Roland COLORCHOICE Bedienungsanleitung

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Die Vorschriften verpflichten den Verkäufer zur Übertragung der Gebrauchsanleitung Roland COLORCHOICE an den Erwerber, zusammen mit der Ware. Eine fehlende Anleitung oder falsche Informationen, die dem Verbraucher übertragen werden, bilden eine Grundlage für eine Reklamation aufgrund Unstimmigkeit des Geräts mit dem Vertrag. Rechtsmäßig lässt man das Anfügen einer Gebrauchsanleitung in anderer Form als Papierform zu, was letztens sehr oft genutzt wird, indem man eine grafische oder elektronische Anleitung von Roland COLORCHOICE, sowie Anleitungsvideos für Nutzer beifügt. Die Bedingung ist, dass ihre Form leserlich und verständlich ist.

Was ist eine Gebrauchsanleitung?

Das Wort kommt vom lateinischen „instructio”, d.h. ordnen. Demnach kann man in der Anleitung Roland COLORCHOICE die Beschreibung der Etappen der Vorgehensweisen finden. Das Ziel der Anleitung ist die Belehrung, Vereinfachung des Starts, der Nutzung des Geräts oder auch der Ausführung bestimmter Tätigkeiten. Die Anleitung ist eine Sammlung von Informationen über ein Gegenstand/eine Dienstleistung, ein Hinweis.

Leider widmen nicht viele Nutzer ihre Zeit der Gebrauchsanleitung Roland COLORCHOICE. Eine gute Gebrauchsanleitung erlaubt nicht nur eine Reihe zusätzlicher Funktionen des gekauften Geräts kennenzulernen, sondern hilft dabei viele Fehler zu vermeiden.

Was sollte also eine ideale Gebrauchsanleitung beinhalten?

Die Gebrauchsanleitung Roland COLORCHOICE sollte vor allem folgendes enthalten:
- Informationen über technische Daten des Geräts Roland COLORCHOICE
- Den Namen des Produzenten und das Produktionsjahr des Geräts Roland COLORCHOICE
- Grundsätze der Bedienung, Regulierung und Wartung des Geräts Roland COLORCHOICE
- Sicherheitszeichen und Zertifikate, die die Übereinstimmung mit entsprechenden Normen bestätigen

Warum lesen wir keine Gebrauchsanleitungen?

Der Grund dafür ist die fehlende Zeit und die Sicherheit, was die bestimmten Funktionen der gekauften Geräte angeht. Leider ist das Anschließen und Starten von Roland COLORCHOICE zu wenig. Eine Anleitung beinhaltet eine Reihe von Hinweisen bezüglich bestimmter Funktionen, Sicherheitsgrundsätze, Wartungsarten (sogar das, welche Mittel man benutzen sollte), eventueller Fehler von Roland COLORCHOICE und Lösungsarten für Probleme, die während der Nutzung auftreten könnten. Immerhin kann man in der Gebrauchsanleitung die Kontaktnummer zum Service Roland finden, wenn die vorgeschlagenen Lösungen nicht wirksam sind. Aktuell erfreuen sich Anleitungen in Form von interessanten Animationen oder Videoanleitungen an Popularität, die den Nutzer besser ansprechen als eine Broschüre. Diese Art von Anleitung gibt garantiert, dass der Nutzer sich das ganze Video anschaut, ohne die spezifizierten und komplizierten technischen Beschreibungen von Roland COLORCHOICE zu überspringen, wie es bei der Papierform passiert.

Warum sollte man Gebrauchsanleitungen lesen?

In der Gebrauchsanleitung finden wir vor allem die Antwort über den Bau sowie die Möglichkeiten des Geräts Roland COLORCHOICE, über die Nutzung bestimmter Accessoires und eine Reihe von Informationen, die erlauben, jegliche Funktionen und Bequemlichkeiten zu nutzen.

Nach dem gelungenen Kauf des Geräts, sollte man einige Zeit für das Kennenlernen jedes Teils der Anleitung von Roland COLORCHOICE widmen. Aktuell sind sie genau vorbereitet oder übersetzt, damit sie nicht nur verständlich für die Nutzer sind, aber auch ihre grundliegende Hilfs-Informations-Funktion erfüllen.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Gebrauchsanleitungen

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    Roland COLORCHOICE ® Roland COLORCHOICE ® for ColorCAMM Ver. 4 USER’S MANUAL Thank y ou very much for purcha sing the R oland printe r. • To ensure correct an d safe usage with a full underst anding of this pr oduct’ s perf orma nce, plea se be sur e to read through t his manua l completely and store it i n a safe location. • Unauthorized[...]

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    Welcome ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 System Requirem ents Windo ws.................................................................................................... ................................. 5 System Requirem ents M[...]

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    Printing Directly from an Application .......................................................................................... .............................. 18 Printing from a Client on yo ur Network......................................................................................... ............................ 19 Setup Properties .........[...]

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    Illustrator 8 [Windo ws] ........................................................................................................ ........................................ 33 PageMak er 6.5 [Windows] ........................................................................................................................................... 33 Photosho[...]

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    5 We l c o m e W elcome to the User Gu ide f or the Roland CO LORCHO ICE RI P Sof tware. W e recomm end that you read a nd understa nd this d ocum ent. T his docum ent c ontains ins truct ions for the Maci ntosh and the Mic rosof t W indows 95/98, W indows 2000 and W indow s NT . S y stem Requirements Windows The f ollowing t able lis ts the m inim[...]

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    6 S y stem Requirements Macintosh The f ollowing t able lis ts the m inim um and high volum e r ecomm ended s ystem setup to run RIP Sof tware. System requirem ents var y accor ding to the si ze of the files to be pr inted, t he outp ut devic e used, a nd other variables . Your p articu lar setu p and i ntended us e of the sof tware deter m ine wha[...]

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    7 Supported pri nters During the instal lation, you will b e ask ed to selec t the pro duct to be insta lled. P lease se lect the product according to the pr int er you are usin g. The printer s supp orted f or each pr oduct : Roland COLORCHOICE : Hi-Fi J ET FJ -500/400/ 52/42/50/4 0, CAMM J ET CJ-500/40 0 RCC for ColorC AMM : ColorCAMM PRO PC- 600[...]

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    8 9. Select PPD ’s. The f ile is located in the C:Pro gram FilesRoland COLORCHOICE 4 or RCC f or ColorCAM MPPD f older. Select th e PPD accordin g to the m odel of your printer . 10. Click OK . 11. Click Next . The Pr inter Inf orm ation W indow dis pla ys. 12. Select No f or your default prin ter. 13. Select No f or T est page. 14. Click Next[...]

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    9 displa ys. Click Yes to de lete pr eferenc e settin gs on your s ystem . Click not to retai n your o ld pref erenc e sett ings. 10. Click OK to restart your com puter. Setting Up the Roland COLORCHOICE 1. Select a print er m odel. 2. Click Next . 3. Select th e port t ype you would l ike to us e. You m ay choos e LPT or T CP/IP. 4. Click Finished[...]

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    10 4. Select th e produc t you would lik e to use from Product dr op-do wn box. 5. Click Next . T he Welc ome W i ndow disp la ys. 6. Click Next . T he select Program Folder dis pla ys. 7. Select th e folder you would lik e Roland CO LORCHO ICE to displa y in. 8. Click Next . The Des tinat ion Locat ion window dis pla ys. 9. Select th e dest inatio[...]

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    11 8. Empt y your Recycle Bin. You have suc cessf ully uninstal led the R oland CO LORCHOICE. Uninstalling the Soft ware [Windows NT/2000] 1. Exit the R oland COLORCHOIC E Sof tware by right c licking on the Rolan d COLORCHOICE ic on in the lower r ight cor ner of your m onitor an d selec ting Exit. 2. Click Start>Set tings >Contr ol P anel. [...]

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    12 Setting Up the Roland COLORCHOICE 1. Double-Click on Roland COLORCHO ICE. 2. Select a print er m odel. 3. Click Next . 4. Select th e port t ype you would l ike to us e. You m ay choos e USB or T CP/IP por t. 5. Click OK . Creating a De sktop Printer 1. From the A pple m enu selec t Choos er and then h ighlight Adobe PS. 2. Locate your Pos tScri[...]

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    13 Getting Started [Window s] The Rolan d COLORC HOICE is autom atical ly launc hed each tim e you star t your com puter. Ho wever , you will need to vi ew the Print Monit or in or der to work with it. T o view the Pri nt Mon itor, dou ble clic k on the Rolan d COLORCHOICE Software icon located in the lower right c orner of your computer’s m onit[...]

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    14 To P ri nt a Te st  From the S etup Me nu selec t Test Print . A sm all Pos tScri pt test fi le is sent to th e Print Monitor and the n printed.[...]

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    15 Menus You ma y access a num ber of RIP Soft ware’s f unctions usin g the m enus at the top of the m ain windo w. File Menu The File m enu a llows the user to add a job, s ave a job as a diff erent form at, send, p ause, or abort a j ob or stop the pr ocess by exit ing. T he foll owing char t def ines eac h of these opti ons: Ad d J o b The Add[...]

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    16 from pausing a jo b during the RIP proces s. Howev er, once a job is done R IPing and has begun pr inting , you can use t he Pause button to stop and res tart the pr int ing proces s as of ten as desired . To Paus e a Pri nt Job 1. Click on the job you wou ld lik e to paus e. 2. From the F ile Menu selec t Pause . To Resum e a print ing Job  [...]

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    17 Setup Menu A setup c onsists of a dev ice and its ass ociated propert ies. I tem s in the Set up m enu appl y to the s elected setup. Se lect a se tup b y click ing on th e setu p icon i n the setu p are a of the m ain wind ow. Change Setup The Chang e Setu p comm and allo ws you to acces s and f ollow the s am e wizard-dr ive n steps co ntaine [...]

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    18 Printing Adding Jobs to the Pri nt Monitor The J obs Managem ent area of RIP Soft ware allo ws you to add jobs to the Pr int Monitor. To Add a J ob 1. From the F ile m enu selec t A dd Job . 2. Select th e job you would lik e to add then clic k on Open . 3. To s end a job to th e printer , selec t the j ob from the Print Moni tor’s q ueue a nd[...]

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    19 Printi ng from a Cli ent on your Netw ork If you have a net work of PCs and have c om pleted the additiona l set up ins tructio ns f or network print ing, you can prin t from any clien t on yo ur ne twork . W hen you do this , jobs arriv e in the ‘H ot’ f older of the ser ver and are process ed lik e any other job . There ar e two wa ys to s[...]

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    20 Setup Properties The Setu p Proper ties window can b e acces sed fr om within RIP Soft ware Ser ver and are settings use d to process jobs that d o not h ave pro perties of their own ass ociated with them . Setu p Propert ies cont ain s ettings for a s pecific output de vice. If a job is placed in an o utput d evice’s Hot Fo lder, and it does [...]

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    21 Media Si ze Select a m edia s ize th at is cur rent ly load ed int o your pr inter. You can s pecif y cus tom media si zes b y selecti ng other fr om the lis t and t hen ed iting the H eight a nd W idth valu es. Me dia Si ze displ ays the s ize of the m edia being use d, not t he tota l printab le area. Printable A rea The printa ble ar ea disp [...]

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    22 USB-PIA This option will onl y be avail able if your Macintos h has an US B p ort. CPI/PCI C ard If you current ly have a C PI/PCI C ard this op tion will be a vaila ble. File Ports The File Port behaves lik e a save t o file optio n. Inst ead of sen ding d ata out through a port on your computer , the Fi le Port o ption will wr ite the data to [...]

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    23 The Setup Properti es Print Tab Media This option allo ws the user to s elect the m edia t ype outp ut wil l be prin ted on. ICC prof iles will autom aticall y update t o the corr ect prof ile. Print Mode This option a llows you to s elect the prin t qualit y for output. Driver Options Click ing this bu tton la unches t he Driv er Opti ons dia l[...]

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    24 Defines th e num ber of tim es to print the s am e image s uperim posed o ver the s am e position. T he def ault is one. Page Spa cing You can s pecif y the m argin bet ween pag es. B y specif ying ‘0m m ’, you can co nnect tw o or m ore pages . Med ia Feed Calibr ation Check “Media Fe ed Calibr atio n” to print in ac curate dista nces. [...]

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    25 Pause for Spot Colors W hen using spot c olor r ibbons a nd this option is chec ked, the print er will pause betwee n each s pot color . The printi ng ca n be res um ed click ing on corr esponde nt dia log box. Long Plot W hen the image is hig her than 20 inc hes, you can sp ecif y how your im age will b e printe d. Block Printing W hen check ed[...]

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    26 input prof ile. If you do n ot hav e the prof ile, tr y sim ilar prof iles or profil es f or comm on ink sets (such as CMYK SW OP, or High End SW OP). If you are tr ying to m atch Panton e color s, it m ay also be appropr iate to select High End SW OP as your CMYK in put pr ofile , becaus e Pant one Proc ess CM YK val ues were designed f or ou t[...]

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    27 This intent is was created to sup plem ent the Satura tion inte nt. Spo t Color m aps c olors sim ilarly to the Saturati on rendering inte nt, but Spot Color re ndering int ent prod uces the greates t saturatio n possible, a nd sh ould not b e used with p hotograph ic im ages. Color Mode If your output de vice s upports m ultiple color modes , t[...]

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    28 Cutter Driver Options (ColorCAMM) Click ing this bu tton la unches t he Cutter Driv er Opt ions dia log box, sh own bel ow. Custom Head T ab None W hen this m ode is select ed, Rol and COLO RCHOIC E will not s end an y settin gs regardin g the cutt ing operation . The s ettings i n the pri nter pan el wil l be use d instead . Cut Fast, Cut Mediu[...]

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    29 Job Properties Job Pro perties c an be acc essed f rom within RIP Soft ware and ar e sett ings as sociated with a par ticul ar job. The J ob Properties com e fr om either the Printi ng Prop erties s et in client, or the S etup Pro perties set in RI P Software Server . To c hange the J ob Prop erties, s elect Job Pro perti es fr om the File m enu[...]

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    30 Copies Number You ma y change the num ber of copies of the job to be out put. Spacing You ma y change the spac ing b etween t he copies that are outpu t. Output at or igin- Select this option to o utput th e job at the m achine’s orig in on t he edge of the m edia. Layout Output at origin Select th is opt ion to out put the j ob at t he m achi[...]

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    31 Density Adjustment (Hi-Fi J ET/CAMM J ET) Adjustin g the d ensit y is an exc ell ent way to c ontrol for var iables related to your hardw are, such as worn ink jets. Adj usting f or dens it y is also a good way to i nsure linear izatio n. For ex am ple, if you have a gra dient f rom black to white, you want th e trans ition t o be sm ooth, and n[...]

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    32 A d vanced Printing Proc edures [Win dows] If your program is not l isted, ref er to a s ection on a sim ilar pr ogram . CorelDR AW 8 [Windo ws] 1. From the Rolan d COLORCHO ICE Print Moni tor clic k Setup >Setup Prop erties. T hen clic k the Pr int tab. 2. Make s ure the Per form Color Cor rection c heck box has a check in it. 3. In the ICC [...]

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    33 Illustra tor 8 [Windows] The Kodak Color Managem ent S ystem m ust be inst alled to outp ut succes sf ully from Illustrator 8 to R oland COLORCHOICE Software. 1. From the Rolan d COLORCHO ICE Print Moni tor clic k Setup >Setup Prop erties. T hen clic k the Pr int tab. 2. Make s ure the Per form Color Cor rection c heck box has a check in it .[...]

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    34 8. If you cho ose Cust om page size, e nter the c ustom size in the he ight and width fie lds. 9. Select your pr inter’s r esolutio n as t he Tar get Output Reso lution. If it is not av ailable, select the nex t highest val ue. 10. Select your printer in the Com pose to pri nter m enu. T hen clic k OK . 11. Go to File >Pref erenc es>Gen [...]

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    35 18. Click OK to print. Photoshop 5 [Windows] 1. From the Rolan d COLORCHO ICE Print Moni tor clic k Setup >Setup Prop erties. T hen clic k the Pr int tab. 2. Make s ure the Per form Color Cor rection c heck box has a check in it. 3. In the ICC in put pr ofile area, se lect appr opriat e CMYK and RG B profil es. If you k now which profiles you[...]

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    36 Contour Cutting (ColorCA MM/C A MM JET) and Spot Color Printing (ColorCAMM) [Windo w s] Using a Co lorC AMM PRO or CAMM J ET you can pri nt objec ts and then cut a co ntour line aroun d them . Us ing ColorCAM M PRO you can also pr int usi ng a Spot Color ribbon. To us e such f eatures, you ha ve to ins tall and use specia l co lor librar ies in [...]

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    37 CorelDR AW 8 [Windo ws] Setting up the palette 1. Copy a file 'us erink s.c pl', located i n the ‘Sp otColorL ibrar yColorCAMM PRO or CAMM J ETCore lDraw8’ folder of the Ins tallatio n CD to th e foll owing f older to over write the s am e file ‘CorelGr aphics 8Custom Palettes ’. Or, if you want to k eep the ex istin g &ap[...]

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    38 4. Click Save to sa ve the co lor palette. 5. Use the add ed color pale tte to cr eate th e new des ign. PageMaker 6.5 [W indow s] 1. Copy the f ile ‘Co lorCAM M PRO. bcf ’ or ‘CAM MJET .bcf’, loc ated i n the ‘Sp ot Color Librar yColor CAM M PRO or C AMM JET PageMak er6.5 ’ folder t o the Pm 6.5RSRCUseng lshColor folder . 2. Cr[...]

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    39 A d vanced Printing Proc edures [Mac intosh] If your program is not l isted, ref er to a s ection on a sim ilar pr ogram . Illustra tor 8.0 [Macintosh] ColorS ync 2.x or h igher and Kod ak Digital Scienc e m ust be insta lled when usin g Illus trat or to crea te CM YK files . 1. From the Rolan d COLORCHOI CE Pri nt Monitor c lick Printer>Set [...]

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    40 6. From the P age fie ld selec t your paper size or c hoose Cus tom f or a cus tom page size . If you choos e Custom page size, enter the custom size in the height and width fields. 7. Select your pr inter’s r esolutio n as t he Tar get Output Reso lution. If it is not av ailable, select the nex t highest val ue. Click OK . 8. Go to File >P[...]

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    41 Photoshop 5.0 [Macintosh] 1. From the Rolan d COLORCHOI CE Pri nt Monitor c lick Printer>Set up Propert ies. Then c lick the Print T ab. 2. Make s ure the Per form Color Correction c heck box has a check in it, corr ect prof iles and r ender ing in tent are set. 3. Click OK to close Set up Pr operties. 4. Go to App le m enu and se lect Ch oos[...]

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    42 12. Go to File >Print. Select your pr inter in th e ‘Pri nter’ f ield an d select the page you want to prin t, and t he number of c opies. 13. Select Pr inter Specif ic O ptions f rom pop-up m enu. If you want the f ile to be print ed autom atic ally, sel ect Print in the Af ter Spoo ling op tion. If you want to ver if y the print m ode a[...]

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    43 Contour Cutting (ColorCA MM/CAMM JE T) and Spot Color Printing (ColorCAMM) [Macintosh] Using a Co lorC AMM PRO or CAMM J ET you can pri nt objec ts and then cut a co ntour line aroun d them . Us ing ColorCAM M PRO you can also pr int usi ng a Spot Color ribbon. To us e such f eatures, you ha ve to ins tall and use specia l co lor librar ies in y[...]

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    44 5. Select ‘C olorCA MM PRO ’ or ‘C AMM J ET’ f rom the ‘O ptio ns’ m enu of c olor Lis t Pale tte. A ll the Sp ot Colors a nd the C ut Conto ur color will be l isted in the Col or Librar y windo w. Selec t all t he color s that will be used. You can s elect m ultipl e color s press ing the Ctr l ke y. 6. Click OK . The Speci al Col o[...]

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    License Agreement Carefull y read the following terms and conditions before installing the softw are. This is a legal agreement between y ou, the end user (either an individua l or an ent ity), and Roland DG Corporat ion. If you do not a gree with the fol lowing, y ou should retain the package un opened. (This prod uct i s just one of the included [...]