HP Prepress Software, SmartStream Designer manual Introduction, What is it for?

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1Introduction

What is it for?

HP Designjet SmartStream is a professional software solution for technical-production environments, which offers true PDF management, allows you to cut job preparation time by 50%, and achieves total control across the printing workflow.

With HP Designjet SmartStream, true PDF management is fully guaranteed and you will no longer spend time solving PDF issues.

The latest Adobe Libraries embedded in HP Designjet Smartstream ensure fully reliable reproduction of your PDF files. Accurate rendering and printing are achieved at a higher speed, even for the most complex PDFs. You do not have to convert PDF files into TIFF anymore, and, in addition, you can anticipate potential PDF issues faster thanks to automatic error warnings.

With HP Designjet SmartStream, you can reduce job preparation time by up to 50% on multi-page jobs.

A single screen view provides all the information at a glance and helps you manage all your printing workflow. A user-friendly interface enables you to easily process large jobs while getting fast and accurate previews of complex PDFs. And HP Designjet SmartStream, which can connect simultaneously to more than one HP Designjet production printer, allows you to prepare and send jobs easily to any of them.

With HP Designjet SmartStream you can manage printing settings per page, while working on simultaneous print jobs. Automatically identify page size and page color so that you can extract and save jobs. You can also make extra copies of particular pages, remove unwanted white areas, or change the order in which documents will be printed.

HP Designjet SmartStream helps you gain total control of your printing workflow.

HP Crystal Preview Technology shows what and how content will be printed with true accuracy so that you can avoid reprints. You can see exactly how graphical content will be printed, because the preview is color soft-proofed to the paper type on which it will be printed.

HP Designjet SmartStream easily integrates production hardware accessories, and therefore offers total control of the entire printing workflow.

Finally, you can rely on end-to-end assistance right from job preparation to printing, which will monitor job and printer status, and warn you of potential issues with printer alerts.

With HP Designjet SmartStream, you have professional software to boost your productivity. You gain true PDF management, big savings in job preparation time, and full control of your printing workflow.

HP Designjet SmartStream does not need or use any printer driver. However, you may want to keep printer drivers installed for some particular purposes.

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Contents Designjet SmartStream Trademarks Table of contents Color management Job history Introduction What is it for?What do I see on the screen? Getting startedNotifications How can I adjust the HP Designjet SmartStream window?Introduction Requirements InstallationComputer hardware and software Supported printersUpdate your printer’s firmware Install the licenses How to installHow to install the Preflight Manager license Supported file types LicensingHow to install the Print Controller license Add the first printer Install the HP Designjet SmartStream applicationAdd a printer PrintersRemove a printer Change a printer’s IP addressPrinters pane Enww Stacker status Accessory statusFolder status Enww Printer-specific preferences Set preferencesGeneral preferences Enww Minimize roll switches Use roll with less paper Job preparation HP Designjet SmartStream Preflight Manager File error detectionProblems that prevent printing Problems that do not prevent printing Resolution CenterAutomatic attribute detection and setting assignment Job options Edit a jobOptions Remove pages Filter pagesExtract pages Move a job to another printer Sort pagesRemove a job Print settingsOptions General settingsCropping Paper source options How can I use the stacker options? Advanced optionsImage, page, and roll Print previewCrystal Preview Preview featuresCrystal Preview for glossy paper Crystal Preview showing what will be printed Submit jobs for printing PrintingFiltered and unchecked pages Printing queueJob status Printing interruptionsExit the application while printing Cancel jobsColor options Color managementSupported color spaces Job history Reconfigure a jobSearch the job history Reprint a jobRemove jobs from the job history Folding Enww Scanning Error code Short description Full description TroubleshootingIndex
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