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Version 3.1 Windows 3.11 Windows 95 Windows NT 3.51 (Intel) for EPSON Stylus Color EPSON Stylus Pro EPSON Stylus Pro XL INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL PowerRIp” The Software Program That Turns Your Printer Into A True Adobe PostScript” Level 2 lmager Gila Adobe PostSaipt Q 1995 Birmy Graphics Corporation. All Rights Reserved This manual may not, in whole, or in part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, transmitted or converted to any electronic or machine - readable form without prior written consent of Birmy Graphics Corporation. Information contained in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Birmy Graphics Corporation. Birmy Graphics Corporation does not warrant, guarantee, or make any representation regarding the use or the result of the use of any color system included in Birmy products. Video simulations may not match printed color output. PowerRIP@ is a registered trademark of Birmy Graphics Corp. Adobe and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Windows, Windows 95, Win32s, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S.A. and other countries. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. EPSON and EPSON Stylus are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. This program was written for Windows based systems and makes no warranties whatsoever, either express or implied, regarding this product, including warranties with respect to its merchantability or its fitness for any particular purpose. All other trademark are the properties of their respective owners. Table of Contents Section 1 Installation System Requirements Operational Overview PANTONE Birmy Technical Support Installing the Software Windows 3.11 Printer Driver Windows 95 Printer Driver Windows NT Printer Driver Operating PowerRIP Printing from a Network Registering your Software 1 2 3 3 5 9 12 17 21 22 24 Section 2 Customizing PowerRIP Printer Menu File Menu 26 30 Section 3 Testing PowerRlP 32 Section 4 Tips and Obtaining the Best Printing Quality 35 Section 5 Troubleshooting 40 Section 6 Glossary 43 Installation SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS HARDWARE Intel 486 or higher processor 8 MB Minimum of RAM for Windows and Windows 95, 24 MB minimum of RAM for Windows NT (See section 4 for more on RAM.) VGA or SVGA color monitor Mouse 3.5” floppy drive Hard drive with at least 40 MB free for letter size and 80 MB free for ledger size paper. Keyboard LPT printer output port SOFTWARE Windows 3.1 or higher, Windows 95, or Windows NT 3.51 or higher (Intel version) NOTE: Before installation A. Ensure that printer port (LPT) is installed and active. B. Ensure that 40 MB free space is available on your hard drive before starting the installation of PowerRIP. C. Set up the EPSON printer according to the documentation that came with it. Birmy Graphics Corporation 1 Operational Overview The following is an explanation of how a page is processed by PowerRIP. The Windows Printer Drivers supply the printer with codes that are needed to image a page. PostScript is a coding method that is the standard for high quality graphic output. When using the PowerRlP Windows printer drivers, PostScript code is sent by Windows Applications, like PageMaker, to PowerRlP which processes it into a high resolution image and sends that image to the printer. PowerRlP processes PostScript code and drives the EPSON Stylus series printer. Text, EPS, tiffs and applications files must be sent to PowerRIP through applications, like Pagemaker, using the PowerRlP PostScript Driver in Windows when printing. How PowerRIP works On Windows 3.11 and 95, Windows prints a file to the C:\BIRMY directory. PowerRlP scans this directory for files and processes the files into an image that is then sent out the LPT port to the printer. PowerRlP must be minimized in order to scan. On Windows NT, PowerRIP is set up so the Windows Print Manager creates a file in C:\BIRMY instead of the LPT port. PowerRlP scans this directory for files to process. After processing, PowerRlP sends the bitmap image it created to the LPT port or LPT queue. Note: If PowerRlP is not installed on the C drive then it will scan the drive letter you installed it on. 2 Birmy Graphics Corporation PANTONE PANTONE professional color palette files are included in your PowerRlP package. These files can be read directly into commonly used applications so the user can have printer calibrated versions of all PANTONE Colors for the EPSON Stylus Pro and Pro XL models. The file is a self-extracting zip file. Just copy it to any desired directory and type Epalete -d from the DOS prompt and it will extract itself and make its own subdirectories. Remember to use the -d after Epalete or the subdirectories will not extract correctly. See the readme file on the PANTONE disk for use with your application. This is also a self-extracting 3MB file. Copy this to your hard disk and type Readme from the DOS prompt, then open the file it created called PANTONE.WRI with the Windows Write program. PowerRIP Technical Support For technical assistance with the installation, configuration and operation of Birmy PowerRIP, please call Birmy Customer Support at 407-723-2893. The hours of operation are 9am-8pm EST Please do not call the Birmy Fulfillment Center for technical information. There are no support personnel at that location; the phone number is for the PowerRlP registration only. Birmy Graphics Corporation 3 When calling for technical assistance, be ready to identify your system and its configuration, the serial number of your copy of PowerRIP, and a description of the problems you are encountering. Please refer to the Troubleshooting Section for solutions before calling Technical Support. Birmy Graphics: Voice Fax Email Mailing address 4 407-723-2893 407-768-9669 PowerRIP-Support 8 Birmy.com Birmy Graphics Corporation 250 East Drive Melbourne, Florida 32904 Birmy Graphics Corporation Installing the Software Before installing PowerRIP, make backup copies of all the installation disks. There is no copy protection on the disks. You will be required to register PowerRlP and obtain the unlock code for your copy PoweRlP after installation. If your system does not meet the minimum hardware and software requirements, PowerRlP will not work correctly. PowerRIP Installer automatically loads the following l 32 Bit (WIN32S) Windows libraries if not already loaded l PowerRlP software User manually installs l PowerRIP Windows Printer Drivers To install PowerRIP 1. Turn on the computer and start Windows. 2. Insert the floppy disk labeled PowerRlP Disk 1 into the floppy drive (either A or B). 3. From the Windows 3.11 Program Manager, select File, then Run. (For Windows 95 instructions see the note on the next page.) Birmy Graphics Corporation 4. In the command line type A:\SETUP and click OK. (If you are loading from drive B type B:\SETUP.) NOTE: If you are loading from Windows 95 click on Start, select Run, then type A:\SETUP (or B:\SETUP); or use the Add software option in Windows 95. 5. The PowerRlP program will now start to load and you see a Welcome screen. Click on NEXT. 6 Birmy Graphics Corporation 6. The program will then ask you to choose the drive and directory you want PowerRlP to be installed on. The default is C:\PowerRIP. You may leave the default directory or change it if desired and then click NEXT. Note: If you choose not to install PowerRlP at this time, click CANCEL to stop the installation. 7. The program continues installing, asking you for Disk 2, then Disk 3, and finally Disk 4. Click on OK after inserting each disk. (If you are not loading from the drive displayed, you need to enter a new path before selecting OK.) Birmy Graphics Corporation 7 8. When Disk 4 has loaded, the program will automatically create the group PowerRlP and PowerRIP icons for Windows. NOTE: If you are installing under Windows 3.11 the Uninstaller icon will not appear. 9. This completes the loading of the PowerRlP application. Remove Disk 4 from the floppy drive. 10. You must now install the Printer Driver using Windows Print Manager. See the next section on how to do this. Note: PowerRlP needs your screen saver turned off. It may interfere with the print process. See your Windows Users Manual if you do not know how to do this. PowerRlP runs from Windows and may not run from special desktops like Navigator. Click on the Windows icon in Navigator and then on PowerRIP. 8 Birmy Graphics Corporation PowerRlP Windows 3.11 Printer Driver Installation For Windows 95 or Windows NT see the appropriate section. 1. For Windows 3.11 put the PowerRlP Windows 3.11 Printers Drivers Disk into drive A or B. Then from Program Manager go to File, Run, then type A:\Setup or B if your drive is B. ammand Line: A:\SETUP.EXE 0 Run Minimized 2. Click on OK, then the Adobe Printer Installer will ask if you would like to read the Read Me file. This file contains useful information about printing. You can print this Read Me file later. Select Continue. The Adobe Printer Installer will complete its installation and ask to have Windows restarted, Click on Restart. 3. When Windows restarts you should be at the Control Panel. Click on the Adobe Printers icon. Birmy Graphics Corporation 9 4. With the PowerRIP Windows 3.11 Drivers disk in drive A or B click on Drives and select that drive. Then select your EPSON printer and click on install. 5. Your printer should successfully install. Now close and go to Control Panel and select Printers and select PowerRIP as your default printer. 6. Now select PowerRlP and click on Connect. c 10 Default Printer PowerRIP For Stylus Color on LPTl: Birmy Graphics Corporation 7. Select FILE. PowerRIP Fen Stylus Cdor ‘I r,rw:rai.: :kr, Ewtrv Fast Printina Direct to Port 8. Then select OK. The program installation is now complete. PowerRIP must be registered before you can use it. Go to the section Registering your Software. 9. When you print from an application it will ask you for a file name. You can use almost any name but you must print to C:\BIRMY directory or the drive letter where PowerRlP was installed. Output File Name: C:\BIRMYUOB Note: When printing under Windows 3.11, PowerRlP does not return user operation until printing is finished. Birmy Graphics Corporation 11 PowerRlP Windows 95 Printer Driver Installation 1. 2. 12 Click on Start, Settings, Printers section of Windows 95. Click on Add Printer, then Next. Birmy Graphics Corporation 3. 4. Click on Local Printer, then Next. Note: You may not see this screen if you are not on a network. Click on Have Disk. Birmy Graphics Corporation 5. Put the PowerRlP Windows 95 Printer Driver disk in drive A or B. If drive B, you must change to that drive designation. Click OK. Note: You may need your Windows 95 CD or master diskette #1 0 to install the Windows 95 PostScript drivers. 6. Select your printer and click Next. 7. Then select print to “File: Creates a file on disk” Click Next. Birmy Graphics Corporation 8. You may change the printer name if you prefer. Make PowerRIP P your default printer and click OK. 9. Do not print a test page. PowerRlP will not print at this stage. After selecting Finished you may be asked to install your Windows 95 CD or master diskette # 10 for the Windows Drivers. 10. The program installation is now complete. PowerRlP must be registered before you can use it. Go to the section Registering your Software. If you would like to share your printer on a network complete step 12 and the section about printing on a network. Birmy Graphics Corporation 15 11. When you print from an application it will ask you for a file name. You can use almost any name but you must print to C:\BIRMY directory or the drive letter where PowerRlP was installed. Output File Name: C:\BIRMYUOB 12. 16 If you would like to share your printer on a network, you just have to share on your computer the C:\BIRMM directory or the drive letter where PowerRIP is installed. You should refer to your Windows user manual on how to do this. Other users on the network that are given rights to your C:\BIRMY directory just print their files to this directory. Now go to the section on Printing from Workstations on a Network. Birmy Graphics Corporation PowerRlP Windows NT 3.5.1 Printer Drivers Installation 1. Click on Print Manager in the Main Folder. Select Printer and Create Printer. 2. Enter PowerRlP under printer name and go to driver and select Other. Printer tima: PWWRIP Qtir: Glher.. D~miplian: hint ,o: 3. I I I LPTl ad! You will then be prompted to put the PowerRlP Windows NT drivers disk into drive A. Insert it into drive A or B; if your drive is B. I Please put the disk in the drive indicated or selacl a new path name. Birmy Graphics Corporation 17 4. Select your printer and click OK. Prinlar Drivw: 5. Now go to Print to and select Other. 6. Select Local Port. &ailablm Print Moniton: Digknl Nelvork Poll I cnher. I 7. 18 I Type C:\BIRMY\IN.PS and click OK. If your drive is different than C, type that drive letter. Birmy Graphics Corporation 8 If you want to share the printer, select Share. Click OK. If share is selected then see the section on Printing from Workstations on a Network. 9. Now go back to Print Manager and create another printer. 10. Name it LPT. Select the PowerRlP driver that is now in the system under printers. Select the Print to as LPTl port or the LPT port that your EPSON is connected to and click OK. Do not share this printer. Birmy Graphics Corporation 19 11. This LPT Print queue is where PowerRlP sends the job after it is ripped. Here is where you can cancel, pause, or purge the jobs before they are sent to the printer. Note: PowerRIP sends a small 30 byte file before each print job. This 30 byte file contains information for the printer to setup resolution and other options. This 30 byte file does not print a page. _r . - .- _ .- _. .- 12. 20 The program installation is now complete. PowerRIP must be registered before you can use it. Go to the section Registering your Software. Birmy Graphics Corporation Operating PowerRIP To operate PowerRlP just click on the PowerRlP icon. PowerRlP will minimize itself at the bottom of the screen. This is the mode in which PowerRlP runs. If you double click on the Birmy PowerRlP icon at the bottom of the screen it will maximize itself. From this screen you can configure PowerRlP for resolution, microweave, etc. PowerRlP will not pick up the jobs or files to print from in this maximize mode. You must minimize PowerRlP to run automatically. PowerRIP features, like resolution, must be changed from the maximized mode. PowerRlP will ignore resolution request from the applications. See Configuring PowerRlP for more imformation. The PowerRlP defaults settings are: Resolution 360 DPI Always use Stochastic Screening Treat all RGB as Calibrated Plain Paper Uni-directional Microweave LPT1 Birmy Graphics Corporation Selected Selected Selected Selected Selected Selected Selected 21 Printing from Workstations on a Network After you have installed PowerRlP on the computer connected to the EPSON Stylus, all networked workstations running Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95 or Windows NT can print to PowerRlP providing the printer or directory is shared as shown on the previous pages. The computer running PowerRlP under Windows NT can have application print sharing properties activated as shown on the previous section. If you are running under Windows 95 you need to share the C:\BIRMY directory or the drive where PowerRlP was installed. The workstations then only need to load PowerRlP print drivers and not the PowerRlP program. Birmy Graphics Corporation Windows NT PowerRIP Setup On Windows NT Network print sharing with PowerRlP can have only one person print to a queue at a time, so if you want several people to print simultaneously you need to set up different print queues with unique file names and share names. This is done the same way as setting up a regular printer queue. Set up a print queue as described in the previous section but type: C:\BIRMY\IN2.PS instead of IN.ps in step 7. If your drive is different than C, type that drive letter. This is only at the computer running PowerRIP, workstations will setup to print to a network printer which is this printer when the sharing options is checked. This will give you two print queues, one that will write a file called IN.ps and one called lN2.ps. You may add additional ports as long as the file and share names are unique. Workstation Setup for Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, Windows 95 and Windows NT The workstations only need to load the appropriate Windows Drivers. If PowerRlP is running under Windows NT, instead of printing to a Local Printer, select a Network Printer or Connect to a Network printer depending on your version of Windows. If PowerRlP is running under Windows 3.11 for Workgroups or 95, search for the computer that is running PowerRlP and connect to it. Do not run the PowerRlP program on individual computers, only the PowerRlP Windows print drivers. Please see you Windows documentation for more information or printer and file sharing. Birmy Graphics Corporation 23 Registering Your Software You must register your copy of PowerRlP before you can use it. Follow these steps. 1. Click on the registration icon. 2. When you see the prompt, insert Disk 1 into Drive A or B and click OK. 24 Birmy Graphics Corporation 3. Call the registration number (800) 613-3031. You will need your Serial Number and Printer Code found on the Registration Screen. Do not call this phone number for technical support. Call the numbers listed on page 3 for technical support. 4. When given the unlock code, type it in the Unlock Code box and click OK. Your PowerRlP is now ready to use. See Section 2 for instructions on customizing PowerRIP. Birmy Graphics Corporation 25 Customizing PowerRIP 1. If you haven’t rebooted your system, and you are running Windows 3.1, do so now. If you are running Windows 95 or Windows NT proceed without rebooting. 2. Double click on the PowerRlP icon in the PowerRlP window. The program will take a few seconds to load. When the cursor returns, the program has loaded. 3. Minimize the Program Manager window by clicking on the down button in the upper right side of the window. The Birmy icon should now be visible along with Program Manager. Other icons may also be present. 4. 26 Double click on the Birmy PowerRlP icon. You see the Birmy PowerRlP window shown below, which has two menus, File and Printer. See the following two sections for descriptions of these options. Birmy Graphics Corporation Printer Menu When you click on Printer, The following pull down menu will appear. Select Allows you to select different EPSON Stylus printers. NOTE: The display shows only the printer for which you purchased PowerRIP. If you want to purchase support for additional printers, call Birmy Graphics Corporation at 407-723-2893 Options Allows you to select: A. Media Type B. Optional Printer Features C. Resolution D. RIP Options E. LPT Port Birmy Graphics Corporation 27 Printer Options Definitions: Media Type Select the paper or other media you are printing on. PowerRlP has color rendering Dictionaries to produce the maximum image quality for the individual Epson special paper stocks. Microweave A printing method in which images are printed in finer increments to reduce the possibility of banding (white lines) and produce laser-like images. Bi-directional When this option is selected, the printer prints one line from right to left and the next line from left to right. Bi-directional mode is faster but print quality is decreased when it is selected. 28 Birmy Graphics Corporation Uni-directional The printer prints right to left on all lines. This mode reduces the possibility of banding (white lines). Resolution Resolution is a measure of the amount of detail that can be represented. Resolution of printed images is measured in the number of dots per inch (dpi). The higher the number, the finer the resolution. Calibrated RGB Calibrated RGB references the 16 million possible shades of Red, Green and Blue combinations, commonly used in the computer industry, to a specific standard; CIE based ABC. Application Defined utilizes optional third party color calibration software. Stochastic Stochastic screening is a random dot pattern as opposed to a fixed screen ruling. Stochastic produces more tones and has better detail than fixed screen rulings. LPT The LPT port that the printer is connected to. NOTE: For the EPSON Stylus, the Stochastic Always feature should be selected. Birmy Graphics Corporation 29 File Menu When you click on File, you see the following pulldown menu: Open log and Close log allows you to keep track of PostScript messages that occur during a print job. When you select Open, an open window will appear. In this window, you can select a file name for the log, as well as a drive and a directory. pirectories: File Name: c:\powerrip\progfam I r D rixeer List Filer d lupe: lOutput Log Fik(‘.LOG] u IWc: bob Print opens a PostScript File box. You have the option of selecting the drive, directory and file name of a PostScript job to print. Also included is a directory called Examples, which contains a job for testing. (See Section 3.) 30 Birmy Graphics Corporation Fife Name: ‘.PI 1 c:\powerrip\examples 0 Bead Only hiyes: List Fifes of Jjpe: Postscript File[‘.PS ) Gid c: bob About gives you information about PowerRIP. The product version and revision should be included on all information sent to Birmy Graphics Corporation with support questions. Exit quits the program. Birmy Graphics Corporation 31 Testing PowerRlP 1. Set up your EPSON Stylus printer using the instructions in your EPSON User’s Guide. 2. Turn on the computer and start Windows. 3. Turn on your Stylus printer. 4. Double click on the Birmy icon in the PowerRlP window. When the program has finished loading and the cursor returns to the screen, minimize the Program Manager window by clicking on the down arrow in the upper left of the screen. 5. Double click on the Birmy icon. This will maximize the Power-RIP window. 6. Click on Printer. The pulldown menu will appear. 7. Select Options. Set the following options: A. Media Type = Coated Paper B. Microweave =On C. Optional features= Uni-directional D. Resolution = 720 E. Stochastic =On F. RGB Calibrated = On NOTE: If you are using plain or glossy paper, set the media type accordingly. 32 Birmy Graphics Corporation 8. Click OK. 9. To open a PostScript file box, click on File click on Print. Birmy Graphics Corporation 33 10. In the PostScript File box, click on PowerRIP. Then select examples. You should see the PostScript example cgolfer.ps in the left box. File Name: ‘.PS Qirectorier: I List Filer d Jjpe: Porttcript Filel’.PS I c:\pow&p\emmpter ID riyat: mc:bob 11. Click on cgolfer.ps, then click OK. 12. 34 The program will now process the PostScript file cgolfer.ps. The program will take a few seconds to a couple of minutes, depending on the speed of your computer and the amount of memory it has. The output will be a golfer drawing in color. Birmy Graphics Corporation Tips and Obtaining the Best Printing Quality The Birmy Graphics PowerRIP is a true Adobe Level 2 PostScript Raster Image Processor. A true Adobe Level 2 PostScript RIP has the ability to use color rendering dictionaries when the RIP is driving a color printer. These color rendering dictionaries are automatically accessed by the Adobe Photoshop program when printing directly to the printer. Images created in Photoshop can be placed in other applications and still access the color rendering dictionaries, if they are saved as LAB.EPS or calibrated RGB.EPS files. RGB.TIF and CMYK.TIF files do not access the color rendering dictionaries automatically if placed in other applications and then printed. PowerRIP includes a means of automatically converting non-calibrated RGB.TIF into calibrated RGB.TIF with a software switch “Treat all RGB as calibrated”. This switch will convert most RGB color calls into calibrated color space automatically accessing the color rendering dictionary. If for some reason you don’t want to use this feature, you can disabled it simply turning it off. Windows 95 color profiles are included, These ICM color files allow applications capable of accessing of accessing these files the capability of Birmy Graphics Corporation 35 adjusting printer colors When using these files the “Treat all RGB as calibrated” option on PowerRIP should not be checked CMYK files are usually created in a device-dependant color space, where you can adjust items to the particular printing condition of an individual printer rather than accepting the automatic options in a color rendering dictionary RAM Requirements PowerRIP RAM requirements are dependent on the complexity of your printed pages. We suggest that if your pages are taking a long time to process that you increase your RAM. PowerRIP will have performance increases with up to 64 MB of RAM. Once full EPSON Stylus printer speed is obtained an increase in RAM will not improve performance. Quark If you have the Eficolor profile option, select none. 36 Birmy Graphics Corporation To obtain high-quality color images, keep the following points in mind: l l l Use the manufacturer’s inks and recommended paper for your ink jet printer. Papers designed for ink jet printers have special coatings to evenly distribute the ink, and are different than uncoated bond papers used in laser printers and copiers. Birmy Graphics has balanced the stochastic halftone screening and color technology to work with Epson’s inks and recommended papers. Stochastic screening is a random dot pattern as opposed to a fixed screen ruling. Stochastic screen produces more tones and has better detail than fixed screen rulings. Maximum density for color Your PowerRIP has been designed to allow users to print up to 300% maximum color from CMYK files. Exceeding this number will cause problems with excess ink. Many desktop drawing applications set black to 400% by default. A black of 400% wastes ink and is too dense to print well on desktop ink jet printers as well as large commercial offset presses. Most magazine’s printing standards, depending on the publication and stock, only allow maximum black within a range of 260% to 285%. Birmy Graphics Corporation 37 Cancelling a print job. Windows 3.11: To cancel a print job in Windows 3.1 you must reboot your system. Re-enter Windows and click on the Birmy Delete Pending Jobs icon or go to File Manager and go to the directory c:\Birmy and delete the files in this directory. Now restart PowerRIP. Windows 95: To cancel in Windows 95, Hold down the Control, Alt, Delete keys to get to the Close Program panel. Select the Birmy PowerRIP task and then select End Task. It will ask you again, select end task to confirm your selection. Then go to the Birmy Delete Pending Jobs icon and click on it or go to File Manager and go to the directory c:\Birmy and delete the files in this directory. Now restart PowerRIP. 38 Birmy Graphics Corporation Windows NT: To cancel in Windows NT, go to Print Manager. Select the LPT Queue that we created when we loaded the PowerRIP Windows NT Drivers. Then delete the files in this Queue. Then run the Birmy Delete Pending Jobs icon by click on it. Now restart PowerRIP. Also you can double click on the desktop or hold down the Control, Alt, Delete keys to get to the Close Program Panel. Select the PowerRIP task and then select End Task. It will ask you to confirm your selection, click OK. Then run the Birmy Delete Pending Jobs icon by clicking on it. Birmy Graphics Corporation 39 Troubleshooting Problem Solution Printer prints out illegible type or characters. On Windows 3.11 and 95, PowerRIP needs to print to a file. In Print Manager check PowerRIP is set to file and not an LPT port. Also check that PowerRIP is minimized. PowerRIP only scans for files when minimized. On Windows NT make sure printer driver prints to the Birmy directory and not an LPT port. See Printer Driver section for more information. Problem Solution PowerRIP not registered. Register PowerRIP by calling the (800) 6133031 Birmy Fulfillment Center phone number. This number is only for registration. Problem Solution Wrong fonts or very jagged type. Most fonts are downloaded with the print job. Sometimes a bitmap image of a font is downloaded. If the page is missing a font, PowerRIP will default the Courier font or print the bitmap image of a font. Check to make sure you have the printer fonts. Also the print heads may need cleaning. Problem PowerRIP takes a long time before printing starts. Add more RAM or a faster CPU. The more complex jobs that use a large number of fonts will run faster with more RAM. Solution 40 Birmy Graphics Corporation Problem Solution EPS files do not print. EPS file are designed to be placed into other documents. They cannot be processed directly by PowerRIP. Place EPS files on a page using an application and print from that application. Problem Solution Bitmap images or clip art looks jagged. Bitmap images and clip art are processed for a set resolution and size. When enlarged, they look very jagged but when made smaller will look better. EPS files produce better quality. Problem Solution Tiffs, simple text files do not print. Tiffs and simple text files are designed to be placed into other documents. They can not be processed directly by PowerRIP. Place these files on a page using an application and print from that application. Problem Solution White lines on output. Screen savers cause the CPU to be interrupted during the printing process. Turn off screen savers. Problem PowerRIP does not run from Navigator or other special desktops. PowerRIP runs from Windows and may not run from special desktops like Navigator. Click on the Windows icon in Navigator and then on PowerRIP’s icon. Solution Birmy Graphics Corporation 41 Problem Solution PowerRIP receives a error “Cannot open C:\BIRMY\PRPCTEMP.PS” upon startup. Run Delete Pending Jobs icon before starting PowerRIP. This will delete and files in the \Birmy directory. Problem Solution Printout has misplaced images or type. PowerRIP may need more RAM. If you have other applications open, print to the \Birmy directory, close your application, then start PowerRIPor put more RAM in you system. Problem Delete Pending Jobs keeps DOS windows stays open after deleting jobs in Windows 95. This is defined under Windows 95. To exit dos window automatically you must make the following changes. Go to Settings, Taskbar, Startup Menu Program, Then select Programs, Advanced, Programs, PowerRIP, Delete Pending Jobs. Click on delete pending jobs and select properties. then program and click on “close on exit” and click OK then close. Solution 42 Birmy Graphics Corporation Glossary Several terms having special meaning within the context of this manual are listed below: Application Applications are considered the programs that run on a computer. We refer to applications in this manual as PageMaker, Photoshop, etc. Bitmap Bitmaps are images preprocessed at a fixed resolution for a certain monitor or printer. CPSI Configurable PostScript Interpreter. This Adobe Level 2 PostScript interpreter runs on a PC rather than on a hardware peripheral device. PowerRIP uses this interpreter to render a raster image. CPU The processor inside the computer. Pentium is faster than 486. EPS Ecapsulated PostScript. This is a file type that may contain complex graphics. It is designed as a universal format to include complex graphics in other applications. Imaging Device A device capable of printing an image on a physical medium, e.g., a printer, imagesetter, ink jet printer, etc. Interpreter A set of software functions to convert PostScript language operators and operands into a raster image. PowerRIP uses the CPSI interpreter. Network Ethernet cabling and required software to link computers to each other. PostScript An interpretive programming language, developed by Adobe, used to describe the text, graphics, and image content of a document. Raster Image A sequential bitmap composing an image. For each image pixel, there is a corresponding device pixel. Birmy Graphics Corporation 43 Render The process by which PostScript language operators and operands are interpreted and a raster image is produced. RAM Random Access Memory. Almost all PCs ship with 8 megabytes of RAM today, and many with 16 MB as minimum. You can add more RAM to most computers. See your computer dealer for more information. RIP Raster Image Processor. An application or device that renders images in raster format for an imaging device. TIFF Tagged Image File Format. This is a standard image file format consisting of labeled fields. 44 Birmy Graphics Corporation
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