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1. lal 4dd a printer 2 gt Set up Faxing a Microsoft Office Document h Image Writer Eid See Also 2 Troubleshoot printing g Get help with printing Other Places g Control Panel Sn Scanners and Cameras My Documents 3 My Pictures of My Computer 3 objects Figure 133 4 Click Add a printer The following window appears Add Printer Wizard Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard This wizard helps you install a printer or make printer connections through a USB port for any other hot pluggable port such as IEEE 1394 infrared and so on you do not need to use this wizard Click Cancel to close the wizard and then plug the printer s cable into your computer or point the printer toward your computer s infrared port and turn the printer on Windows will automatically install the printer for you i If you have a Plug and Play printer that connects To continue click Next Cancel Figure 134 5 Click Next and select Local printer attached to this computer in the following dialog box 112 a 5 Print Local or Network Printer The wizard needs to know which type of printer to set up Q Select the option that describes the printer you want to use Local printer attached to this computer A network printer or a printer attached to another computer i To set up a network printer that is not attached to a print server Db use the Local printer option lt B
2. w All C Pages From C Custom Please type page number and or page range separated by L z comma such as 1 3 5 12 W EagleDot Template Figure 37 3 1 Set the General Parameters In this section we first introduce you to the parameters Template Name Printer s Print Range EagleDot Template and Password in the template parameter setup window 3 1 1 Parameter Template Name Every user created template may have its own name This name is displayed in the Parameter Template Name edit box You can change the name For you to better memorize the template name has usually some relationship with the setting of some special parameter or the device model such as Epson 4800 3 1 2 Printer s Choose from the Printer s dropdown list the printer that will be used for printing This 29 Founder a User Guide will affect the Printer Setup parameters mainly because the functions of different output devices may vary 3 1 3 Print Range Specify the page range of a job to be printed There are three options All To print all pages of a job Pages To print a range of pages from one page to another page Here you can manually input the page numbers Custom You can customize the pages that you want to output The valid separators allowed in the Custom edit box include and which mean and and to respectively For example you may input 2 5 8 17 which means to ou
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4. Cyan Magenta P Yellow Black Spot Figure 25 7 Set a password You may wish to set a password for the template Click the Password button in the template parameter setup window and the Setup Password dialog box will appear Setup Password New Password Confirm New Password OK 21 Founder T User Guide Figure 26 Input the password and click OK to return 8 Save your setup Click OK to save the setup or click Cancel to exit without saving Then return to the Parameter Template s window you will find that the newly added template Epson 4800 has already been added to the list of templates Now we have successfully created a template Epson 4800 You may click Modify to further alter the parameters After setup click Close to shut down the window For detailed information about how to set a Parameter Template please refer to Chapter 3 Submit a Job To submit a job please select Open File RIP in the File menu or click the button in the toolbar and the Open dialog box will appear Filename PDF_Image_300_212_pdf_2540 CMYK TIF a Files of type Common TIFF Files ParamTPL s Epson 4800 Figure 27 First select the file type in the Files of type list Then select a parameter template from the ParamTPL s dropdown list EagleDot will apply your selected template to RIP and print the job The Modify button on the right allows you to modify all parameters of the
5. 5 o Printable E Ce aE T y Copies 1 Manual Output Disable jobs exceeding media size Mirror Negative Figure 156 The oversized job will be split and printed After output the split pages can be assembled to form the entire image Founder User Guide 5 6 Paper White Simulation A situation may arise that your proof does not accurately reflect a press proof because the quality of the output media is very high and the paper is too white To resolve this problem EagleDot provides a Paper White Simulation function To explain briefly the blank area on the proof paper will be screened slightly to simulate the appearance of the press sheet To enable this function open the Color Setting window Under the General tab you will find a Paper White Simulation option which is shown in the following figure Color Setting General Advanced Calibration Solution Epson 4800 sample Fit with Epson Stylus Pro 4600 Epson Stylus Pro 7800 Epson Styl Resolution 20 000000 720 000000 a Color Mode colors Ink Type Figment Black Ink Type Photok Media Type Photo Semigloss Paper lt fll Proofing on printing paper Spot Color Setting Spot Color Table Founder Spot Color Substitute Spot Color In Spot Color Table Color Tune Retain Black Range Ww hitePoint Editor F ni x K Original Bo si re Change alue o jo o e Figure 157 128 5 Print When you chec
6. 73 Founder a User Guide 2 Register Mark Options Page Setup Register Mark Other Export pdf Center Offset o Bottom I Lett 0 Right 0 Include File info F Include Color bar Include Current time l Comment Founder Font Times Aoman ieee el iio Fos Figure 85 Enable Mark If checked register mark will be added to the output page If not the register mark will not be added Mark Type EagleDot currently offers 15 types of registration marks Cross Mark Solid Circle Internal CutLine External CutLine Folding Line Book Spine Anti Cross Rect Mark Square Mark Circle Mark L Cross U Cross Corner Mark Hollow Circle and T shape Position The marks can be positioned at the following positions on the page the Corner refers to the four corners of the page the Edge refers to four positions close to the four corners on the left and right sides the Top refers to four positions close to the four corners on the top and bottom sides the Middle refers to the middle of the four sides and the Top Middle refers to four positions close to the middles of the top and bottom sides Click Select to add the selected mark on the selected positions while click Unselect to discard the added mark Mark Size Here you can specify the size of mark and the thickness of the mark line Center Offset Distance from the mark to the top bottom left or right edge of the page Line Offset The horizontal
7. the target files need to meet both of the two types of conditions Whereas if there are only includes or only ignores the relationship between each condition is OR instead of AND The edit boxes at the bottom of the window allow you to define the minimum and maximum filename length lt 2 gt Separator Now let s go to the second step Click the Separator tab and the following interface will be displayed 64 3 Set a Parameter a Extended Naming Rule 1 gt Fies lt 2 gt Separator lt 3 gt Group Plate lt 4 gt Display Filename Break Down Read From Right Parts Hao Contains Separator Part Mame With Current Separator Part Contains esaka Figure 77 This step allows you to separate a file name into parts with your specified separators First let s define the first part Input a name you prefer in the Part Name field here we take Part A as an example Next select any character numbers only or specific words in Part Contains dropdown list Then select a separator in Separator dropdown list for example to _ underscore separator If to separator is selected you can type in a character as the separator Click the Add button to add the part into the list Then we repeat this process to define the other parts as needed According to the pattern of the target tiff file names mentioned above girl_P1_C TIF etc we need to define three parts separ
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9. Click Print to print out a single color block of the currently selected spot color And then click Measure to measure the printed spot color block After the measurement both the measured color values and the color difference compared with the target values will be listed at the left table You can repeat the print and measure operation till you are satisfied with the color difference or the color difference rebounds And then choose the best result from the left table and click OK Return to the interface of the spot color tool You will see that the spot color values have 91 Founder TAS User Guide been now updated as per the result of the refinement Click Finish to save and exit Note due to that the final lab values are from internal calculation the Lab values shown in the spot color table after the refinement may be different from those displayed in the refinement window Accurate Refinement Spot Refine Target Measure Device lEyetne xj Loop Measure Device Eye0re f Target L 23 A 60 B 36 Loop Count oo 4 Measure Target Print Measure a Figure 112 Click Print to print out a color chart for the currently selected spot color Figure 113 Click Measure to measure the printed color chart After the measurement you can see the measured color values of these color blocks and their color differences against the target values from the left table The color blocks are sorted by the col
10. Option Key Figure 172 Pre RIP proof is provided for you as an option in EagleDot Therefore you need to input the RIP option key to activate the option This activation can also be done during the installation 142 8 a User Interface Import Parameter Import the parameters that have been previously exported Export Parameter Select this command to open the Save As dialog box you can export all the parameter templates in the system and their related parameters and save as an fzp file Exit You can close EagleDot by choosing this command 8 1 2 Option File Option Font View Help Clear Information Window contents Units Setting System Settings Ctrl 5 Reset System Settings Share ParameterTemplaters Ctrl B Make PPD File Ctrl F Figure 173 Clear Information Window contents The contents in Information Window will be cleared Units Setting EagleDot supports three units Millimeter Inch and Point System Settings Select the command to open the System Parameter Setting window Reset System Settings If EagleDot does not run normally due to the improper system settings this function can reset all the system parameters except for the Parameter Template path Temp Path and Frame Bitmap to the default settings Note Please take caution in using this function as all the current system settings will be replaced by default system settings A prompt window will appear asking you to confir
11. You can refer to the Installation Guide or Readme for the installation of the Adobe PS Printer Some of the steps however need to be explained 1 When presented with the option of choosing a Local Printer or a Network Printer select a Local Printer 2 When selecting PPD it is recommended to use the PPD that is the same as that of the final output device 3 Select the pipe port that has been created when you are asked to select a print port 4 Select Shared when you are asked to share or not to share the printer Input the share name and the local name of the printer 5 Now you have finished installing a pipe printer and published a network printer The network printer can be installed on any networked PC the job data from which will be delivered to EagleDot through the pipe of pipe Epson 4800 And EagleDot will RIP and output the file according to the setup of the template 5 3 How to Print from Mac on Network EagleDot also supports network printing from Mac Note You can perform network printing from Mac computers only when pre RIP proof is enabled To do this please perform the following operations 5 3 1 Share a parameter template In most of the Windows operating systems perform the following steps Here we will use Windows Server 2003 as an example Note This operation is not supported in Windows XP operating system 1 Select Control Panel gt Add or Remove Programs gt Add Remove Windows Com
12. opot Color Table Founder Spot Color Figure 90 Now we have finished the creation of a spot color table In the Spot Color Table window you can select a spot color table and click Modify button to further modify it Or you can click the Delete button to delete it Note that the default table cannot be deleted 4 1 3 Modify a spot color table To modify a spot color table open the Spot Color Table window and double click the spot color table you want to modify or select the spot color table and click Modify button then the Spot Color Editor window will be opened 1 Spot Color lists First let s get to know the spot color lists in this window The upper left corner of the window is an area of spot color lists The top displays the name of spot color table and in the below are three spot color lists Spot Color In Current Job Custom Spot Color and System Spot Color E Founder spot CololDetaut curve fee P Spot Color In Current Job ae LJ Custom Spot Color System Spot Color Figure 91 Spot Color In Current Job The spot colors existing in current job To view them switch to the job monitor right click the RIPped job in the Waiting to Print queue and choose Show Spot Color Table to open the Spot Color Editor window In this window double click Spot Color In Current Job or click the symbol in front and you will see the spot colors in the current job if any Custom Spot Color All customized spot colors may c
13. 0 00 z Ideal Lab Actual Lab wonnrnrP on TC _SelectTIF Measwe Open Figure 120 The color blocks of the file Founder_cmyk tif are listed in the Block column in a line by line manner At its right there are six columns named as Ideal L Ideal a Ideal b and Actual L Actual a Actual b used to record the lab values of the two printed patterns You can specify the lab values of any pattern as the ideal a b values or as the actual a b values Note that when the lab values of one pattern are specified as the Ideal L a b values those of the other pattern will be naturally viewed as the Actual L a b values Both the ideal and actual lab values can be gained by way of measurement or calculation Now we introduce them separately 3 Measure the Lab values Make sure the device is correctly connected before you begin the measurement There are two Measure buttons in the window You can click either of them to begin The measuring window appears after the Measure button is clicked 98 4 Color re Heasure Select Device Information Talal Block EYEONE DTPA DIF45 DIP7O DITP20 T Lines EYEONEIO Eve OneEmbededinHP2100 EYEONE ISIS Columns Current Line A ES FERED FERES Am i ORN ee Figure 121 First you need to choose a measuring device e g Eye One and then click Measure to start the measuring The steps ar
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15. 1 General Color Setting General Advanced Calibration Solution None Proofing on printing paper Spot Color Setting Spot Color Table Substitute Spot Color In Spot Color Table Color Tune Hone Paper White Simulation Retain Black Range Figure 55 1 Calibration Solution Click the triangle button below Calibration Solution and you will see a broad range of color calibration solutions These solutions are automatically provided in EagleDot and are designed to be used for color management You can directly use these existing solutions or create a new color calibration solution on your own by using the color solution tool For details about how to create a color calibration solution see the 45 Founder aE User Guide independent Founder EagleDot v4 52 Color Calibration Guide When you have selected an appropriate color calibration solution the information about the selected solution will be shown below the dropdown list Color Setting General Advanced Calibration Solution Create Time 2007 03 22 16 15 05 Fit with Epson Stylus Pro 9600 Epson Stylus Pro 7800 Epson Styl Resolution 720 000000 720 000000 Color Mode 8 colors Ink Type Figment Black Ink Type Photok Figure 56 The information includes the setup data for such color related parameters as Resolution Color Mode Screen Mode Ink Type Black Ink Type etc When the color calibration solution i
16. 1 to 10 000 Disable jobs exceeding media size If checked the output of jobs that exceed the media size will not be allowed And if this situation occurs the Information Window will display the message XXX the job name size for outputting exceeds size of paper If not checked the Page Overlay option will be disabled and shown in gray Mirror If checked EagleDot will output a mirror image of the file Margin The margin is the blank space bordering the printed area on a page You can define this blank space by specifying the Left and Top margin options Centering There are three options None Horizontal and Sheet centering If the output media is single page paper you can select the Sheet centering and the image will be positioned in the center of the paper or you can select the Horizontal centering and the image will be printed in the center of the left or right edge of the paper If the output media is roll paper we recommend that you select the Horizontal centering but you can also select the Sheet centering In the latter case after a job has been printed the next print would not start on a new page but would start in the blank area below the printed job on the same page Auto Page Position If the job size is much smaller than the output paper any smaller page of any RIP job can be automatically positioned on the output paper ina paper saving layout This function is available only for those jobs that use the same te
17. 98 b When the adjusted curve has been applied to the spot color Spot2 the orange one Preview 4 S Figure 99 Global Curve This is a curve applied to all the spot colors in a spot color table To set this type of curve first select the spot color table name at the upper left corner of the window and then adjust the curve and click Add to save it Founder Spot ColorDefault curvel J Spot Color In Current Job Custom Spot Color System Spot Color Figure 100 At this time if you want to apply a different curve to one of the spot colors in the table please select the spot color first and then adjust the curve and click Add to save it The separately adjusted curve has priority over the global curve 4 Edit a spot color Delete a spot color You can delete a spot color by selecting it and clicking Delete button Find a spot color Click Find button to open the Find dialog box Please input the spot color name 84 4 Color a Figure 101 When you input a spot color name and click OK the system will start to search for the color in the table Note that each Find operation can only find and display one spot color for you in case that two spot colors in the table have the same name you need to perform the Find operation again to find the other spot color 4 1 4 How to use spot color table To use a spot color table please switch to the Color Setting window of a parameter template and select the spot color ta
18. Fast Preview The fast preview function is available EagleDot supports pre RIPping and post RIPping previews With the preview function you can zoom in zoom out and rotate according to your needs Auto Ganging The auto ganging function automatically arranges the position of bitmaps on large size output paper saving time and media Spot Color Proofing EagleDot allows you to easily work with spot colors You can define edit and calibrate individual spot colors separately Black Retain EagleDot enables you to print pure black areas with pure black ink Color Tune EagleDot provides color tune function Using the color tune curves generated by the Color Tune tool users can conveniently implement fine adjustment Network Printing EagleDot supports you to directly print documents from MAC and Windows PC through a network Hot Folder Printing E 1 Overview EagleDot provides auto print function EagleDot can monitor hot folders that enable the auto print function locate the files in the folders and process them automatically 1 3 Glossary of Terms EagleRIP It is a registered trademark of Beijing Founder Electronics Co Ltd It is a professional PostScript 3 interpreter PostScript Adobe PostScript developed in 1985 is a page description language for printing and displaying documents that integrate text graphics images and color PostScript has evolved through successive Language Levels 1 2 and PostScript 3 Lan
19. Image File Path Some users of layout applications use an absolute image path in PS files which follows the rule of computer name path file name When the PS is delivered to another location to be processed the program would still attempt to locate the image file by the original image path which actually does not exist any longer In EagleDot we have an Ignore Image File Path option When this option is checked the absolute image path will be ignored and EagleDot will only browse the path of the PS and the paths described in parameter template so as to improve the browsing efficiency Stroke Adjust If a job is output at a low resolution the effect of the rules strokes and table lines in the file may not be satisfactory If Stroke Adjust is checked the thickness and position of lines will be improved Override Stroke In Job If checked system uses the default stroke setting of EagleDot If not system adopts the stroke setting in job defined with layout application Override OverPrint In Job If checked EagleDot will use the setting in OverPrint Type option instead of the setting in layout application If the option is unchecked the OverPrint Type option will be replaced with Black Only and meanwhile the parameters Override OPM In Job and Nonzero Overprint will be activated OverPrint Type If you check Override Overprint In Job EagleDot uses the overprint setting specified here instead of that defined in the file The Overprint o
20. On the lower left part of the window you can define the minimum free space on the Temp or FrameBMP disk The default is 200 MB which can be re defined If this checkbox is selected the printed files will be automatically deleted when the free space for Temp or FrameBMP disk space is less the defined minimum value Prompt user when needed When the free space is less than the minimum value system will remind user to manually delete files to keep enough free space FrameBMP display memory size MB When displaying bitmap in preview system needs to apply a cache named FrameBMP Display Memory to speed up displaying bitmap Once the preview window is closed the display memory will be released The default FrameBMP display memory size is 4MB Maximum abnormal jobs During RIPping if a job is aborted or stopped by an error the current job will be taken as an abnormal job and left in the Waiting to RIP queue The default is 100 Maximum printed jobs allowed The printed jobs remain in the queue to be viewed and printed The default maximum number is 256 This number should not be too large 134 6 a Parameters a otherwise it would take up a lot of space Maximum jobs in system When the total job number in Waiting to RIP Waiting to Print and Printed Job queues exceeds the defined maximum number system will refuse to do new RIP jobs You can change the setting according to the memory and hard disk conditions The default is 1000 Co
21. Perceptual Relative or Saturation Paper White Simulation option will be unchecked and shown in gray if the render intent you select is Absolute Paper White Simulation option will be checked and the WhitePoint Editor area below will show the paper white simulation values There are two rows of values for CMYK separations Original and ChangeValue The original values of the paper white simulation in the color calibration solution selected are displayed in the first row of boxes and cannot be changed You may specify a number ranging from 4 to 4 into each of the four corresponding boxes in the second row Note 47 Founder a User Guide that the values you input are difference values The actual simulated paper white values are the original CMYK values plus the values you input The range of number you may input into these boxes may vary a little as the simulated paper white values are not allowed to be below O For example if the original value is 0 you may only enter 0 4 The rectangle on the right shows the comparison between the original simulated paper white and the one with changed value The upper left part represents the original one and the lower right part represents the changed one 6 Retain Black When this option is selected the system will directly use black ink to print the Pure Black process color The ink type of the printer can be a factor for you to determine this parameter Here we will use an Epson printer as an e
22. RIP Cancelled lt 1 gt grads tif 150 drm 55 Srnarn Epson 4300 Pre RIP Cancelled Figure 181 The widths and heights of these three queues and their columns can be randomly adjusted by the user RIP and Print Once Continue Ripping is checked the jobs in Waiting status in Waiting to RIP queue will be processed one by one Otherwise the jobs remain in Waiting to RIP queue waiting to be RIPped Once Continue Print is checked the jobs in Waiting status in the Waiting to Print queue will be processed one by one Otherwise the jobs remain in Waiting to Print queue waiting to be printed Note that EagleDot can remember the states i e checked or unchecked of the Continue Ripping and Continue Print boxes and therefore will keep their latest states at your next reboot Progress bar and Abort The progress bar on the right of the Continue Ripping or Continue Print boxes will display the RIPping or printing progress If you click the Abort 6J button when a job is in the process of RIPping or in the process of printing the process will be aborted 8 4 Information Window Information Window Founder EagleDot Copyright C 2000 2009 Beijing Founder Electronics Co Ltd Start at Tuesday 14 44 26 09 12 2008 Figure 182 Information Window shows the system working condition and normal error and alert information You can uncheck the Information Window command from the View menu to hide the Information W
23. TIFF Files EagleRIP 4 0 Files EagleRIP 3 0 FMP Files Single TIFF File 1 bit tiff from HQ RIP TIFF IT Scitex CT LW and PreRIP Files Please select the file type from the dropdown list Note 8 bit TIFF files and 1 bit TIFF files cannot be put together and be submitted as Multiple TIFF Files in the same hot folder To automatically print 8 bit TIFF files you must select the Single TIFF File search type Template You must select a parameter template for the hot folder The files in the hot folder will be printed according to the selected template Note When a file in the hot folder is a 1 bit TIFF file the system will use the naming rule defined in the template to identify its separation color plates of a file Therefore you should make sure the naming rule parameters are correctly defined Hot Folder You must specify a folder path for the hot folder Click the 1 button to open the following dialog box You can select an existing folder A 5 Print Browse for Folder H EagleDot Sy AutoPrint Bin E E Color EE Drivers Sy Example oof NameRule H ParamTPL Figure 149 Note that if you want to specify a network folder as the hot folder ensure that you have the read and write privileges to the network folder Include Subfolders Determines whether the hot folder can include subfolders If this option is checked the subfolders created in the hot folder will also be regarded as hot folders Files in these subf
24. activated at the same time 1 Se 2 Wait about 10 minutes before you E measure the printed color strip This allows the ink to dry Click Measure rly rrridd ddd to open the Measure window and eee follow the directions in the window z I 3 After the measurement the name of the curve will be displayed in the on een Result area From second printing 1 Sharing scare Ahti pli before dikesi biar Sn aed ent el Gees 7 the masimum and the mean color eT eee E Press ul Base Lineanzation Chart eyeone 5 Scan sirpa by lowing nabucbons on compute screen differences compared to the values defined in Density will be displayed in the Result area The Loop Counter will record the number of times of You have repeated the measurement Loop Counter 4 IF you want to change the nodes of the linear curves click Edit Measure Curve Note ou may print and measure only one time Itis recommended C M Y k Max a a Cle ele that pou print and measure two Difference times Average at aay a a Difference Edit cure 6 Click Next or Complete Figure 115 Click Print to print out the linearization chart And then click Measure to measure the printed chart After the measurement click Finish The data within the color solution will then be updated 2 Entire Calibration This calibration requires that the current solution contains the calibration target data whic
25. can click the New button to open the Extended Naming Rule window as shown in the following figure to create a naming rule Extended Naming Rule lt 1 Files lt 2 gt Separator lt 3 Group Plate lt 4 gt Display Collect Files Type Match String oo d o o Include files ending with Include files ending with Min Filename Length 1 Mas Filename Length 256 Figure 75 63 Founder a User Guide There are the following four steps to define a naming rule The settings of each step are displayed respectively in the above four tabs lt 1 gt Files lt 2 gt Separator lt 3 gt Group_Plate and lt 4 gt Display Now let s see an example in which the target tiff file name is in the pattern of girl_P1_C TIF girl_P1_M TIF girl_P1_Y TIF and girl _P1_K TIF lt 1i gt Files First define conditions that target files meet The system provides two conditions in the table Here we will use them as an example However you can specify a condition on your own From the two dropdown lists below select two conditions respectively for example ignore files and beginning with then input the characters SSS in the right edit box That is to say the naming rule will ignore files beginning with SSS Click the Add button the edited condition will be added to the table above 50 Figure 76 Note Jf the added conditions include both types of include files and ignore files
26. description PPD files describe the fonts paper sizes resolution capabilities and other features that are standard for your PostScript printer PPD files are used by PostScript printer drivers to determine how to print your document If you do not print using the correct PPD file your document might not print correctly or not all of the printer s features will be available when you print 2 a Start Chapter 2 EagleDot Quick Start 2 1 Install and Uninstall EagleDot 2 1 1 Install EagleDot Operating Systems Supported Windows 2000 SP4 English version Windows 2003 SP1 English version Windows XP SP2 English version Windows 7 Professional 32bit Recommended Configuration CPU Pentium 4 2 8 GHz or above Memory 1 GB or above Hard Disk 80 GB or above Display 17 inches or above monitor true color 1024X768 dpi or above Installation Steps In this section we will introduce you the installation of EagleDot in Windows XP operating system The process on other operating systems may vary a bit but they are basically the same Before you install EagleDot please plug the dongle for EagleDot into the USB port and connect the digital proof device with the computer while the power is off Please also install the driver for the digital proof device before you install EagleDot When everything is ready insert the EagleDot CD into the CD ROM If auto play function is enabled the AutoRun exe this file is located in the root dir
27. device monitor and etc The job monitor is used to manage and control jobs It consists of three job queues Waiting to RIP Waiting to Print and Printed Job The Information window displays related information The preview window enables you to preview the print result The status bar shows the function description of the corresponding tool or menu item when cursor is placed on toolbar or a menu item Note Jf you have not correctly installed the dongle at the time when you launch 141 Founder ae User Guide FagleDot the Information Window will remind you with this message This is a demo version unlicensed for commercial use 8 1 Menu The menu bar consists of five dropdown menus by which you can communicate with EagleDot interactively File Option Font View Help Figure 170 The under lined letter indicates the hot key of the corresponding menu item Press the Alt key and the letter at the same time to select the item Some of the commands in the sub menu can be executed by hot keys such as Ctrl X 8 1 1 File File Option Fonk View Help Open File RIP Ctrl F Parameter Templates Ctrl T Input RIP Option key Import Parameter Export Parameter Exit Figure 171 Open File RIP This command is used for opening files Parameter Template s This command is used for creating and modifying parameter templates Input RIP Option Key Please Input Rip Option Key Option Action No option
28. displays the RIPping progress of each separation of a job The Abort button enables you to abort the RIPping process When you click the Abort button as the RIPping operation is proceeding a warning message will pop up Click Yes and the RIPping process will be aborted The job then returns to the Waiting to Ripping queue and its status turns to Error 5 1 3 Operations in the Waiting to Print queue When the RIPping process is completed the job will be moved to the Waiting to Print queue see the following figure be EagleDot File Option Font View Help w O a wW Aa e r e yeo Waiting to RIP 5 Pc fh10 e com_ps_2540 CMYK TIF Pc Fhi0 e sep_ps_2540 CMYK TIF PDF_Image_300_212_pdf_2540 C pm65 1_P1 CMYKSS TIF lt Preview EagleDot Figure 130 Status Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting gt V Continue Ripping Waiting to Print 4 Abort lt 1 gt attract_P1 CM55 TIF Page Size 85 1mm 1 lt 1 gt Composite_ILL C52_pdf_2540 CMYK55555 250 6mm lt 1 gt qirl_ P1 CMYK TIF lt 1 gt Image4 pdf 1200 CM lt Continue Print Printed Jobf0 lt a Information Window Pra 19 02 24 Ripping Jobi ob 00000006 ImageB Page size 299 381 21 cree Rotate UnRotate 231 4mm Delete Delete All Move to Printed Queue Move All to Printed Queue jy view Export pdf Show Spot Color Table Print Setup Color Setting Hold Redo All abnormal jobs Re RIP Re previ
29. iPF 9100 Canon iPF 9110 IPF 500 IPF 510 iPF 600 iPF 610 IPF 5000 IPF 5100 iPF 6100 IPF 750 IPF 755 iPF 810 IPF 815 IPF 820 IPF 825 Epson Stylus Pro 4900 Epson Stylus Pro 4880 Epson Stylus Pro 4800 Epson Stylus Pro 4450 Epson Stylus Pro 4400 Epson Stylus Pro 4000 Epson Stylus Pro 3800C Epson Stylus Color 3000 Epson Stylus Color 1520 Epson Stylus Photo 2400 Epson Stylus Photo 2100 Epson Stylus Photo 1390 Epson Stylus Photo 1290 Epson Stylus Pro 7900 Epson Stylus Pro 7890 Epson Stylus Pro 7880 Epson Stylus Pro 7800 Epson Stylus Pro 7700 Level 1 Epson Stylus Pro 7600 Epson Stylus Pro 7500 Epson Stylus Pro 7450 Epson Stylus Pro 7400 Epson Stylus Pro 7000 Epson Stylus Pro 5500 149 F 1 ounder EagleDot User Guide Epson Stylus Pro 9900 Epson Stylus Pro 9890 Epson Stylus Pro 9880 Epson Stylus Pro 9800 Epson Stylus Pro 9700 Epson Stylus Pro 9600 Epson Stylus Pro 9500 Epson Stylus Pro 9450 Epson Stylus Pro 9400 Epson Stylus Pro 9000 Epson Stylus Pro 11880 Epson Stylus Pro 10600 Level 4 Epson Stylus Pro 10000 Epson Stylus Pro 10000CF HP DesignJet 130 HP DesignJet 120 HP DesignJet 50PS HP DesignJet 20PS HP DesignJet 10PS HP DesignJet 3500CP HP DesignJet 3000CP HP DesignJet 2500CP HP DesignJet 2000CP HP DesignJet 1055CM HP DesignJet 1050C HP DesignJet 800 HP DesignJet Z5200 HP DesignJet Z3200 HP DesignJet T1300 HP DesignJet T1200 HP DesignJet T1100 HP DesignJet T790 HP DesignJet T
30. may also enter the desired value directly to the edit box If you are satisfied with the ink hue adjustment you can click the Save As button to save the current settings as a file with the extension of inh Or you can click the Load button to load an existing inh file The Reset button allows you to reset all changes to default status Select the end point of a curve and click the Delete button the curve of the selected color will be deleted Click OK to complete the ink hue adjustment 3 4 Options The Options parameter works differently for post RIP proof and pre RIP proof In the 58 a 3 Set a Parameter aan template s parameter setup window when the EagleDot Template option is checked if you click Options you can define parameters for post RIP proof when you uncheck the option you can click Options to define those for pre RIP proof 3 4 1 For Post RIP Proof Options Fa Setup anne Naming Aule Esport pdf Rotate f No Rotation Rotate 50 degree C Rotate 180 degree Rotate 270 degree f Accurate Descreening Clear more pattern Cyan Magenta Yelow Black Spot Figure 71 Note If you use the default templates of EagleDot the Naming Rule pane will be missing when you open the Options window 1 Page Setup Rotate With an aim to facilitate bitmap ganging this function can be used to determine the direction in which a job is printed on the paper The default is No
31. set a password before you may need to input the old password 30 a 3 Set a Parameter Input the password and click OK to return 3 2 Printer Setup EagleDot supports printers from a wide variety of manufacturers Depending on the specific functions of the printers the parameters for you can set in EagleDot will vary Click the Printer Setup button in the template setup window to open the device parameter setup window The parameters include 3 2 1 General Parameters Epson Stylus Pro 4800 General Parameters Fort Print Comment Border Rezalutionidpi MM argin raim Left E 720 720 x o Top Centerin M Media Size mm Ae Page Gap mm Width M Auto Page Position Height 12 y 5o Printable Em Ee AE T y Copies F Manual Output M Disable jobs exceeding media size Page Overlay mm Auto Page Split Mirror Negative Figure 39 Resolution This option controls the output precision of the printer Different printers may have different available resolutions The Resolution dropdown list provides all the resolutions available for the current selected printer Media Size The system pre defines many commonly used media sizes A1 A4 B5 etc You can also select Custom from the list box to input customized width and height Printable size It refers to the size of the printable area on a page 31 Founder aE User Guide Copies The allowable number of copies to output can range from
32. set to 4 The parameters underneath are used for you to define the screen setting Dot Shape shape of the dots EagleDot provides 10 dot shapes Round Ellipse Rhomb Diamond Square Quick FM Pure Round Sharp Ellipse Cross and FM Frequency The number of lines per inch sometimes also called density of dots Higher value enables smaller dots and thus higher image quality but may possibly results in dot enlargement In practice its value is closely relevant to the resolution media and ink type Angle Proper screen angles can effectively minimize the moir s occurred in full color image printing Each separation may have a specific angle There are generally four angles 15 45 75 and 90 You can change the angle as needed Halftone levels The level of grayness affected by resolution frequency and even the computer memory Generally the higher the level the better the image detail is reproduced especially the gradient 3 2 6 Border Epson Stylus Pro 4800 General Parameters Fort Print Comment Halftone Border O Ele Generallmm ie col C Border Bleed mm Thick 0 2 e E l Media Size 420 00 594 00 Height Flacementimm Printable Size 414 00 577 00 f Center Manual Job Size Right f Battom 40 a 3 Set a Parameter D Figure 51 Under the Border tab you can perform two operations to define a border and to define a bleed In practice the border will be usually used to simulate
33. setup will clase To install EagleDot you must accept this agreement Installshield Figure 7 7 It provides a default destination location You may click Browse to specify another 2 R aas Start EagleDot Setup Choose Destination Location Select folder where setup will install files Setup will install EagleDot in the following folder To install to this folder click Nest To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder De Program Files Founder agleD ot InstallShield Cancel Figure 8 8 Click Next The Select Components dialog box then appears EagleDot Setup Select Components Select the components setup will install Select the components you want to install and deselect the components you do not want to Install i Program Files Description ear Select Drivers to Install select Uptions to Install ofa Canon Driver oof EPSON Driver ool HP Driver 1001 52 ME of space required on the D drive 6505 30 ME of space available on the D drive Installshield Figure 9 You can double click the Select Drivers to Install or click the symbol to expand its Founder R User Guide included options Check the options you want to install Program Files Install all the EagleDot program files Select Drivers to Install Select at least one device driver to install Drivers are available for Canon E
34. solutions for you to choose from You can select an existing solution from the Calibration Solution dropdown list or you can create a new one After the selection the area below the dropdown list will display detailed information about the selected solution For details about how to create a color solution please refer to Founder EagleDot v4 6 Color Calibration Guide Please check the Proofing on printing paper option and choose a suitable scheme from the dropdown list behind if you want to enable this capability In this case it will disable the calibration solution enabled above The proofing on printing paper is an optional function requiring you to provide serial number during the installation to activate You may also need to select a spot color table and a color tune curve for your template The Spot Color Table is used to manage the spot colors that appear in the jobs The Color Tune enables you to adjust the process colors See Chapter 4 for more details Then click OK to return 20 E 2 ER a Start 6 Set the Options parameters You may also need to set the Options parameters Please click the Options button to open the Options window where you can set the Page Setup Transfer Naming Rule and Export pdf parameters Options Page Setup Transfer Naming Rule Export pdf Rotate Preview f No Rotation C Rotate 50 degree C Rotate 180 degree Rotate 270 degree Accurate Descreering Clear moire pattern C Fast
35. the preceding dialog box click Add to complete If you are using Mac OS 9 please perform as follows 1 From the Apple menu of the Mac select Chooser in the File menu Select LaserWriter8 if you have PS Printer installed you may also select PS Printer in the Chooser dialog box and then select the shared template LIU LING Epson 4800 as an example in the right column 119 Founder aaa User Guide Chooser select a PostScript Printer Acrobat Distiller Apple 16 600 PS opi AST TurboLaser P5 v4 0 EPSON Stylus Pro 5300 HP LaserJet 5000 Series HP LaserJet 6P 6MP Enhanced Pb LIU_LLING Epson 4800 Active eae 3 Inactive Figure 145 2 Click the Setup button to connect to the selected PostScript printer And then select the PPD of the printer 3 Click OK You can see a printer icon is displayed on the desktop Now you can print files directly from layout applications on Mac OS The file data will be delivered to EagleDot through the shared parameter template And EagleDot will RIP and print the file according to the settings of the shared template 5 4 Auto Print Hot Folder Hot Folder enables you to automatically submit and print a job You can appoint a local or network folder as hot folder and put the files that you want to process into the folder EagleDot is able to detect appropriate files in the hot folder at a certain interval of time and process the detected files according to the
36. the CTP output so as to have an idea about where exactly a job will be located on the CTP plate In this case a border can be added to a job as the virtual CTP plate The Bleed edit box allows you to input a bleed value The Width and Height edit boxes of the Border Bleed allow you to input the width and height values of a border or bleed when the two values are larger than the job size they become the width and height for a border when they are smaller than the job size they become the width and height for a bleed The Color refers to the color of the border or bleed lines and the Thick is their thickness The value range for the Thick is 0 2 mm The Media Size refers to the size of the output media which is determined by the Media Size parameter under the General Parameters tab The Printable Size refers to the size of printable area on the current media the remaining Media Size being deducted by a default blank margin And the Job Size refers to the actual size of a job When the Border pane is opened while you are creating a template due to that there is not an available job size the Job Size and Placement parameters as you can see in the figure above will be disabled At this time if you want to define a bleed you can directly input a value in the Bleed edit box Note that the valid value is no more than 10 mm You can also directly input a width and a height to define a border based on the Printable Size Note that the input value
37. the Make PPD File command to open the window as shown in the following figure 116 E 5 Print Greate PPD Files Select the Type of PPD Files C For MAC AGFA SecuSet 100071400 AGFA 4Accuset 1000 AGFA 4ccuset 1500 AGFA Accus et 800 AGFA AccuSet 800 Plus AGFA Avanta 20 AGFA Avanta 25 295 AGFA Avanta 36 365 AGFA Avantra 44 445 AGFA Phoenn 2000 AGFA Phoen 2250 EE E a Created PPD File Path D Program Files Founders agleD ot ppd pe 4 5 1 000 PPD Figure 142 First select the type of PPD files The default PPD type is For PC Here we click For MAC Next select an item from the left pane and click the Add button here we select the AGFA Avantra 44 44S as an example The selected option will be delivered to the right pane If you want to delete the PPD from the right pane click the file and click the Erase button Then click OK the PPD is created The created PPD file will be saved under the path displayed at the bottom of the dialog box When you have created the PPD file please copy the file to the Mac computer 5 3 3 Settings in Mac Operating System When you have completed sharing the parameter template and created a PPD file in the Windows OS you should go to the Mac OS and perform some related settings Here we will use Mac OS X as an example 1 Click the button and choose System Preferences gt Print amp Fax to open the Print amp Fax dialog box 2 Click the button to open
38. 3 Set a Parameter aD Use Idiom Substitution If checked EagleDot uses PostScript Level 3 smooth gradient description to replace the old smooth gradient description in PS PostScript Level 3 employs new smooth gradient dictionary and operators to describe smooth gradient greatly improving the speed and quality of generating smooth gradient and supports more types of smooth gradient for you to easily generate colorful smooth gradient graphics Support Leveli SpotColor If checked EagleDot will better support the smooth Shading of spot color defined in layout application Enable Spot Color Output By default this option is checked spot color separations will be output as separate color plates when being RIPped If it is not checked spot color separations will be converted and output into the process color separations Print copies in file Jobs often specify their own number of copies to be printed If you want EagleDot to print the specified number of copies of a job just check the Print copies in file box If the checkbox is not selected the number of copies specified in the job will not take effect Thickness If checked the thickness of the text objects in your job will become thinner after the RIP Default Image Path In Default Image Path you may enter more than one path Different paths should be separated by Such as C EagleDot IMAGE D USER2 IMAGE EagleDot will locate the image file from the paths one by one
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40. 770 50 HP DesignJet 750C HP DesignJet 650C HP DesignJet 450C Level 2 HP DesignJet 350C HP DesignJet Z3100 HP DesignJet Z2100 HP DesignJet 5500 HP DesignJet 5500PS HP DesignJet 5000 HP DesignJet 5000PS Level HP DesignJet 4000 HP DesignJet Z6200 HP DesignJet Z6100 HP DesignJet L25500 ae B Hot a Appendix B Hot Keys Key Combination Functions an C Rename Appendix C Rename When RIP products such as Founder EagleRIP RIPs the pre separated source files such as PostScript files it will generate the 1 bit TIFF files When the 1 bit TIFF files are created a sequentially increasing number will be added to the name of each separation file The names generated by such a naming rule are not regular and therefore they cannot help EagleDot identify the pages and the separations in each page EagleDot provides a rename tool to resolve this problem It can change the name of a 1 bit TIFF file generated from pre separated files to a regular name facilitating EagleDot to correctly identify and process such files You can find a Rename exe file under the Bin folder of the EagleDot install directory Double click the file to run the Rename program You can also start this program by selecting Start gt All Programs gt Founder EagleDot gt Rename When the program is started the window shown in following figure will pop up Rename Source Path Browse Target Path Browse Cyan Name Magenta Name
41. About EagleDot Section 8 1 5 8 3 Job Monitor The job monitor is used for monitoring and controlling job progress It consists of three job queues two progress bars and some operating options Job Queues Waiting to RIP Lists the jobs that are waiting to be RIPped It contains two columns Waiting to RIP and Status which respectively display the job names and status Waiting ta RIPS Status BaseLine tif waiting girl P1ECMYEY TIF waiting GrayScal ps Waiting grads tif Waiting Job Sample pdf Waiting Figure 179 Waiting to Print Lists the jobs that have been RIPped and be waiting to be printed It contains four columns Waiting to Print Page Size Template Name and Status The job names their page sizes the templates that they use and their status will be listed Continue Ripping x Abort Waiting to Printl4 Page Size Template Name Status lt 1 gt BaseLine tif 361 2zmm 84 7mm Epson 4800 Pre RIP Hold lt 1 gt qgirl _P1ECMYK3 TIF 231 4mm 180 6rnm Epson 4300 Hold lt 1 Job Sample pdt 210 0mm 298 0mm Epson 4800 Pre RIP Hold lt 2 Job Sample pdt 210 0mm 298 Ornm Epson 4800 Pre RIP Hold lt 3 gt Job Sample pdt 210 0nn 298 0mm Epson 4800 Pre RIP Hold Figure 180 Printed Job Lists the jobs that have been printed 146 N 8 oe User Interface I Continue Print x Abort C Printed Jobi Page Size Template Mame Status Mic Gray Scal ps 296 9mm 21 4mm Epson 4800 Pre
42. Accurate k Refine Figure 110 The template you have chosen may be specified with a spot color table Here you can modify the spot colors contained in this table or make calibration toward them The spot color calibration is often performed when color inconsistence occurs after you have used the color solution and the spot color table in your actual work for a period of time 90 4 Color 1 Modify spot color Choose a spot color and then you can directly change its properties at the right parameter setup area The property parameters include color range opacity color values and the curve may be in two modes Click Add when you finish the modification 2 Refine spot color You can make the spot color calibration by way of print and measure operation The Refine Type parameter becomes activated when the currently selected spot color is in LAB mode Choose a type Quick or Accurate and then click Refine Quick Refinement Spot Refine SE e Loop Measure Device Eye One Target L 23 A 60 B 36 a Loop Count 4 Figure 111 In the Quick type only the measuring device Eye One is supported The Target LAB are the spot color values originally defined in the spot color table If you didn t choose any spot color before you enter into the refinement window the target values would all be zero and in this case you can click the Measure Target button below to measure an unknown spot color
43. Founder EagleDot version 4 6 User Guide February 2012 Beijing Founder Electronics Co Ltd FOUNder The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreement Copyright Notice Copyright 1997 2012 Beijing Founder Electronics Co Ltd All Rights Reserved Any technical documentation that is made available by the Beijing Founder Electronics Co Ltd is the copyrighted work of the Beijing Founder Electronics Co Ltd and is owned by the Beijing Founder Electronics Co Ltd NO WARRANTY The technical documentation is being delivered to you AS IS and the Beijing Founder Electronics Co Ltd makes no warranty as to its accuracy or use Any use of the technical documentation or the information contained therein is at the risk of the user Documentation may include technical or other inaccuracies or typographical errors Founder reserves the right to make changes without prior notice No part of this publication may be copied without the express written permission of the Beijing Founder Electronics Co Ltd No 9 The Fifth Street Shangdi Information Industry Base Haidian District Beijing 100085 People s Republic of China Trademarks Founder and Founder logo are registered trademarks of Founder Group Corporation EagleDot and EagleRIP are registered trademarks of the Beijing Founder Electronics Co Ltd Microsoft MS DOS Windows
44. If you select Single TIFF File or TIFF IT Scitex CT LW no Submit Jobs parameters will be displayed Click OK to save the settings when you have determined all the parameters above 5 Print 5 4 2 Run a hot folder To run a hot folder open the Hot Folder List window and click the symbol in front of a hot folder making it turn to Congratulations You have finished the setup of a hot folder You are now able to drop files into the hot folder for processing by EagleDot 5 5 Page Ganging and Splitting 5 5 1 Ganging In practice you may encounter small size jobs such as A3 A4 or even smaller Your digital proof device may only support large media To avoid the waste of time and media EagleDot provides an auto ganging function 1 In the printer setup window check the Auto Page Position box as shown in the following figure Epson Stylus Pro 4800 General Parameters Fort Print Comment Border Resolution dpi MM argin rarr Lett o o T T Top Printable Size M Disable jobs exceeding media size Page Uverlay mm Auto Page Split Mirror Negative Figure 153 2 In the Job Monitor the job after RIPping goes to Waiting to Print queue When you check Continue Print box to print the job you will find the job is no longer visible in the 125 Founder EagleDot User Guide queue Select View gt Device Monitor or click the J button to activate the Device Monitor window Proof Devi
45. MYK elcmak Figure 64 In this table you can establish one or more color replacement relations If a certain color has been appointed a destination color in the table the original color will be replaced by the destination color when processing files 6 To realize the selective color calibration you need to add such color calibration or replacement relation Click the Add button to get the Add Color dialog box Add Color c1 0 Original Destination kal Change HuelH Figure 65 You should first define the original and destination colors for the replacement Define the Original and Destination colors 54 3 Set a Parameter aE In the window as shown above the upper left part is the preview area of the job the lower left and right is the operating area The square color blocks on the right just show the original and destination colors The Original color refers to the color you want to replace It can be defined by inputting specific CMYK values or can be selected by clicking anywhere on the previewed image The Destination color refers to the color you use to replace the Original color It can be defined by inputting specific CMYK values or can be selected by clicking anywhere on the previewed image as well And you can also define it by manually adjusting the Hue Saturation and Intensity values in the below The valid range for the input CMYK values is 1 100 The Hue Saturation and Intensity can be adjusted
46. Modermn Reguiar MonotyoeLorsiva MS Gothic MS Mincho MS Outlook M5 Poothic MSReferences ans ent MSAReferenceS pecialty M5 UlGothic MY Boll Figure 164 Founder User Guide Select the fonts you want to remove from the left pane and click the Remove button the selected fonts will be moved into the right pane To cancel removing a font please select the fonts you want to remove from the right pane and click the Add button Then click OK all the fonts in the right pane will be removed The system will pop up a reminder for you to confirm before the removal 7 2 3 Substitute Fonts You can establish and maintain a font substitution table mapping an absent font with an existing font in the system When an absent font is encountered in the course of printing the system will automatically use the specified font in the table to substitute the absent font The default font to substitute the absent font is Courier To establish a substitution table please choose from the main menu Font gt Substitution Table Font Substitution Table Absent Forts Substitute Fonts Angana ew Baldltalic Angsana ew ltalic 4ngsanalPl 4ngsanalPl Bald AngsanallPl Boldltalic Angsana Pl ltalic Arabic Transparent Arabic T raneparent B old Figure 165 Please click the Add button to add an absent font When the Add button is clicked the Add One Absent Font dialog box will be opened Input the absent font and click OK The absent f
47. Rotation The four options of No Rotation Rotate 90 degree Rotate 180 degree and Rotate 270 degree control the image direction on the output paper If you select Rotate 90 degree the image will be rotated 90 degree counter clockwise Similarly if you select No Rotation the image will not be rotated Scale The scale can be adjusted in both the X direction and Y direction 100 indicates that the output image size is the same as the actual page size If both boxes say 80 the image will be scaled 80 in both the X and Y direction 200 indicates that the output size is two times the actual size The default is 100 Fit in Page Size If checked the image will be scaled to a proper size to fit the page and 59 Founder a User Guide the scale percentage is disabled Preview There are two options Fast and Accurate Fast implies that the jobs can be viewed more quickly but lower at quality while Accurate implies a slower load time but a higher image quality Descreening There are four options for descreening smooth1 smooth2 smooth3 and smooth4 Smooth1 enables a lowest level of descreening and the dot shape can be best preserved Smooth4 enables a highest level of descreening and the dot shape may be lost most heavily Smooth2 and smooth3 is in the middle of them By default the Descreening is set to smoothl1 Clear moir pattern This option is used to clear off the unacceptable moir patterns appeared on some separations if
48. Template s Default for CanoniPF Figure 20 This window displays the default templates provided by the system for the printers whose drivers have been selected by you during the installation You can directly use or modify and then use these default templates or create your own new template Since the modifications to the default templates cannot be saved as the software is being closed we recommend that you create a new template 2 Add a parameter template We recommend that you create your own template based on the default template For example if you are using an Epson printer select Default for Epson and click the Add button You will see the Add dialog box Please enter your new parameter template name Epson 4800 Figure 21 Enter the name of the new parameter template and click OK Here we use the Epson 4800 as an example The system then pops up the template s parameter setup window 3 Select a printer 17 Founder TR User Guide Farameter Template Name Epson 4600 ga ee aeeetten L Frinter s Epson Stylus Pro 4800 a eee ee tt Pages Custom Please type page number and or page range separated by comma such as 1 3 5 12 ff EagleDot Template Figure 22 Please select the printer you will use from the Printer s dropdown list 4 Set the Printer Setup parameters Click Printer Setup button to open device parameter setup window 18 2 a PA Start Ep
49. Update Your Dongle At the first time when EagleDot is delivered to you you will be provided with two types of software dongles the normal dongle and the time limit dongle If you select to use the normal dongle you don t need to update it If you select to use the time limit dongle which can offer you two months time to use the EagleDot you must update it during these two months so as to extend the time limit or make it a permanently used dongle You can update your time limit dongle in two ways The first way is to update through a pkg file This method can extend the time limit of your dongle and also can update your dongle to a permanently used one You need to provide the dongle information and the user information to Founder and then get back a pkg file The dongle information can be obtained through the Dongle Info command under the Help menu This command can open the following window for you 14 A 2 a Start Dongle Info Dongle ID 427165480 Hardware SM 91 08 70 00 00 00 2f 07 Figure 17 You can click the Save button to save the dongle information as a txt file After receiving this txt file Founder will send back a pkg file to you When you update your dongle please click the Update Dongle command under the Help menu you will open the following dialog box Look in amp File name Files of type Figure 18 Select the pkg file you obtained and then click the Ope
50. Windows NT are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Adobe Adobe Photoshop Adobe Type Manager Display PostScript and PostScript are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated and PostScript 3 is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Other products fonts and company names and logos in this Manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged Printed in the People s Republic of China Contents Contents Chanter TOVE OW sneren E ee ee E ee eee eee 1 1 1 Overview of Color Management System sssesssssrsrsrrsrerrrrsrerrnrnrerenrrrrrrnnen 1 L2 OVERVIEW of EAQGQlGD OG iirrainn AA NA AAA 1 1 3 Glossary of TermMS sssssssssssrrnssrrnsnrnrnernrnrnnrresrrnrnrunrnennnnsnrnenrrnesrrnrrrunrns 3 Chapter 2 EadleDOr QUICK Sia ecserin re EE EEEE 5 2 1 Install and Uninstall EagleDot ssssssssssrensrrnrsrrnrnrsrrnrnrrrrnrnnerrnrrrrrrerrrrnrn gt 5 Zink IN Al Eagle DOL gavsasceepncen nas cus cnceeeuvaamtasss cccea EEEE EAEEREN 5 A2 UNDSAll Eagle DOE scrinia AAE aN 13 2 2 Update Your Dongle sessssssssssssssnsssnnsnrrennrnenrrnrnrnnenrnennrnrnnrnenenrunrnrnnrns 14 29 Eagle DO OUK Stal Cerrero 15 2 51 POSCRIP PrO air enaienisriei i AAAA AE aa 16 2 ue POs POOT orrnrnienrin tidi rritun E a 25 Chapter 3 Set a Parameter Template ccccccecceccseeceeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeetee
51. Yellow Name Black Name Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Color Order CMYK Name Rule gt 1_c tif First Page 1 Last Page 2000 Report file D Program Files Founder EagleDot Bin log ini Browse Cancel Figure 185 First you need to specify the path where the source files are located from the Source Path edit box Then specify the target location for the renamed files in the Target Path box Note Because the renamed file will be moved into the Target Path you must have the write privileges to the specified target path In the separation ID edit box input the IDs that represent the separations For example Cyan Magenta Yellow Black or C M Y K and etc depending on the actual condition of the source file From the Color Order dropdown list select the order of the colors in the page of the 153 Founder a User Guide source file It may be CMYK KCMY or Random Name Rule dropdown list is used to setup the name rule for the source file Please select one option according to the actual conditions of the source file Due to that there is sequentially increasing number in the source file name you need to specify a minimum number included in the source file name in the First Page edit box and specify a maximum number in the Last Page edit box A report file will be generated after you have successfully renamed the file This file records the detailed information about the renaming You can specify its name and p
52. a network printer Note You can perform network printing from PC and Mac computers only when pre RIP proof is enabled the RIP option is activated and the EagleDot Template checkbox in the template parameter setup window is not selected EagleDot enables network printing from PC by the help of a Pipe Similar with the parameter template you need to create a pipe first 5 2 1 Create a Pipe 1 Select or create a Pre RIP template for pipe printing Here we will use the template named Epson 4800 as an example 2 Open the Parameter Template window select the template Epson 4800 and click the Modify button Then click the Options button in template parameter setup window the Options window will appear see the following figure Please click the Other tab find and check Pipe Print Template and save the template 110 E 5 Print Options Page Setup Register Mark Other Export pdf POF Option POF Password Use the ice in POF AGB Image ICC Source File Figure 132 Select the Pipe Print Template checkbox and save the template Note EagleDot supports multiple templates pipe printing 3 Select Printers and Faxes in the Start menu of Windows The Printer and Faxes window appears Founder ER User Guide iol xi File Edit wiew Favorites Tools Help CD zack T i Ei Search IE Folders ii Address Printers and Faxes T ed Acrobat Distiller canon weeon Printer Tasks o ss n Ready Ready
53. a standard file format for importing and exporting PostScript files In many applications image and text information can be output in the form of EPS The purpose of an EPS file is to be included in other pages scaled and moved etc like an image but the contents of the EPS cannot be modified EPS is the subset of PostScript and is used for describing page contents Bitmap Frame Bitmap Bitmap Frame Bitmap refers to page after RIPping Path It describes file location For example c users file1 System Parameter System parameters are important parameters and configuration which can affect the whole EagleDot running EagleDot has provided default settings for system parameter If you want to know more about them please refer to Chapter 6 in this manual Parameter Template Parameter template is an integration of job parameters It includes output parameters Founder a User Guide such as device resolution page size etc You can create a new template for your job If you want to know more about them please refer to Chapter 3 in this manual Queue Queue is the list of waiting processing files Usually jobs in a queue will be processed on a first come first serve basis IDIOM Idiom Recognition converts less efficient Language Level 2 operators e g application generated contours and iterative shades into higher quality faster printing PostScript 3 operators PPD PostScript Printer Description Files PostScript printer
54. ace spot color separations You may use Spot Color Editor to modify spot color values You cannot replace the colors with the same process color For example you cannot use Yellow to replace Cyan and continue to use Yellow to replace Magenta 2 Composite The Composite parameter enables you to print partial color separations of a job 1 When the Composite option is checked EagleDot will print out the selected color separations below the Composite option and output all the selected separations in a single file By default the Composite option and all the colors below including the four process colors and the spot color will be selected This is because we usually need to print out all the color separations of a job However you may want to print partial color separations To do this you must uncheck the unwanted color separations The following images show an example of partial color printing Picture A Picture B Figure 60 Picture A is an image that completely combines the CMYK process colors If you want to only print the C and M colors please check Cyan and Magenta below the Composite option save the template and then apply the template to print The printed result will be the same as Picture B 2 When the Composite option is not checked EagleDot will also print out the selected color separations below the Composite option but output more than one files with each 50 n 3 Set a Parameter a file displaying only one
55. ack Cancel Figure 135 6 Continue to click Next and the following dialog box appears Select Create a new port and select Local Port in the dropdown menu Add Printer Wizard Select a Printer Port Computers communicate with printers through ports Select the port you want your printer to use fF the port is not listed you can create a new port Use the following port LPT1 Recommended Printer Port Hote Mosh computer use the LETI port to communicate with a local printer The connector for thie port should look something like this Create a new port Type of port lt Back Cancel Figure 136 113 Founder NEE User Guide 7 Click Next and the following dialog box appears Enter a port name pipeAE pson 4800 Cancel Figure 137 8 Enter the port name pipe Pipe Print Template name we will use pipe Epson 4800 as an example and click OK 9 The Install Printer Software dialog box appears Please select the correct manufacturer and printer model then click Next In the next pop up dialog boxes please select Next all the time till you finish the addition of the printer When you have finished the addition an icon for the selected printer as in the Epson 4800 template will be displayed in the Printers and Faxes window 5 2 2 Install Adobe PS Printer The driver of Adobe PostScript Printer driver is available from the Adobe website www adobe com
56. ad button 6 Adjust Ink Hue The Ink Hue control can ensure that the ink hue in digital proof is consistent with that of press standard Open the parameter template choose Color Setting gt Advanced gt Change InkHue gt Setting to open the Ink Hue setup window 57 Founder EagleDot User Guide Ink Hue Ink Hue 100 wooy TdT dt PEE ET TT Ey TeePessesee PE ETT TT Et Before Apply SSL a SHER DSSS ee Cyan Magenta Yellow Black i AU 100 Z Magenta A 12 aa U AU 100 a 2 eS Figure 70 In the upmost left edit box you can input the value of dot percentage at which you need to adjust the ink hue And then select B Spline or Straight in the right list The chart in the upper right part of the window will show the adjusted ink status with the selected curve type And the two color squares show respectively the color appearance before adjustment and that after the adjustment Now let s adjust the hue of each process color ink If you want to change the hue of cyan ink select the Cyan tab and check the boxes of other inks that you want to add to the cyan ink Here we take Magenta and Yellow as examples When you check the Magenta and Yellow ink options a sliding block will appear under each of the color strips on the right Drag the sliding block the value shown in the edit box next to the color strip will change accordingly This value stands for the percentage of the added ink You
57. and vertical distance between cut lines This option is only available for Internal CutLine or External CutLine 74 3 Set a Parameter aD Include File info If checked the path name of the current file will be printed on the top of the page The option is not selected as default Include Color Bar If checked color bar will be printed on the area out of the print area on a page As default the option is not checked Include Current time If checked the output time will be added to the top of the page As default the option is not checked Comment If checked you can input comment in the edit box and the comment will appear at the bottom or on the edge of a page Font It allows the user to select the font that the comments will be printed with Attached Info Pos This option decides the position of the attached information such as file information color bar current time and comment which can be arranged on the Top Bottom Left and Right of the page If there are no special requirements the Default position is recommended When you have completed the above settings click OK the settings will be applied to the output file If you click the Reset button all the settings will be reset to default settings 3 Other Options Fage Setup Register Mark Other Export pdf POF Option Page BoundingBox POF Password Use the icc in POF Pipe Print Template E AGB Image ICC Source File Figure 86 Pag
58. any It can reduce moir patterns but may result in some loss in dot shape at the same time If there are moir patterns on some separations please select the separations under Clear moir pattern and then print out again If moir patterns still exist you need to select smooth3 or smooth4 and meanwhile select the separations under Clear moir pattern Note f the output resolution is set to 1440 1440dpi generally speaking you need only to use default settings to print out a job There is little difference in output result when you use 1440 720dpi and 720 720dpi respectively to print But if you select smooth3 or smooth4 or if you select the separations with moir patterns before you print the dot Shape will be lost quite heavily 2 Transfer Transfer is used for compensating the linearization applied in RIP products To meet some requirements in the back end output environment some RIPs may use linearization curves while generating 1 bit TIFF files When processing such a 1 bit TIFF file EagleDot utilizes this transfer tool to represent the original linear effect of the 1 bit TIFF file 60 Chapter 3 Set a Parameter Template Options Page Setup Transfer Naming Aule Export pdf go 90 95 95 38 38 100 100 o l d Input 93 Output 58 Figure 72 The values of the transfer curve should be completely the same as that of the linearization curve used in the RIP settings You can input the data dire
59. arity is If the Coordinates option is checked the coordinates will be shown on the diagram X axis represents the a in Lab y axis represents the b 101 Founder User Guide Color Range Ideal Actual Figure 124 2 Conclusion table This table displays some delta E values of importance such as the delta Es of the primary C M Y K Paper White and the Max and Mean delta Es The Category column shows the names of these delta Es The Check for column lists the check thresholds pre defined for each item These thresholds can be re defined The delta E column displays the corresponding delta E values And the Result column displays whether these delta E values are under the check thresholds If a delta E value is below a check threshold it indicates with a tick mark otherwise a cross Conclusion Category Frimary r i e Paper white y ameter a eting Figure 125 The Parameter Setting button enables you to re define the Check for values 4 Color ee Parameter Setting Process Color Collectrvity Primary C 5 00 Paper White 3 00 Primary Fl 5 00 10 00 Max dE Primary i 5 OU Primary K 5 00 Mean dE 4 00 Figure 126 Click Default to restore the default setting Click OK to save and exit 7 Input and output reports When you have finished the measurement and comparison you can output the measured and processed results as a report that consists of a txt f
60. ated by _ _ and respectively See the following figure The first target tiff file name girl_P1_C TIF for example is separated into three parts girl P1 and C 65 Founder aan User Guide Extended Naming Rule 1 gt Fies lt 2 gt Separator lt 33 Group Plate lt 4 gt Display Filename Break Down Case Sensitive Matches O Read From Right Parts Pata ParttB Part C Hame Part 4 Part B Part C Contains any character any character any character Separator to underscore separator ithe to underscore separator witha to Fullstop separatory ithout Part Mame With Current Separator Part Contains D S Separator Figure 78 ea Baa If Case Sensitive Matches is selected you need to pay attention to the case of the specified separators or characters If the Read From Right box is checked you need to define the file name parts from right to left If With Current Separator is checked the specified separators will be included in the file name lt 3 gt Group_Plate Select the Group_ Plate tab to open the following setting interface 66 A 3 Set a Parameter e Extended Naming Rule 1 gt Files lt 2 gt Separator lt I Group_Plate 4 gt Display Job Grouping Group Files With Part s Plate ndentitication Plates Part Case Sensitive Mapping OUT Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Figure 79 EagleDot will group a
61. ath in the Report file edit box Note In case that the source file misses one or more basic separations this tool may not be applied For example this tool may not be applied to a source file that its first page contains only C and M separations and its second page contains only Y and K separations And each of the color separation names defined should correspond to the color identifiers in the actual jobs otherwise the job cannot be correctly combined
62. ble you want to use Color Setting General Advanced Calibration Solution Epson Stylus Pro 4800 NEWSPA amp PER_4C 101 2 Fit with Epson Stylus Pro 4600 Epson Stylus Pro 7800 Epson Styl as Resolution 20 000000 720 000000 E Color Mode 4 colors lnk Type Figment Black Ink Type Photok Media Type Photo Semigloss Paper lt tH Proofing on printing paper zi Spot Color Setting Spot Color Table Substitute Spot Color In Spot Color Table Color Tune None Paper White Simulation Retain Black Range Figure 102 85 Founder R User Guide When using the template to RIP a file that contains spot colors EagleDot can access some information about the attributes of the spot colors This information can be seen in the Information Window 2 Information Window Rotate UnHotate Blue 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 Red 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 0 Green 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 Rasberry 25 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 Pure Magenta 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 4 Figure 103 However there are two possibilities If the RIPped file is a composite file the detailed attributes of the spot colors such as the name and the color values are provided EagleDot can access all these data If it is a separation file this detailed data is not provided EagleDot may only read the spot color name and cannot access the corresponding color values In general the accessed spot colors in the RIPped job will be added to the spot col
63. bs in the Waiting to RIP queue right click any job in that queue and choose Delete All Hold and Re RIP a job You can hold a job and the held job will not be RIPped when Continue Ripping is checked To hold a job right click the job and choose Hold and the status of the job will turn to Hold To cancel the Hold status right click the held job and choose Release Job You can also Re RIP an abnormal job In Waiting to RIP queue abnormal means the Error status If you want to Re RIP an Error job restoring its status to Waiting please right click the job and choose Re RIP To restore all abnormal jobs status to Waiting please choose Re RIP all abnormal jobs 107 Founder e User Guide Change the job sequence You can move any job up or down in the queue Right click a job to open the pop up menu you can see four commands to perform such an operation Move Up Move Down Move First and Move Last The Move Up or Move Down command can move a job to the upper or latter place of the queue The Move First or Move Last command can move a job to the first or last place of the queue The buttons 4 gt and in the toolbar can also used to change the job sequence they are equal to the Move Up and the Move Down commands respectively 5 1 2 RIPping a job Check the Continue Ripping box the Waiting jobs in the Waiting to RIP queue will be RIPped The Abort button and the progress bar are both activated The progress bar
64. by sliding corresponding buttons or by inputting numbers manually The Ink values after the Destination parameter refer to the actual ink amount in print It is calculated with the related data of your selected color calibration solution The deltaE value in the below represents the color difference between the Original and Destination colors Set the Ratio parameter The Ratio parameter is designed for you to adjust the color range for the calibration or substitution The higher the value the wider range of the color will be replaced To set this parameter please click the Gray Preview option to get the window shown as in the below The Ratio edit box will then be activated for you to input a value Add Color C2 0 0 Original Destination M1 72 M2 98 98 o SAEN yz jaa s3 K1 0 K2 0 o Rectangle _ 1 Image Grap Preview Preview Ratio _ Cancel Figure 66 As you can see there are some white areas in the previewed figure They are just the places that will be replaced by the Destination color And they will be enlarged as the Ratio value increases Please input a Ratio value according to your actual demand Global and Local calibrations You may need to replace the selected color only in a specific area of the figure In this case you need to check the Rectangle box If you check it we call the replacement as local calibration If you don t check it the system will replace the selected col
65. c Some functions may be different Configuring template parameters You can configure the Printer Setup and part of the Color Setting parameters Right click the job and choose Printer Setup or Color Setting you will open the corresponding windows to configure these parameters In the printer setup window note that you can configure the Border parameters at this time see Section 3 2 6 for more information In the Color Setting window you will find the calibration solution parameters are grayed out meaning that they cannot be modified Preview a job You can also right click the job and choose View to preview a job But before you perform this operation you can set the display size of the job To set this size please choose the Re preview command and select Small or Medium or Large command Export pdf You can export RIPped bitmaps as PDF files for remote proofing Right click a bitmap page and choose Export pdf then choose one of the three sizes small medium large the following window will be displayed Save in O Previewpdl fe Figure 131 Specify a path and a name and click Save The RIPped bitmap page will be exported as a PDF file to the specified location 109 Founder e User Guide Hold and Release a job You can hold a job and the held job will not be printed as Continue Print is checked To hold a job right click the job and choose Hold and the status of the job will turn to Hold If you
66. ce Monitor Figure 154 3 Click the Show Buffer button the following window appears You can see the position of small pages on media CombinPage view mm s D 100 YOO 300 400 a Poe Weenie Vereen ene eee et Figure 155 4 Sometimes you may find that if a job is rotated 90 degree it will be more suitably positioned on the media however the auto position function is not able to rotate the job To realize rotation before position please refer to the following steps First click Discard Buffer in the Device Monitor window All the buffered jobs are delivered to the Printed Job queue and each job is marked with a indicating that it has NOT been normally printed Uncheck Continue Ripping and Continue Print in job monitor Then right click the job that you want to rotate and choose Re RIP The job goes into the Waiting to RIP queue After that right click it and choose Config Parameters In the template parameter setup window click Options gt Page Setup and change the rotate setting as needed Now check Continue Ripping in job monitor And then delete the job that has just been re RIPped in the Printed Job queue Then select all of the rest jobs in that queue and click the button in the toolbar to move them into the Waiting to Print queue And then check Continue Print making all the jobs be buffered Now open the Device Monitor window you can see that the page is rotated 5 If you are satisfied wit
67. ch is also known as PCS Profile Connection Space The device dependent RGB or CMYK colors are first transformed to CIE XYZ or CIE Lab color spaces and then transformed to colors that are suitable for different devices The process is shown as in the following figure i gt io O scanner ICC Profile Fw ICC Profile orator ICC Profile Fress ICC Profile Figure 1 Color management is a device independent and cross platform workflow which adopts the concepts of LAB color space and profiles RGB and CMYK are device dependent color spaces which means that the same RGB or CMYK values are interpreted into different colors in different devices Generally speaking scanners and digital cameras adopt RGB space while printer and press use CMYK space LAB is a color space that is based on human perception of visual stimuli and that has the largest gamut The application of color management realizes What You See Is What You Get It can be applied in various stages of printing such as color management for scanner monitor proof system and digital proof 1 2 Overview of EagleDot Founder has been working hard on providing excellent software on design production output and workflow By the end of 1999 Founder released a Plug in of Digital Proof which was based on Founder EagleRIP to satisfy publishing requirements in China Nowadays EagleRIP is widely used in Pressroom Publishing House Advertising amp Design Founder e User Gu
68. ctly into the corresponding edit boxes Or you can also click the Load button to load a curve file The Linear button allows you to reset all the values in the edit boxes The Save button is used to save current linearization data The setups of the Input Curve Directly checkbox and the color separation name correspond to the settings of the linearization curve in the RIP 3 Naming Rule When submitting a job that contains more than one color separations such as 1 bit TIFF either by normal operational process or by hot folder EagleDot is able to automatically identify the C M Y K separations and spot color separations of the same job A user only needs to define the naming rule for the separations and system will automatically detect CMYK and spot separation files by the naming rule 61 Founder an User Guide Options Fage Setup Transter emire Rule Export pdf Input Naming Rule Cyan Magenta magenta pellow black _ma agenta yellow _ black Use Extended Naming Rule Figure 73 Set a simple naming rule As shown in the above figure input key words for C M Y K dialogue boxes respectively in the Input Naming Rule area to identify their corresponding separation file names For example if you input character C in the Cyan dialogue box EagleDot will identify all separation file names that contain character C as Cyan when you submit your job After you input a key word click Add button and a simple naming rul
69. d in EagleDot to create effective representations of spot colors The Spot Color Editor manages spot colors in spot color tables Before spot colors in print jobs can be output as spot colors they must first be defined in the Spot Color Editor and saved in a spot color table Then when you create or modify a parameter template to print jobs if you select the spot color table those spot colors will be automatically processed 4 1 2 Create a spot color table Click the Spot Color button in the toolbar to open the Spot Color Table window opot Color Table Default Figure 87 77 Founder R User Guide EagleDot provides a default spot color table which can be directly used and modified by the user To create a new table click the Add button to open the Add dialog box Please input valid tem name Founder Spot Colo K Figure 88 Input a valid name and click OK Spot Color Editor 1 E Founder Spot Color Default curve 3 Spot Color In Current Job Custom Spot Color System Spot Color System Spot Color First Figure 89 78 Spot Color Mame Color Range Uevice cio Mo D yio K o eff Jap Jeb E Upacity o 100 tt Tt yt E 4 Color ee In this window you can define and edit spot colors see the sections following When you have finished the configuration you can click OK to save the spot color table and the table will be added to the Spot Color Table
70. ded files type options as All Files PS Files PDF Files EPS Files and JPEG Files They are the file types supported for pre RIP proofing When the file type is selected the ParamTPL s dropdown list will be loaded with the templates that support the file type you have just selected Select the template from this list and then select the file and click the Open button The steps for RIPping and printing a job are identical to those for post RIP proof please refer to Section 2 3 1 Congratulations Now you have finished the installation of EagleDot and printed out your first digital proof job For detailed descriptions about each operation refer to the following related chapters 28 3 Set a Parameter D Chapter 3 Set a Parameter Template Parameter template is an aggregation of parameters that are applied in digital proofing These parameters include output device name resolution page size etc In EagleDot you may set many templates according to your requirements and give them names easy to be remembered At the time of job submission select a template for the job The parameters in the template will be automatically applied in the RIPping and printing so as to improve your working efficiency We have already described the steps of setting a template in the previous chapter In this chapter we will provide you with the details on the parameters included in a template Printers Epson Stylus Pro 4800 kd Print Range
71. ded to the front of the filename of the previewed job Re preview a job When you have previewed a job and found the result unsatisfactory you may need to re define the template parameters by right clicking the job selecting and executing the Show Spot Color Table or Config Parameters commands from the pop up menu After you have re defined the job parameters you can right click the job and select the Re preview command from the pop up menu to preview it once again Show the spot color table Right click a job and select the Show Spot Color Table command from the pop up menu and you will open the Spot Color Editor window If EagleDot finds out undefined spot colors in job it would record them into the spot color table At this time you can define these spot colors in the spot color table so that EagleDot can correctly RIP and print these colors Configure the template parameters If you need to configure or re configure some template parameters of a job you can right click the job and choose Config Parameters to open the template parameter setup window and then you can configure the parameters as needed Note that the modification will only apply to the current job Delete one or all jobs To delete a job select it and press Delete key or right click it and choose Delete Then the screen will display a dialog box to query you as to whether to continue this operation or not Click Yes and the job will be deleted To delete all the jo
72. e System parameters may affect all the jobs please be careful as you set or modify the values of these parameters You must restart EagleDot to make the settings or modifications take effect To set the system parameters please choose from the main menu Option gt System Settings to open the System Parameter Setting window eSystem Parameter Setting Information windows Template Other Keep Message in file for 30 days M Alam when warnings or errors indicated Warning Frequency 1000 Hz Waning Duration 50 ms Error Frequency 509 Hz Error Duration 500 ms Erase oldest message when exceeding Bod lines Figure 160 This window is composed of three tabs Information Window Template and Other 6 1 Information Window Parameters under Information Window tab involve the setups of system feedback such as alarms when warnings or errors appear the frequency and duration of warning and error alarms and the number of displayed lines Update file regularly The message in the Information Window is saved in a system file named as InfoWnd txt under Program Files Founder EagleDot SysData When checked system will regularly update the message in the Information Window When unchecked system will permanently keep the message Keep Message in file for days When you select the Update file regularly box 132 6 a Parameters this option will be enabled You can input a value in the edit box to specify how many da
73. e BoundingBox EagleDot identifies the size determined by your specified page box as the page size Page boxes in a PDF file may include Media Box Crop Box Bleed Box 75 Founder a User Guide Trim Box and Art Box E g suppose there are two page boxes defined in the PDF page Crop Box size is A4 210x297mm Bleed Box size is 200x287mm bleed 5mm so the size is smaller if you choose Crop Box here the page size of the generated PDF page would be 210x297mm but if you choose Bleed Box the page size changes to 200x28 7mm PDF PassWord If the submitted PDF file contains password you must provide the password here so that EagleDot can correctly process the file The Adobe Acrobat allows you to set two passwords in a PDF file Open Password controls permission to open the file and Permissions Password controls the permission to edit 1 The PDF file contains no password No password is required in PDF PassWord edit box 2 It contains only Open Password You must provide the correct Open Password 3 It contains only Permissions Password If the PDF file allows to be printed you do NOT need to enter the password If the PDF allows NOT to be printed you must provide the correct Permissions Password 4 It contains both Open Password and Permissions Password If the PDF file allows to be printed you need to provide only one password If the PDF allows NOT to be printed you must provide the correct Permissions Password Use the icc
74. e is set The new naming rule can be seen from the Naming Rule List below where the default naming rules provided by EagleDot are also listed Note that you may delete your self defined naming rules but not these default naming rules Use Extended Naming Rule The naming rule mentioned above enables EagleDot to support 1 bit tiff files generated by various RIPs in a simple way However there are some cases in which it does not work well For example with this naming rule EagleDot cannot support some of the TIFF files when there is only one separation of CMYK or the combination of only one separation with spot color separation s or the combination of only spot separations Extended naming rule which is able to define more flexible and complicated naming rules copes very well with the disadvantages of this situation Select the checkbox Use Extended Naming Rule to view the interface EagleDot provides two default extended naming rules with the name of Default and name_rule_1i The two default extended naming rules are listed in the Naming Rule 62 a 3 Set a Parameter List box You may directly use or edit them or create a new one To create a new naming rule you can click Auto Create button to open the following dialog box Input a name and key words for C M Y K or click the button to specify corresponding color separation files and click OK you will quickly create a new naming rule HAuto Create Figure 74 Or you
75. e of the black ink PhotoK or MatteK Paper Source The mode for feeding paper Roll Sheet or Paper Tray Media Type The type of the output media such as Plain Paper Coated Paper Glossy Paper and Synthetic Paper etc Paper Suction The intensity for paper suction the value varies according to the type and thickness of the output paper Auto Cut If checked printer will automatically cut after printing the paper Nozzle Check If checked printer outputs a built in image pattern By observation you can find out if the nozzle is clogged Bi Directional Print If checked the printer head prints when moving in both directions so as to get a higher printing speed In general we recommend you to uncheck this parameter because it may result in quality degradation Borderless If checked borderless printing will be enabled Feed Paper Adjustment parameters Some Epson devices support you to manually adjust the speed of feeding paper so as to avoid irregular lines of ink traces on the paper as a result of too fast or too slow feeding speed The Feed Paper Adjustment parameters are activated only when the device itself supports this capacity Print Block The number of the strips that will be printed the range is from 1 to 16 Each 34 Chapter 3 Set a Parameter Template strip is a pattern appearing as follows Figure 43 Print Minimum The minimum speed level The range is from 1 to 201 Print Maximum The max
76. e similar to those for you to create a color solution by way of the color calibration wizard before the measurement you need also a white point calibration and then when succeeds it displays the prompt Please measure the strip 1 Put the attached plastic soleplate on the strip and Eye One on the plastic soleplate then press and hold the operating button on the device After a sound prompt is issued slide the device from left to right in regular speed to measure And release the button till you get to the right end If succeeds it prompts you to measure the second strip till you finish all of the rest strips and see the prompt Measured successfully Press here to continue Click it to return to the main window 99 Founder EagleDot User Guide Founder DeltaE Ideal L Ideal a Ideal b Actualb delta E m Color Range 0 00 0 00 0 00 54 21 FE 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 68 27 29 34 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 81 25 15 19 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 49 53 6 42 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 60 60 8 40 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 76 00 8 70 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 87 76 5 91 97 63 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 89 38 7 05 67 66 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 91 49 557 34 73 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 41 84 60 95 21 45 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 47 40 73 14 12 19 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 54 94 34 59 47 23 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 33 08 13 03 36 25 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 43 75 25 05 49 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 51 69 60 22 A237 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 53 03 37 39 30 52 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 71 91 18 83 19 12
77. eDot Proof 1 bit TIFF Composite_ILL CS2_pdf_2540 Red tif gt Red v lt gt EagleDot Temp Path Free MB 2144 00 FrameBMP Own Free MB 0 05 2144 00 Figure 28 RIP and Print a Job 1 RIP a job When a job has been submitted into the Waiting to RIP queue you can continue to RIP the job To RIP it check the Continue Ripping box and EagleDot will begin to RIP the jobs that are in Waiting status W Continue Ripping P TZOO CM YES TIF Painting 1 elow Waiting to Printi i Page Size Template Mame Status lt 1 gt Composite ILL C5 pdf 25400CMYE55559 250 6mm 141 1mm Epson 4800 Waiting Figure 29 The progress bar on the right of the Continue Ripping checkbox displays the RIPping progress While the job is in the course of RIPping you may click the Abort button that locates between the Continue Ripping checkbox and the progress bar to abort the RIPping process When the RIPping operation is completed the RIPped jobs will all be moved to the Waiting to Print queue in the Job Monitor 2 Print a job When you check the Continue Print box in the Job Monitor the jobs in the Waiting to RIP queue that are in the Waiting status will be printed However there are the following two possibilities The first you find the job vanished in the Job Monitor The reason why the job seems to have vanished is that the General Parameters gt Auto Page Position parameter in the printer setup window has been checked by default EagleDot is ab
78. eaess 29 3 1 Set the General Parameters sessssussnsrrenrrrnrerrnrnrsrrnrnrrrrrrnrrnrnrrrrnrrrrrrnrno 29 3 1 1 Parameter Template NamMe ssssssssssnssssrsrunrrrsrnrnnrnenrrnrnrsnrrenrrnrnern 29 LE P E aR AE NEEE REAA 29 PENE RINO oeren A EE A EE caecseecesc 30 3 1 4 EagleDot Template nssssnssenssssnsrrnrrnrnrnrsnrnrnnnnsnrnnrnrnrenrnrenrrenrnnrn 30 Teka Pao WON essay accra contami Aa A A A Aai 30 DAPET o UD a E E EE E end 31 3 2 1 General Parameters nssssnsssnssrsrsnrnrrnrnrnrnnrnennnnrnennrnrnrunrnennrrenrnrnnr 31 3 2 2 Advanced Parameters ccsscicicnvinonids veviaasadsesieienieiddensieeersmiaeeesanddeneen 33 POT eare A E E A 37 FREE EORNA E E E O i 38 eA ha Eo e E E EE E E 39 Tea a POIO aaa E AA E A 40 Ba COIOF o enla e N E AN E E S T EEE 45 ENEE E aves tease EE E E 45 a2 PAN O aaa NAA AE E E E 49 OPON rr a e r E E r EEE 58 IL FOr PO CRIP POON cereri aa E EE 59 J2 FOr PFESREP POO sanrsscctcatnpcaaeanenenedsandanaaiaents i A REA ba 71 Chapter 4 Color Management ccccccccecceeeceeeceeeceeeceeceeeceeeseeeceeseeseeeseeeseeess 7 Ae SOC COO EONO a sececvanrsascaeesvecaiesnmrisiasecaensantgnrseceesatsacataienesaneasminuresssedat 77 A ls AE OCU CEON TE E A T E TE T gna daaendaniaad sas 77 4 1 2 Create a spot color table esis sscinsinaaatecesecenvaainneesss pucinesdesaeesaeeananenesn 77 4 l3 Modi y a SDOL COIL LADIC sirro NDARA a 79 4 1 4 How to use spot color table ssnssessssssssnsrnnnnrnnnnnrn
79. ectory of the CD program will automatically start running otherwise you need to manually run the setup program on the CD Note Please make sure that the dongle for EagleDot has been installed Otherwise the application will be installed as a demo version In that case the job output will be restricted to a certain size and a mark indicating it s a demo version will be added Follow the steps below to install EagleDot 1 If the AutoRun exe on the installation CD runs automatically it will display a window Shown as follows If it doesn t run double click the setup exe under the Installation folder to start the installation Founder R User Guide P st RIP Proofing Readme Setup Explore CD ROM Quit Copyright 0 1997 2012 This Computer program is protected by Copyright law and International tre aties Figure 2 2 Click Setup to open the following dialog box Choose EagleDot and then click OK Software C EagleProof Figure 3 3 The install program asks you to choose a setup language It provides three language options Chinese Simplified English and Japanese Choose a setup language click Next to continue A 2 N D Start EagleDot InstallShield Wizard Choose Setup Language Select the language for the installation from the choices below Chinese Silt j Japanese InstallShield Figure 4 4 The program begins to collect information that is required for installation EagleDot Instal
80. ess of the installation EagleDot Setup Setup Status EagleD ot Setup is performing the requested operations Installing De Founder E agleD ott Resourced ECI002_ DTPH 45 Pe 4700 tit InstallShield Cancel Figure 13 13 When the progress bar reaches 100 it will automatically open the Readme file and the program folder View them and close and you will see the following window EagleDot Setup InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successtully installed E agleD ot Before vou can use the program You must restart your computer Mo will restart my computer later Remove any disks from ther dives and then click Finish to complete setup Back Cancel 12 a 2 a Start Figure 14 14 Please determine whether you will restart your computer right now or not And then click Finish to complete the installation Note For those who are using parallel port printing on Windows 2000 EagleDot Setup has modified ECP port to enhance printing speed The old models of printers that does not support EPC mode would not print normally In such case you need to run Bin W2KECP EXE under the EagleDot directory which is a tool that automatically recover and setup EPC mode 2 1 2 Uninstall EagleDot Before removing EagleDot we recommend you to use Export Parameter command of the File menu to back up your useful data in some other place To remove your EagleDot execute the fo
81. ew Move Up Move Down Move First Move Last ImageB_pdf_1200 CMYK TIF Painting 1 Yellow Template Name Status 217 9mm Epson 4800 Waiting 141 1mm Epson 4800 Waiting 180 6mm Epson 4800 Waiting secs 298 OMM Epson 4800 Template Name Status 200 CMYK TIF begin 000 594 000mm Temp Path Free MB 1721 00 FrameBMP Own Free MB 391 44 1721 00 The Waiting to Print queue provides information about the job names page size template name and the status The Waiting to Print column lists the job names and the number in the bracket behind it indicates the number of the jobs Note that there is a number in front of each job name It indicates the ordinal page number of a job If a job contains 4 pages there would be 4 pages numbered 1 to 4 in order The Page Size 108 5 Print column and the Template Name columns respectively list the page size and the template name of the job The Status column displays the status of each job There are two status states Waiting and Hold When you check the Continue Print box the jobs that are in the Waiting status will be printed The jobs whose status is Hold will not be printed You may perform some similar operations to the jobs in the Waiting to Print queue that may be performed to the jobs in the Waiting to RIP queue such as showing the job information previewing job showing spot color table configuring template parameters holding a job changing the job sequence and et
82. formation etc 105 Founder R User Guide About this Job Job ID OOO00005 Parameter Template Epson 4800 File Name Image pdf 1200 CMY ES TIF Job Statue Wating File Path DO Test samples E agleD ot Proof 1 bit TIFF Output Page ALL PAGES Separation ColorPlane Figure 128 Preview a job Right click a job and choose View and you can open a window to preview the job fe ImageA_pdf_1200 CMYKS TIF 1 BitmapDisplay BitmapDisplay About Zoom Cut i Fit in Window Refresh Rotate Previous Page Next Page Clase Close All Figure 129 106 a 5 Print After you have opened this window you can choose Bitmap Display or right click anywhere on the window to get a menu The functions of these commands are as follows About This command enables you to learn information about a job Zoom In and Zoom Out To zoom in and zoom out the bitmap Fit in Window To automatically adjust the preview window to a suitable size for the job Refresh This command can restore to the original Bitmap Display window Rotate This command can rotate the displayed job Previous Page and Next Page When a job that contains more than one page is opened you can use these two commands to switch among the pages Close and Close All These two commands can enable you to close the displayed Bitmap Display window or windows Close the window and return to the job monitor a lt V gt mark will be ad
83. guage Level 1 includes the initial features and commands or operators of the PostScript language Language Level 2 expands the functionality of Language Level 1 to include device independent color and improved memory management PostScript 3 includes all the features of Language Levels 1 and 2 and provides further enhancements which this document identifies ICC Profiles A profile is a description of how a device interprets and renders color An ICC compliant profile conforms to the standards of the International Color Consortium ICC It records transformation relationship between device color space and CIE color space DPI Dots Per Inch DPI describes the number of dots per inch for device It is the measuring unit for resolution TIFF Tag Image File Format TIFF Tag Image File Format is a common format for exchanging raster graphics bitmap images between application programs including those used for scanner images A TIFF file can be identified as a file with a tiff or tif file name suffix The TIFF format was developed in 1986 by an industry committee chaired by the Aldus Corporation now part of Adobe Software Microsoft and Hewlett Packard were among the contributors to the format One of the most common graphic image formats TIFF files are commonly used in desktop publishing faxing 3 D applications and medical imaging applications EPS Encapsulated PostScript EPS is acronym for Encapsulated PostScript which is
84. h can be created in the fourth step of the calibration wizard Device Calibration 94 4 Color a WY Entire Calibration Epson amp 90_Uncoated paper General_FM25M1_ Isis Re calibration amp Device 1 Click Print to print out the color strip for linearization measurement The Measure button will be activated at the same time EEHEEHE 2 Wait about 10 minutes before you E i measure the printed color strip This allows the ink to dry Click Measure to open the Measure window and follow the directions in the window 3 After the measurement click Create program will create a calibration file for device PEEP PERE EEE EERE PEEP PEER EEE EEE 4 Click Complete Result Original File Cur dl Print Measure Init Loop Print r Caculate Cancel Figure 116 Click Print to print out the color chart and then click Measure to measure the printed result Click Init Loop Print after the measurement A new chart will be printed out after you click Init Loop Print Please click Measure Create to measure the printed chart and click Loop Print after that measurement Now you get a color difference value and a newer printed color chart Repeat this operation till you are satisfied with the color difference Click Finish to update the color calibration solution Note You can choose only one of the two calibration modes each time And in entire calibration the color difference appears o
85. h the ganging result click Output to begin printing 6 During printing if you want to stop printing click the Abort button 7 The Auto Page Position function saves your time and material Under certain circumstances however you may uncheck this option to disable the function When unchecked EagleDot will output each job separately without ganging 126 5 Print 5 5 2 Splitting The job size may sometimes be larger than the output media size In this case you have three options The first option is to disable jobs exceeding media size i e not to output The second is to output a portion of the job The third is to split the job and output in multiple pieces By default the Disable jobs exceeding media size option is checked In this case the output of an oversized job will not be allowed If Disable jobs exceeding media size is unchecked and no other related settings are defined a portion of the oversized job will be outputted Once Disable jobs exceeding media size is unchecked the Auto Page Split option is activated Check Auto Page Split to activate the X Y edit boxes In the edit boxes you can specify the horizontal and vertical values of the overlapping area of split pages See the following figure Epson Stylus Pro 4800 General Parameters Fort Print Comment Border Resolution dpi Margin rarr Lett T a Top E Centerin M Media Size mm Ad Page Gaplmm Width M Auto Page Position Height 12 y
86. he job When the job is printed out the job will be listed in the Printed Job queue 5 Uncheck Continue Print then select the job in the Printed Job queue and click the button in the toolbar The job will be moved to the Continue to Print queue 6 Repeat Step 3 to change the settings of the Composite parameter At this time please check Composite choose Cyan and Magenta together And then repeat Step 4 to print out the second job 7 Repeat Step 6 for two times to print out respectively the third and fourth jobs When you print the third job please check Composite and choose Cyan Magenta and Yellow When you print the fourth job please check Composite and choose Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black If your job size is small enough for auto ganging we recommend you to enable the Auto Page Position function to save your paper the steps are as follows 1 Create or set a parameter template Check the Auto Page Position option under the Printer Setup gt General Parameters tab As to the Composite parameter please use the default setting 2 Switch to the Job Monitor use the template to open the job and check Continue Ripping to RIP it Then the job appears in the Waiting to Print queue 3 Right click the job and choose Color Setting from the pop up shortcut menu Then the Color Setting window appears In this window click the Advanced tab and you will see the Composite parameter Now you can change its setting Please check Comp
87. ide Company Plate Making Company and Color Paper Publishing House With the development of equipment and market in 2001 Founder launched the new generation of digital proof software EagleDot to meet the rapidly increasing requirements on digital proof Later Founder also makes a lot of innovations to this product and launches many new versions continuously EagleDot has its own RIP kernel and excellent Color Management Module CMM for Short It may be used in Publishing Houses Ad Agencies Newspaper Collection Centers and so on To summarize EagleDot has the following features High Quality EagleDot implements a new dot shape resulting from the extensive research of Founder s R amp D Center This new dot shape ensures smooth gradients and accurate reproduction Color Management Adopts new color arithmetic With the color management functionalities of EagleDot the users can easily and effectively take advantage of their existing proofing environment to simulate the press environment Easy to Use EagleDot puts all commonly used parameters together Users can configure parameters very conveniently Last Minute Modification EagleDot allows users to preview jobs check parameters and modify parameters at the last minute before printing If you find that some parameters are not correctly defined you can modify them in time instead of re RIPping the file The modified parameters can take effect immediately in printing
88. igure The settings under this tab allow you 67 Founder a User Guide to decide which parts will be displayed in the file name Extended Naming Rule 1 gt Files lt 2 gt Separator lt 3 gt Group Plate lt 4 gt Display Display Specification Parks Jabname String lt Par 4 gt lt Part B gt Figure 80 In the figure above if we select Part A and Part B the final target tiff file that contains all separation files will display only Part A and Part B of its file name In our example the parts displayed are girl and P1 Note Generally we don t select to display the part that stands for color plates In the Jobname String field you can change the display order of the parts or add any characters The added characters will appear in the file name Click OK and a Save As dialogue box will appear to allow you to save the newly created extended naming rule Input the name of the naming rule for example NewRule and click Save to return to the Options window The newly established naming rule NewRule now appears in the Naming Rule List box To use it you need to first select it and then click the button to move it to the Naming Rule Selected box 68 Chapter 3 Set a Parameter Template Options Page Setup Transfer Naming Rule Export pdf Input Naming Rule Magenta i _ magenta yellow black _ma genta yelow _black W Use Extended Naming Rule Ex
89. ile and a jpg file Click Output Report to open a Save As dialog box Choose or create a folder and specify the report name and then click Save Switch to the folder where you just chose or created you will find two files named as specified one is a txt file the other is a jpg image which separately record the results shown as in the DeltaE window You can also import a report into the DeltaE window Click Input Report and in the follow up dialog box choose the report you want to import and then click Open 103 5 Print Chapter 5 Print 5 1 Operations tn Job Monitor We have briefly described the printing operations in Job Monitor in Section 2 3 In this section we will introduce you in details the operations after the job has been submitted into the job monitor 5 1 1 Operations in the Waiting to RIP queue In order to comprehensively introduce all the operations we will open more than one job as an example See the following figure If you don t check the Continue Ripping box the opened jobs will all be listed in the Waiting to RIP queue EagleDot File Option Font Yiew Help we OE wee i ev eo Waiting to RIP 9 Status Continue Ripping x attract_P1 CM55 TIF Waiting Waiting to Print 0 Page Size Template Name Status Composite_ILL CS2_pdf_2540 CM Waiting girl_Pi CMYK TIF Waiting Imagea_pdf_1200 CMYKS ImageB_pdF_1200 CMyk TE About Pc fh10 e com_ps_2540 CM Pc fhi0 e sep_ps_2540 CM PDF_I
90. iles to output the user can modify the current selected parameter template If this option is checked before the modification the template will be permanently modified If not checked the modification only takes effect in the current job 133 Founder a User Guide 6 3 Other System Parameter Setting Information Window Template Other FagleDot Path D Program Files Founder E agleD ot Bin Temp Path D Program Files Foundery agleD ot Temp Frame Bitmap D Program Files Founder E agleD ot Frameb MP FrameBMF display memory size MB When temp or FramebeaP disk l space is less thanfME 200 Maxinium abnormal jobs Maximum printed jobs allowed W Auto Delete printed files PCH Lin ela ln sel Prompt user when needed J Continue printing after print error occurence Monitor ICE Figure 162 EagleDot Path The path where EagleDot is installed Temp Path The path of the temporary files By default the path is Program Files Founder EagleDot Temp You may select another temp path by the Browse button Frame Bitmap Frame bitmap is the bitmap files generated after RIP process Frame bitmap path is the directory where bitmap files are saved The default frame bitmap path is EagleDot FrameBMP It is recommended to set a frame bitmap path in the hard disk with the largest free space so as to store as many bitmap files as possible Auto Delete printed files
91. imum speed level The range is from 1 to 201 as well Print Point EagleDot uses 201 print points sequentially from 1 to 201 to represent the levels of feeding speed 1 represents the slowest speed level and 201 the fastest E g if you set Print Block to 5 Print Minimum to 1 and Print Maximum to 201 then there will be 5 levels below Print Point 1 51 101 151 and 201 If you change Print Minimum to 80 and Print Maximum to 100 the levels turn to 80 85 90 95 and 100 The smaller the difference between Print Mintmum and Print Maximum the smaller the difference between any two speed levels and thus the more accurate the final speed level will be Tip Experience shows that at the very beginning you can set Print Minimum and Print Maximum within the range of 80 140 and Print Block to 6 Best Adjustment The best speed level You need to manually input the value after observing the printed strips Print Click it to print out the strips when you have configured the settings above After the print check if there are horizontal gaps on the strip in the appearance of blank or color bands A presence of blank gaps indicates that the speed is too high while color gaps indicate that the speed is too slow If no gap appears continue to check if each color block is fine and uniform Choose the speed level that produces a strip with fine and uniform color blocks and without gaps Result from improper speed gaps appear obviously Fig
92. in PDF You can select to use the ICC in the PDF Pipe Print Template Check this option if you want to set the current template as a network pipe print template RGB Image ICC Source File By default this box is unchecked When it is unchecked the jobs in RGB mode would be converted into CMYK mode by applying some fixed algorithm in the Pre RIP core If it is checked you can select another ICC profile to perform this conversion to realize the anticipated result 4 Export pdf See Section 3 4 1 76 4 Color Chapter 4 Color Management 4 1 Spot Color Editor The Spot Color Editor is developed to ensure that spot colors in your jobs are correctly processed This section can help you use this tool to create and manage spot colors 4 1 1 Introduction As opposed to a mix of CMYK inks which make up process printing a spot color is a specially mixed ink that is applied on the printing press For this reason spot colors can be produced in a much more vibrant range of colors than can be created from mixing process colors More and more spot colors are being applied today in the printing industry For example corporate colors golden silver and other metallic ink colors are printed with spot colors Instead of using spot color inks to represent spot colors EagleDot adapted the color gamut of the digital proofing device which is larger than that of a CMYK press to compose spot colors The Spot Color Editor tool is the tool provide
93. indow And this window can be adjusted to any size 8 5 Preview Window The Preview window displays the print result in advance 147 Founder User Guide Preview Figure 183 By unselecting the Quick View command form the View menu you can hide this window And the size of this window can be randomly adjusted as well 8 6 Status Bar The status bar is a thin gray bar located at the bottom of the main interface EagleDot Temp Path FreeiPMby 9163 00 FrameBMP Quin Free MBi 0 00 9163 00 Z Figure 184 The contents in the status bar are variable When cursor is placed on toolbar or a menu item the status bar shows the function description of the corresponding tool or menu item You can also hide the status bar by unselecting the Status Bar command from the View menu 148 A endix A Device List and Dongle Level Appendix A Device List and Dongle Level EagleDot digital proof system supports various printers of CANON EPSON and HP Each device model is supported by a dongle of certain level The lower levels of dongles can be substituted by higher levels except for Level 8 For details on device list and dongle support please email to GAsupport founder com Canon IPF Canon iPF 650 Canon iPF 655 Level 1 Canon iPF 700 Canon iPF 710 Canon iPF 6000S Canon iPF 8000 Canon iPF 8000S Canon iPF 8010S Canon iPF 8100 Level 3 Canon IPF 8110 Canon iPF 9000 Canon iPF 9000S Canon iPF 9010S Canon
94. k Paper White Simulation the simulated white value of the press sheet will be reproduced in the blank areas of the proof 5 7 Proof for Single Color and Two Color Separations Proofs are mostly CMYK combined and sometimes include a spot color However in some cases single color or two color proofing is also necessary EagleDot has functionality to meet these requirements Open the Color Setting window and click the Advanced tab Color Setting General Advanced Color Replace Cyan Magenta Magenta Yellow rello Black Black lf Composite W Selective Color Cyan Magenta Yellow Black pot Color Gray Black Only Change InkHue Color Mode Color Screen Mode 129 Founder TE User Guide Figure 158 By default the Composite option is checked and all the colors are selected The default setting will generate color proof If your printer is monochrome you need to uncheck Composite and the selected colors will be printed separately If the Auto Page Position box in General Parameter tab is checked the single color proofs will be automatically positioned on the output page to save you time and material If you are using a two color offset press you need to check Composite and the selected colors will be combined together The following figure shows the setting if you want a two color proof of Cyan and Yellow M Composite W Selective Color M Change InkHue Gray Black Only Col
95. l see a tool list Yy ColorWizardProof DeltaE ReCalibration Figure 109 4 3 1 Spot color tool ka Spot Color Tools El D Founder Spot ColorlDefault curve Peo oe ul Spot Spot Color Tool Et O Custom Spot Color pot Color Name i ae z Spot colors are listed on the left Color Range nevis Opacity fo You can select the spot color to p7 tint and refine Fure Magenta i ap Yo z5 kE a Rasberry 1 Spot Refine f L23 A eo E 36 a 1 Select a spot color select a Refine Type and click Refine to Curve hlode CMYK Lab open the window of Spot Refine Note IF the spot color is ChE mode the button of Refine is grayed Color Plane L and not to be activated 2 Select one of spectrophotometer click Print to print out the spot color Note If you didn t select a spot calor or the spot color has the values of LOADBO you need to Measure it firstly to acquire the values then recycle measuring and printing 3 Click Measure button scan the color patch according to the introduction 4 Check the delta E value which wou got if it s not lower enough print out it again and measure Note If the Refine Type is Accurate you must select a proper result then print out again and Measure 5 After re circle several times select the proper Delta E value default is the last one click Add the last Lab values Will replace the orginal data and save it in Custom Spot Color table 2 Find Refine Type
96. lShield Wizard Preparing Setup Please wait while the InstallShield Wizard prepares the setup E agleD ot Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which will guide you through the rest of the setup process Please walt Installs held Cancel f Figure 5 5 When it finishes collecting information it pops up the welcome window Founder User Guide EagleDot Setup Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for E agleD ot The Installs hield Wizard will install EagleDot on your computer To continue click Nest Figure 6 6 Click Next you get license agreement Click Yes to accept all the terms and continue EagleDot Setup License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Fress the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR FOUNDER EAGLEDOT TM IMPOR TANT READ CAREFULLY Be sure to carefully read and understand all of the nights and restrictions described in thie Founder End User License Agreement EULA Tou Will be asked to review and ether accept or not accept the terms of the EULA This software will not install on your computer unless you accept the terme of this EULA Your click of the Yes button is a symbol of your signature that you accept the terms of the EULA This EULA is a legal agreement between you ether an individual or a single entity and Do you accept all the terme of the preceding License Agreement fF you select No the
97. le Name If checked the printed file name takes the stem of the source file name and the extension is prn e g a source file name is sample tif checking this option ensures that the printed file name is sample prn 3 2 4 Print Comment Canon IPF 500 General Parameters Fort Print Comment Border w Print Cormmert s M Printing start time Color Solution Info Color Tune Info Attached Info Print ColorB ar D Program Files Founder E agleD ot A esol with Color Management Only one copy amp Autocenter Print Ink Histogram width mrn 20 Start mml 20 Scale 100 cs Figure 49 Print Comment s If checked the selected comment will be printed on the lower left corner of the output paper If not unchecked the comment options below will be grayed Printing start time If checked the output time of the job will be printed on the paper The time format is Year Month Date Hour Minute Second Job Name If checked the name of the job will be printed on the output paper Color Solution Info If checked the information about the color solution used will be printed on the output paper Color Tune Info If checked the path of the color tune curve will be printed on output paper 38 3 Set a Parameter D Attached Info The additional information except those comments mentioned above You can input this additional information in the right column Print ColorBar EagleDot can print a colo
98. le to position many small jobs on a sheet of paper to save material Of course you can uncheck Auto Page Position to disable the function Select Device 23 Founder EONS User Guide Monitor in the View menu or click the L button in the toolbar to open the Proof Device Monitor window Proof Device Monitor Figure 30 Click the Show Buffer button the following window appears You can see the missing job is located in the ganging buffer The window shows the relative position of the job on the output paper CombinPage view mm x oO 100 700 00 400 5 PA EAT DOT Figure 31 If you are satisfied with the position you can continue to print by clicking the Output button or click the Discard Buffer to cancel 24 E 2 a saas Start The second if you have unchecked the Auto Page Position parameter in the printer setup window the printer will begin to print your job directly as shown in the following figure w Continue Print x Aborti Printing Printed Job Page Size Template Marne Status lt 1 gt ImageB pdr 12000CM YE TIF 300 3mm 212 2mm Epson 4800 Printed lt 1 gt PDF_Image_300 217 pdf 25400CMYE TIF 300 3mm 212 2mm Epson 4800 Printed Figure 32 The progress bar on the right of the Continue Print checkbox displays the printing progress While the progress bar is not fully completed you may click the Abort button that locates between the Continue Print checkbox and the progress bar t
99. ll be scaled to a proper size to fit the page and the scale percentage is disabled Preview There are two options Fast and Accurate Fast implies that the jobs can be viewed more quickly but lower at quality while Accurate implies a slower load time but a higher image quality Ignore Absent Font and Image File In practice you may encounter absent fonts or 71 Founder a User Guide even absent image For example a customer may provide you with a PS file some fonts of which are not included in EagleDot If Ignore Absent Font and Image File is checked when absent fonts or images occur EagleDot will ignore absent fonts or images while processing the file The position of the absent font will be replaced by a default substitute font and absent image positions will be blank If the box is not checked when absent font or image occurs the system will report an error and abort the process of the job The absent font will be displayed in the Information Window At this moment you can use the Font Substitution Table provided in EagleDot to specify a substitute font Please refer to Section 7 2 3 for more details As for how to process absent images please refer to the options Ignore Image File Path and Default Image Path Note Jf the PS file is generated by Founder layout applications such as Founder Fit and Founder Book Maker the absent fonts and images in the PS will be ignored by Founder FagleDot You need to check this option Ignore
100. ll the CMYK or spot color plates of the target file into one complete tiff file while submitting jobs Therefore two problems exist First what plate files will EagleDot regard as separations of one common tiff file The Group Files With Part s edit box below Job Grouping does this grouping work For example if we select Part A and Part B at the same time it means all files that are identical in these two parts will be treated as separations of a file In our example all file names that contain girl_P1 are separations of the same tiff file Next what color plates do these files represent respectively To identify different color plates select a part from the dropdown list of Plates Part below Plate Identification Here we select Part C which means characters in Part C determine what color plate a file represent See the table below the Plates Part dropdown list If the character in Part C of the target tiff file name is C the color plate is Cyan Similarly M stands for Magenta Y stands for Yellow and K stands for Black You may also use the IN edit box and the OUT dropdown list to define your own way of plate identification The target tiff files that go beyond the CMYK color plates will be automatically identified as spot color plates by EagleDot Case Sensitive Mapping If Case Sensitive Mapping is checked you need to pay attention to the case of the characters lt 4 gt Display Select the Display tab to open the following f
101. llowing operations 1 On the Windows operating system click Start gt Control Panel gt Add or Remove Programs 2 Select EagleDot from the Add or Remove Programs window 3 Click the Change Remove button 4 Then the Confirm File Deletion window appears If you want to completely remove EagleDot please select Yes please completely remove If you want to remain the templates and color solutions please select No I would like to keep the parameter templates color solution others please remove And then click OK Contirm File Deletion of ts components parameter templates color solution and other reference files in this computer T Are you sure you want to completely remove Founder EagleDot and all C Yes please completely remove f Wo lyvould like to keep the parameter templates color solution others please remove Figure 15 5 Then appears the Deleting Application form your Computer window wait until all the checkboxes are checked and click OK The EagleDot is removed 13 Founder O User Guide Deleting Application from your Computer Uninstallation will delete EagleDot software from your computer all of its components will be removed please wait shared DLLs Program DLLs Program files Program directory Program folder Registry Entries Figure 16 You can also remove EagleDot by selecting Start gt All Programs gt Founder EagleDot gt Uninstall 2 2
102. m the action Share Parameter Template s The command is used for sharing parameter templates for network printing from Mac Make PPD File Generate PPD files by this command 8 1 3 Font The commands in the Font menu are designed for managing font files in EagleDot 143 Founder E User Guide File Option Font wiew Help Add all LZ Remove Substitution Table Waiting to RIP SEE Figure 1 4 Add This command is used for adding or updating fonts in EagleDot Remove This command is used for deleting fonts from EagleDot Substitution Table In the font substitution table you can specify the substitution font for the absent font Reset This command is used to reset the font files 8 1 4 View File Option Font wiew Help i r speed Y ToolBar ry s Status Bar Device Monitor Ctrl D ape ea is Waiting to RIPCO Quick View Ctrl V Information Window Ctrl I Default Windows Figure 175 Toolbar The tool bar is displayed when this command is selected Status Bar The status bar is displayed when this command is selected Device Monitor If this command is selected the Device Monitor will be displayed The Device Monitor command is disabled when there is no printing job Quick View The Preview window is displayed when this command is selected Information Window When the command is selected the Information Window will be displayed The Information Window shows the prompt alert and error infor
103. mage_300_212_pdf_2 Delete All pm65 1_P1 CMYK55 TIF view Re preview Show Spot Color Table Config Parameters Hold Page Size Template Name Status Re RIP Re RIP all abnormal jobs Move Up Move Down Move First Move Last lt gt Preview SA Information Window D Test samples EagleDot Proof 1 bit TIFFilmageA_pdf_1200_ PANTONE Reflex Blue M tif gt PANTONE Re s pm65 1_P1 CMYKSS TIF The automatic matched spotcolor files are following D Test samples EagleDot Proof l bit TIFFypm65 1_P1_S B 1TIF gt B D Test samples EagleDot Proof 1 bit TIFFipm65 1_P1_S R 1IF gt R EagleDot Temp Path Free MB 2115 00 FrameBMP Own Free MB 0 08 2115 00 Figure 127 The Waiting to RIP column displays the job names The number in the bracket behind indicates the number of the jobs in the Waiting to RIP queue The Status column displays the status of each job There are three status states Waiting Hold and Error An lt X gt mark will appear before the filename of an Error job When you check the Continue Ripping box the jobs that are in the Waiting status will be RIPped The jobs whose status is either Hold or Error will not be RIPped Learn information about the job Double click a job or right click and choose About you will open up the About The Job window As you can see this window displays detailed information related to the selected job including Job ID template name file name status separation in
104. mation Default Windows You can restore the default windows by selecting this command 144 8 oe User Interface 8 1 5 Help File Option Font view Help Te Fo ig Dongle Info ae amp yy Update Dongle Abouk Figure 176 Dongle Info This command will display a window showing the dongle information You can save this information into a text file which may be required when updating your EagleDot Dongle Info Dongle ID 427165480 Hardware SM 91 08 70 00 00 00 2f 07 Figure 177 Update Dongle By clicking this command you can open a pkg file to update your dongle About This command will display the version and copyright information of EagleDot 8 2 Tool Bar Tool bar is a combination of icons a O a o Ar a we Oo Figure 178 Tool bar is an integration of most commonly used commands Each button on the tool bar corresponds with a command in the main menu See the following table a Open File RIP Section 2 3 1 Parameter Template Chapter 3 Hot Folder Section 5 4 Spot Color Section 4 1 145 Founder ae User Guide Color Calibration Color Solution Guide Color Tune curve Section 4 2 2a Move up a selected job in the Printed Section 5 44 Job Waiting to Print queue D Move down a selected job in the Printed Section 5 1 1 Job Waiting to Print queue Move a selected job in the Printed Job Waiting to Print queue to the Section 5 1 3 Waiting to Print Printed Job queue
105. mplate and the parameters of the template must not be changed in the course of printing By default this option is checked Once Auto Page Position is checked you can define the gutter between the individual ganged pages Manual Output When you have selected the Auto Page Position option you can continue to select this checkbox If you have selected this checkbox you may see the message Can t gang job again please output in Device Monitor in the Information window as the printing is proceeding This is because buffer is full of jobs and cannot keep on buffering the successive jobs You can click the Show Buffer button in the Device Monitor window to examine the contents of the buffer Then you must click Output or Discard Buffer to continue Without the Manual Output selection the buffer will automatically output the initial jobs and gang the rest of the jobs Auto Page Split The job size may sometimes be larger than the output media size In this case you can split the job into multiple pages to print out First uncheck the Disable jobs exceeding media size option to activate this parameter If you don t select Auto Page Split option the excess parts of the oversized job will not be printed As shown in the below only part of the job Picture B would be printed out in this instance 32 a 3 Set a Parameter a Figure 40 If you select the Auto Page Split option the excess parts of the oversized job will be printed on
106. n button to begin the update If succeeds the Information Window will display information like update successfully The second way is to update through a KEY txt file This is the traditional method to update your dongle In general it can only extend the time limit At first you also need to provide your dongle information and your user information to Founder The method to obtain the dongle information is the same as that mentioned in the first way However the user will receive a KEY txt file instead of a pkg file Put the received KEY txt file in the Bin folder under the directory where EagleDot is installed such as D Program Files Founder EagleDot Bin and then restart EagleDot you will finish the update of your dongle 2 3 EagleDot Quick Start EagleDot is a post RIP digital proof product And it also supports pre RIP digital proofing with the RIP option In order to help you more easily use this product we will first introduce you the general process of digital proofing in this section and then provide you with detailed descriptions about the specific operations in the next chapters 15 Founder R User Guide 2 3 1 Post RIP Proof Post RIP proof is applied to print RIPped jobs such as 1 bit TIFF files To use EagleDot to print a RIPped job please execute the following operations Launch EagleDot When you have successfully installed EagleDot you will see an EagleDot icon on the desktop You can do
107. new pages as shown in the following figure The job would be split into four parts and each part would be printed separately on a new page Figure 41 With this parameter you can define the size of the overlapping area of split pages in X Y edit boxes X represents the size of the overlapping area of split pages in the horizontal direction Y represents that size in the vertical direction Negative If checked the output will be negative However in practice if the job submitted is a post RIP negative file the output result will be positive when this parameter is checked Only when the EagleDot Template is checked will this parameter appear under the General Parameters tab Advanced Click this button and an Advanced parameters setup window will pop up 3 2 2 Advanced Parameters The Advanced Parameters panes vary as the functions of various printers differ 33 Founder a User Guide 1 Most Epson printers Advanced Parameters mink Type r Feed Paper Adjustment Pigment Print Block 1 16 4 r Black Ink Type Print Minin 201 Photak C Matek Print Mavimum 1 201 201 Paper Source Print Point 1 65 1 34 201 Quality Paper Suction I Best Adjustment 0 Auto Cut Nozzle Check O B Directional Print Borderless Media Type Photo Sermighoss Paper T Figure 42 Ink Type The type of the ink Pigment or Dye Black Ink Type The typ
108. nly when you finish the measurement twice 4 3 3 Delta E This tool enables you to measure the color similarity of two patterns that are same but printed separately under different environments The similarity is represented by delta E values The lower the delta E values the greater the similarity is and vice versa The delta E values are calculated from the measured Lab values of the two printed patterns As to the two different environments in general they refer to the device and the press environments But they may also refer to two different circumstances of one same environment e g a proof environment where you apply different settings inconsistently at two times Therefore in practice DeltaE can be used for many purposes for example to measure the color similarity between the current proof sample and the press one 95 Founder EagleDot User Guide 1 Open the DeltaE tool Select Start gt All Programs gt Founder EagleDot gt DeltaE to open the Founder DeltaE window Founder DeltaE Block Ideal L Ideal a Ideal b Actuall Actuala Actualb delta E Color Range Ideal Actual T Coordinates r Conclusion eea make ase Pin so Pinay eso Pimy soo Pm soo Pam e lt a _ lt 10 00 veo aco issem esis I Seen ee ee ee a ace Ideal Lab Actual Lab Figure 117 This window is mainly composed of three areas a sheet on the left which will list the Lab
109. nt directory Uncheck the box and click OK the TrueType font files will be removed from the font directory Click OK and the system will reset the font files in that directory The Information Window will display detailed results For example Information Window succeed add font FZZaptDingbats he total of succeed added font is 134 Figure 168 Tip Perform this Reset operation whenever you have finished the Add Remove or Substitute fonts operations especially the Add operation 139 E 8 N User Interface Chapter 8 EagleDot User Interface Double click the EagleDot shortcut on desktop to launch the application The main interface of EagleDot is shown as in the following figure Main menu e Re Cori Fipo pm Winting ba Print Ao Lee Pl ee TEF oh Leet fo a To Teer a tert kon r Tem E Copyreghsec 1997 2011 Beijing Founder Llectronics Co Lid mtani H heir FEAE TEE Status bar Tang Path Per EDD Pai Cee ae a Figure 169 The main interface of EagleDot consists of the following parts menu toolbar job monitor two sub windows Information Window and preview window and the status bar The menu provides the menu commands that are needed to execute various operations The toolbar provides the tool buttons for common operations such as opening files creating templates setting hot folder editing spot color editing curves making color calibration solutions opening
110. nt to further manage or adjust the color of your spot color proceed with the following section 3 Adjust the color of a spot color 1 Select a color range 80 E 4 Color EE Spot Color Hame Spot oc Je E ee ell A o B lo Opacity o e 100 OO OO Figure 93 EagleDot provides two Color Range options Source and Device color ranges When you want to use the color gamut of press to represent spot colors select the Source color range When you want to use the spot color ink to represent spot colors whose color gamut is larger than that of press please select Device color range This is because that the device color range is usually larger than that of press as well By default the color range is set to Source 2 Input the Opacity percentage The Opacity parameter describes the overlap relationship between the upper and lower color layers To set this parameter input directly the value in the edit box and click the Add button The default value is 0 Different opacity values enable different transparency effects For example if you input 0 you can get the overprint effect If you input 100 you can get the knockout effect If you input a value between o and 100 e g 70 the upper layer will have a 70 covering effect on the lower layer i e the 100 of the upper layer and the 30 of the lower layer will overlap See the following figure a When the greenish spot color is considered as the upper layer and i
111. ntinue printing after print error occurrence Determines whether the system will continue printing when print errors occur Monitor ICC You can specify a monitor ICC by selecting its path Note You must exercise great caution when modifying system parameters which will affect all jobs You must restart EagleDot to make the new system settings take effect 7 Fonts Chapter 7 Fonts 7 1 Install Fonts EagleDot will automatically install some fonts during the installation of this software Note that when installing fonts for Macintosh you need to share parameter template with Macintosh Refer to Section 5 3 1 for information about sharing parameter template 7 2 Fonts Management 7 2 1 Add Fonts You can add other fonts in form of pfa or pfb font files after you have installed EagleDot To install such fonts choose from the main menu Font gt Add Add Fonts Source Directory Figure 163 Click the Browse button to select the directory or folder where the pfa or pfb font files are located and click OK the fonts in the selected directory or folder will be installed After you have added the fonts please perform the Reset operation see below 7 2 2 Remove Fonts You can remove the installed fonts Choose from the main menu Font gt Remove Remove Fonts Installed Fonts Removed Fonts MingLiU Andalus Miriam Removers Angsana E b MiriarmFixed af Miriam ransparent Mistral Aak M5 PMincho
112. o abort the printing operation Now you have finished the operations for printing a job 2 3 2 Pre RIP Proof Pre RIP proof is applied to print pre RIP jobs such as PDF JPG and EPS files The operating process for pre RIP Proof is basically the same as that for post RIP proof The differences are as follows Input RIP Option Key The ability to print a pre RIP proof is an option in EagleDot Therefore you need to input the RIP option key to activate this function If you did not input the RIP option key during the installation process you can input the key after EagleDot is launched Select Input RIP Option Key from the File menu the following dialog box appears Please Input Rip Option Key Option Action No option Option Key Figure 33 Input the correct key in the Option Key edit box and click OK Set the Template Parameters The biggest difference between pre RIP and post RIP templates lies in that the EagleDot Template option is NOT checked for pre RIP proof template 25 Founder TO User Guide Parameter Template Name Epson4s00 Prnter s Epson Stylus Pro 4800 Pages Custom Please type page number andor page range separated by comma such as 1 3 5 12 Figure 34 This checkbox is grayed in case that you haven t enabled the RIP option When you uncheck this box if you can click the Options button you can see that the Options parameters are also different from those in the pos
113. o know when all plates of a job have arrived before it can submit the job There are two conditions under the Submit Jobs You must select at least one of them to enable the hot folder to submit a job If you select the first option and specify a time value here we will use the default value of 10 as an example the valid range is 5 3600 when no color separation plate arrives within the specified time period 10 seconds the system will stop waiting and submit the file even if some separation color plates have not arrived If you select the second option and specify a number value here we will also use the default value 4 as an example when the number of the arrived separation color plates equals to the specified number 4 the system will also stop waiting and submit the file even if some separation color plates may not have arrived 2 If you select EagleRip 4 0 Files only one parameter will be displayed Submit Jobs I The jobs will be submitted when waiting time exceeds 10 amp Figure 151 Its function is the same as the first option above 3 If you select PreRIP Files the Submit Jobs will be replaced with File Formats File Formate PS EPS POF PRY JPG Figure 152 Select the formats of the PreRIP files that the system will search for For example if you select PS the system will search for the files that are defined in the PS format You must select at least one option 4
114. oint on the curve with your mouse When dragging the curve values in the right part of the window change accordingly You can also directly input the value in the edit box after a percentage value When you have finished the adjustment select View All from the dropdown list and the curve section will show the curves appearance of all separations See the following figure 88 4 Color re Color Tune Epson 4800 1 1 00 Be 5 00 See Coe TAA T Aea e o exe est SAI aoa CET s GAA g7 97 00 Figure 107 5 After setup click OK to save the color tune curve 4 400 oy 6 00 20 20 00 40 40 00 60 60 00 80 80 00 322 3200 g6 96 00 100 100 00 The Undo button is used to undo the most recent one action If you are not satisfied with the setup you may just click the Reset button to reset the current curve to the original oblique line 4 3 Color Tools EagleDot also provides other color related tools including spot color tool delta E tool and the re calibration tool Click the toolbar icon q to start the color tools Color Tools Solution sample z Temolate Eme Device Eve One jk Figure 108 89 Founder EagleDot User Guide Please choose the color calibration solution that you want to re calibrate and a template that can be used in the calibration The parameter settings of the template must be fit for the color solution Click OK and you wil
115. olders will be detected at a certain interval of time and submitted to EagleDot Delete Files If checked EagleDot deletes the files in the hot folder after they have been printed Move Files To If checked you can click the button to specify a folder path to which the files in the hot folder will be moved after they are printed Note You cannot assign a hot folder of any template as the destination folder where the files in hot folder will be moved Otherwise there will be an endless circulation When the Search Type is set to EagleRip 4 0 Files the Delete Files and Move Files To options will be unavailable and grayed out You can only select one of these two options Depending on the Search Type you selected above the parameters shown below in the Submit Jobs window will vary The following are the different parameters for each Search Type and the descriptions about their functions 1 If you select Multiple TIFF Files or EagleRIP 3 0 FMP Files or 1 bit tiff from HQ RIP the Submit Jobs column will be displayed as follows 123 Founder R User Guide Submit Jobs M The jobs will be submitted when waiting time exceeds 10 amp 0R M The jobs will be submitted when planes number equals to 4 Figure 150 The files mentioned above usually contain multiple separation color plates and these separation color plates may not arrive to the hot folder at the same time In this instance the software needs t
116. ont will be added to the left Absent Fonts pane Add One Absent Font Absent Font Name booo OK Figure 166 Then select a substitute font in the right pane and click OK The mapping relation will be established And you can repeat the operations above to add more mapping relations You can modify the mapping relation between an absent font and a substitute font Please select the absent font and select its substitute font then click OK to modify You can also delete a mapping relation Please select an absent font and click the Delete 138 E 7 Fonts button the mapping relation for the absent font will be removed Note During RIPping in EagleDot the absent font is automatically added to the Absent Fonts list If an absent font listed in the Absent Fonts list is installed later on the font name will remain on the list but does not take effect All the fonts related actions should be executed from the Font menu rather than from the hard disk to avoid error 7 2 4 Reset Fonts The Reset command in the Font menu is used to reset all the font files When the Reset command is clicked the Reset Fonts dialog box will be opened Reset Fonts Font Directory Figure 167 The Font Directory is the directory where the font files are located The Use system TrueType fonts checkbox enables you to add or delete standard TrueType fonts Check the box and click OK and the TrueType font files will be added to the fo
117. ontain the spot colors newly created or modified by the user and the spot colors found in the course of RIPping 79 Founder ae User Guide System Spot Color The unchangeable spot colors provided by system You can click the Load button at the bottom of the window to load these system spot colors into current spot color table System Spot Color First This checkbox is located at the lower left corner of the Spot Color Editor window When it is selected if two spot colors in the spot color lists have a same name the spot color in the System Spot Color list will be used first Otherwise the system will use the spot color in the Custom Spot Color list first By default this box is unchecked 2 Define a spot color You can define a spot color by performing the following steps 1 Input a spot color name in the Spot Color Name edit box Spot Color Mame Spotl O OS Color Range f Lj A D BO Opacity foe Figure 92 2 Input the CMYK or LAB values The color will be displayed in the color block on the right 3 Click the Add button to save Click the Add button in the lower left corner of the window to save the spot color Note that whenever you want to save a setup or modification to a spot color you must click the Add button Moreover if the name is the same as some spot color that already exists in the table the system will display a dialog box to ask for your confirming Now you have simply defined a spot color if you wa
118. or Mode E Color Screen Mode FMa vr Figure 159 If there is spot color in the job spot color and process color can be grouped in any way to output at your will 130 Chapter 6 System Parameters Settings Chapter 6 System Parameters Settings Update file regularly Information window Checked Keep Messages in file eormation window for __ days Alarm when warnings Faformation window Checked or errors indicated Erase oldest message when Information window 500 100 10 000 line exceeding __ lines Enable template Template Checked Sharing on startup Enable modifying the parameter template Template Checked when printing EagleDot Path other fee Temp Path other ee Frame Bitmap other fe When temp or FrameBMP disk space Other 200 0 100 000 MB is less than MB Auto Delete printed Other Checked files Prompt user when Other needed FrameBMP display Other 4 1 8 MB memory size MB Maximum abnormal Other 100 0 100 jobs Maximum printed Other 256 0 1 000 jobs allowed l system after print error Founder ae User Guide occurrence o o o o o Monitor ICC other System parameters include the parameters that affect the EagleDot system such as the parameters related to working mode file operating path feedback information management and etc You can make appropriate settings to these parameters according to your favorite style actual demands and the hardware environment Not
119. or differences The 92 4 Color a color block with least color difference will be selected by default Choose that color block and then you can repeat the print and measure operation till you are satisfied with the color difference or the color difference rebounds And then choose the best result from the left table and click OK 4 3 2 Re Calibration By way of re calibrating the color solution created with the calibration wizard you can correct the unfavorable influence on the color quality resulted from variance in proof environment or device state In re calibration the measuring device is determined by the color calibration solution There could be two re calibration modes quick calibration and entire calibration Calibration Setting Quick Calibration Entire Calibration Figure 114 1 Quick Calibration This calibration requires that the current solution contains the linearization target data which can be created in the second step of the calibration wizard Device Linearization AS the name implies it is a quick re calibration that needs no repetition of the print and measure operation Click Quick Calibration The user interface for this re calibration is shown as follows 93 Founder R User Guide W Quick Calibration test Re calibration amp Linearization 1 Click Print to print out the color strip for linearization measurement W The Measure button will be
120. or in the whole figure We call the latter global calibration By default the Rectangle box is unchecked If we still take the figure above as example 55 Founder a User Guide this means that all the white areas in the figure will be replaced by the destination color If you click the Preview option you will see the following result Add Color Destination Saturation i Intenszityfl 0 E Rectangle Ratio FE Image Gray Preview Figure 67 If the Rectangle box is checked you may draw a rectangle on the image see the following figure In this case only the color within the rectangle will be replaced Add Color x c1 16 Original re A Destination E K1 jo Saturation H Intenszityil 0 Ei 1 Rectangle MM Image Gray Preview Preview Ratio z pn ANE J Figure 68 Now you have finished the configuration of a color replacement Please click OK the corresponding data will be added to the Pick Color table 56 A 3 Set a Parameter EEN Pick Color Chk comk CMYK elcmak 12 4 1 0 13 10 83 1 Figure 69 In the Pick Color dialog box you may click Add to add another color replacement relationship or click Edit or Delete to edit or delete a selected color replacement When you have finished the setup you can save the whole set of color replacements as a stc file by the Save As button Or you can load an existing stc by the Lo
121. or table But if a spot color that has the same name already exists in the spot color table before RIPping will the accessed spot color be added to the table as well and replace the existing one In this case it depends on whether you have selected the Substitute Spot Color In Spot Color Table checkbox in the Color Setting window of your parameter template By default this box is unchecked If you want to use the spot color that has the Same name in the current job you can check this box But when you have checked this box please note that the existing spot color will be replaced and next time when you read another spot color that has the same name the spot color in the table will be replaced by the spot color in the job once again 4 2 Color Tune In some cases you may find one or more printed colors are not printing to your satisfaction or the printed result is pretty good but your customer may specially ask you to increase or reduce the density of some colors The Color Tune tool within EagleDot is used for this purpose The Color Tune tool can be used to tune or adjust any or all of the four basic process colors by applying a color tune curve to realize the adjustment The color tune curve can be created or modified through the Color Tune tool for process colors provided in EagleDot Open the Color Tune tool to create a curve And then when you have created a curve you can open the Color Setting window of the parameter template and find
122. ore a spot color table can be viewed as a platform to store the spot colors of the jobs Please select a spot color table from the dropdown list on the right from where you can use the default spot color table provided by the system or the spot color table created on your own through the Spot Color Editor The spot colors in the spot color table can be modified through the Spot Color Editor When modifying spot colors there are two possibilities One is to create a new user defined spot color through the Spot Color Editor The user created spot colors can be applied through the Color Replace function and the Substitute Spot Color in Spot Color Table option The other is to modify the spot colors in the jobs After the spot 46 a 3 Set a Parameter n colors of a job are accessed by the system i e after a job has been RIPped by the system please open the selected spot color table of the template through the Spot Color Editor If the system was not able to access its color values such as its CMYK or LAB values the user has to input these values manually through the editor If the system is able to access its color values the user may also need to modify these values according to the actual demands Please note that only the composite files can provide the detailed spot color information such as the spot color names CMYK or LAB values Therefore the system can access the detailed spot color information of a composite file With other file
123. osite and choose only Cyan then click OK to return to the Job Monitor 4 Right click the job again and choose Re RIP from the pop up shortcut menu The job will be re RIPped The re RIPped job will also be listed in the Waiting to Print queue 5 Repeat Step 3 to change the setting of the Composite parameter And then repeat Step 4 to re RIP another job 6 Repeat Step 5 for two times to RIP the next two jobs 7 When you have finished the setup of the Composite parameters for these four jobs in the Waiting to Print queue check Continue Print to print Because you have enabled the auto ganging function the system will first move these jobs into the buffer before the print Please click the 4 button to open Device Monitor Continue to click the Show Buffer button you will find that EagleDot has already automatically ganged these jobs Note You cannot gang two jobs that use the same template but one has the spot color option under the Composite checkbox selected and the other has it unselected 52 n 3 Set a Parameter aD 3 Gray and Black Only Gray If checked all color separations will be transferred to Gray in output and the Composite parameter will be disabled and shown in gray Black Only If checked all color separations will be replaced with Black 4 Color Mode and Screen Mode Color Mode The color modes supported by the current printer If you have not specified a color calibration solution previously this parameter
124. parameter setup 5 4 1 Define a hot folder Before you define a hot folder please make sure that you have created a parameter template To define a hot folder click the Hot Folder button in the toolbar You will see the following window 120 E 5 Print Hot Folder List Figure 146 If this is the first time for you have opened this window click Add button to create a new hot folder If this window has listed some hot folders you can select one and click Modify to modify it or click Delete to remove Here we click Add to create a new hot folder Please input valid item name Figure 147 Input a valid name and click OK You will get the following window Founder User Guide Hot Folder Hame Epson search Type Single TIFF Files Template Epson 4800 Hot Folder D Test samples Include Subfolders After Print f Delete Files C Move Files To Submit Jabs i The jobs will be submitted when waiting time exceeds OR if The jobs will be submitted when planes number equals to Figure 148 In this window you can set the following Hot Folder parameters Interval The system will detect the files in the hot folder at the set interval of time By default this interval is 10 seconds You can customize the interval with values between 5 60 seconds Search Type This is the file type that EagleDot detects in the hot folder EagleDot can search the following file types in the hot folder Multiple
125. ponents gt Other Network File and Print Services install File Services for E 5 Print Macintosh and Print Services for Macintosh 2 Launch EagleDot and select System Settings from the Option menu the System Parameter Setting window appears Click the Template tab System Parameter Setting Information Window T emplate Other Template Parameter template D Program Files Founder E agleD ots P aramTF M Enable modifying the parameter template when printing Figure 138 3 Check Enable template sharing on startup and click OK 4 Create a Pre RIP template and set its parameters 5 Click the Option menu and select the Share Parameter Template s command to open the Share Parameter Template window Share Parameter Template Parameter Template Marne Shared Mame E peor Asoo 115 Founder a User Guide Figure 139 6 Select the template Epson 4800 as an example and click the Share button ohareParameter Template ShareTemplate Epson 4800 Share ame Epson 4800 k Figure 140 7 Input a share name and click OK And return to the previous window the shared template will be indicated by an icon at Share Parameter Template Parameter Template Marne Shared Mame d Epson 4800 Epson 4800 Figure 141 8 At this time the template has been shared You can click DeleteShared to cancel the sharing 5 3 2 Create a PPD file Launch the EagleDot click the Option menu and select
126. pson and HP printers Select Options to Install Select to install the RIP and or Proofing on printing paper option enabling you to realize pre RIP proof and or proof on printing paper 9 Click Next to continue If you have selected the RIP option please input the correct option number And then click Next EagleDot Setup Enter Text Please enter information in the field below Please input RIF key pT InstallShield Figure 10 10 And if you have selected the Proofing on printing paper option please input the correct option serial number And then click Next 10 2 R aas Start EagleDot Setup Enter Text Please enter information in the field below Please input the Proofing on printing paper Option Seral Number HT InstallShield Figure 11 11 The following dialog box appears asking you to choose a program folder EagleDot Setup Select Program Folder Please select a program folder Setup will add program icone to the Prograrn Folder listed below fou may type a new folder name or elect one from the existing folders list Click Next to continue Program Folder AcCessOnes ACD Systems Administrative Tools EPSON Founder ElecRoc Lames Hipersnap Macromedia Microasort Office Installshield Figure 12 12 Please select a program folder and click Next then the screen will display the Setup 11 Founder R User Guide Status window showing the progr
127. ption allows you to print an element of one color over one of another color without removing or knocking out the material underneath The Black Only option enables only the 100 black elements to be overprinted it is the default option The Knockout option enables all the separations to be knocked out White gaps may appear due to inaccurate alignment Override OPM in job If checked any OPM parameter in the job is ignored If it is not checked any OPM parameter in the job will be used By default this option is selected This option is available only when Override Overprint In Job option is not selected Nonzero Overprint By default this option is not available It becomes available when OverPrint in Overprint Mode dropdown list is selected or the Override Overprint In Job option is not selected Nonzero Overprint option is applied to the case when two colors overlap the upper one has any one or more of its C M Y K separations set to a color value of zero In this case if you check Nonzero Overprint the two colors will be overprinted if you don t check it the lower color will be knocked out instead of being overprinted For example we assume that the CMYK values of the upper color are all set to zero i e the upper color becomes white If Nonzero Overprint is checked the upper white color will disappear for that it will be overprinted with the lower color If not checked the white color will Knock out the lower color 72
128. r bar to help you assess the print quality If checked you can choose a color bar file by the Browse button and the chosen color bar file will be printed both on the upper and lower areas of the output paper The default 2 Program Files Founder EagleDot Resource Control Strip ColorBartif is a standard TIFF file We recommend you to check the with Color Management option When checked EagleDot will apply color management to print the color bar As for the Only one copy amp Autocenter option if checked only one copy of the color bar will be printed and located on the center of media width If not checked multiple copies of the color bar will be printed to fit the job width Notes If the Auto Page Position parameter is enabled the color bar will be printed on the upper and lower of the imposed page instead of each job If the paper size is not big enough to print the color bar the system will automatically cancel to print the color bar And the Information Window will display the message xxx job name size for outputting exceeds size of paper 3 2 5 Halftone Epson Stylus Pro 4800 General Parameters Fort Print Comment Halftone Border Dot Shape v Frequency 100 Yellow Halftone levels Black 39 Founder a User Guide Figure 50 The Halftone tab is displayed and activated only when the EagleDot Template option is unchecked i e pre RIP proof and the color parameter Advanced gt Color Mode is
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130. s cannot be larger than the printable size Because you don t know the actual job size the input values may also become the width and height for a bleed The placements for both the border and bleed will be centered by default If you want to more precisely define a bleed or border according to the actual job size please use the following method to open the Border pane Return to the Waiting to Print queue in the Job Monitor right click a job that has been RIPped and select Print Setup in the pop up menu to open the printer setup window Click the Border tab to open the Border pane 41 Founder aan User Guide Epson Stylus Pro 4800 General Parameters Fort Print Comment Border Bleedimm General rim C Border Bleed mm Thick 0 2 a C Height Media Size 420 00 594 00 Placementimm Printable Size 414 00 577 00 Center Manual Job Size 231 42 180 62 Right 0 00 Bottom 0 00 K At this time the job size is displayed and the placement parameters are enabled Figure 52 1 To define a border Please input a width and a height and make sure that the size of border is within the range of the printable size Here as an example we input 251 42 and 200 62 the job size is 231 42 180 62 Then determine the Placement By default the job position is Center But you can select Manual to customize the top bottom left or right gutter Space between the job and border And then you can also specify
131. s selected this data will automatically override the corresponding parameter setups At this time the corresponding color related parameters such as Resolution Color Mode Screen Mode Ink Type Media Type will be displayed in gray Note Jf you haven t chosen a solution for current template then when you use the template to print files the information window would display message such as Please select calibration solution first In such case please choose a proper calibration solution here in advance 2 Proofing on printing paper You need to provide serial number during the installation before you want to use this option Being enabled this option will disable the color calibration solution setting If checked you can use printing paper instead of the special paper employed in digital proof to do your digital proof When checked please choose a suitable paper option from the dropdown list behind Other settings are the same as normal digital proof By using printing paper to proof you can lower your proof cost significantly without sacrificing the color quality 3 Spot Color Setting Spot Color Table A spot color table is composed of spot colors When the system is RIPping a job if the job being RIPped contains spot colors the system can identify the spot colors and will add them to the selected table in the template When printing the system will utilize the spot colors added to print the spot color separations Theref
132. selected template After you have chosen the template you can select the file that you want to submit and click the Open button Note The ParamTPL s list will not display all the parameter templates What it displays is dependent on the file type you have selected from the Files of type list The opened file will be submitted to the Waiting to RIP queue in the Job Monitor and becomes a job waiting to be RIPped 22 PE 2 oe _ Start n EagleDot File Option Font iew Help FAAETEETE Waiting to RIP 6 Status Continue Ripping tx Composite _ILL C52_pdf_2540 CM waiting Waiting to Print 0 Page Size Template Name Status ImageA_pdf_1200 CMYKS TIF Waiting ImageB_pdf_1200 CMYK TIF Waiting Pc fhi0 e com_ps_2540 CMYK TIF Waiting Pc Fhi0 e sep_ps_ 2540 CMYK TIF Waiting PDF_Image_300_212_pdf_2540fC Waiting lt l Continue Print tx Printed Job 0 Page Size Template Name Status lt lt Preview Information Window Composite_ILL CS2_pdf_2540 CMYKSSSSS TIF The automatic matched spotcolor files are following D Test samples EagleDot Proof 1 bit TIFFXComposite_ILL CS2_pdf_2540 Blue tif gt Blue D Test samples EagleDot Proof 1 bit TIFFXComposite_ILL CS2_pdf_2540_Green tif gt Green D Test samples EagleDot Proof l bit TIFF Composite_ILL CS2_pdf_2540 Pure Magenta tif gt Pure Magen DATest samples EagleDot Proof 1 bit TIFF Composite_ILL CS2_pdf_2540_Rasberry tif gt Rasberry D Test samples Eagl
133. single color For the example above if you check Cyan and Magenta and meanwhile don t check the Composite option the printed result will be two images see Picture C and Picture D in the following figure aT a ae tan ae Le a i mi s P en T z LS F y ae iy Cor Picture C Picture D Figure 61 Now we take a practical example and combine with other functionalities to describe the specific operations In practice you may need to continuously print out a single C a composite CM a composite CMY and a composite CMYK color separation files as in the following figure In this case what shall you do Figure 62 You can view them as 4 individual jobs and follow the printing process to print out 51 Founder E User Guide respectively Or you can simplify the operations by following the steps shown here 1 Create or set a parameter template For the Composite parameter use the default setting 2 Switch to the Job Monitor use the template to open a file and check Continue Ripping to RIP it Then the job appears in the Waiting to Print queue 3 Right click the job and choose Color Setting from the pop up shortcut menu The Color Setting window will appear In this window click the Advanced tab and you will see the Composite parameter Now you can change the setting Please check the Composite option and choose only Cyan then click OK to return to the Job Monitor 4 Check Continue Print to print t
134. son Stylus Pro 4800 General Parameters Fort i Print Comment Border Printer Port C IF Address O C Print to File Path 0 Program Files FounderE agleD ot T ern la E Fie PrintFile prn Use Default File Name Figure 23 As an example here we set all the parameters except for the Port parameter to the default settings Under the Port tab select Printer Port and then from the dropdown list below select the port of your printing device Or you may also select the IP Address and directly input the IP address of the printer 5 Set the Color Setting parameters Color management is an important feature in EagleDot You can effectively manage the colors in any job through the Color Setting parameters To set these parameters click the Color Setting button in the template parameter setup window to open the setup interface 19 Founder User Guide Color Setting x General Advanced Calibration Solution n Stylus Pro 9800 Epson Stylus Pro 7800 Epson Stylus Pro 4800 0 000000 720 000000 a 4 colors ment pe Photok Fhoto 5emigloss Paper x Proofing on printing paper Spot Color Setting Spot Color T able Substitute Spot Color In Spot Color Table Color Tune Hone Y Paper white Simulation Retain Black Range Figure 24 Here you may need to select a color calibration solution for your template EagleDot provides some pre defined and validated color calibration
135. t RIP case 26 2 a _ Start Options Page Setup Register Mark l Other S Export pdf Rotate Scale f No Rotation C Rotate 50 degree C Rotate 180 degree C Rotate 270 degree ka Y M Ignore Absent Font and Image File Stroke Adjust Override Stroke In Job i Override OverPrint In wob Black only iM Override OPM In Job iW Thickness Default Image Path OverPrint Type Figure 35 Submit a Job Preview 100 C Fast 100 A Fit in Page Size Accurate Ignore Image File Path MW Use dior Substitution W Support Level 1 SpotColor W Enable Spot Color Output Print copies in file I Nonzero Overprint After you have set the parameter template click Open File RIP in the File menu or click the button in the toolbar and the Open dialog box appears 27 Founder oe User Guide Look in e ef EE 91 bit TIFF girl_tif_pOOod POF pdf C 1 tifF spot T Job Sample pdf O composite T kyp_m id a4 40 com_pgl 5 pdr TIFF Files Te mi Fh s_ p sim _com_1 3 pdF 2s Calshot_24p pdf T m OXS 0e Full amp blend corm pdf Docl pdf EL EL ay ayy ie Bp cdi0 img alleps com_1 5 pdr Ed File name Files of type Param PL s JPEG Files pa BE Porat Files tif Common TIFF Files EagleRlP 4 0 Files EagleRIPs 0 FMP Files 1 bit tiff from HG Rig Figure 36 Click the button on the right of the Files of type You will find such new ad
136. t a Parameter ae 3 4 2 For Pre RIP Proof Options fence Setup Register Mark Other Export pdf Rotate Scale f No Rotation ye 100 Z C Rotate 90 degree C Rotate 180 degree Y 100 4 C Rotate 270 degree Fit in Page Size Accurate M ignore Absent Font and Image File Ignore Image File Path Stroke Adjust M Use Idiom Substitution Override Stroke In Job i Support Level 1 SpotColor W Override OverPrint In Job W Enable Spot Color Output OverPrint Type Black only Y Print copies in file i Override OPM In Job IY Nonzero 0 verprint W Thickness Default Image Path Figure 84 1 Page Setup The settings under Page Setup are mainly about RIP setup Rotate With an aim to facilitate bitmap ganging this function can be used to determine the direction in which a job is printed on the paper The default is No Rotation The four options of No Rotation Rotate 90 degree Rotate 180 degree and Rotate 270 degree control the image direction on the output paper If you selected Rotate 90 degree the image will be rotated 90 degree counter clockwise Scale The scale can be adjusted in both the X direction and Y direction 100 indicates that the output image size is the same as the actual page size If both boxes say 80 the image will be scaled 80 in both the X and Y direction 200 indicates that the output size is two times the actual size The default is 100 Fit in Page Size if this option is checked the image wi
137. tended Naming Aule Naming Rule List Naming Rule Selected Default name tule lt ENewRule 3 Figure 81 With the naming rule EagleDot will identify and group all tiff files that fit In our example all four tiff color plate files will be grouped as one file See the following figure 9 3F2498impopdlF2498impopdfK 00 TIF 28 4F2498impopdlF2498impopdik 00 TIF 3 pm65 1_P1 CMYKSSI TIF File name gir P1 CME TIF Files of type Common TIFF Files ParamTPLs Epson4800 69 Founder a User Guide Figure 82 4 Export pdf You may export RIPped bitmaps to a specified location as PDF files and view them independently The following figure shows the interface of the Export pdf pane Note that this function is available only when you have provided correct key number Options Fage Setup Transter Maming Rule Export pdf D Program Files Founder E agleD ot PreviewPal Figure 83 Check Export Pdf box in the above window and select a location to store the exported PDF files by clicking Browse button behind the pdf path edit box You may specify a network path The default path is Program Files Founder EagleDot PreviewPdf The exported PDF files will be named as job name job ID page number for example Baseline tif _00000006_0001 pdf Another way to export PDF files is by right clicking jobs in the Waiting to Print or Printed Job queue and selecting Export pdf command 70 a 3 Se
138. the Color Tune parameter select the curve to apply it To create a color tune curve please perform the following steps a 1 Click the Curve button in the toolbar to open the Curve List window 86 E 4 Color a Curve List Figure 104 2 In this window you can click the Add button to add a new curve if it is the first time opening it If there are already some curves in this window you can select a curve and click Modify to modify it or click Delete to remove it Here we click Add to open the Add dialog box shown as follows Please input valid tem name SS kK Figure 105 3 Input a valid name and click OK The color tune curve window will appear 87 Founder EAEC User Guide Color Tune Epson 4800 1 1 00 YK o a ae eeeeoee 25 25 00 40 40 00 See oo coz e000 20 00 40 BY 5 00 8 0 20 00 0 0 Coo eee 652 65 00 alz 80 00 ef pe pe do 85 00 dee 92 00 Sasa g 93 00 96 96 00 AAR l E e P E E g7 97 00 Figure 106 Click the Zoom In Zoom Out button or on the upper left corner of the window and the view of the window will be enlarged or reduced 4 In the dropdown list at the top select the color separation s from CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black Then you can adjust the color tune curve for the selected process color s If you select CMYK you can adjust the CMYK composite effect To adjust a curve you can drag any p
139. the Printer Browser dialog box and select the shared printer name Founder R User Guide x 8 AeA Printer Browser ep Default Browser IP Printer Search Printer Name Connection EPSON Stylus Pro 4000 AppleTalk a EFSON Stylus Pro 4000 2 AppleTalk EPSON Stylus Pro 7600 AppleTalk EPSON Stylus Pro 9800 AppleTalk HP Laserjet 1200 Series PCL6 AppleTalk LYZHANG TEST epson 10600 proof AppleTalk StylusPro9800 B92ACE Bonjour Name LYZHANG TEST epsoan4800 Location Local Zone Print Using Auto Select ooo Ma 5 a Processing job aMi ze Searching for new drivers More Printers Add Mi Figure 143 Here we will select the LYZHANG TEST Epson 4800 as an example LYZHANG TEST refers to the name of the computer where EagleDot is located and Epson 4800 refers to the shared template created in Section 5 3 1 3 And in Printing Using select Other to open the dialog box as shown in the following figure 118 Chapter 5 Print E Network Lu_Mac_3 Lu Applications Documents Movies Music i Pictures Figure 144 aT a m HB Desktop Q search AV44 PPD T New Eng Font p a Norton An s 9 0 dmg Picture 1 Picture 2 T QuarkRescueFolder Name AV44 PPD Size 52 KB Kind Unix Executable File Created Modified 10 20 06 E 4 Select the AV44 PPD created previously Then click Open and return to
140. the color and thickness of the border The defined border can be previewed at the lower part of the pane 42 Chapter 3 Set a Parameter Template Epson Stylus Pro 4800 e General Parameters Fort Print Comment Border General rm Border Bleed mm Thick 0 2 Width 251 42 Height 200 62 Media Size 4240 00 534 00 Flacementimm Printable Size 414 00 577 00 C Bleedimm T C Cener Job Size 231 42 180 62 Top 10 00 Left 10 00 C Bottom 10 00 Figure 53 Note When the Auto Page Position is enabled if you have defined a border each ganged job on a page will have a border printed 2 To define a bleed cut lines The operations are similar to those for defining a border But note that the bleed size must be smaller than the job size As an example we input 211 42 and 160 62 The result is shown as follows 43 Founder aan User Guide Epson Stylus Pro 4800 General Parameters Port Print Comment Border General rm Border Bleed mm Thick 0 2 Width 211 42 Height 160 62 Media Size 4240 00 534 00 Flacementimm Printable Size 414 00 577 00 C Bleedimm T Center Job Size 231 42 180 62 Top 0 00 C Bottom Figure 54 Note When the border is smaller than the job the color of the border turns to red Showing the bleed And the gutter space values are negative 44 a 3 Set a Parameter a 3 3 Color Setting 3 3
141. tput page 2 pages 5 to 8 and page 17 3 1 4 EagleDot Template If you haven t purchased and input a RIP option key EagleDot Template will be disabled If you have purchased and input the RIP option key this parameter will be activated By default the EagleDot Template is checked When this setting is checked EagleDot can only support post RIP proofing and process such post RIP files as Common TIFF Files EagleRIP4 0 Files EagleRIP3 0 FMP Files 1 bit tiff from HQ Rip and TIFF IT Scitex CT LW If it is unchecked EagleDot can support pre RIP proofing and process pre RIP files such as PS PDF EPS and JPEG Files Therefore for a template that has EagleDot Template checked and a template that has it unchecked their supported file types are different from each other In the template parameter setup window the main difference between when the EagleDot Template option is checked and unchecked lies in the Options parameters and the device option General Parameters gt Negative 3 1 5 Password Password protection can enhance the security of a template by preventing other users from modifying the template parameters If a password has been set for a template it will be required whenever you want to save modifications to the template To seta password click the Password button and the following dialog box will appear Setup Password Old Fassword New Password Confirm Hew Password jaa Figure 38 If you have already
142. ts opacity value is set to 0 i e the overprint effect 81 Founder oe User Guide Preview Figure 94 b When its opacity value is set to 100 i e the knockout effect Preview Figure 95 c When the opacity value is set to 70 i e 70 greenish color and 30 orangey color Preview Figure 96 Note The selection of the OverPrint Type for the Override Overprint in Job option may affect the opacity effect 3 Adjust the Color Tune curve for spot colors 82 4 Color ee Spot Color Editor L Founder Spot Colorl Detault curve Spot Color In Curent Job Spat Color Name Spot Custom Spot Color l X eco 53 cf Lid Opacity 0 a 709 368 System Spot Color First Figure 97 The Color Tune curve for spot colors is a fine adjustment tool The users can adjust this curve as their experience dictates By default this curve is an oblique line in 45 degree Slope To adjust it put the cursor at any point of the curve then click and drag If you are not satisfied with the adjustment you can click Reset to restore the default value When you have adjusted the curve please click Add to save The following two figures illustrate the differences when different curves have been used a When the original curve i e oblique line in 45 degree slope has been applied to the two spot colors of the job Spoti and Spot2 83 Founder EagleDot User Guide Preview 4 a Figure
143. types that do not contain this information the system may only be able to access the spot color names Substitute Spot Color in Spot Color Table If the name of a spot color in the job is the same as that of a spot color already existing in the spot color table before the job is RIPped when this box is checked the system will substitute the spot color in the job for the spot color in the spot color table 4 Color Tune Color Tune curve The dropdown list on the right provides the color tune curves for you to select They can be created through the Color Tune tool see Section 4 2 for details 5 Paper White Simulation The paper for digital proof may be much whiter than the paper used for press printing This will inevitably affect the digital proof which simulates the effect of the press In such case you can select this checkbox and the blank area on the proof paper will be slightly screened so as to simulate the appearance of press paper After you select a color calibration solution and check the Paper White Simulation box a WhitePoint Editor area will appear where you may edit the paper white simulation values WW hitePome Editor C b Y k Original je eS jo jo Change alue o o jo o Figure 57 Note Jf the color calibration solution you select is created with the help of a manual color calibration wizard then Paper White Simulation will be grayed out If the render intent you select when creating the solution is
144. uble click this icon or select Start gt All Programs gt Founder EagleDot gt EagleDot to launch the application K EagleDot Fie Option Font View Help a OER o A ilre yeo Waiting to RIP O Preview EagleDot Figure 19 Set the Unit Status Continue Ripping tx Waiting to Print 0 Page Size Template Name lt Continue Print tx Printed Jobf0 Page Size Template Name lt Information Window Founder EagleDot Copyright C 1997 2011 Beijing Founder Electronics Co Ltd Start at Wednesday 18 38 55 11 05 2011 Temp Path Free MB 2651 00 FrameBMP Own Free MB 0 00 2651 00 Status Status When the software is launched we recommend that you first set the unit you will be using in EagleDot Select the Option menu and click Units Setting and then select a unit from the three unit options Millimeter Inch or Point Create a Template After you have set the unit you can proceed to set a parameter template A parameter template includes all the parameter settings that you will use in the process of printing Once a template has been set you can apply the template to your future work so as to avoid repeating parameter setting To set a parameter template follow the steps below 1 Open the Parameter Template s window Select Parameter Template s in the File menu or click the button in the toolbar to open the Parameter Template s window 16 A 2 R A Start Parameter
145. ure 44 Result from proper speed no gaps and color blocks are all fine and uniform Figure 45 Note If you can t decide the best speed level at the first time you can lower the Print Maximum and Print Minimum values appropriately then print and observe once again 35 Founder a User Guide 2 HP printers Advanced Parameters Print Pass Print Speed Fastest Print Quality Ink Type Dye Bi Directional Print Auto Cut Figure 46 Print Pass Print pass has a close relationship with the quality and speed of printing Greater print pass will generate a higher quality print but will lower the printing speed Less print pass gets higher speed but lower printing quality Note If Print Pass is set to 1 the options Print Speed and Bi Directional Print will be disabled Change its value these parameters will be activated Print Speed In the dropdown list you will see the following options for printing speed Fastest Fast Normal Slow and Slowest Generally speaking higher speed generates lower quality while lower speed generates higher quality For other parameters please see the related descriptions above 3 CanoniPF printers Advanced Parameters Media Type Semi Glossy Photo Media Source Roll Paper Print Quality Normal Automatic Cutting Yez MW Unidirectional Print Figure 47 36 A 3 Set a Parameter Automatic Cutting If you choose Yes printer will automatically c
146. ut the output paper after printing If you choose Print Cut Guideline the printer will print the cut guideline Unidirectional Print Having this option checked unidirectional printing is carried out having this option unchecked bidirectional printing is carried out 3 2 3 Port Please specify here the printing device actually used for the proof Epson Stylus Pro 4800 General Parameters Fort q Print Comment Border Printer Port C IF Address 0 Print to File Path O 4Pragram Files Founder E agleDot T emp E 7 File PrintF ile prr Use Default File Name Figure 48 Printer Port If checked you can specify the printer to be used by way of the printer port By clicking the Properties button on the right you can configure the specified printer s properties IP Address If checked you can input directly the IP address of the printer Print to File If you need to print the job to a file check this option Path You can determine the path where the printed job will be saved The default path would be Program Files Founder EagleDot Temp You can click the Browse button to specify another path File The File edit box allows you to specify the name of the printed file By default the 37 Founder aE User Guide file name is PrintFile prn When multiple jobs are printed a number is added to each file name for example PrintFile prn PrintFile1 prn PrintFile2 prn Use Default Fi
147. values of the two patterns and the calculated delta E values a display area on the right which symbolically displays the processed results the operating area on the bottom which contains all the command buttons needed 2 Select a pattern Click Select TIF button to load the Open dialog box 96 4 Color a io_ baseline iSisbaseline Measurespot nar TIF Measurespot MH rar Measurespot best rgbermyk File name Founder_cmyk Files of type Figure 118 The DeltaE tool supports the patterns with certain specifications These patterns are generally the TIF files that consist of color blocks Here we take a pattern named Founder_cmyk tif as an example It is also a color block pattern Pi A E i I ir L 1 E 4 POODLE CYre THT Figure 119 Choose the file and click Open to load it into the DeltaE window 97 Founder EagleDot User Guide Founder DeltaE Ideal L Ideal a Ideal b Actualb deltaE m Color Range 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 a a E M 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Conclusion ee aa oan ease hea ae a i PrmayM lt 600 om ow o Pow e ow am Pinook so __ et ie Paperwhite lt 300 om o pee omer J tga ta faverace 400 0 00 0 00 0 00
148. voke ICC to calculate the ideal lab values 4 Invoke ICC to calculate Lab You may invoke an ICC profile to calculate the lab values There are two Open buttons in the window You can click any of them to calculate the ideal or actual lab values A dialog box then pops up In this dialog box choose the ICC profile you want to use and open it and EagleDot will then apply the profile to calculate the lab values 5 Calculate the delta E values When you have gained all the Lab values click Calculate to compute the delta E values 100 Chapter 4 Color Management Founder DeltaE Ideal L Ideal a Ideal b Actualb deltaE m Color Range 52 36 54 21 42 77 67 30 68 27 29 26 80 30 81 25 15 89 46 11 4 10 49 53 73 13 6 42 63 02 6 96 60 60 52 22 8 40 77 97 27 76 00 25 55 8 70 87 95 6 34 92 50 87 76 5 91 97 63 89 24 5 47 54 04 83 38 7 05 67 66 91 57 3 77 26 93 91 49 5 57 34 73 40 42 62 27 20 45 41 84 60 95 21 45 45 52 72 47 11 44 47 40 73 14 12 19 55 60 3223 47 74 54 94 34 59 47 23 32 69 9 37 40 03 33 08 13 03 36 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 ck m C_ C y O a a L___ a LC si CL Oo e 43 87 2267 49 56 43 75 25 05 49 00 50 53 48 86 30 11 51 69 60 22 ar 55 81 30 28 27 65 53 03 37 39 30 52 73 58 13 47 15 57 71 91 18 83 19 12 87 49 0 53 3 65 90 04 0 80 2 34 81 42 0 35 3 55 84 29 0 52 276
149. want to restore the status of a held job to Waiting please right click the held job choose Release Job You can even restore the status of all held jobs to the Waiting status by choosing Redo all abnormal jobs Re RIP a job Right click the job and choose Re RIP and the selected job will be copied to the Waiting to RIP queue where you can RIP it once again In addition to these similar operations you may also perform another comparatively new operation to the jobs in the Waiting to Print queue Move one or all jobs to the Printed Jobs queue You may move one or more or even all jobs from the Waiting to Print queue to the Printed Jobs queue To perform this operation please right click the job and choose Move to Printed Jobs or Move all to Printed Jobs or use the button in the toolbar 5 1 4 Printing a job You can check the Continue Print box to print the Waiting jobs refer to Section 2 3 1 for details 5 1 5 Operations in the Printed Jobs queue The operations to the jobs in the Printed Jobs queue are basically the same as the operations described in Section 5 1 3 The difference lies in that you may re print one or all abnormal jobs including the jobs that are in the Cancel or Error statuses 5 2 How to Print from PC on Network EagleDot supports not only output on a local computer but also network printing from both PC and Mac computers After setup of a parameter template you can define the digital proofing device as
150. will be available for you to select Color Mode Figure 63 You need to select a value for this parameter when you create a color calibration solution Screen Mode If no color calibration solution is selected under General tab Screen Mode parameter is editable There are three options in the dropdown list FM1 FM2 and FMS If a color calibration solution has been selected the screen mode that is used in the solution will be shown here FM1 or FM3 is recommended for users who would like to do Pre RIP proofing For users who would like to do post RIP proofing FM2 or FM3 is recommended You need to select a value for this parameter when you create a color calibration solution 5 Selective Color The optional color proof allows you to replace the original color with destination color in output With this parameter you can realize optional color calibration which refers to the replacement of original color with destination color on the image The following steps show you how to use the Selective Color function Open the configuration window of Selective Color 1 Start EagleDot Open the file and RIP it 2 After RIPping bitmap file is generated and go to Waiting to Print queue 3 Right click the file in the queue and select Color Setting in the pop up menu 4 Check Selective Color under the Advanced tab and the Setting button is activated 5 Click the Setting button 53 Founder a User Guide Pick Color Chk comb C
151. xample There are two ink types for Epson printers PhotoK and MatteK If the ink type is MatteK you may check this option If it is PhotoK which has a color cast it s recommended that you uncheck it Range The range of the pure black color that the Retain Black applies to You can input a value from 1 to 100 For example if you input 50 the Retain Black will apply to the range from 50 to 100 48 a 3 Set a Parameter a 3 3 2 Advanced Color Setting General Advanced Color Replace Cyan Magenta Yellow Black lf Composite W Selective Color Cyan Magenta Yellow Black pot Color Gray Black Only Change InkHue Color Mode Screen blode gt is Figure 58 1 Color Replace Color Replace enables you to replace any of the C M Y K process colors with your selected color In the window shown above each C M Y or K color separation has a dropdown list from where you can select a target color For example you can select Magenta to replace Cyan 49 Founder a User Guide Color Replace Magenta Yellow Black Figure 59 You may use a spot color to replace one or more of these four process colors but you need to first select under General tab a spot color table with spot colors defined in the Spot Color Editor The defined spot colors in the selected spot color table will be loaded into the dropdown list on the right of each process colors Notes You cannot use Color Replace to repl
152. ys the message in the Information Window can be kept for By default the message will be kept for 30 days Alarm when warnings or errors indicated Through this option you can control the system s ability to issue alarms when warnings or errors are indicated in the course of processing jobs When this option is checked the system will issue sound alarms in specified frequency and duration By default it has been checked Warning Frequency Warning Duration Error Frequency and Error Duration These four options will be enabled when you have selected the Alarm when warnings or errors indicated option They are used respectively for controlling the alarm frequencies and durations when warnings or errors indicated Test The two buttons are used for testing the alarm sounds for warnings and errors Erase oldest message when exceeding __ lines By default when messages exceed 500 lines the oldest messages will be deleted The number can be customized 6 2 Template System Parameter Setting Information Window Template Other m Template Parameter template D Program FilesF ounde E agleD ots F aramTF M Enable modifying the parameter template when printing Figure 161 Enable template sharing on startup If checked when EagleDot is launched the shared templates will be automatically published for network printing from Mac Enable modifying the parameter template when printing When selecting f

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