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Xerox DocuColor 242 Release Note

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Copyright 2007 © Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Customer Release Notes
EFI Fiery
Color Server for Xerox DocuColor 242/252/260,
®
version 2.0
This document contains information about the EFI Fiery Color Server for Xerox
DocuColor 242/252/260, version 2.0.
Before using the EFI Fiery Color Server for Xerox DocuColor 242/252/260, make copies of
these Customer Release Notes and the Quick Connect Guide and distribute them to all users.
This document uses the term "Fiery Color Server" to refer to the EFI Fiery Color
N
:
OTE
Server for Xerox DocuColor 242/252/260. The term "copier" refers to the DocuColor 242/
252 and DocuColor 260 copiers.
System software installation
If you install system software from a client computer over the network, and the installation
fails because of connection timeout, exit any applications and disable any virus protection
software or pop-up blocker on the client computer.
After installing, upgrading, or reinstalling software
After installing, upgrading, or reinstalling your system software, you must reboot the Fiery
Color Server.
Server loses connection or unresponsive
If you are using an older keyboard and mouse with PS-2 type connector, the Fiery Color
Server may not restart properly or may lose connection. This is caused by PS2-style
components which are not supported. EFI recommends using keyboard and mouse with USB
connector.
OS support on client workstations
In addition to the operating system support listed in Welcome (on User Documentation CD),
the following operating systems are now supported: Intel-based Mac, Windows XP (64-bit),
and Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit).
Intel-based Mac
System requirements
• G3 800 MHz
• 500 MB RAM
• At least 80 MB of hard disk space for installation (500 MB recommended for writing full
previews of raster files and handling large PostScript and PDF files).
• At least 1024 x 768 monitor resolution
Part Number:
45059498
16 April 2007

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  • Page 1 This document contains information about the EFI Fiery Color Server for Xerox DocuColor 242/252/260, version 2.0. Before using the EFI Fiery Color Server for Xerox DocuColor 242/252/260, make copies of these Customer Release Notes and the Quick Connect Guide and distribute them to all users.

  • Page 2: User Documentation

    Supported browser • Safari 1.2 Windows XP (64-bit) and Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit) System requirements • A PC with a Pentium III processor or higher (1.0 GHz or faster) for use with the Windows • At least 256 MB of RAM for printing and to operate the utilities (512 MB recommended) •...
  • Page 3 Copier Copier touch panel Keyboard Caps and Shift keys On the copier touch panel keyboard, the Caps key and Shift key work in the same manner. Both convert all characters to upper-case. However, the Shift key also converts numbers and symbols.
  • Page 4 Cancel buttons, you need to scroll to the bottom-left of the screen. Fiery Color Server device name For DocuColor 242/252 and DocuColor 260 copiers, the Fiery Color Server device names are DC250 or DC260 respectively. Use these device name when starting applications such as Command WorkStation and ColorWise Pro Tools.
  • Page 5 Changing time in setup For the DocuColor 242/252 and DocuColor 260, changing the date and time on the Fiery Color Server sets the copier time. (The time on the Fiery Color Server is shown in the header of reports such as the Job Log and the Configuration page.) If you change the time on the...
  • Page 6 (Network > Services > Web). You can also disable IPP Printing by clearing the Enable IPP option at the copier touch panel Web Applications, Setup, SMB, LPD, Web screen. After you reboot the server, Web Services comes back on by default, but IPP printing stays disabled.
  • Page 7 Networking Changing network settings If you change any network settings in Setup from the copier control panel, the Fiery Color Server reboots. The Fiery Color Server loses connection with the copier until it has finished restarting, which takes a minute or two. You can determine whether the connection has been restored by pressing the All Services button on the copier touch panel.
  • Page 8 Fiery Color Server queries the LDAP server, for example: John Doe (jdoe). Ethernet speed The Ethernet speed setting under Network Setup on the copier control panel lists two choices that are not supported: 10BASE-TX (Full Duplex) and 100BASE-TX (Full Duplex). It does not list a choice for a 1-gigabit speed.
  • Page 9 Date/Time Zones on Configuration page The selected time zones appear incorrectly on the Configuration page when set using the copier touch panel. Please use and refer to the time zone settings available in WebTools. To access time zones via WebTools, use the following procedure: O SET TIME ZONES IN 1 Start your Internet browser.
  • Page 10 The Job History Report, Fonts List, and System Settings List use the date and time on the Fiery Color Server. The Error History Report uses the date and time on the copier (except for error codes from the Fiery Color Server).

  • Page 11: Printer Driver

    When you configure the Mac OS X printer driver (using the Printer Setup Utility), we recommend that you select the printer model (XXXX PS) from those listed under Xerox. If you select the model using Other, be sure you browse to the <Startup disk>:Library: Printers:PPDs:Contents:Resources folder that contains the installer.
  • Page 12 Page 12 Mac OS X and Use Media Defined Profile To set the Output Profile option to Use Media Defined Profile on Mac OS X, you must first make sure that Two-Way Communication is not enabled, and then select Use Media Defined Profile from the drop-down list for Output Profile.
  • Page 13 Manual Duplex Quantity/Pages displays incorrectly While a Manual Duplex job is printing, the number of copies and number of pages may display incorrectly at copier touch panel. Manual duplex When printing a Manual duplex job from Tray 5 (Bypass), the on-screen instructions do not indicate that before reloading paper for Side 2, you must first remove any unused paper from the Tray 5, otherwise the job will not continue.
  • Page 14 Black Overprint and uneven color If you use the default setting for the Black Overprint option, which is Text/Graphics, you might see uneven color in some jobs. If this occurs, set the Black Overprint option to Off instead. CMYK Simulation Method and color gradation If you find that color gradations are not printed smoothly, try setting the CMYK Simulation Method to Full (Source GCR).
  • Page 15 You can print to a custom page size from Tray 1, Tray 2, or Tray 5 (Bypass). For Tray 1 or Tray 2, set the page dimensions at the copier under Setup > Paper Tray Attributes. If the document that you want to print has a page size of 220 x 297 mm, for example, set x =220...
  • Page 16 Note that the message that prompts you to load paper has the dimensions reversed (297 x 220 instead of 220 x 297). All custom page sizes sent to the DocuColor 242/252 and DocuColor 260 must be created SEF (Short Edge Feed).

  • Page 17: Finishing Options

    Finishing Options Stapler Mode and Punch Position Stapling and punching require that a finisher is installed on the copier. The finisher type determines the number of holes (2, 3, or 4) punched. Use the Punch Position print option to specify the position of punching. Use the Stapler Mode print option to specify the number (1 or 2) and position of staples.
  • Page 18 For no Hole Punch (Punch Position set to None): Page Size None Upper Left B5 LEF A4 SEF A4 LEF Letter SEF Letter LEF 13 SEF Legal SEF B4 SEF A3 SEF 17 SEF Letter Cover A4 Cover LEF B5 LEF A4 SEF A4 LEF Letter SEF...
  • Page 19 For 2 Hole Punch: Page Size None Upper Left B5 LEF A4 SEF P(t) S, P(t) S, P(t) S A4 LEF P(l,r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) - Letter SEF P(t) S, P(t) S, P(t) S Letter LEF P(l,r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) -...
  • Page 20 For 3 Hole Punch: Page Size None Upper Left B5 LEF A4 SEF A4 LEF P(l,r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) - Letter SEF Letter LEF P(l,r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) - 13 SEF Legal SEF B4 SEF...
  • Page 21 For 4 Hole Punch: Page Size None Upper Left B5 LEF A4 SEF A4 LEF P(l,r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) - Letter SEF Letter LEF P(l,r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) - 13 SEF Legal SEF B4 SEF...
  • Page 22 Finishing Options on the Light Production Finisher Neither stapling nor punching are supported for the following page sizes on the Light Production Finisher: 4 x 6 SEF, 5 x 7 SEF, A5 SEF, A5 LEF, B5 SEF, 12 x 18 SEF, SRA3 SEF, 13 x 19 SEF For which stapling and punching options are available for each supported page size, see the following tables.
  • Page 23 For 2 Hole Punch: Page Size None Upper Upper Left Right B5 LEF A4 SEF P(t) S, P(t) S, P(t) S A4 LEF P(l,r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) - Letter SEF P(t) S, P(t) S, P(t) S Letter LEF P(l,r)
  • Page 24 For 3 Hole Punch: Page Size None Upper Upper Left Right B5 LEF A4 SEF A4 LEF P(l,r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) - Letter SEF Letter LEF P(l,r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) - 13 SEF Legal SEF B4 SEF...
  • Page 25 For 4 Hole Punch: Page Size None Upper Upper Left Right B5 LEF A4 SEF A4 LEF P(l,r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) - Letter SEF Letter LEF P(l,r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) S, P(l) S, P(r) - 13 SEF Legal SEF B4 SEF...
  • Page 26 (such as PDF) are redirected to the Print queue. Job status information When you make photocopies, information about the job is displayed on the copier. However, the same kind of information is not displayed while the Fiery Color Server is printing a job.

  • Page 27: Booklet Maker

    Suspend Printing message If you suspend printing, Command WorkStation and the Fiery Color Server do not display the copier as offline immediately. The printer offline message is not displayed until the copier has finished printing that portion of the job.

  • Page 28: Mixed Media

    Mixed Media treats a job with the manual duplex property as a simplex (single-sided) job when inserting pages into a job. However, the Fiery Color Server sends this job to the copier as a manual duplex job, such that any pages Mixed Media inserts are treated as inserted sheet surfaces, instead of inserted duplexed sheets.

  • Page 29: E-Mail Printing

    Mixed Media and collation To collate a job when you print using Mixed Media settings, you must set the Collate option in the Fiery printer driver (Finishing tab), not the Collate option in your application’s Print dialog box. Mixed Media, Duplex, and Orientation For a Mixed Media job in which some pages are oriented Portrait and others are oriented Landscape, duplex pages might not print with the correct orientation.
  • Page 30 Initiating a scan job Initiating a scan job remotely is not supported. To initiate a scan, you must use the interface on the copier. You can, however, retrieve and distribute scan jobs remotely. Deleting default scan templates in Scan Settings...
  • Page 31 If a message appears in Command WorkStation that says to “check scanner power and cable,” check the link light on the crossover cable connecting the Fiery Color Server to the copier. If it is not lit (green), try replacing the cable.
  • Page 32 Exiting Remote Scan version 5.x on Mac OS X To quit Remote Scan version 5.3 and 5.4 on a Mac OS X computer, use your mouse to close the Remote Scan application window. You cannot quit the application from the main menu or by pressing Command+Q.

  • Page 33: Command Workstation

    Separations job. Offset values not in Impose template When you save a template in Impose, the X and Y offset values are not saved. The “Memory 100%” displayed in the upper-right corner of the copier display is the Page 33...
  • Page 34 Page 34 File formats for downloading Using Command WorkStation, you can import or download only files of the following formats to the Fiery Color Server: PostScript (PS), EPS, TIFF, PDF, PCL, PJL, and text. Downloading files of unsupported formats results in an error message or an unusable printout.

  • Page 35: Colorwise Pro Tools

    ColorCal When you calibrate from the copier touch panel, make sure that the Original Orientation (Layout Adjustment tab) is set to Sideways Image and that the ColorCal patch pages are positioned following the arrows at the top of the page, with the short edge at top and long edge along left side of the copier platen.
  • Page 36 Adobe Acrobat, Multiple-copy jobs with Acrobat 7.0.0 to 7.0.3 When printing multiple-copy jobs with a large number of pages (for example, 999), Acrobat versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.3 may not print pages correctly on Windows platforms. If you encounter problems, upgrade to Acrobat 7.0.4 or later. Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and Mirror image When you print a PDF file from Acrobat 6.0 with the Mirrored image option selected, the PDF does not print properly mirrored.
  • Page 37 Adobe InDesign CS2, Duplex printing When printing duplex with InDesign CS2, using InBooklet SE, the duplex print settings produce the opposite result. When you select Top-Top, for example, the image prints Top- Bottom, and vice versa. This problem is caused by the application incorrectly parsing the PPD (printer description file) for the Fiery Color Server.
  • Page 38 Page 38 Microsoft Excel and PCL printer driver If you print from Excel using the PCL printer driver, and the document contains bold characters in a font that does not have a separately defined bold font, set the following options in the PCL printer driver on the Fonts tab: •...
  • Page 39 Page 39 Microsoft Word Graphics If a Word document contains a graphic object with a white background, and the background prints as black instead of white when you print the document using the PCL printer driver, select the object in Word and change the background from No Fill to White. Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 on Windows 2000 When you print from PowerPoint 2003 on Windows 2000, you might see repeated images or images that are reduced in one dimension in the printed output.
  • Page 40 Mac OS related Constrained Mac printer driver At install, you may select either Fast (to use the Unconstrained Mac printer driver) or Comprehensive (to use Constrained Mac printer driver). The Unconstrained driver functions more quickly by not checking for constraints between conflicting print options and print settings.
  • Page 41 O RESOLVE PRINT OPTION CONFLICTS IN THE 1 Select a different pane. For example, if you were in the Printer Features pane, select the Summary pane. After you refresh the Printer Features pane, there is a mismatch between the selected Feature Set group and the print options that are displayed.

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