Rowe 3600 User Manual

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SetPlot Drivers PlotAdmin PlotSupport Foldeditor
Betriebsanleitung
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The Plotter is state of the art and has been designed and built in accordance with recognized technical norms. Its use can nevertheless represent a hazard to health or to material assets. The plotting system may only be used when it is in perfect technical working order, for the purpose for which it is intended, in a safety and hazard-conscious manner, and in compliance with the instructions given in the operating manual. Any faults which impair the safety of the plotter must be rectified at once. The plotting system must only be used for the functions described in the operating manual. Any other use above and beyond that described in the operating manual is deemed improper use. The manufacturer accepts no liability whatsoever for any damage caused by improper use. The user will be held solely responsible for such risks. The plotting system will be used by different groups of people. As such, the operating manual has been divided up into individual manuals, each containing specific information for the appropriate group. Everyone involved in the installation, start-up, operation, and maintenance of the equipment must be duly qualified and trained. For your safety, it is important that you strictly follow the instructions given in this operating manual.
The operator is in charge of the plotter for all daily work. He is responsible for the settings which can only be undertaken on the plotter and on the console. He determines, e.g., the modes of operation, such as Plot, Standby, Switch-Off, Service Scheduling, Manual Sheet Feed. Moreover, he is also responsible for ensuring that there are always enough media, such as toner and plotting material available.
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Safety Manual
The safety manual is of overriding importance and everyone who uses or operates this plotter must read it. The safety instructions contained therein must be complied with. The safety handbook contains all safety data sheets, safety information, CE-certifications, product specifications
Introduction
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The following terms and symbols are used throughout the operating manuals to indicate particularly important information.
Special information relating to the economic use of the plotting system
Special information about do‘s and dont‘s to prevent damage.
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Warnings Symbols
Notes
Important
Caution
Service Manual
The user is a PC workstation and is part of a network group which has been given access to the plotter. The user has printer drivers installed which allow it to print directly from appropriate applications such as MS-OFFICE, AUTOCAD, etc. The user also has client software which allows it to compile so-called plot files from archives and trans­mit these to the plotter as a block.
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The administrator incorporates the plotter into the company‘s network and supports the user in the installation of the plot client and the printer drivers. He has unrestricted right of access to the plotter PC and assigns access rights to the individual users.
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The service technician is trained by Roth and Weber and is responsible for initial installation and routine, scheduled maintenance of the plotter.
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We would point out that the names of software and hardware mentioned in this manual, and the respective companies‘ proprietary names are generally protected by trademark, brand name or patent laws. Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, and AutoSketch are registered trademarks of the company Autodesk Inc.. Adobe, the Adobe Logo, Acrobat, the Acrobat Logo, and Acrobat Reader are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All other trademarks mentioned or shown in this manual are proprietary to the respective owner and are accepted as being protected.
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Introduction .................................................................... 6
Generating print jobs from plot archives........................ 8
Generating print jobs from the scanner......................... 9
Generating print jobs
from applications programs....................................... 10
PlotAdmin ( Administration )......................................... 12
PlotSupport ( Settings ) ............................................... 13
Folding Program Editor ( Settings )............................. 14
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Introduction
This manual contains information about how to generate a plot job. The network administrator determines which PC station in the network is given right of access to the plotter at the clearance level.
The ROWE plotter is a very versatile and productive system. A complete range of functions is available to all users. The workstation sends plot files from an archive or from an application to the plotter, either directly or via a server.
The plotter has a comprehensive plot management feature, ensuring that the plot files are plotted in the correct format at the correct time. Various tools are available to the user for creating and managing the plot jobs. These are described in this manual.
In addition to the plot files, the plotter also needs a job file, which contains detailed information about how the plot file is to be handled, e.g. number of plots, folding parameters, scale, etc. This job file is created either by a plot client, or it must be assigned to an appropriate printer driver or print queue by means of a default file.
Because of the various applications and requirements, this User Manual consists of 7 separate sub-manuals at present.
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Setplot
Application Printer Driver
Local Port Monitor
ROWEScan
PlotAdmin
PlotSupport
ROWEfold Editor
Software Descriptions
Setplot is a plot client which supports all functions of the plotter controller, and sends a job file together with the plot files to the plotter in a single package.
Only the attributes available in this particular application can be transmitted to the plotter via the application printer. The job file is archived under the printer‘s name as a standard job file on the plotter PC.
The local port monitor links the application printer with the Setplot plot client. Plot files are generated with the application driver and are managed locally by the Setplot plot client.
The ROWEScan software is a scan client which supports all functions of the scanner, and similar to Setplot, generates job files for the plotter.
PlotAdmin is used to display the plotter status and to manage the plotter queue.
Accounting data, stamps, pen tables, and banner pages are managed and generated with PlotSupport.
Folding programs for the online folding sytem are managed and new, customized folding programs are set up with the ROWEfold Editor.
This manual describes the syntax of various program files and shows you ways of editing these program files, e.g. job structures, label and stamp files, pen files, banner pages, etc.
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Job file
Generating Print Jobs from Plot Archives
HP-GL / HP-GL/2 / HP-RTL / Calcomp TIFF / Cals / PCX / RLC / CGM PostScript
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Generating Print Jobs from the Scanner
Image file with job file
Plotter configuration Plotter status Stamps Imprints Folding programs
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Postscript printer driver AdobePS ROWE-ReproPlot 3100
Generating Print Jobs
from Applications Programs Office / Excel / Word / PowerPoint, etc.
Postscript
file
Job file
SetPlot
Postscript
file
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Printer driver HP-GL/2 Plotter
HP-GL/2
File
HP-GL/2
File
Job file
Generating Print Jobs
from Applications Programs ACAD / ME10 / Solid Works / Catia / Microstation, etc.
SetPlot
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METEOR AdministrationRowePlotter Administration
PlotAdmin (Administration)
Display of the Plotter Status Administration of Plotting and Copying Jobs
Manage plot jobs
Stop plot jobs Start plot jobs Cancel plot jobs Queue management
Display of the plotter and folding data
Plotter configuration Error messages Job files Job status
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PlotSupport (Settings)
Management of Accounting Data Defining Banner Pages, Stamps, Margin Text, and Pens
Display of the plotter data
Accounting data Pen parameters Stamps / Margin texts Banner pages
Editing and generation of of plotter data
Stamps /Margin texts Banner pages Pen parameters
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Rowe 3600 with Rowefold 721-4
Display of the folding programs installed on the plotter
Generation and editing of the folding program queue
Folding Program Editor (Settings)
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Rowe 3600 with Rowefold 721-4
Generating Print Jobs from Plot Archives
with individual job profile
Job File
.....ord
Plot Archive
HP-GL / HP-GL/2 / HP-RTL / Calcomp TIFF / Cals / PCX / RLC / CGM PostScript
Job File
Archive
.....inf
.....xls
usw
Conversion
Program
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