EFI Fiery Color Server for Xerox DocuColor 242/252/260

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WELCOME
This Welcome document provides system requirements and an overview of how to set up the
EFI Fiery Color Server for Xerox DocuColor 242/252/260 so that you can begin printing.
It describes the initial tasks you must perform and points you to sections in the user
documentation where the procedures are described in detail. This document also provides a
description of the user documentation on the User Documentation CD and instructions on
printing documents.

This document assumes that you have already installed the copier components. Details about
the copier, the network, remote computers, software applications, and Microsoft Windows
are beyond the scope of this document.

Terminology and conventions

This document uses the following terminology and conventions.

Term or convention Refers to

Aero Fiery Color Server (in illustrations and examples)

Copier DocuColor 242/252 and DocuColor 260

Fiery Color Server EFI Fiery Color Server for Xerox DocuColor 242/252/260

Mac OS Apple Mac OS X

Titles in italics Other documents in this set

Windows Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

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
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About the documentation

This document is part of a set provided to users and system administrators of Fiery Color
Server. The documents are on the User Documentation CD and are in PDF (Portable
Document Format). These files can be viewed online from your computer or printed using
Adobe Reader. When viewed online, these files contain links and cross-references that allow
you to quickly and easily locate needed information. To take advantage of advanced search
capabilities, use the most recent version of Reader. For more information, see “Installing and
using Adobe Reader” on page 6.

The following comprise the documentation set for your Fiery Color Server:
• Welcome provides an introduction to the Fiery Color Server and the user documentation.
• Configuration and Setup explains setup configuration and administration of the Fiery
Color Server for supported platforms and network environments. It also includes
guidelines for providing printing services to users.
• Printing from Windows and Printing from Mac OS describe how to install the printer
drivers on Windows and Mac OS computers, establish printing connections for different
networks, and begin printing from users’ computers. Each document also describes the
installation and use of print-related utilities, such as Job Monitor.
• Print Options provides information about print options for the Fiery Color Server. This
document describes print options and features that you access from the printer driver and
from Command WorkStation job overrides.
• Utilities describes how to scan and how to install, configure, and use the software utilities
included on the User Software DVD.
• Color Printing explains how to manage color output on the Fiery Color Server. This
document provides information about ColorWise Pro Tools, including how to calibrate
the Fiery Color Server and set ColorWise print options from Windows and Mac OS
computers.
• Fiery Color Reference provides an overview of color management concepts and workflows,
and describes how to manage color from various applications.
• Workflow Examples explains complicated printing scenarios and provides cross-references
to relevant information in the documentation set.
• Variable Data Printing supplements the information in Workflow Examples with reference
information about VDP (variable data printing). This document provides an overview of
FreeForm and where to set FreeForm options.
• Glossary provides definitions for popular color concepts, printing applications, and
printing terms used in the documentation set.
• Customer Release Notes provide last-minute product information and workarounds for
some of the problems you may encounter.
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Installing User Documentation

You can install user documentation directly from the User Documentation CD. In addition,
if the user documentation was installed on the Fiery Color Server and shared, you can install
the user documentation over the network.

N OTE : You can view user documentation from the CD or copy the language folder that you
want to your desktop. If you copy the files to your computer, keep all the files in the language
folder. Do not rename the files. The cross-reference links will not work properly.

TO INSTALL USER DOCUMENTATION ON A CLIENT COMPUTER FROM THE USER DOCUMENTATION CD

1 Insert the User Documentation CD into the CD-ROM drive.

The contents of the CD are displayed. On Mac OS X, the disk icon is displayed and you must
click it to display the contents of the CD.
2 Browse to the language folder that you want to access.

You can then choose to copy the documents that you want to your hard drive, or if there is an
Acrobat link inside the folder, click the Acrobat link to download the documentation from the
internet.

N OTE : If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed, you must open the Acrobat Reader folder
and install the version required for your operating system (Windows or Mac OS). See
“Installing and using Adobe Reader” on page 6.

TO INSTALL USER DOCUMENTATION ON A WINDOWS CLIENT OVER THE NETWORK

1 Browse for the Fiery Color Server over the network, using either the IP address or the DNS
server name.

2 Type the user name and password, if required.

Check with your network administrator to see if a password is required.

3 Browse to the User_Docs folder.

4 Browse to the language folder that you want.

5 Copy the folder to your hard drive.

If there is an Acrobat link, click the Acrobat link to download the documentation from the
internet.

N OTE : If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed, you must open the Acrobat Reader folder
and install the version required for your operating system. See “Installing and using Adobe
Reader” on page 6.
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TO INSTALL USER DOCUMENTATION ON A MAC OS X CLIENT OVER THE NETWORK

1 Choose Connect to Server from the Go menu.

2 Type smb:// followed by the IP address of the Fiery Color Server and click Connect.

If you cannot locate the Fiery Color Server, contact your network administrator.
3 Type the user name and password, if required.

Check with your network administrator to see if a password is required.

4 Browse to the User_Docs folder.

5 Browse to the language folder that you want.

6 Copy the folder to your hard drive.

If there is an Acrobat link inside the folder, click the Acrobat link to download the
documentation from the internet.

N OTE : If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed, you must open the Acrobat Reader folder
and install the version required for your operating system. See “Installing and using Adobe
Reader” on page 6.

About Help
Most of the user software, utilities, and printer drivers contain Help that is accessible from
Help buttons or from main toolbar menus. Help provides detailed procedures on using the
application and, in some cases, provides additional detail. The documentation refers you to
Help for more information as appropriate.

Installing and using Adobe Reader

For your convenience, Adobe Reader for Windows and Mac OS X is included on the User
Documentation CD.

TO INSTALL ADOBE READER

1 Insert the User Documentation CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer.

2 Double-click the CD icon.

3 Open the Adobe Reader folder.

4 Open the folder for your platform and double-click the installer file (.exe for Windows,
.dmg for Mac OS X).

5 Follow the on-screen installation instructions.

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Using Adobe Reader

View or print the PDF files provided on the User Documentation CD using Reader or
Acrobat. Once you install Reader, you can double-click a PDF icon to open the file. Note
specifically the advanced search capability of the version of Reader that is provided on this
User Documentation CD. You can search for a word or phrase across the Fiery Color Server
documentation set by examining all the documents within a specific language folder on the
User Documentation CD. For information about using this and other features of Reader, see
the Help that accompanies the application.

N OTE : You can view user documentation from the CD or copy the language folder that you
want to your desktop. If you copy the files to your computer, keep all the files in the language
folder. Do not rename the files. The cross-reference links will not work properly.

Limited Printing Capability

Before printing to the Fiery Color Server, you must enable Feature Activation. The Feature
Activation kit contains a dongle for activation and instructions on how to install the dongle. If
Feature Activation is not enabled, when you send a job to the Fiery Color Server, an Error
Page is printed telling you to enable Feature Activation. A Start Page is also printed, and you
can send jobs to the Fiery Color Server, but you do not have access to the full functionality of
the Fiery Color Server.

Checking for Feature Activation

To check that Feature Activation has been enabled, do one of the following:
• Print a Configuration page and locate the section BIOS Setup > Installed Options. If Hot
Folders is listed as installed, Feature Activation has been enabled.
• At the copier, press All Services on the copier touch panel, press Web Applications, and
then click the Info tab. If Hot Folders is listed as one of the installed options, Feature
Activation has been enabled.
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BASIC STEPS TO PRINT

The following section includes a basic workflow for setting up your Fiery Color Server in
order to print documents. It takes you from printing a Configuration page and configuring
Setup to installing printer drivers to print a job. Detailed instructions for all of these
procedures are found in other documents in the documentation set. For a summary of
supported Fiery Color Server documents, see page 4.

These instructions assume that a service technician has unpacked and connected the Fiery
Color Server and that the Fiery Color Server and copier are powered on. In some cases, initial
print device settings may be required, see Configuration and Setup.

The following steps assume that you are adding the Fiery Color Server to a TCP/IP network
that includes Windows XP user computers. Although this example is specific to a Windows
XP TCP/IP environment, users in other computer environments may also benefit from these
instructions.
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STEP 1
Print a Configuration page from the copier touch panel
Print the Configuration page and note the Fiery Color Server name and IP address. When
you perform Fiery Color Server Setup and install the printer driver, you will need to reference
this information.
1 At the copier, press the All Services Button, if necessary, and then press the Web Application
button.

2 On the copier touch panel, press Info.

3 Press Configuration.
4 Press Yes to confirm printing the Configuration page.

5 Review the default Fiery Color Server settings on the printed page and determine if they are
compatible with your network environment.

If you change these settings, print another Configuration page to verify the changes.
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STEP 2
Set up the Fiery Color Server from the copier touch panel
1 Make sure that the information screen on the copier touch panel reads Idle.

2 At the copier, press the Web Applications button.

3 On the copier touch panel, press Setup.

4 Press the Password field and type your Administrator password.

5 Press Save and then press Login.

6 Press the button for the Setup that you want to access.

7 Perform Printer Setup, Network Setup, and Services, and press Save Changes at every Setup
window.

If your network uses DHCP, the Fiery Color Server acquires the IP address automatically.
Otherwise, type the Fiery Color Server IP address.
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STEP 3
Install Postscript printer drivers on user computers for TCP/IP printing
From a user’s Windows XP computer:
1 Click Start and choose Printer and Faxes.

2 Click Add a printer.

3 Click Next.

4 Select “Local printer attached to this computer” and click Next.

5 Select Create a new port, choose Standard TCP/IP Port, and then click Next.

The Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard dialog box appears.
6 Click Next.
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7 Type the IP address or the Fiery Color Server DNS name and click Next.

8 If the Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard window appears, select the Device Type and click Next.

9 Click Finish.

10 Click Have Disk in the dialog box displaying lists of manufacturers and printers.

11 Insert the User Software DVD into your computer and browse to the
English \Prntdrvr\Ps_drvr\Win_2K_XP folder.

Make sure that Oemsetup.inf or Oemsetup is selected, click Open, and then click OK.
You can also download printer drivers from the Download WebTool.
12 Select the Fiery Color Server printer driver as your printer and click Next.

13 Type a name for the Fiery Color Server in the Printer name field, indicate whether you want to
make it the default printer, and then click Next.

14 Select Do not share this printer and click Next.

15 Select No to print a test page, click Next, and click Finish.

The necessary files are installed on your hard disk. When installation is complete, the Printers
window appears, with an icon for the newly installed printer.

For more information about installing Windows printer drivers, see Printing from Windows.

For information about installing Mac OS printer drivers, see Printing from Mac OS.
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STEP 4
Update the printer driver to include Fiery Color Server options
From a user’s Windows XP computer:
1 Click Start and choose Printers and Faxes.

2 In the Printers window, select the Fiery Color Server printer driver icon.

3 Choose Properties from the File menu.

4 Click the Accessories tab.

5 Select Two-Way Communication.

6 Type the Fiery Color Server IP address or DNS name.

7 Select Update Fiery Driver When Opened to display the printer’s current default settings when
the printer driver is opened.

8 Click Update.

Options such as finishing units that are installed on the Fiery Color Server are displayed in the
printer driver and are available the next time you print a job.
9 Click OK.

For more information about updating Windows printer drivers, see Printing from Windows.

For information about updating Mac OS printer drivers, see Printing from Mac OS.
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STEP 5
Print a job
From a user’s Windows XP computer:
1 From your application, choose Print from the File menu.

2 Select the Fiery Color Server printer driver and click Properties.

3 Specify Fiery Color Server job options, such as Copies and finishing options, and then
click OK.

4 Click OK again.

For information about printing jobs from a Windows computer, see Printing from Windows.

For information about printing jobs from a Mac OS computer, see Printing from Mac OS.

After completing the basic steps to print, you may want to explore these additional topics,
depending on your printing environment, for example:

Creating secure user groups and assigning user passwords (see WebTools Configure Help)

Managing and editing jobs submitted to the Fiery Color Server using utilities, such as
Command WorkStation and ColorWise Pro Tools (see Utilities and Color Printing)

Calibrating your copier to simulate a different printing environment or optimize color output
(see Color Printing)
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System requirements for user computers

To install the Fiery Color Server user software on a Windows or Mac OS computer,
the computer must be equipped with a built-in or external DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive.
The following table lists the minimum system requirements.

Minimum requirements for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 Mac OS

Operating system Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later Mac OS X v10.3.x or later
Windows XP (recommended with Service Pack 2
or later)
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise
Edition, or Datacenter Edition (any of these must be
the 32-bit version)
Windows XP 64-bit version with Service Pack 1
Windows 2003 64-bit version with Service Pack 1
N OTE : Only the printer driver is supported with
Windows Vista.

Memory for printing 256MB of RAM for printing and to operate utilities (512 recommended)
and utilities
(Job Monitor)

Networking protocol TCP/IP TCP/IP (required for Mac OS X v10.3.x or

later)

Networking protocol TCP/IP TCP/IP (EtherTalk and AppleTalk

for Fiery utilities supported)

WebTools Java-enabled web browser:

• Internet Explorer v6.0 with SP1 for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
• Firefox v1.0 for for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
• Safari v1.2 or later for Mac OS X v10.3.x or later
N OTE : Portions of WebTools require Java JVM v1.5 browser support.
N OTE : Microsoft releases frequent updates to Internet Explorer. Because support cannot be
guaranteed for all versions, use the versions specified for best results.
N OTE : The Configure WebTool is supported on Windows and Mac OS X v10.3.x or later.
A monitor and video memory that supports 16-bit color at a minimum resolution of 800 x 600
A TCP/IP-enabled network and the Fiery Color Server IP address or DNS name
Web Services enabled on the Fiery Color Server
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Command WorkStation Windows-based computer with a 1.0GHz or greater Mac OS X v10.3.7 or later
Pentium III processor
800MHz or greater Macintosh G3

200MB available hard disk space for installation 80MB available hard disk space for
installation
1GB is recommended for writing full
previews of raster files and handling large
PS or PDF files

256MB of RAM

A monitor that supports 16-bit color at a minimum resolution of 1024 x 768

Video adapter card with 2MB of video memory
TCP/IP networking protocol installed

CD-ROM drive

Impose on Command In addition to requirements for Command

WorkStation (Windows only) WorkStation:
Impose 2.7 is supported. • Windows-based computer with 333MHz Pentium
processor
• Dongle to be installed on USB port for every client
workstation
• Acrobat/PitStop CD

Other network requirements

UNIX (TCP/IP) workstation Standard TCP/IP connectivity

TCP/IP printing software that conforms to RFC1179 (Berkeley lpd protocol)
Sun OS 4.1.3 or later
Red Hat Linux 9 or later
Turbolinux 7
Solaris 9 or later
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Restarting and rebooting the Fiery Color Server

You may have to restart the Fiery Color Server for service. When you do, network access to
the copier is interrupted.

TO RESTART THE FIERY COLOR SERVER

1 Make sure the Fiery Color Server is not receiving, processing, or printing any files.

2 At the Control Panel press Web Applications, press Setup, press Restart Server, and select
Restart System.

TO REBOOT THE FIERY COLOR SERVER FROM THE COPIER TOUCH PANEL
1 Make sure the Fiery Color Server is not receiving, processing, or printing any files.

2 At the Control Panel press Web Applications, press Setup, press Restart Server, and select
Reboot Now.