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1. User Text E Document s Mame Page Number Print Mode Print Mode Extended Color Adjustements Advanced Settings Information Preview Title CiberPrintl Print Mode 360x 720 2 pass Linearization Canvas 360x720v_ lut Ink Usage 100 0 Ink Limit ICC Profile Canvas TEOx7ZO0y L175 H40 icc Spot Colors The first section of this window serves to configure the type and size of character we want to use to print the information We recommend types such as Arial or Verdana because they are easily readable even in smaller sizes In the section Selectable Data we can select which information will be shown in the printed result activate or deactivate it according to which of the available information you need In the section User Text you will be able to write freely all the text you wish and the editor allows to introduce multi line texts To introduce several lines press the keys ctrl Enter User Text Smith Store window graphic Digiser 5 5 Configuring the printer e 94 The Preview function carries out a representation of how the printed result will be allowing us to see before printing whether there is too much information or not Digiser 5 5 Configuring the printer e 95 16 Digiser Tutorial Starting the program We will press this icon on the desktop to start Digiser When started for the first time it is necessary to configure the printer model we want to use and the connection with the computer
2. es LR e es a es 5 es es 625 es re a re a S re s rates rate res SOS ret es PSSS SS arrete 2 Cropping This Digiser function allows you to select a specific area of a design and trim it This is especially useful for carrying out printing tests on the most representative areas of a design without having to print the whole design To do this select the branch Cropping in the Control Center Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 29 T E i Ly T th mr TT a 1 gt ICC Input ICC Profiles eA Special Colors 111 Cropping 4 Crop amp Reg Marks ga Contour Cutting EEE i man Mosaic T Frink Control x Activate cropping From top 0 0 mrm From left From right 0 0 mm 0 0 mm Brom bottom The co ordinates for the cut out rectangle can be introduced numerically or the area can be selected directly in the design To cut out on the screen click on one of the corners of the area you wish to cut out and drag to the opposite corner The cut out rectangle will be formed On releasing the button only the selected area will be visible while the remaining area will be gridded This Operation can be carried out as many times as may be required The area can also be modified by moving the corners of the rectangle If you have to view again the whole image click the Reset button The design cut out function can also be de activated d
3. Each device that has to show print color has a color spectrum that it can reproduce and there can be a series of colors which it will not be able to reproduce When a design contains colors Digiser 5 5 Digiser Tutorial e 98 which it cannot reproduce out of the spectrum those colors have to be converted into reproducible colors There are several systems of conversion of colors out of the spectrum which are the different intents at interpolation Depending on the kind of design we will be interested in choosing one or another The most common procedure is selecting for vectors the relative colorimetric and for images the perception one Media Size Before beginning the printing of any design the useful size of the page or reel has to be established It is especially important when the design comes close to the maximum size of the Support that we are going to print or when the design over sizes the support measures i Crop amp Reg Marks ee a Contour Cutting HEN nan Mosaic Tm Print Control 8 Media Size 42 Ink Control Color Control e Advanced v Fre defined sizes Mer Media size Media width 0 000 in Media Length 19000 000 in Printable sizes On the Page screen we can enter the page measurement or the printing job width when referred to the material in the bobbin Printing parameters These are the most important in order to achieve the wished result We will examine the most com
4. S A mm This safety band looks like a small rainbow whose total band thickness we can control Print statistics and comments It is to be found in the branch Print Control Advanced This option allows the printing of a series of information together with the printed design that are useful in order that there is record of the said information together with each print Selecting this option the button Configure appears Press this button and the configuration window will appear Digiser 5 5 Film printing setup e 44 Printout Information Text Formatting Selectable Data User Text Document s Mame Page Number Print Mode Print Mode Extended Color Adjustements Advanced Settings Information Preview Title CiberPrintl Print Mode 3S60n720y7 2 pass Linearization Canvas 360x720v lut Ink Usage 100 0 Ink Limit ICC Profile Canvas Y2O0x720y7 L175 H40 icce Spot Colors The first section of this window serves to configure the type and size of character we want to use to print the information We recommend types such as Arial or Verdana because they are easily readable even in smaller sizes In the section Selectable Data we can select which information will be shown in the printed result activate or deactivate it according to which of the available information you need In the section User Text you will be able to write freely all the text you wish and the editor allows to introduce multi line te
5. Spot color measurement Device Connection Select the correct device and the communication port where such device is connected configurate the parameters of the port with the configuration button Digiser 5 5 Color Control e 69 Press Read to read the color once place the pointer of the colorimeter on the color sample to be measured This value will be entered in the components of the color section Procedure to use special colors In order to make use of this option printers with more than 4 colors have to be used such as the Roland PRO II series 6 colors Epson 7600 9600 7 colors etc In Color Control we will select the Mode for more than 4 colors for example CMYK cm f Print Contral AE Media Size 48 Ink Control BS Color Control oo Advanced Color Management Mode Chay we Output ICC Profile K SubIECSPoby_3y Mrs Chi 01 We will press on the color selecting Special colors in order for the Special color configuration window to appear Digiser 5 5 Color Control e 70 Special color configuration Replaced color CMYK 100 0 54 2 2 0 10 2 Replacement mode Components CMYE 4 0 100 CIELab RGB CO CMYE Device bypass color engine Perform density and ink usage adjustemernit Perform ink limit control Add this configuration into direct color File In this case we will place in the printer in the space of the cartridges for Li
6. see section Printer selection of this same book Loading a design With an empty initial screen we will load the task to carry out Digiser allows to open image files bitmap as well as image files and or vectorials PostScript y PDF TO open a new design we will select the menu File and Open The typical window for opening files will appear We will find the file we wish to load and open it The file depending on how large or complex it is will take more or less time to load and once it has been loaded it will appear in the working window The design types admitted are Files in bitmap format image with the extensions BMP TIF JPG RLE PCD Bear in mind that these formats may or not be compressed with different color modes and depth of bits so if you experience any problem when opening an image it is advisable to save it with another format PostScript files images vectorials with the extensions EPS PS PDF AI DCS Within these file formats there are many revisions and each program that generates files exports them in different ways in case of problems when opening any file it is advisable to modify the export options or to export it in a different format Size and position In order to carry out any modification on a design we have opened this will have to be selected in the working area x With the selection of program tool marks around it press on the design The design has to appear with The
7. 11 a Real image he E scheme Fast bitmap Real image The RIP button is for sending the design to the printer The information bar situated in the lowest part of the window will systematically show you the messages related to the work you are carrying out or which is currently selected Zoom options In the main window you can see the zoom buttons bar used to increase or reduce the size of the objects on the screen ejeje The buttons in this order carry out the following actions The Zoom in tool This is used to enlarge any area of the design The Zoom out tool This is used to reduce any area of the design The Previous Zoom tool This is used to return to the previous view after having enlarged or reduced The Zoom all tool Using this you can see all the objects of the design at their largest possible size whilst allowing them all to fit into the screen The Zoom selected objects tool This is used to enlarge the objects which have been selected to the maximum so that they may be viewed as large as possible in the working area The Zoom roll width tool This is used to view the whole bobbin width on the screen The Zoom printer width tool This is used to view on the screen the whole width of the cut available in the printer Page Orientation If you are using a bobbin format for printing this is shown along the width of the program s work area that is to say the start of the bobbin appears on the
8. 50 Euclidean M Magenta By default 75 00 63 50 Euclidean Yellow By default 90 00 63 50 Euclidean Halftoning method Angled screens z V Do itin a new document Settings V Do Not create empty plates Custom settings list o ax Ok Cancel Color conversion The Pantone Hexacrome option allows us to create Hexacrome separations which is CMYK orange and green To create the Hexacrome separation you will need to specify within the program what section of Hexacrome color should be used The program requires a section of color that is able to create the six channels The option to convert spot colors to CMYK indicates that the program should convert all plain inks Pantone to their corresponding CMYK components which are generated through only 4 channels To apply a color profile allows for the specification of color profile for the generation of the CMYK channels If one lays out a section of color that approximates or is exactly like the printing system that uses the film then it will be possible to select and generate the CMYK channels with the maximum guarantee of correct results Keep in mind that if one is separating color from an RGB image only the CMY channels will be produced If on the contrary a section of color is selected it is certain that the 4 channels CMYK can be obtained The black ink lineariser compensates for the different types of dot that the film ink may have and ensures that each tone is
9. HiFiJet PRO II FJ 540 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 slat 4 slat 3 Slot 6 In the configuration shown in the window we can see that in a 6 ink system six compartments for inks only the four on the left will be used for the KCMY colors placing the yellow Y where it does not belong and leaving the two compartments on the right unused although they can be loaded with cartridges if needed In this way we are telling the program that the data on the yellow which it sends the printer must be sent as if it were the Lc OR color of the fourth compartment The printer will receive data only from the KCMLc channels but in fact it will print with KCMY Dither method The configuration of the dither is accessed through the Control Center unfolding the Print control branch and selecting Dithering Digiser 5 5 Configuring the printer e 84 Dithering This option allows the choice of dither type to be generated for the print and we have the following types Dither Description Floyd 2 pass This is a dots dispersion dither based on the Floyd Steinberg system It is fast in terms of processing time but it can produce a certain alignment of dots in very light tones It is recommended for printing photographs Esthocastic This is the one which produces more quality since it does not generate any type of pattern It is based on the random distribution of the points on the surface dispersing them uniformly On the contrary it is the one whic
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11. always appear by default Axes In all plotters that allow configuration you should select the option of rotating 90 the axes since in order to adjust the printing and cut the origin of coordinates is to be found to the right of the plotter For plotters which do not have the function of reading register marks OPOS we recommend using the register marks which print only angles r L l And place the cut origin on the right mark once the material has been loaded in the cutting plotter Exporting paths All the cutting plots created can be exported to be cut with the CiberCut software special for the vinyl cutting Pressing the button Export paths the file selection window will be shown and it will allow you to enter a file name and select where to save it Digiser 5 5 Cutting e 80 The generated file has the extension ct5 and it is only valid to be loaded in the program CiberCut it contains the cutting traject of the design and the exact position so that when cut it will match the printed image if register marks are used OPOS Digiser 5 5 Cutting e 81 15 Configuring the printer Print Control Printing scheme The printing scheme contains all the printing parameters including the color profile and the adjusting of densities Once configured all the parameters it is possible to save this configuration in a schema thus having the program already configured for the different kinds of materials is easy and prev
12. and the total cost of the printing The Delete button deletes a task selected from the task list the corresponding log file will be deleted Even though we recommend that you configure correctly the option for deleting old files The button Print will generate a printing of all the information of this screen Digiser 5 5 Program for the calculation of printing consumption e 110
13. button and search in the folder of the CD Rom of the program Remember that by selecting a scheme you will have all the printing options configured Printing Once loaded the design adjusted all the color parameters measures etc and selected the options of printing quality it is ready for printing The button fit RIE will show a new window that will allow the selection of some options to begin processing the design RIP Options Printer Roland VersaCamm SP 300 Conection USB amp General 2 Pages Copies EM Print and Cut Start jobs queue if it s stoped C Keep the job after processed Job processing method Process and Send simultaneously Process and then send O Process only C Keep output file C Enhance printing of shades may require more time Set as Default The most important options of this window are Job processing method Select the following e Process and send simultaneously At the same time that the computer processes the design to print is already printing This allows the saving of time since part of the time needed to process the design is employed in printing it The only drawback is that if the design is very complex it can cause the printer to stop and depending on what is being printed it can cause lines to appear e Process first and then print once processed the design it will all be sent to the printer making sure that it will not stop if communications are c
14. creates a rectangle outside the limits of design both in images and vectorial designs In this case we can introduce the distance between the contour that will be created and the rectangle marking the limits of the design Distance O 000in 2 By stroke color This option only applies to vectorial designs since a fillet color will be assigned as cutting trajectory Digiser interprets the design and locates all the fillet colors adding them to the list of fillets When choosing a color from the list you can see on the screen that the fillets with that color have been drawn as a broken line This shows that it is a cutting line Digiser 5 5 Cutting e 76 In this image you can see an outside cutting outline The PostScript clip paths option allows the cutting of areas of image trimming generated directly in Photoshop Consult the Adobe Photoshop manual to know about how to generate layouts in a document and include them in a Photoshop EPS together with the image Authomatic outline Allows the generation of an irregular contour following areas of similar color Authomatic contour options Distance distance between the line that marks the zone with similar color and the traject which will be created Background color color selected as a reference in order to select the color area which will be used to create the cropping traject From the selected point the program will search the whole area of the image with a color simil
15. design has the original size with which it has been created but it is possible to modify the measures rotate it displace it in the working area etc Digiser 5 5 Digiser Tutorial e 96 These actions can be carried out manually by pressing on the marks around the design or numerically entering the values for measures and positions on the boxes on the top part of the window X 0 000 in 0 000 in et 20 833 in 100 00 g A lt m IE 20 833in 100 00 4 7 In case a design surpasses the measures admitted by our printer the program will automatically generate pagination i e the division of the design in as many parts as necessary In the following example a design paginated in two parts is shown ay 43 Input profiles In order to obtain color precision an important aspect is to establish correctly the input profile for each design that has been opened The input profile is the information on the color characteristics with which the design was created One and the same design can contain information of a different color if it has been created to be printed in offset with determinate inks and supports or to be printed through some other means The printing RIP must know the means for which the design has been created i e the color profile used to be able to know which are the original colors of the design and reproduce them adequately We have to make sure we know this information and enter it for each design we have to p
16. have to bear in mind that the printing of an image with light colors is not the same as a design with vivid colors and uniform backgrounds The real cost can multiply by 100 Digiser includes an utility that analyses some files log that the program generates with information on the number of dots used to carry out a printing With the quantity of dots and a previous calibration of consumption it is possible to know the REAL cost of the printing Program configuration When starting the consumption program press the Setup tab to access the following window Printing consumation calculus c Cibercat S L v2 0 3 See Results Setup Dot counter file path E CACibercalCiberPrint 5 0 LOG Consumation setup Selected printer Roland 5P 300 4 ft 72027204 10000 2 4 10000 1 2 10000 0 6 Wanable dotsize mode x Ink cost liter 150 Media cost 20 meter Le Save consumations Delete all the files older than in days Ey Print i Exit Dot counter file path loq It is the location where the files generated by Digiser are to be found with the information on the consumption of each of the tasks They are files with log extension and they are usually found in a subfolder LOG within the folder where Digiser is installed Digiser 5 5 Program for the calculation of printing consumption e 105 Selected printer In this list we will enter the noun for the printer of which we want to
17. it since the printer s limit is very high and it is unlikely we shall go over it in one printing operation only If we deactivate Media Length this will indicate that we are working with reel and the remaining length is not important You can modify graphically the position where pagination will take place if you prefer to do it in a different part of the design for example in a design where texts and faces appear In this way they will not be affected by the cut Click on the pagination line in order to move it downward to the required position In the section Margins the physical margins proper to the printer will show but it is possible to modify them in case we are interested in displacing the design with respect to the loaded paper Page selection By activating the printing options the program shows a simulation of how the printed pages will appear with their margins and what will be printed in each of them If several pages are going to be used for example when the design exceeds the measurements of the width of the bobbin or if various designs have to be printed in page format we can decide which pages we want to print A Mr d R nid En Ape nin E A A P i B T hie Poe J F A E d By simply clicking one of them it will automatically become activated and will be shown framed in a blue rectangle If you wish to activate various pages you must click on them with the Control button pressed down Digiser 5 5
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19. of the dot calculating the angles and frequency that coincide exactly with the resolution of the printer though on the other hand it can sometimes lose gradations of grey tones The value 4x4 will not define with such to shape of the dot with such exacting precision but it does generate more gradations of grey tones To avoid losing dots when reproducing the lightest and darkest tones the program has a controller which eliminates the smallest dots of both extremes in the dither The photogravure option insures that the darkest areas always retain their dots so that it doesn t show up simply as a black mass This is necessary when using films in this printing system The configurations that we have created ensure that we are able to re load work of similar form that will quickly become configured on the screen Shafts uy Printing 85 dpi j Stochastic dither The stochastic dither arranges dispersed dots grouping them more if the tone is dark or separating them more if the tone is light The size of all of the dots is the same This type of dither has the advantage of avoiding the Moir effect between the different colors x Dot Multiplier E Print Resolution 300 dpi Virtual Resolution 150 00 d p i Dot size MER I p Cancel Digiser 5 5 Separation creations e 23 In the majority of cases it is not possible to reproduce the size of a dot from a printer a larger dot needs to be created For this th
20. reproduced correctly This test can facilitate the printing of gradations of black from 0 100 The resulting print is completely uniform with changes in tone from 0 5 to 95 100 Pushing the Editing key will open the lineralisation window Digiser 5 5 Separation creations e 20 Linearisation of the black ink ink contro xi Profile a Reset ink Reset all Smooth curves seve ext In this window it is possible to adjust the obtained result in order to achieve a black tone that corresponds with the tone of the first print The best way to achieve this is to adjust the printer gradations of black and white and calibrate the color incrementally 100 TE En 25 SSS O OOO Visually one will be able to notice a gradual change in tone in both the lighter and darker areas If it is observed for example that the darker areas are only printing at 80 capacity this will be the approximate amount at which the linearisation curve should be corrected Create a curve in which one can assign a modification name and introduces this in a separate profile and push the save key Continue to print at the same gradation and compare the results to see if there has been an improvement Overprints To preserve the overprint solid fill Save the areas of the filling that have remained under the other colors in such a way that the colors that overlap have a margin to allow they re printing T
21. right hand side of the screen the width of the bobbin is the vertical part of the screen and the length of the bobbin is shown towards the left hand side of the screen In the previous image we can see a design placed lengthwise on the bobbin and at the beginning of it So when we print this design it will start printing at the beginning of the bobbin and the whole length of the image will be printed over the length of the bobbin Digiser 5 5 General functions e 12 Viewing modes Digiser allows you to view the design in the work area in three different ways without it affecting the final quality of the print These are Scheme The scheme mode only shows a gray rectangle with the size of each design and information on the name of the document inside the box a E El r al B u The great advantage of this viewing system is that the screen presentation is immediate and allows you to work very quickly in making the design composition Fast Bitmap With the fast bitmap mode a low resolution image is used for each design This image is only for a quick viewing of the design and does not have the original quality of the design Real Image With the Real Image mode the real design resolution is used In the case of vectorial designs an interpretation of the design is made which is shown on the screen with the real quality of the design This the most exact viewing system but also the most slow Color simulatio
22. similar paper of different brands When installing the program output profiles are installed since it is better to install those which will be used and so facilitate the selection at the moment of printing In Print Color control is where the button Add is to be found for that purpose 2 Crop amp Reg Marks A Pi Contour Cutting g naa Mosaic T Print Control H Media Size 440 Ink Control LY Color Control e Advanced lt Color Management Mode Chik ft Output ICC Profile E Canvas T20x720w L175 H40 ice Ww Usually the profiles that come with the program are found in the same CD in the folder cprint icc Inside this folder there are different subfolders according to the type of printer and within each type of printer there may be subfolders according to the type of ink used Standard profiles ICC coming from other sources can also be loaded Understanding the meaning of the abbreviations of each color profile is sometimes not so easy since in a very short description many data have to be specified ink material resolution etc An example of a noun of a color profile may be EPUV_CMYKcm_GlossyPaper_720 icm In this case we may observe that it is a color profile done with an UV ink pigmented using hexachromy CMKY Lc Lm for a material like bright paper at a resolution of 720 dpi All these variables have to coincide with the program configuration since using this profile and printing at 360 dpi would g
23. situated just above the job list Some of its functions are also in the menu 0058 x e A Bg From left to right the buttons carry out the following functions 1 Button to activate the task queue 2 Button to stop the task queue 3 Button to get some information from the selected task 4 Button to add a processed file prn plt to the queue tasks 5 Button to process or send the selected task 6 Button to pause the selected task 7 Button to stop the copy that is being printed when it is finished and not to send more copies 8 Button to stop the selected task 9 Button to delete from the queue all the selected tasks 10 Button to delete all the tasks already finished 11 Button to delete all the tasks whatever their state 12 Button to access the utility of print costs analysis 13 Button to access the queue setup window Digiser 5 5 Job Manager e 50 In the contextual menu that appears when pressing on any task with the right button of the mouse the same functions as in the button bar appear Processing and sending When the option of processing or sending is selected the following window appears Process Send Job Action This option will process the job internally allowing you to send it later This option will process and print the job at the same time Once finished you will be able to resend it later send This option allows you bo send one or more copies of the job to the printer The job must ha
24. the thickness of the marks which are printed in case we want them to be more visible so as to use them more easily This same window contains the Print document name option next to the design The name and extension of the printed file will appear in the bottom left hand corner There are special register marks designed to be recognized by certain cutting plotters so they can adjust what has been printed to what needs to be cut Known as OPOS If your plotter supports it consult in the instructions the kind of marks you need to use Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 38 Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 39 6 Film printing setup Y Print The printing in the FILM mode differs from the printing in the RIP mode because it has many functions necessary for color printing hidden or inactive and because of simplicity have deactivated Fink Control HE Media Size d Ink Control eg Advanced Printing scheme The printing scheme contains all the printing parameters Once configured all the parameters it is possible to save this configuration in a schema thus having the program already configured for the different kinds of materials is easy and prevents mistakes Scheme Film 1440 with 72 ink use ye Remember that only by selecting a scheme you will have configured all the printing options Printing quality The printing quality refers to the actual way in which the machine prints Some printers allow you to print in various resolutions o
25. the values for original color as well as modified color E dy Selection A ICC Input ICC Profiles se Special Colors ae Cropping C Crop amp Reg Marks ia Contour Cutting HEN P man Mosaic sig Frink Control 111 x Special colors Input Mtoe RGB 218 37 2 CMY Ecm 50 0 0 0 Generation of color palettes The program is equipped with an assistant for the generation of color palettes it generates coalescent colored squares patches with small differences in color which are definable by the user The user will as well be able to determine the number of squares to appear and the rank of colors between which the color palette will range Pressing the button for the generation of palettes the following screen will appear Digiser 5 5 Color Control e 72 Color chart Variantion of one 4 corner CMYK 0 0 57 4 61 2 0 0 Deviation 10 00 2 Max steps 100 Color mode Patch size and separation Use device colors CMYk cmk g i Perform density and ink usage adjuste Perform ink limit control There are two ways to generate the patches 1 Variation of one starting from a determined color CMYK it will carry out variations between patches of a certain per cent of color 2 4 corner determining the four extreme colors of the angles of a rectangle it will generate the patches through the variation of the color progressively from one angle to the other Color Mode Input CMYK th
26. values in the brightness and contrast box or adjust manually using the printer buttons Press the apply button to make these changes effective on the image Using Multichannel DCS files This program allows for the use of EPS multi channel DCS 2 0 for printing These files contain information which has been previously separated into several color channels corresponding to the different inks which are to be used for printing When opening a DCS file the program will show information about the channels contained in the file and the color corresponding to each channel Once the file has been opened the program can manage the DCSs in Combined and Separate Modes DCS 2 0 File MS 05 nou vo Brink Size 12 139 in A y o 417 in WARE Test FOME gt Channel List Mombre Opacidad Mi Blue 0 0 Red 0 0 E yelow 0 0 x Digiser 5 5 Color Control e 65 Combined Mode Printing Combined mode means all colors will be mixed with the opacity percentage of each channel to form a single image composed of all colors Print settings x se Special Colors oy Levels E Crannins Mixed mode Split mode Channel MA Blue M Red Yellow B Black ES Green E Orange ajajajajaja color Opacity moc rg 100 0 Oc 22m 100 0 Oc Om 1 100 0 c m 100 0 4c m 1 100 0 Oc4em 100 0 Pe You may modify opacity levels for each channel by introducing the appropriate value in
27. variable or fixed dot Digiser 5 5 Program for the calculation of printing consumption e 106 In the case of using fixed dot one only needs to introduce a consumption value When using variable dot three consumption values will have to be entered for large medium and Small dot Consumption measurement TO measure consumption carry out a real printing and weight the real consumption Consumption in gr Initial weight gr Final weight gr If we print with just one color it will be easier to measure the consumption thus if we print a 100 black rectangle The larger the printing the more precise so we recommend to make it 3 or 4 sq ft minimum Firstly use a design program to create a 100 black rectangle and export it in EPS format without using any color profile Load the rectangle into Digiser and resize making it as big as possible Set printing options for no color profile to be used 100 ink usage and CMKY mode Print settings Print settings x ful Prink Control ns E E Media Size a Media Size A de Ink Control 44 Ink Control La Calar Canteen lus wa Color Control Ea Linearisation File Eo Adwanced bone bil Output ICC Profile Total Ink Limit 400 00 2 Weigh black ink cartride s and take note of value tenths of grams Print the black rectangle with the desired resolution Weigh black ink cartridge s and take note of the new value The resulting difference
28. x 32 45 x 40 y 64 x 64 tr Explore Folder Update To open one of the designs in this window it will be enough to select and drag it to the present document Digiser 5 5 File Browser e 60 12 Connectivity Problems It would seem that connecting a computer to a printer is very simple although in reality there are many mysteries and there are also alternative methods of connection when things fail Let s look at why large format printers need such a lot of information in order to carry out high resolution work The most common problems in badly implemented connections are the following a The backlog in sending data makes the printer wait while it awaits data and so it stops b Data interruption problems cause the printer to stop printing or they make it behave strangely Connector Types Parallel Connector Also known as the printer port LPTX This type of system only needs a parallel cable although it is simple to use it can be slow Many modern circuit boards support high speed parallel ports that comply with the IEEE1284 Standard However to be able to use these ports any system has two requirements The port must be ECP configured and use a 32bit operating system WNT 2000 XP The parallel cable must also comply to this standard If the system complies with these requirements then you should enable this characteristic by configuring the parallel port in the following programme Config
29. 5 5 Preferences e 54 10 Interface customization Dialog for selecting options To access this window choose view work environment and personalize in the menu The dialog will appear and you will be able to select the following options Select commands In Commands you will see a list of all the possible commands grouped just as they appear in the menus Customize Commands Toolbars Tools Keyboard Menu Options Categories Commands Edit O View A Tools Open Window Help Insert Mew Menu All Commands Mew Close el Save Descriptiorr To insert a new command in a bar simply select it and drag it to the desired bar If there is an icon associated to that command it will be placed on the bar if not the text will be placed there Confiquration of toolbars Here you can activate or de activate any of the tool bars The program can also show the explanation text to help learn more easily and to recognize the buttons The only inconvenience with this option is that it occupies more space The button bar as installed by the program only shows the image which reminds you of the function being carried out A tae Select Show text labels by selecting the desired button bar and the buttons will appear with the text reminding you of their function k gt gt Mew task Opentask Adddesign Save task Shortcut keys We can configure at will all the program s fast access
30. Click the Ok button and a new window will unfold with a list of all the profiles compatible with the process you have selected Digiser 5 5 Installation of the program e 9 C Cibercat CiberPrir C Cibercat CiberPrir C Cibercat CiberPrir C Cibercat CiberPrir C Cibercat CiberPrir C Cibercat CiberPrir C Cibercat CiberPrir C Cibercat CiberPrir RDG FJ DYE Lelr JOY RDG FJ DY xi Cancel Profile selection Select in the list the profiles you would like to be installed Select the ones you require and click the Ok button Bear in mind that the program will only show the parameters which are compatible depending on the type CMYKOrGr etc of process selected CMYK When selecting the parameters for printing it is important that the printing resolution coincides as far as possible with the resolution used to create the ICC parameters which is normally specified in the color parameter description Installing printing schemes To install print schemes in the program files with cps extension select the Control Panel Print Control dialog and click the Add button Ay Selection f Print Control 3 H Media Size Ink Control By Color Control Advanced Scheme Canvas s60 20 L190 H40 wt You will see that upon selecting a print scheme all the options from the Printers dialog are configured along with the corresponding ICC color profile and the linearization f
31. Configuring the printer e 87 You can select the print all pages or only selected pages option from the last printing options In this same section you can see that each page is given a letter and number showing its position The bottom left hand page is Al the one to its right would be B1 and the one above it A2 Ink control Linearization With this option we can make very precise adjustments on the behavior of the printer If we click the button a window appears where we can edit the response curves that will always be applied after carrying out the whole color separation process In this way if certain tones do not appear printed as expected we can make some adjustments to the response curves of the inks so as to improve the result Ink Control Profile ESol MAX Vinilo MOS 360x720 Ink Level 100 00 100 Ink Limit 140 00 e all Ink cut 100 00 Light Cyan 20 00 50 75 O A Smooth Curves Reset Ink Reset All In Ink Level the information embedded in the printing outline is shown and it is related to the ink quantity percentage used for each color with respect to 100 By modifying this value the whole of the printing darkens or lightens globally Ink limit shows the value for the maximum quantity of ink that the support to print admits i e the total of all the inks in a determined dot may not exceed the quantity here specified Excessively high values could leave an ink excess and not dry
32. Del button on the keyboard The Snap to guidelines option activates or de activates their magnetism That is to say if this option is activated when moving objects these will tend to attach themselves to the guide line Measurement units The program can be configured to show the objects measurement values in measurement units in inches by default through the related menu that appears clicking the mouse s right hand button on the rulers Milimeters Centimeters Inches Feet Activate Guidelines Deactivate Guidelines The measurement units can also be configured independently for each one of the controls where numerical values of measurements are introduced Digiser 5 5 General functions e 16 MM bin 100 0 S H F ie 235 Millimeters k L Centimeters F hit td Feet h i N 5 Paste Digiser 5 5 General functions e 17 4 Separation creations Initial considerations The program DIGISER is especially developed for the generation of films through ink injection printers The resolution of these printers is very high capable of completing the majority of jobs with processes that require screen printing When producing very fine dithers the printer can generate moir s and small oscillations which interfere with the physical resolution of the printer when printing the dither very fine dithers are produced With the studied correction algorithms DIGISER can minimize these defects by adapting an
33. This manual does not intend to be a course in color theory However some basic points are covered to enable the correct configuration of Digiser with a view to obtaining optimum results in printed works Input ICC profiles These are the ICC profiles that Digiser uses to interpret the documents it must process The input profile of the selected document has to coincide forcibly with the same profile that has been used in the designing program as output profile If both profiles are not the same there can be differences in the interpretation of colors and as a result differences in the printed result Each design program CorelDraw Illustrator PhotoShop etc allows to specify the color profile with which the created design will be saved or exported This is the profile that has to be selected in Input profiles If it isn t in the list it can be added to the program or else use in the design program the profiles ICC of the Digiser In case the design comes from an unknown source and the profile with which it has been generated is not specified the most usual work profiles are RGB Generic RGB CMYK Generic CMYK Note that by selecting these profiles the result is not guaranteed NH im Lr co Tl m ET al a gt 08 Input ICE Profiles ee Special Colors Cropping C Crop amp Reg Marks 9 Contour Cutting ALL man Mosaic E fil Print Control x CMYK GRAY m HEX Ls NOTE When a TIFF JPG or EPS i
34. This program has at its disposal a powerful and practical utility to accede to all the printable designs we have in the graphic form and without having to browse the different files in the disc File Browser x a i y My Computer ES My Network Places E E My Documents l a My Images p E My Music 16194 jpg 4Faantasticos_do 7up tif blueventas RECO 4 My Pictures se E PECADO Base A m The Favorite section is where the folder we select will appear to be shown in this branch The folders inside the favorites can be in any location of the hard disc and in fact it behaves as a direct access without the necessity of browsing the folders To add a folder in the favorite section we will browse the folders of our computer starting from the section Desktop and opening the folders we wish File Browser ho E3 Y My Computer a Sed My Network Places My Documents sa My Music 4 My Pictures Base Dida v Once the wanted folder is found we will click the Add to Favorite button and introduce the name you wish to appear New Link Please type in the name For this Faworite link My images In the area of preview of the designs we will be able to see a small image of each design either images eps files or pdf etc The size of the preview image is adjustable Click the right button on this area to select a desired size Digiser 5 5 File Browser e 59 16 x 16 J2
35. User s manual FILM FILM amp RIP Cibercat S L Rev 5 5 30 Table of contents Te INDTFOQUCHO Mii iia 4 We come to DISC A AAA IA AA ADE EA es 4 Wa EIS DIO ISP isis 4 e REM CONV TOF TID DIEING AAA AAA AAA A 4 RIP CORY FOr COF PRIMO ii AAA AAA AAA AAA TAO 4 2 Installation of the program sisi 4 System ROGUE Nes ana ENA de AN do ala 4 IST OTa a E treat 4 Frog amn DOCE CUOTA 4 SE econ O NEDHI O aa ieee T o td A 4 jOULPUE COIOF profiles for color PINO ii naia Ta an A A AONE AENEA AAKE 4 3 General FUNCTIONS 2222222222222222222222222222222222222222uu2222uuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnn A MAIN WINDOWS NANA A AN 4 VISIT OTE e ds 4 COOP SITU ION AAA AAA EAN A AA A AAA ene ae ba ee 4 CONTFONCENTE sti Sis 4 GCUIGCIINGS ii A AE A AAA AAA AAA AAA ii 4 Measurement UNES vi ADE a E LADA AAA O S 4 4 Separation CrealiOn S siii O INIA CONSIGErAU ONS ada A it 4 Preparing the design TOF printing id AA AA ATA ADA NE AAA AA 4 e TINE OVER OIE A A 4 e MUNICIONES cies 4 e The separation OPplONS DIO 0d A A A AAA anes 4 PIREGArSALION OF UNC DIC NS A eee Maa ees 4 Register anda CroD MAKS aii A A nea ea 4 Canne SClECH ON aii NA A ANA A ee 4 amp DIET Pe DR 4 e Edition OF an executed SCD ara WO Mii AA aeadatecdss senate ees 4 5 Design CGIUION ind LOGGING VOSOTRAS AS A ia 4 Charging designs If TAS FIEMINOAO srst an A A AAA AAA ita 4 Charging designs selecting FILM OF RIP a aa 4 SIZES NODOS
36. adjust to guide lines option is activated this object will attach itself to the guide line close to it The guide lines are especially useful to align various designs on the same horizontal or vertical line You access this menu by clicking the right hand button of the mouse over the ruler bar There are 4 options related to the guide lines Activate Guidelines Allows you to activate the guide lines magnetism Deactivate Guidelines De activates the magnetism of all the guide lines Remove all Eliminates all the guide lines from the design Milimeters Centimeters Inches Feet Activate Guidelines Deactivate Guidelines Adjust Adjust Activates the guide line adjustment dialog Dialog for controlling quide lines This dialog allows you to create move or delete the guide lines at will Digiser 5 5 General functions e 15 Guideline setup Current guidelines Position Type 16 117 in Horitzontal 21 913 in Vertical Snap to guidelines Snap distance pixels To modify the position of a guide line click over the value of the position and introduce the new value 39 941 In Hontzomtal 11 534 ify Vertical D LD in Hontzomtal To add horizontal or vertical guide lines click the button for adding guidelines and introduce the position directly in the list of guide lines Click the button e and introduce the value 11534 in To eliminate any guide line from the list select it and press the
37. also rotate the design clicking the rotation buttons A lt Y gt The Mirror option will make a vertical symmetry of the design That is to say as if seen reflected in a mirror placed at one of its sides You can also set the design position introducing the sizes in the corresponding section Remember that the design position refers to the design s lower left hand corner While designs are being moved within the work area the program takes into account all the other designs that may be there and if the function from the preferences is activated the designs will not overlap The link between separations of a design All the created separations which belong to the same design are linked with one another so that any change we may make in any of these will automatically be applied to the rest of the separations of the same design In this way for example when resizing one of the separations automatically the others will be resized in the same proportion Separation of a design Resizing a separation Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 28 All the separations resized Duplicate graphically Any design which is selected can be duplicated simply by moving it with the Control key pressed down On releasing the mouse button a copy of the selected design will appear Ra RR RN RR Se e RN ene RR 2 e RR RR RS eK RR SS arate 425 es SONG RR SOG RR SSX gt O PS Ps RL gt
38. alues Red Green Blue If for instance we see a red dominant in the already printed color we can correct only value R by lowering it 3 CMYK Entry possibility of entering the values Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black As in the previous case it is possible to correct the color dominants 4 Device possibility of accessing directly a CMYK value without its being modified by the profile of the exit color i e we will enter a real value which will be sent to the printer For instance if we want to obtain a pure red we can specify the values Magenta M 100 Yellow Y 100 The option Perform density and ink usage adjusted permits linearize the special colors whenever one has the use of the linearization curve for the special colors The option to Perform ink limit control assures that the printing of the color palettes never exceeds the established limit value of the ink In the Components section we will introduce the values for the wished color following the substitution mode selected Obtaining the color by reading it from a device In the substitution modes CIELab and Device it is possible to enter the color by reading it directly from a color reading device or colorimeter which will allow for precision since the exact color of a real color sample is being read Press the Measure button once the colorimeter is correctly placed consult the list of devices of your usual provider The following window will be shown
39. ar to the one selected and will create a cropping contour in the limits of the area Tolerance value of similitude of the accepted colors by the area selection If the value is low and the area that is to be selected contains colors with similar tones the area may be not selected correctly as the tones can be different enough from the selected color If a high tolerance value is entered the selection can be extended to color zones which are similar although not exactly the Same to the chosen one and thus the result will not be satisfactory To select the reference color press the color selection button and press directly on the image in a zone with the background color to be selected Digiser 5 5 Cutting e 77 The program will search all the area of the image with a color similar to that selected and will calculate a cut traject with the established distance from the frames that frame the similar color area selected Send directly to cutting plotter Once generated the cropping traject it is possible to send this traject to a plotter Press the button P Cut to access the configuration window for the cutting plotter Digiser 5 5 Cutting e 78 Contour cutting Ed Plotter y Graphtec FCS100 130 Y Options Cut adjustments Curve resolution Speed 90 cms J Pressure 102 g eme J Flotter options i Export paths Cancel D Cut In Plotter you will be able to select the mod
40. ate the separation We should select the desired type and Push the configure dither key to determine the characteristics of the dither Angled screen It is possible to establish with each color the angle of the screen the frequency l in l cm and the dot shape xi Channel Shape Frequency Euclidean v 63 50 I4in 4 All the same 25 00 cm SuperCell 1x1 y gt Angle 45 00 Y All the same l Rotocalcografia Profile Jale Cancel Each channel or color can be configured independently though it is more common that the frequency and form for that dot would be the same for all the channels Digiser 5 5 Separation creations e 22 To select the dot shape select the list of Supporting shapes for ink jet printers we recommend using the round even though you can also get good results with the Euclidean The frequency of the dither can be introduced in lines per inch or centimeter Based on the resolution of the printer the program calculates the frequency and angles that best approximates what has been introduced This can be seen by pushing lez Black ngle 45 00 L p i 70 71 hpi Evan ngle 11 31 L p 158 83 Lpi Magenta Angle 18 69 L p i 56 83 Lp Yellow A ngle 30 00 L p i 160 00 l p i Depending on the value of the selected Super Cell the adaptations of angles and frequencies will differ The value 1x1 is that which will best define the shape
41. ause between copies generates a pause of a few seconds before sending the following copies In certain printers when sending several copies the printer loses data or a transmission error appears and this can be avoided by establishing this value in a few seconds for instance 5 or 10 Print and Cut The third tab of the printing options window corresponds to the printing options for those printers that allow simultaneous printing and cutting Digiser 5 5 Printing e 48 RIP Options Printer Roland versacamm SP 300 Conection LPT1 E General 2 Pages Copies E Print and Cut When using Print and Cut printers you may specify here iF you want bo execute both processes or only one of them Cut paths A Export paths Cut adjustments Speed Curve resolution High d Pressure Print Cut size adjust Print selected object only ful RIF Although it is more common to do the printing and the cutting straight after we may also be interested in carrying this out in two separate stages Thus for example if we have to laminate a design first it will do the printing and then once laminated will reintroduce the laminated print into the plotter in order to cut out the outline The options for activating or deactivating printing and cutting are found in this window If the cutting option is activated we can adjust the settings of the plotter in cutting mode such as speed cutting quality pressure and accelerati
42. between these two values is the real ink consumption Once the consumption in grams has been measured we will have to know how many dots have been used to carry out this printing and this information can be found in the log file which has been generated by the Digiser Start the consumption program clicking on the Job Queue icon Digiser 5 5 Program for the calculation of printing consumption e 107 a O Job Copies Device State Progress 2 IMG_02 6 jpg 0 1 fi Roland SolJet PRO II Y SC 545 EX i Ready Active Finished Queue State Stopped Rest ee We will change to the Program Results tab and select the corresponding log file which shows in the task list In the Results section the information about used KDots will appear 1 KDots 1000 p For instance we can obtain values of 26581 KDots 1 6 grms These are the values that have to be entered in the consumption list Selected printer al Yes 20 20 10000 24 Mo 20 20 micro 5507 TE o In the case of variable dot the configuration is more complex since we need to know the real consumption of each size of dot Although normally the consumption of a medium dot is half of that of a large one and a small one the fourth part of a large one Anyway the real consumption control has to be carried out at least of the large and small dots The consumption of medium points is usually half that of the large ones and that of the small on
43. carried out in four colors or more depending on the possibilities of the printer Generally the more colors are used the better quality will be obtained ChiYK e hayek Chl Krag Chili Kom When light colors are used light Cyan light Magenta light Black the clear colors of the design will be reproduced sky skin tones with almost imperceptible dots Mode JE ICE Profile SUBIECSPaly _3 When special colors are used orange green blue a wider spectrum of colors will be reproduced for example stronger reds but bear in mind that you should have the color profile needed to use these inks Print scheme The print scheme includes all the printing parameters including the color profile and the adjusting of densities Once configured all the parameters it is possible to save this configuration in a outline thus having configured the program for the different kinds of tasks is very easy and prevents errors Digiser 5 5 Digiser Tutorial e 101 Together with the program colors profiles or schemes are provided in the case of schemes they already include the color profile and all the necessary configuration to print according the selected scheme As well as the profiles the schemes have to be installed a Crop amp Reg Marks A 2 Contour Cutting AA 3 eee Mosaic E fut Print Control Media Size 42 Ink Control Color Control e Advanced s Scheme Canvas 360x220 L190 H40 wt Press the Add
44. de for the system Dark light result this is the easiest case to solve In the section Ink Control there is a controller that indicates Ink usage and by raising or lowering this value the result darkens or lightens correspondingly In the case it is at 100 and we still wish it darker the density bends should be touched manually creating an upwards parable Digiser 5 5 Digiser Tutorial e 103 Ink Control Profile i Ink Level 70 00 100 Ink Limit 1140 00 Channel Can Cyan Light Cyan v 0 25 50 75 JO Low print quality bandings go over the Print Mode configurations bidirectional dot type depending on the selected printer In the case of banding it is mostly due to wrong adjustments of the printer adjust of bidirectional material advance test of injectors height of the head etc as well as inadequate printing supports Raising the quality of the printing generally helps to mitigate this effect Digiser 5 5 Digiser Tutorial e 104 17 Program for the calculation of printing consumption The estimation of real costs of printing is an unresolved matter for the vast majority of printers using digital printing systems since it is very difficult to know exactly the quantity of ink used when printing We know the cost of a cartridge or a liter of ink we can easily calculate the cost of the printed support but we ignore the grams of ink that have been used for the said printing We
45. does not require great accuracy in color but does require a good appearance e Relative colorimetric With this method if a certain color CIE L a b value enters into the range of the device it is faithfully represented but with the image still maintaining a good overall appearance To achieve this a lineal relationship is established between the black and white of each of the devices brightness adaptation So for example the white of a monitor directly corresponds to the white of the paper although they are different CIE L a b values The colors that remain outside the range of the output device adapt to the nearest ones This can be used for vector and photographic designs so that the final result turns out well e Absolute colorimetric This method works in a similar way to the relative one but the brightness is not adapted In this way we achieve the most exact reproduction of the input colors The colors that remain outside the range of the output device adapt to the nearest ones This is the method to use in corporate logos with few colors where the best possible color accuracy is essential e Saturation This system aims at obtaining results with more vivid colors whilst trying not to lose color quality It works well in vectorial designs that need a certain amount of vividness or in photographs that are not very saturated in order to improve their printed appearance e Clean ink In case the design contains pure colors a
46. e automatic positioning of the floating window in a determined position inside the main window In the middle of the screen appears the positioning mark with respect to the working window By positioning the cursor of the mouse while pressed on any of the four keys the floating window will automatically be located in any of the positions inside of the window below On the corners of the main window of the program four marks or keys like these will be shown E Thus if we place the cursor on any of them it will position the floating window on the corresponding side within the main window of the program Digiser 5 5 Interface customization e 57 Windows that hide automatically Floating windows can be configured as to automatically hide when not used in order to save working space The icon appearing on the window bar representing a tack shows whether the window can be hidden or it is fixed The following example indicates that the window is a fixed one If pressed the tack mark will assume an horizontal position meaning that the window can be hidden In the case for example of the window of task queues when it is hidden a tab appears in the inferior part of the working window Real image w f Simulate printed colors se Job Queue To make it visible simply place the cursor on the tab the window will automatically show enabling us to work with it Digiser 5 5 Interface customization e 58 11 File Browser
47. e if a printing has a magenta dominant the easiest way to correct it is using this option and in this case reducing only the magenta channel to a determined value depending on the dominating quantity Color balance Pe A e ll wt wt This modification can be carried out by displacing the controllers manually or by entering the value on the inferior box and pressing enter S e a gt Color Control Mode The type of process refers to the type and number of inks that are to be used to carry out the task Here you will be able to select if your printer allows it 4 6 or 8 inks Color Management Mode hy k crmk Chi K Mode K will carry out the printing with just the color black i e all the design will be printed in a grey scale Digiser 5 5 Configuring the printer e 89 For printers with more than four colors the multi channel mode CMYK 4 makes it possible to work as if each color were totally independent regardless of what ink is contained in each printer cartridge Namely in CMYKcmk printers it will be possible to install special colors in the free cartridges Az Rj V Am and the program will use these inks depending on the color profile information Mode ene These configurations are usually used in textile printing for it requires the use of special colors in order to increase the color range Configuration and location of the inks It is possible to determine the position of each ink a
48. e introduced color will be modified subsequently by all the color management that is the same color transformations will be applied as a charged design in the program Use device colors xxx the introduced color will be the direct output color which won t be modified by the color profiles This mode permits to make color tables for special colors plain colors or fluorescent in configured systems with special inks or multichannel The option Perform density and ink usage adjusted permits linearize the special colors whenever one has the use of the linearization curve for the special colors The option to Perform ink limit control assures that the printing of the color palettes never exceeds the established limit value of the ink Configuration of the parameters with variation of one Deviation it is the maximum percentage of variation of the generated colors with respect to the selected color variation which will be carried out by modifying the four components of the color CMYK Max steps total number of patches to be generated Configuration of parameters with 4 corner Digiser 5 5 Color Control e 73 Color chart Variantion of one corner ji e lt a eame ji Color mode Patch size and separation Orea a Use device colors CMYk cmk g i Perform density and ink usage adjuste Perform ink limit control In the section 4 angles introduce the colors for the patches of each ang
49. e material to be printed on consists of loose leaves the program will distribute the documents on each page without splitting the designs except in the case of those that are larger than the size of the page Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 31 Without distribution Distributed on leaves Distribution in the film mode The automatic distribution in FILM mode does not permit to rotate the designs to save the material since all the color separations belonging to a design have to be printed in the same orientation in the contrary it could not register the colors Tiling Digiser contains a tool for dividing a design into various panels for printing separately This option is very useful when the designs are large and must be printed in sections either for manual displays or for ease of placement To use it click the tiling button A new window will appear showing all the panel features available Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 32 Free mode Rows 433 1 mm 1304 0 mm Rios Overlap Columns 515 4 mm 1663 4 mm A A Overlap e Add cut marks It is possible to define the lines that mark the separation of the panels horizontally as well as vertically In the rows and columns sections it is possible to introduce the number of horizontal and vertical design divisions The programme will distribute the number of divisions equally between each row and column In order to create a new line place the cursor on one o
50. e program permits the enlargement of the printer s dot to a value in which a larger dot impression can be obtained Using the separate multiplier for the dots it is possible to augment the value to the desired size The value shows the size of the dots is microns or millimetres 127 microns 127 millimetres Other options Separate a new document indicating within the program to utilize a new document to create the Separations The lack of empty sheets indicates within the program that there is a channel totally empty there is no color corresponding with this channel Not generating a corresponding channel avoids the use of unnecessary material In the list of personalized configurations one is permitted to save the configuration of the entire separation window from the previous operation In this way it is possible to save varied configurations according to the type of separation required o JMX Attached to this list there will be a key to save the configuration and a button to delete the configuration from the list Press the OK key from this window to proceed with creating the separations When ready to print the separations pay close attention to the quality of the print that is configured in the program print resolution and the bi directional modes Normally the best results are achieved by selecting the highest resolution and a uni directional mode One must also keep in mind that if you want to use the auto distribution f
51. e selecting the Activate cropping option The cut out will have been done when you leave the cut out function In any case the cut out area can be modified whenever required Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 30 Automatic distribution Digiser has a powerful design distribution tool to place the designs on the page wasting the minimum material possible and consequently also printing them in the least possible time Can be accessed clicking the auto distribution button par Nesting Enable items to be rotated in order to obtain more media saving when using cut page mode distribute among pages Minimal separation between 0 000 in objects after reorganisation Make this settings permament on the document fauto nesting If you do not wish to distribute all the designs which are in the work area you must select only those you wish to distribute and select the option for distributing only the selected designs By de activating this option all the designs will be distributed The ignore non selected designs option means that when distribution is carried out the selected objects can overlap those not selected The Minimal separation is the distance left between designs to avoid overlapping To carry out auto distribution click the Ok button In the following images you can see the designs without distribution and once they have been distributed Without distribution Distributed Distribution in page mode When th
52. el of plotter you will use To add plotters to the list or configurate your connexions press Configure Depending on the model of plotter selected it will be possible to control directly the cutting speed as well as its pressure and acceleration It is also possible to select the cutting quality when bends are being cut in the section Curve resolution The option Read registration marks will only be active in the plotters in which the reading of these marks is activated through software that is the program has to indicate the plotter to search for the register marks in order to positionate itself correctly in the origin of the printing Plotter options Press this button to access the plotter configuration window Digiser 5 5 Cutting e 79 Plotter configuration List of installed plotters Connection Status Graphtec FCS1 00 130 Predetermined Roland CM 24 Roland YerzaLarmm SP 300 Device configuration Connection COMI Serial Port IO Use this button to setup several options for this device In this window you will be able to add or remove the cutting plotters that will be shown in the list of plotters of the preceding window You will also be able to select for each installed plotter the appropriate kind of connexion as well as advanced options of the connection Pressing the right button on one of the plotters of the list you will be able to select which of them will be the predetermined one i e the one which will
53. ent than if not depressed In this section you can configure the distance the design will move with these keys Adjust movement to Guidelines Here we can determine whether we wish the objects to be snapped by the guide lines and the distance in pixels on screen from which the guide lines will snap the objects Avoid object overlap Activating this option the program avoids that two designs may overlap on one another and in Minimal separation we can determine the minimum separation allowed between them If we want to fit a design inside the other we will have to deactivate this option Undo levels Here we configure the number of operations the program will retain in its memory in case we wish to undo any of the actions carried out Each time a transformation is done on any object it is memorized so that we can use the undo command to return to the previous position NOTE The undo levels use part of your PC system s memory So if your PC has only just enough memory it would be advisable to reduce its value Color management In this window you can configure the color model which will be used by default by the monitor the scanner you will use and the printer for color proofs Digiser 5 5 Preferences e 52 Software s preferences Ed Color management Parameters for color emulation Performance Global ICC Profiles settings Monitor profile Adobe RGB 1998 v Install Default profile for images from scanner Hewle
54. ents mistakes Together with the program color profiles or schema are provided in the case of scheme they already include the color profile and the necessary configuration to print according to the selected scheme As well as the profiles the schemes have to be installed Crop amp Reg Marks A oe Contour Cutting A FH Mosaic El fut Print Contral a Media Size 42 Ink Control Color Control e Advanced IS Scheme Canvas s60 20 L190 H40 wt Press the Add button and search in the folder cprint icc of the CD Rom of the program Remember that only by selecting a scheme you will have configured all the printing options Printing quality The printing quality refers to the actual way in which the machine prints Some printers allow you to print in various resolutions or modes varying the final quality of the printing Digiser 5 5 Configuring the printer e 82 TE Crop amp Reg Marks a Contour Cutting oH Mosaic E fit Print Control Media Size 42 Ink Control Color Control g Advanced gt EJ Scheme Canvas s60x 20 L190 H40 wt Print Mode Quality 360x720w 2 pass we Bi directional Print This function will send a command to the printer telling the print head to move in one or both directions Cut sheet at end activates or de activates this option in printers In the printers that support the cutting of the paper once it has been printed it is possible to control that the cut i
55. er or printers required for the program have been selected we must add the outgoing color parameters of the materials that you intend to use with each printer The program Digiser allows two types of file profiles 1 Standard ICC Color Profiles This is the ICC file that contains each material s color information Normally these are standard files available to the manufacturer or special programs can be created 2 Color Schemes cps This is the ICC color profile including all the print parameter and linearization configuration i e the color scheme includes the configuration of all the print file options Although this step can be carried out at any time even as new materials are being used we recommend installing the most basic ones at the time of installing the program Whenever you have a printing scheme and a color profile we recommend installing the printing scheme because it contains the color profile the density curves and all the resolution parameters and the adequate ink limit Installing ICC Profiles Select the Print control Color Control branch in the Control Center to access the section for selecting and loading the parameters E it Print Control E Media Size 44 Ink Control color Control ge Advanced Color Management Mode Chik 4 Output ICC Profile To install the parameters click the Add button and a window will appear in which you can select the directory where the profiles are found
56. es a quarter of the large ones But not always In order to know the consumption of the large dots we will have to print a mass 100 of a color with an ink usage of 100 and carry out all the weighting process With the small dots we will have to print a mass 10 of a color light gray for example and carry out the weighting Use a 65 mass approximately for medium dots The medium dots can be calculated mathematically Supposing we obtain the following values 14 269 large KDots 3 5 grms 26 581 small KDots 1 6 grms By a simple rule we will obtain the following values 10 000 large KDots 2 4 grms 3 5 x 10000 14269 10 000 small KDots 0 6 grms We can deduce that Digiser 5 5 Program for the calculation of printing consumption e 108 10 000 medium KDots 1 2 grms These data will have to introduce in the following way Press the button Variable Dot to select that the entry corresponds to a variable dot mode Selected printer a Yes Taer 20v 10000 2 4 10000 1 2 10000 0 6 No 20720 micro 6581 1 6 Enter the ink costs in liters and the cost of the support to be printed and press the Save consummations button If we use different support types and we want to enter different costs we will have to add selected printers with a different noun for each material although it is also possible to change this value each time we have to carry out any cost calculation The option Delete files older than allows to a
57. f the angles superior or lateral pressing and dragging until the line is in the required position A N lee Ta j re a p et ANCIANA A IE A o FR af i By TES de We can place as many dividing lines horizontal or vertical as we wish It is possible to move graphically their position by pressing the cursor on them or establishing the exact position on the lists of rows and columns that are shown to the right of this window The option overlap allows the generation of an overprint between the panels by which they will place themselves one on the top of the other in the distance specified in order to facilitate their ensambling Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 33 In the following illustrations both the original design and the panelled result can be observed Mosaics With this option we have the possibility of making multiple copies of a same design with absolute ease i ni i m Wi He i cm Er a a ia 102 Input ICC Profiles 2 11 Crop amp Reg Marks Ey Contour Cutting SHH osaic ann pelea Ef Print Control w Tiling Pieces vertical Pieces horizontal Distance A hal Vertical distance 5 0 mm Introduce directly the number of rows across the width of the material and the number of columns along the length of the spool To modify these values the total of pieces to be printed will be shown and in the preliminary presentation window we will be able to see the fina
58. ges are combined through normal channels CMYK and other additional channels that normally are used for specific colors for example plain colors or Pantone colors Digiser can also interpret these channels generally and when the document is being saved in postScript DCS The most modern versions of the program of image use and graphic design Are compatible with this option example Adobe PhotoShop 6 0 Each image channel has to be specified with a color and a name for each color that is saved with the name in the document Digiser 5 5 Separation creations e 19 To open the document DCS in Digiser in the window of separations you will be able to see the channels CMYK more than the special channels that contain the image In order to select the colors that you can print you can remove the CMYK if you only wish to print the colors of the other channels The separation options dialog The next window will appear Halftone screen separation x Color conversion r Crop marks registration Pantone Hexachrome V Print crop registration marks Convert spot colors to process Style J Aply ICC profile 3 v Defaut ChIYK 4D1 oe Line width 0 000 in V Linearize black ink Edit V Print density and calibration bars ates Y Print d t inf ti V Maintain document overprints e Print document information J M Black By default 45 00 63 50 Euclidean Cyan By default 15 00 63
59. ght Cyan and Light Magenta the cartridges for special colors red fluorescent etc If we want to print the color we have selected with just one of the special colors we will enter value 100 for one of the components c m depending on where they are in the printer For instance with the red cartridge in the Light Cyan channel c the values will be selected as follows Special color configuration Replaced color CMYE 77 7 46 1 16 56 Replacement mode Components CMYE 2 0 100 CIELab c RGB O CMYE Device bypass color engine Perform density and ink usage adjustemerit Perform ink limit control Add this configuration into direct color File Digiser 5 5 Color Control e 71 Combinations of cartridges can of course be made If for example we have fluorescent yellow in the Light magenta channel of the printer and we want to print a fluorescent green composed of 50 fluorescent yellow and 50 normal cyan it should be configured in this way Special color configuration Replaced color CMYK ff 46 1 16 56 Replacement mode Components CMYE 2 0 100 CIELab K RGB O CMYE Device bypass color engine Perform density and ink usage adjustemerit Perform ink limit control Add this configuration into direct color File This operation can be repeated for as many of the colors of the design we wish One accepted the color it will show in the list for special colors with
60. gles and the frequency of the dither Preparing the design for printing There are 3 possible systems for creating a print e Creating a 4 color The design will be separated into 4 colors CMYK or 6 colors CMYKOG In order to print them it will reproduce the original colors usually with a dither of dot shapes that create the typical rosette This system is generally used to reproduce photographs or designs with many colors e With spot color The design is prepared with a mass of definite colors even though it is possible to recreate tones of the same color using dithers Normally this is used to reproduce designs with only a few colors and to reproduce corporative colors p ej Pantone e Combination of the two systems The design is a combination of the four colors and the spot color Digiser enables the creation of films with the three systems but the design that we have prepared is what interests us Generally tracing design programs are used to create originals A photographic image will only be reproduced with 4 Color except if it has been generated with a layer of color and has been saved as a DCS file A traced design will be reproduced in 4 color except those objects whose color are assigned to a color within a fixed color palette Pantone Trumatch etc When we create a design we should assign the objects color to colors with a fixed color palette that has been named In the next example we demonstra
61. gn edition Loading designs Digiser allows you to load various designs in the same work area If no design is open in the program use the program s Open command or click the open design button Ga If you wish to add a new design in the work area use the Add design command or click the add design button La If you wish to make a copy of a design in the work area select the option from the Edit menu You can also do this by moving the design with the Ctrl Key pressed down If you wish to eliminate a design first select it and then press the Del key on the keyboard or select the option from the Edit menu Charging designs in the FILM mode When you open a design the window with the option to configure the parameters will automatically appear to create a separation Consult the chapter creation of separations to configurate the parameters Charging designs selecting FILM or RIP If you have the program with the option of color printing at your disposal when opening a design you should select if you wish to open the design for color printing or to create separations In the inferior part of the window opening files appears the option Open as which permits to select the objective of the design Open as separation Printing Color Printing Skip Filter O separation Printing Sizes and position When you click on a design it will appear surrounded by 8 marks These are called Handles In this case
62. h requires more calculation on the part of the computer It is recommended for printing spot colors Esthocastic Similar to the previous but corrects a problem of EX the uniform very bright background dither which doesn t appear at the beginning of the bright background but they do appear with the EX This dither has the inconvenience of processing more Slowly than the Esthocastic Ordered Places the dots at a specific angle like the offset Halftoning dither This option is a good choice for thermal printers but not for inkjet printers By choosing the Angled dither we can configure all its parameters To do this click the Configure button The following screen will appear Angled screens settings Channel Shape All the same Angle All the same Each channel or color can be configured separately although it is usual for the frequency and point shape to be the same for all the channels Select the point shape from the list of supported shapes For ink injection printers we recommend the Round shape although the Euclidean also gives good results Digiser 5 5 Configuring the printer e 85 The frequency of the dither can be introduced in lines per inch or per centimeter Depending on the printer s resolution the program calculates the frequency and angle which is nearest to the ones we have introduced By activating the Precise option the program will use the adapted frequencies These can be seen by clicking Blac
63. ile lut Digiser 5 5 Installation of the program e 10 3 General functions Main Window When the program is started the main Digiser window appears EJ DigiSer 5 5 FRUTAS tiff File Edit view Tools Window Help a a aa z a o i Epson STYLUS PRO 4800 v pS yi 222 8 mm 2 F lz IE 189 0 mm 23 25 A 1 Y gt RA SA Epson d FRUTAS tiff Pb Xx Print settings 100 200 300 Lys 500 A A A A A A EA ERE AA nnn amn Mosaic Hl fi Print Control E Media Size 44 Ink Control ge Advanced Scheme Print Mode Quality TALT we x 720 lt Resolution 720 0 x 720 0 dpi Bits per pixel 2 bop Bi directional Print Cut Sheet at End Fast Drying variable dot only Dithering Type ajajaja lr Job Queue EX File Browser This is a standard Windows screen with the standard menu bar and buttons to access the main functions It also has the action buttons bar and the zoom bar shown on the lower part of the window Remember that all bars can be re positioned In the center of the window you can see the work area where all the designs will be placed Just to the right of it you will see the Control Center from where the majority of transformations and configurations will be carried out At the bottom of the work area a drop down will be displayed which enables you to work with three display modes Scheme Fast bitmap and Real image Digiser 5 5 General functions e
64. introduce the consumption data We will press on the box and write the corresponding noun We will observe than when writing a new noun the inferior list where consumptions are entered will be deleted in order to introduce the consumption of the new printer The button Ll deletes a printer from the list It will be deleted from the list and so will be all the consumption data for it Consumption setup In this section the real consumptions measured with our printer have to be entered Bear in mind that the majority of printers allow two ways of configuring the type of dot which will be used to print fixed and variable one In the list it is possible to enter consumption data for both types but before doing so we have to know how we are printing Two common examples Resolutions of a Roland PRO II printer Print Mode Quality 450x360w 2 pass y 20 1440 w 4 pass Plxr2Dw 4 pass k 360x r 0w 2 pass 450x360 2 pass 14401440 6 pass 10601060 E pass Pr20 4 pass Bi direchlJser mode aay a Variable dot modes All those containing the letter v Fixed dot modes The rest Configuration of an Epson 7600 printer Epson STYLUS PRO 7600 Improved printouts Media control Variable Dot Activate Thickness Feed Adjust MicroWeaye Y ACUUT Faper cutter tative yv x In Advanced options within Digiser we will find this window where we can select whether we will be using
65. ion Options In the options tab we can set the following Show ScreenTips on toolbars To activate or de activate the help which appears when the mouse pointer is placed over a button Show Shortcut keys in ScreenTips To show or not to show with the help the combination of fast access keys if available Large icons To change the size of the button bar icons This is especially useful for screen configurations with very high resolutions Program accessing This function allows the adding of direct accesses to the Tools menu of the program so as to permit an easier access to the most commonly used programs Digiser 5 5 Interface customization e 56 Customize Commands Toolbars Tools Keyboard Menu Options Menu contents yx L JLo PhotoShop Command c Program FilesAdobe PhotoS hop exe To add programs press the first key shown on the additional Tools bar and enter the name of the program you wish to appear in the menu In Executable enter the complete route of the program to execute or press the right side key to search for it in the computer If the program requires any parameter in order to initialise it will have to be entered in Arguments It is possible to add to the list as many programs as it is wished Window Hel iC PhotoShop Customize Automatic positioning of floating windows When a floating window moves through the working window certain marks will be shown enabling th
66. ion you should consult the entire manual The exclusive sections for each level are indicated with the following initial mark Digiser 5 5 Introduction e 5 FILM only for film printing RIP only for color printing With Digiser we can import any design in PostScript format or any other image coming from scanner or other programs and scale these designs to the necessary measurements Digiser achieves the enlargement of the image with maximum quality and thanks to its color correction algorithms and the different shades available it will create a perfect result ready to send to printers and or cutting machines in large format If necessary colorimeter data can also be entered in order to calibrate the colors of new supports and inks The use of ICC printer characterization profiles is also possible It is also possible to tile the design if this exceeds the measurements of the printer or plotter Digiser 5 5 Introduction e 6 2 Installation of the program System Requirements An IBM PC or compatible computer is required with a Pentium or superior type processor with the environment Microsoft Windows 2000 XP or superior installed It is advisable that the computer has 512Mb or more of RAM memory and a hard disk of 80Gb or more and Microsoft Windows XP Installation Introduce the original CD ROM of the program into your unit and follow the instructions which will appear on the screen If the installation does no
67. ion Enhance printing of shades is an internal function of the program which avoids the banding effect when smooth gradients of image are printed creating color changes in a completely progressive way We recommend its activation when the design contains gradients of image to print but not when it does not since the processing time of tasks is longer The Print only the selected object option will print only those designs which are selected at this point in time and will ignore those which have not been selected Page Copies options The Page Copies can be found in the second tab of the options window and can be activated along with these following options Digiser 5 5 Printing e 47 RIP Options Printer Epson STYLUS PRO 4800 Connection SPOOLER PROVESIEPSON Stylus Pro 4800 Copiar 13 General u Pages Copies E Print and Cut Page Selection Use this option to specify the job pages you wank to process 2 Process all the job pages O Process only the selected pages i A O Specify here the number of copies you want For this job Mumber of copies a Pause between copies 5 Print selected object only ful RIF In the box Number of copies one can specify the number of times that the same work will be automatically repeated without having to produce the copies manually If there are several pages to print you can choose to process every page or only those that are selected The option P
68. ive bad results probably a too pale print which would also happen if we printed with CMYK when the profile has been created for 6 colors or if we use a different material Print quality Resolution and dot size are parameters that control the quality of the print Usually at smaller resolutions the printing will have a larger dot size but the task will take less time to be processed If it is a design which has to be reproduced at a large size and it is placed at a distance from the user it can be printed at very low resolution On the contrary if it is a design that has to be seen Digiser 5 5 Digiser Tutorial e 100 at a shorter distance and we select maximum quality it will have to be printed at very high resolution 4 Crop amp Reg Marks a ga Contour Cutting Ean sua Mosaic El fit Print Control Media Size 42 Ink Control Color Control g Advanced LI lt Scheme Canvas s60x 20 L190 H40 w Print Mode Quality 360x720v 2 pass v Dithering It is a parameter that is not usually changed and refers to the way in which the print drops will be placed the most common way of working is with the maximum quality one which is Esthocastic The print wefts Floyd 2 pass is faster to process but in designs with continuous clear color tones can cause point alienation Ordered Halftoning reproduces the conventional print wefts Color control Mode This section specifies whether the print will be
69. ively complex it can happen that the printer stops to wait for new lines to print In this case and with certain materials small bands can appear in the print as a consequence of the ink drying between bands Process then send This means that the program will process the whole file and when it finishes it will send all the information to the printer This method ensures that all the subsequent information arrives at the printer without interruptions since it is not necessary to make any calculation at the Printing e 46 moment of printing What is inconvenient is that in order to remove a job you need to add together the processing and printing times Working in this way can generate printing files that are too big and therefore we recommend checking the free space on the disk Process only In this case the program will only process the file generating print directories to be later sent to the device If this option is chosen the program will ask for a file name and a location on disk before starting the process In the first two options we can generate a printing file at the same time as the job is being processed This is achieved by selecting the Keep output file option The advantage of generating a printing file is that several copies of the same job can be made without the need for additional processing In the case of the print occupying more than one page a printing file is generated for us for each one of them adding a n
70. k Angle 14 74 L p 1 36 651p 1 Eran Angle 75 26 L p 1 36 65 p 1 Magenta Angle 0 00 L p 1 36 00 lp elow Angle 45 00 L p 1 36 37 Lp Light Eran Angle 15 62 Lp 36 65 1 p 1 Light Magenta 4nale 0 002 L p 1 36 00 p The configurations we make can be saved and loaded again in similar work processes so that the whole screen will be quickly configured Profile Round 72 dpi a Media Size Pagination is the splitting up of the design so that it can be printed in sections when it is larger than the page measurements ss Mosaic Pre defined sizes Media size Media Width 36 000 in Media Length 19000 030 in lt gt 4 gt Printable sizes Orientation Normal O Landscape Y Margins ll aie 0 059 in 5 0 3 in 2 4 213 in 0 059 n E ld This window is for defining the USEFUL measurements of the page that is in the printer If the designs exceed the width or length of the page the program will print them in as many parts as necessary The option Printable sizes allows the entering of the values for useful material measures for printing which is what usually is provided by the printer itself or page measures that have to be discounted the margins of the printer itself Digiser 5 5 Configuring the printer e 86 mare monaki widthwise on the bobbin If the bobbin you are working with is big we can either set the length of the page or deactivate
71. keys eliminating changing or adding the combination of keys we want Digiser 5 5 Interface customization e 55 All the commands appear in the Key tab sorted by categories just as they appear in the menus When selecting one of the commands the current key combination to access that command will appear in Current assignment if that combination has been defined To remove that combination select it and click the remove button If no combination has been defined we can add one by depressing the key combination we want to assign in the Press new shortcut key box If therefore for example we want to assign the combination Ctrl P we must maintain the control key depressed and at the same time depress the P key Ctrl P Once the desired combination has been entered press the Assign button If you wish you can go back to the initial state of all the keys by pressing Reset all Configuration of the menus To access these functions select the Menu tab In Menu animations you can choose from four different modes of displaying the menus Normal small to large unfold and gradual Another interesting effect which also makes more pleasant the program s interface is the possibility of adding shadow to the menus when they unfold Activate the Menu Shadows option and the menus will appear with shadow in this way s Organization Window Help Center vertically ia center horizontally at it hia page joes Automatic distribut
72. l result of the composition The total number of pieces can be modified in order to make the necessary quantity and save ink on the printing of unnecessary copies Enter the exact amount in Total pieces and press the button next to it Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 34 The program will distribute all the asked copies by making the best use of the width of the paper Vertical Horizontal distance In this section a distance between the copies which are going to be made can be introduced We can set independently both the vertical and horizontal distances Once the required parameters have been introduced click Enter to validate the data and make the copies Set the copies graphically Once the parameters of the auto repetitions have been set the number of copies can also be set graphically Click on the side handles as if to stretch the design When the side handle has been moved sufficiently the previews of new copies of the design will appear If we release the button at that moment the new copies will be generated NOTE With regard to the manipulation of the design all the auto repetition copies will be manipulated as if they were a single design Even if an auto distribution is done the auto repetition will consider the whole area surface as one design only If the auto distribution has to be undone it will be necessary to select the auto repetition window again and de activate the function Labels and self n
73. le To introduce each color press on the rectangle of the corresponding color s A color edition window will be shown Color picker values Digiser 5 5 Color Control e 74 Select the color by either introducing directly the value CMYK or pressing on the color selection box Press the Ok button and the color will be selected Repeat the operation for each of the four angles To the left and down of the right up square there is a section where the number of patches that we wish to be created between the angles should be introduced 2 3 a In Patch size the dimensions for each of the color rectangles will be specified The measures are the width and height of the rectangle In Separation between patches the distance between each color rectangle can be specified Digiser 5 5 Color Control e 75 14 Cutting Introduction This Digiser function allows us to create a cutting trajectory for those printers that support contours cut Print amp Cut or for cutting plotters E dy Selection A I Input ICC Profiles se Special Colors ae Cropping C Crop amp Reg Marks a Contour Cutting LA f man Mosaic E ii Print Control x Contour selection Mone Automatic outline _ Cut bounding rectangle el The options for the creation of the contour are None In this case the function for creating contours is not activated and therefore nothing will be cut Automatic outline This
74. lors Input Output Y Bm 7 o i Dra i p o g O A O g e gt al Bl Fast bitmap Y 9 without color preview Y aaa Job Queue nis a 6 e Copies Device State Progress Rest 5 ImMG_02 6 jpg 0 1 fat Roland SolJet PRO II Y 5C 545EX Ready lt 4 AM Pending Active Finished E File Br owser A window allowing the modification of the special color will appear Special color configuration Replaced color CMYK 100 0 54 2 2 0 10 2 Replacement mode Components CMYE 4 0 100 CIELab RGB O CMYE Device bypass color engine Measure Perform density and ink usage adjustemerit Perform ink limit control Add this configuration into direct color File In the upper part of the window the selected color will be shown as well as their original components CMYK o RGB Replacement Mode Digiser 5 5 Color Control e 68 Substitution allows us to determine the way in which the values of the color we want to obtain will be specified We have the following options 1 CIELab which stands for the spatial coordinates of the color and expresses their values a b and luminosity L Although it is a value which is difficult to imagine there are many colors which are usually expressed this way since it is a representation of color which doesn t depend on any device printer screen scanner etc 2 RGB Entry possibility of entering the color and its v
75. mage is loaded in the program and one of the profile lists indicates Embedded that will indicate that the ICC profile that comes embedded in the same RGB Embedded RCB lEC61966 2 1 mm Digiser 5 5 Color Control e 63 file will be used They are usually images coming from Adobe Photoshop 5 0 2 or superior In this case it is not necessary to select the input profile since the program recognizes it directly Proofing Proofing consists in obtaining with our printer the result which will be obtained using another printing system Supposing we want to see how a design would come out if an offset printing system were used but simulating this with our ink jet printer Digiser will use the offset printing features we select together with our own printer s features to send the properly corrected design to the printer for this simulation Proofing Use this option if you wish to print out the simulation of another printing engine Profile SMoP Coated 20 v m Render Absolute colorimetic Color pr The precision of the result will depend on the exactness of the color features we use Brightness and contrast settings This utility permits manual adjustment of contrast and brightness levels of the selected image Digiser 5 5 Color Control e 64 Print settings x T JOC Input ICC Profiles A oo ga Special Colors o ae Crannina Brightness Contrast You may introduce the percentage
76. matic pagination is carried out that is the design is divided into two or more parts so as to be printed separately The overlapping option causes that in each part there is a zone where the printing coincides with the other one so that when all parts are assembled they will overlap making the process easier The width of the zone in which the pages overlap can be controlled with this option Dimensional Correction Dimensional Correction Wwidh 0 000 f Length 0 000 af This option allows to correct measure differences that arise due to the lack of precision in the mechanisms of the printer or to wrong adjusts If for instance a printing that we know has to be exactly 1 feet long and the printed result is 0 996 feet we will be able to correct it in the following way pressing le Digiser 5 5 Film printing setup e 43 Compensation calculator Enter the data needed to compute the required compensation value Expected size 40 in Real size 40 030 in Value 0 075 4 E Lancel Pressing the Ok button the corresponding value for the necessary correction will be entered Control Bar Printing In some printing systems especially those with inks that tend to dry up if not used it is a good idea to print a side band using all the colors In this way even if a color is not used in an area of the design we ensure it will be used in each pass of the printhead Control Bar Printing Band Width Band Separation
77. may not work for paper etc In case you do not have the necessary profiles consult your dealer to load them We can choose one of the calibrations to do the printing although it is possible to add more by using the Add button HH Crop amp Reg Marks A an Contour Cutting EE A sa Mosaic fit Prink Control E Media Size 42 Ink Control olor Control e Advanced x Color Management Mode CHK ft Output ICC Profile fa comemos Y Just as is indicated in the section on the program installation it is possible to load standard ICC color profiles or print schemes cps with the ingrained color profile Rendering Intents As explained in the Digital color systems and Digiser supplement the printers color spaces are always more limited than for example the RGB space so that when a color that cannot be represented in the printer has to be printed some technique must be employed to simulate it Digiser 5 5 Configuring the printer e 91 Rendering Intens Bitmap Perceptual Photo il vector Relative colorimetic Color Spot color Absolute colorimetic Color As with other systems Digiser offers various interpretation methods Perceptual Saturation Relative colorimetric Absolute colorimetric Clear Ink Color Matching Don t use ICC e Perceptual The input range is adapted proportionally to that of the output device This is the most commonly used method for printing photographs something that
78. measurements of the page that is in the printer If the designs exceed the width or length of the page the program will print them in as many parts as necessary The option Printable sizes allows the entering of the values for useful material measures for printing which is what usually is provided by the printer itself or page measures that have to be discounted the margins of the printer itself lO ee Image paginated widthwise on the bobbin Digiser 5 5 Film printing setup e 41 If the bobbin you are working with is big we can either set the length of the page or deactivate it Since the printer s limit is very high and it is unlikely we shall go over it in one printing operation only If we deactivate Media Length this will indicate that we are working with reel and the remaining length is not important You can modify graphically the position where pagination will take place if you prefer to do it ina different part of the design for example in a design where texts and faces appear In this way they will not be affected by the cut Click on the pagination line in order to move it downward to the required position In the section Margins the physical margins proper to the printer will show but it is possible to modify them in case we are interested in displacing the design with respect to the loaded paper Ink control Linearization With this option we can make very precise adjustments on the behavior of the printe
79. mon ones All these parameters can differ depending on the type of printer selected Loading color profiles or schemes As we will see later on the color profile is the most determining in the precision of the printed color Digiser allows to load color schemes extensions of files cps or profiles In the CD of the program in the folder cprint icc different profiles or schemes depending on the printer and materials can be found As long as a scheme is available it is better to load it since it carries the color profile and all the printing configuration embedded and it will avoid possible errors of configuration Digiser 5 5 Digiser Tutorial e 99 Color output profile It is the most important aspect in order to achieve precision in the color The color profile indicates the program how each color has to be modified so as to obtain a printed color which is the same as the one contained in the design The color profile is unique according to the printer support type ink type and printing parameters so we should chose the color profile which corresponds to all these variables That is a color profile for a printing resolution of 720 dpi will not be valid if we want to print at 360 dpi A profile for a matt paper will not be valid for a bright vinyl etc Logically it is not possible to have all the color profiles even though the program comes with the most common ones Many times the color profile of a mate paper may be used for
80. n Color simulation allows you to see the designs with colors nearing the final result you will obtain The options are Without color preview With this option no color simulation will be carried out on the screen and the designs will be shown just they open up These colors will not be modified on screen even if adjustments are carried out later Digiser 5 5 General functions e 13 Simulate document colors The designs are presented with their original colors but can be modified by the changes we make in the program such as image control color parameters etc Simulate printed colors This mode simulates the colors which will be obtained in the printer This will depend on the color parameters selected and on the monitor calibration used Control Center The Control Center is a dialog box which is used to control most of the functions that the program carries out along with its configurations The operation tree appears at the top of the Control Center These functions appear and disappear depending on the objects selected and the possible actions to be undertaken at each moment There are functions that appear within a main section and are shown as branches of the main section Thus for example the branches for Input ICC Profiles Cropping etc appear in the Selection section ig Beer ICC Input ICE Profiles E Media Size se Special Colors 42 Ink Control E Cropping Color Control HH Crop amp Reg Marks e dva
81. nced ga Contour Cutting E Ean nan Mosaic E Tul Print Control He Media Size a Fold Unfold gt When a main section has branches which are not shown a sign appears in front of it To display all the branches use the mouse to click the sign which will then convert to a E sign To hide the branches click the sign In many of the boxes where the numerical values are introduced the Enter button must be pressed to validate the entry and carry out the modification In some of the options of the Control Center branches the button for saving the parameters introduced is available so that the same configuration is always applied Obviously it will always be possible to change the values manually for each specific case Many of the actions that are carried out from the Control Center require the use of the apply Button When a value is modified manually or a transformation has to be applied these changes must be effected by clicking this button Guidelines The guidelines are lines that can be placed in any position in the design as many as are required To create guidelines whether they are horizontal or vertical click the design rulers and drag the cursor to the desired position Digiser 5 5 General functions e 14 400 i 450 100 150 Click the lateral design ruler Drag to the desired position To delete a guide select and drag it out of the working screen When an object comes close to a guide line and if the
82. nd even put two equal colors in different positions at the same time Pushing the ink location button Custom inks setup Color Ink name E Fi Cyan a Magenta Yellows z Orange ES Green Mi Red Mi Blue Pushing one of the colors the selection of available colors unfolds Ink name Light Cyan Light Magenta Gray Light Gray Golden yellow With this selection it is possible to determine what color we will mounted in the selected printer channel Digiser 5 5 Configuring the printer e 90 It is also possible to put a color in two printer channels that is to install two equal colors in two different cartridges The RIP will send the same color information to both cartridges so the quantity of deposited ink will double This option is used for special cases when an extra deposit of ink needs to be applied as in the textile processes or special backgrounds like the white one Output ICC profile This is the way we tell Digiser how the device which we are going to use to do the printing behaves An output profile contains the information on the printer s usable color space and on the behavior of its inks A wrong output profile will probably give unexpected results in the printed color so it is very important to select the color profile or printing outline to the combination of material ink and resolution to be used A color profile for a printing mode of 720 may not work with a 360 resolution a profile for vinyl
83. nic mechanical photographic or any other means without the express written authorization of CIBERCAT S L Any other trademark quoted in this manual is the Copyright of its respective proprietors Digiser is a registered trademark of CIBERCAT S L HEADQUARTES C Berruguete 64 local 08035 Barcelona E mail info cibercat es WWW http www cibercat es USA OFFICE 222 Purchase Street Rye New York 10580 Phone 914 967 2957 Fax 914 967 0658 Welcome to Digiser Welcome to Digiser These RIP print amp cut software offer you precision printing of all types of color images It include a PostScript interpreter for importing and color models and drivers for most digital color printers This manual assumes you understand the basics of Windows such as using mouse clicking choosing menu items opening saving and closing files etc If you are not familiar with these or other basic techniques see your Windows manual What is Digiser Digiser is an image processor program to print large format RIP and for the creation of separations in film printing Digiser can be achieved with two levels of features FILM EDITION Only for the film printing and it doesn t permit color printing FILM amp RIP EDITION For film printing and color printing This manual covers both levels of the program if you have the FILM version at your disposal only the first part of the manual will be useful however if you have the complete vers
84. o preserve the overprint solid rules Save the areas of the outline that is underneath other colors Digiser 5 5 Separation creations e 21 Register and Crop marks Registered marks are signs that are printed in the center of the four sides of the design and are used to allow the program to register the different colors in the moment that they are being printed Crop marks are the two marks that are situated in the four furthest corners of the design and serve as a reference for the final cut of the design when it is in print Density Scales generate the impression that shows the density of each color in the corresponding film Calibration Bar generates the impression that shows the colors and color combinations Document Information Includes information about file name type of dither and printing channel Channel Selection In the separation window will appear a list of all the channels that can separate the selected document M Black Br default 45 00 63 50 Euclidean ee Cyan By default 15 00 63 50 Euclidean E Magenta By default 5 00 63 50 Euclidean E Yellow By default 30 00 63 50 Euclidean In the left of each color there is a mark that can activate or deactivate and indicate the cannels that separate To the right of each color we are shown information about the dithers that are utilized for the separations Dither type A selector is displayed that allows us to select a dither that is necessary to cre
85. on these last two if the plotter allows it There are two sections in Printing and cut size adjust that allow to correct small maladjustments between what is printed and what is crop due generally to maladjustments of the printer It is possible to find a correction value that will allow the adjustment of the printing and cropping Export paths All the cropping paths created can be exported to be crop with the CiberCut software special for the vinyl cutting Pressing the button Export paths the file selection window will be shown and it will allow you to enter a file noun and select where to save it The generated file has the extension ct5 and it is only valid to be loaded in the program CiberCut it contains the cropping traject of the design and the exact position so that when crop it will match the printed image if register marks are used OPOS Digiser 5 5 Printing e 49 8 Job Manager The Job Manager is a subprogram that receives the tasks to process discharging Digiser from this charge The first time a task to be processed is sent through the queue it will be automatically executed and a window will appear on the inferior part of the design editing window This is the task queue window i 7 ou p E 0 0 A E ID Job State Progress Rest Copies Printed length HE Texte Processed 0 1 4 q Pending Active Finished b gt Queue Stale Active Waiting For jobs The job manager button bar It is
86. orrect In this case the printing time has to be added to the processing time Digiser 5 5 Digiser Tutorial e 102 Pressing the RIP button the design will begin to be processed This window saves the last configuration selected and thus if there is nothing to be modified pressing RIP directly will be enough and you will not have to go over all the options Results correction When a task has been printed the wished for result is not always obtained mostly the first times the program is used A very useful option that the program allows is that of selecting a part of the design and print just this part which allows us to do the proofs we want wasting little material and saving time This option is known as Crop and allows selecting graphically the convenient zone Once the proofs are done the cropping area is deactivated and we will have the whole design again When the results are not satisfactory we have to make sure that all the configurations have been correctly made The most typical cases are Color deviation it is generally caused by a wrong selection of the exit color profile profiles selected for a different ink type material print mode or wrong input profiles In this last case sometimes the solution lies in opening the design with a known program such as PhotoShop and save it again with the embedded color profile In the case that we never get the results we wish we recommend to have a specific color profile ma
87. pe of connection used for each printer To do this select the required printer from the list and then select the required type of connection in the Connection section Connection TEPIP TCPAP network connection w LPT1 Printer Port LPT 2 Printer Fort LPT 3 Printer Port Speci A USB Universal Serial Bus number aa Address FILE Print to file 2PUOLER use supplier spooler Refer to the connections section to find out more about the various possibilities Digiser gives you If you have various printers in the program one of them will be the default printer This is the one that will always be used when the program is started and when a new document is opened To set the default printer place the mouse on the required printer click the right hand button of the mouse and select the option from the related menu that appears List of installed printers Connection P a Roland HiFd et PRO I FJ 540 E Mutoh Falcon Graphics AJ 610 Roland Yersalamm 5P 300 Se ee Te Epson STYLUS PRO 600 Add Remove i if ll A non default printer can also be selected for a specific document To select a printer from the list double click on the printer and a sign will appear on the left to indicate that this printer will be selected for the current document Roland HiFi Jet F140 F1504F142FJ52 Digiser 5 5 Installation of the program e 8 Output color profiles for color printing Once the print
88. properly or cause the ink to become blurry Low values could cause that vivid color composed of 2 or more colors such as red yellow magenta will show pale pink or orange The Ink cut is the individual ink limit for each color channel It may be inferior to 100 for some color channels depending on the kind of calibration carried out It is possible to modify graphically any of the color channels adding new points by pressing on the line in a zone where there is no point to be modified or modify the position of a point by pressing on it and displacing it onto a new position The values of the dots of each bend can also be modified numerically by pressing on the chart that contains the Input and Output values and in the inferior controls by raising or lowering the selected value Press the button to validate the entry Digiser 5 5 Configuring the printer e 88 In the case that few points enter the option Smooth Curves can be selected so as to the resulting bend follows a smooth bend and will not contain rough changes in tonality adjust The options Reset Ink and Reset All erase the all the entered points of the selected bend or of all bends and change the bends into straight lines which implies that no linearization will be made By pressing Save the changes will be saved in the linearization file selected Color balance It allows the correcting of small global color deviations in any of the basic printing channels Thus for exampl
89. ps Size 889 2 mm x 400 9 mm 0000 0 0000 0 Changed E Job Queue Montages in FILM mode The main difference is that all the separations belonging to the same design are related and that is why the montage we make to one of the separations will be automatically applied to the rest of the separations of the same design Separations with the montage executed on all the channels Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 37 Crop amp Registration Marks This section allows you to activate the printing of register marks and cutting marks ee Wi T 11 n En a gt Toc Input ICC Profiles s Special Colors Cropping a Crop 2 Re a Contour Ean eee Mosaic al Print Control hd Print registration marks Style pm Print crop marks Inner Horizontal bleed Vertical bleed Line width 0 0 mm Calibration and Density bars Print Document name The register marks are normally used to match different colors and the crop marks are used as reference to indicate where the design has to be cut The crop marks bleeding is in case you wish the cut to be done within the design to be printed or outside it and not just at the limits A positive margin displaces the crop lines towards the inside of the design and would indicate that cropping should be done by a printed zone a r Poy This design has an inside bleeding of the crop marks We can also control
90. r If we click the button a window appears where we can edit the response curves that will always be applied after carrying out the whole color separation process In this way if certain tones do not appear printed as expected we can make some adjustments to the response curves of the inks so as to improve the result Tul Print Control H Media Size 08 Ink Control Advanced Linearisation File Zi Edit gt Global Ink Usage 42 00 o Total Ink Limit 400 00 Calibration wizard In the film printing it is very important to control the ink use to achieve the maximum opacity which the ink and the film of polyester permit Digiser 5 5 Film printing setup e 42 The use of ink should be at maximum value assuring ourselves that the ink dries up perfectly and does not overflow You also have to assure yourself that you can reproduce very small details in black mass zones such as points or fine lines If these details are lost it means there is an excess of ink and the use of ink has to be reduced Once the correct ink usage value is found a printing scheme should be saved so as not to place this value manually each time You have to bear in mind that for each printing resolution the ink usage value can be different Advanced Pagination Overlapping Pagination Overlapping widhi 0 020 in Lenath o 0z0in 4 When the design to be printed out sizes the width of the material an auto
91. r modes varying the final quality of the printing Prink Mode Qualiby Bi direch E Cut Shel2880 x 2880 This function will send a command to the printer telling the print head to move in one or both directions Bi directional Print Cut sheet at end activates or de activates this option in printers Digiser 5 5 Film printing setup e 40 In the printers that support the cutting of the paper once it has been printed it is possible to control that the cut is carried out not activating this option in the program Fast dry For printers with printing technology with variable dot this printing mode has been implemented that uses the two dot sizes that the head allows so when not using the big dot size all the printing drops are smaller and dry before on the paper Anyway bear in mind that by activating this option the resulting color could be clearer and to compensate the ink use may have to be increased Media Size Pagination is the splitting up of the design so that it can be printed in sections when it is larger than the page measurements Print settings x 3 Crop amp Reg Marks nnn eee Mosaic E al Print Control qe dia Tis sg Media Size 440 Ink Control eg Advanced Pre defined sizes Media size Media Width 420 0 mm Media Length 594 0 mm Printable sizes Orientation 2 Normal O Landscape F Margins E S 0mm som H This window is for defining the USEFUL
92. rint In case this is not possible the most common input profiles can be e Profiles for RGB designs Standard RGB sRGB Adobe RGB e Profiles for CMYK designs SWOP Coated 20 Default CMYK profile DIC Standard Color Offset Digiser 5 5 Digiser Tutorial e 97 m T im ri T T m ET al a gt IS npt ICE Profiles ee Special Colors e Cropping E o Crop amp Reg Marks 2 Contour Cutting Ean E man Mosaic i Print Control ill 4 RGB Embedded RGB EC61966 2 1 m CTE ud GRAY HE acd The best way to ensure the correct using of the input profile is embedding the profile in the same design when we Save it from our design application As in the case of Adobe PhotoShop v5 2 and superiors there is the possibility of saving a design with an embedded color profile Not all the file formats admit the embedding of the profile in these cases TIF is recommended When opening the file Digiser will recognize the input profile and we will not need to establish it manually avoiding possible entering of wrong colors In the following screen it can be observed that Digiser has recognized the input profile embedded in the file E dy Selection A ICC Input 1c Profiles se Special Colors a Cropping Crop amp Reg Marks na Contour Cutting EE z man Mosaic Mil Print Control AT x RGB Embodied sRGB Eco190621 Y CMYK mr GRAY ll HE al Render intents
93. s carried out not activating this option in the program Fast dry For printers with printing technology with variable dot this printing mode has been implemented that uses the two dot sizes that the head allows so when not using the big dot size all the printing drops are smaller and dry before on the paper Anyway bear in mind that by activating this option the resulting color could be clearer and to compensate the ink use may have to be increased Advanced Options To access specific configurations of the selected printer s controller click the Advanced button Digiser 5 5 Configuring the printer e 83 Roland VersaCamm SP 300 Dot size User mode Maio i Sean Aes 45 Feed Res 180 360 Change detachment between pages 2 e 0 ETS ae Dot Size C Use advance calibration Dot Type Passes Change drying time 15 za A Scan speed Print registration marks Feed speed Heater control Printing Drying This new window is exclusive for each type of printer Here you can configure specific parameters which can normally be configured from the printer s own panel This window will therefore change depending on the controller you have chosen The Ink Cartridges option available in some controllers allows you to re assign the position of the ink cartridges to different positions This is meant for critical ink systems which can damage printheads and allows for quick replacement Roland
94. s for instance 100 cyan this will only be printed with cyan ink so the color profile will not soil the original cyan color e Color Matching Each color of the design is transformed when we apply the color profile according to the indications of the profile In this way the color deviation which will be obtained according to the color profile can be calculated and a search for the color which best matches the real color we want to obtain is carried out Be aware that the exact colors search is very slow and the time for processing designs can be considerably extended e Don t use ICC no modification is carried out on the entry save for the application of the LUT charts of ink balance that may be already selected Digiser 5 5 Configuring the printer e 92 Advanced Pagination Overlapping Pagination Overlapping Widh 0 020in Length oon When the design to be printed out sizes the width of the material an automatic pagination is carried out that is the design is divided into two or more parts so as to be printed separately The overlapping option causes that in each part there is a zone where the printing coincides with the other one so that when all parts are assembled they will overlap making the process easier The width of the zone in which the pages overlap can be controlled with this option Dimensional Correction Dimensional Correction Wwidh 0 000 gf Length 0 000 Lu This option allows to correc
95. t measure differences that arise due to the lack of precision in the mechanisms of the printer or to wrong adjusts If for instance a printing that we know has to be exactly 1 feet long and the printed result is 0 996 feet we will be able to correct it in the following way pressing J Compensation calculator Enter the data needed to compute the required compensation value Expected size Real size 40 030 in Pressing the Ok button the corresponding value for the necessary correction will be entered Control Bar Printing In some printing systems especially those with inks that tend to dry up if not used it is a good idea to print a side band using all the colors In this way even if a color is not used in an area of the design we ensure it will be used in each pass of the printhead Digiser 5 5 Configuring the printer e 93 Control Bar Printing Band Width Band Separation S A mm This safety band looks like a small rainbow whose total band thickness we can control Print statistics and comments It is to be found in the branch Print Control Advanced This option allows the printing of a series of information together with the printed design that are useful in order that there is record of the said information together with each print Selecting this option the button Configure appears Press this button and the configuration window will appear Printout Information Text Formatting Selectable Data
96. t start up automatically it is because the automatic reproduction of the CD ROM in your system is not activated when this is inserted Consult Window s Help to activate this function In case the program requires a license file cibercat lic this is to be found in the root of the CD with a number and the extension lic similar to 1234567 lic and it should be selected as it is the one which corresponds to your program Program protection The program comes with a USB protection key which limits the use of the PC to which it is connected Place the USB protection in a USB port Selection of the printer First of all select the printers you wish to use with Digiser the connection type and other advanced parameters In the main window click the Configure button to access the printer configuration window Digiser 5 5 Installation of the program e 7 Printer configuration List of installed printers Connection Pm Roland HiFiet PRO 1 FJ 540 TEPAIP 192 168 0 1 9 Mutoh Falcon Graphics AJ 6100 LPT Roland Versalarnnn SP 300 Ee Epson STYLUS PRO 7600 LET 1 Device configuration Connection TCPIP TCPVIP network connection e Speciy here the network address and TCP IP printer port number Address 192 168 0 1 9100 Use this button to setup several options for this device The Add and Remove buttons allow you to introduce the printers you require in the list of installed printers You can configure the ty
97. ted a design compound with four color and two spot colors Digiser 5 5 Separation creations e 18 CUATRICROMIA PANTONE 802CV PANTONE 1788 In the cases in which we have a design prepared with colors differentiated for 4 color and spot color we should export the design en format PostScript The overprints The overprint is when there are two adjacent colors overlapping where the stronger color stays partially overlapping the weaker color to create this impression and that between the two colors there is no white space The designer has to have taken this characteristic into consideration and created a design in which the colors are mounted properly In the following example we can see a yellow circle encircled by a black border To create this design correctly we use the overprint of black on top of the yellow As you can see in the figure to the right the exterior and interior lines are black while the central line is yellow In the first printing process the yellow will be printed followed by the black covering a small part of the yellow In this case an over print has been completed even though it also would have been possible to create a yellow border It is necessary in the design program to utilize the index for each object in order to preserve the overprint This will insure that when the design is exported in EPS that all information is included for each object Multi channel images The multi channel ima
98. the opacity column The combination of all the colors of each channel with the established opacity level will be the result which will be printed Separate Mode Printing Separate mode means that every DCS channel will be sent to only one ink cartridge in the printer Print settings Xx se Special Colors ly Levels ave Crannina Mixed mode Split mode Channel MA Blue M Red Yellow We Black Green Orange color MM channel 1 EE channel 2 I channel 3 Channel 4 IY channels MA channel 6 Pe If the multichannel color mode is used the printer s available channels will show in the color column If the CMYK xxx color modes are used the available CMYKxxx channels will appear In order to modify DCS channel assignment to printer cartridges click on the Color column and select the desired cartridge Digiser 5 5 Color Control e 66 Mixed mode Split mode Channel color MA Blue MM channel 1 Mi red IY Channel 2 Yellow I channel 3 B Black Channel 4 Green IY channel 5 orange Channel6 ETC k Using multi channel color mode allows for the independent correction of ink density and limits for each of the printer s colors You may clarify further doubts by reading the IccPrint program manual which is supplied jointly Special colors The program allows the printing of specific colors this function will allow you to 1 Modify the printing of any color of the design wi
99. though the program configures automatically this value in systems with limited memory it may be interesting to assign little memory to the program so we can work with the computer but bear in mind that the application will work slowly In any case and particularly for configurations with high levels of installed RAM memory such as 2GB we recommend never going over 512MB of memory use by this program Software s preferences ca Color management Parameters for fine tuning rip processing Performance Memory usage Set the maximum amount of memory used by CiberPrint during RIP i 255 Mb C Enhance printing of shades may require more time Automaticaly downsample images with excessive resolution Log File Generate a Log File for each RIP job Path CACibercatiCiberPrint 5 0ALOGA A Automatically downsample images with excessive resolution it will be applied to excessively large images so a lot of time will be saved in the processing of the documents Generate a Log file for each RIP job An utility that generates a log file containing information on the task carried out Digiser 5 5 Preferences e 53 Within this information there is the number of dots that have been used to print the task the size of the used material and the print modes All this information will be used by the cost analysis program that will elaborate a report on real print costs consult the manual for the said program Digiser
100. thout modifying the whole of it For instance in order to modify a corporative color of a design which is being printed together with an image we can give precision to the color of the logotype without modifying the global color of the image 2 Assign a determinate color to an ink cartridge or a combination of them This is particularly useful for printers with more than 4 ink cartridges where it is possible to use the rest of the cartridges for special colors such as reds greens whites fluorescents etc This will allow a part of the design to be printed with a fluorescent color for example without modifying the rest of it 3 Modify the printing of any color of the design reading with a colorimeter the real color of a sample printed in color Although it is a variation of section 1 the color entry precision is very useful Once a design has been loaded into the program we must press on a color to select it having previously selected Special colors Digiser 5 5 Color Control e 67 PEK 3 File Edit View Tools Window Help 5x X 795 5 mm 932 7 mm 2 677 94 A a ca i l 4 ig y 98 3mm 3 pa IM 1107 3mr 4 677 94 8 LY BRA nr EROA O E E Jobi gt x Print settings mm 500 1000 1500 i 2000 2500 EEA S AA EAE AA EA A E AEA S O A S EA EA EA DA EA a SG EA EA EEA O EA Ws A ER EA O R O ICC Input ICC Profiles as O Levels e Cropping Tf Crop amp Reg Marks ig Contour Cutting Y Po DG Special co
101. tt Packard ScanJet 5p DeskScan Il Copyright c 1997 Corel Ci v Install System printer profile EPSON Stylus Photo 900 v Install Color Engine Microsoft ICM 2 0 B Application restart is needed If you have a specific color model for your equipment and it is not on the list you can add it to the system with the Install button The monitor s color model is very important in order for the colors to be as close as possible to the real colors of the design The closer the monitor s color model is the better simulation you will obtain so that what appears on the screen is the same as what is printed There are systems for generating monitor models which calibrate monitors and allow you to view colors very realistically Bear in mind that in order to keep a monitor perfectly calibrated first of all you need to use a high quality monitor control the environmental light reflects and of course all the monitor s controls Color Engine The program has internally some tools which govern the color transformations using the color profiles and all the color configuration of the program these tools are to be found in the color motor We recommend that you select Microsoft ICM although in order to allow compatibility with older programs Little CMS has been left as well in case it is necessary to obtain exactly the same colors from prints carried out with older programs Performance Memory usage Even
102. umber to the original name Normally the printer files usually have the extension pro or pl Thus for example from a file named mar tif a printing file mar prn can de generated or in the case of it occupying more than one page we would produce files like mar_1 prn mar_2 prn Take into account that a printing file can need a lot of space on the hard disk and therefore we will have to ensure that we have enough space in the unit As a reference printing an image of DIN AO size in a printer of 360 dpi assumes a printing file of some 90 Mb Later you can send this file directly to the device with hardly any use of the computer For that use the Digiser queue The Start job queue if it is stopped option makes the job queue start up and immediately begin processing or sending The option Keep the job after processed temporarily saves the processed work in case you have to re send the same work again for other copies Once the work has been erased or the job queue ended the work already processed will disappear For printers which supply status information the Check printer status before sending option allows the program to wait for the printer to be ready to receive information and the program notifies if there is any problem with the printer Only some specific connection types and printers allow for printer status information to be supplied this is generally the case with printers connected through network cables TCP IP The opt
103. umeration The Edit button opens the window that configures the parameters and allows all the copies printed to have a different text which can be increased with an established value The following window will be shown Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 35 Numbering E Start Step to Fixed digits Typeface Tr Arial Style Normal Size 0 399 in Color Position Alignment 1 103in C W mm y Cancel 8 24lin 2 First press on design to indicate where to introduce the text that will be automatically modified In Alignment the collocation of the new text can be determined with respect to the point chosen in the design The Format is the kind of numeration that will be used that is whether they are consecutive numbers letters or roman numerals Format 12 34 s E LILI IY The result will be as follows Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 36 3 File Edit View Tools Window Help X0 000in 5 m 7 002 in 173 24 Y 0 000 in G TM 3 946 in 173 24 A Contour Cutting BES Mosaic fap Print Control HE Media Size 44 Ink Control amp Color Control Tiling Pieces vertical Pieces horizontal Total pieces Distance Vertical 9 000 in al A v Horizontal 0 000 in Y Labels and numbers lt 1 n 1 0000 gt gt Real image o Simulate printed colors v ajajajaj Ex v Appl tied 1 Design selected Eneray e
104. unction of the program that one must first de activate the design rotation function so that the program will not rotate only some channels and not others For the best job possible it is recommended that all channels print in the same manner Edition of an executed separation Once the division of a design is executed it is possible to modify various characteristics of this separation such as the design size orientation repetition crosses and cut marks It is also possible to modify the characteristics relating to the dither like the dot shape frequency and angle For this reason we should make a double click on one of the separations of the design and a window with the dither configuration will appear with unauthorized options which is not possible to modify Digiser 5 5 Separation creations e 24 Halftone screen separation Color separation Registration marks Conversion Convert spot colors to process Pantone Hexachrome Negative Linearize black ink Opkions Maintain document overprints Do Mot create empty plates Registration color Apply ICC profile Adobe RGB 1998 Mone Halftoning method Ordered Haftoning Ww Settings Shape PS Diamond PS Diamond PS Diamond PS Diamond Color Black Cyan Magenta Yellow Custom settings list Overprint By default By default By default By default L p l og 90 sa 90 ss 90 og 90 OO O Digiser 5 5 Separation creations e 25 5 Desi
105. ure printer Lpti Options button and Utilise extended ECP mode USB Connection Several Parallel to USB converters exist but in this case are installed in the generic printer system using the drivers of the converter Configure the programme connection as SPOOLER and select the printer driver that has been configured for using the converter Network Connection This is the fastest and most secure connection for the transmission of data Some printers already Support direct network connection Also available on the market are Parallel Network converters that perform well An important consideration is that such a converter is of good quality and conforms to the IEE1284 parallel standard if it does not communication with the printer will be SIOW In this case you will need to configure the program connection as TCP IP and configure the IP addresses correctly Other Connections Since Digiser is able to utilize the drivers of printers installed on Windows SPOOLER it is possible to connect to any printer with any type of connection supported by Windows for example FireWire Digiser 5 5 Connectivity e 61 FILM amp RIP OPTIONS ONLY AVAILABE FOR COLOR PRINTING Digiser 5 5 Connectivity e 62 13 Color Control Introduction It is the dialog box to which the most attention must be paid at the time of printing a design We can set up Digiser in it so that it produces the optimum result with regard to the final print quality
106. utomatically delete old log files so they will not accumulate in the folder Consumption results In the Results window of the program we will be able to see all the information container by the log file and the ink and printing support consumptions calculating the total real cost Printing consumption calculus v2 0 6 SE Results Setup Jobs Job name to show rortrait jpg 22 02 2006 957 4 lc portrait jpg 22 02 2006 9 57 24 log EveUne eps 21 02 2006 13 05 28 Roland Versalamm SP 300 360 720 Selected printer VersaCamm 5P300w v Selected mode Results Dotes big EXE EDots medium 65208 E Dots small enza O Consumption in ml 18 421 Ink amount 3q ft of media 4 74085921 Media Cost Refresh Delete Total ase gt Es Print F Exit The existing log file list appears in the Jobs section ordered by antiquity The most recent ones appear on top of the list Digiser 5 5 Program for the calculation of printing consumption e 109 Pressing on any of them all the information they contain will be shown The Job Name to Show is editable i e we can modify it according to our needs Since there might be different printers and printing modes configured we will have to select the printer and mode that corresponds to the task we are analyzing Bear in mind whether they are tasks printed with variable or fixed dot In the results you will be able to see the cost of the support ink
107. ve been previously processed Send to an output File Copy mode Length mode sent Copies In it the three options of the action to be carried out can be observed only process process and send or just send In case of sending a task you will be able to specify the number of identical copies wished There is a possibility to send the job ripped to a file selecting the option and specifying the location In the Copies to send we can introduce the number of copies we want to send The Length mode will only activate for print outs like Rapport unlimited copies if one has the TX edition of RIP and if a document like Rapport has been generated Here we will be able to determine the length of the print out we wish to obtain Digiser 5 5 Job Manager e 51 9 Preferences Edit In this window we can set the following values which the program will use by default Software s preferences Color management Parameters for editing Performance Displacement with the keyboard Adjust movement to Guidelines Accurate 0 04 in Shift l Distance 10 gt pels an Normal 0 2 in gt AA Avoid object overlap Large 0 4 in Ctrl Object distance 0 000in Undo levels 100 E levels Displacement with the keyboard the selected objects can be moved using the keyboard s cursor keys Depressing the cursor and Shift and Control keys at the same time can cause the distance moved to be differ
108. we can say that the design is selected and we can act upon it If we wish to select various designs at the same time click on them one after the other maintaining the ctrl key pressed down or forming a selection window forming a rectangle so that all the designs which are completely in it become selected Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 26 Selection window for selecting the two above designs Using the handles you can re size the designs graphically By clicking on and dragging the handles from the ends you modify proportionally the measurements of the design That is to say maintaining its height width proportions By clicking on the central handles from any side the original proportion will be lost Ys EEES AA A AE K All these actions can also be carried out numerically through the controls located just on top of the window X 0 0 mm l le m 1769 8 mr 612 41 4 Al E 0mm IE 1327 4mr 4 612 41 Y RA You can introduce the sizes wanted for the design or the scale factor by using the top controls To maintain the proportions the proportional button must be clicked ja The proportions are maintained horizontal vertical Digiser 5 5 Design edition e 27 The proportions are not maintained it will be deformed a This button will send the chosen design to coordinates 0 0 source of the work area automatically making it unnecessary to establish the x y position manually You can
109. xts To introduce several lines press the keys ctrl Enter User Text Smith Store window graphic The Preview function carries out a representation of how the printed result will be allowing us to see before printing whether there is too much information or not Digiser 5 5 Film printing setup e 45 7 Printing General Options On selection of the RIP button from the program access is given to the configuration window for the printing options Digiser 5 5 RIP Options Printer Conection Tt son STYLUS PRO 4800 PIP 192 168 100 3 9100 E General ig Pages Copies E Print and Cut Start jobs queue if it s stoped Check printer status Job processing method Process and Send simultaneously Process and then send O Process only Keep the job after processed Send to an output File Enhance printing of shades may require more time Set as Default A A A Print selected object only ful RIF Mode Description Process and send This means that at the same time that the file is being simultaneously processed the information that has already been processed is being sent to the printer This method is the one which makes the printing start more quickly since when little data has been processed this has already been sent The inconvenient aspect of this system is that if the computer is not fast enough or the file to be processed is excess

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