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Printer (PS) Manual
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Page 7: ...g down and restarting the iR C2100 2100S 1 8 Rebooting the iR C2100 2100S 1 8 Shutting down the iR C2100 2100S 1 9 Restarting the iR C2100 2100S 1 9 Chapter 2 Introduction to the Command WorkStation About the Command WorkStation 2 1 Starting up and logging in 2 3 Connecting to the iR C2100 2100S 2 3 Logging in 2 4 Logging out 2 5 The Command WorkStation interface 2 6 Window area Queues Archive Job...
Page 8: ...ating with users 3 1 What the user needs to know 3 1 How users communicate print requirements 3 2 Customizing the Command WorkStation window 3 3 Setting Command WorkStation Preferences 3 4 Printing server information pages 3 5 Workflow scenarios 3 7 Using the copier printer 3 9 Canceling jobs 3 9 Previewing print jobs 3 10 Previewing the currently rasterizing job 3 10 Merging raster files with Doc...
Page 9: ... 2 Manipulating job options and job flow 5 4 Overriding job option settings 5 6 Thumbnails DocBuilder 5 7 Using the Job Log 5 8 Fiery Spooler for Mac OS computers 5 10 Differences between Fiery Spooler for Mac OS and Fiery WebSpooler 5 12 Appendix A Troubleshooting Error messages A 1 Maintaining optimal system performance A 6 Troubleshooting A 6 Command WorkStation hangs A 6 Command WorkStation fa...
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Page 11: ...bles an operator to manage all jobs sent to the iR C2100 2100S Although it may not be the case at all sites the documentation for this product assumes the presence of an operator who controls and manages jobs sent by users from remote workstations NOTE The term iR C2100 2100S is used in this manual to refer to the Canon series in which the iR C2100 2100S is embedded The term copier printer is used...
Page 12: ...r and Fiery Spooler which can be used to view and manage iR C2100 2100S job activity The interface and features of Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler have identical counterparts in the Command WorkStation therefore this chapter refers you to Chapters 2 and 3 for details about many Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler functions Appendix A lists error messages that you might see on the iR C2100 2100S ...
Page 13: ...or users and system administrators The Configuration Guide explains basic configuration and administration of the iR C2100 2100S for the supported platforms and network environments It also includes guidelines for setting up UNIX Windows NT and Novell NetWare servers to provide PostScript printing services to clients Getting Started describes how to install software to enable users to print to the...
Page 14: ...o one of the descriptions outlined below or you may prefer an intermediate level of control At one extreme an administrator or operator in a high volume printing environment controls the entire job flow and all printing Print jobs arriving from remote users are spooled to the iR C2100 2100S and stored until the operator decides it is time to print them Additional functions calibration job override...
Page 15: ... choosing which queues are enabled and by electing to set passwords The Administrator can also manage the fonts on the server clear the server disk when necessary and set a common web link for all users who log in to the iR C2100 2100S using their web browser Operator includes control of print jobs that arrive at the iR C2100 2100S and the ability to reboot the iR C2100 2100S Guest allows users to...
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Page 17: ...trol functionality of the iR C2100 2100S are Touch Panel Display LCD Enables you to control all print and Setup functions of the iR C2100 2100S OPTIONS key Press during runtime to give the iR C2100 2100S control of the Touch Panel Display Press during startup to access iR C2100 2100S Setup menus Chapter 1 Operating the iR C2100 2100S 1 4 7 2 5 8 0 3 6 9 ON OFF Error Error Data Copying OPTIONS COPY...
Page 18: ... Data activity light Flashes green when the iR C2100 2100S is printing a job processing a job or when there is a remote connection to the iR C2100 2100S for example a user is connected to the iR C2100 2100S via the WebTools Error activity light Flashes orange when there is an active warning message or when there is an error causing printing to be disabled and operator or service intervention is re...
Page 19: ...rtup If the Yes key is not pressed within a few seconds startup continues automatically Down arrow Appears in the Functions and Setup menus Advances to the next set of options in the current menu Up arrow Appears in the Functions and Setup menus Returns to the previous set of options in the current menu OK Appears in the Setup menus Activates the currently selected option and if applicable proceed...
Page 20: ...ee page 1 7 when the iR C2100 2100S is processing a job The K value increases to indicate the amount of the job that has been processed The Data activity light flashes green Sending Job Name Appears when a special page from the Functions Print Pages menu is printing see page 1 6 Job Name indicates the type of special page The Data activity light flashes green Server Name Printing Appears on the In...
Page 21: ...rinter Press the OPTIONS key to return control back to the iR C2100 2100S Disconnecting Suspend Printing has been selected from the Functions menu see page 1 6 Connecting 2020 2050 Resume Printing has been selected from the Functions menu see page 1 7 MB v Appears on the Info RIP and Print screens MB indicates the amount of free space on the iR C2100 2100S hard disk v indicates the version of syst...
Page 22: ...rent options for all Setup settings information about the current calibration and if applicable the Ethernet addresses of the iR C2100 2100S Job Log A list of the last 55 print jobs For information on the fields in the Job Log and on printing it in other forms see Using the Job Log on page 3 29 Color Charts Prints samples of the RGB CMY and PANTONE colors available from the iR C2100 2100S Font Lis...
Page 23: ... in order to restart the copier printer Calibration Calibrate the iR C2100 2100S You can obtain measurements from the copier printer s built in scanner and calibrate using ReaderCal or you can print patch pages and calibrate using VisualCal For more information see the Color Guide If an Administrator password has been set you must enter it to access Calibration Job Name Busy K RIP Status Cancel Jo...
Page 24: ...ccess Setup menus When you do so fonts that have been downloaded to the hard disk drive are not deleted Print jobs in the Hold queue the Printed queue and jobs that have been processed but not printed are not deleted they will be available for printing when you restart the iR C2100 2100S To reboot the iR C2100 2100S first make sure no jobs are being processed or printed the Data activity light sho...
Page 25: ...nter off wait at least three seconds before turning it back on Restarting the iR C2100 2100S To restart the iR C2100 2100S move the main power switch on the copier printer to the On position then press the Control Panel power switch if necessary Wait approximately three seconds and press the OPTIONS key NOTE You are still able to print to the iR C2100 2100S even if the Control Panel power switch i...
Page 26: ... nine submenus Server Setup Network Setup Printer Setup PS Setup Color Setup Job Log Setup Change Password Clear Server and Factory Defaults Press the corresponding key to enter the selected Setup menu to leave Setup select Exit Setup For detailed information about iR C2100 2100S Setup see the Configuration Guide NOTE Pressing Factory Defaults resets the iR C2100 2100S to its shipping configuratio...
Page 27: ...ection to the iR C2100 2100S By default no passwords are set on the iR C2100 2100S in this default state anyone can perform Setup and use all Command WorkStation functions Until an Administrator password is defined in iR C2100 2100S Setup you can log in to the Command WorkStation as an Administrator without entering a password and you are given full privileges which include A view of current print...
Page 28: ...us bars animate in real time as new jobs are processed and printed and jobs move to different display areas An operator who has complete job control sets the process in motion for each job The Spool RIP and Print areas of the Queues window represent the stages of printing a job Jobs come in at the top level Spool and drop down to the Print level unless they are held along the way Spooled jobs Jobs...
Page 29: ...ng them However if passwords have been set and you log in as Guest you can only view jobs you cannot change or route them This chapter and the next explain the Command WorkStation interface in detail Starting up and logging in To start up the Command WorkStation application click the Windows Start button and choose Command WorkStation from the Programs menu or if you have created a shortcut to the...
Page 30: ...inistrator key is in the vertical position and the Operator and Guest keys are in the flat horizontal position When you click your login level the corresponding key turns to the vertical position For Administrator or Operator access to the iR C2100 2100S click the corresponding key enter the password and click Log in or press Enter For Guest access only click the Guest key and then click Log in No...
Page 31: ...are spooled and held on the iR C2100 2100S To accomplish this only the Hold queue and not the Direct connection or the Print queue should be enabled in Setup See the Configuration Guide for more information Logging out There are two ways to log out from the iR C2100 2100S From the Server menu choose Log out Open the log in out slider click the key icon just below the Fiery logo and click Log out A...
Page 32: ...mon to all Command WorkStation displays those numbered 5 through 7 appear only in the Queues window and element number 8 is common to the Queues and Archive windows The Command WorkStation provides access to a great deal of information and many features that are accessed in various ways buttons menus double clicking and right mouse commands It is a powerful interface that 1 Server selection tabs 2...
Page 33: ... This area can display one of three windows the Queues window shown below the Archive window or the Job Log window only the Queues window is available if you logged in as Guest The Queues window is the default window it shows spooled processing and printing jobs in a display that changes dynamically For information on See Queues area Queues window on page 2 14 Archive area Archive window on page 2...
Page 34: ...o the Windows desktop Job For more information on these commands see page 2 21 Delete Delete one or more selected jobs Duplicate Duplicate one or more selected PostScript data jobs in the Spool or Print areas see page 2 18 page 2 20 and page 2 21 Rename Rename a selected job Hold Hold the selected job s see page 2 17 RIP and Hold RIP and then hold the selected job s see page 2 17 Print Print the s...
Page 35: ...mple PostScript jobs cannot be merged with raster jobs see page 2 32 Download Download files and fonts to the iR C2100 2100S see page 3 20 You can also choose this command by right clicking the Spool status bar Archive Archive one or more selected jobs see page 2 23 and page 3 26 Import Retrieve one or more archived jobs from an external device see page 3 28 You can also choose this command by rig...
Page 36: ...e 3 23 Manage Color Start ColorWise Pro Tools see the Color Guide Printing Groups Define members of printing groups and their passwords requires Administrator privileges for details see the Configuration Guide Clear Job Log Clear all jobs from the Job Log requires Administrator privileges see Other server management commands on page 3 30 Reboot Perform a soft reboot of the iR C2100 2100S requires ...
Page 37: ...on You can access the Server selection tabs from all Command WorkStation windows Queues Archive and Job Log Sliders Along the left side of the display are buttons you click to activate function sliders Window Filter Open the Filter dialog box for the active window see page 2 27 Export Save the information in the active window as a tab delimited text file see page 2 27 Print Print the active window...
Page 38: ...nformation slider displays name and version information about the currently connected iR C2100 2100S and the Command WorkStation To retract the slider click the Fiery logo at the far right of the bar Click to view iR C2100 2100S information Click to open the log in out slider Click to start a Fiery utility Click to view disk space and RAM availability ...
Page 39: ...ck the Tools icon at the far right of the bar Disk space and RAM slider The System information indicators show the current availability of hard disk space and RAM on the currently selected iR C2100 2100S To retract the slider click the Disk icon at the far right of the bar Job ticket information All the jobs listed by name in the Queues and Archive windows can display the job ticket information sp...
Page 40: ...n tabs The Command WorkStation always starts out by displaying the Queues window from which you view current job processes and control job flow and file storage To go to another window click the corresponding tab at the bottom of the Command WorkStation display Queues window The Queues window is a dynamic display of the job staging area jobs are lined up for processing and printing some of them ar...
Page 41: ... print the print engine at high speed freeing up RAM for the next job While the PostScript file is usually saved to disk raster images are held in RAM during and after each print job However both users and operators can request that the iR C2100 2100S save the raster image to disk along with the PostScript file Saving the raster image to disk offers some advantages raster files are already process...
Page 42: ...rs Click the small arrows at the left of the status bar to expand the status bar display Click the arrows again to collapse the status bar to its original size To expand all the status bars at the same time press Ctrl E To collapse them to their original size click the arrows or press Ctrl E again Changing proportions By default the status bars divide the window area into three equal parts You can...
Page 43: ...or has disabled the Direct connection and the Print queue and all user jobs come to the Hold queue For more information about queues see the Configuration Guide The operator s job management functions permit holding a job at any stage of the process we have described as illustrated below In the figure boxes indicate types of job icons you would see in the Queues window Spooled and held RIPped and ...
Page 44: ...he network parallel port Hold queue and the waiting area for jobs that will be RIPped jobs in the Spool queue Icon Active jobs white icons and rows Jobs on Hold yellow icons and rows Printer icons PostScript or raster data headed for printing top or after printing bottom PostScript data headed for Print and Hold or job on Hold after printing Hold Spool area icon What it indicates How long you see ...
Page 45: ...og RIP area The job icons in the RIP area are described below After a job is rasterized it goes into the RIP area The RIP area holds only raster data for example jobs that have been rasterized Jobs in the RIP area are either waiting for the copier printer to be free Print queue jobs icon 2 in the above table or they are being held Held jobs in the RIP area have already been rasterized RIP and Hold...
Page 46: ...A job row that appears in light red indicates that a PostScript error occurred while printing the job To see the error double click anywhere in the row Newly printed jobs are added to the Printed queue and are shown at the top of the list Jobs are saved in the Printed queue until the job limit is reached When the first job over the limit is printed the oldest job is deleted from the disk The defau...
Page 47: ...reates a reference to the original job with the same name n a NOTE The Duplicate command is not available for raster jobs Rename Rename the job PostScript file with or without raster Unaffected but associated with the new name Hold Hold the job in the current place except for a job in the Print area which is moved to the Spool or RIP area depending on whether it still has raster data associated wi...
Page 48: ...he Thumbnail A window where you can edit the job or merge it with raster data from other jobs Changed if job is edited unaffected if job is only viewed Thumbnail B Open the selected raster data job not necessarily a held job in the Thumbnail B window for viewing or for merging into a job in the Thumbnail A window Unchanged Download Download files and fonts to the iR C2100 2100S with Fiery Download...
Page 49: ...multiple jobs in the Spool area and choose Print 4 With the cursor still in one of the selected job lines press the right mouse button 5 Select one of the commands or destinations and release the mouse button The command is carried out or the jobs are routed to the destination you chose Archive window If you want to store jobs before or after printing them you can archive them The iR C2100 2100S c...
Page 50: ...in the Archive window By default the Archive window displays all archived jobs Until they are deleted archived jobs remain in the Archive window indefinitely You can display a subset of archived jobs based on various selection criteria by using the Filter command see page 2 27 For jobs archived to external devices the Volume column shows the volume and pathname of the device For jobs that were arc...
Page 51: ...as respectively without printing it Remove Raster which applies only to jobs with the raster icon leaves only the PostScript data for the job in the Archive window View only particular jobs Choose Filter from the Window menu and make entries in the Filter dialog box see page 2 27 Delete a job Select the job s and choose Delete from the Job menu or right mouse command menu Display or move job ticke...
Page 52: ...en the Job Log you can choose to display all jobs in the current Job Log or only the jobs in a specified date range By default all jobs are displayed To specify a date range choose Filter from the Window menu click Range and enter dates in the From and To fields or click the calendar icons next to the From and To fields and select dates by clicking them in the calendars Use the arrows at the upper...
Page 53: ... and click OK The Job Log is sent to the Print queue and then prints to the iR C2100 2100S You can use Job menu commands to manipulate the Job Log print job as you would any other job The printed Job Log contains the jobs for the date range you specified See Using the Job Log on page 3 29 for more information Printing and clearing the Job Log automatically You can decide how you want to handle the...
Page 54: ...o any or all of the following criteria Job title User name Date created or a date range Notes 1 or Notes 2 Group name Instructions Group Password Device In the Archive window you can filter jobs according to any or all of the following criteria Job title User name Date created or a date range Notes 1 or Notes 2 Group name Instructions Group Password Device Volume ...
Page 55: ...le if you enter 10 in the Job Title field and UserName in the User field only those jobs whose titles somewhere contain 10 and whose User name somewhere contains UserName will be displayed To filter by date select Range in the Date created area and enter dates in the From and To fields or click the arrows next to the From and To fields and select dates by clicking them in the calendar that appears...
Page 56: ... in the Filter dialog box To view jobs in the Queues Archive and Job Log windows according to a filter template open the Filter dialog box choose the template by name from the Templates pop up menu and click OK To delete an existing template open the Filter dialog box choose the template by name from the Templates pop up menu and click Delete Click OK to confirm that you want to delete the templat...
Page 57: ...ereby group together jobs with similar settings if it is beneficial for throughput or efficiency To view the properties of one or more jobs select the job s and choose Properties from the Job menu or the right mouse menu For information on using the Properties dialog box to change job settings see Viewing and overriding print settings on page 3 18 NOTE Some print options that are available in the ...
Page 58: ...ven different computer operating systems You can merge color pages from graphics programs with text pages from a word processor An outline of DocBuilder s features follows for more information and applications see Merging raster files with DocBuilder on page 3 12 Editing and merging files with DocBuilder When you select a raster data job and choose the Thumbnail A or Thumbnail B command from the J...
Page 59: ...menu commands are also made available by right clicking pages in Thumbnail A Multiple undos of Page menu commands are possible You can merge pages from multiple documents into the Thumbnail A document by opening documents one after another in the Thumbnail B window Documents in the Thumbnail B window are view only and while you can copy pages from Thumbnail B to Thumbnail A you cannot edit the Thu...
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Page 61: ...ome better informed about the iR C2100 2100S and the copier printer so they can choose the appropriate options for their jobs What the user needs to know You or the network administrator should consider supplying some of the following information to your users The name of the printer on the network and the names of servers sharing the printer User s access status Do all jobs require operator inter...
Page 62: ...nstructions field Information users might find in the WebLink web site Instructions for setting up the printer on client computers Sources of PostScript printer drivers PPDs color reference files and additional information Recommended PPD settings Conflicting settings and common PostScript errors How users communicate print requirements Explain to remote users the information you check and what yo...
Page 63: ...s NOTE The Job Title and User columns are always at the left and cannot be moved or deleted You can only add column headings to the right of the User column TO CUSTOMIZE THE QUEUES WINDOW DISPLAY 1 Right click the column heading A menu appears The Add submenu lists the headings that are not already displayed 2 Choose the options you want to display and the sequence in which you prefer to view them...
Page 64: ...lumn so you can just see whether or not there are instructions in it 4 With a narrow Instructions column if you want to read detailed instructions double click the job and choose Notes from the Job Properties window This also allows you to read the notes You can edit or annotate the information in the Instructions field if you wish It remains with the job as long as the job is on the server The op...
Page 65: ... of the Command WorkStation window Units Specify the type of unit Points Inches or Millimeters to use in the display for custom page sizes Temporary path Specify a location for temporary files created by the Command WorkStation application Preferences Filter Helper Application Specify the path to a helper application from which to view data in the active window this application opens automatically...
Page 66: ...those listed on the Test Page Server Name Printer Model color settings calibration information date and time the Test Page was printed Configuration Prints the Configuration page which gives the current server and device configuration This page lists general information about the hardware and software configuration of the iR C2100 2100S the current settings for all Setup options information about ...
Page 67: ...the printer you specified NOTE Server information pages printed with the Print Pages command appear in the iR C2100 2100S Job Log with a User Name of Operator even if you logged in as Administrator Workflow scenarios The workflow at your site will depend on the number and complexity of jobs and the amount of responsibility given to the operator This section suggests some ways you might interact wi...
Page 68: ...e job pages emerge from the copier printer The next job is a large job that you have not seen before The Instructions field indicates that the originator of the job wants to check one printout of the job before you print another 50 copies You make sure the Copies field is set to 1 right click the job and choose Print and Hold The RIP status bar animates and displays the job title and then the Prin...
Page 69: ...ing temporarily Jobs continue to spool and RIP on the server as long as disk space and RAM are available 2 When you have finished with the copier printer job choose Resume Printing from the Server menu press the F6 key or right click the Print status bar and choose Resume Printing The printing connection between the iR C2100 2100S and the copier printer is reopened and printing resumes Canceling j...
Page 70: ...clude pages with one or more missing color plates or pages that are completely blank Previewing print jobs You can use the Thumbnail A window to preview pages of the currently RIPping job You can also use Thumbnail A as well as Thumbnail B to preview any raster data job in the RIP or Print areas The thumbnail windows also allow you to open an thumbnail view of a held raster job in the RIP area and...
Page 71: ...l or Print area and select RIP and Hold Print or Print and Hold As pages are RIPped they are displayed in the Thumbnail A window 4 When you have finished viewing click the Thumbnail A tab to close the thumbnail window TO VIEW THUMBNAILS OF ANY RASTER DATA FILE 1 Select any raster data job in the RIP or Print area 2 Choose Thumbnail A or Thumbnail B from the Job menu If you choose Thumbnail A make ...
Page 72: ...o color text pages created in a document processing application Or you can customize a slide presentation by inserting slides from a different presentation You can display two raster files at once a source file and a target file The target file is displayed in the Thumbnail A window the source in Thumbnail B Both files must be held raster jobs in the RIP area NOTE You cannot create a new PostScrip...
Page 73: ...mbnail A you can drag the slider bar at the bottom of the screen click in the empty area to the left or right of the slider bar or click on the arrows Delete deletes the currently selected page Duplicate duplicates the currently selected page Undo undoes the previous DocBuilder command this command is available only from the Page menu 3 To move pages within Thumbnail A left click to select the pag...
Page 74: ...held in the RIP area TO MERGE TWO RASTER DATA JOBS 1 In the Thumbnail A window display the document you wish to edit The file must be a held raster job in the RIP area 2 Right click another source document file a held job with a raster icon and select Thumbnail B The Thumbnail B tab opens a second thumbnail view which cannot be edited but can be a source for pages added to the document in Thumbnai...
Page 75: ...ges in Thumbnail A and Thumbnail B you can drag the slider bar at the bottom of the screen click in the empty area to the left or right of the slider bar or click on the arrows To replace page s drag Thumbnail B page s on top of page s in Thumbnail A to add page s drag the page s to a new position between pages before the first page or after the last page in Thumbnail A Replace single page Replace...
Page 76: ... or the Undo command to undo all the way back to your first edit There is no Redo function NOTE Make sure to save the merged job before deleting any of the jobs you used to create the merged job Thumbnail B pages moved into Thumbnail A adopt some specific attributes of the Thumbnail A job such as the document and user name However many color related print options that are set in the Thumbnail B pa...
Page 77: ...prompted to save the job click Yes and enter a new name Enter a new name and click OK The new raster file is now in the RIP area ready to print together with the original source and target files NOTE If you print the edited raster file it appears in the Job Log with the name of the original job not the new name you specified for the edited job Since you cannot create a new PostScript file by mergi...
Page 78: ...uble click the job line or select the job and choose Properties from the Job menu or right mouse menu To view the properties for multiple jobs at once shift click to select contiguous jobs or Ctrl click to select non contiguous jobs and choose Properties from the Job menu or right mouse menu NOTE If you want to retain a copy of the job with its original settings duplicate the job and rename the du...
Page 79: ...xeption to this Page Range For PDF files printed using Fiery Downloader you cannot override the following print option Spot Color Matching NOTE Some print options that are available in the printer driver are not displayed in the Properties dialog box For information on specific print options and settings and where they can be set see Appendix A of the Printing Guide When the Properties dialog box ...
Page 80: ...ocate the files and fonts select them and add them to a list of items to be downloaded You can specify a limited number of print option settings for files that you download see page 3 22 To download fonts the Direct connection must be used If the Direct connection is not currently published in Setup see the Configuration Guide for instructions on how to publish it NOTE You cannot use Fiery Downloa...
Page 81: ...menu choose the queue to which you will download the files The options available in this menu depend on the print connections currently enabled in Setup The potential choices are Print Queue Hold Queue or Direct Connection If your administrator has not enabled one or more of these connections you cannot choose it To download fonts you must choose Direct Connection PDF files are always spooled to t...
Page 82: ...rent from that for PDF files as explained below 7 Specify the following information in the dialog box and click OK The options you set apply only to the selected file You can set different options or leave the default settings for each file Copies Specify the number of copies Brightness PostScript and EPS files only Change the Brightness setting if a file appears to be too dark or too light Choose...
Page 83: ...ncel downloading click Cancel or press the Esc key Managing server fonts The iR C2100 2100S includes a number of built in printer fonts You can download additional fonts to the iR C2100 2100S using the Manage Fonts command see page 3 24 or the Download command see page 3 21 Users on the network can also download fonts to the server using Fiery Downloader see the Printing Guide Downloading fonts ei...
Page 84: ...nt list click Print Managing jobs with multiple color servers You can connect to up to five iR C2100 2100S color servers simultaneously from the Command WorkStation This allows you to view and manage jobs being processed by multiple servers from a single location and also to balance the job load between servers of similar capabilities If you connect to multiple servers from the Command WorkStation...
Page 85: ...see some delay in updating the Command WorkStation window when you switch between servers Job lists may be blank for some seconds until updating is complete TO TRANSFER JOBS BETWEEN COLOR SERVERS 1 Log in to more than one color server as described above To transfer jobs between color servers both color servers must support the Send to Nickname_Devicename command 2 In the Queues window of the sourc...
Page 86: ...if you wish Archiving jobs PostScript and raster data jobs can be archived internally to the iR C2100 2100S hard disk or externally to the Command WorkStation hard disk or network drives TO ARCHIVE A POSTSCRIPT OR RASTER JOB 1 In the Queues window select any held job in the Spool or RIP areas 2 Choose Archive from the Job menu 3 To archive the job s internally to the iR C2100 2100S hard disk click...
Page 87: ...chive rasters The Archive rasters option is automatically selected and dimmed for PostScript data jobs and for jobs being archived to Server Internal NOTE Raster data files may be large and therefore may take considerable time to archive In order to save time and disk space archive PostScript data jobs only 7 Select an archive volume and click OK To retrieve jobs archived to external devices use t...
Page 88: ...JOB FROM AN EXTERNAL DEVICE 1 Choose Import from the Job menu in the Queues window or right click on the Spool status bar and choose Import 2 In the Directories area select the device containing the job s you want to import Click Add to import files from other archived volumes 3 In the Job Title area select the job s you want to import Shift click to select multiple adjacent jobs Ctrl click to sel...
Page 89: ...et database or word processing application for job accounting purposes If the Filter command is used to display only a portion of the Job Log such as jobs for the current day only that portion of the Job Log is printed or exported To update the Job Log choose Refresh from the Window menu After printing or exporting the entire Job Log you may want to clear it choose Clear Job Log from the Server me...
Page 90: ... available only when logged in as Administrator Manage Color Opens ColorWise Pro Tools see the Color Guide Reboot Causes the iR C2100 2100S to be rebooted just as if you had selected Reboot Server from the Control Panel see page 1 8 Clear Clears all jobs in all server queues as well as all jobs archived on the iR C2100 2100S hard disk the index of archived jobs in the Archive window and the Job Lo...
Page 91: ...c information on the browsers supported with Fiery WebTools see Getting Started Access privileges The iR C2100 2100S system allows the site administrator to choose and implement a level of access and control appropriate for your particular site There is a spectrum of control which can be implemented the levels of access allowed to remote users depend on whether the administrator has enabled use of...
Page 92: ...ete jobs currently spooling processing or printing on the iR C2100 2100S It also allows you to view print and delete the Job Log See Tracking and managing jobs with Fiery WebSpooler on page 5 1 WebLink Provides a link to another web page provided you have a valid Internet connection The WebLink destination is initially set to www canon com The WebLink destination can be changed this function requi...
Page 93: ... the IP address or the DNS name of the iR C2100 2100S Check with the operator or administrator for this information The iR C2100 2100S home page appears 3 Click one of the buttons at the left to select one of the Fiery WebTools Move the cursor over the buttons to display information about the selections ...
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Page 95: ...Command WorkStation that this chapter often refers you to Chapters 2 and 3 on the Command WorkStation for information about icons and commands that is common to all three tools Tracking and managing jobs with Fiery WebSpooler You can use Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler for Mac OS to perform the following functions from your workstation Override current job option settings Delete jobs and cancel...
Page 96: ...nd click OK To log in as Operator enter the Operator password and click OK To log in as Guest click OK without entering any password The Fiery WebSpooler window appears in a new browser window About the Fiery WebSpooler window Like the Command WorkStation Fiery WebSpooler is a window to view iR C2100 2100S and copier printer functions and an interface from which you can control those functions The...
Page 97: ...d jobs can also be held held jobs are shown with a yellow icon Printed jobs Jobs listed in the area below the Print status bar have already been printed Printed jobs can be stored on the iR C2100 2100S disk The number of jobs that can be stored from 1 to 99 is defined in Setup If you are logged in as Administrator or Operator you can interact with a job wherever it appears in the window by selecti...
Page 98: ...raster data and how jobs are activated or held in the various stages of processing See Chapter 2 for this background information before manipulating jobs with Fiery WebSpooler Also the commands in the Fiery WebSpooler Job menu have identical counterparts on the Command WorkStation For background and information about these commands see Chapters 2 and 3 Choose this command from the Job menu To do t...
Page 99: ...the RIP area Held in the RIP area indefinitely saved to disk Process Next Give top priority to this job Print the job or RIP and print as soon as the processor and copier printer are free before other waiting jobs Unaffected NOTE This option is available for jobs waiting to be processed not jobs in the Spool area Remove Raster Remove the raster from a job that has raster data leave the PostScript ...
Page 100: ...ot override the Orientation option For PDF files printed using Fiery Downloader you cannot override the following print options Orientation Spot Color Matching The options you set here are the same ones you set from the Print dialog box when you print from an application For information about setting and overriding these print options see the Printing Guide NOTE For some options changing the setti...
Page 101: ...sor NOTE In cases where multiple users are connected to the iR C2100 2100S via Fiery WebSpooler Fiery Spooler and or the Command WorkStation and one user makes changes to a Thumbnail A job not all users may see the results of those changes If you are unable to view changes in a job or if selecting a Thumbnail window results in a message indicating zero pages then close and relaunch Fiery WebSpoole...
Page 102: ...ommand is not available To undo one or more DocBuilder commands choose Undo from the Page menu Using the Job Log From Fiery WebSpooler you can view and print a log of all jobs printed by the iR C2100 2100S including jobs downloaded with Fiery Downloader NOTE If you logged in as Administrator you can delete the Job Log from Fiery WebSpooler see page 5 10 The Job Log is not available if you logged i...
Page 103: ...black and white pages total number of pages and Notes The Status column provides the following information about jobs 4 To update the Job Log click the Update button 5 To print the Job Log choose Print Job Log from the File menu or click the Print button The information displayed in the Job Log window prints to the current iR C2100 2100S When you print the Job Log totals are printed for all approp...
Page 104: ...location where you want to save the file and click Save The Job Log is saved as a text file and the Job Log window reappears You can view the information in any application that can read a text file Items are separated by tabs To return to the job list choose Show Job List from the Window menu Fiery Spooler for Mac OS computers For Mac OS the Fiery Spooler interface is almost identical to that of ...
Page 105: ...t the iR C2100 2100S in the Chooser window that appears For information on setting up the connection to the server see Getting Started 3 Click OK The Fiery Spooler main window appears For information on using Fiery Spooler for Mac OS computers see Tracking and managing jobs with Fiery WebSpooler on page 5 1 and see Chapters 2 and 3 ...
Page 106: ...ces Connecting to a different iR C2100 2100S With Fiery Spooler you can connect to a different iR C2100 2100S from within the application using the following procedure TO CONNECT TO A DIFFERENT IR C2100 2100S 1 Choose Open Fiery from the File menu 2 Select the iR C2100 2100S in the Chooser window that appears For information on setting up the connection to the server see Getting Started 3 Click OK...
Page 107: ...lay When an error interferes with printing you will see a message at the Command WorkStation The status bar that displays the message indicates the process where the error occurred Following are the messages listed in alphabetical order with the appropriate corrective action for each one You can cancel the pending print job while you attend to the error condition A few normal status messages are i...
Page 108: ...er Open Close the finisher right cover Finisher Upper Cover Open Close the finisher upper cover Front Cover Open Close the front cover Fuser Unit Cover Open Close fuser unit cover Left Cover Open Close left cover Load Heavy ___ paper The paper specified is not loaded The iR C2100 2100S will print when the tray is loaded with the required paper Load Plain___paper The paper specified is not loaded T...
Page 109: ... The iR C2100 2100S will resume printing when you have cleared the paper jam and closed the copier printer doors Paper Jam in Drawer 3 Clear paper jam Open the copier printer doors and check the locations indicated on the Touch Panel display The iR C2100 2100S will resume printing when you have cleared the paper jam and closed the copier printer doors Paper Jam in Drawer 4 Clear paper jam Open the...
Page 110: ... Touch Panel display The iR C2100 2100S will resume printing when you have cleared the paper jam and closed the copier printer doors Paper Jam in Right Cover Clear paper jam Open the copier printer doors and check the locations indicated on the Touch Panel display The iR C2100 2100S will resume printing when you have cleared the paper jam and closed the copier printer doors Paper Jam in Sorter Fin...
Page 111: ...her Tray C is full You must remove the paper before continuing the job Remove Paper from Sort Bin The Sort Bin is full You must remove the paper before continuing the job Right Cover Open Close right cover Service Call___ Call for service Sorter Finisher Front Cover Open Close Sorter Finisher front cover Sorter Finisher Joint Open Close Sorter Finisher joint Staple Jam Clear staple jam Unknown Err...
Page 112: ...ns or special media Reduce unnecessary server connections at the Command WorkStation If you use a second or third iR C2100 2100S server on an occasional basis performance will be improved if you log off when you are not using it Avoid printing with the server Disk full warning If you see this warning delete jobs from the Queues or Archive windows that have been held for a long time and are not lik...
Page 113: ...s connected previously you may need to reconfigure the connection 1 If you can choose Exit from the Command WorkStation File menu 2 In the C Windows folder find the Efinl ini file and move it out of the C Windows folder to another folder If the Efinl ini file contains a limited amount of configuration information that is easily recreated i e information for only one or two servers you can delete t...
Page 114: ...ng Guide for a table of job properties and conflicting properties Notify the users of these conflicts so they can avoid them in the future If you expected the settings you see in the Properties window be aware that the Copies field does not currently reflect user settings and that Page Range and Scale percent are All and 100 respectively unless they were changed after being sent for printing The j...
Page 115: ... Setup to reflect the new configuration If users cannot connect to the copier printer with Fiery Downloader from Windows 95 98 Windows NT 4 0 or Windows 2000 you may need to reconfigure the utility s connection to the server See Getting Started for details Mac OS users may fail to see the copier printer if a network administrator has assigned it to a different zone or has added zones where previou...
Page 116: ... the copier printer s Standby function If the copier printer is in Standby mode press the Standby key to see any messages on the display The copier printer is not in Standby mode The copier printer s Automatic Power Off function may have shut down the copier printer Turn the copier printer on and then try printing a Test Page again when the copier printer has warmed up You still cannot print a Tes...
Page 117: ...and clears archived jobs 2 24 2 26 Color Charts printing from the Command WorkStation 3 6 Command WorkStation 5 4 Archive window 2 24 display described 2 6 introduction to 2 1 Job Log window 2 27 logging in to server 2 4 main window parts of 2 6 menus 2 8 starting 2 3 troubleshooting A 7 Configuration page printing from the Command WorkStation 3 6 Configuration page printing 1 6 connection to serv...
Page 118: ...nt and Hold command 5 5 Print command 5 5 Process Next command 5 5 raster data 5 4 Remove Raster command 5 5 Rename command 5 5 RIP and Hold command 5 5 RIPped jobs 5 3 status bars 5 2 window 5 2 Fiery WebTools accessing 4 3 home page 4 3 overview 4 1 passwords 4 1 Status 4 2 WebLink 4 2 WebSpooler 4 2 File menu commands 2 8 Filter 2 27 Filter command 2 11 Archive window 2 24 Font Substitution Tab...
Page 119: ...m Fiery WebSpooler 5 8 viewing printed jobs 5 3 Job menu commands 2 8 2 9 5 4 job ticket information 3 3 A 6 rearranging 2 13 3 3 Jobs Saved in Printed Queue 2 20 K keys on Touch Panel Display 1 3 L load balancing between servers 3 24 Log in out slider 2 13 A 6 log in out slider 2 4 Log out command 2 10 3 30 logging in to a server 2 4 M Manage Color command 3 30 Manage Color option 2 10 Manage Fon...
Page 120: ...2 6 spooled jobs 2 15 update 3 25 R RAM 2 15 in use 2 13 total 2 13 raster data 2 19 2 21 5 4 icon 2 18 image 2 15 needed for DocBuilder 3 13 raster files editing 3 13 previewing 3 10 saving 2 15 saving an edited document 3 14 3 17 rasterizing see RIPping Reboot server command 2 10 3 30 Reboot Server command 1 7 Refresh command 2 11 remote users A 6 A 9 Remove Raster command 2 8 2 22 5 5 Rename co...
Page 121: ...d WorkStation 3 6 problem printing A 9 Thumbnail A editing options 3 13 page commands 3 12 3 13 page display 3 11 window 3 12 Thumbnail A command 2 9 2 22 5 5 Thumbnail B window 3 12 Thumbnail B command 2 9 2 22 5 5 Touch Panel Display 1 1 to 1 8 status messages 1 4 to 1 5 troubleshooting Command WorkStation cannot connect to server A 7 Command WorkStation hangs A 6 general guidelines A 6 unexpect...
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