Epson Stylus Pro 5000 Product Information Guide

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activity light
up/down arrows
line selection buttons
menu button

RIP Station Specifications

Controller

CPU 64-bit RISC R4700-133MHz
DRAM 32MB, SYNC DRAM DIMM (168 pin),
10ns (system software, Adobe interpreter, and band buffer)
EEPROM 512KB EEPROM (IPL, diagnostics)
ASIC Fiery system controller,
Fiery peripheral I/F controller
HDD Ultra DMA 2.1GB IDE (system software,
fonts, VM, job spooling, Web server)
Host interface Parallel IEEE 1284 (Nibble/ECP)
Ethernet (NetWare, EtherTalk, TCP/IP) 10/100BaseT 10Base5 (AUI)
Printer interface Parallel IEEE 1284 (Nibble/ECP)
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PostScript® 3
power switch
power connector
SCSI interface connector
USB connector
parallel computer interface connector
parallel printer connector
AUI connector
10/100BaseT connector for twisted pair Ethernet
SCSI interface SCSI 2 (50-pin) interface for loading
system software upgrades using an external CD-ROM drive

Electrical

Input voltage range 99 to 132V or 220 to 240V (universal)
Input frequency range
Power consumption Less than 60W
49.5 to 60.5 Hz
serial interface connector
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Dimensions

Approximate Size
Width 5.91 in. (150 mm)
Depth 10.75 in. (273 mm)
Height 13 in. (330 mm)
Weight 12 lb (5.44 kg)

Environmental

Temperature Operation: 50 to 95 °F (10 to 35 °C)
Storage:
Humidity Operation: 20 to 80% RH
Storage: 5 to 85% RH (stored in
Vibration
3.0 G, 5 to 55 Hz, X, Y, Z axis
resistance
4 to 140 °F (20 to 60 °C),
stored in shipping container
shipping container, without condensation)

Remote Utility Software

The following software elements are available on the User Software CD:
Fiery Downloader
Fiery Spooler
PostScript screen fonts
AdobePS printer drivers
PostScript Printer Description files (PPDs)
Fiery Print Calibrator
Lets users print PostScript and
Encapsulated PostScript files directly to the RIP without their applications. Also allows font management.
Lets users control print jobs from networked computers.
Installs screen fonts for the 136 fonts resident on the RIP (Mac OS only).
Current versions of PostScript printer drivers for Windows and Mac OS.
Let users access all features of the EPSON Stylus Pro 5000.
Lets users customize and maintain press simulations.

Safety Approvals

Safety standards UL 1950, CSA C22.2 950
EMI FCC part 15 subpart B class B
CSA C108.8 class B
Ozone Conforms to UL 478 5th edition
Color Reference files
Color Management files
Fiery WebTools: Status Installer WebSpooler WebLink
Reference pages for using the range of colors available on the printer.
Profiles for Mac OS and Windows color management systems.
Support Internet or intranet access to the RIP.
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Interfaces

Host Interfaces

Parallel Port
Parallel port connector pin assignments
Pin Signal I/O Pin Signal I/O
1 Strobe
2 Data 1 I/O 20 Ground
3 Data 2 I/O 21 Ground
4 Data 3 I/O 22 Ground
5 Data 4 I/O 23 Ground
6 Data 5 I/O 24 Ground
7 Data 6 I/O 25 Ground
8 Data 7 I/O 26 Ground
9 Data 8 I/O 27 Ground
10 ACKNLG
11 Busy O 29 Ground
12 PE O 30 Ground
13 Selectout O 31 Init
14 Autofeed
15 NC 33 Ground
16 Ground 34 NC
17 Chassis-ground 35 +5V
18 NC 36 Selectin
Ethernet Protocols
EtherTalk PAP Server (Ethernet Phase 2)
IPX/SPX Novell
TCP/IP RFC 1179, Berkeley LPR Protocol
Ethernet Interfaces
Ethernet 10/100BaseT connector pin assignments
Pin Signal I/O Pin Signal I/O
1TXD+ O5NC
2TXD- O6RXD- I
3RXD+ I7NC
4NC —8NC
Ethernet 10/Base5 connector pin assignments
Pin Signal I/O Pin Signal I/O
1Chassis-ground 9CD- I
2CD+ I10TXD- 0
3TXD+ O11NC
4NC —12RXD- I
5RXD+ I13PWR
6 PWR-return I 14 NC
7NC —15NC
8NC
I 19 Ground
O 28 Ground
I 32 Error O
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IPX/SPX
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Printer Interface

Parallel printer port connector pin assignments
Pin Signal I/O Pin Signal I/O
1 Strobe
2 Data 1 I/O 15 Error
3 Data 2 I/O 16 Init
4 Data 3 I/O 17 Selectin
5 Data 4 I/O 18 Ground
6 Data 5 I/O 19 Ground
7 Data 6 I/O 20 Ground
8 Data 7 I/O 21 Ground
9 Data 8 I/O 22 Ground
10 ACKNLG
11 Busy O 24 Ground
12 PE O 25 Ground
13 Selectout O
I 14 Au tofeed I
O
I
I
O23Ground
Control Panel Menus
When the RIP is started, the following message appears:
For software update or setup, press any key.
If a key is pressed, the following menu appears:
Setting Options Description
Run Setup See Setup menu
table on page 4.
Install Software From parallel port
From SCSI port
Format Disk Standard
Full
Full & Verify
Upgrade Flash __ Updates the software in the
Flash Info __ Shows the current version
See Setup menu table on page 4.
Allows the software to be updated, either via the parallel port (using the copy command on a PC) or via the SCSI port (using an external SCSI CD-ROM drive). For authorized service technicians only.
High level format, clears only FAT.
Low level, then high level.
After full format, reads and compares all sectors.
For authorized service technicians only
Flash ROM . For authorized service technicians only.
of Flash ROM.
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If a key is not pressed, the Control Panel displays one of the following screens:
Info Status Displays information about the current
server and software when the RIP is not processing or printing.
Print Status Displays status of job currently printing.
Rip Status Displays status of job currently processing.
Alert Status Displays error message if a problem occurs
during processing or printing.

Other Menu Functions

When the Menu button is pressed, the following Functions menu appears:
Setting Options
Print Pages Test Page
Configuration Job Log Control Panel Map Color Charts Font Lists Demo Pages
Reboot Server

Setup Menu

Use this menu to set the following options, which are listed in the tables at the right and on the following page:
Server Setup Specify system options.
Network Setup Specify all the active network systems that
will transmit print jobs to the RIP.
Printer Setup Specify the way print jobs and queues are
managed on the RIP.
PS Setup Specify default PostScript options.
Color Setup Specify default color printing parameters.
Job Log Setup Specify how the RIP handles its log of
printer jobs.
The Setup screens include both multiple choice questions and information entry options.
Default options are shown in bold.
Setup menu
Setting Options Notes
Exit Setup
Server Setup
Server Name
System Date
System Time
Print Start Page Yes/
Use Character Set
Enable Printed Queue
Jobs Saved in Printed Queue
Save Changes
Network Setup
Exit Network Setup
Port Se tup See Port Setup
Protocol Setup See Protocol Setup
Service Setup See Service Setup
Prin ter Setup
Publish Direct Connection
Publish Print Queue
Publish Hold Queue
Parallel Connection Print Queue
Save Changes
PS Setup
Color Mode
Default Paper Sizes
Allow Courier Substitution
Print to PS Error
Save Changes
(All defaults can be overridden from applications.)
No
Macintosh
Windows DOS
Ye s
/No Creates a storage
1–99 (10)
Ye s
/No
options table (page 5)
options table (page 5)
options table (page 6)
Ye s
/No Allows users to print or
Ye s
/No
Ye s
/No
Hold Queue Direct Conn ection
Ye s
/No
Color
/Grayscale
US
/Metric
Ye s
/No If not allowed, jobs that
No
/Yes
Ye s
/No
Specifies whether the RIP shou ld print a star t page every time it is powered on or rebooted.
Specifies the character set to use for displaying filenames.
location on the RIP Station hard disk for recently printed jobs.
download jobs without spooling; allows font downloading.
Determines where jobs printed to the parallel port are sent.
have fonts unavailable on the RIP will not print.
No
recommended.
setting is
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Setup menu
Setting Options Notes
Color Setup
RGB Source
Default CRD
Press Simulation Cromalin EuroSTD
Save Changes
Job Log Setup
Auto Print Job Log Every 55 Jobs
Auto Clear Job Log Every 55 Jobs
Job Log Page Size
Save Changes
Cha nge Password
Clear Server
(All defaults can be overridden from applications.)
EFIRGB
sRGB (PC) Apple Standard Off
Photographic
Presentation Solid
DIC DuPont WaterProof Euroscale SWOP-COM M SWOP-COM F None
Ye s
/No
No
Yes/
No
Yes/
Tabloid/A3
Letter/A4
Ye s
/No
Selects color space for conversion from screen to printed output.
Select Solid if you want to use a press simulation.
Japanese standard
European standard 3M MatchPrint Fuji ColorArt
Clears all spoo led print jobs and the Job Log.
The available network types, and the Setup areas that pertain to them, are summarized in the following table:
For this network or connection type:
AppleTalk over Ethernet
TCP/IP over Ethernet
IPX/SPX over Ethernet
Parallel Parallel
Use this port setup:
Ethernet Setup
Ethernet Setup
Ethernet Setup
Port Setup
Use this protocol setup:
AppleTalk Setup
TCP/IP Setup: Ethernet Setup
IPS/SPX Setup PServer Setup
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Use this service setup:
AppleTa lk printing (PAP) is enabled automatically.
LPD Setup, Web Services Setup
(NDS, Bindery, or both)
The following options appear when you select Port Setup on the Network Setup menu:
Port Setup options
Setting Options Notes
Exit Port Setup
Ethernet Setup
Enable Ethernet
Ethernet Speed
Parallel Port Setup
Enable Parallel Port
Port Timeout in Seconds
Ignore EOF Character
Ye s
/No
Auto Detect
100 Mbps 10 Mbps
No
/Yes You can use both the
5–60 (5)
No
Yes/
parallel port and Ethernet.
Set to Yes if you want to print PostScript files in binary format.
The following options appear when you select Protocol Setup on the Network Setup menu:
Protocol Setup options
Setting Options Notes
Exit Protocol Setup
AppleTalk Setup
Enable AppleTalk
AppleTalk Zone
TCP/IP Setup
Exit TCP/IP Setup
Ethernet Setup
Enable TCP/IP for Ethernet
IP Address Enter valid
Subnet Mask 255.0.0.0
Gateway Setup
Gateway Address
IPX/SPX Setup
Select Frame Types Ethernet 802.2
Clear Frame Types
Ye s
/No
Ye s
/No
address
255.255.0.0
255.255.255.0
127.0.0.1
Ethernet 802.3 Ethernet II Ethernet SNAP
Use if the IP address starts with a number < 128 Use if the IP address starts with a number from 128 to 191 Use if the IP address starts with a number > 191
Select all types used on your network. For oth er protocols, frame type is automatically set.
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The following options appear when you select Service Setup on the Network Setup menu:
Service Setup options
Setting Options Notes
Exit Service Setup
PServer Setup
Ye s
Yes/
No
/No
No
Enable if you have a Novell network connected to the RIP.
Enable if TCP/IP is enabled on the RIP and workstations and you want to use the Fiery WebTools.
Enable Pserver Yes/
LPD Setup
Enable LPD
Web Services Setup
Enable Web Services
The options in the table below appear when you choose PServer on the Service Setup submenu.
Choose NDS Setup if your network uses NetWare 4.x in native mode. Choose Bindery Setup if your network uses NetWare 3.x or uses NetWare 4.x in bindery emulation mode. If your network uses both NDS and Bindery, set up NDS first
.
PServer Setup options
Setting Options
Exit PServer Setup
NDS Setup
Enable NDS Yes/
Select NDS Tree Select from list of trees
Navigate the NDS tree to the Print Server.
Enter Print Server Password
Server should look for print queues in: Entire NDS Tree
Bindery Setup
Exit Bindery Setup
Add File Server Select File Server From List
View Server List
Edit Connection
Remove File Server
Polling Interval options
NetWare Server Poll Interval in Seconds
Save Changes
No
Specified subtree
Search Name
1–3600 (15)
Ye s
/No

Related Documentation

10016201 RIP Station 5000 Release Notes 10016180 RIP Station 5000 Setup Guide
10016194 RIP Station 5000 User Guide 10016187 RIP Station 5000 Administrator Guide 10016208 RIP Station 5000 Color Printing Guide
10016220 RIP Station 5000 Server Installation and
Service Guide
TM-STYPRO5000 EPSON Stylus Pro 5000 Service Manual PL-STYPRO5000 EPSON Stylus Pro 5000 Parts Price List CPD-6201 EPSON Stylus Pro 5000 Printer Guide
CPD-6202 EPSON Stylus Pro 5000 Read This First
Roadmap
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