Xerox CX User Manual

System overview

The Xerox CX Print Server, Powered by Creo

, for the Xerox

DocuColor

7002/8002 Digital Press is an on-demand prepress

system that uses advanced prepress technologies to drive the
Xerox DocuColor 7002/8002 Digital Press.

The CX print server enables you to print from computers running
the Microsoft

Windows

operating system and Apple

Mac OS

operating system software. Using raster image processor (RIP)
technology, the CX print server converts image files in page-
description language (PDL) formats—for example, Adobe
PostScript

, PDF, and variable data printing formats—to a suitable

ready-to-print (RTP) format for direct high-quality digital printing.
The CX print server also streamlines the printing process by
allowing you to print with preset workflows.

In combination with the printer, the CX print server enables you to
efficiently print flyers, brochures, pamphlets, dummy catalogs, short-
run trials, and print-on-demand publications. When installed as a
network printer with the CX print server, the press prints at the full-
rated speed.

The CX print server combines RIP functionalities, automation,
control tools, and special hardware development capabilities with
Windows-based architecture.

Hardware and software components

The CX print server includes:

●

Creo hardware, including the interface board

●

Off-the-shelf hardware

●

A DVD-RW drive with DVD burning software

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The following software:

❐ CX print server software
❐ Adobe Acrobat 9.0 and PDF 1.8 (PDF library 9.0)
❐ Enfocus PitStop Edit
❐ Microsoft Internet Explorer

Supported formats

The CX print server supports the following file formats:

Chapter 1—Getting started