Epson StylusRIP Adobe PostScript Software for Windows and Macintosh Quick Start Guide
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1. EPSON FPSON STYLUS Q uick S dup G uide EPSON StylusRIP gives you the power of PostScript on your EPSON Stylus printer To get the most out of your printer you have to know when to use StylusR P and when to usethe standard EPSON driver instead H eve s what to use StylusRI P for Printing placed EPS or JPEG files D Printing color separations D Printing from complex PostScript based drawing and publishing applications like Corea D RAW Adobe Ilustrator and Q uarkX Press D Matching PANTON E spot colors not available for the EPSON Stylus Photo For all other printing applications usethestandard EPSON driver that came with your printer T his card gives you the basic steps for setting up and using StylusRI P For more detailed information see your EPSO N StylusRIP U se sGuide Installing StylusRIP Before you install the StylusRIP software make sure you set up your printer correctly and install the standard EPSON driver following the instructions that came with the printer T ry printing from W ordPad or N otepad to make sure everything works correctly Then follow these steps 1 Insert the StylusRIP diskette and CD ROM inthe appropriate drives 2 Run the Setup exe program located on the diskette 3 Install the Adobe PostScript printer driver located on the CD ROM Run the Setup exe program in the Drivers USA folder on the CD ROM Follow the instructions on the screen to in2. stall the driver M ake sure you choose FILE as the printer port and set the PostScript driver as your default printer driver W hen the program asks if you want to print a test page make sure you choose No 4 Makesure your printer is turned on and connected to your LPT 1 port 5 Run the Update exe program on the diskette 6 When the update is complete turn off your printer Remove the CD ROM and diskette from your computer 7 Attach the PostScript logo sticker to the top of your printer 8 Turn your printer back on It is now licensed and enabled as a PostScript printer Printing With StylusRIP Once StylusRIP is installed on your computer and your printer is updated you can print a test file to make sure everything is working correctly Printing from StylusRIP is a two step process first you print to a PostScript file from your application then StylusRIP processes your file and sends it to your printer Follow these steps to print 1 Start the StylusRIP software 2 Open an application and print a PostScript document For information about setting print options see your StylusR IP U s s Guide You see a Print to file dialog box 3 Makesure you navigate and select this folder for your print file C Program Files StylusRIP tmp O therwise StylusRIP won t be able to process your file 4 Typeaname for your print file with the ps extension You must use this extension for StylusRIP to work After you create
3. your print file StylusRIP processes it and sends it to your printer See your U s s Guide for information about managing print jobs configuring StylusRIP and printing on a network EPSON and EPSON Stylus are registered trademarks and EPSON StylusRIP isa trademark of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions PANTONE isa registered trademark of Pantone Inc 10 97 Copyright 1997 by Epson America Inc CPD 5640
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