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    Roland ColorChoice ® for PC-12 Ver. 4.2 USER’S MANUAL Thank you ver y much for pur ch asing the Roland printer. • T o ensur e corre ct and sa fe usage with a full un derstandi ng of this product’ s perf orm ance , pleas e be sur e to rea d thro ugh t his manua l complete ly and store it i n a saf e location. • Unauthorized copying or tran [...]

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    Welcome ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 System Requirem ents Windo ws .................................................................................................... ................................ 5 System Requirem ents [...]

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    Manufacturer ................................................................................................................... ..................................................... 20 Model .......................................................................................................................... ...................................[...]

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    Illustrator 8.0 [Maci ntosh] .................................................................................................... ....................................... 38 Illustrator 9.0 [Maci ntosh] .................................................................................................... ....................................... 38 Page[...]

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    5 We lc o m e W elco m e to the User Guid e for the Rola nd ColorC hoice RIP Software. W e recomm end that you re ad and understa nd this doc ument. T his docum ent contains instr uctions f or the Maci ntosh and the Microsoft W indows 98/Me and W indows 2000 . S ystem Requirements Windo w s The f ollowing table l ists the m inimum and high volum e [...]

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    6 S ystem Requirements Macintosh The f ollowing table l ists the m inimum and high volum e recom mended s y stem setup to run RIP Software . System requirements vary accor ding to the s ize of the f iles to be pr inted, the o utput dev ice used, and o ther variables . Your par ticular setu p and intende d use of the software d etermine what hardwar[...]

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    7 Supported Printers RCC for PC-12 : ColorCAMM P C-12 Window s 98/Windows Me I nstallation Important ： ： ： ： Before y ou install and set up the RIP program, you must be sure to install the PC-12 ColorCAMM Driver for Windows. Run Setup for the PC-12 ColorCA MM Driver for Windows. For the connection between the computer and the machine, choos[...]

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    8 8. Click Next . T he select Prin ter m odel window d isplays. 9. Select PPD ’s. The file is located in the C :Program FilesRCC for PC-12PPD f older. Select th e PPD according to the m odel of your printer . 10. Click OK . 11. Click Next . The Pr inter Inform ation W indow displa ys. 12. Select No f or your def ault prin ter. 13. Select No f [...]

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    9 7. Click Next . T he select Progr am Folder displa ys. 8. Select th e folder you would l ike Roland C olorCho ice to displa y in. 9. Click Next . The Des tination Location window displa ys. 10. Select th e destinatio n by clic king on Bro wse or exc ept the default locatio n. 11. Click Next . Note : If you cur rently have Ro land Col orChoice o n[...]

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    10 Uninstalling the Soft ware [Windows 98/Me] 1. Exit the RC C for PC-12 Software by right cl icking on t he Roland Col orChoice ico n in the l ower right corner of your monitor and selec ting Ex it. 2. Click Start>Settin gs>Contr ol Panel. 3. In the Contr ol Pane l, double-c lick the Add/Rem ove Program s icon. 4. Remove RCC for PC-1 2. Clic[...]

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    11 Macintosh Installation 1. Insert the Roland Co lorChoic e Installa tion CD into your C D-ROM dri ve. 2. Double-c lick the Ins taller ico n. 3. Select th e Installer l anguage fr o m the Installer window. 4. Click OK . The s y s tem dis plays the I nstallation Options wind ow. 5. Select th e product you would lik e to use f rom Product dr op-down[...]

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    12 Uninstalling the Software [M acintosh] 1. Quit the R oland Co lorChoice S oftware. 2. Drag the RCC for P C-12 Folder into the T rash. 3. Open the System f older. 4. From the Preferenc es folder, drag th e files named ‘RCC f or PC-12 Preferenc es’ and ‘RCC for PC-12 Prefs ’ into the T rash. 5. Locate and open the ‘Extensions ’ folder.[...]

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    13 Getting Started [Window s] The Rolan d ColorChoic e is autom aticall y launched eac h tim e you start your computer. Ho wever, you will need to view the Print Monitor in ord er to work w i th it. T o view the Print Monitor, do uble clic k on the Rola nd ColorChoic e Sof tware icon loc ated in the lower rig ht corner of your com puter’s m onito[...]

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    14  Med ia —the media on which the job will be pr inted.  File Type —the f ile type of the select ed job. To quit th e RIP Sof tware program when you are in W indows, right c lick on the icon, and th en select Q uit from the menu tha t appears. O nce you q uit in th is fashion, you mus t either restar t your com puter or use t he ‘Start[...]

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    15 Menus You ma y access a num ber of RIP Software’s functions using the m enus at the top of the m ain windo w. File Men u The File m enu allo ws the user to add a job, save a job as a diff erent form at, send, pause, or abort a job or stop the pr ocess b y exiting. T he following c hart defin es each of these opti ons: Ad d J o b The Add a Job [...]

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    16 Select A ll The Sel ect All com mand se lects all f iles in the print queu e. Delete The Delet e comm and allows de letion of specific ally select ed files. Preferences Prefer ences allows ac cess to default setti ngs, incl uding what to d o with files after prin ting and to s pecify the units of measurem ent. These pref erences, i n conjunction[...]

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    17 Setup Menu A setup c onsists of a d evice and its associat ed propert ies. Item s in the Set up menu appl y to the selec ted setup. Se lect a setup by click ing on the setu p icon i n the setup are a of the m ain windo w. Change Setup The Chang e Setup com mand allo ws you to ac cess and fol low the sam e wizard-dri ven steps c ontained i n the [...]

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    18 Printing Adding Jobs to the Pri nt Monitor The J obs Managem ent area of RIP Software a llows you to a dd jobs to th e Print Mon itor. To Add a J ob 1. From the F ile menu s elect A dd Jo b . 2. Select th e job you would lik e to add then c lick on Open . 3. To s end a job to the pri nter, selec t the job fr om the Print Monitor’s q ueue and t[...]

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    19 The ‘Hot’ folder is located as follows : [Windo w s] : C:Program FilesRCC for PC-12JobsRo landCCAMM PC12 [Macintosh] : RCC for PC-12 : J obs : ColorCA MM PC-12[...]

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    20 Setup Properties The Setu p Properties window can b e accessed f rom wi thin R IP Soft ware Server a nd are setting s used to process jobs that do n ot have proper ties of their own ass ociated with t hem. Setup Pr operties c ontain setti ngs for a s pecific outpu t device. If a job is plac ed in an o utput devic e’s Hot Fo lder, and it does n[...]

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    21 Media Si ze Select a m edia si ze that is cur rentl y loaded into your printer. You can sp ecif y custom media s izes b y selec ting other fr om the list a nd then ed iting the Heig ht and W idth values. Me dia Size d isplays t he size of the media being use d, not the t otal printab le area. Printable A rea The printa ble area displa y s the ar[...]

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    22 The Setup Properti e s Pr i nt Tab Media This option allows the user to s elect the m edia t ype output will be printed on. ICC prof iles wil l automatic ally update t o the correct profile. Print Mode This option allows you to s elect the pr int qualit y for output. Resolution This is fixed at a displa y of 600 x 600. Driver Options Click ing t[...]

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    23 Print White Colo r First W hen this option is c heck ed, the white co lor will be pr inted fir st using th e white ribbo n and then the process colors and spot colors will be printed. M irror Printing O rder W hen this option is c heck ed, the order of the ribbons will be inver ted. This feature sh ould be used to print in tr ansparen t films . [...]

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    24 Dither type This is displa y ed in variabl y when Print M ode is set to Angled Screen. Screen This becomes s ettable in an inter locking f ashion with the foregoing D ither t y pe item , and displ ays a dia log box for def ining a nati ve PostSc ript screen . Perform Color Correction Check ing this setting ac tivates t he color cor rection sett [...]

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    25 the Vector rendering intent fie ld will be a pplied to vec tor im ages in your f ile. Choos e from one of the follo wing render ing intents: Perceptu al This intent is bes t for photogr aphic im ages. Colors o utside of the output device's gam ut are either clipped or com pressed to f it the output dev ice’s color space Relative Colorimet[...]

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    26 Speed Set the cut ting spe ed. Usuall y setti ng a lower s peed will res ult in lon ger cut tim es, but will produce higher qu alit y resul ts. Force This sets the cutting pressure. For m ore inform ation about settin gs for c utting, go to the PC- 12 User's Man ual, and in "Part 3 G etting Ready," r efer to "3.4 Installing a[...]

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    27 Job Properties Job Pro perties can b e accessed f rom within RI P Soft ware and are sett ings ass ociated with a particular j ob. The J ob Properties com e fr om either the Pri nting Prop erties set in client, or the Setup Pr operties s et in RIP Software Server. T o change the J ob Properties , select J ob Properti es from the File m enu. W ith[...]

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    28 Copies Number You ma y change the num ber of c opies of the j ob to be out put. Spacing You ma y change the s pacing bet ween the cop ies that ar e output. Output at or igin- Selec t this opt ion to outp ut the job at the mac hine’s orig in on the edge of the m edia. Layout Output at origin Select th is option to output the j ob at the m achin[...]

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    29 A d vanced Printing Procedures [Windo w s] If y our progr am is not l isted, refer to a section o n a sim ilar program . CorelDR AW 8 [Windows] 1. From the Ro land Color Choice Pr int Monitor click Setup>Setup Pr operties . Then click the Print t ab. 2. Make s ure the Perfor m Color Cor rection chec kbox has a c heck in it. 3. In the ICC in p[...]

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    30 14. Click Print . Illustra tor 8.0 [Windows] The Kodak Color Manag ement S y stem must be inst alled to o utput succes sfully from Illustrator 8 to Roland ColorChoi ce Software. 1. From the Ro land Color Choice Pr int Monitor click Setup>Setup Pr operties . Then click the Print t ab. 2. Make s ure the Perf orm Color Cor rection chec k box has[...]

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    31 6. Next, fr o m the pop-up m enu, choos e Print & Export. 7. For Optio ns, selec t Use Print er's Default Screen. 8. Set Raster ization Res olution to around 100 to 300 dpi. If you are g oing to perf orm enlar ged printin g with Roland C olorChoic e, set this t o an even larger val ue. Larger values y ield c orrespondin gly higher image[...]

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    32 12. From Color Managem ent select OFF . 13. Click OK to Color Mana gement S y stem Prefer ences. Click OK to Preferences . 14. Go to File >Print. 15. From the P PD menu, selec t the PPD for your printer. 16. Click the Paper butt on. From the Size m enu, select your paper si ze. Select Cus tom f or a custom size. Enter the width and height of [...]

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    33 Contour Cutting and Sp ot Color Printing [W indows] Using a Co lorCAMM PC- 12 you ca n print obj ects and the n cut a cont our line arou nd them. You c an also pr int using a S pot Color rib bon. To us e such featur es, you ha ve to insta ll and us e special color libr aries in your design ap plication s uch as Illus trator or QuarkX Press. No s[...]

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    34 cutting l ine ma y be pr inted. You ca n easil y check which path the eff ects are applied to by going into Illustrator 9.0, goi ng to W indow, and using S how Appear ance to d isplay the Appearanc e palette. 6. To m ake an object th at will be prin ted usin g a spot co lor, just f ill it usin g a Spot Color from the librar y. You can c hange th[...]

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    35 CorelDR AW 8 [Windows] Setting up the palett e 1. Copy a file 'us erinks .cpl', located i n the ‘SpotCo lorLibrar yColorCAMM PC- 12CorelDra w8’ folder of the Installat ion CD to the f ollowing f older to ov erwrite the sam e file ‘CorelGraph ics8Custom Palettes’. Or, if you want to k eep the existing 'User Defined I n[...]

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    36 9. Click [OK]. * For Core lDRAW 9, registered c olor names are stored in Custom Palettes. T o specif y a spot c olor to be set fr o m the next tim e, use Custom Palettes to m ake the selecti on. * The f ile userink s.cpl in t he SpotColor LibraryCo lorCAMM PC-12Core lDraw8 folder on the Rol and ColorChoic e Installati on CD-ROM is ex clusivel [...]

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    37 PageMaker 6.5 [W indow s] 1. Copy the f ile ‘ColorC AMM PC-12.bc f’, locate d in the ‘Sp ot Color Libr aryColorC AMM PC- 12PageMak er6.5’ fol der to the Pm 6.5RSRCUse nglshColor folder. 2. Create a ne w design or open an ex isting file. 3. Click W indow>Color and d isplay the Co lor Palette . Click on the New ic on from the Color[...]

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    38 A d vanced Printing Procedures [Macintosh] If y our progr am is not l isted, refer to a section on a sim ilar program . Illustra tor 8.0 [Macintosh] ColorS y nc 2.x or higher and Kodak Digital Science m ust be insta lled when us ing Illus trator to cr eate CM YK files . 1. From the Roland Color Choice Pr int Monitor click Printer>Set up Prope[...]

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    39 4. Go to App le menu and s elect Choos er. Highli ght Adobe P S and m ake sure Color CAMM PC-12 RIP@... is selec ted. 5. In Illustrat or, go to F ile>Doc ument Setup. F rom the shor tcut menu, c hoose T ransparency. 6. The Q uality/Speed s lider s hould norm ally be lef t at the ce nter position. If there pro blem s such as m issing portions [...]

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    40 8. Go to File >Prefer ences>Gener al. Click the ‘CMS Set up...’ butto n. 9. From Color Managem ent select OFF . 10. Click OK to Color Mana gement S y stem Prefer ences. Click OK to Preferences . 11. Go to File >Print. 12. From the P PD menu, selec t the PPD for your printer. 13. Click the Paper butt on. From the Size m enu, select y[...]

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    41 QuarkXPress 3.32 [ Macintosh] 1. Quark XPress requires a Prin ter Descrip tion File ( PDF) to ac cess spec ific options of the print er. Instal l the file ‘R oland Color CAMM PDF’ from Setup CD>Quark Files to the ‘Quark XPress:PDF ’ folder, bef ore starting Q uarkX Press. 2. From the Roland Color Choice Pr int Monitor click Printer>[...]

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    42 10. Select Cus tom Page Def ault from the pop-up m enu, if a c ustom page s ize is r equired, and enter your custom page size. Clic k the Add button when you are finis h ed, and then clic k OK . Y ou are r eturned to the Output tab of the Print dialog. 11. Click the Printe r button, 12. Select Co lor Matching f rom the menu. T hen select Color/G[...]

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    43 Contour Cutting and Sp ot Color Printing [Ma cintosh] Using a Co lorCAMM PC- 12 you ca n print obj ects and the n cut a cont our line arou nd them. You c an also pr int using a S pot Color rib bon. To us e such featur es, you ha ve to insta ll and us e special c olor libr aries in your design ap plication suc h as Illus trator or Q uarkXpr ess. [...]

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    44 5. To m ake a cutting line, select “C utContour” as t he color f or the paths that you wou ld like to c ut. Trans parency and ef fects s uch as Blur or Drop Shado ws are not ap plied at al l to cutting lines. T he cutting l ine ma y be pr inted. You ca n easil y check which path the eff ects are applied to by going into Illustr ator 9.0, goi[...]

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    45 PageMaker 6.5 [Macintosh] 1. Copy the f ile ‘ColorC AMM PC-12.bc f’, located i n the ‘SpotCo lorLibra y :ColorCAMM PC- 12:PageMak er6.5’ fol der to the ‘ Pm6.5:RSRC:Us englsh:Color ’ folder. 2. Create a ne w design or open an ex isting file. 3. Click W indow>Color and d isplay the Co lor Palette . Click on the New ic on from the C[...]

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    46 Supplement Printi ng and Cutti ng Limitations and Workarounds in Ill ustr ator 9.0 Printin g and cutting are subjec t to som e limitatio ns when you use the transp arenc y feature in Ill ustrator 9.0. This section provi des details about cas es where l imitations occ ur and des cribes work arounds. Eff ects That Lim it Cutting (The Il lustrator [...]

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    47 5. Go to "A dvanced Pri nting Proc edures" e arlier in th is docum ent and follo w the proced ures under "Illustrat or 9.0" to m ake other sett ings. 6. Perform output with Il lustrator 9.0 . Carry out only printing , without perform ing cutting. After pr inting, return the page a nd do not upda te the or igin point. 7. In Il[...]

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    48 5. Set Raster ization Res olution to an appropr iate value ( around 100 to 300 dp i with actual- size c onversion) . You shou ld norm ally set the s lider at the ce nter. If th ere are prob lems, tr y movi ng it one t ick to the lef t. 6. Make the l ayer where th e cutting line is dra wn visible, then carr y out printin g and cutt ing in the us [...]

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    License Agreement Carefull y read the fol lo wing terms and conditions before installing the softw are . This is a legal agreement between y ou, the end user (either an individual or an entity ), and Roland D G Corporati on. If you do not a g ree with the following, y ou should retain the package unopened . (This product is just one of the included[...]