Job Workflows
Printing Extra-Long Sheets
Printing Extra-Long Sheets (XLS) with the EX Print Servers
You can print on long sheets of paper up to 330 x 660 mm (26 in.) using the standard XLS feature. This process allows you to create banners, advertisements, A4 landscape book covers, calendars, and long sheet prints. XLS specifications include:
• Print Speed: Up to 9 ppm, 1-sided mode only
• Paper Weights: For uncoated, 52–220 g/m2 and coated, 72–220 g/m2
• Maximum Paper Size: 330 x 660 mm
• Maximum Printable Area: 323 x 654 mm
To use this feature, feed sheets from Tray 5, then for output destination, specify an option:
• Offset Catch Tray
• Top Tray of the desired finishing device
Note: A GBC® AdvancedPunch™ Pro cannot be configured with the system.
To print extra-long sheets:
1. To support the long paper, use the Top Tray Extension Rolls. If the rails are inserted in the Finisher Tray, pull them out to their full extension. If the rails are stored in the back of the finisher, retrieve them and insert them into the holes at the end of the Tray.
2. Load the paper into the Bypass Tray 5, on top of the 2-Tray Advanced Oversized High Capacity Feeder, or directly on the side of the press when no optional feeders are configured with the system.
a. To insert the paper easily, spread the Tray 5 paper guides wider than the paper.
b. Hold the center of the paper guides, then squeeze them until they touch the edges of the stack of paper.
3. Specify the paper size and type at the press touchscreen.
a. After you load the paper, the Paper Tray Settings window opens on the User Interface.
On this window, touch Change Settings.
b. Touch Paper size.
c. Touch Custom size.
d. Enter the length (x) and height (y) of the paper that you loaded.
For example: 26 in. x 13 in.
e. Touch Save.
f. Change other parameters as needed.
g. Touch Save.
4. Touch Confirm.
5. Submit the job file to the Hold Queue for the print server. To send the job, use > from a PC on the network or use the Import function at the server. To use Import, follow these steps:
a. On the Fiery® print server, click the Import shortcut.
b. Click Add.
c. Navigate to the file, then select it.
d. Click Hold.
The job is sent to the Hold queue.
6. At the print server, set the Job Properties.
a. To open the job properties, double-click the job in the Hold area.
b. On the Quick Access tab, set Copies to the number of prints that you want to make.
c. On the Quick Access tab, under Paper size, click Custom.
d. Set the Width and Height of the paper, as you did at the press User Interface.
Note: The terms for the paper dimensions are different on the server. Width corresponds to the measurement in the cross-process direction. Height corresponds to the length of the paper in the process direction. Process direction means the direction that the paper moves in the press.
e. Click OK.
f. On the Media tab, set Paper source to Tray 5 (bypass).
g. On the Finishing tab, for Delivery options, select the Offset Catch Tray or specific Top Tray that you want to use to collect the prints. Specify delivery of the output to the Offset Catch Tray or a Top Tray.
7. Click Print, then monitor the printing.