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1. SO41315 Enhanced Matte 720 1440 Epson Enhanced Matte HEDS2 SP4000 VSD Paper SO41725 Mitsu PRN Newsprint 720 Mitsubishi Newsprint HEDS2 SP4000 VSD Premium Glossy 250g 720 1440 Epson Premium Glossy HEDS2 SP4000 VSD Photo Paper 250g SO41315 Premium Luster 250g 720 Epson Premium Luster HEDS2 SP4000 VSD t D 250g SemiMatte Proof 720 1440 Epson Proofing Paper Semi HEDS2 SP4000 VSD Matte SO41724 AG45121 Rev 8 Table 3 1 Epson VSD ProofReady profiles Continued ProofReady Profile Paper part no Screening Device name SWOP cert SemiMatte Proof Epson Proofing Paper Semi HEDS2 SP4000 VSD See Notes on the profiles on page 29 below Matte SO41724 Epson 5500 Archival Matte 720 Epson Archival Matte Paper SO41339 HDS Super Fine SP5500 VSDbi Premium SemiGloss 720 Epson Premium Semigloss HDS Super Fine SP5500 VSDbi Photo Paper SO41327 Pro Glossy 720 Epson Professional Glossy HDS Super Fine SP5500 VSDbi Paper 5041430 Archival Matte 720 1440 Epson Archival Matte Paper HEDS2 SP5500 VSD 5041540 Premium SemiGloss 720 1440 Epson Premium SemiGloss HEDS2 SP5500 VSD Photo Paper S041328 Pro Glossy 720 1440 Epson Professional Glossy HEDS2 SP5500 VSD Paper SO41457 Epson 7600 Ucm Enhanced Matte 2880 Epson Enhanced Matte HEDS1 SP7600 Paper S041595 Ucm Premium Glossy 250g 2880 Epson Premium Glossy
2. Depending on which paper you are proofing for select the correct profile from the ProofReady list If the correct paper type is not listed you will need to create your own color profile as described in Creating ColorPro profiles on page 40 See Chapter 3 ProofReady Profiles for a list of the ProofReady profiles supplied with the Epson plu gin The following imaging options should be left at their default settings Resolution Automatically set by the device Style Automatically set by the device Color Automatically set by the ProofReady profile Calibration Automatically set by the ProofReady profile For optimum results you should choose a calibration set generated for your printer rather than for a reference printer See also Calibrating the printer on page 35 Tone curves Automatically set by the ProofReady profile Halftone screen selection is automatically set by the chosen ProofReady profile Or it can be selected manually through the Separations Manager by changing the Dot shape option in the style sheet for something else Be aware however that ProofReady profiles are cre ated for a specific screening method and that changing it may result in unsatisfactory results Click Page Layout to open the Page Layout dialog and use the options that are available to set your media size and page layout settings It is important to match the printer settings as set on the printer control panel with the setting
3. Extras OK Cancel x Figure 1 5 Setting the printer buffer size in the RIP See also Appendix 8 Memory Requirements for more information on the specific memory requirements of the plugin 1 8 Related documentation For more details about the printer you are using see the manufacturer s documentation sup plied with the printer or the relevant product support section of the manufacturer s web site For more information on installing the Harlequin RIP see the Harlequin RIP Installation Manual For more information about the RIP see the RIPMate User Guide For more information about Harlequin ColorPro see the Harlequin ColorPro User s Guide AG45121 Rev 8 Chapter 2 Output Devices The Epson VSD printer plugin adds several new output devices to the RIP Select the device you wish to use in your page setup and the RIP will process jobs for the Epson VSD printer plugin using the correct device settings for ink media type and output quality 2 1 Epson output devices Table 2 1 lists the Harlequin RIP output devices that are available in the page setup area ofthe RIP after installing the Epson VSD printer plugin Device Usage SP2200 Roll Produces output for roll fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP2200 Sheet Produces output for sheet fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP2200 VSD Roll Produces
4. However in the Page Layout dialog box of some versions of the RIP only the Top Margin TM is editable with a default value of 0 00 inches If these default settings are applied the job will be located at the top left of the sheet To prevent this the Top AG45121 Rev 8 33 34 Margin TM is applied as the Bottom Margin BM If your version of the RIP needs to swap these values a message con firming this is displayed in the RIP monitor window If you increase the Bottom Margin BM on a sheet fed device space cannot be added to the bottom of the page This means that the space available on the sheet is reduced 4 2 2 Page media and paper size In the context ofthe Epson page layout options page size refers to the dimensions of the frame within which text and images are printed and media size refers to the dimensions of the paper loaded into the printer Epson on the other hand use the term paper size when talking about media size To print unclipped pages the page size must not exceed the media paper size Most jobs specify their own page size so setting the page size options is often not necessary Exceptions include EPS files and font proofs Depending on which device is selected roll or sheet some of the sizing options will not be available if they are not relevant 4 2 3 Transverse paper All the standard paper sizes are available as transverse paper sizes in which the dimensions of the paper have been rev
5. Note When creating multiple copies of a file the same page buffer provides tag information If a template contains dynamic tags such as lt time gt where the value changes each time that a page buffer file is output then multiple copies of the file are created If the template contains just static tags such as lt jobname gt where the job name remains constant then a single output file is created because previous files are overwritten AG45121 Rev 8 45 46 lt colorant gt This tag includes the color space of the device in the file name string For example the template lt colorant gt lt dot gt ep produces a file name of the form PhotoInk epf fora device using a Photolnk color space lt colorname gt The tag lt colorname gt can be used to include the name of the separation in a file name for example Cyan You can include just the first letter of the separation by using the tag lt 1colorname gt which truncates the separation name to its first letter If a composite style is used this is indicated by the string Composite If a monochrome style is used this is indicated by the string Gray lt date gt The template lt date gt lt dot gt epf produces the file name 20070310 epf You can remove the year information by using the tag lt 4date gt to produce the file name 0310 epf lt dos gt The use of this tag verifies that the file name is suitable for use in a DOS operating sys tem Illegal characters suc
6. 0 1 9 2 0 1 9 2 0 0 0 Key N A Indicates that the Printer Microweave option is not avail able at that particular resolution There are no additional requirements when using the Printer Microweave option as indicated by the 0 0 entries The following table lists the HEDS2 requirements Table 2 Memory requirements for HEDS2 HEDS2 Print Quality Resolution eese Microweave Fest Microweave nee Epson Stylus Pro 2200 360 dpi 0 5 0 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 N A 720 dpi 1 9 1 1 3 8 1 1 3 8 1 1 N A AG45121 Rev 8 Table 2 Memory requirements for HEDS2 HEDS2 Print Quality Resolution sgigroweave Microweave Fest Microweave nee 1440 dpi 3 8 1 1 3 8 1 1 3 8 1 1 N A 2880 dpi 15 2 3 9 15 2 3 9 15 2 3 9 N A Epson Stylus Pro 4000 360 dpi 0 9 0 6 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 720 dpi 3 6 1 9 3 6 1 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 1440 dpi 7 1 1 9 7 1 1 9 7 1 1 9 0 0 Epson Stylus Pro 5500 720 dpi 1 7 0 5 1 7 0 5 1 7 0 5 N A 1440 dpi 3 3 1 0 3 3 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 2880 dpi 6 6 1 9 6 6 1 9 6 6 1 9 N A Epson Stylus Pro 7600 9600 360 dpi 0 5 0 4 0 5 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 720 dpi 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 6 0 0 1440 dpi 3 9 1 1 3 9 1 1 3 9 1 1 0 0 Epson Stylus Pro 10000 10600 360 dpi 0 8 0 6 0 8 0 3 0 8 0 3 0 0 720 dpi 3 1 1 7 3 1 1 7 3 1 1 7 0 0 1440 dpi 6 1 1 7 6 1 1 7 6 1 1 7 0 0 AG45121 Rev 8 59 60 AG45121 Rev 8 Appendix 9 Troubleshoot
7. 9600 Options include UltraChrome PhotoK Lightk UltraChrome MatteK Lightk and UltraChrome MatteK 2 which correspond to the three black ink modes available when using an UltraChrome ink set with this device Photo Black mode optimized for photographic and ink jet coated media types Matte Black mode optimized for matte or plain media where quality is favored over print speed If your printer is one that provides a choice of ink type the type or combination your printer is using should be selected in the Ink Type menu from one of Dye ink Photographic Dye Archival pigment ink 16 Archival ColorFast AG45121 Rev UltraChrome ink UltraChrome using the default or only variation The default unless otherwise stated is Photo Black for single black devices Photo Black with Light Black for dual black devices UltraChrome UltraChrome using Photo Black with Light Black PhotoK LightK UltraChrome UltraChrome using Matte Black with Light Black MatteK LightK UltraChrome MatteK 2 UltraChrome using 2 Matte Blacks UltraChrome PhotoK UltraChrome using Photo Black on its own UltraChrome MatteK UltraChrome using Matte Black on its own The exact list of options is device dependent see Setting device options on page 13 for more information ProofReady profiles supplied by Global Graphics use a prefix to the profile name to differenti ate for print
8. Creating an ICC profile and installing in the RIP on page 37 for further information on creating ICC profiles Creating your own color setup allows you to specify the input profiles as well as other color setup options Follow these steps to create a color setup 1 Choose the menu option Color gt Color Setup Manager 2 Choose the device for which you want to create this color setup from the Device menu For example choose SP VSD Roll 3 Click New ColorPro Setup 4 Inthe New Color Setup dialog box choose the options for the color setup you are creat ing For example choose 3M Matchprint for the CMYK input profile and sRGB for the RGB input profile and then choose Premium Glossy 250g 1440 as the output profile 5 Choose Default Perceptual from the Output Rendering Intents menu 6 Set the remaining options as desired For details of these options see the Harlequin ColorPro User s Guide 7 Click Save As to save this color setup 8 Enter a name for the color setup in the Save As text box in the Save Setup dialog box Click Save and then OK to close the Color Setup Manager You may now use this color setup in a page setup AG45121 Rev 8 AG45121 Rev 8 4I 42 AG45121 Rev 8 Appendix 6 Output File Naming Using text and tags you can automatically generate an output file name from the job name job details such as colorant information and resolution or date and time information The tags are entered
9. Glossy Photo Paper HDS Super Fine Dye Pres Matte 720 SP10000 VSDbi Epson Presentation Matte HDS Super Fine Dye Semigloss 720 SP10000 VSDbi Epson Semigloss Photo Paper HDS Super Fine Epson 10600 Arc Enhanced Matte 720 1440 Epson Enhanced Matte HEDS2 SP10600 VSD Paper S041595 Arc Prem SemiGloss 720 1440 Epson Premium SemiGloss HEDS2 SP10600 VSD Photo Paper S041393 Arc Premium Glossy 720 1440 Epson Premium Glossy HEDS2 SP10600 VSD Photo Paper S041390 Dye Glossy Paper Hvy 720 1440 Epson Glossy Paper Heavy HEDS2 SP10600 VSD Weight S041291 Dye Pres Matte 720 1440 Epson Presentation Matte HEDS2 SP10600 VSD Paper SO41295 Dye SemiGloss Hvy 720 1440 Epson SemiGloss Paper HEDS2 SP10600 VSD Heavy Weight S041292 Ucm Enhanced Matte 720 1440 Epson Enhanced Matte HEDS2 SP10600 VSD Paper S041595 Ucm Glossy Photo Wt 720 1440 Epson Glossy Paper Photo HEDS2 SP10600 VSD Weight S041388 Ucm SemiMatte Proof 720 1440 Epson SemiMatte Proofing HEDS2 SP10600 VSD Paper S041658 AG45121 Rev 8 3 2 Notes on the profiles The following notes are applicable for the Epson VSD profiles e The swop cert SemiMatte Proof profile for the Epson 4000 is based upon the SWOP CGATS TRO01 data set and was made by measuring the IT8 color target over a black background since this is how the CGATS TRO001 data set was prepared For this rea
10. HDS Super Fine SP7600 os an 250 Ucm Glossy Photo Wt 2880 Epson Glossy Paper Photo HEDS1 SP7600 Weight S041388 Ucm SemiMatte Proof 2880 Epson SemiMatte Proofing HEDS1 SP7600 AG45121 Rev Paper S041658 25 26 Table 3 1 Epson VSD ProofReady profiles Continued oral prone Paper part no Screening Device name Dye Glossy Paper Hvy 720 Epson Glossy Hvy Wt HEDS2 SP7600 VSD AJ Dye Pres Matte 720 Epson Presentation Matte HEDS2 SP7600 VSD 8041295 Dye SemiGloss Hvy 720 Epson Semi Gloss Hy Wt HEDS2 SP7600 VSD 5041292 Ucm Enhanced Matte 720 1440 Epson Enhanced Matte HEDS2 SP7600 VSD Paper 8041595 Ucm Glossy Photo Wt 720 Epson Glossy Paper Photo HEDS2 SP7600 VSD Weight S041388 Ucm Premium Glossy 250g 720 1440 Epson Premium Glossy HEDS2 SP7600 VSD 1 a eu 250 Ucm SemiMatte Proof 720 1440 Epson SemiMatte Proofing HEDS2 SP7600 VSD Paper S041658 Epson 9600 Ucm Enhanced Matte 2880 Epson Enhanced Matte HEDS1 SP9600 Paper S041595 Ucm Glossy Photo Wt 2880 Epson Glossy Paper Photo HEDS1 SP9600 Weight S041388 Ucm Premium Glossy 250g 2880 Epson Premium Glossy HDS Super Fine SP9600 er Ss CW Ucm SemiMatte Proof 2880 Epson SemiMatte Proofing HEDS1 SP9600 Paper S041658 Dye Glossy Paper Hvy 720 Epson Glossy Hvy Wt HEDS2 5041291 SP9600 VSD AG45121 Rev 8 Table 3 1 Epson VSD ProofReady
11. an ICC profile and installing in the RIP Creating an ICC profile and installing it in the RIP consists of 1 Creating a suitable page setup on page 38 2 Printing and measuring an ICC target on page 39 3 Install the ICC profile in your RIP on page 39 5 3 Creating a suitable page setup To process the ICC profiling targets and output them to a printer you will need to create a page setup which uses the correct printer model media type ink and output quality as described in Chapter 4 Creating Page Setups The page setup must not have any color management or calibration options selected these should be set to None or No color management as applicable Or if you have created a Golden State profile for the printer using Global Graph AG45121 Rev 8 37 38 ics SetGold utility for example you may select the profile and use it as a suitable reference state for the printer See Chapter 5 Configuring Output Formats in the RIPMate User Guide for more information about creating page setups Note to OEMs The SetGold utility can be used to create a suitable reference state calibration profile See the SetGold User Guide for details Alternatively you can manually create a linearization profile by referring to the manual Harlequin Profiles and Calibration Having created a suitable page setup use it to print the ICC profiling target and measure it using an appropriate software package The exact pro
12. for a Linux operating system ntel Pentium 4 1 GHz or equivalent e Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v4 0 or v5 0 Note For each of these platforms configure the Harlequin RIP with at least 4 MB RAM for the printer buffer and 24 MB RAM for the system See Allocating additional memory to the RIP on page 9 for details of how to do this 1 2 4 Memory and disk space requirements The following minimum system requirements are needed to run the Epson plugin successfully 128 MB RAM e 1 GB disk space additional space may be required for large format or high resolution output e For large format or high resolution jobs in the Configure RIP dialog box increase the Printer buffer setting to at least 20000 KB and Disk space left for system to 20 MB AG45121 Rev For a precise method of determining the amount of memory required by the RIP when process ing jobs for the Epson see Appendix 8 Memory Requirements 1 2 5 Supported RIPs The Epson plugin has been approved for use with the following RIPs e Harlequin RIP v7 2 Genesis Release Harlequin RIP v8 0 Release 1 2 6 Optional items Depending on how you want to process your print jobs the following optional items may also be needed e Harlequin ColorPro required for Harlequin RIP ProofReady color management technology HEDS HEDSI and or HEDS2 required for Harlequin Error Diffusion Screening HEDS technology HDS or HDS Light screens require
13. output for roll fed paper using varying sized ink dots SP2200 VSD Sheet Produces output for sheet fed paper using varying sized ink dots SP4000 Roll Produces output for roll fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP4000 Sheet Produces output for sheet fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP4000 VSD Roll Produces output for roll fed paper using varying sized ink dots SP4000 VSD Sheet Produces output for sheet fed paper using varying sized ink dots AG45121 Rev Table 2 1 Epson VSD devices 11 12 Device Usage SP7600 Roll Produces output for roll fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP7600 Sheet Produces output for sheet fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP7600 VSD Roll Produces output for roll fed paper using varying sized ink dots SP7600 VSD Sheet Produces output for sheet fed paper using varying sized ink dots SP9600 Roll Produces output for roll fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP9600 Sheet Produces output for sheet fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP9600 VSD Roll Produces output for roll fed paper using varying sized ink dots SP9600 VSD Sheet Produces output for sheet f
14. output quality you need to calibrate the printer so that it responds in the same way as the reference printer The adjustments needed to correct the user printer so that it matches the reference printer are defined in a calibration set The supplied calibration profiles are distinguished from user generated calibration sets by being enclosed in parentheses like these 5 1 1 Print and measure an initial target 1 Create a page setup in the Harlequin RIP with the following options Device select the correct device ProofReady select None Calibration select the paper resolution type AG45121 Rev 8 35 36 In the Harlequin RIP click Output gt Print Calibration to open the Print Calibration win dow From the list choose your page setup then click Print uncalibrated target Measure the printed target with Genlin or your preferred calibration program Genlin is installed with the Harlequin RIP and is described in the R PMate User Guide In the Harlequin RIP click Output gt Calibration Manager to open the Calibration Dot Gain Manager In the Manager click Device and select the correct device then click New to open the Edit uncalibrated target for window In Edit uncalibrated target for click Profile and select the correct paper resolution type All other options should be left at their default settings ensure Force solid colors remains unchecked In the Name field enter an appropriate name for the init
15. page buffer name such as 1 2 and so on lt prefixonly gt You can use this tag to include the characters from the prefix before the full stop in the job name that is the prefix not including the dot and space characters lt time gt The time when the job is processed in the 24 hour format HHMMsS unless a truncated form is specified lt unique gt A unique sequence number used to make file names unique when output ting files to a directory lt xres gt The horizontal resolution of the page as specified in the page setup lt yres gt The vertical resolution of the page as specified in the page setup Table 6 1 Output file name tags 6 2 Checking tags The plugin always checks the legality of an automatically generated file name against the requirements of the operating system on which the RIP and the plugin are running AG45121 Rev 8 To enable portability of files from one operating system to another you can also use tags to specify the operating system for which generated file names must be suitable The use of these tags changes the rules by which a file name is deemed valid The tags do not modify the file names generated but cause error messages if the file name is invalid See File naming messages on page 70 for more information on file naming messages For example you can create the template lt dos gt Averylongfilename epf but an error is gen erated This e
16. path and the file name is too long for the target platform For example in Windows operating systems the full path name must not exceed 259 characters To prevent this error examine the number of characters in the Browse folders file path for example C H055 RIP FILES and create a template in which the combined length of the file path and the file name do not exceed the limit for the platform folder name path was not supplied This message appears when the file path is not specified in the Browse Folders text box within the Epson Configuration dialog box To prevent this error provide a valid file path Unknown tag found in template This message appears when an unknown tag is found in the template This is most likely due to a spelling error Template contains an incomplete tag This message occurs when the opening and closing brackets of a tag are missing that is lt or gt is missing Filename Template resulted in a null filename This message occurs when the template only contain characters that are not allowed in file name on the relevant platform AG45121 Rev Tag delimiter mismatch in template This message appears when a tag delimiter either lt or gt is missing from a tag Check that all the tags have both delimiters An extension is required but not found This message appears when a file extension is expected but is not specified in the tem plate For example if using the lt dot gt tag a file
17. prevent these errors All messages are prefixed with the text File name generation error AG45121 Rev 8 69 70 Filename too long for target platform This message appears when the combined file name stem and extension are too long for the target platform For example the combined length of the file name stem and extension must not exceed 255 characters on a Windows platform or 31 characters on a Macintosh platform To prevent this error use truncated tags as shown in the example for the lt dos gt tag in Examples of tag usage on page 45 File stem too long for target platform This message appears when the file name stem is too long for the target platform To pre vent this error restrict the length of the stem by reducing the fixed text or by using trun cated tags The example for the lt dos gt tag in Examples of tag usage on page 45 demonstrates truncation Extension too long for target platform This message appears when the file name extension is too long for the target platform For example file names in UNIX are not considered to have a separate file name extension If using the lt dot gt tag in conjunction with the lt unix gt tag this error would be generated To prevent this error create a template such as lt unix gt lt jobname gt epf rather than using the lt dot gt tag Full pathname too long for target platform The This message appears when the full path name combination of the file
18. region This warning is rare and only appears when an image smaller than the unprintable area 1s positioned at the edge of the media so that it is completely clipped In this case the job is processed but the output page will be blank Resolution changed to N x N This message confirms that the square resolution setting in the Page Setup dialog box has been changed to a N x N mixed resolution Page Layout media size is less than the Configure Device paper size clipping may occur This message can appear 1f you create a page setup that uses a custom paper size and you edit the page setup so that it uses a larger standard paper size If this is the case clipping may occur because the media values in the Page Layout dialog used for the custom paper size are still associated with this page setup and in this instance they specify the maximum paper size You can either change the media values in the Page Layout dialog box so that they are larger than the paper size chosen in the Configure Device dialog box or you can create a completely new page setup Image width too large for device clipping may occur Image height too large for devices These messages can occur when limits on the movement of the head prevent the printer from using the entire printable area of the media AG45121 Rev 8 Failed to allocate buffers for swathes N Kb If this message occurs try increasing both the Minimum memory left for system and the Memory for the R
19. resubmitting the job The selected ink type is incorrect for this printer This message can occur when the job or associated profiles are for a different ink type to that installed in the printer You should ensure that the Calibration and Color profiles used in your page setup are for the ink type installed in your printer Photographic Dye versus Archival or that you are using the correct UltraChrome Black Photo Black versus Matte Black You should also check that the Ink type as chosen in the Configure Device dialog is correct oo oo HE Error Inking regime name is not a dictionary Each inking regime name should be associated with a value comprising a PostScript lan guage dictionary oo oe Error Inking regime lt name gt has not been defined This message appears when the inking regime information necessary for the particular ink screening inking regime and resolution combination is missing Check that you are using a supported combination Warning ink type not recognized and will not be verified This message appears when the ink type information associated with a job has not been recognized In such cases the plugin cannot verify whether the printer is using the ink type required by the job Printer communication failed error details Unable to connect to printer error details The text and numbers in parentheses varies depending on the reason why the RIP cannot connect to the p
20. setup once a device that supports them has been selected and the Harlequin ColorPro plugin has been enabled in RIP Extras as described in Enabling the printer plugin on page 6 For details on configuring a page setup to output to the Epson printer see Chapter 4 Creating Page Setups Edit Page Setup Default Page Setup E x Output Device r Resolution Device SP4800 VSD Roll x 4 Vertical 1200 0 Units Configure device Horizontal 1200 0 x dp Z ProofReady ProofReady iPhoto SemiGlo V Override resolution in job profiles list ss 720 v r Senaratinns Sereenina amp Calas nr Pranessinn Figure 3 1 Page Setup dialog shown location of ProofReady profiles Table 3 1 lists the ProofReady profiles supplied with the Epson VSD plugin and shows the screening method used to create each profile AG45121 Rev 8 23 24 Table 3 1 Epson VSD ProofReady profiles ProofReady Profile A Device name Paper part no Screening Epson 2200 Premium Glossy 720 1440 Premium Gloss 5041286 HEDS2 SP2200 VSD Premium SemiGloss 720 1440 Premium Semi Gloss HEDS2 SP2200 VSD 8041331 MkLk Enhanced Matte 720 1440 Enhanced Matte 8041341 HEDS2 SP2200 VSD Epson 4000 Enhanced Matte 360 SP4000 Epson Enhanced Matte Paper SO41725 HDS Super Fine Premium Glossy 250g 2880 SP4000 Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper 250g HDS Super Fine
21. type UtraChrome PhotoK K3 m Paper feed adjustment offset Post processing Enable Create window Figure 2 1 The Configure Device dialog The following device processing options are available Output method Used to specify the output method for the job Some output methods for instance LPT1 are only available if the operating system supports it The following options are available File Outputs to the disk location that is specified in File Output using the file template options if any that are specified in File template This is the default output method for the plugin Network Outputs to the printer whose IP address and port number are specified in the Network Output settings The printer must be fitted with a suitable network interface card NIC for this option to work LPT1 Windows only Outputs to the printer attached to the parallel port on the RIP machine USB lt printer model gt Outputs to the printer which is connected via USB to the RIP machine Where printer model is the model name returned by the printer Note that a printer will only appear when the host USB subsystem has acknowledged its presence AG45121 Rev SPL lt printer name gt Where lt printer name gt is the name by which the printer is known to Windows The plugin outputs data via the Windows printer spooler offering the possibility of outputting to con nection methods not directly supported by the pl
22. using the example figures is 144 4 20 164 4 MB or approximately 169000 Kbytes Enter the figure of 169000 in the Printer buffer box ofthe Configure RIP dialog as shown Figure 8 1 Configure RIP x Workspace folder C Program FileskHarlequinRIP 8 0 Generic Sw workSpace Change Page buffer folder C Program FilessHarlequinRIP 8 0 Generic Sw PageBuffersN Change Page buffering Multiple Parallel IV Compress page buffer Network buffer 54 Kb Printer buffer 69000 Kb Job timeout 6000 minutes Configure threads Per processor core x Options Extras Cancel Figure 8 1 The Configure RIP dialog To calculate the minimum memory left for system overhead Minimum memory left for system overhead Page width in inches x minimum memory left factor Example Page width 17 inches Minimum memory left factor 2 2 Minimum memory left for system overhead 17 x 2 2 37 4 MB To calculate the total minimum memory left for system required by the RIP Total minimum memory left for system Minimum memory left for system overhead Minimum memory left for system base recommendation The base recommendation value for the printer buffer is 30 MB so the total printer buffer using the example figures is 37 4 30 67 4 MB or approximately 69000 Kbytes AG45121 Rev 8 7 Enter the figure of 69000 in the Minimum memory left for system box of the Configure RIP Options dialog as shown F
23. with your favorite profiling tool and save the profile to a suitable location AG45121 Rev Some hints for obtaining better results Total area coverage For some paper types the total area coverage should be limited This depends on the paper resolution and screening used but a good guide is to limit the coverage to 280 for uncoated papers and to 340 for coated papers Some experimen tation may be required to determine the optimum setting Black generation The presence of black ink in highlights can in some cases be objec tionable and can introduce an unnecessarily grainy appearance to some images Select a setting which images black only in dark regions If it is not clear which settings will image black only in dark regions select the minimum amount of black generation allowed by the ICC profiling package Number of patches Although the number of color patches printed and measured is not always a guide to color quality it is generally true that printing more patches produces better results for any given ICC profiling package 5 3 3 Install the ICC profile in your RIP The ICC profile can be installed using the Install ICC Profile dialog Figure 1 Install ICC Profile BH X Use For ICC Profile Information T Input Profile Named Colors Printer model lt unknown gt Jevice Link Profile i ICC ITS FDGRA gloss I BENE iene Emulation Copyright by Logo GmbH Steinfurt I Device Profile MDT data in
24. 21 Rev 8 1 5 1 Screening plugin compatibility The Epson VSD printer plugin is compatible with the following plugins HEDS1 HEDS2 version 2 1 for 7 x RIPs HEDS v3 for v8 0 and later RIPs 1 5 2 Installing screening plugins HEDS screenin plugins must be installed and enabled in the Harlequin RIP before they can be used Depending on which device you choose to use the plugin uses a default screening method as follows e bit single dot size devices SD HDS Super Fine screening e 2 bit variable dot size devices vSD HEDS 2 screening Other screening methods are possible when using sp devices for example HDS Fine Medium Coarse Super Coarse orHEDS1 To use a different screen requires you to configure the separation style sheet To use any of these screening methods the relevant screening plugin s must be installed and enabled in the Harlequin RIP Failure to do this will cause the RIP to use Euclidean screening instead in the case of 1 bit devices or in the case of 2 bit devices may cause the RIP to freeze or unexpectedly quit The following versions of the screening plugins are compatible with the ProofReady plugin HEDSI and HEDS2 version 2 1 1 or later for 7 x RIPs HEDS v3 for Harlequin v8 0 RIP and later HDS screens are automatically installed with the RIP and just need to be enabled however HEDS1 and HEDS2 must be installed and enabled separately as described in the next section In addi
25. 34 56 You must also tell your supplier the platform for which you require the password or password file The platform is the combination of operating system and processor type For example you might specify Windows NT and Intel processor CPU Once you have a valid password or password file follow the relevant steps AG45121 Rev 8 73 74 Password file Password Copy the password file into the Passwords folder which is a subfolder of the sw folder See the R PMate User Guide for further details Use the File gt Configure RIP menu option to display the Con figure RIP dialog box Click the Extras button in the Config ure RIP dialog box to display the Extras dialog box Select the entry for the device or option that you wish to add and click Add to display the Enable Feature dialog box Enter the pass word given to you by your supplier and click OK AG45121 Rev 8
26. Color Management 7 5j Eee CT Trapping Method None Gare I Enable Feature Calibration amp Dot Gain f Effects Calibration None Tal m Re T Mirrorprint Tone Curves None Control strip Intended Press f None z Rotate 0 Actual Press None z Trim page Cassette amp Page Scaling Cassette Z Vertical 100 00 Kon i 100 00 Imposition None zm e Options PDF Options XPS Options OK k Cancel Figure 4 1 The Page Setup dialog is used to set job imaging options AG45121 Rev 8 31 32 In the Harlequin RIP open the Page Setup Manager by choosing Harlequin RIP gt Page Setup Manager or using the shortcut key CTRL S Click New in the Page Setup Manager to create anew page setup Click Device and choose the Epson device that you wish to use when processing jobs See Chapter 2 Output Devices for details about which devices are available To change any ofthe device settings choose Configure device See Epson output devices on page 11 for a list of Epson devices and their usage In particular the device options should be changed to suit your required output method to add post processing commands if needed and to specify the correct media type and ink type Do not how ever change the Quality setting from Enhanced Microweave when using ProofReady profiles as the profiles were created specifically for this setting
27. IP by the amount shown in the brackets On a PC platform both of these options are in the Configure RIP Options dialog box accessed by choosing Harlequin RIP gt Configure RIP and clicking Options On a Macintosh platform you must use the menu option File gt Get Info to configure the memory for the RIP You can then set the preferred size to your chosen value Failed to allocate buffer for compression swathe Failed to allocate SwatheArray Failed to allocate BandsCache not enough memory If any ofthese messages occurs try increasing the Minimum memory left for system and the Memory for the RIP by multiples of 1 MB On a PC platform both of these options are in the Configure RIP Options dialog box accessed by choosing Harlequin RIP gt Configure RIP and clicking Options Failed to allocate band buffers N Kb not enough memory If this message occurs try increasing both the Minimum memory left for system and the Memory for the RIP by the amount shown in the brackets On a PC platform both of these options are in the Configure RIP Options dialog box accessed by choosing Harlequin RIP gt Configure RIP and clicking Options Alternatively you can increase the Printer buffer by the amount shown in the brackets This option is also within the Configure RIP Options dialog box Print buffer is too small to output this page This message can appear during output To prevent this error use File gt Configure RIP to display the Configu
28. Press and Postpress CIP4 Job Definition Format JDF and the CIP4 logo are trademarks of CIP4 Adobe Adobe Photoshop Adobe Type Manager Acrobat Display PostScript Adobe Illustrator PostScript Distiller and PostScript 3 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries which may be registered in certain jurisdictions Global Graphics Software Ltd is a licensee of Pantone Inc PANTONE Colors generated by ScriptWorks are four color pro cess simulations and may not match PANTONE identified solid color standards Consult current PANTONE Color Publica tions for accurate color PANTONE Hexachrome and PANTONE CALIBRATED are trademarks of Pantone Inc Pantone Inc 1991 Other brand or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders RS a Susy US Government Use Epson StylusPro software is a computer software program developed at private expense and is subject to the following Restricted Rights Legend Use duplica tion or disclosure by the United States Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in i FAR 52 227 14 Alt III or ii FAR 52 227 19 as applicable Use by agencies of the Department of Defense DOD is subject to Global Graphics Software s customary commercial license as contained in the accompanying license agreement in accordance with DFAR 227 7202 1 a For purposes of the FAR the Softwa
29. Printer paper lever released Paper out Wrong paper type or paper type select not complete Printer initializing Paper not cut Printer paper set lever released Printer ink cover open Printer ink lever released Printer is waiting for the ink to dry Paper not straight These messages are relayed directly from the printer and should also appear in the control panel of your printer See the manual for your printer for details on how to respond to these error or status messages AG45121 Rev Unknown error N reported by printer This message appears ifthe RIP is unable to recognize the error reported by the printer A brief error message may appear in the Output Controller Monitor dialog box which may help you diagnose the problem If necessary report the error to your supplier for further details Unable to create file full path name of output file This message informs you that the RIP was unable to create an output file The full path name of the file that it tried to create is specified within the quotation marks Check that the file does not already exist and that the output folder is not read only You must also ensure that enough disk space is available Unable to create file using path full path name of output file and template file name template This message informs you that the RIP was unable to create an output file due to a prob lem with the file path of the output file and the file name template Check th
30. ProofMate ProofReady Plugin for Epson Variable Size Droplet VSD Printers Version 1 2r3 November 2007 AG45121 Rev 8 Copyright and Trademarks ProofReady Plugin for Epson VSD printers Version 1 2r3 Part number HQN EPSONVSD 1 213 Document issue 109 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Global Graphics Software Ltd All rights reserved Certificate of Computer Registration of Computer Software Registration No 2006SR05517 No part ofthis publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means elec tronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Global Graphics Software Ltd The information in this publication is provided for information only and is subject to change without notice Global Graphics Software Ltd and its affiliates assume no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of any information in this publication The software described in this book is furnished under license and may only be used or cop ied in accordance with the terms of that license Harlequin is a registered trademark of Global Graphics Software Ltd The Global Graphics Software logo the Harlequin at Heart Logo Cortex Harlequin RIP Harlequin ColorPro EasyTrap FireWorks FlatOut Harlequin Color Management System HCMS Harlequin Color Production Solutions HCPS Harlequin Color Proofing HCP Harlequin Error Diffusi
31. ace of the device such as PhotoInk lt colorname gt The name ofthe separation such as Cyan lt date gt The date when the job is processed in the format YYYYMMDD unless a trun cated form is specified Table 6 1 Output file name tags AG45121 Rev 8 43 44 Tag Description lt dot gt Separates the stem of the file name from the file extension and appears as a period character in the file name For example stem lt dot gt ext appears as stem ext The use of the lt dot gt tag enables the verification of the stem and extension lengths lt job gt The job number allocated by the RIP Automatic numbering means that successive jobs have incremented job numbers 000 001 002 003 and so on lt jobname gt The page buffer name without the page number prefix and without charac ters illegal to the operating system White space characters are used if present in the job name lt jobnamel gt The page buffer name without the page number prefix and using only alphanumeric characters a z A Z 0 9 White space characters are not used lt jobonly gt This gives the job name without the separation name in brackets For example where lt jobname gt would give myjob PANTONE Reflex Blue cvc lt jobonly gt will give myjob lt page gt The page number allocated by the RIP within the current job For exam ple 002 lt prefix gt The page number prefix from the
32. at all the spec ified directories in the full path name exist and are writable If an earlier error message indicates that an invalid file name template was specified you must enter a valid file name template in the Configure Device dialog box Job output for job name sent on lt date gt lt time gt This message informs you that the RIP has finished sending the job to the printer The job name is specified in quotation marks and is followed by the date and time at which the job was output Job output for job name filename full path name of output file finished on lt date gt lt time gt This message informs you that the RIP has finished creating an output file The job name and the full path name of the output file are specified in quotation marks followed by the date and time at which the output file was closed Job output for job name is aborting Printer will print data that it has already received This message can appear during printer output It is not a separate error only an indica tion of how the RIP and the printer are recovering from an error reported in an earlier message If the RIP aborted due to a problem with the parallel LPT1 connection method you may be prompted to retry or cancel the job If this is the case click Cancel to abort the job and then check that the printer is switched on and connected using the correct cable AG45121 Rev 67 68 Job output for job name is aborting This me
33. ay to view more selection options 3 Use the Choose Install Folder screen to select an installation folder If you wish you can choose a different install folder to the default Click Choose and navigate to the required folder If at any time you wish to restore the default location click Restore Default Folder Click Next to move onto the next stage and install in the desired location 4 On Windows platforms the Choose Shortcut Folder screen allows you to create any icons or Start menu options for the Harlequin RIP When this is done click Next 5 The Pre installation Summary screen allows you to examine your installation choices If required use the Previous button to return to earlier screens and modify your selections otherwise click Install to proceed with the installation AG45121 Rev 8 A warning dialog may be displayed at his point Any products on your system that use the Harlequin License Server should be stopped before continuing with the installation Click Continue to move ahead with the installation Previous versions of the HLS will now be removed The Install Complete screen indicates that the installer has finished If any errors have occurred a message will be displayed Click Done to exit from the installer You can view the details of the errors by opening the xx InstallLog xml file which is located in the instal lation folder 1 4 Installing plugins separately 1 Follow the InstallAnywhere
34. cedure you should use varies from package to package but it is possible to give some general hints Total area coverage For some paper types the total area coverage should be limited This depends on the paper ink type resolution and screening used but a good guide is to limit the coverage for coated media Premium to 280 whereas matte media should be around 320 Some experimentation may be required to determine the optimum setting Number of patches Although the number of color patches printed and measured is not always a guide to color quality it is generally true that printing more patches produces better results for any given ICC profiling package Having created the ICC profile install it using the menu option Color gt Install ICC Profile In the Linear Calibration From menu in the Install ICC Profile dialog box choose either Linear if the page setup you used contained no color management data raw state or The name of the calibration profile or calibration set that you used in the page setup golden state The calibration data is incorporated into the ICC profile when you import it This means you can delete the temporary calibration profile or calibration set once you have imported the ICC profile You can create a color setup using this profile see Creating ColorPro profiles on page 40 for details 5 3 2 Printing and measuring an ICC target Using your page setup print the ICC target and measure it
35. cess ink on some Epson Stylus Pro printers has been removed In this case the current job is sus pended until the printer maintenance tank is replaced Maintenance tank remaining nn Stylus Pro printers have a maintenance tank for collecting waste ink On some of these printers when the tank is 50 full a warning message is issued If the tank becomes too full the printer may stop printing altogether Printer ejects paper before completing a page This behavior is normal after the RIP has detected an error and displayed a warning mes sage Otherwise this behavior is rare but may occur when using a Microsoft Windows platform and a parallel port to drive the printer It may be due to the mode set for the parallel port the printer cable or some interaction between these items Reset the printer before retry ing the same page If the problem persists check the mode set for the port in the com AG45121 Rev puter s BIOS do not use EPP mode particularly if you have a RIP security dongle attached to the same port If the port is also in use for a dongle move the printer to another parallel port Finally try a new bidirectional parallel printer cable Poor or erratic image quality Try to localize the problem If there are any error or warning messages look at their causes and try the associated cures If there are no messages start by printing any test pages available on the printer itself perhaps from a test or diagnostic m
36. cluded Intent Perceptual both directions Intent Relative Colormetric both directions Intent Saturation both directions Preview CMYK i From Linear 7 1 Install Cancel Figure 1 The Install ICC Profile dialog In your RIP select Color gt Install ICC Profile and select the profile you created above that you wish to import In the Install ICC Profile dialog select the following options Device profile Check this option to add a profile for the output device For Device Select from the drop down list the device the ICC profile is to be used for Linear calibration from Select from the drop down list Linear if the page setup con tained no color management data or the name of the Golden state profile used to create the target AG45121 Rev 8 39 The name of the calibration profile or calibration set that you used in the page setup golden state After installing this profile you can use it to create a color setup as described next 5 4 Creating ColorPro profiles The selection of a calibration profile pre Eclipse Release RIPs or a ProofReady profile Eclipse Release or later RIPs automatically includes a default color setup to provide instant color management The color profiles used in the default color setups are also available for the creation of your own color setups Alternatively you could also create a color setup using imported ICC profiles See
37. d for Harlequin Dispersed Screening HDS tech nology Your Harlequin RIP supplier will be able to provide you with necessary serial numbers to enable these features in the RIP 1 3 Installing plugins with the RIP This section describes how to add plugins either at the same time as the RIP is installed or in a subsequent installation The Install Anywhere installer allows you to easily install the Harlequin RIP products con tained on the CD Instructions for installation can also be found in the install htm file in the directory above the Install xx file where xx is the customer name abbreviation Detailed instructions for installing the Harlequin RIP on Windows Mac and Unix platforms can be found in the Harlequin RIP Installation Guide To ensure you have the necessary privileges for installing the Harlequin RIP you may have to log on as System Administrator 1 Insert the Harlequin RIP CD ROM and open it Double click the Install xx file to load the InstallAnywhere package See the Installing the Harlequin RIP for Linux manual for details of the install processs on a Linux platform AG45121 Rev 8 1 Follow the InstallAnywhere screen instructions Select the Next button to move onto the next screen and the Previous button to return to a previous screen Every step ofthe install procedure is shown in the left hand window lobal Graphics Harlequin RIP Generic LOBAL GRAPHICS InstallAnywhere will guide you through the installa
38. e Job In such cases a command error will occur on the printer Control panel in use This message occurs when the printer control panel is being used The plugin resumes printing when the printer allows it that 15 when the control panel is not being used Paper gap error The paper is too thick or the adjustment lever is in the wrong position Cutter position error The roll paper cutter did not return to the correct position Cutter jam The cutter is jammed Ink color error This error occurs when the ink is changed during a print for example the black ink was changed from Photo to Matte AG45121 Rev 8 Ink combination error An ink combination error Warning Top and Bottom Margin values will be swapped This warning informs you that your version of the RIP needs to swap values specified in the Page Layout dialog box for the top and bottom margins to correctly deal with sheet fed devices Device overrides applied for profile profile details The device settings required by supplied profiles are known to the plugin and these set tings override any settings you may have changed This is to ensure correct color manage ment SWOP proofing overrides applied for profile SWOP cert SemiMatte Proof The device settings required by the SWOP certified profile are known to the plugin and these settings override any settings you may have changed This is to ensure correct color management Warning no image in the printable
39. e of feed to reduce dark banding Negative values decrease the rate of feed to reduce white banding Quality Used to specify the overall output quality of the job For excellent quality choose Enhanced Microweave for faster printing but lower quality choose Faster Microweave For good quality speed use Standard Microweave Use Printer Microweave to let the printer handle the microweave processing ifit can Compression Used to specify the compression mode for data that is delivered to the printer The available options are as follows None Data is sent raw uncompressed Can result in longer print times Run length Data is sent compressed which often reduces the transmission time and hence speeds up printing Paper size This option is not enabled Instead use the options in the Page Layout dialog to specify the paper size as described in Page media and paper size on page 34 Paper bin This option is not available for the Epson VSD printer plugin Cut paper at end of each page If using a roll fed device select this option to have the printer cut the paper at the end of each page This option will be overridden by the printer if paper cutting is not enabled in the printer AG45121 Rev 8 Bidirectional printing Select this option to use bidirectional printing which allows the print head to print both when moving left to right and when moving right to left thus speeding up printing Be s
40. e output file is created This includes any resolution component indicated by an Add resolution to path setting in the plugin configuration dialog For a more thorough test of how commands behave when used at the command prompt of the operating system try creating a batch BAT file with these contents and using the name of the batch file as the application in your command string oe oe oo oc echo 1 2 3 4 pause 5 6 7 9 Note If you have problems with a command test it outside the RIP by opening a command window and running the command manually If you think that you have used any substitution code from which the RIP might generate an element containing characters with a special mean ing to your operating system try surrounding that code with double quotes For example use 3 in the post processing text box rather than just If there are no special characters involved look at the number of substitution codes that you are using and the length of the command string both before and after expansion of the substitu tion codes The limit on the length of the expanded command string varies with the Microsoft Windows environment but you should have no problems with up to 125 characters in the string after expansion AG45121 Rev 8 53 54 AG45121 Rev 8 Appendix 8 Memory Requirements To operate efficiently and reliably the Harlequin RIP requires an adequate amount of memory when processing jobs Depending on th
41. e size and complexity of the jobs you wish to process you may need to allocate additional memory resources to the RIP when processing output for the Epson VSD printer 8 1 Determining processing overhead The following procedure will help you to determine how much memory overhead is required for the RIP when processing a job for the Epson VSD printer Before you begin you will need to know what the page size output resolution screening method and microweave settings are for the job s you wish to process This information is available through the page setup dialog you are using to process the job 1 Using the tables in Memory factor tables on page 57 look up the figures for the job you wish to process For example ifthe job is being output at 1440 dpi using enhanced microweave with HEDS2 screening the memory factors willbe 8 2 2 2 8 2 is the printer buffer overhead and 2 2 is the minimum memory left for system overhead 2 To calculate the printer buffer overhead Printer buffer overhead Page width in inches x printer buffer factor 5 Example Page width 17 inches Printer buffer factor 8 2 Printer buffer overhead 17 x 8 2 5 144 4 MB 3 To calculate the total printer buffer required by the RIP Total printer buffer Printer buffer overhead Printer buffer base recommendation AG45121 Rev 55 The base recommendation value for the printer buffer is 20 MB so the total printer buffer
42. ed paper using varying sized ink dots SP10600 Roll Produces output for roll fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP10600 Sheet Produces output for sheet fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP10600 VSD Roll Produces output for roll fed paper using varying sized ink dots SP10600 VSD Sheet Produces output for sheet fed paper using varying sized ink dots SP5500 Roll Produces output for roll fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP5500 Sheet Produces output for sheet fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP5500 VSD Roll Produces output for roll fed paper using varying sized ink dots Table 2 1 Epson VSD devices AG45121 Rev 8 Device Usage SP5500 VSD Sheet Produces output for sheet fed paper using varying sized ink dots SP10000 Roll Produces output for roll fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP10000 Sheet Produces output for sheet fed paper using fixed sized ink dots which can be small medium or large SP10000 VSD Roll Produces output for roll fed paper using varying sized ink dots SP10000 VSD Sheet Produces output for sheet fed paper using varying sized ink dots Table 2 1 Epson VSD devices Each device also has a selection of Harlequin Pro
43. een selection The Harlequin RIP supplies halftone screens of various types for use with printers which sup port six seven eight or more inks Screen selection is largely an automatic choice determined AG45121 Rev 8 19 by the selected device In particular you should not change the default screening method when using ProofReady profiles as this will certainly affect the print quality A detailed explanation of the screens which are available and what effect they have on printed output is beyond the scope of this manual but a brief description for each screening method is given below HEDS 1 HEDS2 HDS Super Fine HDS SF HDS Fine HDS Medium HDS Coarse HDS Super Coarse Chain 20 This is one of the in RIP EDS screens used to produce the supplied profiles for 1 bit single dot device types To use this screen the HEDSI screening plugin must be installed and enabled as described in Screening plugin compatibility on page 8 This is one of the in RIP EDS screens used to produce the supplied profiles for 2 bit variable size dot device types To use this screen the HEDS2 screening plugin must be installed and enabled as described in Screening plugin compatibility on page 8 This is one of the screens used to produce the supplied pro files for biplane device types If using a supplied profile based on this screen ensure that this option is selected from the Edit Style dialog box accessed from the S
44. els K n C n M n Y n LC n LM n LK n ELK n Where n represents a number followed by a percent sign for example 87 Indicates the remaining percentage of ink for each of the cartridges on an 8 color printer loaded with 8 color inks Ink levels K n C n M n Y n K2 m C2 n M2 n Y2 n Remaining percentage of ink for each of the cartridges on an 8 color printer loaded with CMYK inks Warning ink low cartridge s Where 2s is a string for example 3 or 2 5 7 This message indicates that one or more ink cartridges are getting low the numbers refer to the cartridge positions from left to right on the printer The numbers should also be printed above the ink cartridge position on the printer 3 means cartridge number 3 is low 2 5 7 means cartridge number 2 cartridge number 5 and cartridge number 7 are all low The selected ink combination does not match this printer This error occurs when the print job does not match the inks that are installed in the printer For example if you attempt to send a job to the printer that contains matte black and the printer only has photo black installed Note The plugin is only able to output this message when it is able to query the printer and check the ink variant On unidirectional communication connections or if the printer Is in a state which prevents it responding to the query the plugin may be unable to detect the mismatch before it starts to send th
45. enu If the problem is not present in any of these tests there is likely to be some problem or inappropriate setting in the page setup No output Make sure that you are sending output to a printer that is properly connected powered up supplied with ink and media and ready to receive data Confirm that the printer itself is working by printing a test page alignment test or similar printer based function Output appears clipped When printing using large paper sizes or high resolutions a VM Error may occur Some jobs may suppress the VM Error and print using the default page size specified in the Page Layout dialog box so that the output appears clipped If this occurs we recommend that you increase the Band size in the Configure RIP options dialog box to 1024 KB PhotoInk color management fails to preserve 100 process black When using a PhotoInk device type the Preserve 10096 process black color setup option may not be honored To prevent black from being color managed in this instance you should add a page feature to your page setup which runs the following PostScript ReuseColorChains false setsystemparams If necessary refer to the OEM manual for details on creating and using page features 9 1 2 File naming messages This section details possible error messages that may appear in the RIP monitor window due to the use of incorrect file name templates see Appendix 6 Output File Naming Suggestions are given to
46. eparations Manager This screen is only available for use with biplane or 1 bit single dot device types This is an alternative to HDS Super Fine producing a coarser screen than HDS Super Fine This screen is only available for use with biplane or 1 bit single dot device types The Medium Coarse and Super Coarse variants of HDS are only recommended as special effects screens These screens are only available for use with biplane or 1 bit device types This screen is only available for use with biplane or 1 bit device types AG45121 Rev AG45121 Rev 8 21 22 AG45121 Rev 8 Chapter 3 ProofReady Profiles To address the needs of print production professionals and their requirement for great looking proofs out ofthe box the Epson VSD plugin includes ProofReady profiles for Harlequin RIPs 3 1 Supplied ProofReady profiles The ProofReady profiles supplied for the Epson VSD printer are listed in Table 3 1on page 24 The table also lists the media type resolution halftone screening method and inking scheme used to create the profile If a suitable profile is not available for your particular setup you will need to create your own by following the instructions in Chapter 5 Calibration and Color Management which describes the procedures for creating ICC and ColorPro profiles and for calibrating the printer to ensure consistent and reliable results ProofReady profiles are available for selection in a page
47. ers supporting more than one type of ink the ink type selection which must be used for the profile The prefixes for devices supporting more than one major ink type are Arc Archival pigment ink Dye Dye ink Ucm UltraChrome PhotoK or UltraChrome PhotoK LightK UcmMkLK UltraChrome MatteK LightK UcmMk UltraChrome MatteK or UltraChrome MatteK 2 for dual black printers For example Arc Enhanced Matte 720 Dye Pres Matte 720 Ucm Prem SemiGloss 720 The prefixes for devices only supporting UltraChrome ink such as the Stylus Photo 2200 are MkLk UltraChrome MatteK LightK Mk UltraChrome MatteK or UltraChrome MatteK 2 for dual black printers AG45121 Rev 8 17 18 For example Premium Glossy 720 MkLk Enhanced Matte 720 Most professional series printers will reject ajob see Command error error message as documented in Printer messages on page 61 ifthe ink type used when the job was processed by the RIP does not match the inks loaded in the printer The plugin also tries to query the ink type where possible in order to avoid sending a job of the wrong type to the printer see The selected ink type is incorrect Printer messages on page 61 Paper feed adjustment offset Enter a value in the range between 70 and 70 to control the rate of feed of the paper for your particular printer The default value is zero Positive values increase the rat
48. ersed For example with A4 Transverse the paper is loaded into the printer with the landscape edge long edge first When using a transverse paper all the other settings should remain at their default settings AG45121 Rev 8 Chapter 5 Cal bration and Color Management The quality of your color management will have a strong influence on the overall quality gamut range tonal depth and color accuracy of your prints It is vital therefore that your color profiles are created correctly using a properly calibrated printer The information in this section describes how to calibrate your printer Once you have done this you will be able to create ICC and Harlequin ColorPro profiles and use them to manage color in your jobs For more information on managing color in the Harlequin RIP see the Harlequin ColorPro User s Guide for details on ColorPro 5 1 Calibrating the printer For optimum results Global Graphics recommends that you calibrate the printer for each device paper type and output resolution combination that you use To provide a useful starting point the plugin is supplied with a number of calibration profiles that define an ideal or refer ence state for the printer These can be found in RIP_folder SW Config Devices DevCalibration one profile for each device type However the response of your printer the user printer will undoubtedly differ from the ref erence printer Therefore to obtain optimum
49. extension must be given File requested is not writeable This message appears when trying to write to a file that already exists and that has read only access If you wish to overwrite the file then you must change the file permissions to provide write access Unique name requested but all names are in use This message appears when no further unique numbers are available For example if using the template stem lt 1lunique gt lt dot gt epf this error would occur once the file names steml epf through stem9 epf had been generated because no further unique numbers are available 9 1 3 Post processing messages This section details possible messages that may appear during post processing see Appendix 7 Post processing Running post processing command command in folder folder name This is a progress message confirming the command that is being run Post processing command failed Cannot change directory to directory path This error message appears when there is a problem changing to the specified directory that prevents the completion of the post processing Check that the directory exists and that you have permission to access the directory Post processing command failed status value This error message appears when the post processing has been unsuccessful The status value is the error code generated by the command or shell you are using and can be used by your system administrator to determine the exact ca
50. g ports are commonly available 9100 Used for raw no protocol binary and bidirectional communications 515 Used for Ipr protocol binary and unidirectional commumications For non Epson network print servers consult the relevant documentation but note that port 515 is less likely to work with non Epson interfaces AG45121 Rev 8 Media type Used to specify the media that is installed in the printer Note This setting can be overridden by the Profile Hook associated with a selected Proof Ready profile Ink type Used to specify the ink type that is installed in your Epson printer Your printer manual should be able to advise you on the correct ink type to use for the paper you are using You must choose the correct ink type otherwise an error message will be generated and you will not be able to print except on the Stylus Photo 2200 which is unable to recognize when an incorrect ink type is selected Epson Stylus Pro 5500 Epson Stylus Pro 10600 the Archival pigment ink option is automatically selected and cannot be changed because this printer only sup ports pigment based ink sets Options include U1traChrome Photok and UltraChrome Mattek which correspond to the two black ink modes available when using an UltraChrome ink set with this device Photo Black mode optimized for photo graphic and ink jet coated media types and Matte Black mode optimized for matte or plain media Epson Stylus Pro 7600
51. h as a colon and white space characters are removed For example the template lt dos gt lt jobname gt lt dot gt epf would generate an illegal file name because the job name is greater than the eight characters allowed in DOS operating systems Truncation can be forced by using the template lt dos gt lt 8jobname gt lt dot gt epf which produces the file name Uncalibr epf dot This tag separates the file name stem from the file name extension and enables the verifi cation of their lengths It is particularly necessary when creating file names compatible with DOS and Windows otherwise the extension may be considered as part of the file name For example the template lt dos gt lt 8jobname gt epf would cause an error because the dot is removed as an illegal character and epf is then considered part of the file name stem lt job gt You can use this tag to include the job number in the file name string The default length ofthe number is three digits so the first file name created with this tag would be 000 unless a different length is specified You can specify the length of the job number by pre ceding the lt job gt tag with an integer For example lt 5job gt creates job numbers five digits long In multi page jobs use the lt page gt tag as well as the lt job gt tag to differentiate between the different pages of a job AG45121 Rev lt jobname gt This tag ensures that only legal operating system cha
52. he device to something completely different Narning Error running file file name gt This warning appears if you there is a PostScript error in the named file In such cases the job will be processed as if the file does not exist ole ole Error occurred in profile hook file name This warning appears if there is a PostScript error in the named profile hook file The job is aborted when such an error occurs WARNING Insufficient working set may result in paging and performance may be affected Try logging on as a Power User or reducing the memory allocated to the RIP This message may occur when using the RIP running on Windows 2000 It is due to the way this operating system deals with memory requests You can ignore the warning message because performance is not affected in this case If you wish to remove this error message you can reduce the amount of memory available to the RIP This may however affect the performance of the RIP depending on the total amount of memory that you have available AG45121 Rev 8 Wrong data format for device Depth N vs N Channels N vs N This message can appear if you attempt to output a page buffer generated for a 2 bit device type to a biplane device type or vice versa The RIP displays this error and dis ables output in the Output Controller Monitor dialog box If you wish to output the page buffer select it from the Active Queue list and click I
53. ial profile for example Premium Glossy 250g 1440 1 Click Import gt Import to read the calibration data Click OK until all open windows are closed 5 1 2 Print and measure a second target 1 Open your page setup the one you used to print the initial target From the Calibration list select the calibration profile you just created Premium Glossy 250g 1440 1 then click OK to close the page setup window Open the Print Calibration window Select your page setup and click Print calibrated target note this time you are selecting calibrated target Measure the printed target Open the Calibration Dot Gain Manager Select the appropriate device and choose the calibration profile that you made with the initial target Click the Copy button to create a duplicate of the profile From the list select the copy and click Edit from calibrated target to open the Edit calibrated target for window Change the name of the profile to Premium Glossy 250g 1440 2 and click Import gt Import to add the calibration set Click OK until all open windows are closed 5 1 3 Print and measure a final target 1 In the RIP open your page setup and from the Calibration list select Ucm Enhanced Matte 720 2 Click OK to close the window Open the Print Calibration window Select your page setup and click Print calibrated target Measure the target with Genlin or your preferred calibration program AG45121 Rev 3 Open the Calibrat
54. igure 8 2 Configure RIP Options x IV Automatic prep loading e g Aldus Apple J Startup prep ApplelacerPrep6 0 Y Disk space left for system 50 Mb Minimum memory left for system esood Kb Minimum compression ratio 56 70 Memory for RIP 49152 Kb Memory reserve for RIP o Kb Allow use of all available memory Allow stop start Disable sounds Cancel Figure 8 2 The Configure RIP Options dialog 8 Click OK to confirm your new memory settings 8 2 Memory factor tables Resolution Enhanced Standard Fast Printer dpi Microweave Microweave Microweave Microweave 360 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 720 0 6 1 1 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 0 1440 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 N A 2880 4 1 4 2 4 1 4 2 4 1 4 2 0 0 Resolution Enhanced Standard Fast Printer dpi Microweave Microweave Microweave Microweave 360 1 2 0 7 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 720 4 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 0 0 1440 8 2 2 2 8 2 2 2 8 2 2 2 0 0 AG45121 Rev 57 58 Table 1 Memory requirements for HEDS1 and HDS HEDS1 HDS Print Quality Resolution sfisroweave Microweave Fast Mierov rese Epson Stylus Pro 4000 360 dpi 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2880 dpi 3 6 3 7 3 6 3 7 3 6 3 7 0 0 Epson Stylus Pro 5500 360 dpi 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2880 dpi 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 N A Epson Stylus Pro 7600 9600 360 dpi 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2880 dpi 1 9 2
55. ile or a complex application provided that you give the command all necessary options and information as a command a command needing operator intervention is likely to cause problems You can specify options understood by the applica tion and data such as the path of the relevant input or output files You can use post processing commands to convert the file to a different format or to send somebody an e mail notifying them that a job has been processed There are several other pos sibilities such as extracting information for use in reports limited only by your ability to obtain or create a suitable application and to supply information to it If the string you enter into the Post Processing Command text box refers to a post processing application then this application must be available on the computer running the RIP The string should normally include the file extension and the full path name of the application file How ever you can type just the file name if the application file has the extension EXE and is in one of the directories specified by the PATH variable Your string can contain substitution codes which are expanded by the RIP See the next section for details 7 1 Post processing substitution codes When using the post processing feature of the Epson plugin the RIP recognizes the substitu tion codes in the following list You can insert an integer between the percent character and the AG45121 Rev 8 51 52
56. in the File Template field in the Epson Configuration dialog box and a complete list of supported tabs can be found in Table 6 1 page 43 Most tags are content tags representing variables such as the date and time a job is processed the other tags allow you to reject names that would be illegal in a specified operating system The maximum length of variables can be specified by preceding the tag name with an integer For example lt 5jobname gt truncates the job name to a maximum of five characters Tags that produce numeric values are truncated from left to right whereas tags that produce alphanu meric strings strings containing the characters a z A Z and 0 9 are truncated from right to left See Examples of tag usage on page 45 for further details Fixed text can be part of the file name stem or extension For example stem lt 3unigue gt lt sepname gt lt dot gt epf would generate a file name of the form stem 000Cyan epf in which stem can be any identifying text Try to use a file name extension that does not clash with any established convention The extension epf is a suggestion only and is formed from the initial letters of Epson Printer File Note This file naming scheme does not provide useful file names derived from job names that contain double byte characters 6 1 Content generating tags The following tags are available and can be used in any order Tag Description colorant The color sp
57. ing This section describes messages that may appear in the RIP monitor window and offers trou bleshooting advice and tips on how to maximize your use of the plugin If you have difficulty understanding any message report the exact message to your support organization Note Most of these messages appear in the RIP monitor window and are preceded by details of the plugin and device that you are using For example ProofReady Epson Sheet Message 9 1 RIP Monitor windows output messages Any problems that occur when outputting a job will be reported by the RIP in the RIP monitor window Most output problems can be cleared by aborting the output job in the RIP before removing the printer media 9 1 1 Printer messages The following printer related messages may by reported by the plugin Auto sheet feeder will not be used because it is not allowed with the selected media This message indicates that manual sheet feed has been forced on media that does not support it These include Smooth Fine Art Paper Textured Fine Art Paper Velvet Fine Art Paper Auto cut has been switched off because it is not allowed with the selected media This message indicates that auto cut has been prohibited on the selected roll media type Printer rear cover open Output will stop until the printer cover is closed Multi sensor error See printer documentation AG45121 Rev 8 61 Cleaning failed See printer documentation Ink lev
58. ion Dot Gain Manager Select the device and the calibration set you created for the second target 4 Click the Copy button to create a copy of the profile Select the copy and click the Edit from calibrated target button 5 Name the profile Premium Glossy 250g 1440 F to indicate it is the final calibration set Click Import to read the calibration data and click OK to add the calibration set to the Calibration Manager You should remove all the intermediate calibration sets from the Calibration Manager to avoid choosing the wrong profile in a page setup 6 Modify your page setup so that it uses the final calibration set 5 2 Recalibrating You should periodically recalibrate the printer to ensure consistent output results as follows 1 Click Output gt Print Calibration to open the Print Calibration window Select the appro priate page setup and click Print calibrated target Measure the printed target 2 Inthe RIP click Output gt Calibration Manager to open the Calibration Dot Gain Man ager window and select the calibration set used in the page setup 3 Click Edit from calibrated target to open the Edit calibrated target for window Click Import gt Import to read the calibration data and OK to save the profile You may want to enter a new name for the profile to indicate it is an updated profile for example Ucm Enhanced Matte 720 Date 4 Modify your page setup so that it uses the new calibration set 5 3 Creating
59. is esee eese 37 5 4 Creating ColorPro profiles 0 0 2 0 0 ccc eect ene t eee n tenes 40 Appendix 6 Output File Naming ccc ec cece eee eee ee ee eee I hn n tn 43 6 1 Content generating tags a Ace sad wa st tee ait taal tthe la de ete es 43 6 2 Checkingt s A TT UU ASI ee eee E 45 6 3 Examples ofta usage nn san ern a een an NA 45 Appendix 7 Post processing cece cece cee ce cee cece hh hh hh n 51 7 1 Post processing substitution codes liliis 51 7 2 Checking the command string 53 Appendix 8 Memory Requirements cece cee tere eee rece eee hh trn nnn 55 8 1 Determining processing overhead 55 8 2 Memory factor tables rv ss va gota er Pos aoe VOS Penge a PULS 57 Appendix 9 Troubleshooting sosesc 0 ccc ccc ce cee cece eee eect hh hh n 61 9 1 RIP Monitor windows output messages lisse 61 9 2 Problems with passwords i v o eeey iet A eure ES TA PORRO PAN 74 Chapter 1 Getting Started This manual describes the Epson Stylus Pro VSD printer plugin for the Harlequin RIP and is suitable for the following Epson printers e Stylus Pro 4000 e Stylus Pro 5500 e Stylus Pro 7600 e Stylus Pro 9600 e Stylus Pro 10000 e Stylus Pro 10600 e Stylus Photo 2200 and 2100 The plugin adds new output devices to the Harlequin RIP for use in your page setups Each device provides support for a variety of inking regimes and Harlequin ProofReady profiles which provide e
60. letter code to restrict the maximum number of characters used in the result string For exam ple 65 represents the first six characters of the job name Post processing sub DOCHOUR stitution codes en Voc The current separation color represented by a string with a default length of one character Typical separation names are Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black Examples for the default length are C v M and B d The current date in the format YY YYMMDD with a default string length of 8 For example 26 April 2007 becomes 20070426 f The output file name as created by the template specified in the File Output File Template text box in the Configuration dialog box For example out00001 epf g The current page buffer name as shown in the Output Controller Monitor after removal of the numeric prefix and non alphanumeric characters For example the page buffer name 1 Apple ps becomes Appleps j The current page buffer name as shown in the Output Controller Monitor For example 1 Apple ps n The current job number an integer that the RIP increments each time it processes a new job For example 15 0 The full output directory path specified in the File Output Change text box For example C SWNT SW Output p The current page number within the job For example 4 Sr The job resolution in dots per inch For example 300 s The current page buffer name as shown in the O
61. nfo to change the Output device to either a 2 bit or biplane device type depending on the device that the page buffer was originally created for Deselect the Disable output check box to enable output Alternatively you can delete the page buffer by selecting it and clicking Remove This error also occurs when you attempt to send pre separated jobs to a separating work flow In this case the error message will show that the channel has been mismatched for example Channels 1 vs 4 or Channels 1 vs 6 or Channels 1 vs 7 or Channels 1 vs 8 To resolve this you should either choose to recombine pre separated jobs or reject them In the latter case a second page setup can be configured using a monochrome colorspace for use with pre separated jobs ole ole Error ioerror Offending Command setscreen This message can appear if you try to use HDS screens listed in the Edit Style dialog box before enabling the use of HDS or HDS light In this case you must enable HDS or HDS light in the Configure RIP Extras dialog box and then re submit your job 9 2 Problems with passwords If you have problems enabling a device or option you should confirm with your supplier the password or password file They may provide you with a new password or password file If this is the case you may need to provide the serial number of your RIP The RIP displays this number in the RIP monitor window when starting up in the form Serial number 12
62. ofReady profiles for instant color manage ment See Calibration and Color Management on page 25 for a list of ProofReady profiles that are available 2 2 Setting device options The devices installed by the Epson VSD printer plugin can be configured to suit your particu lar job processing requirements For instance you can change the media and ink types to suit those installed in your printer change the output quality to increase throughput or print quality and add post processing commands which run after the job has been processed The device options are accessed via the Configure Device dialog Figure 2 1 by clicking Configure device in a page setup Any changes you make to a device remain local to the partic ular page setup they were made in and do not effect other page setups This means you can AG45121 Rev 8 13 14 have multiple page setups for the same output device each with different device settings to suit your job processing needs xi r Out Output method File al ea Quality Enhanced Microweave hs File output E gt 2 ompression R Length Folder C Program FilessHarlequinRIP 8 0 Generic ni Paper size Media size from Page Layout File template dos out lt 5unique gt lt dot gt epf Paper bin Network output r Cut paper at end of each page IPaddess 127 001 pd e a Bidirectional printi Port number 3100 at Inks and media Media type Unknown je Ink
63. on Screening Plugin 1 bit HEDS1 Harlequin Error Diffusion Screening Plugin 2 bit HEDS2 Harlequin Full Color System HFCS Harlequin ICC Profile Processor HIPP Harlequin Standard Color System HSCS Harlequin Chain Screening HCS Harlequin Display List Technology HDLT Harlequin Dispersed Screening HDS Harlequin Micro Screening HMS Harlequin Precision Screening HPS HQcrypt Harlequin Screening Library HSL ProofReady Scalable Open Architecture SOAR SetGold SetGoldPro TrapMaster Trap Works TrapPro TrapProLite Harlequin RIP Eclipse Release and Harlequin RIP Genesis Release are all trademarks of Global Graphics Software Ltd Protected by U S Patents 5 579 457 5 808 622 5 784 049 5 862 253 6 343 145 6 330 072 6 483 524 6 380 951 6 755 498 6 624 908 6 809 839 Other U S Patents Pending Protected by European Patents 0 803 160 0 772 934 0 896 771 672 29 760 8 08 Portions licensed under U S Patent No 5 212 546 4 941 038 TrueType is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc The ECI and FOGRA ICC color profiles supplied with this Harlequin RIP are distributed with the kind permission of the ECI European Color Initiative and FOGRA respectively and of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG HEIDELBERG The IFRA ICC profiles supplied with this Global Graphics Software are distributed with the kind permission of IFRA and of GretagMacbeth International Cooperation for Integration of Processes in Prepress
64. ory to prevent the operating system from page buffering which has the undesired effect of slowing the RIP down At the other end of the scale the more memory you can make available to the RIP the better it will process the job Figures of 500 MB and above may be needed to process some large jobs especially if options such as in RIP trapping and screening are being used In gen eral the more memory the RIP has available to use the better it performs To set the printer buffer memory allocation open the Configure RIP dialog Figure 1 5 and enter a value into the Printer Buffer box Suggested settings are Low medium resolution prints on standard size pages 20000 KB High resolution prints on standard size pages 40000 KB Low medium resolution prints on large size pages 40000 KB e High resolution prints on large size pages 60000 KB AG45121 Rev 10 Any other RIP memory settings should be configured according to the recommendations given in your Harlequin RIP User Manual since these vary according to the RIP release you are run ning Configure RIP H x Workspace folder C Program Files HarlequinRIP_8_O_Generic SW WorkSpace Change Page buffer folder C Program Files HarlequinAlP_8_0_Generic S w PageBuffers Change Page buffering Multiple Parallel IV Compress page buffer Network buffer Kb Printer buffer 4096 Kb Job timeout Jeooo minutes Configure threads Per processor core x Options
65. pages of different jobs lt prefix gt You can use this tag to include the page number prefix from the page buffer name in the file name string For example based on the page buffer name above this tag produces the string 1 lt time gt You can use this tag to include the time a file is processed in the file name string For example if printing to file at 15 39 36 approximately 3 39 pm this tag produces the string 153936 AG45121 Rev 47 lt unique gt You can use this tag to generate a unique sequence number for the page The default length of the number generated is four digits long so the first number would be 0000 The length of the number can be specified as detailed in the example for the tag lt job gt g lt 2unique gt When restarting the RIP the unique numbering will attempt to restart at its initial value for example 0000 However if a file exists with that number the next available unique number is used lt unix gt The use of this tag verifies that the file name is suitable for use in the UNIX operating system Illegal characters such as an asterisk colon and quotation marks are removed The lt dot gt tag cannot be used with this tag because file names in UNIX are composed of a single string and are not considered to have separate file extensions For example using the template lt unix gt lt 255jobname gt epf produces the file name UncalibratedTargetEpsonStylusRoll Fed4 ColorTarget e
66. pf in which the colon and white space characters have been removed lt win32 gt The use of this tag verifies that the file name is suitable for use ina Windows operating system Illegal characters such as an asterisk colon or quotation marks are removed For example the template lt win32 gt lt jobname gt lt dot gt epf produces the file name Uncalibrated Target Epson Stylus Sheet Fed 4 Color Target epf in which the colon has been removed lt xres gt You can use this tag to include the horizontal resolution of the page in the file name string For example you can differentiate between pages with a resolution of 1440 x 720 dpi and 720 x 720 dpi by using this tag This tag produces a string such as 1440 or 720 depending on the horizontal resolution lt yres gt You can use this tag to include the vertical resolution of the page in the file name string For example on a page with the resolution 1440 x 720 this tag produces the string 0720 AG45121 Rev AG45121 Rev 8 49 50 AG45121 Rev 8 Appendix 7 Post processing The Configuration dialog box has a Post processing Command text box in which you can enter commands and their options in the same way as a command line These commands are carried out after the page buffer has been sent to the printer or once the output file has been cre ated The commands available depend on the platform on which you are running the RIP The command can be a simple batch f
67. profiles Continued ProofReady Profile Devifenam Paper part no Screening Dye Pres Matte 720 Epson Presentation Matte HEDS2 SP9600 VSD 8041295 Dye SemiGloss Hvy 720 Epson Semi Gloss Hy Wt HEDS2 SP9600 VSD 5041292 Ucm Enhanced Matte 720 1440 Epson Enhanced Matte HEDS2 SP9600 VSD Paper 8041595 Ucm Glossy Photo Wt 720 Epson Glossy Paper Photo HEDS2 SP9600 VSD Weight S041388 Ucm Premium Glossy 250g 720 1440 Epson Premium Glossy HEDS2 Photo Paper 250 SP9600 VSD 5041638 Ucm SemiMatte Proof 720 1440 Epson SemiMatte Proofing HEDS2 SP9600 VSD Paper S041658 Epson 10000 Arc Enhanced Matte 720 1440 Epson Enhanced Matte HEDS2 SP10000 VSD Paper S041595 Arc Prem SemiGloss 720 1440 Epson Premium SemiGloss HEDS2 SP10000 VSD Photo Paper S041393 Arc Premium Glossy 720 1440 Epson Premium Glossy HEDS2 SP10000 VSD Photo Paper S041390 Dye Glossy Paper Hvy 720 1440 Epson Glossy Paper Heavy HEDS2 SP10000 VSD Weight S041291 Dye Pres Matte 720 1440 Epson Presentation Matte HEDS2 SP10000 VSD Paper SO41295 Dye SemiGloss Hvy 720 1440 Epson SemiGloss Paper HEDS2 SP10000 VSD AG45121 Rev 8 Heavy Weight S041292 27 28 Table 3 1 Epson VSD ProofReady profiles Continued ProofReady Profile Device name Paper part no Screening Dye Glossy Photo 360 720 1440 SP10000 VSDbi Epson
68. racters are used in the job name For example in the RIP running under any Microsoft Windows operating system the template lt jobname gt lt dot gt epf can produce the file name Uncalibrated Target Epson Stylus Roll Fed 4 Color Target epf The colon character is removed from the file name because this is not a valid file name character for any version of Microsoft Windows lt jobnamel gt This tag ensures that only alphanumeric characters are used in the job name For example in the RIP running under a Windows operating system the template lt jobname1 gt lt dot gt epf can produce the file name UncalibratedTargetEpsonStylusRollFed4ColorTarget epf The colon hyphens and white space characters are removed from the file name because they are not alphanu meric characters lt macosx gt The use of this tag verifies that the file name is suitable for use in a Mac OS X operating system Illegal characters such as a colon or double quotation marks are removed For example the template lt macosx gt lt jobname gt lt dot gt epf produces the file name Uncalibrated Target Epson Stylus Sheet Fed 4 Color Target epf in which the colon has been removed lt page gt You can use this tag to include the page number in the file name string For example the template lt page gt lt dot gt epf produces a file name of the form 001 epf It is advisable to use this tag with the job number tag to differentiate between the same
69. re RIP dialog box Set the number shown for Printer buffer to 32768 KB or more Note You may also see a similar message while using Roam or Reduced Roam The cure is the same Not enough system memory to output this page This message can appear during output when the RIP is not supplying enough memory for the needs of the operating system on the computer Set Minimum memory left for system to 10000 Kb in the Configure RIP Options dialog box You may need to set a higher figure for large page sizes Warning this printer printer name may not be the expected model The model name returned by the printer is not one of the expected names for the output device In this case the quality of the output cannot be guaranteed 64 AG45121 Rev 8 Unable to confirm printer status model Either the connection method does not support bidirectional communications or the ini tial attempt to determine the printer status and model name did not produce a reply within 15 seconds The plugin will assume that the printer is in the correct state and is the correct model and it will send the job to the printer Warning printer status is unreliable This messages indicates that the status information being returned by the printer may be corrupted Command error on printer or wrong ink type If this message occurs you will need to restart the printer You should also check that the ink type selected in your page setup is correct for the printer before
70. re shall be deemed to be unpublished and licensed with disclosure prohibitions rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States Global Graphics Software Incorporated 5875 Trinity Parkway Suite 110 Centre ville VA 2012 Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started a I le ee 1 1 1 Plugin feat res orco V S ERE epe b AA 1 1 2 System requirements issir ieri ree 4d nee enable 2 1 5 Enabling the printer plugin 02 0 0 cette n 6 1 7 Allocating additional memory to the RIP II 9 1 8 Related documentation ur stoke te pssst eect en an EHRE 10 Chapter 2 Output Devices un nen en ee ava 11 2 1 Epson output devices haar e NIRE UY 11 2 2 Setting device Options ib nase nie GRE gen Seca Coe ee gen 13 2 3 Adding new output devices cueva BIN EN PR Pus 19 2 4 Halfton scre n selection 222 2 22 222222 rn 20 Chapter 3 ProofReady Profiles cece ce eee eee ere et Hh hn nn 23 3 1 Supplied ProofReady profiles cocer vp anne nen Va Ban BT 23 Chapter 4 Creating Page Setups sior sin T en cece c cece reece ner nee ehh hh nnn nn 31 4 1 Creating a page setupen naar acto on ge CR ea ll 31 4 2 Page layout Options nr na ke NE 33 Chapter 5 Calibration and Color Management cece eee ne 35 5 1 Calibrating the printer csse dete een a EOP ie ae IER eee 35 5 2 Recalibrating ii ket RUE RISERVA E NIE ar UNO ERDE 37 5 3 Creating an ICC profile and installing in the RIP ll
71. rinter The final number is the error code generated by the operating system and can be used by GGS to determine the exact cause of the connection failure Unknown output method selected Cannot open selected output method error details AG45121 Rev 8 65 Open error error details Unable to open output error details These messages may appear with a variety of text replacing error details The text varies according to the method of output that you chose in the Epson Configuration dialog box and the exact problem This text should help you diagnose the problem If you have difficulty understanding any message report the exact message to your support organization Note The above message may appear if both the parallel port and the USB port are con nected to the printer at the same time In this case the parallel port is disabled by the USB port To enable the use of the parallel port unplug the USB connection at the printer The printer will immediately process any page buffers Warning printer maintenance required see printer panel Warning printer ink cover open Warning printer bin 1 paper low Warning printer bin 2 paper low Warning lt ink name gt ink low Warning lt ink name gt ink out Paper jam Ink out Paper size type check error Paper eject error Print head too hot Paper too thick Printer nozzle check error Wrong ink cartridge Printer busy printing through another interface Printer cover open
72. rror occurs because DOS file names require the 8 3 format for stem and exten sion which this template fails to meet by having 17 characters in its stem Table 6 2 lists the operating system tags Tag Description lt ascii gt This limits the character set of the file name from the point of the tag onwards to ascii characters in the range 32 0x20 to 126 0x7E Char actors outside this range are discarded If the user wishes to substitute invalid characters rather than discarding them prefix the ascii tag with the substitution character value in decimal lt dos gt Verifies that the file name is a legal file name for the MS DOS operating system lt mac gt Verifies that the file name is a legal file name for the Mac OS 9 x operating system lt macosx gt Verifies that the file name is a legal file name for the Mac OS X operating system lt unix gt Verifies that the file name is a legal file name for the UNIX operating system lt win32 gt Verifies that the file name is a legal file name for Windows operating systems Table 6 2 Operating system tags 6 3 Examples of tag usage The following examples demonstrate the format of strings produced by individual tags Some examples also show how the tags may be used in combination to form a template The exam ples are based on these job details Page buffer name Uncalibrated Target Epson Stylus Roll Fed 4 Color Target Date 10th of March 2007
73. s in Page Layout if problems are to be avoided when outputting jobs See Section 4 2 for further details on page layout AG45121 Rev 8 When you have finished creating your page setup click Save As and enter a name for your new page setup It s good practice to choose a name which describes the purpose of the page setup For example Epson VSD UCM Glossy Photo Wt1440 The new page setup can now be used in the Harlequin RIP to process jobs 4 2 Page layout options The following points should be noted when setting the page layout options for a job Page Layout a x dth DW 0 00 Length DET 0 00 Media width MW 000 Media Length ML 0 00 Top Margin TM 0 00 7 Center page on Media width Bottom Margin BM 0 00 Genter page on Media Length Ts Left Margin LM 0 00 Page size A4 v Right Margin RM fo 00 Page width EEH inches Select units inches Page height fi 1 69 Cancel Figure 4 2 Page Layout options 4 2 1 Margins and centering options The margins and centering options control where the imaged page is printed on the media There is a small margin around the edge of the media which must also be taken into account The margin width varies from printer to printer but your printer manual should be able to pro vide the necessary information Sheet fed devices When the device is sheet fed the origin of the page defined by the job is located at the bottom left of the sheet
74. screen instructions as before Select the Next button to move onto the next screen and the Previous button to return to a previous screen The Choose Features screen shows all the products available in the package When you select a product a short description of its function appears Select only the plugins that you wish to install Those products not checked in the list will not be installed On Windows systems in the Choose Install Folder screen select the same installation folder as the previously installed RIP Click Next to move onto the next stage At the Pre installation Summary screen click Install to proceed with the installation The installation will now continue This may take some minutes The Install Complete screen indicates that the installer has finished If any errors have occurred a message will be displayed Click Done to exit from the installer You can view the details of the errors by opening the xx_InstallLog xml file which is located in the instal lation folder 1 5 Enabling the printer plugin The Epson plugin needs to be enabled in the Harlequin RIP before it can be used along with related plugins for screening and color management unless you have already preset a key in which case the plugin will already be enabled 1 Start the Harlequin RIP Choose Harlequin RIP gt Configure RIP or CTRL R to open the Configure RIP dialog Click Extras to open the Configure RIP Extras dialog Fig
75. son proofs printed using this profile should be measured or viewed with the print placed on a black background When calibrating the printer for this profile however the calibration target should still be measured over white Some paper types are named differently in different markets The UK and US prefixes in the Paper Type column show where these differences are known AG45121 Rev 8 29 30 AG45121 Rev 8 Chapter 4 Creating Page Setups Every job that you supply to the RIP takes its imaging options from a named page setup You can keep a number of different page setups which you use regularly perhaps one that has Harlequin Precision Screening HPS turned on and one that does not one that previews images and one that produces proofs for a particular paper type and resolution This section describes which imaging options to choose when outputting to the Epson VSD printer plugin and in particular which options to choose when creating press proofs 4 1 Creating a page setup Follow these steps to create a page setup for an Epson VSD device that includes color manage ment using a ProofReady profile x r Output Device r Resolution Device Preview x E Verticat 1000 uj Configure device Horizontal 100 0 a 7 ProotReady CIE M Override ierra ES Separations Screening amp Color Processing Sie CMYK Composte xl a Optimization Noe 004 Color No
76. ssage can appear during the creation of an output file It is not a separate error only an indication of how the RIP is recovering from an error reported in an earlier mes sage Job output for job name aborted on lt date gt lt time gt This message informs you that the RIP has aborted output of the job to the printer The reason for aborting the job should be reported in an earlier error message Job output for job name filename full path name of output file aborted on lt date gt lt time gt This message informs you that the RIP has aborted the creation of an output file The reason for aborting the job should be reported in an earlier error message Job output for job name using path full path name of output file and template file name template aborted on lt date gt lt time gt This message informs you that the RIP has aborted the creation of an output file The reason for aborting the job should be reported in an earlier error message Printer maintenance tank full Each time you perform nozzle cleaning cycles after changing ink sets on some Epson Stylus Pro printers the excess ink is captured in the printer maintenance tank This error message appears when the printer maintenance tank is full In this case the current job is aborted You should either empty the printer maintenance tank or replace it Printer maintenance tank removed This warning appears when the printer maintenance tank used for collecting ex
77. tion of Global Graphics Harlequin RIP 8 0 Generic It is strongly recommended that you quit all programs before continuing with this installation Click the Next button to proceed to the next screen If you want to change something on a previous screen click the Previous button You may cancel this installation at any time by clicking the Cancel button crovision cancel Figure 1 1 InstallAnywhere dialog AG45121 Rev 8 2 The Choose Features screen shows all the products available in the package When you select a product a short description of its function appears Those products not checked in the list will not be installed bal Graphics Harlequin RIP Generic GLOBAL GRAPHICS Custom E Drivers 0 V SafeNet Sentinel Driver 7 4 0 JF Harlequin RIP OEM CD 00 V MS Windows RIP TT MS Windows Watermark RIP Optional Plugins v NTPrint Plugin 2 0r4 v CIPS Plugin 1 4110 v ENCAD Plugin 1 0r1 v Epson Plugin 3 4r3 v Epson VSD Plugin 1 2r1 v Epson4800 Plugin 1 0r1 v Epson7800 9800 Plugin 1 0r1 v HP 6 color Plugin 1 0r3 eof HPRTL Plugin 1 0r4 v HPSOPS Plugin 1 0r2 sof HP120 Plugin 1 0r1 v HP130 Plugin 1 0r1 v TIFF IT P1 Plugin 2 1r2 ef Toothpick Screening Plugin 1 0r3 a iml Description Install any ofthe optional Plugins provided Figure 1 2 InstallAnywhere Choose Features dialog Note Use the scroll bar at the right side of the displ
78. tion to the screening plugins the screening plugin requires a color management option such as Harlequin ColorPro to be enabled 1 6 Location of plugin folders Table 1 shows the correct Harlequin RIP installation folders for the Epson VSD printer plugin and supplied screening plugins This information 1s provided for reference only Unless instructed by Technical Support you should not move these folders or delete information con tained in them or the plugins may cease to function correctly AG45121 Rev 8 Source folder Description Destination folder epsonvsd Epson VSD printer lt RIP folder gt SW Devices plugin HEDS1 HEDSI screening lt RIP folder gt SW Screenin HEDS 1 ExtraStart HEDS 1 Init lt RIP folder gt SW Sys ExtraStart HEDS2 HEDS2 screening lt RIP folder gt SW Screenin HEDS2 ExtraStart HEDS2Init lt RIP folder gt SW Sys ExtraStart HEDS HEDS1 HEDS2 lt RIP folder gt SW Extensions Core screening Module heds Table 1 Default installation folders for supplied plugins 1 7 Allocating additional memory to the RIP To process jobs with the Epson plugin you may need to allocate additional memory to the RIP printer buffer The precise amount of memory required depends upon the nature of the job to be processed Large high quality jobs will require more memory than small low quality jobs The basic memory requirements for the RIP is to provide sufficient mem
79. ugin such as Firewire File Output Used to specify a location for the output file By default it is the RIP s sw folder but you may choose any valid location on your system or network File template Used to enter a file naming template for the processed jobs By default the file naming tem plate is lt dos gt out lt 5unique gt lt dot gt epf which creates a file name that is cross platform 8 3 file name and is suitable for multi page jobs See Appendix 6 Output File Naming for more information on using file naming templates IP address Used to specify the network IP address or resolved name of the printer Port number The TCP IP port number used by the device to accept print jobs If you have installed a 10 100 Base T type B Ethernet card the Port Number should be set to 515 unless you are using an Epson 10 100 Base TX Internal Print Server 2 interface card C12C823914 or later in which case you can set it to 9100 for bidirectional communication If sending output to a single printer using a JetDirect unit the Port Number must be set to 9100 Some print servers can drive several printers simultaneously and the different physical connec tions or ports have their own numbers which may vary with the type of server For example on a JetDirect unit with three output ports the physical ports named 1 2 and 3 have port numbers 9100 9101 and 9102 respectively For genuine Epson network interface cards the followin
80. ure 1 3 AG45121 Rev 8 Configure RIP Extras x Harlequin ColorPro No PostScript Yes PDF Yes BEL XPS Yes Media Saving No Simple Imposition No HP DesignJet 120 Series No HP DesignJet 130 Series No x Try Before You Buy Trial code DO m Evaluation is not enabled 2 Figure 1 3 The Configure RIP Extras dialog 2 To enable a plugin from the list available you must enter a password as supplied by your Harlequin RIP supplier 3 Select the plugin that you wish to add and click Add the Enable Feature dialog box is displayed Enter the supplied password in the dialog box and click OK Configure RIP x Workspace folder Ic Program Files HarlequinRIP_8_0_Generic SW WorkSpace mer x Page buffer folc Feature Epson Stylus Pro E EORR Change Epson Stylus Pro Protected Pl rotected Plugin Page buffering EPS0 an Pio St Enter Password Network buffer s i N Epson Stylus Pro U Printer buffer Epson Stylus Pro E Stylus Pi Cancel Job timeout eur Enea Try Before You Configure threa Trial code 1434390201 Evaluation is not enabled Is Options Figure 1 4 Enabling RIP features 4 Click OK the close the Configure RIP Extras dialog and then click OK to close the Con figure RIP dialog The features will now be enabled in the RIP and may be used in your page setups to process jobs as described in Chapter 4 Creating Page Setups AG451
81. ure to check the output quality when bidirectional printing is being used Post processing Use the panel options to set up your post processing options You may enter any command that can be run from a command line and use the substitution codes listed in Appendix 7 Post processing to pass parameters to the command for executing Note that Enable must be selected before the commands will execute Note Windows commands interpreted by cmd exe such as echo cannot be run directlty and should be incuded in a batch file 2 3 Adding new output devices The Harlequin RIP printer plugins supplied by Global Graphics often contain devices for more than one type of printer model To limit the device list however only a single set of devices is added to the device list when a printer is enabled in the RIP To add other devices you must add them manually one at a time as described next 1 Open the Harlequin RIP Device Manger by choosing Harlequin RIP gt Device Manager 2 From the plugin list select the correct plugin 3 Click New to open Device Manager Edit 4 Enter the following details Name A name for the device This should match the device name including the use of upper and lower case letters Type Choose a type from the list Address Leave blank 5 Click OK to apply these settings The new device will be created and will appear in the list of devices available for selection in a page setup 2 4 Halftone scr
82. use of the post pro cessing failure AG45121 Rev 8 71 72 9 1 4 Miscellaneous messages The following is a general list of error messages or warnings that may appear in the RIP moni tor window o oo Error rangecheck OffendingCommand get This message may appear if you try to use a 1 bit device type without first enabling the HEDSI screening plugin To prevent this error ensure you enable the HEDSI plugin as described in Enabling the printer plugin on page 6 before using a 1 bit device type Error VMerror OffendingCommand pagedevice ole ole When printing using large paper sizes or high resolutions a VM Error may occur Some jobs may suppress the VM Error and print using the default page size specified in the Page Layout dialog box so that the output appears clipped If this occurs we recommend that you increase the Band size in the Configure RIP options dialog box to 1024 KB Error undefinedfilename Offending Command run ole ole This error message appears if you have created a device type using a name similar to the name of the device type on which it is based If you use the same text to name the new device as that used to label the device type you must match the use of lowercase and uppercase characters in the device type label To prevent this error open the Device Man ager select the device and click Edit In the Device Manager Edit dialog box change the name of t
83. utput Controller Monitor after removal of the numeric prefix any brack eted text and any text that appears before a colon semi colon a commercial at symbol and a hyphen For example the page buffer name 1 Apple test new ps becomes test ps t The current time in the format HHMMSS using the 24 hour clock The default length is 6 For example a time just after 7 30 pm would be shown 193211 x The current file name suffix For example epf Voz The current file name stem For example out 00001 Table 7 1 Post processing substitution codes AG45121 Rev 8 7 2 Checking the command string The RIP reports each command and the working directory in the main RIP monitor window in the following form Italics show which text can vary with different jobs and page setups Running post job command C test logfile bat out00002 epf 112442 in directory C SWNT SW Output The above example refers to a batch file logfile bat which uses a program to send an e mail confirming that a job has been processed The e mail contains the output file name out 00002 epf and the time it was processed approximately 11 24 These details were provided by using the substitution codes and t in the post processing text box The work ing directory is the output file folder specified in the File Output Change text box If no out put file folder is specified then the working directory is the sw directory in which th
84. xpert out the box color management for printing proofs 1 1 Plugin features These Epson printers are capable of delivering prints with amazing color fidelity gloss level and scratch resistance The plugin has been engineered to support the full range of inks main tained by the printer including 6 or 7 color inks depending on printer type and two black inks Briefly the plugin has the following features A selection of Harlequin RIP plugin devices for outputting to the Epson Stylus Pro 4000 VSD printer series A selection of ProofReady color management profiles each designed to produce out standing results on a range of commonly used papers and inks e Support for HEDSI and HEDS2 Global Graphics advanced screening technology AG45121 Rev 8 1 2 System requirements The following components are needed to install and run the Epson plugin 1 2 1 Windows XP and Windows Vista These are the platform requirements for a Windows operating system Intel Pentium 4 1 GHz or equivalent Microsoft Windows 2000 SP 2 Windows XP Professional or Home Edition and Win dows Vista e 256 MB of RAM 512 MB recommended for variable sized dot devices 1 2 2 Apple Mac These are the platform requirements for aMac OS X operating system Intel Mac and PowerPC G4 e Mac OS X v 10 4 x 256 MB of RAM with virtual memory turned on 128 MB recommended 1 2 3 Linux These are the platform requirements

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