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1. Material Setup with Printer Driver PiMat Printer Driver PiRPD Printer Setup with Printer Driver PjPrt Output Setup with Printer Driver PjClut IV Copy to Pjannto Reference Folder Li File Info Reference Type Printer Driver Printer Setup Material Setup Output S etup Other Printer drivers and actual Reference files can be found at http printsolution de PjanntoKalibrierungen Fig 6 The Import Reference Dialog Further on there has to be chosen a Material Reference file for the used printer to establish a printer driver and a color calibration with calibration relevant options and for the media you want to print on If there is no file with the right or some similar material then choose a Driver Reference file The Driver Reference will not contain a correct color calibration See chapter Reference Files With this import the needed Setups for the first print will be installed If you can t find your printer in the Reference Folder please use a reference file for a printer which seems close to your model or use the internet link to download a proper Reference file Later on you can enlarge the Output Setup list if you copy an Output Setup if you generate a new setup or you import other Reference files from your hard disc or the internet Then the Plot Manager of your graphic program will come to the foreground with the configuration dialog box See the chapter Plot 3 Step 4
2. Command of the File Menu in the Control Window to install all contained setups and the printer driver See also chapter Reference Files Material Setup Context Menu Edit Material Setup Create new Dutput Setup for Material Save as Material Reference Fig 42 The context menu of a Material Setup of the Setup Structure Tree of the Control Window in the Configuration Mode The Edit Material Setup Command This command opens the edit dialog box for the marked Material Setup The Create new Output Setup for Material Command 56 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE With this command a new Output Setup that depends on the marked Material Setup will be generated The Save as Material Reference Command Saves the marked Material Setup into a single Material Reference file together with all underlying setups and inclusive the printer driver A Reference file can be imported later on by the Import Reference Command of the File Menu in the Control Window to install all contained setups and the printer driver See also chapter Reference Files 2 2 4 The Material Setup Dialog The Material Setup Dialog can be opened with a command in the Administration Menu of the Control Window Than it will contain a list of all Material Setups It can be opened as well with the context menu of a Material Setup in the Setup Structure Tree of the Control Window In this case there will be no list of all Material Setups The tab views
3. Here the user can notice some comments for this setup 89 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 2 6 The Print Job Settings Dialog Is Pjannto RIP in the Configuration Mode or the Extended Settings Check Box of this dialog is checked the lower setup levels that underly the Output Setup will be displayed in additional tab views Theses tab views displaying the settings of the Material Setup and the Printer Setup Note Only in exceptional cases the settings in the tab views of the lower setup levels should be changed Changes in the Print Job Settings Dialog do not change the settings of the original template setups This changes are temporarily for this Print Job active It is recommended to structure the template setups of the lower setup levels that there is normally no need to change the lower setup levels in the Print Job Settings Dialog In the Print Job Settings Dialog the user has the opportunity to define all parameter setting of the Print Job Note The here described tab views and their parameter settings influences the print possibilities and the print quality substantially Partly the settings only can be made with external colorimeters color reading devices or with a lot of expert knowledge Please make changes to this tab views only if it is clear for you what will happen Because of the needed expert knowledge and the technical equipment read in the the chapter Reference Files how you can get calibrations and what kind of s
4. The explicit characteristical color spaces of the devices are described with ICC Profiles The device independent general color space of the human eye can be coded in different ways In principal it is the same The ICC codes the color space of the human eye in CIEXYZ or in CIELab We will talk in general about the Lab color space The ICC Standard defines that CMMs has to be used to convert colors This programs are able to understand ICC Profiles Our CMM is the little cms Color Management Systems 106 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE are often integrated in the system software In Windows ICM is used and Apple had developed ColorSync for their MacOS For color conversion it can be used up to four different strategies dependent on the characteristic of the color spaces So called Rendering Intents At first different color spaces can have different circumferences RGB color spaces usually have a greater circumferce of distinguishable colors as CMYK color spaces The Lab color space has the greatest circumference of distinguishable colors The different Rendering Intents targets on the receipt of different characteristics of the source color space How satisfying the result of conversion is depends on the traget color space and on the intention the user has The four Rendering Intents are Perceptual for digital print Suitable for photos and less suitable for multicolored diagrams The relative relationship of the colors to each other will b
5. The state and progress of the working process the Output Setups and the general settings of the program can be changed here The working elements are the menu bar the process state the process control elements the Print Job Queue the Job Trash and the Output Setup List 25 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 1 2 The Menu Bar The File Menu ERI Pjannto RIP Control 1 0 Production Mode File Administration Help gt Empty Job Trash Import Reference Output Testfile gt Black Underfill Check GrayScale 1 0 Seo Calibr Check GrayScale Euro 1 0 Plotmanager Configuration IS TENS ua LenathSize Check inch 1 0 Configuration Mode LenathSize Check mm 1 0 Ent X Rite DTP 41 CMYK 21 Steps 1 1 Fig 9 The File Menu of the Control Window in the Production Mode The Empty Job Trash Command Removes all entries from the Trash list The Import Reference Command This command will open then Import Reference Dialog In this dialog box you can import Reference files to install new setups In this dialog box also an internet link is aviable where you can download Reference files See chapter Reference Files The Output Test Files Sub Menu With this command you can print different test files as a Print Job The Show Engine Command Here you can switch to the background program Pjannto RIP Engine The Plot Manager Configuration Command This menu item calls the program Plot Manager so that you can change the output par
6. 540 dpi Dither Method Errordiffusion with one correction position Bits per Color Channel 2 Description Threshold of 50 with one correction position The color value will be rounded to the next posible value The produced er tivec2Print c RIP Process was successful 2 443 KB 0 05 02 Seconds 24 07 2003 13 29 18 O Clock p ni Fig 35 The Print Job Log File Window This window reports the informations about all working steps the Print Job is gone through For an example the user can use the informations to reproduce the print or to bill the print to the customer When an error occurred while printing the user will find a more detailed description in this log file To send or to save the text the text in the window can be marked and copied to the clipboard 49 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 1 11 The Application Settings Dialog This dialog contains the general settings of the program Pjannto RIP that are needed for the process flow for the generation of new setups and for the driving of external devices The OK Button This button closes the Application Settings Dialog and stores the settings into the application preferences The Cancel Button If the user presses this button the Application Settings Dialog will be closed But the settings will not be stored into the application preferences 50 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The General Tab View Application Settings Colors Devices Lenath Unit C m
7. The Hot Folder Edit Group 41 The Spooler Edit Group 41 The Options Tab View 43 2 1 9 The Print Job Settings Dialog 44 The Print Button 44 The Cancel Button 44 The Inactive Check Box 44 The Extended Settings Check Box 44 The Output Tab View 46 The Output Setup Preset Popup Menu 47 The Output Options Tab View 48 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 1 10 The Print Job Log File Window 2 1 11 The Application Settings Dialog The OK Button The Cancel Button The General Tab View The Length Unit Radio Button Group The Print Jobs Edit Group The Colors Tab View The Standard Dot Gain for new Output Setups Edit Group The RGB to CMYK Color Conversion Edit Group The Device Tab View The Colorimeter Edit Group 2 2 The Configuration Mode 2 2 1 The Control Window in the Configuration Mode 2 2 2 The Menu Bar The Administration Menu The Printer Setup Command The Material Setup Command 2 2 3 The Setup Structure Tree of the Control Window Printer Setup Context Menu The Edit Printer Setup Command The Create new Material Setup for Printer Command The Save as Printer Reference Command The Save Printer Driver as Reference Command Material Setup Context Menu 2 2 4 The Material Setup Dialog The Close Button The List Tab View The Material Setup List The New Button The Edit Button The Delete Button The Copy Button The Material Setup List Context Menu The Details Tab View 49 50 50 50 51 51 51 52 52 52 53 53 54 54 54 54 55 55 55
8. The Set to Default Command Sets the marked Output Setup to the Default Output Setup that will be used to print if the user is printing out of the graphic program to Pjannto RIP The Save as Output Reference Command 34 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Saves the marked Output Setup into a single Output Reference file together with all underlying setups and inclusive the printer driver A Reference file can be imported later on by the Import Reference Command of the File Menu in the Control Window to install all contained setups and the printer driver See also chapter Reference Files 2 1 8 The Output Setup Dialog The Output Setup Dialog can be opened by an entry in the Admin Menu in the Control Window Then it will contain a list of all Output Setups As well it can be opened with the context menu of an Output Setup in the Output Setup List of the Control Window Then it will contain no list of all Output Setups In this dialog Output Setups can be defined in a way to use them as templates in the Print Job Settings Dialog while printing So an environment can be established that fits to the individual production needs of the user By clicking the tab views Details Output und Options the contained informations can be shown that are hidden behind the single entries of the list The Default Check Box Will this check box be checked the actual setup will become the Default Output Setup The Default Output Setup is used for prin
9. to use the copy as a template for a new Output Setup The Default Display This field displays the name of the Default Output Setup The Default Output Setup is used for printing if the user prints out of the graphic program to Pjannto RIP without a print dialog Output Setup List Context Menu Set to Default Save as Output Reference Fig 26 The context menu of an Output Setup in the Output Setup List in the Output Setup Dialog The Set to Default Command Sets the marked Output Setup to the Default Output Setup The Default Output Setup will be used for printing if the user prints out of the graphic program to Pjannto RIP without a print dialog The Save as Output Reference Command Saves the marked Output Setup into a single Output Reference file together with all underlying setups and inclusive the printer driver A Reference file can be imported later on by the Import Reference Command of the File Menu in the Control Window to install all contained setups and the printer driver See also chapter Reference Files 37 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Details Tab View Output Setup MI J 4 Satin Photo Based Paper CHYK Pig VarDot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 Qut Output Options Output Name MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarDot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c l Material Setup MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarDot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 E Mimaki J
10. vertical axis is printed effectively instead of 50 in the horizontal axis The fundamental technical problem can be described as follow The color value of an area in a graphic defines the partial amount of the area that has to be filled with the given color effectively The remain partial area keeps the color of the 65 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE material Usually the paper color white When Pjannto RIP calculates the amount of color dots dot positions that has to be possibly colored with ink as an example normally the targeted partial amount of the area is not targeted The print technic can not fullfill this demand in reality because ink drops will not have the size that is theoretically needed laser beams are not absolute sharp at their edges and so on To compensate these effects 26 596 of cyan has to be printed to target 5096 of area coverage in this example For this matter the linearisation curves diagram oppose the output target on the horizontal axis to the effective needed output values on the vertical axis The values of the linearisation curves can be determined by extensive test prints of color charts by an expert see in the Output Test File Submenu of the File Menu in the Control Window or by reading special color charts with an external colorimeter a color reading device To use a colorimeter is recommended and can be done with the Print Color Chart Button of the Measurement Tab View More about the needed expert k
11. 0 Printer Description Mimaki J 4 1 0 Color Model Option CMYK uses three dot sizes not usable for 1440 dpi Resolution Option 360 x 540 dpi Quality Normal 6 Splits Device Option Banding Changes the quality from resolution menu gt Use Banding from Resolution Device Option Print Direction gt Bi Directional Device Option Over Coating gt Off Device Option Drying Time while Printing gt OF Device Option Automatic Shearing after Job gt Off Device Option Drying Time before Shear gt Off Device Option Positiv Media Feed Correction gt Machine Settings Device ption Negativ Media Feed Correction D verwrites the Positiv if not DFA gt OFF Device Option Ink Set gt Pigment Ink Set Scaling x 100 25 y 100 Image Size x 3 9444 inch y 15 2638 inch Mirroring non Rotation 0 Position x 0 inch y 0 inch Print Size x 3 9444 inch y 15 2639 inch Copies x 1 y 1 Distance x 0 inch y 0 inch Entire Print Size x 3 9444 inch y 15 2639 inch Resolution x 360 dpi y 540 dpi Dither Method Errordiffusion with one correction position Bits per Color Channel 2 Description Threshold of 50 with one correction position The color value will be rounded to the next posible value T tVec2Print c RIP Process was successful 2 443 KB 0 04 40 Seconds 05 08 2003 12 42 09 O Clock Fig 75 The Pjannto RIP Engine Window if no calcult
12. 55 56 56 56 56 56 5 57 58 58 58 58 59 59 59 60 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Material Name Edit Field The Printer Setup Edit Group The Color Model Popup Menu The Resolution Popup Menu The Black Edit Group The Dithering Popup Menu The Comment Edit Field The Options Tab View The Mirroring Edit Group The Length Calibration Edit Group The Maximum Picture Size Edit Group The Calibration dependent Options Edit List The Calibration independent Edit List The Linearisation Tab View The Display Edit Group The Gamma Edit Group The Expansion Edit Group The Values Edit Group The Linearisation Curves Diagram Edit Group Linearisation Curves Diagram Context Menu The Measurement Tab View The Display Edit Group The Gamma Edit Group The Measure Button The Print Color Chart Button The nk Coverage Edit Group The Measurement Curves Diagram Edit Group Measurement Curves Diagram Context Menu The Colorimeter Dialog The OK Button The Cancel Button The Colorimeter Edit Group The Measurement Edit Group The Display Edit Group The Ink Coverage Limit Edit Field The Values Edit Group 60 60 61 61 61 61 62 63 64 64 64 64 64 65 66 66 66 66 66 67 68 70 70 70 70 71 71 71 73 73 73 74 74 78 78 79 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Measurement Curves Diagram Edit Group 79 Measurement Curves Diagram Context Menu 79 Conversion of the Measurement Curves Diagram into the Linearisation Curves
13. Details Options Linearisation and Measurement can show the settings that are hidden behind the entries of the List Tab View or of the Setup Structure Tree In this dialog box the Printer Setup can be selected and all the related settings for the different combinations of ink material color model resolution etc can be defined Supplementary the color calibration here the linearisation for the parameter combinations can be generated Also the color calibration independent printer options that should be able to control in the depending Output Setups can be defined Then the selected printer options will be overwritten by the accordingly printer options defined in the specific Output Setups Note The parameter settings of a Material Setup will effect the output possibilities and the output quality considerable For partialy settings the user will need a colorimeter a color reading external device or a formidable knowledge of colors Please do not change the settings if you are not sure about the effects To read more about the services of color calibration we can offer in certain circumstances please see the chapter Reference Files The Close Button This button closes the Material Setup Dialog 57 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The List Tab View Material Setup Ml J 4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig arD ot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 List Detaits Options Linearisation Measurement Q New HP DsJ5000 Matt
14. Diagram 82 The Yes Button 82 The No Button 83 The Cancel Button 83 2 2 5 The Printer Setup Dialog 85 The Close Button 85 The List Tab View 86 The Printer Setup List 86 The New Button 86 The Edit Button 86 The Delete Button 86 The Copy Button 87 The Printer Setup List Context Menu 87 The Details Tab View 88 The Printer Setup Name Edit Field 88 The Printer Driver Popup Menu 88 The Rotation Edit Group 88 The Hot Folder Preset Edit Group 88 The Comment Edit Field 89 2 2 6 The Print Job Settings Dialog 90 The Material Tab View 91 The Material Setup Preset Popup Menu 91 The Material Options Tab View 93 The Printer Tab View 95 2 2 7 The Application Settings Dialog 96 The General Tab View 96 The Print Jobs Edit Group 96 The Hot Folder Preset Edit Group 97 The Application Tab View 98 The Windows Edit Group 98 The Engine Tab View 99 The Engine Path Edit Group 99 The Ressources Edit Group 99 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 3 Reference Files 101 The Import Reference Dialog 101 The Pjannto Reference Window 103 2 4 The ICC Color Management 105 3 PJANNTO RIP ENGINE 109 The Pjannto RIP Engine Window 109 The Exit Button 111 The Process Bar 111 The Hide Button 111 WORD EXPLANATION 112 INDEX 113 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Copyright Copyright 1992 2003 by Pjannto Software oHG Germany European Union All rights reserved The Pjannto RIP software and this publication are licensed property of Pjannto Software oHG Hasenweg 61 22393 Ham
15. Gen 1 0 already exists New Printer Mimaki J 4 c Pjannto 1 0 created New Material MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK PigVarDot 360 540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 created New Output MI JY4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMY K PigVarDot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 Output gt created di 1 reference files imported Fig 71 The Pjannto Reference Window with an example import of a Material Reference This window reports the change of the setup structure by the import The report gives the user the opportunity to keep the overview Shall a Reference file be imported that containing no Material Setup the following warning will be generated 103 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Information x i Information Material Setups have been generated automatically which do not contain any color calibration Please use Material References PiMat for correct color calibrations Fig 72 Information that the crated setups are uncalibrated This is the case if Driver Reference files will be imorted Prefer Material Reference files if possible 104 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 4 The ICC Color Management The ICC Color Management is limited to the conversion of RGB colors to CMYK colors at this time The according settings can be selected in the Colors Tab View of the Application Settings Dialog The ICC Standard was founded by the International Color Consortium and is made to have an effective possibility for high qual
16. Linearisation Tab View respectively in the Measurement Tab V iew The Material Name Edit Field Here the name of the Material Setup is set The Printer Setup Edit Group PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE In the popup menu of this edit group the Printer Setup has to be chosen on which the Material Setup shall depend By pressing the Button the selected Printer Setup can be edited The Color Model Popup Menu In this popup menu it can be selected between the supported color models The selectable color models are varying from one printer model to the other and they depend direct on the printer driver of the Printer Setup The different color models offers the use of different color modi respectively of different color calculation methods in Pjannto RIP These modi can influence the calculation time and the data amount significant that has to be stored on the hard disc and send to the printer The Resolution Popup Menu Here one of the possible resolution has to be selected that are offered by the printer driver of the Printer Setup It is assumed that as higher the resolution is as better the print quality will get But as more calculation time will be needed and as bigger the data amount will get that need to be stored on the hard disc and send to the printer The Black Edit Group In this edit group the mixing of black colors can be defined Is the Black underfilling Check Box checked the other edit elements will become visible Colo
17. Only the temporary settings will be displayed in the Print Job Settings Dialog that are related to the Output Setup The Application Settings Dialog from the Application Settings Menu Entry of the Administration Menu in the Control Window is limited to easy and clear to understand parameters Advanced changes of the setup structure are able in the Configuration Mode only The concept designates to configurate the setups in a way that they can be used optimally in the Production Mode and to produce no usual prints in the Configuration Mode 2 1 1 The Control Window in the Production Mode The Control Window of Pjannto RIP Control is the central operating point of Pjannto RIP 24 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE n Pjannto RIP Control 1 0 Production Mode ioj x File Administration Help Job X Rite DTP 41 CMYK 21 Steps 1 1 EPS Stop after each Print Job Status Interpreting 64 00 05 37 DIU Printer Mimaki JY 4 c Pjannto 1 0 Stop RIP Process 3 Status Printer Setup Calibr Check GrayScal Waiting Mimaki JV4 c P Color Sum Check 1 0 Waiting Mimaki JV4 c Pi Length amp Size Check in Waiting Mimaki JV4 cP HP DsJ5000 Matt Paper 150g CMYK Pig 60 MH APJ 1304NX Vinyl Film CMYK Sol Ink Le MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig CMYK Pig s CMYK Pia MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig Fig 8 The Control Window of Pjannto RIP Control in the Production Mode
18. RIP SOFTWARE Device Values Colorimeter Type X Rite DTP 41 Status Data received successfully Push button for next measurement Measurement EN Next color to be measured Em Black x BEN Printout Scale 100 0 2 Cancel Fig 52 The Device Tab View of the Colorimeter Dialog of the Measurement Tab View before the last measure 76 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Colorimeter Colorimeter Type X Rite DTP 41 Status All measurements completed Click OK to finish calculation Measurement ENEN Next color to be measured Printout Scale 100 0 2 LL Cancel Fig 53 The Device Tab View of the Colorimeter Dialog of the Measurement Tab View after the last measure After the last measuring step you have to go to the Value Tab View to control the measure values and to correct them reasonable Than the measure values can be offset again the measurement curves of the Measurement Tab View A measurement is a non statical process Even so the enviroment seems to be the same there would be usually no measurement the same as an other one because the measuring depends on a lot of different parameters As an example how pass the color channel fields of the calibration color chart and their spreaded ink dots the optical unit What is the temperature of the colorimeter So far a measuring process is unique and will generate in similar circumstances similar results but not the same results 77 PJ
19. Reference files can be used by a company centrals to send them to every branch office to garantee a similar workflow all over the firm There are different types of Reference files Depending on the highest level of the setup hierarchy the user likes to save A Reference file will contain the saved setup and all underlying setups upwards inclusive the printer driver The lowest Reference files are Printer Driver Reference files that containing all printer driver files for one printer model In this file format Pjannto Software distributes its uncalibrated printer drivers that are not made for a specific material Than there are the Printer Reference files They containing additionally the Printer Setup Afterwards there are the Material Reference files They containing also a Material Setup that was created for a specific material and one combination of print settings This is the file format Pjannto Software uses for the distribution of material calibrations At last there are the Output Reference files which containing also an Output Setup This type is made for the user to save his output settings The Import Reference Dialog 101 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Look in Reference x amp er Ee ENCAD 2und Files of type Material Setup with Printer Driver PiMat Y Cancel Material Setup with Printer Driver PjMat Printer Driver PjRPD Printer Setup with Printer Driver PjPrt Output Setup with Printer Driv
20. Step PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Manager in the user manual of your graphic program In this dialog box you have to configure the connection parameters for the first printer that shall be driven Is Pjannto RIP Control running and initialised then the print data from the graphic program will be displayed as a new Print Job in the Print Job Queue of Pjannto RIP Control If you have used a printing command which will not show a print dialog the Default Output Setup is used for the new Print Job In this case go further with step 4 The Print Job Settings Dialog will be opened if you have used a printing command that will show a print dialog See chapter The Print Job Settings Dialog In the Print Job Settings Dialog the print settings you have used for the last print will be displayed for the actual print In this dialog box you can choose a predefined Output Setup and temporary change its settings for your actual need Was never printed befor the Default Output Setup settings are the first setting this dialog box will contain The settings that will be used for printing will be the ones this dialog box will offer you at first for the next Print Job Modifications to this dialog box will not change the original Output Setups A lot of different print settings can be set in the Print Job Settings Dialog If you press the Print Button the Print Job will be activated in the Print Job Queue and will be processed at the next possib
21. and every possible printer option inside the setups can be manipulated Especially there can be defined which printer options should be able to manipulate in the Production Mode to reduce the complexity of manipulation to a reasonable measure 12 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 1 How to Install Pjannto RIP General information on installation Hard and Software Requirements Pjannto RIP is already preinstalled with the graphic program Depending on your graphic programs licence Pjannto RIP will run as full version if the separate licence code is entered or otherwise it will run as a demo version If your printer is correctly connected to an interface which is supported by Pjannto RIP and your printer is online then it should be possible to print by starting a Print Job from the graphic program with the Pjannto RIP print button Afterwards Pjannto RIP will navigate you automatically through the initialisation process to install the proper printer driver and to configure the computer to printer interface Note If there is no proper printer driver aviable by importing a delivered Reference file direct from the Import Reference Dialog please download a Reference file with the internet link in this dialog Prefer to import or to download a Material Reference instead a Driver Reference because the Material Reference includes a printer driver too but a color calibrated Material Setup as well Probably you will get a much better printin
22. at the beginning of the curve because the first two values of the curve having the value 0 If the calibration color chart would be printed with this curve the 0 field of the black channel chart would contain a color of 5 This is normally not the target Here it is usual recommended to deactivate the 596 control point to get an adjustment between the value of the 0 field and the value of the 10 field This problem can be engendered in dependency of the dithering method by the optical unit of the colorimeter that may has measured between to drops of ink and detected white instead a 80 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE tint of black because the measure area is to smal Please have a look if the used colorimeter can be switched to the measurement of a low resolution dithering Ever again while the correction of the curves the user should have a look to the measured chart to become able to make reasonable corrections Because the corrections have to base on the visual evaluation of the problems that must be solved A corrected curve should look similar to the following one Colorimeter Device Values Display Ink Coverage Limit Values Density Black 95 t 0 09 v Show all Colors 0 09 0 12 0 17 0 23 0 31 0 40 0 50 0 59 0 71 0 81 0 30 0 99 1 06 1 12 1 16 1 22 1 21 1 26 1 29 1 38 x Cancel Fig 56 The Value Tab View of the Colorimeter Dialog of the Measurement Tab View with an example of a corrected
23. des Drucker Setup Dialogs mit beispielhaften Setup Eintragen The Printer Setup List In this list all Printer Setups of Pjannto RIP are displayed with their underlying printer drivers The New Button Here a new Printer Setup will be generated The Edit Button This button switchs to the Details Tab View to edit the settings of the marked Printer Setup The Delete Button This command deletes the marked Printer Setup off the list 86 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Copy Button With this the marked Printer Setup will be duplicated to use the informations of the old one as a template for a new one The Printer Setup List Context Menu Save as Printer Reference Save Printer Driver as Reference Fig 61 The context menu of a Printer Setup of the Lis Tab View of the Printer Setup Dialog The Save as Printer Reference Command Saves the marked Printer Setup into a single Printer Reference file together with all underlying setups and inclusive the printer driver A Reference file can be imported later on by the Import Reference Command of the File Menu in the Control Window to install all contained setups and the printer driver See also chapter Reference Files The Save Printer Driver as Reference Command Saves only the printer driver of the marked Printer Setup into a single Printer Driver Reference file A Reference file can be imported later on by the Import Reference Command of the F
24. fail because of the following reasons Are not all curves in the measurement curves diagram strictly monotonic increasing That will say not all values of a curve are greater than the ones directly before except the ones at the beginning and the ending which can be equal Than the measurement curves diagram is not mirrorable at the main diagonal and can be not converted into a linearisation curves diagram The reason is that a curve can not have to values at the vertical axis opposed to one value at the horizontal axis And that is because the color engine of a print software could not know which of the both or more effective values on the vertical axis it should print to get the target value on the vertical axis This would be an ambiguity that could not be avoided This probelm would cause the following error dialog Measurement values are not in ascending order Calculation can not be performed Fig 59 Error dialog that appears if a conversion of the measurement curves 83 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE diagram into a linearisation curves diagram fails If this error dialog appears the user has to correct the values of the measurement curves diagram that they will achieve the necessary claims The user must be aware to adulterate the measurement not improper The smallest differences to the claims will result in the fail of the conversion So investigate the values painstaking to remove all reasons for the fail Also difference
25. from Resolution Device Option Print Direction Bi Directional Device Option Over Coating gt Off Device Option Drying Time while Printing gt Off Device Option Automatic Shearing after Job gt Off Device Option Drying Time before Shear gt Off Device Option Positiv Media Feed Correction gt Machine Settings Device Option Negativ Media Feed Correction Overwrites the Positiv if not Off gt Off Device Option Ink Set gt Pigment Ink Set Scaling x 100 y 100 27 Image Size x 3 9444 inch y 15 2639 inch Mirroring non Rotation 0 Position x O inch y 0 inch Print Size x 3 9444 inch y 15 2639 inch Copies x 1 y 1 Distance x O inch y 0 inch Entire Print Size x 3 9444 inch y 15 2639 inch Resolution x 360 dpi y 540 dpi Dither Method Errordiffusion with one correction position Bits per Color Channel 2 Description Threshold of 50 with one correction position The color value will be rounded to the next posible value T EH w Ripping 5 00 0857 Hide Fig 74 The Pjannto RIP Engine Window while ripping 110 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Pjannto RIP Engine 1 0 tiVec2Print c Begin RIP Process 05 08 2003 12 32 16 O Clock Job Name X Rite DTP 41 CMYK 21 Steps 1 1 EPS Output Setup MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarD ot 360 540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 Output Materi Device Description Mimaki JV 4 c Pjannto 1
26. if the user will print out of the graphic program to Pjannto RIP with no dialog box The listed setups can be edited copied created new or deleted with the commands in the Administration Menu of the Control Window or with the Setup Structure Context Menu Setup Right Mouse Button Printer Setup Context Menu 55 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Edit Printer Setup Create new Material Setup for Printer Save as Printer Reference Save Printer Driver as Reference Fig 41 The context menu of a Printer Setup of the Setup Structure Tree of the Control Window in the Configuration Mode The Edit Printer Setup Command This command opens the edit dialog box for this Printer Setup The Create new Material Setup for Printer Command With this command a new Material Setup will be created that depends on the marked Printer Setup The Save as Printer Reference Command Saves the marked Printer Setup into a single Printer Reference file together with all underlying setups and inclusive the printer driver A Reference file can be imported later on by the Import Reference Command of the File Menu in the Control Window to install all contained setups and the printer driver See also chapter Reference Files The Save Printer Driver as Reference Command Saves only the printer driver of the marked Printer Setup into a single Printer Driver Reference file A Reference file can be imported later on by the Import Reference
27. measuring Was the measuring process successful close the dialog by pressing OK The user will have to answer the following confirmation 81 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 9 Perform correction based on last measurement values Qd Click No to make correction on linear origin 1 No Cancel Fig 57 The mesurement correction confirm of the Colorimeter Dialog If the mesasured values of the calibration color chart depend on the values that are actual in the Measurement Tab View then the user has to answer with the Yes Button to execute the offset of the yet measured values against the actual values of the Measurement Tab View If the measured values of the calibration color chart are not depending on the actual values of the Measurement Tab View but on linear values of the Measurement Tab View that have been used for printing the calibration color chart then press the No Button and the just measured values will be taken over to the Measurement Tab View as they are When both os untrue the user has to press the Cancel Button to lose the just measured values A new print of a calibration color chart has to be made and measured Conversion of the Measurement Curves Diagram into the Linearisation Curves Diagram Will be switched from the Measurement Tab View to an other tab view or is the Material Setup Dialog closed with pressing the OK Button it will be asked if the measurement curves diagram shall be converted into the linearisa
28. of digital printing For the conversion from RGB color space type to CMYK color space type that is aviable in Pjannto RIP only the first three strategies are resonable If the user prints own RGB pictures which are scanned by a scanner or a digital camera or which are created in a certain working color space the quality gets much better if the corresponding ICC Profile is selected in the Application Settings Dialog Copy the needed ICC Profiles into the color folder in the Pjannto RIP folder ICC Profiles that are integrated into a picture or graphic are not supported yet Additional ICC Profiles are aviable for free at Adobe http www adobe com support downloads detail jsp ftpID 1330 Microsoft http www microsoft com whdc hwdev tech color default mspx ECI http www eci org SWOP http www swop org 108 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 3 Pjannto RIP Engine This background program processes the graphical calculations and makes it possible to create new and changing Print Jobs and sending print data in the foreground program Pjannto RIP Control while still processing in the background The here described program evaluates the graphic and generates the data for the printer output This program can be shown in the foreground by executing the View Engine Command of the File Menu in the Control Window of Pjannto RIP Control Is Pjannto RIP Engine running it will have an icon in the right site of the Tray Ba
29. points Deactivate all points Deactivate all points of all colors Preset for first printout 70 output at 50 input Fig 50 The context menu of the Measurement Curves Diagram The Activate all Points Command This menu entry activates all points of the selected color channel in the diagram The Deactivate all Points Command This command deactivates all points of the selected color channel in the diagram The Deactivate all Points of all Colors Command Here all points of all color channels in the diagram will get deactivated This command has to be execuded before the first print of the calibration color chart to preset the measurement curves reasonable Except the Preset for first Prinout 70 effective Output at 50 target Output Command is used The Preset for first Printout 70 effective Output at 50 target Output Command 71 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE A lot of materials similar to paper will have more harmonical first calibration color chart prints if this command will be used for presetting the measurement curves for the first print Because if a calibration color chart field will be printed on this materials with a graphic color value of 50 as a target the effective output is something around 70 of color coverage when there is no correction 72 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Colorimeter Dialog This part describes how a linearisation can be generated by printing and measuring a calibration color chart with a colori
30. the precompensation in the graphic makes the colors more light As a conclusion this edit group is made to compensate the precompansation in the colors of the graphic This compensation will only effect CMYK und Gray colors but as well the colors which are converted from RGB to CMYK by an ICC Profile Only the author of the original graphic can know the value of the dot gain precorrection contained in the graphic colors So this value must be delivered from the author together with the graphic This values are mostly country dependent Common values can be chosen in the popup menu beside the edit field 39 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Comments Edit Field Here the user can make comments for the Output Setup 40 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Output Tab View Output Setup MI J 4 Satin Photo Based Paper CHYK Pig VarDot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 Qut List Details Options Picture Origin Copies X 0 000 2 inch X Count 1 Distance 0 000 inch Y 0 000 inch Y Count 1 Distance 0 000 inch Hot Folder v Preset from Printer Setup Spooler v Print while processing Confirm Job start F Fig 29 An example of the Output Tab View of the Output Setup Dialog The Picture Origin Edit Group Here can be set the output position of the print on the print media related to the origin of the printer model The Copies Edit Group Enter here the number of copies you like to have in X and Y di
31. values are opposed tabularly the target values If the hole measurement proceeding is ready and the measurement curves in the Measurement Tab View are correct a diagonal or something that is close to it should appear for every color channel The value edit fields can be activated or deactivated by clicking the accordingly control points of the curve in the diagram with the right mouse button If a value edit field respectively the corresponding control point is deactivated the value will be calculated automatically The Measurement Curves Diagram Edit Group This curves diagram differs from the one in the Measurement Tab View of the Material Setup Dialog In this diagram the differences between the target output and the effectively printed output is displayed So this diagram is relative to the actual measurement curves diagram which was used to print the calibration color chart that was just measured The displayed values of this dialog have to be offset against the values of the Measurement Tab View if this dialog is quitted Additional in this diagram the ink coverage limit can be edited that corresponds with the Ink Coverage Limit Edit Field By clicking the control points of the curves with the right mouse button they can be activated or deactivated Is a control point activated it can be moved with the mouse which will result in a change of the numerical value in the value edit field The values of deactivated control points will be ca
32. 39 The Administration Menu of the control Window in the Configuration Mode The Printer Setup Command This command opens the Printer Setup Dialog to edit the Printer Setups The Material Setup Command This command opens the Material Setup Dialog to edit the Material Setups 2 2 3 The Setup Structure Tree of the Control Window Setup Structure GEW dal DesignJet 5000 c Pjannto 1 0 MH Albatros PJ 1304NX c Pjannto 1 0 QB Mimaki JV4 c Pjannto 1 0 itt MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CM K Pig OneDot 360x540dpi ffi MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig OneDot 720dpi 8 Pa i MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarDot 360x540dpi E amp MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarD ot 360x540 ffi MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarD ot 720dpi 8 Pas Fig 40 An example for a Setup Structure Tree of the Control Window in the Configuration Mode The Setup Structure Tree of the Control Window shows all setups that the user has created or imported with the Import Reference Command The root of every branch starts with the fundamental Printer Setup Afterwards the the Material Setups are listed that are depending on a particular Printer Setup And at last all Output Setups are displayed that are depending on a particular Material Setup All setups that are written in red together build the Default Output Setup A red point marks them additionally The Default Output Setup is used for printing
33. 4 c Pjannto 1 0 Scaling Width 1000 zx D Fixed Width Iv lock Length 10004 z Fixed Lenath Mirroring Rotation Gamma Dot Gain pas t 002 1 00 120 zx United States Offset Print Comments Fig 27 An example of the Details Tab View of the Output Setup Dialog Scaling D lock v Fixed Width 8 268 4 inch v 11 693 4 inch Fig 28 Cut out of the Scaling Edit Group in the Details Tab View of the Ausgabe Setup Dialog With a checked Fixed With Check Box and a checked Fixed Lenght Check Box The Output Name Edit Field Here the name of the Output Setups is set The Material Setup Edit Group With the popup menu of this edit group the underlying Material Setup must be choosen Is the Button active the choosen Material Setup can be edited by pressing this button 38 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE with the mouse The name of the underlying Printer Setup of the Material Setup is displayed underneath the popup menu of the Material Setup The Scaling Edit Group This edit group defines the size of the print By 100 the original size of the graphic is displayed in the size edit fields The width and length can be defined proportional if the lock Check Box is checked Otherwise the width and the length can be defined independent The usual case will be to have the width and length proportional The size can be defined relative to the original size by using the percentage edit fields Or the size can be defined absolutly by u
34. ANNTO RIP SOFTWARE In summary often the measurement results in measure curves can not be offset against the measurement curves without correction A measure curve that contains relevant problems could look like the following one Device Values Display Ink Coverage Limit Values Density Black hd 1002 0 09 v Show all Colors 0 09 0 12 017 0 23 0 31 0 40 0 50 0 59 0 71 0 81 0 90 0 99 1 06 112 1 16 1 22 1 21 1 26 1 29 1 38 Cancel Fig 54 The Value Tab View of the Colorimeter Dialog of the Measurement Tab View with an example of an uncorrected measuring that contains usual problems At first a description of the dialog elements The Display Edit Group In this edit group can be determined the color channels that should displayed and the one that can be edited The Ink Coverage Limit Edit Field 78 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE This value determines the maximum of color channel coverage That means the color tint from where the greater ones will not result in an effective more intensive visual color or unusual effects will appear Unusuall effects can be that the material is not able to absorb the full ink amount or the ink film gets chapped This value has to be determined by the user because the optical unit of the colorimeter is not able to evaluate it This value can be edited in the measurement curves diagram by the mouse too The Values Edit Group Here the effective measured
35. All three phases may need unpredictable time to process depending on the graphic data and the chosen print settings The Control Window of Pjannto RIP Control will display informations about the progress of the interpretation and the ripping The Plot Manager program will display informations about the progress of the spooling if you mark the proper entry While processing Print Jobs you can generate new Print Jobs by printing out of your graphic program These Print Jobs will be queued at the end into the Print Job Queue and be processed with the chosen print settings one after the other Now Pjannto RIP is ready to print Pjannto Software oHG wishes you a successful working 20 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Pjannto RIP Initialising Problems There can be the following problems occur 1 If there are problems with the dongle then the following dialog box appears Information x i Eurosystems Software package not found Demo version enabled Fig 7 Eurosystems Software package not found In this case supposably the graphic program or Pjannto RIP is not installed correctly or the graphic program did not find the dongle Please have a look into the graphic programs user manual into the chapter that descripts the correct installation of the dongle The printer is not printing 1 Opportunity Is your printer connected correctly Is your printer in online mode 2 Opportunity May be you did not install the
36. Cancel Button This button will close the dialog box without printing When printing is chosen the grafik will be send to Pjannto RIP as PostScript data Note If this is the first start of Pjannto RIP then you should go on with the next step otherwise you should go to step 3 When Pjannto RIP Control program is opened the first time you have to go through the initialisation process Name Thomas Kollewe morae Company Pjannto Software oHG License Code m s Demo Fig 3 The Pjannto RIP Control start and licence window At first the start and licence window will appear Here the user has to enter the proper licence number for the dongle of the graphic program This number can be purchased at Eurosystems If you are not an owner of a proper licence number you can use Pjannto RIP in demo mode by activating the As Demo Button to test its functionality If you purchased a proper licence number you can enter the correct number in this window and PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE click the Register Button If you purchase the licence number later on you can enter the correct number at this time and the program will switch to the full version mode immediately There is no Dutput Setup and no Printer Driver defined A Pjannto RIP is now leading you through the initialisation process Please choose a standard dotgain and a reference file for defining the current Output Setup and Printer Driver Fig 4 Information that
37. Control Window This chapter only describes the additional functions the user will have in the Configuration Mode compared to the Production Mode The explanation of the dialog elements that are not described here please see in the chapter The Production Mode The Configuration Mode should not be used for the usual production because of reasons that are described at the beginning of this main chapter Use the Configuration Mode to configure the setups that they can be used efficiently in the Production Mode Organize the setups in a way that it can be used esay as templates in the Print Job Settings Dialog The Configuration Mode gives the possibility to configure the lower setup levels Material Setup and Printer Setup as well as the Output Setup Even the user can set some additional parameters in the Application Settings Dialog 2 2 1 The Control Window in the Configuration Mode In the Configuration Mode the Control Window of Pjannto RIP changes in two points The Administration Menu offers commands to open dialogs to edit the Printer Setup and the Material Setup And the setup list in the Control Window will be displayed in a tree structure 2 2 2 The Menu Bar The Administration Menu J Piannto RIP Control 1 0 Q File Administration Help Job Printer Setup F2 iii Material Setup F3 iy Output Setup F4 Print Stat Application Settings Language a 54 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Fig
38. Engine 109 Printer is not Printing 21 Print Job Log File Window 49 Print Job Queue Tab View 30 Print Job Settings Dialog 44 Print Job Settings Dialog in the Configuration Mode 90 Print Job Settings Dialog with Extended Settings 90 Production Mode 24 Q Quickstart 15 R Reference Files 101 Rendering Intents 107 Resolution Popup Menu 61 RGB to CMYK Color Conversion Edit Group 52 S Setup Structure Tree of the Control Window in the Configuration Mode 55 114 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE T Trash Tab View 32 115
39. P DsJ5000 Matt Paper 150g CMY K Pig 600dpi c Pjannto 1 0 Output MH APJ 1304NX Vinyl Film CMYK Sol Ink Less 384dpi c Pjannto 1 0 Qutp MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig OneDot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c MI J 4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMY K Pig OneDot 720dpi 8 Pass c Pjan MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig V arDot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c l MI J 4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarDot 720dpi 8 Pass c Pjanr Fig 23 An example of an Output Setup List of the Control Window in the Production Mode In the Output Setup List of the Control Window all Output Setups that are imported or made by the user are displayed in alphabetical order The red marked Output Setup is the Default Output Setup The Default Output Setup will be used for printing if the user prints out of the graphic program to Pjannto RIP with no print dialog The Output Setups can be changed copied created new or deleted by activating the Output Setup Command in the Administration Menu of the Control Window This can be done too by using the Output Setup List Context Menu Output S etup Right Mouse Button Output Setup List Context Menu Edit Qutput Setup Set to Default Save as Output Reference Fig 24 Context menu of an Output Setup in the Output Setup List of the Control Window The Edit Output Setup Command This command opens the dialog to read or change the marked Output Setup See chapter The Output Setup Dialog
40. Paper 150g CMY K Pig 600dpi c Pjannto 1 0 HP DesignJet 5000 c Pjz MH APJ 1304NX Vinyl Film CMYK Sol Ink Less 384dpi c Pjannto 1 0 MH Albatros PJ 1304NX Edit MI JY4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMY K Pig OneDot 360 540dpi 6 Pass c Mimaki JV4 c Pjannto 1 1 MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig OneDot 720dpi 8 Pass San a Mimaki JV 4 c Pjannta 1 1 Delete atin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarDot 360 540dp1 6 Pass c 4 c Pjannto 1 8 MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK PigVarDot 720dpi 8 Pass Fann M Mimaki m c Pjannto 1 0 Copy Fig 43 An example of the List Tab View of the Material Setup Dialog The Material Setup List This list displays all Material Setups of Pjannto RIP together with their underlying Printer Setups The New Button To press this button will create a new Material Setup The Edit Button With this button the marked Material Setup can be edited 58 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Delete Button This button will delete the marked Material Setup off the list The Copy Button The marked Material Setup will be duplicated As an example to use it as a template for an own new Material Setup The Material S etup List Context Menu Save as Material Reference Fig 44 The context menu of a Material Setup in the List Tab View of the Material Setup Dialog The Save as Material Reference Command Saves the marked Material Setup into a single Material Reference file together with all u
41. Pjannto RIP 1 0 3 User Manual Stand 11 08 2003 AN Pjannto Pjannto Software oHG Hasenweg 61 22393 Hamburg Germany European Union Phone 49 0 40 22 66 75 77 Fax 49 0 40 22 66 75 71 Mail support pjannto com Internet http www pjannto com PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS COPYRIGHT LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TRADEMARKS The Abilities of Pjannto RIP 1 HOW TO INSTALL PJANNTO RIP Hard and Software Requirements Pjannto RIP Initialising and Quickstart The Only selected objects Check Box The Keep working area Check Box The Configure and Print Button The Print directly Button The Cancel Button Pjannto RIP Initialising Problems 2 HOW I WORK WITH PJANNTO RIP 2 1 The Production Mode 2 1 1 The Control Window in the Production Mode 2 1 2 The Menu Bar The File Menu The Empty Job Trash Command 10 11 13 13 15 15 16 16 16 16 21 22 24 24 26 26 26 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Import Reference Command The Output Test Files Sub Menu The Show Engine Command The Plot Manager Configuration Command The Configuration Mode Command The Exit Command The Administration Menu The Output Setup Command The Application Settings Command The Language Sub Menu The Help Menu The About Command 2 1 3 The Process State Process State Context Menu The View Setup Command The Stop RIP Process Command 2 1 4 The Process Co
42. Print Job has two phases of processing The interpretation analysis the graphic and the ripping calculates the output data for the printer Job X Rite DTP 41 CHYK 21 Steps 1 1 EPS Status Interpreting 64 00 05 37 Printer Fig 12 The interpretation phase The interpretation phase analyses the graphic and stores its informations in the internal Vec2 Graphic Format In this box the name of the Print Job the type of the graphic and the name of the used Printer Setup is shown The progress bar displays the progress in percentage of the data amount and the elapsed time Job X Rite DTP 41 CHYK 21 Steps 1 1 EPS Status Ripping 45 00 05 36 Printer Fig 13 The ripping phase In the ripping phase the internal Vec2 Graphic Format will be converted into the output data needed for the printer by using the settings of the Output Setup In this box the name of the Print Job the type of the graphic and the name of the used Printer Setup is shown The progress bar displays the progress in percentage of the media lenght for one copy and the elapsed time Process State Context Menu View Setup Stop RIP Process Fig 14 Context menu of the process state The View Setup Command 28 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE This command opens the Print Job Settings Dialog in the read only mode The settings can be read to proof but can t be changed Changes are doable if the job is out of processing The Stop RIP Process Command This action
43. aim and high quality Graphics can be printed into the Print Job Queue of Pjannto RIP by pressing the appropriate print button in the Standard Toolbar of your graphic program Because of an easy to use Print Job Queue and a setup orientated user interface the user is able to print the graphics with individual and flexibel setup possibilities for a lot of printer models The Abilities of Pjannto RIP More than one Print Job can be printed to the Print Job Queue from your graphic program Pjannto RIP will print them in the background to your printer one after the other All important options can be predefined with an Output Setup or can be changed directly in the print dialog A flexible printer driver concept allows the useage of nearly all printer control parameters Bydefine of your own Output Setups the print process can be much easier organized and sometimes be automated Asmall and quick check print and later the original sized print can be generated out of the same Print Job without to print in your graphic program twice Aslong as the Print Job is in the Print Job Queue and not in process you can view and correct the Print Job Settings If the Print Job is in process you can display the Print Job Settings If you want to correct them in this situatuion you have to cancel the processing of the Print Job 11 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE To print a Print Job to your printer later again with the same or different Print Jo
44. aion is in process What is made with the Print Jobs is reported in this window The text can be selected and be pasted to the clipboard to store or send it The Exit Button This button will quit the program Pjannto RIP Engine The Process Bar If Pjannto RIP Engine processes calculations this bar will display the progress of the process The Hide Button This button will bring Pjannto RIP Engine to the background 111 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Word Explanation RIP Raster Image Processing This is the conversion from graphic data to a point or pixel orientated format that will be proper for the resolution of the printer 112 Index A Administration Menu in the Configuration Mode 54 Administration Menu in the Production Mode 27 Application Settings Dialog 50 B Black underfilling Check Box 61 C CIELab 106 CIEXYZ 106 Color Model Popup Menu 61 Color Spaces 105 Colorimeter Dialog 73 Configuration Mode 54 D Dithering Popup Menu 61 Dongle 21 Dot Gain 39 F File Menu 26 H Help Menu 27 ICC Color Management 105 ICC Color Management Check Box 52 ICC Standard 105 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 113 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Initialising 15 Initialising Problems 21 L Linearisation 94 little color management system 105 Material Setup Dialog 57 O Output Setup Dialog 35 Output Setup List of the Control Window in the Production Mode 34 P Pjannto RIP
45. aki J 4 c Pjannto 1 0 X Printer Driver Mimaki JV4 1 0 m Rotation A vi Hot Folder preset v Preset from Application Settings Comments c 2002 2003 by Pjannto Software oHG Hamburg Germany Made in the European Union Please copy this setup before change Changing this setup is prohibited Bitte kopieren Sie dieses Setup bevor Sie es veraendern Dieses Setup zu veraender ist verboten Fig 66 The Printer Tab View of the Print Job Settings Dialog in the Configuration Mode The settings of this tab view can influence the color output The changes may have to be compensated by generating new linearisation curves in the Linearisation Tab View The edit fields of this tab view are the same as the corresponding ones of the Details Tab View of the Printer Setup Dialog in the chapter The Printer Setup Dialog 95 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 2 7 The Application Settings Dialog In the Configuration Mode the Application Settings Dialog is extended by some additional opportunities Only the additional tab views and edit fields are decribed here that are not aviable in the Poduction Mode The General Tab View Application Settings olors Application Engine Devices Length Unit C mm inch Print Jobs I Limit Trash size to 20 entries Halt on Error v Delete input files with trash entries Hot Folder preset c eigene dateien pjannto pjannto rip public 2003 05 20 engl pja
46. all color components and white is the lowest the color of the paper Theoretically it would be OK to apply the colors cyan magenta and yellow CMY on to the white material to display a high distinguishable color amount The praxis shows that this is normally not possible because the order of the color application influences the reflection characteristic and causes visual impurity effects Additionally the used colors do not have the reflection characteritics that are theoretically needed Altogether that causes that CMY mostly can not display good colors if the colors are more dark like dark green brown or black Say colors with a high part of gray This is the reason why black K is printed additionally to CMY to substitude a part of gray in CMY by an intensity of K With additional K it gets possible to reproduce colors with a much better contrast Especially black gets more dark and more color neutral The over all color apply can be reduced depending on the use of black in the gray generation and under color removal process of the CMYK mixing That reduces the costs and causes a more stable color reproduction And materials can be printed on that can not absorb a great over all color apply That is why this color space type is called CMYK color space type in praxis Also here was spoken knowingly about the CMYK color space type instaed of color space because every printer has its own CMYK color space dependent on the printed material
47. ameters of your printers data interface and to change the hot folder for the data to send The Configuration Mode Command With this menu entry Pjannto RIP will switch to the Configuration Mode or back to the Production Mode The Exit Command 26 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE If you activate this command the Pjannto RIP program will be quit The Administration Menu ERI Pjannto RIP Control 1 0 Production Mode File Administration Help Job Gutput Setup F4 Stat Application Settings Prin ES Ercish Deutsch Fig 10 The Administration Menu of the Control Window in the Production Mode The Output Setup Command This command opens the Output Setup Dialog to change the Output Setups The Application Settings Command With this command the Applications Settings Dialog will be opened There the general program settings of Pjannto RIP can be changed The Language Sub Menu Here can be set the language of Pjannto RIP This change will be immediately The Help Menu E Piannto RIP Control 1 0 Pro File Administration Help Job About Fig 11 The Help Menu in the Control Window The About Command This command opens the Start Dialog When the software is in demo mode a proper licence number can be entered to get the software into the full version mode 27 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 1 3 The Process State The process state displays the progress of the Print Job A
48. as to be printed for the first time the Print Job Settings Dialog will be set with the settings of the last Print Job If there was never any Print Job be printed with Pjannto RIP the Print Job Settings Dialog will be set with the settings of the Default Output Setup The user can change the given settings free At first the Output Setup Preset Popup Menu should be set as needed Here an Output Setup can be chosen as a template for all settings The Output Setups are deliverd by Pjannto Software or made by the user himself The user should create his own Output Setups in a way that he has to change minimal settings if he used it as a template in the Print Job Settings Dialog When the Output Setup is chosen as a template then change the remained settings to the need for this Print Job If there are often used setting compinations then a new Output Setup should be created to have them as a template for the future This can be done by opening the Output Setup Dialog with the Output Setup Command of the Adminitration Menu in the Control Window Note Changes of the Print Job Settings Dialog will not effect the parameter settings of the chosen template Output Setup This changes are private to this Print Job The Print Button Closes the Print Job Settings Dialog and stores the settings to the Print Job in the Print Job Queue The Cancel Button Closes the Print Job Settings Dialog and stores the settings not to the Print Job in the Prin
49. atin Photo Based Paper CHYK Pig VarDot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 Qut List Details Output Options Banding Changes the quality from resolution menu Use Banding from Res Print Direction Bi Directional Drying Time while Printing Off C Unit s of 0 1 Seconds Automatic Shearing after Job Of i Drying Time before Shear amp Off C Seconds Ink Set Pigment Ink Set z Fig 30 An example of the Options Tab View of the Output Setup Dialog The settings in the Options Tab View depends entirely on the used printer driver The printer driver is selected indirectly with the Material Setup Popup Menu of Details Tab View If there are no options this tab view will be hidden Which of the possible options are shown in this dialog is defined in the Material Setup Dialog The Material Setup Dialog can be entered only in the Configuration Mode See the chapter The Material Setup Dialog Note Because of the individuality of the option settings they can not be discussed in this user manual We tried to make the option descriptions as clear as possible Please have a look to the user manual of your printer model to find some descriptions of the printer options that can be controlled by software applications 43 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 1 9 The Print Job Settings Dialog In the Print Job Settings Dialog the user have to set the settings for the actual Print Job When a Print Job h
50. b Settings a Print Job can be stored in Pjannto RIP The print processes of the Print Jobs will be noticed in report files for every single Print Job with every important parameter So that you will be able to reconstruct your work to write bills or reproduce the same prints later again Pjannto RIP is not limited to a single printer manufacturer In co operation with graphic programs which are able to cut Pjannto RIP supports Print amp Cut Pjannto RIP prints graphic in high quality As an example outline fonts will be printed with sharp edges and RGB colors can be converted internally by ICC Profiles With our Reference file concept the installation of a new printer driver or a color calibrated Material Setup gets very easy Many Reference files containing printer drivers and color calibrated Material Setups are delivered with this software or can be downloaded by the internet To keep the user interface easy to handle for the every day production despite the manifold of parameter settings there is the possibility to switch between the Configuration Mode and the Production Mode In the extensive Configuration Mode the user or administrator is able to configure any detail in any setup level to generate a setup struktur which can be used easy in the Production Mode In the Production Mode the user is only able to configure and use the Output Setup level In the Configuration Mode color calibrated Material Setups can be generated
51. burg Germany European Union Any reproduction or transmission in any form by any method or for any purpose of the software or of this manual in whole or in part is strictly prohibited User manual text typesetting and layout Wolfgang Huf Pjannto Software oHG Germany European Union English translation Wolfgang Huf Programming of Pjannto RIP Thomas Kollewe Wolfgang Huf This software is licensed for the exclusive use of the original purchaser and is to be used on one computer system only Similar to a book this software can be moved from one location or computer to another as long as there is no possibility of it being used at two locations or by more than one person simultaneously The licensee may make one copy of the software for backup purposes only Limitation of Liability Utmost care has been taken in the compilation of this manual and the text and illustrations therein however no guarantees can be made as to the completeness or perfect accuracy of the manual or the program itself In no event shall Pjannto Software its dealers or distributors be liable for lost profit data or information of any kind or for any special collateral incidental consequential indirect punitive or any other type of damages in connection with or arising out of purchase or use of Pjannto RIP or its documentation The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on t
52. change the axis in comparision to the linearisation curves Pjannto RIP is not able to use the measurement curves diagram directly Because if Pjannto RIP is printing it isn t the job to predict the result of printing the user will get out of a specific graphic but Pjannto RIP shall target the values of this graphic as close as possible That can be done only directly by using a linearisation curves diagram This is the reason why the measurement curves diagram has to be converted into a linearisation curves diagram To 69 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE understand and avoid the problems that can be connected with the conversion process please read the part Conversion of Measurement Curves Diagrams into Linearisation Curves Diagrams The measurement curves diagram is structured that the values of the edit fields bear relation to the color fields of a calibration color chart The values that should be targeted are on the horizontal axis of the diagram and the values that are effectively printed and measured are on the vertical axis To print the calibration color chart with the values of the actual measurement curves diagram and without any other settings that can influence the colors the Print Color Chart Button has to be used The printed calibration color chart can be evaluated visually by an expert and the values of the measurement curves diagram can be corrected manually Or the calibration color chart can be measured by an external
53. colorimeter by pressing the Measure Button and Pjannto RIP will calculate the new measurement curves values A measure process will be much better and quicker than a visual evaluation To read more about the expert knowledge and the service we will offer please see the chapter Reference Files The Display Edit Group In this edit group the color channels can be defined that shall be displayed and be edited in the diagram The Gamma Edit Group This edit group can change the definition mechanism of each separate channel Is the Active Check Box checked the curve of the selected channel will be defined with the value of the Gamma Edit Field A value of one will result in a diagonal curve that means the values will be unchanged A value less than one makes the colors of the channel more dark and a value greater than one makes them more light Is the Active Check Box unchecked the curve can be edited manually by the mouse The Measure Button By pressing this button a calibration color chart can be measured with an external colorimeter For a detailed description please read the part The Colorimeter Dialog The Print Color Chart Button With this button a calibration color chart for the external colorimeter can be printed that is defined in the Application Settings Dialog To print the calibration color chart with the values of the actual measurement curves diagram this diagram has to be converted int
54. correct printer driver It may be that there was no appropriate printer driver while the initialisation process Make sure that the used Output Setup is usable for your printer You can import more printer drivers by the Import Reference Menu Command in the File Menu of the Control Window In the Import Reference Dialog you can also download Reference files by the internet When you can find no appropriate Reference file please contact the Eurosystems hotline to make cleare how your problem can be solved See chapter Reference Files 21 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 How I work with Pjannto RIP This chapter shall make you familiar with the functioning of Pjannto RIP But we assume that you are familiar with the functioning of your computer your Windows system and your printer The ambition of Pjannto Software was and is to design Pjannto RIP in a way that it will become a user friendly software application It should be able to satisfy as optimaly as possible the various requierments of the users and of the different printer models Further on there is the need to have the flexibility for later versions to expand the functionality and the pallet of the drivable printers easy and elegant In general the company Pjannto Software is interested in driving a large range of printers and as much of their print options as in the actual development state of Pjannto RIP is possible With this we will give our customers a great freedom f
55. different wave lengths of light Named as orange red green and purple blue The three wave lengths are appercepted independently of each other and mixed respectively added together to one color This is called additiv color mixing by the pricipal of a flashlight Black is the smalest intensity of all three color components and white is the highest of all three color components 105 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Knowingly it was not spoken about RGB color space but about RGB color space type because every single RGB color reading device or RGB color displaying device like scanners or monitors have their own individual wave length characteristics and with this their own RGB color space And this individual RGB color space may change with the age of the device too In opposition there is the CMY K color space type It is invers respectively complementary to RGB This color space type is based on colors that are applied on a certain material As an example ink or offset print colors on paper If the colors are illuminated the color layers will filter certain parts of the light wave lengths by absorbing them and reflects the remain Because of the absorption it is named subtractive color mixing All color layers can be applied relatively independent on to the material Black will be the lowest reflection intensity and white the highest Because our view is on the colors you can see the inversity compared to RGB Black is the highest intensity of
56. e Window Print Job Logfile Print Job X Rite DTP 41 CMYK 21 Steps 1 1 EPS ttVec2Print c Begin RIP Process 24 07 2003 13 21 59 O Clock Job Name X Rite DTP 41 CMYK 21 Steps 1 1 EPS Output Setup MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarDot 360540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 Output Material Setup MI Jy Device Description Mimaki JV4 c Pjannto 1 0 Printer Description Mimaki J 4 1 0 Color Model Option CMYK uses three dot sizes not usable for 1440 dpi Resolution Option 350 x 540 dpi Quality Normal 6 Splits Device Option Banding Changes the quality from resolution menu gt Use Banding from Resolution Device Option Print Direction gt Bi Directional Device Option Dver Coating gt Off Device Option Drying Time while Printing gt Off Device Option Automatic Shearing after Job gt Off Device Option Drying Time before Shear gt Off Device Option Positiv Media Feed Correction gt Machine Settings Device Option Negativ Media Feed Correction Overwrites the Positiv if not Of gt Off Device Option Ink Set Pigment Ink Set Scaling x 100 y 100 Image Size x 3 9444 inch y 15 2639 inch Mirroring non Rotation 0 Position x O inch y 0 inch Print Size x 3 9444 inch y 15 2639 inch Copies x 1 y 1 Distance x 0 inch y O inch Entire Print Size x 3 9444 inch y 15 2639 inch Resolution x 360 dpi y
57. e as good as possible This may lead to substantial absolute color changes when used with colorspaces which strongly differ in their color extent Saturation suitable for digital print Less suitable for photos and rather for multicolored diagrams whose pure shine multicolored intensive colors will be better reproduced Relative colorimetric recommended for digital print and suitable for digital proof Recommended for high quality digital print and for digital proof quality where the medium e g a certain paper is not to be imitated as far as the used printers and the medium permits this All colors remain as absolute as possible as far as they fit into the target color space The white point of the source color space changes into the white point of the medium to be printed on Thus with white no color is printed Absolute colorimetric not suitable for digital print but for digital proof Recommended for print in digital proof quality whereby the medium e g a certain paper is to be imitated as far as the used printers and the medium permits this All colors remain as absolute as possible as far as they fit into the target color space It is tried to imitate the white point of the source color space on the medium to be printed on Thus with white there may be color printed It depends on the profile which strategies can be selected 107 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The conversion strategies were commented for the use
58. e update option 13 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The system requirements for Pjannto RIP will be the same as the ones of the graphic program Furthermore there will be additional system requirements If your system will be not correctly configurated for your graphic program the work of Pjannto RIP can not be guaranteed To make Pjannto RIP work you need as an minimum the following requirements A Pentium III 800 MHz or better a higher processor Minimum 256 megabytes RAM memory 512 megabytes RAM are strongly recommended 2gigabytes of free hard disc space 10 gigabytes are strongly recommended to be able to work without disturbance e Microsoft Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP Please use only the cables that are delivered by the manufacturer of your printer to connect the printer to your computer If there will be problems please contact the manufacturer or dealer for support Note The data amount per Print Job can be very large For this reason it is recommended to make sure that there will be ever enough space and computing power And to make sure that there is no software running that is not necessary for your production flow 14 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Pjannto RIP Initialising and Quickstart 5 Steps und Pjannto RIP will work Note If there are installation problems you will find problem descriptions and possibilities of solutions at the end of this chapter 1 Step Generate or open a graphic in y
59. er PjOut IV Copy to Pjannto Reference Folder File Info Reference Type Printer Driver Printer Setup Material Setup Dutput Setup Other Printer drivers and actual Reference files can be found at http printsolution de PjanntoKalibrierungen Fig 70 The Import Reference Dialog In the Files of type Popup Menu the type of the Reference file is selectable The File Info Display displays the names of the contained setups Note If there is no proper printer driver aviable by importing a delivered Reference file direct from the Import Reference Dialog please download a Reference file with the internet link in this dialog Prefer to import or to download a Material Reference instead a Driver Reference because the Material Reference includes a printer driver too but a color calibrated Material Setup as well Probably you will get a much better printing result even if you import a Material Reference that was not made for the same material you are using but for a similar one as to print without a color calibration When there is no Material Reference or no Driver Reference please contact the hotline of Eurosystems to clarify how you can get a proper driver for your printer In some circumstances there can be a possibility to develop new printer drivers because Pjannto Software is exerted to create printer drivers for new and widespread older printer models Please tell us your whishes that we can get to a state where we a
60. ervices we can offer 90 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Material Tab View Print Job Settings X Rite DTP 41 CMYK 21 Steps 1 1 ES Output EY Output Options iii Material iii Material Options iii Linearisation ud Printer Material Setup Preset MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarDot 360 540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 b Color model Dithering CMYK uses three dot sizes not usable for 1440 dpi Eror Diffusion Bluenoise One Rar Y Resolution 360 x 540 dpi Quality Normal 6 Splits Black IV Black underfilling Underfilling colors at 100 black v Only pure black Cyan 4502 x Start black intensity Magenta 35 05 9507 Yellow 35 05 Comments c 2002 2003 by Pjannto Software oHG Hamburg Germany Made in the European Union Please copy this setup before change Changing this setup is prohibited Bitte kopieren Sie dieses Setup bevor Sie es veraendern Dieses Setup zu veraendem ist verboten Fig 63 The Material Tab View of the Print Job Settings Dialog in the Configuration Mode The settings of this tab view can influence the color output The changes may have to be compensated by generating new linearisation curves in the Linearisation Tab View The edit fields of this tab view that are not decribed here are the same as the corresponding ones of the Details Tab View of the Material Setup Dialog in the chapter The Material Setup Dialog The Material Setup Preset Pop
61. ettings Dialog PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Standard Dot Gain for new Output Setups Edit Group This value is the default if new Output Setups will be created For a detailed description please look for the Output Tab View of the Print Job Settings Dialog in the chapter The Print Job Settings Dialog The RGB to CMYK Color Conversion Edit Group When the RGB to CMYK color conversion shall be calculated by the ICC Color Management the Use ICC Color Management Check Box have to be checked Otherwise the conversion will be done with a simple and rudimentary method An ICC Color Management is recommended because a high quality of the reproduction of the RGB colors on printers is possible See the chapter The ICC Color Management 52 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Device Tab View Application Settings General Colors Devices Colorimeter Type Rite DTP 41 iv Connection COM1 E Test 9 corca Fig 38 The Devices Tab View of the Application Settings Dialog The Colorimeter Edit Group Here a colorimeter and its interface to the computer can be chosen A colorimeter is a device that is able to read color values With the Test Button the connection to the device can be proofed by getting the version number of the internal software firmware of the device 53 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 2 The Configuration Mode This working mode can be established by the Configuration Mode Command in the File Menu of the
62. g result even if you import a Material Reference which is not made for the same media you are using but for a similar one as to print without a color calibration When there is no Material Reference or no Driver Reference please contact the hotline of Eurosystems to clarify how you can get a proper driver for your printer In some circumstances there can be a possibility to develop new printer drivers because Pjannto Software is exerted to create printer drivers for new and widespread older printer models Please tell us your whishes that we can get to a state where we are able to develop close to the market Though we can not satisfy every whish because of costs and time Because of the expert knowledge and the technical equipment that is needed to create new Material Setups Pjannto Software is exerted to distribute as much as possible of the needed setups as Material Reference files Under certain circumstances we can offer the service to create Material Reference files for our customers Please contact the hotline of Eurosystems But have the understanding that we can not create Material Reference files for every imaginable combination of printers inks materials colormodels resolutions and ditherings The Windows printer drivers which may be delivered with your printer do not have to be installed normally If Pjannto RIP software is not the actual version you can get the newest version by updating the graphic program with the liv
63. guration Mode 45 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Output Tab View Print Job Settings X Rite DTP 41 CMYK 21 Steps 1 1 ES Output E Output Options Output Setup Preset MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarDot 360 540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 Output Scaling Width 10004 D Fixed Width 3 944 inch M lock Length 100 04 zx p Fixed Length 15 264 inch Mirroring Rotation Gamma Dot Gain el t 00 1 00 1208 United States Offset Print x Comments Picture Origin Copies x 0 000 inch X Count NE 0 000 inch Y Count Distance 0 000 inch Distance 0 000 inch f f 4 Spooler v Print while processing Confirm Job start Cancel Inactive Fig 32 The Output Tab View of the Print Job Settings Dialog with the template settings of the Output Setup in the Output Setup Preset Popup Menu 46 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE ES Output e Output Options Qutput Setup Preset Modified for this Print Job MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarD ot 360 540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannte Scaling Width 101 02 ee Fixed Width inch Length 10104 Fixed Length inch Mirroring Rotation Gamma Dot Gain a al nna s 1n 4 1204 amp laikad Chaban Piffect Drink wm Fig 33 The Output Tab View of the Print Job Settings Dialog with settings that are changed in relation to the template settings of the Output Setup in the Output Setup P
64. he part of the vendor PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Trademarks Pjannto Pjannto RIP Vec2 and OpenStruct are trademarks of Pjannto Software oHG little cms Adobe PostScript Intel Microsoft Windows Apple MacOS ColorSync and other brands or product names used in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders or manufacturers 10 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Introduction Pjannto RIP is software of PrintMaker or add on software of EuroCUT 6 Basic EuroCUT 6 Professional or CoCut 11 Professional below general named as graphic program Pjannto RIP is given with every of this programs minimum as a demo version So you should be able to test Pjannto RIP with your large format printer If you can t find your printer direct in the Import Reference Dialog of Pjannto RIP please use the option to download a reference file with a driver or with a color calibrated material including a driver by the given internet link Or ask the Eurosystems hotline for a driver or the possibility to develop a new one If there is a bigger request then we could develop new drivers and make new color calibrated Material Reference files Please tell us your wishes so we will have the facility to develop close to the market though in the reason of costs and time we can not satisfy every one Pjannto RIP gives the user the functionality to print direct from your graphic program to common large format printers in a manner of high cl
65. he control points of the curves by pressing the right mouse button they can be activated or deactivated Is a control point activated it can be moved with the mouse that will result in a change of the value in the value edit field By clicking and moving the ends of the spreading bar the expansion can be changed manually The values of deactivated control points will be calculated automatically Linearisation Curves Diagram Context Menu Activate all points Deactivate all points Deactivate all points of all colors Calculate from Measurement Fig 48 The context menu of the Linearisation Curves Diagram The Activate all Points Commad This menu entry activates all points of the selected color channel in the diagram The Deactivate all Points Command This command deactivates all points of the selected color channel in the diagram The Deactivate all Points of all Colors Command Here all points of all color channels in the diagram will become deactivated The Calculate from Measurement Command This menu entry calculates new linearisation curves out of the measurement curves in the Measurement Tab View See The Measurement Tab View 67 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Measurement Tab View The Measurement Tab View is elaporated in a way that it generates more optimized measure curves out of the measured values of a calibration color chart This optimization gets step by step better to a point where only little fluctuational cha
66. he user manual of your printer model to find some descriptions of the printer options that can be controlled by software applications 63 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Mirroring Edit Group Defines the mirroring which is needed for the material Mirroring can be necessary for materials that have to be printed on the backside The Length Calibration Edit Group If the lenght measurement of prints on this material does not correspond with the size the user has entered in the Print Job Settings Dialog the user can define a correction in this edit group Note Only use this edit group when there is no possibility to correct the measurement in the Calibration independent Options Edit List or if the correction in the list was not successful The Maximum Picture Size Edit Group In this edit group the maximum picture size can be specified that will fit on the Material That would give Pjannto RIP the possibility to warn if the over all print size gets over that limits The width or lenght of the maximum print size will be considered only if the appropriate check box is checked The Calibration dependent Options Edit List In this edit list options can be set that depend on the printer model respectively on the printer driver of the underlying Printer Setup The options of this list influence the color calibration and changes may have to be compensated by generating new linearisation curves The Calibration independent Edit List In t
67. his edit list options can be set that depend on the printer model respectively on the printer driver of the underlying Printer Setup The options of this list do not influence the color calibration If the check box in front of a list entry is checked the entry will appear in the Options Tab View of the Output Setup Dialog and in the Output Options Tab View of the Print Job Settings Dialog So the option can be used in the Production Mode The values are given here are the default values for new created Output Setups and will be overwritten by the values of the overlying Output Setups PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Linearisation Tab View Material Setup MI J 4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig arD ot 360 540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 List Details Options Measurement Display Expansion Values Cyan Mn 002 Ur v Show all Colors Max 100 0 55 00 4 50 55 60 65 70 7 30 35100 EHE 100 00 Fig 47 The Linearisation Tab View of the Material Setup Dialog The internal color engine of Pjannto RIP converts the colors of the graphic into the color model of the Details Tab View The linearisation curves of this tab view are used for the linearisation of the color output The meaning of linearisation is to get sure that an example color of 5096 cyan in the graphic data will result in a color output of 5096 on the material In this figure a 50 cyan output can be reached if a value of 26 5 cyan in the
68. ile Menu in the Control Window to install all contained setups and the printer driver See also chapter Reference Files 87 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Details Tab View Printer Setup Mimaki JV4 c Pjannto 1 0 List Printer Name Mimaki JV4 c Pjannto 1 0 Printer Driver Mimaki JV4 1 0 Mi Rotation A vi Hot Folder preset v Preset from Application Settings Comments cJ2002 2003 by Pjannto Software oHG Hamburg Germany Made in the European Union Please copy this setup before change Changing this setup is prohibited Bitte kopieren Sie dieses Setup bevor Sie es veraendern Dieses Setup zu Fig 62 The Details Tab View of the Printer Setup Dialog The Printer Setup Name Edit Field Here the name of the Printer Setups is defined The Printer Driver Popup Menu In this popup menu the printer driver can be selected where the Printer Setup shall depend on The Rotation Edit Group This edit group sets the default print rotation of the printer The Hot Folder Preset Edit Group Here the file system path is set where the print output data has to be stored Usually this path should be the same as the corresponding one in the Plot Manager so that the Plot Manager can send the data to the appropriate interface to the printer The Preset from 88 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Application Settings Check Box uses the file system path of the Application Settings Dialog The Comment Edit Field
69. ility By pressing the Cancel Button the Print Job will be deletet By checking the Inactive Check Box first and pressing the Print Button the Print Job will be set to the inactive state in the Print Job Queue and not be processed until you activate the job by clicking it with the context menu with Print Job Right Mouse Button and the appropriate menu command Note Please be sure that your printer is connected correctly to the computer and that the printer is online If the Print Job is in the Print Job Queue or the Print Job is already in process you can click the Print Job with the context menu by Print Job Right Mouse Button The context menu contians commands to change the state of the Print Job or to display and change the print settings The Print Job will be processed in three phases The first phase interprets the grafic data This phase loads the graphic The second phase the ripping converts the graphic into the proper data for the chosen printer dependent 19 5 Step PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE on the chosen print settings The third phase the spooling sends the calculated print data through the chosen interface to the printer The interpretation and ripping will be controlled by the Pjannto RIP Control program with the help of the background program Pjannto RIP Engine that makes the processing The spooling will be processed by the background program Plot Manager that is delivered with your graphic program Note
70. individual for the material to be color calibrated While the processing of the color calibration only at the beginning and at the ending of the measurement curves the characteristics must be observed carefully because there flattening can occur that could disturbe the approximation process With intelligent presettings of the curves often only a single print and measure circle is necessary 68 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Material Setup MI J 4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarD ot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 List Details Options Linearisation Measurement Display m Gamma Ink Coverage c ime oo Mesue T Apply Print Colorchart Fig 49 The Measurement Tab View of the Material Setup Dialog The measurement curves diagram is nearly similar to the linearisation curves diagram of the Linearisation Tab View but the axis are interchanged Here the value comparision is displayed out of the perspective of the effective printed color values On the horizontal axis the target color values are opposed the effective printed and measured color values on the vertical axis More clear For example if a color value of 50 cyan in a graphic shall be targeted horizontal axis the effectively targeted value of 77 is displayed in the curve vertical axis It has to be printed a value of 50 cyan to target a value of 77 cyan that is described as a source value in the data of a graphic To explain the need of inter
71. ity color space conversions by using appropriate profiles The idea is based on a standardized european color definition that was founded by the CIE at the beginning of the 1930th The ICC Standard defines the realization of this mathematical and technical process in a general and on all computer systems usable form The International Commission of Illumination CIE has the internet address http www cie co at The International Color Consortium ICC has the internet address http www color org The ICC Color Management in Pjannto RIP is implemented with the free programming library little cms We thank the authors of little cms for the free licence We will say clear that little stands not for limited but for small and efficiently little cms little color management system has the internet address http www littleems com The ICC Color Management is oriented on the colors that an average human being can distinguish at a certain illumination Because only the colors an average human being can distinguish are interesting for a color Management Over this experimental defined general human eye color space methods can be developed how to convert a certain source color space into a certain target color space What are different color spaces Monitor displays scanners cameras etc and not at last the eyes have the RGB color space type The RGB color space type is based on the apperception of the intensities of three
72. layed The Measurement Edit Group In this edit group the state of measurement is displayed While printing the calibration color chart a scaling of the chart could be defined to print on smaler paper sizes The correct scaling of the calibration color chart has to be given in the Printout Scale Edit Field that the colorimeter will know where the color areas of the chart will be positioned The border in red markes the color channel for the next measure step 74 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE To measure the appropriate color channel with the X Rite DTP 41 the color channel of the chart has to be positioned under the position line on the body of the colorimeter Please see the usermanual of the colorimeter To start the measuring of the X Rite DTP 41 press the measure button of the device The color channel of the chart is moved to pass the optical measure unit automatically To garantee the success of the measuring process with the X Rite DTP 41 the calibration color chart has to be led with the fingers that all color areas of the channel will pass the optical unit centrical The effective measured colors will be displayed in the right chart of this edit group So it can be visual controlled if the correct color channel is measured When the measure process was inconsistent the status line will display an error report Than the measure process for the last channel has to be retried All color channels have to be measured by this method 75 PJANNTO
73. lculated automatically Measurement Curves Diagram Context Menu Activate all points Deactivate all points Deactivate all points of all colors Fig 55 Context menu of the Measurement Curves Diagram The Activate all Points Command This menu entry activates all points of the selected color channel in the diagram 79 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Deactivate all Points Command This command deactivates all points of the selected color channel in the diagram The Deactivate all Points of all Colors Command Here all points of all color channels in the diagram will get deactivated To be able to offset this diagram reasonable against the values of the Measurement Tab View the measure curves have to be conform with some claims Each curve has to be strictly monotonic increasing Except the begin and the end where are more exact equal values will be accepted Strictly monotonic increasing means that every value that follows a value has to be greater then the one before Here with the exception of the first and the last values that can be equal But not all values of the curve are allowed to be equal In this example at two points this claim is not achieved by the black color channel At first the value of the 85 field is with 92 9696 lower than the value of the 80 field with 93 41 This has to be corrected by the user Fluctuations like this at points where the curve is increasing in general can be generated by the used dither meth
74. m inch Print Jobs I Limit Trash size to 20 entries Halt on Error Fig 36 The General Tab View of the Application Settings Dialog in the Production Mode The Length Unit Radio Button Group With this radio button group the user can choose the lenght measure unit The Print Jobs Edit Group With this edit group the maximum number of Print Jobs in the Trash can be limited to a specific number Because Print Jobs can need a very large amount of memory on the hard disc the oldest Print Jobs will be deleted first when the number of Print Jobs in the Trash is limited and gets larger than the limit Also it can be set if the processing of the Print Job Queue should be halt after an error occurs while processing a Print Job 51 The Colors Tab View Application Settings General Colors Devices Standard Dot Gain for new Output Setups 1202 MEE C AMA RGB to CMYK color conversion IV Use ICC Color Management Default RGB input profile sRGB IEC61966 2 1 x Default CMYK output profile fiso Uncoated sb x Rendering Intend Perceptual bi For digital print Explanation Suitable for photos and less suitable for multicolored diagrams The relative relationship of the colors to each other will be as good as possible This may lead to substantial absolute color changes when used with colorspaces which stronaly differ in their color extent 9 Corca Fig 37 The Colors Tab View of the Application S
75. meter As an example the proceeding is explained with the colorimeter X Rite DTP 41 Dependent on the version of Pjannto RIP there can be different external colorimeters be selected in the Application Settings Dialog of the Administration Menu in the Control Window By using other colorimeters as the X Rite DTP 41 the proceeding can be a little bit varying Please consider the instructions in the status line and the user manual of the colorimeter Now it will follow a little description of the Colorimeter Dialog The OK Button With OK the measured values will be offset against the values of the measurement curves diagram in the Measurement Tab View The Cancel Button This button closes the Colorimeter Dialog without changing the measurement curves diagram in the Measurement Tab View 73 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Colorimeter i Colorimeter Type X Rite DTP 41 Status Ok Push button on device for measurement Measurement uu Nest color to be measured Cyan EMEN c Printout Scale 100 0 EE LI B Lm B B E Fig 51 The Device Tab View of the Colorimeter Dialog of the Measurement Tab View before the first measure The Colorimeter Dialog status line leads through the measure proceeding of the Device Tab View Please consider the instructions notes and error reports of the status line The Colorimeter Edit Group Here the type of colorimeter and the state of the device is disp
76. nderlying setups and inclusive the printer driver A Reference file can be imported later on by the Import Reference Command of the File Menu in the Control Window to install all contained setups and the printer driver See also chapter Reference Files 59 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Details Tab View Material Setup Ml J 4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig arD ot 360 540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 List etails Options Linearisation Measurement Material Name MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarDot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c I Printer Setup Mimaki JV4 c Pjannto 1 0 X Color model Dithering CMYK uses three dot sizes not usable for 1440 dpi x Error Diffusion Bluenoise One Rar Y Resolution 360 x 540 dpi Quality Normal 6 Splits Black I Black underfilling Underfilling colors at 100 black Iv Only pure black Cyan 4507 Start black intensity Magenta 35 0 7 9507 Yellow 35 0 2 Comments x x cJ2002 2003 by Pjannto Software oHG Hamburg Germany Made in the European Union Please copy this setup before change Changing this setup is prohibited Bitte kopieren Sie dieses Setup bevor Sie es veraender Dieses Setup zu veraender ist verboten Fig 45 The Details Tab View of the Material Setup Dialog The settings of this tab view will change the color output It may be that the changes have to be compensated by generating new linearisation curves in the
77. nges will appear if the user trys to make it more optimal by an additional measure step That is a quickly recursiv process and will work fine if the curves will monotinic increasing A color calibration step means that the user has to go through the proceeding to print a calibration color chart with the actual measurement curves by pressing the Print Color Chart Button Afterwards to measure the color value of this chart with the Measure Button and offset them against the actual measurement curves to calculate new and more optimal actual measurement curves The trick is to define the first start measurement curves that the process will work very quick and in high quality Has the material printed on a high dot gain That means a sole ink drops will cover much more area as it should be because they getting more fat if they are absorbed by the material we recommend start measurement curves that are generated by the Preset for first Printout 70 effective Output at 50 target Output Command by the Mesurement Curves Diagram Context Menu When the first calibration color chart is printed with this actual measurement curves the result of the print looks much more harmonic the quality of the following measuring gets much better and often there is no second printing and measuring needed In all other cases use the diagonal measurement curves for the first print in all color channels except you know how to generate own start measurement curves
78. nowledge to generate linearisation curves and about the possibility of our services read in the chapter Reference Files The Display Edit Group In this edit group the color channels can be defined that shall be displayed and be edited in the diagram The Gamma Edit Group This edit group can change the definition mechanism of each separate channel Is the Active Check Box checked the curve of the selected channel will be defined with the value of the Gamma Edit Field A value of one will result in a diagonal curve That means the source values will be unchanged A value less than one makes the colors of the channel more light and a value greater than one makes them more dark Is the Active Check Box unchecked the curve can be edited manually per mouse The Expansion Edit Group Here the minimum and maximum values of the linearisation curve can be defined independent from the singular values of the curve points The Values Edit Group Here the single values of the curve points can be specified The value edit fields can be activated or deactivated by clicking the accordingly control points of the curve in the diagram with the right mouse button If a value edit field respectively the corresponding control point is deactivated the value will be calculated automatically and the numerical value is displayed in the edit field The Linearisation Curves Diagram Edit Group 66 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE By clicking t
79. ntrol Elements The Stop after each Print Job Check Box The Continue Button The Stop RIP Process Button 2 1 5 The Print Job Queue Tab View Print Job Queue Job Context Menu The Activate Job Command and the Deactivate Job Command The Edit Job Setting Command The Move Job to Trash Command The Show Log File Command 2 1 6 The Trash Tab View Trash Print Job Context Menu The Redo Job active Command The Redo Job inactive Command The Edit Job Settings Command The Delete Job Command The Show Log File Command 2 1 7 The Output Setup List of the Control Window Output Setup List Context Menu The Edit Output Setup Command 26 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 29 29 29 30 30 30 31 31 31 31 32 32 32 32 33 33 33 33 34 34 34 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Set to Default Command 34 The Save as Output Reference Command 34 2 1 8 The Output Setup Dialog 35 The Default Check Box 35 The Close Button 35 The List Tab View 36 The Output Setup List 36 The New Button 36 The Edit Button 36 The Delete Button 36 The Copy Button 36 The Default Display 37 Output Setup List Context Menu 37 The Details Tab View 38 The Output Name Edit Field 38 The Material Setup Edit Group 38 The Scaling Edit Group 39 The Mirroring Edit Group 39 The Rotation Edit Field 39 The Gamma Edit Field 39 The Dot Gain Edit Group 39 The Comments Edit Field 40 The Output Tab View 41 The Picture Origin Edit Group 41 The Copies Edit Group 41
80. o a linearisation curves diagram If this will result in an error please have a look to the part Conversion of Measurement Curves Diagrams into Linearisation Curves Diagrams for 70 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE help Before the first print of a calibration color chart will the measurement curves should be preset as diagonals or by the Preset for first Printout 70 effective Output at 50 target Output Command of the Measurement Curves Diagram Context Menu or to an other reasonable characteristic In the Print Job Settings Dialog that appears to start the print the calibration color chart the settings that could influence the color output will be disabled The Ink Coverage Edit Group Here the single values of the curve points can be specified The value edit fields can be activated or deactivated by clicking the accordingly control points of the curve in the diagram with the right mouse button If a value edit field respectively the corresponding control point is deactivated the value will be calculated automatically The Measurement Curves Diagram Edit Group The control points of the curves can be activated or deactivated by clicking them with the right mouse button Is a control point activated it can be moved with the mouse which will result in a change of the numerical value in the value edit field The values of deactivated control points will be calculated automatically Measurement Curves Diagram Context Menu Activate all
81. ob Queue with a marked and inactive Print Job Inactive 30 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE This example of a Print Job Queue contains an inactive Print Job If the inactive job gets to the top of the Print Job Queue instead of this job the next active will be processed A Print Job can be made active or inactive with the Print Job Queue Job Context Menu To change the state of a Print Job click with the Print Job Right Mouse Button on one or more marked Print Jobs Print Job Queue Trash Jobname Type Status Printer Setup EFS __ Wa Jet 5000 CF Length amp Size Check inch 1 0 EPS Waiting MimakiJV4 c Pjannto 1 0 Fig 19 Example of a Print Job Queue with a Print Job which caused an error If an error is occured while a Print Job was processed the Print Job will be placed back into the Print Job Queue with the state Error The behavior if an error occurs can be set in the Application Settings Dialog in the menu of the Control Window A detailed description of the error is written into the Print Job Log File Window This window can be opened with the Print Job Queue Job Context Menu Print Job Right Mouse Button Print Job Queue Job Context Menu Deactivate Job Edit Job Setting Move Job to Trash Show Logfile Fig 20 The context menu of a Print Job in the Print Job Queue The Activate Job Command and the Deactivate Job Command This command activates or deactivates the marked jobs of the P
82. od by color mixing effects or by print or measure inaccuracy Here an expert user has to decide how the correction has to be made In this case a deactivation of the 85 control point is recommended that results in an adjustment between the values of the 80 field and the 90 field A deactivation is not in general the right solution because it will not ever lead to a strictly monotonic increasing curve Altogether the changes of control points should result in less differences to the original measured values depending on the visual evaluation of the calibration color chart Something similar is necessary for the 100 field But here an other way of correction is needed The ink coverage of a color channel chart can not get greater from a specific value when the color amount increases Because the color may get fatter but it can not cover more white material Certainly this effect can only appear at the top respectively at the end of the curve In this case it is obviously at 95 Probably the fluctuation is influenced by jumping values dependent on the dithering method or by measurement inaccuracy Correct this case with the Ink Coverage Limit Edit Field It can be changed by entering a new value or by clicking the Ink Coverage Limit Arrow in the measurement curves diagram with the mouse and moving the dashed line to the 9596 value The limit is to be set there where the measured values starting to fluctuate at a high level An other problem exists
83. or their individual production workflow We think that this philosophy will result in a big costumer satisfaction If you have suggestions for a better user interface for printer drivers or if there are bugs we should fix please contact the hotline of Eurosystems or Pjannto Software But please have the understanding that your suggestions can only be considered if they will fit in the entire software concept The configuration concept of Pjannto RIP relys on a setup structure This setup structure will facilitate the print parameters in three different configuration levels named Printer Setup Material Setup and Output Setup At this point the lower setup levels Printer Setup and Material Setup shall be not discused Read more about this setup levels in the chapter The Configuration Mode Because in the need to get a high flexibility on one hand and to make the use of Pjannto RIP as easy and simple as possible on the other hand only the highest setup level the Output Setup can be changed in a usual working situation The lower setup levels can only be changed in the Configuration Mode As consequence the work with Pjannto RIP is possible in two work modi In the Production Mode for a usual work situation and in the Configuration Mode for the change of lower level printing parameters The concept of the more easy user interface in the Production Mode will be supplemented by the import of Driver and Material Reference files tha
84. ore than one person with the same program and all parties must have the chance to get the meanings of the setup names This is important too to garantee a high productivity and to save resources as ink and printing media For this reasons the program is in the Production Mode after each start to make the user work clean in the described meaning The work with Pjannto RIP will be done with the program Pjannto RIP Control which is the user interface for the print process As an additional program Pjannto RIP Engine is automatically active in the background to make all the graphical calculations In normal circumstances there is no need to change things in Pjannto RIP Engine directly and mostly it is not feasible The first part of this main chapter describes the work in the Production Mode only For advanced users the second part shows the additinal possibilities in the Configuration Mode The third part is dedicated to the Reference files 23 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 1 The Production Mode After each start of Pjannto RIP Control the program is in the Production Mode The Production Mode is limited to the highest configuration level to make the work easy and clear for the user TheAdministration Menu of the Control Window only allows to work with Output Setups because the work with Material and Printer Setups is not provided in the Production Mode e TheSetup List in the Control Window only displays Output Setups e
85. our graphic program The Pjannto RIP Button will be in the Standard Toolbar of the graphic program Fig 1 The Pjannto RIP Button in the Standard Toolbar of the graphic program If this button is activated by pressing the mouse the Printing via Pjannto RIP Dialog will appear Printing via Pjannto RIP x IV Only selected objects Keep working area Print directly Cancel Fig 2 The Printing via Pjannto RIP Dialog in the graphic program In this dialog box different modi can be selected The Only selected objects Check Box If this check box is checked only selected objects will be printed If not every object will be printed 15 2 Step 16 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Keep working area Check Box With this check box it can be defined if the printed objects will be bounded by the shape of the work sheet When this check box is unchecked the print will be bounded by the boundary of the printed objects The Configure and Print Button This button will open the Pjannto RIP Control program with the Print Job Settings Dialog There is the possibility to choose the needed printing options temporary for this Print Job The Print directly Button This button will open the Pjannto RIP Control program without the Print Job Settings Dialog The Default Output Setup from Pjannto RIP will be used for the printing options This Output Setup can be defined free in Pjannto RIP The
86. r In this program no settings can be made The Pjannto RIP Engine Window Pjannto RIP Engine 1 0 Pjannto RIP Engine 1 0 PostLab c initializing 05 08 2003 12 23 33 O Clock Initialize PostLab c Level 1 gt Install font PrannsciersNormal Install font PfannsciersS chreibmaschine Install font PfannsciersGriechisch Execution of start Execution of start was successful H Initializing of PostLab c was successful 0 00 16 Seconds 05 08 2003 12 24 00 O Clock tiPostLab c Start job 05 08 2003 12 24 01 O Clock Job name CSEIGENE DATEIENSPJANNTOSPJANNTO RIP PUBLIC 2003 05 20 ENGLAPJANNTO RIPST estFilessX F DSC Type PS Adobe 2 0 EPSF 1 2 EPSF BoundingBox Opt Opt 284pt 1099pt Interpreting 00 01 57 Fig 73 The Pjannto RIP Engine Window while interpreting 109 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Pjannto RIP Engine 1 0 tVec2Print c Begin RIP Process 05 08 2003 12 32 16 O Clock Job Name X Rite DTP 41 CMYK 21 Steps 1 1 EPS Output Setup MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarDot 360 540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 Output Materi Device Description Mimaki JV4 c Pjannto 1 0 Printer Description Mimaki JV4 1 0 Color Model Option CMYK uses three dot sizes not usable for 1440 dpi Resolution Option 360 540 dpi Quality Normal 6 Splits Device Option Banding Changes the quality from resolution menu gt Use Banding
87. r J Fig 67 The General Tab View of the Application Settings Dialog in the Configuration Mode The edit fields of this tab view that are not described here are the same as the corresponding ones if the Configuration Mode is off See the main chapter The Production Mode The Print Jobs Edit Group In the Configuration Mode there is additionally the possibility to define if the graphic files of the corresponding Print Jobs should be deleted when the Print Jobs will be 96 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE deleted off the Trash list This possibility can be defined with the Delete input File with Trash Entries Check Box The Hot Folder Preset Edit Group Now the default preset for the file system folder can be changed where the print data is stored normally This file system path should be the same as the corresponding one in the Plot Manager so the print data will be send to the correct interface for the printer This information is used as default if new Printer Seupts will be created or if Reference files are imported 97 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Application Tab View Application Settings General Colors Engine Devices Windows IV Minimize Application on Idle Enable Drag and Drop of PS and EPS Files ia Fig 68 The Application Tab View of the Application Settings Dialog in the Configuration Mode The Windows Edit Group Minimise Application on Idle Check Box If this check bo
88. re able to develop close to the market Though we can not satisfy every whish because of costs and time 102 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Because of the expert knowledge and the technical equipment that is needed to create new Material Setups Pjannto Software is exerted to distribute as much as possible of the needed setups as Material Reference files Under certain circumstances we can offer the service to create Material Reference files for our customers Please contact the hotline of Eurosystems But have the understanding that we can not create Material Reference files for every imaginable combination of printers inks materials colormodels resolutions and ditherings More than one Reference file can be selected and imported in one step in this dialog When a Reference file is imported all contained setups will be installed automatically All setup levels that are not contained in the file will be created with default settings Starting from the lowest setup level that is not contained upwards to the Output Setup Excepted the printer drivers all setup names getting numbers at the end of their names if their name exists and the contant is not the same as the contant of the existing one The Pjannto Reference Window Import Results Imported Setups for MI JV 4 Satin Photo Based Paper CM K Pig VarD ot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 PjMat Printer Driver Mimaki JV4 1 0 already exists Printer Driver Mimaki JVX MAL X
89. rection This possibitity is very effective because the graphic is interpreted and ripped internally only once The Hot Folder Edit Group This parameter should not be changed usually Here is set where the print file has to be saved that the Plot Manager will find it and can send the data to the printer The file path should be the same as the corresponding one of the Plot Manager Is the Preset from Printer Setup Check Box checked than the file path from the Printer Setup is used The Spooler Edit Group 41 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Spooler Group gives the user the possibility to control the output of the printer data over the Plot Manager Is the Print while processing Check Box checked the output of the data for the printer starts while Pjannto RIP is still calculating the remaining print data This can reduce the entire production time On the other hand there can be problems with the print quality if you do so Because when the printer prints much quicker than Pjannto RIP rips the next data the printer will stop for a while inbetween the print That can cause streaks When a media change or any thing else is to do before this Print Job can be started the Confirm Job Start Check Box should be checked If you do so the Plot Manager will open a dialog box and will wait for the users confirmation before it starts to send the data to the printer 42 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Options Tab View Output Setup MI J 4 S
90. reset Popup Menu Edit elements of this tab view that are not described here are the same as the according ones of the Details Tab View or the Output Tab View in the Output Setup Dialog in the chapter The Output Setup Dialog The Output Setup Preset Popup Menu This popup menu selects the template Output Setup for the entire Print Job Settings Dialog and with this the printer driver If changes are made afterwards then the name of the template Output Setup starts with the text Modified for this Print Job This changes will not change the original setups They are private to this job 47 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Output Options Tab View Print Job Settings X Rite DTP 41 CMYK 21 Steps 1 1 ES Output ES Output Options Banding Changes the quality from resolution menu use Banding from Resolution Print Direction Bi Directional E Drying Time while Printing amp Off Ki Unit s of 0 1 Seconds Automatic Shearing after Job Off Drying Time before Shear Off C Seconds Ink Set Pigment Ink Set Q Cancel Inactive Fig 34 An example of the Output Options Tab View of the Print Job Settings Dialog Edit elements of this tab view that are not described here are the same as the according ones of the Options Tab View in the Output Setup Dialog in the chapter The Output Setup Dialog 48 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 1 10 The Print Job Log Fil
91. rint Job Queue So that they will be or will be not processed if they get to the top of the queue The Edit Job Setting Command This menu entry opens the Print Job Settings Dialog where the settings of the Print Job can be changed See chapter The Print Job Settings Dialog The Move Job to Trash Command 31 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE This action moves the marked Print Job from the Print Job Queue to the Trash of the Control Window The Show Log File Command With this command the report of the Print Job can be shown in the Print Job Log File Window In the log file every processing step of the Print Job is documented The log file can be used to reproduce an equal print or to bill the jobs Even errors which are occurred while the processing are described more detailed See also in chapter The Print Job Log File Window 2 1 6 The Trash Tab View Already processed aborted or deleted Print Jobs will be kept in the Trash of the Control Window C Print Job Queue Trash Jobname Type Status Printer Setup X Color Sum Check 1 0 EPS Deleted MH Albatros PJ 130 S X Rite DTP 41 CMYK 21 EPS Done Mimaki JV4 c Pjannt X Calibr Check GrayScale EPS Aborted HP DesignJet 5000 Fig 21 Examples of Print Jobs in the Trash Marked Print Jobs in the Trash can be changed in their state by the Trash Print Job Context Menu if they will be clicked by Print Job Right Mouse Button As an example settings can be ove
92. rs that are containing accordantly tints of black color can be remixed different This proceeding can be reasonable if colors that are close to black do not look dark enough respectively can not cover the material or if they look to much colored This option should be disabled or be limited to less amounts of CMY color components if the used material can not absorb enough ink at all or odd looking black color will be the result With the Only pure Black Check Box can be controlled if all colors that containing the accordingly tints of black or if only colors that are the accordingly tints of black and do not contain any other colors should be remixed The colors that have to be remixed will get the set amount of cyan magenta and yellow if they contain respectively if they are 100 of black tint The remixing process starts at the black tint of the Start Black Intensity Edit Field where still nothing will get remixed The remixing will pass linear to the new mixture of the Underfilling Colors at 100 Black Edit Group if the colors contain respectively if the colors are 100 of black tint This values have to be proofed in practical tests The Dithering Popup Menu Here a dithering method has to be selected The dithering will effect the quality of the print considerable The best method can be chosen only with a formidable knowledge of printing theorie 61 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Comment Edit Field The user can comment the se
93. rworked and the job can be printed again Trash Print Job C ontext Menu Redo Job active Redo Job inactive Edit Job Setting Delete Job Show Logfile Fig 22 The context menu of a Print Job in the Trash The Redo Job active Command 32 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE This command moves the marked Print Jobs with the state Waiting to the end of the Print Job Queue That they will be processed if they get to the top of the Print Job Queue The Redo Job inactive Command This command moves the marked Print Jobs with the state Inactive to the end of the Print Job Queue So that they will be not processed if they get to the top of the Print Job Queue The Edit Job Settings Command This action opens the Print Job Settings Dialog There the user can read and change the settings of the Print Job The Delete Job Command With this command the marked Print Jobs will be deleted ultimate out of the Trash list The Show Log File Command With this command the report of the Print Job can be displayed in the Print Job Log File Window In the log file every process step of the Print Job is documented The log file can be used to reproduce an equal print or to bill the job Even errors that are occurred while the processing are described more detailed See also in the chapter The Print Job Log File Window 33 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 1 7 The Output Setup List of the Control Window utput Setups H
94. s in the last decimal position can cause the fail Especially the values at the top respectively the ending of the curves close to 10046 can varying a bit So the user has to make them equal 84 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 2 5 The Printer Setup Dialog The Printer Setup Dialog can be opened with the Administration Menu of the Control Window than it will contain a list of all Printer Setups or it can be opened with the context menu of a Printer Setup in the Setup Structure Tree of the Control Window than it will contain no list of all Printer Setups By clicking the tab view Details the contained parameters can be edited that are hidden behind an entry of the list In this dialog you can specify a printer driver for a printer It can be defined the default print output rotation for the printer and the folder in the file system where the generated output data for the printer has to be stored Normally this storage path should be equal to the related one in the Plot Manager so that the Plot Manager can send the data to the appropriate interface for the printer The Close Button This command closes the Printer Setup Dialog 85 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The List Tab View List Detaits Q New Edit Q Delete Q Copy HP DesignJet 5000 c Pjannto 1 0 HP DesignJet 5000 1 0 MH Albatros PJ 1304NX c Pjannto 1 MH Albatros PJ 1304NX 1 Mimaki JV 4 c Pjannto 1 0 Mimaki J 4 1 0 Close Fig 60 Der Liste Reiter
95. sing the width and length edit fields To define the size absolute the Fixed Width Check Box or the Fixed Length Check Box have to be checked Use the right mouse button in the edit fields to select often used standard values The Mirroring Edit Group Here you can define if the print shall be mirrored in the horizontal or the vertical direction The Rotation Edit Field Here can be entered if the Print Job shall be rotated Use the right mouse button in the edit field to select often used standard values The Gamma Edit Field With this edit field you can change the lightness of the Print Job to have a simple and quick possibility to make some corrections The value one will print the colors of the graphic originally Values greater than one will make the colors darker and values smaler than one will make them lighter The Dot Gain Edit Group This edit group is not made to make quick lightness corrections For this need please use the Gamma Edit Field This parameter is made to compensate lightness corrections which are already contained in the CMYK colors of the graphic This kind of precorrections could be already made to the CMYK colors of the graphic if the graphic was dedicated to be printed through an other print process For example as an offset print In this circumstances usually precorrections are made to compensate the dot gain effect of the used printing process that would make the colors more dark So
96. t Job Queue If the Print Job was not in the Print Job Queue or the Trash before there will be no Print Job stored anywhere The Inactive Check Box Is this check box checked and the Print Button is pressed the settings will be stored to the Print Job The Print Job will have the state Inactive and will not be processed if it gets to the top of the Print Job Queue The Extended Settings Check Box This check box extends the parameter settings of the Print Job Settings Dialog temporary to the possibilities of the Configuration Mode This extention should not be need and used normally This extension was made possible to satisfy the needs of advanced users to make quick and temporary corrections to the lower setup levels like the Material Setup and the Printer Setup In the extended mode is the risk to change parameters settings that PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE can destroy the print The user must create his own setups in a way that he do not need this mode If the user checks the check box the following dialog box will appear The extended mode is described in the chapter The Configuration Mode 9 Warning ky Changes within Extended Settings may lead to uncorrect printout For this Print Job you will have the abilities of the Configuration Mode Do you really want to activate Extended Settings mode f Fig 31 The warning dialog box if the user extends the Print Job Settings Dialog to the possibilities of the Confi
97. t are delivered by Pjannto Software This Reference files will configurate the lower level setups Printer Setup and Material Setup automatically Because of the Reference files many users don t have to configurate lower levels of printer parameters But there will be still the flexibilities of Pjannto RIP for the ones that like to use them Advanced users can copy the setups that are imported by Material and Driver Reference files They can change and use them for their own needs Or they can 22 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE generate their own setups They can save them in own Reference files for archiving or to interchange them While working with Pjannto RIP please be aware of the following points e We recommend strongly for usual production to work in the Production Mode only There should be only setups established in the Configuration Mode that can be used flexible and easy in the Production Mode by Output Setups e Ifyou change setups that are delivered by Pjannto Software we recommend you strongly to copy them before Than remove the name part Pjannto from the setups name This is important to distinguish between delivered and own setups to make the work for you and our hotline easier Please keep the pricipals of comprehensibility and clarity if you name your own setups Please take this recommendations serious that the work can be done clear and quick Although there has to be considered that there may work m
98. that are not decribed here are the same as the corresponding ones of the Options Tab View of the Material Setup Dialog in the chapter The Material Setup Dialog 93 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Linearisation Tab View Print Job Settings X Rite DTP 41 CMYK 21 Steps 1 1 ey Output EY Output Options iii Material iii Material Options ili Linearisation 4 Printer Display Gamma Expansion Values o cyn Pane win s Output v Show all Colors Apply Max 100 0 gt Z Uke 000 noz 5 2 00 2 00 10 3 90 3 90 15 6 10 2 6 10 20 8 50 2 8 50 25 11 00 11 00 30 13 70 7 13 70 35 16602 1660 40 19 90 19 90 45 23 10 23 10 50 26 50 26 50 55 30 00 30 00 60 34 40 34 40 65 38 70 38 70 70 4410 44 10 75 48 40 48 40 80 55 00 55 00 85 65 20 65 20 90 72 10 72 10 95 79 60 79 60 100 100 00 2 10000 Fig 65 The Linearisation Tab View of the Print Job Settings Dialog in the Configuration Mode The edit fields of this tab view are the same as the corresponding ones of the Linearisation Tab View in the Material Setup Dialog in the chapter The Material Setup Dialog 94 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Printer Tab View Print Job Settings X Rite DTP 41 CMYK 21 Steps 1 1 E Output Output Options iii Material ili Material Options ili Linearisation u Printer Printer Setup Preset Mim
99. there is no Output Setup and no standard dot gain defined Afterwards you will be alerted that there is no Output Setup and no standard dotgain defined Choose Standard Dot Gain Standard Dot Gain for new Output Setups 1205 United States Offset Print hd Fig 5 The standard dot gain dialog Now the user has to define the standard dot gain which is used when a new Output Setup will be generated The dot gain can be defined later for any individual Print Job The dot gain has the meaning which color density precorrection is included in CMYK and gray colors of the graphical elements to compensate the density enlargement for usual offset printing Than Pjannto RIP can considere this precorrection while ripping the graphic The dot gain depends on the paper and print method the precorrection was made for and can be individual different for each country For the United States the United States Offset Print Menu Entry and for Europe the European Offset Print Menu Entry is usual If there are no precorrections included in the graphics in general choose the none Menu Entry Note RIP Raster Image Processing This is the conversion from graphic data to a point or pixel orientated format which will be proper for the resolution of the printer 17 18 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Look in C Reference vj e ek E3 ENCAD Zund File name Files of type Material Setup with Printer Driver PiMat Y Cancel
100. ting if the user prints out of the graphic program to Pjannto RIP without a print dialog The Close Button This button will close the Output Setup Dialog 35 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The List Tab View Output Setup MI J 4 Satin Photo Based Paper CHYK Pig VarDot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 Qut List Details Output I Q New HP DsJ5000 Matt Paper 150g CMY K Pig 600dpi c Pjannto 1 0 Output HP DsJ5000 Matt Paper MH APJ 1304NX Vinyl Film CMYK Sol Ink Less 384dpi c Pjannto 1 0 Qutp MH APJ 1304NX Vinyl F Edit MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig OneDot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c MI JV4 Satin Photo Bast MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig OneDot 720dpi 8 Pass c Pjar MI JY4 Satin Photo Bast Delete Copy MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Papert CMYK Pia VarDot 720dpi 8 Pass c Pjanr MI JV4 Satin Photo Base Default MI JV4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig VarD ot 360x540dpi 6 Pass Fig 25 An example of a List Tab View of the Output Setup Dialog The Output Setup List This list shows all actual Output Setups in Pjannto RIP with their underlying Material Setups The New Button With this button a new Output Setup will be created The Edit Button Through this button the marked Output Setup can be edited The Delete Button Deletes the marked Output Setup The Copy Button 36 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE This button can duplicate the marked Output Setup As an example
101. tion curves diagram If yes that will be done by mirroring the curves at the main diagonal of the diagram 2 Calculate Linearisation from Measurement No Cancel Fig 58 The Calculate new Linearisation Confirm Dialog of the Mesurement Tab View of the Material Setup Dialog The Yes Button 82 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE This command will start the conversion of the measurement curves diagram into the linearisation curves diagram Fails the conversion please see in the following description for help The No Button Here no conversion of the measurement curves diagram to the linearisation curves diagram will be executed but the originally action will be proceeded The conversion process can be done later too The Cancel Button Here no conversion of the measurement curves diagram to the linearisation curves diagram will be executed and the originally action will be canceled The conversion process can be done later too Only with linearisation curves the color engine of a print software can compute the correction of the colors because only the linearisation curves describing directly how to calculate the new color values that the effective printed values can target the target values That is the reason why the measurement curves diagram has to be converted into a linearisation curves diagram In both cases the values of the axis are interchanged by mirroring the curves at the main diagonal The conversion can
102. tirelly Afterwards the Stop RIP Process Button gets deactive and the Continue Button active The next Print Job will be processed after the Continue Button is pressed The Continue Button This button continues the processing of the Print Jobs in the Print Job Queue If the Stop after each Print Job Check Box is checked only the next Print Job will be processed The Stop RIP Process Button Pressing this button will abort the processing of the Print Job Queue entire the actual processed Print Job 2 1 5 The Print Job Queue Tab View The Print Job Queue lists all Print Jobs that are not already processed or actual in processing which were send to Pjannto RIP L Print Job Queue nS Trash Status Printer Setup HP Dosa et 5000 cam Jobname Calibr Check GrayScale Euro 1 Type EPS Waiting S Waiting G Lengfh amp Size Check inch 1 0 EPS Waiting Mimaki JV4 0 JL Fig 17 Example of a Print Job Queue with a marked Print Job In this example three Print Jobs are listed in the order of processing To change their order mark one of them and press the order arrows on the right side of the list C Print Job Queue Trash Jobname Type Status Printer Setup Calibr Check GrayScale Euro 1 EPS Waiting HP DesignJet 5000 c Pj Color Sum Check 1 0 z MH Albatros PJ 1304NX Length amp Size Check inch 1 0 EPS Waiting Mimaki J 4 c Pjannto 1 0 JL z Fig 18 Example of a Print J
103. ttings in this edit field 62 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Options Tab View Material Setup Ml J 4 Satin Photo Based Paper CMYK Pig arD ot 360x540dpi 6 Pass c Pjannto 1 0 List Details Linearisation Measurement Mirroring Lenath Calibration Maximum Picture Size x i i T Width 10002 z F Width inch Length 10002 Lenath inch Calibration dependent Options Calibration independent Options Overwritten in Qutput Setup Will then be used as default for new Output Setups Over Coating Off C Additional Over Coating Times Iv Banding Changes the quality from resolution menu lt Use Banding from Resolution E Iv Print Direction BiDieciond vr Iv Drying Time while Printing Off C T Unit s of 0 1 Seconds M Automatic Shearing after Job Off z M Drying Time before Shear Off C Seconds Positiv Media Feed Correction Fig 46 The Options Tab View of the Material Setup Dialog The option settings of the Calibration dependent Options Edit List and the Calibration independent Options Edit List are only depending on the printer driver of the underlying Printer Setup Are there no options for the printer model the corresponding edit list will not appear Note Because of the individuality of the option settings they can not be discussed in this user manual We tried to make the option descriptions as clear as possible Please have a look to t
104. up Menu 91 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE In this Popup Menu a Material Setup can be selected as template for the Material Tab View and the Material Options Tab View That can be result in the selection of a different printer driver Will the settings be changed after the template setup was chosen the additional text Modified for this Job will be written before the preset setup name This changes will not change the original setups 92 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Material Options Tab View Print Job Settings X Rite DTP 41 CMYK 21 Steps 1 1 E Output Output Options ili Material ji Material Options iii Linearisation ud Printer Mirroring Lenath Calibration Maximum Picture Size AEN t Width 10002 Widh inch Length 100 04 Length 0 039 inch Calibration independent Options Calibration dependent Options Positiv Media Feed Correction Machine Setting C Off C Unit s Negativ Media Feed Correction Overwrites the Positiv il amp Off C minus Unit s Over Coating Off C Additional Over Coating Times Fig 64 The Material Options Tab View of the Print Job Settings Dialog in the Configuration Mode The settings of the Calibration dependent Options Edit List in this tab view can influence the color output The changes may have to be compensated by generating new linearisation curves in the Linearisation Tab View The edit fields of this tab view
105. will abort the processing of the actual Print Job either it is in the interpretation or ripping phase The Print Job is moved to the Trash of Print Jobs and will get the state Aborted 2 1 4 The Process Control Elements The process control elements allows to control which rules the processing of the Print Job Queue will follow This is necessary for example if you have to change the material before the next Print Job or when you have to proof before the next Print Job if the job will fit on the rest amount of material Even it can be important to proof the success of the first Print Job of a serial and start the following jobs of this serial that can be already in the Print Job Queue if the first satisfies you Stop after each Print Job Stop RIP Process Fig 15 The process control elements in the Control Window if the processor is ready to process each Print Job after the other v Stop after each Print Job Continue o nR Fig 16 The process control elements in the Control Window if the processor is not ready to process a Print Job The Stop after each Print Job Check Box Is the Stop after each Print Job Check Box unchecked and the Stop RIP Process Button is active then the jobs will be processed one after the other if their are one or more Is the 29 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Stop after each Print Job Check Box checked and the Stop RIP Process Button active then the job in process will be finished en
106. x is checked the program Pjannto RIP Control will be minimized into the Tray Bar after the processing of all Print Jobs Enable Drag and Drop of PS and EPS Files Check Box By checking this check box it gets possible to drag PostScript Files as Print Jobs into the Print Job Queue Always show Output Setup Dialog instead of using Shift Key Check Box If this check box is checked the Print Job Settings Dialog will get open if files will be dropped into the Control Window Otherwise the Default Output Setup will be used for printing and the Print Job Settings Dialog will get open only if the shift key was pressed as the file was dropped 98 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE The Engine Tab View Application Settings General Colors Application Engine Path Resourcen Banding Memory Size 1 200 MB 8 MB IV Write Logfile for each Print Job Close Engine on Idle after s Fig 69 The Engine Tab View of the Application Settings Dialog in the Configuration Mode The Engine Path Edit Group Here the file system path of the background program Pjannto RIP Engine respectively BjRipEngine exe can be entered Is no path defined it will be assumed that this program is in the same folder as Pjannto RIP Control respectively PjRipControl exe The Ressources Edit Group Banding Memory Size Edit Field Each print of Pjannto RIP is devided into several print bands that are ripped one after the other Here the ma
107. ximum memory can be defined one band can allocate Eight megabytes is a god working average value in our experience Write Log File for each Print Job Check Box If this check box is checked a log file for every single Print Job is stored The text in this file contains information about every single processing step the job is gone through See chapter The Print Job Log File Window 99 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE Close Engine on Idle Check Box If this check box is checked the background program Pajnnto RIP Engine will be closed when there is nothing to be interpreted nothing to be ripped and the given time is elapsed Than the allocated memory will get free 100 PJANNTO RIP SOFTWARE 2 3 Reference Files The concept of Pjannto RIP to be free configurable and high flexible on one hand and to satisfy also users that are not able or not willing to make a lot of configuration work on the other hand is realized by using Reference files With Reference files Pjannto Software can distribute preconfigurated setups together with the printer driver in one single file Even every user has the opportunity to save Reference files of his own setups by the context menus of a setup list For storing them as savety copies or for interchanging Reference files can be importet later on by the Import Reference Command of the File Menu in the Control Window With this all the saved setups and printer drivers will be installed again As an example

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