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EFI DocuColor 5000 Printing Manual

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  • Page 1: Printing From Mac Os

    Fiery EXP8000/50 Color Server ® Printing from Mac OS...
  • Page 2 © 2007 Electronics for Imaging, Inc. The information in this publication is covered under Legal Notices for this product. 45059252 09 February 2007...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Downloading printer drivers from the Fiery EXP8000/50 System requirements OS X RINTING ON Installing Mac OS X printer drivers and printer description files Setting up the Fiery EXP8000/50 on Mac OS X TILITIES Printing from a USB device Automatic printing...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    NTRODUCTION NTRODUCTION This document describes how to install printer drivers and printer description files for the Fiery EXP8000/50 Color Server, and how to set up printing from Mac OS X computers. It also describes how to print to the Fiery EXP8000/50. For information about setting up network servers and clients to use the Fiery EXP8000/50 Color Server, see Setup.

  • Page 6: About This Document

    PageMaker PPD files PostScript screen fonts Description These files are used with the PostScript printer driver that allows the Fiery EXP8000/50 to appear in the Print and Page Setup dialog boxes of popular applications. The Fiery EXP8000/50 PPDs provide information about the digital press to your application and printer driver.

  • Page 7: Downloading Printer Drivers Using Webtools

    EXP8000/50. 2 Click the Downloads tab. 3 Click the link for the printer drivers that you want to install (Printer Files for Mac OS X). A file named OSX.dmg is downloaded to your desktop. The file contains a folder named Printer Driver in a BinHex-encoded, compressed format.

  • Page 8: Downloading Printer Drivers From The Fiery Exp8000/50

    If you cannot locate your Fiery EXP8000/50, contact your network administrator. 3 Open the Mac_User_SW folder. 4 Open the folder for your operating system and copy the Printer Driver folder to your desktop. 5 Install the appropriate printer driver for your operating system.

  • Page 9: Setting U P Printing On Mac Os

    ETTING RINTING ON To set up the Fiery EXP8000/50 as a PostScript printer on a Mac OS X computer, install the printer driver files that correspond to your digital press. The printer driver files are provided on the User Software DVD or can be downloaded from the Fiery EXP8000/50 over the network or using WebTools.

  • Page 10: Setting Up The Fiery Exp8000/50 On Mac Os X

    Setting up the Fiery EXP8000/50 on Mac OS X After you install the printer driver files on Mac OS X, you must set up the Fiery EXP8000/50 in the Printer Setup Utility (or Print Center). This section describes how to set up the Fiery EXP8000/50.
  • Page 11 If the zone is not listed as the Default Zone, or one of the Recent Zones, select AppleTalk Network, select the zone, and then click Choose. Proceed to For IP Printing, type the IP address of the printer in the Printer Address field, and the print connection (Print, Hold, or Direct) in the Queue Name field.
  • Page 12 2 Click Add. 3 Choose the Default Browser tab or the IP Printer tab. 4 In the Default Browser, choose from the Printer Name list the Fiery EXP8000/50 with the AppleTalk connection type. If the printer is not listed in the Printer Name list, click More Printers.
  • Page 13 The Fiery EXP8000/50 is added to the list of printers. 7 If you want to create a desktop printer, select the Fiery EXP8000/50, choose Printers > Create Desktop Printer, specify a name and location for the icon, and click Save.
  • Page 14 ETTING RINTING ON O CONFIGURE INSTALLABLE OPTIONS 1 Choose Utilities from the Go menu, and start Printer Setup Utility (or Print Center). 2 Select your printer in the Printer List. 3 Choose Show Info from the Printers menu. 4 Choose Installable Options.
  • Page 15 2 Click Add. 3 Click Default Browser. 4 Select the printer with the Bonjour connection type from the Printer Name list. 5 For Print Using, choose the appropriate manufacturer name or model, and then select the file for the Fiery EXP8000/50 PPD.
  • Page 16 The Fiery EXP8000/50 is added to the list of printers. 8 If you want to create a desktop printer, select the Fiery EXP8000/50, choose Printers > Create Desktop Printer, specify a name and location for the icon, and click Save.

  • Page 17: Printing Utilities

    RINTING TILITIES RINTING TILITIES The following methods allow you to print to the Fiery EXP8000/50: • USB device • FTP printing You can install the screen fonts from the User Software DVD. For more information about installing screen fonts, see “Installing fonts on Mac OS X computers”...

  • Page 18: Printing From A Usb Device

    RINTING TILITIES Printing from a USB device You can print files from a USB device to the Fiery EXP8000/50. Files, including those that originated on a Mac computer, can be saved to a USB device and downloaded directly to the Fiery EXP8000/50.
  • Page 19 RINTING TILITIES Manual printing When USB Media Auto Print is disabled in Server Setup, you manually select the files you want to print from the USB device and specify where you want to send them. USB M O SET UP THE EDIA ERVER 1 Start Command WorkStation and then select Setup.

  • Page 20: Ftp Printing

    You cannot print to the Direct connection using FTP printing. 2 Navigate to the folder representing the print connection or published virtual printer. 3 Upload your job to the desired folder. After the job is printed, it is deleted from the Fiery EXP8000/50.

  • Page 21: Installing Fonts On Mac Os X Computers

    The Fonts on the User Software DVD include screen fonts that correspond to the 136 built-in PostScript and True Type printer fonts on the Fiery EXP8000. To be available to applications, the screen fonts must be installed on Mac OS X.

  • Page 22: Printing From Mac Os

    RINTING FROM RINTING FROM Print to the Fiery EXP8000/50 just as you would print to any other printer from a Mac OS X application. Select a printer and print the file from within the application. In addition to this method, you can download files to the Fiery EXP8000/50 using Hot Folders (see Utilities) and the Docs WebTool (see Utilities), and print documents using Command WorkStation (see Utilities).
  • Page 23 RINTING FROM 4 Click OK. 5 Choose Print from the application’s File menu. 6 Choose the Fiery EXP8000/50 as your printer. 7 Choose Owner Information from the drop-down list. 8 Type information in the Notes 1 and Notes 2 fields.
  • Page 24 OS X RINTING FROM 14 Specify color print options for the job. 15 To use advanced color management features, such as Rendering Style, click Expert Settings. The Expert Color Settings dialog box appears. To display the ColorWise settings from the Fiery EXP8000/50 in this dialog box, make sure that Two-Way Communication is enabled.
  • Page 25 OS X RINTING FROM If you want to set the Output Profile option to Use Media Defined Profile, you must first make sure that Two-Way Communication is not enabled, and then you can select Use Media Defined Profile from the drop-down list for Output Profile. Enable Two-Way Communication if you want to be able to select specific downloaded output profiles.
  • Page 26 Feature Set to see all the options. These options override settings in Fiery EXP8000/50 Printer Setup, but can be changed from Command WorkStation. If you choose Printer’s default, the job prints according to the settings specified in Setup. For more information about these options and overrides, see Some print options that are selectable from an application are similar to the print options that are specific to the Fiery EXP8000/50 and the digital press.

  • Page 27: Defining Custom Page Sizes From Mac Os X

    RINTING FROM Defining custom page sizes from Mac OS X With custom page sizes, you 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. O DEFINE A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE 1 Choose Page Setup from the File menu in your application.
  • Page 28 RINTING FROM O DEFINE A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE ON 1 Choose Page Setup from the application’s File menu. 2 Choose Manage Custom Sizes from the Page Size menu. Custom page names 3 Click the plus sign 4 Double-click 5 Enter the page dimensions and margins. 6 Click OK to exit.
  • Page 29 OS X RINTING FROM O EDIT A SAVED CUSTOM PAGE SIZE 1 Choose Page Setup from the File menu in your application. 2 Choose Custom Paper Size from the Settings menu. For Mac OS X v10.4: Choose Manage Custom Sizes from the Page Size menu. 3 Select the Custom Page Size name.

  • Page 30: Enabling Two-Way Communication

    If you enabled a TCP/IP network, you can retrieve digital press status and ColorWise settings from the Fiery EXP8000/50 and display them in the printer driver using the Two-Way Communication feature. The digital press status includes the current paper and toner levels.
  • Page 31 RINTING FROM 4 Type the Fiery EXP8000/50 IP address or DNS name in the Printer Address field. 5 Click OK. 6 To update the digital press status in the Printer Info window, click Refresh. Status light Paper Tray information Toner levels •...

  • Page 33: Index

    Hot Folders 22 installable options, specifying in Mac OS X 14 installing Instructions field 23 IP Printing, in Printer Setup Utility (Print Center) 11, 13 updating automatically 30 defining for Mac OS X 27 printer driver for Mac OS X 9...
  • Page 34 NDEX WebTools Docs tab 22 Downloads tab 7...

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