ColorSpan Legacy Print Server - Configuration Options Guide

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○ SmoothTone Full Page- ColorSpan’s Legacy SmoothTone error diffusion process will be
applied to all job elements. This is the highest quality setting. Yields the best spot color
matching. Optimal viewing distance is 10 to 15 feet (3 to 5 meters) for a “look and feel”
approaching photorealism. Text, line art and EPS graphics take on a softer appearance than if
printed using SmoothTone Images Only.
○ SmoothTone Image Only- ColorSpan’s Legacy SmoothTone error diffusion process will be
applied to bitmapped images in the job, but text and vector graphics will be rendered in a more
traditional method, resulting in crisper text and lines.
○ Mural Better- Designed for murals and banners that will be viewed at a distance of at least 8 to
15 feet (3 to 5 meters). Image quality is very close to SmoothTone Full Page, but print times
are faster. Mural Better has a maximum print length of 376 inches (9.5 meters).
○ Mural Bigger- Designed for large jobs that will be viewed from distances greater than 15 feet (5
meters). Processing and printing times will be faster but image quality will be lower at closer
viewing distances. Mural Bigger has a maximum print length of 218 inches (5.5 meters).
○ Traditional Halftone- Jobs will be processed and printed to simulate traditional halftone
screens, as defined in the document by the originating application. For DisplayMaker XII, this
setting is compatible only with CMYK inkset layouts. Select a CMYK color profile first, then
change the Image Quality setting to Traditional Halftone.
○ Smoothtone ICC- When this setting is selected, all jobs received by the server are assumed to
have been color managed using the ICC method on the originating workstation. The
ColorMark Color Management System will not be used. Since the image data received by a
port with this configuration is assumed to already be color-managed CMYK, no color
management will be applied by the server. For more information on ICC workflow compared to
ColorMark CMS workflow, please see MacDermid ColorSpan document 0700039C, Release
Notes for ColorSpan Print Server Software 8.97.
○ Smoothtone 600x300- for supported printers, processes the image at a printer resolution of
600x300 dpi. For more information on 600x300 printing, please see Tech Note 2558,
DisplayMaker Solvent and UV Printers: Configuring the ColorSpan Legacy Print Server for
600x300 DPI Output.
○ Smoothtone ICC 600x300- combines the ICC workflow with 600x300 dpi printer resolution.
 Sharpening- Sharpening effectively undoes the softened edges created by Smooth-Tone. Enabling
sharpening will increase processing times. It does not affect images with less than 8 bits per pixel
or less than 512 pixels wide.
 PS Interpolation- Causes scaled images to print with fewer “jaggies” and less “pixelization.” It
corrects images scanned at a resolution too low for the intended size that would otherwise produce
a “pixelized” appearance. Enabling PS interpolation will increase processing times. This setting
does not affect images printed using Traditional Halftone, non-images in SmoothTone Images Only
mode, or images that are less than 8 bits per pixel.
 Black- Defines how the printer will render 100% black image elements.
○ Pure Black- Pure Black will use black ink only to print colors specified as 100% black in the
document. Anything less than 100% black will be printed as a composite gray.
○ Rich Black- Rick Black will use all inks to create a composite black to print colors specified as
100% black in the document. Anything less than 100% black will be printed as a composite
gray.
 Default Media Size- If a PostScript job arrives at the server with no page size information, the
server will assign the media size specified here. This setting also affects some EPS/TIFF/JPEG
settings (see below).
EPS/TIFF Options
 Default Print Mode- the setting here impacts all TIFF, JPEG, and EPS files that are sent to the
server through the ColorSpan Downloader Utility. EPS, TIFF, and JPEG files that are printed from
applications are not affected by this setting. In the following descriptions, the media size question
is that specified in the RIP Options (see above).