Document Outline

• Contents
• Getting started
  • Printing this guide
  • What's new?
  • System overview
    • Hardware and software components
    • Supported formats
    • Optional kits
  • Overview of the workspace
  • Turning on the CX print server
  • Turning off the CX print server
• Setting up your computer for printing
  • Setting up your computer overview
  • Setting up printing on a Windows computer
    • Adding a network printer to your Windows computer
    • Loading the Print Driver software for the first time
    • Shortcut for adding a printer
    • Deactivating the Print Driver software
    • Removing the Print Driver software
    • Downloading fonts
    • Setting up a TCP/IP Printer
    • Setting up LPR printing
      • Installing an LPR printer in Windows XP
      • Installing an LPR printer in Windows Vista
  • Setting up printing in Mac OS X
    • Installing the Print Driver software in Mac OS X (10.4 and later)
    • Defining a printer with the Print Driver software in Mac OS X (10.4 and later)
    • Removing the Print Driver software in Mac OS X (10.4 and later)
• Calibration
  • Calibration overview
  • Performing off-the-glass calibration from the Creo Color Server
  • Creating a calibration table using the X-Rite i1 spectrophotometer
  • Troubleshooting calibration
• Printing a file in Windows and Mac OS
  • Printing a file to the CX print server
  • Using a hot folder to print
  • Password protect jobs
• Printing from the color server
  • File processing
  • Importing and printing a job
  • Paper stock window
  • Resubmitting a job
    • Printing copies of a job
  • Editing a job
    • Previewing an RTP file
    • Moving a page in a job
    • Deleting a page from a job
    • Merging pages into a job
    • Rotating pages 180°
    • Replacing pages
    • Finding the CMYK values of a specific area
  • Verifying the content of the job
    • Analyzing a PDF job
    • Performing a preflight check
    • Viewing and printing a preflight report
    • Preflight report window
  • Proofing the job using color sets
    • Printing and reviewing color sets
    • Assigning a color set to your job
  • Printing a file that contains more than one paper size
  • Printing using the manual duplex wizard
  • Running a rush job
    • Submitting a rush job
• Managing jobs
  • Archival and retrieval of jobs
    • Archiving a job
    • Retrieving a job
  • Forwarding a job to another CX print server
  • Duplicating jobs
  • Accounting Viewer
    • Customization in the Accounting Viewer
    • Show, hide, and move columns in the Accounting Viewer table
    • Creating a customized view in the Accounting Viewer
  • Job report
  • Exporting files
    • Exporting a PostScript file
    • PDF2Go jobs
      • Exporting an RTP file
• Managing color
  • Color management on the CX print server
  • Managing profiles
    • Importing a destination profile
    • Importing a source profile
    • Importing a device link profile
  • Mapping media using the Media and Color Manager tool
  • Managing calibration tables
    • Calibrations window
    • Calibration table list
    • Calibration table Info Data tab
    • Calibration table Info Graph tab
    • Adding an entry to a calibration table
  • Spot Color Editor overview
    • Adding a spot color
    • Editing a spot color
    • Deleting a spot color
    • Test–printing spot colors
    • Measuring a spot color with the X-Rite i1 spectrophotometer
    • Spot color variations overview
      • Selecting a spot color variation
      • Printing a spot color variation
    • Protecting specific spot colors
      • Protecting an RGB color as a spot color
      • Protecting a gray color as a spot color
      • Protecting a CMYK color as a spot color
  • Color adjustment with the Gradation Tool
    • Creating and editing a gradation table
  • Printing color jobs as black and white
    • Printing a job in grayscale mode
    • Printing a job that contains grayscale RGB elements using black toner
    • Preserving black color in a job containing grayscale CMYK elements
• Production workflows
  • Printing using imposition
    • Imposition overview
      • Imposition methods
    • Previewing an imposition layout
    • Printing a business card job
    • Printing a saddle-stitch job
    • Imposition Template Builder tool
      • Imposition Template Builder overview
      • Creating an imposition template
      • Imposition template viewer window
      • Simulating a job with your template
      • Editing an imposition template
        • Rotating a page 180°
        • Rotating both the front and back sides of a page 180°
        • Changing the position of a specific page on a press sheet
  • Printing with exceptions
    • Adding exceptions to your job
    • Deleting exceptions from your job
    • Dynamic page exceptions and setpagedevice commands
    • Printing dynamic page exceptions
  • Printing tabs using the Creo Color Server Tabs plug-in for Acrobat
    • Tabs plug-in overview
    • Tabs plug-in window
    • Creating and printing tabs
    • 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
  • Working with near-line finishers
    • Near-line finisher overview
    • Generating a corner mark and barcode
• Scanning documents
  • Remote Scan Application
  • Installing the Remote Scan Application in Windows
  • Installing the Remote Scan Application in the Mac OS
  • Creating a scan box
  • Scanning a document on the Xerox Color 550/560 Printer
  • Saving scanned files to your computer
• Variable data printing jobs
  • Variable data printing jobs
  • VDP document formats
    • Variable Print Specification
    • PPML
  • Managing VDP elements
    • Caching global VDP elements
    • Archiving VDP elements
    • Retrieving VDP elements
    • Deleting VDP elements
• Job parameters
  • Print tab in the job parameters window
  • Imposition tab in the job parameters window
  • Quality tab in the job parameters window
  • Color tab in the job parameters window
  • Finishing tab in the job parameters window
  • Exceptions tab in the job parameters window
  • Services tab in the job parameters window
• Setting up your color server
  • Preferences window
  • Setting up e-mail and text message accounts
  • Setting up a virtual printer
    • Virtual printers
    • Adding and editing a virtual printer
    • Restoring the settings for a default virtual printer
    • Removing a virtual printer
  • Maintaining your settings
    • Backing up the configuration
    • Restoring the configuration
    • Tools for maintaining your system
• Working with color server tools on your computer
  • Remote Site Manager overview
    • Activating the remote tools
    • Installing the Remote Site Manager
    • Adding to the Remote Site Manager
    • Using the EZ Connect tool to view 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 an Office 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 file with job ticket for printing
  • Easy VDP File Creator tool
    • Selecting an Easy VDP File Creator template
    • 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
• Troubleshooting
  • Job History window
  • Handling alerts and failed jobs
  • Aborting a job
    • Resume printing
  • Alerts window
  • Printing system messages
• Index