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Production workflows
12 Setting up your color server
15 Glossary
Contents
Printer User Guide
Whats new?
1 Getting started
Printing this guide
See also
System overview
Hardware and software components
Optional kits
Supported formats
Overview of the workspace
1.Turn on the monitor
Turning on the CX print server
2.Push the power control button
See also
Turning off the CX print server
Setting up your computer overview
Setting up your
computer for printing
Printing Methods
Print Driver software
Adding a network printer to your Windows computer
Setting up printing on a Windows computer
2.In the Printer Tasks area, select Add a printer
5.Select Browse for a printer, and click Next
Requirements
Shortcut for adding a printer
Deactivating the Print Driver software
DEX_Uninstaller.exe
Removing the Print Driver software
Requirements
Downloading fonts
Setting up a TCP/IP Printer
Requirements
2.Select File > Server Properties
Installing an LPR printer in Windows Vista
Installing an LPR printer in Windows XP
b.Select the LPR Byte Counting Enabled check box
1.Select Start > Settings > Control Panel
9.Click Continue
Setting up printing in Mac OS
The following information must be available
Requirements
1.From the Go menu, select Connect to Server
Calibration overview
3 Calibration
1.From the Tools menu, select Calibration
Requirements
15.Touch the Device Color Space button
13.Touch the Advanced Settings tab
11.Touch Network Scanning
1.From the Tools menu, select Calibration
Requirements
8.Click Next
Troubleshooting calibration
Printing a file in
Using a hot folder to print
Windows and Mac OS
Printing a file to the CX print server
Requirements
Password protect jobs
11.Click OK
Chapter 4—Printinga file in Windows and Mac OS
File processing
Printing from the color
server
Paper stock window
Importing and printing a job
Printing copies of a job
Resubmitting a job
Editing a job
Moving a page in a job
Previewing an RTP file
Deleting a page from a job
Merging pages into a job
3. Click Merge Job
Rotating pages
Replacing pages
Finding the CMYK values of a specific area
Verifying the content of the job
PDF analyzer
Requirements
Preflight report
Preflight check
Performing a preflight check
Analyzing a PDF job
Preflight report window
Viewing and printing a preflight report
Preflight options
Indicators
HiRes
Spot Colors
Indicators
Proofing the job using color sets
Show list
Found
Assigning a color set to your job
Printing and reviewing color sets
4.Select Mixed paper size document
Printing using the manual duplex wizard
7.Under Print, select Print Method
9.Select Manual duplex
Requirements
Running a rush job
Submitting a rush job
Archival and retrieval of jobs
6 Managing jobs
Requirements
See also
4.Click Retrieve
Forwarding a job to another CX print server
See also
Requirements
Accounting Viewer
Duplicating jobs
Requirements
See also
Customization in the Accounting Viewer
Exporting files
Job report
Exporting a PostScript file
PDF2Go jobs
Requirements
Exporting an RTP file
Managing profiles
7 Managing color
Color management on the CX print server
Importing a source profile
Importing a destination profile
Requirements
2.In the Resource list, select Profile Manager
3.Click the Device Link Profile tab
Importing a device link profile
2.In the Resource list, select Profile Manager
<Calibration_table_name>
Managing calibration tables
None
Normal
Separations
Minimum Accepted
Output Density
Input %
Next
Spot Color Editor overview
Adding a spot color
Deleting a spot color
Editing a spot color
Test–printingspot colors
3.Click Test Print
Requirements
Spot color variations overview
Requirements
Selecting a spot color variation
Printing a spot color variation
5.Click Print Variations
Protecting specific spot colors
Protecting an RGB color as a spot color
Protecting a CMYK color as a spot color
Color adjustment with the Gradation Tool
Protecting a gray color as a spot color
Creating and editing a gradation table
The value appears in the Input or Output boxes
Printing color jobs as black and white
8 Production workflows
Printing using imposition
Imposition methods
See also
Requirements
Previewing an imposition layout
a.For Trim size, select Custom
Printing a business card job
Requirements
6.Click Spacing & Marks
Printing a saddle-stitchjob
Requirements
Imposition Template Builder overview
Imposition Template Builder tool
Creating an imposition template
6. Under Type, select Simplex or Duplex
Buttons
Imposition template viewer window
Simulating a job with your template
Front
3. Click Rotate
Editing an imposition template
5.Click View Simulated Job
Adding exceptions to your job
Printing with exceptions
2.Click Exceptions
6.Click Advanced Options
Printing dynamic page exceptions
Deleting exceptions from your job
13.Click Save or Submit
2.Click Exceptions
Tabs plug-inoverview
Tabs Size
Text attributes - tabs
Type
Orientation
Text attributes - text
Text attributes - tabs
Length
Width
Underline
Text attributes - text
Alignment
Align Left Portrait Align Center Portrait
Text attributes - text
Content
Direction
Vertical Counter-clockwise Clockwise
Settings
Content
Saved Settings
Thumbnails
Chapter 8—Productionworkflows
5.Click the Content tab
3.In the Tabs area, set the tab attributes
13.Select the Mixed page size document check box
Managing tabs
Changing the location of a tab
Removing a page or tab from the file
Replacing a page with a tab
Inserting a tab before or after a specific page
Saving the tab settings
Working with near-linefinishers
Deleting saved tab settings
Near-linefinisher overview
Requirements
Generating a corner mark and barcode
2.In the Finishing tab, select Near-linefinisher
Next
Installing the Remote Scan Application in the Mac
Installing the Remote Scan Application in Windows
9 Scanning documents
Remote Scan Application
Creating a scan box
a. Select Security
4.Click ScanBox Manager
a.Select Send to Email
4.Touch Scan Settings
Requirements
Saving scanned files to your computer
Chapter 9—Scanningdocuments
VDP document formats
10Variable data printing jobs
Variable data printing jobs
Chapter 10—Variabledata printing jobs
Variable Print Specification
PPML
2.Under General, select General Defaults
Managing VDP elements
Caching global VDP elements
Archiving VDP elements
Deleting VDP elements
Retrieving VDP elements
4.Click Retrieve
Next
Print tab in the job parameters window
11Job parameters
Paper stock
Print mode
Interleave
Set and apply imposition settings to your job
Imposition tab in the job parameters window
Preview
Notes
Marks
Perfect bound
Saddle stitch or Perfect bound
Notes
Bleed
Preview
Creep
Image quality
Quality tab in the job parameters window
Graphics quality
text, line
Trapping
Enable trapping
Overprint
Black overprint
overprint
PostScript
Screening
Screening
Color mode
Color tab in the job parameters window
Color mode
Color Adjustments
Gradation
intent
CMYK rendering
Emulate source
Protected colors
Finishing tab in the job parameters window
Advanced Top
Parameter
The edge of a sheet where printing begins
Option
Description
Add and delete page exceptions and inserts
Exceptions tab in the job parameters window
Admin page
Services tab in the job parameters window
Print admin page
Job flow
Native PDF
Preflight
Color server
Chapter 11—Jobparameters
Preferences window
12Setting up your color server
Configuration Backup
Selecting the Disable guest connection check box
Mail Service
Security
Pre-RIPPreview
Localization
Deletion policy
Job batching policy
Queues Manager
Held jobs policy
Parallel RIP
Setting up e-mailand text message accountson page
Setting up e-mailand text message accounts
Backing up the configurationon page
Restoring the configurationon page
2.Click SMS and Mail accounts
Setting up a virtual printer
Virtual printers
Adding and editing a virtual printer
Backing up the configuration
Maintaining your settings
4.Click Restore Defaults
Removing a virtual printer
Requirements
Restoring the configuration
6.Click Start Restore
Tools for maintaining your system
Chapter 12—Settingup your color server
2.Under Administrator, select Remote Tools Setup
Remote Site Manager overview
Activating the remote tools
Preferences
Requirements
Installing the Remote Site Manager
Adding to the Remote Site Manager
Remote Workspace overview
Connecting to the workspace from your computer
Requirements
Requirements
Office Hot Folder tool
Using the Web Center
Connecting to the Web Center
Installing the Office Hot Folder tool
Creating an Office hot folder
Using the Office Hot Folder tool to print
Requirements
2.Click Create HF
Creo Color Server Job Ticket overview
Creo Color Server Job Ticket software
Language settings
Creating and managing job tickets
Submitting a file with job ticket for printing
Loading job parameters from a selected server
Requirements
Requirements
Selecting an Easy VDP File Creator template
Easy VDP File Creator tool
4. Click Continue to add data records. Next
Adding records manually to your variable data job
Next
Creating and printing the variable data job
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Job History window
14Troubleshooting
Job Information
Job title
Aborting a job
Handling alerts and failed jobs
Resume printing
Requirements
Printing system messages
Alerts window
Alert window options
Show Selected
Chapter 14—Troubleshooting
15Glossary
Automatic Picture Replacement APR
absolute colorimetric
amplitude-modulatedAM screening
cache
brightness
calibration curve
click charge
color gamut
color correction
color management
color mapping
composite file
composite mode
contrast
conventional screening
DCS-2
DCS desktop color separation
densitometer
density
device link profile
device-independentcolor space
device profile
dot area
frequency-modulatedFM screening
gray component replacement GCR
frozen job
gray balance
long-edgefirst LEF
L*a*b
lookup table LUT
PDF/X
process
printer description file
process colors
PSImage
screen angle
RTP ready-to-printjob
shadows
sheet
spine trim size
source profile
spot color
spot color library
TIFF/IT-P1
variable print specification
tint
tonal calibration
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