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Index Contents Ricoh SG3110DN Installation P.1 Driver Setup P.6 CorelDRAW Setup (CorelDRAW 10 - X4 & X5/X6) P.9 Working with templates P.18 CorelDRAW tools P.20 CorelDRAW tasks P.22 Troubleshooting / Tips P.
Installation Installation Guide - Ricoh Driver and Inks 1. Unpack and setup the printer as described in the printer setup instructions. Have the printer plugged into a power outlet but not turned on. IMPORTANT: DO NOT INSTALL THE STANDARD RICOH CARTRIDGES. Ink Cartridge Setup CAUTION: DO NOT INSTALL THE STANDARD RICOH INKS BEFORE INSTALLING SUBLIMATION INK. Do not power ON the printer before installing the cartridges. Remove the Sublimation cartridges from the packaging .
Installation 2. Insert the Ricoh CD into the CD/DVD Rom driver (the CD should automatically run). 3. Select a language for the interface & click OK. 4. Click Quick Install for USB, and then click next. 5.
Installation 6. Choose the relevant Driver to be installed. In this case select the ‘RICOH AficioSG3110DN RPCS-R’ and click Next. 7. Confirm that the printer is off and the USB . is disconnected before clicking Next. You will now briefly see the ‘copying files’ screen. 8. You will be prompted to turn the printer On to allow detection of the Ricoh GXe7700N. .
Installation 9. Once the printer has been detected you will be shown the following dialogue box, asking if you would like to set the printer as the default printer. You can select either Yes or No depending on which printer you prefer to be the default printer. 10. Click next in the dialogue box below. 11. You will now be shown the following ‘Printer Initial Settings’ screen. Click Set Now.
Installation 12. Click OK on the properties window shown below. 13. You are now shown a window confirming the driver installation is complete, click Next. 14. Click Finish to complete the installation.
Driver Setup To setup the Ricoh SG3110DN Driver ready for Sublimation printing follow the steps below: 1. Click Start > Control Panel > Printers / Devices & Printers (’Printers and Faxes’ if using windows XP or previous operating systems). Right click on the ‘RICOH AficioSG3110DN RPCS-R’ option and select Printing Preferences as shown below. 2. In the preferences window, click the Detailed Settings (1) tab and then click the Paper (2) icon.
Driver Setup 3. Click the Edit (1) icon and scroll to the bottom of the settings window (2). 1 2 4. Match your settings to those shown below. A B A. Printable Area: Maximum B. Click Set Image Position Match your settings to those shown below. A B A. Image Position: Center B.
Driver Setup 5. Click the Print Quality (1) icon and match your settings to those shown below. 1 A B C E D F A. Select Print Quality: Quality Priority B. Dithering: Use error diffusion: photo(image) C. Color Profile: Off D. Gray Reproduction: CMY + K E. Click Register Current Settings. Name your new preset (a) and click OK (b) to continue (see below) a b F.
CorelDRAW 10 - X4 Setup To setup Corel Draw 10 - X4 follow the steps below. 1. Before opening Corel Draw you need to install the Xpres Sublimation Colour Profile, this can be downloaded from www.xprestechnical.co.uk or can be found on the Subli Print DVD supplied. Save the Colour Profile on to your Desktop (drag and drop if taking directly from the supplied DVD). Now Right Click the Colour Profile (Subli_Print_SG3110DN_CLASSIC_V1.
CorelDRAW 10 - X4 Setup 3. Now click Tools > Colour Management, you will see the Colour Management Dialogue Box appear as shown below. 1 4 2 Subli_Print_SG3110DN_CLASSIC_V1.0 3 1 Firstly, make sure that the Orange/Grey arrows are highlighted as above. To select or deselect an arrow, click directly on the arrow itself. Also select RGB under the ‘Color mode used for effects:’ option (1).
CorelDRAW 10 - X4 Setup 4. Click on the Import/Export icon to open the window below. Import/Export Icon Select ‘Always Convert Using’ and ‘Always Embed Using’. In both drop down lists select ‘Internal RGB - Fraser (1998)’ as shown. 5. Now click on the ‘Advanced Printer Settings’ to open the window below. Advanced Printer Settings Icon Make sure that ‘Do Not Override’ under Colour Profile is selected next to all printers. 6. Now click on the [+] option to save your settings.
CorelDRAW 10 - X4 Setup 7. When you have your image ready to print, go to File > Print and select the relevant printer (RICOH aficioSG3110DN RPCS-R). Now select the Prepress tab, make sure that the ‘Mirror’ option is ticked as shown below. (Sublimation requires the images to be printed in Mirror). 8. Now select the Misc Tab, make sure the ‘Apply ICC Profile’ option is ticked as shown below. (Subli_Print_SG3110DN_CLASSIC_V1.0 - Model Unspecified) You are now ready to print.
CorelDRAW X5 / X6 Setup To setup Corel Draw X5 follow the steps below: 1. Before opening Corel Draw you need to install the Xpres Sublimation Colour Profile, this can be downloaded from www.xprestechnical.co.uk or can be found on the Subli Print DVD supplied. Save the Colour Profile on to your Desktop (drag and drop if taking directly from the supplied DVD). Now Right Click the Colour Profile (Subli_Print_SG3110DN_CLASSIC_V1.
CorelDRAW X5 / X6 Setup 3. Now click on Window > Colour Palettes. Click on ‘RGB Palette’. Repeat the above and click any other currently ticked options to deselect these palettes. The Colour Palette menu should appear as shown below. 4. In the Menu Bar, click Tools > Color Management > Document Settings The Document Color Settings window should now be open. Match your settings to the ones shown below. 1. Select the radio button: Assign different color profiles 2. RGB: Adobe RGB (1998) 3. CMYK: U.S.
CorelDRAW X5 / X6 Setup 5. Now click on Tools > Colour Management > Default Settings. You will now see the colour management dialogue box appear as shown below. 14 1 9 2 10 3 11 4 5 12 6 13 7 8 Here we will configure Corel's default color space and ICC profiles. The green arrows and numbers correspond to each phase of the setup process which are detailed below. 1. Select 'Adobe RGB (1998)'. 2. Select 'U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2'. 3. Select 'Dot Gain 20%'. 4. Select 'RGB'. 5. Select 'Perceptual'.
CorelDRAW X5 / X6 Setup 6. When your image is ready to print open the print window: File > Print 2 1 1 Select the appropriate printer from the drop down list (RICOH aficioSG3110DN RPCS-R). 2 Select the 'Color' tab. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Select 'Print Composite'. 2 Select 'Use document color setting'. 3 Select 'CorelDRAW' from 'Color conversions performed by:'. 4 Select 'RGB' from 'Output colors as:'. 5 Select the ‘Subli_Print_SG3110DN_CLASSIC_V1.0' profile from 'Correct colors using color profile:'.
CorelDRAW X5 / X6 Setup 7. Now select the ‘Prepress’ tab, make sure that the ‘Mirror’ option is ticked as shown below. (Sublimation requires the images to be printed in Mirror). You are now ready to print. Click 'Print’ and Corel will now print your image using the sublimation ICC profile combined with the configured Ricoh Printer Driver. (If you also click the ‘Apply’ button this will store your settings ready for future use).
Working with templates In this section you will learn how to open a sublimation template, import an image and use the power clip tool to fit the image to the template. For this exercise we will use the 9cm² square coaster. If you have had an installation by an Xpres engineer, you will find the templates in a folder on your desktop called 'Xpres'. Otherwise you can either download these from the Technical Support section of our website www.xprestechnical.co.uk.
Working with templates If your image does not fit the power clip correctly first time, right click on the image and choose 'Edit Contents' from the drop down menu (diagram 1). You can also click on Effects > Power Clip > Edit Contents. Drag the image (you will see the image and the template on the screen) until you have it in the right place. You can even re-size the object in the 'Edit' state.
CorelDRAW tools CorelDRAW is an extremely powerful program of which you will probably only need to use half of the tools and features of the program. In this section we will introduce you to the tools in CorelDRAW and what they do and also take you through the most common tasks you will need to complete in CorelDRAW. Below is an image of the toolbox in CorelDRAW with explanations of the tools based on Corel 11.
CorelDRAW tools The Pick Tool This is the main tool that you will use in CorelDRAW, it is used for manipulating anything onscreen in the main window and also for selecting and using any of the other tools, holding the left mouse button and dragging a box will select anything within the area that you drag over, clicking an object onscreen with a single left mouse button click will select individual objects.
CorelDRAW tasks Grouping & Ungrouping CorelDRAW allows objects to be grouped with other objects, this means that when one object is moved or resized, other objects grouped with it will also have the same action applied to them. To group objects, use the pick tool to select the objects and either go to your arrange menu, then select ‘Group’ or click on the short cut button in the menu bar labelled ‘Group’. To Ungroup use the same actions but select ‘Ungroup’ from the menus.
Troubleshooting / Tips Useful CorelDRAW tips To ensure CorelDRAW performs at it's best, click on Tools > Options, click on 'snap to objects' and un-tick the 'snap to objects on (ALT+Z)'. Now click on the + next to 'Text' and click on 'Quick correct'. Un-tick all five boxes. Depending on your system memory you can increase the memory usage available to CorelDRAW (default 25%). If CorelDRAW is sluggish and running out of memory try increasing this (10% increments recommended).
