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- Import and export CMYK curves

Settings Editor options for CMYK curves pre-
sets on page 332

- Download color validation test report in
CGATS and PDF format

Read color validation results on page 423

Dual paper tray support

Dual paper tray on page 40

Banner pages, trailer pages and separator
sheets on job level

Define default use of special pages on
page 75

Increased simplex speed

Print speed specifications on page 525

Other product information

The following other guides are available for the VarioPrint i-series MICR. You find these guides on
the downloads site 

http://downloads.cpp.canon

.

• PRISMAprofiler User guide
• PRISMAlytics Dashboard Quick Reference Guide
• PRISMAsync Remote Control Quick Reference Guide
• PRISMAsync Remote Manager
• PRISMAsync Simulator Quick Reference Guide
• PRISMAsync Print Server Administration guide
• VarioPrint i-series Default media entries Quick Reference Guide
• VarioPrint i-series Tunable Inkjet Performance User guide
• BLM600 booklet maker guides
• Technical reference manual
• Safety guides of the VarioPrint i-series MICR and options

Information in this operation guide

Chapter 1 - Introduction

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VarioPrint i-series MICR

Summary of Contents for VarioPrint MICR i Series

Page 1: ...VarioPrint i series MICR Operation guide 2015 2019 Canon Production Printing ...

Page 2: ...ENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE OR LOSSES OR EXPENSES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS PUBLICATION Language Translation of the original instructions that are in British English Trademarks Canon is a registered trademark of Canon Inc PRISMA PRISMAproduction and VarioPrint are trademarks or registered trademarks of Canon Production Printing Netherlands B V Adobe Acrobat and PostScript are...

Page 3: ...hange passwords 52 Log in to the printer 52 Log out or switch roles 56 Change password 58 Recover password 60 Learn about the printer status 62 Chapter 5 Define defaults 65 Adjust control panel and warning time 66 Define printer defaults 68 Define the accessibility 68 Define the regional settings 70 Define system of measurement 71 Keep few sheets in empty paper tray 72 Define storage of printed jo...

Page 4: ...ction setup 132 Define the attributes of an PCL transaction setup 139 Import export or restore transaction setups 144 Validate a transaction setup 145 Validate all transaction setups 146 Read the transaction setup validation report 147 Define the resources 150 Use the advanced transaction printing functions 152 Overrule the set image shift for transaction print jobs 153 Chapter 8 Document printing...

Page 5: ... automatic shutdown 266 Prepare printer for a long shut down period 268 Chapter 10 Manage media definitions 269 Learn about media substrates 270 Learn about media elements 272 Define media elements 276 Import a media pack 276 Define media in the media catalog 277 Define media optimization parameters 281 Define a media family 283 Define a media print mode 286 Learn about the print gap parameter 291...

Page 6: ... a color validation test 416 Perform a color validation test 418 Read tolerance levels for color validation tests 421 Read color validation results 423 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 425 Learn about printer maintenance 426 VarioPrint i series consumables 426 Ink and maintenance liquid supplies in the printer 428 Replace or add consumables 431 Replace a CMYK ink container or PML container 431 Repl...

Page 7: ...e relative humidity in paper modules 505 Remove sheets from the printheads 506 Remove sheets from the fixation drum 508 Check the status of the RIP unit 510 Decrease productivity level for a job 511 Perform media registration 512 Adjust media registration parameters 516 Chapter 15 References 519 Specifications 520 Printer specifications 520 Paper input specifications 523 Paper output specification...

Page 8: ...Contents 8 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction ...

Page 10: ...lor and full color into one effective and productive platform iQuarius technology with the proprietary aqueous ink and MICR offers true sheet fed inkjet printing on a broad set of uncoated inkjet coated and offset coated media The printer platform has a flexible architecture which enables product and functionality extensions in future Working with the VarioPrint i series MICR is more than working ...

Page 11: ...tform of the VarioPrint i series MICR PRISMAprepare and PRISMAproduction The job submitting software PRISMAprepare and PRISMAproduction create a uniform workflow with the VarioPrint i series MICR So you can realize end to end job automation media catalog synchronization and all in one job preparation PRISMAprofiler PRISMAprofiler has been developed for inkjet printers like the VarioPrint i series ...

Page 12: ...dation are part of chapter 12 Maintenance instructions teach you how to keep the printer running and how to keep printer parts clean Chapter 13 Chapter 14 has information about solving problems The reference chapter 15 gives you topics with detailed information and specifications about your product and the product supplies The last chapter 16 is the chapter of the Regulation notices Learn about to...

Page 13: ... are available for the VarioPrint i series MICR You find these guides on the downloads site http downloads cpp canon PRISMAprofiler User guide PRISMAlytics Dashboard Quick Reference Guide PRISMAsync Remote Control Quick Reference Guide PRISMAsync Remote Manager PRISMAsync Simulator Quick Reference Guide PRISMAsync Print Server Administration guide VarioPrint i series Default media entries Quick Re...

Page 14: ... Professional Services TIP operator service operator key operator central operator maintenance operator operator The system administrator is responsible for the user authorization and user authentication The system administrator gives you the access rights that correspond with the tasks you must perform on the printer Target group of this operation guide This operation guide is developed to suppor...

Page 15: ...ations that may lead to death or injury to persons if not performed correctly To use the machine safely always pay attention to these warnings CAUTION Indicates a caution concerning operations that may lead to in jury to persons if not performed correctly To use the ma chine safely always pay attention to these cautions This indication can concern hazards that have a specific CAU TION symbol The h...

Page 16: ...ghly recommended Body protection symbols This manual uses the following body protection symbols to indicate that it is important to protect yourself before performing a specific task or action Symbol Type of symbol Indicates IMPORTANT Hand protection Wear the mentioned type of gloves when you perform this task or action IMPORTANT Eye protection Use the mentioned type of eye protection when you per...

Page 17: ...Chapter 2 Safety and Environment Information ...

Page 18: ...ES OR EXPENSES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION Canon Production Printing reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes The websites of the regional Canon sales offices are listed on the cover of the User Documentation There you can find the addresses of the l...

Page 19: ...ce CAUTION Force From Above Hand Crush CAUTION Hand Entanglement Belt Drive 1 CAUTION Cutting of Fingers or Hand Straight Blade Label The following labels are used in the machine to warn service person nel for safety risks but are visible for Users Make sure to read the installation instructions whenever this label is applied on parts of the machine Translation Installation See installation instru...

Page 20: ...ltage or frequency which differs from the value stated on the power marking label NOTE When a connection to a different mains voltage is required contact your authorized service representative Power cord WARNING Do not scratch abrade heat twist bend or place a heavy object on the power cord or cause any other damage to it The use of a damaged power cord e g exposed core wire or broken wire could r...

Page 21: ... disconnected according the instructions of the manufacturer See the illustration below for the location of the switch and power plugs Grounding WARNING Connect the power cord to a power outlet that is equipped with a protective earthing PE terminal This equipment is not designed for connection to an IT power system An IT power system is a voltage network in which the neutral wire is not connected...

Page 22: ...IMPORTANT Do not obstruct the operating and service clearance areas in any way Do not obstruct the cooling ducts since this may result in overheating or malfunction Make sure the exhaust suction is switched on during operation of the machine Operation WARNING Do not lean lie or stand on any part of the machine including parts that can be pulled outwards e g media drawers Read the User Documentatio...

Page 23: ...ried out by authorized service representatives Access to locked areas and areas that can only be opened with special tools is reserved for authorized service representatives Actions in response to troubles WARNING In the event of damage to the covers power cable or operating elements or penetration of fluids or foreign bodies immediately switch off the power switch unplug the power cords and conta...

Page 24: ...tem Dispose of waste of consumables supplies and maintenance materials and its packaging containing residues according to all federal state and local applicable regulations Disposal of parts WARNING All parts are produced according to the sustainability policy of Canon You can discard all used parts into a common dustbin or follow your local or national sustainability and waste disposal procedures...

Page 25: ...Chapter 3 Explore the printer ...

Page 26: ...ew Below is an overview of the main parts visible from the control panel of the printer 5 7 10 9 4 3 6 17 12 11 8 13 14 16 15 2 1 1 Front view of the printer Description of main hardware parts 1 The operator desk and the control panel are the local communication point for the opera tor 2 PRISMAsync Print Server steers the performance workflow and print quality of the printer 3 Up to three paper mo...

Page 27: ... DFD Document Finish ing Device interface kit connects the finisher to the high capacity stacker 16 The conditioning module controls the climate in the print module The location of the con ditioning module is in the middle of the printer next to the print module Rear view Below is an overview of the parts visible from the rear side of the printer 8 7 5 3 2 1 6 4 2 Rear view of the printer Descript...

Page 28: ...ware parts 7 The fixation module with the fixation drum dries the prints with heated air 8 The power module is responsible for the power management Main hardware parts 28 Chapter 3 Explore the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 29: ...he paper path module transports the sheets 3 The sentry inspects the sheets 4 The registration input module purges the sheets that have imperfections 6 4 3 5 1 2 4 Transfer of sheets during the paper input process Description paper path 1 The paper tray uses the air separation technique to separate each sheet before it goes to the paper path 2 The paper path module transports the sheets to the reg...

Page 30: ...paration vacuum technique takes care for a fast and reliable paper feed 4 3 1 2 5 Parts of the paper module Description paper module 1 Paper tray 1 and 2 2 Paper tray 3 and 4 These paper trays can have an optional dual paper tray installed to enlarge the capacity of the paper tray for A4 Letter 3 The control panel of the paper module has indicators to display the filling level It contains also but...

Page 31: ...1 2 3 4 1 2 6 Open 1 a paper tray and unassign 2 its media Paper Input Chapter 3 Explore the printer 31 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 32: ... to the maintenance position Learn about printhead maintenance on page 393 Transfer of the media sheets during the print process 1 2 7 Location of the print process Location of the print process 1 The print module prints the sheets 2 The fixation module dries the printed sheets 6 7 4 5 1 2 3 8 Transfer of the sheets during the print process Description 1 The sheets transported on the paper path en...

Page 33: ...gh the input registration unit and the print module Print Process The printhead unit holds four or five printhead arrays black K cyan C magenta M yellow Y and the option MICR Each array contains three printheads The image is built up from five different monochrome bitmaps K C M Y MICR 9 The CMYK and MICR print process Ink production A single printhead consists of four segments and contains 2 656 n...

Page 34: ...touches the media The media definition has parameters that determine which drop sizes the print engine must apply while printing these media A B C 13 Drop size modulation the printer adjusts the drop size depending on the media characteristics Media with coating top allow for a larger drop size than media without coating bottom Background spitting Background spitting is the production of small ink...

Page 35: ...ere are two models of the registration output module 1 2 14 Location of paper output process model without system tray 1 2 15 Location of paper output process model with system tray Location of the output process 1 The registration output module transports the prints from the fixation module to the first high capacity stacker 2 One or two high capacity stackers collect and eject the prints Paper o...

Page 36: ... Delivery on the top tray can be useful for small jobs 6 When a DFD Document Finishing Device is installed the high capacity stacker transports the prints to the third party finisher Overview of the high capacity stacker The high capacity stacker can stack a large volume of prints The prints are collected on the stack tray When a stack on the stack tray is completed the slide door opens and the ej...

Page 37: ... the filling level and has a button to eject the stack manually 6 The stack tray collects the prints 7 The eject tray presents the finished stack outside the high capacity stacker 8 The top tray collects the prints of small jobs proof prints and error sheets Control panel of the high capacity stacker The table below describes the stacking behavior of the high capacity stacker 1 2 3 4 5 19 Control ...

Page 38: ... stack eject When the attention light is green and blinks slowly the stack ejects at the next set boun dary When the attention light is green and blinks fast the stack ejects as soon as possible at a page boundary When the attention light is red the stack ejects because an error occurred 4 The error location indicator shows the location where an error occurred 5 The error indicator informs that an...

Page 39: ...color output each time you use these media Compared to a tray driven workflow the predefined media settings prevent mistakes and achieve first time right output The look and quality of the prints of the VarioPrint i series MICR are based on three main aspects that strongly influence each other ink media and the print process Inkjet performance is based on the perfect balance between these print qu...

Page 40: ...d A4 Letter in the dual paper tray The capacity of the dual paper tray is 3 300 A4 Letter sheets instead of 1 700 sheets paper tray The capacity of the left hand stack is 1 800 A4 Letter sheets The capacity of the right hand stack is 1 600 A4 Letter sheets 1 2 3 4 1 23 1 The status LED indicates if the dual paper tray is installed Load the media See the media handling section for information on ho...

Page 41: ...endent of the actual filling level or empty Therefore the right hand part of the icon for the dual paper tray displays full or empty NOTE The schedule assumes that the right hand part of the dual paper tray is either full although the stack may be partially filled or empty When the first stack becomes empty and the second stack is used the schedule is updated with the actual filling level You are ...

Page 42: ...ys are replaced by Flex XL trays A Flex XL tray can contain media until media size 350 mm x 508 mm The minimum media size 208 mm x 203 mm You can install the paper module Flex XL instead of a standard paper module or in combination with a standard paper module Paper module Flex XL 42 Chapter 3 Explore the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 43: ...o not match the print job is aborted Upon error detection the software of the camera system communicates a reject signal to the printer software for a controlled stop of printing Location the ICMU can be located between the registration output module and the high capacity stacker or between the first high capacity stacker and the second high capacity stacker Integrated camera mounting unit ICMU Ch...

Page 44: ...Integrated camera mounting unit ICMU 44 Chapter 3 Explore the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 45: ...Chapter 4 Getting started ...

Page 46: ...emote Control show upcoming actions and messages So you get informed on all upcoming and immediate tasks You configure the VarioPrint i series MICR from the web based configuration tool the Settings Editor and the control panel Below you find an introduction how to use the VarioPrint i series MICR via remote printer driver the control panel PRISMAsync Remote Manager Remote Control and the web base...

Page 47: ...he list of printed jobs 7 The Trays button gives access to the paper tray functions and overviews The Trays views shows also details about sentry rejects 8 The System button gives access to printer and support functions maintenance tasks con sumable supplies color adjustments and workflow preferences 9 The dashboard shows upcoming actions the printer status and error messages 10 The status LED ind...

Page 48: ...the application 3 Page preview scrolling Use the icon to scroll through the document pages 4 Document size and orienta tion The document size and orientation are taken over from the application 5 Page preview type of view Use the sheet view or the document view 6 Job properties The job properties are equal to the job properties on the con trol panel 7 Job destination workflow and output delivery o...

Page 49: ...production and provide insight into the production schedules PRISMAsync Remote Manager enables you to upload jobs to edit job properties and to change the print queues from a remote location or workstation Jobs can easily be re scheduled re located or changed before being printed Use the help function or user guide of PRISMAsync Remote Manager for more information 26 Start Remote Manager 27 Print ...

Page 50: ...r screens of PRISMAsync Remote Control 28 Remote Control Description 1 The configuration screen has options to indicate how you want to be informed 2 The start screen 3 The printer list shows the status of the available printers 4 The event list shows the upcoming actions and the current status of the available printers Refer to the quick reference guide of PRISMAsync Remote Control for more infor...

Page 51: ...mark indicates that a default password is used You are advised to change default passwords Settings Editor options can have an icon that provides more information on the usage Setting can be changed Setting cannot be changed Group of settings can be changed in one dialog Setting is also available on the control panel Setting can be changed with key operator or system administrator credentials Inte...

Page 52: ...n the Settings Editor option Configuration Security Passwords Permission to view Settings Editor if users are allowed to view the Settings Editor without user authentication When you can view the Settings Editor without logging in the name Visitor is shown 30 Visitor is logged in Log in with a domain user account When there are no configured domains you do not see the domain selection on the login...

Page 53: ...ccount you can select the user account from a list 32 Log in with factory defined user account 1 When the Domain drop down list is displayed select the hostname or IP address of the printer 2 Select the factory defined user account from the Username drop down list 3 Enter the password 4 Touch or click OK The name of the user account is displayed Log in to the printer Chapter 4 Getting started 53 V...

Page 54: ...er A single smart card can be used for the authentication of one or multiple user accounts The user account credentials are configured on an LDAP directory server 1 Insert your PKI smart card into the reader attached to the printer Hold your NFC smart card next to the reader attached to the printer 2 Select your username if the smart card is configured for multiple user accounts 3 Enter your passw...

Page 55: ... 37 Password Log in to the printer Chapter 4 Getting started 55 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 56: ...hout leaving PRISMAsync Print Server The session timeout period determines how long you remain logged in without using the printer Log out on the control panel and the Settings Editor 1 On the control panel touch the name of your user account 38 Log out In the Settings Editor click the name of your user account 39 Log out 2 Touch or click Log out Log out on control panel when you use a PKI smart c...

Page 57: ...and you want to perform a task for which you do not have sufficient rights you can log in again with the appropriate credentials Therefore you need to have another user account that is authorized for this task 40 Switch roles Log out or switch roles Chapter 4 Getting started 57 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 58: ... password NOTE This instruction does not apply to the password of a domain user account because this password is defined on the LDAP directory server Change a password 1 Log in from the control panel and touch the name of your user account 42 Change password Log in from the Settings Editor and click the name of your user account 43 Change password 2 Touch or click Change your password 3 Enter your...

Page 59: ...w password and confirm the new password NOTE It depends on the security guidelines of your organization if you can reuse a previously used password 5 Touch or click OK Change password Chapter 4 Getting started 59 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 60: ... 45 Recover password IMPORTANT Ensure that your email address is part of your user account properties Otherwise the password must be changed in the PRISMAsync Print Server user account options In case you do not have the rights to change the PRISMAsync Print Server user account options you need to provide your password to the system administrator NOTE This recovery instruction does not apply to th...

Page 61: ... Forgot password Recover password from Settings Editor or PRISMAsync Remote Manager 1 Click Recover password at the login window 47 Recover password 2 Click OK Recover password Chapter 4 Getting started 61 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 62: ...e up the printer When the printer is in sleep mode you use the sleep button to wake up the printer 48 Sleep button Job status colors The vertical status bar on the dashboard the status LED on the control panel and the operator attention light show the same status color PRISMAsync Remote Manager and PRISMAsync Remote Control display the status color remotely You can change the warning time or disab...

Page 63: ...and PRISMAsync Remote Manager It shows the list of scheduled jobs and predicts the job production time Furthermore you read the upcoming events loading paper trays or removing prints from the output trays Green means that the media and the output location are available Gray means that the availability of the media and output location is unknown This occurs when the printer is in transaction printi...

Page 64: ...n required window with instructions appears To prevent the printer from stopping check the filling levels of supplies and waste on a regular base 51 Dashboard symbols to indicate expected maintenance tasks More information Learn about energy save modes on page 258 Work with the schedule in document printing mode on page 166 Adjust control panel and warning time on page 66 Learn about the printer s...

Page 65: ...Chapter 5 Define defaults ...

Page 66: ...you can indicate how many characters are removed before the truncation When you truncate a name at the end you can indicate how many characters are removed after the truncation 52 Job name truncation 1 Touch Job name truncation 2 Use the Show long job name function to indicate that you want to use the long job name 3 Define how you want to truncate the job name Truncate job name at Beginning or En...

Page 67: ...decrease the contrast Touch the field or use the or buttons 5 Touch OK Adjust the warning time 54 Warning time The Warning time function defines how long in advance you are notified about upcoming events 1 Touch the Warning in advance check box to indicate if you want to be notified in advance 2 Touch the Minutes field or use the or button to increase or decrease the warning time in steps of 1 min...

Page 68: ...Enable a beep sound during toggling 56 Beep sound 1 Use the Beep sound function to enable or disable the beep sound 2 Click OK Adjust the delay time of a button press 57 Delay time 1 Use the Delay time for control panel buttons function to define the time after which a button press takes action 2 Click OK Define printer defaults 68 Chapter 5 Define defaults VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 69: ... the mouse to operate the control panel 58 Use of mouse 1 Use the Mouse usage function to enable or disable the use of the mouse 2 Click OK Define the accessibility Chapter 5 Define defaults 69 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 70: ... Open the Settings Editor and go to Preferences System settings Regional settings 59 System settings tab 2 Use the Region to select the media format USA US media formats Rest of the World ISO European media formats 60 Media formats 3 Click OK Define the regional settings 70 Chapter 5 Define defaults VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 71: ...ric work with g m2 and mm Imperial work with lb and inch 62 System of measurement 3 Use the Media weight notation function to select the media weight notation Based on chosen system of measurement uses the notation as selected in the System of measurement function Metric work with g m2 Imperial work with lb 63 Media weight notation Define system of measurement Chapter 5 Define defaults 71 VarioPri...

Page 72: ... loaded 64 Keep remaining sheets in empty tray 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Preferences System settings Basic 65 System settings tab 2 Use the Few remaining sheets in empty paper tray function to indicate if you always want to keep some sheets in a paper tray 3 Click OK Keep few sheets in empty paper tray 72 Chapter 5 Define defaults VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 73: ...ed jobs 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Preferences System settings Printed jobs 67 System settings tab 2 Use the Store printed jobs function to indicate if you want to display the list of printed jobs 3 Use the Storage time printed jobs function to select the storage time of printed jobs One day One week One month or No limit 4 Click OK Define storage of printed jobs Chapter 5 Define default...

Page 74: ...es You can set the default font in the Settings Editor 68 Font settings 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Preferences Print job defaults Page numbering 69 Print job defaults tab 2 Select the font and enter the font size 3 Click OK Define job defaults 74 Chapter 5 Define defaults VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 75: ...ges and trailer pages You can configure the default media of separator sheets 70 Banner page left and trailer page right NOTE You can import and export the media definition of special pages Configure banner pages 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Preferences System settings Basic 71 System settings tab 2 Use the Banner pages for print jobs function to indicate the use of banner pages Enabled ba...

Page 76: ... go to Preferences System settings Basic 74 System settings tab 2 Use the Trailer pages for print jobs functions to indicate the use of trailer pages Enabled trailer pages are added to all jobs Disabled trailer pages are never added to the jobs 75 Trailer pages 3 Click OK 4 Use the Media of banner trailer pages function to define how the media of trailer pages are selected Use job media the traile...

Page 77: ...s Print job defaults 77 Print job defaults tab 2 Use the Media of banner pages trailer pages and tickets function to select the default media of banner trailer pages 78 Default media of banner pages trailer pages and tickets 3 Click OK Define the default media of separator sheets 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Preferences Print job defaults 79 Print job defaults tab 2 Use the Media of separa...

Page 78: ...delivered in the output tray with long edge feed direction Automatic separator sheets are delivered in the output tray as defined for the job 81 Default orientation of separator sheets 5 Click OK More information Change use of special pages in job properties on page 223 Import and export definitions of special pages on page 81 Define default media for job tickets and covers on page 79 Define defau...

Page 79: ...ngs Editor has the function to define the default media of the front and back covers You can define the use of covers the cover media and the media print mode of covers in the job properties 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Preferences Print job defaults 84 Print job defaults tab 2 Use the Front covers function to select the default media of front covers 85 Default media of front covers 3 Clic...

Page 80: ...efine default use of special pages on page 75 Change use of special pages in job properties on page 223 Import and export definitions of special pages on page 81 Define default media for job tickets and covers 80 Chapter 5 Define defaults VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 81: ...the definitions of special pages You can export an XML file with the current media definitions of the special pages This XML file can be imported into another printer 1 Click Export 2 Click Media of special pages 3 Click Export 4 Save the file mediausage xml Import the definitions of special pages You can import an XML file with the media definitions of special pages 1 Click Import 89 Import media...

Page 82: ...ation Define default media for job tickets and covers on page 79 Define default use of special pages on page 75 Import and export definitions of special pages 82 Chapter 5 Define defaults VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 83: ...le the printing of error pages Define job timeout PostScript Use the Job timeout function to define the job timeout When the processing time of a PostScript job exceeds the set value the printer prints if enabled an error page Define page timeout PostScript Use the Page timeout function to define a page timeout When the processing time of a PostScript page exceeds the set value the printer prints ...

Page 84: ...int resolution function to define the default print resolution 92 Print resolution Define XObject optimization PDF Use the Use PDF XObject optimization function to define how XObject objects are processed XObject objects such as background images are defined only once in a PDF file Automatic the XObject of PDF VT jobs are cached Enabled the XObject of every PDF job are cached Disabled the XObject ...

Page 85: ... function to tumble two sided documents that are bound at the top or the bottom edge The tumble function rotates the imposition of the back side 180 degrees 96 Tumble Use the Sort function to define if sorting occurs by set or by page 97 Sorting Use the Output tray function to select the output tray Define PostScript PDF and PPML job defaults Chapter 5 Define defaults 85 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 86: ...cript PPML PDF 100 Font substitution Use the PDF font substitution PPML font substitution and PostScript font substitution functions to indicate if a missing font is replaced by the Courier font Otherwise a job is stopped and if enabled an error page is printed Define PostScript PDF and PPML job defaults 86 Chapter 5 Define defaults VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 87: ...der of the prints Front back the first source file page is printed first Back front the last source file page is printed first 103 Default sheet order 3 Use the Top tray Face orientation and Stack tray Face orientation functions to indicate if the front side of the prints points up or down by default Face up front side of first printed sheet is visible Face down back side of last printed sheet is ...

Page 88: ...edge feed LEF long edge feed direction Short edge feed SEF long edge feed direction 106 Default feed direction 6 Use the Stack tray Offset stacking function to define the offset value When the offset value is 0 offset stacking is disabled The default offset value is 15 mm 0 59 107 Offset stacking 7 Use the Minimum filling level function to define the filling level in the stack tray The minimum fil...

Page 89: ...1 9 The minimum stack height is 10 mm 0 39 The maximum stack height is 345 mm 13 58 When the stack height is larger than the default stack height there can be a risk that sheets fall off the stack when the eject tray moves out 109 Maximum stack height Define default stacking in the high capacity stacker Chapter 5 Define defaults 89 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 90: ...that have multiple sets The RIP starts to process the jobs after they arrive in the print queue and before the whole job has been received 111 LPR 2 Click OK Define the processing of jobs that use the socket printing port Socket printing can be enabled and configured by the system administrator 1 Use the Socket printing function to indicate when the RIP starts to process jobs that use the socket p...

Page 91: ...on RIP process 2 Click OK Define the processing order of hotfolder jobs The system administrator can change the processing order of hotfolder jobs 1 Use the Processing of hotfolder jobs function to indicate how jobs are processed in the hotfolder At arrival time job processing takes place when the job arrives in the hotfolder Order based on job name job processing takes place according to the alph...

Page 92: ...for one day serial number yyyymmdd CSV 93100020170709 CSV Current account log file valid for one day serial number yyyymmdd ACL 93100020170710 ACL Completed account log file valid for one week serial number yyyy W week number CSV 9310002017W28 CSV Current account log file valid for one week serial number yyyy W week number ACL 9310002017W28 ACL Completed account log file valid for one month serial...

Page 93: ...116 Download account log file 3 Select one of the available account log files 4 Click Download account log file 5 Click OK Download account log files Chapter 5 Define defaults 93 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 94: ...or when you selected that all media attributes must be specified a temporary media entry is created For this purpose the attributes of the JDF ticket the print document and the default media attributes are used Default media attributes are defined for each PDL Please note that not all printers support temporary media 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Preferences System settings Basic 117 System...

Page 95: ...3 Click OK Define the handling of media attributes in JDF ticket Chapter 5 Define defaults 95 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 96: ...Define the handling of media attributes in JDF ticket 96 Chapter 5 Define defaults VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 97: ...Chapter 6 Job media handling ...

Page 98: ...ing tasks during the job preparation Media storage asks for a series of environmental circumstances to ensure that the media remain in excellent condition Media assignment Media storage Media loading Media definition Media 118 Tasks with media as central attention point Media definition The media definition highly determines the results of the printing process The VarioPrint i series MICR media ca...

Page 99: ...the schedule knows which media and how much media the jobs need From the schedule you can load media for a scheduled job which is an automatic assignment When a paper tray is empty the printer automatically retrieves sheets from the next paper tray that holds the same media As long as you load the same media in a paper tray it is not necessary to repeat the assignment 119 Paper trays with and with...

Page 100: ...ick search use the search and filter functions 8 Press the paper tray button at the right hand side of the control panel NOTE Use the Unassign function to unassign the media You can also unassign media via a button on the control panel of the paper module More information Work with the schedule in transaction printing mode on page 118 Work with the schedule in document printing mode on page 166 Un...

Page 101: ...d assigned 121 Load media for a document print job 1 Touch Schedule 2 Select the media in the Required media pane 3 Touch Load to open the Trays view 4 Select the paper tray in which you want to load the media and touch Open 5 Press Unassign 6 Load the media into the paper tray and close the paper tray 7 Touch OK to confirm More information Work with the schedule in document printing mode on page ...

Page 102: ...u leave the media unpacked for a long period tight edges or waviness can occur Action 1 Carefully remove the moistureproof wrap ping from the pallet Pallets can contain car tons reams wrapped packs or loose sheets Media packaging on page 530 2 Take a carton ream or a stack of approxi mately 500 sheets from the pallet When you have a stack of loose sheets con tinue with step 6 Canon Black Label Zer...

Page 103: ...es wavy edges tight edges 8 Fan the stack and even the stack edges so that the sheets separate NOTE 1 Store remaining media in the original packaging or other moisture proof material Use the original package orientation and do not turn over the stack 2 When the printer is in sleep mode you can leave the media in the paper trays However when the printer is shut down you must remove the media from t...

Page 104: ...per module front view NOTE You can leave the media in the paper trays when the printer is in sleep mode Rewrap all loaded media in the original package or other moisture proof material before the printer goes in shutdown mode Before you begin Carefully unpack and check one ream of media or a stack of approximately 500 sheets 80 g m 20 lb bond Load media as soon as possible after unpacking When you...

Page 105: ...When media have a same size as the latest loaded media continue with step 9 3 Turn the knob counterclockwise to move the side sliders away from the loaded stack 4 Squeeze the green handle of the front slider to move the trailer edge sliders away from the stack 5 Remove the stack Carefully rewrap the remaining media in the original packaging or other moistureproof material Use the original package ...

Page 106: ...y put the new stack on the already loa ded stack without adjusting the sliders 10 IMPORTANT Ensure that the loaded media stack does not exceed the loading limit mark on the back slider Then the loaded media stack is maximum 63 mm 2 48 paper trays 1 and 2 or 181 mm 7 13 paper trays 3 and 4 11 Gently push the paper tray back until it clicks in to place NOTE It can happen that damaged or deformed she...

Page 107: ...ol sheets on page 400 Learn about energy save modes on page 258 Unpack the media on page 102 Many sheets arrive in the sentry tray sentry rejects on page 498 Load media into the paper module Chapter 6 Job media handling 107 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 108: ...een reached 2 The eject tray of the first high capacity stacker ejects the first stack of job 1 3 The stack tray of the first high capacity stacker collects the remaining prints from the first job and first prints from the second job 4 The stack tray of the second high capacity stacker collects the remaining prints of the second job because the linking of output s is enabled How to configure this ...

Page 109: ... of the second job because the linking of output trays is enabled How to configure this scenario Settings Editor Control panel 1 Define a stack height 2 Set a minimum filling rate for example 80 1 Specify in the workflow profile that a stack eject occurs when the tray is full and ena ble the linking of output trays C Keep the jobs together 2 3 1 4 128 Transaction print job 2 3 1 4 129 Document pri...

Page 110: ...the linking of output trays NOTE Use the control panel of the high capacity stacker to manually eject a stack You can also define specific print delivery settings in the job properties in an automated workflow and with transaction setups It can be helpful to add separator sheets banner pages or trailer pages to the jobs More information Overview of the high capacity stacker on page 36 Choose a wor...

Page 111: ...tically Do not walk or stand in the keep clear area of the high capacity stacker 0 9 m 2 95 ft 0 5 2 m 1 7 ft 131 Keep clear area of the high capacity stacker Eject the stack manually The time the high capacity stacker ejects a finished stack depends on the configured stacking behavior When you do not want to wait until an automatic stack eject occurs do the following Press the eject button once t...

Page 112: ...ect the stack as soon as possible The green attention light blinks fast The eject tray automatically moves back to its original position after you removed the stack Remove prints 112 Chapter 6 Job media handling VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 113: ... Use the search buttons 1 to filter media with a specific size type weight or name 3 Touch one of the media attributes 2 to change the order of the media in the media catalog 4 Use the copy function 3 to create a new media entry 5 Use the drop down menu to start a color validation test 4 More information Learn about media elements on page 272 Learn about color validation tests on page 408 Manage t...

Page 114: ...Manage the media from control panel 114 Chapter 6 Job media handling VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 115: ...Chapter 7 Transaction printing ...

Page 116: ... The output and workflow management application PRISMAproduction provides a single point of control to spool manage and monitor transaction print jobs Job preparation Print production Job planning Document design PRISMAproduction IPDS Preflight and make ready Data generation AFP Data input Job scheduling and monitor PDF PDF Scheduled jobs IPDS IPDS with embedded PDF 134 Transaction print job workf...

Page 117: ...operator keeps the printer running Correct media are loaded in the paper trays finished output and waste are removed in time and there are sufficient supplies of consumables in the printer In transaction printing mode you cannot remove individual jobs Only the entire data stream can be aborted from the control panel The printer constantly sends information about the printer status and the job prog...

Page 118: ...n the transaction printing mode The screen with the schedule provides the following information in transaction printing mode 1 The timeline shows the current job or data stream 2 The required media pane shows the media for the current data stream A data stream can have job separators Then the schedule shows the different job names 3 The Load area shows in which paper trays the selected media are l...

Page 119: ...city stacker on page 37 Control panel of the paper module on page 30 Adjust control panel and warning time on page 66 Work with the schedule in document printing mode on page 166 Work with the schedule in transaction printing mode Chapter 7 Transaction printing 119 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 120: ...ttings You switch to the transaction printing mode on the control panel Next you bring transaction printing online on the control panel or in the Settings Editor Activate transaction printing mode on control panel 136 Activate the transaction printing mode on control panel 1 Touch Jobs Queues and ensure the list of scheduled jobs is empty 2 Touch System Transaction 3 Touch the Transaction printing...

Page 121: ... function to bring transaction printing online or offline 139 Bring transaction printing online or offline in Settings Editor 4 Click Bring transaction printing online or offline 5 Click OK More information Activate the document printing mode on page 165 Learn about workflow profiles on page 156 Choose a workflow profile on page 159 Learn about transaction setups on page 125 Switch the Printer Con...

Page 122: ...h licenses are installed the default PDL is IPDS When you change the PDL the PDL becomes active when transaction printing is put online The transaction printing setup is activated by the IPDS or PCL data stream The loaded IPDS or PCL transaction setup becomes active 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Transaction printing Settings 141 Settings tab 2 The current PDL is displayed in the Active PDL ...

Page 123: ...e protocol 5 Click Bring transaction printing online or offline to put transaction printing is online 143 Bring transaction printing online or offline in Settings Editor 6 The new PDL is displayed in the Active PDL field 7 Click OK More information Activate the transaction printing mode on page 120 Learn about transaction setups on page 125 Use the advanced transaction printing functions on page 1...

Page 124: ... PRISMAproduction When you want to interrupt printing or abort the streaming data open PRISMAproduction and go to the job list Indicate the required printer action When you delete jobs in PRISMAproduction these jobs are no longer present in the print queue of the printer For more information on PRISMAproduction see the manuals that belong to the application More information Stop printing on page 2...

Page 125: ... is offline NOTE In PRISMAproduction you can attach a transaction setup to a job ticket When the data stream uses this job ticket the attached transaction setup is automatically loaded for the next data stream PDL and IPDS transaction setups Only one transaction printing Printer Control Language PDL can be active at the printer IPDS or PCL It depends on the data stream if the IPDS or the PCL attri...

Page 126: ... PDL is IPDS you can load a transac tion setup when transaction printing is online and the printer has been stopped When the PDL is PCL you can only load a transaction setup when transaction printing is online Modified You can change the attributes of a transaction setup with the status Loaded The status Modified indicates that the active transaction setup has been changed but the changes have not...

Page 127: ...ction setups menu Add a new transaction setup 1 Click Add 149 Transaction setups menu 2 Enter a unique name and the description 3 Click OK Copy a transaction setup 1 Select the transaction setup and click Copy 150 Transaction setups menu 2 Enter a unique name and the description 3 Click OK Edit a transaction setup 1 Select the transaction setup and click Edit 151 Transaction setups menu 2 Enter a ...

Page 128: ...e transaction setup must remain available in the list 1 Select one or more transaction setups you want to delete 2 Click Delete 153 Transaction setups menu More information Learn about transaction setups on page 125 Open a transaction setup to change attributes on page 131 Define a new transaction setup 128 Chapter 7 Transaction printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 129: ...ctive transaction setup option and select one of the available transaction setups 4 Click OK 5 Touch the Resume button Load a transaction setup in Settings Editor You load a transaction setup in the following situations You want to apply another transaction setup than the active loaded transaction setup You want to apply the changes of an active loaded transaction setup You can read the status of ...

Page 130: ...nting online The status of the transaction setup is Loaded More information Learn about transaction setups on page 125 Activate the transaction printing mode on page 120 Load a transaction setup 130 Chapter 7 Transaction printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 131: ...58 Transaction setups menu 3 Click Open The status of the transaction setup is Opened 4 Click the IPDS transaction setup or PCL transaction setup tab to define the attributes More information Learn about transaction setups on page 125 Define the attributes of an IPDS transaction setup on page 132 Switch the Printer Control Language PDL on page 122 Open a transaction setup to change attributes Chap...

Page 132: ...e when you make the changes Define the IPDS settings 161 IPDS transaction setup attributes IPDS attributes Description Tray selection mecha nism A transaction printing job always uses the media definitions as specified in Settings Editor Select Tray to tray or Tray to media The IPDS data stream contains a reference to a logical tray There are 36 logical trays that can be assigned to a physical pap...

Page 133: ...print mode matches all media definitions the transaction setup uses for the tray selection mode The option Use Media Family Default refers to the default media print mode of the media family 162 IPDS media print mode Define the tray to media mapping You link logical trays indicated by a number from 1 to 36 to media of the media catalog The printer maps the logical tray to the physical paper trays ...

Page 134: ... the media the job uses 165 Tray selection for tray to tray mode Define the logical tray values for all physical paper trays the jobs use Define the PDF attributes 166 PDF attributes PDF attributes Description PDF spot color All PDF data can have a number of pre defined spot color names This exactly spelled spot color name prints all primary colors instead of the source color This results in a ric...

Page 135: ...ction to make opaque objects look transparent Under lying objects become visible If this function is disabled the colors on top will knock out all underlying colors Define the color management attributes 167 Color management attributes Color management attrib utes Description Default CMYK input pro file Default monochrome CMYK input profile De fault RGB input profile Default monochrome RGB input p...

Page 136: ...s such as names or addresses There are functions for the feed direction and the cross feed direction in combination with the sheet side You can also adjust the image shift on the control panel Define the paper tray linking Input trays that contain the same media as the tray defined for the job are automatically linked This means that when one of the paper tray is empty printing continues from anot...

Page 137: ... names or numbers for the color stations Color station definition Description Color number When you want to select color stations by using a number enter a unique value 1 254 The Black color station has the value of zero and you cannot change this number The other default color num bers are Cyan 1 Magenta 2 Yellow 3 MICR 5 Color name 1 Names are encoded by UTF 16 Unicode For every color station 6 ...

Page 138: ...es on page 150 Define the tray to media mapping on page 133 Define the tray to tray mapping on page 134 Define a media print mode on page 286 Define an input profile on page 338 Overrule the set image shift for transaction print jobs on page 153 Define the attributes of an IPDS transaction setup 138 Chapter 7 Transaction printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 139: ...by one or click Edit in the title bar to adjust the attributes of a group in one dialog 5 Validate the transaction setup 6 Make sure that you reload a transaction setup that is active when you made the changes Define the PCL attributes 173 PCL transaction setup attributes Data resolution Select the resolution of the bitmaps the printer accepts PCL attributes Description Use default tray to tray me...

Page 140: ...page Enter the number of lines on a page More lines result in smaller line heights The number of lines per page depends on the docu ment orientation and the paper size Face orientation Select the delivery orientation in the output tray Face up or Face down Print a PCL XL error page Indicate the printer must print an error page when a PCL XL error occurs Ignore empty pages Indicate if the printer m...

Page 141: ...t input profile for the four types of input profiles Rendering intent Select the rendering intent Print full color or black white Use this attribute to define how jobs are printed in black and white or in color Black preservation Use the function to apply pure black preservation when possible Pure black preservation means that the color black is composed of 100 K ink When pure black preservation i...

Page 142: ... direction function to select the feed direction of the media 4 Use the Media print mode function to select the media print mode of the selected media The option Use PCL Default refers to the Media print mode function in the list of PCL attributes NOTE Click Edit in the title bar to adjust the attributes in one dialog Define the paper tray linking Input trays that contain the same media as the tra...

Page 143: ...transaction setup to change attributes on page 131 Validate a transaction setup on page 145 Load a transaction setup on page 129 Overrule the set image shift for transaction print jobs on page 153 Define the attributes of an PCL transaction setup Chapter 7 Transaction printing 143 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 144: ...ce the current transaction setups Select Merge to add the transaction setups to the current transaction setups 4 Click OK 5 Validate the imported transaction setups Export transaction setups 1 Click Export 2 Click OK The current transaction setup definitions are saved in an XML file Restore the default transaction setup IMPORTANT Be aware that this function removes all custom transaction setups 1 ...

Page 145: ... the media Validation in Tray to tray mode The printer checks the following The media families of the assigned media in the paper trays must have the IPDS media print mode Validate a transaction setup 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Transaction printing Transaction setups 2 Click Validate The transaction setup is opened so you can adjust its attributes 180 Transaction setups menu 3 The report...

Page 146: ...n setup the tray selection mechanism Tray to media or Tray to tray and the number of valid and invalid trays For transaction setups with problems use the Validate option to get more information 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Transaction printing Transaction setups 2 Click Validate all 3 The report appears 4 Read the report 5 Click OK to close the report More information Validate a transactio...

Page 147: ... 185 Example of validation report in tray to media mode Valid tray 1 and 3 Tray 1 The media family of the media RedLabelSuperior80CanonG1000 has the IPDS media print mode LowCost Tray 3 The media family of the media RedLabelSuperior80CanonG1200 has the media print mode HighQuality Invalid trays 2 Tray 2 The media family of the media RedLabelSuperior80CanonG1200 does not have the IPDS media print m...

Page 148: ...ia RedLabelSuperior80CanonG1000 assigned to paper tray 1 has the IPDS media print mode LowCost Invalid paper trays 2 and 3 The media family of the media RedLabelSuperior80CanonG800 assigned to paper tray 2 does not have the IPDS media print mode LowCost The media family of the media RedLabelSuperior80CanonG1200 assigned to paper tray 3 does not have the IPDS media print mode LowCost Read the trans...

Page 149: ...dation report of all transaction setups for IPDS 188 Example of validation report for all transaction setups Read the transaction setup validation report Chapter 7 Transaction printing 149 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 150: ...d resources Captured resources are visible in the Settings Editor Only when the Font capture function in the loaded transaction setup is enabled can the capturing of resources take place This function also controls whether captured or installed resources are selectable 2 Imported resources Resources can be imported one by one or in a batch Imported resources are visible in the Settings Editor 3 In...

Page 151: ...elete permanent resource No No No No No Delete captured re source Yes No Yes No Yes Capture resources Yes No Yes No Yes Set default resour ces Yes No Yes Yes No A captured bitmap font is related to a specific captured code page When one of these captured resources is deleted the other related captured resource is also deleted You can only perform this task when transaction printing is offline Capt...

Page 152: ... finisher timeout period for end of set signal function to define the timeout period of end of set signal for the external finisher 6 You can import or export SRA configuration files on request of your Service organization Click Import or Export in the Configuration file zip fields IMPORTANT Only use these functions on request of your Service organization Otherwise you can damage the printer More ...

Page 153: ...lost when you leave the transaction printing mode 193 Change image shift of transaction print jobs on control panel 1 Touch System Transaction 2 Bring transaction printing offline The Image shift section shows the image shift as defined in the active transaction setup 3 Make the changes in the Image shift section 4 Bring transaction printing online More information Define the attributes of an IPDS...

Page 154: ...Overrule the set image shift for transaction print jobs 154 Chapter 7 Transaction printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 155: ...Chapter 8 Document printing ...

Page 156: ...ing jobs Scheduled jobs 194 Standard workflow profile The standard workflow profile fits a productive environment with suffi cient control over document print jobs Document print jobs go to the desti nation as defined in the job ticket DocBox jobs go to the list of sched uled jobs The high capacity stacker ejects the stack when the tray is full Job by job workflow profile Print production Job plan...

Page 157: ...priority of the document print jobs Document print jobs go to the list of waiting jobs DocBox jobs go to the list of sched uled jobs The high capacity stacker ejects the stack after each job Unattended workflow profile Print production Job planning Waiting jobs Scheduled jobs 198 Unattended workflow profile The unattended workflow profile fits an environment for which productivi ty is very importa...

Page 158: ...More information Choose a workflow profile on page 159 Learn about workflow profiles 158 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 159: ...etup 2 Touch Workflow profile Use one of the available workflow profiles 199 Attributes of a standard workflow profile 1 Touch one of the workflow profiles 2 Touch OK Adjust one of the standard workflow profiles When you change an attribute of a automated workflow the name changes into Custom 1 Select the workflow profile 2 Adjust one or more attributes 3 Touch OK Indicate when to confirm the star...

Page 160: ...d media print mode is unknown The job will be printed with the default media print mode instead of the requested media print mode You can decide to cancel the job and first create the required media print mode in the Settings Editor Define tray linking You can enable or disable the linking of output trays when there are two high capacity stackers Tray linking means that the prints delivery automat...

Page 161: ...inking occurs by switching to the other high capacity after the delivery of a stack 3 Touch OK More information Learn about workflow profiles on page 156 Learn about stacking behavior on page 108 Define a media print mode on page 286 Choose a workflow profile Chapter 8 Document printing 161 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 162: ...obs Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs DocBox PDF Job preparation PRISMAprepare PDF Hotfolder PRISMAsync driver 1 Job preparation You can use PRISMAprepare the remote printer driver LPR or hotfolders to submit jobs The PDF documents can be created with specific graphical or office applications 2 Job planning Print jobs are visible on the control panel in the list of waiting jobs the list of scheduled job...

Page 163: ...Waiting jobs Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs Print a job Change a job Printed jobs Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs Load media Remove Prints Replace containers DocBox Job workflow with PRISMAsync Remote Manager and PRISMAsync Remote Control The following illustration shows the document print job workflow when PRISMAsync Remote Manager and PRISMAsync printers are used Job workflo...

Page 164: ... PDF jobs with PRISMAsync Remote Manager 2 Job planning across the printer fleet PRISMAsync Remote Manager displays the print queues of the PRISMAsync printers The print order across the print fleet can be centrally managed You can change job properties in Remote Manager In addition you can upload import and export PDF jobs 3 Print production across the printer fleet With the PRISMAsync Remote Con...

Page 165: ...annot accept transaction print jobs Document printing symbol on the dashboard of the control panel 203 Activate document printing mode from control panel 1 Touch System Transaction 2 Touch Transaction printing online Off 3 Touch Transaction printing mode Off More information Activate the transaction printing mode on page 120 Activate the document printing mode Chapter 8 Document printing 165 Vario...

Page 166: ...The screen with the schedule provides the following information in document printing mode 1 The timeline shows the scheduled jobs and gives a prediction of the job completion times 2 The required media pane shows the media of all scheduled jobs 3 The Load area shows in which paper trays media you select are loaded You can load media for the scheduled jobs Therefore select the media and touch Load ...

Page 167: ...ls of the upcoming or immediate maintenance actions More information Adjust control panel and warning time on page 66 Learn about the printer status on page 62 Learn about stacking behavior on page 108 Work with the schedule in document printing mode Chapter 8 Document printing 167 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 168: ...an create new hotfolders NOTE You can use the ticket editor to create or modify a JDF ticket LPR printing PDF files can be submitted to the printer with the name of an automated workflow in the LPR command The queue name is the name of one of the available automated workflows Jobs submitted via this LPR command take the job properties of the automated workflow Remote printer driver When you select...

Page 169: ... automatic workflow is an empty string and cannot be changed It is not possible to delete this automated workflow The printer uses this automated workflow when there is no other automated workflow selected for example when the jobs properties are in the job ticket Learn about automated workflows Chapter 8 Document printing 169 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 170: ...Automated workflow menu 2 Define the attributes 3 Click OK Copy an automated workflow 1 Select one of the available automated workflows 2 Click Edit 209 Automated workflow menu 3 Define the attributes 4 Click OK Edit an automated workflow You cannot rename the automated workflow default but you can change its attributes 1 Select one of the available automated workflows 2 Click Copy Define a new au...

Page 171: ...tomated workflow default 1 Select one or more automated workflows 2 Click Delete More information Define the attributes of an automated workflow on page 173 Learn about automated workflows on page 168 Define a new automated workflow Chapter 8 Document printing 171 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 172: ... use the Restore function IMPORTANT Be aware that this function removes all custom automated workflows 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Workflow Automated workflows 210 Automated workflows tab 2 Click Restore 211 Automated workflow menu 3 Click OK More information Learn about automated workflows on page 168 Restore the default automated workflow 172 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i ser...

Page 173: ...age numbering attributes 4 Click OK General and Media attributes 1 General attributes Description Queue name Name of the automated workflow For LPR printing this name is the name of the queue A print job submitted with an automated workflow can be identified by the Job label field This names re fers to the name of the automated workflow Description Description of the automated workflow Overrule jo...

Page 174: ...gnore the media size When you select the attribute Ignore the media size the media size defined in the job is applied Media print mode Select the required media print mode Layout attributes 2 Layout attributes Description Print sides Select if jobs are printed one or two sided Orientation Select the reading direction of the prints Portrait or Landscape Rotate 180 degrees Use this function to rotat...

Page 175: ...Color attributes 3 Special pages attributes Description Front or booklet cover Select the media for the front cover Printing on front cover Indicate if the cover is printed or not Media print mode of front cover Select the required media print mode Back cover Select the media for the back cover Printing on back cover Indicate if the cover is printed or not Media print mode of back cover Select the...

Page 176: ...ts have a lower resolution than the printer The Image smoothing interpolation method only affects images below 300 dpi Moiré reduction for im ages Use the this function to apply a Moiré reduction algorithm to en hance photographic images Please note that when images have a resolution below 300 dpi the Moiré reduction only takes effect when the Image smoothing function is enabled Trapping preset Se...

Page 177: ...processing occurs select Receive then print while RIP is in progress for large jobs and select Streaming for small jobs with multiple sets Banner pages for print jobs Trailer pages for print jobs Media of ban ner trailer page Indicate if individual sets in the job output are separated by a ban ner page and or a trailer page Separator sheets for print jobs Separator sheet af ter N sets Media of sep...

Page 178: ... When you do not enter the last record the range ends at the last record Last record of print range When you want to print a part of the document a variable data job enter the last page number of the print range When you do not enter the fist record the range begins at the first record Accounting attributes Description Accounting ID Enter the accounting ID Cost center Enter the cost center Custom ...

Page 179: ...e a trapping preset on page 370 Define a color bar on page 303 Define an information bar on page 301 Change use of special pages in job properties on page 223 Define default font of page numbers on page 74 Define the attributes of an automated workflow Chapter 8 Document printing 179 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 180: ... An automated workflow bundles a series of pre set attributes to define jobs 216 Automated workflow menu 1 On your workstation make sure the Windows LPR command has been installed 2 Use the LPR command line and the following command format lpr S printer name P automated workflow name pdf name More information Learn about automated workflows on page 168 Submit jobs via LPR 180 Chapter 8 Document pr...

Page 181: ...lders 217 Drag drop print files Create a shortcut to a hotfolder on a Windows workstation 1 Start the standard Windows wizard to map a network drive 2 In the dialog use the link to connect to a website to share documents or files 3 Go to the Hotfolders tab of the Settings Editor There you can read the path to the hotfolder Use the following format http s IPaddress hotfolder name or http s hostname...

Page 182: ...older shortcut 3 Drag drop the Default_ticket jdf file on the hotfolder shortcut Drag drop PDF files on a hotfolder 1 Double click the hotfolder shortcut to display the print settings that are defined for the hotfolder 2 Select the PDF files and drag drop these on the hotfolder shortcut After printing the PDF files are removed from the hotfolder More information Use the job ticket editor on page 1...

Page 183: ...roduction between different applications It is an XML format that describes the job ticket the message description and the message interchange The JDF ticket that has the name Default_ticket jdf can be dropped in the hotfolder shortcut to define the properties of the PDF jobs Go to the job ticket editor 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Workflow Hotfolders 219 Hotfolders menu 2 Click Ticket edi...

Page 184: ...cket 3 Click Open Save a JDF ticket 1 Define the job properties you want to include into the JDF ticket 2 Click Save ticket 3 Save the JDF job ticket More information Submit jobs via hotfolders on page 181 Use the job ticket editor 184 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 185: ... original job properties You apply the default automated workflow to the job NOTE The job destination that is defined in the automated workflow will be ignored The job remains in its location IMPORTANT Be aware that the automated workflow will also replace the changes you already made The Apply automated workflow function is available in the following locations Function Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs...

Page 186: ...perties 4 Press OK NOTE You can filter jobs based on job label The Job label field is the name of the automated workflow that has been applied More information Learn about automated workflows on page 168 Apply an automated workflow in job destination 186 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 187: ...cBox folders for jobs that must be printed according to specific requirements 223 DocBox folders The system administrator creates the DocBox folders The system administrator can protect DocBox folders with a PIN The DocBox folder Public can always be accessed without PIN You use the Lock function to protect DocBox job information Plan the jobs Chapter 8 Document printing 187 VarioPrint i series MI...

Page 188: ...tive workflow profile defines where jobs arrive when they are printed from the DocBox 225 Destination of DocBox jobs More information Learn about workflow profiles on page 156 Learn about DocBox 188 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 189: ...he list of printed jobs NOTE The list of printed jobs can be disabled Go to the job destinations 226 Waiting jobs Touch Jobs and the required location Queues the list of scheduled jobs and the list of waiting jobs DocBox one or more DocBox folders Printed jobs the list of printed jobs when enabled View jobs in the print queue The waiting and scheduled jobs cannot be displayed in one view Touch or ...

Page 190: ...mber of sets Used media job media The bold number indicates how many jobs are currently selected The job symbols explain the status of the job The media symbols explain the status of the media Select jobs Select and deselect jobs by tapping the job entries or use the Select menu The available menu options depend on the job location Touch and hold a job to bring a multiple job selection back to one...

Page 191: ... Selection options Description Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs Printed jobs DocBox All jobs Select all jobs Jobs with loaded me dia Select the jobs that have media assigned to a paper tray Job label Select jobs that have a job label 4 Find select and filter jobs Chapter 8 Document printing 191 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 192: ...Printed jobs Select printed jobs Filter jobs Job filtering is useful when you want to limit the amount of jobs to select from The Filter menu is available in all locations 231 Filter options for waiting jobs 232 Select media to filter jobs Filter options Description Used media Show only jobs that use certain media 4 Find select and filter jobs 192 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MI...

Page 193: ...t have a certain job label None Remove the filter and show all jobs Search jobs 233 Searching jobs according to a search text The search box is available in all locations The search text applies to all job information More information Status indicators on page 549 Define storage of printed jobs on page 73 Find select and filter jobs Chapter 8 Document printing 193 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 194: ...cBox folder 234 Move waiting job to a DocBox folder Function Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs DocBox Printed jobs Move to DocBox Move to waiting jobs Move the selected jobs to the list of waiting jobs when you want to print jobs at a later moment 235 Move a scheduled job to the list of waiting jobs Function Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs DocBox Printed jobs Move to waiting jobs Make a copy and move Make a...

Page 195: ... printer you make a copy of the job in the list of waiting jobs of the destination printer The original job remains on the original location NOTE You can forward jobs to the configured remote printers that are in the list When enabled you can also select Other printer and enter a hostname or IP address of another printer in the Other printer field 237 Forward job to another printer Function Schedu...

Page 196: ...ecover the original jobs with the Split function The combined job gets the name of the first individual job Combine waiting jobs 1 Go to the waiting jobs 2 Tap the jobs or use an option from the Select menu 3 Touch Bundle 238 Combine waiting jobs 4 If required you can change the job name the job order and other properties 239 Properties of combined waiting jobs 5 Touch OK 6 The job is in the list ...

Page 197: ...tion from the Select menu 241 Combine DocBox jobs 3 Touch Build 4 If required you can change the job name the job order and other properties 242 Properties of combined DocBox jobs 5 Touch OK 6 The job is in the list Combine jobs Chapter 8 Document printing 197 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 198: ... Split a combined job into the original jobs 1 Select the combined job 2 Touch Split More information Find select and filter jobs on page 189 Combine jobs 198 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 199: ... certain storage period When the printer does not remove printed jobs automatically remove these jobs manually to prevent a full system disk Jobs that have not been printed completely and proof prints do not come in the list of printed jobs 244 Delete jobs Function Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs DocBox Printed jobs Delete 1 Go to the location of the job 2 Tap the jobs or use an option from the Select...

Page 200: ... Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs DocBox Printed jobs Duplicate 1 Go to the destination of the jobs 2 Tap the jobs or use an option from the Select menu 3 Select Duplicate 4 Change the job name and other properties More information Find select and filter jobs on page 189 Duplicate a job 200 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 201: ...d printed as sets Records do not necessarily contain the same number of pages The number of pages per record depends on the length of the variable data in each personalized document The printing of a variable data job is like the printing of a normal job Print a proof Print a range of records Interrupt the printing after a certain record and resume printing of the job later Change the settings of ...

Page 202: ...data print job 5 Touch OK and again OK to start the conversion The icon indicates the new variable data job More information PRISMAsync Print Server RIP raster image processor on page 536 Create a variable data job 202 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 203: ...r the operator has the following symbol Function Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs DocBox Printed jobs Note for operator 1 Touch the job 2 In the Original settings touch Note for operator 3 Press Edit 4 Type a message for the operator Create a note for the operator Chapter 8 Document printing 203 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 204: ...5 Touch OK Create a note for the operator 204 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 205: ...nt right before you start printing The preview shows all document pages Use the tour below to explore the realistic preview of the VarioPrint i series MICR Before you begin 1 Go to the list of waiting jobs 2 Select a two sided color job in the list of waiting jobs 3 Press Edit 250 Edit job Tour to explore the realistic preview 1 The preview opens in sheet view The front and the back side of the do...

Page 206: ...ouch to display the scroll bar Use the scroll bar or swipe to go to another page in the same view 4 Touch to display a scroll bar to zoom into a detail of a page Touch again to hide the scroll bar Explore the realistic preview 206 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 207: ... the tour to explore the pixel precise preview More information Find select and filter jobs on page 189 Explore the pixel precise preview on page 208 Explore the realistic preview Chapter 8 Document printing 207 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 208: ...the CMYK curves and the CMYK calibration curves to create the preview bitmaps There are two modes to edit the CMYK curves 1 Basic mode simple CMYK editing with sliders for quick and easy adjustments 2 Advanced mode CMYK editing for precise and reproducible adjustments Use the tour below to explore the options of the pixel precise preview Before you begin 1 Select a two sided color job in the list ...

Page 209: ... Touch to hide the CMYK editor Touch to rotate the pages Select a page to examine 2 2 Press Explore the pixel precise preview Chapter 8 Document printing 209 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 210: ...to zoom in or out Touch to hide the zoom bar again You can swipe the page to find the area you need 3 Touch the color picker tool Explore the pixel precise preview 210 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 211: ...is possible to check if the text color is pure or rich black The input density and output density of the CMYK colors are displayed 4 Touch one of the color channels In this example M is selected Explore the pixel precise preview Chapter 8 Document printing 211 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 212: ... Basic mode allows for simple CMYK editing with sliders for quick and easy adjustments The Advanced mode allows for precise and reproducible adjustments Explore the pixel precise preview 212 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 213: ... 252 CMYK curves editor in basic mode 253 CMYK curves editor in advanced mode Explore the pixel precise preview Chapter 8 Document printing 213 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 214: ...ves of a media print mode on page 312 Adjust CMYK curves of a job on page 322 Settings Editor options for CMYK curves presets on page 332 Explore the realistic preview on page 205 Explore the pixel precise preview 214 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 215: ... want to be sure that the set job properties guarantee the print quality you require Use the tour below to explore the layout functions of the VarioPrint i series MICR printer Before you begin 1 Select a two sided color job in the list of waiting jobs 2 Press Edit Explore the layout functions Chapter 8 Document printing 215 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 216: ...are in reada ble order 2 Use Fit to page to fit the source page size to the document size 3 The Multiple up imposition realizes that a number of subsequent source file pages are printed on one document page 4 The Same up imposition realizes that the same source file page is printed multiple times on one document page 4 Explore the layout functions 216 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i serie...

Page 217: ...e way 6 The Shift Margin shift function shifts the source file page or pages on the document page to create more space at binding edges Note that in this example a part of a source file page will not be printed 7 The Shift Image shift function shifts the entire imposition that is composed of the source file page or pages Note that in this ex ample a part of a source file page will not be printed 4...

Page 218: ...es the mar gin of the source file page or pages More information Explore the realistic preview on page 205 Change the layout of the job on page 230 Explore the layout functions 218 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 219: ...mber of sets or print range Go to the job properties 254 Edit job 1 Touch the job 2 Press Edit Change number of sets 1 In the Job option group touch Number of sets Edit a job Chapter 8 Document printing 219 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 220: ...rint range The print range indicates which source file pages are printed For variable data jobs you can select the records you want to print 1 In the Job option group touch Print range Change job name number of sets or print range 220 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 221: ... of a variable data job Then enter the first and last record 3 Touch OK Change the job name The job name is the name of the job that has been defined during job preparation You can change the name When the long job name is enabled the job name is displayed on two lines 1 In the Job settings touch Job name Change job name number of sets or print range Chapter 8 Document printing 221 VarioPrint i se...

Page 222: ...the job 3 Touch OK More information Explore the realistic preview on page 205 Define the display of job names on page 66 Change job name number of sets or print range 222 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 223: ...is printed after the job has been printed The trailer page contains the username the recipient name accounting ID the job name the printer name the operator instruction the number of pages in a set the number of sets the number of inserts job received time job start time job completion time the number of sheets per job media Separator sheets separate job sets Separator sheets are always empty A se...

Page 224: ...cate that you want to add a trailer page to the job 7 Use the Media of banner trailer page drop down list to select the media for the banner and trailer pages 8 Touch OK Change the use of separator sheets Indicate if you want to add separator sheets to distinguish individual sets in the job output The media and the orientation of the separator sheets are defined in the Settings Editor 1 Touch the ...

Page 225: ...parator sheet after N sets field 6 Use the Media of separator sheets drop down list to select the media for the separator sheets 7 Touch OK More information Define default use of special pages on page 75 Change use of special pages in job properties Chapter 8 Document printing 225 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 226: ... workflow profile allows this function For that the Check first set attribute of the workflow profile has to be set to As in job 258 Check first set 1 Touch the job 2 Press Edit 3 On the Job tab touch Number of sets 4 Ensure the Check first set check box is ticked 5 Touch OK More information Choose a workflow profile on page 159 Check first set 226 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series M...

Page 227: ... Edit job Go to the job properties 1 Touch the job 2 Press Edit The realistic preview shows the media that are defined in the job 260 Job media Change the body media 1 Touch Media 2 You can use the Media selection advanced mode dialog or the Media selection basic mode dialog to select the media Change job media and job media print modes Chapter 8 Document printing 227 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 228: ...or covers can be changed in the Cover function Change the media print mode When the job has covers you can select the media print mode of the body pages the front cover and the back cover Change job media and job media print modes 228 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 229: ... front cover select the media print mode of the front cover Back cover when the document uses a back cover select the media print mode of the back cover 3 Touch OK More information Use the Cover function on page 231 Explore the realistic preview on page 205 Learn about media elements on page 272 Change job media and job media print modes Chapter 8 Document printing 229 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 230: ...b properties Go to the job properties 1 Touch the job 2 Press Edit Select the print sides The Print sides function determines if one or two sides of the sheets are printed 1 Press 1 or 2 sided 2 Select 1 sided or 2 sided 3 Touch OK Use the Binding edge function The Binding edge function determines how the document pages are bound Change the layout of the job 230 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPr...

Page 231: ...ment are bound Left Right Bottom Top head to toe Top head to head 4 Touch OK Use the Cover function The Cover option has several options to define covers and cover media 265 Adjust the cover options 1 Touch Cover 2 Use the Front cover and Back cover check boxes to indicate the use of covers 3 Use the Media drop down lists to select the cover media 4 Use the Print sides options to indicate if you w...

Page 232: ...st to select the number of pages that compose the imposition on a document page 3 Touch OK Use the Booklet option The Booklet imposition realizes a document that can be half folded to create a booklet The booklet sheets are printed in such a way that the folded document pages are presented in readable order 267 Select the Same up imposition 1 Touch Layout 2 Use the Booklet function to select Yes o...

Page 233: ...scale the source file page or pages according to the document page size or set the zoom factor manually 25 400 269 Use the Zoom option 1 Touch Zoom 2 Use the Fit to page function to resize the source file page according to the document page size 3 Touch the Percent field to enter the zoom percentage or use the and buttons 4 Touch OK Use the Align option You can use the Align function to align the ...

Page 234: ... shifts the source file page or pages on the document page to create more space at the binding edges The maximum margin shift is 100 mm 3 94 The margin shift of the front side and back side are coupled by default To unlock the relationship touch the chain symbol Change the layout of the job 234 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 235: ...de 0 option click the chain symbol to unlock the front side and back side fields 4 Touch OK Use the Image shift option The Image shift option shifts the entire imposition that is composed of the source file page or pages The maximum image shift is 100 mm 3 94 The image shift of the front side and back side are coupled by default To unlock the relationship touch the chain symbol Change the layout o...

Page 236: ... is also displayed in the Back side 0 field NOTE To define the Back side 0 function touch the chain symbol to unlock the front side and back side fields 4 Touch OK Use the Margin erase option The Margin erase option erases the margin of the source file page or pages The maximum margin erase is 100 mm 3 94 Change the layout of the job 236 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 237: ...g option places trim marks on the document page The trim marks come around the source file pages The maximum trim size is 999 9 mm 39 37 274 Print trim marks 1 Press Trimming 2 Select Print trim marks 3 Use the Long edge 0 and Short edges 0 fields to enter a value or use the and buttons NOTE The notation 0 refers to the trim size in mm or inches 4 Touch OK Change the layout of the job Chapter 8 Do...

Page 238: ... marks in the realistic preview More information Explore the layout functions on page 215 Explore the realistic preview on page 205 Change the layout of the job 238 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 239: ...and the CMYK curve editor 275 Edit job Go to the print quality properties 1 Touch the job 2 Press Edit 3 On the Output tab touch Print quality Change the attributes of the color preset The color preset attributes define the main color settings of the job You can change one or more attributes for your job In addition you can save the changed color preset for later reuse Change print quality options...

Page 240: ...presets 277 Adjust color preset 2 Touch Edit color settings 278 Adjust color settings 3 Use the Input profile drop down list to select one of the available DeviceCMYK or DeviceRGB input profiles Change print quality options for the job 240 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 241: ...the printer by default maps pure 100 C M Y and K input colors into pure C M Y and K output colors However it can be required that the standard ICC color management rules must be used without an improvement of the color management of the printer 6 Use the Spot color matching function to enable or disable spot color matching If a source file contains a spot color the printer must know the spot color...

Page 242: ...ot applied Enabled for text overprinting black is applied to texts Enabled for text and graphics overprinting black is applied to texts and graphics 284 Adjust overprinting black 12 Use the Preserve pure black function to apply pure black preservation when possible Pure black preservation means that the color black is composed of 100 K ink When pure black preservation is not possible or disabled t...

Page 243: ...ch OK to save the changes Use the Information bar function When you want to print a color bar select one of the available color bars 1 Use the Information bar drop down list to select the required information bar 287 Adjust the information bar 2 Touch OK to save the changes Use the Page numbering function The default font and the font size are pre defined 1 Use the Page numbering check box to indi...

Page 244: ...images function to apply a Moiré reduction algorithm to enhance photographic images Please note that when images have a resolution below 300 dpi the Moiré reduction only takes effect when the Image smoothing function is enabled 289 Use Moiré reduction for images 3 Touch OK to save the changes Use the Trapping function When you want to improve the object registration you can select one of the avail...

Page 245: ...or bar on page 303 Explore the pixel precise preview on page 208 Define default font of page numbers on page 74 Create a trapping preset on page 370 Explore the realistic preview on page 205 Change print quality options for the job Chapter 8 Document printing 245 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 246: ...very 291 Edit job 1 Touch the job 2 Press Edit 3 On the Output tab touch Print delivery 4 Use the Output tray drop down list to select the required tray 292 Change the output tray 5 Use the Sort function to select the sorting method By set prints are sorted by set By page prints are sorted by page Change the prints delivery for the job 246 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 247: ... settings 8 Use the Sheet order to define the sheet order in the output tray Face up front side of first printed sheet is visible Face up reverse front side of last printed sheet is visible Face down back side of last printed sheet is visible Face down reverse back side of last document page is visible Change the prints delivery for the job Chapter 8 Document printing 247 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 248: ...er up SEF short edge feed direction header of printed document pages points to the back side of printer Header down LEF long edge feed direction header of printed document pages points to the front side of printer Header down SEF short edge feed direction header of printed document pages points to the front side of printer Change the prints delivery for the job 248 Chapter 8 Document printing Vari...

Page 249: ...he first source file page is printed first Last sheet first the last source file page is printed first 11 Use the Rotation function to indicate if the imposition must be rotated 0 degrees the imposition is not rotated 180 degrees the imposition is rotated 180 degrees Change the prints delivery for the job Chapter 8 Document printing 249 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 250: ...12 Touch OK to save the changes More information Learn about stacking behavior on page 108 Explore the realistic preview on page 205 Change the prints delivery for the job 250 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 251: ...tes a proof print in the list of scheduled jobs Function Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs DocBox Printed jobs Proof Print a job The Print function moves one or more jobs to the list of scheduled jobs where they are printed according to their position in the list Printed scheduled jobs go to the list of printed job Printed DocBox jobs remain in the DocBox folder 300 Print a waiting job NOTE The list of ...

Page 252: ...t 302 An example of a job ticket print The job ticket job is printed as soon as possible You recognize this job by the prefix Properties of in front of the job name Function Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs DocBox Printed jobs Print job ticket Print now Use the Print now function to print the job immediately Print a job 252 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 253: ... so that it is printed as soon as possible 304 Move to top Function Scheduled jobs Waiting jobs DocBox Printed jobs Move to top Print a job from USB When the USB port is enabled for the printing of jobs you can copy print files from a USB device to the list of waiting jobs It is also possible to print the files directly Print a job Chapter 8 Document printing 253 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 254: ...files if needed 4 Select one or more jobs 5 Touch Print to move the job to the list of scheduled jobs Touch Save to move the job to the list of waiting jobs 6 Touch the eject button and remove the USB device More information Find select and filter jobs on page 189 Define storage of printed jobs on page 73 Print a job 254 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 255: ...tops when the print buffer is empty and a complete set or record has been printed 2 Touch the Resume button to resume printing 307 Resume a job after a print stop Stop as soon as possible 1 Press the Stop button twice The printer stops when the print buffer is empty which means as soon as possible 2 Touch the Resume button to resume printing 308 Resume a job after a print stop Stop printing Chapte...

Page 256: ...list of scheduled jobs 2 Touch Stop after job Stop to load a transaction setup You can also use the Stop button to load a transaction setup in transaction printing mode More information Load a transaction setup on page 129 Stop printing 256 Chapter 8 Document printing VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 257: ...Chapter 9 Save energy ...

Page 258: ...sleep mode When you do not operate the printer you can reduce the energy consumption with the sleep mode During the sleep mode the printer behaves as follows The control panel is in energy save mode PRISMAsync Print Server remains switched on The print engine and the attached modules are switched off When the printer enters and leaves the sleep mode printhead maintenance is performed Well maintain...

Page 259: ... the shutdown the printer behaves as follows The control panel is in energy save mode PRISMAsync Print Server is switched off The print engine and the attached modules are switched off IMPORTANT Do not use the main power switch What is automatic shutdown To save energy during recurring periods that the printer is not productive for example overnight or over the weekend use automatic shutdown In th...

Page 260: ...ut the printer status on page 62 Configure the sleep mode on page 264 Configure automatic shutdown on page 266 Configure the sleep mode on page 264 Learn about energy save modes 260 Chapter 9 Save energy VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 261: ...uring longer periods that you do not use the printer Warming up time When the printer is shut down the printer needs time to warm up The time the printer needs to warm up depends on the print room temperature If the print room temperature strongly deviates from the specifications the printer needs more time to warm up You can use the automatic shut down and wake up functions to ensure that the war...

Page 262: ...he printer is not productive for example overnight or over the weekend use automatic shutdown IMPORTANT Do not use the main power switch 311 Shut down the printer Shut down the printer 1 Touch System Setup The Controller view also has the shutdown option The shut down option is also available at the start screen of the control panel 2 Touch Shut down printer 3 Touch Yes A message indicates when th...

Page 263: ...on page 261 Learn about energy save modes on page 258 Configure automatic shutdown on page 266 Configure the sleep mode on page 264 Configure automatic wake up on page 265 Shut down the printer Chapter 9 Save energy 263 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 264: ...r responds to new print jobs 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Preferences System settings Energy save modes 312 System settings tab 2 Use the Sleep mode timer enabled function to enable the sleep mode 313 Sleep mode 3 Use the Sleep mode timer function to set the sleep mode timer 314 Sleep mode timer 4 Use the Wake up when new jobs arrive function to define if the sleep mode must be left for a ...

Page 265: ...igure automatic wake up 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Preferences System settings Energy save modes 316 System settings tab 2 Enable and configure the sleep mode 3 Use the Automatic wake up function to enable automatic wake up 317 Automatic awakening 4 Set the wake up timers Indicate for each day if an automatic wake up occurs Define the wake up time per day 318 Automatic wake up time More ...

Page 266: ...the printer is in sleep mode before the configured shutdown time Therefore The sleep mode timer must have been expired or You must press the sleep button Configure automatic shutdown 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Preferences System settings Energy save modes 319 System settings tab 2 Configure the sleep mode timer 3 Use the Automatic shutdown function to enable the automatic shutdown 320 Au...

Page 267: ...own time More information Learn about energy save modes on page 258 Put printer in sleep mode on page 261 Configure the sleep mode on page 264 Configure automatic shutdown Chapter 9 Save energy 267 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 268: ...t that the shut down period takes more than two days you need to perform several tasks to ensure that the printer functions optimally after awakening Task Remove media from paper trays Empty and refill conditioning liquid in paper modules Replace the waste water container Replace the waste containers More information Configure automatic wake up on page 265 Configure automatic shutdown on page 266 ...

Page 269: ...Chapter 10 Manage media definitions ...

Page 270: ...er can be used for cards and covers Recycled Recycled paper helps to reduce the impact that the paper produc tion has on the envi ronment It is paper made of consumer waste paper Color Color paper can be used for cards covers and special media Perforated Perforation is a series of small cuts that al low one part of the pa per to easily tear off from the rest Tabs 5 4 3 2 1 Tab dividers can be used...

Page 271: ...unched Pre punched media can be used for man uals handbooks and other documents that are bound at a later moment Learn about media substrates Chapter 10 Manage media definitions 271 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 272: ...eads the related media elements and corresponding output profile Together these elements inform the printer how to handle and print the media TopColor TopColor ICC HighSpeed TopColor SRA3 TopColor A4 TopColor A3 Media Media family Media print mode Output profile 323 Media definition Media in the media catalog The media catalog lists all media entries that can be selected for jobs Media that differ...

Page 273: ...ity TopColor ICC 1 TopColor ICC 2 Media Media family Media print mode Output profile 326 Media definition with multiple media print modes The media TopColor has three media entries in the media catalog TopColor SRA3 TopColor A4 and TopColor A3 The media TopColor A4 came from the media pack The TopColor SRA3 and TopColor A3 media entries were copied from TopColor A4 The media family TopColor has th...

Page 274: ...og Properties of media elements Media elements that came from an imported media pack have attributes and parameters with factory defined values The values of the properties are determined by the Canon organization to achieve the best print performance The illustration and table below shows which types of attributes and parameters the media elements have TopColor HighSpeed Media print mode paramete...

Page 275: ...ia optimization parameters determine how the printer handles and prints the media Some parameters can be changed for example to make media suitable for quality control sheets and to apply regis tration adjustments 3 Media print mode parameters Media print mode parameters define how the printer prints the media The minimum print gap parameter can be changed Learn about media elements Chapter 10 Man...

Page 276: ...lable 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Media Media 329 Media tab 2 Go to the media catalog 3 Click Import 330 Media catalog menu 4 Select Media pack 331 Import media pack 5 Browse to the media pack ZIP file 6 Confirm the selection 7 Click Import More information Learn about media elements on page 272 Define media elements 276 Chapter 10 Manage media definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 277: ...tings Editor and go to Media Media 333 Media tab 2 To find media enter a search string You can also use the filters 334 Search and filter in the media catalog Copy media 1 Select a media entry 2 Click Copy 335 Media catalog menu 3 Change one or more media properties NOTE Not all fields are editable Define media in the media catalog Chapter 10 Manage media definitions 277 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 278: ... settings 1 Select a media entry 2 Click Edit 337 Media catalog menu 3 Change one or more media properties NOTE Not all fields are editable Define media in the media catalog 278 Chapter 10 Manage media definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 279: ...e media entry in the media catalog Size Select the size of the media Every size of the media you use in the print jobs needs a separate media entry Media family Select the media family NOTE You can only select a media family that has the same media print mode definition as the current media family Standard type Select the type of media This field does not impact the print proc ess and the media ha...

Page 280: ...the media Select the Custom to define the color yourself A color sample is shown 340 Pre defined media color Representation color When you selected the media color Custom you can select a media color or enter the RGB value of the media color A color sample is shown 341 Define the media color More information Learn about media elements on page 272 Define a media family on page 283 Define a media pr...

Page 281: ... media 4 Click Optimize 344 Media catalog menu 5 Define the media optimization parameters Media optimization param eters Description Enable printing on front side Enable printing on back side Indicate if the front and back sides of the media are suitable for printing When you disable one or both functions you prevent that ink drops come one or both sides of the media sheet NOTE These parameters al...

Page 282: ...n on this side The printer will resume the nozzle failure detection on this side as soon other media are printed that accept nozzle failure de tection on this side NOTE Be aware that both functions do not apply alternate me dia to print nozzle failure detection sheets 6 Click OK More information Learn about media elements on page 272 Learn about quality control sheets on page 398 Adjust media regi...

Page 283: ...he VarioPrint i series MICR does not use other halftones Factory defined the media family is factory defined or not In use the media family is used in a media definition or not Go to the media families 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Media Media families 346 Media families tab 2 To find a media family enter a search string Copy a media family When you copy a media family the media print modes...

Page 284: ...page 285 350 Media family settings 4 Click OK Delete media families You can delete media families that have been created with the Copy media family function It is not possible to delete media families that are in use Use the Factory defined and In use column titles to get information about the status 1 Select one or more media families 2 Click Delete Define a media family 284 Chapter 10 Manage med...

Page 285: ...tion of the media family Calibration timer days Define the calibration interval The interval can be set between 0 and 365 days in steps of 1 day Enter 0 to disable the calibration timer of the media family Calibration media Select the default target media of the charts for the media family calibration More information Learn about media elements on page 272 Define media in the media catalog on page...

Page 286: ...nd SpecialtySpeedSmooth minimum Gray Component Replacement lower speed 352 Media families and media print modes A media print mode has the following status fields From media pack the media print mode came from a media pack or not Default the media print mode is the default media print mode or not Enabled the media print mode is enabled and can be used or not When the media print mode is disabled y...

Page 287: ... Performance license allows for adjusting a set of tunable media print parameters 5 Click OK NOTE Ensure you calibrate the media print mode before you use it in a job Edit a factory defined media print mode 1 Select a factory defined media print mode 2 Click Edit 356 Media families menu 3 Define the media print mode options You cannot change the name and description Define a media print mode Chapt...

Page 288: ...ou calibrate a changed media print mode before you use it in a job Edit a custom media print mode A custom media print mode is a media print mode that has been created with the Copy media print mode function 1 Select a custom media print mode 2 Click Edit 357 Media families menu 3 Define the settings Define a media print mode 288 Chapter 10 Manage media definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 289: ...s menu Define the media print mode options General options Description Name Enter a name for the media print mode Description Enter a description for the media print mode Use as default media print mode Indicate if this media print mode must be used as default media print mode The default media print mode cannot be disabled Enable media print mode Indicate if this media print mode is enabled or di...

Page 290: ...d This function is only available if a media family calibration for the media print mode has been performed Use the Restore default calibration curves option to restore the default calibration curves 359 Calibration information Print quality parameters Description Minimum print gap Adjust the minimum print gap parameter of a custom media print mode 360 Minimum print gap parameter More information ...

Page 291: ...ogether they compose the print gap range Example The following example shows the print gap range of two different media Media 1 has a large print gap range the media accepts all print gaps between 1200 μm and 1800 μm Media 2 only accepts a print gap of 1000 μm When the print gap is set at 1200 μm to print media 1 the printer must adjust the print gap to 1000 μm when printing media 2 Max print gap1...

Page 292: ... the printhead height is 1200 μm which realizes that the print gap 1000 μm corresponds with the minimum print gap of media 2 Minimum print gap parameter 363 Print gap parameters Minimum value μm Standard value Maximum value μm Minimum print gap 800 1000 1800 Increasing and decreasing the Minimum print gap parameter 1 Decreasing the Minimum print gap parameter value can Improve the print quality Ch...

Page 293: ...he print environment This can occur when you print jobs with mixed media or print jobs with different media in one run More information Learn about media elements on page 272 Define a media family on page 283 Adjust the minimum print gap on page 294 Learn about the print gap parameter Chapter 10 Manage media definitions 293 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 294: ...families 364 Media families tab 2 Select a custom media print mode 365 Media families menu 3 Click Edit 4 Go to the Print quality parameters parameters 366 Edit a custom media print mode 5 Enter a value in the Minimum print gap field 6 Click OK More information Learn about media elements on page 272 Define a media family on page 283 Define a media print mode on page 286 Adjust the minimum print ga...

Page 295: ... Learn about the print gap parameter on page 291 Adjust the minimum print gap Chapter 10 Manage media definitions 295 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 296: ...Adjust the minimum print gap 296 Chapter 10 Manage media definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 297: ...Chapter 11 Manage color definitions ...

Page 298: ...ré reduction algorithm to enhance photographic images Please note that when images have a resolution below 300 dpi the Moiré reduction only takes effect when the Image smoothing option is enabled 4 Use the PDF overprint simulation option to make opaque objects look transparent Underlying objects become visible If this option is disabled the colors on top will knock out all underlying colors 5 Use ...

Page 299: ...level of black achievable on the printer Disabled Black Point Compensation is not applied Adobe BPC the Adobe implementation of Black Point Compensation BPC Enhanced BPC when the black point in the document is rather light select Enhanced BPC Define the DeviceRGB settings The Settings Editor stores the DeviceRGB input profiles from which you can select a default DeviceRGB input profile 1 Use the D...

Page 300: ...ut colors However it can be required that the standard ICC color management rules must be used without an improvement of the color management of the printer More information Define an input profile on page 338 Define color defaults 300 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 301: ...s one factory defined information bar FOGRA Validation Print You can add more custom information bars Go to the information bars 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Color Color information bars 369 Color information bars tab Add an information bar 1 Click Add 370 Information bars menu 2 Enter a name and description for the information bar 3 Select for each field the information you want to displa...

Page 302: ...splay Select Custom value for a fixed text that you can enter You can use a maximum of 12 fields 4 Click OK Delete an information bar You cannot delete the factory defined information bar 1 Select one or more information bars 2 Click Delete 372 Information bars menu Define an information bar 302 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 303: ...f FOGRA CMYK Media Wedge 2008 Version V3 0a Proof FOGRA CMYK Media Wedge 2008 Version V3 0b Proof IDEAlliance Control Strip 2009 NOTE You cannot create your own color bars Go to the color bars 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Color Color information bars 373 Color information bars tab Edit a color bar 1 Select a color bar 2 Click Edit 374 Color bars menu 3 Change the name and description 4 Cli...

Page 304: ...nu 2 Select the EPS file that represents the color bar 3 Click OK Export a color bar You can only export previously imported color bars 1 Select the color bar 2 Click Export 377 Color bars menu 3 Click OK Define a color bar 304 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 305: ...nged color preset can be stored with another name There are two factory defined color presets Office documents This color preset is optimal for the color reproduction of text and graphical lines in office documents The printer converts the source file colors to more saturated output colors Photographic content This color preset is optimal for the reproduction of photographs and illustrations Go to...

Page 306: ... Color presets menu 3 Define the attributes of the color preset Click OK Delete a color preset You cannot delete the default color preset 1 Select one or more color presets 2 Click Delete 382 Color presets menu Define a color preset 306 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 307: ...tion to select the DeviceRGB rendering intent Overruling for RGB Use this function to indicate if the embedded DeviceRGB input profile is overruled or not DeviceCMYK input profile Use this function to select the DeviceCMYK input profile DeviceCMYK rendering in tent Use this function to select the DeviceCMYK rendering intent Overruling for CMYK Use this function to indicate if the embedded CMYK inp...

Page 308: ...d output intent PDF X specifies the printing condi tion for which the PDF X file was created The Device CMYK input profile and the job ticket are ignored Overprinting black Use this function to force the printer to print pure black text and graphics over the background color The Overprinting black pre vents that white lines appear around black characters and graph ics As in document overprinting b...

Page 309: ...ore information Change print quality options for the job on page 239 Define the color preset attributes on page 307 Define a color preset Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 309 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 310: ...vel or on media print mode level CMYK curves presets The CMYK curves presets can be Changed Deleted Attached to a media print mode Imported and exported Exchange CMYK curves between printers You can import and export CMYK curves presets in the Settings Editor to exchange CMYK curves presets between printers Import format Adobe Photoshop ACV file binary file that contains CMYK curves defined by a f...

Page 311: ... curves of a media print mode on page 312 Adjust CMYK curves of a job on page 322 Settings Editor options for CMYK curves presets on page 332 Learn about CMYK curves Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 311 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 312: ... 1 Basic mode simple CMYK editing with sliders for quick and easy adjustments 2 Advanced mode CMYK editing for precise and reproducible adjustments IMPORTANT Be aware that the CMYK adjustments affect all jobs that use the media print mode NOTE You need to have sufficient access rights to change the CMYK curves of a media print mode Open the CMYK editor 1 Touch System Color adjustment Adjust color ...

Page 313: ...4 Touch Edit The Basic mode window opens 385 CMYK editor in basic mode Adjust CMYK curves of a media print mode Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 313 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 314: ...ith a preset Press Load The list of presets contains standard and custom presets You can also use a standard preset as a starting point to create new presets Select one of the standard presets Press Done Select Advanced mode and examine the changed CMYK curves Touch OK to apply the adjustment or touch Reset to restore the original CMYK curves 3 Apply a correction with one of the CMYK sliders Adjus...

Page 315: ...lack slider changes all sliders at the same time Touch the and buttons to adjust the combined control Touch OK to apply the adjustment or touch Reset to restore the original CMYK curves 4 Apply a correction with the contrast slider Adjust CMYK curves of a media print mode Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 315 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 316: ...trast slider Touch OK to apply the adjustment or touch Reset to restore the original CMYK curves Adjust the CMYK curves in advanced mode 1 Select Advanced mode Adjust CMYK curves of a media print mode 316 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 317: ...uch a location on the curve When you touch an anchor point it shows Touch the trash icon to remove an anchor point Touch the color picker tool Touch Add points to plot another anchor point 3 Move the anchor points Adjust CMYK curves of a media print mode Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 317 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 318: ...f the selected anchor point on the curve Use the and buttons of the Input and Output fields to change the position of an anchor point Drag an anchor point to another position A raster can help to locate the anchor point 4 Contrast Adjust CMYK curves of a media print mode 318 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 319: ...ontrast slider to adjust the contrast Touch OK to apply the adjustment or touch Reset to restore the original CMYK curves 5 Clip the highlight and shadow tones Adjust CMYK curves of a media print mode Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 319 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 320: ...ther clipping control and drag it to a new position Select C and move the clipping controls Touch to undo or redo one adjustment step 6 Save the adjustments for later reuse Adjust CMYK curves of a media print mode 320 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 321: ...on page 378 Learn about CMYK curves on page 310 Adjust CMYK curves of a job on page 322 Settings Editor options for CMYK curves presets on page 332 Explore the pixel precise preview on page 208 Adjust CMYK curves of a media print mode Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 321 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 322: ... precise preview 1 Touch Jobs 2 Go to the list of waiting jobs 3 Select the job you want to change 4 Press Edit 389 Edit job 5 Touch Adjust image The CMYK curve editor with pixel precise preview opens the Basic mode window Adjust CMYK curves of a job 322 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 323: ...elect multiple pages the last page of the selection is shown You cannot edit the CMYK curves when the selected pages have different CMYK curves To undo the selection touch and hold a single page 2 Apply a correction with a preset Adjust CMYK curves of a job Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 323 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 324: ...resets Select one of the standard presets Press Done Note that the CMYK curve editor switches to Advanced mode Examine the changed CMYK curves Touch OK to apply the adjustment or touch Reset to restore the original CMYK curves 3 Apply a correction with one of the CMYK sliders Adjust CMYK curves of a job 324 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 325: ...w the Black slider changes all sliders at the same time Touch the and buttons to adjust the combined control Touch OK to apply the adjustment or touch Reset to restore the original CMYK curves 4 Apply a correction with the contrast slider Adjust CMYK curves of a job Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 325 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 326: ...he Contrast slider Touch OK to apply the adjustment or touch Reset to restore the original CMYK curves Adjust the CMYK curves in advanced mode 1 Select Advanced mode Adjust CMYK curves of a job 326 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 327: ...ted Touch a location on the curve When you touch an anchor point it shows Touch the trash icon to remove an anchor point Touch the color picker tool Touch Add points to plot another anchor point 3 Move the anchor points Adjust CMYK curves of a job Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 327 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 328: ...nsity of the selected anchor point on the curve Use the and buttons of the Input and Output fields to change the position of an anchor point Drag an anchor point to another position A raster can help to locate the anchor point 4 Contrast Adjust CMYK curves of a job 328 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 329: ...h the contrast slider to adjust the contrast Touch OK to apply the adjustment or touch Reset to restore the original CMYK curves 5 Clip the highlight and shadow tones Adjust CMYK curves of a job Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 329 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 330: ... the other clipping control and drag it to a new position Select C and move the clipping controls Touch to undo or redo one adjustment step 6 Save the adjustments for later reuse Adjust CMYK curves of a job 330 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 331: ...family on page 378 Learn about CMYK curves on page 310 Adjust CMYK curves of a job on page 322 Settings Editor options for CMYK curves presets on page 332 Explore the pixel precise preview on page 208 Adjust CMYK curves of a job Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 331 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 332: ...cription 4 Use the Overwrite duplicates option to overwrite an existing CMYK curves preset 5 Click OK Delete a CMYK preset 1 Select a CMYK curve preset from the list 2 Click Delete Import a CMYK curves preset After import the CMYK curve preset is available for a media print mode and print job 1 Click Import 2 Browse to the required file 3 Click OK 4 Define a unique name and the description Setting...

Page 333: ...k Export 3 Select the export format PRISMAsync CMYK curves preset format XML Adobe Photoshop ACV format 4 Click OK More information Learn about CMYK curves on page 310 Adjust CMYK curves of a media print mode on page 312 Adjust CMYK curves of a job on page 322 Settings Editor options for CMYK curves presets Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 333 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 334: ...ribe colors Two implementations of RGB color spaces are sRGB and Adobe RGB CMYK Color printers use the CMYK color space Implementations of the CMYK color space vary from printer to printer and from medium to medium FOGRA has several implementations of the CMYK color spaces Input profiles and output profiles An input ICC profile can translate color data created on one device such as a monitor into ...

Page 335: ...f the separation is important for the quality of the printed image since one target color in the device independent color space can be reproduced by different ink combinations on the printer To calculate the CMYK values the output profile takes into account which limits are set for the media For example the total ink coverage limit and the maximum drop size of the inks Moreover the output profile ...

Page 336: ...rofiles or not The list of input profiles can contain simulation profiles and production profiles to create composite output profiles for device simulation Output profiles on the printer The color values in a document can be described in the CMYK color space or in the CIELAB color space The Settings Editor has a list of output profiles that can be linked to a media print mode Media packs already h...

Page 337: ... intent determines how these colors must be reproduced Source colors that fall outside the gamut of the printer are being mapped into in gamut colors often colors at the edge of the printer gamut 401 Rendering intents More information Learn about media elements on page 272 Create composite output profiles on page 344 Learn about color differences on page 412 Define an input profile on page 338 Def...

Page 338: ...tatus of input profiles In use the input profile is used in a color preset or transaction setup Factory defined the input profile is factory defined Go to the input profiles Open the Settings Editor and go to Color Input profiles 403 Input profiles tab In the list you see the available input profiles and if an input profile is in use or factory defined Edit an input profile You cannot edit factory...

Page 339: ...2 Click Delete 405 Input profiles menu Import an input profile 1 Click Import 406 Input profiles menu 2 Browse to the required ICC file 3 Define a unique name and a description 407 Import input profile 4 Click OK Export an input profile 1 Click Export Define an input profile Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 339 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 340: ...s menu 2 Browse to the location to store the ICC file 3 Click OK More information Learn about input and output profiles on page 334 Define an input profile 340 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 341: ...composite output profile of Device Link profile Simulation profile the name of the simulation profile for a composite output profile Paper simulation indicates if paper simulation is used for a composite output profile Go to the output profiles Open the Settings Editor and go to Color Output profiles 410 Output profiles tab Edit an output profile You can only edit output profiles that are not fact...

Page 342: ...iles that are factory defined or part of a media definition 1 Select one or more output profiles 2 Click Delete 412 Output profiles menu Import an output profile 1 Click Import 413 Output profiles menu 2 Browse to the storage location of the output profile ICC file 414 Import an output profile 3 Click OK Define an output profile 342 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 343: ...is created without device simulation 7 Click OK Export an output profile 1 Select an output profile 2 Click Export 416 Output profiles menu 3 Browse to the location to store the ICC file 4 Click OK More information Learn about media elements on page 272 Define a media print mode on page 286 Define an output profile Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 343 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 344: ...f the target printer production profile Using a VarioPrint i series MICR printer output profile the output profile of the target printer production profile and a simulation profile of the target printer Using the output profile of the target printer production profile and a Device Link of the target printer Import a production profile or simulation profile 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Colo...

Page 345: ...file ICC file of this printer 419 Select the output profile 5 Click OK 6 Define a name and description for the composite output profile 7 Select the production profile from the list of input profiles 420 Define name and description 8 If required select the simulation profile from the list of output profiles Create composite output profiles Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 345 VarioPrint i serie...

Page 346: ... relative colorimetric rendering intent is applied 10 Click OK 11 The composite output profile is added to the list of output profiles Create a composite output profile with Device Link 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Color Output profiles 2 Click Import 3 The Import output profile dialog box appears 4 Browse to the storage location of the Device Link ICC file Create composite output profiles...

Page 347: ...oduction profile from the list of input profiles 7 Click OK 8 The Device Link is added to the list of output profiles More information Learn about input and output profiles on page 334 Define an output profile on page 341 Create composite output profiles Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 347 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 348: ...g group enables the combination of different color mappings You can assign the color mapping group to a color preset Go to the color mappings Open the Settings Editor and go to Color Color mappings 422 Color mappings tab Add a color mapping group 1 Click Add group 423 Color mappings menu 2 Define a name and description 424 Add color mapping 3 Click OK Edit a color mapping group 1 Select a color ma...

Page 349: ...cription 4 Click OK Add a color mapping 1 Select a color mapping group 2 Click Add color mapping 3 Define the color mapping attributes 4 Click OK Edit a color mapping 1 Select a color mapping 2 Click Edit 427 Color mappings menu 3 Define the color mapping attributes 4 Click OK Define color mapping Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 349 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 350: ...or mapping group 1 Select one or more color mappings or color mapping groups 2 Click Delete 429 Color mappings menu Move a color mapping to another group 1 Select the color mapping 2 Click Move 3 Select the new color mapping group 4 Click OK Define the color mapping attributes Define color mapping 350 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 351: ...a source color is expressed as a percentage point A per centage point is the difference between two percentages For example the percentage point between 32 and 30 is 2 The tolerance of a spot color cannot be defined Target color Use the Target color option to define the target color Spot color of a spot color library Select the spot color Spot color of a custom spot color library Select the spot c...

Page 352: ...rmation Define a color preset on page 305 Define the color mapping attributes on page 350 Learn about spot colors on page 353 Define color mapping 352 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 353: ...evice independent spot color definition uses a CIELAB value Lab value When you create a spot color for a specific media family you use a CMYK value You can add more CMYK color values to a spot color definition for other media families that print the spot color When you want to add a spot color that has the exact color value of a sample for example in an offset print you measure the spot color with...

Page 354: ... named spot color profiles and export spot color libraries that were imported as named spot color libraries 433 Custom spot color library A named color profile is an ICC profile that contains a list of spot colors names with color values Lab or XYZ When you import a named color profile the named color profile is added as an imported spot color library A named color profile has a standardized file ...

Page 355: ...or Print a patch chart What is a spot color Spot colors realize a consistent color and are often used in logos and house style colors Below you find the instructions for creating a spot color on the control panel Go to the spot color editor 434 Color adjustments 1 Touch System Color adjustment Spot colors Create a spot color on the control panel Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 355 VarioPrint i...

Page 356: ...e for the spot color 435 Add a spot color 3 Use the Input mode option to select CMYK 4 Use the Media family drop down list to select the media family media print mode combination 5 Use the Tint option to enter a tint value Create a spot color on the control panel 356 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 357: ...measure the spot color again 1 Press Add 2 Select CIELAB 3 Enter the L a and b values in the Lab option 4 Touch OK The spot color is stored in the custom spot color library Measure CIELAB spot color values With the spot color measurement procedure you measure three locations of a sample of the spot color The printer calculates and returns the average Lab value and reports a E to indicate the diffe...

Page 358: ...ain 5 Touch OK The spot color is stored in the custom spot color library Add CMYK values to a spot color You can add CMYK values to a spot color to apply to a specific media family media print mode combination 1 Select the spot color library and search the spot color Create a spot color on the control panel 358 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 359: ... Add 4 Use the Media family drop down list to select the media family media print mode combination 5 Use the Tint option to enter a tint value Create a spot color on the control panel Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 359 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 360: ...ation 8 Touch OK Print a patch chart To evaluate the CMYK values print a chart on media for the media family media print mode combination 437 Print patch chart 1 Expand the Patch chart options 2 Use the Media drop down list to select the media for the media family media print mode combination 3 Use the Step size option to define the degree of patch variations 4 In the Print patch chart field touch...

Page 361: ... spot colors on page 353 Create and edit a spot color in Settings Editor on page 362 Define a spot color library on page 368 Create a spot color on the control panel Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 361 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 362: ... spot colors Open the Settings Editor and go to Color Spot colors 438 Spot colors tab Create a new CMYK spot color 1 Click Add 439 Spot colors menu 2 Enter a name for the spot color 3 Use the Input mode option to select CMYK 440 Add spot color 4 Use the Media family drop down list to select the media family media print mode combination Create and edit a spot color in Settings Editor 362 Chapter 11...

Page 363: ...the Input mode option to select CIELAB 4 Enter values in the L a and b fields 5 Click OK The spot color is stored in the custom spot color library Add CMYK values to a spot color You can add CMYK values to a spot color to apply to a specific media family media print mode combination 1 Click the CMYK spot color 2 Click Edit 3 Click Add CMYK value Create and edit a spot color in Settings Editor Chap...

Page 364: ...e Tint field 7 Click OK The media family media print mode combination is added The Old color patch is the color rendering of the Lab definition The New color patch shows the rendering of the CMYK values for the media family media print mode combination Create and edit a spot color in Settings Editor 364 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 365: ...ns 2 Use the Media drop down list to select the media for the media family media print mode combination 3 Click Print patch chart to print the chart More information Learn about spot colors on page 353 Create a spot color on the control panel on page 355 Define a spot color library on page 368 Create and edit a spot color in Settings Editor Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 365 VarioPrint i seri...

Page 366: ...atch chart shows 39 patches with variations of CMYK values The chosen step size determines the degree of patch variations in percentages 1 20 Patch variations The patches are arranged in three rows All patches of a row all have the same K value The middle row patch es represent the K value of the spot color The K value is decreased for the top row and increased for the bottom row the step size det...

Page 367: ...nd the patch has a dotted line More information Learn about spot colors on page 353 Create a spot color on the control panel on page 355 Create and edit a spot color in Settings Editor on page 362 Define a spot color library on page 368 Read the spot color patch chart Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 367 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 368: ...he spot color libraries Open the Settings Editor and go to Color Spot color libraries 445 Spot color libraries tab Edit a spot color library You can only edit previously imported spot color libraries Named color profiles 1 Select the spot color library 2 Click Edit 446 Spot color libraries menu 3 Change the name and description 4 Click OK Delete a spot color library You can only delete previously ...

Page 369: ...ry With the Reset option you recover the original values of the spot colors of the predefined and imported spot color libraries IMPORTANT When you select a custom spot color library the Reset option deletes all custom spot color definitions 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Color Spot colors 2 Select the spot color library 3 Click Reset 449 Spot color libraries menu More information Learn about...

Page 370: ...e trapping editor on the control panel to create a trapping preset 450 Effect of use of a trapping preset 451 Color adjustments 1 Touch System Color adjustment Edit trapping presets 2 Select one of the available trapping presets 3 Define the trapping settings Create a trapping preset 370 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 371: ...ping preset editor 4 Click Save as to save the settings and enter a name for the preset 5 Click OK 6 Check the print results Be aware that an edge can appear at locations where color planes overlap each other More information Change print quality options for the job on page 239 Define the attributes of an automated workflow on page 173 Create a trapping preset Chapter 11 Manage color definitions 3...

Page 372: ...Create a trapping preset 372 Chapter 11 Manage color definitions VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 373: ...Chapter 12 Print what you expect ...

Page 374: ...ofiles Input profiles Output profile Input profile Calibration curves RIP When do you need to calibrate A new media print mode has the status Not calibrated You need to perform a media family calibration for all media print modes that belong to the media family Media family calibrations performed on a regular base correct the expected variations in the color reproduction The calibration timer of t...

Page 375: ...ation status of media family and media print mode A media family gets the status calibrated when all media print modes of this media family have been calibrated The media family calibration dialog shows which media families and media print modes need calibration 455 Media family calibration Learn about media family calibration Chapter 12 Print what you expect 375 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 376: ...havior on the front side and the back side of the media The calibration chart has solid patches 100 CMYK and patches with varying tones of CMYK 457 Calibration chart Your measure charts with the i1 spectrophotometer More information Learn about input and output profiles on page 334 Define a media print mode on page 286 Calibrate a media family on page 378 Learn about media family calibration 376 C...

Page 377: ...82 Learn about input and output profiles on page 334 Learn about calibration curves on page 542 Measure charts with the i1 spectrophotometer on page 389 Learn about media family calibration Chapter 12 Print what you expect 377 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 378: ...alibration have this symbol 458 Media family calibration 1 Load the target media and assign the target media to one of the paper trays The calibration chart can only be printed on media that are equal to or larger than 210 0 x 279 4 mm 8 3 x 11 7 2 Touch System Color adjustment Media family calibration Calibrate a media family 378 Chapter 12 Print what you expect VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 379: ...media drop down list to select other target media 5 Touch OK 6 Take the set of printed charts and remove the first charts that are not marked with a number One sheet is printed on the front side the other sheet is printed on the back side Calibrate a media family Chapter 12 Print what you expect 379 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 380: ... heatmap can indicate a possible problem but cannot analyze the problem Similar patterns of reddish patches that appear after several similar calibrations can indicate that there is a structural problem Carefully check your job prints if there is a print quality problem When one or more primary colors or the paper white value deviate from the reference values calibration charts could have been pri...

Page 381: ... Measure charts with the i1 spectrophotometer on page 389 Read media family calibration feedback on page 382 Calibrate a media family Chapter 12 Print what you expect 381 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 382: ...curves or discard the results Comparison with previous calibration The comparison with the previous calibration informs you how urgent this media family calibration was The summary area shows the highest and average differences between the two calibrations per color channel When you touch the summary area you see lines that indicate how the curves of this and the previous calibration deviate Horiz...

Page 383: ...e reference color values for both sides NOTE For the first calibration of the media print mode there are no reference values and thus no feedback information Measurement accuracy The measurement accuracy information indicates if the patches were measured accurately Therefore tolerance levels are used Charts must be measured correctly within certain speed limits Although the calibration wizard show...

Page 384: ... way the color makes visible which patches are correctly incorrectly or suspiciously measured The tolerance levels set for the media family calibration determine when patches turn red and green 1 Touch the summary information The heatmap appears 2 Touch the and symbols to scroll through the calibration charts Use the zoom symbol to zoom in or out Examine patches of the heatmap In this example the ...

Page 385: ... touch a red patch the color difference 6 11 falls outside the set tolerance level 5 462 Exceeding tolerance level More information Read tolerance levels for the media family calibration on page 386 Calibrate a media family on page 378 Read media family calibration feedback Chapter 12 Print what you expect 385 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 386: ...pressed by a Delta value You cannot change or add tolerance levels for the media family calibration Tolerance levels for measurement accuracy To decide if measurements are considered as accurate or not the printer uses tolerance levels for chart measurements Tolerance levels for the measured paper white and primary colors To decide if paper white and primary colors are reproduced correctly or not ...

Page 387: ...ce level 3 Click Edit More information Learn about color differences on page 412 Overview of color validation metrics on page 538 Read tolerance levels for the media family calibration Chapter 12 Print what you expect 387 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 388: ...r calibration target The default linear calibration curves are created The values of the output profile are applied When there are no output profile values available the measurement values of the next media family calibration are used The calibration status becomes Not calibrated Restore calibration curves 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Media Media families 2 Go to the media family 3 Select ...

Page 389: ... the i1 spectrophotometer to the USB port of the control panel 4 Make sure the protective slider shows the white calibration tile of the calibration plate and place the i1 spectrophotometer on the calibration plate 5 Press the measurement button The status indicator lights pulsate white when the i1 spectrophotometer is ready for use Measure charts 1 Place five blank sheets under the calibration ch...

Page 390: ...ine how a ink drop behaves when it touches the media The media definition has parameters that determine which drop sizes the printheads will use for the media A B C 468 Dot sizes depending on media surface and three different drop sizes A B and C Nozzle failure detection The printer prints quality control sheets to inspect if nozzles work properly When the printer has detected failing nozzles thes...

Page 391: ...are getting involved In case the number of failing nozzles exceeds a certain threshold value the nozzle failure compensation alone is not sufficient to safeguard the print quality In that situation the printer can perform printhead maintenance to repair the nozzle failures NOTE Use the Printhead maintenance after nozzle failure detection option to define how the printer must behave in case nozzle ...

Page 392: ...ia are printable or not Overview drop sizes The overview below shows which drop sizes are used for job printing and quality control 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D 833 mm sec Drop size 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D 1250 mm sec Drop size 471 Drop size used for printing and quality control A Job printing B Nozzle failure compensation C Refresh dots D Nozzle failure detection More information Print Process on page 32 Learn ab...

Page 393: ...intenance occurs top view Description 1 Printhead unit in print position 2 Printhead unit in maintenance position Automatic printhead maintenance processes There are four automatic processes that clean the nozzles Wet tissue wipe ink residuals that stick on the nozzle plate are removed by a piece of moistened tissue PML 473 Wet tissue wipe Purging with dry tissue wipe liquid is purged through ever...

Page 394: ...exceeds a certain threshold value the nozzle failure compensation alone is not sufficient to safeguard the print quality In that situation the printer can perform printhead maintenance to solve the nozzle failures NOTE Use the Printhead maintenance after nozzle failure detection option to define how the printer must behave in case nozzle failure compensation alone cannot compensate the detected no...

Page 395: ... 210 x 297 mm Media 1 40 seconds Media 2 LEF SEF 476 Extra printhead maintenance before printing wider media The following scheme shows for which media size switches the printer schedules a purge with dry tissue wipe Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Learn about printhead maintenance Chapter 12 Print what you expect 395 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 396: ... print runs A purge dry tissue wipe is performed in case a new print run is scheduled and the previous print run ended more than 40 seconds ago If the previous wet tissue wipe was more than eight hours ago a wet tissue wipe is performed In this example at 15 30 D Non stop printing When the printer is printing continuously a wet tissue wipe and purge dry tissue wipe are scheduled 3 5 hours after th...

Page 397: ...head maintenance to solve nozzle failures on page 403 Printhead maintenance to solve nozzle failures on page 403 Learn about printhead maintenance Chapter 12 Print what you expect 397 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 398: ...heet ColorGrip is not used to print quality control sheets 478 Example of a quality control sheet Media of quality control sheets Not all media is suitable for quality control sheets If the printer prints a job on media that cannot be used for quality control sheets alternative media are used These alternative media are defined in the Settings Editor and are used for all job media that are not sui...

Page 399: ...alternative media size meets all job media that are not suitable for quality control sheets Output tray of nozzle failure detection sheets Depending on the printer model quality control sheets arrive in the top tray of the first capacity stacker or in the system tray Jobs printing alternative media When a job needs alternative media that are not loaded a message is shown that the media for quality...

Page 400: ...he nozzle failure detection 480 Nozzle failure detection IMPORTANT Be aware that the print quality strongly depends on the nozzle failure detection 4 Click OK 5 Use the Interval between quality control sheets number of sheets option to define the number of sheets after which a quality control sheet is printed When you decrease the interval detection sheets are printed more frequently Subsequently ...

Page 401: ...are used for a next quality control sheet As a consequence when a job has mixed media quality control sheets can be printed on job media and also on alternative media Define the default media for quality control sheets It is important to configure alternative media with the correct size to prevent extra printhead maintenance and to keep the job productivity high Ensure that the alternative media s...

Page 402: ...ia long edge in the paper tray 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Preferences Print job defaults 484 Print job defaults tab 2 Use the Alternative media for quality control sheets option to select the suitable media from the media catalog 485 Alternative media for quality control sheets 3 Click OK More information Learn about quality control sheets on page 398 Define media optimization parameters...

Page 403: ...ce after nozzle failures Always the printer acts when the number of nozzle failures exceeds a threshold value The threshold is achieved when there are too many nozzle failures that cannot be compensated The printer interrupts printing to perform a printhead maintenance procedure Thereafter the print job continues There is no dialog to inform the user After confirmation the printer acts when extens...

Page 404: ...zzle failure correction is completed first which lasts a few seconds before printing is resumed Focus on productivity printing is resumed immediately but with the possibility of print artifacts on the first printed sheets More information Learn about quality control sheets on page 398 Define usage of quality control sheets on page 400 Printhead maintenance to solve nozzle failures 404 Chapter 12 P...

Page 405: ...eck print option on the control panel to check a single sheet of the current job Make intermediate check prints 489 Intermediate check print 1 Touch System Setup 2 Touch Intermediate check print Depending on the printer model intermediate check prints arrive in the top tray of the first capacity stacker or in the system tray More information Define usage of intermediate check prints on page 406 Ma...

Page 406: ... 1 Use the Interval of intermediate check print option to define the interval of intermediate check prints The printing of intermediate check prints is disabled when the value is 0 491 Enable intermediate check prints 2 Click OK Reset the counter of intermediate check prints 1 Use the Reset intermediate check print counter option to define when the counter is reset When enabled reset when the Inte...

Page 407: ...More information Make intermediate check prints on page 405 Define usage of intermediate check prints Chapter 12 Print what you expect 407 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 408: ... the output profile fits the color reproduction on the target media and media print mode 493 Color validation verification Benefits of color validation tests You can perform a color validation test for several reasons 1 You want to know if the printer is able to print the colors on the selected media and media print mode according to a reference printing condition 2 You want to know if the printer...

Page 409: ...etric Aims evaluation method used by IDEAlliance tests is also based on the media relative evaluation Target charts The color validation test prints target charts for the selected media media print mode combination You measure the target charts when they are dry The type of target chart belongs to the definition of the color validation test or the profile accuracy test The charts must be printed o...

Page 410: ...wo colors or two groups of colors can be expressed by a color difference metric Every test definition has a pre defined series of color metrics The test definition also includes for every metric a tolerance level to decide if printed color values are close enough to their reference color values A tolerance level or threshold level is set before the evaluation takes place A tolerance level is also ...

Page 411: ... test More information Learn about color differences on page 412 Overview of color validation metrics on page 538 Read color validation results on page 423 Learn about color validation tests Chapter 12 Print what you expect 411 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 412: ...lor spaces and then describes the color metrics that are derived from them CIELAB color values The CIELAB color space has been developed by the Commission Internationale d Eclairage CIE and represents a three dimensional sphere in which every color is unique by its location The Lab color value describes the location of the color in the CIELAB color space The VarioPrint i series MICR profiles color...

Page 413: ...s from 0 at the axes to more than 100 at the edge h the hue angle expressed in degrees where 0 means the location on the a axis and 180 means the location on the a axis E Delta E The most general metric to express the difference between two colors in CIELAB is Delta E The Delta E value predicts how the human eye perceives the color difference Delta E does not always give enough information about d...

Page 414: ...an the total color difference Delta E the hue error H Delta H is used You can imagine Delta H as which color difference is left over when the lightness and the chroma differences are ignored L Delta L L Delta L is the lightness difference between the two colors ΔL is the absolute value of L Delta L The weighted L puts more emphasis on the color differences for light grays where the K value is lowe...

Page 415: ...s The weighted Ch puts more emphasis on the color differences between composite grays where C is lower than 50 The goal of weighting is to reduce the importance of the gray balance for very dark grays These dark grays errors are difficult to handle and are usually printed with black ink This weighting definition is in accordance with the IDEAlliance G7 specification Learn about color differences C...

Page 416: ... the CMYK simulation profile drop down list Choose the profile that specifies a standard condition or a printer you want to simulate 6 Use the Export the CGATS report check box to indicate if you want to export the results in a CGATS report 7 Select the first metric from the Color metric 1 drop down list 8 Determine how many quality levels you want to use for the metric 9 Use the following fields ...

Page 417: ...ion tests on page 408 Overview of color validation metrics on page 538 Read color validation results on page 423 Overview of color validation metrics on page 538 Evaluation methods on page 409 Create a color validation test Chapter 12 Print what you expect 417 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 418: ...olor validation verification 502 Color validation verification tab 2 Click Configure 503 Color validation tests menu 3 Use the Print cleaning sheets before test charts option to indicate if you want to print cleaning sheets before the charts are printed 504 Configure color validation Print the target charts 1 Calibrate the media family of the target media 2 Load and assign approximately 10 sheets ...

Page 419: ...1 Put the target charts on a place to dry Measure the charts When the charts are completely dry you restart the validation test with the same settings Then you measure the charts with an i1 spectrophotometer 1 Touch System Media 2 Select the same target media 3 Touch Validate 4 Use the Media print mode option to select the same media print mode 5 Use the Color validation test option to select the ...

Page 420: ...back information More information Calibrate a media family on page 378 Measure charts with the i1 spectrophotometer on page 389 Learn about color validation tests on page 408 Read color validation results on page 423 Perform a color validation test 420 Chapter 12 Print what you expect VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 421: ... validation tests The profile accuracy test also has fixed tolerance levels that are not editable 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Color Color validation verification 508 Color validation verification tab 2 Select the test 509 Color validation tests menu 3 Click Edit 4 Read the metrics and tolerance levels 510 Edit a color validation test Read tolerance levels for color validation tests Chapte...

Page 422: ...More information Tolerance levels on page 410 Read tolerance levels for color validation tests 422 Chapter 12 Print what you expect VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 423: ...window summarizes the test results To have all test details download the color validation report The following example is not based on a realistic printer and print environment 511 Example feedback of a color validation test Read the quality levels It depends on the color validation test definition which quality levels can be obtained Per defined color metric at least one quality level A is define...

Page 424: ... color validation test report in PDF format 512 Download report of color validation test 3 Click Download color validation test report in CGATS format or Download color validation test report in PDF format 4 Select the report and save the report 5 Click OK More information Read tolerance levels for color validation tests on page 421 Learn about color differences on page 412 Overview of color valid...

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Page 426: ...afety Data Sheet VarioPrint i Series Ink Cyan B2 B2 Cyan ink MSDS 1038 VarioPrint i Series Ink Magen ta B2 B2 Magenta ink MSDS 1038 VarioPrint i Series Ink Yellow B2 B2 Yellow ink MSDS 1038 VarioPrint i Series Ink Black B2 B2 Black ink MSDS 1037 VarioPrint i Series Color Grip Liquid B2 ColorGrip liquid MSDS 1038 VarioPrint i Series Ink Cyan B1 B1 Cyan ink MSDS 1037 VarioPrint i Series Ink Magen ta...

Page 427: ...ductDownloads Index 555 Other consumables Consumable Description VarioPrint i Series Tissue Ribbons B1 Tissue ribbon cleans the printheads on regular base The tissue ribbon is located in a tissue cassette 1 tissue ribbon 60 m 2 362 2 VarioPrint i Series Belt Cleaning Cloth Special cloth to clean the print belt 10 items per package More information Media specifications on page 529 VarioPrint i seri...

Page 428: ...ds clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets 513 Location of ink cabinet The Supplies pane of the control panel displays the status of the stock of inks and PML stock Filling levels of supplies and waste on page 544 514 Status overview Ink and maintenance liquid supplies in the printer 428 Chapter 13 Maintain th...

Page 429: ...ort the liquids to the printhead unit Filling levels and status information on control panel for inks and PML liquid Below you find an explanation how the actual liquid supply is related to the status information on the control panel Example shows cyan ink but applies to the other inks and PML 4 3 2 1 5 516 Filling levels and status information on control panel 1 Buffer is full Container has just ...

Page 430: ...ol panel 4 3 2 1 517 Filling levels and status information on control panel 1 A new container has been placed The MICR ink is being pumped from the container into the empty buffer The container icon is showing the pump symbol 2 The container is empty Buffer is not empty Printing continues 3 Container is empty and buffer gets empty Printing can continue 4 Container is empty and buffer is empty Prin...

Page 431: ...hows how to replace the empty container To learn how the printer processes ink see Ink and maintenance liquid supplies in the printer on page 428 518 Location of the ink cabinet NOTE In order to keep your hands clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets Keep full containers tightly closed When you spill any liqui...

Page 432: ... containers that are empty are off 2 Place the full container next to the empty container 3 Unscrew swap and fasten the caps of both con tainers 4 Place the full container in the ink cabinet 4 Replace a CMYK ink container or PML container 432 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 433: ...inues to blink fast there is important information that you need to read on the control panel 6 Close the doors of the ink cabinet After you finish The container package contains a sticker Use this sticker on an empty ink container to reuse as a waste container Place the sticker over the present sticker Replace a CMYK ink container or PML container Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 433 VarioPrint i ...

Page 434: ...28 519 Location of the ink cabinet NOTE In order to keep your hands clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets Keep full containers tightly closed When you spill any liquid wipe up the drops with disposable towels and transfer the used towels to a sealable container appropriate for disposal Before you begin Take ...

Page 435: ... are empty are off 2 Place the full container next to the empty container 3 Unscrew swap and fasten the caps of both con tainers 4 Place the full container in the ink cabinet 4 Replace the MICR ink container Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 435 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 436: ...nds while the RFID tag of the container is read Then the LED remains on NOTE When the LED continues to blink fast there is important information that you need to read on the control panel 6 Close the doors of the ink cabinet Replace the MICR ink container 436 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 437: ...ompartment NOTE In order to keep your hands clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets Keep full containers tightly closed When you spill any liquid wipe up the drops with disposable towels and transfer the used towels to a sealable container appropriate for disposal Before you begin Take an empty container label...

Page 438: ...nd empty container swap the caps and fasten them 5 Place the empty container in the tray 6 Press the connector and carefully connect the supply tube to the cap of the empty container 7 Carefully close the door of the waste compartment After you finish Dispose the container according to the safety regulations delivered with your product Replace the CMYK ink waste container 438 Chapter 13 Maintain t...

Page 439: ...NOTE In order to keep your hands clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets Keep full containers tightly closed When you spill any liquid wipe up the drops with disposable towels and transfer the used towels to a sealable container appropriate for disposal Before you begin Take an empty container labeled as waste...

Page 440: ...nd empty container swap the caps and fasten them 5 Place the empty container in the tray 6 Press the connector and carefully connect the supply tube to the cap of the empty container 7 Carefully close the door of the waste compartment After you finish Dispose the container according to the safety regulations delivered with your product Replace the MICR ink waste container 440 Chapter 13 Maintain t...

Page 441: ... of supplies and waste on page 544 The waste water container is nearly full The waste water container is full An action required screen appears and shows how to replace a full waste water container 522 Location of the conditioning module with the waste water compartment Before you begin Take an empty container and place the container next to the waste water compartment of the conditioning module P...

Page 442: ...the door of the waste water compartment 4 1 Open the door of the waste water compartment 2 Open the lid 5 Take the cap from the holder and screw it on the full container 6 Remove the full container 4 Replace the waste water container 442 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 443: ... 9 Close the lid To close the lid completely slightly move the funnel backwards and forwards 10 Close the door of the waste water compartment After you finish You can pour out the waste water in a sink or drain Store the empty container for reuse Replace the waste water container Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 443 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 444: ...d waste on page 544 Climate measurements in the paper module deviate from the configured relative hu midity Check if you need to refill the conditioning liquid For conditioning liquid use demineralized water 523 Location of the paper module Before you begin Take a container with demineralized water and place the container at the rear of the paper module Procedure Action 1 1 Push and hold the blue ...

Page 445: ...eralized water into the container IMPORTANT Do not fill above the maximum level mark otherwise machine parts could get wet 4 1 Place the drop catcher onto the container 2 Fasten the ring to lock the drop catcher 1 2 5 Push the air supply tube into the blue ring of the connector Refill the conditioning liquid in the paper module Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 445 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 446: ...be replaced in high capacity stacker 1 or 2 524 Location of the high capacity stackers Before you begin You need to have the rights to access the maintenance tasks You need a set of new flip rings Procedure Action 1 1 Touch the maintenance key symbol on the dash board 2 Touch Stacker Replace flip rings Replace flip rings of stacker 1 or Re place flip rings of stacker 2 4 Replace printer parts 446 ...

Page 447: ...o that loose flip rings cannot fall into the high capacity stacker 5 Remove the flip rings one by one 6 Place the new flip rings one by one Ensure that the flip rings can rotate freely 7 Remove the sheet from the stack tray 8 Close the front cover Replace the flip rings of the high capacity stacker Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 447 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 448: ... an instruction how to replace the cassettes appears Replace the used tissue ribbons soon after you replace the tissue cassettes so that you keep a stock of cassettes with new tissue ribbons Replace a tissue ribbon on page 450 525 Location of the maintenance module NOTE In order to keep your hands clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the...

Page 449: ...RTANT Place the cassettes in the same holder to prevent contamination between ink colors and MICR ink and between ink colors A metal strip is built in to prevent in terchanging of tissue cassettes 1 Use one hand to squeeze the shafts of the first new cassette of the same series L or R At the same time support the cassette with your other hand and place the cassette in the holder 2 Repeat this acti...

Page 450: ...a stock of cassettes with new tissue ribbons 526 Tissue cassette NOTE In order to keep your hands clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets Before you begin You need cleaning cloths Alphawipe pads Texwipe TX1004 You need a bottle with process maintenance liquid PML You need a large sheet of paper Take the cardbo...

Page 451: ...e tissue ribbon holder 2 Lift the holder out of the cassette 3 1 Remove the shaft 2 Remove the core of the tissue ribbon 4 Remove the sticker and glue from the core in the cassette 4 Replace a tissue ribbon Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 451 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 452: ...e rib bon holder mind the keying 2 Push the shaft into the holder 7 1 Place the tissue ribbon with its holder into the cassette 2 Push the bracket over the shaft to lock the hold er 8 1 Guide the beginning of the tissue ribbon be tween the guidance rollers of the tissue cas sette The left hand L and right hand R tissue cassettes have a mirrored guide pattern 2 Glue the tape of the beginning of the...

Page 453: ...ndow appears on the control panel 527 Location of the paper path module Before you begin You need cleaning cloths to clean the Z sensors Alphawipe pads Texwipe TX1004 Procedure Action 1 Open the front door of the paper path module 2 Use the green handle to open the paper guide 4 Clean printer parts Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 453 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 454: ...new cleaning cloth and move the cloth three times over the upper sensors 6 Gently close the Z sensor unit 7 Close the paper guide by the green handle 8 Close the front doors of the paper path module After you finish Dispose the used cleaning cloths Clean the Z sensors in the paper path module 454 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 455: ...ion input module Before you begin You need cleaning cloths to clean the Z sensors Alphawipe pads Texwipe TX1004 Procedure Action 1 Open the front door of the registration input module 2 Use the green handle to open the paper guide 3 Use the green handle to open and hold the Z sensor unit 4 Clean the Z sensors in the registration input module Z1 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 455 VarioPrint i seri...

Page 456: ...ree times over the upper sensors 6 Gently close the Z sensor unit 7 Use the green handle to close the paper guide 8 Close the front door of the registration input module After you finish Dispose the used cleaning cloths Clean the Z sensors in the registration input module Z1 456 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 457: ...ion input module Before you begin You need cleaning cloths to clean the Z sensors Alphawipe pads Texwipe TX1004 Procedure Action 1 Open the front door of the registration input module 2 Use the green handle to open the paper guide 3 Use the green handle to open and hold the Z sensor unit 4 Clean the Z sensors in the registration input module Z2 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 457 VarioPrint i seri...

Page 458: ... in half and move the folded cloths over the upper sensors three times NOTE You cannot easily access the upper Z sensors 6 Gently close the Z sensor unit 7 Use the green handle to close the paper guide 8 Close the front door of the registration input module After you finish Dispose the used cleaning cloths Clean the Z sensors in the registration input module Z2 458 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer ...

Page 459: ...Z sensors in the registration output module are polluted an action required window appears on the control panel 530 Location of the registration output module without system tray Before you begin You need cleaning cloths to clean the Z sensors Alphawipe pads Texwipe TX1004 Procedure Action 1 Open the front door of the registration output module 2 1 Turn the green knob to unlock the paper guide 2 L...

Page 460: ...ors 5 Gently close the Z sensor unit 6 1 Hold the paper guide with one hand and turn the knob to unlock the guide with the other hand 2 Lower the paper guide until the guide is locked 7 Close the front door of the registration output module After you finish Dispose the used cleaning cloths Clean the Z sensors in the registration output module without system tray 460 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer...

Page 461: ...hen the Z sensors in the registration output module are polluted an action required window appears on the control panel 531 Location of the registration output module with system tray Before you begin You need cleaning cloths to clean the Z sensors Alphawipe pads Texwipe TX1004 Procedure Action 1 Open the front door of the registration output module 2 Use the green handle to open the paper guide 3...

Page 462: ...s over the upper sensors 6 Gently close the Z sensor unit 7 Use the green handle to close the paper guide 8 Close the front door of the registration output module After you finish Dispose the used cleaning cloths Clean the Z sensors in the registration output module with system tray 462 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 463: ...nce a week Dependent on the used media used ink and print production it can be necessary to adjust the clean frequency When the SZ rollers are very polluted registration and image quality problems may occur Clean SZ rollers Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 463 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 464: ...TE In order to keep your hands clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets When you spill any liquid wipe up the drops with disposable towels and transfer the used towels to a sealable container appropriate for disposal Procedure Action 1 Open the front door of the paper path module 2 Squeeze the green handles to ...

Page 465: ...ring towards the back side to open the SZ unit 4 1 Moisten a cleaning cloth with PML 2 Use the cloth to moisten the upper and lower rollers Turn the rollers to moisten the complete surface 4 Clean the SZ rollers in the paper path module Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 465 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 466: ... The color of the roller can change but this can not damage the printer 6 Push firmly against the middle of the unit to close the SZ unit Make sure the unit is also locked in place at the rear side 7 Close the paper guide with the green handle 8 Close the front door of the paper path module After you finish Dispose the used cleaning cloths Clean the SZ rollers in the paper path module 466 Chapter ...

Page 467: ...L NOTE In order to keep your hands clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets When you spill any liquid wipe up the drops with disposable towels and transfer the used towels to a sealable container appropriate for disposal Procedure Action 1 Open the front door of the registration input module 2 Squeeze the green...

Page 468: ... towards the back side to open the SZ unit 4 1 Moisten a cleaning cloth with PML 2 Use the cloth to moisten the upper and lower rollers Turn the rollers to moisten the complete surface 4 Clean the SZ rollers in the registration input module 468 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 469: ...or of the roller can change but this can not damage the printer 6 Push firmly against the middle of the unit to close the SZ unit Make sure the unit is also locked in place at the rear side 7 Close the paper guide with the green handles 8 Close the front door of the registration input module After you finish Dispose the used cleaning cloths Clean the SZ rollers in the registration input module Cha...

Page 470: ...your hands clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets When you spill any liquid wipe up the drops with disposable towels and transfer the used towels to a sealable container appropriate for disposal Procedure Action 1 1 On the control panel touch System Maintenance Unlock print module to un lock the doors of the ...

Page 471: ... lift the green knob 2 4 1 Moisten a cleaning cloth with PML 2 Use the cloth to moisten the upper and lower rollers Turn the rollers to moisten the complete surface 4 Clean the SZ rollers in the print module Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 471 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 472: ...the complete surface NOTE The color of the roller can change but this can not damage the printer 6 Close the paper guide with the green handles 7 Close the upper and the lower front doors of the print module 8 On the control panel touch Lock print module to lock the doors After you finish Dispose the used cleaning cloths Clean the SZ rollers in the print module 472 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer ...

Page 473: ...liquid PML NOTE In order to keep your hands clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets When you spill any liquid wipe up the drops with disposable towels and transfer the used towels to a sealable container appropriate for disposal Procedure Action 1 Open the front door of the registration output module 2 Squeeze...

Page 474: ...the back side to open the SZ unit 4 1 Moisten a cleaning cloth with PML 2 Use the cloth to moisten the upper and lower rollers Turn the rollers to moisten the complete surface 4 Clean the SZ rollers in the registration output module with system tray 474 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 475: ... roller can change but this can not damage the printer 6 Push firmly against the middle of the unit to close the SZ unit Make sure the unit is also locked in place at the rear side 7 Close the paper guide with the green handle 8 Close the front door of the registration output module After you finish Dispose the used cleaning cloths Clean the SZ rollers in the registration output module with system...

Page 476: ...clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets When you spill any liquid wipe up the drops with disposable towels and transfer the used towels to a sealable container appropriate for disposal Procedure Action 1 Open the front door of the registration output module 2 Turn the green knob to unlock the paper guide Lift ...

Page 477: ...s to let the PML absorb Clean the up per and lower pair of rollers with the wet cloth until the pol lution is gone Rub across the rollers from the side and turn the rollers to clean the complete surface NOTE A discoloration of the rollers can occur but is not harmful 4 Clean the SZ rollers in the registration output module without system tray Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 477 VarioPrint i series...

Page 478: ... hand and turn the knob to un lock the guide with the other hand Lower the paper guide until the guide is locked 7 Close the front door of the registration output module After you finish Dispose the used cleaning cloths Clean the SZ rollers in the registration output module without system tray 478 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 479: ...nance liquid PML Socket wrench 5 5 NOTE In order to keep your hands clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets When you spill any liquid wipe up the drops with disposable towels and transfer the used towels to a sealable container appropriate for disposal Procedure Action 1 Open the front door of the high capacit...

Page 480: ...wrench to loosen the screw and open the black cover 3 Open the two retaining clips and disconnect the flat cable 4 Clean the SZ rollers in the high capacity stacker 480 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 481: ... place it on a clean flat surface 5 Pull one leaf spring towards the front side and at the same time push the other leaf spring towards the back side to open the SZ unit 4 Clean the SZ rollers in the high capacity stacker Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 481 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 482: ...nd lower pair of roll ers Rub the moist cloth across the roll ers from the side until all pollution is gone Turn the rollers to clean the complete surface NOTE The color of the roller can change but this cannot damage the print er 8 Close the registration unit 9 Place the registration unit back The arrows must be on top 4 Clean the SZ rollers in the high capacity stacker 482 Chapter 13 Maintain th...

Page 483: ... taining clips 11 Close the cover and use the socket wrench to fasten the screw 12 Close the front door of the high capacity stacker After you finish Dispose the used cleaning cloths Clean the SZ rollers in the high capacity stacker Chapter 13 Maintain the printer 483 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 484: ...d the configuration settings You need the cleaning plate and print belt cleaning cloths You need a bottle with process maintenance liquid PML NOTE In order to keep your hands clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets VarioPrint i series consumables on page 426 When you spill any liquid wipe up the drops with dis...

Page 485: ...de a cleaning cloth over the cleaning plate 5 Use process maintenance liquid PML to moisten slightly the cleaning cloth at the right hand side 6 1 Lift the print belt 2 Place the cleaning plate with the cleaning cloth underneath the print belt in the middle of the print belt unit The arrow indicates the alignment of the right hand side of the cleaning plate 4 Clean the inner side of the print belt...

Page 486: ...cleaning plate and remove the cleaning cloth from the cleaning plate 12 Check the pollution on the used cloth to determine if a new cleaning cycle is required 13 To start a new cleaning cycle touch Continue on the control panel Repeat step 4 to 12 to clean the print belt again with a new cleaning cloth To finish the print belt cleaning touch Finish 14 Close the upper and lower doors of the print m...

Page 487: ...et of paper NOTE In order to keep your hands clean it is advised to use nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets When you spill any liquid wipe up the drops with disposable towels and transfer the used towels to a sealable container appropriate for disposal Procedure Action 1 1 Touch System Maintenance Unlock print module 2 Open the lowe...

Page 488: ...int belt is still dirty moisten a new cleaning cloth with PML and clean the print belt surface again 5 Remove the sheet underneath the print belt 6 Close the upper and lower doors of the print module After you finish Dispose the used cleaning cloths Clean the surface of the print belt 488 Chapter 13 Maintain the printer VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 489: ...Chapter 14 Problem Solving ...

Page 490: ...ith conflicting settings the printer can show a dialog to confirm the start of the job The workflow profile determines how the printer behaves when the job has conflicting settings 540 Conflicting settings More information Learn about workflow profiles on page 156 Job settings are not correct 490 Chapter 14 Problem Solving VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 491: ...ired To use remote assistance the system administrator must first enable the remote connection setting with a System configuration setting on the control panel 541 Remote assistance Define the remote assistance session timeout You can only define the session timeout when there is no active remote assistance session 1 Press System 2 Press Maintenance 3 Define the timeout in the Remote assistance se...

Page 492: ... printer events 542 Logging and reports 543 Color configuration Go to the reports Open the Settings Editor and go to Support Troubleshooting 544 Troubleshooting tab On the control panel touch System Setup System configuration Logging and reports Create print and download a report or log file 492 Chapter 14 Problem Solving VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 493: ...n of control panel Logging and reports Below you find an overview of the files you can create download and print Loggings and reports Description Control panel Settings Editor Print configuration re port Print the current configuration re port 4 Create print and download a report or log file Chapter 14 Problem Solving 493 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 494: ...ormed a color vali dation test you can download the results in GATS format Download color valida tion test report in PDF format After you performed a color vali dation test you can download the results in PDF format Import color configura tion Export color configura tion You can export the color configu ration of PRISMA Print Server to store the configuration that re flects a certain printer state...

Page 495: ...nput profiles Output profiles including com posite output profiles Color defaults Color calibration settings Color Presets Media Families Media print modes CMYK curve presets Calibration curves Color mappings Color bars Information bars Trapping presets Spot color libraries including the custom spot color library More information Perform a color validation test on page 418 Create print and downloa...

Page 496: ...ry to restart the printer to implement adjustments The system administrator can restart the printer from the Settings Editor 1 Touch System Setup The Controller window has also the restart function 2 Touch Shut down printer 3 Touch Restart 547 Restart the printer Restart the printer 496 Chapter 14 Problem Solving VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 497: ...NOTE You can also touch the Shut down printer button from the start screen of the control panel 548 Shut down the printer Restart the printer Chapter 14 Problem Solving 497 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 498: ...before they enter the sentry these sheets are rejected during the first pass Media sheets can have curl 1 bulges or wavy edges 2 or can be damaged in another way 3 1 2 3 549 Media deformations First pass sentry rejects may be caused by incorrect media storage or media handling You recognize first pass sentry rejects by ejected sheets that have not been printed 550 First pass sentry rejects The dry...

Page 499: ...edia using the original orientation and package materials or use plastic closeable boxes More instructions The following instructions can be followed when sentry rejects still occur Instructions First pass re jects Second pass rejects Read the sentry rejects overview to get more information about the possible cause Yes Yes When you notice that the ejected sheets are curled do the fol lowing Take t...

Page 500: ... see procedure below Yes First print the sides that have the lowest ink coverage which means these are printed during the first pass see procedure below Yes Cut media according to the guidelines When paper is cut in house into the required sized you need to be extra careful to avoid sentry rejects Use sharp knives in the cutting device to avoid bad and rough sheet edges Cut the paper in the correc...

Page 501: ...e paper module on page 104 Unpack the media on page 102 Explore the pixel precise preview on page 208 Define a media print mode on page 286 Learn about the print gap parameter on page 291 Assign media from media catalog to paper trays on page 99 Proper packaging on page 531 Change relative humidity in paper modules on page 505 Change the layout of the job on page 230 Many sheets arrive in the sent...

Page 502: ... Sentry 4 Read the overview 5 Touch to close the overview What does the sentry reject overview show The sentry rejects overview can help you to solve sentry rejects The overview is not stored permanently on the printer After a system reboot the sentry rejects overview is empty The list can display maximum 200 records Read the sentry rejects overview 502 Chapter 14 Problem Solving VarioPrint i seri...

Page 503: ... overview Information Description Time Date and time of the sentry reject Pass First pass sentry reject Second pass sentry reject 4 Read the sentry rejects overview Chapter 14 Problem Solving 503 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 504: ... The detected media height of one or more sheets is much larger than the print gap configured in the media print mode The media sheets probably had dog ears or other major malformations To solve sentry rejects in next jobs examine the media sheets in the paper tray Tray Paper tray where the media were loaded Media Media that caused the sentry reject Media print mode Media print mode that caused th...

Page 505: ...s Editor and go to Preferences System settings Basic 556 System settings tab 2 Change the relative humidity settings of the paper modules Please note that the paper module needs several minutes until the new relative humidity value is set 3 Click OK More information Many sheets arrive in the sentry tray sentry rejects on page 498 Change relative humidity in paper modules Chapter 14 Problem Solving...

Page 506: ...e nitrile gloves when you work with ink MICR ink and PML For details see the related safety data sheets When you spill any liquid wipe up the drops with disposable towels and transfer the used towels to a sealable container appropriate for disposal Procedure Action 1 In the action required screen touch Unlock to unlock the doors of the print module 2 Open the lower and the upper front doors of the...

Page 507: ...loth to clean the print belt surface 2 Manually move the print belt to the right hand side to clean the entire surface 3 If the print belt is still dirty moisten a new cleaning cloth with PML and clean the print belt surface again 10 Remove the sheet underneath the print belt 11 Close the upper and lower front doors of the print module 12 Touch Confirm on the control panel After you finish Dispose...

Page 508: ...on settings CAUTION Be careful not to touch the fixation drum The fixation drum can be hot Wear heat resistant gloves Procedure Action 1 In the action required screen touch Unlock to unlock the right hand door of the fixation module 2 Open the right hand door of the fixation module 3 Touch Unlock to unlock the doors of the fixation drum 4 Open the two doors that cover the fixation drum 4 Remove sh...

Page 509: ...sheets that are stuck are indicated orange 6 Close the two doors that cover the fixation drum 7 Close the right hand door of the fixation module 8 Touch Confirm on the control panel when you have removed all sheets Remove sheets from the fixation drum Chapter 14 Problem Solving 509 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 510: ...in controller the orange RIP symbol appears in the warning area of the dashboard The dashboard shows if RIP units do not communicate with the main controller You can hide the warning of the RIP unit that is not responding 559 Status of the RIP units 1 Touch System Controller 2 Check which RIP unit is not responding RIP unit is not responding RIP unit is responding 3 Touch Hide Check the status of ...

Page 511: ...ss 560 Productivity level 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Preferences System settings 561 System settings tab 2 In the Basic settings use the Productivity level function to decrease the value IMPORTANT Restore the default value 100 before new jobs start Decrease productivity level for a job Chapter 14 Problem Solving 511 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 512: ...dia registration is not a digital correction of the image on the sheet Do not use the manual media registration settings to shift images for example to create space for binding or cutting Instead use a job setting to align images IMPORTANT When several media show the same deviations contact your Service organization to check the registration parameters of the printer 562 Optimise media Print a ver...

Page 513: ... path by changing media attributes in the media catalog Therefore changes are applied to all jobs that use these media Before you perform the registration adjustment ensure the S and SZ rollers have been cleaned and clean the S and SZ rollers IMPORTANT The automatic media registration adjustment optimizes the media registration but keep in mind that minor adjustments can be hardly visible 1 Load a...

Page 514: ...ed by the automatic adjustment procedure Analyze the verification chart A B A 565 Two sides of the verification chart and the alignment of the circles and dots 1 Keep duplex verification chart against a light source 2 You must see a white area between the solid dot and the circle If the dots touch the circles the media registration is not correct Perform media registration 514 Chapter 14 Problem S...

Page 515: ...dge and horizontal marker lines Repeat for the other side B If at least on one side the distances are more than 10 mm or less than 10 mm the media registration is not correct 3 Rotation deviation on S coordinate Measure the distance from left hand top corner of the sheet to the most left hand point of the horizontal marker line Align the ruler along the edge of the sheet Repeat for the other side ...

Page 516: ...re factory defined and exactly match the properties of the media and the VarioPrint i series MICR printer Only change these default values when you understand what these settings mean and do 1 Open the Settings Editor and go to Media Media 567 Media menu 2 Select the media 3 Click Optimize 568 Media catalog menu 4 Adjust the media registration parameters 569 Media registration parameters 5 Click O...

Page 517: ...d direction S adjustment front or back side long edge feed or short edge feed These parameters can be used to adjust the registration on the Z coordinate cross feed direction Z offset front or back side long edge feed or short edge feed These parameters can be used to adjust the registration on the S coordinate rotation deviation More information Perform media registration on page 512 Define media...

Page 518: ...Adjust media registration parameters 518 Chapter 14 Problem Solving VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 519: ...Chapter 15 References ...

Page 520: ...16 seconds simplex printing Less than 134 seconds duplex printing First print out time B2 inks Less than 76 seconds simplex printing Less than 94 seconds duplex printing Print Process Specification Value Maximum print width 323 mm 12 71 Maximum print length 496 mm 19 53 Maximum printable area 323 mm x 496 mm 12 7 x 19 5 Distance between edge and image 2 mm 0 0787 in X and Z direction Image to imag...

Page 521: ... 3 2002 PDF X 3 2003 PDF X 4 PDF VT level 1 Adobe PDF Print Engine 4 2 IPDS IPDS PDF PostScript via APPE PPML GA level 1 v1 5 v2 1 v2 2 PCL6 SNMP support SNMP v1 v3 Host resources MIB MIB II Printer MIB Job Monitor MIB Job Management MIB Job submission LPR Hotfolders Socket printing IPP 2 0 USB drive Security E shredding HTTPs LDAP SNMPv3 Integrity checker WebDav for SMB hotfolders Encrypted user ...

Page 522: ...olor Nozzle failure detection in terval Can be configured Default 100 sheets Printhead maintenance to solve multiple nozzle fail ures When multiple nozzle failures are detected printhead mainte nance can take place before the job continues This behavior can be configured Background spitting The following modes are available Background spitting in patterns for inks Reduced background in patterns fo...

Page 523: ... types Supported media types are defined in the media catalog Media sizes All sizes between 203 mm x 203 mm 320 mm x 488 mm 7 99 x 7 99 12 59 x 19 21 Guidance tool to support media with small height 178 mm 203 mm 7 01 7 99 Paper module Flex XL to support 350 mm x 508 mm 13 8 x 20 For detailed media size specifications see Media sizes on page 529 Media weight 60 300 g m 16 lb offset 110 lb cover Su...

Page 524: ...efault stack height 302 mm 11 89 Paper sizes As specified for the printer Media formats on page 529 Power consumption Maximum 200 W Power requirements 90 264 V 47 63 Hz Device fuse more than 10 A Dimensions unit W x D x H 899 mm x 745 mm x 1 040 mm 35 39 x 29 33 x 40 94 With ejected tray 899 mm x 1 250 mm x 1 040 mm 35 39 x 49 21 x 40 94 Weight unit Empty 120 kg 264 6 lb Full 300 kg 661 lb includi...

Page 525: ...Simplex standard Duplex 7x10 LEF 178 181 181 324 181 230 JIS B5 SEF 182 181 181 324 181 225 LTR LEF 216 170 172 294 165 195 Legal SEF 356 109 121 176 109 124 Ledger SEF 432 91 105 150 91 104 12x18 SEF 457 87 100 142 87 99 13x19 SEF 483 82 96 136 80 93 A4 LEF 210 175 175 300 168 200 SRA4 LEF 225 164 167 254 160 183 A3 SEF 420 94 107 153 94 107 SRA3 SEF 450 88 101 144 87 100 B3 SEF 500 80 93 132 77 ...

Page 526: ...mat Length mm Simplex standard1 Enhanced simplex3 Duplex Simplex standard Duplex 7x10 LEF 178 181 181 229 172 172 JIS B5 SEF 182 181 181 229 169 169 LTR LEF 216 170 172 195 147 147 Legal SEF 356 109 121 126 95 95 Ledger SEF 432 91 105 106 79 79 12x18 SEF 457 87 100 101 75 75 13x19 SEF 483 82 96 96 80 72 A4 LEF 210 175 175 200 150 150 SRA4 LEF 225 164 167 189 142 142 A3 SEF 420 94 107 109 82 81 4 P...

Page 527: ...media at what speed they can be printed Specialty speed is applied for most offset coated media 3 The enhanced simplex one sided print speed option increases the print speed by separating sheets from multiple PIM s The enhanced simplex print speed option is enabled disabled by the service organization The enhanced simplex print speed option increases the print speed under the following conditions ...

Page 528: ...screen Minimum 640 x 480 pixels Supported web browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and higher Mozilla Firefox 10 and higher Google Chrome 17 and higher Apple Safari 6 and higher Language As defined in your browser as long as the printer sup ports this language Settings Editor specifications 528 Chapter 15 References VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 529: ...Value Minimum size W x H 203 mm x 203 mm 7 99 x 7 99 Guidance tool to support media with small height 178 mm 203 mm 7 01 7 99 Maximum size W x H With standard paper module 320 mm x 488 mm 12 59 x 19 21 With paper module Flex XL 350 mm x 508 mm 13 8 x 20 Custom sizes W x H All media sizes between minimum and maximum size with incremental steps of 1 mm 0 04 Media specifications Chapter 15 References...

Page 530: ...anon Black Label Zero 571 Carton and ream Part of package Attention point Label Most cartons and reams are labeled packs The following infor mation is useful to ensure that you have the correct media Media type Media supplier Media weight Media size Number of sheets FSC PEFC Chain of Custody code Ream packaging Ream packaging must be moistureproof NOTE Plastic shrink wrap can damage the sheets of ...

Page 531: ...2O m 24 hours ISO 2528 5 Use a single pallet for one type of media Use a good quality pallet so that wood splinters or nails do not damage the media Place the pallets in a storage room that meets the environmental requirements Do not stack pallets Media storage on page 532 Relative humidity of packaging When the relative humidity of the packaging deviates from the relative humidity of the storage ...

Page 532: ... tight edges 3 Your media supplier can provide specific guidelines on media storage Below you will find generic specifications and guidelines for media storage Proper storage in the storage room Environmental conditions storage room Value Temperature 18 oC 26 oC 64 4 oF 78 8 oF Keep the temperature as stable as possible Relative humidity 30 60 Keep the relative humidity as stable as possible Stora...

Page 533: ...8 oC 1 4 hours 8 hours 11 hours 14 hours 17 hours 24 hours 34 hours 5 5 hours 9 hours 12 hours 15 hours 18 hours 25 hours 35 hours 10 8 hours 14 hours 18 hours 22 hours 27 hours 38 hours 51 hours 20 11 hours 16 hours 23 hours 28 hours 35 hours 48 hours 67 hours 40 14 hours 19 hours 26 hours 32 hours 38 hours 54 hours 75 hours Example A pallet with 40 cartons containing 200 reams in total is ordere...

Page 534: ...face Store prints so that the sheets cannot fold or crease Use a binder for storage during a long period of time more than two years Do not wrap prints in PVC material Do not store prints in a location with high temperatures Prints can discolor after a long period of time Adhesive can stick prints only use insoluble adhesive that is completely dry Store printed output 534 Chapter 15 References Var...

Page 535: ...nsumption Maximum 38 Kw For 80 g m 20 lb bond media 16 Kw Power requirements Europe 230 V 3 phases star 80 A 100 A per phase Device fuse 3 x 100 A Power requirements USA 208 V 3 phases delta 160 A per phase or 240 V 3 phases delta 140 A per phase or 277 V 3 phases star 65 A per phase Device fuse 3 x 191 A 3 x 175 A 3 x 82 A Do not allow conditions in the print room to change suddenly Keep doors to...

Page 536: ...undle 16 for IPDS data Adobe PDF Print Engine 4 2 for PDF containers Variable data printing docu ment printing mode PDF VT level 1 PPML GA level 1 v1 5 v2 1 v2 2 Adobe PDF Print Engine 4 2 Adobe PDF Print Engine APPE Adobe PDF Print Engine APPE uses a native PDF imaging model which ensures a very high RIP performance in combination with optimal image quality SRA module for transaction printing app...

Page 537: ... as soon as they are listed The full ripping process occurs after the editing and when jobs come in the list of scheduled jobs PRISMAsync Print Server RIP raster image processor Chapter 15 References 537 VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 538: ...f the matching patches of the reference printing condition 95th percentile E00 The 95th percentile E00 color difference between the measured Lab values of the color patches on the color control strip and the Lab val ues of the matching patches of the reference printing condition This means that 95 of all measured patches have E00 color differences smaller than or equal to the metric value Maximum ...

Page 539: ...on Maximum E76 CMY solids Highest color difference in E76 between the measured Lab values of the CMY solid patches on the color control strip and the Lab val ues of the matching patches of the reference printing condition Maximum E76 RGB overprints Highest color difference in E76 between the measured Lab values of the RGB overprint patches on the color control strip and the Lab values of the match...

Page 540: ...e gray patches on the color control strip and the Lab values of the matching patches of the reference printing con dition Maximum weighted L composite grays Highest lightness difference in weighted L between measured Lab values of the composite gray patches on the color control strip and the Lab values of the matching patches of the reference printing con dition Average L K only patches Average li...

Page 541: ... Ch compo site grays Highest color difference in Ch between measured Lab values of the composite grays on the color control strip and the Lab values of the matching patches of the reference printing condition Average weighted Ch composite grays Average color difference in weighted Ch between measured Lab values of the composite grays on the color control strip and the Lab values of the matching pa...

Page 542: ...r value The difference between the Lab value of a col or and the Lab value of paper white 0 0 0 de livers such a E value This value is called Dis tance To White DTW The maximum color value expressed in E refers to the 100 tone value This value is called Maximum Distance To White Max DTW 0 E 100 0 0 0 Max 3 When you perform a media family calibra tion all measured values of the patches are compared...

Page 543: ...ch calibration targets the current calibration curves apply Restoring calibration curves It can be necessary to restore the calibration curves For example when you notice that the previous calibration has been performed on incorrect media You can indicate which calibration target must be used to restore the calibration curves Restore and use calibration measurements for calibration target The defa...

Page 544: ...ls 576 MICR symbol Sym bol Action required Sym bol Action required General One or more maintenance tasks are necessary in short term Perform one or more maintenance tasks One of the CMYK ink containers is empty Printing can continue until the buffer is emp ty MICR ink container is empty Printing can continue until the buffer is empty One of the CMYK ink containers is not availa ble Printing can co...

Page 545: ...ainer of the process maintenance liquid PML Ink waste container and MICR waste con tainer One of the waste containers is full Replace this waste container One of the waste containers is full Replace this waste container One of the waste containers is full Re place this waste container Waste water container The waste water container is almost full Replace the waste water contain er The waste water ...

Page 546: ...on required No action required Replace container Action required window appears Re place ink container No action required The container icon shows the filling level No action required Liquid is pumped to the buffer 4 Filling levels of supplies and waste 546 Chapter 15 References VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 547: ... Status CMYK ink waste container and MICR ink waste container Symbol Action required No action required The CMYK ink waste container has enough capacity No action required The MICR waste container has enough capacity Replace CMYK ink waste container or MICR ink waste container No action needed Replace CMYK ink waste container or MICR ink waste container Action required window appears Replace CMYK ...

Page 548: ...lect system prints and not printed sheets Symbol Action required Available supply No action required One of the trays that collect system prints or not printed sheets have capacity to col lect sheets Empty the sentry tray or the top tray of the high capacity stacker One of the trays that collect system prints and not printed sheets is almost full Action required window appears Empty the sentry tra...

Page 549: ...er is ripping the job raster image processing The printer is printing the job The printer is ready to print the job The printer is ripping and printing the job simultaneously The printer has only printed a part of the sets The job is a variable data printing job The job is a streaming job The job is a proof print The job is a bundle job The job is a build job The job settings do not match The job ...

Page 550: ...per tray is open The paper tray contains too much media The paper tray contains media for long edge feeding The paper tray contains media for short edge feeding The paper tray is in used for printing The paper guides are not set correctly The paper tray contains tab sheets The paper tray contains insert sheets Media indicators Media is displayed on several locations of the control panel Extra info...

Page 551: ... downloading and installation of software updates is enabled in the Settings Editor the dashboard of the control panel displays the status of the operating system updates by symbols Symbol Description Software update is available for download Software update downloads at specified time Software update is being downloaded Download of software update is paused Download of software update failed Soft...

Page 552: ...Description The synchronization of this printer has been started The last synchronization of this printer has been performed successfully The last synchronization of this printer caused one or more problems This printer has not been synchronized yet Status indicators 552 Chapter 15 References VarioPrint i series MICR ...

Page 553: ...Chapter 16 Regulation Notices ...

Page 554: ...interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Do not make any changes or modifications to the equipment unless otherwise specified in the User Documentation If you make such changes or modifications you could be required to stop ope...

Page 555: ...communications and information technology directorate general of resources and equipment for post and information technology the republic of Indonesia Telecommunication Law No 36 of 1999 EAC Russia Armenia Kazakhstan Kirgizia and Belarus The following information about this product can be found on the rear side of the machine Model number Mains specifications Manufacturer Country of origin Product...

Page 556: ...he CDRH regulations and must be attached to laser products marketed in the United States CAUTION Use of controls adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified in this User Documentation may result in hazardous radiation exposure This is a semiconductor laser The maximum power of the laser diode is 5 mW The maximum power of the laser outside the machine is 1 5 µW Battery label...

Page 557: ...larus Утилизация продукции Данную продукцию следует утилизировать должным образом в соответствии с действующим национальным и местным законодательством Kazakhstan Өнімді кәдеге жарату Бұл өнім Сіздің ұлттық және жергілікті заңнамаларыңызға сәйкес кәдеге жаратылуы тиіс Armenia Ապր ան ք ի ո չ ն չ աց ո ւ մ Այ ս ապր ան ք ը պե տք է ո չ ն չ աց վ ի պատշ աճ ձ և ո վ հ ամ աձ այ ն Ձ ե ր ազ գ այ ի ն և տե ղ ակ...

Page 558: ...lease visit http www canon europe com environment Reference Directive 2012 19 EU End of Life WEEE India This product is not to be disposed of with your household waste according to the E Waste Management Rules 2016 This product should be handed over to a designated collection point e g to an authorized collection site for recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment EEE Improper handling of...

Page 559: ...s in the electronic electrical products Decision No 4693 QD BCT correcting Circular 30 2011 TT BCT For the statement on Canon Marketing Vietnam website please see the last paragraph on the web page of the following URL http www canon com vn personal web company about REACH compliance EEA REACH regulation EC No 1907 2006 article 33 requires information to be communicated to customers end users abou...

Page 560: ...n Can only be safely used in non tropical weather Glanzgrad bei Peripheriegeräten Germany Das Gerät ist nicht für die Benutzung im unmittelbaren Gesichtsfeld am Bildschirmarbeitsplatz vorgesehen Um störende Reflexionen am Bildschirmarbeitsplatz zu vermeiden darf dieses Produkt nicht im unmittelbaren Gesichtsfeld platziert werden Translation The equipment is not intended for use within the direct v...

Page 561: ...is defined as the dynamic variation of the static pressure of air measured in force per unit area Sound pressure is normally represented in decibels dB Typical values are a sound pressure level of 0 dB which is the average threshold of human hearing and 60 to 70 dB for normal conversation 110 dB at an extremely loud music concert and 150 dB for the noise of a jet engine at close range Chapter 16 R...

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Page 563: ...71 description 168 hotfolder 168 job label 168 LPR 168 LPR command 180 remote printer driver 47 168 restore 168 172 search job label 189 Automatic shutdown enable 266 Automatic wake up enable 265 B Background spitting description 34 Banner pages change job setting 223 configure 75 configure default media 77 default media 75 default media print mode 75 import and export 81 workflow profile 157 Beep...

Page 564: ...r validation 416 Color management document printing 239 transaction setup 135 141 Color mapping change job setting 239 configure 348 default value for transaction printing 150 transaction printing 150 Color mapping attributes 348 Color mapping group change job setting 239 configure 348 Color preset automated workflow 173 change job setting 239 configure 305 default 305 remote printer driver 47 Col...

Page 565: ...file 156 DocBox jobs delete 199 print 251 print job ticket 252 proof 251 Document printing Adobe PDF Print Engine APPE 536 RIP 536 stop 255 variable data printing 201 Document printing mode activate 165 description 162 work with schedule 166 Document view 205 DPC IDEAlliance Digital Press Certification 409 Drop size modulation 34 390 Dry tissue wipe 393 Dual paper tray 30 40 icon 40 E E shredding ...

Page 566: ...cation 27 Ink waste container replace 437 Inkjet triangle 39 Input profile change job setting 239 configure job default 298 edit 338 import or export 338 transaction setup 135 141 Input tray linking transaction printing 136 142 Integrated camera mounting unit 43 Intermediate check prints configure 406 delivery 405 description 405 print 405 IPDS configure via Settings Editor 152 PDL 122 port 152 pr...

Page 567: ...ofile 157 Margin erase 236 description 216 Margin Shift automated workflow 173 change job output 234 description 216 Material data sheets 426 Maximum stack height configure high capacity stacker 87 stacking behavior 108 Media acclimation before printing 533 assign media to paper tray 99 attributes 274 277 automated workflow 173 automatic assignment to paper trays 101 before and after import 274 ch...

Page 568: ...registration parameters 516 Media relative evaluation method 409 416 Media size alternative media 399 400 notation 71 specifications 529 Media substrates overview 270 Media weight notation 71 specifications 523 MICR ink supplies in printer 428 MICR ink container filling level information 544 replace 434 supplies in printer 428 MICR ink waste container filling level information 544 replace 439 MICR...

Page 569: ...ing 243 define font 74 Page range automated workflow 173 change job setting 220 Page timeout 83 Pallet acclimation before printing 533 packaging 531 Paper input description of process 29 involved modules 29 Paper module control panel 30 Large paper 42 level of conditioning liquid 544 load instruction 104 location 26 specifications 523 trays 30 Paper output description of process 35 involved module...

Page 570: ...ronmental influences 535 media size specifications 529 power states 62 258 restart from control panel 496 restart from Settings Editor 496 shutdown 259 262 specifications 520 status 62 turn on 258 261 wake up from sleep mode 258 warming up 261 268 Printhead maintenance location 393 process 393 solving detected nozzle failures 403 Printhead unit description 33 maintenance position 393 Printheads in...

Page 571: ...ote printer driver 47 Rendering intent configure job default 298 description 334 transaction setup 135 141 Resources captured 150 delete 150 imported 150 installed 150 permanent 150 set a default value 150 transaction printing 150 Restore calibration curves 388 description 543 RFID tag 431 434 RGB overprint patch 409 RIP document printing 536 failure 510 job location 90 transaction printing 536 va...

Page 572: ...configure PDF PPML PostScript default 83 Source color 348 Special pages change job setting 223 configure 75 import and export 81 Speed 525 Split 196 Spot color define 362 definition 353 355 measurement 353 355 reset 369 Spot color All 351 Spot color None 351 Spot color library 353 355 custom 368 edit 368 import or export 368 Spot color matching change job setting 239 configure job default 298 Spot...

Page 573: ...29 work with schedule 118 Transaction setup add 127 attributes 132 139 color management 135 141 copy 127 delete 128 edit 127 export 144 image shift 136 140 import 144 media print mode selection 132 139 media selection 132 139 open 131 overrule image shift 153 restore 144 stacking and delivery 108 validate 145 validate all transaction setups 146 Transaction setups description 125 status 125 Trappin...

Page 574: ...ing time change 66 use of 62 Waste compartment 27 Waste water compartment 441 Waste water container filling level information 544 replace 441 Wet tissue wipe 393 Workflow profile change 159 custom 159 description 156 DocBox 156 standard 156 use 159 Z Z sensors clean in high capacity stacker 479 clean in paper path module 453 464 clean in print module 470 clean in registration input module Z1 455 4...

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