Release Notes ColorPASS-Z5000 Color Server, version 1.0 for CLC5000 copiers This document contains information about ColorPASS-Z5000 Color Server version 1.0. Before using the ColorPASS-Z5000 Color Server with version 1.0, make a copy of these Release Notes and distribute them to all users. N OTE : This document uses the term “ColorPASS” to refer to the ColorPASS-Z5000 Color Server. Before printing to the ColorPASS: • Make sure system software version 1.0 is installed on the ColorPASS.
Page 2 Windows NT 4.0 Server Tools Configuring and monitoring the Windows NT 4.0 functions from the ColorPASS, or remotely controlling the ColorPASS using Windows NT 4.0 Server Tools require the Advanced Controller Interface option. For more information, contact your authorized service/support technician. Local Setup You can access Setup locally at the ColorPASS in these ways: • Right-click the FieryBar menu and choose Set Up Fiery. • In the Command WorkStation, choose Setup from the Server menu.
Page 3 LPR printing via NDPS Gateway If you print in an NDPS environment on Windows 2000, the filename and user name of the job may not be displayed correctly in the Queues or Job Log window in the Command WorkStation, Fiery WebSpooler, and Fiery Spooler.
Page 4 Printing Groups Printing Groups features are not supported with Windows 2000. The group name and password for a printing group cannot be saved or archived internally or externally. To print a job such as a PostScript file using Fiery Downloader with Printing Groups set, print the job to the Hold queue and enter the group name and password from the Command WorkStation Properties dialog box.
Page 5 Printing from an application A custom page size job will print with Paper Source set to Auto Select when printed from Adobe PageMaker 6.52. Print options that otherwise could not be selected for a custom page size job can be selected.
Page 6 Page Order While processing a job with the Page Order print option set to Reverse, if the ColorPASS hard disk becomes full, the ColorPASS may continue RIPping, the job, and the job may not print. If this occurs, reboot the ColorPASS. ColorPASS disk full Jobs are stored in RAM first and then on the ColorPASS hard disk when RAM becomes full. The ColorPASS hard disk continues storing jobs until it reaches its capacity.
Page 7 Changing the printer driver Do not change the setting for “Print using the following driver” in the Details tab of the printer driver Properties dialog box. If it is changed, unexpected results may occur. If so, reinstall the printer driver.
Page 8 Windows 2000 printer driver Installing the WebTools from Fiery WebTools Installer You can install the printer driver from Fiery WebTools Installer. When the Digital Signature Not Found window appears, click Yes and complete installation. Printing to the ColorPASS proceeds correctly. Properties dialog box When you open the ColorPASS Properties dialog box, features of the General tab may list incorrect information. Command WorkStation Configuring the connection to the ColorPASS With Windows NT 4.
Page 9 Downloading multiple jobs If you immediately cancel downloading multiple jobs from the Command WorkStation running on a remote computer, the first job may not be canceled. However, the remaining jobs will be canceled. Downloading jobs from removable media When you launch Fiery Downloader from the Command WorkStation and download files from a removable media device or CD-ROM, the Modified column may not correctly display the date and time.
Page 10 However, you can see the option changed to No in the Paper Setup screen of the Command WorkStation running locally or on a Configuration page. Template Path A location specified as Template Path in the Preferences dialog box may not be properly acknowledged for saving filter or DocBuilder Pro templates. Copies override When you override the Copies setting in the Properties window, you may be prompted to enter a three-digit number for the number of copies.
Page 11 Overriding print settings for jobs in the Spool area If you override print settings for a job held in the Spool area after you have edited that job in the Thumbnail windows, the settings may revert to the settings specified for the nonedited original job. If you want overrides to take effect, do not to save the job in the Thumbnail windows.
Page 12 Dongle (hardware key) To use DocBuilder Pro, you need to install a dongle on your Windows computer. Some page layout or illustration applications may need a dongle separately, and you can connect the dongle for use with DocBuilder Pro to the end of such a dongle in serial order. If this combination of dongles disallows the use of DocBuilder Pro, install the DocBuilder Pro dongle first.
Page 13 Print options The following print option settings specified for the original pre-imposed PostScript or PDF file remain in effect for printing even after the job is saved as an imposed job: • Color Mode • Copies • Media Type • Paper Source If you specify a paper size in the Size menu that needs to be fed from the Stack Bypass tray (for example, 12x18), the Paper Source setting automatically changes to SB (Stack Bypass). As a workaround, set Duplex to Manual in the Sheet area.
Page 14 Invalid Print Job When you print an imposed job with conflicting combinations of print options, the job may print normally without generating the Invalid Print Job message. Size column in the Job Log window When you print an imposed job, “0” may be displayed in the Size column of the Job Log window. Editing in the full-screen preview window When you exit the full-screen preview window after making edits, be sure to exit Adobe Acrobat at the same time.
Page 15 If File Info is displayed when jobs are being sent from more than one ColorPASS, the total number of queued jobs and the number of those jobs that is sent by the user may not return to “0” after all the jobs have finished printing. As a workaround, change to another tool and change back to File Info once again.
Page 16 “Printed” Message For jobs that have been RIPped and held from the Command WorkStation, the “Printed” message appears in the Fiery Link window. Fiery Scan Changing Prescan size from a Windows computer When you change the paper size from the Prescan size pop-up menu on a Windows computer, the Fiery Scan dialog box may not be displayed correctly, and the ColorPASS will not scan the job.
Page 17 9. Select Done in the Adobe Acrobat Scan dialog box. See the Printing Guide for the instructions on how to select the appropriate settings. Scanning from CanoBureau Workgroup or Imaging for Windows When you scan an image from CanoBureau Workgroup series v2.1 or later or from Imaging for Windows, if High Color (16 bit) is selected in the Settings tab of the Display Properties dialog box of the Windows computer Control Panel, scanning may not be performed correctly.
Page 18 Downloading Files from HFS formatted ZIP Disk To download PostScript files stored on a HFS formatted ZIP disk for use on Mac OS computers from Fiery Downloader, select “All files” in the Files of type pop-up menu. Even though you may see the “.txt” extension after the filename, you can download the file selected. Downloading TIFF files You may not be able to print a TIFF file downloaded using Fiery Downloader, depending on the compression format.
Page 19 CMYK Simulation Profile If you set CMYK Simulation Profile to SWOP-Coated (EFI), DIC (EFI), or Euroscale (EFI) from the Windows 95/98 printer driver with Two-way communication enabled and then try to override the setting from the Override Print Settings window, the pull-down menu displays Printer’s Default, preventing you from selecting a setting. As a workaround, click the box again, choose SWOP-Coated, DIC, or Euroscale, and override the setting.
Page 20 • Paper Source Alignment • Transparency Interleaving • Duplex (other than Manual or off ) • Transparency for Media Type Compression override Overriding the Compression setting in the Override Print Settings dialog box may have no effect. Group Name override When you override the group name to one that has not been registered, the job prints normally without an error. ColorPASS disconnected If the ColorPASS is disconnected, no alert message will appear in the Fiery WebSpooler window.
Page 21 Using other fonts—A number of other fonts provided with Mac OS 8.5 also support the Euro currency symbol. To print these fonts, use this procedure: 1. Select the font you wish to use For a list of fonts that support the Euro currency symbol, see http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1140.html. 2. Press the Option key, Shift key, and “2” key at the same time. Windows 95/98 Using the ATM font—You can print the Euro currency symbol using one of Adobe’s Type 1 PostScript Euro fonts.
Page 22 Setting up the ColorPASS for printing the Euro currency symbol—To print the Euro currency symbol, you must set up the ColorPASS as follows: 1. Choose Print from your application. 2. Make sure the ColorPASS is selected as your printer, and click Properties. 3. Click the Advanced tab, and scroll to the Graphic icon. If a plus sign appears next to the icon, click it. 4. Applications Click the TrueType font icon, select “Download as Softfont,” and then click OK.
Page 23 The Paper Source option specified in the printer driver may be displayed as “InputSlot” in the Command WorkStation Properties window. When you print, the Paper Size option may not be displayed correctly in the Command WorkStation Properties window or in the Fiery WebSpooler/Fiery Spooler Override Print Settings window. However, the job will print on the paper size specified.
Page 24 • Power Form • Reverse Delivery Additionally, characters with which Outline or Shadow is selected from the Type Style options of the Style menu may print overlapping each other. If this occurs, move the CIDSavvy file from the PostScript Printer Driver (PPD) File folder to a different folder. Jobs using the Poster feature of the Adobe PostScript printer driver may not correctly print depending on the combination of the settings specified.
Page 25 If you create an A4 size job and print with Paper Size set to Letter from Microsoft Word 2000, the job will be printed on Letter size paper. As a workaround, uncheck the “Allow A4/Letter Paper Resizing” setting in the Print dialog box. FreeHand Specifying Printer Features settings in the Fiery Printing tab from the printer driver on Windows NT 4.0 with FreeHand 7.0 or 8.0 will have no effect. You cannot select the following print options for the Printer Specific Options settings with FreeHand 7.
Page 26 Installing Fiery utilities on Mac OS The Fiery Downloader, Fiery Spooler, and Fiery Scan installers are available in the following languages: English (Fiery Spooler has US and UK versions), French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese (Fiery Spooler has Brazilian and European Portuguese versions), and Dutch (no Fiery Scan).
