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1. RED GREEN Fig 10 Connections to the optical group 4 5 Heat dissipation The LaserLab equipment generates heat This heat has to be dissipated as hot air to keep stable the internal working temperature There are two outputs for the hot air they can be directed out side from the working place to avoid excessive warming up Attention No hot air output has to be connected to a vacuum system as they already have their own fans and this causes problem to the internal temperature auto regulation system 19 Chapter 4 Installation Connection and Placing 20 Chapter 5 Start up operation Start Stop sequence 5 Start up operation Start Stop sequence 5 1 Inspection before switching on Before switching on check the following points The warning signals have not been removed The air tubes are in good conditions and properly connected The air filters are in good conditions The mains presence LED on the UPS is ON The safety switch placed on the 220V AC sockets group is in the ON position The two supply switch on the rear panel of the PC cabinet see fig 9 on page 18 are in the ON position The monitor switch button 1s pressed 5 2 Switching on with cold printer Attention Never touch the ON OFF battery switch placed on the rear side of the UPS since it cuts off the battery supply and disables the UPS Start the unit by pressing
2. Fig 112 Mounting the HSCutting Station 5 Lock the unit wheels through the proper lever 6 Connect to the cutter the two connectors coming from the transport unit 7 Connect the Cutting Station supply plug 220Vac to one of the LaserLab UPS output sock ets After having been switched on the HS C S will start an automatic setup procedure with no need of operators 119 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station 14 2 1 Connecting the serial data to PCI adapter between the PC and the cutter Install the PCI to serial port adapter board into the computer s motherboard Connect the 4X serial port cable to the adapter output See fig 113 b a 4 hio EN La LI c 4 y eile mmm f ee NN Poi T E m TA Y Fig 113 The serial connector numbered 1 and 2 have already fitted a 9 pin female female adapter The two connectors are reserved respectively for 1 Writing system COM3 2 HS Cutter COM4 Connect the connector numbered 2 with the serial cable coming from the cutter 120 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station 14 3 Function keyboard and display The keyboard and display are shown in fig 114 EMEN PG SA OFF MAN TEST 1 TEST 2 TRANSP LINE AUT PAGE DOWN UP ENTER Fig 114 HSCutting Station keyboard When the cutter is ready all the red LEDs placed on the buttons are off and the green READY LED is blinking The message shown on the display
3. Load Hive Unload Hive Select the menu item Registry hen Export Registry eee File as shown in fig 97 Disconnect Webwork Registry Print Ctrl P Exit Fig 97 Exporting the registry From the Export Registry File window shown in fig 97 is now possible to select on which unit save the backup file Export Registry File Fe Desktop Y My Documents viy Recent Documents p e Fi yen A s Programs C s Removable Disk D Desktop d DVD Drive E i Data F 9 sw ING BERTO G S Data on Laser 50 4 7 My Documents i Shared Documents C My Documents BE t4 Mv Network Places g 2 My Computer T m y M etwwork File Barre ml gn Save as type Registration Files reg b Cancel Selected branch HKEY CURRENT USER S aftware Palielettrenica Fig 98 Export Registry File window A floppy disk has enough space to contain the back up file since its size is only some ten kilobytes To restore the backup it is enough a double click on the file itself the system will restore the setting automatically 100 Chapter 11 The ColorMap Color Management System 11 The ColorMap Color Management System 11 1 Quick start In the following we give a brief and simplified description of a color management system and what 1s used for 1 2 e H 6 7 The input profile is usually embedded in a tiff file 8 There is a great variety of several imag
4. 3 Inserts gt Image Browse Mask D Browse ate a new package select New and then type the name The values Package dimension mm indicate the whole package Save 5 Text gt Cancel di Enable foreground limage and mask must have the same size in pixels Fig 55 Packaging setup dialog Put the attention now at the real generation of the package The reference 1s the drawing on fig 54 on page 59 select the first programming row identified with 0 the columns X mm and Y mm indicate the coordinates where the format has to be placed the values will be O and O because the top left corner of the package is the start point The column Format allows to select the format to associate at the row it is a curtain menu by clicking on the down arrow the list of the formats available will be shown select the Pkg 182x254 Vert The columns Number of repetitions Horizontal and Vertical allow to set automatically the repetition if needed of the same format if only image is needed set Horizontal and Ver tical to 1 Check now the second row identified with 1 the source point for the second image will be X 182 and Y 0 The X value is 182 because the first format has used 182mm of paper from the left edge of the Chapter 8 Package and School printing print Y is O because the vertical source is the top edge of the print The format to selectis the Pkg 127x178 Hor as shown on the drawing th
5. Order akeri F Fig 151 Message viewer window 15 8 2 No printer located over the net work E If the software can t locate any of the printers it simply does not start and show the message shown in fig 152 In this case A Star ean em the network settings are not correct Repeat carefully the pro aaa Se CANO cedure explained in section 15 2 Network settings for a cor rect use of OrderMakerMF on page 139 Fig 152 Error message 154 Chapter 16 Upkeeping 16 Upkeeping ATTENTION every maintenance operation must be performed only after the equipment has been switched off and all the compo nents plugs have been removed from the UPS output socket Af ter every operation check again the correct working of all the equipment components Do not use any benzine thinner or strong solvent to clean the plastic parts of the equipment 16 1 Daily maintenance compressor condense discharging Every day the condense accumulation in the filter group must be checked and it must never ex ceed the allowed level See fig 153 fesplosijasenab AR A_1 dsf Fig 153 1 Condense filter 2 Oil filter 3 Dust filter 4 5 Manometer Pressure reducer Usually the filter numbered 1 2 and 3 discharge automatically the condense but the continue presence of air pressure can cause a fault in self discharging To discharge manually the filters numbered 2 and 3 it is necessary to push up the cap placed on
6. Attention any modification made on a printing format will be reported on any auto print folder which has that format selected 5 Select OK to close the window 9 6 8 Creating a new format To create a new format proceed as follows 1 Open the Format setup window of fig 77 on page 82 by selecting File gt Image processor gt Formats from the main menu Insert new format name 2 Select the New command Type the new format name in the New window of fig 79 Give the OK command to close the window Fig 9 New window 3 The new format name will appear in the Format setup window list 4 Modify one or more parameters in the window refer to the previous sections 9 6 1 9 6 6 5 Select Apply to confirm the modifications 6 Select OK to close the Format setup window 7 To bind one or more autoprint folders to the new format follow the instructions at section 9 3 4 on page 73 9 6 9 Deleting a format To delete a format proceed as follows 1 Open the Format setup window of fig 77 on page 82 by selecting File gt Image processor gt Formats 86 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats from the main menu 2 Select the row corresponding to format to be modified 3 Select the Delete command 4 Select Yes in the confirm request window of fig 80 ImageLab i x 2 Are you sure do vau want to remove Fig 80 ImageLab confirm dialog 5 Close the Format setup window through the OK comman
7. Spare parts order table Model Serial number Your ref Fax CUSTOMER STAMP AND SIGNATURE 161 Chapter 17 Attached documents 162 Index A Add frame 49 Air filter 156 Auto Print 69 Automatic correction 38 Autoprint folders 71 Autoprint folders create new 79 Autoprint folders modify 79 B Backup 98 Box offset 53 C Calendar amp Mask 66 Calendars 63 CMS 101 Color brightness 38 Color conversion 104 ColorMap CMS 104 Compressor 155 Correction density and color 37 Correction profile 39 cpy00 71 Crop Selection 40 D Densitometer 94 Diagnostics 109 Digital Imager 69 82 E Emulsion inside LaserLab 30 54 114 Emulsion outside LaserLab 20 54 EndofOrder 81 F File 30 49 Flip horizontal 49 Format 40 59 82 Frame cutmark 91 Frame of the index 37 G Grayscale 38 H Help 49 I Image centering 52 Index Index Imagelab 22 25 Images left to be printed 110 Index 35 49 Index automatic 87 Index 1 82 Index 2 82 Inserts in the package 63 Inversion of the image 43 L Laser 19 21 23 110 LaserLab 30 12 6 8 LaserLab 76x100 paper box 54 113 Loading 51 54 Log files 112 M Median filter 46 Multiple prints pack printing 34 Multiple prints repetition 33 Order separation autoprint 81 P Package 59 paper box 53 98 110 Paper box LaserLab 12 56 Paper box LaserLab 20 54 Paper box LaserLab 30 54 113 Paper ColorMap 85 P
8. In the next window fig 140 is shown the folder for the program to be installed We suggest to keep the default folder Select Next to go further ig OrderMakerMF Setup Ready to Install The Setup Wizard is ready to begin the installation In the window of fig 141 select Install to Start the installation in the chosen folder Fig 141 Installing OrderMaker 4 145 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF amp f OrderMakerMF Setup Completing the OrderMakerMF Setup Wizard Click the Next button to exit the Setup Wizard f OrderMakerMF Setup Installer This installation package was created using Freeware version of the Installer2 Go It is copyright c 1997 2003 SDS Software and 1s protected by copyright law and international treaties You have unlimited rights to produce installation packages for both commercial and freeware products This message does not appear in the registered version of the product Please visit http devdpc com to learn more about SDS Software products and services Installer2Go dev4pc com Fig 143 Installing OrderMakerMF 6 After few seconds the installation will be completed Again select Next In the following window shown in fig 143 select Finish to exit the installation
9. The feet has different diameters depending from the weight of the processor on each corner The coupling with the paper processor must be made so that the first crossover during the ro tation of its rolls does not touch or brush the output deflector of the printer The output deflector has its regulation screws that allow wide movements to put the deflector in the right position To help the coupling during the installation some adhesive arrows have been placed on printer and paper processor a value is write on indicating the distance and the difference in depth be tween the two units by respecting these values the coupling is nearly perfect An optimal regulation is the one where the output deflector does not make contact between de flector and top or bottom roll of the first crossover Please note that during production the paper processor could make small oscillations and so the first crossover too don t forget this during the coupling give a short range of movements to the unit 13 Chapter 4 Installation Connection and Placing 4 4 Electrical connections The LaserLab equipment has its own proper overload and short circuit protections In every case it is needed a two pole grounded socket 16A 250V meeting the IEC309 standard The mains supply network and the ground network must be in working order and in compliance to the laws in force Attention no LaserLab component can be supplied directly from the mains Supply
10. received a disabling signal from the electronic control board inside the machine in that case please call an authorized service center Blue Laser off Work Enable off Both blue laser and rotating mirror motor are off To set the cor rect working select Calibration gt Advanced and then Work Enable After this if the problem is not solved please call an authorized service center Printer paper finished There is no paper detection in input of the transport Among the possible causes there could be 1 Paper finished change the paper box 2 There 1s paper in the box but it s not correctly loaded In both cases we suggest to read 7 4 Loading Paper on page 54 110 Chapter 12 Error messages and system diagnostics LMI Board not ready This message could appear together with Printer paper finished if a print have been launched without loading the paper It means a fault in synchronization for LMI unit In this case just load cor rectly the paper If error conditions are different from the ones above mentioned please call an authorized service center Printer paper not in developer The paper hasn t been reached the paper processor input after the printing process This message could be shown together with Printer paper fin ished In this case just load correctly the paper Other error causes the paper is not correctly kept close to the car pet or the processor paper input is not aligned with the printer pa pe
11. x Format 178x254 7 x10 Delete Options lh Na Ese IRI Size mm v Auto orientation to match format 182 102 424 IPO elie Cut frame mm E i AES 1024127 4 5 LPO vw Crop to exaclty fit JAS 1024152 Ex4 IPO it 545 4 T m 1274127 5x5 IPO 7 v write file name IN right 12f 1f8 9877 LPO Iv HSCutter divide L Test size 26 1278178 Vert LPO 1525152 BbxB LPO 2 ER EIE Wee 1524203 Ex8 IPO nee 1704245 Calendar 200 IPD Border mm Automatic Best C Good Auto moetaren Ttre WD M E ZAS 1782547110 IFD Iv Pre apply sharpen 3 185x276 LPO E 255 E 2034203 8x8 IPO I Post apply sharpen 3 THS 203254 8x10 IPO cr 203x305 8x12 IPO Enlarge Bicubic suggested 7 241x305 1012 IPO E EY Rates Euer d z4 3B contact rp B l AES 2544254 IPD 254x381 10 15 IPO Effects 254406 10 16 LPO Convert to grayscale 2oU4356 1 11 4 iP m T 305305 12412 IPO onvert to sepia 3055406 12x15 LPO SCOPE R 140 3 127 p 115 305x457 12x18 LPO I Image Processor l l 30 30 1 251 2 White and Blac T IP d E Pa Automati color correction 406x406 15x15 LPO E E 40 60mm IPD j v 0 rderManager ColorMap DEFAULT vew I1 P L 0 Ar Apply OF Bright colors E Fig 121 Format setup window Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station Now the box for setting the format height is disabled The height of the copies ii o s has been
12. 10 338 49 98 327 23 314 20 33 43 ec ae ao c co zm RI e T qi oo iN uf u Ba E oo m i Pa n3 e I no uo no mm ER oo YW Om tn amp t M 4 E e i z r en oo ES e ra fu Os 25x Bux foes 1002 gt Color compensation Media type Reflection C Transmission 254 ppi C Baw reflection 305 ppi Emulsion ll Latency 0 info Cancel L ok Profile Kodak Ultra Endura Glossy CMS test V4 icc Fig 100 Color profile in the Transfer function dialog 11 2 1 Manual mode options In the Manual mode frame ColorMap CMS settings window see fig 99 on page 102 one can choose in which way the system converts the newly opened files the following options are available Ask when opening Do not ask perform conversion Do nothing It is the default option The system requires the input profile each time a new image is opened This cause the Convert to profile window fig 23 on page 30 to appear before opening the 1mage If enabled applies the programmed profile to the newly opened image without confirm request Disables everything 103 Chapter 11 The ColorMap Color Management System 104 11 3 The ColorMap system A color map is a conversion table from a color space to another one The ColorMap CMS is a color management system based on the color maps This system has the advantage to be independent from any
13. Choosing the paper box for a folder 1 eee 77 LaserLab instruction for use 9 3 10 End of Order management llle 78 9 3 11 Destination of printed files teens 78 9 3 12 Workflow management with Autoprint naana nananana anaana 78 9 3 13 Creating or deleting an AutoPrint folder ee ees 79 9 4 Unprintable files management 2 0 00 ee eee 80 9 5 Autoprint orders Separation 2 0 6 ee eee ees 81 9 5 1 EndOfOrder files and index print anaana nananana naana 81 9 6 Modifying and creating formats n anaana aaea ee eee 82 9 6 1 Format setting size and border 1 ees 83 9 6 2 Format setting special attributes 2l lers 83 960 3 Folatseltho SCOpa sestese bse a one ko ER EES daa Deum a Raw eee 83 9 6 4 Format settings options 2 2 earns 83 9 6 5 Folnatsetthgs Gual cc beeen he d Ere FOR od eina Roles dE a RR PER 84 9 6 6 Format settings effects 2222s 85 9 6 7 Modifying an existing format 0 0 0c ee eee 85 9 6 8 Creating a new format 22s 86 9 6 9 Deletng a TOt au ao dg DP a PUR Rd e b E cord Dd Drap c td da 86 9 7 Generating photo indexes in Autoprint mode 0 0 eee 87 9 7 1 Thumbnail properties and dimensions 10 ees 89 9 7 2 Hedder ODIONS 2s ou E RERO oC RR RR er C BE WR CDs 89 9 7 3 Background and logo options ee ee 90 9 S Programming CUIM IKS ss ua adt
14. Densitometric values Edit Cyan Magental Yellow 1 117 33 5223 21 808 2 0116 42 5306 22 886 3 116 33 0419 23 11 937 4 0 116 44 0553 24 1 378 5 0116 15 0 705 25 1 983 8 118 16 0866 2 118 x0 g 0123 48 13 g 0 137 49 11 534 10 0 17 20 1 696 D 2B BD 75x 100 Media type Calibratian Laser DMA Color compensation Reflection C Imageltab 1 78 224 fi NE C Transmission Imagelat 2 00 EN i ei i Be reflection E je 1 06 TE i Color prafile Fu Crys Arch DP on Eyl T6400 24062003 icm infa Fig 109 Selecting the media for Laserlab 76 30 114 Chapter 13 LaserLab 76 30 In the Transfer function dialog of fig 109 the Emulsion IN box is highlighted When this option is selected a mechanical device called bender is enabled to perfectly fit the paper curvature to the printing exposition drum ATTENTION ALWAYS select the Emulsion IN box to use rolls winded with emulsion INSIDE NEVER select the Emulsion IN box to use rolls winded with emulsion OUTSIDE 115 Chapter 13 LaserLab 76 30 116 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station 14 HS Cutting Station 14 1 Description and warnings The HS High Speed Cutting Station is a device for cutting the photographic paper HS Cutting Station can only be joined to the LaserLab 50 20 printer The cutter is set and works only with 508mm 20 pap
15. Disconnect Network Drive Create Shortcut Rename Properties Fig 130 My Network places 2 The window Network and dial up connections appears Click with the right mouse button on the icon Local area connections Select the Properties item from the pull down menu to let the window Local area connection properties appear fig 131 We suggest to disable the NetBEUI protocol 3 Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then the button Properties 15 xi T Edit wiew Favorites Tools Adwanced Help a Back p Gi Search Lat Folders EA History s n JA Ez s 7 L ak Make New Local Area Connection Connection Local Area Connection Properties x General up Connections Local Area Connection Tvpe LAM Connection Connect using Status Enabled BIB Intel R PRO 1000 CT Network Connection Intel R PRO 1000 CT Network Connection Components checked are used by this connection mi Client for Microsoft Networks a File and Printer Sharing For Microsoft Networks 4 NetBEUI Protocol Internet Protocol T CP ZIP Install Uninstall Properties Description Transmission Control Protacal Internet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks Intel R PRO1O000 CT Network Connection vw Show icon in taskbar when connected OF Cancel Fig 131 Local Area Connection Properties
16. Fit to window Apply U o e cmd c Rar Fig 37 Cropping example The option Resize after crop when selected resize automatically the selected 1mage after the crop to the size selected on the Crop size window The option Fit to window adapts the size of the cropping frame to show it fully on the image To avoid the operation select the Crop Selection button again 41 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image 42 6 8 2 Resizing Resize to fit paper The second button of the Resize bar resizes automati cally the image to the maximum allowed size depending from the paper width in use The resize takes effect without making any clipping of the original image The resize operation never exceed the paper size or the maximum length of 762mm 30 Resize image The third button of the Resize bar it is used to resize the full image to any size tmi Press the third button to let the Resize image dialog appear fig 38 The Destination size menu allows to se lect a defined size see 9 6 Modifying HO OXCHDHEHODUAD QUOS E Width horizontal arrows and Height WIESE PNE vertical arrows are updated automati TERT cally if a predefined format is selected but they can also be modified freely Dimensions mm eee Width lt gt Height The Width lt gt Height option switches the height with the width vertical or it 200 E Max size horizontal format if the image orienta tion do
17. Informations Fig 32 Image menu The Convert with color map and Profile to profile conversion options are about the color profile management See chapter 11 The ColorMap Color Management System on page 101 for Attention all the corrections above described are seen on the prints but they File Save commands Edit Apply changes or the are not saved on the original image file To save the changes use the Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image 6 7 Setting up a correction profile The correction procedure of the section 6 6 works only on a single image If the same correction is required on more images it is possible to define a correction profile an apply it on them all Output color balance X Frofile BESET Mew Once the desired correction are applied on the current image through the Color ad Get current filtration values just bar to apply the same correction to the next images to be opened select m 3 NE 3 Hi ll i i KAN afr EL i Laser printer gt Main paper balance l from the main menu The Output color balance window appears as shown in Fig 33 Reset E Sie X l ARRI Apply Cancel Fig 33 Output color balance Select the Get current filtration values button the previous image correction values will be automatically applied to the proper boxes To restore the original settings select Reset When the Enable box and the Apply but
18. Standard 89 336 EEC EMC Directive EN55022 European Standard EN55024 European Standard See also section 17 Attached documents on page 159 3 Notice This system uses technology under license to U S patent No 5 459 505 owned by Esko Graph ics A S Chapter 3 Technical features 10 Chapter 4 Installation Connection and Placing 4 Installation Connection and Placing 4 1 Inspection and preliminary operations Before any operation on the equipment unpack the shipping cartons and inspect every item for evidence of damage If any item appears to be damaged don t try to fix it refer to your seller ATTENTION the items weighting more than 20Kg must be moved and placed by more than one person The installation must be performed by service personnel only Before installing the equipment it is necessary to remove the plate locking the laser group and the sled lock 4 2 Environment and placing Placement and vibrations For the best results it is necessary to take extreme care in positioning LaserLab it must be placed on a stable floor without vi brations and oscillations The presence of heavy traffic railways or under ground in the proximity of the labs can generate vibrations and these vibrations damage the results of the prints Attention No object and no person should touch the main body of the LaserLab during printing as they could induce vibrations visible on the print Room temperature T
19. Temperature 21 27 C Moisture 40 50 Rh 3 2 System components 3 2 1 LaserLab 30 12 The components of the LaserLab 30 are shown in fig 2 Fig 2 LaserLab 30 12 components PC monitor PC cabinet Table 4 UPS unit Transport and printing section 6 Laser optics section Inside the transport section 5 is placed the LMI panel Inside the laser optics section are placed The laser group together with the laser power supply and the modulator control panel Chapter 3 Technical features see fig 10 on page 19 The power group M707 DC power supply DRLIMO linear motor driver and the 220V AC service sockets It is placed behind the laser optics group see fig 7 on page 16 The fan group as shown in fig 8 on page 17 3 2 2 LaserLab 50 20 and 76 30 The components of the LaserLab 50 and 76 are shown in fig 3 Fig 3 LaserLab 50 76 20 30 components 1 PC monitor 2 PC cabinet 3 Table 4 UPS unit 5 Transport and printing section 6 7 Laser optics section Power supply trolley and fans section Inside the transport section 5 1s placed the LMI panel Inside the section number 7 are placed The power supply trolley shown in fig 7 on page 16 The fan group shown in fig 8 on page 17 Chapter 3 Technical features 3 3 Accessories Densitometer Dry air com
20. The cutter can be used in two ways In the automatic default mode the work flow is totally under control of the Imagelab soft ware It automatically detected which sheets have to be cut or simply brought to the front chute In the manual mode it is possible to select manually to destination of each sheet the cutter or the dryer output chute 14 6 1 Automatic mode This is the default mode When the system is switched on the Imagelab software takes control of the cutter and checks its state The cutter must be switched on The LEDs OFFLINE and MAN AUTO on the keyboard are both off Processor status xj 0 DEVELOPER 35 0 BLEACH 34 DRYER 45 m Replenishment level low E Developer level low sen BI Bleach level low Bj Stabilizer level low Pulses A v 00 01 Fig 117 Processor status dialog 125 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station 126 For each sheet Imagelab selects to ones to be cut presenting barcode and cutmarks and to one to be brought to the front chute with no cutting tis possible to know in every moment the processing state of one s order Select the icon shown above processor status button The Processor status dialog shown in fig 117 will appear The red colored tanks show where the copies are currently placed The table shows the sending time of the copies their length and size and the current position inside the processor If the Pack column shows HS Cutting the copy is to be c
21. The formats that can be associated to the automatic printing or used in the direct resizing see 6 8 Resizing and basic manipulation Resize Bar on page 40 must be operator defined Format setup x Format 1 8x254 x10 Delete Size mm Options v Auto orientation to match format Cut frame mm fe Format name Scope 4 1028102 1 4 za ze 178 ET AS 1024127 4x5 ipn v Crop to exaclty fit AS 1022152 Bx4 EP 2645 RE l 1273127 5x5 IPO it ET v write file name IN right 1274179 bx7 EPO v HSCutter divide L Test size 06 1274178 Vert rpm 152x152 6x6 IPO 2 3 4 5 Su 152x203 Ex8 EPO pat 170x245 Calendar 200 IP Border mm Automatic Best Good C Auto 170245 Calendar200 IP 1788241 7 10 IPO m Custom AS 176254710 LPO v Pre apply sharpen E 185x276 IPO E 3 2036203 8x8 MAT Iv Post apply sharpen 3 ZAS 2034254 8x10 rp m5 4 _ 2034305 841 2 TP Enlarge Bicubic suggested 2415305 10412 IPO al sns ESTE E 24436 contact IPD B KS 2544254 xia 254x381 10x15 IPO ee 54406 10276 IPE Conver to grayscale mcs He gione x x 3054406 12x15 IF SCOPE R 140 ia 127 t15 305457 T2818 LPO v Image Processor l 30x30 1251 2 White and Blac EP ib ae het Automati color correction 406x406 15x15 xia E 7 AD B mm rpm l M D Order anager ColorMap DEFALILT Bright
22. This will be the starting position when the Autoprint cycle will be started again The Status box shows the current status of the automatic print which can be one of the follow ing 1 Waiting for Images or orders there are no images to print or there are not enough to fill a sheet see next paragraph Use the Complete command to force the printing of the images left 2 Processing the images are being processed for the print see 9 6 Modifying and creating formats on page 82 3 Printing the images after being charged and processed is on print When it is necessary to repeat the print of the same image quantity the name of the image has to be modified add to the name the following characters cpy000 where 000 is the amount of needed prints The quantity must be required by using always 3digits if five copy are needed the correct message is cpy005 if the system finds cpy5 the command is ignored and only one copy will be printed The maximum value allowed is 999 Example of correct name the original file name is PIPPOI to get 35 copy the modified name could be cpy035PIPPO1 or PIPPOIcpy035 also cpy035 is a valid name to get the correct amount of prints Attention By default the printing operation deletes the printed files from the folder It is possible modify this setting forcing the already printed files to be moved to a subfolder of the printing folder See the Move item described at section 9 3 11 on page 78 T
23. Werkfow F Print Spooler 10x 13 4x5 0 0 a Disco esterno FAP rint Spooler 10x 15 4x6 F Print Spooler 13x18 5x7 2 Workflow 2 F Print Spooler 13x 18 Logo Workflow 3 F Print 5pooler 13x18 Text FPrint Spooler 15x20 6x8 a Workflow 4 FPrint Spooler 18x24 7x9 5 FPrint Spooler 18x25 7x10 a Workflow 5 FPrint Spooler 20x20 8x8 WoMlw6 FrPrint Spooler 20x25 8x10 e able dal Workflow 7 Workflow 8 a Workflow 9 Workflow 10 F Print Spooler 20x30 8x12 Worku settings e F Print Spooler 24x30 9 5x12 FPrint Spooler 25x25 10x10 FPrint Spooler 25x38 10x15 FPrint Spooler 30x30 12x12 FPPrint Spooler 30x30 12x12 Double Border FAP rint Spooler 30x45 12x 18 FAP rint Spooler 50x35 20x 14 F Print Spooler 50x35 Logo F Print Spooler 50x75 20x32 FPrint Spooler x10 2 5x4 FPrint Spooler A4 Brochure FPrint Spooler As it is FPPrint Spooler Calendar amp Mask FPPrint Spooler Package sample 1 F Print Spooler Provino 6x9 su carta 30 Cet ee noo eor tI Kodak Ultra Endura 508 Glossy 305dpt Paper left 43 03m Box 1 Complete Status waiting For images or orders Doll IIoOlDIODOoOoOooOooooOoOoozcczc 2 m mueu xemo 2xmecocooeezcocoem 5 eoecoczenmnzczm nzo ee ee DII Fig 65 Image processor window This window allows to sta
24. be yond a warning until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met ADVISE It calls attention to a procedure practice or the like to be performed carefully following the manual instructions 1 3 General safety warnings Before executing any operation requiring opening the equipment and accessing internal parts switch off the equipment in safety conditions 1 Switch off the equipment through its proper MAIN SWITCH 2 Disconnect the equipment from the general mains supply Chapter 2 Producer and equipment identification 2 Producer and equipment identification The identification plate is placed on the rear side of the panel near the electrical connections It is shown in fig 1 marcatura CE CE mark C C POLIELETTRONICA gpaitary VIA NAZIONALE 51B S M MADDALENA RO Oo V 220 PH 1 SN Jj HZ 50 60 Al MADE IN ITALY dati elettrici electrical data numero di serie serial number Fig 1 Identification plate 2 1 Technical service information Please contact us at the following phone number 39 0425757375 Or send an email to the following address service polielettronica it 2 2 General safety information Read carefully this manual before starting up and using the equipment or before performing any technical operation on the equipment Read carefully the equipment warranty included to this manual Warranty void for failure or damages due to oper
25. center 137 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station 138 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF 15 1 The OrderMakerMF software OrderMakerMF is a software capable of managing orders including different formats in them selves multiformat orders It is not included in the normal supply of LaserLab since it 1s nec essary to purchase a separate licence One licence of OrderMakerMF is supplied for free when purchasing a HS Cutting Station Once purchased a licence there are no limitations on the maximum number of PCs OrderMak erMF can be installed on It is possible to install it on every PC connected to a LaserLab print er through a network All the way to avoid net overload we suggest not to install the program on more than 5 PCs connected to same network 15 2 Network settings for a correct use of OrderMakerMF Before installing the program it is good to make some checking over the network of LaserLab printers 15 2 1 Checking the IP address for the LaserLab printers The following procedure must be accomplished for every LaserLab printer in the network 1 Click with the right mouse button on the icon called My Network Places over the desktop 139 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF amp Select Properties from the pull down menu fig 130 Open Explore Search Far Computers Map Network Brive
26. colors 30 cse POI I menn w ok gre Fig 77 Format setup dialog Select the File gt Image processor gt Formats Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats menu item or select the Format button on the Main Bar shown at the left to let the Format setup window shown in fig 77 on page 82 appear The list on the left is the list of all available format The current format is indicated in the For mat field placed at the top left corner of the window To select an existing format just click on it in the list All the fields will show the options related to that format 9 6 1 Format setting size and border The options included in the Dimensions mm frame of the Format setup window allow to set the size of the current format The width is indicated by the horizontal arrows and the height by the vertical arrows The dimensions are in millimeters In the Border frame it is possible to add a border to the printed images Type a number greater than zero in this box to add a border of the desired ma iim size to the image The zero value means no border The border color is se lectable by the three color boxes below Using the Clone option it is possible to copy the image colors on the added border This could be useful when the print has to be processed by an automatic cutter 9 6 2 Format setting special attributes This option is used when the LaserLab is connected to the Polielettronica HS Cutting station See sect
27. d RF 8 fa fa 102102 t r fo p p ease Jub 4 Foreground image Image F Sareetings sCalendarz ls jpg Browise Maszk F Greetings Calendarz00sM ask ipg Browse v Enable foreground limage and mask must have the same size in pixels T SAYE 5 Test gt Cancel Fig 63 Packaging setup for a calendar This option is enabled by selecting the Enable foreground image box in 4 Foreground im age frame of that window In this frame it is possible to select both the foreground Image and the border Mask by using the Browse command Attention the subject and the frame must have the same format and the same dimensions rounded to Imm i e 10 pixels If it not so an error message will appear 8 4 1 Different images in the same package The example above discussed is related to a package featuring only one image repeated several times It is possible to create packages including up to five images Refer to the Packaging Set up window of fig 55 on page 60 Enable the Different images frame through the Enable box The column ImageID 1 5 will be highlighted Insert in this column the number of the desired image 67 Chapter 8 Package and School printing 68 spooler 8 4 2 Printing text insertion in the packages In the Packaging Setup window see fig 55 on page 60 selecting the 5 Text command al lows to include in the prints the two text lines coming from the file n
28. every component only by the UPS unit output If an optional air compressor is present this one MUST be connected directly to the mains network 230Vac 8A Start from the UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply shown on fig 5 Connect first the input plug 220Vac 16Amp This because it is necessary since the beginning to have a good earth con nection to discharge static electricity that can damage some components of the system 4 4 1 UPS unit Check the UPS to stay off First of all connect the 220V AC 16A supply plug to the mains sup ply Continuous Power Unit Gruppo di Continuit Battery switch always ON 220Vac 16Amp Main input Interruttore batterie sempre ON 220Vac 16Amp Alimentazione 220Vac output for Electronic trolley Uscita 220Vac per carrello elettronica 220Vac output for PC table Uscita 220Vac per tavolo PC Fig 5 UPS unit 14 Chapter 4 Installation Connection and Placing Make the ground connection available as soon as possible to avoid electro static discharges through sensible electronic components Connect the 5 sockets holder as shown in fig 5 on page 14 Attention the supply input cable and the output cable of the UPS unit must be kept as separated as possible The two cables are not to be parallel otherwise the resulting electrical noise could affect the print quality YES Fig 6 Correct placement of the cables for the UPS unit Connect now the trolle
29. in Roll length the length in m meters of the roll to load Medawan sne S4 se mmco mimm Select from the Paper Width menu Media profile Kodak Ultra Endura 508 Glossy 305dpi M the width of the paper to load Media type Reflection T Emulsian ll Box offset Current status E mm vijo mm Select from the Paper profile menu the name of the profile corresponding to the paper type which is going to be used Number of prints 84 Paper left 43 03m 1694 Fig 49 Paper box dialog Warning The profile selected here is what the LaserLab will actually use to print Select the New roll command ONLY if a new roll is about to be loaded a confirmation request will appear select Yes there Exit and return to the main window Insert the paper magazine in the LaserLab hook and close the panel then select Laser lab gt Load menu of the main window Confirmation will be requested select Yes See also 7 4 Loading Paper on page 54 51 Chapter 7 Paper loading and management 52 7 2 Centering and Aligning images After a mechanical or electronic service it might happen that prints have a white border on them or the image is not perfectly centered on the paper Select Calibrations Transport from the main menu bar To correct the centering use the Image centering mm parameters on the Transport system Transport system i l X Image centering mm QOSmm 2L
30. is H5 LUTTER The function of each key is explained in the following EJECT Press this button to eject of a copy not cut The copy is not cut if it features neither cutmarks nor barcode ADV Starts the cutting procedure if a copy with cutmarks and barcode is already present inside the cutter CUT Makes a vertical cut 121 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station 122 Don t use this function during the usual work Use it only to check the cutter motor gt gt Moves forward the copy lt lt Moves backward the copy OFF LINE Cuts off the communication between the cutter and the LaserLab computer unit LED is ON MAN AUTO Disables enables the automatic mode If the LED 1s ON the cutter 1s disabled and every sheet 1s brought to the usual dryer output If the LED is off the device starts automatically to cut the sheet as soon as the latter one arrives to the cutter The MAN AUTO LED is on if some error has been detected see alsol4 9 on page 133 In this case the cutter is disabled Press the MAN AUTO button to enable the cutter again Reserved for technical service Don t use it during the normal work If the TEST 1 button has been pressed by accident don t do any other thing but waiting the device to complete its automatic cycle At the end press again TEST land then MAN AUTO to enable the cutter TEST 2 Reserved for technical service Don t use it during the normal work Same as TEST 1 TRANSP HEAD
31. is not dependent from the format This is useful when the print layout has not been generated from ImageLab but has to be printed and cut on the LaserLab It is also useful when it is need ed to print and cut a package with all the images in only one column Select File Image processor HSCutter Shears 129 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station 130 To let the HSCutter Shear simulator window appear as in fig 122 HSCutter shears simulator X Configuration name Sample for shears P 205 Sample Far shears Knife 4 Iv Knife 3 I Knife z Rail Knife 1 254 TT Total2 357 0 mm Mew Delete Apply i Cancel Fig 122 HSCutter shears simulator dialog The values in the figure are related to the Sample for shears package To generate that pack age first open an image and then select Image gt Generate package from the main menu In the Process package window fig 56 on page 62 select the Sample for shears item See section 6 2 on page 59 for further details about packages The whole resulting image is a 203x507mm size including the images nr 15x20 horizontal nr 20x25 vertical nr 3 5x7 horizontal B amp W nr 3 5x7 horizontal An example is shown in fig 123 on page 131 It is requested to cut the package as shown in fig 124 on page 131 The first parameter to set in the window is Step to 203 giving the transport
32. length Attention if this value is wrong the vertical cuts Y will be placed incorrect y Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station Fig 124 Cut sheet Fig 123 Sheet to be cut Then start from the bottom of the image 1 Place the first knife to cut the three little color images So Knife 1 is selected and its value is set to 51 2 The value for Knife 2 cutting the three little B amp W images is 51 too Note that this knife is always selected as gives the reference for the other three 3 Finally Knife 3 has to cut the big vertical image so it is selected and its value is set to 254 4 Knife 4 is not selected as it does not cut anything in the example The Total field gives the height of the whole image 357mm in the example Give the Apply command to confirm what done and then OK to close the window 14 8 1 Limitations in use When working in automatic mode the formats are placed to respect the following limitations l The Step transport length range is from 9mm to 400mm 2 Knife 2 must be placed in the first half of the cutter 508 2 2 254mm Please note that Knife 1 position is measured with respect to the origin while Knife 2 position is mea sured with respect to Knife 1 position So in the window the above condition becomes Knifel Knife2 lt 254 3 It is not possible to cut or trim formats less than 8mm 131 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station 14 8 2 Shears simulator and Autoprint See sectio
33. monitor Zoom oc The box placed on the right of the two zoom keys shows the image 23 magnification It is possible to type any value inside the box press JENTER to confirm or selecting a defined value from the corresponding pull down menu 31 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image MM Zoom fit automatically fits the image to the entire screen Informations about the image Select this button to let an image information dialog appear fig 26 Image information File name WIstationiFiDemo imagestt OOFOTOWOTO052 JPG Width 210 0 mm 2100 pixel Height 150 0 mm 1500 pixel X dpi 72 Y dpi me Image size 9228K 9450040 bytes Stored size 2855967 bytes File format Exchangeable image file format EXIF JPEGX EXIF JPEG Compression JPEG Color profile Fuji Crys Arch DP on Kodak PRO 24052003 icc 1407618 bytes Image metadata Property Value ns XResolution 300 0 um YResolution 300 0 ResolutionUnit Inch Software Ver 1 01 DateTime 2001 10 14 14 25 45 ExposureTime 5 300 FNumber 67 10 ExposureProgram 2 Exifversion error DateTimeOriginal 2001 10 14 14 25 45 Fig 26 Image properties 6 4 Image printing 6 4 1 Printing the current image Print now Select this button from the LaserLab Bar 32 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image SS Or select librations Laser printer Window Help the Laser Printer g
34. odas Top EUER SE chow do odas 90 10 Paper calibration daily alignment and creating new profiles 93 10 1 JntrOGU CLOD oodd dean ek ut cio bird e SU Te X ath diae ca doe kes tea SUR De S Gaia 93 10 2 Starting up the calibration sequence 0 0 eee 93 10 2 1 Densitometer setup llle ehh hh 94 1022 Printing the Target s d uus Re o Or ROLE e MC HD AC IRE 95 10 3 Reading the Tes qc tte oce ur iae ue Dod o eoe OR ao EREMO Ree eu ae ad 95 10 9 I Balanced 65s oca ET Rm re ooi m ex Aig So ces or fenestra a ee 96 10 3 2 Not balanced lest 22 2 ha 97 10 4 Manual refinement of the calibration 2 0 00 cc ee 98 10 5 Back up How to save the settings 0 0 0 cece eee 98 11 The ColorMap Color Management System 101 dilly QUICK SIE ouo cxt dade dote qtd acean dote at bed qr ros atia bd Eos qol ardt PR 101 11 2 The GMS standard System e xut Ro e M Re ERE e Ren C CR 101 11 2 1 Manual mode options llle hh 103 11 3 The ColorMap system 0 ee ee ers 104 11 3 1 Creating a color Map ers aci od a rte coe RR aod bah de oa doe tat odd 104 11 3 2 Binding a color map to aformat 000 cc les 106 12 Error messages and system diagnostics LL 109 12 1 The message window llle re 109 12 2 EMO MESSAGES 3 caduco s qo RO d qo Sod d OR eth Ra t st todo 110 12 3 Log files management lille 112 13 ASST EAD ZO 30 asee reee d
35. ok T Rd Im The resizing operations are available from the Resize Bar shown in fig 35 the three buttons are Crop Selection Resize to Fit Pa per and Resize Image Fig 35 Resize Bar 6 8 1 Cropping Crop Selection Allows to select the section of the image that 1s needed for the print CEPET IH Select the first button and the Crop size window shown on fig 36 will appear The Choose size from format menu shows the defined available sizes The items Width hori Choose size from format zontal arrows and Height vertical arrows al H513 18 low to insert manually the needed crop size The cropping window will be shown as a shaded line ind sa E _Max size_ frame The cropping window follows the move i 20 Width lt gt Height ment of the mouse To change the size of the cropping frame torn the mouse wheel middle v Resize after crop button of the mouse to increase the speed of v Fit ta window the mouse wheel hold the Ctrl key Fig 36 Crop size dialog Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image When the left button of the mouse will be pressed the section of the image in side the frame will be saved and the external part will be deleted The cropping operation is shown in fig 37 Talibrations Laser printer Window Help FR Qa O0 10025 BMP Choose size from format H513x18 qs iE Mas size it 20 E Width lt gt Height v Resize after crop v
36. particular color conversion technol ogy developed by single producers The ColorMap model can manage a color conversion al ready available on the market keeping and accurately reproducing its own features In ImageLab 2 0 color maps are intended to work with Autoprint and for mats To each format can be assigned a different color map Attention the following procedure requires an additional color profile con version software not included in ImageLab To generate a color map proceed as follows Color Management System settings X ColorMaps folder C WINNT system32 spool drivers color Browse _ Color profiles folder Static C LittlaCMS Microsoft ICM Automatic made i RGB input profile if nat embedded inte Rendering intent Default page to open for multipage files 1 a Manual made Save source Color ap f Ask when opening C Bonot ask perform conversion C Do nothing Cancel Fig 101 Creation of a color map 1 Select File gt Preferences gt CMS settings from the main menu bar The Color Management System settings window is shown in fig 101 Chapter 11 The ColorMap Color Management System Make sure that both the Enable color profile box is disabled no check mark inside 2 The Color profiles folder box features the destination folder for the color maps Use the Browse command to select or even to create the folder The Select di
37. proce dure Once completed a link to the OrderMakerMF executable will be shown on the desktop 15 4 Starting OrderMakerMF 146 no password Attention it is necessary for all the PCs having OrderMakerMF installed on them to have the same user name and the same password We suggest to keep the default setting that is Administrator as user name and Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF FF OrderMakerMF 1 02 011 Double click on the desktop link to run OrderMak erMF First the software attempts to locate all the LaserLab printers connected to the network fig 144 Locating Copyright C 2005 Polielettronica 5 0 4 Fig 144 Starting OrderMakerMF Attention OrderMakerMF can only work together with LaserLab printers having ImageLab version 3 or higher installed on them If software fails locating the printer it will not start Please refer to section 15 6 on page 154 to solve this kind of problems Once the program has started the main window appears as shown in fig 145 Divided in tabs in the window upper part can be seen all the printers located Each print has a mark associated whose color can be RED On the printer is installed ImageLab rel 3 or higher but it is not running at the moment YELLOW On the printer the software ImageLab rel 3 or higher is present and running but it is not printing at the moment GREEN On the printer the software ImageLab r
38. pull down menu Bright colors 20 Fig 105 Effects frame 6 Close the window with OK to confirm the modifications 107 Chapter 1 1 The ColorMap Color Management System 108 Chapter 12 Error messages and system diagnostics 12 Error messages and system diagnostics 12 1 The message window When an error in operations occurs on the lower left corner of the screen the following window appears fig 106 Message viewer l x Message list started 11 55 20 14 51 01 HSCutter HSCutter in error mode please check status and reset 14 51 01 ImageL ab Images left ta be printed 1 test Optec TIF 14 51 54 LaserLab Printer paper finished 14 51 54 LaserL ab LMI board not ready Verbose Hide Fig 106 Message viewer window This window is called the Message viewer All the message from LaserLab are stored here For each message 1s indicated the time when it was generated so one can trace the machine errors history The blue writing gives to time when LaserLab began to send the messages The red writings are related to the error that stopped the operation the black ones are service and infor mation messages The text inside can be selected with the mouse and copied press together the Ctrl and the c key Once copied it can be pasted press together the Ctrl and the v key to a text editor Windows Notepad for example or directly in a e mail message This could be useful to communicate to a ser
39. ree Transport offset 305mm 1 2 om 2 203mm 8 1096 3 EB 150 152mm 6 1096 3 E 22 1096 3 zl 100 Timm 4 zz See picture for orientation Cancel Fig 50 Transport system dialog window shown in fig 50 The window features a table Image centering each row represents a different paper band Attention depending on your printer model only the printable paper bands will be available The first row is for paper widths from 306 to 508 mm identified with Width 508mm 20 The second row is for paper widths from 204 to 305 mm identified with Width 305mm 12 The third row is for paper width from 153 to 203 mm identified with Width 203mm 8 The fourth row is for paper width from 103 to 152 mm identified with Width 152mm 6 The fifth row is for paper width equal or below 102 mm identified with Width 102mm 4 The X and Y values are referred to the sample image shown in the window Confront the printed images and measure of how many millimeters it must be centered horizontally X or vertically Y Increase X Y to move the image right down decrease X Y to move it left up Note Chapter 7 Paper loading and management that the parameter X is common for the all the bands 20 12 8 6 and 4 while Y can be modified independently for each band Attention the above mentioned parameters are general i e they modify the setting of the whole printer and on every paper sett
40. regulation which is independent from the others As described in 7 2 increase X Y to move the image right down decrease X Y to move it left up 7 4 Loading Paper 7 4 1 LaserLab 50 20 and LaserLab 76 30 Warning the LaserLab 50 20 can work only if the paper roll is winded with the emulsion on the outer side The use of rolls winded with emulsion on the inner side causes transport prob lems the aspiration system is unable to sustain and transport the paper Please ensure that Your supplier can procure the rolls winded the right way LaserLab 76 30 can work with rolls winded with emulsion both inside and outside only for 76 30 band See 13 2 Managing rolls winded with emulsion inside LaserLab 30 on page 114 for further informations LaserLab 76 30 can work with 50 20 and 76 30 paper boxes The box type must be selected before inserting it See 13 1 Using the 50 20 paper box on the LaserLab 76 30 on page 113 Attention the loading of the paper roll inside the box must be performed in N the darkroom The box components are described above see fig 52 on page 55 l Stepper flange lever 2 Paper roll flange 3 Paper guides 4 Stopper lever for locking paper passage 54 Chapter 7 Paper loading and management Transport lower roller Transport upper roller Opening locking lever for paper passage Manual advancement rewinding knob O OH N QN t
41. service polielettronica it Or send us our spare parts order request failure report information request module to the fol lowing address Polielettronica S p A 45030 S Maria Maddalena RO ITALY Via Nazionale 55 1 1 Definitions In this sections we describe the definitions used in this manual The symbol marked defini tions are in compliance with the CEI60950 norm S Tool Screwdriver or any other object used to move a screw or a fixing part Service personnel Experienced and properly trained person to be aware of any possible danger of a service oper ation and of every safety precaution Operator Each person using the equipment but not included in the service personnel In this manual the terms user and operator have the same meaning Polielettronica technician A technician allowed to perform any service operation including the ones not described in this manual Chapter 1 General informations 1 2 Warning and caution symbols WARNING It denotes a hazard It calls attention to a procedure practice or the like which if not correctly performed or adhered to could result in injury or death Do not proceed beyond a warn ing until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met CAUTION It denotes a hazard It calls attention to a procedure practice or the like which if not correctly performed or adhered to could result in damage or destruction of part or all of the product Do not proceed
42. settings and end order management 00 cece nn eees 133 14 9 3 Guides for the input formats 222i 134 T4 TO Error Ties sSag6S ise gwd role dus de ce eee dcc Gado OR ee 135 T4 11 Elon conditons waa dud rer ed ded Peine a D a deba Y de cirea 136 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF 139 15 1 The OrderMakerMF software llle 139 15 2 Network settings for a correct use of OrderMakerMF 139 15 2 1 Checking the IP address for the LaserLab printers LLL 139 15 2 2 Mapping network drives of the LaserLab printers llli llus 141 15 3 Installing OrderMakerMF leelee s 144 15 4 Starting OrderMakerMF 0 0c ens 146 15 5 Creating al Older 4 4 44 92 bedeutet Da eave ae eae os 148 15 5 1 Hemoving modifying images from the order 0 0c cece ees 149 15 6 Sending Ine Oder ss a ciao d dato dea doo hese abt Ga ER Vt 150 15 6 1 Options for the contact sheet 222i 152 15 7 Other features of OrderMakerMF 0 0 0 0 0c ce eee 153 15 7 1 Autoprint and OrderMakerMF lille 153 15 7 2 Using OrderMakerMF with the HSCutter MSA llli 153 15 8 Message errors Solving the problemsS 0 0 0 0 ce eee eee eee 154 15 8 1 Missing connection errors 1 eee 154 15 8 2 No printer located over the network 2 22 ee ee 154 TO NOK CPO ING RR CETT ECETU T DO TI PED ae 15
43. shears configuration Knife 4 254 1 M Knife 3 jl Knife 2 Rail 5 v Knife 1 Total 356 0 mm New Delete i Cancel Fig 125 Disable button 132 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station 14 9 HSCutting Station MSA HSCutting Station MSA is a standalone cutter that does not connect to LaserLab The settings for the cutting 1s made through ImageLab see previous sections To activate the cutter just introduce the sheet to be cut with the proper cutbars the equipment will drag the sheet and cut it following the desired settings 14 9 1 Keyboard and display This cutter is equipped with the same keyboard and display of the in line HS Cutting Station For further details see section 14 3 Function keyboard and display on page 121 14 9 2 ImageLab settings and end order management To set the cutting parameters it is necessary to access to Hardware setup dialog through the combination of keys ALT CTRL SHIFT C Attention the Hardware setup window tuning is reserved for service per sonnel only In the Hardware setup window the frame of interest is the one named HS Cutting Station see fig 116 on page 124 Two possible settings are available HSLutting station HSCutting Station v extend sizes Sorter g 12 Check sorter limits With the settings shown in fig 126 the LaserLab will cut the sheet exactly at the end of each order In this
44. the I button on the UPS unit If nothing happens check that the on off switch on the same panel stays on the ON position f 5 3 Warming up As soon the system is switched on check 1 The manometer pressure indication has to stay between 1 8 and 2 bar fig 8 on page 17 2 The modulator control panel cooling fan to be properly connected and working fig 10 on page 19 The laser group heating requires about 30 minutes During this time the emis sion is unstable and the results thus unreliable 21 Chapter 5 Start up operation Start Stop sequence 22 We suggest to consider this time while calculating a correct start up time for the system If the printer is coupled to the RA4 processor it is necessary to consider the processor warm up time too which is about the same 30 45 minutes but is much more subject to ambient temperature 5 4 Starting ImageLab After a few minutes the Windows working window will appear Double click on the ImageLab icon fig 11 placed on the desktop and the applica tion will start Fig 11 ImageLab icon The reader is supposed to know the basic operations in the Windows operat ing system launching programs opening and closing folders and so on Refer to the Windows manual supplied with the equipment 5 5 Quitting ImageLab ae ImageLab s Restare Select the top left corner of the ImageLab window as Move c shown fig 12 Selecting Cl
45. the print spooler will simply ignore the files stored into it 72 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats 9 3 2 Folders path 2 xi Look in Cx iare e t EL EJ Double click on the Folder name sec Eoo ghost fi 10x15 doceo A 20x25 Text 10 10x10 HS Test 13x18 5x7 20x30 8x12 ond column The Select directory c window of fig 67 appears 0 10x13 HS Test 13x18 Logo 20x40 Pan 10 10x15 HS Test 13x18 Text 24x30 8 5x12 __ 0 13x18 HS Test 15x20 13x18 Bordo Bianco 24x30 con bb JO 15x20 HS Test 15x20 6x8 24x36 contact Desktop In this way it is possible to assign the e pene Costas desired path toa certain folder My EPI 1731010 4x4 4 20x20 8x8 5 30x30 12x12 2 CJ 10x13 4x5 5 20x25 8x10 2 30x30 12x12 De L 10x15 4x6 2 20x25 Logo 29 30x40 12x16 A path is valid if it 1s logically con T nected to the system local or network Ce My Network P connected Cancel A Fig 67 Select directory dialog 9 3 3 Job type and name Double clicking on the Job type column allows to define the Job type for a certain folder The JobName cell changes together with the Job type as different Job types present different fea tures Three options are available Job type JobName Package IP 13x18Logo The folder is matched to a Package Format F 203x254 8 x10 The folder is matched to a Format none none No Job type matched to the current folder If a f
46. user to select which interpolation method to use when the image is reduced or enlarged see 6 8 on page 40 9 6 6 Format settings effects An effect or a group of effects can be applied to the current format These ones are listed in the Effects frame of the Format setup window fig 77 on page 82 Convert to grayscale Converts the images in the current format to B amp W Convert to sepia Converts the images in the current format to Sepia The Sepia tone is adjustable through the R G B boxes Auto density Enables an automatic density correction procedure for the cur rent format Auto colors Enables an automatic color correction procedure for the current format ColorMap Translates the image using a color management system called ColorMap See section 11 3 The ColorMap system on page 104 for more details Bright colors By introducing a negative positive number the color saturation decreases increases The valid range is from 30 to 100 Sug gested value is 15 9 6 7 Modifying an existing format 85 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats To modify an existing format proceed as follows 1 Open the Format setup window of fig 77 on page 82 by selecting File gt Image processor gt Formats from the main menu 2 Select the row corresponding to format to be modified 3 Modify one or more parameters in the window refer to the previous sections 9 6 1 9 6 6 4 Select Apply to confirm the modifications
47. 1s the bar of the air bear ing slide Attention the level has to be placed with care on the bar this is neces sary to avoid scratches or damages of the bar itself Check again the level 24 hours after the installation as it could have changed requiring an ad justment To do that it is possible to use the air bearing slide in the following manner 1 Switch on the air compressor or feed the printer with air absolutely do not switch the unit on 2 Now the air bearing slide can be moved without any efforts is needed it is now an high pre cision level 3 Handling it with care move the slide to the centre and check in which direction it moves adjust the level of the printer till the slide does not move While processing the paper processor creates vibrations they can be transmitted to the printer Chapter 4 Installation Connection and Placing trough the floor To avoid the vibrations problem the paper processor is delivered with a set of PAPER PROCESSOR ANTI VIBRATIONS FEET MONTAGGIO PIEDINI ANTI VIBRAZIONE m C ons s m NO CEPS NO En Uu SV PIED dsf SV PIED 5 31 03 2000 PROCESSOR FEET ds Fig 4 Anti vibration feet placement anti vibrations feet they have to be placed during the installation as shown on fig 4 The plastic base of the existing feet has to be removed and the rubber feet have to be placed following the reference numbers labeled on them Attention
48. 20 14 1 None Auto All Yes X Del ALL MOn F 4Print Spooler 50 35 Logo Package JB 50x35logo 1 None Auto All Yes X Del ALL MOn F 4Print Spooler50x75 20 32 Format JF 508x762 20x30 1 None Auto All Yes X Del ALL B On Lg F APrint Spooler 710 2 5 4 Format F 70x102 apt Full size Auto All Yes X Del ALL E n ig F APrint Spooler 4 Brochure Format F amp 4 Brochure apt Full size Auto All Yes X Del ALL MH On Lj F Print Spooler s it is none none 1 None Auto All No X Del ALL m On F 4Print SpoolerCalendar amp M ask Package JB Calendar amp M ask 1 None Auto All Yes X Del ALL E On Lg F APrint SpoolerPackage sample Package IP Samplei apt Full size Auto All Yes X Del ALL MH On Lg F APrint Spooler Provino 649 su carta 30 Package JB Provino 6x9 apt Full size 4 All Yes X Del ALL ME fn 34 F Print amp nanlerstesto PNN Packane WE 2030 intest 11 Mane ukan dll Yes X Nel Al I x Add Delete Space between n Alphabetic Files none none p s i copies pixels Eal sorting Bo sharpen r se Ho c Invert order E Full Vertical pack Cancel Write infos on right Descramble full vertical pack auto orientation Fig 66 Autoprint folder list window 9 3 1 Folders enable disable Double clicking on the first column Status one can enable or disable the folders The cell fea tures a green square On if the folder is enabled or a red square Off when disabled If a folder is disabled
49. 254054 EPO ai cc 254 381 10 15 rp 2545406 10x16 rp 280 356 11x14 rp 305x305 1231 2 rp 305x406 12x16 rp Scope 3054457 12x18 xi IY I Image Processor 30430 12x12 White and Blac EPO 7 p AD5s406 15x16 EPO Ea P aee 40 60mm IPO el Woi Order anager vew 1 P jlo al i Delete Apply OF Options v Auto orientation to match format Cut frame mm a v Crop to exacltv fit v write file name JIN right m L Text size 6 Quality Automatic Best Good C Auto C Custom v Pre apply sharpen M Post apply sharpen Enlarge Bicubic suggested Reduce Bicubic Effects Convert to grayscale Convert to sepia R 140 G 127 g 115 Automati color correction ColorMap DEFAULT Bright colors 20 Fig 68 Format setup window an item of the list all the related format features will be shown in the window If the Job type of the folder is Package the corresponding JobName field features a green square with a P inside Double click on this field to let the Select package dialog appear fig 74 The format name Job name is only a mnemonic Please refer to the Format setup window to know exactly all the format features The right part of the window is about creating a new format and will be ex plained in detail at section 9 6 on page 82 69 Select package Packagename w u T
50. 30 side because the origi nal image cannot cover the entire length The option is checked The result is a full 20x30 format where two bands of the pictures got cut at the top and at the bottom to fit inside the printing format This selection adds file name on the print border It is possible to select the position of the text The size of the text is selectable too 9 6 5 Format settings quality In the Quality frame of the Format setup window fig 77 on page 82 are found several op tions allowing to include image enhancement procedures in the format Automatic Leaves fully to the system the image enhancement The only option is to choose if the enhancement procedure should be as Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats accurate as possible Best option being a little slower or as fast as possible Fast option losing a little quality The Good option represents a good compromise between the other two If a better control on the enhancement is required select Custom Pre apply sharpen and Post apply sharpen The Sharpen or contrast mask can be applied to the image before or after a scaling resizing operation The level of sharpening can be selected from 0 to 9 It is hard to foresee when and how much Sharpen is needed it depends on the source and quality of the original image Only experience in production can be of help to apply this effect correctly Enlarge and Reduce These are two pull down menus that allow the
51. 4 In the Internet Protocol Properties window of fig 132 take note of the IP address could 140 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF be for example 192 168 1 177 Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties ajx General fou can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Othenvise you need to ask your network administrator Far the appropriate IP settings C Obtain an IP address gui uic allowing Tm IP address 192 168 2 10 168 pi Subnet mask 255 255 255 Default gateway C Obtain DNS server address automatically Use the following ONS server addresses Preferred ONS server Alternate DNS server Advanced cance Fig 132 Finding the IP address The IP address is composed by four digits The first three digits must be the same for every LaserLab printer in the network and for every PC with OrderMakerMF installed on In the default configuration all the addresses should be like this 192 168 1 x Where x is a number between 1 and 255 15 2 2 Mapping network drives of the LaserLab printers The following procedure must be accomplished for every LaserLab printer in the network 1 Double click on My network places icon In the window called My Network Places select the operating LaserLab printer 141 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF amp 2 Double click on the printe
52. 5 16 1 Daily maintenance compressor condense discharging 155 16 2 Weekly maintenance cleaning the airfilters 00005 156 16 3 Monthly maintenance replacing the air filters 0 000 000 ae 156 TOA Sled ClEANING zucca des teo que dos a ee cao tte e eee od ip Eee dolos oa 157 16 5 Yearly maintenance pressure reduction group filters replacement 157 16 6 Yearly maintenance replacement of the brushes in the cutter internal motor 157 16 7 Machine working statistics llle 158 17 Attached documentS 0 0 00 cece eee eee 159 17 1 Attached documents list 5 054 eS seek BES hd ow ROE Sed be Eee ete 159 17 2 Declaration of conformity 2 llle 159 13 9 Warnan s 2 ira cheb deck dls eoe dateien Ai do de both ao eed heck Shh Gd So ar 160 LaserLab instruction for use 17 4 Spare parts failure report information request module LaserLab instructions for use LaserLab instruction for use Chapter 1 General informations 1 General informations The informations included in this manual are intended for a correct use of the LaserLab equip ment Correct use and limits are also indicated Follow carefully the manual instructions in order to guarantee the operator safety optimize the work and increase the equipment lifetime For any information please contact us at the following phone number 39 0425757375 Or send an email to the following address
53. 76 LASERLAB 30 90 LASERLAB 20 30 LASERLAB 12 INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLATION USE AND MAINTENANCE ImageLab 4 00 252 OrderProcessor V1 04 022 Copyright c 1998 2006 Polielettranica Nov 2 2006 03 05 23 F ImageLab Rel 4 x A B amp A B Last Update 2006 November 17 This manual is an important part of the LaserLab equipment Hold it with care dur ing the whole equipment lifetime READ CAREFULLY THE MANUAL BEFORE EVERY OPERATION ON THE EQUIPMENT LaserLab instructions for use Our products are subject of constant technical improvements Accordingly we re serve the right to modify them at any time with respect to the text and illustrations and features In every case safety and safety indications are guaranteed All products names and services are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the Poliettronica POLIELETTRONICA S p A Via Nazionale 51 B 45030 S Maria Maddalena ROVIGO ITALY Tel 39 0425757375 Telefax 39 0425756255 URL www polielettronica it Email staff poliettronica it LaserLab instruction for use Contents T General IDIOLmalleliS s 32 3 5 m obe de ER CREE EXON ECCE 1 LOS NOTIONS ME T c rc ce Ayla cr 1 1 2 Warning and caution symbols llle 2 1 3 General safety warnings llle 2 2 Produ
54. A Transport roller fitting in lever 10 Paper guides adjusting knob 1 Take up pulley To load the paper proceed as follows see fig 52 Fig 52 Paper box for LaserLab 50 20 and 76 30 1 Opening the two side hooks remove the cover panel then rotating the handle fig 52 nr 10 widen the paper guides well beyond the actual width of the paper to be loaded 2 Lift the lever at the side of the roll holding flanges fig 52 nr 1 In a darkroom insert the flanges directly on the roll then press on the relative small lever to block the flanges them selves 3 Insert the roll in the magazine rotate the handle fig 52 nr 10 to close the roll s paper guides fig 52 nr 3 Warning Do not exercise excessive force on the guides regulation han dle if it is too hard to move yet the roll isn t still perfectly in place rotate the roll while turning the handle 4 After the regulation is completed rotate the handle of a 14 of a complete turn in the opposite direction so that the roll can turn freely 5 Open the guillotine latch of the paper slit fig 52 nr 7 bis pulling the lever to the right fig 52 nr 7 The lever can be locked in this position by pressing on the smaller lever fig 52 nr 4 to the left 6 Let the paper pass below the tenser roll fig 52 nr 11 and between the transport roll and counter roll 55 Chapter 7 Paper loading and management 56 7 Letthe paper exit from the magaz
55. ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL Del ll Cancel XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX x Sg5ocrocosoosososoosooscssosos S x E When the MAN AUTO LED is off AUTO function enabled it is possible to insert manually the copies in the cutter The copies must feature cutmarks Each row is a print folder The column Pack shows which pack has been matched to that folder To change it double click on the pack to let the Select pack type dialog appear as shown in the middle of fig 119 The five available options are None vertical Full size Continuous HSCutter 127 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station HS HS Cutter Select HSCutter and then OK The pack will be shown in the box Now to select the format double click on the format box The Format setup dialog window will be shown fig 121 on page 128 Select the desired format and give OK Once finished give OK in the Autoprint folder list window fig 119 to confirm the modifications 14 7 1 Wasteless HSCutter formats Refer to the Format setup window shown in fig 121 on page 128 128 Special attributes M HSLCutter divide BEEN Fig 120 HSCUtter Look at the frame placed about in middle and called Special At tributes The frame is shown in fig 120 Select the box HSCutter divide and the 5 box Then give the Ap ply command in the Format setup window fig 121 formats
56. Kodak Digital Ill 508 Glossy Any mounted box Fig 72 Select box dialog 17 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats 78 9 3 10 End of Order management To set the separation among orders double click on the EO column to toggle between the val ues Yes and No EO Yes The print starts as soon as an EndOf Order file is encountered EO No The print starts when the format is completed See section 9 5 on page 8 amp 1 for further informations about order management and separation within the Autoprint function 9 3 11 Destination of printed files Double click on the column Move to toggle between the Mov and the Del options If the Mov option is enabled the printed files are not deleted but moved to a subfolder of the print spooler format folder called Moved Attention The Moved subfolders are not automatically deleted from the La serLab f this option is enabled we suggest to periodically clean up the sub folders to avoid the risk of filling the hard disk If the Del option is enabled default choice the printed files are deleted 9 3 12 Workflow management with Autoprint It is often requested to launch the print not of all folder but only a specific group of them de pending on the job or the operator This is accomplished by the Workflow function In the Automatic print dialog of fig 65 on page 70 near the Workflow item are placed ten buttons numbered from to 10 Each button can be bound to
57. LESS FORMATS 102 10x10 10x13 10x15 10x20 127 13x9 13x13 13x18 13x20 254 25x20 25x25 25x38 All the formats included in the 508 band are allowed The formats not mentioned in the table could produce waste of paper for example cutting the 24x18 or 24x30 formats will produce a 20mm waste for every sheet All the copies will be cut and refined without white borders 14 5 LaserLab setup for HSCutter To let the printer and the cutter work together it is necessary to set some parameters in the Hardware setup window shown in fig 116 Agee see H eee pee ere C j basla RO CRT Tum ta s A Ilembo lee ELL HS Cutting station FS arial ee UNE A I E Leeb bepa NSL Tupai Biada aadi Iw HSCutting Station P extend sizes Skah cmpmmamingry e ITE par Nes Iw Sorter 8 12 q pue I Dual sale cor aor Safe sort multizize des a DELL ELLI HSCutter diagnostic mode test only Mn ee ee Pr ips ind Pe Bobo Quam rw dad et P Dowd langes c n E ETER TE mm L T a i E ti ysi Fig 116 Hardware setup window settings for HSCutter Attention the use of the Hardware setup window parameters is reserved to service personnel only Press the keys CTRL ALT SHIFT C to let the window appear Find the frame HSCut ting station inside the window 124 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station The settings must be the same of the ones shown in fig 116 14 6 Using the HS Cutter
58. Reserved for technical service Don t use it during the normal work Same as TEST 1 PAGE Reserved for technical service Don t use it during the normal work Same as TEST 1 DOWN UP Reserved for technical service Don t use it during the normal work Same as TEST 1 ENTER Alarm reset and global system restore See also 14 9 HSCutting Station MSA on page 133 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station 14 4 Mode of operation The cutter is supplied with 4 mobile blades for horizontal cut X axis and one blade for vertical cut Y axis See fig 115 on page 123 for more details The 4 blades for horizontal cut can divide the 508mm band into 5x102mm or 4x127mm or 3x169mm or 2x254mm bands All the formats based on these bands are cut with no waste of paper except for the sheet header which is necessary to drive the cutter and the blades thick ness The thickness of the horizontal blades are 5mm for the middle one and 3mm for the other three The thickness of the vertical blade 1s 3mm The number of vertical cuts and the spacing among them are depending on the chosen format For example one cut every 10cm if the format is 10x10 or one cut every 15cm if the format is 10x15 header intestazione tagli orizzontali Tagli verticali Fig 115 HSCutting Station mode of operation 123 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station In the following table there are some examples of formats being cut with no paper waste BAND WASTE
59. SCutter Contact our tech nical staff for further informations HS cutter the resulting layout is fit to be processed by the High Speed Cutter See section 14 7 Autoprint and format settings for HS Cutter on page 127 for further in Select pack type X I Mone IE vertical EE Continuous T5 7 HsCutter HB OC width fit Cancel HSCutter V Fig 0 Select pack type dialog formations 9 3 6 Shears configuration for HSCutter Double click on the Shears column to match a shears configuration to the current autoprint fold er This argument is related to the HSCutter device and it is explained at section 14 8 2 Shears simulator and Autoprint on page 132 9 3 7 Limiting the maximum transport length In same cases it could be useful to limit the maximum transport length This operation is accom plished by limiting the number of columns present on the same sheet this does not produce waste of paper Insert number of columns Columns 8 Automatic Cancel Fig 1 Insert number of columns dialog 76 Double click on the Col column to let the Insert number of columns window appear fig 71 Type the desired number or select Automatic default to let the system fill the sheet with the maximum allowed number of columns Give OK to confirm the modifications Cancel to discard them Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats This command is applicable only if th
60. Save source Calor ap C Do not ask perform conversion C Do nothing EXE Manual made Ask when opening Fig 99 Color Management System settings dialog Make sure that the Enable color profile box is enabled with the check mark inside it We suggest to let the default option Microsoft ICM enabled The CMS system requires the image files to be coupled to an input profile If the device gener ating the image does not include a color management system no profile will be associated to the file It 1s still possible to process the images by coupling them to a default input profile En 102 Chapter 11 The ColorMap Color Management System able the RGB input profile if not embedded box and choose the proper profile from the pull down menu In this window the output profile 1s not shown since it does not depend on the printer but on the paper too To view the output profile select Calibration Media parameters The Transfer function window appears as shown in fig 100 In the Media menu is shown the paper model in the Color profile menu is shown the printer CMS output profile Transfer function l xj EIN Delete E dit Cyan Media RRERRETTERRIST ERSTE gest View Cyan Magenta Yellow i l ox ca D E ce ea na en en mp ea en 12 5234 22 9 82 13 8 279 23 39 507 14 9961 24 15 B8 038 25 100 18 83 381 17 B5 382 18 B8 087
61. The sheets with single images or not to be cut are placed at the usual dryer output chute of the paper processor The 117 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station two different paths are shown in fig 110 The installation steps are the following 1 Rotate the fan placed over the processor dryer as shown in fig 111 2 Mount the motorized transport unit The positions of the mounting holes are shown in fig 111 Respect the quotes in the figure ROTATE 180 VENTOLA ASPIRAZIONE VAPORI STEAM SUCKING FAN ALL 4 8x16 SELF TAPPING SCREWS VITI 4 8X16 AUTOFILETTANTI PARTE SUPERIORE FORNO DRYER TOP VIEW Fig 111 Mounting the HSCutting Station the middle while passing through the transport unit 3 Mount the guide for reversing the copies ATTENTION As soon as finished verify that the copy stays exactly in 4 Act on the HS wheels bring the cutting station at the same level of the transport unit in this 118 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station way it is possible to insert the knobs placed on the chute in the transport unit proper site see fig 112
62. a 2 13x16Logo le 176 Yes Yes 3xl8scribka lz 178 Yes Yes 3xl8TexL le 178 Yes Yes 20x25 Text 203 2ot Yes Yes 20 25Loga 203 eod Mo Mo 24x30 bordo 40 305 Yes Yes 24e36 contact 40 30 Yes Yes 3 x3 Doeuble Border 305 305 Yes Yes 4x1 10x15 S0x35loga SOx 7Sloga Calendar amp Mask Calendario Calendariol Greeting Greetings Sample 1 Sample Fig 69 Select package dialog Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats Select from the list the package to be matched to the current folder Press OK to confirm or Cancel to exit the window without modifications 9 3 5 Printing the folders in packs See section 8 2 on page 59 to learn how to create packages If the current folder has a format being less then an half of the height of the loaded band the system can place more than one print on the same sheet to minimize paper waste Double click on the cell placed on the Pack column to let the Select pack type dialog appear fig 70 on page 76 75 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats Four options are available 1 2 E None each image is printed on a sepa rate sheet no matter how much paper is wasted Vertical the images are positioned verti cally until the height of the paper is reached Full size as many images as possible are placed on the maximum transportable for mat Continuous This pack is used to cut prints with cutters different from Po lielettronica H
63. a folder or a group of folder When the button is pressed all the folder in the related group are enabled in the automatic print process Workflow setup x Workflow enable Comment Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats Each button folder group can be identified by a description For exam 1 fwo TC ple Lucid 300 paper or image cor 2 fwokfiow2 SS recting operators or professional 3 wokfows opaque print Use the Setup com 4 fwokiows mand placed on the right of the ten but 5 fwokiwS o S tons The Workflow setup dialog amp fwokiow6 appears as shown in fig 73 Type the fwokfow comment near the button to be enabled E THNENENENNNNNNNNN The buttons can be enabled both from L8 Iwoutoss this dialog and from the Automatic 0o wekwt O print one fig 65 on page 70 Cancel Give the OK command to confirm the modifications or the Cancel command to discard them Fig 3 Workflow setup dialog SelecE workflow l X Wokwi 2 Wokhw2 3 Wokhw3 a Workflows SSS 5 WorkflowS SSS 6 Workflow6 SSS 7 Workflow SSS a Wokhw8 o Wokhw9 10 Wonflow10 Fig 74 Select workflow dialog To bind a folder to a button double click on the WF column of the Autoprint folder list fig 66 on page 72 The Select workflow window appears as shown in fig 74 The selected workflow will be coupled to the cur rent fold
64. ageLab Apply the desired color conversion an example could be from the SRGB color profile to the Kodak Digital Ill one Save the modifications on the color map file keep it in the original folder 2 To apply the defined color conversion to an image open it in ImageLab9 and select Image Convert with Colormap in the main menu The Convert with colormap window is shown in fig 104 On this window one can select a color map from the list of the available ones ColorMap pull down menu Convert with colormap X Color ap DEFAULT hd i Cancel Fig 104 Convert with colormap window The DEFAULT color map is predefined in Imagelab the other ones are user defined 11 3 2 Binding a color map to a format To bind a color map to a print folder proceed as follows 1 Open the Color Management System settings window fig 99 on page 102 by selecting File gt Preferences gt CMS settings from the main menu 2 Uncheck the Enable color profiles box no check mark inside 3 Close the window with the OK command 4 Select File gt Image processor gt Formats from the main menu bar to let the Format setup window fig 77 on page 82 appear 106 Chapter 11 The ColorMap Color Management System Effects Convert to grayscale Convert to sepia 5 In the Effects frame shown in fig 105 select mpm mo sp the ColorMap box and choose the desired Auto density Auto colors profile in the
65. ame T1 text1 T2 text2 cpy0000 When the Text command is selected the dia log window shown in fig 64 appears The di alog is divided in two sections each one is related to one row of text It 1s possible to set The position X and Y The dimensions Width and Height The Color of the frame including the text line The angle of rotation of the frame including the text only multiples of 90 The font of the characters Select the EXT box to keep the text from the original file name T1 and T2 if present Rectangle text 1 mm Width Height NS NE ND Font Testis filename M EXT Add asterisk Rectangle text 2 mm A ae Width Height 100 10 Color B o ao E Font Testis filename M EXT Add asterisk Trace text borders Fig 64 Text dialog In this case deselect the EXT box and check the Text is filename one The image number gives the arriving order of the images in the LaserLab print Attention it is not possible to insert text in the images through the ImageLab software The above described command only shows on prints a text already present See Digital Imager instructions for more details x Normal Rotate 30 Rotate 180 Rotate 270 v Enable Normal Rotate 30 Rotate 180 Rotate 270 Enable Cancel The only text option accessible through Imagelab is to write the file name Chapter 9 Auto Pri
66. aper profile 51 Photocards 63 Preferences 47 Print 25 33 49 Print number 49 Print pack 34 49 Q Quantity 71 R Resize 40 49 Resize after crop 41 Resize image 42 Resize to fit paper 42 49 Rotation 43 49 S Sharp 49 Size of prints 8 Smooth filter 45 Statistics of the printer 158 Index W White borders on prints 53 Z Zoom to fit 62 Index
67. ar 27 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image Use the first three icons to launch a print either a single one or mul 4 Wl 13 tiple prints or a pack of prints For further details see the following sections Section 6 4 2 Multiple prints on page 33 Section 6 4 3 Pack printing on page 34 The other icons are intended for settings of hardware or some direct command to the system The Writing System icon is enabled only it the optional writing system compo nent is mounted on the equipment This button enables the Paper box dialog for selecting the paper box to load See sec eS tion 7 1 Selecting paper magazine and profile on page 51 for further details This button enables the Processor status window showing several parameters about the status of the RA4 processor coupled to the Laserlab For further details please consult the processor user manual This button enables the Load paper function useful when beginning a new roll of paper For further see section 7 4 Loading Paper on page 54 This button if selected resets completely the printer settings This button starts the paper calibration procedure See chapter 10 Paper calibration daily alignment and creating new profiles on page 93 for further details 4 e L 6 1 5 Color Adjust Bar The Color Adjust Bar is shown in fig 19 Color Adjust x sx ep wp e doo Reset Fig 19 Color adjust bar Through the
68. ar shown on left You are presented the menu shown in fig 22 on page 30 From here it 1s possible to select the peripheral on which the file is placed and the file to open itself From the bottom of the pull down menu it s possible to select the graphic format type of the image to open but the graphic format rec ognition procedure re mains automatic f Black 204x305 mask jpg EF Black 204x305 jpg E Calendar200 jpg 5 Calendarz xmask jpg 5 Calendarz nxmaskz jpg E FramelFore jpg E FrameiMask jpg 5 Gareetings jpg ET Red350x508 jpg be File name hy Network P Files of type JJPEG File Interchange Format pg jpeg Cancel JPEG File Interchange Format jo0 jpeg ES MULTIMEDIA avi mpa mpeg Mac PICT pet pict Microsoft Windows Bitmap b Fig 22 Opening files Source space Embedded sRGB Color Space Prafile icm Select sRGB Color Space Profile icm infa Select the image to open and click Open The Convert to profile window appears as shown in fig 23 Click OK to accept the default options Destination space Profile adod6522 icm info Conversion options Intent Fielative colorimetric i Cancel Fig 23 Color profile selection Color profiles management is explained at chapter 11 The ColorMap Color Management System on page 101 New image By selecting the icon shown on left Mai
69. ations performed not in accord to this manual Instructions Chapter 2 Producer and equipment identification ATTENTION The equipment power supply must be connected to an electric panel featuring a 16A safety switch overcurrent and ground fault protection This equipment cannot be placed and used in any explosion risk environment It is absolutely forbidden to use the equipment for any other use except the ones indicated in this manual Do not modify any part of the equipment to fit them to other devices 2 3 Attached documents To this manual are attached the following documents 1 CE declaration of conformity 2 Warranty 3 Spare parts order failure report and information request module Found in Chapter 17 Attached documents on page 159 4 Complete list of spare parts Found in the manual EXPLODED VIEW section Other attached documents 5 UPS unit manual for use and maintenance 6 Monitor manual for use and maintenance Chapter 3 Technical features 3 Technical features 3 1 General description use and limits The LaserLab is a color laser printer working on photographic paper The quality of the results is ensured only if the photographic paper is designed for digital printing The system works only with rolls of paper winded with emulsion out sensitive side Resolution Two output resolutions are available 254dpi 10 dots mm 305dpi 12dots mm The resolution can be set during paper cal
70. ble but it 1s needed to start again the procedure from the beginning Print phase Without the calibration reset the procedure is faster no need to print the target again but the result could not be the best possible In every case the procedure finishes when the densitometer reading ends without error and the Done writing appears in the middle of the Media calibration window 97 Chapter 10 Paper calibration daily alignment and creating new profiles 10 4 Manual refinement of the calibration Attention only experienced users should read this section Black offset function If after the printing of the target the black on the test 1s not satisfactory it is possible to correct it through the Black offset boxes fig 93 in the Media calibration di alog Black offset BE dE fe Fig 93 Black offset The black correction requires the target to be printed again Visual balance O 0 j 1m Visual balance function Once the calibration id finished if the prints in grayscale are not satisfactory it is possible to correct manually the black acting on the three sliders in the Visual balance frame fig 94 of the Media calibra tion window Fig 94 Visual balance Please note that the Visual balance acts on all the prints 10 5 Back up How to save the settings The following procedure will save all the settings available on ImageLab software including paper box mechanical o
71. bottom of each filter the con Chapter 16 Upkeeping 156 dense inside will come out To discharge the filter numbered 1 unscrew the cap placed on the bottom until the air comes out Screw again the cap once the operation 1s completed The quantity of condense inside the filters depend from the humidity and temperature of the working place could be normal don t find condense inside the filters Attention air filters inside filtering pressure control unit have to be replaced yearly If the dry air compressor optional is supplied we remember to read the instructions enclosed it is important to replace the salt filter that condense the humidity This air compressor 1s able to supply compressed air at a very low RH 16 2 Weekly maintenance cleaning the air filters The filters help to limit the gathering of dust inside the printing box dust cannot only darken the laser beams transmission system weighing down significantly the print quality but also form deposits on the sled guide bar See 16 4 Sled cleaning on page 157 The filter is placed inside the printing section behind the paper box apart from air filtering it helps spreading the air flow If the air flow entered the printing section directly it could induce vibrations corrupting the quality of prints It should be cleaned with compressed air weekly LS CARL 14 09 2000 4 Aaserlab fig s fig s5 dsf Fig 154 16 3 Monthly maint
72. calculated automatically since the band has to be divided in five parts horizontally The height is 50cm 5 bands 10 cm The box for setting the format length is still enabled to let the user customize Vv 34 the current format In this situation it is possible to set for example 10x10 10x15 etc Once the format has been set confirm with OK Going back to the Format setup dialog the pack box will be marked with HS to record that the images of that format will be sent to the cutter Attention the effective paper format must be exactly set up to ensure the cor rect cutting position The paper declared 508mm 20 is a little narrower usually 507 508mm Set this parameter in the Calibration Paper box Dialog We suggest always to verify the correct format of the paper roll Just tune the Paper box parameter and the formats involved will be automatically corrected 14 7 2 Wasting paper formats The not HSCutter formats are allowed too In that case the band is not exactly divided in sub bands The requested format are arranged into the sheet to minimize the waste of paper Attention Every format to be sent to the cutter both HS and not HSCutter is limited in length The maximum allowed length is 420mm over that the de vice gets wrong in cutting the paper 14 8 Placing manually the blades Shear simulator The HS Cutting Station Shear simulator allows to place manually the blades In this way the cut
73. cer and equipment identification llus 3 2 1 Technical service information llle 3 2 2 General safety information llle 3 2 9 Attached GOCUMENIS xu de oe e cR De HR re oC Rea oe eda es 4 9 Technical Teatr BS uisus a dre asco et Soros CON drei E SOEUR E 5 3 1 General description use and limits llle 5 3 2 System COMPONECNIS 30k pp att Bo gece dee ede pele ds RT RR a eee d 6 J l LasertaD 30 12 ausum ddcidoce d sg Mo xl dae rd dio Sek op dtt So id EA 6 3 2 2 LaserLab 50 20 and 76 30 0 ccc nts 7 9 9 ACCCSSONCS use twat udo upwards dat Sites coa er adn woe ER NATA Ra eS a es 8 3 4 Printable sIZ65 iiu ber EE 64284008 2645545 ede ied bed dvds 8 SHsgil teae RumECPrTP T 8 3 6 Applicable standards and directives llle 9 Ss PANO MG RUNE TATUR TORTE Pe epee Be is RE a been ee Oe gas Ae 9 4 Installation Connection and Placing sn 11 4 1 Inspection and preliminary operations llle 11 4 2 Environment and placing 0 ce ee eee ees 11 4 3 Printer paper processor coupling 0 00 cc eee ees 12 A 4 Electrical CONNCCHIONS 3 dox due queste ue SURE ORE des e e i ope S 14 d ST En UII o gares ar quot VR d a Ec a EP uem uad Edda COUR uten aor dos x uf 14 4 4 2 Connection between printer and processor 2 ees 16 4 4 3 Connection to the power group 1 illi
74. ch to manual mode press the OFF LINE key see section 14 3 on page 121 In this state one can manually separate the copies to be cut from the others to be simply brought to the front chute Simply press the MAN AUTO button on the keyboard 14 7 Autoprint and format settings for HS Cutter Select the File Image processor Autoprint menu item To let the Autoprint folder list dialog appear fig 119 AutoPrint folder list D Status Folder MW On E On E On E On E On m On 3 F APrint Spoolers10813 4x5 3 F APrint Spoolers10x15 4x6 3 F Print Spoolers13x18 5x7 G F Print Spooler 13x18 Logo GI F 4Print Spooler 13x18 Text GI F APrint Spooler1 5x20 6x8 GI F APrint Spooler 1 8x24 7 9 5 GI F APrint Spooler 18 25 7 10 CI F APrint Spooler20 20 8x8 3j F Print Spooler 20x25 8x10 3g F Print Spoolers 2030 8x12 3 F Print Spooler 24x30 9 5x12 GI F Print Spoolers 25x25 10 10 3 F Print Spooler 25x38 10 15 9 F 4Print Spooler 30x30 12 12 GI F Print Spooler 30 30 1 2x12 ouble Border 3 F Print Spoolers30 45 1218 CI F APrint Spooler50 35 20 14 C F Print Spoolers50 35 Logo CI F Print Spoolerb0 75 20 32 3 F Print Spoolers 7x10 2 5x4 3 F Print Spooler 4 Brochure G F Print Spoolers s it is 3g F Print SpoolerCalendar amp M ask J F Print SpoolerPackage samplel J F APrint SpoolerProvino 6x9 su carta 30 RRF Print amp nanlerste
75. d Attention If the format has been assigned to an auto print folder it cannot be deleted ImageLab X Error cannot delete Format used in autaprinE Folder An attempt to remove a format of that kind will produce an error message fig 81 Fig 81 ImageLab error dialog 9 7 Generating photo indexes in Autoprint mode It is possible to automatically generate a photo index in autoprint mode see also section 6 5 Creating a photo index index print on page 35 The index format will be same of the auto matic print folder For example if the printing format is 13x18 5 x7 the index will be gen erated in one or more 13x18 pages Index print is enabled by the EndOfOrder file if it includes one of the command lines Index 1 or Index 2 See section 9 5 Autoprint orders separation on page 81 for more details Attention if the print folders are sent from a Digital Imager with a 15 6 or fur ther VAnalyser software release the EndOfOrder file automatically includes the Index 1 command 87 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats To generate the Autoprint photo index select File Image processor Index from the main bar menu The Index options window appears as shown in fig 82 Contact sheet options 1 102x152 f4x6 Z 127x178 Ex7 3 203x254 8x12 4 gt 203x254 8x12 127x178 honum of ij Preset 10x15 4x6 Prova GOO00000 06 Hoy 2006 1 2 Preset 13x18 bx 7 iteh
76. e Full size pack is selected on the Pack column 9 3 8 Spacing the copies and or adding cutmarks It is possible to select the type and the size of the separation between the copies when they are placed in a pack blank space or cutmarks Double click the cell on the Cutmark column to tog ele between the two options Space and Mark The settings for the cutmarks are explained at section 9 8 Programming cut marks on page 90 If the Space option is enabled type the desired amount of blank space in the box Space between copies pixels placed at the window bottom Please note that 1 pixel 1 10mm for the printers with 254dpi resolution That is if a blank space of 0 5mm is required it is necessary to introduce 5 pixels 1 pixel 1 12mm for the printers with 305dpi resolution That is if a blank space of 0 5mm is required it is necessary to introduce 6 pixels 9 3 9 Choosing the paper box for a folder Select box X Box 1 Kodak Digital Ill 508 Glossy Double click on the Box column to let the Box2 Fuji Crystal Archive DP 508 glossy Select box dialog appear fig 72 Box 3 Kodak Digital m 508 semi matt In this window it is possible to match a box SR ur RESET OT and a paper type to a specific folder If the _Box 5 Kodak ZURIA SOANE APR PAR folder has to be printed regardless from the REESE ne NOEEE Box 7 Kodak Digital Il 508 Glossy paper used select Any mounted box de fault Box 8
77. e New Folder icon then typing the format to bind to it as its name Warning The name is not the actual format but simply a reminder to the op erator about which format is bound to the folder In the row related to the new folder now the new path and name is shown Folder column From now on it is possible to give to the folder all the desired features as de scribed in the previous sections 9 3 1 9 3 12 1 The new folder is disabled by default Enable it by double clicking on the Status column section 9 3 1 on page 72 2 Decide if matching the new folder to a format or a package by double clicking on the Job Type column 9 3 3 on page 73 3 Assign the specific package folder by double clicking on the JobName field See par 9 3 4 on page 73 4 Setthe pack printing if desired by double clicking on the Pack column None is the default option See 9 3 5 on page 75 5 Set the other folder properties by double clicking on the proper columns Properties include cutmarks paper box printed files destination workflow management and others Refer to the proper sections To delete a folder select the corresponding row and press the Delete button Give OK to the confirmation request 9 4 Unprintable files management Autoprint folders can include files that are not printable for several reasons for example files that are not images or images in not a supported format 80 Chapter 9 Auto Print and format
78. e acquisition and printing systems The main differ ence is the way of each system to acquire view and reproduce colors Example the color of a real flower is reproduced in one way on the monitor but in a different way by the printing system This will happen even if the system are balanced each other An answer all the color you see on the monitor are reproduced with the same fidelity on the prints As different systems work in different color spaces the acquisition system can see some colors the printing system cannot reproduce The different color spaces will not perfectly overlay leaving some colors not managed by all systems This means that while transfer ring the images from a system to another some colors are perfectly reproduced while other ones can never be Some operation is needed to understand which colors cannot be reproduced and replace those ones with other colors managed by the system The new colors should be as close as possible to the original ones This operation is accomplished by the Color Management System CMS To work the CMS has to know who saw the color and who has to reproduce it It works like an interpreter knowing the language of who is speaking and the language of who is hearing too The input profile is the language of who saw the color it includes the infor mations about the device having been generated the image The output profile is the lan guage of who has to
79. e and the last characters indicates the orientation of the format To work easily we suggest to use the capability to assign mnemonic names to the format 8 2 Package set up The examples that follows are installed together with ImageLab software the operator can fol low these instructions step by step Select the menu item File Image processor Package The package configuration dialog window Packaging setup will be shown see fig 55 59 Chapter 8 Package and School printing 60 The item Package name indicates the reference name of the composition we are setting to cre Packaging setup E i X Fackage name Samplet Mew Space between formats Package dimension mm TP eer T 5 Use dimension of Auto Width 527 Height 254 a background image E onentation 1 Background image Different images Enable background onse gd esie to package Sze Num Paa e 2 List of formats Fisela fo Use cutmark Num r Position upper left is 0 0 Format Number of repetitions fo fo Pkg 1824254 Vert Bordered fi B2 jo Pkg 127x178 Hor Bordered ad ImagelD 1 5 Horizontal Vertical m pe Pko vt o m 271 127 Pka445635Vet m EN 360 D Pgsemvet x poo 443 iWmeuse5ve rl Poo fer ur Pornos z fo fe 1029102 4x4 9 4 Foreground image
80. e aon oh ou ae d de ae dE los 113 13 1 Using the 50 20 paper box on the LaserLab 76 30 113 13 2 Managing rolls winded with emulsion inside LaserLab 30 114 14 HS CUI Slall ON ira uii cade ui b didt Oti SOM ae e ek 117 LaserLab instructions for use 14 1 Description and warnings aaa 117 142 Ni Steal elt Ola a odo ce irse ies rero 2 eee RA endete Ec Sara enti ce gl de ete a T A 117 14 2 1 Connecting the serial data to PCI adapter between the PC and the cutter 120 14 3 Function keyboard and display 0 000 121 14 4 Mode of operation 0 ee eee eens 123 14 5 LaserLab setup for HSCutter 0 0 0 eee 124 14 6 Using the HS Cutter eee nee 125 4 6 1 AUIOMAIC MOOG aes ie ioe Bone redea ai penus d idola Pow wb de t od Gels eat 125 14 62 Manual NOOO stato C X eae M UU SED ACE e Oe oe d eA us ees 127 14 7 Autoprint and format settings for HS Cutter 0 2 0 eee 127 14 7 1 Wasteless HSCutter formats 2 et ete 128 14 7 2 Wasting paper formats 22er 129 14 8 Placing manually the blades Shear simulator 020005 129 14 81 ENDIatioHs ITUS x x2 roca ou RACER UO a pee od gud de aee dat ata s CUR e ong 131 14 8 2 Shears simulator and Autoprint 2222s 132 14 9 HSCutting Station MSA 0 0 0 0 eee eens 133 14 9 1 Keyboard and display sey dae ehhh 2 oo hbo bb unra GS eee ais 133 14 9 2 ImageLab
81. e drive Z referred to the Data folder of the LaserLab printer My Computer mji File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back Gsearch pFolders g History as DL x ey be e jadressBlMecomuer S dee ONES ie 344 Floppy PROGRAMS Removable Compact Disc DATA F Compact Disc Removable My Computer Ci Disk Ds Ev Disk H Data on Laser 30 3 2 m 2 A Network Drive JE Removable Removable Removable Removable Data on Control Panel Disk 1 4 Disk K Disk L Disk M Laser 30 3 Capacity 28 1 GB iZ C used 23 2 GB L Free 4 89 GB Fig 135 New driver for the Data folder 5 The network drive must appear in the Order Manager main settings as shown in fig 136 to let this window appear select File Order processor Order Manager main settings From Imagelab9 main menu Order Manager main settings x z Laser BU 4 Data E Order Manager network drive Must exists Ausiliary spool network drive Enable e Ausiliary spool network drive Enable T Ausiliary spool network drive Enable Network drive administration Connect network drive Disconnect network drive Cancel Fig 136 Order Manager main settings window 143 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF amp 15 3 Installing OrderMakerMF Start the installation by double clicking on the icon named Order MakerMF 1 xx yyy full install exe sh
82. e hrs 16 4 4 4 Fan group and air filter connections es 16 4 4 5 Connection to the personal computer eee 17 4 4 6 Connections to the laser optical group 22 18 4 5 Feat aisSsIDallOD x ua wn oe 11 hoe ache CR eR ee e DR odora o dla I rec 19 5 Start up operation Start Stop sequence 0005 21 5 1 Inspection before switching on llli 21 5 2 Switching on with cold printer llle 21 SRM A Tz Inadiige U De Seno Oe ete te ae 21 5 4 Starling ImageLabO s 4 5 2246 send bite ERE Db E ROCHE OS RS Need 22 5 5 Quitting ImageLab 0 rr 22 5 6 Stopping the whole equipment 2 20 0 eee 23 5 7 Mains supply failure blackout 1 2 0 0 0 0 cc eee 23 6 Loading and printing an image 2 2 2 cee ee 25 6 1 Main window and main bars a brief description 00 ee eee 25 WENN E III MERCEDE 26 OTA VICW 0 217 pe EPOD 27 LaserLab instructions for use DT 3 HeSIZe Bal iu ost weisen Dieu uet onec to dur oe eee eed rer eS inr cel 27 6 1 ALASCN GD Bal issues SES Le ER SOAs Pet ER a eG ies ee OSA SEE OR qus 27 621 Di CGOlOF AGUST BAL ih 3 1 s ach o RI opone dede Bare iid dde bed behing a aa 28 6 1 6 Processor Status Bal sin Saws pene EE ewe tnnee FE AREE Rx EET Been EE 29 OF IQS Dal a i it eed Ba et a eo Bate ts Bee re pu oec E ale eae send 29 6 2 Open file and create a new image 1 ee ees 30 6 3 Viewing the image and imag
83. e informations cee eee ees 31 D Image ph 16 4 ata d 3 x6 9 i25 bale ee D oh rr Dre ea PR ee a 32 6 4 1 Printing the current image llle 32 6 4 2 IMUIUDIO TINS succi nca ao COR CCo CREE RC cn a RR C an D Sg di 33 6 4 3 Fack DARING aoa stone tut dod EI E eant sa Soa E an vd Ope ae ara am ees 34 6 5 Creating a photo index index print llle 35 6 6 Images density and color correction llli 37 6 6 1 Image menu correction options 0 ee eee 38 6 7 Setting up a correction profile llle 39 6 8 Resizing and basic manipulation Resize Bar 2 0 00 eee eee 40 D OT GTODDIDO Sos kot beu ia arash mr a e I et De aac an ere etl a a oe 40 D 0 2 INC SIZ AG o eec toa Pea a dc AU i eade Ed i a qtto dod Reuben edu 42 6 9 Rotation and inversion 0 cc ee ees 43 Oe Oe T REEL Stas oh Saat ag ay C LITT I atl eae tance tae Sp Pee Sta i HE 44 6 11 Saving and closing an image 0 ccc eee 47 6 12 Preferences configuration llli 47 6 13 FUNCHON KEYS a odd d ded districte Er S cere edet ett AU ed Sobre 49 Paper loading and management 20000 eee eae 51 7 1 Selecting paper magazine and profile llle 51 7 2 Centering and Aligning images llle 52 7 2 1 Transport offset parameters llis 53 7 3 Fine centering and alignment due to paper box position 53 T A Eoagding FAC s sua sisin
84. e repetition is vertical 1 and horizontal 1 because only 1 image is required Have a step now to the fourth row identified with 3 The source point to place the four images 44 5x63 5 will be X 182 first image 182x254 89 third image 89x127 271mm While Y 127 because the source point is 127 mm lower then the top edge of the paper The repetition for row number 3 has to be set horizontal 2 and vertical 2 as you can see on the drawing see fig 54 on page 59 To continue this operation or modify the existing package it is enough to remember that the source point 1s the left top corner of the print In a similar way to photo indexes see 6 5 Creating a photo index index print on page 35 it s possible to set a separation thickness in pixels between two images using the Space be tween formats field Cutmark setting is also available Use cutmarks For more informations see 9 8 Programming cutmarks on page 90 Don t forget to calculate the total length of the package and put it in the Package dimen sion mm Be careful in exactly matching the most external images with the package size oth erwise they ll be lost The package can be built starting from a background image by Use background command Its path is selected by Browse command If Resize to package size option is enabled the back ground will be automatically resized to the selected package size On the other side one can en able the option called Use dimension
85. e shown formats In this way the user can go on using the Autoprint folders these ones will be processed trans parently by OrderMakerMF 15 7 2 Using OrderMakerMF with the HSCutter MSA When using a HScutter MSA 50 or 76 in the OrderProcessor setup window fig 150 select Cut sheet on order change In this way the sheet will always be cut on the end of order When using a HScutter MSA 76 together with a LaserLab 76 or 76 Compact modify the Maximum transport value from the default 820 to 1250 153 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF amp 15 8 Message errors Solving the problems 15 8 1 Missing connection errors If OrderMakerMF is not able to connect to the printer the order has been sent to the message Can t connect to ImageLab will be presented on the Message viewer window fig 151 Among the causes of this fact there can be Network connection has accidentally been lost after the order transmission Check the network connection and send again the order Due to heavy traffic over the network timeout has expired Send again the order when the traffic 1s lower The ImageLab configuration is not corrected or has not been completed in the Laser Lab printer Repeat the procedure explained in section 15 2 Network settings for a correct use of OrderMakerMF on page 139 z Message list started 15 31 32 16 10 01 OrderManager Cant connect to ImageLab Clear messages Verbose i
86. eader The Bind options gives the size of the space left for eventually binding the index sheets leave to zero no bind It is also possible to add the date to the index Add date checkbox 89 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats 90 9 7 3 Background and logo options Background Mme B E me E TACT ace Browse Lago i F Greetings LogoHor sx20 jpg Browse In the Background frame one can be choose an image to load as the background for the index Leaving this box empty means no background image the color background can be chosen with the color keys or the SELECT button Windows color chooser Use the Browse key to select the image the same for the logo to add in the Logo frame leave empty no logo image 9 8 Programming cutmarks Attention the software package described in this section is optional and has to be purchased separately Cutmark Setup X Harizantal Cutmarks allow certain cutters to recog nize the separation point between each copy both horizontally and vertically and must be setup according to the specifica tions given by the cutter s manufacturer Select the wl L1 L2 L3 we Continuous pack options mm Minimum sheet aoo Left header fan W Double cutmark as order separator Cutmark frame mm File Image processor Cutmark Use only top te Fa Left v E m Right v E m menu The Cutmark Setup window sh
87. ease To view the modification the Enable button has to be selected Deselect the same to view the original image To delete all the changes select the Reset button 37 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image 38 nal source one 6 6 1 Image menu correction options Other correction options are available in the Image menu Select it from the main menu bar as shown in fig 32 Convert to grayscale converts the current image to B amp W grayscale Color brightness changes the color satura tion of the current image to reach more or less if desired brilliant colors It is possible to introduce a value from 30 to 100 A neg ative number means the saturation to de crease a positive number increases the saturation Convert to wide RGB applies to the cur rent image a color profile in order to have the monitor colors on the printing paper Convert with ColorMap applies the Col orMap procedure to the current image Automatic image correction starts an au tomatic correction procedure further details The modifications will be brought only to the printed image not on the origi Convert bo grayscale Color brightness Convert to wide RB Convert with CalarMap Profile to profile conversion Automatic image correction Negative Histogram Crop Add Frame F3 Resize to fit paper F Resize Fa Rotate Flip horizontal F7 Flip vertical Generate index Fz Generate Package
88. ed in S Maria Maddalena RO ITALY at the address Via Nazio nale 55 DECLARES Under its responsibility that the LaserLab color photographic printing equipment conforms to the following EEC directives and European standards Directive 73 23 EEC Low Voltage Directive and further modifications Applicable Stan dards European Standard EN60950 96 Oct Information technology equipment Safety European Standard EN60950 A4 97 Oct Information technology equipment Safety Directive 89 336 EEC 92 31 EEC 93 68 EEC EMC Directive Applicable Standards European Standard EN55022 Class B 96 Oct Information technology equipment Radio disturbance characteristics Limits and methods of measurement European Standard EN55024 97 Oct Information technology equipment Immu nity characteristics Limits and methods of measurement S Maria Maddalena 2002 June 20 02 Polielettroni a S p A 159 Chapter 17 Attached documents 160 17 3 Warranty Polielettronica S p A guarantees the LaserLab for the duration of 12 months Polielettronica S p A will repair or replace free of charge any part that during the warranty pe riod should present manufacture problem This warranty excludes any sort of compensation for any damage direct or indirect to persons or things Any defect not clearly attributable to the material or to the manufacturing will be examined in our Technical Support Centers o
89. een loaded insert the paper cassette inside the guides Push it till the clamp blocks it Close the stop knob 10 Turn the knob placed on the top of the paper box fig 53 nr 4 till advancing the paper be yond the cutter rollers Through a little pressure on the PAPER FEED push button the pa per has to go out for a little in the left of the suction plate Verify the knob to turn by itself If the paper does not seem yet locked turn a little the knob and push again the PAPER FEED button 11 Close the doors Select Laser printer Load paper from the main menu Confirm with the Yes command If the paper is correctly locked the first fogged piece of paper will be loaded and eliminated 57 Chapter 7 Paper loading and management 56 Chapter 8 Package and School printing 8 Package and School printing 8 1 How to start The first important thing 1s to have a sketch or a drawing with the exact size of the whole pack age and the size of the single formats that compose it On fig 54 1s shown a sample of a theoretic package start now by setting the single formats see Fig 54 Example of a package 9 6 Modifying and creating formats on page 82 It is suggested to set up the needed formats by giving them mnemonic names that make their identification easy for example Pkg 89x127 Vert or Pkg 89x127 Hor Both the names shown on first characters that the format is set to be used in a package the numbers identify the siz
90. el 3 or higher is present and running and it is printing at the moment 147 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF amp 45 Untitled Order MakerMF File view Setup 2 ea ea a lel Total prints 0 4 W mage 0 0 0 amp 102x127 4x5 Format Wy 178x241 7x10 Format h Wy 305x305 12x12 Format h HW fOx102 Format hi A H510x15 Format h E A 178x254 7x10 Package 30 30Double Border Package Calendar amp Mask Format hi Wy H513x18 Format h A 203x254 axi Vertical Format h A 305x457 12x18 Package Sample1 Package 13x18Logo Format h A 241x305 10x12 Format hi pe A 508x355 20 14 Package 30 50 Text Spooler COMPACT_76_3 datalprint spooler Ea 1343514 MB cowPAacT 76 87 compact_76_6 O COMPACT 76 3 iC Y LASER 5D 4 ah Package 20x25 Text Format h A 54x254 Package 50x35logo inl x Send rder Format h Wy 152x203 6x8 Format h A 254x381 10x15 Format h Wy 505x762 20 30 Fig 145 OrderMakerMF main window Selecting the tab corresponding to the desired printer all the printable formats of that printer will be shown that is the contents of its print spooler 15 5 Creating an order To create an order select the printer where the order 1s s
91. enance replacing the air filters The air filters placed inside the transport unit must be replaced monthly see fig 154 Also re place monthly the external ring filter Chapter 16 Upkeeping 16 4 Sled cleaning Attention the compressed is NECESSARY to move the sled Do not force the sled movement when the equipment is off and there is no com pressed air The sled can be moved only on the guide bar axis absolutely do not try to move it in any other direction The sled guide bar can gather antistatic dust falling from the paper or residues from cutting op erations A periodical cleaning with compressed air is useful though not sufficient With hu midity dust tend to paste and it 1s thus necessary to clean the guide bar monthly with a piece of cotton dipped in alcohol Clean the above and lateral parts of the guide with care do not apply any pressure or repetitive movements as it may be scratched ATTENTION When cleaning the sled do not press or brush too much to avoid any scratch on its surface To clean the rest of the bar the sled should be moved on the opposite side check the compressed air to be present Now with minimal force and using maximum carefulness the sled can be moved When the cleaning 1s completed the sled must run perfectly free with nearly no force required to it for the movement 16 5 Yearly maintenance pressure reduction group filters replacement At least yearly the three filters nu
92. er Selecting Any keeps the folder always enabled without reference to any button The se lected value is shown in the WF column 9 3 13 Creating or deleting an AutoPrint folder To create a new folder select the Add button found on the lower left corner of the Autoprint folder list dialog fig 66 on page 72 A new row will be added at the bottom of the list First select the new row The new folder is not enabled by default Off on the Status column and the Folder field displays Empty 79 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats Jo 0 ghost 10x15 doppio 20x25 Text Jo 10x10 H5 Test 13x18 5x7 20x30 amp x12 L O 10x13 HS Test 13x18 Logo Ca 20x40 Pan Jo 10x15 H5 Test 13x18 Text Cd 24x30 9 5x12 0 13x18 H5 Test 15x20 13x18 Bordo Bianco 24x30 con bb 0 15x20 HS Test 15x20 6xa 24x36 contact 25x25 10x10 25x38 10x15 30x30 12x12 3 303001212 Dc CJ 30x40 12x16 17 x35 Prova 18x24 7x9 5 20x20 BxB 20x25 Bx 10 L 20x25 Logo L 20x25 HS Test L 0 9x13 HS Test 10x10 4x4 L 10x13 4x5 L 10x15 4x6 I1 hy Network P Cancel E Fig 75 Select directory dialog Double click on the Folder col umn The Select directory dia log appears as shown in fig 75 Reach the desired folder and then click select to add it the list of the available ones If the fold er does not yet exist it can be created on the fly by selecting the Creat
93. er OK Cancel Fig 86 Media calibration window 10 2 1 Densitometer setup Attention if the densitometer is used for the first time or it has been replaced it is needed to Set it up 94 Chapter 10 Paper calibration daily alignment and creating new profiles Select the Setup densitometer button placed on the lower left corner The Setup dialog appears fig 87 nit Densy 460 Cancel Fig 87 setup dialog for the densitometer 10 2 2 Printing the target At the beginning the writing Print is seen in the canter of the Media Calibration window Select the Print button to print target shown in fig 88 werd last eer EIL Inserire in qs direzione Feed this direction Fig 88 Strip for the densitometer reading 10 3 Reading the test Balance Once finished to print the Read writing appear in the middle I of the Media calibration window Select the Read button Read au 38 89 M 38 79 WE 35 2 Read 95 Chapter 10 Paper calibration daily alignment and creating new profiles Y Y a b Fig 89 Reading positions on the densitometer balanced test 1 Select on the densitometer the position nr 1 fig 89 a Insert the target by the 1 side fol lowing the direction shown by the arrow 2 Select on the densitometer the position nr 2 fig 89 b Insert the target by the 2side fol lowing the direction shown by the arrow Once the reading has
94. er band On each sheet sent to the cutter the images must have all the same format Different formats are allowed for different sheets If the format changes between one sheet and the subsequent one a little delay 1s set to let the cutting blades change their position No delay if there 1s no change of format between the sheets Attention the cutting formats and references can only be generated through the Imagelab v2 0 or later versions The cutter cannot be used together with older version of Imagelab or other software Images and windows showed in this section come from Imagelab v2 0 or later versions 14 2 Installation The HS Cutting station is independent from the other units It is only necessary to connect the Cutting Station supply plug 220Vac to one of the LaserLab UPS output sockets Y PATH OF SHEETS NA V TO BE CUT B di 4 ps fg E Li 1 i f T T f S PATH OF SHEETS TO BE CUT PATHOF SHEETS NOT TO BE CUT E a E hi ae N S M g i 3 Ea cU go BUR go PAPER PROCESSOR CUTTING STATION PAPER PROCESSOR CUTTING STATION Fig 110 HSCutting Station managing the output sheets N Te QA E ve If a sheet contains frames to be cut it is brought to the processor rear side
95. er printer Load paper see par 7 4 Loading Paper on page 54 The box will be auto matically matched with the related paper format 111 Chapter 12 Error messages and system diagnostics 2 One of the three lasers is damaged or switched off Switch off the printer and check the electrical connection see 4 4 Electri cal connections on page 14 After this if the problem is not solved please call an authorized service center Is to be noticed that this situation is immediately seen in print quality before get ting the error message 12 3 Log files management In the Log files are registered some of the system activities These files can be useful in diag nostics or in keeping trace of the works done Select File gt Setup gt Log files settings from the main menu bar The Log file options window appears as shown in fig 107 Log file options X Log file destination folder JF Print Spode s poolerLoag Browse Automatic Print LaserLab messages Deleted files Paper end w Start stop time WARNING log file will never be removed by ImageL ab The file need to be removed after it s use to prevent hard disk Full error Cancel Enable log file Fig 107 Log file options window In this window it is possible to select the files destination folder Log file destination folder menu The option are all selected by default we suggest not to modify this setting Se
96. es Index point for adjusting paper guides Adjustable paper guides Manual paper advancement rewinding knob Deblocking lever for manual rewinding Paper roll dispenser with index point for adjusting flanges Paper transport roller and counterroller To load the paper proceed as follows 1 Adjust the guides for the selected paper width in daylight fig 53 nr 3 2 Position a flange on the selected paper width fig 53 nr 1 3 Take off the hub fig 53 nr 6 and insert the paper roll in the darkroom Position the second flange till beating 4 Insert paper in the box in order to have the emulsion side towards the bottom when tt is in serted between roller and counterroller fig 53 nr 7 5 Trim the paper border in order to have no creasing or tears Insert the paper between the guide combs and push it lightly between the rollers till reach the light tight door of the pas Chapter 7 Paper loading and management sage slot 9 Fig 53 Paper box for LaserLab 30 12 6 To release the pressure between roller and counterroller just push up the lever fig 53 nr 5 near to the paper manual transport knob can be turned only counterclockwise to push the paper out of the box 7 Turn counterclockwise the knob that turns the hub fig 53 nr 4 of the paper to put it in light traction 8 Close the cover verifying by touch that it is well inside the grooves and the latches are blocked 9 Once the paper has b
97. es active again This is useful to compare images with and without the sharpen For a better comparison choose the Zoom between the three values available 1x 1 5x 2x 46 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image The available parameters are Radius It gives the dimensions of the area around the borders to be sharpened This parameter should not be kept too high to avoid the presences of halos Threshold It gives the difference in color between pixels to be consid ered a border inside the 1mage Keeping this parameter near to zero makes the sharpen more visible but the risk 1s to emphasize the negative grain Reduce grain Micro cleaner Sharpening can cause the emphasizing of grain and micro defects Use these options to reduce this effect Suggested values Radius 0 9 Threshold s 6 11 Saving and closing an image ImageLab is strictly oriented towards image printing not 1mage altering as more suitable pro grams already exist in commerce For this reason when an image is closed the user won t be prompted to save any changes made and the 1mage will be closed without modifying the original no matter what operations have been executed during work Any modification can be saved by selecting Apply in Edit menu then the disk icon or the Save command from the File menu or press the button Save on the Main Bar shown on the left To simply close an image click on the X button on the top right corner of the w
98. es not match the printing orienta Cut frame mm l re on v Crop to exacty fit The Max size option sets the values to Border rm fw Fill with white the maximum print size that the current cence loaded paper format allows The Cut frame mm option eliminates a frame along the perimeter of the image mE after the resizing useful if the acquiring Fig 38 Resize image dialog system has added a undesired black frame The Crop to exactly fit option adapts the image by cut to the printing format E g let s sup pose to have a square image which needs to be printed on a 20x30 If this option 1s not selected the result from a resize will be a 20x20 if it 1s selected a 20x30 will be produced although the top and bottom parts of the images will be cut to adapt the image to a rectangular format The Border mm option generates automatically a white border frame around the image of the selected thickness the total size of the image including frame does not change The Fill with white option works in case the Crop to fit option is not selected It force the final Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image size of the 1mage by filling the empty space with white Suppose to have in origin a square 1mage and the needed size is 30x45 12x18 the final result will be a 30x45 where the image is a 30x30 on head and tail will be added white spaces till the length of 45 1s reached 6 9 Rotation and inversi
99. ffset printing formats packages and so on Select Start from Windows command bar then select Run The Run dialog window shown on 98 Chapter 10 Paper calibration daily alignment and creating new profiles fig 95 will appear SS 015 Type Ehe name of a program Folder dacument or z Internet resource and Windows will open it Far vau Open regedit Cancel Browse Fig 95 Run window a Registry Editor File Edit view Favorites Help m B My Computer Name HE HKEY CLASSES ROOT ab De HE HKEY CURRENT USER Eg AppEvents i Environment H Identities BHL Keyboard Layout co um Type in regedit then select OK the Registry Editor B STR window will appear see fig 96 E Software oa Select HKEY_CURRENT_USER then Software oe and then Polielettronica as shown on fig 96 Ga F Secure Eg Intel H E Matrox H E Microsoft H E Netscape H Policies BEES cicettronica H E ImageLab Er UNICODE Program Groups t volatile Environment FI HKEY LOCAL MACHINE H E HKEY LISERS H E HKEY CURRENT CONFIG My Computer HKEY CURRENT LISERTSofEwarelPalieletEranica Fig 96 Registry editor We suggest to operate with the maximum attention to avoid to alter the settings of the rest of the system 99 Chapter 10 Paper calibration daily alignment and creating new profiles m Registry Editar File Edit View Favorites Help Import Export
100. fig 34 on page 40 Fig 42 Expand image Background color Image rotation usually leaves some free space colored in black in fig 42 and fig 44 Background color can be selected by acting on the R G B boxes or pressing the Color selector button 6 10 Filters Attention the functions described in this section are available on most image processing commercial programs For a better description of the filtering func tions please consult your software user manual To view all the available filters select the Filters menu from the main menu bar of the Image Lab window as shown in fig 43 IB ImageLab 178x130 jpg Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image File Edit View Image Filters Calibrations Sharpen E Lay E 4 Smooth Median Unsharp masking Smart Blur Fig 43 Filters menu The following functions are available Sharpen Usually the images acquired in digital sys tems require a detail sharpening This is particularly necessary 1f the image needs to be or has already been interpolated through change of format or resizing The sharpen effect can be selected for up to seven levels we suggest to run some tests to familiarize better with this function To activate this function select the Filters gt Sharpen menu item or the function key F4 the window shown on fig 44 will appear inside of which it is possible to run and select the depth of the sharpening Smo
101. finished in the upper left cor ner of the window are shown the densitometer read ing for the three layers of the strip c z 24 M z 18 w 2 n4 jo Fig 90 Reading results 10 3 1 Balanced test 96 If the test is balanced the Done writing appears in the middle of the Media Calibration window The calibration is finished The three values C wes n a 1 8 2 p M Y in the Balance frame are few percent this means that the reading is basically balanced 2 Chapter 10 Paper calibration daily alignment and creating new profiles 10 3 2 Not balanced test If the test is far from balance the reading of the densitometer in position 2 fails The following message appears on the densitometer display INVALID READING In this case reset the densitometer through the RESET key and repeat the reading of the strip part 2 in position 2a fig 91 c Even the reading fails even in this position reset again the densitometer through the RESET key and repeat the reading of the strip part 2 in position 2b fig 91 d Y Y c d Fig 91 Reading positions of the densitometer not balanced test ImageLab X If the test is very far from calibration the system can ask to e j Reset calibration reset the calibration settings as shown in fig 92 At this point it is possible either to reset or not keeping in mind that Fig 92 Calibration reset With a calibration reset the final result is the best possi
102. he temperature into the working place should fit within the 21 27 C range Inside the printer there are flexible transmission systems these transmission system can lose this flexibility if the temperature becomes too low and this could cause also vibrations on the print An excessive temper ature can cause problems to the temperature regulation system 11 Chapter 4 Installation Connection and Placing 12 Humidity The humidity must fit into the 40 50 Rh range A lower value caus es curling on the paper and the print will be not flat when on the exposure drum Another problem caused by poor humidity is the dust which remains suspended in the atmosphere and the air filters of the LaserLab cannot elimi nate it completely An excessive humidity rate is dangerous for the electronic components as it induces also a fast opacification of the optical transmission system Attention In every case A good cleaning of the working place is ex tremely important 4 3 Printer paper processor coupling Although the printer plus the processor is an integrated printing system the printing section is not mechanically connected to the paper processor as a few millimeters separate the two units this way no vibration is transmitted from the paper processor to the printer The first step 1s to put in perfect level the printer section The operation has to be performed by using a centesimal level 0 02mm m The reference point for the level
103. ibration Attention the precision on the paper transport is lmm guaranteed The system has to be considered as a single unit even though it appears to be composed of different components The computer the interface unit the expo sure unit and the paper processor are strictly connected Attention The com puter is an integral part of the printer the operating system and the management software ImageLab are the only parts that can be installed and executed on the unit The installation of any other software or peripherals is not allowed Only Polielettronica S p A can authorize installation of software or hardware units If the previous directives are not followed by the user Polielettron ica S p A cannot warranty the integrity of the system and it proper oper ation the LaserLab system is considered out of warranty The connection to a network is allowed only for printing data transfer files where the images are stored The user is responsable to check out the presence of any software viruses that can compromise the integrity of the LaserLab sys tem The compressed air necessary to operate must be absolutely humidity free and perfectly filtered to avoid risks of serious damagement to the printing section Warranty void for any damagement caused if the previ ous directives are not respected Chapter 3 Technical features The printing correct performance is guaranteed only in the follow ing environmental conditions
104. icons in this bar are deceased the functions for correction in color density gamma and others Every option about color correction is explained at section 6 6 Images density and color correction on page 37 28 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image 6 1 6 Processor Status Bar The processor status bar is shown in fig 20 Processor status x 0 Devel 35 0 Bleach 35 Dryer 50 Setup Fig 20 Processor status bar This window gives indications about the state of several parameters of the processor tempera ture of the chemical and of the dryer Also it is also possible to access the processor settings through the Setup button Please consult the processor user manual 6 1 7 Status Bar Once an image has been opened the Status Bar shows several image properties The Status Bar features are shown in fig 21 R 6 G 23 B 117 R 6 G 23 B 117 on screen densitometer 250 0 x 350 0 mm Kodak Supra Endura 508 Glossy 34 79 m 4 ee w EM image dimensions paper left paper loaded Fig 21 Status bar The on screen densitometer is related to the mouse position over the opened image The frame in the center gives the current image dimensions in mm At the right there are informations about the paper the type of paper loaded and the left paper in the current roll 29 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image 6 2 Open file and create a new image Open Select the icon of the Main B
105. indow contain ing the image 6 12 Preferences configuration Select the menu item File Preferences General 47 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image The setting window for the prefer x ences will appear fig 48 Folder for configuratian files The item Configuration folder al JF Packages Browse lows to select the working folder to lic 5 save the setting of the packages see Resize to fit interpolation methad Mast recent used files m chapter 8 Package and School print al Bl sa Number fe E ing on page 59 The Browse but Enlarge Bicubic This change takes effect after ton allows to select the path where Reduce Super sampe the next ImageLab restart the folder is placed Options The item Resize to fit interpulation r Hew Image after crop method allows to select the method V Apply changes on save to be used when the Crop to fit and Save format EEPE Crop selection options are selected 6 8 Resizing and basic manipula tion Resize Bar on page 40 when reducing or enlarging the im age Please note that the most accurate interpolation methods like the bicubic are also the slowest ones to be accomplished On the other hand fast methods like the linear are expected to be the least accurate ones The item Most recent used files allows to select the number of recent used files that will be shown in the File menu item The ite
106. ine slit by rotating the transport handle Take note that the paper shouldn t get out of the magazine for more than 1 cm 8 Close the paper slit by pulling the lever fig 52 nr 7 fully to the right then releasing replace the cover locking the two lateral hooks if these hooks seem too hard to close the cover is not correctly positioned 9 Insert the magazine on the sled inside the printer press fully until the locking hook engages 10 Move the lever fig 52 nr 9 on the box in loading position then rotating the handle fig 52 nr 8 counterclockwise bring the paper to the transport roll Press briefly the PAPER FEED button to verify if the paper has been hooked the handle on the box must turn automatical ly If the paper doesn t seem to be hooked advance it a bit by rotating the handle manually then test again by pressing briefly the PAPER FEED button 11 Move the lever fig 52 nr 9 in work position and close the door of the transport section Select Laser printer Load paper from ImageLab main menu at the confirmation request select Yes If the paper has been hooked correctly the loading procedure is run by eliminating the part of paper that got ex posed during the insertion 7 4 2 LaserLab 30 12 Attention the loading of the paper roll inside the box must be performed in the darkroom The box components are described above see fig 53 on page 57 I 2 3 4 9 6 7 Paper height adjustable flang
107. ing 7 2 1 Transport offset parameters Once the image is centered it might be possible to see white borders on the prints due to posi tioning tolerance In this case just set to 1 the Transport offset parameter in the Transport system window of fig 50 This ensures the copy to be always 1 mm shorter than the image al ways covering the format If the parameter 1s set to positive values the paper results always longer than the image Attention the above mentioned parameters are general i e they modify the setting of the whole printer and on every paper setting 7 3 Fine centering and alignment due to paper box position It is possible for some little alignment error to be seen only on a specific paper box A xj a s 4 se v s Rol length 88 meles New roll Media width 508 H 508 mm 20 mm Media profile Kodak Ultra Endura 508 Glossy 305dpi When it is necessary to correct a lit tle gap in the centering due to the paper box select Calibrations gt Paper box The Paper box window shown in fig 51 will appear Set the Box off set mm The correction system is the same of the one described in 7 2 Media type Reflection p gt Curent status but it is related only with the paper Number of prints a4 box in use Paper left 43 03m 1694 Lx ce Fig 51 Box offset 53 Chapter 7 Paper loading and management Every box has its own
108. ing new profiles 10 Paper calibration daily alignment and creating new profiles 10 1 Introduction permanent work Attention For a correct and stable printing performance of the equipment it is necessary to make a daily alignment test or a test every 6 hours in case of The test compensates every printing drift included those ones due to the development process ing When it is correctly aligned the system keeps automatically the color balance with no need of any further correction It is necessary to repeat the whole calibration procedure When changing the emulsion roll When a new type of paper 1s loaded 10 2 Starting up the calibration sequence I ImageLab Access the calibration procedure by selecting File View Calibrations Laser printer About Calibration gt Guided paper calibration i SEPET sus Transport from the main menu fig 85 Media parameters Guided paper calibration Advanced Fig 85 Calibrations menu 93 Chapter 10 Paper calibration daily alignment and creating new profiles The Media calibration window appears as shown in fig 86 Media calibration P Prova Blue EXE Green 119 Red 15 Reflection New profile Reset calibration D Max Less black High black More resolution Less resolution 5 4 Lmg j P Black offset m ee mM m s CRISE Visual balance O 1m Ur cnm Setup densitomet
109. int any EO enabled folder file until the reception of an End ofOrder called file This file is present for example in Print Spooler folder just copy it in your folder When EndofOrder file is received the system begins to print all the files in that folder When more than one order is to be placed in the same folder separate them by using the End ofOrder called file The asterisk represents a progressive number or order reference number We suggest again to refer to EndofOrder files present in the Print Spooler folder The EndOfOrder is a text file readable by a text editor Notepad for exam ple 9 5 1 EndOfOrder files and index print A command line can be typed in a EndOfOrder file in order to generate a photo index see 81 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats also section 6 5 Creating a photo index index print on page 35 Attention it is necessary to press the ENTER key after typing the command Two options are available If Index 1 ENTER is typed ImageLab will generate the index at the end of the order and will print the index after the images If Index 2 ENTER is typed only the index and not the images will be printed This last option could be useful in automatic contact sheet work mode dex 1 is automatically included in the EndOfOrder file when sending the Attention if the LaserLab is connected with the Digital Imager the option In folders to the printers 9 6 Modifying and creating formats
110. ion 14 7 Autoprint and format settings for HS Cutter on page 127 for more details 9 6 3 Format setting scope In progress This option will be fully working with the next releases of ImageLab 9 6 4 Format settings options In the following is given the explanation of the fields in the Options frame of the Format setup window fig 77 on page 82 Auto orientation to match format Automatically changes the image orientation to make it match the printing format orientation In the example of fig 78 on page 84 are shown two examples the top one shows an horizontal image a vertical format and the result if the option is left unchecked in the second example the situation is the same but the option is 83 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats 84 Cut frame mm Crop to exacly fit Write file name checked the result is an automatic rotation of the image to match the format If the image is perfectly square or is already in the cor rect format this option will not do anything Fig 8 Auto orientation Certain images are built with a frame e g photo CD select this option to set the width in millimeters for frame elimination The image may not be completely in canon with the printing for mat for example the image is in a 1000x1200 pixel format but the printing format is be a 20x30 Possibilities are two The option is unchecked This leads in the example to a height of 20 but also two white bands on the
111. ip It is possible to customize the automatic print Depending on the different Jobs or different operators it is possible to group one or more folder and ac tivate them all together by pressing one of the numbered buttons in the Auto matic print window See 9 3 12 Workflow management with Autoprint on page 78 9 3 Automatic printing folders options set Press the button shown on the left Main Bar or select the File Image processor Autoprint folders menu The Autoprint Folders list dialog of will appear From here it is possible to create de 71 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats fine and enable the automatic print folder The window consist basically of a table Each row of the table 1s related to an autoprint folder Each cell of a table can be double clicked to access several features explained in the following Attention all the modifications made in the Autoprint folder list window must be confirmed with the OK command If the window is simply closed the modi fications will be discarded AutoPrint folder list xj Status Folder Job type JobName Pack Shears Cols Box ED Move WF B On C F APrint Spoolerl0x13 4x5 Format F 102x102 4 4 apy Full size Auto All Yes X Del ALL B On C F Print Spooler10 15 4x6 Format F 102x152 5 4 WS HSCutter Auto All Yes X Del ALL B On BD F APrint Spooler1 318 5x7 Format JF 127x178 5bx HS HSCutter Auto All Pop X Del ALL B On C F APri
112. lect En able log file to enable the writing of the files on the destination folder Attention the Log files are never removed automatically by the ImageLab We suggest to remove them each time the work is finished to avoid to fill up the hard disk space during the machine life time 112 Chapter 13 LaserLab 76 30 13 LaserLab 76 30 13 1 Using the 50 20 paper box on the LaserLab 76 30 The fig 108 shows respectively the lever position for the two boxes POSIZIONE BOX 76 30 POSIZIONE BOX 50 20 Fig 108 Selecting the paper box on LaserLab 76 30 113 Chapter 13 LaserLab 76 30 Attention Position the lever BEFORE inserting the box When a LaserLab 50 box is used the automatic box detection is disabled By default every box is detected as number 1 box It is always possible to load in the 76 box every paper band from the 50 20 to the 76 30 13 2 Managing rolls winded with emulsion inside LaserLab 30 We suggest to use 1 The rolls with emulsion outside for every band 2 The rolls with emulsion inside can be used only for the 76 30 band 3 For not paper based media Trans Clear Flex Metal etc use exclusively rolls winded with emulsion outside When the ImageLab is running select Calibrations gt Media parameters Transfer function Media Fui Crystal Archive DP 508 glassy New Delete View Cyan Magenta Yellow
113. m Options New Image after crop activates the function generating a new image after a Crop selection operation without changing the original one Without this option activated the original image will be modified 48 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image 6 13 Function Keys List of the most important operations direct available from the function keys F1 Help F2 Index generates a photo index F3 Add frame add a colored frame F4 Sharp contrast mask filter F5 Resize resize to a free size F6 Resize to fit paper resize on loaded band width F7 Flip horizontal reflects the image horizontally FS Rot 90 cw rotates the image 90 clockwise F9 Print pack print a package of the same image F10 File opens the File menu of ImageLab F11 Print number repeats the print of the current image F12 Print now prints the current image 49 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image 50 Chapter 7 Paper loading and management 7 Paper loading and management 7 1 Selecting paper magazine and profile ImageLab can manage more than one paper magazine memorizing the paper type loaded and the quantity left in each magazine Select the Paper box button on the La serLab Bar 2 xl Paper box Current mounted bos Or select Calibration Paper box The Paper box window of fig 49 ap pears Select the desired magazine from 1 to 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rall length pe meters Mew roll Set
114. mbered 1 2 and 3 in fig 153 on page 155 have to be replaced The filters are supplied as spare parts by Polielettronica 16 6 Yearly maintenance replacement of the brushes in the cutter internal motor Important it is necessary to replace the cutter motor brushes once a year Micro short circuits are generated when the brushes in the motor are worn These short circuits may generate unwanted starts of the linear motor before the expiring of the correct exposure time This may cause prints with a border on top The fault appears randomly 157 Chapter 16 Upkeeping 158 The brushes are supplied as spare part by Polielettronica 16 7 Machine working statistics Machine statistics Machine status Selecting from menu bar View LaserLab Statis Total meters tics the Machine statistics window of fig 155 ap Total square meters pears Three counters are shown for total paper Total number of prints meters used total paper surface used and total num eres ber of prints done The User counter frame shows a three similar counters except for the fact that they re Total square meters user resettable Total number of prints Reset Fig 155 Chapter 17 Attached documents 17 Attached documents 17 1 Attached documents list 1 CE declaration of conformity 2 Warranty 3 Spare parts failure report information request module 17 2 Declaration of conformity Polielettronica S p A locat
115. n 9 5 on page 71 for further details about Autoprint folders To match an Autoprint folder to the shear simulator operate as follows 1 Select File gt Image processor gt Autoprint folders menu item The Autoprint folder list dialog of fig 66 on page 72 appears 2 Create a new folder as described in section 9 3 13 Creating or deleting an AutoPrint folder on page 79 Attention it is not possible to match a Shears Configuration to a folder hav ing the HSCutter enabled in the Pack column See section 14 7 for further details 3 Select the row of the new folder Double click on the Shear column The HSCutter Shear simulator window appears as in fig 125 4 Select an existing configuration from the Configuration name list 5 If a new configuration needs to be created select New Introduce the values for the knife positions and the transport as above described 6 Confirm with OK either an existing configuration has been chosen or a new one has been created The Configuration name appears in the Shears column 7 Give OK in the Autoprint folder list window HSCutter shears simulator x Configuration name Sample For shears Step 203 To disable the shears configuration of a folder double click on the Shears col umn in the Autoprint folder list win dow The HSCutter shear simulator window now features the Disable but ton as shown in fig 125 Press it and give OK to disable the current
116. n Bar you are presented the win dow to create a new image fig 24 Image size is a menu that allow you to select one of the defined formats Width Height mm Here it is possible to type in directly the needed size without using standard sizes Printer size Sets automatically the size to the maxi mum allowed from the printer width2762mm al ways Height loaded paper R G B or Color allow to define the color of the background By using R G and B the color can be changed manually all R G B 0 means black and R G B 255 means white Color allows to select one of the defined colors or grey level Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image x Image size mm Sn8xb10 2024 m ze 200 Jt o Printer size mi er Color white ES mi er Image Size 11718 KB Fig 24 New image dialog Warning Although it is possible to open and create more than one image in the work window each one uses more and more of the computer s resources up to a critical point where it will be impossible to continue For this reason we suggest to open only the images on which you are effectively going to use 6 3 Viewing the image and image informations The first part of the View Bar is intended for this opera tions see fig 25 p Die Fig 25 View functions e Zoom out it reduces the magnification of the image on the monitor Zoom in it increases the magnification of the image on the
117. n between the images E Imagel Fig 57 Finished package It is suggested to continue by making some tests modifying the package Samplel and generat ing new formats The automatic print can be set as described on chapter 9 Auto Print and formats on page 69 The difference between standard format auto print and package auto print 1s the selection of 62 Chapter 8 Package and School printing the column Package in the AutoPrint folder list window On this column is possible to select which package will be associate to the automatic print folder it is important select none as for mat in the Format column see fig 66 on page 72 8 4 Package inserts photocards calendars While setting up the package one or more images can be added as inserts Select File Image processor Package menu The Packaging setup window see fig 55 on page 60 will appear Select Inserts as in fig 58 the In serts window will be shown Up to Ines 0 E 1 five inserts can be added by select Insert D 2 mm r mm Format ing Enable box for each one Ev VEmbe 0 mau e ery insert is to be specified in moe OSS Browse position X mm e Y mm with re spect to package origin point as de 2 mm r mm Format scribed in 8 2 Package set up on uS E ne ES a page 59 Select image format by Format pull down menu and the DACO Mw Fore related path by Browse command su M f oos gi
118. n page 135 The figure is referred to a 76 30 model To use the 76 30 format no guide has to be mounted To use the 50 20 format the two guides 1 have to be mounted To use the 40 16 format the guides 1 2 have to be mounted To use the 30 12 format the guides 1 2 3 have to be mounted 134 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station HSCUTTING MSA INPUT 762mm 30 508mm 20 406 305mm 16 12 305mm 12 508mm 20 762mm 30 305mm 12 508mm 20 508mm 20 4065mm 16 Fig 129 Guide positioning for HSCutter MSA 14 10 Error messages The following messages can be displayed both on the HSCutting Station and on the HSCUtting MSA display HEADER LINE FAILED The introduced copy does not feature any cutmark or the present cutmarks have not been detected Press EJECT to eject the copy BARCODE ERROR The barcode is not readable the cutter does not detect the format 135 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station 136 HEADER MARA ERRUR The marker for positioning the horizontal blades is missing In presence of one of these errors verify the following PRPER OVERLAP CUTMARK FAILED The copy is set for cutting The images are centered on the paper The cutmark is actually printed on paper the image could be too big for that format The copy is obscured A new sheet has arrived to the cutter input while the cutter was processing an old one Remove
119. ng an image Select the menu items Image Generate index or the function key F2 the Open window fig 22 on page 30 window will appear It is possible to select the path the folder that contains the images and then all the images to be included in the index Select now Open the Generate index window will appear as shown in fig 30 On it the following options are available Information text Image size Page to load only if multipage Write file name Interpolation Add header 36 Generate index Information text Image size mm C 20213 Automatic wo C Custom size C 54 36 Width 6 E C all zs Height a4 C 105 70 Page to load only if multi page fo H v Write file name Interpalatian Bilinear suggested Options v Add header v Auto orientation Addblack fame Crop to fit Fig 30 Creating photo indexes Gives the text contained in the index header Select the Add header box to use this function Allows to select one of the defined sizes We suggest to use Automatic in this way the size of the icons is the maximum allowed on the index Attention By using a fixed defined size not all the icons could be arranged on the index area Chooses which page of the image load and open to generate the index if the source 1s a Photo CD or similar Add on bottom of the generated icon the name of the source file Selection of the inter
120. ng distribution system or to the air compressor Chapter 4 Installation Connection and Placing The two compressed air outputs must be connected one to the linear motor sled and the sec ond one to the DRLIMO driver air input see fig 7 on page 16 To lock the tubes push them well into the holder 220 Vac in sucking fan power recirculation fan alimentazione ventola ingresso 220Vac per Air circulation tube aspirante ventola ricircolo Tubo ricircolo aria P amm Compressed air filters Filtri aria compressa Air circulation tube Tubi ricircolo aria Compressed air input Compressed air outputs Ingresso aria compressa uscite aria compressa amp q Sucking fan ai m output P i Uscita ventola v j piano aspirante e Pressure reducing regulator Riduttore di pressione Recirculation air filter Filtro aria ricircolo Fig 8 Fan group 4 4 5 Connection to the personal computer It is possible now to connect the computer and the rest of the electronic units see fig 9 on page 18 Let to 0 Off position all the power supply switches Connect the four feeding cables 220Vac to the multiple socket connected to the UPS Connect the mouse and computer keyboard as shown on fig 9 on page 18 Connect the monitor signal cable to the respective connectors on monitor and computer Connect the densitometer optional to the COMI PC serial port Connect the serial cable coming from the printer labeled
121. nt Spooler 1 3x18 Logo Package JB 13 18Logo apt Full size Auto All Yes X Del ALL MH On C F APrint Spoolerl3 18 Text Package IBI 20x25 Text apt Full size Auto All Yes X Del ALL B On G F APrint Spooler15x20 68 Format F 152x203 68 apt Full size Auto All Yes X Del ALL MH On DD F APrint Spooler 18 24 7 9 5 Format F 178x241 7 10 apt Full size Auto All Yes X Del ALL MH On Dy F APrint Spooler18 25 7 10 Format F 178x254 7x10 g Vertical Auto All Yes X Del ALL B On BD F APrint Spooler20 20 88 Format F 203x203 8 8 apy Full size Auto All Yes X Del ALL MOn F 4Print Spoolers20 25 8x10 Format F 203x254 8x10 WS HSCutter Auto All Yes X Del ALL m On F 4Print Spooler 20 30 8 12 Format JF 203x305 8x12 1 None Auto All Yes X Del ALL MH On DD F APrint Spooler24 30 9 5 12 Format JF 241x305 10 12 apt Full size Auto All Yes X Del ALL MOn F 4Print Spooler2525 10 10 Format JF 254x254 WS HSCutter Auto All Yes X Del ALL MOn F 4Print Spooler25x38 10 15 Format JF 254x381 10 15 apt Full size Auto All Yes X Del ALL MOn F 4Print Spoolers30 30 12 12 Format JF 305x305 12 12 WS HSCutter Auto All Yes X Del ALL MOn F Print Spooler30 30 1 2x1 2 D ouble Border Package Bi 30x30Double Border 1 None Auto All No X Del ALL MOn F 4Print Spoolers30 45 12 18 Format JF 305x457 12 18 1 None Auto All Yes X Del ALL E On F sPrint Spooler50x35 20 14 Format JF 508x355
122. nt and formats 9 Auto Print and formats 9 1 Introduction In section 6 4 Image printing on page 32 1s explained how to print single images in one or more copies To manage a typical work flow requiring to print a large amount of images all in the same for mat the Autoprint function is available In this mode of operation an ImageLab internal pro eram called Print Spooler scans continuously a set of folders called Autoprint folders takes the images from each folder and print them according to the format and the other options stored in the folder itself In ImageLab are already set many Autoprint folders responding to the most common printing requirements To create or modify Autoprint folders see section 9 3 on page 71 To print images in Autoprint mode just copy them in the folders of the desired format Use the Copy and Paste Windows functions or drag and drop the images from a window to the Image Lab one It is possible to copy in the Autoprint folders not only single files but whole image folders Attention If the LaserLab is connected to the Polielettronica Digital Imager many functions described in this chapter are fully automatized Please refer to the Digital Imager instructions manual 69 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats 9 2 Starting Completion Stopping Selecting the icon shown on the left Main Bar the Image processor dialog win m dow is shown fig 65 Image processor 7 Errors 2
123. nt folders See section 9 3 on page 71 for further details This button activates the Format setup dialog to create and modify the format folders This function is explained at section 9 6 on page 82 This button activates the Packaging setup dialog to create and modify the packages This function 1s explained at section 8 2 on page 59 HB 38 These two icons are related to the Order Processor options To have these buttons active it is necessary to get the optional OrderMakerMEF installed See the chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF on page 139 for further de tails Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image 6 1 2 View Bar The View Bar is shown in fig 16 x LO MEE Ps HO Ho N Fig 16 View bar The icons of the View Bar are intended to perform basic operations on the images like viewing and zoom operations rotating and inverting the image These functions are explained in details in the following sections Section 6 3 Viewing the image and image informations on page 31 Section 6 9 Rotation and inversion on page 43 6 1 3 Resize Bar The Resize Bar is shown in fig 17 TEE 3 ry pi Ny m Fig 17 Resize bar The icons are intended to perform basic cropping and resizing operations on the image Resize Bar functions are explained at section 6 8 on page 40 6 1 4 LaserLab Bar The LaserLab Bar is shown in fig 18 LaserLabBar x a a Ga Fig 18 LaserLab b
124. of background image to resize the package to the background The Auto orientation option if selected allows the package automatic orientation during the print in order to minimize the waste of paper See also 9 6 Modifying and creating formats on page 82 Attention always select Save before exiting otherwise the new setting will be lost 8 3 Manual and automatic printing of a package The manual printing allows to verify the result on the monitor of the package being generated on previous paragraph Load an image it will be used to generate the package Select the menu item Image gt Generate package The Process package dialog window for package generation will appear see fig 56 61 Chapter 8 Package and School printing Select the down arrow on the dialog win dow to show the list of the available pack ages In the example the package Samplel has been selected Select Ok to generate the package few sec FE E ond will pass before the generated package 2 O will appear on the monitor ET Select package Sampler Cancel Fig 56 Package generation T If it is not completely shown usually the zoom factor exceed select the zoom to fit icon shown on side zoom fit The result should be the one you can see on fig 57 To have a better view and make the sample understandable each single size has been generated with 1mm of white border in this way is possible to appreciate the separatio
125. on The View bar contains five icons intended for these operations fig 39 The first two 1cons do a specular inversion of the image the remaining 2 1 i three do in order clockwise 90 rotation coun gt aN at at a terclockwise 90 rotation and 180 rotation S If it is required to rotate the image of a different angle se Options Clip image Image gt Rotate gt any angle Expand image The Rotation window shown in fig 40 will appear In ro tation_angle insert the desired angle of rotation from 0 to lect Fig 39 Rotation and inversion options Flip Horizontally Specular horizontal inversion of the image Flip Vertically Specular vertical inversion of the image Rotate 90 clockwise Rotate 90 counterclockwise Rotate 180 Rotation angle il Background color 360 then select one of the two available rotation options Color selector Fig 40 Rotation dialog 43 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image 44 The Clip image option rotates the image without changing the graphic format meaning that the corner will be cut as shown on fig 41 This way the printing format will remain the same as in origin Fig 41 Clip image The Expand image option rotates the image modifying automatically its format so that no corner 1s cut see fig 42 Of course the printing format will be greater than the previous one you can see it on the window s bottom bar see
126. opies in the pack Modify the number through the arrow buttons or the mouse wheel The print layout will be adjusted as well and the result will be immediately visi ble in the window As many images as possible are placed on the maximum trans portable format In this mode it 1s allowed to eventually change the orientation of some copies to minimize the waste of paper For example in fig 29 the last two copies on the left are rotated of 90 Adds the cutmarks between copies to the layout see 7 5 Pro gramming cut bars on page 26 Selects the space in pixels 1pixel 1 10mm between the cop ies Use this option to limit the maximum sheet length to a fixed number of columns Fits the layout to be managed by the Polielettronica HS Cutting Station see chapter 14 HS Cutting Station on page 117 In that case all the copies have the same orientation Select Start to launch the print cycle 6 5 Creating a photo index index print It is possible to generate automatically an index of the images contained in a folder or an index of some selected images To start this process it is necessary to have an image shown on the window of ImageLab The image is needed to define the size of the index and to give if it is needed a background to the index If there are not 1mage available or you aren t able to create a new one see 6 2 Open file and create a new image on page 30 35 Chapter 6 Loading and printi
127. ormat select that format and press the DEL key If instead the image is selected pressing the DEL key will delete the image together with all its 149 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF amp formats 45 Untitled Order MakerMF J loj xi Spooler 1 LASER 50 4iDataiprint spooler 48390 ME A 250 8 p ES gt SendOrder e COMPACT 76 87 O COMPACT 76 amp 2 COMPACT 76 3 D LASER 50 4 Package Package Format h Wy File View Setup E ow kc 102x127 4x5 H510x15 H513x18 13x18Logo 20x25 Text 152x203 6x8 178x241 E A9sF2297 PG ite FETU Format Format Format Format Format Format Package A99F1564 JPG NI i I I b ez 178x25407x10 203x254 241x305 254x254 254x381 305x305 30 30Double f6x10 Vertical f10 12 1 x15 2x12 Border Format Format Package Format Format Package Package dd n i MEN MW HW HW 305x457 508x355 5 x35lngn 508x762 70x102 Calendar amp Mask Sample 1 12x18 20x14 20 30 Package 20x50 Text Fmi H510x15 Fmi H513x13 Fig 147 OrderMakerMF main window 15 6 Sending the order Once completed the order select the Send Order button on the upper right corner of the main window 150 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF The Send order window appears as shown in fig 148 xi Priority Contact sheet 1 Kodak Ultra Endura 508 Glossy v Print contact sheet e tal cleat Agfa Laser 3 508 Matt Set
128. ormat is matched to a folder all the images to be transferred into that folder will be printed in the format associated to the folder itself If a package 1s matched to a package the print spool er will collect the images in the folder to create the defined package Selecting none no format is associated with the folder each image is then printed in the original format in which it was saved See the next section to know how to match packages or formats to the folders 9 3 4 Matching a format or a package to a folder As described in 9 3 3 if the Job type of a folder is Format the corresponding JobName field features a yellow square with a F inside Double click on this field to let the Format setup di 73 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats alog appear fig 68 The desired format can be chosen from the list placed on the left side of the window Selecting Format setup g X Format 178 x254 7 x10 Famatnams Scope 4 p e mm 102x102 4n4 rp a fi7 ZAS 102127 435 rp a ZAS 1024152 534 rp 2545 1278127 5x5 EPO a 1274178 5x rpm v HSCutter divide 1274178 Vert xim 152x152 Ex6 EPO ENENES 152x203 Ex8 rp 170245 Calendar 200 ip Barder rnm 170 245 Calendarz tt xim 178241 7 10 rp m o ZAS 1784254710 rp 1853275 IFD E 203x203 8x8 rp ZAS 2022254 E10 rp me 4 203 305 8x1 2 rp 341x305 10312 EPO EM uu 24356 contact xim IAS
129. ose after all the jobs have Size been completed ImageLab will quit Minimize O Maximize Close Alt F4 Fig 12 Closing ImageLab Wait for the quit procedure to finish as indicated by the progress bar Chapter 5 Start up operation Start Stop sequence Fig 13 Closing ImageLab 5 6 Stopping the whole equipment To stop completely the system follow the instructions of Windows Start Shut down the computer Once it is safe to switch off the computer it will be displayed on the monitor At that moment do not switch only the computer off but the whole system from the O button of the continuous power supply unit UPS Attention the system has to be switched OFF and ON only by using the O and I buttons on the continuous power supply unit UPS Never switch OFF or ON any component singularly 5 7 Mains supply failure blackout In case of blackout the autonomy of 10 minutes is guaranteed Close all the jobs and follow the instructions of section 5 5 for laser cooling down and switching off the equipment This procedure has also to be performed in case of mains supply instability brown out or sub Jected to frequent blackouts 23 Chapter 5 Start up operation Start Stop sequence 24 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image 6 Loading and printing an image 6 1 Main window and main bars a brief description QUELLO a aA NE UE Um Us ins ox c E Fig 14 ImageLab main window After
130. oth The Smoothing parameters window is shown in fig 45 Available values for the Smooth factor parameter are 1 to 4 Laser printer Window 4b Sharp factor E Ex Cancel Fig 44 Sharpen dialog We suggest to make several tests on different images to take confidence with this function and select the best sharpen level that meets your request Smoothing parameters Smooth factor 4 i Cancel Fig 45 Smoothing parameters dialog 45 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image Median The Median filter window is shown in fig 46 It is possible to set the dimensions Width and Height of the filter matrix Filter matrix Width Height Cancel Fig 46 Median filter dialog Unsharp Mask Selecting this item the Sharpen options window appears fig 47 Sharpen options E Radius E Threshold 4 E Reduce grain Micro cleaner Zoom 1 x 15x ex TUN I I Amount QE D Fig 47 Sharpen options dialog In this window it is possible to preview the effect of the procedure on the image Panning the image Place the mouse pointer on the frame and keep pressed the image the mouse left button The pointer arrow becomes an hand and allows to pan When the pointer becomes an hand the frame shows the image as it is without the sharpen effect When the left button is released the sharpen com
131. own in fig 84 appears L ancel Fig 84 Cutmark setup window Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats The values to be set are five WI start space white from image to L1 L1 size of the first cutbar black L2 size of the separator space between cutbars white L3 size of the second cutbar black W2 final space white from L3 to next image Each value is expressed in pixels Please note that 1 pixel 1 10mm for the printers with 254dpi resolution That is if a blank space of 0 5mm is required it is necessary to introduce 5 pixels 1 pixel 1 12mm for the printers with 305dpi resolution That is if a blank space of 0 5mm is required it is necessary to introduce 6 pixels It possible to select different values for horizontal and vertical cutmarks as two different frames Horizontal and Vertical are present The Cutmark frame options allow to insert the cutmarks also on the external edges of the sheet that contains the image this 1s intended to have a perfect clipping of the image on all its four edges Top Left Right mm indicate the distance from the edge of the paper to the beginning of the cutmark independently for each one of the edges The Continuous pack frame is reserved for use of LaserLab with automatic cutters Please con tact Polielettronica for more informations about these functions 91 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats 92 Chapter 10 Paper calibration daily alignment and creat
132. own in the fig 137 where xx yyy is the release number f OrderMakerMF Setup f x Welcome to the OrderMakerMF Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard will install OrderMakerMF on your computer Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit the Setup Wizard WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Freeware j OrderMakerMF License Agreement End User License Agreement Please read the Following license agreement carefully READ BEFORE COPYING INSTALLING OR Do not copy install or use the Materials provided under this license agreement Agreement until you have carefully read the following terms and conditions gehen nennen nennen enne nte n aane n nnne nenne nen aane nn Pane e nenne ae eP nana een haee tran atria nant nnn C Ido not accept the terms in the License Agreement Installer2Go Freeware lt Back Cancel Fig 139 Installing OrderMakerMF 2 144 OrderMakerIWF 1 022 011 Full install exe Fig 137 OrderMaker icon The start screen of the installation program is shown in fig 138 Select Next to go to the next step Read carefully the licence agreement fig 139 Select I accept the terms in the li cense agreement then Next Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF ig OrderMakerMF Setup Choose Destination Location Select the Folder you would like Setup to install Order MakerMF to
133. pieco Hiet HE Ut 3bEDT EO HIERO 6789101 JETSI MAE PENAK ENADE WEES WIERD 121314151617 Thumbnail properties sja mm Auto 1 15 mm v write sequential number Header options Header text Bind mm v write image Filename Crop to Fit Ive Auto orientation zd v Add date Background B IE iA E SELECT Browse rm TE ED Do nok generate index if Format is bigger than ez it soe ox cancel Fig 82 Contact sheet options dialog Proceed as follows 1 Select the desired format in the pull down menu placed in upper right corner of the window see fig 83 nr 1 2 Select the Preview button placed in the lower right corner of the Contact sheet options window A preview of the index will be created and shown in the right part of the window 3 Once generated the preview at side of the format a number appears In our example fig 83 nr 2 itis 3 Contact sheet options E 102x152 4x67 2 127x178 5x7 3 203x254 8x17 4 203x254 Bxl2 E 127x178 5x7 3 Fig 83 Matching a format to the index 4 This number indicates which button to select in the upper row fig 83 nr 3 In our example the button to select is 3 203x254 8x12 88 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats Once matched the desired format to the index it is possible to tune several parameters like the posi
134. pressor To purchase these articles please contact our sales office Polielettronica S p A can choose among different accessories models to be coupled to the La serLab equipment depending on the customer request and on the technology state of the art 3 4 Printable sizes Model Laserlab 30 12 Model Laserlab 50 20 Model Laserlab 76 30 3 5 Technical data Weight Kg 625 305x500mm 12x1917 102x89mm 4x312 508x820mm 20x32 203x178mm 8x7 762x1250mm 30x49 508x300mm 20x12 Power supply mains voltage 230V 1 phase 50 60Hz MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN ATTENTION if the RA4 paper processor is coupled with the Laser Lab the customer must specify the mains voltage frequency 50 or 60Hz A three phase mains supply is necessary too Maximum sinked current 10A Medium sinked current is 6A increasing up to 10A due to laser tubes aging Maximum absorbed power 2300V A Medium absorbed power is 1500VA increasing up to 2300VA due to laser tubes aging Power factor 0 8 minimum Autonomy in case of mains supply loss 10 minutes Transport section fan air output about 485m hour increasing of 6 5 C the environ ment temperature Stocking temperature 30 C 60 C Chapter 3 Technical features Air sinking from the compressor unit less than 25l min 3 6 Applicable standards and directives 73 23 EEC Low Voltage Directive EN60950 European
135. pulation method for the thumbnails Enables the title presence on top of the index by default the text is the date if an extra description is needed write it in the single Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image line window named Information text Auto orientation Turns the image to match it with the frame of the index The frame of the index is always horizontal Add black frame Adds a black frame around each icon of the index to make it evi dence Crop to fit adapts the image to the size of the index icon eventually crop ping it 6 6 Images density and color correction The ImageLab software allows to correct an image before printing it This correction is real time shown on the monitor The Color Adjust bar shown in fig 31 is placed at the bottom left of the monitor x p Se o fi zx D 7 Enable Reset Fig 31 Color Adjust bar Available commands allow to modify from left to right 1n the figure jo zm Brightness D ao Contrast l 31 Gamma ze Cross contrast To set the desired values use the arrows placed at the right of each box or select the box and rotate the mouse middle wheel or just type directly the value in the box The correction is in density if the DENS button is selected It is possible to correct the single color by selecting one of the C M Y buttons For example load an image and set to 0 85 the cross contrast and to 0 95 the y value The image saturation will immediately incr
136. r at our factory Should the faulty part claim be unjustified all the replacement or the repair expenses substained by Polielettronica S p A will be paid by the customer The warranty certificate and the fiscal document must be shown to the technical personnel that effectuate the repairing or must be included with the machine if shipped for repairs There will be no elongation for the warranty subsequent a technical intervention on the equip ment If the repairs are made in the main Technical Support Center in Italy all transport expens es are to be paid by the customer unless otherwise decided The warranty certificate excludes any damage from transport lack of maintenance inadequate handling ignoring the warnings inside the manual or any other phenomena independent from the normal operating condition of the equipment This warranty is void if the equipment has been repaired by unauthorized personnel or after the use of any accessory not supplied recommended or approved by Polielettronica S p A or in case of removal or alteration of equipment serial number during the warranty period Polielettronica S p A declines all the responsibility for damage to persons or things due to improper use or misuse of the equipment Any controversy will be handled by FORO GIUDIZIARIO DI ROVIGO ITALY Chapter 17 Attached documents 17 4 Spare parts failure report information request module Customer Country Address Tel
137. r output In both cases please call an authorized service center Printer paper locked The paper has reached the paper processor but it 1s locked near the its input Typically some prints have been launched the paper processor being off This means that the first print has stopped at the processor paper input When the second print is finished the system doesn t succeed in carrying the second copy in the paper processor and sends the error message Switching on the paper processor ensures correct operation completing without any loss of prints Linear motor in progress A print has been launched in the first two three minutes after the switching on of the system before the correct completing of its own starting sequence This print has been lost try again after some time Printing in progress The second copy of the current image was launched during the processing of the first copy The second copy is lost try again after some time To avoid this problem we suggest to use multi ple prints option 6 4 2 Multiple prints on page 33 Autocalibration failed The system isn t able to complete its own automatic calibration procedure This message could appear even there isn t any image being printed autocalibration is automatically repeated every five minutes Among the possible causes there could be 1 The paper box isn t correctly selected in Calibration gt Paper box window fig 49 on page 51 In this case give the command Las
138. r s icon to view its contents Localize the folder Data fig 133 LI t baser 30 3 Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back b EA Search L3Felders cAHistory n Li x un Address E MLaser 30 3 Data Printers Schedule Laser_30_3 Open Explore Laser 30 3 Data Search Make Available Offline Scan Folders Far Viruses Map Network Drive Create Shortcut Properties Fig 133 Data folder of the LaserLab printer 3 Select the Data folder Right click on it and choose from the pull down menu fig 133 the item Map Network drive Map Network Drive i X Windows can help you connect to a shared network Folder and assign a drive letter to Ehe connection so that you can access the Folder using My Computer Specify the drive letter For Ehe connection and the Folder that vou wank to connect to Drive fi Folder BroWise ame er ar FTF site Cancel Fig 134 Map Network Drive window 142 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF The window Map Network Drive appears fig 134 on page 142 In the Driver pull down menu we suggest to choose the Z letter or anyway the last letter available This to avoid undesired renominations in case of hardware replacement upgrade 4 Give OK to close the window The result of the operation can be seen by clicking on the icon My computer placed in the desktop As shown in fig 135 now is present th
139. rectory window ap pears as shown in fig 102 Use the Create New Folder command if necessary Ab xi ok in ig Data FF e amp es ES Cancella prima di spedire 9 f test1 bmp areetings WE rest bmp _ Packages PrinE Spooler T MODI9 BMP T MOOZO0 BMP La Cancel Zi Fig 102 Select directory dialog The default folder for the color profiles is C WINNT system32 spool driv ers color standard folder 3 To create a color map select again File Preferences CMS settings In the ColorMap CMS settings window of fig 101 on page 104 select the Save source ColorMap command In the Save as window select the name and the destination folder of the color map In the example of fig 103 first the ColorMapFolder has been created and then the MyColorMap bmp file has been saved on it Save AS Save in 3 ColorMapFolder R3 EX Es DefaulECelarMap bmp NewColorMap bmp File name MyColorM ap bmp save as lupe Bitmap File BMP Cancel z Fig 103 Save as dialog 105 Chapter 11 The ColorMap Color Management System Attention It is necessary to add the file extension bmp to the color map file name After the Save command has been given the ImageLab will request to choose between two color map quality levels Standard and High 4 Open the above defined color map with a software capable of color profile conversion not supplied with Im
140. reproduce the color To use a CMS an input profile and an output one are needed The output profile depends on the printing device LaserLab in our case and the used sup port different manufacturers emulsions and surfaces require different profiles Attention Polielettronica S p A does not supply any color profile neither CMS nor ColorMap We suggest to use this system to the ones who are already experienced with the color profiles ice and cm file extensions The CMS system works correctly if both the input and output profiles are of a good quality If 101 Chapter 11 The ColorMap Color Management System the profiles are accurate the result will be accurate as well The profile generation must be performed on site where the equipment is working through proper hardware and software instrumentation The profiles supplied by Polielettronica are for demonstration and making examples only Select File Preferences CMS settings From the main menu bar to let the Color Management System settings window appear fig 99 Color Management System settings q X L alorM aps folder LSwWINDIWVSSsustema3zsspaaldrversscalo Browse Color profiles folder Static v Enable color profiles C LittleCM5 Microsoft ICM Automatic made Iw AGB input profile if not embedded Info Rendering intent sRGB Color Space Prafile icm Fielative Default page ta open for multipage files 1
141. rt stop the automatic printing process Plus it indicates the state of printing in each autoprint folder In the upper part are shown the box and the media paper type currently in use plus the paper left to be printed Each row in the table is related to a different folder For each folder are indicated the number of images present the orders related to that folder and eventually the printing errors occurred Attention the network connection must be available when the Autoprint starts Select Start to begin the automatic printing process The Print Spooler begins to scan the fold ers The green arrow indicates the current folder The system actually prints the images in the folder when one of the two conditions 1s true 1 In the folder there are enough images to fill a sheet 70 Chapter 9 Auto Print and formats 2 Ina folder a file called EndOfOrder is found This forces to print all the images in the folder before the EndOfOrder See sections 9 3 10 End of Order management on page 78 and 9 5 Autoprint orders separa tion on page 81 for further details It is always possible to force the print of the images in all the folders simply selecting the Complete button All the images found in the folders by the Print Spooler will be immediately printed To stop the automatic printing first select the Stop command then wait for the End command to be available The arrow stops near to the last scanned folder and becomes red
142. s Unprintable files options a x View these files management op 3 EJ tions through selecting the item Unprintable files destination folder Browse File Image processor Unprint Enable unprintable files relocation able files options p v Stop if unprintable files are more than fao E The Unprintable files options win dow is shown in fig 76 Fig 6 Unprintable files options dialog Unprintable files destination folder select the destination folder for the unprintable files act ing on the pull down menu Enable unprintable files relocation if this box is selected the unprintable files will be relo cated in the destination folder If the box is not selected the unprintable files will be left in the original autoprint folders default option Stop if unprintable files are more than if this option is enabled the printing process will stop and produce an error message as soon as the number of unprintable files found will exceed the number introduced in the box 9 5 Autoprint orders separation By default autoprint system tries always to print first the first arrived files in a folder when their number can fill a whole sheet When two orders come to LaserLab from two different operators working on two different folders this could generate confusion To solve this problem set to Yes the EO column in the Autoprint folder list window see fig 66 on page 72 From now on the system doesn t pr
143. showed in the Image field Select mass Eo OK back to Packaging setup win Lc eam ocean ae dow and complete the package Be FD Ee 0 wa careful that the formats to be added mug o Besse don t cover the previously placed Insert 4 2 mm r mm Format inserts For example if package twn p p fos size is as in fig 54 on page 59 and lE its only insert is 182x254 the origin for the first format should be X 182 Y 0 Fig 58 Inserts dialog Manually or auto print of a package with inserts is accomplished as described in the previous paragraph In the following fig 59 and fig 60 on page 64 are shown two packages with one insert the image on the left 63 Chapter 8 Package and School printing e ya L t Fig 59 Package with an insert Fig 60 Another package with an insert 64 Chapter 8 Package and School printing Photocards and calendars are made in this way simply using a proper text as an insert The fig 61 shows an example of a photocards Fig 61 Photocard Attention Polielettronica S p a does not supply any tool for making photo cards or calendars 65 Chapter 8 Package and School printing 66 It is possible to insert an image with a shading border For exam ple open the Calendar200x jpg image found in the F Greet ings Then select Image Generate Package from the main menu In the Pro cess package dialog select Cal endar amp Mask from
144. starting the program the main window will be presented as in fig 14 From this window every control manipulation and correction that ImageLab allows can be accessed The icons are designed to offer an access as quick and intuitive as possible to these options These icons are gathered in several menu bars as described in the following 1 Main Bar section 6 1 1 on page 26 2 View Bar section 6 1 2 on page 27 3 Resize Bar section 6 1 3 on page 27 4 LaserLab Bar section 6 1 4 on page 27 5 Color Adjust Bar section 6 1 5 on page 29 6 Processor Status bar section 6 1 6 on page 29 7 Status Bar section 6 1 7 on page 29 25 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image 26 6 1 1 Main Bar The Main Bar is shown in fig 15 Fig 15 Main bar This group of icons 1s dedicated to common file operations open close save i See sections 6 2 on page 30 and 6 11 on page 47 for more informations rice ee F Pi Insert Image Automatic print Image processor setup Format setup Package setup OP Fa This group of icons is intended for managing the print ing option including the packages and format setup and the automatic print From left to right manual insertion of an image This button activates the Image Processor dialog to access the Autoprint options This function is explained at chapter 9 on page 69 This button activates the Autoprint folder list dialog to create and modify the Autopri
145. sto 203 Add Delete Space between Jg copies pixels Add thin border Write infos on right Fig 119 Settings formats for HSCutter zi Job type JobName Pack Shears Format F 102x102 4 4 pod Full size Auto Format F 102 152 5 4 WS HSCutter Auto Format F 127x178 5x7 HS HSCutter Auto Package JB 13x18Logo apt Full size Auto Package JB 20x25 Text apt Full size Auto Format F 152x203 5 8 42 Full size Auto Format JF 178x241 7 10 apt Full size Auto Format F 178x254 7 10 B Vertical Auto Form Auto Form E C None Auto Form Auto Form El vertical rem Fom E C Ful size Auto Form Auto Packi ER Continuous Auto Form T HsCutter HsCutter V Auto Form Auto Pack d C width fit pwe Form Auto Form Lok cae Auto Format Auto none none ii None Auto Package JB Calendar amp Mask 1 None Auto Package IP Sample apt Full size Auto Package JB Provino 6x9 apt Full size 4 Parckane W FNN intest Nane utn Alphabetic Files none none a sorting Foldes sharpen 2 Invert order Descramble full vertical pack Full Vertical pack auto orientation All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All dll Yes Yes Pop Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Del ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL
146. t Print Now vi MALUM Number of capies Fila from the main menu see fig 27 or the function key F12 Print Pack of images F9 the LaserLab will take the image as shown and send it to Write changes the printer Print with latency Latency Options During exposure on the status bar top of image the mes P Main paper balance sage in progress 1 will be displayed Load paper Advance paper View paper Reset LaserLab Fig 27 Laser printer menu It is possible to select a new image during an exposure and give it the com mand Print now or F12 In this case the message Waiting is displayed on the status bar till the previous exposure is completed 6 4 2 Multiple prints Print copies If the current image must be printed in more than one copy select this m button from the LaserLab Bar Or select Set number of repetitions Ed Hepetitians 5 I Laser Printer Number of copies from the sub menu The Select number of repetitions window shown in fig 28 will appear Input the quantity of Cancel prints that are required and select OK to launch the print cycle Fig 28 Multiple prints Attention This function is intended to print one single image on every sheet This could cause waste of paper if image dimensions do not match exactly the paper band in use To pack the copies in a single sheet see section 6 4 3 Pack printing on page 34 33 Chapter 6 Loading and prin
147. the copy with the EJECT key and launch again the print The internal sheet marker is missing and it is not possible to complete the cutting operation Press EJECT to remove the copy 14 11 Error conditions An obscured or damaged copy can cause an error when enters the cutter see section 14 9 To restore to cutter to the original state operate as follows 1 If by mistake a copy not to be cut has arrived at the cutter input just press the EJECT button on the keyboard The copy will exit within few seconds with no cut 2 If the copy features the cutmarks press the MAN AUTO button see section 14 3 on page 121 If the header is normal the sheet will be cut Otherwise press the EJECT button In case of error the Imagelab Autoprint function stops immediately Each copy will be brought to the front chute To restore the Autoprint function act as follows If the copy that have caused the error is still in the cutter press EJECT Press the ENTER button to cancel the error message on the display Press the MAN AUTO to restore the automatic operation mode on the cutter C5 Press the Reset button in the main bar of Imagelab software In case of not reversible error act as follows Cut off the cutter supply dl Press the Reset button in the main bar of Imagelab software Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station From now on all to copies will be brought to the front chute Contact an authorized technical service
148. the pull down menu Confirm with OK After some seconds the subject will appear under the shading frame as shown in fig 62 In the same folder the Calendar200xMask jpg is found This image is grayscale frame with a shaded border where the subject 1s to be placed This mask will not be printed as it is only used to define the frame In the darkest zones the fore ground is visible but not the sub ject In the middle zone both images are visible while in the clearer one 1s visible the subject but not the foreground IS Image3 Fig 62 Calendar Chapter 8 Package and School printing The Calendar amp Mask packaging setup is shown in fig 63 Packaging setup i X Package name MAMER Mew space between formats Package dimension mm Pixels o NT A Use dimension of Auto Width 390 Height 508 LI background image M onentation Use cutmark 1 Background image Different images IW Enable background F Greetings Calendar200 B Ee Resize to package size Num Enable 2 List of formats Mum Position upper left is 0 0 Format Number of repetitions M I M a eS Cn 1 5 mm Y mm Horizontal Vertical vals fs poes mih f F free emo dh p ral pm rose ua pF raj fen 127 Passes IP BR _ 5 443 j mausesv di B T e 250 127 Po125078Hm m i iT gic Jj eeBseHa
149. ting an image 6 4 3 Pack printing Pack printing is the repetition of the same print All the pictures are placed on a same sheet in stead of using a sheet for each one Attention this function will work only if the image format is small enough to fit one or more times in the selected format of the sheet To use it select the Print pack of images button placed on the LaserLab Bar Or select Laser Printer gt Print Pack of images or the function key F9 the Print pack repetitions dialog fig 29 appears Print pack repetition l Preview First Last Total pages 1 Repetitions 3 Pack E Full size Space E pixels Columns C HS Cutting Station Fig 29 Print pack repetition dialog The area on the right represent the layout of the pack The red rectangle is the total sheet area while in blue is indicated the used area The yellow lines represent the separation between the copies For great number of repetitions not all the copies will be shown in that area The number of pages is shown in the Total pages field at the top right corner of the window Select First to see the layout of the first page being the same of all the others except for the last one Select Last to see the layout of the last page 34 The available options are Repetition Full size Cutmarks Space Columns HSCutting Station Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image Sets the number of c
150. tings 3 Kodak Digital III 508 semi matk 4 Kodak Supra Endura 102 Glossy 5 Kodak Ultra Endura 508 Glossy catan 6 kodak Ultra Endura 508 Glossy i 7 Kodak Supra Endura 203 Glossy 8 Kodak Ultra Endura 508 M Semimatt Any m URGENT W mi LOW Layout options Just contact sheet Format size correction Optimization 1 Optimization 2 Send Optimization 3 Cancel Fig 148 Send order dialog Send Select this button to send the order Priority In this frame it 1s possible to choose the level of priority of the order between three URGENT red NORMAL green LOW yellow Layout options In this frame it 1s possible to set some aspects of the layout of the images on the sheet Select Format size correction to add 3mm and compensate the effect of the cutter And with the Optimiza tion options it is possible to reduce or eliminate the waste of paper of the cutter The option Optimization 1 places the images on the sheet in a way to minimize the waste of paper In this way it can happen to have images still presenting a thin white border then a manual refinement could be necessary after the cut The option Optimization 3 completely eliminates the need of manual refinement after the cut On the other hand this cut in based on a non optimized use of the sheet since the waste of paper is not minimized The best compromise between the to options above is the Opti mization 2
151. tion and size of the thumbnails the background color and so on These options are explained in the next sections There are preset configuration for the formats 10x15 and 13x18 correspond ing to the Preset 10x15 4x6 and Preset 13x18 5x7 buttons respectively Just press one of the two buttons and give OK 9 7 1 Thumbnail properties and dimensions Thumbnail properties e mm Auto fe 14 omm v Write sequential number In the Thumbnail properties frame it is possible to set the dimen sions of the thumbnails Use the horizontal arrows box to modify the width of the thumbnail and the vertical arrows box to modify its height v write image Filename Crop to Fit v Auto orientation Auto Sets automatically the dimensions of the thumbnail in a way that the index print falls in exactly one print format Write sequential number Writes under every thumbnail the sequential number of the image inside the order Write image filename Writes the image name under every thumbnail Crop to fit If necessary cuts the thumbnail to fit the desired size Auto orientation Chooses the best orientation for the thumbnails to minimize the number of sheets for the index 9 7 2 Header options In the Header options frame it is possible to set the header properties Header options Header text Bind mmy a Add date Fill with the desired text the Header text box leave empty no h
152. ton are selected the window can be closed All the next images will be printed both in manual and in Autoprint mode with the defined corrections To disable the correction select again Laser printer Main paper balance In the Output color balance window deselect the Enable box and confirm with Apply It is possible to save the correction profiles Select the New button and type the profile name in the save window To recall a previously defined profile just choose it from the Profile pull down menu Attention the described correction procedure can t be used for balancing a wrong paper calibration See chapter 10 Paper calibration daily alignment and creating new profiles on page 93 Attention This option if enabled is automatically applied to every Autoprint folder See chapter 9 Auto Print and formats on page 69 for more details We suggest to keep this option disabled when it 1s not used 39 Chapter 6 Loading and printing an image 40 6 8 Resizing and basic manipulation Resize Bar In most cases a newly loaded image is not in the desired printing size and a cropping of the orig inal image could be required After loading a file its format is shown in the center of the bar at the bottom of the window Status Bar In this case shown on fig 34 the format is 177 8 mm of width horizontal size and 127 for height vertical size 177 8 x 127 0 mm Fig 34 Image dimensions ResizeBare
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154. und ia E m iA SELECT Browse Logo K Greetings LogoHor31x10 jpg Browse cael Fig 149 Contact sheet settings dialog Most of options are self explanatory The dimensions of the index and the ones of the Thumb nails can be set The HSCutter pre defined formats can be chosen The Header section is ded icated to the text that can be added to the index It is also possible to set the Background either a color or an 1mage or insert a Logo 152 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF 15 7 Other features of OrderMakerMF 15 7 1 Autoprint and OrderMakerMF Even if OrderMakerMF is installed in the system it is still possible to use the Autoprint fold ers to send orders Select File gt Order Processor gt Settings From the main bar the OrderProcessor setup dialog will appear fig 150 OrderProcessor setup ij X Layout options ImagePracessor as OrderMaker v Don t send to HSCutter images bigger than 200 amp Cut sheet on order change v Enable Process Pack Mane Iv Process Pack vertical I Process Pack Full Process Pack HSCutter Maximum transport 820 Print to print delay anline cutter only Safe Default High speed unsafe Cancel Fig 150 OrderProcessor setup dialog In the ImageProcessor as OrderMaker frame check mark the Enable box Also we suggest to enable all th
155. upposed to be printer then simply drag the images and drop them in the OrderMakerMF main window on the desired format Multiple images can be dragged and dropped at the same time by using the CTRL and or SHIFT keys following the common Windows operations 148 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF m EXE 2 When dropping the images a dialog will appear Using this dialog a7 3 lt m it is possible to set the number of copies of that order to be printed m a5 lt FR The order structure 1s visible in the main window For example consider the order shown in fig 147 on page 150 In the left column the total number of images Total prints can be read Fol lows a list of the images composing the order Image Selecting one of the images in the Job frame are shown the related format and for each format the number of copies to be printed In the example 3 copies of the AAF1429 JPG image will be printed one in 10x15 format and the other two in 13x18 format 15 5 1 Removing modifying images from the order x Select an image and double click on one of its Image name GRID_76x125_ 30x49 305dpipsd formats Job section it is possible to modify Job name B BGES QOXM EMT the number of copies to be printed in that for Copies E mat Job options window fig 146 1 Cancel Fig 146 Job options window To delete all the copies in a certain f
156. ut The copies not to be cut are marked with none other Attention if the deflector changes its position in the wrong moment act as follows Keep the mouse pointer over the processor picture shown in fig 117 and click the right button The Processor setting dialog fig 118 appears In this window it is possible to modify and cor Processor settings E X CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL Tersan sisi 54 E 2 D 1 2 ee ee Dryer timeout 6 ij Temperature Replenishment cc j Replenishment correction Factor Simulated C Processor 30cm 12 Factor 32 eic DEVELOPER Processor 50cm 20 Factor 16 A 214 E Processor 76cm 30 Factor 8 Processor 127cm 50 Factor 4 E 195 4 seach 35 E 215 W Dryer pre heating STABILIZER 320 v Automatic replenishment J Ignore processor errors Cancel onday uesday ednsday ursday riday aturday unday v Mond v Tuesd v Wednsd v Thursd v Frid Saturd Sund p 30 AM E oz 30 AM E p 30 AM E oz 30 AM E p 30 AM E 06 30 AM 06 30 AM E Fig 118 Processor settings dialog rect the processing time of each single copy The normal time is 3 30 210 seconds corre sponding to a 45 developer time Modify this value if the deflector moves at the wrong moment It is to be considered normal a deflector movement after the copy is out for 20 30 cm Press OK once finished 14 6 2 Manual mode Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station To swit
157. vice center what is going wrong with the appliance To close the window select the Hide command The window can be opened again in every mo ment by selecting the View gt Message window menu item To clear all select the Clear messages command 109 Chapter 12 Error messages and system diagnostics 12 2 Error messages In the following are shown the most frequent error messages from ImageLab software Some of these are shown in the Message viewer window immediately after ImageLab has been launched Some others messages appear only because of a print attempt in anomalous condi tions In this last case one after another will appear 1 The error message indicating the cause of anomaly 2 The message Images left to be printed the number of the images left to be printed when the error has occurred Attention These images are lost they need to be launched again after remov ing the error cause Linear motor failure Either linear motor driver is not supplied or is in alarm state When error condition is verified the message is shown as soon as ImageLab is launched Driver state can be read watching the two LEDs red and green on the top of it If driver is not sup plied they are both off this could happen if the pressure switch detects a pressure lower than 1 8 atm see fig 8 on page 17 increase pressure by acting on pressure regulator If only the red led is on the driver is in alarm state The driver could have
158. way it is not possible for one single sheet to fea ture more than one order On the other hand one sin AE san mister ele order can Occupy more than one sheet Refer to the progressive number marked on each sheet to gather the order HSCutter diagnostic mode test only Fig 126 HSC MSA normal 133 Chapter 14 HS Cutting Station H SLutting station HSCutting Station v extend sizes v Sorter 8 12 Check sorter limits HSCutter diagnostic mode test only Fig 127 HSC MSA EndOrder With the settings shown in fig 127 the LaserLab will always try to cut the longest possible sheet In this way one single sheet could feature more than one order When the cutter meets an EndOrder it stops and its pushbutton begins to blink to let the operator gather the images of the order Press the button to start again the cutter with the next order to process The latter mode of operation EndOrder needs one more setting through the cutter keyboard see section 14 3 Function keyboard and display on page 121 Though the PAGE key reach the page shown in fig 128 I nn i Fig 128 Display page for HSC MSA The value of the PHI SEP ORDER must be U7 If it not so modify it through the UP and DOWN keys and confirm through the ENTER key 14 9 3 Guides for the input formats It is possible to set the input paper band by adding the proper guides supplied with the cutter as shown in fig 129 o
159. which is also the default option Paper type In the right column it 1s possible to choose the paper type on which the order has to printed Selecting Any the order will be 151 Chapter 15 Managing multiformat orders OrderMakerMF printed anyway regardless of the paper actually loaded on the printer Attention if the paper type is different from the one actually loaded the order will wait until the requested paper is loaded on the printer Customer ID A text line for example name of the customer can be added to appear in the photo index Contact sheet This frame contains the options for the photo index enabled by selecting the Print contact sheet box The options At last print places the contact sheet as the last to be printed otherwise with the optimization settings could be placed anywhere in the sheet Just contact sheet prints only the contact sheet and not the order 15 6 1 Options for the contact sheet Press the Settings button in the Send order window to let appear the Contact sheet settings window fig 149 Contact sheet settings x HSCutter divide e m Hun JE i Disabled 2 3 4 5 Thumbnail properties HE mm Auto Preset 10x15 4x6 Preset 13x18 bx 7 it 16 mE Header options v write sequential number v write image Filename Crop to Fit Iv Auto orientation Header text Bind mr MultiFormat E v Add date Backgro
160. with COM S2 PC serial port Connect the WRITING SYSTEM optional serial cable labeled with COM3 to the COM3 PC serial port Attention the densitometer and the WRITING SYSTEM are optional fea fures 17 Chapter 4 Installation Connection and Placing Consult our sales office for more information 220Vac in Keyboard Power switch Tastiera Interruttore COM 1 Densitometer Densitometro COM2 Serial Cable from transport unit Cavo seriale da elettronica trasporto HUI Monitor signals input Ingresso Segnali monitor E Ed 200909 Network connection Connessione rete PBI connector Connettore PBI 220Vac Monitor signals output Uscita Segnali monitor Fig 9 Connections to the Personal Computer Switch to I On the power switches on the two electronic units LMI and modulators driver unit and the two power supplies of the computer Check the monitor switch to be in the I On position 4 4 6 Connections to the laser optical group Connect the three RGB cables coming from the LMI panel to the driver inputs on the modulator control panel placed near the laser group see fig 10 Bring to I position the power switches of the LMI unit placed inside the transport section and the modulator control panel 18 Chapter 4 Installation Connection and Placing Cooling Fan Ventola BLUE TDI G LASER POWER SUPPLY
161. y with the electronic units placed under the printer section see fig 7 on page 16 15 Chapter 4 Installation Connection and Placing 16 4 4 2 Connection between printer and processor Connect the PROCESSOR cable coming from the printer to the PROCESSOR connector on the processor 4 4 3 Connection to the power group The power group is placed behind the optical laser group It shown in fig 7 Connect the plug labeled TO CONTINUOUS POWER UNIT to the UPS M707 DC POWER SUPPLY 220 VAC SOCKETS ALIMENTATORE DC M707 PRESE DI SERVIZIO 220VAC DRLIMO linear motor driver POWER GROUP GRUPPO DI POTENZA Fig Power group Connect the cable coming from the printing section labeled DC POWER SUPPLY to the M707 DC power supply Connect the cables coming from the printing section labeled CUSTOMERS inputs outputs DIGITAL MOTOR CONNECTION and POSITION ENCODER ANALOG to the DRLIMO Linear Motor Driver Check the power switch to stay on I On Check all the supply plugs to be connected to the 220VA C sockets group Check the laser supply power switch to stay on I On 4 4 4 Fan group and air filter connections Change now to the connection of the fans and filter box shown on fig 8 on page 17 Connect the plug labeled VACUUM FAN to the corresponding socket coming from the printing section Connect the two tubes for air recirculation coming from the printing section Connect the compressed air input to the existi

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