Creo Color Controller C-80, Technical Manual

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2 Chapter 1—Product Overview
1.1 Introduction
The Color Controller C-80, Powered by Creo Color Server Technology is an
on-demand printing system that uses advanced printing technologies to drive the
press and turn it into a fast, high-quality network printer. It is a digital color solution
for printers that enables you to print from computers running the Microsoft®
Windows®, Apple Mac OS, or UNIX® operating systems. It can output high-value
products, such as flyers, brochures, pamphlets, catalogs, and Variable Data Printing
(VDP) publications.
The Color Controller C-80 processes files in PDL (for example, PostScript®, PDF,
and VDP) formats—converting them into a suitable ready-to-print format for direct,
high-quality printing.
The Color Controller C-80 combines raster image processing (RIP) competencies,
quality-enhancement tools, automation and control tools, and special hardware
capabilities.
1.1.1 Color Controller C-80 Components
The Color Controller C-80 is a dedicated platform running in the Microsoft Windows
XP Professional operating system. There are four main groups of components:
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Dedicated hardware
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Off-the-shelf hardware
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DVD-RW drive
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Software including:
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Windows XP Professional for embedded solutions
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Adobe
®
Acrobat
®
9.0
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Color Controller C-80 software version 1.0