ColorBurst Overdrive for Windows v1 User`s manual
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1. lt 7 E K Control Panel Printers a Organize v Views Ea Par ee Name Documents Status Model Co E Documents iu ColorBurst_v4 0 Ready ColorBurst_v4 l w EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 0 Ready EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 E Pictures dab HP Color LaserJet CP2020 Series PCL 6 0 Ready HP Color LaserJet CP2020 Series PC Music dab Adobe PDF 0 Ready Adobe PDF Converter 4g Recently Chan BR Searches Figure 1 2 The ColorBurst printer and an Epson SP9900 printer with a Ready status in the Windows Printers list 5 Launch the Overdrive RIP Overdrive installation creates two Overdrive desktop shortcuts one Tor the demo version and one for the full product dongle required Overdrive is installed in your C drive unless you specify otherwise OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Le Le Co lorBurst ColorBurst Demo Overdrive Overdrive Figure 1 3 The Overdrive shortcuts on the desktop 6 Register Overdrive Register your copy of Overdrive an internet connection is required If you click Register Later the registration window will pop up every few hours until registration is completed NOTE After launching Overdrive for the first time please exit the program to create an initial settings ini file and relaunch Overdrive Overdrive Utilities The following utilities are installed as part of the initial Overdrive installation Dongle Updater This program can be used to update your dongle r2. Getting Started ColorBurst Overdrive is a PostScript Language Level 3 compatible Raster Image Processor RIP that uses new advances in color management and printing technology to deliver high end color accurate proofing and Pantone matching for inkjet printers Support for any paper is immediately available due to the universal nature of Overdrive s color management Overdrive supports RGB CMYK and Grayscale TIFF and JPEG file formats as well as PS EPS and PDF files A Hot Folder is included for printing across networks and Overdrive can be printed to directly trom your favorite applications Minimum Requirements Before installing Overdrive make sure your computer meets the following requirements Operating System Windows 7 all workflows supported Windows 8 printing from applications is not supported files can be sent to the Hot Folder or placed directly in the Job List to print CPU Dual core 2 6 GHz CPU or faster recommended RAM 4 Gb RAM minimum Disk Space 20 GB or larger hard disk recommended as needed for processing jobs Monitor 1024x768 minimum resolution required Printer Connection Gigabit Ethernet or USB 2 0 connection required for printer driver Printer Driver The most recent printer driver available for your printer must be downloaded from the printer manufacturer s web site and installed prior to running Overdrive older drivers may cause problems when printing OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MAN
3. Important Notes Before you get started there are a few things you should know about printing directly from applications to the Overdrive RIP 1 Overdrive must be installed and running If Overdrive is not running when you print your file Windows will not be able to send your file to Overdrive The file will remain in the printer until Overdrive is launched 2 The ColorBurst PPD v4 1 must be installed on every workstation that will print to Overdrive The ColorBurst printer can be used as a network printer and will publish on the network as a Bonjour printer IP Protocol or LPR printer PPD installers for Windows and Mac OS X are included in the Overdrive Printer Driver folder 3 If the page size is not set up correctly in the application your files will not print correctly Page parameters bounding box are assigned through the Page Setup in many applications Some applications will let you do a page size internally such as Quark or InDesign Other applications will require you to set a page size in the Print window such as Photoshop If you do print from Photoshop make sure you have the correct page size set in your application OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL 4 Data from Photoshop must be sent in Binary form This can be set in the Print with Preview window You must select Output and then set the encoding to Binary 5 The Hot Folder can be used as an alternative to printing directly from applications Files c
4. X delete button OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL S amano by CSE WINS File Options Help ColorBurst EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 Proofing White Sen overdrive Printers i ma Slaaie o x amp S b T E es a n aE s Joblist 1 Hip an HP an File name Status Copies Dimensions File type File size On hold 16 86 x 12 651 Figure 3 6 Activate your file to change the status from On hold to Ready Click RIP On When you click RIP On Overdrive begins to process the file at the top of the Job List with a Ready Priority or Ready status You can drag files to reorder them in the Job List If your printer is connected properly your file will begin to print During processing the Overdrive status bar at the bottom of the Job Manager window changes to a progress bar The Messages window shows information about processing and printing Overdrive by CSE WIN32 File Options Help eas EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 Proofing White Ser overdrive Bins m Envi ela TBE a2 a b E Meda width 24 in fe N Job list 1 File name Status Copies Dimensions File type File size Dock tif Printing 1 16 86 x 12 651 TIFF 879 KB Figure 3 7 Click RIP On to start processing After printing tiles move to the Done List Files can be moved back to the Job list for reprinting or deleted by clicking the Delete button NOTE Ifyou want to cancel a job while it is processing select the file and cl
5. ColorBurst overdrive ColorBurst Overdrive for Windows v1 User s manual hy wz PANTONE Digital Color 1993 2013 CSE Inc OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL and 1993 2013 Compatible Systems Engineering Inc All rights reserved Compatible Systems Engineering Inc CSE reserves the right to change the information in this document without prior notice The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the agreement No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or information storage and retrieval systems for any purpose other than the purchaser s personal use without the express written permission of CSE ColorBurst and Overdrive are trademarks of CSE Inc PostScript and Photoshop are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries EPSON and EPSON Stylus are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation SEC registered in the U S and other countries PANTONE Colors displayed in the software application or in the user documentation may not match PANTONE identitied Standards Consult current PANTONE Color Publications tor accurate color PANTONE and other Pantone Inc trademarks are the property of Pantone Inc Pantone Inc 2001 Pantone Inc is the
6. and job titles Each layout s default settings are based on the currently selected environment Click the Properties button in the Layout Area window to open the Layout Properties dialog TR Layout Area 63 6x100 inches wD Scale to size Scale by percentage we 19 131 H 15 74i we 100 H f100 x E Scale width and height indepen Figure 4 3 Click the Properties button to open the Layout Properties dialog NOTE Changes to the Layout Properties are saved as part of the current layout only the selected environment and Layout Properties of other layouts are not affected To set defaults for all layouts use the Layout Area tab in the Job Manager s Printer Settings dialog Layout Area tab The Dimensions settings define the size of the Layout The width which is dimmed must be set in the Job Manager window by clicking the Change Media button The Height is used to set the height of the layout worksheet so it is usually set to a high number to ensure the layout has room to fit images default is 200 inches The layout will only print the length of the images in the layout not the height entered The margin settings allow you to specify how much white space is added between each image in a layout The Across value adds space between the left and right sides of images while the Down value adds space between the tops and bottoms of images Use the In and Down Offset to move images away from the top left corner of the
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8. Overdrive Printer Settings dialog Use this chart to set Overdrive Printer Settings when building an environment a Job Setup Sheet paper select Use Absolute Height and enter the length of your paper in the Height field Roll paper select Use Job Height plus extra height b Positioning Select Center job inside page to center all images or select Offset trom upper left corner of page default c Unprintable areas Default value is 0 1 for all sides match your printer s non printable margins see your printer documentation for exact values Borderless printing only set all four values to zero d Auto expand Borderless printing only Select Automatically expand job and enter 0 1 for width and height to autoexpand e Resolution Resolution must always be set to Use Printer Resolution f Auto rotation Select Auto rotate for best fit to rotate images to fit media width automatically if possible g Mirror Image Select Mirror Image to reverse image for printing on backlit film OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Printer Settings General Iob Tiles Specity the general print environment EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 Job setup Width Automatically set from media width 43 51 5 Use absolute height Height U Use job height plus extra height Extra height O Center jab inside page In O Offset from upper left comer of page Down U Enter size of unprintable areas dead zo
9. Settings to Advanced Settings to set Color Mode to No color management d Paper Source Select roll or sheet to match your media Roll auto cut settings should be set as well e Paper Size Epson printers All media size settings in this dialog are ignored Overdrive s job layout size settings are used instead Canon printers select Custom paper size any dimensions so that Overdrive can pass values through to the printer f Orientation Portrait no rotation must be selected Do not select Landscape or rotate Images may be rotated in the Overdrive Job List Once you have made these settings click OK to close the Properties dialog then click OK to close the Print dialog EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 Properti amp Main M Page Layout 7 Lnn Z Main L Page Layout Select Setting Current Settings Select Setting Current Settings Savefdel Media Settings Orientation Copies as es Proofing Paper White Semimatte R ee rel Color Rotate 180 F Mirror Image Collate Mode ic t Layout Page Size Letter 8 1 2 x 11in Advanced O Size Letter 8 1 2 x 11in Off No Color Adjustment 7J PEA Output Paper Same as Page Size S P Setti k Source C Reduce Enlarge F Multi Page Fit to Page is Fit to Roll Paper Width istom F Poster N Bo
10. Utility OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL 3 Create the ColorBurst printer in the Printer Setup Utility on the networked computer Open the Mac OS X Printer Setup Utility Click the Add button to add a printer Select the Windows tab Browse the network to find your Windows computer you may need to log in to the Windows machine to connect Select the ColorBurst printer and change the printer model to ColorBurst RIP v4 1 choose Select Printer Software to locate the PPD Click Add to add the printer oo Add A 1 GA le Q Default Fax IP Windows Search workgroup m win qel gt cic Name ColorBurst_v4 Location Use ColorBurst RIP v4 1 F Add Figure A 6 In the Windows tab select the ColorBurst printer and use the ColorBurst RIP PPD 4 Print from your application Select the ColorBurst printer when printing from applica tions The Overdrive RIP must be running when you print Printing from applications General Page Setup 1 Print settings When you are ready to print open the Print window in your application There are four things to check when printing a Make sure ColorBurst_v4 is selected in your Printer pulldown menu b Make sure the PPD is ColorBurst RIP v4 1 c If you have the ability to set Color Management settings make sure Color Management is set to Same As Source this option is not available in all applications There may be additional setup required b
11. be displayed in the Job List toolbar Add files to the Job List The Job List contains the list of files to print from Overdrive There are several ways to add files to the Overdrive Job List Open The File gt Open menu item or Open button in the toolbar opens a standard Windows Open dialog to allow you to open image files for processing OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Drag and drop An easy way to get files into the Job List is to drag files from a folder into the Overdrive Job List You may drag files from any local disk or network Use the Overdrive Hot Folder Another option is to use the Overdrive Hot Folder Overdrive Hot Folder folder to place files in the Job List Overdrive scans the Hot Folder for files and places them immediately into the Job List for printing NOTE The Hot Folder is a drop folder only To delete files trom the Job List highlight them and click the Delete button in the Job Manager toolbar Print from applications Files can also be added to the Job List by printing to Overdrive from applications The Print dialog in any application can be used to send Tiles to Overdrive locally or across a network When printing from applications all files are sent to Overdrive as PostScript files regardless of the type of file printed The process of printing to Overdrive creates a PostScript file To set up printing trom applications see Appendix A Printing to Overdrive Set File Attributes Previe
12. copyright owner of color data and or software which are licensed to Compatible Systems Engineering Inc to distribute for use only in combination with ColorBurst software PANTONE Color Data and or Software shall not be copied onto another disk or into memory unless as part of the execution of ColorBurst All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Contents Getting Started 6 Minimum Requirements a0 ec Wiad eee ee eens we eee oe wee ee eee 6 Overdrive Installation 0 0 7 Overdrive Utilities 2 lt 2s04 4 82 ged eeweeeteveedeee4 caw e sete rE bes 8 Create a Printing Environment 9 Select a Printer cece lt ee bes 9 Select a starting Environment 0 cee eee es 10 Print Driver Preferences e ee 10 Punter SeN sot a cece ee Cece ean ence eewe nee eee rae ewe R ee eas 12 ICC Profile Settings e e e e e e tedetentb oa e vee seeded 13 Save the Environment 000 cece eee 14 Printing Individual Files 16 Select a Printer and Environment e lt lt e e e eee eee eee 16 Set your Media Width 0 ccc eee 17 Add files to the Job List 0 0 2 eee 17 OO 42444 Gade seu eeew een ease ma tase Geeta ee ou hee ee ea eee es 17 Dragand dOP ectseacaneeen eee eens bets a eee ERREA s EF kaipa 18 Use the Overdrive Hot Folder 1 0 0 eee 18 Sr WOM applicatione aE E T E 4a hocuedaede d
13. paper named in the environment If you are using a custom ICC profile use the Find button to select the file from any location Once selected Overdrive copies the profile into the default profile folder for use ICC Profile Options CC Pres Select input profiles Profile name Rendering Intent CMYK ColorBurst GRACoL G7 icc Relative Colorimetric v ColorBurst GRACoL G icc Find Find AdobeRGB1998 icc Perceptual v Adobe RGB 1998 Fi ind Gray Gamma 2 2 icc Perceptual Gray Gamma 2 2 Find ind Select printer output profile Printer Pro9900_7900 EpsonProofingPaperwhiteS emimatte icc Epson Stylus Pro 9900_ 7900 EpsonProofingPaperwhiteS emimatte Select monitor output profile Monitor AdobeRGB1998 icc Perceptual Adobe RGB 1998 On Off Figure 2 10 The Output Profile must be set to match your media in the ICC Profiles Options dialog Once you have made these settings click OK to close the ICC Profile Options dialog Save the Environment The changes made in each dialog were saved as the current working environment To save the Environment for later use select Save As under the Environment menu Proofing White Semimatte 1440 dpi Roll Environments V Receive on hold File name Status Copies Dim re ve fe File size Date and time Pages Figure 2 11 Select Save As under the Environments menu to save your environment NOTE Ifyou are saving chan
14. the height of the image This means that the job title affects vertical positioning and the height of the block in the layout window Horizontal positioning is not affected by whether titles are included because while the title may have enough information to extend past the right edge of the image it Is always clipped at the right edge If the point size or spacing values are adjusted the Layout window will be updated to reflect the changes after the Printer Options dialog is closed You may change the size of the title using the Point size of type in job value entry box The minimum size for titles is 4 points the maximum size is 144 points The Additional vertical soace between job title and job entry box allows you to adjust the amount of space between the title and job This can allow space to cut the title away from the image You may add up to 4 inches of extra space between the title and job OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Appendix A Printing to Overdrive Overdrive can be used as a print server to print directly from Windows applications and other networked computers Files will print from the application to a ColorBurst printer which sends files to the Overdrive RIP Job List as a PostScript file IMPORTANT This workflow is supported when Overdrive is installed under Windows 7 only Any networked computer including those running Windows 8 and Mac OS X can print to the Overdrive printer when installed under Windows 7
15. 0 dpi Roll Environments 7 0 o Gey Ss 03 E Media width 24 in Change Media Job list 10 RIPon RIP off J Receive c File name Status Copies Dimensions File type File size Date and time Pages Creek tif Ready 1 10 67 x 8i TIFF 1 7 MB 31 Jan 13 11 35 1 Figure 3 2 Select your printer and environment before printing Set your Media Width After selecting your printing environment you will need to make sure your Media Width is set correctly This setting is not saved as part of the environment so you can change environments without needing to change the media width Receive on hold Date and time 31 Jan 13 11 35 31 Jan 13 11 35 Enter print media width 24 f 30 Jan 15 18 47 30 Jan 13 18 47 30 Jan 13 18 47 30 Jan 13 18 47 E 30 lan 14 RA Specity the full width of the print media The width includes a 0 11 2 54mm dead zone at the lett and right sides Mm The actual mageable area is 23 8 inches mh kb h d mh esk Figure 3 3 Set the media width in the Change Media dialog Open the Change Media dialog In the Job List toolbar click the Change Media button to open the Change Media dialog Enter your Media Width The number entered here should match the physical width of your media To see the actual imageable area inside the printer s margins press the Tab key Click OK to close the dialog when you are finished The new Media Width will
16. 0 ppi Set the number of copies to print Type the number of prints you want in the Copies to print field Preview your image The Preview button at the bottom of the File Attributes dialog will open the image in a Preview window Crop your image Click and drag inside the Preview window to define the crop area and click the Crop button To enter a specific crop size and position click the Crop to Size button to open the Crop Box Size dialog The crop is saved when the Preview window is closed Figure 3 5 An image in the Preview window before cropping and after cropping Activate your file and turn the RIP On To print files from Overdrive the files in the Job list must have a Ready or Ready Priority status and the RIP On button must be selected in the Job list bar The Receive on Hold checkbox is selected in the Job list bar by default This gives all Tiles in the Job list a status of On hold so any necessary changes can be made in File Attributes Files with a status of On hold must be activated to print Activate files to print Select your file in the Job List and click the green Activate button in the Job Manager toolbar to change the status to Ready To change the status to Ready Priority and move the file to the top of the Job list click the green Print Now button instead Files can be changed back to On hold status by clicking the yellow Hold button or deleted by clicking the red
17. F 879 KB 31 Jan 13 11 57 1 Forest tif In layout 1 10 67 x 8i TIFF 1 9 MB 31 Jan 13 11 57 1 z Forest Flowers tif In layout 1 10 67 x 8i TIFF 1 2 MB 31 Jan 13 11 57 1 Franninani Flowers tif Tn lavout 1 10 67 x i TIFF 961 KR 31 lan 13 11 57 1 Figure 4 1 An expanded layout CLF in the Job list The files in the layout are listed with a status of In layout Create a new Layout There are two ways to create a new layout Start with a blank layout To create a new blank layout make sure nothing is selected in the Job List or Done List and click the Layout button in the Job Manager toolbar OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Create a new Layout from files in the Job or Done Lists You can create a new layout from multiple files already listed in the Job List or Done List by selecting the files and clicking the Layout button in the toolbar The selected files will be placed in the new Layout arranged for best fit S Overdrive by CSE WIN32 File Options Help olorBurst EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 overdrive Printers Proofing White Sen Jobiist 9 RIB an RIP off Figure 4 2 Layouts are created by clicking the Layout button in the Job Manager toolbar If files are selected in the Job list they are added to the Layout Layout Properties The Layout Properties dialog allows you to set properties for the current layout including the layout height margins offsets cut marks
18. UAL Overdrive Installation To install and run Overdrive you will need the Overdrive for Windows installer which can be downloaded from http www overdriverip com You will also need your Overdrive dongle otherwise you may run Overdrive in demo mode for 15 days 1 Check the OS version Make sure that your computer is running Windows 7 2 Insert the Overdrive dongle Plug the supplied Overdrive dongle into any available USB port or USB hub Figure 1 1 The Overdrive dongle 3 Launch the Overdrive installer In the Overdrive installer select the first option to Install the Overdrive RIP When instal lation starts follow the instructions on your screen After the Overdrive RIP installation is complete you will be prompted to install Multi File Port Monitor used when printing to Overdrive from applications and client machines and Sentinel Runtime the dongle driver A ColorBurst printer is created to print to Overdrive from other applications but needs to be configured before printing See Appendix A for instructions on setting up Overdrive as a network printer 4 Verify the ColorBurst printer status After installation is complete open your computer s Printers list and make sure the ColorBurst printer and your printer driver both have a Ready status A printer with an Offline status will not be recognized by Overdrive NOTE The printer driver must be installed and have a Ready status when printing
19. an be saved or copied across a network to the Overdrive Hot Folder for printing Files in the Hot Folder are automatically added to the Job List in their native format PDF TIFF JPG etc rather than PostScript all files printed from applications come into the Job List as PostScript Printer Configuration During standard Overdrive installation a ColorBurst printer is created in your system Printer list and the Multi File Port driver is installed Before printing to Overdrive you must configure the ColorBurst printer to properly use the Multi File Port driver 1 Open the ColorBurst printer Go to Start menu gt Control Panel gt Printers Select the ColorBurst printer and double click to open In the Printer menu select Properties Printer Document View i Connect Sta Size Set As Default Printer Printing Preferences Update Driver Pause Printing Cancel All Documents Sharing Use Printer Offline Properties Figure A 1 Select Properties in the Printer menu of the ColorBurst printer window 2 Add a Port In the ColorBurst Properties window select the Ports tab Click the Add Port button OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL ColorBurst_v4 Proper r ies Print to the following port s Documents will print to the first free checked port Printer Port ColorBurst_w4 E LPT Printer Port E LPT3 Printer Port E COM1 Serial Port E COM Serial Port E COM3 Enable bidirectiona
20. and PDF tiles individually or in nested layouts All files are printed from the Job List in the Job Manager window Overdrive by CSE WIN32 bE ColorBurs Proofing White Semimatte 1440 dpi Roll verdrive Job list 10 RIPon RIP orr J Receive on hold File name Status Copies Dimensions File type File size Date and time Pages z Creek tif Ready 1 10 67 x 8i TIFF 1 7 MB 31 Jan 13 11 35 1 Desert Landscape tif Ready 1 16 64 x 12 481 TIFF 1 4 MB 31 Jan 13 11 35 1 Dock tif Ready 1 4 69 x 3 52i TIFF 879 KB 30 Jan 13 18 47 1 Forest Flowers tif Ready 1 5 87 x 4 41 TIFF 1 2 MB 30 Jan 13 18 47 1 Forest tif On hold 1 16 x12i TIFF 1 9 MB 30 Jan 13 18 47 1 Frangipani Flowers tif Ready 1 10 67 x 8i TIFF 961 KB 30 Jan 13 18 47 1 Garden tif Reach 1 Qvhi TIEE 12 MB WM_lan 12 1242 1 a Figure 3 1 Files are printed from the Job List in the Overdrive Job Manager IMPORTANT You must build a print environment before printing from Overdrive please refer to section 2 Create a Printing Environment in this document Select a Printer and Environment Each time you prepare to print make sure your printer is selected in the Printers menu and the correct environment has been selected in the Environments menu When selected they will appear in blue text above the menus OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL File Options Help ColorBurst z EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 overdrive maua Proofing White Semimatte 144
21. ased on the application you are printing from You can also make any other changes necessary such as positioning the image on the paper adding crop registration marks etc OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL NOTE If your Page Setup is not set properly you will get undesirable results 2 Click the Print button The file will print to the ColorBurst RIP printer It will then be sent to the Job List in Overdrive 3 Check the Overdrive Job List If the Receive On Hold checkbox is selected the file will not print right away The RIP list must be active and the file must have a status of Ready to print To change a file status of Hold to Ready select the file in the list and click the Activate button
22. based on your printer s non printable margins The default values are set to 0 1 inch These should be set to match your printer s non printable margins refer to your printer s documentation for margin size If printing borderless set these values to zero and use the Automatically Expand Job setting to scale for borderless set the auto expand width and height to 0 1 Automatic Rotation Auto Rotate for best fit can correct two common problems it can rotate images that come in with an Image too wide status and it can be used to automatically rotate images to Save media If an image is wider than the media width the image comes into the Job List with a status of Image too wide When Auto Rotate is selected the image is automatically rotated in an attempt to make the image fit the media This only works if the other dimension is less than the width of the printer When Auto rotate is selected all images are compared to the media width and are rotated to a Landscape orientation to conserve roll media Mirror Image The Mirror Image check box allows you to print an image reversed Use this option when printing on transparent material that is to be backlit when displayed Layout Area Settings The settings in the Layout Area tab are used to determine the layout size margins and offsets Dimensions The Dimensions settings define the size of the Layout The width which is dimmed must be set in the Job Manager win
23. ble when the Step and Repeat button is selected in the toolbar Repeat image D l Limit copies to columns or rows Copies 5 i Ml columns 1 T rows 1 E Fill the entire layout area You may specify a number of images to add to the layout by entering a value in the Copies field and clicking the Steo amp Repeat button For example if you enter a value of 5 and click Step amp Repeat the image will be repeated for a total of five copies as long as there Is enough space in the Layout window for all five images to fit NOTE The selected image is considered the first image and more images are added to make up the total number of copies To fill a layout with an image select the Fill the entire layout area checkbox and click the Step amp Repeat button The Columns checkbox lets you add images in a specified number of columns The Rows checkbox lets you add images in a specified number of rows If both of these options are selected the image will be repeated in the specified number of columns and rows OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Tile To remove all copies of an image but leave the original image in the layout click the Remove Copies button The Tile options are available when the Tile button is selected the Layout Area toolbar T Layout Area 63 6x100 inches et C cance ass Remove Preview C Ret Lee S o Tiles Tiles to print Columns 3 Rows 2 1 6 d Nest tiles Figu
24. dobe PD AutoGenerated ColorBurst ov rarive E S Canon iPF6450 Job list 0 C RIPon 9 RIP off EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 File name HP Color LaserJet CP2020 Series PCL 6 nensions File type File size Figure 2 2 The Printers menus allows you to select any printer currently installed on your computer OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Select a starting Environment Overdrive ships with a basic selection of preset environments for Epson Stylus Pro printers These are meant to be used as a starting point they will need to be modified to match your printing environment Select the environment that matches your media type If preset environments are not available for your printer you will see AutoGenerated as the starting Environment o x Proofing White Semimatte 1440 dpi Roll h Environments width 64 Epson Fine Art Papers Matte Papers K Photo Papers K Save s Environment Manager l a s Carolina Cover C15 10pt 1440 dpi Roll env Carolina Cover C15 18pt 1440 dpi Roll env UIT rares Proofing Papers Proofing Paper Commercial 1440 dpi Roll env Proofing Paper Publication 1440 dpi Roll env Proofing White Semimatte 1440 dpi Roll env Standard Proofing 205 1440 dpi Roll env Standard Proofing 240 1440 dpi Roll env Standard Proofing Adhesive 1440 dpi Roll env Standard Proofing Production 1440 dpi Roll env Standard Pro
25. dow by clicking the Change Media button The Height is used to set the height of the layout worksheet so It is usually set to a high number to ensure the layout has room to fit images The layout will only print the length of the images in the layout not the height entered OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL m Ss i as General Layout Area Cut Marks Job Titles Define sizing and positioning for nested layouts All jobs in a layout must fit inside the defined layout area Dimensions 43 8 Height 200i Margin between jobs in layout Across 0 251 Down 0 251 Offset to upper left of first job In 0 Down O Auto position options Job ordering Largest first z Alignment Fil all available space in layout area Center all jobs horizontally within layout area Multiple page jobs Group multiple pages into the same layout w Figure 5 2 The Layout Area tab in the Printer Settings dialog Margin between jobs in layout The margin settings allow you to specity how much white space is added between each image in a layout The Across value adds space between the left and right sides of images while the Down value adds space between the tops and bottoms of images Offset to upper left of first job Use the In and Down offset to move images away from the top left corner of the layout Positive values move all images in the current layout to the right and down Negative va
26. drive Job List to print to the actual printer Click Next to continue 3 Browse for a printer Choose Browse for a printer and click Next Select ColorBurst from the list of shared printers and click Next 4 Install Printer Driver If you need to install the ColorBurst print driver a message will appear to automatically install a print driver on your machine Click Yes to install the ColorBurst PPD If you do not get the message to install a print driver you will need to copy the ColorBurst Printer Driver folder to your machine so you can select Have Disk and install the PPD manually After clicking Have Disk navigate to the Print Driver folder select the ColorBurst INF file and click Open 5 Default printer The last option is to set ColorBurst as your default printer After you click Next the printer setup will be complete You can now print to this new printer from any application Printing from a networked Mac OS X computer 1 Install the ColorBurst PPD on the networked Mac OS X computer A ColorBurst OS X PPD installer is included in the ColorBurst RIP gt Printer Driver folder Copy the Mac OS X PPD Installer to the Mac OS X computer you want to print from Double click the installer to run it on your Mac The PPD Tile will be installed in the correct location 2 Check the Overdrive RIP workstation to make sure Overdrive is running ColorBurst must be running to create a printer in the Mac OS X Printer Setup
27. e printing begins To print layouts efficiently it is recommended to keep layouts shallow rather than create very long layouts Preview and Crop When a file is first added to a Layout it is represented by an empty box until a preview thumbnail is created Create a preview bitmap To create a preview bitmap for a file select the file and click the Preview button or double click the file The file is opened in the Preview window and a layout thumbnail is created OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL NOTE Preview bitmaps are stored by Overdrive until the file is deleted from the Job list Done list or Layout window Preview bitmaps can be deleted from the Layout window by Ctrl clicking the file You will need to preview the Tile again to rebuild the thumbnail Crop an image A file can be cropped in the Preview window Click and drag to define the cropped area and click the Crop button To enter a specific crop size and position click the Crop to Size button to open the Crop Box Size dialog The crop is saved when the Preview window Is closed Cropped files are indicated in the Layout window with a dashed border 24 25 26 27 28 29 Figure 4 6 Cropped files are displayed with a dashed border in the Layout Window Position Images and Refit Scale Position manually Files in the Layout window can be manually positioned by clicking and dragging the files in the Layout to new positions Re
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29. emotely in the event of an upgrade purchase ColorBurst Print Drivers The print drivers are required when printing to ColorBurst Overdrive over a network See Appendix A for instructions on setting up Overdrive as a network printer OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Create a Printing Environment Before you can print from Overdrive you must set your printer and color settings and save them as an Environment Once created an environment can be selected in the Environments menu to recall all of the settings in one step This section will walk you through the required settings to build a basic print environment Overdrive by CSE WIN3 lt n i ColorBurs Proofing White Semimatte 1440 dpi Roll L ve J rive i Environments Job list 10 RIPon RIP off File name Status Copies Dimensions File type File size Date and time Pages Creek tif Ready 1 10 67 x 8i TIFF 1 7 MB 31 Jan 13 11 35 1 Desert Landscape tif Ready 1 16 64 x 12 48 TIFF 1 4 MB 31 Jan 13 11 35 1 S Pack tif Beach 1 AFOv 257i TIFE 270 KR Welan 12 19 47 1 Figure 2 1 The main Overdrive window The Printers and Environments menus are on the first toolbar next to the Overdrive logo Select a Printer The Printers menu shows the printers currently installed on your computer This list can be changed in your System s Printer settings Start menu gt Control Panel gt Printers Overdrive by CSE WIN32 File Options Help A
30. fit Clicking the Refit button will reposition the files based on the Auto position setting in the Properties dialog The Scale options are available when the Scale button is selected in the Layout Area toolbar U8 Layout Area 63 6x100 i cancei J Asa _ Properties OS SIS Scale to size Scale by percentage Wi19138 HIRA W100 SHINN E Scale width and height independently Figure 4 7 Scale options are available when the Scale button is selected in the toolbar OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Select an image in the Layout to scale to a percentage or to a width The image will be scaled proportionally unless you select the Scale width and height independently checkbox Click the Reset button to revert the image to Its original size 100 Rotate The Rotate options are available when the Rotate button Is selected in the Layout Area toolbar Select an image in the layout and use the directional A buttons to rotate the image TH Layout Area 63 6x100 i Lama Taan T Remove Preview TRT Properies ale Rotation Figure 4 8 Rotate options are available when the Rotate button is selected in the toolbar Step and Repeat The Step and Repeat options are available when the Step and Repeat button is selected the Layout Area toolbar 08 Layout Area 63 6x100 inche Pint ma Taa Remove review C Ren Properes Figure 4 9 Step and Repeat options are availa
31. ges made to a preset environment you must give the environment a new name All preset environments are locked and can not be overwritten Type in an Environment name that describes the settings the type of media resolution format roll or sheet or any other information that may be useful OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL k Environment Manager EM Save As Assign curent environment into Environment Manager Current media manubacturer Current media type Epson Proofing Papers Environment name Proofing White Semimatte 1440 dpi Roll centered envy Media manufacturer Media type Figure 2 12 The Environment Save As dialog Environments are organized by media brand and media type Select a brand from the Media manufacturer menu or click the plus button to add a new media brand Select a media type from the Media type menu or click the plus button to add a new media type category Click OK to save your environment Once an environment is saved it can be selected under the Environments menu to set all of the saved settings in one step NOTE Make a new Environment for each type size of paper you use After your Environments are saved you can easily switch between Environments whenever you change paper in your printer OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Printing Individual Files After an environment has been created Overdrive can be used to print JPEG TIFF EPS PS
32. ha rseemed dane T es 18 OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Set File Attributes Preview Crop lt lt e e eee eee eee 18 Activate your file and turn the RIP On 0 0000 ccc eee 19 Printing Layouts in Overdrive 21 Create a new Layout 0 ccc es 21 Start witha blank JAVOUL A dneu A K R E R K K R R N R L A R ns 21 Create a new Layout from files in the Job or Done Lists 22 Layout PIODCINICS lt 0 0 9 e K R se iw eo ee ee ee Na Lewd Cee tees 22 layout Areda taD s2eceheaceasaroegseneuaseagceesadceeueeennasheess 22 CU AVIS TaD spera aae eae E E O EE E Ta Pha ae Ga O 23 Job Titles TAD a 5 44 naana saab aaa 23 Add Files to an open Layout se e e ees 24 AJDO Oee E T E on ae eye ea N 24 EYOU DUTON esere nerens erreen Renn erap 24 Preview ANG CO lt R 6 9 R R ARR E ee kes ee ee nee ee RRR RN eee eee tase eee 24 Position Images and Refit css ee 25 POSIUOM Manually 22 ceacdanectseeicdesethetadeeeaductetawnusnndbeds 25 o i NEEESE ETE EEEE EE E L E EE EE E E EEE 25 ae l E E E E E E ESE EEA EE E T EEE EE 25 KOLAO TTT 26 Step and Repeat ee e 26 VUNG E E E eee E E E E be E E EE E EE 27 Send the Layout to the Job list ee 27 Print the Layout CLF in the Job List lt s ee 27 Printer and Job Settings in Overdrive 29 General Printer Settings e e lt e eux crete eee vere es 29 fee 30 Automatic Rotation sess webs be RR RR oes ees anaa bedea ee GSE e
33. ick the red Cancel button If the file was printing at the time of cancellation you may have to cancel the job on the printer s front panel before the file will go to a status of Cancelled OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL 4 Printing Layouts in Overdrive Overdrive allows you to nest files in layouts to save media when printing Files are auto nested for best fit but can be manually positioned in the Layout window Files can be added to Layouts from the Job List using the Layout button or from the Layout window using the Add button When a Layout is complete it is sent to the Job List as a layout with an expand collapse arrow to the left of the name in the Job List When the layout is expanded in the Job List all files in the layout are listed with a status of In layout Layouts are numbered sequentially to keep track of them in the Job list Layouts have a file name extension of CLF ColorBurst Layout File G Overdrive by CSE WIN3 Sar Proofing White Semimatte 1440 dpi Roll Environments Media width 24 in Change Media Job list 9 RIPon RIP off File name Status Copies Dimensions File type File size Date and time Pages L Md 002 Creek Green Sea Turtle clf On hold 1 21 58 x 32 751 Layout 31 Jan 13 1 Creek tif In layout 1 10 67 x 8i TIFF 1 7 MB 31 Jan 13 11 57 1 Desert Landscape tif In layout 1 10 67 x 8i TIFF 1 4 MB 31 Jan 13 11 57 1 T Dock tif In layout 1 10 67 x 8i TIF
34. in the Printer Options dialog Is used to specify job title options for individual images the entire layout or both A job title is printed information including the file name describing an image or layout that is not intended to be part of the final printed product When titles are turned on a gray bar representing each title will appear in the Layout window OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL For a detailed description of job titles please refer to section 5 Printer and Job Settings in Overdrive Add Files to an open Layout Files are placed in the layout based on the Auto position settings in the Layout Properties dialog The layout Is refit after each new file is added to maintain positioning Add button To add Tiles to the Layout window click the Add button DR Layout Area 23 8x200 inche Prt L pene TILL Aas Remove Preview I pen Properties QA AK 46 X Scale to size Scale by percentage W 10 671 H 8i W 100 H 100 Scale width and height independently lad E Figure 4 5 Click the Add button to add files to an open layout Layout button Files can also be added to an open Layout from the Job list by selecting the files and clicking the Layout button in the Job Manager toolbar Files can be removed from the Layout by selecting the file and clicking the Remove button NOTE When adding files to layouts please keep in mind that the entire layout is pro cessed befor
35. k Close to save the ColorBurst Properties The ColorBurst printer is now properly configured to receive the file and redirect it to the Overdrive Spooler folder The file will automatically be added to the Overdrive Job List Color Management acur a ColorBurst_w4 Print to the following port s Documents will print to the first free checked port Description Seral Port Seral Port Multi file port Figure A 5 The new Overdrive RIP Multi file port appears in the list OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Printing from applications on the Overdrive RIP workstation 1 Install Overdrive under Windows 7 and configure the ColorBurst printer If you have already installed Overdrive and configured the ColorBurst printer you do not need to do any additional setup 2 Print from your application In the application s Print dialog select ColorBurst as the printer When you click Print the file will be sent to the ColorBurst Job List as a PostScript file regardless of the file type Printing from a networked Windows computer The following process adds a ColorBurst printer to a networked Windows computer 1 Open the Add Printer Wizard In the Control Panel select Printers Select Add a Printer to open the Add Printer Wizard Click the Next button to continue 2 Select Network Printer Select the Network printer option You will be printing to the ColorBurst printer which sends the file to the Over
36. l support E Enable printer pooling Figure A 2 Click the Add Port button in the Ports tab 3 Select and name a new port Select Multi File Port Monitor in the Printer Ports list and click the New Port button When prompted enter Overdrive RIP in the Port name field and click the Ok button aan Printer Ports MFILEMON 1 4 1 new port name Port name Adobe PDF Port a a Overdrive RIF Brother PT CP USB Port saing HP Standard TCP IP Port Local Port Microsoft Document ing Writer Monitor Standard TCP IP Port MFILEMON Copyright 2007 2011 Monti Lorenzo Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License See LICENSE txt for details Figure A 3 Name the new port Overdrive RIP 4 Configure the new port Click the button next to Output path to browse to the Overdrive RIP Spooler folder Enter t ps in the Filename pattern field OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL MALEMON 1 4 1 port cont Port name Overdrive RIF Output path C ColorBurst_Overdrive_1 1 Spooler Filename pattern T Overwrite existing files User command ST filename Sap path Execute from Use pipe to send data to user command T Wait process termination be careful Figure A 4 Select the ColorBurst_Overdrive Spooler folder and enter Filename pattern t ps 5 Save the new port Click Ok to save the settings You will see the Printer name assigned with the new Port name Clic
37. layout Positive values move all images in the current layout to the right and down Negative values OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL can be entered to move part of the image off the media This can center large images move tick marks out of view or eliminate built in white space in the image Jobs are placed in the layout based on the Auto position options The three position options are Order entered Largest first and Smallest first Jobs can be placed to fill all available space or aligned in rows for easier cutting with the option of centering jobs in the layout If you already have files in the layout you can click the Refit button to see how the settings affect placement When multipage jobs are added to a layout pages are placed based on the Multiple Page Jobs setting Multiple pages can be nested in a layout or each individual page can be printed in a separate layout Lave Ane Langit Area Cus Nada ot Tiisa Tse viel Gal marks Spel pore agen red mre Ten vedi rd hess Si portal lfe bess rriet re rsl EE Fant out RKS OF Print job tiles l inchaje full path of job rame of lrede current bres data WF Mch rle nate 0 araar fie Inchade addtional comment Enter comment below Lari rm Cue Martos Job Teist Drie u sl ebay lo raptor kcnd s A joba s a lan muh fit ingly they dere bygi area Dimensions Pagers lel 19 c Lal cr U Ps iting ork LEG C 576 Ze Setler Lax caract iiei Oiled s gv bell lt d hezi sb
38. lues can be entered to move part of the image off the media This can center large images move tick marks out of view or eliminate built in white space in the image Auto position options Jobs are placed in the layout based on the Auto position options The three position options are Order entered Largest first and Smallest first Jobs can be placed to fill all available space or aligned in rows for easier cutting with the option of centering jobs in the layout If you already have files in the layout you can click the Refit button to see how the settings affect placement Multiple page jobs When multipage jobs are added to a layout pages are placed based on the Multiple Page Jobs setting Multiple pages can be nested in a layout or each individual page can be printed in a separate layout Cut Marks The fourth tab in the Printer Settings dialog is the Cut Marks tab These settings used to turn cut marks on or off as well as specify the type of cut marks and their position OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL General Layout Area Cut Marks Job Titles Turn on off cut marks Specify position shape and size Z Print cut marks Specify shape of marks Cut Marks Corner Marks Circles HI Cut amp Box Corner amp Box m Enter dimensions Width 0 25i Height 0 25i U Specify thickness In pixels In units of mea Pixels 9102 3 4 Position marks Add space between mark
39. m 0 11 Automatically expand job Use with borderless printing Resolution Use printer resolution C Set resolution Stretch compress output to printer resolution 360 360 Allow independent xY resolution Automatic rotation Automatically rotate for best fit or to print a too wide job Z Auto rotate for best fit Mirror Image Figure 5 1 The General tab in the Printer Settings dialog OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Job Setup The Job Setup settings are used when individual files are printed trom the Job list The Width which is dimmed here is set by clicking the Change Media button When Use Absolute Height is selected a Height value must be entered Each printed job will be exactly as long as the Height value if the job is longer than the Height it will be truncated if the job is shorter the paper will advance to the specified Height By default the Use Job Height Plus Margins button is selected with a value of zero to save media this setting prints the job without extra space Entering a non zero value will add margins before and after the job There are two options for image placement The first Center job will automatically center an image on the media based on the dimensions entered The second option is Offset trom upper left corner The In and Down values are used to offset an image from the top left corner of the printable area on your media The Unprintable Areas settings are
40. nes around media Lett O11 Right O11 Top O11 Bottom HI o ZB Automatically expand job Use with borderless printing Width to autoexpand on left and right sides U Height to autoexpand on top and bottom 0 Resolution Use printer resolution Set resolution Stretch compress output to printer resolution Scns 360 Down 360 Allow independent r resolution Automatic rotation Automatically rotate for best fit or to print a too wide job Auto rotate for best fit E Mirror Image Figure 2 8 The General tab in the Printer Settings dialog a Job Setup b Positioning c Unprintable Areas d Auto expand e Resolution f Auto rotation and g Mirror Image Once you have made these settings click OK to close the Printer Settings dialog ICC Profile Settings Click the ICC Profile Options button in the toolbar to open the ICC Profile Options dialog S Overdrive by CSE WIN32 File Options Help overdrive SERET Printer L F 4p DBI S Media width 24 in Change Me Se Figure 2 9 Click the Printer Settings button to open the Overdrive Printer Settings dialog EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 F lek fet FAP SS MM an Sh PHM aft The only setting you must set is the Printer Output Profile Click the Find button to select the RGB media profile that matches your paper OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL NOTE Ifyou selected a preset environment the output profile has been set to match the
41. ns The Print job titles checkbox determines whether job titles are printed If selected job titles are created and printed and the rest of the options in the Job Titles tab become available The file name or layout name for layout titles is always part of a job title information When layout titles are printed the layout name is determined by the File Name Template in the Layout Options dialog If no other title options are selected the name is the only information printed Selecting the Include full path of job name checkbox will enable the inclusion of the full path used to open the file If Include full path is not selected the file name without any path is included in the job title If you select the Include current time and date checkbox the current time day of the week and date will be included The time and date are determined at the time the title is created OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL If you select the Include printer setup file name checkbox the name of the Printer Setup file will be included in the job title The Printer Setup file in effect is shown in the main menu bar after the Help menu The Include additional comment box allows you to add a comment to the job title Simply type your comment in the comment entry box below You may enter a maximum of 255 characters Any comment entered here will print in all image and layout job titles If you select the Uppercase checkbox the entire title will print u
42. ofing SWOPS3 1440 dpi Roll env Tango Advantage C15 10pt 1440 dpi Roll env Tango Blanks C15 18pt 1440 dpi Roll env Figure 2 3 Select a starting environment if available Print Driver Preferences Click the Print Driver Preferences button in the toolbar to opens Print dialog where you can access your printer driver settings print preferences This dialog is not used to print clicking OK simply closes the dialog and saves the driver settings for use with Overdrive G Overdrive by CSE WIN32 File Options Help ColorBurst overdrive aleleo CS S b a Weds wa 24 n change Me EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 F 5 Job list 10 RIPon RIP off File name Status Cones Nirmnensions File tune Figure 2 4 Click the Print Driver Preferences button to open the Print dialog where you can set the printer Properties OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL The Preferences button opens the printer Properties dialog for the selected printer The following settings must be set before printing a Media Type Set to match the media you are using If using a third party custom profile select the media type used when building the profile b Resolution Quality Set as desired Print speed decreases as print quality resolution increases c Color Mode You must turn off color management in the driver Epson printers tor Mode select Custom to set the color mode to Off Canon printers Change Easy
43. on the perimeter of the image allowing physical overlap when trimmed The third option is Circles This setting will print circles in the corners as cut marks instead of L shaped marks Circles should be selected when using cutters requiring circular cut marks such as the I Cut When Circles is selected make sure to set the Diameter of circle to match the requirements of the cutter The next two cut mark shapes create cut or corner marks as well as a dashed or solid box drawn around each image These shapes can be selected when using an automatic cutting device such as the Fotoba The two entry boxes below the diagrams Black on size and White off size determine whether the line is solid or dashed To draw a solid black box set the Black on size to 1 or any number other than zero and set the White oft size to zero 0 To draw a solid white box set the Black on size to zero and set the White off OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL size to any number other than zero To draw a dashed line give both boxes values other than zero A value of zero in both edit boxes indicates that no cut box will be drawn The last option is Squares This setting will print squares in the corners as cut marks instead of L shaped marks Squares should be selected when using cutters requiring square cut marks such as Summa cutters When Squares is selected make sure to set the Width and Height of square to match the requirements of the cut
44. rderless 10s tings Ink Levels Print Preview a a a a a a a Optimize Enlargement E Layout Manager E Print Bckg Color C OR Y LC MK PK VM LK GR LUK VIM Job Settings Reset Defaults y Show Settings Version 6 73 Reset Defauits Y Show Settings Manual Version 6 73 ok Caoa Hee ok Caos Da Figure 2 5 The printer Properties dialog for Epson printers a Media Type b Resolution Quality c Color Mode d Paper Source e Paper Size and f Orientation OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Mar Page Setup Layout Fawortes Ly Suppo Meda Tyee Camo e E Photo Casinos Sire L Cor e aj 9 Pirat AJ Landscape iia Roiate Page 30 deyen Loniave Paper OQ Sane Ral Paper Fol pan Width r Bd 9059 pl Figure 2 6 The printer Properties dialog for Canon printers a Media Type b Resolution Quality c Color Mode d Paper Source e Paper Size and f Orientation Printer Settings Click the Printer Settings button in the toolbar to open the Printer Settings dialog The Printer Settings dialog is used to define print settings for individual jobs and layouts File Options Help i ColorBurst EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 F overdrive N e S le a eler iH Media width 24 in Change Me lek fet Armir MM an Se THM aft Figure 2 7 Click the Printer Settings button to open the
45. re 4 10 Tile options are available when the tile button is selected in the toolbar The Columns and Rows fields can be used with the Tile Job button for quick tiling Tiles will be placed in their own layout unless the Nest tiles checkbox is selected The Options button opens the Tiling Options dialog which gives more control over individual tiles Send the Layout to the Job list A Layout does not appear in the Job list for printing until the Layout window is closed Close the Layout window To save changes made to the layout click the Print button in the Layout window toolbar The layout will be sent to the Job List as a CLF ColorBurst Layout File 08 Layout Area 63 6 100 i Preview Rett Properes EA EA Scale to size Scale by percentage Figure 4 11 Click the Print button to send the layout to the Job List to print To close the Layout and cancel any changes made click the Cancel button Print the Layout CLF in the Job List The layout CLF will print when it is the first Ready or Ready Priority file listed in the Job List and the RIP On button is selected Set the layout CLF status to Ready Select the layout CLF file in the Job list and click the green Activate button in the Job list toolbar OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Turn the RIP On When you click RIP On Overdrive begins to process the file at the top of the Job List with a Ready Priority or Ready statu
46. s If your printer is connected properly the Tile will begin to print During processing the Overdrive status bar at the bottom of the Job Manager window changes to a progress bar The Messages window shows information about processing and printing After printing the layout CLF moves to the Done List The layout CLF can be moved back to the Job list for reprinting or deleted by clicking the Delete button NOTE Ifyou want to cancel a job while it is processing select the file and click the red Cancel button If the file was printing at the time of cancellation you may have to cancel the job on the printer s front panel before the file will go to a status of Cancelled OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Printer and Job Settings in Overdrive The Printer Settings dialog is used to define individual job and layout settings used by Overdrive To open Printer Settings select Options menu gt Printer Settings or click the Printer Settings button in the Job Manager toolbar General Printer Settings The Printer Settings dialog opens in the General tab General Layout Area Cut Marks Job Titles Specify the general print environment EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 Job setup O Use absolute height Use job height plus extra height Extra height C Center job inside page In Offset from upper left corner of page Down Enter size of unprintable areas dead zones around media Lett 0 11 Right 0 11 Top 0 11 Botto
47. s and the corners of the page Left 0 Right 0 Top O0 Bottom 0 O Position marks at corners of layout boundary Nested layouts n nia Position marks at corners of all jobs in layout Figure 5 3 The Cut Marks tab in the Printer Settings dialog Print Cut Marks The Print cut marks checkbox determines whether or not cut marks are printed around each image in the layout When this box is selected Overdrive creates marks to indicate where to trim the image The rest of the options in the Cut Marks tab are only available when this checkbox is selected Specify shape of marks When the Print cut marks checkbox is selected there are six different cut mark shapes to choose from Each type is visually represented by a diagram to show what the marks will look like To select a cut mark shape click on the diagram to highlight it The appropriate options in the Cut Marks tab will become available depending on which shape diagram is selected For standard crop marks select the first diagram Cut Marks This will create an L shaped mark facing out from the image in each corner of the image When used with tiling the Cut mark will print at the overlap mark so that when the tiles are cut they will line up with each other without overlap The second option is Corner marks This will print an L shaped mark on the corners of the image facing into the image When Corner marks are used with tiling the marks print
48. sing uppercase letters Otherwise all characters except the first letter of the day and month name will be printed in lowercase letters General Layout Area Cut Marks Job Titles Turn on off job titles Specify the title s content size and space Print job titles Include full path of job name J Include current time date J Include name of environment file Include additional comment Enter comment below L Print using only uppercase characters Color correct titles Add colorbar above text Colorbars Nested layouts Print layout title Inhibit job titles Print job titles Inhibit layout title Print both layout title and job titles Space reserved for titles Point size of type in job title Additional vertical space above job titles Additional vertical space between title and top of job Figure 5 4 The Job Titles tab in the Printer Settings dialog Nested Layouts The Nested Layouts group contains settings that determine the type of job titles that are printed There are three choices print a layout title only print job titles only or print both layout and job titles Job titles appear above each individual image a layout title appears at the top of a layout above two or more nested images Space Reserved for Titles The Space reserved for titles group allows you to set the size and spacing for titles When job titles are included the height of the title is added to
49. ter Enter Dimensions The Enter dimensions group lets you enter the Width and Height of the cut marks if applicable When Circles is chosen as the cut mark shape the dimensions settings change to Diameter of circle The thickness of cut marks can be changed in the Enter dimensions group Click on the Specify Thickness In Pixels button to choose a width of 1 2 3 or 4 pixels If you want a different measure you may enter it manually by selecting the Specify Thickness In Units of Measure button and entering the value in the Units entry box Position marks The Position marks group lets you add space between the marks and the corners of the image You can enter a positive number to add space around the image or a negative number to place the mark inside the image for trimming bleed Nested Layouts The Nested Layouts group contains settings that determine cut mark placement when a layout Is printed There are two choices position one set of cut marks at the corners of the layout boundary or place cut marks at the corners of all jobs in a layout Job Titles The Job Titles tab in the Printer Options dialog is used to specify job title options for individual images or entire layouts A job title is printed information describing an image or layout that is not intended to be part of the final printed product When titles are turned on a gray bar representing each title will appear in the Layout window Print Job Titles and Title Optio
50. w Crop The File Attributes dialog lets you scale and rotate individual files set the number of copies to print and preview Tiles on the screen Cropping is available in the Preview window NOTE Ifthe width of your file is larger than the Media Width you will get a Status in the Job List of Job too wide The file will not print until you scale or rotate your file Double click a file to open the File Attributes dialog When you double click a single file in the Job List the File Attributes dialog shows the settings for that file Dock tif File scaling Original Size Current Size Width 10 671 10 671 Height Bi Bi Resolution 96 x 96 ppi 96 x 96 ppi Scale by percentage Width 100 Height 100 Reset Scaling Scale to width Width 10 671 Height Bi Scale width and height independently Rotation Number of copies Copies to print 1 Figure 3 4 The File Attributes dialog opens when you double click an individual file in the Job list OVERDRIVE RIP FOR WINDOWS USER MANUAL Change the size or orientation of your image You can scale your image to a percentage or to a width The image will be scaled propor tionally unless you select the Scale width and height independently checkbox Use the directional A buttons to rotate the image NOTE When entering values for scaling it is recommended that the file resolution go no lower than 100 ppi the print quality will suffer if you print below 10
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