HP ColorSpan Legacy Printers Installation guide

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DisplayMaker Legacy 72SI, 98SI

Print Server & Driver Setup Guide

Part Number 0700050 Rev D

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Revision Log The following is a list of major changes and additions that have

been made to this manual since it was first released.

See the accompanying Release Notes for specific changes to the

software and hardware bet ween manual updates.

Revision Description

Revision B Replaces the DisplayMaker 98SX with the DisplayMaker

98SI.

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About This Manual Read this manual to set up print server and driver options for

ColorSpan digital color printers.

◆ Chapter 1 shows you how to set server options and per-

form a ColorMark calibration.

◆ Chapter 2 shows you how to set device options and sekect a

color space in the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh oper-

ating systems.

For further information, refer to the following ColorSpan

documentation:

◆ Quick Start Guide - START HERE to set up and install a brand

new ColorMark print server, and connect and configure

printers to it.

◆ System Control User Guide - shows you how to print and RIP

files through the ColorSpan print server.

◆ Printing Tools User Guides - shows you how to use the Color-

Span Downloader Utility (for Macintosh OS and Windows),

the Custom Page Size Utility (for Windows).

◆ Release Notes and Update Notes - late-breaking information,

update descriptions, and update instructions.

Further information about all ColorSpan products is also avail-

able over the Internet at the ColorSpan World Wide Web site at

http://www.colorspan.com.

Print Server Setup 1-1

CHAPTER 1

Print Server Setup

This section of the manual shows how to use the ColorSpan print server

to control the printer and printing operations on the server. It explains:

◆ Configuring and Controlling the Printer (page 1-2) — Viewing

Printer Status, Configuring the Printer, Selecting Server Options

◆ Selecting Server Options (page 1-7) — Configuring the Input Port,

Attention Queue Jobs, Tiling

◆ Color Management (page 1-18) — using the ColorSpan or ICC work-

flow to ensure color accuracy for specific ink and media combina-

tions

◆ Color Calibration (page 1-22) — ensures color consistency between

prints

For complete instructions on using the ColorSpan print server, refer to

the System Control User Guide.

If you are using a third-party RIP, refer to the documentation that

accompanies it for details.

1-2 Configuring and Controlling the Printer

Configuring and

Controlling the Printer

Printer configuration and control functions can be accessed by

clicking and holding the mouse over the printer icon. This dis-

plays the icon menu shown below:

The following functions are explained in this section:

◆ Status (page 1-3)

◆ Configure (page 1-5)

◆ Control (page 1-7)

For detailed instructions on operating the print server interface,

refer to the System Control User Guide.

Refer to the ColorSpan Printing Tools User Guide for instructions

on installing the printer driver and utility software.

Refer to Chapter 2, Printer Driver Setup, for instructions on con-

figuring the printer driver software.

Fig. 1-1. Printer icon menu

Configuring and Controlling the Printer 1-3

Viewing Printer Status To view the printer’s status:

1. Position the cursor on the printer icon.

2. Press and hold either mouse button to display the printer

menu.

3. Select Status from the printer menu.

The following dialog box appears:

Fig. 1-2. Printer Status dialog box

1-4 Configuring and Controlling the Printer

Printer Status

This is the printer’s current state, such as Ready or Printing.

Software

This is the version number of the printer’s embedded software.

ColorMark CMS

◆ Version — the version of ColorMark Color Management Sys-

tem (CMS) software currently installed.

◆ Ink Type — type of ink specified in the the profile.

Approximate Ink Remaining

This shows the volume (in milliliters) of ink remaining in each

reservoir, and whether the corresponding profilers are installed.

Configuring and Controlling the Printer 1-5

Configuring the Printer 1. Position the cursor on the printer icon.

2. Press and hold either mouse button to display the printer

menu.

3. Select Configure from the printer menu.

The following dialog box appears.

4. Set or verify the printer configuration.

This dialog box is described on the following pages.

Printer Name

This name identifies the printer. It appears under the Printer

icon in System Control and in various dialog boxes.

Fig. 1-3. Printer configuration dialog box

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ColorMark CMS

◆ Media — for accurate color matching and/or linearization,

specify the media type loaded in the printer. If a print job

specifies a different media, the job is routed to the Output

Attention queue with a disposition of Media Mismatch.

◆ Width — width of the media, as measured by the printer.

◆ Ink Type — type of ink specified in the profiler.

Dithering

◆ Dither Mode — Threshold Dithering is an efficient printing

method that produces good results. Error Diffusion printing

produces the smoothest appearance in images, but could

occasionally cause brief pauses in wide print jobs or with the

fastest print modes due to its intense usage of the printer’s

memory and processor resources.

Lighter Prints—Darker Prints

To adjust the ink saturation for all prints sent to this printer,

move the slider control or enter a number within the valid range

in the text entry box. You can use this control to reduce the

amount of ink used, to reduce cost, or improve drying when

printing in faster print modes.

Selecting Server Options 1-7

Selecting Server

Options

The following server options are explained in this section:

◆ 600x300 Printing

◆ Configuring the Input Port (page 1-8)

◆ Attention Queue Jobs (page 1-13)

◆ Tiling (page 1-14)

For instructions on other server functions, refer to the System

Control User Guide.

600x300 Printing The resolution at which the printer prints is determined by the

resolution at which the print job was RIPed. If the job was RIPed

at 600x600 dpi, it will print at that resolution. If the job was

RIPed at 600x300 dpi, it will print at that resolution. There is no

resolution setting at the printer control panel, nor are any set-

tings required at the application that created the document.

The RIP resolution is configured at the Configure Port dialog

box (see “Configuring the Input Port” on page 1-8 for instruc-

tions).

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Configuring the

Input Port

The settings in this section apply to the printer. You can also

specify most of these options for individual print jobs from the

Document Details dialog box (see the System Control User Guide

for details).

Port Name

The name that appears under the port icon in System Control

and in the Chooser or print queue of the client computer.

◆ AppleTalk Network - On an AppleTalk network, the port

name appears in the Chooser preceded by the print server’s

name.

Port name changes take effect only when the port becomes

idle. To avoid confusion over different names appearing in

the Chooser, change this name only when all ports are idle.

Fig. 1-4. Input Port Options

Selecting Server Options 1-9

◆ Microsoft Windows Network - On a Microsoft Windows

Network, the WinLink port name appears as a network

printer connected to the server.

◆ Novell Network - On a Novell NetWare network, the sys-

tem defaults to the print queue selected through the Win-

dows Control Panel.

To change the NetWare File Server and Print Server names,

click Settings on the port configuration dialog box.

EPS/TIFF Options

Default Print Mode specifies how files sent to the printer with

the ColorSpan Image Utility or Downloader Utility are printed.

For details, refer to the System Control User Guide and the Print-

ing Tools User Guide.

You can see how the image will look before printing by checking

its Preview in the Output queue.

RIP Options

Image Quality — Select the image quality based on how fast you

want the job to RIP and print, the resolution required, and the

quality of gradients required. Unless designated 600x300, all

print modes print at 600x600 dpi resolution. No adjustments at

the printer are necessary to print in the 600x300 modes. You can

choose from:

◆ SmoothTone Full Page — highest quality, applies SmoothTone

error diffusion to all elements on the page. Yields the best

color matching.

◆ SmoothTone Full Page 600x300 — RIPs the job with Smooth-

Tone error diffusion, but at a lower vertical resolution for

faster printing. Jobs RIPed at 600x300 are identified with a

“6x3” icon in output and RIP Saver queues.

◆ ICC SmoothTone Full Page — RIPs the job with SmoothTone

error diffusion for an ICC workflow.

◆ ICC SmoothTone Full Page 600x300 — same as ICC Smooth-

Tone Full Page, but at a lower vertical resolution for faster

printing.

◆ Mural Better — image quality is very close to SmoothTone Full

Page, but RIP times are much faster. Switch to SmoothTone

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Full Page if text or line art quality is too “jaggy” at the

intended viewing distance.

◆ ICC Mural Better — same as Mural Better but for an ICC work-

flow.

◆ Mural Bigger — Mural Bigger prints faster, which produces

lower quality at close viewing range. The RIP time is less for

this mode than for any other mode.

◆ ICC Mural Bigger — same as Mural Bigger but for an ICC

workflow.

◆ Traditional Halftone — uses a halftone screen.

Default Media Size — Select a media size from the popup menu

that the server can use if no media size is specified in the print

job.

Printing Options

Copies — Type in the number of copies you want to print. This

number applies to each print job sent through this port.

N-UP — To conserve media for smaller-sized jobs, you can print

the copies side-by-side. When you select the N-UP checkbox,

specify the width of the gutter (space between copies). The

prints will automatically be fitted across then down the media

until the number of copies specified are printed.

Step-and-Repeat — Step-and-Repeat prints copies of an image

across the width of a page, offsets the image horizontally, then

prints another row of the image, and so on until the length spec-

ified reached. This is useful for applications such as stage back-

grounds.

Fig. 1-5. Step-and-repeat dimensions

Length

Gutter

Offset

Selecting Server Options 1-11

To specify step-and-repeat settings for an image:

1. In the System Control interface, route a port to the Output

Hold queue, or pause the Standard port.

2. Print an image to the port that is routed to the Output

Hold queue or paused Standard port.

After the job has RIPed, it appears in the queue.

3. Open the queue, select a document, then double-click the

document listing to open the Document Details dialog

box.

The Document Details dialog box appears.

4. In the Details section, click the “Printing” radio button to

display the Step-and-Repeat properties.

The Step-and-Repeat properties appear similar to this example (if

they do not appear, then Step-and-Repeat is not supported on

the selected printer):

◆ Length - when you click the Length radio button, the

Step-and-Repeat properties become visible. In the length

Fig. 1-6. Step-and-Repeat settings

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field, enter the length you want the step-and-repeat pat-

tern to be printed.

◆ Gutter Width - enter the blank space you wish between

each image row.

◆ Step and Repeat Offset - enter the offset amount, as a

percentage of the image’s width. The offset amount is

the amount of space between copies of the image in a

row.

5. Click OK to save the settings.

The job appears in the queue with a Step-and-Repeat icon, as

shown below.

6. To print the job, unpause the queue, or move the job to an

active Output port.

Selecting Server Options 1-13

Attention Queue Jobs You can print a job that System Control sends to the Output

Attention Queue with a Media Size Mismatch error by overrid-

ing the error. When you override the error, the excess image

width is clipped (not printed) from the right edge of the image.

This allows you to print a file with a custom page size slightly

over the maximum print width, without revising and reprinting

the application file or loading wider media in the printer.

For example, a print job may be set with a custom page width of

80 inches, with an image that is 76 inches wide. If 60-inch wide

media is loaded, the print job would be sent to the Output

Attention Queue with a disposition of “Media Size Mismatch.”

You can avoid Media Size Mismatch errors by ensuring that the

width of the media loaded is sufficient to print the job.

For further information about Attention Queues, refer to the Sys-

tem Control User Guide.

To override the Media Size Mismatch error and print a job:

1. Open the Output Attention Queue and double-click the

listing of the job you want to print.

2. Click the checkbox marked “Override Media Size Mis-

match.”

3. Close the Document Details dialog box.

This displays the Attention Queue listing again.

4. Drag the job to an Output queue.

This queues the job for printing. The job will be printed as

wide as possible, with the excess image area clipped on the

right side.

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Tiling The ColorSpan print server provides various image manipulation

options, including tiling, scaling, and nesting of images. Refer to

the System Control User Guide for detailed instructions.

To tile an image across multiple sheets:

1. Click “EPS/TIFF,” then select the “Manual” print mode in

either a Port Configuration dialog box or Document

Details dialog box of a print job in an Input queue.

◆ To apply the option to all EPS and bitmap jobs received

by the server at a port, select the option in the Port Con-

figuration dialog box.

◆ To apply the option to an individual job, route the job to

the Input Hold queue or paused Input queue, and select

option in the job’s Document Details dialog box.

2. Send an EPS or bitmap file to the print server.

Download an EPS or supported bitmap file from a client

Macintosh or Windows PC using the ColorSpan Image Util-

ity, or use the DiskDirect port to enqueue a supported file

from an external disk drive.

The file proceeds to the Input Attention Queue.

3. Open the Input Attention Queue.

4. Select the EPS or bitmap job in the Attention queue.

Fig. 1-7. Setting the Manual EPS/TIFF print mode

Selecting Server Options 1-15

5. Click the EPS/TIFF Manual button.

This opens the EPS/TIFF Manual options dialog box and dis-

plays the Cropping tab.

If the EPS button is not visible, click the job information

button to display the Document Details dialog box. Then

select Manual from the list of EPS options.

6. Click the Tiling & Scaling tab to specify tiling and scaling

settings.

◆ Tiles — The number of rows and columns is automati-

cally updated when you resize (scale) the image.

◆ Composite Box (scaling) — to resize the image, use the

mouse to drag the handles of the image. When you

resize the image past the edge of the current paper size,

the image is automatically positioned on a field of tiles.

You can also reposition the image relative to the tiles by

dragging it with the mouse. Alternatively, you can spec-

ify numeric left and bottom origins, and height and

width.

Fig. 1-8. Tiling & Scaling tab

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◆ Flip — to flip (mirror) the image, check the Horizontal or

Vertical checkbox. This is convenient when printing on

reverse-print backlit media.

◆ Rotation — select the number of degrees to rotate: 0, 90,

180, or 270.

◆ Overlapping Area — specify the amount of overlap for

each tile, numerically or with the slider control.

◆ Keep Aspect Ratio — enable (check) to resize without

changing the aspect ratio, disable (uncheck) to resize

height or width without regard to aspect ratio.

◆ Snap Page to Image — automatically sets the page size

to the same size as the image, as defined in the Com-

posite Box field and shown in the preview image.

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