Oki ES3640eMFP Programming manual

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P/N 59376801, Revision 1.0
June, 2005
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About the Documentation 12
Introduction 13
About this manual 13
Terminology 14
Chapter 1: About Job Management
Job environments 1-16
Levels of job control 1-16
Setting up an operator-controlled environment 1-17
Understanding job flow 1-17
Spooling, processing, and printing 1-18
Visualizing job flow 1-19
Communicating with users 1-20
What the operator should check 1-21
Overview of the job management utilities 1-23
Command WorkStation 1-23
Command WorkStation LE 1-23
Fiery Spooler 1-24
Chapter 2: Introduction to Command WorkStation and
Command WorkStation LE
The graphical interface 2-25
Active Jobs window 2-28
Jobs window 2-30
Activity Monitor 2-32
Job status indicators 2-36
Action buttons 2-38
Preview windows 2-38
Monitoring single or multiple Fiery servers* 2-38
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Customizing the graphical interface 2-39
Using layout styles* 2-39
Showing, hiding, and arranging components 2-40
Using commands 2-42
Menu bar 2-42
Context-sensitive menus 2-50
Preparing to work with Command WorkStation or Command
WorkStation LE 2-51
Connecting to the Fiery 2-51
Printing Fiery information pages 2-53
Setting preferences 2-56
Correcting tray alignment* 2-58
Managing Fiery fonts 2-61
Chapter 3: Using Command WorkStation or Command
WorkStation LE
Starting up and logging in 3-65
Logging in to the Fiery 3-66
Access levels 3-68
Logging out 3-70
Removing the Fiery from the server list 3-70
Monitoring jobs 3-71
Selecting jobs 3-71
Sorting job displays 3-72
Customizing job ticket information 3-72
Managing job flow 3-75
Importing jobs 3-75
Using job management commands 3-78
Viewing and overriding print settings 3-80
Reordering jobs* 3-83
Managing jobs on multiple Fiery servers* 3-85
Cancelling jobs 3-86
Defining Mixed Media settings* 3-86
Printing Fiery FreeForm variable data documents 3-89

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Creating and monitoring FreeForm masters 3-90
Using FreeForm masters with variable data jobs 3-92
Tips for using Fiery FreeForm 3-93
Archiving jobs 3-94
Using the Job Log 3-96
Searching for jobs 3-97
Chapter 4: Previewing and Manipulating Jobs
Previewing jobs 4-103
Displaying thumbnail previews 4-103
Preview window controls 4-104
Displaying full-screen previews 4-105
Editing and merging jobs 4-107
Editing jobs 4-107
Merging jobs 4-109
Chapter 5: Using DocBuilder Pro
Previewing, editing, and merging jobs 5-114
Imposition window 5-117
Job previews 5-118
Navigating in the Imposition window 5-120
Switching between page view and layout view 5-122
Setting magnification levels 5-123
Viewing the sheets 5-125
Using templates 5-126
Saving your work 5-128
Chapter 6: Advanced Features of DocBuilder Pro
Mixed Page mode and Fixed Page mode 6-129
Imposition settings 6-130
Sheet settings 6-131
Layout settings 6-133

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Scale settings 6-137
Finishing settings 6-140
Modifying the layout manually 6-145
Reordering pages in Layout mode 6-145
Adding, duplicating, and deleting sheets 6-146
Editing page content 6-148
Rotating pages 6-149
Setting gutter sizes 6-151
Managing templates 6-152
Tips for using the Imposition feature of DocBuilder Pro 6-154
Page-level operations 6-154
Saving imposed jobs 6-154
Chapter 7: Fiery WebSpooler and Fiery Spooler
Tracking and managing jobs with Fiery WebSpooler 7-156
About the Fiery WebSpooler window 7-159
Manipulating job options and job flow 7-161
Overriding job option settings 7-163
Job icons 7-164
Spool area 7-165
RIP area 7-166
Print area 7-167
Previewing, editing, and merging jobs 7-167
Previewing raster jobs 7-168
Displaying full-screen previews 7-170
Editing and merging raster files 7-172
Using the Job Log 7-176
Fiery Spooler for Mac OS computers 7-179
Starting Fiery Spooler 7-179
Connecting to a different Fiery from Fiery Spooler 7-180

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Appendix A:Basics of Imposition
Printing books with the Imposition feature of DocBuilder Pro
A-182
Basics of imposition layout A-182
Printer’s marks A-185
Additional sheets A-187
Binding methods A-189
Gang-Up printing A-191
Appendix B:TTemplates
1-Up Full Bleed B-194
2-Up Perfect B-195
2-Up Saddle B-197
3-Up Trifold Brochure B-199
4-Up Gate Fold B-201
4-Up Head to Head B-203
4-Up Z-Fold B-205
Appendix C:Troubleshooting
Error messages C-207
Troubleshooting C-208
Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE does not respond
C-208
Unexpected printing results C-209
Clearing the server C-210
Users are unable to connect to the Fiery C-210
Setup error messages C-211
Index 212

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This manual is part of a set of Fiery documentation that includes
the following manuals for users and system administrators. Most
are available as Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) files on
the User Documentation CD.
•TheUser Software Installation Guide describes how to install
software from the User Software CD to enable users to print to
the Fiery, and also describes setting up printing connections to
the Fiery.
•TheConfiguration Guide explains basic configuration and
administration of the Fiery for the supported platforms and
network environments. It also includes guidelines for setting up
UNIX, Windows NT 4.0/2000/Server 2003, and Novell NetWare
servers to provide printing services to users.
•ThePrinting Guide describes the printing features of the Fiery
for users who send jobs from their computers.
•TheColor Guide provides information on managing the color
output of the Fiery. It explains how to calibrate your Fiery and
take advantage of the ColorWise®color management system, as
well as features in ColorWise Pro Tools™.
•TheFiery Color Reference addresses concepts and issues
associated with managing color output of the Fiery and outlines
key workflow scenarios. In addition, it offers information on
printing color documents from popular Microsoft Windows and
Apple Mac OS applications.
•TheJob Management Guide explains the functions of the job
management utilities, including Command WorkStation™,
Command WorkStation LE™, and DocBuilder Pro™, and how you
can use them to monitor and control jobs on the Fiery. This
manual is intended for an operator or administrator, or a user
with the necessary access privileges, who monitors and
manages job flow, performs color calibration, and troubleshoots
problems that may arise.
•Release Notes provide last-minute product information and
workarounds for some of the problems you may encounter.
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This manual is intended for Fiery operators and administrators, or
users with the necessary access privileges, who monitor and
manage job flow, manipulate jobs, and troubleshoot problems
that may arise. It describes the functions and features of the
Fiery®job management utilities—Command WorkStation,
Command WorkStation LE, and Fiery Spooler™—for the purposes
of job management and quality control.
Note:In this guide, the term “Fiery” is used to refer to the Fiery
Network Controller for ES3640e MFP. The name “Aero” is used in
illustrations to represent the Fiery. The term “printer” is also used
to refer to the Fiery. The term “Windows” is used to refer to
Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000,
Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, wherever appropriate.
Illustrations of Windows software may not necessarily reflect the
version of Windows that you use.
About this manual
This manual is organized as follows:
•Chapter 1 provides preliminary background information about
job management and introduces the Fiery job management
utilities. It explains how to set up an operator-controlled print
environment and discusses job workflows that commonly occur
on the Fiery.
•Chapter 2 introduces the Command WorkStation and Command
WorkStation LE user interfaces. It also provides information on
basic Command WorkStation and Command WorkStation LE
functions, such as printing Fiery information pages and setting
preferences.
•Chapter 3 provides instructions on how to monitor and manage
job flow using Command WorkStation and Command
WorkStation LE. It explains how to hold, process, print, and
cancel selected jobs, and how to track and archive printed jobs.
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•Chapter 4 describes how to preview, edit, and merge jobs using
the Preview windows of Command WorkStation and Command
WorkStation LE.
•Chapter 5 describes how to use the Imposition feature of
DocBuilder Pro to arrange the pages of your print job in special
layouts for folding, binding, or cutting after printing. The
Imposition feature is available only if you have installed the
DocBuilder Pro option for Command WorkStation.
•Chapter 6 provides instructions on using advanced aspects of
DocBuilder Pro to create custom layouts and take full advantage
of Imposition features.
•Chapter 7 describes Fiery Spooler, which you can use to view
and manage Fiery job activity.
•Appendix A provides an overview of the terms and concepts of
imposition, including various folding, binding, and cutting
methods.
•Appendix B describes the built-in templates available from the
Imposition feature of DocBuilder Pro.
•Appendix C provides basic troubleshooting information.
Terminology
Specific terms are explained as they are introduced. However, the
following general terms are used throughout:
•PostScript (PS)—A computer language designed as a page
description language. The Fiery uses this language to image the
page and communicate with applications.
The term “PostScript” can also be used to refer to PDF data jobs.
PDF is a structured form of PostScript that provides the ability to
preview, scale, and reorder pages. Where applicable, the term
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•Printer Control Language (PCL)—A computer language designed
as a page description language. The Fiery also uses this
language to image the page, and communicate with
applications.
•Job—A file consisting of PostScript or PCL commands and
comments that describe the graphics, sampled images, and text
that should appear on each page of a document, and the printer
options that should be used in printing, such as media
or finishing options.
•Spool—Write to a disk. Used in this manual to refer to a
PostScript or PCL print job saved to the Fiery hard disk drive in
preparation for processing and printing.
•RIP—Acronym for raster image processing, which changes
PostScript or PCL commands into descriptions of each mark on a
page. In common use as a noun, a “raster image processor”
(RIP) is the computer processor that performs this function.
The Fiery RIP changes text and graphics commands in
PostScript or PCL into specifications for each dot of toner
deposited on a page by the printer.
•Process—The term “process” is used interchangeably with the
term “RIP” in this manual to refer to raster image processing.
•Print—The task of rendering, or imaging, a page or job on a
print device.
These concepts explain how the Fiery works as a powerful printing
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This chapter explains the basic principles of job management in
an operator-controlled print environment and provides an
overview of the Fiery job management utilities.
Job environments
The Fiery supports several control levels of printing, job
management, and Setup, and gives you the flexibility to choose a
configuration that corresponds to the requirements of your site.
Levels of job control
The following descriptions outline the range of levels of job control
that may exist in your environment:
• At one extreme, an operator in a high-volume printing
environment controls the entire job flow and all printing. Print
jobs arriving from remote users are spooled to the Fiery hard
disk drive and stored until the operator decides it is time to print
them. Additional functions (job overrides, prioritizing, and font
management) are reserved for the operator.
• At the other extreme, anyone on the local network can control
all printing and Fiery functions; operator intervention is not
required. Users can print from their workstations to any of the
published print connections. Anyone can use the job
management utilities to control any print job.
You can implement intermediate levels of job control in your
environment. However, the job management utilities are best
suited for an operator-controlled environment.
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About Job
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Setting up an operator-controlled environment
This manual assumes you are working in an operator-controlled
environment with responsibility for managing job flow. To
establish an operator-controlled environment, you or the
administrator must complete the following tasks:
Set up password privileges—The administrator must set up
separate passwords for operator access and administrator access
to the Fiery. For instructions on setting up passwords, see the
Configuration Guide Chapter 7.
Publish the Hold queue only—The administrator must enable only
the Hold queue, not the Direct connection or the Print queue, in
Setup. (For more information, see the Configuration Guide
Chapter 3.) This ensures that all jobs sent by remote users are
spooled and held on the Fiery, in preparation for job management
by the operator.
Establish communication between users and the operator—The
operator and remote users must agree on a method for
communicating print needs, such as Fiery FreeForm™masters.
Users can attach instructions to jobs using print option and notes
fields (see page 1-5).
Understanding job flow
In an operator-controlled printing environment, remote users
send jobs to the Hold queue of the Fiery. Using a job management
utility, the operator views the list of held jobs and decides when to
release each job for processing and printing.
The operator may also intervene during the workflow, stopping
jobs as they are processed or printed, placing jobs on hold for
future action, or overriding the user-defined print settings for a
job. In some cases, the operator may even modify a job,
duplicating or removing pages, or merging it with pages from
another job before releasing it for printing.

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Spooling, processing, and printing
To understand job flow through the Fiery, it is helpful to consider
the three main stages of printing.
Spooling—When a job file is sent over the network by a remote
user or imported from disk, it arrives at the Fiery and spools to a
location on the hard disk drive. After spooling completely, the job
is held on the hard disk drive, where it awaits further instructions
from the operator.
Processing (RIPping)—When the operator releases the job file, it
undergoes raster image processing (RIPping) at the Fiery. During
processing, the job file is interpreted as a raster image. This
raster image contains the data required by the printer to print the
job the way its originator intended. In the raster image, data
associated with each dot is rendered on the printer. The raster
data tells the printer whether or not to apply toner to each
position on the page.
Printing—After processing, the job typically moves on to the
printing stage. During this stage, the raster image associated with
the job is rendered onto paper, and the job is printed.
While original job files are saved to the Fiery hard disk drive,
raster images are typically deleted after printing. The operator
can issue commands to save and hold the raster image on the
hard disk drive along with the original job file. Saving the raster
image to the hard disk drive offers two advantages: raster files
are already processed, so they print quickly, and each part of the
raster file is still identified with a page in the original document, so
you can access individual pages of a saved raster file.
Spooling
Processing
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Visualizing job flow
As the operator, your job management tools permit holding and
releasing a job at any stage of the job flow. In the following
illustration, solid boxes indicate the types of job status flags you
may see in the Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation
LE Active Jobs window. Boldface items represent commands you
can issue from a job management utility to release held jobs.
Each command initiates a job workflow:
Print—When you issue the Print command for a held job, the job
is released for immediate processing and printing on the printer.
Printed
Spooling
Processing
(RIPping)
PostScript and
PCL data
Process (RIP) and Hold Print and
Hold
Print
Print
PostScript, PCL,
and raster data
Spooled/Held
Processed/Held
Processing (RIPping)
PrintingPrinting Printing
Processing
(RIPping)

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Print and Hold—When you issue the Print and Hold command for a
held job, the job is released for immediate processing and
printing. However, a raster copy of the original job remains in
processed/held status, even after the original job finishes printing.
Process (RIP) and Hold—When you issue the Process and Hold
command (Command WorkStation or Command WorkStation LE)
or RIP and Hold command (Fiery Spooler) for a held job, the job is
released for processing and then held in processed/held status
indefinitely. To release the job for immediate printing, you must
issue the Print command. A raster copy of the original job remains
in processed/held status, even after the original job has finished
printing.
Communicating with users
As the operator, you can use the job management tools to
communicate with users who originate print jobs. You can help
users become better informed about the Fiery so that they can
choose the appropriate options for their jobs by supplying the
following information:
Fiery device information
• The name of the Fiery on the network and the names of the
network servers sharing it
• The IP address or DNS name of the Fiery, to allow users access
to
Fiery WebTools™
• List of default Fiery settings and other settings
• List of installed fonts
If their applications do not download fonts automatically, can
users download fonts to the Fiery? Should users embed fonts in
documents or supply them for you to download?
• Resident calibration target and date of current measurements
• Custom simulations