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Setup is required the first time the Fiery X4 is turned on after new system software is 
loaded. In this initial Setup, you (or the service technician who loads the software) 
choose the language you want to use for Fiery X4 Control Panel menus and messages.

In initial Setup, you must configure at least Server Setup, Network Setup, and Printer 
Setup, in that order, from the Control Panel. If you don’t configure the remaining 
Setups, the Fiery X4 uses default settings. These defaults allow the Fiery X4 to reach 
the Idle state, but might not allow users to print to the Fiery X4. You need to make 
settings appropriate for the printing environment at your site.

After initial Setup, you can change Setup options from the Control Panel (page 3-2), 
Fiery X4 Server Setup (a Windows NT application), Fiery WebSetup, or the 
Command WorkStation (page 4-3). Most Setup options can be set from any of these 
methods.

For Novell and Windows NT 4.0 (using TCP/IP) networks, the network servers must 
be configured for printing to the Fiery X4 before you configure Fiery X4 network 
settings in Setup. You need a live network connection so the Fiery X4 can query the 
network for zones, servers, and server-based queues. The diagrams on pages 1-5 
through 1-9 give chapter references for network server setup.

You must configure the Fiery X4 with the correct Windows NT domain name. This is 
especially important for Windows printing, also known as SMB printing. For Fiery X4 
systems that include the Fiery Advanced Controller option, open the Start Menu > 
Settings > Network > Identification tab, and enter the correct domain name. You must 
also check “Create a Computer Account in the Domain”, and enter the user name and 
password of a user that can add workstations to the specified domain. 
For configurations that do not include the Fiery Advanced Controller option, you 
need to add the Fiery X4 to the domain from a Windows NT 4.0 server on the 
network using the Server Manager utility. 

Whenever the configuration of the Fiery X4, the copier, or the network itself changes 
at your site, you can alter individual settings to correspond to the changed 
environment. Likewise, if printing needs or administrative requirements change, you 
can alter the corresponding settings. Changing network or port settings may require 
that you make changes to other Setup options as well.

Setup performed from the Control Panel configures the Fiery X4 to communicate with 
other devices and manage print jobs sent to it. 

Setup provides these groups of options: 

• Server Setup to specify system options

• Network Setup to specify all the active network systems that transmit print jobs to 

the Fiery X4

• Printer Setup to specify how print jobs and queues are managed

• PS Setup to specify PostScript settings

• Color Setup to specify color settings

• Job Log Setup to specify how the Fiery X4 handles its log of printed jobs

The Change Password option in the Setup menu allows you to create and change an 
administrator password on the Fiery X4.

The Control Panel on the front of the Fiery X4 enables you to set options and view 
information about jobs printed to the Fiery X4. It comprises the following parts:

• Activity light—indicates normal or problem activity

• Line selection buttons—select a setting and proceed to the next option

• Display window—shows status information and options for setting up the Fiery X4 

• Up and down buttons—scroll menus, options, and settings

• Menu button—cancels without saving changes; also toggles to Functions menu

The Job Management Guide describes the online display screens in detail. This chapter 
describes only the screens you might see when performing Setup.

When you perform Setup from the Control Panel, you select one menu after another 
and enter information about your Fiery X4 and your network and printing 
environment.

In each Setup screen, the last line of the display window shows the name of the current 
Setup menu. Most of the menus you see are shown on the Control Panel Map, a 
flowchart that can be printed from the Control Panel.

If Printing or RIPping appears, the Fiery X4 is processing, and you must wait 
until the system finishes and reaches the Idle state.

If an Administrator password has been set on the Fiery X4, you are prompted to 
enter it before you can perform Setup (see page 3-41).

Press the down button to view the remaining screens of the main Setup menu.

This is the minimum required for initial Setup. Later, you can complete the 
remaining Setups either from the Control Panel or from a Windows computer.

Review the settings described in this chapter. For more information on Control 
Panel menus other than those in Setup, see the Job Management Guide.