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Contents
Main
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Copyright
Trademarks
FCC Compliance
Product Recycling and Disposal
Limitation of Liability
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Contents
1 Getting started 1
2 Setting up your computer for printing 7
3 Calibration 15
4 Printing a file in Windows and Mac OS 23
6 Managing jobs 39
7 Managing color 47
8 Production workflows 73
9 Variable data printing jobs 95
10 Job parameters 101
11 Setting up your color server 123
12 Working with color server tools on your computer 131
13 Troubleshooting 149
14 Glossary 153
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Printing this guide
System overview
Hardware and software components
Supported formats
Overview of the Workspace
Workspace area Description
Turning on the CX print server
Turning off the CX print server
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computer for printing
Setting up your computer overview
Printing Methods
Network printers
Print Driver software
Setting up printing on a Windows computer
Adding a network printer to your Windows computer
Loading the Print Driver software for the first time
Deactivating the Print Driver software
Removing the Print Driver software
Downloading fonts
Setting up printing in Mac OS
Installing the Print Driver software in Mac OS
Defining a printer with the Print Driver software in Mac OS
Removing the Print Driver software
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Calibration overview
Defining the inline spectrophotometer as the calibration device
Creating a calibration table using the Inline Spectrophotometer
Creating a calibration table using the X-Rite i1 spectrophotometer
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Mapping jobs to calibration tables
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Windows and Mac OS
Printing a file to the CX print server
Using a hot folder to print
Password protect jobs
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server
Importing and printing a job
Previewing and editing a PDF file
Editing a job overview
Moving a page in a job
Deleting a page from a job
Merging one or more pages into a job
Replacing pages
Finding the CMYK values of a specific area
Verifying the content of the job
PDF Analyzer
Preflight Check
Preflight Report
Analyzing a PDF job
Performing a preflight check
Viewing and printing a preflight report
Preflight Report window
Preflight options
Indicators
Show list
Proofing the job using color sets
Assigning a color set to your job
Secure printing overview
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Archival and retrieval of jobs
Archiving a job
Retrieving a job
Forwarding a job to another CX print server
Duplicating jobs
Resubmitting a job
Printing copies of a job
Job Reports
Accounting Viewer overview
Job Report overview
Ensuring proper billing
Printing a job containing gray RGB elements as black and white
InSite jobs
Exporting a job as an InSite job
PDF2Go jobs
Exporting an RTP or PDL file as a PDF file
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Color tools overview
Managing color and profiles
Creating a destination profile
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Importing a destination profile
Importing a source profile
Mapping media using the Media and Color Manager tool
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Managing calibration tables
Calibrations window
Calibration table list
Info Data
Info Graph
Adding an entry to a calibration table
Managing spot colors
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Adding a spot color
Editing a spot color
Deleting a spot color
Printing a spot color chart
Spot color variations overview
Selecting a spot color variation
Printing a spot color variation
Protecting specific spot colors
Defining an RGB color as a spot color
Defining a gray color as a spot color
Defining a CMYK color as a spot color
Color adjustment with the Gradation Tool
Previewing a job
Creating a new gradation table
Editing a gradation table
Correcting an image using Photo Touch-up
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Print using imposition
Imposition overview
Imposition methods
Previewing an imposition layout
Imposition layout Preview window Preview window buttons
Page image
Imposition Conflict
Printing a business card job
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Printing a saddle stitch job
Imposition Template Builder Tool
Imposition Template Builder overview
Creating an imposition template
Imposition template viewer window
Buttons
Editing an imposition template
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Simulating a job with your template
Print with exceptions
Adding exceptions to your job
Deleting exceptions from your job
Dynamic page exceptions and setpagedevice commands
Printing dynamic page exceptions
Print tabs using the Creo Color Server Tabs plug- in for Acrobat
Tabs plug-in overview
Tabs plug-in window
Text attributes - tabs
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Content
Settings
Creating tabs
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Managing tabs
Changing the location of a tab
Replacing a page with a tab
Inserting a tab before or after a specific page
Removing a page or tab from the file
Saving the tab settings
Deleting saved tab settings
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jobs
Variable Data Printing jobs
About VDP document formats
About Variable Print Specification
About PPML
Managing VDP elements
Selecting to Cache Global VDP Elements
Archiving VDP elements
Retrieving VDP elements
Deleting VDP Elements
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Print tab in the Job Parameters window
Edit and change print parameters and options for your job.
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Imposition tab in the Job Parameters window
Set and apply imposition settings to your job.
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Imposition overview on page 73
Quality tab in the Job Parameters window
Apply settings to your job to improve the quality of image and text elements in your job.
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Color tab in the Job Parameters window
Apply various color settings and options to improve the color quality of your job.
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Printing a spot color variation on page 63
Photo touch-up tab in the Job Parameters window
Finishing tab in the Job Parameters window
Apply these settings to specify how to finish your job.
Exceptions tab in the Job Parameters window
Services tab in the Job Parameters window
processing time for PDF and PostScript files with repeated elements.
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The Preferences window
You must shutdown and restart your computer before the new settings take affect
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Password protect jobs on page 24 Secure printing overview on page 38
Setting up a virtual printer
Virtual printers
Adding and editing a virtual printer
Removing a virtual printer
Maintaining your settings
Backing up the configuration
Restoring the configuration
Tools for maintaining your system
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server tools on your computer
Creo Remote Site Manager
Remote Site Manager overview
Activating remote tools
Installing the Remote Site Manager in Windows
Adding Creo color servers to the Remote Site Manager
Viewing the printer status
Remote Workspace overview
Connecting to the workspace from your computer
Using the Web Center
Overview of the Web Center
Connecting to the Web Center
Office Hot Folder tool
Installing the Office Hot Folder tool
Creating a hot folder
Using the Office Hot Folder tool to print
Creo Color Server Job Ticket software
Creo Color Server Job Ticket overview
Language settings
Installing the Creo Color Server Job Ticket software in Windows
Installing the Creo Color Server Job Ticket software in Mac OS
Creating and managing job tickets
Creating a job ticket in Windows
Loading job parameters from a selected server
Submitting a job ticket for printing
Easy VDP File Creator tool
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Selecting an Easy VDP File Creator template
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Adding records manually to your variable data job
Adding records from a database to your variable data job
Creating and printing the variable data job
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Job History window
Job Information
Handling alerts and frozen jobs
Aborting a job
Resume printing
Alerts window
Alert window options
Printing system messages
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