HELIOS ImageServer User manual

1 About the chapters of this manual

In the following, we give a brief summary of each chapter of this manual. These summaries are supposed to help you find the information you are looking for.

Chapter "An introduction to HELIOS ImageServer" gives background information. For readers who have little practical experience with OPI, it discusses basic concepts. After that - for those, who are already familiar with the product - it explains the features that are characteristic of the new ImageServer version 2.5.

Good to know

Chapter "Before getting started" provides background information about image file formats, color modes, image modifications, and printer characteristics. The explanations may be very useful for you, because they reveal how the settings you choose may influence your workflow. The chapter also describes how ImageServer 2.5 behaves in specific situations.

How to administer the ImageServer settings

Chapter "Setting up the OPI server with EtherShare Admin" gives directions for choosing the default OPI settings on your server as well as the specific settings for each volume and printer queue.

How to use the ImageServer software

Chapter "Using ImageServer 2.5" describes different utilities you may use to tune your layout files for specific purposes. The chapter then gives instructions on how to place layouts in a layout document and on how to set up the printer options in different OPI-compatible applications. This chapter is meant for those who simply want to use ImageServer 2.5 and do not care about the programming or the administration of the program.

ImageServer utility programs and preferences

Chapter "ImageServer utility programs" describes the ImageServer on the UNIX host and the programs that are available to change several ImageServer parameters manually.

Chapter "Script Server" describes how to define hot folders in order to automate processing tasks. Users can then simply drop files into a specific folder to be processed by a custom conversion script.

Chapter "ImageServer preferences and notification features" lists the most important preferences of the ImageServer and OPI-related printer queues. Additionally, OPI event notification features are covered in this section.

How to find help

Chapter "Troubleshooting" describes specific settings or parameter conflicts that may lead to unexpected results, and explains how to avoid errors in particular situations.

Chapter "Technical support" gives advice on how to set up a complete error description. Such a description is indispensable if you want to report a particular problem - which you cannot solve by using the documentation - to your dealer or to the HELIOS support department.

Additional information

Appendix "About OPI settings, typical workflows, and conflicts" gives examples that illustrate how different OPI settings
co-operate or how they may influence one another.

Appendix "Colors, color matching, proof printing - basic concepts" gives background information about color management.

Appendix "ImageServer and color space" describes how to preserve the original color space in a composite printing environment, and how the RGB-to-Hexachrome® color space conversion workflow can be set up.

Appendix "Notes for PCShare users" explains the settings that are necessary if you want to use the ImageServer features from a PCShare client on a Windows PC.

Appendix "Known restrictions" describes problems we have detected when testing ImageServer with different applications.

Appendix "Glossary" explains some product-related terminology.