Print Options
Print Options
Print Options
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CONTENTS 3
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 5
PRINT OPTIONS 9
Additional information 17
Booklet Maker 17
Centering Adjustment 19
Collate 19
Creep Adjustment 20
Duplex 20
Image Shift 21
Scale 21
INDEX 23
INTRODUCTION 5
INTRODUCTION
This document provides a description of the Fiery EXP4110 print options. This document
also explains each print option and provides information on any constraints or requirements.
Important information
A printer driver manages printing communication between your application and the printer.
It interprets the instructions generated by the application, merges those instructions with
printer-specific options you set, and then translates all information into Adobe PostScript or
PCL, a language the printer understands. In other words, the printer driver writes a PostScript
or PCL file based on your original file and the options you set from the Print dialog box.
A printer driver also allows you to select print options for your printer. To do this, the printer
driver must be matched with a PPD/PDD file for your Fiery EXP4110. A PPD/PDD file
contains information about the features and capabilities of a particular device (for example,
what paper sizes and media types are supported). The printer driver reads the information in
this PPD/PDD file and presents that information to you in the form of options you choose
from the Print dialog box. The PPD/PDD file for the Fiery EXP4110 includes information
about the features of both the printer and the Fiery EXP4110. For information about the
specific print options for the Fiery EXP4110, see the table on page 10.
PRINT OPTIONS OVERVIEW 7
PRINT OPTIONS
This chapter explains the Fiery EXP4110 print options, default settings, and any constraints
or requirements. It also provides detailed descriptions of specific print options.
For options that you configure in Setup from FieryBar, Command WorkStation, or
Configure, choosing Printer’s default results in the Fiery EXP4110 printing the job with
the setting you specified in Setup. For options that cannot be configured in Setup, the
Fiery EXP4110 prints the job with a preconfigured Printer’s default setting. For more
information, see the Requirements, constraints, and information column in the following
table.
To determine the current Setup defaults, print the Configuration page from Command
WorkStation.
PRINT OPTIONS 10
Align front and back images Specify to align the front cover image to the This option is available in the Windows
Off/On back cover image when using the Image Shift 2000/XP/Server 2003 printer drivers or
print option. Command WorkStation. For more
information, see page 21.
This option is not supported for PCL.
Back Cover Specify if you want to print a back cover at This option is only available with the
None/Print on Front /Print on Back/ the end of your print job. Booklet Maker print option.
Blank Front and Back /Print on Both
Specify Print on Front to print on the front
of the back cover.
Specify Print on Back to print on the back of
the back cover.
Specify Blank Front and Back if you want a
blank back cover.
Specify Print on Both to print on the front
and back of the back cover.
Back Page (X-axis and Y-axis) Enter values for the Back Page Image Shift. If you enter a value that shifts the image
Define numerical value beyond the dimensions of the paper size, the
If “Use the same values for Front and Back”
image appears clipped or may not print.
is enabled, the Back settings are disabled.
For more information, see page 21.
Booklet Cover Source Specify the paper tray source for the outside This option is available from Windows
Same As Job/Interposer (D-Finisher)/ cover sheet. 2000/XP and Mac OS X printer drivers only.
Tray 1/Tray 2/Tray 3/Tray 4/Tray 5 (MSI)/
This option is supported for Saddle and
Tray 6 (HCF1)/Tray 7 (HCF2)
Gang-up booklet options only.
Booklet Maker Specify how to arrange the pages of the For more information, see page 17.
Off/Saddle/Saddle (Right Binding)/ job in special layouts for folding or cutting
Perfect/Perfect (Right Binding)/ after printing
Gang-up - Speed Print/
Gang-up - Double Print
Brightness Select 85% for a substantially lighter image, This option is not supported for PCL.
Printer’s default/85% Lightest/ 115% for a substantially darker image, or
90% Lighter/95% Light/ use one of the settings in between.
100% Normal/105% Dark/
110% Darker/115% Darkest
Centering Adjustment Specify how you want the images positioned For more information, see page 19.
XY/Top X/Bottom X/Left Y/Right Y on the page for imposition printing.
PRINT OPTIONS 11
Collate Specify how to output multiple-page/ For more information, see page 19.
On/Off multiple-copy jobs.
Create Master To create a FreeForm master from this job, For more information, see Variable Data
None/1-15 specify a number to assign to the FreeForm Printing.
master file.
Command WorkStation allows you to select
up to 100 FreeForm Masters. For more
information, see Command WorkStation
Help.
Creep Adjustment Use this option to adjust images that may Creep can occur when booklet jobs have a
Off/Normal/Thick shift from the center of the sheet in booklets. large number of pages or when booklet jobs
are printed on thick media. For more
Select Thick when you use thick media paper
information, see page 20.
for your print job.
This option is not supported for PCL.
Select Normal when you use normal media
paper for your print job
Duplex Specify whether a job is printed single-sided For more information about duplex printing,
Off/Top-Top/Top-Bottom or double-sided (duplex), by specifying the see page 20.
orientation of printed images.
File Search Path Some PPML and Creo VPS jobs do not This option is available only in the printer
Define file search path contain all the variable data job resources in a driver or Command WorkStation, Windows
single file. In these cases, specify the location Edition Job Overrides.
of the variable data job external resources
For more information about printing PPML
on a job-by-job basis, so that the
and Creo VPS jobs, see Variable Data
Fiery EXP4110 can access them.
Printing.
Front Cover Specify if you want to print a front cover at This option is available with the Booklet
None/Print on Front/Print on Back/ the beginning of a print job. Maker print option only.
Blank Front and Back/Print on Both
Specify Print on Front to print on the front
of the front cover.
Specify Print on Back to print on the back of
the front cover.
Specify Blank Front and Back if you want a
blank front cover.
Specify Print on Both to print on the front
and back of the front cover.
Front Page (X-axis and Y-axis) Enter the values for the Front Page If the value you enter shifts the image beyond
define numerical value Image Shift. the dimensions of the paper size, the image
appears clipped or may not print.
For more information, see page 21.
Instructions Type instructions for the operator about This field has a 127-character (alphanumeric
the job. and special characters) limit.
Media Type Select the type of media for loading into the For more information about media types and
Use Machine Settings/Plain (64-105gsm)/ selected tray. paper specifications, see the documentation
Transparency/Plain (Side 2) (64-105 that accompanies the printer.
gsm)/Tab Stock 1 (106-216 gsm)/Label/
Recycled (64-105 gsm)/Hole Punched
(64-105 gsm)/Heavyweight (106-216
gsm)/Heavyweight 2 (217-253 gsm)/
Thin (52-63 gsm)/Tab Stock 2 (217-253
gsm)/Custom 1 (64-105gsm) - Custom 5
(64-105gsm)
Mixed Media Click Define to specify the media types used For more information, see Utilities.
Define (define mixed media) for specific pages.
Notes1 Type information about the job. The Notes field has a 31-character limit.
PRINT OPTIONS 13
Offset Mode Specify that different print jobs be offset in You must have a Finisher installed to offset
On/Off/Printer’s Default the copier tray. your job.
Optimize PowerPoint Select On when printing Microsoft Setting this option to On reduces the
Printer’s default/On/Off PowerPoint files to the Fiery EXP4110. processing time for PowerPoint jobs.
Orientation Specify Portrait or Landscape page This option is available from Windows
Portrait/Landscape orientation of the document. printer drivers only.
Output Tray Specify the output bin for your print job.
AutoSelect/Finisher Top Tray/
Finisher Stacker Tray/Booklet Tray/
Envelope Folder Tray
Page Size Specify the paper size on which to print For Custom Page Sizes, see Printing from
Letter/Letter LEF/Letter SEF/A4 LEF/ the document. Windows or Printing from Mac OS.
A4 SEF/A6 SEF/A5 LEF/A5 SEF/
A3 SEF/B6 SEF/B5 LEF/B5 SEF/
5.5x 8.5 (Statement) SEF/7.25 x10.5
(Executive) LEF/7.25 x10.5 (Executive)
SEF/ 8x 10 LEF/ 8x 10 SEF/Spanish
(8.46x12.4) SEF/8.5 x 13 SEF/
8.5x14 (Legal) SEF/11 x 15 SEF/
11x 17 (Ledger) SEF/ A4 Cover LEF/
A4 Cover SEF/Letter-Cover (9x11) LEF/
Letter-Cover (9x 11) SEF/12x18 SEF/
SRA3 (12.6 x17.7 SEF)/12.6x 19.2 SEF/
13x 18 SEF/13x19 SEF/Post Card (4.6)
SEF/Post Card (5x7) SEF/PostScript
Custom Page Size/9 x 11/A5/A4/
A3/Executive/Legal/Tabloid/Custom
Paper Source Specify the paper tray to use for a print job. Auto Select automatically selects the tray
Auto Select/Tray 1/Tray 2/Tray 3/ containing the paper size specified for a job.
Tray 4/Tray 5 (MSI)/Tray 6 (HCF1)/
N OTE : Specify the paper tray in this printing
option rather than in the application from
Tray 7 (HCF2)/Interposer (D-Finisher)
which you are printing.
Preview Master Click to generate a low-resolution image This option is selectable only if you enable
Click to preview of the selected FreeForm Master. Use Master.
For more information, see Variable Data
Printing.
PRINT OPTIONS 14
Print Master When you create a Master page from an Printer’s default reflects the setting specified
Printer’s default/No/Yes application and set this option to Yes, in Fiery EXP4110 Setup.
the Master file prints.
This option is available only if Create Master
Select this option to verify or confirm is enabled.
the Master page.
For more information, see Variable Data
Printing.
N OTE : Applicable click charges occur when
you print the Master.
Remove White PPT Background Select On when using PowerPoint to create This option is also available from
Off/On variable data in conjunction with FreeForm. Command WorkStation.
Save Fast Reprint Specify whether to save raster data to disk With this option set to On, all print option
On/Off/RIP only after a job is printed, so that the data can settings remain with the saved raster data
be reprinted without reRIPping. each time the job is reprinted. To print the
job with new print option settings, you must
remove the raster data and reRIP the job.
Scale Specify a scaling override for a print job. This option is available only as an override
25-400% from the job management tools.
100%
N OTE : The supported range is 25 to 400%.
N OTE : This option is not the same as
the Scale option available from the
printer driver.
PRINT OPTIONS 15
Schedule Printing Specify if you want to perform advance The job is printed based on the date and
On/Off print scheduling based on date and time set on the Fiery EXP4110, not the
time. If you select On, select the date client workstation.
and time for the print job.
If multiple jobs are selected and defined with
the same date and time setting, job order is
based on alphabetic order of the file names.
Secure Print Enter an arbitrary password, and then enter This option is not available for PCL.
it again from the printer touch panel display
for printing. For more details, see the
documentation that accompanies
the printer.
Slip Sheet Specify whether to insert a slip sheet between This option is effective only for non-sorted
On/Off copies or pages of multiple-copy jobs. or collated jobs.
Slip Sheet Page Size Specify the page size to use for
Letter LEF/Letter SEF/A4 LEF/A4 SEF/ the slip sheet.
A5 LEF/A5 SEF/A3 SEF/B5 LEF/B5 SEF/
B4 SEF/Statement SEF/8 x10 LEF/
8x10 SEF/8.5x13 SEF/Legal SEF/
11x17 SEF/12x18 SEF/SR-A3 SEF/
B4 SEF
Slip Sheet Paper Source Specify the paper tray to use for the
Tray 1/Tray 2/Tray 3/Tray 4/ slip sheet.
Tray 5 (MSI)/Tray 6 (HCF1)/
Tray 7 (HCF2)/Interposer
(D-Finisher)
Text/Graphics Enhancement Specify if you want to sharpen the This option is not available for PCL.
Printer’s default/On/Off edges of text or vector graphics.
Transparency Interleave Paper Source Specify the paper tray to use for
Tray 1/Tray 2/Tray 3/Tray 4/Tray 6 transparency interleaving.
(HCF1)/Tray 7 (HCF2)
Tray Alignment Specify if you want to enable tray alignment. For more information, see Utilities.
Enable/Disable
PRINT OPTIONS 16
Units Specify the measurement values to use with For more information about Image Shift,
mm/inches/points the Image Shift print option. see page 21.
Use Master For variable data print jobs, specify the For more information, see Variable Data
None/1-15 FreeForm master to use for the job. Printing.
Command Workstation allows you to select
up to 100 FreeForm Masters.
For more information about creating
FreeForm masters in Command
Workstation, see Command WorkStation
Help.
PRINT OPTIONS 17
Additional information
The following sections provide additional information about print options. For more
information about the settings, requirements, and constraints in effect for these options, see
“Print options and settings” on page 9.
Booklet Maker
Use this option to arrange the pages of your print job in special layouts for folding or cutting
after printing.
N OTE : Custom Paper Sizes are not supported when creating a booklet.
Saddle: Choose this setting to print entire documents that are folded and stacked in booklet
order. Finished pages can be stapled or stitched across the center fold, or spine.
You can also use Creep to adjust the image shifting that may occur when you print booklet
jobs. For more information, see “Centering Adjustment” on page 19.
Saddle Booklet
Front Back
Saddle (Right Binding): This option is the same as Saddle, except that the page order sequence
is right to left.
Perfect: Choose this setting to print separate folded pages that are stacked in booklet order.
Finished pages are stitched adjacent to one another for trimming or gluing.
Perfect (Right Binding): This option is the same as Perfect, except that the page order
sequence is right to left.
Perfect Booklet
Front Back
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Double Print: Choose this setting to print a job so that the data on the first page is duplicated
on the first sheet. The next sheet duplicates the data on the second page, and so forth. For
example, when each of the printed copies is cut in half, the result is two complete sets of the
same document.
Speed Print: Choose this setting to speed print a job so that when the sheets are stacked
and cut from the central position, the job is numbered in order and separated as two stacks.
The order of print is such that when they are cut in half, they can be combined to form a
single complete set of the document, in faster printing time.
Centering Adjustment
Use this option to specify how you want the image positioned on the page.
XY
Positions the image in the center of the page.
Top X
Positions the image flush with the top of the page.
Bottom X
Positions the image flush with the bottom of the page.
Left Y
Positions the image flush with the left side of the page.
Right Y
Positions the image flush with the right side of the page.
Collate
Use this option to specify sorting options.
On: Copies of a complete job are sorted as 1-N, 1-N.
N OTE : The Collation of Mixed Media and variable data printing jobs is done differently
than other jobs. For mixed media jobs, copies of a complete job are sorted per finishing set.
For variable data printing jobs, copies of a complete job are sorted per record.
PRINT OPTIONS 20
Creep Adjustment
Use this option to adjust images that may shift from the center of the sheet in booklet jobs.
Creep Adjustment is helpful in booklets that contain a large number of pages or when
booklets are printed on heavy media.
N OTE : To use this option, you must set the Booklet Maker option to Saddle, Saddle (Right
Binding), Perfect, or Perfect (Right Binding), with the Duplex option set to Top-Top.
Duplex
The Fiery EXP4110 printer is equipped for automatic duplex printing. When the Duplex
print option is set to one of the duplex settings, the printer automatically turns the paper for
printing on the opposite side.
The location of Fiery EXP4110 print options varies, depending on the printer driver that
you use.
2 Choose a Duplex setting.
Top-Top: Prints the top of the image on Side 1 on the same edge of the page as the top of the
image on Side 2.
Top-Bottom: Prints the top of the image on Side 1 on the opposite edge of the page from the
top of the image on Side 2.
The following table shows how Duplex settings correspond to printed output:
Top-Top Top-Bottom
Portrait
2
1 2 1
Landscape
2
1 2 1
PRINT OPTIONS 21
Image Shift
Image Shift allows you to specify how much the image on each page should be shifted relative
to the X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) axis. Moving the job content in this manner enables you
to allow for various finishing options, such as stapling and binding. Image Shift prevents the
image from being clipped.
N OTE : This option is effective only for jobs in which Layout is set to 1-up.
3 Type the Front and Back image shift settings in the X and Y axis fields. You can also use the
arrow buttons to shift the image settings.
N OTE : The maximum value for both X and Y axes is 999.99 points/13.88 inches/352.77 mm.
4 To align front and back images proportionately, select Align front and back images.
Scale
The operator can specify a scaling override, but the override is applied to any scaling value
already set in the active job. For example, if a user sends a job with a scaling value of 50% and
the operator specifies a Scale override of 200%, the job is printed at 100% of the original
document size, that is, 50% of 200%.
INDEX 23
INDEX
B Brightness option 10
Back Cover option 10 Centering Adjustment option 10
Back Page option 10 Collation option 11
Booklet Best Fit option 10 Copies option 11
Booklet Cover Source option 10 Create Master option 11
Booklet Maker option 10, 17 Creep Adjustment option 11
Brightness option 10 Duplex option 11, 20
Face Down Printing option 11
C Front Cover option 12
Centering Adjustment 19 Front Page option 12
Centering Adjustment option 10 Media Type option 12
Collation option 11, 19 Mixed Media option 12
Copies option 11 Offset Jobs option 13
Create Master option 11 Optimize PowerPoint option 13
Creep Adjustment option 11 Orientation option 13
Page Order option 13
D Page Size option 13
Double Print booklet setting 18 Preview Master option 13
Duplex option 11, 20 Print Master option 14
print settings 7
F Print Size option 14
Face Down Printing option 11
Punch option 14
File Search Path field 11
Punch Position option 14
Front Cover option 12
Remove White PPT Background option 14
Front Page option 12
Save Fast Reprint option 14
Scale option 14
G Schedule Printing option 15
Group Name field 12
Slip Sheet option 15
Group Password field 12
Slip Sheet Page Size option 15
H Slip Sheet Paper Source option 15
Hot Folders, job overrides 7 Stapler Mode option 15
Text/Graphics Enhancement option 15
I Toner Reduction option 15
Image Shift 21 Transparency Interleaving option 15
Instructions field 12 Tray Alignment option 15
Use Master option 16
J
job overrides M
Back Cover option 10 Media Type option 12
Back Page option 10 Mixed Media option 12
Booklet Best Fit option 10
Booklet Cover Source option 10 N
Booklet Maker option 10 Notes field 12
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O S
Offset Jobs option 13 Save Fast Reprint option 14
Optimize PowerPoint option 13 Scale option 14, 21
Orientation option 13 Schedule Printing option 15
overrides, of job settings 7 Secure Print 15
Slip Sheet option 15
P Slip Sheet Page Size option 15
Page Order option 13 Slip Sheet Paper Source option 15
Page Size option 13 Speed Print booklet setting 18
PCL printer description files 6 Stapler Mode option 15
PDDs, options 7
Perfect booklet setting 17 T
PostScript printer description files, see PPDs Text/Graphics Enhancement option 15
PostScript printer drivers Toner Reduction option 15
explained 6 Transparency Interleaving option 15
PPDs (PostScript printer description files) Tray Alignment option 15
options 7
Preview Master option 13 U
Print Master option 14 Units option 16
Print Size option 14 Use Master option 16
Printer Control Language, see PCL
printer default settings
where to set 7
printing
duplex pages 11, 20
Punch option 14
Punch Position option 14
R
Remove White PPT Background option 14
RIPping 6