Tips and Tricks for ColorSpan Legacy ColorMark Pro Print Server and RIPStation TN2500C
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CONTENTS Executive Summary ................................................. 3 Printing ......................................................................... 7 Achieving the Fastest RIP Times Disk Space and SCSI Drives The ColorSpan Downloader Image Quality and Output Resolution Getting Around System Control .......................
Executive Summary Getting Around System Control Getting Around System Control “Mousing Around” The interface is divided into five sections: Ports, Process, Output, and Printers. Each section delineates part of the spooling - ripping - printing process. The mouse on your ColorMark Print Server includes two buttons. Each of these buttons serves different purposes within the user interface. Below are the mouse button conventions: Ports - where data enters the system from the network.
System Control User Interface Input (queues) Process Output (queues) Jobs spooled from network PostScript interpreter prepares RIP'ed print jobs are are queued for RIP processing. print jobs for output on printer. queued for final output. LaserLine No. 2502 v1.00 Copyright 1996 LaserMaster Corporation All rights reserved System Control Ports This is where print data from network workstations spools into the print server. Attention Queues Alert you to problems in file(s) prior to processing/printing.
media. To preview a RipSaver document, select the document, and hit the monitor button at the top of the queue’s document window. The system will then display an on-screen representation of the RIP’ed file. The first time you select the on-screen preview for a document, the system will have to create it for you—this can take a few minutes for large RipSaver documents. Once the preview has been created for a particular file, the system will display the preview immediately without delay.
Screen Calibration Color In order to print colors that match those on your monitor, calibrate your monitor using a reputable monitor calibrator. Select the profile that matches your monitor type. If your monitor is not listed, contact the manufacturer for more information. Calibrating your monitor will provide a much more consistent display of the colors in your files, which will provide you a much better anticipation of what a particular file will look like when printed.
Yellow, and Black needed to reproduce that color. Consequently, all TRUMATCH spot colors are reproducible by CMYK printers. file RIPing. Do not allow the remaining hard disk space to drop below 300MB. If you commonly produce files larger than 50MB, complex files, or if you store numerous RIPSaver documents, consider adding an external SCSI hard disk to the ColorMark print server. This can substantially reduce RIP times for large, complex jobs. (See “Disk Space and SCSI Drives,” below.
foreground while the downloader is downloading in the background! Use of the downloader application can increase productivity dramatically. By downloading tiff and PhotoCD images, you can save the significant amounts of time that Photoshop (or other image editing program) would normally take on your workstation to process the information and send it to the print server.
Pausing Queues and Printers Without MediaSaver (four individual print jobs): Pausing the various parts of the system creates different effects, allowing you to essentially stop specific parts of the system without having to unplug it from the network, or otherwise shut the entire system down. Below is a list of the effect that pausing has on each part of the system. Ports When a port is paused, it is removed from the network, and will not spool any additional jobs.
Appendix B Description of Supported Printers DisplayMaker® HiRes 8-color Series - Produce huge 72” wide prints for banners, murals, signs, transportation graphics, tradeshow images and more! Or quickly gang together smaller-format prints to take full advantage of media size. Output speed is up to 28.5 square feet/hour in HIGH-QUALITY, apparent 1200-dpi mode, and at up to 57.0 square feet/hour in HIGH-SPEED mode.
Appendix C The Halon System Optional Halon Interfaces provide digital connectivity for up to two color laser copiers (one interface for each copier). Comparable in speed to other dedicated PostScript RIPs, the Halon System consists of the ColorMark Pro, a high-speed controller that is placed in ColorMark Pro, and a cable that connects ColorMark Pro to your color laser copier(s). Supported color laser copiers include the following models equipped with a digital interface: Canon CLC, Kodak, and Xerox.
Appendix D ColorMark+ Advanced Color Management System Here is your freedom to drive the quality, control and creativity of your color management. ColorMark+ Advanced Color Management System is the tool to enhance your digital color productivity. This advanced software provides digital color professionals with the next level of color control in the ColorMark Color Management System, available for ColorSpan ColorMark Pro and RIPStation™ print servers 200 MHz and faster.
