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Splash G640
User Guide
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Contents
Introduction
About the documentation
Product features
System requirements
Mac OS 1-xviii
Windows 1-xix
Registration Card
Chapter 1: Network Setup
Network Setup for the Splash G640
Configuring the Splash G640 for File Sharing 1-1
Configuring the Splash G640 for TCP/IP and LPR printing 1-2
Enabling TCP/IP printing from the Splash G640 1-4
Setting the Splash Enterprise Network TCP/IP Direct options 1-6
Restricting TCP/IP printing 1-6
Configuring Windows 2000/XP for TCP/IP printing
Configuring Windows NT for TCP/IP Printing
Enabling the Microsoft TCP/IP Print Service for LPR Printing 1-13
Chapter 2: Installing User Software on a Mac OS Computer
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1-1
1-7
1-12
Installing from the Splash G640 User Software CD
Installing by file sharing to the Splash G640
Setting up the Mac OS X computer
Setting up the Mac OS 9.x computer
Drop-printing files
2-1
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2-9
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Chapter 3: Installing User Software on a Windows Computer
Setting up printing to the Splash G640
Chapter 4: Print Options
Accessing the Print options
File Handling
Color Options
Color Model 4-3
Printer Model 4-4
RGB Monitor Color Correction 4-4
CMYK Press Color Correction 4-7
Composite Spot Color Correction 4-8
Rendering Style 4-8
Extras Options 4-9
Prepress Features 4-10
Tray Options
Duplex 4-14
Staple 4-15
Face-Up 4-17
Collate 4-17
Reverse Page Order 4-18
Rotate Pages 4-18
Imposition 4-18
Tray 5 4-21
Printer output tray maintenance 4-21
3-1
4-1
4-2
4-3
4-14
Providing user information
Secure Printing 4-24
Secure Access 4-27
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Chapter 5: Using the Splash G640 Server
The Splash G640 interface (full-screen mode)
Main menus 5-2
Print queues 5-2
Preview window 5-4
Start/Stop button 5-5
Toolbar 5-5
Job status indicators 5-6
The Splash G640 interface (reduced screen mode)
Starting the application
Using the Print Job Queue menu
Selecting jobs 5-8
Moving jobs 5-8
Deleting jobs 5-8
Viewing and editing job options
Setting default job settings
Editing default job settings 5-13
Managing raster files
RIP-While-Print 5-15
RIP-While-Receive 5-15
RIP-Across-Jobs 5-15
Instant Reprint 5-16
5-1
5-6
5-7
5-7
5-9
5-13
5-14
Previewing jobs
Checking job errors (preflight)
Active queue job management
Starting and stopping job processing 5-18
Splash G640 applications and features
ColorCal 5-18
CopyCal 5-18
Profile Loader 5-19
ColorTuner 5-21
Adjusting color in the ColorTuner application 5-24
5-16
5-17
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Setting up server preferences
Viewing and editing job preferences 5-28
Setting Server preferences
Assigning a server name 5-29
Setting the Error Dialog Timeout preference 5-29
Setting File Converter preferences 5-30
Setting additional server preferences 5-32
Drop-printing files
Drop-printing large files 5-33
Drop-printing using Drop folders 5-33
Setting Page preferences
Setting Network preferences
Setting Remote Queue Management preferences 5-37
Setting Services preferences 5-37
Setting Color preferences
Setting Style preferences
Setting and reading a log file 5-42
Using the Configuration Report
Duplex alignment
Duplex alignment features 5-46
5-27
5-29
5-32
5-35
5-37
5-40
5-42
5-44
5-46
Performing color correction
CMYK color correction 5-48
Mixed RGB-CMYK color correction 5-48
TIFF and EPS color correction 5-48
Monitor calibration and RGB color correction 5-48
Spot Color Editor
Print Info
Hot Folders
Configuring the Splash G640 for Hot Folders 5-53
Configuring Hot Folders for file sharing 5-55
Configuring Hot Folders for SMB file sharing 5-55
5-47
5-49
5-51
5-53
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Set Builder
Printing a document set with Set Builder 5-58
Setting finishing options 5-60
Setting other Set Builder features 5-60
Using Set Builder tips 5-61
Errors in Set Builder document sets 5-61
Secure Access
Secure Access client error messages 5-64
Using Secure Access at client workstations 5-65
Printing with Secure Access 5-65
Splash color correction for Mac OS 5-66
Chapter 6: Using the Web Queue Manager
Preparing the Web Queue Manager
Configuring the Web Queue Manager
Configuring the TCP/IP Control Panel 6-2
Enabling Web Sharing 6-2
Enabling web access 6-3
Controlling Remote Queue Management privileges
Using the Web Queue Manager
Managing jobs in the print queue 6-7
5-57
5-62
6-1
6-1
6-4
6-5
Downloading installers and files from the Web Queue Manager
Chapter 7: Calibration
Setting ColorCal Options
Setting the Verify Against Profile 7-2
Calibrating the printer 7-2
Verifying Printer Color Accuracy
AutoGray
Calibrate Splash Proof
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7-1
7-6
7-7
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Screened Dmax
Setting Screening Preferences 7-10
Setting the Screen Preferences 7-12
Calibrating with Screened Dmax 7-15
Editing custom color profiles (Expert Mode)
Editing Percentages 7-19
Creating Color Profile Sets
CopyCal
CopyCal Profiles 7-21
CopyCal Calibration 7-21
Chapter 8: Using Acquire
Scanning an image with Acquire
Color options 8-2
RGB color correction 8-2
CMYK color correction 8-3
Gamma 8-3
Cropping a scanned image
Conserving hard disk space 8-5
Choosing an orientation 8-5
Saving a scan 8-5
7-10
7-16
7-20
7-21
8-1
8-3
Acquire Plug-In for Photoshop
Installing the plug-in 8-6
Preparing the scan 8-6
Checking the required disk space 8-7
Transferring a scanned image to Adobe Photoshop 8-7
Acquire without Photoshop
8-5
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Appendix A: Troubleshooting
General Troubleshooting Tips
Separation
Paper and tray handling
Printing to MailBox A-2
Changing the paper size in a tray A-3
LEF Paper Substitution A-3
Correcting out of paper errors A-3
Secure Access
Correcting Jobs That Error A-4
Printing with the Standard driver A-4
Printing with the PageMaker PPD A-4
Entering an invalid IP address A-4
Splash color correction
Splash G640 server
Running other applications on the Splash G640 A-5
Print Job Name A-5
Job Processing A-5
Server Disk Full A-6
Installer A-6
Job Previews A-7
PostScript errors in jobs that print successfully A-7
A-1
A-2
A-2
A-4
A-4
A-5
Web Queue Manager
Job Selection Checkmarks Disappear A-7
Acquire
Improving RGB Scans A-7
A-7
A-7
Index
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Introduction
This manual describes how to set up, install and configure the Splash G640 Color
Server™ for Apple Mac OS and Microsoft Windows computers. The Splash G640
Color Server is a high-end Color Publishing Print Solution for use on Power Mac OS
G4 platforms. Splash client software enables a Mac OS or Windows computers to send
print jobs across an appropriate network to the Splash G640 Color Server, which
processes the jobs and sends them to the printer. If you are unfamiliar with your
platform’s procedures for printing or integrating printers within the network
environment (Windows NT/2000/XP, AppleTalk, Unix, Novell, and Microsoft
TCP/IP), see the manufacturer’s documentation.
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The term “Splash G640” is used in this manual to refer to the Splash G640
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Color Server. The term “Windows 9x” is used in this manual to represent Windows 95
and Windows 98.
About the documentation
This manual is part of the set of Splash G640 documentation, which includes the
following manuals for users and system administrators:
Getting Started
printer. Specifically it describes how to install and configure the hardware on the
Splash G640 workstation. It explains how to install the Splash G640 software, client
postscript drivers, and printer description files. It also explains how to configure the
server preferences, print options, calibration and network settings.
describes how to install the Splash hardware and software to print to the
The
User Guide
explains the basic configuration and administration of the Splash
G640 Color Server supported platforms and network environments. It contains
guidelines for setting up client workstations for AppleTalk, TCP/IP, LPR, Splash G640
SAMBA support for Hot Folders and Mac OS Drop Folder access. It also explains the
server print features, functions and job management options.
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Getting Started
Guide
is online documentation on the Splash G640 User Software CD.
ships with the Splash G640 as printed documentation.The
User
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Product features
The new and commonly used product features of the Splash G640 are described in the
following list.
•
ColorTuner
—allows you to make color changes to any document (a single page or the
entire document) at the server without having to reopen and edit the original file in
the original application. You can make color changes (RGB or CMYK) globally by
adjusting either the overall intensity of a specific color or the highlights, midtones,
or shadows. Direct color substitution mode changes the selected color for a single
page of a document or the entire document to a new color. Smoothed color
substitution changes all occurrences of a single color to another color, allowing you
to adjust the dominant color in an image. The Splash G640 enhancements include
selecting Spot Colors for substitutions, limiting the selected area for color effects,
and editing individual colors after global changes have been applied.
Screened Dmax—
•
allows you to obtain dot accurate and color accurate calibrated
output for print jobs that use the Screened job option. In addition, it displays 100%
fills as solids rather than screened areas. This provides an enhanced proofing
capability for screened devices to produce the best screened color output.
Print Info—
•
allows you to print a customizable info strip for your jobs. The Print
Info Strip includes information regarding the user, job, color and media type.
•
Set Builder
—allows you to select individual jobs and print them as a single set. You
can select from the following options: Copies, Collate, Duplex, Staple, Rotate,
Face-up, Output bin, and Reverse order.
•
TIFF-IT P1 and 8.8, PDF-X, CT-LW, and PSD native file formats—
allow direct handling
of many pre-press jobs sent to the Drop Folders.
• ColorCal—
allows you to select from a standard set of RGB and CMYK Color Profiles
or create custom CMYK profiles to calibrate the printer to produce the most
accurate CMYK and RGB color output possible. ColorCal also offers two unique
calibration features: AutoGray and Splash Proof calibration. AutoGray adjusts the
gray balance of the printer. Splash Proof uses a special set of selected print settings to
output a specific proofing style.
Secure Access
•
—enables the server administrator to limit who is allowed to print to
the server. It requires you to enter a user ID, password, and account number or any
combination of these fields, prior to sending a job to the server.
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• Secure Printing—allows you to password-protect a job from the your printer driver,
so it can only be printed at the server print queues when the password is entered.
Only you, as the owner of the job, have access to reprint the job from these print
queues.
• Duplex Alignment—allows the server administrator to enter vertical and horizontal
offsets which are applied to all duplex jobs. These offsets align the print margins for
both sides of the duplexed job. Duplex Alignment also supports separate offset
values for each tray.
• Splash Imposition—creates imposed documents from the print driver, PPD, or Job
Option window at the server.
• Spot Color Editor—allows you to add and delete spot colors, as well as change the
value output, for any particular spot color.
• Hot Folders/Hot Download Folders—allows you to create multiple Drop folders and
Hot folders. You can then download graphics files directly from a Mac OS or
Windows computer to the Splash G640 using specified job print options. The
folders are standard Mac OS folders which are shared over the network. Windows
and UNIX client systems are supported via SMB file sharing.
•
Composite Spotproof—allows you to simulate PANTONE (including the newer 147
colors in both composite and separations), Toyo, DIC, and HKS spot color
matching systems. You can also print spot tints (less than 100% of a specific spot
color) accurately, since they are calculated from the actual spot color and are not a
CMYK processed color.
• Splash Intellicolor—allows you to print jobs that contain mixed RGB format (TIFF,
EPS) and mixed color space (CMYK, RGB, spot) elements without any complex
and time-consuming adjustments.
• Continual Print—automatically processes and prints most files at printer speed.
However, complex jobs with large bitmaps on each page may not print at
printer speed.
•Active Queue—is a management tool that allows you greater flexibility for
scheduling jobs.
• CopyCal—allows you to create color profiles that enable the printer to simulate the
color output of any other color printer.
• Acquire without Photoshop—allows you to scan images at the Splash G640 without
the requirement of additional applications, such as Adobe Photoshop.
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• Drag and Drop from Server Queues—allows you to drag copies of spool files from the
server queues to the Mac OS desktop.
• GCR Preserving Profile—retains the original Gray Component Replacement (GCR)
values of the original file. This creates quality prints that more accurately represent
the output of a press by replacing all neutral color areas with an appropriate amount
of black, using only the minimum amount of cyan, magenta, and yellow. This
option only affects color matching with new style 4D profiles. Old style profiles are
automatically GCR preserving.
• Internet or Intranet Web Queue Manager—enables remote users on any computer
platform to view and control print jobs at the Splash G640.
NOTE: The Web Queue Manager requires a TCP/IP connection to the Splash server
and Netscape Navigator 4 or later, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 or later web
browser.
• Translated server components—in Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian, German,
and Spanish are included with the Splash G640. You can auto-switch the server
language without having to restart the system, and separate installation is
not required.
• Import RGB, Output RGB and CMYK Profiles—allows you to import color profiles to
the Splash G640, providing better and more customizable color management.
• Selectable Printer Screening—takes advantage of the printer’s ability to provide
better proofing capabilities for some special workflows.
System requirements
To install the Splash G640 User Software on a Mac OS or Windows computer, the
computer must be equipped with a built-in or external CD-ROM drive.
Mac OS
To print to the Splash G640, you need:
•Apple Power Mac OS computer or compatible.
•Mac OS 8.6 or later
•Networking software that provides a network connection between the Mac OS
computer and the Splash server.
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• CD-ROM or connection to the network for server client installers.
•A minimum of 50MB of free hard disk space.
NOTE: The Splash G640 is incompatible with client software from other versions of
Splash equipment. You must install the Splash client software on all Mac OS
computers that will print to the Splash G640.
Windows
To print to the Splash G640, you need:
• An IBM AT or PS/2 or 100% compatible computer with an Intel 80486 or higher
processor, or similar processor.
•A minimum of 50MB of free hard disk space.
•Microsoft Windows 9x/Me, or Windows NT v4.0 or later, or Window 2000,
Windows XP and their related software CDs or diskettes.
•At least 8MB of RAM for Windows 9x/Me, at least 16MB of RAM for
Windows NT, or at least 32MB RAM for Windows 2000/XP.
•Network hardware that works with the built-in Windows drivers to connect your
Windows computer to the print queue on the Splash G640.
•A CD-ROM drive or connection to a networked Splash G640 to download the
Windows installers.
Windows Operating System Notes
Windows 9x/ME
•Print interface software provided: printer description file (PPD) and Adobe Custom
PS.
•Supports all releases of Windows 9x/Me.
•Supports custom page sizes.
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Windows NT/2000/XP
•Print interface software provided: printer description file (PPD) and Adobe Custom
PS.
•Supports Windows NT 4.0 or higher and Windows 2000
•Supports custom page sizes.
UNIX
UNIX jobs received via TCP/IP direct use the default options selected.
Registration Card
To receive software upgrade notifications for the Splash G640, complete the
pre-addressed registration card included with the Splash G640 and mail it to:
Electronics For Imaging, Inc., 303 Velocity Way; Foster City, CA 94404.
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Chapter 1: Network Setup
This chapter describes environments that typically include one or more network
configurations. It describes how to setup and configure your network for printing to
the Splash G640 from Mac OS or Windows computers. The Splash G640 also
supports printing from Unix OS systems via LPR/LPD printing.
Network Setup for the Splash G640
The Splash G640 supports AppleTalk, AppleShare, Microsoft TCP/IP, Novell
NetWare NDPS for TCP/IP or LPR Printing, Legacy support for NetWare Print
Queue setup through PConsole, and third party spoolers for printing from
Windows 9x computers.
Configuring the Splash G640 for File Sharing
The Splash G640 can be configured so that users at Mac OS computers can install the
user software over the network. That way, the network administrator does not have to
install user software on each user’s computer. Windows users unable to connect to
Apple File Sharing, must use the User Software CD provided with the Splash G640 to
install the software or download the installers from the server via the World Wide Web.
For informations, see “Downloading installers and files from the Web
Queue Manager” on page 6-8.
NOTE: You must provide networking hardware and software for all computers that will
print to the Splash G640. To connect the Splash G640 and user’s computers to the
network, see the network product’s instructions.
TO SET UP SPLASH G640 FILE SHARING FOR MAC OS
1. Insert the Splash G640 User Software CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Locate the Splash Network Install folder on the User Software CD.
3. Drag the Splash Network Install folder to the server desktop.
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4. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu, select the Sharing Control Panel,
5. Click the Splash Network Install folder icon on the server desktop.
6. Choose Show Info from the File menu.
7. Choose Privileges from the Show Info submenu.
8. To configure the Sharing options so any user on the network can access the folder,
9. Click Apply.
and then select File Sharing.
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OTE: If the internal hard drive is named the same as the User Software CD
(Splash G640), you cannot select File Sharing. In this case, eject the CD-ROM, and
then turn on File Sharing.
The sharing options for the folder appears.
choose Read & Write from the Owner, Group, and Everyone menus.
All users on the network can now see the folders and files.
Configuring the Splash G640 for TCP/IP and LPR printing
This section describes how to configure the Splash G640 to receive print jobs from
Windows computers on a TCP/IP or LPR network.
To configure the Splash G640 and Windows computers for TCP/IP printing, you
must complete the following procedures:
• Connect the Splash G640 to the TCP/IP Network.
• Configure the Splash G640 for the TCP/IP Network.
•Enable TCP/IP printing.
•Set the Splash Enterprise Network TCP/IP Direct options.
• Configure Windows computers for TCP/IP printing.
Connecting the Splash G640 to the TCP/IP network
Connect the server’s Local Area Network (LAN) card or Ethernet port to the network,
if not already connected.
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Configuring the Splash G640 to the TCP/IP network
The following procedure explains how to configure the Splash G640 to the
TCP/IP network.
TO CONFIGURE THE SPLASH G640 TO THE TCP/IP NETWORK
1. Obtain an IP address and subnet mask, and a router address from your network
administrator.
2. Choose Location Panels from the Apple menu on the Splash G640, and then choose
Network Preferences.
The TCP/IP Conrol Panel appears.
3. Choose the local area network (LAN) card type or Built-in Ethernet for the Splash
server’s TCP/IP network from the Show menu.
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4. To configure the TCP/IP address manually, choose Manually from the Configure
5. Enter the IP address for the Splash G640.
6. Enter a Subnet mask number, if required.
7. Enter the Router address (gateway address), if required.
menu. To have a TCP/IP address automatically assigned from the network, choose
Using DHCP.
Assigning the Splash G640 a static TCP/IP address allows users to reliably locate the
server on the network. If you want to set up the DHCP server to lock in your TCP/IP
address, contact the network administrator.
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OTE: If the Subnet mask number is different than the default mask number, you
can change it to match the one used on your network. Contact your network
administrator.
A network router maintains a list of IP addresses for two or more groups of network
devices. The router then uses the list of addresses to direct network data to the
appropriate location on the network. To enter two or more router addresses, press
Return after entering each address.
8. Enter a Name server address for your local DNS server on your network (optional).
9. Enter the search domain name that pertains to your DNS name; for example,
design.corp.com (optional).
10. Close the Network control panel.
11. Click OK to confirm the new setup.
Enabling TCP/IP printing from the Splash G640
The following procedure explains how to enable TCP/IP printing from the
Splash G640.
TO ENABLE TCP/IP DIRECT PRINTING
1. Start the Splash G640 application.
2. Choose Log In from the Server menu.
3. Enter the Administrator Password and click OK.
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4. Choose Preferences from the Server menu.
5. Click the Network tab.
The Splash Server Preferences dialog box appears.
6. Select Enterprise Networking and click OK.
7. Click the Splash G640 server window to bring the server application to the foreground.
8. Choose Enterprise Networking from the Server menu.
The TCP/IP Direct dialog box appears.
9. Click Enable.
The Splash G640 is ready to receive network print jobs from TCP/IP clients.
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Setting the Splash Enterprise Network TCP/IP Direct options
You can configure the Splash G640 to automatically extract the job owner’s name from
a print job, append the UNIX host name, print to any printer listed in the Printers
area, or print only to the printer specified in the Hosts.LPD file.
You can select the following options in the TCP/IP Direct window:
• Parse For Document Owner Name—Document Owner name is extracted from each
print job as it is received at the Splash G640. When this option is not selected,
Enterprise Networking determines the owner name from the network connection.
• Append UNIX Hostname to User Name—Network host name is added to the owner
name that appears in the print queue and job log at the Splash G640. For example,
if the user, Jack, prints from the UNIX host, Santana, the owner name is
Jack@Santana. When this option is not selected, the owner name is Jack.
NOTE: For most situations, do not select this option. This option is useful for UNIX
environments where all users share the same user name, such as “root.”
• Accept Jobs to Any Printer Name—This option tells the server to accept any print
job sent to the server’s TCP/IP address and ignore the name of the printer specified.
NOTE: If you have another print spooler running on the Mac server or you want
added print security, deselect this option.
Restricting TCP/IP printing
You can configure the Splash G640 to accept TCP/IP print jobs from only the
computers specified in the Hosts.LPD file.
TO RESTRICT TCP/IP PRINTING
1. On the server hard disk, double-click the System folder.
2. Open the System:Extensions folder.
3. From the Extensions folder, open the Splash folder to access the Hosts.LPD file.
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4. Edit the Hosts.LPD file.
You can edit the Hosts.LPD file with any text editor to enable TCP/IP printing from
only specific host names, IP addresses, or ranges of IP addresses. This allows print
access control at the individual, group, and subnet levels. Examples of how to assign
host names are provided in the Hosts.LPD file on the Splash G640.
Configuring Windows 2000/XP for TCP/IP printing
You can configure Windows 2000/XP computers to print to the Splash G640 via
Enterprise Networks TCP/IP Direct Printing.
The Splash G640 accepts print jobs from the TCP/IP network on Windows 2000/XP
or Novell NetWare NDPS LPR network. In addition, users on a TCP/IP network can
print TIFF, TIFF-IT, EPS, PDF, PDF-X, CTLW, and PostScript files directly to the
Splash G640 via Drop Folders or Hot Folders.
NOTE: To print over the TCP/IP network, your computer must have Splash software
appropriate for your operating system installed, and must be connected to the
Splash G640.
Windows 2000/XP computers are pre-configured with the Microsoft TCP/IP software
installed. The following procedure describes how to configure Windows 2000/XP for
TCP/IP printing to the Splash G640.
NOTE: The following procedure uses Windows XP screenshots.
TO CONFIGURE WINDOWS 2000/XP FOR TCP/IP PRINTING
1. Log on to Windows as Administrator.
2. Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printer and Faxes.
3. Double-click the Add Printer icon.
The Add Printer Wizard dialog box appears.
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4. Click Next.
5. Select Local Printer attached to this computer, and deselect Automatically detect and
install my plug and play printer.
6. Click Next.
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7. Select Create New Port, choose Standard TCP/IP Port from the Type of Port menu, and
8. Click Next.
then click Next.
The Welcome to the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard dialog box appears.
9. Enter the Printer Name or IP address and click Next.
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10. Under Device Type, select Custom and click Settings.
11. Under Protocol, click LPR.
12. Under LPR Settings, enter the printer name in the Queue Name field and click OK.
The Additional Port Information Required dialog box appears.
13. Click Next.
Completing the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard appears.
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14. Click Finish.
15. If the Splash G640 PPD is listed, click Next.
OTE: If the Splash G640 PPD is not listed, see the following procedure.
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16. Select Keep Existing Driver in the dialog box that appears and click Next.
The Name Your Printer dialog box appears.
17. In the Name your Printer dialog box, click Next.
18. In the Printer Sharing dialog box, select Share or Do not Share.
If you selected Share, the Location and Comment dialog box appears. Enter the
appropriate information for your job and click Next.
19. Click Next and then click Finish in the Print Test Page dialog box.
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TO BROWSE FOR THE SPLASH G640 PPD
1. In the Install Printer Software dialog box (see step 15 in the previous procedure),
click Have Disk.
2. Insert the Splash G640 User Software CD into the CD-ROM drive and click Browse.
3. Choose the appropriate PPD and click Open.
The Install From Disk dialog box appears, listing the PPD directory path.
4. Click OK and continue with the instructions starting with step 16 in the previous
procedure.
Configuring Windows NT for TCP/IP Printing
This section describes how to configure a TCP/IP print queue for the Splash G640 on
a computer running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or later. You can prepare the print
queue on either a Windows NT server or a Windows NT computer.
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Enabling the Microsoft TCP/IP Print Service for LPR Printing
TCP/IP print services must be enabled in the Network control panel before printing to
the Splash G640 through TCP/IP.
NOTE: You must configure and enable TCP/IP at the Splash G640 before configuring
an LPR print queue for the Splash G640 on Windows NT. If the Splash G640 is not
identified as an LPD server on the network, Windows NT reports an error during
print queue setup.
TO ENABLE TCP/IP FOR LPR PRINTING FROM WINDOWS NT
1. Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Network control panel.
3. Click the Services tab.
If TCP/IP is already enabled (Microsoft TCP/IP Printing appears in the Network
Services list), close the Network control panel.
If TCP/IP is not enabled, you must add it to the list of network services from your
Windows NT CD.
4. Insert the Windows NT CD into the CD-ROM drive and click Add.
5. From the Network Service list, select Microsoft TCP/IP Printing and then click OK.
Windows NT displays a message, “Windows NT must copy TCP/IP printing
configuration files from the Windows NT system CD.”
6. Enter the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive and click Continue.
7. When the files are copied, close the Network control panel.
8. Restart Windows NT to activate the new network service.
Configuring the Printer setup on the Windows NT for TCP/IP printing
Before connecting to the Splash G640 and creating a print queue that sends jobs to the
server over the TCP/IP network, you must have the following items:
•TCP/IP address for the Splash G640
•Splash G640 User Software CD
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TO CONFIGURE THE PRINTER FOR THE TCP/IP PRINTING FROM WINDOWS NT
1. Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers.
2. Double-click the Add Printer icon.
3. From the Add Printer Wizard dialog box, choose My Computer and click Next.
A list of printer ports appears.
4. Select Create New Port, choose Standard TCP/IP Port from the Type of Port menu, and
then click Next.
5. Enter the TCP/IP address for the Splash server and click OK.
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OTE: If the name entered does not match the Splash server name, select Accept Jobs
From All Queues from the Enterprise Networking TCP/IP dialog box so the server can
receive jobs properly.
The Splash G640 TCP/IP address appears as a new port in the list.
6. Select the Splash G640 TCP/IP port and click Next.
7. Click Have Disk.
8. Insert the Splash G640 User Software CD in the CD-ROM drive and click Browse.
9. Select the Splash file and click Open.
10. Click OK.
11. Select the Splash printer from the printers list and click Next.
Windows NT displays the following additional set up options for the print queue.
•If you want to change the name of the printer, type a new name in the text box. The
name you enter appears in your applications and the Printer control panel.
•If you want the Splash G640 to be the default printer for your computer, choose Yes.
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12. Click Next.
13. Choose Shared to allow other users to connect to the print queue to print to the
14. Click Next.
15. Insert the diskettes or CDs and click OK.
16. Select Yes to print a test page, click Finish and then click OK.
17. Insert the Windows NT system software CD in your CD-ROM drive and click OK.
Splash G640, and select the operating systems for the computers that will use the
print queue from the list that appears.
If you do not choose Shared, this computer only uses the LPR port to print to the
Splash server.
Windows NT prompts you to insert system software disks for the operating systems
selected in the previous step.
When all files are copied, the Add Printer Wizard prompts you to print a test page.
Windows copies the files necessary to configure the print queue. A test page prints to
confirm that setup was successful.
18. Click Yes if the test page printed correctly.
The Splash G640 TCP/IP print queue appears as a shared printer in the Printers
control panel.
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Configuring Novell NDPS Printing
The Novell server must be setup and configured prior to installing and configuring the
Novell NetWare Client.
NOTE: Use the latest NetWare service pack and Novell Gateway. For more information
see your NetWare documentation.
The following procedures assume NDPS has been installed on your NetWare Server
and is properly configured. There are three NetWare objects required to properly use
NDPS for LPR printing to the Splash G640: an NDPS Broker, NDPS Manager, and a
Printer Agent. The Broker is installed and runs when you first install NDPS. The
Broker (only one allowed on the network) stores printer resources, such as drivers and
banners. The NDPS Manager (only one is recommended) creates and manages Printer
Agents. The Printer Agent (only one per printer is necessary) combines the
functionality of legacy Print Servers, Queues and Printer Objects.
NOTE: It may not be necessary to create an NDPS Manager, as the Network
Administrator probably already created one during the initial Novell NDPS setup. if
you are unsure if an NDPS Manager has been created, or if it resides in a different
context location, contact your Network Administrator.
NOTE: Windows 9x/Me printer description files for printing to the Splash G640 from
Windows 9x/Me convert the output from the Windows applications to PostScript
code. This software requires a Windows-to-Mac OS network bridge, such as Novell
NetWare or Miramar MACLAN Connect.
TO ADD THE SPLASH G640 PPD TO THE NOVELL NETWARE NDPS BROKER
1. Log on to the Novell file server as an Administrator.
2. Start NetWare Admin32.exe.
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3. Double-click the Broker icon in the NetWare Admin window.
4. Click Resource Management (RMS).
Click Resource Managemen
(RMS)
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5. Click Add Resources.
6. From Resource Types, select the Windows operating system you want for the Splash
Driver Installation.
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You can select more than one Windows operating system, but you must repeat the
PPD installation for each.
If the Splash G640 driver has already been installed, it appears in the installed printer
drivers listed in the Current Resources Section. If the Splash G640 driver is not listed,
you must install it from the Splash G640 User Software CD. See the following
procedure.
TO INSTALL THE SPLASH G640 PPD FROM THE SPLASH G640 USER
SOFTWARE CD
1. Insert the Splash G640 User Software CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. In the Manage Resources dialog box, click Add.
The Add Resources dialog box appears.
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3. Click Browse in the Add Resources dialog box.
4. Browse to the CD-ROM drive, select the appropriate driver from the Standard drivers
folder, and then click OK.
5. Verify the location of the file and click OK.
A warning message appears, informing you that the selected driver has not been
approved or tested by Microsoft.
6. Click Continue.
The printer driver is copied to the Novell NDPS Server.
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TO ADD A PRINTER AGENT TO THE NDPS MANAGER FOR
NOVELL LPR PRINTING
NOTE: The following procedure uses an NDPS Manager on a NetWare Client.
1. In the NetWare Admin dialog box, double-click the NDPS Manager.
Click Printer Agent List
2. Click Printer Agent List.
3. Click New in the Printer Agent List dialog box.
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4. Enter a Printer Agent (PA) name and click OK.
5. Select None for the printer type and click OK.
The Configure Novell for NDPS for Printer Access dialog box appears.
6. Select Remote (LPR on IP) and click Next.
A new user interface in the Configure Port Handler dialog box appears.
7. Enter the Host TCP/IP address, Host Name or Printer Name in corresponding field.
If Host Name is selected
configured to a DNS Server. For further information, contact your Network
Administrator.
If Printer Name is selected—Enable the Splash Enterprise Network option to Accept
Jobs To Any Printer Name. Also, the Printer Name entered here must match the name
that appears in the Enterprise Network application.
—The Splash G640 on Mac OS X must be properly
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8. Click Finish.
9. Select the appropriate Windows operating system tab, choose the Splash G640 PPD
and then click Continue.
The NDPS Information dialog box appears. It lists the current Splash G640 PPDs
selected for the Windows operating systems for this NDPS LPR Printer Agent.
10. Click OK.
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Configuring a Novell NetWare print queue
This section describes how to configure a Splash G640 TCP/IP print queue on a
Novell NetWare server. The PCONSOLE Quick Setup option creates a print queue
object, a printer object, and a print server, if one does not exist.
TO SET UP A NOVELL NETWARE PRINT QUEUE
1. Log in to the Novell server as a user with sufficient privileges (Admin or Supervisor)
to create a print queue.
2. From the SYS:PUBLIC folder, double-click PCONSOLE.EXE.
3. Select Quick Setup.
PCONSOLE prompts you for the following information about the print queue:
•Print Server name.
•Print Queue and Printer names.
•Print Queue volume.
•Banner type.
NOTE: The recommended setting is No Banner.
4. Set the Printer Type field to UNIX Printer.
This causes the host name and printer name fields to appear.
5. Enter the Host Name for the Splash server (configured with the TCP/IP control panel at
the Splash server) or the static IP address for the server.
6. Enter a Printer Name when prompted.
7. Press Enter to complete setup and click Yes to save the new print queue settings.
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Chapter 2: Installing User Software on a Mac OS Computer
TO INSTALL THE MAC OS X SOFTWARE FROM THE SPLASH G640
USER SOFTWARE CD
This chapter describes installing and configuring a Mac OS computer with the
Splash G640 Client Drivers. It also describes setting the driver features for printing
from Mac OS 9.x and Mac OS X computers.
NOTE: The installation of the different client drivers are similar for Mac OS 9.x and
Mac OS X. Differences are noted in the following procedures.
Installing from the Splash G640 User Software CD
The following procedures describe how to install the Mac OS user software from the
Splash G640 User Software CD. To install the software by File Sharing, see“Installing
by file sharing to the Splash G640” on page 2-2.
1. Insert the Splash G640 User Software CD in the CD-ROM drive on your computer.
2. Double-click the desired Splash OS X Standard or Secure Access Client Installer icon in
the Splash Network Install folder.
3. In the Splash OS X Client Driver dialog box, choose Easy Install or Custom Install from
the Installer menu.
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OTE: The Splash Client Install process is the same for Splash Custom, PM and Secure
Access Drivers. However, there are differences when selecting the PPD options. The
Secure Access PPD has an Info Tab option in the Printer Properties dialog box, which
contains a field for the TCP/IP address of the Splash G640
4. In the Authenticate dialog box, enter the Mac OS password and click OK.
The Administrator Name default is the computer name; leave as is.
5. If there is more than one hard drive on your computer, choose the hard drive where
you want to install the software from the Install Location menu and click Install.
When installation is complete, the client prompts to Continue or Quit.
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6. Click Continue to perform more installations.
7. Click Quit to exit the Splash Installer.
For information on how to access and set up the Splash Client SA driver, see “Secure
Access” on page 4-27
TO INSTALL THE MAC OS 9.X SOFTWARE FROM THE SPLASH G640
USER SOFTWARE CD
1. Insert the Splash G640 User Software CD in the CD-ROM drive on your computer.
2. Double-click the desired Splash OS 9.x Standard or Secure Access Client Installer icon
in the Splash Network Install folder.
3. In the Splash OS 9.x Client Driver dialog box, choose Easy Install from the Installers
menu.
4. If there is more than one hard drive on your computer, choose the hard drive where
you want to install the software from the Install Location menu and click Install.
When installation is complete, you are prompted to Continue or Restart.
5. Click Continue to perform more installations.
6. Click Quit to exit the Splash Installer.
Installing by file sharing to the Splash G640
The following procedures describe how to configure the Splash G640 for Mac OS
software installation by file sharing the Splash Network Install folder, and how to
access that folder by connecting to File Sharing.
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TO CONFIGURE THE SPLASH G640 FOR MAC OS SOFTWARE
INSTALLATION BY FILE SHARING
1. From the Apple menu on the Splash G640, choose System Preferences and double-click
the Sharing folder.
2. In the Sharing dialog box, click Start under File Sharing On.
3. Close the Sharing dialog box.
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4. On the server hard disk, browse to the Users folder and click the (logged in)
User folder.
5. Press Command+ I to Show Info.
The Public Info dialog box appears.
6. Choose Privileges from the General Information menu.
7. Set the Owner, Group and Everyone privileges to Read and Write, click Apply, and then
close the Public Info dialog box.
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8. Insert the Splash G640 User Software CD into the CR-ROM drive on your computer, and
9. Select the Splash Network Install folder and press Command+I to Show Info.
10. Select Privileges in the General Information menu.
11. Set the Owner, Group and Everyone privileges to Read and Write, click Apply, and then
select and drag the Splash Network Install folder from the CD to the (logged in) User
folder in the Users folder on the server hard drive.
The Splash Network Install dialog box appears
close the Splash Network Install Info dialog box.
Mac OS users can now download and install Splash Client Installers through the Apple
File Sharing network.
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TO CONNECT TO FILE SHARING FOR ACCESS TO THE SPLASH
NETWORK INSTALL FOLDER (MAC OS X)
1. From the Finders “GO” menu, choose Connect to Server.
2. In the Connect to Server dialog box, choose AppleTalk and then choose the appropriate
AppleTalk Zone and the Splash G640.
The Splash G640 Mac OS computer name appears in the list of available shared
systems.
NOTE: If there are no Appletalk Zones in your network configuration, choose only the
Splash G640.
3. Click Connect.
4. In the File Server Connect dialog box, choose Guest and click OK.
5. Select the (logged in) User folder which contains the Splash Network Install Folder
and click OK.
The Splash server and shared folders appear.
6. Double-click the Splash Network Install folder.
The Splash Network Installers folder opens on the desktop.
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7. Double-click the desired Splash Client Installer icon.
8. From the Install Location menu, choose the hard drive where you want to install
9. Click Install.
10. Click Continue to perform more installations.
11. Click Quit to exit the Splash Installer.
The Easy Install dialog box appears.
the software.
If there is more than one hard drive is on your computer, choose the hard drive that
contains Mac OS X.
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OTE: The Splash G640 software is installed over the network from the server
computer.
When installation is complete, you are prompted to Continue or Quit.
Repeat this installation procedure for each Mac OS X computer connected to
the network.
TO CONNECT TO FILE SHARING FOR ACCESS TO THE SPLASH NETWORK INSTALL
FOLDER (MAC OS 9.X)
1. Select Chooser From the Apple menu, select Chooser.
2. In the Chooser dialog box, click the AppleShare icon and choose the appropriate
AppleTalk Zone and the Splash G640.
The Splash G640 Mac OS computer name appears in the list of available shared
systems.
NOTE: If there are no Appletalk Zones in your network configuration, choose only the
Splash G640.
3. Click OK.
4. In the File Server Connect dialog box, choose Guest and click OK.
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5. Select the (logged in) User folder which contains the Splash Network Install Folder
6. Double-click the Splash Network Install folder.
7. Double-click the desired Splash Client Installer icon.
8. From the Install Location menu, choose the hard drive where you want to install the
9. Click Install.
and click OK.
The Splash server and shared folders appear.
The Splash Network Installers folder opens on the desktop.
The Easy Install dialog box appears.
software.
If there is more than one hard drive is on your computer, choose the hard drive that
contains Mac OS 9.x.
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OTE: The Splash G640 software is installed over the network from the server
computer.
When installation is complete, you are prompted to Continue or Quit.
10. Click Continue to perform more installations.
11. Click Quit to exit the Splash Installer.
Repeat this installation procedure for each Mac OS X computer connected to
the network.
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Setting up the Mac OS X computer
Before you can send print jobs to the printer, you must select the Splash G640 in the
Mac OS Print Center. You can then send print jobs to the printer through the
LaserWriter 8 printer driver provided with Mac OS System software.
TO CHOOSE THE PRINTER DRIVER
1. From the Mac OS X hard drive, select Applications:Utilities:Print Center.
Print Center Application
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The Printer List dialog box appears.
2. Click Add Printer.
3. Choose AppleTalk or LPR Network Protocol, as configured in the Mac OS X Network
Preferences Control Panel, from the dialog box that appears.
4. For AppleTalk, choose the Splash G640; the Printer Description File is automatically
selected.
For LPR, enter the TCP/IP address of the Splash G640, select the
Splash G640-DocuColor 12 PPD.
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OTE: , For LPR printing, you must have Enterprise Networking configured
for TCP/IP.
5. Click Add.
The Splash G640 appears in the Printer List dialog box.
Setting up the Mac OS 9.x computer
Before you can send print jobs to the printer, you must select the Splash G640 in the
Mac OS Chooser. You can then send print jobs to the printer through the LaserWriter
8 printer driver provided with Mac OS System software or AdobePS 8.8.
The Splash G640 provides printer description files (PPDs) for applications that use the
Apple LaserWriter 8 or AdobePS 8.8 printer drivers. The Splash PPDs allow selecting
Splash print features when printing to the Splash G640 from Level 2 and Level 3
PostScript applications.
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TO CHOOSE THE ADOBE PS PRINTER DRIVER
1. From the Apple menu, select Chooser.
Adobe PS printer driver
LaserWriter 8 printer driver
TO CHOOSE THE LASERWRITER 8 PRINTER DRIVER
2. In the Chooser dialog box,
Zone for the Splash G640 (if your network has zones), and then select the
Splash G640 printer in the list of printers.
3. Click Create.
The Adobe PS driver automatically selects the appropriate PPD file.
1. Select Chooser from the Apple menu.
The Chooser window appears.
click the Adobe PS driver icon, choose the correct AppleTalk
2. In the Chooser dialog box, click the LaserWriter 8 icon, choose the correct AppleTalk
Zone for the Splash G640 (if your network has zones), and then select the
Splash G640 printer in the list of printers.
3. Click Create and Select PPD.
4. Choose the Splash G640-DocuColor 12 PM from the list of PPDs.
The connection to the Splash G640 is complete. Your jobs will print to the
Splash G640 until you select a different printer.
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NOTE: To use the Direct TCP/IP Printing feature of Mac OS 9.1, use the LaserWriter 8
printer driver. For information about this feature, see the Mac OS 9.1 documentation.
NOTE: Do not use versions of the LaserWriter printer driver older than LaserWriter 8.
Earlier versions of the LaserWriter printer driver will work with the Splash G640, but
they do not include the correct paper size information and do not allow special Splash
printing features, such as color correction.
Drop-printing files
The Splash G640 supports PDF, TIFF, EPS, TIFF-IT, PDF-X, CT-LW, PSD and DCS
2.0 files, and files that are in PostScript format. You can print these files to the
Splash G640 from any computer with an AppleTalk or TCP/IP network connection to
the server. Use Splash drop-printing, instead of a PostScript file download utility, to
print PostScript files to the Splash G640.
The TIFF-IT, PDF-X, CT/LW and PSD file formats work in conjunction with a file
converter that automatically converts the file from current format to postscript format.
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Chapter 3: Installing User Software on a Windows Computer
This chapter describes how to install the Microsoft Windows 9x/Me and Windows
NT/2000/XP Secure Access and Standard PPDs (Postscript printer description files)
for the G640 using the Add Printer Wizard included with your operating system.
NOTE: Before installing the software, close all other applications.
To access the Secure Access and Standard drivers, you can download them from the
internet using TCP/IP LPR or the Web Queue Manager Downloader. For
information, see “Downloading installers and files from the Web Queue Manager” on
page 6-8 and “Configuring the Splash G640 for TCP/IP and LPR printing” on
page 1-2. Also, you can install the drivers from the Splash G640 User Software CD.
NOTE: The Splash Client Install process is the same for Splash Custom, PM and Secure
Access Drivers. However, there are differences when selecting the PPD options. The
Secure Access PPD has an Info Tab option in the Printer Properties dialog box, which
contains a field for the TCP/IP address of the Splash G640
Setting up printing to the Splash G640
To set up the Splash G640 a you printer, you must install the printer drivers for the
Windows environments and the corresponding PPDs. This section describes how to
install the Windows Custom, PM and Secure Access drivers. The install instructions
are similar for all Windows environments. Any significant differences are noted in the
following procedure.
NOTE: The following procedure uses Windows 98 illustrations.
TO INSTALL THE SPLASH G640 PRINTER DRIVERS
1. Insert the Splash G640 User Software CD into the CD-ROM drive on your computer.
2. Click Start, choose Settings, and then choose Printers to display the Printers window.
3. Double-click the Add Printer icon and click Next.
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4. Specify whether you are printer using a Local printer and click Next.
5. In the dialog box displaying lists of manufacturers and printers, click Have Disk.
This procedure describes installing a printer locally. You can modify the connection
later, according to your network type.
6. Type the name of the CD-ROM drive (for example D:\) and click Browse.
7. Browse to either the Standard or Secure Access Drivers folder, select the language you
want, and then select the appropriate Custom or PM Driver folder for your Windows
environment.
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8. Click OK.
9. Verify that the path is correct and click OK.
10. In the Printers box, select the Splash G640 and click Next.
The path is copied to the Install From Disk dialog box
Windows 2000 and XP: If other Splash PPD’s are installed, choose Keep or Replace
existing driver.
11. Windows 9x/ME and NT: If you want the Splash G640 to be the default printer, select
Yes; if not, select No.
Windows 2000 and XP: Choose whether you want to share the printer.
12. Click Next.
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13. Choose whether you want to print a test page and click Finish.
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indicating that the printer driver does not have a Microsoft digital signature; however,
printing to the Splash G640 is processed correctly. Click Continue Anyway.
The printer now appears in the Printers control panel. Installation is complete.
NOTE: f you recently installed Windows 9x/Me over a Windows 3.1 installation that
had an existing Splash Windows Client driver for Windows 3.1 installed, the older
version may appear in the Printers folder in the Control Panel. Delete the older Splash
Windows Client driver from the Printers folder.
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Chapter 4: Print Options
This chapter describes the Splash G640 print options. These options are available
when printing to the Splash G640 with the LaserWriter 8 or AdobePS drivers and the
corresponding Splash G640 printer description file.
Accessing the Print options
Mac OS X: Choose Print from the File menu, and then choose Splash Features from the
Printers menu.
Mac OS 9.x: Using the Adobe PS printer driver, choose Print from the File menu. In the
Print dialog box, choose Splash Options from Printer Specific Options menu.
Using the LaserWriter 8 printer driver, choose Print from the File menu. In the Print
dialog box, choose General and then choose Printer Specific Options 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.
Windows: Click Start>Settings >Printers. Select the Splash G640 and choose
Properties from the File menu. Click the Device Options tab (Windows 9x/Me) or the
Device Settings tab (Windows NT/2000/XP).
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File Handling
The Splash G640 provides several options for handling the PostScript spool file and
image files created during printing. These options are available on a user computer,
as well.
• Process and Hold sends the spool file directly to the Hold queue after the Splash
server processes it.
• Process and Print and Save Image File saves the spool and image files after printing
the job. The job is transferred to the Hold queue with the message: PostScript spool
file saved as requested.
• Process and Print and Delete Image File automatically deletes the image file after
printing the job. The spool file is saved.
•
Process and Print and Delete Job automatically deletes the image and spool files after
printing the job.
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• Preflight and Hold processes and screens the job for errors and then sends the job to
the Hold queue.
• Send and Hold sends the job file directly to the Hold queue, without processing.
Saving the image file saves time when the same file must be reprinted, but does not
have to be reRIPped.
Color Options
The Splash G640 color options allow four-pass color printing or grayscale printing
with contone or halftone screening and Splash color correction.
Color Model
Select Grayscale (1 pass) or Color (4 pass), for Color Model. Grayscale images produce
similar results with either model; however, the Grayscale model images print faster
than in Color mode.
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Printer Model
This option switches printer output between Contone (full color) output and Screened
output. When Screened is selected, the Splash server applies halftone screening to the
color image. Screened jobs process faster than Contone jobs, but the output quality is
often lower.
The Screened method is configured at the Splash server. The default screening method
is stochastic.
RGB Monitor Color Correction
RGB Monitor Color Correction simulates colors on a monitor. It can accurately color
match mixed RGB file formats independent of the application, platform, or print
driver.
For applications and drivers that color-correct through the PostScript CRD, the
Splash G640 provides five CRDs: Graphic, Photographic, Presentation, Spot, and
Paper Simulation (selectable from the client printer driver). The server also supports
the accurate color correction of documents that contain both RGB and CMYK
objects.
If RGB Monitor Color Correction is disabled at the printer driver and the application
invokes a CRD for printing, the server applies the default CRD (Photographic).
RGB Monitor Color Correction controls
Select the RGB Monitor Color Correction check box to Enable RGB Monitor Color
Correction.
The following options become available:
• Standard—Gamma (default), Dark 2.2, White Point, More Blue 9300
• Profile—Apple RGB (default), Adobe RGB, RGB 9300, RGB D50,
RGB D65, sRGB.
• Press Simulation
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Enable RGB Monitor Color Correction
To apply RGB Monitor Color Correction to a print job, enable RGB Monitor Color
Correction, and then select the appropriate RGB options.
NOTE: The default RGB Monitor Color Correction setting is Enabled, using the
Standard Gamma and White Point settings.
Gamma
The Gamma and White Point adjust Splash color correction to simulate the monitor
used to view and work with the document. Use Dark (2.2) for Gamma, and More Blue
for White Point to satisfy most configuration requirements.
Gamma describes how a device reproduces tonal gradations. This setting applies to the
input and output device. This option lightens or darkens the RGB content of a
particular document to provide a more accurate match with the monitor.
The Gamma options are as follows:
• Lightest (1.0)
• Light (1.4)
•Normal (1.8)
•Dark (2.2)–default
•Darkest (2.6)
White Point
The White Point simulates various lighting conditions for proofing color documents.
Use to adjust the RGB content in a particular document relative to the White Point of
the monitor. If flesh tones or red tones are too magenta, skies and other blues too cyan,
and grass and greens too dark (almost bluish), change the White Point setting from
Normal to More Blue. If flesh tones and reds are too yellow, blues too purple, and
greens too yellow, change the White Point setting from Normal to More Yellow.
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The White Point options are as follows:
•More Yellow (D50 Proofing)
•Normal (D65)
•More Blue (9300)–default
RGB Profiles
You can set RGB Monitor Color Correction using RGB profiles. sRGB is the standard
profile installed at the server, and unless other profiles are installed, this is the only
profile you can select. If other RGB profiles are imported, you can also select them at
the server.
The RGB Profiles are as follows:
•Apple RGB (default)
•Adobe RGB, RGB 9300
•RGB D50
•RGB D65
•sRGB.
NOTE: At you computer, the only profile you can select is sRGB.
WARNING: If a CopyCal profile is selected as the CMYK Press Profile, the RGB color
matching associated with the CopyCal profile is used instead of the RGB color
matching selections.
Press Simulation
Press Simulation constrains input RGB colors to the gamut of the selected CMYK
press profile to provide better matching of RGB input to press output. This option
works with either 1D or 4D CMYK press profiles. If CMYK color correction is not
enabled, this option has no effect.
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CMYK Press Color Correction
To apply CMYK press color correction to a print job, select the CMYK Press Color
Correction check box, and then select the appropriate CMYK Press Profile from the
following menu options:
• SWOP simulates SWOP inks.
• Euroscale simulates Euroscale press inks.
• Enhanced prints vivid colors on your output. (This profile is not intended for
printing press proofs.)
NOTE: Win98/Me users only—To apply CMYK Press color correction to a print job,
select Enabled in the CMYK Press Color Correction menu, and then select the
appropriate CMYK Press Profile
Custom1 through Custom10 are customizable CMYK Press Profile options set at the
Splash G640. For information about the current settings, contact your server
administrator or see “Profile Loader” on page 5-19.
CMYK Press Profiles
The Splash G640 provides three standard CMYK press ink color correction profiles
(SWOP, Euroscale and Enhanced) and ten custom CMYK profiles. The CMYK color
correction profiles simulate commercial press inks in your output when you print
CMYK documents to the Splash G640. The profiles work with CMYK Press Color
Correction to automatically compensate for differences in press ink colors.
To apply color correction to a job, enable CMYK Press Color Correction and select a
color profile as described in the previous section.
Preserve Original GCR
Preserve Original GCR causes CMYK press color correction to be applied so the
original GCR settings of the CMYK data are preserved. This option only affects color
matching with new style 4D profiles. Old style profiles are automatically GCR
preserving.
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Composite Spot Color Correction
The Splash G640 can simulate PANTONE, Toyo, HKS, or DIC spot colors and tints
in documents.
To enable this feature, select Composite Spot Color Correction in the Color tab of the
printer driver options. The Splash G640 produces output that simulates the spot color
on a printing press.
Rendering Style
To choose a Rendering Style option, select the Rendering Style menu in the Color tab
of the printer driver options.
Choose a Rendering Style that describes how the document was created:
• Graphic—For documents that were primarily created with a computer graphics
application. This option optimizes print jobs with highly saturated color and
provides a good screen to print match.
• Photographic—Matches the colors of scanned photographic images. Use this option
for proofing photographic material.
• Presentation—For documents that were created entirely with a computer graphics
application. This option creates bright, close to pure versions of the primary colors,
but provides a less accurate match to the screen and is less accurate for photographic
images than Graphics.
• Paper Simulation—Matches the RGB input to press output, to accommodate
off-white Whitepoint settings or paper.
• Spot—For documents containing spot colors, or to lighten the RGB color output.
NOTE: The default Rendering Style is Photographic.
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Extras Options
The following Splash G640 options, when enabled, improve the printing of images,
text, and line drawings.
• Dynamic Image Enhancement enhances low resolution images to create a smoother
appearance.
• Alternate Black (unmixed) substitutes a pure (CMY=0, K=100) black for any
(RGB=0) black in the document. This prevents ink buildup on the page and
alleviates shadows created by misregistered mixed black.
• Dynamic Edge Smoothing smooths fine lines.
• Black Overprints prevents the “halo” effect which occurs when black is printed on
top of another color. Selecting this option tells the server to print with 100% black
overprint with no knockout of underlying colors.
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• Auto Trapping automatically traps text and graphics independently of their
application.
• Splash Proof provides a single step for selecting a combination of print options to
output to specific proofing style options. The default print options that
automatically override the Print Driver and Splash Server Preference options are:
200 Round Dot copier screening, Tray 5, Heavyweight paper and Continuous Tone
Printing.
• Production Printing allows a job to RIP and Print at a faster pace than normal, with
no effect on text quality, but a slight decrease in output quality of images.
• Auto Grayscale Detection allows for faster printing of jobs that do not contain
color images.
• Mirror Image flips page about vertical axis.
Prepress Features
The following section describes the options available in the Prepress Features box of
the Extras tab.
Separations
Using Separations, page layout applications, such as PageMaker and QuarkXPress, can
print pages with a single color isolated from the whole image. These pages are then
copied on film image setters so each page is converted to one or more (usually four)
output grayscale pages. Separations printed on a printer that does not have a special
Separation feature will produce one grayscale page per color on the original page.
The Splash G640 can re-composite these individual pages back into multi-color pages
to produce a proof equivalent to the proof produced from the films by conventional
means. The primary benefit of separation is to show overprinted objects with proper
colors and to make trapping visible.
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The Separations print option prints a composite page from applications that support
separation printing.
• Automatic applies separation to all of your separation print jobs. This default option
supports CMYK plates plus any number of plates in PANTONE, Toyo, HKS, or
DIC if these press colors are supported by your separation application. This option
supports separation generated by any application. With this option selected, the
Splash server supports the full range of PANTONE, Toyo, HKS, or DIC colors and
tints.
NOTE: Due to limitations in PageMaker and Quark XPress, RGB graphics are
converted to CMYK and, therefore, look similar. RGB images are converted to
grayscale and appear as gray in the output.
• Automatic Single Page processes any separation job as a single page job. All color
plates will be combined together, including spot color. This allows printing spot
color separations from Macromedia Freehand and Deneba Canvas.
NOTE: If a multi-page separation job is sent with this option selected, the pages will
overlay resulting in bad output.
• Disabled disables Separations and prints plates as grayscale pages.
NOTE: The remaining Separations options: QuarkXPress 3.0 Style, QuarkXPress 4.0
Style, PageMaker Style, FreeHand Style, and Canvas Style use a separation technique
from an earlier version of the Splash server software. These options require that the
separation job be made up of exactly four process-color plates. These options do not
support additional spot color plates. If problems occur in the output when printing
separations with Automatic selected, convert the colors in the document to four
process plates, then select the separation option that matches your application.
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Print Progressives
With Print Progressives selected, the Splash G640 prints up to four separate sheets for
a print job. You can configure this print option to specify which color passes print on
each sheet. This allows you to examine the result of each color pass for a four-color
document.
NOTE: For best results when creating press proofs using Print Progressives, select one of
the one-dimensional CMYK Press Color Correction profiles for the print job. For
information about the current CMYK profile settings, contact your server
administrator. For more information about CMYK Color Correction profiles, see
“CMYK Press Color Correction” on page 4-7.
Invert Image
Select Invert Image to invert the CMYK data. When using RGB colors, the Invert
Image option inverts the selected color to its opposite. For many of the colors, this will
result in the color black.
Print Control Strip
Select Print Control Strip to print a set of color control patches on the edge of the
output. You can configure this print option to print either color patches or an EPS file
or both.
NOTE: The Control Strip image may overwrite the job image if it occupies the same
part of the page in the output.
Print Info Strip
Print Info Strip provides the ability to print a customizable info strip on jobs. The
default information on the info strip includes user, job, color and media type. The
customizable options become available by selecting Customize Print Info from the
Server menu.
NOTE: The Print Info Strip image may overwrite the job image if it occupies the same
part of the page in the output.
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Save As TIFF
Save as TIFF saves a rasterized image file or an up to 600 dpi TIFF file. The TIFF file is
placed in the TIFF folder within the Splash folder on the server computer. The TIFF
folder is configured for network access. This setup allows you, at your computer, to
retrieve TIFF files from the server and delete TIFF files from the folder once they have
been copied to the your system.
To activate this feature, choose a resolution from the DPI menu. You can enter a
resolution value between 3 and 600 dpi.
NOTE: Save As TIFF can be enabled or disabled in the Server Job Edit window and in
the Web Queue Manager. For more information about the Web Queue Manager, see
Chapter 6.
The Splash G640 copies files to the server’s hard disk before printing. For TIFF and
EPS files, the server creates a reference to the file for printing. This allows printing a
large TIFF or EPS file from an external drive without first copying the file to the
Splash G640 hard disk.
Auto Grayscale Detection
Select Auto Grayscale Detection to check each page for color before printing. If no
color is detected on the page, the printer prints in single-pass grayscale mode, which
speeds printing for multi-page documents that contain few color pages.
NOTE: If you are printing jobs that have color on every page, deselect this option.
When active, Auto Gray Detection adds approximately one-half second to the printing
of each color page.
This option is active when the Color Model is set to Color. The log file indicates the
number of pages within a job that were printed in grayscale mode.
NOTE: For fastest printing of an entirely black and white document, set the Color
Model to Grayscale for the print job.
Mirror Image
Mirror Image inverts the scanned artwork target to match the final transferred piece.
Use Mirror Image for heat transfer paper used for adhering color output to
non-standard media, such as rice paper, rag paper, or T-shirts.
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Tray Options
The Tray Settings allow you to select various Job Handling options including, Reverse
Page Order, Imposition, Staple, Duplex, and choice Output Bin.
Duplex
The Duplex printing options are as follows:
• No Duplex
• Duplex Short Edge Binding—prints double-sided sheets that are bound on the short
edge of the document. The second side of the sheet is rotated for correct orientation.
• Duplex Long Edge Binding—prints double-sided sheets that are bound on a long
edge of the document.
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Automatic duplex printing
Use the Duplex options to set up automatic duplex printing from Trays 1–4 and
Tray 6. This specifies that the job print double-sided output. The Duplex Alignment
offsets are applied to the second side of each page.
Manual duplex printing
Use the Duplex options to set up manual duplex printing from Tray 5 for manual-fed
jobs. This specifies that the job print as two-sided output.
To avoid automatic duplex printing when you print longer jobs, use the following
procedure.
TO PRINT USING MANUAL DUPLEX
1. Send the print job to the Splash G640 with the “Print and Hold” spool option
selected.
2. From the Job Editor, specify to print only the odd-numbered pages.
3. Place the printed odd-numbered pages in Tray 5 in preparation for printing the
even-numbered pages. Verify that the orientation is appropriate for your printer.
4. From the Job editor, specify to print only the even numbered pages.
The Duplex Alignment offsets on the Splash G640 are applied to the even-numbered
pages.
Staple
If the optional finisher is connected to the printer, you can select one of the Staple
options to staple the final output at the finisher. As with other collated multi-set
(multi-copy) jobs, multi-set stapled jobs offset each set from the other. If the server
Cover Page option is enabled, the cover page prints face up offset from the last printed,
stapled set.
The Staple options are as follows:
• None
• One corner, portrait
• One corner, landscape
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• Dual portrait
• Dual landscape
With a stapling option selected, jobs must RIP all pages before starting to print. Also,
stapled jobs are automatically collated. All stapled jobs print face down, regardless of
your selection.
NOTE: Send stapled jobs to the printer in forward order. The custom driver will
de-select Reverse Page Order when a Staple option is selected. However, you can
re-enable Reverse Page Order for those applications that output pages in reverse
order only.
Related job settings for proper output
For proper staple position, jobs of various orientations and page sizes must use the
matching staple position and rotation settings. The Splash G640 does not auto-detect
the paper orientation and page orientation settings to determine the proper settings to
use for staple position and rotation. For more information, see the following table.
Paper orientation Page orientation Staple position Rotate
LEF Portrait Front Corner Off
LEF Landscape Rear Corner On
SEF Portrait Rear Corner Off
SEF Landscape Front Corner On
LEF Portrait Both Corners Off
LEF Landscape Both Corners Off
SEF Portrait Both Corners Off
SEF Landscape Both Corners On
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Stapled output from Microsoft applications on Windows
When printing landscape documents from Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel from
Windows 9x, Windows NT, or Windows 2000, you must select either the Microsoft
Rotate print option or the Splash G640 Rotate print option in order to receive output
with the staples in the proper position. The Rotate option is not necessary when
printing from Microsoft applications on a Mac OS computer.
Staple Error Handling
Jobs that exceed the 50-page stapling limit (100 sides duplex) print without stapling.
The job fails after printing with a message stating that the job exceeded the number of
pages that can be stapled. When the printer runs out of staples in the middle of a job,
the server stops processing and a dialog box appears stating that the printer is out of
staples. The Splash G640 waits for staples to be added and a dialog box displays the
amount of time allowed before the job transfers to the Error queue. If the job does
transfer to the Error queue, an E (error) code in the Server Status windows.
Face-Up
The Face-Up option prints the job with a face-up orientation.
NOTE: When a Duplex option is selected for the job, this option has no effect.
Collate
Select the Collate check box to print copies of a complete job, one after another.
Sending collated jobs displays the “Set” message in the server status window. Sending
uncollated copies displays the “Copy” message in the server status window.
When Use Mailbox is selected in the Tray tab, the Splash G640 delivers all of the
collated copies into the selected mailbox bin.
NOTE: Selecting the Collate option with the Printer Driver Cover Page option prints
multiple copies of the cover page. Use the Splash Cover Page Server Preferences to
print a single cover page for a collated job.
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Reverse Page Order
Select Reverse Page Order to print starting with the last page of the document.
NOTE: If your application provides reverse order printing (sometimes called “reverse
order” or “back-to-front” printing), select the application’s option instead of the Splash
print driver option. Some applications do not support the Splash Reverse Page Order
option.
Rotate Pages
The Rotate Pages option rotates all pages of a job by 180 degrees. Select this option
when stapling landscape jobs that are rotated incorrectly by the creating application,
such as PowerPoint and Quark XPress.
Imposition
Select Imposition to rearranges the printing page order of a job to output booklets. In
some cases, this feature uses paper more efficiently for printing multiple copies of small
documents.
Imposition Type—Saddle Stitch, Perfect Bound and Signature
Saddle Stitch and Perfect Bound both print two pages of a document together on a
single larger sheet, which can then be folded section by section to form booklets.
The two options differ in the number of pages printed in each section. Using Saddle
Stitch, the number of pages in a section is selectable and usually multiple output sheets
are folded together. Perfect Bound prints four original document pages in a single
section, which means that each output sheet is folded separately.
Select Perfect Bound to print jobs that will be folded, cut, and glued along the back
spine into a cover or binding. Most large trade books and larger magazines use this
technique. Select Saddle Stitch to print jobs that will be stapled or stitched with thread
through the center or into the spine.
The Signature imposition type prints two pages of the job, in order, on a single-sided
tabloid sheet. This is always 2-up. Pages 1 and 2 print on the first tabloid sheet and
pages 3 and 4 print on a second tabloid page. If Duplex is selected, pages 3 and 4 print
on the back side of the first sheet. Odd-numbered jobs print the last page with a blank
opposite it.
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Scale To Fit
Scale To fit option becomes available when an Imposition Type is selected
(Saddle-Stitch, Perfect Bound, or Signature). This option allows you to scale the
imageable output to fit on the selected page size. Scaling preserves the aspect ratio, so
the output page may not be completely filled.
Paper Use Options—Step and Repeat and 2-Up
Select Step and Repeat or 2-UP Imposition to print multiple copies of a single page on
the same output page. Step and Repeat prints as many copies of the page as will fit on
the selected output page size. It supports duplexing but not collation. 2-Up Imposition
prints two copies of the page on the selected output page size. It is compatible with
duplexing and collation.
Output Paper Size
For proper results with Saddle Stitch, Perfect Bound, and Signature, the output paper
size must be at least twice as large as the original page size defined for printing. For
example, for a Letter page, select Tabloid, 12 x 18, or SRA3. For A4, select A3, 12x 18,
or SRA3.
Crop Marks
For Step and Repeat, crop marks are always printed and the size of the crop marks is
taken into account when determining how to fit the most possible copies onto the
page.
When other options are selected, crop marks print only if there is room for them on
the page. The imposed pages print centered on the output sheet. If there is additional
room to place full or partial crop marks, the crop marks are added.
If you select Crop Marks, choose a page size that is more than twice as large as the
original page size defined for printing. For a Letter or A4 page, select 12x 18 or SRA3.
Determining the Original Page Size
For 2-Up or Signature imposition, the original page size used is always the one selected
in Page Setup (or the equivalent) when printing. Turn off the application registration
marks or crop marks.
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For Step and Repeat, Saddle Stitch, Signature, and Perfect Bound imposition, if the
application registration marks or crop marks are not enabled when printing, or if the
application does not support registration marks or crop marks, the original page size is
the one selected in Page Setup. If the application registration marks or crop marks are
enabled, the original page size is the size of the document itself, which in many
applications can be different from the page size selected in Page Setup.
Setting application registration marks
For Step and Repeat, Saddle Stitch, and Perfect Bound, enable registration marks or
crop marks from the application, whenever possible. In general, the imposition
software recognizes the input page size more precisely when the application generates
the registration marks. For Step and Repeat, using the application registration marks or
crop marks increases the number of copies printed on a single sheet.
NOTE: If job errors due to the output not fitting on the paper size selected, enable Crop
Marks in the Tray tab of the Splash G640 driver options.
Using Saddle Stitch and Perfect Bound with landscape documents
Landscape documents bind along the short edge of the document so two letter-sized
pages cannot fit on a single output page. You can impose landscape documents using
Saddle Stitch and Perfect Bound, but the height of the original must be less than half
the height of the output page size, or the Scale To Fit option must be selected.
Section size
Section size defines the number of pages to print in a Saddle-Stitch layout. This feature
is enabled only when Saddle-Stitch is selected. The Section Size menu include the
following options:
• Automatic Tray—the printer searches for the tray that contains the paper size
specified in the Page Settings dialog box.
• Tray 1, Tray 2, Tray 3, Tray 4, or Tray 6—you can specify a specific tray, for example,
to print on letterhead or colored paper installed in a single tray.
• Tray 5—prints on paper or transparency film loaded in the Bypass (manual feed)
tray.
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Tray 5
You can print on non-standard paper or transparency film using Tray 5. You can select
from the following paper type options for Tray 5:
• Normal—standard paper (16 to 24 gsm).
• Transparency—60 to 105 gsm transparencies with a white leading edge.
• Heavy Weight Paper—paper that is heavier than 24 pound (between 105 and 163
gsm).
• Transparency Interleave—transparency with a blank white piece of paper between
transparencies.
• Extra Heavy Weight Paper (default)—paper between 163 and 250 gsm
NOTE: When paper or transparencies are inserted into Tray 5, the printer defaults to its
Paper Type (Bypass) mode. Press the Clear All button on the printer after inserting the
paper or transparencies to return immediately to the print mode.
NOTE: Only Face Up printing is allowed from Tray 5. Other selections have no effect.
Printer output tray maintenance
Though you can configure the Splash G640 to print up to 9999 copies, the output
tray holds a maximum of 500 pages. If more than 500 copies are specified, empty
the output tray during printing so the total number of copies in the tray never
exceeds 500.
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Paper type support from trays
The following table lists the paper types supported for each output tray.
TrayPaper Type Supported Sizes
Tray 1 Normal Letter/A4, B5
Trays 2, 3, 4 Normal
Heavy Weight
Tray 6 (HCF) Normal
Heavy Weight
Tray 5 Normal
Heavy Weight
Extra Heavy
Transparency
Transparency
Interleave
Paper type restrictions
Transparency and transparency interleave print only to the Catch tray, not to the
mailbox bins or Finisher.
The interleave sheet for transparency interleave is pulled from Tray 1.
Printing to heavy weight paper
You can print to heavy weight paper from Trays 2, 3, 4, and 6. The paper must be
properly configured in the printer user interface in tools mode. The Splash G640 does
not provide a user interface to specify that heavy weight paper is present these trays.
All
All
A4 LEF, Letter LEF
All except Postcard
All except Postcard
All
A4 LEF, Letter LEF,
A3
A4 LEF, Letter LEF
When printing heavy weight paper from Trays 2, 3, 4, and 6, tray chaining is not
allowed.
Although the printer allows heavy weight paper to go to the offset Catch tray, jobs
processed from the Splash G640 that use heavy weight paper always go to the simple
Catch tray of the finisher.
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Providing user information
The Custom Splash G640 driver allows adding identification information to print jobs
from the Info tab. This feature is not available when using other print drivers.
NOTE: Owner, Password, Comment, and Account Number are optional text fields.
Owner and Password
Enter the job owner and a password. The text entered here appears in the Job
Information dialog box for the spool file at the Splash G640. If no name is entered, the
job includes the network identification name of your computer.
Platform Note
Mac OS The maximum number of characters for the Owner field is 24.
The maximum of characters for the Password field is 8.
Windows 9x This feature is available with the Custom driver only. It is not
available when printing to the Splash G640 with the Windows
printer driver.
If you do not enter your name, the job includes the network
identification name for your computer.
The maximum number of characters for the Owner field is 23.
The maximum of characters for the Password field is 7.
Windows NT/2000/XP This feature is available with the Custom driver only. It is not
available when you print to the Splash G640 with the Windows
printer driver.
If you do not enter your name, the job includes the network
identification name for your computer from the sharing
control panel.
The maximum number of characters for the Owner field is 23.
The maximum of characters for the Password field is 7.
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Comment
Enter any additional information about the print job.
Platform Note
Mac OS The maximum number of characters for this field is 255.
Windows 9x The maximum number of characters for this field is 255.
Windows NT/2000/XP The maximum number of characters for this field is 255
Account Number
Enter any account number associated with the print job.
Platform Note
Mac OS The maximum number of characters for this field is 32.
Windows 9x The maximum number of characters for this field is 32.
Windows NT/2000/XP The maximum number of characters for this field is 32.
Secure Printing
You can use Secure Printing to password-protect your jobs. This security feature can
only be implemented from the Mac OS or Windows printer driver, and can only be
printed at the Splash G640 when a password is entered.
In order for the job to be password-protected, you must provide a password for the job
at the time it is printed. If a job sent to the Splash G640 is password-protected, the job
will not be RIPped until you enter a password at the server.
NOTE: The following procedure uses Mac OS X illustrations.
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TO SET SECURE PRINTING FROM MACOS OR WINDOWS
1. Start the print process for the job.
2. In the Print dialog box, choose Splash Features from the Copies and Pages menu, and
click the Info tab.
The Document Information dialog box appears.
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3. Click Enable.
4. Enter a Secure Print Password, verify the password, and then click Ok.
The Secure Printing dialog box appears.
The document is now password-protected, and the job will go to the Error queue at
the Splash G640.
TO ACTIVATE A PASSWORD-PROTECTED JOB AT THE SPLASH G640
1. Double-click the password-protected job in the Error queue.
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2. Click Edit Doc Info.
3. Enter the document password as it was assigned at the Mac OS or Windows computer
and click OK.
If you entered the password correctly, you can now select the job and drag it to the
Active queue.
Secure Printing Notes
The Secure Printing password field can contain a maximum of 8 printable characters.
If a Secure Printing spool file is saved and sent to the Hold queue, the password is not
saved and must be re-entered when you resend the job to the Active queue.
A Secure Printing job cannot be previewed or be part of a document set.
If an incorrect password is entered at the Splash G640, the job is sent to the Error
queue when you try to print it.
Secure Access
Secure Access enables a system administrator to limit who can print to the
Splash G640 by defining combinations of user names, passwords, and account
numbers which must be entered and verified before jobs print. Secure Access can also
be used without verification to improve job logging by requiring user names and
account numbers to be entered in order to print.
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Secure Access accounts are established and managed at the Splash G640. You are
prompted for the required information at your computer. Validation of the
information, if required, is performed by the Splash G640 and if the information is
not correct, you are prompted to correct the information before you can print the job.
Using Secure Access
When Secure Access is configured at the Splash G640, you must install the Secure
Access printer driver on your Mac OS or Windows computer. For information, see
Chapters 2 and 3.
Printing
Printing using the Secure Access driver is exactly the same as printing with the standard
driver, except that the driver prompts you for the Secure Access information. When the
first job is sent to a particular printer, the Secure Access driver prompts you for the
IP address of the Splash G640. For this information, contact your system
administrator.
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With each additional job sent to the printer, the Secure Access driver prompts for the
required information (User ID, Password, Account Number) as set up at the
Splash G640. If the information entered is incorrect, the driver prompts you to
re-enter the correct information, specifying the first incorrect entry, along with the
error message set up at the server. This continues until you enter the correct
information or click Cancel. Once correct information is entered, the job prints as
with the standard driver.
For more information on Secure Access, see“Secure Access” on page 5-62.
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Chapter 5:
Using the
Splash G640
Server
This chapter provides an introduction to the Splash G640 graphical user interface.
You can view the Splash G640 main window in two modes: full-screen mode and
reduced screen mode. In full-screen mode, the window is not resizable. In reduced
screen mode, fewer column headers appear in the print queues, and neither the
available hard disk space nor tray capacity is displayed, but you can resize and
reposition the window.
The Splash G640 interface (full-screen mode)
When you start the Splash G640 application, the main window appears in full-screen
mode. The main window displays information on managing print queues,
administering server functions, and controlling the jobs in the print queues.
1
2
3
4
6
7
5
1 Splash G640 toolbar
2 Start/Stop button
3 Active queue
4 Hold queue
5 Error queue
6 Preview window
7 Trays
8 Device Status
9 Splash Server Status
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The following sections describe each component in the Splash G640 interface.
Main menus
When you initially start the Splash G640, the following top-level menus appear:
Apple, Splash Server, File, Edit, Server, and Jobs.
NOTE: If you log in as server administrator, the actual commands in each menu differ
from those that appear when you first start the server.
Print queues
The print queues in the main window display the Active, Hold, or Error status of all
spooled jobs.
• Active queue—displays the currently processing print job and jobs awaiting
automatic processing.
• Hold queue—lists print jobs that the server has processed and jobs queued to
Process and Hold or Process and Save. To print a job from this queue, press
Command+R or drag the job to the Active queue.
• Error queue—lists print jobs that failed to print, either partially or completely.
To resize a print queue, click the tab that separates it from another queue and drag
up or down.
NOTE: You cannot resize a queue to hide another queue.
Print queue column headings
The column headings in the print queues can be repositioned, resized, added, or
deleted. To resize or reposition a column heading in the Active, Hold, or Error queues,
click the column heading and drag right or left.
To add a column heading, Option-click an existing column heading and choose from
the commands in the menu that appears. To delete a column heading, Option-click
the column heading and choose Empty.
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The column headings in the print queues are:
• Document—lists the title of the job being sent to the server.
• Spool Time—indicates what time the job was spooled/received.
• Completion Time—indicates the last time the server completed a job activity.
•
Owner—lists the computer Name/User ID.
Status—indicates whether the server is receiving, printing, preflighting, or has
•
encountered a job error.
• Copies—lists the number of copies requested.
• Pages—indicates the number of pages in the job.
• Size—lists the full size of the RIPped job.
• Spool Name—assigns a spool number or file name to the job.
• Application—indicates the application in which the document was created.
• Job—assigns a number to the job.
• Comment—displays any relevant comments on the job.
• Account—displays the account from which the job came.
• Error Message—explains why a job was sent to the Error queue.
• Info (Basic)—displays a job status info symbol that indicates if the job has been sent,
is being sent, is being received, has a preflight report, contains saved images, or has
been color tuned.
• Info (Detailed)—displays all job info symbols that apply, with a colored background
that indicates job progress.
Info field (Basic and Detailed)
When the Splash G640 main window is in full-screen mode, the leftmost column in
the Hold queue acts as a job information field. The Info field includes two options:
Info (Basic) or Info (Detailed). To toggle from one option to the other, Option-click
the Info column heading, and choose Info (Basic) or Info (Detailed) from the menu
that appears. Info (Basic) displays a symbol that indicates the job’s print status. Info
(Detailed) displays the symbol, but adds a color background to indicate job progress.
If a job is moved to the Active or Error queues, the Info field is no longer displayed,
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but is available. In the Active queue, the Rip and Print status of a job is available in the
Status field. When a job moves to the Error queue, the reason the job failed to print
appears in the Error Message field.
The Info (Basic) symbols and descriptions are:
•I = Has Saved Rasters (Image)
•T = Will Apply Color Tuning When Run (Tuning)
•P = Has Preflight Report
•R = RIPped (previously processed)
•S = Receiving From Network (Spooling)
•Blank = Fully Received, Not Processed
The Info (Detailed) displays five columns of color icons that indicate the progress
of a job.
•I = Saved Raster, will print without re-RIPping and is symbol is Red
•T = Applies Color Tuning When Run, symbol is Purple
•P = Preflight Report, symbol is Charcoal Gray
•R = RIPped (previously processed), symbol is Yellow
•S = Spooling (receiving from network), symbol is Blue if received, half-filled blue if
receiving
NOTE: More than one Info field can be displayed at a time.
For Info Basic jobs for which more than one status condition applies, the field
displayed first is true. For example, for a job with saved rasters and a preflight report,
“I” would be displayed in the Info field.
Preview window
The Preview window displays thumbnails of the job selected in the Active, Hold or
Error queues.
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Start/Stop button
Start/Stop allows you to stop and start processing files. These actions are global,
stopping all print jobs currently on the server or allowing the server to
begin processing.
Toolbar
The Splash G640 toolbar allows you convenient access to frequently used applications
and features.
In full-screen mode, the toolbar includes the following:
• ColorCal—allows you to perform color calibration.
• Profile Loader—allows you to quickly and easily add ICC profiles.
• CopyCal—allows you to create color profiles that simulate the output of any
color printer.
• ColorTuner—allows you to edit the color output of a RIPped job before all the copies
are printed.
• Set Builder—allows you to combine several jobs, printing them as a single,
collated document.
• Acquire—allows you to scan jobs directly from the server, without using Adobe
Photoshop. A separate Photoshop plug-in is provided to allow you to scan
with Photoshop.
• Open/Save—opens the Open/Save dialog box, where you can open dropped files and
save spooled files.
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Job status indicators
• Device Status—displays the status of the printer.
• Splash Server Status—displays network activity, server status (Idle, Stopped, or
Processing), the date of the last calibration, and available hard disk space.
• Trays—indicates which paper trays are installed and the paper sizes they
accommodate.
The Splash G640 interface (reduced screen mode)
In reduced screen mode, the Splash G640 main window displays print queue
management information and print server tools.
NOTE: In reduced screen mode, the Splash G640 toolbar displays the same applications
and features as in full-screen mode, with the exception of the Open/Save feature.
Open/Save is unavailable in reduced screen mode.
For descriptions of each of the applications and features in the reduced mode toolbar,
see the previous section on the Splash G640 main window (full-screen mode).
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Starting the application
To begin working with the Splash G640 application, double-click the Splash G640
icon located in the Applications:Splash folder.
If you need to stop a print job in the Active queue, press Start/Stop or choose Stop
Processing from the Server menu; to resume printing, press Start/Stop or choose Start
Processing from the Server menu.
To quit the Splash G640 application, return to the main window and press
Command+Q, or choose Quit Splash Server from the Splash Server menu.
To control client printing to the Splash G640, you can configure the server to Spool
and Hold all incoming print jobs, allowing the server administrator to review jobs and
determine job priorities.
Using the Print Job Queue menu
To access a job’s Print Job Queue menu, click a job in any print queue, and then click
the arrow button on the upper-right side of the queue. The following commands are
available in the Print Job Queue menu:
NOTE: Keyboard shortcuts appear in parentheses.
• Select All—selects all jobs in the queue. (Command + A)
• Edit Job—opens the Job Print Options menu for the selected job. (Command+ E)
• Delete Job—deletes the selected job. (Command + K)
• Hold—sends the job to the Hold queue. This option is only available if the job is in
the Active queue. (Command+ H)
• Remove Hold—sends the job to the Active Queue. This option is only available if the
job is in the Hold queue. (Command+ R)
•Preflight—screens job for errors and sends it to the Hold queue. (Command+ F)
• Color Tuner—provides an easy way to edit the color output of RIPped pages of a job,
before it finishes printing all copies of a job. (Command+ T)
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• Show Preflight—opens the Preflight Results dialog box. The job must be preflighted
or this option is unavailable.
• Apply Defaults—applies the current defaults that have been set at the server.
• Clear Color Tuner—removes all color changes from a selected job. (Command+A)
Selecting jobs
To select a job in one of the print queues, click it. To select multiple jobs, click one job,
press Shift, and click multiple jobs in the queue. Press Command as you click jobs to
select only the jobs you click.
If a selected job has a preview image, it appears in the Preview window of the
Splash G640 main window.
Moving jobs
To move a job to the Hold queue, select the job in the Active or Error queue and
choose Hold from the Jobs menu, or press Command+H. You can also drag the file to
the Hold queue.
To resume processing of a job in the Hold queue, drag the job to the Active queue,
choose Remove Hold from the Jobs menu, or press Command + R while the job
is selected.
Deleting jobs
To delete a job from the Hold or Error queues, select the job and press Delete. A dialog
box prompts you to confirm this action. If image files are saved, you are asked whether
you want to delete the entire job, or just the saved image. To delete a job that is
currently processing in the Active queue, select the job, drag it to the Hold queue, and
choose Delete Job from the Jobs menu.
You can also delete jobs by dragging them to the Trash icon on your Mac OS desktop.
Jobs in the Active queue cannot be dragged to the Trash.
WARNING: If you select multiple jobs to be deleted and some have saved rasters while
others do not, a dialog box prompts you to delete the job or the rasters, as described
previously. If you choose to delete raster files, the server deletes the raster files from
those jobs with raster files, and leaves the other files unchanged.
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Viewing and editing job options
The Job Options dialog box allows you to view the options for jobs in the Active,
Hold, or Error queues and revise them. To open the Job Options dialog box,
double-click the job in the queue, or select the job and choose Edit Job from the
Jobs menu.
The following tabs in the Job Options dialog box allow you to edit job options:
Info—displays job details: Filename, File Size, Document, Application, Account,
Total Pages, date and time received, Comments, Status, Edit Doc Info, and
Preflight Report.
Page—displays job handling options: Face Up, Collate, Reverse Page Order, Rotate
Pages, Duplex, Output Bin, Staple, Page Range, Force Paper Size, Paper, Position,
Scale to Paper Size, Imposition, Imposition Type, Section Size, Output Page Size,
and Crop Marks.
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Tray—displays job handling options: Tray Selection (Automatic or specify Tray 1-5). If
you select Tray 5, addition options include Normal Paper, Transparency, Heavy Weight
Paper, Transparency Interleave, and Extra Heavy Weight.
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