DisplayMaker X-12+ Print Server & Driver Setup Guide Part Number 0706164 Rev C 1
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About This Manual Read this manual to set up print server and driver options for ColorSpan digital color printers. ◆ Chapter 1 shows you how to set server options and perform a ColorMark calibration. ◆ Chapter 2 shows you how to set device options and sekect a color space in the Macintosh OS. ◆ Chapter 3 shows you how to set device options and select a color space in 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 1-14) ◆ Calibration (page 1-15) 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. Printer configuration dialog box 4. Set or verify the printer configuration. This dialog box is described on the following pages.
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. EPS/TIFF Options Default Print Mode Specifies how files sent to the printer with the ColorSpan Downloader Utility are printed.
◆ 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. Default Media Size Select a media size from the popup menu that the server can use if no media size is specified in the print job. Printing Options Copies Type in the number of copies you want to print.
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.
◆ SWOP (Coated) Emulation YA - “yellow adjusted,” provides visually warmer yellow tones, compared to the “SWOP (Coated) Emulation” color space. ◆ Eurostandard (Coated) Emulation - emulates the Eurostandard color space used for color offset printing onto coated paper stock. Best for proofing applications. ◆ Eurostandard (Coated) Emulation YA - “yellow adjusted,” provides visually warmer yellow tones, compared to the “Eurostandard (Coated) Emulation” color space.
If you are upgrading from a previous release of the ColorMark CMS, any existing profiles in the previous format will not be overwritten by the new format profiles. You can continue to use either version to print. The new version profiles are indicated with an icon (a ColorMark Calibrator) when displayed in a profile listing.
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 Calibrating the Print Engine Calibration is one of the most significant things you can do to ensure accurate and consistent color output.
Calibrating ColorMark Software 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 or an X-Rite DTP41 device rather than the printer’s camera (photodiode) to take the readings, make sure the device is connected to the server and powered on. Calibrate the DTP41 according to the instructions in its Operator’s Manual. 2. Make sure the ink installed is the type you want to calibrate.
The printer prints a series of color swatches. ◆ If you chose the camera, the printer reads each swatch with the onboard photodiode. The progress of this process is displayed on the printer control panel. When all of the strips have been read, go to step 15. ◆ To use the DTP41 device, wait until printing is complete, then cut the swatches into strips as indicated on the print.
The box moves to the next swatch on the screen as a beep signals that you can take the next reading. c. Repeat these readings with the next swatch until you have measured all of the swatches. 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.
CHAPTER 2 Macintosh Setup This chapter explains how to select device options (Printer Features or Printer Specific Options) from your application software, using the LaserWriter driver. 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.
Specifying Device Options Before you print, install the Printing Tools software and fonts as described in the ColorSpan Printing Tools User Guide. You should install the LaserWriter 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/. You can set device options from your application, or simply leave all settings to “Printer’s Default.
◆ Media Type — always “Printer’s Default;” specify the media and ink type from the ColorSpan print server’s Port Configuration dialog box. ◆ Ink Type — always “Printer’s Default;” specify the media and ink type from the ColorSpan print server’s Port Configuration dialog box. ◆ Output Quality – Select Image Quality options for the document, depending on your needs.
◆ 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.
Selecting an Output Color Space Your application software and the ColorMark print server software are allow you to select from a variety of device-specific RGB color conversion methods. Matching an RGB output color space, as defined in application programs such as Adobe Photoshop, with its corresponding conversion method will result in more accurate color reproduction and an expanded color gamut. To select an output color space: 1.
◆ If you will be downloading the document, select the working color space in the application’s color configuration dialog box. Note that some file formats may not support the color space you selected in step 1; if so, select another file format or color space. After changing the working color space, you may need to adjust the colors in the document to compensate for any resulting color shift. Select the working color space here (Edit - Preferences - Color Management) Fig. 2-3.
CHAPTER 3 Windows Setup This chapter shows you how to select device options and an output color space from your Windows application software. 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.
Specifying Device Options To specify device options: 1. Click the Windows Start button. 2. Select Settings - Printers and Faxes. 3. In the Printer folder, highlight the DisplayMaker X-12 icon, then display the printing options: ◆ In Windows XP/2000, right-click the printer icon. From the icon menu, click the Properties option. In the Properties dialog box, click the Printing Preferences button. In the Printing Preferences dialog box, click the Advanced... button. ◆ In Windows NT 4.
Details (Windows 95/98 only) ◆ Graphic Printer Features 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. Print Quality ◆ SmoothTone Full Page — highest quality, applies SmoothTone error diffusion to all elements on the page. Yields the best color matching.
print server. This option is only available when ColorMark Color Management System Software is installed. No — provides the best possible color correction. Yes — applies no color correction, but instead uses a default CMYK-to-RGB conversion. Use this mode to output pure solid colors, such as for presentation graphics. ◆ 3-4 Black – Allows you to specify Rich Black, which creates black by combining all ink colors. When disabled, Pure Black (black ink only) is used to reproduce black.
Selecting an Output Color Space Your application software and the ColorMark print server software are allow you to select from a variety of device-specific RGB color conversion methods. Matching an RGB output color space, as defined in application programs such as Adobe Photoshop, with its corresponding conversion method will result in more accurate color reproduction and an expanded color gamut. To select an output color space: 1.
◆ If you will be downloading the document, select the working color space in the application’s color configuration dialog box. Note that some file formats may not support the color space you selected in step 1; if so, select another file format or color space. After changing the working color space, you may need to adjust the colors in the document to compensate for any resulting color shift. Select the working color space here (File - Color Settings - RGB Setup) Fig. 3-3.
