PlatePatcher 14.0 User Guide - Support
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1. 8 3 1 ADDING A LOCAL DATA SOURCE 8 3 2 ADDING AN FTP DATA SOURCE astro sanan tits 9 3 3 CHANGINGAN A e e o 10 3 4 DELETINGANEENA A o A RSE 10 25 SAVING SETTING rats 10 PEATEPATCHER i 11 4 1 SETTING THE PLATEPATCHER OO PTION Si ie rise 12 ALTE Adding SENOS Dente 6 12 TL2 o o mime eM FI UE Pd cH DEI NE 12 HI Meletino UIT CRT 12 TI POSSIBLE SOLIS psa 13 4 2 REGISTER AND MOUNTING MARKS FOR PLATEPATCHER cesses eene nennen nennen nn teniente tenen e nnne tenens 17 AS SELEGUNG JEGHNIGAL JIN a a o 18 4 4 EDITING AJ OBO 19 4 5 MULTI PATEH MODE assistiet aiak 25 4 6 CUTTING LARGE PLATE 26 Ar PLOT CU DR aia 27 4 8 PREMOUNT MOUNTING WITH THE CDI 29 4 8 1 Recommended Working MoOde scr ata 32 4 9 MA RORE i B A aes 33 Wo AA o a MS d e A 33 4 11 ZERO POINT FOR AV OPTIMOUNT MACROFLEX AND HEAFORD sea rna esse tan esse esee 33 BAZ LOADING TIP FILES Cc 34 AAS WRITING m 34 zr COUTO DIRECTO RES ei 34 LO JJOBINFORMATIOM codo dit loaded 35 4 16 LOADING IMAGES VIA DRAG amp DROP PP 35 KONGSBERG XL GUIDE A 36 5 1 REGISTRATION e 36 5 2 SETTING rs 37 5 2 1 Setting the Bevel2. BE 2 Digital Flexo Suite Service The following services are automatically installed with the Digital Flexo Suite e Esko CDI Service bsl cdisvc e Esko http bsl http port 5580 The following programs must be enabled e gravurd e cmotsim 2 1 First Start Up of the Software The PlatePatcher analyses the image content of LEN or TIF files and applies register marks to the determined areas A coordinate file is created for automatic mounting A printout of an ACM or EPS file is used for manual mounting The Viewer is used to display and measure the LEN TIF files The angle and the rasterization can also be measured All important settings are copied over during an update If the software is being installed for the first time the network settings must be set 2 2 Entering the License Key During initial installation or when updating from an older version the license key must be entered to start the Merger Warning License 2 Your copy of Grapholas has an invalid license EN Do you want to register now Lok Cancel Serial Number The ESKO Service provides a serial number for this ProductlD which needs to be entered in the Serial Number field and confirmed by ENTER The license can be subsequently changed with the New License program in the Windows Start Menu under Esko Digital Flexo Suite Svstem ESKOG 2 3 Setting the
3. gt gt ESKOG reg 2501 2 5 mm x 2 5 mm 0 5 mm reg 501 5 mm x 5 mm 0 3 mm reg 5010 Negativ 5 mm x 5 mm gt 0 1mm 10mmx10mm 0 1mm reg 502 c 5 mm x 5 mm gt 0 2mm 5 mm x 5 mm gt 0 3mm reg 5010 M 5 mm x 5 mm gt 0 1 mm 4 3 Selecting Technical Inks Since the Esko Automaton Engine 12 LEN files can be provided with the technical ink The CF2 file is no longer used in this case Depending on the application the name of the technical ink may be different or several technical inks may exist For this reason one or more technical inks can be selected When a job is loaded in the PlatePatcher the LEN files are searched for technical inks and a warning message appears If an unregistered ink is included Workflow PlotCut m v Le i8 A left mouse click on the CAD channel 1 updates the display 2 In the Selected 3 area the desired CAD channels can be selected this selection is then saved in the selected PlatePatcher setting using Save 4 Different technical inks can be assigned to each PlatePatcher setting ESKOG 4 4 Editing a Job Independent of the mounting machine patching is always carried out in the same sequence The following job GaelicGhost with 4 colours plus the technical ink and the CF2 file of ArtiosCAD for the carton cut is used to explain the patching of image data The PlatePatcher requires the job data in
4. PLATEPATCHER 14 0 USER MANUAL 09 07 2014 ESKOG pan Copyright 2014 Esko Graphics Imaging GmbH 25524 Itzehoe Germany All rights reserved This document and all information and instructions contained herein are the property of Esko Graphics These documents contain the product descriptions according to their current state at the time of publication but no responsibility whatsoever is taken for the correctness of this information Based on the information in these documents guarantees will neither be granted nor uprated Furthermore Esko Graphics will not guarantee the correctness of information in illustrations showing the usage of the products or provided with the software nor will Esko Graphics guarantee the results when using the software Esko Graphics will accept no responsibility for direct indirect consequential or latent damages caused by using the software or by making use of the information contained herein or by failing to do so The technical data contained herein and the content of this manual are subject to change without prior notification Revisions which point out such changes and or supplements may be issued from time to time Without express written consent no part of this document may be reproduced transferred electronically stored or published irrespective of the reasons and irrespective of the method or means used i e electronic mechanical by printing microfilm etc These document
5. A message window is displayed In this case either the frame or the plate pieces must be enlarged by grouping Setting up the drill hole size must be carried out by a service technician at the location The Flexo Drill Toolkit is required for the Kongsberg table ESKOG cO EEBHBHBHEEEEEE 4 8 PreMount Mounting with the CDI For PreMount mounting the PlatePatcher creates plate pieces which are cut out of the unexposed plate These will be positioned on the mounting film which will then be mounted in the CDI The mounting accuracy is very high Kongsberg Kongsberg MERGER ESKOG cJ S M M MG ESKOG Processing the image data in the PlatePatcher and output of the corresponding LEN files to the Merger or in a folder For each separation an ACM file containing the cutting and mounting information will be output If the carton cut is to be drawn subsequently the plate pieces are to be edited using the 45 knife or the mounting film is to be cut to the desired size an ACM file with the POST extension will be created for each separation in addition This file is used to edit the finished mounting film again just before delivery If Do Post Cut is deactivated a mask with the extension Mask is created and used to cover the edges for the UV exposure after imaging This prevents the
6. ACM file is assigned to its own channel line The channels cannot be defined or hidden in the Digital Flexo Suite This has the advantage that the operator of the Kongsberg table can change the output quickly 5 4 1 Output Channels of the PlatePatcher Depending on the selected output device the PlatePatcher uses up to nine channels Only the required channels are set up in the Job Setup window All other channels must be set to No Tool In addition the No tool Ignore option must be activated Plot amp Cut e Channel 1 e Channel 2 e Channel 3 e Channel 4 e Channel 5 e Channel 6 e Channel 7 ESKOG contour of mounting film contour of the image contour of the patch labelling of the patch labelling of the mounting mark mounting mark centre line with arrow for gripper JI Se e Channel 8 job name e Channel 9 carton cut e Channel 13 drill holes for Drill mounting e Channel 14 mounting holes of the drum for PreMount e Channel 16 finishing cut of plate pieces for PreMount e Channel 32 IGNORE 5 5 Aligning the Plate on the Kongsberg Table The positioning marks are normally on the operator s side 1 2 Only if the alignment Vertical Landscape has been deactivated the positioning marks are on the right hand side 3 When activating the 3 point registration a third positioning mark is placed on the opposite side The text for identifying the plate is always
7. Benchmark Flat 06 10 11 13 13 HDFlexo Benchmark Flat 06 10 11 12 39 HDFlexo Benchmark Flat 06 10 11 12 24 HDFlexo Benchmark Flat 06 10 11 13 48 omogen1712 2100dpi 30 06 14 16 47 NewSPH TestFlatTop Wi 06 10 11 14 05 2540 0 In the detailed view a left mouse click on the respective field sorts the table by name date width height resolution or file size 6 2 Rotating Mirroring and Deleting Files In the DFS Explorer several files can be selected and rotated mirrored or deleted with a right mouse click Delete horizontal vertikal ESKOG Double clicking the file opens the Bitmap viewer for LEN or TIFF files and the ACM viewer for ACM files ESKOG TJ 7 ACM Viewer This program is used to display and control the ACM files which were created by using the Digital Flexo Suite After the Digital Flexo Suite installation all ACM files are automatically linked to the ACM Viewer m D XbsltestXBSEXdataxOUt m Lj Po dE TR LIT D XOSITESOOBSU date Dutputimounti Plot GaelicGhost K acm PC Created by DFS versions Version 7 5 Builc SGINCMO 01 HDR DESIGNER PlatePrep Version 7 5 Build 17 7 CIPFlexo G1X71007 107420 D2 6147100107420 The distance between two points can be measured by using the right mouse button hold pressed 1 The image content can be enlarged by using the mouse wheel 2 and moved by using the left mouse button hold pressed and pull 3 Double cli
8. Knife 457 Knife eee eene nennen nennen nnne snas 37 A 7 E 38 5 3 POP TIS MONG A o O o oO i 38 ESKOG 5 4 ASSIGNMENT OF THE OUTPUT CHANNELS ridad acidos 39 541 Output Channels the PlatePatchet s asc trito po bae rei a 39 5 5 ALIGNING THE PLATE ON THE KONGSBERG TABLE comusanmsipanao nitrilo rien i ika kbuaieni 40 Ae 42 6 DES EXPLORER ie a onia 43 MEC d cb 44 6 2 ROTATING MIRRORING AND DELETING FILES 44 coc ri cipi 45 7 ACM VIEWER fe 46 8 SUPPORT c 48 ESKOG 1 Svstem Requirements The following minimum requirements must be met Intel Dual Core 2 processor 2 GB RAM network board screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels CD ROM drive 32 bit operating system Microsoft Windows XP disabled firewall disabled UAC User Account Control FTP server installed and enabled Only in combination with Grapholas 10 3 Grapholas 10 3 on the CDI Grapholas 12 1 on the CDI with Full HD Flexo or Pixel The following configuration is recommended ESKOG Intel i7 processor 8 GB RAM Hard drives 512 GB SSD 1 GB network board Microsoft Windows 8 64 bit disabled firewall and user account control UAC Grapholas 14 0 on the CDI
9. Merger or the PlatePatcher via drag amp drop o or W N ESKOG File View Image Help HD Flexo license test wmm mu HDFIexo Benchmark l atTopDot V Large Tes t new SPH Uncertifie t new SPH Uncertifie d 450x660mm DotC 13 d 450x660mm DotC 14 d 450x660mm DotC 174 Ipi Api Ipi Wm mu ma HDFlexo Benchmark FI atTopDot V Large Tes i zu BEN El HDFlexo Benchmark FI atTopDot V Large Tes t new SPH Uncertifie ili Mmmm ont ma A e AENA nnam mu NE HT ji ai x660mm DotC 1491p menus for additional functions file reread display and selection of the folder display filter changing the view file preview Imm m inmmnmn TULL ULL mA LOTT LIU HHA UU TU M 6 1 Changing the View a The slider can be used to change the view from detail far left to large preview far right mage Help O movies 26 06 14 16 58 1239 3 806 5 B C04468 DVERNIS 900 2540 0 GaelicGhost 1605 27 06 14 13 09 1301 3 1295 0 2540 0 9 GaelicGhost c 26 06 14 17 03 1301 3 1295 0 GaelicGhost k 26 06 14 17 03 1301 3 1295 0 GaelicGhost plot 26 06 14 17 03 1301 6 GaelicGhost y 26 06 14 17 03 1301 3 HD Flexo license test 30 06 14 16 47 DFlexo Benchmark Flat 06 10 11 13 26 HDFlexo Benchmark Flat 06 10 11 12 09 DFlexo
10. activated 5 2 1 Setting the Bevel Knife 45 Knife Before using the BevelKnife 45 knife the option Single cut must be activated in Job Setup under Extended Setup as the step will otherwise not be performed properly The knife speed for the BevelKnife should not exceed a value of 30 Job setup Extended setup for line 2 Job setup Board size Current job setup Depth unit Reverse score fio Open WM y x Iv Single cut Line 8 Tool ng Tu IV n t M MM von NE E Soveknies v Lift angle 14 UseDefauk E M eem 4 ms X No tool X Default angle pa 5 Cl Dx No tool More Test line 2 Notool Ignore Circle adjustment 0 00 0 00 MM Knife before crease Perf pattern Cancel Help ESKOG 5 2 2 Drill Setup In order for the drill to drill independent of the plate thickness to the table top the drilling depth must be limited by entering T 1 The speed should be set to 1000 2 FT pa xy XY ws fio fio fior io 1 J KOK 5 3 Optimisation To use the cutting lines at best the Sequencing option should be activated in the XL Guide settings Optimization lv Sequencing plimize measurement Optimize tool use F Cheer torenmical geometry Remove double cuts Mormal Default 0 100 Une to circle tolerance ESKOG JU 5 4 Assignment of the Output Channels Each element in the
11. located between the first two marks If the X Mirror X or Y Mirror Y option for back labelling has been selected in the Merger the plate is rotated accordingly As cut optimisation cannot be used for the 45 Knife the plate should be fixed to the table as an additional measure To achieve a clean cut this knife requires a special set up ESKOG TU Fie Stat Poston Template Windows Opto Hep OQ X8 8 ft Bd wiar Q GP wex z beoe jsodOvxil E a oiuf gdeid F e Stat Posten Tempiste Windows Opbons mep Q X amp ESKOG tg 5 6 Starting the Job When importing the ACM file the setting is automatically changed to CTP Flexo Here the register wizard is activated and some optimisation parameters are deactivated If the MAT Info field was filled in the XL CUT submenu the file with the knife settings is automatically loaded The setup of the plate is started by pressing the I button on the Kongsberg operating panel Move the laser pointer to the centre of mark No 1 and confirm this position by pressing TI Repeat this step with mark No 2 If used the camera is moved in the general direction of the mark then the mouse is used to click the centre of the mark ESKOG TE The Len Explorer is an add on product used to display LEN TIFF and ACM files In addition LEN and TIF files can be directly drawn from the DFS Explorer into the
12. In addition a mark is added to the top and the bottom of the seam which can be used for manual cutting ESKOG c 4 7 Plot amp Cut Drill For Plot or Drill mounting the PlatePatcher creates an ACM file for each separation for the Kongsberg table These ACM files include data for labelling drilling and cutting the mounting film PlatePatcher ad CDI Kongsberg ue Processing The carton cut the mounting marks and the guides are drawn first Then the mounting film is cut to the required size For the Drill output holes will be drilled beforehand As of version 10 0 the output size of the mounting film for the Plot amp Cut output is no longer determined by the size of the image data For the Drill output the LEN file and the film size must still be identical The Cut Mylar option must be selected in the settings This prevents the elements to be placed outside the mounting film In addition the plate distortion for the gripper distance 2 and for the mounting film height 1 are counted back to 100 The calculated plate distortion should be checked in the grouping window of the PlatePatcher The centerline refers to the center of the loaded image except if the Use Cut option is active In this case the centerline refers to the cut Green drill holes 2 amp 3 can be moved in all directions in the green frame by pressing and holding down the left mouse bu
13. Kongsberg table EPS output requires an extra license Technical Ink In order to be able to identify the technical ink carton cut later on the name must be determined according to the file name for example file name PLOT MAT Info As an option the name of the XL Guide Job Setups which will be automatically loaded on the Kongsberg table can be entered in this field Crop Patches f areas are grouped in different separations in multi patch mode the resulting patches are reduced to the required size If this function is deactivated patches of the same size are created Multiple mount files Creates a file with coordinates for each separation If this function is deactivated all coordinates are written into one file Dual Output When this option is activated an additional Heaford mounting file is created for the Macroflex output and the AV output Round Mounter For AV Optimount the coordinate file is counted back to 10096 The distortion values are entered on the mounting device Old Macroflex Format Writes the DHM file for older versions of Macroflex without line break Count Separations Enumerates the separations in the Macroflex output file Patch Multi Line Creates three lines in the Macroflex output file for each patch In this way the upper and lower register marks can be used even with older Macroflex models see Vertical Distance ESKOG 4 2 Register and Mounting Marks for PlatePatcher
14. Language The language can be changed in the Windows start menu under ESKO Digital Flexo Suite System UI Language Language Selection Tool sorcne Geman NN Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese ESKOG 3 Managing Data Sources The image data can be loaded from the local hard drive over a network release or via FTP With regard to data security transmission via FTP protocol is to be preferred over network release The path entered during installation for the User Data is already released as a network drive Additional data sources can be set up under Edit Data Source 3 1 Adding a Local Data Source Local data sources can be located on the hard drive of the computer or accessible in the network via share function fi Editor for the drive setup file Select to edit an existing entry or ta add a new one Enter an alias name for ihe new drive choose local or Ap Select drive O Edit New Drive Name 3 Drive Type G Local OI FTP The name of the data source Drive Name 3 will be shown later in the Load dialogue Editor for the drive setup file SEEDS Enter a disk name and folder for accessing files Back Finish ok cancer Disk and Sub Folder 6 designate the drive letter and the directory containing the data Clicking Test 7 opens a new window with the data source set up Finish 9 completes the process You can always switch to
15. an area to be zoomedi in As an alternative you can use the mouse wheel displays the entire image Jobname is used to add the file name to the lower edge of the patch Hide or x hides one or more marked patches This option can be used to hide unnecessary elements Dye Cut activates or deactivates the output of the technical ink ESKOG c 15 17 ESKOG The distortion Rip Scale is automatically read from the LEN file For TIF files or if the distortion information is missing the distortion is calculated based on the size difference between the CF2 file and the technical ink If the information is indefinite 100 0 is displayed as value but can be changed manually With some mounting devices Mount Scale can be used to scale the output file This is not possible if Cut Mylar was selected in the PlatePatcher settings Rotate rotates all output files by 90 Negative inverts all output files for film exposure units because negative images cannot be edited in PlatePatcher The settings Negative and Rotate can only be changed in the first separation and are then valid for the entire job The size of the mounting film can be changed as follows Carrier Sheet Width 1301 25 Carrier Sheet Height 1294 88 Left Gap 0 0 H Gripper Center Offset The position of the image data can only be set for PreMount and Plot amp Cut output If these values are not changed the size
16. ater time If Multiple is selected the table with the separations extends Patch Distance mm 90 0 Separations Multiple a Reference l Master selects the base separation from the loaded job The master must still have sufficient free space to allow the register marks of the other separations to be placed Reference selects a separation which is not to be cut For mounting mounting marks are placed to the left and the right of the image Patch displays the separations which will be analysed oet the Patch Distance and open the grouping window by selecting Analyse image The same editing options as in the Single Patch Mode are available As opposed to single patching collisions can now also occur on the Master As the separations are still mounted separately overlays between different separations no longer occur Showing and hiding separations makes it easier to keep an overview when working on complex jobs The reference separation is labelled ref the master separation Master ESKOG EJ 4 6 Cutting Large Plate Pieces Atter selecting the plate piece this icon is activated Then left click the desired cut position within this plate piece Cutting is not possible in the frame areas cuts a large plate piece New positioning marks are added to each side apart from the seam To manuallv undercut this seam the two plate pieces overlap
17. ck one ACM file and an additional window 4 will be opened Start in the Manual Step area 5 starts a simulation of the cutting and drawing process In the Settings area 6 the line thickness can be changed Additional information can be displayed in the View menu If the ACM Viewer of the Digital Flexo Suite is used LEN files can also be displayed Cutting information of Staggered Cut and CAD information of Flexrip are displayed in addition ESO aa TU cl ACMVICU Dr bsitesty BSL data Yoguruid fbr stagger Htsheet ken xxx acm xxx Jen xxx tif xxx Jen Yogurt amp d fbr stagger fitsheet C len Yogurtkd fbr stagger fitsheet men Mogurtid fbr stagger fitsheet y len 387 00 mm 479 49 mm 310 00 mm Using the function File Overlay File it is possible to place the according LEN or TIF file over the ACM file Holding the Ctrl button you can move the contour of the ACM with the left mouse button until both register marks are above each other Then you can check the cut Several LEN files are created when the output is performed on a CDI with ABS A revision of the images is no longer possible ESKOG HI To contact ESKO please visit www esko com ESKOG TU
18. e medium Under Separations the Single option is to be selected to patch single separations Patch Distance defines the distance between two image elements by compiling them automatically in one grouping Elements with a larger distance are separated Select the separation A preview is displayed in the main window By selecting Analyse image the image is analysed and displayed in the grouping window You can also start the analysing process by double clicking the respective separation Close closes the PlatePatcher HaC ong Timos V Diecut y 7 Clicking on the eye next to the ink in the table activates or deactivates the display i 13 14 ESKOG oeveral patches can be selected by pressing the Ctrl button and the left mouse button simultaneously and then grouped by clicking on Group 12 or g Alternatively you can also use the left mouse button to pull a lasso around several patches Press Ctrl 4 a to mark all plate pieces Overlaying plate pieces are marked in red and listed in the information display 11 Collisions of marks with image data are highlighted with an exclamation mark The patches can be created but the mounting marks will not be drawn in order to not change the image content The information field displays the area saved in cm and as a percentage the number of plate pieces and the errors caused by overlapping plate pieces or mountin
19. formation of an elevated edge Drawing information for mounting and cutting of the films The film placed on the Kongsberg table should always be a little larger than the desired size The 2 point registration is also used in this case so that the width of the mounting film is displayed right at the beginning Due to patent restrictions the positions of the plate pieces must not be drawn on the mounting film These positions are drawn on another film and then placed under the mounting film to mount the plate pieces The individual channels are selected on the Kongsberg table sending the plate pieces for cutting the unexposed plates on the Kongsberg table Nothing is sent to the CDI For this purpose the PreMount drum must be selected which has been set up by an ESKO technician File Stan Position Template Windows Edit Options Help Die m m mE mm OD O 318 X Premount v otev xp v mm Support 0 2 Y mm arrier Sheet 0 35 mm Tape 0 1 eo A E 12 Kongsberg The plate pieces are labelled at the top for subsequent mounting sending the Master file to the CDI The file is automatically centred and positioned with the desired gripper distance For this purpose the PreMount drum must be selected JU ESKOG te t Position Template Windows Edit Options a wa omo BI8 X rmn Carrier Sheet 0 35 y mm Tape 0 1 y mm Support 0 2 mm In addition the thickness of the adhesive tape the mounting film Mylar and the supp
20. g marks Marks can be moved subsequently Clicking on the mounting mark once changes the colour to yellow and a green frame is shown The mark can be moved horizontally by holding down the left mouse button in the green frame Another click on the yellow mark changes the colour to red The mark can now be moved vertically with the left mouse button pressed on the mark The opposite mark is automatically moved simultaneously Hidden elements are marked with a cross The arrangement of the plate pieces and the number of register marks can be changed as follows BEBE ca groups the plate pieces or ungroups them automatically inserts an additional mounting mark between the marks in the centre To this end the plate plece must be marked inserts an additional drill hole at any position After actuating this button you can select the position by clicking the left mouse button removes the selected register mark sets the mounting marks for the marked patch back to their original positions analyses the currently selected patch with the reset Patch Distance cuts a large plate piece After selecting the plate piece this icon is activated Then left click the desired cut position within this plate piece Cutting is not possible in the frame areas automatically removes all overlays activates the zoom function Press and hold the left mouse button to select
21. int in the bottom left corner of the ripped LEN or TIF file or the cut If in addition job information and screen wedges are set in the customer s job an offset to the desired zero point is created in the X and Y directions In most cases this offset varies which may lead to incorrect mounting The required zero point 1 is moved in the wrong design 3 In addition the screen wedge outside the image width displaces the mounting centre 2 This can be avoided by extending the image symmetrically to both sides ESKOG JU EE pp 4 12 Loading TIF Files TIF files are normallv read from left to right Because of the technical requirements of imaging Digital Flexo Suite reads TIF files from the bottom to the top This rotates the displav accordingly Digital Flexo Suite 1000 DESIGN 1 1000 ESKO The alignment of the images in PlatePatcher has to match the alignment in mounting The image has to be rotated 90 in the design for exporting 4 13 Writing TIF Files TIF files can be exported directly from PlatePatcher using the TIF export function The TIF data is exported with the alignment as described in the previous chapter which results in a rotated display in other programs The software of some of the CTP exposure units available on the market displays the TIF data with the same alignment as in the design even though the data has to be read from the bottom to the top for i
22. isation is deactivated in this setting If set in the Digital Flexo Suite Job Setup is loaded additionally The interface of the version 6064 slightly changed It is no longer necessary to select the positions of the register marks Furthermore the register wizard is compiled in one window 5 1 Registration By clicking on this icon a new window with the option to change the registration behaviour is opened Registration setup Under Register mark input the From input file option 1 must be activated otherwise the plate cannot be cut correctly Under Transformation the Offset and rotation only option 2 must be selected to ensure that the cut is not distorted during the registration It is possible to register using the laser pointer or the camera 3 The cutting accuracy of the camera is higher ESKOG JU 5 2 Setting the Tools The knives can be set in the Job Setup window which is opened via the Options menu Each element in the ACM file is assigned to its own channel line 1 The speed and the acceleration 3 must be determined on site Job setup Board size Current job setup cbse z Open Line Tool 7E 1 RipidMaterisiKnie 179 gt sE CECEN E JE No tool v MB Dx No tool Since Digital Flexo Suite 7 5 the ACM file contains more channels which can be selected at the Kongsberg table Therefore the No tool Ignore 2 option must be
23. labelling of mounting film e EPS PLOT film labelling e Drill drilling holes into the mounting film and the plate pieces e Bieffebi labelling of film and camera control ESKOG e E n 4 1 Setting the PlatePatcher Options Templates are created for the PlatePatcher options by calling up the PlatePatcher Workflow Editor under Edit For each mode the PlatePatcher Workflow Editor shows a preview with the currently set values Irrespective of the output an ACM file is generated so that the mounting film on the Kongsberg table can be cut and labelled On either side different values are set Mount setting of the output device Carrier Sheet setting of the mounting film Output setting of the file output 4 1 1 Adding Settings By selecting New 1 a new window appears in which you can enter a name for this setting OK confirms the input The new setting is automatically selected Adjust the required settings and save them by pressing Save 1 4 1 2 Changing Settings Select the setting 2 and change it Press Save 1 to save the setting To not lose existing settings the new settings can be renamed by pressing Save as 1 4 1 3 Deleting Settings Select the setting 1 and delete it by pressing Delete ESKOG 4 1 4 Possible Settings Each mounting device can be adjusted individuallv Before starting the device for production these pr
24. maging This is caused by the different alignment between drum and image The Merger assumes that the height corresponds to the circumference of the drum and the width corresponds to the width of the drum The drum may be shown rotated by 90 in the displays of other CTP exposure units 4 14 Output Directories In order to output mounting and preview files the PlatePatcher needs predefined directories The mounting settings can be called up under Options Preferences Folder in the Merger The PlatePatcher options provide more settings ESKOG Ut 4 15 Job Information For every job an HTML file with the original file name is saved in the Patcher Redo directory All important information concerning the job is stored in that directory The output directory d files output PatcherRedo is preset 4 16 Loading Images via Drag amp Drop Image files LEN and TIF can directly be dragged into the PlatePatcher from the Windows Explorer or from the Len Explorer First the data is copied into the working directory then it is loaded ESKOG VI O BRBRBRBRE 5 Kongsberg XL Guide If PreMount output or 6064 point registration is used at least XL Guide version 4 must be installed on the Kongsberg table lf an ACM file created with XL CUT or PlatePatcher in XL Guide is opened the global setting is automatically changed to Ctp Flexo The cut and sequence optim
25. mounting film outside the image file in Plot amp Cut mode so that it can be mounted more easily This option should be used in combination with Force 4 Marks JOBNAME Top Grip Mirrors the output coordinates in the circumference direction This option has to be activated when the image data is mirrored after patching which is the case with some other types of CTP exposure units JOBNAME Emulsion down Rotates the output coordinates by 180 Add Job Name Automatically inserts the file name under each output file ESKOG i Origin Bottom Left Places the origin of the coordinates at the bottom left when using Macroflex The mounting is usuallv performed from the middle In this case this option must not be activated Cut Carrier Sheet Automaticallv cuts the mounting film on the Kongsberg table after the register marks or mounting holes and the carton cut have been drawn Depending on the plate distortion the gripper distance and the height of the mounting film are automaticallv counted back Reference to technical ink When activated the centerline and for Macroflex also the baseline is related to the cut Landscape The ACM file for the Kongsberg table is rotated by 90 This is necessary to for example cut a 4260 plate on an XL 20 table Style Premount Carrier Sheet Width and Carrier Sheet Height Specifies the desired output format of the mounting film for the PreMount ou
26. of the loaded image file will be used Depending on the settings the plate distortion will be taken into account The image file is automatically positioned in the centre As soon as the Mylar Width is changed the gap between the image and the left film side is calculated anew in the Left Gap field The centerline which will be drawn at a later time can be moved in the Center Offset field The automatically calculated gripper distance can be changed in the Gripper field This requires consultation with the design department Create Patches cancels the grouping The requested files are created and transmitted to the Merger or a directory This process may take several minutes depending on the complexity Collisions of register marks with image elements and overlays are displayed in a corresponding message window In general no image data is overwritten Close closes the grouping view without creating files Se ET EP A All separations are edited in sequence Select the next separation 5 and repeat the process Mounting files are always updated when data is created so that all required data is available at the end 4 5 Multi Patch Mode All separations are displayed and edited together The selected base separation Master is not cut and includes the register marks of all other separations after editing All other separations are based on this base separation on the mounting device at a l
27. operties must be set and checked during a test mounting For this purpose a job which is unsymmetrical in X and Y direction is to be used Mount Default Frame Minimum distance between the patch and the edge of the created image If this is set too small a collision can occur during automatic grouping Film Gap Gap between the register mark and the edge of the image section This area is also used for subsequent cuts using the 45 knife Patch Distance Defines the distance between two image elements by compiling them automatically in one grouping Elements with a larger distance are separated Vertical Distance Height above which additional register marks are added to the patch b IE o2 l l p da PLOT Macroflex AV Flexologic Verti cal Vertical Vertical i Distance EM A DEMNM An V Distan ce hz mo gp vence M9 p i i 1 d de i i l j ML e y ads E i film gap default frame PLOT Vertical Distance Camera Distance 140mm Camera Distance 140mm Export LEN TIF The resulting images are exported directly into directories instead of transmitting them to the Merger An extra licence is required to output TIFs Front Text The patch labelling is not exposed together with the plate but craved into the frame area using the knife on the Kongsberg table This labelling needs not to be removed afte
28. ort must be entered oince the thickness change is known now the plate type in use can be used as for normal jobs Positioning the unexposed plate pieces on the mounting film Mounting the mounting film on the CDI The start position is preset The finished mounting film can be cut to the desired size just before delivery The POST file is loaded and the two corners of the mounting film 1 4 2 are registered using the camera This accuracy is very important in case the mounting film is cut to the correct size afterwards 4 If the plate pieces are not masked during the main exposure the exposed edges can be removed in this last step using the 45 knife 3 In addition the carton cut can be drawn In this case the carton cut is not drawn onto the mounted plate pieces 4 8 1 Recommended Working Mode The mounting effort on the CDI is minimised if the mounting film is alwavs cut to the entire drum size 50 x 80 2030 mm x 1270 mm In order to save mounting film and minimise the washer time the entire circumference can be used optionally This is obtained by setting the width of the mounting film to O If it is not required to trim the finished mounting film the unexposed plates should be cut using the 45 knife and the edges should be masked before the exposure using adhesive tape For this purpose a Film Gap must be entered in the PlatePatcher corresponding to the thickest plate Otherwise the data of the unexposed
29. plates cannot be used in the Merger using the 45 knife The speed of the 45 knife should be set to 5 when cutting the unexposed plates In addition a good vacuum is required When small plate pieces are concerned at least one side should be taped If it is not required to mask the edges the unexposed plates should be cut using the straight knife so that the exposed edge can be removed afterwards using the 45 knife In general it is recommended to leave a margin around each plate piece of at least 15 mm The thinner this margin the more accurate the plate pieces must be positioned on the mounting film ESKOG Jc EE 4 9 Macroflex All coordinates of the Macroflex output refer to the loaded image When a cutting file is available the Use Cut option can be activated When activated all coordinates refer to the baseline and to the position of the cut 4 10 AV Optimount To be able to place registry marks underneath or above the image a lower or upper edge is required respectively This edge is set up with Mount Offset as described in the mounting settings This creates an offset in circumferential direction which has to be subtracted from the desired gripper distance black area for the mounting Example Mount Offset 20 mm Desired black area 100 mm Hequired offset 80 mm 100 mm 20 mm 4 11 Zero Point for AV Optimount Macroflex and Heaford The PlatePatcher places the zero po
30. rwards Cut RegisterMarks For Plot output the register marks can be carved with a knife This way is not necessary to remove the marks later on Crop Marks Adds guides to the corners of each output file which can be used for manual cropping Force 4 Marks Always creates four marks in Plot amp Cut mode ESKOG EE 9 9 e U LL EE EE gt Ignore Collision Writes register marks even if they overlap with image data In this case the marks should be manually moved to a position where they will not interfere later when printing the image Carrier Sheet Camera Distance Determines the minimum camera distance for the selected mounting device A higher value creates wider patches Mount Offset With AV Optimount an upper and lower image border is inserted in the grouping window This is required when register marks must be positioned above or below the image The entire co ordinate plane is moved by this value which results in a difference to the original gripper distance during the mounting Font Size Size of the texts on the mounting film 2nd Font Size Size of the job name When entering 0 Font Size is used Register Mark File You can select the mounting marks from a list An overview can be found in the appendix Regmark Scale Enlarges the mounting marks on the mounting film significantly Opaque Tape Creates lines on the
31. s replace all previous versions GrapholasQ is a registered trademark of Esko Graphics Imaging GmbH Cyrel Cyrel Digital Imaging System and Cyrel amp Digital Imager CDI are registered trademarks of DuPont Microsoft and the Microsoft Logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U S and other countries The Esko Graphics software may include the RSA Data Security Inc MD5 Message Digest Algorithm JDF and the JDF Logo are trademarks of the CIP4 Organisation Copyright 2001 The International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress Press and Postpress CIP4 All rights reserved Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems in the U S and or other countries oome parts of this software use technologies of JGoodies Barbecue Copyright 2003 International Barcode Consortium and Jakarta licensed by Apache www apache org licenses LICENSE 2 0 txt All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners ESKOG 1 2 Table of Contents SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS sisas aia 5 aer o e 6 2 1 FIRST START UP OFTHE SOFTWARE cuido 6 2 2 ENTERING THE LICENSE 2 6 2 3 SETTING THE LANGUAGE T 7 Mo te icishuvn sisi
32. the mounting alignment The file names are used to assign the technical ink and the CF2 file to the job As with the Merger the names may not include special characters The ink designation may not include spaces or underscores Job GaelicGhost c len GaelicGhost k len GaelicGhost y len GaelicGhost 1605 len Technical ink GaelicGhost PLOT len CF2 file GaelicGhost cf2 8 lof 34 PE x li d qi f pa i LEE e 3x3 ll fl The start is carried out in the Preview mode The Merger remains in the background but cannot be used ESKOG 1 2 Load the job Select only one separation then confirm it with OK or double click the file to load it The other separations and control files are automatically copied into the working directory and displayed ej Je CI Hide O Jobname Jobname RIP Scale 100 0 3 Check if the technical ink P and the CF2 file T were loaded If these files are missing contrary to expectations check the file names c ESKOG o o In some cases no CF2 file is required since the cutting file is already included in the LEN file If an error message is displayed the technical color is to be added as described previously By selecting View the entire job is opened in the Bitmap Viewer Clicking on Clear removes the images from the display and the options can be selected again This step does not delete any data on the storag
33. the previous page by pressing Back ESO ee oe ERES 3 2 Adding an FTP Data Source The FIP server of the data source requires a virtual directory For a detailed installation manual refer to Digital Flexo Suite 101 Installation FA Editor for the drive setup file ET Editor for the drive setup file Select to edit an existing entry or to add a new one Enter an alias name for the new drive choose local or ftp Select drive O Edit 2 New Drive Name FTP_Server1 3 Drive Type Local FTP FI Editor for the drive setup file Ly FX Editor for the drive setup file Enter FTP parameters host user name and password Enter a disk name and folder for accessing files vot e taz Enter the IP address or the network name in the Host field 6 Enter the User Name 7 and the Password 7 as shown in the illustration if the FTP server was installed as specified Disk and Sub Folder 9 designate the virtual drive and the directory containing the data Should no virtual directory be available leave the Disk field empty Clicking Test opens a new window with the data source set up Finish completes the process You can always switch to the previous page by pressing Back ESKOG 3 3 Changing an Entry The settings of the data source can be subsequently changed BA Editor for the drive setup file EN Editor for the drive setup file Select to edit an existing entry or
34. to add a new one Select a Drive Seedame Edt O New ve No drive selected C ESKO After selecting the Drive 3 you can change the following settings 3 4 Deleting an Entry n Editor for the drive setup file m Editor for the drive setup file Select to edit an existing entry or to add a new one Select drive G Edit O New After selecting the Drive 3 you can remove it by pressing Remove 4 3 5 Saving Settings Exiting via Quit a new window opens requesting whether you want to overwrite the current settings Pressing OK saves the current settings ESKOG 4 PlatePatcher at opens the PlatePatcher in a new window The PlatePatcher automatically searches the LEN or TIF files for free areas to cut out the remaining image content Depending on the output device the relevant files will be created for subsequent mounting For digital mounting a camera and a mounting file are used to mount the plate pieces with mounting marks on the mounting film The accuracy is very high For analogue mounting a printout or mounting pins are used to manually mount the plate pieces on the mounting film The accuracy is low Digital output devices e AV Optimount round mounting and flat mounting possible e Macroflex flat mounting e Heaford flat mounting e PreMount on CDI flat mounting exposure of the plate pieces on the CDI Analogue output devices e ACM PLOT cutting and
35. tput see PreMounrt Post Cut Distance between the finishing cut and the edge of the plate piece for PreMount The value 5 is also suitable for thick plates The finishing cut removes the edge around the patch which was created during UV exposure Pre Mount Gap Enlarges image sections in the mask for plate mounting when using PreMount Minimum Width and Minimum Height Enlarges small plate pieces to this minimum size at PreMount output JBar offset For PreMount output the mounting film is labelled This value indicates the distance of this label from the lower edge of the mounting film so it will not be covered by the mounting rail Do Post Plot f available the carton cut for PreMount can be written subsequently on the film It is not written on the mounted plates ESKOG Se Do Post Cut The UV exposure creates an elevated edge around each patch This edge is removed in the last step using the 45 knife The unexposed plates are cut using the straight knife If this option is deactivated a mask is automatically created for the UV exposure The unexposed plates are then cut using the 45 knife Output Mount Target Folder Is the folder where the mounting file is stored Patch Target Folder s the folder where the plate pieces are stored when Export is selected Plot Device Sets the output format for the plotter ACM is always available for the output on the
36. tton and deleted by selecting Remove Additional mounting marks in the frame can only be moved to a certain extent ESKOG RSS The frame is automatically filled with drill holes or mounting marks 2 The parameter Vertical Distance determines the distance Drill holes can be added subsequently at any position 3 For this purpose select icon 4 and left click on the position of the new drill hole Additional mounting marks can only be added between the two marks in the center of a patch 6 To this end mark the patch and click on icon 5 Marked holes can be removed by clicking icon 7 ME Uy f o Hide v Jobname In order to mount the plate pieces additional drilling information is added to the LEN files so that the Merger can transmit the drill holes to the Kongsberg when sending the plate job The option XL CUT must be activated Each plate piece will have its own drilling pattern in order to avoid confusion during the mounting of the plates Depending on the size three or four holes will be drilled These hole positions cannot be moved in the PlatePatcher Blue drill holes are automatically added 1 These holes cannot be changed in order to avoid confusion during the mounting The number of possible positions of the holes is defined by the hole size and the frame around the plate pieces If too many small plate pieces were created it is possible that there are not enough positions for all of them
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