System information

Fiery Central Manager
Fiery Central Manager allows you to create printer groups, add new printers, change printer group settings, and
configure VDP settings and DSF connection settings.
Access Fiery Central Manager
The Fiery Central Manager window, which appears after you install Fiery Central, allows you to perform tasks such
as configuring and editing printer groups.
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Do one of the following:
• Right-click the Fiery Central Bar and select Fiery Central Manager.
• Click Start > All Programs > EFI > Fiery Central > Fiery Central Manager.
• In Command WorkStation, click Device Center > General > Tools, and then click Launch Manage
Groups, or from Server > Central Tools, select Manage Groups.
Note: This feature can only be accessed from Command WorkStation installed on the Fiery Central Server.
Fiery Central Printer Groups
A printer group is a set of printers and default print options. Printer groups allow the Fiery Central Server to route
jobs to printers and balance them across multiple printers.
Fiery Central may have multiple printer groups. If the optional Balance module is installed, the printer groups may
each contain multiple printers, and each printer may belong to one or more groups.
A printer group appears on the network as a virtual printer, and has both Print and Hold queues. Jobs printed with
the Fiery Central printer driver, Hot Folders, or other printing utilities associated with the printer group can be
tagged with any of the print options provided by printers in the group.
Create or edit a printer group
To allow Fiery Central to print jobs to the printers, you must create a printer group.
Before you begin
Note: Before you configure printer groups, you must have the IP address or server DNS name for each printer you
want to use with Fiery Central. Make a note of any additional options installed with each printer.
When you create printer groups, keep in mind the capabilities of your printers, the types of printing you will be
doing, and if speed or custom printing is a priority.
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In the Fiery Central Manager window, select the Printer Groups tab.
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To add a printer group, click Add; to edit an existing printer group, select a group and click Edit.
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Type a Group Name to identify the printer group, add a description (optional), and then click Next.
A Group Name can be up to 16 characters long. The name cannot include special characters, hyphens, spaces, or
underscores.
Fiery Command WorkStation
Managing Fiery Central workflows
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