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1. General Viewing f f Dither Medium X Enlarge Auto b2 Reduce Auto X m Percentage of total resolution to be used in nesting r PostScript color space Auto x Colour Engine r PostScript Force Bounding Box Windows 7 1X Compress PS TEMP m Nesting ae le print T Activate Antialiasing Bisel uh Revert Cancel OK Dither This function defines the type of screen the printer will use for colour dithering using spots of ink The choice may be between High quality gives the best print quality at all levels at the expense of speed More apt use is in situations where the printer is not very fast and does not have very high resolution e g lt 600 dpi and instead the computer doing the processing is of very high specifications Medium gives the best compromise between speed and print quality it is roughly twice as fast as high quality whilst maintaining a very high quality Fast further increases the processing speed in this case giving a type of screen which may give rise to shapes or distortion suitable in cases where quality may be sacrificed for speed in cases where it is desired to use fast print modes which burden the processing power of the PC Very fast is the typical typographic screen where the dots are positioned with respect to a right angled grid whereby rather visible defects appear but it is however very advantageous
2. Load Configuration fram nesting 2202 2004 zziz 1501 2048 15 61 2004 16 07 2008 1507 20 anos 2003 2006 2008 20 06 2008 he jews 0400 2000 Izzie 14 1 2022 14 it 200e 33 10 2000 I Charge lie whis loading FE Load Images F Losi Settings 50 Power Plotter Manual The third loads the configurations from the previous print job report Load Configuration fram repart OoOXK Ey Caim Henings Repani stored CIAZE JOC L2 testf nale nan smal tf amp L20 test nale nan mmal tf DANARI 0503 2008 05 05 2004 05 05 2004 07 09 2004 MARIA 08 2005 amp L10 Coda d Zarpa ful deed 0303 2008 XE 105 Code d tavpa Ful bleed 03 09 2004 vaw ITE ful teed 03 00 2008 F Changs tie whis loading 1308 2004 FE Load Inogss F Losi Settings POS Y M L M70 ETA Ain Power Plotter Crane kr poo 5 Y MOTO MM70 T160 50 398 cA 51 Power Plotter Manual The fourth loads the configurations from the saved print jobs Load Configuration fram Printed ES E fa ILM POS MC100 R 1 SRGB IED 1906 2 1xm S ar Potier LMK amp 0O R 52 Power Plotter Manual Save Configuration F6 Hotkey The Save Configuration command saves the currently active configuration to disk Select the Save Configuration menu option and indicate the name which should be used to save the configuration it is also possible to select a previous configuration from the drop down
3. 130 Power Plotter Manual Or you can type the PC name if the PC to search is the one you are working on select Local PC 127 0 0 1 internal address called Loop back of the local machine and click Continue A quick search will be run at the end of which a window like the one below will be displayed if any a 4 Salac a configuiation for enota prinding 2200 prove ad 2200 peva of Epon 2100 Epon 210 Avomeico Epon 2100 WR2605 720 Carcel Back Cortin gt gt Here you will find the list of default settings this step will only occur if you have already made settings from Power Plotter otherwise the program will go to step 3 Now you can select one of the items or none and continue In the Print Queues tab there is a window similar to the previous one Printer installation Step Z E Select a cord guiationi fo remote parting Conal Back Connirae where you can select the print queues managed with the server version of the program Click Continue to display the following window 131 Power Plotter Manual Printer installation Step 3 f xi D Active settings are Power Server 127 0 0 1 Virtual Port J PPP2 By pressing continue the Windows tm printer Parag wizard will come out install a power plotter printer on the PORT PPP2 Printer drivers are in the installation CD Cancel Back Continue gt gt gt The most imp
4. Exit the program This command terminates the program prompting for the saving of the workplace created 46 Power Plotter Manual Chapter IV Menu commands the Configurations menu 47 Power Plotter Manual Language From here it is possible to select the various languages for the program After having made the selection it is necessary to close and restart the program 48 Power Plotter Manual Configurations F5 Hotkey This menu allows accessing the print settings stored from previous print jobs It is possible to restore the settings from four different archives in all cases it is possible to load both images and configurations or one or the other separately The first loads the configurations saved ad hoc for particular situations from the Save configuration comman4d The Change file in the workspace flag allows the selection of other images in place of those saved during opening so as to save the workspace settings with other images Custom Configuratiar utami Hentinge Repor Stoma ffu bleed auto a WE200PS Modre Carts Comune WE2DORG Veloce Carts Comune P5000 per catog aia psan 2100 WA2606 720 W220 a0 Epson 2100 Epson 2100 Awtonstito fora ad 2200 prove a3 49 Power Plotter Manual The second loads the saved workspaces to be able to start with the images we have already loaded and we wish to be able to use with the previous setup
5. Prier Pomare Prete PPPS PFO Fle rompi ped CE eef oes e Assign a name select the ps extension check that the destination is Windows Printer that the printer name is the previously selected Power Plotter Printer and that in the list of the PPD files there is the 144 Power Plotter Manual powerplo ppd name and that it is selected Click Options and select Send as is a x C Alter amp send waming page Alter special characters Use BCI prp Cancel Help Your printer will be displayed in the list of AppleTalk printers and will be visible in Select resources for OS9 or in Print center for OSX From the Power Plotter installation CD select the PPD once again now you can print from any Mac program directly to the RIP 145 Power Plotter Manual Printing by sharing Mac with NT4 0 server 2000 Server o 2003 Server Using a pc with Windows Server OS version 4 0 sp6 or later you can create a Power Plotter printer that you can share in a Mac network using the Mac LAN protocol Usually in Windows Server Mac services are already enabled if not enable them through the Windows Service uw Amministra estensioni server gt 4 al Amministrazione di server Telnet j Configurazione server GP Criteri di protezione locali ti BD DHCP tel 2 DNS mL as File system distribuito fot Gestione computer mn r i Gestione licenze Gestione servizi
6. Save workspace CTRL T Save the current workspace to subsequently recover the settings used also reloading all the images clearly only if the path has not been removed in the meantime E Save configuration with name x Configuration Name 33 Power Plotter Manual Save image s CTRL S The Save image s command allows saving the entire workspace in a file as single image in one of the following formats BMP TIFF JPG PS By selecting the desired format from the drop down menu their appears a list of options which allow defining the type of compression the umber of colours for the new image and its resolution in pixels or in DPI Image scaling will always be performed using the normal antialiasing filter so as to maintain good image definition Pie Coafgrdin Prete Imturerte 7 Pe PTT E EE PE PPE PEP FFF z 7 FRO AAE ER PO PEN R Rei E S EERTE The Save as window 34 Power Plotter Manual Save Nesting RGB ppp tif Cut Area Cut Marks Color Gray n m Format TIFF Compression Type aa Compression Ma m Pixel Dimension Dim x Dim Y Color Space 468 E72 RGB x X Keep Proportions Resolution 150 RS Cancel save to File ee ee eee TIFF bitmap format options Various save options are available for TIFF format files relating to the desired compression for the file It is possible to save in both RGB and CMYK Parti
7. Version for Windows 98 ME NT4 0 2000 XP 2003 Users manual au Power Plotter Manual Summary WELCOME TO THE POWER PLOTTER CHAPTER I INSTALLATION AND ACTIVATION MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS INSTALLATION PROCEDURE HOW TO INSTALL POWER PLOTTER NOTES FOR THE INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS NT 2000 XP UNINSTALL PROCEDURE START UP UPGRADING FUNCTIONS INSTALLING ADDING PRINTER DRIVERS CHAPTER Il PROGRAM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS SUPPORTED FORMATS SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS CHAPTER lIl MENU COMMANDS THE FILE MENU NEW WORKSPACE CTRL N OPEN CTRL O OPEN WORKSPACE CTRL L SAVE WORKSPACE CTRL T SAVE IMAGE S CTRL S OTHER FILE SAVING OPTIONS 1 PROFILES OTHER FILE SAVING OPTIONS 1 AREA IN PIXELS OTHER OPTIONS WITHIN THE SAVE WORKSPACE SCREEN CLOSE IMAGE CTRL F4 CANCEL PREVIEW SELECT ALL IMAGES CTRL A SELECT SOURCE ACQUISITION FROM A SCANNER ADD PRINTER DRIVERS UPDATE PROGRAM VERSION INSTALL VIRTUAL PRINTER RECENTLY USED FILE LIST EXIT THE PROGRAM 10 11 16 17 21 23 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 34 38 40 41 41 41 42 43 45 46 Power Plotter Manual CHAPTER IV MENU COMMANDS THE CONFIGURATIONS MENU 47 LANGUAGE 48 CONFIGURATIONS F5 HOTKEY 49 SAVE CONFIGURATION F6 HOTKEY 53 PROGRAM PREFERENCES F2 HOTKEY 54 DEFAULT CONFIGURATION 54 MEMORY MANAGEMENT 54 LOG MESSAGE TYPES 55 COMPRESS PRN FILES 55 UNITS OF MEASUREMENT 55 TEMPORARY FI
8. Avviato Automatico Sa Plug and Play Gestisce l in Avviato Automatico Print Server for Macintosh Permette a Automatica Bs Protocollo SMTP Simple Mail Transport Prot Trasporta Avviato Automatico Bs Provider supporto protezione LM NT Fornisce pr Manuale Bs Q05 RSVP Fornisce la Manuale Ba Registro eventi Registra m Avviato Automatico Sy Replica file Mantiene la Manuale Routing e Accesso remoto Offre servi Disabilitato SARPE Remote Procedure Call Fornisce il Avviato Automatico Ba RPC Locator Gestisce il Avviato Automatico By Server Fornisce su Avviato Automatico Bs Server DNS Risponde a Manuale Sa Servizi terminal Fornisce un Disabilitato ie 4 Now create the Power Plotter printer on the Server following the procedure already described above and install the Power Plotter Printer Manager on the Server from the Power Plotter installation CD The printer thus created can be shared and having enabled Apple Print services each Mac will be connected and you will find it in Select resources for Os9 or in Print center for OsX In System 9 select the Adobe PS printer or LaserWriter and then link it to the PPD from the installation CD in the Postscript Printers Mac folder to be unzipped In System X open the Print center and select Add Printer AppleTalk Also in this case you have to link the same PPD 147
9. lt lt Input Output gt gt gt Reset Previous A J O Black Ink limit l Black ink limit 100 x Total ink limit 400 x Strong conection HighLights ee 1 Contrast fi eS Cerro ee eee P Mid Tones e fi ien paz f Output Curves Panel In the first box on the left you can manually retouch the active curve shape The colour curve can be selected from the centre list or clicking the selected colour The two buttons in the middle RESET and PREVIOUS restore the curves to the neutral or to the last saved one respectively The two Black ink limit and Total ink limit boxes allow limiting the colour amount on the sum In general it may be convenient to use the Total limit setting only when the print tends to be too wet This parameter decreases the colour sum value without excessive alteration of the chromatic quality 116 Power Plotter Manual At the bottom the commands on the left change the colour curves selectively in the light half tones and shadow areas The commands on the right adjust Contrast the value set multiplies the input curve Brightness the value set is added to the curve Gamma changes the curve shape as curve power The buttons at the bottom CANCEL closes the window and cancels the changes APPLY applies the changes and remains in the window CONFIRM applies the changes and closes the window 117
10. sun and MacOs 9 or later Under MacOs 9 you can use the following procedure in MacOS X the procedure is the same First connect and configure the Tcp Ip protocol of both Mac and pc in the network Then run the program called Desktop printers utility in Mac The first time the following window will be displayed or you will have to select a new one Cree Stampante Stamapaete Applet atk Stampaste LPA Stampante nessuna coanessiome Stamapaete USB Traduttore PostScrmty Cres u zhevearte de yer enter teea to LUT Cu ox Here you have to select Printer LPR in the list and in the drop down menu select AdobePS or LaserWriter 8 only the method for enabling the printer will change in Select resources Continuing with the wizard clicking OK the following window is displayed 140 Power Plotter Manual Senza Titolo 1 Documente PPD Post Scher Prieter Desorption S oe Selezione Stampante L E Select the printer PPD and the printing path The PPD is on the Power Plotter installation CD under the Postscript printer mac folder The printer path is selected from the following interface Stampante internet Specifice le stampante Internet sulla quale stampare dhome domain o indirizzo IP Indirizzo stampante 152 108 64 68 Coda CT La tanpante non pal seere verificata Verifica Annulla Cx Enter the Ip address of t
11. 4 Huffman Macintosh PICT PICT PCT Truevision Targa TGA HPGL HPGLII certain versions PSD up to version 5 Power Plotter supports the following graphic formats in write mode saving or printing Microsoft Windows Bitmap BMP DIB Joint Photograph Expert Group JPEG Tagged Image File Format TIF TIFF PostScript PS in the PS version HP Printer Command Language PCL HP RTL Canon GARO 26 Power Plotter Manual Software specifications Handles plt and prn files by sending them directly to the printer Handles raster images up to 48 bit with Alpha channel The possibility for opening images both at a customised resolution and viewing only the file size and in FULL MODE at high resolution e Mounting stand to place together several images for printing to optimise paper up to a maximum of 99 images Management of the files over many pages for print jobs on single sheet printers Hot folder for the automation of the printing procedure by simply copying the files to be printed inside the predefined folders The possibility for importing files at preset sizes thus respecting any pagination or format settings Rotation and mirroring The possibility to move resize or rotate each individual image by using the mouse or keyboard Automatic image repagination algorithm Nesting to optimise paper and cutting Each image is manageable independently of the others may have its own configuration with refere
12. 86mB a be Menoa a a D 4 1244 MB G 4498 MB Deleting this files you will lose the previews that you see 1128 MB scrolling the archived prints The temporary and Swap files will be deleted Close On the left we have the summary of the free space over all the system disks On the right the two main temporary file types 1 the print previews which are created each time a new file is opened and are used so as to have a small preview in the REPORT list and as miniatures in the accessory program Cost management for HP series 5000 the latter is used to calculate the cost of each print job made using the HPDesignJet 5000 5500 Cancelling them frees up disk space but all the miniatures are lost and hence white squares are opened up in their place Instead the temporary files are the temporary rasterisations of the PostScript files and the virtual memory files created by the program It may occur that due to an error or due to the incorrect arrest of the program traces of old processing jobs remain From this interface it is possible to cancel all those which are no longer of any use with a single click Those files which are not cancelled are those which arrive from application print jobs those are cancelled from the Print in progress window as will be explained later in this manual 63 Power Plotter Manual Black management CMY CMYK xf Black CMY CMYK Complementary values Black af 0 Tri
13. OTHERWISE THE PROGRAM WILL START AS DEMO VERSION WITH LIMITED FUNCTIONS GIVING YOU THE MESSAGE DEMO VERSION THE SERIAL NUMBER FOR EACH PACKAGE IS UNIQUE Serial Code Hines the pregam was sed XXXX _ XXXX XXXX XXXX Days using this program Installation Cose ii i6s 11274 MW iii Eotteenad Trid Panat Activation Cote Fregiter via WEB Regatas via Fas Update Cios When you enter the serial number the screen will change displaying a new window where you have to enter the registration number activation that you need to request from DevStudio to definitely unlock the program You have 30 days or 120 total running since the installation to request this number after which if you don t register the program will only work in Demo Version limiting the print size and printing demo on every print job The registration number is unique for each machine you want to run Power Plotter on and you can request it on line 1 if the PC is connected to the Internet or by FAX 2 1 The on line procedure is certainly the fastest and allows receiving the correct registration number directly in your mailbox this is a fully automated procedure 20 Power Plotter Manual c Go to the www devstudio it ti 9J Diner Gee JN website select SOFTWARE ACTIVATION and follow the instructions on line To complete registration you must enter your personal data user ID Password and e mail address you need
14. Power Plotter Manual i0lxi Source dmonsor With 26 29 em Height 41 62 cn DA 240 x 240 PWEL 2240 5 3383 Crop ostiingen Offset X 25 OSet Ng Dink 1837 Dn Y 1611 Dubu sce bin x a Dmr a T Keep Dinensore By inserting a name and pressing the save button this particular crop is memorised so that it may be reloaded using the open button and applied to other images Or it may be activated as an automatic crop this particular function allows opening a file and automatically applying a crop if this file corresponds to he measurements in pixels of the predefined mask For example the image in the figure is 3240 x 3923 pixels and a crop window of 1837 x 1611 pixels has been set displaced horizontally by 1177 pixels and vertically by 192 pixels with respect to the top left corner If this setting is saved and activated as an automatic crop see later in the status bar settings each time an image of 3240 x 3923 or 3923 x 3240 pixels is opened it will undergo this crop It may prove useful when opening scanned files of slides with a surrounding black border they generally have very similar measurements and even the measurements of the black borders are comparable hence they could be automatically opened clean 98 Power Plotter Manual Independent individual image profile handling The three profile control options in the images list may be used to autonomously set th
15. Power Plotter Manual Selected Printer The destination of the print job can be selected by browsing the printers already installed on the system Or you can enter the IP address of a net printer select the relevant port generally 515 for LPR and 9100 for Jet Direct Using the printer on a direct IP you should also assign it a name so as to easily find what it corresponds to without having to remember all of the network IP addresses Using the printer name you can use the Windows spooler that allows faster processing while if you use the direct IP address the program will process at the printer data reception rate GOTO LT x Syren Preters P Addosses Syden Pires PAddenes designjet 5500 Q1251A aa Caman rete w7200 vog o g o go S Canon Office Color N2000 US PORT Pot Nane Comon Office Color N2000 fyon oe Canon Large Format Wa200r k Q Canon Large Format Wazoo Adi Dekio 192 163 64 213 9100 B2000 Caman Large Format WA2N0PE 2 SF Canon Graphic Color W2200 S Comon 801900 J besttorip G BES TColor XXL Acrobat POFWriter Gp Acrebot Dest ier i J AMMINISTRAZIONE Smart Label Printer 20 118 Power Plotter Manual Roll Paper Format In this tab you can enter the size of the paper to be printed Enter the height and width values to automatically resize the area delimited by the red dotted line This feature is useful to immediately know the size of the paper that will be pri
16. by pressing the interrupt button in the Direct Prints window It is possible to insert numerous images to be printed in sequence even on other printers 3 Direct Print Manager iol x File ver 1 9 2 by DevStudio AR 1 test acrobat prn 1 0 TI 2 DIA progetto plt 1 0 Default Printer Printer S L Hot Folder gt gt gt The Direct Print window 79 Power Plotter Manual Files can be dragged directly into the interface to be inserted for printing or by using the first button on the right or using the File Open File menu The predefined destination printer is set within the main interface by pressing the command option with three dots From there it is possible to select a Windows printer from the list of predefined printers or a direct IP address or a printer pool SE ll ET s x Systen Pretere P Addere Pict Pool Syren Printers PAdderses Print Pool System Printers IP Achdrszz BB PowerPlotter Printer T 0 D a QF OK Csa 00rs OKT Copeo PrL GF HP DI 500 42 SP HP designjet 130nr G HP Design et 10P5 by HP Q HP designjet 100 Gp SON Stylus Photo Z100 GF EPSON AL C2000 Advanced S DergndetSUUCCTT TUB designjet 5500 012514 eo Canon rete W7200 Q Camon office Color 42000 Use Oh Camron n falsu anan POAT P Adderres Pres Poctl Canon W8400PG Canon W6200PG T SYR SERVICE Canon BI 43000 I x Sterrp
17. enter the crop marks between the images 100 Power Plotter Manual Snap to grid allows moving the images along the virtual grid created by the image spacing guides Paginate here there are various options In sequence inserts the images according to the sequence that were inserted in the workspace and does not change the orientation currently applied to the single image DigiTrim with this algorithm the program will try to arrange the images in the workspace so as to optimise the crops by the automatic guillotine produced by Fotoba In this case it will also select the orientation best suited to place together images with similar sides X Y AutoDigitrim in this case the program considers the crop by the automatic guillotine X Y of Fotoba which makes a sequence of horizontal and vertical cuts According to the situations it may be useful to use one of these systems the choice will become easier with experience To apply the changes select Paginate The Image Format field provides useful features to optimise the arrangement of images in the workspace To enable it select Auto nesting in this way you will disable other features present in other program sections In the first drop down list you can select among various options User it indicates that an image format differing from a those provided was selected Image per page gt allows selecting a number of images to be optimised in the selected sheet la
18. files to convert them into print format e g TIFF to be converted into a PRN files already in print format RTL PLT etc to be sent directly to the plotter and files in graphic formats for printing RIP and plot m Power Plotter 54 45 MO Prnt Quese The Print queue window 84 Power Plotter Manual Furthermore the power of the program makes it possible to carry out several operations if with different destinations simultaneously for the moment in the most advanced versions up to three at a time limited by our choice when the processing power of the PC allows it this limit may be raised To add a graphic file to be converted into print format to the queue prepare the print job as normal colour correction contrast etc open the Print window set the position and dimensions and activate the command Place in the print queue then the print button otherwise one of the following commands may be selected archive to put the job into a temporary archive from where it can be recovered from the Print queue window In the window we have a series of columns in which we can see PV A preview image offering a brief glimpse of the print job By clicking with the mouse you can see the extended version of the preview Print name of the print job or of the pre processed file to be sent directly to the printer Dimensions the dimensions of the job modifiable by double clicking Driver The type of printer dri
19. images handled varies from 2 to 32 bit 16 billion colours for some formats it is also possible to handle colour depth up to 64 bit CMYK at 16 bit pr channel furthermore images are also handled using Alpha channel except some sporadic cases thus printing them as normal images It is possible to create customised curves for each Power Plotter Manual type of paper or ink used by acting on the gamma correction values of each colour or creating customised ICC profiles with the aid of automatic instrumentation such as densitometers or spectrophotometers GretagMacbeth instrumentation is particularly supported Power Plotter Team PLEASE NOTE Please complete the registration card and return it immediately to be kept up to date with any future upgrades The information contained in this document may be subject to change without prior warning and does not represent any type of obligation for DEVSTUDIO The program described in this document is provided by virtue of the users license and the distribution conditions The program may be used or copied solely in compliance with the conditions herein All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced recorded or transmitted in any form whether electronic mechanical photocopy recording or otherwise without prior written consent from DEVSTUDIO DEVSTUDIO 2004 All rights reserved All trademarks cited are the registered property of the respective manufacturers Power
20. jobs from any application to Power Plotter 14 Power Plotter Manual is Power Plotter 5 4 45 InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Completed The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Power Plotter 5 4 45 Click Finish to exit the wizard Congratulations Power Plotter has been successfully installed Select Finish to end the setup procedure The following screen may be displayed at this point suggesting that you restart your PC before launching the program Restart your computer and then launch Power Plotter g Power Plotter 5 4 45 Installer Information j You must restart your system for the configuration changes made to Power Plotter 5 4 45 to take effect a a a er 15 Power Plotter Manual Notes for the installation on Windows NT 2000 XP The information below only refers to the installation on Windows NT 2000 XP To ensure that Power Plotter runs on systems with NT kernel NT4 0 W2000 or WXP you need to install the dongle driver The automatic installation procedure does this for you when the required serial code is inserted in case of the procedure not working correctly proceed as follows login with Administrator privileges and launch SETUP EXE from the directory UTILITIES DRIVERS on your installation CD Reboot the system to complete the installation Notes for NT 4 0 As USB is not supported it only works with the dongle To make the program acc
21. matching they are cropped based on the selected mask Click the icon to enable and open the following screen 3450567 px 1 9 220 m 266x23 13 308 62cm 5450567 px 192a 4972 15emm 117 5317 56m Selezions Tulli Hessuna Sstezina Cancela Ornde Conferma You may select one or more crop models at the same time which will work according to the needs Disabled the feature cannot be used this occurs when Auto nesting is enabled in the Positioning section 125 Power Plotter Manual Multipage management If this icon is disabled the program inserts the images in the workspace regardless of the sheet length If it is enabled this means that the multipage sheet management has been enabled this indicates that if the sheet paper format is enabled a second page will be created at the end of the page with the following images and so on to insert all images Click the icons at the bottom left to go to the next pages The negative black one is the currently displayed one E Saon w 2505200 TF a a sE ATF 9 Pie Grup enact paing T mapi Grit foe E z kraga Fons IENE DaX on f 3 Aron Sooke Fih Asma 126 Power Plotter Manual APPENDICES 127 Power Plotter Manual Printing from any application 128 Power Plotter Manual Installing a Virtual Printer Printing Documents Not Supported by Power Plotter To print a document created with a
22. print Enable Advanced Mode Viewing the images Full resolution loads the images at full resolution and is best suited for not overly resource heavy images or to be able to appreciate the images in detail may be very slow when working with large images No image shows only the size and is useful for large images the content of which we already know and we do not want to waste time loading the preview Custom size it is possible to set a size in pixels for the preview of the image to be printed thus one can work in preview mode with a low resolution copy and the image contents and colour correction can be viewed in real time without any long delays Number of previews loaded limits the number of previews recorded to disk These are the medium resolution images viewed on the workspace and avoid the reprocessing of a document that is already open and occupy more space than small previews which are instead only used in the print queue and are limited to 500 images 57 Power Plotter Manual Preview quality manages the quality level during the generation of the preview images Cancel small previews Removes from the disk all the small previews generated by the program for viewing the images thus freeing up disk space Preview profiles Three settings are possible Automatic Manual Deactivated If they are automatic then the automatically use the profile within the image if present or the default If t
23. to remember these data to download program updates drivers or profiles or optionally edit your personal data 2 With the Fax procedure on the other hand you need to fill out the data sheet by clicking on the relevant button and send it using a Fax machine or you can fill out the form that comes in the program box To activate the program definitively with the proper registration code you need to close and restart the program The program license is valid only for installation on one PC in the case you have to proceed with a new installation on a new PC or however after format operations or damage of your hard drive you can proceed with a new registration that will cancel the old code creating a new one By proceeding with the new registration the system will recognize you as a user and it will ask you for a password which is the email address you gave during the first registration This procedure in the case of a Software key may be completed however a maximum of 10 times after which you will have to contact Devstudio to receive a new code It will only be necessary to do this for changes to the working PC or the hardware protection key for some reason included with some versions of the product Upgrading functions When you purchase an update to a superior version follow the instructions inside the new package from the interface of the software select the menu then the item PROGRAM PROTECTION enter the
24. to perform its functions The greater the amount of memory the faster the operations will be carried out predominantly the workspace operations and rotations The percentage of memory used is based on the available memory and not the total system memory 54 Power Plotter Manual When working with small workspaces it may be useful to use high memory values 50 70 so that the images may be processed directly in RAM With more demanding jobs such as workspaces with many images very resource heavy rotated imaged it is advisable to set the usage of RAM memory to 0 This way the program generates very rapid access temporary files and avoids relying on the Windows virtual memory generally much slower Log message types Log messages may be accessed from the menu bar through the symbol A message can have three levels of information Normal Only fatal errors are recorded Detailed Changes in the machine status are additionally recorded Debug All the operations performed by the program are recorded this may be useful for understanding where and why errors have occurred To analyse the log messages it is necessary to forward them to Devstudio Greater depth of detail also corresponds to a slowing down of the system hence it is advisable to keep this set to normal unless trying to understand any anomalous behaviour Compress prn files Allows the choice of whether or not to compress print files generated by the pr
25. with the selected sheet size in the Dim X box or you may click on the vertical dividing line and drag it so as to reduce the panel Print Preview Selection 1 2 3 4 6 mt Horiz Offset 0 ert Offset 0 fir ev jpg DPI 41 41 Low res PZ i i fl i Hl y t E katha Cancel Figure 2 The Panel Print window Once you have made the required selections you can proceed to printing as with normal single images The difference is that we may select the panels to print and those not to be printed by clicking on the small image on the right panel As you can see the selected panels are 1 2 3 4 e 6 and this is shown in both the top line and directly into the thumbnail in fact the selected panels are highlighted by a Red number whereas the excluded ones are marked by a number Once you have made your selections the print jobs will start in a sequence or you may select among the usual print options archived print print to file 105 Power Plotter Manual Colour management ERE of eta Cr In this section you can change the image colours independently The Preview button displays the current change status The Reset button resets all values for all colour correction tabs for the selected image The Autopreview checkbox displays the changes as they are being made Here there are three main sections that allow controlling the various parameters These are Contrast Brightnes
26. you to import a previously configured file but since you do not have any you can skip this step Now you have to select the file destination port If you wish to send the file directly to Power Plotter select one of the Virtual Ports PPPX you have created before G Pettcapet 0 Pttto Fie Aste peot The b avokati fo the ounti confused ee docunant v be pitted to the port Deicecton WTO Loca Pot Cason ta W a Errr Looy Pot Pres FPF Loca Poe Pore Plotter P pers Loca Pot Pome totter r C Docwee Loos Pot 192 16664 Local Pot zj Corkgss Port j Whe n Ado pod D Shoe ai ipio pots ord dssbie VO pot vakdstion es E e Now you have to name the printer and set its properties 135 Power Plotter Manual SL l Cr uh ve naw 7 monan anem mama n E E oe bsi Penn Wate Ser te oe ay irat age Pd wien Nae Le Bat Piin Cores j ore n Oh Joam Plea re nue tate Re MA Pet a Fap rag Cutao Pome j see mT _ coe ea THT _ coe Set units and output resolution and click the Edit Plotter Configuration button To begin oo the resolution from apnee Petter ovegureben tater Power Potter PostSospi Laval Berani Pot Oenceanci0 comment Saing Petter ovkqureben dtor Power Metter Peetcupt Leva Brani Pott Denice aiDccrmrt Sete Power Ploder PowtScact Level 2003 E Ox Vache b Saue and Sie Sk ROHS Sone wid 48 heh Rate Werks Tipa
27. Cpap 8 ond D Dios Piring Aore E Mechs Deriraton Dafad uat Fomes Ploder PowScact Level 2003 E Ox Vache b Gae and Sie Sk Road Somce Wid 48 heh Ate Werks Tipa Opay 8 end D Doks Porting chores gt Verde Derion Darat Out Jj Supro 5 j Guphos Seal Sead Vertes Grechecs Cie 1677706 Dt ba edor Rar 127b HBR Aaii Gragiecs lt LL Aar 100 Paar OLE E Terol ype Tow cto Tew E Terol ype Tewt i a Tevt Bie Daton Roper r Bie Daton Paperi i Pe P Pa Fa Partan andi Colet Daptir hatmi mage Cote Oggi Bee IVN Ie When partes oe poaka aoas ae Braad sie fhe folowing hats 23 Jiarv7216 pea S Bate 7 F Cae Marg F ercana Hachare Paterdi ko brear Din f Set a high value for the colours and at least 600 dpi for resolution or even higher if the printer supports it on Vector Graphics for dithering set if possible a much diffused dithering which gives you softer images otherwise use one of those you have On Raster set all values to the right i e maximum quality For a defect on AutoCAD 2000 it may happen that some images are moved to low resolution in this case try to close the program and repeat the print The second step may be setting a custom list of paper dimensions 136 Power Plotter Manual To do so select Custom Page Sizes customised dimensions and click Add eres ae A new Wizard will start to create default saad pa
28. ENTS AND SETTINGS MARCO Print now and eliminate job Print now and then putin archive Archived Print Load Import Delete Properties Spool Saveas ee In addition the Delete item deletes the PS file that is put in the temporary Power Plotter folder For images archived from within the RIP source images are not deleted In the next page you will see how the Windows 2000 test page printed with Power Plotter looks like 112 Power Plotter Manual 113 Power Plotter Manual Chapter VIII The Printer DRIVER commands 114 Power Plotter Manual Printer Drivers Pdriverc k Brand XXXX z Model ly xX X Media Type XxXxX 7 Quality NORMAL wi Resolution e00 v 600 X Linearization M1 L99 5 1100 300 Y j gt Output Create aza Curves Driver Printer ase Canon Large Format W6200PG 2 Printer Status Update Printer Status Ready The Printer Drivers panel In this screen you can select the printer type and the print quality as follows Brand Model Type of paper Quality Resolution Linearisation Linearisation Press the button next to linearisation to open the linearisation generation window this feature will be added in future manual revisions Output Curves 115 Power Plotter Manual FE a z It opens the panel to set the output colour curves Color Curves x lt
29. LE PATH 55 PRINT ORIENTATION ADJUSTMENT 56 HIDE HPGL INTERFACE 56 ENABLE MULTIPAGE 56 ENABLE BUGREPORT AT START UP 56 VIEWING THE IMAGES 57 ENABLE ADVANCED MODE 58 DITHER 60 ALGORITHMS ENLARGEMENT AND REDUCTION 61 WORKSPACE RESOLUTION WITH RESPECT TO OUTPUT RESOLUTION 61 MINIMUM SCREEN VALUE 61 POSTSCRIPT COLOUR SPACE 61 COLOUR ENGINE 62 POSTSCRIPT 62 WORKSPACE 62 PRINT IN GREYSCALE 62 TEMPORARY FILE MANAGEMENT 63 BLACK MANAGEMENT CMY CMYk 64 THE COMMANDS PRESENT IN THIS WINDOW MAY EE USED FOR CHOOSING WHETHER WE WISH THE BLACK INPUT TO BE MORE OR LESS STRONG AND HENCE FAVOUR THE COLOURS OR BLACK AND IMPOSE A MAXIMUM TO THE SUM OF THE FOUR COLOURS UP TO 400 INDICATING USING THE MAXIMUM OF EACH COLOUR TO MAKE THE DARKS MORE INTENSE AND MAXIMUM OF THE USE OF BLACK 100 INDICATES USING UP TO THE MAXIMUM CUT MARK SETTINGS F12 66 CUT MARK SETTINGS F12 67 CUT MARK TYPE 67 PRINT DESCRIPTION 68 ENABLE IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS 68 DETACHED MARK 68 HOT FOLDER 71 CHAPTER V MENU COMMANDS THE PRINT JOB MENU 74 PRINT 75 DIRECT PRINT 79 PRINT REPORT 82 Power Plotter Manual PRINT QUEUES CHAPTER VI MENU COMMANDS THE TOOLS MENU DENSITOMETER SETUP DPI CALCULATION CHAPTER VII THE COMMANDS TABS IMAGES INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL IMAGE PROFILE HANDLING POSITIONING PANELS COLOUR MANAGEMENT CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS BALANCE SATURATION HUE BRIGHTNESS CURRENT PRINT JOBS CHAPTER Vill THE PRINTER DRIVER COMMANDS PRIN
30. P and will be processed if not on Store it will be placed in stand by and finally on Print and Store it will be printed and stored in the print queue for any further printing If Power Plotter is set to print directly on a printer to file the RIP will automatically generate a print file PRN in the PRN_FILE folder in the program folder usually C Program Files Devstudio PowerPlotter These files can be sent to a printer with Direct Print see the relevant chapter in the program user manual 133 Power Plotter Manual Note for Printing from Autocad In some special cases it is not advisable to print directly from vector programs because of a low output quality e g for printers without optimized drivers or without HP GL2 translator or there could be problems to complete prints due to large print dimensions driver limits or low printer memory For this reason it may be useful to print through the Power Plotter RIP In this case the procedure is similar to that described above up to the Virtual Port PPPX creation step after which you have to use the Autocad ADI printers in place of a Windows PS printer This due to a constraint of the OS Windows in the communication with AutoDesk program so the maximum printable size is 6m and the time needed to generate the file might be very long Using the ADI driver the maximum size is 15m x 914mm To create a PS printer from AutoCAD you have to select the Plotter M
31. Plotter Manual Chapter Installation and activation Power Plotter Manual Minimum system requirements The minimum system requirements are listed below e Computer PIII 400Mhz e 64 MB of RAM memory e 10 Gigabyte Hard Disk 1 GB free e Windows 98 or Windows NT 4 0 or superior e Centronics parallel port network interface card USB depending on the configuration of your plotter e Graphic card with at least 65 000 colours e Mouse e Plotter or ink jet printer For large format colour print jobs especially if dealing with PostScript files a Pentium Athlon 1Ghz with 20 Gigabyte hard disk 7 200rpm 256 Mbytes of Ram CD ROM or DVD reader are recommended in addition an A4 colour scanner with 2 400 Dpi resolution with image acquisition software and a photo manipulation program are recommended Power Plotter Manual Installation procedure How to install Power Plotter To start the installation of Power Plotter insert the CD ROM into the CD drive and follow the onscreen instructions If the installation procedure does not start automatically launch the STARTER EXE file that can be found in the root directory of the CD Double click Windows Explorer then click the CD icon and then launch STARTER EXE To install a non demonstrative version you need to connect the dongle if it is not a LITE version to the parallel port or USB before starting the installation It is advisable to shut down your computer be
32. TER DRIVERS LINEARISATION OUTPUT CURVES SELECTED PRINTER ROLL PAPER FORMAT ICC PROFILES CHAPTER IX THE STATUS BAR THE STATUS BAR COMMANDS THE ZOOM COMMANDS THE DISPLAY COMMANDS THE PRINT COMMANDS APPENDICES PRINTING FROM ANY APPLICATION INSTALLING A VIRTUAL PRINTER PRINTING DOCUMENTS NOT SUPPORTED BY POWER PLOTTER VIRTUAL PRINTER DESCRIPTION AND USE CREATING A PS FILE FROM WINDOWS 84 88 89 90 92 94 100 103 106 107 108 109 110 114 115 115 115 118 119 120 123 124 124 124 124 127 128 129 129 130 130 Power Plotter Manual NOTE FOR PRINTING FROM AUTOCAD 134 PRINTING FROM MACINTOSH 140 Manual revised on 22 07 2003 Power Plotter Manual Welcome to the Power Plotter We are delighted that you have found in POWER PLOTTER a product which truly meets all your needs POWER PLOTTER is RIP raster image processor software which permits the management of raster and raster vector or simply vector images frequently generated by programs running on Mac Dos Windows Unix systems such as _ PageMaker CorelDraw Autocad Photoshop Freehand etc The software package has been specifically developed to meet the requirements of a Services Centre with that aim great attention has been set aside to create a very user friendly interface thus reducing user operations to a minimum which in 90 of cases consist in selecting the file to be prin
33. To do so create a virtual printer on the PC where you have installed PC MacLan 142 Power Plotter Manual Then take the POWERLO PPD file from the installation CD of Power Plotter printer folder postscript printers mac and copy it to main folder of Mac LAN that should be under c program files Miramar pc MacLan for Windows 2000 or similar depending on version and language J Printers loj x File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Links Google DEvsTUDIO di Carlo Bini e C 5 a s a Bak Qsearch Folders 3 GS x Fay Address E Printers o Eco E Add Printer E 1Power Sacrobat Distiller Qf Acrobat POF Writer canon Graphic Color W2200 canon Large Format W8200 canon Large Format W8200P canon Office Color N2000 E Canon rete W7200 Qf designjet 5500ps Q12524 SHEPSON AL C2000 Advanced SGEPSON Stylus Photo 2100 SEPSON Stylus Photo 950 EHP designjet 100 SSHP DesignJet 10P5 by HP Bhp designjet 120nr C7791B Bre DesignJet 450C E 40 by HP Bre DesignJet 5000 42 by HP Bhp designjet S500ps 42 P53 H DesignJet 800P5 42 by HP on cc800ps H DesignJet 800P5 42 by HP Ready PowerPlotter Printer Ready AdobePS Acrobat Distiller Ready Acrobat PDFWriter Ready Canon Graphic Color W2200 Ready Canon Large Format W7200 Ready Canon Large Format W7200 Ready Canon Office Color N2000 Ready Canon Large Format W7200 Ready HP designjet 5500ps 42 by hy Ready EPSON AL C2000 Ad
34. ames Writes the filename in a space between the print marks Insert name inside Writes the filename inside the image Paged forces the positioning of the files so that they are horizontally or vertically aligned Alter cut mark allows the modification of the settings in relation to digitrim print marks The thicknesses of the black and or white lines may be adjusted Ove Whe Dar Impagination with Digitrim print marks Clack Watr re Whe 3 Ted icih ft 4 a 70 _ m D a PA e Power Plotter Manual Hot Folder Automatic printing is handled from here allowing the monitoring of a folder The following window appears Set up local HOT FOLDER Deactivate k xj _ Select watched Folder el aaa and Settings marcoi Desktop full bleed a Select Configuration Auto Nesting if Current pagination g full bleed auto x Image size fi 00 A Create print Index Size Image Side a samples fai x 29 7 icm 3 fcm Add to print Put them into Index folder 5 C i befor elaboration in seconds 7 Load multi page PS Eg To printer Canon Large Format W6200PG 2 ip Center onthe page Fit to Page E C Tofie File destination DPI 72 z DPI TIF x The following options must be set Watched folder defines which folder will be monitored by the program All printable files inserted into this folder will be automatically processed i
35. ampa ful bleed JO8 110 Coda di amps full bleed aaan 162753 0309 2009 1627 07 0303 2004 1617 50 0903 2004 16 17 23 0740972004 165415 oza 2004 16027 AVN E 0308 2004 165659 JOB 103 Coda di zanos full bleed O309 2006 153355 Stampante desgnjet 5500 912514 Inver DISSOOUY_MIGIORE_BaSiC HWC PAPER UY 1914194 _600_600 dd le d oigre testfrnde new or tif Laghezza 7 93cm Altezza 11 38cm wotato 90 Spano Caora AGB Yofii su testinde new smal tif IN 1 sRGB JEC61966 2 1 icm OUT inting started at 08 settembre 2004 17 38 19 inting Ended at 08 settembre 2004 17 38 Copies 1 1 sult Operazione Completata con successo 08 09 2004 17 38 55 ime Hours 0 minutes 0 Seconds 37 Peanzation osvcs TLM2 AGB sR OH a The Print Report window The cancel Report button eliminates the selected report from the database The scroll bar allows moving between reports 82 Power Plotter Manual In the same window there is also an image preview and three panels with information on the settings used for the print job colour correction screen antialiasing etc the operation start and stop dates and times 83 Power Plotter Manual Print queues The print queue window allows programming and sending a series of print jobs It is possible to create mixed print queues where each element in the queue commands different print modes into the queue may be placed graphic
36. anager menu Pis rde Vem Partes Took Hdp Adiem fy DAIM 92200 PLOTIERS easi I Ah ars GO x aa g marth nn Op arobs Lester pc 2B ANED otter Convio 1200500009 17 21 Pabasa word LED otot L2kPL QO 17 16 Opp Cisk p3 ZED feboCAO Plotter Config Ol KJI 15 40 Op rw Pt ox 2B ANID Metter Corio JLD 11 Mp PoneerPlather Postecript pel ZED ARAO Plotter Config LIKTSDOII 17 57 Dp oesi Printer p 2B ANCO otter Contig 120510009 1657 Bip Peesrfitta Preter o2 2EB GRID Potter Corg 12050009 17 17 The a0 de poa mid te Edy d orhe ada otg Sidom bhp Tocai ieam pina siaa Ore d the bhig TA te s am roaren was ane Naona OTe O e aE ee The PE wll a tinim a pta ra arda eid a at Ada Pata 0 aga n wim EA ateng al bo samipami m bedi ba meaa a hei ma bam d epe ed al i 1e oan reacer mpo rage ar romten ram oA o PTa Men ot ar aer hannarnas OOD nh pene oe Pa aS oe Pa 134 Power Plotter Manual Follow the instructions step by step and select My Computer local machine From the list of Models select Adobe gt PostScript Level2 Add Plstter Platter Model fegn Select you phie narsischse and medel you ploter nn kisd cored you Haet Prts AP pkan documerttion fo a connate phates bP totes Mods 0 pu have an raion dak an HDI dhas chocas Have ect Tipe Dek A pte Fang er poutp locate and retell the Igoe Pepa Pe HF be otachedtothe HOI kag ee eP DW Hena Pacha Oca The next window will prompt
37. and Time notes You can select whether to insert them at the lower left or upper right of the image Enable image descriptions Writes the file name and creation date below each image Detached mark Prints the print marks a few millimetres from the print margin Impagination with marks around the workspace The marks surround the entire area of the image 68 Power Plotter Manual Impagination with marks around each image and detached marks 69 Power Plotter Manual f gt eseriptian and tut marks settings a A z Cut Sign Type Cut Sign Type DigiTrim X Y AutoDigiTrim Pirtdescnpton Ogitm Marks Setup Pirtdescnpton Ogitm Marks Setup CulMak f CulMak fi sie lemi sie lemi f FA Hemd IR Irga lle rana f Fa vr IR Irgu lle rane T Ireat rama neide 7 Iroat rama inside K F Vv i m m Nesting Alignment Nesting z ble C jo Fight ByRows By Couns Modiiy od Modiiy od mark aat from the edga O fen mark F Estend msgre to job was Cree i or tac o By activating one of the Digitrim print marks it will be possible to select the second TAB for their management Cut mark dimensions gives a summary of the size of the mark selected Live workspace places the print marks only in the internal spaces between the images and leaves the edges free because the workspace is set up for print job without margins Auto nesting enables auto adjustment of the images Input file n
38. anual Densitometer Setup With a densitometer an instrument capable of reading the density of a colour from a printed sheet it will be possible to exploit this new menu The initial settings are used to instruct the computer on which port to check for the densitometer Using the densitometer it will be possible to set the gamma curves of the printer used with greater precision and hence improve the overall quality of printing Setup Densitometro Ea m COM SETTING Com Port 0 g Baud Rates o0 Parity Nooo x Data Bit eb m Stop Bit Annulla Conferma The Densitometer setup window 89 Power Plotter Manual DPI calculation The Calculate DPI command is used to establish the minimum resolution necessary during the acquisition of an image by the scanner so that the print quality will be satisfactory In the Dimension of Image to be Acquired box enter the values of the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the image it is desired to acquire In the Print Dimensions box enter the horizontal or vertical dimension with which it is intended to print the image The DPI field at the lower part of the window will indicate the resolution with which the image will have to be acquired The size the acquired file will have in bytes and the measurements in pixels are also indicated Calculate DPI xi Input Print Active M Keep Proportions E e TLS den Suggested Resolution DPI Mbyt
39. arti di Sistema IrdiczilP Pool d aterrpa A printer pool is a collection of identical printers which are managed as if they were a single printer If many print jobs are sent to the same POOL the 80 Power Plotter Manual program subdivides the print load over the various printers To create a pool imply right click within the pool interface select Add Pool assign a name and then once more right click and select Add Printers then all the desired printers must be enabled By right clicking on the name of the file inserted the following list of options may be accessed 1 test acrobat prn The first option summarises the file name and the ana hee print queue number Change printer allows the selection of a new printer stop Process as explained previously Activate Process Stop process blocks the processing of the current file Disable Process Activate process processes the entire print queue Print now Disable process blocks the queue Print now executes only this print job View File Info shows the file information and in the case of HPGL or HPRTL files and if there is an HPGL viewer installed a preview of the file will also be shown Instead by using the icon command bar it is possible to Open a file Cancel it open the previous menu for the selected files move the file up or down in the sequence Stop the print queue Activate the queue When the queue is active the symbol to the bottom left will flas
40. ay be used 96 Power Plotter Manual Dimensions allows resizing the image by drawing on the handles which appear on the sides Rotate rotates the image clockwise in 90 steps Mirror flips the image for mirror image prints Those additional are Update reloads the image view Gamut Check When it is activated the viewing of the colour profiles allows viewing on the screen which areas of the image contain colours which are not reproducible by the printer and which will then be substituted with the nearest colour The areas in question will be in Red Simulate Peripheral show on the screen the colours as they should appear in print Zoom to images alters the viewing window so as to show all the images simultaneously Zoom to print area alters the viewing window so as to show all the print area Zoom to selected image alters the viewing window so as to show the selected image at maximum viewable enlargement Crop image With this command it is possible to drop a piece of the image and re place it on the workspace This operation can be done by hand using the mouse by clicking and tracing around the desired area or by moving the red border guides Or it is possible to insert the desired crop window values an final image dimensions If this crop action must be reproduced on other files with similar dimensions it may be saved so that it may be saved in future by reselecting it The following window is opened 97
41. ce and set colour profiles are summarised the latter is the only option that can be modified here and will be described later The options in relation to the profiles are e input profile which is the description of the colour space with which 94 Power Plotter Manual the image has been generated Examples of input profiles are the profile of the scanner or digital camera if the image originates from a scanner or a digital camera or conversion profiles between different colour spaces e output profile indicated in the program as paper profile which is the description of the collection of colours which our peripheral may reproduce on any given print support and allow good quality printing e simulation profile which is the profile of another peripheral for example an offset printer which we would like to simulate this profile is useful only when using the software to generate digital test prints The settings for each image are collected below These refer to the images selected at the time which are highlighted in reverse video in the list and bordered in red on the workspace Selection may be made directly by clicking on the image or the name in the list The dimensions of the image may be modified in various ways 1 The exact measurements may be inserted in to the Dim X and Dim Y boxes if the maintain proportions box appears this is followed automatically otherwise they are autonomously settable 2 The resolution at w
42. chromy 4100 I iTrchromy Pure Blac bow Predefined Values Photo Photo 2 Poster Close Sometimes it may be necessary to deactivate ICC profiles and print using standard colour curves in this case colour use can be managed by controlling the percentages of pure black and trichrome black the sum of cyan magenta and yellow used during the printing of the image Normally printing using an ink jet plotter uses 4 cartridges cyan magenta yellow and black plus the possible Light or Photo colours Every other colour is generated by the overlapping of those colours hence the name quadrichromy Another method known as trichromy is that which uses only the three primary colours cyan magenta and yellow to reproduce any other colour of the spectrum In this case a cartridge is not used for black which is made by the overlapping of the other three colours making up black that made from the overlapping of cyan magenta and yellow is not a pure black but may show some shades of dark green or dark brown depending on the type of ink and support used The result of the above is that when having to print a colour image where there are no very dark tones or completely black areas it is certainly convenient to use the pure trichromy method which corresponds to the TRICHROMIC BLACK button Vice versa if there are many dark tones in the image or completely black areas for example this occurs in CAD printing it may be convenien
43. cularly the available options are No compression Does use any compression the file will have a large size and be readable by all types of software JPEG compression with a loss of quality for the tif file compresses by about 75 readable using professional software such as Photoshop G4 typical compression for a black and white cartography file FAX typical compression for faxes also in black and white ZIP compression using the famous zip technology compresses by about 50 readable using professional software such as Photoshop 35 Power Plotter Manual Format __ Profles Ateain Pixel JPEG Format J Min Qual Max Max Qual Min Compr Compr r Pixel Dimension Dim x Dim Y Color Space 468 E72 R GB 7 x Keep Proportions JPEG format options The JPEG format uses a type of compression that loses quality over 100 levels from the lowest level 1 with very high compression but poor quality to the highest level 100 low compression but with quality more or les equal to the original normally good compression is between 70 and 80 It is possible to save in both RGB and CMYK Format _ Profles Ateain Pixel m Format BitMap Compression Type Uncompressed X Pixel Dimension Dim x Dim Y Color Space 468 E72 i GB x Keep Proportions BMP format options The BMP format is the typical Windows format and is o
44. d but only the print settings used it will then be possible to send this print job by activating it using the PRINT IN PROGRESS TAB Do not print now put in archive only saves the print settings and puts it in the filed print job list to then be able to subsequently send it corresponds to the Save Workspace command Enable guillotine enables the plotter guillotine if available n Copies allows setting the number of copies to be printed in this case the first print job is processed and then the others are sent directly to the plotter without the need for reprocessing each time Configuration allows the selection of a configuration from those previously saved prior to printing Thus it is possible to open the program insert the images and then only at the end take the time to define the print settings Replica print this option is enabled only if the option enable replica print is enabled in the configuration menu It is used for repeating the same file vertically and without any white space 78 Power Plotter Manual Direct Print The Direct Prints command allows opening a file in print format PLT RTL CRF PRN and printing it in the background Print files are none other than processed print jobs stored to disk and to be processed do not require the RIP but it is sufficient to simply copy them to the plotter for which they have been processed The user may interrupt the print job at any moment
45. e or the workspace during printing define the horizontal and vertical displacements of the image or workspace with respect to the margins of the sheet selected the margins are highlighted by black diagonal hatching on a grey background By using the boxes which appear it is possible to Adapt the image to fit the page Centre on the sheet use a particular Scaling factor Depending on the chosen settings the program informs the user regarding the consequent output resolution indicating any cases where the print job would be at too low a resolution to ensure satisfactory quality however it is a good idea to remain around 60dpi minimum for photographic images and 150dpi for images with writing and details on homogeneous backgrounds to which to give relief and which we wish to avoid the appearance of jagging The cut function X is used for selecting part of an image and printing it by itself a a rs The printing marks button zl allows access to the print job cutting printing marks and margin notes configurations see page 66 The Colour Grey button A allows printing by removing all the image saturation whereby it becomes a greyscale image The output resolution of the image is a very important parameter for checking the quality of the image reproduced at certain dimensions DPI stands for dots per inch i e the number of dots every 2 54 cm For example 75 Power Plotter Manual 600 dpi which is the most common print resolut
46. e 19 ed Pixel 2126 x 3189 Exit The Calculate DPI window 90 Power Plotter Manual A useful guideline to heed when setting the acquisition is that of selecting an acquisition resolution which is a multiple of the actual resolution of the scanner For example if the scanner has an actual resolution of 150 DPI and the DPI calculation routine suggests acquisition at 120 DPI it is better to acquire at 150 DPI if the recommendation was to use 207 DPI then acquire at 300 DPI For the actual resolution of your scanner consult its manual 91 Power Plotter Manual Chapter VII The commands tabs 92 Power Plotter Manual There are always a series of TABS displayed in the upper right of the screen and also in the upper left activating the choice of printer driver from where it is possible to make the most common and frequently used choices within the digital printing field The options are ia Images 93 Power Plotter Manual Images ide Here you can set all the options in relation to the options rotation and position of the images inserted into the workspace ae Hartronta Jom BF Comp reais cpaning wapu Cas The main MAGES window In the large box to the right hand side you can read the list of images inserted into the workspace For each it is possible to open a list where the characteristics dimensions in pixels resolution in DPI creation date size in MB colour spa
47. e colour profiles for the various images When the name is Default the profile used will be that set in the section dedicated to it in the DRIVER column see the following chapters The selection is activated by right clicking on the option to be modified Change Media profile x Available Profiles M1 L99 5 1100 300 1 5 GCR3 51 100 360 icc Intent Perceptual X Select from Disk Cancel OK This allows inserting images with different origins and printing each of them correctly setting a different suitable input profile for each image or a different output profile may be selected for each image to see which better simulates the paper used or another different simulation profile to see the effect our image would have printed on different peripherals for example an offset printer or another plotter 99 Power Plotter Manual Positioning Towards the bottom right next to the image option there is a second TAB denominated positioning from there it is possible to set other options for the management of the workspace Fie Dire 17 NB kesye Dire LNB Coby Space RGB Pr hpt Dafa Medes Piik Deiat E Smd Prolia Dak A series of parameters are configured which will automatically be used in image insertion The two Shift items indicate the distance in cm from the previous image at which the new image will be inserted The check on Crop marks spacing sets this measure to the minimum required to
48. ead we have set a sheet size of AO and the file is sent with a horizontal size of 20cm and a vertical size of 28cm then the file will be rotated by 90 to optimise paper consumption Hide HPGL interface With this function it is possible to activate or deactivate the opening of the dialogue window when importing files in HPGL HPGLII format These files will then be inserted using the standard settings Enable multipage With this command the function is activated whereby images are inserted into the workspace until the area is filled then as many pages as required to contain such images are created Enable Bugreport at start up With this command enabled in case the program should hang unexpectedly at the next start up a dialogue window will appear which may then be communicated to Error and Bug Manager of Power Plotter us to analyse the reasons for the hang A fatal error was met the program 3 shut unexpectedly Do you want to send this report to Devstudio F Daat chew thie meccage anyrecest Cues Creatine gt Power Plotter Manual 4 4 Image quality m Images Preview C Full Resolution No image Custom Size 600 Pixel peneete fioo Number of previews loaded Preview Quality Medium Preview Profiles Automatic x Delete Previews fi sRGB IEC61966 2 1 icm 7 BI Perceptual gt GamutCheck Simulation Display Profile Enable continuos
49. ed of between 0 and 254 using the CMY colours whilst a black value of 255 is achieved using the black cartridge This way you can arranged that any writing or pure black parts of the image are printed using black so as to avoid in such areas any dominant colours and maintaining trichromy quality in the colour areas It is also possible to select various levels of pure black pure black 1 pure black 2 up to pure black 10 through which the black values possible using a black cartridge may be extended from 246 to 255 so as to achieve also the clearer parts of the greyscale range The Trichromic Black and Pure Black buttons set the percentages to predefined values recommended for certain types of printing Trichromic Black 0 pure black 100 trichromic is suitable for printing very colourful photographs not containing particularly dark tones Pure Black 100 pure black 0 trichromic is suitable for printing pictorial images such as covers manifestos and other graphic compositions or CAD images where black predominantly appears not mixed with other colours to be printed on opaque paper at high resolution 65 Power Plotter Manual J A SekciedCuwes Shange 100 Tolalink Lir f2C0 E Bleck Link fico x Canca OR See Dae 000 Del Curve The commands present in this window may be used for choosing whether we wish the black input to be more or less strong and hence favour the colours or black and im
50. eld displaying printer name print quality paper type used and resolution The zoom commands Rai Jaaa The first two symbols are used to enlarge and reduce the area displayed respectively The drop down menu is used to directly enter the zooming value The last two buttons are used to zoom in the page to zoom the images and the selected image The display commands ale the open eye symbol indicates that the display is enabled if it is closed only the image overall dimensions are displayed Click the icon to go to another mode When it is enabled it recalculates the preview of all images on the workspace and this may require some time The print commands iS 2 alsa These three icons shown above in both on and off mode are used to 124 Power Plotter Manual Enable and disable profile management When on ICC profiles are used if not profiles are managed by the standard black generation curves Access the marks configuration and print description Click this icon to open the mark management interface disable all of the items in this window to close it Access the output curve management It is disabled when all curves are restored to the basic one pressing the reset button Automatic crop is 7 The automatic crop icon can have three states Disabled images are loaded normally Enabled images are compared with default automatic crop sizes this feature is described above in this manual and if
51. els simply press Reset Panel or restore the vertical and horizontal panel number to 1 You may also move the guides manually to obtain panels having a different 103 Power Plotter Manual length or to crop into specific points of the image since the program usually creates equal panels for example in our case 84cm wide paper we may have 6 equal panels each 68 cm wide and 1 22m long even though the length may be left total as we can print images of almost any length but it is easier to have a sheet that is not too large Two more boxes are used to set the horizontal and vertical overlapping of the panels that will be created A one centimetre overlapping means that due adjacent panels will share one centimetre of the image It is always useful to use the overlapping for easier siding of the panels uf 4 1 x 118 Sere wash towed H lt peu E Vais C Horbores S aa bere fs re 127 03 one Son VIZ Go Figure 1 The Tiling window As shown in Figure 1 the single lines or columns can be sized differently for example to crop the print job in an important point of the image in the example the Florence Cathedral dome but as it can be seen there was a mistake the first column is too large and is marked with a cross next to the Pann wording No 1 and no 4 In this case you need to suitably resize the 104 Power Plotter Manual column as follows you may enter a value compatible
52. er section ranges from 100 to 100 Saturation It changes the colour purity It ranges from 100 to 100 IN the second line the first image has a value of 100 and very true colours whereas the second one is at 100 and is in a greyscale The last image is for reference The Reset button sets the commands in this window for the selected image to zero 109 Power Plotter Manual Current print jobs i Leh 7 It displays the print jobs queue and the archived print jobs From here you can reprint archived print jobs or cancel or abort tasks in progress You can also manage the print jobs from the application see Appendix Printing from any application x Print FIRENZE DEV JPG 2 IMMAGINI Archived x Print GRADIENTE COLORL TIF 8 IMMAGI Archived x Print APP CADOCUMENTS AND SETTING Archived To perform some actions on the print jobs in progress right click on the print name to open a menu with the various options If the print is being processed the available options are Abort and Cancel The first option stops the print while the second one closes the menu and continues printing 110 Power Plotter Manual If the print is archived the options are as follows Print now and eliminate job Starts the processing and then deletes the item from the list 3 Print now and then put in archive Print FIRENZE DEV JPG 2 IMMAGINI Starts the processing and then stor
53. es the Print now and eliminate job item in the list for further actions Print now and then put in archive Archived Print A For reminder purpose only kon Load Import Delete Creates a new empty workspace and inserts the image Import Inserts the image in the workspace along with those already present Properties Spool Delete Remove the image from the list Properties Shows a summary of image properties Process management Opens another dialog box where you can manage the list of archived processes in a more complete way as you can also delete or import multiple processes at the same time using SHIFT or CTRL shortcuts the first key allows selecting various consecutive processes while with the second key they may be individual a x Prcevies Nae Ose toe Fees dev p3 D ersegrsl OREO 15052 Grederte Cobia Birweagri Ones 15 06 23 cn C Document ard Setrg nacn EEDIT 113305 M E A When a print job is started from the application it is put into this list as archived print job if the automatic printing is set it is entered as print in 111 Power Plotter Manual progress Besides the commands already described there is also Save as This allows copying the postscript file generated by the virtual printer to another location on the disk x Print FIRENZE DEY JPG 2 IMMAGINI Archived i Print GRADIENTE COLORI TIF 8 IMMAGI Print APP C DOCUM
54. ess the parallel port you need to install a printer driver only if no printer is already installed otherwise ignore the following procedure Login as Administrator then install a printer driver from the Control Panel The type of driver should be irrelevant At the end of the installation open the Properties windows of the installed driver and deselect the printer pooling Besides for the program to run properly under Windows NT 4 0 you need to install the most recent Service Pack supplied in the software CD ROM Special note for W2000 For this operating system you should update at least to Service Pack 2 to complete the setup procedure successfully DevStudio provides the most recent Service Pack in the software CD Power Plotter Manual Uninstall Procedure To uninstall Power Plotter proceed as follows Do not delete the program directory without having first uninstalled it Open Windows Start menu open the Settings menu and the Control Panel submenu Double click on Add Remove Programs and locate the Power Plotter 5 0 item then click the Add Remove button and follow the onscreen instructions Now you can delete the Power Plotter directory How to save the list of print jobs after having uninstalled the software When you delete the Power Plotter directory you will loose all report files and previews of print jobs If you wish to save them simply locate the CODE MDB file and SAMPLES folder they
55. for printing at dimensions greater than the width of the plotter Print reporting with a database for the management of the completed print jobs with the possibility for the automatic recovery of the settings to repeat and already completed print job The saving of various configuration parameters and the recovery of the settings from the print report Full level 3 PostScript support with 35 integrated fonts in PS versions Software developed and supported in Italy with instructions in Italian 28 Power Plotter Manual Chapter IIl Menu commands the File menu 29 Power Plotter Manual New workspace CTRL N This command allows clearing the current workspace prompting with the option to save for future use if open and beginning a new job A workspace is an area defined by the user usually equal to the sheet present in the plotter onto which it is possible to arrange various images at the required dimensions according to the desired layout or with the aim of optimising the space Space optimisation may be performed manually or automatically using the repagination function from the positioning menu cee ap ed mn Harearda kre Vatrallen BE tep amta ecm F to Oe 30 Power Plotter Manual Open CTRL O The open command opens a file in one of the supported graphic formats and displays it in the main Power Plotter window where it may be worked on prior to being sent for printing by itself or
56. for very large print jobs e g 6 X 3 where the final quality is observed from far away thus defects of this type are not noticed but where greatest priority is given to the print speed 60 Power Plotter Manual Algorithms Enlargement and reduction Allows the selection of the scaling algorithm desired for enlargement or reduction 4 levels are available in each direction Generally the best selection is AUTO where the software decides which to use on a case by case basis considering the original resolution of the image and the final print dimensions Otherwise it is possible to select from those in the list so that more emphasis may be placed on either speed or quality Workspace resolution with respect to output resolution With this command the program is told with which resolution to generate the workspace based on the print resolution This way processing time may be reduced especially for postscript files because the images are assembled in a smaller format despite maintaining the output dimensions Minimum screen value Defines with which screen value the program begins using the ink The use of low screens ensuring shading making images photographic quality on machines with not overly high resolution less than 600dpi may produce an unwanted effect since they make the ink spots stand out more hence dirtying the image This is a parameter which is highly dependent on the individual characteristics of each printe
57. fore connecting the dongle to the parallel port while USB dongles may be connected with your system on Please note if the platform is Windows NT or 2000 or XP must be performed whilst logged on with administrator privileges The hardware key driver will have to be installed prior to beginning installation see the later section Notes for installation on Windows NT It is also necessary to have the most recent Service Pack installed The following Windows Installer screens will be displayed you can accept default settings or change them based on your needs Seleziona la lingua dell installazione x Selezionare la lingua per questa installazione tra le opzioni en indicate di sequito Italian Standard Selecting the installation language 11 Power Plotter Manual InstallStretd Wizard Preparing to Install Pone Plother 5 4 45 Setup is preparing the Intal Sheed Wwizad which wl gude you through the program saup process Pheece vak Comfiquing Windows Iratater C Use the Back and Next buttons in every installation step to return to the previous step or to go to the next one Powe Plotter 5 4 45 InataliStveld Wizard License Agreement Please read the following brerse acreemert cxrefuly Power Plotter END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR Power ense Agreement EULA is a legal contract etween von either a an individnal neer ar th a After you have read the license ag
58. ged from within this option such an operation may only be performed during the configuration creation stage To File The Destination folder the resolution at which it will be saved along with the format BMP TIFF JPG may be selected This way a new image made up of those source files will be created The deactivate button closes the dialogue and leaves the folder inactive whilst the Activate button closes the dialogue and places the folder on standby 5 File to be elaborated i Time 5 50 When this animated graphic appears in the top right next to the buttons it indicates that there are files in the folder which will be processed when the counter on the left reaches the value set on the right To stop processing simply click on the yellow folder and click on Deactivate in the dialogue 72 Power Plotter Manual Here instead it shows that the folder is empty and hence the process is in a waiting state 73 Power Plotter Manual Chapter V Menu commands the Print job menu 74 Power Plotter Manual workspace opens the window represented in fig 1 from where various parameters in relation to printing are set Each image placed on the workspace is handled autonomously in terms of colour corrections dimensions and position until the print window is accessed at which point they are treated as if they were a single image It is possible to modify the dimensions of the imag
59. h Instead the button to the View file info bottom right opens the _ n dialogue for configuring the hotfolders It is possible to create a Poseni series of folders to which a printer may be associated whereby as soon as a file is copied into the folder it will be sent to the selected printer without any intervention from the user The first button activates the creation of the HotFolder from this interface an already existing folder may be selected or a new one created Then the destination printer must be selected The second button cancels the selected configuration the third opens the properties of the selected HotFolder 81 Power Plotter Manual Print report The Print report command accesses the database which stores the log of From the Print report window the user may recover all the parameters and settings used in the previous print jobs The the processed print jobs last 200 print jobs processed are stored in the memory im Print Report Name tak Pit n le se new al JOB 122 tesfinale nar smal tf JOB 721 tesfinale naw anal oF JO8 720 lestfinale nay smal i nn 4 1 OBNY2004 17 2335 2004172858 OAV2004 171917 JOB 119 testinale new smal oF 0309 2004 1651 33 JOB 118 testinale new small or 03032004 16 4758 JOB 117 testinale new smal oF JOB 116 testfinele new anal tf JOB 115 testinal new mmal tf JOB 114 testinal new smal tf JOB 1218 pg J08 1711 Coda di t
60. he computer where you have installed power plotter in Printer address under the Queue item enter the name of a valid configuration previously saved on the RIP be careful to uppercase and lowercase characters in exactly the same way as written in Power Plotter without spaces In this way the print jobs launched from Mac will be printed directly without any settings saved in the chosen configuration If an invalid name is entered the print jobs will be stored to the print queue and will be in standby waiting for a user s action The verify button checks the address typed in Clicking on ok will display a dialogue box where you can enter the name of the desktop printer to be used to print from Power Plotter 141 Power Plotter Manual BScrivania lt Macintosh HD Macintosh HD Espeli J 1500 IT LMK75P 020732 Fi Adobe Photoshope 61 _Soriwvania gt Canon 6 W3000 EA Y le CodeWarrior E qJ Registra stampante col nome _Annulta stompantesurd Now you can print on any printer supported by Power Plotter directly from any Mac program For multipage print jobs use the same procedure as printing with the virtual printer Optionally you may print from Mac by configuring a Power Plotter printer shared by the PC using a software as PC MacLan by Miramar or a Windows server NT 4 0 or later with AppleTalk printer administration Use PC Maclan to share virtual printers under MAC
61. hey are manual then they prompt for what to do at the opening of each file If they are deactivated then images are opened without the application of a profile Monitor profile To achieve correct viewing of the image colours it is necessary to set the profile of the monitor on which to view the images GamutCheck Automatically activates the colour printability check function upon opening the image Works together with the Preview Profiles From the time the image is opened all the colours within the image which are not precisely realisable using the selected printer and paper are indicated by a Red colour Simulation Tries to simulate on the screen the effect the image will have on the selected paper Enable print replica The print replica function is an advanced function which allows duplicating n number of times vertically the same image without margins May be useful in certain cases such as the printing of repetitive motifs on textiles By activating it a box appears in the last print window below into which it is possible to insert the number of times the image must be repeated Enable advanced mode By default the drivers are displayed in simplified form and the selections the user may set are reduced to a minimum When it is desired to access more possibilities of choice select this flag and enter the password POWERPLOTTER without inverted commas 58 Power Plotter Manual 59 Power Plotter Manual
62. hich we desire to print the image may be entered and the measurements will alter accordingly 3 A value may be selected from the scale menu The two Move up or Move down buttons are to be used in the case where two images are overlapping allowing the choice of which of the two will be in the foreground entirely visible and which will be in the background The X and Y Offset options indicate the distance of the image in cm from the top left of the workspace Each image may then be rotated in 90 steps or by selecting the Mirror image option may be printed flipped useful if the printing is being done on a transparent support The Cancel button allows the elimination of the selected image from the workspace 95 Power Plotter Manual Setting the Fixed Width box to a value X means that each image inserted will always have the set width and the height will be scaled accordingly The Duplicate button copies the image with the current settings as indicated in the nearby box When the images exceed the width of the sheet they will automatically be sent to the top Alternatively the mouse may be used to move the image on the sheet left button and for resizing it right button Indeed right clicking on an image accesses a series of actions some useful already present in the right hand column others not so Those already present are Cancel eliminates the image alternatively the CANC button on the keyboard m
63. ing The Cancel preview command empties this cache so that Power Plotter is forced to seek the original instead of the copy of the image In any case if the image has been modified it is automatically searched for This preview function is used to show the appearance of the document which must be printed so it may be positioned on the workspace Eliminating them is generally not necessary as they take up very little space However it may become useful in certain situations for example where some of these files are damaged causing errors in the program Select all images CTRL A This command may be used to simultaneously select all the images on the workspace This way it is possible to apply all the operations being performed to all the documents present However it is not possible to move them using the mouse as with a single image but it necessary to use the cursor arrows from the lower tab to move them Select source Sets the source used when running the Acquire Scanner command Useful when more than one TWAIN acquisition device is installed for example a scanner and a camera 41 Power Plotter Manual Acquisition from a Scanner This function calls the 32 bit TWAIN scanner driver so that it is possible to acquire an image save it and print it within the program itself This function also communicates with other peripherals such as scanners for other devices or digital cameras having a TWAIN driver To use this func
64. inue gt gt gt At this point it is possible to enable a series of additional options Generate Prn file prints the job to a file instead of sending it to the printer and allows this output to be saved so that it may be subsequently sent to the plotter using direct print or processes management Generate Prn file amp print simultaneously saves the prn file to disk and prints the job on the plotter Could be useful in cases where it is necessary to send the same image for printing many times and you don t want to have to re process every time The processing time is more or less the same as for printing but in addition the file is ready to be sent again to the plotter or transferred to another machine for printing as a demonstration Calculate print and then send to printer with this option enabled the print job is processed creating a temporary file and only if the elaboration procedure has been successful is sent to the printer The file generated is eliminated after being sent to save the file the option create PRN file must also be enabled The interface changes when this option is selected Print now and eliminate job is certainly the function which will be used 77 Power Plotter Manual most often indeed it allows to process and print simultaneously and certainly speeds up the job Print now and then put in archive prints and stores the print process It should be noted that the print file itself is not store
65. ion for plotters means that for each 2 54 cm of print there are 600 dots The following is a summarising table of the recommended minimum resolutions e 60 80 dpi in the case of photographic images without text or very little text 80 100 dpi in the case of photographic images with text or logos 100 120 dpi in the case of rendering or CAD images with contrasting borders e 150 dpi in the case of CAD drawings or plans or documents with text rasterised in formats such as TIFF or BMP Print Preview All C Current page s from a fa Cut Area Cut Marks Color Gray X Dim Y Dim 18 56 ee 27 16 oe mnj Horiz Offset _ Fit to Page jo cm Center to page ert Offset Scale fi x ll fo cm tif DPI 242 242 V Good 440 08 tif DPI 242 242 V Good 440 14 tif DPI 242 242 V Good 440 19 tif DPI 242 242 V Good Cancel Continue gt gt gt Figure 1 The Print window 76 Power Plotter Manual Where Multipage handling has been enabled the panel above with the choice of the page to be printed will be shown Proceed by pressing the Continue button Generate PRN file Generate PRN file amp Print Calculate Print and then send to printer Print now and eliminate job Print now and then put in archive Donon print now put in archive x Enable Printer Cutter cp Copies Configuration Current Cancel Back Cont
66. m may see this as a zip file and add the ZIP extension to it this needs to be deleted 23 Power Plotter Manual You may also remove an installed driver by clicking on the blue link next to the driver name in the setting window on the right this will open a new window with the list of installed drivers from which you can select those you wish to remove and then click on Remove Several printers also have the Advanced tab where you can set further printing features such as feeding type roll or sheet tray print margins etc Brand CANON o Model w6200 Lite Kodak Media Type KODAK Semi Gloss Canv Quality MIGLIORE i x Resolution e00 ha General 9 Printer E Canon Large Format W6200PG 2 ba In the window nearby there is the i information button which displays useful information about the driver settings and the selected print media Specifically it describes the paper setting that needs to be selected on the plotter when a certain type of print media is loaded 24 Power Plotter Manual Chapter Il Program technical specifications 25 Power Plotter Manual Supported formats Power Plotter supports the following graphic formats in read mode Microsoft Windows Bitmap OS 2 Bitmap BMP DIB Encapsulated PostScript EPS PS PDF in the PS version Joint Photograph Expert Group JPEG Tagged Image File Format TIF TIFF CCITT Group 3 CCITT Group
67. menu to be overwritten With this command all the settings in the interface in relation to the print options are saved It is very useful to store the conditions for linearisation colour curves profiles which we have found for certain printing conditions and which we would like to be able to use in the future These configurations themselves may be used to associate them with a virtual printer see the appendix or to set the options during printing see chapter V E3 Save configuration with name x Configuration Name The Save Configuration window 53 Power Plotter Manual Program preferences F2 Hotkey From here the program display functions are set the Default configuration is set along with the quality variables General Image quality Default Setting none m Memory settings B Use memory by50 1 E E E NSA m Print informations Log level Debug x Compress PRN files Units Metric Temp Files path caTest Programmi PowerPlotter 1 TEMP B Ed Fit orientation when printing a Hide HPGL interface with Virtual Printer Enable Multipage X Enable BugReport during startup Revert Cancel Default configuration Loads the configuration selected at the opening of the program otherwise it uses the previous values Memory management Defines the amount of memory RAM in percentage terms which will be used by the program
68. mmon ones and most programs work with them The Use Internal Profile field is used when the profile is embedded in the file to be printed it should always be enabled unless you know that the profile embedded in the file is not valid or if you want to print with another profile The Media Profile field is used to set the colour profile for the printer on the 120 Power Plotter Manual paper being used Generally there is on for each type of paper and mode and it is automatically associated to the driver selection The Simulation Profile field allows setting the profile of another device printer offset machine etc to simulate using our printer A device simulation is generally used with Offset machines that are in CMYK and the files of which the simulation has to be printed are already in CMYK so it is sufficient to enter the profile of the machine to simulate in the ICC Input Profile CMYK field The list below is used to set the method of simulation of the print colour if some colours cannot be perfectly obtained by the printer Perceptual is best suited for photographs as the global effect is kept as even as possible Relative Absolute Colorimetrical tries to use the exact image colours where possible suited to simulate other devices with colour space more restricted that the current one Saturation tries to use the closer colours and where not possible it uses the most saturated colour suitable for graphic pri
69. n agreement with the chosen configuration see further Hence they ill be printed or saved without the need for any intervention by the user Select Configuration here the rules to be used for the processing of the files are selected These rules refer to all the print parameters colour profiles type of pagination the format and the destination printer 71 Power Plotter Manual Auto nesting Uses the parameters set in the IMAGES POSITIONING tab which is to be found in the main program window pressing the button with the letter i will open a note with the settings currently in use Current pagination Uses the pagination parameters which are found in the main window in the IMAGES TAB To this may be associated a scaling factor expressed as a percentage Generate Print Previews Creates a page of variable dimensions set using the adjacent parameters which will be filled with images which are themselves also variable It is also possible to attach this image to those currently being printed or it can be saved in the INDEX folder Wait Time sets a delay time from the insertion of the last file into the folder following which file processing begins Load Multipage PS Enables the opening and pagination of all the pages of PS documents consisting of several pages On printer Indicates that the output will be a print job performed by the printer set in the selected configuration the selected printer may not be chan
70. nce to the application of profiles and corrections Colour management of tone luminosity contrast saturation of CMYK or RGB files with real time onscreen previewing Wizard for establishing the correct resolution during acquisition and printing Advanced dithering and colour management Various types of advanced dithering Various levels of antialiasing filters with automatic and manual management to preserve the quality of highly enlarged images High output resolution for photographic quality Full support of ICC colour profiles with the possibility of setting input profiles with automatic recognition of the profile incorporated into the file output profiles and colour trial simulations The possibility of converting from one profile to another profile for saving Internal procedure in some versions for printer linearisation using a densitometer or spectrophotometer Gretag Macbeth instruments are 27 Power Plotter Manual supported Separate output curve correction over multiple colours with the possibility to create various customised curves for a number of paper or ink types Trichromy quadrichromy and extended quadrichromy printing with customised black generation curves The possibility of delayed printing calculation Delayed printing and multiple copy handling with an integrated database processes management Conversion between the main graphic formats Integrated tiling module on selected versions
71. nderstand the use of the tiling feature let s analyse a practical example Let s suppose we want to print a 2 5 metre x 2 metre image In the IMAGES sana ta we will have to enter Dim Y 200 cm and automatically we will have Dim X 242 cm At this point the DPI panel will indicate the file resolution at those dimensions In the example in figure 1 the resolution is 42 DPI For output resolution values the same indications given for normal printing apply with the exception that in this case due to the large printing dimensions and the need of viewing these products from large distance lower resolutions around 40 DPI or less are admissible At this point let s go on to the Panels TAB Li Here you can select the number of columns and lines if any into which you want to divide the image You can do that in manual or automatic mode Press the Generate Panels button to automatically divide the workspace into strips having a width suitable for the plotter In manual mode you can press Lines or Columns to display guides that indicate how the image will be divided The number of columns must be increased until a fixed distance between the lower guides and the plotter span is reached 90 cm in models AO 126 cm in 50 inch models 150 in 60 inches etc based on the machine margins The area below indicates the panels that are suitable and those that are not with a check or a cross mark If you want to cancel the division into pan
72. new serial number in 21 Power Plotter Manual the appropriate field and press Next now you can exit the program If you have a version with dongle upon the following reboot the program will start with the new functions already activated on the other hand for versions with software only protection you will have to proceed to a new registration on line or by Fax Replace the new code to the old one When you upgrade to a new version the old serial number is deleted from our database and is no longer available 22 Power Plotter Manual Installing Adding Printer Drivers Now you need to install the printer drivers for your plotters printers Once you have activated the program the Power Plotter interface is displayed find prcored b tiia lE TO E BWS 0 SERIE W DE Cap D SEFE w PAD 0 wzm mo o wam 5 O wam ut ow a O weet UTE s DB wea PRO D wam urs 0O wanu O weno cap 0 wesw urt Jkya wma f Here you can select the drivers you need to install You could install all drivers but for greater simplicity we suggest that you only install those that are really necessary You can add new drivers anytime you want either using those present on the installation CD or updating new ones downloaded from our Website In that case you need to select BROWSE and then locate the path where the file had been saved before the file should have a dpp extension sometimes the operating syste
73. ng options 1 Area in pixels You can set an output Area in Pixels if the Area is smaller than the full page this dimensions will be ignored Dim x pixel Dim Y pixel fo fo Activate Output Area In this tab the third of the file saving options it is possible to define an area within which the images will be saved In this case there will be a white border around the workspace As the window itself also explains this function only works if the area defined is greater than the area occupied by the images This function may be useful if it is necessary to have well defined dimensions 39 Power Plotter Manual OTHER OPTIONS WITHIN THE SAVE WORKSPACE SCREEN The cut function A is used for selecting part of an image and saving that alone z The marks button allows access to the cut marks configurations see page 66 in relation to this function The marks thus inserted will be stored in the saved file and may be useful in the case of possession of a limited version of the program which does not allow printing or in any case for storing an image from the complete workspace The colour greyscale button By automatically transforms images to greyscale during printing or saving 40 Power Plotter Manual Close image CTRL F4 This command removes a selected image or images from the viewing window Cancel preview Power Plotter maintains a cache of the most recently used images to speed up load
74. nly valid for RGB images it provides compression without loss of quality 36 Power Plotter Manual Format __ Profles Ateain Pixel r Format PostS cript Compression Type Uncompressed X r Pixel Dimension Dim x Dim Y Color Space 468 E72 JR GB x Keep Proportions PS format options PS format generates a compressed raster file in JPEG ZIP or not compressed in a PostScript file 37 Power Plotter Manual Other file saving options 1 Profiles Foma E Area in Piel El testfinale new small tif 1 1 sRGB IEC61966 2 1 icm Output Profile IEC61966 2 1 icrai d Simulatio Poe 1 y Perceptual v X Activate Profiles Options for saving using profiles valid for all formats From this window it is possible to configure colour profiles if desired which will be applied during file saving Hence it is possible to convert an RGB file into CMYK from the previous window or vice versa or between two types of RGB or CMYK files incorporating a colour profile The file thus converted may be used to print it using applications that do not directly allow the use of profiles or to create a file with a known colour space to subsequently reopen it maintaining the quality and the colour information By clicking on Output profiles or Simulation profile it is possible to load a new profile from disk 38 Power Plotter Manual Other file savi
75. nted and it is directly linked to the panel calculation for tiling The program does not limits the image size even if they are larger than the paper set but margins larger than xx cm are prompted to the user Area Size 40 84 1 x 118 9 cm x Width cm Height cm e41 nss Vertical C Horizontal x Roll Add If the Roll feature is enabled the Dim _Y dimension is not considered as the area that can be taken by the image is only defined by its width this feature is important in that it changes the output during the tiling and positioning steps In fact when an image is tilted on a sheet it is divided both in height and in width so as to allow inserting it into the sheets otherwise if roll is selected it is only divided in its width 119 Power Plotter Manual ICC Profiles In this panel you can set the colour profiles for optimum printing of the images on the various media m ICC Input Profile RGB 1 sRGB IEC61966 2 1 icm a IER CMYK fi Power Plotter CMYK ice x rd X Use Internal Profile m Media Profile r Simulation Profile x Use Profile In the ICC Input Profile field you must set the colour profile the print is based on This is the source image profile and can be RGB or CMYK To have good results the image input profile must be known exactly so that it may be interpreted appropriately Default profiles are the most co
76. nts with solid colours and without considerable shading To add a profile to one of said windows the Advanced Mode must be enabled To this end select Configurations Program Preferences select Viewing and select the Advanced mode box You will be prompted for a password enter power plotter confirm all windows at this point you will see a small button with three dots next to each profile box Press to scroll the disk searching for a profile once you have selected one it is automatically copied to the proper program folder and displayed in the relevant drop down menu The Enable Profile field is used to enable these settings Otherwise it works without using the profiles and it converts the colours in the conventional way so deviations may occur in the colours that are more difficult to render 121 Power Plotter Manual When Enable Profile is disabled the icon above is displayed to open the black generation interface used to convert RGB files to CMYK files directly without using ICC profiles but ensuring a certain control over the image quality by managing colours and black amounts see chapter entitled Black management CMY CMYK 122 Power Plotter Manual Chapter IX The status bar 123 Power Plotter Manual The status bar commands The statu status bar This bar includes Pdriverss lhe button to access the printer driver configuration section A small fi
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78. ogram This function implies that the PRN files generated will have greatly reduced sizes and may be sent to the printer directly through Power Plotter or Direct Print It may be necessary to deactivate this function in the cases where these files are distributed to outside services not possessing one of the above programs or to analyse the output file However in the majority of cases it is useful to keep it activated Units of measurement It allows to define whether to display messages using the decimal metric system cm mm m or the Imperial system inches Temporary file path Defines the path where the program stores temporary files It is always appropriate that this folder be on a fast and free disk so that no problems arise due to lack of disk space 55 Power Plotter Manual Print orientation adjustment With this function activated the program will automatically check the dimensions of all the files arriving at the RIP through system printers and compare them with the format of the sheet onto which they are to be printed clearly this data is taken from the settings found in the Power Plotter driver menu Thus the orientation of the file will be adapted so as to ensure the best insertion For example if a file with a horizontal size of 28cm and vertical size of 20cm is being printed and instead the settings on the RIP are 21 for horizontal and 29 7 for vertical A4 Then the image will be rotated by 90 If inst
79. ortant part is that displaying the Virtual Port Remember the name to use it in the next screen where you activate the installation procedure for Windows printers Follow the onscreen Windows instructions these instructions might be different based on the version installed on your system and when you are prompted to enter the printer port select that indicated in the previous window PPP4 in our case The driver file may be found on your installation CD or on your system installation folder of your program PostScript printers choosing the folder relating to the Operating System in use You may install this procedure on any PC using the RIP installation CD selecting Printer Manager in the window where you select the installation type Each printer thus created can be set to print directly or to store the files to the RIP process queue To do so open the printer configuration and select the printer you want to configure and then select Configure to display the following window 132 Power Plotter Manual w Conhigurx Power Plotter Printer xj Ophons Prit Pioiy Log T Enable f Advenpedd fe est progiamm ponsrphtte S 1 Shemp Posverpiot Donlguw aire Sewer 127 001 Nore Si Carel OK When you have set a valid configuration in this case it is called Nero90 and Print is set in the options your print job will automatically be moved to the active print job of the RI
80. per sheets that will be displayed in the ped eg 5 paper list during the print process Creating P a new format Jow weed Goes Cale SR PMP Fe Nae ctor GH Phea Coben LD Mosty Stevdet Pace 5 cer Fetare tonal re Bot herenrech Nea ee G Conte Poper Sicer Set dimensions width and length There will be different limits depending on the AutoCAD version in use The Fepam tip eects e mo e SEC on aimi lo am aigon ware ENERE e har aiken cem many Rar Aenda of the papat Sore Greene Tuas araa masas pasit us parva aeai a a es Set dimensions and borders in the two interfaces above and click Next You should set the border limits to 0 as the RIP will set them automatically during the print process Clicking Next you will have to assign a name to the paper format and define a file where you want to save it in our case it will be the file that defines the previously created printer 137 Power Plotter Manual Pe te copa ane ll be somt b PME Pea Modd O Pah Tote s neah ANP ete 4 Pethra ma se ce Then set the format that will use ie E Se j these dimensions whether they will 7 e aa O be displayed under the settings of ze ma Sheet of paper Roll or Width an Ooo Now you can use this new type of printer driver and print your AutoCAD stot ree _ coon _ jobs with the powerful RIP Another setting to be remembered is inside Power Plot
81. pose a maximum to the sum of the four colours up to 400 indicating using the maximum of each colour to make the darks more intense and maximum of the use of black 100 indicates using up to the maximum 66 Power Plotter Manual Cut mark settings F12 From this panel the margin print notes and the cut marks necessary for trimming are set xf Te Sign Type n o Print description Digitrim Marks Setup m fX Activate print ticket Print Name X Driver x Profiles Linearization X Date Time T Notes on any print Note a Zi C Down Left Up Right Activate Images Description Print Detach Cut Marks Cut Mark Type The type of print marks and how they must be arranged may be selected vane z Around nesting Around every image DigiTrim X Y AutoDigiTrim Horizontal Marks None no print marks On the workspace in the margins out of the print area On every image places the print marks in the margins of each image Digi Trim special print marks for the Fotoba automatic DigiTrim guillotine X Y Autodigitrim special print marks for the Fotoba automatic X Y 67 Power Plotter Manual AutoDigiTrim guillotine automatic vertical and horizontal cutting Horizontal marks Inserts only the horizontal Fotoba cut marks Print description Inserts notes with the information selected image name Driver Profiles used Linearization applied Print date
82. ptimised for outputting to ink jet plotters and printers The dithering algorithm used allows the simulation of very high resolutions via software POWER PLOTTER allows the direct setting of the dimensions in cm of the file to be printed without any limitations in format Through the tiling module not available on all versions it is possible to print images greater than the width of the plotter the automatic and manual anti aliasing filters allow the masking of any defects due to the possible low definition of the image The interface appears like a mounting stand on which it is possible to autonomously assemble and manage images originating from various sources with various formats raster or Postscript and different colour spaces RGB CMYK this way it is possible to optimise the available space thanks to the automatic positioning functions nesting or create custom compositions It is possible to automatically print multiple copies of the same image or group of images as with programming delayed execution or calculation With the aim of making the use of the program user friendly POWER PLOTTER handles the automatic setting of the vast majority of parameters so that the user need only select the mode best suited to the type of printing selected It is possible to store a large number of configuration files containing all the parameters for any given printing job so as to be able to recall them quickly The depth of colour of the
83. r and hence t is necessary for the user to select the value to use depending on the conditions As a general rule it may be set to 0 or 1 on printers with resolutions in excess of 600dpi between 1 and 2 for those with 600 and between 3 and 4 for those having less resolution Postscript colour space Postscript files may be just like a raster image both RGB and CMYK however the software which generates the PS does not always insert the necessary information for Power Plotter to understand In this dialogue window it is possible to force the reading of the file in one mode or the other or leave it in Auto for Power Plotter to determine This function works from the time it is set for all the files opened from that time onwards if a file has already been opened in one mode the program must be shut down and restarted otherwise it will be opened with the colours inverted 61 Power Plotter Manual Colour engine Advanced operating systems such as Windows 2000 or XP have provided within them a CMS Colour Management System whereby it is possible to use that from Microsoft to have superior performances when older systems are used such as Windows NT4 0 this is not supported and it is necessary to use the system that comes with the program which gives the same chromatic results but with longer print times PostScript Force Bounding Box reading In some PS formats the information relating to the document dimensions may give
84. reement click Next Power Plotter Manual gt Install held Wizard Click Next to Install to this Folder or click Change to install to a different folder In the next window click Next to accept the default installation directory Or click Change to select a custom one 13 Power Plotter Manual P Power Plotter 5 4 45 InstallShield Wizard x Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs Please select a setup type E All program features will be installed Requires the most disk space C Custom Choose which program features you want installed and where they will be installed Recommended for advanced users lt Back Cancel Choose the setup type you prefer then press Next is Power Plotter 5 4 45 InstallShield Wizard Custom Setup Select the program features you want installed Click on an icon in the list below to change how a feature is installed pe ieabute DESthpbiont E3 Power Plotter Power Printer Manager J This feature will be installed on local hard drive 8 This feature and all subfeatures will be installed on local hard drive This feature will be installed when required X This feature will not be available Install to C Program Files DevStudio Change The Power Printer Manager setup may be used on a different PC to create a Virtual Printer to send your print
85. rise to errors which impede correct viewing Thus it completely analyses the PostScript to find the real image measurements It is not advised to use this in the majority of cases since it significantly slows file opening times Compress Temp PS in this way the temp files created during PS file processing are compressed and thus occupy much less disk space Clearly this results in the slowing down of the print process however frequently unnoticeable but may be indispensable for printing very large images which could have print files in excess of 2GB which is the maximum size limit for a Windows file Workspace Enable Antialiasing This command tells the RIP whether nor not to enable Antialising management the process by which the image borders are rounded On Raster files TIFF JPG BMP it is always enabled independently of whether it is set or not whilst on Postscript files it may be enabled or disabled according to need Clearly by enabling it printing is slowed a little but in the majority of cases files with much more regular lines are obtained Print in greyscale With this flag enabled the print job will be performed entirely in black and white 62 Power Plotter Manual Temporary file management Opens an interface through which it is possible to verify the size of the temporary files and cancel them when they are too large ia Temporary file management xj Local disks Thumbnails Folder 61
86. s Balance Saturation Hue Brightness 106 Power Plotter Manual Contrast Brightness The Contrast 100 to 100 and Brightness 127 to 127 values are controlled for each image The actions are purposely exaggerated in the example The two central images are normal whereas the two on the left are respectively from top downwards with Brightness of 127 and 127 whereas the two on the right are with Contrast of 95 and 91 The Reset button sets the commands in this window for the selected image to zero 107 Power Plotter Manual Balance aaa Fe ee i Here you can control the balance between complementary colours Cyan C lt gt Red R Magenta M lt gt Green G Yellow Y lt gt Blue B The six images represented here are all unbalanced towards the one or the other in the sequence C R M G Y B The Shadows Half tones Lights selection allows making this change mainly affect the selected brightness range The Reset button sets the commands in this window for the selected image to zero 108 Power Plotter Manual Saturation Hue Brightness SD A A ol ST do ll i A 7 E fries xj Je Ref Tone It shifts the tone around the colour sphere and ranges from 180 to 180 In the example the first one has a value of 100 the second one of 70 the third one of 160 Brightness It changes the colour brightness similar to the brightness in the oth
87. should be in the c Programmi Devstudio Powerplotter folder and save them to another folder before proceeding to delete You may replace them once you have installed the RIP again 17 Power Plotter Manual Start up After having rebooted the PC you are ready to start the program for the first time You will see three new icons on your desktop you will also find them in Start Programs Power Plotter a Power Plotter starts the main program Direct Prints Starts a program which allows sending already calculated print jobs directly to the printer s for example PRN or PLT and manages the print job file queue Power Plotter Printer Manager allows creating and managing the Power Plotter virtual printers Power Plotter Manual Launching Power Plotter for the first time Lingua Italiano eniron Z This message prompts you to select the language and the units At the end of your choice click Confirm IMPORTANT REGISTRATION PROCEDURE Power Plotter Protection luglio 2004 N Ke r gt fe N i 101 104 112 74 70 111 19 Power Plotter Manual The window above prompts you to enter the 16 digit serial number to activate he version the label is attached on the back of the CD case or somewhere 3N the box ATTENTION DO NOT INSERT A WRONG SERIAL NUMBER ABOVE ALL DO NOT CONFUSE ZERO 0 WITH THE LETTER O O
88. sible you should export the file using the Include fonts command or convert text to curves you should know that you will get bigger files When you work on software that is not able to generate eps files e g Microsoft Word the best thing to do is print the document to a file using a postscript printer Below are the instructions to obtain this using the Power Plotter Printer driver 129 Power Plotter Manual Virtual Printer Description and Use A Virtual Printer appears on your system as any other printer Following the procedure described below you will find a new printer in the Printers folder of your system usually called PowerPlotterPrinter You may use it from any application and its output will be displayed in the RIP process list on the main interface in the rightmost window Creating a PS File from Windows To generate a PostScript file to read with Power Plotter using any Windows application you need to install the Power Plotter Printer using the following wizard The following icon is displayed on your desktop ats Orts lrig Pic re e Gus Clicking the Add button 4 s Check il Power Ploter is on Seed hon the kri the Corpa vh Power Plotter sdra a kove a b ond pres ootia osy Longus 2700 1 Ei Cod Back Cortinans gt gt Clicking on the button with the three dots you will open a network search window select the PC on which you have installed and running Power Plotter
89. software not supported by Power Plotter you need to convert it into a compatible format such as TIFF BMP JPG PICT TGA EPS PS PDF HP GL HP GL2 driver hp gl2 compatible up to the version for Designjet HP1050 plotter The best formats for photographic images and rendering are TIFF or JPG The TIFF format is the best since it maintains the best image quality also when ZIP or LZW compression activated and allows including your ICC profiles to keep colours matching to your screen if your screen is correctly calibrated The JPG format also preserves a rather good quality even giving some fault on highly contrasted borders with the advantage of generating small files that can easily be stored and moved In both cases it is advisable to set a minimum resolution of 60 dpi for final print size and for photographic images with shades or gradual passages of colours a minimum resolution of 100 dpi for rendering or also images with very small details and highly contrasted borders and finally 150 dpi for text on white background When you are working on software producing vector formats e g Corel Draw Adobe Illustrator Macromedia Freehand etc or with DTP programs Adobe PageMaker Quark Xpress etc it is preferable to export the file in eps or in pdf These formats preserve vector data as they are and this allows obtaining high quality on text and line objects To make sure the fonts used are readable if pos
90. t to avoid any dominant colours to move to a quadrichromy system i e sacrifice a little of the screen quality in favour of greater greyscale fidelity The Black and Trichromy bars control how much the print job tends towards trichromy or quadrichromy 64 Power Plotter Manual The Complimentary values selection box corrects the percentage of trichromic black in such a way that the sum of the percentages of pure black and trichromic gives 100 This way the image will maintain the same amount of black as the original during printing The usefulness of being able to apply separate percentages for pure black and trichromic black possible with totals other than 100 may be evaluated for printing photographic images with marked light and shade The Trichromy Pure Black selection box allows working in trichromy i e with black made from the three primary colours using the black cartridge to perform only those points where the black value is 255 pure black We will now try to explain this more clearly Any point may have a black content varying between 0 white and 255 pure black all the intermediate values 1 2 254 express the various levels of grey which are normally made using the black cartridge On the contrary whilst working in trichromy mode even the grey colours are made by using the overlapping of the three primary colours The Trichromy plus Pure Black option composes the greyscale colours having values compris
91. ted and in assigning the print dimensions The delayed print and calculation features increase productivity and service POWER PLOTTER represents the ideal hardcopy instrument for a number of fields such as photography and advertising graphic design generally DOS or MAC raster images originating from photographic manipulation or DTP packages such as G I S DOS MAC and UNIX mapping and architectural rendering Thanks to its advanced Colour Management with the use of ICC profiles POWER PLOTTER also lends itself for use in typography and photolithography to provide customers with a good quality digital test print using ink jet printers or a plotter In all cases the PostScript interpreter ensures the dialogue with the various platforms and the maintenance of the quality of the text contained within the file even when carrying out very large scale printing jobs The possibility of handling even HPGLII and PLT files allows the creation of print queues with both raster and vectorial files To offer maximum performance POWER 1 PostScript version Power Plotter Manual PLOTTER must operate in parallel with a photo manipulation program with which to acquire by scanner or from another source and retouch for example add text the images Acquisition may also be performed directly by POWER PLOTTER if using a scanner which uses a 32 bit Twain driver POWER PLOTTER handles various types of error diffusion dithering and is o
92. ter and relates to colour settings In fact Postscript files often contain both RGB and CYMK items but at present Power Plotter only recognizes one colour space at a time In AutoCAD images and data are certainly in RGB so you have to check that the image imported to the workspace of Power Plotter is RGB If not make sure that the image will be opened in the correct colour space using the PP configuration Image Quality Menu in Program Preferences The important benefit of this operation is that if you have to print lines with black ink you can disable the profile management and enable printing with 100 black in the Black Generation Panel When you use the profiles image colours will be more accurate When you launch a print job from Autocad a message will be displayed indicating that the printer port is already in use This happens as the PPPX port set on Autocad is the same used by Windows Power Plotter Printer This is only a reminder and will not affect the outcome you can simply 138 Power Plotter Manual ignore it If you want to avoid this reminder just use a PPPX port for Autocad with a number not used by Windows 139 Power Plotter Manual Printing from Macintosh Power plotter has an internal active LPR print server that needs not be configured by the user This feature allows printing directly on the RIP from other operating systems that do not communicate with Windows The supported systems are UNIX Linux
93. tion to its best it is useful to refer to DPI calculation to determine the optimal acquisition resolution in relation to the print dimensions Add printer drivers Allows the addition of additional printer drivers The procedure is explained in detail in the chapter Installation addition of Printer Drivers 42 Power Plotter Manual Update program version After having downloaded updates from the site this allows the installation of the new components It requires the selection of the path where the VDN or ZIP file has been saved and then following the onscreen instructions I ADDITIONAL NOTE The most recent versions of the update files are in auto installing format for which the function described above is not required but act by themselves by directly running the PATCH program with Power Plotter shut down 43 Power Plotter Manual Install virtual printer Opens the interface through which it is possible to create a system printer accessible by all windows programs This function is discussed in further detail in the appendices at the end of the manual in the page How to print from any application 44 Power Plotter Manual Recently used file list Conforming to the standards for Windows applications the program file menu contains a list of the names of the most recently loaded files through which an image may be loaded with a single mouse click 45 Power Plotter Manual
94. together with other files or saved in another format or resolution It is possible to open more than one file simultaneously by selecting them using the open window or by directly dragging and dropping them onto the program interface Select image x Look in E My Computer e g EJ History Ps Compact Disc F rT FIREWIRE G Desktop Compact Disc H Law ARCHIVIO 1 w My Documents Loa My Computer File name zl My Network P Files of type Grafic Format Cancel A The Open window 31 Power Plotter Manual Open workspace CTRL L Recover a workspace including images and or the settings used from the list of those saved If some images are missing this is pointed out and the option to continue opening the others is given It is likewise possible to select or load the same layout whilst changing the images step by step prompting will ask which images should replace the previous ones It is also possible to load only the settings and not the images In two fields present to the top left it is possible to search for the desired workspace using various types of filters 4 ji Satam Custom Nectings Repor Stored wA o oo WE200PS Migbore Carts Comune S200FG Veloce Caits Comune ffuil bleed auto tt g nag cation curves Our ceg AGE 1 sRGB TEC 1956 2 1M nput prafia oe 1 Power Motter OYYE kr 32 Power Plotter Manual
95. vanced Ready EPSON Stylus Photo 2100 Use Printer Offline EPSON Stylus Photo 950 Use Printer Offline HP designjet 100 Use Printer Offline HP DesignJet 10PS by HP Ready HP designjet 120nr Ready HP DesignJet 450C E 40 by Ready HP DesignJet 5000 42 by HP Ready hp designjet 5500ps 42 P53 Unable to connect Ready HP DesignJet 800PS 42 by HF Ready OKI C5300 PCL Ready OKI C5300 P5 Ready PowerPlotter Printer Ready PowerPlotter Printer ne W PENE Teed EEN Hee EE er pooooodocoocoocooqooco0coooqocooeo oo amp 28 object s Then go to printer manager and select the virtual printer you want to move to Mac 143 Power Plotter Manual a Canon Graphic Color W2200 Zf Canon Large F Zf Canon Large F S Canon Office f canon rete W7 designjet 5500 BF EPSON AL C20 SGEPSON Stylus F _DEPSON Stylus F aJHP designjet 11 SHP DesignJet 1f AppleTalk Sharing Bhp designjet 12 BHP DesignJet 4 BrP DesignJet Bhp designjet 5 SSP DesignJet PS HP DesignJet E OKI C5300 PCI G OKI c5300 P5 Open Set as Default Printer Printing Preferences Pause Printing Cancel All Documents Sharing Use Printer Offline AppleTalk Printer Weltas About PC MACLAN System Information Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties PowerPlotter Printer Clicking with the right mouse button select Apple Talk Sharing Printer Offline Printer Offline Printer Offline
96. ver selected modifiable by double clicking Includes all the driver characteristics including the colour profiles set Printer The path over which the job will be sent it could be a file a printer or both in the case where the job to be printed is a pre processed file the path may only be a printer modifiable by double clicking Copies The number of copies which will be printed modifiable by double clicking Description of the buttons Cancel selection Cancels the selected jobs Add to the queue adds a saved job or one of the stored print jobs or from the completed print job report File to be printed Adds a pre processed file to the print queue to send it directly to the printer Create print job allows the creation of a print job starting from a list of file and a pagination type which is selected in the following dialogue window 85 Power Plotter Manual Processing File xf Processing C devstudio from ontani lampadina jpg C devstudio from ontani lampadina tif C devstudio from ontani testfinale new small tif C devstudio from ontani testfinale small tif Configuration Nesting rone NORMAL hdl Cance Sheet Size X Step Y Step a L il Activate Move up and down Alters the priority of the selected job within the print queue Stop Interrupts the queue Activate Activates the print queue and starts processing the various jobs in sequence In the case where there are se
97. veral consecutive jobs with different destinations they will be executed together with a delay of a few seconds between one another Exit exits the window and returns to the RIP interface Please note Activation of the Queue Management function completely substitutes the software screen with that just described to avoid overlapping print activities Hence if the program is closed using the cross at the top right the entire PowerPlotter application will close to return to the main screen use the EXIT command from the instrument bar described 86 Power Plotter Manual Put in queue x Report Stampe Name Date JOB 124 testfinale new small tif JOB 123 testfinale new small tif 08 09 2004 JOB 122 testfinale new small tif 08 09 2004 JOB 121 testfinale new small tif 08 09 2004 JOB 120 testfinale new small tif 08 09 2004 JOB 119 testfinale new small tif 08 09 2004 JOB 118 testfinale new small tif 08 09 2004 JOB 117 testfinale new small tif 08 09 2004 JOB 116 testfinale new small tif 08 09 2004 JOB 115 testfinale new small tif 08 09 2004 JOB 114 testfinale new small tif 08 09 2004 JOB 113 18 jpa 07 09 2004 JOB 112 18 jpg 07 09 2004 JOB 111 Coda di stampa full bleed 03 09 2004 JOB 110 Coda di stampa full bleed Select Close The Add to the Queue window 87 Power Plotter Manual Chapter VI Menu commands the Tools menu 88 Power Plotter M
98. yout The following list shows standard image formats E 20x30 cm In the two boxes below you can set the desired image sizes The Area Scale bar allows reducing or enlarging the measures set above The selection in the following drop down list indicates Fit to area the images will be inserted into the area defined by the 101 Power Plotter Manual measures so a 20 x 40 cm image adjusted to a 10 x 15 format will become 7 5 x 15 cm keeping the original proportions and the full image Cut to area the images will be cropped to the selected format as follows the image is reduced to make it as close as possible to the final one then excess sides are cropped The Orientation field allows selecting whether we want all images to be horizontal vertical or if the most suitable orientation is to be selected automatically The Auto Nesting checkbox enables all these features The Apply button applies the changes made that have not brought to an auto pagination such as changing the spacing between images 102 Power Plotter Manual Panels el 19 The image tiling integrated in the program allows printing in sizes that are larger than those permitted by the plotter print area It is useful in that it automatically divides the image into several pieces having the plotter size with the crop marks that allow the subsequent reconstruction this is an optional feature in the program Lite version To better u

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