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2. 33 eq A 34 COMALING ico dures patio a s p of 35 Add Separator Page 35 Automatic Nesting 35 DUPIEDE iocus qne boe ao PONE 35 NOGSEIDE iniinis eiiiai 35 Destinations oot eid stem 34 Maintenaneess eee cot cornice eee 36 QUEUE cucina eto nma sep ie 34 P Page Number Chane naina et Ad er 56 Papenumbelr noodi oui MM n e HER RA 41 Pagesetup anrasinen 37 COlLOUP KEY Stout ipo ois Ho 39 COIOUL I CVS a uceedsvcb aridi arp e Dre Ri 39 Be CUS M 41 ICG PRONG Sri a 38 Input SCREENING sossooduietot talents 40 LOO enden ambi teles 41 Media BECUS dead men tid 41 OOO S ostro alas ieee coe 37 Postscript PDF Options Papesetup Pools 4 2 wea dpt Preview Grapbs aconaasac nni oce Separation Control Perceptual Rendering Intent Colour Management Ink and Paper Print Calcheck Troubleshooting Progressive Proofs Change Queue Real Dot Technology Relative Colourimetric Rendering Intent39 Render in RGB Rendering Intents Nearest Neighbour Retain Pure Black RGB to CMYK Conversion Running the Software Starting the Client Starting the Server Saturation Rendering Intent The Database Scheduled Backup Screen Printing Configuration For messages in the ClientLog For messgaes in the ServerLog Creating Groups Creating Users Error Notifications Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 Hosts Panel cogens aces 103 Setting up Users a
3. s 104 107 CMYK Simulation for PDF 40 Colour Management Default ICC PEODIGS errat iti 107 ICC Engine Accuracy 107 du o M M 48 Server Settings esce er 107 Colourspace Sasa tute mats 30 31 55 Convolution Matrix sss 41 Gopyrigbt NOUCES saccus tre primer ei 119 Correction LUT sueco risit eicere 32 Crop ark Saen ted bono n 41 CEODDIPIE nanena a aetna 42 CUPS ronin oana AAA S 116 D PDOT inhaa a e a 40 DensitometeT ariin 66 BXDpOFU Value Sad b cep aen ico DR OU 66 Measure T Targets eie tede 66 Device Link Profile 32 Disable PDF Autoseparation 40 Display Sui ea erca devi UU Lo d uta 68 ADIE Ee oed ativan se stra bl Usb 71 Galelle OR aiio aede e rune 69 Calcheck HIStory si oec 70 Gall DES OMe dastigs it teste Dateien dee NU dh 68 Light BOOLUDL ud RW cda dp di RE o 71 White POLI Usos oie dr re ER e 69 Dongle Updating SUPIHPS citi prr diei eius 20 Viewing Licensed Bits 20 Watson the DVDs ecotaeedi n atedade 7 Dongle Updater sss 22 Updating the Dongle 22 Drawing a Rectangle around a Job 41 DOP ROMA SU diia da P Westen 37 43 DropSpot Setting the colour 53 Setting the number of copies 53 Dropzone no iie aana tava edits
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5. Device Link Device Link Profile None Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 32 Upload ICC This option is available on all of the ICC choosers and is used to upload an ICC profile from a local or network folder location to the internal Megarip ICC folder Screen Printing The Screen Printing mode separates a job into single plates and prints them as black This is designed to print with a halftone dot onto a clear film media To increase the density of the output choose a combination of inks This option can be used to produce films for use in the Screen Printing industry e Enable Screen Print Mode Turns the Screen Print mode on or Screen Printing off f Enable Screen Print Mode Ink Combination Ink Combination Select the inks to be combined for a single separation output cyan Magenta Yellow Black f Light Cyan Light Magenta Light Black l Light Light Black In Screen Printing mode all jobs are separated and there must be a Paper Profile where only one dot for each colour is turned on Output Screening Apply screening to the output file if desired This is only available if the output driver selected supports screening There are two 2 methods available FM Screening or Halftone FM Screening Variations DIGNE ENG e Stochastic Standard Stochastic Screening e Stochastic 2 and 3 Stochastic Screening with progressively increasing amounts of noise mixed in
6. Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 34 e Nowhere This is used for internal testing purposes or for softproofing workflows Files created by the print driver are not sent anywhere they are left in the default raster location A print time for simulation can be entered e PAP AppleTalk Select a networked AppleTalk device to print to The Change button displays any valid AppleTalk devices e Secure FTP sftp Send the job to a secure server using FTP e TCP IP Port Print to a networked device over TCP IP e USB Printer Print to a printer connected via USB Collating Collating is a method of gathering various outputs and grouping them together There are two 2 methods of collating available depending on the output driver selected If an output driver that supports Duplexing is selected the additional Duplexing collation method becomes available Otherwise the only option is Nesting Duplexing Duplex jobs with multiple pages to form double sided printing This is only available for printers supporting duplexing modes e Add Separator Page Adds a blank page between duplexed sets This is useful when de imposing and duplexing perfect bound jobs A blank page is inserted after the Maximum Jobs is reached for duplexing to begin e Top Page Determine if the top page is an odd or even number e Maximum Wait Time Set the time to wait before duplexing begins If the MWT is reached and the back side of the pages has
7. inpurscreening handled There are two 2 choices Preserve and Descreen E resene m e Preserve Preserves the dots from the incoming data so the same dots on the final job are shown on the proof A NR Further choices are s E o Real Dot Technology Used to preserve the dot structure o Fast 2 Similar to RDT but a faster method o RDT Smooth 1 2 and 3 This is RDT with progressive levels of smoothing Note Fast 2 should be used where the dot structure is not very important It will preserve the dot but is a quick low quality method The sharpest dot structure will be achieved using RDT however there will sometimes be introduced moire caused by the head weaving of the printer the resolution and the screen ruling of the original file e Descreen Descreens the incoming data with either o D Dot Removes the dots or o Fast Quick descreening algorithm Note D Dot is used where the output job is being sent to a photocopier or similar device with a front end RIP that applies a screen of its own If the dot was not removed the job would be double screened producing poor output Use Fast for all other methods when the incoming screening is not to be preserved e Plates and Plate Type Override the descreening mode selected with other modes for the plates This is needed so that for example if RDT is used for all plates except Black which uses RDT Smooth 2 you will avoid getting moire Postscript
8. apply when Colour Box is selected e Line Colour Select a colour for the line or box as selected above Create a colour using the Lab CMYK or RGB sliders Note If the colour selected does not match the colourspace of the image a preview will not be available for viewing using the SoftProof application Content The Content section within Frame Canvas Wrap allows for the editing of the asset held within the frame This is available in both Frame and Canvas Wrap modes but not in Marker mode Left The offset distance of the asset image from the left edge of the frame e Top The offset distance of the asset image from the top edge of the frame e Width The width of the asset within the frame e Height The height of the asset within the frame e Lock Button Locks the current proportions of the asset if resized along one dimension e Scaling The method of scaling used for any asset placed within the frame o To Fit The entire asset image is rescaled and shown within the frame proportions o ToFill The asset expands to fill the frame scaling to show as much of the image possible given the proportions and centring options of the frame o Custom The dimensions and frame offset of the asset are independent of the frame This scaling is selected automatically when Crop Mode is activated e Centring When enabled any selected frames will have their asset centred within the frame This is useful to revert
9. Patches Plots the patch number along the X axis against dot percentage on the Y axis A diagonal line from 0 to 100 is shown as a guide to a linear curve This graph will show if the patches are generally higher or lower than a linear measurement as well as differences over the course of time Dot 96 Delta Patches Plots the patch number along the X axis against the dot percentage delta on the Y axis It shows the percentage difference from the target For example if the target is 4096 and the measured value for that patch is higher or lower the error is shown in the graph Dot 6 Delta Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 78 Yule Nielsen Number The Yule Nielsen Number is essentially a fudge factor applied to the standard Murray Davis formula used when calculating dot percentage area from density The value is used to compensate for various media types as some react differently to others in the way a dot will spread on a particular media and thus affect the dot percentage value It is sometimes helpful to change the YN number and some manufacturers will quote a YN number for a given media but this is rare The YN formula used for calculating the dot percentage is YN 1 10 dot is the value of the density being measured Dot x100 a solid is the density of the solid patch Therefore a YN value of 1 has no effect on the dot percentage area A value other
10. Toolbar Options Queue Order Configure which queues are viewed by the QueueManager Available amp Showing Render Queue Thumbnails Enable or disable thumbnails for the Render Queue in the Thumbnails view of the QueueManager Show Idle Queues Show Hide entries in the QueueManager for idle processing queues Group by Queue Enable Disable the grouping of jobs by Queue before other column sorting is applied Show Show certain jobs in the QueueManager Select any or all of the options to filter jobs Choose from o Jobs Display all jobs as text line entries o Thumbnails Display all jobs as thumbnails This is the same as the Print Gallery mode o Publications Only display jobs belonging to a publication For any ofthe above display modes further filtering is available Active Jobs currently processing Waiting Jobs with a status of Waiting Done Completed jobs Search Find jobs that are in the queue All jobs matching the search text will be displayed All elements of the jobs are searched against not just the name so this can be a useful filtering tool The search can be inverted with cmd shift I Mac or ctrl shift I Win The search box will turn black to indicate when the inverse search is selected Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 55 There are a number of actions that can be performed on a job Options become available when one or more jobs are selected Only actions valid for the job
11. e Full Screen Toggles between a windowed or full screen view e Asset Toggles the Asset panel F1 can also be used e Property Toggles the Property panel F2 can also be used e Template Toggles the Template panel F3 can also be used e Sidebar Toggles the view of the sidebar containing the Asset Property and Template panels e Section Headers Toggles the headers of each section within the sidebar under each panel on or off As an added option holding down the spacebar will allow you to pan around the Layout area when moving the mouse similar to a navigator used in graphics applications The mouse cursor will change to a hand when enabled Studio Layout Area The Layout area is where jobs assets are laid out for nesting or tiling The area is surrounded by a ruler marked with the user defined measurement units appropriately scaled to the current zoom level All assets and frames are shown at accurate relative size The dark gray area is the work surface onto which assets are placed and positioned If in tiling mode the edges of the total area to be tiled appear on the work surface as a red box Layout area with loaded template Asset Panel The Asset panel displays all jobs that have been submitted to the Asset queue Any assets that appear may be used in Studio for nesting or tiling Place assets by selecting with the mouse and dragging dropping them onto the Layout area Assets can be selected singularly or in m
12. Automatic Login Disable or Select a User from the dropdown list Only one user may be selected per Host setup Activating Secure Mode Secure Mode should be activated after any users and or groups have been created Only an administrator or member of the admin group can activate or deactivate Secure Mode To activate l 2 3 4 5 Select Server menu Server Settings Click on the General tab Tick the checkbox at the bottom of the screen Secure mode to activate or deactivate Click OK and close the settings when done If activating Secure Mode a login window will appear as soon as the Server Settings window is closed If Email Notifications are setup for users Enter the mail server details in the Mail Server field This is the outgoing SMTP server Enter the email address for the Sender From field of the email in the Sender Email Address field Server Settings General Colour Management Working Paths Default Units mm t Maximum Memory For PS RIP OMB Maximum Memory For Rotation OMB Low quality thumbnail faster Compression Faster E Maximum Print Preview Resolution 0 8 DPI Server Back Log 0 Processes Image 1 Render 1 8 Minimum Broadcast Interval 1s Output unknown files to printer Log printed jobs Secure mode Mail Server Sender Email Address _ Cancel C ok Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 103 System Setti
13. DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE Copyright 1990 1994 Regents of the University of Michigan All Rights Reserved Permission to use copy modify and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation and that the name of The University of Michigan not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific written prior permission This software is supplied as is without expressed or implied warranties of any kind This product includes software developed by the University of California Berkeley and its contributors Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 120 Code in sys linux is developed by Alan Cox You may redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation either version 2 of the License or at your option any later version Research Systems Unix Group The University of Michigan C O Wesley Craig 535 W William Street Ann Arbor Michigan 1 313 764 2278 netatalk
14. Demo me mite 59 days eh aa es Ae 10 M Show all swatches The window is split into two sections The right side allows for i i EMEN Pan 79 000 0 00 Ow the import and viewing of a Special Set which is used as the 7 oo ask c comparison base The left side displays the measured values E E arah RR ATC 0000x 7 06x CMYK Ee Selecting a particular measured value matches the closest PANT S2C 000K 000K CMYK colour of the imported set giving it relative deltaE values e p redicns These can also be filtered to only show the closest matches for mene EE PANT 88C 0 00 0 20 CMYK better viewing c 1 of 2 268 items 2 22 22 22 22 28 FEH nnAaBnA2B23022233235353535 Ew NV MY Na zh E o uh dx o ws B d u d ux 32 3 3 Load Set Pantone Solid Coated O ptions Match ICC Resources icc ISOcoated v2 eci icc e Load Set Select a Special Colour Set to load This is RA the set used to compare measured values with Choose Cretag Eye One from any of the Special Colour Sets created e Match ICC Select a Match ICC profile e Rendering Intent Select the rendering intent for the Match profile e Spectrophotometer Select a device from the list of supported Spectrophotometers e Activate Connect to the selected device Once connected the pulldown device list will change to display any status messages from the device and the values measured e Turn Off Disconnect
15. Install the Printer Driver a If this is the first time installing a Megarip system printer insert the Megarip Installation DVD and select Have Disk Navigate to the drivers win win xp vista 7 directory c Select the Megarip inf file and click Open The Serendipity Megarip driver should now be displayed d Click Next Configure Standard TCP IP Port Monito Port Settings Port Name MegaripPPD 1 Printer Name or IP Address 192 168 3 59 Protocol Raw Raw Settings Port Number 10201 LPR Settings Install the printer driver 7 Choose your printer from the list Click Windows Update to see more models a To install the driver from an installation CD click Have Disk Manufacturer Printers Serendipity Software Serendipity Megarip Sharp Note The above step can be skipped for any subsequent installs of Megarip system printers The driver can be chosen from the Windows printer driver list A This driver is not digitally signed Windows Update l Have Disk Tell me why driver signing is importan Cancel 11 Which Version of the Driver do you want to use a Select Use the driver that is currently installed recommended unless you are replacing an older installed version of the Serendipity Megarip driver b Click Next 12 Type a Printer Name c Enter a name for the printer This is the name that will
16. Select All Selects all frames in the nest layout area for grouping ungrouping movement locking or deletion Frame properties may be adjusted and will affect all selected frames and their positions within the layout area Select Inverse Deselects current frames while selecting all previously unselected frames Step and Repeat Allows users to create a set of size specific frames for image placement or copy the dimensions of existing frames and repeat them across and down the Layout area Auto arrange Automatically arranges nests the images placed in the Layout area to fill the media dimensions Auto arrange with Rotation Automatically arranges nests the images placed in the Layout area to best fill the media dimensions by appropriately rotating the frames View Menu Zoom In Zoom into the Layout area view Holding down Z Left click will also enable this function Zoom Out Zoom out of the Layout area view Holding down SHIFT Z Left click will also enable this function Fit All Scales the Layout area view to show all frames currently in the nest Fit Document Scales the Layout area view to show all assets and frames within the dimensions as defined in the Document panel Print Size Shows the nest in the Layout area at actual print size Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 90 e Fill with Document Scales the Layout area filling the view to the shorter width or height dimension as defined in the Document panel
17. Select a colour to fill the frame thickness as defined Create a colour using the Lab CMYK or RGB sliders Note If the colour selected does not match the colourspace of the image a preview will now be available for viewing using the SoftProof application e Canvas Wrap Options Canvas Wrap Options Front width Front height Frame thickness Back wrap 14 4306 in 10 3889 in 1 25 in 0 7874 in Wrap style v Gallery Colour Colour Space Colour Cancel Save Cropmarks are enabled by default when Canvas Wrap mode is in use This is to assist in cutting the canvas once printed Two 2 types of cropmarks are available for selection configured via the Studio Settings Standard or Paper saving Cropmarks Note Cropmarks standard will take up extra space around a job when selected for use changing the position of the job on the media and the total size of the job once rendered Paper saving cropmarks will not expand the overall rendered job size If multiple canvases are to be printed a quick and easy method of duplicating a finished canvas is to use the Step and Repeat function 1 2 3 4 Marker Configure the asset with the appropriate Canvas Wrap settings as defined above With the canvas wrap image selected in the Layout area select Frame menu Step and Repeat Configure the amounts for horizontal and vertical repeat and click OK The canvas will repeat across the Layout
18. Senensi ena 88 StAtUs saaan a aa EUM 59 Stochastic Screening sss 33 uro da 89 Asset Pamela 91 CIOaki NE bte tu aeu a sae as 96 OT BIE adm nr td dt 94 Creating a NesE oin ters 95 Creating Templates 94 CEODDIAEKS uae erii pi wi 97 CEODDIIS 5o ciue act dei 96 DOGUTHeDU aciei Uca ceris dixi eid 92 Edit M DU eot on ini 90 FEATDB inire nuca for i D FR 92 Frame Metnuooosdes conde ori tee 90 Layout ANCA oeste eti don ioca 91 Loading Stored Templates 94 DO uos mtem ERN 92 Menu ODUOHDS ctio eret aiu 89 Proper Parnelansuteqepivitedg itd 91 Rendering Effects 97 SOLUS amp usieisisiuleinipseeetrits dbi on fe oM tti ipee 89 Studio Interface saisissent 89 Studio MOTEL sic ducto fec tectorio 89 Template Panel ass b adi 94 THING 32 in inb dti td 92 97 Usine S CUGIO d rct Meier do date 95 View M enU esed erdt die ementi pes 90 Submit File S sate aan 98 Submit MODs iter repr ptit 98 127 SuperCell Screening iusotvasqaaot seta 33 Support Web Server oisi rrseipissie 108 109 System Info Web SePVEE ssoitauneod asi a etam 109 System Settings toa te tite cresce 100 104 Cent osa cece nete Ortes 104 SOEVE P angit toeirdemmiddinds tuin tede 106 T Tabs Reorderltlpy escas ecu oo tret 80 The Serendipity Megarip Client 23 The Serendipity Megarip Server 20 The Serendipity Updater 21
19. The PNG Reference Library is supplied as is The Contributing Authors and Group 42 Inc disclaim all warranties expressed or implied including without limitation the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose The Contributing Authors and Group 42 Inc assume no liability for damages direct or consequential which may result from the use of the PNG Reference Library Permission is hereby granted to use copy modify and distribute this source code or portions hereof for any purpose without fee subject to the following restrictions 1 Theorigin of this source code must not be misrepresented 2 Altered versions must be plainly marked as such and must not be misrepresented as being the original source 3 This Copyright Notice may not be removed or altered from any source or altered source distribution Compression Library Copyright Copyright 1995 Jean loup Gailly and Mark Adler This software is provided as is without any express or implied warranty In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose including commercial applications and to alter it and redistribute it freely subject to the following restrictions 1 The origin of this software must not be misrepresented you must not claim that you wrote the original software If you use this software in a product an acknowledgment in the pro
20. The lower section of the main display area contains the following e Screen Area buttons These buttons enable the user to look at results from one of the nine 9 defined areas of the monitor screen The buttons are grayed out cannot be selected if a screen area has not been calchecked Areas that have been checked will enable the button and show whether the area passed green or failed red a Calcheck e Instrument offline online Instrument Name Displays the currently activated instrument o Instrument Select which supported Spectrophotometer is to be used for the Calcheck o Measurement Type Select which area of the screen to Calcheck or Calcheck the whole 3x3 grid screen The middle centre of the screen if the default option for standard Calchecks History By clicking on the History header users can see at a glance the Calcheck summaries for all attached monitors This is useful for keeping track of any changes in your monitor s performance i e drifting Information includes e Process Colour Gray Paper delta values ose emm m e Average maximum standard deviation delta values us rum E E CN e Display name top left n o Don D Timestamp ofthe last Calcheck top right EAA e Chart and Instrument used bottom left z aa e 7 e Overall Calcheck score bottom left 3 ENSEM 65 24 32 74 61 63 64 84 33 19 61 44 E 31 52 32 10 4 36 1 20 31 71 4 69 062 6 47 71 18 11 1 40 47 39 18
21. Version 5 3 archives cannot be opened or imported into previous versions of Megarip Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 15 Running the Software Once the software has been installed launch the Server and Client to begin the configuration The Server should be started first and allowed to complete its initialisation process before the Client is launched If the Client is started first it will attempt to connect to an active Server If none are present a Connect to Server window will open waiting for an active Server to appear on the network Important Note for Mac OS X Users The Megarip Server and Serendipity Client for Mac OS X are able to run in either 32 bit or 64 bit modes Running both in 64 bit mode is optimal for normal usage however not all Spectrophotometer and printer manufacturers have converted their drivers to support 64 bit and will be unavailable for use in 64 bit mode New installations of the Server and Client are always in 32 bit mode by default Before starting the Server and Client To switch the Server and Client from 32 bit to 64 bit mode Copyright Copyright Serendipity Software Pty Ltd 1 Opena Finder window label x BB Ue we 2 Navigate to the Applications Serendipity Serendipity Megarip folder 3 Highlight the Serendipity Client application and select CMD I or right click and select Get Info from the menu 4 Untick the checkbox to disable Open in 32 bit mode 5 Repeat the above steps for th
22. libstdc i686 GNU Standard C Library e mesa libGLU i686 Mesa libGLU runtime library e Zlib i686 The zlib compression and decompression library e freetype i686 A free and portable font rendering engine e libXrender i686 X Org X11 libXrender runtime library e fontconfig i686 Font configuration and customisation library e glib2 i686 A library of handy utility functions e libpng i686 A library of functions for manipulating PNG image format files e libSM i686 X Org X11 Sm runtime library If the Package Installer can not locate the libraries open a terminal window go to the root directory and install each library using the following command yum install name of library To install Megarip 1 Navigate to the linux folder on the installation DVD 2 Double click the Install sh file and select Run in Terminal 3 Aterminal window will pop up and the installer will display the default installation directory 4 Press Enter to install or type an alternative path then press Enter Note If using an alternate install path ensure the folder exists and that the current user has read write execute permissions for the folder 5 Whenthe installation is complete the terminal window will close Once the installation has finished proceed to the Running the Software section within this manual Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 10 Upgrading to Version 5 3 This section details upgrading an existing Megarip installation
23. we sometimes make exceptions for this Our decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally NO WARRANTY BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 123 AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING REPAIR OR CORRECTION 12 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY GENERAL SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
24. 11 Installing the Megarip 5 3 Upgrade Current Windows file folder security and permissions makes it necessary to install Megarip v5 3 in the root directory of the hard drive e g C Serendipity rather than Program Files where earlier versions of Megarip were installed To upgrade 1 Insertthe Megarip installation DVD and navigate to the windows folder 2 Runthe megarip32 msi 32 bit or the megarip64 msi 64 bit file 3 Ifnecessary change the installation directory to the root directory of the hard drive e g C Serendipity and click Next 4 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the upgrade 5 Plugthe Megarip dongle into an available USB port 6 Startthe Megarip v5 3 Server and the Serendipity Client If the installation location did not require changing the existing database should appear once the Server and Client have restarted reformatted and intact in the Workbench The Client should open with the previous versions configuration If the installation location was or needed to be changed or in the event the existing database is not complete the database backup needs to be imported using the Archives application To import an existing database backup S Open the Archives application from the Serendipity Client Application menu In Archives select File menu Open Archive Navigate to and select the saved backup archive sdb file Click Open The archive will open in the Archives window and display all data
25. 20 1 54 EE IEEE 56 62 20 22 18 12 803 ERN EI 22 24 29 88 30 72 30 74 0 24 q 3 zi x Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 70 These summaries show Calcheck results for the monitor s in relation to the Calcheck Chart used at the time of checking shown at the bottom left of the summary The summaries are independent of the currently assigned SoftProof Default Press Calcheck Chart although in most cases they will match the current Calcheck summaries see above section Clicking on a Display name under the History header e g iMac will allow the user to review past results of Calchecks for the monitor The window shows a sort list of previous Calcheck results with the time and date the Calcheck was performed and the Calcheck Chart used Selecting a history item will display a summary or the detailed results Ambient By clicking on the Ambient header the option to select a supported Spectrophotometer becomes available to measure the ambient cd m Instrument X 167 510 170 406 2102050 and white point K of the light source e g a light booth or room Gretag Eye One ient 154 72 cd m Whitepoint of 4078 4K ient 153 07 cd m Whitepoint of 4090 5K e Instrument offline online Instrument Name Displays the jent 138 36 cd m Whieboint of 4075 7 ient 97 04 gend piede sid currently activ
26. 53 AGG DEFODSDOLqacicoceierorceretren trteed 53 Reordering DropSpots 53 E Edge DeUG6b sniper i drei d 41 Edit Media from QueueManager 57 Output from QueueManager 57 Output from QueueStatus 58 Pagesetup from DropZone 53 Pagesetup from QueueManager 57 BTICOUS aier io eus D e UC Ten 41 Epson PIre Wile enacted eene 34 Epson X10 acted inane 34 Error Diffusion Screening 33 Export FROM GHentbo68 aog avrete dires 52 From QueueManager 56 Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 From ServerLog erts 58 F Fail on RGB Images sss 40 Fitne Metodo dtisto cep toad da npn 41 PHDBOOR caet etii PEE iod too Ra 72 Allow Multiple Windows 74 Borders around Pages 74 Menu OpDLUOFiS nite entes 74 INAVIBAUOL danas eo Motte 72 Page Order osea bo inb be NR 74 Press Configuration 74 SGELUTIBS Jed detinet qued D cia i 74 MW 9 D stessa eter rence vetta 73 Flow Control 38 43 98 Folders Adding to the Workbench 25 due EN 34 G Gap Between Jobs in a Nest 35 GOSS ANY a ai A A 118 Gradation GWEV6e 43b bee ite ect iteeenes 29 Invert CUIVG eiut tampon 29 Preview GUEFVES dua ie euedepd 29 Table nescimus unitati or
27. Bar The space bar moves forward to the next pair of pages Hold the shift key and press the space bar to move backwards PageUp PageDown Use these buttons on the keyboard to navigate forwards and backwards through the publication Arrow Keys Use down or right arrow keys to move forward through the publication and left or up to move backwards Scroll Bar Moving the scroll bar below the image moves forwards or backwards through the publication Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 72 Page View Contextual Menu There are various options available from the context right click menu e Open Publication Opens a QueueManager showing all jobs processed in the system Select a job or publication job to load and click OK e Reload Publication Reloads the current publication with files from the queue This is used if additional files have been processed as part of the publication or changes have been made and the publication needs to be updated e Choose Press Select a Press configuration to apply to the job currently and subsequently loaded into the FlipBook see Workbench Press for details e Job Info Displays the Job Info information about the currently selected page see Workbench QueueManager for details e Swap Page with Swap the page currently selected with another page from the same currently loaded publication e View Imaged Opens and views the imaged file of the selected page in the SoftProof applic
28. Calcheck application Once a chart has been printed and measured the results are saved to the Media and the Calcheck Info for the Media is updated in the MediaStatus window e Media Order Configure which queues are viewed by the MediaStatus window Move Media between the Available and Showing columns in the popup chooser e Show Extended Info Show Hide the Logged Period and Printed information for the selected Media e Show Calcheck Info Show Hide the full Calcheck Info summary for the selected Media e Metric Units Toggle between Metric or Imperial units for measurements shown in the MediaStatus window This is enabled by default e Increase Decrease Status Width Increase or Decrease the width or all Media panels in the window e Font Options Change the size of the text in the window Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 54 QueueManager The QueueManager displays information about submitted jobs and the jobs current status Queues can be viewed simultaneously showing job progress through Imaging where the incoming file is interpreted and its resolution sampled for conversion to the print resolution Rendering where colour management cropping rotation and effects are applied for printing and Printing The QueueManager also allows jobs to be manipulated in a number of ways such as holding promoting deleting and reprinting View Options There is a lot of informati
29. Chart Used to provide a validation check for a hardcopy proof or a monitor e Camera Setup a camera ICC profile for use with the SoftProof application when viewing RGB images e Gradation Curve Used to adjust colour in a job by applying a curve to the individual process colours e ICC Tweak Set Build up a library of colours that need tweaking for accurate output e Media Used to control configuration settings for Output Colour Correction ICC profiles Screen Printing amp Output Screening e Output Determines where processed jobs are to be output as files to a printer or a remote location e Pagesetup Controls the input screening resampling ICC matching rendering intents rendering effects fitting or scaling to be applied to incoming jobs e Ppagesetup Pool Print to one or more Pagesetups e Paper Profile Used to define the paper and ink characteristics of the Media being used by the output driver device e Press Contains the colour and dotgain attributes of a press Used by the SoftProof application to show the effects of printing a job on a particular press Data Types User Interface and Context Menu The Media Output Pagesetup Pagesetup Pools and Press Data Types have multiple configuration panels or sections governing the different functions they control These data types have a row of buttons or tiles across the top of their configuration panels allowing the user to instantly jump to the section n
30. ET LED RE 98 Ro GA dos T 0 Pm 100 Accounts Admin Secure Mode sirni aaau a aap a aec deos onde 101 Setting up Users and User GEOBDS istisi aaa iaaiiai aiaa a ioi ubt eri ese Ee blc eed en eeaeeer eee 101 Atctvatig Secdre MOS doti Du RI d tere neem cere emer E DURER A E E ON Eo v cU EVER CRGA 101 Gonbeuraton Panel voadnasetdttaniien eere GR UE Mese abr nc ies nie Uer UR ODE UAR A DU RU VE Rid OM RA 101 ActiVaung Se CUT CVI OCC aesusdai ene Rep E DAS o PARARE HA D vA t tu DAR UE ve DAMEN 103 System Settllig onec itai NI DEN NEG COUCH QUURIRUA VD R NAR NUR UM o ERE A DER 104 CSV CNE fe MAURO eS 104 Te DILET ird c 106 Web Servet i 108 ACCESSING the WS SEI Cl osa aaae aE et De rio A E DAR GU UON ERA CURE LR Dod uidi 108 Publishing a Pagesetup on Mac OS X 10 6 x 1 1 e11eenee enne ere ennn enne nnne nnne nnne nnn nnns 110 Installing the Serendipity Printer Driver Sou E Edd dpt Pd bed Us eben coo pP EEUU Era 110 Configuring the Pagesetup for Publishing as a TCP IP System Printer esee entente tete ttn tete ntn teni 110 Creatine a TCP IP MacOSX Sy Steir iC Oi ieget cta np No Aus aa e EE 110 Configuring a Pagesetup for Publishing as a Bonjour Printer s iddaa thaiad tnnt tenentes tenente 111 Creating a Bonjour System Printer for Mac OS X iuuenes udaetense punc ien A t In Rack
31. Generic Rev 2 01 Epson Stylus 3000 Rev 2 02 Epson Stylus Pro 10000 Rev 3 13 Epson Stylus Pro 10600 Rev 1 06 Epson Stylus Pro 11880 PX 20000 Rev 1 06 Epson Stylus Pro 11880 PX 20000 with HTM module Rev 1 01 Epson Stylus Pro 3800 3850 3800C PX 5800 Rev 1 03 Epson Stylus Pro 4000 PX 6000 Rev 3 08 Support To access the Serendipity Support site select this option from the b mm menu This is the same as if accessing the Serendipity Software website dire ctly Serendipity Support Blackmagic Our support pages offer the following information for our Blackmagic and Megarip products Updates From here download databases release notes manuals updates tutorials FAQs and other helpful information I Review our FAQ if you re having any technical issues or contact us if you have a question not listed here Forums Release Notes Find out what s new and what s been fixed with our latest releases Mailing lists An active Internet connection is required for access to the support website CN Join our Forum and become part of the Serendipity community function Receive updates as they are released via email daily or in digest form Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 109 Publishing a Pagesetup on Mac OS X 10 6 x Megarip Pagesetup s can be set up as a Mac OS X system printer destination to allow jobs to be easily submitted via the Print option of third party software or design
32. Important Note All existing files in the new working path directory are Server Working Path deleted when the Server is restarted Ensure the new working path directory All existing files in the new has no essential data A warning message will popup to confirm whether to working path directory will be l deleted at server restart proceed with the path change Do you wish to proceed O Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 107 Web Server The Megarip Server has a built in web server Accessed via a web browser the Web Server provides status information about the Server and jobs currently in the system It cannot be used for submitting or managing files in the system Accessing the Web Server To connect to the Web Server 1 Enter the IP address or machine name if using DNS of the computer running the Server in the browser window followed by a colon and the port number 8080 For e g 192 168 3 43 8080 3 Ifusing a DNS Server enter the machine name instead gt AY htp papaya 8080 4 Once connected the front page will appear with an options menu on the left Downloads Welcome to Serendipity Megarip Serendipity Megari Select an option from the list on the left to continue Queues Log File System Info Support e Queues Shows all the queues configured on the connected Server e Log file View the log file e System info Displays information about the system e Support Shows various su
33. Layout menu Edit 1 Select the window corner with the mouse and resize it by dragging the mouse cursor to the desired size Select Layout menu Use when done to lock the module window position Additional tabs and modules may be added to the Monitor as required e Tabs are created via the Tabs menu gt New Tab option e Modules are added via the Layout Menu and selecting the appropriate module to add from the list Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 19 The Serendipity Megarip Server The Megarip Server runs on the machine where the dongle is installed The Server handles the processing of all jobs through the system and must be started before the Client is launched As the Server starts it checks to ensure a valid dongle is installed on the machine and which modules are enabled licensed The Server calculates the speed of the machine it is running on and checks the integrity of the database before loading it Once the Server is up and running a clock keeps track of the duration the Server is operational Server Options The window displays the Server information and various S n M options once it is running erengipl egarip Serendipity Megarip version 5 3 Build 25389 32 bit Copyright Serendipity Software Pty Ltd 1994 2012 All rights reserved Serendipity Megarip Menu Options Built Oct 26 2011 14 18 51 Lt NER not f le dongle detected e About Shows information about the Server Clicking m ks unte eee
34. Media configuration important to the Paper Profile Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 47 Press Il The Press data type is used to emulate the properties of a press for softproofing Each Press configuration can be assigned a press ICC profile dotgain curves press sheet dimensions the number of ink keys ink and paper characteristics all combining to produce accurate onscreen softproofs The Press can be switched on the fly while softproofing to instantly show how a job will look if printed on a different press or on different stock Colour Management Dimensions se Press ICC Profile None Enter the size of the printable sheet area of the press and its number of Ink LL iade None Keys The Key Width is calculated from these values Source None Spectrophotometer offline Colour Management This panel is where the Press ICC profile is assigned e Press ICC Profile Select a press ICC This can be one created on the press or a printing standard ICC which is used as the target or match profile e Calcheck Chart Select a chart to verify the SoftProof s calibration status e Paper Colour Three 3 options are available o None Do not change the paper colour o ICC Profile Use the white point from the press ICC profile and apply as the paper colour or o Custom Enter a value for the paper colour The Spectrophotometer can be used to measure the paper white directly into the configura
35. Media section of this manual for further information 8 Savethe Output configuration when completed by selecting File menu Save Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 17 Media Configuration 1 7 Select Media from the Data Types list on the left and create a new Media by selecting File menu gt New The name Untitled will appear in the items list highlighted for renaming This is the name of the Media that will appear in the Output and Pagesetup Rename and select the item In the Output panel of the gray configuration area select the appropriate driver for your printer from the dropdown list of licensed drivers This should be the same driver as was used for the Output configuration Configure the print resolution to be used if available and the print colourspace from the dropdown menus Select any custom settings for your printer Click the Edit button to select any options from the popup settings window These options may include paper type print mode cutting options light ink usage Click Accept to close the window Set the Output ICC profile via the Choose ICC Profile button In most cases for a new install this will be the Standard SWOP CMYK profile Optionally load your own profile by choosing the Upload File button and navigate to your profile Click OK to assign the profile Save the Media configuration when complete by selecting File menu gt Save Note The Media configura
36. Note Create manage and delete notes e Measure Take a measurement on the image Use the shift key to draw straight lines e Crop Crop an image and resubmit it e Guide Display guide lines on the image to check for alignment Change the orientation by pressing SHIFT ESC will remove the guides e Spectro Take measurements of the job being viewed A popup window will appear displaying the Lab Lch XYZ Density values at the point the Spectro cursor is onscreen SoftProof Widgets There are four 4 sliding widgets available from the left panel of icons in the SoftProof viewing window A These include w e Channels di e Publications e Ink Keys e Get Info Channels Widget The Channels Viewer shows the channels or plates of the job currently being viewed in SoftProof Plates can be turned on or off by clicking the relevant coloured checkbox to the left of the plate name and can be reordered by clicking and dragging to a new position e Name The plate name The checkbox indicates whether or not the plate is displayed e Value The percentage of colour at the point of the cursor in the window Total ink displays the total amount of ink at the point of the colour selector i e the sum of all plate percentages For RGB it will show the relative RGB values only Publications Widget When softproofing a job that forms part of a publication additional controls and view options are available e Single Page Display just t
37. PDF Options The following options are only used when the incoming data is Postscript Postscript PDF Options e Use Bounding Box for Page Size Some Postscript jobs do not place a page size in the job information Checking this will use the bounding box as the page size e Simple RGB to CMYK Conversion This is a compatibility mode Disable PDF autoseparation from older versions of the product Images are converted from RGB num eg uil ee ae to CMYK quickly using a basic method The colour is not very accurate and is not recommended for contract proofs e Fail on RGB Images Causes a job to fail if it contains RGB images If this is not checked the jobs will process but RGB images will be ignored and not printed e Antialiased Subsampling Used to assist in the rendering of some fonts e Disable PDF Autoseparation Turns off autoseparation for PDF files e Render in RGB Allows Postscript file data to be processed in an RGB rendering mode with a wide gamut suitable for digital photographic proofs prints e Use CMYK simulation from PDF for unknown colours Allow the CMYK simulations from PDF files to be substituted for unknown spot colours Use Bounding Box For Page Size Simple RGB to CMYK conversion Fail on RGB Images Antialiased Subsampling Resampling Configure the method for sampling incoming data and changing the resolution from the input to that of the output The options are e Nearest Neighbour The fastest method
38. Satin270 RGB jut Settings The Workbench is a split window The Data Types list the database item categories that can be selected for creation or editing The items list show Sa fc ues uen J Honour Embedded ICC Profiles Simple RGB to CMYK conversion the available database items within each Data Type The gray area shows cr camps Retain Pure Black th e S etti ngs an d O p ti O n S fo r e a ch ite m pam US C Use CMYK simulation from PDF for unknown colours elative Colourimetric The Data Types section has two 2 views Browse amp Search Browse allows the user to view and select any of the database items for display The tab containing the magnifying glass flips to a Search window which acts like a filter showing any items containing the search text Workbench ad Browse Htems adel Type Modified l serendipity specials Special Colour Set 5 03 09 11 29 AM Find items containing serendipity tiff output RIP 5 03 09 11 29 AM serendipity tiff separated Job Genie 23 10 08 5 04 PM seren Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 23 Menu Options Applicat Submit File Edit Modules Server ions Access all available Applications via this menu Each application will open in its own separate window System Settings Windows OS Access the System Settings Preferences for the Serendipity Client This option is available under the Serendipity Client menu for Mac OS X users Quit Wind
39. Serendipity Megarip installation package for MacOSX e Serendipity Client Contains the Serendipity Client and C5 Client for all supported platforms e Testprn Contains Serendipity internal test prints e Windows Contains the Serendipity Megarip installation package for Windows Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 7 Windows Installation Administrator rights are required to install Serendipity Megarip If upgrading from an existing installation to version 5 3 see Upgrading to Version 5 3 within this manual Installing the Dongle Driver The first step is to install the dongle driver To install Remove all SuperPro USB dongles On the DVD navigate to the dongle windows folder Double click the Sentinel Protection Installer exe file to launch the installer Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation Restart the computer when finished ee cH bc Installing Serendipity Megarip The next step once the dongle driver is installed is to install Serendipity Megarip There are two 2 Windows files available for installation the 32 bit or 64 bit version Select the appropriate file for your system to install To install 1 Either select and run the Megarip installer by clicking the link on the browser page if it pops up as an Autoplay when the disk is inserted or go to the DVD and navigate to the windows directory to run the file megarip msi 32 or 64 bit version 2 Follow the onscreen instr
40. This is done to overcome some artifacts caused by Inkjet printers Method FM Screening E e Stochastic Fast A fast version of the Stochastic Screening mode Slightly lower 9 Stochastic quality than Stochastic 9 iiis i i i i ocnastic e Error Diffusion Error Diffusion Screening May enhance edges within images a a e Ordered Dither Ordered Dithering Screening Applies a threshold map on the pixels O Error Diffusion displayed causing some of the pixels to be rendered at a different colour LI EE Halftone Options Traditional Rosette Dot a Method Halftone e Dotshape Choose the dot shape to suit your requirements from Round Inverted Round Elliptical Inverted Elliptical Diamond Euclidean or Line oOo DO e SuperCell Select this to choose SuperCell screening instead of standard Bi O WW a halftone Produces a much better quality output than standard halftone ee rm e Angle Degrees Enter the desired angle for each plate o trm 350 0000 e Screen LPI Enter the desired screen ruling for each plate mm e Defaults Use this to select the default values based on the output T ecial 5 45 00 150 0000 re S O luti O n ecial 6 45 00 150 0000 ial 7 45 00 150 0000 ecial 8 45 00 150 0000 Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 33 Output The Output data type determines the output format of processed jobs and where they are sent to for printing or file output The Queue
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42. area as the values increase Autoarrange if needed and print when ready The Marker option allows for the placement of a frame containing a style of marker in the Layout area Options include Crosshair SHIFT 1 Create a frame containing a configurable crosshair in the Layout area Horizontal Line SHIFT 2 Create a frame containing a configurable horizontal line in the Layout area Vertical Line SHIFT 3 Create a frame containing a configurable vertical line in the Layout area Colour Box SHIFT 4 Create a frame containing a configurable colour in the Layout area Click on the box within the Property panel to view further options for each Marker style Marker Options Line thickness 0 0071 in Line Colour Colour Space RGB H fa Cancel Save If a frame is selected in the Layout area and Marker is chosen from the dropdown menu the frame and image in the Layout area will be replaced with the selected marker Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 93 Note For all Create options a 1x1inch frame will appear at the current mouse pointer position if using the shortcut keys If selected from the menu the frame will appear in the centre of the current Layout view Marker options include e Marker Type Select from Crosshair Horizontal Line Vertical Line or Colour Box e Line Thickness Set the thickness of the line for Crosshair Horizontal and Vertical Line options This does not
43. calibration begins Once calibrated select an appropriate name and click OK This will save the ICC to the chosen location Select the ICC in the system settings and dismiss the Displays application e Calcheck monitor Available when a Calcheck Chart is attached to the Press settings for SoftProof If either option Calibrate or Calcheck Monitor are selected the previously used instrument Spectrophotometer is set as the default for the Displays and Calcheck applications to use for taking measurements If this has changed since last use an error may appear Dismiss the error and adjust the selected instrument in the Displays application dropdown for the Calibrate and Calcheck sections Close the Displays and retry the option in SoftProof Calcheck Managed is also linked to the Calcheck application where the status is saved to a Calcheck Chart and used when a job is opened in SoftProof When a Calcheck is run for the monitor a Calcheck Chart is selected The result is stored with the chart which can be selected in a Press setting If a job is viewed in SoftProof with that particular Press and Chart selected the status of the proof being viewed is displayed This condition lasts for the duration of the current life of the calibration When a calibration expires all Calcheck statuses need to be updated Application Shortcuts This tab displays a list of the Applications and Modules for which keyboard shortcuts can be created Note It is
44. can be displayed in one of three formats selected via dropdown menu o Show Error Bars Shows two 2 coloured spheres joined by a bar for each patch positioned in a 3D Lab colourspace The dull sphere represents the reference value for the patch the shiny sphere is positioned based on its Lab values in the colourspace The relative distance between spheres shows the Ae between them o Error Plane Shows a line of coloured spheres representing each patch lined up in order The larger the sphere the higher the Ae o Error Spheres Shows a coloured sphere for each patch position in a 3D Lab colourspace The larger the sphere the higher the Ae v Contextual Menu Options Export Export the colour patch data from the display panel to a text file Import Import colour patch data into the Calcheck application from an exported text file Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 63 Clustering Clustering is the ability to share the workload of processing jobs across multiple devices Slaves or cluster nodes can be installed on other machines on the network and jobs can be sent to them from the Master for processing The Clustering application allows you to add and manage these cluster nodes They can be enabled for use in imaging rendering or both Processors 2 As a node device starts up its speed is calculated When a job is submitted for processing the Master machine has priority as no network traffic is r
45. cannot be selected the user has selected the Away option and is not available Broadcast Message This allows messages to be sent to all users connected with a Client to the same Server Selecting the Broadcast option displays a message window to type into and send The message is displayed on the users window for a short time and will automatically dismiss if itis not acknowledged by clicking OK Download PPD This option downloads the Megarip PPD from the Server to the desired location A chooser will appear to navigate to the location for saving the PPD file on the drive This saves having to get the PPD off the disk Use the PPD when installing a local printer When installed the Megarip PPD Postscript Printer Description is selected as the printer driver when setting up a Megarip Published Pagesetup as a print destination for third party applications see Workbench Pagesetup and the Publish to a Windows Printer sections for more information Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 100 Accounts Admin Secure Mode Megarip gives users the option to login using Secure Mode which allows the administrator to create accounts for users and groups with each group configured to allow or deny its users access to particular applications and functions When Secure Mode is active users are required to enter a username and Seren pity Me arip password whenever the Client is started or users are changed The username d g and password are b
46. colourspace can also be viewed Colours can be created manually or by entering the CMYK or Lab values or input automatically using an online Spectrophotometer The interface is split into two parts the left side shows the input values and the right side shows where any adjustments tweaks have been made Options e Colourspace Choose between Input Profile or Lab input If the profile selected is RGB the sliders will change to RGB If CMYK the sliders will change accordingly e Influence Choose the area around the specified colours to be affected This is determined as a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being the least influence and 5 the greatest e Tweak Value Use the CMY sliders to add or subtract from the colour being adjusted e Rendering Intent Choose the rendering intent that the colour is to be altered in from either Perceptual Colourimetric or Saturation This must match the rendering intent of the Pagesetup for the mapping to work e New Tweak Create a new tweak in the rendering intent selected e Copy Available via the right click menu Used to copy the selected tweaks e Paste Available via the right click menu once an item has been copied Used to paste the copied tweak from the clipboard to the rendering intent selected e Change White Point Change the white point of the paper Select the button and enter the X Y Z points If a Spectrophotometer is connected the white point can be measured directly into the system e
47. copies of the software or if you modify it For example if you distribute copies of such a program whether gratis or for a fee you must give the recipients all the rights that you have You must make sure that they too receive or can get the source code And you must show them these terms so they know their rights We protect your rights with two steps 1 copyright the software and 2 offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy distribute and or modify the software Also for each author s protection and ours we want to make certain that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free software If the software is modified by someone else and passed on we want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original author s reputations Finally any free program is threatened constantly by software patents We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses in effect making the program proprietary To prevent this we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone s free use or not licensed at all The precise terms and conditions for copying distribution and modification follow Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 121 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0 This License applies
48. d ER VR E E d 111 Publishing a Pagesetup on Windows 7 4 eeeeeeee eene nene nn nennen nennen natnm anni nuni nnns anna nns nnns 112 Mebarrp Printer DEIVer diano nd d hmm hn dna xcu LM UNT ENN 112 Configuring the Pagesetup for Publishing as a System Printer sesisseseeesete tentent tn ntnte tenente tenent tnter 112 Creatine a TGPAIP Windows System Printer n dadas e heu e dea RARE TER DR Ue E MATER LUE M 112 Printing to a Published Pagesetup Printer across a Network nenne 114 Printing from Mac OS X gt Mac OS X or Windows Windows eese nennen nnne tentent tentes te ttn tetto te stone to nensi 114 Printing from Mac OS X gt Windows or Windows Mac OS X seen nnne nnne tette tetto te tinto tetto toten te steer to nsns 114 TroubpleshoOOLHg acorde cease ea eee ecco Ctra MI EI 115 TMU CTV IN ae biceps pA da Bebo tt HR M Evers od oe RR n d e uua dA de E nOD d DR 115 Prin ngto a Windows Printer s umet b ed MM CUELLO LR eru A d ORC uos A TID A LEE CH MCI 116 Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 3 Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 Serendipity Megarip User Manual Copyright Serendipity Software Pty Ltd Reproduction of any part of this user manual is strictly forbidden without prior written permission from Serendipity Software Pty Ltd All company names product names and trademarks mentioned in this manual are the property of the respective
49. desired place in the order A red pointer appears showing the drop point between two tabs Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 80 SoftProof The Softproof application is used to proof a job on the screen There are many tools available to check every aspect of the job at any stage of production or processing SoftProof can be used in conjunction with or instead of a hardcopy proof Using a calibrated monitor and configured press settings proofs can be viewed and verified onscreen with precise colour accuracy eno SoftProof 2966ACMYK tif Printed preview 22 135696 All job plates are shown and can be turned on or off or changed as i desired Colour attributes and plate characteristics can be changed to 2 an see the effects of different printing processes including paper types se and the effects of show through from the reverse side The data can be SN AB t keg seh exported to various file formats including CIP3 and PDF An Ink Key pT ES amp 24 z Viewer can display a job as it would be on the press with the values for S each key shown The ink weight can also be calculated and over ink areas identified The proof can also be verified using the Calcheck application to give a pass or fail status in accordance with colour standards 4 SoftProof 2966ACMYK tif Printed preview 22 1356 Auto SoftProof Press Layout The SoftProof application consists of a large central viewin
50. destination See the Serendipity Software website for details on how to create the Windows printer e TCP Port Choose to publish the Pagesetup to a TCP Port allowing it to be setup as an IP printer destination or as a destination for other Serendipity Megarip Servers O Activate Port Number Enter the TCP port number the Pagesetup will publish to It is necessary for the port number to be 10000 or over and for each Pagesetup to have a unique port Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 37 Note When adding a new printer through System Preferences on Mac OS X select IP printer HP Jetdirect Socket for the protocol The address should be in this form computername 10063 Select Serendipity Megarip as the driver When adding a new printer through Windows Select Create a New Port Standard TCP IP Port Enter the computer s network name in the Host ID field When Windows requests additional info for the port select Custom Settings Rename the Port Name if desired Set the Protocol to Raw and the Port Number to the one set in the Pagesetup to be published 6 Select Serendipity Megarip as the driver If the driver is not already installed choose Have Disk and get the driver megarip inf from the Serendipity Installation DVD found in the drivers win OS Version directory Flow Control Select whether to hold the submitted file after Imaging or Rendering in order to prioritise jobs or make rendering attribute changes before
51. e Logo File Select this to choose a Logo file Effects Various effects may be applied to jobs passing through the Pagesetup Effects are applied in the order they appear here Some effects have separate attributes for customisation and can be edited once they are in the Applied Effects column The Effects are e Border Place a border around the job Line width and colour can be specified Effects e Centering Centre the job in the specified page area e Convolution Matrix Design your own filter effect according to a pre defined HIEMS t mathematical operation known as convolution Available Effects e Cropmarks Place crop marks around a job Line width length and clearance can be specified Convolution matrix e Edge Detect Remove all content and just leave the edges e Fotoba Cut Marks Prints user configurable cut marks around jobs for cc he M subsequent cutting trimming by Fotoba Digital Print Cutter devices Margins e Margins Specify margins around the job vers e Mirror Mirrors the job Pagenumber e Negative Renders the job as a negative e Pagenumber Place the page number in the middle of the page as a watermark Scale factor and opacity can be configured e Rectangle Draw a rectangle around the job inset at the desired distance line width and colour e Registration Marks When enabled this effect will add registration marks at each corner of the submitted job Line width Inner and Outer Radius
52. for the correct device o Chart Choose the chart for use from the popup window of Calcheck Charts Note The Calcheck Chart is a Data Type in the Workbench This is where the chart is created Use the Calcheck application to measure it and produce a report ColourKeys This module allows for the merging of some plates and separation of 5 others from a single job submission For example merge the CMYK C Enable Colourkeys plates together and print the 3 specials as separate jobs or create s P C progressive proofs with C CM CMY CMYK CMYKS1 etc eros ipd C M Y K e Enable ColourKeys Select this to turn the module on Cw Y sts e Plates Shows a list of available plates e Add Adds the selected plates to the Plate e Combinations list e Progressive Used to make progressive proofs After adding the first plate to be used in the proof click the Progressive button one or more times to cumulatively add plates to the Plate Combinations list The progression will start with the first plate on the Plates list by default if a first plate is not selected e Deselect Deselects any plates currently selected in the Plates list e Remove Removes the selected Plate Combination from the list e Remove All Clears the Plate Combination List f gt 4 Y Deselect Remove Remove All Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 39 Input Screening Input Screening determines how the screening on the input data is
53. form of Gu correction a Gradation Curve Preview the curves edit them or create new curves Linearisation LUT Select a Linearisation LUT to be applied in the form of a Gradation Curve This is normally done as part of the standard calibration process with the use of the Lineariser Preview the curves edit them or create new curves Paper Profile Select a Paper Profile to be applied If the output is to a printer this is also part of the standard calibration process Paper Profile 1 Epson7900 EpsonProofing A Linearisation LUT Epson7900 EpsonProofing 4 A Correction LUT None ICC Profiles ICC Profiles are used to match colours from one device to another for example a Press to an Inkjet It does this by mapping an input to an output colour ICC Profiles Output ICC Profile Select an output profile This is the printer a 00000000000 or other output profile and is used to convert Lab data to the A Ce C Tek Set Mane output colourspace This output could be RGB CMYK CMYKOG or N Colour depending on the output device chosen and the detected colourspace Output ICC Tweak Set Select a Tweak Set from the available list Lists can be previewed edited or new ones created Device Link Profile Select a device link profile If the job passing through does not match the colourspace of the Device Link Profile the standard input and output profiles selected will be applied
54. has tracked that the assigned number of sheets have been used A Total Sheets value of zero 0 assumes an unlimited sheet availability for tracking Sheet count is reset using the Reset Counter button in the Usage panel e Printer Margins Optionally set the Top Left Bottom Right margins for the selected printer These values should be the hardware margins of the printer defining the maximum limit of printable area The margins are utilised by Megarip when functions such as image placement and centring are used e Custom Settings These options will vary depending on which output driver has been selected For example if JPEG is chosen the quality may be selected If an Epson device is selected items such as paper types ink types and cut methods become available Note Borderless Printing If available to the printer model users can choose Borderless Printing in the custom settings If selected Media width and the image Fit setting needs to be set to 6mm wider than the actual paper width When using Borderless Printing up to 3mm of the image will be lost from the left and right sides of the image and 1mm lost from the top and bottom of the image Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 31 Calcheck Info Calcheck Info F AAI Ae AH AC EL A Media can have its calibration status checked using the Check Media option Epson7900 Semigloss170 720x1440 27 08 09 6 25 PM within the Calcheck application see Applications Calc
55. is printed as a black separation with a halftone dot applied at the colours respective screen angle Printing to film generally requires the output density to be higher than that for normal proofing Higher densities are achieved by increasing the print resolution or by assigning one or more inks to be laid over the black dots Configuration The configuration is very similar to a standard setup to print to a device The Output configuration is the same and the appropriate Media and Pagesetup s are created to control the page parameters A very basic Paper Profile and Linearisation are also created to complete the setup Output Configuration The Output for the printer is set up normally An Output Driver is assigned Destination Driver selected and Collating options are enabled if required Once the Output is created the Media configured for screenprinting see below should be assigned so only screen print separations will print to the film Media Configuration e Output Driver Select the driver as set up in the Output created for the screen printing configuration e Resolution Choose an appropriate resolution A higher density can be achieved with a higher resolution however it is slower to process and print A lower density may produce sufficient density depending on the printer and media used e Colourspace Select CMYK If using the Black Ink Combination only choose Gray as the Colourspace as this may result in slightly faster
56. is recommended A Correction Curve is applied if a small amount of fine tuning is required after normal calibration procedures Toolbar Options e Trace Saved Curve A green line appears showing where the curve was last saved This will show where the curve has been edited e Invert Curve Inverts the selected curve Bigger Smaller Curves Increase or decrease the size of the graphs as they appear on the screen e Gradation Table Enter values manually to adjust or create a curve e Preview Curves Displays a window with all curves in their respective colours so you can assess them in relation to each other This is updated dynamically as changes are made e Lineariser Loads a Linearisation Curve directly into the Lineariser application eoo GradationPreview Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 29 ICC Tweak Set Build up a library of colours that need tweaking adjusting for accurate output with the ICC Tweak Set data type A tweak set alters colours during the ICC mapping stage from input to output profile and is selected on a per Media basis The ICC profiles are not edited in any way and the tweak set can be selected as desired Each colour requiring alteration is selected and adjusted by adding to or subtracting process colours from it or making it lighter or darker An accurate visual representation is shown on the screen and the point in the
57. menu of the Fixes a problem that can occur with CMYK calcheck charts caused by CMYK chart patch values not being converted and saved with corresponding Lab Megarip Server application and or the Help menu of the standalone values The result was extremely large AE values when measuring the Serendipity Client Calcheck chart due to L a b reference values registering as 0 0 0 in the Calcheck application IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTE To apply the fix to existing CMYK Calcheck Charts Update Options Configure a time for Megarip to periodically check for software updates click the Press ICE Profle button and choose a ICC profile different so i o Never The software will not check for updates Not Now o When Time Day Configure a time and day to automatically check for any software updates Notify when updates are available A message will appear onscreen when updates are available to install Check for Updates Choose this to immediately check for any software updates When configuring a time day for checking for updates via the standalone Client Help menu a restart of the Server is required for any changes to take effect Note The Serendipity Client installed on the Megarip Server machine is updated as part of Server updates and does not gain access to the Check for Updates Help menu option If Secure Mode is active users can be configured to receive an email when software updates are available See the Accounts
58. not yet been processed the queue will begin to duplex any available pages This will result in single pages where the back are not yet completed e Maximum Jobs Set the maximum number of jobs for duplexing If this value is reached duplexing will begin Nesting Nest multiple jobs together for a single output to save media and time e Enable Automatic Nesting Set the queue to nest jobs automatically when the configured conditions such as Maximum Wait Time are met e Auto Rotate When Nesting Enable auto rotation when nesting occurs If this is enabled make sure the option in the Pagesetup is set to None There NE is no need to spend processing time rotating a job if it is rotated at nesting Sur E time e Copies Specify the number of copies for nesting For example if there are 7 jobs making up a nest and enter 5 in the copies field 5 copies of the same 7 jobs will be nested and printed e Maximum Wait Time Specify how long to wait before nesting begins Once reached nesting will begin and any job waiting to nest will be nested into a single job The start time is determined by the first job that appears waiting to nest e Minimum Paper Coverage Specify the minimum paper coverage to be reached by jobs waiting to nest before nesting will begin Once reached any waiting jobs will be nested into a single job e Maximum Jobs Specify the maximum number of jobs in a nest If there are more jobs in the queue than the number sp
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60. or off Shift click to display selective graphs Optimal Separation Control settings are determined automatically Megarip v5 2 Older Paper Profiles that have not yet been upgraded via the Upgrade button have controls available to adjust the ink mixes Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 46 Ink Limits The Ink Limits tab has controls for limiting the ink mix of the channels applied in the Paper Profile The number of ink channels varies depending on whether the printer has light inks and whether they are being treated as separate or combined channels The window to the right displays a summary of the driver configuration from the selected Media Options e Yule Nielsen Number Set the YN number for the paper being profiled if known The default is 2 Density Patches Ink Limits Separation Control e Ink Limits Set the ink limits for the Paper Profile Yule Melson Number TT Ink Limits Media Type EPSON Proofing Paper White Semimatte These are determined after printing a chart and gas sais ae observing the percentage of coverage at which the Two Ink gt 200 C E m Sheet width for user defined page sizes mixture of inks causes problems Enter the value for Three ne O 280 L sheet height for user defined page sizes 1 1 1 oo ne End 9 Auto Cutting On each ink combination Five Ink gt 360 8 TA pee e Algorithm Choose the type of ink limiting There Stink 380 E oring time per pass tms o h 3 t
61. packages Jobs printed to a Published Pagesetup will be automatically sent for processing and colour management in Megarip eliminating the need for dropfolders or manual file submission Note Jobs printed via Megarip in this way must be in a file input format available to your Megarip version Installing the Serendipity Printer Drivers The first step when Publishing a Pagesetup for the first time is to install the Serendipity Printer Drivers for Mac OS X The installation package is located on the Megarip 5 3 Installation DVD 1 Navigate to the drivers mac folder and run the file Serendipity Printer Drivers pkg 2 Aninstaller window will appear Follow the prompts to complete the installation of the drivers The installer will require administrator access privileges Configuring the Pagesetup for Publishing as a TCP IP System Printer To configure a calibrated Pagesetup for Publishing Publish Publish DropFolder 1 In the Workbench select the Pagesetup from the list of available data types J Location Default 2 Go to the Publish panel and enable the checkbox for TCP Port Activate Printer C Mac CO Windows port number option TCP Port V Activate port number 10201 Flow Control _ Hold After Imaging _ Hold After Rendering 3 Enter the TCP port number into the field and Save the Pagesetup Port Numbers It is recommended that the port number assigned to a Pagesetup be a port over 10000 to avoid any conflic
62. processing However in this mode inks cannot be mixed to produce a denser output Selecting CMYK and configuring a Paper Profile will allow the choice to use Black only of a mix of colours at a later stage without having to recreate a Paper Profile e Custom Settings Select the appropriate media choose Uni directional or Bi directional and turn the Use Light Inks option off Bi directional is faster but may produce slight banding or may not be as dense as printing Uni directionally Using Light Inks will affect the patches in the Paper Profile In Screen Printing mode only one patch can be on per colour e Screen Printing Enable Screen Print Mode and select Black for the Ink Combination and any others required Once this option is selected jobs submitted to this Media will always be separated and printed using the selected colours One or more inks must be selected from the available choices If Gray is selected as the Colourspace only Black will be shown as a choice e Output Screening Select Halftone and tick the SuperCell option Choose the preferred dot shape and enter the screen angles and rulings SuperCell gives a better shaped dot and the round dot tends to be more commonly used The default angles of 15 45 75 and 90 are shown by clicking the Defaults button however these can sometimes produce undesirable effects mostly caused by the Yellow plate To counteract this offset all angles by 7 5 degrees to make them the following o
63. selected A bar directly above the Page Index displays the Job Name for each currently viewed page on the left and right sides respectively Pages with more than one version will show a dropdown to select which version to view The Page Numbers being viewed are shown in the centre of the bar Menu Options The following are available from the FlipBook File Menu e Open Publication e Reload Publication e Export e Export as Spreads e Export as Movie Other options are also available e FlipBook Settings Configure the FlipBook viewing options and press configuration View Options o Allow Multiple Windows Enable or disable Allows multiple Publications to be opened and viewed in separate FlipBook windows If disabled a newly opened Publication will replace the one currently being viewed Page Order Choose between reading left to right or right to left Flip Time 3D Select the speed for the flipping of pages when in 3D mode Render Queue Thumbnails Enable or disable render queue thumbnails Show Borders 2D Enable or disable the borders when viewing in 2D mode O O O 3 Press Configuration o View or change the Press configuration FlipBook uses to display Publications FlipBook Settings FlipBook Settings f vi iew Options Press Configuration View Options Press Configuration Allow Multiple Windows Page Order 2 1 Press Width 1016 00mm Flip Time 3D 00 8 seconds Press Height 76
64. status are shown For example the action to Nest Now is only available if the job has a status of Waiting to Nest The following are available in the Toolbar or by selecting job s and right clicking to access the context menu e Job Info Shows information about the currently selected job The Job Info contains all details of how the job was processed and displays a thumbnail preview of the job and its configuration Right clicking on the window and selecting Print can print the Job Info to a system printer Note Job Info amp thumbnail can also be displayed by double clicking on the job If multiple jobs are selected double clicking will display info about all in the window Holding the control key Win or command key Mac will allow the font size to be adjusted via the mouse wheel for easier viewing e Job Ownership Displays two panels General and Ownership showing the type created and modified dates of the job plus the user and group permissions See Accounts Admin Secure Mode for more information e Modify Allows various attributes of the job to be modified These include o Name Change the name of the job o Publication Name Change or add a publication name o Page Number Change the page number of the job o Copies Change the number of copies of a job o Change Media Change or assign a Media associated with the job e Reprint Displays a submit window to reprint a job or jobs e Cancel Cancels the currently process
65. text box on the LM imaged or rendered SoftProof to make a note The note is attached to the job file and remains attached until it is either deleted or the job is removed from the system There is no limit to how many notes can be created and they can be shown or hidden as required Notes cannot be attached to files opened in SoftProof via File Menu gt Open Files The file needs to be submitted as a job before any embedding of notes can take place When creating a note with the Note Editor a configurable arrowhead pointer option is available along with the existing area marker for a more precise commentary on the job The User and Group of the note creator are also displayed see Secure Mode Notes can be edited or the pointer adjusted by double clicking on the Note The Note panel displays any notes attached to the job currently selected in the main viewing window There is also a Note column in the QueueManager showing the number of notes attached to a particular job The Notes icon on the left menu bar is used when adding Notes to the softproofed image The Notes icon in the right panel is used to display or hide any notes on the image e Show Notes Show or hide the notes on the preview Notes can also be toggled by clicking the icon on the right panel see image above e Text The text making up the note e User Group The User and Group responsible for the note Page Index Panel L The Page Index panel displays
66. the rendered printed preview in SoftProof Cropmarks will appear enabled by default when Canvas Wrap mode is selected Note Cropmarks Standard will take up extra space around a job when selected for use changing the position of the job on the media and the total size of the job once rendered Cropmarks Paper Saving will not expand the rendered job size The type of cropmark used is configured via the Studio Settings e Overprint Enable this to convert the selected frame to overprint mode Not available in Canvas Wrap mode Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 92 Canvas Wrap Using an appropriate canvas print media paper the Canvas Wrap option allows you to turn any asset into a canvas ready for stretching around a wooden or other frame Canvas Wrap options include Front width The width of the front of the canvas Front height The height of the front of the canvas Frame thickness The thickness of the canvas frame The default size is 1 25in Back wrap The length of canvas to wrap around the back once the canvas is stretched around the frame This will always remain as an unprinted area The default size is 20mm Wrap style The style of canvas to create Further options are Gallery This is the default canvas style stretching the image to expand to the frame thickness as defined above Mirror This option will mirror the edges of the image to the frame thickness as defined above Colour
67. the size of the DropSpot e Font Options Change the size of the text Additional contextual menu options are available for individual DropSpots e Remove DropSpot Remove the selected DropSpot e Edit Pagesetup Edit a section of the selected Pagesetup all sections or create a new one e Edit Media Edit a section of the selected Media all sections or create a new one e Change DropSpot Change an existing DropSpot e Set Copies Set the number of copies for every job dropped on the zone e Set Colour Select a colour from the list for the currently selected DropSpot Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 53 MediaStatus The MediaStatus module has two 2 functions 1 Toshow the current calibration status of a selected Media data type For the calibration status to be shown or updated for a Media it must have been Calchecked using the Calcheck Media menu option see below or the Check Media option in the Calcheck application 2 Toshow how much of the media e g Paper has been used A meter is displayed graphically detailing the percentage used For the Usage meter to function values for the Media Length or the number of sheets loaded must be entered in the Output section of the Media data type OO MediaStatus localhost 9100 Demo time limited 57 days left amp Epson11880 FograProof 720dpi copy Used 9 47 m of 0 00 mm 0 Reset Counter Each Media displayed in the MediaStatus window has the fo
68. to be printed for any files submitted until unlocked and changed Publication e Publication Name field Optionally type a publication name to which the submitted file will be assigned The job will be viewable in the Publication View of the QueueManager e First Page field Enter the page number for the submitted file in the publication If submitting multiple files the page numbering will start at the defined page number and increase sequentially for each job Submit Files as Asset Select files to send to the Studio application Asset queue Submitted Assets appear in the QueueManager queue as thumbnails but are not processed until submitted for printing from the Studio application see Applications Studio for more information Submit ICC Target After selecting one or more ICC target files a chooser allows you to select a Pagesetup and Media to submit the ICC target file to Note This option is used as part of creating an ICC calibrated Pagesetup Media After creating and assigning a Paper Profile and Linearisation curve to a Media this option is used to submit an ICC target file to the printer with all ICC options disabled The target is then read by third party ICC profiling software and used to generate the printer s output ICC profile which is then assigned to the Media Submit ICC Target Without Colour Correction After selecting one or more ICC target files a chooser allows you to select a Pagesetup and Media to submit the ICC t
69. to the original placement when undoing any cropping e Orientation The rotation angle applied to both the frame and the asset If custom scaling is used and the asset has different dimensions to the frame rotation is only applied to the asset Template Panel Templates are a useful tool for anyone needing to make repeat prints using a specific layout for the available media Studio gives users the opportunity to create and store a library of templates set to specific sizes and orientations Loading Stored Templates Templates nesting layouts can be loaded from the Template library by double clicking the name of the saved template Assets dragged into an empty frame are resized to fit or fill rotated and cropped according to the frame s settings A singular asset dragged into a selected frame grouping will be duplicated and placed into every frame in the group Templates can be created and saved to the library or downloaded from the Serendipity Software website for import into Studio http www serendipity software com au downloads Studio Templates Creating Templates 30x40 with 20x29 insert 30x40 with 20x2 t amp white space e 397 40x50cm with 29x39 insert 50x50 small whitespace 50x50 with insert large 50x50cm with square insert 520 5x7 photo x 12 Landscape Arn Sheet 16 5x23 4 Arnworks Cards Contact Sheet Combined Contact Sheet Landscape Contact Sheet Portrait Enlarg
70. user click the icon Enter a username in the Name field Enter a User ID number or leave the default value Create a password for the user and verify the details The password boxes will always display black dots irrespective of the length of the password Edit the permission level to the required access level Enter the user s email address if notifications are required Add a comment against the user if necessary Assign a Group for the user Add any extra privileges to the user if required This will only show privileges not included in the group selected for the user 10 Add any notifications to the user if required 11 Apply the changes or select Revert to cancel Groups Panel An admin User and Group are created by default with access to all permissions and privileges when the Accounts Admin option is selected for the first time The admin user and group cannot be deleted It is recommended this be the only group with access to the Accounts Admin application The fields within the Groups panel are Name The name of the Group Group ID This is assigned automatically but may be changed by the administrator Comment Enter a note on the particular user group if necessary Group Privileges This is a list of available privileges relating to functions within Megarip Members A list of Usernames and IDs belonging to the Group To create a Group 1 2 3 4 5 Click the icon in the bottom left o
71. 2 00mm f Render Queue Thumbnails Number of Keys 30 Replace Colour Set None f Show Borders 2D Cyan Dotgain None Curve Magenta Dotgain None Curve Yellow Dotgain None Curve View Menu These options are also available from the FlipBook View Menu e View 3D e View as Calendar e Ink Weight Opens the Ink Weights window displaying the FlipBook publication s ink weights and coverage Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 74 Jobs The Jobs application is used to display jobs before after and during processing and allows users to manage jobs through the system to plot their progress The Jobs application consists of an easy to navigate user interface with tabs and layouts available for various monitoring functions Tab layouts may be added or managed according to individual preferences and are saved at the Client level allowing different users to display information appropriate to their location and workflow Jobs is the default monitoring application and will be run automatically on launch of Megarip after the initial software installation Menu Options Tabs Menu e Add Tabs Add a new tab to the Jobs window Select from a list of factory default layouts New tabs can be imported for use via the Manage Tab Library option The factory default tab layouts available are o Job Queues default loaded view Status and Drop Contains the MediaStatus Status QueueStatus Drop
72. 3 Permission for use of this software is granted only if the user accepts full responsibility for any undesirable consequences the authors accept NO LIABILITY for damages of any kind These conditions apply to any software derived from or based on the IJG code not just to the unmodified library If you use our work you ought to acknowledge us Permission is NOT granted for the use of any IJG author s name or company name in advertising or publicity relating to this software or products derived from it This software may be referred to only as the Independent JPEG Group s software We specifically permit and encourage the use of this software as the basis of commercial products provided that all warranty or liability claims are assumed by the product vendor ansiZknr c is included in this distribution by permission of L Peter Deutsch sole proprietor of its copyright holder Aladdin Enterprises of Menlo Park CA ansi2knr c is NOT covered by the above copyright and conditions but instead by the usual distribution terms of the Free Software Foundation principally that you must include source code if you redistribute it See the file ansiZknr c for full details However since ansiZknr c is not needed as part of any program generated from the IJG code this does not limit you more than the foregoing paragraphs do The Graphics Interchange Format is the Copyright property of CompuServe Incorporated GIF sm is a Service Mark property
73. 4 Saving Restoring the Megarip Database and ICC Profiles using the File System An alternate method for backing up the existing database and ICC profiles is to copy the relevant file folders from Megarip to another location before upgrading to version 5 3 The database items are held in a folder called defaultss dbd in the following locations Mac OS X Applications Serendipity Megarip lib defaultss dbd Windows C Program Files Serendipity Megarip lib defaultss dbd For versions 3 5 09 and below C Serendipity Serendipity Megarip lib defaultss dbd For versions 4 0 and above Linux Sun SGI megarip lib defaultss dbd The ICC Profiles are stored a folder called ICC in the following locations Mac OS X Applications Serendipity Megarip lib ICC Windows C Program Files Serendipity Megarip lib icc For versions 3 5 09 and below C Serendipity Serendipity Megarip lib icc For versions 4 0 and above Linux Sun SGI megarip lib ICC To restore the database and ICC profiles to an upgraded Megarip 1 First ensure the Megarip Server and Serendipity Client are shutdown 2 Copy and replace the backed up defaultss dbd and ICC folders into the relevant locations see above for your install 3 Start the Server and Client All previous database items should now appear in the Workbench Important Note Pagesetups imported from Version 3 archives will be automatically split into Media and Pagesetup data types but remain functionally linked
74. 63 CHECK Media ssa odia it 63 Device Pariel i aote aude 63 Display Panel 5 eeuttosia me t evite 62 OA OD RR ND En MEM ENT 63 Print E3bel i eod RE 63 SHOW Grap i sinense etd andit native 63 Calcheek Charto aain 27 Add Colours From Library 27 Generate Patches from ICC 27 Import Patclie5 nerenin 27 Patch Definitlotis m res 27 Pate lies oed oae oa rh entiende 28 Patches Per SUiDEDoo uou wires os 28 Spectrophotometer 28 Target Standab susssosaeqencasiond 28 POT OT AW COS aeseiirte diese ade etos 27 Calcheck Managed 104 105 Calibration Reminder 104 COMETS cdita desinat bei tiet dns 29 Change White Poll o6 weve eni tud 30 Ge uoc 56 Ip CE 23 Interfaee usto Biete ere 23 WOrkDen Chisin 23 CHEN SOEEIDBS dedero dvd eee pred 104 Additional Monitors 105 Application Shortcuts 105 Index Colour Management 104 Generals ccena painter Magi es 104 GheltLoB aeos tipici pnr otii ivt 52 Display ODUODS s used pri titres 52 Export FON terere itte 52 Fetch Backs LOS saan ticae erede 52 Filtering Options 52 CHUSLETING aaen iaaea a RT ARE 64 CHS LEP NOOGSRASuewotesp deu Rv PURUS 64 MOSES eed aira Goddess 64 GIUSEGES CANIS iuo oer set OR B NER RA I Md 53 CMS Dithering
75. 900HTM No Media Honour Embedded ICC Archives window and select Add to Archive All gt Everything on WoO e irm from the contextual menu el Once all database items have appeared in the Archives window tens irit HP 23100 lative Colourimetric elative Colourimetric fogra al 2 eciF39 icc Itona tests ated v2 monitors AdobeRGB1998 icc ile Data CMYK input ICC Profile HP 23100 HTM a Real Dot Technology select File menu gt Save Archive to save the sdb archive file to a wed men MCI amd FF i chosen location Ime Close the Archives application when finished Installing the Dongle Driver The first step is to install the dongle driver To install Che M der Remove all SuperPro USB dongles On the DVD navigate to the dongle macosx folder Double click the Sentinel System Driver pkg file to launch the installer Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation Restart the computer when finished Installing the Megarip Version 5 3 Upgrade To upgrade 1 Insertthe Megarip DVD and navigate to the macosx folder 2 Runthe Serendipity Megarip pkg file 3 Select the drive and location to install the software The installer will choose the current installation location by default which in most cases is Applications Serendipity 4 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the upgrade 5 Plugthe Megarip dongle into an available USB port 6 Startthe Megarip v5 3 Serv
76. Admin section of this manual for further information on email configuration AM Software Update Check for Updates at 12 00AM 12 00 AM iv Notify when updates are available wv Notify when updates are available Cancel OK Cancel ox Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 21 The Megarip Dongle Updater The Megarip dongle licenses the level version of software and enables the use of any purchased output drivers If any additional licenses are activated the relevant dongle will require updating with the new codes in order to access them The Dongle Updater is a built in feature accessed via the Server File Menu gt Update Dongle option Key Code 1 Key Code 2 E To avoid any abuse of the software the dongle activation codes can only be used once Any updating should be completed by your relevant Server administrator Important Note Before updating any dongles please ensure your Server is in Stop mode Updating the Dongle Before updating the dongle an email must have been received with the new codes This will either be sent from Serendipity Software directly or via a Dealer of the product Two 2 codes are required for entry in order to update the dongle referred to as Key Code 1 and Key Code 2 The codes are located in the Dongle reprogram string field in the email and are separated by a space The first long string is Key Code 1 The second shorter string is Key Code 2 To upd
77. Any boxes wholly or partially within the square when the mouse button is released will be selected Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 95 o Leftclick hold Drag on a frame Moves the selected frames around the Layout area Release the mouse button to drop and place the frames o Right click Opens the contextual menu with options depending on where in the Layout area the click occurred o Double click on a selected frame containing an asset Activates Crop Mode for the selected frame A frame in crop mode will appear with a green border see Cropping Assets section for information on this feature o Spacebar Left click hold Activates the grip tool allowing you to pan around the Layout area The mouse cursor will change to a hand o Thefollowing resizing options are available when clicking at the borders of a frame Left click Drag Enlarge or shrink the frame Proportions are maintained Resize is anchored at the opposing edge or corner of the frame ALT Left click Drag Enlarge or shrink the frame Proportions are maintained Resize is anchored at the centre of the frame SHIFT Left click Drag Free resizing of the frame ignoring locked width height ratios Assets within the frame will fit or fill the resized frame depending upon frame settings Resize is anchored at the opposing edge or corner of the frame CTRL Left click Drag Windows users Snaps the frame proportions to the ass
78. Area Network LCD Liquid Crystal Display LPI Lines Per Inch Screen Ruling Master A Master Server controlling Slave nodes in a Clustering environment QueueManager Client module that displays job queues and jobs in those queues QueueStatus Monitors the progress of a job through the system Real Density Colour content of a patch as measured RIP Raster Image Processor Server Software module that handles the processing of jobs Slave Node A separate processing node on the network Used for processing jobs by a Master TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol Visual Density The darkness of the patch measured how much light is absorbed The more light absorbed the darker the Visual Density WAN Wide Area Network Workbench Client application used to configure the Server YN Yule Nielsen Number Yule Nielsen Number A fudge factor used when calculating 96 tint dot area from density readings Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 118 Copyright Notices PNG Library Copyright Copyright 1995 1996 Guy Eric Schalnat Group 42 Inc Contributing Authors Andreas Dilger Dave Martindale Guy Eric Schalnat Paul Schmidt Tim Wegner The contributing authors would like to thank all those who helped with testing bug fixes and patience You know who you are This wouldn t have been possible without all of you Thanks to Frank J T Wojcik for reviewing the documentation
79. Brightness Only available if hardware calibration is supported and selected for the monitor see below Choose to set the brightness level in either o Candela Brightness in cd m o Setthelevel from 0 10096 Brightness o Measure Click to use a connected 5160 00 Spectrophotometer to measure and display the Eas brightness cd m2 and white point K of the Lacum monitor Follow any onscreen instructions for the e pso 06s RENS selected instrument The reading is constantly updated allowing the user to manually adjust the brightness using the monitor s own controls This option is only available if the Use Software Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 68 Calibration option is selected or is the only mode available see below White Point Select the white point temperature for the monitor Choose from o Custom Type in the field provided or use the slider to enter a custom temperature in Kelvin K o D50 Sets the white point to D50 5003 K Horizon Light o D65 Sets the white point to D65 6504 K Noon Light o Native Sets the Displays application to use the monitors native white point Gamma Select the gamma correction to be used for the monitor o Custom Type in the field provided or use the slider to enter a custom gamma value between 1 0 and 2 6 The Custom button will auto select if a non standard gamma setting is chosen Note If either 1 8 or 2 2 are chosen the 1 8 or 2 2 buttons will auto se
80. Cyan 22 5 degrees Magenta 82 5 degrees Yellow 97 5 degrees Black 52 5 degrees Special 52 5 degrees O O O 0 Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 49 Paper Profile Configuration In Screen Printing mode only one patch can be turned on per colour Therefore the value for the patch does not matter which one chosen does For a variable dot printer when the Use Light Inks option is turned off there will be four 4 patches for each colour The first patch represents the media and the other L 100 0d PAN PAN L 16 00 three the dot sizes small medium and large A dot size for each colour must be 2 pa X chosen If the Colourspace is Gray Black will be the only available ink 10900 EI A l l The image here shows an example using the patch 4 of Black and patch 2 of each Cyan NU wee Magenta and Yellow There is no need to measure the value for the patches the default L 100 00 WEEN 65 33 values are sufficient Comparative densities are not relevant when only using one dot WU o L 100 00 R 89 02 In testing it was found that a combination of large Black patch 4 and small Magenta patch 2 produced good results If too much is used for example large Black large Cyan and large Magenta the result is wet output and the dots tend to fill in the shadow area Large dots of a colour like Cyan will produce film looking blue instead of black Black should always be the dominant colour Ink Limiting There is no ne
81. Default Camera configuration e Calcheck Chart The Calcheck Chart assigned to the above configuration The remainder of the display area shows the current Calcheck status of each connected monitor Information includes e Process Colour Gray Paper delta values e Average maximum standard deviation delta values e Display name top left e Timestamp ofthe last Calcheck top right e Chart and Instrument used bottom left e Overall Calcheck score bottom left Note In cases where multiple areas of a screen have been calchecked the summary will display the worst results from across all calchecked areas Clicking on a Display name under the Calcheck header e g iMac will allow the user to perform a Calcheck on the chosen monitor The main part of the display area white box will show the detail or summary of the Calcheck as it is performed The top section above the main area has the following options e AAll Showsall ofthe A results measured as defined in the Calcheck Chart e Ae Shows all of the Ae results only The Ae standard used DeltaE CIE94 CIE2000 is selected in the Calcheck Chart see Workbench gt Calcheck Chart for details CIE2000 is a recommended standard to use for display verification e AH Shows all ofthe AH results only e AC Shows all of the AC results only e Summary button Shows Calcheck summary results e Detail button Shows results for each measured patch of the Calcheck Chart
82. I c mduEE 700000930 Pe e ELEME rcd Smooth H8000 H10000 with HTM module pson Satin y amp Epson7900HTM Satin270 RGB for Art Sheets SCIES NODE amp Fine Art Smooth Epson 7900HTM RGB olourspace RGB 0 00cm x 0 00cm Roll Submit Window I UU The Submit window is comprised of four 4 sections a uL e 730 79105015010 Pagesetup Pagesetup Pools selection list a Media me Use primer colour management selection list an Information panel displaying details of o 777 alt the currently selected Pagesetup or Media and a Submission control panel Pro 7900 7910 9900 9910 PX Pagesetup Selection List This list has two 2 buttons above it Only one can be active at any time e Pagesetup When selected this button displays a list of Pagesetups available to submit jobs to e Pagesetup Pool When selected this button displays a list of Pagesetup Pools available to submit jobs to An active selected Pagesetup is highlighted in blue Media Selection List This list is only active if the Pagesetup button is selected in the Pagesetup selection list When a Pagesetup has been chosen a list of Media compatible with the Pagesetup will be displayed for selection An active selected Media is highlighted in blue If no Media is selected the submitted job s will be output to the Pagesetup s default Media Note The Serendipity Client saves the last Pagesetup and Media selection so it need not be selecte
83. Megarip o Patch Number Sort the patches in patch numbered order o Colour Density This is the density of the colour sometimes called Real Density It is the colour content of the patch o Visual Density This describes how dark the colour is i e how much light the colour is absorbing measured as Black This sort option is not available for Black where colour and visual density are the same Note Turning off an Ink Channel When Treat Light Inks as Separate Channels or N Colour options are enabled the option to turn off one or more of the printer ink channels becomes available Some inks often Cyan and Magenta produce patches with a high colour density while not being very dense visually During the process of calibrating a printer if even the small dot patch 2 of an ink has a colour density too high to enable that colour to pass a particular calibration standard turn off that ink channel by de selecting all the Density patches for that ink This should only be done where multiple inks of a particular colour are available For example if patch 2 of the Cyan is still colour dense switch Cyan off and use only Light Cyan Switching off an ink channel will have effects throughout the calibration process in particular when configuring Ink Limits When configuring the ink limit chart the number of available inks will need to be reduced and the disabled ink channel should not be used in any of the combinations on the Ink Limit Char
84. Megarip s colour management system will match the proofer output to these assigned profiles once the Media has been correctly calibrated press correction curves have been assigned and the Always Use ICC option in the ICC Profiles panel has been ticked At this stage however the assigned ICC profiles serve to inform the colour management system which colourspace to use when processing jobs 9g Configure any other sheet effects margins etc as required in the other panels of the Pagesetup See the Workbench Pagesetup section of this manual for further details on the options available 10 Save the Pagesetup configuration when complete by selecting File menu Save Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 18 Monitoring Jobs Configuration Once the base configuration is complete for the Media Output and Pagesetup a monitoring application needs to be configured so jobs can be managed throughout the system There are two 2 types available the Jobs default or the Monitor application Jobs This is the default application launched when the Client is started for the first time The Jobs application has a pre configured set of tabs available for monitoring various processes throughout the entire workflow The default tab layout includes the QueueManager Thumbnail and QueueStatus modules See the Jobs application section within this manual for further information Any Outputs created in the earlier c
85. Menu Options ame Epson 7800 Pagesetu p Epson 7880 Pagesetu p fogra altona tests ated v2 eciF39 icc i 2 4 monitors AdobeRCB1998 icc gj Add to Archive selection 9 printers Epson7 330 K95 7 5 icc Epson7890 PhotoCloss250 720 chiv P fogra altona t id v2 eciF39 icc ICC Profile Data icc m rence ic ICC Profile Data amp Epson7900HTM Satin270 RGB Media A linearisations n270 RGB 240510 Gradation Curve F RGB Output 790 M Satin270 RGB ICC Profile Data Always Use ICC amp Epson 7900HTM Output tona tests ated onitors sRGB v4 ICC prefei amp HPT1100 utput RGB input ICC Profile monitors AdobeRGB1998 icc HP 23100 N HP Z3100 HTM a ing Real Dot Technology Use CMYK simulation from PDF for unknown colours Open Archive Open a previously saved archive A chooser window will appear to browse and select an archive sdb file to load An archive can be loaded by dragging the database into an open Archives Save Archive Saves the archive to a sdb file Close Archive Closes the currently opened Archive Perform Full Backup Adds all Workbench data types to a new Archives window Automatic Backup Preferences Configure the frequency time and location that a system backup is performed The options are o What Day Choose a day of the week every day every number of days or never o WhatTime Choose the time the backup is performed o Location Choose the location the archive should be save
86. OF SUCH DAMAGES END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS Appendix How to Apply These Terms to Your new Programs If you develop a new program and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public the best way to achieve this is to make it free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms To do so attached the following notices to the program It is safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively convey the exclusion of warranty and each file should have at least the copyright line and a pointer to where the full notice is found one line to give the program s name and a brief idea of what is does Copyright O 19yy name of author This program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation either version 2 of the License or at your option any later version This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program if not write to the Free Software Foundation Inc 675 Mass Ave Cambridge MA 02139 USA Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail If the program is interactive ma
87. OS X gt Windows or Windows gt Mac OS X Printing from a computer on the same network but with a different operating system to the computer running the Megarip Server requires the creation of a new system printer on the computer wishing to print to Megarip This is done by following the appropriate steps outlined previously for the relevant operating system The only alteration is when entering the TCP IP address and the TCP port number 1 Enterthe network TCP IP address of the computer on which the Megarip Server is running i e the machine you wish to print to 2 Enterthe TCP Port Number assigned to the Published Pagesetup you wish to print to Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 114 Troubleshooting Clustering Here are some suggestions of where to look if you run into trouble and experience problems when using a Cluster Jobs Not Processing Through a Cluster Node The possible reasons for this are Here the Cluster Node called pomelo is currently offline In this The Cluster Node is not configured to image render or both Check the ClusterStatus to see if either of the processing tasks have been disabled To enable them open the Clustering and enable the appropriate task The Cluster Node has a Processing Pool attached and the Pagesetup you are submitting jobs to is not contained within the Pool You can either unselect the Pool or add the Pagesetup to the Pagesetup Pool The Cluster Node has gone offline To check
88. Options Layout e Edit Switches the Monitor to Edit Mode see above explanation e Use Switches the Monitor to Use Mode see above explanation e Dynamic Update Enables or disables updates to the modules while in Edit mode e Show Titlebars Shows or hides module titlebars e Add Modules See the Monitor Modules section for further information on each module e Load Loads a previously saved Monitor configuration e Save As Saves the current Monitor configuration e Search UI User Interface Activates a search bar for finding buttons and functions in the current Monitor tab Note Module Toolbar functions can only be searched if the toolbar is open e New Tab Creates a new tab e Rename Tab Renames the currently selected tab e Duplicate Tab Duplicates the currently selected tab and all modules within it e Choose Tab Colour Allows the user to select a colour for the currently selected tab e Choose Tab Image Allows the user to select an image for the currently selected tab background Valid types are PNG and JPEG It is recommended a large image not be used as it will take up memory e Clear Tab Colour Image Reverts to the default background colour e Remove Tab Deletes the currently selected tab e Remove All Tabs Deletes all tabs e Next Previous Tab Switches to the next or previous Monitor tab right or left Reordering Tabs Tabs can be moved to a new position by clicking on and dragging the tab to the
89. Printer State idle accepting jobs z Device URI smbi tanglefoouH1P T1100 on angy Device URI smb tanglefoo HP T 1 100 on tangy The description still contains the spaces but the actual device being printed to has underscores In this instance the path used in destinations would be my printer with spaces Another way to check the status is to use the terminal 1 Openaterminal from the Applications Utilities folder In the terminal type lpstat p This will report on all printers configured on the Mac 2 Search for your printer in the list and verify the name The format will be like printer my printer with spaces is idle Enabled since Jan 01 00 00 3 Tryand print from the terminal Locate a print file run a test job with the correct driver and find the file in the raster folder in the installation directory and type the following on the command line lp P printer lt jobname gt For the example of a HP printer we can type the following lpr Php t1100 via tanglefoot Quickcal 230166 rtl Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 116 This should submit the rtl file created by the Server to the printer spooler You must be in the raster folder when the command is typed or if not enter the full path to the file for e g Applications Serendipity Serendipity Megarip raster Quickcal 230166 rtl The Mac Spooler Reports NT ACCESS DENIED This means that the print system cannot access the printer It may be that there a
90. Serengiprty Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 Table of Contents Serendipity Mepgarip User MafuUudl icenacini ota tete kraana yt Era ce a su e evaluar ea cuia ELIT iaaa E REESE uo Dena uas 5 PY OGUCU Ov Oi V1 CW c D X 6 DUBS Cea ANON Pe 7 Whats ob the DVD pnsas eaa oaar aaee cnl b AVETE MU Medos bac MM pA c M 7 Windows Mmstallation nnm 8 Installing the Dongle Driver osito nsqne edad reddas bn RD MA IRR URGERE ARN Rue 8 lastalling Serendipiby Megali Panaria a o ren Mee UE COM MEQUE LER uU CERDO NO AA DUO UAE TULDA dU Gautam 8 Mac OS X Installation i9 ri Er tree ie TEE Ela atom en tate teni DIT Ene tente tri E 9 Iristallins the Dongle DEIVLPushisat nte aren RU a ev ba coeur fece A Mod LV ue cd LA PUER RUD nn CM tien 9 Installing the serendipIb c PPRHIteE DEIVOES dirsi ie denter valves lnc sui ona EYE UE Dr MR EUR uv rd 9 Enstalling Serendipity MegarlDossendedtedvn pd a ea tid Re mue opt br beUo bv dun 9 Creatine Dock Stare ICONS us aaa nas oic pa db vae dle RR RR eH V E t E ae M 9 Linux TS CANA OM me 10 Installing the Dongle Dr iy OL 2d on pc du REPRE RR d POR de EE HE EROR dp EUR DU CA DON EET ORDRE Ed 10 Fristalling Serendipi MeSapIDohosandas Mee a Re LR CA ML PRELATORUM CUR E M ERR 10 UbDpPradHie to Verslo D 3 ionem ure dp ter xa eina A inier vau uertice tace reU e essc 11 Windows Upgrading to Version 9292 99 d 0 m 9 ave satio a eter Dt Dd eic orna tue cava bn ve etu a E 11 Mac Oso DpErac
91. Zones and ClusterStatus modules Logs Contains the ServerLog and ClientLog modules Jobs Contains the QueueManager module with the Jobs view selected Assets Contains the QueueManager module with the Assets queue selected Drop Area Contains the DropZone module with Assets dropspot added by default Right click to add any additional dropzones to the Drop Area tab o ServerLog Contains the ServerLog module only O O O O e Rename Tab Rename the selected tab e Manage Tab Library Add remove or preview tab layouts for Jobs There are eight 8 layouts available as standard factory e Close Tab Close the currently selected tab View Menu e Previous tab Opens the previous tab window e Next tab Opens the next available tab window e Titlebars Show or hide the titlebars for each module within the Jobs tabs This will show or hide all titlebars in all tabs and is not limited to the currently selected tab Job Queues Tab The default tab layout Job Queues for Jobs contains the following modules e QueueManager e Thumbnail Imaging Preview e Thumbnail Rendering Preview e QueueStatus Imaging Queue For information on each module see the relevant sections of this manual Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 75 Lineariser The Lineariser application creates a Linearisation Curve for an output device printer Assigned to a Media after paper profiling it brings the output device to a know
92. Zoom Zoom in and out of the Lab colourspace to see the point being tweaked in relation to the whole space e value Move up and down the L value to see the point you are tweaking in relation to the lightness Reset the value by clicking the ReCentre button e ICC Profiles Choose the input and output profiles you are using to tweak These must match the ones selected in the Media as they are stored with the tweak set and are used during the mapping process e Spectrophotometer Choose an online Spectrophotometer to read values directly into the tweak set Once selected press the Activate button to connect and take measurements If the device is being used by another application including a Serendipity application it will fail to connect Quit or disconnect all others first Tweaked Tweak Point Adjustments Colourspace Input Profile Influence 1 5 5 Cyan ef M Red 0 Magenta Green 29 Yellow eM Blue 0 Darker m Q5 Lighter 30 8 Lab Slice View f Perceptual Colorimetric Saturation Zoom nf L value fs ReCentre New Tweak Change White Point ICC Profiles Choose Input Profile match NewSample Press K2 icc 4 Choose Output Profile printers PX9500 0714 icc Spectrophotometer offline CGATS ISO 12642 file RA Activate Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 30 Media The Media dat
93. a Pagesetup or Media Jobs Display jobs before after and during processing and allows users to manage jobs through the system to plot their progress with a pre configured user interface Monitor Display and manage jobs as they pass through Megarip see the Monitor section for more information SoftProof Proof jobs onscreen Spectro Display compare and or save colours measured using a Spectrophotometer Studio Designed for the manual nesting or tiling of jobs Workbench The principal configuration tool for Megarip see the Workbench section for more information Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 60 Archives The Archives application allows you to make backups or archives of your Workbench configurations Individual items or complete systems can be archived for safekeeping Stored items can be loaded into the Archives app for adding to the Megarip database This can be used for copying a database to another Server or for recovery from failure or corrupt configurations You can piger a gt feaa our E configure the Archives app to automatically backup your settings on a 3 regular basis Important Note Archives cannot be back ported to previous versions ie version 5 archives cannot be used with version 4 Version 4 xim murem OF archives can be used with Version 5 however and will be erg ERE 0 automatically allocated to their respective databases when loaded ar meme 3 MOM aBa rt File
94. a numbered box for each page making up the loaded publication This allows for direct navigation to any page by clicking on the page number Hovering the mouse over a page number will pop up a thumbnail for the page Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 86 The page boxes are colour coded 4 5 Light Green indicates the Publication pages are loaded and can be viewed These show as dark green EZB dE when selected Purple indicates there are duplicate pages ie they have the same publication name and page numbers Dark purple indicates MA DES IE the pages are selected 19532 GOLF TEXT job IMPOSITION Page 7 Clicking on these pages allows you to select and view the alternative page 3 19532 GOLF TEXTjob Page 007 IMPOSITION 07 Light Red indicates the page is not yet available for viewing in SoftProof This normally occurs 116 117 when there are page number gaps if pages have not yet imaged or rendered or when processing a de imposed publication with known signature defined page numbers As the missing pages image render close and re open SoftProof to update the publication pages Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 87 Spectro The Spectro application allows for the measurement of colours with a Spectrophotometer The accuracy of the measured value can be viewed against an imported value when mapped through a selected ICC profile Spec admindgolem swdesiseredipiy software am au100
95. a type contains all of the settings controlling the output of jobs as they pass through the Megarip colour management system CMS for proofing Settings configured here are those directly related to the Output device Colour Correction ICC Profiles Screen Printing and Output Screening A Media can be one of several assigned to a Pagesetup which controls the input screening resampling rendering effects and intents of incoming jobs All jobs are submitted to a combination of Pagesetup and Media destinations When submitting the user selects the Pagesetup to be used at which point a list of compatible user created output Media types in the database become available for selection A default Media is assigned to a Pagesetup so if a job is submitted without a specific chosen Media the job will output to the default Media settings An Output data type can optionally have a Media type assigned to it in which case only jobs submitted to the Output using the assigned Media will be printed All other jobs are held in the QueueManager until the assigned Media is removed from the Output or the held jobs Media type is assigned to the Output Important Note Version 4 Pagesetups when opened in version 5 are automatically split into Pagesetup and Media types Version 5 archives cannot be exported back into version 4 Output e Output Driver Select the desired output driver from the available list Those available will depend upon the options Ou
96. about the currently viewed image in SoftProof how it was processed what Pagesetup and Media were used and other useful processing information Click the icon again to hide the panel Loupe The Loupe is available via the sidebar menu Once opened the Loupe will appear with the default setting Loupe to Mouse enabled Loupe Options accessed via the Spanner icon Show Ink Key Table Shows a separate window listing the ink key values of all keys for each plate These can be printed using a local printer or exported to PDF Export Tab Delimited Exports the values for the keys and ink values to a tab delimited text file Screened Pixel Readout Veripress Blackmagic Softproofing Add On only Toggles the HUD between crosshair point measurement of ink percentages and a square for measuring area average dot percentages The square resizes depending on the zoom level to always cover an area equal to a full halftone cell at the LPI defined in the SoftProof Settings Screening LPI Enter the desired value for screen ruling for SoftProof in Lines Per Inch LPI The default is 150 signing and proc M materials and designs and Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 e Loupe to Mouse This is enabled by default The mouse pointer location is used as the reference point for the Loupe display This allows you to position the Loupe off image and use the mouse to display the relevant part ofthe image within the Loupe for proofin
97. alculated twice again increasing the process time Increasing system memory can also improve processing times e Centring Choose between Vertically or Horizontally Use this to centre a job at any time In particular you may need to use it when printing to a double sided printer to help match the front and back sides e Accuracy Correction Compensate for media stretch or paper feed errors by specifying a correction amount for width and height e Cropping Crop the job in all directions When specifying cropping you will need to take into account any rotation that has been applied as cropping takes place after rotation e Margins Specify a margin around the job You may have to specify a margin to shift a job over or compensate for a printer s set margin As with cropping take rotation into account e Effects Mirror or Negative a job by enabling either option Note The Mirror and Negative effects in the Sheet panel differ to those in the Effects panel in that they apply the effect at the Imaging stage of processing Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 42 A Pagesetup Pools The Pagesetup Pools data type enables printing to one or more Pagesetups Choose to load balance between multiple Pagesetups or print to multiple Pagesetups simultaneously These can be published in the same way as an individual Pagesetup or set the Pool to auto proof Publish e Publish DropFolder Allocate a folder where files can be dropped
98. alues so there should be no need to set them here However some users have found it to be an advantage to set the values to the target densities required for the final proof output and in doing so have achieved very good results Reducing the density of the output used to print the ICC chart will affect the gamut However as the gamut of a press is generally smaller than that of a proofing device this may not have any noticeable effects It is desirable to drop the top end densities of the output prior to ICC creation as sometimes there is a need to boost the values after ICC is applied This should only be used as a last resort and is not desirable as a general rule If the top end densities drop the ICC profiles are generally to blame and therefore should be corrected Note It is the Match ICC profile that has the biggest bearing on the output and sets the output top end densities Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 79 Monitor The Monitor application is an alternate user configurable version of the Jobs application central to the Megarip Client interface see Applications Jobs Like Jobs it displays jobs before during and after processing and allows users to manage jobs through the system to plot their progress The Monitor provides feedback from the Server and Client via logs Modules can be added and configured to suit specific requirements The Monitor consists of one or more user defined tabs Modules are added pos
99. ame one layer forward up in the layout Send Backward Move the selected frame one layer backwards down in the layout Send to Back Move the selected frame to the back bottom of the layout Group Group multiple selected frames for movement deletion locking or asset multi drop Ungroup Ungroup any currently grouped frames Align Left Align grouped frames along the left edge of the leftmost box in the group Align Right Align grouped frames along the right edge of the rightmost box in the group Align Top Align grouped frames along the top edge of the uppermost box in the group Align Bottom Align grouped frames along the bottom edge of the lowest box in the group Align Horizontal Centre Align grouped frames along the averaged horizontal centre line of the frames in the group Align Vertical Centre Align grouped frames along the averaged vertical centre line of the frames in the group Orient Up Down Alters the frame orientation to either upright or upside down 180 degree rotation Orient Right Left Alters the frame orientation to either right or left by 90 degrees from the upright position Lock Lock the selected frames Locked frames appear transparent and cannot be edited until unlocked Unlock All Unlock all currently locked frames Decloak All Decloaks all frames Allows for movement deletion or editing of frames that were locked cloaked after submission only available when Cloaking mode is active
100. amed If any of the panels are not required they can be hidden by using the X in the top right corner of each To show any hidden panels click on the panel name in the row and it will appear Shift click will hide them again Publish Colour Correction ICC Profiles ColourKeys Input Screening A contextual right click menu is accessible in any of these individual sections allowing the user to access the Find function Jump to another section or change the background colour of the panel for easy identification Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 26 X Calcheck Chart The Calcheck Chart data type is where charts are configured and stored for use in colour validation checks The charts are comprised of user created or imported colour patches along with target standards and tolerances These items are saved to the database and can be used and or adjusted at any time The Calcheck Chart is then used in conjunction with the Calcheck application to provide a validation check for a hardcopy proof or a monitor Once the chart is setup it normally never needs to be changed the standards to be used are saved with the chart When reading the chart with the Calcheck application simply load it and measure If you wanted to use a different standard this is done in the chart and not the Calcheck The chart can be attached to the job as it passes through the Pagesetup or printed from the Calcheck The wi
101. ample are static and non editable unless decloaked This allows for easy placement and printing of new jobs onto blank available areas of the flatbed media Cloaked images are not reprinted when a new nest is submitted for printing If desired it is certainly possible to place jobs over others that have already been printed Any new image will print exactly where it is placed Cloaking Before and after submitting to print regardless of whether or not anything has already been printed in that area Important Note The cloaking feature is disabled by default It is not recommended for use with printers using roll media unless the device has the ability to roll back to previous areas of unused media Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 96 Tiling with Media Studio s tiling feature allows you to set the total document area and automatically create a tile grid based on pre configured print media dimensions and overlap Tiling is useful for billboard printing or any type of printing where the image is larger than the available print media paper To tile a job 1 ad Activate the tiling mode by ticking the Tiling option in the Property panel Enter the width and height of the area to be tiled Enter any overlap size if required A Media width and height must be entered for tiling mode Enter these in the relevant fields This is the size of the print media paper being used Once the above have been entered
102. ams Xserver hw xfree86 doc COPYRIGHT v 3 8 1995 07 24 06 52 11 dawes Exp Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 125 1 TO Dit PROCESSING aiite onvali en Rs 37 A Absolute Colourimetric Rendering Intent up Ron D EM DI M DINE 39 Accounts Admin aerosani 101 Accuracy Correction sess 42 Always Use GG sea ns avi rodeo 38 Antialiased Subsampling 40 Annalas aeaa ri Na 37 Apple Talk socero coit ce iR abd die 35 Application Menu sss 98 APPMCAUIONS 2o rapi lp mtd 60 FAC INIY CS iocos tat Ct eara 60 CalChHe ck uosene netten ien pota 60 TUES EET TINS discute ndsi i fedet diae n elt 60 Densitometer iuste mint enses 60 Dis Play Sirntitncivcccman arcis 60 EHDBOOR Genital aad ie 60 jojo 19 LA ariSeE quoius vico niodo iR ah 60 SOL PLO Ol dos o DEus 60 StUdI O Saee SR ok ets 60 AUCIWVOS ec acd e ctae uec 61 Adding items tO entr rai 61 Automatic Backup 61 Auto Publication Name 37 AutoClean oot adidas 34 AUtODPAUSe e ii atta dette 34 B Back Page DotGain Curve 48 Back Page Opacity rissin iesin 48 Backing up the Database 61 Black Point Compensation 38 BONJOU Cinmen edo Mad 34 37 43 Border around a Job 41 C CaCI CC c 62 Check J OD adds verte tiae
103. an image similar to the example shown will appear Drag and drop the Asset file to be tiled It can be resized as required Once the Asset has been placed lock the frame in place Frame menu gt Lock This will allow you to preview how the image will Tiling enabled with overlap specified overlap and the tiling by making the image transparent Submit to print when ready The option will appear in the Studio menu as Print Tiles Studio Rendering Effects There are various rendering effects available when using Studio They will not be visible in the Layout area and will only affect the job when it is rendered ready for printing Any effects can be previewed using SoftProof once the job has been rendered and nested The available rendering effects are Cropmarks Available as a checkbox within the Studio application Enabling this will place cropmarks around the selected frame This effect will adjust the placement of the job on the media to compensate for adding cropmarks during the rendering phase The type of cropmark to be used is configured in the Studio Settings Convolution Matrix Available via the Pagesetup see Workbench data types Allows you to design your own filter effect according to a pre defined mathematical operation known as convolution This effect is not available when using the C5 Client Mirror Available via the Pagesetup Mirrors the job Negative Available via the Pagesetup Allows for the job to be negated or
104. and a multi purpose display area right that will change depending on the function selected The function list is made up of the following selectable items Calibration BEEN e Calibration Lists each connected display available for calibration Calcheck e Calcheck Lists each connected display available to calcheck iMac e History Lists the calcheck history reference only of each connected display History e Ambient Measure the ambient and white point of the light source eee e Light Booth Appears only when a light booth is connected and will list each connected device Ambient Light Booth Calibration The Calibration function displays currently connected monitors and their calibration status By clicking on the Calibration header each connected monitor shows the following details m co Display iMac e The name of the Display and its identification number in a multi display Pixels 1920 x 1200 Resolution 93 78 x 95 25 DPI environment ICC Profile iMac 070911 icc e Pixels width height Status OK Last Calibrated 7 09 11 1 09 PM x Resolution DPI Calibration Expires Never e ICC profile Hardware Calibration Supported e Calcheck Status e Last Calibrated time e Calibration Expires time period e Hardware Calibration supported or not for the particular display By clicking on the Display name calibration options and settings available for the monitor are shown These include e
105. appear in the Windows Printers list and be available as a printer option when printing from Windows applications The name should be unique for the Published Pagesetup d Click Next 13 Printer Sharing e Select Share this printer so that others on your network can find and use it f Keep the default printer name or enter a share name g Click Next 14 You ve Successfully added Printer Name h Choose whether the Published Pagesetup destination is to be the default system printer i If desired click the Print a Test Page button The test page job should appear in the Megarip QueueManager j Click Finish to close the wizard You ve successfully added Megarip Published Pagesetup V Set as the default printer To check if your printer is working properly or to see troubleshooting information for the printer print a test page Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 113 Printing to a Published Pagesetup Printer across a Network Printing from Mac OS X gt Mac OS X or Windows Windows Printing to a Published Pagesetup printer across a network where both computers the machine sending the print and the machine running the Megarip Server share a common operating system is straight forward If network sharing has been enabled for the system printer destination created for use with the Megarip Pagesetup the printer will be available in the printer options of any other computer on the network Printing from Mac
106. are all configurable This is not available when using the Studio application e Slugline Place job information on the job There are a number of options available via the Edit button If using a narrow format paper and the full slugline doesn t fit select Custom Slugline and turn all options on This will show an item per line Within Custom fields selected will only be printed if they are relevant to the job e Unsharp Mask Apply an unsharp mask to the job The Unsharp Mask affects the edges within an image and can be controlled with the available parameters The radius tells us how large an area to affect around the edges The larger the radius the greater the effect and the longer it takes to process If the preview resolution is high a given radius will have less effect than if the resolution is lower If the detail is quite fine a smaller radius should be used Higher radius values can also cause halos at the edges The threshold gives a level that should be affected where 0 affects more of the image and 255 very little The amount states the size of the change where a higher value is a greater change at the edges e Watermark Place a watermark across the job The scale of the watermark is proportional to the size of the job 10096 represents the same size as the job in the smallest direction If the stretch option is selected horizontal and vertical sides are stretched to the scale amount The watermark will be scaled in an anamorphic man
107. are three 3 standards that can be used to compare against a proof Ae AH AC These are Ae AH and AC The first standard Ae is always enabled The other two standards must be enabled for the results to appear on the Calcheck To enable select the tab and tick the Target checkbox For each standard specify the limits used for a pass and fail status For Ae you also choose which of the Ae standards are to be used deltaE CIE94 or CIE2000 Important Note The correct standard to be tested must be selected and saved with the chart Only that standard will be tested for a pass or fail If you want to check another standard you need to change it here and save it again For example if you are checking deltaE and you want CIE2000 you need to change it save and re measure The limits are e Average For all the patches in the chart that will be measured by Calcheck the average must be below this value for a pass e Maximum This is the default value used when creating or importing patches This value is only used for assigning maximum tolerance for the import When the target is measured the tolerance set per patch is the one used to determine a pass or fail status e Standard Std Deviation The standard deviation across all the patches must not exceed this value This is only available in the Ae standard The Calcheck will only report a pass if all targets are achieved in the patch set and therefore the proof or monitor Patch
108. arget file to Note This option works in a similar way to Submit ICC Target however all Linearisation data will be disabled at the time of submission unlike Submit ICC Target which enables colour correction curves The job info will display Calibration Target ICC Disabled in the Properties field Test Prints Select one or more Pagesetups and Medias and send multiple copies if desired of internal test prints for processing Note You can add your own files to the lib testprints directory for use as test prints Any files you have permission to use that are placed in this directory will appear for selection in the Test Prints chooser window Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 99 Server Menu Server Settings Select this menu option to open the System Settings Preferences for the Megarip Server The Server Settings section contains default values and preferences configured for the Server See the System Settings section below for further information on each panel Connect to Server This allows the Serendipity Client to connect to a Megarip Server running on the network The Refresh button will search for and display any active Servers Alternatively you can enter the name or IP address of the Server in the Server Address field under the Manual tab If there are multiple Servers Masters running on the network the list is cached on the first Connect to Server selection A dropdown list of available Servers is accessib
109. as completed e Epson FireWire Only available on the Mac OSX version Windows users should use the Local Print Queue option and print to an installed printer configured to use FireWire e Epson XIO Print to an Epson connected via FireWire using Epson XIO interface on the Mac OSX This requires the Epson driver to be installed on the Mac first This option is only available for Mac and required on later model Epson printers and newer versions of OSX Use XIO if the FireWire driver does not work e FTP Senda completed job to remote machine using FTP e Local Device If there is a printer connected as a serial or parallel printer send the file directly to the device with this option e Local Folder Choose a local folder to send the output file to Enter the path or select Choose to browse and select a folder The folder must exist and have write permissions e Local Print Queue Print to a local print queue Use this to print to a Windows printer on another machine In the path location enter machine printer where machine is the name of the Windows machine with the printer attached and printer is the exact name of the printer The printer must be shared e LPRPort Use LPR to print jobs to printers accepting it Enter the Hostname IP address of the printer and the path Not all devices require a path to be entered This is a good option for Epson printers with a network card This method is faster than TCP IP printing for these devices
110. ate the dongle e Plug the current USB dongle into the computer and run the Server application e Select the Server File menu gt Update Dongle The Server will stop If there are any Client s open a Connect to Server window and or disconnection message may appear e A window will open for the Dongle Updater Enter in Key Codes 1 and 2 into the relevant fields It is best practice to copy and paste the codes to avoid any keying errors DO NOT copy the space between the codes e Once the codes have been entered correctly the Update Dongle button will enable Click it e A confirmation message will appear after the dongle has been successfully updated and a Server restart is required e Quit the Server application and restart The dongle is now updated and any new filters or drivers will appear in the Client for use When Updating from Version 3 or Prior Before Restarting the Server e Go to the installation directory for Megarip on the computer for example Applications Serendipity Serendipity Megarip e Open the lib folder e Open the printers folder e Sort the files by date e Delete all old files ending in v so e Once the files have been deleted the Megarip Server can be restarted Failure to remove the old files from the printers directory will noticeably slow down the Server when it is restarting Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 22 The Serendipity Client The Serendipity Client is a graphic user interface GUI us
111. ated instrument cH Wo peo Measure Select from the list of supported ambient mode m C 36731 dm epi of 067 2 Spectrophotometers to use for measurement ert 1680 cr cit of 4082 7 ient 171 80 cd m Whitepoint of 4073 5K ient 170 41 cd m Whitepoint of 4066 8K Note For some Spectrophotometers after initial instrument calibration an ambient light filter will need to be attached before measurement The lower white area displays constantly updated measurements Light Booth By clicking on the Light Booth header when available any currently connected light booths will be shown Displ t Normlicht Each connected light booth shows information on p Just Mormac Pixels Resolution e Name Model ICC Profile e Driver Status e Driver Version Last Calibrated Calibration Expires Clicking on a light booth name under the header will make calibration options ee ee ee available for the booth These include Driver Version 1 02 Hardware Calibration e Brightness Choose to set the brightness level in either o Candela Brightness in cd m Bigs o Set the level from 0 100 ra E e Instrument offline online Instrument Name Displays the Scar currently activated instrument instrument Cretag Eye One o Instrument Select which supported Spectrophotometer is to be used for the light booth aievea luminance of 495 16 cd m whitepoint of 5086 6 calibration o Adjust Click this button to calibrate
112. ation e View Rendered Opens and views the rendered file of the selected page in the SoftProof application e View 3D Toggles between a 3D or 2D view of the publication Three dimensional viewing shows the page turning The turning speed can be adjusted FlipBook Settings 3D mode adds 2 sliders on the right side of the Page View The first alters the angle at which the 3D virtual book is viewed the second zooms the view in and out Note The performance of the page turning may vary depending on the size of the thumbnail being viewed and the performance of the graphics card e View as Calendar Only available in 3D mode Changes the flip axis to horizontal so pages flip up and down in the same manner as a calendar e Export Exports the FlipBook as a PDF Select the resolution compression type and quality Choose between exporting the whole book or a range of pages e Export as Spreads Exports the FlipBook as a PDF but as spreads The same options as above apply e Export as Movie 3D view mode only Exports the FlipBook as a QuickTime movie After selecting this there are three further options o Codec Type Choose the preferred compression type from the menu o Quality Choose the preferred quality o Keyframe Spacing Choose how often a keyframe is saved The settings chosen will affect the size of the movie the quality and the compatibility with other applications There are many Codec types available and not all work on all syst
113. ay the pools work and the importance of the queue Job Queueing Priority O e Priority Assign a priority to a Pagesetup Pool The lower the number EAE the higher the priority Numbers can be negative The default is 0 Jobs C By Print Area waiting to Image or Render will process through a higher priority Pool 9 By Number of Jobs over jobs submitted to lower priority queues O Prints To All Pagesetups e Pool type Select what sort of pool to use There are two 2 options o Load Balancing Spread the jobs across the Pagesetups selected in the pool By Print Area Calculate the area of each job and the queue with the least amount of print area queued is sent the next job By Number of Jobs The queue with the least number of jobs is sent the next job Load Balancing is ideal for printing to multiple printers of equal quality using the same media with the priority being to proof jobs to the next available printer Each printer is calibrated separately to ensure quality By Print Area is more efficient as the larger the print area the longer it will take to image render and print Queue loading is determined at the time of imaging If a print queue is paused jobs will be sent to active queues o Printsto All Pagesetups Choose to print to all Pagesetups selected in the pool The option Prints to All Pagesetups is ideal for a job to print locally and remotely One Pagesetup can be configured to drive a local printer and an
114. base items from the previously backed up configuration Once the archive file has loaded select Edit menu Add to Database Whole Archive This will import the entire database Alternatively choose individual items to import from the list and select Edit menu Add to Database Selected Nodes The database items will be imported and appear in the Workbench for use For further information on Archives and backing up databases see the Archives section of this manual Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 12 Mac OS X Upgrading to Version 5 3 Archiving Current Installations To Archive a Database 1 2 e 6 Run the existing Megarip Server and Serendipity Client ES n Go to the Serendipity Client Application menu Archives This Pan maar D Meier re rit in ono ETN Lene application is called Archiver in earlier versions ee made p oe oe Epson7890 PhotoGloss250 720 Pi Collapse o Pi Pi E Lae Open Archive Save Archive Select File menu Perform Full Backup Alternatively select Edit menu gt Add to Archive All and add Para atomes aea eir femen monito reference icc ICC Profile Data amp Epson7900HTM Satin270 RGB Media inearisations n270 RGB 240510 Gradation Curve all database items to the archive file or right click in the quee ME E Pur E Epson 7900HTM tput Black Point Compensation zzzzzzzo X5 9 9 9 2 221 fees firs cae Fe ae a a a son 7
115. be set for each monitor when in a multi monitor environment The Client Settings will show additional sections with Monitor 2 Monitor 3 etc listed To identify which monitor is which press the monitor indicator button to display a graphic in the middle of the screen for the relevant monitor Calcheck Managed The Calcheck Managed option under Colour Management constantly reports the calibration status of the monitor s By enabling this option a small tick or cross icon will appear in the SoftProof window giving the current calibration status of the monitor Auto SoftProof Press v Hovering the mouse over the cross or tick will display profile information and status RAI 1 09 PM Expires Ne This is linked to the Monitor ICC selected in the System Settings the time it was __friename shome mandy tibrary Colorsync Profles iMac 040711 3 ic created with the Displays application and the expiration time set If the monitor has Same isonewspapersova been calibrated and the expiration time has not been reached there will be a green E2555 tick displayed on the monitor If the time has expired there will be a red cross pneri displayed ae paperan Ae Maximum 1 20 Standard deviation 0 27 Status Measured 25 07 11 12 12 PM re 91 05 Right clicking on the tick or cross will display extra options e Calibrate Opens the Displays application and begins to calibrate If the instrument previously selected is connected
116. but less accurate Choices are made as the closest pixels from input to output and can result in jagged edges or stepping effects e Bilinear A medium quality sampling method and can take longer than Nearest Neighbour Bilinear takes the weighted average of 4 pixels from input to output Best for use with screened data e Bicubic High quality sampling method which takes longer to calculate than Bilinear Bicubic uses the weighted average of 16 pixels from input to output This is the default option for any new Pagesetup s created e Filtered Serendipity s own sampling method giving the highest quality It takes longer to process than Bicubic and uses an averaged area from input to output This setting provides better resampling for contone data such as Postscript and PDF Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 40 Logo Position your own company logo sign off slugline or colour bar for checking consistency anywhere around the job The logo passes through the same colour management as the job and can therefore be verified The file is not rotated during B UEM TE Logo f Enable Logo output except if Auto Rotate When Nesting is enabled If the logo file is positioned Width 100 0 mm along the left or right sides the EPS file should be created in the appropriate orientation Height 11 0 mm Logo File e Enable Logo Turn the Logo effect on or off e Dimensions Enter the print dimensions of the Logo
117. c en 29 Trace Saved CUTVe ee errcrneet 29 I ICC Engine Accuracy sess 107 Upload ICC to Server 33 ICC PEOPDLG S stodetediaon ad teme 30 32 ICC Tweak Set icin ennai iene 30 Tweak Valie is ensis eire 30 Ink and Paper Press Configurations 48 ThE EVEHTS oic po otto ta eade 47 Alport his tnter trips fona eh 47 Inklimit Configure Cabe aano stri 45 InsStallattOD c5 eni cn nba estie 7 What s on the DVD sess 7 J JOD Info adm eco ede pt 56 58 Job Queuing Load Balancelng ss dis edtpv eh 44 ODS catene oso n ute nate 19 75 Ta DS M 75 L Linearisation LU Tice ien ecd eise 32 Life JEISEE aenn anaa iani 76 Chart Type Siana 78 Densitometer sees 77 DHStOLV oaa ere a a 76 Maximum Densities Override 79 Print Glas itera ei none 77 Show Charts duco pecie oett 78 Yule Nielsen Number 79 Linux What s on the DVD rone 7 Linux Installation tes 10 Installing the Dongle Driver 10 Log File Web Servet cingunt quid uae 109 LOBO cuu uus citu bt dte Lou MT eas 41 126 M Macintosh Installation 9 Dock Start Icons cesta enaa 9 What s On the DVD stica yere 7 Manual Client Configuration 17 MOIS vede tii Nate tb ap pA STUA 18 iiideliiste E 17 Pageset p uageeeten te
118. ch AH max The maximum AH tolerance value for the patch as defined in the Calcheck Chart AH The measured AH of the colour patch AC max The maximum AC tolerance value for the patch as defined in the Calcheck Chart AC The measured AC of the colour patch Device Spectrophotometer Panel This panel allows you to choose which measuring instrument is to be used Spectrophotometer Select the Spectrophotometer to be used for measurement from a list of supported instruments Measure Initialises the chosen instrument and opens a popup window to select which Calcheck Chart is to be measured Measurement begins after the chart is selected The data from a chart measured by a third party software package can be loaded for a Calcheck be selecting CGATS ISO12642 file from the instrument list The file must have been saved in an appropriate format Print Chart Opens a chooser window to select the Calcheck Chart for printing and the Pagesetup and Media to submit the chart to The chart will be printed in a configuration suitable for reading by the chosen instrument Menu Options The following options are available from the Calcheck menu or the contextual menu right click from within the Calcheck application Load Media Select a Media to load into Calcheck Any Media that have been calchecked previously will display complete results of their last Calcheck A new chart can be printed and or new measurements taken and the results updated to t
119. chooses the Maximum Memory For Rotation OMB Low quality thumbnail faster default depending on system configuration Compression Faster a e Low Quality Thumbnail Selecting this produces a lower ah al 180 B n quality thumbnail This is faster but some detail may be lost in m o o Bo B the thumbnail OWE ae 2 Compression Control the compression for the intermediate HERE e RE file format the Imaged file Choices are Faster or Better The Boro P REOR default is Faster Eat it ea e Maximum Print Preview Resolution Set the maximum Mail Server resolution for the rendered preview The default is 180dpi Sender Email Address e Polling Service Refresh Set the interval between poll service checks i e how long between checks to see if any RIPs require polling The default is 50 seconds if the times are left at 0 e Server Back Log Number of days to keep the log Older days are trimmed when the Server starts Zero 0 means the log will not be trimmed e Processes Control the number of processes the machine will handle i e the number of Imaging and Rendering tasks simultaneously run on the Server The defaults are 1 1 Up to one imaging and rendering task can be set per CPU core the Server machine possesses In practice it is recommended the combined number of imaging and rendering tasks be set to no more than the number of cores For example 4 CPU cores 2 Image 2 Render e Minimum Broadcast Interval Set the in
120. ck to indicate inverse searching Pressing Esc will dismiss the search There are two 2 main sections to the Client The Workbench the Jobs application e The Workbench is used to configure the various parts of the Server This is used to create queues setup input paths and various calibration functions e Jobs an application is used for managing and viewing jobs as they pass through the system The Applications and Modules add functionality and provide tools for managing the Server and the jobs passing through it There are also various menu options containing system utilities and preferences anon iPF8000 Plain Draft anon iPF8000 Plain Normal 720dpi Workbench The Workbench is where the main software configuration takes place Medias Pagesetups Output paths and Colour Correction Curves can all be setup here pi 11880 Fogra 39 son 7800 Kodak Rapid Satin 190 g 7880 p pson 7880 Semimatte 250 ISOcoatedv2eciF39 pson 7900 CMYK 1440x720 son 7900 CMYK720x720SG son 7900 HTM Satin 270 RGB 7900 KAS ipson 7900 Luster260 720 hexa sep ipson 7900 Luster260 720x1440 hexa pson 7900 Luster260 720x1440 hexa sep ipson 7900HTM pson11880HTM ipson11880HTM7C When items are created or changed in the Workbench they are saved to a database read by the Server each time at startup The database can be backed up and copied to other Version 5 3 Megarip Servers utput Epson7900HTM ange Media Epson7900HTM
121. company Important Notice Every effort is made to ensure the information contained within this user manual is correct Serendipity Software Pty Ltd cannot be held responsible for any errors contained within this user manual and will not enter into any negotiations for claims of compensation relating to actions taken resulting from the information provided in this user manual for any reason whatsoever Serendipity Software Pty Ltd is constantly making improvements to the software and as such this user manual may not contain the latest information Every effort is made to maintain the user manual and for the latest version please check the website http www serendipity software com au If any errors are found within this user manual please detail them in an email to support serendipity software com au Supporting Tutorial and HowTo documentation is available on our website http www serendipity software com au support Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 5 Product Overview Serendipity Megarip is a high speed raster image processor RIP capable of accepting a variety of file formats such as Postscript Level 3 PDF TIFF JPEG PNG Scitex CT and EPS It is used to proof post RIP data to either an output device such as an Inkjet printer or to a file format such as PDF Serendipity Megarip runs in a Server and Client configuration The Server runs on a computer on the network and is protected by a USB dongle The dongle
122. creases the size of the QueueStatus in view Double clicking the QueueStatus window displays a floating QueueManager window showing that queue This has the full functionality of the standard QueueManager ServerLog The ServerLog shows messages from the Server Display Fetch back log Displays the log for the time specified For e g it retrieves and displays the last 4 hours of messages Choose the time from the pull down list Trim older lines Trims the log based on the time selected in Fetch back log If this is set to 60 minutes the log file is trimmed back so only the last 60 minutes remain Export Exportthe log to a file Selecting this displays a window with further options as detailed below o Destination File Choose the filename and location where the file is to be saved Use the Browse button to navigate to the preferred location o Message Lines Choose to save all messages in the log window or only those that are highlighted Format Choose the format to save the file in either html or plain text The plain text file is saved with tab characters between the columns o Cancel Revert to the Server window without saving any changes o Save Save the file based on the settings selected Configure Filter Filter messages in the log Choose between the following options o Completed Jobs Shows messages about completed jobs o Polled Jobs Shows messages about polled jobs o Errors Shows errors from the Serve
123. ct Inc All Rights Reserved Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files the Software to deal in the Software without restriction including without limitation the rights to use copy modify merge publish distribute sublicense and or sell copies of the Software and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so subject to the following conditions The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE Except as contained in this notice the name of the XFree86 Project shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the XFree86 Project XConsortium CPYRIGHT sgml v 1 2 95 01 16 13 17 39 kaleb Exp Generated from XFree86 xc programs Xserver hw xfree86 doc sgml CPYRIGHT sgml v 3 3 1995 01 28 16 01 20 dawes Exp XFree86 xc progr
124. cted This can be the saved curve assigned to the Media or a selected History item Last Linearised Located top right above the measurement panel Last Linearised displays the date and time the printer media combination was last linearised The display shows the colour coded linearisation patches for each ink channel The patch number and the Dot 96 it represents are listed across the top of the panel Measured Values Density or Lab are shown within each patch If no values are present the Media has not yet been linearised Advanced Options Yule Nielsen Number Enter the YN number if known for the media in use The default is 2 The Yule Nielsen number or N Factor is used to compensate for dot spread on different media types This is basically a fudge factor added to the standard Murray Davis formula used to calculate dot area from a density reading An N Factor of 1 means no compensation is made and just the Murray Davis equation is used An N Factor of 2 seems to work well with most media types As adjustments are made the curve preview on the graph will change showing the effects of the value entered Further information on the Yule Nielsen Number can be found below Maximum Densities Override Enter a value to limit the top end density for each of the process colours The default is 0 no override As adjustments are made the curve preview on the graph will change showing the effects of the value entered Further information on Maxi
125. cted Queue for easy identification e Queue Order Organise the queues into the preferred order or adjust any settings e Joblist View View the queue in Joblist mode This is the same as selecting Show gt Jobs e Publication View View any publications in the queue This is the same as selecting Show gt Publications e PrintGallery View View the jobs as thumbnails This is the same as selecting Show gt Thumbnails e Edit Output Edit the Output and not the job For changes to be effective resubmit the job for printing or rendering depending on the attribute changed e Edit Media Edit the Media the job was processed with For changes to be effective resubmit the job for imaging or rendering depending on the attribute changed Edit Pagesetup Edit the Pagesetup the job was processed with For changes to be effective resubmit the job for imaging or rendering depending on the attribute changed Important Note When editing any of the items from here the queue for all future jobs not just the currently selected job is being edited Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 97 Queue Status The QueueStatus module is a progress meter that shows the current status of active jobs on the selected queue The look and feel can be adjusted for the QueueStatus module and the queue it is monitoring The options are available by right clicking on the window Note Not all options listed are available on all QueueStatus win
126. ctrophotometer When measuring a patch the densities of all four process CMYK colours making up the patch are read The Last Measured panel in the top half of the application window shows the density and dot percentage values for the dominant process colour of the measured patch with the values of the other three colours to the right The values can be recorded and saved to a file if desired Note The Densitometer application is a utility allowing you to use a Densitometer or Spectrophotometer that does not have a display to read values This can be as a one off reading to compare densities or you may want to read values and export them for plotting on a graph There is no requirement to use this for the normal operation of Serendipity Megarip Densitometer Measurement Paper Options e Yule Nielsen Number Enter the YN number for the paper being read if known The default is 2 0 e Densitometer Choose one of the supported instruments from the available list e Instrument Default Density Standard Select the desired density standard from the available list e Activate Deactivate Connect or disconnect the chosen device e Add Add the measured values to the list This appears after the Densitometer has successfully connected To begin measuring 1 Select a Densitometer from the dropdown list and click the Activate button 2 The status field is shown when the device connects without error 3 Follow any instructions when prompted Cal
127. d every time a job is submitted to the same Pagesetup Information Panel This panel displays the settings for the currently selected Pagesetup or Media Submit Options The lower section of the Submit window has the following options available when submitting files Flow Control e Hold After Imaging Check this box to hold the job after the Imaging stage has completed Held jobs can be released to continue processing via the QueueManager toolbar or contextual right click menu e Hold After Rendering Check this box to hold the job after the Rendering stage has completed Held jobs can be released to continue processing via the QueueManager toolbar or contextual right click menu e Nest Submits the jobs for imaging and rendering then on to be nested with other jobs Nesting criteria are defined in the Output for the Pagesetup Media to which the job is sent see Workbench Output for further Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 98 information Note This Nesting function only requires that the Output used has nesting parameters defined The Output itself can have nesting disabled for normal use This allows selected jobs to be nested when submitted while leaving the Output non nesting for normal use e Rotate 90 Rotates the job 90 degrees This will override any rotation settings in a Pagesetup Copies e No of copies field Enter the number of copies of the job to be printed e Copy Lock button Locks the number of copies
128. d patches fall within the A tolerances as defined in the Calcheck Chart A red cross fail is displayed if any patches measure outside the defined tolerances e A Average The average delta of the patches measured in the Calcheck AMaximum The maximum delta measured for any patch in the Calcheck e Ao The standard deviation of the patches from the A Average e Score The relative quality of the printed Calcheck as compared to the reference values Rated from 1 100 Measurements Panel The Measurements panel contains the detailed reference and measurement data for each colour patch in the Calcheck Chart used for the check Colour patches that pass are shown in black those that fail are shown in red The following sort columns are available depending on the Astandards defined in the Calcheck Chart e Name The name of the colour patch e Colour ref A colour swatch of the reference colour in the Calcheck Chart e Colour meas A colour swatch of the measured colour e Lab ref The reference Lab values of the colour patch in the Calcheck Chart e Lab meas The measured Lab values of the colour patch e Ae max The maximum Ae CIE76 CIE94 or CIE2000 tolerance value for the patch as defined in the Calcheck Chart e Ae The measured Ae CIE76 of the colour patch Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 62 CIE94 The measured Ae CIE94 of the colour patch CIE2000 The measured Ae CIE2000 of the colour pat
129. d to A check is performed when the Client is first started and every hour afterwards to see if a backup should be performed The Client must be running for a backup to take place The table below gives a guide as to when a backup would occur in different scenarios Auto Backup Time Client Started Time Backup Performed Monday 2am Monday 9am When Client is started 9am l Tuesday Tuesday 12 30pm Everyday Tuesday i m is EN 12am Midnight 8 20am ea eat eay The following Wed at 11 30pm Thursday 8 30am Sunday 10pm Monday 8am Friday 5pm Wednesday 11pm Edit Menu and Context Menu Options Add to Archive All Select everything or all of a particular data type for e g All Pagesetups Add to Archive Selection Select individual items from the database to add to the Archive Selecting the type for e g Gradation Curves displays a chooser with all the Gradation Curves available to add to the Archive Add to Database Choose to add items from the Archive to the database Add the whole Archive or selected items Remove from Archive Remove the selected items from the Archive Collapse Collapses the selected items if they are expanded Expand Expands selected items if the item contains references denoted by a For example a Pagesetup will contain at least a Media an output and ICC Profiles Expanding the Pagesetup will display the other items connected with it Open Save Close Archive Open save or C
130. dows Some are only available while the job is in progress Cancel Job Cancels the currently active job and is only available when a job is active Job Info Displays info about the currently active job Pause Printing Processing Pauses the queue so no further jobs will process Any job currently active in the queue will finish The text in the window changes to red showing it to be in a paused state Resume Printing Processing Takes a queue out of a paused state so any waiting jobs can be processed Change Queue Choose which queue the status window will show Edit Output Edit the output or create a new one You can only edit if the queue is showing an output If the queue is set to Spooling Auto Detect Imaging or Rendering you can only make a new output Thumbnail Turns on off a mini thumbnail on the printer queues only which gives an indication as to how much of the current job has printed Font Options Change the size of the text Queue Order Select which queues view Selecting this presents a chooser window showing two lists The Available queues on the left and the Showing queues on the right To move queues between lists select one or more and drag from one list to another Alternatively double click to move between lists The order of the queues in the Showing list determines the order of display Queue Order can be used to show multiple Queues in a single QueueStatus window Increase Decrease Indent Increases or de
131. duct documentation would be appreciated but is not required 2 Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such and must not be misrepresented as being the original software 3 This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution Jean loup Gailly and Mark Adler gzip prep ai mit edu madler alumni caltech edu Independent JPEG Group s Copyright The authors make no warranty or representation either express or implied with respect to this software its quality accuracy merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose This software is provided as is and you its user assume the entire risk as to its quality and accuracy This software is copyright 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Thomas G Lane All Rights Reserved except as specified below Permission is hereby granted to use copy modify and distribute this software or portions thereof for any purpose without fee subject to these conditions 1 If any part of the source code for this software is distributed then this README file must be included with this copyright an no warranty notice unaltered and any additions deletions or changes to the original files must be clearly indicated in accompanying documentation Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 119 2 If only executable code is distributed then the accompanying documentation must state that this software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group
132. e Serendipity Megarip and C5 application if necessary M Open in 32 bit mode Locked If the Open in 32 bit mode checkbox does not appear in the Get Info window it will be necessary to reset the Mac OS X Finder 1 Opena Terminal window 2 Type or copy the following command into the screen and hit Enter with no line breaks System Library Frameworks CoreServices framework Versions A Frameworks LaunchServices framework Versio ns A Support lsregister domain local domain user domain system kill r 3 Theabove command will make the Open 32 bit mode option appear in the Get Info window 4 Gotothe Finder window right click Get Info and disable this option for Serendipity Megarip Client and C5 Starting the Server 1 Plugthe dongle into an available USB port 2 Launch the Server by double clicking the Serendipity Megarip file in the installation directory or the shortcut desktop dock icon 9 Serendipity Megarip The Server window will appear showing information about the Server software and the initialisation process will begin Note The Server will not initialise if a recognised dongle is not present on the computer from which it is run If the dongle is removed at any point while the Server is running all job processing will cease and the Server will stop shortly afterwards Once the dongle is reconnected close and restart the Server Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 16 Starting the Client p Once t
133. e amount of ink in the job Hovering over or clicking on an ink key will display the key number and its ink values at the bottom of the information panel Press Settings Shows the values for the currently loaded press Click the box to show or hide the details Press settings used are selected in the Default Press panel of the SoftProof Settings Show Excess Ink Weight Area Display areas exceeding the Maximum Ink Weight setting as defined in the Press configuration Max Ink Key Value Set the size of the ink keys to match your press Ink values are calculated based on the size entered If the size is 100 percentages are displayed Sheet Placement Show the job as positioned on the press sheet defined in the configuration The job can be centered selecting the Centre checkbox or offset from the left X and bottom Y De selecting this displays the whole job in the viewer and changes the ink keys to show total ink amounts for the job Ink Weight Calculator Calculate the amount of ink required to print x number of copies o Print Run Size How many to print o Ink Weight g m Enter the weight of the ink used in grams per square metre o Calculate Based on the values entered for ink weight and print run size the total weight of ink for each colour will be calculated for the loaded job and displayed in the ink value area Contextual right click menu options include Get Info Widget The Get Info icon will display job information
134. e for the display the Client is running on The profiles are used so any colour element viewed on the display is shown as accurately as possible This includes SoftProof and any colour swatch It is recommended the monitor be calibrated and set to the same match profile as is used for the softproofing Pagesetup Resolution Choose the default resolution to use for the eoo Client Settings General Colour Management Application Shortcuts Match Choose Default Match ICC Profile J Resource d v2 eci icc V CMS dithering Monitor 1 Calcheck Managed v Use Native Profile Choose Monitor ICC Profile home mandy 040711 3 icc Resolution Calibration expires Never B 9 Use system setting 93x95 DPI Custom resolution 72 DPI Monitor 2 _ Calcheck Managed MI Use Native Profile 2 Choose Monitor ICC Profile home mandy D 040711 icc Resolution Calibration expires Never Dn 9 Use system setting 99 x 98 DPI Custom resolution 72 DPI Cancel OK monitors This is used in SoftProof for calculating various fit methods Options include o Use System Settings The Client will calculate the system s monitor resolution o Custom Resolution Specify your own resolution o Calibration Expires Set a reminder to popup when a calibration needs updating Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 104 Additional Monitors Specific settings may
135. e pixel of the screen is equal to one pixel of the job This is shown at 100 This view mode has the quickest load time as resampling for scaling is not required e Show Actual Print Size Show the print size of the job e Fit Width Height Fit the job to the height or width of the SoftProof window e 90 CW Rotate the image 90 degrees clockwise e 90 CCW Rotate the image 90 degrees counter clockwise e 180 Rotate the image 180 degrees e Invert Invert negate the image e Mirror Mirror the image e Autocrop Remove any whitespace around a job There must be a completely clear area on any one side of the job e Unsharp Mask Apply an unsharp mask to the image This will affect the edges within the image e Full Screen Switch between full screen mode and window mode e Thumbnails Select the Thumbnails tab within the SoftProof window e Page Index Select the Page Index tab within the SoftProof window e Notes Select the Notes tab within the SoftProof window e Loupe Display a virtual loupe on top of the loaded image The loupe can be resized and magnification level changed if required The current magnification is shown at the bottom of the Loupe 10096 means 1 screen to 1 job pixel Thumbnail Panel The thumbnail panel displays a small image of any jobs currently open in softproof Clicking on the relevant image will switch the SoftProof preview to that window Notes Panel Notes gives users the ability to draw a
136. e print head will need to be cleaned and the chart reprinted o ICC Chart When enabled the printer will print a nozzle check pattern immediately after printing an ICC Target Chart If the pattern is incomplete the print head will need to be cleaned and the chart reprinted Calcheck Settings Specify the Calcheck Chart to be printed when the above Calcheck option is enabled Note The Calcheck Chart will only print if there is a valid Media attached to the Output via the Change Media button If the Calcheck fails during the check the Output will be made inactive automatically Pagesetup Select the Pagesetup to use when processing the Calcheck Chart maintenance option Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 36 Pagesetup A Pagesetup consists of many configurable modules to manipulate a job for the desired output This is where the Input Screening and ICC Profiles Render Effects Colour Keys and other Colour Management options are setup Output e Change Output Selects the Output method and assigns its configured properties to the Pagesetup e Change Media Select the default Media settings and assign its properties to the Pagesetup If a job is submitted to the Pagesetup without a specific Media the job will output using these default Media settings e Output Settings O O Output Antialiasing Choose from 2x2 3x3 4x4 or None Antialiasing is designed to smooth jagged edges and is used when the Outpu
137. e status ina ME e Increase Inset Increases the gap between the list items ee e Decrease Inset Decreases the gap between the list items e Font Options Change the size of the text AOO ClusterStatus admin golem swdevel serendipity software com au 9100 De DropZone A DropZone is a place where you can drag and drop files for processing The user selects Pagesetups Pagesetup Pools or the Studio application Asset queue to add to the DropZone as a DropSpot These DropSpots accept the same file formats as the DropFolder Postscript PDF JPEG TIFF Image Serendipity Blackmagic Image EPS PNG PSD The available contextual menu options are Add DropSpot Select one or more Pagesetups Media to add to the AOOO DropZone admin golem swdevel serendipity software com au 9 DropZone Selecting this displays a chooser window showing all available Pagesetups Media e Add Asset DropSpot Adds a DropSpot for the Asset queue Assets are Epson 7900 NEW Epson 7900HTM then manually laid out nested and printed using the Studio application see Applications Studio for more information Q e Reorder DropSpots Displays a reorder window Select one or more DropSpots in the list and drag them to a new location or use the up and down arrow keys to move the position Click OK when finished e Increase DropSpot Inset Increases the size of the DropSpot e Decrease DropSpot Inset Decreases
138. earisation Chart Choose which Patch Percentages using the numbered buttons Total number of s 95 se s7 98 99 100 patches selected is displayed o Restore Defaults Restore the patch selection to the default 23 patches per css channel e Use Lab Toggles between Density and Lab measurement modes Lab mode for linearisation is required for printers with built in Spectrophotometers e Measure Patches Initialises the connected Spectrophotometer Follow any instructions in the status bar to measure the chart e Submit Linearisation Save the data in the Measurement panel to the Media being linearised A popup will request a name for the curve Note The Customise Patches and Use Lab options are new to Megarip Version 5 If viewing curves loaded from a Version 4 x or earlier database the options will be unavailable until the Update Legacy Curves option is selected from the Measurement panel contextual menu see below There is no need to update Version 4 curves if the printer is performing satisfactorily However there have been significant improvements made to the Lineariser so it is worth considering re linearising with Version 5 Available Media This panel displays a list of available Media Select a Media to view its current linearisation curves and data or to linearise a new Media Any changes made are applied to the currently selected Media Linearisation History Shows a list of all the l
139. ecified that number of jobs will nest and the remaining jobs will stay waiting to nest until the criteria is met again e Media Width Specify the media width This is required for nesting to work e Gap Between Jobs Enter the size of the gap between jobs in the nest e Minimum Total Height Specify the minimum total height of a nest i e if the combined height of the jobs waiting to nest reaches this value nesting will begin e Maximum Total Height Specify the maximum total height of a nest i e if the combined height of the jobs waiting to nest reaches this value nesting will begin Note If a Maximum Height is set the Nesting algorithm will look at all the jobs waiting to nest and fit the most jobs between the minimum and maximum heights If the available jobs can not cover the defined Paper Coverage if set of paper without exceeding the maximum height jobs will not nest If no Paper Coverage minimum is set any job that would make the nest exceed the maximum height will be left in the queue the other jobs will be nested Any single job exceeding the Maximum Height will also not print If a job is too large either the nesting parameters and or the printing media but be changed This makes it possible to effectively and efficiently nest using Cut Sheet media Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 35 Maintenance The Maintenance panel allows Megarip to be configured to automatically perform printer maintenance functi
140. ed or saved to a file The system creates a database of all configurations calibration curves and other settings This database can be backed up on demand or automatically so a working copy is always available It can be copied to any other Serendipity Megarip as a whole database or as individual items This applies to any output characteristics Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 6 Installation The installation section describes the process for each platform in turn The software is supplied on one DVD for Mac OS X Linux and Windows versions All versions come with a dongle and require a dongle driver be installed Existing installations of the software are given the opportunity to upgrade preserving any existing configurations What s on the DVD The DVD contains all elements required to run Serendipity Megarip and associated programs They are dividded into directories detailed below e Docs Contains all documentation e Dongle Contains the dongle drivers for Linux MacOSX and Windows e Drivers Contains the Megarip PPDs for all supported platforms e Extras Contains additional components and print drivers loaded as part of the install process e HTML Contains the information required for the web browser install This automatically launches the default browser for installation to begin e Linux Contains the Serendipity Megarip and AppleTalk installation packages for Linux e MacOSX Contains the
141. ed for configuration maintenance and monitoring of the Serendipity Megarip Server The Client can be installed and run locally on the same machine or from any supported computer on the network using TCP IP protocol There is no limit to the number of Clients that can be connected to the Server and each Client will have its own settings specific to the user Once installed the Client connects to a Megarip Server and loads the settings from the Server into the Client interface Any Client can access the job management information and view the current status The configuration can be open to all users or protected via Secure Mode which allocates specific access for created users and user groups For more information on how to setup access see the Secure Mode section of the manual Look and Feel There is a common theme and functionality to the Client There are many ways to complete the same task such as configuring a Pagesetup from the QueueManager Various options are available using the right mouse click to bring up other contextual menus This will vary depending upon the section of the Client interface being used Anywhere there is a chooser to select an item from the database a search field will be indicated by a magnifying glass Entering text in the search fields filters the list Showing only the matching items The search can be inverted with CMD SHIFT I Mac or CTRL SHIFT I Win to hide the matching items The search box will turn bla
142. ed in separate SoftProof windows If disabled each job viewed will appear in a tab running along the top of the same SoftProof window If a job is dragged and dropped into SoftProof from the QueueManager it will replace any open image in the viewing window selected e Status Bar Size Select the size of the status bar text from Small Medium or Large e Rulers Show or hide the rulers Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 84 e Scrollbars Show or hide the scrollbars On Load e Honour Embedded ICC Profiles When enabled this will honour any embedded ICC profiles when viewing the image in SoftProof e Rotation Control the orientation of jobs when they first load The option None leaves the job in its imaged or rendered orientation e Zoom Level Select the default zoom setting All fitting zoom modes calculate the size based on the monitor resolution This is set in the Colour Management tab of the Client Settings Publications e Enable Pager Thumbnail Enable or disable the thumbnail viewer when viewing a publication When enabled a thumbnail of the page appears when the mouse pointer hovers over the page number box e Back Page Rotation Set a default rotation for a back page when using the option Show Back Page see Publications Widget above e Resampling Algorithm Set the resampling algorithm for jobs as they are viewed in SoftProof e Screening LPI Enter the desired value for screen rul
143. ed to enter any Ink Limiting as the plates are separated so there is no mixing of 2 3 and 4 inks Linearisation As Screen Printing mode prints only Black separations the creation of a simple Linearisation Gradation Curve to be applied to the Media is all that is required The Linearisation Curve can be created in one of two ways Method 1 Using the Lineariser application and a supported Spectrophotometer 1 Open the Lineariser application 2 Select the Media used for screen printing and print a chart for the Spectrophotometer to read Only the Black channel patches will be printed and measured 3 Measure the values using a connected instrument and save the chart 4 The linearisation curve will be automatically assigned to the selected Media Check this by viewing the Media in the Workbench to make sure the curve is assigned to the configuration See Applications gt Lineariser for more information Method 2 Manually Creating a Linearisation Curve 1 Select the Gradation Curve data type in the Workbench Create a new Gradation Curve selecting the screen printing Media to be used 3 Edit the Gradation Curve by selecting the Black curve Click on the curve and drag it to the desired shape adding more curve points if required 4 Save the Gradation Curve 5 Select the screen printing Media in the Workbench and assign the Gradation Curve using the Linearisation LUT button in the Colour Correction panel P Summary The ab
144. ed to the currently selected Press MDC NR Hovering the mouse pointer over the cross or tick shows a tooltip when Tooltips are enabled displaying information including e The ICC Profile used by the monitor normally created using the Displays EC Me f Created 7 09 11 1 09 PM application Calibrate option Expires Never e The Calcheck Chart assigned to the Press Camera Settings currently used in gpp See SoftProof and the current Calcheck Status of the monitor Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 81 Click on the Tick Cross to popup a menu with the following options Calibrate Calcheck monitor MediaWedgeV3 lSOcoated V2 eci Fogra39 e Calibrate Begin calibration of the monitor using the current settings and Spectrophotometer assigned in the Displays application When calibration is complete select an appropriate name for the ICC profile and click OK to save e Calcheck Chart Name Begin a Calcheck of the monitor using the Calcheck Chart assigned to the current Press settings The pass fail status may change as a result of the check Detailed results can be viewed in the History area of the Displays application Tools e Pan Navigate around the image by clicking and dragging the job around the screen e Zoom Zoom in or out of the job Clicking the mouse zooms twice the current percentage factor SHIFT Click will zoom out half the percentage factor Click and drag over an area to zoom it e
145. ee More Less info shows or hides valid dongle options including the versions of the current drivers e Quit Quit the Server application Listening for client connections on port 9100 Uptime 00 00 02 Stop server Speed 662 62 File Menu Options e Stop Server Stops the Server from running without quitting Serendipity Megarip e Start Server Starts the Server if it is in a stopped state e Restart Server Restarts the Server e Update Dongle Allows users administrators to update the dongle with activation codes to enable various input and output licenses See the Dongle Updater section for further information e Close Closes the window If the Server is running you are warned and asked to confirm Server shutdown Startup Options e Start Server on Launch The Server will start once the application is launched e Restart Server On Crash Restarts the Server automatically after a crash e Start as Cluster Node Starts the Server as a Cluster Node to be used by another Megarip Server for imaging and rendering tasks Important Do not use this option before reading further information in the Applications Clustering section of this manual e Start in Safe Mode This option starts the Server but ceases all job processing tasks Safe Mode is used for maintenance in the event a Pagesetup or other database item is corrupted or functioning incorrectly Once maintenance is complete the Server will need to be restarted in nor
146. el is used to define the print size of the media be it a roll or sheet The height length does not necessarily need to be entered for roll sheet media The Layout area will automatically adjust the sheet guide length when assets are placed if a width has been entered e Page Size Select a pre configured page size from the dropdown menu or enter custom dimensions e Width The width of the media being used for printing e Height The height length of the media being used for printing Frame Canvas Wrap Marker This section of the Property panel displays options for the currently selected frame The frame and contained asset can be edited from within this panel the Canvas Wrap style can be applied to the frame and edited or various markers may be generated for use Frame e Left The offset distance of the frame from the left guideline Offset is measured from the top left corner of the frame e Top The offset distance of the frame from the top guideline Offset is measured from the top left corner of the frame e Width The width of the frame e Height The height of the frame e Lock Button Locks the current proportions of the frame size if resized along one dimension The locked proportions are overridden by free resizing with the mouse within the Layout area Frames can be unlocked and resized to any required dimension e Cropmarks Enable this to add cropmarks to the selected frame The cropmarks will appear when viewing
147. em Settings or Preferences for the Megarip Server Connect to Server Select a Megarip Server to connect to on the available network Resume Pause Processing Allows users to pause or resume all job processing and print queues Queues pause after completion of the current task Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 24 Accounts Admin Allows an authorised administrator to create modify and manage user accounts and groups Chatterbox Chat to other users connected to the same Server with this option The Chatterbox window will display the Clients connected to the Server A nickname may be entered in the Client Settings otherwise the machine name is used If the users name cannot be selected the user has selected the Away option and is not available Broadcast Message This allows messages to be sent to all users connected with a Client to the same Server Selecting the Broadcast option displays a message window to type into and send The message is displayed on the users window for a short time and will automatically dismiss if it is not acknowledged by clicking OK Download PPD Download the Megarip PPD from the Server to the desired location This saves having to get the PPD from the disk Use the PPD when installing a local printer When installed the Megarip PPD Postscript Printer Description is selected as the printer driver when setting up a Megarip Published Pagesetup as a print destination for third party applications Windo
148. ements fish black line size for Studio screenshots ipex posters Peter To Test Proofs Landscape A3 Proofs Landscape A4 Proofs Portrait A3 template something Template with Tiling Untitled Untitled 002 Untitled 003 Untitled 004 warranty A4 Templates can be created from existing asset files or by using the Step and Repeat function within Studio Both methods are outlined below Templates saved when in Tiling Mode do not save the tiling setup only the frame placement for the asset Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 94 To create a template from submitted asset files e Select Submit menu gt Files as Assets e Navigate and select any files to use in Studio Once the assets appear in the Asset queue Asset panel they may be used e Drag and drop an asset into the Layout area e Adjust the size and properties for the frame The frame may be copied and pasted into the Layout area for quick duplication of properties or the Step and Repeat function Frame menu Step and Repeat can be used e Save the nest layout when complete This will not save the images within the frames only the frames and their placement in the Layout area The saved template will appear in the Template Library list with the name Untitled Click the text to rename as required e To load the template double click the name An empty frame set of the nest will appear ready to accept any asset fi
149. ems Commonly used types are Apple MPEG4 and H 264 avc1 Increasing the quality setting also increases the file size This is also true for the keyframes The more keyframes the better the quality but the larger the file size Trial and error will provide the desired result e Render Queue Thumbnails View the Rendered thumbnails in rather than the default Imaged thumbnails Page Index Panel The Page Index displays a numbered box for each page making up the loaded Publication It allows for direct navigation to any page by clicking on it The page boxes are colour coded Light Green indicates the pages are loaded into the FlipBook and can be viewed These show as dark E green when selected Purple indicates there are duplicate pages ie they have the same publication name and page p 3 numbers Dark purple indicates the pages are selected k 3 A 4 5 Clicking on these pages will select and view the alternative page di zm f l 1 22 19532 GOLF TEXT job IMPOSITION Page 7 2 3 19532 GOLF TEXT job Page 007 IMPOSITION 07 Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 73 Light Red indicates the page is not in the FlipBook This occurs when there are other pages 116 117 greater than the numbers displayed This could be due to the imposition signature not yet being rendered As they render simply reload the publication to update the pages The status colours are updated whenever Reload Publication is
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151. eneral tab Secure Mode can only be activated or deactivated by an administrator a member of the Admin group Configuration Panels Users Panel The fields within the Users panel are e Name The username of the account This is case sensitive e User ID This is a numerical ID assigned automatically but may be changed by the administrator e Password Verify The password is entered and stored here New passwords must be verified by entering the details in each field The password is also case sensitive e Permission The level of permission for the user is created here Click Edit to make changes to the user read write execute permissions e Email Enter the users email address here e Comment Allows the administrator to enter a note on the particular user account if necessary e Group dropdown Assign a user group to the user account e User Privileges Privileges other than those in the user s group can be added here Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 101 Notifications Select which email notifications the user is to receive by clicking the icon or remove any via the icon Notifications are available for Job Spooling failure Job Autodetection failure Job Imaging Rendering failure Job Printing failure Dongle removal Server Crash Media Remaining warnings and Software Updates available To create a User 1 p qe Sa m M Click the icon in the bottom left of the window To delete a
152. ently selected frames to the Clipboard Copy Copy the currently selected frames to the Clipboard Paste Pastes the frames in the Clipboard to the Layout area Paste is centred at the current mouse pointer position Delete Assets Deletes any selected assets from the Studio application and the Asset Queue Create Crosshair SHIFT 1 Create a frame containing a configurable crosshair in the Layout area Click on the box within the Property panel to view further options Create Horizontal Line SHIFT 2 Create a frame containing a configurable horizontal line in the Layout area Click on the box within the Property panel to view further options Create Vertical Line SHIFT 3 Create a frame containing a configurable vertical line in the Layout area Click on the m box within the Property panel to view further options Create Colour Box SHIFT 4 Create a frame containing a configurable colour in the Layout area Click on the box within the Property panel to view further options Note For all Create options a 1x1inch frame will appear at the current mouse pointer position if using the shortcut keys If selected from the menu the frame will appear in the centre of the current Layout view Special Characters Displays a character map for selecting any special text characters or symbols Frame Menu Bring to Front Move the selected frame to the front top layer of the layout Bring Forward Move the selected fr
153. equired If the Master is busy processing p another job the job can be sent to the fastest available node The node processes the job and once completed sends it back to the Master It is then ready to accept another job Nodes can be LE installed on any machine on the network Running a Cluster Node requires a separate Megarip dongle If extra Megarip dongles are available any Server can act as a node if it is started as a Cluster Node see The Megarip Server section for more information Note In this mode the Server can only be used as a Node slave for another Server It is recommended that the database be backed up and job queues cleared before a Megarip Server is started as a Cluster Node This avoids any conflicts with existing job IDs or settings Master Panel This panel displays information about the Master Server machine e Product The Serendipity Megarip software in use e Version The Server software version e Hostname The network name of the Master Server e IP Address The network IP address of the Server e Speed The relative speed of the Server calculated by Megarip e Processors The number of CPUs in the Server machine e Platform The operating system kernel version of the software e Process Imaging Rendering Schedule Last Check whether the Master Server is to perform any Imaging or Rendering Jobs The Schedule Last option allows nodes to have priorit
154. er and the Serendipity Client If the installation location was not changed the existing database should appear once the Server and Client have restarted reformatted and intact in the Workbench The Client should open with the previous versions configuration If the installation location was changed or in the event the existing database is not complete the database backup needs to be imported using the Archives application To import an existing database backup 1 2 6 Open the Archives application from the Serendipity Client Application menu In Archives select File menu gt Open Archive Navigate to and select the saved backup archive sdb file Click Open The archive will open in the Archives window and display all database items from the previously backed up configuration Once the archive has loaded select Edit menu gt Add to Database gt Whole Archive This will import the entire database Alternatively choose individual items to import from the list and select Edit menu gt Add to Database gt Selected Nodes The database items will be imported and appear in the Workbench for use For further information on Archives and backing up databases see the Archives section of this manual Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 13 Linux Upgrading to Version 5 3 Archiving Current Installations To Archive a Database 1 Runthe existing Megarip Server and Serendipity Client a mtus 2 G
155. es Installing Serendipity Megarip 1 Navigate to the windows folder on the installation DVD 2 Run the file Serendipity Megarip pkg 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation Important Note Before starting the software after installation see the Running the Software section Mac OS X only Creating Dock Start Icons To make it easy to start the Server and Client it is recommended you create a Dock shortcut To do this 1 Runthe Megarip Server and Client applications from the installation location 2 Once the Server and Client icons appear in the dock right click or CTRL click the mouse and select Keep in Dock from the menu 3 Alternatively drag the Server and Client icons directly onto the Dock before they have been launched 4 Toremove the Dock icons drag them off the Dock onto the desktop and release Once the installation has finished proceed to the Running the Software section of this manual Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 9 Linux Installation Installing the Dongle Driver The first step is to install the dongle driver To install 1 Remove all SuperPro USB dongles 2 Navigate to the dongle linux folder on the installation DVD 3 Double click the sntl sud 7 5 1 0 1386 rpm file to install the driver Installing Serendipity Megarip Important Note Before installing on a Linux x64 operating system please ensure the following 1686 32 bit libraries are installed e
156. es Per Strip Specify how many patches are printed per line allowing the use of existing target standards such as the Fogra Media Wedge Spectrophotometer The Spectrophotometer gives users the ability to use one of the supported online instruments to measure colours directly into the Calcheck Chart To measure colours 1 Selectan instrument from the dropdown menu and click on Activate The device must be connected and turned on 2 Follow the on screen instructions as some devices require calibration before measuring When complete click the Turn Off button 4 If Lab text is selected a prompt to choose a file to import will appear The format must be Lab values space or tab delimited and no header information ad Note If importing characterisation data from one of the ICC profile packages or colour standards use the Import Patches From Files option Patches This section of the Calcheck Chart window displays the patches in the a set Each patch shows its respective colour name and Lab values There 61 62 18 9 2195 6 00 68 16 13 02 14 24 3 00 is also a patch type and the tolerances for each standard The tolerances a 53 22 44 38 0 48 3 00 are assigned when the patches are created or imported and are based on 57 68 36 88 1 58 600 65 10 25 08 1 35 6 00 the settings on the left 7682722136 600 81 68 0 01 3 00 6 00 77 73 3 08 47 98 3 00 A tolerance setting can be altered by se
157. esetup Pool as a Bonjour Zeroconf network destination for Mac OS X and Linux This option also publishes the Pagesetup Pool as an AppleTalk destination where the Pagesetup Pool name is used as the printer name Note When adding a new printer through System Preferences on Mac OS X select the Bonjour address pagesetup pool name computer name as the printer and Serendipity Megarip PPD as the driver Windows Choose to publish the Pagesetup Pool as a Windows local printer port destination See the Serendipity Software website for details on how to create the Windows printer gt N e TCP Port Choose to publish the Pagesetup Pool to a TCP Port allowing it to be setup as an IP printer destination or as a destination for other Serendipity Megarip Servers O Activate Port Number Enter the TCP port number the Pagesetup Pool will publish to It is necessary for the port number to be 10000 or over and for each Pagesetup Pool to have a unique port Note When adding a new printer through System Preferences on Mac OS X select IP printer HP Jetdirect Socket for the protocol The address should be in this form computername 10063 Select Serendipity Megarip as the driver When adding a new printer through Windows Select Create a New Port Standard TCP IP Port Enter the computer s network name in the Host ID field When Windows requests additional info for the port select Custom Settings Rename the Port Name if desired Set t
158. et s native proportions and resizes Resize is anchored at the opposing edge or corner of the frame Left click Drag Mac OS X users Snaps the frame proportions to the asset s native proportions and resizes Resize is anchored at the opposing edge or corner of the frame Cropping Assets Cropping mode is activated or deactivated by double clicking anywhere within a frame containing an asset image When active the asset is separated from the frame and appears with an orange border The cropping frame will have a green border Either the frame or the asset itself can be selected and moved to the desired spot for cropping Double clicking the box after placement will show how the asset will be cropped If the crop box is resized larger than the asset within see cropping example the space around the asset will also be printed to the size of the entire frame Asset before and after cropping Submitting a Nest or Tiles The menu option Studio Print opens a Submit Chooser window to send the manual nest to a Pagesetup and a Media If tiling mode is active this option will change to Print Tiles Cloaking and Nesting with Large Format Flatbed Devices One of Studio s primary functions is the laying out of jobs for print using large format flatbed printers When activated the cloaking feature locks images and frames after they have been submitted as a nest to the printer Cloaked images appear shadowed in the Layout area see ex
159. et the job again After the imaging process has completed the job is passed to the rendering engine This takes the Imaged File and creates the file ready for output The process includes applying any output characteristics such as orientation cropping colour management ICC Profiles and creation of the configured format whether for an Inkjet printer or a file format such as PDF The Imaged File can be rendered as many times as desired Each time any of the output characteristics can be changed prior to rendering Once the job is rendered it is submitted for printing to the output device or file format Multiple output queues can be created and multiple devices can be printed to simultaneously Most of the output devices supported use a direct printer driver and therefore the Server has more control of options such as selecting specific media and printing directions The Client monitors the whole process from start to finish showing a jobs progress in a QueueManager and QueueStatus window Jobs can be managed separately by placing a job on hold releasing a job cancelling or promoting as desired The processes queues can be paused at any time holding all jobs from spooling imaging rendering or printing If a job fails the error can be examined rectified and the job retried There are logs reporting all Server and Client functionality and job information from first detection on the RIP to final output The logs can be searched filter
160. f the window To delete a group click the icon Enter a name in the Name field To add privileges click the icon in the Group Privileges panel A list will appear to the left with all available items To add highlight the privilege and click the icon at the top right of the window When finished adding privileges click the X in the middle of the right edge of the panel to close the window Click Apply to save any changes to the group or Revert to cancel Assigning Users to a Group Users are assigned to the groups via the Users panel Users i Groups po eus Once the user group has been created click on the Users panel Select the User Name from the list of users Select the Group to assign the user to from the Groups dropdown menu Click Apply to save any changes or Revert to cancel Important Note A user can only be assigned to one User Group at a time If extra privileges are required these must be assigned against the user via the Users panel Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 102 Hosts Panel The Hosts panel allows for the configuration of automatic Client logins for selected host computers or network IP addresses when using Secure Mode Users igi Groups Hosts Name Test Host Test Hostname IP 192 168 0 30 The fields available are Name Enter a name for the Host setup Hostname IP Enter the Hostname or IP address of the computer the user will automatically connect to
161. file The profile will be saved as the operating system native ICC profile for the display and will appear as the Native Profile in Serendipity Client Preferences Colour Management see System Settings for more information Save Profile Opens a file chooser as above to save or rename the ICC profile Information Panel Appears while the ICC profile is being generated showing the progress and final results of the calibration process Calcheck The Calcheck function displays Calcheck status summaries for all attached monitors as compared to the values defined in the Calcheck Chart assigned to the SoftProof Default Press and Camera setting Clicking on the Calcheck header allows users to quickly view whether a display is currently calibrated for softproofing a particular Press or Camera profile See Applications SoftProof or Workbench Press for details Note If a Calcheck summary is blank this means No Calcheck data exists for the monitor That the current Calcheck for the monitor was measured against a different Calcheck Chart than the one assigned to the SoftProof Default Press or No Calcheck Chart has been assigned to the default Press 2 ng 1 EE SoftProof W Default Press Press E Auto SoftProof Press Calcheck Chart ISOcoated v2 eciF39 Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 69 The top section of the display area shows e SoftProof The currently selected Default Press or
162. g e Rulers Turn rulers on or off The rulers will appear in the Loupe window with measurement units displayed The rulers are centered or at the mouse pointer location if held over the Loupe window Loupe Options Screened Pixel Readout The Loupe is moved around the SoftProof by left click and holding to drag it Screening LPI 150 The Loupe can be resized by clicking on the button with 3 lines see image and E Loupe To Mouse dragging outwards The mouse scroll wheel will also increase decrease the Loupe size when the mouse is positioned over the window Rulers A number of display and control options are available via the buttons at the bottom of the Loupe window e button Click to increase the zoom factor of the Loupe The zoom factor is displayed at the bottom centre of the Loupe Note 100 the resolution at which the proof was originally imaged i e 1 screen pixel is 1 job pixel e button Click to decrease the zoom factor of the Loupe e Spanner Opens the Loupe Options window e Eye Displays the HUD Heads Up Display showing the CMYK dot percentages at the centered crosshair or within the average percentage box If the image is RGB the relevant R G and B values will be displayed SoftProof Menu Options File Menu e Open Files Load an image file directly into SoftProof Supported file types are Canon RAW format CRW JPEG PNG PPM Serendipity Blackmag
163. g database integrity Serendipity server Thu Jul 23 12 34 44 2009 Thu Jul 23 12 34 44 2009 Serendipity server Initialising web server Serendipity server Initialising rendering engine Disk usage Serendipity Megarip Disk Used Total Path Spool 46 37GB 595 85GB Applications Serendipity Megarip V5 Serendipity Megarip spoo Queues Log File Print 46 37GB 595 85GB Applications Serendipity Megarip V5 Serendipity Megarip raster System Info ProdTemp eb 46 37GB 595 85GB Applications Serendipity Megarip V5 Serendipity Megarip tmp Support OSTemp wem 46 37GB 595 85GB Applications Serendipity Megarip V5 Serendipity Megarip tmp Drop 46 37GB 595 85GB Applications Serendipity Megarip V5 Serendipity Megarip drop Product info System info Choose this to display information about the system ProductName Serendipity Megarip version 5 0 Build 21029 Product Created Jul 22 2009 13 17 22 ProductType NFR not for resale Hostname golem swdevel serendipity software com au Operating system Darwin 9 7 0 i386 Dore e MR Product Info Licensed Modules available printers and input filters Licensed modules fenilsbla Printers and Available Destinations are shown Canon BJC 8500 Rev 3 04 Canon imagePROGRAF W6400 W8400 Rev 1 07 Canon iPF5000 iPF8000 iPF9000 Rev 1 07 Canon iPF510 iPF610 iPF710 Rev 1 01 Canon W8200 Rev 1 04 DoubleProof SpinJet 5000 Rev 1 07 Encad NovaJet Generic Rev 2 0 Epson Stylus
164. g window for jobs a left visual menu with icons and a right panel containing icons for various effects tools zoom levels and job navigation Navigation Thumbnail This thumbnail shows the entire image loaded for softproofing The area currently shown in the main viewing area is represented by a rectangle on the thumbnail Mouse over and left click to view a new area of the proof Status Bar This bar shows the information about the currently loaded proof the SoftProof Press Setting and the current calibration status of the monitor in relation to the Press Setting see Applications Displays for more information on screen calibration SoftProof Nested job 19078 Printed preview 50 w Auto Softproof Camera The left of the bar displays e Jobname Original Printed Preview and current zoom level The right of the bar displays e Current Press or Camera settings along with the Embedded ICC Profile for the image if applicable Use the tick box to override the currently selected Press or Camera profile and enable the embedded ICC Profile Clicking on the Press or Camera profile button will popup a menu with the option to choose another Press Camera setting if available E wW Auto Softproof Camera When Calcheck Managed is enabled see Client Settings the far right of the status bar will sRGB V4 ICC display a red cross or green tick noting whether the current SoftProof display has passed a Calcheck against the Chart assign
165. he Default icon at the top of the Add Printer window Choose the Pagesetup from the Printer Name list The Pagesetup will be listed as Kind Bonjour and named Pagesetup name computer name Print Using If you have installed the Serendipity Printer Drivers the Print Using field should auto fill to show Serendipity Megarip a If the Serendipity Printer Drivers have not been installed cancel the printer setup and install the drivers as per the above instructions b If the field does not auto fill choose Select Printer Software E CUIU Laserjet c nr vul reuzaumn HP Color LaserJet CP2025dn 1BAB6F HP Color LaserJet CP2025dn tangelo swdevel serendipity softwa HP Color LaserJet CP2025dn old HP LaserJet 3030 e EEG GG 43 c a uv 2 a g gc coCcCDOUUOGCA 580550050415 StylusPro7900 1586F0 Name Megarip Bonjour Pagesetup Location Serendipity Megarip Print Using Serendipity Megarip B More Printers Add D OC Print amp Fax gt shown Q from the dropdown menu A list of available Mac OS X system printer drivers will popup Either scroll down the list and select Serendipity Megarip or type Serendipity in the filter field and select Serendipity Megarip Click Add Name Enter the desired name for the printer It should be named to be easily recognisable as a Published Pagesetup and or the particular Pagesetup being published Click Add to add the new prin
166. he Media Check Media Select a Media to be measured This options assumes a Calcheck Chart for the Media has been printed It immediately opens a window to select the chart for measuring and initiates measurement on the selected Spectrophotometer On completion results are saved to the Media and previously calchecked Media will be updated Load Job Select from a list of previously calchecked Jobs sitting in the QueueManager Once loaded complete results of the job s last Calcheck are displayed A new chart can be printed and or new measurements taken and the results updated to the Job Info Check Job Select any job currently in the QueueManager to be measured This option assumes a Calcheck Chart for the job has been printed It immediately opens a window to select the chart for measuring and initiates measurement on the selected Spectrophotometer On completion results are saved to the Job Info and previously calchecked jobs will be updated Print Label Print a summary label of the currently displayed Calcheck results to a system printer Print Report Print a Calcheck report on the job media or choose r ET to save as a PDF Epeon7000 Semig 70 7201 440 leb 2 00 00 0 17 AM Page Setup Allows the user to configure the label printing properties for the Print Label option above Show Graph Displays a representational graph of the Ae for each patch of the currently loaded Calcheck result Checkboxes toggle pass fail views Results
167. he Protocol to Raw and the Port Number to the one set in the Pagesetup Pool to be published Select Serendipity Megarip as the driver If the driver is not already installed choose Have Disk and get the driver megarip inf from the Serendipity Installation DVD found in the drivers win OS Version directory PUR E gt e Flow Control Select whether to hold the submitted file after Imaging or Rendering in order to prioritise jobs or make rendering attribute changes before releasing Options include O Hold After Imaging Hold jobs submitted to the Published Pagesetup Pool after imaging has completed Held jobs can be released to continue processing via the QueueManager toolbar or contextual right click menu Hold After Rendering Hold jobs submitted to the Published Pagesetup Pool after rendering has completed Held jobs can be released to continue processing via the QueueManager toolbar or contextual right click menu Nest When enabled this option will nest jobs submitted to the Published Pagesetup Pool according to the criteria defined in the Output used by the Pagesetup Media Note The Nest function only requires that the Output used has nesting parameters defined The Output itself can have nesting disabled for normal use This makes it possible to create multiple nesting or non nesting Published Pagesetup Pools to print via the same Output Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 43 Job Queuing Control the w
168. he Server has completed initialisation the Client can be opened k gt Serendipity Client 1 Launch the Client by double clicking the Serendipity Client file in the installation directory or the shortcut desktop dock icon The Client will connect to the active Server and display the default monitoring system Jobs on screen From this point configuration of the system or loading a pre configured setup can be done 2 Choose Serendipity Client Menu gt System Settings 3 Selectthe Client tab General tab and choose your language under Internationalisation English is the default 4 Click OK to dismiss the System Settings window and apply the changes A restart of the Client Application is required if the language settings are changed Manual Client Configuration This section will explain how to setup a basic configuration in order to print a file to a printer and monitor the job throughout the process For detailed information on specific modules mentioned see the relevant sections of the user manual The default monitoring application Jobs opens with a factory standard layout including the QueueManager Thumbnail and QueueStatus modules System queues Image Render Asset Spool and AutoDetect will be displayed in the QueueManager Specific queues will need to be configured for the abovementioned process There are three 3 sections within the Client that require configuration in order to begin processing jobs to the pri
169. he job s Job L Se eee EE 29 20 28 08 15 04 30 56 30 41 14 47 6 EE EE lt 2 2202 402A 54 27 2252 SNIS 6 Info see below The Calcheck application is made up of a Summary Panel Measurements Panel and a Device Spectrophotometer dropdown menu Summary Panel This panel is viewed by selecting the left cross tick button at the top right of the Calcheck window It displays Summary information about the completed Calcheck This information is also available for view within the MediaStatus module the Calcheck Info section of a Media or the Job Info window of jobs that have been calchecked The following information is displayed e The panel title shows the Calcheck Chart used for the check e AAll Ae AH AC These buttons switch between summaries of the respective A standards The buttons available depend on which A standards are defined in the chart for the Calcheck The Ae summary values listed are CIE76 by default This can be changed to CIE94 or CIE2000 by setting either as the measurement standard in the Calcheck Chart e Job Media The Job or Media being calchecked The field displays N A if a Calcheck is done without assigning a Job or Media to it e Date The date and time the Calcheck was completed e ACyan AMagenta AYellow ABlack AGray APaper The A values for the significant CMYK process gray and paper substrate patches are displayed here e Pass Fail Displays a green tick pass if all the measure
170. he single page selected Disabling this option enables the following o Show Back Page Display the reverse side of a page through the page currently loaded as if the final print was being held up to the light The Back Page Opacity setting in the Press Settings controls the amount of show through o Show Page Spread View the spread of the selected page for example pages 2 and 3 as a spread Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 82 Ink Keys Widget The Ink Keys icon will display the Ink Key Viewer containing the loaded image in the SoftProof window At the bottom of the window will be a series of ink keys Colour bars give a graphical display of the proportion of each ink contained within the job across the keys For each key selected the relative percentage of ink for each of the plates is shown An information panel runs down the right side of the window The top of 0 023 the panel shows information about the currently loaded Press Settings Job view and placement can be changed and ink weight can be calculated for any job 0 0269 Colour checkboxes Positioned above the image these show the inks or plates used in the job Clicking on one will turn the others off and leave the ticked colour on SHIFT Click allows for multi selection of colours Double click to show all Ink Keys The keys at the bottom of the window show the inks selected to be viewed on a graph The scale of the graph varies depending on th
171. heck for more cyan 102 68 information psi v This panel displays the current Calcheck calibration status of the Media with Nia Black Ae 0 48 Average Ae 2 16 Gray Se 0 00 Maximum Ae 4 93 c Ae 1 12 the following information displayed ee scone 7257 Chart The Calcheck Chart used for verification Date The date and time of the Calcheck Score An internal calcheck rating from 1 to 100 AE AH and AC tabs show the following data for each of the standards if measured Usage A Cyan A Magenta A Yellow A Black AGray A Paper Pass or Fail As designated by a green tick or red cross A Average AMaximum AStandard Deviation Usage Used 1 26 m of 1 50 m 84 The Usage panel shows the amount of media used based on the values Logged Period 22 05 09 350 PM 25 05 09 9 43 AM entered for Media Length above Printed 13 Jobs 423437 47 mm Usage Meter Bar showing the amount of media used Text under the bar shows the exact amount as Used X Units of Total Units percentage 96 Logged Period Time period date and time from and to the Media has been tracked since the last reset Printed Number of jobs and total printed area of jobs tracked since the last reset Reset Counter Reset the usage count for the Media Colour Correction There are three 3 options for use to manipulate or fine tune the colour to achieve the desired results Correction LUT Select a Correction LUT to be applied in the
172. hoose a printer port 5 Click Next A printer port is a type of connection that allows your computer to exchange information with a printer 6 Typea Printer or Hostname Address TRETEN TUI UTE a Device Type TCP IP Device Create a new port b Hostname or IP address Enter the Network IP address a Standard ICE Port of the Windows computer running the Megarip Server e g 192 168 3 59 Device type TCP IP Device c Port Name Enter a name for the Windows port this is cM 12155339 NOT the printer name adis MegaripPPD 1 d Uncheck the option to Query the Printer and Cweytheprinter and automatically select the driver to use Automatically Select the Driver to Use Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 112 7 Click Next 8 Additional Port Information Required Additional port information required a Device Type Custom The device is not found on the network Be sure that b Click the Settings button A configuration window will Thence comet appear The address on the previous page is correct 9 Configure Standard TCP IP Port Monitor ere and peor another search on the neva you are sure the ose aar e a a Protocol Select Raw Duca e i Raw Settings Standard Generic Network Card 1 Port Number Enter the unique TCP Port number assigned to the Pagesetup to be published e g 10201 2 Click OK The window will close and return to the Additional Port Information window 3 Click Next 10
173. i nox 8 A mem ake t pee op lons Eight Ink Q 420 8 Use Light Light Black enabled O Standard Simple ink limiting based on ink Algorithm Treat light inks as separate channels enabled percentages Mun o Enhanced Like Standard but optimised for variable dot printers It uses intelligence to calculate the ink limits based on dots used o Linear 3 0 This setting adds the ink coverage for any area then proportionally limits according to the ink limit range it falls within For example with 3 ink set to 300 and 4 ink set to 400 if a 6 ink area of an image has a coverage of 320 it will limit the area according to the 3 4 ink range o Linear 4 0 Default This method limits inks based on the number of inks being used for an area For example if 5 ink is set to 39095 any time 5 inks are laid down their coverage will be limited to 39096 o Linear favour Black As more ink is laid down and a colour area approaches Black this method limits CMY proportionally more than Black preventing wetness and inversion in shadowed areas o Lowpass No limiting is imposed until the coverage for combined number of inks reaches the set limit at which point any higher ink coverage is clipped to the ink limit o Lowpass favour Black The same as Lowpass but favouring Black limiting it proportionally less than CMY as colours approach Black e Media Information This side of the screen displays information about the driver and
174. ibrate Measure Cyan Solid etc Measure Targets In order to read percentage tint values of any plate you must first read the paper white and the solid density value for that colour The Measure Targets menu or contextual right click menu allows you to measure the solid reference densities for the process colours and the paper white With these values stored colour percentages can be calculated and displayed You can measure or update an individual Solid density or Measure All Targets Colour List This is a list of readings taken if the Add is enabled Each reading is appended to the list and the values measured are displayed The columns can be resized or reordered as required by dragging the header to the preferred position The columns are e Name The name of the colour read Defaults to Untitled but can be changed by selecting the name and entering a new one e Colour Shows the dominant colour read i e the one with the highest density value This may not be the colour perceived but the contents making up the colour are recorded and the colour is calculated and shown e Density The density value for the colour This is the highest density read from C M Y and K It shows the density of the colour stated in the Colour column e Cd Md Yd Kd The C M Y and K densities of the colour read e Dot The dot percentage of the colour shown in the Colour column e C C M Y K The C M Y and K percentage values for the colo
175. ic Image TIFF and Adobe Photoshop PSD e Open Jobs Load completed jobs into SoftProof The Imaged Original or Rendered Printed file may be viewed e Save Save the preview as a Blackmagic Image File This can be submitted or placed in a hot folder or on a DropSpot e Export Export data from SoftProof The available formats are CIP3 PDF Postscript Separated and TIFF Multichannel e Submit Submit the current job to a Media and Pagesetup with any changes This re images and re renders the file When submitting the image to be processed again with any relevant changes the current image resolution is submitted If the resolution is restricted in the Server Settings this is the resolution that will be used e SoftProof Settings Opens the preferences for SoftProof allowing for configuration of default viewing conditions See below for further information SoftProof Settings The SoftProof Settings allow you to select viewing preferences including how to Sofibrool Seming load a job and the quality and press settings used to produce accurate proofs The 2000 EUM settings window is split into three 3 tabs View Options Default Press and Siow Multiple Windows Default Camera ae M Scrollbars View Options M Honour Embedded ICC Profiles Window Zoom Level 100 B e Allow Multiple Windows When enabled allows jobs to be opened and Enable Pager Thumbnail Back Page Rotation None 8 view
176. in for processing Valid File Types include Publish Publish DropFolder _ Location Default Postscript PDF JPEG TIFF Image Serendipity Blackmagic Ri NR a Image EPS PNG PSD Flow Control Hold After Imaging Hold After Rendering Nest e Location Select a folder as a DropFolder The folder must exist and have read write permissions Priority 0 C CEINE EE e Default Reset the DropFolder location to the default one S Serendipity Blackmagic installation O By Print Area directory drop lt Pagesetup Pool Name gt e Printers Choose to publish the Pagesetup Pool as a network print destination allowing third party applications to print directly to it O O i re tiff nowhere Real ology i it Tiff 1 bit ology e Seren lmage Real ology erendipi gi Pool Type Epso 0OHTM eal ology creenprintin E HTML eal ology 9 By Number of Jobs PDF ology Epso 0OHTM eal ology Epson790 n270 RGB Les My Printer eal ology None R iPF8300s eal ology iPF8300s 85 High hall HP Z3 ening Real ology HP Z3100 Screening an HP Z3100 eal ology HP Z3100 i HP T1100 eal ology X HP T1100 Prints To All Pagesetups x HPLa exing eal ology HP Coloursphere r HP Las rinter Real ology HP Coloursphere r le Epson 7900 eal ology Greyscale 1 Epso 0OHTM eal ology EpsonWT7 oof 1440 QU DOCO ZO UO CO CO C CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ CJ Mac Enable to publish the Pag
177. in the Paper Profile e Reorder Inks Change the order of the inks in the paper profile to match the order used in the ICC profile Often used for N Colour profiles A list of ink channels will appear Highlight and move using the up and down arrows or drag and drop inks to the required position e Upgrade Upgrades a legacy pre version 5 paper profile to the latest version Density Patches This area shows the patches making up the Paper profile Each patch represents a dot size or combination of dots available to the printer being profiled The number of ink channels shown and the number of patches shown for each channel will vary depending on whether the printer has variable dot s REIS capability if it has light inks and if the light inks are configured to be i treated as separate or combined channels These options are selected in L 95 17 the Output and Custom Settings of the Media chosen when creating the ES 70 288 53 162 22 144 Paper Profile EN n Before densities have been measured all patches will be turned on and i Er E will have default L value densities These densities are updated by data 57 ssa input from the Measure Patches option e Patches can be turned on or off by clicking the upper half of the patch e Click the lower half of the patch to manually enter L value densities for that patch number Pressing Enter or TAB stores the value and moves to the next patch for entry e P
178. include Auto place B o Cloak Submitted Frames Locks images and frames after they have Auto place Spacing 025 in been submitted for processing preventing changes Cloaked images uS will appear shadowed EAM o Auto place Allows for the automatic placement of assets onto the Layout area when dragging and dropping them The default position is top left If a job has already been placed in the area the auto Cancel GOD position will align with the left side of the frame o Auto place Spacing The distance gap between jobs being auto placed in the Layout area o Snap to Grid Allows for assets to snap to a user defined grid spacing measured from the left ruler The asset frame will snap to the closest defined grid position taking into account any auto place spacing settings o Grid Size Define the snap to grid size for frame placement in the Layout area o Paper saving Cropmarks Enabled by default Cropmarks will appear in paper saving mode when the option is enabled via the Property panel Only available when using Studio Paper saving Cropmarks v Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 89 Edit Menu Undo Undo the last change made The amount of available undo levels is configured via the Client Settings 0 Operating System default level Redo Redo the last undone change The amount of available redo levels is configured via the Client Settings 0 Operating System default level Cut Cuts the curr
179. inearisations performed for the selected Media allowing the user to track the performance of the output device The following sort columns can be selected using the contextual menu on the column header bar Column order can be changed by dragging and dropping the columns into the desired order or by using the Configure Headers option in the context menu e Date Date and time the linearisation was measured e Type Shows whether each linearisation curve was measured in Density or Lab mode Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 76 The panel has one 1 button Trim To Trims the number of stored histories to the value shown from oldest first The following options are available from the context right click menu within the History list Show Charts Launches a separate window that plots the linearisation history of the Media Gradation Curve on various charts See below for further information on the available charts Checkboxes at the top of the window are available to choose which ink channel to view Shift click to view another channel at the same time Double click a channel to see all Revert to this Date Reverts the linearisation curve assigned to the Media to the selected historical previously measured curve Unload Unloads the historical curve data being viewed in the Measurement panel and loads the currently assigned curve Measurement Curve Name Displays the name of the Linearisation Curve currently sele
180. ing in lines per inch LPI The default is 150 Default Press The default press tab allows you to select a Press configuration from the database to be applied to the loaded job and for all subsequent jobs opened in SoftProof The results of the press settings can be seen on the output job and should match the printed copy An information window shows the settings of the currently loaded Press setup Configurations are managed in the Workbench and contain information such as size number of keys and colour information Default Camera The default camera tab allows you to select a Camera configuration from the database to be applied to any loaded jobs using an RGB colourspace If Honour Embedded ICC Profiles in the SoftProof Settings is unchecked and the RGB image contains an ICC profile the default camera configuration will be used in its place An information window shows the settings of the currently loaded Camera setup Camera configurations are managed in the Workbench and contain information such as the ICC profile to be used rendering intents black point compensation and Calcheck Chart reference View Menu Select menu items are also available as icons within the SoftProof window see image KA VM e Tabs Control the tabbed viewing of images in SoftProof o New tab Opens a new empty tab ready for a job Use the Open Job option or drag and drop a job from the QueueManager to view it Close Tab Close the currently
181. ing jobs e Delete Deletes the currently selected jobs e Hold Holds the currently selected job Only available when the status is Waiting e Release Releases a currently selected Held job e Retry Retries a failed job e View Errors Views the errors of the selected job if the status is listed as Failed e Rush Jobs Moves the currently selected jobs to the top of the current queue for processing next The status must be listed as Waiting Jobs currently being processed will be completed first Note Rush Jobs will move the job up the current queue only If the job is in the imaging queue and Rush Jobs is selected the job moves to the top of the imaging queue Once complete it will move to the bottom of the rendering queue Select Rush Jobs again to move it to the top of the rendering queue e View Original Views the imaged file for selected jobs in the SoftProof application e View Printed Views the rendered file for selected jobs in the SoftProof application e Render Again Submits the selected jobs to the rendering queue for processing Only available when the status is Done e Move to Pagesetup Moves the selected jobs to another Pagesetup This will send the jobs to the rendering queue again with the attributes of the selected Pagesetup View the Pagesetup edit it or create a new one prior to submitting the job e Copy to Pagesetup Copies the selected jobs to another Pagesetup This will send the jobs to the rende
182. ing tO Verson 9 9 datus tue dodo uc a Loeb trt a E MA MEO a Deer cs ivo aD c oU ivan Ur Ce EAS 13 linux Upgrading tO Version 9 3 suieta iaioo pianaib tariei pv adr se Rc b d n b 14 Saving Restoring the Megarip Database and ICC Profiles using the File System eese 15 To restore the database and ICC profiles to an upgraded Megarip eese nennen tenete tnnt neni 15 otpelil rPrddi iil ia rig 16 InmportantNotel1or Mac OS X USBLS cuiii rit ehe Mtl A eccentric erase toe wet ae 16 Belore Starting the Serveranu 6e arundine e E iana e a eiaa E oE raaa Ve Fo npa tulo d 16 Starine ENG SEP VE truss canctiviupectasdsciid ae diea aiaiai diti ebrio eee revenir dcn n voc cvi Pen va bars 16 SIDANE O odd 17 Mangal lent Conr urdttOll acean rr EA ta du DRE LUE Ded coU RR ERR QE ER 17 Monitors Jobs Contgur at IOTER ua eate vU CA FD EUR REL PN ERI Co TED E 19 The Serendipity Meparip ServelF ciii ni hoi eoo aene ORE te oviccu ie due rU dieci 20 icm Cs B RISO NA D NM a a a 20 The serendipity UpOateE uii accntnao ette tb erc are ie Redes ED ac tov Do SO D Dido cms eo uds 21 The Megarip Dongle Updater codice ntti a eee 22 MS AA a0 Fa cays end encen ana v Rete eie A etext Pao tec reda utor E aleve meauabs E dard ansabs apsieuca Fab ass deci tcfevisieaecniah 22 ThesSerendipity CRONE inei etiarn te renta hunt oeste eie cei teen tig
183. inverted Useful for printing to film using a white ink printer Watermark Available via the Pagesetup Allows for the placement of a watermark across the job This effect is not available when using the C5 Client ColourKeys and Screenprinting mode are also available when using Studio accessible via the Pagesetup used for processing the job files Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 97 Serendipity Client Menu Items The Serendipity Client menus provide access to direct job submission options system settings and extra functions Application Menu Windows Linux or Serendipity Client Menu Mac OS X Preferences Select this menu option to open the Client Settings Preferences for the Serendipity Client containing default values and preferences configured for the Client and its applications and modules See the System Settings gt Client Settings section of this manual for further information Submit Menu Submit Files Select files to send to a Media and Pagesetup for processing One or more files may be selected for processing Selecting Open will present a chooser showing the Pagesetups or Pagesetup Pools and Medias available Choose the combination to submit the files to and click the Submit button This will copy the files into the system for processing The flow control can be enabled to hold the job after imaging or rendering the number of copies can be set or jobs can be placed as pages in a publication One UNE N
184. isplays the log for the time specified For example it retrieves and displays the last 4 hours of messages Choose the time from the pull down list Trim older lines Trims the log based on the time selected in Fetch back log If this is set to 60 minutes the log file is trimmed back so only the last 60 minutes remain Export Export the log to a file Note When you export the log file you can choose to export everything in view or select entries to export Use the filtering options and Fetch back log choice to limit the view before exporting Selecting export displays a chooser allowing you to enter a name and select the location to save the file You can choose to save the file as html or as a tab delimited text file Filtering Options You can choose which messages to display in the log and which to hide by ticking checkboxes for one or more of the following filters All messages are saved to the log even if filtered Question Used for messages that ask questions for e g Job contains unassigned colours Do you want to add them to VirtualPress Information Used for messages that tell you something for e g Job has a duplicate plate Warning Used where the message has a higher importance and usually the Client failed to do something but operation can continue for e g Failed to save new password Old password will continue to be used Critical Used for serious errors that will most likely affect operati
185. itioned and sized according to individual preferences Settings are saved at the Client level enabling Serendipity Clients on different systems or in different departments to display information appropriate to their location The Monitor can be in one of two modes Edit or Use Edit This mode allows the user to move and resize modules on a tab The mouse pointer changes to a cross when in Edit mode Resize a module by grabbing the corners or sides and dragging to the preferred size Click anywhere in the modules and drag it to the desired position Modules close together will snap to each other While in Edit mode all Monitor Modules have a contextual menu available right click with the following options e Remove Module Removes the module from the Monitor tab e Set Size For Module Allow the user to enter a width and height in pixels for the selected module via a resize popup e Duplicate Module Duplicates the selected module The duplicate has all the size layout and configuration options of the original e Use Layout Switches the Monitor to Use Mode Use This is the normal user mode It locks the module sizes and position and allows for the configuration of the module preferences and management of jobs Select this after Editing to use the configured layout Menu
186. k Chart from a Special Colour Set Note When creating or importing new colours they are stored with the default tolerance settings This is user configurable and should be set before the patch set is created Patch Definition On the left are a series of controls allowing you to define each patch Selecting a patch from the list will load the colour into the colour match box at the top and load the Lab CMYK values into the respective fields To change the value simply type the new number into the relevant field L 78 88 e Lab or CMYK The Lab or CMYK value for the selected colour e Ae tolerance Set the maximum Ae value for the selected colour e AH tolerance Set the maximum AH value for the selected colour a 2 63 b 33 13 e AC tolerance Set the maximum AC value for the selected colour Ae Tolerance 6 00 Patch Type Identify important patch types from the set The options are AH Tolerance 2 50 o Paper Select the patch that represents the paper being checked AC Tolerance 4 00 o Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Identify a patch for each colour from a set ae o Gray Used to identify gray patches in the chart o Generic Most patches are generic and are classified as generic if they don t fall into one of the above types Note When generating patches from an ICC profile the patches are automatically assigned the correct type Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 27 Target Standards There
187. ke it output a short notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode Gnomovision version 69 Copyright 19yy name of author Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for details type show w This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions type show c for details The hypothetical commands show w and show c should show the appropriate parts of the General Public License Of course the commands you use may be called something other than show w and show c they could even be mouse clicks or menu items whatever suits your program You should also get your employer if you work as a programmer or your school if any to sign a copyright disclaimer for the program if necessary Here is a sample alter the names Yoyodyne Inc hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program Gnomovision which makes passes at compilers written by James Hacker signature of Ty Coon 1 April 1989 Ty Coon President of Vice This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into proprietary programs If your program is a subroutine library you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the library If this is what you want to do use the GNU Library General Public License instead of this License Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 124 Copyright The XFree86 Project Inc Copyright 1994 1995 The XFree86 Proje
188. l User Interface Settings Application Shortcuts M Show Tooltips V Turn Sound FX Off 4 gt Undo Levels 0 Default Units mm Instant Messaging NickName SoftProof Memory Cache Maximum Size 0 MB Maximum Preview Resolution 0 DPI Cancel OK Maximum Preview Resolution Set the maximum preview resolution for SoftProof for both Imaged and Rendered options The default is zero 0 which is the full job resolution of the output file Colour Management Choose Default Match ICC Profile Select a default match ICC profile for accurate display of CMYK data CMS Dithering Disabled by default Use CMS Dithering for smoother results whenever conversion between 16 bits to 8 bits is required Calcheck Managed Enabling this will display the current calibration status of the selected monitor When selected there will be a small icon showing a green tick or a red cross This icon is shown in the bottom right corner of the SoftProof window Its status depends on the expiration time of the monitor calibration as set below and the Calcheck status Use Native Profile Enable this to use the operating system defined ICC profile for colour management The Client will use the monitor profile as setup for the operating system i e Mac OS will use what is in the Display Preferences Colour tab Windows will use the Display Adapter Settings Choose Monitor ICC Profile Select a monitor ICC profil
189. l connect to the local print system Z Printer Driver HP LaserJet 30203030 Device URI mdne HP3 20Laser Jet24203030 20 40 20tangelo _ipp _top local 2 Choose Manage Printers and the list of printers configured on the Mac will appear 3 Scroll down the list to locate the printer A detailed description of Laserjet 2100 top Printer Reject Jobs rin Set As D the printer is available here Description Laserjet 2100 _ L Printer Dever HP Laserdet 2100 Series 4 Printatest page to the Windows printer This will determine if the os Printer Sal idle accepting obs not published connection from the Mac to the Windows device is valid The test rm job should appear in the Windows print spooler xante Description xante Location ocation Printer Driver Xante CL30 v3 PS Printer State idle accepting jobs not published Device URI socket xante bidi Print Test Page Stop Printer Reject Jobs Publish Printer Modify Printer Move All Jobs Set Printer Options Delete Printer Cancel All Jobs Set As Default Set Allowed Users As mentioned earlier if a name is created with spaces or hyphens these are transposed to underscores for the actual printing device Below shows an example where the description appearing in the Mac Printer Utility list has spaces in the name Through CUPs the actual device name is shown my_printer_with_spaces Default Destination Laserjet_kronos Description my printer with spaces oe RE
190. lative Colourimeti a Intent Select the rendering intent to use Options include o Perceptual All colours are moved proportionally to each other so the eye perceives the colours to be correct i e colours out of gamut move into gamut and those in gamut move proportionally to those out of gamut Press Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 38 o Relative Colourimetric Those colours out of gamut are moved into gamut and those in gamut are left untouched o Absolute Colourimetric The colours are left alone so those out of gamut cannot be reproduced Adjusts the white point of the media to match that in the input ICC profile o Saturation Those colours out of gamut move into gamut but all colours increase in saturation as a result e Retain Pure Black When ICC profiles are used all colours even solids are made up of a mix of different colours Selecting Retain Pure Black uses only black for areas containing just black When enabled the following options become available o All Uses black ink only in all areas defined as Black o Text Uses black ink only in elements defined as Black text This can improve the clarity and sharpness of the text Note This option is not always suitable for use with printers using light black inks as many of these inks tend to have a non black hue e RGBICC Profile Select an RGB Input profile This is used to convert input data from RGB to Lab and should be a scanne
191. le via the Auto Detect tab If a new Server appears after this time the Refresh button must be pressed to find and add it to the list Likewise if a Server becomes unavailable the connection will fail and the list will require a refresh When the Serendipity Client is started it will attempt to connect to the last Megarip Server accessed by default Accounts Admin Accounts Admin allows an authorised administrator to create modify and manage User accounts and User Groups Users can be reassigned to groups dependent upon the operating privileges granted to each User Group See the Accounts Admin Secure Mode section below for further information Log Out Secure Mode only This menu item only appears while Megarip is in Secure Mode see Accounts Admin Secure mode for more information Selecting Log Out while using Megarip in Secure Mode simultaneously logs out the current user and generates the Login window At this point the options available are to enter a username and password Choose Server before login and to Quit the Megarip Client While the Login window is displayed the Megarip Client is effectively LOCKED to all users The Server will continue to operate as normal Chatterbox Chat to other users connected to the same Server The Chatterbox window will display the Clients connected to the Server If the user has entered a nickname in the Client Settings this name is displayed otherwise the machine name is used If the user s name
192. lect o 1 8 Select this to set the gamma correction value to 1 8 This button will auto select if 1 8 is chosen via the Custom field slider option o 2 2 Select this to set the gamma correction value to 2 2 This button will auto select if 2 2 is chosen via the Custom field slider option Options o Use Hardware Calibration When supported this option uses the monitor s own internal hardware for calibration allowing the screen brightness to be adjusted automatically o Use Self Calibration Available on some high end graphics monitors Uses the monitor s own internal hardware and calibration routines for calibration o Use Software Calibration Calibration is performed using the Displays application software Instrument offline online Instrument Name Displays the currently activated instrument o Instrument Select from the list of supported Instrument fing Instrument ColorisionSpyder2 uo Spectrophotometers to use for display calibration o Display Type Select the type of display being EA ech calibrated from LCD CRT or RAW Monitor Identification Number Click to popup an identification number in the centre of the screen for the display to be calibrated Calibrate Click this button to start calibrating the selected display to the chosen settings and create the display ICC profile Follow any onscreen instructions for your instrument When calibration is complete a file chooser will popup to name and save the ICC pro
193. lecting the colour and entering a new value in the relevant box The Chart type can be altered via the dropdown menu above the patches and a Press ICC Profile will appear if allocated The Press ICC Profile button only becomes available for CMYK chart types Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 28 Camera The Camera data type is used to define an RGB or Camera ICC profile colourspace for use when viewing RGB images in the SoftProof application Users can configure whether the default Camera profile or image embedded ICC profile is automatically selected and applied to an RGB image when opened in SoftProof See Applications SoftProof SoftProof Settings for further details Colour Management Colour Management P Camera ICC Profile None Colour Management ooo mmm e Camera ICC Profile Select the ICC profile to assign mimic sacr e Rendering Intent Select the rendering intent to be used a i e Black Point Compensation Enable Disable Black Point Compensation e Calcheck Chart Assign a Calcheck Chart for Camera colour verification checks using the Displays application Gradation Curve A Gradation Curve is used to adjust colour in a job by applying a curve to the individual process colours The Gradation Curve can be applied to a Media either as a Linearisation Curve or as a Correction Curve A Linearisation Curve is normally applied as part of the early calibration stage and this
194. les dropped into the frames e Submit the nest to print when done If a new set of images using the template is required double click the template name again to reload it An empty nesting set will appear in the Layout area ready for use To create a template using the Step and Repeat function ANOO Step and Repeat Step and Repeat e In Studio go to Frame menu gt Step and Repeat A popup window will appear see Frame Width 70m im age Frame Height 5 0 in e Enter the dimensions for the frame s required for placement in the Layout area Herel Repant 1 e Select how many are to appear both horizontally and vertically and specify any xL spacing required between each frame As the horizontal and vertical values are ey eee increased frames will automatically appear in the Layout area Stop when the desired rcc dm level is reached and created e Select frames and adjust their properties as required e Save the template when done and rename it as desired Note If the Step and Repeat function is used when there are multiple frames selected and they are of varying size all frames will be repeated in the Layout area The size dimensions for the frames in the Step and Repeat window will not be editable Using Studio Positioning Assets for Nesting A media guide sheet will appear to scale in light gray in the Layout area when dimensions have been entered into the Media panel fields This allows for clear and simple place
195. licenses the level of software and the input filters and output drivers purchased The Client can run on the same computer on the network whether it is local LAN or remote WAN The Client connects to the Server using the standard network protocol TCP IP and is used as the configuration tool and monitoring application to the Server The Client is not licensed and can be run multiple times on the network Jobs are sent to Serendipity Megarip in a variety of ways to suit your workflows Printers can be published on the network in order for jobs to be printed from your usual desktop applications Hot folders Drop Folders can be shared where files can be copied or saved for processing Files can also be submitted directly from the Client or drop zones can be created for dragging and dropping files in Once a file is submitted it is spooled into the system the file type is detected and it is passed on for processing Imaging is the first process to take place Imaging interprets the file format and samples the job s resolution to change it to that of the configured output format By doing so an intermediate file is generated called the Imaged file The Imaged File can be viewed using the SoftProof utility The file format maintains all the plates associated with the job and is viewed at the full output resolution The Imaged File can also be re submitted at any time for processing to the same or a different output There is no need to spool and interpr
196. llowing Visits x c rinted obs m information MAAN Ae AH AC le Epson11880 FograProof 720dpi copy 10 12 09 11 00 AM e Media Name e Calcheck Status Toggled via the Calcheck Info option see ie v below Displayed as one or more Ticks Crosses to the right of Yellow 520 51 the Media name showing a Calcheck Pass or Fail against the pus aie bn pes user defined AE AH or AC Hover the mouse over each to Paper Ae048 o seas show a tooltip displaying the AMax and AAvg values ISOcoated v2 ecir39 Score 88 44 e Usage Meter Bar showing the amount of media used Text under the bar states the exact amount used as a percentage of the total units e Reset Counter Resets the usage count for the Media e Logged Period Time period date and time from and to the Media has been tracked since the last reset This information is shown hidden using the Show Extended Info option e Printed Number of jobs and total printed area of jobs tracked since the last reset e Calcheck Info Displays the complete Calcheck summary information for the selected Media resulting from the last Calcheck Includes the Calcheck Chart used internal Calcheck score Date Time of Calcheck and Avalues A contextual right click menu has the following options e Change Media Change the selected Media for display in the status window e Edit Media Edit all or part of the selected Media Copy it or create a new one e Calcheck Media Opens the
197. lose the Archive as mentioned previously Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 61 Calcheck The Calcheck application is used to verify the calibration status of a printer ensuring proofs are printed accurately Calcheck Charts are generated by either manually defining or importing Lab or CMYK values Each chart represents print press standards against which the printer and media are to be checked see the Workbench Calcheck Chart section for more information The selected Calcheck Chart is printed from the Calcheck application to the Pagesetup and Media being used to proof jobs Alternatively the chart can be assigned to a Pagesetup to print with each proofing job The chart is then measured using a supported Spectrophotometer After measuring the chart the results are displayed in the Calcheck window A pass green tick or fail red cross is determined by whether Name Y Colour ref Colour meas Lab ref Lab meas the measured patches fall inside the tolerances defined in the Calcheck ley so so osoo s872 509 9419 Chart The results can be printed as a label or a complete report to a system mEEEHEHER cor 55 eron i C N 25 60 9 79 46 72 31 07 6 32 46 80 printer If a Media or job was loaded into Calcheck before measuring the NN EE 00209342229 2820 12 11 32 73 6 EN EN 41 10 2 95 4828 41 12 16 93 49 22 6 results will be saved to the Media Calcheck Info or stored in t
198. mal mode Help Menu e Update Options Configure a time for Megarip to periodically check for software updates e Check for Updates Choose this to immediately check for any software updates For further information on the automatic software update functions see the Serendipity Updater section of this manual Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 20 The Serendipity Updater The Serendipity Updater provides a simple and convenient way of updating Serendipity Megarip and standalone Serendipity Clients The Updater tracks your current software installation status and Software Update There are software updates available for Serendipity automatically checks for available software updates bug fixes Blackmagic version 5 2 maintenance patches and new drivers gas Configured to update product installed in ad New updates are listed along with release notes previously installed Applications Serendipity bmagic Select the items you want then click install updates are logged in the Updater and notes can be viewed at any time Available Updates Installed Updates Note The Serendipity Updater requires access to the internet to function Updates are not downloaded or installed until initiated by the user as the Server and or Client are shutdown as part of the update process Install Name A Version Date Posted Size M Calcheck update 1 0 25 01 11 8 15MB The following up date functions are available in the Help
199. ment of assets for nesting When submitted to print everything on the media guide sheet is printed If only a width is entered once an asset is placed in the Layout area the media guide sheet will automatically lengthen to fit the job As more assets are placed the sheet will extend to display the total nesting area Note It is not necessary to have dimensions entered for the Media when creating a manual nest with Studio When submitted the nest will print to your selected media from the top left origin point printing as much of the width or length of the nest as the paper in the printer will permit The remainder will be cropped Creating a Nest Studio allows for single or multiple assets to be dropped into the Layout area e Select the assets jobs from the Asset panel e Drag and drop the assets into the Layout area Assets will appear at their native size unless placed into an empty frame with specific properties configured from a template or step and repeat frame e Resize and adjust the frame properties as required This can be done via the Property panel when the frame is selected or by using the following mouse options o Leftclick on a frame Selects the frame for editing movement locking or deletion Selected frames will appear with a magenta border o Leftclick on empty Layout area Deselects all frames o Left click hold Drag on empty Layout area Creates a temporary framing square for selecting multiple frames
200. mum Densities Override can be found below Densitometer Spectrophotometer Curve Device Select the appropriate instrument from the pull down list of devices Note The Embedded Printer Spectro option is only available when in Lab measurement mode Use Lab enabled Instrument Standards Choose from the list which instrument standard is to be used for measurement This will only appear when Use Lab is not enabled Measure Connects to the selected instrument and prepares to read patches The patch window changes to a measuring window and the instrument list changes to a text field where instructions are displayed Print Chart Print the appropriate chart for the selected instrument to the Media selected An options window with the following will appear o Cancel Printing Cancels the action and returns to the previous window o Don t Apply Print to Linearise This will disable all colour management except for Paper Profile Use this to make a Linearisation Curve o Yes Print to check Linearisation This applies all colour management for checking a Linearisation This panel shows the Linearisation Curves for each ink channel Select individual channel checkboxes to view a channel Shift click to add more channel curves to the view Double click a channel to show all curves Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 77 Show Charts Selecting Show Charts will display another window with a chart for each channel in the linearisa
201. n linear state This means a 5096 Cyan will print at 5096 The user first prints a stepped wedge chart for a selected Spectrophotometer Densitometer to the output device in the colourspace specified by the Media The chart is measured and the resulting curve is saved assigned to the Media and a History recorded 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 3 40 50 60 70 75 80 90 95 96 97 98 99 100 295 0 344 0 437 LI Lr am e oss 1 012 1 168 1 197 1 243 1 275 1 319 co om wo aE OS FS ES Hd pene ose os ozm arm ose nora m mas 128 nzi nase uum 7 EM E iud ese bead m Ea z s e c e 6 LI eM s At this stage ICC profiles can be created and applied for accurate colour representation If the printer output varies due to ink batches or head wear a quick re linearisation process is all that s required to get back to the same linear state initially created The original ICC profiles can be re applied to achieve the same colour output The Interface The Lineariser window is made up of a Toolbar and a number of panels Available Media Linearisation History Measurement Advanced Options Spectrophotometer or Densitometer information and Curves display Toolbar The Toolbar has the following options also available via the Lineariser Menu e Customise Patches Allows for the selection of patches to be used in the Lin
202. n by selecting a job 19532 GOLF TEXT job IMPOSITION Page 6 e EZ 19532 GOLF TEXT job IMPOSITION Page 7 and choosing View Flipbook The View FlipBook option is only available if the job has a publication name 3L 4 Seo 0 np a2 np ip is ip a7 is The FlipBook window comprises of four 4 main panels Publication Pagination Page View and Page Index Publication Panel This panel contains the name of the Publication being viewed Pagination Panel Start Enter the page number for the starting page or use the arrows to select the first page number of the FlipBook If the first page loaded is page 1 the start page number cannot be altered If the first page loaded is greater than 1 a lower value as the start page number can be entered This can be used if viewing a part publication where the first pages have not been processed Top Page Choose whether the top page of the FlipBook is Even or Odd Page View Panel This panel is where the FlipBook pages can be viewed When a FlipBook is opened the pages of the publication are loaded and displayed in 2D two dimensional view There are various ways to navigate through the publication Clicking on the page of the image Clicking on the right page will move forward through the publication Clicking on the left page moves backwards Clicking on the pages in the Page Navigator Panel Displayed below the Page View panel The view jumps to the page pair selected Space
203. nabled and the number of jobs is set to 0 jobs will be deleted from the queue immediately after printing o Job History Keep Jobs Newer Than When enabled Megarip looks at the time signature of printed jobs and deletes any jobs in the queue older than the specified days hours min time e AutoPause Select a time duration the queue should pause after processing a job Used for double sided plotters so there is a pause in sending the next job giving the plotter time to turn a sheet ready for the back side to be printed or time to load another sheet Note The Change Media option is used as both a safeguard against paper waste and a workflow control method If a Media type is assigned to the Output only jobs submitted to the Output using the same Media will be printed All other jobs are held in the QueueManager until the Media they were submitted to is assigned to the Output If no Media is assigned all jobs sent to the Output are printed Destination The Destination determines the method of delivery of the output job to the final destination Depending on the destination driver selected there may be some additional options available Destination Drivers e Bonjour Zeroconf Select this to output to a Bonjour Zeroconf network destination The local network is polled for Bonjour Zeroconf devices Choose Edit and select the appropriate destination from the dropdown list e Command Script Select a script or command to be run once a job h
204. nd Groups 101 Sending A Job to another Pagesetup 56 Separated Postscript 57 Serendipity Client Menu Items 98 Accounts Admin sss 100 Broadcast Message 100 Chatter bOan emer ria bibis 100 Connect to SOLVED sssrinin 100 Download PPD 5 Annette 100 Server Menu Saut turipi n aceadiene 100 Submit Filesi eaim tede 98 Submit Files As Asset 99 Submit ICG Tabgeluscsn cse tid 99 Submitt ICC Target Without Colour COTTE CEH o7 Pr EN UNUM 99 System Settings sess 100 Test PEIUS innn aneen 99 Serendipity Megarip Dongle Updater 22 SEVEN aparia ioana aa ais 20 ADOUE aa Eee a 20 Help Meniscus 20 iri io E A A TA 25 Sisto 20 Restarting sorore ni di ut rte 20 Safe MOGO sites en estes 20 Start as Cluster Node 20 Startup ODLOHS euiotc ittis 20 Update Donpl8 csse qoe npe as 20 Server Settings Colour Management 107 EE ao E 106 Working Paths 2aoesnescioce pn edo prit 107 SEFVerLOB Leech ad i ds 58 Filtering messages sesser 58 Setting The Colour of a DropSpot 53 SIUS e tfaa toute De ona aa dod 41 SoftProof fori Me 86 PUD HCAtIONS i onam ae aoreet 86 Software UDdat S oipecsiece nn ae ndis 21 Sound EX caeso or Aarau 104 SPECTO zeit dci sies cuti a dies 88 ACHVale Sainn aai iaeiiai 88 EXDOEPU Value nonnina nai 88 Goad
205. ndow shows a list of the patches on the right and colour information on the left For each patch selected its Lab values delta tolerance and patch type can be adjusted The overall target preferences are specified in the lower half of the left panel Toolbar Options e New Colour Create a new colour in the list with default values Values and colour names can be adjusted as desired e Delete Colours Deletes the selected colours from the list e Duplicate Colours Makes copies of the selected colours Use shift or control keys for multi selection e Rename Colours Pops up a renaming window allowing you to change the name on one or more colours simultaneously e Import Patches from Files Import a patch set from a colour data file such as those of colour standards or ICC profile makers A file chooser will display allowing you to navigate to the file location e Reorder Patches Reorder the patches Selecting this will display another window where you can select one or more colours and drag them into a new order You can also use the up and down arrow keys and shift or control to multi select e Generate Patches from ICC Select an ICC profile from which to create a set of patches Selecting this option displays a file chooser to select an ICC profile You are then prompted for the number of patches to generate The minimum number is 16 and maximum is 512 e Add Colours From Library Add colours to the currently selected Calchec
206. ner Media Effects e Fitting Method o None Fitting method is turned off o Fit Width Fit Height Fit Width amp Height Shrinks jobs to fit within the set dimensions proportions are maintained o Scale Factor Scales jobs by the amount specified o Tiles Tiles a job that is larger than the width amp height specified If required an overlap can also be entered Useful for large posters or billboards o Best Fit Width Best Fit Height Best Fit Width amp Height As Fit but will shrink or enlarge jobs to fit fill dimensions entered while maintaining proportions Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 41 Note If the Fit or Best Fit options are chosen and the width amp height fields are left at 0 the Fit will default to the media width and height as defined in the Media assigned to the Pagesetup when printing see Media for details e Rotation Choose from None 90 180 or 270 degrees Automatic rotation may also be selected to best fit the job using the media width and height specified Note Auto Rotation is very useful for saving media but if a job is rotated it takes longer to process the larger the job the longer the process time Rotation takes place at the beginning of the Rendering phase and will affect cropping margins and so on If you are auto rotating when nesting See Nesting in the Output section it is advisable to have Sheet Auto Rotation turned off otherwise the job rotation will be c
207. nformation Export as C5 Pack Allows users to export Media files from the Workbench to a specified location for use with the C5 application Export Import Folders Allows users to export or import the folder structure used within the workbench It will not import or export the contents Undo Undo the last change There are multiple undo options and this is configured via the Client Settings section Redo Redo the last undone change There are multiple redo options depending on the undo status and configuration in the Client Settings Find Opens a text box at the bottom of the Workbench panel to locate the search text on the screen Split Vertical Horizontal Changes the view to either Vertical or Horizontal split on the screen Show Type Column Used in conjunction with Show Usage to display the type of data listed Show Modified Time Column Displays the last modified time for the items listed Show Usage Displays the items within the database the currently selected item uses e g a selected Pagesetup would show the Media and Output it currently uses Reverse Usage Reverses the usage shown above Was called Show Referrers previously Organise Data Types When enabled this option will organise the Data Types in the Workbench list into related categories This is the default view Access all available Modules via this menu A floating window will open for each separate module opened Server Settings Access the Syst
208. ngs The Systems Settings section contains default values and preferences configured for the Server and Client The settings are split into two 2 different sections Server and Client Access the Client Settings via the Application menu Win or Serendipity Client menu Mac Access the Server Settings via the Server menu Client Settings The Client settings are divided into three 3 tabbed categories General Colour Management and Working Paths General Internationalisation Select your preferred language from those available This displays all Client and log messages in the chosen language The default is English A restart is required if the language setting is changed Show Tooltips Enable or disable tooltips within the Client Turn Sound FX Off Check this to disable the sound effects Sounds are used for things such as drag and drop and error message alerts Undo Levels Set the number of levels for Undo The default is zero 0 which means no restriction Default Units Set the measurement units used by the Client and all of the Applications Modules Instant Messaging Nickname Enter a nickname to use when accessing the Chatterbox application Memory Cache Maximum Size Set the maximum cache size for the SoftProof application The default is zero 0 where the Server chooses the default depending on system configuration Client Settings General Colour Management Internationalisation Genera
209. node machine If not there may be a network issue and you will need to contact your network administrator for assistance Check the ports on the machines are open for the node to connect to the Master and they are not being used by anything else The port numbers for the node are as follows o 9103 tcp Server connects here and submits jobs via this port o 9103 udp Listens to broadcasts so the Server can enumerate available Node Servers Make sure the node is the same version as the Master Nodes Megarip Slaves should always be upgraded at the same time as the Master Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 115 Printing to a Windows Printer Here are some suggestions of where to look if you run into trouble and experience problems when printing For all ofthe methods documented in this guide test each step to see where the problems arise For example when a printer is created try printing a test page Printing From Mac to Windows When printing from a Mac to a shared Windows printer there are a couple of utilities available to verify whether or not the printer is installed correctly and working These are The CUPs printing system on the Mac has a web interface that lets you view and test printers To access this do the following ufu G http localhost 631 1 Open a web browser and enter the following address HP LaserJet 3030 tangelo http lo calh o st 6 3 1 Description HP LaserJet 3030 tangelo a This wil
210. nter These are in no particular order e A Pagesetup and Media where jobs are processed and e An Output where the print job will be sent Note Before a Pagesetup can be created first create a Media and an Output as each Pagesetup must be linked to a valid one of each type To begin configuration 1 Select Application menu Workbench Output Configuration 2 Select Output from the Data Types list on the left and create a new Output by selecting File menu New 3 The Output name Untitled will appear in the items list highlighted for renaming This is the name of the Output that will appear in the Pagesetup Select the item 4 In the Queue panel of the gray configuration area select the appropriate driver for your printer from the dropdown list of licensed drivers 5 In the Destination panel select a destination driver ie the connection method for your printer and enter the appropriate information for example the IP address of the printer If USB or Bonjour Zeroconf is selected click the Edit button to select the correct device service from the Custom Settings popup window 6 Configure any Collating or Nesting requirements as needed See the Workbench Output section of this manual for further details on this option 7 OPTIONAL After a Media is created it can be assigned to the Output via the Change Media button Assigning a Media to the Output will only allow jobs submitted to that Media to print See the
211. o The submitted jobs are then imaged rendered and the nest is output appearing in the appropriate queue Studio Interface The Studio interface is made up of four 4 sections e The main Layout area where jobs assets are placed and nests created e The Asset panel displaying thumbnails of assets available for nesting or tiling e The Property panel defining the tiling document area editable media dimensions and frame properties e The Template panel where nesting templates can be loaded from a library of saved templates Layout Area Menu Options Studio Menu e Save New Template Saves the current frame layout to the Template library The untitled nest can be renamed by clicking on the text Untitled Only frames are saved not the images within them e Save Template Saves the current nesting layout to the selected template from the library overwriting any existing data e Remove Template Removes the selected template from the library list e Export Template Export a saved template or templates to a user defined location e Import Template Import a saved template The imported template or templates if multiple layouts exist in the file will appear in the library list when loaded 975 e Print Print Tiles Displays a chooser window to select a Media and Pagesetup combination to send the job to for processing Cloak Submitted Frames L e Studio Settings Access the preferences for Studio These
212. o to the Serendipity Client Application menu gt Archives This c1 pM C application is called Archiver in earlier versions EX ene 3 Select File menu gt Perform Full Backup P raea am aane Dra TT anan tn 4 Alternatively select Edit menu gt Add to Archive All and add ee Lo all database items to the archive file or right click in the is _ Archives window and select Add to Archive All gt Everything or H LC EN from the contextu al menu o ouput Nae Ee mies MM 5 Once all database items have appeared in the Archives window 7 r Meade ton Por er aom Sc select File menu gt Save Archive to save the sdb archive file to a CE chosen location 1 of 1 028 items 6 Close the Archives application when finished Installing the Dongle Driver The first step is to install the dongle driver 1 Remove all SuperPro USB dongles 2 Navigate to the dongle linux folder on the installation DVD 3 Double click the sntl sud 7 5 1 0 1386 rpm file to install the driver Installing the Megarip Version 5 3 Upgrade To upgrade 1 Navigate to the linux folder on the installation DVD 2 Double click the install sh file and select Run in Terminal 3 Aterminal window will popup and the installer will display the default installation directory 4 Press Enter to install or type an alternative path then press Enter Note If using an alternative install path ensure the folder exists and that the current user has read w
213. on for e g Failed to load rendering dll You will normally be required to take action to rectify these errors before continuing Search Search the log for jobs or messages Enter the text of characters to search for and the ClientLog only displays the lines that match the search Display Options The following sort columns can be selected using the contextual right click menu on the sort column header bar in the log Type The level of the message reported For e g Question Information Warning or Critical Date The time the message was reported Source The module or application that reported the message Summary A summary of the message that was reported Command Internal command used to communicate messages to and from the Server by the Client Error An error code reported by the Server This is useful for de bugging problems Action The action taken by the user relating to the message For e g the button pressed when the message popped up The order of the columns can be changed by clicking and dragging them to the desired position or by using the Configure Headers option under the contextual right click menu Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 52 ClusterStatus The ClusterStatus is a monitor displaying the current Imaging and Rendering status of jobs on any active Master Servers or Cluster Nodes e Clustering Open the Clustering application to manage the Cluster e Refresh Update th
214. on available for viewing about each job as it passes through the system The following sort columns can be selected using the contextual right click menu on the column header bar in the QueueManager display panel Name Job name Process Time Time taken to process the job Status The jobs current status Source The source of the submitted job Date The date and time the job was processed Media The Media used to process the job Pagesetup The Pagesetup used to process the job Queue The output queue the job was sent to for processing Size The size of the job disk space used Width The width of the job Height The height of the job DPI The imaged resolution of the job Output Colourspace The colourspace of the output file Copies When multiple copies of a job are sent for printing this column counts down the number of jobs left to print Screening The screening applied to the job Thumbnail Shows a thumbnail of the job Job ID The internal Megarip ID number for the job Node The Server or Cluster Node the job was processed on Page The page number of the job Publication The publication name Notes The number of notes saved with the job Section The section of the publication The columns can be manually resized by dragging the header divider bar to the desired width or resized to fit content by double clicking the divider bar
215. onfiguration will automatically appear in the QueueManager module To add additional tab layouts 1 Select the Tabs menu gt Add Tabs option m er 2 A window will appear with various factory default layouts available for Sey use in Jobs 3 Select the required tab layout from the list An example screen will appear to the right 4 Click Add The new tab will appear in the Jobs window Additional pre configured Tabs may be added to the Jobs application as required See the Jobs application section of this manual for further information Monitor The Monitor performs the same workflow monitoring functions as the Jobs application and was the default application for this purpose in previous versions of Megarip before the Jobs application was introduced Monitor allows the user to customise the size and layout of tabs and job management modules Monitor NFR not for resale localhost 9100 Logs 1 Select Application menu gt Monitor to open a Monitor window The default view will include a Queues tab and a Logs tab o The Queues tab contains the QueueManager Thumbnail and QueueStatus modules o The Logs tab contains the ClientLog and ServerLog modules If you would prefer to have any new output queues automatically added to the QueueManager for future use enable the Auto Queue Order checkbox via the Toolbar spanner icon The module windows may be resized and positioned by selecting the
216. ons This is not available for all printer drivers Maintenance functions can be performed at regular time intervals after a set number of print jobs or after printing linearisation charts and ICC targets Options include When Select Every from the dropdown menu to activate time based maintenance with configurable time and day fields o Perform Actions Calcheck When enabled the printer will print a Calcheck Chart as specified by the user Clean Print Head When enabled the printer will clean the print head Print Nozzle Pattern When enabled the printer will print a nozzle check pattern to verify all print nozzles are clean and functioning Nozzle Check When enabled the printer will perform a nozzle check Every Enter a number in the field or use the arrows to set the selected maintenance to be performed after the defined amount of print jobs o Perform Actions Calcheck When enabled the printer will print a Calcheck Chart as specified by the user Clean Print Head When enabled the printer will clean the print head Print Nozzle Pattern When enabled the printer will print a nozzle check pattern to verify all print nozzles are clean and functioning Nozzle Check When enabled the printer will perform a nozzle check After printing o Linearisation Chart When enabled the printer will print a nozzle check pattern immediately after printing a linearisation chart If the pattern is incomplete th
217. open the Clustering and check the node If the Clustering is already open click the Refresh button This will check for node status If the node appears grayed out or disabled this indicates the node is not currently online Slave Nodes case you would check the node server is up the machine is still s RM 192 Ee eR connected to the network and can see the Master If there is a MA Imaging problem with the node check the error log One the problem is Mi Rendering resolved click the Refresh button or close and reopen the Clustering v V 192 168 3 54 vV Imaging vV Rendering The Node and Master are different versions The node should always be upgraded when the Master is to maintain the same versions in a Cluster Cluster Nodes Errors Log The Cluster Nodes create an error log which logs all the messages from the node This is located in the Megarip installation directory on the node s own machine and is called errors log This can be viewed with a normal text editor and can help to track a problem or it can be sent to support for assistance in tracing a problem A Node Cannot Be Found Once you have started the node successfully you should be able to see it in the Clustering If not you need to add the node manually If this fails there are a few things to check Verify the node is still running and the clock is still counting up Check the error log for any messages Check that the Master machine can ping the
218. or the currently selected frame including fields for size orientation and scaling Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 91 Document The Document section of the Property panel is used when tiling an image or nest of images that are larger than the available print media eee ed 0 Asset Property Template When activated a red box will appear in the Layout area defining the total area being used for tiling A media length height must be defined when using tiling mode If using roll sheet media the length of paper to be used for each tile can be entered into the Length field in the output settings of the Media itself see Workbench Data Types Alternatively the tile length can be entered Tun using the Height field in the Media section of the Property panel see below Media section for further information Content The dimensions entered will appear in the Layout area tiled and i overlapped accordingly to cover the entire document area After placing and locking an asset making it transparent in the document area you are able to preview how the image will be tiled and overlapped onto each media sheet before submitting to print e Width Total width of the area to be tiled e Height Total height length of the area to be tiled e Tiling Enable or disable tiling mode e Tiling Overlap The size of image overlap for each tile Media The Media section of the Property pan
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221. oth case sensitive golem swdevel serendipity software com au 9100 The Accounts Admin menu option is selected in order to display the panels for configuring any Users and Groups and these should be created prior to Nam O OS activating Secure Mode Password The Log Out option only appears once Secure Mode has been activated Selecting this while using Megarip in Secure Mode simultaneously logs the current user out and generates the Login window with options to login as a new user and select a Server to connect to or Quit the application While the Login window is displayed the Client is effectively locked to all users The Server will continue to operate normally ra n Choose Server Setting up Users and User Groups Megarip s Secure Mode is set inactive by default The software will continue to function normally whether or not Secure Mode is activated Important Note It is recommended all users and groups requiring access be setup BEFORE activating Secure Mode Secure Mode cannot be activated until at least one 1 user has been created This would usually be the Admin account as this is automatically created when the Accounts Admin option is selected for the first time 1 Select Server Menu Accounts Admin to display the configuration panels Activating Secure Mode Once the initial user account s have been setup Secure Mode can be activated by checking the tickbox located via Server menu Server Settings G
222. other can create a JPEG image and transmit it to a remote Serendipity Megarip Alternatively create a PDF file to send to a customer at the same time as printing a hardcopy Pagesetups This displays all Pagesetups configured in the system The sort columns show the Output Input Screening and Media used by each Pagesetup Tickboxes are available to select which Pagesetup will be included in the Pool A context menu for each Pagesetup in the list allows the user to edit any or all selections of the highlighted Pagesetup its assigned Output or Media Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 44 Paper Profile e Configuring a Paper Profile is a fundamental part of calibrating a printer for optimum colour output The profile is assigned to a Media and matches paper and ink characteristics to the output driver resolution colourspace and custom settings of the Media The user interface for Paper Profile comprises of a toolbar containing options and functions to assist in creating the profile and a tabbed panel where the printer s dot sizes Density SSS Patches Ink Limits and if appropriate ink Separation Control are ua FEET configured aimee E C ax 7 Light Black v 10000 EEN 62s ETET c QNM Toolbar Options CTI m ME e Measure Patches Use this to measure a printed density mee Ge me NM M chart using a supported Spectrophotometer After selecting Si Magenta densi m EN choose an online instrument to be
223. ove is a guide to configure a setup to print film separations for use in the Screen Printing industry Run some test jobs to choose the most suitable patches ink combination and resolution for the device and media being used If a different resolution or colourspace is selected or the light inks are used a new Paper Profile will need to be created Trying different dot sizes will mean adjustment of the Paper Profile changing which patch is turned on in each channel During the testing period many combinations of ink colours dot sizes and resolution were tried Different output devices and media will produce varying results so a combination of patches and ink mixing may work better The higher resolution 1440dpi produced the most dense output at around 4 18D but takes longer to RIP and print By running at a lower resolution 720dpi the jobs processed quicker but the density drops to just under 3 at around 2 8D This is often acceptable for many applications but will vary depending on the media and device used Testing will prove the most suitable setup The most commonly used settings were CMYK colourspace with an ink combination of Black and Magenta This used the large Black dot 4 and the small Magenta dot 2 in the Paper Profile and gave a slight reddish tinge to the Black which is desirable in the Screen Printing industry Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 50 Modules Modules are used for managing jobs as they pass thro
224. ows OS Quits the Serendipity Client application This option is available under the Serendipity Client menu for Mac OS X users Files Select files to send to a Media and Pagesetup for processing Files As Asset Select files to send to the Studio Application Asset queue Assets will appear in the QueueManager queue as thumbnails but are not processed until submitted for printing from the Studio application ICC Target Submit an ICC Target to a selected Media and Pagesetup ICC Target without Colour correction Submit an ICC Target to a selected Media and Pagesetup All ICC options and colour correction curves are disabled Test Prints Select one or more Media and Pagesetups to send internal test prints for processing New Create a new item in the database Save Save changes to the database Duplicate Make a copy of the currently selected item Revert Reload the last saved version of the currently selected item Delete Delete the currently selected item Print Print the details of the currently selected item Get Info Displays a popup window with two panels General amp Ownership General displays the type created and modified dates for the selected item Ownership displays the User and User Group permissions for the item Show Orphans Shows any item currently in the database not being used by a Pagesetup Add to Archive Add the selected items into a new Archive window See the Archives section for further i
225. panel sets the output driver used and allows auto cleaning of job Output queues The printer connection or file destination is configured in the Destination panel The Collating section has options for Nesting and Duplexing Maintenance allows for automatic printer maintenance functions to be configured Queue e Output Driver Select the desired output driver from the dropdown list Those available will depend upon the options enabled on the dongle The selected driver affects the options in a Pagesetup and Media pointing to it e Change Media Select this to optionally assign a Media to the Output A chooser window will appear with Media displayed matching the Output driver type The options as set in the selected Media are displayed for view can be edited or a new Media can be created e Status Choose whether the Output queue is Active or Inactive This can also be controlled from the QueueManager e AutoClean Configures Megarip to automatically delete printed jobs from the Output queue based on times and or number of completed jobs in the queue Auto cleaning is performed the next time a job is submitted after an auto cleaning condition has been met Options include o Job History Keep Most Recent When enabled set a number of jobs Megarip will keep that number of most recent printed jobs in the Output queue automatically deleting any excess jobs utput Driver Epson Stylus Pro 11880 PX 20000 Note If this option is e
226. port see above are placed in the Asset Queue ICC Profiles Always Use ICC Enable this to always use the assigned ICC profiles for jobs submitted to the Pagesetup and Media If this is not enabled the ICC profiles selected are only used in colourspace conversion Honour Embedded ICC Profiles Enable this to use an ICC profile embedded in a submitted TIFF JPEG or EPS file as the input match profile When enabled embedded file profiles will always take precedence over any Match ICC assigned to the Pagesetup Note The TIFF Image output driver has an option to embed an ICC profile into TIFF files that are output by Megarip Black Point Compensation This setting is designed for use when processing input from large gamut sources such as photographs and RGB images Black Point Compensation mzz enhances shadow details in these images assists when viewing Rf Always Use ICC shadowed areas in non ideal or everyday lighting conditions and Bee ee eee prevents flooding in CMY gray areas Sia This setting only functions when using colourimetric intents and RGB input f Black Point Compensation when Always Use CC ls checked RGB ICC Profile monitors sRGB_v4_ICC_preference icc Rendering Intent Perceptual H Black Point Compensation should not be used for normal CMYK proofing jobs which are generally well within the gamut of an CECR fograaltona testsulte ISOcoated v2 eciF39 icc output device Inkjet printer E Re
227. port action e Export Displays a file chooser to enter a name and select a location to save the file to Table 1 Supported Density Standards Density Standard Status Instrument DTP41 Not all instruments support all density standards This table is not a complete list Consult the instrument user guide for more information Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 67 Displays The Displays application uses a supported Spectrophotometer to calibrate and create an ICC profile for a selected monitor or light booth Suitable graphics monitors can be calibrated to match a chosen print gamut allowing colour accurate softproofing of print material and can be verified at any time to ensure correct colour output Creation of a profile is very simple requiring a supported instrument and a few minutes of time The Spectrophotometer is placed on the screen to be calibrated A series of adjustments are made to the screen gamma white point and brightness if available Measurements are taken from which an ICC profile is created and saved in Megarip and the operating system as the native display ICC profile Note The Displays application creates a profile for use with the Match ICC profile assigned to the monitor in Server Settings Ensure the correct match profile is set before creating the monitor profile see the Server Settings Colour Management section for details The Displays interface comprises of a function list left
228. pport options amp information Available queues Serendipity Megarip RM MMMM Autodetect Queues image e Render Log File e Printer queues System Info e Show all queues Support Queues Click on any of the queues to get information about jobs in that queue Information about the job including name and current status will be shown Available printers Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 108 5 minutes 30 minutes 60 minutes 4 hours 24 hours 2 days 1 week all messages Logfile from golem swdevel serendipity software com au Thu Jul 23 Invalid dbase Applications Serendipity Megarip V5 Serendipity Megarip lib Log File To view the log file select the option from the list on the left H NM emm From here select a particular time period to fetch from the Server Once l 9nn viewed you can print the file or save it to disk The log can be printed mene ifla Decimo sare Srp 557 192023 Thu Jul 23 Serendipity server 42 38 29 2009 Ihilialising CMS engine saved or exported from the browser ha 12 34 29 2009 Thu Jul 23 Serendipity server 12 34 43 2009 Getting list of available input drivers Thu Jul 23 ILLLRS 12 34 44 2009 Getting list of available destination drivers Thu Jul 23 Berecdiphy secver 12 34 44 2009 Getting list of available rendering effect drivers Thu Jul 23 12 34 44 2009 Verifyin
229. que eiiiai ia 18 MAEPLHLS aed itnce ense tie tette anina 41 42 Maximum Densities Override 79 Med eiit cator ta tdi 31 Calcheck Io anat i dod asta 32 Colour Correcto enansar 32 FM Screening ssssssssssssssssssrrsssreesrirsrrenerrnnnn 33 Halftone Screening 33 ICC PLOMIES ias qa Initiation 32 OULU DIE Lii sion ede tepu bo usns 31 Output Screening sess 33 Paper Profile aav eoo os 32 Printer Margins itii pie eite 31 Screen Printing oce ote ets 33 MEC IR 32 MedIaSta bus sere usata br entr e EP SUR 54 Megarip Product OVervIeWsucipsod ideae 6 EOI OK ME 80 Add Modules eret 80 EditMode 80 Imaging Thumbnail 59 Layout Options zd iaces 80 Load a saved layout 80 Rendering Thumbnail 59 JOD Sis A e eO Mo a hed ce 80 Use MO CG daemon a NNi 80 Monitor Modules egiseisusiri ree inpitcse stetit 51 Sent OB iaiia N 51 CHYS LOLS CALING srren naea 51 DropZODGe sscosensetitterietesin on eie dens 51 M dias UAEUS cceucei denm pU dn 51 QueueManager ee 51 OUuette5 Latus oce tee sc ntt 51 SEL Ver DOE nannaa anaiei 51 DEALS eec 51 T RED EXIT sessio eripere pnr eis 51 Monitoring Jobs sss 19 N Nest TOSS cuerno bsp tree pads Eie 56 O Open An AL CHIVES 4o nicae avt re eis 61 Ordered Dithering
230. r Search Search the log for messages Enter the text of characters to search for and the ServerLog will only display the lines matching the search Options Module The Server function that generated the message Routine The operation within the Server function Date The time the Server called the module Message The message resulting from the routine Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 58 Status Status shows the current disk status usage of the Server processing areas such as spooling temporary directories and DropFolders Editing the ss conf file in the installation directory under the etc folder can change disk locations The available options are Spool I e Update Checks the disks and updates the view e Preferences Sets the Status window preferences A further option available is o Update Interval Sets the time between updates OSTemp E e Colour Scheme Changes the colour of the Status window e Font options Change the size of the text Print D Process D Dropfolders D Thumbnail This module displays a thumbnail of jobs as they are imaging and rendering Thumbnail progress is updated at the same time as the Imaging or Rendering QueueStatus is updated The following options are available from the contextual menu right click e Show Imaging Show the Imaging thumbnail denoted by gears in each inset e Show Rendering Show the Rendering thumbnail denoted by a paintb
231. r Manual Version 5 3 64 Image Shows the number of simultaneous Imaging tasks that can be performed by the Node Click on the field to change the number Render Shows the number of simultaneous Rendering tasks that can be performed by the Node Click on the field to change the number see the Server Settings for details on Imaging and Rendering task settings Refresh The Refresh button polls the network for active Nodes and registers any Nodes in the list that are offline Cluster Node activity can be monitored in the ClusterStatus module see the Monitor Modules ClusterStatus section for more information Menu Options The following options are available from a contextual right click menu within the Cluster Node panel Add Node Add a Cluster Node that cannot be seen Sometimes Nodes on subnets cannot be detected Selecting this allows you to enter the hostname or IP address of the Node and add it to the list manually The Node to be added must be running Add Processing Pool Select change or remove the current Pagesetup Pool for which the Node performs Image and Render tasks Remove All Offline Slaves Nodes Remove a Node from the list that has gone offline Remove Node Available for offline Nodes only This option removes the selected Node from the list Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 65 Densitometer The Densitometer application allows you to measure and display density readings with a supported Spe
232. r or digital camera profile e Press ICC Profile Select a Press profile This is a Match profile and is used to convert input data from CMYK to Lab This can be a multicolour profile or CMYK If a multicolour profile is selected an additional option will become available Press Inks o Press Inks For multicolour press profiles the plates used in the ICC and the order of those plates must be specified Selecting this option displays a Special Colour Set chooser to select a pre defined set or create a new one Important Note For multicolour profiles to work the same colour names used in the ICC must be created and be in the same order The order for the ICC is specified during ICC creation This is independent of the actual press order Change the order by dragging the colours around the set The order is specified as the Colour left column order descending e Upload ICC This is available on all of the ICC choosers If the ICC profile is located somewhere other than the default ICC folders use this function to upload it to the Server ICC folders in order for it to be used As this is a Client side option use this function for moving ICC profiles from the machine they were created on to the Server This can be either on the LAN or WAN as a remote machine e Print Calcheck Select this to attach a calibration strip to every job passing through this Pagesetup o Device Choose the device used to measure the strip with This creates the chart
233. rchive to save the sdb archive file toa z5 tifferoonie chosen location EE 6 Closethe Archives application when finished Installing the Dongle Driver Update Version 5 dongles new or upgraded require an up to date Safenet dongle driver in order to function To upgrade 1 Make sure the Megarip Server and Client are not running and remove any Megarip or any other SuperPro USB dongles from the computer 2 On the Megarip installation DVD navigate to the dongle windows folder and run the Sentinel Protection Installer exe file Alternatively download and run the latest driver install from the Safenet website http www safenet inc com support downloads sentinel drivers Run the Sentinel installer Select Upgrade and Next Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the upgrade Restart the computer when finished oY S ee Installing C Runtime Libraries To run correctly Megarip 5 3 requires the installation of Microsoft Visual C Redistributable libraries that may not be present in your Windows operating system If these were not installed for the existing Megarip version they will need to be installed now To install 1 Navigate to the windows folder on the Megarip DVD a For Windows 32 bit Run the vcredist x86 exe file b For Windows 64 bit Run the vcredist x64 exe file 2 Follow the prompts to install Microsoft Visual C 2008 Redistributable Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3
234. re insufficient privileges for the user trying to connect the username and or password could be incorrect or the username and password part of the string have been forgotten Client Error When testing with lpr or from Serendipity Megarip and the error client error not found is seen it means it is unable to find the printer the file is being sent to Check to make sure the name of the printer is correct Unable to Print to Remote Windows Printer This can happen from Mac or Windows If you are on a Windows machine and are creating a new printer to connect to the remote printer but it fails to find the path make sure the remote printer is shared and the name is correct Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 117 Glossary Client GUI that monitors jobs and allows configuration of the Server Clustering The use of multiple machines on a network for distributed processing CMM Colour Management Module CRT Cathode Ray Tube Describes the type of monitor CTP Computer to Plate CUPS Common UNIX Printing System Data Types Database groups such as Pagesetups or RIPs etc DPI Dots Per Inch resolution EPS Encapsulated Postscript File FTP File Transfer Protocol Method for copying files between computers across networks GUI Graphical User Interface ICC International Color Consortium ICC Profile A colour lookup table used for converting colour of a job from one device to another LAN Local
235. releasing Options include o Hold After Imaging Hold jobs submitted to the Published Pagesetup after imaging has completed Held jobs can be released to continue processing via the QueueManager toolbar or contextual right click menu o Hold After Rendering Hold jobs submitted to the Published Pagesetup after rendering has completed Held jobs can be released to continue processing via the QueueManager toolbar or contextual right click menu o Nest When enabled this option will nest jobs submitted to the Published Pagesetup according to the criteria defined in the Output used by the Pagesetup Media Note The Nest function only requires that the Output used has nesting parameters defined The Output itself can have nesting disabled for normal use This makes it possible to create multiple nesting or non nesting Published Pagesetup s to print via the same Output Po ue i Asset Queue as a Published Pagesetup The Asset Queue automatically publishes itself on the network in multiple ways Drop Folder Files placed in the Asset Drop Folder are automatically placed in the Asset Queue The drop folder location is Serendipity Megarip drop asset drop Printer The Asset Queue is published as a Bonjour Zeroconf network destination address asset drop computer name Jobs printed to this Bonjour destination see above are placed in the Asset Queue TCP Port The Asset Queue publishes itself to TCP port number 9104 Jobs printed to this TCP
236. ressing Enter or TAB stores the value and moves to the next patch for entry e Hovering the mouse over the patch number displays a tooltip providing information about the patch Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 45 Sift and Sort Options When enabled the Sift and Sort options for each ink channel allow users to set the maximum ink coverage for the channel and display the channels name For legacy paper profiles created in previous versions of Megarip using patches with Density values rather than Lab values this option also allows users to set the patch order and sift for the optimal combination of dots for the ink channel e Sift This is a legacy option available to older paper profiles create in previous versions of Blackmagic Sift uses one of several intelligent algorithms to select a suitable dot combination based on the density readings taken and the output device selected When used the popup DotSieve Algorithm Selector presents the available device ink Sift options The Sift selected patches can be switched off or changed if alternate patches are more appropriate e Maximum Ink This field sets an ink coverage limit for the ink channel by introducing white space into areas of coverage higher than the set limit The default setting is 100 i e no limiting Maximum Ink is a low level setting applied during screening e Sort Order This is a legacy option available to older paper profiles created in previous versions of
237. ring queue again with the attributes of the selected Pagesetup View the Pagesetup edit it or create a new one prior to submitting the job e Nest Jobs Submits the selected jobs to be nested This sends the job to the rendering queue to re render for a nest The Collating section of the Output is used for the nesting parameters e Nest Now This is available when the selected job has a status of Waiting to Nest Only one job needs to be selected and all jobs with a Waiting to Nest status will be nested e Duplex Now Duplexes any job that has a status of Waiting to Duplex Only one job needs to be selected and all jobs with a Waiting to Duplex status will be duplexed e View FlipBook Opens the selected job or publication in FlipBook If the selected job is part of a publication all pages will be shown e Select Publication Selects all the pages jobs in the QueueManager belonging to the same Publication as the selected job e Refresh All Queues Updates the queues e Export Export data from the selected job The available formats are o CIP3 Exports job information to a file in CIP3 format at the selected resolution The orientation can also be selected before exporting Further options are Version 2 1 Version 3 0 Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 56 Rotations Surface Choose front or back Compress Preview Choose if the preview should be compressed Some presses are unable to handle files in compre
238. rite execute permissions for the folder 5 Theterminal window will close when the installation is complete 6 Plugthe Megarip dongle into an available USB port 7 Startthe Megarip v5 3 Server and the Serendipity Client If the installation location was not changed the existing database should appear once the Server and Client have restarted reformatted and intact in the Workbench The Client should open with the previous versions configuration If the installation location was changed or in the event the existing database is not complete the database backup needs to be imported using the Archives application To import an existing database backup 1 Openthe Archives application from the Serendipity Client Application menu 2 InArchives select File menu Open Archive 3 Navigate to and select the saved backup archive sdb file Click Open The archive will open in the Archives window and display all database items from the previously backed up configuration 4 Once the archive has loaded select Edit menu gt Add to Database gt Whole Archive This will import the entire database 5 Alternatively choose individual items to import from the list and select Edit Add to Database Selected Nodes 6 The database items will be imported and appear in the Workbench for use For further information on Archives and backing up databases see the Archives section of this manual Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 1
239. rush in each inset e Normal Thumbnail Displays the default size thumbnail e Large Thumbnail Displays a large thumbnail e Small Thumbnail Displays a small thumbnail Each active Thumbnail module may only show either Imaging or Rendering not both The module window displays as many Thumbnail insets as there are simultaneous Imaging Rendering tasks configured in the Server Settings Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 59 Applications The applications available within Serendipity Megarip add functionality to the Client and provide additional tools for managing the Server and jobs There are thirteen 13 Applications available including the Workbench and Monitor All are accessible via the Applications menu in the Client Some such as Calcheck can be launched via other Applications or Monitor Modules The available Applications are listed here with further details on each following Archives Make partial or complete backups of the Workbench configurations Calcheck Verify the calibration status of a printer Clustering Allocate and manage Imaging and Rendering tasks across multiple computers and networks Densitometer Measure and display density readings taken with a Densitometer or Spectrophotometer Displays Create ICC profiles for system monitors for accurate onscreen colour softproofing FlipBook Display a publication as a 2D or 3D virtual book Lineariser Create a Linearisation curve for use with
240. s 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange or Cc Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer in accord with Subsection b above The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it For an executable work complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains plus any associated interface definition files plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable However as a special exception the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed in either source or binary form with the major components compiler kernel and so on of the operating system on which the executable runs unless that component itself accompanies the executable Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 122 If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code 4 10 11 You may not copy modify sublicense or distribute the Program except as e
241. s a Drop Folder or as a network print destination for printing from another software application To Publish a Pagesetup it is necessary for the Serendipity Megarip PPD to be installed on the same system on which the Megarip Server runs Server menu gt Download PPD e Publish DropFolder Allocate a folder where files can be dropped in for processing Valid File Types include Postscript PDF JPEG TIFF Image Serendipity Blackmagic Image EPS PNG Publish e Location Select a folder as a DropFolder The folder must exist and Bia aia aia have read write permissions Llocation Default e Default Reset the DropFolder location to the default one ENS Serendipity Megarip installation directory drop lt Pagesetup Get C Aetas Pod mam bee Name Flow Control C Hold After Imaging Hold After Rendering e Printers Choose to publish the Pagesetup as a network print destination allowing third party applications to print directly to it O O Mac Enable to publish the Pagesetup as a Bonjour Zeroconf network destination for Mac OS X and Linux This option also publishes the Pagesetup as an AppleTalk destination where the Pagesetup name is used as the printer name Note When adding a new printer through System Preferences on Mac OS X select the Bonjour address pagesetup name computer name as the printer and Serendipity Megarip PPD as the driver Windows Choose to publish the Pagesetup as a Windows local printer port
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243. s the connected Spectrophotometer Alternates with the Activate button e Add Select this to append to the list for each reading If this is not selected the last reading is updated This is available after the device has successfully connected e Ae Select the value of deltaE to display for when comparing measured colours with those in a loaded set This is used in conjunction with the Show All Swatches option e Show All Swatches Select this to view all swatches By de selecting this only those swatches below or equal to the deltaE value entered will be displayed Colours within the defined tolerance values will show in blue Measured Loaded Set Panels The Measure and Loaded Set panels show the following information e Colour A swatch visually representing the colour e Name The name of the colour This can be edited by clicking in the name field e Space The colourspace of the colour Lab or CMYK e Mode The paint mode of the colour e Tint The tint value of the colour e DotGain The dotgain curve assigned to the colour if any In addition the Loaded Set panel displays the following e Ae CIE94 CMC 1 1 CMC 2 1 Delta L Delta a Delta b These columns list the relative delta s of the loaded set colours when compared to the selected measured colour Export Menu The Export menu allows for the measured values to be exported to a space or tab delimited file Save all or only selected entries and select
244. se that contradict the conditions of this License they do not excuse you from the conditions of this License If you cannot distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations then as a consequence you may not distribute the Program at all For example if a patent license would not permit royalty free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under any particular circumstance the balance of the section is intended to apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other circumstances Itis not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any such claims this section has the sole purpose of protecting the integrity of the free software distribution system which is implemented by public license practices Many people have made generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed through that system in reliance on consistent application of that system it is up to the author donor to decide if he or she is willing to distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot impose that choice This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what i
245. selected tab Next Tab Loads the next available tab Previous Tab Loads the previous tab o Show Tab Show hide the tabs listed at the top of the screen e Get Info Display information about the softproofed job and how it was processed e Show Page Boundary Display a red line around the page area of the job e Show Notes Display any notes attached to the job e 9 219 1 D 5 d O O D e Ink Weights Opens a window displaying the ink weights source and print inks for the job e Proof Colours For use with RGB images only Automatically select a Press Configuration to display onscreen what the RGB image will print like using a specific Press profile The selected Press will appear in the status bar at the Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 USE Tools Submit Modules gt Q Get Info 8l D Show Page Boundary P E Show Notes N Screened Pixel Readout amp Ink Weights OX Q A Zoom In Q Zoom Out gt a Show All amp Show Actual Pixels A Show Actual Print Size Fit Width t Fit Height 7 90 CW 90 CCW 180 4 Invert iw Mirror t Autocrop 9 Unsharp Mask 53 Full Screen Thumbnails Ws Page Index F3 Notes EB Loupe bottom right of the screen Clicking the status bar button will allow you to adjust which profile is used e Zoom In Out Zoom in or out of the image e Show All Fit the entire job into the SoftProof window e Show Actual Pixels On
246. shing Publish Publish DropFolder 1 In the Workbench select the Pagesetup from the list of available data types _ Location Default 2 Goto the Publish panel and enable the checkbox for TCP Port Activate Printer C Mac C Windows port number option TCP Port V Activate port number 10201 Flow Control Hold After Imaging _ Hold After Rendering 3 Enterthe TCP port number into the field and Save the Pagesetup Port Numbers It is recommended that the port number assigned to a Pagesetup be a port over 10000 to avoid any conflict with the operating system or an existing application Each Pagesetup to be published needs its own unique port number for example 10200 10201 etc Media When submitting jobs to a Published Pagesetup the default Media assigned to the Pagesetup is used If you wish to publish to different media on the same printer each Media required needs to be assigned to its own Pagesetup with its own unique port number Creating a TCP IP Windows System Printer poten A system printer needs to be created and configured on the Windows computer that gt a r ass is running the Megarip Server this option only if y when you plug them in 1 Select Windows Start Menu Devices and Printers 2 Click on Add Printer The Add Printer wizard will appear 3 Select Add a Local Printer and click Next 4 Select Create a New Port and Standard TCP IP Port from the Type of Port dropdown menu C
247. ssed format o PDF Exports the selected job in PDF at the resolution entered Further options are Compressions JPEG ZIP or LZW For JPEG and ZIP control for the level and quality of compression is also available o Postscript separated Exports the current job as a separated PS file o Tiff Multichannel Exports the current file as a multichannel Tiff e Calcheck Job Launches the Calcheck application to check a job s calibration status The jobname is stored and the results can be exported or printed Measurement results from the Calcheck are stored in the Job Info e Calculate Ink Weight Displays the Ink Weights window with the selected job s ink weights and coverage shown e Ppause Resume Printing Processing Pause or Resume the output queue of the selected job at their current stage of processing or printing Imaging Rendering Nesting or Printing Incomplete jobs in paused queues will display in red e Change Output Media Change the Media assigned to the output queue for the selected job Once re assigned all jobs held awaiting the new Media will begin processing e Auto Queue Order when this option is enabled the QueueManager displays jobs for all existing process and output queues Any new queues created will be shown automatically Configuration Options The following options are available from the right click contextual menu within the QueueManager window e Queue Colour Select a colour for the currently sele
248. t Light Cyan Paper Profile Graph The graph shows the dots selected for each colour The position on the graph gives a pper fie erem proportional representation showing where the dot starts to turn on or off and their relative proximity to other dots The individual colour graph plots can be turned on or off by checking the tick boxes under the graph Hovering the mouse over a point on the graph displays a tool tip giving information about the dot If a colour is not shown on the graph but the check box is ticked the dots selected are most likely a poor choice and may not be valid or that the ink channel has been turned off by not choosing any of its dots Separate Ink Channels only Separation Control Separation Control displays where a light ink mixes with standard or heavier inks within a process ink channel For example the coverage level where Cyan is printed and where light Cyan finishes Separation Control is available when the Paper Profile is linked to a Media for a printer that has light inks enabled and the Treat Light Inks as Separate Channels option is enabled These settings are in the output Custom Settings of the Media The graph displays the portion of each ink used at ink coverage levels and where the inks start and cross over To view individual inks on the graph click the ink colour checkbox at the bottom of the screen Click an ink twice to toggle all graphs on
249. t CMYK Profile match Standard SWOP for media paper white in the Relative Colourimetric Intent LUT This has the effect of printing a paper layer when printing with 4e Output CMYK Profile printers Standard SWOP Relative Colourimetric rendering intent When enabled this E a ee option ignores the Lab value for paper in the Relative LUT CI CMS dithering leaving paper white areas unprinted e CMS Dithering Disabled by default Use CMS Dithering for smoother results whenever conversion between 16 bits to 8 bits is required Working Paths Working Paths lists the default location of the paths the Server uses to process jobs Server Settings General Colour Management Working Paths Applications Serendipity megarip raster e Raster Holds all the imaged rendered and print jobs while they are live In the system f 1 Applications Serendipity megarip spool e Spool The location where the job is spooled prior to processing Temp Votkculisdiuns rares E e Temp After spooling the job is moved to the temp directory z JApplications Serendipity megarip drop where it is worked on e Drop The default location for the DropFolders The Raster directory holds all jobs while they are in the system and as such can be very large If this is moved it needs to be placed on a disk with plenty of space A Server restart is required if any paths are changed in order for the changes to take effect
250. t does not have sufficient resolution to VETITEL 00000000000 display edges smoothly The values increase the amount of aom pixels used for Antialiasing The default setting is None OE Priority Assign a priority to a Pagesetup The lower the C Auto Publication Name number the higher the priority Numbers can be negative LU for a higher priority The default is 0 Jobs waiting to Image or Render will process through a higher priority Pagesetup over jobs submitted to lower priority queues Auto Publication Name Create unique publication names for each job passed through the Pagesetup Use this feature for duplexing from PDF or PS files Submitting a multi page document as one job will allocate all pages with the same publication name 16 Bit Processing Enable or disable 16 bit processing for jobs submitted to the Pagesetup amp Change Output Epson 7880 Antialiasing None HA Note Megarip V5 is able to accept files submitted in a 16 bit format The files are normally processed and rendered in standard 8 bit colour which for many workflows is sufficient for proofing 16 bit processing improves render quality and can be useful for finding artifacts within a job When enabled files submitted to the Pagesetup in 8 bit are upscaled to 16 bit for processing 16 bit mode requires more system memory for imaging rendering jobs and produces larger output files Publish Allows Pagesetups to be published on a network a
251. t with the operating system or an existing application Each Pagesetup to be published needs its own unique port number for example 10200 10201 etc Media When submitting jobs to a Published Pagesetup the default Media assigned to the Pagesetup is used If you wish to publish to different media on the same printer each Media required needs to be assigned to its own Pagesetup with its own unique port number Creating a TCP IP Mac OS X System Printer Gea _ ooo A system printer needs to be created and configured on the Mac OS X computer that is running the Megarip Server Open the System Preferences for the Mac OS X Choose Print amp Fax Click the icon at the bottom of the printer list panel to create a new printer Select the IP icon at the top of the Add Printer window M Protocol Select HP Jetdirect Socket from the dropdown menu ane Ada Prener Address Enter the TCP IP address and port information for the iain i printer setup in the following format Computer IPaddress PagesetupPortNumber see image for example The IP address for the printer should not be used m n 7 Name Enter the desired name for the printer It should be easily hat recognisable as a Published Pagesetup and or the particular ied LI Pagesetup being published r 8 Print Using Select Printer Software from the dropdown menu B m 9 A list of available Mac OS X sys
252. tem printer drivers will popup ve evo oe IS Dei Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 110 10 11 12 Either scroll down the list and select Serendipity Megarip or type Serendipity in the filter field and select Serendipity Megarip and click OK Click Add to add the new printer Set the published Pagesetup Printer as the system default and or share the printer on the network as required 309 Printer Software mI ETT Q Q seren Configuring a Pagesetup for Publishing as a Bonjour Printer To configure the Pagesetup for Publishing 1 In the Workbench select the Pagesetup to be Published from the list of available items Go to the Publish panel and enable the printer Mac checkbox This lists the Pagesetup in the Mac OS X system Bonjour destinations as Pagesetup name computer name Save the Pagesetup configuration when done Creating a Bonjour System Printer for Mac OS X A system printer needs to be created and configured on the Mac OS X computer running the Megarip Server Do Dese Open the System Preferences for Mac OS X Choose Print amp Fax Publish _ Publish DropFolder J Location Default Printer M Mac __ Windows TCP Port _ Activate port number Flow Control _ Hold After Imaging Hold After Rendering Nest eoe Add Printer Bea NN Default u Fax IP Windows Search Select t
253. ter Set the published Pagesetup Printer as the system default and or share the printer on the network as required Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 Megarip Bonjour Pagesetup 4 die Li Used Open Print Queue ocation Serendipity Megarip Kind Serendipity Megarip Status Idle M Share this printer on the network Sharing Preferences Default printer Last Printer Used Default paper size A4 e id Click the lock to prevent further changes 111 Publishing a Pagesetup on Windows 7 Megarip Pagesetup s can be set up as Windows system printer destinations to allow jobs to be easily submitted via the Print option of third party software or design packages Jobs printed to a Published Pagesetup will be automatically sent for processing and colour management in Megarip eliminating the need for dropfolders or manual file submission Note Jobs printed via Megarip in this way must be in a file input format available to your Megarip version Megarip Printer Driver The first step before proceeding is to enable access to the Megarip inf driver file The Megarip printer driver is a proprietary Serendipity Software driver that Windows will use as the printer driver The file is located on the Serendipity Megarip installation DVD in the following directory drivers win win xp vista 7 Configuring the Pagesetup for Publishing as a System Printer To configure a calibrated Pagesetup for Publi
254. terval between the Server sending out updates to connected Clients The default interval is 2sec High end systems with good networking are able to set the interval to Osec for slightly improved image render times when processing large numbers of jobs Sites using the Client remotely connected via the internet should set a longer polling interval of 10 20sec e Output Unknown Files to Printer Output any unknown files direct to a printer If this is unchecked any unknown files will result in errors and will not be output e Log Printed Jobs When enabled this option will log completed print jobs in the Server log The jobname and dimensions are noted e Secure Mode Enable or disable Secure Mode e Mail Server Enter the details of the mail server for error notification emails when using Secure Mode e Sender Email Address Enter the details of the Sender From address for error notification emails Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 106 Colour Management e ICC Engine Accuracy Select Faster or Better depending on preferences e Default ICC Profiles Select the default ICC profiles used when 3 first creating a new Pagesetup Input profiles and Media General TT Working Paths Output profiles ICC Engine Accuracy e Force Relative Colourimetric Media White Various ICC profiling pnma packages and some older ICC v2 profiles included an Lab value P Input RGB Profile monitors sRGB icc 4 Inpu
255. than 1 will compensate for the dot spread on the media If the YN is greater than 1 the Dot decreases and if the YN is less than 1 increases This can be seen from the graph on the Lineariser The curves display the compensation therefore if the YN number is less than 1 the dot percentage calculated is increased so the curve applied will go down The reverse is true for a YN number greater than 1 For most of the testing done during initial development the value of 2 the default setting seemed to work well It was also noted on occasions better results were obtainable by setting different values for each process colour Note As the ICC profiles are created after Linearisation any value entered will be used for printing the ICC chart and will affect the output This means when the ICC profiles are applied the same YN number must always be used in the Lineariser to obtain correct results Maximum Densities Override The Maximum Densities Override allows the user to cap the top end density to any value less than the maximum value read If a value less than the highest value measured is entered the curve will change The top end will move down and the rest of the curve will adjust to compensate for the new end position The values in the middle of the curve will also change Pros and Cons There are various arguments for and against setting a maximum density override In general the Match ICC profile would set the maximum density v
256. the brightness of the selected booth Follow any onscreen instructions Note For some Spectrophotometers after initial instrument calibration an ambient light filter will need to be attached before placing it in the booth and commencing the booth adjustment Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 71 FlipBook The FlipBook application allows you to view a publication as a virtual book In Megarip a publication is defined as a group of pages with the same publication name This is a collection of book or magazine signatures that have been de imposed but a publication may consist of any number of pages FlipBook allows you to load the publication and flip through O O FlipBook 2 admin durian swdevel serendipity software com au 9100 NFR not for resale Publication Pagination pages as you would with a real magazine Or book This enables Name Publication 123016680 Pages Start Page 3 8 Top Page O Even 9 Odd you to check that your de imposition has worked correctly that pages are in the correct order orientation and if there are any duplicates Larger views of the pages can be called up and the whole publication can be exported to PDF or as a QuickTime movie FlipBook can be opened in two 2 ways 1 From the Application menu of the Serendipity Client Publications can be dragged and dropped from the QueueManager into the FlipBook window and will open automatically From the QueueManager applicatio
257. the format for export e Lab Export just the Lab values e XYZ Export just the XYZ values e Lab XYZ Export the Lab values followed by the XYZ values on the same line e XYZ Lab Export the XYZ values followed by the Lab values on the same line e Separate Values With Choose if the values are to be separated with spaces or tabs A contextual right click menu in the Measured Loaded Set panels has the option to Delete a selected colour Delete All measured colours Print the measured loaded set to a system device and Font Options Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 88 Studio The Studio application is designed for the manual nesting or tiling of jobs being processed and output by Megarip Jobs to be nested or tiled are submitted to an Asset queue before they can be used in Studio This can be done in a variety of ways e Submit Files as Asset option via the Submit Menu e Drag and drop files into the Asset area within Studio e Drag and drop files into the Layout area within Studio e Drag and drop files into an Asset dropspot within a DropZone Aios Reems fori Submitted assets are visible in the Asset queue in the QueueManager and remain in the queue even after printing until deleted from the Asset queue This can be done via Studio or the QueueManager module Unlike other queued jobs assets exist only as placeholder thumbnails until a manual nest or tile is submitted for printing from Studi
258. the responsibility of the user to check the created shortcuts do not conflict with any other Megarip third party software or operating system shortcuts hotkeys To add a shortcut 1 Highlightthe selected application or module in the list 2 Use the Edit option in the context menu right click or click in the Shortcut field to the right of the application module name 3 Typein the key or key combination for the shortcut and press Enter The shortcut will now appear in the Application menu of the Client To remove a shortcut 1 Highlightthe selected application or module in the list 2 Usethe Clear option in the context menu right click or 3 Click in the Shortcut field and delete the shortcut Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 105 Server Settings Server settings are saved to the Server and are common to all connected Clients The Server settings are divided into three 3 tabbed categories General Colour Management and Working Paths General e Default Units Set the units used by the Server Options are mm cm inches points picas metres or feet Maximum Memory for PS RIP Set the maximum memory Server Settings used by the Postscript RIP The default is OMB which uses the benimiin Colour Management Working Paths internal default amount Default Units ing Maximum Memory For PS RIP OMB e Maximum Memory for Rotation Set the maximum memory used for Rotation The default is OMB Server
259. tion Ink and Paper Configure the ink and paper properties of the press to simulate their effects in the SoftProof application This helps to produce more accurate proofs allowing you to build up a library of paper and press combinations e Maximum Ink Weight Enter a value for the maximum ink weight This value is used by the InkKeyViewer to show excess ink e Stretch Factor Enter a compensation factor to allow for stretch It can be used for distortion simulation or anamorphic scaling where one direction will distort more than the other Note The easiest way to calculate stretch is to draw a rectangle 1m x 1m and print it Measure the rectangle and enter the value If the size is 98cm enter 0 98 If the size is 102cm enter 1 02 e Back Page Opacity Enter a value between 0 and 100 This controls the amount of show through of the back page through the front page when reverse page viewing in SoftProof e Back Page DotGain Curve Select a DotGain Curve to apply to the back page when using the Show Back Page option in SoftProof e Top Page Choose Even or Odd This is used to determine which page backs onto which so the correct back page is shown when requested Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 48 Screen Printing The Screen Printing functionality within the Media data type is designed for printing film separations on an Inkjet printer Files submitted for processing are separated into individual plates Each plate
260. tion curve At the top of the window is a series of tick boxes one for each colour Selecting one displays the single colour and hides all others Selecting another box changes the graph to that colour Select the same colour again and all graphs will be displayed Use SHIFT Click to show more than one graph Chart Types There are five 5 chart types available for selection i Density History Plots the date of the curve on the X axis and the density values for each patch on the Y axis If the density begins to drop off it will be displayed in the chart ELTE t 4 Peppers 3038 34 1 a 1 1 4 hy Petter tts Density Patches Plots the patches along the X axis and the density on the Y axis For each patch in the history a point is placed on the graph If the density for a given patch does not vary greatly the points will appear on top of each other Where there is some change a line will appear between points 11 Dot History Plots the date of the measurements on the X axis against the dot percentage on the Y axis The points on the chart represent the patches For any patch the effective dot 96 and how it varies across the history is shown r Beatie Dot 96
261. tion is the minimal setup required to get your proof print workflow functioning For proofing work the Media will need to be correctly calibrated For a complete HowTo guide for configuring a calibrated Pagesetup Media Output refer to the Support section of the Serendipity Software website Pagesetup Configuration 1 2 Select Pagesetup from the Data Types list and create a new Pagesetup by selecting File menu gt New The name Untitled will appear in the items list highlighted for f renaming Rename and press Enter Select the item Assign the Output created previously to the Pagesetup via the Change Output button in the Output panel A popup window will appear to select the Output Click OK when done Assign the Media created earlier to the Pagesetup via the Change Media button Select the Media in the popup window that appears and click OK Jobs will be printed using this Media unless another is selected when submitting a job to print Apply any Colour Correction curves if required by selecting the appropriate curve button in the Colour Correction panel See the Workbench Pagesetup section of this manual for further details Select the Input ICC Profiles for RGB and Press CMYK Multicolour respectively by clicking the RGB ICC Profile and Choose ICC Profile buttons in the ICC Profiles panel Use the dropdown menus below each ICC profile to select the Rendering Intent to be used for each assigned ICC Profile Note
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263. to version 5 3 The installer automatically upgrades the existing database to the current 5 3 format As a precaution before upgrading it is recommended that that Megarip database and ICC profiles are backed up using the Archives application see Windows Upgrade or Mac OS X Upgrade sections for details or by copying the database directories see Copying the Database and ICC Folders section for details Important Note Pagesetups imported from Version 3 archives will automatically be split into Media and Pagesetup data types but remain functionally linked Version 5 3 archives cannot be opened or imported into previous versions of Megarip Windows Upgrading to Version 5 3 Archiving Current Installations To Archive a Database Typ amp Pagesetu Ip 1 Runthe existing Megarip Server and Serendipity Client Pe EE D APER m 2 Goto the Serendipity Client Application menu Archives This c a Parere application is called Archiver in earlier versions ar 3 Select File Menu gt Perform Full Backup nM ERES Q 4 Alternatively select Edit menu gt Add to Archive All and add Ee Dune Ear a all database items to the archive file or right click in the i oes Archives window and select Add to Archive All gt Everything 7m M from the contextual menu Te Seema TTE 5 Once all database items have appeared in the Archives window 00 umm select File menu gt Save A
264. tput Driver Epson Stylus Pro 7900 7910 9900 9910 PX H8000 H 10000 with HTM module B enabled on the dongle The selected driver affects the options pies eee made available for Resolution and Colourspace dd p 1024 e Resolution Select or enter the desired resolution DPI If the Meda Length Go em hoe tcc Defaut output is a printer only the supported resolutions are available yi i A Aardsma If itis a file format your own value can be entered Primer Magi Nini UIN Tc Big e Colourspace Select the output colourspace as desired The Tes Ade mor Slo Tony selections will change depending upon the chosen output ha E EE e EE driver inr e Media Width Length Sets the width and length of the Media Only jobs submitted with a width and length equal to or less than the assigned values will be printed Jobs of greater width and length will be held in the QueueManager until an appropriate Media or new width and length values are assigned Note Media Width Length values override the width length settings in the Nesting section of the Output meaning jobs will not nest or print until within the width length settings of the Media to which they were submitted e Cut Sheet Enable this if the Media being printed to is Cut Sheet The media to be used is selected from the dropdown menu o Total Sheets Enter the number of cut sheets loaded in the printer Jobs will stop printing to the Media and be held in the QueueManager when MediaStatus
265. uctions to complete the installation Note You can type your own path and the installation program will make the folder for you provided your chosen location has valid permissions Use back slashes X to separate directories Once the installation has finished proceed to the Running the Software section of this manual Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 8 Mac OS X Installation Administrator rights are required to install Serendipity Megarip If upgrading from an existing installation to version 5 3 see Upgrading to Version 5 3 within this manual Installing the Dongle Driver The first step is to install the dongle driver To install Remove all SuperPro USB dongles On the DVD navigate to the dongle macosx folder Double click the Sentinel System Driver pkg file to launch the installer Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation Restart the computer when finished pui e Deu Installing the Serendipity Printer Drivers The Serendipity Printer Drivers are used when setting up a Published Pagesetup for printing from a third party application e g Photoshop directly to Megarip The installation package is located on the Megarip 5 3 Installation DVD 1 Navigate to the drivers mac folder and run the file Serendipity Printer Drivers pkg 2 Aninstaller window will appear Follow the prompts to complete the installation of the drivers The installer will require administrator access privileg
266. ugh the system and to monitor Server and Client activity The modules can be added to a tab as part of a Monitor layout or selected as a Floating module where the window is stand alone Modules are added to a Monitor through the Layout menu floating modules are available from the Modules menu There are nine 9 modules to choose from ClientLog Displays a log of Client messages that may be generated during normal Client operations ClusterStatus Monitors the progress of Imaging and Rendering tasks on the Server and any active Cluster Nodes DropZone A place to drag and drop files for processing MediaStatus A window showing the current calibration status of a Media data type and a progress bar showing the amount of media e g Paper used QueueManager View and manage jobs after they have been submitted for processing QueueStatus A progress meter showing the current status of active jobs on the selected queue ServerLog Displays any system error and polling messages from the Server Status Shows the disk status usage of the Server processing areas Thumbnail Displays a thumbnail of jobs as they image or render Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 51 ClientLog The ClientLog displays any messages that pop up during normal Client operation There are different levels of message from informative to serious errors All messages are held for a user determined length of time Fetch back log D
267. ultiples see image example The Asset header bar has the following view options e List View Display assets in text form filename jobname A thumbnail preview of the image will appear at the bottom of the panel e Small Thumbnail Display the assets as small thumbnail images with the jobname listed beside them e Large Thumbnail Display the assets as a large thumbnail image only e A search field is available at the bottom of the panel Enter text to find a jobname containing the search string Non relevant assets are temporarily filtered out of the view as the string is typed This search field will not appear when in Large Thumbnail view Clear the search box to view all jobs Property Panel The Property panel displays information on defined elements used in the Layout area Configurable measurements can be entered using any supported unit for e g 60cm 32in and will be automatically converted to the chosen default measurement unit as defined in the Studio Settings The panel has three 3 sections Document Media and Frame Each section can be shown or hidden by clicking the appropriate box icon see image right e Document Used to activate Tiling Mode and define the total area to be tiled e Media Set the media size for the printable area used when nesting or tiling Set sizes are available from a dropdown menu or custom dimensions may be entered in the width and height fields e Frame Edit parameters f
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269. ur measured If any of the 96 columns are blank the reference paper white or solid density for that colour has not been measured Export Export the values from the Colour List to a file The available options are e All Saves all entries in the list e Selected Save the selected entries in the list only Selecting either of these options displays a window to choose the values to be saved The choices are e Name Save the name of the colour e Colour Density The highest density reading regardless of colour Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 66 e Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Density The density reading of the chosen colour For e g if Cyan is selected the Cyan density for each reading is taken This is the value displayed in the Cd column of the list e Colour Percentage The percentage reading of the highest density read as displayed in the Dot column e Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Percentage The percentage reading of the chosen colour For e g if Cyan is selected the percentage of Cyan for each reading is taken This is the value displayed in the C96 column of the list The percentage values must be present for the values to be exported If they are not the exported file will show a 196 value in place of the reading e Order Values Choose whether to export the file in CMYK or KCMY order e Separate Values With Choose to separate the values with either a tab character or a space e Cancel Cancels the Ex
270. used from the popup list ea i J m m When the device is ready the measuring window becomes eae m available If instructed calibrate the instrument and begin osma E m ummo W patch measurement e Change Media Change the Media currently assigned to the Paper Profile e Print Density Chart Prints a density chart containing the patches currently turned on Where patches are turned off there will be a space on the output print e Print Density Chart All patches Prints a density chart containing all patches irrespective of their on off state e Prink Inklimit Chart Prints an ink density chart containing all enabled limits as one job to the selected Media and Pagesetup e Print Inklimit Chart Separate Jobs Prints an ink density chart for each enabled ink limit colour combination as a separate job using the Media and Pagesetup selected e Configure Inklimit Chart Configures the combinations of inks to be tested for ink limits Select which colours will be printed the start and end ink percentage points and step increments Note If a combination is selected but insufficient patches to fill the row an empty chart will be printed For example selecting to print 3 ink limit and 2 colours are selected only the chart border will be printed e Preview Graph Show a graph of the patches currently turned on See the Graph section for more information e Sift and Sort Enable or disable to option to Sift and Sort the patches
271. w Help Bring All to Front Shows any open window of the Client and can be selected to bring it to the front Cycle Through Windows CMD or CTRL Cycles through the open windows within the Client Server Info Provides information about the Server including version platform speed processors hostname IP product and vendor What s This Select this and click on any part of the interface to display a short help description Contextual Menu Right Click In addition to selected File menu options listed above the following options are available via the contextual right click menu New Folder Folders are a great way to organise the data types list items Folders are Client based meaning each user can have their own folders if desired New Folder with Selection Places any selected items into a new folder Remove Folder Removes the selected folder placing items within the folder back in to the general item list Open Close Selected Folders Expand or collapse the selected folders to show or hide the items within Note Folders in the items list are internal to the Serendipity Client used to organise database items They are not operating system file folders Serendipity Megarip User Manual Version 5 3 25 Workbench Data Types There are ten 10 data types databases within the Workbench that can be used and configured to accurately process jobs Each will be explained in detail The data types are e Calcheck
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273. y over the Master when jobs are processing This is advantageous when polling large RIPs as it allows the Master to concentrate on gathering the list of jobs and displaying them Cluster Nodes This list shows nodes that are available and running on the network Information about each node is displayed in the window Online nodes are displayed in green offline nodes in red The following sort columns can be selected using the contextual right click menu on the column header bar in the Cluster Node panel Columns can be reordered by dragging and dropping them into the desired order or by using the Configure Headers option in the contextual menu The sort options are e IP address The network IP address of the Node Checkboxes become available to enable the node and select if it is to be used for Imaging and or Rendering tasks Once enabled the Master handles the clustering in the most efficient manner possible e Hostname The network name of the Node e Speed The relative speed of the Node calculated by Megarip e Platform The operating system kernel version of the Node machine e CPUs The number of CPUs in the Server machine e Product The Serendipity Megarip software being used for the Node e Version The Server software version of the Node e Processing Pool Optionally choose a Pagesetup Pool see the Workbench Pagesetup Pool section for which the Node will perform image and render tasks Serendipity Megarip Use

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