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Version 1.1 Revised February, 2009

Chapter 10 - Output Settings

Printing Separations

e creation of separations is enabled within your graphic software application. For best results,

the halftone settings (angle, frequency and spot function) should also be set for each separation.

Otherwise, FastRIP will use the black channel halftone that is deﬁned within the print mode.

For the procedures in this section, the following is expected:

1. From the Installing FastRIP section, you have chosen the FastRIP-related

printer driver within the application Print dialog.

2. From the Media Proﬁles section, you have chosen an appropriate print mode

via the application Print dialog.

3. From Appendix A - Printer Notes, you have reviewed the comments about Fas-

tRIP print modes.

Note: e controls described in the following sections can vary between software versions. It may be necessary to

refer to the documentation provided with your software.

co n F I g u R I n g PPd FI l e s

A PPD File (PostScript Printer Description) describes the fonts, paper sizes, resolution, etc.

for the given printer. Relatively new Windows applications will automatically load the PPD

data. However, older Windows applications require the PPD ﬁle to be manually selected before

preparing separations. For older Windows applications, the PPD ﬁle can be found within the

FastRIP >> Printers directory.

e following procedure provides an example of choosing a PPD ﬁle in Illustrator 10. is tech-

nique is similar to other (older) Windows applications.

1. From the File menu, choose Print.

2. Click the Separation Setup button.

3. e Separations dialog will open.

4. Click the Open PPD button. A Windows browse dialog will open.

5. Browse to the FastRIP >> Printers directory and choose the PPD ﬁle that

corresponds to your printer.

6. Click the Open button. e view will return to the Separations dialog.

7. Note that the Separations dialog has now been populated with printer set-

tings from the PPD ﬁle.