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    User’ s Guide Printed on recycled paper Nflight.bk Page i Friday, September 1, 2000 8:32 AM[...]

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    ii All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted i n any form or b y any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, re cording, or otherwise, without the prior wr itten permission of SE IKO EPSON CORPO RATION. The inf ormation contain ed herein is designed only for use with this E[...]

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    iii Introduction Do You Nee d Post Script? 1 Special Features 2 Macintosh Syste m Requi rements 3 Windows S ystem Requ irements 4 How To Use Your Ma nual s 4 Cautions , Notes, and Tips 5 Wher e To Get Help 6 1 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Checking the Printer 1-2 Determining Your Configuration 1-3 Standalone Configuration 1-3 Direct Co[...]

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    iv Contents Color Matching 1-9 Pres s Simulations 1-9 ColorS ync 2.x Suppor t 1-10 PANTONE Color S upport 1-10 2 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Setting Up the EP SON Stylus RIP Serv er 2-2 Configuring EPSO N Stylus RIP Prefer ences 2-4 Setting Up Your Post Script Prin ter 2-5 Printing from an Application 2-8 Sending the Pr int Job 2-9[...]

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    v Contents Color Matching 3-12 ICC Suppor t 3-13 PANTONE Color S upport 3-14 4 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Printing from an Application 4-1 Starting EP SON Stylus RIP 4-2 Printing with the De fault Options 4-2 Printing and Setting Pri nter Options 4-3 Managing Print Jobs 4-8 Batch Printing 4-9 Network Printing 4-10 Sending Pr int Job[...]

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    vi Contents EPSON Stylus RIP takes a long time before printing starts 5-4 Your pr intou ts con tain inco rrec t fonts o r jagged type 5-4 The pr inter is p roducing page s contai ning ille gible type or characters 5-5 Images and type look bitmapped and jagged on your printou ts 5-5 You see Font not found or Find fo nt error messages (Macintosh) 5-6[...]

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    1 The EP SON Stylus ® RIP software lets you use your EPSON Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo ink jet printer as a PostSc ript ® 3 (Mac intosh ® , Windows ® 2000, and Windows NT ® ) and Level 2 (Windows 95 and 98) co mpatible printer. It reads the Ado be ® PostSc ript f iles auto matical ly created by the EPSON Stylus RIP printer driver, seam[...]

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    Introduction 2 Here’s what you can use the EPSON Stylus RIP for: ◗ Printing documents with placed or imported EPS images ◗ Printing from complex PostScript-based drawing and publishing applicati ons like Adobe Illustrator, ® Macromedi a ® F reehand, ® Adob e P ageM aker, ® QuarkXPress, and CorelDRAW ™ ◗ Matching PANTONE ® spot color [...]

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    Introduction 3 Macintosh System Require ments To use EPSON Stylus RIP with a Macintosh in either a standalone or network environment as a print server, your system should meet the follow ing minimum requi rements: ◗ Power Macinto sh, ® iMac ™ series, or Po wer Macintos h G3 or G4 ser ies ◗ At least 16MB of available RAM for the EPSON Stylus [...]

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    Introduction 4 Windows System Requirements To use the EPSON Stylus RIP in either a standal one or peer-to-p eer networ k envi ronment, your system sho uld in clude: ◗ IBM ® -compati ble PC with 48 6 or higher process or (Pentium ® 133 MHz or higher recommended) ◗ Microsoft Wi ndows 95/98 , Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 ◗ At least 16MB of R[...]

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    Introduction 5 If you’ re famil iar with so ftware Po stScri pt interpr eters, you can use the EPSON Stylus RIP Quick Start G uide to get started with the RIP. For mor e in format ion ab out in stall ing an d usi ng th e softwa re, refer to thi s User’s Guide, which contains the following : Chapte r 1 tells you how to install EPSON Stylus RIP o[...]

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    Introduction 6 Where To Get Help EPSON prov ides tech nica l assist ance th rough electr onic support services and automated telephone services 24 hours a day. The foll owing tab le lists the contact i nformation: To speak to a te chnical su pport repr esentative, p lease refer to your print er’s document ation for your printer’s sp ecific tech[...]

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    1-1 1 This chapt er pro vides inst ructio ns for inst alling the EP SON Stylus RIP software on a standalone Macintosh or th e print serv er Macin tosh i n a netwo rk. You ca n then instal l the PostSc ript printe r driver and PPD (Pos tScrip t Printer Descrip tion) on any clie nt Macintosh co mputers on your network. Here’s what you need to do to[...]

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    1-2 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Checking the Printer Before you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software, f ollow the instr uctions in your printer’s do cumentation to p repare your printe r for us e. Make sure you perform the fo llowing step s: ◗ If you’ll be usi ng the printer in a “typical” network configur ation (des cribed[...]

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    1-3 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Deter mining You r Conf igura tion You can connect your printer and use EPSON Stylus RIP in three dif ferent configurat ions: ◗ Standalone ◗ Direct connection network ◗ Typical ne twork The standalone or direct connection network configurations are recom mended for best p erforma nce. Note: AppleT[...]

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    1-4 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Direct Connection Network Configuration In a direct connection configuration (shown below), the Macintosh that is connected to the pr inter acts as the print server, with the EPSON Stylus RIP Server software instal led on it. The pr inter i s directly c onnecte d to the pr int server ’s modem, pr inte[...]

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    1-5 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Typical N etwork Con figuration In a typical network configuration, the print server and all client M acintosh c omputers are connected to the p rinter onl y via an Ethernet connection on an o ptional network interface card, w ith the EPS ON Sty lus R IP softw are (ser ver or client versio n) installe d[...]

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    1-6 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on a Standalone or Print Server Macintosh Before you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software, dis able all anti-virus or disk utility extensi ons, and shut down any applications that are running. Then follow these steps: 1. Insert the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM in your drive. If n[...]

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    1-7 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 6. Once your system has restarted, open the Apple menu and choo se Control Panels > AppleTalk . 7. If you’ re using a se rial or US B connectio n, choose Remot e Only from the Connect via pop-up menu. If available, click th e Options button and make AppleTalk Ac tiv e . 8. Close th e AppleTalk co n[...]

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    1-8 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on a Client Macintosh Once you’ve installed the EPSON Stylus RIP Server software on your pr int ser ver, you c an insta ll the Clien t softw are on the client Ma cintosh computer (s) in your net work. Before you instal l the EPSO N Stylus RIP Cl ient soft ware, disable all [...]

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    1-9 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 5. Follo w the on-s creen inst ructions, t hen click Quit wh en promp ted to fi nish the insta llation . 6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for each client Macintosh that will print with EPSON Stylus RIP over the network. Caution: Once you ’ve insta lled the E PSON Stylu s RIP Client software, don’t move, [...]

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    1-10 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh ColorSync 2.x Support For applications that support ColorSync 2.x, use the ICC profiles that are included with the EPSON Stylus RIP software. When you inst all the RIP softwa re, these pr ofile s should automatically be copied to the ColorSync profiles f older in your Preferenc es folder w ithin the Sy[...]

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    1-11 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Every attempt is made to accurately match color values as clos ely as poss ible to the PAN TONE spot colors . However , no color matching scheme can guarantee an exact match, due to environmental and other characteristics that affect how we perc eive co lor. For example, a color that appear s to be an [...]

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    1-12 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Nflight.bk Page 12 Friday, September 1, 2000 8:32 AM[...]

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    2-1 2 Once you’ve inst alled the EP SON Stylus RIP soft ware on your Macintosh computer(s), you need to set up your server or standalone Macintosh before you can start print ing PostScript documents . Once you’ve s et it up, you can print wit h the RIP by starting the Stylus RIP Server application, selecting the RIP in the Chooser, printing fro[...]

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    2-2 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Setting Up the EPSON Styl us RIP Serv er Follow the steps belo w to set up the EPSON St ylus RIP Server soft ware the fi rst tim e you us e it—yo u’ll ne ed to do this fo r both standalone and network configurations. 1. Make sure the Stylus RIP Server application has at least 20MB of RAM availab[...]

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    2-3 Printing with EPSON Stylus R IP for Macintosh If you connected the printer via a network inte rface card and use AppleTalk zones, select the printer’s zone and the n select the print er name. Or us e the Scan button to locate the printer on your network. Click OK once you se lect the p rinter and p ort. Note: If you c hange yo ur printe r con[...]

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    2-4 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Configuring EPSON Stylus RIP Preferences To confi gure the Stylus R IP Server, f ollow these step s: 1. Open the File menu and select P refer ence s . You see the follow ing di alog box: 2. You can change t he followi ng settings: ◗ Timeout This sets the time period when the Stylus RIP Server disc[...]

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    2-5 Printing with EPSON Stylus R IP for Macintosh ◗ Raster Spool Mode This che ckbox turns t he raster image sp ooling fe ature on and off —the default setting is off. Raster Spool Mode is recommend ed only wh en you fre quently pri nt multip le copie s of the same p age. In Raster Spool Mode, the St ylus RIP Monitor appears on your screen w he[...]

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    2-6 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Macintosh To sel ect the pr oper PPD fi le and Chooser settings, f ollow t hese steps : 1. Turn on your EPSON printer, and if it is connected to a network, turn on the print server Macinto sh. 2. Double-c lick the StylusRIP Server ic on in the Stylus RIP folder to start the EPSON Stylus RIP Server. (In a netw[...]

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    2-7 Printing with EPSON Stylus R IP for Macintosh 4. From th e Chooser , click Setup to select the PP D file that corres ponds to your EPS ON ink j et print er. The f ollowing dialog box appears: 5. In most ca ses, clicking the Auto Setup button will automatical ly select the cor rect PPD file. Clic k Auto Setup . If your printer mode l appears at [...]

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    2-8 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Now you’re ready to print a PostScript document from th e print server o r a client Macintosh. See t he followi ng sect ion for printi ng inst ructio ns. To make start ing S tylus RIP ea sy and t o allo w you to drag an d dro p PostScript fi les for pri nting, create an alias o f the StylusRIP Ser[...]

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    2-9 Printing with EPSON Stylus R IP for Macintosh Sending the Print Job To print a document from an application, follo w these steps: 1. Open t he docume nt you want to print in your appli cation. 2. Selec t Page Setup from the File menu. The Adob e Page Setup dialog box appears. Set the print options for your docume nt and cl ick OK . 3. Once you [...]

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    2-10 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Setting Print Job Options Print j ob opt ions are divided into cate gories —you acces s these different categories of options via a pop-up menu that is initial ly labele d General . C ertain categories, such as Background Printing or Cover Page , are common to all PostScript printers and most app[...]

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    2-11 Printing with EPSON Stylus R IP for Macintosh 2. Choose one of the fo llowing Print Color settings: ◗ Black and White Sele ct this set ting fo r faste r print ing of text and/o r line art in black only. ◗ Color/Gray scale Choo se this set ting f or pri nting w ithout CM YK col or correc tion . ◗ ColorSync Color Matching Choo se this set [...]

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    2-12 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Macintosh The profil es use these terms : ◗ 360P_360: 360 dpi Ink Je t Paper ◗ GF_1440 , GF_720 : Glossy F ilm at 1440 or 720 d pi ◗ GP _ 1440, GP_72 0 : Glossy Pap er at 1440 or 720 dpi ◗ MA : Matte Pap er - Heavyweight ◗ MG : Glossy Paper - Photo We ight ◗ PM : Archival Matte Paper ◗ PQP_1440[...]

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    2-13 Printing with EPSON Stylus R IP for Macintosh Printer Specific Options Follow these steps to set media quality and type, ink, and Press Simulati on options if you sele cted Print er Speci fic Option s from the Pri nt dialo g box: 1. Set the Media(Qual ity) option corresp onding t o the medi a you’re printing on and the resolution (print qual[...]

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    2-14 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 4. If you have an EPSON Styl us Color 1520 or 3000 printer, or an EPSON Stylus Photo 12 00, 1270, or 2000 P, choose one of th e foll owing for the Paper Options setting: ◗ Print Using Roll F eed Media Make sur e you choo se this se tting when you’re pr inting on roll paper; oth erwise, the pr i[...]

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    2-15 Printing with EPSON Stylus R IP for Macintosh 3. Choose Make Alias from the File menu. T he soft ware creates a Stylus RIP Se rver alias icon in your Stylus RIP fold er. 4. Drag the StylusRIP Server a lias icon to your desktop. 5. Open the System folder and locate the Startup Items fold er. 6. Drag the StylusRIP Server a lias icon into th e St[...]

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    2-16 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 5. Select any PostScript Level ty pe, set the Data Format to Binary , and choose Include All font s. 6. Set any other options you want to use and click Sav e . 7. If neces sary, choo se the fold er where you w ant to save the print file. 8. After your file is created, simply drag it to the Stylus R[...]

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    2-17 Printing with EPSON Stylus R IP for Macintosh You can use the info rmation in the window to track th e progress of your print job. If a problem occurs d uring printing, you’ll se e the error d isplayed in the Message area. To cancel a print job, c lick the Cancel b utton on the screen, or press the J and . (per iod) keys on your keyboard. Us[...]

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    2-18 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Macintosh After you send a print job and the Stylus RIP Server processes it, the StylusRIP Monitor st arts automatically. You can see a list of spooled print jobs and the status of the job that’s currently printing in the StylusRIP Monitor window. If you don’t see the StylusRIP Monitor window, select Sho[...]

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    3-1 3 This chapte r pro vides instr uctio ns fo r inst allin g the EP SON Stylus RIP so ftware and accompanying Post Script dr iver on your Windows 95, Wi ndows 98, Windo ws 2000, or Wind ows NT system. Even if you already have othe r PostScript printer d rivers, you need to i nstall AdobePS 4.2 (Wi ndows 95, 98) o r 5.0 (NT 4), which are included [...]

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    3-2 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Checking the Printer Before you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software, f ollow the instru ctions in you r printe r’s setu p guid e to set up your printer for use, making sure you perform the following steps: ◗ Load paper, install ink cartridges, and allow your printer to comple te its enti re ink char[...]

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    3-3 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Wind ows Follow these s teps to ins tall EPSON Stylus RIP and the PostSc ript driv er on yo ur com pute r: 1. Insert the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM in your drive. The installation program starts automatically. If it doesn’t start automaticall y, double-click My Computer . Then double-click the Stylus RIP icon . 2.[...]

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    3-4 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows 4. Enter a folder name where the EPSON Stylus RIP files will be ins talled , or cl ick Next to accept the default name. 5. Once the EPSON Stylus RIP files are install ed on your system, you see a dial og box telling you that s etup is compl ete. Cl ick Finish to complete this portion of the RIP insta llat[...]

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    3-5 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Wind ows Installing the PostScript Driver on Windows 95, Windows 98, an d Windows NT After you install the Stylus RIP software, the AdobePS 4.2 or 5.0 setup program st arts automatically. Follow the steps below. Note: If the Adob e PostS cript instal ler doesn’ t start auto matically, you’ll need to m anually[...]

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    3-6 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows 4. At the Instal l PostScri pt Printer f rom PPD dialo g box, highlight the PPD fi le that correspo nds to your printe r model and cl ick Next . Note: If the dia log box doesn ’t initiall y displ ay any P PD files tha t correspond to your pri nter, open this folder from My Compute r: C:Progr am FilesE[...]

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    3-7 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Wind ows 6. At the Add Printer dialog box, click both No radio buttons. Otherwi se, your printer may output pages of code. Give the Stylus RIP printer a descriptive name to differentiate it from the stand ard driv er. T hen cli ck Next . 7. At t he printer prop erties dialog box, c lick OK to acc ept the default [...]

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    3-8 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Note: If you us e PageMa ker 6. 0 or 6.5, yo u also n eed to cop y your printer’s PPD file to a PageMaker f older. Copy your EPSO N printer’s PPD file from the Windows System folder to C:PM6RSRCUSE NGLISHPPD4. Instal ling the PostScr ipt Driver on Windows 200 0 After ins talling the Stylus RIP so[...]

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    3-9 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Wind ows 5. At the Select the Printer Port dialog box, make sure the Use the following port option is sele cted, then cho ose StylusRIP: EPSON Stylus RIP from the port list, and cli ck Next . 6. At the Add Printer Wizard dialog box, c lick Have Disk . 7. At the Install from Disk dialog box, cli ck Brows e and sel[...]

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    3-10 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows 9. At the Name Your Printer dialog box, give the Stylus RIP printer a descriptive name to differentiate it from the standard driver. Then click Next . 10. At the Printer Sharing dialog box, make sure the Do not share this printe r option is selected, then click Next . 11. At the Pr int Test Page dialog b[...]

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    3-11 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Wind ows Setting Up Network Printing Computers within the same workgrou p on a peer-to- peer network can use EPSON Stylus RIP to print over th e network. File and printer sharing must be enabled and the Adobe PostScr ipt printe r driver must be inst alled. Also, t he print se rver (the computer to whi ch the pr [...]

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    3-12 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Connecting the Client Computers Once you’v e enabled shar ing on the se rver’s pri nt queue director y, each of the cli ent comput ers needs t o connect t o it. Windows provides several me thods f or connecting t o a shared directo ry; the foll owing s teps desc ribe one of the sim plest methods: 1. [...]

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    3-13 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Wind ows ICC Support For Windo ws 95/98/2000 and Windows NT 4.0 ICM support, use the ICC profiles that are included with the EPSON Stylus RIP software. (Your application must also suppor t Windows color matchi ng to use ICC p rofile informat ion.) When you inst all the EPSO N Stylus RIP so ftware, the ICC profil[...]

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    3-14 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows PANTONE C olor Suppor t PANTONE professio nal color palette fi les for your print er are included with the EPSON Stylus RIP software. These fil es can be read directly into most PANTONE-licensed applications so you can have print er-calibrat ed versions of PANTONE co lors. The colors are calibrated to us[...]

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    4-1 4 Once you’ve inst alled the EP SON Stylus RIP soft ware on your computer(s), you’re ready to print in PostScript. T o print with the EPSON Stylus RIP, you need to start the RIP, set printi ng options, print from your app lication, and let th e RIP process send it to your printer. You can th en use the EPSON Stylus RIP window to monitor y o[...]

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    4-2 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Wi ndows Starting EPSON Stylus RIP To start the E PSON Stylus RIP software, click Start , Programs , EPSON , and click Stylus RIP . The program c hecks your p rinter, and then opens the StylusRIP window: This window displays the progre ss of your p rint job(s ) as they are processed and allows you to cancel t[...]

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    4-3 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Wind ows 2. Choose the EPSON S tylus RIP print er dri ver from the print dialog box. The Where: field changes from LTP1 to Stylus RIP or File . 3. If you want to change any printer options before printing, see the ne xt sect ion fo r instr uction s. 4. If you’re read y to print with the def ault options, cli[...]

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    4-4 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Wi ndows Follow these steps : 1. Open a document and choose Print or Prin t Setup from the File menu. 2. Select the EP SON Stylus RI P printer fr om the Name menu and click Properties . 3. In Windows 95/9 8/2000, you select printer options from three dif ferent tabs: Paper , Graphics, and Device Op tions. The[...]

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    4-5 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Wind ows The Devic e Options tab lets yo u select the type of media (pa per) and desire d reso lution, ink co lor mode , and press simulation mode. Note: To make the se ttin gs in t hese d ial og boxe s you r defa ult settings for future pr intouts, right-c lick your p rinter in the Printe rs utility a nd choo[...]

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    4-6 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Wi ndows In the Windows 95/98/2 000 Device Options tab and the Windows NT Advanced tab, you click the feature yo u want to change in the upper portion of the dialog box, and then choo se the setting for that feat ure fr om the lo wer porti on. For a description of the Paper and Graphics tab settings, click He[...]

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    4-7 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Wind ows 3. If you have an EPSON Styl us Color 1520 or 3000 printer, or an EPSON Stylus Photo 12 00, 1270 or 2000P pr inter, choose o ne of the foll owing Paper Options : ◗ Print on roll paper Choose this setti ng when you’re printing on roll paper; otherwis e, the printer w ill eject the enti re roll of p[...]

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    4-8 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Wi ndows Managing Print Jobs While your j ob is printi ng, the follo wing info rmation appear s in the Stylus RIP window: If a problem occurs during printi ng, you’ll see an error indicated in the Message area. If you run out of paper or ink, for example, Stylus RIP displays an error me ssage in this area a[...]

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    4-9 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Wind ows Batch Printing In addition to having the RIP process print jobs as soon as they are created, you can also create print jobs and hold them in a queue so you can print them at a later time. This allows you to close other applications, so your computer can p rint quickly, using the maximum ava ilable sys[...]

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    4-10 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Wi ndows Network Printing You can use EPSON Stylus RIP to share your printer over a Windows peer-to -peer network. See “Setting Up Network Printin g” on pag e 3-11 for setu p inst ructio ns. You can pri nt directly to the Stylus RIP printer from a client computer. Or if Stylus RIP hasn’ t been launched[...]

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    4-11 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Wind ows Configuring EPSON Stylus RIP You ca n configure the fol lowing two prefe rence settings for the EPSON Stylus RIP software: ◗ For co nvenie nce in print ing fr om yo ur app lica tions, y ou can change the default folder where Stylus RIP looks for print files to p rocess. ( Create the fo lder on the [...]

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    4-12 Printing with EPS ON Stylus RIP for Wi ndows 4. Sele ct the prefe rence you want: ◗ Type a ne w path for the Temp Directory if you want to chan ge the fo lder whe re the R IP look s for p rint fil es to proc ess. (Y ou must fi rst crea te this fol der in Windows .) ◗ Click Raster Spool Mode if you want to spee d up the printing of multiple[...]

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    5-1 5 This chapt er desc ribes sol utions t o some of the problems you might encounter with the EP SON Stylus RIP software. Many pro ble ms c an b e sol ve d by m aki ng sur e the pri nte r is turn ed o n and proper ly connect ed to your co mputer or netwo rk before you start the Stylus RIP software, so check these conditions when ever you encou nt[...]

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    5-2 Troublesh ooting ◗ Make sure you’ re using the correct Po stScript d river for your printer (included on the EP SON Stylus RIP CD-ROM) . ◗ If you’re working with scanned images, check the scanner soft ware s ettin gs. ◗ Try clea ning the print head with the ut ilities provided with your printer , then print a few lines to check your o[...]

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    5-3 Trou bles hoot ing You see a memo ry or VM er ror mes sage (M acintosh) You see a communications error message when you try to open EPSON Stylus RIP EPSON Stylus RIP does not run (Windows) Possible cause Solution Virtual m emory is not turned on . Select Control Panels fr om the Appl e menu, the n selec t Memo ry Control Panel . Clic k the On b[...]

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    5-4 Troublesh ooting Your saved files don’t print (Windows) EPSON Stylus RIP takes a long time before printing starts Your printouts contain incorrect fonts or jagged type Possible cause Solution You’re no t saving your Pos tScript pri nt files w ith the .ps or .prn exte nsion. When you print from y our appl ication, make su re you sa ve yo ur [...]

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    5-5 Trou bles hoot ing The printer is producing pages containing ille gible type or characters Images and type look bitmapped and jagged on your printouts Possible cause Solution The pr inte r is not recei vin g and proc essing PostScri pt code. Click Cance l in t he Info rmat ion wi ndow on a Macin tosh o r Cancel Printing in the Stylus RIP window[...]

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    5-6 Troublesh ooting You see Font not found or Find font error messages (Macintosh) One or more colors are missing in your printout or it prints in black ink only Possible cause Solution You’re a llowing F ont Substitu tion in yo ur applic ation. Turn off Fo nt Substitut ion in you r applica tion’s Pa ge Setu p dial og box. You’re no t using [...]

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    5-7 Trou bles hoot ing Your printed output has white lines Bitmap im ages or clip art looks jagged You’re having trouble printing from PageMaker 6.0 or 6.5 (Windows) EPS and TIFF files do not print Possible cause Solution Your sc reen save r is interrupti ng the printi ng proces s. Turn off your screen saver. The pr int head nozz les ar e clogg e[...]

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    5-8 Troublesh ooting Your printout has misplaced images or type Printed images are clipped at the edges Your Macintosh freezes when you try to print from QuarkXPress Your Macint osh loses cu stom page s izes when se lecting PDF file output from QuarkXPress 3.3x Possible cause Solution Your sy stem doesn’t have e nough memory to run Stylus RIP. Pr[...]

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    I-1 Index A AppleT alk, 1- 4 to 1- 5, 1-7, 2-2 to 2 -3, 2 -6 B Batch prin ting, 4-9 Bitm ap ima ges, pr oblem s, 5- 7 C Cancelling p rint jobs Mac intos h, 2 -16 to 2- 18 Windows, 4-8 Chooser, 2 -5 to 2-8 Client i nstallat ion Macintosh, 1-1 to 1- 2, 1-8 to 1- 9 Clip art, problem s, 5-7 Clipped images, 5-8 Color m atching installin g files, 1-9 to [...]

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    I-2 Index L Lice nse k ey, 2 -3, 4- 2 M Macint osh conf igurin g Stylus RI P, 2-2 to 2-8 drag an d drop printi ng, 2-15 to 2-16 install ing Stylu s RIP, 1-1 to 1-2, 1-6 to 1- 9 memory requirements, 2-2 networ k confi guration , 1-3 t o 1-5 printi ng f rom applic atio n, 2-8 to 2- 9 sett ing op tion s, 2- 10 to 2- 14 startin g Stylus RIP autom atica[...]

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    I-3 Inde x Printer Profil e setting, 2- 11 to 2-1 2 Printer , checki ng, 1-2, 3-2 Pri ntin g batch, 4-9 cancelli ng, 2-16 to 2-18, 4-8 drag and dro p, 2- 15 to 2-1 6 from Ma cinto sh applic atio ns, 2-8 to 2- 9 from Wi ndows a pplic ations, 4-1 to 4- 3 Macint osh opti ons, 2-10 to 2-14 multip le job s, 4-9 over Windows netwo rk, 3-11 to 3-12, 4-1 0[...]