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User Guide

English

IC-307 Print Controller, Powered by
Creo Color Server Technology

Version 1.0

731-01921A Rev A

Summary of Contents for bizhub PRESS C6000

Page 1: ...User Guide English IC 307 Print Controller Powered by Creo Color Server Technology Version 1 0 731 01921A Rev A...

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Page 3: ...e Equipment recycling In the European Union this symbol indicates that when the last user wishes to discard this product it must be sent to appropriate facilities for recovery and recycling Contact yo...

Page 4: ...elf and on behalf of its subsidiaries and affiliates assumes no liability for technical or editorial errors or omissions made herein and shall not be liable for incidental consequential indirect or sp...

Page 5: ...software 13 Downloading fonts 14 Setting up printing in Mac OS X 14 Installing the Print Driver software in Mac OS X 10 4 and later 14 Defining a printer with the Print Driver software in Mac OS X 10...

Page 6: ...Managing color 47 Color management on the IC 307 print controller 47 Managing profiles 47 Importing a destination profile 48 Importing a source profile 49 Importing a device link profile 49 Mapping me...

Page 7: ...iew 94 Generating a corner mark and barcode 95 9 Scanning documents 97 Remote Scan Application 97 Installing the Remote Scan Application in Windows 97 Installing the Remote Scan Application in the Mac...

Page 8: ...the Web Center 152 Overview of the Web Center 152 Connecting to the Web Center 153 Office Hot Folder tool 154 Installing the Office Hot Folder tool 154 Creating an Office hot folder 154 Using the Off...

Page 9: ...ect Print The Print dialog box appears 3 Select the desired paper size for example A4 or letter 4 In the Page Scaling list select Fit To Printable Area or Shrink To Printable Area Note The names in th...

Page 10: ...wing you to print with preset workflows In combination with the press the IC 307 print controller enables you to efficiently print business cards print flyers brochures pamphlets catalogs short run tr...

Page 11: ...ogressive Printing Enfocus PitStop Edit VDP Management Tool Imposition Template Builder Job Slug Line Dynamic Exceptions SPD Process Power Kit This kit is optional To activate these features in the so...

Page 12: ...tware that enables you to print IPDS from any Windows printer It receives the IPDS data stream and natively processes it for efficient digital documents printing Overview of the workspace When you sta...

Page 13: ...Template Builder and Alerts Note The icons that appear vary according to the optional kits in use Printer Status pane The Printer Status pane displays information about the current printer status for...

Page 14: ...tray is empty Process Queue and Print Queue The Process Queue area lists the files to be processed After a file has been processed successfully it moves either to the Print Queue area or to the Stora...

Page 15: ...ecting Copies enables you to change the number of copies for that job and submit it for printing without opening and editing the job parameters Turning on the IC 307 print controller If the IC 307 pri...

Page 16: ...space for example when changing the units from inches to mm To restart the Workspace right click on the color server icon in the system tray and click Start A confirmation message appears 2 Click Yes...

Page 17: ...PML Network printers To print your file using a IC 307 print controller virtual printer you first need to install the virtual printer as a network printer on your computer After you install a network...

Page 18: ...to set job parameters when you are submitting a job to the IC 307 print controller from any application in your computer The Print Driver software provides a graphical user interface that is similar...

Page 19: ...ter Note Your computer might have slightly different wording from what appears in this task The Add Printer Wizard appears 3 Select Next 4 Select A network printer or a printer attached to another com...

Page 20: ...on your computer Loading the Print Driver software for the first time Requirements A network printer must be defined on your Windows based computer Load the Print Driver software after installing a ne...

Page 21: ...Driver and select Properties 3 Click the Print Driver tab 4 In the Enable enhanced user interface list select off 5 Click Apply 6 Click OK Removing the Print Driver software Perform this procedure if...

Page 22: ...up printing in Mac OS X Installing the Print Driver software in Mac OS X 10 4 and later During the installation of the Print Driver software the PPD file is automatically copied to your computer 1 Fro...

Page 23: ...Name of the network printer that you want to use with the Print Driver software 1 On your Mac computer using the Apple icon open the System Preferences window and double click Print Fax 2 In the Prin...

Page 24: ...m the Go menu select Connect to Server 2 In the Server Address box type your Creo color server host name or address and click Connect 3 In the Connect as area select Guest 4 Click Connect 5 Select Uti...

Page 25: ...ophotometer Enables you to print a color chart scan the streams of color patches in the color chart with the i1 spectrophotometer and create a calibration table based on the scanned measurements The I...

Page 26: ...the print chart on the platen the printer is calibrated If you place only the scanner chart on the platen the scanner is calibrated 1 From the Tools menu select Calibration 2 In the Tray list select t...

Page 27: ...off the glass calibration chart is not placed within the defined scanning area on the platen the calibration process may not be successful To ensure that the calibration process is successful select F...

Page 28: ...dia Type list select the desired media type for example Gloss Coated for Laser You can print the calibration chart on any paper size that is equal to or larger than A4 or Letter 4 In the Screening lis...

Page 29: ...o automatically name the calibration table using the screening method media type and date Select Save as to type your own name Note It is strongly recommended that you include the media type weight an...

Page 30: ...ot identify any calibration device Check that a device is connected and that you have defined it Make sure the i1 is connected correctly to the USB port of the IC 307 print controller When prompted in...

Page 31: ...PDF file in Adobe Acrobat 2 From the File menu select Print 3 In the Name list select the desired network printer for example servername _Print 4 Optional To modify job parameters Option Description...

Page 32: ...nd printed automatically according to the hot folder workflow Password protect jobs Control the printing of sensitive data by locking and password protecting a job on your computer Requirements A IC 3...

Page 33: ...ord protected job is submitted to the network printer which sends it to the IC 307 print controller for processing and printing 9 In the Print Queue area right click the password protected job that yo...

Page 34: ...26 Chapter 4 Printing a file in Windows and Mac OS...

Page 35: ...in the lower list in the Import Job window and click the remove button The file s appears in the lower list 3 From the Virtual printer list select a printer 4 Click Import All files currently listed...

Page 36: ...nd edit the PDL job as you would normally In addition this version of Adobe Acrobat includes the Enfocus Pitstop plugin that includes more editing tools Note The Enfocus PitStop plugin is available on...

Page 37: ...Preview Editor window click the page that you want to delete and click Remove The page is deleted and the page numbers are updated accordingly 2 Click Save As to save the changes Merging pages into a...

Page 38: ...hanges Rotating pages 180 Rotate one or more pages 180 in a mixed orientation job 1 In the Job Preview Editor window click Rotate options 2 Select one of the following options Rotate pages Type a page...

Page 39: ...es appear as a tool tip Verifying the content of the job Use Preflight features to check your document before processing or sending a job to print The following preflight features are available Prefli...

Page 40: ...des the previous When a preflight report is produced the date and time of the preflight check are indicated in the Job History window Note Since the Preflight report dialog box lists all key job compo...

Page 41: ...r that option 3 Optional To print the report click Print 4 Optional To export the preflight report perform the following actions a Click Export and browse to the desired location b Click Save 5 Click...

Page 42: ...that are found The Source column indicates whether the font is embedded in the file or was found in the Font Library Exceptions Lists the dynamic page exception commands found in the file Indicators M...

Page 43: ...of landscapes Corporate documents Provides the best color and quality settings for jobs that are mostly office documents such as presentation files Web pages and files with charts and logos Commercial...

Page 44: ...ts The Print color sets dialog box appears Note For imposed jobs you can define the page range and for VDP jobs you can define the booklet range 4 In the Pages box type the number of pages that you wa...

Page 45: ...or Set 3 In the Set list select one of the sets that achieved the best printed color results for example Outdoor photos The job is assigned the color and quality parameters that are predefined for the...

Page 46: ...being printed the latter job pauses temporarily after the current page both sides or set is printed but retains its running status When the rush job finishes printing the printing of the paused job c...

Page 47: ...arameters and its Job History windows Note The IC 307 print controller archives large jobs to several cabinet files When retrieved the archived job retains the original job name not the name assigned...

Page 48: ...and select the related cabinet file 3 Click Add The selected job appears in the lower list 4 Click Retrieve The selected job appears at the top of the list in the Storage area 5 In the Job History win...

Page 49: ...ht occur in rare instances for example if you reinstall the system or format image disks Duplicating jobs Requirements The job to be duplicated must be in the Storage area In the Storage area right cl...

Page 50: ...ng a job in grayscale mode on page 68 Printing a job that contains grayscale RGB elements using black toner on page 69 Preserving black color in a job containing grayscale CMYK elements on page 69 Cus...

Page 51: ...saving your selections as a customized view 1 From the Info menu select Accounting The Accounting Viewer window appears 2 Next to the View list click the browse button 3 In the Views window click Add...

Page 52: ...le The Job report window is available by right clicking a job in the Storage area and selecting Job report Exporting files Exporting a PostScript file Export a PostScript file and convert it to PDF fo...

Page 53: ...the PDF file includes the rasterized data of the job The operation converts the RTP information to raster files that can be encapsulated in a PDF format This process ensures that the file can be proc...

Page 54: ...46 Chapter 6 Managing jobs...

Page 55: ...hich enables you to edit the CMYK values of every spot color in the Spot color dictionary Gradation Tool which enables you to create and edit gradation tables to perform tone corrections on your print...

Page 56: ...u can print a job using it Note After you import the profile the file format becomes icm 1 From the Tools menu select Resource Center The Resource Center window appears 2 In the Resource list select P...

Page 57: ...CC profile is added to the Color flow tab in the job parameters window Importing a device link profile Import a device link profile 1 From the Tools menu select Resource Center The Resource Center win...

Page 58: ...IC 307 print controller is configured with a default recommend profile Note If Linked is selected in the Destination Profile list the destination profile is applied to the selected media type during...

Page 59: ...ind the calibration table information in Tools Resource Center Calibrations Calibration table list Calibration_table_name Calibration tables created in the Calibration Wizard None Jobs that have this...

Page 60: ...wer than the target values For the target value the measured value is displayed instead of the real target value if the calibration look up table is generated by off the glass calibration For the targ...

Page 61: ...the desired separation button Or you can view all the separations together by clicking the button that shows all four colors Output Density The vertical axis represents the dot percentage values of t...

Page 62: ...alue lists 5 Select a row in the value table and click the Add button 6 In the Add Entry window from the File Value and Printer Value lists select the desired values 7 Click OK The value table is upda...

Page 63: ...s the associated CMYK values If the spot color is not found it looks in the PANTONE color HKS DIC and TOYO color dictionaries If the spot color is not found in either dictionary the IC 307 print contr...

Page 64: ...olor dictionary that contains the color that you want to edit Note Use the PANTONE C dictionary if you are working with an application such as Adobe InDesign 3 Select the required color The color s CM...

Page 65: ...creening method 7 In the Calibration list select the calibration table 8 Click Print The test print for the selected spot colors is printed Measuring a spot color with the X Rite i1 spectrophotometer...

Page 66: ...with the Professional Power Kit The spot color variations feature enables you to easily edit a spot color by selecting a more appropriate shade The spot color variations feature provides 37 variations...

Page 67: ...nter of the color patches and is marked 0 4 Click and slide the Variation steps slider to see the different variation steps between 1 to 7 color units of the original value Each unit refers to a dot p...

Page 68: ...creased according to your selection 8 Click Select 9 Click Apply The spot color with the new values is added to the custom dictionary 10 Click Close Printing a spot color variation Print a spot color...

Page 69: ...lect the desired tray In the Screening list select the desired screening method To print the variations without a background clear the Print with background check box 7 Click Print Protecting specific...

Page 70: ...r Editor dialog box click the Protect RGB tab 3 Click Add 4 In the Color name box type a name for your color 5 In the RGB source values column and the CMYK target values column type the desired values...

Page 71: ...e job parameters window in the Color tab select Protected Colors and then select the Use protected RGB values check box Protecting a gray color as a spot color The gray spot workflow applies to graphi...

Page 72: ...r your color 5 In the Gray source value column and the CMYK target values column type the desired values or select a spot color from Entire Predefined List 6 Click Save 7 On the Protect Gray tab selec...

Page 73: ...defined List 6 Click Save 7 On the Protect CMYK tab select the color 8 If necessary in the Corrected column adjust the CMYK values 9 Click Apply 10 To apply this to your job in the job parameters wind...

Page 74: ...tones more clearly Lively Increases the color saturation Saturated Increases the strength chroma or purity Sharp Increases the contrast Warm Sets the hues in the low densities to a bright reddish col...

Page 75: ...ings click Revert 9 To remove the last change you made to the gradation graph click Undo 10 To edit the brightness or contrast move the slider 11 To view gradation changes in your job click Refresh Ch...

Page 76: ...cast problems in photos Image noise Reduce noise such as granularity caused by high ISO settings in a photo Shadows and highlights Bring out details in the dark and light areas of a photo Red eye Rem...

Page 77: ...ng and select Print grays using black toner 2 Click Submit Preserving black color in a job containing grayscale CMYK elements 1 In the IC 307 print controller open the job parameters window and select...

Page 78: ...70 Chapter 7 Managing color...

Page 79: ...ent of the page images on the press sheet Imposition is a combination of content and layout The content consists of the pages that should be printed and the layout is the location of the page on the s...

Page 80: ...g is a book finishing technique in which the folded sheets are gathered in order and clamped into place A saw roughens the spine edge of the gathered pages Glue is then applied to the spine and the co...

Page 81: ...e with a Waiting status 4 In the suspended Process queue double click the business card file The job parameters window appears 5 Click the Imposition tab 6 In the Imposition method list select Step Re...

Page 82: ...eet and calculates the best fit b For Print method make sure that Simplex is selected because your business cards are one sided 10 Click the Preview button to preview the layout The Preview window app...

Page 83: ...0 2 inches or 5 mm The new gutter size automatically appears in the Preview window The IC 307 print controller calculates that to accommodate a gutter of 0 2 inches or 5 mm a layout of three columns...

Page 84: ...ition layout Note When you print your job a space of 0 39 inches or 10 mm is automatically added between the two sets on the sheet 8 Close the Preview window 9 Click Submit Your job is processed and p...

Page 85: ...he new template and press Enter 5 In the Layout area type the number of columns and number of rows that you need Note The imposition method that you select determines the number of columns and rows th...

Page 86: ...you can see your template in the template viewer As you select parameters the template viewer dynamically changes to reflect your selections Buttons Notes When Simplex is selected only the Front view...

Page 87: ...Simulated Job The Preview window appears A simulation of the job is displayed with the current imposition template applied Editing an imposition template Rotating a page 180 The Imposition Template Bu...

Page 88: ...on the press sheet The Imposition Template Builder is available only with the Professional Power Kit Changing the location of a page is often necessary when the step and continue imposition method is...

Page 89: ...d the page number for the back side of the page also changes when you move the page to a new location Printing with exceptions Adding exceptions to your job Add exceptions when you want to print range...

Page 90: ...will precede or follow the insert Then in the Quantity box type the total number of inserts you want to add 5 Click Advanced Options 6 In the Destination profile list select a destination profile You...

Page 91: ...and so forth Such commands indicate that the printer must switch media during the printing of a job When a job is RIPed the IC 307 print controller identifies the setpagedevice commands and maps them...

Page 92: ...ified and mapped to the selected types of paper Important Virtual printers that support dynamic page exceptions do not support regular page exceptions and imposition A virtual printer that is dedicate...

Page 93: ...eate 8 5 in x 11 in size tabs You can t print on both sides of the tab The A4 size is the same as the A4 Tab size Type The number and type of tabs that you can select Note If you want your tabs to be...

Page 94: ...The value for the distance between the lower edge of the paper and the lower edge of the lowest tab Length The length of the tab Width The width of the tab Text attributes text Text Font The font for...

Page 95: ...re displayed Align Left Portrait Align Center Portrait Align Right Portrait Align Left Landscape Align Center Landscape Align Right Landscape Offset The value that adjusts the offset of text on the ta...

Page 96: ...s The same text appears on both sides of the tab Direction Direction of the text Vertical Counter clockwise Clockwise Note The Direction options are available only for portrait jobs Content The tab nu...

Page 97: ...emove Removes the selected page or tab Settings Saved Settings Lists the saved settings files Save Saves the currently selected settings in a file This settings file can be applied to other PDF or Pos...

Page 98: ...job opens in Acrobat software 2 From the Plug Ins menu select Tabs Printing The Tabs Printing window opens displaying the Text Attributes tab 3 In the Tabs area set the tab attributes 4 Optional In th...

Page 99: ...t for the tab The tab appears in the thumbnail area 8 To add more tabs repeat steps 6 and 7 9 Click Apply to apply the tab settings to your document The Tabs Printing window closes and the tabs that y...

Page 100: ...utes tab 3 Click the Content tab 4 In the thumbnail area click the tab that you want to move and drag it to the desired location The tab moves to the selected location and the tab numbers are updated...

Page 101: ...tab before page or Insert tab after page Removing a page or tab from the file 1 In the Storage area right click your unprocessed job and select Job Preview Editor The job opens in Acrobat software 2...

Page 102: ...job and select Job Preview Editor The job opens in Acrobat software 2 From the Plug Ins menu select Tabs Printing The Tabs Printing window opens displaying the Text Attributes tab 3 From the Saved Set...

Page 103: ...te Depending on the finisher you select some of the options may vary 4 To print a corner mark select the Generate corner mark check box 5 To print a barcode select the Generate barcode check box 6 In...

Page 104: ...96 Chapter 8 Production workflows...

Page 105: ...calibration database on the IC 307 print controller is automatically updated when files are scanned to this box Public Files scanned to this box are saved on the IC 307 print controller in the folder...

Page 106: ...and click Connect 4 Select the Utilities volume and click OK 5 Double click the MAC Utilities folder 6 Copy the RemoteScanInstaller zip file to your desktop 7 On your desktop double click the RemoteSc...

Page 107: ...older on the network To do this you need to create a folder on the IC 307 print controller and then define the network path when you create a new scan box 1 From the Start menu select Programs Creo Re...

Page 108: ...s to specify where you want to save copies of the scanned files Note The Automatic Copy check box which is selected by default enables you to save copies of your scanned files to a folder on the netwo...

Page 109: ...ox c Compose your e mail message d Select one of the following options Send scan as link to send an e mail message containing a link to the scanned filed The e mail message tells the recipient how to...

Page 110: ...ed files are saved to the scan box that you create on the printer s hard disk Depending on the scan box settings a copy of the scanned file is saved in a folder on the IC 307 print controller After yo...

Page 111: ...two types of elements in VDP jobs Unique elements which are used only once for a specific individual or purpose An individual s name is an example of a unique element Reusable VDP elements which can b...

Page 112: ...rsonalized copy of a document within a single print run Pages or elements within a page can vary from booklet to booklet Reusable elements Self contained graphical entities that can be line art text r...

Page 113: ...Preferences 2 Under General select General Defaults 3 Under Cache global VDP elements make sure the Always cache global VDP elements check box is selected 4 Click Save Archiving VDP elements If you h...

Page 114: ...saved as cabinet files with the Cab extension Next You also need to archive the variable RTP job Retrieving VDP elements The VDP Management tool is available only with the Professional Power Kit When...

Page 115: ...the RTP job in order to print it Deleting VDP elements VDP elements that are no longer in use take up valuable disk space on the IC 307 print controller To free up disk space you can delete the VI el...

Page 116: ...3 Select the element that you want to delete and then click Delete Note Select Delete All in order to delete all the cached elements 108 Chapter 10 Variable data printing jobs...

Page 117: ...he browse button opens the Paper profile window from the Resource Center Paper size The available paper sizes For custom paper sizes you need to specify the required width and height Notes For the 80...

Page 118: ...d tabs Print method Print method Provides the following options Simplex Single sided printing Duplex head to head Two sided printing for book style hard copies usually used with portrait jobs Duplex h...

Page 119: ...ons are available Manual Increases or decreases the image size according to the percentage that you enter Note Prints the original image size when 100 default Do not affect imposition marks Scales the...

Page 120: ...he entire job is already sorted up or down Saddle Stitch A book finishing technique in which the pages of a book are attached through stitching or stapling in the spine fold for example in brochures S...

Page 121: ...you to specify how many pages to place horizontally Rows and vertically Columns in a custom layout Note Templates that are created or imported via the Imposition Template Builder are also available P...

Page 122: ...nes that indicate where the sheet should be cropped and folded This option is available only when the imposition method is set to Saddle stitch or Perfect bound Both Sides Prints the marks on both sid...

Page 123: ...s High Improves the quality of low resolution images in a job Normal Processes the image in the job according to the standard resolution of the press Image quality is the ability to maintain the same...

Page 124: ...can decrease quality by hiding parts of an image Overprint Black overprint Ensures that black text prints cleanly within a tint or picture area The text appears in a richer deeper black with the unde...

Page 125: ...the printer and constructing digital halftone cells Image screening Provides the following options Note If you select the Dot 2 Line 1 or Line 2 options for a job that will be printed make sure that...

Page 126: ...dium line type screen Stochastic Stochastic screening differs from conventional halftone screening in that high ink density results in more dots not bigger dots Low ink density produces fewer dots not...

Page 127: ...ller and in the printer billing meters CMYK Prints the job in color using cyan magenta yellow and black toner Color adjustments Brightness Controls the brightness level for the job The options range f...

Page 128: ...to save on toner usage You can select from the following Normal High Very High Toner saving GCR Gray component replacement GCR conserves toner by replacing the gray component in pixels with black ton...

Page 129: ...he RGB images will use the perceptual rendering intent while the CMYK graphic elements will use the relative rendering intent Note Preserve pure CMY colors is not affected by this rendering intent opt...

Page 130: ...CMYK device link profile RGB source profile Enables you to select an RGB source profile RGB rendering intent Provides the following options for information on each option see the descriptions of the C...

Page 131: ...ansformation Preserve black color Preserves pure black during transformation Use protected CMYK values Retains CMYK colors as defined in the Spot Color Editor RGB Use protected RGB values Retains RGB...

Page 132: ...ed eye effect in photos taken with a flash JPEG artifacts Removes JPEG artifacts often found in low quality or highly compressed JPEG files particularly in gradient and vignette areas and around the e...

Page 133: ...sub tray Fold type Tri fold in Tri fold out Double parallel fold Gate fold Punch The values vary according to the type of punch unit connected The number of holes is 2 3 or 4 Finishing tab in the job...

Page 134: ...Tray Option Multi fold main tray Fold type Half fold Z fold Tri fold in Tri fold out Double parallel fold Gate fold 126 Chapter 11 Job parameters...

Page 135: ...unch This option is available only if the multi hole punch module is connected Offset Sample print Enables you to print extra pages to an easily accessible output tray during a long print job and veri...

Page 136: ...f punch unit connected The number of holes is 2 3 or 4 Booklet fold tray Fold type Multi half fold Multi tri fold in Center staples Staples the center of the booklet Perfect binder sub tray Multi hole...

Page 137: ...ame page in the file and are printed on the outside of the cover sheet Print Duplex Front and back covers are included on the same page in the file and are printed on the inside and the outside of the...

Page 138: ...to the printer touch panel for further instructions Parameter Option Description Near Line finisher Device Enables you to select one of the near line finishing devices Duplo DC 645 or DSF 2000 Duplo D...

Page 139: ...uplex page data away from the spine Center Prints your job in the center of the page Exceptions tab in the job parameters window Add and delete page exceptions and inserts Parameter Option Description...

Page 140: ...orientation Enables you to select the orientation for the pages that include exceptions By default this is set to same as job Image Position Same as job Enables you to position the images in the same...

Page 141: ...the page is printed before each set and for face up printing the page is printed after each set Note If you change the options in the Admin page parameter the job needs to be re RIPed Job flow Job flo...

Page 142: ...ion can t be used with the native PDF workflow Native PDF workflow options are not available via the Print Driver software Native PDF workflow supports the CMYK workflow only Job Deletion Delete print...

Page 143: ...missing components are identified APR OPI High resolution images Replaces low resolution images in your job with high resolution images that are located in a specified APR or OPI path Low resolution i...

Page 144: ...l in the margin of the sheets for example Validation Print according to ISO 12647 7 Printer description Prints the name and model of the printer in the margin of the sheets Color server description Pr...

Page 145: ...is configured at the factory with a default generic computer name host name Clicking Change enables you to adjust these settings Network Setup Displays the available network settings Clicking Change e...

Page 146: ...the system and image disks and replacing them with zeros Non empty sectors are left untouched The Disk Wipe utility starts automatically every time you quit the IC 307 print controller software Note M...

Page 147: ...ation settings for example time zone and language must be made on the IC 307 print controller and not in the Windows operating system Deletion policy Deletion policy enables you to select how often in...

Page 148: ...ion is available only if you have the Process Power Kit Note Two native PDF files cannot be processed simultaneously The APPE RIP and the CPSI RIP can process two files simultaneously Messages Account...

Page 149: ...elements and then reuse these VDP elements in different pages booklets or jobs Large Capacity Stacker Enables you to allow piling in the Large Capacity Stacker Main Tray See also Setting up e mail and...

Page 150: ...f you want to deactivate the services for a short period of time for example to perform maintenance procedures clear the Enable Services check box in the Preferences window All of your settings will b...

Page 151: ...ame for the new printer that you want to add 5 From the Based on list select an existing printer with similar settings 6 The Publish on the network check box is selected by default Clear the check box...

Page 152: ...click Yes The factory settings for the virtual printer are restored 6 Click Close Removing a virtual printer The three default virtual printers cannot be deleted 1 From the Tools menu select Resource...

Page 153: ...The Save dialog box appears 4 Locate the desired folder for backup 5 Enter the file name Note It is recommended that you use the current date as part of the file name 6 Click Save 7 In the Configurat...

Page 154: ...Preferences window under Administrator select Configuration Backup 3 In the Restore configuration area click Browse The Open dialog box appears 4 Locate the folder in which you backed up the configur...

Page 155: ...vailable are Disk wipe Enables you to work in a more secure environment by permanently removing data left by files that you have deleted Auto update tool Enables you to install software updates These...

Page 156: ...148 Chapter 12 Setting up your color server...

Page 157: ...obs and perform certain workflows Several users can connect to the same server simultaneously from different remote computers The EZ Connect tool Allows the users to view updated printer status inform...

Page 158: ...an view Connection Status and how many clients are connected 5 Use the arrows in the Logoff Automatically after option to enter the amount of hours that you want the IC 307 print controller maintain t...

Page 159: ...K The Remote Site Manager appears under Start Programs Creo Color Server Remote Site Manager Adding Creo color servers to the Remote Site Manager Requirements Using the Remote Site Manager software se...

Page 160: ...workspace for the selected server and enables you to import jobs print jobs and perform the following workflows View and manage jobs View printer information Set job parameters Note You can view multi...

Page 161: ...ata printing files Connecting to the Web Center Note To connect to the Web Center from a client workstation you must first enable the remote connection in the preferences of the IC 307 print controlle...

Page 162: ...307 print controller locate the D Utilities PC Utilities folder 2 Double click the Office_HF exe file The Office Hot Folder tool is installed on your computer the Office HF icon appears on your taskba...

Page 163: ...use to submit your file 2 Drag the file to the hot folder Your file is automatically processed and printed according to the hot folder workflow Creo Color Server Job Ticket software Creo Color Server...

Page 164: ...are creating the job ticket for Installing the Creo Color Server Job Ticket software in Windows 1 From your computer navigate to the server name Utilities PC Utilities folder on the color server 2 Do...

Page 165: ...e loaded f In the Setup window click OK 3 From the Tools menu select Use JT Settings From and in the list that appears click the server that you just added The following message appears if unsaved cha...

Page 166: ...saved changes were made to the current open job ticket Are you sure you want to change the displayed server without changing the template 4 Click Yes 5 Set the required job parameters 6 Click Save 7 I...

Page 167: ...Requirements Make sure you have added a Creo color server to the Kodak Prinergy 1 In Job Finder select the Jobs view to view the list of available jobs 2 Double click the job that you want to send to...

Page 168: ...that you want to print and drag it to the Loose Page Proof template 2 In the Start Process dialog box select Edit Process Template 3 In the Loose Page Proof template dialog box click the Include JDF f...

Page 169: ...name for the server that you want to use 4 In the IP Host Name box type the IP address or host name of the server that you want to use 5 Click Add 6 Click OK The new server appears in the list Removi...

Page 170: ...rver 1 From the Tools menu select Use JT Settings From Other Devices 2 Under Device Name double click the server that you want to rename 3 Type a new name for the server and press Enter Note The name...

Page 171: ...n 3 Click OK 4 In the Preferences dialog box click OK Job tickets that you create from now on are saved in the new location Updates The update feature You use the Check for Updates feature to check if...

Page 172: ...ool The Easy VDP File Creator tool is a web based template driven page composition engine that can be used for creating a typical variable data job and submit it for printing on the IC 307 print contr...

Page 173: ...a job that you want to create for example Announcements New baby The templates matching this selection appear in the Design and properties area 3 In the Design and properties area select the template...

Page 174: ...to all records check box next to that field Note Some of the fields may require you to upload images 3 Click to add the data to the list of records Note To remove a record from the list click to dele...

Page 175: ...d printing the variable data job The final step in creating a variable data job using the Easy VDP File Creator tool is to create the job and submit it for printing to one of the IC 307 print controll...

Page 176: ...168 Chapter 13 Working with color server tools on your computer...

Page 177: ...ner the user name of the system from which the job originated near the top of the window Job Information Job title The job s file name Sender The user that sent the file to print Show Click one of the...

Page 178: ...out the failed or frozen job 1 In the workspace do one of the following In the Print Queue click the frozen icon that appears next to the frozen job In the Storage area click the failed icon that appe...

Page 179: ...queues and select Abort and then click Yes The job moves from the queue to the Storage area The Aborted status is assigned to the job and the next job in the queue starts running Resume printing Resum...

Page 180: ...em messages from the Message Viewer window 1 From the Info menu select Messages Viewer 2 Filter and sort the message list as desired Click any message type icon for example Error in order not to list...

Page 181: ...lled PSImage You use the latter file for positioning and manipulating images in DTP software The high resolution file automatically replaces the low resolution version during the RIP process bitmap fi...

Page 182: ...ment between the vendor and the customer CMYK A color representation scheme or color space in which cyan magenta yellow and black are combined to create full color images colorant A pigment dye phosph...

Page 183: ...ement is based on the coordination of three processes device calibration device characterization and conversion from one color space to another color mapping A color correction method used to convert...

Page 184: ...hts become lighter while shadows become darker conventional screening A method of screening in which an image is broken down into a series of dots of varying sizes that are placed in a rigid grid patt...

Page 185: ...on densitometer is used to measure photographs and ink laydown on press sheets density A measurement of the ability of light to be absorbed by an ink and paper combination A darker tone has a higher d...

Page 186: ...omputing time device profile A type of ICC profile that represents the relationship between colorant tint values of a device and the resulting color It has two sets of color mapping tables one set map...

Page 187: ...ral gray with no dominant hue when printed at a normal density gray component The amounts of CMY in a color which result in neutral gray based on the lowest separation value of the color gray componen...

Page 188: ...is known the system can automatically determine the correct output value For example the system can find the required dot size for a given set of printing conditions based on the stored gray level Co...

Page 189: ...use PSImage files to position images in page layout You can create and edit a PSImage file in various applications such as PSImage Exporter in Photoshop Copydot Toolkit and oXYgen software If you edi...

Page 190: ...age original and reproduction A shadow has densities near the maximum In a reproduction shadows are printed with dot areas between 80 percent and 100 percent sheet Both surfaces of one printed press s...

Page 191: ...ss color set that is used to specify the color of a graphic design element spot color library A collection of spot colors for which spotless color recipes are sought A spot color library contains one...

Page 192: ...d tint The percentage value assigned to a dot tonal calibration The act of setting equipment to reproduce tonal values to specified values on final output such as a proof press sheet or plate trapping...

Page 193: ...ing RTP file 45 PDF2Go jobs 45 F Finishing tab Image Position 124 Near Line Finisher 124 Print order 124 Slip Sheet 124 fonts downloading 14 forwarding a job 40 frozen jobs 170 G Gradation Tool 65 66...

Page 194: ...ing color jobs as black and white printing a job in grayscale mode 68 printing grays using black toner 69 printing grayscale CMYK elements using black toner 69 Process Power Kit 3 Professional Power K...

Page 195: ...oftware components 2 supported formats 2 T Tabs plug in 84 Turning off 8 Turning on 7 V Variable data printing VDP archiving elements 105 caching VDP elements 105 deleting elements 107 document format...

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