Color Choice 3.1 Macintosh User Manual
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1. Registration Please re enter your user ID for verification Type in 1000 again and then click OK The Installation Options dialog appears Installation Options Product Name RCC for ColorCAMM Language Click OK The next screen prompts you for the type of installation and the location to which you want to install the software RCC for ColorCAMM E Easy Install w Click XInstallt to install RCC for ColorCAMME Install Location uit The folder Applicationt will be created on the disk Main hoe Instat Location Main HD y Constr Accept the default selection of Easy Install and specify the location to which to install the software Click Install when you ate finished status window displays the progress of the installation Items remaining to be installed 260 Installing AdobePS Installer This installation was created with Installer WISE from MindWision Software Toward the end of the process you are asked if you would like to clear preferences A Would you like to clear your preferences Click Yes The following screen asks you to launch the Adobe PS Driver Installer Je The software was successfully installed Please launch Adobe Postscript Driver Installer before running this program Click OK Explo2. 10 Select Page Attributes from the pop up menu Select the defined Custom Page in the Paper field 11 Select QuarkXPress from the pop up menu Select Roland ColorCAMM from the Printer Type menu Do not select Roland ColorCAMM PC 600 here Click OK for Adobe PS Page Setting dialog AdobePS Page Setup 8 6 219 A eeermmm Printer Type Roland ColorCAMM Paper Offset Resolution 600 dpi Paper Width Paper Size Page Gap Data Format r halftoning C 150 Ipi 105 Halftone Screen Ipi M 130 pi 75 E Y 150 Ipi 90 iL Use PDF Screen Yalues K 150 Ipi 45 Cara a 12 Go to File gt Print Select your printer in the Printer field and select the page you want to print and the number 30 of copies 8 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Destination Copies fr O Collate Reverse Order Pages All O From To Paper Source 6 All pages from Cassette First page from Cassette Remaining from Cassette AN 13 Select Printer Specific Options from pop up menu If you want the file to be printed automatically select Print in the After Sending option If you want to verify the print mode and the profile settings before printing the file select Hold Select Hold in the After Printing if you want to keep the file in the Print Monitor after the file is printed Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Destination
3. O Calibration Bars O Labels O Registration Marks I Negative i 2 Y i Ae adds AED O Corner Crop Marks O Emulsion Down Background O Caption O Center Crop Marks O Interpolation 8 6 219 8 Use Printeras Default Screens Ink Cyan Frequency Shape Diamond v O Use Accurate Screens Use Same Shape for 411 Inks 9 Check the box for Use Printer s Default Screen s Click OK for Halftone Screen dialog 25 10 Click OK for Adobe Page Setting dialog 8 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Destination Copies fr O Collate Reverse Order Pages All O From To Paper Source All pages from Cassette Firstpagefrom Cassette Remaining from Cassette AN 11 Goto File gt Print Select your printer in the Printer field and select the page you want to print and the number of copies 8 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power v Destination Printer v p Adobe Photoshop 4 0 1 v T Print Selected Area Print in O Gray RGB O CMYK Encoding ASCII Binary JPEG 12 Select Adobe Photoshop from the pop up menu and set the Encoding selection to Binary Set the Print in selection to RGB if the file is an RGB file 8 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Destination Printer Specific Optio Resolution 600dpi After Sending After Prin
4. Model ColorC 4MM PC 600 Setup Name ColorC AMM PC 600 Media Size Media 22 500 x 600 000Inches Remove Printable Area Max Height 1524 00cm Margin Send Print and Contour gt Media Size Select a media size that is currently loaded into your printer You can specify custom media sizes by selecting other from the list and then editing the Height and Width values Margin Specify custom margins if desired Send You can choose to send the Print and the Contour the Print only or the Contour only Port tab The Port tab contains a list box for specifying the port to which your output device is connected Setup Properties Color Adjust FILE Port will output the job to a file in native Format Print tab The Print tab displays basic processing settings and allows you to access your printer s Driver Options Setup Properties Resolution dpi Driver Options Dither Type Angled Screen gt wW Perform Color Correction ICC Input Profile 1 ICC Output Profile Image Rendering Intent Vector Rendering Intent Color Mode CMYK Resin Resolution You may set the output resolution here A higher resolution will generally result in better results but slower output The resolution set here is separate from the resolution used by your application S Setting a resolution in this driver
5. PRO Illustrator folder of the Installation CD to the Swatch Libraries folder of Illustrator Start Illustrator Open the file that you want to contour cut if it s not already open Select Color CAMM PRO in the Window gt Swatch Libraries menu to open the library All Spot and CutContour colors appear in the library 5 To make a cutting line select Cu Contour as the color for the paths that you would like to cut To make an object that will be printed using a spot color just fill it using a Spot Color from the library You can change the color of the contour line or spot color by changing the Swatch Options Remember the color mode should always be Spot Color 6 Print the file as you normally would If the ColorCAMM PRO swatch library is unavailable for some reason you can create a new swatch Be sure that the color names are the same as described above and set the color mode as Spot Color We recommend that you specify a color other than the default color to better see the contour line or spot colors on your display and that it also be a dashed line for contour cut When defined like this the line will always be treated as a contour regardless of its line width For Spot Colors we recommend to select a color that can be easily identified FreeHand 8 1 Copy the file ColorCAMM PRO BCP located in the Spot Color Library ColorCAMM PRO FreeHand folder 34 adn A W N oN of the Installation CD
6. Print tab Setup Properties i ons Dither Type Angled Screen wW Perform Color Correction ICC Input Profile ICC Output Profile Profile PC600ResOrGr_CPS WwH_ Image Rendering Intent Perceptual Vector Rendering Intent Relative Colo Color Mode CMYK Resin Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it correct profiles and rendering intent are set Click OK to close Setup Properties Go to Apple menu and select Chooser Highlight Adobe PS and make sure ColorCAMM PC 600 is selected 8 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Page Attributes gt a Orientation Scale 100 C Booklet Ai Adobe 24 5 In Photoshop go to File gt Page Setup From the Paper field select your page size Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Units Paper Size Margins Width Height 60 Offset o Offset jo PPD Limits MediaWidth w ae Custom Page Name 48 60 Remove Bottom 6 Select Custom Page Default from the pop up menu if a custom page size is required and enter your custom page size Click the Add button 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power gotai Page Attributes scate 100 EA 4 7 Select Page Attribute from the pop up menu Select the defined Custom Page in the Paper field Printer ColorCAMM PC 6006Power w i Screen Border
7. Style Default w copies 1 Pages m Tv Range Separators Output Print Colors Composite Color w Resolution 720 7 dpi Halftoning Frequency eo y Ipi Print Plate SSC Halftone Frequency v Angle Function Y Process Cyan 60 1052 Default Y Process Magenta 75 Default Y Process Yellow 90 Default Y Process Black Default Fage Setup Printer Capture settings Cancer rmt 8 Select Composite color from the Print Colors list and Printer from the Halftoning list Then click the Page Setup button 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power gh ols Page Attributes gt Paper a Orientation Scale fy C Booklet 9 Choose a standard paper size in the Paper field Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Custom Page Default gt Paper Size Margins Offset 0 offset 0 Left o Right o PPD Limits o Bottom MediaWidth v E Custom Page Name 48 60 Remove 10 Select Custom Page Default from the pop up menu if a custom page size is required and enter your custom page size Click the Add button when you are finished and then click OK You are returned to the Output tab of the Print dialog Print Style Default w Copies i Pages am ll Range Separators Output Print Colors Composite Color w Resolution 20 7 dpi Halftoning Frequency eo y Ipi Print Plate Halftome Frequency Angle Func
8. Window gt Color and display the Color Palette Click on the New icon from the Color Palette Select ColorCAMM PRO from the Color Edit Library pull down menu All the Spot Colors and the Contour Cut color will be listed in the Color Library window Click OK Color Edit dialog is displayed Click OK to close the dialog The colors will be added in the Color Palette Use this palette to define the Cut line and the objects that will be printed using Spot Color ribbons 35 ERoland R1 000616
9. generated a test file be sure to read the rest of this document to learn about other features Getting Started To start the Roland COLORCHOICE Software double click the icon labeled RCC for Color CAMM located in the RCC for Color CAMM Software folder RCC for ColorCAMM The Print Monitor displays when you start the software You can control every facet of job management from the Print Monitor The Print Monitor is essentially a queue listing all the files that are waiting to be printed RCC for ColorCAMM E a SHE Jobs appear in the queue in the order that they were recieved For each job the following information is displayed e Job Name the name of the file including any extensions e Status the current status of the job either Holding RIPing or Printing e Copies the number of copies to be printed e Media the media on which the job will be printed e File Type the file type of the selected job Working with Setup Properties Setup Properties are the default print settings for your printer To view printer settings click Setup Properties from the Setup menu of the menu bar to display the Setup Properties dialog The Setup Properties dialog opens with the Communication tab selected General tab The General tab displays settings related to the size of the media Setup Properties Manufacturer Roland ColorC AMM PC 600
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12. printing process is optimized to get the best quality Page Spacing Defines the margin between pages Advance After Plot Moves the media forward and resets the origin after the printing is completed Cut Media After Printing Check this option to cut the media after the output is complete Glossy Finisher when this option is checked a coating with special ribbon will be done This option is enabled when wax tibbons is being used 12 Cut tab The Cut tab displays cut settings Setup Properties Resolution ore iF Steps Inch Curve Quality Best AS O Faster Q Draft Cutter Driver Options E Resolution Changing this value from the default 1s not recommended Passes Specify how many times the blade will move over each line Curve Quality Select how smooth you would like the curves to be Cutter Driver Options Clicking this button launches the Cutter Driver Options dialog box shown below Cutter Driver Options Custom Head custom En Cut Fast A Speed zo E em s 10 30 A Cut_Media O Enable Disable YS30 EC1 Custom Head tab None When this mode is selected Roland COLORCHOICE will not send any settings regarding the cutting operation The settings in the printer panel will be used instead Cut Fast Cut Medium Cut Slow When these options are selected Roland COLORCHOICE will send the
13. publisher Printed in the United States of America COLORCHOICE is Registered with the U S Patent Office AppleTalk ImageWriter LaserWriter and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Other brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Welcome Welcome to the documentation for the Roland COLORCHOICE Software We believe that you will find the information useful and the software easy to learn System Requirements imc resmnened Processor 233MHz G3 Power Macintosh 128MB or more virtual memory set to 256MB Working Disk Space 2GB or mote for storage Operating System Mac OS 8 1 or later Video 17 Monitor Thousands of Colors sana egies Nac OS 8S orl USB PIA Goes Mac OS BS or le Macintosh Installation This section describes how to install the software and how to configure it for common application scenarios 1 Insert the Roland COLORCHOICE CD into your computer s CD ROM drive 2 Double click the ColorCAMM Installer icon ColorCAMM Installer 3 You ate prompted to select the language of the software RCC for ColorC4MM 4 Select the language you wish to install and click OK You ate prompted for your User ID Registration Please enter your user ID 5 Type 1000 in the entry box and click OK 11 12 13 14 You are asked to re enter your User ID
14. settings for the cutting operation Speed Set the cutting speed Usually setting a lower speed will result in longer cut times but will produce higher quality results Cut Media Check this option to cut the media after the output is complete 13 Color Adjust tab The Color tab displays settings associated with the color quality of the image Using the sliders on the tab you can adjust the image quality The sliders that appear vary depending on which color mode is selected on the Print tab In all modes you can adjust the overall image contrast using the Contrast slider The modifications that you make on the Color Adjust tab do not affect the original file Setup Properties Green geen 9 FI Orange gt ooo E Contrast p boe G Printing with Roland COLORCHOICE There are two approaches to using the Roland COLORCHOICE Software e Printing already prepared jobs e Creating and printing jobs directly from an application These approaches can be used concurrently or in combination Printing Already Prepared Jobs Load the CD or disk that has the prepared jobs into the appropriate drive Double click on the Roland COLORCHOICE icon to launch the program Select Add from the File menu The Add Job dialog box opens You can add jobs in any of the following formats JPEG TIFF PDF PostScript EPS and Native Format PLT and PRT Find the drive or fol
15. that is higher than the resolution in the application will not necessarily improve the output Dither Type This is the pattern in which the individual dots that make an image are applied to the media Dots of ink are arranged to fool your eye into seeing different shades 10 Screen The default settings will produce the best quality possible We do not recommend to change these settings since changing them can cause uneven colors Perform Color Correction Checking this setting makes incoming jobs use the color correction settings ICC input and output profiles that are explained below of Roland COLORCHOICE RIP Software If this setting is not checked incoming jobs are assumed to already have color correction ICC input profile This area is only accessible if Perform Color Correction is checked Three types of ICC input profiles can be specified CMYK has a default setting of High end Swop You also can specify a different CMYK profile using the Add button RGB corresponds to monitor profiles In addition to the Generic setting which will provide good results you can select other popular monitor ICC profiles Gray is the gray component ICC profile Accept the default setting or use the Add button to locate another With input profiles you can accept the default setting for all three profiles and expect excellent results The ability to specify new profiles is an advanced feature and you should use it only if you have a tho
16. the Print Monitor what to do with the job after it arrives in the queue either Print or Hold After Printing Tells the Print Monitor what to do with the job after it is finished printing either Delete or Hold Working with Jobs Roland COLORCHOICE Software provides you with a number of tools for job management This section explains some of the many ways in which you can manipulate jobs from the Print Monitor Adding Jobs to the Print Monitor You can add jobs to the Print queue by clicking the Add Job button located on the toolbar You may alternatively select File gt Add Job With Roland COLORCHOICE software you can add jobs in the following file formats JPEG TIFF PDF PostScript EPS and Native Format PLT and PRT 1 Click the Add Job button from the toolbar The Add Job dialog appears Gp Apple Extras SCSI Disk 1030 About the Mac os z Eject Ej AppleCD Audio Player E AppleScript Desktop Ej MoviePlayer 2 Locate the job you want to add select it and then click Open 15 Deleting Jobs from the Print Monitor You can delete jobs or groups of jobs from the Print Monitor by selecting them and then clicking the Delete button from the toolbar 1 Select the job or jobs that you want to delete by selecting them in the Print Monitor window 2 Click the Delete button You also can click File gt Delete once jobs are selected Printing Jobs Once jobs are in the Print Monitor you can select in
17. GB AmPC600 ppd Eject Laserwriter 16 600 PS J F Laserwriter Color 12 600 PS J A LaserWriter 11 NTX J v50 5 mmm Laserwriter Pro 400 2011 110 Laserwriter Pro 405 v2011 110 Laserwriter Select 610 Printer Model Roland ColorCAMM PC 600 26 Locate the PPD for the output device you are using AmPC600 ppd highlight it Then click Select You will find it in the System Folder Printer Description folder Uninstalling the Software Macintosh Follow these steps to uninstall the Roland COLORCHOICE Software from your Macintosh 1 Quit the Roland COLORCHOICE Software if it is still open 2 Drag the RCC for ColorCAMM Folder into the Trash 3 Open the System folder e From the Preferences folder drag the two RCC for ColorCAMM preference files into the Trash e Locate and open the Extensions folder Drag the Am_ColorCAMM PC 600 spooler file into the Trash From the Printer Descriptions folder located within the Extensions folder drag the PPD files named according to your output device into the Trash Restart your computer Hold down the Option key while you empty the Trash 6 The software is now uninstalled Outputting a Test File To insure that your software is properly installed and that a connection to the printer is established select Setup gt Test Print or Test Cut When you do this a small test file is sent to the Print Monitor and then processed Once you ve successfully
18. K High end Swop icm RGB ITU R_BT 709D65Gammaz ICC Output Profile Profile PC600ResOrGr_CPS wH_ Image Rendering Intent Perceptual a Wector Rendering Intent Relative Colo Color Mode CMYK Resin 2 Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it and that correct output profile and rendering intent are set 3 Click OK to close the Setup Properties dialog box Go to Apple menu and select Chooser Highlight Adobe PS and make sure ColorCAMM PC 600 is selected 5 In Illustrator go to File gt Document Setup Document Setup m Artboard Units Points gt Height 841 59 pt Lj Use Page Setup Orientation Page Setup View O Show Images In Artwork Single full page O Tile full pages O Tile imageable areas Paths Dutput resolution dpi Split long paths Options Mi Use printer s default screen J Compatible gradient and gradient mesh printing Select Options Use printers default screen and then check box for Use Page Setup and click the Page Setup button 8 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Page Attributes 5 a Orientation Scale o C Booklet 21 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Choose a standard paper size in the Paper field Select Custom Page Default from the pop up menu if a custom page size is required and enter your custom page size Click t
19. Printer Specific Optio Resolution 600dpi After Sending Print After Printing AN 14 Click Print to start printing QuarkXPress 4 In order to print successfully to QuarkXPress you will need a special XTension The name of the XTension is PrintRGB This file is available on your Installation CD in the Quark Files folder Install the file to the Quark XPress X Tensions folder before starting QuarkXPress 1 From the Roland COLORCHOICE Print Monitor click Setup gt Properties Then click the Print tab Setup Properties Resolution dpi Driver Options Dither Type Angled Screen a Zi Perform Color Correction ICC Input Profile CMYK High end Swop icm RGB ITU R_BT 709D65Gammaz ICC Output Profile Image Rendering Intent Yector Rendering Intent Color Mode CMYK Resin 2 Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it and that correct profiles and rendering intent are set 3 Click Quit to close the Properties dialog Go to the Apple menu and select Chooser Highlight Adobe PS and make sure that Color CAMM PC 600 is 31 selected Launch QuarkXPress Select Edit gt Preferences gt Color Management and uncheck Color Management Active Click File gt Page Setup In the Printer Description list select your Roland printer Then click the Output tab to display it Print
20. Resolution dpi Driver Options Dither Type Angled Screen E w Perform Color Correction ICC Input Profile CMYK High end Swop icm RGB ITU R_BT 709D65Gammaz Gray Generic ICC Output Profile Profile PC600ResOrGr_CPS wH_ Image Rendering Intent Perceptual 5 Vector Rendering Intent Relative Colo Color Mode CMYK Resin Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it correct profiles and rendering intent are set Click OK to close Setup Properties Go to Apple menu and select Chooser Highlight Adobe PS and make sure ColorCAMM PC 600 is selected Launch QuarkXPress If you are using the EFIColor XTension select Edit gt Preferences gt EfiColor and uncheck 29 Use EFI Color 7 Go to File gt Page Setup 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Bete Page Attributes Orientation k Te Scale 100 Booklet DIA ES p t Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Custom Page Default Paper Size Width Height Offset o Offset PPD Limits cia sation MediaWidth v 273 06 Custom Page Name 48 60 8 Margins Remove 9 Select Custom Page Default from the pop up menu if a custom page size is required and enter your custom page size Then enter a Custom Page Name and click the Add button 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power sot Page Attributes Orientation f Te Scale o O Booklet E NI
21. Roland COLORCHOICE for ColorCAMM for Macintosh Version 3 1 User Guide Thank you very much for purchasing the PC 600 e To ensure correct and safe usage with a full understanding of this product s performance please be sure to read through this manual completely and store it in a safe location e Unauthorized copying or transferal in whole or in part of this manual is prohibited e The contents of this operation manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice e The operation manual and the product have been prepared and tested as much as possible If you find any misprint or error please inform us ERoland WEICON bi elite 4 System Requirements us taa bc 4 Macintosh Installation ooccoccoccconconnoniocncononcnonnonncononnnonnnononnonnnnanoncnnonanonos 4 Uninstalling the Software Macintosh coocccocncccncconccocncconccnnnnncnoncncncnonanonanonos 8 OUTDUTING a Test Al E ices tease 8 ca st staat meant auatts Res uence NR 9 Working With Setup Properties ss a iai 9 CSCIC AAD o cos 9 A A A A A A E 10 A E treesunnnue tad meanmanel vatadeuanureaan 10 A A dcosa wateeatuaadees 13 COMO AGIOS HAD anat ica 14 Printing with Roland COLORCHOICE coooocccccccncncncncnnccnncncnnnononononnnonncnnnnnncnoncnonons 14 Printing Already Prepared Jobs occcoocccccocccconcconoconconccononononoconnnonnonononnnonnnnanonnnnanenanenncnnnos 14 sending Jobs Directly from an Applicati
22. aborted all RIP information is lost and you must re RIP the job a 1 Select the job that you want to abort by selecting it in the Print Monitor window You only can abort jobs during the printing process 2 Click the Abort a job button You also can click File gt Abort to abort a job during the printing process 16 Saving Jobs in Native Format Once a job has been printed you may want to save the RIPed file so that you can reprint 1t without having to RIP the file again Saving a file as Native format with a prt extension allows you to save RIPed files for reprinting 1 Select the job that you want to save as in Native Format by selecting it in the Print Monitor window 2 Click the Save a job button You also can click File gt Save to save a job in Native Format Setting Preferences Select Edit gt Preferences to access default settings including what to do with files after printing and to specify the units of measurement These preferences in conjunction with Setup Properties form the default print settings Preferences CPS Scratch Directory Joule 1050 Roland COLORCHOICE 3 Scratch Default Setting After Sending Delete Job 5 CPSI Scratch Directory This is the location used to store information during processing If you have multiple drives you can use the Browse button to relocate the Scratch Directory to the drive with the most storage space Doing this will allow you to
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24. der with the job you want to print Select the job and click Open The job is added to the Print Monitor Alternatively you can drag and drop files onto the Print Monitor window 6 To senda 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 ColorCAMM PC 600 name where name is the name of the computer to which the printer is connected 14 3 To send a job to the printer select the job from the print queue and then select Print from the File menu The job prints In addition to specifying how a job will print using the Printer and Job Properties dialog boxes you can access a number of print settings directly from your design application These settings are usually accessed by selecting Printer Specific Options from any application s Print dialog box 8 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Destination Printer Specific Optio Resolution 600dpi After Sending After Printing AI Printer features Click on any items in the dialog and then select a different option from the list Resolution This resolution is not used for RIPing Instead the resolution in the Print tab of Setup Properties is used After Sending Tells
25. dividual jobs or groups of jobs for printing When you select a group of jobs they are printed in the order that they appear in the queue 1 Select the job or jobs that you want to print by selecting them in the Print Monitor window 2 Click the Send button The job is RIPed and then printed You also can click File gt Send to RIP and print a job Pausing and Resuming Printing When you print a job the Roland COLORCHOICE Software begins RIPing the file RIP which stands for Raster Image Processor is a process that converts the selected file into a series of dots that are used to reproduce the file on the selected media RIPing involves a complex algorythmic process that requires a significant portion of your comput et s processing capacity Larger files in terms of Megabytes take longer to RIP than smaller files The nature of the RIP process makes it impossible to pause and restart For this reason the Pause button is dimmed to prevent you from pausing a job during the RIP process However once a job is done RIPing and is printing you can use the Pause button to stop and restart the printing process as often as you like 1 Select the job that you want to pause by selecting it in the Print Monitor window 2 Click the Pause button The printing is paused and can be resumed by clicking the Pause button once again Aborting a Job Although you cannot Abort a job during the RIP process you can abort the job altogether Once a job is
26. fore printing however you will need to add a setup and then go to the chooser and select the appropriate printer description 20 Double click the RCC for Color CAMM icon to start the software The Add Setup dialog appears Add Setup Click the manufacturer and model of your setup Manufacturer Model Name Roland ColorC AMM PC 600 ColorC AMM PC 600 O Cutters O Color Printers O Hybrid Devices 21 Select your printer in the list and then click Next You are prompted for the port to which the selected printer is connected Add Setup Name Colorc AMM PC 600 Select a port to which the setup is attached from the menu below Port CPI PCI Card Slot J1 A 22 Choose the appropriate port and click OK 23 Open the Chooser from the Apple menu and highlight AdobePS 24 Locate your computer It should say ColorCAMM PC 600 computer where Computer is the name of your Macintosh a Chooser Select a PostScript Printer CaLaserWriter16 600 Color AMM PC 600 PowerMac Color Sw 1500 Color Sw 2500 Color Sw Pro CS 6000 Series LaserWriter 300 LS Create Active A LaserWriter 3 ppleTalk O Inactive 25 Click Setup You are prompted to select a PPD PostScript printer description Select a PostScript Printer Description File amp Printer Descriptions O FWB 2
27. ght Adobe PS and make sure ColorCAMM PC 600 is selected 5 In PageMaker go to File gt Document Setup 23 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 From the Page field select your paper size or choose Custom for a custom page size If you choose Custom page size enter the custom size in the height and width fields Select your printer s resolution as the Target Output Resolution If it is not available select the next highest value Click OK Go to File gt Preferences gt General Click the CMS Setup button From Color Management select OFF Click OK to Color Management System Preferences Click OK to Preferences Go to File gt Print From the PPD menu select the PPD for your printer Click the Paper button From the Size menu select your paper size Select Custom for a custom size Enter the width and height of the custom paper size in the new Custom Paper Size dialog Your paper size should match your job size Click OK Click the Options button From the Send image data menu select Normal From Data encoding select Send binary image data From download fonts select PostScript and TrueType Click the Color button Select Composite and Color From Optimized screen Select Default Click the Features button Select any other printer specific settings you want Click Print Photoshop 4 1 2 3 4 From the Roland COLORCHOICE Print Monitor click Setup gt Setup Properties Then click the
28. he Add button Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Custom Page Default lt Margins Width Height 60 Top Offset Offset oo o ight o PPD Limits Max Bottom MediaWidth v 273 06 Custom Page Name 48 60 Remove Select Page Attribute from the pop up menu Select the defined Custom Page in the Paper field 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Sees Page Attributes orientation Booklet 7 E ANI Click OK to AdobePS Page Setting dialog Click OK to Document Setup dialog Go to File gt Color Setting and check Simulate print colors on display if you want your monitor to soft proof CMYK output Go to File gt Print Select your printer in the Printer field and select the page you want to print and the number of copies 8 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Destination Copies fr O Collate Reverse Order Pages All From To Paper Source All pages from Cassette First page from Cassette Remaining from Cassette AN Select Adobe Illustrator 7 from the pop up menu Set Output to Composite eSet PostScript to Level 2 eSet Data to Binary 22 eCheck Force Fonts to Download 8 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Powe 2 Destination Adobe Illustrators 6 0 O Selection Only O Force Fonts to Download Separation Setup ANI 14 Select Printer Specific Options from pop up menu If you wan
29. k the Add button Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Custom Page Default 5 Paper Size Width Height Offset o Offset PPD Limits M MediaWidth w TIN Custom Page Name 48 60 Remove Margins Bottom 27 7 Select Page Attribute from the pop up menu Select the defined Custom Page in the Paper field 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power eles Page Attributes Paper 48 60 a Orientation nae je O Booktet E NI 4 8 Select Adobe Photoshop from the pop up menu Click the Screen button Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power KANEEN Adobe Photoshop 5 0 C Calibration Bars O Labels O Registration Marks Negative O Corner Crop Marks Emulsion Down Background Caption CenterCrop Marks O Interpolation 9 Check the box for Use Printer s Default Screen s Click OK for Halftone Screen dialog Halftone Screens Y Use Printer s Default Screens Ink Cyan Frequency lines inch Angle degrees Shape Diamond Use Accurate Screens Use Same Shape for All Inks 10 Click OK for Adobe Page Setting dialog 11 Goto File gt Print Select your printer in the Printer field and select the page you want to print and the number of copies 8 6 219 Printer Destination Copies fr O Collate Reverse Order Pages All Orom Jr Paper Source 6 All pages from Cassette First page f
30. n set the print order for each color mode CMY CMYK CMYKOrGp Print White Color First when this option is checked the white color will be printed first using the white ribbon and then the process colors and spot colors will be printed Mirror Printing Order when this option is checked the order of the ribbons will be inverted This feature should be used to print in transparent films Notice that the image itself will not be inverted To invert the image you have to use the Mirror button on Job Properties Pause for Spot Colors when using spot color ribbons and this option is checked the printer will pause between each spot color The printing can be resumed clicking on correspondent dialog box Long Plot When the image is higher than 20 inches you can specify how your image will be printed Block Printing when checked each color layer will be printed according to the block height specified below therefore minimizing the distortions caused by the material elasticity e Block Height specifies the block height that will be used to print each color Select the value from the list Media Related Command When the ICC Output profile is selected for the media that you are using these options should be checked to assure the best printing quality e Calibration the media feeding is adjusted to increase the printing precision e Darkness the transfer properties are adjusted to allow the best density e Printable Temperature the
31. nation gamut are changed This rendering intent can cause two colors which appear different in the source color space to be the same in the target color space This is called clipping Absolute Colorimetric Colors match exactly with no adjustment made for white point or black point that would alter the image s brightness This intent works well with logos and other design elements were exact matching is important Saturation is best for images where true color matching is not as important as vivid colors Colors outside of the output device s gamut are converted to colors within the same saturation but with a different lightness This intent may be used to boost colors within a photographic image Spot Color is best for use with vector images This intent which produces the greatest saturation possible should only be used with non photographic images Info Click this button for information pertaining to the ICC output profile that has been chosen under Profile This dialog box contains a variety of information about the selected profile including the ink and media names If you are not sure whether or not you are using the correct profile be sure to view this information Following are a few guidelines to help you identify a profile ResOrGt indicates calibration for Resin ink using Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Orange and Green Wax are calibration for wax ribbons Profiles ending with 1200 should be used for 1200 x 600 dpi res
32. olution Profiles ending with 600 should be used only for 600 dpi printing If a name contains none of the above descriptions in it then it is appropriate for any resolution 11 Color Mode Select either CMYK CMYKOrGr CMY or Grayscale according to the ribbon set in your printer Also you can select between Resin and Wax ribbons e CMYK is four color printing with Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black ribbon CMYKOrGr uses Orange and Green colors in addition to basic CMYK colors This mode produces more saturated orange and green CMY uses only three basic colors without Black ribbon This mode offers you almost the same quality as CMYK but with a lower running cost e Grayscale uses only the black ribbon to print a image in shades of gray Driver Options Clicking this button launches the Driver Options dialog shown below Driver Options Print Order Process Color Order MCK O Print White Color First J Mirror Printing Order Y Pause For Spot Color Long Plot O Block Printing Block Height inch 17 33 Media Related Command W Calibration DA Darkness M Printable Temperature Page Spacing Y Advance After Plot Glossy Finisher Lj Cut Media After Printing Print Order You can set several modes concerning how the ribbons will be used during the printing process Process Color Order here you can select the order that the ribbons will be used during printing You ca
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34. process larger files without generating memory errors Default Setting Specify what to do with jobs after they are printed and what units of measurement to display 17 roy 2 al E Setting Job Properties Job Properties offer an additional level of control You can access Job Properties by clicking on a job in the Print Monitor and then selecting Job Properties from the File menu Many of the settings in the Job Properties tabs are also contained in the Setup Properties dialog When you change a setting in the Job Properties dialog box it overrides any setting you may have made in the Setup Properties dialog S The preview area of the Job Properties dialog box does not reflect changes you make in the Job Properties tabs with the exeption of the Mirror and Rotate buttons on the General tab The General tab Job Properties Setup ColorCAMM PC 600 Media Size 60 96cm x 1524 00crn Size O Fit to Media Height Copies Number E Spacing Layout Offset W 0 000 JE Offset H o com After Output Delete Job Send Print and Contour 5 Preview Mode You can display the image in Page mode or view it in Layout Preview mode which displays the image as it will print on the media Simply select the preview mode you want from the list Scale You may change the size of the output here In most cases a job s size should be controlled from wi
35. re the CD Open the folder labeled AdobePS Installers Open the folder for the language you are installing 15 Double Click on the AdobePS Installer Icon The Adobe Printer Driver installer is launched Licensed to SA Adobe PostScript Driver sess Dean Dahnke Chris Deighan J D Feemster Jack Fu Daniel Garrison Matt Jacobs Linda Perrine O 1999 Adobe Systems Incorporated All rights reserved Adobe and the Adobe logo PostScript PostScript 3 and the PostScript logo and AdokePS are trade marks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Other krand or product names are the trademarks or registered trademarksof their respective holders ua 16 Click Continue ELECTRONIC END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR ADOBE PRINTER DRIWER NOTICE TO USER THIS IS A CONTRACT BY INSTALLING THIS DRIVER SOFTWARE YOU ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT Please read this agreement carefully This software package contains Adobe Printer Driver Software Driver Software and related documentation In return for acquiring a license to use the Driver Software and documentation you agree to the following terms and conditions x TO ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT PRESS ACCEPT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT PRESS DECLINE AND QUIT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE DRIVER SOFTWARE 1 Scope of Use You may install and use the Driver Software i on any number of printers containing Po
36. rom Cassette Remaining from Cassette AN 12 Select Adobe Photoshop from the pop up menu and set the Encoding selection to Binary Set the Space 28 selection to RGB color if the file is an RGB file Also you must uncheck PostScript Color Management 8 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Destination Adobe Photoshop 5 0 Encoding Space RGB Color Print Selected Area O PostScript Color Management AN 13 Select Printer Specific Options from pop up menu If you want the file to be printed automatically select Print in the After Sending option If you want to verify the print mode and the profile settings before printing the file select Hold Select Hold in the After Printing if you want to keep the file in the Print Monitor after the file is printed 8 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Destination Printer Specific Optio Resolution 600dpi 5 After Sending After Printing AN 14 Click Print to start printing QuarkXPress 3 1 MN UU E Q QuarkXPress requires a Printer Description File PDF to access specific options of the printer Install the file Roland Color CAMM PDFPF from Roland COLORCHOICE CD gt Quark Files to the Quark XPress PDF folder before starting QuarkXPress From the Roland COLORCHOICE Print Monitor click Setup gt Setup Properties Then click the Print tab Setup Properties
37. rough understanding of ICC profiles and how to apply them ICC output profile Profile Output profiles define the characteristics of your printer An ICC profile is made for each ink media combination that is available for a device From the pulldown list you can choose the profile that is appropriate for your job Image and Vector Rendering Intents Before a file can be RIPed its ICC profile must be translated into CRD Color Rendering Dictionary values This is essentially the process of truncating RGB color space to CMYK color space How to truncate this space is determined by the color rendering intent that you select Select a rendering intent from the list of standard PostScript types With Roland COLORCHOICE you can specify separate rendering intents for vector images and bitmap images Vector images include lines circles text and other non bitmap images Bitmap images are any non vector elements such as photos or other elements that consist of a pattern of individual dots and not lines or curves Perceptual is best for photographic images The relationship between colors in the original is scaled proportionally to fit the output device s color gamut Relative Colorimetric When a color in the current color space is out of gamut in the target color space it is mapped to the closest possible color within the gamut of the target color space while colors that are in gamut are not affected Only the colors that fall outside of the desti
38. s Resolution dpi Driver Options Dither Type Angled Screen Zi Perform Color Correction ICC Input Profile CMYK High end Swop icm RGB ITU R_BT 709D65Gammaz ICC Output Profile Profile PC600ResOrGr_CPS WwH_ Image Rendering Intent Vector Rendering Intent Relative Colo Color Mode CMYKOrGr R Ea E The Cut tab Use the Cut tab to specify the number of passes that the blade makes over each path and to access Cutter Driver Options if desired Job Properties a Page Preview gt Passes Cutter Driver Options 19 The Color Adjust tab The Color Adjust tab settings are identical to the settings on the Color Adjust tab of the Setup Properties dialog box See Color Adjust tab on page 14 Job Properties Page Preview gt Enea E 20 Advanced Printing Procedures If your program is not listed refer to a section on a similar program Illustrator 7 ColorSync 2 x and Kodak Digital Science must be installed when using Illustrator to create CMYK files 1 From the Roland COLORCHOICE Print Monitor click Setup gt Setup Properties Then click the Print tab Setup Properties Resolution dpi Driver Options Dither Type Angled Screen gt Zi Perform Color Correction ICC Input Profile CMY
39. stScript software from Adobe and an unlimited number of CPUs or 11 in conjunction with the corresponding application software from Adobe with which this Driver Software is bundled regardless of what type of printer you are using Print Gavez Dectine Casen 17 If you accept the terms of the License click Accept The next window prompts you for a location to install the Adobe PostScript Installer AdobePS Installer S HB Click the Install button to install e Easy Install Disk space available 1 457 537K Approximate disk space needed 3 213K Install Location Items will be installed on the disk Macintosh HD Install Location Macintosh HD v 18 Select a location and then click Install The necessary files are installed to the location that you specified Installing Adobe PostScript Driver sss Items remaining to be installed 13 Installing AdobePS This installation was created with Installer WISE from MindYision Software After the installation finishes you are asked whether or not you want to restart your computer Installation was successful You have installed software which suggests you restart your computer If you are finished click Restart or click Quit to leave the Installer If you wish to perform additional installations click Continue Chestar 19 Click Restart The software installation is now complete Be
40. t the file to be printed automatically select Print in the After Sending option If you want to verify the print mode and profile settings before printing the file select Hold Select Hold in the After Printing if you want to keep the file in the Print Monitor 8 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power Destination Printer Specific Optio Resolution 600dpi After Sending After Printing AN 15 Click Print to start printing PageMaker 6 5 ColorSync 2 x must be installed when using PageMaker to create CMYK files If after attempting the following procedure you still have difficulty printing save the file as a PostScript file and add it to the Print Monitor using the Add Job function 1 From the Roland COLORCHOICE Print Monitor click Setup gt Setup Properties Then click the Print tab Setup Properties Resolution dpi Driver Options Dither Type Angled Screen 3 Zi Perform Color Correction ICC Input Profile CMYK High end Swop icm RGB ITU R_BT 709D65Gammaz Gray Generic ICC Output Profile Profile PC600ResOrGr_CPS WwH_ Image Rendering Intent Perceptual Vector Rendering Intent Relative Colo Color Mode CMYK Resin 2 Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it correct output profiles and rendering intent are set 3 Click OK to close Setup Properties Go to Apple menu and select Chooser Highli
41. thin the application in which 1t was created to prevent unexpected results Fit to Media Increases or decreases the job proportionally to fit the maximum width of the output device Width Height Accepts direct entry of the job s width or height When one aspect is altered the other is automatically updated to keep the job proportionally correct Copies Number You may change the number of copies of the job to be output Copies Spacing You may change the spacing between the copies that are output Output at origin Select this option to output the job at the machine s origin on the edge of the media Output in center Select this option to output a job in the center of the media Output in the center of media Select this option to output the job in the center of a sheet of media Offset W Select this option to set an offset distance from the machine s origin Offset H Select this option to set an offset from the leading edge of the media Horizontal Mirror Click to mirror the job horizontally Rotate Click to rotate the job 90 degrees After Output Choose what to do with the job after it is done processing either Hold or Delete 18 Send you can specify to send the print and the contour the print only or the contour only The Print tab The Print tab settings are identical to the settings on the Print tab of the Setup Properties dialog box See Print tab on page 10 Job Propertie
42. ting AN 13 Select Printer Specific Options from pop up menu If you want the file to be printed automatically select Print in the After Sending option If you want to verify the print mode and the profile settings before printing the file select Hold Select Hold in the After Printing if you want to keep the file in the Print Monitor after the file is printed 14 Click Print to start printing 26 Photoshop 5 1 From the Roland COLORCHOICE Print Monitor click Setup gt Setup Properties Then click the Print tab Setup Properties Resolution dpi Driver Options Dither Type Angled Screen Zi Perform Color Correction ICC Input Profile Gray Generic ICC Output Profile Image Rendering Intent Wector Rendering Intent Color Mode CMYK Resin Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it correct profiles and rendering intent are set Click OK to close Setup Properties Go to Apple menu and select Chooser Highlight Adobe PS and make sure ColorCAMM PC 600 is selected In Photoshop go to File gt Page Setup From the Paper field select your page size om A W N 6 219 Printer ColorCAMM PC 600 Power AS Page Attributes lt Paper Letter Orientation Scale 100 O Booklet 7 1 34 6 Select Custom Page Default from the pop up menu if a custom page size is required and enter your custom page size Clic
43. tion v Process Cyan 60 1052 Default Process Magenta 75 Default Process Yellow 90 Default Process Black Default Page Setup Printer Capture Settings 11 Click the Printer button 12 Select Color Matching from the menu Then select Color Grayscale from the Print Color list 32 13 Select Printer Specific Options from the menu 14 Select the appropriate options and then click Print You are returned to the Print dialog box 15 Click Print to start printing 33 Contour Cutting and Spot Color Printing Using a Color CAMM PRO you can print objects and then cut a contour line around them Also you can print using a Spot Color ribbon To use such features you have to install and use special color libraries in your design application such as Illustrator or QuarkXpress No special settings or changes is needed on Roland COLORCHOICE You can create objects using the following Spot Colors All these objects will be printed using a special ribbon e Gold_Resin e Silver _Resin e Red _Resin e Blue Resin e White_Resin e Orange _Resin e Green_Resin Contour cutting lines can also be created using a special color e CutContour On your Roland COLORCHOICE Installation CD you will find Color Library files for each application If you ate using PhotoShop you will not be able to print in Spot Colors and contour cut Adobe Illustrator 7 1 Copy the file Color CAMM PRO located in the Spot Color Library ColorCAMM
44. to FreeHand 8 Colors folder Start FreeHand Create a new design file or open an existing file Execute Window gt Panels gt Color List and open the Color List Palette Select ColorCAMM PRO from the Options menu of Color List Palette All the Spot Colors and the Cut Contour color will be listed in the Color Library window Select all the colors that will be used You can select multiple colors pressing the Ctrl key Click OK The Special Colors will be added to the Color List Palette To make a cutting line select Cut Contour as the color for the paths that you would like to cut To make an object that will be printed using a spot color just fill it using a Spot Color from the Color List Palette QuarkXPress 4 Select Edit gt Color and click Add from the Default Color dialog Execute File gt Import and select the file ColorCAMMPRO QuarkXPress located in the Spot Color Library ColorCAMM PRO QuarkXPress folder of the Installation CD It is recommended to copy this file to your Hard Disk before importing it Click Select All to move all the items to Use Items and click OK Click Save to save the color palette Use the added color palette to create the new design PageMaker 6 5 1 Copy the file ColorCAMM PRO BCP located in the Spot Color Library ColorCAMM PRO PageMaker6 5 folder of the Installation CD to the Adobe PageMaker 6 5 RSRC Color folder Create a new design or open an existing file Click
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