DisplayMaker Legacy Mach 12 Print Server & Driver Setup Guide Part Number 0706098 Rev B 1
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About This Manual Read this manual to set up print server and driver options for ColorSpan DisplayMaker Mach 12 digital color printers. ◆ Chapter 1 shows you how to set server options and perform a ColorMark calibration. ◆ Chapter 2 shows you how to set LaserWriter 8 driver options on the Apple Macintosh OS. ◆ Chapter 3 shows you how to set PostScript Printer driver options under Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Conventions This manual uses the following informational conventions: Note A special technique or information that may help you perform a task or understand a process. Hinweis Ein Hinweis beschreibt eine spezielle technik zur Lösung einer Aufgabe oder enthällt Informationen, die Ihnen eine Prozedur näher erläutert. Caution Alerts you to something that has the potential to cause damage to hardware, software, or data.
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CHAPTER 1 Print Server Setup This chapter shows how to set up ColorSpan print server options for the printer. It explains: ◆ Configuring the Printer (page 1-2) ◆ Viewing Printer Status (page 1-4) ◆ Configuring the Input Port (page 1-6) ◆ Attention Queue Jobs (page 1-13) ◆ Calibration (page 1-14) Before you can perform the procedures in this chapter, you must add the printer to the System Control interface. Refer to the System Control User Guide for instructions.
Configuring the Printer Use the following procedure to configure the printer. First make sure the printer is connected to the server, plugged in, turned on, and warmed up. 1. Position the cursor on the printer icon. 2. Press and hold either mouse button to display the printer menu. 3. Select Configure from the printer menu. The following dialog box appears. Fig. 1-1. DisplayMaker Mach 12 printer configuration dialog box 4. Set or verify the printer configuration.
Printer Name ColorMark CMS Dithering Color Adjustment Ink Level Lighter Prints—Darker Prints Configuring the Printer This name identifies the printer. It appears under the Printer icon in System Control and in various dialog boxes. ◆ Media — for accurate color matching, specify the media type loaded in the printer. If a print job specifies a different media, the job is routed to the Output Attention queue with a disposition of Media Mismatch. ◆ Width — width of the media, as measured by the printer.
Viewing Printer Status To view the printer’s status: 1. Position the cursor on the printer icon. 2. Press and hold either mouse button to display the printer menu. 3. Select Status from the printer menu. The following dialog box appears: Fig. 1-2.
Printer Status Software ColorMark CMS Viewing Printer Status This is the printer’s current state, such as Ready or Printing. This is the version number of the printer’s embedded software. ◆ Version — the version of ColorMark Color Management System (CMS) software currently installed for this printer. ◆ Status — indicates whether the profilers are properly installed in the printer. ◆ Ink Type — the ink type(s) currently installed in the printer.
Configuring the Input Port When you first add a port to System Control, you configure it for use with a specific output device. This section describes options for the printer. Refer to the System Control User Guide for additional input port information. You can also specify most of these options for individual print jobs from the Document Details dialog box. Fig. 1-3.
◆ Microsoft Windows Network - On a Microsoft Windows Network, the WinLink port name appears as a network printer connected to the server. ◆ Novell Network - On a Novell NetWare network, the system defaults to the print queue selected through the Windows Control Panel. To change the NetWare File Server and Print Server names, click Settings on the port configuration dialog box.
Black Allows you to specify Rich Black, which creates black by combining all process ink colors; or Pure Black, which uses only black ink to reproduce black. Choose Rich Black when creating backlit output or when an extra-dark black is desired. Image Quality Select the image quality based on how fast you want the job to RIP and print, the level of apparent resolution required, and the quality of gradients required.
Step-and-Repeat Step-and-Repeat prints copies of an image across the width of a page, offsets the image horizontally, then prints another row of the image, and so on until the end of the page is reached. This is useful for applications such as wallpaper, textile prints, stage backgrounds, and gift wrap mock-ups. Gutter Length Offset Fig. 1-4. Step-and-repeat dimensions To specify step-and-repeat settings for an image: 1.
The Step-and-Repeat properties appear similar to this example (if they do not appear, then Step-and-Repeat is not supported on the selected printer): Fig. 1-5. Step-and-Repeat settings ◆ Length - when you click the Length radio button, the Step-and-Repeat properties become visible. In the length field, enter the length you want the step-and-repeat pattern to be printed. ◆ Gutter Width - enter the blank space you wish between each image row.
The job appears in the queue with a Step-and-Repeat icon, as shown below. 6. To print the job, unpause the queue, or move the job to an active Output port. ColorMark CMS Color Space The Input Color Space option you select determines how image colors are converted from one device to another, which establishes the method of color correction that will be performed by the print server. RGB - Used for print jobs created in the RGB color space; best for most images.
Color Profile The table lists the color profiles available for the printer. A color profile is a data file used to convert the colors in a file sent to the RIP into colors that can be printed on the printer. There is a specific profile for each ink set and media combination. ◆ Select Color Profile - for accurate color matching, select the profile that contains the color set, media, and ink you want to use for jobs sent to this port, or for a specific job.
Attention Queue Jobs You can print a job that System Control sends to the Attention Queue with a Media Size Mismatch error by overridng the error. When you override the error, the excess image width is clipped (not printed) from the right edge of the image. This allows you to print a file with a custom page size slightly over the maximum print width, without revising and reprinting the application file or loading wider media in the printer.
Calibration ColorMark calibration (linearization) is one of the most significant things you can do to ensure accurate and consistent color output. The calibration procedures store information about specific inks, media, and printers in the ColorMark software which then tailors the processing of the job to optimize the inks, media and printer used. It ensures that the printer can print color samples of known densities in a predictable (linear) progression.
Calibrating ColorMark Software To Color Calibrate a DisplayMaker Mach 12 printer: 1. Make sure the printer is connected to the server, plugged in, turned on, and displays the “Ready” message on the control panel. If you will be using the ColorMark Calibrator rather than the printer’s photo diode to take the readings, make sure the device is connected to the server and powered on. 2. Make sure the ink installed is the type you want to calibrate.
9. A dialog box appears that gives you the option of printing the Calibration Page or taking calibration readings. 10. Click the button marked Print Calibration Page. The printer prints a series of color swatches. ◆ If you chose the camera, the printer reads each swatch with the onboard photo diode. The progress of this process is displayed on the printer control panel. When all of the strips have been read, go to step 12.
To start over at any time during the calibration process, click Cancel in the dialog box. The previous profiling information is preserved and the calibration process is terminated. If you take a white point reading after reading some or all color values, all color values are removed from the screen, and you must restart the reading of color values. Be sure to take a reading for each color. If you make a mistake, click Cancel and start over. d.
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CHAPTER 2 Macintosh Setup This chapter provides specific information about printing from your Macintosh to the DisplayMaker Mach 12 printer. This chapter explains: ◆ Page Setup options from your application (page 2-2) ◆ Print options from your application (page 2-3) If you haven’t yet configured your Macintosh environment to print to the print server, refer to the ColorSpan Printing Tools User Guide for instructions.
LaserWriter 8 Driver Setup Before you print, install the Printing Tools software and fonts as described in the ColorSpan Printing Tools User Guide. The installer does not install a LaserWriter driver automatically. You should obtain the latest driver that is appropriate for your operating system version. This driver is available on your operating system disks or from the Apple Computer World Wide Web site at http:/ /www.apple.com/. The LaserWriter version 8.2.
Choose Print Options 1. Select Print from your application’s File menu. The Print dialog box appears. 2. Select General options: ◆ Copies – The number of copies to be printed. ◆ Pages – Click All to print all pages. Type the number of the first page to be printed in the left box and the last page to be printed in the right box to print a range. ◆ Paper Source – RollFeeder is the default and should be used. ◆ Destination – Select Printer to print the file.
Traditional Halftone — use when a traditional halftone dot screen is required; allows the screen frequency and angle to be specified. ◆ Interpolation – Selecting Interpolate causes the printer to print scaled images with fewer “jaggies” and less “pixelization.” It corrects images scanned at an inadequate resolution for the scaling factor and which may produce a patchwork or “pixelized” appearance. This setting does not affect images with fewer than 8 bits per pixel.
◆ Canonical Color — Determines how image colors are converted from one output space to another, which establishes the method of color correction that will be performed by the print server. This option is only available when ColorMark Color Management System software is installed. Off (TRUMATCH) — provides the best possible color correction. With TRUMATCH selected, you can be assured of accurate matching of TRUMATCH spot colors and true reproduction of full-color images.
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CHAPTER 3 Windows Setup This chapter provides specific information about printing from your PC to a DisplayMaker Mach 12 printer connected to the print server. It explains how to specify printing options using the PostScript driver for Microsoft Windows operating systems. If you haven’t yet configured your Windows environment to print to the print server, refer to the ColorSpan Printing Tools User Guide for instructions.
PostScript Driver Setup To configure printing options: 1. Click the Windows Start button. 2. Select Settings - Printers. 3. In the Printer folder, highlight the DisplayMaker Mach 12 icon, then display the printing options: ◆ In Windows 95/98/ME, right-click the printer icon. From the icon menu, click the Properties option. The Properties dialog box appears. ◆ In Windows NT 4.0, right-click the printer icon. From the icon menu, click the Document Defaults option. The Document Defaults dialog box appears.
Fig. 3-2. Windows NT 4 printer settings Details Paper Graphics Windows Setup (Windows 95/98 only) ◆ Spool Settings — specify “Print directly to printer.” Since print jobs can be up to 100 megabytes or more in size, you can save considerable time by not spooling them on your computer before sending them to the server. ◆ Layout — use the ColorSpan print server’s options for N-UP and arbitrarily arranging jobs on the page (MediaSaver).
◆ Mural Bigger — Mural Bigger prints faster, which produces lower quality at close viewing range. The RIP time is less for this mode than for any other mode. ◆ Traditional Halftone — use when a traditional halftone dot screen is required; allows the screen frequency and angle to be specified. ◆ Scaling — if your application software does not support large enough paper sizes, you can specify a scaling percentage. Fonts ◆ Send Fonts As...
SWOP (Coated) — emulates the Standard for Web Offset Production color space used for color offset printing onto coated paper stock. Best for proofing applications. Eurostandard (Coated) — emulates the Eurostandard color space used for color offset printing onto coated paper stock. Best for proofing applications. ◆ Canonical Color — determines how image colors are converted from one output space to another, which establishes the method of color correction that will be performed by the print server.
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