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Connect to or disconnect from a Fiery Central server

When you connect to a Fiery Central Server, information about the printer groups and the printers in each group is automatically shown in the Servers pane.

Before you add a Fiery Central Server that you want to monitor, make sure that you have the server DNS name or IP address.

If you type an IP address, the Servers pane will show what you typed. After the server connection has been made and authenticated, the IP address switches to the Fiery Central Server name in the Servers pane.

Parent topic: About Fiery Central

Connect to a Fiery Central server from the network

To connect to a Fiery Central Server from the network, you type the IP address or DNS name and then log in.

  1. Click Server > Connect New to display the Connect to Server window.
  2. Type the IP address or DNS name for the Fiery Central Server in the Connect to a server field, and then click the plus sign icon to add it to the Servers pane or click Connect to open the Login window.

    To find a Fiery Central Server by name or IP address, look in the Disconnected servers list in the Connect to Server window. If not, you can click the Search icon.

  3. Select Administrator, Operator, or Guest from the list, and type the appropriate password.

    You do not need to type a password when logging in as Guest.

  4. Click Login.

Re-connect to a Fiery Central server in the Servers pane

You can log back in to a Fiery Central Server after disconnecting.

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Select a Fiery Central Server and click Server > Connect.

    • Select a Fiery Central Server and click the Connect icon.

    • Double-click on the Fiery Central Server.

  2. Select Administrator, Operator, or Guest from the list, and type the appropriate password.

    You do not need to type a password when logging in as Guest.

  3. Click Login.

Log off the Fiery Central server

The Servers pane allows you to disconnect from a Fiery Central Server.

  1. Select a Fiery Central Server from the Servers pane.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • Click the minus sign icon to disconnect and remove the Fiery Central Server.

    • Click the disconnect icon located to the right of the minus sign icon.

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