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1. HARLEQUIN CONTENTS 4 2 gt Contents 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 2 3 3 4 1 5 1 6 1 fel gy 9 1 9 2 9 3 10 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 a Oa E NR EA 3 Summary OF plugin features ss seesi riadna bomen aa Saban E E E ba eee ue 3 T EO E eE E a eas A oe A EE 3 AON eE E E oda ate a E E E ee Rape seems 4 stall ie eael e o i con cose et canes E E EE E E E E 4 Installing the printer driver sssiisciseeriimeriisrieisriri eteni ernea iekea 4 L ca Honm ot pie folders eseri rrept tee tered hy EEE AETERNE 4 Enabling plugins in the Harlequin MultiRIP 0 0 00 0 ee eee 5 eraran a Pate Cells a4 contre gonen eee ae wae E E ead ese EERE EERS 6 Pagea VOU OPON eare raaa E E ees en sat ee eee E 8 Configuring Harlequin MultiRIP devices 02 0 0 cece ee cee 9 The Configure Device GidlOe 2 s cr05 nas05 Beet ho ae Bh he Shag eh hed EERE ERREA 10 ICV ICES 4 son oa ime pace oe patie Poa ends ee oe ae oa oe es ee a one eee ane 13 Meda N 2 3nebes ach eonetss e a eee anaes anetosnes sSeauseadses 13 COU GOU TG Wat 6 o oo eee ane ao ne ae ean A Ge eG bo oo ep wee HOH ee Os 13 TO Uh ee ee ee ee ee 14 CCCI 1s co egae Soo aa Oe ees oe Sao RAO ete eee se hee es 14 Conen oee ug a ee ee ee a ee ere ee eee er ee ee ee ee 16 COlOE Mila 2CCINCG woe ere ern aa re ements pone oon eee heen eeae oee aes 19 Calprating the oleia 2 seris ee ee eer ee ee ee 19 Creating an ICC profile and installing it in the RIP 00 02. OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 6 gt Select Update License Select Update for this computer Select Have internet access a a The Key ID pop up menu will be pre populated with the Protection Key ID s already installed on the RIP computer If there are more than one verify that the correct one is selected for the license that is to be extended then click Update 7 Copy and paste or carefully enter the Product Key for the Protection Key Update into the Product Key field 8 Select Activate An Are you sure message appears 9 Click Yes to continue This assigns your products to the machine 10 When completed an Activation successful message appears 4 Creating a page setup This section describes how to create a page setup in your RIP that processes jobs for the C931 printer The process for the C941 is the same except you select the OKIC941 device 1 Select Harlequin MultiRIP gt Page Setup Manager to open the Page Setup Manager Figure 1 Page Setup Manager Name Device Resolution Calibration Separations Style Default Page Setup Preview 100 0 None CHE Composite Figure Page Setup Manager OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS 2 3 CONTENTS 4 7 gt In the Page Setup Manager click New to create a new page setup or select an existing page setup and click Edit to open the New Edit Page Setup dialog Figure 2 Edit Page Setup Default Page Setup Output Device Device Preview z z
3. Configure device Separations Screening amp Color Stile CMYK Composite me Al Color No Color Management EA Trapping Method None Preferences Calibration amp Dot Gain Calibration None Y Tone Curves i Intended Press None Actual Press More Cassette amp Page Lassethe l Imposition E Resolution Vertical 100 0 we Unite Horizontal 100 0 Overnide resolution in job Processing E Enable Feature Effects O Negative AB E Mirrorprint E Control strip Rotate E Trim page Scaling Vertical 100 00 Ee Horizontal 100 00 Z Figure 2 Page Setup dialog Enter information in the fields as follows Device Select the OKIC931 device Note When you select the OKIC931 or OKIC941 device you will notice the resolution controls change to a single drop down menu allowing selection of only those resolutions supported by the device Note For CMYK devices the ProofReady option will be activated only after an ICC profile has been installed and configured For more information see Installing the ICC profile in your RIP on page Zi Resolution Choose your desired resolution settings Style For the C931 or C941 device CMYK Composite is selected This can be edited to use a different halftone screen Color This setting is automatically chosen to suit the selected profile However if you wish to use your own color profile choose it instead fro
4. This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com This product includes software written by Tim Hudson t h cryptsoft com Copyright 1995 1998 Eric Young eay cryptsoft com All rights reserved This package is an SSL implementation written by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com The implementation was written so as to conform with Netscapes SSL This library is free for commercial and non commercial use as long as the following conditions are adhered to The following conditions apply to all code found in this distribution be it the RC4 RSA lhash DES etc code not just the SSL code The SSL documentation included with this distribution is covered by the same copyright terms except that the holder is Tim Hudson tjh cryptsoft com Copyright remains Eric Young s and as such any Copyright notices in the code are not to be removed If this package is used in a product Eric Young should be given attribution as the author of the parts of the library used This can be in the form of a textual message at program startup or in documentation online or textual provided with the package CONTENTS 30 gt Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright notice this list of conditions and the following dis claimer 2 Redistributions in bina
5. trays and stackers These options allow you to specify what to do with a job when the options selected conflict with the abilities of the printer The options are Warn and Continue OF Abort When Warn and Continue is selected the plugin automatically corrects the conflicting options with a bias on the Media type weight size before outputting the job Any conflicts and corrections appear as warnings in the RIP s monitor window When Abort is selected the plugin aborts the job with Error 25 Combination of input output selections is not supported by the printer The conflicting settings are displayed in the RIP s monitor window 6 Devices The OKI C931 or OKI C941 plugin adds the following single device to the Harlequin MultiRIP for selection in your page setups Plugin Device Dot type Screening modes Color modes OKIC941 i64 OKI C941 N A CMYK Composite OKIC931 i64 OKI C931 N A CMYK Composite Table 2 Devices installed by the plugin Note i64 indicates a 64 bit plugin whereas i32 indicates a 32 bit plugin The OKI C931 or OKI C941 plugin works with the ColorPro color management option ColorPro is used to perform color management with CMYK devices using an ICC profile made by the printer 6 1 Media handling The OKI C931 or OKI C941 plugin currently supports only the media types that the printer is aware of You can view the list of available media types by selecting the Media type field of the Configure Device me
6. used with 3 Click New ColorPro Setup to open the New Color Setup dialog Figure 10 X New Color Setup ColorPro Input Profiles Output Profile CMYKdete Llana W O D Ooi RGB data None v l Output Emulation Color manage gray as CMYK None x Info None v Output Rendering Intents Use Pantone PLUS Treat spot colors as CMYK Main intent None x E Input Document Controls CMYK images None Override color management in job ee RGB images None v Simulate paper color of job Preserve 100 process black v Override overprint mode in job Vv Use black point compensation Overprint process colors Output Controls for RGB Drop white objects Black generation Overprint grays Override black generation in job Overprint gray images ink 300 gt 100 Overprint 100 black men Ine Me Overprint preview Convert RGB black to true black Output Controls Input Separation Detection Angles in Job Detect input separations by screen angle Lighting garpphic iis Dsg Figure 10 The New Color Setup dialog 4 Specify your color setup options To correctly process the color in your jobs the following options need to be specified e Input Profiles Output Profile ICC Rendering Intents are the preferred rendering intents ICC workflows only N
7. 19 CLEA color SelUDS 65255 serine hands Aon dunce ee Rohe A Ghee oee Leet ee hes 21 Toup kSRO 442 2242 sans N eye ne toes bee ae Boe ee car eeeneeiasee E 23 Eror Mess CCS oak Leek ii tees dened anh tehavata ee iat ees een aes haemehe aes 23 Printer specific messages and symptoms 0 0c cece eee eee ee eens 23 Messages Tot Mle namie templates oiaig 255 04 9 50 Hp beeen thew daca heehee wg beds 25 Problems with passwords OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS e gt OKI C941 C9I31 Plugins Introduction This manual describes the OKI plugin for C941 C931 color LED printers These are a high speed high quality color and monochrome A3 A4 A5 and A6 printers capable of printing onto heavy materials 1 Summary of plugin features e Support for 1 bit per pixel CMYK raster data images e Up to A3 paper size e Banners up to 1321 mm in length e Supported resolutions 600 x 600 and 1200 x 1200 dpi e Communication with the printer via the Windows Spooler e Instant expert color management e Supports output to printer and file Note The C941 C931 color LED printers understand the concept of jobs to mean the whole submit ted document rather than a collection of unrelated pages Consequently aborting a job will abort all the pages contained within that job Note The OKI C941 C931 plugins for C941 C931 color LED printers are compatible with the Harle quin VariData feature HVD in internal mode External mode is n
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9. C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 18 lt jobonly gt This gives the job name without the separation name in brackets For example where lt jobname gt would give myjob PANTONE Reflex Blue CVC lt jobonly gt will give myjob lt page gt The page number allocated by the RIP within the current job For example 002 You can use this tag to include the page number in the file name string For example the template lt page gt lt dot gt hpf produces a file name of the form 001 npf It is advisable to use this tag with the lt job gt tag to differentiate between the same pages of different jobs lt prefix gt The page number prefix from the page buffer name such as 1 2 and so on You can use this tag to include the page number prefix from the page buffer name in the file name string For example based on the page buffer name above the template lt prefix gt lt jobname gt lt dot gt hpf produces the file name 1 Uncalibrated Target Default CMYK spot colors target hpf lt prefixonly gt You can use this tag to include the characters from the prefix before the full stop in the job name that is the prefix not includ ing the dot and space characters lt time gt The time when the job is processed in the 24 hour format HHMMSs unless a truncated form is specified You can use this tag to include the time a file is processed in the file name string For example if printing to file at 15 39 36 approximately 3 39 pm this t
10. ICC Profile dialog box choose either e Linear if the page setup you used contains no color management data raw state or e The name of the calibration profile or calibration set that you used in the page setup golden state The calibration data is incorporated into the ICC profile when you import it This means you can delete the temporary calibration profile or calibration set once you have imported the ICC profile You can create a color setup using this profile see Creating color setups on page 21 for details 9 2 2 Printing and measuring an ICC target Using your page setup print the ICC target measure it with your preferred profiling tool and save the profile to a suitable location Some hints for obtaining better results e Total area coverage For some paper types the total area coverage should be limited This depends on the paper resolution and screening used but a good guide is to limit the coverage to 280 for uncoated papers and to 340 for coated papers Some experimentation may be required to determine the optimum setting e Black generation The presence of black ink in highlights can in some cases be objectionable and can introduce an unnecessarily grainy appearance to some images Select a setting which images black only in dark regions If it is not clear which settings will image black only in dark regions select the minimum amount of black generation allowed by the ICC profiling package e Number of
11. SW Devices folder Note For more information see Location of plugin folders on page 4 4 Restart the MultiRIP and enable the plugin as described in Enabling plugins in the Harlequin MultiRIP on page 5 5 After installing the plugin start the Harlequin MultiRIP If you have correctly installed the plugin the following message will appear in the RIP monitor when you next start up the RIP OKI C931 Plugin Version X Xrx Copyright c 2012 Global Graphics Software Ltd All Rights Reserved To use the plugin choose oKI c931 in the Device list in the Page Setup dialog box Configure the device as described in Section 5 page 9 and choose options in the Page Setup dialog box as described in Section 4 page 6 Note If okI c931 does not appear as an option in the Device list in the Page Setup dialog see Enabling plugins in the Harlequin MultiRIP on page 5 3 1 Installing the printer driver The primary communication method between the RIP and the printer is via the Windows Spooler To use this method connect the printer to your network and add the OKI C941 C931 printer using the standard Windows Add a printer wizard When adding the printer make sure that OKI C931 for example is included as part of the printer s name 3 2 Location of plugin folders Table 1 shows the correct Harlequin MultiRIP installation folders for the OKI C941 C931 plugin This information is provided for reference only Unless instruct
12. patches Although the number of color patches printed and measured is not always a guide to color quality it is generally true that printing more patches produces better results for any given ICC profiling package For greater accuracy it is recommended that you create an ICC profile The created ICC profile is then uploaded to the requesting computer This ICC profile is installed into the Harlequin MultiRIP as a device profile for the appropriate device such as 2020 Halftone Once this is done a ColorPro setup can be created which uses the new ICC profile For more information see Installing the ICC profile in your RIP on page 21 OKI C941 C93 1 PLUGINS 9 2 3 Installing the ICC profile in your RIP The ICC profile can be installed using the Install ICC Profile dialog Figure 8 Install ICC Profile Use For ICE Profile Information F input Pialle Named Colors Printer model lt unkrorri ICC IT8 FOGRA gloss Copyright by Logo GmbH Steinfurt MOT data included Intent Perceptual both directions Intent Relative Colormetric both directions Intent Saturation both directions Device Link Profile O Emulation Device Profile Preview For Device Color 5 pace Chik Linear Calibration From Linear FResample On Install CONTENTS 4 21 Install Cancel Figure 8 The Install ICC Profile dialog In your RIP select Color gt Install ICC Profile and select the profile you previously created In the
13. that is bigger than the paper so that it fits onto the paper Media size amp Feed edge from Page Layout This option ignores the Feed edge setting and will produce a raster which is the same size as the job and with a Media size as selected from the Page Layout option This means that if as in the example above you have loaded the tray with Let ter paper with a Long Edge orientation and you are printing a job that is Letter portrait you must remember to rotate the job in the Page Setup and remember to select Letter LEF from the Page Layout Media Size selection Media tray This option allows you to choose a specific tray or to use Auto select which automatically selects the paper source that contains the paper size specified in the Device Configuration dialog box If the specified paper size is unavailable an appropriate alternative is chosen automatically Media type The Media type option lists the available media types Bond Cardstock Glossy and so on When Printer Setting is selected the values set in the printer are used Media weight Select the weight of the media set in Media type Heavy Light Medium and so on When Printer Setting is selected the values set in the printer are used If the printer detects a media weight which is different from that selected a message is displayed 5 1 4 Spot Color These options are only available for the OKI C941 printer Spot color The OKI C941 has the option for the spot color to be
14. to the machine 10 2 Printer specific messages and symptoms Many of the printer specific warnings are informative messages which can be ignored without any adverse effects Other messages can often be cleared by aborting output from the RIP clearing any used media from the printer and starting the job again Error 25 Combination of input output selections is not supported by the printer Symptoms May occur when Abort is selected in the Output section of the Configure device dia log The conflicting settings are displayed in the RIP s monitor window Solution Note the conflicting settings and change them Page Layout media size is less than the Configure Device paper size clipping may Occur Symptoms May occur when a custom paper size page setup is used that is subsequently changed to use a larger paper size Clipping may occur in the output as the media values used for the custom paper size are still associated with the page setup Solution Change the media values in Page Layout so they are larger than the paper size selected in Configure Device or create a completely new page setup Job output for job name sent on lt date gt lt time gt Symptoms Occurs when the RIP has finished sending a job to the printer Solution The message is for information only and can be ignored Job output for job name filename full path name of output file finished on lt date gt lt time gt Symptoms Occurs when the RIP ha
15. which the RIP and the plugin are running To enable portability of files from one operating system to another you can use tags to specify the platform for which generated file names must be suitable The use of these tags changes the rules by which a file name is deemed valid The tags do not modify the file names generated but cause error messages if the file name is invalid See Messages for file name templates on page 25 for details OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 15 For example you can create the template lt dos gt Averylongfilename lt dot gt hpf but an error is gener ated This error occurs because DOS file names require the 8 3 format for stem and extension which this template fails to meet by having 17 characters in its stem Table 3 lists the operating system tags If a filename contains illegal characters e g colon white space asterisk these characters will be excluded from the filename derived from the Tags Examples of tag usage The following examples demonstrate the format of strings produced by individual tags Some exam ples also show how the tags may be used in combination to form a template The examples are based on these job details Page buffer name 1 Uncalibrated Target Default CMYK spot colors target Date 29th January 2010 Compression Lossy JPEG Quality Best lt ascii gt Limits the character set of the file name from the point of the tag onwards to ascii characters in the range
16. 32 0x20 to 126 Ox7E Characters outside this range are discarded To substitute invalid characters rather than discarding them prefix the tag with the sub stitution character value in decimal lt dos gt Verifies that the file name is legal for the MS DOS operating system The use of this tag verifies that the file name is suitable for use in a DOS operating system Illegal characters such as a colon and white space characters cause an error For example the template lt dos gt lt jobname gt lt dot gt hpf would gener ate an illegal file name because the job name could be greater than the eight characters allowed in DOS operating systems Truncation can be forced by using the template lt dos gt lt 8jobname gt lt dot gt hpf which produces the file name Uncalibr hpf lt mac gt Verifies that the file name is legal for the Macintosh operating sys tem The use of this tag verifies that the file name is suitable for use in a Macintosh operating system Illegal characters such as an asterisk colon and quotation marks cause an error The maximum length of a file name is thirty one characters including the file extension For example using the template lt mac gt lt 28 jobname gt lt dot gt hpf pro duces the file name Uncalibrated Target Default hpf Verifies that the file name is legal for the Mac OS X operating sys tem Table 3 Operating system tags OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 16 lt unix gt Verifies
17. Install ICC Profile dialog select the following options e Device profile Check this option to add a profile for the output device e For Device Select from the drop down list the device the ICC profile is to be used for e Linear calibration from Select from the drop down list the device calibration and profile The Linear option should be selected when installing an ICC profile because the printer calibration is handling the ink limiting After installing this profile you can use it to create a color setup 9 3 Creating color setups Using the Color Setup Manager Figure 9 and the options that are available in the New Color Setup dialog Figure 10 you can add your own color setups to specify precisely how you want the colors in your jobs to be processed To create a color setup in the RIP 1 Select Color gt Color Setup Manager to open the Color Setup Manager Color Setup Manager Device Preview Name Type Color Space ChE kd Frofile Mo Color Management So Color Management New No Color Management Setup Edit Copy Delete Select Figure9 The Color Setup Manager Figure 9 _ gt OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 22 2 Select the manager options as follows e Device Select from the drop down list the halftone device you want the new color setup to be used with Color Space Select from the drop down list the color space you want the color setup to be
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21. White or Clear such as a clear varnish Ensure that the Spot color White or Clear selection corresponds to the toner that is loaded on the printer Useage methods Select either Do not use or Use spot color in job When Use spot color in job is selected the job must specify a spot color in addition to the normal CMYK colors If Use spot color in job is selected and there is no spot color defined in the job the commands to use the toner will not be sent to the printer OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 12 Order of superposition You can choose to position the spot color on top of the CMYK color Printing toner on the color or beneath the CMYK color Printing toner under the color 5 1 5 Output The options in this section determine the orientation and position of the output Autorotate This option is only available for the OKI C931 When this is checked and the Media size is set to Media size from Page Layout Or Shrink to Media size from Page Layout the image auto rotates so that it fits on the paper selected in the Page Layout The Feed edge setting is ignored in this instance Autorotate will not work for Media size Page size specified in job and Media size amp Feed edge from Page Layout Feed edge The options are Auto Long Edge and Short Edge For media that can be fed into the printer both Long Edge First LEF and Short Edge First SEF A4 Letter and B5 choosing Long Edge Short Edge will rotate the image
22. ag found in template This message appears when an unknown tag is found in the template This is most likely due to a spelling error Tag delimiter not found This message appears when a tag delimiter either lt or gt is missing from a tag Check that all the tags have both delimiter characters An extension is required but not found This message appears when a file extension is expected but is not specified in the template For example if using the lt dot gt tag a file extension must be given File requested is not writeable This message appears when trying to write to a file that already exists and that has read only access If you wish to overwrite the file you must change the file permissions to provide write access Unique requested but not satisfied This message appears when no further unique numbers are available For example if using the template stem lt lunique gt lt dot gt hpf this error would occur once the file names stem1 hpf through stem9 hpf had been generated because no further unique numbers are available 10 4 Problems with passwords When using HLS and you have problems enabling a device or option you should confirm with your supplier the password or password file They may provide you with a new password or password file If this is the case you may need to provide the serial number of your RIP The RIP displays this number in the RIP monitor window when starting up in the form Serial nu
23. ag produces the string 153936 lt unique gt A unique sequence number used to make every file different when placing output files in a folder You can use this tag to generate a unique sequence number for the page The default length of the number generated is four digits long so the first number would be 0000 The length of the number can be specified as detailed in the example for the tag lt job gt When restarting the RIP the unique numbering will attempt to restart at its initial value for example 0000 However if a file exists with that number the next available unique number is used lt xres gt The horizontal resolution of the page as specified in the page setup You can use this tag to include the horizontal resolution of the page in the file name string For example you can differentiate between pages with a resolu tion of 600 x 600 dpi and 1200 x 1200 dpi by using this tag This tag produces a string such as 600 or 1200 depending on the hori zontal resolution Table 4 File renaming tags OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 19 gt lt yres gt The vertical resolution of the page as specified in the page setup You can use this tag to include the vertical resolution of the page in the file name string For example on a page with the resolution 600 x 600 this tag produces the string 600 Table 4 File renaming tags 9 Color management The OKI C931 or OKI C941 plugin works with the ColorPro color managemen
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26. ed by Technical Support you should not OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 5 gt move these folders or delete information contained in them or the plugins may cease to function correctly Source folder Destination folder OKIC941 OKI C941 plugin lt RIP folder gt SW Devices OKIC931 OKI C931 plugin lt RIP folder gt SW Devices Table I Default installation folders for supplied plugins 3 3 Enabling plugins in the Harlequin MultiRIP If you are using Sentinel LDK security you may be required to use a new product key For information on how to use the Sentinel LDK see the LDK HMR FAQ document When using HLS security after installing the plugin files into your RIP you must enable them in the Configure RIP Extras dialog before they can be used To do this you will need your OKI C941 C931 plugin password as supplied to you as well as passwords for the ColorPro color management and any other options which may be required If you are using a Harlequin MultiRIP with LDK security you can transition from HLS to LDK by requesting Global Graphics to generate an LDK license that is a clone of the features enabled in the older HLS license including the dongle details and all passwords for layered options localizations plugins and so on that were secured using HLS Note Existing HLS passwords for your plugins will not work in an LDK licensed RIP If the OKI C931 or OKI C941 option does not appear as an option in
27. ed by prefixing SPL to the printer s name in the Output to menu in the Configure Device dialog To use this method connect the printer to your computer via TCP IP and add the C931 or C941 printer using the standard Windows Add a printer wizard When adding the printer make sure that OKI C931 or OKI C941 is included as part of the printer s name Select the output method from the following choices File Default option Output is saved to the location specified in the File output option and named according to the settings in File template Output to file is always done as a whole job not as individual pages Therefore if an error occurs or the job is aborted any unprocessed pages in the job are discarded whether or not they can be rendered SPL The SPL option is the primary method for outputting to the printer It is available only after installing the device driver via the Windows Add a printer wizard Output to Windows Spooler is always done as a whole job not as indi vidual pages Therefore if an error occurs or the job is aborted any pages remaining in the job are discarded whether or not they can be rendered Where possible the Windows Spooler job submission will also be aborted 5 1 2 File output The options in this section allow you to specify the output location when File is selected as the output method If you do not change the location output is placed in RIP folder sw File template This
28. gt lt time gt Symptoms Occurs after a job has been aborted Solution The message is for information only and may be ignored Job output for job name filename full path name of output file aborted on lt date gt lt time gt Symptoms Occurs after a job has been aborted Solution The message is for information only and can be ignored Job output for job name using path full path name of output file and template file name template aborted on lt date gt lt time gt Symptoms Occurs after a job has been aborted Solution The message is for information only and can be ignored Printer ejects paper before completing a page Symptoms The page is ejected from the printer before it has finished printing Solutions There are a number of possible solutions e Reset the printer and try printing the page again OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 25 gt Poor or erratic image quality Symptoms The print quality is poor Solution There are a number of possible solutions e Check the printer is operating correctly and is able to print a self diagnostic test page Your printer manual will have details on how to print a test page e Make a note of any error or warning messages issued by the RIP plugin and use the recom mended troubleshooting procedures as described in this section to fix the problem e Check the settings used in the Harlequin MultiRIP page setup You may have used an inap propriate setting for re
29. inue Media weight Printer Setting Figure 4 The OKI C931 Configuration Device window Configure Device File output Output C Users kevinb HMP_10_0_2_Eval_LDK S Peab mee File template lt dos gt out lt hunique gt lt dot gt hpt Output bin Top face down Tags lt 3unique gt lt job gt lt idate gt lt page gt lt xres gt Wedia _ Duplex double sided Flip on long edge Media size Page size specified in job Collate multiple copies Enable media check Media tray Auto select Spot Color Media type Printer Setting spot color Media weight Printer Setting Usage methods Do not use Order of superposition Printing toner on the color Constraints Yarm and Continue Figure 5 The OKI C941 Configuration Device window To configure a Harlequin MultiRIP device 1 Select Harlequin MultiRIP gt Page Setup Manager or use the shortcut key Ctrl S to open the Page Setup Manager OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 10 gt 2 Click New to create a new page setup or Edit if you already have one that you wish to amend 3 With the appropriate device selected click Configure device to open the Configure Device win dow which is shown in Figure 4 page 9 5 1 The Configure Device dialog The following device configuration options are available from the Configure Device menu 5 1 1 Output to The primary communication method is via the Windows Spooler This is represent
30. m the list See Creating color setups on page 21 for a description of how to create your own color setups Calibration Set this to None Calibration is performed by the printer for the selected media Click Configure device to open the Configure Device dialog which allows you to specify output options for the selected device For example it allows you to specify the output method file net work including a print server media type duplexing and finishing options For more informa tion see The Configure Device dialog on page 10 OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 8 gt 5 Click Page Layout and choose one of the paper sizes installed in the printer If the job is an EPS file or the job does not contain page size information most jobs do set the page size too e If itis necessary to do so you can adjust the positioning of the output on the media by edit ing the page margin values See Page layout options on page 8 for details 6 Click Save As and choose an appropriate name for your new page setup 7 Click OK to close the Page Setup Manager The page setup has now been created and may be used to process jobs Remember to create page set ups for each type of paper that you use in your printer 4 Page layout options The options in Page Layout are used to specify your media size and page size when not defined in the job itself Page size refers to the frame into which the job is printed media
31. mber 1234 56 You must also tell your supplier the platform for which you require the password or password file The platform is the combination of operating system and processor type For example you might specify Windows XP and Intel processor CPU Once you have a valid password or password file follow the relevant steps Password file Copy the password file into the Passwords folder which is a sub folder of the sw folder See the OEM Manual for further details OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 27 Password Use the File gt Configure RIP menu option to display the Configure RIP dialog box Click Extras in the Configure RIP dialog box to display the Extras dialog box Select the entry for the device or option that you wish to add and click Add to display the Enable Feature dialog box Enter the password given to you by your supplier and click OK If you are using a Harlequin MultiRIP with LDK security you can transition from HLS to LDK by requesting Global Graphics to generate an LDK license that is a clone of the features enabled in the older HLS license including the dongle details and all passwords for layered options localizations plugins and so on that were secured using HLS For full details on LDK security see the document entitled LDK HMR FAQ gt CONTENTS 4 28 GLOBAL GRAPHICS software Copyright and Trademarks OKI C931 C941 plugin Version 2 0r1 Part number HQ 2 0r1 OKI September
32. message appears when the file name stem is too long for the target platform To prevent this error restrict the length of the stem by reducing the fixed text or by using truncated tags The example for the lt dos gt tag on Page 16 demonstrates truncation Extension too long for target platform This message appears when the file name extension is too long for the target platform For exam ple file names in UNIX are not considered to have a separate file name extension Using the lt dot gt tag in conjunction with the lt unix gt tag would generate this error To prevent this error create a template such as lt unix gt lt jobname gt hpf rather than using the lt dot gt tag OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 26 gt Full pathname too long for target platform This message appears when the full path name combination of the file path and the file name is too long for the target platform For example in Windows operating systems the full path name must not exceed 259 characters To prevent this error examine the number of characters in the file path of the output file for example c SW53 RIP FILES and create a template in which the combined length of the file path and the file name do not exceed the limit for the platform The path was not supplied This message appears when the file path is not specified in the Folder text box within the Config uration dialog box To prevent this error provide a valid file path Unknown t
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34. ngth of the job number by preceding the lt job gt tag with an integer For example lt 5 job gt creates job numbers five digits long In multi page jobs use the lt page gt tag as well as the lt job gt tag to differentiate between the different pages of a job lt jobname gt The page buffer name without the page number prefix and without characters illegal to the operating system White space characters are used if present in the job name This tag ensures that only legal operating system characters are used in the job name For example in the RIP running under any Windows operating system the template lt jobname gt lt dot gt hpf produces the file name Uncalibrated Target Default CMYK spot colors target hp f The colon character is removed from the file name because this is not a valid file name character for any version of Microsoft Windows lt jobnamel gt The page buffer name without the page number prefix and using only alphanumeric characters a z A Z 0 9 White space charac ters are not used This tag ensures that only alphanumeric characters are used in the job name For example in the RIP running under a Windows operating sys tem the template lt jobnamel gt lt dot gt hpf produces the file name UncalibratedTargetDefaultCMYKspotcolorstarget hpf The colon white space and characters are removed from the file name because they are not alphanumeric characters Table 4 File renaming tags OKI
35. nu You can view the same list by opening in a text editor one of the device files in SW Devices lt plug in name gt MediaTypeNames See also Error messages on page 23 for information on a related error message 7 Output file naming Using variable tags and fixed text you can set up a file naming template for your output files Using a template ensures your output files will be named consistently and depending on which tags you use with appropriate job information to identify the output file correctly OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 14 To implement your file naming template add the appropriate tags and text if needed to the File template field of the Configure Device dialog for the device you wish to use cConrigure Vevice Output to File z File output Output C Users kevinb HMR_10_0_2_Eval_LDK SV Faad edga Auto i j ile t late lt dos gt out lt Sunique gt lt dot gt hpt Fi le template field aean Output bin Top face di Tags lt 3unique gt lt job gt lt 8date gt lt page gt lt xres gt pene Duplex double sided FI Media size Page size specified in job v E Collate multiple copies Media tray egia ray Auto select v Spot Color Media type Printer Setting Spot color White Media weight Printer Setting Z Usage methods Do not use Order of superposition Printing tone Constraints Warn and C OK Figure 7 Configure Device dialog
36. ob is processed in the format yyyymmpp unless a truncated form is specified The template lt date gt lt dot gt hpf produces the file name 20070129 hpf You can remove the year information by using the tag lt 4date gt to produce the file name 0129 hpf Table 4 File renaming tags OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 17 lt dot gt Separates the stem of the file name from the file extension and appears as a period character in the file name For example stem lt dot gt ext appears as stem ext The use of the lt dot gt tag enables the verification of the stem and extension lengths This tag separates the file name stem from the file name extension and enables the verification of their lengths It is particularly nec essary when creating file names compatible with DOS and Win dows otherwise the extension may be considered as part of the file name For example the template lt dos gt lt 8 jobname gt hpf would cause an error because the dot is removed as an illegal character and hpf is then considered part of the file name stem lt job gt The job number allocated by the RIP Automatic numbering means that successive jobs have incremental job numbers 000 001 002 003 and so on You can use this tag to include the job number in the file name string The default length of the number is three digits so the first job number created with this tag would be 000 unless a different length is specified You can specify the le
37. option allows you to use tags to construct the name of the output file For example lt dos gt out lt 5unique gt lt dot gt hpf produces out00001 hpf out00002 hp For more information see Output file naming on page 13 and Table 4 page 16 for a complete list of permitted tags Note The tag construction displayed on the menu is just an example and may not suit your particu lar requirements 5 1 3 Media The Media options allow you to choose the Media size tray type and weight Media size This option allows you to specify the size of your page There are four options OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS a a gt Page size specified in job The printed page will have the same size and orientation as was specified in the job Media size from Page Layout This is used in conjunction with the Feed edge selection and the Media selected in the Page Layout If for example you have the printer tray loaded with Letter paper with a Long Edge orienta tion and select Letter from the Page Layout dialog you must select Long Edge for the Feed edge option If the job is Letter size the RIP will present it to the printer rotated by 90 degrees so that it fits the paper If the job is Letter Landscaped the RIP will not rotate it but will again present it to the printer so that it fits the paper in the tray Shrink to Media size from Page Layout This works in the same way aS Media size from Page Layout but will shrink any job
38. ot supported For more informa tion on Harlequin VariData see the API Reference document 2 System requirements To operate correctly the OKI C941 C931 plugins require the following system resources e Harlequin MultiRIP v10 or later e Connection interface Ethernet supporting TCP IP Note OKI C941 C931 printers support connections using Ethernet 100 BT However the plugins will not drive the printer directly The plugin writes to the Windows print spooler subsystem which in turn communicates with the printer The plugin supports both File and Windows Spooler output For more information see Output to on page 10 OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 44 gt Note The 64 bit plugin works with a 64 bit RIP on a 64 bit operating system only A 32 bit RIP can be used with a 32 bit plugin on a 32 bit operating system and or a 64 bit operating system though the 64 bit option is preferred 2 1 Windows These are the minimum platform requirements for a Windows operating system Some RIP features will work better with a more powerful system Note A plugin is supported on the same platform as the Harlequin MultiRIP release 3 Installing the plugin Use the following method to install either the OKIC931 or OKIC941 plugin 1 Ensure the MultiRIP is not running 2 Extract the file OKIC931 zip for example 3 A folder called OKIC931 plugin is created Open this folder and copy and paste the enclosed OKIC931 folder into the RIP s
39. ote If a SetGoldPro CMYK output profile is used the Default Rendering Intents should be changed so that the Black Threshold value is 20 The other settings are optional and may be left at their default settings or changed as required 5 When you have made your selections click Save As and enter a name for your new color setup To use the new color setup select it from the Color drop down list in your page setup OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 23 gt I0 Troubleshooting The OKI C941 C931 plugins for the Harlequin MultiRIP are advanced pieces of software which con tain various configuration options and settings The error messages shown below are all from inter preting and rendering and not from the actual printing They are viewed in the main RIP console window Error messages from the print stage are shown on the printer console and are documented in the printer s user manual 10 1 Error messages 66 Printer error 21 The selected resolution is not supported by the printer for this media Symptoms The selected quality setting does not match the resolution setting This usually means that you have selected a paper for which the selected resolution cannot be used Solution Change the settings to suit the media Not enough system memory to output this page Symptoms May occur when the RIP is using more memory than is necessary for safe operation of the operating system OS Solution For PC systems add more RAM
40. ry form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the fol lowing disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledge ment This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eay cryptsoft com The word cryptographic can be left out if the routines from the library being used are not cryptographic related 4 If you include any Windows specific code or a derivative thereof from the apps directory application code you must include an acknowledgement This product includes software written by Tim Hudson tjh crypt soft com THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ERIC YOUNG AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBU TORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUEN TIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE
41. s finished creating an output file for the job OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 24 gt Solution The message is for information only and can be ignored Printer communication failed error details Unable to connect to printer error details Symptoms The RIP is unable to communicate with the printer as described by the error details Solution Refer to the error code for the cause of the failure Unable to open output error details Open error error details Symptoms The RIP is unable to communicate with the printer as described by the error details Solution Refer to the error code for the cause of the failure Unable to create file full path name of output file Symptoms IP is not able to create an output file for the job Solution Make sure there is sufficient disk space for the output file Also make sure a file of the same name does not already exist and that the disk is not read only Unable to create file using path full path name of output file and template file name template Symptoms RIP is not able to create an output file for the job Solution Make sure the output path is valid and is writeable Also confirm the template file name is valid as specified in Configure Device Job output for job name is aborting Symptoms May occur when an output file is being written Solution The message is for information only and can be ignored Job output for job name aborted on lt date
42. showing File template field 7 1 Tag usage There are a few rules to keep in mind when using tags The operating system tags must appear at the start of the template You may limit the length of any expanded derived file name by using an integer before the tag For example lt 5jobname gt limits the name to a maximum of 5 characters Tags which produce numeric values are truncated from left to right Tags that produce alphanumeric strings strings containing the characters a z A Z and 0 9 are truncated from right to left Fixed text can be part of the file name stem or extension For example stem_ lt 3unique gt lt sepname gt lt dot gt hpf would generate a file name of the form stem_000Cyan hpf in which stem_ can be any identifying text The tags will not produce useful file names from job names that contain double byte characters When creating multiple copies of a file the same page buffer provides tag information If a tem plate contains dynamic tags such as lt time gt or lt 3unique gt where the value changes each time a page buffer file is output multiple copies of the file are created If the template contains just static tags such as lt jobname gt where the job name remains constant a single output file will be created which will be overwritten repeatedly 7 2 Checking tags The plugin always checks the legality of an automatically generated file name against the require ments of the operating system on
43. size refers to the size of the paper installed in the printer To prevent clipping of your print the page size must not exceed the media size Media Page Page size Figure 3 Media and page sizes In most jobs the page size has been defined in the page design and embedded in the PDF or PostScript language file The page size in Page Layout has no effect on this type of job In EPS files or other jobs where page size is not defined you must select the correct page size from those listed in Page Layout When changing the margins be careful not to increase the margins beyond the limit of the media Set ting a value for the bottom margin beyond the media size on sheet fed devices will result in a loss of printable space on the media OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 9 gt 5 Configuring Harlequin MultiRIP devices The Configure Device window allows you to choose the output folder naming conventions media and finishing options Configure Device File output Output C Users kevinb HMP_10_0_2 Eval LDK S _ Autarotate File template lt dos gt out lt Sunique gt lt dots hot Feed edge Auto Tags lt dunique gt lt jab gt lt ddate gt lt Fr lt ee O re eae ilies ai Output bin Top face down Media leds tee Page size specified in job Duplex double sided Flip on long edge v Media tray Auto select Collate multiple copies _ Enable media check Media type Printer Setting Constans warm and Cont
44. solution or print quality No output Symptoms No output from the printer Solution Check the status of the printer make sure it is online powered and connected Also check ink and media are loaded and ready to be used If necessary print a self diagnostic test page Your printer manual will have details on how to print a test page Photolnk color management fails to preserve 100 process black Symptoms Black is not printed as 100 process black when a job is color managed Solution To prevent black being color managed add a page feature to your page setup that runs the following PostScript language command lt lt ReuseColorChains false gt gt setsystemparams Refer to the OEM manual for details on creating and using page features 10 3 Messages for file name templates This section details error messages that may appear in the RIP monitor window due to the use of incorrect file name templates see Section 7 Suggestions are offered to prevent these errors from occurring Filename too long for target platform This message appears when the combined file name stem and extension is too long for the target platform For example the combined length of the file name stem and extension must not exceed 255 characters on a Windows platform or 31 characters on a Macintosh platform To pre vent this error use truncated tags as shown in the example for the lt dos gt tag on Page 16 File stem too long for target platform This
45. t option For more information on color management solutions see the ColorPro User s Guide and Chapter 13 of the OEM Manual Calibration This section briefly describes the complete color management process including e Calibrating the printer on page 19 e Creating an ICC profile and installing it in the RIP on page 19 e Creating color setups on page 21 9 1 Calibrating the printer The C941 C931 color LED printers have two color management systems Office Color and Graphics Pro The Graphics Pro method is based on ICC profiles and is recommended for superior color results 9 2 Creating an ICC profile and installing it in the RIP Creating an ICC profile and installing it in the RIP consists of 1 Creating a suitable page setup on page 19 2 Printing and measuring an ICC target on page 20 3 Installing the ICC profile in your RIP on page 21 9 2 1 Creating a suitable page setup To process the ICC profiling targets and output them to a printer you will need to create a page setup which uses the correct printer model media type ink and output quality as described in Creating a page setup on page 6 The page setup must not have any color management or calibration options selected these should be set to None or No color management as applicable Or if you have cre ated a Golden State profile for the printer using Global Graphics SetGold utility for example you ma
46. that the file name is legal for the UNIX operating system The use of this tag verifies that the file name is suitable for use in the UNIX operating system Illegal characters such as an asterisk colon and quotation marks cause an error The lt dot gt tag cannot be used with this tag because file names in UNIX are composed of a single string and are not considered to have separate file extensions For example using the template lt unix gt lt 255jobname gt hpf produces the file name UncalibratedTargetDefaultCMYK spotcolorstarget hpf in which white space characters have been removed lt win32 gt Verifies that the file name is legal for Windows operating systems The use of this tag verifies that the file name is suitable for use in a Windows operating system Illegal characters such as an asterisk colon or quotation marks cause an error For example the template lt win32 gt lt jobname gt lt dot gt hpf produces the file name Uncalibrated Target Default CMYK spot colors Target Mor Table 3 Operating system tags 8 Content generating tags The following tags are available and can be used in any order lt colorant gt The color space of the device such as DeviceCMYK The tag includes the color space of the device in the file name string For example the template lt colorant gt lt dot gt hpf produces a file name of the form DeviceCMYK hpf for a device using a CMYK color space 4 colors dare The date when the j
47. the Device list in the Page Setup dialog box follow this procedure When requesting the password from your supplier you may be asked to give the serial number of your RIP The RIP displays this number in the main Harlequin MultiRIP window when starting up in the form Serial number 1234 56 You must also tell your supplier the platform for which you require the password The platform is the combination of operating system and processor type For example you might specify Windows 7 and Intel processor For HLS secured RIPs 1 Once you have a password use the File gt Configure RIP menu option to display the Configure RIP dialog box 2 Click the Extras button in the Configure RIP dialog box to display the Extras dialog box 3 Select the entry for OKI oKIC931 and click Add 4 Enter the password for this option given to you by your supplier and click OK 5 Click OK in each of the Extras and Configure RIP dialog boxes Once the plugin is installed fully you can select it in the Device list in the Page Setup dialog box and then click Configure Device to see the configuration dialog box shown in Figure 4 You can now create page setups which use the C941 C931 device to process jobs for the C931 or C941 printer as described in the next section For LDK secured RIPs 1 Request a new Product Key from your supplier 2 Go to ldk utils within the RIP installation directory and double click Idktool exe This displays the LDK Tool
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49. to fit on the chosen Media when Media size is Media size from Page Layout Or Shrink to Media size from Page Layout Therefore when the feed tray is loaded with A4 LEF and A4 Media is set in the Page Layout Long edge is selected and you are printing an A4 portrait the image is rotated to fit on the A4 LEFF For media that can only be fed into the printer one way choosing Long Edge or Short Edge will rotate the image to fit on the paper The Auto option leaves the orientation as it was specified in the job Auto is enforced when Media size iS Page size specified in job Output bin The options available are Top face down and Left face up Note Duplex is not available for all Media weights and types Please refer to the printer user guide for more details Duplex double sided This can be switched on or off When selected you can choose to flip the page on the Long Edge or Short Edge Note Duplex is not available for all Media weights and types Please refer to the printer user guide for more details Collate multiple copies With this option selected multiple copies of a job are collated as separate documents Enable media check When this option is selected the printer displays a message asking you to check that the correct media is loaded OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 13 gt 5 1 5 6 Constraints The printer imposes constraints on the paper type weight and size that can be used with the finisher duplex
50. y select the profile and use it as a suitable reference state for the printer See Chapter 5 Configur ing Output Formats in the OEM Manual for more information about creating page setups Note to OEMs The SetGold utility can be used to create a suitable reference state cali bration profile See the SetGold User Guide for details Alternatively you can manually create a linearization profile by referring to the manual Profiles and Calibration Having created a suitable page setup use it to print the ICC profiling target and measure it using an appropriate software package OKI C941 C931 PLUGINS CONTENTS 4 20 gt The exact procedure you should use varies from package to package but it is possible to give some general hints e Total area coverage For some paper types the total area coverage should be limited This depends on the paper ink type resolution and screening used but a good guide is to limit the coverage for coated media Premium to 280 whereas matte media should be around 320 Some experimentation may be required to determine the optimum setting e Number of patches Although the number of color patches printed and measured is not always a guide to color quality it is generally true that printing more patches produces better results for any given ICC profiling package Having created the ICC profile install it using the menu option Color gt Install ICC Profile In the Linear Calibration From menu in the Install
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