About backing up and restoring
You can back up and restore several categories of settings (if your Fiery server supports them).
Fiery settings (includes all the settings selected in Configure)
Color settings (includes profile edits made with Color Editor, user-added profiles, spot colors, and substitute colors)
Preflight presets
Scan settings (current scan templates and settings, if your Fiery server supports this feature)
Command WorkStation settings (includes user-created tab presets, local job presets, Command WorkStation preferences, imposition templates)
Note: The Command WorkStation settings option is not available on all Fiery servers. When supported, this option is available only from Command WorkStation on the Fiery server with an attached monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
FreeForm/VDP Resources (includes FreeForm masters and other VDP resources, such as PPML resources and links)
Paper Catalog (settings made in Paper Catalog but may not include tray associations)
Virtual Printers (all user-created virtual printers and their settings, including server default settings)
Server presets
Fonts (user-installed fonts)
Job Log (a list of printed jobs)
Note: We recommend that you save the backup file to a network server, not the Fiery server itself. Otherwise, when you reinstall system software, the backup file is deleted.
Important information to consider when you back up and restore:
Saved Backup and Restore settings can be used from both Configure and Command WorkStation.
In the case of upgrading your Fiery server to a new system software version, you can restore the backup file created from the previous version. However, all new settings not available in the previous system software are set to system default.
Backup and Restore settings can be restored to another Fiery server of the same model and version, but settings such as Server Name, IP address and Network settings are not restored; the existing settings remain untouched. This prevents problems with both Fiery servers co-existing on the same network.