of a set of Fiery X3e About the manuals for users and system administrators: Documentation • The • The • The • The • The • The • The • Release Notes provide last-minute product information and workarounds for some of Quick Start Guide summarizes the steps for configuring the Fiery X3e and printing.
  • Page 3 Copyright © 2002 Electronics For Imaging, Inc. All rights reserved. This publication is protected by copyright, and all rights are reserved. No part of it may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means for any purpose without express prior written consent from Electronics For Imaging, Inc., except as expressly permitted herein.
  • Page 4 FCC Information WARNING: FCC Regulations state that any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. Class A Compliance This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 5 Confidentiality You agree to hold the Software in confidence, disclosing the Software only to authorized users having a need to use the Software as permitted by this Agreement and to take all reasonable precautions to prevent disclosure to other parties. Remedies and Termination Unauthorized use, copying or disclosure of the Software, or any breach of this Agreement will result in automatic termination of this license and will make available to EFI other legal remedies.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Defining and printing custom page sizes Working with custom page sizes for Windows PCL Working with custom page sizes in the Windows 9x/Me PostScript printer driver Working with custom page sizes in the Windows NT PostScript printer driver Working with custom page sizes in the Windows 2000/XP PostScript printer driver Saving files to print at a remote location...
  • Page 8 Contents Chapter 4: Downloading Files and Fonts Using Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader Downloading printer fonts Managing printer fonts Chapter 5: Printing Variable Data Documents About variable data printing Printing variable data documents with Fiery FreeForm How Fiery FreeForm works...
  • Page 9 How Fiery E-mail Service works Printing using an E-mail Client Job Control Printing using the E-mail Port Monitor Appendix A: Print Options About printer drivers and printer description files Where to set print options Print option override hierarchy Default settings More about print options...

  • Page 11: About This Manual

    You can send a print job to the Fiery X3e as you would to any other printer—select it from the Printers dialog box on Microsoft Windows computers, or in the Chooser on Apple Mac OS computers, and then print from within any application.

  • Page 13: Chapter 1: Printing From Windows Computers

    Fiery Printing from applications Once the Fiery X3e printer driver is installed and set to the proper port, as described in User Software Installation applications. Simply set the print options for the job and choose the Print command from within your application.

  • Page 14: Setting Options And Printing From Windows Computers

    O SET PRINT OPTIONS FOR A SPECIFIC DOBE CRIPT PRINTER DRIVER 1. Choose Print in your application. 2. Select the Fiery X3e PS or PCL as your printer and click Properties. Configuration Guide. Guide. Appendix INDOWS PRINT JOB USING...
  • Page 15 1-3 Printing from applications 3. Click the Fiery Printing tab. Saved settings, see page 1-7 Print option bars The Fiery Printing tab serves as the control center for all frequently used printing functions. NT 4.0, and Windows 2000/XP PostScript and PCL drivers. For a complete list of print options, see 4.
  • Page 16 1-4 Printing from Windows Computers PostScript Specify the color profile options for the job. In the Print Mode area, specify the color mode for the job. To use advanced color management features, such as Rendering Style, click Expert Settings and proceed to step 5;...
  • Page 17 1-5 Printing from applications 5. In the Expert Color Settings dialog box, click Update to display the current Fiery X3e settings. If Update does not appear, make sure Two-Way Communication is set up, as described in the User Software Installation Specify the color settings for the print job and click OK.
  • Page 18 OK. These print options are specific to the Fiery X3e and the copier. They override settings specified in Fiery X3e Printer Setup, but can be overridden from the job management tools. The term “job management tools” is used in this manual to refer to Command WorkStation, Fiery Spooler, and WebSpooler.

  • Page 19: Using Saved Settings

    You can also share settings files over a network, using the Import and Export features. Although the user interface differs slightly, the following procedures are the same for both PCL and PostScript printer drivers. INDOWS PRINT JOBS USING THE page...
  • Page 20 1-8 Printing from Windows Computers O CREATE SAVED SETTINGS 1. Make sure that Default Settings appears in the Saved Settings menu, and then configure options from the print option bars. As soon as you change any settings, the Saved Settings menu displays Untitled instead of Default Settings.
  • Page 21 1-9 Printing from applications O DELETE SAVED SETTINGS 1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Settings button. 2. Choose the settings you want to delete and click Delete. 3. Click Yes to confirm the deletion and click OK. O MODIFY SAVED SETTINGS 1.
  • Page 22 1-10 Printing from Windows Computers XPORT SAVED SETTINGS 1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Settings button. 2. Choose the Saved Settings you want to export and click Export. 3. Browse to the location in which to save the file, enter a file name, and then click OK. The file name must include the .sav extension and can be up to eight characters (not including the extension).
  • Page 23 1-11 Printing from applications O IMPORT SAVED SETTINGS 1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Settings button. 2. Click Import. 3. Browse to the location of the saved settings file you want to import. 4. Select the file and click OK. 5.

  • Page 24: Using Shortcuts

    Shortcuts. You can also access some page layout and finishing options by right-clicking the image of the page directly below Shortcuts. Although the user interface differs slightly, the following procedures are the same for both PCL and PostScript printer drivers. O SET PRINT OPTIONS USING HORTCUTS 1.

  • Page 25: Defining And Printing Custom Page Sizes

    1-13 Defining and printing custom page sizes O SET PRINT OPTIONS USING THE PAGE SHORTCUTS 1. From the Fiery Printing tab, click the Finishing tab, position your cursor over the page image, and then right-click. 2. Specify the appropriate settings for the print options. 3.

  • Page 26: Working With Custom Page Sizes For Windows Pcl

    O DEFINE A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE WITH ALL PRINTER DRIVERS 1. Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. 2. Right-click the Fiery X3e PCL icon and choose Properties (Windows 98/Me), Document Defaults (Windows NT), or Printing Preferences (Windows 2000/XP).
  • Page 27 —Select a unit of measurement for the print job. Units 6. Click OK to close the Enter Paper Size window. 7. Click OK to close the Fiery X3e printer driver. O EDIT A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE WITH ALL 1. Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers.

  • Page 28: Working With Custom Page Sizes In The Windows 9X/Me Postscript Printer Driver

    O PRINT A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE WITH ALL 1. Choose Print from your application. 2. Select the Fiery X3e PCL icon as the printer and click Properties. 3. Click the Fiery Printing tab, and then click the Paper Source print option bar.
  • Page 29 1-17 Defining and printing custom page sizes 4. Click Custom. Click Custom The Enter Custom Paper Size dialog box appears. 5. Specify options to define the custom page size. —Enter the width of the print job. Width Length —Select a unit of measurement for the print job. Units Transverse to the paper feed direction of the print job.
  • Page 30 PRINTER DRIVER 1. Choose Print from your application. 2. Select the Fiery X3e PS icon as the printer and click Properties. 3. Click the Fiery Printing tab, and then click the Paper Source print option bar. 4. Select Manual Bypass Tray from the Paper Source menu.

  • Page 31: Working With Custom Page Sizes In The Windows Nt Postscript Printer Driver

    1-19 Defining and printing custom page sizes Working with custom page sizes in the Windows NT PostScript printer driver With custom page sizes, you define the dimensions of a printed page. After you define a custom page size, you can use it from within an application without redefining it each time you print.
  • Page 32 6. Click OK. O EDIT A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE WITH THE CRIPT PRINTER DRIVER 1. Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. 2. Right-click the Fiery X3e PS icon and choose Document Defaults.
  • Page 33 PRINTER DRIVER 1. Choose Print from your application. 2. Select the Fiery X3e PS as the printer and click Properties. 3. Choose PostScript Custom Page from the Document Size menu. 4. Click the Fiery Printing tab again, and specify Landscape for Orientation in the Layout print option bar.

  • Page 34: Working With Custom Page Sizes In The Windows 2000/Xp Postscript Printer Driver

    1-22 Printing from Windows Computers Working with custom page sizes in the Windows 2000/XP PostScript printer driver With custom page sizes, you define the dimensions of a printed page. After you define a custom page size, you can use it from an application without redefining it each time you print.
  • Page 35 You can now specify the custom page size from an application. O EDIT A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE WITH THE PRINTER DRIVER 1. Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers. 2. Right-click the Fiery X3e PS icon and choose Printing Preferences.

  • Page 36: Saving Files To Print At A Remote Location

    The PostScript Custom Page Size Definition dialog box appears. If it does not appear, click Edit Custom Page Size. 6. Edit the settings, as described on O PRINT A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE WITH THE PRINTER DRIVER 1. Choose Print from your application and select Properties. 2. Click the Paper/Quality tab. 3. Click Advanced.

  • Page 37: Chapter 2: Printing From Mac Os Computers

    2-1 Printing from applications You can print to the Fiery X3e just as you would print to any other printer from any Chapter 2: application. Select the Fiery X3e as the current printer in the Chooser, and then Printing print the file from within the application.
  • Page 38 Command WorkStation, you may be able to print only to the Hold queue. For more information on enabling print connections, see the 6. Close the Chooser window. The Fiery X3e remains selected as the current printer until you select a new printer in the Chooser. Configuration...

  • Page 39: Setting Options And Printing From Mac Os Computers

    1. Open a file and choose Page Setup from the application’s File menu. 2. Choose Page Attributes in the dialog box that appears. Select the Fiery X3e as your printer. Page Setup dialog boxes vary across applications. 3. Select the Page settings for your print job.
  • Page 40 2-4 Printing from Mac OS Computers 5. Choose Print from the application’s File menu. 6. Select the Fiery X3e as your printer and specify settings for the print options displayed. Print dialog boxes vary across applications. From the Paper Source menu, choose the paper tray for the job. For example, you can specify that the job be printed on paper in Tray 1.
  • Page 41 2-5 Printing from applications 7. Choose Fiery Job Notes. Choose Fiery Job Notes Enter user and job identification information for managing purposes, or whatever information is required at your site. Enter the User ID in the Group Name field. The Group Name appears in Command WorkStation, WebSpooler, and Fiery Spooler, and also appears in the Job Log.
  • Page 42 These print options are specific to the Fiery X3e and the copier; you may have to scroll to see all the options. They override settings in Fiery X3e Printer Setup, but can be changed from Command WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler, or Fiery Spooler.

  • Page 43: Defining Custom Page Sizes

    2-7 Defining custom page sizes 9. To make the new settings the default settings, click Save Settings. 10. Click Print. 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.
  • Page 44 2-8 Printing from Mac OS Computers 6. To save this custom page size, enter a name and click Add. 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.

  • Page 45: Chapter 3: Printing From Unix Workstations

    For more information on using Command WorkStation, Fiery Spooler, or Fiery WebSpooler, see the The queue name and Fiery X3e printer name are determined by your system administrator. Contact your system administrator for the names of your queues. For information about setting up printing from TCP/IP, see your UNIX system documentation.
  • Page 46 • On a system running Solaris 2.x or any System V implementation of UNIX, use the lpstat command to see printer jobs in the queue, as follows: lpstat -o <printername> For example, if the Print queue of your Fiery X3e is named lpstat -o print_Server Your workstation displays the contents of the queue.
  • Page 47 3-3 Printing to the Fiery X3e O REMOVE JOBS FROM THE QUEUE Unless you log in as the • On a system running SunOS 4.1.x or another BSD-based variant, use the lprm command to remove jobs from the queue, as follows: lprm <-Pprinter>...

  • Page 49: Chapter 4: Downloading Files And Fonts

    Status WebTool. • Print PostScript, EPS, TIFF, and PDF files to the Fiery X3e. • Manage the printer fonts stored on the Fiery X3e hard disk (this feature requires that the Direct connection be published on the Fiery X3e).
  • Page 50 4-2 Downloading Files and Fonts O VIEW INFORMATION WITH 1. Double-click the Fiery Downloader icon or choose Fiery Downloader from the Start >Programs menu. 2. Select the Fiery X3e in the Chooser window and click OK (Windows) or Connect (Mac OS). The Fiery Downloader Status window appears, displaying the Fiery Downloader toolbar, menus, and status bar.
  • Page 51 If you are viewing the Font List, click to display the status window for the current Fiery X3e. If you are viewing the status window, click to display a list of printer fonts on the Fiery X3e hard disk. Click to view version information about...

  • Page 52: Downloading Printer Fonts

    4-4 Downloading Files and Fonts Downloading printer fonts You can download a variety of file types, as well as fonts, to the Fiery X3e. You can specify a limited number of print option settings for the files you download. O DOWNLOAD A FILE OR FONT WITH 1.
  • Page 53 4-5 Using Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader 4. Choose the file type to display from the Files of type (Windows) or Show (Mac OS) menu. All Known Formats lists all files in formats supported by Fiery Downloader. You can download files and fonts in the same batch. If the fonts are used by files in the same batch, the fonts download first.
  • Page 54 4-6 Downloading Files and Fonts 6. Select the file name and click Add File(s) (Windows) or Add (Mac OS). The File name field (Windows) displays the name of the selected file before you click Add. You can navigate to different drives and directories to select files to download. Click Add All (Mac OS) to add all files in a folder.
  • Page 55 4-7 Using Fiery Downloader or WebDownloader —Enter the number of copies. Copies (PostScript and EPS files only)—Change the Brightness setting if a file Brightness appears to be too dark or too light. Choose 85% for a substantially lighter image, 115% for a substantially darker image, or one of the options in between. Some applications, including Adobe Photoshop, provide transfer functions that allow you to specify density settings for an image.
  • Page 56 4-8 Downloading Files and Fonts 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. ESTORE ONTS 1.

  • Page 57: Managing Printer Fonts

    Direct connection, you must embed any special fonts used by the file when you generate it. The screen fonts that correspond to the printer fonts installed on the Fiery X3e are not automatically installed on your Windows system. Fiery Downloader cannot download TrueType fonts. If you use TrueType fonts in Windows, convert them to Adobe Type 1 before printing.
  • Page 58 Like all PostScript fonts, the fonts included with the Fiery X3e come in two forms: printer fonts and screen fonts. Install the screen fonts included with the Fiery X3e user software on your Mac OS computer. If you are using these fonts in documents you print on a LaserWriter, they are probably already installed.
  • Page 59 Direct connection, see the administrator. The Font List dialog box includes Update, Print, and Delete buttons. The printer fonts included with the Fiery X3e (resident fonts) are locked. Locked fonts appear with a Lock icon next to the name and cannot be deleted.

  • Page 61: Chapter 5: Printing Variable Data Documents

    5-1 About variable data printing This chapter describes the variable data printing features supported by the Fiery X3e, Chapter 5: including: Printing Variable Data • Background information about variable data printing Documents • Printing variable data documents using Fiery FreeForm About variable data printing Variable data printing is typically used for direct-mail advertising or other targeted mailings.

  • Page 62: Printing Variable Data Documents With Fiery Freeform

    FreeForm functions are controlled with two print options: Create Master and Use Master. You can set these options in the printer driver when you send a job, or instruct the operator to set them with job overrides from Command WorkStation, Fiery Spooler, or Fiery WebSpooler.

  • Page 63: Creating The Master Document

    15 only. To create a FreeForm master with a number greater than 15, the operator must set the Create Master and Use Master options and RIP the job from Command WorkStation. Although the Fiery X3e can store up to 100 FreeForm masters, the printer driver page 5-8).

  • Page 64: Creating The Variable Document

    5-4 Printing Variable Data Documents Creating the variable document You can create the variable document with a word processing application that provides a mail merge function, a database application, or a page layout application that supports scripting. In all cases, information is taken from a list or database and merged into an existing document that is set up to accept the information.

  • Page 65: Combining The Freeform Master With The Variable Document

    5-5 Printing variable data documents with Fiery FreeForm Combining the FreeForm master with the variable document When you print a variable document to the Fiery X3e, you specify the FreeForm master created from your master document with the Use Master print option. The Fiery X3e combines the raster data of the variable document with the already RIPped FreeForm master, creating a new raster data file.
  • Page 66 5-6 Printing Variable Data Documents Pages 1 and 2 of the variable document are combined with Pages 1 and 2, respectively, of the master document. The cycle of master pages then starts over, and Pages 3 and 4 of the variable document are combined respectively with Pages 1 and 2, again, of the master document.

  • Page 67: Using Fiery Freeform

    5-7 Printing variable data documents with Fiery FreeForm Using Fiery 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. If FreeForm printing is used by a large number of users at your site, FreeForm master numbers, or ranges of numbers, can be assigned to specific users or groups.
  • Page 68 5-8 Printing Variable Data Documents Sorter Mode Stapler Mode The Top Binding print option of the Duplex setting has no effect when printing using Fiery FreeForm. O PRINT VARIABLE DATA DOCUMENTS 1. Create a master document. The following example shows one page of a master document for a tri-fold brochure that was created with a page layout application.
  • Page 69 5-9 Printing variable data documents with Fiery FreeForm 3. Create the variable document. You can create the variable document using a different file, a different application, or a different computer platform than was used to create the master document, but some print options must be the same (for details see The following example shows one page of the variable document for the tri-fold brochure.
  • Page 70 5-10 Printing Variable Data Documents The following example shows the FreeForm master and variable document combined. The variable data is simply overlaid on the master document.

  • Page 71: Chapter 6: Scanning

    6-1 Fiery Remote Scan components With Fiery Remote Scan, you can scan documents or images from the copier glass Chapter 6: directly into Adobe Photoshop on your computer, scan through the copier’s automatic Scanning document feeder (ADF) using the Fiery Remote Scan TWAIN plug-in module, or scan using the Fiery Remote Scan application.

  • Page 72: Scanning From The Copier With Scanner Mode

    6-2 Scanning • Scan to Internet FAX • WebScan for mailbox retrieval using Fiery WebTools Scanning from the copier with Scanner Mode With Scanner Mode, you can scan an image from the copier glass or Automatic Document Feeder to the Fiery X3e, then open the image with WebScan or Fiery Remote Scan.
  • Page 73 6-3 Scanning from the copier with Scanner Mode 2. Press the Scan key on the copier. The Select Destination screen appears in the Touch Panel. The Destination tab appears by default. 3. Press Direct. A screen appears that allows you to enter letters and symbols. 4.
  • Page 74 6-4 Scanning 5. Press Enter. The e-mail address is saved until you press Start. 6. Choose the settings for your scan by pressing the Scan Mode tab and then pressing the subtabs. Select from the following available settings. Default settings reflect the Factory default settings.
  • Page 75 6-5 Scanning from the copier with Scanner Mode Compression Level High Quality—Scan with high quality and low compression. Standard—Scan with standard compression. High Compression—Scan with high compression and less quality. Resolution 200dpi 300 dpi 400dpi 600dpi Background Remove Auto, Lighter or Darker—Select one of the Background Remove levels manually. –5 (Lighter) to +2 (Darker).

  • Page 76: One-Touch Scanning

    6-6 Scanning Document Set Original Direction—Specify the original orientation of the job. Mixed Original Detection—Specify if the original size is different for every page. Separate Scan—Specify one or more scan documents with different sizes. This setting allows you to scan documents with varying page sizes as one scan job. If your scan job exceeds 100 pages, choose this setting, as the capacity of the ADF is 100 pages.
  • Page 77 6-7 Scanning from the copier with Scanner Mode O SCAN A DOCUMENT USING ONE TOUCH Once directories are programmed, you can easily call them up through the Destination tab. 1. Place the original face down on the copier glass or face up in the Automatic Document Feeder.

  • Page 78: Using Fiery Remote Scan

    6-8 Scanning 3. Select a pre-programmed tab by using the up and down arrow keys. You can also press the IndexList to select a tab. 4. Press the key that you want to scan to. You can select the Temporary Registration key or a One-Touch key. For more information about these keys, see the Fiery X3e home page documentation for your copier.

  • Page 79: Initiating Scans Using Fiery Remote Scan

    6-9 Using Fiery Remote Scan Initiating scans using Fiery Remote Scan With Fiery Remote Scan, you can initiate a scan from the copier remotely. You can automatically open a scan file in a host application using the Fiery Remote Scan TWAIN plug in, or automatically initiate and send a scan file to the Hold queue, mailbox, disk, FTP, e-mail, or Internet FAX using the Fiery Remote Scan application.
  • Page 80 6-10 Scanning Fiery Remote Scan application Fiery Remote Scan TWAIN plug-in...

  • Page 81: Retrieving Scans Using Fiery Remote Scan

    6-11 Using Fiery Remote Scan 6. Select the appropriate scan settings and click Send (Fiery Remote Scan application) or Acquire (Fiery Remote Scan TWAIN plug-in). If you click Acquire, your scan file automatically opens in the host application, where you can view and edit the scanned file. If you click Send, you are prompted to send the file to a specific destination.
  • Page 82 6-12 Scanning Fiery Remote Scan application Fiery Remote Scan TWAIN plug-in...

  • Page 83: Sending The Scan Job To A Specific Destination

    6-13 Using Fiery Remote Scan 5. Click Change Mailbox. 6. Enter the appropriate Mailbox and password, and click OK. To access your mailbox, you must enable mailboxes in Setup. For more information, see the 7. Click Refresh. All scanned images for that mailbox are listed. 8.
  • Page 84 6-14 Scanning O SEND A SCAN JOB TO A ESTINATION 1. After selecting the scan file to send, click Send at the bottom of the Send dialog box. 2. To send the job to the Hold queue, select Fiery Hold Queue. 3.
  • Page 85 6-15 Using Fiery Remote Scan 4. To send the scan job via Email, select Email and click Edit Email. The Email message dialog box appears. 5. Enter an Email address in the To: field, or browse the list of Email addresses in the Address Book by clicking To:, Cc:, or Bcc:.
  • Page 86 6-16 Scanning 7. To send the scan job to an FTP site, select FTP and click Edit FTP. The FTP Destination dialog box appears. 8. Enter the FTP settings and click OK. If a proxy server has been enabled, click Proxy Enable and enter the information for the proxy server.
  • Page 87 6-17 Using Fiery Remote Scan 10. To send the scan file via Internet FAX, select Internet FAX and click Edit Internet FAX. You must enable Internet FAX in the Initiate tab before you can select Internet FAX in the Send dialog box. The Internet FAX message dialog box appears.
  • Page 88 6-18 Scanning O RETRIEVE SCAN FILES USING 1. Click the WebScan WebTool in the Fiery WebTools menu on the home page. The WebScan dialog box appears. 2. Enter the Mailbox name in the Mailbox field. The Mailbox name is the directory you specified with the copier’s Scanner Mode.
  • Page 89 6-19 Using Fiery Remote Scan 5. Select the file you want to open. 6. Choose PDF, TIFF, or JPEG from the File Format menu. You can specify the pages you want to retrieve from your job if you choose JPEG from the File Format menu.

  • Page 91: Chapter 7: Tracking And Monitoring Jobs

    7-1 Accessing Fiery WebTools Fiery X3e user software includes a variety of tools that allow you to track and manage Chapter 7: print jobs. Access to some tools is controlled by your site administrator, but other Tracking and tools are available to all users. Monitoring Jobs •...

  • Page 92: Checking Fiery X3E Status With The Status Webtool

    Checking Fiery X3e status with the Status WebTool You can use Status to see what jobs are currently processing and printing. To access Status, open the Fiery X3e home page and click Status. The current RIP Status and Printer Status appear in the window. User Software...

  • Page 93: Accessing Information With Weblink

    7-3 Accessing information with WebLink For best results, use WebTools at the recommended resolution. For more information, see System Requirements in the Quick Start Guide. 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 Fiery X3e.

  • Page 95: Chapter 8: Using Fiery E-Mail Service

    E-mail Service extracts the file and sends it to the Fiery X3e. The e-mail attachment must be a PS or PDF file. To print using the Fiery E-mail Port Monitor, you must print to a printer connected to the Fiery E-mail Port Monitor. If you have the E-mail Port Monitor set up, your print job is e-mailed to the Fiery X3e when you choose Print from an application.

  • Page 96: Printing Using An E-Mail Client

    8-2 Using Fiery E-mail Service The Fiery X3e also supports internal address books. Administrators can retrieve, add, delete, and clear addresses from the address books by sending requests via e-mail. For more information about address books, see the 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 X3e in the form of an e-mail attachment using your e-mail application.
  • Page 97 8-3 Printing using an E-mail Client 4. Attach the file you want to print in the body of the e-mail. You can enter a additional text in the body of the message, if necessary. The text will also be printed. If your attachment exceeds the file size limitation set by your e-mail system administrator, the e-mail will not be sent.

  • Page 98: Job Control

    8-4 Using Fiery E-mail Service Job Control This feature allows you to manage print jobs by submitting commands to the Fiery X3e via e-mail. You can cancel a job, check job status, and inquire help on a job. Once you send a command, the Fiery X3e returns an e-mail response. O MANAGE PRINT JOBS WITH 1.
  • Page 99 IERY MAIL 1. Choose Print in your application. 2. Make sure the Fiery X3e is selected as your printer and you have set up the E-mail Port Monitor for the Fiery X3e. 3. Click Properties. 4. Click the Fiery Printing tab.

  • Page 101: Appendix A: Print Options

    PostScript or PCL file based on your original file and the options you set from the Print dialog box. A printer driver also allows you to select print options for your copier. To do this, the printer driver must be matched with a PPD/PDD file for your Fiery X3e. A PPD/PDD file contains information about the features and capabilities of a particular...

  • Page 102: Where To Set Print Options

    • From applications With the Adobe PostScript printer drivers, you can specify job settings when you print a job. For information about specifying job settings from applications, Chapters 1 and 2.

  • Page 103: Print Option Override Hierarchy

    A-3 Print Options Print option override hierarchy The override hierarchy is as follows: • A user’s printer driver settings override the Fiery X3e Setup and ColorWise Pro Tools settings. • Settings made from Command WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler, or Fiery Spooler override the user’s printer driver settings.
  • Page 104 Select On to overprint black text. Specify the type of black overprint style you want to use. Select Printer's default or Text to overprint black text. Select Text/Graphics to overprint black text and graphics. Select On to print the job so that it appears as a booklet.
  • Page 105 Specify the number of copies of the job to print. Requirements, constraints, and information The Printer’s default setting reflects the setting specified in Fiery X3e Setup. For Windows, choose Expert Color as the Color Mode to access this option. For more information, see the Color Guide.
  • Page 106 A-6 Print Options Option and settings (default setting is underlined) Copier Stored Print Off/Memory/Hard Disk Drive Create Master None/1-15 Distribution Number on Pages Off/First Page Only/All Pages Distribution Number Color Black/Red/Blue Duplex Off/Left Binding/Top Binding Edge Enhancement Off/On Description Select Off to send the image data as a normal print job.
  • Page 107 A-7 Print Options Option and settings (default setting is underlined) Gloss Print Off/On Group Name Group Password Hole Punch Off/Left/Top Instructions Lock Job Off/On Media Type Plain Paper/Recycled Plain/Exclusive Plain/Not 2nd Side Plain/Thick Paper 1/Thick Paper 2/Thick Paper 3/Envelope/Transparency/2nd Side Plain Paper/2nd Side Thick Paper 1/2nd Side Thick Paper 2/2nd Side Thick Paper 3...
  • Page 108 Fiery X3e. Specify the output profile to use for the current print job. Requirements, constraints, and information Setting this option to Printer’s default produces the same result as the 2.2 setting. For more information, see the Color Guide.
  • Page 109 FreeForm. Requirements, constraints, and information Letter (US) or A4 (International) is displayed as the default page size depending on the printer driver you installed. The AutoSelect setting automatically selects the tray containing the paper size specified for the job. This option is available only for US.
  • Page 110 For more information, see the Color Guide. This option is not supported for PCL. The Printer’s default setting reflects the setting specified in Fiery X3e Setup. For Windows, choose Expert Color as the Color Mode to access this option. This option is not supported for PCL.
  • Page 111 FreeForm master number to be used for the job. Requirements, constraints, and information The Printer’s default setting reflects the setting specified in Fiery X3e Setup. For Windows, choose Expert Color as the Color Mode to access this option. For more information, see the Color Guide.

  • Page 112: More About Print Options

    All duplex printing features are available only with plain paper media type. O PRINT DUPLEX PAGES 1. Choose Print in your application and locate the Duplex print option. The location of Fiery X3e print options varies, depending on the printer driver you are using. 2. Choose one of the Duplex settings: —Prints the top of the image on Side 1, on the same edge of the page as...
  • Page 113 Scale override of 200%, the job is printed at 100% of the original document size, that is, 50% of 200%. Lock Job You can specify an unlock and print job from the Fiery X3e PS or PCL printer driver. O SPECIFY AN UNLOCK AND PRINT 1. Choose Print from the application’s File menu.
  • Page 114 NLOCK AND RINT 1. Choose Print from the application’s File menu. 2. Select Printer Specific Options from the pull-down menu. 3. In the Lock Job field, specify Yes. 4. Set other print options. 5. Select Fiery Job Notes from the pull-down menu.

  • Page 115: Appendix B: Font List

    Font List PostScript printer fonts The following table lists the 136 built-in PostScript printer fonts and 46 PCL fonts on the Fiery X3e. In addition to these fonts, two Adobe Multiple Master fonts are included and used for font substitution in PDF files.
  • Page 116 B-2 Font List PostScript name ArialMT AvantGarde-Book AvantGarde-Demi AvantGarde-BookOblique AvantGarde-DemiOblique Bodoni Bodoni-Bold Bodoni-Italic Bodoni-BoldItalic Bodoni-Poster Bodoni-PosterCompressed Bookman-Light Bookman-Demi Bookman-LightItalic Bookman-DemiItalic Carta Clarendon-Light Clarendon Clarendon-Bold CooperBlack CooperBlack-Italic Copperplate-ThirtyThreeBC Copperplate-ThirtyTwoBC Coronet Courier Courier-Bold Courier-Oblique Courier-BoldOblique Eurostile Eurostile-Bold Eurostile-ExtendedTwo Windows menu Mac OS menu name name, style Arial Arial...
  • Page 117 B-3 Font List PostScript name Eurostile-BoldExtendedTwo GillSans GillSans-Bold GillSans-Italic GillSans-BoldItalic GillSans-Light GillSans-LightItalic GillSans-Condensed GillSans-BoldCondensed GillSans-ExtraBold Goudy Goudy-Bold Goudy-Italic Goudy-BoldItalic Goudy-ExtraBold Helvetica Helvetica-Bold Helvetica-Oblique Helvetica-BoldOblique Helvetica-Narrow Helvetica-Narrow-Bold Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique Helvetica-Narrow- BoldOblique Helvetica-Condensed Helvetica-Condensed-Bold Helvetica-Condensed- Oblique Helvetica-Condensed- BoldObl HoeflerText-Ornaments Windows menu Mac OS menu name name, style Eurostile BoldExtendedTwo Eurostile ExtendedTwo, Bold...
  • Page 118 B-4 Font List PostScript name JoannaMT JoannaMT-Bold JoannaMT-Italic JoannaMT-BoldItalic LetterGothic LetterGothic-Bold LetterGothic-Slanted LetterGothic-BoldSlanted LubalinGraph-Book LubalinGraph-Demi LubalinGraph-BookOblique LubalinGraph-DemiOblique Marigold MonaLisa-Recut NewCenturySchlbk-Roman NewCenturySchlbk-Bold NewCenturySchlbk-Italic NewCenturySchlbk- BoldItalic Optima Optima-Bold Optima-Italic Optima-BoldItalic Oxford Palatino-Roman Palatino-Bold Palatino-Italic Palatino-BoldItalic StempelGaramond-Roman StempelGaramond-Bold Windows menu Mac OS menu name name, style Joanna MT Joanna MT...
  • Page 119 B-5 Font List PostScript name StempelGaramond-Italic StempelGaramond-BoldItalic StempelGaramond BoldItalic Symbol Tekton Times-Roman Times-Bold Times-Italic Times-BoldItalic TimesNewRomanPS- BoldMT TimesNewRomanPS- BoldItalicMT TimesNewRomanPS- ItalicMT TimesNewRomanPSMT Univers-Extended Univers-BoldExt Univers-ExtendedObl Univers-BoldExtObl Univers-Light Univers-Bold Univers-LightOblique Univers-BoldOblique Univers Univers-Oblique Univers-CondensedBold Univers- CondensedBoldOblique Univers-Condensed Windows menu Mac OS menu name name, style StempelGaramond Italic StempelGaramond Roman,...

  • Page 120: Truetype Fonts

    B-6 Font List PostScript name Univers-CondensedOblique ZapfChancery-MediumItalic ZapfDingbats TrueType fonts The Fiery X3e includes 10 TrueType fonts: PostScript name Apple-Chancery Chicago Geneva HoeflerText-Black HoeflerText-BlackItalic HoeflerText-Italic HoeflerText-Regular Monaco New York Wingdings-Regular Windows menu Mac OS menu name name, style Univers 57 Univers 57 Condensed, Italic CondensedOblique Zapf Chancery...

  • Page 121: Pcl Printer Fonts

    B-7 Font List PCL printer fonts The following 45 Roman PCL fonts and 1 bitmap font are resident on the Fiery: • Albertus Medium, Albertus Extra Bold • Antique Olive, Antique Olive-Bold, Antique Olive-Italic • Arial, Arial-Bold, Arial-Italic, Arial-BoldItalic • CG Omega, CG Omega-Bold, CG Omega-Italic, CG Omega-BoldItalic •...

  • Page 123: Appendix C: Troubleshooting

    C-1 Troubleshooting This appendix provides troubleshooting tips. Appendix C: Troubleshooting Maintaining optimal system performance The Fiery X3e does not require maintenance. Beyond the routine requirements of servicing and maintaining the copier and replenishing consumables, you can improve the overall performance of your system by doing the following: •...

  • Page 124: General Printing Problems

    C-2 Troubleshooting General printing problems If this happens You cannot connect to • Make sure the Fiery X3e is not being calibrated from the Control Panel. the Fiery X3e. If the Fiery X3e is being calibrated from the Control Panel, you can select it in the Chooser, but you cannot connect to it.
  • Page 125 Control Panel or clicks the function key on Command WorkStation. • Make sure the Fiery X3e is selected as the current copier. Before printing, you must select the Fiery X3e as the current printer from your Windows computer, Mac OS computer, or UNIX workstation. •...

  • Page 126: Problems With Print Quality

    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 print • Use the Adobe PostScript Printer driver (or the Apple LaserWriter 8.3 or later printer as solids. driver). Guide.

  • Page 127: Problems With Fiery Downloader

    C-5 Troubleshooting Problems with Fiery Downloader If this happens General problems. • Make sure you are using the latest version. If you are updating your Fiery X3e to 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 128: Problems With Fiery Scan

    C-6 Troubleshooting Problems with Fiery Scan If this happens: Fiery Scan main window does • Check to see if the TWAIN module(s) installed by Adobe Photoshop are located in the not appear after launching. correct folder. If not, reinstall Adobe Photoshop software. Problems with Fiery WebTools If this happens General problems.

  • Page 129: Index

    ColorWise Pro Tools job overrides A-2 Command WorkStation managing print jobs 7-1 overriding FreeForm Master number 5-3 overriding Printer Setup settings 1-6 Create Master option 5-2 Custom Page Sizes defining for Windows 2000/XP 1-22 defining for Windows NT 4.0 1-14, 1-16, 1-19, 1-22 Custom Paper Sizes defining for Mac OS 2-7...
  • Page 130 Rendering Style option A-10 RGB Source option A-10 Save Fast Reprint option A-10 Spot Color Matching option A-11 LaserWriter printer, fonts installed on 4-10 lp command 3-2 lpq command 3-1, 3-2, 3-3 lpr command 3-1, 3-2 lprm command 3-1, 3-3...
  • Page 131 Output Profile option A-8 overrides, of job settings A-2 Page Range option A-2 Paper Source menu Mac OS 2-4 Paper Source option A-13 PCL printer description files, see PDDs PCL printer drivers Windows 1-2 PDF files downloading 4-1 downloading from Windows 1-1...
  • Page 132 System V 3-2 Use Master option 5-2 WebLink, see Fiery WebTools White Point option A-8 Windows Notes fields 1-5 PCL printer driver 1-2 PostScript printer driver 1-2 printer default settings 1-6 printing with 1-2 setting print options 1-2 to 1-7...

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