Epson Stylus Pro 4000 Print Engine Product Support Bulletin
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1. 9 0 From the Print With Preview screen click the Page Setup button 3 6 From the Page Setup screen 3 6 1 Select your Custom Page Size 10X8 4 WS Leer k Cancel Lefr US Legal i E Ad AS i l Page Setup ROC 16K jes du BS 1 10 Envelope E DX Envelope l Choukei 3 Envelope Seangel Tabloid F a3 Format tar Tabloid Extra 2 Color Management E Paper Sire Bourne Space Dotument Document k Drientatian in Te l Proof C Praef Setup i Scale 10 Pres Spaga e Profile Pro4000 Anch m i E i j Intent Perceptual 3 em o3 34 Lee Biack Page 2 of 8 3 3 8 3 9 e From the Format For selection select Roll Paper Borderless Auto Expand Fojition Any Printer Tope d CoforBurst RIF Left Fes Stylus Pro 4000 Stylus Pro 400 00Borderless Lure Expand Stylus Pro 400 Borderless Retabn Size Srylig Fro 00M cimaum Stylus Pro 40 Maximum Sem Spilus Pro 40000Ro Paper Stylus Pro 4000iRall Paper Banner Formas for af 5n Pre fh Rol Panzer bdi Auto Fs nil Stylus Pro aGDOrRoll Paper Borderkess Martain Siren Srylus Fro 400 Roll Paper Boederbers Banm Edi Printer List Paper Sine x ihaw Mare Catania Color Management TB Orientation Source Space mcum je j Document f Document sRCB CS Poot C Praof Setup m Pring Spaca aces Profile No4000 Archi2. Printer Szydus Pro AHHARI Paper 5 Presets Standard ic all E Singit Cut Aute Cut Double Cut Normal Cut Fool Pager Opt T mm FK mm hh e Preview o Sae Ai PD Jt Vax Print Printer Stylus Pro 4000 Roll Paper 8 B Presets standard A Roll Paper Option Auto Cut Double Cut 4 Roll Paper Option Print Page Line Save Roll Paper Help 1 O 2 Preview Save As PDF Fax Selecting an incorrect cut option will result in an unnecessary margin before or after the printed image Page 3 of 8 4 From the Print Settings menu Continue with other settings such as like Media Type and Print Quality settings Print Stylus Pro 4000 Roll Paper 8 1 EY Page Setup Roll Paper Borderless Auto Expand Printer Presets Standard Print Settings Media Type Photo Quality Ink jet Paper 4 Ink Color B amp W Photo H Mode L Automatic A Custom oe Advanced Setuings i Print Quality Fine 720dpi ay High Speed Finest Detail _ Flip Horizontal teip Preview Save As PDF F Camel Print To obtain the best image quality select a resolution of 1440 or higher with High Speed unchecked The finest detail selection renders at 720dpi instead of 360dpi and will reduce the maximum page length to 41 66 vs 83 3 EPSON Professional Graphics Group Page 4 of 8 D BORDERLESS PRINTING WINDOWS 5 4
3. 5 1 From the file menu in PhotoShop select Print with Preview LE j x ass Pint ore Ion o EE z Left 0 146 ro Gorter imagi M Sealed Print Sire Sede 100 ede to Fit Med Height ratus Width 9 706 rhes Shaw Bouncing Bos pint Selected Arc v Show Mone Option Coler Management Source Space Document 8 Donument sHoR IECO19656 2 1 Proof 7 Proof Setup U S Web Coabed PWOP v2 Profilo are As Euri F iei a Point Comnensatior 5 2 Click the Page Setup button 5 3 Onthe Page Setup screen click the Printer button ST ono Paper Size Source Rol Paper Borderless Orientation Margins finches e Portrait Left o Bight o Landscape Top o Battar o Cancel Printer EPSON Professional Graphics Group Select your Stylus Pro 4000 and click the Properties button Page Setup b Dx Properties tatus Ready Type EPSON Stylus Pro 4000 Where USB001 Comment Network Cancel From the Epson drivers Paper tab select User Defined from the paper size drop down menu EPSON Stylus Pro 4000 Properties e Main oa Paper a Layout or Utility Paper Source Ro Paper v Borderless L Letter 8 1 2x11 in Auto Cut Normal Cut Y Paper Size fLeter8 1 2x11in Letter8 1 2x 11 in USB11x1 in US C1 x22 in 4210x297 mm 3 297 x 420 mm S
4. amp Support from the left menu then navigate to the Epson Stylus Pro 4000 The utility is compatible with Windows Mac OS 9 and OS X EPSON Professional Graphics Group PSB 2004 05 001D Page 2 of 4 What enhancements are included in the firmware up grade Epson firmware up grades include all previous firmware enhancements Enhancements included in this version are e Addresses clipping issues with 3rd party RIP s e At power up a sheet is no longer fed from the paper tray e Corrects image centering printing at 1440dpi on Single Weight Matte Enhanced Matte Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper and Archival Matte sheet media e Communication Errors via a FireWire IEEE1394 connection under Mac OS X and Windows XP are corrected e he message DRIVER INK SETTING IS WRONG is displayed if their is a mismatch between the printers panel ink setting and the driver setting Previously a command error was reported e To reduce noise when the printer is turned on the fan on the main board is turned off e UNLOCK PRINT HEAD is displayed before the initial ink charge if the carriage is locked e Corrects the condition that resulted in a maintenance call 0080 date and time not set when the printer is first turned on e Custom paper configuration can be enabled in the Driver or the printers Custom Paper Menu selection not both e A paper size error no longer occurs when switching between manual feed and the paper cassette when the paper feed
5. button is used e The noise associated with loading Roll paper is reduced e Nozzle loss caused by a print head cleaning is improved by a change to the print head cleaning process When the printer is idle the fan on the main board is turned off making the printer quieter e Tracing paper media support improved e Corrects Service Request 00010007 carriage motor timing when the printer is powered on e When loading media eliminates damage to the leading edge of the media e The Auto Nozzle Check from the EPSON Service Utility 2 now functions correctly and ejects the media e Ink smudges on the edges of the media are eliminated when performing border less printing e The print head cleaning operation was modified to correct issues related to nozzle loss air bubbles on the cap assembly and cross color contamination e Yellow now prints correctly at the right side of an image when the image size is 1 1mm wider then the media e Horizontal banding is corrected for the following medias Single weight Matte Paper Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper Premium Luster Photo Paper 250 Roll Premium Luster Photo Paper 250 Cut sheet and Premium Semimatte Photo Paper 250 Cut sheet by improvements made to the paper feed adjustment values for each media e An additional Yellow test pattern was added to the auto nozzle e Erroneous paper eject service request 00010033 error is corrected by reducing chatter in the paper eject system EPSON Profession
6. ECG1966 2 1 Proof C Proof Setup US Web Coated SW P v2 Print Space Profils Same As Source A Parceprual Hack Peine tCompeniabior 3 2 Click the Page Setup button 3 9 From the Settings selection drop down menu select Custom Page Frir Faaition Top D inch Sa ue armi C Cancel J Laft inches TE Do Center Image oo Z 4 Page Setup Scaled Print Size Page Setup Page Attributes Settings Surman Save As Default L 4 ivi Show More Options Color Management Ei Source Space Document f8 Document sRGB Paper Size Printer Margins Pro U Praaf Serup Height in Tem in Print Space Wilh m Left n Right n Profile Same AS Source Batinm i i r d 0 Camel So EPSON Professional Graphics Group 3 4 Create a Custom Paper size For this example we want to produce a borderless 8 in X 10 in print To do this you must create a custom page size for the finished print size as follows 3 4 1 Click the New button and name your custom paper size For this example we will use 10 8 3 4 2 For Paper Size setting use a Width of 10 inches and a height of 8 inches 3 4 3 Be sure to zero out the Printer Margin settings 3 4 4 Click Save then click Ok Page Setup Settings Custom Paper Size FH C New Duplicate Delete sae Paper Size Printer Margins Height 8 in Top 0 in Width 10 in Left 0 in Right 0 in Bottom 0 in Cancel
7. EPSON Product Support Bulletin Date 1 27 05 Originator SA JA PSB PSB 2005 01 002 Authorization X Reference N A Total Pages 4 Product s ColorBurst RIP for Stylus Pro 4000 Subject Image Clipping Update Stylus Pro 4000 ColorBurst RIP Image Clipping Update This document provides instructions and how to correct image length clipping issues from Stylus Pro 4000 ColorBurst Rip when printing on sheet paper Macintosh OS X Instructions 1 Download the updated version of the ColorBurst Rip Server version 3 8 2 from Epson s web site The file name is epson11321 and can be downloaded from www epson com 2 Install the ColorBurst Rip Server update and the PPD file For instructions please refer to the What s Changed PDF file that is included with the ColorBurst 3 8 2 updater 3 Once the updates have been installed setup your print jobs as normal from your applications Select ColorBurst as your printer driver Select the page size that you want to print on This can be a predefined page size or a custom page size Page Setup Settings Page Attributes EF Format tor ColarBurst RIPIZ EB Color amp urst Epson RIP v Paper Size 8 5x1 Hd 8 50 in x 11 00 in Orientation 4 LIPS Ta Scale 100 2 Cancel ii 4 Launch the ColorBurst Rip on the server computer Once the ColorBurst Rip window is up and running select your environment for the media that you are using Click on the Printer Settings button eoo Col
8. Originator rws Bulletin PSB 2004 05 001D Authorization A Reference NA Total Pages 4 Product Stylus Pro 4000 Subject Firmware History This bulletin was created to provide Stylus Pro 4000 firmware history information The Current Firmware version for the Stylus Pro 4000 is 102851 release date 1 28 05 How do check my printer s firmware version Press the MENU button Choose one of the following From PRINTER STATUS menu select VERSION From TEST PRINT menu print a NOZZLE CHECK How do I determine if my firmware requires updating Epson firmware version information represents the printer model code and release date of the firmware up grade The table below provides examples of what each digit of the firmware version represents EPSON Professional Graphics Group PSB 2004 05 001D Page 1 of 4 X E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F How do I update my firmware The Stylus Pro 4000 firmware can be up graded with the Epson Printer Service utility 2 Printer Service Utility 2 allows you to optimize the performance and image quality of your printer by performing print head alignments printer adjustments and power head cleanings create custom paper configurations for Epson and 3rd party media and up grading the printer s firmware Instructions for using the utility are included in the Utility Manual and the online help in the utility You can download the utility from www prographics epson com Select Drivers
9. Stylus Pro 4000 Where USB001 Comment Printto file Print range Copies e All Number of copies E C Pages from ta El gi M Collate Selection tee Page 7 of 8 CUTTING OPTIONS 6 BORDERLESS PRINTING USING RETAIN SIZE The table below details Roll paper widths image and custom page size suggestions for printing borderless using the retain size option This option 7 1 Single Cut will result in clipping about 1 8 inch of the image P P e Use the Single Cut option when printing Paper Width 8 8 3 10 12 14 16 17 Le UN RE a c La LN al maui ble vanes Gi a time Ihe wa O a a a a leading margin and cuts between images Non Epson media widths The printing instructions are the same as mentioned in the previous sec tions with the exception of creating a custom page size Use the Custom Page Width selection in table above when cre a Shows how the media is Cut for each ating your custom page size to minimize the clipping IL option 7 2 Double Cut e Use the Double Cut option when printing a single page This selection trims the leading margin and at the trailing edge of the image Each new print will have a leading margin that is cut 7 3 Normal Cut or Off e Using Normal Cut or Off will leave a margin before and after each printed image Not used for borderless printing EPSON Professional Graphics Group Page 8 of 8 EPSON PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN Date 02 14 05
10. al Graphics Group PSB 2004 05 001D Page 3 of 4 e The Dual CMYK ink set change function is removed Dual CMYK is not a supported model in the US e Automatic Sheet Feeder service request message 00010031 is now reported correctly e Auto nozzle check pattern Auto Uni d Bi d adjustment Status sheet and the Job information sheet print correctly on any size media EPSON Professional Graphics Group PSB 2004 05 001D Page 4 of 4 EPSON PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN Date 4 13 04 Originator rws Bulletin PSB 2004 03 006A Authorization Reference TE03 461 Rev A epson10997 TE03 620Rev A TE03 620 Rev B Total Pages 1 Product Stylus Pro 4000 5500 7600DYE 7600UCM 9600DYE 9600UCM 10000DYE 10000CF 10600UCM Subject Driver Plug in Up Date v1 0cE for the Epson MAC OS X Printer Driver This bulletin was created to inform you of a Epson Driver Plug in up date for the Stylus Pro 4000 5500 7600DYE 7600UCM 9600DYE 9600UCM 10000DYE 10000CF 10600UCM standard Mac OS X Epson printer drivers posted prior to April 01 2004 Description of Change This change updates the standard Epson driver interface plug ins ONLY that were included as part of the Epson MAC OS X driver posted prior to April 01 2004 and supersedes the epson10997 connectivity Plug in up date previously posted NOTE Should you need to reinstall the Epson Printer Driver after this up date you will need to re apply the update again afterward to update the drivers standard plu
11. cs Group For Paper Source select Roll Paper Check Select Borderless then select Auto Expand from the drop down menu From the Auto Cut drop down menu select the Single Cut or Double Cut option for borderless prints See the Cutting Option section for cutting selection details Selecting an incorrect cut option will result in an unnecessary margin before or after the printed image Under Paper Size make sure your User Defined paper size of 10 X 8 is selected from the drop down list After all Paper selections are correct click on the Main tab EPSON Stylus Pro 4000 Properties 2 xi a Main lesa Paper e Layout eo Utility Media Type 10x8 Borderless Premium Luster Photo Paper Ink Color B amp wW Photo Black Mode Automatic m C PhotoEnhance Custom Custom Settings v Advanced m Ink Levels SuperFine 144Ddpi Color Controls MicroVveave On High Speed On Version 5 34 nimm Print Preview On the Main screen do not select the Print Preview option If selected you will have a margin between prints like the example shown under CUTTING OPTIONS for Double Cut This is due to the delay in spooling the jobs to printer because of the preview As a result they are handled as if they were individual print requests To eliminate the margin between prints when multiple jobs are spooling turn Off the Print Pre view driver op
12. d Media Control B Use Page Settings Paper Size _ Width 25 in Height hn In Image Offset Auto Center 2 Center with Offset Horizontal Ofizer In Vertical Offset 0 In C Manual Position Horizantal Ofset 0 Iri Verncal Offser Iri Vertical offset applies ta both leading and trailing edges far rall mage aid leading edge only for sheet made Cancel GOED Note With the Auto Center option selection if your image size is larger then the actual printable area supported by the printer hardware some clipping may still occur in the image length approximately 1 16 of an inch The printer always has a fixed bottom margin of 56 inches If you are printing an 8x10 image on an 8 5x11 page auto centering will clip part of the image lengthwise in order to center the image top to bottom To avoid clipping the image you must select Manual Position under Image Offset and also uncheck auto centering option under your application and set the margins manually You may have to set the top margin in your application to 25 to get the full 8x10 image to print Image Offset Auto Center Center with Offset FILIIS I if j ij i Jertical C wr p f Manual Position Horizontal Offset in Vertical Offset In Vertical offset apalies to both leading and trailing edges for rall mode and leading edge ony Tor sheet madi 6 Now you are ready to send the job from your application or dra
13. e 1s larger then the actual printable area supported by the printer hardware then some clipping may still occur in the image length approximately 1 16 of an inch The printer always has a fixed bottom margin of 56 inches If you are printing an 8x10 image on an 8 5x11 page auto centering will clip part of the image lengthwise in order to center the image top to bottom To avoid clipping the image you must select Position upper left corner of job option and also uncheck auto centering option under your application and set the margins manually You may have to set the top margin in your application to 25 to get the full 8x10 image to print 5 Now you are ready to send the job from your application EPSON PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN Date 07 14 2004 Originator JD amp RS Bulletin PSB 2004 07 001 Authorization Reference NA Total Pages 8 Product Stylus Pro 4000 Subject Roll Media Borderless Printing 1 BORDERLESS PRINTING WITH AUTO EXPAND OVERVIEW In order to achieve a true borderless print on roll media with minimal clipping with the Stylus Pro 4000 printer driver select the Auto Expand feature This is intended to be a quick solution to automatically expand your image width by 3 to produce a borderless print Depending on the print size you choose some clipping is normal If clipping of the image is an issue you can try adjusting your image print size so when Auto Expand is selected minimal clipping occurs This document outl
14. g and drop into the hot folder PC Windows XP 2000 Instructions No updated software is required to correct the image clipping issue under Windows XP 2000 However the following changes have to be made 1 Setup your print jobs as normal from your applications Select ColorBurst as your printer driver Select the page size that you want to print on This can be a predefined page size or a custom page size 2 Launch the ColorBurst Rip on the server computer Once the ColorBurst Rip windows is up and running go to Options menu then select Printer Options 3 Under Page Setup select User page dimensions option and enter the page width and height dimensions 4 Select Position upper left corner of job option This option does not center the image but it will allow to print the full image without clipping Click on OK to close the window I3 Printer Options General Epson 4000 Specify the print queue and general print environment Printer and print queue Epson 4000 Printer Units of measure Inches E Print Lueue Mirror Image EPSON Stylus Pro 4000 Cop T Number of copie D Page setup Enter page dimensions for job positioning and cutting Iv Use page dimensions Width 8 500 Height 1 li t Center job within page dimensions Position upper left comer af job Ine i D own 0 Note To center the image select Center job within page dimensions With the Center job within page dimensions option if your image siz
15. g ins Reason This Update stabilizes Epson driver Interface communications during printing and corrects Epson Status Monitor functions for the following Professional Graphics printer driver plug ins and upgrades their versions to FireWire v1 81 USB v1 81 TCPIP v1 81 NOTE In addition we recommend you upgrade your MAC OS X operating system to the most current version How Do Get The Up Date The up date is available for download on our WEB Slite www epson com from the MAC Drivers amp Downloads section for each of the printers listed The file name is epson11057 EPSON Professional Graphics Group Page 1
16. ines the steps required to produce roll media prints with minimal clipping of the left and right edges of your image The examples in this document represent how you would create a borderless 8 X 10 print on Epson 10 roll media with the Auto Expand feature of the Epson driver The application used was Adobe PhotoShop CS using Macintosh O S 10 3 3 and Windows XP The table below details roll paper widths and the corresponding image width recommendations to print images with minimal clipping of the left and right edges of your image when the Auto Expand driver feature is selected e w AO ce same EU Non Epson Roll media widths 2 SETTING YOUR IMAGE SIZE 2 1 Start Photoshop 2 2 Open Your Image 2 3 From the Image menu select Image Size and set your Document size to Width 9 7075 X Height of 8 click okay You may need to uncheck Constrain Proportions to set your desired document size EPSON Professional Graphics Group Page 1 of 8 3 BORDELESS PRINTING MACINTOSH 3 1 From the File menu in PhotoShop select Print with Preview Print Pasitian Printis Top inches R8 META Left inches izj Ps od x Center Image Page Setup Scaled Print Size Scale LOO E Seale ta Fit Media Height n _ inches m h Width 9 705 inehes 8 M Show Bounding Box Print Selected Ares IM Show More Options Color Management 4 Source Space Dacument Dacument sRGE I
17. orBurst RIP Server Epson Stylus Pro 4000 Printer SP 4000 HH Hold Activate Delete Cancel Environment 720v Premium Glossy 250 Printer Settings Ink amp Color Settings f Receive On Hold RIP List 0 items CORIPOn RIP Off Dimensions RIC Done List 8 items File Name Status Copies Dimensions File Type Size Fagle psd Completed 1 8 50 x 11 00 In P5 1 5 MB ym Two People GS_jpg Completed 1 8 50 x 11 00 In P5 400 KE Two People G5 ipg Completed 1 8 50 x 11 00 In PS 404 Ki i ata Ew L075 In pS aga vn lae Y 10 3 GE Free IF 5 Under Printer Controls select Print from Sheet for your media source Check Use Page Settings and input the page width and height values in the Paper Size box These settings must match the settings you selected from your application under Page Setup For example if you selected Letter Size from your application enter 8 5 for the width and 11 for the heigth For Image Offset select Auto Center to center the image Click on OK to finish Printer Settings Print Quality 2 Pass E Printer Controds 3 Print fram Roll f Print from Sheet _ Use Bidirectional Printing L Edge To Edge Printing Image is slighth upiscaled to allra for borderless printing The rut method is used Tor cutting Cut Media Enables the current cut method as ser an the nrinter s front panel Advance
18. tion Page 6 of 8 5 6 7 You can select Custom then click the Advanced button to select resolution and color options 5 6 8 When you have finished your selections return to the Main tab and click OK to exit the printer properties To obtain the best image quality select a resolution of 1440 or higher with High Speed unchecked The finest detail selection renders at 720dpi instead of 360dpi and will reduce the maximum page length to 41 66 vs 83 3 Oar Click OK on the next two Page Setup screens r Printer Name SSO ae I Properties Status Ready Type EPSON Stylus Pro 4000 Where USBO001 Comment Network Cancel r Paper Size i 0X8 Y Source Roll Paper Borderless v r Orientation r Margins inches Portrait Left f Bight i C Landscape Ton f Bottom Cancel Printer EPSON Professional Graphics Group 5 8 5 9 5 10 Click Print on the Print With Preview screen F Sh Ment Opecns Ez Whar eer iud Bounce oec Deorument Gooumeni S05 P6135521 Puo Peon Seba US Web Oobi DYOR w2 IPrirt Spacg Click Proceed if you see the following message On the Print screen click OK to print your image Adobe Photoshop I The image is larger than the paper s printable area some clipping will occur Print E 3 xi Printer Name EPSON Stylus Pro 4000 Properties Status Ready Type EPSON
19. uper AJ B 329 x 483 mm A2 420x594 mm SuperFine 1440dpi Color Controls B4257 x 364 mm MicroWeave On B3 ih x514mm High Speed On 8x 10in 11x14 in EM 40 x 50 cm Version 5 34 30 x 40 cm User Defined Cancel Help Page 5 of 8 9 9 1 5 6 1 5 6 2 Give your user defined paper size a name we will use 10 X 8 for this example User Defined Paper Size Paper Size Name fioxe PaperWidth 1000 2d 394 1701 Paper Height eoo 583 58055 9 6 3 Paper Size User Defined Items that cannot be used with the Unit currently selected paper tray are grayed out see 5 6 4 C 0 01 cm e 0 01 inch OK Cancel Help Give your user defined paper size a Width of 10 1000 x 01 and a Height of 8 800 x 01 Click Save then OK 9 6 5 9 9 2 5 5 3 5 6 Under the Paper tab choose the following settings EPSON Stylus Pro 4000 Properties 2 x Ca Main s Paper R Layout amp o Utility Paper Source Roll Paper v Borderless Auto Expand Auto Cut Double Cut Paper Size foxa Copies Aad ipl E Reverse Order M Collate Orientation Portrait C Landscape 5 6 6 Rotate by 180 Color Controls MicroWeave On High Speed On Version 5 34 Roll Paper Option Auto Rotate PrintPeage Line Save Roll Paper oen rens EPSON Professional Graphi
20. ved Matte 3 intent Fricepzual xw Ute Black Pensa Cosine From the Print with Preview screen Click the PRINT button 3 8 1 From the Printer pull down menu select Roll Paper Borderless Auto Expand Colitur RIP i EPL 5800 Stylus Pro 4000 5rylut Fro 40000Borderless Aut Expand Stylus Pro 400Borderleds Retain Sizelr Stylus Pro 40000 imu Stylus Pro 4000cMaximumi Stylus Fro 40000Roll Paper Bane Primer E TIT Wkoll Pior ford este ito EST nre Styl Fro 400 Rol Paper Borderless Recaln Simili Stylus Pro 4000Roll Paper Borderbess Banner Soluk Pro A0000R0ll Paper Presets Edi Printer List Copii Pages Can Hum i to m Preview Sen As POF jJ b Fax j if Cancel From the Copies amp Pages drop down menu select the Roll Paper Option Liyu r Scheduler Durput Options Print Paper Handling Printer Sryus Peo 400iRoll Paper B FE a Pi Lodi Pranati Standard m Prexery Printer Color Management Paper Configuration Copies amp Pages m Roll Paper Option p Summary Cogia 1 Bi Collared Aum F a ao AM Roll Paper Cation P Eromi 1 ta d a neis rsen sra ron Fs Cancel man D m Gave as Por fax tr fmt EPSON Professional Graphics Group 3 10 From the Auto Cut Options menu choose the Single Cut or Double Cut option for borderless prints See the Cutting Option section for cutting selection details Print
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