ColorSpan Legacy ColorMark Pro Print Server and RIPStation - Tips and Tricks

Appendix C

The Halon System

Optional Halon Interfaces provide digital connectivity for up to two color laser copiers (one interface for

each copier). Comparable in speed to other dedicated PostScript RIPs, the Halon System consists of the

ColorMark Pro, a high-speed controller that is placed in ColorMark Pro, and a cable that connects ColorMark

Pro to your color laser copier(s).

Supported color laser copiers include the following models equipped with a digital interface: Canon CLC,

Kodak, and Xerox. Also, Xerox MajestiK and Regal models must be equipped with an optional interface unit

(IFU) port kit available from Xerox. For more information, contact your ColorSpan representative. Please

specify what type of copier you have.

Special Note for the Canon CLC 300

Follow the steps below to configure your Canon CLC 300 before using it in conjunction with the Halon

Interface. Failure to follow these steps results in two-color output anytime two or more copies is specified.

1) Press the * key and release it.

2) Simultaneously press the left and right arrow keys and release them.

3) Press the * key again.

4) Use the arrow keys to select Option from the LCD menu and press OK.

5) Use the arrow keys to select Option2 and press OK.

6) Use the arrow keys to change PS-Type and remote to 0.

7) Press the reset key to end.

Using a single Halon Interface with Multiple Copiers

If you have Canon and Kodak color laser copiers, but only one Halon Interface, you can safely move the

Halon cable between the two. (You cannot switch the cable from Canon/Kodak to Xerox copiers.) Follow

the steps below:

1) Wait until the connected copier is idle.

2) Unplug the Halon cable from the copier and wait (about 10 seconds) until the Color Copier icon on

the System Control monitor turns red.

3) Plug the Halon cable into the second copier. When the Color Copier icon on the System Control

monitor turns gray, the process is complete. You can start printing to the new copier immediately.