Epson Stylus Pro 5000 Product Information Guide

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activity light

display window

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)

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

IPX/SPX

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

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.)

Macintosh

Windows DOS

Ye s

/No Creates a storage

1–99 (10)

Ye s

/No

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

/Metric

Ye s

/No If not allowed, jobs that

/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.

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

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

Port Setup

Use this protocol setup:

AppleTalk Setup

TCP/IP Setup: Ethernet Setup

IPS/SPX Setup PServer Setup

——

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

/Yes You can use both the

5–60 (5)

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

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

Specified subtree

Search Name

1–3600 (15)

Ye s

/No

Epson Stylus Pro 5000 Product Information Guide

RIP Station Specifications

Controller

Electrical

Dimensions

Environmental

Remote Utility Software

Safety Approvals

Interfaces

Host Interfaces

Printer Interface

Other Menu Functions

Setup Menu

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