Fiery FS150 Pro and FS150

There are many Fiery® tools that help you increase your productivity and improve the efficiency and quality of your print jobs. To help you take advantage of these tools, EFI™ has developed a comprehensive set of how-to guides that walk you through each tool. You can select any of the following tool categories for access to the how-to guides any time you need it.

Note: The how-to guides are intended for use with Fiery Command WorkStation® 5 and Fiery FS150/Fiery FS150 Pro software. Some files may work with previous Fiery software versions. Also, some Fiery features are dependent on specific engine capabilities. If you have any questions about your Fiery server, please contact your Fiery supplier.

Select the how-to guides from the following categories:

Graphic Arts

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Calibrate printer with Fiery ES-2000 spectrophotometer

Calibrate your Fiery Driven print engine to achieve consistent color documents. This how-to guide describes the calibration method using the ES-2000 spectrophotometer.

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Capture spot colours and reproduce them accurately

Use the ES-2000 spectrophotometer to capture colours from your business card and reproduce them accurately in your colour documents.

1.18 MB Download

Use prepress tools at the Fiery server to troubleshoot file issues

Preflight, PostFlight and ImageViewer are features included in the Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition. Preflight evaluates print jobs for potential printing errors. PostFlight is diagnostic tool that provides global and object-specific information about how files are colour managed at the Fiery server. ImageViewer is a powerful interface for softproofing and applying last minute colours edits to jobs.

3.00 MB Download

Print the Ghent PDF Output Suite v5.0 on Fiery servers

Instructions on how to properly print the Ghent PDF Output Suite v5.0 on Fiery digital print servers.

3.67 MB Download

Optimise output for black-and-white documents

Produce perfect PDF results for colour documents required to print in black and white. The state-of-the-art Fiery image reproduction capabilities ensure the correct reproduction of overprints and transparencies in greyscale mode.

5.69 MB Download

Optimise colour quality of documents

Produce great colour-quality documents with the standard state-of-the-art Fiery colour reproduction capabilities including spot colours, colour substitution, auto-trapping, image smoothing, spot colour composite overprint, text & graphics enhancement.

9.93 MB Download

Enhance image quality of pictures with Fiery Image Enhance Visual Editor

Improve the output quality of amateur digital photos with Fiery Image Enhance Visual Editor and save prepress time by eliminating lengthy image editing and file manipulation tasks to make photos look their best.

10.61 MB Download

Enable a native PDF workflow with APPE

Enable the native PDF workflow on the Fiery server based on the Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE) interpreter to guarantee workflow consistency from creation to final output.

25.12 MB Download

Document Preparation

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Print business cards

Prepare and automate the production of business cards using Fiery Impose, a server-based imposition application option that streamlines and automates the imposition process, making production more efficient.

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Apply unique ticket numbers

Quickly insert a custom incremental ticket numbering sequence at the makeready stage.

2.10 MB Download

Apply advanced page numbering

Use a combination of custom text, formats and macros to create unique numbering sequences for multiple page sections.

10.22 MB Download

Automatic tab creation

Create tab sheets, place them in the right location, and populate the tab ear content automatically by using bookmark links from PDF documents.

12.30 MB Download

Automate offline finishing with Duplo finishers

Fiery Impose templates can include barcodes and registration marks recognizable by Duplo finishing equipment. These instruct the Duplo finisher on how to position its blades, cutters, and creasers to finish the document appropriately. The integration of Fiery Impose with Duplo finishers brings drastic productivity gains by automating the offline finishing process.

12.82 MB Download

Print a perfect bound booklet

This binding method consists of individual leaves glued together at the spine with a flexible adhesive which is glued along the edges of the body sheets and binds the text to a wraparound cover.

14.15 MB Download

Convert pages to greyscale

Easily specify any page or sheet surface to print in black and white during the makeready stage.

14.29 MB Download

Produce documents with two sets of tabs

Produce a job with two different sets of tabs to better differentiate chapters from subchapters in book.

15.13 MB Download

Print a booklet from Fiery Impose

Booklet imposition in Fiery Impose is a fully visual and intuitive process. It allows you to print multiple pages in a booklet style using any file format.

15.13 MB Download

Print a calendar booklet

Produce professional looking calendars using Fiery Impose, a server-based imposition application option that streamlines and automates the imposition process, making production more efficient.

19.61 MB Download

Auto tab and text stamping by PDF bookmark level

Learn how to peed up composition of long jobs including chapter and subchapters by treating all bookmark levels independently and easily program multi-bank tabs or insert bookmark text as a stamp on the page. Spend only seconds or a few minutes on what usually takes hours to achieve!

23.93 MB Download

Produce documents with bleed-edge tabs

Produce well-defined sections in a long document without using tab media. Bleed-edge tabs require the finished job to be trimmed on the fore edge in order for the tab colours to show.

30.77 MB Download

Produce jobs with different finishing requirements

"Use Fiery Compose or Fiery JobMaster to apply different finishing options for multiple chapters within a document. These finishing options will vary based on the in-line finisher available at the print engine."

30.77 MB Download

Prepare and produce business documents with Fiery VUE

46.70 MB Download

Merge JPEG files and print a photo booklet

Submit and merge JPEG files from the same folder and automate job settings like imposition to create a photo booklet in a few clicks.

66.74 MB Download

Prepare long complex documents for print

Fiery JobMaster provides advanced document make-ready including fully visual tab insertion and design; media assignment, page numbering, finishing and scanning; plus powerful late-stage editing features.

81.24 MB Download

Job Management

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Paper stock management with Fiery Paper Catalogue

Have a centralised paper warehouse database to store media stock attributes and make it easy to associate paper trays with the loaded media stock at the print engine in order to ensure the operator uses the right media, with the right colour profile for each print job.

14.97 MB Download

Automate job submission with Fiery tools

Configure a virtual printer, a job preset or a Fiery Hot Folder to set job ticket specifications, and assign imposition properties in order to automate any type of job submission process you adopt.

15.28 MB Download

Job management workflow in Fiery Command WorkStation

Fiery Command WorkStation makes operators more productive via intuitive, flexible job management tools. The state-of-the-art user interface design is focused on the end-user experience and boasts an uncluttered at-a- glance workspace.

18.59 MB Download

Variable Data Printing

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Prepare and print a personalised newsletter using FreeForm

Utilise Fiery FreeForm technology to enable variable data printing. Master element data for a VDP job is sent to the Fiery and rasterised separately from variable element data in order to achieve engine rated speeds.

25.12 MB Download

Prepare and produce personalised postcards

The production of personalised postcards with Fiery servers is as easy as producing static ones. The how-to guide showcases Fiery Impose to produce effective one-to-one communications.

29.04 MB Download

Prepare and produce personalised booklets

Produce high-impact one-to-one booklets to promote products and services by personalising them with customer contact information and product offerings related to their personal preference. The how-to guide showcases PPML format support and Fiery Impose.

39.21 MB Download