Konica EV-JETSETTER RIP CIP3 User Manual

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EV-jetsetter RIP

ProofReady plugin for 6-Color HP
Printers

Version 1.0
November 2002

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Harlequin RIP: ProofReady Plugin for 6-Color HP Printers

Version 1.0
November 2002
Part number: HQ-1.0.3-PROOFREADY-HP6col-ECLIPSE
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Table of Contents

1.1 Introduction 1

Requirements 2
Capabilities of the plugin 4
Limitations 4

1.2 Software installation 5

Installing the OS support software and printer 5
Installing the RIP and the ProofReady plugin 6
Using the installer 6

1.3 Connecting to the printer 8

1.4 Getting started 9

Entering passwords 10
Creating device types 11
Creating a page setup 11

1.5 Supplied profiles 18

Halftone screen selection 19

1.6 Device configuration 20

Output file naming 25
Post processing 33

1.7 Routine use 36

Page setup controls 36
Roaming page buffers 39

1.8 Color management 40

Calibration 40
Creating and installing ICC profiles 44
Creating a HIPP or ColorPro color setup 46
Using the Harlequin Full Color System (HFCS) 47

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1.9 Troubleshooting and tips 47

Miscellaneous messages 47
Printer-specific messages and symptoms 49
Messages for file name templates 53
Messages for post processing 55
Parallel port performance and reliability 56
Problems with passwords 57
Patterning when not using color management 57
Sending files to a printer using Windows printer drivers 58

1.10Related documentation 59

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ProofReady Plugin for 6-Color

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HP Printers

This document describes the ProofReady plugin version 1.0r3, for use with a
Harlequin RIP, version 5.3 or later. This plugin is provided with pre-config­ured color setups and calibration profiles that enable instant color
management, hence the name ProofReady. The plugin is available for the RIP
running on Pentium-based processors using either Windows NT,
Windows 2000, Windows 98 or Windows ME and for the Harlequin RIP run­ning on Macintosh computers, including Mac OS X (support for Mac OS X
requires Harlequin RIP version 5.5r1w or later).

1.1 Introduction

The ProofReady plugin allows the RIP to provide page images to a supported
HP printer.
RIP or through a suitable network or interface adapter, as specified in this
document. You can also print to file and transfer this file for output to a
printer.

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Note : HP, Hewlett-Packard, and DESIGNJET are registered trademarks of the Hewlett-

Packard Company.

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The printer can be connected directly to the computer running the

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The following printers are supported but it may also be possible to use other
models produced to be directly compatible with these printers:

• HP DesignJet 5000 (42" and 60" wide models)

All of the printers can be used with sheet-fed or roll-fed media. You can
choose to output in a 4-color mode (Contone), which sends CMYK data to the
printer and uses the default screening for the device to calculate the Cyan
Light and Magenta Light components. Alternatively you can output in a 6­color mode (PhotoInk) using HDS screening (Harlequin Dispersed Screening).
The device type that you use when creating a page setup determines the
paper handling and the color mode used by the printer. See “Creating device
types” on page 11 for full details.

1.1.1 Requirements

If you intend to produce large format or high-resolution pages you may need
to add extra physical memory (RAM) and you must allow sufficient disk
space. To use the
computer fitted with at least 128 MB of RAM.

To allow the preview of large pages and to optimize the transfer of data to the
printer, increase the
or larger. Increase the
dialog box to approximately 10 MB.

If using a Macintosh computer the
Configure RIP Options dialog box must be at least 10000 KB. To avoid
memory warnings and to increase performance assign approximately 64 MB
of memory to the RIP. To do this use the menu option
play the memory information. Set the preferred size to your chosen value.

The computer must have a suitable interface with which to drive the printers.
See Section 1.3 on page 8 for a summary of possible connection methods.
Describing the details of hardware installation for the printers and external
hardware is outside the scope of this manual. See the manufacturer’s docu­mentation for details.

Multiple (Parallel)

Printer buffer

Disk space left for system

in the Configure RIP dialog box to 4096 KB

Minimum memory left for system

mode of the RIP with large files, use a

in the Configure RIP Options

in the

File > Get Info

and dis-

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1.1 Introduction

The supplied package includes color management profiles for use with HDS
Super Fine screens which are required when using the 6-color printing mode.
To use these profiles HDS Light or HDS must be enabled. Color management
profiles are also supplied to support the 4-color printing mode, which uses the
default screening for the device.

The use of both the 4-color and 6-color profiles requires a color management
option such as HIPP (Harlequin ICC Profile Processor) or Harlequin
ColorPro

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(Eclipse Release

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or later of the Harlequin RIP).

To use both the 4-color and 6-color profiles, you must ensure that the

calibration

control for the printer is set to

Off

. You can access this control by

Color

entering the IP address of the printer in a web browser, as shown in Figure 1.1.

Figure 1.1 Using WebAccess to turn off Color calibration

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1.1.2 Capabilities of the plugin

The plugin has the following capabilities:

• Instant color management using supplied profiles

• PhotoInk 6-color output on appropriate printers

• A choice of resolution for the output page image for all media sizes and
types supported by the model of printer in use

• User choice of output quality

• Availability of Harlequin’s screening techniques

• Preview of the screened output

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• Ability to perform post processing

1.1.3 Limitations

The ProofReady plugin generates an output color format that the printer can
accept. This format is 6-color PhotoInk composite or CMYK composite, as
required by the relevant printer, and screened using one of several screening
options.

The 6-color PhotoInk format imposes the following restrictions:

• No use of trapping using EasyTrap. You must use TrapWorks 5.5r0 or
later or TrapPro to trap PhotoInk formats. Note that TrapWorks and
TrapPro treat light inks as separate colors rather than creating a single
trap for all inks of the same color. For example, Cyan and Cyan light are
trapped separately.

• The plugin cannot be run on a Macintosh computer that has NuBus
slots only. This limitation is typically restricted to Macintosh computers
that were manufactured before 1996.

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1.2 Software installation

Harlequin strongly recommends that you install this plugin in a new installa­tion of the RIP. In particular , you are very likely to experience irregular behav­ior if you install version 1.0r2 or later of the plugin in an installation where
you have previously installed a Plotters plugin, or an earlier version of this
plugin.

There are several stages to the installation of a working system. These are:

• Install any required operating system support

• Install the RIP, if required

• Install the plugin

1.2.1 Installing the OS support software and printer

Do not install software supplied with the printer on a computer running the
RIP unless you wish to use the printer directly from the operating system. The
RIP operates independently of software installed to work with the operating
system. If you do try to use both applications, you are likely to get spurious
messages from the operating software about paper out or similar error
conditions.

There is one exception:

• You must install Windows printer drivers on a PC print server if you
wish to use the print spooling facility provided by Microsoft Windows.
There are advantages and disadvantages to using this output method.
See “Sending files to a printer using Windows printer drivers” on
page 58 for details.

Follow the manufacturer’s recommendations about the order of installing
hardware and software. Make any test prints that the procedure suggests in
order to test that the support software and printer are working correctly.

Before you send real output to your newly-installed printer, follow any proce­dures that the user guide for the printer suggests to ensure proper ink flow
and correct print head alignment.

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1.2.2 Installing the RIP and the ProofReady plugin

Read the Harlequin RIP Installation Guide for your platform to see the require­ments and procedure for installing the Harlequin RIP. The plugin may be sup­plied as part of your standard RIP installation media. If so you can install both
the Harlequin RIP and the ProofReady plugin at the same time, as described
in Section 1.2.3 on page 6.

If you receive separate installation media, or an updated plugin, either install
it using the installer, as described in Section 1.2.3 below, or manually as
follows:

Install the RIP, if this is a new installation.
Set appropriate configuration options for the RIP using the guidelines

given in “Requirements” on page 2.

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Exit the RIP, if you have been using it.
Copy the

hp6col

folder to the

Devices

folder within the RIP’s

SW

folder.

If you have correctly installed the plugin, a line similar to the following will
appear in the RIP monitor when you next start up the RIP:

% ProofReady - HP 6-Color:
Plugin Version 1.0r3 - Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Global
Graphics Software Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

If your computer is already connected to your output device, refer to “Getting
started” on page 9. Otherwise, see “Connecting to the printer” on page 8 for
details of connection methods.

1.2.3 Using the installer

The procedure below describes how to use the installer to install both the
Harlequin RIP and the ProofReady plugin at the same time. If you have
already installed your RIP, just follow the instructions on how to install the
plugin:

Place the media holding the software in an appropriate drive, which will
usually be a CD-ROM drive.

Locate and run the installer for your platform:

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1.2 Software installation

PC Run

install.exe

at the top level of the distribution

using Windows Explorer.

Classic Macintosh

Double-click the icon of the drive that holds the
software. Run

install-macos9

at the top-level of the

distribution.

Mac OS X Double-click the icon of the drive that holds the

software. Run

install-macosx

at the top-level of the dis-

tribution.

Check the default location of the

Destination Folder

. This folder should be
the location where you wish the Harlequin RIP to be installed, or where
it is already installed, if you are installing the plugin into a pre-installed
RIP.

If you wish to choose another location, type the path in the
box, or click

Change Folder

. You can type the name of a new folder if you

Folder

text

wish to create one, provided that the disk or volume name is valid. The
installer displays the amount of space available on your chosen disk.

To install the Harlequin RIP , first choose the Harlequin RIP

Package

, and

then choose the exact type of RIP that you wish to install from the

Product

list. Click

Add

to add the product to the install list.

Note that you can refer to the

Product Description

section on the installer

window to see details of what will be installed.
To install the ProofReady plugin for 6-Color HP printers, first choose the

the

Optional Plugins

product. Click

Add

When you have finished adding products to the install list, click

package, and then choose the

HP 6-color Plugin

to add the product to the install list.

Install

If you are installing the ProofReady plugin into a pre-installed RIP and
you have not specified the RIP installation folder as the

Folder

, a Select folder containing RIP dialog box appears.

Destination

Use this dialog box to navigate to and highlight the installation folder of

OK

your RIP, and then click

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The installer installs the Harlequin RIP (if you chose to install it in
step 3) and copies the plugin files into the relevant locations within the
RIP installation folder. At the end of the copying, the installer displays a
Product Installer window with the message
Click

OK

to close the window and exit the installer.

If you have correctly installed the plugin, a line similar to the following will
appear in the RIP monitor when you next start up the RIP:

ProofReady - HP 6-Color:
Plugin Version 1.0r3 - Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Global Graphics
Software Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Note that you must set appropriate configuration options for the RIP using
the guidelines given in “Requirements” on page 2.

Installation complete

8

.

If your computer is already connected to your output device, refer to “Getting
started” on page 9. Otherwise see “Connecting to the printer” below for
details of connection methods.

1.3 Connecting to the printer

The following figure and table show possible methods for connecting HP
printers to various platforms. (Some printer interfaces are optional or avail­able on a restricted range of HP models).

Printer:

Computer:

Ethernet

(LPR/JetDirect protocol)

Key:
JD JetDirect Unit

Parallel Ethernet

JD

Ethernet

B CA

Parallel

Figure 1.2 Printer connection methods

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This table shows which of the methods, A through C, are supported by the
platforms on which the output plugin is available.

Platform HP DesignJet 5000 series

Macintosh
PowerPC pre G3 A, B
G3/G4/iMac A, B
Pentium PC
Windows ME A, B, C
Windows 98 A, B, C
Windows NT A, B, C
Windows 2000 A, B, C

1.4 Getting started

If you are connecting to the printer using a parallel printer port then in the
BIOS setup of your PC ensure the parallel port is set to use a bidirectional
mode. The way to enter and change the BIOS configuration varies from
machine to machine, as does the terminology used for bidirectional parallel
port modes. Refer to your PC manual for details. If you have any problems
using the parallel port, refer to page 52 and page 56 of the “Troubleshooting
and tips” section.

1.4 Getting started

Before you can output to a device you must enable the use of HIPP or
ColorPro, as well as the device. If you wish to use the 6-color mode of printing
you must also enable HDS.

If you have installed your plugin into version 5.3r1 or later of the RIP and you
have been supplied with a password file or password files, copy the password
file(s) into the
RIP, all device types for the enabled printers will be available for selection in
the Page Setup dialog box. You can then create a page setup, as described on
page 11. In some cases you may need or wish to create device types. See “Cre­ating device types” on page 11 for details.

Passwords folder within the SW folder. When you next start the

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If you have installed the plugin into earlier versions of the RIP, or you have
not been supplied with password files, you must enable the devices and color
management by following the steps in “Entering passwords”.

1.4.1 Entering passwords

The devices supported by the plugin are classed into series and you need just
one password to enable all the devices in a series. For example, a single pass­word for the HP DesignJet 5000 Series enables all the printers in this series,
including the 42" and 62" inch wide models.

Follow the steps below to enable color management and devices.
If you wish to output in the 6-color mode, you must enable the use of HDS or

HDS light.

1. Enable the use of HDS or HDS Light by entering the password in the

Enable Feature dialog box.
Use the

Choose
box. Click
word and click

Harlequin RIP > Configure RIP menu option and click Extras.

HDS or HDS light from the list in the Configure RIP Extras dialog

Add to display the Enable Feature dialog box. Enter the pass-

OK.

2. Enable your chosen device(s).

For example, to enable all the devices in the HP DesignJet 5000 series,
choose the entry
Enable Feature dialog box, and enter the password. Click

HP, DesignJet 5000 Series, click Add to display the

OK.

3. Enable the use of HIPP or Harlequin ColorPro (Eclipse Release or later

RIPs) as described in step 1. Click

OK twice to exit the Configure RIP

dialog box.

4. If you have a problem with passwords, see “Problems with passwords”

on page 57.

Each device has multiple device types, which specify the use of different fea­tures such as roll-fed or sheet-fed media handling. The first time you enter a
password for a series of HP printers, the RIP and the plugin should make
available all supported device types in the

Device menu in the Page Setup

dialog box. You can then create a page setup for a device type as described in
“Creating a page setup” on page 11.

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1.4 Getting started

For details on device types and how to create them, see “Creating device
types”.

1.4.2 Creating device types

The device type that you use determines: the size of the device you are using
(42" vs. 62" wide); the paper handling (roll vs. sheet); and the printing mode
(4-color vs. 6-color). For example, the device type
allows you to send output to the 42" wide model of HP DesignJet 5000, using
the 6-color printing mode and roll-fed paper handling. Similarly, the device
type

DJ5000 Contone 60 Sheet allows you to send output to the 60" wide

model of the HP DesignJet 5000, using the 4-color printing mode and sheet­fed paper handling.

If the

Device menu in the Page Setup dialog box does not contain the device

you require, you must use the Device Manager to create such a device:

DJ5000 6-Col 42 Roll

1. Use the menu option

Harlequin RIP > Device Manager to open the Device

Manager.

2. Depending on your platform, choose either

the

Plugin menu and click New.

3. Choose the device type you require from the

Manager Edit dialog box and enter a name for the device in the

hp6col.i32 or hp6col from

Type menu in the Device

Name

text box.
Note: If you use the same text to name the new device as that used to

label the device type, you must match the use of lowercase and upper­case characters in the device type label. Otherwise an error will appear
when using a page setup with this device type, as described on page 48.

4. Click

OK. The device will be listed in the Device Manager and become

available for selection in the Page Setup dialog box.

You can then create a page setup using this device, as described on page 11.

1.4.3 Creating a page setup

Once your desired device types are available for selection in the Page Setup
dialog box, you can create a page setup for the device.

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The way in which you create a page setup depends on the Harlequin RIP ver­sion that you are using. In the Eclipse Release or later of the Harlequin RIP,
instant color management is possible by simply selecting a ProofReady
profile. See Section 1.4.3.2 on page 15 for details.

In former RIPs, instant color management is possible by selecting a supplied
calibration profile that includes a default color setup. See Section 1.4.3.1 below
for details.

Note: In Eclipse Release or later RIPs, an extra level of control has also been
added to the configuration of ProofReady plugins.There are now three ways
in which the ProofReady plugin can be used in such RIPs:

• Users can use automatic color management by simply selecting a profile

from the

ProofReady menu and using default settings, as described in

Section 1.4.3.2 on page 15.

• Users can choose a

ProofReady profile and change the default settings

used by creating a new separations style and a new ’ProofReady’ color
setup and selecting them from the

Style and Color menus. This option

allows users to change settings, such as those for recombine and
overprinting, while using the default ProofReady profiles. See Section

1.7 on page 36 for further details.

• Users can create a ColorPro color setup, which allows them to configure

all the color management settings, including the input and output pro­files used. Users must choose

(None) from the ProofReady menu to

enable the selection of a ColorPro color setup. See Section 1.8.3 on page
46 for further details.

1.4.3.1 Creating a page setup in pre Eclipse Release RIPs

To create a ProofReady page setup in versions of the Harlequin RIP prior to
the Eclipse Release, you need to select a supplied calibration profile that
includes a default color setup, as described in the procedure below.

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1.4 Getting started

For each numbered step of the procedure the corresponding numbers in
Figure 1.3 highlight where choices are made in the New Page Setup dialog
box.

1

2 4
3

6

5
7

8

9

10

Figure 1.3 Creating a page setup in pre Eclipse Release RIPs

➀ Open the Page Setup Manager and click New.
➁ Choose the device required from the Device menu.

Note: If the device you require is not in the
device types” on page 11.

Device menu, see “Creating

➂ Click Configure device to modify configuration settings as desired. See

“Device configuration” on page 20 for details.
If using a supplied calibration profile choose the

Quality menu, because the supplied profiles were created using this

setting.

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➃ Choose the desired resolution from the Vertical and Horizontal menus,

taking care to select the required units.

➄ Choose CMYK Composite from the Style menu if you are using a 4-color

device type or

PhotoInk Composite if using a 6-color device type.

➅ If using a 6-color device type, check in the Edit Style dialog box that

screening is set to its default value of
To open the Edit Style dialog

box, click the Separations
Manager icon. Click
Separations Manager and check
the screening option in the

Dot shape menu. Click OK twice

to return to the Page Setup
dialog box.

➆ Choose (None) from the Color

menu.

HDS Super F.

Edit in the

Note: Selecting a calibration profile or calibration set includes a default
color setup. You can choose an option from the
to use a color setup that you have previously created. See “Creating a
HIPP or ColorPro color setup” on page 46 for details.

Color menu if you wish

➇ Choose a profile from the Calibration menu that matches the currently

selected ink/paper type and resolution (as specified in step
For example,

HP DesignJet Photo Gloss Paper based on a resolution of 600 x 600 dpi.
See “Supplied profiles” on page 18 for a full list of supplied calibration
profiles.

For optimum results you can choose a calibration set that has been gen­erated for the actual printer rather than for a reference printer. See “Cali­bration” on page 40 for details.

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(HP Photo Gloss 600) is a supplied calibration profile for

➃).

1.4 Getting started

➈ Click Page Layout to specify the positioning of the page, using the

margin and centering controls.
Note: If you are using a sheet-fed device, you must refer to details on

how to control top and bottom margins provided in the Page Layout sec­tion on page 38.

➉ Click Save As and enter a page setup name in the Save As text box. Click

Save in the Save Setup dialog box and then OK in the Page Setup

Manager.

You can now use this page setup when printing to produce color managed
output.

1.4.3.2 Creating a page setup in Eclipse Release or later RIPs

To create a ProofReady page setup in the Eclipse Release or later of the
Harlequin RIP, you simply need to select a ProofReady profile, as described in
the procedure below.

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For each numbered step of the procedure the corresponding numbers in
Figure 1.4 highlight where choices are made in the New Page Setup dialog
box.

1

2
3

4

6

5

7

8

9

Figure 1.4 Creating a page setup in Eclipse Release or later RIPs

➀ Open the Page Setup Manager and click New.
➁ Choose the device required from the Device menu.

Note: If the device you require is not in the
device types” on page 11.

Device menu, see “Creating

➂ Click Configure device to modify configuration settings as desired. See

“Device configuration” on page 20 for details.

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