Epson StylusRIP Professional (Stylus Photo 2200)
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1. Wait Timeout 300 seconds Minimum Font Size to Download as Outline 100 pixel s Maximum Font Size to Download as Bitmap 600 pixels E Installable Options Black Ink Combination Photo BK Light BK z Photo BK Light BK Matte BK Light BK Matte BK x 2 Cancel Apply 4 Select the black ink for the optional Black Ink Combination setting 5 Click the appropriate button and then click OK to close the dialog box 53 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting This chapter lists possible solutions for common problems Please refer to the troubleshooting hints before calling technical support When calling for technical assistance be ready to identify your system and its configuration the serial number of your copy of StylusRIP Professional and a description of the problems you are encountering Troubleshooting Hints This section includes the most common problems StylusRIP Professional users may encounter These problems may include several possible solutions Cannot select a printer when starting StylusRIP Professional Check whether or not the EPSON Standard Windows Driver that has been shipped with the printer attached is already installed If the EPSON Standard Windows Driver is already installed check whether or not you can print using that printer driver 54 Getting the Best Possible Print Quality The StylusRIP Professional is a true Adobe PostScript3 raster image processor2. Communications Port COM2 Communications Port Creates a file on disk EPSON Printer Port EPSON StylusBIP Configure Port lt Back Cancel 21 14 Continue the installation by following the instructions that appear on your screen Add Printer Wizard You can type a name for this printer or you can use the name supplied below When you have finished click Next Printer name PSON StylusRIP 7600 Do you want your Windows based programs to use this printer as the default printer C Yes CI No lt Back Cancel 15 When the following dialog asking you to print a test page appears select No and click the Finish button Add Printer Wizard After your printer is installed Windows can print a test page so you can confirm that the printer is set up properly Would you like to print a test page C Yes recommended C No 1 D lt Back Cancel 27 16 The installation is now complete Click the Finish button and restart your computer You can use StylusRIP Professional after you restart your computer InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed EPSON StylusRIP Before you can use the program you must restart your computer No will restart my computer later To Share a Printer in Windows 98 Second Edition Me If you want to share a printer in Windo
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4. A device capable of printing a raster image on a physical medium for example a printer imagesetter or digital film recorder Interpreter A set of software functions that convert PostScript language commands into a raster image StylusRIP Professional uses the CPSI interpreter OPI Open Prepress Interface A set of PostScript language commands for defining and specifying the placement of images PostScript An interpretive computer language developed by Adobe that describes the text graphics and image content of a document to a printer or other output device PostScript is hardware software and network independent so your images always appear the way you want them to PSPrinter driver A printer driver used by an application to create a PostScript file Raster image A digital representation of an image consisting of values that are assigned to and represent each dot in an image Render The process by which PostScript language commands are interpreted and a raster image is produced 59 RIP Raster Image Processor An application or device that translates PostScript data into dots that can be printed PSserver A PC running the PSserver application TIFF Tagged Image File Format A standard image file format consisting of labeled fields 60 Index A Adobe PostScript 6 B Bitmap 57 E EPS 56 P PSserver 34 System reqirement 7 T TIFF 57 61 EPSON OVERSEAS MARKETING LOCATIONS
5. which means it can utilize color rendering dictionaries when the RIP is driving a color printer Adobe Photoshop automatically accesses these color rendering dictionaries when directly printing to the printer Images created in Photoshop can be placed in other applications and still access color rendering dictionaries by saving them as LAB EPS or calibrated RGB EPS files Note that color rendering dictionaries are not accessed by RGB TIF or CMYK TIF files when they are placed in other applications and printed Color profiles for Windows are included with StylusRIP Professional These ICC color files provide support for printer color adjustment from the application but only for applications which support this feature CMYK files are usually developed in a device independent space which makes it possible to adjust specific printing parameters for specific printers instead of accepting the default options given in the color rendering dictionary To obtain high quality color images keep the following points in mind L Use the manufacturer s inks and recommended paper for your ink jet printer 1 Try using a higher quality paper Paper designed for your ink jet printer has special coatings to evenly distribute the ink and is different from uncoated bond paper used in laser printers and copiers L1 Make sure that you use the correct printer driver included in the StylusRIP Professional CD ROM L For scanned images check the scanner
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7. Finish 11 The driver file will be copied to complete the installation 30 Uninstalling Procedure The StylusRIP Professional installer has installed the following programs LI EPSON StylusRIP Professional 14 EPSON StylusRIP Professional Monitor _J Printer drivers These programs must be uninstalled separately To uninstall the StylusRIP Professional programs follow the procedure below Uninstalling StylusRIP Professional StylusRIP Professional Monitor 1 Click Start then Settings and then Control Panel 2 Double click the Add Remove Program icon 3 Select the program you want to uninstall Select EPSON StylusRIP Professional in this case 4 If you are using Windows 98 Second Edition or Me click the Add Remove button If you are using Windows 2000 or XP click the Change Remove button 5 When the uninstalling of EPSON StylusRIP Professional is complete a message appears Click the Finish button 6 A message confirming the uninstallation EPSON StylusRIP Professional Monitor appears Click the OK button 7 Select EPSON StylusRIP Professional Monitor in the Add Remove Program dialog box again 31 8 If you are using Windows 98 Second Edition or Me click the Add Remove button If you are using Windows 2000 or XP click the Change Remove button When the uninstallation of EPSON StylusRIP Professional Monitor is complete a message appears Click the Finish button Uninstalling a Printer Drive
8. Found x The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works correctly with Windows Printers If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation 3 No More Info 19 The installation is now complete Click the Finish button and restart your computer You can use StylusRIP Professional after you restart your computer InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed EPSON StylusRIP Before you can use the program you must restart your computer No will restart my computer later Back Cancel For Windows 98 Second Edition and Me 1 Make sure Windows is running 2 Insert the CD ROM into the appropriate drive 17 3 The Choose Setup Language dialog box appears 6 automatically Note If the dialog box does not appear automatically double click Setup exe in the Setup folder on the CD ROM Select English and click OK Choose Setup Language x Select the language for this installation from the choices below
9. software settings 55 Qj Perform a print head cleaning then print a few lines to check the output Printer prints out illegible type or characters 1 StylusRIP Professional can only to print to a file In the printer driver check that StylusRIP Professional is set to file and not to an LPT port Wrong fonts or jagged type 1 Most fonts are downloaded with the print job Sometimes a bitmap image of a font is downloaded If the page is missing a font StylusRIP Professional will default to the Courier font or print the bitmap image of the font Make sure you have the printer fonts installed properly Qj If you have the correct printer fonts try cleaning the print head StylusRIP Professional takes a long time before printing starts Q Change toa faster CPU or add more RAM Complex jobs that use a large number of fonts will process faster on a faster CPU or with more RAM We recommends that you change to a faster CPU first then add more RAM if necessary EPS files do not print 1 EPS files are designed to be placed into other documents They cannot be processed directly by StylusRIP Professional Place EPS files on a page created in another application and then print from that application 56 Bitmap images or clip art looks jagged d Bitmap images and clip art are processed for a set resolution and size When enlarged they tend to look jagged EPS files produce higher quality images TIFF images and simple tex
10. to the INF file containing installation information If your CD ROM drive is D the path will be D NENGLISHNWINO9X ps setup change the drive letter as needed for your system Select the correct model and install according to the on screen instructions When the installation is done click Finish 10 The driver file will be copied to complete the installation For Windows 2000 XP 1 Insert the CD ROM shipped with EPSON StylusRIP Professional into your CD ROM drive 2 Click Start then Settings and then Printers 3 Double click the Add Printer icon 29 4 The Add Printer Wizard will be displayed Follow the on screen instructions to add the printer 5 Select Network Printer once How is this printer attached to your computer appears in order to proceed to the next step 6 Eitherenter the printer s network path or click Next to select the network printer 7 Click OK once the following message has appeared The server on which the XXX printer resides does not have the correct printer driver installed 8 When the screen asking you to select the printer type is displayed click Have Disk and specify the path to the INF file containing installation information If your CD ROM drive is D the path will be D NENGLISHNWIN2000 XPNPS SETUP change the drive letter as needed for your system 9 Select the correct model and install according to the on screen instructions 10 When the installation is complete click
11. 0 4 Select English and click OK Choose Setup Language x Select the language for this installation from 1 the choices below Cancel 5 Continue installation by following the instructions that appear on your screen 6 When the InstallShield wizard appears select the printer attached and click the Next button InstallShield Wizard Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs Click the type of Setup you prefer r Description Stylus Pro S500 StylusRIP tm is installing for Stylus Pro 7500 InstallShield lt Back Cancel 7 Continue installation by following the instructions that appear on your screen 11 8 When the installation of StylusRIP Professional is finished the following dialog appears Click the Finish button The installation of PS Driver begins InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing EPSON StylusRIP on your computer It continues PS Driver are installed 9 The Add Printer wizard starts and the installation of PS Driver begins Click the Next button and continue the installation Add Printer Wizard Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard This wizard helps you install a printer or make printer connections To continue click Next Cancel 12 10 Check Local printer in Local or Network Printer Do not check Automatically detect and install my Plu
12. 2100 2100 PS Open Pause Printing Set as Default Purge Print Documents Sharing Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties B Displays the properties for sharing the selected folder or printer 9 Click the Shared As radio button and select options you want EPSON StylusPro7600 Properties 2 x Fonts Device Options PostScript Watermarks General Details Sharing Paper Graphics C Not Shared Share Name JEPSON Comment Password Cancel Apply 25 10 Click the OK button Installing a Printer Driver to the Client Computer To print from computers connected to a network using StylusRIP Professional it is necessary to install a printer driver on each computer Install the printer driver on each computer according to the following procedure Sharing a Printer in Windows 2000 XP Follow the procedure below if the printer properties were not set up for sharing when the printer driver was installed or when installing a printer driver for a version of Windows other than Windows 2000 XP 1 From the Printers folder select the StylusRIP Professional printer driver that you would like to share CLITCHENENENN 10 xl File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Kal Back j GQsearch Gyrolders CBristory A Gz Address a Printers Add Printer EPSON Stylus Printers Pro 7600 EPSON StylusRIP 7600 Documents 0 Status Re
13. Cancel Continue installation by following the instructions that appear on your screen When the InstallShield wizard appears select the printer attached and click the Next button InstallShield Wizard Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs Click the type of Setup you prefer r Description StylusRIP tm is installing for Stylus Pro 7600 InstallShield lt Back Cancel 18 Continue installation by following the instructions that appear on your screen When the installation of StylusRIP Professional is finished the following dialog appears Click the Finish button The installation of PS Driver begins InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing EPSON StylusRIP on your computer It continues PS Driver are installed The Add Printer wizard starts and the installation of PS Driver begins Click the Next button and continue the installation This wizard will help you to install your printer quickly and easily Add Printer Wizard To begin installing your printer click Next i Cancel 19 10 Check Local printer in Local or Network Printer Then click the Next button Add Printer Wizard How is this printer attached to your computer If itis directly attached to your computer click Local Printer If it is attached to another computer click Network Printer C N
14. E E E E 34 Exiting the PSsery t esera erse sre apse RES dioe a Reed 36 Checking Print Status ssa seek eR Rd tracts boca deed 36 Starting the PSserver automatically 0000 38 Using the Preferences Dialog BOX 4er o Re pe 38 Printing a File Directly vui E RERER RETE MESE RR ERE RES 40 Using Share Foldet escas apax ien s tir Th ene dete E VC pei 40 Using Task ay ICON sse sauce opp dae x Ro Eger n cs 41 Using Printer Setting Dialog Box 0 0 0 0 0 eee 42 Paper Serie iu ssa au ead ooo d doc Rr deg Mangos Et 43 Print Setting usua inion Ladin ke Cos rad vl a cant 43 Using Color Manager Dialog Box 0 00 0000 44 CMYRAS DU PREEREPPAN PUES RET APRE ERR DRET AES d 44 Is D uus ssxtuieq ues quada Re xr xesi Reque bees adn 45 Medi eios Arte Bucine otia Eue KAE IE Ed E dpa diced 45 Using the Device Options Menu 00 0 0 00008 47 Media Type TR 47 Resolution DET 48 INK JC M r 48 High Speed Loose dup RE ER Y aea ERA Ue ru mes ha qo 48 CMYK Simulations 0 206540 Ur I RRE TERR S dare vas ERR e 48 RGB 5Inialidoliss eco3 op Faso tue UE seed E CHEEREM 48 Grayscale CODITOLs o qe eade sex TE EE xad use EE TES 48 Auto CUL renro a tuv ede eddie de Eri iion edes inae e e hes 48 Auto ROB aas vexit e ane Ste deen ann DI CSS Kad op E 49 Prnt Page Line uus ves ew wiCed eden ce tac radere e a 49 Super MicroWeave exa Sor oe deb dd De ra edo ebbe 49 Paper SOUICB 12 qud E or ER CE
15. EPSON StylusRIP Professional All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION The information contained herein is designed only for use with this EPSON printer EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers Neither SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for damages losses costs or expenses incurred by the purchaser or third parties as a result of accident misuse or abuse of this product or unauthorized modifications repairs or alterations to this product or excluding the U S failure to strictly comply with SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION s operating and maintenance instructions SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising from the use of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION Adobe PageMaker PostScript and the PostScript logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple the Apple logo LaserWriter LocalTalk Performa and Power Macintosh ar
16. ady Model EPSON StylusRIP 7600 Waiting Time 0 EPSON Support Status Ready Documents 0 26 2 Thenright click the printer and click Sharing in the menu that appears The Printer Properties dialog box will appear 3 On the Sharing tab check Shared as and enter the name of the printer you want to share S EPSON StylusRIP 7600 Properties 2 xl Color Management Security Device Settings General Sharing Ports Advanced EPSON StylusRIP 7600 C Not shared Shared as JEPSONSty Drivers for different versions of Windows If this printer is shared with users running different versions of Windows then you will need to install additional drivers for it OK Cancel Apply 4 To install a printer driver for a different version of Windows click Additional Drivers 27 5 Onthe displayed dialog box check the box adjacent to the version of Windows you want to install and click OK Additional Drivers 2 xJ You may install additional drivers so that users on the Following systems can download them automatically when they connect Environment Version Installed 4 O Alpha Windows 2000 No O alpha Windows NT 3 1 No O Alpha Windows NT 3 5 or 3 51 No O Alpha Windows NT 4 0 or 2000 No vi Intel Windows 2000 Yes Windows 95 or 98 C Intel Windows NT 3 1 No C Intel Windows NT 3 5 or 3 51 No L1 intel Windows NT 4 0 or 2000 No O mires Windows NT 3 1 No O mires Windows NT 3 5 or 3 51 N
17. an change the color profile for the RGB simulation Select the RGB simulation whose setting you want to change from the pull down menu ICC Profile Displays the ICC profile to be used for the selected RGB simulation To change the ICC profile click the button and select an ICC profile Be sure to select an RGB profile as the ICC profile Media You can change the color profile for the print media Select the media whose setting you want to change from the pull down menu 45 ICC Profile Displays the ICC profile to be used for the selected media To change the ICC profile click the button and select an ICC profile Be sure to select the profile for the media to be used as the ICC profile Calibration You can print the calibration sheet and select calibration table data When the Printer icon is clicked the calibration sheet is printed to the printer attached The printed calibration sheet is used to measure colors by using the optional EPSON Color Calibrator and to create a calibration table Click the button and then select a data file for the calibration table The selected file name is displayed in the box Note For how to use EPSON Color Calibrator and how to create the calibration table refer to the EPSON Color Calibrator User s Guide Paper Cinfiguration Displays the print setting for the media that has been set up When the button is clicked the Paper Configuration dialog box appears You can then
18. and as a result the printing speed will get faster CMYK Simulation Specify the ink colors to be simulated when you are printing CMYK color data RGB Simulation Specify the color space of RGB colors to be simulated when you are printing RGB color data Grayscale Control Specify the type of data to be printed using only black ink when you are printing the gray part of color data Auto Cut Specify auto cut of paper when the optional Auto Cutter is installed 48 Auto Rotate Specify to auto rotate the print direction according to the width of the rolled paper set in Paper Source Print Page Line Specify to print a page separation line when printing is completed Super MicroWeave Specify the setting for more detailed microweave printing Paper Source Specify the paper feed method No Margin Specify no four corner margin printing for single form paper and no left and right margin printing for roll paper To perform no margin printing it is necessary to set the custom paper size Note Q Certain types of paper cannot be used for printing without margins Check the manual supplied with the paper for the types of paper that can be used L9 Check the printer s User s Guide for the paper size that can be used for printing without margins 49 Changing the Graphics Resolution setting On the Device Option menu a Q symbol appears beside the Media Type setting you want to select in the Change set
19. aurea DRE AOI FEN EY 49 ING Margin 12 X dace sy eet de c EO ooa e iu E CAR 49 Changing the Graphics Resolution setting 50 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Hints 2 dere eden ke Rr hee daa 54 Cannot select a printer when starting StylusRIP Professional s ease su Shane ne siteon EEs 54 Getting the Best Possible Print Quality 55 Printer prints out illegible type or characters 56 Wrong fonts or jagged Types isses terr he hs a 56 StylusRIP Professional takes a long time before printing rp ee pu ee ee ee ree eee eee ee eee ee ae 56 EPS files donot PIN a Sae 0406 bee oy m ARE bes Baws 56 Bitmap images or clip art looks jagged 57 TIFF images and simple text files do not print 57 There are white lines on the output 0 57 StylusRIP Professional does not run from Navigator or other special desktops Lue es ee peor e o Sade ected 57 Printout has misplaced images ortype 57 PPD in PageMaker 6 0 is missing 0005 58 Color matching differs during offset printing with Windows Application despite the fact that the product s CMYK simulation function isinuse LLL 58 When a problem occurs with ECP mode 58 Glossary Index Notes contain important Information and useful tips on the operation of your printer Introduction EPSON StylusRIP Professional is software for use with Windows 98 S
20. change the print setting for the media 46 Paper Configuration Dialog Box This dialog box is used to change the print setting for the media The items that can be set up vary depending on the printer attached Paper Configuration x Color density adjustment 0 x D H E je mesa Pu get EX cara m Drying time per print head pass 3 o 0 1sec i NES r Paper feed adjustment Default Pane ee at Paper Thickness 1 0 1mm r Paper suction Standard 4 2 3 4 Cut method Thin Using the Device Options Menu Youcansetthe following Device Options in the Printer properties window To set Device Options click the Properties button in a window that appears by selecting File and then Print Then select the Device Options tab Note Device Options are dependent on the functions ofthe printer Depending on the printer you are attaching some of the following functions may not be used Media Type Specify the type of paper you are using for printing and the print quality 47 Resolution Set the print resolution Note that not all resolution settings may be selected depending on the setting of Media Type Ink Specify to print in color or black and white High Speed Specify whether or not bi directional printing will be performed When this is checked bi directional printing will be performed
21. cify the location of Share Folder and the monitoring interval in the Share Folder Setting dialog box Share Folder x Share Folder C Prigram Files StylusRIPSS hared Folders Browse Watch 5 secor Cancel 40 Using TaskTray Icon When StylusRIP Professional starts icons also appear on the tasktray Right clicking an icon on the tasktray displays the following menu About Preferences Share Folder Setting Print Setting Color Manager Printer Connection Restore Open About Displays the version information of StylusRIP Professional Preferences Opens the Preferences dialog box Share Folder Setting Opens the Share Folder Setting dialog box Print Setting Opens the Print Setting dialog box Color Manager Opens the Color Manager dialog box Printer Connection Reselects a printer Select this item if you want to change your printer connection Restore Restores the minimized StylusRIP Professional main window to the original display 41 Open Opens a file you want to load into StylusRIP Professional Exit Quits StylusRIP Professional Using Printer Setting Dialog Box In the Printer Setting dialog box you can perform print setting when you are printing a PDF or other file by directly selecting it The Printer Setting dialog box is displayed by selecting Printer Setting on the Edit menu If you are printing a file from application software th
22. ck is the default ink setting StylusPhoto2100 and StylusPhoto2200 only support Photo black Light black ink These printers do not print using Matte black Light black or Matte black Matte black ink 1 From the Start Menu select Settings gt Printer 2 Right click on EPSON StylusRIP XXXXX and select Properties 3 Select the Device Settings tab from the displayed dialog box Windows 98 EPSON StylusRIP 7600 Properties 2 x General Details Color Management Paper Graphics Fonts Device ptions PostScript Watermarks Available printer memory in KB fi 5728 E Available font cache in KB fi 048 z m Printer features Change setting for Media Type Plain Paper m Installable options Black Ink Combination Photo BK Light BK Change setting for Black Ink Combination l Photo BK Light BK T Photo BK Light BK Matte BK Light BK Matte BK x 2 Restore Defaults tea me 52 Windows 2000 S EPSON StylusRIP 7600 Properties 2 xl General Sharing Ports Advanced Color Management Security Device Settings d EPSON StylusRIP 7600 Device Settings 5 Form To Tray Assignment Roll Paper Letter Roll Paper Banner Letter Sheet Letter ap Font Substitution Table Available PostScript Memory 15360 KB Output Protocol ASCII Send CTRL D Before Each Job No Send CTRL D After Each Job Yes Job Timeout 0 seconds
23. e trademarks of Apple Computer Inc EPSON is a registered trademark and EPSON Stylus and EPSON StylusRIP Professional are trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION General Notice Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners EPSON disclaims any and all rights in those marks Copyright 2002 by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION Nagano Japan User s Guide Contents Introduction Features 0c0 ca cese eh be basu cv ae seubebuadeucbuucaeaaous 6 Chapter 1 Installing StylusRIP Professional in Your PC System Requirements 42cm era nadine tae x ande e Ea 7 What to Check Before Setting Up StylusRIP Professional 9 Installation Dubois 6 cererii ey hea reos dob antec ded 10 Installing a Printer Driver to the Client Computer 26 Sharing a Printer in Windows 2000 XP 26 For Windows 98 Second Edition Me 29 For Windows 2000 XP ee eee 29 Uninstalling Procedure iecore ek e acr RR Rb ane 31 Uninstalling StylusRIP Professional StylusRIP Professional Monitor os 25 qi arg e anita e es 31 Uninstalling a Printer Driver 0 esses 32 Color Malel ng Sicsc en eenany Seren ee Cae Pia RETE Sq E 33 CMYK Simulations eg coe Sedna pesos aw sanie t eee es 93 RGB S5tmtilatioDt ces eios dcr e ERE RE ROUES Rack 33 Medid PT Mm 33 Chapter 2 Printing With PSserver Using the uo cr M e e A
24. econd Edition Me 2000 or XP that turns your EPSON Stylus printer into a PostScript printer StylusRIP Professional processes raster images for your PC reads and interprets Adobe PostScript3 and allows your EPSON Stylus printer to print color raster images Adobe PostScript is the standard for high quality graphic output All elements of a document including text graphics and images are processed stored and reproduced using the PostScript code When you print from an application such as PageMaker StylusRIP Professional processes the PostScript code and sends the processed image to the printer Note The screens used in this manual is an example when the EPSON Stylus Pro 7600 is connected The model name on the screen will differ depending on the printer used Features I Enables PostScript printing StylusRIP Professional enables an EPSON Stylus printer connected to a PC to perform as a PostScript printer Q Compliance with the network By using the folder sharing function of Windows you can print from other PCs on the network Chapter 1 Installing StylusRIP Professional in Your PC Before you install the StylusRIP Professional software in your PC make sure your PC meets the system requirements listed below System Requirements Your PC needs to meet the following configuration requirements to useStylusRIP Professional whether in a standalone or network environment L Atleast 64 MB of RAM 128 MB recommended A
25. etwork printer lt Back Cancel 11 Selecta printer model Click the Have Disk button and specity the location of the INF file The INF file is saved in the following location on the CD ROM englishNwin9x ps setup When you finish selecting click the OK button Add Printer Wizard xm Click the manufacturer and model of your printer If your printer came with an Cm installation disk click Have Disk If your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Manufacturers Printers AGFA AccuSet 1000 AGFA AccuSet 1000SF v2013 108 AGFA AccuSet 1000SF v52 3 AGFA AccuSet 1500 AGFA AccuSet 15005F v2013 108 Bull AGFA AccuSet 800 C ltah z Af3FA AccuSer ANNSF v2rm3 108 zl Have Disk lt Back cancel 20 12 Model names of printers appear Select the printer attached Then click the Next button Add Printer Wizard EA Click the manufacturer and model of your printer If your printer came with an Cie installation disk click Have Disk If your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Printers EPSON StylusRIP 7600 EPSON StylusRIP 9600 lt Back Next gt Cancel 13 Select a printer port Select StylusRIP Professional from the port list Then click the Next button Add Printer Wizard Click the port you want to use with this printer and then click Next Available ports
26. f you must quit and restart StylusRIP Professional before the new setting takes effect Print After Spool When this setting is on all print data will be spooled to the hard disk and then printed Hide Taskbar Icon When this setting is set to on the icons do not appear on the taskbar when the main window is minimized but appear on the task tray instead The default setting is off RIP Memory Size This sets the size of the memory used by StylusRIP Professional 39 Printing a File Directly StylusRIP Professional is capable of printing directly from a PS ps or PDF pdf file you select Since you will directly select a file it is not necessary to open any application Select and print a file according to the following procedure 1 Select Open from the File menu 2 When a dialog box to select a file appears select a file you want to print 3 Click the OK button The selected file is printed Using Share Folder Share Folder is a function by which StylusRIP Professional directly processes and prints the files copied to Share Folder No application software is used and just copying a file PDF PS and other file types that can be directly printed by StylusRIP Professional to Share Folder will start printing By sharing this folder on a network you can print by simply copying a file from a computer on the network The Share Folder Setting dialog box is displayed by selecting share Folder on the Edit menu Spe
27. g and Play printer Then click the Next button Add Printer Wizard E Local or Network Printer Is the printer attached to your computer If the printer is directly attached to your computer click Local printer If it is attached to another computer or directly to the network click Network printer i tically detect and install my Plug and Play printer C Network printer R 11 Selecta printer port Check Use the following port and select StylusRIP Professional from the port list Then click the Next button Add Printer Wizard Select the Printer Port Computers communicate with printers through ports Select the port you want your printer to use If the port is not listed you can create a new port Use the following port Pot Description Printer al COM2 Serial Port COM3 Serial Port COM4 Serial Port FILE Print to File StylusRIP EPSON StylusRIP Note Most computers use the LPT1 port to communicate with a local printer C Create a new port Type teen 12 Selecta printer model Click the Have Disk button and specify the location of the INF file The INF file is saved in the following location on the CD ROM 13 Windows 2000 XP englishNwin2000 xp ps setup When you finish selecting click the OK button Add Printer Wizard Add Printer Wizard The manufacturer and model determine which printer to use ae Select the manufacturer and model of your pr
28. his printer you must provide a share name C Do not share this printer Share as lt Back Cancel If you aresharing the printer enter Location and Comment If you are not sharing the printer this dialog box does not appear When you finish entering click the Next button Add Printer Wizard Location and Comment You have the option of supplying a location and description of this printer You can describe the location and capabilities of this printer This information may be helpful to users Location Comment lt Back Cancel 15 17 In Print Test Page select No and then click the Next button Add Printer Wizard To confirm that the printer is installed properly you can print a test page Do you want to print a test page Print Test Page C Yes lt Back Cancel 18 When Completing the Add Printer Wizard appears click the Finish button Add Printer Wizard Completing the Add Printer Wizard You have successfully completed the Add Printer wizard You specified the following printer settings Name EPSON StylusRIP 7600 Shared as EPSONSty Port StylusRIP Model EPSON StylusRIP 7600 Default Yes Test page No Location Comment To close this wizard click Finish lt Back Cancel 16 Note After the Finish button is clicked the following dialog box appears in Windows 2000 XP Click Yes Digital Signature Not
29. inter If your printer came with an installation a disk click Have Disk If your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Manufacturers Printers Epson Stylus Pro ESC P 2 Epson Stylus Pro XL ESC P 2 Color ge Compaq Dataproducts Epson Stylus Pro XL ESC P 2 Diconix Epson T 1000 Digital Epson T 750 Epson EPSON AL C4000 PS3 Finitos z zj Windows Update Have Disk eg 13 Model names of printers appear Select the printer attached Then click the Next button Add Printer Wizard i Add Printer Wizard The manufacturer and model determine which printer to use EA Select the manufacturer and model of your printer If your printer came with an installation li disk click Have Disk If your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Printers EPSON StylusRIP 7 6004 EPSON StylusRIP 9600 Windows Update Have Disk Emp 14 Continue the installation by following the instructions that appear on your screen 14 15 16 If you are sharing the printer on a network check Share as and enter the network printer name If you are not sharing the printer check Do not share this printer Then click the Next button Add Printer Wizard Printer Sharing You can share this printer with other network users Indicate whether you want this printer to be available to other users If you share t
30. is setting is not required since print setting will be performed in the printer driver dialog box Note The contents of Printer Setting vary depending on the printer attached m Paper Setting Paper Size Super 43_B E Paper Source Roll Paper m Print Setting Media Quality JEPSON Proofing Paper Se RGB Smulation Adobe RGB CMYK Smulation EPSON Euro Grayscale Control Text m Ink Color m V High Speed M Auto Cut E Cancel 42 Paper Setting Perform settings related to paper Paper Size Specify the size of the print paper Paper Source Specify the location of the paper source if the printer has multiple paper feeders Print Setting Perform settings related to printing Media Quality Specify the type of print paper and the quality of printing RGB Simulation Specify the RGB color space to be simulated when you are printing RGB color data CMYK Simulation Specify the ink colors to be simulated when you are printing CMYK color data Grayscale Control Specify the type of data to be printed using only black ink when you are printing the gray part of color data Ink Specify to print in color or black and white Other Settings Other settings include a hardware dependent setting and a setting specific to the printer attached The corresponding function can be enabled by clicking its checkbox The setting items to be displayed vary depending o
31. lso any memory requirements for optional software must be added to this total L Atleast 200 MB of available disk space As the number of files in the jobs folder increases the amount of required disk space also increases 1 Windows 98 Second Edition Me 2000 XP operating system 1 CD ROM drive is required LJ Interface The StylusRIP Professional supports the following interface connections to the printer e Parallel e USB e EEE1394 e Network Note StylusRIP Professional can use all the interfaces supported by EPSON Standard Windows Driver Before installing StylusRIP Professional it is necessary to connect the printer you want to use and install EPSON Standard Windows Driver However EpsonNet 10 100 Base Tx Ext Print Server C12C82394 cannot be used What to Check Before Setting Up StylusRIP Professional Before setting up StylusRIP Professional make sure your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements listed above and install any necessary fonts and printer drivers in your PC See your font installation software and printer user s guides for more details Note Read the README file provided on the StylusRIP Professional CD ROM before setting up StylusRIP Professional The README file contains some important notices and the latest information concerning StylusRIP Professional Also be sure to note the following when setting up StylusRIP Professional Q Turn off all virus
32. n the printer attached 43 Using Color Manager Dialog Box You can adjust print colors by changing any of the color profiles of CMYK RGB and various print media The Color Manager dialog box is displayed by selecting Color Manager on the Edit menu Color Manager x CMYK Custom Y Media Plain Paper 350x360 p lec Profile lcc Profile IF ES Color Adjust j RGB Cust r lec Profile I E Reset You can change the color profile for the CMYK simulation Select the CMYK simulation whose setting you want to change from the pull down menu ICC Profile Displays the ICC profile to be used for the selected CMYK simulation To change the ICC profile click the button and select an ICC profile Be sure to select a CMYK profile as the ICC profile Color Adjust Displays whether or not Color Adjust is enabled for the selected CMYK simulation To enable Color Adjust click the TC button in the right of the Color Adjust box to display the Tone Curve dialog box and then change and save the setting 44 Tone Curve Dialog Box This dialog box is used to change the tone curve of each color of cyan magenta yellow and black Select the color you want to edit from the pull down menu drag the pointer of the tone curve with the mouse and then edit the curve When editing of each color is completed click the Save button and save the setting Tone Curve EPSON DIC Edit Color NN RGB You c
33. ng offset printing with Windows Application despite the fact that the product s CMYK simulation function is in use The colors of the printed product seem to differ because of different styles of lighting The printing simulation function presumes that printed products will be viewed under lighting with a correlated color temperature of 5 000K It is therefore recommended that the printout be viewed under standard lighting equivalent to 5 000K When a problem occurs with ECP mode Q Ifa print problem occurs in ECP mode when using the StylusRIP Professional utility such as incorrect characters or blank pages are ouput change from ECP mode to Comptible or Nibble mode in your computer s BIOS setting For details how to change the BIOS setting see your computer s manual 58 Glossary CPSI Configurable PostScript Interpreter This Adobe Level 3 PostScript Interpreter runs on a Macintosh server rather than on a hardware peripheral device StylusRIP Professional uses this interpreter to render a raster image EPS Encapsulated PostScript This is a file type that may contain complex graphics It is designed as a universal format to include complex graphics in other applications FPU Floating Point Unit A chip capable of executing operations with real numbers ICC International Color Consortium A consortium of operating sytem vendors that has agreed to a standard color matching sytem for device profiles Imaging device
34. o O mires Windows NT 4 0 No DlPowerPC windows NT 3 51 No x 6 Continue the setup procedure by following the on screen instructions Select the location of the printer driver when prompted The printer driver for Windows 98 Me is located on the CD ROM in the following directory english win9x ps_setup 7 Complete the setup by following the on screen instructions 8 After the printer driver is successfully installed click OK to close the Printer Properties dialog box Note By clicking Additional Drivers and installing a printer driver for a different version of Windows you can then use a client computer to select the shared StylusRIP printer as a network printer and the printer driver will be installed automatically 28 For Windows 98 Second Edition Me ils 9 Insert the CD ROM shipped with EPSON StylusRIP Professional into your CD ROM drive Click Start then Settings and then Printers Double click the Add Printer icon The Add Printer Wizard will be displayed Follow the on screen instructions to add the printer Select Network Printer once How is this printer attached to your computer appears in order to proceed to the next step Enter the printer s network path in the Network path or Queue name field The network printer may also be selected by clicking Browse When the screen asking you to select the printer type is displayed click Have Disk and specify the path
35. protection For instructions on how to do this see your virus protection or Windows documentation JJ Close all other active applications LJ Be sure to print a self test for the printer in question to make sure the printer is operating properly Also make sure the printer and PC are connected correctly Installation Note Before installing StylusRIP Professional it is necessary to connect the printer you want to use and install EPSON Standard Windows Driver For how to install the driver refer to your printer s user s guide StylusRIP Professional uses the port set by ESPON Standard Windows Driver For example if the port of the print destination using EPSON Standard Windows Driver is LPT1 StylusRIP Professional also uses LPT1 automatically to print Therefore when installing EPSON Standard Windows Driver set the port of the print destination to match the printer you are using with StylusRIP Professional This section explains how to install the PSserver for Windows Follow these steps For Windows 2000 and XP To install PS Driver in Windows 98 Second Edition or Me see the section entitled For Windows 98 Second Edition and Me 1 2 3 Make sure Windows is running Insert the CD ROM into the appropriate drive The Choose Setup Language dialog box appears automatically Note If the dialog box does not appear automatically double click Setup exe in the Setup folder on the CD ROM 1
36. r After uninstalling both EPSON StylusRIP Professional and EPSON StylusRIP Professional Monitor uninstall the printer driver For Windows 98 Second Edition Me 1 Click Start then Settings and then Printers 2 Right click the icon representing the installed printer and then select Delete For Windows 2000 XP 1 Click Start then Settings and finally Printers 2 Right click the icon representing the installed printer and then select Delete The icon will be deleted from the Printer window 3 To delete a driver file right click in the Printer window with the icon unselected and then select Server Properties from the menu that appears 4 Click the Drivers tab in the Print Server Properties dialog box 5 Select the printer you just deleted from the Installed printer driver list and then click the Remove button 32 Color Matching StylusRIP Professional has a function to simulate printing of CMYK colors on a printing press By using this simulation function printing can be performed by matching colors with the final colors on the printing press Because StylusRIP Professional also has a function to simulate printing of RGB colors and is preinstalled with a color profile for print media comprehensive color matching can be accomplished CMYK Simulation Color matching for the CMYK inks of the printing press can be performed For this purpose a standard CMYK profile is preinstalled RGB Simulation Colo
37. r attached and click the OK button Select Printer x Select Printer EPSON Stylus Pro 7600 4 A dialog box asking you to enter a license key appears Enter the license key and click the OK button Register License I x QO Register CPSI License Note LI The license key is written on the CD ROM case LJ Enter the license key the first time you start StylusRIP Professional It is not necessary to enter the license key for the subsequent startups 5 PSserver starts and you can now print 35 Exiting the PSserver Close the PSserver by clicking the close box on the top right corner of the PSserver window Keep in mind that you need to open StylusRIP Professional every time before printing Note Unless your PC is low on memory you do not need to exit StylusRIP Professional after every print job You can leave it active until you turn off your PC Checking Print Status In the main window of PSserver the print status of the print job currently being processed appears Youcan hide the main window by selecting Hide Window on the Window menu To re display the main window select Show Window on the Window menu The following information appears in the main window EPSON Stylus Pro 7600 EPUSB1 mi x File F Edi E Help H EPSON Stylus Pro 7600 Name of the job being processed Displays the name of the print job currently being processed If printing is being performed from application soft
38. r matching for various RGB color spaces can be performed For this purpose a standard RGB profile is preinstalled Media Color matching for various print media can be performed For this purpose a profile for special paper made by EPSON is preinstalled Note StylusRIP Professional performs color matching by using the ICC International Color Consortium profile Color matching is achieved by a function of ICM 2 0 or later 33 Chapter 2 Printing With PSserver The PSserver is software that can play the role of print server When you send a print job when you save a document as a file the file extension must be ps from your application program the PSserver receives the print job and puts it in a print queue in the order it was received When your print job reaches the top of the queue the PSserver sends it to the printer to be printed The PSserver just like any other application must be opened before you can use it Using the PSserver Start PSserver according to the procedure below If you are starting StylusRIP Professional for the first time it is necessary to select a printer and enter a license key 1 Turnonthe printer Make sure the printer s power light is on before you open the PSserver 2 Click the Start button select Program and then EPSON and click StylusRIP Professional 34 3 Ifyouarestarting StylusRIP Professional for the first time the Select Printer dialog box appears Select the printe
39. ster Spool Mode Print After Spool General setup Show task tray when minimized RIP memory size 20 MB E Cancel Raster Spool Mode This setting turns on or off raster image spooling The default setting is on It is on when a check appears in the check box Click the check box to turn it on or on 38 Turning on raster image spooling is recommended to get the following benefits 1 Faster ripping of multiple copies When 2 or more copies of one PostScript print job are sent to the printer StylusRIP Professional only rips the job once This saves time and frees up hardware resources 2 Faster ripping When this setting is on StylusRIP Professional spools raster images to the hard drive faster than it can output the print data to the printer Because of this StylusRIP Professional is ready to receive the next print job much quicker The drawback with spooling raster images is that spooling requires a lot of free space on your hard disk The amount of free disk space that your print job requires depends on the size of resolution of and amount of detail in the print job If you do not have enough space on your hard disk StylusRIP Professional stops spooling when the hard disk becomes full and restarts spooling as soon as the previous print job is finished This can cause slower performance than if Raster Spool Mode is turned off Note If you turn Raster Spool Mode on or of
40. t files do not print d TIFF images and simple text files are designed to be placed into other documents They cannot be processed directly by StylusRIP Professional Place these files on a page created in another application and then print from that application There are white lines on the output d d Screen savers interrupt the CPU during the printing process Turn off your screen saver Runaselfteston the printer to verify that you have no clogged nozzles StylusRIP Professional does not run from Navigator or other special desktops d StylusRIP Professional runs from Windows and may not run from special desktops like Navigator If you are using a special desktop click the Windows icon then click the StylusRIP Professional icon Printout has misplaced images or type d You may not have enough memory to run StylusRIP Professional If you have other applications open print to the StylusRIP Professional directory and then launch StylusRIP Professional 1 You may need to install more RAM in your system 57 PPD in PageMaker 6 0 is missing 1 To install the StylusRIP Professional PPDs for PageMaker 6 0 follow these steps 1 Select Start Find Files or Folders 2 In the Named box type in ppd and click Find Now 3 Click the appropriate PPD name 4 Onthe Edit menu select Copy and copy the file to the appropriate PageMaker directory for example C PM6 RSRC USENGLISH PPD4 Colormatching differs duri
41. tings for drop down list follow the steps below 1 Select the media type in the Change settings for drop down list EPSON StylusRIP 2100 Properties xl Paper Graphics Device Options PostScript Watermarks m Printer features Change setting for Media Type Plain Paper x Plain Paper Archival Matte Paper Watercolor Paper Radiant Whi Premium Semigloss Photo Pap Help Restore Defaults Cancel Apply 50 2 Click the Graphics tab EPSON StylusRIP 2100 Properties 2 x Paper Graphics Device Options PostScript Watermarks Resolution Special 3 Print as a negative image Print as a mirror image r Paper handling Layout 1 up l Scaling fi 00 E m Help Restore Defaults Cancel Apply 3 Select setting that does not have a Q symbol beside it the resolution in the Resolution drop down list EPSON StylusRIP 2100 Properties x Paper Graphics Device Options PostScript Watermarks Resolution C9 72047 20dpi v 360 360dpi 72047 20dpi 1440 720d Scaling fi 00 Help Restore Defaults 4 Click OK Cancel Apply 51 Note d When using ink other than Photo black Light black in a printer with a replaceable black ink cartridge or after changing the ink set you must make the necessary changes to the printer driver settings Photo black Light bla
42. ware the name of the file being printed appears 36 Pages Displays the total number of pages you are printing and the number of the page currently being printed Copies Displays the number of copies you are printing Status Displays the processing status of the current print job Progress Bar Shows the progress of processing using a bar Message Box When the Show Message button is clicked a message box appears This message box displays details of errors and warnings If you click the Hide Message button while the message box is being displayed you can hide the message box EPSON Stylus Pro 7600 EPUSB1 2 cf x File F Edi E Help H EPSON Stylus Pro 7600 Hide Message PS error Error interrupt OffendingCommand interrupt Job Microsc Note You can erase the messages that appear in the message box by selecting Message Clear on the Edit menu 37 Starting the PSserver automatically Follow the steps below if you often use the PSserver This procedure causes the PSserver to start automatically every time you turn on your PC 1 Right click the PSserver icon which is in C StylusRIP Professional for default installation then choose Create Shortcut 2 Move the Shortcut into the C Win95 Start Menu StartUp Programs folder Using the Preferences Dialog Box You can make special preferences settings by choosing Preferences on the Edit menu Preferences X pa Ra
43. ws 98 Second Edition or Me and print from a computer connected to a network share the printer according to the following procedure 1 Open the Control Panel and double click Network 23 2 Click File and Print Sharing button Network 2 x Configuration Identification Access Control The following network components are installed E Client for Microsoft Networks 3 PCI Ethemet DEC 21041 Based Adapter IE File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks Add Primary Network Logon Client for Microsoft Networks 3 Checkl want to be able to give others access to my files if you want to share the folder Check want to be able to allow others to print to my printer s if you want to share the printer driver File and Print Sharing EEG IV want to be able to give others access to my files v want to be able to allow others to print to my printer s I Cancel 4 Click the OK button 5 The network dialog box appears Click the OK button 6 Ifyou are asked to insert the Windows CD into the CD ROM drive insert the CD in the CD ROM drive and click the OK button 24 7 Restart your computer 8 Selectthe printer you wantin the Printer window Then right click and click Sharing in the menu that appears 1 Printers ioj x File Edit View Go Favorites Help e gt Git a E C 0 XC IT E A dX Yy Add Printer EPSON Stylus Stylus Photo Photo
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