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1. MelcoRIP User Manual Copyright 052013 Rev B This manual and its contents are the property of Melco and no part may be reproduced in part or in full without written permission from Melco Melco Patents US 2010 0180809 US 2009 0030656 US 7 308 333 US 7 513 202 US 6 983 192 US 6 871 605 US D474 785 S US 6 732 668 US 6 736 077 US 6 823 807 CH 693569 A5 US 6 445 970 more patents pending MelcoRIP Manual Table of Contents ASTM ces Sinead a poecundn erased ueena a a a trea tad ieee bags iam aaa 1 EPSOM B gh gil nic 21 7210 0 9 eee eee meee E E ere ae E nee ne ene are ie Se mentee 1 Before INstallatON surcar a 1 O o E OP A setenane tenon 1 MelcoRIP Minimum Requirement cccccccsscccsseccseeccsceceucecaueecseeceueesueeseueeceueecaueesueeseeeseeessaeeesaneenaess 5 MelcoRI Instalan te 6 Berore TAstallalO Nai A dis 6 nn o pe 6 Sta a A A A a 6 Valdano 15 A A ey etre 20 User IWAN AN sires sica ad E 24 WICICORIP AD DIICATION 5 tis subset actress fete ha heneist diate wat teehee ES 24 Mains Control Dial a e a a a 24 INGOMING JODS QUBUS naran a E ets ee ede eke 26 Processed Jobs QUA anae a cali a Ea 28 Pages To Printer Queue aka Page QUEUE ccccseececceeseeeceeseeecceseeecsuueecsageeecseaseesssageesssageeessees 30 SPECI SENO an E ERE RE NET EA 34 Config ring Melc RIP Program Settings idas 37 Printer amp lnk ECOnIgU alo rada tetas A e Ea A E A 38 Creating Print Jobs
2. e This layer will not print white ink e The color of the garment may affect the color of the print e This layer is used in conjunction with white ink layers for underbases Original Artwork Printed on pink Printed on yellow 67 MelcoRIP Manual Color Layer Auto Mask 4 This is the easiest way to do white ink when you are printing vector graphics i e graphics with solid edges all the way around the design The RIP examines the color layer and automatically creates a white underbase Any pixel it finds regardless of pixel intensity will generate a corresponding white pixel at 100 This enables the printing of white areas in the artwork without having to manually create the white areas by simply add a 1 Cyan tint to the area and it will become white the 1 Cyan will not render enough ink to be visible It is explained in greater detail at the bottom of this post NOTE There are a couple of things to watch for with this approach particularly when doing photostyle graphics First keep in mind that if there is absolutely no color in an area you will get no white ink This might cause the shirt color to poke through in pure white areas of the image To solve this simply add a tiny bit of color to the white areas 2 yellow for instance will not be visible on the final print but it will cause white mask to be placed under that area effectively creating a solid white area The second thing to watch for is very soft edges A
3. Some RIP software or programs process RGB files better than CMYK If that is the case create the image using CMYK and convert it to RGB before saving 88 Graphics Programs Process Printing Process printing refers to the process of printing images using the subtractive color model Usually the process uses the primary colors of cyan magenta and yellow printed on a white ground to create a full color image The blacks created by using all three of these colors are often pale and dirty To create cleaner and richer images black ink is often added to the process This creates an image using CMYK or the four color process method This process uses very tiny dots of those primary colors These dots are optically mixed by the viewer to create a wide range of colors This process also utilizes the printing of these colors on a white ground To print a pink very small magenta drops are printed sparingly on a white surface These small dots and the white background optically mix for the viewer to create a pink 89 MelcoRIP Manual Printing on Colored Surfaces Process printing relies on printing CMYK inks on a white surface to create accurate color Because of this printing on a colored surface will produce some very different results While this can be used to great effect it is often not what people are looking for To prevent this color distortion some printers will use a layer of white ink underneath the color inks This l
4. 8 Obtain your Validation Code Enter the Validation Code Activation Code into MelcoRIP s validation box return to top You will need to go back to the MelcoRIP Interface and enter the Activation Code Validation Code from the web site in the appropriate field Product Code VMELKMA0100 alidation El Please go to http AA elco sernace com l elcoRlPAvalidaton htm to retrieve pour activation code User Code 7 6375 Removal Code Not Available User Code 763753 Activation Code Remaining number of installations left 1 From Website above Cancel Activation Code 67450597 Maximum number of installations allowed 3 9 Close MelcoRIP s and restart to complete the validation process return to top Close MelcoRIP s Interface The validation will not take effect until MelcoRIP is re launched Validation complete Please restart PowerRIP 19 MelcoRIP Manual Uninstallation Overview Uninstallation 20 1 Close ALL applications To insure that the following steps occur correctly it is very important to close all applications 2 Navigate to Add Remove programs From your Start menu go to the Control Panel and click on the Add Remove Software icon In Windows 7 amp 8 this is called Programs and Features 3 Scroll through the list of programs and click on MelcoRIP The area will become highlighted click on the Change Remove Uninstall Cha
5. utility in the MelcoRIP program group 35 MelcoRIP Manual Paper Tab The Paper Tab allows for the selection of media and the mirroring of images on a print 36 User Manual Configuring MelcoRIP Program Settings The MelcoRIP Configuration menu option contains five options ru y Configure Inputs Configure Outputs Configure RIP settings Validate Software Remove Validation Configure Inputs Selecting this option has the same effect as clicking the Inputs button on the main dialog Configure Outputs Selecting this option has the same effect as clicking the Outputs button on the main dialog Configure RIP settings allows you to set application specific settings Validate Software disabled once software is validated is used for validating the product makes the MelcoRIP watermark disappear Remove Validation disabled if software is not yet validated is used for removing the validation to move the software to another system onngur 7 e ae i Job Expiration Available in the Configure RIP Job Expiration settings Job Expiration lets you set how long printed jobs will remain in the queue before being deleted You can set the time in minutes hours and days Keep in mind that expired jobs will NOT be deleted until all pages have left the output queue Pages Being Printed either by being printed and automatically deleted or by being deleted by hand by th
6. Save the changes Y 55 MelcoRIP Manual Wes Predefined Sethngs G white C Cow C WhteHL Preview FF Gid Melo G3 Black Cotton 1440x720 Color On 14401440 White Pont Setting Prnter amp PrintArs White Ink Control Coke Setting Artwork White Layer Generabon o E Impl Inn ibas bal f i Create a Derkp De E F 7 a F Normal G Corben Y BLUE AYS White ink under black 10 i ox El 1n i o a al ee a Black Harding Black Dateci Thiethold 14 Then select Import From File and import the edited white back into the job Y View Predefined Sethngs C white C Coke WhieHL Preview F Grd Meteo G3 Black Cotton 1440x720 Color On 14401 440 White a Pet Settings Printer PintArsa PoS TETEE E Oe le White Ink Cortsal Coke Set 123 45 6 7 8 9101112131415 16 gt Cole Settings Aitwerk l White Laver Genen Cl pat O ee atin we ngel roen Fikes hal e OS Yael pp pore ee a bie a Create i pa j rt I Density E lomo E a Nomai 6 Cora of BU fs DT A EG y r a terres yeas ataa ue eer ered Black Harding e Sipe f Tik Black Detect Thiechold Using the preview view button an approximation of the final product can be seen Now the bird has white on chest and face There is no limit on the editing that can be done to the white layer but it does have to remain the exact size as when it was exported 96 User
7. Color Settings Tab The color tab contains the color controls The only color is m te Color editing ability contained in the color tab is the Brightness control slider Mostly these color controls allow you to tell the RIP how to process the job It is not meant for color editing Color Settings AGB Source Profile RGB Source Profile RIP Defaut RGB Source Profile allows for specifying the ICC to use as the input profile when ripping the job The chosen CMYK Source Profile setting should match the color space of the artwork In RIP Default other words if the image was created in the sRGB colorspace then SRGB should be chosen etc Quptut Profile CMYK Source Profile Auto Select Same as above but for CMYK files Color Appearance Output Profile Photo Mormal The output profile indicates which profile to use to render the image on the printer Since the RIP comes pre Brightness loaded with all necessary profiles and is capable of autoselecting them according to the print settings Auto Select should be chosen for the majority of jobs Lighter Normal Darker Color Appearance Color appearance relates to the rendering intent used when rendering the file When Photo Normal selected the Perceptual rendering intent is used This results in color that is meant to match the original as closely as possible Vivid Darker uses the Absolute Saturation rendering intent which tends to result in more sat
8. DAA as Le 5 me TERE C Whe C Coa C Whe HL Pint Settings Printer amp Prini Area White Ink Cortal Coke Setting Artwork Wie Layer Generation Use Background Color Create El Demi Using the preview view button an approximation of the final product can be seen 48 User Manual 100 White Under Any Colored Pixel 4 Places 100 white underbase under any colored pixel White ink will not be placed under any pure white pixels This is mostly used for solid artwork If the artwork has white areas that you wish to print in white add a small amount of color ink to make the 100 white appear Adding 1 yellow to the white areas of the bird for instance will allow those areas to print Also if you use this method on artwork that fades into the background it might create a white halo around the image WG ELE The original artwork as viewed in a graphics program The background is a solid pure white and a slight 1 cyan tint has been added to the white of the View Predefined Setting White C Cou C Preview V Grid Melco G3 Black Cotton 1440x720 Color On 14401 440 White Print Settings Printer amp Print Area 119 EN BE 243 Pk 8 0 4 ed ES EL DA ES 8 0 ES White Ink Control 01234567 8 910111213141516 s Coke Settings Arma 1 q o E White Layer Generation 2 100 White under any colored peel hd 3 p 4 Create 3 Density 2 BLUE
9. Settings Specified at Print Time Checkbox When this control is checked the job settings will be controlled by the options the user selected when the job was printed from the application If the box is un checked it allows the user to select the printing options and override the settings used at print time When this control is checked the Specify Settings and Default Settings buttons are disabled Specify Settings Button This button is only active if Use Settings Specified at Print Time is NOT checked Clicking this button will display the device specific configuration options These options will vary between output devices See the Specifying Settings section for more information Default Settings Button This button is only active if Use Settings Specified at Print Time is NOT checked Clicking this button will load the pre defined defaults for the selected printer usually plain paper at low resolution Apply Custom Calibration Checkbox When this button is checked custom cablibration will be used To define the density calibration curves to use click the Adjust Custom Calibration button This will launch the QCurve application which enables you to define the density curves Adjust Select Calibration Button Clicking this button will launch the dialog which enables you to define the density curves Each color channel can be adjusted individually 27 MelcoRIP Manual Processed Jobs Queue T
10. Setup InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed MelcoRIP Before ou can use the program You must restart your Computer Yes want to restart my computer now No will restart my computer later Ee After your computer restarts click on Start button and go to your Control Panel Once the new screen opens up you will want to go into the Printers and Faxes folder You should see several new print drivers in this window 14 Installation Validation How it works MelcoRIP s copy protection is a security key based system which is validated by the user obtaining an unlock code or activation code from the Melco web server using the supplied product code The validation is installed on a server externally of the MelcoRIP software This means that once validated you can uninstall and re install MelcoRIP as many times as you want on the same server without having to re validate If you wish to move MelcoRIP to a different server system you can remove the validation Log onto the Melco validation server to perform the validation removal procedure then re install MelcoRIP on a different server and validate again How to Validate To validate MelcoRIP and get rid of the MelcoRIP watermark you must purchase the software Once purchased you will receive a Product Code which you will use to obtain a Validation Code from Melco Overview O
11. Similar to the Use Transparency method except that it uses the background color The color of the background is determined by the upper left pixel It could be the color of the cotton to be used yellow for instance or a color not used anywhere else in the graphic Either way the background color will be punched out removed from the graphic in both the white underbase and the color layer The original artwork as viewed in a graphics program The background is a solid yellow To avoid printing a yellow rectangle on the product Use Background Color will be used to generate the white layer and remove the yellow from the graphic b ai Views Predefined Sethngs 5 Whe C Color Preview W Grid Melee G3 Black Cotton 1440720 Color On 14401 dih hte eB A O A ANA DR Pat eae e hae E TEEI fe pe Era Se sas White Irk Control Coke Seii Pier 012345678 9101112131415 16 eltings Awek a O a White Layer Generation Loe Background Color ES jo w BLUEJAYS E o a 1 2 3 0 11 3 12 Black Harding i Black Detect Thisthold 14 H ay The White Layer is generated when the create button is clicked Any really dark or black pixels get the amount of underbase specified by the White ink under black slider Y 47 MelcoRIP Manual Coe C a HL Preview W Grid ae id e E Cow C Whina HL Preview W Grid mT J ri Teoh es Leet a T i I e EE T p i A SEE
12. White Layer Generation Underbate Erte image Normal H Corkast White ink under black 10 11 12 13 14 p 0 Black Handing Black Detect Threshold F The White Layer is generated when the create button is clicked The underbase is a grayscale underbase Any really dark or black pixels get the amount of underbase specified by the White ink under black slider View C white C Coa Heko G3 Black Calon 1440730 Coke On 14401 400 hte Print Setting Printer PrintAren Wh e Irk Control Coke Settings Aste White Layer Generation Undeabare Entra image x oh ye s A Density E Noma py Corman Wihbs ir under black m 0 Bleck Harding Black Detect Thieshold p Using the preview view button an approximation of the final product can be seen 50 User Manual Import From File A This method allows the user to import a white layer from a separate file The image must be of the same size pixels width and height as well as depth bits per pixel If a color file is imported for the white layer it will be converted to grayscale then used as the mask Loak in di images for Print ck Ll Sie lees if oh Bue lays Esdurourd af T Bie la phais bf E Saler Jirderbase bt E elap Ah Badau af Fie mare Eue Jays Underbase tf Files of tre Al supported graphics formats l Show Opters on Coen Clicking on Create will bring up an import graphic window Nav
13. Within MelcoRIP ooooccccocccncccccnnonoccnncnoncnnconononcnnoncnonnncnnnnnanonnonnnrnnonnnrnnnrnnrnnconaninns 39 Creating Print Jobs Within MelcoR IP assitir n a a a aa a a a A a 39 PNE amp PIN Area TAD aii A AS 40 Importing SIZING ARO si ld 41 Punt SStnOs Ta a A ie 43 COMO RS chinas Dulces 44 Al A PE EE 45 White Layer General cds 46 TOUCHING UDNE VV AIG INLET 54 Previewing Print Layers cian ii A a coeadlthis id 57 SANING e A A Siaeeearat 61 Printing From Applications to MelCORIP e is 62 Printing From Applications to MelcoRIP ooccooccccoccococncccnccccncononoconccnnnonnnnonannonannnnnnnnnnnonannonaninnano 62 Layer Types White Ink Printing cccooocccccconnonoccncncocononccnnnconononcnnnonannnnonanononnnnnnnonannnnnrannnnnannns 66 Managing TPUS AAA aae a a 12 Table of Contents Conmaguring NesHotrFO de Sao liada oidos 72 Conngu uring PRINT NE UMS rca no to ocn 73 Adding a Printer Entity and Hot Folder Tutorial ooocccooccccoonnccoonocononccnacononanoccnnononancnconancnnas 15 create Ne ORO ta a Peer eee e 75 Create the printer ent acciona ii id ie 17 Mana IG SEIS art jo 80 Working With Output QUECS aii di ds 80 Advanced gt cts id 84 Changing Pnt Densi apsisa a E A A E 84 Graphics Produc oia e eco sd al acids 86 General Graphics Preparation CONCEPTS ooccccoccncccccccconnccncnnonanononannononnnononononnnnnannnonanononnnnononnnenananenanos 86 Color Modes CMYREGB us
14. d MELCO_G32 de Micreseft Components fe MSOCache de Perflogs Navigate to the hot folder we created during the hot folder setup phase and click OK This instructs the new printer entity to deposit its PostScript files into this folder Your dialog should now look like this E J Configure Hot Folders Configure MelcoRIP Printer Entities Current MelcoRIP Printers Malco G3 Color 4 White mma Ca ee Output Folder CAMELCORIPHOTFOLDERSWELCO_G3_BCHW al Application Path App to launch Ic MeicoRIP faunchint exe Dever PPD Meco G3 Color 4 White X PMLCG3W PPO Next we re going to select the printer driver to use Since we re going to be ripping jobs to the Melco G3 we need to use that driver Note The driver is really the same for all of MelcoRIP s devices Windows PostScript driver version 5 what differentiates the drivers on the list is the PPD that is used and it is very important to use the right PPD Click the Driver drop list and select Melco G3 Color amp White You CANNOT use any other drivers with the G3 Configure Hot Folders Configure MelcoRIP Printer Entities Current MelcoRIP Printers Melco G3 Color 4 White E E Ca eee Output Folder Ic MELCORIPHOTFOLDERS MELCO_G3_BCHW Application Path App to launch Ic MelcoRIP haunchint exe Dever PPD waco G3 Cock Wite EI iPMLCG3W PPD Once you select the proper driver you will see the PPD name appear in the box next to
15. ignoring print time settings Input management is controlled by the Configure Inputs dialog This dialog contains two sections one for configuring Hot Folders and one for configuring Printer Entities To access the Configure Inputs dialog click the Inputs button on the MelcoRIP application main dialog Configuring the Hot Folders Contgure ips Configure Hot Folders Configure MelcoRIP Printer Entities A hot folder is simply a folder into which users can drop PostScript or PDF files to be printed The Configure Hot Folders section of the Configure Inputs dialog allows you to add delete configure hot folders The information in the screen shot below shows the hot folders as they were created by the installer Hot Folders List This window displays all currently active hot folders They are identified by the full path to their location You will notice that the hot folders are all located in the MelcoRIPHotFolders folder This is for organizational purposes only any folder can be used as a hot folder Keep in mind that files in the hot folders are volatile They will be deleted once the job expires Extensions to detect This window displays all file extensions that will be treated as jobs The default extensions are PDF PS and PRN Any file in the hot folder which has one of these extensions will be treated as a job and thus renamed opened processed and deleted Configure Output Section All setting
16. layers must be sent first Key Items With This Layer e This layer is similar to White Ink Mask Hard but it respects the grayscale weight of the color pixel when printing the white underbase e This white layer will not be ready to print until your send the corresponding color layer e This layer is recommended when printing graphics that fade out to the edges 69 MelcoRIP Manual Color Layer Auto Mask Black Bkgnd 4 This layer type is one of the easiest to use when using white ink It is to be used when the artwork has a black background The RIP will create white for any white areas inside the black background as well as an underbase of the proper density for the color This layer type will not use black ink so when used by itself it can only be used on black cotton To use this layer type and use black ink use in conjunction with the Capture Black layer type described below When you print with this layer type MelcoRIP will automatically place the appropriate amount of white in the proper areas using the black background to differentiate real white versus no color The main difference between this layer type and Color Layer Auto Mask is that this layer type respects the gray value of the pixel and thus the white does not necessarily need to be 100 This layer type should be used instead of Color Layer Auto Mask on artwork which fades into the background Because of the way it works this layer type w
17. new settings This layer will print with the color pass White C Cole WHR HL C Piee F Grid 59 MelcoRIP Manual Preview The Preview view gives an approximati on of what the selected settings will look like when printed on the set material color The material color can be changed by clicking on the Set Material Color for previewing only button in the lower right corner of the window This is helpful in determining how a material color will affect the final print It is however still merely an approximation gt View White Cooler White HL E Previn F Grid bo S aj ee re SS H E 60 Saving Print Jobs Once you have imported and sized your graphics and generated the white where applicable you can save the job for later opening and printing This is not to be confused with the Export feature which allows you to save the ripped job The main difference is that Exported jobs cannot be changed Saved jobs can The destination printer print area and all other print settings will be saved with the job but they can be changed when the job is opened User Manual Import Graphic Open Job Save Job Save Job As K Quit 61 MelcoRIP Manual Printing From Applications to MelcoRIP Printing From Applications to MelcoRIP Double Color vs White Ink During the installation the user is asked to select an configuration The choices are Double Col
18. options are conflicting with each other in this case it would be Paper Type Plain Paper and Resolution 2880 dpi DO NOT allow a job to print with conflicting settings it will not print properly TrueType Fent Substitute with Device Font Document Options m Advanced Printing Features Enabled Color Layer Gute Mask White Ink Layer White Mask Layer Hard White Mask Layer Soft Color Layer Auto Mask Black Bkgnd White Highlight Layer ca ry f 63 MelcoRIP Manual MelcoRIP Print Settings Melco G3 Color amp White Advanced Opti Paper size cm Melco G3 Color amp White Advanced Document Settings Paper Output This settings will tell MelcoRIP what size the destination Paper Size Standard 13 x 20 Platten media platen is Copy Count 1 Copy Iu Graphic Print Quality Enhanced 360 dpi One Pass 18 Image Color Management Print Qu ality ICM Method ICM Disabled ICM Intent Pictures This is where you would pick your output resolution Invalid Scaling 100 E i TrueType Font Substity choices for the selected media will have a warning icon gt fim Document Options next to the selection valid choices will not The choices Advanced Printing E Ie Pages per Sheet Layout Right then Down here vary depending on the device being driven The aF PostScript Options ripping speed and engine speed will be lower at the higher So Color Appearance Phot
19. the Density Adjust will proportionally lower the entire curve Unlike the selection of a difference size dot this approach offers much more control over the print density and is easier to use Ink Cost Per Liter This allows the user to specify the ink cost on a per liter basis If the ink is not purchased by the liter multiply to properly identify the per liter cost If you buy ink in 250ml bottles enter the bottle cost X 4 etc The Light ink cost is not used Black Detect Threshold 70 TF Use 50 white underbase under captured black Ink Configuration Type The Ink Configuration Type tells MelcoRIP the order the ink cartridges are loaded in the printer Color amp White CMYK 4 White Standard Order This will be what most printers will be running The standard order is CMYK in the CMYK channels and White ink in all the remaining channels Dual CMYK CMYK X 2 Standard Order For printers running no white ink except Kiosk no white The standard order is CMYK in the CMYK channels C in the LC channel M in the LM channel K in the LK channel and Y in the LLK channel 38 Creating Print Jobs Within MelcoRIP Creating Print Jobs Within MelcoRIP Creating a print job within the MelcoRIP software provides the ability to manage and preview the print settings To launch the create job dialog select Create Print Job from the File menu This will bring up the Create Print Job window Me
20. using a proprietary mechanism render the color as accurately as possible on the output device Print Direction This allows the setting of how the printer head behaves The choices are uni directional and bi directional Uni directional produces better quality but is slower Bi directional prints faster but produces slightly less quality White Ink Resolution Sets the resolution of the white ink This setting has no effect unless white ink is being used Possible choices are Same As Color Light Density Medium Density and Light Density Black Ink Underbase Behavior This feature allows for defining how white ink behaves under black ink Printing white ink under black ink is normally avoided There are instances however where you might want some white ink under black Some like to use black ink even over black cotton so that it fades evenly with the other inks over time This feature allows control over this Auto White Highlight Threshold Unlike the White Highlight layer type this feature auto generates white highlights from the image Any value from 1 to the threshold percent will generate white ink during the color pass This is normally used with Color Layer Auto Mask layer type Nominal values are between 3 and 8 65 MelcoRIP Manual Layer Types amp White Ink Printing In order to fully exploit the white ink printing capabilities of Melco garment printer it is necessary to implement a layer
21. 20 bo tds Cao TA Media The media drop down allows the selection of the media eo e a to be printed on 1440 x 1440 dpi z Print Quality Color Layer amp Print Density White Layer White Passes Color Passes These drop downs allow for the different quality and 1 7 density settings When printing on fabric higher white densities are necessary White Passes amp Color Passes These drop downs allow for the specification of the Print Direction Color number of passes completed by the printer for the color Hr idirectioral had layer and or the white layer Print Direction Use Dual CMYK Using unidirectional will produce finer details but printing bidirectionally is faster Use Dual CMYK Checkbox DO NOT check this box is the printer is loaded with CMYK and White inks Saving Print Settings Once the settings have been adjusted you may wish to save them as your own Predefined Settings Options for saving print settings are located under the settings menu ETE STS Save Current Settings As Save Current Settings Manage Settings Saves any changes to currently loaded predefined settings cant NOTE It is not recommended to save over the predefined settings provided when MelcoRIP is loaded Save Current Settings As Saves the current settings as a new predefined settings entry Manage Settings Delete export and import predefined print settings using this option 43 MelcoRIP Manual
22. 62 User Manual The supported resolution and output media choices you see at print time will be printer specific To set these options click the Advanced button The printer specific as well as the common settings will be displayed in a dialog Welco G3 Color amp White Advanced Document Settings El Paper Output Paper Size Standard 13 x 20 Platten Copy Count 1 Copy In Graphic Print Quality Enhanced 360 dp El O Image Color Management ICM Method ICM Disabled ICM Intent Pictures Scaling 100 TrueType Font substitute with Device Font Document Options Advanced Printing Features Enabled Pages per Sheet Layout Right then Down 0 1 PostScript Options wy Printer Features Color Appearance Photo Normal Layer Type Color Layer Color Passes 1 White Passes 1 Output Profile Auto Select RGB Source Profile RIP Default CMYK Source Profile Media Type White Cotton Generate Pure Blacks Mo True Spot Colors No Print Direction Bidirectional White Ink Resolution 1440x720 dpi Black Ink Underbase Behavior Default Auto White Highlight ThreshHold Off Step and Repeat Platten Label No Step and Repeat Hold For Approval No Warning Icons Whenever a combination of settings is not valid a warning icon will appear For example when printing on white cotton white ink features are not valid Note the warning icon If you select the option with the warning icon a dialog will appear telling you which
23. Density Curves from the Utilities menu Edit custom density curves Printer amp Ink Configuration Step amp Repeat The feature lets you save any number of named curves All previously defined curves appear in the Curve Name drop down You can also click the New button after typing a name to create a new one 13 hera x 5150 10 10 00 ak 2010 30 30 00 ah ooo So 5000 6 ejoa 70 7000 Bn leona so sono F as S00 z 100 ono The All colors the same Checkbox Checking this box will tie all the channels together All other color channels will become like the currently displayed channel when the box is checked Also any subsequent changes to a channel will affect all channels in the same manner If this checkbox is not checked all channels can be edited independently and will retain their individual values The Color Channel drop down This drop down list allows you to switch color channels If All colors the same is checked all channels will be the same The Revert button Clicking this button will revert the curve to the original values it contained before it was edited The Straight Line button As you may have noticed that button turns the curve into a straight line 84 User Manual Calibrating NOTE It is highly recommended that a densitometer or spectro photometer be used when doing any calibration Although you c
24. JAYS A UE Pe 10 I O 0 mi 12 Black Handing 13 Black Detect Thieshold 14 Y a The White Layer is generated when the create button is clicked Any color pixel gets a solid white underbase Any really dark or black pixels get the amount of underbase specified by the White ink under black slider Pure white pixels get no underbase at all View Predefined Setting C Whte C Cola Preview V Grid Melco G3 Black Cotton 1440x720 Color On 1440x1440 White Print Settings Printer amp Print Area MH T I I T T I l I Whate Ink Cortrol et Aitwork 012345 67 8 910111213141516 Colo Settings White Layer Generation CZ 100 White under ary coheed pevel X Noia _ 0 W Create a LY O Densay Xn F i Cortrast a YN Normal DEUESIAE 2 10 i O i P 11 12 San 13 142 White ink under black 0 Black Harding Black Detect Threshold g Fo Using the preview view button an approximation of the final product can be seen 49 MelcoRIP Manual Underbase Entire Image Simply puts a white pixel under every pixel in the image white or otherwise Used mostly for full frame photographs etc The original artwork as viewed in a graphics program View Predefined Setting Whte C Cow Preview Y Gid Melco G3 Black Cotton 1440x720 Color On 1440x1440 White X PrintSettings Printer amp PrintArea White Ink Control Coke Settings Artwork
25. Manual Previewing Print Layers Using the view buttons at the top of the window is a fantastic way to preview the selected print and white ink settings White The White view will show in reverse grayscale the white underbase If the settings are not desirable they can be altered in the White Ink Control tab and created again The preview will update to reflect the new settings r C E Ti IE E y E ao mei i E F Set Ly AA ee ee A ae LS im a PCLT a te ee eT O o Tankiana tt a a aaa E i ara ri meet na K BLUEJAYS a ii P M ua pi A at Tha ipo n 74 T in p see wey E al is LAA Er Sai g miee asrga gt A Le e A o l Se mE ea E a mas id a n ie a fh oO N Ms Jaa mE Eg E 7 de f Reems o r mii Ar a j N hayran pe mn el Y so a a ie an a a A eala E 2 Maa ne Fell tt AS Ex A A t i a a pu 4 A gt A 5 Bo i Er ee a ara 57 MelcoRIP Manual Color The Color view will display the image as if it was being printed on a white background View A C White HL E Previo F aj 58 User Manual White HL White Highlight Like the White view the White Highlight view will show in reverse grayscale the white underbase If the settings are not desirable they can be altered in the White Ink Control tab and created again The preview will update to reflect the
26. a 87 Whar Color Really bs Gee ee entree area a ne ee E re Re eee 87 Additive Color System ROB li A is 87 Subtractive Color System CMY sais sentesesyetcuast etni a dd 87 Diferent Gamut aia a a a o o a a is 88 Avoiding Printing SUPE T en eee ee ere eee 88 Process PHRASE a R e O 89 Printing Om Colored SurnacES corea aS 90 Vector VS IASON a E a A ES 91 Veco Alsa EA A des 91 A ares deme ee me eate onamer tans 91 Mage TIRES ONION anna conte 92 Print Quality vs Image Quality occoccccoccnconccccnocnonocnnoconnnnononcnnnnnonnnnnnnnnonnrnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnancons 92 er Le al oc Fee ene a dd o da 92 Transparent o AAA eee en ies een hie ane ee eee 93 Appa CHANN Eksena a a A aide testes telat ea tide 93 Wses Tor Transparency israel a a eaa 93 Dineren LEVEI OF SUPPOr airnn n da denne ee 93 Fle EXC SIONS cada 94 Installation Epson Driver installation Before Installation e NOTE You will need to have your printer set up and connected to your computer before the installation of the Epson driver or MelcoRIP Please see the Melco User Manual for the initial setup of your printer e NOTE You need to install the Epson print driver that comes with your printer before you install MelcoRIP Otherwise you will have to manually set the ports for the MelcoRIP Output Queue 1 2 Overview Installation 1 Completely power up the printer while not connected to the computer Make sure the computer is not connected
27. a of color that is fading from opaque to transparent this format will not work well Files like JPG don t support transparency at all They always appear with a color in the background In the example below three different file types were placed on a light grey background The JPG has a white box around it The PNG has a transparent background and is able to show multiple levels of transparency in the drop shadow The GIF has a transparent background but is unable to represent the subtleties in the drop shadow The shadow just disappears 93 MelcoRIP Manual File Extensions Many different file formats can be used for printing Below is a list of some of the more common extensions along with a few pros and cons of each one TIFF TIF JPEG JPG BMP PNG GIF EPS Al PSD 94 Vector Raster Raster Raster Raster Raster Raster Vector but can have embedded raster elements Vector Raster but can contain vector elements Transparency Layer Support Yes No No Yes Yes special Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Limited only supported by some software Yes Yes Pros Cons Pros High quality images with little compression and smooth transitions of color Cons Can be extremely large file size Pros Delectable quality and smaller file size Cons Can contain artifacts small funny bits of color from compression Cons Can be lar
28. agazines and photographers or anyone else using dyes or pigments to create color In theory combining all three primary colors will create black Because so few color models are perfect many printers add black ink to allow for deeper and richer dark colors The black plate in offset printing was the Key plate This is where the K has been added to CMYK 87 MelcoRIP Manual Different Gamuts While both systems can be used to create color the range of colors created by each system varies The additive system RGB can create a much wider and more vibrant range of color Below is an example of the same color image simulating the differences in RGB and CMYK modes If this image were to be printed using CMYK inks the differences in the two halves would be far less noticeable This is why you can create an incredibly vibrant green on screen but when it is printed it may look darker and less brilliant In the example below the image is shown in both RGB and CMYK The differences can be drastic Avoiding Printing Surprises To lessen the differences in an image on screen and the one printed by a printer there are a couple of steps that can be taken Know the color space Make sure that when creating an image only colors that can be reproduced by a CMYK printer are used Many graphics programs have a color mode or workspace setting that can be changed from RGB to CMYK Try creating in a CMYK environment or with CMYK color mixers
29. an calibrate without one you would be relying on the human eye light source etc which can have many variables The calibration user interface enables you to alter the density curves by dragging the graphical line on the left or typing the number into the proper box on the right To edit using the graphical line select a place on the curve where you want to make the change and click A handle will appear which you can then drag up and down Create as many handles as necessary to achieve the proper curve To delete a handle simply drag it outside the bounds of the grid and it will disappear The calibration grid is designed linearly and thus 0 the highlights is at the bottom left and 100 the shadows is on the upper right To change the appearance of your printout drag the curve in the direction you want the density to move For example if your 50 range is printing too dark decrease the value at that range by moving the curve down or entering a lower number in the 50 box 85 Graphics Preparation General Graphics Preparation Concepts The process of printing graphics directly onto garments is a fast and effective way to embellish many products There are a few concepts in graphic preparation that if Kept in mind can make the process much smoother They can also greatly improve the final product 1 Color Modes e What color space is being used CMYK or RGB e How will this affect the print 2 Color of Product e W
30. ata to the printer s Upon installation one output queue is created for each printer selected The default name for the output queues are MelcoRIP Output Queue 1 MelcoRIP Output Queue 2 etc Assuming you selected the correct ports when prompted during the installation you shouldn t need to touch the output queue configuration Note In the case of your printer MelcoRIP Output Queue 1 and MelcoRIP Output Queue 2 are created but pointed at the same output port It is possible however to add additional output queues for special purposes Below are two examples of how additional output queues might be used In the Managing Inputs section there is a tutorial that creates an input Print Manager entity hot folder setup for printing with hard wired print settings If you added a second printer for instance you would want to add an output queue that is pointed at the port to which it is connected Working with Output Queues To launch the Configure Output Queues dialog click the Outputs button on the MelcoRIP main dialog This dialog allows you to manage the jobs in the different queues as well as modify the queues themselves You can also add and delete queues Configure Output Queues Curer MelcoRIP Output Queues Output Queue Mame MalcoRIP Output Queue 2 cst Ne fs a Ed Qipi Queue Settings Hame The current output queues are listed in the sect
31. ayer is often referred to as an underbase Underbases can be solid or they can change depending on the top color If black is being printed there may be little reason to print solid white ink underneath it Using different styles of underbase will produce differing results on the color print 90 Graphics Programs Vector vs Rastor Almost all computer graphics files fall into one of two categories There are raster images which are composed of pixels in a grid and there are vector images that are created using paths Vector Art Vector files are math based art files and are sometimes referred to as line art This line art uses points and the paths between them to create an image Vector art is most often created with computer illustration programs or with computer aided drafting programs Al Because these files are composed of math based lines and shapes they are easily scaled up or down without any loss of quality Vector images can be scaled up or down without any loss of quality Raster Art Raster art files are created using small squares of color called pixels These pixels are placed in a specific grid pattern to create an image These files are usually created by scanners digital cameras and image editing software programs This type of file is best for more illustrative or photographic images If the design is scaled up the pixels in the image are also enlarged This can result in a loss of quality and a
32. blocky appearance to your image Because of this the resolution of the image directly correlates to the quality of the print 300 dpi or dots per inch will usually result in a good quality image 72 dpi while standard for images on the internet will usually produce less than desirable results when printed 91 MelcoRIP Manual Image Resolution Raster images are comprised of small squares or pixels The number of pixels making up an image help determine the sharpness of the image If there are too few pixels in an image the edges of shapes in the image will start to look jagged or grainy Resolution is often referred to as the number of units per inch The unit tends to change depending on the process For printing resolution is often referred to as dots per inch or dpi On a computer screen the resolution is measure in pixels per inch or ppi Higher resolution images appear as continuous color to the human eye At lower resolutions humans begin to detect the small squares A resolution that is ideal for printing is greater than or equal to 200 ppi at the final size 300 ppi is very common and works extremely well Consider an image with the dimensions of 1800 pixels by 1200 pixels If this image was set to be six inches wide there would be 300 pixels per inch If this image was scaled up to 12 inches wide those same pixels would be expanded to reach twice as far This would result in an image that had 150 pixels per inch At this re
33. by just issuing a restart from the output queue dialog or the Pages Being Printed queue NOTE This must be set in order for the Production Run feature to function 82 User Manual Deleting an Output Queue Care must be used when deleting an output queue If there are hot folder configurations using an output queue and this queue is deleted without first changing the hot folder configuration the hot folder mechanism will pick the first available output queue at print time instead The pages might end up going to the wrong port Before deleting an output queue be sure no hot folders are using it To delete an output queue just select it s name and click the Delete button Adding an output queue To add a new output queue click the Create New button The dialog will go into edit mode Select the name port and any advanced options you wish and click Apply NOTE When setting advanced options it is necessary to click Apply when exiting the Advanced menu and then again to save the new output queue 83 MelcoRIP Manual Advanced Settings Changing Print Density MelcoRIP has been factory profiled and calibrated to provide accurate color reproduction on the available medias It does however include a calibration feature which can be used to create the calibration files which change output density The density curves work on a per color basis To access the dialog to edit density curves select Edit Custom
34. ckground for this method to work i ey WS SUMAS The original artwork as viewed in a graphics program The transparent background is represented by a gray and white checkered background 5 Whe C Coke C Preview MV Grid Melco G3 Black Cotton 1440x720 Color On 1440x1440 White View Predefined Setting Prt Settings PrrterkPrrtAres 0123456 7 8 910111213141516 Wade lrk Contol Color Setings Anwok White Layer Generation Use Tiarepatency To Detect Backgrours 3 e 7 ae i ght Create ARS n BA AOS po BLUEJAYS A White ink under black mm 0 o I N 11 12 Black Harding 13 Black Detect Threshold 14 The White Layer is generated when the create button is clicked Any really dark or black pixels get the amount of underbase specified by the White ink under black slider View Predefined Settings C Whte C Con Preview V Gid Melco G3 Black Cotton 1440x720 Coke On 14401 440 White Print Settings Printer amp PrintAres White Irk Corirol Coke Settings Artwork 012345 6 7 8 910111213141516 Ne EE x fs Ly Create 6 e VAN pe White Layer Generation Use Transparency To Detect Backgrours a wn BDLUEJAE 3 10 11 ae 12 13 14 E Black H Black Detect Threshold F 6 Using the preview view button an approximation of the final product can be seen 46 User Manual Use Background Color A
35. d for viewing messages from the RIP engine Status information messages appear in the 24 User Manual window These messages are usually for information only If there is a problem printing a job missing font etc this window is invaluable for trouble shooting the problem To clear the contents of the window click the Clear button on the lower left of the dialog This will delete all status messages currently in the window Configuration The Inputs and Outputs buttons launch the MelcoRIP configuration dialogs for inputs Hot Folders Printer Entities etc and outputs Output Queues respectively These options are also present under the Configure menu option These are described in more detail in the Manage Inputs and Manage Outputs sections Control 4 The Tabs over the main dialog s large window control the function of this window This is where the queues can be manipulated when one of the queue tabs is activated To Delete a currently processing job click the Cancel Button in the upper right corner of the job information Queue Control MelcoRIP s job queue is divided into 3 sections Incoming Jobs Processed Jobs and Pages to Printer To view manipulate the different queue sections use the tabs above the main dialogs large window 25 MelcoRIP Manual Incoming Jobs Queue To view manipulate the incoming queue click the Incoming Jobs tab The incoming jobs queue is where jobs a
36. duction run click Cancel Production Aun from the Pages Being Printed dialog Selected Pages Local Job 1 white Local Job 2 color Number of Copies Start Production Run Cancel 32 User Manual The Export feature The export feature is designed to export layer files print files for later re printing To export a job select all the layers Same way as for a production run then right click on one of the selected items Select Export The first dialog that will appear is the standard Windows navigation dialog which will let you pick a folder to save the job to The second will let you enter a name for the job and some comments Once you click OK the layers will be saved to the file The file name will be the name you entered in the name box with any illegal characters changed to an underscore _ Export Pages E Enter Name for esport job E luelays Dark Shirts Comments 504078421 This was run on black cotton tees Cancel To print an archived job the Print Archived Job utility must be used You can find this utility in the MelcoRIP program group start programs MelcoRIP 33 MelcoRIP Manual Specify Settings There are several sections in MelcoRIP that enable you to specify job settings by clicking the Specify Settings button This action invokes a printer specific dialog which allows you to set resolution media color mode etc Most of these s
37. e Printer Entities tab of the Configure Inputs dialog If this dialog is not already open click the Inputs button on the main MelcoRIP dialog Configure Hot Folders Configure MelcoRIP Printer Entities Current MelcoRIP Printers Melco G3 Color 4 White Melco G3 Color Only 73 MelcoRIP Manual Current MelcoRIP Printers These are the currently defined MelcoRIP printer entities These can be seen in Start settings printers as well Edit When this button is clicked the setting options below will switch from read only mode to read write mode enabling you to change the settings When in edit mode this button will change to Cancel Edit To save any changes made during the edit session click OK or Apply Add Enables the creation of a new Printer Entity See adding an input tutorial in the next section Delete Deletes the selected printer entity When deleting a printer entity don t forget to delete the hot folder entry associated with it if one was created Output Folder This is where the selected printer entity will deposit its PostScript jobs when you print a job There must be a hot folder entry telling MelcoRIP to scan this folder Since this printer Application Path Part of the printing mechanism is to automatically launch MelcoRIP when a job is printed to one of the MelcoRIP printer entities This parameter tells the system the location of the application s executable fi
38. e deleted you will need to go to Server Properties In XP this is under the File menu In the Server Properties window click on the Drivers tab and delete any of the Melco printer or MelcoRIP queue drivers 22 Microseit PS Document i Send To Microseft OneNe y Snagh Prenter Keren ColorQube 2201 PS 10 Restart your computer Once this is completed closed all the windows and restart your computer Installation 23 MelcoRIP Application Main Control Dialog The MelcoRIP aka MelcoRIP Server application is launched automatically when a job is printed to one of the MelcoRIP printer entities It can also be launched by opening Start Programs MelcoRIP MelcoRIP The dialog consists of 3 sections Information Control and Configuration r A P Y e ee ee a e TH e ad A A PP e E ra Local Jo tl pr Fr Mat Pap Y AY 40 725 dpi on Blk Coon co Information A The top of the screen contains mostly information about the current job and the status of the RIP This information displays the Current job processing page resolution etc Below that progress bars fill as the job is processed In the lower section status messages are shown When the Status Messages tab is selected no queue viewing manipulation is possible In this mode the window is use
39. e user Jobs with pages still waiting to be printed will remain in the job queue indefinitely Delete completed documents after m Days la Hours jo Minutes 3 MelcoRIP Manual Printer amp Ink Configuration Found by under the Utilities menu the Printer amp Ink Configuration tab dialog allows for the adjustment of File Configure jf Utilites About Edit custom density curves Printer amp Ink Configuration Step amp Repeat e Printer s ink configuration Dual CMYK CMYK W etc e Ink Cost Per Liter used by the ink cost calculator e Ink Channel Levels Density Adjust e Ink Location Custom Ink Configuration e Adjustment of Choke ls Status Messages incoming Jabs Processed Jobs F Status l neal ich cards eed mer Las air Ink Configuration Tab This dialog allows for the specification of the per liter e ink cost the ink channel density adjustment the ink Printer amp Template Select rk Configuration Choke 8 Feed Adustment channel configuration and the custom channel m sane a configuration if selected o Density Adjust m Ugit Cyan 299 Magenta 299 A These controls allow the user to turn down the overall tan po oo density of a certain color This differs from Custom SA mt Density Calibration in that this density calibration White isp roo fioo fr00 fioo fio adjusts the endpoint and proportional lowers all EA levels If using a custom density curve
40. eement Choosing to decline will result in exiting the installation wizard Installation MelcoRIP Setup License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement Permitted Number af Computers Server Software Une 1 Client Software Unlimited IPROOF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement IF you choose Ho the setup will close To install MelcoR IP you must accept this agreement Complete Customer Information for future validation Return to Top Type in your name company name and Serial Product Code number The Product Code number can be found on the cover of the CD Case If you cannot locate your product code you can continue the registration process by entering EVALUATION in this field If you cannot locate your product code email service melco com for assistance Click NEXT MelcoRIP Manual MelcoRIP Setup Customer Information Please enter your information Please enter pour product code If you do not have a product code or if this is an update or re load enter EVALUATION as the product code User Name ohn Johnson Company Name M elco Serial Number EVALUATION Back Cancel 6 Select Print Drivers and your Printer Type Return to Top All of the appropriate Print Dri
41. em RGB The additive color system works with projected light Computer monitors and televisions use this model Light comes from the screen and is viewed by people directly with nothing reflecting the light The primary colors of the additive system are Red Green and Blue When mixed red and green create yellow green and blue create cyan and blue and red create magenta When all three primaries are combined white light is created Black is produced by the absence of any light Computer monitors use use tiny dots of red green and blue light to create all of the colors seen on screen By varying the intensity of each dot of light a wide range of colors can be produced Subtractive Color System CMY Objects that do not emit light create color by absorbing some colors of the light falling on the object and reflecting rest of the colors back to the viewer Because these objects absorb or subtract color from white light this process is called subtractive color A blade of grass outside does not project green light It projects no light at all Instead the white light from the sun hits the grass The grass absorbs varying amounts of the other colors of light but it reflects back green That is how the grass is perceived as green The primary colors of the subtractive color system are cyan magenta and yellow By combining these colors in varying degrees a large number of colors can be reproduced This is process used by printers m
42. em is that since it will only put white under any colored pixel it will not put any white where the clouds are and in some areas of the hat The user could put 1 yellow or cyan in all these areas and it would work fine but for the purposes of this demonstration the underbase will be created and then edited to be appropriate Y 94 User Manual Miey Predefined Selings whee C Coa C WhieHL Preview W Gid Melco G3 Black Cotton 1440720 Colos On 14401 44 white Pont Selling Printer amp Primi Ares WTrrTrrrrrrrTrrT White Ink Control i Cale Set Aibak 012345 6 7 6 910111213141516 angi Aok White Layer Generation o Ee saksa danaa 100 White under any cokeed pizel T m o o l a y a i ons l o Sy ye Fr Create ps ake y Density A ES Noma ii Contuast Whita ir under blsck l 0 a ti ee et a ee 1 w et Bleck Harding Topp beer pore a do Black Detect Theshold When previewed the lack of white ink under the bird s chest and face is evident To remedy this the white layer can be exported and edited in an image editing software Export White Channel Export White Highlights Channel IS Export Color Channel E ll f i j Tij l i 1011121314 AEREA a ee i o To export the white layer for editing click on Export gt Export White Channel b a PLUEJAYS BLUEJAYS The exported channel can then be corrected in an image editing software
43. er One of the great features of MelcoRIP is the ability to export the automatically generated white layer edit it and import it back in To illustrate a scenario the blue jay has been used In this example the white of the birds chest is pure white When saved like this this file does not have any means for the automatic white routine to detect where the white should be so some areas that should receive white will not The original artwork as viewed in a graphics program The background is a solid pure white as is the white of the bird s chest and face View Predefined Settings 5 White C Coke C WhteHL Preview IV Gid Melco G3 Black Cotton 1440x720 Color On 1440x1440 Whine Pant Settings Printer amp Print Area PTT TTT EUTTTTT White Ink Cortrol Color Setting Aitwrork 01234567 8 910111213141516 ColuSetinge Artwork 1 D a White Layer Generation an 100 White under ary cokeed pevel l 3 o 4 Create Szi 13 Density on Normal ft Cortrast BLUEJAYS oe 11 12 Black Harding Black Detect Threthold 13 14 Sx Since it does not have a background we cannot use the Use Background method Since it does not have a transparent background we cannot use the Use Transparency method Also because it is not a rectangular image we cannot use the Underbase Entire Image That leaves 100 white under any colored pixel The probl
44. es To Create Melcolet Color amp White Melcolet Color Only Melcalet G2 Color amp White Melcalet G2 Color Onl Melco G3 Color amp White Melco 63 Color Only 12 9 Installation Create your Print Queues Part 2 Return to Top You will notice that a series of windows like the ones listed below will pop up for each printer configuration you selected up to this point Please click the Yes or the OK button for each window 7 MelcoRIP Print Manager Setup Printer Melco G3 Color amp White already exists Do you wish bo update the driver Yes Po MelcoRIP Print Manager E Melco 63 Color amp White Installed 10 Select Printer Ports Return to Top 11 If you have already installed the Epson Printer Driver on your computer the correct port may already be highlighted If not select the correct port and click Continue Note you will do this for each printer you selected in step 6 Select output port for MekoG3 E Select the physical port each printer LA MmMelcoRIPHotPoldersMELCOJET Gob ps LA MelcoRIPHotPoldersAMELCO_ Gob ps LA MelcoRlPHotPoldersMELCO_ G344Job ps C ProgramD atas TechSmithsnaglt 8 PrnterPortFile LOM LOM LOM LOM4 Desktop pdf Documents pdf FILE Restart your computer Return to Top 13 MelcoRIP Manual You will need to restart your computer before you can use the MelcoRIP software MelcoRIP
45. estination for installation Create your Print Queues Part 1 Create your Print Queues Part 2 10 Select Printer Ports 11 Restart your computer SD APA A a Installation 1 Insert the MelcoRIP CD into your CD drive Return to Top You may see the following screen MelcoRIP 7 44 Before continuing please uninstall any current version of MelcoRIP Before installing please close all applications Cancel Installation If you see the above be sure that any previous versions of MelcoRIP have been removed before continuing You can do this from the Windows control panel under Add Remove programs or you can click OK and uninstall using the uninstall wizard If you use the uninstall wizard you may need to restart the installation process after you have successfully uninstalled any old version of the program 2 Click on Install Remove Repair Return to Top Install Remove Repair MelcoRIP ja 3 Start the Installation Wizard Return to Top The following screen will show up and you will need to click on the Next button to launch the Install Wizard for MelcoRIP Click NEXT MelcoRIP Manual se a dal Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for MelcoRIP The Install5helde Wizard will install MelcoRIP on your computer To continue click Next Cancel 4 Agree to the License Agreement Return to Top In order to install MelcoRIP on your computer you will have to agree to the license agr
46. ettings are the same as the settings available at print time because they are in the PPDs Whether you are configuring a hot folder re processing a job or manually inserting a Job in the queue this procedure will be the same Print Quality Tab The options in this section usually pertain to resolution and other print quality related settings as well as white ink settings Print Quality Color Paper 34 User Manual Color Tab Melco G3 Setup LK Color Mode Print Quality Color Paper Spot colors In MelcoRIP Color Mode is locked into Color mode 3 A Spot Colors Edt Define Spot Colors This section lets you specify the use of the True Spot feature This feature recognizes named spot color in a job and applies a proprietary function to make the spot color appear as close as possible to it s true color Edit Define Spot Colors This button displays the spot color configuration dialog which will let the user define spot color definitions This is sometimes necessary as PostScript separation files don t always contain the definition of a spot color This can also be used to override a spot color with a certain name The Spot Color Configuration dialog allows the addition deletion and modification of user defined spot colors in CMYK RGB or Lab color spaces Simply select the color space you wish to work in by clicking one of the radio buttons on the upper right This will display all user defined
47. ger in file size Pros Versatile file with large range of colors ability for levels of transparency Cons Pros Small file size Good for flat color and text Cons Only on level of transparency Smaller range of colors requires dithering to create illusion of more colors Lower quality images Pros Slightly more universal vector format Cons Can be larger file size Pros Vector format that can contain layers and text elements Cons Can be software specific Pros High quality with layers and text and some vector capabilities Cons Software specific file and large size
48. hat will always print the same way regardless of the print settings the user specified when he she printed the job This will also leave us with a hot folder where you can deposit virtually any PostScript or PDF file and have it print with our hard wired settings Create the Hot Folder The first step is to create the hot folder We like to keep all the hot folders in the MelcoRIPHotFolders folder This is just to keep things organized A hot folder can be anywhere on the server system the machine running MelcoRIP or even on the network Open the configure inputs dialog by clicking the Inputs button on the main dialog Click Add the Choose Hot Folder dialog will appear Hot Folder Setup Hot Folders Extensions to detect CMelcoRIPHotFolders MELCO G3 Add C MelcoR PHot Folders MELCO GIA FRN PDF Remove Add N Remove Advanced You will notice that the dialog comes up by default to the MelcoRIPHotFolders folder A new folder can be created using the Make New Folder button In this case it will be labeled MELCO_ G3 BCHW Type that in the folder name field when it is highlighted _ gt Browse For Folder de Intel de Manuals and Documentation de MelcoRiP a MelcoRlPHotFolders de MELCO_63 de MELCO_63_BCHW d MELCO 632 de Microsoft Components ah MSOCache de Perflogs ee e Click OK The folder is created and added to the hot folders list H
49. he final product can be seen User Manual Use Only White Ink A This method is used for printing only white ink A white logo or white text on a dark shirt for instance Simply import a file and it will be converted to monochrome and rendered using only white ink The original artwork as viewed in a graphics program It is completely done in grayscale and the background is a solid pure white Views p Predefined Settings white C Coe C be H Preview T Gid Melko G3 Black Coton 1440720 Color On 144001 440 White TITO ti 0123456708 910111213141516 s Color Settings Awak White Layer Generation Use Unik White Ink a p i Denity Nomai i Contrast White mk under black ee 0 Black Harding Black Detect Thiechold Fp The White Layer is generated when the create button is clicked With Use Only White Ink selected clicking Create will also remove the color layer completely View p Predefined Settings Cota C Cow Ou HL Preview 7 Gid Melo 63 Black Cotton 1440x720 Color On 14401440 White PontSeting PinterkPimiArea White Ink Corivol Coke Settings Artwerk White Layer Generation Use Dni White Ink gt r E Density E Hommel ii Corta Wihite mk under black 0 Black Harding Black Detect Threshold F sx Using the preview view button an approximation of the final product can be seen 93 MelcoRIP Manual Touching Up the White Ink Lay
50. he install wizard to finish installation of files The installation wizard will now install all of the necessary drivers As long as your printer is connected to your computer during installation of the drivers the install wizard will automatically assign the printer port for your Melco printer Installing Printer Driver Printer Driver Useras Guide Do mol qu installation or star oer appicadons while ingtallaton Es in progress 7 Connect the printer to the computer A window will pop up explaining that the printer needs to be on and connected Turn on the printer The program will search for the printer and automatically configure the port MelcoRIP Manual AA Make sure the printer is tumed on and connected to your computer via the USB cable The program will search for the F you want to pees etn eee eee or if your printer is connected via a network click Manual Cancel 8 Printer port set by Install Wizard Once setup has finished it will tell you what port your Melco printer is printing from It is not necessary to write this information down as it can be found under the properties for the printer in your printer and faxes window on your computer Printer driver installation and port contiqur ation were completed succes stully Installation MelcoRIP Minimum Requirements The minimum Windows system requirements are e One of the following Operating Systems e Microsoft Windows XP 32 bit Professi
51. hen used by itself cannot use black ink or the black background would print also If using black ink is desired use in conjunction with Capture Black layer type Key Items With This Layer e You must have a graphic with a black background in order to print using this layer e This layer is similar to White Ink Mask Soft as it respects the grayscale weight of the color pixel when printing the white underbase e This layer will print both the white underbase and color layer for you e This white layer will not print the black in the graphic You must send the Capture Black layer first to do this e This layer is recommended when printing graphics that fade out to the edges White Highlight Layer 4 There are three ways that a user can print white highlights during the color pass White Mask Only White Highlight Threshold and Manual White Highlight layer It will support any color and turn it into white but for best results the image should be grayscale This layer type allows you to specify verbatim the image which will print in white ink during the color pass This is independent of any white underbase layers As with the white base mechanisms the white highlight has automatic and manual modes The White Mask Only automatic mode will print a white ink highlight only where a 100 white ink pixel is visible on the color layer Additionally the user can also set a threshold and any part of the image that contains from 1 to
52. iew a queue s jobs double click the queue name or select the queue by clicking on it s name and click the Jobs button 52 SMB 177 57 MB The jobs dialog will appear While in this dialog you can manipulate all pages currently in the selected output queue You can delete pause resume restart any number of pages or you can purge the entire queue by clicking delete all Simply select the pages you wish to act upon and click the proper button Changing an output queue s destination port To change the physical port to which an output queue sends jobs select the queue by clicking on its name then click the Edit button The dialog will enter edit mode and you can them make changes to it s configuration select the new port in the ports list and click Apply 81 MelcoRIP Manual Advanced Settings The advanced settings dialog allows you to set some of the same attributes that you can set in Windows without having to open start printers etc To change ect the advanced settings select the queue and click the Priority E Edit button The dialog will enter edit mode Click the Driver MelcoG3Corkwhie i Advanced button Metco RIP Output Queue Spooler Settings f Spool print documents to disk Start printing after page is spooled Priority Stat printing immediately a El Print directly to the printer This will assign a default priority to the output queue This
53. igate to the underbase file created in a graphics program Click Open Y MelcoRIP Manual Viva Predefined Setting White C Coa Preview W Grid Melco G3 Black Cotton 140x720 Coke On 144001 de a hte rrr A LA 08 LOA LL Pont Setting PrnteriPrntArs L j A j j 1 E 0123 456 7 8 910111213141516 White Ink Control Cole Settings Artwork O O White Layer Generabon Impl Inn ibas ah on Create y Density e Homsi 4 BLUEJAYS A El e Mr Ml ar Whita ink under black a O Mm i 0 10 11 FE Black Harding Black Detect Thiethold 14 The manually created underbase will be brought into the Create Job window If the pixel dimensions 92 are identical to the color layer the underbase will line up Vw Predefined Seting C White C Coa C Preview MF Grid Melo G3 Black Cotion 1440x720 Color On 144001 440 White 0 Print Settings Printer amp Print Area 01234567 8 910111213141516 write Ink Cortol Coke Settings Artwerk 3 FEA os Sata a Impl Inon fe pepe ke tes E Hi ies J 5 p Lau a a 4 bar Density e an ad rF peade eae Hamal A Corta O DBEUESAE S Wie ink uncer black pa A sel bended e AO AAA E aan fe nee Ja scar eat si ge bed ae eee Se ee eter ete Sa Black Handing Hite piel petit Black Detect Thiechold ES Using the preview view button an approximation of t
54. igital image files have a channel for each of the primary colors that make it up For RGB images there is a channel for Red Green and Blue For CMYK images there are channels for Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black Key Each of these channels contains information on how much of each color is needed to create a specific color in the image Adding an alpha channel allows the file to contain information on how transparent an area is Alpha Channel The alpha channel can control the transparency of a color Some image formats can even vary the amount of transparency The alpha channel can blend from opaque to transparent The most common file types that support transparency alpha are e TIFF e PNG e GIF no transitions e PSD Photoshop Uses for Transparency Transparent background images become especially useful when printing on a colored product Printing an image with a solid background can result in printing a block of color around the image Using a transparent background can eliminate that block although some RIP software have the ability to remove solid backgrounds without editing the image Different Levels of Support Not all file formats treat transparent alpha channels equally Files like TIF PNG and PSD allow for different levels of transparency GIF files only support 0 or 100 transparency There is nothing in between Pixels are either completely transparent or completely opaque If the image has an are
55. ing White Ink Control t ero Artua a White Layer Generation Use Transparency To Detect Backgrouri v H Create i Density HL FE Contrast Normal J White ink under black 0 Black Handling Black Detect Threshold E 96 V Remove Black Ink Import Black Channel Auto White Highlight 100 Create White Highlights Import White Highlights Under some circumstances it might be desirable to print white ink under black ink normally white ink is not printed under black This slider allows you to specify how much white ink to place under black ink Normally this will stay at zero Black Handling The black detect threshold allows for adjusting the sensitivity of what level of saturation a composite color is considered black This slider does essentially the same as the slider in the Printer amp Ink Configuration dialog except in the print from workflow each graphic can use a different black detect threshold The Remove Black Ink checkbox will remove black or very dark colors from the color layer of an image when the underbase is created This may work well when printing on a black product but black ink may be necessary on other colors If black ink is removed by mistake simply uncheck the box and create the white underbase again Import Black Channel may also be used to import your own black channel The graphics geometry of the file must match the color layer resolution size h
56. ing mechanism This mechanism allows white ink to be printed from every day applications like Photoshop and Corel Draw with minimal work and learning curve There is no need to learn complicated external programs to separate channels and what not White Ink Printing White ink printing has many nuances It would be impossible to document all possible artwork scenarios We can show you how the features work and let your imagination handle the rest There is more to the white printing process when it comes to materials There is pre treatment of the fabric as well as curing after printing These topics are beyond the scope of this manual which is intended to help the user understand and use MelcoRIP 66 User Manual Layer Types Color Layer A This is the layer you will choose when you are printing just CMYK ink i e no white ink No white ink is used and no processing or examination of the data takes place other than the usual color management and printer specific formatting This means that it will place 100 of a color pixel down on the shirt You will use the Color Layer option in conjunction with other White Ink layer printing options as well White Ink Mask Soft White Ink Mask Hard White Highlight Layer The Color Layer option is the key that will allow these white ink layers to begin printing Until a Color Layer is sent the white ink layers will just sit in the Output Queue waiting to be printed Key Items With This Layer
57. ion labeled Current MelcoRIP Output Queues The name status port and number of jobs currently in the queue are plainly displayed Below the list of queues are the control buttons which let you control and edit the different output queues Controlling the output queue and its jobs From this dialog you can pause and resume an output queue You can also open the queue and list the jobs that are in a queue and pause resume restart delete individual pages You can do this from the Pages Being Printed tab in the main MelcoRIP dialog but this dialog is more direct as you can list the pages in a particular output queue as the Pages Being Printed displays all pages being printed in all queues For example if you wanted to purge all pages from only from MelcoRIP Output Queue 1 it is much easier to do it from here 80 User Manual Pausing amp Resuming output queues TO pause or resume an output queue select the queue by clicking its name in the list then click the Pause or Resume buttons If the queue is paused the only the Resume button will be enabled If the queue is not paused only the Pause button will be enabled Keep in mind that when you pause a queue it will not send any additional pages but if there s a page already printing it will continue to print until its completion To pause the printing page you must pause the page itself Managing a queue s jobs pages To v
58. isi osu Pri DOVES PL TM This window shows a thumbnail preview of the page as well as other useful information If the page opened is a white layer it will be displayed with the image in white on a black background The white image displayed is an approximation only not to be used as an exact preview Loraldob 1 108 1440 per 11 007 a 20007 Meinl haka 113 MacoRIF Dusu Qe Parie JS SPL BLUEJAYS ae Pace Pesas Failas Deisis Cancelling a page To cancel a page that s currently printing or to delete a page before it prints select the page s and click the Delete button Alternately you can select the pages right click and select Delete from the popup menu You can also delete the page by opening the Page Information dialog double click on the page and click the Delete button 31 MelcoRIP Manual Re starting a page To restart a page or range of pages select the pages by highlighting them and click the Restart button This will cause pages to begin printing from the beginning This is handy for paper jams out of ink and other such events that may keep a page from printing successfully As with the delete option you may also use the right click method or the Page Information dialog method to do this Pausing Resuming page printing To pause or restart a page or range of pages select the pages by highlighting them and click the Pause Resume button This will the pause status of the selected pages t
59. ith four color process printing the color of the surface can play a large part e ls an underbase required 3 Vector vs Raster e Can the graphic be scaled without loss of quality 4 Image Resolution e ls the image resolution sufficient for a quality print 5 Image Transparency e Does the image have a transparent background e Does it even need one 6 File Format e Will the file format being used support the features of the graphic Each of these will be discussed in the following sections 86 Graphics Programs Color Modes CMYK RGB With color there are two main systems These systems are the light or additive color system and the pigment or subtractive color system Computer screens use the additive color system They use projected light to create colors Printers use pigment or the subtractive system to create colors Many of the discrepancies noticed from an image on screen and that same image printed on paper or a shirt can be explained and in many cases avoided by understanding these two systems What Color Really Is Visible light is the very small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that most humans can see It is composed of energy waves of different lengths As these wavelengths very different colors of light is perceived White light like sunlight actually contains many colors If viewed through a prism or more commonly a few raindrops those colors are separated and can be viewed as a rainbow Additive Color Syst
60. kground using Capture Black as the layer type then print using Color Layer Auto Mask black bkgnd normally Key Items With This Layer e This layer only prints the Black K channel not other colors e This layer will not be ready to print until your send the corresponding Color Layer Auto Mask Black Bkgrnd layer 71 MelcoRIP Manual Managing Inputs MelcoRIP is designed to accept input from multiple sources Hot folders being the primary way in which jobs are received The printing mechanism including hot folder printer entities etc is automatically set up at install time The user does not have to configure any of this to print normally It is possible however to customize the inputs for particular needs When MelcoRIP server is installed a hot folder and a Windows printer is created for each output device that is installed These are referred to as Printer Entities by MelcoRIP These three Windows printers printer entities will in turn deposit PostScript files in three different hot folders when they are printed to These four hot folders are scanned periodically by the MelcoRIP software This section will cover how to manage hot folders and printer entities At the end of this section all the information will be combined in a tutorial for adding an input hot folder and printer entity for your printer which is hard wired to print on Black Cotton with Fine quality setting and Medium underbase
61. l appear Configuring Output Settings for a Job The Configure Output dialog is common to all sections of MelcoRIP which require configuration of the target device and settings of print jobs This dialog is used when configuring hot folders changing the settings of a queued job or reprocessing a job already processed Job Selling i Intended Output mine This is the output device the the job s will be printed to All printers gt and other output devices selected at install time will be displayed Aera cae here Be sure to select the proper output queue in the Output To drop down list to insure the data is sent to the right output port Output To Drop down In this drop down you can select the proper output queue Output queues are created at install time or manually by the user The output queue is simply a printer entity which is used for MelcoRIP to send data to the printer The output queue you select should be outputting to the port that the selected printer is connected to To view configure the output queues click the Outputs button on the main MelcoRIP dialog window Job Priority Slider The priority slide control allows you to set the priority of the job s The range is 1 thru 99 just like Windows where 1 is lowest and 99 is highest priority You can slide the handle on the slide control to change the priority or enter the priority number desired in the text box to the right Use
62. le The reason this is selectable is because it is theoretically possible to have more than one version of MelcoRIP loaded and this would enable different printer entities to launch different versions This is a very advanced setup though and should not be attempted by the faint of heart Normally this should be left at the default which is the path to the MelcoRIP executable launchinit exe App To Launch This is the executable that will be automatically launched when a job is printed to one of the MelcoRIP printer entities It will launch this app from the Application Path Driver PPD The driver selected here is the driver that will be used by the printer entity You MUST use one of the MelcoRIP drivers and it must match the destination printer The PPD box will always be read only and automatically updated as the driver selection changes 74 User Manual Adding a Printer Entity and Hot Folder Tutorial The previous 2 sections describes the operation of the Hot Folder Configuration and the Printer Entity Configuration dialogs This section will walk you through the creation of a printer entity hot folder to help you understand how they work together Lets say we want to add a printer entity that when printed to outputs with settings hard wired to Black Cotton Fine Color Quality and Relatively Heavy White We ll call this printer entity BCottonHeavyWhite The object in this scenario is to have a printer entity t
63. lorer delete any MelcoRIP folders If given the default location on installation they will be found on Local disk C Delete MelcoRIP and MelcoRIP Hot Folder Navigate back to your control panel Go back into the Control Panel the window that is minimized and click on the icon for Printers amp Faxes In Windows 7 amp 8 this is called Devices and Printers 21 MelcoRIP Manual dra your computers setos Yr Arter Conii EF Atrae Tai ag AO any e Hacia amd Roe Color Kiini g Credential Ara poy Dais and Tene pb Default Programs EN Dell Cieni System Update Desitop Gadgets aj Dewce Pret hey AAMT Depe Ease of Access Center Push Player 12 b FT older Optom Fonti Getting Started j HomeGroup eee Indexing Options J i Internet pbions Far dE gt Keyboard E PLT heebwork and Sharing Cerner i as ag Location and Cth E hial 22 Em ie 8 Delete printers and print queues You will now need to delete all of the Melco printers and any MelcoRIP queues you may have created In Windows 7 this must be done by right clicking on an individual printer or queue and selecting Remove Device From Devices Printers right click on the Epson 3880 or 4880 printer and delete MelcoRIP Output Queues 1 and 2 under Delete Print Queue Aida Gece mad a pron i RAE eg Pel ete Heepin a ir aN Mu TEE dBi VID MOETE Aru mF A Lp T 9 Remove Melco print drivers Once the MelcoRIP Printers ar
64. n ReProcess Job This section displays the pages in the job clicking on the individual page number will cause a sub sampled preview of the page to be displayed in the preview window Preview Window This window displays the selected page or color plate Re Process Job Clicking this button will enable you to re process the entire job with different settings or to a different output device if desired If there are pages currently printing they will be deleted 29 MelcoRIP Manual Pages To Printer Queue aka Page Queue To view manipulate the page queue click the Pages to Printer tab Local Job rampie piitpp If 7 colo Preting iE In this view you may see multiple entries per job as each job may contain more than one page This queue allows you to control the job output on a per page basis The job information displayed in this queue is Job Name Page Status ready printing printed error spooling Destination printer output queue Owner Size of raw printer data in bytes and time submitted You may have to use the bottom scroll bar to see the last few columns The buttons at the bottom of the window are now Pause Resume Cance and Restart 30 User Manual Viewing Page Info To view information about a page double click on the desired item in the Job column The Page Information dialog will display b Locaidob F 108 HD pe 111 000 a 200007 Met Hako 513 y Bee Di
65. nge in later Windows versions button Adjust your computers settings ee Disco Gi Drim ary E Folder Hae ad Merrie ha Avan 2 Ee oteicetion reas looms pa Phone acd Modem a Quick Tere 32 451 i Hegion ar Language E Dive Maruja a Erit el Acces Center h Furia ae lidera Cipsa eee P Paura Pertorrance Informar and Tools Y Power Opa Fr Realtek HD Audio Manager ka Recorwery Le SemoteApp a Dio Comechora Y Denon a a Pore Flash Player 37 11 Gening Started e Internet Cipa Ex Location and Oihe Seniori Metwork and Sharing Center Personakrabio Mal Programa ang Features P Sord 4 Uninstall MelcoRIP using the uninstall wizard The MelcoRIP setup window may come up and you will need to click on the Remove radial button Then click the Next button Finally click on the Finish button when the uninstall wizard is done Installation MelcoRIP Setup Welcome Modify repair or remove the program Welcome to the MelcoRIP Setup Maintenance program This program lets you modify the current installation Click one of the options below Select new program components to add or select currently installed components to remove Reinstall all program components installed by the previous setup f Remove E Remove all installed components A aaa cos Restart the computer Delete any MelcoRIP folders Using Windows Exp
66. nu Bar e File Import graphics save job e Settings Save export and import preset settings e Export Export the white color or white highlight layers View Allows for switching between the color white white highlight and preview views This is helpful when choosing your print and white ink settings Predefined Settings Allows for selecting the predefined settings Template Area User Manual Ctrl P X Ctrl 0 Print Settings Printer amp Print Area White Ink Corttol Color Settings Astroh Position Upper Left Comes x Y ee Center Horizontal Canter Vertical l Constrain Proportions Rotation Retste 90 Deg COW Rotate 90 Deg CW Rotate Special Set Material Coke lor y Eee _ Coe ox Depicts the platen area The area changes size according to the selected platen size Artwork Tab Artwork positioning and rotating controls Printer amp Print Area Settings for printer selection platen size and output queue Print Settings Resolution print direction white density etc Color Settings Color Density ICC selection White Ink Control All white ink related settings and controls 39 MelcoRIP Manual Printer amp Print Area Tab Printer In setups where multiple printer models are installed you can select the target printer type from this drop down Output To Selects the output queue to use In multi printer installa
67. o Normal quality settings Layer Wines Color Lay Color Passes 1 White Passes 1 Output Profile Auto Select p CMYK Source Profile RIP Default MelcoRIP has its own color management and ICM support Media Type White Cotton built in Leave the default settings in these two options as oe i a a rue Spot Colors No they will not have any effect They are visible only because Print Direction Bidirectional i i i White Ink Resolution 1440720 dpi they are part of the Windows PostScript driver The 2 apo settings for color management are described below under Auto White Highlight ThreshHold Off RGB Source Profile CMYK Source Profile and Output se Profile which allow much more control and ability for color z management ok J Cancel Scaling Enlargement reduction percent desired for your output A settings of 50 would result in a printout of the document that s half the original size Color Appearance This option will define the color mode of the output The settings are Photo Normal Used for most work this mode will render the most accurate color possible Vivid Darker This mode yields a little more saturation and deeper colors Used for some line art text and logos Layer Type This setting tells MelcoRIP how to treat the job Since the Melco garment printers for instance are capable of printing multiple images on the same unit of substrate like a t shirt for instance the image can be made of multi
68. o toggle If they were paused they will resume and vice versa As with the delete option you may also use the right click method or the Page Information dialog method to do this Production Run The Production Run feature is designed to print multiple copies of a job This is the recommended way to print multiple t shirts or whatever First make sure you select all the layers that comprise the job If there are multiple white layers there will be multiple white layer files etc To select more than one layer use the normal Windows method of multiple selections using the shift key and or the Ctrl key Once the files have been selected you can either click the Production Run button or r right click one of the selections and select Production Run from the drop down menu that appears Status Messages Incoming Jobs ProcessedJobs Pages to Printer Pause Resume Cancel Restart Preview Composite Production Run Export To start a production run simply enter the number of copies you wish MelcoRIP will cycle through the layer files of the job restarting them as they print This approach saves disk space by not having to re create each layer it sends to the printer If the production run feature is activated while a production run is in progress the current run will be cancelled This will initiate a print cycle which will repeated send the selected jobs to the printer To cancel the pro
69. o view manipulate the processed jobs queue click the Processed Jobs tab Local dich semple_printing This view will allow the user to view and manipulate jobs which have been processed and have not yet expired expiration time is set in the Configure MelcoRIP option under the Configuration menu item Deleting Processed Jobs To delete a job or range of jobs simply select the desired jobs by clicking on their job names and click the Delete button or right click on the job name and select Delete from the popup menu options Reprinting a Processed Job To reprint a job select the desired job by clicking on their job names and click the Reprint button or right click on the job name and select Reprint from the popup menu options 28 User Manual Rasterized Job Window Accessed by double clicking on a job in the Processed Jobs Pta A Queue or by clicking on the Reprint button with a job selected a a ame sampie_print jpg View Job Setti the Rasterized Job window list settings from the print job as LAA _View Job Seting well as functions for reprinting the job Destination Ma U Job Info Layers click to view Page Size 1188 x 1692 pts 16 50 x 23 50 folfst 0 25 Layer This section displays the job name creator and destination device View Job Settings Clicking this button will let you view but not change the settings that were used to process the job Pages Sectio
70. onal or Home with Service Pack 2 or higher e Windows 7 32 bit or 64 bit Home Premium Professional Ultimate e Windows 8 32 bit or 64 bit e 1 gigahertz GHz or faster 32 bit x86 or 64 bit x64 processor e Free Hard Drive Space 2GB plus additional room for embroidery designs as needed e 1 gigabyte GB RAM 32 bit or 2 GB RAM 64 bit e Video Card 128MB with 1280 x 1024 resolution e Windows 7 VistaWindows Experience Index 3 0 or higher e 17 or larger monitor recommended e Optional Dual video monitors preferably in wide screen format e DVD Reader Melco software is distributed on DVD e Mouse e Connection to the Internet for validation of software MelcoRIP Manual MelcoRIP Installation Before Installation e Note You will need to have your printer setup and connected to your computer before installation of the Epson driver or MelcoRIP Please see the user manual for the initial setup of your printer e NOTE You need to install the Epson print driver that comes with your printer before you install MelcoRIP Otherwise you will have to manually set the ports for the MelcoRIP Output Queue 1 amp 2 Epson print driver installation instructions Overview Insert CD into the CD DVD drive of your computer Click on Install Remove Repair Start the install wizard Agree to license agreement Complete Customer Information for future validation Select Print Drivers and your Printer Type Select Program Folder d
71. ook like this 76 User Manual Create the printer entity Now that we have the hot folder configured lets create a print manager entity which when printed to will deposit PostScript files into this newly created folder If not already opened open the Configure Inputs dialog by clicking the Inputs button on the main dialog Click the Configure MelcoRIP Printer Entities tab The dialog will appear gt A A wake 4 x Configure Hot Folders Configure MelcoRIP Printer Entes Curent MelcoR IP Printers Meico G3 Color amp White Click Add A dialog will appear asking you for the name of the new printer entity Type Melco G3 Black Cotton without the quotes and click OK New Printer Entity Name Enter the name of the printer entity you wish to create Melca G3 Black Cotton The new entity name will be added to the list and you will be returned to the Configure MelcoRIP Printer Entities in edit mode You will notice that the button formerly named Add now reads Cancel Add you can click this button at any time to cancel the add operation Configure Hot Folders Configure MelcoRIP Printer Entities Current MelcoRIP Printers Malco G3 Color 4 White T MelcoRIP Manual Go to the Output Folder section and click on the button to navigate to our hot folder di Manuals and Documentation d MelcoPlP a MelcoRlPHotFolders de MELCO_G3 de MELCO_G3_BCHW
72. or or Color amp White ink The installer also adds 4 printer entities to your Windows Printers folder One for printing to MelcoRIP when configured to print with double color and one for printing to MelcoRIP when configured with color and white ink If your printer will never change ink configurations ie you will always run with white ink you can delete the Windows printer called Melco G3 Color Only This will prevent you from accidentally printing to the wrong print queue Likewise if your printer will always be running dual ink you can delete the printer called Melco G3 Color amp White The installer also creates two output queues which MelcoRIP uses to communicate with the printer These queues are named MelcoRIP Output Queue 1 and MelcoRIP Output Queue 2 The first Output Queue 1 is used when MelcoRIP is configured for white ink mode The second for dual ink Like before if you will only be using one ink configuration you can delete the unused output queue DO NOT print directly to these queues from your application The output queues are only present on the system which is running the MelcoRIP sever software These queues will not be visible by remote users printing to the server MelcoRIP uses the standard Windows PostScript driver version 5 to create the PostScript jobs therefore the print dialog will be pretty much the same as you would see when printing to any PostScript device from Windows
73. orizontal and vertical pixels etc Auto White Highlight The density slider in the white highlight applies to the density of the highlight whether auto created or manually imported This is NOT the same as the threshold for the automatically generated white highlight in the print to workflow When the Create White Highlight button is clicked the software will create a white highlight layer from all the areas where there is only white and no color The Import White Highlight button allows for importing an artwork file to be used as the white highlight layer The graphics geometry of the file must match the color layer resolution size horizontal and vertical pixels etc 45 MelcoRIP Manual White Layer Generation It is important to understand that for a computer to automatically generate a white layer it must have a way to identify which pixels should have white white and color or no ink at all Melco RIP has several automatic and manual white generation features that should cover most artwork scenarios It is important to know how they work so that the proper method can be employed for a particular graphic This section will show some samples that can be used as a guide along with an explanation of each method Use Transparency To Detect Background A Probably the most versatile method This method as the name suggests uses the transparent background of an image to generate the white The image MUST have a transparent ba
74. ot Folder Setup Hot Folders Extensions to detect C MelcoRiPHotPolders MELC GA Add Celco RIP HotFolders MELOO 32 PRN Hd 19 MelcoRIP Manual With the new folder selected let s set the output options First set the target output device in this case the Melco G3 In the Intended Output section select the Melco G3 as the printer and the appropriate output queue In this case MelcoRIP Output Queue 1 which is pointed at the port the Melco G3 is connected to If you want to assign a higher priority to the jobs that arrive in this hot folder you may change that now by using the Job Priority settings Since we want all jobs that are processed from this hot folder to have the same settings we re going to un check the Use settings specified at print time and define our own settings When you un check this box the Specify Settings button becomes enabled Click the Specify Settings button The printer setup dialog will appear Set the Media Type first this will enable the proper range of resolutions Click on the Media drop down list in the Paper tab and select Black Cotton Your dialog should now look like this Now that we ve chosen our media type lets choose the resolution and screening mode Click on the Print Quality tab select 1440x720 resolution Fine Color Auto Mask layer type 1 color pass and 1 white pass Set the white resolution at 1440x720 Your dialog should now l
75. pen MelcoRIP then select Validate Software from the Configure menu option Write down the User Code Log on to http www melco service com MelcoRIP validation htm Select your language Complete the entire registration form Click on the Validate link in the box for MelcoRIP Enter your Product Code and your User Code Obtain your Validation Code Enter your Validation Code Activation Code into MelcoRIP s validation box Se Se Se A 9 Close MelcoRIP s and restart to complete the validation process Validation 1 Open MelcoRIP then select Validate Software from the Configure menu option return to top This will open the MelcoRIP Server validation dialog box 15 MelcoRIP Manual m MelcoRIP File Configure Utilltes About Configuke Inputs Configure Outputs IP settings ry Configur Status Messages Incoming Jobs Processed Jobs Pages to Printer Job Ink Cozt 2 Write down the user code return to top you ll need it for the next step and leave this window open alidation Please go to http Awa m elco serace com a4 elcoRlPevalidabhon htm to retrieve your activation code User Code Activation Code at 16 Installation 3 Log onto http www melco service com MelcoRIP validation htm return to top 4 Select the language you want the Registration screen to be displayed in return to top Please selec
76. ple print cycles which we think of as layers The different layer types are described in Layer Types amp White Ink Printing section Output Profile This option lets you choose the ICM or ICC to use for output MelcoRIP comes with all the necessary ICMs to generate color correct output to all the supported substrates It picks the correct ICM automatically according to the print settings resolution media etc You can however define your own ICM ICC to use as your output profile 64 User Manual RGB Source Profile This option will allow you to select the input profile to use for your 3 color images Although MelcoRIP installs quite a few RGB source profiles which you can select you can add additional input profiles to the PPD CMYK Source Profile The same as the RGB Source Profile option but for CMYK images Mirror Image Flips the image about the X axis left will be right right will be left Paper Type This allows the selection of the substrate you will be printing on Not all print modes are available for all substrates Generate Pure Blacks When enabled this option will convert black pixels made up of 100 C M Y amp K or 100 C M amp Y and convert them to 100 K only This feature not available on all devices True Spot Colors When enabled this option will tell MelcoRIP to enable the True Spot feature This feature will recognize spot colors within a composite or separated job and
77. re in the graphic hold down the mouse button and drag it around A more precise location can be achieved by entering coordinates for the upper left corner in the Artwork Tab A selected graphic can sized by dragging any of the four handles that appear in the corners When the Constrain Proportions checkbox is checked the graphic will always size proportionally Un checking this checkbox will allow for distortion of the image Additional positioning buttons allow for centering horizontally and vertically Rotation is also possible Create Print Job m fal File Settings Vee C Whio Cou E Port Selling Printer amp Print Area White Ink Corteol Coke Setting Artwork oO a 2 3 4 5 6 1 a 910111213141516 eT j Position Lipper Lett Come x 278 pur 755 Center Horizontal Center Verbcal he Comstrein Proportions Rotate 30 Deg CW Fotsis Special 42 User Manual Print Settings Tab While the software does come with a set of predefined print settings for some of the popular setups it is possible to modify and save new predefined settings These settings are modified in the Print Settings tab Print Settings Print Settings Media Pasen Black Cotton Win hecho Coan 1445770 Color oar hale LALO Pod BS A see C3 eck Canes FTE ene vibe Tae a Da EE Print Quality Color Layer ie A ae A Mice U3 Siac Cokan Posa Color cer lb aT ara ACE ERN Pr 1440x7
78. rrive initially Jobs that have been found in the Hot Folders or have been manually inserted into MelcoRIP appear here As the jobs are received they are listed in the queue window The information displayed in this queue view is Job Name Status Owner Time Submitted and Size of the PostScript file in bytes Across the bottom of the window you ll see three control buttons Settings Delete and Pause Queue These are used to change the job settings of a queued job delete selected jobs and pause the input queue respectively Pausing the Incoming Jobs Queue Clicking the Pause Queue button will pause the incoming jobs queue Jobs will still arrive in the queue as they are found in the hot folders but they will not be processed They will remain in the queue with a status of waiting until the queue is resumed When the queue is paused the third button changes to Resume Queue Click this button to resume the queue Once the queue is resumed the queued jobs will begin processing in order of priority Placing Jobs on Hold Releasing Held Jobs When a job is in the incoming jobs queue with a status of waiting it is possible to place individual jobs on hold and release held jobs To do this select the jobs you wish to hold highlighting them then right click to bring up the options popup menu Select Hold Release to toggle the state of the selected jobs Salut Hege bncommag tobs Processed Jobs Pages to Printer Jobs Slelias D
79. rv Subir llsd LE Local Jos Piocesting MelcoRIP 11 15 00 24 32 ME Settings Delete Hold Release a Held jobs will remain in the Incoming Jobs queue indefinitely Deleting Queued Jobs It is possible to delete queued jobs that are waiting or held by selecting the job s then clicking the Delete button or right clicking and selecting the Delete Menu Option Changing Job Priority If there is more than one job in the incoming jobs queue it is possible to change their print order by changing their priority This can be achieved by dragging the jobs to their new location Status Messages Incoming Jobs Processed Jobs Pages to Printer Job stalus Owner Submitted Local Job sample_print3 jpg aitin g MelcoRlP 11 30 16 Local Job sample ad ipg af Jobs sample tir MelcoRIP 11 30 40 Local Job sample 5 ipg Wating MelcoRIF 11 31 00 Or you can double click the job and change the priority using the slider control 5 METI Job with higher priority will move up the queue list while jobs with lower priority will move down 26 User Manual Changing Settings of a Queued Job When a job is in the incoming jobs queue with a status of waiting or held it is possible to change it s destination printer as well as the printing attributes resolution paper type etc To do this double click on the job you wish to modify or select the job and click the Settings button The Configure Output dialog wil
80. s in this section are documented in the section titled Output Configuration Section 12 Advanced Hot Folder Scanning By clicking on the Advanced button under Hot Folders the settings window for scanning the hot folders will come up The top box contains the number in seconds of the scan intervals The bottom box contains the number of times to find the file unchanged and closed before it is considered complete and is placed in the job queue Configuring Printer Entities It is not necessary to change these settings to print normally Furthermore it is recommended that the settings for the default printer entities not be modified unless you are sure of what you are doing Wrong settings in this section will cause problems when printing User Manual A A Advanced Hot Folder Scanne Timing Scan Interval in seconds E File activity venfication Number of times to verify file is not being written to As mentioned before upon installation a Windows printer appears in the list of printers unders start settings printers is created for each output device selected at install time These Windows printers are refered to as Printer Entities When you print to one of these printers the resulting PostScript file is placed in a Hot Folder described in the previous section which is in turn scanned by the MelcoRIP application To access the Printer Entities configuration dialog select the Configur
81. should read his Agreement carefully before installing or using the Software Myou de not agree with the terns and conditions of this Agreement you are Hot pennitied fo install or use the Software 1 License EPSON and Es suppliers rani you a personal noneacius ive royalty free mon sublicons3cdo limited license 10 install and use he Sofware on any single Computer or Computers thal you intend lo uge danecty or via network You may allow other users of fhe computers Conmedied lo he network io use the Software provided that you a ensure that all such users agree and are bound by the ferns and conditions of this Agreement 6 ensure that all such users use Me Sofware only in conjunction with the computers and in relation lo the netarcaic of which they form part and Cc indemnify and keep whole EPSON and Es suppliers against all damages losses costs expenses and liabilities which EPSON or its suppliers may incur 35 3 Consequence of such users falling lo obser and perform the berms and conditions of this Agreement You may also make copies of he Software a3 necessary for backup and archival purposes provided that the copyright is reproduced in its entirety on the backup copy The term Software shall include the sofware components media all copies made by you and any upgrades modiied versions updales adatoms and copies of ihe Software boensed io you by EPSON or its suppliers EPSON andis supplies _ 6 Allow t
82. solution most people would begin to detect the small squares pixels on a print on paper Print Quality vs Image Quality Some inkjet printers are capable of printing 1440 dpi This can provide incredible crispness to the final print of an image and the illusion of continuous color This is the print quality Print quality will also be affected by the surface being printed on A high quality photo paper will produce a finer print than a piece of fabric Image quality is largely affected by the resolution of the image itself It is separate from the print quality If a low resolution image 72 ppi for example is printed by a printer using 1440 dpi the quality of the print may be amazing but it will be an amazing print of a poor quality image The low resolution image will have pixilated edges The higher print quality will only create very clean sharp pixilated edges DPI vs PPI Often used interchangeably dpi and ppi very similar but they are not exactly the same The abbreviation dpi stands for dots per inch and is used more in reference to printing and dots of ink The term ppi refers to pixels per inch and is used when speaking of the resolution of a digital image Both terms are a way of measuring resolution and they do so by counting sample units per inch 92 Graphics Programs Transparent vs Solid Not all image files have a visible background Transparency is created in an image with the addition of an alpha channel D
83. spot colors if any that were defined in that particular mode As you select the spot color name in the name window the values will appear in the appropriate boxes on the right These can then be edited To delete a spot color select it and click the delete button To add a spot color click the Add Spot Color button and follow the instructions Output Profile ICC ICM This lets you select the profile to use when printing MelcoRIP ships with all necessary ICMs for all supported printers and resolution paper type combinations These are used automatically by setting this option to Auto Select This drop down contains all the CMYK in this case ICMs that were found in the system lf you have created a custom profile you would like to use you can select it here To be able to select it at print time from your applications it must be added to the PPD To do this use the Add ICM to PPP utility which is located in the MelcoRIP program group This utility is documented elsewhere in this manual The best thing to remember when using this feature is When in doubt use Auto Select Rendering In the MelcoRIP this function is grayed out and the rendering follows the Color Appearance Setting Input Profiles This lets you select the input profiles for CMYK and RGB These drop downs will list and let you choose any CMYK or RGB profile ICM ICC found in the system To add profiles to the MelcoRIP PPDs use the Add ICM to PPD
84. t your language English French German Italian Spanish 5 Complete the entire registration form return to top Enter your product code the 16 character code either on the CD or the CD case in the box marked Please enter your product code Double check your entries for accuracy then click on submit NOTE Log in information for the MelcoRIP User Forum will be sent to the email address that you include on this form 17 MelcoRIP Manual Online Registration and Validation Please Note If you experience any difficulties with Product Validation please Click here Complete the Online Registration form below This information will be used for update notices only If you do not wish to be notified of updates click here F Je O S Address 2 optional Work Phone City State Province Region Fax optional Postal Zip MA Country 6 Click on the Validate link in the box for MelcoRIP return to top Direct to Garment RIP A Validate Remove Validation e CO j Check Remaining at Validations t e 7 Enter your Product Code and your User Code return to top Enter your Product Code 16 digits code that came with your software and your User Code 6 9 digit code that shows up in Step 2 18 Installation ALL codes are CASE sensitive Please enter your Product Code Please enter your User Code Do not click submit more than one time
85. the driver name in this example the PPD is IPMLCG2W PPD 78 User Manual Almost done The last two settings are always the same unless you have a VERY creative configuration The last step is to enter the Application Path and App to launch settings This tells the printer entity what application to launch when a job is received Click the navigation button next to the Application Path box and navigate to the folder where you installed MelcoRIP The default folder is usually C MelcoRIP Once you ve navigated to the folder select launchinit exe and click Open Your dialog should now look like this Configure Hot Folders Configure MelcoRIP Printer Entities Curent MelcoRIP Printers App to launch force exe PPD NPMLCGIW PPO tt EN IPMLOG3W PPD Click Apply Click OK The printer entity is now created Any jobs printed from any application to the Windows printer called Melco G3 Black Cotton will be printed with the settings we hard wired regardless of the settings selected at print time You can also share this new printer entity and print to it from remote workstations just like the ones that were created at install time 79 MelcoRIP Manual Managing Outputs MelcoRIP is designed to support printing to multiple printers connected to multiple ports It employs output queues which are actually Windows print queues that are used to send rasterized page d
86. the threshold percent will receive white ink during the color pass Finally if you have the white highlight as a separate layer you can send that layer independent of any white underbase layer Key Items With This Layer e This layer will only print a second pass of white highlight where the underbase shows up through the colors in the graphics e This white layer will not be ready to print until your send the corresponding color layer 70 User Manual Capture Black This layer type causes the RIP to capture the black channel either pure black or composite and store it The saved black layer will then be superimposed on the next color layer printed This feature was designed to be used in conjunction with Color Layer Auto Mask Black Bkgnd so that black ink can be used To do this first print the artwork without the black background using Capture Black as the layer type then print the artwork with the black background using Color Layer Auto Mask Black Bkgnd as the layer type That will allow you to use black ink in conjunction with Color Layer Auto Mask Black Bkgnd and thus on most any color dark cotton Because of the white generation logic the Color Layer Auto Mask Black Bkgnd layer type does not use black ink It uses the black cotton as the black colorant This limits it s use to black cotton only In order to use it on other colors of dark cotton first print the artwork without the black bac
87. tions this allows you to select the physical output printer Platen The platen size can be selected here The display will change as the platen selection is changed 40 Wi hite Ink Control Color Settings Artwork Print Settings Printer amp Print Area Printer Melco 3 Output To MelcoRIP Output Queue 1 Platten Large 16 5 23 5 Step amp Repeat Platten ID No Step amp Repeat Template Platen Editor User Manual Importing amp Sizing Artwork It is possible to import most bitmap graphics formats including TIFF JPeg and Adobe Photoshop PSD files An option is also available which will allow the importation of Adobe PDF files and EPS files Unfortunately it is not possible to import Corel files as the Corel file format is proprietary and cannot be read by any application except Corel Importing a Graphic Select Import Graphic from the File menu It is also possible to drag and drop a graphic into the work area Import Graphic Open Job Save Job Save Job As Quit Highlighting a file will cause a preview to appear in the navigation dialog m y 1 W if Fad wet MS MA UE i S E Fie mares Blue Jays bf Files of typi Al supported graphics formats F Show Opters on Coen 41 MelcoRIP Manual Positioning amp Sizing a Graphic The graphic can be positioned by dragging it into position Click anywhe
88. to grayscale to get gradients 68 User Manual White Mask Layer Hard 4 This type will add the pixels to the white underbase It is used for adding to the automatically generated white mask or for creating your own underbase mask It is normally used in conjunction with Color Layer It cannot be used by itself This version of the White Mask Layer makes all pixels 100 so a light tint would generate a 100 white area Difference between White Mask Layer Hard and White Mask Layer Soft When you print a white mask layer you are specifying what areas you want masked out in white ink In the case of White Mask Layer Hard any pixel of any color will cause a 100 white pixel In the case of White Mask Layer Soft the resulting white pixel will be the same value as the color thus enabling blends and fades The difference between these type of layers and a Color Layer Auto Mask is that the actual color data sent in this mode will never print in color It will ONLY be used to generate mask data This is one way to generate extra white where needed in a job White layers are combined before they ever print see example below Please keep in mind that because you can have multiple mask layers the white will not print until a color layer is received For this same reason White Mask layers must be sent first Key Items With This Layer e This is the manual version of printing an underbase similar to Color Layer Auto Mask e This
89. to the printer and completely power up the printer f the printer is powered on while connected to the computer Windows may attempt to find and install drivers The drivers found might not be the appropriate ones for your printer When the printer is in the READY state continue with the driver installation 2 Insert Driver CD into your computers CD DVD drive The following installation screen will appear Choose Easy Install EPSON Epson Stylus Pro 3580 3 Select Local MelcoRIP Manual Epson Stylus Pro 3380 GD Installer 4 EPSON The fsfowing tems can be installed Printer Dunvrer User s Guide Select appicateen sofware lo install C ICC Profiles Adobe Epson LFP Remote Panel Ol Setas downioad 5 Read and agreed to the license agreement Installation OO Read the following License Agreement carefully and choose Agree or Disagree SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT PORTANT READ THES SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY The computar sofware E product fontware petaces andor dala including any accompanying explanaiory writen maberials ihe Software should only be installed or used by he Licensee you on he condibon you agree wih SERO EPSON CORPORATION CEFSON to the kenna and conditions sel forth in fis Agreement By installing ce Jusing Mo Software pou are representing lo agree all Mie terms and conditions e lorth in M s Agreement You
90. urated artwork but less accurate colors For most artwork and photographs Photo Normal should be selected Brightness This allows some control over the brightness of the artwork Again this is not meant for gross color adjustments or color management but rather for minor tweaks The artwork can be made a bit darker or a bit lighter 44 White Ink Settings White Ink Control Tab By far one of the most important control sets particularly in a white capable product is the white ink generation and white ink controls While creating print jobs within MelcoRIP you have the capablity to both automatically or manually generate white ink underbases In addition the ability to export touch up and import the automatically generated white separation assures that any artwork scenario can be successfully negotiated using this white ink feature set White Layer Generation The White Layer Generation drop down specifies which white ink generation method will be used The method chosen will depend on the artwork The create button initiates the white layer creating cycle Density Slider White ink density slider adjusts the density of the white layer Slide to the right for more density to the left for less density Contrast Slider White ink contrast slider adjusts the contrast of the white layer Slide to the right for more contrast to the left for less contrast White Ink Under Black User Manual Pirta L Prrd Aves Pura Set
91. vers will be selected based on your previous responses You will need to select the printer that you own either the MelcoJet FP 125 and 2010 models the MelcoJet G2 or the Melco G3 Click NEXT 10 Installation Select Printer Drivers select printer divers to mstall fy Program Executable and support files Pinter Driver DLLa Example Files MelcoJet G2 Destination Folder CAMelcoRIP Inmtals meld When selecting the MelcoJet you will be prompted to select the type of printer for MelcoJet e For the MelcoJet FP 125 select the Epson Stylus Photo R1800 e For the MelcoJet 20 10 select the Epson Stylus Photo 1900 7 Select Program Folder destination for installation Return to Top Select the location that you would like for the installation wizard to install MelcoRIP Select the location that is best for you For technical support reasons we recommend to keep the Program Folders named MelcoRIP Click NEXT 11 MelcoRIP Manual Select Program Folder Please select a program folder Setup wall add program icons to the Program Folder listed below ou may type a new fold name or select one from the existing folders list Click Next to continue Folders gram RIP O delo 8 Create your Print Queues Part 1 Return to Top Based on which printer you selected from Step 6 all the correct queues will be already highlighted Click NEXT Select Print Queu
92. very light tint on the outside of the image might cause a white halo Some trimming of the edges might be necessary on some images The best recommendation for printing items with soft edges is to manual create the white underbase create a new grayscale layer of the graphic and print it using White Ink Mask Soft layer Key Items With This Layer e This layer will print a 100 white pixel of ink below every pixel of color e This layer is recommended for printing graphics with solid borders around it i e no fades e Need to change all 100 white pixels to include 1 cyan in them in order for white ink to print and set your Auto White Highlight Threshold e You can use the Black Ink Underbase Behavior setting with this layer White Ink Layer When a page is printed with this layer type all pixels of any color are printed in white ink This is different than a mask layer as it is normally not used for underbase but rather for printing white logos text etc in white ink only Like a white mask layer a white Ink layer does not retains the gray scale Unlike a white mask layer a white ink layer will print immediately it will not be cached like a user defined white mask Key Items With This Layer e This layer will only print white ink e This white layer will be ready to print immediately unlike other white layers that need the corresponding color layer e When printing graphics you will want to convert it
93. white layer will not be ready to print until your send the corresponding color layer e This layer will drop a 100 pixel of white ink below any pixel of color ink no matter it s grayscale weight White Mask Layer Soft 4 This type will add the pixels to the white underbase similar to the White Mask Layer Hard but the Soft version respects a pixel s gray value so it will support fades etc It is used for adding to the automatically generated white mask or for creating your own underbase mask It is normally used in conjunction Color Layer It cannot be used by itself Difference between White Mask Layer Hard and White Mask Layer Soft When you print a white mask layer you are specifying what areas you want masked out in white ink In the case of White Mask Layer Hard any pixel of any color will cause a 100 white pixel In the case of White Mask Layer Soft the resulting white pixel will be the same value as the color thus enabling blends and fades The difference between these type of layers and a Color Layer Auto Mask is that the actual color data sent in this mode will never print in color It will ONLY be used to generate mask data This is one way to generate extra white where needed in a job White layers are combined before they ever print see example below Please keep in mind that because you can have multiple mask layers the white will not print until a color layer is received For this same reason White Mask
94. will be overridden however by the priority setting i Keep printed pages do not delete after printing z Cancel of the individual pages Apply Driver The driver used makes little difference on an output queue The jobs pages arrive here already rasterized and ready to send directly to the printer The driver does nothing but pass the data through to the output port In some rare cases it is advantageous to use the printer s native driver as the driver for the output queue Most of the time however this setting is irrelevant Spool print documents to disk This enables page spooling If this is not selected the data is sent directly to the output port and the start printing after page is spooled and start printing immediately features are disabled It is preferable to have this selected Start printing after page is spooled When selected Windows will not start sending the page data to the printer until the entire page has been spooled Start printing immediately When selected Windows will start sending page data to the printer as soon as the page starts to spool Print directly to the printer When selected Windows will not spool page data to disk It will send the data directly to the output port This is discouraged Keep printed pages do not delete after printing After the page is printed it remains in the output queue with a status of Printed This is handy for re printing pages

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