User guide

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Printing with COLORCHOICE
There are two approaches to using the Roland COLORCHOICE RIP Software.
• Printing already prepared jobs from one station.
• Creating and printing jobs on one station.
These approaches can be used concurrently or in combination.
Printing Already Prepared Jobs
1 Load the CD or disk that has the prepared jobs into the appropriate drive.
2 Double-click on the Roland COLORCHOICE RIP Software icon in the lower right corner of your screen to launch the
program.
3 Select Add... from the File menu.
The Add Job dialog box opens. (You can add jobs in any of the following formats: .prn, .plt, .eps, .ps, .pdf, .tif, .bmp, .jpg, or
.prt.)
4 Find the drive or folder with the job you want to print.
5 Select the job and click Open.
The job is added to the Print Monitor. Alternatively, you can drag and drop the target file onto the Print Monitor window.
6 To send a job to the printer, select the job from the Print Monitor and then select Print from the File menu.
The job prints.
Sending Jobs Directly from an Application
Follow these steps to send jobs directly from an application.
1 Create the job in your favorite application.
2 From your application’s print dialog box, select your printer.
3 To send a job to the printer, select the job from the Print Monitor and then select Print from the File menu.
The job prints.
Accessing Printer Properties from an Application
In addition to specifiyng how a job will print by editing the settings in the Setup Properties dialog box, you can access some settings
directly from your design application. The command for viewing printer properties is usually under the File menu. Consult the
documentation that came with your application for details.