Fiery® EXP8000 Color Server SERVER & CONTROLLER SOLUTIONS Print Options © 2005 Electronics for Imaging, Inc. The information in this publication is covered under Legal Notices for this product. 45049630 13 July 2005 CONTENTS 3 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 5 Terminology and conventions 5 About this document 5 PRINT OPTIONS OVERVIEW 6 About printer drivers and printer description files 6 Setting print options 7 Print option override hierarchy 8 PRINT OPTIONS 9 Print options and settings 9 Additional information 20 Booklet Maker 20 Centering Adjustment 22 Collation 22 Creep Adjustment 22 Duplex 23 Image Shift 24 Paper Source 24 Scale 24 INDEX 25 INTRODUCTION 5 INTRODUCTION This document provides a description of the Fiery EXP8000 print options. This document also explains each print option and provides information on any constraints or requirements. Terminology and conventions This document uses the following terminology and conventions. Term or convention Refers to Aero Fiery EXP8000 (in illustrations and examples) Digital press DocuColor 8000/7000 digital press Fiery EXP8000 Fiery EXP8000 Color Server Windows Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 Mac OS Apple Mac OS 9, Mac OS X Titles in italics Other documents in this set Topics for which additional information is available by starting Help in the software Tips and information Important information Important information about issues that can result in physical harm to you or others About this document This document covers the following topics: •Information about printer drivers, PPD (PostScript Printer Description) files, and setting Fiery EXP8000 print options. •Descriptions of each print option including default settings and any constraints or requirements. PRINT OPTIONS OVERVIEW 6 PRINT OPTIONS OVERVIEW This chapter describes printer drivers and PPD files, Fiery EXP8000 print options, and where to set print options. About printer drivers and printer description files The Fiery EXP8000 receives files from computers on the network, processes (RIPs) the files, and then sends them to the digital press. Windows and Mac OS computers communicate with the Fiery EXP8000 by means of a printer driver and PPD files. The driver allows you to use special features of the Fiery EXP8000 from the Print dialog box. A printer driver manages printing communication between your application and the printer. It interprets the instructions generated by the application, merges those instructions with printer-specific options you set, and then translates all information into Adobe PostScript, a language the printer understands. In other words, the printer driver writes a PostScript file based on your original file and the options you set from the Print dialog box. A printer driver also allows you to select print options for your digital press. To do this, the printer driver must be matched with a PPD file for your Fiery EXP8000. A PPD file contains information about the features and capabilities of a particular device (for example, what paper sizes and media types are supported). The printer driver reads the information in the PPD file and presents the information to you in the form of options you select the Print dialog box. The PPD file for the Fiery EXP8000 includes information about the features of both the digital press and the Fiery EXP8000. For information about the specific print options for the Fiery EXP8000, see the table on page 10. PRINT OPTIONS OVERVIEW 7 Setting print options Print options give you access to the special features of your digital press and Fiery EXP8000. You can specify print options using the following methods: •During Setup Some settings are specified during Setup by the administrator. For information about the current default server settings, contact the administrator or the operator. •From applications With the Adobe PostScript printer drivers, you can specify job settings when you print a job. For information about specifying job settings from Windows applications, see Printing from Windows. For information about specifying job settings from Mac OS applications, see Printing from Mac OS. •From Downloader You can specify only a few settings, such as Copies, Page Range (for PDF files), and Brightness (for PostScript and EPS files only), when printing jobs with Downloader. To change options in Downloader, select a job in the Files to be Downloaded (Windows) or Files to Download (Mac OS) list and click Options. For more information, see Utilities. •From ColorWise Pro Tools Set the default CMYK Simulation Profile, CMYK Simulation Method, RGB Source Profile, RGB Separation, Output Profile, Rendering Style, Spot Color Matching, Pure Black Text/Graphics, and Black Overprint settings. For more information about using ColorWise Pro Tools, see Color Printing. •From Hot Folders Assign a group of print options to a Hot Folder. When you specify print options for a Hot Folder, the print options are assigned to all jobs sent through that Hot Folder. These print options override any default options. For more information, see Hot Folders Help. •Overrides from Command WorkStation To change job settings from Command WorkStation, double-click a job to display the Properties dialog box. For more information about Command WorkStation, see Command WorkStation Help. PRINT OPTIONS OVERVIEW 8 Print option override hierarchy The override hierarchy is as follows: •A user’s printer driver settings override the Fiery EXP8000 Setup and ColorWise Pro Tools settings. •Settings made from the job management tools override the user’s printer driver settings. PRINT OPTIONS 9 PRINT OPTIONS This chapter explains the Fiery EXP8000 print options, default settings, and any constraints or requirements. It also provides detailed descriptions of specific print options. Print options and settings In the following table, underlined settings in the Option and settings column indicate default printer driver settings (PPD defaults). If you do not use the printer driver interface to configure a particular option, the Fiery EXP8000 prints the job with the underlined setting. For options that you configure in Setup from FieryBar, Command WorkStation, Configure, or ColorWise Pro Tools, choosing Printer’s default results in the Fiery EXP8000 printing the job with the setting you specified in Setup. For options that cannot be configured in Setup, the Fiery EXP8000 prints the job with a preconfigured Printer’s default setting. For more information, see the Requirements, constraints, and information column in the table. To determine the current Setup defaults, print the Configuration page from Command WorkStation. PRINT OPTIONS 10 Option and settings Description Requirements, constraints, (default setting is underlined) and information Align front and back images Specify to align the front cover image to the This option is available in the Windows Off/On back cover image when using the Image Shift 2000/XP/Server 2003 printer drivers or print option. Command WorkStation. For more information, see page 24. Auto Trapping Specify whether the job should automatically Printer’s default reflects the setting specified Printer’s default/Off/On trap text, graphics, and images. in Color Setup. This print option is available as part of the Graphic Arts Package. For more information, see Graphic Arts Package. Back Cover Specify if you want to print a back cover at This option is only available with the None/Print on Front Only/ the end of your print job. Booklet Maker print option. Print on Back Only/Blank/Print Both Specify Print on Front Only if you want to print on the front of the back cover. Specify Print on Back Only if you want to print on the back of the back cover. Specify Blank if you want a blank back cover. Specify Print Both if you want to print on the back and the front of the back cover. Back Page (Image Shift) Specify the values for the Back Page Image If you enter a value that shifts the image (X-axis and Y-axis) Shift. beyond the dimensions of the paper size, the define numerical value image appears clipped or may not print. If Use the same values for Front and Back is enabled, the back settings are disabled. For more information, see page 24. Black Detection Select Off if your job consists of black only You must set Color Mode to CMYK, On/Off text pages combined with a significant Standard Color, or Expert Color. For more number of color pages. information, see Color Printing. Select On if the job is predominantly black and white. Black Overprint Specify the type of black overprint style. Printer’s default reflects the setting specified Printer’s default/Off/Text/ in Fiery EXP8000 Setup. Text/Graphics Select Printer’s default or Text to overprint black text. For Windows, choose Expert Color as the Color Mode to access this option. Select Text/Graphics to overprint black text and graphics. If this option is set to Text or Text/Graphics, you must set Combine Separations option to Off. You must enable Black Text/Graphics to select this option. For more information, see Color Printing. PRINT OPTIONS 11 Option and settings Description Requirements, constraints, (default setting is underlined) and information Black Text/Graphics Select Rich Black On to print black text and This option automatically enables the Black Printer’s default/Pure Black On/ graphics as a four-color black using C, M, Y, Overprint option. Rich Black On/Normal and K toner, and to use normal PostScript For more information, see Color Printing. rendering. Select Pure Black On to print black text and graphics as a one-color black, using 100% black toner only. Booklet Best Fit Specify to scale up or down the page content NOTE: If Booklet Best Fit is set to Off, make On/Off to maximize paper usage and ensure that all sure you select the actual print size of your page content appears. document output using the Print Size option. Select Off if you do not want the page content to be scaled.