1 Welcome 1
Welcome to the Spire CX260 User Guide................................................................................................................................................2
Terminology......................................................................................................................................................................................................2
Overview of Guide...........................................................................................................................................................................................3
Introduction to the Spire CX260.................................................................................................................................................................4
Hardware and Software Components...............................................................................................................................................5
Supported Formats.................................................................................................................................................................................5
Workflow ..................................................................................................................................................................................................5
Spire CX260 Network Printers............................................................................................................................................................6
2 Getting Started 9
Overview..........................................................................................................................................................................................................10
Turning the Spire CX260 On and Off ......................................................................................................................................................10
Basic and Basic Pro Configurations..................................................................................................................................................10
Control Station and Pro Control Station Configurations ............................................................................................................. 11
Working from a PC Client Workstation .................................................................................................................................................. 12
Defining the Printer on the Client Workstation ............................................................................................................................ 12
Printing from the Client Workstation.............................................................................................................................................. 12
Spire Print Driver Software................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Working from a Macintosh Client Workstation.................................................................................................................................... 21
Defining a Printer on Macintosh Client Workstations................................................................................................................ 21
Printing from a Macintosh Client Workstation............................................................................................................................ 23
Working Remotely ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
EZ Connect............................................................................................................................................................................................ 24
Remote Workspace............................................................................................................................................................................. 29
Spire Web Services .............................................................................................................................................................................. 31
Remote Scan Application ...................................................................................................................................................................37
Preparing PostScript Files Offline for the Spire CX260............................................................................................................. 46
3 Overview of Spire CX260 49
The Workspace.............................................................................................................................................................................................50
Opening the Spire CX260 Workspace from the Start Menu................................................................................................... 50
Customizing the Workspace View................................................................................................................................................... 51
The Server and Printer Monitors.............................................................................................................................................................. 52
Managing the Job Queues ......................................................................................................................................................................... 52
The Queues Window.......................................................................................................................................................................... 53
Status Information............................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Batching Jobs ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 55
Changing the Order of Jobs in the Queues ................................................................................................................................... 56
Suspending and Resuming Queues................................................................................................................................................. 57
Aborting a Running Job ...................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Moving a Waiting Job to the Storage Window............................................................................................................................ 58
Unlocking a Job .................................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Viewing and Editing Job Parameters ..............................................................................................................................................60
Deleting a Job .......................................................................................................................................................................................60
Managing the Storage Window.................................................................................................................................................................61
Discarding RTP Information.............................................................................................................................................................. 62
Handling Jobs in the Storage Window........................................................................................................................................... 62
Archiving and Retrieving Jobs .......................................................................................................................................................... 64
Viewing a Job’s History...................................................................................................................................................................... 66
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