Roland ColorChoice® for PC-12 Ver. 4.2 USER’S MANUAL Thank you very much for purchasing the Roland printer. • To ensure correct and safe usage with a full understanding of this product’s performance, please be sure to read through this manual completely and store it in a safe location. • Unauthorized copying or transferal, in whole or in part, of this manual is prohibited. • The contents of this operation manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice.
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Welcome Welcome to the User Guide for the Roland ColorChoice RIP Software. We recommend that you read and understand this document. This document contains instructions for the Macintosh and the Microsoft Windows 98/Me and Windows 2000. System Requirements Windows The following table lists the minimum and high volume recommended system setup to run RIP Software. System requirements vary according to the size of the files to be scanned and printed, the output device used, and other variables.
System Requirements Macintosh The following table lists the minimum and high volume recommended system setup to run RIP Software. System requirements vary according to the size of the files to be printed, the output device used, and other variables. Your particular setup and intended use of the software determine what hardware and software setup you need to get the most out of RIP Software. If you are working with relatively small files, the minimum setup may be sufficient.
Supported Printers RCC for PC-12 : ColorCAMM PC-12 Windows 98/Windows Me Installation Important： ：Before you 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 ColorCAMM Driver for Windows. For the connection between the computer and the machine, choose USB Port Connection. 1.
. Click Next. The select Printer model window displays. 9. Select PPD’s. The file is located in the C:\Program Files\RCC for PC-12\PPD folder. Select the PPD according to the model of your printer. 10. Click OK. 11. Click Next. The Printer Information Window displays. 12. Select No for your default printer. 13. Select No for Test page. 14. Click Next. The Setup Information window displays. 15. Click Install. The Printer Configuration window displays. 16. Select No. 17. Click Next. 18.
7. Click Next. The select Program Folder displays. 8. Select the folder you would like Roland ColorChoice to display in. 9. Click Next. The Destination Location window displays. 10. Select the destination by clicking on Browse or except the default location. 11. Click Next. Note: If you currently have Roland ColorChoice on your system the Clear Preferences window displays. Click Yes to delete preference settings on your system. Click not to retain your old preference settings. 12.
Uninstalling the Software [Windows 98/Me] 1. Exit the RCC for PC-12 Software by right clicking on the Roland ColorChoice icon in the lower right corner of your monitor and selecting Exit. 2. Click Start>Settings>Control Panel. 3. In the Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 4. Remove RCC for PC-12. Click OK when you are finished. 5. Go into the drive where the RCC for PC-12 Software is located. Its default name should be ‘RCC for PC12’. Delete this directory. 6.
Macintosh Installation 1. Insert the Roland ColorChoice Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click the Installer icon. 3. Select the Installer language from the Installer window. 4. Click OK. The system displays the Installation Options window. 5. Select the product you would like to use from Product drop-down box. 6. Select the language you would like from the Language drop-down box. 7. Click OK. 8.
Uninstalling the Software [Macintosh] 1. Quit the Roland ColorChoice Software. 2. Drag the RCC for PC-12 Folder into the Trash. 3. Open the System folder. 4. From the Preferences folder, drag the files named ‘RCC for PC-12 Preferences’ and ‘RCC for PC-12 Prefs’ into the Trash. 5. Locate and open the ‘Extensions’ folder. Drag the spooler file named ‘Am_ColorCAMM PC-12’ into the Trash.
Getting Started [Windows] The Roland ColorChoice is automatically launched each time you start your computer. However, you will need to view the Print Monitor in order to work with it. To view the Print Monitor, double click on the Roland ColorChoice Software icon located in the lower right corner of your computer’s monitor. [Macintosh] The Roland ColorChoice is automatically launched each time you print or you may double-click Roland ColorChoice Software icon.
Media—the media on which the job will be printed. File Type—the file type of the selected job. To quit the RIP Software program when you are in Windows, right click on the icon, and then select Quit from the menu that appears. Once you quit in this fashion, you must either restart your computer or use the ‘Start’ menu in order to restart the RIP Software.
Menus You may access a number of RIP Software’s functions using the menus at the top of the main window. File Menu The File menu allows the user to add a job, save a job as a different format, send, pause, or abort a job or stop the process by exiting. The following chart defines each of these options: Add Job The Add a Job command allows you to add a job directly to the Print Monitor. To Add a Job 1. From the File menu select Add Job. The Add Job dialog box displays. 2.
Select All The Select All command selects all files in the print queue. Delete The Delete command allows deletion of specifically selected files. Preferences Preferences allows access to default settings, including what to do with files after printing and to specify the units of measurement. These preferences, in conjunction with Setup Properties, form the default print settings. Default print settings are applied to any job(s) that is added using the Add Job command.
Setup Menu A setup consists of a device and its associated properties. Items in the Setup menu apply to the selected setup. Select a setup by clicking on the setup icon in the setup area of the main window. Change Setup The Change Setup command allows you to access and follow the same wizard-driven steps contained in the original installation. Switch back to the original setup using the Change Setup command again. Setup Properties Setup Properties displays the default print settings for your printer.
Printing Adding Jobs to the Print Monitor The Jobs Management area of RIP Software allows you to add jobs to the Print Monitor. To Add a Job 1. From the File menu select Add Job. 2. Select the job you would like to add then click on Open. 3. To send a job to the printer, select the job from the Print Monitor’s queue and then choose Print from the File menu. Deleting Jobs from the Print Monitor A job may be deleted from the job list before or after it is cut or printed. To Delete a Job 1.
The ‘Hot’ folder is located as follows : [Windows] : C:\Program Files\RCC for PC-12\Jobs\Roland\CCAMM PC12 [Macintosh] : RCC for PC-12 : Jobs : ColorCAMM PC-12 19
Setup Properties The Setup Properties window can be accessed from within RIP Software Server and are settings used to process jobs that do not have properties of their own associated with them. Setup Properties contain settings for a specific output device. If a job is placed in an output device’s Hot Folder, and it does not contain any properties, then the settings from the Setup Properties will be applied to the job. To Access Setup Properties. From the Setup menu, select Setup Properties.
Media Size Select a media size that is currently loaded into your printer. You can specify custom media sizes by selecting other from the list and then editing the Height and Width values. Media Size displays the size of the media being used, not the total printable area. Printable Area The printable area displays the area that is available for printing. The values in this area may be different from the values in the media size.
The Setup Properties Print Tab Media This option allows the user to select the media type output will be printed on. ICC profiles will automatically update to the correct profile. Print Mode This option allows you to select the print quality for output. Resolution This is fixed at a display of 600 x 600. Driver Options Clicking this button launches the Driver Options dialog. The settings in Driver Options will vary depending on your output device.
Print White Color First When this option is checked, the white color will be printed first using the white ribbon and then the process colors and spot colors will be printed. Mirror Printing Order When this option is checked, the order of the ribbons will be inverted. This feature should be used to print in transparent films. Notice that the image itself will not be inverted. To invert the image, you have to use the Mirror button on Job Properties.
Dither type This is displayed invariably when Print Mode is set to Angled Screen. Screen This becomes settable in an interlocking fashion with the foregoing Dither type item, and displays a dialog box for defining a native PostScript screen. Perform Color Correction Checking this setting activates the color correction settings. If this setting is not checked, incoming jobs are assumed to already have color correction.
the Vector rendering intent field will be applied to vector images in your file. Choose from one of the following rendering intents: Perceptual This intent is best for photographic images. Colors outside of the output device's gamut are either clipped or compressed to fit the output device’s color space Relative Colorimetric This intent is best for images, such as logos, where the original image needs to match the output. Colors that fall outside of the output device's gamut are clipped.
Speed Set the cutting speed. Usually setting a lower speed will result in longer cut times, but will produce higher quality results. Force This sets the cutting pressure. For more information about settings for cutting, go to the PC-12 User's Manual, and in "Part 3 Getting Ready," refer to "3.4 Installing and Adjusting the Blade." Feed This adjusts the amount of feed for cutting. The amount of adjustment when set at the maximum value of 50 is approximately 1.5%.
Job Properties Job Properties can be accessed from within RIP Software and are settings associated with a particular job. The Job Properties come from either the Printing Properties set in client, or the Setup Properties set in RIP Software Server. To change the Job Properties, select Job Properties from the File menu. Within Job Properties you may preview the job by selecting page preview, layout preview or no preview (Macintosh only). Page preview displays the image of the job.
Copies Number You may change the number of copies of the job to be output. Spacing You may change the spacing between the copies that are output. Output at origin- Select this option to output the job at the machine’s origin on the edge of the media. Layout Output at origin Select this option to output the job at the machine’s origin on the edge of the media. Output in center Select this option to output a job in the center of the media.
Advanced Printing Procedures [Windows] If your program is not listed, refer to a section on a similar program. CorelDRAW 8 [Windows] 1. From the Roland ColorChoice Print Monitor click Setup>Setup Properties. Then click the Print tab. 2. Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it. 3. In the ICC input profile area, select appropriate CMYK and RGB profiles. If you know which profiles your application is using, select that profile. If you don’t, use the default setting. 4.
14. Click Print. Illustrator 8.0 [Windows] The Kodak Color Management System must be installed to output successfully from Illustrator 8 to Roland ColorChoice Software. 1. From the Roland ColorChoice Print Monitor click Setup>Setup Properties. Then click the Print tab. 2. Make sure the Perform Color Correction check box has a check in it. 3. Click OK in the Setup Properties dialog. 4. In Illustrator, go to File>Document Setup. 5. Select ‘Use printers default screen.’ 6.
6. Next, from the pop-up menu, choose Print & Export. 7. For Options, select Use Printer's Default Screen. 8. Set Rasterization Resolution to around 100 to 300 dpi. If you are going to perform enlarged printing with Roland ColorChoice, set this to an even larger value. Larger values yield correspondingly higher image quality, but processing time also takes correspondingly longer. Set Mesh to a value that is the same or about half of this. 9. Next, from the pop-up menu, choose Artboard. 10.
12. From Color Management select OFF. 13. Click OK to Color Management System Preferences. Click OK to Preferences. 14. Go to File>Print. 15. From the PPD menu, select the PPD for your printer. 16. Click the Paper button. From the Size menu, select your paper size. Select Custom for a custom size. Enter the width and height of the custom paper size in the new Custom Paper Size dialog. Your paper size should match your job size. Click OK. 17. Click the Options button.
Contour Cutting and Spot Color Printing [Windows] Using a ColorCAMM PC-12 you can print objects and then cut a contour line around them. You can also print using a Spot Color ribbon. To use such features, you have to install and use special color libraries in your design application such as Illustrator or QuarkXPress. No special settings or changes are needed on Roland ColorChoice. You can create objects using the following Spot colors. All these objects will be printed using a special ribbon.
cutting line may be printed. You can easily check which path the effects are applied to by going into Illustrator 9.0, going to Window, and using Show Appearance to display the Appearance palette. 6. To make an object that will be printed using a spot color, just fill it using a Spot Color from the library. You can change the color of the contour line or spot color by changing the Swatch Options. Remember, the color mode should always be Spot Color. 7.
CorelDRAW 8 [Windows] Setting up the palette 1. Copy a file 'userinks.cpl', located in the ‘SpotColorLibrary\ColorCAMM PC-12\CorelDraw8’ folder of the Installation CD to the following folder to overwrite the same file ‘Corel\Graphics8\Custom\Palettes’. Or, if you want to keep the existing 'User Defined Inks', please add a new color by following the remaining steps: 2. Click Tools>Palette Editor. 3. Open the 'User Defined Inks' palette by exploring following folders: 4.
9. Click [OK]. * For CorelDRAW 9, registered color names are stored in Custom Palettes. To specify a spot color to be set from the next time, use Custom Palettes to make the selection. * The file userinks.cpl in the SpotColor Library\ColorCAMM PC-12\CorelDraw8 folder on the Roland ColorChoice Installation CD-ROM is exclusively for CorelDRAW 8. It cannot be used with CorelDRAW 9. Using the Palette 1. Select objects that you want to cut. 2. Go to Tool bar>Outline Tool>Outline Color. 3.
PageMaker 6.5 [Windows] 1. Copy the file ‘ColorCAMM PC-12.bcf’, located in the ‘Spot Color Library\ColorCAMM PC12\PageMaker6.5’ folder to the Pm6.5\RSRC\Usenglsh\Color folder. 2. Create a new design or open an existing file. 3. Click Window>Color and display the Color Palette. Click on the New icon from the Color Palette. 4. Select ColorCAMM PC-12 from the Color Edit Library pull down menu. “CutContour” will be displayed in the Color Library window. 5. Click OK. Color Edit dialog is displayed. 6.
Advanced Printing Procedures [Macintosh] If your program is not listed, refer to a section on a similar program. Illustrator 8.0 [Macintosh] ColorSync 2.x or higher and Kodak Digital Science must be installed when using Illustrator to create CMYK files. 1. From the Roland ColorChoice Print Monitor click Printer>Setup Properties. Then click the Print Tab. 2. Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it, and that correct output profile and rendering intent are set. 3.
4. Go to Apple menu and select Chooser. Highlight Adobe PS and make sure ColorCAMM PC-12 RIP@... is selected. 5. In Illustrator, go to File>Document Setup. From the shortcut menu, choose Transparency. 6. The Quality/Speed slider should normally be left at the center position. If there problems such as missing portions of the artwork, move the slider one tick to the left. (If you are performing printing only, move it all the way to the left.) 7. Next, from the shortcut menu, choose Print & Export. 8.
8. Go to File>Preferences>General. Click the ‘CMS Setup...’ button. 9. From Color Management select OFF. 10. Click OK to Color Management System Preferences. Click OK to Preferences. 11. Go to File>Print. 12. From the PPD menu, select the PPD for your printer. 13. Click the Paper button. From the Size menu, select your paper size. Select Custom for a custom size. Enter the width and height of the custom paper size in the new Custom Paper Size dialog. Your paper size should match your job size.
QuarkXPress 3.32 [Macintosh] 1. QuarkXPress requires a Printer Description File (PDF) to access specific options of the printer. Install the file ‘Roland ColorCAMM PDF’ from Setup CD>Quark Files to the ‘Quark XPress:PDF’ folder, before starting QuarkXPress. 2. From the Roland ColorChoice Print Monitor click Printer>Setup Properties. Then click the Print Tab. 3. Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it, correct profiles and rendering intent are set. 4.
10. Select Custom Page Default from the pop-up menu, if a custom page size is required, and enter your custom page size. Click the Add button when you are finished, and then click OK. You are returned to the Output tab of the Print dialog. 11. Click the Printer button, 12. Select Color Matching from the menu. Then select Color/Grayscale from the Print Color list. 13. Select Printer Specific Options from the menu. 14. Select the appropriate options, and then click Print.
Contour Cutting and Spot Color Printing [Macintosh] Using a ColorCAMM PC-12 you can print objects and then cut a contour line around them. You can also print using a Spot Color ribbon. To use such features, you have to install and use special color libraries in your design application such as Illustrator or QuarkXpress. No special settings or changes are needed on Roland ColorChoice. You can create objects using the following Spot colors. All these objects will be printed using a special ribbon.
5. To make a cutting line, select “CutContour” as the color for the paths that you would like to cut. Transparency and effects such as Blur or Drop Shadows are not applied at all to cutting lines. The cutting line may be printed. You can easily check which path the effects are applied to by going into Illustrator 9.0, going to Window, and using Show Appearance to display the Appearance palette. 6. To make an object that will be printed using a spot color, just fill it using a Spot Color from the library.
PageMaker 6.5 [Macintosh] 1. Copy the file ‘ColorCAMM PC-12.bcf’, located in the ‘SpotColorLibray:ColorCAMM PC12:PageMaker6.5’ folder to the ‘Pm6.5:RSRC:Usenglsh:Color’ folder. 2. Create a new design or open an existing file. 3. Click Window>Color and display the Color Palette. Click on the New icon from the Color Palette. 4. Select ColorCAMM PC-12 from the Color Edit Library pull down menu. “CutContour” will be displayed in the Color Library window. 5. Click OK. Color Edit dialog is displayed. 6.
Supplement Printing and Cutting Limitations and Workarounds in Illustrator 9.0 Printing and cutting are subject to some limitations when you use the transparency feature in Illustrator 9.0. This section provides details about cases where limitations occur and describes workarounds. Effects That Limit Cutting (The Illustrator 9.0 Transparency Feature) The cutting line (CutContour) may be printed if there is even a single object on the Illustrator 9.
5. Go to "Advanced Printing Procedures" earlier in this document and follow the procedures under "Illustrator 9.0" to make other settings. 6. Perform output with Illustrator 9.0. Carry out only printing, without performing cutting. After printing, return the page and do not update the origin point. 7. In Illustrator 9.0, use the Layer palette to hide the printed layer. Then unhide only the layer where the cutting line is drawn. 8.
5. Set Rasterization Resolution to an appropriate value (around 100 to 300 dpi with actual-size conversion). You should normally set the slider at the center. If there are problems, try moving it one tick to the left. 6. Make the layer where the cutting line is drawn visible, then carry out printing and cutting in the usual way.
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