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The Fiery AR-PE2 provides computer connectivity and highly efficient color printing 
capability for the copier. Users can print from networked computers running on 
Microsoft Windows or Mac OS platforms. 

 

As an integral part of the printing system, the Fiery AR-PE2 enables users to:

• Send images over TCP/IP, Novell, and AppleTalk networks.

• Spool print jobs and select a printing priority for each job. Users can control spooled 

print jobs sent to the Fiery AR-PE2 with remote user software running on networked 
PCs and Mac OS computers.

• Print files in color or grayscale.

• Print PostScript, EPS, and PDF files.

• Use 136 resident fonts (117 Adobe Type 1 PostScript and 19 TrueType) plus two 

Adobe Multiple Master fonts used for font substitution when printing PDF files. The 
Fiery Downloader or any third-party LaserWriter downloader, such as the Adobe Font 
Downloader, can be used to download additional fonts.

• Use built-in ColorWise

 

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 color management and NetWise

 

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 network features.

 

Printing system

 

The Fiery AR-PE2 provides efficient image processing and printing control. The 
Fiery AR-PE2 board includes a 366MHz Celeron CPU with a built-in floating point 
accelerator that runs the PostScript Interpreter, which interprets the page description file 
to produce the image pattern in memory. Powerful components on the board control 
data management and other system functions, freeing up the CPU for efficient image 
data processing.

Image data is sent from the Fiery AR-PE2 to the copier. Raster data is supplied to the 
laser in the copier at full copier rated speeds in order to charge the drum and render the 
final image on paper.

High-speed DIMMs (dual in-line memory modules) on the Fiery AR-PE2 board hold 
image data during printing. Standard DIMM configuration is 128MB, upgradable to 
256MB.

Two green LEDs visible at the Fiery AR-PE2 faceplate indicate network status. To 
indicate link speed, the bottom LED is on at 100Mbps and off at 10Mbps. To indicate 
link activity, the top LED blinks. 

 

Fiery AR-PE2 functional diagram

 

The Fiery AR-PE2’s efficient PostScript capabilities allow customers to use a variety of 
applications to create printed color or black and white pages of text and/or images. The 
Fiery AR-PE2 operates over a network and since the Fiery AR-PE2 has the ability to 
print an image while processing the next image (RIP-While-Print

 

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printing documents at full copier speeds.

Users can print documents directly from the applications in which they were created. 
In addition, the Fiery AR-PE2 offers an efficient way to print files that have been saved in 
PostScript, EPS (Encapsulated PostScript), or PDF format. These files can be 
downloaded directly to the Fiery AR-PE2 using the Fiery Downloader

 

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, a remote utility 

provided with Fiery AR-PE2.

 

User software is provided on the User Software CD. The network administrator or the 
user at the customer site is responsible for installing software onto computers that will use 
the Fiery AR-PE2 over the network. For information on the contents of the User 
Software CD, see the 

 

 manual for this product.

 

For information on the Fiery WebTools, see the 

 

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