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Xerox EX Printing Manual

Xerox EX Printing Manual

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  • Page 1 Xerox EX Print Server, Powered by Fiery ® for the Xerox 700 Digital Color Press Printing from Mac OS...
  • Page 2 © 2008 Electronics for Imaging, Inc. The information in this publication is covered under Legal Notices for this product. 45069888 23 April 2008...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ONTENTS ONTENTS ONTENTS NTRODUCTION Terminology and conventions About this document User software Downloading printer drivers using WebTools System requirements OS X ETTING RINTING ON Installing Mac OS X printer drivers and printer description files Setting up the EX Print Server on Mac OS X Configuring installable options RINTING TILITIES...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    This document describes how to install printer drivers and printer description files for the Xerox EX Print Server, Powered by Fiery, for the Xerox 700 Digital Color Press and how to set up printing from Apple Mac OS X computers. It also describes how to print to the EX Print Server.

  • Page 6: About This Document

    NTRODUCTION About this document This document covers the following topics: • Installing printer files on Mac OS computers • Setting up printing connections on Mac OS computers • Installing EX Print Server printing utilities • Printing from Mac OS computers User software The following table lists the user software that is described in this document.

  • Page 7: Downloading Printer Drivers Using Webtools

    NTRODUCTION Downloading printer drivers using WebTools You can install printer drivers and printer description files from the User Software DVD or directly from the EX Print Server with WebTools. For more information about setting up and starting WebTools, see Utilities. O DOWNLOAD PRINTER DRIVERS WITH OOLS 1 Start your Internet or intranet browser and type the DNS name or IP address of the...

  • Page 8: Setting U P Printing On Mac Os

    OS X ETTING RINTING ON OS X ETTING RINTING ON To set up the EX Print Server 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 using WebTools.

  • Page 9: Setting Up The Ex Print Server On Mac Os X

    OS X ETTING RINTING ON Setting up the EX Print Server on Mac OS X After you install the printer driver files on Mac OS X, you must set up the EX Print Server in the Printer Setup Utility. This section describes how to set up the EX Print Server and configure the EX Print Server for the options installed on the digital press.
  • Page 10 For IP Printing, type the IP address or DNS name of the printer in the Printer Address field and the print connection (Print, Hold, or Direct) in the Queue Name field. 5 For Printer Model, choose Xerox and the appropriate model, and then select the file for the EX Print Server PPD.
  • Page 11 OS X ETTING RINTING ON EX P O SET UP THE RINT ERVER WITH ONJOUR CONNECTION TYPE IN THE RINTER ETUP TILITY Bonjour printers are available to Mac OS X v10.4.x computers only if Bonjour is enabled on the EX Print Server. 1 Choose Utilities from the Go menu and start Printer Setup Utility.
  • Page 12 OS X ETTING RINTING ON EX P OS X 10.4) O SET UP THE RINT ERVER IN THE RINTER ETUP TILITY 1 Choose Utilities from the Go menu, and start Printer Setup Utility. The Printer List dialog box appears. 2 Click Add. 3 Choose the Default Browser tab or the IP Printer tab.
  • Page 13 OS X ETTING RINTING ON 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 step For LPD/LPR printing, choose Line Printer Daemon - LPD, type the IP address or DNS name of the printer in the Address field, and the print connection (Print, Hold, or Direct) in the Queue field.
  • Page 14 Address field, and the print connection (Print, Hold, or Direct) in the Queue field. Proceed to step 5 For Printer Model or Print Using, choose Xerox and the appropriate model, and then select the file for the EX Print Server PPD. 6 Click Add.

  • Page 15: Configuring Installable Options

    OS X ETTING RINTING ON Configuring installable options For Mac OS X v10.3.9, you must configure the EX Print Server for the options installed on the digital press to allow the EX Print Server to take advantage of the digital press options after you complete the printer driver installation.

  • Page 16: Printing Utilities

    RINTING TILITIES RINTING TILITIES The following methods allow you to print to the EX Print Server: • USB device • FTP printing Printing from a USB device You can print files on a USB device to the EX Print Server. To do so, save files to the USB device and download them directly to the EX Print Server.
  • Page 17 RINTING TILITIES O PRINT FILES FROM THE DEVICE 1 Configure the USB printing options in Setup. For more information, see Configure Help. 2 Create folders at the top (root) level of the USB device named Print, Hold, and Direct. 3 Copy the files (PS, EPS, PCL, TIFF, and PDF) from the user’s computer to the USB device. Files copied to the Print, Hold, and Direct folders are downloaded to the corresponding print connection on the EX Print Server automatically when you connect the USB device to the EX Print Server.

  • Page 18: Ftp Printing

    RINTING TILITIES 7 Specify print options for the file. The print options you can choose are: • Queue (Print, Direct or Hold) • Number of copies • Duplex (Off, Top-Top, Top-Bottom) • Page Size 8 Press Print to send the file to the EX Print Server for printing. 9 Remove the USB device from the EX Print Server.

  • Page 19: Printing From Mac Os

    OS X RINTING FROM OS X RINTING FROM Print to the EX Print Server 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 EX Print Server using Hot Folders (see Utilities) or the Docs tab in WebTools (see Utilities), and print documents using Command WorkStation (see Utilities).
  • Page 20 OS X RINTING FROM The following procedure shows Mac OS X v10.4 illustrations. OS X O SET PRINT OPTIONS AND PRINT FROM 1 Open a file and choose Page Setup from the application’s File menu. 2 For Settings, choose Page Attributes. For Format for, choose the EX Print Server. The Paper Size option in the Page Setup dialog box is the same as the Document Size print option in the Fiery Features Media tab.
  • Page 21 OS X RINTING FROM 7 Choose Fiery Features from the drop-down list. For information about Two-Way Communication, see page 8 Click Customize to specify the options shown in the Basic window. You can select a shortcut from the Available Shortcuts list and add it to the Current Shortcuts list, as well as removing a shortcut from the Current Shortcuts list.
  • Page 22 OS X RINTING FROM 9 Click Full Properties in the Basic window. The Job Info tab is displayed. 10 Type your user name or domain\user name in the User Name field if User Authentication is enabled on the EX Print Server. 11 Type your local password or domain password in the Password field if User Authentication is enabled on the EX Print Server.
  • Page 23 OS X RINTING FROM 15 Type values for the other fields as needed. For information about these fields, see Print Options. 16 Click the Color tab. 17 Specify color print options for the job. 18 To use advanced color management features, such as Rendering Style, click Expert Settings. The Expert Color Settings dialog box appears.
  • Page 24 OS X RINTING FROM To display the ColorWise settings from the EX Print Server in this dialog box, make sure that Two-Way Communication is enabled. To enable Two-Way Communication, see page 19 Specify the color settings for the print job and click OK.
  • Page 25 OS X RINTING FROM 20 To shift the position of the print image on the page, click the Finishing tab and choose Image Shift to specify the shift distances. You might need to shift the print image to allow for binding, for example.
  • Page 26 OS X RINTING FROM 21 To define Mixed Media, click the Media tab and choose Mixed Media. 22 Choose other printer-specific options.

  • Page 27: Retrieving Secure Print Jobs On The Digital Press Control Panel

    OS X RINTING FROM These print options are specific to the EX Print Server and the digital press. You must choose each Feature Set to see all the options. These options override settings in EX Print Server 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.
  • Page 28 OS X RINTING FROM O RETRIEVE A SECURE PRINT JOB 1 At the digital press control panel, press the All Services button. 2 Select Web Applications. All Services button Secure Print 3 Select Secure Print from the Main page. The Secure Print password window appears. 4 Type the same password you entered in the Secure Print field of the printer driver.

  • Page 29: Using Presets

    OS X RINTING FROM Using presets Saving print option settings to your hard disk enables you to load specifically configured settings for a particular job as a preset. O CREATE A PRESET 1 Open a file and choose Print from the application’s File menu. 2 Choose Fiery Features from the drop-down list.

  • Page 30: Defining And Printing Custom Page Sizes

    OS X RINTING FROM O DELETE PRESETS 1 Open a file and choose Print from the application’s File menu. 2 Choose a preset from the Presets drop-down list. 3 Choose Delete from the Presets drop-down list. O RENAME PRESETS 1 Open a file and choose Print from the application’s File menu. 2 Choose a preset from the Presets drop-down list.

  • Page 31: Defining And Editing Custom Page Sizes In Page Setup

    OS X RINTING FROM Defining and editing custom page sizes in Page Setup With custom page sizes, you define page dimensions and margins. Use Page Setup to define a custom page size. When you define or edit a custom page size, use the following procedures. OS X 10.3.9 O DEFINE A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE...
  • Page 32 OS X RINTING FROM OS X 10.4 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 to add a new custom page size.

  • Page 33: Defining And Printing Custom Page Sizes With The Printer Driver

    OS X RINTING FROM O DELETE A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE 1 Choose Page Setup from the application’s File menu. 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 Paper Size name.
  • Page 34 OS X RINTING FROM 4 Click the Media icon. Document Size is the page size defined in your original application’s Print setup (or Page Setup) dialog box. Paper size is the size of the actual sheet of paper on which your job will print.
  • Page 35 OS X RINTING FROM OS X O EDIT A CUSTOM PAGE SIZE WITH THE PRINTER DRIVER 1 Choose Print from the application’s File menu. 2 Choose Fiery Features from the drop-down list. 3 Click Full Properties in the Basic window. 4 Click the Media icon.

  • Page 36: Enabling Two-Way Communication

    OS X RINTING FROM Enabling Two-Way Communication If you enabled a TCP/IP network, you can retrieve digital press status and ColorWise settings from the EX Print Server and display them in the printer driver using the Two-Way Communication feature. The digital press status includes the current paper and toner levels. You can set the ColorWise settings on the EX Print Server using ColorWise Pro Tools.
  • Page 37 OS X RINTING FROM If the dialog box does not appear automatically, click Configure. 4 Type the EX Print Server IP address or DNS name in the Printer Address field or select a Bonjour printer from the list in the dialog box. 5 Click OK.

  • Page 39: Index

    NDEX NDEX AppleTalk connection, in Printer Setup Utility 9 OSX Installer 8 Bonjour connection type 11 Page Setup dialog box 19 PostScript fonts 6 PostScript Printer Description file, see PPD ColorWise options, updating automatically 36 Command WorkStation 19 overview 6 custom page size, see defining a custom page size, presets printing a custom page size...

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