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Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. OKI assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. OKI also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it. Mention of software products manufactured by other companies does not necessarily constitute endorsement by OKI.

While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and helpful as possible, we make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein.

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ONTENTS

Chapter 1: Introduction .........................................................5

About this book ....................................................5

How to access the driver screens ............................6

Windows drivers...............................................6

PCL saved driver settings...................................8

Setting the driver device options.............................9

Windows .........................................................9

Mac OS9 .........................................................9

Mac OS X in Classic Mode ................................11

Mac OS X ......................................................11

Chapter 2: Blacks and greys ................................................13

Black overprint ................................................... 13

Black printing (black generation) .......................... 15

Composite black.............................................15

True (pure) black ...........................................15

Fine lines enhancement .......................................19

Greyscale printing...............................................20

Chapter 3: Colour matching .................................................25

Basics ............................................................... 25

What this guide describes ....................................26

Printer colour management ..................................27

Introduction...................................................27

About RGB and CMYK colour ............................28

Office colour....................................................... 29

Office colour - RGB options .............................. 30

Customising RGB office colour

with the colour correct utility (Windows) .......... 35

Graphic pro........................................................ 36

Types of ICC profile supported ......................... 37

Graphic pro workflow – overview ...................... 38

Matching the colour of

a monitor, scanner or camera.........................41

Simulating another printer – RGB source

data............................................................48

CMYK ink simulations – CMYK source data .........56

Rendering intents ........................................... 62

Pure black text / graphics ................................ 63

Colour match precision.................................... 63

Printer driver settings for

ICC profile creation or no colour matching........ 64

Chapter 4: Finishing options.................................................67

Booklet printing (imposition) ................................68

Collating............................................................ 71

Colour separation ............................................... 75

Separating queued print jobs................................78

Windows separator page ................................. 78

Mac OS 9 cover page ......................................79

Mac OS X cover page ......................................79

Cover print ........................................................ 80

Custom page size ............................................... 82

Duplex (double-sided) printing .............................88

Mac OS X ......................................................91

Printing multiple pages on one sheet (N-up) ........... 92

Poster printing.................................................... 95

Scale to page .....................................................96

Watermarks .......................................................97

Chapter 5: Secure printing................................................. 101

Sending the document....................................... 102

Windows ..................................................... 102

Mac OS 9 .................................................... 103

Printing the document ....................................... 104

Deleting a secure print document........................ 105

Chapter 6: Store to hard disk ............................................. 107

Sending the document....................................... 108

Printing the document ....................................... 108

Deleting a stored document ............................... 108

Index ............................................................................... 109

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BOUT THIS BOOK

This book is delivered as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. It provides a convenient on-screen reference to the many features of the driver software supplied with your C9600.

There are many cross-references within this book, each highlighted as blue text. When you click on a cross-reference within Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader (also supplied on the Manuals CD) the display will instantly jump to the part of the manual containing the referenced material.

By using the button in Adobe Reader, you can navigate directly back to where you were before.

If you need to print a part of this manual, use Adobe Reader’s print command, and choose which pages you want to print. Some pages are deliberately left blank so that the page format is appropriate for duplex (double-sided) printing if you wish.

1: I

NTRODUCTION

About this book 5

OW TO ACCESS THE DRIVER SCREENS

Most of the features described are accessed via the printer driver screens. How you access them depends on your computer and its operating system.

INDOWS DRIVERS

The driver windows are tabbed dialogue boxes, offering a wide range choices about how you want to print your documents.

There are two ways to access the driver features from within Windows:

1. Directly from the Windows “Printers” folder (“Printers and Faxes” folder in Windows XP).

If you choose this method any changes you make will become the driver defaults. This means they will remain active for all your applications unless you specifically change them from within the application’s Print dialogue.

2. From your application’s Print dialogue.

If you choose this method any changes you make will usually only last for as long as the particular application is running, or until you change them again. In most cases, once you quit the application the driver defaults will return.

IMPORTANT!

Settings made from the printer’s own control panel are the printer defaults. They determine how your printer will behave unless you specify otherwise from your computer.

The driver defaults override the printer defaults.

Application Print settings override both the printer defaults and the driver defaults.

6 How to access the driver screens

HANGING THE DRIVER DEFAULTS

Windows XP/2000/Server 2003

1. Click [Start] → [Settings] → [Printers and Faxes] to open

the Printers and Faxes window.

2. In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click on the appropriate printer driver icon, and choose [Printing Preferences] from the context menu.

Windows 98/Me/NT

1. Click [Start] → [Settings] → [Printers] to open the

Printers window.

2. In the Printers window, right-click on the appropriate printer driver icon, and choose [Properties] from the context menu.

HANGING THE APPLICATION’S DRIVER SETTINGS

Windows

1. In your application, open the file you want to print.

2. On the [File] menu, choose [Print…].

3. In the application’s Print dialogue, make sure the printer

shown is the appropriate one, and click [Properties].

Macintosh

The Mac user interface is very different to that in Windows. In particular, OS X differs considerably from previous versions. Full instructions are therefore included with each procedure.

How to access the driver screens 7

PCL

SAVED DRIVER SETTINGS

This feature, unique to the Windows PCL drivers, allows you to save the printer driver settings and reuse them later. This could be useful if you frequently print many different types of document that require different printer driver settings.

Recalling saved settings in the PCL drivers is a simple task that must be done first, before any job-specific changes are made. Rather than repeat the procedure throughout this manual, it is described here.

AVING A SET OF DRIVER SETTINGS

1. Make any changes to the driver settings you want, as

described in the relevant section of this manual.

2. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, click [Save…].

3. Enter a meaningful name for the settings you are saving,

and click [OK].

ECALLING SAVED DRIVER SETTINGS

1. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, choose any previously saved

[driver settings] you need.

2. Proceed to make any other adjustments for this job, as described in the relevant section in this manual.

8 How to access the driver screens

ETTING THE DRIVER DEVICE OPTIONS

This section explains how to ensure that your printer driver can utilize all of the hardware features installed in your printer.

Accessories such as hard disk, duplex unit (two sided printing), additional paper trays, etc., will only be usable if the printer driver on your computer knows they are there.

In some cases the hardware configuration of your printer is automatically detected when the driver is installed. However, it is advisable to at least check whether all of the available hardware features are listed in the driver.

This procedure is essential if you subsequently add extra hardware features to your printer after the drivers have been installed and set up.

INDOWS

1. Access the driver’s [Properties] window. (See “Changing

the driver defaults” on page 7.)

2. Select the [Device Options] tab.

In the Windows XP PostScript driver the tab may be called “Device Settings”.

3. Set the options for any devices you have installed, including the correct number of paper trays, high capacity feeder, duplex unit, etc.

4. Click [OK] to close the window and save your changes.

MACOS9

There are 2 methods to configure printer hardware options, depending on whether or not you use Desktop Printing:

> Use the desktop printer icon if you use desktop printing;

or…

> Use the Chooser if you do not use desktop printing and

print via AppleTalk.

Setting the driver device options 9

ONFIGURING HARDWARE OPTIONS FROM THE DESKTOP

Use this method if you have a printer icon on your desktop.

1. Select the printer icon on the Desktop for your printer.

2. From the [Printing] menu, choose [Change Setup…].

3. In the [Change] menu, select the hardware item(s) that

you have installed, and change the [To] values as appropriate.

Tip—If your printer is connected via USB or AppleTalk, click the [Auto Setup] button. This queries the printer, and sets the options automatically.

4. Click [OK] to save your settings.

ONFIGURING HARDWARE OPTIONS FROM CHOOSER

PPLETALK ONLY

Use this method if you do not use Deskop Printing.

1. In the Apple menu, select [Chooser].

2. Select the printer driver that you use (LaserWriter or

AdobePS) in the left-hand side of the Chooser window.

)

3. If you are on a network with multiple AppleTalk zones,

select the appropriate zone for the printer in the bottom left side of the Chooser.

If your network does not have multiple AppleTalk zones, this option will not be visible.

4. Select the name of your printer in the right-hand side of the Chooser.

5. Click [Setup…].

6. Click [Configure].

7. Make changes to the installed hardware options as

appropriate for your printer.

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8. Click [OK], and close the Chooser window to save your settings.

MACOS XIN C

Printers connected via AppleTalk:

1. Launch a Classic application (such as SimpleText).

2. Click the Apple menu and point to [Chooser].

3. Select your printer driver on the left-hand pane of

Chooser (for example “LaserWriter 8”).

4. Select your printer model in the right-hand pane of Chooser.

5. Click [Setup…].

6. Click [Auto Setup].

The printer is queried and additional hardware options are automatically detected.

Printers connected via USB:

It is not possible to change printer hardware options for printers connected via USB in Classic Mode. If you change the hardware configuration of your printer, you must delete the existing printer and set it up again. When the printer is set up, hardware device options are automatically detected.

LASSIC MODE

Printers connected via LPR (TCP/IP):

It is not possible to change printer hardware options for printers connected via LPR (TCP/IP) in Classic Mode. It is recommended you connect to your printer via AppleTalk instead.

MACOS X

1. Open the Printer Setup Utility (OS X 10.3) or Printer

Center (OS X earlier versions), and ensure that your printer model is selected.

Setting the driver device options 11

2. Choose [Printers] → [Show Info] → [Installable Options].

3. Select all hardware options appropriate to your printer,

and click [Apply Changes].

12 Setting the driver device options

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LACK OVERPRINT

Black overprint eliminates the white edge between the printed fonts and the coloured background.

Black overprint can only be used when printing 100 percent black text over a background colour.

Black Overprint may not be available with some software applications.

INDOWS

1. On the [Job Options] tab, click [Advanced].

2: B

NOTES

1. The Black Overprint feature is not included in the Windows

PCL 6 driver.

2. When the background colour is very dark, the toner may not

fuse correctly. Change the background to a lighter colour.

LACKS AND GREYS

2. Check [Black Overprint].

Black overprint 13

MACOS 9

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

1 2

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Colour Options] (2).

4. Select the [Black Overprint] checkbox (3).

MACOS X

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Printer Features] (2).

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour

Options].

5. Select the [Black Overprint] checkbox (4).

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LACK PRINTING (BLACK GENERATION

To use Black Generation, Office Colour or Graphic Pro must be the selected Print Mode.

Your printer prints the colour black in one of two ways:

Composite Black or True Black.

OMPOSITE BLACK

The cyan, magenta, yellow, and black toners are combined to create composite black.

This will sometimes give a glossier finish, due to the increased amount of toner. It can also sometimes appear as a slightly brownish black.

Use composite black when printing photographs.

RUE (PURE) BLACK

Only black toner is used to print true black.

Use True Black when printing a combination of text and graphics. If you use True Black to print photographs, dark sections of the photos may appear black.

)

Black printing (black generation) 15

INDOWS

FFICE COLOUR

)

1. On the driver’s [Colour] tab, select [Office Colour] (1)

and click the [Options] button.

2. On [Black Finish] (2), make your selection: [Auto] (allow printer to choose the best method depending on page content), [True Black] or [Composite Black].

INDOWS

RAPHIC PRO

)

1. On the driver’s [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1) and

click the [Options] button.

2. From the [Black Finish] menu (2), choose your preferred setting.

16 Black printing (black generation)

MACOS 9 (O

1. From the [File] menu, select [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1) select your printer.

3. In the next menu (2), select [Colour – Office Colour].

4. For [Black Finish] menu, choose your preferred setting.

FFICE COLOUR

1 2

)

MACOS 9 (G

1. From the [File] menu, select [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1) select your printer.

3. In the next menu (2), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 2].

4. For [Black Finish] menu (3), choose your preferred

setting.

Black printing (black generation) 17

RAPHIC PRO

1 2

)

MACOS X (O

FFICE COLOUR

)

1. From the [File] menu, select [Print].

2 3

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer.

3. In the next menu (2), select [Printer Features].

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour – Office

Colour].

5. For [Black Finish] menu (4), choose your preferred setting.

MACOS X (G

RAPHIC PRO

)

1. From the [File] menu, select [Print].

2 3

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer.

3. In the next menu (2), select [Printer Features].

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour –

Graphic Pro 3].

5. For [Black Finish] menu (4), choose your preferred setting.

18 Black printing (black generation)

INE LINES ENHANCEMENT

This feature can be used to emphasize the pen width of very fine lines (minimum line width).

With some software applications, if this feature is turned ON, the spaces in bar codes may become too narrow. If this happens, turn [Adjust Ultra Fine Lines] OFF.

NOTE This is a feature of the Windows PCL 5c driver only.

1. In the driver’s [Job Options] tab, click [Advanced].

2. Click the checkbox to turn on [Adjust Ultra Fine Lines].

If the option is turned on, a check mark appears in the box.

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REYSCALE PRINTING

If you select Greyscale, the printer converts all colours into shades of grey, and prints using only black toner.

Use Grayscale to speed up printing of proof copies or when you do not need to print a colour document in colour.

INDOWS

1. If using the PCL driver, in the driver’s [Setup] tab, choose

any previously saved [driver settings] you need. See

“Recalling saved driver settings” on page 8.

2. On the driver’s [Colour] tab, click [Greyscale], then click [Advanced].

Some applications will attempt to set the halftone screen information for the printer. If the option to [use printer halftones] is left at ON, the printer will set its own halftone screen value, giving a smoother result. It is recommended to leave this option on.

[Optimised greyscale halftones] may take slightly longer to print but will give best quality.

20 Greyscale printing

3. On the [Colour] tab, click [Greyscale], and then click [Options] if you want to adjust brightness and contrast.

Greyscale printing 21

MACOS 9

1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print].

1 2 3

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer.

3. From the next menu (2), select [Colour Options].

4. From the [Colour Mode] menu (3), select [Greyscale].

5. Select [Always Use Printer Halftone] checkbox (4).

This ensures best quality when using greyscale.

6. From the menu below [Printer] (5), select [Job Options].

7. Select the [Use optimised greyscale halftones] checkbox

(6).

This may slow down printing slightly, but will produce superior results.

22 Greyscale printing

MACOS X

1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print].

4 5

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer.

3. From the next menu (2), select [Printer Features].

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour

Options].

5. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4), select [Greyscale].

6. Select [Always Use Printer Halftone] checkbox (5).

This ensures best quality when using greyscale.

7. Select the [Use optimized greyscale halftones] checkbox

(6).

This may slow down printing slightly, but will produce superior results.

Greyscale printing 23

24 Greyscale printing

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ASICS

There are three methods by which your document’s colour can be managed and adjusted:

1. Application Colour Management (1).

3: C

Some graphics and desktop publishing programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Quark Xpress have their own built-in colour management systems. See

page 64.

Most applications do not have these colour management features and rely instead on the printer or operating system.

OLOUR MATCHING

Windows / Macintosh

2. Operating System Colour Management (2).

Windows 98, Me, 2000 and XP have Windows ICM Colour Management.

Mac OS and Mac OS X have Apple ColorSync.

3. Printer Colour Management (3).

When you print your document and modify settings in the printer driver, the printer performs colour adjustments.

Basics 25

IMPORTANT!

Only use one colour management system if you want the best results from your printer.

If you wish to use your printer’s colour management system, ensure that your application or operating system colour management is switched off.

Applying colour management in multiple places will give unpredictable results.

HAT THIS GUIDE DESCRIBES

This user guide only discusses the printer colour management system.

Windows / Macintosh

If you wish to learn more about your application program or operating system colour management, please see the documentation that was supplied with your application software or computer.

26 What this guide describes

RINTER COLOUR MANAGEMENT

NTRODUCTION

Your printer has two separate colour management systems – Office Colour and Graphic Pro.

Windows / Macintosh

> Office Colour (3a) – See page 29.

This is a simpler colour management system designed for ease of use. Office Colour is recommended for users who are not experts in colour but want good results when printing from programs such as Microsoft Office.

> Graphic Pro (3b) – See page 36.

This is a powerful colour management system based on ICC colour profiles.

Profiles can be downloaded to the printer hard disk using a special utility, and then colour matching can be applied to all incoming print jobs.

The Graphic Pro colour management system is recommended for users who are already familiar with ICC profile-based colour matching and require more control over colour.

Printer colour management 27

BOUT

RGB

AND

CMYK

COLOUR

Some application programs give you the choice to create and edit documents using either RGB colour or CMYK colour. Typically, only professional graphics and desktop publishing software support CMYK colour. Most application programs only support RGB colour, for example Microsoft Office programs or web browsers.

If your application program does not give you the choice of RGB or CMYK colour, you should assume that it only supports RGB.

The RGB colour model is based on the three primary colours of light; Red, Green and Blue. This model is used by scanners, digital cameras and computer monitors.

The CMYK colour model is based on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and

Black printer inks or toners.

BOUT THE PRINTER DRIVERS

Depending on your operating system, you may have the choice of different drivers to use with your printer. You may wish to select a printer driver based on whether it supports CMYK data.

SUPPORT FOR RGB

DATA

PCL 5c driver (Windows) ✔ ✘

PCL 6 driver (Windows) ✔ ✘

PostScript driver (Windows) ✔✔

PostScript driver (Mac) ✔✔

28 Printer colour management

SUPPORT FOR CMYK

DATA

FFICE COLOUR

This section describes the features in the printer driver for “Office Colour” printer colour management.

There are two different sets of options in Office Colour:

RGB OPTIONS

Monitor (6500K) – Auto SWOP

Monitor (6500K) – Perceptual Euroscale

Monitor (6500K) – Vivid Japan Color

Monitor (9300K)

Digital Camera

sRGB

CMYK OPTIONS (POSTSCRIPT ONLY)

IMPORTANT!

The options for CMYK data are not present in the Windows PCL 5c or PCL 6 printer drivers. These printer drivers only support RGB colour data.

Although the Office Colour options contain controls for CMYK data, it is strongly recommended that you use the Graphic Pro options instead. If you are printing CMYK data, the Graphic Pro options provide more power and flexibility.

Office colour 29

FFICE COLOUR

- RGB

OPTIONS

Office Colour provides a collection of several different colour matching presets for RGB data.

These presets each change the colour of your print in a slightly different way.

These RGB colour matching options are available in all printer drivers.

PRESET EXPLANATION

Monitor (6500K) – Auto

Monitor (6500K) – Perceptual

Monitor (6500K) – Vivid

Monitor (9300K) Colours are printed with emphasis on Lightness.

Digital Camera Optimized for printing photos taken with a digital

sRGB The printer will try to reproduce the sRGB colour

The best colour match preset will be selected based on the type of document. 6500K - Perceptual will be selected if printing photographs. 6500K - Vivid will be selected if printing graphics and text.

Optimized for printing photographs. Colours are printed with emphasis on saturation.

Optimized for printing photographs and for office graphics. The printer uses even more saturation than the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting.

Use this setting if you are having problems achieving the correct colour when printing from Microsoft Office applications.

camera. Your results will vary depending on the subject and the conditions under which the photograph was taken.

space. This may be useful if colour matching from an sRGB input device such as a scanner or digital camera.

30 Office colour

INDOWS

This information applies to the Windows PCL 5c, PCL 6 and PostScript drivers.

1. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Office Colour] (1) and click the [Options] button.

2. Select a preset from [Colour matching options] (2).

Office colour 31

MACOS 9

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Colour Options] (2).

4. From the [Colour Mode] menu (3), select [Office Colour].

5. Select [Colour - Office Colour] (4).

6. Select the Office Colour Preset (5) you wish to use.

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MACOS X

IMPORTANT!

When printing from some applications on Mac OS X, these RGB colour match options may not affect the colour of your print. If you discover that the colour of your print has not changed after applying one of the Office Colour Match presets, then the application is incompatible with this type of printer colour matching.

As an alternative, Mac OS X 10.3.x users may be able to adjust the colour of their document using ColorSync Quartz filters.

1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Printer Features] (2).

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour

Options].

5. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4), select [Office Colour].

Office colour 33

6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour – Office Colour].

7. Select the [Office Colour] Preset (6) you wish to use.

34 Office colour

USTOMISING

THE COLOUR CORRECT UTILITY

WITH

If the Office Colour presets are not sufficient for your needs, the Colour Correct utility provides a means of further adjustment. The Colour Correct utility provides two methods for adjusting the Office Colour settings:

1. You can adjust the overall appearance of the print by

2. You can adjust the specific palette colours used in

For more details, see the C9600 Utilities Guide.

RGB

OFFICE COLOUR

INDOWS

modifying Hue, Saturation and Gamma.

Microsoft Office applications. These adjustments only affect one specific palette colour at a time.

Note The Colour Correct Utility is available for Windows only.

)

Office colour 35

RAPHIC PRO

This section describes the colour matching options available for Graphic Pro.

The Graphic Pro colour matching system is based around ICC profiles. These profiles are downloaded to the printer using the Profile Assistant utility and then selected in the printer driver. When a job is sent to the printer, the ICC profiles are applied to the print job on the printer.

IMPORTANT!

Some features of Graphic Pro colour matching can only be used if your printer is fitted with a hard disk. The printer hard disk is required if you wish to download and use your own ICC profiles to the printer.

If your printer does not have a hard disk fitted, you will only be able to select the factory default profiles that are built-in to the printer.

Note The printer’s internal hard disk is an optional accessory for

C9600n and C9600dn, and standard equipment on C9600hdn and C9600hdtn.

HAT CAN YOU DO WITH GRAPHIC PRO COLOUR MATCHING

The Graphic Pro colour matching system is both powerful and flexible. Here are some examples of how the Graphic Pro colour matching system can be used:

ATCHING PRINTER COLOUR TO AN

By using the ICC profiles of a scanner, digital camera or monitor, the printer's colour can be matched to the input device.

RINTER SIMULATION

Your printer can be used to simulate the colour output of another printer, even when printing RGB documents. For best results, use CMYK documents when simulating the colour output of other printers.

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RGB

INPUT DEVICE

CMYK

INK SIMULATION

Your printer can be used to simulate the colour output of a commercial printing press (SWOP, Euroscale or Japan Color inks).

ORE ACCURATE PRINTER COLOUR

If you have created your own profiles with third-party ICC profile creation software, these can be downloaded to the printer and used when printing.

YPES OF

ICC

PROFILE SUPPORTED

There are four classes of ICC profile supported by the Graphic Pro colour matching system:

PROFILE TYPE DESCRIPTION

RGB Source (RGB Input)

CMYK Simulation (CMYK input)

Printer (CMYK Output)

Link Profile This is a special type of ICC profile that converts directly

These profiles describe the device that was used to capture RGB data (e.g. scanner or digital camera). The RGB Input Profile may also be your monitor profile if you are trying to match to your screen.

These profiles describe the CMYK device whose colours you are trying to simulate. Typically this would be another manufacturer's printer or an offset printing press. Profiles are already built-in to the printer for commercial printing press inks such as SWOP or Euroscale.

This profile describes the colour characteristics of your own printer. The printer already has factory default profiles built-in, but you can replace these profiles with your own if required.

from CMYK to CMYK. For example, a link profile could convert directly from the CMYK space of another printer to the CMYK space of your printer.

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RAPHIC PRO WORKFLOW

–

OVERVIEW

There are three steps to using the Graphic Pro colour matching system:

1. Gather or create ICC profiles (see below)

2. Download ICC profiles to the printer hard disk (page 38)

3. Select the ICC profiles in the printer driver when printing

(page 40)

TEP

1 - G

ATHER OR CREATE THE

ICC

PROFILES

Where can I get the profiles I need?

PROFILE TYPE WHERE TO GET PROFILES

RGB Source (RGB Input)

CMYK Simulation (CMYK input)

Printer (CMYK Output)

Link Profile You can create Link profiles using third-party ICC profile

TEP

2 - D

Obtain your RGB source profiles from your scanner, camera or monitor manufacturer.

Obtain the simulation profile from the manufacturer of the printer you wish to simulate.

The factory default profiles for your printer are built-in. If you need greater accuracy, you should create your own printer profile using third-party ICC profile creation software.

creation software. Note that not all ICC profile creation software can create Link profiles.

OWNLOADING

ICC

PROFILES TO THE PRINTER HARD DISK

You can download profiles to the printer hard disk using the Profile Assistant utility.

Using Profile Assistant

1. Launch Profile Assistant

2. Select a printer

If this is the first time you have used Profile Assistant, you should allow the utility to search for compatible printers.

38 Graphic pro

Select the connection types that you wish to search – Parallel, USB or Network (TCP/IP), and click [Start].

If you know the Printer’s IP address, you can enter it manually.

3. The main screen of Profile Assistant displays the profiles resident on the selected printer’s hard disk. To download a new profile to the printer:

a. Click [Add].

b. Select an ICC profile from your computer's hard disk.

c. Once you have selected a profile, you can add it to the

printer as one of the 4 profile types - RGB Source, CMYK Simulation, Printer or Linked.

The options available will depend on which ICC profile you have selected. For example, if you have selected a CMYK profile, you may only be able to add this to the printer as a CMYK Simulation or Printer output profile.

d. Select a number from 1 to 12. This number is used to

identify the profile in the printer driver.

e. Click [OK] to download the ICC profile to the printer.

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TEP

3 - S

ELECT

ICC

PROFILES IN THE PRINTER DRIVER

What you select in the printer driver depends on the colour matching task that you wish to perform.

Examples of selecting ICC profiles for different colour matching tasks are shown in the next sections of this guide.

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ATCHING THE COLOUR OF MONITOR, SCANNER OR CAMERA

The Graphic Pro colour matching system can be used to match the printer colour to an RGB input device such as a monitor, scanner or digital camera.

1 2

5 6

1. RGB data 4. Printed document

2. RGB source profile 5. Scanner, monitor, camera, etc.

3. Printer output profile 6. Leave on Auto or select your custom profile.

To match an RGB input device, first download the RGB source profile and printer profile (optional) to the printer hard disk using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant” on page 38.

Once the profile(s) have been downloaded, make the appropriate selections in the printer driver. These are described in the next section (Windows page 42, Mac OS 9 page 43. Mac OS X

page 45).

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INDOWS

This information applies to the Windows PCL 5c, PCL 6 and PostScript drivers.

To match the colour of an input RGB device such as a monitor, scanner or digital camera, make the following selections in the printer driver:

1. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1) and click [Options].

2. Select [ICC Profile Colour Matching] (2).

3. Select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you

are trying to match such as your monitor, scanner or digital camera (3).

Remember that the names “RGB Source 1”, “RGB Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the

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profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant”

on page 38.

4. Select a Printer Output Profile (4).

If [Auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software, select it here.

Tip—If you have selected your own printer output profile (4), you will also be able to adjust the rendering intent. See “Rendering

intents” on page 62.

MACOS 9

1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print].

1 2

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Colour Options] (2).

4. From the [Colour Mode] menu (3), select [Graphic Pro].

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5. Select [Colour – Graphic Pro 1] (4).

2 3

6. From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (5), select [ICC Profile Colour Matching].

7. From the RGB Profile source, select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor, scanner or digital camera (6).

Remember that the names “RGB Source 1”, “RGB Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant”

on page 38.

8. Select [Colour – Graphic Pro 2] (7).

9. From the [Printer Output Profile] menu (8), select your printer profile.

If [Auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created

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a printer profile yourself using profile creation software, select it here and choose a rendering intent (see page 62).

MACOS X

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2 3

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Printer Features] (2).

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour

Options].

5. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4), select [Graphic Pro].

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6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour - Graphic Pro 1].

7. From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (6), select [ICC Profile Colour Matching].

8. From the [Feature Sets] menu (7), select [Colour - Graphic Pro 2].

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9. From the [RGB Profile source] (8), select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor, scanner or digital camera.

Remember that the names “RGB Source 1”, “RGB Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant”

on page 38.

10. From the [Feature Sets] menu, select [Colour - Graphic Pro 3] (9).

11. From the [Printer Output Profile] menu, select your printer profile (10).

If Auto is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software, select it here and choose a rendering intent (see page 62).

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IMULATING ANOTHER PRINTER

The Graphic Pro colour matching system can be used to simulate the colour output of another printer.

– RGB

SOURCE DATA

1 2

5 6

1. RGB data 4. Printed document

2. RGB source profile 5. Scanner, monitor, camera, etc.

3. Printer output profile 6. Leave on Auto or select your custom profile.

IMPORTANT!

Be aware that if the device you are trying to simulate has different colour capabilities from your own printer, exact colour simulation will not be possible. For example, it may be difficult to reproduce the exact colours of an inkjet printer on a toner-based printer.

Additionally, differences in the range of printable colours between different devices can make simulation using RGB source data inaccurate. To achieve best results when simulating the colour output of other printers, you are strongly advised to use CMYK data as a source. See CMYK Ink Simulations on page 56.

To simulate the output of another printer, you need to download at least 2 profiles to your printer using Profile Assistant:

> RGB Source Profile

> Simulation Target Profile

> Printer Output Profile (optional)

Once the profile(s) have been downloaded, make the appropriate selections in the printer driver. These are described in the next section (Windows page 49, Mac OS 9 page 51, Mac OS X

page 53).

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INDOWS

This information applies to the Windows PCL 5c, PCL 6 and PostScript drivers.

If you are using a source RGB document, simulate the output of another printer by making the following selections in the printer driver:

1. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1) and click [Options].

2. Select [Printer Simulation] (2).

3. Select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device used

to capture or display your source document - this could be a monitor, scanner or digital camera (3).

Remember that the names “RGB Source 1”, “RGB Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the

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profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant”

on page 38.

4. Select a Simulation Target Profile (4).

This profile corresponds to the printer you want to simulate.

If you wish to produce black and grey colours that are printed using only black toner, enable the [Preserve Black] option. Although this produces a better quality print, the black and grey colours will not be simulated accurately.

5. Select your printer output profile (5).

If [Auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software, select it here and choose a rendering intent (see page 62).

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MACOS 9 / C

LASSIC

If you are using a source RGB document, simulate the output of another printer by making the following selections in the printer driver:

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

1 2 3

3. Select [Colour Options] (2).

4. Choose [Colour Mode] → [Graphic Pro] (3).

5. Choose [Colour] → [Graphic Pro 1] (4).

5 6

6. Choose [Colour Matching Task] → [Printer Simulation] (5).

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7. From the [RGB Profile source] (6), select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor, scanner or digital camera.

Remember that the names “RGB Source 1”, “RGB Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant”

on page 38.

8. From the [Simulation Target Profile] menu (7), select the profile of the device you wish to simulate.

Remember that the names “CMYK Source 1”, “CMYK Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant”

on page 38.

9. Choose [Colour] → [Graphic Pro 2] (8).

10. From the [Printer Output Profile] menu (9), select your printer profile.

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MACOS X

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

2 3

3. Select [Printer Features] (2).

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), [Colour Options].

5. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4), select [Graphic Pro].

6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour –

Graphic Pro 1].

7. From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (6), select [Printer Simulation].

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8. From the [Feature Sets] menu (7), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 2].

9. From the [RGB Profile source] (8), select the ICC profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as your monitor, scanner or digital camera.

Remember that the names “RGB Source 1”, “RGB Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant”

on page 38.

10. From the [Simulation Target Profile] menu (9), select the profile of the device you wish to simulate.

Remember that the names “CMYK Source 1”, “CMYK Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant”

on page 38.

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11. From the [Feature Sets] menu (10), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 3].

12. From the [Printer Output Profile] menu (11), select your printer profile.

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CMYK

INK SIMULATIONS

The ICC-based colour matching system can be used to simulate the output on commercial printing presses.

You can select from the ink types most commonly used in different regions of the world:

> Euroscale – Europe

> Swop – North America

> Toyo – Ja pa n

To print CMYK Ink Simulations, you must use PostScript printer driver supplied.

– CMYK

SOURCE DATA

1 2

5 6

1. CMYK data 4. Printed document

2. CMYK input profile 5. CMYK device you wish to simulate (e.g. SWOP

3. Printer output profile 6. Leave on Auto or select your custom profile

Although it is possible to perform CMYK ink simulations using the Office Colour options in the printer driver, we recommend that you use the Graphic Pro colour matching system to perform CMYK ink simulations, as this provides additional controls, such as using the “Preserve Black” feature, or specifying an alternative printer output profile.

Instructions on how to apply Ink Simulations appear in the next section (Windows page 57, Mac OS 9 page 58, Mac OS X

page 60).

press)

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INDOWS

Note This information applies to the Windows PostScript driver only.

If you are using a source CMYK document, use the following printer driver settings to perform a CMYK Ink Simulation:

1. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro]

(1) and click [Options].

2. Select [ICC Profile Colour Matching] (2).

3. Select the [CMYK Input profile] (3) that corresponds to

the device you are trying to match such as a SWOP or Euroscale Press. If you have another CMYK Ink profile that you wish to use, select it here as the appropriate “CMYK Source x” profile.

Remember that the names “CMYK Source 1”, “CMYK Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant”

on page 38.

Use the [Preserve Black] option to keep the original grey component (K channel) information. If [Preserve Black] is

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disabled, the grey components may be printed using a mixture of CMYK toner, instead of just K (black) toner.

4. Select a Printer Output Profile (4).

If [Auto] is selected, the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used. If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software, select it here.

If you have selected a profile other than [Auto], select the [Rendering Intent] (5). (See “Rendering intents” on

page 62.)

MACOS 9 / C

LASSIC

If you are using a source CMYK document, use the following printer driver settings to perform a CMYK Ink Simulation:

1 2 3

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Colour Options] (2).

4. From the [Colour Mode] menu (3), select [Graphic Pro].

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5. Select [Colour – Graphic Pro 1] (4).

6. From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (5), select [ICC Profile Colour Matching].

7. From the [CMYK Input Profile source] (6), select the CMYK Input profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as a SWOP or Euroscale Press. If you have another CMYK Ink profile that you wish to use, select it here as the appropriate “CMYK Source x” profile.

Remember that the names “CMYK Source 1”, “CMYK Source 2” and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant”

on page 38.

Use the [Preserve Black] option to keep the original grey component (K channel) information. If [Preserve Black] is disabled, the grey components may be printed using a mixture of CMYK toner, instead of just K (black) toner.

8. Select [Colour – Graphic Pro 2] (7).

9. From the [Printer Output Profile] menu (8), select your printer profile.

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MACOS X

If you are using a source CMYK document, use the following printer driver settings to perform a CMYK Ink Simulation:

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2 3

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Printer Features] (2).

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour

Options].

5. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4), select [Graphic Pro].

6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour –

Graphic Pro 1].

7. From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (6), select [ICC Profile Colour Matching].

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8. From the [Feature Sets] menu (7), select [Colour – Graphic Pro 2].

8 9

9. From the [CMYK Profile Type] menu (8), select [CMYK Input Profile].

10. From the [CMYK Input Profile source] (9), select the CMYK Input profile that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as a SWOP or Euroscale Press. If you have another CMYK Ink profile that you wish to use, select it here as the appropriate “CMYK Source x” profile.

Remember that the names “CMYK Source 1”, etc., relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant” on page 38.

11. From the [Feature Sets] menu, select [Colour – Graphic Pro 3] (10).

12. From the [Printer Output Profile] menu (11), select your printer profile.

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ENDERING INTENTS

When selecting the Printer Output Profile, if you select any other profile apart from [Auto], you can select the Rendering Intent. The rendering intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how colours that fall outside of the printable colours are treated.

Select the rendering intent that best suits the document you are printing.

ERCEPTUAL

This option is recommended for printing photographs.

Typically, perceptual rendering desaturates all the colours when printing. This brings unprintable colours into the printer’s range, whilst keeping the relationships between the colours the same.

ATURATION

This option is recommended for printing business graphics if you want vivid colours. This will not necessarily produce accurate colour, as the emphasis is on maintaining saturation.

ELATIVE COLORIMETRIC

This option is best for printing solid colours and tints. Use Relative Colorimetric when printing from a drawing program such as Adobe Illustrator, or Macromedia Freehand.

BSOLUTE COLORIMETRIC

This option is recommended if you are proofing images on your printer that are intended for final output on a printing press. This may result in a visible colour cast on your print as it will also try to simulate the paper white of the target device.

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URE BLACK TEXT

When your document is printed, often the pure black colours will not be printed using 100% black toner. Instead, these pure black colours are sometimes converted and printed using a mixture of CMYK toner.

Using the Pure Black Text / Graphics feature ensures that 100% black text or graphics in your document is printed using pure black toner.

This means that the following colours in your documents will be printed using only 100% black toner:

RGB Red = 0, Green = 0, Blue = 0

CMYK Cyan = 0%, Yellow = 0%, Magenta = 0%,

OLOUR MATCH PRECISION

When the printer performs colour matching, it must do many calculations to convert between different colour formats (RGB, CMYK, etc). These calculations can take time to process.

The [Colour Match Precision] option allows you to choose between higher quality colour matching (more time consuming) or faster but less accurate colour matching.

GRAPHICS

Black = 100%

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RINTER DRIVER SETTINGS FOR

ICC

PROFILE CREATION OR NO COLOUR MATCHING

If you are creating ICC profiles using third-party software, select [Disable Colour Matching for ICC Profile Creation]. This option switches off all printer colour management and also prevents the printer from restricting toner layer thickness.

If you are using your application colour matching, select [Use Application Colour Matching]. This option switches off all printer colour management. (Mac OS 9 page 65, Mac OS X page 66.)

INDOWS

1. On the printer driver [Colour] tab, select [Graphic Pro] (1)

and click [Options].

2. Select [Disable Colour Matching for Profile Creation] (2) if you are creating an ICC profile using third-party profile creation software. Select [Use Application Colour Matching] (3) if you wish to switch off all printer colour management and use your application’s colour matching..

2 3

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MACOS 9

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Colour Options] (2).

4. From the [Colour Mode] menu (3), select [Graphic Pro].

1 2

5. Select [Colour – Graphic Pro 1] (4).

6. From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (5), select [Disable Colour Matching for Profile Creation] if you are creating an ICC profile using third-party profile creation software. Select [Use Application Colour Matching] if you wish to switch off all printer colour management and use your application’s colour matching.

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MACOS X

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2 3

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Printer Features] (2).

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour

Options].

5. From the [Colour Mode] menu (4), select [Graphic Pro].

6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Colour –

Graphic Pro 1].

7. From the [Colour Matching Task] menu (6), select [Disable Colour Matching for Profile Creation] if you are creating an ICC profile using third-party profile creation software. Select [Use Application Colour Matching] if you wish to switch off all printer colour management and use your application’s colour matching.

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HAPTER

Your printer offers a wide selection of document finishing options that help you to control the final form of your printed document.

Depending on the hardware fitted, either as optional upgrades or included as standard, depending on which model you have, your system can offer the choice of double-sided (duplex) printing, booklet printing, stapling and hole punching. It can also print posters as a series of tiles that can be joined together to make a large poster, or print on very long media for banner displays.

For detailed information on finishing options see:

> “Booklet printing (imposition)” on page 68

> “Collating” on page 71

> “Colour separation” on page 75

> “Separating queued print jobs” on page 78

> “Cover print” on page 80

> “Custom page size” on page 82

4: F

INISHING OPTIONS

> “Duplex (double-sided) printing” on page 88

> “Printing multiple pages on one sheet (N-up)” on page 92

>“Poster printing” on page 95

>“Scale to page” on page 96

>“Watermarks” on page 97

OOKLET PRINTING (IMPOSITION

Booklet printing in the Windows drivers printing allows printing of multipage documents with their pages ordered and arranged so that final printed output can be folded into a booklet. Typically, A4 (or A3) pages would be reduced to A5 (or A4) and printed side by side on both sides of A4 (or A3) paper, so that the paper can be folded into a booklet.

Since this feature prints on both sides of the page, it requires a duplex unit to be installed in the printer, and 256MB of additional memory (512MB in total).

Notes

1. To find out how much memory is currently installed, print a

Configuration Page from the printer control panel. See the C9600 User’s Guide.

2. A few applications do not support booklet printing, but most

do.

3. This feature is not available in the Macintosh drivers.

4. This feature is not available in the Windows 98 PostScript

driver.

When using the PostScript driver, if you plan to print a long document, more than about 16 pages, consider printing it in sections of 8 or 16 at a time. This is called the “signature,” and will avoid having too thick a stack of paper to fold to make your booklet. Your document will then be printed in a series of booklets which can be stacked one above the other. This is usually a neater arrangement.

)

The above considerations do not matter when using the PCL driver as the signature can be set within the driver, and a long document can be printed directly as a series of booklets.

Note that the number of pages in a booklet is always a multiple of four, since two pages are printed on each side of each sheet of paper. If your document is not a multiple of four pages long, the last one, two or three pages in your folded booklet will be blank.

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INDOWS POSTSCRIPT

(Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 only)

1. In the driver’s [Layout] tab, choose [Booklet] from the [Pages Per Sheet] drop-down list.

2. Check that the duplex option is set to [Flip on Short Edge].

NOTE If the Booklet choice is not shown, check that the Duplex option is

enabled in the driver. (See “Setting the driver device options” on

page 9.)

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INDOWS

PCL

1. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, recall any saved [driver

settings] you may wish to use.

2. Choose [Booklet] from the [Finishing Mode] drop-down list, then click [Options].

3. In the Options window you can set the [signature] size (see page 68, the number of [pages] per side of paper and the [binding margin] if your document is going to be thick. The graphic in this window shows the effect of each choice you make.

NOTE If the Booklet choice is not shown, check that the Duplex option is

enabled in the driver. (See “Setting the driver device options” on

page 9.)

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OLLATING

This feature allows multiple copies of a multipage document to be printed with the pages of each copy in sequence.

Uncollated pages print like this

Collated pages print like this

Application collate—Some application programs have a collate feature in their print options. In this case the application performs the document collation and may send the job multiple times to the printer. Generally, this method is slower but can be more reliable.

Printer collate—This section describes the collate function built into the printer driver. In this case the job is stored temporarily in printer memory or on the printer’s hard disk (if installed), and the printer performs collation. This method is normally faster, but may not work from all applications.

If you experience problems using printer collate, use the collate option in your application’s print options instead.

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INDOWS

1. If using the PCL driver, on the [Setup] tab first choose any

saved [driver settings] that you wish to use. See

“Recalling saved driver settings” on page 8.

2. In the [Job Options] tab, choose how many [copies] you want to print from the scrolling list.

3. Click the [Collate] checkbox.

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MACOS9.

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

1 2 3

2. From the printer menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [General] (2).

4. Enter the number of [copies] (3) you wish to print.

5. Select [Job Options] (4).

6. Select the [Collate] checkbox (5) to enable printer collate.

NOTE The illustrations here show the Apple LaserWriter driver, which

uses “printer collate”. The Adobe PostScript driver looks very similar but uses “application collate”. See page 71.

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MACOS X

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2. From the printer menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Copies & Pages] (2).

The [Collate] option in the [Copies & Pages] dialogue is for application collate. See page 71.

4 5

4. Enter the number of [copies] (3) you wish to print.

5. Select [Printer Features] (4).

6. From the [Feature Sets] menu (5), select [Job Options].

7. Select the [Collate] checkbox (6) to enable printer collate.

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OLOUR SEPARATION

The colour separation feature prints each of four primary colours as separate greyscale images. This is a proofing facility that indicates the relative densities of each of the four toner colours in your print document. The darker an area appears, the more of the corresponding toner colour will be used when printing in full colour.

INDOWS POSTSCRIPT

1. In the driver’s [Colour] tab, click [Advanced].

2. Select which [separations] you want to print from the

drop-down list.

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MACOS9

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

1 2

2. From the printer menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Colour Options] (2).

4. From the [Separations] menu (3), select the separations

you wish to print.

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MACOS X

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2 3

2. From the printer menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Printer Features] (2).

4. From the [Feature Sets] menu (3), select [Colour Options]

5. From the [Separations] menu (4), select the separations

you wish to print.

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EPARATING QUEUED PRINT JOBS

When you share a printer with other users it can be useful to print a special page between print jobs to help locate each user’s job in a paper stack at the printer. In Windows this page is called a “separator page”. On the Mac it is called a “cover page”.

NOTE Do not confuse Cover Page with “Cover Print”. Cover Print is when

the first page (cover) of a print job is fed from one paper tray, and the remaining pages of the print job are fed from a different tray. See “Cover print” on page 80.

INDOWS SEPARATOR PAGE

The separator page is set from the printer driver’s default properties window. Access to this is directly from Windows, not from within your application program. See “Changing the driver

defaults” on page 7.

1. In the driver’s Advanced tab click the [Separator Page…] button (1).

2. Click [Browse] (2) and navigate to a file containing an image of the separator page you wish to use, then click [OK].

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MACOS 9

The cover page is accessed from your application’s print dialogue.

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Cover Page] (2).

4. Select the required options for the cover page (3).

COVER PAGE

1 2

MACOS X

The cover page is accessed from your application’s print dialogue.

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Cover Page] (2).

4. Select the required options for the cover page (3).

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COVER PAGE

OVER PRINT

Cover print is when the first page (cover) of a print job is fed from one paper tray, and the remaining pages of the print job are fed from another paper tray.

This feature is not available in the Windows PostScript Drivers.

Do not confuse Cover Print with “Cover Page”. A Cover Page is an identification sheet inserted between the print jobs of a network printer. See “Separating queued print jobs” on page 78.

INDOWS

PCL

1. In the Setup tab, choose any saved driver settings you

wish to use. See “Recalling saved driver settings” on

page 8.

2. Click [Paper Feed Options].

3. Check the [Use different source for first page] checkbox.

4. Choose the tray you want to feed the cover page from and

the paper type in the [Source] and [Weight] drop-down lists.

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MACOS9.

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

1 2

3 4

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [General] (2).

4. From [Paper Source] (3), select the trays or paper types

you wish to use for the first page and remaining pages.

MACOS X

1. Choose [File] → [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Paper Feed] (2).

4. Select the trays or paper types you wish to use for the

first page and remaining pages (3).

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USTOM PAGE SIZE

This feature enables printing on non-standard sized print media.

The multipurpose tray is used for feeding non-standard media sizes. Print media width can be from approximately 76mm to 328mm, and its length can be from 90mm to 1200mm. Actual limits vary slightly depending on which printer driver you use and your computer’s operating system.

Some applications software may not produce the desired results with non-standard print media sizes, and some experimentation may be required to obtain the results you want.

INDOWS

1. In the driver’s [Layout] tab, click [Advanced].

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OSTSCRIPT

2. In the Advanced Options window, under [Paper/Output],

choose [PostScript Custom Page Size] from the [Paper Size] drop-down list.

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3. In the PostScript Custom Page Size Definition window, Choose your [paper feed direction] from the drop-down list.

The available choices are:

Short edge first The page is portrait (tall) format and you will feed

Long edge first The page is landscape (wide) format and you will

Short edge first flipped

Long edge first flipped

the top of the page into the printer.

feed the top of the page into the printer.

The page is portrait (tall) format and you will feed the bottom of the page into the printer.

The page is landscape (wide) format and you will feed the bottom of the page into the printer.

Notice that the size ranges available swap places when you change the paper feed direction between a portrait and a landscape choice.

Remember that the width of the multipurpose tray is limited to the width of an A3 sheet (297mm), so if your paper is longer than this you will have to feed it short edge first.

4. You can also position the page image on the paper to avoid printing too close to the edge by choosing an [Offset].

Offset relative to [perpendicular] direction adds to your left margin.

Offset relative to [parallel] direction adds to your top margin (normal feed) or bottom margin (flipped feed).

5. Click [OK] to close the PostScript Custom Page Size Definition window.

6. Click [OK] to close the Advanced Options window.

7. In the driver’s window, choose the [Multipurpose Tray] as

the [Paper Source].

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INDOWS

The Windows 98 PostScript driver allows up to three custom page sizes to be defined and saved for future use.

1. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, on the [Size] drop-down list,

2. If this is a previously saved custom size that you wish to

3. To create a new custom size:

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choose one of the available [custom paper sizes].

use, click [OK] to close the Printer Properties window.

a. Click the [Custom Size] button.

b. Enter a name for your new custom size in the [Name]

box.

c. Enter the page dimensions in the [Width] and [Length]

boxes.

OSTSCRIPT

d. Click [OK] to save your new custom size.

4. Print your document.

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INDOWS

PCL

1. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, select any previously saved

settings you wish to use.

2. Click the [Paper Feed Options] button.

3. In the Paper Feed Options window, click [Custom Size].

If you have previously saved any special custom sizes they will be listed in the Custom Size window.

4. To use a previously saved custom size, click its name in the list.

To create a new custom size:

a. Enter its dimensions in the [Width] and [Length]

boxes.

b. Enter a name for the new size in the [Name] box, and

click [Add] to save it in the list.

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5. Click [OK] to accept your chosen size and close the Custom Size window.

6. If this is th e size of your document but you want to scal e it to fit a standard size of paper, click [Resize document to fit printer page] in the Paper Feed Options window, and choose the printer’s actual paper size from the [Conversion] drop-down list.

MACOS 9

NOTE The illustration in this procedure shows the Apple LaserWriter

driver. The procedure is almost identical in the Adobe PostScript driver.

1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print].

2. Select [Custom Page Sizes] (1).

3. Click the [New] button (2) to define a new paper size.

4. Enter the [Width] and [Height] (3) of your paper.

5. Specify paper [margins] (4) as required.

6. Enter a [Name] (5) for your new size and click [OK].

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MACOS X

1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Page

Setup].

2. Select [Custom Page Size] (1).

3. Click the [New] button (2) to define a new paper size and

enter a name for the paper size.

4. Enter the [Width] and [Height] (3) of your paper.

5. Specify paper [margins] (4) as required.

6. Click [OK] to save the new paper size.

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UPLEX (DOUBLE-SIDED) PRINTING

If your printer has a duplex unit installed you can print on both sides of the paper, to save paper, weight, bulk and cost.

> Only paper can be used for duplex printing, not

transparencies or other media.

> Use paper stock of 75–120 g/m². If you experience

excessive curling with 75–90 g/m² paper, use 105 g/m².

> Use standard sized paper stock only, e.g. A4, A3, Letter,

etc.

> Load the paper print side up. Ream wrappers are usually

marked with an arrow, indicating which is the print side.

> Paper can be fed from standard paper trays, including the

high capacity feeder if you have one, but not from the multipurpose tray.

> Do not set the paper weight to Ultra Heavy.

> Do not enable the White Page Skip function.

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INDOWS POSTSCRIPT

1. In the driver’s Layout tab (Windows XP) or Setup tab

(Windows 98), under [2-Sided Printing], select the binding edge you want.

WINDOWS XP

WINDOWS 98

For portrait (tall) page layout the usual choice is [Long Edge]. For landscape (wide) page layout the usual choice is [Short Edge]. Choosing [Off] turns off duplex printing and your document will be printed single-sided.

INDOWS

PCL

1. In the driver’s Setup tab, under [2-Sided Printing], select

the binding edge you want.

WINDOWS XP WINDOWS 98

For portrait (tall) page layout the usual choice is [Long Edge]. For landscape (wide) page layout the usual choice is [Short Edge].

Choosing [Off] turns off duplex printing and your document will be printed single-sided.

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MACOS 9

1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print].

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2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Layout] (2).

4. Select the [Print on Both Sides] checkbox (3).

5. Select the binding edge (4) that you want.

The graphic shows how you paper will be flipped, either on the short or the long edge. Which choice you make will usually depend on whether your page format is portrait (tall) or landscape (wide), and how you plan to turn the paper over to read the second side.

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MACOS X

1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Layout] (2).

4. From the [Two Sided Printing] options (3), select either

[Long Edge Binding] or [Short Edge Binding].

Which choice you make will usually depend on whether your page format is portrait (tall) or landscape (wide), and how you plan to turn the paper over to read the second side.

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RINTING MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE SHEET

(N-UP)

This feature scales the page size of your document for printing and reproduces several pages per sheet.

This is useful when you simply want to proof your page layout, or distribute your document in a more compact format. It saves paper, bulk, weight and cost.

If you have a duplex unit installed, you can even combine this feature with duplex printing to save even more.

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INDOWS POSTSCRIPT

3 4

1. In the driver’s Layout tab (Windows XP) or Setup tab (Windows 98), choose the number of pages (“N-up”) you want to print on each sheet. 1-up is normal, 16-up is maximum.

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INDOWS

PCL

1. In the driver’s Layout tab (Windows XP) or Setup tab

(Windows 98), choose the number of pages (“N-up”) you want to print on each sheet. 1-up is normal, 16-up is maximum.

2. Click [Options] to choose from the available options for this feature.

From here you can choose the page printing order, the page layout, whether you want printed page borders, and a binding margin if you need it.

MACOS 9

1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print].

1 2

3 4

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2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Layout] (2).

4. From the [Pages per Sheet] menu (3), select the number

of pages you want to fit onto a single sheet of paper.

5. If required, change the direction (4) the document pages are laid out on each sheet of paper.

MACOS X

1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Print].

2. From the [Printer] menu (1), select your printer model.

3. Select [Layout] (2).

4. From the [Pages per Sheet] menu (3), select the number

of pages you want to fit onto a single sheet of paper.

5. If required, change the direction (4) the document pages are laid out on each sheet of paper.

6. If required, you can surround each page with a border (5).

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OSTER PRINTING

This option allows you to print posters by dividing a single document page into multiple pieces (sometimes called “tiles”). Each piece prints, enlarged, on a separate sheet. Then, you combine the separate sheets to create a poster.

Poster Print is only available with the Windows PCL printer drivers.

INDOWS

PCL

1. In the driver’s Setup tab, under [Finishing Mode], choose

[Poster Print].

2. Click [Options] to open the Options window.

a. Choose the [enlargement] required for your document

to fill the poster.

b. [Registration marks] can be printed if required so that

your printed pages (tiles) can be trimmed exactly to the edge of the image.

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c. An [overlap] may help you to match adjacent tiles

when making up your final poster.

CALE TO PAGE

Scale to Page allows you to print data formatted for one size page onto a different size page, without modifying the print data.

This feature is only available with the Windows PCL drivers.

1. In the driver’s Setup tab, click the [Options] button.

2. Check the [Fit to Page] checkbox.

3. Choose the scaling factor you need from the

[Conversions] drop-down list.

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ATERMARKS

A watermark is typically faint text that is superimposed on a printed document. This can used to indicate that the document is “Draft”, or perhaps “Confidential”.

This feature is not available on Mac OS X. The illustration below shows the Windows PostScript driver. The PCL driver is very similar.

INDOWS

The Watermarks Feature is found in the driver’s [Job Options] tab. Click the [Watermarks] button.

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CREATE A NEW WATERMARK

1. In the Watermarks window, click [New…].

2. Enter the text you want for your watermark.

3. Adjust your watermark’s font, size, colour, angle, position

and border (trim) as required.

4. Click [OK] to accept your changes.

CHOOSE A PREVIOUSLY CREATED WATERMARK

1. In the Watermarks window, click the watermark in the list.

EDIT AN EXISTING WATERMARK

1. In the Watermarks window, click the watermark’s name in

the list.

2. Click [Edit…].

3. Make any adjustments you wish, and click [OK] to accept

your changes.

PRINT USING A WATERMARK

1. In the Watermarks window, click the watermark’s name in

the list.

2. Click [OK] to close the Watermarks window.

3. Click [OK] to close the Printer Properties window.

4. Print your document.

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MACOS 9

The illustrations here are for the Adobe PostScript driver. Watermarks are not featured in the Apple LaserWriter driver.

1. In your application program, choose [File] → [Page Setup].

2. Select [Watermarks] (1).

3. Select which pages you want to print watermarks on (2).

[None] (no watermarks), [First] or [All].

4. Choose the type of watermark data to use (3): a PICT file, EPS file or plain text.

5. To create or edit the text for a watermark, click [Edit…]

(4). This launches the watermark editing dialogue (5).

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

About this book 5

6 How to access the driver screens

Windows XP/2000/Server 2003

Windows 98/Me/NT

Windows

Macintosh

MACOS9

Setting the driver device options 9

MACOS X

Black overprint 13

Composite Black or True Black.

Black printing (black generation) 15

Fine lines enhancement 19

20 Greyscale printing

Basics 25

26 What this guide describes

Printer colour management 27

Office colour 29

MACOS 9

MACOS X

36 Graphic pro

Using Profile Assistant

MACOS 9

MACOS X

MACOS X

MACOS X

MACOS 9

MACOS X

68 Booklet printing (imposition)

Collating 71

Colour separation 75

78 Separating queued print jobs

80 Cover print

82 Custom page size

88 Duplex (double-sided) printing

MACOS X

92 Printing multiple pages on one sheet (N-up)

Poster printing 95

96 Scale to page

Watermarks 97