Fiery Extended Applications 4.

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Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6
New Features Guide

Table of Contents
New Features Guide .......................................................................................................................................... 1
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................ 2
New Features in Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 ......................................................................................... 2
Job List Filtered Views ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Online Help........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Fiery Online Resources ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Integration with Fiery Dashboard ....................................................................................................................... 5
Fiery JDF 1.3 with Fiery Integration Manager .................................................................................................... 5
Fiery ImageViewer 2.0 ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Create New Job ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Fiery JobMaster Improvements ......................................................................................................................... 9
Multi-bank Tabs .............................................................................................................................................. 9
Page Numbering Improvements ..................................................................................................................... 9
Expanded Language Support .......................................................................................................................... 10

Introduction

Fiery Command WorkStation , the print job management interface for Fiery servers, makes printing more productive, powerful and
intuitive. It centralizes job management, connects to all Fiery servers on the network and improves productivity. The intuitive interface

makes complex jobs simple, regardless of the operators experience, and full cross-platform Apple Mac and Microsoft Windows
support allows users to keep the exact same functionality, look and feel.
The intuitive interface offers a fully functional remote connection, so users get the same quality results as when they use a local
connection to a Fiery server. The backward-compatible Fiery Command WorkStation also allows print providers to update and provide
usability enhancements for current Fiery servers at no additional cost.
To download the latest version of Command WorkStation, visit www.efi.com/CWS5.
Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 comes in the Fiery Extended Applications Package 4.2 that includes:

Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 new version!

Fiery Impose, Fiery Compose and Fiery JobMaster 4.6 new version!

Fiery Hot Folders 3.6

Fiery Remote Scan 6.1

New Features in Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6

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Job List Filtered Views

Online help

Access to Fiery online resources Web page

Integration with Fiery Dashboard

Fiery JDF v1.3 with Fiery Integration Manager

Fiery ImageViewer 2.0

1.

New user interface

2.

Import third-party curves

3.

Custom curve presets

4.

Specialty color support

5.

Improved PDF softproof export

Create New Job

Fiery JobMaster improvements

1. Multi-bank tabs
2. Page numbering enhancements

Expanded language support (Russian, Turkish, Polish, Czech)

Job List Filtered Views

The Job List Filtered Views feature allows the operator to filter the job list based on values in any of the columns displayed in the Held,
Printed or Archived queues in the Job Center work area and in the Job Log in the Device Center work area. This feature lets operators
find jobs much more quickly than before in production print environments.

Users can start typing into any column and the job list is instantly filtered to reflect the search criteria. Some columns offer pull down menu
choices for selection.

Benefit:

Helps increase operator productivity by finding print jobs faster at the Fiery server.

Online Help
The updated and redesigned online help system offers up-to-date information; leverages the latest Web standards such as HTML5; and
features advanced search, PDF download and multilingual support.

Online Help advanced search functions

If the Fiery server is not connected to the internet, Command WorkStation notifies the user of the URL to visit using an internet
connected client (e.g.: help.efi.com/cws/5.6/en-us to access the US English Online Help) where users have the option to download a
PDF version of it.

Benefit:

Offers up-to-date information to help operators successfully perform print production tasks with the Fiery server.

Fiery Online Resources

Fiery users can access a wealth of resources to maximize the use of Fiery products. These resources include quick online assistance,
software downloads, training resources and more.
Users can access the Fiery Online Resources Web page from the Help menu or by going to resources.efi.com/fiery.

Access point to Fiery Online Resources Web page

Fiery Online Resources Web page

Benefit:

Easy access to a wealth of Fiery end-user resources.

Integration with Fiery Dashboard

Fiery Dashboard is a free cloud-based service that captures and aggregates a wide array
of performance data from one or more Fiery Driven devices. It gives users a single
view into digital print productivity, including usage rates, uptime, error rates and more.
The Fiery Dashboard agent is now included in the Fiery Extended Applications Package
4.2 download and the registration is integrated with Command Workstation, so Fiery
administrators can quickly setup the account and receive all the information they need
about their Fiery Driven printers in real time from a standard Internet browser.
To enable Dashboard from Command WorkStation, administrators need to select
Authorize This Computer from the Edit menu.
For more information on Fiery Dashboard visit www.efi.com/fierydashboard.

Benefits:

Improved set up and sign up experience to Fiery Dashboard.

Offers free access to a wide array of productivity metrics on Fiery Driven printers to assist managers make more proactive
business decisions.

Fiery JDF 1.3 with Fiery Integration Manager

The new version of Fiery JDF includes the following new features:

Auto reprint tracking: allows MIS systems to receive notifications about reprints of submitted jobs.

Tracking of non-JDF jobs: lets MIS systems track status and manage consumables of jobs that reach the Fiery server through
Fiery Command WorkStation File/Import.

Support of user-defined imposition feature in Fiery Impose for JDF-submitted jobs: enables the use of Fiery Impose templates,
including user-defined settings in a FJDF workflow for trim-box-based imposition.

JDF control of additional Fiery job settings such as the following:

Image quality

Brightness

Schedule printing

Pad printing

Color control bar

Wire comb binding

Scale to fit (now supported on imposed jobs)

Benefits:

Increases the number of jobs tracked through the JDF integrated workflow.

Expands the use of JDF controls to produce additional types of documents more efficiently.

The Fiery Integration Manager is a client application that enables system integrators and technical support personnel to manage JDF

configuration settings, update to the latest Fiery integration package, and support select Linux Fiery and Fiery System 8 Release 2
systems with the latest Fiery JDF technology.

Fiery FDF check for upgrades and JDF configuration settings in the Fiery Integration Manager

Benefits:

Reduces service calls for troubleshooting JDF integration setup and maintenance.

Enables Fiery JDF capabilities to select Linux and Fiery System 8 Release 2 systems.

Helps administrator get the latest JDF configuration settings.

For more information on Fiery JDF 1.3 and Fiery Integration Manager visit the Fiery Integration Package release notes Web page at
help.efi.com/fip.

Fiery ImageViewer 2.0

Fiery ImageViewer 2.0 enhances the overall user experience, improving performance, stability and usability. Five new features include:
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New user interface

The ImageViewer 2.0 user interface offers enhanced usability and a fresh look and feel. Other new user interface features
are:

Magnifier: allows a quick and precise zoom into a specific area on the page.
Page thumbnails: easier viewing and faster navigation of multiple pages within a document.

Collapsible view: ability to collapse left and right

hand sections (pages panel and color adjust
controls), to have a complete full screen preview.

Benefits:

2.

More efficient navigation of documents and pages.

Better overall integration into Command
WorkStation user interface.

Import third-party curves

ImageViewer offers the ability to import third-party
curves from applications such as Curve2 or Curve3
software.

Benefit:

3.

Helps G7 certified environments achieve the G7

standard by incorporating color management
changes into a specific job.

The magnifier allows a quick and precise zoom into a

specific area on the page

Custom Curve Presets

(Note: this feature requires FS150 Pro system software)
This feature provides the ability to save custom color curve edits and apply them either through the ImageViewer interface
or a drop down menu in Job Properties. Custom Curve Presets allow automation of last-minute color adjustments for jobs
that may require the same type of color correction and can be applied in Virtual Printers and Hot Folders as well. Curves
are also now the default view under Color Adjust in the right-hand Navigator.

Save custom color curve edits

Custom curve selection in Job Properties

Benefit:

4.

Maintains consistency throughout the color workflow and automates color adjustment between similar jobs.

Specialty Color Support

ImageViewer 2.0 now displays specialty colors supported by the print engine as an additional separation.

Benefit:

Allows viewing specialty colors separately and helps identify potential issues prior to printing.

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Improved PDF Soft Proof Export

Users can export the soft proof PDF in either 150 or 300 dpi. This allows
the flexibility to create a file suitable for emailing (for a content and layout
review) or a higher-resolution file for more advanced proofing and color
review.
Amended security restrictions allow comments to be added to soft proof

PDFs in Adobe Acrobat . This permits users to highlight specific areas for
closer examination and proofing. However, soft proof PDFs cannot be
printed or edited except to add comments.

Benefit:

Creates better communication between the print service provider and

the client during the proofing process, which can help eliminate costly
errors and job reruns.

The soft proof PDF can be exported in

either 150 or 300 dpi

Create New Job

Create New Job feature available for Fiery Compose, Fiery Impose and Fiery JobMaster, enables users to create a brand new print job
on a click of an icon shortcut.
The New Job icon is handy in the following scenarios:

When the operator needs to prepare a job from a scanned document.

When the operator needs to print a tab-only job.

When the operator brings existing jobs together, starting from an empty job.

In all the scenarios above, the operator can click on the New Job icon instead of starting Fiery JobMaster by opening a job in the Held
queue.

New Job icon in Job Centers tool bar

Benefit:

Improves ease of use in complex job preparation tasks.

Fiery JobMaster Improvements

Fiery JobMaster includes the following new features:

Multi-bank Tabs

Page Numbering improvements

Multi-bank Tabs
The Fiery JobMaster Multi-bank Tabs feature allows the use of two tab styles in a single
document. This feature identifies chapters and subchapters in long documents such as
books and manuals.

Nest multi-tab sets

This setting allows operators to restart the tab set at the beginning of a new chapter,
starting with the first tab in the bank. Available only when multiple tab sets are used
within a single job and controlled by checking the "Nest multiple tab sets" option in the
Edit Tab window, this setting applies to all tab styles in the job.
If the operator uncheck "Nest multiple tab sets" or the setting is hidden because the
engine does not support mid-job tab kick out, no tab sets will restart within the job and all
tab kick outs will occur at the end of the job.
For a list of Fiery Driven print engines that support Multi-bank Tabs, visit the
specifications page on the Fiery JobMaster Web page at www.efi.com/fieryjobmaster.
Long document including two tab styles to
differentiate chapters and subchapters

Tab bank, set, cut and position information

Hovering the mouse over of the tab page in Fiery JobMaster Page View will reveal the tab
set, tab bank and tab cut numbers.
Nomenclature:
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Tab ear: a single ear that sticks out from the edge of the media

Tab bank: a single series of tab ears that often spans the media edge

Tab cut: the position of the tab within a tab bank

Tab set: multiple banks with the same tab styles that make up a tab set

Tab style: media attributes of the tab set (number of ears, first tab offset, reading order)

Benefits:

Helps produce fully finished jobs with well-defined chapters and subchapters.

Offers printers a new value-add application.

Page Numbering Improvements

Fiery JobMaster has an improved Page Numbering feature that provides additional flexibility for operators to define page numbers after
reordering pages in a job. Improvements include:

Page Numbering Start Page: defines the number used for the first page. For example, if the start page is listed as "6," then the
page number of the first page will be "6", and second page will be "7," etc.

Page Numbering Increments: the user can specify the increment between the page numbers.

Page Numbering Format: the operator can specify the page numbering format, including A,B,C; a,b,c; I,II,III; i,ii,iii.

Force front side to odd page number: the user can make sure the front side of the page (typically the righthand page of a
reader's view) always has an odd page number.

New settings for Page Numbering

Benefit:

Provides additional flexibility for operators to define page numbers after reordering pages in a job.

Expanded Language Support

Fiery Command WorkStation 5.6 comes localized into four new languages: Russian, Turkish, Polish and Czech.
If the Command WorkStation client is running in one of these languages, and connects to one of the servers below that does not
support the same language, the client prompts the user to install the server language pack to the Fiery server automatically.
For more information on server language pack installation procedures and a list of supported Fiery servers visit the Fiery Language
Package release notes Web page at help.efi.com/flp.

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