HELIOS ImageServer User manual


Contents
1 About the chapters of this manual
2 An introduction to HELIOS ImageServer
2.1 Features of ImageServer 2.5
2.1.1 OPI functionality (image replacement)
2.1.2 Server-based Image conversion
2.1.3 Server-based color management
2.1.4 Script Server
2.1.5 HELIOS OPI TuneUp XT
3 Before getting started
3.1 Backward compatibility
3.2 About images, color modes, file formats, and compression
3.2.1 General remarks
3.2.2 Supported file formats
3.2.3 64-bit file offset support
3.2.4 File format characteristics
3.2.5 Supported modes of compression
3.2.6 File formats of OPI-generated layout files
3.3 About applications, OPI comments, and modifications
3.3.1 OPI-compatible applications
3.3.2 Supported image modifications and OPI comments
3.3.3 Clipping paths
3.3.4 Application clipping path (EtherShare Admin)
3.3.5 Additional channels in bitmap images
3.4 About output devices
3.5 How the ImageServer modifies color modes
3.6 How the ImageServer applies color matching
3.7 How the ImageServer finds and replaces image files
4 Setting up the OPI server with EtherShare Admin
4.1 General remarks
4.2 Starting the Admin
4.3 OPI server settings
4.4 Volume settings
4.5 Printer queue settings
4.6 Using the Admin printer log file to check OPI activities
5 Using ImageServer 2.5
5.1 General remarks
5.2 Notes about layout generation
5.2.1 Notes for Photoshop 6/7 users
5.3 Defining folder specific OPI settings
5.4 Tagging images with ICC profiles
5.5 Refreshing layouts using the "touch" program
5.6 ICC-rendering intent settings (EtherShare Admin)
5.7 OPI print options - include or omit images
5.8 Using QuarkXPress with ImageServer 2.5
5.8.1 Print settings in QuarkXPress
5.9 Using PageMaker with ImageServer 2.5
5.10 Using FreeHand with ImageServer 2.5
6 ImageServer utility programs
6.1 General remarks
6.2 The "layout" program
6.2.1 Syntax conventions
6.2.2 Options for the "layout" program
6.2.3 Further options for the "layout" program
6.2.4 Attributes for "layout" options
6.2.5 Examples
6.3 The "opitouch" program
6.4 The "hirespath" program
6.4.1 Possible commands and return codes
6.4.2 Example
6.5 The "oiinfo" program
6.6 The "oiimginfo" program
6.7 The "psresolve" program
7 Script Server
7.1 Introduction and example
7.2 Configuration
7.2.1 Starting, stopping and refreshing the Script Server process
7.2.2 The Script Server configuration file
7.2.3 Included sample scripts
7.2.4 HELIOS default scripts location
7.3 Developing and debugging scripts
7.3.1 Parameters for the scripts
7.3.2 Debugging scripts stand-alone (without Script Server)
7.3.3 Debugging scripts in the Script Server environment
7.4 Additional considerations
8 ImageServer preferences and notification features
8.1 Image Server preference keys
8.1.1 OPI Server preferences
8.1.2 Global OPI preferences
8.1.3 OPI-related volume preferences
8.1.4 OPI-related printer queue preferences
8.1.5 Script Server preferences
8.2 ImageServer notification features
9 Troubleshooting
10 Technical support
A 1 About OPI settings, typical workflows, and conflicts
A 2 Colors, color matching, proof printing - basic concepts
A 3 ImageServer and color space
A 3.1 Preserving the original color space in composite printing
A 3.2 Profile conversion RGB to Hexachrome®
A 4 Notes for PCShare users
A 5 Known restrictions
A 6 Glossary
Index

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