Epson StylusRIP for Macintosh Service Manual

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User’s Guide

Introduction

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Network Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Chapter 1

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Setting up StylusRIP for a standalone environment . . . . 1-3

What to Check Before Setting Up StylusRIP . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Standard Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Custom Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Color Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

PANTONE Color Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

ColorSync 2.0 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Using the StylusRIP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Exiting the StylusRIP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Checking Print Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Using the Preferences Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Selecting and Setting up the StylusRIP Server . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Starting the StylusRIP Server automatically . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Using the Print Options Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Printing From Your Macintosh to the StylusRIP Server . . . . 3-10

Cancelling a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Installing the StylusRIP Software

Installing StylusRIP in Your Printer

Printing With StylusRIP (Server)

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Chapter 4

Troubleshooting Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

An Out of Memory, Memory Low, or VM error message

appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Font not found: using Courier; Find font errors . . . . . . . 4-2

Images on printed pages are clipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Printer out of synch - outputting repeated pages of

extraneous code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Printer cannot be opened or printer not found . . . . . . . . 4-3

Job in pre-print queue not printed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Job prints in black and white or one or more colors

are missing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Client times out while sending job to StylusRIP . . . . . . . 4-4

Glossary

Index

Troubleshooting

Introduction

EPSON® StylusRIP is software that turns your EPSON Stylus

printer into a PostScript images for your Apple

printer. StylusRIP processes raster

Macintosh®, reads and interprets Adobe Level 2 PostScript, and allows your EPSON Stylus printer to print color raster images.

Adobe PostScript is the standard for high quality graphic output. All elements of a document, including text, graphics, and images are processed, stored, and reproduced using the PostScript code. When you print from an application, such as

PageMaker

, StylusRIP processes the PostScript code and sends

the processed image to the printer.

Features

EPSON StylusRIP includes the following features:

Enables PostScript printing

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StylusRIP is software that enables an EPSON Stylus COLOR printer connected to Macintosh to perform as a PostScript printer.

Power Macintosh compatibility

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StylusRIP is designed for the Power Macintosh or Power PC owner.

Print server capability

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StylusRIP is available for use in either a standalone or network environment. If you set up your EPSON Stylus printer as a print server, you can print from other Macintosh computers on the network to the print server on a host Macintosh. Your print data will then be sent to the printer in the order it was received.

Introductio n

Easy to operate in a network or standalone environment

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StylusRIP is as easy to use over a network as it is to use in a standalone (one Macintosh and one printer) environment. Once you decide how you want to use StylusRIP and set it up, you never have to think about its environment again.

Equipped with Adobe Brilliant Screen

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StylusRIP comes with the Adobe Brilliant Screen (ABS) software, which until now was only found on high-end PostScript printers. ABS improves print quality, especially when using a halftoning pattern to print photo-quality images.

Networ k E nv ir on m en t

StylusRIP can be used on any AppleTalk, EtherTalk, or LocalTalk network with two or more Macintosh computers.

There are two ways to use StylusRIP as a print server on a network, as shown by the following illustrations. Choose the environment that best suits your needs.

In the illus tration below, the Ma cint os h tha t is direc t ly connected to the printer and contains the StylusRIP software is called the “print server.” The other Macintosh computers are called clients. The print server in this case is a Macintosh that has the power to receive and send a lot of data very quickly.

Introduction

client

printer serial cable print server

Note:

The most efficient way to use StylusRIP as a print server is to

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install the software on a Power Macintosh that has strong data management capilities and devote it to the management of the print data that is sent over the network. In this way, you can print even faster than if your printer and StylusRIP enabled Macintosh were conneced directly in a standalone environment.

If you use a LocalTalk network environment, be sure to use a

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serial cable to connect the printer with the modem port of the print server. Although you can connect the printer directly to the LocalTalk network, the data transmission speed will decrease.

When printing from a client Macintosh, the print job is first sent to the print sever. Then the Print Server puts that print job in a print queue and sends the print job to the printer in the order received.

EPSON recommends you to connect the printer and print server, by serial cable, as shown above.

Introductio n

client

printer optional interface card

print server

In a general network environment, the printer is shared by multiple Macintosh computers over the network. For this situation, you may have to install an optional interface card in the printer, set it up for use on a LocalTalk or EtherTalk network, and set up the card or another device as the print server. The illustration above shows an example of a general network environment.

In the above network environment, you need to install StylusRIP on all PostScript enabled Macintosh computers. One more factor to consider when choosing what network architecture you want to use is the amount of traffic generated on the network. In the first diagram, print data is only sent once over the network, while in the second diagram it will be sent twice; once to the print server and once to the printer. You may notice delays on the network if detailed image data is sent often.

Introduction

Chapter 1

Installing the StylusRIP Software

Before you install the StylusRIP software in your Macintosh, make sure your Macintosh meets the system requirements listed below.

System Requirements

Your Macintosh needs to meet the following configuration requirements to use StylusRIP, whether in a standalone or network environment:

Centris, Quadra, Power Macintosh, or Perfoma series,

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depending on how you use the StylusRIP software.

At least 8 MB of RAM. 12 MB of RAM is recommended.

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Also, any memory requirements for optional software must be added to this total.

At least 8 MB of available disk space. As the number of files

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in the jobs folder increases, the amount of required disk space also increases.

Macintosh Operating System version 7.5 or later

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CPU: PowerPC, 68040

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CD-ROM drive is required.

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Note:

Performa series Macintosh computers that have built-in

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CD-ROM drives cannot be used as a print server.

If you do not use the printer or printer’s interface card as the

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print server, EPSON recommends you directly connect the printer and host computer by serial interface. Use of the serial interface connection decreases the amount of traffic on your network.

For details about the network environment, refer to “Network

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Environment” on page 2.

A StylusRIP client requires the following minimum configuration:

Centris, Quadra, PowerBook, Power Macintosh, or Perfoma

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series Macintosh.

Macintosh Operating System version 7.5 or later

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AppleTalk network connection with the StylusRIP Server

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8MB of RAM to install the StylusRIP client software

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Installing the StylusRIP Software

Setting up StylusRIP for a standalone environment

To print PostScript documents in a standalone environment, you need to set AppleTalk to Active in Chooser and connect the printer to the modem port (the printer port is not suitable for StylusRIP). However, if you cannot use the modem port, follow the steps below:

1. Insert the StylusRIP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

2. From the CD-ROM, copy the Remote Only file to the

Extensions folder in the System folder.

3. Open the Control Panels on the Apple menu.

4. Click the Network icon and select Remote Only. If your

system uses the Open Tranport protocol (there is no Network icon), open the AppleTalk folder and select Remote Only in the Connect via list box.

5. Restart your Macintosh.

6. Select Active for the AppleTalk setting in the Chooser. You

can now print PostScript documents with the printer connected to the printer port.

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What to Check Before Setting Up StylusRIP

Before setting up StylusRIP, make sure your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements listed above, and install any necessary fonts and printer drivers in your Macintosh. See your font installation software and printer user’s guides for more details.

Note:

Read the “README” file provided on the StylusRIP floppy disk before setting up StylusRIP. The README file contains some important notices and the latest information concerning StylusRIP.

Also, be sure to note the following when setting up StylusRIP:

Make sure that the original Disk 1 is not write protected;

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the tab in the upper-left corner on the back of the floppy disk must be closed. You cannot use a copied disk or disk that is write protected.

Turn off all virus protection. For instructions on how to do

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this, see your virus protection or Macintosh documentation.

Close all other active applications.

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Carefully choose which printer to install the software in;

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you can only install the software in one printer.

Be sure to print a self test for the printer in question to

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make sure the printer is operating properly. Also, make sure the printer and Macintosh are connected correctly.

Determine what kind of installation you need, standard or

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custom. To install StylusRIP on a standalone or print server Macintosh, follow the standard installation instructions below. To install StylusRIP on a client Macintosh or if you don’t want to print from your print server, follow the custom installation instructions starting on page 1-6.

Installing the StylusRIP Software

Standard Installation

Follow these steps:

1. Turn off all virus protection programs before you install the

software. To do this, see your virus protection or Macintosh documentation.

2. Insert the diskette (Disk 1) and the CD-ROM into the

appropriate drives. The following icons appear on your screen.

3. Double-click the Installer icon. The following screen appears:

Installing the StylusRIP Software

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4. Click

Continue

. The following dialog box appears:

5. Click

for the default installation.

Install

Note:

The installer saves the StylusRIP files to your hard disk. If you want to install the files somewhere other than your hard disk, click the

Select Folder

button and choose the destination.

The program installs all files necessary to run StylusRIP. When installatio n is co mp lete, the following dialog box appe a rs:

6. Click

Restart

to complete the StylusRIP software installation.

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Contents

Introduction

Installing the StylusRIP Software