Release Notes English CXP6000 Color Server Software Version 3.0 for the Xerox DocuColor 2045/2060/6060 Date: 15 April, 2003 Creo Part Number: 653-00483A www.creo.com...
Table of Content Software Kit ... 5 New Features...6 PDF 1.4 ... 6 Tiff RGB ... 6 JPEG ... 6 Hot Folder ... 6 Run Job Immediately ... 7 Export as InSite Job ... 7 Paper Sets ... 7 Changes in the Finishing Tab ... 9 Page Exceptions Enhancements ...
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Spire Printing Over TCP/IP from MAC... 19 CXP6000 Color Server Tips... 20 Antivirus software... 20 Loading Software ... 20 Add printers on client workstations ... 20 DCS Format Support... 20 Driver and Application Collation Options ... 20 Printing on Coated Paper... 20 Revert the system values for the Normal/saturated calibration tables ...
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VPS Image Files ... 25 Print Shop Mail jobs ... 26 Image Scale ... 26 Fit to Sheet Size in Imposition ... 26 Application Notes... 27 Windows/office ... 27 QuarkXpress ... 27 PageMaker... 27 Adobe Acrobat ... 27 Illustrator v9.x and 10.x ... 28 Freehand...
They can also be submitted to print via the CXP6000 Color Server and printed on the DocuColor 2060/6060. To print the CXP6000 Installation Guide and Printing Guide on a DocuColor 2045/2060/6060 using the CXP6000: 1.
2. Drag the job the user would like to print to the required hot folder icon. Note: In windows 98 the printer name must be less than 9 characters; otherwise the Hot Folder name/icon is not displayed. For this reason the Spire default printers ProcessPrint, SpoolStore, ProcessStore hot folders are not displayed.
Run Job Immediately This feature enables the user to select a job in the Storage Folder, or in one of the Queue Manager queues and process / print it with top priority. If the Rush job requires processing while another job is being processed, the currently processed job will preserve its Running job status, but its processing will be paused, while the Rush job takes priority and is processed.
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To define new paper sets: 1. In the Tools menu, select the Paper Set option Go to any paper related parameter in the Job Parameters window and click the Select button. The Paper Set window appears. 2. Click the Add button. The Paper Set Properties window appears.
4. Click OK. To select the required paper set in the Paper Stock tab: From the Name list select the required paper set. The selected paper set properties (Paper Size, Type, Weight and Coating) are displayed in their corresponding parameters in the Paper Stock tab. Changes in the Finishing Tab The Paper Stock option in the following parameters has been changed;...
Step & Repeat For Step & Repeat imposition method, exceptions are handled on a page level (same as for non- imposed jobs). Note: When using the Step & Repeat template with the Cut & Stack sub option, tab is disabled. Paper size cannot be set as exception for imposed jobs.
MediaWeight - paper set weight range MediaPosition - tray number Note: If a job is printed using a dynamic page exceptions virtual printer, the Exception and Imposition tabs in the job parameters window will be disabled. To define virtual printer that supports dynamic page exceptions (set page device commands): 1.
2. Click the Mapping Properties button. 3. For each tray, select the required paper set. 4. Click OK. Remote Admin The Remote Admin utility enables the system administrator to perform administration actions on the CXP6000 Color Server from a remote client workstation. While this remote connection and operation takes place, the regular operation of the CXP6000 Color Server is not affected.
A new emulation method is now available – Device Link Emulation. Using the device link emulation method, the CMYK source file is transformed directly to a printer CMYK output file. The result is higher quality and accuracy of printed files.
Profile Manager The Profile Manager enables the user to import source and destination ICC profiles of various devices to the CXP6000 Color Server. The sources ICC profiles are displayed in the Emulation list in the Job Parameters window, under the CMYK Workflow parameter. To import a source ICC profile: 1.
Emulate Paper Tint The user can now emulate the color output to adjust white point value of the used paper stock. For example, to simulate pink paper stock while using white paper stock, the user may use the corresponding emulation profile and select the paper tint check box, the result will be that in addition to the job emulation, the paper tint will be also emulated and will have a pink shade.
Image Noise The Image Noise parameter, located in the Print Quality tab, can be used to smoothen and blend vignettes while printing CT images. The available noise levels are between 2-10. By default, the Image Noise parameter is disabled. The user may enable it and set the required noise level.
The Imposed sheets tab in the Job Preview and Editor window enables the user to view the imposed sheet: Pages appear as a printer’s spread (which is known as an imposed sheet); that is, they appear in the order in which they are printed as an imposed job.
If for example, the language that is selected on the Spire server is Italian, the CXP6000 Color Server printer, which will be added to the client workstations, will have a PPD in Italian. Note: Spire printers that were installed on client workstations prior to a language change on the CXP6000 Color Server will still present the English PPD.
Novell Client Installation To install a Novell client on the CXP6000 Color Server: 1. Close the Spire application. 2. On the Windows desktop, click Novell Client Installation. The following window appears: 3. Click Install The following window appears: 4. Click the Reboot button.
APR search paths (Services Tab of the Job Ticket). Driver and Application Collation Options Most printer drivers and MS Office applications support a Collate option. To receive properly collated or stapled output, disable the Collate feature in the print driver and in the application and enable the Collate feature in the PPD.
Font Substitution In case when the DFE fails to substitute fonts and no fonts printed in the output, turn Font Substitution Off in the virtual printer. Go to: Admin > Resource Manager > Virtual Printer Page 21 of 28...
Adobe PostScript Driver for Win NT/2000/XPis 5.2.1 and Win 98/ME is 4.5.1. Note: The CXP6000 does not require any driver installation for MAC OS 10.x. To print to the CXP6000 from MAC OS 10.x use the Print Center application Add Printer to add the virtual printer.
Admin Page The Color Server Name field on the Admin Page will print with the color server name from the Macintosh client workstations and the client workstation name from PC client workstations. The Sender Name field from the Macintosh OS 9.X clients will print with the Owner name. From OS X, the User Name will print in this field.
Imposition S&R 5X2 Crop marks are not added to a job with the following imposition setting: S&R, Portrait, 5x2 Duplex. Creo Spot Colors XT v2.3.1 It is not recommended to work with Creo Spot Colors XT v2.3.1XTension when using Quark XPress.
VPS Process It is recommended to use Creo Darwin 4.5 or higher version. In general, the DocuColor 2045/2060/6060 is capable of efficiently handling variable data jobs in segmented run lengths. Large complex jobs should always be segmented into smaller run lengths to achieve maximum throughput.
Print Shop Mail jobs VI elements in Landscape orientation of Print Shop Mail jobs will be processed and printed out in Portrait orientation. Print Shop Mail will only support EPS images. VPS that are generated from PS Mail v4.36 for Macintosh, and v4.1 ~build 72 for PC are not imposed correctly on the Spire.
To ensure validity of files, check the preview window in QuarkXpress before the postscript creation. In the printer driver window, Output tab; the only resolution option available is 300dpi, although the DocuColor 2060/6060 will print the file in 600dpi. Disregard the resolution option setting.
Illustrator v9.x and 10.x Illustrator application functionality, such as transparent color, which is enabled through CPSI 3015, is not supported. Freehand Admin Page does not print with Staple Jobs from Freehand. Adobe PS Known Limitations The following applications do not support all Adobe PS features. Usually the application simply ignores the feature, but in rare cases, a printing error may occur.
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