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User Guide
English
Xerox CX Print Server, Powered by
Creo Color Server Technology, for
the Xerox Color 550/560 Printer
Version 1.0
731-01952A-EN Rev A
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Copyright Eastman Kodak Company, 2010. All rights reserved. This document is also distributed in Portable Document Format (PDF). You may reproduce the document from the PDF file for internal use. Copies produced from the PDF file must be reproduced in whole. Trademarks Kodak, Creo, InSite, and Prinergy are trademarks of Kodak. Acrobat, Adobe, Distiller, Illustrator, Photoshop, and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Apple, AppleShare, AppleTalk, iMac, ImageWriter, LaserWrite
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Contents 1 Getting started.......................................................................................................1 Printing this guide....................................................................................................................................1 What's new?............................................................................................................................................1 System overview................................................
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vi Xerox CX Print Server, Powered by Creo Color Server Technology, for the Xerox Color 550/560 Printer User Guide Rotating pages 180°.......................................................................................................................31 Replacing pages.............................................................................................................................31 Finding the CMYK values of a specific area............................................................
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Contents vii Creating and editing a gradation table............................................................................................58 Printing color jobs as black and white...................................................................................................60 Printing a job in grayscale mode....................................................................................................60 Printing a job that contains grayscale RGB elements using black toner .........
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viii Xerox CX Print Server, Powered by Creo Color Server Technology, for the Xerox Color 550/560 Printer User Guide Finishing tab in the job parameters window........................................................................................106 Exceptions tab in the job parameters window.....................................................................................109 Services tab in the job parameters window.............................................................................
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Contents ix 15 Glossary............................................................................................................141
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x Xerox CX Print Server, Powered by Creo Color Server Technology, for the Xerox Color 550/560 Printer User Guide
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Getting started 1 Printing this guide Change the paper size to print this document on any printer. 1. Open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat. 2. From the File menu, select Print. The Print dialog box appears. 3. Select the desired paper size, for example, A4 or letter. 4. In the Page Scaling list, select Fit To Printable Area or Shrink To Printable Area. Note: The names in the Page Scaling list vary according to the version of the Adobe Acrobat software. 5. Click OK. This document is printed to the
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2 Chapter 1—Getting started ● APPE 2.0 support ● Remote Site Manager ● Text message and e-mail notifications ● Measure a spot color using the X-rite i1 spectrophotometer ● Predefined color sets ● CX print server help ● Easy VDP File Creator ● Near-line finisher support System overview The Xerox CX print server, powered by Creo Color Server Technology, is an on-demand prepress system that uses advanced prepress technologies to drive the Xerox Color 550/560 Printer. The CX print server enables you
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Supported formats 3 ● CX print server software ● Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 ● Microsoft XP for Embedded Systems Supported formats The CX print server supports the following file formats: ● PostScript (composite or pre-separated files) (levels 1, 2, and 3) ● Adobe PDF (versions 1.2 through 1.7) ● EPS ● Creo VPS (Variable Print Specification) ● Xerox VIPP (Variable Data Intelligent PostScript PrintWare) ● VIPP.VPC (VIPP Project Container) ● PPML (Personalized Print Markup Language) ● PPML.zip ●
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4 Chapter 1—Getting started ● Peripheral Equipment Kit, which includes the stand, keyboard, mouse, and monitor. ● Professional Power Kit, extends the feature set of the Creo Color Server with an emphasis on the capabilities requested by graphic arts and commercial print providers. This kit includes: ● Dynamic page exceptions ● Imposition Template Builder ● Enfocus PitStop ● Archive and retrieve VDP files ● Spot color variation ● Print mode—progressive, separations and custom ● Print spot test bo
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Turning on the CX print server 5 Workspace area Description Resource details Click Trays, Finishers, Toners, Consumables or Server to display information about the size and type of paper in each tray, the connected finishing devices, the available toner, status of consumables, and disk space and network details. Process Queue and Print The Process Queue area lists the files to be processed. After a file has Queue been processed successfully, it moves either to the Print Queue area or to the Stor
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6 Chapter 1—Getting started Notes: ● If the workspace does not automatically appear, open the application from the Windows Start menu. ● If the screen saver is activated with a password, then the user name is set to operator and password is spire. See also: Preferences window on page 115 Turning off the CX print server 1. From the File menu in the workspace, select Exit. Note: Alternatively, if you want to exit the Workspace only (and not shut down the color server), select Exit Workspace. This
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Setting up your computer for printing 2 Setting up your computer overview Printing Methods Some methods for printing with the CX print server: ● Submit the job to one of the CX print server virtual printers. The job is spooled and then processed or printed (according to the selected job flow of the virtual printer). If you use this method, you can print from any software—for example, Adobe Acrobat— and use any file format from any Windows and Mac computer. ● Drag the job to a hot folder. The job
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8 Chapter 2—Setting up your computer for printing default virtual printers are published on the network with specific parameters set for processing and printing. The default virtual printers are: ● ProcessPrint—Files sent to this printer are automatically processed and immediately sent to the printer for printing. ● ProcessStore—Files sent to this printer are automatically processed and stored in ready-to-print (RTP) format in the Storage area. Later, you can submit an RTP job for printing, or c
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Setting up printing on a Windows computer 9 Setting up printing on a Windows computer Adding a network printer to your Windows computer To print from a Windows computer, you first need to add a CX print server virtual printer to your client workstation. Tip: Following are some shortcut tips for setting up a printer. The full procedure is detailed below. ● Locate the CX print server in My Network Places, and then double-click on the network printer you want to install. The network printer is auto
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10 Chapter 2—Setting up your computer for printing Loading the Print Driver software for the first time Requirements: A network printer must be defined on your Windows-based computer. Load the Print Driver software after installing a network printer so that the CX print server will be ready for printing. 1. Open a file with its corresponding application—for example, open a PDF file in Adobe Acrobat. 2. From the File menu, select Print. The Print dialog box appears. 3. Select one of the network p
