Konica Minolta MICROPRESS RELEASE 6 User Manual

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Minolta MicroPress System Software Release 6

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PrintStation Manager

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The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. T/R Systems makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. T/R Systems shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damage in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

T/R Systems, MicroPress, M@estro, e-Ticket, MicroImager and other T/R Systems' product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of T/R Systems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

LZW data compression technology licensed under U.S. Patent No. 4,558,302

Some ICC Profiles created using software under License from Monaco Systems, Inc.

All other company and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners in the United States and other countries.

The following marks are used in this manual:

Indicates precautions that must be observed to prevent possible personal injury or damage to equipment or malfunctioning of software.

Indicates notes and memos containing additional or detailed information.

Indicates useful tips.

What is PrintStation Manager™? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

PrintStation and Virtual Engine Naming Convention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

The PrintStation Manager Main Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Job List Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Job List Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Job Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Display Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PrintStation Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Virtual Engine Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

UnArchive Job File(s)… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Virtual Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Pause or Resume a Virtual Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Resuming a Paused Virtual Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Resynch Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Forms… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Multi Page Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Letterhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Engine Defaults… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Virtual Engine Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Media Saving Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Job Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Finishing Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Finishing Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

TRueColor.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

B&W Engine Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Info... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Job Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Finishing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

062 Finishing Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Output Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Page Range Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Margin Offsets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Brightness/Contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Color Adjust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

ColorCurves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Default ColorCurves and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Job Parsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Page Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Finishing Setup, Settings and Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Preview…. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Lock/Unlock... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Hold/Suspend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Move... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Abort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Merge… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Archive... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Apply Form…. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Mail Merge… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Center Pages… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Image Editing... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

OCR... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Imposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Insert/Delete Pages… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Numbering… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Re-order Pages… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Scale & Rotate… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Rotate Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Send To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Tumble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Job Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Assign Job Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Edit/View Job Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Delete Job Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Print Job Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

System Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

System Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Scripting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Script Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Notifications… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Find… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

AutoScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

TRueEdit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Enable Remote Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

BAT Object Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Engine Status Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

PrintStation 024-Specific Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Jam Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Unit Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Feed Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Non-Standard Paper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Covers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Tab Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Engine Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Engine Exposure Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Engine Margin Offsets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Color Insertion Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

OPC Connected Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

OPC Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Custom PJL Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

e-PSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

PSM Functionality Available in e-PSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

PSM Functionality Not Available in e-PSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

What is PrintStation Manager™?

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PrintStation Manager (PSM) is an application that groups multiple PrintStations™/PrintLinks™ so they appear and function as a single high-speed printer. This Virtual Engine (VE) system lets you customize printer configurations based on printing requirements. Using multiple Virtual Engines allows printing multiple jobs simultaneously. PSM’s Electronic Collator and job parser (job manager) evenly distributes jobs between PrintStations grouped in the Virtual Engine. PrintStations can have several VE configurations, so the MicroPress® ships with default VE configurations.

Features

PSM has many built-in features (e.g., drag-and-drop to move files between Virtual Engines, one-click duplexing).

Optional features* include:

• Imposition – See “Imposition” on

page 29

• Document Merge – See “Merge…” on

page 23

• Forms – See “Apply Form…” on

page 24

• Image Manipulation (not available on PrintStation 312) – See “Brightness/

Contrast” on page 17 See “Color Adjust” on page 18

• TRueColor™ (Print Test Calibrate in prior versions) – See “TRueColor...” on

page 10

• Scripting – See “Scripting” on page 38

• Job Ticketing – See “Job Ticket” on

page 35

• Page Numbering – See “Numbering…

on page 31

• Annotations – See “Annotations” on

page 21

• Image Editing – See “Image Editing...”

on page 27

•OCR – See “OCR...” on page 28

• PDF Archive – See “Archive...” on

page 24

• e-PSM™ – See “e-PSM” on page 58

• Job Parsing – See “Job Parsing” on

page 19

• TRueEdit™ – See “Edit” on page 21

Note: You must purchase each optional feature and get a new license number from your Micro- Press dealer. If you haven’t purchased an option, you will see a yellow key and “grayed out” or

unavailable controls. Some features may not be available for all PrintStations. To enter licensing information, select Help button (or run the PSM Configuration™ software).

ÎAbout... from the menu, then click the Licensing

PrintStation and Virtual Engine Naming Convention

PrintStation/Virtual Engine names are a letter and a number. The letter indicates the PrintStation type; the number is an increment of 1-12, reflecting the quantity of the PrintStation type.

• A – PrintStation 312

• B – PrintStation 024

•C – PrintLink Cii

• D – PrintStation LaserJet 5Si

• E – PrintStation DesignJet CP

• F – PrintStation 040

• G – PrintLink 062

• H – PrintStation LaserJet 8000

• J – PrintStation DesignJet 1000

• K – PrintStation 070

• M – PrintStation 065

• N – PrintStation 085r

• O – PrintStation 036k

Example: A MicroPress with four 024s would have PrintStations named B1, B2, B3, and B4. A virtual engine using B1 and B2 would be named B12.

• P – PrintStation 2525t

• Q – PrintStation 070r

• R – PrintStation 080t

• S – PrintStation 0110i

• T – PrintStation 075m

• U – PrintStation 832m

• V – PrintStation 2020m

• W – PrintStation 624m

•Z – OPC

• AB – PrintStation 060c

• AC – PrintStation 085c

• AD – PrintStation 5050c

The PrintStation Manager Main Screen Display

The main screen allows access to:

• The Virtual Engines within the PrintStation Manager

• Print jobs and job attributes

• The Toolbar for PrintStation and job control

The graphic (right) shows the default view.

Use the Options dialog to enable an alternate view (below). See “Options” on

page 41.

Job List Window

When details view is active, the Job List window ([1] on above graphic) gives detailed job information. To enable this view, select Virtual EngineÎView Job Details from the menu.

Note: An * in front of the number of pages in the job means the job is set to print some sequence of pages other than the first page to the last (e.g., odd pages only).

You can also set the Job List Window to display job names only. Select Virtual EngineÎ View Job Name from the menu.

Job List Fields

The following table describes the columns in the Job List window. A small arrow head in a column header indicates the list is sorted by that field. The direction of the arrow indicates ascending or descending order.

Field/Control Description

Job Name The name of the job to print and job icon.

Job Status The current state of the job.

Pages The number of pages contained in the job. A “?” will display as a job is loading into the

PrintStation Manager.

Copies The number of times the job will be printed.

User The user or the name of the user’s workstation.

Date/Time When the PrintStation Manager received the job.

The checked selection in the ViewÎSort By menu indicates the current field that jobs are sorted by. Sort by a particular field by clicking on the column header. Clicking again will reverse the sort order. Jobs are initially sorted in ascending order.

Job Icons

This table describes the job icons.

Job Icon Description

B&W standard – Displays for standard B&W jobs in the Waiting, Holding, Suspended, or Printed state.

Color standard – Displays for standard color jobsin the Waiting, Holding Suspended, or Printed state.

Printing (B&W, Color) – When a job is printing the icon is highlighted in green.

Duplex (B&W, Color) – A duplexed job.

Form (B&W, Color) – Indicates a job was Merged with a Form.

Combination (B&W, Color) – Indicates job is both Duplex and a Form.

Error – Indicates job has errored.

Job Icon Description

Tab – Indicates job contains tab pages

Display Jobs

When you select a job type, all jobs of that type will display in the Job List Window. Click the box beside each job type to include it in the Job List. The number beside each job type is the number of jobs of that type.

Note: The number of each current job type will display regardless of whether the job type is selected.

This table describes various states in which jobs can display in the status column.

Field/Control Description

Waiting W: waiting to be printed.

Holding H: holding to print later.

Printed P: printed successfully.

Archived A: archived with Auto Archive.

Error E: printing error has occurred.

This table describes other job status indicators not listed in the Display Jobs check box area.

Status Indicates

>> Printing

P! Job stack moved to another PrintStation.

-B- Job is busy, usually during archiving.

S Currently printing. Clicking Hold/Suspend button stops printing.

°L Job locked with password.

PrintStation Button

PrintStation buttons located inside the Virtual Engine window alert you to common PrintStation conditions that can cause image defects or print job errors.

Clicking on a PrintStation button opens the PrintStation window and allows access to PrintStation Summary or PrintStation Systems information for a specific PrintStation.

PrintStation status is indicated by various colors. This table describes various PrintStation button colors.

The PrintStation Icon

Light Displays

Black

Bright Green

Flashing Bright Green A job is printing without error, or toner is low.

Dark Green

Yel lo w

Flashing Yellow A Job is printing, but a caution is indicated.

Red

Flashing Red A printer is paused for “work and turn” pages for manual duplexing.

When

The PSM is starting up.

A printer is idle and ready.

No communication exists between the PSM and a PrintStation.

Paper out or conditions may be developing that will result in problems with image quality.

User intervention is needed before printing can continue.

The PrintStation Icon

Light Displays

Disabled

Blue

Paper Out

Toner Low/Out

When

A PrintStation is disabled.

A device’s status cannot be determined. Currently, blue used only by OPC VE. See “OPC

Connected Devices” on page 56.

PrintStation has used last sheet of paper in selected paper source (some PrintStations display which paper tray is empty).

• Paper Out with Yellow Light: Auto Tray Switch enabled and a paper tray is empty; however, printing may continue with use of another paper tray.

• Paper Out with Red Light: one or all paper trays are empty and printing stops.

Toner low. PrintStation button displays which toner cartridge is low.

Paper Jam

Paper jam. Always displays along with a red light. Click the engine button for information on the paper jam location and jam resolution.

Virtual Engine Status Bar

The Virtual Engine Status Bar displays the name and status of the job printing and has also has a Pause/Resume button. Icons indicate status:

Status Bar Indicates

Printing

Forms

Paused

Archiving/Unarchiving

Menus

File

Use the File menu selections to UnArchive jobs and Exit the PSM.

nArchive Job File(s)…

Use UnArchive Job File(s) to decompress archived files and return the file to PSM format.

1 Select the Virtual Engine to receive the archived file.

2 Select F

ileÎUnArchive Job File(s) from the menu.

3 Select the file to be unarchived. Click OK to decompress the file and place it in the

active Virtual Engine Job List.

Note: UnArchiving an older version PSM job will update to the current PSM version.

Exit

To exit PSM:

Select FileÎExit from the menu.

Note: PSM saves status of current jobs before closing. Caution: Make sure all active jobs have completed processing before shutting down the PSM. If you shut down the PSM while jobs are printing, a program error will result. To avoid having to reboot the server, select CTRL-

ALT-DEL to launch the Task Manager. Open the Processes tab in the Task Manager, select psm.exe from the list of active processes, then click End Process.

Virtual Engine

Virtual Engine menu options affect the selected Virtual Engine (VE). Which features are active depends on the MicroPress configuration. The TRueColor feature is active only if the VE contains a color capable PrintStation. The following sections describe the Virtual Engine menu options.

ause or Resume a Virtual Engine

This option prevents or starts print activity on the active VE (but does not affect a currently printing job). When the Pause/Resume light is green, the Virtual Printer is ready to print; when it red, the Virtual Printer is paused and will not print. All jobs selected to print will display as a Wait (W) status in the Status column of the Job List window until the VE is resumed.

To pause a VE:

1 Select a VE.

2 Select Virtual E

continue to send jobs that will be held until the VE is resumed).

Resuming a Paused Virtual Engine

1 Select a paused Virtual Engine.

2 Select Virtual E

3 Virtual Engine activity resumes.

ngineÎPause from the menu to halt printing from the VE (users can

ngineÎResume from the menu.

ynch Jobs

Res

The Resynch Jobs feature lets you refresh and update the Job List window. This is especially useful if a job file is copied into a PrintStation Manager spool directory. The updated job will display after Resynch Jobs has refreshed the PrintStation Job List window.

1 Select a Virtual Engine.

2 Select Virtual E

ngineÎResynch from the menu.

3 The Job List window will refresh, and any jobs copied to the Virtual Engine’s Spool

Directory are added to the display.

orms…

Use the Forms option to print data from one job as an overlay onto another job. This provides a more efficient way of printing multiple copies of a job that contains both common and unique text or graphics. To print a form more efficiently, send it with fixed image information (common text and graphics) to be processed through MicroSpool, the MicroPress RIP, and then to the PSM only once. Next, configure the job as a form for that Virtual Engine to merge the job with the form information. You can also set the forms print option from Macintosh or PC workstations using the MicroPress drivers.

Multi Page Forms

A form can have one or more pages and be merged with unique text documents containing any number of pages (e.g., 10 pages of unique text or variable data to be merged with a 5page form). Forms can be repeated so that each page of the unique text document will be merged with the appropriate page of the form. Click the Repeat Form button to merge a 5- page form with a 10-page document. The PSM merges pages 1-5 of the form with pages1-5 of the unique text document, and then the 5-page form is repeated with the next 5 pages (pages 6-10) of the unique text document.

Letterhead

The Forms option makes printing jobs with letterhead more efficient as it eliminates the need to change or reload the paper tray with pre-printed letterhead. If the forms option is turned off at the PSM, you can still set it from the workstation to override default options in PSM. However, if the current form in the PSM is “No Form”, the job set this way will fail because no form has been added for use.

Warning: When using the Form feature in the PSM, the following Job Settings must match to achieve the desired output:

• Bit Depth (Contone/BiLevel/Monochrome): Both the Form and the file to be overlaid must come through the same Virtual Printer.

• Horizontal and Vertical Resolution Settings

If these Job Settings do not match, the job will print without the form, and an error message will be generated in the system log.

To use the Forms Setup option:

1 Select a Virtual Engine.

2 Select Virtual E

ngineÎForms to open the

Form Configuration dialog.

Note: To open the Form Setup dialog, pressing

[Ctrl]+[F].

Field Description

Current Jobs Displays all current jobs for the active Virtual Engine (VE).

Use Forms Prints the form as an overlay for every job sent to the VE. The current form is highlighted

under Available Forms and listed next to Current Form . If this box is not checked, the selected form will not print unless the job itself has specified “Use Form.”

Note: Before the “Use Forms” option is available, a job must first be selected to be used as a

form from the Current Jobs field. “Add” it to the list of Available Forms.

Add Copies the job selected from the Current Jobs field to the Available Forms field.

Form Repeat Repeats a form so that each page of a specific document will be merged with the

appropriate page of the form.

Current Form Displays currently selected form.

Available Forms Selects a form for use as a printed overlay for every job sent to the VE.

Delete Removes selected form from the Available Forms list.

3 Click Close to apply the Form Setup.

ngine Defaults…

The Virtual Engine Default Settings dialog may contain several option categories (e.g., Virtual Engine Defaults and Job Defaults), depending on engine type. The next section describes each default type.

To access the Engine Defaults dialog:

1 Right-click the Virtual Engine's task bar button on the PSM main dialog.

2 Select E

ngine Defaults.

Virtual Engine Defaults

Virtual Engine Defaults control the behavior of all jobs printed from a VE and can be overridden by the workstation sending the job. The available defaults may vary by engine type.

Field/Control Description

Spool Directory The directory containing the PSM job files for the currently selected Virtual Engine. If

multiple Spool Directories are specified for the Virtual Engine, they may be selected from the drop down lists.

To modify the Spool Directory:

Add Path

1 Click the Add Path button. 2 Navigate to the desired directory. 3 Click on the directory to select it. 4 Click OK to add the path.

Delete Path

1 From the drop down list, select the path to delete. 2 Click the Delete Path button.

Form Setup Forms option is used to print data from one job as an overlay onto another job.

Custom PJL (Printer Job Language)

Hold Incoming Jobs Holds all incoming jobs until they are manually selected to print.

Keep Printed Jobs Saves jobs after printing.

Print Job Separators Prints a marked separator page at the end of each job.

Use Manual Tray for Separators Keeps paper for Separators in the Manual Tray. Select this option to use paper of a

Write Through Allows an incoming job to print as the RIP is processing it. Note: If Write Through is

Delete Color Pages When enabled, will delete color pages from jobs coming into the VE. Black and White

Print Color Pages Only For color engines – enable to print only the color pages in a job.

Print Color Inserts For Black and White engines – enable to put an insert sheet in place of a color page.

Step and Repeat Enables placing copies of a page across the width of the media as many times as

SafePrint Determines whether a page or job can be printed on the media remaining. See “Output

Print Quality Chooses the appropriate balance of print speed vs. quality. See Output Options.

Margin Offsets Changes the margin size and expands the print area of the page reducing the amount

(OPC VE) Permits advanced control of printer/finisher functionality. You must know what commands the printer accepts; obtain this information from the manufacturer.

See “Custom PJL Support” on page 57.

different size and/or color for Job and/or Copy Separators. If you do not select this option, the system checks the manual tray first. If no paper is loaded into the manual tray, the currently selected input tray is used. Note: This does not apply to a duplex job on a PrintStation 312 because it would use one of the pages from the job as a separator; therefore, the separator will have to come from the manual tray.

selected and a job starts coming in, the PSM will use only one PrintStation of a Virtual Engine to print until the entire job has been received. This guarantees correct collation. For the LaserJet 8000, if Stapling is enabled, Write Through will be ignored.

pages will be retained.

possible. See “Media Saving Features” on page 9.

Options” on page 14.

of media waste. See “Page Range Settings” on page 16.

Media Saving Features

The following features apply to the DesignJets (P=Page; C=Copy).

Feature Description

Step and Repeat Use to print multiple copies of a job. Places copies of a page across the width of the media

as many times as possible.

Step and Repeat with Gather Collate

FillWidth Use FillWidth to print multiple page jobs. As in the case with Step and Repeat with Gather

Using Step and Repeat with Gather Collate keeps the copies of pages together. If all of the pages will not fit across the width as seen in the right-side graphic, a blank area on the media may occur.

Collate, there may be an area of unused media if all of the pages will not fit across the width.

Job Defaults

When sending jobs from a workstation, you can choose specific job settings to override the Virtual Engine’s Job Defaults. The available defaults may vary by engine type.

Field/Control Description

Gloss Level Sets the job Gloss Level for the entire job. Available levels:

• Low: use for jobs containing text only (Matte/Satin finish)

• Standard: use for jobs containing both text and images

• High: use for jobs containing images only (Heavy sheen)

Feed Tray Selects paper tray from which paper will be fed.

Duplex Prints double-sided pages.

Print Copy Separators Prints a slip sheet after printing each copy of a job.

Quality Print Mode Improves registration and gives better image quality. Note: Quality Print Mode will

decrease PrintStation output speed.

Empty Tray Switch Enables a print job to automatically switch another paper feed tray when the selected tray

runs out of paper. Works only if the paper size is the same in both trays. The 062 will not switch to the Manual tray when Empty Tray Switch is on.

Auto Select Allows a PrintStation to check all trays for the paper size specified in the job. In the case of

Letter, which is defaulted to APS from Tray 1 only, the PrintStation will not check all trays for Letter unless Empty Tray Switch is enabled.

Gather Collate / Group Prints all page 1s, then all page 2s, for off-line electronic/manual collation.

f you have selected the collate option from a print dialog and also select the

Note: I

group option, the group option will have no effect. Here’s why: When you select collate with mulitple copies from the print driver, the driver assumes that the print-

er has no storage capability and will send each page in the expected output order. For example, two copies of a five-page job will be treated as a single 10-page job (1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,4,5). Thus, the group option will have have no effect since the job amounts to one copy in the PSM.

Field/Control Description

Parse on Copy Keeps multi-page documents together when sent to multiple engines. See “Output Options”

on page 14.

Reverse Order Causes the job to print and stack in the correct order. If the output device is a “face up”

printer jobs will stack in reverse order.

Split After n Pages Splits large jobs into smaller sections.

Interpret Image As Select the orientation of incoming jobs. This is not the paper feed direction but the actual

orientation of the job page contents. Orientation being either Landscape (top of the image is along the long edge of the paper) or Portrait (top of the image is toward the short edge of the paper)

Archive Jobs Older Than x Sets the PSM to automatically archive jobs in the (H) or (P) state that have not been printed

for the specified amount of time.

Jog Copies When the stacker is used with multiple copies, Jog Copies will offset each set of copies.

Stapling Set Stapling options.

Punching Toggles punching on or off.

Folding Sets Folding options.

Trim Cut page “creep” from a folded booklet.

Booklet Maker Folds or Folds and Staples job to create a booklet

Cover Inserter Add Cover – Insert a cover page pulled from the cover inserter. Some engines may insert a

cover page(s) to be pulled from the Cover Inserter while others may assign a Media Type for the cover page(s).

Insert Color Pages Prints black-and-white pages and leaves color pages blank rather than printing them as

grayscales (i.e., if using black-and-white/color splitting).

Toner Saving Mode Uses the selected engine’s toner saving mode to reduce toner coverage.

Finishing Defaults

The following options set up the finishing parameters for the PrintStation 624m.

Field/Control Description

Base Configuration File XML (eXtensible Markup Language) file contains configuration data for the finisher. PSM

reads the file and populates the Finishing Configuration dialogs accordingly. See “Finishing

Configuration” on page 10.

Customize Finishing Displays the Finishing Configuration dialogs if the Base Configuration file has been loaded.

Finishing Configuration

Note: You can access the Finishing Configuration dialogs from the Engine Defaults or the Job Information dialog.

From the Engine Defaults dialog, the settings affect every job coming into the VE. From the Job Information dialog (“Info...” on page 11), settings apply to individual jobs.

Dialog Description

Finishing Setup Checking items on this dialog populates the Finishing Settings dialog accordingly.

Finishing Settings Selections on the Finishing Setup dialog and the Base Configuration File determine the

settings on this dialog.

Finishing Summary Displays current configuration as set on the Finishing Setup and Settings dialogs.

Selections available in the Finishing Selected list determine the selections available in the Option Selected list.

TRueColor...

TRueColor activates the optional

Gamma Calibration software and prints a Gamma Target.

For more information about calibration, see the TRueColor User Guide.

1 Select the Virtual Engine.

2 Select Virtual EngineÎTRueColor from the menu.

Note: A Key Code is necessary to activate the optional functionality of TRueColor. Contact your MicroPress

dealer for more information.

B&W Engine Balance

B&W Engine Balance sends the MonoTune test target to the output devices connected to the currently selected VE.

1 Select the Virtual Engine.

2 Select Virtual E

3 Follow the directions on the test target to make adjustments to the PrintStation.

Job

The Job Menu Bar gives immediate access to frequently used commands.

nfo...

The Job Information dialog consists of several tab pages displaying setup options for Job Settings, Page Settings, job parsing, etc. The dialog’s title bar displays the job name and file size. Selections may vary based on engine type. This section describes each page.

• Job Settings: displays information about the whole job. You can view or change many

global job settings.

ngineÎB&W Engine Balance from the menu.

Note: When bit depth or job resolution is identical in either the horizontal or vertical direction for any page in the

job, the exact resolution will be displayed. If it differs in either direction for all pages in the job, an asterisk displays beside the resolution number. When both directions differ, two asterisks will display instead of a number in the title bar. To view the individual resolution of each page, see the Page Settings tab.

• Output Options: displays various printing options. See “Output Options” on page 14.

• Finishing Options: finishing options vary depending on the output device. Options

may include Folding, Punching, Stapling, etc. See “Finishing Options” on page 12.

• Margin Offsets: options for adjusting margin offsets. See “Page Range Settings” on

page 16.

• Brightness/Contrast: options for adjusting Image brightness and contrast for the job.

See “Brightness/Contrast” on page 17.

• Color Adjust: controls for setting C, M, and Y levels, and for choosing a ColorCurve

Calibration Set. See “Color Adjust” on page 18 and “ColorCurves” on page 18.

• Parsing: displays a graphic depicting how the job is parsed and how to combine the

output of each PrintStation for a collation. See “Job Parsing” on page 19.

• Chapters: used for grouping pages into sections. See “Chapters” on page 19.

• Page Settings: displays information about individual pages in print jobs. See “Page

Settings” on page 20.

• Annotations: options for adding/viewing comments. See “Annotations” on page 21.

• Finishing Setup, Finishing Settings, Finishing Summary: configures functionality

for the finisher. See “Finishing Configuration” on page 10.

• Page Range Settings: set and view settings, such as Media Types, Feed Trays, Paper

Sizes, and Subset Stapling for pages and groups of pages within a job. See “Page

Range Settings” on page 16.

To open the Info window:

1 Select a job from the Job List Window of the active VE.

2 Select J

Note: Click Reparse only if something changes on the Job Settings (e.g., number of copies, available print

engines).

obÎInfo from the menu.

Job Information dialogs may vary based on PrintStation/PrintLink type. Two types of messages may be displayed: Warnings (yellow!) and Errors (red!). Warning message jobs will print, though perhaps with undesirable results. A job with an Error message will not print. Attempting to do so will immediately puts the job in an error state.

Job Settings

Use the Job Settings tab to set up print options (i.e., number of copies, job name). The document paper size is also displayed but cannot be changed because it is set in the generating application.

Note: Paper sizes B1–B6 referred to in this manual are JIS unless otherwise noted.

Field/Control Description

Copies Number of copies to print.

Print Range • All Pages - Prints every page in the job.

• Page Range - Prints specific pages in the job.

• Chapters - Prints the selected chapters.

• Odd + Even - Prints odd AND even pages for the specified range.

• Odd - Prints odd pages only.

• Even - Prints even pages only.

Reverse Order Causes job to print in the opposite order. For the 040, Reverse Order is not available if

Duplex (Output Options) is on.

Job Name Current job name (can modified directly).

User Name Network name of the workstation that sent the job. “NoName” displays if user name is not

indicated in the print job.

Paper Paper size for the job.

Calculate Toner Coverages Click Calculate in the Toner panel of the Job Settings or Page Settings tab to calculate the

toner coverage on all pages of selected job. Note: Selected paper size in the workstation application may not match the paper size in the feed tray if Auto Select (Output Options, Engine Defaults) is not on. If this happens, the job will print anyway.

Finishing Options

This dialog displays the available features if Finishing is available and will vary depending on engine/finisher type. Some features may become unavailable when other features are selected. This is to ensure proper operation of the engine/finisher.

Note: A job containing both long edge feed landscape and any orientation short edge feed may require that the

long edge feed be tumbled.

Field/Control Description

Interpret Image As Select the orientation of incoming jobs. This is not the paper feed direction but the actual

orientation of the job page contents. Orientation being either Landscape (top of the image is along the long edge of the paper) or Portrait (top of the image is toward the short edge of the paper)

Stapling The possible stapling locations will be displayed. The page graphic on the dialog will

change to show how the job will be affected by the stapling location. Note for 060c: To determine stapling position, look at the engine from the front. Portrait Corner Stapling places the staple on the trailing edge corner closest to the back of the

engine (farthest away from you). Landscape Corner Stapling places the staple on the trailing edge corner closest to the front of the engine (closest to you).

Punching The possible punching locations will be displayed. The page graphic on the dialog will

change to show how the job will be affected by the punching location.

Folding The possible folding locations will be displayed. The page graphic on the dialog will change

to show how the job will be affected by the folding method.

Jog Copies When the stacker is used with multiple copies, Jog Copies will offset each set of copies

Trim Cut page “creep” from a folded booklet.

Insert Covers Insert a cover page pulled from the cover inserter. Some engines may insert a cover

page(s) to be pulled from the Cover Inserter while others may assign a Media Type for the cover page(s).

Booklet Maker Folds or Folds and Staples job to create a booklet. For some engines additional features

are available for producing booklets:

• Front – Produces an outside cover. Media may be selected from a specific location.

• Centerfold – Produces an insert for the inside center of the booklet. Media may be selected from a specific location.

062 Finishing Rules

Some Finishing Options depend on other options (i.e., paper size, Copy Separators). This table lists the combinations of options and availability for the 062 FN-3 Finisher.

Options

Location

Paper

Staple Punch Fold

Corner LEF SEF Center LEF SEF Half Crease Z

Tabloid SEF

Letter SEF

Letter LEF •• •

Legal SEF •••*

Invoice SEF

A3 SEF ••••

A4 SEF • •••*

A4 LEF •• •

A5 SEF

B4 SEF ••••

B5 SEF ••••

B5 LEF •• •

SEF=Short Edge Feed, LEF=Long Edge Feed, *=Unable to 3 hole punch on Short Edge

• •• ••••

• •••* •

Output Options

Output Options let you set and view job settings (i.e., paper source, duplexing, and copy separators). The table below describes the output options.

Field/Control Description

Feed Tray Select the paper source.

Pages Differ - will display when pages within a job are printed from different trays.

Destination Selects output tray for the printed job.

Reverse Order Causes the job to print and stack in the opposite order.

Media Type The type of media in the input tray (transparency, letterhead, bond, etc.)

Jog Copies Offsets each set of copies when the stacker is used with multiple copies.

Fast Print Enables the Cii to print at 6 pages per minute. Works only with Letter and A4 size paper

and may not be used with the manual feed tray, duplex jobs, or Pages Differ. Note: Some engines connected to the PrintLink Cii will ignore Fast Print if Duplex is selected.

Manual Tray Increase Transfer

Quality Print Mode Improves registration and image quality.

Modifies amount of toner applied for getting:

• uniform toner transfer on the second side of manual feed duplex jobs

• uniform toner transfer on single sided jobs of heavy stock

• increased toner density on single sided jobs with normal paper stock

Note: This option is available only for the Cii. The manual tray must be selected.

Field/Control Description

Gloss Level Sets the job Gloss Level for the entire job.

•Low

• Standard

•High

Parse on Copy Keeps multi-page documents together when sent to multiple engines.

Print Inserts After selecting where to insert sheets within a job, Print Inserts can be used to toggle the

feature on or off. If the check box is active, the job has insert sheets that will print. If sheets have been inserted but you don’t want to print them, uncheck this box ( insert sheets will not print but you do not have to remove them from the job). If this check box is disabled, there are no Insert Sheets in this job to print. Checking Insert Sheet After This Page on ANY page will toggle on tthe job option Print Inserts.

Gather Collate / Group Prints all page 1s, then all page 2s, for off-line electronic/manual collation.

f you have selected the collate option from a print dialog and also select the

Note: I

group option, the group option will have no effect. Here’s why: When you select collate with mulitple copies from the print driver, the driver assumes that the print-

Duplex Prints double-sided pages.

For PrintStation 312: one side must be printed first, then turn the pages 180° and place the pages back in the feed tray. Press “On Line” button on the front of the PrintStation to put the engine back on line (Work and Turn). For the 040, Duplex is not available if Reverse Order (Job Settings) is on.

Copy Separators Prints a slip sheet after each copy prints.

Empty Tray Switch Enables a print job to automatically switch to another paper feed tray when the selected

tray runs out of paper. Works only if the paper size is the same in both trays.

Auto Select

Special Handling Select this option to issue a special handling alert dialog to any user who attempts to print

Print Quality Chooses the appropriate print quality from the following choices:

SafePrint Determines whether a page or job can print on the media remaining in the DesignJet CP.

Staple Turns Stapling on or off. Stapling is not available on the HP 8000 for Legal size paper.

Sort Used with Gather Collate to group sets of copies.

Print Color Pages Only For color engines – enable to print only the color pages in a job.

Print Color Inserts For Black and White engines – enable to put an insert sheet in place of a color page.

Media Convert Job to Default Media Types – Selects a Media Type from the Media Catalog for

Tab Options • Print Tabs Only – Print only the tab pages within a job.

Allows the PrintStations to look in other paper trays when the selected paper tray contains the wrong size paper. This item is a feed tray for the PrintLink 062.

the job. The alert dialog will prompt the user to perform any special handling the job requires (e.g., must be printed on the corporate letterhead or on red 60# card stock or watermarked “Confidential”; etc.) before processing.

• Best - the highest possible quality at the lowest speed (600X600 dpi)

• Normal - good combination of image quality and speed (300X300 dpi)

• Fast - job is printed at the highest speed with lower quality (300X300 dpi)

• SafePrint On Page - checks to see if the first page of the job can be printed

• SafePrint On Job - checks to see if the entire job can be printed

• No SafePrint - do not use SafePrint

Note: SafePrint will issue a warning if there is not enough media remaining to print the job or page. The initial paper length must be set in order for SafePrint to function correctly.

each page in the job based on the paper size of each page.

• Print No Tabs – Print the job only with none of the tab pages.

Field/Control Description

Print & Hold Job One copy of the job will print and then be put on Hold. Also known as Proofing.

Hold Jobs The job will be put in Hold status when it comes into the PSM and will not be printed.

Toner Saving Decreases toner coverage for producing a draft copy.

Character Mode Enable when printing jobs containing text to produce sharper characters.

Photo Mode Enable when printing jobs containing graphics to produce smoother gradients.

Page Range Settings

Set and view settings, such as Media Types, Feed Trays, Paper Sizes, and Subset Stapling for pages and groups of pages within a job.

Field/Control Description

View Select • None – (default) None of the following views will be displayed. None will be selected each

time the Page Range Settings page is closed and re-opened.

• Media/Feed Tray View – Display and assign Media Types or Feed Trays to individual pages or groups of pages within a job. If the Feed Tray is set to Auto Select on the Job Settings tab, the Media Types drop down menu will be available. If set to a tray, the Media Types drop down menu will not be available and instead the Feed Tray drop down menu will be available.

• Paper Size View – Display Paper Sizes associated with individual pages or groups of pages within a job.

• Subset Stapling View – Display and assign stapling to groups of pages within a job.

• Insert Color Page View – Display Insert Color Pages associated with individual pages or groups of pages within a job.

Begin Page The first page of a Media/Feed Tray or Subset Stapling group.

End Page The last page of a Media/Feed Tray or Subset Stapling group.

Apply Commit changes to the job.

Subset Staple Enable/ Disable

Feed Tray Assign a Feed Tray to a page or group of pages within a job.

Media Type Assign a Media Type to a page or group of pages within a job.

List View Displays each page or group of pages within a job and the features associated with them.

Turn stapling on or off for a group of pages.

Margin Offsets

The settings on the Margin Offsets page affect the placement of data on each page for the entire job.

Note: PrintLink 5050c – This engine will accept only positive margin offset values. Note: PrintLink Cii – It is only possible to combine Fast Print and Margin Offsets if the offset

is the same for all pages of a job.

Note: PrintLink 624m – Margin Offsets on this dialog are combined with the offsets on the Engine Margin Offsets dialog, see “Engine Margin Offsets” on page 56.

Field/Control Description

Margin Offset Top and Left margin settings for Odd and Even pages.

Units – Pixels, Inches, or mm. DesignJet:

Roll Media TE LE

•Smaller

•Normal

• Extended

Smaller only available for the DesignJet CP.

Sheet Media TE LE

•Smaller

•Normal

• Extended

Example 1: You need to print a job as portrait on an A4 page. The

paper in the drawer is LEF and the page was imaged

LEF

as LEF. On the Margin Offsets dialog the paper is displayed as portrait. The only valid margins will be -Top and +Left. The top margin is actually the LEF right margin and the left margin is the LEF top margin.

SEF

To make the point more clear; if the paper size was 297mm x 210mm and 0.0mm was entered for the top margin and 0.0mm for the left margin the actual margins would be:

TM = 0, BM = 210 LM = 0, RM = 297

Example 2: The paper is 297x210. -25.4mm for the top margin and 12.7mm for the left margin was

entered, the actual margins would be:

TM = 12.7, BM = 222.7

-25.4 was entered which means 25.4 is added to the left margin. The actual margins (in pixels) would be:

LM = 25.4, RM = 322.1

If +25.4 for the top margin were entered, this would move the right +25.4, which is -25.4 for the left, which is < 0. This is not permissible. LEF=Long Edge Feed

• TM=Top Margin, BM=Bottom Margin, LM=Left Margin, RM=Right Margin

Top margin

Left margin

Top margin

Left margin

Brightness/Contrast

Brightness/Contrast sliders modify the lightness / darkness of an entire job or a selected page or page range without having to re-RIP the job or start over from the application software.

Note: Image Adjust—The contrast slider adjusts contrast. For example, a contrast setting of .5 will reduce contrast by 50%. A setting of 1.5 will increase contrast by 50%. A contrast setting of 1 equates to NO CHANGE. The brightness slider adjusts job brightness in 1% increments. For example, a brightness setting of +20 increases brightness by 20%. –20 reduces brightness by 20%.

Note: 624m—The settings are not in percentage. See also “Engine Density” on page 55

Field/Control Description

Image Adjust • Brightness – Each increment is equivalent to a 1% change.

• Contrast – Each increment represents a 10% change.

Field/Control Description

Black • Include – All color planes will be adjusted.

• Exclude – Only the Cyan, Magenta and Yellow planes will be adjusted.

• Only – Only the Black (K) plane will be adjusted.

Color Adjust

These sliders modify the color cast or hue of an entire job or a selected page or page range without having to re-RIP the job or start over from the application software.

The table below describes the options.

Field/Control Description

Color Adjust Controls Adjusts amount of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow for the selected job.

ColorCurve Calibration Set Shows the currently selected ColorCurve Calibration Set. ColorCurve (.CLR) files may be

chosen from this list.

Edit Curve Graphically Display, Edit and Save ColorCurve Calibration Sets.

Image Adjust • Adjust the Sharpness, Brightness, and Contrast of the job.

•Black: Include – All color planes will be adjusted. Exclude – Only the Cyan, Magenta and Yellow planes will be adjusted. Only – Only the Black (K) plane will be adjusted.

ColorCurves

ColorCurves complete the color adjustment flexibility of PostRipped files by allowing you to create custom color reproduction curves and apply them to a job. Once created, a ColorCurve is available to all color jobs in the PSM and can be saved and loaded on other Micro- Press installations.

Click Edit Curve button to open the ColorCurve dialog. If you selected a ColorCurve in the ColorCurve Calibration Set box, the curve will be displayed for editing. Otherwise, select FileÎOpen… to select a curve.

ColorCurve allows changes to be made to 4 curves (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black). The bottom axis represents the original job color density (input) from 0 to 100%. The vertical axis represents the printed job color density (output) from 0 to 100%. When a curve or a point on a curve has higher output values than input values (the curve is above the 1:1 reference line), the printed job will increase in density according to the percentage(s). When the curve is below the 1:1 line, the printed job density will decrease. Change the curve shape by selecting and dragging a curve point with the mouse.

Note: ColorCurves provide additional color adjustment control. Color adjustment refers to the practice of altering color according to customer preference. Use color calibration (Gammatic) and color matching (ICC Profile Processor) prior to printing to ensure the best possible rendering before adjustments are made

Field/Control Description

Color selection Chooses the color curve to display.

Input, Output, Ratio Displays the input percentage, output percentage, and the percent difference respectively

between the original and the printed job at any given point.

Undo Clears last change made to the curves.

Status bar Shows the curve being displayed/edited.

Default ColorCurves and Definitions

ColorCurve Definition

Linear This selection does not directly change output, but rather serves as a starting point from

which the user can create a custom curve.

Light-10% Light-15% Light-25% Light-35%

Dark+10% Dark+15% Dark+25% Dark+35%

HighContrast-8%+8% HighContrast-15%+15% LowContrast+8%-8% LowContrast+15%-15% HighKey0+8% HighKey0%+14% HighKey-4%0% HighKey-4%+8% HighKey-4%+14% LowKey+8%0%

From the curve’s 50% point, the dot is decreased (-) by the % shown. 0% and 100% are unchanged.

From the curve’s 50% point, the dot is increased (+) by the % shown. 0% and 100% are unchanged.

Dot is decreased (-) or increased (+) by the amounts shown at the 25% and 75% curve locations respectively. The 0%, 50% and 100% curve locations remain unchanged.

Job Parsing

This dialog shows how the pages of a job are distributed to the PrintStations within the Virtual Engine. MicroPress uses the Electronic Collator to efficiently divide the print job into Job Stacks (a set of instructions for pages designated for a specific PrintStation to print). Use this dialog to interpret how the job was divided across the available PrintStations. The Part Info field displays where the PrintStation will pause when printing duplex jobs and whether even or odd pages will be printed, where separator sheets will be inserted, number of copies, and errors. If Job Parsing has not been licensed, the option will not be available and only one engine will be available. See “Output Options” on page 14.

1 Click on a Printer to display the parsing information for that PrintStation. The Part Info

field displays the job instructions.

2 Click OK. Note:

another PrintStation. See “System Errors” on page 37.

In the event of a printing error, the Job Stack could be automatically “moved” to

Chapters

This dialog is used to combine groups of contiguous pages within a job. Once the groups of pages (Chapters) are added, you can apply options to them.

To s et up Chapters for a job:

1 Double-click on the job in the PSM Virtual Engine window.

2 Select the Chapters tab.

3 Click Add to create a Chapter.

4 Change the suggested Chapter Name if necessary. Subsequent chapter names will

be "Chapter" incremented by one.

5 Select the page range to include in the Chapter. One chapter may not contain a page

that is also in another chapter. Click OK.

6 Repeat Steps 3-5 as needed.

Notes: For more Chapters features, see “Page Settings” on page 20 and “Numbering…” on page 31.

If you select multiple chapters then change a setting, the name of the feature to display in green. This is a temporary indicator showing that changes will be made only to this setting in all the selected chapters.

Field/Control Description

Print Marked Chapters Only Prints marked (consecutive) only.

Insert Sheet After Last Page Inserts a blank page after the last page in the selected chapter.

Note: The insert sheet is not applied to the chapter but is a separate page added after the chapter. Thus, deleting a chapter with an insert page will not delete the insert sheet. The insert sheet will remain unless you manually delete it.

Simplex Page Lock Prevents a page from having anything printed on its back and from being printed on the

back of another page. Applies the feature to all pages in the chapter. See “Page Settings”

on page 20.

Feed Tray Selects the paper tray from which the paper will be fed.

Destination Selects the output tray for the job.

Margin Offset Adjusts the Top and Left margins for each page .

Add Includes a page or group of contiguous pages as a chapter.

Delete Removes a chapter.

Page Settings

Use this dialog to view or apply print options to individual pages of the selected job.

Note: Double-click on a job, then click on the Page Settings tab to display the Page Settings.

Field/Control Description

Page Number Chooses the page number to apply print options to.

Insert Sheet After This Page Causes an additional blank page to be printed after the selected page. The blank page will

be pulled from the same location as Job and Copy Separators.

Feed Tray Selects the paper tray from which the paper will be fed.

Destination Selects the output tray for the printed job.

Gloss Set the job Gloss Level for the selected page (Low, Standard, High). Note: You can set the

Gloss Level (312 only) for all pages in a job on the Job Settings tab.

Simplex Page Lock Prevents a page from having anything printed on its back and from being printed on the

back of another page.

End Staple Set Allows groups of pages within a multi-page job to be stapled for output devices supporting

the feature. Note: It is not recommended to set End Staple Set for a range of less than 2 physical pages; End Staple Set will be ignored if Stapling is set to “None” on the Finishing tab; only one type of

stapling per job is allowed. Both “Top Corner” and “Side” cannot be used within the same job, for example.

Toner Calculate Click Calculate in the Toner section of the Job Settings or Page Settings tab to calculate the

toner coverage on all pages of the selected job. Note: The Calculate Toner option on the Job Settings dialog box displays the toner coverage for individual pages within the job.

When a number (#%) displays, the toner coverage has been calculated. When “0%” displays, the toner coverage is less than 0.5%. When “-%” displays, the toner coverage has not been calculated.

Margin Offset Adjusts the Top and Left margins for each page.

Lock Page Prevents global changes to the document’s margin settings from affecting the selected

page.

Annotations

Use this dialog to enter comments about individual pages in a job. You can search for a word or phrase in any annotation using the Find feature in the Tools menu. Use the Page Number control to view each page of the job.

Finishing Setup, Settings and Summary

Please refer to the section “Finishing Configuration” on page 10 for information on these dia- logs.

Preview…

Use this feature to preview a page of the job.

1 Select a job in the Job List window.

2 Select J

obÎPreview. The Preview dialog is accessible

from various dialogs within PSM.

Field/Control Description

Feed Direction Indicates the direction the paper will feed into the PrintStation.

Navigation buttons Goes to the beginning, end, previous or next page.

Page Displays the page currently being viewed. Enter a page number to go to that page.

Orientation Arrows

More Detail B&W PrintStations

Use the controls to rotate the preview image to the desired orientation.

Clarifies the preview image.

Edit

Opens the TRueEdit application for manipulating PSM jobs and adding tabs. Refer to the

TRueEdit manual for more information.

/Unlock...

Lock

Use the Lock/Unlock feature to add password protection to PSM jobs.

Note: A password protected job is not accessible from any MicroPress application. If an attempt

is made to access a password protected job, a dialog will be displayed informing the user that the job is locked.

Locking a job

1 Right-click on the job to lock, then select Lock

/Unlock...

2 Enter the password for the job in the Enter New Password box.

3 Enter the password again in the Confirm New Password box.

4 Click OK to apply the password, click OK again to close the notifi-

cation dialog. A small key will be appear to the left of the job

name.

Unlocking a job

1 Right-click on the job to unlock, then select Lock

/Unlock...

2 Enter the password assigned to the job in the dialog box that is displayed.

3 Click OK to unlock the job.

old/Suspend

Use the Hold/Suspend option to set a selected job (not currently printing) to a Hold state. The job will remain in a Hold state until you release it manually.

To place a job on Hold:

1 Select the VE that lists the job to be put on hold, then select the job from the Job List

Window.

2 Select JobÎÎÎÎHold/Suspend from the menu.

3 The status column displays H for the selected job, and the job is held for printing at a

later time.

To release the suspended job, select the job, then select Print.

rint

Use the Print Job option to take a selected job or jobs from the Job List Window from a Hold, printed, or error state, and send it to the PrintStation.

To place a job in a printing state:

1 Select the VE that lists the job to print, then select the job from the Job List Window.

2 Select J

obÎPrint from the menu.

3 The status column of the Job List Window for the selected job displays >> if there is no

other job already printing. If another job is printing, the status column of the job the user selected will display W; the job will print after all jobs ahead of it have printed.

ove...

Use the Move Job option to move a selected job from one VE to another. Moving a job will

change the printing parameters for the job.

not To move a job to another Virtual Engine:

1 Select the VE that lists the job to move, then select the job from the Job List Window.

2 Select J

obÎMove from the menu.

3 Select a Virtual Engine.

4 Click OK. The selected job moves to the chosen VE destination.

Note: You cannot use this option to move a grayscale job from the 5050c to either the 060c or the 085c because

the resolutions differ (5050c jobs are ripped at 400 dpi, 8 bits per pixel, whereas 060c and 085c jobs are ripped at 600 dpi, 1 bit per pixel).

Note: Dragging a job into a LaserJet 5Si VE halts printing. When the file finishes copying, the job resumes printing.

Delete

To remove a job from the PSM:

1 Select the VE that lists the job to delete, then select the job from the Job List Window.

2 Select J

obÎDelete from the Job Menu.

3 The job will be removed from the PrintStation Manager Job List window.

Abort

Use the Abort Job option to cancel a currently printing job. To cancel a print job:

1 Select the VE that is currently printing the job to abort.

2 Select J

obÎAbort.

3 The job currently printing is canceled and displays an Error (E) status.

Warning: The printer may output one or two pages after the job is aborted due to PrintStation limitations. It is best

to wait until the PrintStation has stopped before proceeding.

Merge…

Use the Merge Job option to combine existing documents, in whole or in part, into a new job. To merge jobs:

1 Select the VE that has the files listed to be merged.

2 Select J

obÎMerge from

the menu.

3 Select a job from the Cur-

rent Jobs list. You can

select multiple jobs.

4 Type the Page Range for

the selected job to be added.

5 Click Add button. The

New Document Order list displays the selected document.

Note: Double-click a job in the New Document Order window to display the Edit Page Range dialog.

6 Repeat steps 4—6 until all the documents to be merged are selected.

7 Select a job in the New Document Order list. You can arrange jobs in the New Docu-

ment Order list to place them in the order in which they will be printed.

8 Click Move Up, Move Down, or Remove.

9 Type the name of the merged document in the New Job Name field.

10 If the Merge As Chapters box is checked,

each job added will be treated as an individual chapter. When you use this feature, another dialog (see graphic) will open when you click OK. You can edit the chapter names here. If a chapter has an odd number of pages, a blank page will be printed at the end, and the job will be printed duplex if Insert blank page after odd paged chapters for duplexing is checked.

11 Click OK. The merged document displays in

the Job List Window in a Waiting state unless the Hold Job box is checked.

Archive...

Archiving allows you to compress a job to a single stream file that can be saved on CD, transmitted over the Internet, or simply moved to another subdirectory. Files will be given a .msm extension if archived using the MicroPress format or converted to the Adobe PDF for- mat (default). When a job is archived using PDF, the filename includes .arc (jobname.024.arc.pdf).

To archive a job:

1 Select the VE that has the job listed to archive, then select the job.

2 Select J

obÎArchive from the menu.

3 The location for Archive File window opens.

4 Choose a location to store the archived file. Click OK. The dialog closes and the PSM’s

Status Bar displays: . The job status will also display “L,” indicating that the file is locked until the compression is complete. When the compression is complete, the job will be in Hold status.

Appl

y Form…

Use Apply Form to apply a form to a job that has already been RIP’ed.

To apply a form:

1 Select a job in the Virtual Engine Job List

Window.

2 Right-click and select Apply Form.

3 Select the job containing the data to merge

with the Original Job from the Form Job Name drop down list. All pages in the Form

Job will be applied to the Original Job. Check the Custom Arrange box to manually add pages from the Form job to the original job. When using Custom Arrange, drag pages from the Form Job and drop them over the pages of the Original Job. Only one page of the Form Job can be applied to a single page of the Original Job. However, you can apply a page of Form Job to more than one Original Job page.

4 In the New Job Name box, enter a name for the new job.

5 Select OK to merge the jobs.

6 The form will be applied to the job selected in the Job List Window unless Create New

Job is selected.

Field/Control Description

Form Jobs Form Job Name Job containing the information to be added to the Original Job.

Pages Number of pages in the Form Job.

Form Job Pages Number of pages in the Form Job.

Merged Job Original Job Name Job selected in the PSM VE window.

New Job Name Name of the new job created by merging the Form Job and Original jobs.

Original Job Pages Number of pages in the Original job.

Checkboxes Hold Sets the job in Hold status in the PSM after the two jobs are merged.

Create New Job Combines the jobs into a new job and preserve the Original Job unchanged.

Repeat Applies the Form Job to the Original Job as many times as possible.

Custom Arrange Manually adds pages from the Form Job.

Field/Control Description

Remove Applied Page Removes a page from the Original Job.

Mail Merge…

Use the Mail Merge feature for adding variable data to a job.

1 Right-click on the job that will have the variable data merged with it. Select Mail Merge

from the menu.

When performing mail merge with a form with an odd number of pages, do this prior to the mail merge:

1) go to job info on the FORM (or source job)

2) Select Page Settings

3) Scroll to (or type in) the last page of the job

4) Toggle Simplex page lock ON.

5) Close the info window and proceed with the merge as usual. Doing this will allow printing of the document as simplex or duplex, with no need to add (or remove) blank pages on the end of each unit of variable data.

2 The name of the job selected in Step 1 appears in the Original Job Name section of

the Mail Merge dialog.

3 Select the job containing the variable data that will be merged with the Original Job

from the Variable Data Job Name drop-down list. Check the Custom Arrange box to manually add pages from the Variable Data job to the original job. When using Custom Arrange, drag pages from the variable data job and drop them over the pages of the original job. You can apply only one page of variable data to a single page of the Original Job. However, a page of variable data can be applied to more than one Original Job page.

4 In the New Job Name box, enter a name for the new job.

5 Select OK to merge the jobs. Note: If a variable page has been applied to an original

page and needs to be removed, right-click on the original page and remove the variable data page.

Variable Data

Job

Merged Document

Field/Control Description

Variable Data Job Name

Pages per unit of variable data

Variable Data Job Pages

Original Job Name Job selected in the PSM VE window.

New Job Name Name of the new job created by merging the Variable Data and Mail

Pages Number of pages in the merged job.

Original Job Pages Pages in the Original job.

Hold Sets the job in Hold status in the PSM after the two jobs are merged.

Job containing the information to add to the Original Job.

Number of pages in the Variable Data job.

Pages in the Variable Data job.

Document jobs.

Field/Control Description

Use Page References When you create a mail-merged document with this option, the resulting file is

smaller. The data for unchanged pages does not get copied into the new document, it is linked, or referenced. This means that while the resulting file is smaller, you cannot perform other operations (i.e., Page numbering, Apply Forms, and Mail merge) to the file. If Page Referencing is turned off, the data for unchanged pages is copied, resulting in a larger file. However, this file can be mail-merged, numbered, etc.

Custom Arrange Manually adds pages from the Variable Data job.

Remove Applied Page Removes a page added to the Original Job.

Center Pages…

Use this feature to center the image on all pages of a job. To use Center Pages:

1 Right-click on the job and select Center Pages from

the menu.

2 Make any changes to the information displayed.

3 Click OK.

Note: When centering manually, remember that "top" is the lead edge of

the paper as it feeds through the PrintStation.

The Preview button displays a preview of the resulting job. The example following shows the effect of centering a Letter job to Legal. The hashed areas show what portion of the original image will be cropped when centered to the selected paper size.

Image Editing...

Image Editing is used to modify pages of a PSM job. To use Image Editing:

1 Right-click on a job and

select Image Editing... from the menu.

2 Click the “+” to display a list

of the pages within the job.

Note: Clicking the button by the job name displays a menu containing commands that can be applied to the job globally. These modifications cannot be undone.

3 Double-click a page in the

job to display it in the preview window.

4 Apply the desired effects to the job or page. See Apply Changes in the table following

for methods to apply the changes.

Field/Control Description

Job list window Displays the pages in the job.

Preview window Displays the selected page in the job.

Edit Cut Removes the selection, placing it in the Windows clipboard.

Copy Places the selection in the Windows clipboard, leaving the original intact.

Field/Control Description

Paste Places the contents of the Windows clipboard into the selected location.

Apply Changes Modifications made to the image in the preview window are displayed

instantly. To apply the changes to the job:

• Click Apply Changes

• Click Apply Region to All Pages

• Double-click on another page in the job and click OK on the dialog that dis- plays.

•Click OK to close the Image Editing dialog

Apply Region to All Pages

Tool None Turns off the currently selected tool to return the cursor to its normal state.

Zoom Enlarges the area under the cursor. Right-click to reduce.

Zoom Rectangle Use to zoom in on a specific area.

Pan Changes cursor to a hand and lets you move the image around in the preview

Selection Rectangle Draws a box around an area to be manipulated by the Image tools.

Select All Selects the entire image in the preview window.

Cancel Selection Turns off the selection marked with the Selection Rectangle tool.

Image Deskew Landscape/

Portrait

Despeckle Removes specks from the image.

Clear Deletes selected area or the entire image if an area is not selected

Invert Makes a negative image of the selection.

Rotate Right Rotates the image clockwise 90 degrees.

Rotate Left Rotates the image counter-clockwise 90 degrees.

Flip Reverses the image or selection vertically (top to bottom).

Reverse Reverses the image or selection horizontally (side to side).

Resize Duplicates or deletes pixels as necessary to achieve the desired width and

You can paste an item onto a page in the job from the Windows clipboard. While the marquee is still visible around the pasted item, click Apply Region to All Pages.

widow.

Straightens the image if it was, e.g., scanned at a slight angle. Choose either Landscape or Portrait depending on the orientation of the job.

height. Check the Keep Aspect box to maintain the correct aspect ratio.

OCR...

This feature lets you read in and edit text from PSM jobs.

1 Right-click on a job and select

OCR... from the menu.

2 Click the “+” to display a list of the

pages within the job.

3 Select where the OCR text should

go (File or Annotations).

4 Choose the appropriate Options.

5 Click Recognize.

6 Edit the OCR text or choose file format to save text as, depending on destination and

options selected.

If Edit OCR text before save is checked, the text will be displayed and can be edited.

Field/Control Description

Job List window Displays jobs and their pages.

Send OCR Text To • Annotations – sends text on the pages in the job to annotations. View the text on the Job

Info Annotations page.

• File – save the text to more than 40 common file formats, including MS Word, MS Excel, WordPerfect, Rich Text Format, and ASCII Text.

Options • Language – select the language used in the job

• Edit OCR text before save – selecting this option displays the text in the edit dialog prior to sending it to Annotations or to a file (this feature is for individual pages not complete jobs).

Close Exits the OCR dialog

Recognize Reads the text into the OCR engine for export to either annotations or a file.

Help Loads the PrintStation Manager Help.

Preview Views the selected job page.

Impo

sition

This feature enables you to position multiple pages of a job onto a larger single sheet in the correct orientation for binding. Four page ranges are supported: two A5 pages positioned on a single A4 page or two 5.5x8.5 pages positioned on a single 8.5x11 and two A4 pages positioned on a single A3 page or two 8.5x11 pages positioned on a single 11x17 page. The examples below, for a 4 page job, reflect the latter.

Example Description

Reader’s Spread – Pages 1 & 2 are on the front surface of the paper and pages 3 & 4 are on the back surface.

Printer’s Spread – The 4 pages result in a piece of paper that can be folded to make a book.

Double Speed – When the job is finished, cut the pages in half and place the left stack on top of the right stack to make a complete job.

Double Mint – When this job finishes, cut the sheets in half and each stack is a complete job.

Multiple Signatures – This Imposition style is formatted the same as Printer's Spread. It differs in the way it functions by allowing the pages to be broken into sections, called signatures. This is done by entering the number of pages to include in each signature in the Pages per Signature dialog. These signatures can then be bound together, side by side, to form a book.

Note: Imposition is not available for the PrintStation 312.

To use Imposition:

1 Select the job to make into a booklet. The page sizes for all pages within the job must

be exactly the same to impose. This is important to check if the job contains pages from Scaled, scanned, or RIP’ed jobs. Using Center Pages on the job prior to Imposition corrects any problems with page sizes.

2 Select J

obÎImposition from the menu.

3 Select the type of Imposition to apply to the job.

4 A status bar appears until the task is complete.

5 A new job displays in the Virtual Engine Job List with the same job name. The type of

Imposition will display as the User Name.

Note: Certain Finishing Options do not produce desirable results when combined with some Imposition choices.

Insert/Delete Pages…

This feature is used to add or delete pages from a job. Additionally, the pages are inserted or deleted from the target job instead of creating a new job.

Notes: When applying the following options, PSM creates a new job:

• Imposition

• Merge

• Scale & Rotate

• Tumble

• Center Pages

•Mail Merge

• Insert/Delete Pages, Re-Order Pages, and Numbering modify existing jobs.

You can select multiple pages by holding the Shift key and selecting adjacent pages or by hold-

ing the CTRL key to select random pages.

To Insert Pages in a job:

1 Select the VE containing the job

to manipulate.

2 Right-click on the job to modify

and select In

sert/Delete Pages

from the menu.

3 Select a job from the Insert

Pages From Job drop-down

list.

4 Choose the pages to be

inserted from the Page list win- dow or Select All if all the pages are to be added.

5 In the right pane, select the page where the new pages should be inserted.

6 Choose to insert Before or After the page selected in the previous step.

7 Click Insert button to add the page(s) to the job.

–OR–

Click the Replace button to replace the selected page.

8 Click Apply to make the changes and update the display. Click OK.

To delete pages from a job:

1 Right-click the job to delete pages from and select In

sert/Delete Pages from the

menu.

2 In the right pane of the Insert/Delete Pages dialog, select the page to delete.

3 Click the Delete Page button.

4 Click Apply to make the changes. Click OK.

To add blank pages to a job:

1 Select the VE containing the job to manipulate.

2 Right-click the job to add blank pages to, then select In

sert/Delete Pages from the

menu.

3 In the right pane of the Insert/Delete Pages dialog, select the page where the blank

page should be added.

4 Choose to insert Before or After the page selected in the previous step.

5 Click Insert button.

6 Click Apply to make the changes. Click OK.

Notes: Use the Undo Delete, Undo Insert, or Undo Replace buttons to undo changes made before clicking OK

or Apply. Select the page to undo and click the appropriate button. Select a page from either pane of the dialog and click the Preview button to preview the page. See “Preview…” on page 21.

Numbering…

Use this feature to insert page numbers in a job.

1 Right-click on the job and select Numbering from the

menu.

2 Make any changes.

3 Click OK to apply the page numbers.

Note: The default setting of X=1, Y=1 puts the page number in the top left

corner of the page.

Field/Control Description

Starting Number Number to start page numbering. Warning: Entering a starting number greater than

1,000,000,000 may produce unexpected page numbering results.

X Position Move the page number horizontally on the page with this coordinate.

Y Position Move the page number vertically on the page with this coordinate.

Units Use either mm or inches to position the numbers on the page.

Font Currently selected font for numbering.

Number the First Page Starts the page numbering on the first page of the job.

Field/Control Description

Landscape Job Formats job for landscape orientation (automatically checked if Imposition is applied to a

numbered job).

Create New Job Creates a new job with numbered pages (original job is unchanged).

Outside Edge Enabling this feature let you place page numbers correctly for duplex printing and binding.

Numbers can be positioned on the edge farthest away from the binding. For binding the left edge of a document, e.g., the numbers should be on the left edge of even pages and the right edge for odd pages. Pick the x and y position for the odd pages and the even page numbering will be automatically mirrored.

Advanced/Basic Clicking Advanced adds additional functionality to the dialog.

• Place multiple numbers on each page:

• Number – The number to use, as determined by the Starting Number. N=the Starting Number, N+1=The Starting Number plus 1, etc.

• X Position – Move the page number horizontally on the page with this coordinate. Y Position – Move the page number vertically on the page with this coordinate.

• Add – Add multiple numbers to a page and adjust the X and Y positions.

• Delete – Remove Page Number information from the selected job.

• Cut and Stack – Causes each number on a page to increment by 1 for each subsequent page.

• Number Chapters – Adds, or prefixes, chapter numbers to page numbers (1-1, 1-2, 2-1, etc.) for selected chapters. The first page of each chapter starts numbering at 1.

• Prefix – Edits the Prefix; prefix can be, e.g., a number (1 -, 2 -), a word (Appendix, Chapter), or a combination (Introduction 1 -, Preface 1.)

• Clear Prefixes – Removes prefixes from the page numbering.

• Default Prefixes – Sets prefixes back to 1 - (page number), 2 - (page number), etc.

Change Font Select font for the page number.

Re-order Pages…

Use this feature to rearrange printing order of pages within PSM jobs.

1 Select a job in the Job List window.

2 Select JobÎReorder Pages from

the menu.

Field/Control Description

Pages Pages comprising currently selected job.

Auto Re-Order • Duplex Scan Order – Intended for use with MicroScan when a duplex document is

scanned as simplex.

• Reverse – Puts job’s pages in opposite order (4, 3, 2, 1).

• Reset – Restores page order to original configuration.

Preview Displays currently selected page.

Scale & Rotate…

Use this feature to adjust the size of pages in a PSM job. To Scale an image:

1 Select a job in the Job List window.

2 Open the J

Field/Control Description

Original Information about document’s current appearance.

Scale by Percentage amount to enlarge or reduce the image depending on paper size. Note: When

New Page Size Paper size scaled job will be printed on; ( image will not be centered if it is smaller than the

Rotation Changes orientation of the image on paper.

Center Centers image on page horizontally and vertically.

Low Priority Causes PSM to designate less of the system’s resources to manipulating the image.

obÎScale & Rotate from the menu.

• Paper – size of the paper

• Image – size of image on the paper.

the paper size after scaling is not an available paper type, turn Auto Select off, and select the feed tray with the appropriate paper size (062 only).

paper size after scaling).

•Auto Rotate

• No Rotation.

• Rotate 90

• Rotate -90

Note: In accordance with PostScript convention, assume the direction of rotation is counterclockwise. Thus, selecting Rotate 90 will rotate the image 90 degrees left (counterclockwise) whereas selecting Rotate -90 will rotate the image 90 degrees right (clockwise). Note: (062 only) To rotate a Letter, A4, A5, or B5 job 90 degrees, select LetterR, A4R, A5R, or B5R from the New Page Size menu.

3 Make the appropriate selections and click Scale.

4 The User Name in the Job List window will change to Scaled. Note: Scaling is not

available for QuadLevel jobs or jobs where pages differ.

Rotate Pages

Use this feature to change the orientation of an entire job.

1 Right-click on a job in a VE window.

2 Select Rotate Pages, then either 90 or 270 Degrees.

Send To

Send To provides a way to FTP (File Transfer Protocol) a PSM job to another location using a network or Internet connection (requires access to an FTP Server). Consult your Network Administrator for further information. To FTP a file:

1 Right-click on a job in a VE window.

2 Select Send ToÎFTP.

3 Enter accurate information for each field. All fields are required.

Field/Control Description

Server Name Name of the FTP server.

Username Login name for server.

Password Password to access server.

Remote Job Name Name of currently selected file. You can specify a different name. To place the file in a

specific folder on the FTP Server, give the folder name (case sensitive) and the filename: \folder name\filename

Save Causes the Server Name and Username to be remembered (but password will not be

saved).

4 Click OK to begin the file transfer.

Settings

This menu item displays options available for the currently selected VE type.

1 Right-click on a job in a VE window.

2 Select Settings, then the necessary option, if available.

Note: Menu items not available for the selected VE will be grayed out. A checkmark beside an option indicates

that it is selected. If multiple jobs are selected, the check will be red if the option is not selected in all jobs. Clicking on an option with a red check will cause PSM to attempt to apply the option to all of the selected jobs. If an option can't be set for a job, a dialog displays indicating the job name and the reason the option cannot be set.Clicking on an option with a black check will cause PSM to turn the option off in all of the jobs. A dialog box will be displayed if Print Inserts is selected and there are none.

The table lists cases when options are not applicable to jobs.

This option Is not available when

Duplex • job is only one page

• odd or even pages only

• job is printing from the manual tray on the Cii

Note: (062, 085c, 5050c) Selecting Duplex sets ouput to last binding method (e.g., short edge or long edge).

Copy Separators • job is only one page

• only one copy of the job is being printed

Fast Print • job is not being printed on the Cii

• job is duplex

• paper size is not A4 or Letter

• job is printing from the manual tray

• job is being pulled from different trays

Manual Tray Increase Transfer

umble

• job is not being printed on the Cii

• job is not printing from the manual tray

Tumble rotates selected pages 180 degrees. Choices are:

– Odd – Tumbles odd-numbered pages. – Even – Tumbles even-numbered pages. – All – Tumbles all pages. – Pages – Tumbles selected pages.

1 Select a job in the Job List window.

2 Select J

obÎTumble from the menu

3 Select Odd, Even, All, or Pages.

If Pages is selected, the following dialog will be displayed with a check box for each page in the job. Use either the check boxes to select pages or the edit box to enter pages (or page range).

4 The User Name in the Job List window will change to Tumbled.

The table below gives examples of Tumble selected for Even pages.

Page Size Desired Output Tumble Settings

A4 and Letter Portrait

No Tumble

A4 and Letter Portrait

Tumbled

A4 and Letter Landscape

No Tumble

A4 and Letter Landscape

Tumbled

Others Portrait

No Tumble

Others Portrait

Tumbled

Others Landscape

No Tumble

Others Landscape

Tumbled

Job Ticket

Job Ticketing consists of three MicroPress applications: e-Ticket, TicketDeveloper, and TicketDirector. From PSM, a print job can be assigned to a job ticket. You can also view, edit, print, or delete job tickets. Note: For detailed information on the use of e-Ticket, TicketDevel- oper, and TicketDirector, please see the documentation for the individual applications.

Assign Job Ticket

1 Right-click on a job and select Job TicketÎAssign Job Ticket from the menu. You

can also select the job and type Alt + A to display the Assign Job Ticket dialog.

2 Select a Job Ticket from the list.

3 Click Assign to assign the job ticket to the PSM job. Note: The Job Ticket name con-

sists of the tracking number of the ticket and an 8-digit time stamp. The filename extension PJT indicates a PSM job ticket.

The following table describes options on the Assign Job Ticket dialog.

Field/Control Description

Job Name The name of the currently selected job

Job Tickets Available job tickets

Assign Assign the selected ticket to the currently selected job

AutoSet Job Attributes Automatically assign job attributes contained in the ticket to the selected job. The default

setting is ON.

View Job Ticket Displays the job ticket in a preview only browser window (see the graphic in the section

“Edit/View Job Ticket” following

Delete Job Ticket Removes the selected ticket from the Job Ticket window

Edit/View Job Ticket

1 Right-click on a job and select Job TicketÎEdit/

View Job Ticket from the menu. A browser win-

dow will display the ticket.

Make any needed changes to the ticket. To clear all

fields, click Reset button.

2 Click Save button to exit the preview and save any

changes made or click the x in the upper-right corner of the window. If the x is clicked, a dialog will be displayed to confirm saving changes. Click Cancel to exit preview without saving any changes.

View

Toolbar

Delete Job Ticket

1 Right-click on a job and select Job TicketÎDelete Job Ticket from the menu. PSM

asks you to confirm the deletion.

2 Click Yes to delete ticket.

Print Job Ticket

The PSM can print the job ticket attached to a job.

1 Right-click on a job and select Job TicketÎPrint Job Ticket from the menu to open

the Print dialog.

2 Choose the printer for printing ticket.

3 Select any printer options and click OK to print.

The View menu options let you adjust the PSM display to a custom view. You can hide the

Toolbar or Status Bar, sort the job list (See “Job List Window” on page 3), and gain access to System Events and Accounting information.

The Toolbar buttons allow quick access to some of the PSM’s most commonly used functions.

1 Select View from the PSM’s main menu.

2 Check Toolbar to open the toolbar; uncheck to close the toolbar.

Status Bar

The Status Bar displays such information as available memory, available hard disk space, etc.

1 Select View from the PSM’s main menu.

2 Check Status Bar to open the status bar; uncheck to close the status bar.

System E

vents

The PSM tracks system events. Select ViewÎSystem Events from the menu to access results of errors and other events.

Note: When an error occurs, a red exclamation point appears on the Task Bar. Click the exclamation point to open the System Events dialog. The exclamation point will remain until the System Events dialog is opened and closed.

To display system event information:

1 Select V

A time/date stamp is written to the event log each

time PSM is started. Afterwards, each message is given a time stamp. Refer to the following table to interpret the buttons in the Log Viewer.

Field/Control Description

Clear Event Log Clears existing log to make tracking current problems easier.

Save As... Saves information in the Event Viewer Log as a text file (can be saved and faxed to

iewÎSystem Events.

Technical Suppor).

2 Click OK to close the Log Viewer.

System Errors

If an error occurs at a PrintStation during printing and the PrintStation problem is not resolved in a set amount of time (see PSM Configuration for details on the error timeout period), the PSM will move the Job Stack to the first available PrintStation. The alternative PrintStation will also belong to the same Virtual Engine. An Error Separator Sheet will “frame” the moved stack.

Note: If the Job Stack has moved and that PrintStation does not have the correct paper or is out of paper, the PrintStation will make three attempts to print the Job Stack, printing two error separator sheets for each attempt.

Accounting

The PSM maintains accounting information by tracking all print jobs according to user, spool time, print time, job size, toner coverage, and pages printed. Accounting results for all PSM jobs are stored in a tab delimited text file that you can import into a database or spreadsheet application.

The accounting file, ACCOUNTING.TXT, is saved as <date>.txt in the PSM directory at midnight.

Note: Select ToolsÎPSM Options to toggle Accounting off and on from the PSM Options dialog.

To display the Accounting information for all jobs in the PSM:

1 Select V

iewÎAccounting from the menu.

2 The Accounting Log screen displays the activity for the day from the PSM.

3 Click OK when finished viewing the information.

—OR—

Click Save As... to save the information as a Tab/Delimited text document. The file will be given a .act extension. The graphic below shows an example of the information imported into a spreadsheet.

The table below shows the default information in the Accounting Log.

Field Description

Job Name If detected, the name of the job will be displayed. Otherwise, the name may be listed as

“Untitled Document”.

User Name If detected, the name of the user will be displayed. Otherwise, the name may be listed as

“NoName”.

Input Date Date job was accepted into the PSM.

Input Time Time job was accepted into the PSM.

Pages Printed Number of job’s pages printed.

Job Size Size, in bytes, of the job.

Virtual Engine Name Name of the VE from which the job was printed.

Print Date Date job was printed.

Print Time Time job was printed.

Toner Values Toner Coverage (in percent) for each color used in the job. As a job is processed by the

MicroPress RIP, the Toner Coverage for the job is calculated. Clicking the Toner Calculator button on the Job Info dialog’s Job Settings tab will refresh the information. The Page Settings tab will display the coverage for each individual page in the job. If the coverage has not been calculated, “-” will be displayed. “0%” displays when toner coverage is less than 0.5%. See “Page Settings” on page 20.

Scripting

If you submitted the job via e-Ticket, additional information will display in the accounting log for that job. The data from the completed fields on the ticket will be displayed, such as the Company Name, Address, etc. The information displayed is also dependent upon the fields available in the ticket. An empty field will be shown as a colon “:”

In the PSM, you can script certain aspects of a job. For example, a script can loop through all the jobs in a Virtual Engine and turn Duplex off, as shown below:

Dim job For Each job in VE.Jobs

VE.JobDuplex(job) = False

VE stands for Virtual Engine. Everything in PSM scripting is done through this VE object. VE has several properties and methods available for use. Refer to the Scripting Properties and

Methods manual for more information.

Instructions are not included in this documentation for creating, modifying VBScripts, or VBScript language constructs. Many books and resources address this subject. See, e.g., the online tutorial on the Microsoft website:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/vbscript/default.htm

For more information on available scripts, contact your MicroPress dealer.

Scr

ipt Toolbar

Selecting ViewÎScript Toolbar from the menu opens a toolbar to the Virtual Engines. This makes it possible to apply and run Visual Basic scripts on jobs, view the contents of scripts, and modify scripts.

PSM includes a number of scripts you can modify with the built-in script editor for customized usage.

Field/Control Description

Available Scripts drop down list Scripts in the scripts folder, MicroPress\psm\scripts.

Run Script

Executes selected script in the current VE.

View Script

Edit Script

Opens a preview window to view script contents.

Opens script editor.

The scripts included with PSM and their function are described in the table following.

Script Name Function

AlternateTraysOnJob Makes a 10 page job into a 20 page job, e.g.; alternates trays on each page.

Alternate3TraysOnJob Makes a 10-page job into a 30-page job, e.g., and alternates between all

three trays on each page. These tray settings are set specifically for 024 machines. Tray numbers differ on other engines. To use with a different engine, change tray numbers.

AlternateTraysOnJobNoDup Creates a new job that will print from two trays, the first page will print from

tray 1, the second from tray 2 and it continues to alternate until job is printed.

ChangeJobPrintInformation Displays all the information about a job (duplex, collation, etc.) and allows

you to change the information; also asks if you want to archive the job.

CreateNewJob Goes through selected jobs and asks for page ranges to merge from. The

script also prompts for a new job name.

MakeBooklet Runs imposition on selected job and creates a booklet from it; deletes the

original job and gives the new booklet job the original job name. Beware that the original job will be deleted and cannot be restored.

MakeBookletFold Same as MakeBooklet but puts a crease in the printed job.

MakeBookletStaple Same as MakeBooklet but center staples the printed job.

MakeBookletFoldStaple Same as MakeBooklet but puts a crease and center staples the printed job.

MergeSelectedFiles Merges all selected jobs into one new job.

ScriptStub Script template.

SplitColorFromBW Goes through selected job (only one selected job allowed) and strips out

color pages from black and white pages.

Click View Script button will display the script in a view-only dialog. Click Edit Script button opens a script-editing dialog. Note: Existing scripts may be modified

to perform other tasks. Use Save to make the changes to the existing script, or Save As to create a new script.

Tools

This menu sets the notification method the PSM uses when different events take place. The Job Find and AutoScript features are also in the Tools menu.

Notifications…

To set the type of notification:

1 Open the ToolsÎNotifications…

2 Select the notification type.

3 Click OK.

Note: The sound will be the PC “beep” and is only available for notification of job errors.

Field/Control Description

Events Events to which the Sound and E-Mail notifications can be assigned. When the event

occurs the assigned Notification will be sent.

• Job Printed

•New Job

• Print Error

Sound • Single Notification – one beep

• Continuous – repeating beep

• None – no beep

E-Mail • Name – the name of the e-mail recipient

• Address – address of the e-mail recipient

• None – no e-mail notification will be sent

Find…

Find is a search utility to find any job in the PSM.

1 Select T

oolsÎFind from the PrintStation Manager main

menu.

2 Select search by Job Name, User Name, Annotations,

Job Ticket or Tracking Number. Enter a text string or

an “*” for a listing of all jobs.

3 Click F

ind.

4 Select the engine type to search in. The default, All

Engines, searches through any VE type.

5 Click OK. If a match is found, a Job List showing Job

Name, User, and Virtual Engine will display.

AutoScript

Use AutoScript to automatically apply scripts to jobs either as they come into the PSM or after they are printed. A wizard helps configure the AutoScript options through a series of dialogs.

To assign a script to run automatically:

1 In the ToolsÎ AutoScriptÎConfiguration

Wizard.

2 Select VE types to apply a script to.

3 Click Next.

4 Check the box to enable AutoScripting on the

selected engine and click Next.

5 Choose the event type to trigger the script to

run (i.e., either a new job entering the PSM or a job that has finished printing). Click Next.

6 Choose the script to run. Click Next.

7 The final page displays the settings chosen from the preceding pages. Press Back to

modify the settings, if necessary.

8 Click Finish to accept the settings.

Note: Use the View Configuration menu item to display AutoScript settings applied to all engines. If Auto-

Script is enabled, a small icon appears on the VE’s status bar.

Options

Use the PSM Options dialog to set such preferences as toggling job accounting off and on,

job archiving file format and Preview settings. You must restart the PSM for some settings to

take effect. To access the Options dialog:

1 In the T

ools menu, select Options...

2 Select the General, Archive, Preview, or TRueEdit tab to view and change the various

settings.

General

Field/Control Description

Show each virtual engine in its own window

Show each virtual engine in the same window

Maintain Accounting info Enables the Accounting log. See “Accounting” on page 37.

Special Handling Delay Time

Allows multiple VEs to be viewed simultaneously. You must restart PSM after changing this setting. For examples of both methods of viewing PSM see “The PrintStation Manager Main

Screen Display” on page 2.

Each VE displays maximized so that only one VE can be viewed at a time. Prevents Cascade, Tile, etc., of VEs.

Adjusts length of time the Special Handling notification dialog is displayed. While the dialog is displayed, press OK to print the job or Cancel to place the job on Hold. If neither selection is made, the job will be put in an Error state after interval specified.

Field/Control Description

Delete options • Confirm All Deletes – PSM will display a dialog prompting for permission to delete any

selected files.

• Confirm Multiple Deletes – Permission prompt will display only if multiple files are selected for deletion.

• Do Not Confirm Deletes – Selected files will be deleted with no prompt for permission.

• Use Recycle Bin When Available – Deleted files will be placed in the Recycle Bin (recovery possible). Hold the Shift key down when clicking Delete to bypass the delete prompt and the Recycle Bin.

Preview

Field/Control Description

Preview Options Preview displays at default settings (100 dpi for B&W and 300 dpi for Color). A Preview file

is stored in the PSM file for faster redisplaying. If more detail is needed for previewing, increase the X number (the Y automatically increases same amount). This will take longer for the initial Preview and use more space in the PSM file. Enter a lower number if a lower quality Preview will do. This will make the initial Preview faster and save disk space.

Image Quality • Normal – fastest display, though quality lower than other choices

• Favor Black – suggested setting for most instances. Algorithm attempts to keep more of the black pixels than the Normal setting

• Resample – minimizes the reduced image quality normally associated with changes in image width and height (re-sizing) by using a process called interpolation

TRueEdit

Field/Control Description

Open In • Thumbnail view – (factory default) Opens the job in TRueEdit with the job pages displayed

as thumbnails

• One Page view – Opens the job in TRueEdit with the job pages displayed individually

Working copy ... • Enables/disables making a copy of the job before TRueEditing from within PSM. This

allows you to make changes to a job without affecting the original copy of it.

Enable Remote Services

This lets PSM accept requests from e-PSM users. e-PSM allows customers to use their Microsoft Internet Explorer browser (version 4.0 or greater) to manage print-ready documents. Customers can use a set of the MicroPress’ application-independent, post-RIP docu- ment management features from any computer connected to the Internet. These features include merging multiple documents created in diverse native applications into one seamless document, imposing a document into user friendly layouts, viewing job or specific print device status, inserting copy separators, and print job security. See “e-PSM” on page 58.

BAT Object Registration

e-Prove is a user-programmable feature of MicroPress. Users with high-level programming skills can develop their own COM object to customize how the MicroPress processes print jobs and documents accounting information. Refer to the e-Prove manual for more information.

Window

The Window menu options let you arrange, refresh, and select VEs.

Help

PSM Help menu contains the following items:

Menu Selection Definition

Cascade Open VEs are overlapped with the title bar of each visible.

Tile Horizontally Arranges VEs so they occupy an equal amount of space without overlapping. The title

bar of each is visible.

Tile Vertically Arranges VEs so they occupy an equal amount of space. The title bar of each is visible.

Arrange Icons Spaces minimized VE icons an equal distance apart.

Reset Size Useful when multiple VEs are open and not all Job List window information is

necessary. The Virtual Engine window will be reduced. The PrintStation Buttons and Status Bar are hidden. Selecting Reset Size again restores window to its original view.

Refresh Refreshes and updates the Job List window. Refresh in the Window menu performs

the same function as Resynch Jobs located in the Virtual Engine menu. See

“Resynch Jobs” on page 6.

VE List Lists all configured VEs

• Index starts PSM Help.

• About... opens About dialog. – MicroPress dongle number, sometimes necessary when contacting Technical Sup-

port, is here.

– The System Info button provides information about memory usage, versions of .DLL

files and their locations, etc., useful for Technical Support.

– The Configure Options dialog is used to enter License numbers obtained from your

MicroPress dealer to activate optional features or add new output devices. See ”Licensing” in the PrintStation Manager Configuration manual for more information.

Engine Status Dialogs

Click PrintStation button to identify PrintStation/PrintLink errors. The PrintStation Status dia- log box provides detailed information about the PrintStation and troubleshooting information to assist in the investigation of conditions that result in user intervention.

Most conditions are indicated by a PrintStation Status Light just under the engine icon. Serious conditions can be immediately identified when the PrintStation Status Light displays Red. A yellow PrintStation Status Light indicates conditions may be occurring that will require operator intervention.

Precise information on the Status dialogs vary according to engine type. Some of the Status dialog pages described in the following section will not be applicable for certain engine types.

The table below describes status page buttons.

Field/Control Description

Close Exits status dialog.

Update Updates if a change occurred. Click Update after you identify a problem and attempt to

correct it.

Enable/Disable • Disable – Makes the PrintStation unavailable for printing

• Enable – Makes the PrintStation available for printing The PSM will retain the Disable or Enable setting even after the application is closed and re-started.

Help Displays a description of the status dialog.

Summary

The PrintStation Status Summary dialog displays the status of the PrintStation (e.g., errors and other specific information). To display PrintStation Status Summary information:

On the active VE, click PrintStation button to view the Printer Status Summary information.

Note: For some engine types, various status indicators will display in gray when in a normal state. A sta-

tus will display in yellow or red when conditions require attention.

PrintLink 062:

If a paper input is opened, whether paper is added/removed or not, the status displaying paper quantity will be lost. The status will be updated to the correct position the next time a job is printed and picks paper from that input tray.

The table below describes conditions in the Printer Status Summary dialog box.

Field/Control Description

Paper Status Paper source, paper size, and sheets remaining. A green light indicating the current default

tray displays for some engines.

Manual Tray Sets paper size (and thickness, for some engines) in the manual tray.

PrintLink Cii:

Fuser speed is adjusted according to paper thickness to assure proper fusing of the toner.

•Normal = fastest

• Transparency = faster than Heavy

• Heavy = slowest

Notes: PrintStation 024, PrintLink Cii:

If the Manual Tray is used as a source, this field must be correctly set to the exact size in the Manual Feed Tray. If it does not match, the imaging could become “out-of-sync” with the paper.

PrintStation LaserJet 5Si:

If the paper size is set for the Manual tray in the PSM, the paper size must also be set on the PrintStation LaserJet 5Si by using the front panel.

DesignJet CP, DesignJet 1000:

DesignJet CP's or DesignJet 1000s within a Virtual Engine must have the same size paper loaded.

Empty Tray Switch Skips This drop-down list allows you to select a tray that is not to be switched into when a job runs

out of paper.

Density Adjust Current density setting of the PrintStation. Use this setting to set density level ranging from

light to dark.

Error on Toner Low Selecting this option will cause the engine to stop printing when the toner is empty rather

than displaying a warning and continuing to print.

Selected Output Output Destination displayed here is selected from the Job Settings page.

Status Summary Detailed information about the printer.

Paper Status Displays paper size, Ready, or Low.

Pause Interrupts a printing job to use the Copy function of the PrintLink Cii.

Gamma Calibration Color capable PrintStations must be color calibrated in order to ensure consistent results

and balance color densities across multiple PrintStations. Gammatic, part of the TRueColor option toolbox, is an automatic calibration system that measures 21 steps per color on all PrintStations to ensure color consistency. For more information, see TRueColor User

Guide.

Toner State of the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black toner or ink cartridges. Color capable

PrintStations only.

Toner Cartridge eject Handle Pulling

The Toner Cartridge Ejection Handle is not fully engaged.

Field/Control Description

Door Open Main door is open.

Jam Resolution Press button for jam information.

Update Updates information on all tabs.

Density Adjust Current density setting of the PrintStation.

Engine Type Displays model of the currently selected DesignJet.

Ink Type Type of ink currently installed, if known.

Take Up Reel Indicates if a take up reel is installed.

Firmware Rev. Revision level of the firmware in the DesignJet.

Ink Levels Ink levels in the cartridges (within a 20% error margin).

Paper Roll • Initial Paper Roll Length (feet) – When loading roll media, enter the length of the roll of

media here so usage can be tracked and SafePrint will function properly.

• Current Paper Roll Length (feet) – Used in conjunction with the initial length. The amount of media remaining on the roll.

• Paper Width – Detected by the printer.

• Paper Type – Type of paper currently loaded (taken from the DesignJet CP front panel).

Sheet Feed (1000 only) • Paper Width (inches)

• Paper Length (inches)

• Paper Type

Separators From Select the correct paper source to pull separator paper from.

Duplex Adjust Aligns the images on both surfaces of a duplexed job so they are placed in the same

relative location on the page. The adjustment is from 1 to 15 (10 being the default) with each increment moving the image approximately .5mm. The image on the back surface remains stationary and the adjustment is done to the front surface image. A larger number moves the image closer to the leading edge of the paper.

Sleep after x minutes Time period from the last printed page until the PrintStation goes to "sleep" (low power

mode). Printer will automatically wake when a new job arrives.

Media Handling

, 2nd and 3rd Drawer display the quantity and size of the paper in the tray

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• LCC (Large Capacity Cassette) displays the quantity and size of the paper in the cassette or Not Present if the LCC is not available

• Finisher displays Present or Not present depending on availability of the Finisher. Punching displays No Punching, 2 hole or 3 hole.

• Manual Tray displays paper size in tray. Select Transparency or Thick paper from dropdown list.

Engine Settings • Separators from –sets correct paper source to pull separator paper from.

• Empty Tray Switch Skips – From the drop down-list, select the paper source to skip if one paper tray runs out of paper during printing.

• Density – Current density setting of the PrintStation. Use this setting to select density level.

• Error on Toner Low – Selecting this option causes engine to stop printing when the toner is empty rather than displaying a warning and continuing to print.

• Finisher Mode – 4 modes:

– Mailbox –Collator – Job Separation –Stacking

Total Page Count Total number of one-sided Letter and A4 pages printed.

IP Address Displays currently assigned IP Address (assigned in PrintStation Configuration).

Model Type of PrintStation connected to the MicroPress Server.

Capabilities Displays additional functionality for the connected device.

Status Indicates online status of the PrintStation.

Field/Control Description

Media Handling • Upper, Lower, and Manual Tray display the quantity and size of the paper in the tray

• Feeder Deck displays the quantity and size of the paper in the cassette or None if the deck is not available

• Envelope displays the status of the Envelope Feeder

PrintLink Flash Version Part number and revision level of the upgradeable MicroPress PrintLink software.

PrintLink ROM Level Part number and revision level of the MicroPress PrintLink boot code.

Kernel Driver Version Version of the firmware in the PrintStation.

Adapter Version Version of the firmware on the PrintAdapter board.

CPLD Version Version of the PrintAdapter CPLD chip code.

Address IP Address (network connected PrintStations) or PrintAdapter port number (PrintStations

connected directly).

Control Panel Display Information currently displayed on the printer display.

Display Information currently displayed on the printer display.

Digital Express Provides a link to the Digital Express web site from the 0110i. The web site provides an

outsourcing solution for large volume jobs or jobs requiring special finishing

Console Link Provides remote access to the 0110i. The information is the same as is displayed on the

0110i’s monitor.

The table below describes the Error Messages in the Status Summary box for the PrintStation 312.

Error Code Error Message

E001 Fixer Warmup has failed.

E002 Fixer temperature is high.

E005 Fixer temperature is low.

E007 Main motor startup has failed.

E008 Problem with the rotation of the Main motor.

E010 Problem with the operation of the Drum motor.

E020 Developer Unit Rotation failure.

E021 Developer unit is pressing or depressing.

E110 Beam Detect failure.

E111 Beam Detect Laser failure.

E112 Problem with the Polygon Motor Startup.

E113 Problem with the rotation of the Polygon Motor.

E190 DC memory has failed.

E191 DC 5v 24v failure.

E192 Problem with the DC Chips.

E194 DC has a density error.

E700 DC has a communication error.

E800 Problem with the Controller Fan

E801 Problem with the Fixer fan.

E802 Problem with the electric fan.

E803 Problem with the Power Supply

Error Code Error Message

C001 Fixing unit oil is empty.

C002 Fix Web is empty.

C003 Fixing Unit is not installed, or it is not properly installed.

C010 Drum is not installed, or it is not installed properly.

C020 Yellow Toner is out or the cartridge is not installed

C021 Magenta Toner is out or the cartridge is not installed.

C022 Cyan Toner is out or the cartridge is not installed.

C023 Black Toner is out or the cartridge is not installed.

C090 PAPER JAM in the Delivery Unit.

C091 Leading edge feed PAPER JAM.

C093 Transfer grip PAPER JAM.

C820 Waste toner container is full or missing.

C830 Error with the density sensor.

C840 Door is not closed.

C900 Optional Cassette Door is open.

System

To display Printer Status Systems information:

1 On the active Virtual Engine click PrintStation button.

2 Click the Systems tab.

The tables below describe options in the PrintStation Status Systems dialog.

Field/Control Description

Sleep after last page: “x” minutes

Engine Firmware Revision: Version of the firmware in the PrintStation.

Kernel Driver Version: Version of the drivers on the PrintStation.

Adapter Version Version of the firmware on the PrintAdapter board.

Total Pages printed: Total number of pages printed on this PrintStation. Cannot be reset.

Page Counter: Number of pages printed since the last time the “Reset” button was pushed.

PrintStation Adapter • Flash Version – Part number and revision level of the upgradeable MicroPress Print-

SNP ROM Version Print engine firmware version.

SCP ROM Version Print engine firmware version.

IP Software Version Print engine firmware version.

Engine Type Indicates the type of PrintLink Cii connected to the MicroPress Server.

Time period from the last printed page until the PrintStation goes to “sleep” (low power mode). Printer will automatically wake up when a new job arrives.

Adapter software.

• ROM Level – Part number and revision level of the MicroPress PrintAdapter boot code.

Field/Control Description

Maintenance Counters Counters are used to track the life of various components.

• Developer

•Drum Unit

•Fuser

• Tray 1 Rollers

• Tray 2 Rollers

• Tray 3 Rollers

• Deck Rollers

• Life Counter

• Charge Counter

• Total (Simplex Letter/A4 Equivalent) Page Count – the Charge Counter value multiplied by 100

PrintStation ROM Revision Version of the firmware in the PrintStation.

PrintStation ROM Level Version of the firmware in the PrintStation.

PrintStation Adapter Flash Version

PrintStation Adapter ROM Level

Part number and revision level of the upgradeable MicroPress PrintAdapter software.

Part number and revision level of the MicroPress PrintAdapter boot code.

An Advanced button may be displayed on this dialog depending on the type of device connected to the PrintLink. Click Advanced to display a dialog with the following information:

Field/Control Description

Engine Info • Revision – Firmware revision in the device connected to the PrintLink

• Finisher Revision – Version information for the finisher

• Sleep after x minutes – Time period from the last printed page until the PrintStation/PrintLink goes to “sleep” (low power mode). Printer automatically wakes when a new job arrives.

Set Paper Tray Size Set for the type of paper in the input tray. Exception is the 2nd tray. This tray displays the

tray setting.

Error Reset Resets engine after error occurs

PrintStation 024-Specific Error Messages

Error Type Error

Fuser Related • Abnormally Low Temps - Error with the fuser unit causing fuser unit temperature to be too

low.

• Warm Up Abnormality - Error with fuser unit preventing fuser from reaching the ready temperature.

• Abnormally High Temps - Fuser unit temperature too high.

Note: Thermal protection devices will prevent the fuser from reaching extreme temperatures. Since these devices are similar to fuses, they will prevent the fuser from warming up again. The fuser may now indicate: “Abnormally Low Temps” following the “Abnormally High

Temps ” error if the machine has been turned off.

Fan/Cooling Related Malfunctions

Duplex Registration Guide error

• Fan 1 - Fixing Unit/Scanner Unit Fan.

• Fan 2 - Power Supply Fan.

• Fan 3 - Electrical Unit Fan.

• Fan 4 - Fixing Unit Fan

• Main Motor - Abnormal main motor revolutions. See Main Motor below.

Registration guide in the duplex unit is not moving correctly.

Error Type Error

Scanner Motor StartUp Malfunction - Laser scanner motor does not reach its specified speed at start up.

Rotation Failure - Laser scanner motor speed is abnormal.

Main Motor Startup Malfunction - Error with the main motor starting.

Rotation Failure -Main motor rotation is abnormal or has failed.

BD Malfunction Abnormality with the laser scanning.

BD Laser Malfunction Laser light emission has failed or is abnormal.

Paper Input Illegal Operation

Paper Output Illegal Paper destination not available.

MPT Lifter Malfunction Lifter mechanism in the Manual Paper Tray is not lifting the paper or is lifting abnormally.

Selected paper feed tray is not installed or not properly installed.

Jam Resolution

When a jam occurs, PrintStation button displays a jam indicator. When a jam occurs:

1 Click on PrintStation button. Information will display to assist in locating the jam.

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2 After the jammed page is removed, click Update. Depending on engine type, you may

need to close additional dialogs.

Maintenance

Printer Status Maintenance dialog displays PrintStation errors correctable by performing maintenance. To display Printer Status Maintenance errors:

1 Click PrintStation button.

2 Click Maintenance tab.

The table below describes conditions in the Printer Status Maintenance dialog.

Field/Control Description

Miscellaneous Miscellaneous maintenance errors:

• Optional Cassette Door is open.

• Optional Cassette Feed Abnormality

• MP Paper Size Mismatch

• Test Print in Progress

Replacement Parts Errors Replacement Parts Errors:

• Waste Toner Box Full

•Drum Not Installed

• Fixing Oil Empty

Density Control Error Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black toner cartridge density control errors, and Sensor Errors.

Testing/Adjusting Testing and Adjusting conditions:

• Checking Photosensitive Drum

• Image Density Control Performing

• Running Initialization Check

• Fuser Warming Up

Service

Printer Status Service dialog displays service errors that identify fixing unit, motor, and

other miscellaneous service problems. To display Printer Status Service errors:

1 Click PrintStation button.

2 Click Service tab.

The table below describes conditions in the Printer Service dialog.

Field/Control Description

Fixing Unit Errors Fixing Unit service errors:

• Fixing Unit Web Empty

• Fixing Unit Not Installed

• Fixing Unit Pump Failure)

Motor Failures Motor Failure service errors:

• Drum Motor

• Controller Fan

• Fixing Unit Fan

• Electric Fan

Main Motor Main Motor service errors:

• Startup Error

• Rotation Abnormality

Polygon Motor Polygon Motor service errors:

• Startup Error

• Rotation Abnormality

Miscellaneous Miscellaneous service errors:

• Printer ID Error

• Power Supply Failure

• BD Signal Incorrect

Unit Errors

Printer Status Unit Errors dialog displays unit errors that identify fixing unit, beam detector,

developer unit, and DC controller unit problems. To display Printer Status Unit Errors:

1 Click PrintStation button.

2 Click Unit Errors tab.

The table below describes conditions in the Printer Status Unit Errors dialog.

Field/Control Description

Fixing Unit Fixing Unit errors:

• Temp Low

• Temp High

• Warm-up Failure

• Fixing Heater Cut Off

• Fixing Off Timing Circuit Error

BD Errors BD (Beam Detector) Errors:

• BD Failure

• Laser Failure

Developer Unit Errors Developer Unit errors:

• Rotation

• Pressing/de-pressing

Field/Control Description

DC Controller Failures DC Controller Failures:

•Memory

• 5V, 24V

• Thermal/Humidity Sensor

• Density Sensor

• Communication

• IC Chips

Miscellaneous

Printer Status Miscellaneous dialog displays miscellaneous Printer Status information that identifies gloss levels, number of pages printed, current Printer Status, density settings and a printer sleep option. To display Printer Status Unit Errors:

1 Click PrintStation button.

2 Click Miscellaneous tab.

The table below describes conditions in the Printer Status Miscellaneous dialog.

Field/Control Description

Gloss Level Current gloss level for this PrintStation.

Note: Access the Gloss Level option in the Job Settings, Page Settings, or Virtual Engine Defaults dialog.

Sleep After Last Page Time period from the last printed page until the engine goes to “sleep” (low power mode).

Printer automatically wakes when a new job arrives.

Total Pages Printed Total number of pages printed on this PrintStation (cannot be reset).

Page Counter: Number of pages printed since the last time the “Reset” button was pushed.

Engine Firmware Revision Version of the firmware in the PrintStation

Kernel Driver Version Version of the drivers on the PrintStation.

Adapter Version Version of the firmware on the PrintAdapter board.

Current Status Following status information:

• Fuser and Main Motor Sleeping

• Ready Line

• Quality Print Mode

• Drum Past Life Expectancy

Current Density Settings Current Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black toner density settings. The Current Density

Settings should display a value of zero (0). If not, you must manually reset them on the rear panel of the PrintStation 312.

Gamma Calibration Click the Gamma Calibration button to load a different .gam file or to save the current file

with another name.

Feed Tray

Trays page displays information about the media inputs for the PrintStation.

To display Feed Tray Status information:

1 Click PrintStation button.

2 Click Trays tab.

Note: Place the mouse cursor over a Tray Level status bar to see an estimate of media remaining in the

tray if this feature is supported for the engine.

Field/Control Description

Feed Tray Status Displays media levels, sizes and types for all input trays. Media Size for the MBT and

Media Type for all input trays can be set here.

Destination Tray Status Displays the status of the output, or Destination, trays.

Tray Settings • Separators from: – indicates which tray job or copy separators will be pulled from.

• Empty Tray Switch Skips: – From the drop-down list, select the paper source to skip if one paper tray runs out of paper during printing.

Device

Device tab is used to make various settings for the PrintStation.

To display Device Status information:

1 Click PrintStation button.

2 Click Device tab.

Field/Control Description

Engine Settings • Error Timeout – Amount of time PrintStation waits before moving the job to another Print-

Station.

• Separators From – Sets correct paper source to pull separator paper from.

• MOP Limit – Multiple Original Prints (MOP) allows multiple copies of a job to be printed through the PSM at the printer’s rated speed. Rather than sending the job from the PSM multiple times to be decompressed and processed for each copy, the job is sent once. The job is then decompressed and saved to disk by the engine. Once the specified number of copies have been printed, the file saved to disk is deleted. The limit number determines the point at which MOP is turned off. In other words, with the number set at 300, jobs from 1 to 300 pages will be processed as described above. Jobs from 301 pages and greater will be sent by the PSM to the engine for each copy of the job.

• Sleep Timer – Time period from the last printed page until the PrintStation/PrintLink goes to “sleep” (low power mode). Printer automatically wakes when a new job arrives.

• Error On Toner Low – Selecting this option causes engine to stop printing when the toner is empty rather than displaying a warning and continuing to print.

Settings

Printer Settings dialog is used to view and change various settings for the PrintStation.

To display Printer Settings information:

1 Click PrintStation button.

2 Click Settings tab.

Field/Control Description

Error Timeout Amount of time PrintStation waits before moving the job to another PrintStation.

Error on Toner Low Selecting this option causes engine to stop printing when the toner is empty rather than

displaying a warning and continuing to print.

Separators from Sets correct paper source from which to pull separator paper.

Empty Tray Switch Skips From the drop-down list, select the paper source to skip if one paper tray runs out of paper

during printing.

Density Current density setting of the PrintStation.

Sleep Timer Time period from the last printed page until the PrintStation/PrintLink goes to “sleep” (low

power mode). Printer automatically wakes when a new job arrives.

Gamma Calibration Click the Gamma Calibration button to display a dialog that shows the current gamma file or

load another file.

Non-Standard Paper Settings

This dialog is used to set the dimensions for non-standard paper sizes. Enter the lead and side edge dimensions for paper in the trays displayed. The Image Adjustment button opens the Non-Standard Paper Size Image Adjustment dialog. This dialog is used to correct the paper feed so that the front and back surfaces of a duplexed, wide paper job are aligned in the feed direction.

Browser

Some PrintStations have a web server embedded in their internal firmware. This enables much information about the PrintStation to be displayed on the Browser tab page as a web page.

Covers

The Covers page displays the name and status for covers, or doors, on the PrintStation. Status will indicate if the cover, or door, is properly positioned in order to function correctly.

Tab S etu p

To display the Tab Setup dialog:

1. On the active VE click the PrintStation button.

2. Click the Tab S e tup tab. The table below describes the Tab S etup dialog.

Field/Control Description

Tab Set • Banked – Each tab position is offset. Banks should always be full sets and start at

position 1.

• Not Banked – Each tab is in the same position

See the following graphic example of Banked and Not Banked tab sets.

Bank Size Number of tab positions in a set. Graphic following shows a Bank Size of 3.

Eject Tray When resetting the tabs, the specified tray is used to send the ejected tab page

Source Tray Information • Tab Position – Position of the tab on the tab page. If using a banked tab set, the only

option will be All. With tab sets that are not banked, each position in the set will be listed. The result is placed in the lower window. Note: for the 0110i, MP_TAB01 will be the media type for All in a Banked set. With a Not Banked set, MP_TAB01, MP_TAB02, etc. would be listed with each corresponding to an input tray. The MP_TAB0x (x = the number of an input tray) media names must be set up through the 0110i Printer Monitor in the media catalog.

• Feed Tray – Tray from which Tabs will be pulled.

• Add – If using a Not Banked tab set, this box will list the tab positions based on the Bank Size chosen. Make a selection from Position and Feed Tray, then click Add.

• Reset – Click to erase all selections.

• Remove – Click on the selection to be removed and then click the Remove button.

Engine Density

A slight color change in one PrintStation may be needed to lock in accurate balance for all PrintStations. For this reason, modify the Engine Density and/or Engine Exposure Adjust to fine-tune calibrations. From these dialogs, you can quickly change a PrintStations™ color and apply it to all current and future jobs. Developer bias voltage is adjusted on the Engine

Banked Tabs Not Banked

Density tab. Laser power voltage is adjusted on the Engine Exposure Adjust tab. See also

“Brightness/Contrast” on page 17.

Engine Exposure Adjust

See “Engine Density” on page 55.

Engine Margin Offsets

Use this dialog to set the default Margin Offsets at the engine level. Settings made here will be added to any set on the job level Margin Offsets dialog, see “Page Range Settings” on

page 16. For example, if 1mm Top and Left are set on this dialog and on the job level Margin

Offsets dialog, the offset will be 2mm total. Settings may be adjusted for both the Feeder and Cassette. The input source selected will be the one used for all jobs.

Color Insertion Tray

Pre-printed color pages may be placed in the assigned tray to be inserted into the correct location within a job as it prints.

Field/Control Description

Tray Select the tray from which the pages will be pulled.

Media Select the media type on which the job should be printed.

Support

Support page displays contact information for technical support purposes.

OPC Connected Devices

An OPC VE (Open Printer Connection Virtual Engine) provides PSM connectivity to virtually any PCL (Level 4 or higher) compatible printer. An OPC VE is fully supported by the Micro- Press. The OPC VE will function similarly to any other VE but with the following limitations:

• No tray selection – will always auto-select trays

• No printer status will be available

• No error handling

• Monochrome printing only

• No finishing options

• Job Separators print to Letter paper only

Resolving problems for an output device connected to a MicroPress Server via an OPC VE depends on the type of device. If the connected device is a PrintStation/PrintLink, refer to the previous sections. If it is a non-MicroPress device, refer to documentation provided by the device’s manufacturer or your network administrator.

Note: If ERROR 21 is reported, it means the data is too complex for the printer to process while printing

concurrently. Correct the problem by enabling Page Protection on the printer if it is available and the printer is equipped with adequate memory.

For configuring a device to function with an OPC VE, see PrintStation Manager Configuration

Reference Manual.

OPC Summary

Printer Status Summary dialog displays the status of the PrintStation (i.e., errors and other specific information). To display Printer Status Summary information:

Click the PrintStation button.

The table below describes fields on the

OPC Engine Summary dialog.

Field/Control Description

Name Output device currently connected. You can select without going through PSM Config.

Status Indicates the online status of the PrintStation.

Type Output device type.

Where Output device queue.

Comment Information about the device.

Location Information about the physical location of the device. Comment and Location information is

manually entered using the Windows Printer Properties dialog (Start

Settings

Properties Displays settings for the currently selected output device.

View Jobs Displays the Windows print spooler dialog.

Refresh Updates information on the dialog.

Disable Disables the printer in PSM only. It will remain available to users connected to the printer

via other connections.

Connect Displays a dialog to browse for and connect to any available PCL printer on the network.

ÎÎÎÎPrinters, then open the selected printer’s Properties dialog).

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Custom PJL Support

Hewlett Packard developed PJL (Printer Job Language) to allow application programs to have job-level control of print jobs sent to print devices supporting PJL. PJL commands are not always standardized (and often proprietary), and PJL commands (or documentation) for a manufacturer's print device are generally available only to developers.

OPC VE was developed to allow MicroPress users the ability to utilize their existing print devices in the MicroPress environment. However, there is no two-way communication between the print device and the MicroPress. Since the type of print device is unknown to the MicroPress only the least common denominator is supported. Unfortunately, this does not enable end-users to take advantage of any special features of the print device (e.g., finishing). The custom PJL support allows end-users to insert PJL commands into the command string sent to the print device by the MicroPress, giving control over the print device not directly supported by OPC VE.

The PJL command stream is a series of commands sent to the print device before any page data is sent. These commands control what the print device will do at the job level.

To enter a new command:

1 Select an OPC VE.

2 Select Virtual EngineÎEngine Defaults... from the menu.

3 Click Custom PJL button.

e-PSM

4 On the row displaying an “*”, click in the

PJL Variable column and enter the vari-

able (i.e., FINISH).

5 Click in the adjacent Value column and

enter the appropriate value (i.e., ON).

6 Click OK when finished.

Note: All physical engines in the virtual engine "cluster" will use these PJL commands. Confirm that all physical

engines support the PJL commands.

To edit or remove a value pair, first select it, then change the data or click Remove Item.

e-PSM is similar to the PSM in appearance and functionality. The menus are dropdown lists rather than PSM’s standard menus. e-PSM’s toolbar has fewer buttons, and the virtual engine buttons are at the bottom of the browser window. If enabled, e-PSM will support 25 clients.

Some commands work identically, others vary slightly or may not be available at all.

PSM Functionality Available in e-PSM

The table below lists the menu items available to e-PSM users.

Menu Command

File Exit

Virtual Engine • Pause/Resume – See “Pause or Resume a Virtual Engine” on page 6

• Resynch – See “Resynch Jobs” on page 6

• Engine Defaults – Virtual and Physical Engine Defaults are read only. The settings may be viewed but not changed. See “Engine Defaults…” on page 7

• View Job Details – See “Job List Window” on page 3

• View Job Name Only – See “Job List Window” on page 3

Menu Command

Job • Info – See “Info...” on page 11

- Output Options – See “Output Options” on page 14

- Finishing Options – See “Finishing Options” on page 12

- Margin Offsets – available only for the wide format engines – See “Page Range Settings”

on page 16

- Brightness/Contrast – See “Brightness/Contrast” on page 17

- Color Adjust – See “Color Adjust” on page 18

- Page Settings – See “Page Settings” on page 20

- Annotations – See “Annotations” on page 21

• Hold/Suspend – cannot suspend active jobs or resume suspended jobs – See “Hold/Sus-

pend” on page 22

•Print – See “Print” on page 22

• Merge – See “Merge…” on page 23

• Imposition – See “Imposition” on page 29

• Tumble – See “Tumble” on page 34

View System Events – See “System Events” on page 37

Window Refresh – See “Resynch Jobs” on page 6

Tools Options

• Show background image

• Enable splash screen at startup

Help About

The toolbar contains the following buttons:

Button Function

Job Info

Hold/Suspend

Merge

Pause/Resume

Refresh

PSM Functionality Not Available in e-PSM

The following commands and features are not available to users of e-PSM:

• Abort

• Archiving

• Chapters

• Delete

•Forms

•Move

• Numbering

•Preview

•Ticketing

• No right-click menus

• Jobs may only be modified by one user at any time

Glossary

The following table identifies and defines terms as they apply to the PrintStation Manager.

Term Definition

Archive Compress and store a job in a file format that can be saved to back up media, or

transferred across the Internet.

Clear All Deletes all information displayed in the Program Execution Log window.

Print Job A job in the PrintStation Manager. The job is already processed (RIP’ed) and is now ready

to print.

PrintStation Physical print engine.

Source Paper tray that will supply the printer when printing.

Title Bar Displays the name of an application or application window.

Virtual Engine Collection of one or more PrintStations created in the PrintStation Manager Configuration

application.

Virtual Printer Set of characteristics created in the MicroPress RIP application that define the output

settings applied to incoming jobs.

Toolbar Button icons that provide immediate access to the more frequently used commands.

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Key Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Understanding Queues and Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Why Have More Than One Queue? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

MicroSpool Startup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Understanding the MicroSpool Main Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Job List Window Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Display Jobs Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Working with Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Displaying Information About an Input Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Understanding Queue Balancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Pausing Jobs From a Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Pausing a Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Resuming a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Resetting and Restarting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Downloading Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Viewing Job Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Changing a Job’s Prior ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Using Job Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Placing a Job on Hold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Sending a Job to the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Removing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Removing All Jobs in the Job List Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Scheduling Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Moving Jobs to Anothe r Print Queue or Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

To move a job to another print queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

To drag and drop a job to another print queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Dragging and Dropping Within a Virtual Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Job Accounting and System Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

To display the Accounting information for all MicroSpool jobs:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Displaying System Event Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Exiting MicroSpool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

MicroSpool Supports the Image Management Server™ and OPI . . . . 9

Understanding Macintosh Query Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Downloading Fonts with MicroSpool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

General Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

MicroSpool Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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What is MicroSpool™?

An OPI Spooler that utilizes a central server (rather than individual workstations) to manage printing and image management tasks. MicroSpool accepts print jobs quickly and spools to disk for faster workstation release. With MicroSpool, you can print to the MicroPress® PrintStations™ and networked PostScript pri nters, and bui lt-in Appl eTalk queues appear to AppleTalk workstations in the same way as LaserWriters workstation soft ware.

MicroSpool Features

—eliminating the need for special

• Workflow production streamlining

through efficient print job scheduling and monitoring

• Job handling functions inclu de rearranging, assigning to diff erent output devices, putting on hold, canceli ng, scheduling, removing

• One-click job routing to send a job/s from any application to an y MicroS pool queue with the Macintosh Chooser or Windows Print Manager

• Power routing functions let you send multiple jobs to multip le RIP s (Se e

“Sending a Job to the Printer” on page 7 for more details)

• Temporary storage area for queued print jobs

Key Benefits

• Speed

• No Blocking

• OPI Server Functions

• Reprint Capability

• Resource gathering (e.g., font, proc

set) from supported printers at start up, maintains the information for responding to queries from intelligent printer drivers

• Powerful job accounting functions track all print jobs according to user, spool time, print time , job size, and pages printed

• System event tracking

• Flexible output capabilities enable

printing to:

– a MicroPress Virtual Printer – AppleTalk Network Printer

Directory on the MicroPress Server hard drive or Microsoft Network

• Resource Sharing

• Drag and Drop

• Job Status Display

• Preflight Capabilities

Understanding Queues and Devices

MicroS pool queu es look lik e pr inter s on the net work but, unl ike standard printers, c an accept an unlimited number of jobs from multiple workstations simultaneously. MicroSpool queues drive the output devices they publish to. A queue receives all print jobs quickly, processes them with pre-defined commands, and sends them to the output devi ce

You can configure queues to retain jobs after p rinting or when an error occurs, eliminati ng the need to return to the wor kst at ion to re print a job. Wit h MicroSpool, you can store printer fonts in a centralized location for sharing among configured output devices.

You can set up MicroSpool queues with assigned priorities to print jobs in order of importance. You can configure queues with Preamble or Postamble options that run specialized PostScript commands, routines, or procedures to a job before or after printing.

Why Have More Than One Queue?

With MicroSpool, you can create up to 64 queues to distribute among printers (we recommend 16 or fewer). For example: You might want to send jobs from both Macintosh and Windows workstations to the same printer. You can also set up queues for commonly-used RIP settings. You can create two queues

MicroSpool St artup

When you launch MicroSpool, a splash screen appears wait: Initializing Printers A n d Inp ut Queues” registered on the network. The registration process takes 10-15 seconds, though the number of queues defined affects this time period.

Understanding the MicroSpool Main Screen Display

The graphic at right shows the MicroS pool ma in screen wit h it s v arious panels and fields (described in detail below).

—until all queues have

—one for 1200 dpi, one for 2400 dpi output.

—“Please

Always launch MicroPress applications in this order:

• RIP

• PrintSt ati on Ma nag er

• MicroSpool

Job List Window Fields

n on above graphic. The MicroSpool main screen displ ays a job list window with all jobs

See scheduled to output to a particul ar output device.

Field/Control Description

Job Name Name of job sent to the print queue Status Current state of the job User Netw ork nam e of the wo rkstati on that s ent the job ; “NoName” appears if no u ser name is

indicated Size Size of the job bytes (a question mark means the job is still spooling) Printer Queue Queue to which the workstation sent the job

Display Jobs Window

o on above graphic. Click check boxes beside job types to include in the Job List win-

See dow. The number beside each job type gives the number of jobs of that type. The t able below lists the dif ferent states in which the jobs display. Note: Letters in bold type are listed under Status in the Job List Window.

Field/Control Description

Waiting W On Hold H Balanced B Error E Processed/Printed P Scheduled S

: job waiting to be printed : job being held to print later : job automatically moved to another queue to be printed : an error has occured : job successfully spooled to the RIP or printed : job scheduled to print at specific day/time

The status column displays >> for jobs that are Printing or Active. You cannot change options for the Printing or Active state in the Display Jobs check box area.

Toolbar

The Toolbar provides easy access to the most frequently used commands. To hide or display the tool bar , select ViewÎTool Bar from the main menu.

Field/Control Description Job Info Displays general information about the selected job. See “Viewing Job Information” on

page 6

Hold Sets the selected job, that is not currently printing, in Hold state (until you manually

release it). See “Placing a Job on Hold” on page 7

Print Sends a job to the printer. See “Sending a Job to the Printer” on page 7

Schedule Schedules a job to print by date and time. See “Sch eduling Print Jobs” on page 7

Move Moves the selected job from o ne Vi rtual Prin ter to anot her. See “To move a job to an other

print queue” on page 7

Delete Removes a job from MicroSpool. See “Removing Print Jobs” on page 7

Pause/

Resume

Prevents or st arts a job printi ng to the a ctive pri nter . Th is option will not a ffect the current ly printing job. When the Pause/Resume light is green, the Virtual Printer is ready to print. When the Pause/Resume light is red, the Virtual Printer is paused and will not print. See

“Pausing a Printer” on page 5 and “Resuming a Printer” on page 5

Status Bar

The Status Bar at the bottom of the MicroSpool main dialog displays various messages. To hide or display the status bar , select ViewÎStatus Bar from the main menu.

Working with Queues

The Printer Window lists all queues configured for a particular output device. If more than four queues are configured for a single printer, click the arrow buttons on the right-hand side of the window to scroll.

Displaying Information About an Input Queue

To display information about any of the input queues configured for a printer:

In the Queues Supplying This

Printer panel, click the queue for which you want information.

Field/Control Description

Published Name Queue name that will appear in the Macintosh Chooser or Windows

Acknowledged Fonts Fonts MicroSpool acknowledges:

SpoolPath Where print jobs are stored until processed or deleted. Preamble PostScript instructionsautomatically downloaded to a printer before a

Postamble PostScript instructions, routines, or procedures automatically

Pause Jobs From This Queue Pauses jobs for the queue

Print Manager

• if you select Use Server Fonts option in the Configuration setup

options, MicroSpool acknowle dge s all fonts stored on the server

• if you do not select Use Serve r Fonts, MicroSpool ackn ow le dge s only

the fonts currently resident in the RIP

print job

downloaded to a printer after a print job

Understanding Queue Balancing

MicroSpool uses queue balancing for queues configured with identical print ers and setup to share print jobs. Example: Queue A and Queue B are configured with identical output devices. Queue A is busy with several new jobs, but Queue B is idle. If queues A and B are configured to balance all the acti ve jobs, Queue B will ac cept the next activ e job from Queue A. The queue balancing relationship is one-way. You may set up Queue A to be bal anced by Queue B; however , for queue B to balance queue A, you must set up Queue B to be balanced by Queue A.

Pausing Jobs From a Queue

1 Select a queue from the Queues Supplying This Pri nter panel of the MicroSpool

Main Screen to open the Queue Information dialog box. 2 Click the Pause Jobs From This Queue check box. 3 Click OK. Note: The bars on the queue button on the main screen

will turn red.

Printer Status

The Printer S tatus Line in the lower portion of the main screen displays the printer’s status. Status is updated every few seconds while jobs are printing.

icroPress printers may have a status of :

• Idle – printer available and not in use

• Working – prin te r c u rre n t ly pr in ting

Pausing a Printer

Pausing a printer prevents jobs fr om being sent to it . Queues feeding the pr inter wil l continue to accept jobs, which will be held until the printer is resumed. The printer, once Paused, will complete any job already printing before responding to the Pause command.

1 Click a printer window. The active

window is highlighted.

2 Select P

rinterÎPause from the main

menu (or click the Pause button on

the main screen). The printer window

title bar displays Paused and the

printer will remain paused until you

resume printing.

Resuming a Printer

1 Click the printer window. 2 Select P

rinterÎResume from the main menu (or click the Resume butto n on the ma in

screen). The printer is activated, and all waiting jobs are processed.

Resetting and Restarting a Printer

Reset or restart a printer when you recei ve an unrecoverable error during printing. Both actions remove data from the buffer so it becomes available to retry or process a new job. Check with your system administrator about when to re set or restart a printer.

To reset or restart a printer:

1 Click the printer window. 2 Select P

start to restart the printer. The printer resets or restarts. Refer to the Troubleshooting

section on unrecoverable errors.

rinterÎReset from the main menu to reset the printer, or select PrinterÎRe-

Resetting a printer flushes the printer’s memory buffer. Reset may flush downloaded fonts and

PostScript commands from the printer’s memory. When you select Restart, the printer goes through the start-up sequence. Restart may include testing the different systems within the printer. Reset and Restart have no effect on the MicroSpool application.

Use the Restart option only when necessary. This option may require a lot of time to complete. If the printer is locked up from a communication error, cycle the printer OFF and then ON again with the printer’s power switch.

Downloading Files

To download PostScript files from a disk into a queue:

1 Select a printer window. 2 Select P

rinterÎDownload File from the main menu.

3 On the Choose PostScript File

dialog, select the drive, direc-

tory, and job to download. 4 Click OK. The file is down-

loaded to the specified printer.

Note: Downloading a file does not

allow you to specify which queue to

route the job through. It will always

send the file to the first queue in

the active Virtual Printer window.

Once the file is in MicroSpool, it

can be dragged and dropped into

the desired queue. The file can

also be dragged and dropped into the destination queue from the Explorer.

Viewing Job Information

To view job information about the currently selected job:

1 Select a job from the Job List Window. 2 Select J

The print job information gives general

information about the selected file.

Note: The following information is not always

available. The precise information is deter-

mined by the originating application.

3 Click Close.

obÎInfo... from the main menu.

Changing a Job’s Priority

Change a job’s priority to determine when the job is to print in relation to the pri ority of other waiting or scheduled jobs.

Using Job Find

Use Find to locate any job in MicroSpool by name or by user name.

1 Select a job from the Job L i s t W indow. 2 Select J

obÎInfo... from the main menu. The print job information box displ ays general

information about the selected file.

3 Click the down arrow in the Priority field and choose the priority for the job.

1 Select J

obÎFind from the main sc reen t o open the Find

Job dialog. 2 Select search by Job Name or User Name. Enter a text

string or an “*” to list all jobs.

3 Click F

ind.

4 Click OK. If a match is found, a Job List dialog shows Job Name, User, and Virtual

Printer.

5 Click Find to activate the Virtual Printer with the job. 6 Click Close.

Placing a Job on Hold

1 Select a job from the job list window. 2 Select J

main screen). The job will stay on hold until you manually resume it.

obÎHold from the main menu (or click the Hold button on the Tool Bar on the

Sending a Job to the Printer

You can send any job to the printer, regardless of the job’s status (including Hold). You can process multiple jobs simult aneously if mult iple RIPs are li censed, i nst al led, and runni ng. No additional setup is required. MicroSpool detects all running RIPs and sends jobs to them as the RIPs become available until all jobs complete.

1 Select a job from the Job List Window. 2 Select J

main screen) to send the job to the print queue.

obÎPrint from t he main menu (or click t he Print button on the Tool Bar on the

Removing Print Job s

Removing Print Jobs

Use Delete Job to remove jobs from MicroSpool. Deleting a job removes it from the disk.

1 Select a job from the Job List Window. 2 Select J

Bar on the main screen). The job is deleted from the printer queue and no longer dis-

plays in the Job List Window.

obÎDelete from the main menu (or click the Delete Jobs button on the Tool

Removing All Jobs in the Job List Window

Use Delete All to remove all jobs currently displayed in the Job List Window.

1 Select J

confirmation options.

2 Click OK to delete all jobs in the Job List Window.

obÎDelete All from the main menu. A warning dialog box displays delete

Scheduling Print Jobs

You can schedule jobs to print by date and time up to six days from the current date.

1 Select a job from the Job List Window. 2 Select J

menu (or click the Schedule Jobs button

on the Tool Bar on the main screen). 3 Select the day and time to be scheduled

for printing and click OK.

obÎSchedule from the main

Moving Jobs to Another Print Queue or Printer

To move a job to another print queue

1 Select a job from the Job List Window.

2 Select JobÎMove from the main menu (or click the Move Job button on the Tool Bar

on the main screen). 3 On the Move dialog, select the queue to move

the job to.

4 Click OK.

To drag and drop a job to another print queue

1 Open the print queue you want to move t he job t o. 2 Open the print queue you want to move the job

from.

3 Click a job from the Job List Window. 4 Drag the job and drop it

into the desired print queue

under the heading “Queues

Supplying This Printer.”

The Printer Queue column

displays the new (current)

queue for the moved job.

Note: If you drag-and-drop a

job to a printer window

instead of a queue, the job will

move to the first (default)

queue.

Dragging and Dropping Within a Virtual Printer

To drag-and-drop a waiting job to another place in a print queue:

1 Click a Waiting job in a

printer window. 2 Drag the job and drop it at the desired pl ace in the pr int qu eue among the other waiting

jobs. The printer window shows the Waiting job in the new position.

Note: You can only rearrange the order of a list of waiting jobs.

Job Accounting and System Events

MicroS pool tracks all print jobs according to user, spool time, print time, job size, and pages printed. Accounting information for all MicroSpool jobs are stored in a tab-delimited text file you can import into a database or spreadsheet application.

To display the Accounting information for all Mic roSpool jobs:

• Select V menu to open the Accounting Log dialog with spooler activity for the day.

Information in the Accounting Log dialog

includes:

• a description of the job

• the user who submitted the job

• the printer to which the job was sent

iewÎAccounting from the main

• the number of pages

• the date and time the job was printed

• the date and time the job was sent

• total RIP time (in seconds)

Displaying System Event Information

MicroSpool tracks system events, which you can use as a troubleshooting tool when errors occur.

1 Select V

2 Click Save As.... You can save

the log file to a specified directory.

OR Click C

iewÎSystem Events.

lear Event Log.

Exiting MicroSpool

Select File from the menu bar, and then select Exit. (All print jobs will be saved.)

MicroSpool Supports the Image Management Server™ and OPI

The MicroPress Image Management Server (IMS) software tool allows you to easil y manage large high-resolution image files and automatically create small low-res olution versions of them.

With MicroPress MicroSpool, you can replace high-resolution images in a pagelayout program with lower-resolution versions to expedite the printing process and localize image storage. Thi s feature is called Open Prepress Interface (OPI) Image Replacement or Automatic Picture Replacement. IMS provides the advantages of OPI when using non-OPI aware applications.

IMS generates low-resolution placement files from high-resolution image files. When a print job containing a low-resoluti on placement file is sent to MicroSpool for output, the low-resolution placement files are replaced with their high-resolution counterparts. MicroS pool, MicroSpool OPI, and/or IMS support the following image file formats:

• Encapsulated Postscript (EPS)

• Desktop Color Separations (DCS)

• Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)

In order to utilize the MicroSpool OPI and IMS picture replacement functions, you must first set up Services for Macintosh on the Windows NT Server. Services f or Maci ntos h is a component of Windows NT Server. When you set up Services for Macintosh, PC users and Macintosh users can share files and other resources, such as printing devices, through the computer running Windows NT Server.

See the Windows NT Server Services for Macintosh Guide for more info rmati on about installing Services for Macintosh, the IMS Reference Manual for Creating a Macintosh Volume on the Windows NT Server and Accessing the Windows NT Server from your Macintosh.

For detailed information on IMS, OPI, and supported file formats, see the IMS Refer-

ence Manual.

Understanding Macintosh Query Handling

When printing, Macintosh workstati ons use queries to generate the most efficient PostScript for the current print job description. For example, when a font is used in a print job, the Macintosh queri es the printer to see if the font exists. Fonts not found on the printer are downloaded with t he job from the Macintosh workstation. Fonts found on the printer are not sent from the Macintosh workstation and job data transmission is much faster.

A Macintosh workstation LaserWriter driver typically uses PostScript to query the printer for information. In turn, the Raster Image Processor (RIP) interprets the PostScript query.

When MicroSpool is in use, the PostScript query does not pass through the spooler to

MicroSpool does not store information about disk locations because printers are not associated with disk output destinations.

the printer. Instead, MicroSpool collects resource information about each printer and makes it available to AppleTalk workstation queries. At startup, MicroSpool sends PostScript Printer Descripti on (PPD) and font list queries to each PostScript de vice it cont rols, including AppleTalk network printers and MicroPress Virtual Engines.

PPD and fontlist query results are saved in two separate files. The PPDRESP.CUR contains general information about the output device including Resolution, LanguageLevel, FreeVM, etc. The FONTRESP.CUR contains a list of fonts that can respond to fontlist queries. MicroSpool updates this information periodically to ensure current information is available to AppleTalk clients.

Downloading Fonts with MicroSpool

You can configure MicroSpool to store printer fonts. Using MicroSpool to store fonts eliminates the need to download fonts with every print job, which saves printer Virtual Memo ry. MicroSpool will check both the printer fonts and the server fonts (in that order) when it receives a query from a workstation. Saved fonts are excluded from the job stream, and MicroS pool automatically inserts the font before sending the job to an output destination.

To set up font storage, select the Use Server Fonts opti on when configuring or changing the configuration of a queue in MicroSpool Configuration. Restart MicroSpool to enable font downloading. MicroSpool supports Adobe Font Downloader 5.0.5.

MicroSpool enables you to store Type 1 fonts on the MicroPress Server hard drive. Use the Ad obe Font Downloader 5.0.5 (only downloader currently supported because of its exacting use of PostScript comments) to download Type 1 fonts to any queue configured to "Use Server Fonts."

MicroSpool keeps track of the fonts on the server and will respond positively to any query for these fonts. Also, i f a print jo b need s one of thes e font s, M icroSpool will automatically add the font

to the job while it is being sent to the printer (or the RIP in the case of MicroPress) job contains proper PostScript comments.

Help

The Help menu contains the following items:

• Index

—starts the MicroSpool Help

—if the print

• About...

—displays the About dialog box.

– The System Info button provides information a bout memory usage, ver sio ns of .DLL

files and their locations, and other information required when contacting Technical Support. This button is available in all MicroPress applications.

Troubleshooting

General Diagnostics

MicroS pool interacts with other network devices. So, when evaluating a potential problem, first check network cables, routers, bridges, file servers, and printers. Micr oSpool’s performance can be impaired if other network components are malfunctioning. Answer the following questions before concluding that the job (or problem) is specific to MicroSpool:

1 Will the job print successfully to a printer? If you can bypass MicroSpool and

achieve output from a printer then rule out workstation or network problems.

2 Will the job print successfull y from another workstation? If not, rule out worksta-

tion problems.

3 Does printing a job to PostScript and downloading it to MicroSpool make it pos-

sible to spool successfully? If so, rule out probl ems with the job.

4 Does MicroSpool support the LaserW riter driver being used? MicroS poo l currently

supports the following LaserWriter drivers:

LaserWriter 7.2 LaserWriter 8.1.1 LaserWriter 8.2 LaserWriter 8.2.2

MicroSpool Diagnostics

Y ou can ident ify most MicroS pool prob lems through common troubleshooti ng methods. Refer to table below for quick solutions to common problems.

When This Problem Exists Follow These Steps

Queues Are Not Visible On The Network

MicroSpool Does Not Display Jobs That Have Spooled Successfully

1 Make sure MicroSpool is running. 2 If using a Macintosh, make sure the selected zone is correct. 3 Check the network connection, routers, cables, and hardware. 4 If you identify a network problem, refer to the NT Server Installation Guide

for information.

1 If using a Macintosh, background printing should be off. 2 Is the appropriate queue selected? Make sure the destination queue is visi-

ble to display jobs.

3 Be sure the jobs were sent directly to a printer. 4 Does MicroSpool display the job in an Error state? Make sure that Error jobs

are selected to display in the Job List Window.

5 Assure all job type check boxes are checked.

LaserWriter 8.3 LaserWriter 8.3.2 LaserWriter 8.3.3 LaserWriter 8.3.4

MicroSpool Displays The Job In An Error (E) State

1 Double-click the job to identify the error. 2 Check the System Events to access error results. 3 If outputting to MicroPress RIP, check to see if Inputs have been started

(RIP-Start Inputs) and refer to the MicroPress RIP Reference Manual.

When This Problem Exists Follow These Steps

The Job Does Not Display In A n Active State

Images Are Missing From The Printed Document

Waiting Jobs do not Print when Stoplight is Green

Jobs are not retained (go to Printed state) afte r succ es sful printing

When downloading files, file does not show up in file open dialog.

When downloading files, files do not show up in printer window.

1 Make sure printer is not paused. 2 Make sure queue is not paused. 3 Is the target printer busy? The printer will not accept a new job if it is cur-

rently printing.

4 Check whether the RIP is busy. The MicroPress RIP processes only one job

at a time.

1 Many page layout programs have image options. Make sure the application

is instructed to include images or the correct OPI options are selected.

2 Be sureimages are placed in the correct directory. 1 Make sure printer window in question is in foreground.

2 Make sure queue in question is not paused. 3 MicroPress RIP can only accept one job at a time and it may already be pro-

cessing a job for a different Virtual Printer.

4 Connection to the RIP (another printer) may be active. 1 Assure that the queue in question is configured to Retain Jobs after printing.

2 Make sure Printed check box is checked.

Assure proper file type displays in List files of type: window.

1 With MicroSpool, you can only download PostScript files. 2 Assure correct printer is active window.

Cannot drag-and-drop jobs to rearrange print order.

drag-and-dropping jobs to another printer results in jobs being listed in incorrect queue.

MicroSpool queues do not show up in multiple zones.

Queue is not published and /or not displayed as queue button in printer window

When setting up a Print Manager connection, the message “Invalid Port” is displayed.

You can rearrange only Waiting Jobs by drag-and-drop.

1 Dropping jobs on job list window results in jobs being assigned to default

printer. The default printer is the first queue button (left-most queue button.)

2 All visible queue buttons are also drop targets.

MicroSpool publishes queues in NT Server default zone. (You can set this

from Services For Macintosh configuration in the Network Control Panel.)

1 Make sure queue is not disabled from MicroSpool Configuration. 2 Make sure input queue is proper type: AppleTalk or Print Manager.

Make sure MicroSpool is running while setting up connection in Print Manager.

Glossary

Term Definition

Desktop Color Separations (DCS)

Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) Common high-resolution gr aphics file format. Image Management Server

(IMS)

Pre-separated EPS file with cyan (C), m agenta (M ), yello w (Y), and blac k (K) files an d a fifth file for document placement. This fifth file is a low-resolution image that reduces document’file size for faster processing.

Software tool that allows you to easily manage large high-resolution image files and automatically cre ate sm al l low-res olu tio n vers io ns of them .

Glossary

Term Definition

Macintosh-accessible volume Directory created on the computer running Windows NT Server available to

Macintosh clients. Macintosh-accessible volumes shared with PC’s make file exchange possible for Macintosh and PC users. You can create Macintoshaccessible volumes from the MacFile menu in File Manager.

Open Prepress Interface (OPI) Ability to replace high-resolution images in a page layout program with lower-

resolution ones to expedite printing and localize image file storage. IMS offers the advantages of OPI when using non-OPI aware applications.

Proc Set (or Prep File) Collection of PostScript commands used by some applications or printer drivers. Queue List of documents sent by a user waiting to print. MicroSpool can handle up to 16

queues managing 8 printers.

Spooler Hardware or software that intercepts a print job on its way to the printer. A spooler

typically ac cep t s th e job as fast as the cl ient can send i t. It st ores the job and pri nt s i t when the printer becomes available.

Tagged Image File Formats (TIFF)

Virtual Engine One or more PrintStations created in the PrintStation Manager Configuration

Virtual Printer Set of characteristics created in the MicroPress RIP a pplic ation t hat defi ne the output

Files used for exchangi ng b itm ap i ma ges bet w een app lic ati ons . The se im age s ha ve usually been scanned in color, line art (black & white), or gray scale.

application.

settings applied to incoming jobs.

User Manual

RIP

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The essentials of imaging

T/R Systems, MicroPress, M@estro, e-Ticket, MicroImager and other T/R Systems' product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of T/R Systems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

LZW data compression technology licensed under U.S. Patent No. 4,558,302

Some ICC Profiles created using software under License from Monaco Systems, Inc.

All other company and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners in the United States and other countries.

The following marks are used in this manual:

Indicates precautions that must be observed to prevent possible personal injury or damage to equipment or malfunctioning of software.

Indicates notes and memos containing additional or detailed information.

Indicates useful tips.

What is the MicroPress RIP? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

What does the MicroPress RIP offer?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

What is the MicroPress? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

The MicroPress RIP Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The MicroPress RIP Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Running MicroPress RIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Starting MicroPress RIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Toolbar Status Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Menus affected by optional features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Configuring the MicroPress RIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Stopping the MicroPress RIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

MP-RIP Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Print File… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Page Setup Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Page Setup Manager Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Edit Page Setup Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Edit Page Setup Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Configure RIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Configure RIP Options… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Configure RIP Extras… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Input Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Input Controller Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Input Channel Edit Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Input Controller Edit Dialog Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Start Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Executive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

About the MicroPress RIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Memory Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Device Menu (Preview, TIFF, MicroPress devices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Device Menu Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Color Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Separations Manager… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

New / Copy Style dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Edit Style dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Possible problems with output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Color Setup Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Color Management Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Emulation/Proofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Color Setup Manager Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Color Setup Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Color Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Loading the Color Setup into the RIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Install ICC Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Media Manager and Cassette Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Trapping Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Trapping Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Misregistration and Visible Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Creating Trapsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Edit Trapping Parameters Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Special Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Calibration Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Calibration Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Tone Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Calibration (Dot Gain) Manager Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Edit Uncalibrated Target Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Table of Calibration Sets and Tone Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Loading a Calibration Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Using the "ToneCurveThumbnails" RIP feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Print Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Print Calibration Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

DOT MC, DOTCMYK and DOT RGB Program Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Media Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Hold and Reprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Supplied Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Types of Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Pre-Loading Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Substituting Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Install Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

List Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Proof Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Delete Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Print File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Kill Current Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Stop Printing File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Abort Printing File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Input Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Kill Current Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Stop Input Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Abort Input Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Appendix A, Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Problems starting the MicroPress RIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Problems Involving Memory or Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Problems with Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Problems with Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Problems with Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

RIP Monitor Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Problems Involving Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Problems Involving Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Problems involving Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Appendix B, Backup and Restore the MicroPress RIP . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Backup the MicroPress RIP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Restore the MicroPress RIP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Backup RIP Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Restore RIP Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Appendix C, Resetting/Creating Virtual Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Resetting All Virtual Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Creating a Virtual Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Virtual Printer Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Enabling QuadLevel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Creating Queues Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Appendix D, Composite Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Installing/Removing Composite Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Using Composite Fonts Efficiently . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Appendix E, Setting Print Options for Individual Pages in a Document 65

Appendix F, B/W and Color Splitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Appendix G, Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

What is the MicroPress RIP?

The MicroPress RIP (Raster Image Processor) is a PostScript® language compatible interpreter. MicroPress RIP rasterizes postscript and other file types for printing using three basic functions (Input, Configuration, and Output), each with a corresponding software tool.

• Input

– Input Controller - provides various

input sources including AppleTalk, MicroSpool pipe, and NT pipe

– Print file - downloads PostScript

files directly

• Configuration

– Configure RIP - used to set RIP

system settings and add RIP extras such as ICC and TrapWorks

– Page Setup Manager - defines how

the RIP processes jobs including

A number of utilities exist for creating, configuring, backing up, and restoring RIP settings. See “Appendix B, Backup and Restore the MicroPress RIP” on page 61 and “Appen-

dix C, Resetting/Creating Virtual Printers” on page 62.

What does the MicroPress RIP offer?

• Increased speed and performance without purchasing a new hardware RIP

• Access to new features via cost-effective software upgrades

resolution, screening, page features, calibration, tone curves, and printing effects (rotate, scaling, etc.)

– Calibration Manager - manages

calibration curves, Tone Curves

– Color Setup Manager - installs and

manages ICC profiles

– Cassette Manager - sets cassette

or wide-format roll size

• Output

– Device Manager - connects the

MicroPress RIP to output devices

• Much easier customer-specific customization than hardware RIPs

• PostScript® 3 functionality and many additional features beyond Level 3 to improve workflow and color functionalit

What is the MicroPress?

A short run, on-demand, digital printing system designed for production printing of black & white and color documents. Its three software components—MicroSpool, MicroPress RIP, PrintStation Manager—work with associated hardware to provide the network connectivity, image rendering, and virtual printer capability to meet today’s digital document production challenges. The following chart outlines the system and provides definitions its major components.

Cii

Contone C12

BiLevel C12

Monochrome B12

Contone A12

BiLevel A12

QuadLevel A12

024

312

Manages Physical Engines by routing

jobs and job characteristics to Virtual Engines.

Virtual Engines can consist of a single

Physical Engine (for example, the Virtual Engine

C1), or a combination of multiple Physical

PrintStation Manager

Engines (for example, the Virtual Engine C12).

RIP.

MicroPress

RIP

Contone C12

RIP to MicroSpool.

Setups" to determine how jobs

are processed by

Raster Image Processor interprets

MicroPress

Page Setup Manager: Uses "Page

PostScript code and produces

compressed page images (raster).

Input Controller: Connects

RIP to PrintStation Manager.

Device Manager: Connects

C1: Virtual Engine using

a single Physcial Engine.

using multiple

Physical Engines.

C12: Virtual Engine

Receives job

information from the

Virtual Printer C12.

MANAGER

PAGE SETUP

Cii

C2: Virtual Engine using

a single Physcial Engine.

B1: Virtual Engine using

a single Physcial Engine.

using multiple

Physical Engines.

B12: Virtual Engine

BiLevel C12

Monochrome B12

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B2: Virtual Engine using

a single Physcial Engine.

Receives job

information from the

Virtual Printer B12.

Device Manager

Contone A12

Input Controller

A1: Virtual Engine using

a single Physcial Engine.

using multiple

Physical Engines.

A12: Virtual Engine

Receives job

information from the

Virtual Printer A12.

BiLevel A12

312

A2: Virtual Engine using

a single Physcial Engine.

QuadLevel A12

Created during Install.

PHYSICAL ENGINES

(or by using PrintStation Manager Configuration)

Created during Install.

VIRTUAL ENGINES

(or by using PrintStation Manager Configuration)

MicroPress

PAGE SETUPS

Created in

RIP's Page Setup Manager

Other

Mac 7.0 +

Manager queues to the network.

MicroSpool

* Publishes AppleTalk and Windows Print

* Accepts incoming job information

Contone C12, Monochrome B12, BiLevel A12,

etc. are all Virtual Printers within MicroSpool.

Each Virtual Printer can have multiple

* OPI aware

AppleTalk and/or Windows queues.

400x400 dpi

Continuous tone

printing

Contone C12

(Windows)

400x400 dpi

Halftone screen

printing

BiLevel C12

600x600 dpi

Halftone screen

printing

Monochrome B12

600x600 dpi

Contone A12

600x600 dpi

Halftone screen

BiLevel A12

Continuous tone

printing

1200x1200 dpi

QuadLevel A12

screened printing

VIRTUAL PRINTERS

RIP's

MicroPress

_TRaddve (in Appendix))

Created during Install.

AutoGenerate, or

(or by using PrintStation Manager Configuration's

WIN NT WIN 98 WIN 95 UNIX

(AppleTalk)

RIP's

MicroPress

Contone C12

server name

MP Cii Contone C12

BiLevel C12

Monochrome B12

MP Cii BiLevel C12

Contone A12

MP 024 Monochrome B12

BiLevel A12

MP 312 Contone A12

MP 312 BiLevel A12

QuadLevel A12

MP 312 QuadLevel A12

MicroPress

QUEUES

_TRaddve (in Appendix))

Created during Install.

Configuration's AutoGenerate,

(or by using PrintStation Manager

10 Base/100 Base T

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Konica Minolta MICROPRESS RELEASE 6 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

PrintStation Manager

Table of Contents

What is PrintStation Manager™?

Features

PrintStation and Virtual Engine Naming Convention

The PrintStation Manager Main Screen Display

Job List Window

Job List Fields

Job Icons

Display Jobs

PrintStation Button

Virtual Engine Status Bar

Menus

File

Exit

Virtual Engine

Resuming a Paused Virtual Engine

Multi Page Forms

Letterhead

Virtual Engine Defaults

Media Saving Features

Job Defaults

Finishing Defaults

Finishing Configuration

TRueColor...

B&W Engine Balance

Job Settings

Finishing Options

062 Finishing Rules

Output Options

Page Range Settings

Margin Offsets

Brightness/Contrast

Color Adjust

ColorCurves

Default ColorCurves and Definitions

Job Parsing

Chapters

Page Settings

Annotations

Finishing Setup, Settings and Summary

Preview…

Edit

Delete

Abort

Merge…

Archive...

Mail Merge…

Center Pages…

Image Editing...

OCR...

Insert/Delete Pages…

Numbering…

Re-order Pages…

Scale & Rotate…

Rotate Pages

Send To

Settings

Job Ticket

Assign Job Ticket

Edit/View Job Ticket

View

Toolbar

Delete Job Ticket

Print Job Ticket

Status Bar

iewÎSystem Events.

System Errors

Accounting

Scripting

Selecting ViewÎScript Toolbar from the menu opens a toolbar to the Virtual Engines. This makes it possible to apply and run Visual Basic scripts on jobs, view the contents of scripts, and modify scripts.

Tools

Notifications…

Find…

AutoScript

Options