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CHAPTER 3 — PC Setup Port Connections

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1. Fig 3 94 Printer Home Page Fig 3 95 Informational Pages Window 2 Select Printer Configuration Informational Pages fig 3 94 The Informational Pages window appears fig 3 95 3 Setstart up page low toner page and network page printing as desired fig 3 95 a Start Page Select either On to enable start up page printing or select Off to disable it Then click Change b Low Toner Page Select either On to enable low toner page printing or select Off to disable it Then click Change c Network Page Select either On to enable low toner page printing or select Off to disable it Then click Change 4 Close your browser 3 44 PC Setup ul fe Z AY You also can control start up page printing using the Startpgon ps and Startpgoff ps files See PS Files Folder earlier in this chapter for details Network EtherTalk General and TCP IP Configuration NOTE Network options allow you to control EtherTalk General and TCP IP configuration EtherTalk Configuration On an EtherTalk network with more than one zone the network router assigns your printer a default zone Check with your System Administrator to determine the correct zone for your printer then if necessary change the printer s zone name Also if more than one printer of the same model is on the Ethernet network you may want to change the printer name to avoid confusion or just to personalize the printer To configure
2. 3 22 PC Setup 5 Read the Printer Wizard window and click Next Select the appropriate connection type fig 3 42 then click Next The Select Printer Port Window appears fig 3 43 If you select Local recommended continue on to the next step If you selected Network follow the on screen directions on locating your printer V rkrnin to re Add Primer TE nde DEM vairar lbr remt emk ie lem eat rr marr m rum OC E Ea LEET Rn jaa a a y E g a s a o 1 ee IER a oy mi he ee d m phia pe Dreier aem ee eee ee o i ae ird or ed ram rhini aud M ATE me i rn ES SP Be eee Mi CGU le ee ll E do aa GT a Sa 3 nd E D E Bhd a a tuU Co eel A c Ge quu Fig 3 41 Add Printer Wizard Window Fig 3 42 Connection Type Window 6 Select appropriate port fig 3 43 them click Next The Install Printer Software window appears fig 3 44 LPT1 is XANTE s recommended printer port but you can create a new port if desired Simply follow the on screen instructions for each port you wish to create fig 3 43 Leiam ac Pas dun M M eee nee lp spip ar oy oco je geo 0 q 9 p ges emp unm Pi i i oi Cao mug Fuga Rs alum uti N H DJ rud DUAE eel FER SRS eX ut Pa HEU a drin cg up PEN Mj b TREE ee j d dij a P pid BUS RR dui sil H AF EE E i ee ee xm d ie a ae rt ee ar oie ee PE ee a ee le ee et l i E E oe Mel oy oF amem Eva una sd Tur m d Fig 3 43 Select Printer Port Window Fig
3. 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 142 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details k art a om DO Patel pe Ta Fig 3 142 Printer Home Page Fig 3 143 Diagnostic Information Window 2 Select Printer Information Diagnostic Information fig 3 142 The Diagnostic Information window appears fig 3 143 3 Check the right side of the window fig 3 143 to determine the condition of your printer s E Prom If the E Prom condition is good you don t have to do anything if it is bad or missing 4 contact XANT Technical support e n Q NOTE 4 Close your browser PC Setup 3 65 General Information The General Information option lists miscellaneous printer details These include the product name PostScript version current firmware revision boot RAM version RAM size engine speed page count and PostScript margin settings as well as whether the start up page and low toner page printing is enabled on or disabled off 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 144 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details zu m Fig 3 144 Printer Home Page Fig 3 145 General Information Window 2 Select Printer Information General Information fig 3 144 The General Information window appears fig 3 145 3 Check the desired printer information fig 3 145 then close your browser I O Settings I O settings has AppSocket EtherTalk IP LPR Parallel
4. 3 44 Install Printer Software Window 7 Highlight your printer and click Next fig 3 44 The Use Existing Driver window appears PC Setup 3 23 i See em Fake 1 Sees PGP LP S ee p up a LPL Pe nn hu ee 2 F VT i A HD COE ap 2 d Tr ed Eam cem mp i p im eg ieu m uem em m ae RT rra NL Lore ecm pee ms emm om im uim bom Fou P dm cm ome pee Fig 3 45 Use Existing Driver Window Fig 3 46 Printer Name Window 8 Select the driver option you wish to use It is recommended to keep the existing driver but you can replace it with a newer one if you desire then click Next The Printer Name window appears fig 3 46 9 Type your printer s name in the white box and set your printer s default option fig 3 46 The Printer Sharing window appears fig 3 47 mM Kk j Bu EE agen B ihidniy ketei We Senes clie ahis em muta rm umm rime E ou cba eei tme Fig 3 47 Printer Sharing Window Fig 3 48 Print Test Page Window 10 Select your printer s sharing option fig 3 47 If you select Share you can describe the location and capabilities for the printer which may be helpful to other users Click Next The Print Test Page window appears fig 3 48 11 Select your printer s Print Test Page option fig 3 48 then click Next The Completing Add Printer Wizard window appears fig 3 49 3 24 PC Setup Web Registration 2 Register You
5. Drivers earlier in this chapter To load QuarkXPress PDFs manually see PDFs Folder later in this chapter To Install Utilities and Drivers Windows NT 2000 XP l Insert the XANTE Utilities CD ROM into your PC XANTE Utilities Installer should launch automatically If not select Start Run Install xt prinst exe The XANT Utilities Main window appears fig 3 38 PC Setup 3 21 Inn ia WANIps DO chc Fig 3 38 XANT Utilities Main Window Fig 3 39 Installation Preferences Window 2 Click Install Printer fig 3 38 The Installation Preferences window appears fig 3 39 J Make the following selections in the Installation Preferences window fig 3 39 a Select your printer from the Select Product drop down menu b Select the appropriate program s for which you want to download the drivers from the Application Drivers section FK Even if you are installing this printer to a Network you must first install as a Parallel gi Connection This is to ensure you can configure the printer s IP address Subnet address and Gateway address c Click OK if you chose an application in step 3b a window appears asking if you want to perform a network installation Select Yes to continue installation Fig 3 40 Destination Location Window 4 Review the application destination folder s if applicable fig 3 40 then click Yes The Add Printer Wizard window appears fig 3 41
6. The LPR Information Page fig 3 152 lists On Type Enabled Interpreter DelayedOutputClose PrinterControl Filtering PrintHost HasNames OutputDevice ReceiveWindowSize and SendWindowSize settings 5 bh a zT mo SS ol Fig 3 152 LPR Information Page Fig 3 153 Parallel Information Page f The Parallel Information Page fig 3 153 lists On Type Enabled Protocol DelayedOutputClose Interpreter PrinterControl HasNames Handshake nAckPulseWidth nStrobeExpectedPulseWidth and OutputDevice settings g The USB Information Page fig 3 154 lists On Type Enabled Protocol DelayedOutputClose Interpreter PrinterControl HasNames and OutputDevice settings ANTE oo E E ee Fig 3 154 USB Information Page 4 Close the browser Installed Options The Installed Options option allows you to check the installation status of your print s options 3 66 PC Setup 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 155 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details mul Fig 3 155 Printer Home Page Fig 3 156 Installed Options Window 2 Select Printer Information Installed Options fig 3 155 The Installed Options window appears fig 3 156 3 Check the right side of the window fig 3 156 to determine the installation status of the printer s options i y Options not applicable to your printer may still appear in the options list their status will be listed as
7. The configure Novell PDS dialog box appears Configure the Novell PDS by selecting the Printer Type and Port Type then click OK Configure the connection type as Remote LPR TCPIP and specify the port type as LPT COM or Other then click Next Select the printer driver for each client operating system The drivers selected here automatically will download to your W S when you install this printer 3 30 PC Setup NOTE Fd You may need to add the printer driver to the Resource Management Service database n instructions should be found in the network documentation Also if the driver is not currently in the list instead of adding that to the resource database you can select None as the driver to select and it should prompt you to supply a disk to load that driver 10 Click Continue The main browser window should appear with the new controlled access printer listed Creating NDPS Printers at the Server Console This procedure will help you configure an NDPS Novell Directory Printing Services agent to service and print to a printer using TCP IP These steps assume you already have an NDPS manager defined I 2 Load NDPS NLM A screen should appear that lists all NDPS Manager objects Select an NDPS manager This then lists the printer Agents currently defined under this manager Press Insert An Edit box appears Enter the name of a new Printer Agent Select the Configuration utilities A Gateway Type window
8. Universal Serial Bus port Connector Connector To Host Computer To Printer Fig 3 8 USB Cable 1 Plug the USB cable s square smaller connector into the printer s USB port fig 3 3 2 Plug the thin larger connector into the computer s USB port Ri It is not necessary to turn off your printer or your computer before plugging in the A USB Installing Adobe PostScript Printer Drivers This section describes loading the printer driver manually and starting the installer See Installing Utilities for the appropriate Windows environment later in this chapter to load XANTE Utilities manually See PDFs Folder later in this chapter to load QuarkXPress PDF files manually 3 2 PC Setup Deleting Previous Driver Versions Normally you do not have to delete previous Adobe PostScript printer drivers or any previously installed Adobe PostScript printers However if you suspect installation problems first remove your installed printers from the Printers dialog box in the Windows Control Panel and reinstall them via the Adobe PostScript Printers dialog box which is also in the Windows Control Panel If after removing and reinstalling your printers you still experience problems delete all previous driver versions and reinstall your printers using the Adobe PostScript Printers dialog box To delete a previous driver version Select Start Settings Control Panel Then double click Add Remove Programs 2 Select XANTE Pla
9. for example if your IP address is 192 9 200204 you would type PING 192 9 200204 J at the DOS prompt CAPING IP ADDRESS gt J If you can ping the printer go on to step 10 If you cannot ping your printer contact your Network Administrator 10 Go back to your Printer Properties and select the Ports tab fig 3 52 tiua LENTE Priim Pa DO We Prior Papia ir Dama hana Fods idearum Saui Davee Sete a a denen M zi ud ES F La Fri io 8m Poles pod Decoy alil pert i io Pr gr im DEC mz my Lak mereri LES PS Frri muwebadl1DA goa 5 i grobad 7 DE SS PA eerie LE CES P itid Era mc gl or Fig 3 52 Printer Properties Window Fig 3 53 Select the Ports Tab 3 26 PC Setup 11 Click the Ports tab fig 3 52 The Ports window will appear fig 3 53 12 Select Add Port fig 3 53 The Printer Ports window appears fig 3 54 a ig oy ee a FECU Part j bail Pret Terr Fap Cele Come TP Prde Sand wu FR ee 4l m SHOE ROMOEOE m g Fig 3 54 Printer Ports Window 13 After clicking New Port a Welcome Window appears Read the Welcome Window then click Next The Standard TCP IP registration window appears fig 3 55 Pe eum o Ind minm ae nd Tep mue mop VEI imet pem Pes et ILLE bm hh anu ee ee et ek ad E Pe no LANI ad FERES B Fus nmm Taa Fumim F Eyra hri m mhh n rpi eet eiri api ee rursum pm er ee en ol k ee rion hei eee ee rH b aera m er A se eS Eum I Fig 3 55 St
10. you can select a new gamma setting to lighten and enhance the details XANTE provides seven standard gamma curves available through the Gamma menu in the Print dialog box Gamma curves through 5 progressively lighten the midrange values in an image Gamma 0 the factory default makes no change to the image and Gamma 6 produces a reverse negative image without changing the image in the application Graphs in figure 3 24 show the change to the midrange gray levels y Depending on the application being used a Printer s Default option may be available rt When this option is selected the current printer setting is used for the job 3 12 PC Setup Gamma 0 Output Levels Input Levels White A Gamma 1 1 Gamma 2 White Output Levels li Output Levels Black Input Levels White 0 Black Input Levels White G G g1 Gamma 3 g1 Gamma 4 S S e a Black white 0 0 Input Levels Black Input Levels White BEERS BEERS hit h E Output Levels Output Levels k k Gamma 5 g Gamma 6 Output Levels White Output Levels k k o E s a m Black Input Levels White 0 Black Input Levels White Ess Fig 3 24 Gamma Corrections O through 6 Media Weight Media Weight allows you to designate the type of media used and to access correct temperatures for that media Set Media Weight from your application Print dialog box Options are Paper Heavy Paper Cov
11. Entry window Also it is not necessary to measure for each coverage value but that is recommended to achieve more accurate results h Click Linearize fig 3 109 To verify linearization click the Print Verification Page button 3 109 and then click Print before you close the Linearization window When this page prints compare it to the original calibration page to verify the gamma correction you should see an improvement in gray scale progression LA 4 Close your browser LPI Default Setting LPI options allow you set the default Lines Per Inch lpi on your printer l Goto the printer home page fig 3 111 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details ns TI a ly allan Esca Fig 3 111 Printer Home Page Fig 3 112 Default LPI Window 2 Select Printer Configuration PostScript LPI fig 3 111 The Default LPI window appears fig 3 112 3 52 PC Setup T NOTE 3 Select the desired LPI for your printer from the Default LPI drop down menu fig 3 112 Options go from 5 to 210 in single increments the factory default is 85 LPI Then click Change 4 Close your browser LPI also can be set through the printer s front panel See Lines Per Inch LPI in chapter 4 for details Margins Printer Margin Adjustment The PostScript Margins feature allows you to adjust your PostScript printer margins so that your images will be positioned exactly on the page Ri W
12. Not Installed 4 Close your browser Printer Maintenance The Printer Maintenance option allows you to access your printer s cleaning feature l Goto the printer home page fig 3 157 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details 2 Select Printer Maintenance Clean Printer The Clean Printer window appears fig 3 158 1 I Fig 3 157 Printer Home Page Fig 3 158 Clean Printer Window 3 Click Clean Printer fig 3 158 to run the clean printer feature which cleans the printer s fuser roller PC Setup 3 69 4 Close your browser Printer Security This feature is designed to prevent unwanted changes to the printer configuration Some of the printer features that are configurable from the printer s web page can be locked by setting a password to that printer Login and Logout When printer security password protection is active you have to login to access the printer s secure webpage areas and should log out when you are finished l Goto the printer s home page fig 3 159 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details is rer bi Fig 3 159 Printer Home Page Fig 3 160 Login Window 2 Select Printer Security Set Password The Set Password window appears fig 3 160 3 Enter your password in the Password field fig 3 160 4 Click Submit You can now access the secure webpage areas When you are through select Printer Security Logout fig 3 160 The Log
13. This example illustrates reconfiguring the PPD after installing the optional feeder and tray PC Setup 3 29 J a Windows 98 Me Highlight Optional Tray in the Installable Options window fig 3 61 Then select Installed from the drop down menu under Change setting for and click Apply then click OK The Printers window reappears fig 3 59 b Window NT 2000 XP Select Installed under the Installable Options Optional Tray drop down menu and click Apply then click OK The Printers and Faxes window reappears fig 3 60 Close the Printers Windows 98 Me fig 3 59 or Printers and Faxes Windows XP 2000 NT fig 3 60 window Now the PPD is configured for the new tray the tray will be available through your applications Configuring a Remote Printer Running in LPR Mode Ew Before using this procedure TCP IP should already be loaded and configured on your M A NetWare server If not consult your NetWare documentation for instructions l pa Select Create from the Object menu The New Object dialog box appears Select NDPS printer The Create NDPS printer dialog box opens Type the name that you want in the Printer Name field Select Create a New Printer at the Printer Agent Source Field then click Create Confirm the Printer Agent name which will default to the printer that your are defining and browse to select the NDPS Manager that you want assigned to it Select the Novell gateway at the Gateway Types Window
14. an installed memory upgrade it will not appear in your application s Resolution menu unless Installed Memory is configured properly Optional Tray The Optional Tray setting must be set to agree with your printer and printer properties configurations Otherwise the tray will not appear or be selectable from within your application Options include Not Installed the factory default and Installed XANT Win95 98 Me LPR Tool This section tells you how to install the XANTE Win95 98 Me LPR Tool This allows you to communicate to your printer through the LPR port sp For Windows 98 and Me users you must install this utility first to set up your IP K rai SubNet and Gateway addresses 3 16 PC Setup I Click Software Utilities in the XANT Utilities Main window fig 3 26 The Select Utility window appears fig 3 27 lbi es E iLE E jom nm ae 2 12 4 Paral f WP PRIMILE f s mca I ca reais 1 Fig 3 26 XANT Main Menu Fig 3 27 Select Utility Window 2 Highlight XANTE Windows 95 98 ME LPR Tool fig 3 27 then click OK XANT Windows 95 98 ME LPR Tool launches then the Xant LPR Setup window appears fig 3 28 dade I Tie LOIR rr n pim m l ee i r ari um par eee Pu SU DM am RE a undo ol a p ee P as LEE imm amm uw maa gp i a cw PO es uc c ew Rant umo a a CEERmu d ems larum ha mer foie ap Eg auo usas lion gd Cid oS T ppa Fig 3 28 Xant LPR Setup Window PC Setup 3 17
15. appears Select the Novell Printer Gateway This option is used for local and remote printers Select the appropriate printer from the list The Port Handler Type window appears Select the Novell Port Handler The connection type window appears Select the correct connection type from the following options Local Printer You are attached directly to the server where NDPS MGR is loaded Manual This option allows you to manually build Port Handler Queue Based Printer This option will redirect jobs to a NetWare queue Remote Printer RP SPX This allows you to create a PA to represent a printer running RP mode PC Setup 3 31 Remote Printer LPR TCP IP This option allows you to create a printer agent to represent a printer configured with LPR mode for TCP IP 10 Select Remote Printer LPR TCP IP Enter in the information requested 11 Accept and Exit the configuration Using the Remote Printer LPR TCPIP Option from the Server Console 1 Follow steps 1 8 in the previous procedure Creating NDPS Printers at the Server Console 2 Select Remote Printer LPR TCPIP from the connection type menu 3 Provide the information in the screen 4 Select Accept and then Exit This loads the Printer Agent with its associated Port Handler The Port Handler configuration is closed and you return to the NDPS Manager Installing Auxiliary Utilities This section contains installation instructions for Adobe Acrob
16. appears fig 3 166 3 Select Print to the right of the utility page you wish to print Start Page Low Toner Page Network Page Font List Page Font Sample Page or Menu Layout Page Depending on the selected page printing takes approximately 6 to 30 seconds 4 Close your browser XANT Web Access XANT Web Site Register Printer and Help When you are on line you can access XANTE s web site register your printer or obtain technical help l Goto the printer home page fig 3 167 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details 1 Eprimmrmi tue i Fig 3 167 Printer Home Page 2 Select the desired web access http www xante com XANTE s web site Register Printer or Help fig 3 167 When the selected site s window appears take the following appropriate action a http www xante com Browse the web site for desired information This site offers fast access to product support contact trade show career XANTE and other printer related information When you finish skip to step 3 b Register Printer Fill out and submit the registration form Then skip to step 3 c Help Browse XANT s Support site for the desired information You can search for information by product links by topics through the search option or by the Frequently Asked Questions option fig 3 168 PC Setup 3 73 Fig 3 168 Support Window 3 Close your browser when you finish Ew You also c
17. ca vm lag Poma m al rg Elus ds mm Mr pa D m RE hp lure Peur um _ lam Ld o Fan Lame Fig 3 83 Destination Location Window Fig 3 84 Select Program Folder Window 6 Select the folder s into which you want the program icons added then click Next When setup is complete click Finish View Manuals The View Manuals link opens a copy of your printer s manual Acrobat Reader will need to be installed to view this manual 3 38 PC Setup l Insert the XANTE Utilities CD ROM into your PC XANT Utilities Installer should launch automatically If not select Start Run Then browse to the XANTE Utilities CD ROM select XInstall xt_prinst exe in the root directory and click OK The XANTE Utilities Main window appears fig 3 85 T Vern 7 MANT ALA Fig 3 85 XANT Utilities Main Menu Fig 3 86 Manual Selection Window 2 Click View Manuals Acrobat Reader opens and the Manual Selection window appears fig 3 86 3 Highlight your choice of manual and click Open fig 3 86 A copy of your printer manual opens 4 View either the User s Manual fig 3 87 or the Quick Reference Manual fig 3 88 ar a on u Fig 3 87 User s Manual Fig 3 88 Quick Reference Manual RY If you want to print all or parts of the manual use Acrobat Reader s File Print option O A 5 Close the manual file after you finish Then close your internet connection and Acrobat Reader PC Setup 3 39
18. for each of your printer s input sources PC Setup 3 63 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 138 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details Fig 3 138 Printer Home Page Fig 3 139 Configure Media Types Window 2 Select Printer Configuration Trays and Media Media Types fig 3 138 The Media Types window appears fig 3 139 3 Select the desired media type for the input source fig 3 139 Options are Paper the factory default Transparency Cover Stock Label Stock Paper Plate Polyester Plate Matte Film Clear Film Heavy Paper and UserDef User Defined 1 through 5 Then click Change If an optional cassette is installed you can designate the type of media for it LA 4 Close your browser Ny You also can configure the media type through your printer s front panel See Media FS uae rf Types in chapter 4 for details Printer Information Printer Information options allow you to access printer diagnostic general I O setting and option information 3 64 PC Setup 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 140 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details Fig 3 140 Printer Home Page Fig 3 141 Printer Information Options 2 Select Printer Configuration Printer Information fig 3 140 Printer Information Options appear fig 3 141 Diagnostic Information The Diagnostic Information option allows you to check your printer s E Prom s status
19. tab fig 3 35 The Add Port window appears fig 3 36 12 Select Other and highlight XanteLPR fig 3 36 then click OK The Configure Port window appears fig 3 37 I Fig 3 36 Add Port Window Fig 3 37 Configure Port Window 13 Enter your printer s IP address and Queue name fig 3 37 then click OK 14 Click Apply when the Printer Properties window reappears fig 3 34 then click OK 3 20 PC Setup Installing AdobePS Printer Driver and Printer PPD Windows NT 2000 XP This section covers installing utilities setting up a parallel or network connection configuring a remote printer running in LPR mode and creating NDPS printers at the server console in a Windows NT 2000 or XP environment Installing Utilities This section covers installing utilities on Windows NT 2000 XP based computers This process installs your printer s PPD and selected application PDFs or PPDs then it launches the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver installer XANTE Utilities CD ROM Documentation is in Adobe Acrobat Portable Documentation Format PDF Use Adobe Acrobat Reader included on the utilities CD ROM to read this documentation See Adobe Acrobat Reader later in this chapter for details XANTE Utilities Installer runs properly only on an Intel based computer system running Windows NT 2000 XP To load the Adobe PostScript printer drivers manually see the CD ROM s Readme pdf file and Installing Adobe PostScript Printer
20. to 15 The default setting depends on the selected media The default for paper and film is 10 the default for plate 1s 0 Then click Change 5 Close the browser Fuser Temperature Fuser Temperature allows you to change your printer s default fuser temperature settings for each media type 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 123 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details XANTA anra A a rm Bas T i _ a Fig 3 123 Printer Home Page Fig 3 124 Default Fuser Temperature Window 2 Select Printer Configuration Print Quality Fuser Temperature fig 3 123 The Default Fuser Temperature window appears fig 3 124 3 Select the type of media for which you want to set the temperature from the Media Type drop down menu fig 3 124 Then Click Change 4 Select the desired temperature for the media selected in step 3 from the Fuser Temperature drop down menu fig 3 124 Options are 0 none to 15 hot Select 0 none or 1 when printing to Myriad film envelopes and paper Select hotter settings for heavy paper heavy film and Myriad 2 or 4 plates Then click Change 5 Close the browser 3 56 PC Setup LW You also can set the fuser temperature through the printer s front panel See Fuser SA Temperature in chapter 4 for details NEIT Negative Enhanced Imaging Technology NEIT is a laser power setting that is used for negative prints Choosing a low
21. to the corresponding boxes in the Enter Calibration Values section of the More X ACT window 8 Click Update Printer 3 82 PC Setup Ew When you click Update Printer a window displays the Printer Calibrated message oY Click OK to continue and all the numbers clear automatically from the boxes in the Enter Calibration Values section Do not enter the values again Also if you click Reset Printer you can reset all settings or the selected media type 9 Repeat steps 5 through 8 until the measurements in the corresponding boxes are within 5 mm of each other Your application printer properties must match your calibration settings For example if you chose User defined 1 as your media type in the More X ACT calibration window for 11 x 17 tabloid paper you must choose User defined 1 as your Media Weight in your application printer properties when printing on 11 x 17 paper 10 Click Close The More X ACT window closes Managing Fonts To download fonts to your printer or to remove specific fonts see the documentation for your font downloader program To remove all downloaded fonts from printer memory turn the printer off and then back on To remove all fonts downloaded to a hard disk reinitialize the disk by downloading the Initdsk ps file 000 PC Setup 3 83 3 84 PC Setup
22. 3 Read the Setup window fig 3 28 then click Next The Xant LPR License Agreement window appears fig 3 29 Read it carefully and click Yes The Destination Location window appears fig 3 30 d C d Ee i EE db z aa zm UAR GU ane Fil Eii mi ain ed poni goals Wim mai agnum Pra el ee uL I Lu bra cd h raem igi lee umm ee C eee umm p eee ja ie bm eee ee a ee ee RAE Wee tae gue P q umm ues amm s aru E F Fig 3 30 Destination Location Window Fig 3 31 Select Program Folder Window 4 Select the folder s into which Setup will install the files fig 3 30 then click Next The Select Program Folder window appears fig 3 31 5 Select the folder s to which you want the program icons added fig 3 31 then click Next The Setup Complete window appears fig 3 32 then click Finish A ReadMe file window appears Fig 3 82 Setup Complete Window Fig 3 83 Restart Computer Window 6 Click Yes to open the ReadMe file or click No to not read it If you select Yes read the readme file when it opens and then close it The Restart Computer Window appears fig 3 33 7 Select Yes I want to restart my computer now or No I will restart my computer later Then click Finish fig 3 33 If you selected Yes your computer restarts if you selected No you return to the Main Utilities window 3 18 PC Setup RA If you did not register your printer earlier the On line Registration wi
23. CHAPTER 3 PC Setup This chapter covers connecting the printer and installing utilities drivers and related files on PC hosts Port Connections This section covers parallel and Ethernet connections Parallel Connection To connect via the parallel port 1 Turn off your printer and PC 36 pin Connector 25 pin Connector To Printer To Host Computer Fig 3 1 Parallel Cable 2 Plug the cable s 36 pin connector into the printer s parallel port fig 3 1 and the 25 pin connector into the computer s parallel port S Turn on your printer and computer 4 Verify that the printer s parallel interface is enabled and configured for ECP or bidirectional parallel port mode in your computer setup i e BIOS or CMOS See your computer documentation for how to access your BIOS CMOS setup Before using your printer install and configure the Adobe PostScript printer driver and your printer s PPD using the appropriate procedures later in this chapter Ethernet Connection To connect via the Ethernet port 1 Turn off your printer PC Setup 3 1 2 Connect the printer to the appropriate port for the cable used on your network fig 3 2 Ethernet Port RJ 45 Connector Fig 3 2 Connect to the Ethernet Port Before using your printer set it up for your network environment and configure the Ethernet interface using the appropriate procedures later in this chapter USB Connection for PC only To connect to the USB
24. Click the Device Options tab highlight the option in the Installable Options section and then select the setting under Change Setting fig 3 22 Sarir de FILI Bass d T X Ges Deis Pope Gus Fx Davca p panor onmia rba iei cache im KEL T peli ee lia pied Trey fiL lied Ee messe Deus Lom ce _ Fig 3 22 Device Options Tab a Select Installed for the Optional Tray optional paper feeder if that upgrade was added to your printer b Select the 340 mm Option if that upgrade was added to your printer c Select the Resolution dpi you wish to use for a specific job d Select the amount of RAM installed on your printer using the Installed Memory drop down menu 3 10 PC Setup 4 Click the Details tab fig 3 22 and under Timeout make sure the settings are as follows for a local printer These options are not available for a networked printer Not selected 300 Transmission retry 900 5 Click the PostScript tab fig 3 23 Gema Desk Pope Gagi Ponts Pas capi gii ora haa Hnunwsbaadh a ekhi and peter Fig 3 23 PostScript Tab a Inthe PostScript output format box select PostScript optimized for speed if you have a Pentium processor If not select PostScript optimized for portability ADSC b Under PostScript header select Download header with each print job C Under PostScript timeout value
25. EtherTalk settings l Goto the printer home page fig 3 96 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details ANTS aa e m Imam MAC CcE I mibi M Fig 3 96 Printer Home Page Fig 3 97 EtherTalk Configuration Window 2 Select Printer Configuration Network EtherTalk fig 3 96 The EtherTalk Configuration window appears fig 3 97 3 Enter the desired name for the printer fig 3 97 for example you might name the printer Samson Then click Change to the right 4 Enter the new name for the EtherTalk Zone Name fig 3 97 Then click Change to the right EtherTalk zone names are limited to 32 characters are not case sensitive and cannot include the equal approximately equal asterisk colon or at characters 5 Close your browser PC Setup 3 45 General Network Configuration General configuration options allow you to set the network buffer 1 Goto the printer s home page fig 3 98 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details MI Ig as Fig 3 98 Printer Home Page Fig 3 99 General Configuration Window 2 Select Printer Configuration Network General fig 3 98 The General Network Configuration window appears fig 3 99 3 Select the desired size for network buffers then click Change 4 Close your browser then restart your printer to make the new size setting take effect TCP IP Configuration TCP IP config
26. Register On line NOTE Usually it is best to register your printer during initial setup However if you select to register later periodically the Registration Preferences window reappears until you register the printer If you are on line use the following procedure to register 1 Turn on your printer and then the computer 2 Open your browser and enter your printer s IP address This address appears on the printer start up page The Printer Home Page appears fig 3 89 Prat n Tom c mul im n Fig 3 89 Printer Home Page Fig 3 90 Registration Form 3 Select Register Printer fig 3 90 Your browser launches and accesses the registration page on XANTE s web site 4 Complete and submit the registration form fig 3 90 Then close your web browser You also can select Open a Printable Form to print a registration form that you can fill out and send to XANTE via regular mail or fax Miscellaneous Procedures This section covers miscellaneous procedures to make working in the PC environment easier CD ROM PostScript Files Feature Access You can access and control many printer features via PostScript files on the XANTE Utilities CD ROM These files to help you in such areas as keeping track of your printer s status performing specific functions and printing font samples For example you can set your printer s EtherTalk zone name control start up page printing or initialize an
27. alibration process Printing this page again later in the process resets the calibration cancelling any linearization you have already done NOTE BHENHNHHENHHEHEHHB hl EHEHENHHNEHER BERR ERE BREESE BREESE K HEHNHHEHNHHNEHNHEHBT HEHNENBNEHEEHHB NEMEEEMEEHEEBAE EHENHNEHNEBEBNERM BEHNEHBENHHNHER ERMMNEHENHNHENEB SEBHEBEBENEHB HEHNHNHNENHHEHNEHS NEHEHEEHNEHENEHNH Z SERRE REESE EERE EEE Fig 3 172 Sample Calibration Page 6 Use your densitometer to get density measurements for the calibration page you printed Like any other precision instrument the densitometer must be calibrated before each use Refer to its documentation for instructions on calibrating and using the densitometer NOTE 9 d 7 Click Enter Curve Linearize fig 3 173 The Densitometer Data Entry window appears fig 3 174 PC Setup 3 77 Lau ee CI LICI a a a 3 Dp re eee mae NE DOS dee ell mim lisa a xf nta aj 1 sje e Fm Hagan Pin emn Fig 3 173 Linearization Window Fig 3 174 Densitometer Data Entry Window NOTE RY The XD 1 XANTE densitometer combined with XANTE Advanced Graphics S Center software measures grayscale output for calibration and proofing This affordable easy to use densitometer will be referenced in this manual for example purposes only 8 Measure individual patches on the calibration page by placing the page on a white background then cente
28. an register your printer or access XANTE on line support through your me XANTE Utilities See Register On line and Access XANT On line Support earlier in this chapter for details Using the Advanced Graphics Center Feature Access The Advanced Graphics Center is designed specifically for those who do not have a web browser internet access or an Ethernet card on their printer or PC This program works over the parallel interface only and does not support network interfacing RY The Advanced Graphics Center also does not give bidirectional support This means S that you have to choose which printer and settings you have the program will not automatically detect this NOTE 1 Goto your desktop and follow this path Start Programs Windows Explorer C drive XANT Xtagc Mfcagc Double click the Mfcagc application icon the Advanced Graphics Center launches fig 3 169 then the Setup window appears fig 3 170 3 74 PC Setup fe HANTE Pie Paw Thee Pig Fare ipn eres MEX ANTE pgs Ceri Trp ed T Lice Ciphional Trag T Aare Peed Tug onn ESXANT Advanced Graphic Center Pur SS OR LS ad ones Hm B on dpi Fig 3 169 Advanced Graphics Center Fig 3 170 AGC Setup Window 2 Select your printer model and make necessary adjustments to paper trays paper sizes interface port and resolution settings according to your printer setup Then click either Linearize or More X ACT Ew When ca
29. and USB options each of which displays current printer settings for its network protocol 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 146 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details I Fig 3 146 Printer Home Page Fig 3 147 I O Settings Window 2 Select Printer Information I O Settings fig 3 146 The I O Settings window appears fig 3 147 3 Select the desired protocol AppSocket EtherTalk IP LPR or Parallel fig 3 147 then check its settings 3 66 PC Setup a The AppSocket Information Page fig 3 148 lists On Type Enabled Protocol Interpreter PrinterControl and OutputDevice settings 1 ur ERR gt g 1 EL m mu mu Fig 3 148 AppSocket Information Page Fig 3 149 EtherTalk Information Page b The EtherTalk Information Page fig 3 149 lists On Type Enabled HasNames Interpreter EtherTalkType EtherTalkZone EthernetAddress DelayedOutputClose Printer Control OutputDevice and Filtering settings C The IP Information Page fig 3 150 lists On Type IPAddress NetworkMask GatewayAddress BroadcastAddress IPAddressDynamic TransmitEncapsulation and Physical settings lk x iim be ram s Aara Bi 1 m Fig 3 150 IP Information Page Fig 3 151 IPP Information Page d The IPP Information Page fig 3 151 lists On Type Enabled Interpreter DelayedOutputClose PrinterControl HasNames and OutputDevice settings PC Setup 3 67 e
30. andard TCP IP Window Fig 3 56 Standard Network Window 14 Enter your printer s IP address and click Next The Standard Network window appears fig 3 56 15 Select Standard Generic Network Card then click Next When complete click Finish on the next window 16 Close the window and the Printer Properties window reappears Click the Ports tab again The Select Ports Tab window reappears fig 3 57 PC Setup 3 27 uL DIUI 13 ul a E reni Peri I Faeliguss laa daid TROP Pres haaha Gea Lang Pe adeat i a uma nihil rum Emi Fae Tia mmm F Tiie ueni m i7 ee Traum Sore OP Popa 5a fn Falle posi Docs eni par ic Hue in o id amc i Esel i pee ee TCPO Pur rdi d Tiras TO Pg j Je TA V igap LE Pe Eimer ILE PS e n Lamar Forum ra Lora Pca 3 LPS Bora Ci ete Lssbsd Sim DRHHE a aha Laii Crab pire oly Fig 3 57 Select Ports Tab Window Fig 3 58 Set LPR Byte Counting Window 17 Highlight your printer port and click Configure Port fig 3 57 The Set LPR Byte Counting window appears fig 3 58 18 Select LPR and LPR Byte Counting Enabled then enter a Queue name Click OK 19 Click Apply from your Printer Properties window for changes to take effect Then close the window Reconfiguring the PPD after Adding Options If you change options such as installing an optional feeder and tray or a memory upgrade you need to reconfigure the PPD to reflect the change s y Th
31. aper go back to step 3c and repeat the process 4 Close your browser when the x and y lines are set correctly More X ACT Use XANT s patented X ACT technology to calibrate printer line lengths to exact dimensions You can save a different set of More X ACT values for each different media type your printer supports You need a metric ruler to complete this procedure PC Setup 3 55 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 117 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details i lt lt a eee Fig 3 117 Printer Home Page Fig 3 118 More X ACT Window 2 Select Printer Configuration PostScript More X ACT fig 3 117 The More X ACT window appears fig 3 118 3 Follow the directions in the More X ACT window to calibrate your printer s output to exact dimensions More X ACT is a cumulative process If you are not satisfied with the calibration you may want to repeat the calibration process Also you can reset calibration values to factory defaults by clicking Reset in the More X ACT window 4 Close your browser after you finish the calibration and are satisfied with the results You also can use the printer s front panel X ACT feature to calibrate dimensions See Accurate Calibration Technology X ACT in chapter 4 for details T VM Virtual Memory The VM option allows you to adjust the size of your PostScript virtual memory in Megabytes This setting controls the printe
32. at Reader Adobe Type Manager ATM and Advanced Graphics Center Adobe Acrobat Reader XANT Utilities CD ROM Documentation is in Adobe Acrobat Portable Documentation Format PDF Use Adobe Acrobat Reader included on the Utilities CD ROM to read this documentation 3 32 PC Setup To install Adobe Acrobat Reader l Insert the XANTE Utilities CD ROM into your PC XANTE Utilities Installer should launch automatically If not select Start Run Then browse to the XANTE Utilities CD ROM select XInstall xt_prinst exe in the root directory and click OK The XANTE Utilities Main window appears fig 3 63 Fig 3 63 XANTE Utilities Main Menu Fig 3 64 Select Utility Window 2 Select Software Utilities The Select Utility window appears 3 64 3 Select Adobe Acrobat Reader then click OK A Question window appears fig 3 65 asking about uninstalling versions of Acrobat Reader Fig 3 65 Question Window Hmm sd e em Fig 3 66 Reader Welcome Window 4 Click Yes in the Question Window fig 3 65 The Reader Welcome window appears fig 3 66 PC Setup 3 33 De inm nudi s t eee ee im He dir dns Hd Vm mill Pea a m em cen nmm ad nds e m Lin 5 Read the Reader Welcome window then click Next The Destination Folder window appears fig 3 67 6 Select the folder in which to install Acrobat Reader Then click Next When the information Thank You window appears click OK The Main Menu rea
33. defaults allows you to reset the printer name and EtherTalk Zone to enable start up page and low toner page printing to enable DHCP and to reset PostScript margins to factory default settings Ri If you select reset to factory default enabling DHCP could affect your IP address A 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 129 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details b Fig 3 129 Printer Home Page Fig 3 130 Reset Factory Defaults Window 2 Select Printer Configuration Reset Factory Defaults fig 3 129 The Print Reset Factory Defaults window appears fig 3 130 3 60 PC Setup 3 Click Reset Factory Defaults Your printer will restart and the changes will be in effect R Factory defaults also may be reset using the printer s front panel keys See Resetting VA to Factory Defaults in chapter 4 for details Storage Devices Hard Disk and RAM Disk Storage Devices allows you to display current hard disk and RAM disk settings and configure the device To display hard disk settings and configure the device 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 131 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details ANTE n NANTE n0 1 m m rnt En 1 cim m Matah ill paa agers dnd n U Fig 3 131 Printer Home Page Fig 3 132 Hard Disk Settings Window 2 Select Printer Configuration Storage Devices Hard Disk fig 3 131 The Hard Disk Settings window appears fig 3 132
34. e X ACT and Linearization from your computer l Insert the XANTE Utilities CD ROM into your PC XANTE Utilities Installer should launch automatically If not select Start Run Then browse to the XANTE Utilities CD ROM select XInstall xt_prinst exe in the root directory and click OK The XANTE Utilities Main window appears fig 3 79 P a ramus NN SS SZ ZZ SZ LII pSTAL PASAXTEH j STR Te is UTILITTES Fig 3 79 XANT Utilities Main Window Fig 3 80 Select Utility Window PC Setup 3 37 2 Click Software Utilities in the XANTE Utilities Main window The Select Utility window appears fig 3 80 3 Highlight XANTE Advanced Graphics Center fig 3 81 then click OK XANTE Advanced Graphics Center launches then the Setup Information window appears fig 3 82 IIO mene a lem hay i He oii in ane Wma fb les ee ley were mtr rmm ed sae ee bs emer Am Fig 3 81 Select Utility Window Fig 3 82 Setup Information Window 4 Read the Setup Information window then click Next The Destination Location window appears fig 3 83 5 Select the folder where the setup will install the files then click Next The Select Program Folder window appears fig 3 84 s al hama ee a ee ee Ti nin bbi mi simi lls gil g a Tlie i Eir ee ls zpi in X d DLE LIE Li ILLI LL e herr repre pe be aia OUDEN TE Gom Umm te pads manm ott Ren smaa e meam ham ma Pace aa mam
35. e optional feeder and tray upgrade is used as an example for this procedure M NOTE To update the PPD configuration 1 Select Start Settings Printers Windows 98 Me or select Start Settings Printers and Faxes Windows NT 2000 XP The Printers window Windows 98 Me or Printers and Faxes window Windows NT 2000 XP appears figs 3 59 or 3 60 3 28 PC Setup EET Tn _ I6 X Fig 3 59 Printers Window 98 Me Fig 3 60 Printers Faxes Window NT 2000 XP 2 Select your printer s icon fig 3 59 or 3 60 Then select File Properties The Properties window appears fig 3 61 Fri nu Puuseri E T al Gewa Dii Fare wer Fw E mm ghee Foci waiki b Pimi ZEE precept 05 E Hh Dem ete B Fur Ta rav hasard rr x Rip Tug E P med LEE iol Pert tutem Taie yaks Coto Paar eui FE Satpal are ait era TL rere Ech Sioa lig Sarai TRL Per Ec Dec T Sos lue aco e Porc pd ic He Cea Gop Grete by Poetical Gee kia held ore Carmemey Sebel kg ere Pere TR Sob fea Bl sites hi Fee B ces Eiaa Fart Dare Cp eed ne Ce 00i psi Pci us Pri ce El cee il arp A EE EE Fig 3 61 Device Options Tab 98 Me Fig 3 62 Device Settings Tab NT 2000 XP o Click the Device Options tab Windows 98 Me fig 3 61 or the Device Settings tab Windows NT 2000 XP fig 3 62 4 Select the appropriate upgrade from the corresponding drop down menu using the following procedure for you working environment
36. e percentage of ramdisk available for the Font Accelerator feature D ps contains a Control D PostScript s end of job marker for use with applications that do not send a PostScript end of file Description txt contains an overview of the files in the PS Files folder This file can be printed using Adobe Acrobat 3 0 or later DHCPOFE ps allows you to disable the DHCP protocol DHCPON ps allows you to enable the DHCP protocol PC Setup 3 41 NOTE Factory ps allows you to reset the printer parameters to factory defaults Fonts ps prints a list of Adobe PostScript 3 fonts resident on XANTE PostScript 3 printers Fontsamp ps3 prints samples of Adobe PostScript 3 fonts resident on XANTE PostScript 3 printers Initdsk ps files are used to initialize hard disk installed in your printer A hard disk must be initialized before it can be used to store downloaded fonts Initializing a disk erases all information stored on that disk Netduplex ps allows you to configure the network duplex setting to Auto Full Duplex or Half Duplex Netpgoff ps allows you to disable printing the network page which lists protocol settings for EtherTalk IP IPP and LPR as well as Ethernet physical settings Netpgon ps allows you to enable printing the network page which lists protocol settings for EtherTalk IP IPP and LPR as well as Ethernet physical settings Parmdump ps prints a list of current settings for the communication devices confi
37. e rores a p ee Fig 3 7 Copy Files Window Fig 3 8 Language Preference Window PC Setup 3 5 4 Review the application destination folder s if applicable fig 3 7 then click Yes The Language Preference window appears fig 3 8 5 Select the appropriate language fig 3 8 then click OK The Adobe PostScript Printer program launches and the Adobe Welcome window appears fig 3 9 scion HS ACLARA orm Dent YB KALL HENT BE SAT TSE THE STRAP ee TAE ea Fig 3 9 Adobe Welcome Window Fig 3 10 License Agreement Window R4 After you click Next Windows launches the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver setup 44 program This may take a few moments 6 Read the Adobe Welcome Window fig 3 9 then click Next The Adobe License window appears fig 3 10 7 Read the license agreement fig 3 9 then click Accept The Printer Connection a window appears Hie op Fig 3 11 Printer Connection Type Window 8 Select the type of printer connection you want to setup fig 3 11 then click Next 3 6 PC Setup Parallel Connection Installation Use the following procedure to finish the utilities and drivers installation process When you selected the Local Printer option in the previous procedure the Port window appears fig 3 12 1 Select the appropriate port fig 3 12 then click Next The Select Printer Model window appears fig 3 13 PE Fig 3 12 Port Window Fig 3 13 Select Printer Mode
38. ed computer system running Windows 98 or Me To load the Adobe PostScript printer drivers manually see the CD ROM s Readme pdf file and Installing Adobe PostScript Printer Drivers earlier in this chapter To load QuarkXPress PDFs manually see PDFs Folder later in this chapter To Install Utilities and Drivers l Insert the XANTE Utilities CD ROM into your PC XANTE Utilities Installer should launch automatically If not select Start Run XInstall xt_prinst exe The XANTE Utilities Main window appears fig 3 5 3 4 PC Setup a eran a ETLLITINS Fig 3 5 XANTE Utilities Main Window Fig 26 Installation Preferences Window 2 Click Install Printer fig 3 4 The Installation Preferences window appears fig 3 6 3 Make the following selections in the Installation Preferences window fig 3 6 a Select your printer from the Select Product drop down menu b Select the appropriate program s for which you want to download the drivers from the Application Drivers section Even if you are installing this printer to a Network you must first install as a Parallel Connection This is to ensure you can configure the printer s IP address Subnet address and Gateway address LA c Click OK if you chose an application in step 3b when a window appears asking if you want to continue click Yes The Copy Files window appears fig 3 7 ud ET l E E Mapa metimur ark am cac ea act
39. er Transparency Paper Plate Polyester Plate Clear Film Matte Film and Labels media weights Mirror Print Mirror Print allows you to produce a mirror image which is reversed left to right fig 3 25 This type of image is used to produce right reading documents required for imaging silk screens or metal plates PC Setup 3 13 D m OMAHA TVITAVAV YOOIOMHOIT VI AMI e2110J1IsH qeit crs92IO TA 2niI bas E E mM o me Ny C Qq3OMAHVH 3VITA23M8 YOOIJONHOAT oV OAMI a E Fig 3 25 Mirror Image Set Mirror Print from your application Print dialog box To ensure the highest quality when producing mirror images use this menu in the Print dialog box rather than an application setting True enables this feature and False the factory default disables it Optimized Output For The Optimize Output For feature allows you to choose between Quality the factory default and Speed When quality output is more important than the printing speed select Quality When speed is the more important select Speed but be aware that output quality may be slightly lower R Depending on the application being used a Printer s Default option may be available 4i When this option is selected the current printer setting is used for the job Screen LPI The Screen LPI lines per inch feature allow you to control the number of gray levels and enhance the resolution quality of your printed image 3 14 PC Se
40. er setting increases laser power and causes the output to be darker Choosing a higher setting decreases laser power and causes the output to be lighter This page will allow you to change your default NEIT settings for each media type 1 Goto the printer s home page fig 3 125 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details Ei Fig 3 125 Printer Home Page Fig 3 126 NEIT Settings Window 2 Select Printer Configuration Print Quality NEIT The NEIT Settings window appears fig 3 126 3 Select Matte Film from the drop down menu and click Change This section can only be used if you are printing a negative to Matte Film 4 Select the NEIT laser power setting for your negative The factory default is 10 Then click Change 5 Close browser window Print Density This feature allows you to adjust the density of toner on your printed page Density options range from 0 light to 7 dark The factory default is 4 l Goto the printer s home page fig 3 127 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details PC Setup 3 59 a is ru E t Fig 3 127 Printer Home Page Fig 3 128 Printer Density Window 2 Select Printer Configuration Print Quality Print Density The Print Density Window appears fig 3 128 3 Select the density level for your printer in increments of 1 Then select Change 4 Close browser window Reset Factory Defaults Reset Factory
41. gE S H Ede mr Immm Cee a Tg H3 oai ree mr j Fm Fig 3 73 User Information Window Fig 3 74 Name Confirmation Window 7 Typeyour name and or your company s name in the spaces provided fig 3 73 then click Next The Name Confirmation window appears fig 3 74 8 After making sure your information is correct click Yes fig 3 74 The Select Components window appears fig 3 75 Fig 3 75 Select Components Window Fig 3 76 Select Program Folder Window 9 Select which components you wish to install to a particular directory fig 3 75 then click Next The Select Program Folder window appears fig 3 76 3 36 PC Setup 10 Select the folder s into which you want the program icons added fig 3 76 then click Next The Start Copying Files window appears fig 3 77 tal og je tee a n 2 SS ee pa pn gm e erar cm me ag ee hea Spree Mut mim LL ee a Ha cay Ply TI Fig 3 77 Start Copying Files Window Fig 3 78 Setup Complete Window 11 Review the Start Copying Files window carefully fig 3 77 If there are any changes you wish to make simply click Back If you are satisfied click Next Once files are copied the Setup Complete window appears fig 3 78 12 This window indicates the setup is complete check center box if you wish to see the ATM ReadMe file if not click Finish XANT Advanced Graphics Center The XANT Advanced Graphics Center allows you to check and control Mor
42. gured for your printer Prnipsub ps allows you to print the IP address subnet mask and default gateway Ramdisk ps allows the user to set the size of the ramdisk feature Setip ps allows you to set your printer s IP address Open the file in a text editor and change the IP address in the parentheses to your printer s IP address Save the file and download it to your printer The printer must be restarted before the change is effective Setname ps allows you to change the printer s name Setzone ps allows you to set your printer s EtherTalk zone name Open the file in a text editor and change name of zone in the parentheses to the name of your EtherTalk zone Save the file and download it to your printer The printer must be restarted before the change is effective Startpgoff ps disables the printer s start up page feature which prevents it from printing automatically each time the printer is restarted See Printing a Start up Page in chapter 1 for details 3 42 PC Setup Startpgon ps enables the start up page feature which causes a page to print automatically each time the printer is restarted See Printing a Start up Page in chapter 1 for details Startpg ps allows you to print the printer s start up page Sysparm ps prints a list of current system parameters Using the Browser Feature Access You can access many printer features using your browser and the printer s home page utilities The next sections cover going to
43. have the 2400 dpi upgrade is installed on your system 2400 dpi will appear e Select Calibration Page and click Print A calibration page prints BEHNEHHEHENHNEHM EHHENHNEHNHEHERHB BHENNHNENHNHEHENH BEHHHEHNHHNEHNHNERB Z X SERRE SESE HENHNHHNHNHNEHNHEUN S M BERR RRR BREE REE al al cll al ed hc lal BHENHNHENHNHNHER d SERRA BEEHHEHNHNHNHM S w EHNHHNENHENHEHNH ll aa eal al nl che ls BEHHHHEHNHEHNH Fig 3 110 Sample Calibration Page Always print the calibration page using the same media and toner or press ink as used for the final copy Also when possible calibrate from the final output For example when calibrating for heavy paper use heavy paper LA f Measure individual patches on the calibration page making sure that you first place the page on a white background See your densitometer documentation for how to take the measurements PC Setup 3 51 g Make sure to enter the solid black 1 and solid white 2 measurements first Enter the number of the patch whose densitometer measurement most closely matches within 2 the corresponding percentage in the Enter Coverage Values section For example when you are reading for 2 if the box labeled 7 measures 2 enter the number 7 in the corresponding box y Calibration page blocks are numbered from 0 to 255 You may have to check several ER 3 blocks to find the one that most closely matches the percentage in the Densitometer Data
44. hen you adjust margins for one page size it affects all media sizes Z 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 113 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details Emeen d cm x Ti j mum om b m m um mom Fig 3 113 Printer Home Page Fig 3 114 PostScript Margins Window 2 Select Printer Configuration PostScript Margins fig 3 113 The PostScript Margins window appears fig 3 114 3 Check and adjust the PostScript margins if necessary a Click Update Print An alignment test page prints fig 3 115 PC Setup 3 53 Fig 3 115 Sample Alignment Test Page b NOTE Ss Turn the test page so that the x is to the left and the y is at the top of the crossed lines Check the current settings listed on the test page The factory default is x 0 y 0 which should cause each line to print 1 25 4 mm from the page s edges Coordinates listed on the alignment test page indicate change from the factory default in dots per inch Because these measurements are rounded for display adjustments should be based on careful measurements not the printed coordinates WwW If current settings are not the factory defaults and you must adjust the coordinates 44 you may reset factory default coordinates by selecting Reset Margins and clicking Update Print another alignment test page using the factory defaults measure the lines and make adjustments if necessary d 3 54 PC Setup Meas
45. internal hard disk See PDFs Folder and PS_Files Folder later in this chapter for details on the PC files their uses and how to download them 3 40 PC Setup PDFs Folder This folder contains the PDF Printer Description File for the your printer QuarkXPress versions prior to 3 3 2 require these files in addition to the PPD Use these PDFs to ensure the highest quality output from your printer and QuarkXPress The XANTE Utilities Installer loads the QuarkXPress PDE To load these PDFs manually 1 Load and configure the Adobe PostScript printer driver and your printer s PPD following instructions in Installing AdobePS Printer Driver and Printer PPD earlier in this chapter 2 Copy your printer s PDF file from the PDFs folder to the Xpress PDF directory on your PC by typing the following command substituting the drive letter containing the XANTE Utilities CD ROM for Drive COPY Drive Drivers your printer s folder quark your printer s PDF C XPRESS PDF J PS Files Folder This folder contains Adobe PostScript files to help setup and maintain your printer They help in areas such as keeping track of your printer s status performing specific functions and printing fonts samples These files can be downloaded to your printer by typing the following DOS command substituting the appropriate file name and a different port if necessary COPY FILENAME PS LPT1 J Accelafont ps allows you to set th
46. l Window 2 Select your printer model fig 3 13 then click Next The Printer Information window appears fig 3 14 I ia pra ie ngon em eee de ee P p premten Ye je abi m ee wt Por fee T Yj Bai N be Hee ren Fig 3 14 Printer Information Window Fig 3 15 Setup Information Window 3 Enter the printer name set the default option and select Yes to print the test page fig 3 14 then click Next The Setup Information window appears fig 3 15 Ww Printing the test page confirms that your printer is connected and communicating S with your computer correctly PC Setup 3 7 4 Verify that the setup information is correct fig 3 15 then click Install The Printer Configuration window appears fig 3 16 hom armani erra n acum 1 n1 penny gue deos ss ITIN RE E ee le ee oe mra F n Ms Fig 3 16 Printer Configuration Window 5 Select Yes or No to configure the printer now then click Next and take the following appropriate step a If you selected Yes the Properties Device Options window appears fig 3 17 continue to step 6 b Ifyouselected No the Setup Complete window appears fig 3 18 and you skip to step 12 Bua Lhe Soe riia E TE m Anaie crai parn j n H Fig 3 17 Properties Device Options Window Fig 3 18 Setup Complete Window 6 Configure the printer by selecting each tab and setting the appropriate options for your system setup click A
47. librating for plate you must select the manual feed tray by selecting the tA Manual Feed Tray option in the AGC Setup Window Linearize To begin linearizing your printer you must first print a calibration page to measure the printer s current performance as a basis for the calibration S Always print the calibration page using the same media and toner or press ink as used S for the final copy When possible calibrate from the final output For example when calibrating for plates take the plate to press and print Then measure the output from the press NOTE You must use a densitometer capable of measuring dot area for the linearization process PC Setup 3 75 1 Make sure the resolution which you will use to print the final output is selected in the AGC Setup window fig 3 170 under Resolution Supported 2 Make sure that if you are calibrating for plate the Manual Feed Tray option is selected fig 3 170 3 Select Linearize fig 3 170 The Linearization window appears fig 3 171 ws j Hee Macros him E S Fig 3 171 Linearization Window 4 Change the Linearization window LPI setting in the Print box fig 3 171 to achieve 256 levels of gray for the resolution at which you are printing For 600 dpi select 85 lpi for 1200 dpi select 106 lpi Any lpi may be used measure the lpi that is to be used for the final output NOTE P d 5 Printa Calibration Page to measure the printer s cur
48. lick Change fig 3 135 a reboot message and Reboot button appear in the window Then click Reboot and a message lets you know that your printer is rebooting P You must reboot the printer to make the capacity change take effect o 5 Close your browser Then reboot your printer to make the change take effect R You also can set aside RAM disk space using the printer s front panel Utility RAM N Disk menu For details see RAM Disk in chapter 4 V NOTE 3 62 PC Setup Trays and Media NOTE Trays and Media options allow you to choose the default input tray and media types Default Input Tray Default Input Tray allows you to set your printer s default input tray l Goto the printer home page fig 3 136 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details CANTE NANTA nmn J nine 1 md e nd Fig 3 136 Printer Home Page Fig 3 137 Default Input Tray Window 2 Select Printer Configuration Trays and Media Default Media Tray fig 3 136 The Media Types window appears fig 3 137 3 Select the desired default tray from the Input Tray drop down menu fig 3 137 Then click Change 4 Close your browser You also can select a tray using the printer s Tray Select key as well as enable tray chaining from the printer s front panel For details see Tray Selection Options in chapter 4 Media Types Media Types options allow you to configure the media type
49. ndow appears T 4 and you should register your printer now Configuring Your Printer s IP Subnet and Gateway Addresses Iz 2 NOTE 10 From the Ps files folder on the XANTE CD ROM copy dhcpoff ps to your cA drive Go to DOS Command Prompt Type the following substituting the appropriate port if necessary COPY DHCPOFF PS LPT1 J Power cycle the printer turn off then back on Using a word processing application open setipsub ps file from the Ps files folder Edit the file so it contains the IP Subnet and Gateway addresses you obtained from your network administrator Save the file to your c drive Go to DOS Command Prompt Type the following substituting the appropriate port if necessary COPY SEITPSUB PSEPTI Power cycle the printer again and verify that the start up page contains your IP Subnet and Gateway addresses Go to DOS Command Prompt to ping the printer Then type the following substituting the correct IP address for IP ADDRESS for example if your IP address is 192 9 200204 you would type PING 192 9 200204 at the DOS prompt CAPING IP ADDRESS gt H RY If you can ping the printer go on to step 10 If you cannot ping your printer contact S your Network Administrator Go back to your Printer Properties fig 3 34 and select the Details Tab fig 3 35 PC Setup 3 19 Fig 3 34 Printer Properties Window Fig 3 35 Details Tab Window 11 Select Add Port from the Details
50. ou can reset it by using the following sequence from the Printer Security section fig 3 159 LOGIN LOGOUT LOGIN HOME LOGIN SET PASSWORD Simply go to these pages in this order to reset your password Then just follow the steps on how to set the password from the previous section Utility Pages The Utility Pages option allows you to print the following four utility pages Start Page prints a page with basic printer information such as the printer s current name resolution page count amount of installed RAM number of resident fonts EtherTalk and LPR status and the Ethernet and IP addresses Low Toner Page prints a toner reorder form which you can fill out and return to XANTE or your XANTE vendor Network Page prints a page listing current network EtherTalk IP IPP LPR and Ethernet physical settings Font List Page prints a list of the Adobe PostScript 3 fonts resident on your XANTE PostScript 3 printer Font Sample Page prints samples of Adobe PostScript 3 fonts resident on your XANTE PostScript 3 printer Menu Layout prints a page listing the front panel menus and their current settings 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 165 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details GCANTEE 1 aa 7 i b Fig 3 165 Printer Home Page Fig 3 166 Utilities Pages Window 3 72 PC Setup 2 Select Utility Pages fig 3 165 The Utilities Pages window
51. out window appears fig 3 161 lira mim Hus m ixrcc acm il Li m mmm Fig 3 161 Logout Window 5 Click Submit When a message appear that you are now logged out close the browser 3 70 PC Setup Set Password Set Password allows you to set your printer s password to access the secure webpage areas l Goto the printer home page fig 3 162 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details SCATTER nme pma mm Fig 3 162 Printer Home Page 2 Select Printer Security Set Password A Set Password window appears fig 3 163 or fig 3 164 Fig 3 163 Set Password Window 1 Fig 3 164 Set Password Window 2 If you do not have a password When figure 3 163 appears skip to step 3 If you have a password When figure 3 164 appears enter your password in the Current Password field and then continue to step 3 3 Type in a password of your choice up to 8 characters in length in the New Password field fig 3 163 or fig 3 164 then reenter that new password in the Re enter Password field 4 Click Submit You now can access the secure webpage areas When you are through select Printer Security Logout The Logout window appears fig 3 161 5 Click Submit Then close the browser This new password will be required every time you log on to your printer s web page PC Setup 3 71 Changing Resetting the Password If you wish to change your password or have forgotten it y
52. p 4 b if not skip to 4 c b Under Manual Feed Options if you are using standard size media click Standard Paper Size and select the size from the drop down menu If you are using a custom size click Custom Paper Size and enter the size and select the unit of measure inch millimeter or centimeter c Under Print Settings select the resolution from the drop down menu d Click OK The More X ACT window reappears fig 3 180 5 Click Print Calibration Page A test page similar to the one shown in the Calibration Page section prints fig 3 181 111 net Mere D ei rims Bor camem Arp bo m ras mie omen Haes SoH ma me Made ape 2 1 G3 Laii me Pya Dri Fa masjeg eg L erp ye el pra qni bn mus el mask pu Them oriri dee Fee Cale Fap hrm re eee s erra nr a rbr nje kee bire Tota 1 23 Dim Lila ahim man Lsrgsmame Ep marum pert incon iih brih il qnibus dam VE L mend ams onm ol aba en Hen hemn irim L n di A ieee a oof a e pao yl 1 m Fig 3 180 More X ACT Window Fig 3 181 Sample More X ACT Calibration Page 6 Make the measurements indicated on the calibration page next to boxes A through F I and J recording each measurement in its corresponding box on the calibration page The values in boxes G and H are fixed values and do not require you to make any measurements 7 Copy the recorded measurements in boxes A through F I and J and the fixed values in boxes G and H from the calibration page
53. ppears 7 Click Exit when the XANT Utilities Main window reappears Adobe Type Manager ATM l Insert the XANTE Utilities CD ROM into your PC XANT Utilities Installer should launch automatically If not select Start Run Then browse to the XANTE Utilities CD ROM select XInstall xt prinst exe in the root directory and click OK The XANT Utilities Main window appears fig 3 68 e ua i u mmm bA oe PRE a 2 SAAS P mim M Tares Fig 3 68 XANT Utilities Main Window 3 34 PC Setup 2 Click Software Utilities in the XANTE Utilities Main window The Select Utility window appears fig 3 69 ee om aee me oe ce M n acm pem en pare p m uo ee ee mr uos bd mcm Fig 3 69 Select Utility Window Fig 3 70 Setup Welcome Window 3 Highlight Adobe Type Manager fig 3 69 then click OK Adobe Type Manager ATM launches then the Setup Welcome window appears fig 3 70 4 Read the Setup Welcome window fig 3 70 then click Next The Select Country window appears fig 3 71 a an Li i Dooma mirr gd eomm ep eu omms armi es mam RT Toma o a w i Fig 3 71 Select Country Window Fig 3 72 License Agreement Window 5 Highlight the desired country fig 3 71 then click Next The License Agreement window appears fig 3 72 6 Read the license agreement fig 3 72 then click Yes The User Information window appears fig 3 73 PC Setup 3 35 a ee Her j Emn
54. pply then click OK The Setup Complete window appears fig 3 18 3 8 PC Setup 7 Click OK The Printer Properties window closes and the Setup Complete window appears fig 3 18 8 Select Yes I want to view the ReadMe file When the file opens read it 9 Close the ReadMe file then click Finish 10 Ifyou chose to read the ReadMe file read it when it comes up and then close it The Main Screen window appears fig 3 19 Select Exit or close the Main Screen The Web Registration window appears fig 3 20 Web Registration 2 J Register Your Printer Online TW ABE in UCTHLETIES Fig 3 19 Main Screen Fig 3 20 Web Registration Window 11 Select Yes or No fig 3 20 Then go to the appropriate following step a Ifyou selected Yes the Registration Form window appears fig 3 21 Fill out and submit the form IT Fs a Wie B d i FE oS i CE ed Fig 3 21 Registration Form b If you select No you return to the Windows desktop PC Setup 3 9 Configuring the PPD If you selected Yes to configure your printer in Adobe PostScript Printer Driver and Printer PPD Installation some of the following PPD options are set already In this case simply verify those settings and make new ones required in this procedure 1 Select Start Settings Printers The Printers window appears 2 Highlight your printer and click the right mouse button Select Properties from the drop down menu 3
55. r Printer Online Mo Fig 3 49 Completing Add Printer Wizard Fig 3 50 Web Registration Window 12 Click Finish when Add Printer Wizard window appears The Web Registration window appears fig 3 50 13 Select Yes or No Then go to the appropriate following step a Ifyou select Yes XANTE s web site is accessed automatically and the Registration Form window appears fig 3 51 Fill out and submit the form DE TNO rm b Ifyou No you return to the Windows desktop Configuring Your Printer s IP Subnet and Gateway Addresses l From the ps_files folder on the XANTE CD ROM copy dhcpoff ps to your cA drive 2 Go to DOS Command Prompt 3 Type the following substituting the appropriate port if necessary COPY DHCPOFE PS LPT PC Setup 3 25 NOTE PA 4 Power cycle the printer turn off then back on 5 Using a word processing application open setipsub ps file from the ps files folder Edit the file so it contains the IP Subnet and Gateway addresses you obtained from your network administrator Save the file to your c drive 6 Go to DOS Command Prompt 7 Type the following substituting the appropriate port if necessary COPY SETIPSUBPS LPTI J 8 Power cycle the printer again and verify that the start up page contains your IP Subnet and Gateway addresses 9 Goto DOS Command Prompt to ping the printer Then type the following substituting the correct IP address for IP ADDRESS
56. r s default virtual memory setting at power up 3 56 PC Setup 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 119 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details 2 Select Printer Configuration PostScript VM fig 3 119 The VM window appears fig 3 120 Fig 3 119 Printer Home Page 3 Fig 3 120 VM Window Select the desired amount of memory to set aside for virtual memory at power up fig 3 120 the minimum value allowed is 9 MB 12 MB is the factory default setting and the maximum value is 40 of the installed RAM 4 Click Change Then close your browser Print Quality EP1 Fuser Temperature NEIT and Print Density Print Quality has EP1 Fuser Temperature NEIT and Print Density options EP1 Electrophotography Toner Control EP1 part of XANTE s new CPT Clean Plate Technology allows you to control the level of toner transferred from the toner drum to the media to control toning l Goto the printer home page fig 3 121 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details Fig 3 121 Printer Home Page CLIP T na ng Fig 3 122 Default DP Window PC Setup 3 57 2 Select Printer Configuration Print Quality EPI fig 3 121 The Default EPI window appears fig 3 122 3 Select the type of media for which you want to set the EP1 from the Media Type drop down menu fig 3 122 Then Click Change 4 Select the EPI settings from the EPI field Options are 0 up
57. r the densitometer s lens over the patch and either click the black button on top of the XD 1 or click the measure button on the Densitometer Data Entry window fig 3 174 The measurement appears in the box to the right of the Measure button Make sure to enter the solid black 1 and solid white 2 measurements first Enter the number of the patch whose densitometer measurement most closely matches within 2 the corresponding percentage in section 3 of the Densitometer Data Entry window For example when you are reading for 2 if the box labeled 7 measures 2 enter the number 7 in the corresponding box RY The calibration page blocks are numbered from 0 to 255 You may have to check S several blocks to find the one that most closely matches the percentage in the Densitometer Data Entry window 3 78 PC Setup ul fe Z pA Also it is not necessary to measure for each coverage value listed in the Densitometer Data Entry window but it is recommended to do so to achieve more accurate results 10 Click Graph to display a curve of your printer s linear curve Then click Linearize to continue The Linearization window reappears fig 3 174 If you need to stop linearization for example to change the media type you can click Cancel to stop 11 Click Save to printer fig 3 174 if you want to save the data file for future use Then specify a new file name and select a folder for saving the file Click Sa
58. ration Ay menu 3 48 PC Setup 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 104 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details Fig 3 104 Printer Home Page Fig 3 105 AccelaFont Window 2 Select Printer Configuration PostScript AccelaFont fig 3 104 The AccelaFont window appears fig 3 105 3 Select the desired percent of RAM Disk to allocate for AccelaFont from the Percentage drop down menu fig 3 105 Options are 0 to 100 the factory default in 10 increments 4 Click Change Then close your browser DPI DPI allows you to set the printer s default DPI 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 106 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details GCANTE uro emm Fig 3 106 Printer Home Page Fig 3 107 Set Default DPI Window 2 Select Printer Configuration PostScript DIP fig 3 106 The Set Default DPI window appears fig 3 107 3 Select the desired DPI for your printer from the Default DPI drop down menu fig 3 107 Standard options are 600 x 600 DPI and 1200 x 1200 DPI if the 2400 dpi upgrade is installed on your printer then 2400 x 2400 DPI also appears in the drop down menu PC Setup 3 49 4 Click Change Then close your browser You also can select the DPI through the printer s front panel See Resolution Options DPI in chapter 4 for details Linearization Linearization allows you to create and download custom curves to yo
59. rent performance as a basis for the calibration To do this use the following procedure Always print the calibration page using the same media and toner or press ink as used for the final copy Also when possible calibrate from the final output For example when calibrating for plates take the plate to press and print Then measure the output from the press LA a Select Emulsion side down if you want to print a mirror image The printed calibration page will still look like a positive but the patch box values will be reversed b Select the custom Gamma Curve you want to update from the Update Transfer Curve list This curve selection automatically updates the LPI option to match the lpi listed for the selected curve To select a different lpi setting use the LPI option and scroll to the desired setting R If you select a custom lpi for a listed curve the lpi listed in front of the curve s name n in the Update Transfer Curve box does not change to match the new lpi In this case 3 76 P fouet to keep a record of the new lpi setting for that gamma curve NOTE c Select the resolution which you will use to print the final output in the printer front panel GRAPHIC DPI menu d Click Print Calibration Page fig 3 171 The calibration page shows the printer s performance using no gamma curve correction fig 3 172 P Print only one calibration page using the Print Calibration Page button at the 44 beginning of the c
60. rmation about Pinbar Alignment l Goto your printer s home page fig 3 102 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details PC Setup 3 47 d Fig 3 102 Printer Home Page Fig 3 103 Pinbar Alignment Window 2 Select Printer Configuration Pinbar Alignment The Pinbar Alignment window appears fig 3 103 3 Select pinbar position by clicking ON then enter the appropriate position number Options are from a minimum of 0 0 0 mm to a maximum of 3 0 76 mm in increments of 0 1 2 45 mm from the center of the page The factory default is 2 0 51 mm 4 Click Select after making the appropriate choice 5 Close browser window PostScript Features AccelaFont DPI Linearization LPI Margins More X ACT and VM PostScript features include AccelaFont DPI Linearization LPI Margins More X ACT and VM options AccelaFont Accelafont options allow you to set aside a portion of RAM disk to store fonts for quick system access AccelaFont automatically loads the most recently used fonts from the printer s optional hard disk into the RAM disk This eliminates time usually required to access fonts from the hard disk Accelafont is active only if fonts are downloaded to an optional hard disk on the printer and RAM Disk is enabled for 1 MB or more Options are 0 through 100 the factory default in 10 increments You also can set this feature using the front panel Utility Font Accel configu
61. rom your application Print dialog box Off the factory default disables this feature Options of Maximum High Medium Low are available Additional Printer Specific Options for Adobe PageMaker Several additional printer specific options are available through PageMaker s Printer Features in the Print dialog box They include Tray Switch Installed Memory and Optional Tray PC Setup 3 15 Tray Switch Tray Chaining Tray Switch allows you to select the printer s tray chaining feature on a per job basis Tray chaining on your printer is controlled via the printer s PPD Tray Switch feature Options are False the factory default which disables chaining and True which enables it When True is selected your printer automatically switches to another media source when the current source runs out of media as long as the following conditions are met All selected media sources must contain the same size media If the printer detects a different size media when it switches to a new tray the printer stops printing All trays must be inserted properly When Tray Switch is set to True an incorrectly positioned tray prevents the printer from printing WwW Tray Chaining only applies to the cassette s not to the Multipurpose tray O Z Ne Installed Memory The Installed Memory feature must be set to agree with your printer and memory configurations Options include 64 MB the factory default 128 MB and 256 MB If your printer has
62. s make sure the settings are Job timeout 0 Wait timeout 240 6 Click the General tab if you want to print a test page next click Apply and then Print Test Page 7 Click OK The Printer Properties window closes 8 Select File Close The Printers window closes PC Setup 3 11 Configuring Printer Options Various printer specific options become available through your software applications after you install the printer s PPD This section covers these options and suggested settings for them Fast Imaging Adobe PostScript 3 s Fast Imaging feature allows you to select from two methods of image data compression for faster printing when image quality is not the primary concern Set Fast Imaging from your application Print dialog box None the factory default prints at normal speed and with no data compression Optimized for Quality compresses image data for faster printing than normal but with some usually not noticeable loss of image quality Optimized for Speed implements a greater degree of data compression to provide the fastest print time but with the possibility of a noticeable loss of data quality EW Optimize selections do not function if the print job contains an image that is masked M XA or rotated to anything other than 0 90 180 or 270 Gamma The Gamma feature allows you to adjust printer output for ink media file and environmental conditions For example if a scanned image is too dark
63. showing current settings If you want to reformat the hard disk continue to step 3 if not skip to step 4 3 Click Format a warning window informs you that formatting the disk will erase everything on it If you want to continue click Proceed With Format otherwise continue to step 4 XANTA nmm ha 4 E l mm mem ees ome i surmara some n mz mmm mE ES WIS H Fig 3 133 Warning Window 4 Close your browser PC Setup 3 61 R y You also can format a hard disk via the printer s front panel For details see Hard S Disk in chapter 4 NOTE To display RAM disk settings and configure the device 1 Goto the printer home page fig 3 134 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details MANTE Oe I T Pra i ES ENELLLNEUE Ce LRL LUE p Lk ps TL a LENS 11 NH z cmm Bs m m mm E F m E ae Es beim e mmo ome o A 1 Fig 3 134 Printer Home Page Fig 3 135 RAM Disk Settings Window 2 Select Printer Configuration Storage Devices RAM Disk fig 3 134 The RAM Disk Settings window appears fig 3 135 showing current settings If you want to change the capacity setting continue to step 3 to reformat the RAM disk device skip to step 4 Otherwise skip to step 5 3 Select the desired capacity setting from the Capacity drop down menu Then if you want to reformat the RAM disk device continue to step 4 Otherwise skip to step 5 4 C
64. teMaker 4 Utilities in the scroll box on the Install Uninstall tab in the Add Remove Program Properties Window fig 3 4 See eee eee Peete Ths B Ti eal 5 rum prions Ern a opcm deis m TIR DR Fig 3 4 Add Remove Program Properties Window 3 Click Add Remove 4 Click Yes in the warning window to proceed with removal Then click OK 5 Scroll through and verify that your printer s XANT Utilities were removed from the scroll box on the Install Uninstall tab Then click OK PC Setup 3 3 Adobe Drivers For Windows 98 and Me the AdobePS 4 4 driver supports Adobe PostScript 3 and earlier Adobe PostScript Printer Driver and Printer PPD Installation Windows 98 Me This section covers installing utilities setting up a parallel or network connection configuring a remote printer running in LPR mode and creating NDPS printers at the server console in a Windows 98 or Me environment Installing Utilities This section covers installing utilities on Windows 98 and Me based computers This process installs your printer s PPD and selected application PDFs or PPDs then it launches the Adobe PostScript Printer Driver installer XANT Utilities CD ROM Documentation is in Adobe Acrobat Portable Documentation Format PDF Use Adobe Acrobat Reader included on the utilities CD ROM to read this documentation See Adobe Acrobat Reader later in this chapter for details XANT Utilities Installer runs properly only on an Intel bas
65. the home page and accessing printer features options and information available there Printer Home Page To access your printer s home page l Turn on your printer and then the computer EW You must assign the printer a valid IP address for you network before you can use the oY browser 2 Open your browser and enter your printer s IP address This address appears on the printer start up page The Printer Home Page appears fig 3 91 Fig 3 91 Printer Home Page The home page has five major categories Printer Configuration Printer Information Printer Maintenance Printer Security and Utility Pages Printer Configuration Printer Configuration options include Information Pages Network PostScript Print Quality Reset Factory Defaults Storage Devices and Trays and Media To access printer configuration features l Goto the printer home page fig 3 92 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details PC Setup 3 43 Fig 3 92 Printer Home Page Fig 3 93 Printer Configuration Options 2 Select Printer Configuration fig 3 92 printer configuration options appear fig 3 93 Informational Pages Start Page Low Toner Page and Network Page The Information Pages window allows you enable or disable printing of the Start Page Low Toner Page and Network Page l Goto the printer home page fig 3 94 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details WATE eee k o naii EF m
66. tup Usually you set lines per inch through your application However when LPI is not a software option you can use the Screen option provided by your printer s PPD in the Print dialog box Options include 30 LPI 75 LPI 85 LPI 95 LPI 110 LPI 115 120 and 133 LPI aR Depending on the application being used a Printer s Default option may be available 44 When this option is selected the current printer setting is used for the job Screen Shape Dot Shapes The Screen Shape feature allows you to select the shape of dots that make up the screen pattern for your printed image This feature is controlled by your printer s PPD that is loaded on your system during printer setup Set the Screen Shape menu option in your application Print dialog box Options are Enhanced the factory default None Euclidean Round Line and Ellipse The choice of shape depends on the type of print job For example round usually is used for traditional offset printing while screen printers may choose line or ellipse LW Depending on the application being used a Printer s Default option may be available z A Smooth Shading Smooth Shading allows you to use the Adobe PostScript 3 method of rendering gradient blends Smooth Shading produces the highest quality image at the selected resolution For some images PostScript files created with Smooth Shading are smaller and print faster than those created using PostScript Level 2 Set Smooth Shading f
67. ur printer Seven different custom gamma curves can be created using this process You must use a densitometer capable of measuring dot area for the linearization process S A densitometer like any other precision instrument must be calibrated before each using the densitometer use Refer to your densitometer s documentation for instructions on calibrating and l Goto the printer home page fig 3 108 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details Se So z ui ERNS Fig 3 108 Poner Home Page Fig 3 109 Linearization Window 2 Select Printer Configuration PostScript Linearization fig 3 108 The Linearization window appears fig 3 109 3 Linearize your printer using the following procedure fig 3 109 a Select the number of the custom gamma curve which you want to create from the Custom Gamma drop down menu Options are 0 through 6 the factory default is 0 Then click Change 3 50 PC Setup b Select the input source for printing the calibration page from the Input Tray options c Select the LPI that will achieve 256 levels of gray from the LPI drop down menu Options are from 5 LPI to 210 LPI in increments of 1 the factory default is 85 LPI EW For 600 dpi select 85 lpi for 1200 lpi select 106 lpi for 2400 lpi select 133 to 150 lpi oY Any lpi may be used measure the lpi that is to be used for final output d Select the desired resolution Options are 600 dpi and 1200 dpi also if you
68. uration includes the class IP address subnet mask and DHCP options WwW Your printer s default TCP IP address should be changed to agree with your network s S TCP IP address Check with your System Administrator for the correct TCP IP address To configure TCP IP settings l Goto the printer home page fig 3 100 See Printer Home Page earlier in this chapter for details 3 46 PC Setup oa umas Fig 3 100 Printer Home Page Fig 3 101 TCP IP Configuration Window 2 Select Printer Configuration Network TCP IP fig 3 100 The TCP IP Configuration window appears fig 3 101 3 Check and change the following settings accordingly if necessary fig 3 101 a Change the TCP IP address Network Class if necessary check with your System Supervisor then click Change b Change the printer s default TCP IP address Network and Node IDs to the address assigned by your System Supervisor by using the scroll arrows beside each number then click Change c Change the Subnet Mask if necessary then click Change If you are using DHCP continue to step 4 d otherwise skip to step 4 d Select either DHCP On or DHCP Off and click Change 4 Close your browser then restart your printer to make the new TCP IP address take effect Pinbar Alignment This feature allows you to print two lines at the top of your plates for use as an alignment tool for your plate punch See chapter 4 for more info
69. ure the distance from the edge of the page to the x line it should measure 1 25 4 mm This distance is dependent on the y coordinate If an adjustment needs to be made use the following appropriate procedure To move the x line away from the edge of the page select an appropriate plus value in the X Coordinate field To move the x line closer to the edge of the page select an appropriate minus value in the X Coordinate field Measure the distance from the edge of the page to the y line it should measure 1 25 4 mm This distance is dependent on the x coordinate If an adjustment needs to be made use the following appropriate procedure To move the y line away from the page s edge select an appropriate plus value in the Y Coordinate field To move the y line closer to the page s edge select an appropriate minus value in the Y Coordinate field You can preview a coordinate changes effect on image placement To do this change the x and y coordinates as desired then click View Coordinates The shifts accordingly on the screen page and the original position appears as a gray fig 3 116 This is only a preview the change will not take effect unless you click Update Print XANTE n u i LEO OEC H EIOISOAC m xm Fig 3 116 View Coordinates Window E Print another alignment page see step 3 g Measure the x and y lines on the new test page If the lines are not each 1 25 4 mm from the edge of the p
70. ve Otherwise skip to step 12 12 Click OK to close the Linearization window If you want to verify linearization click the Verify Calibration button fig 3 174 before you close the Linearization window When this page prints compare it to the original calibration page to verify the gamma correction you should see an improvement in grayscale progression Advanced Gamma Control If you are an expert user you may want to adjust image lowlights midtones highlights and details in a gamma curve using the Advanced option in the Linearization window fig 3 175 You cannot see the advanced window adjustments on screen Unless you are an advanced user you should make these adjustments through an application 1 Select the gamma curve to update from Update Transfer Curve in the Linearization window fig 3 175 PC Setup 3 79 Advanced Settings Image Adjustments Midtones Highlights Details Cancel Lowalights Fig 3 175 Linearization Window Fig 3 176 Advanced Settings Window 2 Click Advanced The Advanced Settings window appears fig 3 176 Use the appropriate scroll bars to make the adjustment and click OK to return the Linearization window fig 3 175 3 Click Enter Curve Linearize to create a new curve and download it to your printer The Densitometer Data Entry window appears fig 3 174 4 Click Linearize The new curve replaces the existing curve on your printer The Linearization windo
71. w reappears 5 Click Close the Linearization window closes Then select File Exit to close the Advanced Graphics Center More X ACT Use XANT Advanced Graphics Center s More X ACT feature to calibrate printer line lengths and correct inaccuracies in printing width height skew and angle Ew You must have Advanced Graphics Center and your printer s current PPD installed Be before you can use Advanced Graphics Center s More X ACT You will also need a 1 2 millimeter ruler l Select More X ACT from the Setup window fig 3 177 The More X ACT window appears fig 3 178 3 80 PC Setup Fig 3 177 AGC Setup Window Fig 3 178 More X ACT Window 2 Make sure that the same type of media you will use for final printing is loaded in the printer 3 Select the media type you are using from the Media Type drop down menu y Each media type can only have one set of options For example if you calibrate for 8 5 x 11 QS letter paper choose Paper as your media type If you also calibrate for 11 x 17 tabloid paper choose User defined 1 as your media type 4 Check Options to make sure the paper media source and print settings are correct If any of the settings are incorrect click Change Options when the More X ACT Advanced Setup window appears fig 3 179 make the necessary changes Fig 3 179 More X ACT Advanced Setup Window PC Setup 3 81 a Under Paper Source if you select Manual Feed go to ste

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