Roland PC-600 manual

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    Roland COLORCHOICE ® for ColorCAMM for Macintosh Version 3.1 User Guide Thank yo u very muc h for pur chasing t he PC-60 0. • To en sure cor rect and safe usage wit h a fu ll understan ding of this prod uct’s perfo rmance, please be sure to read throug h this manual completely and store it in a safe locat ion. • Unaut horized copying or tran[...]

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    Welcome .... .............. ......... .............. .............. .......... .............. ......... .............. ........ 4 System Req uirements ................. .............. .............. ......... .............. ......... ............. 4 Macintosh In stallation .... .............. .............. ......... .............. ......... ......[...]

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    3 License Agreement Carefully read the following terms and conditions before ins talling the software. This is a legal agreement between you, the en d us er (e ither an individual or an entity), and Amiable Technologies, Inc . If you do not agree with the following, you should promptl y return the pa ckage. Us e of this program indicates your accep[...]

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    4 Welcome Welcome to the docume ntation for the Roland COLORCHOICE Software. We believe that you will find the infor mation usefu l and the software easy to l earn. System Requirements Macintosh Installation This sectio n describes how to install the softw are, and how to config ure it for common applicatio n scenarios. 1 Insert th e Ro land COLOR [...]

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    5 You are a sked to re-ent er your Us er ID. 6 T ype in “1000” again, and then click OK. The Inst allation Opt ions dialo g appears. 7 Click OK. The ne xt scree n prompts you f or the ty pe of inst allation and t he location to whic h you wa nt to ins tall the s oftware. 8 Accept th e default selectio n of Easy In stall and specify the locatio [...]

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    6 15 Double-Click on the AdobePS Installe r Icon. The Adobe Printer Driv er installer is launched. 16 Click Continue . 17 If y ou accept the terms of the L icense , cl ick Accept . The ne xt wind ow prompt s you fo r a locati on to i nstall th e Adobe PostScrip t Instal ler. 18 Select a location and then click Install. The necessary files are ins t[...]

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    7 After th e instal lation fi nishes y ou are asked whether o r not yo u want to r estart your com puter. 19 Click R estar t. The software in stallation is now complete. Before printing, howev er; you will need to add a se tup and then go to the ch ooser an d select th e appr opriate p rinter des cripti on. 20 Double-click the RCC for ColorCAMM ic [...]

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    8 25 Click Setup. Y ou a re promp ted to select a PPD (PostScript printe r descr iption). 26 Locate the PPD for the output device you are using (AmPC600.ppd), highlig ht it. Then click Select. Y ou will find it in the System Folder/Printer Description fo lder . Uninstalling the Software (Macintosh) Follow these ste ps to uninstall the Roland COLORC[...]

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    9 Ge ttin g Sta rte d To start the Roland COLORCHOIC E Software, double click the icon lab eled RCC for ColorCAMM located in the RCC for ColorCAMM Software folder. The Pri nt Monit or disp lays whe n you start th e softwar e. You ca n contro l every facet o f job man agement from the Print Monitor. The Print Monitor is essentiall y a queue, listing[...]

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    10 Media Size - Select a m edia size that is cur rently loaded in to your printer. Yo u can sp ecify cus tom media sizes by selecting other from the list and th en editing the Height and Width values. Margin- Specify cust om margins , if desir ed. Send- You c an choos e to se nd the Print and the Contour , the Print onl y , or the Contou r only . P[...]

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    11 Screen - The default settings will produc e the best quality possible. We do no t recommend to change the se settings, sinc e changin g them can cau se unev en colors . Perform Color Co rrection - Checking this setting makes in coming jobs use the colo r correction settings - ICC input and ou tput prof iles th at are expl ained be low- of Ro lan[...]

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    12 Colo r Mode- Select either CMYK, CMY KOrGr, CM Y or Grayscal e accord ing to th e ribbo n set in y our print er. Also you can select between Res in and Wax ribbons . • CMYK is four-col or printing with Cya n, Magent a, Yello w, and Blac k ribbon. • CMYKOr Gr u s e s O r a n g e a n d G r e e n c o l o r s i n a d d i t i o n t o b a s i c C [...]

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    13 Cut tab The Cut tab displays cut settings. Resolution- Chang ing this v alue from the default is n ot recommended. Passes- Specify how many times the blade will move over each line. Curve Quality- Select ho w smooth you would l ike the curves t o be. Cutter Driver Options- Click ing this button launches the Cutter Driver Options dialog box, show[...]

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    14 Color Ad just tab The Col or tab dis plays set tings associated w ith the color qual ity of t he image. Usi ng the s liders on t he tab, yo u can adjust the image quality. The sliders th at appear vary, depending on which color mode is s elected on the Print tab. In all modes, yo u can adjust th e overall image c ontrast using the Contrast slide[...]

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    15 3 T o send a jo b to the p rinte r , select the job from th e print q ueue and then sel ect Pri nt from th e File m enu. The job prints. In addition to specifying ho w a job will print using the Printer and Job Properties dialog boxes, you c an access a number of print settings d irectly from your design application. These settin gs are usually [...]

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    16 Deleting Jobs from the Print Monitor You ca n delete j obs or group s of jobs fr om the P rint Monitor by select ing them and then cl icking th e Delete b utton from the to olbar. 1 Select the job or jobs that you want to delete by select ing them in the Print Monit or window . 2 Click the Delete butto n. Y ou also can click File>Delet e once[...]

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    17 Saving Jobs in Native Format Once a job has b een printed , you may wan t to save the RI Ped file so that you can reprint it w ithout havin g to RIP the file again. Saving a file as Native format, with a .prt extens ion, allows you to save RIPed files for reprinting. 1 Select the job t hat you w ant to save as in Nativ e F or mat by selecting it[...]

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    18 Setting Job Properties Job Prop erties offer an addition al level o f control. Yo u can acc ess Job Propertie s by clicki ng on a job in th e Print Monit or, and th en select ing Job P ropert ies fro m the File menu. Ma ny of the settings in the Job P ropert ies tabs are al so contain ed in th e Setup Pro perties d ialog. When you ch ange a se t[...]

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    19 Send - you can specif y to send th e print and the co ntour, the print on ly, or the contour only. The Print tab The Prin t tab set tings are ident ical to t he setti ngs on the Print tab o f the Setup Propert ies di alog box . See “Prin t tab” on page 10. The Cut tab Use the Cut tab to speci fy the nu mber of pas ses tha t the bl ade makes [...]

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    20 The Colo r Adjust tab The Color Adjust ta b setting s are ident ical to the se ttings on the Color Adj ust tab of th e Setup Proper ties di alog box. See “Co lor Adjust t ab” on page 1 4.[...]

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    21 Advanced Printin g Procedures If your program is not listed, refer to a sec tion on a similar program. Illustrator 7 ColorSync 2.x and Kodak Digit al Science must be installed when using Illustrator to cr eate CMYK files. 1 From the R oland COLORCHOICE Print Mo nitor click Setup>Setup Proper ties . Then click the Print tab . 2 Make s ure the [...]

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    22 7 Cho ose a stan dard paper size in the Paper f ield. 8 Select Custom P ag e Default from the p op-up men u if a custom pa ge size is requi red, an d enter y our cus tom page size. Click the Add butto n. 9 Select P age Attribu te from the p op-up me nu. Sel ect the defi ned Custo m P age in the ‘P aper’ fie ld. 10 Click OK to AdobeP S P age [...]

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    23 •Check Fo rce Fonts to Downl oad. 14 Select Printer Specific Option s from pop-up menu. If you w ant the file to be print ed automatically select Print in the After Send ing option. If you want to verify the print mode and profile settings b efore printing the file, sele ct Hold. Select Hol d in the After Printing, if you w ant to kee p the fi[...]

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    24 6 Fr om the P ag e fie ld sel ect yo ur paper size or c hoos e Custom fo r a custom pa ge size . If y ou ch oose Custom p age size, en ter the custom size in the heigh t and wi dth fi elds . 7 Select your printer’ s resolution as the T arget Output R esolution. If it is not available , select the ne xt highest value . Click OK. 8 Go to File>[...]

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    25 5 In Ph otosho p go to File> P age Setup . From the ‘P aper ’ field se lect your pa ge s ize. 6 Select Custom P ag e Default from the p op-up men u if a custom pa ge size is requi red, an d enter y our cus tom page size. Click the Add butto n. 7 Select P age Attribu te from the p op-up me nu. Sel ect the defi ned Custo m P age in the ‘P[...]

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    26 10 Click OK for Adobe P age Setting dialog . 11 Go to File>Prin t. Select y our pri nter in the ‘Prin ter’ field and sel ect the pa ge you w ant to p rint, and t he nu mber of cop ies. 12 Selec t Adobe Phot oshop f rom the pop- up menu and set th e ‘Encod ing’ select ion to Bina ry . Set the ‘Print in ’ selection to RGB if the fil[...]

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    27 Phot oshop 5 1 From the R oland COLORCHOICE Print Mo nitor click Setup>Setup Proper ties . Then click the Print tab . 2 Mak e sure the P er form Colo r Cor rect ion c heckbo x has a chec k in it, correct pr ofiles and ren dering intent are se t. 3 Clic k OK to close Se tup Prop erties . 4 Go to Apple menu and select Chooser . Highlight Adobe [...]

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    28 7 Select P age Attribu te from the p op-up me nu. Sel ect the defi ned Custo m P age in the ‘P aper’ fie ld. 8 Selec t Adobe P hotosho p from the pop-up menu. Click th e Scree n button. 9 Check the b ox for ‘Use Printer’ s Defaul t Screen ’ s . Clic k OK for Ha lftone Scr een dial og . 10 Click OK for Adobe P age Setting dialog . 11 Go[...]

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    29 selection to RGB color if the file is an R GB file. Also , you must uncheck P os tScript Color Manag ement. 13 Select Printer Specific Op tions from po p-up menu. If you want the file to be p rinted automatically , se lect Print in the Af ter Sen ding option. If y ou w ant to ver ify the print mode an d the pr ofile setting s bef ore pri nting t[...]

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    30 Use EFI Color . 7 Go to File>Page Setup. 8 Cho ose a stan dard paper size in the Paper f ield. 9 Select Custom P ag e Default from the p op-up men u if a custom pa ge size is requi red, an d enter y our cus tom page size . Then ente r a Cust om P age Name and clic k the A dd button . 10 Select P age Attribu tes from t he pop-up menu. Select t[...]

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    31 of cop ies. 13 Select Printer Specific Op tions from po p-up menu. If you want the file to be p rinted automatically , se lect Print in the Af ter Sen ding option. If y ou w ant to ver ify the print mode an d the pr ofile setting s bef ore pri nting t he fil e, select Hold. Sele ct Hold in the After Printing, if you want to keep the file in the [...]

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    32 select ed. 5 Launc h Qua rkXPress . Select Edit >Prefere nces>Colo r Management and unc heck Co lor Managem ent Acti v e. 6 Click File>P age Setup . 7 In the Printer De scription list, selec t your R oland printer . Then click the Outp ut tab to display it. 8 Select Compos ite color from the Print Colors list and Printer from the Halfto[...]

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    33 13 Select Printer Sp ecific Opt ions from the men u. 14 Select the appro priate op tions , a nd then cl ick Pri nt. Y ou are returned to the Pri nt dialo g box . 15 Click Print to start printing .[...]

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    34 Contour Cu tting and Spot Color Printing Using a ColorCAM M PRO you c an prin t obj ects and t hen cut a cont our lin e around them. Also you can pri nt usin g a Spot Color ribbon. To use such features, you have to install and use special color libraries in your design application such as Illust rator or QuarkXpres s. No sp ecial set tings or ch[...]

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    35 of the Installation CD to FreeHand 8:Colo rs folder . 2S t a r t F r e e H a n d . 3 Create a new de sign file or open an existi ng file . 4 Execute Window>Panels>Color List and open the Color List Palette . 5 Select 'ColorCAMM PR O' from t he 'Option s' men u of Color L ist P alette. All the Spot Colors an d the Cut Co[...]

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