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January 2018

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Quick Start Guide: Fiery proServer SE and 
Fiery proServer Premium

This document is a step-by-step guide on how to set up and use the EFI

 Fiery

®

 proServer 

with your EFI printer.

Fiery proServer comes in two sizes:

• Fiery proServer SE is the smaller model. It allows you to connect to any one of the 

following printers:

EFI Matan 3/5

EFI Quantum 3/5

EFI Quantum LXr 3/5

EFI Reggiani ReNOIR FLEXY, NEXT, VOGUE, ONE, PRO, TOP, Compact

EFI VUTEk FabriVU

EFI VUTEk H2000

Your Fiery proServer SE license was generated for one specific printer from the above list. 
Please note that you cannot purchase additional licenses to connect to any other printer.

• Fiery proServer Premium allows you to connect to any one EFI printer from the following 

series:

EFI VUTEk

EFI Matan

EFI Quantum

EFI Reggiani

EFI Wide Format

EFI Jetrion

This document deals with the following topics:

• Connecting the network and printer to the Fiery proServer (see 

page 2

)

• Setting up Fiery XF, including how to start Fiery XF, install EFI media profiles, and create 

a system environment. Furthermore, this section provides a description of the user 
interface (see 

page 3

)

• Managing print files, including how to set up the most efficient workflow for your needs 

(see 

page 6

)

• Importing a job and making job settings (see 

page 8

)

• Implementing third-party profiles (see 

page 10

)

• Installing the Fiery XF client on a remote computer (see 

page 10

)

• Installing Cut Server (see 

page 11

)

Summary of Contents for Fiery proServer Premium

Page 1: ...purchase additional licenses to connect to any other printer Fiery proServer Premium allows you to connect to any one EFI printer from the following series EFI VUTEk EFI Matan EFI Quantum EFI Reggian...

Page 2: ...back panel The upper network connector is used to connect the Fiery proServer to your network The lower network connector is used to connect the Fiery proServer to the printer TO CONNECT THE NETWORK A...

Page 3: ...files Online Update The Profile Update Service dialog box appears 2 Click Next 3 In the Manufacturer Model column click EFI VUTEk Fiery XF 6 1 linearization EFI VUTEk Fiery XF 6 3 linearization EFI VU...

Page 4: ...der The default folder is D Export Fiery proServer SE or E Export Fiery proServer Premium EFI VUTEk When you print to file print files are saved in RTL and GIF format to the specified export folder Th...

Page 5: ...Continue 12 Select your media size 13 Finish the setup wizard Your system environment is shown in System Manager For more information on customizing workflow settings see the Fiery XF online help Pro...

Page 6: ...online A fully online system configuration is indicated by green arrows from user through to output device A red box means that that stage of the system configuration is offline To set a system confi...

Page 7: ...ation on how to set up the hotfolder for sharing see the Fiery XF online help TO TRANSFER PRINT FILES TO THE IMPORT FOLDER You can transfer print files from the Export folder to the VUTEk printer soft...

Page 8: ...ur job and click Open 4 In the Import to dialog box click Hold Job Held jobs are not immediately processed in Fiery XF After you have made job settings you can start job processing manually 5 To rotat...

Page 9: ...ng Tiling Preview Displayed tiles are overlaid with the tile number The tile numbers of the surrounding tiles are also displayed You can save the preview as a PDF file and use it as a guide to help yo...

Page 10: ...the name that will appear in Fiery XF 6 Under Connect to profiles select Media profile Then click Select browse to the third party media profile and click Open 7 Click OK You can now select the profil...

Page 11: ...server is running on the Fiery proServer 2 On the remote computer start Fiery XF 3 On the File menu click Login 4 In the Login dialog box enter a user name and password The default login information...

Page 12: ...1 In System Manager on the File menu click Backup The Fiery XF Backup dialog box opens 2 Select the check boxes of the items you want to back up The server configuration is saved by default 3 Define a...

Page 13: ...ave as Environment dialog box opens 3 Define a backup location Environment backups are saved to two destinations the Environments folder and the desktop To change the second destination click Choose a...

Page 14: ...y proServer system enables you to restore the system to an earlier state without having to return it to its factory settings It is recommended that you regularly create backups of your Fiery XF system...

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