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Creo Print On-Demand Solutions Group http://www.printondemandsolutions.com Internal 731-00952A-EN Revised January 2007 Contents 1 Welcome 1 Welcome to the IC-304 Print Controller User Guide............................................................................... 2 Overview of IC-304 Print Controller ........................................................................................................ 2 Hardware and Software Components.............................................................................................. 3 Supported File Formats ................................................................................................................... 4 Workflow .......................................................................................................................................... 5 IC-304 Print Controller Network Printers ......................................................................................... 5 2 Getting Started 7 Turning On the IC-304 Print Controller ................................................................................................... 8 The Workspace ....................................................................................................................................... 9 The Printer Status Pane ................................................................................................................. 11 The Alerts Window ......................................................................................................................... 12 The Job Info Area ........................................................................................................................... 12 The Preferences Window ...................................................................................................................... 14 The Resource Center ............................................................................................................................ 15 The Job Parameters Window................................................................................................................ 16 The Help Menu...................................................................................................................................... 18 Turning Off the IC-304 Print Controller ................................................................................................. 19 3 Working at a Client Workstation 21 Printing a Job from a Client Workstation .............................................................................................. 22 Defining a Printer in Windows ............................................................................................................... 22 Defining a Printer - Windows XP .................................................................................................... 23 Printing From Windows.................................................................................................................. 26 Defining a Printer on Macintosh Client Workstations ........................................................................... 27 Copying the IC-304 Print Controller PPD File for Mac OS X (10.4) ............................................... 27 Setting the Network Printer for Mac OS X (10.4) ........................................................................... 28 Printing from a Macintosh .............................................................................................................. 30 Print Driver Software ............................................................................................................................. 31 Accessing the Print Driver Software .............................................................................................. 32 Disabling the Print Driver Software ................................................................................................ 39 Uninstalling the Print Driver Software ............................................................................................ 40 Using Hot Folders ................................................................................................................................. 40 Hot Folder File Formats.................................................................................................................. 42 Using Hot Folders From Your Computer ....................................................................................... 42 Web Center ........................................................................................................................................... 43 The Web Viewer ............................................................................................................................. 45 Downloads ..................................................................................................................................... 46 vi IC-304 Print Controller User Guide 4 Basic Workflows 47 Basic Job Workflow .............................................................................................................................. 48 Submitting...................................................................................................................................... 48 Processing ..................................................................................................................................... 48 Storage........................................................................................................................................... 49 Importing and Printing Jobs ................................................................................................................. 50 Importing Files ............................................................................................................................... 51 Resubmitting .................................................................................................................................. 52 Remote Scanning Application .............................................................................................................. 52 Setting Up Scan Boxes.................................................................................................................. 53 Managing Scanned Images ........................................................................................................... 56 5 Managing Jobs 59 Managing the Job Queues.................................................................................................................... 60 The Queues.................................................................................................................................... 61 Status Information.......................................................................................................................... 63 Suspending and Resuming Queues .............................................................................................. 64 Changing the Order of Jobs in the Queues ................................................................................... 64 Aborting a Running Job ................................................................................................................. 65 Batching Jobs ................................................................................................................................ 65 Moving a Waiting Job to the Storage Area .................................................................................... 66 Deleting a Job ................................................................................................................................ 67 Managing the Storage Area .................................................................................................................. 68 Handling Jobs in the Storage Area ................................................................................................ 69 Previewing a Job .................................................................................................................................. 73 Navigation Buttons ........................................................................................................................ 73 Using the Preview Tools ................................................................................................................ 74 Viewing Pages in the Job Preview & Editor Window ..................................................................... 75 Editing an RTP Job ........................................................................................................................ 77 Job Accounting..................................................................................................................................... 80 Viewing the Accounting In ...