Tips and Tricks for ColorSpan Legacy ColorMark Pro Print
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1. Color Matching i254 ccamtccciicee na Photographic Images Spot colors Pantone vs TRUMATCH What Happens if Select a Pantone Color TRUMATCH Poster PENNO ormum aiii 7 Achieving the Fastest RIP Times Disk Space and SCSI Drives The ColorSpan Downloader Image Quality and Output Resolution Tips and WICKS aisaen 8 MediaSaver N Up Pausing Queues and Printers User Dignostics Appendix ssssssssssrrirsnssrrrrenssrrrnrensnrrnrnnnrrrrnnsnns 10 OTIS Technical Problems Appendix Bicabancicicaiiinnciunseaintils 11 Description of Supported Printers AppendiX C rnea aa 12 The Halon System Appendix D ssssssesssrriresssrrrrenssrrrrrenssrrrrenssrrrrnnsnns 13 The Halon System Executive Summary Getting Around System Control The interface is divided into five sections Ports Process Output and Printers Each section delineates part of the spooling ripping printing process Ports where data enters the system from the network Input where incoming print data is spooled for processing Process where print data is processed for printing Output where processed data is stored queued for printing Printers where print data is actually printed A detailed discussion of the Sytem Control user interface begins on page 3 Color and Color Matching e You should limit the number of color corrections you apply to an image and avoid making color mode changes e A calibrated color monitor will significantly help you ant2. The actual ouptut device s connected to your server Process Printers han D 2 RIP Priority DisplayMaker Pro E xpress Tracking m E Attention Q ueues Alert you to problems in file s ak prior to processing printing 7 Working space 2 049 3 MB 68 3 Free Ports The Port icons reflect the network connections available on your server and each port will appear as a unique printer on your network The ports are divided into different types There are ports for Macintosh Windows TCP IP NetWare and DiskDirect see diagram and brief description of each below You can have several ports of each type limited by the type of server you own see your Print Server User Guide for the limit on your particular server Each port can be configured with default settings based on RIP mode media and ink selections etc It is possible to override these settings by configuring the print job on your workstation however You can also select a route that any jobs entering the system through a particular port should take through the system Be sure to check your Print Server User Guide or ondine help for more information on making port configuration changes Finally any of the network ports can be paused This action causes that port to be unavailable to users on the network until the port is resumed The 5 Different Ports AppleTalk EtherTalk This port is used by Apple Macintosh workst
3. color output up to 36 inches wide and up to 50 feet long that s ideal for posters displays banners backlit signs and more Using ColorSpan s proprietary ColorM ark Color Management and SmoothTone image enhancement technologies the DisplayM aker Professional produces beautiful photo realistic large format output ColorSpan s patented Big Ink Delivery System increases the ink capacity and productivity of the DisplayM aker Professional while decreasing ink costs With one set of dye based or pone Big Ink packs you can print more than 250 representative 2x3 foot full ccoverage images for indoor or outdoor applications Refer to your server user manual for more information on the number and type of printer s your server supports Each ripStation supports only one type of output device i e ripStation for DisplayM aker Professional only supports up to two DisplayM aker Professionals There are models that drive each of the supported output devices ColorM ark Pro print servers will drive any of the supported print engines concurrently Refer to your Print Server User Guide for recommended configurations 11 Appendix C The Halon System O ptional Halon Interfaces provide digital connectivity for up to two color laser copiers one interface for each copier Comparable in speed to other dedicated PostScript RIPs the Halon System consists of the ColorM ark Pro a high speed controller that is placed in ColorM ark Pro and a cable that conn
4. for your printer for 5 information on color calibrating your printer Color Color and Editing Files Every time you modify a file in an image editing application like Photoshop you lose information which can cause color shifts It is best to do all of your color correction on an image in as few steps as possible If you need to do significant color correction to a scan apply your edits to a copy of the scan that way you can start over if you are unable to achieve satisfactory results after the first couple of edits Color Modes When creating files for output on a printer connected to your ColorMark print server you may unknowingly perform tasks that will affect the accurate reproduction of the colors you originally chose Switching between color modes of photographic images is one area where users frequently degrade the color quality of their images To prevent color degradation and color shifts always save your images in the same color mode in which they were scanned For example if you scan something on an RGB scanner save the image in RGB mode not CMYK Also do not switch between color modes when working with images in your applications Each time you switch between RGB and CMYK your image loses color information which can cause unpredictable color shifts RGB is the preferred color space for photographic images see Color Matching this document EFICOLOR Macintosh For accurate color matching go to your Sys
5. order to print colors that match those on your monitor calibrate your monitor using a reputable monitor calibrator Select the profile that matches your monitor type If your monitor is not listed contact the manufacturer for more information Calibrating your monitor will provide a much more consistent display of the colors in your files which will provide you a much better anticipation of what a particular file will look like when printed The environment in which you work can also affect the accuracy of the colors you see on your monitor For optimum viewing the lighting in your work space should be 5000 Kelvin Color Matching Photographic I mages The best color match from photographic images is provided by the RGB color space The ColorMark Color Management system is specifically designed to match the RGB colors of a calibrated monitor In addition images in RGB color space are 25 smaller than images in CMYK space making them easier to work with on your workstation and faster to process and print Spot Colors When selecting spot colors be sure to use the CMYK color space Most applications convert RGB spot color selections to CMYK during the printing process and generally do a relatively poor job of converting those RGB spot colors to CMYK So when designing artwork in Illustrator Freehand or just selecting colors in a page layout application Quark XPress or PageMaker for example select spot colors as CMYK not RGB You m
6. will display the preview immediately without delay Previews can be automatically created in the RIP if you desire See your Print Server User Guide for details on creating previews in the RIP In addition to on screen previews documents in the Output queues can be configured with MediaSaver N up which allows you to interactively organize or nest multiple documents into a single print job See MediaSaver N up this document for more information on using these features RipSaver The RipSaver Temporary and RipSaver Permanent queues store the RIP ed files for printing or re printing at a later time As the names imply files in the Temporary queue will be stored until the system needs drive space to process incoming print jobs while jobs in the Permanent queue can only be deleted by the user Files deleted from the Temporary queue by the system will be deleted in order from the oldest to the youngest files RipSaver documents can be printed by dragging the job to either the Standard or Priority Output queue External Drives Your ColorMark Print Server supports a variety of external hard drives in addition to removable storage media Refer to your Print Server User Guide for a list of supported devices and attaching these to your particular print server External drives are intended for permanent storage of RipSaver documents only and are displayed in the SysCon interface under the Output heading Hard drives or removable media can be t
7. Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black needed to reproduce that color Consequently all TRumatcH spot colors are reproducible by CMYK printers Since the TrumatcH system was specifically designed for CMYK printers ColorSpan has built TRumatcH support into the ColorMark Color Management System Users can specify a TrumatcH color and count on getting that color from their printer s All major applications support both systems so choosing a TrumarTc color is just as easy as selecting a Pantone spot color What happens if select a Pantone color Applications that support Pantone color selections when sending a print job to a CMYK print device send the process equivalents as stated in the Process Color Imaging Guide Consequently if you print a job with Pantone spot color specifications those colors will print as their process equivalents not the Pantone spot color By selecting TrumatcH colors however you are assured that you will get the color you specified not an equivalent TRuMATCH Poster Two TrumatcH color selection posters are available by printing TRUMTCH1 PS and TRUMTCH2 PS from Disk Direct on your print server To print these posters route the Disk Direct port to the desired printer click on the Disk Direct icon once with the left mouse button select one of the Trumatcu posters and click OK Each poster is approximately E AO size 36 x 48 inches and contain all of the possible TRumatcu color selections A Trum
8. Tips and Tricks for ColorSpan Legacy ColorMark Pro Print Server and RIPStation TN2500C _ Legal notices Copyright 2008 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Confidential computer software Valid license from HP required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Printed in the US For additional technical support and user documentation please refer to www hp com go graphicarts CONTENTS Executive SUMMAT Y Cesracctsec nia ees ecceet cart det Getting Around System Control uu Mousing Around Keyboard Shortcuts System Control Roadmap Ports The 5 Different Ports Using Routing Port Configurations Making Changes Input Queues Process Output Queues RipSaver External Drives Printers ie 0 Sea een ce rere ences ann es om Color and Editing Files Color Modes EFIColor Macintosh Photoshop Monitor Settings Screen Calibration
9. You can even print to the same or different printer in the foreground while the downloader is downloading in the background Use of the downloader application can increase productivity dramatically By downloading tiff and PhotoCD images you can save the significant amounts of time that Photoshop or other image editing program would normally take on your workstation to process the information and send it to the print server Consequently use of the LMDownloader maximizes your productivity by allowing you to send one file to the printer in the background while editing or even scanning the next image in the foreground The CSDownloader also allows you to save media over printing from certain applications such as Photoshop The Conserve Media button in the downloader s window tells the print server to use a paper size that is the same size as the final printed image saving media both before and after the job In Photoshop you typically need to pick a paper size that is larger than your desired printed image Photoshop then centers the image within the paper size you have selected often wasting significant amounts of media You can also choose to rotate some images so that their printed orientation will use the least amount of media off of the roll While few people enjoy learning new programs the CSDownloader is worth the effort in the amount of time and media that can be saved through its use Detailed instructions on using the CSDo
10. atcH poster is available for DisplayMaker Pro DisplayMaker Express and DesignWinder A Trumatch color swatch print is also available for Halon This document for the color copier s prints as 23 letter size pages Printing Achieving the Fastest RIP Times There are a variety of factors that can affect RIP times PostScript can repeat small sections of code numerous times increasing the RIP time of a relatively small file Below is a list of items that increase RIP times Avoid them and you will achieve faster processing and throughput of your files 1 RIP times increase when the printer is active or when the ColorMark print server is multi tasking For example spooling a file while the ColorMark print server is RIPing and printing other files will increase the RIP time 2 The ColorMark print server s virtual memory VM should be set to 5MB Higher settings can increase RIP times You should only increase the VM if aVM error occurs and it should rarely need to be set to more than 8MB To check or change your setting click and hold on the RIP icon and pull down to Configure Type a value in the VM box then click on the restart button This restarts the RIP only not the entire system Changes made to this window will not take affect until the RIP is restarted 3 Donot print when ColorMark print server has insufficient disk space This is the primary cause of poor performance for large file RIPing Do not allow the remaining
11. ations and will appear as PostScript printers in the Macintosh Chooser WinLink This port is used for printing across a Windows for Workgroups Windows95 or WindowsNT network The print server will be in a ColorSpan workgroup with a shared printer or print ers matching the WinLink port name s NetWare This port is used for printing across Novell NetWare 3 11 or 3 12 networks When properly configured this port will attach to Novell print servers via Novell s IPX protocols TCP IP This port is used for printing across a TCP IP network from UNIX based workstations DiskDirect This port allows the user to access PostScript print files on the print server s internal floppy drive or internal hard drive Be aware that it is not possible to access input files from the CD ROM or external drives These files should be sent to the server from your workstation using the ColorSpan Downloader see The ColorSpan Downloader this document Using Routing Port Configurations Since you can configure multiple ports for a single printer you can setup individual ports for individual users priorities and or job characteristics For instance let s say you have three designers Joe Bob and Sally You know that Sally always does the jobs with the highest priority so you will want to set up a port just for her you could even call it Sally that is routed through the highest priority queues in the system That way Sally s
12. ay also select a spot color from a swatch book such as Pantone or Trumatcu see discussion of Pantone vs Trumatcu below Pantone vs TRUMATCH Pantone and TrumatcH are two common color selection models Pantone has been around for a long time and most designers are familiar with the Pantone swatch books and color selection systems Trumatcu however is a relatively new player but in many ways is a better choice for the digital designer Pantone spot color selection corresponds to specific pure ink colors that are used in offset printing The user selects a specific Pantone number for a spot color and gives that number to his printer This process therefore works ideally with offset printing where a particular Pantone ink can be used In four color process work however Pantone color selection creates many problems First about 60 of Pantone spot colors are out of the gamut of CMYK devices and typically do not print very close to the desired color Evidence of this can be seen in the Process Color Imaging Guide available from Pantone Comparison of a Pantone color against its process equivalent will illustrate the problems involved with using a CMYK printer to reproduce Pantone colors The Trumatcu system on the other hand was designed specifically with CMYK printers in mind The color swatches are organized in a logical sequence for designing in four colors and each color gets a TRUMATCH designation as well as the percentages of
13. d disk has insufficient free space because of fonts or RIP Saved files the ColorMark print server must keep the page in memory and use a slower compression routine Generally you should always have at least 300MB or more of hard disk space free on the ColorMark print server An external SCSI hard drive will increase the ColorMark print server s disk capacity allowing larger files to be RIPed more quickly It also allows you to store more RIP Saved jobs spooled jobs and additional fonts Refer to your Print Server User Guide for more information on attaching external SCSI devices The ColorSpan Downloader The CSDownloader is one of the best features of the ColorSpan print server printing tools This is an application that allows you to download tiff PhotoCD and PostScript print files directly to the printer The application lets you resize and rotate tiffs and PhotoCD images and even contains some rudimentary page placement features For all supported file types you are able to select RIP mode media type sharpening and PS interpolation for that download You can even set up a list of files of various types to be downloaded The beauty of the downloader is twofold 1 it will run in the background quite painlessly you ll hardly notice that it is working behind the scenes when you are working on something else in the foreground and 2 the RIP of tiffs or PhotoCD images is dramatically faster than printing directly from an application
14. ects ColorM ark Pro to your color laser copier s Supported color laser copiers include the following models equipped with a digital interface Canon CLC Kodak and Xerox Also Xerox M ajestik and Regal models must be equipped with an optional interface unit IFU port kit available from Xerox For more information contact your ColorSpan representative Please specify what type of copier you have Special Note for the Canon CLC 300 Follow the steps below to configure your Canon CLC 300 before using it in conjunction with the Halon Interface Failure to follow these steps results in two color output anytime two or more copies is specified 1 Press the key and release it 2 Simultaneously press the left and right arrow keys and release them 3 Press the key again 4 Use the arrow keys to select O ption from the LCD menu and press OK 5 Use the arrow keys to select O ption2 and press OK 6 Use the arrow keys to change PS Type and remote to 0 7 Press the reset key to end Using a single Halon Interface with M ultiple Copiers If you have Canon and Kodak color laser copiers but only one Halon Interface you can safely move the Halon cable between the two You cannot switch the cable from Canon Kodak to Xerox copiers Follow the steps below 1 Wait until the connected copier is idle 2 Unplug the Halon cable from the copier and wait about 10 seconds until the Color Copier icon on the System Control monitor turns red 3 P
15. em with the configuration of the spooled data When you view the document in the Attention queue window the system will give you a message regarding the error condition While jobs are in the Input queues you can check and change the job characteristics and or routing of any of the jobs You can also change the priority of a job by moving it to the top or bottom of a queue or by moving it to another queue To move a job drag it to the icon of the queue you wish to move it to To move a job to the top or bottom of a queue select the job and click on the up or down arrow at the top of the window respectively A single click on a queue s icon will open a window with a list of the jobs in that queue See your print server user guide for more information on these queues and manipulating documents within these queues Process The Process column of the SysCon Interface contains the RIP and the Tracking Log The RIP Raster Image Process converts print jobs from their PostScript4anguage description to a raster bitmap for the print engine The RIP icon will turn green and display a completion percentage when it is active Due to the complex nature of PostScript the percentage numbers may pause occassionally this is normal The Tracking Log stores information of all jobs spooled processed printed deleted etc by the system The information within the Tracking Log is exportable to a tab delimited text file for importation into spread
16. es of the same RipSaver document on a single larger sheet MediaS aver can also allow you to print multiple copies of a single smaller document onto a larger sheet as with N up for those printers that do not directly support N up To activate MediaSaver route the jobs you want printed together into one of the RIP Saver queues temporary or one of the permanent queues Then shift click on those jobs and hit the MediaS aver button HQ at the top of the RipSaver document window The ColorMark print server will then try to organize all of the jobs together onto one sheet if possible J obs that cannot fit on the page will be placed onto the desktop work area If you do not like the placement of the jobs on the sheet you may interactively move them around by clicking on a document and dragging it to the desired location You can change the default space between images by selecting Gutter Width from the menu at the top of the MediaSaver window Once you have organized the printout you may give the MediaS aver job a name and save it by selecting Save and Exit from the menu at the top of the MediaSaver window Once you have saved the MediaSaver document you may delete the individual RipSaver documents if you desire however you will not be able to reprint the documents individually N up allows you to print multiple copies of the same image on a single larger sheet To activate N up open the document information window enter
17. hard disk space to drop below 300MB If you commonly produce files larger than 50MB complex files or if you store numerous RIPSaver documents consider adding an external SCSI hard disk to the ColorMark print server This can substantially reduce RIP times for large complex jobs See Disk Space and SCSI Drives below 4 Increasing the resolution of your images can unnecessarily increase RIP times A higher resolution would offer little improvement in output quality and would produce a larger than needed file which wastes storage space and lengthens RIP and spool times See Image Quality and Output Resolution below for recommendations on output size and resolution 5 Interpolation and sharpening filters allow you to enlarge low resolution files without pixelization However they increase RIP times sometimes significantly 6 Disabling the option to create a preview of a RIPed image will decrease the amount of time it takes the ColorMark print server to prepare the file for printing This is done from the System Control menu under Preferences Even though the option is disabled when Preview is selected in an output queue the ColorMark print server can still create one for you Disk Space and SCSI Drives Large page sizes with large complex images such as TIFFs require such an enormous amount of memory to RIP that the ColorMark print server compresses the image and writes part of the file to the hard disk If the har
18. he mess or expense of the hazardous chemicals used by electrostatic plotters Because DisplayM aker Express uses solid pigmented inks rather than the dye based inks used by aqueous inkjet printers DisplayM aker Express prints are waterfast and more resistant to UV light fading ColorSpan s phase change printing technology uses four solid color inks cyan magenta yellow and black that users can refill on the fly even while printing PressM ate FS PressM ate FS is an extraordinary advancement in desktop printing technology Featuring ColorSpan s patented ThermalRes technology PressM ate FS produces up to 12x26 inch film positives and film negatives without chemicals and without a darkroom With a typical UV DMax of 3 5 heat activated ThermalRes film does not require exposure modifications to the traditional plate burning process used by most prepress operations This technology poures 2400x2400 ThermalRes text and line art with SmoothTone and traditional halftone screens and tints up to 133 Ipi Halon Transform your standard color laser copier into a high quality high performance digital color printer The combined power of ColorSpan s ColorM ark Pro Print Server and the Halon Interface lets you produce full color 400 dpi photo realistic originals for presentation materials mock ups t shirt transfers and more DisplayM aker Professional The DisplayM aker Professional is a four color ink jet printer that produces digital
19. icipate the colors of final printed output e Photographic images should be in the RGB color space while spot colors are best selected using CMYK process values e TrumatcH is a better spot color selection guide for process printing than Pantone A discussion of Color and Color Matching begins on page 6 Printing e Files can be designed to minimize RIP time on the print server e Attaching external SCSI storage devices can speed RIP times e Use of ColorSpan Downloader can save time and processing on both your workstation and the ColorMark Print Server A discussion of printing tips begins on page 7 Tips and Tricks e MediaSaver allows you to interactively organize or nest multiple smaller documents onto a larger sheet saving media e Pausing queues and printers allows you to stop certain processes of the print server without shutting down the whole system e Diagnostics allow you to test your system for errors The Tips and Tricks discussion begins on page 8 This Tips and Tricks document is not a replacement for your Print Server User Guide You should also refer to the Tips and Tricks document s that accompanies your ColorSpan printer s Those documents will provide details on optimizing files for output on those printers as well as the operation of the printers themselves All Tips and Tricks documents are available for ColorSpan s web site and OTIS ColorSpan s automated faxback service See Appendix A for informati
20. jobs will get processed and printed first followed by the jobs from the other ports Joe and Bob could also have respective ports to match their needs even though all three ports are actually routed to the same printer The flexibility of the port configuration and routing is provided to allow you to customize the operation of your print server to match the needs of your work environment Some experimentation may be needed to find the setup that works best for you Making Changes To make a change in the routing or configuration of a particular port click and hold the mouse button on the icon for the port you wish to change until the menu for that icon appears then make the appropriate selection from the menu Input Queues The Input queues are used to store and prioritze print jobs waiting for the RIP process The Input portion of the interface consists of three queues with fourth and fifth special queues Direct and Attention Jobs in the Priority queue will be processed by the RIP first followed by jobs in the Standard queue The Direct queue only appears on the interface during routing or direct printing and allows direct communication with the RIP without spooling the print data to the server s disk The Direct queue takes priority over all of the other input queues Jobs in the Hold queue however will remain there until you move the job to the Standard or Priority queue The Attention queue will only appear when there is a probl
21. lug the Halon cable into the second copier When the Color Copier icon on the System Control monitor turns gray the process is complete You can start printing to the new copier immediately 12 Appendix D ColorMark Advanced Color Management System Here is your freedom to drive the quality control and creativity of your color management ColorM ark Advanced Color Management System is the tool to enhance your digital color productivity This advanced software provides digital color professionals with the next level of color control in the ColorM ark Color Management System available for ColorSpan ColorM ark Pro and RIPStation print servers 200 MHz and faster For use with the following ColorSpan printers DisplayM aker Series XII DisplayM aker HiRes 8 Color Series Gicl e PrintM akerFA ColorM ark increases productivity through 1 ICC and ColorM ark color profile creation ColorM ark works interactively with you to profile a unique media and ink combination Color swatches are printed and then measured with digital accuracy Use the Automation Eye DisplayM aker Series XII only ColorM ark Calibrator DisplayM aker HiRes 8 Color Series Gicl e PrintM akerFA or optional X Rite DTP 41 strip reader for maximum productivity 2 Support ICC Allows users to utilize industry standard ICC color profiles thoughout the entire process from scanner to workstation to printer 3 Adjust image color post RIP Permits color adjus
22. m the network or otherwise shut the entire system down Below is a list of the effect that pausing has on each part of the system Ports When a port is paused it is removed from the network and will not spool any additional jobs Jobs spooling when the port is paused will finish before the port is removed from the network Queues Input and Output Will continue to accept jobs but will not pass them to the printer or RIP Queues when paused act like Hold queues RIP and Printers Will complete the print job process active when paused if any but will not accept any additional jobs Pausing a printer would allow you to change inks media etc on a printer without having to worry about the server trying to print a job on that printer at the same time To reactivate a paused icon select Resume from the icon s menu User Diagnostics If your print server is not functioning properly you can test the system with the User Diagnostic Disk It allows you to check your print server s memory video network interfaces hard disk drive SCSI serial circuitry and Halon Interface when applicable Before use make sure the disk is not write protected On the disk there is a square in the upper right hand corner which should be black After you insert the disk in your print server shut down and restart the system You can choose to run all the tests or just specific tests You will be alerted if a problem is found Write down the inf
23. ntinuous documents to a selection Control drag When moving documents to different queues makes a copy in the destination location Document Details Window Double clicking on any document in any queue will bring up the Document Details window which lists information about the file System Control Roadmap Below and on the next page are diagrams of the System Control SysCon User Interface with a brief description of each section Within Queue Windows Delete selected View change f document s Document M ediaSaver Routing Close the Window Output Standard Help E Gg gegi Document Qufue Resume Pause Display Display M ove Document effects selected Document On Screen to top or bottom of jobs only Information Preview queue Note All icons operations not available in all queues System Control User Interface Input queues Process Jobs spooled from network PostScript interpreter prepares are queued for RIP processing print jobs for output on printer Output queues RIP ed print jobs are queued for final output System Cor trol Ports Ports Input This is where print data a erg from network workstations b pan spools into the print server Full Page Priority A Image Only TCPAP Standard E g Tracking Log Detailed information on system and printer activity is stored by print job Information is exportable into tab delimited text file on floppy disk Printers
24. on on accessing these services Getting Around System Control Mousing Around The mouse on your ColorMark Print Server includes two buttons Each of these buttons serves different purposes within the user interface Below are the mouse button conventions Left button This button opens queue rip and printer icons to see what document s reside in that location One quick click will open a window showing the contents of that particular icon The left mouse button is also used to bring down the menus at the top of the System Control Window System Preferences and Help and to pull down the menus that correspond to the individual queue icons Be aware however that there will be a slight pause before the system will display the menu for that icon In addition the left mouse button is used to select documents in windows data entry fields etc as well as drag documents from one location to another Right button This mouse button is used to bring down the queue menus instantaneously There will be no pause before the system displays the menu as there is when the left button is used to bring down these queue icon menus Keyboard Shortcuts Below is a list of some useful keyboard shortcuts when navigating the user interface on your ColorMark Print Server Key Function Control Select all documents in a window Mouse Actions Shift click Add multiple non continuous documents to a selection Alt drag Add multiple co
25. or Series Printers offer a variety of different printing modes and ink options for optimal speed and quality The printer contains advanced unattended printing features including built in dryer humidity sensor and motorized take up spool A built in color camera provides automation of many printing functions critical for quality including AutoSet cartridge calibration and AutoJet cartridge analysis and compensation DisplayM aker Series XII New 12 printhead design allows you to print wide format images with a unique advantage speed without sacrificing quality Print at speeds up to 240 square feet per hour and apparent resolutions up 1800 dpi The radical 12 printhead design sets the stage for countless color possibilities Through multiple print mode options Gamut Variable M ode Printing empowers you with the ability to quickly reconfigure color settings The DisplayM aker Series XII takes the developments of the DisplayM aker HiRes 8 color Series to a new level of sophistication power dependability and productivity Gicl e PrintM akerFA ColorSpan s PrintM aker digital color printer is a high precision drum based Big Color inkjet printer that utilizes a revolutionary eight print head design 600 dpi print heads and lightfast dye inks to produce up to E A0 size 36 x 48 inch digital fine art reproductions PrintM aker produces the highest quality prints apparent 1800 dpi of any digital digital printer on the market W ith End
26. ormation so you can relay it to Technical Support see Appendix A for information on how to contact Technical Support Be sure to remove the disk when you are finished 1999 ColorSpan Corporation 7090 Shady Oak Road Eden Prairie MN 55344 ColorSpan Europe Ltd Hoofddorp The Netherlands 31 25 5622000 Big Color Big Ink RIP Saver DisplayMaker ColorMark and PressMate are registered trademarks SmoothTone Single RIP Architecture DesignWinder and the ColorSpan logo are trademarks of ColorSpan Corporation PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Inc This product incorporates the PowerPage interpreter from Pipeline Associates Inc Corel Optimized All other product or brand names are marks of their respective holders Specifications subject to change without notice Subject to patents pending and issued in the USA and internationally 6 99 Appendix B Description of Supported Printers DisplayM aker HiRes 8 color Series Produce huge 72 wide prints for banners murals signs transportation graphics tradeshow images and more Or quickly gang together smaller format prints to take full advantage of media size Output speed is up to 28 5 square feet hour in HIGH QUALITY apparent 1200 dpi mode and at up to 57 0 square feet hour in HIGH SPEED mode Uses 8 printhead design and multi density inks for continuous tone apparent 1200 dpi image resolution with super vibrant colors and subtle gradations The DisplayM aker HiRes 8 col
27. ransported to another ColorMark Print Server for output from that server Printers Your ColorMark Print Server supports a variety of possible output devices but is limited by the type of server you own RipStation servers are limited to a single type of output device but may support more than one of that type of printer ColorMark Pro print servers on the other hand can support multiple different printers from the single server See Appendix C Description of Supported Printers for more information on the printers that your print server can support Regardless of the type of printer s you have attached to your print server there are several configurations that can be made at the printer icon in the user interface Most printers can be configured with media and or ink type while others can be configured to automatically cut after every job and other configurations based on the type of printer you are configuring Refer to your Print Server User Guide or Printer Manual for more information on the configuration of your particular printer s Finally the menu for the color printer icons contains an item called Calibrate Selecting this menu item allows you to color calibrate your printer with the ColorMark Calibrator Color calibration is an extremely important step in getting consistent color from your printer print server and should be performed often Refer to your Print Server User Guide Printer Manual and or Tips and Tricks
28. sheet or database applications The Tracking Log tracks ink media usage RIP time print time user printer media type etc for each job For information on RIP configuration or exporting Tracking Log data refer to your Print Server User Guide Output Queues The Output queues consist of the same three primary queues that make up the Input queues Priority Standard and Hold The Output queue section of the interface also contains RipSaver Temporary and RipSaver Permanent queues An Attention queue also appears when a job is incorrectly configured for a particular output device most commonly the media type in the job configuration not matching the media installed on the printer The Output queues function the same way as the Input queues jobs are stored in their RIP ed form in this case and prioritized for the printer s attached to the system Additionally files in the Output queues can be previewed on screen prior to printing to catch errors in file setup prior to commiting the file to ink and media To preview a RipSaver document select the document and hit the monitor button at the top of the queue s document window The system will then display an on screen representation of the RIP ed file The first time you select the on screen preview for a document the system will have to create it for you this can take a few minutes for large RipSaver documents Once the preview has been created for a particular file the system
29. tem folder and remove the EFICOLOR Processor file and the EFICOLOR DB folder and place them in a temporary folder outside the System You may also use an extension manager to disable the EFICOLOR Processor file Also be sure to remove the EFICOLOR XTension from the QuarkXPress folder and place it in the temporary folder Simply turning EFICOLOR off is not sufficient Restart your computer EFICOLOR is a rudimentary color management system for files destined to printers with little or no color management EFICOLOR therefore can help the color reproduction of those printers On printers with sophisticated color management such as those driven by ColorMark print servers EFICOLOR actually interferes with accurate color reproduction Photoshop Monitor Settings When printing files directly from Photoshop which you probably shouldn t be doing anyway see ColorSpan Downloader this document you will get the most consistent color output when your monitor is configured to certain settings To change your monitor settings go to File and pull down to Preferences Color Settings in Photoshop 4 0 and across to Monitor Setup No matter what type of monitor you have or what environment you re in use the following settings For Monitor choose Apple 13 inch RGB Macintosh or Default PC For Monitor Parameters set Gamma at 1 80 White Point at 6500 degrees Kelvin Phosphors to Trinitron and Ambient Light to Normal Screen Calibration In
30. the number of copies you desire and hit the N up button You will then be allowed to enter your desired space between images default is 1 inch 2 54 cm Finally click OK until you have exited the document information window The thumbnail icon will show three small white boxes over the image indicating that the document is configured for N up printing When this document is printed the system will automatically fit as many copies across the page as it can and repeat the N up print until all copies have been printed Printing multiple copies of a single RipSaver document with Media Saver works in the same manner as other MediaSaver documents In this case however select the single document you want printed hit the media saver button and proceed as in the above example Be sure to select the number of copies you desire in the document information window before configuring the document for MediaS aver Without MediaSaver four individual print jobs M ediaSaver N U p Availability by Print Engine Print Engine DisplayM aker Professional DisplayM aker Express DisplayM aker HiRes 8 Color Series DisplayM aker Series XII Gicl e PrintM akerFA DesignW inder Halon Color Copier PressM ate FS M ediaSaver N Up v v Pausing Queues and Printers Pausing the various parts of the system creates different effects allowing you to essentially stop specific parts of the system without having to unplug it fro
31. tments to image brightness contrast saturations and hue plus color balance in the highlights midtones and shadows of RIPped files No longer do you need to go back to the original image editing application to make color adjustments W ith the easy to follow user interface you can make color adjustments such as brightness contrast and color balance on the print server Why Use ColorM ark Extends your color management capabilities Increases productivity and minimizes remakes Builds custom profiles for specialty media applications Compliments existing ColorM ark workflow Compatible with ICC standard workflow Allows manipulation of colors post RIP Push the Boundaries of Color With the ability to match manipulate and create custom colors the boundaries have been lifted You now have freedom to expand your ColorM ark system Contact a ColorSpan Representative at 1 877 BIG COLOR for more information on ColorM ark 13
32. ura Chrome lightfast dye inks the prints produced by PrintM aker will last for many generations in indoor settings and displays DesignWinder ColorSpan s DesignW inder digital color printer is a high precision drum based Big Color inkjet printer that utilizes a revolutionary eight print head design to produce high quality up to E A0 size 36 x 48 inch signs photos and digital art The DesignW inder features a ColorSpan designed and manufactured print engine and patent pending inkjet technology to produce high quality photographic images up to 36 inches wide by over 47 Inches long Using ColorM ark dye based or pigmented Big Ink packs the DesignW inder can produce an E A0 size print in under 5 minutes in high speed mode For a high quality continuous tone image D esignW inder uses ColorSpan Wide Gamut multi density inks to produce an image with an apparent 1200 dpi resolution in as little as 15 minutes DisplayM aker Express DisplayM aker Express combines the speed of an electrostatic plotter with the quality of an inkjet printer and features a ColorSpan designed and manufactured print engine that produces photographic quality images up to 54 inches wide by almost any length on a variety of substrates It prints up to ten times faster than aqueous ink jet printers W ith dramatically faster printing speeds output service providers can now profitably produce high volume print runs while offering their customers volume discounts without t
33. wnloader is available in your Printing Tools Manual and ondine by selecting Help Image Quality and Output Resolution A detailed primer on scanning image quality and resolution is available in the Tips and Tricks document for your printer s Please refer to that document for details on getting the highest quality images from your output device s Below is a table that provides a quick reference of the recommended image resolution for optimum quality from each of the supported devices on your ColorMark Print Server Optimum Output Resolution for Images by Device Resolution Col e19 DisplayMaker DisplayMaker 50 to 100 Express 150 to 200 Device DisplayMaker HiRes 8 Color Series DisplayMaker Series XII 200 eee Gicl e PrintMakerFA 290 to 300 DesignWinder 150 to 200 Halon Color 150 to 200 Copier PressMate output resolution on PressMate is dependent on desired line screen halftoning method and other variables See PressMate Tips and Tricks for details Tips and Tricks MediaSaver N Up MediaSaver is a feature that allows you to interactively organize or nest multiple smaller print jobs onto one larger sheet see illustration below For instance you could print up to 16 letter size documents onto one E AO size 36 x 48 inch sheet MediaSaver is available on most of the ColorSpan printers see table next page N up on the other hand is designed to print multiple copi
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