Create a job error report

Learn how to create a job error report to enable faster communication and replication of technical issues.

Automate job submission with Fiery tools

Configure a virtual printer, a job preset or a Fiery Hot Folder to set job ticket specifications including imposition templates in order to automate most of your jobs. Take automation to the next level by using Fiery JobFlow Base workflows.

Paper stock management with Fiery Paper Catalog

Have a centralized paper database to store attributes of the media stock 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 color profile for each print job.

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.

Capture spot colors and reproduce them accurately

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

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.

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 color managed at the Fiery server. ImageViewer is a powerful interface for softproofing and applying last minute colors edits to jobs.

Create custom control bars for color consistency and quality control

Control Bar Builder has a WYSIWYG interface, which displays different color bars and job information. Each custom control bar can be used across all media sizes, reducing setup time and simplifying the operator’s job.

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.

Optimise colour quality of documents

Produce great colour quality documents with the state-of-the-art Fiery colour reproduction capabilities including spot colours, colour substitution, auto-trapping, image smoothing, spot colour composite overprint, fine black elements and RGB transparencies.

Produce notepads

Automate the process of printing pads with minimal manual collation.

Produce NCR forms with Fiery JobMaster – FS300

Quickly create multi-part forms and fulfill complex numbering and stamping requirements typical in NCR form orders.

Print multi-up jobs – FS300, FS300 Pro

The gangup or multi-up imposition type is commonly used when printing business cards, postcards, tickets, and coupons. Fiery Impose offers workflows to optimize the layout composition of multi-up jobs depending on the properties of the source file, media size and automation requirements.

Apply unique ticket numbers – FS300

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

Gangup imposition automation by media size

The Fiery Impose finish size setting, Based on Trim Box, calculates the best layout (n-up and orientation) on the fly, considering the desired media size to print on. It enables the creation of a single imposition template for all gangup layouts like business cards, postcards, and tickets, printing on the same sheet size. The imposition template is applied to a Fiery Hot Folder workflow.

Scan and import pages with Fiery JobMaster

Merging scanned pages with existing electronic documents saves time and the expense of recreating the document in the original application. Learn how to scan or import pre-scanned pages with JobMaster, perform image cleanup and image editing functions to effortlessly achieve a more polished look of the final output.

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.

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.

Automatic tab creation – FS300

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

Produce documents with bleed-edge tabs – FS300

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

Convert pages to grayscale – FS300

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

Produce jobs with different finishing requirements – FS300

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

Assemble a catalog with page numbers – FS300

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

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!

Print a simple booklet from the driver

Produce booklets using saddlestitch imposition schemes from any application without the need for more advanced imposition programs.

Produce documents with two sets of tabs – FS300

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

Apply advanced page numbering and stamping

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

Auto page rotation in Fiery Impose

Automate the rotation for pages in long documents to ensure all pages have the orientation originally specified with Fiery Impose.

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.

Prepare and produce personalized postcards – FS300, FS300 Pro

The production of personalized 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.

Prepare and print a personalized newsletter using FreeForm

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

Prepare and produce personalized booklets

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