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1. Iv Sup esane pasian atatid Here you see a list of all the CDI hosts that PlatePrep knows of A host shown in BOLD text is alive This means that the Grapholas server on that machine is up and running You can connect to such a machine If the host is displayed in Italic text than this host is not reachable at the moment The reason may be that this CDI is turned off Once it is turned on and operational PlatePrep will automatically change the text style for this host to BOLD and you can work with this host 84 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program fi Copyright 1994 2000 Baasel S TRER mijlri S J all AZ nSr 2i lr ristik 22 When a host will be selected PlatePrep asks that host for it s default settings like circumference max plate width plate list etc If the circumference changes you will get a message box to inform you Note SUN CDI s can not be used here The reason is that on the SUN computer no Grapholas server exists which we could connect 85 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program SECTION 3 The Screen View Program 86 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program 3 1 Purpose The Screen View program is used to visualise job files in len format that is the exchange file format between the FastRIP C or Flexrip and the CDI 3 2 Load a
2. mm zoom out Cti 0 Zoom1 1 Ctrl 1 Lastzocm Ctrl B Netcom trii TAKE A BREAK WITH THE FASTRIP 90 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program Full View Ctri F ae File p9k len Position 43 82 81 64 mm Zoomin Ctrl I Distance Zoomout Ctri O Zoom 1 1 Ctri 4 LastZoom Ctrl B Mextzoom Ctrley Now the zoom is done some more menu items in the zoom menu are activated as the next image shows 91 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program To zoom in even further the next image shows the usage of the Q button W Screenview OF x File Zoom Help O Q q gt t A File p9k len Position 49 81 81 18 mm 2 Distance mm Poar lt a TEZA mm 92 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program The result then is as follows W Screenv W olx File Zoom Help Position 95 63 51 4 mm j a aj amp J ir Ti mm Polar mm 93 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program You can zoom in until you see the single pixels of the image W Screenview r Ot x File Zoom __ File p9k len Position 70 27 52 91 mm n do lae O Q a ku gt ei A Distance mm Polat mm 94 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program 3 3 2 Zoom us
3. Q Sometimes I receive a message running out of virtual memory and sometimes my GIF files are empty A Those 2 things are related to each other The GIF file has not been created because of running out of memory This is typically to version 3 1 The Java over there has a kind of a buggy reaction it is eating a lot of memory too much in fact The more you are working on the program and the more images are loaded the more the system will eat memory A certain moment your limit is reached How increasing the virtual page size Log in as administrator Go to the Control Panels Select System Choose the general tab sheet There you can define your virtual page size Don t let Windows to decide that making the system slower because Windows will really look what is the best page size Take the same value for minimum and maximum tip take twice the value of your RAM which is on your system How to check your RAM on your system log in as administrator right mouse click on my computer tab sheet general and there you can find your RAM Version 4 0 has less problems than 3 1 MR3 with this kind of problem 126 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 5 Trouble shooting Q Can I switch off my PlatePrep station if I just want to work with my SUN station A Yes you can You don t need the PlatePrep station to work on the SUN Of course you may not select or try to select a
4. 194 163 109 138 E n Disk Sub directory Test Accept Cancel MEW Quit Remove First enter the name of the drive at Drive name 120 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 4 Network configuration of the Merger This name will appear in the file handler to select a drive 5 Editor for the drive setup file Help Drive Drive name p Wd rp Host Username Password EE n Disk Sub directory Test Cancel Here frip was entered to identify that we want to contact a ESKO Fastrip Next select FTP Host Username Password 194 163 109 138 Disk Sub directory Test Cancel Now the fields for Host Username and Password are active 121 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 4 Network configuration of the Merger Please enter the ip address or correct hostname at Host the user name for the ftp login at Username and the password for that user at Password Editor for the drive setup file P am a mer tes REMOVE Here the host id 192 168 98 51 was entered for the friptof user with the password friptof This is typically for a ftp user on the DEC platform that runs the FastRip C 122 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 4 Network configuration of the Merger Now we need to enter the logical disk name at Disk and
5. Here you can go to sub directories on that drive until you find the len files Then click on OK 118 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 4 Network configuration of the Merger Only if this test is successful the accept button is enabled 5 Editor for the drive setup file OF x Help Drive Drive name Empty rive table DO FTP Hast Username Password EE Disk Sub directory On the right hand side of the Test button a text field now displays the resulting path for this drive Next you click on the accept button to store the settings of this drive Editor for the drive setup file Drive Drive name o D FTP Host Username Password Disk Sub directory j 7j Test Cancel New Quit Remove 119 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 4 Network configuration of the Merger Now we have created a new drive for the merger This drive has to be defined on all CDI s running the Grapholas software Note D files is the default directory for all len files which are imported 4 3 Create a new remote drive A remote drive is a drive which will be contacted by the Grapholas PC with a FTP access FTP requires on the remote host a FTP login for an user To create a ftp drive entry first you have to click on the New button 5 Editor for the drive setup file Drive Drive name o E FTP Host Username Password
6. Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program 3 3 3 Move the image When you want to shift the image keeping this zoom step you have to move the mouse to the side of the image where you want to see more and then do a right mouse click W Screenview ME File Zoom Help File 9k I Position 13 52 53 26 L a 2 a 2 ER A Ea amp gt rrr mm a _ d eden ye 98 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program The result does look like this W Screenview BEE File Zoom Help Da a aJ gt r 2 _ _D Here the image was moved to the right and up To do that the user has done a right mouse click at the upper right of the image 99 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program p p 3 3 4 Zoom 1 1 If this option is selected either by the menu item Zoom 1 1 or the 1 B ton the image is re scaled so that one pixel of the image is displayed as one pixel on the monitor This is useful to check for moir effects We Screenview r x File Zoom Help j File p9k len Position 19 9 47 97 mm 1 a a oia Q amp z 2 Ez l Distance Sa ees jm Polae sees eee mm Tev 100 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program Sometimes because of limitations of the WindowsNT memory manager there is not enough memory available to load the requested amount of pixels into Screen View In
7. File Options Windows Help n Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Start circ Stop circ 20 0 Pan 20 0 fare Start acr Stop acr 0 0 ee 0 0 hm Image distance 0 0 mm FT Insert cut marks With this stop frame you reserve an area on top of the plate it is set here now to a value of 20 0 mm The value was entered in the Frame tab of the roller window This frame is also used to make sure that the tape which holds the plate will not be burned 42 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 6 3 Start gap in across x direction r File Options Windows Help an Roller Window anl Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version V3 2 Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Start circ 20 0 Pan Start acr 20 0 ee Image distance 0 0 aie Stop circ 20 0 fare Stop acr 0 0 hm F7 Insert cut marks The start frame in across direction reserves some space at the beginning of the engraving also to prevent burning onto the tape which holds the plate Note The across gaps are mostly not used instead move the engraving head into the correct start position 43 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 6 4 Across stop gap Pr File Options Windows Help a Roller Window anl Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel L
8. Network configuration of the Merger j ss r ssrssrrss 113 4 1 Statting Willi ari empty ilens iy didan kl vie bende Kaka beda i vebe lee k na beda k N Kine bi 114 4 2 Create a new local drive entry keke keke kek kek ke kek ke kk bes 115 4 3 Create a mew remote Arive i3siyi kal ad kuli sssgacdecasccaws san ki ku k kak l ean ia iaeiae 120 4 4 Editanexisting dil V si A san k y ka ete AE le H essa A as eins Aone ess 123 SECTION 5 Trouble shooting nh hhnne rene re neee eee ce eeoe eee ce cene 124 Dal Wrong language oss ace anaes Aes kin descent E wae n Ata He Gas re le K Ke e k n 125 52 FAO eo estas lc Hln ela e re edeb ese ava SE y e hae ey naa a bara Y 125 SECTION 6 Installation Gui de s nneeennoe eee ce eeoeeeeoee eee 128 Gal Various Options 45 2y 5 il ea ek o y n TEE ay E ee aa Ka erek siy ererak 129 6 2 System Tequilrem lllSk 5 ose nesl k l n dye webe d ya kar ber daha ye xan erda Kana N be Kek Wak a dika V 129 6 3 Install WindowsNT4 0 SP3 or higher eee keke eke ke k k 130 6 3 1 Text based Sel D ii A 1ala lekar ap bia M N a ebe el wela h k n e e bn sebe k setae 130 6 3 2 WINDOWS Setups isnie seietan ie dasan d Ka ban e yan r n a aunt E hearts 130 6 3 3 Networking eriein oa f r danya ben AER EAA
9. To define a drive first click on the New button E Editor for the drive setup file __ EMIOYE Then enter an identifier for the Drive name field e g D for the d drive This identifier can be any text It will be displayed at the merger s file handler for the drive selection 115 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 4 Network configuration of the Merger Editor for the drive setup file Help Drive Drive name Empty drive table D FTP Host Username Password Disk Sub directory Next enter the valid name for the disk at Disk Here you have to enter the name as it is defined on your platforms system In my example it is d Editor for the drive setup file Help Drive Drive name Empty drive table D FTP Host Username Password Disk Sub directory 116 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 4 Network configuration of the Merger Finally you have to enter at Sub directory in which sub directory on the disk d the len files will be accessed Editor for the drive setup file jp eo WEY EMIOYE Now the next is to click on the Test button 117 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 4 Network configuration of the Merger This will bring up the Merger s file handler to test if you can see len files in the chosen directory on the chosen disk E Load Image
10. done B Screenview r nj File Zoom Help File p9k len Position 6 48 59 32 mm je gt il f E 8 aj aj T nz pe i Distance mm Polar mm mm Ru z E 2 fa E E jan Es Ss en ca Ri m ed 104 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program When done the image may look like this Bi Screenview rl x File Zoom Help Li a aj aj e l 1 w _ 105 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program Now that we moved one step back the option to move one step forward is enabled Move one step forward gt this button equals the menu item Next Zoom If selected this option brings you one step forward in your zoom step history 3 4 Measure the image 3 4 1 Measure distances in the image To measure a distance or an angle in the image you need to set a mark first To do that you have to hold the CTRL key at the keyboard and move the mouse to the position where you want to set the mark Now click the left mouse key Now you will see a red cross on the image RB Screenview r nj File Zoom Help EH g a q 5 a File p9k len Position 38 92 92 45 mm Distance 0 19 78 41 mm Polar 89 861 78 41 mm Ru ea E 2 fa R E jan Es z Ss ed amp fe pm lt As soon as a mark is set the Distance and Polar displays at the top right of the Screen View 106 Grapholas PlatePre
11. e g Plateprep take filename par This means that in the situation of a PlatePrep job all information about power and speed will be changed automatically in all the menus If you work in the old way you still have to indicate the power and speed manually be aware of that 161 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 7 Glossary SECTION 7 Glossary 162 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 7 Glossary Image An image is a screened black and white len file Typically it will be created by the Fastrip or FlexRip len len is the ESKO image format for the CDI gif This is an image format for displaying purpose only For each len image loaded into the merge program such a gif image will be created and stored on the hard disk Can be used for documentation purpose Roller window The roller window is a tabbed window with some different cards on it It is part of the merge program Tab One card on the roller window Merge The software which allows you to setup a job and send it to the server s job queue Server A program that controls the engraver and communicates with the expose software CDI Cyrel Digital Imager the engraving machine to expose digital photo polymer plates Expose The software that communicates with the operator to engrave jobs The expose program contacts the server through a network connection Frame A frame is a reserved area on the photo polymer plate Frames are use
12. iuSR_HYDRA 4 Password Peet T52 S2 Ca Allow only anonymous connections Comment Curent Sessions Never change the password in this tab or else you would have to install FTP all over Now click on the Directories tab aJe Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide FTP Service Properties for hydra Service Messages Directories Logging Directory Alias Error Ea Chiles lt Home Add Remove Edit Properties Directory Listing Style LINIK C MS DOS e Cancel Apply Help Click on Properties of the home directory Here set the path to a folder which is not owned by a certain owner e g the dive that will hold the image data e g the D drive C files or c temp almost any folder will do here Next create a new entry with the add button 135 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide Directory Properties Fa Directory le Browse Home Directoy Tej pE Virtual Directoy Alias C Acroundhniamaicr rar JELI P Aces i Read Iz ia Set read and Write permission Enter as directory the letter for the drive that holds the len files e g e Make sure Virtual Directory is selected Enter as Alias e Now the E drive is accessible by the anonymous login from the Grapholas Server on the CDI Finally it should
13. 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 Options k HEIR HOO HESE PUIG AT ATB ETI aU Circumference pal Abeclite popition z zin There are only five options Edit Properties Print Display Auto arrange images Check image Copy FTP file s sis Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program Edit Properties will open a new window that allows you to change some of the mergers settings Print Display is disabled permanently The reason is that it is not fully functional yet Auto arrange images will place as many images as possible onto the plate trying to minimize the plate waste Check image will perform a check routine with the selected image to verify that it is valid and has no format errors Copy FTP file s opens the file handler and allows you to copy or move files from a FTP host to your local hard disk It works like the Open file option but without loading the files into the merger When you select the file name filter you have access to all files not just len files 2 2 3 Menu bar Window menu This menu has 2 entries Show images as Roller Window The item Show images as contains a submenu which will open if you left click on it 18 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Ger
14. 290 177 rr E Overlay Up Down SERISI start The above image shows how to start this option Next you will be asked if you want to continue a GrapholasNT Box Ea 2 Autocrop crop the image to it s pixel bounds Do you want to continue CANCEL Then a progress bar shows how much of the image has been processed 66 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program al This picture is calculated e files 101807_cdi_dame_k_ycut0_acr xi When the images is processed the Merge program will ask you if you want to keep the original file on the plate or if you want to replace it by the new clipped one F GrapholasNT Box When answered with OK you will see the new clipped image 67 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program fl Copyright 1994 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany All rights reserved Version 3 2 File Options Windows Help jl Roller Window Roller Plate Frame Lenrile Repeat Actual Image Advance n 807_cdi_dame_k_veut0_ 0 012 rr Image Width Image Height 307 113 mm 445 514 rr X Position Y Position 27 801 mm 218 936 ir T overlay Up Dawn SetPoeitic In this example there were no register marks left and right of the image so Autocrop was able to make the new file a smaller 68 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Progr
15. 6 6 Insert cut marks Inserting a frame around the image is sometimes not enough to make sure that the plate can be 45 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program cut into the individual images in a safe way In that case it may be useful to use this option If the Insert cut marks checkbox is selected a fixed frame of 10mm will be created around each image and in all 4 corners of that frame there will be a cut mark The image below shows how the cut mark would look like after the engraving has been completed RE Screenview HEIR Ljj aj a aj j asin Here Screenview was used to magnify the image that has been created for FlexProof The cut mark is displayed in the upper right corner of the magnified len file usermanual_cdi len 46 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 7 Step amp Repeat To repeat an image just select one of the loaded images and change to the Repeat tab of the roller window There you can enter how many repeats you need in across x direction or circumferential y direction 2 7 1 Across repeat The next image shows an example of two repeats in across direction Fr Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version V3 2 Help File Options Windows an Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Across around user defined As you may see there are two che
16. BFI V Match Case V Verschietien E Verzeichnis Dateien Dateiname eingeben jeer kByte OK Abbrechen Here the name user manual was entered in the filename text field The filter is set to cdi so that only previous jobs will be shown cdi is the extension every job gets which is created by the merge program You can load old cdi jobs into the merger and edit them 29 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 4 How to start a job Starting a job does mean that the merger will create the resulting image and parameter file and sends them trough a network connection to the engraving server Once the job is saved you can start it by either using the start button at the bottom of the merge window or with the engrave plate option in the file menu gje Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version v3 2 Options Windows Help Load Image Ctrl 0 Unload Image Ctrl x Remove all positioned images Ctrl D Load Plate Ctrl L New Plate Ctrl N Save Plate Ctrl S Save Plate as Engrave Plate Ctrl E Calculate Plate Ctrl R Engrave stored Plate Quit Ctri Q usermanual cdi a Roller Window i Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat circumference wf 109558 R Speed 2000 0 ews Laser power 00 wat v Superskip E Avecivte position If you want to start an old already converted job resulting image and param
17. Note mget does NOT work with a M ftp server When you ve got these file in tmp you still need to do as root 153 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide chmod x setup setup That setup should do the remainder backing up the old stuff too After setup has finished copying files it will automatically execute opt BSL sbin rt inst which asks Verifies the system hardware software configuration Normally it is OK to continue with defaults for all queries of rt inst except for Enable power interpolation and Access to Grapholas PlatePrep As a final step opt BSL sbin save_setup is called to store the current configuration on a DOS formatted floppy and for final archiving at ESKO Graphics With that stored configuration the system disk can be restored from scratch at ESKO without LEN files and changes after save_setup has run of course The power tables and the separation settings for TwinBeam are NOT stored in that backup 6 7 2 RT INST The Grapholas configuration utility rt inst This tool queries and configures the Solaris system to run the Grapholas software This program as most programs in opt BSL sbin as to be run as super user root only Configuration queries of rt inst Install MO SYSQUEST driver This driver is required for DOS formatted removable media types like magneto optical or syquest devices For current CDI systems this driver is NOT r
18. See example below The Seamless option itself is only active when a sleeve was selected as the plate type Provided that this is the case and Around is selected then you can select the Seamless option and based on our example from 2 7 2 you will get an image like the following 49 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 gt Sleeve lt File Options Windows Help a Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Across around Iv Seamless Offset 0 0 Drop user defined 0 0 mm This will repeat your image until it fills the full height of the plate If it doesn t fit the remaining space is filled by using gaps for each image Here a gap of 13 01mm has been used to fill the height of the plate seamless Note For seamless sleeve engraving there has to be the same value for the circumference of the roller as for the height of the plate This is done automatically when you select a sleeve 50 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 7 4 Apply drop for seamless engraving Very often it is needed to apply a drop for the repeated images This is done by selecting One of the predefined drops from the choice selector or when user defined is selected by entering a value in the textfield to the right of the selector a Copyri
19. The above image shows 2 images overlaid p9k len lays below the big other image A click on the Up button will bring the small image up and the result will look like this 57 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 File Options Windows Help i Roller Window Roller Plate Frame Lenrile Repeat Actual Image Advance poskien 0 01 Image Width Image Height 153 21 mm 109 49 mm X Position Y Position 304 662 mm 425 438 mm V Overlay Down CeLPoeiion A clip on these 2 buttons always brings the selected image one layer up or down 2 8 3 Auto arrange images This option allows to position the loaded images automatically The Merge program will place the images so that the plate waste gets minimized The next image shows how to start this option 58 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 File Beloit Windows Help Edit Properties Print Display Auto arrange images Ctrl A Check Image Copy FTP file s Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat circumterence Coa mm Speed 2000 RPM Laser power V Superskip E Aveolite position San Not all of the image will fit onto the plate so after Merge d
20. a DE RA Ae lea k dene daka de 130 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 6 3 4 RASHanSt all aI lOT yee oe ee ee es nak Snes Wae cre Mea ES oe E ee eee eee 131 6 3 5 FTP SPW Cl SUID gesiiceysacnasess agi al Saran alet bar bald n ke el AEEA ESEO EEE ALAS 131 6 3 6 SEV Cl aC DD n DD r dues rrr rd 138 6 4 Grapholas installation keke ee eee kek ee ke kek kek ke kr ines 138 6 4 1 Java Runtime Environment and Perl keke kek eke 138 6 4 2 Additional components y azis nada toe 22 212 open j la n dd h k consis be bake bn ka bend ak ek ka 138 6 4 3 Graphol s SOPWALE enonse acs 45405245412 4454430 25214444 4 s tetas 53n 95101604200451 ai EiS 138 6 4 4 Final software SetUD u keke keke keke kek ke k re kerk ke kk ka kr ke kk ka kaz 146 6 5 Grapholas configuration L eke keke k keke eae benign aac KK AKA 146 6 5 1 Prepare jobs fora WINDOWS NT based CD eee eke 146 6 5 2 Prepare jobs fora SUN CDM aii enean n 148 6 5 3 Prepare jobs for multiple SUN Grapholas CDI S eee ke 151 6 5 4 Prepare jobs for multiple CDI S u Eek eke keke kek k k k k 151 6 5 5 Prepare jobs for mixed setup SUN CDI and WINDOWS CDI 151 6 6 Merge network configuration Eke ee en ee Sy ee ees 151 6 6 1 Setup Wili FaSt R1 jy 425 lt 5ka ye dik du xn kile kelek Piven kar eda RE AE kana ke h v ked k na dk eku 152
21. before start Lock Circumference Crfererrerrretrrrrirtt rerererirrierrterrrerettrr rtrd Aut place mode PERMUTATION The next option Lock Circumference is used to disable the Circumference entry on the Roller window History depth Language Units 4 JEnglish mm j Help active Help Delay e Digits Post colon Reset Check Images before start Pp back Cireumference Autoplace mode PERMUTATION TT Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program p p This way it is not possible to accidentically overwrite the value of the circumference Perimeter Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat 5 980 0 circumference 2000 0 Speed Laser power V Superskip i AH SGBITIT T position The last thing that you can select is the way the auto place option will work History depth Language Units 4 Engiisn mm Help active Help Delay e Digits Post colon Reset E mE Check Images before start V Lock Circumference Autoplace mode PERMUTATION You can choose between 3 option Permutation Random or Sorted All 3 options result in a slightly different way that the auto place will work Most common will be Permutation The buttons OK and Cancel are used to accept the changes or discard them 78 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 14 Edit the list of con
22. file Creating of symlinks for NFS servers e g FastRip C NOT supported are DNS configurations etc resolv conf exists NIS configurations etc defaultdomain exists IP subnetting the interfaces will be configured with their default netmask and broadcast values only LOGICAL network interfaces that is multiple addresses When one of the above options is required for this system there should be a network administrator who is responsible and trained to configure those specials For a normal CDI networking environment these settings are not required and therefore not supported from netconf When DNS or NIS is configured netconf refuses to run Notice after this program has finished the etc hosts file will be almost nuked All unknown entries are deleted without further notice they are NOT used within Grapholas When you think you still NEED those entries just copy back etc inet hosts to etc inet hosts and edit etc inet hosts to reflect current interface settings 157 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide 6 7 3 NETCONF Configuration queries of netconf Low level interface configuration The following queries are looping for all physical network interfaces Interface network name use NO or OFF to disable This is the name of the interface This name will be assigned an IP address too The name may consist of alpha numerics and _ symbols only Using the special nam
23. is also used for constructing local file names for all files copied from that ftp source Export directory of PlatePrep system This is the path name on the PlatePrep s ftp server Note for WinNT ftp server as used on PlatePrep this is the FTP alias entry e g d files NOT d files Enable Fastrip networking option This option MUST BE enabled when there is a FastRip C available Without a Fast Rip C e g FlexRip C only this option should be disabled again The VMS network layer for TCP IP lacks some features which are disabled when this option is enabled Project id This is the ESKO project number or serial number of this system 156 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide OK to save this configuration Confirming this query will save the current configuration When this is rejected saying no all changes are discarded and rt inst returns an error condition When SETUP notices an error condition from rt inst this will simply loop until rt inst completes successfully Configure network settings now at ESKO say NO here Confirming this one calls the low level network configuration opt BSL sbin netconf See netconf queries for details The network configuration utility netconf This utility is used to configure the network layer Supported are Configuration of one or more network interfaces this will update the host name too Updating of etc hosts
24. it only through a network connection This does mean that there can be more than one instance of the Merger on different workstations within the company s network to setup plates PlatePrep It allows a very flexible setup to fit perfect into the individual companies workflow Note For the time being Grapholas runs on WindowsNT 4 0 WINDOWS2000 platforms only 10 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program Start screen The first screen that you will get after the Merger was started will look like the following image 2 a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version V3 2 mals iv Abecttte pocition car Seipel Image 1 Start screen You will find a title line saying something like Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Below that is the menu bar from where you can select File Options and Window On the body of this window you will find another small window the Roller Window This is a tabbed window with 5 different tabs 11 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program fc Roller Window En E Absolute position On the far right side of the GUI window you will find the tool bar It is empty now because there are no images loaded 12 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program On the left a
25. job It can be started either by a double click on the View icon on the desktop or by a click on the View icon at the left side of the Merge program In the latter case the actual selected image will be loaded into the Screen View program If you have done that you can continue at the chapter An image is loaded If a double click on the View icon at the desktop was used to start Screen View an empty Screen View window shows up Now you have to select an image to be loaded To do that click on the File menu at the top row of this window k Screenview _ n x File Zoor Help o J D File No image is loaded Position mm 1 oor Li a Q 2 EI E LA Distance mm Polat lt mm 87 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program File No image is loaded Position eel AY Save Plate ag Ctrl S Distance mm Polar mm Quit Ctri Q Here select Load Image and a file handler window will come up TTO cd dame tet len 101807_cdi_dame_k gif A 3 101807 cdi dame 21 16 101807_cdi_dame_k len 3 101807_cdi_dame_2_1215 len Era 101807_cdi_dame_k_vcut0 aif E3 101807_cdi_dame_2_495 len 7 101807_cdi_dame_k_vcut0 len _ 101807_cdi_dame_c gif 101807_cdi_dame_k_vcul acrop g j 101807_cdi_dame_c len 7 101807_cdi_dame_k_vcut0_acrop le gt File name Files of type Jal Files Cancel This f
26. mm Ti Overlay Up WEY SEL RP osiion This tab shows you some information about the actual selected image In the top row you will find a choice selector with all the images loaded to the toolbar You can click with the left mouse key to the arrow of the selector and the list with the loaded images comes up 54 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program al Roller Window Roller Plate Frame Lenrile Repeat Actual Image p9klen 101807 _cdi_dame_c len p9k len Er x Position 10 0 mm Overlay up Advance 0 01 Image Height 109 49 Y Position 15 501 mm mm DOY Then there are 3 fields that inform you about the resolution advance and the width and height of this image There are two text entry fields where you can enter the image position Pie hall Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Actual Image paken Image Width 153 21 mm x Position 10 0 mm Overlay up Advance 0 01 Image Height 109 49 Y Position 200 0 mm Set Position mm DAYN Once you have entered a position the Set Position button becomes active and when pressed will place the image to the new coordinates 55 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program Pre fall Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version v3 2 File Options Windows H
27. other words the selected size to be displayed 1 1 is too big Then the following box shows GrapholasNT Box When this happens just go one step in the zoom history back and zoom further in then try zoom 1 1 again 101 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program 3 3 5 Zoom out To zoom out you can choose the zoom menu items Q this button equals the menu item Zoom out This zooms one step out of the actual zoom W Screenview Of x File Zoom Help E a q gt iz File p9k len Position 10 42 51 38 mm y Distance mm Polar n mm 102 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program C la button equals the menu item Full View It will bring you back to the full image RB Screenview olx File Zoom Help oO Q a q e 5 Ez vA File p9klen Position 147 84 9919 mm Distance mm Polar mm Ru z En 2 fa E jan Es Ss ed amp fe m lt When this is done the options Full View and Zoom Out are disabled 103 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program 3 3 6 Go forward and backwards in the zoom steps The Screen View program saves the last 5 zoom steps and with the options Last Zoom and Next Zoom you can go back and forth 4 this button equals the menu item Last zoom will bring you to the last zoom that the user has
28. the first sub directory on that disk at Sub directory Editor for the drive setup file Help Drive Drive name p Cc Je rrm Host Username Password Disk Sub directory Test Accept Cancel New Quit Remove You are ready now to click on the Test button to see if we can contact this host 4 4 Edit an existing drive If you want to edit an existing network configuration file you have to open a DOS shell and type guinet there Next you select an existing drive at the drive selector and then you can change it s settings Remember to use the Test button to verify if the new settings are valid Only then you can save the new settings Of course you can add new drives with the New button see also chapter 4 2 or 4 4 123 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 5 Trouble shooting SECTION 5 Trouble shooting 124 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 5 Trouble shooting In case you experience errors read this trouble shooting guide carefully 5 1 Wrong language Problem My merge program runs in the wrong language What to try Go to the merge program choose Options Edit properties and select in the window which comes up the language of your choice Start then the expose window again See also in chapter 2 13 5 2 FAQ Thanks to Dries Vandenbussche To display the LEN file the data will be converted to a GIF image You can put a LEN file on
29. the most space Spool base usually points to the 2 4 largest disk Select the target dir for the installation ABS n ADATA O d FILES ado Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide Click on next and following window allows you to select the 360k option Custom Installation Options At the moment most CDI s run with the 360k option but it is also OK to select the VAR 144 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide The next window then completes the Grapholas installation GrapholasNT Installation To continue the Grapholas installation you have to logout 145 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide 6 4 4 Final software setup logon as flexo C BSL setup exe should start automatically showing a confirmation box to update Grapholas preferences Commit the query with yes to finish setup Grapholas Preference update x Q The Grapholas configuration has changed Click YES to update user preferences Click NO do not ask me again When you click on Yes the setup continues and allows you now to specify the environment the PlatePrep will run in 6 5 Grapholas configuration There are some possible configurations for what kind of CDI the PlatePrep station is setting up jobs 6 5 1 Prepare jobs for a WINDOWS NT based CDI Select the first option Setup for Graphola
30. tool is used to edit entry s in the plate list or add remove entry s in the plate list If selected this window will show U Plate list editor x DPH45 DPH45 1 14 2000 0 f E Plate list editor ge Once that is done the values of this plate are shown in the next row of this window 70 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program pies Plate list editor DPS45 BL You can change now the name thickness speed and laser power to be used for this plate Once the values are OK you can click on Accept to transfer the new values to the plate reference file of the server If you select a plate and then click on Remove this plate will be removed from the reference file New creates a new plate entry when the values are filled in Accept will transfer this new plate to the reference file Quit leaves this plate editor 2 11 1 Create an entry for sleeves Machines equipped with the sleeve option have a slightly different Edit Plate tool 71 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program pies all Plate list editor 1 14 SIT CUITMETENCES Here we have the additional option Sleeve and a text entry field to enter the circumference of the sleeve An entry in the plate list can either be a plate or sleeve The above image shows an entry for a plate The next image shows a
31. 39 166 20 Do vou really wantto use this host Use this kK Here it can be that the Grapholas Server on the given Host is down or the Host is not reachable at all You can decide now to force the program to use this host Use This button or you click on the Try later button In the latter case you can search for the reason why this connection failed either the IP address was typed in wrong or the Grapholas server is really down or the network is down for some reason After you found the error you can try to test this connection again until it works Now you can click on the Accept button so that this new host will be saved inside the program fa Edit Host List Host haron Host 150 158 168 20 Accept Cancel l guit You can add now the next host or click on the Quit button 82 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program rapholasNT Box SS EG e Eee R eKCESKKKSKKKKKKK KEKKKKS A message box comes up to ask you if this new configuration should be saved to the disk 83 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 15 Select a CDI host If you want to prepare a job for a different host than the actually selected go to the Options menu and select Select machine gt Copyright 1994 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany All rights reserved Version 3 2 gt SHER Kirin ri2 da AUG armrandeimades
32. 6 6 2 Setup with FlexRip using mounted disks uu eee k k ek 152 6 6 3 Setup with FlexRip using FTD u eee ee kek ee ke kek kk k k kek 152 6 7 Software upgrade on the SUN CDI J J eee keke kek k k e kek kek 152 6 7 1 Copy files with ET Pi 4 414 xel hik h lan E n ra ewe aa seya ant heads 153 6 1 2 REINS T 4556ye d lika eda k n K ye bilek Air berek O woe regan a bien ndar a e mse BO A ana Rigs 154 Gales ANE TCOMNE A seh o a Ka A der E h Sen e 158 6 7 4 IP_Address of PlatePrep station has changed eeke 159 6 8 Workflow changes for operation PlatePrep with SUN CDI j jeee 160 SECTION 7 a GOSS ALY ss s ii4 iy s34545 a550e 5553445 sa de k 9p 4 S E a S va s n k9 3 k s set yek 91 09 162 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 1 Introduction SECTION 1 Introduction Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 1 Introduction The Grapholas Software is used to setup images on a plate and engrave them with a CDI engraver The Grapholas is split in 2 parts One is the Setup or MERGING Software Merger and the other is the Screen View program It serves to view a len file whereas full zoom features even down to pixel scale is available Note Grapholas requires at least WindowsNT 4 x platforms with minimum SP3 see chapter 7 2 1 1 Grapholas software structure The Grapholas software consists of t
33. DI 4 The PlatePrep station works to create jobs for more than one SUN CDI 5 The PlatePrep station works to create jobs for a combination of WINDOWS NT based CDI s and SUN CDI s 6 The PlatePrep station gets files from a FastRip C 7 The PlatePrep station gets files from a FlexRip via FTP As you can see there are many different combinations of where and how the PlatePrep station will work All these combinations require slightly different setups which are explained in this chapter 6 2 System requirements In order to run Grapholas as a PlatePrep station the following requirements have to be fulfilled a1386 based PC with single CPU no Multi CPU systems will work minimum 128 MB RAM 256 MB recommended 18 GB Hard disk for data area WINDOWS NT based OS 4 0 SP3 or higher Windows OS has to be installed on separate disk using NTFS file system Network card 100 10 BaseT Graphic with 1024 768 Pixel true color CDRom and Floppy drive PII 400 MHz or higher The Windows NT based OS software has to be installed with an administrator user with password and a flexo user no password See chapter A 129 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide The PC has to be configured as FTP Server with an alias on the data disk like d alias d see also chapter The Grapholas 4 0 software has to be installed and configured see chapter 6 3 Install WindowsN
34. ECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 7 6 Apply drop to a non seamless image A drop can also be applied to a non seamless image a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 gt Sleeve lt OF x File Options Windows Help i Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Across around TRT Seamless Offset Here you would have to cut the plate following the zig zag pattern created by the repeated images and then mount the plate on a roller for endless printing This option is available also in the machines that do not feature the Sleeve option 53 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 8 Options for image positioning 2 8 1 Overlay of images As mentioned before the half automatic positioning helps you to avoid overlapping of the images Anyway sometimes you may want them to overlay lets say if you just need one more millimeter in order to fit another image onto the plate So if you hold the CTRL key and then place the image overlapping will be allowed It may also be needed to place the image very exact In that case you can use the LenFile tab of the roller window and enter the correct x and y position there Roller Window E3 Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Actual Image Advance bakien 0 01 Image idth Image Height 153 21 mm 109 49 mm X Position Y Position 10 0 mm 16 501
35. FTP The advantage of this is that the images are copied to the PlatePrep PC and the you work locally preparing the job The disadvantage is that you have to create an FTP user on the FlexRip station The FlexRip has to be configured as FTP server see 6 3 5 use anonymous user if possible onthe PlatePrep station setup the FlexRip as you would do with any FTP drive 6 7 Software upgrade on the SUN CDI In order to work with a PlatePrep station the SUN Grapholas software has to be updated Update of Grapholas Solaris to 2 6 2 or higher You need to copy When using FTP switch to BINARY mode else use the CD these files to tmp dir of the SUN based CDI setup 152 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide bslelf tgz bslelf tag When the SUN has a CDROM attached do Insert this CD before trying to mount of course Login as super user root then type mount r Fhsfs dev dsk cO0t6d0s2 mnt cp mnt redist sun tmp cd tmp umount mnt 6 7 1 Copy files with FTP Otherwise you have to use FTP to copy the files For PlatePrep the FTP on the PlatePrep is just fine copy the 3 files to the FTP publishing directory most likely something like D files Run FTP on the SUN computer as follows cd tmp ftp IPADDR where IPADDR is the IP address of the PlatePrep ftp gt bin ftp gt get setup ftp gt get bslelf tgz ftp gt get bslelf tag ftp gt bye
36. Grapholas 4 0 PlatePrep USER MANUAL Revision 1 1 24 02 2004 NIK RF Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 Copyright 2004 Esko Graphics Itzehoe Germany All rights reserved This material information and instructions for use contained herein are the property of Esko Graphics NV The material information and instructions are provided on an AS IS basis without warranty of any kind There are no warranties granted or extended by this document Furthermore Esko Graphics NV does not warrant guarantee or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the software or the information contained herein Esko Graphics shall not be liable for any direct indirect consequential or incidental damages arising out of the use or inability to use the software or the information contained herein The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Revisions may be issued from time to time to advise of such changes and or additions No part of this document may be reproduced stored in a data base or retrieval system or published in any form or in any way electronically mechanically by print photoprint microfilm or any other means without prior written permission from Esko Graphics NV This document supersedes all previous dated versions PANTONE Colors displayed here may not match PANTONE identified standards Consult current PANTONE Color Publications for accurate color PANTONE and other Panton
37. T4 0 SP3 or higher 6 3 1 Text based setup insert WINDOWS workstation CD reboot PC Check keyboard mouse setting Install on unpartitioned space Install using NTFS 6 3 2 WINDOWS Setup Click on OK on Display Adapter Setting The real stuff must be installed after the service pack Install options Custom complete Computer name COMPACTO0 9 Same scheme as for CDI Use the well known ESKO administrator password Custom components From Multimedia deselect Sample Sounds Sound recorder and Volume Control 6 3 3 Networking TCP IP protocol only default 3COM 3C905B driver Select from list Have disk floppy or whatever Network card you are using TCP IP settings with IP address Network mask and default gateway ask your system administrator 130 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide 6 3 4 RAS installation This is only needed when you want to install a modem so that ESKO can do remote diagnostics of your computer Click Start Programs Accessories Dial Up Networking to start RAS installation and configuration For the Modem install uncheck Auto detect modem Select the Zyxel U 1496EG plus with the 2 list boxes You may want to uncheck Wait for dial tone depending on the local phone system You should check and setup Disconnect a call if idle to something like 10 minutes This timeout and the wait for dial tone setting can
38. am 2 10 How to set the plate size Within the merge program you can set the width height and type of the plates you use This will be done with the Plate tab of the roller window Roller window Height and width are set in the two text fields in the upper row of this tab When you enter a new value the size of the representation of the plate in the merge window will change instantly The plate type is selected with a choice selector named Plate type LL Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Height circ Width acr 980 0 iii 500 0 Ree Plate type Thickness 0 0 mm Edit Plate List If you left click on the arrow of that selector you will get this A list of predefined plates drops down and by clicking with the left mouse key you can select the plate you will engrave The list of plates is shown in a sorted order Linked with the plate type is the optimum speed the machine will engrave this plate with So by selecting a plate the speed entry in the roller tab will change See also engraving parameter setting When you have selected a plate its thickness will be shown in the text field labelled Thickness It may be needed sometimes to change the settings of the plate list this can be done if you click on the Edit Plate List button See also how to edit the plate list 2 11 69 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 11 How to edit the plate list This
39. ame_c len 0 012 Image Width Image Height 433 203 mm 458 161 X Position Y Position 25 308 mm 42 179 mm ion TT Overlay Up DETTI Get Paeiti The plate orientation is so that the engraver will start engraving at the lower left corner of the plate Therefore you should try to fit as many images in the vertical circumference direction as possible And you should start positioning at the leftmost side If we follow that rule the positioning will 36 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program look like that Fr anl Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version v3 2 File Options Windows Help lt a Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Actual Image Advance 101807_cdi_dame_c len 0 012 Image Width Image Height 433 203 mm 458 161 mm X Position Y Position 66 797 mm 55 888 mm FT Overlay Up Down Get Position You may notice that the dragged image shown as a black frame was moved too far left and low Releasing the image there would be an invalid position because it would be off the plate The merger will detect that and reposition the image to the next position on the plate available ae Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program which in this case will be the bottom leftmost corner of the plate a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Vers
40. ara n re RN ate K E E ES 74 2 14 Boipthe list of connected CDI Sin ys aca EE e R a NAR du MAN ee a N n ek den n 79 WS Select C IL OSU Aycan a eke raze cp eaten a a Bie K reze KANAN 84 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program sccccsccsccssccssceecsscssccscscesssceeeenes 86 3 1 Mile SN DP acne DD coer ae co rrr ee 87 DD Eoad a OD saci oeiia Sat evariaes ened vandaag aiden cade es 87 3 3 Zoom AT TMap sche os cols Se Se lS oa A aa ANI E nS Sl oa a ane 90 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 3 3 1 PASO NTT FSi a sansa esha esas ade Categoria Goel actos ch sed ae met eet hs 90 3 3 2 Zoom using THE MOUSE serasi ki 4 4xxini40 10n iatdansvdaeiacesvmenncesaaaassatondeuseaseenseaausatass 95 3 3 3 Move CS l la 0655 ink dan e ae O 1 e E ne KEN AD ANN 98 3 3 4 ZOOM PP cena ieee Oa ee adie HHHH HB HH HH eee ee 100 3 3 5 Zoom OU eisai lb eel l ke en SE es aie ead aac cal elt ee eat 102 3 3 6 Go forward and backwards in the ZOOM stepS E keke 104 SA MeasS re THE TIM aCe menistir 140142224 n n sa ccbbstonteadua recustandepianseennesiadanutanoupiasennastash 106 3 4 1 Measure distances in the image eee eke keke kek k kek k keke 106 3 4 2 Measure black and white distribution uELL keke e kek 107 3 4 3 Measure line count and screen angle eee kek kk keke 108 3 4 4 Check seam for seamless engraving ekere k k k k k k 111 SECTION 4
41. asergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version V3 2 Roller Plate Frame LenFite Repeat Start circ 20 0 An Start acr 20 0 n Image distance 0 0 Ru Stop circ 20 0 Fatt Stop facr 20 0 Bn T7 Insert cut marks Here the across stop gap is set to 20 0 mm Its is also shown as a red rectangular which reserves space on the plate 44 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 6 5 Frame around the image s Pr anl Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version v3 2 File Options Windows Help a Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFite Repeat Start circ Stop circ 20 0 n 0 0 Far Start acr Stop acr 0 0 ee 0 0 ma Image distance 15 0 mm FT Insert cut marks This is a very important gap it allows you to define a frame around each positioned image This is used in order to be able to cut the plate apart without cutting into the engraved images If you take a look at image above you may notice that there is a grey frame around the image At the Frame tab of the roller window the entry for image distance is set to 15 0 mm these 15 0 mm are put around all 4 sides of the image Of course 15 0 mm is way too much to guarantee a clean cut it is here just chosen to demonstrate this option to you A standard value for the image distance would be like 2 0 mm 2
42. ay Digits Post colon j Check Images before start Lock Circumference Autoplace mode PERMUTATION The units mm and inch are available History depth Language Units ja English mm IV Help active Help Delay 6 Dile Post colon Reset E jl Check Images before start j Lock Circumference Autoplace mode PERMUTATION In the next row to the left the checkbox labeled Help active is used to enable disable the tool help option If enabled once the mouse cursor rests for e g 6 sec on an item of the user interface a yellow window with some help information opens close to that item The text entry labeled Help Delay defines how long sec the mouse has to rest on such an item Digits is used to set number of digits right of the colon on numbers displayed by the user 76 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program interface Post colon defines how many of these digits will be displayed after the colon The check box Check images before start enables disables the check function If selected the Merge will perform the same check that will be done when Check Images from the menu bar is selected See 2 2 2 al Edit Properties x History depth Language Units 4 v enaiisn vmm Help active Help Delay e Digits Post colon Reset E preeeeseeeeseeosseosseesoeeeseeesseosseesoceesseesseesseessseesssesssessey V Check Images
43. be changed via Control Panel Modems Properties Within Modem Properties these settings can be found under the Connection Tab In the General Tab you may increase the maximum speed setting to 38400 Back on RAS main install click Continue to finalize RAS installation When you start Dial Up Networking again after reboot you have to setup the RAS server to connect to Name BSLPXS04 Phone 494821770132 6 3 5 FTP server setup This is required for all PlatePrep stations Note Half of the problems we had installing PlatePrep was because of the FTP setup so read this very careful From WINDOWS Workstation CDROM run 1386 inetsve inetstp exe to start internet service setup on the setup form deselect WWW GOPHER Then continue with default settings When the FTP Server is installed run Start Programs Microsoft Peer Web Services Internet Manager This is what you should get 131 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide 132 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide Click on Properties of FTP service This is what you will get 133 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide FTP Service Properties for hydra Sevice Messages Directories Logging TCP Pat 21 Connection T imecut 900 EF seconds Maimam Connechons fio Hi Allow Anonymous Connections Username
44. cdi_dame_2_116 len Image 3 File Handler start screen This handy tool allows you to load images from local or from network resources Where to find the file you can specify with the Drive selection choice When you click on the arrow of that choice a list of available drives drops down 21 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program ci e fez S M Match Case Y move k Folder Files 101807_cdi_dame_2_116 len a 101807_cdi_dame_2_1215 len 101807_cdi_dame_2 465 len 101807 _cdi_dame_c len 101807 _cdi_dame_k len 101807 _cdi_dame_k_vcutO len 101807 _cdi_dame_k_vcutO_acrop len 101807_cdi_darme_m len 101807_cdi_sport_121 len 101807_cdi_sport_2_116 len 101807_cdi_sport_2_1215 len 101807_cdi_sport_2_ 485 len zi Enter Filename n _OK Cancel Image 4 File Handler drive selection A local drive in this example is e frip is a network drive At this moment all network drives are connected by the FTP protocol so that we can load images direct from the Esko Fastrip C or FlexRip or any other host that supports the ftp protocol The operator can set the list of available drives with the Guinet tool which edits the gui net table This setup is done at installation or when the system administrator wants to add another drive Please refer to the advanced setup chapter When you have selected a drive the Folder and Files lists will be fille
45. ckboxes used to select between Across and around repeats Here Across is selected and 2 repeats are entered 47 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program If you need a certain gap between the images enter it at Gap The Drop option is explained later a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 File Options Windows Help jn Roller Window x Roller Piate Frame LenFile Repeat Across around user defined 48 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 7 2 Circumferential repeat The next image then shows an example of two repeats across and three in circumferential direction a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 File Options Windows Help H ead a Roller Window x B R oller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Tees mmaa mma TEB Fer nars enu mm rer WI Nr ema mm TRE norr nar ems mm rer r NIY Across around 0 0 mm offset Drop fuser defined 0 0 mm Start Here the around checkbox is selected and 3 repeats are entered for the circumferential repeat 2 7 3 Seamless repeat Seamless engraving is only available when the machine is equipped with a Sleeve option Only when the tile of the merger displays gt Sleeve lt your machine is able to do seamless engravings
46. d to prevent the laser from burning onto the tape which holds the plate on the drum and to separate images from each other in order to cut them apart Fastrip A software that converts a CT file into an screened black and white image The Fastrip is able to output len files cdi This file extension is used for jobs created by the merge program The cdi file is a text file that contains information for every image loaded to this job like position and repeats as well as information on the used drum plate and laser power From this file the resulting image and the parameter file will be created when the start engraving will be issued 163 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 7 Glossary par This file extension is used for the parameter file that will be send along with the resulting image to the server program Resulting image The resulting image will be created by the merge software It gets a name assigned by the merger This name consists of the job name plus cdi So a file xxx cdi len is a file created by the merge program Parameter file The par file is a text file that contains information for the used drum plate and laser power and which resulting image it goes with Its name will be created by the merger using the job name plus cdi So a file xxx cdi par is a parameter file which goes along with the resulting image xxx cdi len Plate type The CDI engraver is designed to engrave digital pho
47. d with the directories and files found on that drive When a filter other than is selected only files that match the chosen filter are displayed in the files list In this example the file name filter is set to len which means that only files with the extension len are displayed 22 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program You can change the filter setting by selecting a new filter in the filter choice le amp E v e ls Folder Files 101607_cdi_dame_2_116 len a 101607_cdi_dame_2_1215 len 101607_cdi_dame_2_485 len 101607_cdi_dame_c len 101807 _cdi_dame_k len 101807 _cdi_dame_k_vcutOlen 101807_cdi_darne_k_vcutO_acrop len 1016807 _cdi_dame_m len 101607_cdi_sport_121 len 101607_cdi_sport_2_116 len 101607_cdi_sport_2_1215 len 101607_cdi_sport_2_485 len x Enter Filename ee Cancel If the filter you want is not there click on the filter icon Then a window pops up where you can enter the new filter name In the following example a new filter of txt is going to be entered This will cause the file handler to display only files with the extension txt le amp c o ie SIZ IY Match Case Mtoe E Folder ARIES 101807_cdi_dame_2_116 len 101807 cdi_darme_2 1215 len 101807_cdi_dame_2 485 len 101807_cdi_dame_c len 101807_cdi_dame_k len LOLON nai slimm ii aani dimn je _ a Please enter a filter name x Please enter a filt
48. dli Ke xek nalan Heni K Wer als dar e ean kan en a b kad k 28 2 3 3 Remove all positioned images EE keke kek ke ek kek ke kk ke kk k 28 2 3 4 Coada DIat ky i d eR Hina e eee era E E sk e NS K Ha Sn kK 28 2 3 5 New Dia t 4o kulan a NEN a O R R HEHEY A WEN ga AN N REN KN a ea ee cak AN ban 29 2 3 6 TAO WTO Say the J0D 55445 24y44555552 23 a y dade av oe ka KEND ke a ek ek 29 2 4 HOWTO STATT A jO D1 3i4i515x40554ara0K 5i hezen k yn e We kak evan Ey K K KAW n tna hee dean i n ker be 30 255 HOW t place tina Bel Saker Gar ec lte ca kine ba ark karn dR E Ger ee K na HEKE OS Ve K na QE HER KANE N N 32 2 6 Frame usage with the merger E eke keke kek k k keke kek kek ke kak kk 41 2 6 1 The start frame in circumferential direction eke ke 41 2 6 2 The stop frame in circumferential direction E keke ek 42 2 6 3 Start gap in across x direction keke ke kek e kk ke 43 2 6 4 PROTOSS SUG gap shan ee o ait Ke Eke cette eel silt R KE Ke 44 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 2 6 5 Frame around the image s i eee ke kerek kek kek ee sara k ued 45 2 6 6 Insert cut marksa issie reilen iaae eeeeeeen 45 Dad ASU ae RODEdi 52o HEN Ked e E A A Gane 47 2 7 1 Across repeat Lessee ceviche emd MH HH HHH e 47 2 7 2 ircumfere
49. dministrative Tools User Manager Set the name flexo Full name Grapholas Flexo Password leave empty Expiry never Logon path c users flexo additional groups Power users Run setup exe from the Grapholas CD to install Grapholas system follow the installation procedure select Remote for PlatePrep installations 138 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide You will see the following window Click on Next in order to install Grapholas 139 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide Software License Agreement Here you have to click on Yes to accept the license agreement 140 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide User configuration This next window above asks for information about your name company name and the product Id This is a number that ESKO assigns to every order and that has to be requested from ESKO 141 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide The next windows asks for the type of installation you are going to do Installation Type Of course for a PlatePrep station you have to select that option 142 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide The next window allows you to configure the installation data and spool path Usually the installation is done at c bsl The data path should point to the disk with
50. e Inc trademarks are the property of Pantone Inc Pantone Inc 2000 Pantone Inc is the copyright owner of color data and or software which are licensed to Esko Graphics to distribute for use only in combination with LW Brix and CT Brix based applications PANTONE Color Data and or Software shall not be copied onto another disk or into memory unless as part of the execution of the LWBrix and CTBrix based applications This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation http www apache org PostScript is a Trademark of Adobe Systems Inc Microsoft and the Microsoft logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries The Esko Graphics software may contain an implementation of the LZW algorithm licensed under U S Patent 4 558 302 and foreign counterparts The Esko Graphics software contains the RSA Data Security Inc MD5 Message Digest Algorithm Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SUN Microsystems in the U S and other countries This product is covered by one or more of the following US patents 5 268 754 5 689 349 5 872 573 5 889 932 5 926 185 5 933 578 5 995 719 5 155 599 5 113 249 5 323 248 5 420 702 5 481 379 All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Corresponde
51. e OFF or NO will disable this interface and queries the next available one Ts this the primary interface Confirming this query assigns this interface name as hostname also This query is suppressed when there is one interface only IP address for INTERFACE This is the IP address of the named INTERFACE This MUST BE a valid dotted quad IP number e g 192 168 99 100 IP address of default router The default router or gateway is normally NOT required say NO Otherwise enter the IP address of that host Configuring NFS servers This is a list of servers e g FastRip C serving LEN files for this system IP address of nfs server The IP address of the server fastrip as dotted quad Enter NO when there are no more servers Export directory of SERVER The exported directory on that server This directory is to be entered in UNIX notation as subdir separator AND the name is case sensitive also for WINDOWS NFS shares 158 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide Local name dir for SERVER DIR This is the name for this system and the named server and server s export directory The name may NOT contain any slashes and not one of the reserved names like net etc usr dev devices user2 user3 bin sbin root export kernel platform var xfn vol mnt cdrom floppy opt proc home Home reconfigure core When there are multiple server disk en
52. e area using the right mouse button the used area of the plate is displayed 39 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program al Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version V3 2 File Options Windows Help Start 40 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 6 Frame usage with the merger There are 5 different frames which you can set for the plate 2 6 1 The start frame in circumferential direction a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 Iof Xx File Options Windows Help a Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Start circ Stop circ 20 0 Fir 0 0 ae Start acr Stop acr Image distance 0 0 mm FT Insert cut marks On the roller window the Frame tab is opened and here a value of 20 0 mm was entered As a result the plate shows a red bar at the bottom This is a reserved area now where you can not place images This way you can shift the start of the engraving up in order to get clear off the tape which is used to mount the plate on the drum Note After altering the value of any of the frames you may have to reposition the images 41 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 6 2 The stop frame in circumferential direction Fr fall Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version V3 2
53. ecked instead of width and height the actual end position of the clipped image is displayed or entered 64 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program Finally when you click on OK these new settings will be used for the plate setup Fer w Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version v3 2 File Options Windows Help ag Roller Window Roller Plate Frame Lenrile Repeat Actual Image Advance bakien 0 01 Image Width Image Height 153 21 mm 109 49 mm X Position Y Position 46 489 mm 505 638 mm Overlay Up Down GetPosition Note The Len tab on the roller window will always display the maximum image dimensions not the clipped dimensions 2 9 1 Autocrop images This option will delete all empty space around an image It will not delete any black pixels of the image This option is used for example when for some reason there is an empty border around the image or actually to save plate material 65 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program Fe all Copyright 1994 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany All rights reserved Version V3 2 File Options Windows Help a Roller Window Roller Plate Frame Lenrile Repeat Actual Image Advance jio 807_cdi_dame_k_vcut l 0 012 rm Image Width Image Height 420 568 mm 457 367 m x Position Y Position 34 328 mm
54. elp al Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Actual Image Advance paken 0 01 Image Width Image Height 153 21 mm 109 49 mm X Position Y Position 10 0 mm 200 0 mm D Overlay Up Bown Sel Position Again overlapping is possible when you check the overlay checkbox Note When the overlay checkbox is checked overlay is always on even for positioning done by dragging the image Above it was explained how you select an image using the choice selector in the LenFile tab of the roller window There are other ways to select an image you can just click left mouse key on an image positioned on the plate or you click on an image which is loaded to the toolbar A selected image has a red frame around it to tell you that it is selected 56 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 8 2 Order of images When overly is used it becomes important to determine which image lays above or below the other When you select an image you can change its position on the layers with the Up and Down buttons a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 File Options Windows Help i Roller Window Roller Plate Frame Lenfile Repeat Actual Image Advance poskien 0 01 Image Width Image Height 153 21 mm 109 49 mm X Position Y Position 304 662 mm j 425 439 mm lv Overlay Up Daw SetPosition
55. equired When this driver is activated make sure usr kernel drv mo conf is edited to reflect the current SCSI settings of the attached RMB devices Install GRAPHOLAS engraving device driver gfifo This driver is required to output laser data For CDI systems this driver should be installed always seie Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide Install GRAPHOLAS scanning device driver sfifo This driver is required for the Grapholas scanner only As such this driver is normally NOT used Install REAL TIME option Enabling this option ensures real time priority of the engraving process For current CDI systems this is normally NOT required The only advantage of this option is to ensure that engraving has priority before other processes but those are normally not active during engraving The disadvantage of that option is a nonpredictable delay to C abort engraving Install MODEM option For this option to have any effect it is mandatory to have a hayes compatible modem attached to one of the serial lines After enabling this option the file opt BSL lib service should be edited to reflect the modem connection setting the serial line selection which is a or b and the complete phone number to dial to The final phone number to dial out is 49 4821 770132 Install mount format option This option enables the UNIX and CDROM mount entry for the Grapholas file menu For
56. er name op len Enter Filename an gt be _Ok Cancel 23 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program Sometimes you may like the file handler to be case sensitive in that case check the Match Case checkbox j zl a oi Fes im e Folder Files 101807_cdi_dame_2_116 len 101807_cdi_dame_2_1215 len 101807_cdi_dame_2_ 465 len 101807_cdi_dame_c len 101807_cdi_dame_k len 101807_cdi_dame_k_vcut0 len 101807 _cdi_dame_k_vcutO_acrop len 101807 _cdi_dame_m len 101807 _cdi_sport_121 len 101807 _cdi_sport_2_116 len 101807_cdi_sport_2_1215 len 101807_cdi_sport_2_ 485 len ha Enter Filename ee Note that now all files with the extension LEN are no longer displayed in the Files list So far len formatted images are the only ones you can load into the merger If the image that you want to load shows in the files list just click on it to select it le a CA fek 7 Match Case wave Folder Files 101807 _cdi_dame_k_vcut0len 1016807_cdi_dame_k_vcutO_acrop lJen Enter Filename 101807 _cdi_dame_k len 30941 kByte Ok Cancel 24 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program The name of the first selected image is then displayed in the file name text entry field and the size of the file on the right hand side of it The list of file names will be reduced to only names that match the base name of the entry in
57. eter file are created you can use the option Engrave stored plate The merger has another option Calculate Plate this will create the resulting image and parameter file but not send them to the server Calculate Plate will bring up another dialog 30 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program Pism Za GrapholasN T Box 9 If answered with Ok the Merge will create a resulting image and the control file for this job If answered with No the Merge will only generate a resulting len file if needed For example when you want to engrave only one image Merge will not cerate a new len file but use the existing original one 31 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 5 Howto place image s Only images which are placed on the plate will be engraved So you have to place them onto the plate if they shall be engraved This lesson explains how to position images onto the plate Note You can load images to the toolbar and not place them in which case they will be ignored for the engraving After you have chosen image s to load explained in the How to load images lesson the image s will be loading into the merger On the toolbar you will see canvas es as representations of the image s a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version V3 2 Iof Xx File Options Windows Help E Roller Windo
58. file from the PlatePrep on the SUN while the WINDOWS station is switched off The only real reason when you will get errors is if your plate list is corrupt and the SUN tries to get new info on the PlatePrep as he will do the first time you transfer the plate list from WINDOWS station to SUN Q What are those strange little files on the root of my disk on the WINDOWS station A Imagine that your Len files are stored on F Files it is possible that you will find strange files on the F drive root E g S5b 1d s5b 17 s25 f All those files are just 1 Kb If you open those files with WordPad e g you get some info on a Len file which has been made resolution height width Right now I can not yet explain how they come there but it is sure that it has something to do with Windows OS Also a folder Recycler can be made automatically I should say don t worry about those files You can easily delete them 127 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide SECTION 6 Installation Guide 128 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide 6 1 Various options There are some different combinations how the PlatePrep station will work at a customer site 1 The PlatePrep station works to create jobs fora WINDOWS NT based CDI 2 The PlatePrep station works to create jobs for a SUN CDI 3 The PlatePrep station works to create jobs for more than one WINDOWS NT based C
59. ght 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 gt Sleeve lt File Options Windows Help a Roller Window x Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Across around 7 Seamless Offset 61 25 In the above example a 2 drop has been selected so that the first image of the second repeat across has dropped half the size of the image plus gap This option is used to avoid bumping on the print press Tip If you want to change the direction the image drops select user defined and enter a char in front of the number Here 61 25 51 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 7 5 Using an offset with seamless repeat With some applications it is needed to shift the image around the roller in order to position the seam at a certain circumferential position of the roller This can be done with the Offset entry The next image uses the example from 2 7 4 and applies a drop of 32 0 mm to the image a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Yersion 3 2 gt Sleeve lt Biel Xx File Options Windows Help a Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Repeat 8 Across around Gap Iv Seamless 13 01 mm Offset 32 0 Drop 61 25 Please note how the whole repeated image has been shifted down A negative value will shift the image up 52 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 S
60. he following modules 1 MERGE The MERGE program is used to place one or several jobs on the flexo plate It communicates with the EXPOSE program on a WINDOWS NT based CDI 2 VIEW The VIEW program serves as proof tool to view job parts or entire jobs Full zoom functionality is implemented even down to pixel resolution All of these programs can be started via the start menu or an icon on the Windows desktop 1 2 Turn on the System Step 1 The very first thing is to turn on the CDI engraver and get it up and running This is only valid for PlatePrep stations that are connected toa WINDOWS NT based CDI Step 2 Turn on the PlatePrep computer Step 3 Wait until you are asked for a login name Step 4 Log in as flexo use no password Step 5 Wait until Windows is started and the automatic hardware load was done Step 6 Click on the Merge Icon on the desktop This will start the Grapholas Merge GUI software When there are no error message boxes everything is fine and running When errors occur check the section trouble shooting You can now start setting up a job Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program SECTION 2 The Merge Program Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 1 Goals and limitations of the Merger The goal is to have an user friendly easy to operate interface for working with the CDI The Merger works independent from the Expose software and contacts
61. id its calculations you will get an alarm box a GrapholasNT Box Es N The images do not fit all onto the plate Use less images or a larger plate And this is what Merge will come up with as the result 50 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 File Options Windows Help gt 7 jan Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat circumterence Coa mm Speed 2000 RPM ka Watt gt gt ES Laser power V Superskip C sosote postion 0 0 mm Only one image is left on the toolbar all the other fit onto this plate 60 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 9 Clip images If you move the mouse over the clip icon at the merger the button comes to live a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 File Options Windows Help a Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Actual Image Advance pakien 0 01 Image Width Image Height 153 21 mm 109 49 mm X Position Y Position 10 0 mm 478 161 mm j Overlay Up Down setPosition In this example the image p9k len is selected so when the clip window comes up the dimensions of this image are loaded a Clip image Input window x Axial start Width oo mm 163 21 mm Circ start Height foo
62. ile handler allows you now to change into the directory where your image is stored and select it Now the image will be loaded This may take a few seconds depending on how big the len image is Then the image will be displayed 88 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program W Screenview OF x File Zoom Help yo File p9klen Position 150 27 44 92 mm n Q Q Sn E LA Distance ooo mm Polar mm u z z tn R E E m a S s lt z m lt Below the menu bar at the left side there are some buttons which can be used to zoom the image At the right side you will find the name of the file actually displayed and the actual mouse position in mm in the image There is also some information displayed which is used to measure distances in the image This will be explained later The body of the Screen View program is occupied by the image itself 89 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program 3 3 Zoom an image 3 3 1 Zoom in To see the image with more detail you can zoom it This is done either with the Zoom in menu item or the Q button or by selecting a window with the mouse The following image shows how to zoom in using the menu item Zoom in RB Screenview r Ot x File AN F RUIView Ctrl F ae i File p9klen Position 247 104 43 mm Zoom in Ctrl I i Distance mm Polar
63. ill be just loaded and you are not asked for a destination directory When that is done the files will be loaded and while loading they show as tiles in the toolbar of the merger Even while they are loading you can start positioning them onto the plate There are a few more options which have not been mentioned yet On the top row there are some icons the leftmost one brings you up one directory provided that you are not at the root directory of that drive If that is the case this icon is disabled Next to it is an icon which allows to create a new directory This will only be enabled on local drives The next icon resembles a trash bin If you have selected file s and click on this icon the file s will be deleted Please note The erase option works like del filename 27 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 3 2 Unload an image This item of the file menu will remove the image which is selected at the moment from the plate and also from the toolbar 2 3 3 Remove all positioned images This item of the file menu will remove all images which are positioned on the plate This is used for example when you have loaded more images than fit onto the plate First you fill the plate using Auto arrange images then you send this job to the Exposer and now you want to setup the remaining images But first you have to get rid of the old images which can be done by using this optio
64. in plate type on the SUN system This field is new and not known by the customer Do the new focus search while defining the plate type from the one which is at that moment on the drum of course It is not unusual that it takes a while to define the focus search now because you have a new factor in this handling Once you have found the correct focus search quit the focus search program What will happen Because of the thickness power and speed the software is smart enough to calculate an independent focus offset Whatever other plate you will chose in the future the program will use that particular number independent focus offset and will adapt this number 160 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide using the information of the parameter file speed thickness and power This independent focus offset is stored in a certain hidden file I still don t know which one From now one using whatever workflow plate prep or the old way you have to put the focus offset on 0 zero ALWAYS and indicate which plate you are going to use When you calculate a merged file on the PlatePrep automatically the software will create a filename_cdi len file big len file a filename par file It is this filename par file that you have to indicate on the SUN station as your file So you first indicate disk plateprep Secondly you have to enter the par file Old story take dps45 par
65. ing the mouse With the mouse you can select a window on the image which then will be the next portion of the image to be displayed First you move the mouse onto the upper left corner of the part of the image you want to zoom Then you press the left mouse key and while holding the left key move the mouse to open a frame x Screenview r Ot x File Zoom Help Hl Q a q gt E H File p9k len Position 65 87 75 61 mm Distance mm Polat mm Ru ea Ea W E E jan Es 5 Ss en ca Ri m a Lets say now the frame has the wanted size but it is at the wrong part of the image Now if you hold the right mouse key additional to the left one you can move this frame 95 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program W Screenview Os x File Zoom Help i Q a a yal KI File p9k len Position 67 18 7318 mm Distance mm Polar mm Ru z En 2 fa E E m Es h en amp fe m When the final position is reached you release the right button and to start the zoom process you also release the left mouse key 96 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program lolx File Zoom Help af wa File 9k Position 30 62 40 59 Oo a a a E ia LWA te z gt am mm e maran es as The Screen View now displays the part of the image which you have selected with the mouse 97
66. ing window 148 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide Setup for GrapholasNT Version 3 1 Setup for GrapholasNT Version 3 1 le La zar r Click on Next and you will be asked for the default circumference and the maximum plate width of this machine Ei Setup for GrapholasNT Yersion 3 1 The last window asks you to logout and login again a 149 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide Query login Ed C You should logout login to make current settings active Start the Merger Get the license key Setup the drive table of the merger using the guinet tool Now you should be able to create jobs When you click on Start the job will not be send to a Gravurd Server Instead the file will be stored on the local hard disk only You will find then files like jobname cdi par in the working directory This file you have to select from the SUN computer so that you can engrave the job With this kind of setup the plate list and default values come from a Gravurd Server instance that runs locally It s only purpose is to present these values 150 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide 6 5 3 Prepare jobs for multiple SUN Grapholas CDI s The setup is basically the same as in 6 5 2 It is important that all CDI s have the same circumference and the same powe
67. ion 3 2 OF Xx File Options Windows Help a Roller Window A Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Actual Image Advance 101807_cdi_dame_c len 0 012 Image Width Image Height 433 203 mm 458 161 X Position Y Position 0 0 mm 20 035 mm ion li Overlay Un DETTI Set Positi If you have more than one image and you try to position them one on top of another they will bounce off each other in the same way This behaviour is called the half automated positioning feature of the merger Note Images which are moved from the toolbar to the plate are marked dark on the toolbar If you want to remove an image from the plate just drop it off the plate and it will return to the toolbar If you need to know what the full file name of the image is click on it with the right mouse button This works on the toolbar as well as on the plate The next image shows an example of that with the image positioned on the plate 238 2 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 File Options Windows Help Please not that the roller window is not shown any more I closed it in order to see better how to position the images Chapter 2 2 3 1 will explain how to bring this window back Click on Windows Roller Window Since Grapholas V3 1 there is another feature When click on the unused plat
68. ke sure that it will be copied to the SUN CDI Circumference and power alignment should be the same on SUN CDI and WINDOWS CDI see also 6 5 3 6 6 Merge network configuration Depending on the kind of CDI s to contact and on the kind of RIP that is used the network configuration of the merger program has to be different 151 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide Use the network configuration tool described in section 5 Should you get a pre installed PlatePrep PC first configure the TCP IP protocol and then run the c bsl setup exe program 6 6 1 Setup with FastRip Together with the FastRip the Merge program will use a FTP connection So in the guinet tool you have to setup a FTP drive for the FastRip See section 5 6 6 2 Setup with FlexRip using mounted disks This has the disadvantage that the Merge will work over the network when the job is been prepared The advantage is that it is fairly easy to mount a network drive First make sure that the folder on the FlexRip that holds the ripped len files is mounted on the PlatePrep station and on the CDI It has to be mounted under the same drive letter on both stations Set the drive on the guinet tool and select no FTP advanced setting Advanced setting enabled the ip address field Here you have to enter file Then do test and if successful accept Then leave the guinet tool 6 6 3 Setup with FlexRip using
69. ll be deleted automatically on the SUN after exposing If you now really want to keep this job because you have to expose the plate twice there is a little workaround If the plate is exposed you still have to push the ENTER button to exit the expose program on the SUN If you click ENTER your file will be disappeared So just before 125 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 5 Trouble shooting clicking that button go to your File Manager SUN and drag the parameter file of that job the name_cdi len file to Disk means the directory where your parameter files are stored if you work on the old way dps45 par dph67 par dpu100 par etc Now go back to the expose program and click ENTER Restart a new job and instead of defining PlatePrep you define disk and as parameter file select the file you just copied In that way you can produce a second and same plate without charging the network again Q If I am using the new focus search and focus offset method can I than use this way of thinking also for non cyrel plates like BASF for example A Yes you can The only factor which is important for the calculation of the focus offset is the thickness So if you are using a Cyrel plate with a thickness of 1 14 mm or you are using a BASF plate with the same thickness you can use the same focus offset so just define the plate type you are using put your focus offset on zero and your focus will be OK automatically
70. many Version 3 2 ie Tal BI Za N position z zin If Images is selected the display area of the merger will show the real contents of the loaded images but if Tiles is selected the images are shown as blue and black rectangular boxes See example below 19 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program Pie l fall Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version V3 2 File Options Windows Help Start The black triangle in the tiles shows the bottom of the image The Tiles can be used to save time because there will be no conversion into thumbnail images Note Usually this is set to Images Since Version 4 0 len to thumbnail is approx 60 times faster compared to earlier versions 2 2 3 1 Roller Window Menu item The second item in the windows menu is the Roller Window item If the roller window has been closed a click on this item will bring it back Sometimes it is useful to close the Roller Window to see better how the images can be positioned 20 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 3 The File options Now the File options in more detail 2 3 1 Load Image To load an image move the mouse on top of the item Load image and then click left Now another window pops up and here you can select which image you want to load from where Load Image Ci JY Mave 101607_
71. mm 109 49 mm Coord Here we have 4 text entry fields 61 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program Axial start where the start position of the clipped image will be Width which is how wide the new image will be Cire start defines where the start position of the clipped image in circumference direction will be Height the new height of the clipped image When a start position is entered the remaining width is corrected accordingly fm Clip image Input window x al start Width 500 mm 10321 mm Circ start Height foo mm 109 49 mm Coord 62 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program When you click on the button Display the image at the merger will be displayed following these parameters fy aco m Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 File Options Windows Help a Clip image Input window x Height 109 49 mm doa mo Poller Window Roller Plate Frame Lenrile Repeat Actual Image Advance pakien 0 01 Image Width Image Height 153 21 mm 109 49 mm X Position Y Position 10 0 mm 478 161 m m Overlay Up Down Sel Position 63 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program The next example shows a new start position in circumference direction an Clip image Input window When the Coord checkbox is ch
72. n 2 3 4 Load a plate When you select this menu item an instance of the file handler will be opened and you are asked to select a job which is stored on the local hard disk W a El fFer P Mateh Case mM eve Bi Folder Files autoarrange cdi test cdi usermanual cdi Enter Filename _OK Cancel You have to select a job from the list of old jobs shown in the files list Please note that the filename filter is set to cdi so that only job files are shown If you click now on OK the selected job will be loaded and can be edited 28 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 3 5 New plate With this option you start to do a new job If there is an edited job pending in the merge software you will be first asked to save this After that you can start with a new job from scrap 2 3 6 How to save the job If you click now on the start button at the bottom of the merge window you will be asked to save this job first Of course you can also first click on the save or save as option of the file menu Save as will allow you to store the job using a new name That is useful when you have edited an old job and want to save it without overwriting of the old job Anyway it will bring up an instance of the file handler again where you enter the name of this job no extension required fa Wahlen Sie einen Namen f r den Parametersatz aus le E coz
73. n entry for a sleeve pies all Plate list editor Note A plate list entry with the thickness 0 0 mm is a sleeve entry 72 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 12 Set the engraving parameter Now we have positioned all images and in order to engrave we need now some parameters which tell the machine how this job shall be engraved In the chapter how to set the plate size you have already set the size and type of the plate Now on the roller tab of the roller window you have to set the power and check the circumference and speed al Roller Window Fal Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Circumference 980 0 mm Speed a RPM 18 0 Watt Laser power V Superskip ABSBITI position At the circumference field you have to check if the value is equal to the perimeter of your machine The you should check the speed entry if it is OK if not please enter the correct value At the Laser power field you have to enter the correct power for this job How to determine the correct power is part of the training every operator gets after installation of the machine If you check the checkbox Absolute position the machine will start to engrave your job at the position you have entered at the text field on the right side of that checkbox Note This will overwrite any position setting you will do with the expose program So for normal operation leave it u
74. nce regarding this publication should be forwarded to Esko Graphics Imaging GmbH Heerskamp 6 D 25524 Itzehoe Deutschland Mail info eur esko graphics com Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 Table of Contents SECTION 1 Introduction 4 4 44 55c5545 455cosos5esa co boss e9 06654c9 80o ec o4 4 e 7 1 1 Grapholas software structure ELL EEE eee kek ee keke ee kek ek ka kek Kek mame 8 152 Turm on the Systemi scsi eases kare la leke dy lA E ae REW e d ya E a E K RR Ea A we D r d ran 8 SECTION 2 The Merge Program iscciscscssissjacseanssctancseanssetseteanndsccdonessssetpoasvsadecsons 9 2 1 Goals and limitations of the Merger iEi keke k ek k kek ke kek kk 10 2 1 1 Set p a job step DY Stepi eriin mia end ian e k ade a sen vak W kn 14 252 hement baro yi 2koy bedel k be ka e En EKE RE n 2y n las pleased deda aka kd a AR An 15 2 2 1 Menu bar Fil m t 5A4 Gul y k x a ya k GENA ke 15 2 2 2 Menu bar Options menu eee eee k ek ke kek ek ke e kerk Ke kk ka kr ke 17 2 2 3 Menu bar Window menu erkeke keke kek kek ke ka kek Ke kek kk Ke KAR 18 2 2 3 1 Roller Window Menu tei a ay n e P ra ahead iene tla ev n 20 25 35 SMe HME Op ONS 4 sic Kunye an n aya n Pey k y ayi ER CAE RE D er E 21 2 3 1 Load TAS PN Na acess bela DD RD cc r Dd 21 2 3 2 Ufload an imaginen 1550a b any
75. nchecked For the time being this option is disabled permanently When you have set all engraving parameters you can start this job 73e Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 13 Edit the properties With this window you can change some of the merge and expose properties History depth Language Units j Help active Help Delay e Digits Post colon Reset E jl j Check Images before start Lock Circumference Autoplace mode PERMUTATION The choice History depth allows you to select how many old jobs will be stored in the file menu al Edit Properties Fa History depth Language Units Lock Circumference Autoplace mode PERMUTATION The maximum is limited to 6 entries 74 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program The next choice selector is used to define which language the Grapholas PlatePrep user interface shall use Pjesmi mE dit Properties At this moment the above shown 5 languages are available Note Language changes here will affect expose and merge Expose will only be changed when started over The Dutch language version is a mix of Dutch and English This is a work in progress The next choice selector is used to select the used unit 452 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program a Edit Properties El History depth Language Units 4 Enatish Help active Help Del
76. nected CDI s Since Grapholas Version 4 0 PlatePrep has the ability to connect to more than 1 CDI To do that you have to enter first all your CDI s into a Host List This can be done as follows First go into the menu Options then select Edit Host List al Copyright 1994 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany All rights reserved Version V3 2 gt aw Shey AUTOUR Circumference 879 646 gi Abeolite pastan 79 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program p p A new window shows where you can edit the list of hosts E Edit Host List There is already one entry that is the one you have entered during Setup Now you have to enter the 23 etc CDI Click on the New button and you can add the IP address of your new CDI fa Edit Host List Host haron 80 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program Now type in the IP address E Edit Host List Host haron Host 150 1581 68 20 Test Accept Cancel Quit As soon as you hit Enter or Test a connection will be tried to the given CDI s Grapholas Server The result can be either a i Test successful Gravurd Server is alive on host150 158 168 20 81 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program Or you may see this P The server on this hostis not active 150 15
77. ntial Tep atf gt 4 lt teire nly ards l Ea ak e ke aka K K n eareke rea ika 49 2 7 3 Se miless 1eped ce LH A2han yda k Kr bebe a eda hk m le be ak eka kO AR ber da anak 49 2 7 4 Apply drop for seamless engraving u eee keke kek ee kk e kek kk 51 2 7 5 Using an offset with seamless repeat Ei keke kek ek kek kk 52 2 7 6 Apply drop to a non seamless image Ei eee keke kek kek k 53 2 8 Options for image positioning u ereke eke ee kek kek ke kek ke Seeded kK KA k K 54 2 8 1 Overlay OF MIM ACES y xis neda n n ke akena a k sa k n kev n b e a na yeda d k rena aeS 54 2 8 2 EAST of AOS re seen ss ce aoa ran n gs cso acide as NA a deca e rek ek 57 2 8 3 Auto arrange image8 E eee kek ekere kek kek ke kek kek ke keke kak Ka kk Ke KAK KAR 58 29 ACIP AMA SS DH HHHH HH HH a a a 61 2 9 1 AUtoCTOD 1m1 ES is ses Oia ian AWA Res b kar r Ge asa al oes Ol cw E a a 65 2 10 FHow to SEU TNE pl Ate Serveriai ye kariye dake kiy sede xi alew E A ia nies 69 2 11 How to edit the plate iSt keke keke ee kek ke keke cesarean 70 251151 Cr ate an entry for S eV68 5 45x 034441 1540451 1ak a lal a lane K kek nih a kak denn ar n 71 2 12 Set the engraving parameter eke eke kk ek kek ke ek e kek kek ke Kek kk 73 2513 Edit 1he Dropettl 8 s 454 1141 525 5y53y5y1424545kan a l
78. on a uniform area of dots you can measure how the percentage of those dots is 3 4 3 Measure line count and screen angle To measure the line count and screen angle you first have to zoom into a screened area of the image so that you can see minimum 10 raster dots in the direction of the angle that you want to measure Then set the red mark like you would measure a distance See 3 4 1 Make sure that is set to the center of a raster dot also now you have to click on the measure button That s the one with the small ruler on it 108 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program tI Screenview File Zoo Cy aj ja n Now count 10 dots following the line of dots up and right Start to count with the dot next to the one with the red mark On the 10 dot hold the right mouse key and you get the following 109 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program WH Screenview File Zoom Help 1 AB File p9k len Position 29 44 63 5 mm x Lj a aj aj el gt my v Distance 2 05 0 55 mm Polar 15 018 2 122 mm Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program 3 4 4 Check seam for seamless engraving When engraving a file with full circumferential height seamless on a sleeve it is most important that image elements that are at the bottom of the image match perfectly with the corresponding elements at the top of the image ScreenView now has an
79. option to check if there will be a perfect match seamless or not First load the image that you want to verify Screen W lolx File Zoom Help File p9k_veutd Position 16 27 1679 mm Mea aisle i Distance mm Pola mm The check seam button now brings up another widow where you can see the seam area magnified 111 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program ern This is an example of an image which does not fit seamless it s better not to engrave this on a sleeve Note Check seam will always check an area in the across center of the actual zoom 112 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 4 Network configuration of the Merger SECTION 4 Network configuration of the Merger 113 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 4 Network configuration of the Merger 4 1 Starting with an empty file When there is no network configuration file the merge program will ask you if you want to create such a file IEZ GrapholasN T Box If you click on OK the GUINET program will be started Editor for the drive setup file REMOVE As you see where the selector for the drives would be it displays Empty drive table This means that there is no drive defined at all 114 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 4 Network configuration of the Merger 4 2 Create a new local drive entry
80. p In the next chapters the menu bar menu items are explained in detail 2 2 1 Menu bar File menu a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 La HEIR Jmpadimage kemovedllpositonedimages lV Abeniite postion Seige When you move the mouse onto the word file in the menu bar and click the left mouse button the a menu drops down with some choices for file operations 15 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program Here a closer look to the file menu itself at gt HIBR RETIOVE all POSIGNEO ages eag Ed aye Aa sacmaetdaie snarare SIGTed Fiate The following options are available Load Image Unload Image Remove all positioned images Load Plate New Plate Save Plate Save Plate as Engrave Plate Calculate Plate Engrave stored Plate Quit usermanual cdi If you select Quit the merger software asks you to save your work if needed and then it shuts itself down The last menu item here usermanual cdi is the job history Here the last few job names are stored and if you want to load or edit one of them just click on it See also load plate 16 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 2 2 Menu bar Options menu If you move the mouse over the Options menu item at the menu bar of the merger and click left the Options menu opens fm Copyright
81. p 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program window are active Here you can see the distance of the mouse to the mark At the Distance field it is shown as a distance in x and y direction in mm At the Polar field it is shown as a vector That does mean that you will see the length of a line between the two points and the angle of that line 3 4 2 Measure black and white distribution The button to measure black and white percentages looks like this If you click on that button the program calculates the black and white percentages in the actual zoom So when you do this on the full zoom image you get the total values for the whole image We Screenview rj xj File Zoom Help E Q a q gt am Ay File p9klen Position 23 01 1093 mm LA Distance 15 72 95 26 mm Polar 99 371 96 548 mm w GrapholasNT Box xi en This part of the image is j lt gt 90 44 White 9 56 Black ay z Ea a fa E E jan 3 se ed ea oa m lt 107 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 3 The Screen View Program p p Now if you zoom into a screened area and repeat the above action you get the percentages of that area We Screenview File Zoom Hel Position 27 89 5463 mm i af ps File p9k len LI a a a e zl WA Distance 3 32 2 68 mm Polar 38 911 4 267 mm B GrapholasNT Box x a This part of the image is 53 67 White 46 33 Black Performed
82. r alignment Only this will allow you to set up a job without knowing which of the CDI s will engrave the job If it is not possible to guarantee same circumference and power alignment for all CDI s the operator has to know on which CDI the job will be engraved and then he has to setup the circumference speed and power setting different for each machine 6 5 4 Prepare jobs for multiple CDI s The setup is basically the same as in 6 5 1 except that you have to add the other CDI s using the host editor in the merge When you prepare a job for a CDI you have to select it prior to setting up the job Then you can use the Start button to send the job to it Note All WINDOWS NT based CDI s should be configure using the VARIABLE PLL 6 5 5 Prepare jobs for mixed setup SUN CDI and WINDOWS CDI You start setting up the PlatePrep station as in 6 5 1 The CDI is now the master CDI and provides the plate list and default values Circumference create a directory for the WINDOWS CDI and one for the SUN CDI e g d files NT and d files SUN use the guinet tool to create 2 drives WINDOWS and SUN with the 2 directories from above Copy the plate list on the master CDI c users flexo par plate ref onto a floppy and load it onto the SUN into the directory flexo par This step is important cause this way both machines work with the same plate list Note When you change the plate list ma
83. re some more tools Here there are seven icon buttons the top one is used to start the clip image tool the second button is used to start the Autocrop function Autocrop will delete all empty space around an image The third one is used to start the screen view program to display len images The fourth one is used to mirror the image in horizontal direction the fifth button mirrors the image in vertical direction The next button then changes the colour codes of the image from positive to negative or vice versa The last button allows the user to rotate the image Note This option may not be available at all installations All image manipulations will create a new copy of the source image with the following names Autocrop creates a file filename _acrop len x mirror creates a file filename _xmir len y mirror creates a file filename _ymir len invert creates a file filename_inv len rotate creates a file filename_rot len a l3 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 1 1 Setup a job step by step 1 Load Image s 2 Set the plate size 3 Place the image s 4 Set the engraving parameter 5 Save the job 6 Start the job The next chapters will explain this in detail 14 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program 2 2 The menu bar Below the title there is the menu bar It gives you the following items File Options Windows Hel
84. sNT Version V3 1 iof x PlatePrep will be connected only to a SUN CDI 146 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide Then you get this E Setup for GrapholasNT Version 3 1 D 127 0 0 1 Here we create jobs for a WINDOWS NT based CDI When a job has been created it will be send to the Job Queue of the Gravurd Server of the WINDOWS NT based CDI There on the WINDOWS NT based CDI you can see the job in the Expose job list In order to this we have to specify the ip address in the above window E Setup for GrapholasNT Yersion 3 1 e La n Now click on Next and you will be asked for the default circumference and the maximum plate width of this machine sags Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide Ei Setup for GrapholasNT Version 3 1 1085 0 The last window asks you to logout and login again Query login On the WINDOWS NT based CDI you have to run c bsl setup exe and configure it so that the machine uses a PlatePrep station On the PlatePrep start the Merge program Get the license key Setup the drive table of the merger using the guinet tool You should be able now to load an image and see a list of plates in the Plate Tab 6 5 2 Prepare jobs for a SUN CDI Select the 2nd option Setup for GrapholasNT Version 3 1 And you will get the follow
85. similar to this 136 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide FTP Service Properties for hydra Service Messages Directones Logging m Chiles Home gt Remove Edit Properties Directory Listing Style UNI amp MS DOS 0K Cancel Apply Help 137 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide 6 3 6 Service Pack Install the service pack SP3 or higher from the Grapholas CD folder redist Uncheck the uninstall directory option continue Service pack does reboot automatically Note When you do not follow the install sequence say you have found a pre installed WINDOWS NT based OS but missing RAS or FTP you have to re install the service pack again 6 4 Grapholas installation 6 4 1 Java Runtime Environment and Perl from Grapholas CD run redist setup bat This will install JRE and Perl use default settings for both packages Note These packages should be installed as administrator otherwise the package installer cannot modify the system search path This typically renders the Perl package non usable unless C Perl bin is added to PATH This causes the Boot Grapholas Hardware start to fail early without visible warning 6 4 2 Additional components Add the graphic adapter now 6 4 3 Grapholas software Add directory if not found C users Adda new user with start programs A
86. solid graphite to absorb laser radiation Vacuum system The photo polymer plate is held on the drum with a vacuum inside the drum 164 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 7 Glossary The vacuum system is an electronic which controls the vacuum pump and sensors Vacuum control panel This is a panel located at the left side of the CDI It is used to start and stop the vacuum system The test button triggers a test sequence to check if the vacuum pressure is stable Only when the test was successful the vacuum interlock will be released Job queue A list of jobs which have been send to the server program This list is showed in the job control sub window of the expose program Jobs been sent first will be on top of the list Laser A source of concentrated parallel light The CDI uses a YAG laser with 1060 nm wavelength This is well in the infrared part of the spectrum so the YAG laser light is invisible In the CDI an output power of up to 30 Watt is achieved at the drum surface 165
87. the PlatPrep plate in the merger and cut this image If you now open that file in the viewer the file is the original one so not the cutted image you created Q Is it possible to see the result of the cutted image in the viewer A No right now the software is not able to give you that preview Same effect you will have if you do an overlap of two different len files You will not be able to see your overlap in the viewer So you have to rely on the little GIF file you see on your plate The only way to see it in your viewer is create a total len file of your plate and open that one in the viewer Of course you lose time and if you notice a mistake on that result you have to start all over again The reason why the adapted file is not updated immediately is quite clear every time you adapt a single number of a cut or a overlap the system should create and update at all time the len files and of course this will result in huge waiting times So the effect will take place at the moment you create the big len file Q Is it possible to produce twice the same plate on the CDI without re sending the job from the PlatePrep to the SUN A Yes it is Normally the parameter file the big len file will disappear after exposing the plate on the CDI Reason your file is already saved on the PlatePrep so you don t want to have this file twice on the system once on the PlatePrep and once on the SUN So it is normal that your file wi
88. the file names text entry This is useful when you have a very long list of files and you know that the files belonging to the job which you have to set up next starts e g with 101807 _cdi_ sport the you just type that in the file names entry and you will only get files starting with this string U Load Image JY Move 101807_cdi_sport 25 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program If there are more images you want to load select them too while holding the CTRL key See the next image Ey Load Image EU le El fez bra E Iv imove 101807 cdi sport k le igisi cdi sport m len 101807_cdi_sport_m len Please note just the last selected files size will be shown and its name will show in the filename text entry field In case of a ftp host you can select if the files are moved default or copied Finally you can click on OK to close the file handler and return your choice to the merger In case of a ftp host you will be asked with another instance of the file handler to select a target directory on your local hard disk 26 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program a E fez 5 7 Match Case M move e Folder Enter Rlename HEEE _Ok Cante Just select a local destination directory and click on OK In case of a file which is on your local disk it w
89. this option it is required to have a valid etc mo dev file The default file is just ok to have access to the CDROM For all systems with an attached CDROM drive this option should be enabled Machine with TwinBeam electronics This option MUST BE enabled for all CDI systems with the Landwehr electronics PLL Type This setting HAVE TO match the current PLL setting In most cases this is 360000 Enable power interpolation for sleeves and big formats As this query suggests already this option should be enabled for sleeve systems and those with a big drum This enables interpolation of POWER and SEPARATION settings 155 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide Access to Grapholas PlatePrep This option enables access and subconfiguration for an additional PlatePrep system Delete old FTP settings This will delete any old ftp entries to configure those from scratch When you say NO the default the ftp configuration is NOT changed and you have to edit par menu srcs manually as flexo The following configuration will loop until an IP address of QUIT is entered NO will also quit TP address of your PlatePrep system This is a dotted quad IP address of the PlatePrep system The entry will be checked by pinging the address Visible Name of the PlatePrep system This is the local name for that specified ftp source This name is used to SELECT that ftp source AND
90. topolymer plates These plates have to be unexposed except back exposure Plates vary in thickness and some plate characteristics like hardness Plates of different thickness will be engraved at different speed settings for the CDI Focus head The part of the CDI which carries the focus lens system is called the Focus head It is movable and will be positioned by a motor controlled by the CDI s system computer The Focus head moves closer and further away from the drum to compensate for different plate thickness Engraving carriage engraving head This part of the CDI carries the focus head and will move in across direction left and right While engraving this carriage will move from left to right so that the image is written line by line A line per rotation of the drum Drum The drum is the part of the CDI which holds the plate It is designed so that a vacuum inside the drum holds the plate The four sides of the plate have to be fixed with tape to increase holding strength Perimeter The perimeter is the value for the circumference of the drum that will make sure that the plate s vertical circumferential size is not distorted In other words with this value for the circumference of the drum 1m in the image will be 1m on the plate when it lays flat on e g the light table It is most important to use the same value for the Fastrip and for the circumference of the drum in the merge and expose program Beam dump A block of
91. toward the plate Fr fall Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version v3 2 File Options Windows Help a Roller Window Roller Plate Frame Lenrile Repeat Actual Image Advance 101807_cai_dame_c len 0 012 Image Width Image Height 433 203 mm 458 161 mm X Position Y Position invalid mm invalid mm D Overlay Up Dawn Set Position As soon as the dragged image crosses the border of the plate it changes its size to its real 34 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program proportion in relation of the plate s size 403 fall Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version V3 2 File Options Windows Help a Roller Window x Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Actual Image Advance 1 01807_cdi_dame_c len 0 012 Image Width Image Height 433 203 mm 458 161 mm X Position Y Position invalid mm invalid mm E Overlay Up Dawn Bet Position When you have moved the image to its target position you have to release the left mouse key 35 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program and then the image will be displayed on the plate a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 OF Xx File Options Windows Help a Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Actual Image Advance 101807_cdi_d
92. tries each one will be accessible as barco NAME within file manager A single server disk entry will be NAME for compatibility Ok to configure the network settings made Rejecting this query will ABORT netconf discarding any changes Otherwise all necessary configuration files will be updated to reflect the current settings The list of changed files are etc nodename etc hostname etc inet hosts etc defaultrouter etc vfstab For etc inet hosts and etc vfstab the previous state of that file is backed up as etc inet hosts resp etc vfstab All other files are edited deleted without backups they contain one line configurations only The network layer will be restarted with the current settings made and should be available without rebooting 6 7 4 IP_Address of PlatePrep station has changed In case that the ip address of the PlatePrep station has changed edit the file par menu srcs and check these two lines disk plateprep ftp ip_address d files sun where ip_address is the ip_address of the PlatePrep station If you do not have a subdir like sun it is sufficient to enter plateprep ftp tp_address save this file Now start the menu program and select as the source drive the plateprep drive 159 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 6 Installation Guide Prepare a job on the PlatePrep station and see if you can load and engrave it 6 8 Workflo
93. w changes for operation PlatePrep with SUN CDI When you are working in such a configuration you have to be aware about some things Because of the update of the SUN Station which you have to do because of the PlatePrep you have to change the manner of working Even if you still prefer working on the old way means ripping on FastRip C and prepare the plate on the SUN even then you need to change some settings Let s start on the PlatePrep You start defining your plate types in the tab sheet PLATE on the WINDOWS station in PlatePrep You have the type of plate the thickness the power and the speed of the drum These values are known or kept on a paper by the customer Define all plates you need in this tab sheet e g DPS45 DPH67 DPU 100 The first time you transfer a certain job from the PlatePrep to the SUN this information plate list will be copied automatically Before workflow without PlatePrep every plate type had a certain focus offset which was very important for the focus of the laser to the plate We had to do this focus search for every plate type Now this has been changed also when you work in a new configuration means MERGE and EXPOSE are on WINDOWS station we just need ONE focus offset Because of the thickness of the plate the speed and power we have enough information to calculate automatically the correct focus offset for each plate Practically Do a focus search while defining a certa
94. w x Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Actual Image Advance f101807_cai_dame_c len 0 012 Image Width Image Height 433 203 mm 458 161 mm X Position Y Position invalid mm invalid mm r Overlay Up BEYAT Bet Position You will see the image on the toolbar as a black and blue rectangular tile with a hourglass in it This hourglass tells you that the computer is working in the background to read your image and create a downscaled thumbnail representation of it As soon as the thumbnail image is created the tile will be replaced by the image Just if images 232 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program is chosen in the windows menu When the image is loaded and the gif image is created the merger will look like this a Copyright 2000 Baasel Scheel Lasergraphics GmbH Itzehoe Germany Version 3 2 oj x File Options Windows Help a Roller Window Roller Plate Frame LenFile Repeat Actual Image Advance 1 01807_cdi_dame_c len 0 012 Image Width Image Height 433 203 mm 458 161 mm X Position Y Position invalid mm invalid mm l Overlay UF BEYT GetPosition As soon as there is an image loaded to the toolbar you can start to place it onto the plate To do so move the mouse over the image on the toolbar and hold the left mouse key 33 Grapholas PlatePrep 4 0 SECTION 2 The Merge Program Now start to move the image

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