Xerox CX250 User Manual

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Overview of Spire CX250 Color Server
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Overview of Spire CX250 Color Server
The Spire CX250 color server is an on-demand pre-press system that uses 
Creo Spire advanced pre-press technologies to drive a Xerox DocuColor 
240/250 printer-copier. 
As an optimal digital color solution for printers, the Spire CX250 color 
server enables you to print from Windows
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, Macintosh
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, and UNIX
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client workstations. The Spire CX250 color server processes image files in 
page-description language (PDL) formats—for example, PostScript, PDF, 
and Variable Information—using RIP (Raster Image Processor) 
technology. The system converts image files into a suitable RTP (Ready-
To-Print) format for direct, high-quality digital printing. The Spire CX250 
color server also streamlines the printing process by allowing printing with 
preset workflows.
In combination with the Xerox DocuColor 240/250 printer-copier, the 
Spire CX250 color server enables you to efficiently print flyers, brochures, 
pamphlets, dummy catalogs, short-run trials, and print-on-demand 
publications. When installed as a fast, network printer with the Spire 
CX250 color server, the Xerox DocuColor 240/250 printer-copier prints 
up to 50 color or monochrome pages per minute.
The Spire CX250 color server combines RIP functionalities, automation, 
control tools and special hardware development capabilities with PC 
architecture.
Appendix B
Reinstalling the System
This appendix describes the software backup and 
restore, reinstalling the system, installing and 
configuring the Novell client, and formatting the 
image disk.
Table 2: Guide Overview
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