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A d m i n i s t r a t o r G u i d e

R I P S T A T I O N 5 1 0 0
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Summary of Contents for RIP Station 5100

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Page 3: ...subsidiary of Novell Inc PANTONE is a registered trademark of Pantone Inc Matchprint is a trademark of Imation Corp 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 THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND...

Page 4: ...responsible for compliance of his particular installation Dieses Geraet wurde einzeln sowohl als auch in einer Anlage die einen normalen Anwendungsfall nachbildet auf die Einhaltung der Funk entstoerbestimmungen geprueft Es ist jedoch moeglich dass die Funk enstoerbestimmungen unter unguenstigen Umstaenden bei anderen Geraetekombinationen nicht eingehalten werden Fuer die Einhaltung der Funk entst...

Page 5: ...Disclaimer Electronics For Imaging warrants that for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of delivery to you the Software under normal use will perform without significant errors that make it unusable Electronics For Imaging s entire liability and your exclusive remedy under this warranty which is subject to you returning RIP Station to Electronics For Imaging or an authorized dealer will be a...

Page 6: ...ur use of the Fonts the Coded Font Programs the Typefaces and the Trademarks licensed hereby Such provisions are made expressly for the benefit of Adobe and are enforceable by Adobe in addition to Electronics For Imaging General This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of California This Agreement is the entire agreement held between us and supersedes any other communications or ad...

Page 7: ...nnection 1 12 Parallel cable connection 1 14 Chapter 2 Preparing for RIP Station Setup Levels of access and control 2 1 Passwords 2 1 RIP Station print connections 2 2 Fiery WebTools 2 3 Control level scenarios 2 5 Chapter 3 Performing Setup from the Control Panel About RIP Station Setup 3 1 Initial Setup from the Control Panel 3 1 Network server setup requirements 3 1 RIP Station Setup from the C...

Page 8: ...up options 3 33 PostScript Setup options 3 35 Color Setup options 3 37 Administrative functions in the Setup menu 3 39 Job Log Setup 3 39 Job Log Setup options 3 40 Change Password 3 41 Clear Server 3 42 Exit Setup 3 42 Printing a Configuration page from the Control Panel 3 43 Chapter 4 Using Fiery WebSetup RIP Station Setup from Fiery WebSetup 4 1 Server Setup 4 3 Server Setup 4 3 Passwords 4 4 J...

Page 9: ...2 Chapter 5 Setting up Network Servers RIP Station on an IPX network 5 1 Tips for experts IPX networks 5 3 Overview of IPX printing to the RIP Station 5 3 Configuring a NetWare server for printing 5 4 RIP Station on a TCP IP network with Windows NT 4 0 5 8 Tips for experts Windows NT 4 0 with TCP IP 5 8 Configuring a Windows NT 4 0 server to support the RIP Station 5 9 Configuring the RIP Station ...

Page 10: ...istering the RIP Station Administrator functions 6 1 Maintaining optimal RIP Station performance 6 3 Troubleshooting the RIP Station 6 4 Troubleshooting during Setup from the Control Panel 6 4 Runtime error conditions 6 9 Index ...

Page 11: ...IP Station as a high performance color PostScript printer NOTE The term RIP Station is used in this manual to refer to the RIP Station 5100 Series II The RIP Station supports the Stylus Pro 9000 and Stylus Pro 7000 printers Any connectivity or administrative features specific to the printer are described in the Setup Guide the User Guide or the Release Notes About this manual This manual covers th...

Page 12: ... the following manuals for users and system administrators The Administrator Guide explains basic configuration and administration of the RIP Station for the supported platforms and network environments It also includes guidelines for setting up UNIX Windows NT 4 0 and Novell NetWare servers to provide PostScript printing services to clients Setup Guide describes how to install software to enable ...

Page 13: ...ugh NDS and Bindery emulation Simultaneous NetWare 3 x 4 x and 5 x connections One NetWare 4 x or 5 x NDS tree and up to eight NetWare 3 x bindery servers or NetWare 4 x or 5 x servers in bindery emulation mode can be connected to the RIP Station Support for Windows SMB printing Windows printing also known as SMB Server Message Block printing allows you to print on TCP IP networks using SMB which ...

Page 14: ...on targets to suit your printing needs For information about calibration with a densitometer or colorimeter see the Color Guide CMYK simulation options Users can use CMYK simulation to adjust RIP Station color output to DIC Euroscale or SWOP targets With ColorWise Pro Tools you can create custom simulations to suit your printing needs Users can also select a simulation on a job by job basis For mo...

Page 15: ...g protocol The nbt protocol supports Windows SMB printing The http protocol is commonly used for Web pages on the Internet and on intranets IPX SPX Novell IPX SPX stands for Internetwork Packet Exchange Sequenced Packet Exchange These protocols rules that enable computers on a network to communicate with each other are supported on the Mac OS Windows and UNIX platforms and can run concurrently on ...

Page 16: ...to configure those servers to provide client access to the RIP Station as a color PostScript printer See Chapter 5 for information on configuring network servers in Windows and UNIX network environments Setting up the RIP Station Configure the RIP Station for your particular printing and network environment See Chapter 3 Preparing client workstations for printing Install the files needed for print...

Page 17: ...nd run a test print RIP Station available on the network Network server UNIX Mac OS Windows RIP Station RIP Station Prepare a network node Connect the RIP Station to the printer and to the network Configure UNIX Windows NT 4 0 and IPX Novell servers to specify RIP Station print queues and RIP Station users Install PostScript printer files on the server No special configuration of AppleShare server...

Page 18: ...ork A variety of physical arrangements is possible with each logical arrangement For example twisted pair Ethernet networks commonly use a star configuration around a hub rather than a bus arrangement The design of physical networks is beyond the scope of this manual If the network uses more than one protocol or more than one type of workstation combine the setups listed for each component of your...

Page 19: ...1 RIP Station Setup Chapter 3 2 Mac OS computer Setup Guide Mac OS computer AppleTalk 2 2 2 AppleTalk protocol Another supported protocol Mac OS computers can print directly and run Fiery Downloader using AppleTalk Mac OS computer Mac OS computer 1 RIP Station connected to printer ...

Page 20: ... through the NetWare server For using Fiery utilities A Windows 95 98 computer with IPX SPX protocols loaded For using Fiery WebTools A Windows 95 98 computer with TCP IP http loaded 1 3 3 4 IPX protocol Another supported protocol SPX for running Fiery utilities TCP IP http for Fiery WebTools IPX SPX protocol TCP IP or AppleTalk possible 3 Windows computer NetWare client running SPX Windows comput...

Page 21: ...print using a protocol available on the Windows NT 4 0 print server Windows NT 4 0 machines can print using TCP IP with the lpd protocol For using Fiery utilities and WebTools A Windows NT 4 0 computer with TCP IP loaded NETBEUI or other protocol available on the clients and the server TCP IP lpd for printing TCP IP http for Fiery WebTools TCP IP for Fiery utilities 1 Windows NT 4 0 computer with ...

Page 22: ...omputer Windows computer Key to setup 1 RIP Station Setup Chapter 3 2 Windows computer Setup Guide TCP IP nbt For Windows printing Windows computers Windows SMB printing enabled 2 2 2 Another supported protocol TCP IP nbt protocol Windows computer 1 RIP Station connected to printer ...

Page 23: ... TCP IP client PC 4 Printing on this network UNIX workstations with the TCP IP lpd protocol can print directly and act as host for shared printing TCP IP clients can print through UNIX server or directly requires TCP IP and the lpr print service loaded For using Fiery utilities and Fiery WebTools Not available on UNIX workstations must use a Windows or Mac OS computer with TCP IP loaded 1 3 TCP IP...

Page 24: ...er 3 summarizes RIP Station Setup and other administrative functions available from the Control Panel Key to setup 1 RIP Station Setup Chapter 3 2 Windows computer User Guide PC workstation server or laptop Parallel input 2 Protocol not directly supported on RIP Station A supported network protocol With the parallel port enabled the RIP Station can accept and print jobs sent to its parallel port P...

Page 25: ...this connection turn on the printer and the RIP Station and print a Test Page from the Control Panel To print a Test Page press the Menu button on the Control Panel to display the Functions menu See RIP Station Setup from the Control Panel on page 3 2 Choose Print Pages and then Test Page 4 With both the printer and the RIP Station turned off connect the network cable to the RIP Station as describ...

Page 26: ...hernet cable or 10Base5 Connects directly to the AUI connector on the Ethernet interface of the RIP Station Unshielded Twisted Pair UTP defined as Category 5 for use with 100BaseT or as Category 3 Category 4 or Category 5 for use with 10BaseT Uses an 8 pin RJ 45 connector that plugs into the RJ 45 socket on the RIP Station NOTE The 100BaseT type supported by the RIP Station is 100BaseTX also known...

Page 27: ...n Slide the latch to lock the transceiver connection 2 Connect the thinnet cable to the BNC connector on the transceiver NOTE If the external transceiver has an SQE switch make sure the switch is set to OFF It should be set to OFF at all times The functions controlled by the SQE switch are not required for use with the RIP Station 3 Configure network servers for printing and proceed to Setup Power...

Page 28: ...n is advantageous for portable computers and for workstations on dedicated networks using protocols other than AppleTalk TCP IP or IPX The parallel port connection can be active at the same time as the network ports NOTE The parallel port cannot be used to connect the RIP Station with Fiery utilities TO USE PARALLEL CABLE 1 With the RIP Station and the Windows computer turned off attach the parall...

Page 29: ...where anyone on the local network can control all printing and RIP Station functions Although there may be an administrator or operator charged with certain duties all users have equal access to the system and job management tools When you configure the RIP Station by performing Setup you the system administrator implement a particular level of control by enabling or not enabling passwords print c...

Page 30: ...ssign the RIP Station only one password Operator password privileges Operator control includes control of print jobs from the job management tools including the ability to override job settings and the ability to perform calibration and override calibration settings An operator cannot perform Setup nor assign passwords Guest privileges no password No password is needed for a user to log in as a Gu...

Page 31: ... job is then processed as soon as the previous job is finished and before the next queued job is processed Jobs sent to the Direct connection are not stored on the RIP Station hard disk and do not appear in the display of current jobs seen from the job management tools therefore the Direct connection provides a measure of security for sensitive files Jobs sent to the Direct connection do appear in...

Page 32: ...ebSpooler allows remote users to preview manipulate reorder reprint and delete jobs currently spooling processing or printing on the RIP Station It also allows the administrator to view print or delete the Job Log You can control WebSpooler access by setting an Operator password Only users with the Operator password can manipulate jobs from Fiery WebSpooler A user who does not have the password ca...

Page 33: ...rio that best matches your site requirements and then refer to the corresponding Roman numeral for guidance on how to configure your system for those requirements NOTE It is strongly recommended that you set an Administrator password to prevent unauthorized changes to system settings I No administrator All users have equal access to all system functions including Setup clearing the RIP Station del...

Page 34: ... to the Direct connection the operator controls all job flow but jobs sent to the Print queue may not require intervention no access to Fiery WebTools V Strictest control An administrator and an operator no Fiery WebTool access operator controls all jobs The administrator performs Setup and only an operator or administrator can perform calibration and control jobs from a remote workstation users c...

Page 35: ...ach the Idle state but might not allow users to print to the RIP Station You need to make settings appropriate for the printing environment at your site Network server setup requirements For Novell and Windows NT 4 0 using TCP IP networks the network servers must be configured for printing to the RIP Station before you configure RIP Station network settings in Setup You need a live network connect...

Page 36: ...up options Server Setup to specify system options Network Setup to specify all the active network systems that will transmit print jobs to the RIP Station Printer Setup to specify the way print jobs and queues are managed PS Setup to specify PostScript settings Color Setup to specify color settings Job Log Setup to specify how the RIP Station handles its log of printed jobs Other Setup options all...

Page 37: ...ctivity Display window shows status information and options for setting up the RIP Station Line selection buttons select a setting and proceed to the next option Up and down button scroll menus options and settings Menu button escape key RIP Station Control Panel The User Guide describes the online display screens in detail This chapter describes only the screens you might see when performing Setu...

Page 38: ...n Administrator password has been set on the RIP Station you are prompted to enter it before you can perform Setup see page 3 41 6 Press the line selection button to choose a Setup menu or command Press the down button to view the remaining screens of the main Setup menu 7 Choose setups in the same order as they appear in the menu Server Setup Network Setup Printer Setup PS Setup Color Setup and t...

Page 39: ...network and printing environment In each Setup screen the last line of the display window shows the name of the current Setup menu Most of the menus you see are shown on the Control Panel Map a flowchart that can be printed from the Control Panel TO PRINT THE CONTROL PANEL MAP 1 At the Control Panel press the Menu button to access the Functions menu 2 Press the button for Print Pages The Control P...

Page 40: ...d Information entry options You must specify the information for your site For example the printer name or IP address In that case use the up and down button to scroll the alphanumeric symbols to make your selection The cursor position is highlighted and two of the line selection buttons become left and right arrow buttons Arrows appear on the display window next to the corresponding buttons Use t...

Page 41: ... edit or press OK to select the choice and continue From the starting position press up or down to enter the first character When the correct character is displayed press the right arrow button to move the cursor to the next position Press up or down to enter a character in the second position The delete button erases the current character and moves the cursor to the left Pressing OK enters what i...

Page 42: ...rver Setup menu lets you specify system information that pertains to the RIP Station itself and all users Accessing the menu is described on page 3 2 When you choose Server Setup the options appear in sequence as described below Default values where applicable appear in square brackets Words shown in italics indicate that a product or site specific value is displayed Server Name Default server nam...

Page 43: ... mixed platform networks choose the option that gives the best overall representation of the special characters you use Enable Printed Queue Yes No Yes Specify whether to enable the Printed queue which creates a storage location on the RIP Station disk for recent jobs that were printed from the Print queue Users with Administrator or Operator access to the job management tools can reprint jobs fro...

Page 44: ...ork addresses and names to be used by workstations servers and the RIP Station when they communicate with each other The Network Setup menu includes three submenus that let you choose port types protocols and network services You must perform Port Setup and enable at least one port For each item you enable you are prompted to enter settings for that item Default values where applicable appear in s...

Page 45: ... Ethernet choose Ethernet Setup from the Port Setup menu and enter the appropriate settings 5 To print to the parallel port choose Parallel Port Setup from the Port Setup menu and enter the appropriate settings 6 When you have finished entering port settings choose Exit Port Setup and then choose Protocol Setup 7 Enter the appropriate settings for the protocol or protocols you will use For this Ne...

Page 46: ...nter the settings for that port Since network setups are nested the names of higher level menus are shown in this chapter to the left of each menu heading Network Setup Port Setup Ethernet Setup Enable Ethernet Yes No Yes Select Yes if you have Ethernet cabling connected to the RIP Station Ethernet Speed Auto Detect 100 Mbps 10 Mbps AUI 10 Mbps TP Auto Detect Select Auto Detect if your network env...

Page 47: ...t to Yes This option specifies that the RIP Station should ignore end of file EOF messages in a file This option must be set to Yes to print PostScript files in binary format not ASCII under normal circumstances it should be set to No When this option is set to Yes the RIP Station uses the parallel port timeout value to determine when the end of the file has been reached When you have configured t...

Page 48: ... AppleTalk zones found may mean your network has no zones or the network cable is not connected see page 6 4 Choose OK To configure the RIP Station choose each protocol and enter the settings for that protocol You can enable AppleTalk TCP IP and IPX SPX communication simultaneously Network Setup Protocol Setup AppleTalk Setup Enable AppleTalk Yes No Yes Select Yes if you have an AppleTalk network ...

Page 49: ...ge Select No to assign the RIP Station a static IP address that will not change If you select No you proceed to the IP Address option where you manually set the IP address To configure the RIP Station for TCP IP choose TCP IP Setup Choose Ethernet Setup and enter the appropriate settings If your network uses a gateway enter the gateway address in Gateway Setup Network Setup Protocol Setup TCP IP S...

Page 50: ... Address 127 0 0 1 Enter the RIP Station IP address for Ethernet This IP address unlike an IP address set automatically remains the same if you reboot the RIP Station You must change the default 127 0 0 1 to a valid address for your network For information about setting up printing with TCP IP see Chapter 5 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 This option lets you modify the subnet mask for printing with TCP...

Page 51: ...d later change it to RARP you must return to Gateway Setup and set Get Gateway Address Automatically to No You can then set the address manually This is because RARP does not support automatic assignment of the gateway address Gateway Address 127 0 0 1 This option appears only if you answered No to Get Gateway Address Automatically or if you selected RARP as the protocol Use this option to set the...

Page 52: ...rnet II Select Frame Types Enable IPX Auto Frame Type Yes No No Specify whether the RIP Station should try to bind to all available frame types If you answer No to this option you can select frame types manually You must choose at least one frame type to enable IPX SPX protocols The frame selection screen allows you to make multiple selections Press the line selection button beside each frame type...

Page 53: ...iery WebTools PServer is a program in the RIP Station that can service the Novell print queues assigned to the Novell print servers you have set up for printing to the RIP Station When you choose PServer Setup and enable PServer you can set up NDS Novell Directory Services Bindery Services or both NDS is used with NetWare 4 x or 5 x Bindery Services are used with NetWare 3 x or with NetWare 4 x or...

Page 54: ...tup NDS Setup Before entering NDS settings be sure the RIP Station is connected to the network and you have already configured an NDS directory tree with a Printer a Print Server and one or more Print Queue objects for RIP Station jobs see page 5 4 To perform NDS Setup you may need permission to browse the NDS tree If access to the Print Server is restricted you ll need a login password The main o...

Page 55: ...he tree You can proceed to navigate to the Print Server object Select Yes if network permissions require that you log in to browse the NDS tree and see the Print Server object you want to select If you select Yes you are prompted to navigate to the User Login object Navigate the NDS tree to the User Login object This message is displayed if you selected Yes for the previous option Choose OK and br...

Page 56: ...bject Browsing to find the Print Server object begins with the NDS tree that you selected previously with Select NDS Tree In each subsequent browse screen the top line represents your current location The second line contains A list of objects in the current container directly below your current location The symbol to go up one level With a container object selected choose OK to travel down the tr...

Page 57: ...o browse the NDS tree to the Print Queue subtree Browsing to find the container object begins with the NDS tree that you selected previously with Select NDS Tree In each subsequent browse screen the top line represents your current container The second line contains A list of objects directly below your current location The symbol to go up one level The symbol to select the current container objec...

Page 58: ...g Novell NetWare networking software Because you can set up more than one Novell server to handle RIP Station print jobs an additional menu is displayed for this purpose The options are Add File Server creates a new file server connection to the RIP Station You can set up a maximum of eight file server connections After you have finished adding a new server you return to the Bindery Setup menu and...

Page 59: ...o add a Novell NetWare file server Select File Server From List Search by Name From List You may select the file server from a scrollable list or by a name search Choose From List if your network doesn t have a large number of file servers Select Search by Name if the number of file servers is so large that scrolling through the list would take a long time If you selected From List If you selected...

Page 60: ...of the print server that you have configured in the NetWare utility PCONSOLE This is the print server that will route print jobs to the RIP Station from computers on IPX networks Enter Your Print Server Password This option appears only if your NetWare print server is set up to require you to log in with a password Enter your print server password Choose Add Server again until you have connected e...

Page 61: ...rver password Network Setup Service Setup PServer Setup Bindery Setup View Server List Supported servers This option lets you view the list of file servers currently connected to the RIP Station that is servers you have added in Bindery Setup You are notified if there are none When you choose OK you return to the Bindery Setup menu Network Setup Service Setup PServer Setup Bindery Setup Edit Conne...

Page 62: ...r name This option allows you to select a NetWare file server from a list of connected file servers and remove the connection to it You are notified that you have removed the connection and the Bindery Setup menu is displayed again If you change your mind and don t want to remove any of the file servers press the Menu button Network Setup Service Setup PServer Setup Bindery Setup Exit Bindery Setu...

Page 63: ...in PServer Setup menu If you do not reset the interval the default value of 15 seconds is used Network Setup Service Setup Windows Setup Enable Windows Printing Yes No No Enabling Windows Printing enables SMB Server Message Block the file and printer sharing protocol built into Windows Enabling SMB allows the RIP Station to be listed on the network so that Windows clients can print to a particular...

Page 64: ...s across a router without a WINS name server Setting up the WINS name server is outside the scope of this manual To find out if a WINS server is available contact your network administrator WINS IP Address 127 0 0 1 This option appears only if you choose Yes for WINS Name Server Change the default address to the correct IP address for the WINS Name Server Obtain the correct address from your netwo...

Page 65: ...For more information about entering text and characters see Types of Setup screens on page 3 6 Web Services Setup Exit Service Setup This returns you to the main Network Setup menu Save Changes Yes No Yes Select Yes to activate any changes made in Network Setup select No to return to the main Setup menu without making any changes Network Setup Service Setup Web Services Setup Enable Web Services Y...

Page 66: ...tion are not stored on the RIP Station hard disk The jobs appear in the display of current jobs in the job management tools but they cannot be selected for reprinting moving or deletion Therefore the Direct connection provides a measure of security for sensitive files If you plan to download fonts to the RIP Station via the network you must publish the Direct connection NOTE You cannot use the Dir...

Page 67: ...he Print area You can locate Hold queue jobs in the Fiery Spooler Hold area or the Fiery WebSpooler Spool area Printed queue The Printed queue is a job storage area on the RIP Station disk it contains the most recent jobs printed from the Print queue The Printed queue makes it convenient to reprint those jobs A Server Setup option enables this queue and governs the maximum number of jobs retained ...

Page 68: ...the RIP Station disk and printed on a first in first out basis Only the print connections published in the Printer Setup are available to users To print to the RIP Station over a TCP IP network you must publish either or both the Print queue and the Hold queue To print to the RIP Station over the parallel port you must publish a queue or publish the Direct connection Publish Hold Queue Yes No Yes ...

Page 69: ...n to the main Setup menu without making any changes PostScript Setup options PS PostScript Setup options allow you to set defaults for both the RIP Station and the printer Most of these defaults can be overridden on a job by job basis See the User Guide for more information TO ACCESS POSTSCRIPT SETUP OPTIONS In the list of options that follows default values where applicable appear in square brack...

Page 70: ...ment for which you do not have the corresponding printer font If this option is set to No jobs with fonts that are not available on the RIP Station hard drive generate a PostScript error and do not print Print to PS Error Yes No No Specify whether the RIP Station should print the available portion of a print job when it encounters a PostScript error Select Yes to print the portion of the job that ...

Page 71: ...e Color Proofing Photo Presentation Photographic Color Proofing Solid Color Proofing Photo The CRD color rendering dictionary defines how colors are converted from the RGB color space to device CMYK Photographic designed for images retains the relative balance between colors to maintain the overall appearance of the image Presentation designed for bright colors produces the saturated prints needed...

Page 72: ...Color Guidefor more information about custom simulations CMYK Simulation Method With CRD Quick With CRD Quick simulation assumes that the inks in your printer match the printing press inks and all changes affect only one color C M Y or K at a time If you select With CRD you can select a Rendering Style for your print job Pure Black Text Graphics On Off On The Pure Black Text Graphics option optimi...

Page 73: ...lears the Job Log If an Administrator password has been set unauthorized users will not see this command or any of the administrative or Setup options NOTE If you keep Job Logs be sure to print or export the Job Log before you choose Clear Server Job Log Setup The Job Log is a record of all jobs processed or printed on the RIP Station whether they originate from a user workstation a networked serv...

Page 74: ...record of all jobs In addition to Auto Clearing the Job Log together with all queued jobs is also cleared when you choose Clear Server from the main Setup menu when system software is reinstalled or when a new version of system software is installed on the RIP Station NOTE If Auto Print Job Log Every 55 Jobs is set to No setting this option to Yes has no effect Job Log Page Size Tabloid A3 Letter ...

Page 75: ...d down button to select the characters and the left and right arrow buttons to move between them see Types of Setup screens on page 3 6 NOTE The Operator password can be set and changed from Fiery WebSetup only TO CHANGE THE RIP STATION ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD New Password Use the up and down button to select the characters and the left and right arrow buttons to move between them Enter characters ...

Page 76: ...es Clear Server also clears the Job Log If you keep Job Logs print or export the Job Log before you choose Clear Server Jobs can also be deleted individually or as a group from the job management tools Exit Setup Scroll the main Setup menu and choose Clear Server Choose Clear Server to clear all queued print jobs and the Job Log from the server You are asked to confirm your selection Choose Exit S...

Page 77: ... current Configuration page near the server for quick reference Users need the information on this page such as the current printer default settings The other pages you can print from the Control Panel of the RIP Station include Test Page Job Log Control Panel Map Color Charts and Font List For information on these pages see the User Guide TO PRINT THE CONFIGURATION PAGE 1 At the Control Panel pre...

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Page 79: ...indows 95 98 Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 computers only RIP Station Setup from Fiery WebSetup After changing Setup option settings from Fiery WebSetup you must reboot the RIP Station before your changes take effect See page 4 22 for instructions TO ACCESS FIERY WEBSETUP 1 Launch your browser application and enter the IP address or DNS name of the RIP Station 2 If prompted for a Fiery WebTools ...

Page 80: ...g Fiery WebSetup 4 Click one of the Setup buttons Server Setup Network Setup or Printer Setup 5 After you have entered the settings for each Setup click Save Refer to the following sections for more information ...

Page 81: ... utilities over IPX SPX networks see the Setup Guide NOTE Do not use the device name Pro9000 or Pro7000 as the server name Also if you have more than one RIP Station do not give them the same name Print Start Page Select to specify that the RIP Station should print a start page every time it restarts The start page displays information about the RIP Station including the server name current date a...

Page 82: ...Station hard disk Time Enter the correct system time based on a 24 hour clock in the form HH MM Hours Minutes The time is used on the cover page and on Job Logs Date Enter the correct system date The date is used on the cover page and Job Logs Use Character Set Specify whether the job management tools and the Control Panel should use the Macintosh DOS or Windows character set for displaying filena...

Page 83: ...isks You can also set or change the Administrator password but not the Operator password with Setup from the Control Panel For more information on password access privileges see page 2 1 NOTE By default no password is set on the RIP Station If you do not set a password all users will have access to important functions such as Setup including setting passwords and clearing the server It is strongly...

Page 84: ...pecify whether you want to clear the RIP Station Job Log after every 55 jobs If you do not turn on this option the RIP Station saves a file containing a record of all jobs ever printed Since this file takes up space on the RIP Station hard disk clearing the Job Log frees up additional disk space You can clear the Job Log manually at any time from the job management tools The Job Log is also cleare...

Page 85: ...44 7 Server Setup Support From this window you can access information about the contact person at your organization who provides support for the RIP Station ...

Page 86: ...detailed in the following sections Ethernet Port Setup Enable Ethernet Select if the RIP Station is to be connected to an Ethernet network Transmission Speed Select Auto Detect if your network environment is mixed or select the speed 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps of the network to which the RIP Station is attached The options 10 Mbps TP and 10 Mbps AUI refer to how Ethernet is cabled either through twisted ...

Page 87: ...to print PostScript files in binary format not ASCII under normal circumstances the box should not be checked When this option is selected the RIP Station uses the parallel port timeout value to determine when the end of the file has been reached Parallel Port Timeout seconds Available only if Enable Parallel Port is selected this option determines how long the RIP Station waits without receiving ...

Page 88: ... enables you to use Fiery utilities from Windows NT 4 0 workstations using TCP IP protocols IP Auto Click to allow the RIP Station to obtain its Ethernet IP address by searching the network Depending on your network and the protocol you select DHCP BOOTP or RARP the IP address can change Select protocol Select the protocol over which the RIP Station should search for its IP address Both DHCP and B...

Page 89: ... the gateway address Obtain the correct gateway address from your network administrator IP Auto Gateway Use this option to get the gateway address automatically for printing with TCP IP This option is available only if you selected DHCP or BOOTP as the protocol If you select the DHCP or BOOTP protocol and later change it to RARP you must return to Setup and choose IP Static in the Gateway section ...

Page 90: ...s the RIP Station to communicate over AppleTalk networks Select Zone The RIP Station searches the network for AppleTalk zones in your network segment Scroll through the list to select the AppleTalk zone in which you want the RIP Station to appear If your segment has only one zone the RIP Station is assigned to that zone automatically If no AppleTalk zone can be found your network may have no defin...

Page 91: ...not they are supported on your network Manual Select To specify IPX frames used with NetWare click Manual Select and click the Select Frames button See your network administrator to verify which frame type to choose In the IPX Frames dialog box select frames and use the Add and Remove buttons to specify the selected frames ...

Page 92: ...er Bindery will overwrite Bindery Setup If your network uses both NDS and Bindery including using NetWare 4 x or 5 x servers in bindery emulation the RIP Station cannot service NDS and bindery emulation servers on the same NDS tree PServer Setup NetWare Services The Enable PServer option must be turned on if you have a Novell server connected You can however change the PServer polling interval and...

Page 93: ...one NDS tree so the following process is required to change trees 1 Select the current NDS tree and click Remove 2 Select the new NDS tree and click Add Your new NDS tree selection automatically overwrites any previous tree selection If you change the NDS tree selection and there are also current Bindery settings you are alerted that they will be deleted If you continue with NDS Setup you can repl...

Page 94: ...dd or delete new file server connections and view the connections you have selected The options are Select Print Queue Root 1 Select the print queue root from the display in the Select Print Queue Root window 2 Enter a password if necessary 3 Click Finish The NetWare Setup window reappears showing the new settings Enter Print Server Password 1 Enter the Print Server password if necessary 2 Choose ...

Page 95: ... window The Service2 tab provides the following Windows Printing Service enables the Microsoft SMB protocol which supports peer to peer printing also known as Windows or SMB printing LPD Printing Service enables lpd printing on TCP IP networks Web Services enables the http protocol and the use of the Fiery WebTools ...

Page 96: ...he same name as the server name assigned in Server Setup see page 3 8 and page 4 3 Comment Server comments optional can contain information about the printer These comments are listed in the Properties of the RIP Station in Network Neighborhood Comments can be up to 15 characters long Lowercase letters are allowed in this field Domain or Workgroup Enter the workgroup or domain you want the RIP Sta...

Page 97: ...ery WebSpooler Status WebLink Print Monitor WebSetup and Installer A Java enabled Web browser and a valid IP address are required for each user See the Setup Guide for details on supported browsers and workstation requirements Printer Setup From this window you can access two tabs Printer Setup and Color and Paper Setup NOTE In the following illustrations Device name represents the model of the pr...

Page 98: ...Hold queue are not processed until the administrator or the operator releases them for printing from the job management tools For users to use Fiery utilities you must publish at least the Hold queue or Print queue Publish Print Queue Select to enable users to print jobs to the Print queue Jobs printed to the Print queue are spooled on the RIP Station disk Parallel Connection This option is availa...

Page 99: ...o page size is defined within a PostScript file jobs are printed on letter paper if you select US or A4 paper if you select Metric Allow Courier Substitution Specify whether to substitute Courier for unavailable fonts If this option is No jobs with fonts that are not available on the RIP Station hard disk will not print due to a PostScript error Print to PS Error Specify whether the RIP Station sh...

Page 100: ... and line art are printed with black ink only With the option Off black text and line art are printed using all four colors of ink Spot Color Matching With this option On the RIP Station uses an internal lookup table to print the best equivalents of PANTONE colors With this option Off PANTONE colors are printed using the CMYK values defined in the originating applications Restarting the RIP Statio...

Page 101: ...ols The following table describes the Fiery utilities supported over each protocol and Windows platform If your network is based on Windows NT 4 0 proceed to page 5 8 For information on UNIX workstations proceed to page 5 15 RIP Station on an IPX network The NetWise features built into the RIP Station support the following network operating environments NetWare 4 x or 5 x NDS Novell Directory Serv...

Page 102: ...ndery objects The RIP Station can accept jobs concurrently from NetWare Windows NT 4 0 and AppleShare servers as well as jobs sent directly from Windows NT 4 0 or UNIX workstations NetWare clients on Mac OS or Windows NT 4 0 computers can print either via the NetWare server or directly The RIP Station can receive print jobs from NetWare clients over Ethernet During RIP Station Setup you select the...

Page 103: ... server per bindery server Each print server can store jobs for any print connection on the RIP Station Windows 95 98 workstations whether a Novell server is present or not can use IPX SPX protocols for communicating with the RIP Station directly to use the Fiery utilities Overview of IPX printing to the RIP Station NetWare file servers support the creation of print queues which are storage areas ...

Page 104: ...t jobs from the NetWare server For each NetWare file server that you configure follow these general steps More detail is provided in subsequent sections and in your NetWare documentation Make sure the server is connected to a functioning IPX network Log in as the Supervisor on a PC connected to the NetWare file server For NetWare 4 x or 5 x installations set up an NDS connection see page 5 6 For N...

Page 105: ...g Interval Install user software For printing Connect client to PQs that you set up on the NetWare FS associated with the PS selected in NDS Setup For running Fiery utilities Configure the connection to the RIP Station On Bindery FS On RIP Station Control Panel On client workstation In PCONSOLE Select NetWare FS up to 8 For each FS Configure PS Configure PQ Configure users of the PQ Port Setup Eth...

Page 106: ...context You can connect only one directory tree to the RIP Station If you need to connect additional NetWare 4 x or 5 x servers you can do so by using bindery emulation which allows the NetWare 4 x or 5 x server to emulate the behavior of a bindery environment NOTE The file server selected must not be in the same tree as that selected in NDS Setup Up to eight bindery servers whether in native 3 x ...

Page 107: ...r servers on which you defined a NetWare print queue for the RIP Station After the Novell server and the RIP Station have been set up client setup consists of Installing the networking protocol binding it to the network adapter card and permitting the client to log in to the NetWare file server On Windows 95 98 workstations load both the IPX SPX compatible protocol and the Client for NetWare Netwo...

Page 108: ... the printer forces all users to print to the server rather than directly to the printer If you capture the printer RIP Station print connections will not appear in the Mac OS Chooser Tips for experts Windows NT 4 0 with TCP IP Setting up printing from Windows NT 4 0 using TCP IP protocols is similar in some respects to setting up UNIX workstations with TCP IP When TCP IP network connections are m...

Page 109: ...ions and in your Microsoft documentation Load the TCP IP network protocol on the server and configure it with an IP address subnet mask and gateway Enter the host name of the RIP Station in the host database used by your system see page 5 10 On the RIP Station Control Panel perform Server Setup see page 3 8 Network Setup page 3 10 Printer Setup page 3 33 PS Setup page 3 35 and Color Setup page 3 3...

Page 110: ...rkstations that have TCP IP loaded and will use the Fiery utilities The Windows NT 4 0 hosts file provides compatibility with the UNIX hosts file The hosts file is used as a local Domain Name Services DNS equivalent It has the same format as the etc hosts file on UNIX servers The format of the hosts entry is IP Address TAB host name TAB comments where TAB indicates that you press the Tab key To de...

Page 111: ...pendent network connection to the RIP Station can still print through the server You can specify sharing of the printer during installation of the RIP Station printer files If you have not yet installed the RIP Station printer files on the Windows NT 4 0 print server computer do so now following the instructions in the Setup Guide During installation enter the information necessary to share the RI...

Page 112: ...kstation clients before printing connect to the print server computer and select the RIP Station Right click and choose the Open command When prompted click Yes to have Windows set up the printer After clients have selected the printer they can choose it from the Print Setup Page Setup or Print dialog box of their application Clients can change printing options for their own job but printer proper...

Page 113: ...CP IP Setup and Ethernet Setup 2 Set a valid unique IP Address for the RIP Station and then set the subnet mask Set a gateway address if necessary 3 Exit TCP IP Setup and exit Protocol Setup 4 Choose Service Setup and choose Web Services Setup 5 For Enable Web Services select Yes 6 Exit Service Setup and exit Network Setup and select Yes at the Save Changes screen TO SET UP FIERY WEBTOOLS ON A COM...

Page 114: ...k destination The pre set WebLink destination can be changed this function requires the Administrator password if one has been set TO CHANGE THE WEBLINK DESTINATION 1 Start your Internet browser application 2 Enter the IP address or the DNS name of the RIP Station The RIP Station home page appears 3 Press the Control key Mac OS or Ctrl key Windows while you click the WebLink button 4 Enter the Adm...

Page 115: ...s that originate from all workstations on the network Tips for experts UNIX workstations Setting up the RIP Station in a UNIX environment has the same requirements as setting up any printer or new device A distinct IP address is needed for the RIP Station as well as for each workstation on the network You select a name for the RIP Station that goes with the IP address The IP address of the RIP Sta...

Page 116: ...ks Every machine host on a TCP IP network including the RIP Station must have a unique 32 bit internet address IP address Contact your network administrator to obtain an address for the RIP Station Workstations on a TCP IP network can print directly to the RIP Station as a remote printer or can print to a Windows NT 4 0 server or UNIX workstation acting as a print server TO SET UP RIP STATION PRIN...

Page 117: ... Station is set up as a network printer you can also ping the name you gave to the RIP Station ping hostname The server should respond with a message such as Reply from IP address Some systems will respond with a continuous display of output from the IP address To stop the output type Control C You can use the ping command at any time TO PRINT TO THE RIP STATION On a UNIX system running SunOS 4 or...

Page 118: ...P protocols loaded you can use Fiery Downloader to download fonts and files You can also use the job management tools to manage jobs from remote workstations See the User Guide for more information Even without the Fiery utilities you can Set up the RIP Station to print a log of printed jobs automatically after every 55 jobs see Job Log Setup on page 3 39 Print a Job Log manually at any time from ...

Page 119: ...pter 5 Setup Guide and Release Notes Setting up the printing environment Setting printer defaults including modes imaging paper size handling error handling and model specific options Printer Setup page 3 33 and 4 19 PS Setup page 3 35 Color and Paper Setup page 4 21 Color Guide User Guide Setting up the job environment Publishing the Direct connection or the Print queue or Hold queue to end users...

Page 120: ... Viewing printing and exporting the Job Log user notes User Guide Setting automatic printing and clearing for the Job Log Page 3 39 Calibration and color management Calibrating the RIP Station Printing with CMYK simulations Printing color reference pages Color Guide Installing Photoshop Separation Tables and the monitor settings file Setup Guide Maintaining optimal RIP Station performance Tips Del...

Page 121: ...urgent to times when there is less network traffic or printing Recurring print jobs or jobs that are not urgent can be printed to the Hold queue At low traffic times the administrator or a user of the job management tools can move or copy all the Hold queue jobs to the Print queue for printing Reduce unnecessary two way communication Large numbers of users running Fiery utilities especially with f...

Page 122: ...n the RIP Station or the network cable is not plugged into the hub or network If your AppleTalk network has zones and you want to specify a zone for the RIP Station you must connect the network cable to the RIP Station before performing AppleTalk Setup Also could mean that the AppleTalk network doesn t have zones Zones are not required for printing to the RIP Station Press OK to continue Protocol ...

Page 123: ...No in the following message screen Delete Bindery setup and continue Repeat NDS Setup without changing the NDS tree or exit to Bindery Setup to review your current bindery settings Navigating NDS tree Network Setup Service Setup PServer Setup NDS Setup ___ is empty The chosen container contains no sub containers or objects relevant to the current mode of navigation Bindery Setup Network Setup Serv...

Page 124: ... as to add another Add Server Enter Your Login Name Enter Your File Server Password Network Setup Service Setup PServer Setup Bindery Setup No NetWare print server found No print server was found when RIP Station queried the file server you selected You must configure a print server and a print queue for every NetWare file server that will handle RIP Station print jobs see page 5 4 Any Bindery Set...

Page 125: ... supervisor have two options Enable a guest account on the NetWare server or tree for the purpose of setup Log in with a different account At the ENTER LOGIN NAME screen change the default name guest to supervisor or enter another valid login name When you are prompted for a password enter the correct password for the account you named For any Novell error make sure Your IPX Novell network is conn...

Page 126: ...he PServer Setup screen 252 Unable to log in to server Login does not exist The server has connected to a file server but is unable to log in to the server because the selected login account does not exist on the file server Select a different login account The error screen exits to the File Server Login screen Pressing the Menu button returns to the PServer Setup screen 255 Unable to connect to f...

Page 127: ...rint to PS error to Yes Printer not ready This message indicates that the interface cable between the RIP Station and the printer is not connected or a print job is ready but the printer is not turned on Printer not found Most failures to find a printer on the network are due to conflicting or missing name or address settings for the RIP Station You must enter particular names in certain places Th...

Page 128: ...ows NT 4 0 setup for TCP IP lpd host name DNS name TCP IP host name page 5 8 and Setup Guide Name of printer on lpd host machine print or hold UNIX etc printcap file BSD rp line print or hold page 5 15 Solaris lpadmin queuename print or hold NetWare administration utility print queues must be all lowercase and in English _direct _print _hold page 5 3 Add New Server dialog box when configuring a Fi...

Page 129: ...for example for TCP IP the IP address etc for IPX SPX a correct frame type setting Verify that in IPX SPX Setup the IPX network protocol has bound to all the frame types in use by the NetWare servers that handle RIP Station print jobs You can check these settings quickly by printing a Configuration Page On the client workstation the appropriate network protocols must be loaded and your Windows dir...

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Page 131: ...AppleTalk Zone 3 14 4 12 AUI Attachment Unit Interface 1 12 Auto Clear Job Log Every 55 Jobs option 3 40 4 6 Auto Print Job Log Every 55 Jobs option 3 40 4 6 B binary data printing via parallel port 3 13 4 9 Bindery emulation mode 4 14 setting up context 5 6 to 5 7 Bindery file servers connecting from Control Panel 3 25 connecting from remote Setup 4 16 defined 5 2 Bindery Services 3 19 Bindery Se...

Page 132: ...ts NetWare 5 7 Windows NT 5 12 configuring network servers NetWare 5 3 5 4 UNIX 5 16 Windows NT 5 9 connected Novell servers Bindery 3 27 connecting network cable 1 12 to 1 14 parallel cable 1 14 printer interface cable 1 11 to a Bindery file server 3 25 to multiple Bindery file servers 3 24 connections published 3 32 control levels 2 6 scenarios 2 5 setting 2 1 Control Panel accessing Setup 3 3 3...

Page 133: ... Enter Your Print Server Password Bindery Setup 3 26 3 27 error messages 6 4 to 6 8 No AppleTalk zone found 3 14 4 12 during Setup 6 4 during startup 6 6 NetWare 6 6 runtime 6 9 Ethernet 1 12 connecting cable 1 12 to 1 14 frame types 3 18 network 5 2 Port Setup 3 12 Ethernet Setup from Control Panel 3 11 Ethernet Speed 3 12 in Port Setup 3 12 in Protocol Setup 3 15 Ethernet Setup from remote Setup...

Page 134: ...t utilities 5 3 NDS Novell Directory Services 3 19 5 6 NetWare client setup 5 7 NetWare server setup 5 4 network diagram 1 6 overview of printing 5 3 selecting frame 4 13 setting bindery context 5 6 setting up printing 5 4 terms used to describe 3 24 4 14 tips for experts 5 3 IPX SPX protocol setup 3 18 selecting frame types 3 18 Setup 3 18 summary of Setup options 3 11 J Java to support Internet ...

Page 135: ...context 5 6 NetWare File Server Bindery connecting 3 24 3 25 4 16 finding available servers 3 25 maximum number supported xiii removing connection 3 28 selecting for editing 3 27 setting up more than one 3 24 4 16 NetWare Print Console 5 7 NetWare Print Server poll interval 3 29 NetWare Print Server Bindery 3 26 3 27 changing the selection 3 24 connecting 3 26 3 27 editing your choice 3 27 passwor...

Page 136: ...in Seconds option 3 13 4 9 portable computers 1 14 PostScript error 3 36 4 21 PostScript files printing 3 13 4 9 PostScript Setup 3 2 print connections color server 3 33 Print Monitor 2 5 Print queue 2 2 2 3 3 9 3 33 3 34 print queues 3 9 3 33 NDS 3 23 NetWare server Bindery 3 25 server 3 33 3 34 Print Server password 3 22 Print Start Page option 3 9 4 3 Print to PS Error option 3 36 4 21 6 9 Prin...

Page 137: ...er connection 3 28 Rendering Style option 3 37 4 22 reprinting jobs 3 33 RGB Source option 3 37 RJ 45 connector 1 12 root login 5 17 S Save Changes Job Log Setup Control Panel 3 41 Network Setup Control Panel 3 12 3 31 Printer Setup Control Panel 3 35 3 36 Setup Control Panel 3 8 3 9 Save Changes option 3 39 Search Name option adding a file server 3 25 Select File Server option 3 25 Select Frame T...

Page 138: ... Windows NT 5 8 to 5 12 Setup from Control Panel 3 15 summary 3 11 with UNIX workstations 5 15 terminology Novell 3 24 4 14 thicknet cable 1 12 1 14 thinnet cable 1 12 1 13 time setting 4 4 transceiver 1 12 Transmission Speed Ethernet option 4 8 troubleshooting connection to printer fails 6 9 Printer not found in the selection list of Fiery utilities 6 11 Printer not found TCP IP or IPX networks 6...

Page 139: ...see Fiery WebTools Windows SMB printing xiii 1 1 4 18 Windows NT network environment 1 7 PostScript printer driver 5 11 setting up Windows NT server 5 9 with TCP IP 1 7 1 9 Windows Setup 3 29 4 17 WINS IP Address option 3 30 4 18 WINS name server 3 30 ...

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