ControlCenter Resampler
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1. T Use regular expression Match expression Format expression Fanout set Heatset S oox cancel INFRALOGIC APS 142. CC Resampler Bitmap resolution change and fan out scaling User Manual INFRA LOGIC www infralogic dk CONTROLCENTER RESAMPLER USER MANUAL Copyright and Trademarks Contro Center Resampler User Guide Version 1 6 June 2014 Part number CCRERES 16 Copyright 2014 by InfraLogic Aps All Rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of InfraLogic ApS The information in this publication is provided for information only and is subject to change without notice InfraLogic ApS and its affiliates assume no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of any information in this publication The software described in this book is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of that license PostScript are registered trademarks and PostScript 3 is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated Other brand or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders http www infralogic dk InfraLogic ApS Lautruphgj 1 3 DK 2750 Ballerup Denmark Telephone 45 4420 98 75 INFRALOGIC APS CONTROLCENTER RESAMPLER USER MANUAL 1 Introduction CCresampler is a stand alone hot folder based high performance bitmap resample engine C
3. allows 20 queues hot folders to be defined To change a current setup highlight it in the list and press the Edit button it will change to Foderconiguation CC gt On Inputfolder Outputfolder Fanout Yes C input C output Yes P ew Cop Apply Delete Spool folder definition V Enable Input folder C input V Do not scale plate margins Top margin 18 Bottom margin 16 Output folder C output oe Leftmargin 0 Right margin 0 Move original file to archive folder Archive folder Color detection Detect color name from TIFF tag Z z 267 C Define colorname in filename Example C tif V Keep resolution Output Resolution X 1270 Resolution Y 1270 Use C for color Z for zone for don t care V Enable color specific scaling Cyan Scaling X 99 90 ScalingY 100 Use regular expression Match expression a zA Z 0 9 tif Fan out Magenta ScalingX 99 94 Scaling Y 100 Format expression 1 2 Yellow Scaling X 99 98 Scaling Y 100 Merge ba d file after i alagar 100 aar 200 Merge backgroun after processing Merge file V Keep total image size recommended Plate reference X direction Left side Center Right side Plate reference Y direction Top Center Bottom Left side cylinder zone name s A C separate with comma Right side cylinder zone name s B D separate with comma oe OK Cancel INFRALOGIC APS CCresampler in setup Edit mode is configured to
4. launch IMPORTANT NOTE CCresampler utilizes the Pentium 4 SIMD2 also called SSE2 instruction set Older Pentiums older than year 2001 may not have this instruction set If you are not sure which CPU the PC is running execute the CPUID exe program from a command prompt The output should state YES to the feature CPU FEATURE SSE2 e C WINDOWS system32 cmd exe Public InputCenter Enterprise NOS IMD2 gt cpuid wy name GenuinelInte model Unknown family 6 model 13 stepping 8 feature 8666807 yes CPU_FEATURE_MM amp CPU_FEATURE_SSE CPU_FEATURE_SSE2 CPU_FEATURE_3DNOW os_support 6666607 yes _CPU_FEATURE_MM amp _CPU_FEATURE_SSE _CPU_FEATURE_SSE2 _CPU_FEATURE_3DNOW 1515151515155 yes yes 8 a C Public InputCenter Enterprise NOSIMD2 gt _ INFRALOGIC APS 4 CONTROLCENTER RESAMPLER USER MANUAL INFRALOGIC APS 2 Operation CCResampler is extremely simple to operate Simply launch the program and flip the start button CCresampler will scan enabled folders in a round robin fashion To exclude a folder from search click the folder when the folder scan is stopped A red stop sign will be shown on the disabled folder s _CCresampler Bitmap Resolution Changer File Help CHinput CHinpuk Searching C inpute Status Color File Seconds Comment Cc CFL AB5x00156 tif 12 Image scaled 100 0 x 97 0 Done o Se 21 465x00156 tif 11 Image scaled 100 0 x 98 5 ores y Y21AB5x00156 tif 12 Image scaled 10
5. 0 0 x 99 0 eS Ei ne5 00156 No action required 62 Copyright InfraLogic ApS Ccresampler main interface shows progress of file processing Using the additional Fanout Control utility For stand alone operations CCresampler can be supplemented with the use of the program Fanout Control Fanout Control sits in front of CCresampler and will decide of scaling parameters based on file name parsing such as product name og press name in the file name Fanout Control will watch a hot folder and based on the parsed incoming file names Fanout Control will pick the associated fanout setting and will hand over this to CCresampler Fanout Control is described separately in section 4 Performance notes High quality bitmap scaling is a very demanding process On a high performance PC expect a standard broadsheet plate file to resample is 20 30 sec Performance is mainly dependent on memory speed and CPU speed For highest throughput choose the fastest memory bus available and choose latest CPU model memory bus speed is the most important criteria CONTROLCENTER RESAMPLER USER MANUAL 3 CCResampler configuration CCresampler is easily installed using the install program CCresamplerSetup exe found on the installation CD Folder configuration The configuration dialogs are accessed via the File gt Configuration menu The Folder configuration dialog lists the currently defined folders in the list at the top The current version of CCresampler
6. Cresampler is capable of changing resolution and scaling 1 bit ripped bitmaps TIFF The re sampling engine uses moir suppressing methods to kill artifacts usually generated by standard re sampling e g as in PhotoShop CCresampler also allows anamorphic scaling of existing bitmap X Y direction independently scaled Combined with the color name detection CCresampler can be used as a brute force fan out compensator applying different scaling in one direction for each color Color name can be detected from the file name or from the magedescription TIFF tag written by ControlCenter applications Because positions of visual bender marks are usually critical CCresampler can keep areas unchanged when scaling for fan out compensation r M T aE T CCresampler ControlCenter Resolution or other bitmap workflow changer Output device Example of configuration for normalizing resolution of incoming bitmaps CCresampler is capable of changing resolution up or down T onnan Wi i E si SELLER ControlCenter CCresampler Output devi or other bitmap Color specific fan out ULpHE GEVIGE producer scaling Example of configuration for fan out compensation using Ccresampler as anamorphic scaling engine INFRALOGIC APS 3 CONTROLCENTER RESAMPLER USER MANUAL CCresampler will auto start its folder scans upon loading so that the application can be put in the Startup folder for automatic
7. D in more complicated cases an internal regular expression can be applied on the incoming filename This can transform the name internally so a naming convention described above will match Note that the file itself in not renamed only the internal reference For information about regular expressions see Appendix A of the ControlCenter User s Manual Colors can be detected as a C M Y or K letter in the ImageDescription TIFF tag tag number 270 Many RIPs and other TIFF generators use this tag for color information Scaling can be detected in the TIFF tag tag number 270 If ControlCenter OutputCenter has generated the file this mode is default for the resampler Scaling can be detected in INF job description files send along with the TIF file The INF file is a small text file generated by Esko Graphics FlowDrive RIPs EskoNet and some Agfa Arkitex NewsDrive systems Merging with a background file After scaling has been performed CCRresampler can merge in a background layer on the resulting bitmap image The background file may hold plate register marks and other static information For background file must be a 1 bit TIFF file all baseline specification compressions are supported General preferences A number of general settings can be adjusted in File gt Preferences It is advisable to set the option AutoStart on load Placing CCresampler in the Windows Startup folder will then enable automatic start upon machine
8. Optional information For post processing control Optional information C Optional information M Optional information Optional information K Optional information 5 of Close Scaling values are sent from OutputCenter in TIFF tag allowing fan out values to be set linked to press towers The scaling values are configured in the Press Definition dialog in ControlCenter Getting scaling parameters from ControlCenter CCResampler can be given scaling parameters from ControlCenter so that fan out can be set on a per tower basis Color detection Color name is required for color specific scaling e g for fan out compensation The name of the color can be detected in three ways The actual scaling values can be extracted from a TIFF tag written by the OutputCenter application This is the recommended way for ControlCenter integration Scaling values are set in OutputCenter press definitions on a per tower basis Colors are put in individual subfolders under the input folder Subfolders must be named C M Y K example c lnput C for cyan files Color can be extracted from the file name as a C M Y or K letter To detect color from the file name use a C in the file name definition See hint notes in the user interface 10 CONTROLCENTER RESAMPLER USER MANUAL INFRALOGIC APS Example C _ will match input file name SomeName 5 C 1 TIF Cyan color In order to detect the color I
9. Yelow gx 100 Scaling Y 100 Merge background file after Black gx 100 Sealing Y 100 Merge file IV Keep total image size recommended Plate reference x direction C Left sile Center Right side Plate reference Y direction Top C Center Bottom Leftjtop side cylinder zone name s B Right bottom side cylinder zone F separate with comma x x corel Example showing how Front and Back notations from the plate imposition plan may control reference point position in CCResampler INFRALOGIC APS 9 CONTROLCENTER RESAMPLER USER MANUAL INFRALOGIC APS Configure press tower names FanoutC 101 120 100 000 101 330 100 000 102 020 100 000 Tower name wr Fanout settings for tower Cyan image scaling Wi Fanoutm Fanout Fanoutk Fanouts 100 760 100 000 100 540 100 000 100 000 100 000 100 000 100 0 100 810 100 000 100 440 100 000 100 000 100 000 100 000 100 0 101 760 100 000 101 020 100 000 100 000 100 000 100 000 100 0 A Apply g Offset settings for tower Cyan imaging offset cor Magenta image scaling w Magenta imaging offset x f Yellow image scaling wi Yellow imaging offset oe Black image scaling Wi Black imaging offset of Spot color image scaling w Direct litho mirrored colors Flip cyan image Flip magenta image Flip yellow image Flip black image Flip spot color image Spot color imaging offset x
10. do re sampling and or image scaling In this example color specific scaling is performed in the x direction Apply when in edit mode To confirm changes press the Apply button To add a new setup press the New button and confirm with Apply Note that no data is saved until the OK button is pressed Any changes will be most if the Cancel button is clicked CONTROLCENTER RESAMPLER USER MANUAL Click the Enable checkbox to use a specific hot folder and enter input folder and output folder name Check the archiving option if required Note that files are deleted from the input folder Scaling parameters In case of fan out scaling enable the Color Specific scaling option and enter the scaling values Take care to enter the scaling in the right direction Usually if scaling is applied on a panorama plate file in landscape mode the scaling must be in the X direction If the plate file comes in rotated with respect to the orientation on the press apply the scaling in the Y direction see illustration In order to ensure file size pixels in X and Y direction is maintained through the scaling process enable the Keep total image size option The resulting file will always have same dimensions as the incoming file Any image area exceeding this size due to up scaling will be cropped centred crop For downscaling additional margin will be applied while centring the scaling image Usually one color is a reference color no
11. esampler is prepared to report activity to the ControlCenter system so that errors can be observed from the centralized MonitorCenter application Key in the ODBC parameters make sure one is present for the machine running CCresampler and eventcodes to be reported to the ControlCenter database INFRALOGIC APS 12 CONTROLCENTER RESAMPLER USER MANUAL INFRALOGIC APS 4 FanoutControl Control Program Fanout Control can be used in environments without the ControlCenter workflow to control the fanout Fanout Control sits in front of CCresampler and intercepts files and parses the file names Based on the naming Fanout Control can then apply a given fanout setting to the job and pass it on to CCresampler for physical processing Fanout CCresampler Hotfolder Hotfolder Control The setup of Fanout Control has two steps Defining fanout sets and defining file name parsing Fanout sets Go to File gt Fanout sets and add and name fanout scaling setup The setup names should reflect the job s characteristics e g print method press or paper weight Configure fanout settings Pressname Setup name FanoutC Fanout Fanouty FanoutKk Heatset 100 150 100 000 100 100 100 000 100 050 100 000 100 000 100 000 Coldset 60 grams 100 300 100 000 100 200 100 000 100 100 100 000 100 000 100 000 Coldset 45 grams 100 600 100 000 100 400 100 000 100 200 100 000 100 000 100 000 T New A Edit Delete Fanout s
12. etting Fanout setup name Coldset 45 gra Cyan image scaling w h Magenta image scaling w h Yellow image scaling w h Black image scaling w h Spot color image scaling w 0 h 100 File name configuration Go to File gt Naming configuration and define the naming convention for the incoming files by isolating the name f interest e g the publication product name Also set the one input folder where TIFF files are entered and set the output folder to the input folder of CCresampler 13 CONTROLCENTER RESAMPLER USER MANUAL On the right hand side now associate different publication names with fanout sets Ant unknown publication name will use the fanout set selected with Default fanout set Folder and publication configuration Spool folder definition Fanout defaults per publication Input folder c Input Fanout dependent on Publication name Default fanout set Poll interval 3 all Stable time 4 a Publication Output folder c CCresamplerInput Search mask tif Fanout News Coldset 45 grams V Autostartonload F Start minimized E Minimize to tray Times Coldset 60 grams Heatset Generate logifile Logfile path c Program Files InfraLogic CCResampler FanoutContrc File name convention File name def P 96C tif ee ar gi for publication for don t care 4 ui j Example 7 C tif E New La Delete A Edit Publication name Golf Magazine
13. restarts The final TIFF file is created step wise which may cause problems for the target system if created directly in the output folder The default behavoir for CCresampler is to build up the file in a temporary folder tmp as a sub folder to the target folder CONTROLCENTER RESAMPLER USER MANUAL P General preferences Startup Logging m lar a do Show icon in system tray Data source name cc Start minimized zx User name Bypass ping tests on folder access tests Create folders that does not exist Password ge geese Input al setti Keep connection open Inputfile search mask tif Poll interval 2 2 Location name Filename separators Process text E Fire external command on input re connect failure Register as backup process Command file Add to history log Eventcode for success 150 Output general settings File buildup method Use tmp sub folder Special output temp folder c temp Eventcode for failure 156 Update ControlCenter FlatPageTable status Statuscode job in progress 159 Force multipe strip TIFF output slower Statuscode for success Lines per strip Statuscode for failure 150 Lines per datablock 1024 Internal Statuscode for warning Fire external command on output re connect failure Set CC status Imaging Error on failure Command file s x 9 cancel Logging CCr
14. rolCenter may be used to dictate left or right reference point for a given plate INFRALOGIC APS 8 CONTROLCENTER RESAMPLER USER MANUAL Right Left ref point ref point Scaling direction X Scaling reference point origin may vary for panorama plates and broadsheet plates The zone name from the file name or from ControlCenter helps automate left right reference point File Configuration C3 unknown files Tools _ Messages Debug tools 7 Separations L Thumbnais E Plates 55 Production i Edtions Planning Log E Report C3 Unknown fies a F Betvesh iter fi J F Beresih Axtoretresh Smat images Thumbnails Show al Hide commen D iani amp Release Prony M Force Reimage Y Device Layout T7 Mork Orkanger gt I Only plates that are ready 2 3 maga aQ 1 Front Krause2 via fanout 1 Back Krause via lanout 0 Stewnkyeravisa 0 Sex Trendelag i ies t 1 Ce fe iS eeeceeee Yes C FanoutIn Broadsheet C FanoutOut Broadsheet Yes Yes C FanoutIn Panorama 172 22 80 60 Krause Input Pano Yes A aw Spool folder definition IV Enable Input folder C AFanoutin Broadsheet 2 donot scale plate margins Output folder C FanoutOut Broadsheet eee T Move original file to archive Folder Archive Folder Color detection Detect cob IV Keep resolution Output Resolitio x 1270 Resolution Y 1270 Fia name det iia Magenta gx 100 Scaling Y 99 937 F
15. t needing scaling x 100 y 100 This will lift the overall performance because this color will just be passed though CCresampler unchanged RA ma o eme Typical scaling direction depends on the orientation of the incoming file Files sent to portrait imaging device must usually be scaling in the Y direction to obtain fan out compensation INFRALOGIC APS 7 CONTROLCENTER RESAMPLER USER MANUAL Check the option Do not scale plate margins to avoid scaling of plate marks in the edges e g visual bending target marks and barcodes This ensures registration between colors through the plate bending phase Area being scaled Unchanged area Ccresampler can keep plate marks unaffected of the scaling operation by specifying margins to ignore Note that CCresampler may modify the margin settings internally to center the scaled image on the plate Scaling reference point For panorama plates the scaling reference will normally be the center of the plate meaning the center of the paper For broadsheet plates however often it is required to have different reference points depending on the placement on the cylinder Plates sitting on the left hand side may have to use a reference Zero point on the right hand side on the plate inner and visa versa for the right plate CCresampler has the ability to map cylinder zone names to different reference points left or right Alternatively the plate side F and B from Cont
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