We've been tasked with jobs that used to belong to the CSRs & shipping department, namely running Proof Slips for jobs and addressing envelopes for said proofs. I've set up a few Presets on our little DC260 and even managed to get it to feed 10x13 Booklets (miracle!) but right now I have to:
1. Make a PDF for both parts
2. Drag them to the Command Workstation
3. Apply each Preset
4. Manually Print
I see in the Device Center on the copier that I can make a new Workflow that is based on each preset, but is there a way to make a Virtual Printer on my Mac to just drag PDFs to it & have them Processed? I realize it's not as advanced as the RIP on the iGen, but I don't think there's a way in 10.7 any more to make Virtual Printers like we used to have, right?
I don't know that you can do that because Command Work Station isn't exactly a printer. I may be wrong, but I don't think you can work through that even if you can set up a virtual printer.
The Command Workstation installer also includes EFI Hotfolders. Would that work for you?
Whattya' know? Those hotfolders are called virtual printers in CWS. They can be set up with specific properties. Look up virtual printer in the Help menu Search option, and it will tell you how to set them up. You do have to be able to sign into CWS as an admin to do it.
Quote from: Joe on March 24, 2015, 09:00:30 AMThe Command Workstation installer also includes EFI Hotfolders. Would that work for you?
Guess it doesn't support the Hot Folders feature, I get this when I browse to the machine.
Quote from: Possum on March 24, 2015, 09:57:42 AMWhattya' know? Those hotfolders are called virtual printers in CWS. They can be set up with specific properties. Look up virtual printer in the Help menu Search option, and it will tell you how to set them up. You do have to be able to sign into CWS as an admin to do it.
Yeah, I did one like that but now that it's a Virtual Printer within CWS - how do I get files to it? It doesn't appear in my Print menus outside of CWS. :-\
I actually haven't never used them before. Is there a setting in CWS to enable them or something like that?
Quote from: Slappy on March 24, 2015, 10:05:52 AMQuote from: Possum on March 24, 2015, 09:57:42 AMWhattya' know? Those hotfolders are called virtual printers in CWS. They can be set up with specific properties. Look up virtual printer in the Help menu Search option, and it will tell you how to set them up. You do have to be able to sign into CWS as an admin to do it.
Yeah, I did one like that but now that it's a Virtual Printer within CWS - how do I get files to it? It doesn't appear in my Print menus outside of CWS. :-\
On the Mac? Add printer?
Ahhhh - closer! I can Add Printer & direct it to the custom Queue I've made. Now, how to just push PDFs to it directly...
Not sure but didn't it install the Hotfolder application on your Mac where there would be a folder (HOT) going to CWS? Or something like that? Or maybe you can connect via network to the RIP and see the hot folder share and connect to it that way? All just guessing at this point though.
It did, and the Server config on the 260 even shows that Hot Folders are enabled, but the Hot Folder Console won't let me actually browse to the machine to create one.Time to contact one of the wonderful Xerox Support Analysts!!
It's been a long time since I did one, but it seems that you add it like you add any other printer in the Mac. Then you can print to that printer as you do any other from any program.
Ah, it does show up as a printer I can access directly from Filemaker now!
Buuuuut...
It requires Authentication and all the docs I send get put on Hold. Fuck me running, this is just stupid. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Sounds like it is automatically going to he "Held" queue. Somewhere in the RIP there is a place to tell it which queue to go to. So when you print it asks for authentication? You have to give it your Mac password or the RIP password?
It's a PITA. Be persistent and you'll get it.
Quote from: Joe on March 24, 2015, 01:05:55 PMSounds like it is automatically going to he "Held" queue. Somewhere in the RIP there is a place to tell it which queue to go to. So when you print it asks for authentication? You have to give it your Mac password or the RIP password?
It's not even getting to a Queue, when I drop a PDF onto the Virtual Printer, an Authentication Window pops up. I've made a User at the CWS and made sure it's enabled to allow Printing but it doesn't recognize the User or even Guest.
I'm going to email our (practically useless) Xerox rep & see what's up with the Hot Folders not being recognized, that should be the simplest way to get what I want.
Quote from: Slappy on March 25, 2015, 09:39:36 AMIt's not even getting to a Queue, when I drop a PDF onto the Virtual Printer, an Authentication Window pops up. I've made a User at the CWS and made sure it's enabled to allow Printing but it doesn't recognize the User or even Guest.
I'm going to email our (practically useless) Xerox rep & see what's up with the Hot Folders not being recognized, that should be the simplest way to get what I want.
Does it work if you just import a PDF into CWS? (From the File menu => Import Job of CWS I mean)
It does, and I can point it to the Queue I want as well. Not that it saves me any time/steps as opposed to the way I'm already doing it though.
Hotfolders should be what you want. I have never used them, but the basic idea is to create a workflow that you can just drop a file into and it does the rest. From my understanding, you do not really print to them, rather drop a file into the hotfolder itself. So you would create a Hotfolder on your Fiery, create all the actions you want it to do, then when you drop in a file, it does what you told it to do and prints it out without needing to adjust settings each time.
without reading the thread, i assure you to use only the "hold" queue, make certain you have the right driver (the EFI Fiery one - NOT the one from Xerox) and print to the hold option (or set up the hold queue as a hotfolder). To make things easier, download and run CWS remotely and you can drag and drop once it finds the proper iP address.