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Page 1: ...Fiery EX12 EX2000d JOB MANAGEMENT GUIDE ...

Page 2: ...olor Guide provides information on managing the color output of the Fiery It explains how to calibrate your Fiery and take advantage of the ColorWise color management system as well as features in ColorWise Pro Tools The Fiery Color Reference addresses concepts and issues associated with managing color output of the Fiery and outlines key workflow scenarios In addition it offers information on pri...

Page 3: ...Chips Splash Velocity Velocity Balance Velocity Build Velocity Design Velocity Estimate Velocity Scan and VisualCal are trademarks of Electronics For Imaging Inc All other terms and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged Legal Notices APPLE COMPUTER INC APPLE MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION...

Page 4: ...ns It is the user who is responsible for compliance of his particular installation Dieses Gerät wurde sowohl einzeln als auch in einer Anlage die einen normalen Anwendungsfall nachbildet auf die Einhaltung der Funkentstörbestimmungen geprüft Es ist jedoch möglich dass die Funkentstörbestimmungen unter ungünstigen Umständen bei anderen Gerätekombinationen nicht eingehalten werden Für die Einhaltung...

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Page 7: ...ing and printing 1 3 Visualizing job flow 1 4 Communicating with users 1 5 What the operator should check 1 7 Overview of the job management utilities 1 8 Command WorkStation 1 8 Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler 1 9 Chapter 2 Introduction to Command WorkStation The Command WorkStation interface 2 1 Active Jobs window 2 3 Jobs window 2 4 Activity Monitor 2 6 Job Status Helper 2 9 Action buttons 2...

Page 8: ...nces 2 22 Correcting tray alignment 2 23 Managing server fonts 2 25 Chapter 3 Using Command WorkStation Starting up and logging in 3 1 Logging in to servers 3 1 Access levels 3 3 Logging out 3 4 Removing servers from the Login Server dialog box 3 4 Monitoring jobs 3 4 Selecting jobs 3 5 Sorting job displays 3 5 Customizing job ticket information 3 6 Managing job flow 3 7 Importing jobs 3 7 Using j...

Page 9: ... Manipulating Jobs Previewing jobs 4 1 Displaying thumbnail previews 4 1 Displaying full screen previews 4 2 Viewing soft proofs 4 4 Editing and merging jobs 4 4 Editing jobs 4 4 Merging jobs 4 6 Chapter 5 Using DocBuilder Pro Previewing editing and merging jobs 5 1 Main window 5 2 Job previews 5 4 Navigating in the main window 5 5 Switching between page view and layout view 5 6 Setting magnificat...

Page 10: ...zes 6 22 Managing templates 6 23 Tips for using the Imposition feature of DocBuilder Pro 6 25 Page level operations 6 25 Saving imposed jobs 6 26 Chapter 7 Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler Tracking and managing jobs with Fiery WebSpooler 7 1 About the Fiery WebSpooler window 7 3 Manipulating job options and job flow 7 5 Overriding job option settings 7 7 Job icons 7 8 Spool area 7 9 RIP area 7 1...

Page 11: ...g down the Fiery 8 4 Restarting the Fiery 8 4 Shutting down the Fiery 8 5 Appendix A Basics of Imposition Printing books with the Imposition feature of DocBuilder Pro A 1 Basics of imposition layout A 1 Printer s marks A 4 Additional sheets A 5 Binding methods A 6 Gang Up printing A 8 Appendix B Templates 1 Up Full Bleed B 1 2 Up Perfect B 2 2 Up Saddle B 4 3 Up Trifold Brochure B 6 4 Up Gate Fold...

Page 12: ...erformance C 5 Troubleshooting C 6 Command WorkStation does not respond C 6 Command WorkStation fails to connect to a Fiery C 7 Unexpected printing results C 8 Clearing the server C 9 Users are unable to connect to the Fiery C 9 Setup error messages C 11 AutoCal error messages C 11 Index ...

Page 13: ... job management utilities It explains how to set up an operator controlled print environment and discusses job workflows that commonly occur on the Fiery Chapter 2 introduces the Command WorkStation user interface It also provides information on basic Command WorkStation functions such as printing server information pages setting preferences correcting tray alignment and managing server fonts Chap...

Page 14: ...ages you might see on the Fiery Control Panel FieryBar Command WorkStation Fiery WebSpooler Fiery Spooler or copier printer It also provides basic troubleshooting information Terminology Specific terms are explained as they are introduced However the following general terms are used throughout PostScript PS A computer language designed as a page description language The Fiery uses this language fo...

Page 15: ... raster image processor RIP is the computer processor that performs this function The Fiery RIP changes text and graphics commands in PostScript into specifications for each dot of toner deposited on a page by the copier printer Process The term process is used interchangeably with the term RIP in this manual to refer to raster image processing Print The task of rendering or imaging a page or job ...

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Page 17: ...ronment controls the entire job flow and all printing Print jobs arriving from remote users are spooled to the server hard disk and stored until the operator decides it is time to print them Additional functions job overrides prioritizing font management are reserved for the operator At the other extreme anyone on the local network can control all printing and server functions operator interventio...

Page 18: ...on the server in preparation for job management by the operator Establish communication between users and the operator The operator and remote users must agree upon a method for communicating print needs such as FreeForm masters Users can attach instructions to jobs using print option and notes fields see page 1 5 Understanding job flow In an operator controlled printing environment remote users s...

Page 19: ...age data associated with each dot is rendered on the printer The raster data tells the printer whether or not to apply toner to each position on the page Printing After processing the job typically moves on to the printing stage During this stage the raster image associated with the job is transferred from the Fiery to the copier printer at a high speed The raster image is then rendered onto paper...

Page 20: ...job status flags you may see in the Command WorkStation Active Jobs window Boldface items represent commands you can issue from Command WorkStation Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler to release held jobs Printed Spooling Spooled Held Processing RIPping PostScript data Process RIP and Hold Processed Held Print and Hold Processing RIPping Print Print Printing Printing Printing Processing RIPping Post...

Page 21: ...iate printing you must issue the Print command A raster copy of the original job remains in processed held status even after the original job has finished printing Communicating with users As the operator the job management tools allow you by to communicate with the users who originate print jobs You can help the users become better informed about the Fiery and the copier printer so they can choos...

Page 22: ...the server before you delete them Instructions for setting up the printer on client computers Sources of PostScript printer drivers PPDs color reference files and additional information Recommended PPD settings Conflicting settings and common PostScript errors FreeForm information regarding use of master and variable data Imposition information regarding use of the DocBuilder Pro option Characteri...

Page 23: ...nt options specified by users by checking job ticket information To display user defined print options choose the Properties command in Command WorkStation see page 3 10 or the Override Print Settings command in Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler see page 7 7 Notes fields Users can enter accounting information in Notes fields such as User name and phone number Billing information Job cost informati...

Page 24: ... the following job management features Monitoring activity on the Fiery and controlling job flow Viewing and overriding user defined print option settings Editing and merging job files Tracking job activity through the Job Log Command WorkStation The most powerful of the job management utilities Command WorkStation must be installed on a Windows computer that has a network connection to the Fiery ...

Page 25: ... the Fiery Fiery Spooler must be installed on a networked Mac OS computer and can only be used on that computer Both Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler offer job management functions similar to those of Command WorkStation The default Fiery WebSpooler user interface appears in the following illustration the user interface of Fiery Spooler is similar For information on using Fiery WebSpooler or Fie...

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Page 27: ...d have the ability to send more jobs from a nearby computer The chapter also describes the Setup functions of Command WorkStation such as printing server information pages setting application preferences correcting tray alignment and managing server fonts The Command WorkStation interface Command WorkStation provides a graphical way to monitor preview and manage print jobs on one or more servers Y...

Page 28: ...ch component in the Command WorkStation interface 1 Menu bar see page 2 13 2 Job Status Helper see page 2 9 3 Action Buttons see page 2 10 4 Active Jobs window see page 2 3 5 Jobs window see page 2 4 6 Preview windows see page 2 10 7 Activity Monitor see page 2 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 29: ...not be hidden or dragged to a different location By issuing job management commands you can release held jobs in the window for processing and printing cancel jobs currently processing or printing and send jobs back to held status for future action For more information on the status flags displayed in the Active Jobs window see Job Status Helper on page 2 9 In the Active Jobs window you can Monito...

Page 30: ...number of jobs displayed All panels of the Jobs window allow you to customize the job ticket information see page 3 6 and monitor jobs on multiple connected servers see page 2 10 Printed Jobs panel The Printed Jobs panel lists all jobs that have completed printing from selected connected servers Newly printed jobs are added to the top of the list Printed Jobs lists all printed jobs until the job l...

Page 31: ...rmation on using the Archive panel see Archiving jobs on page 3 20 FreeForm panel The FreeForm panel lists the names of all master files used for FreeForm variable data printing Jobs listed in the FreeForm panel represent preRIPped master files stored on the Fiery NOTE The FreeForm panel is not available if you logged in as Guest ...

Page 32: ...itor The Activity Monitor displays a summary of the job activity on all servers or a selected server The activity displayed can include jobs released for spooling processing RIPping or printing Held jobs do not appear in the Activity Monitor The title bar of the Activity Monitor displays the name of the server being monitored You can use the server selection menu to display job activity for an ind...

Page 33: ...ve job appears next to the a status box that correspond to the job s current activity spooling processing or printing If the server is connected to more than one copier printer the copier printer handling the job is listed under the job name When no activity is occurring on the server the status boxes read Idle Error conditions When an error occurs the Server Name bar for the affected Fiery appear...

Page 34: ... Displays the file name of the job currently being processed RIPped along with an animated preview of the page currently being processed Printing Displays the file name of the job currently being printed and the page number currently printing In the case of multiple copies the copy number is also displayed General Information Displays the total and available hard disk space and the total and avail...

Page 35: ... to the server hard disk spooled held light yellow The job has been downloaded to the server hard disk and requires job management instructions from the operator waiting to process light blue The job is queued to be processed RIPped on the server processing medium blue The job is currently being processed RIPped processed held dark yellow The job has been processed RIPped and requires job manageme...

Page 36: ...o view thumbnail previews of selected jobs You can also use the Preview windows to reorder and delete pages of a job and to merge pages from several jobs into a single merged job Monitoring single or multiple servers You can set the Active Jobs window Jobs window and Activity Monitor to display job information for either an individual server or all connected servers TO SPECIFY THE SERVER OR SERVER...

Page 37: ... corresponding to a layout style the display updates to show a specific combination and arrangement of components TO DISPLAY A LAYOUT STYLE Choose Layouts from the Window menu and then choose a layout style from the submenu that appears You can choose from four preset layouts Default Style 1 Style 2 or Style 3 and three custom layout For a description of the components included with each of the pr...

Page 38: ...and appear with standard window frames You can drag the blank title bar of the window to move the component or drag the edges of the window to resize the component You can also click the window close box to hide the component NOTE When the Jobs window is docked you can resize it vertically by clicking and dragging its top edge TO DOCK OR UNDOCK A COMPONENT Double click the window grip in the compo...

Page 39: ...lable in the current context it appears dimmed in the menu When a command appears with a checkmark choosing it again reverses or toggles the command The menu bar always appears in the Command WorkStation display and cannot be dragged to a different location Menu Command Submenu command Description File Import Job Imports a job file into the Direct Hold or Print queue of the server selected in the ...

Page 40: ... Jobs window or the selected job in the Printed Jobs or Archive panel and marks the job with either the spooled held flag or the processed held flag Process and Hold Processes the selected job in the Active Jobs window Printed Jobs panel or Archive panel and holds a copy of the job The copied job is marked with the processed held flag Print and Hold Prints the selected job in the Active Jobs windo...

Page 41: ...s window This command is only available for jobs displaying the processing status flag Cancel Printing Cancels printing of the selected job in the Active Jobs window This command is only available for jobs displaying the printing status flag Impose Allows you to apply imposition settings to the selected held job in the Active Jobs window Server Log In Log Out Allows you to log in or log out of the...

Page 42: ...ently selected in the Active Jobs window Server Clears all jobs fonts and calibration measurements on the server currently selected in the Active Jobs window Print Pages Allows you to print the following pages containing information about the server currently selected in the Active Jobs window PS Test Page Configuration Page Job Log Control Panel Map Color Charts PS Font List Suspend Printing Susp...

Page 43: ... previously defined and named using the Save Layout command Save Layout Allow you to save and name the current Command WorkStation display as a custom layout Saved layouts appear as commands in the Window Layouts submenu You can save up to three custom layouts Jobs Window Toggles the display of the Jobs window which includes the Printed Jobs Archive FreeForm and Job Log panels A checkmark next to ...

Page 44: ...the selected jobs 3 Choose the desired command from the context sensitive menu that appears Window cont Job Status Helper Toggles the display of the Job Status Helper A checkmark next to the command indicates that the helper is displayed Job Name Brings the open Preview window of the named job to the foreground This menu option appears for each Preview window you have open More Previews Opens a Pr...

Page 45: ...m the Server menu choose Log in Log out The Login Server dialog box appears 2 Select a server from the list of servers you have connected to before The Login Server dialog box displays the servers you can monitor and manage from Command WorkStation You can add and remove servers from the list to customize the list of servers you frequently monitor Each row in the Login Server dialog box displays t...

Page 46: ...ages command to print pages of information stored on the server These pages provide useful reference information for setting up or troubleshooting the server TO PRINT SERVER INFORMATION PAGES 1 In the Active Jobs window select the server for which you want to print information pages NOTE To print information pages for a server you must be logged in to the server 2 Choose Print Pages from the Serve...

Page 47: ...ted Configuration Provides the current server and device configuration This page lists general information about the hardware and software configuration of the Fiery the current settings for all Setup options information about the current calibration and the network addresses of the server Job Log Lists a log of the last 55 jobs processed or printed For information on the fields in the Job Log and...

Page 48: ...he Edit menu The Preferences dialog box appears You can specify the following preference settings and options Enable Animation Enables the display of animated graphics in the Selected Server view of the Activity Monitor see page 2 7 Autologin Instructs Command WorkStation to remember the last access level and password used to log in to each server When you log in to the server again Command WorkSt...

Page 49: ...u can change the template path by clicking the Browse button and specifying a folder Search Template Path Specifies the folder where Find Search templates are stored for later use You can change the template path by clicking the Browse button and specifying a folder Correcting tray alignment The Tray Alignment feature allows you to adjust the placement of text and images on the page so they are co...

Page 50: ... Trays from the Server menu A dialog box containing the Tray Alignment options appears 3 Specify the tray you want to align from the Tray list 4 Specify the paper size loaded in the tray from the Paper Size list NOTE The Tray Alignment is specific to the combination of tray and paper size specified If you align Tray 1 with Letter paper and load Legal paper in Tray 1 the alignment will be invalid Y...

Page 51: ...es in A and C the image will rotate leading to uneven areas on printed output If this occurs enter the same value in A and C The following combinations of print options will create a margin of 8 5 mm on the trailing edge if Imageable Area is set to Full Portrait with Top Bottom long edge feed Portrait with Top Top short edge feed Landscape with Top Top long edge feed Landscape with Top Bottom shor...

Page 52: ...iery use the Print Pages command see page 2 20 TO MANAGE FONTS 1 In the Active Jobs window select the connected server for which you want to manage fonts If the Active Jobs window is hidden choose Active Jobs from the Window menu to display it NOTE To manage fonts on a server you must be logged in and connected to the server with the Administrator password 2 Choose Manage Font from the Server menu...

Page 53: ... to the name and cannot be deleted 5 To refresh the font list display click Update 6 To print the font list click Print TO ADD FONTS 1 In the Select Files to Download dialog box choose the file types to display from the Files of type menu All Known Formats lists all files in supported formats All Files lists all files 2 In the Logical Printer menu choose the Direct connection queue of the copier p...

Page 54: ...before you click Add You can navigate to different drives and folders to select fonts to download To select multiple sequential fonts select the first font and Shift click the last font Ctrl click to select multiple non sequential fonts If you change your mind about a font select the font name in the Files to be Imported list and click Remove 5 When all the desired fonts appear in the Files to be ...

Page 55: ...orkStation start the application and log in to one or more servers TO START COMMAND WORKSTATION Click Start on the Windows taskbar choose Programs Fiery and then choose Command WorkStation When you start Command WorkStation for the first time the Login Server list contains no servers For instructions on configuring and adding servers to the Login Server list see the User Software Installation Guid...

Page 56: ...o Command WorkStation If the server is already connected the color of the key icon indicates the level of access granted Purple indicates Administrator access Orange indicates Operator access Cyan indicates Guest access 3 Click the Login button The Login dialog box appears 4 Select the key corresponding to your access level Administrator Operator or Guest and if required enter a password Your log ...

Page 57: ...sswords are set on the Fiery in this default state anyone can perform Setup and use all Command WorkStation functions Until an Administrator password is defined in Fiery Setup you can log in to Command WorkStation as an administrator without entering a password and you are given full privileges After the administrator has performed Setup and specified passwords Command WorkStation user options dep...

Page 58: ...trash can button to remove the server from the list The trash can button is only available for disconnected servers Monitoring jobs The Active Jobs window and the Printed Jobs panel of the Jobs window provide a visual way to monitor the flow of print jobs through connected servers You can use the server selection menu in the title bar of each window to monitor an individual server or multiple serv...

Page 59: ...mmands from the Actions menu to it You can also select multiple jobs and apply the same command to all of the jobs at once TO SELECT A JOB In the Active Jobs window or in any panel of the Jobs window click a job to select it To select additional jobs hold down Ctrl and click the desired jobs To select a sequential series of jobs hold down Shift as you click the job NOTE To select multiple jobs the...

Page 60: ... the Regional Settings control panel from the Start Settings Control Panel menu in the Windows taskbar TO CUSTOMIZE JOB TICKET INFORMATION FOR THE ACTIVE JOBS OR JOBS WINDOW 1 Right click the heading of a job ticket column 2 From the menu that appears choose the options you want to display and the sequence in which you want to view them Add Adds one of the listed columns to the display at your mou...

Page 61: ...hen choose Job or Archived Job The Select Files to Import dialog box appears 2 Locate and select the job file to import and click Add The job appears in the Files to be imported list To import multiple jobs select each additional job and click Add 3 Choose the desired destination queue from the Logical Printer menu A destination queue is available only if the administrator has enabled it in Setup ...

Page 62: ...ear in the Active Jobs window or Printed Jobs panel 4 Click Import Using job management commands As the operator you can issue the following job management commands from the Actions menu to release or hold selected jobs in the Active Jobs window and Printed Jobs panel Print Process and Hold Print and Hold Remove Raster Data Hold ...

Page 63: ...obs window or the selected job in the Printed Jobs or Archive panel and marks the job with either the spooled held flag or the processed held flag Held on the server hard disk indefinitely if raster data is included with job Process and Hold Processes the selected job in the Active Jobs window Printed Jobs panel or Archive panel and holds a copy of the job The copied job is marked with the process...

Page 64: ...independently or override a setting for all the jobs at once You can also use the Job Properties dialog box to view the user Notes and Instructions fields included with jobs TO VIEW AND OVERRIDE PRINT SETTINGS 1 To view and override print settings for a single held job select the job in the Active Jobs window or Printed Jobs panel You can also select a job in the Archive or FreeForm panel to view ...

Page 65: ... be viewed and annotated by the operator but their contents are associated with the job and are deleted when the job is deleted after printing Notes fields can be viewed but not be changed by the operator their contents are transcribed to the Job Log just as the user sent them NOTE Some print options available in the printer driver are not displayed in the Job Properties dialog box For information...

Page 66: ...de setting from the list that appears NOTE If you want to retain a copy of the job with its original settings duplicate the job and rename the duplicate before you change any settings NOTE For some options changing the setting requires that the job be reRIPped these options show an icon to the left of the option name 4 To print the current list of print settings on a local printer click Print Wind...

Page 67: ...For more information see Monitoring single or multiple servers on page 2 10 With servers that support the feature you can use the Send to Nickname_Devicename command to transfer jobs between servers For example by viewing print jobs on all connected servers in the Active Jobs window you can monitor the print load on each server in your printing environment If one server has received a disproportio...

Page 68: ...obs window select the job and choose the Cancel Printing command from the Actions menu When the print job is canceled a Canceling message appears on the Fiery Control Panel The name of the canceled job appears in the Job Log NOTE Canceled jobs may be partially printed and may include pages with one or more missing color planes or pages that are completely blank Canceling a job at the Control Panel...

Page 69: ...n NOTE In order for any new Create Master or Use Master setting to take effect the job must be reRIPped For background information on using the FreeForm feature see the Printing Guide Creating and monitoring FreeForm masters Users can assign FreeForm master numbers from 1 to 15 using the Create Master print option when they send a job These numbers can be changed to a number from 1 to 100 with job...

Page 70: ...lable only by right clicking a FreeForm master job Selecting this command displays all jobs that have used that specific FreeForm master as a master document TO CREATE A FREEFORM MASTER 1 In the Active Jobs window select the held job comprising the master elements of the document 2 Choose Properties from the Actions menu 3 Scroll to FreeForm in the Job Properties dialog box and right click the Cre...

Page 71: ...he master job appears listed in the FreeForm panel of the Jobs window TO REASSIGN THE MASTER NUMBER OF A FREEFORM MASTER 1 In the FreeForm panel select the desired FreeForm master 2 Choose Properties from the Actions menu 3 Scroll to FreeForm in the Job Properties dialog box and right click the Create Master print setting 4 Choose the FreeForm master number you want to assign to the job 5 Click OK...

Page 72: ...dialog box TO OVERRIDE THE USE MASTER PRINT SETTING 1 In the Active Jobs window select the held job comprising the variable elements of the document and choose Properties from the Actions menu 2 Scroll to FreeForm in the Job Properties dialog box and right click the Use Master print setting 3 Choose the FreeForm master job you want to use as the master document 4 Click OK 5 Assign the job a destin...

Page 73: ...ers print FreeForm jobs the operator may want to instruct users not to use the Create Master print option at all but rather send all their jobs to the Hold queue In this case the operator can decide which FreeForm master numbers to assign before printing For all jobs sent to the server users should specify information such as the desired FreeForm master number to the operator with the Notes and In...

Page 74: ...e panel of the Jobs window You can issue the following Actions menu commands described on page 2 13 for jobs in the Archive panel Print Delete Rename Hold Process and Hold Print and Hold Remove Raster Preview Properties TO ARCHIVE A JOB 1 In the Active Jobs window select any held job 2 Choose Archive from the Actions menu 3 To archive the job internally to the Fiery hard disk or to the ZIP drive c...

Page 75: ...e Command WorkStation hard disk or to a device on the network click Add 5 Browse to the device and folder to which you want to archive the job and click OK The Archive Options dialog box shows external devices as available archive volumes Click to add a device ...

Page 76: ...st of all the jobs processed or printed since the Job Log was last cleared You can adjust the column widths in the Job Log display by clicking the column border in the heading and dragging left or right see Customizing job ticket information on page 3 6 You can also print the Job Log export it to a tab delimited text file and clear it manually Using the Job Log Setup the administrator can specify ...

Page 77: ...ialog box appears 2 Click OK TO EXPORT THE JOB LOG 1 If it is not already displayed click the Job Log tab on the Jobs window to display the Job Log panel 2 Click inside the Job Log panel to make it active 3 Choose Export from the File menu and choose Window from the submenu The Export dialog box appears 4 Rename the file if desired the default name is job log specify a destination for the file and...

Page 78: ...rches based on the file sizes and specific print options associated with jobs You can save any set of general or advanced search parameters as a Find template which you can reuse to perform the search again TO SEARCH FOR JOBS 1 Choose Find from the Edit menu The Find dialog box appears 2 Choose a specific server or all servers from the Search Server list 3 Select one or more areas where you want t...

Page 79: ...tomize the job ticket information displayed see page 3 6 TO PERFORM AN ADVANCED SEARCH FOR JOBS 1 Choose Find from the Edit menu The Find dialog box appears 2 Choose an option from the Search Server menu to search for jobs on a specific server or all connected servers 3 Select one or more areas where you want to search for jobs You can search for jobs in the Active Jobs window and in the Printed J...

Page 80: ...s listing the found jobs TO SAVE THE CURRENT SET OF SEARCH PARAMETERS AS A FIND TEMPLATE 1 In the Find dialog box specify the desired search parameters as described in the previous procedures 2 Click Save As A dialog box appears prompting you to name the template 3 Enter a name for the new Find template and click OK Once you have saved a template it appears listed in the Queries pull down menu To ...

Page 81: ...se the Preview windows to preview pages of any processed or held job in the Active Jobs window Displaying thumbnail previews When you select a processed held job and choose the Preview command from the Actions menu a preview window opens displaying thumbnail images of the selected job TO VIEW THUMBNAILS OF A HELD RASTER DATA FILE 1 Select a processed held job in the Active Jobs window A processed ...

Page 82: ...roll through the pages in the job Displaying full screen previews You can open any page in the Preview window as a full screen image for more detailed inspection TO VIEW A FULL SCREEN PREVIEW OF A JOB 1 Select a page in the Preview window and click the Full Screen Preview icon Click for full screen preview ...

Page 83: ...in the full screen preview to display adjacent pages rotate the page or return to the small preview 2 Click the Close button to close the full screen preview View previous and next pages Click to close the full screen preview Rotate page 90 180 or 270 degrees Scroll bar Scroll bar Return to small preview ...

Page 84: ... the full screen preview 3 Click Load A dialog box appears prompting you to select a monitor profile If you are using the monitor that is part of the Fiery Advanced Controller Interface FACI option select the monitor profile that shipped with the option If you are using another monitor select a profile customized to describe the characteristics of that particular monitor 4 Locate and select the mo...

Page 85: ...rently selected page see page 4 2 The full screen preview window allows you to rotate selected pages Duplicate Duplicates the currently selected pages You can also choose Duplicate from the Actions menu Delete Deletes the currently selected pages You can also choose Delete from the Actions menu Undo Reverses recently performed edits 4 To move pages within the Preview window click to select the pag...

Page 86: ...e layout application with two color text pages created in a word processing application Or you can customize a slide presentation by inserting slides from a different presentation In order to merge pages from two different jobs both jobs must reside on the same server NOTE Before merging processed held jobs make sure the jobs have been processed using the print option settings and the resident cal...

Page 87: ... Active Jobs window and choose Preview from the Actions menu 2 Select another job and choose Preview from the Actions menu The job is displayed in another Preview window NOTE In order to merge pages both jobs must reside on the same server Source document preview Destination document preview ...

Page 88: ...es before the first page or after the last page in the first Preview window If you move the selection over an existing page it replaces the existing page with the one you are moving If you move the selection to the left or right of a page it places selection in that location and renumbers the pages The cursor changes to reflect the activity Multiple levels of undo are available you can use the Und...

Page 89: ...source job 5 When you have finished merging pages click Save The Save As dialog box appears 6 Enter a new name for the merged job and click Yes NOTE When multiple users are connected to the Fiery via Command WorkStation Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler only one user should make changes at a time If multiple users make changes in the same job simultaneously unexpected results may occur ...

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Page 91: ...Preview windows of Command WorkStation to preview edit and merge PostScript and PDF jobs that have been spooled and held You can apply all of the features discussed in Chapter 4 to spooled held jobs and processed held jobs alike NOTE DocBuilder Pro enhancements to the Preview windows are described in detail below When applicable page number references to sections in other chapters are provided Pre...

Page 92: ...l and choose Blank Page from the menu that appears A blank page is inserted after the currently selected page Main window From the Imposition main window you can impose the pages of a document in an order and positioning suitable for printing and binding If you are connected to more than one server at once you can access the Imposition feature from one server only NOTE The Imposition main window i...

Page 93: ...ntact your authorized service support technician When you choose the Impose command a page imaging process is invoked that generates a PDF version of the job on which DocBuilder Pro will perform imposition A status window appears while the job is imaged for the main window When it opens the main window displays the job No layout will be applied unless the job has been previously imposed Templates ...

Page 94: ...ed job In contrast a reader s spread shows pages in the order they are intended to be read Note that the Preview windows in Command WorkStation image jobs as reader s spreads The paper used to print a printer s spread is known as a sheet In duplex printing each sheet has two imageable surfaces one on the front side and one on the back side of the sheet Each imageable surface contains one printer s...

Page 95: ...ol Pan tool Preview mode Layout mode Mixed Page mode and Fixed Page mode buttons are located in the upper right of the window When you select the Pan or Zoom tool the appearance of the cursor changes to indicate you can now use that tool to manipulate the preview When you choose Preview or Layout mode or Mixed Page mode or Fixed Page mode a blue border appears around the selected view and the appe...

Page 96: ...display different sets of printer s marks for more information see the following table NOTE Preview mode puts more stress on your system s processor than Layout mode You can improve performance on slower systems by doing most of your work in Layout mode switching to Preview mode only when you need to see content In Layout mode you can rotate individual pages on the sheet For more information see R...

Page 97: ...dow 2 Position the magnifying glass cursor over a page and click to zoom in The magnifying glass cursor displays a plus sign to indicate that it increases the magnification of page views Each time you click the current magnification doubles up to a maximum of 800 3 Hold the Ctrl key and click to zoom out Each time you click the current magnification is reduced in half down to a minimum of 12 4 Rig...

Page 98: ...you can use this tool to drag a particular portion of the sheet into view At the bottom of the window you can manipulate the content view using a standard scroll bar or the Surface menu The Surface menu opens the Go To Surface dialog box which allows you to specify numerically the surface to display in the preview area TO USE THE PAN TOOL 1 Click the Pan tool to select it The cursor changes to a h...

Page 99: ...e setting You can apply any template to any job making it easy to apply layout and printing settings quickly and efficiently DocBuilder Pro supplies built in templates that define settings for commonly used layouts such as 2 Up Saddle 3 Up Trifold Brochure 4 Up Gatefold and so on You can also create your own templates For a complete listing of built in templates see Appendix B For information on c...

Page 100: ...ialog box the name of the original spooled source file appears with a new extension dbp as the suggested name If you mistakenly close the main window when you intend to keep working click Cancel in the Save As dialog box The original PostScript or PDF file remains intact even after the converted file has been edited and saved in the Imposition window NOTE When you rename an imposed file you must i...

Page 101: ...ed Page mode allows you to impose documents that contain pages of different sizes When you open the Imposition window for a document that contains different page sizes Mixed Page mode is selected automatically you cannot switch to Fixed Page mode When you open the Imposition window for a document that contains a single page size you can select either Mixed Page or Fixed Page mode Some imposition s...

Page 102: ...n settings are applied to the current job immediately but are not saved permanently until you save the job itself Layout Rows Columns Yes Yes Printer s Marks Yes Yes Printer s Marks Pull into Page Edge No Yes Bleeds Yes No Scale Apply To Not editable always set to All Slots on All Surfaces Editable Scale Mode Available options Scale to Fit Custom Available options Scale to Fit Custom Fit Width Fit...

Page 103: ... You can also specify any unit of measurement in any field that accepts input by adding one of the following abbreviations to the new value i in or the inch symbol specifies inches for example 8 5 i 8 5 in 8 5 mm specifies millimeters for example 8 5 mm pt or pts specifies points for example 8 5 pts Sheet settings Sheet settings allow you to specify characteristics of the paper on which the job is...

Page 104: ...es dialog box When specifying a sheet size setting consider the size of the final output During imposition DocBuilder Pro automatically scales pages if needed to fit the sheet s maximum imageable area which does not necessarily extend to the edges of the sheet For example if you perform 1 Up imposition of 8 5 x 11 pages onto 8 5 x 11 sheets the final pages will be scaled smaller than 8 5 x 11 To r...

Page 105: ...ose On the job is printed as duplex using a Top Top setting meaning that the tops of pages on opposing sides of a sheet are located on the same edge usually the preferred choice for imposed book layouts Layout settings A layout is a plan that specifies the number ordering and rotation of page images on the sheet DocBuilder Pro supports layouts of up to 25 pages per sheet in a matrix of up to 5 row...

Page 106: ... five in a layout or specify the number of columns in the layout by typing a value in the Columns field Changes to the Columns value are reflected immediately in the main window whether you are in Layout or Preview mode The Columns value interacts with the Rows and Scale settings When you choose a value that causes content to extend beyond the edge of the sheet DocBuilder Pro provides a visual war...

Page 107: ...arks dialog box The Define Marks dialog box allows you to enable or disable trim marks fold marks and the individual elements of the job label The job label stores descriptive text used for the job name sheet information and date and time You can also enter values from 72 to 72 points in the Horizontal Offset and Vertical Offset fields to fine tune the placement of trim marks and fold marks In Mix...

Page 108: ...horizontal and vertical lengths of marks from 1 to 216 points type dotted or solid width from 1 to 3 points and color NOTE The Printer s Marks option enables marks globally throughout a job To disable or enable an individual mark press the Ctrl key and click the mark directly in the imposition window Disabled marks are indicated by an X Ctrl click to disable enable mark ...

Page 109: ...nds to the edge of the trimmed sheet To specify horizontal and vertical bleed amounts for a particular job click Define in the Layout panel and enter values from 0 to 72 points in the Define Bleeds dialog box The Bleeds option is not available in Mixed Page mode Scale settings You can use Scale settings to enlarge or shrink the page by a specified amount ...

Page 110: ... are located in the same column as the currently selected page All Slots on All Surfaces Applies scaling to all pages in the job Scale Mode You can choose a scaling option from the Scale Mode menu Scale to Fit Scales page s to best fill the slot without printing past its edge Fit Width Scales page s to fill the width of each page slot on the sheet This option is not available in Fixed Page mode Fi...

Page 111: ...the Clipping icon appears to the left of the Scale Factor field In addition the appearance of the page preview itself makes scaling problems obvious content truncates at the edge of the preview sheet just as it would on a printed sheet Alignment and Offsets The Alignment and Offsets settings are enabled when you choose Fit Height Fit Width or Custom from the Scale Mode menu in Mixed Page mode You ...

Page 112: ...you can align the page to the top left corner of the slot by clicking the Alignment control corresponding to that position You can fine tune the placement further by entering values from 5184 to 5184 points in the Offsets fields Offset values are calculated in reference to the alignment position and reset to zero when you specify a new alignment Click to specify upper left alignment Page is aligne...

Page 113: ...ize of the job NOTE If you are using a layout with more than two columns or rows the Binding selection is unavailable You can specify the following binding edge options Left Edge Specifies binding across the left edge of the booklet The booklet reads from left to right Right Edge Specifies binding across the right edge of the booklet The booklet reads from right to left You can specify any of the ...

Page 114: ...Up In gang printing you place multiple pages on a sheet for collate and cut finishing rather than having DocBuilder Pro impose them in the order required by a particular binding method A collate and cut layout reorders pages in a manner that causes them to fall into easily collated stacks when the sheets in the job are cut into individual pages The use of such a layout may allow multiple small job...

Page 115: ...nables what is commonly known as step and repeat printing Step and repeat is most often used when printing multiple copies of a single document for example when printing business cards you would print multiple copies of the same image to fill a larger sheet Unique Places pages in an arrangement that is often more appropriate for printing a single copy of a job This option does not fully collate it...

Page 116: ...d and cut This option minimizes the need for collating by hand and is most appropriate for printing single copies of a document 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 4 7 10 1 2 5 8 11 3 6 9 12 3 6 9 12 2 5 8 11 4 7 10 1 3 6 9 2 1 5 4 8 7 12 11 10 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 12 page document 2 x 2 Unique Collate Cut Duplex off Collate sheets Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Cut Collate pages ...

Page 117: ...e source document that DocBuilder Pro images in a designated position on the finished sheet However to reorder individual pages manually arrange them in the main window To assign a different page to a particular location in the layout use the following procedure TO REORDER PAGES 1 Verify that Layout mode is currently selected 2 Select the location s current page number You can also press Tab to mo...

Page 118: ...O ADD OR DUPLICATE SHEETS 1 Right click a sheet in Preview or Layout mode and then choose Add Sheet s or Duplicate Sheet from the menu that appears 2 If you are adding sheets specify the number of sheets you want to add 3 If you are duplicating sheets specify the number of the sheet you want to duplicate 4 Select the location where you want to insert added or duplicated sheets and click OK ...

Page 119: ... for the start and end numbers of the sheets you want to delete A range of sheets is deleted 4 Click OK Editing page content You can use the Enfocus PitStop software included with the DocBuilder Pro installation to edit the content of pages in a job PitStop functions as a plug in that adds enhanced PDF editing tools to Adobe Acrobat To access the PitStop editing tools right click a sheet in Previe...

Page 120: ... purple lines 2 Use the PitStop editing tools to edit the document content For instructions on using PitStop see your online PitStop documentation To access this documentation choose Help Plug In Help Enfocus PitStop Professional from the Acrobat menu 3 When you have finished editing click Close in the Acrobat window You are prompted to save the changes 4 Click Yes 5 Click the Command WorkStation ...

Page 121: ...ixed Page mode or in 180 increments for Fixed Page mode If you apply a 90 rotation to a page in Mixed Page mode and then switch to Fixed Page mode the rotation will be canceled TO ROTATE PAGES 1 To rotate a single page click the Rotate icon on that page 2 To rotate all pages in the job press the Shift and Ctrl keys and click the Rotate icon on any page Rotate icon 16 1 2 5 Sheet 1 front side Sheet...

Page 122: ...he Ctrl key and click the Rotate icon on Page 1 Pages 2 3 and 4 rotate as well because they are in the same location on the front and back sides of the sheet Setting gutter sizes DocBuilder Pro defines the locations of gutters for you according to the layout and sheet size governing the imposition of the job In Layout mode you can specify the size of a gutter by entering a value in its gutter size...

Page 123: ...s from the File menu to set the folder or directory in which Command WorkStation saves templates see Setting preferences on page 2 22 You can save all imposition settings in custom templates except the following Sheet size setting Custom printer s marks properties The Pull into Page Edge setting and custom offset settings for printer s marks Apply To setting in the Scale pane Settings made in Cust...

Page 124: ...er TO APPLY A CUSTOM TEMPLATE 1 Open the job to which you want to apply the template in the main Imposition window 2 Choose the custom template from the Template menu If the job contains more pages than the original template file a message appears asking you how you want the template applied 3 To apply the template settings to each corresponding set of pages in the job click Yes For example suppos...

Page 125: ...he specified template Tips for using the Imposition feature of DocBuilder Pro This section provides information that will help you get the most out of the imposition features of DocBuilder Pro Page level operations Consider the following when editing pages of a job Adding a binding offset You can set gutters on each page independently to allow extra room for binding For more information see Settin...

Page 126: ...w extension dbp If you do not intend to overwrite the source file you must enter a new name for the imposed job The original PostScript or PDF remains intact even after the converted file has been edited and saved in the Imposition window If imposition data has changed the data is written back to the server and associated with the new PDF Maintaining associated imposition data separately from the ...

Page 127: ... The interface of Fiery Spooler for Mac OS computers is virtually identical to that of Fiery WebSpooler Tracking and managing jobs with Fiery WebSpooler You can use Fiery WebSpooler to perform the following functions from your workstation Override current job option settings Delete jobs and cancel processing Duplicate or rename jobs RIP a job and hold the raster data Hold jobs in the spooled area ...

Page 128: ...BSPOOLER WINDOW 1 Start your Internet browser 2 Enter the IP address or DNS name of the Fiery Consult with the operator or administrator for this information The Fiery home page appears 3 Click WebSpooler on the home page 4 To log in as Administrator enter the Administrator password and click OK To log in as Operator enter the Operator password and click OK To log in as Guest click OK without ente...

Page 129: ...ool RIP and Print status bars When the Fiery receives print jobs the Fiery WebSpooler window becomes a dynamic display filled with the names of jobs and their characteristics The Spool RIP and Print areas of the Fiery WebSpooler window represent the stages of printing a job Jobs come in at the top level Spool and drop down to the Print level unless they are held along the way The job icons display...

Page 130: ... in as Administrator or Operator you can interact with a job wherever it appears in the window by selecting it and choosing a command from the Job menu or by double clicking the job and setting override options For more information see Manipulating job options and job flow on page 7 5 Errors Jobs with an error are shown in red To display the error double click the job Note you cannot check the job...

Page 131: ...ee Chapter 1 before manipulating jobs with Fiery WebSpooler Choose this command from the Job menu To do this Raster data is Delete Job s Delete the job s from the list Deleted Cancel Printing Cancel the currently printing job Deleted Cancel RIPping Cancel the currently processing job Deleted Duplicate Job s Duplicate one or more selected PostScript data jobs in the Spool or Print areas creates a r...

Page 132: ...n as the processor and copier printer are free before other waiting jobs Held in RAM after printing can be selected in the Print area while it remains there or Held in RIP area saved to disk if destination was RIP and Hold Remove Raster Remove the raster from a job that has raster data leave the PostScript job in place Deleted Override Print Settings Change the print options for the job see page 7...

Page 133: ...elect the job and choose Override Print Settings from the Job menu If necessary scroll through the list to see all the job options For PostScript files you cannot override the Orientation option For PDF files printed using Fiery Downloader you cannot override the following print options Orientation Remove White PPT Background Spot Color Matching ...

Page 134: ...t setting and overriding these print options see Appendix A of the Printing Guide Job icons Three types of icons are used for both active jobs and jobs on hold Icon Active jobs white icons and rows Jobs on hold yellow icons and rows Printer icons PostScript or raster data headed for printing top or after printing bottom PostScript data headed for Print and Hold or job on Hold after printing Hold R...

Page 135: ...uting by an operator Print queue jobs When printing does not require an operator network jobs sent to the Print queue appear in the Spool area where they are displayed with a white printer icon Icon 2 When jobs reach the head of the queue they are RIPped and printed without operator intervention Spool area icon What it indicates How long you see the job 1 Yellow PostScript icon Yellow job row Post...

Page 136: ...hey are being held Held jobs in the RIP area have already been rasterized RIP and Hold or they have been printed and their raster data has been routed back to the RIP area Print and Hold where they are displayed in yellow rows Icon 1 NOTE Raster jobs in the RIP area that are waiting to print Icon 2 cannot be manipulated by job commands RIP area icon What it indicates How long you see the job 1 Yel...

Page 137: ... data is intact the job can be reprinted from the Printed queue Printed jobs that still have their raster data are represented by a white raster icon in the Printed queue Icon 2 jobs with only PostScript data remaining are represented by a white PostScript icon Icon 1 If the job was printed from a held raster job in the RIP area the raster data in the RIP area remains and can be used to reprint th...

Page 138: ...erge features eliminate the limitations of certain software applications You can merge raster pages of documents of different types from different computer operating systems You can merge color pages from graphics programs with text pages from a word processor Previewing raster jobs You can use Thumbnail A to preview pages of the currently RIPping job You can also use Thumbnail A and Thumbnail B t...

Page 139: ...ndow In this mode Thumbnail A displays each page of the currently processing job after it has been RIPped 3 Choose a PostScript file in the Spool or Print area and select RIP and Hold Print or Print and Hold As pages are RIPped they are displayed in Thumbnail A 4 When you have finished viewing click the Thumbnail A tab to close the thumbnail window Click to display the currently rasterizing job Cl...

Page 140: ...he Job menu NOTE Wait until all pages have been displayed before opening another raster file with Thumbnail A If the job contains many pages it may take some time for the entire job to be displayed 3 When you have finished viewing click the Thumbnail A or Thumbnail B tab to close the thumbnail window Click to close the thumbnail window Click to open a full screen preview ...

Page 141: ...view full screen previews of all its pages 2 To close the full screen preview click the X button above the preview Editing and merging raster files The ability to work with raster files gives you new opportunities to combine documents from different sources into a single file For example you can combine covers and chapter head pages created in a page layout application with text pages created in a...

Page 142: ...EW AND EDIT RASTER DATA JOBS 1 Select a raster data job in the RIP area and choose Thumbnail A from the Job menu 2 Open the Page menu to see the commands available for pages in Thumbnail A You can also access most of these commands by clicking the icons along the left side of Thumbnail A You can use the slider bar at the bottom of the window to scroll through pages in the job Delete Deletes the cu...

Page 143: ...bnail A display the job you want to edit The file must be a held raster data job in the RIP area 2 In Thumbnail B display another held raster job from the RIP area The Thumbnail B tab opens a second thumbnail view which cannot be edited but can be a source for pages added to the document in Thumbnail A NOTE To merge documents the page sizes of the source document and the target document must be th...

Page 144: ...o all the way back to your first edit There is no Redo function NOTE Make sure to save the merged job before deleting any of the jobs you used to create the merged job Thumbnail B pages moved into Thumbnail A adopt some specific attributes of the Thumbnail A job such as the document and user name 4 To close a thumbnail window click the same tab you used to open it Thumbnail A or Thumbnail B tab 5 ...

Page 145: ...ges in a job or if selecting a thumbnail window results in a message indicating zero pages close and restart Command WorkStation Fiery WebSpooler or Fiery Spooler Using the Job Log From Fiery WebSpooler you can view and print a log of all jobs printed by the Fiery including jobs downloaded with Fiery Downloader NOTE If you logged in as Administrator you can delete the Job Log from Fiery WebSpooler...

Page 146: ...or pages number of black and white pages total number of pages and Notes The Status column provides the following information about jobs 4 To update the Job Log click the Update button 5 To print the Job Log choose Print Job Log from the File menu or click the Print button The information displayed in the Job Log window prints to the current Fiery When you print the Job Log totals are printed for ...

Page 147: ...he file and click Save The Job Log is saved as a text file and the Job Log window reappears You can view the information in any application that can read a text file Items are separated by tabs To return to the job list choose Show Job List from the Window menu Fiery Spooler for Mac OS computers For Mac OS the Fiery Spooler interface is almost identical to that of Fiery WebSpooler see Difference b...

Page 148: ...ck OK The Fiery Spooler main window appears For details on managing jobs in Fiery Spooler and Fiery WebSpooler see Manipulating job options and job flow on page 7 5 For details on the job icons that appear in Fiery Spooler see Job icons on page 7 8 ...

Page 149: ...ng and changing a connection to a Fiery differs between the two Connecting to a different Fiery With Fiery Spooler you can connect to a different Fiery using the following procedure TO CONNECT TO A DIFFERENT FIERY 1 Choose Open Fiery from the File menu 2 Select the Fiery in the Chooser window that appears For information on setting up the connection to the server see the User Software Installation...

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Page 151: ...nterface kit which is an optional upgrade For more information contact your authorized service support technician Introduction to FieryBar FieryBar located at the top of the monitor screen includes the following Status FieryBar displays information about the status of the Fiery RIPping area Displays the name of the job currently processing RIP status area Displays the amount of the job that has pr...

Page 152: ...green The Fiery is processing or printing a job or communicating with a remote computer Check the RIPping area the RIP status area and the printing area for details No light The Fiery is starting up Command WorkStation Starts Command WorkStation For more information on connecting to and using the features of Command WorkStation see Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 ColorWise Pro Tools Starts ColorWise Pro T...

Page 153: ...an use the copier to make copies or print another job first Jobs continue to process on the Fiery After you make the copies select Resume Print to continue printing jobs from the Fiery Resume Print Resumes communication between the copier and the Fiery after you have finished making copies or printing other jobs Run Diagnostics Test Scan Print Test I F board This option is provided for service rep...

Page 154: ...Bar displays Idle you can enter Fiery Setup by right clicking FieryBar and choosing Set Up Fiery from the menu that appears The Fiery Setup dialog box includes the following tabs For information about the Setup options see the Configuration Guide Restarting the Fiery Use the following procedure to restart the Fiery rather than using the power switch on the back of the Fiery Click To do this Genera...

Page 155: ...and Printed queues and jobs that have been processed but not printed are not deleted and are available for printing when you restart the Fiery TO SHUT DOWN THE FIERY 1 Make sure the Fiery is not receiving processing or printing a job Make sure that both the RIPping and Printing areas on FieryBar read Idle If a job has just finished processing or printing wait at least five seconds after the RIPpin...

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Page 157: ...ber of copies Until recently the only way around these limitations was to use traditional printing systems to impose your document that is to arrange its pages in the correct order and orientation for printing and a variety of binding styles You might have used a service bureau to access high volume high resolution color printers Today Fiery technology teamed up with digital color copier printers ...

Page 158: ...position in the final booklet their ordering and positioning on the sheet must differ from the normal book reading order You can demonstrate this for yourself using an ordinary sheet of paper TO MODEL AN EIGHT PAGE BOOKLET 1 Fold the paper in half horizontally Fold the top edge of the sheet down to meet the bottom edge 2 Fold the paper again vertically Fold the left edge of the sheet over to the r...

Page 159: ... front cover of the booklet should be page 1 and the back cover of the booklet should be page 8 You can also underline each number to highlight the page orientation NOTE Printing on both sides of the sheet is called duplex printing printing on only one side of the sheet is called simplex printing Not all copiers printers support duplex printing and of those that do variations in implementation exi...

Page 160: ... error prone process of creating accurate physical models of the imposed book in order to lay out pages With DocBuilder Pro you simply open the source file to be imposed and specify how many rows and columns of pages to image on a sheet DocBuilder Pro simplifies this process even further by providing predefined layouts for common impositions such as booklets and brochures You can also save your ow...

Page 161: ...set of printer s marks to image on the finished sheet as illustrated in the following figure Additional sheets A book layout must also adjust the placement of pages according to the total number of pages in the job For example a book is often composed of more pages than can be printed on a single sheet When the number of pages in the book is a multiple of the number of pages on a sheet the same la...

Page 162: ...anipulations Binding methods A book layout also specifies the means by which sheets are gathered and bound Stitching or stapling finished pages across a common center fold or spine is called saddle stitch binding and the stitched pages are called a saddle Multiple folded sheets can be stitched into the same saddle as a group Stacking signatures grinding the spines off and then gluing them together...

Page 163: ...books and brochures use a sheet that is folded to create separate page areas Because the sheet itself has some thickness each fold causes a very small incremental shift in the location of the edge of each page relative to the others The result is that the edges of pages furthest from the saddle s innermost fold seem to move away from the edges of pages closest to the innermost fold As the number o...

Page 164: ... change any aspect of the imposed job that is affected by creep Gang Up printing Layout is essential for defining the elements of complex print jobs such as booklets and books but it can also be useful for smaller jobs Consider for example how you might approach the task of printing business cards It is slow wasteful and expensive to print a single business card per sheet when you can repeat the i...

Page 165: ...f you need to print business cards for several different clients you could perform a Gang Up Repeat printing job for each but you might still wind up wasting paper and time if the jobs do not fit easily into a simple multiple of sheets A more efficient approach is to print several jobs on a single sheet and then print that sheet as many times as required The technique of printing multiple jobs on ...

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Page 167: ...print one page per sheet The printer s marks show where to cut the paper so that the color content extends to the edge of the paper The following settings are applied for this layout Bleeds Printer s Marks trim marks and job label only Scale to Fit Gang Up Unique NOTE There are no page number restrictions for the 1 Up Full Bleed layout Appendix B Templates ...

Page 168: ...for a perfect bound book Each sheet is folded once and stacked on top of one another For more information on binding methods see page A 6 The following settings are applied for this layout Duplex Bleeds Printer s Marks fold marks trim marks and job label Scale to Fit Binding Perfect ...

Page 169: ... blank pages will be added if necessary Pages will be ordered in groups of four so that when folded each sheet will have four sequential pages For example 4 pages 8 pages NOTE The Creep Adjustment option has no effect on this template 4 1 2 3 Sheet 1 front side Sheet 1 back side 4 1 2 3 Sheet 1 front side Sheet 1 back side 8 5 6 7 Sheet 2 front side Sheet 2 back side ...

Page 170: ...for a saddle bound book All of the sheets are folded together one inside the other For more information on binding methods see page A 6 The following settings are applied for this layout Duplex Bleeds Printer s Marks fold marks trim marks and job label Scale to Fit Binding Saddle ...

Page 171: ...ber of pages Additional blank pages will be added if necessary Pages will be ordered so that when sheets are folded and stitched together into signatures the pages will be sequential For example 4 pages 8 pages 4 1 2 3 Sheet 1 front side Sheet 1 back side 8 1 2 7 Sheet 1 front side Sheet 1 back side 6 3 4 5 Sheet 2 front side Sheet 2 back side ...

Page 172: ... into three sections Although the three sections are the same width the space between each section varies so that the leftmost panel can be folded over the other two panels The following settings are applied for this layout Duplex Printer s Marks trim marks and job label only Scale to Fit Gang Up Unique ...

Page 173: ... jobs that have six pages If the job contains more or less than six pages an error message will appear The pages will be ordered as follows The 3 Up Trifold Brochure is usually folded as illustrated in the following figure 3 6 2 4 Sheet 1 front side Sheet 1 back side 1 5 ...

Page 174: ... used most often in the case of a four panel brochure The finished brochure unfolds to double then four times the original size The following settings are applied for this layout Duplex Printer s Marks trim marks and job label only Scale to Fit Gang Up Unique ...

Page 175: ...s that have eight pages If the job contains more or less than eight pages an error message will appear The pages will be ordered as follows The 4 Up Gate Fold is usually folded as illustrated in the following figure 3 8 4 5 Sheet 1 front side Sheet 1 back side 1 6 2 7 ...

Page 176: ...finished booklet will have all pages in the correct order and rotation The following settings are applied for this layout Duplex Bleeds Printer s Marks fold marks trim marks and job label Scale to Fit Binding Saddle The 4 Up Head to Head layout should be used with jobs that have multiples of eight pages but it can be used with jobs that have any number of pages Additional blank pages will be added...

Page 177: ...yout requires two folds the template applies a fold mark on the spine fold only For example 8 pages 16 pages The 4 Up Head to Head is usually folded as illustrated in the following figure 8 1 2 7 Sheet 1 front side Sheet 1 back side 6 3 4 5 16 1 2 15 Sheet 1 front side Sheet 1 back side 14 3 4 13 Sheet 2 front side Sheet 2 back side 12 5 6 11 10 7 8 9 ...

Page 178: ...lows many panels to be folded on top of one another without stressing the folded spine The most common example is a road map The following settings are applied for this layout Duplex Printer s Marks trim marks and job label only Scale to Fit Gang Up Unique ...

Page 179: ...bs that have eight pages If the job contains more or less than eight pages an error message will appear The pages will be ordered as follows The 4 Up Z Fold is usually folded as illustrated in the following figure 2 3 6 7 Sheet 1 front side Sheet 1 back side 4 8 5 1 ...

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Page 181: ...ommand WorkStation The status bar that displays the message indicates the process in which the error occurred The following table presents Fiery messages in alphabetical order with the appropriate corrective action for each one You can cancel the pending print job while you attend to the error condition A few normal status messages are included in this list in case they cause concern Fiery message...

Page 182: ...printer is turned on There may also be a problem with the cable connection between the Fiery and the copier printer Make sure the cable has not come loose The Fiery will resume printing when the cable is securely connected to both the Fiery and the copier printer Copier adjustments Warming up This is a normal status message The copier printer is making adjustments It will be ready for printing in ...

Page 183: ...e copier printer s stapler is out of pins The Fiery will resume printing when pins have been added No stapler The copier printer s stapler is unavailable For instructions see the copier printer console No toner The toner for one of the colors has run out Refer to the copier printer display to determine which toner color is empty If more than one toner needs to be added press and hold the Stop icon...

Page 184: ...ns Printing will proceed when the sorter unit is not being used Staple curl over This message appears when the staple job has too much toner and may not staple or sort correctly Unknown error An error occurred with the copier printer Waiting for recovery The Fiery is waiting for the command to continue with the recovery process for scanning Press OK on the Fiery Control Panel Warming Up This is a ...

Page 185: ...ing workload by checking job ticket information before printing Print jobs with the same output and paper specifications together to minimize paper changes Also print routine jobs while you prepare to print jobs with different instructions or different media Reduce unnecessary server connections at Command WorkStation If you use a second or third Fiery server on an occasional basis performance wil...

Page 186: ...ws do not update or no jobs are displayed and the mouse has no effect you cannot select a job or a window use a right mouse command or select a menu item the Fiery is down or communication over the network has failed To force an exit from Command WorkStation press Ctrl Alt Delete and use the Program Manager to close Command WorkStation At the Fiery disconnect and reconnect the network cable and tr...

Page 187: ...ew Efinl ini file will be created in the C Windows folder when you reconfigure the connection If the Efinl ini file contains configuration information for several servers or information that is not readily recreated keep the Efinl ini file as a backup 3 Print a Configuration page You will use the information on this page to configure the connection to the server 4 Start the Command WorkStation app...

Page 188: ...ntly reflect user settings and that Page Range and Scale percent are All and 100 respectively unless they were changed after being sent for printing The job does not print Some printing errors may be displayed in the Print status bar When the job is in the Printed queue jobs that had a PostScript error are displayed in a light red job row Double click anywhere in the row to see the error message T...

Page 189: ...kStation Users are unable to connect to the Fiery If users are unable to connect to the Fiery or are unable to find the Fiery from their workstations the network administrator may need to troubleshoot their network connections and check settings on the servers they use for printing If settings have changed it may be necessary to reconfigure the Fiery For example if print servers or print queues on...

Page 190: ... If you are unable to connect and you cannot print the Test Page check the copier printer s touch panel display If this happens Try this The copier printer displays a diagnostic or error message Take the appropriate corrective action as described in the copier printer manual or in Error messages on page C 1 The copier printer is not in Standby mode The copier printer s Automatic Power Off function...

Page 191: ...crooked or the data is corrupted Error 11 The color strips on the measurement page are inconsistent Error 12 The copier printer model being used is not supported Error 20 The measurement page cannot be scanned because the dots per inch dpi are incorrect Error 102 The grayscale strip is crooked or is positioned incorrectly Error 103 The grayscale strip is positioned too far to the left or to the ri...

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Page 193: ... 6 14 A 6 perfect 6 13 A 6 saddle stitch 6 13 A 6 bleeds A 5 bleeds setting 6 9 C Cancel Printing command from Command WorkStation 3 14 from Fiery WebSpooler 7 5 on FieryBar 8 3 Cancel Processing command 3 14 Cancel RIP command on FieryBar 8 3 Cancel RIPping command from Fiery WebSpooler 7 5 Clear command archived jobs C 9 Clear Server command on FieryBar 8 3 clipping icon 6 6 6 11 clipping indica...

Page 194: ...ndo command 4 5 DocBuilder Pro 3 23 duplex printing copiers printers A 3 defined A 3 enabling 6 5 print options A 3 duplexing 6 5 Duplicate page command 4 5 7 16 Duplicate Job command Fiery WebSpooler 7 5 E editing page content 6 20 Efinl ini file C 7 Enable Animation preference 2 22 error messages AutoCal C 11 during Setup C 11 general C 1 to C 5 F Fiery Spooler overview 1 9 Fiery Spooler for Mac...

Page 195: ...8 printing variable data documents 3 15 Use Master option 3 15 FreeForm panel 2 5 3 16 G gang printing enabling 6 14 Repeat option 6 14 suggested uses 6 14 Unique option 6 15 Unique Collate Cut option 6 16 Gang Up Repeat A 8 Gang Up Unique A 9 General Setup option 8 4 Go To Sheet dialog box 5 9 group binder s creep 6 14 defined A 6 Guest access 3 3 gutters defined A 5 defining size 6 22 location o...

Page 196: ...verrides 3 10 7 7 previewing 4 5 7 16 saving imposed 5 10 searching for 3 24 selecting 3 5 sorting 3 5 temporary files 2 23 6 26 transferring to another server 3 13 job environment defined 1 1 operator controlled 1 2 job flow communicating print requirements 1 5 diagram 1 4 overview 1 2 status flags 2 9 job icons Fiery WebSpooler 7 3 Print area 7 11 RIP area 7 10 Spool area 7 9 Job label date 6 7 ...

Page 197: ...5 Rows 6 6 Size 6 4 Template 5 9 View 5 5 5 7 millimeters 6 3 Mixed Page mode 5 5 6 1 6 7 6 9 6 10 6 11 monitoring jobs 3 4 monitoring servers 2 10 multiple servers balancing load between 3 13 monitoring 2 10 working with 3 13 My Server List 2 19 logging in 3 1 logging out 3 4 removing servers 3 4 N nested saddle 6 14 A 6 Network Setup option 8 4 Notes fields 1 6 1 7 3 10 3 11 O offsetting pages 6...

Page 198: ...2 3 7 print requirements communicating 1 5 print settings Create Master option 3 15 to 3 16 overriding 3 10 Use Master option 3 15 3 18 Printed Jobs panel 2 4 3 4 Printed queue 7 4 7 11 printer job icon 7 8 printer fonts see fonts Printer Setup option 8 4 printer s marks bleeds A 5 customizing 6 8 date 6 7 defining 6 7 disabling 6 7 6 8 enabling 6 6 Fold Marks 6 7 A 5 gutters A 5 job label 6 7 A 4...

Page 199: ...10 selecting number in layout 6 6 Rows menu 6 6 Run Diagnostics command on FieryBar 8 3 S saddle defined 6 13 A 6 saddle stitch binding characteristics of 6 13 creep 6 4 defined A 6 groups A 6 gutters 6 22 Save As dialog box 5 10 Save Template icon 6 24 Scale settings 6 9 Alignment and Offsets 6 11 Apply To 6 10 Scale Mode 6 10 scaling selected pages 6 10 Search Template Path preference 2 23 searc...

Page 200: ...status flags defined 2 9 status FieryBar 8 1 step and repeat printing 6 14 surface defined 5 4 navigating to selected 5 5 slot 6 10 Surface menu 5 5 Suspend Print command on FieryBar 8 3 system performance C 5 T target file 7 16 template applying 5 9 6 24 defined 5 9 deleting 6 25 limitations 6 23 saving 6 24 saving imposition settings 6 24 selecting 5 9 Template menu 5 9 temporary files 6 26 temp...

Page 201: ...printer C 9 U Undo command 4 5 7 16 undo in editing thumbnail views 4 8 7 18 Units preference 2 23 units setting 2 23 Use Master option 3 15 3 18 V variable data printing 3 15 View menu 5 5 5 7 view modes compared 5 6 layout 5 6 preview 5 6 view only Guest access 3 3 W warning Disk full C 5 WebSpooler WebTool see Fiery WebSpooler Z Zoom tool 5 7 ...

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