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About the Documentation

Introduction

About this manual

Terminology 14

Chapter 1: About Job Management

Job environments

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Levels of job control

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Setting up an operator-controlled environment

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Understanding job flow

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Spooling, processing, and printing

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Visualizing job flow

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Communicating with users

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What the operator should check

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Overview of the job management utilities

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Command WorkStation

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Command WorkStation LE

1-23

Fiery Spooler

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Chapter 2: Introduction to Command WorkStation and

Command WorkStation LE

The graphical interface

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2-32

Job status indicators

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Action buttons

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Preview windows

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Monitoring single or multiple Fiery servers*

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Contents

Summary of Contents for AR-C360P

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Page 7: ...ting 1 18 Visualizing job flow 1 19 Communicating with users 1 20 What the operator should check 1 21 Overview of the job management utilities 1 23 Command WorkStation 1 23 Command WorkStation LE 1 23 Fiery Spooler 1 24 Chapter 2 Introduction to Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE The graphical interface 2 25 Active Jobs window 2 28 Jobs window 2 30 Activity Monitor 2 32 Job status indi...

Page 8: ...aging Fiery fonts 2 61 Chapter 3 Using Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE Starting up and logging in 3 65 Logging in to the Fiery 3 66 Access levels 3 68 Logging out 3 70 Removing the Fiery from the server list 3 70 Monitoring jobs 3 71 Selecting jobs 3 71 Sorting job displays 3 72 Customizing job ticket information 3 72 Managing job flow 3 75 Importing jobs 3 75 Using job management co...

Page 9: ... 104 Displaying full screen previews 4 105 Editing and merging jobs 4 107 Editing jobs 4 107 Merging jobs 4 109 Chapter 5 Using DocBuilder Pro Previewing editing and merging jobs 5 114 Imposition window 5 117 Job previews 5 118 Navigating in the Imposition window 5 120 Switching between page view and layout view 5 122 Setting magnification levels 5 123 Viewing the sheets 5 125 Using templates 5 12...

Page 10: ... Saving imposed jobs 6 154 Chapter 7 Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler Tracking and managing jobs with Fiery WebSpooler 7 156 About the Fiery WebSpooler window 7 159 Manipulating job options and job flow 7 161 Overriding job option settings 7 163 Job icons 7 164 Spool area 7 165 RIP area 7 166 Print area 7 167 Previewing editing and merging jobs 7 167 Previewing raster jobs 7 168 Displaying full ...

Page 11: ...inting A 191 Appendix B TTemplates 1 Up Full Bleed B 194 2 Up Perfect B 195 2 Up Saddle B 197 3 Up Trifold Brochure B 199 4 Up Gate Fold B 201 4 Up Head to Head B 203 4 Up Z Fold B 205 Appendix C Troubleshooting Error messages C 207 Troubleshooting C 208 Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE does not respond C 208 Unexpected printing results C 209 Clearing the server C 210 Users are unable...

Page 12: ...om their computers The EFI Color 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 EFI Color Reference addresses concepts and issues associated with managing color output of the Fiery and outlines key workflow scenarios In addition it...

Page 13: ... 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 wherever appropriate Illustrations of Windows software may not necessarily reflect the version of Windows that you use About this manual This manual is organized as follows Chapter 1 provides preliminary background information about job management and introduces the Fiery job management utilities It explains how to set up an operator controlled print enviro...

Page 14: ...oler which you can use to view and manage Fiery job activity Appendix A provides an overview of the terms and concepts of imposition including various folding binding and cutting methods Appendix B describes the built in templates available from the Imposition feature of DocBuilder Pro Appendix C provides basic troubleshooting information Terminology Specific terms are explained as they are introd...

Page 15: ...a PostScript or PCL print job saved to the Fiery hard disk drive in preparation for processing and printing RIP Acronym for raster image processing which changes PostScript or PCL commands into descriptions of each mark on a page In common use as a noun a raster image processor RIP is the computer processor that performs this function The Fiery RIP changes text and graphics commands in PostScript ...

Page 16: ...high volume printing environment controls the entire job flow and all printing Print jobs arriving from remote users are spooled to the Fiery hard disk drive and stored until the operator decides it is time to print them Additional functions job overrides prioritizing and font management are reserved for the operator At the other extreme anyone on the local network can control all printing and Fie...

Page 17: ...s sent by remote users are spooled and held on the Fiery in preparation for job management by the operator Establish communication between users and the operator The operator and remote users must agree on a method for communicating print needs such as Fiery FreeForm masters Users can attach instructions to jobs using print option and notes fields see page 1 5 Understanding job flow In an operator...

Page 18: ...int the job the way its originator intended In the raster image 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 rendered onto paper and the job is printed While ...

Page 19: ... WorkStation LE Active Jobs window Boldface items represent commands you can issue from a job management utility to release held jobs Each command initiates a job workflow Print When you issue the Print command for a held job the job is released for immediate processing and printing on the printer Printed Spooling Processing RIPping PostScript and PCL data Process RIP and Hold Print and Hold Print...

Page 20: ...emains in processed held status even after the original job has finished printing Communicating with users As the operator you can use the job management tools to communicate with users who originate print jobs You can help users become better informed about the Fiery so that they can choose the appropriate options for their jobs by supplying the following information Fiery device information The ...

Page 21: ...ion 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 Characteristics of commonly used output color profiles Requirements for Notes fields information that appears in the Job Log For example department name account code phone number or extension ...

Page 22: ...LE see 3 80 or Override Print Settings in Fiery Spooler see 7 163 Notes fields Users can enter accounting information in the Notes fields such as User name and phone number Billing information Job cost information Instructions field Users can also enter information in the Instructions field to communicate special print requirements such as Priority due date and request for notification Number of c...

Page 23: ...Editing and merging job files Tracking job activity through the Job Log Command WorkStation The most powerful of the job management utilities Command WorkStation can be installed on a Microsoft Windows computer that has a network connection to the Fiery In addition to the job management functions previously outlined Command WorkStation offers a customizable user interface for monitoring and managi...

Page 24: ...ery Spooler must be installed on a networked Mac OS 9 x computer and can only be used on that computer Fiery Spooler offers job management functions similar to those of Command WorkStation The default Fiery Spooler user interface is shown in the following illustration For more information about using Fiery Spooler see Chapter 7 Spool area RIP area Print area Thumbnail B Thumbnail A Spool status ba...

Page 25: ... and managing Fiery fonts Note Unless otherwise specified information in this chapter applies to both Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE Sections that apply exclusively to Command WorkStation are denoted by an asterisk Sections that apply exclusively to Command WorkStation LE are denoted by a dagger In cases where the two applications are nearly identical only Command WorkStation illus...

Page 26: ...a tion LE Sharp AR C360P EFI Job Management Guide 26 1 Menu bar see page 2 42 2 Job status indicators see page 2 36 3 Action buttons see page 2 38 4 Active Jobs window see page 2 28 5 Jobs window see page 2 30 6 Activity Monitor see page 2 32 1 2 3 4 6 5 Command ...

Page 27: ...nagement Guide 27 The following sections describe each component in Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE 1 Action buttons see page 2 38 2 Active Jobs window see page 2 28 3 Jobs window see page 2 30 4 Activity Monitor see page 2 32 1 2 3 4 Command ...

Page 28: ...bs and the total number of held jobs currently being monitored The Active Jobs window is always displayed You cannot hide or drag it to a different location By issuing job management commands you 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 displa...

Page 29: ...b Management Guide 29 In the Active Jobs window you can Monitor and manage jobs on the Fiery see page 3 71 Customize job ticket information see page 3 72 Monitor jobs on multiple Fiery servers see page 2 38 Job ticket information Command WorkStation LE ...

Page 30: ...early identical to the Jobs window for Command WorkStation LE In each panel the title bar displays the name of the panel and the total number of jobs displayed All panels of the Jobs window allow you to customize the job ticket information see page 3 72 Printed Jobs panel The Printed Jobs panel lists all jobs that have been printed from the Sharp AR C360P Newly printed jobs are added to the top of...

Page 31: ...rint Pages command Archive panel The Archive panel lists all files and jobs stored in the job archive For information about using the Archive panel see Archiving jobs on page 3 94 FreeForm panel The FreeForm panel lists the names of all master files used for Fiery FreeForm variable data printing Jobs listed in the FreeForm panel represent master files that have already been RIPped and stored on th...

Page 32: ...nd the FreeForm panel see page 3 89 Job Log panel The Job Log panel lists all processed and printed jobs and includes the date and time the jobs were printed The Job Log panel is not available if you logged in as Guest For information on using the Job Log panel see page 3 96 Activity Monitor The Activity Monitor displays a summary of the job activity on all Fiery servers or a selected Fiery The ac...

Page 33: ...IPping or printing Held jobs do not appear in the Activity Monitor Display the Activity Monitor by choosing Activity Monitor from the Windows menu In Command WorkStation you can use the server selection menu in the Active Jobs window to display job activity for an individual Fiery or for all servers see page 2 38 ...

Page 34: ...appears next to a corresponding status box spooling processing or printing When no activity occurs on the Fiery the status boxes read Idle Error conditions When an error occurs the Server Name bar for the affected Fiery appears highlighted in red Details of the error appear under the expanded bar Selected Server view When you select an individual Fiery in Command WorkStation the Activity Monitor p...

Page 35: ...isplays the file name of the job spooling to the Fiery hard disk Processing 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 With multiple copies the copy number is also displayed Command WorkStation LE Comm...

Page 36: ... job flow on the Fiery see Understanding job flow on page 1 17 In Command WorkStation a key for the job status indicators is displayed below the menu bar The color coded job status indicators identify spooling white The job file is being copied to the Fiery hard disk drive spooled held light yellow The job has been downloaded to the Fiery hard disk drive and requires job management instructions fr...

Page 37: ...22 37 The graphical interface Sharp AR C360P EFI Job Management Guide 37 printing bright green The job has been received by the Fiery ...

Page 38: ... in the Active Jobs window or the Jobs window 2 Click the desired Action button When a command is unavailable in the current context its Action button appears dimmed Preview windows The Preview windows allow you to 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 Monitori...

Page 39: ...u the flexibility of showing hiding rearranging and docking user interface components to fit your workflow needs For example you may only need a few components or you may prefer to arrange components side by side for ease of use In Command WorkStation you can also choose one of three preset layouts You can also customize the appearance of job ticket information in the Active Jobs and Jobs windows ...

Page 40: ...locations These components always appear in the Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE window To show or hide a component Choose the command associated with the component from the Window menu When a component is displayed a check mark appears next to it in the Window menu To move a component to another location Click the window grip three vertical lines on the left side of the component s t...

Page 41: ...ble click the window grip in the component s title bar To save the current display configuration as a layout style in Command WorkStation 1 Choose Save Layout from the Window menu 2 In the dialog box that appears choose the style you want to update and if desired rename the style 3 Click OK to save the new layout style ...

Page 42: ...u can issue some job management commands by clicking their Action buttons see page 2 38 Menu bar The menu bar contains commands for Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE When a command is unavailable in the current context it appears dimmed in the menu When a command appears with a check mark choosing it again toggles the command turning it off The menu bar always appears in the Command Wo...

Page 43: ...his submenu are disabled for Command WorkStation LE Hide CWS LE Minimizes and hides the Command WorkStation LE application window The application continues to run in the background Hide Others Minimizes and hides all currently running applications other than Command WorkStation LE The hidden applications continue to run in the background Show All Maximizes and brings to the foreground all applicat...

Page 44: ...contents of the Active Jobs window to a tab delimited text file Job Log Exports the contents of the Job Log panel to a tab delimited text file Print Job Log Prints the current Job Log on a local printer Active Window Prints the contents of the current window on a local printer Exit Closes the Command WorkStation application window Close Closes the Command WorkStation LE application window Edit Fin...

Page 45: ...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 window Printed Jobs panel or Archive panel and holds a copy of the job The copied job is marked with the processed held flag Remove Raster Data Removes the raster data associated with the selected processed held job in the Active Jobs wi...

Page 46: ...he selected held job in the Active Jobs window to another Fiery Cancel Processing Cancels processing of the selected job in the Active Jobs window This command is available only for jobs displaying the processing status flag Cancel Printing Cancels printing of the selected job in the Active Jobs window This command is available only for jobs displaying the printing status flag Impose Allows you to...

Page 47: ...Fiery Administrator to set up printing groups and passwords For more information about Printing Groups and Secured Print Member Printing see the Configuration Guide Chapter 5 Reorder Jobs Allows you to reorder the priority of jobs that are waiting to process or print Server cont Restart Server Allows you to restart the Fiery without shutting down the Fiery hard disk drive This command is available...

Page 48: ... clear or delete the following file types from the currently selected server Held Jobs Active Jobs Printed Jobs Archived Jobs Server Internal Archived Jobs Network Links FreeForm Masters Job Log and Scan Jobs Print Pages Allows you to print the following information pages PS Test Page PCL Test Page Configuration page Job Log Color Charts PS Font List PCL Font List Command WorkStation also allows y...

Page 49: ...tom 2 or Custom 3 Sets the Command WorkStation window to a custom layout previously defined and named using the Save Layout command Save Layout Allows 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 Switches the Jobs window on or off A check mark next t...

Page 50: ...rol click any of the selected jobs Window cont Job Status Helper Switches the Job Status Helper on or off A check mark next to the command indicates the helper is displayed Tile Preview Windows Displays active Preview windows in tiled formation so that the windows are simultaneously visible Cascade Preview Windows Displays active Preview windows in cascading formation so that the windows are stack...

Page 51: ...necting to the Fiery In Command WorkStation you can maintain connections to multiple Fiery servers simultaneously In Command WorkStation LE you can maintain a connection to one Fiery server at a time To connect to the Fiery 1 Choose Log in Log out from the Server menu The server list is displayed 2 Select the Fiery from the list of Fiery servers you have connected to before The server list display...

Page 52: ...he name of a Fiery the name of the printer associated with that Fiery and a Login button 3 Click the Login button next to the Fiery name to establish the connection 4 Select the Administrator Operator or Guest option enter your password and then click Log In Command WorkStation or Login Command WorkStation LE Login button Command Command Login button ...

Page 53: ...or setting up or troubleshooting the Fiery To print Fiery information pages 1 In the Active Jobs window select the Fiery for which you want to print information pages Note To print information pages you must be logged in to the Fiery as Administrator 2 Choose Print Pages from the Server menu A dialog box containing the information page options appears Note Local Printer options are available in Co...

Page 54: ...nt the pages Server The pages you specify are printed to the Fiery Local Printer Allows you to print the Archive Log and Queues to any printer installed on your Windows computer 4 In the Select Pages area Command WorkStation or in the Print Pages dialog box Command WorkStation LE specify the pages you want to print Server options Local Printer options Command WorkStation Command WorkStation LE ...

Page 55: ... current calibration and the network addresses of the Fiery Job Log Lists a log of the last 55 jobs processed or printed For information on the fields in the Job Log and printing it in other forms see Using the Job Log on page 3 96 Color Charts Provides samples of the RGB CMY and PANTONE colors available from the Fiery PS Font List Lists all PostScript fonts currently resident on the Fiery hard di...

Page 56: ...x appears 2 Specify the desired preference settings and click OK to save your settings The following preferences can be specified Enable Animation Enables the display of animated graphics in the Selected Server view of the Activity Monitor see page 2 34 Autologin Instructs Command WorkStation to remember the last access level and password used to log in to each Fiery When you log in to the Fiery a...

Page 57: ...ition Units Specifies the units of measurement used to display attributes such as page sizes and custom sizes in the Job Properties dialog box and Imposition window Imposition Template Path Specifies the folder where template files for imposition are stored for later use To change the template path click Browse and specify a folder Search Template Paths Specifies the folder where Find Search templ...

Page 58: ...graphics in the Activity Monitor see page 2 32 Correcting tray alignment The Tray Alignment feature in Command WorkStation allows you to adjust the placement of text and images on the page so they are correctly aligned on the sheet of paper or both sides of a duplex sheet have exactly the same alignment Note To perform tray alignment you must be logged in to the Fiery with Administrator privileges...

Page 59: ...nation of tray and paper size specified If you align a given tray with Letter paper and load Legal paper in that tray the alignment will be invalid You must perform a new Paper Tray Alignment for each combination of tray and paper size 5 In the Print Alignment Page section select the Print Duplex option to print a duplex page or clear the option to print a simplex page 6 Click Print to print the a...

Page 60: ...ection enter the value where the fold crosses each of the three scales marked A B and C for Side 1 If you choose to align for duplex printing enter the values for the three scales on Side 2 of the page as well Note If you enter different values 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 9 When you have entered all of th...

Page 61: ...h Fiery Downloader requires that the Direct connection be published in Setup see the Configuration Guide Note You cannot download TrueType fonts If you use TrueType fonts in Windows you can print them by converting them to Adobe Type 1 fonts To convert TrueType fonts with the Adobe PS printer driver click the Fonts tab and set up the Font Substitution Table as necessary To print a list of fonts cu...

Page 62: ... specify the type of fonts displayed 4 In Command WorkStation click Add to download additional fonts to the Fiery For additional steps refer to the procedure on page 2 63 Click to update the Font List display Click to delete font s Locked fonts Click to download additional fonts Downloaded fonts Click to print the Font List Command WorkStation Click to print the Font List Command WorkStation LE ...

Page 63: ... The printer fonts included with the Fiery built in fonts are locked These fonts appear with a lock icon next to the name Command WorkStation or with Yes in the Locked column Command WorkStation LE and cannot be deleted 6 To refresh the Font List in Command WorkStation click Update 7 To print the Font List click Print Command WorkStation or Print List Command WorkStation LE To add fonts in Command...

Page 64: ...he selected file 3 Select the font name and 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 To remove a font from the Files to be imported list select the font name and click Remove 4 When all the desired fonts appear in t...

Page 65: ...ent see Chapter 1 For an introduction to the Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE user interfaces see Chapter 2 Note Unless otherwise specified information in this chapter applies to both Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE Sections that apply exclusively to Command WorkStation are denoted by an asterisk Sections that apply exclusively to Command WorkStation LE are denoted by ...

Page 66: ...he first time the server list does not display any Fiery servers For instructions on configuring and adding Fiery servers to the server list see the User Software Installation Guide Chapter 2 Logging in to the Fiery To establish a connection to the Fiery listed in the server list log in to the Fiery In Command WorkStation you can maintain connections to more than one Fiery at a time Each Fiery con...

Page 67: ...list before you can log in to it 2 Click the Login button for the desired Fiery The Login dialog box appears A white key icon indicates the Fiery has never been connected to Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE Login button Command WorkStation Command WorkStation LE Login button Command WorkStation Command WorkStation LE ...

Page 68: ...ess to Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE are Administrator Operator and Guest To enable maximum password protection Administrator and Operator passwords must be specified in Setup see the Configuration Guide Chapter 7 When both Administrator and Operator passwords have been specified the access levels are as follows Access level Privileges and password requirements Administrator Has fu...

Page 69: ...state anyone can perform Setup and use all Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE functions Until an Administrator password is defined in Fiery Setup you can log in to the Fiery as an Administrator without entering a password and are given full privileges After the administrator has performed Setup and specified passwords Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE user options depend o...

Page 70: ...isconnect the Fiery To log out from a connected Fiery in Command WorkStation LE 1 From the Server menu choose Login Logout 2 Click the Logout button or key icon for the connected Fiery in the server list Command WorkStation LE disconnects from the Fiery 3 Click Close to close the server list Removing the Fiery from the server list You can clear unused Fiery servers from the server list To remove t...

Page 71: ...bs that contain raster data as a result of processing are marked with a halo around their file icons Note When you pause a job during printing by issuing the Suspend Printing command the job continues to be marked with a dark green status flag in the Active Jobs window However the job is displayed as Paused When a job has completed printing or has failed to print it drops from the Active Jobs wind...

Page 72: ...the Active Jobs or Jobs windows click the heading for the job ticket column that you want to use to sort jobs For example to sort jobs by status click the Job Status column heading The window sorts jobs according to their status To reverse the sorting order click the column heading again Customizing job ticket information You can customize the display of job ticket information in the Active Jobs w...

Page 73: ...u want to view them Add Adds one of the listed columns to the display at your mouse position The submenu lists the headings that are not displayed Move Left Move Right Moves the selected column left or right Delete Removes the selected column The Job Status Active Jobs window only Job Title and User columns are required all others are optional 3 Adjust the column widths Adjust the width of a colum...

Page 74: ...ve a column select the column name in the list on the left and click Remove 4 Click OK to apply your changes 5 Adjust the placement of columns Rearrange the placement of a column by dragging the column left or right 6 Adjust the column widths Adjust the width of a column by clicking the column border in the heading and dragging left or right You can change the column widths at any time ...

Page 75: ...on 1 Choose Import from the File menu and then 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...

Page 76: ...on or Command WorkStation LE Sharp AR C360P EFI Job Management Guide 76 If you choose Direct the job is sent directly to the Fiery for printing The job does not appear in the Active Jobs window or Printed Jobs panel 4 Click Import ...

Page 77: ...oose Job or Archived Job 2 Locate and select the job file to import and click Open 3 If the Import Options dialog box appears specify the desired destination queue and then click OK You can control the display of the Import Options dialog box by specifying the Always show this dialog option or setting the Show Import Options Dialog preference see page 2 57 ...

Page 78: ... sent directly to the Fiery for printing The job does not appear in the Active Jobs window or Printed Jobs panel 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 The availability of eac...

Page 79: ...the processed held flag Held on the Fiery hard disk drive 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 processed held flag Held on the Fiery hard disk drive indefinitely Print and Hold Prints the selected job in the Active Jobs ...

Page 80: ...tings Note In Command WorkStation you can override print settings for multiple jobs at once To select multiple jobs Ctrl click the jobs in the Active Jobs window or Printed Jobs panel 2 Choose Properties from the Actions menu The Job Properties dialog box appears This dialog box displays all the job settings encoded by the PostScript printer driver that can be decoded by the Fiery If you as the op...

Page 81: ...Instructions fields are intended to 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 changed by the operator their contents are transcribed to the Job Log just as the user sent them Command WorkStation Command WorkStation LE ...

Page 82: ...kStation LE click the current setting in the right column to display a menu of available settings and choose the desired setting In Command WorkStation to override a setting for multiple jobs at once Ctrl click the setting name and choose the desired setting Note To retain a copy of the job with its original settings duplicate the job and rename the duplicate before you change any settings Note If...

Page 83: ... settings on a local printer click Print Properties 5 To apply the print setting overrides to the selected job click OK Reordering jobs If you are logged in to Command WorkStation as an Administrator you can reorder the priority of jobs that are waiting to process or print Command WorkStation LE Indicates reRIPping is required ...

Page 84: ...ponds to the jobs that you want to reorder You can only reorder jobs that are waiting to process 3 Select the desired job in the list and use the buttons on the right of the dialog box to reorder the job s priority 4 Click Done when you are finished reordering the job priority Click to move job to highest priority Click to move job up in priority Click to move job down in priority Click to move jo...

Page 85: ...obs window and Activity Monitor For more information see Monitoring single or multiple Fiery servers on page 2 38 With servers that support the feature use the Send to 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 Fiery in your printing environment If one Fiery has received a disp...

Page 86: ...g in the Active Jobs window select the job and choose Cancel Printing from the Actions menu The name of the cancelled job is displayed in the Job Log Note Cancelled jobs may be partially printed and may include pages with one or more missing color plates or pages that are completely blank Pausing all jobs on the Fiery Choose Suspend Printing from the Server menu to suspend the printing of all jobs...

Page 87: ...adding modifying and deleting settings 2 In the Page Range field enter page numbers or page ranges that should be printed on a distinct type of media Pages and page ranges may be entered as comma separated values for example 3 9 14 18 You can insert a blank page by placing a caret symbol before a page value for example 2 7 9 16 For a duplex job two pages are inserted when you place a single caret ...

Page 88: ...ed as mixed media will print on the media defined by the Paper Source settings 7 In the Chapter Start field enter page numbers on which to start new chapter sections Enter page numbers as comma separated values for example 4 9 17 to designate the start of each new chapter This feature forces each starting page to use a right side page adding a preceding left sided blank if necessary Note It is not...

Page 89: ...on the Fiery as FreeForm masters and appear in the FreeForm panel of the Jobs window The ability to override job settings is especially important for variable data printing with Fiery FreeForm Although the Fiery can store up to 100 FreeForm masters users are limited to a range of 1 to 15 values that they can specify for the Create Master and Use Master print settings from the printer driver To mak...

Page 90: ... is overwritten the user receives a warning message that they are about to replace an existing job For this reason the Operator should delete existing master jobs or reassign master numbers 1 through 15 to avoid any overwriting problems Only the Operator can assign numbers from 16 to 100 enabling a high level of control over the FreeForm master numbers in use To create a FreeForm master 1 In the A...

Page 91: ...ents Sharp AR C360P EFI Job Management Guide 91 After processing the master job appears in the FreeForm panel of the Jobs window To delete a FreeForm master 1 In the FreeForm panel select the master job to delete 2 Choose Delete from the Actions menu ...

Page 92: ...nt 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 3 For the Use Master print setting specify the FreeForm master job to use as the master document 4 Click Update Command WorkStation or OK Command WorkStation LE 5 In Command WorkStation to displ...

Page 93: ...ers print FreeForm jobs the Operator may want to instruct users not to use the Create Master print option at all but rather to 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 Fiery users should specify information such as the desired FreeForm master number to the operator using the Notes and...

Page 94: ... raster data job is archived it appears in the Archive panel of the Jobs window You can issue the following Actions menu commands described on page 2 42 for jobs in the Archive panel Print Delete Rename Hold Process and Hold Print and Hold Remove Raster Data 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 inter...

Page 95: ...or Choose Command Workstation LE The Archive Options dialog box displays external devices as available archive volumes 6 In Command WorkStation if applicable select Archive rasters in the Archive Options dialog box The Archive rasters option is not available for PostScript data jobs and jobs archived to Server Internal Note Large raster data files may take considerable time to archive 7 Select an ...

Page 96: ... file or clear it manually Using the Job Log Setup the administrator can specify preferences to print the Job Log automatically every 55 jobs or print and clear the Job Log automatically every 55 jobs Periodically clearing the Job Log helps improve performance The administrator can also choose the Job Log page size For more information see the Configuration Guide Note If a job was saved from the I...

Page 97: ...the file if desired the default name is job log specify a destination and then click Save The Job Log is exported to a tab delimited text file You can open the exported file using a spreadsheet database or word processing application To clear the Job Log In Command WorkStation choose Job Log from the Server menu and then choose Export and Clear In Command WorkStation LE choose Clear Job Log from t...

Page 98: ...ed 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 In Command WorkStation choose a specific Fiery or all Fiery servers from the Search Server list 3 Select one or more areas where you want to search for jobs Command WorkStation...

Page 99: ...appears in the Instructions field of the job Volume Specify the archive drive volume you want to search This option is available only when you are searching for archived jobs Date created To search through all jobs regardless of their creation date select All To restrict your search to jobs created on a certain date or range of dates select Range Use the From and To menus to specify start and end ...

Page 100: ... The Find dialog box appears 2 Choose an option from the Search Server menu to search for jobs on a specific Fiery or all connected Fiery servers 3 Select one or more areas to search for jobs Search for jobs in the Active Jobs window and in the Printed Jobs Archive FreeForm and Job Log panels of the Jobs window 4 Click the Advanced tab The Advanced tab of the Find dialog box includes an area for s...

Page 101: ...al search values for a selected option right click the field next to the option name and enter the desired values If you select multiple print options Command WorkStation searches for jobs that include all the selected options For example if you specify a stapling and a punching option for your search Command WorkStation only finds jobs that have both stapling and punching specified Note To clear ...

Page 102: ...nd template and click OK Saved templates appear in the Queries menu To remove a template from the menu select the template and click Delete In Command WorkStation saved templates are stored in the folder location you specified in the Preferences dialog box see page 2 56 To reuse a Find template 1 In the Find dialog box choose the desired template from the Queries menu The dialog box is automatical...

Page 103: ...ocBuilder Pro allows you to use additional preview and edit features For more information see page 5 114 Note Unless otherwise specified information in this chapter applies to both Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE In cases where the two applications are nearly identical only Command WorkStation illustrations are shown Previewing jobs Use the Preview windows to preview pages of select...

Page 104: ...ion LE select a processed held job in the Active Jobs window 2 Choose Preview from the Actions menu Page thumbnails appear in the Preview window Preview window controls The following illustrations show the various controls represented by icons that are available in the Preview window Each control is described in more detail elsewhere in this chapter Full screen Preview Duplicate Delete Undo Save C...

Page 105: ...open a selected page in the Preview window as a full screen image for a more detailed inspection Note Full screen previews are not supported for FreeForm jobs To view a full screen preview of a job Select a page in the Preview window and click the Full Screen Preview control see page 4 104 Note The full screen preview may take a few moments to open The full screen preview window is independent of ...

Page 106: ...k to close full screen preview Edit document Zoom in or out View previous and next pages Rotate page 90 180 or 270 degrees Click to use the panning tool Return to small preview Scroll bar to view other pages Rotate 90 180 or 270 degrees Next Page Thumbnail Command WorkStation LE Zoom In Zoom Out Previous Page ...

Page 107: ...eForm master job in the FreeForm panel In Command WorkStation LE select a processed held job in the Active Jobs window 2 Choose Preview from the Actions menu The Preview window opens displaying thumbnails of the pages in the job 3 Select the pages you want to edit Shift click to select multiple sequential pages Ctrl click Command WorkStation or Command click Command WorkStation LE to select multip...

Page 108: ...click to select the pages and hold down the mouse button as you drag the selected pages to the new location Shift click to select multiple sequential pages Ctrl click Command WorkStation or Command click Command WorkStation LE to select multiple non sequential pages Release the Shift Command or Ctrl key before moving the pages If you move the pages on top of existing pages the pages are overwritte...

Page 109: ...Command WorkStation or Save Command WorkStation LE Merging jobs Merging allows you 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 word processing application Or you can customize a slide presentation by inserting slides from a different presentation Replace si...

Page 110: ...ting enabled Overriding the print settings of a merged job can produce unexpected results and is not recommended To merge pages from two different jobs 1 Select a job 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 To merge pages both jobs must reside on the same Fiery Note In Command WorkSta...

Page 111: ...ng the pages To add pages drag the pages to a new position between pages before the first page or after the last page in the first Preview window Moving the selection to the left or right of a page places the selection in that location and renumbers the pages To replace pages in Command WorkStation drag the second preview pages on top of pages in the first Preview window Moving the selection over ...

Page 112: ...window the destination During a merging session you can drag pages only from the source window to the destination window not vice versa To merge pages in the opposite direction you must save your current changes to the destination window and begin a new merging session 4 To merge additional pages from another source job open a new job resident on the same Fiery in a Preview window Repeat step 3 to...

Page 113: ...0P EFI Job Management Guide 113 Note When multiple users are connected to the Fiery via a job management utility only one user should make changes at a time If multiple users make changes in the same job simultaneously unexpected results may occur ...

Page 114: ...r authorized service support technician Note DocBuilder Pro is not supported for Command WorkStation LE Previewing editing and merging jobs With the DocBuilder Pro option you can use the 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 ...

Page 115: ...ript or PDF job you have access to three additional preview controls as shown in the following illustration Editing page content Edit the contents of a spooled held page by opening its full screen preview see page 4 105 and using the Adobe Acrobat and Enfocus PitStop editing tools see page 6 148 Merging jobs You can merge pages from several spooled held jobs together in a new file see page 4 109 T...

Page 116: ... Guide 116 Inserting blank pages You can insert blank pages into a spooled held PostScript or PDF job First open the job in a Preview window Right click a page thumbnail and choose Blank Page from the menu A blank page is inserted after the currently selected page ...

Page 117: ...ive Jobs window and choose Impose from the Actions menu You can also right click the job and choose Impose from the menu that appears You can open a PostScript or PDF Portable Document Format file but it must show a spooled held job status Note If you have installed the DocBuilder Pro option you must install a dongle on your workstation If the dongle is not attached an error message appears For mo...

Page 118: ...s the job has been previously imposed Templates for common layouts are provided and can be invoked from the Imposition window as described in Using templates on page 5 126 Job previews The Imposition window provides a preview of a job s pages allowing you to manipulate the source PDF Pages appear as a printer s spread that is they appear in the order in which they are printed as an imposed job In ...

Page 119: ... 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 spread Printer s spread Reader s spread ...

Page 120: ... from Preview mode thumbnails of actual content to Layout mode page numbers only Switch between Mixed Page mode document with varying page sizes and Fixed Page mode document with a single page size For more information on Mixed Page and Fixed Page modes see page 6 129 Zoom in and out Drag the job preview around to make a particular page or sheet surface visible Go directly to a particular page or ...

Page 121: ...sor to indicate you can use that tool to manipulate the preview When you choose Preview Layout Mixed Page or Fixed Page mode a blue border appears around the selected view and the appearance of the job in the Imposition window changes immediately Imposition settings appear grouped in the Sheet Layout Scale and Finishing panes at the left of the window To expand or collapse a pane of settings click...

Page 122: ...etermine the location of source document pages in the imposed job you can rotate individual pages in a layout view Different viewing modes may 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 To improve performance on slower systems perform most of your work in Layout mode switching...

Page 123: ...oose to make the current preview fit in the window In addition to preset zoom percents you can specify a custom zoom value To use the Zoom tool 1 Click the Zoom tool to select it The cursor changes to a magnifying glass in the preview area of the Imposition window 2 Position the magnifying glass cursor over a page and click to zoom in The magnifying glass cursor displays a plus sign to indicate in...

Page 124: ...ck to zoom out Each time you click the current magnification is reduced in half down to a minimum of 12 4 Right click the page in the Imposition window Select Zoom In or Zoom Out from the menu that appears Zoom In doubles the current magnification and Zoom Out reduces the current magnification by half ...

Page 125: ...e Zoom dialog box 2 Specify a new zoom value Enter a new zoom value or select a value from the menu 3 Click OK or press Enter to confirm the new value The window reflects the change immediately Viewing the sheets Use the Pan tool to drag the entire preview around in the window For example if you are working with many pages on a large sheet you can use this tool to drag a particular portion of the ...

Page 126: ...Surface field indicates the number of the sheet surface currently displayed 2 Enter the number of the sheet surface to display 3 Click OK or press Enter to go to the specified sheet surface Using templates A saved group of imposition settings is known as a template A template saves all current imposition settings except custom rotations of individual pages on a finished sheet and the page size set...

Page 127: ...reating your own templates see Managing templates on page 6 152 Both built in templates and your own custom templates appear in the Template menu You can apply a template by choosing its name from the Template menu in the upper left corner of the Imposition window The new settings take effect immediately Delete template Save template Name of current template ...

Page 128: ...he job and its settings 3 Click Yes In the Save As dialog box the name of the original spooled source file appears with a new extension dbp If you mistakenly close the Imposition 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 y...

Page 129: ...re all the same size Mixed 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 Pag...

Page 130: ... to imposition 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 ...

Page 131: ...ters 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 to be printed such as dimensions thickness orientation and whether it will be printed on one or both sides Because these settings affect virtually every other aspect of the imposition process you should specify sheet settings imm...

Page 132: ...maller than A4 8 5x11 To retain your original page sizes specify a sheet size large enough to accommodate the imposed pages without scaling Creep Adjustment Choose either Plain or Thick from the Creep Adjustment menu or enter a value between 0 and 2 inches or the equivalent in another measurement unit to specify the thickness of the sheet When saddle stitched binding is specified DocBuilder Pro us...

Page 133: ...pages duplex All combinations of rows and columns allow gang printing however only Gang Up layouts in the 5x5 matrix support imposition Note If the number of pages in your job does not divide evenly into the number of rows and columns in the layout you select you may see some sheets with blank spaces The layout you select should correspond to the number of pages in your job Rows Click the Rows up ...

Page 134: ...ttings When you choose a value that causes content to extend beyond the edge of the sheet DocBuilder Pro provides a visual warning See Clipping indicators on page 6 139 When you change the Columns value you are prompted with a message that all custom page edits Add Delete or Duplicate applied to the job are cancelled Printer s Marks Select Printer s Marks to add trim fold and job information to al...

Page 135: ...ob 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 1 0 to 1 0 inch or 25 4 to 25 4 mm in the Horizontal Offset and Vertical Offset fields to fine tune the placement of trim marks and fold marks In Mixed Page mode you can select Pull in to Page Edge to align trim marks and fold marks with page boundaries Offset T...

Page 136: ...ecify the 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 Bleeds The Bleeds option moves the trim marks into ...

Page 137: ...Note When you specify a bleed you move the trim marks into the page by the bleed value on both the top and the bottom of the page and on both sides of the page Therefore you reduce the size of your finished page by twice the bleed amount If you plan on using bleeds design your image to be slightly larger than the size of the final trimmed page and select a larger paper size to accommodate trimming...

Page 138: ... the sheet by the number of slots Current Slot Applies scaling to the currently selected page Row on All Surfaces Applies scaling to all pages on all sheets that are located in the same row as the currently selected page Columns on All Surfaces Applies scaling to all pages on all sheets that are located in the same column as the currently selected page All Slots on All Surfaces Applies scaling to ...

Page 139: ... to print past the edge of the sheet DocBuilder Pro provides a visual warning When the window is in Layout mode any clipped page edge is highlighted in yellow When the window is in Preview mode 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 a...

Page 140: ... page to the upper 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 Finishing settings In the Finishing pane you can specify binding an...

Page 141: ...h 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 following binding methods Saddle Specifies a grou...

Page 142: ...nable gang printing and disable binding settings select Gang 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 individua...

Page 143: ...at printing Step and repeat is most often used when printing multiple copies of a single document for example when printing business cards you 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 itself hand collating is necessary but optimizes the s...

Page 144: ...b Management Guide 144 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 145: ...t mode When you impose a job its pages are automatically arranged in a particular order according to the layout you select Each page number in Layout mode represents the page from the 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 locati...

Page 146: ...that does not already exist in your job For example if your job has 10 pages you cannot type 12 Adding duplicating and deleting sheets You can add duplicate or delete sheets by right clicking any sheet in either Preview or Layout mode To 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 add...

Page 147: ...menu that appears The Delete Sheet s dialog box appears 2 To delete a single sheet select Delete Sheet and specify the number of the sheet you want to delete To delete a range of sheets select Delete All Sheets After and specify the starting number of the sheet range to delete or select From and enter values for the start and end numbers of the sheets to delete A single sheet or range of sheets is...

Page 148: ...el operations such as adding duplicating or deleting sheets Editing page content causes the cancellation of all previous sheet level operations To use PitStop with DocBuilder Pro 1 Right click a sheet in Preview or Layout mode and choose Edit Page from the menu that appears 2 Or display the full screen preview for the spooled held PostScript or PDF job in Command WorkStation see page 4 105 and cli...

Page 149: ...ed editing click Close in the Acrobat window You are prompted to save the changes 5 Click Yes 6 Click the Command WorkStation window to bring it to the foreground The edited file appears in the full screen preview window Rotating pages To manually rotate individual pages or sets of pages in a job display the job in Layout mode and click the Rotate icon in the upper right corner of a page Rotation ...

Page 150: ...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 3 To rotate all pages in a certain location on the front side of each duplex sheet press the Shift key and click the Rotate icon on any page in that location on any sheet Rotate icon 16 1 2 5 Sheet 1 front side Sheet 1 back side 14 3 4 13 Sheet 2 front...

Page 151: ... on Page 1 then 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 the gutter size field and pressing Enter For ex...

Page 152: ... of Sheet Layout Scale and Finishing settings as a custom template Choose Preferences from the File menu to set the folder or directory in which Command WorkStation saves templates see Setting preferences on page 2 56 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 s...

Page 153: ...hoose a descriptive name such as 4 Up Nested Saddle If you plan to use the same template for a particular document name the template after the document type for example Status Report 3 Click OK or press Enter Apply the template in the same manner as built in templates by choosing the template from the Template menu To delete a saved template 1 Select the template you want to delete from the Templa...

Page 154: ...ngs to a file Although you can perform page edits such as adding deleting and duplicating pages within the main Imposition window these edits will be lost when you apply imposition settings that alter the page layout Saving imposed jobs When you save an imposed job DocBuilder Pro does the following If new data has been added to the temporary PDF file it is saved to the Fiery under the name you spe...

Page 155: ...y from the job s PDF data allows DocBuilder Pro to impose in RIP without modifying the PDF data and allows you to reuse PDF data that has been modified in the imposition process To save an imposed job 1 Click the Close Window icon in the upper right corner of the DocBuilder Pro window 2 Enter a name for the imposed job in the Save As dialog box 3 Click Yes ...

Page 156: ...Mac OS computers only To use Fiery Spooler users need only a network connection to the Fiery Note The interface of Fiery Spooler for Mac OS computers is virtually identical to that of Fiery WebSpooler Tracking and managing jobs with Fiery WebSpooler Use Fiery WebSpooler to perform the following functions from your workstation Override current job option settings Delete jobs and cancel processing D...

Page 157: ...or more information on specific commands see Chapters 2 and 3 To start Fiery Spooler on a Mac OS computer 1 Double click the Fiery Spooler icon 2 Select the Fiery in the Chooser window For information on setting up the connection to the server see the User Software Installation Guide Chapter 2 3 Click OK 4 Log in to the Fiery To log in as Administrator enter the Administrator password and click OK...

Page 158: ...Consult the operator or administrator for this information The Fiery WebTools home page appears 3 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 entering a password If the administrator has not set an Administrator or Operator password in Setup you are not prompted for a pas...

Page 159: ...l those functions The Fiery WebSpooler window is divided into three areas by Spool 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 d...

Page 160: ...eld held jobs are indicated by a yellow icon Printed jobs Jobs listed in the area below the Print status bar have already been printed Printed jobs can be stored on the Fiery hard disk drive The number of jobs you can store from 1 to 99 is defined in Setup If you are logged in as Administrator or Operator you can interact with a job wherever it appears in the window by selecting it and choosing a ...

Page 161: ... the destinations priorities and characteristics of jobs that appear in the Fiery WebSpooler window To understand the effect each of these commands has on a job you must understand the way the Fiery handles PostScript PCL and raster data and how jobs are activated or held in the various stages of processing For this background information see Chapter 1 before manipulating jobs with Fiery WebSpoole...

Page 162: ...if it does not have raster data Keep the printed job in the Print area until the job limit is reached Temporarily held on the server until the job has completed printing Print and Hold like the PPD option Save Fast Reprint Print the job in its turn RIP the job first if it does not have raster data After printing hold the PostScript or PCL data and the raster in the RIP area Held in the RIP area in...

Page 163: ...nd regenerated if the newly selected options require reRIPping or reprinted with the new settings if none require reRIPping Thumbnail A Open the selected held raster data job in the Thumbnail A window where you can view a full screen preview of the job edit the job or merge it with raster data from other jobs Changed if job is edited unaffected if job is only viewed Thumbnail B Open the selected r...

Page 164: ...es the job to be reRIPped When you override these types of options the job is automatically reRIPped for printing The options set here are the same ones you set from the Print dialog box when you print from an application For information about setting and overriding these print options see Appendix A of the Printing Guide Job icons Three types of icons are used for both active jobs and jobs on ...

Page 165: ...headed for printing top or after printing bottom PostScript or PCL data headed for Print and Hold or job on Hold after printing Hold Raster icon PostScript PCL and raster data after printing ready for PostScript or PCL data already rasterized and held Spool area icon What it indicates How long you see the job 1 PostScript or PCL data from a user on the network no destination is defined Until a des...

Page 166: ...inted without operator intervention Direct Connection Jobs printed to the Direct connection are not displayed in the job lists They are displayed briefly in the status bars where they cannot be selected and are included in the Job Log RIP area The job icons in the RIP area are as follows After a job is rasterized it goes into the RIP area The RIP area holds only jobs with raster data Jobs in the R...

Page 167: ... error occurred while printing the job To see the error double click anywhere in the row While it is printing a job consists of PostScript or PCL and raster data The raster data in RAM is not cleared until memory is needed to rasterize the next job As long as the raster data is intact the job can be reprinted from the Printed queue Printed jobs are represented by a white PostScript icon Icon 1 If ...

Page 168: ...ent types and 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 to preview any held raster data job in the RIP area The thumbnail windows also allow you to open a thumbnail view of an...

Page 169: ... 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 Click to close the thumbnail window ...

Page 170: ...re job to be displayed 3 When you have finished viewing click the Thumbnail A or Thumbnail B tab to close the thumbnail window Displaying full screen previews You can open a full screen preview of any page in the Thumbnail A window The full screen preview is a view only display and it takes time to retrieve the data To open a full screen preview 1 In Thumbnail A select a page and click the Full Pr...

Page 171: ...ve the edited file before you can view full screen previews of all its pages 2 To close the full screen preview click the X button above the preview Click to close the full screen preview If scroll bar appears click arrows or empty spaces or move bar to scroll up or down If scroll bar appears click arrows or empty spaces or move bar to scroll left or right ...

Page 172: ...aphics application You can display two raster files at once a source file and a target file The target file appears in Thumbnail A and the source file appears in Thumbnail B Note You cannot create a new PostScript file in this process you must print the merged file which has references to the original PostScript files Before editing or merging raster files with the thumbnail windows make sure the ...

Page 173: ...elected pages Duplicate Duplicates the currently selected pages Preview Opens a full screen preview of the currently selected page see Displaying full screen previews on page 7 170 Undo Reverses the action of recently performed page edits 3 To move pages within Thumbnail A click to select the pages and hold down the mouse button as you drag the selected pages to the new location Shift click to sel...

Page 174: ...rom the RIP area The Thumbnail B tab opens a second thumbnail view which cannot be edited but can be used as 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 the same Before editing or merging raster files with the thumbnail windows make sure the source files were RIPped using the print option sett...

Page 175: ... 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 the Thumbnail A or Thumbnail B tab...

Page 176: ...n a message indicating zero pages close and restart Command WorkStation Command WorkStation LE 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 see page 7 178 The Job Log is not...

Page 177: ...7 7 177 Previewing editing and merging jobs Sharp AR C360P EFI Job Management Guide 177 Update Print Delete Export Update Print Delete Export ...

Page 178: ...t Fiery When you print the Job Log totals are printed for all appropriate columns 6 If you logged in as Administrator you can choose Delete Job Log from the File menu or click the Delete button to clear the Job Log 7 To save the Job Log choose Export Job Log from the File menu or click the Export button 8 In the File name area enter a name for the Job Log 9 Browse to the location where you want to...

Page 179: ...edure to start Fiery Spooler To start Fiery Spooler on a Mac OS computer 1 Double click the Fiery Spooler icon 2 Select the Fiery in the Chooser window For information on setting up the connection to the server see the User Software Installation Guide Chapter 2 3 Click OK 4 Log in to the Fiery To log in as Administrator enter the Administrator password and click OK To log in as Operator enter the ...

Page 180: ...status bar indicates the amount of memory in use The Drive status bar indicates the amount of hard disk space in use Connecting to a different Fiery from Fiery Spooler Although the Fiery Spooler for Mac OS and Fiery WebSpooler interfaces are nearly identical the method for establishing and changing a connection to the Fiery differs between the two With Fiery Spooler you can connect to a different ...

Page 181: ... Sharp AR C360P EFI Job Management Guide 181 2 Select the Fiery in the Chooser window For information on setting up the connection to the server see the User Software Installation Guide Chapter 2 3 Click OK The Fiery Spooler main window appears ...

Page 182: ...ough the image quality and output efficiency of such devices is adequate for correspondence and office memos they cannot image jobs with complex document layouts or those that require higher resolution or a large number 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...

Page 183: ...o something resembling a booklet with connected pages The folded sheet called a signature is then trimmed to the finished size For pages to appear in normal reading order and 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 ...

Page 184: ... on both sides of each page The 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 printers support duplex printing and of those that do variation...

Page 185: ...el provides valuable information about page placement which you can use to create a plan or sketch of how pages are placed on the sheet This plan is called a layout DocBuilder Pro frees you from the tedious and 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...

Page 186: ... text such as the name of the job a sheet identifier and the date and time the sheet was printed The location of a fold is defined by a dotted line called a fold mark similarly the location of a cut is defined by a solid line called a trim mark Specialized marks also define the size and locations of margins space surrounding the page s content area gutters space between pages and bleeds extensions...

Page 187: ... single sheet When the number of pages in the book is a multiple of the number of pages on a sheet the same layout plan is used to place pages on additional sheets until all of the pages in the book are printed However if the total page count is not an even multiple of the number of pages in the layout one signature may be laid out to accommodate the discrepancy For example if your layout places 8...

Page 188: ...s or between chapters To insert blank pages open the job in the Thumbnail A window right click the page you want to add the blank to or pull down the Page menu and select Insert blank page DocBuilder Pro allows you to add blank pages or add delete and rearrange pages from multiple source documents easily so you can quickly preview the results of page manipulations ...

Page 189: ...more groups one on top of another on a common fold line and gluing them together this is called a nested saddle The binding method you use affects the order in which pages are placed on the sheet for example the page ordering used to perfect bind a book must be different from that used to saddle stitch the same job Thus your layout must specify the method by which the finished job will be bound Th...

Page 190: ...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 of pages in the saddle increases so does the amount of this shift which is known as shingling To counteract the effects of shingling illustrated in an exaggerated m...

Page 191: ... creep is tedious exacting work that DocBuilder Pro does for you automatically when you 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 was...

Page 192: ...eighbor Defining zero width gutters on a shared cut line in this manner is called using a common blade for those cuts If 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...

Page 193: ... the Imposition feature of DocBuilder Pro Sharp AR C360P EFI Job Management Guide 193 multiple jobs on the same sheet is known as Gang Up Unique DocBuilder Pro provides both Gang Up Repeat and Gang Up Unique Gang Up Unique layout ...

Page 194: ...Bleed layout is used to print one page per sheet The printer s marks indicate 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 T Templates ...

Page 195: ...ed to create signatures 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 189 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 196: ... number of pages Additional blank pages will be added if necessary Pages will be ordered in groups of four so that when folded each sheet has 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 197: ...used to create sheets 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 189 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 198: ...used with jobs that have any number of pages Additional blank pages will be added if necessary Pages will be ordered so that when sheets are folded and stitched together 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 199: ...of a single sheet folded 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 fold marks trim marks and job label only Scale to Fit Gang Up Unique ...

Page 200: ...yout can be used only with jobs that have six pages If the job contains more or less than six pages an error message appears The pages will be ordered as follows The 3 Up Trifold Brochure is usually folded as shown in the following illustration 3 6 2 4 Sheet 1 front side Sheet 1 back side 1 5 ...

Page 201: ...p Gate Fold layout is 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 fold marks trim marks and job label only Scale to Fit Gang Up Unique ...

Page 202: ... can be used only with jobs that have eight pages If the job contains more or less than eight pages an error message appears The pages will be ordered as follows The 4 Up Gate Fold is usually folded as shown in the following illustration 3 8 4 5 Sheet 1 front side Sheet 1 back side 1 6 2 7 ...

Page 203: ...ertically and trimmed The 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...

Page 204: ...that although this layout 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 shown in the following illustration 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 205: ...p Z Fold layout allows 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 fold marks trim marks and job label only Scale to Fit Gang Up Unique ...

Page 206: ...ut is used only for jobs that have eight pages If the job contains more or less than eight pages an error message appears The pages will be ordered as follows The 4 Up Z Fold is usually folded as shown in the following illustration 2 3 6 7 Sheet 1 front side Sheet 1 back side 4 8 5 1 ...

Page 207: ...l see a message in the Activity Monitor of Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE The status bar that displays the message indicates the process in which the error occurred An error message for the Fiery sometimes remains displayed on Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE even after you resolve the error There might be a brief delay while the Fiery communicates the resolution of the...

Page 208: ... or Command WorkStation LE Restart Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE or restart the computer To force an exit from Command WorkStation press Ctrl Alt Delete and use the Task Manager to close Command WorkStation If the Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE windows 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 m...

Page 209: ...ively 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 There are font errors If user specified fonts that are not resident on the Fiery are not ...

Page 210: ... 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 a Novell server are renamed or deleted or if accounts or permissions are changed the F...

Page 211: ...onnection If you are unable to connect and you cannot print the Test Page check the Sharp AR C360P control panel display Setup error messages For information on Setup error messages see Appendix A of the Configuration Guide If this happens Try this The printer is not in Standby mode The printer s Automatic Power Off function may have shut down the printer Turn the printer on and then try printing ...

Page 212: ...sheet thickness 6 132 binding offset 6 154 binding options 6 140 binding styles nested saddle 6 141 A 189 perfect 6 141 A 189 saddle stitch 6 141 A 189 bleeds printer s marks A 186 setting 6 136 C Cancel Printing command 7 161 from Command WorkStation 3 86 Cancel Processing command 3 86 Cancel RIPping command 7 161 chapters forcing 3 88 Clear command archived jobs C 210 clipping icon 6 133 6 139 c...

Page 213: ...rinting copiers printers A 184 defined A 184 enabling 6 133 print options A 184 duplexing 6 133 Duplicate page command 4 107 7 173 Duplicate Job s command 7 162 E editing page content 6 148 Enable Animation preference 2 56 error messages during Setup C 211 general C 207 errors 7 160 F Fiery Spooler interface 7 156 overview 1 24 Fiery WebSpooler raster data 7 161 Fiery WebTools 1 20 home page 7 158...

Page 214: ...66 Hold command 3 79 7 162 Hold queue 1 17 3 75 3 78 I icons clipping 6 133 6 139 Delete Template 6 153 Print area 7 167 RIP area 7 166 Save Template 6 153 Spool area 7 165 importing jobs 3 75 imposing jobs 5 117 imposition data and temporary files 6 155 page reordering 6 145 saving 6 155 saving settings as template 6 153 settings 6 153 templates folder 2 57 Imposition Template Path preference 2 5...

Page 215: ...b label date 6 135 defined 6 135 A 186 job name 6 135 sheet information 6 135 time 6 135 Job Log displaying 7 176 exporting to a file 3 97 panel 2 32 3 96 printing 2 55 3 96 using 7 176 viewing printed jobs 7 160 Job menu commands 7 161 job name 6 135 Job Properties dialog box 3 90 Job status indicators 2 36 job ticket customizing 3 72 defined 1 21 sorting by 3 72 Jobs window job ticket informatio...

Page 216: ... 71 monitoring servers 2 38 multiple servers balancing load between 3 85 monitoring 2 38 working with 3 85 N nested saddle 6 141 A 189 newlink PrintPages 2 53 Notes fields 1 21 1 22 3 80 3 81 O offsetting pages 6 139 Operator password 3 68 7 157 operator controlled environment setting up 1 17 orientation setting 6 132 Override Print Settings command 7 163 overriding print settings 3 80 P page alig...

Page 217: ...icating 1 20 print settings Create Master option 3 89 to 3 90 overriding 3 80 Use Master option 3 89 3 92 printed jobs 7 160 Printed Jobs panel 2 30 3 71 Printed queue 7 167 printer job icon 7 164 Printer Control Language PCL 4 15 printer fonts see fonts printer s marks bleeds A 186 customizing 6 136 date 6 135 defining 6 135 disabling 6 135 6 136 enabling 6 134 Fold Marks 6 135 A 186 gutters A 18...

Page 218: ... pages 6 149 rows clipping of content area 6 133 layout setting 6 133 scaling 6 138 selecting number in layout 6 134 Rows menu 6 134 S saddle defined 6 141 A 189 saddle stitch binding characteristics of 6 141 creep 6 132 defined A 189 groups A 189 gutters 6 151 Save As dialog box 5 128 Save Template icon 6 153 Scale settings 6 137 Alignment and Offsets 6 139 Apply To 6 138 Scale Mode 6 138 scaling...

Page 219: ...icons 7 165 spooling in job flow 1 18 status bars Print 7 159 RIP 7 159 Spool 7 159 status indicators defined 2 36 step and repeat printing 6 142 surface defined 5 119 navigating to selected 5 122 slot 6 138 Surface menu 5 122 T target file 7 172 template applying 5 127 defined 5 126 deleting 6 153 limitations 6 152 saving 6 153 saving imposition settings 6 153 selecting 5 127 Template menu 5 127 ...

Page 220: ... unexpected printing results C 209 users are unable to connect to the printer C 210 U Undo command 4 108 7 173 undo in editing thumbnail views 4 112 7 175 Units preference 2 57 2 58 units setting 2 57 Use Master option 3 89 3 92 V variable data printing 3 89 View menu 5 122 5 123 view modes compared 5 122 layout 5 122 preview 5 122 view only Guest access 3 69 Z Zoom tool 5 123 ...

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