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Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 7
The Changing Market for Digital Front Ends ................................................................................................................................................. 7
Fiery Servers Meet Current and Future Needs ............................................................................................................................................. 7
Introduction to Fiery FS150/FS150 Pro .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
FS150 Pro and FS150 New Features Table ..................................................................................................... 11
New Features ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Productivity ............................................................................................................................................. 12
Performance Technology ................................................................................................................................... 13
Spool — RIP — Print Simultaneously .......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Fiery SmartRIP .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Fiery HyperRIP .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Optimized PDF .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
APPE 3.0 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
CPSI 3020 ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Advanced Job Management .............................................................................................................................. 16
Force Print ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Suspend on Mismatch................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Rush Print ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Print/Process Next ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Quick Doc Merge ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Sample Print .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Schedule Print ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Job Presets .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Product-Specific Presets ............................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Modify Default Queues .................................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Proof Print ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Fiery Productivity Package ........................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Job Submission Automation .............................................................................................................................. 24
Fiery Hot Folders ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Fiery Virtual Printers ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Fiery Server Automated Workflows .............................................................................................................................................................. 25
Variable Data Printing ........................................................................................................................................ 27
Fiery VDP Raster Preview ............................................................................................................................................................................ 28
PPML 3.0 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Fiery FreeForm .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 29
VDP Resource Manager ............................................................................................................................................................................... 33
PDF/VT Support ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
Processing Optimization for PDF and PostScript VDP Files ...................................................................................................................... 36
Definition of Record Length .......................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Record and Set Level Finishing Support ..................................................................................................................................................... 37