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OKI DP-7000 RIP Guide

Introduction

Thank you very much for purchasing OKI DP-7000 RIP. OKI DP-7000 RIP is a software RIP for making the OKI DP-7000 PostScript printer. The information provided in this manual is intended to enable the user to take full advantage of various features of the OKI DP-7000 RIP.

How to use this operation manual

Symbols

Trademarks

The memo symbol alerts the user to helpful hints and information useful when using the RIP.
Adobe, PostScript, PostScript 3, and PostScript logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Apple, Macintosh, Performa, Power Macintosh, and Mac OS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Other brand names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Software copyright

© 2000 Amiable Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. © 2000 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. © 2000 ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

Regarding this manual

1. Reproduction of any part of this operation manual without prior permission is prohibited.
2. The contents of this operation manual are subject to change without notice.
3. Great care was taken in making this manual. Howe ver, should you f ind any inconsistencies, errors or omissions, please do not hesitate to notify the shop where you purchased this product.
4. OKI DATA CO., LTD, ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD, Adobe Systems Incorporated and Amiable Technologies, Inc shall not be liable to the user for an y damage incurred through direct, indirect, exceptional, or accidental operation using the information contained in this manual, regardless of the stipulations in Clause 3.
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Manual copyright

© 2000 Amiable Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. © 2000 ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

DIC standard color

1. This printer has been “DIC standard color” certified by Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
2. DIC standard color satisfies print standards determined by Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc. This standard is applicable to the colour range used for offset/ process printing on art paper and conforms to “Japan Color”.
3. This printer conforms to the “thermal transfer” reference level of the “DIC standard color” under a D50 light source, allowing approximate simulation of colours printed by the standard offset/ process printing method.
4. To operate printer: Select “DIC Standard Color SFC” for CMYK-Lab conversion. Select “VPhoto_PressPaper_Matte.icm”, “VPhoto_PressPaper_Art.icm”,or “VPhoto_VPhotoFilm.icm” profile for Lab - CMYK conversion.
5. Although this printer has been “DIC standard color” certified, printed colours might not match samples displayed in the “DIC Color Guide/Process Color Note” Chemicals, Inc.
6. Characteristics of printed colours may vary due to aging, environmental changes or other reasons.
7. Characteristics of printed colours may vary due to differences in the characteristics of indi vidual products or consumable items.
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*1. The “DIC Color Guide/ Process Color Note” is a process colour book that approximately reproduces
dot percentage combinations of process colours (i.e. yellow, magenta, cyan and black) on art paper from the spot color books (“DIC Color Guide ®” and “DIC Color Guide ®, Part 2”), using DIC spot ink.

TOYO INK standard colors

1. This printer has been certified compliant to “TOYO INK standard colors” certified by TOYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.
2. TOYO INK standard colors are colors that satisfy the standards for colors of prints as prescribed by TOYO INK MFG. CO., LTD. These standard colors apply to the color range known as “Japan Color” for process printing on art quality paper.
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Contents
Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................1
How to use this operation manual .............................................................................. 1
Symbols .................................................................................................................................................................1
Trademarks ..........................................................................................................................................................1
Software copyright...............................................................................................................................................1
Regarding this manual ........................................................................................................................................1
Manual copyright.................................................................................................................................................2
DIC standard color ..............................................................................................................................................2
TOYO INK standard colors ................................................................................................................................2
Chapter 1. Set Up.............................................................................................................6
System Requirements ..................................................................................................6
To install program........................................................................................................6
To install Roman screen fonts ................................................................................... 10
To connect the DP-7000 to your computer .............................................................. 12
To set up the printer .................................................................................................. 13
To uninstall RIP .........................................................................................................16
Chapter 2. Functions of the RIP....................................................................................17
Print Monitor ............................................................................................................. 17
Function of each button.....................................................................................................................................17
Information display ...........................................................................................................................................18
Menu ...................................................................................................................................................................19
Setup Properties.........................................................................................................20
General tab .........................................................................................................................................................20
Port tab ...............................................................................................................................................................20
Print tab ..............................................................................................................................................................21
Colour Adjust tab...............................................................................................................................................29
Density Curve Adjustment ........................................................................................30
Function of each button.....................................................................................................................................30
Create and Edit Density curve..........................................................................................................................31
Preferences..................................................................................................................32
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Chapter 3. Printing Procedures.....................................................................................33
Printing without running the application in which the data was made................33
Printing with the application in which the data was made. ................................... 35
To set up SpotColorLibrary ..............................................................................................................................37
To set up Color Palette in FreeHand 8 .............................................................................................................38
To set up Color Palette in Illustrator 8.0 .........................................................................................................40
To set up Color Palette in PageMaker 6.5........................................................................................................41
To set up Color Palette in QuarkXPress 4.1 ....................................................................................................43
To print from each application. ................................................................................45
To print from FreeHand 8 .................................................................................................................................45
To print from Illustrator8. 0 .............................................................................................................................48
To print from PageMaker6. 5 ...........................................................................................................................51
To print from QuarkXPress4. 1 ........................................................................................................................54
Regarding 2-Colour Press ......................................................................................... 58
To create image data for colour separations....................................................................................................58
2- Colour Press in FreeHand8.0 .......................................................................................................................60
2-Colour Press in Illustrator8.0 ........................................................................................................................64
2-Colour Press in PageMaker6.5 ......................................................................................................................68
2-Colour Press in QuarkXPress4.1 ..................................................................................................................71
Printing in Opaque White.........................................................................................75
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Chapter 1. Set Up

System Requirements

The minimum and recommended system requirements for using the OKI DP-7000 RIP are listed below .
Processor Power PC 601 90 MHz Power Macintosh G3 233MHz Installed RAM 64MB More than 128MB
Disk installation space 90MB 90MB Disk available space More than 1GB More than 2GB
Operating System Mac OS 8.1 or later Mac OS 8.1 or later Video system 14 inch monitor, 256 colours 17 inch monitor,
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Minimum system Recommended system
(virtual memory=128MB) (virtual memory=256MB)
(for saving data)
more than Thousands colours Peripheral devices CD-ROM drive CD-ROM drive Interface SCSI or SCSI or
USB (Mac OS 8.5 or later) USB (Mac OS 8.5 or later)

To install program

To install the program from the OKI DP-7000 Installation Disc CD-ROM,follow these steps.
1. Insert the OKI DP-7000 Installation Disc into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Double-click the ‘DP-7000 RIP’ folder.
3. Double-click the OKI DP-7000 RIP Installer icon.
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4. Select the language.
The language selection here is for the language the installer will use to display install process messages. It is not a program
5. Confirm the product name.
The Installation Options dialogue appears. Click OK.
6. Read license agreement.
Follow the instructions on the screen and click OK. This will display the End User License Agreement. Read through the terms of the License Agreement; then click Accept to accept the agreement.
7. Select location to install.
Select the location where you wish to install the software from the OKI DP-7000 RIP Installer dialogue box and click Install.
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8. Clear preferences.
A prompting you to clear the ‘OKI DP-7000 RIP’ preferences appears. Click Yes.
9. Confirm message.
A message prompting you to install the Adobe PostScript Driver appears. Click OK.
If the message prompting you to restart appears, do not click Quit to restart. Restart only after installation of Adobe PostScript Driver finishes.
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10. Finish installation.
A message informing you that the installation has been completed appears. Click Quit.
11. Install Adobe PostScript Driver.
Open the ‘AdobePS Installers’ folder. Among the five language folders select the folder of the language you wish to use. (Language folders are Deutsche, English, Español, Français and Italiano) Double-click the AdobePS Installer icon.
The name of the Adobe PostScript Driv er is AdobePS8.6. If this has already been installed, it is not necessary to install it again.
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12. Read license agreement.
Following the instructions on the screen and click Continue. This displays the ELECTRONIC END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR ADOBE PRINTER DRIVER. Read through the terms of the License Agreement; then click Accept to accept the agreement.
13. Select location to install.
Select the location to which install the Adobe Postscript driver in the AdobePS Installer dialogue and click Install.
14. Confirm message.
Confirm the message and click Continue.
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15. Finish installation and restart
A message informing you that the installation has completed appears. Click Restart to restart your Macintosh computer.
The next step is the installation of the Roman Screen Font.

To install Roman screen f onts

The OKI DP-7000 RIP comes with the Roman fonts , ‘T ype 1 font (117 typestyles)’ and ‘TrueType font (19 typestyles)’.
• If your Macintosh system uses the TrueType style screen fonts for Times, Helvetica, Courier, Symbol, replace these with the Type 1 style font.
• By default, the program will replace NewYork with Times, Genev a with Helv etica and Monaco with Courier. To print without replacing any of the fonts, uncheck Substitute Fonts box selected by the PostScript Options tab in the Page Setup for the Adobe PostScript Driver.
1. Install Roman screen fonts.
Open the ‘Screen Fonts’ folder and double-click the PS3 Fonts Installer icon.
2. Read license agreement.
The Electronic End User License Agreement appears. Read through the terms of the License Agreement; then click Accept to accept the agreement.
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3. Select font to add.
Select Custom Install to confirm which fonts to add; then click Install.
Selecting Easy Install will install all fonts. Use Custom Install when you wish to specify which fonts to install.
4. Restart.
Click Restart to restart your Macintosh computer.
This completes the software installation. The next step is to connect the printer and enter the various RIP settings.
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To connect the DP-7000 to your computer

Connect the DP-7000 to your computer using the procedures described in Chapter 2 ‘Computer connection’ in the Printer User's Guide DP-7000.
USB connection
USB interface connector
SCSI connection
Connect after the optional SCSI adapter has been installed.
SCSI adapter
USB port
USB cable
Dip switch
SCSI interface connector
Terminator
SCSI cable
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To set up the printer

Set up the printer by starting up RIP.
In addition to enabling the computer on which it is installed to print directly from the printer, the OKI DP­7000 RIP also enables the computer to function as a print server. This makes it possible to print from individual client computers connected to a network.
1. Start up RIP.
Double-click the OKI DP-7000 RIP icon.
An OKI DP-7000 RIP icon is placed on the desktop when he installation of OKI DP-7000 RIP completes.
2. Confirm Add Setup.
Confirm the Add Setup box and click Next.
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3. Choose port.
Select the port (SCSI port or USB port) to which the printer is currently connected from the Add Setup dialogue box. This displays the name of the connected printer. Select the name of the printer to use from the list and click OK.
Use the standard settings for names displayed in the Add Setup dialogue box. When you change a name, make sure that the new name has no more than 28 characters in length.
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4. Confirm RIP start up.
Confirm that the Print Monitor has been displayed.
5. Select AdobePS.
5-1 Printing from the computer in which RIP is installed.
Open Chooser from the Apple Menu and select AdobePS. Choose DP-7000@**** (**** will show your computer’s name) from the Select a PostScript Printer list and click Setup.
5-2 Printing from a Client Computer.
Copy the PPD file ‘AmOKIDP7000.PPD’ in the ‘DP-7000 RIP>Printer Descriptions’ folder on the DP-7000 Installation Disc CD-ROM to ‘System Folder > Extensions > Printer Descriptions’ folder of the client computer. Open Chooser from the Apple Menu and select AdobePS. Select DP-7000@**** (**** will show your computer’s name) from the Select a PostScript Printer list and click Create.
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6. Select the PPD file.
Select AmOKIDP7000.PPD and click Select. This sa ves the PPD f ile in the ‘System F older > Extensions > Printer Descriptions’ folder and displays the DP-7000@**** desktop icon.
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7. Close Chooser.
8. Test print.
Test print a page to confirm that the printer is properly connected.
8-1 Install the ink cartridge.
Select Process Cyan, Process Magenta, Process Yellow and Process Black as described in Chapter 2 ‘Installing ink cartridge’ in the Printer User's Guide DP-7000.
8-2 Load Press Paper-Matte.
Select Press P aper-Matte as described in Chapter 2 ‘Loading paper’ in the Printer User's Guide DP-7000. Note that the paper size for the test pattern is A4.
8-3 Perform test print.
Test print a page by selecting Test Print from Setup.
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To uninstall RIP

Use the procedures described below to uninstall the RIP.
1. Close the Print Monitor.
The Print Monitor should be closed while the RIP is starting.
2. Drag the OKI DP-7000 RIP icon to the Trash.
Drag and drop the OKI DP-7000 RIP icon on the desktop to the Trash.
3. Drag and drop the ‘OKI DP-7000 RIP’ folder to the Trash.
4. Open the ‘System Folder’.
5. Open the ‘Preferences’ folder.
Drag and drop ‘OKI DP-7000 RIP Preferences’ and ‘OKI DP-7000 RIP Prefs’ to the Trash.
6. Open the ‘Extensions’ folder.
Drag and drop ‘Am_DP-7000’ to the Trash.
7. Open ‘Extensions>Printer Descriptions’.
Drag and drop ‘AmOKIDP7000.PPD’ to the Trash.
8. Restart computer.
9. Empty Trash by holding down the option key.
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Chapter 2. Functions of the RIP

Chapter 2. Functions of the RIP
This chapter describes the various functions provided with the Raster Image Processor (RIP).

Print Monitor

The Print Monitor is displayed when the RIP is started (double-click the OKI DP-7000 RIP icon). The Print Monitor manages the queue containing the various jobs to be printed.

Function of each button

Add Job
To add jobs to the Print Monitor. Select the file to be added, and click Open. Compliant formats are JPEG, PDF, PostScript and EPS. The added job names will appear in the Print Monitor. Except for PostScript file, the status of added job will be Holding. To carry out printing, select job files (it is possible to select a few) and click Print. RIP processing will be started. After RIP processing has finished, printing will commence.
RIP stands for Raster Image Processor, and is a process that converts data for output into a series of dots that are used to reproduce the data on paper. RIP processing is complex, which means that processing time is greatly influenced by your computer' s processing capacity and the size of a file.
Clicking on a job and holding down the mouse button displays the following pop-up menu.
RIP: applies RIP processing to a job. Print: prints the job. Delete: deletes the job.
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Delete
To delete jobs, select the job file or files you wish to delete and click Delete in the Print Monitor window.
Print
To print jobs, select the job file or files you wish to print and click Print in the Print Monitor window.
Pause
To pause during printing, select the job file or files on which to pause from the Print Monitor window by clicking on the file name and then clicking P ause. Click Pause again to restart printing.
Abort
T o abort jobs, select the job file or files you wish to abort and click Abor t in the Print Monitor window.

Information display

Jobs to be printed are queued in the order that the y are sent. The following information is displayed for each job on the Print Monitor.
Job Name: name of the file. Status: current status of the job (i.e. Holding, Riping or Printing) Copies: number of copies to be printed. ICC Profile: displayed here is the name of the media for the profile entered in the Output profile
described in the Print tab window on Setup Properties. Although the name of the media is displayed even when the Perform Colour Correction box is unchecked it will not affect print output.
File Type: file type for the selected job. Dimension: displays the size of the rectangular area that encloses the entire image of the job file
when using the JPEG, TIFF, and EPS formats. The size of the rectangular area and the size of the media to be printed may differ depending on the application. 8.500 x 11.000 in. is displayed when the sizes differ, ho we ver , the job is printed to the size specif ied in the Page Information section of the file.
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Menu This section describes the Menu that may appear after the RIP has started.

File
Add job: performs the same function as the Add job button. Print: performs the same function as the Print button. Abort: performs the same function as the Abort button. Quit: quit the RIP program.
Edit
Select All: select all jobs added to the Print Monitor. Delete: performs the same function as the Delete button. Preferences: refer to the page entitled Preferences.
Setup
Change Setup: changes the device setting. When selected, items entered in Setup Properties are
initialised as default.
Setup Properties: refer to the next page. Density Adjustment: refer to the page entitled Density Curve Adjustment. Test Print: runs a test print in an A4 pattern.
View
View RIP log: displays the internal current status and error information internal to the RIP operation. Clear RIP log: clears the RIP log.
Help
Displays the content of the user’s guide for the OKI DP-7000 RIP as a PDF file. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to display PDF format files. The Adobe Acrobat Reader can be installed by clicking on the ‘Reader Installer’ in the ‘Acrobat Reader’ folder on the CD-ROM.
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Setup Properties

The various printer settings are entered in Setup Properties. To display the Setup Properties, operate Setup > Setup Properties from the menu bar.

General tab

This selects the media size. If you wish to specify custom media size, select Other from the media size menu and specify each parameters you wish.
The minimum is (width) 98.0 mm - (length) 148.0 mm, and the maximum is (width) 330.2 mm - (length)
681.0 mm. After setting, click Apply.
Make sure that the media size in the General Tab is the same as the media size in the Adobe PostScript Driver and the actual media to be printed.

Port tab

This selects the port (SCSI port or USB port) to which the printer is currently connected. The connected printer name is displayed when the port is selected.
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Print tab The various processing settings for the file to be printed are entered from the Print tab

Media
This specifies the media type. The seven media types include Press Paper-Matte, Press Paper-Art, High Grade Paper, Cardboard (Thick Paper), VPhoto Film, Transfer Film and Transparency Film.
Some of the Resolution, Driver Options and Colour Mode items are not available with certain media types.
Resolution
This specifies the media type. The seven media types include Press Paper-Matte, Press Paper-Art, High Grade Paper, Cardboard (Thick Paper), VPhoto Film, Transfer Film and Transparency Film.
Some of the Resolution, Driver Options and Colour Mode items are not available with certain media types.
Dither Type
This specifies the dither type to be used when printing. AngleScreen is the only setting provided here. AngleScreen can only be enabled when either Media to Press Paper-
Matte or Press Paper-Art have been selected and CMYK (AngleScreen), CMYK (AngleScreen)+Spot, Greyscale (AngleScreen), or Greyscale (AngleScreen)+Spot
have been entered in the Colour Mode. The AngleScreen dialogue box is displayed by clicking the Screen button. The type of dither used depends on the Colour Mode. There are two types of dither; the dither specifically optimized to printer type and the PostScript unique dot dither. When CMYK
(AngleScreen), CMYK (AngleScreen)+Spot, Greyscale (AngleScreen) or Greyscale (AngleScreen)+Spot is selected as the Colour Mode, the image will be printed
using the PostScript unique dot dither. For colour modes other than these, the dither specif ically optimized to printer type is used.
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Screen
This displays the dialogue box for entering dot Shape, Frequency and Angle settings. The parameters can be set for all colours used for printing. Dot Shape, Frequency and Angle determine the colour when AngleScreen is selected for dither type. Therefore, the image may not be printed in colours best suited to the printer.
Density Adjustment
This selects the profile (Density Curve) on which density adjustment has been perform. Refer to the section entitled ‘Density Curve Adjustment’.
Perform Colour Correction
This selects Colour correction based on ICC Input Profile and ICC Output Profile.
ICC Input profile
Three types of input profiles are provided. The ICC profiles are used to define each colour space to be input to the RIP . Only users with a good understanding of ICC profiles should use settings other than the default settings.
CMYK
DIC Standard Color SFC 1.0.1 is the default. Other profiles can be specified using the Add button.
RGB
RGB corresponds to monitor profiles. Other profiles can be specified using the Add button.
Grey
This specifies the ICC profile for the grey component. Other profiles can be specified using the Add button.
ICC Output profile
This specifies the output profile corresponding to the combination of Media and Colour Mode. When the Perform Colour Correction box is unchecked, any selected settings will
not be enabled for the print output.
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Profile
This defines the characteristics of the user’s printer. Eight types of ICC profiles based on the combinations of Media and Colour Mode that can be printed have been installed. Select the desired profile from the pop-up menu. The media corresponding to the selected profile is displayed in the Media field in the Print Monitor.
Profile Colour Mode Media VPhoto_PressPaper_Matte.icm VPhoto Colour Press Paper-Matte VPhoto_PressPaper_Art.icm VPhoto Colour Press Paper-Art VPhoto_VPhotoFilm.icm VPhoto Colour VPhoto Film VPhoto_VPhotoFilm_TOYO.icm VPhoto Colour VPhoto Film VPhoto_TransferFilm.icm VPhoto Colour Transfer Film VPhoto_TransparencyFilm.icm VPhoto Colour Transparency Film CMYK_HighGradePaper.icm CMYK High Grade Paper CMYK_PressPaper_Matte.icm CMYK(AngleScreen) Press Paper-Matte CMYK_PressPaper_Art.icm CMYK(AngleScreen) Press Paper-Art
Bitmap Rendering Intent / Vector Rendering Intent
Rendering Intent is used to specify the procedure for matching the colour value of the input image or input vector for the colour gamut of the printer. The colour gamut refers to the colour range the device is capable of generating. Before RIP starts processing to the file, an ICC Profile is converted to a CRD (Colour Rendering Dictionary). This RIP allows the Rendering Intent to be set independently for the vector object and the image object. The Image Rendering Intent is only applicable to bitmap object. The Vector Rendering Intent is applicable to line, rectangle and text objects other than bitmap data.
Relative Colourimetric
This option is selected when working with logos and other design elements, where exact matching is important, even when working with fewer colours. With this method, the colour match is adjusted without changing the colours within each device’s gamut. Because colours outside the gamut are compressed to colours with similar tone within the limits of the gamut range, variation in gradation may be lost.
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