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KODAK PROFESSIONAL ML-500
Digital Photo Print System
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User’s Guide
P/N 6B8614
Eastman Kodak Company
343 State Street
Rochester, New York, 14650
© Eastman Kodak Company, 2003
Kodak, Kodak Professional, and XtraLife are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.
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Using This Manual and Workflow Overview
Using This Manual and Workflow Overview
This online manual will help you install and use the KODAK PROFESSIONAL ML-500 Digital Photo Print
System.
As you use this manual, click the following items to access the associated information:
✔ Entries in the Table of Contents or Index
✔ Page numbers in blue text
✔ The Contents, Back, Next, or Index buttons at the bottom of each page
The diagram on the next page shows a sample workflow between the ML-500 client and server systems.
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Using This Manual and Workflow Overview
ML-500 Digital Photo Print System Workflow
Client Systems
These systems represent client systems in the ML-500 workflow. They are networked to the server that is connected to the ML-500 printer. If you will be using the
ML-500 WINDOWS printer driver to print, the driver must be installed on the clients.
Server Systems
The system connected to the ML-500 printer is considered the server. The ML-500 Printer Utilities are installed on this system. If you will be using the
ML-500 WINDOWS driver to print, the port monitor and the printer driver(s) must be installed on the server before installing the printer drivers on the client systems.
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Table of Contents
Downloading and Installing the ML-500 Utilities from the Kodak Web Site ........................2
Installing the WINDOWS 2000/XP Driver on the Server System .....................................10
Installing the WINDOWS 98/Me Driver on the Server System .........................................12
Installing the WINDOWS Drivers (any version) on the Client System ..............................13
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System Requirements and Installation
System Requirements (ML-500
Utilities)
Installing the ML-500 Utilities
✔ 800 MHz PENTIUM III processor with minimum 512 MB of memory
✔ WINDOWS 2000 Professional (Service Pack
2, or latest), WINDOWS 2000 Server (Service
Pack 2, or latest) with Services for
MACINTOSH installed, WINDOWS 2000
Advanced Server (Service Pack 2, or latest) with Services for MACINTOSH installed, or
WINDOWS XP Operating Systems
✔ Color monitor with an 800 x 600 pixel resolution
✔ OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 card and IEEE
1394 cable for connecting to printer included
✔ A minimum of 10 GB available storage on hard drive
If you are installing the ML-500 Utilities for the first time, use the KODAK PROFESSIONAL ML-500
Digital Photo Print System CD (see
) that was included with your ML-500 system.
Install the software in the following order:
✔ ML-500 Utilities
✔ Port Monitor (see
✔ Printer Drivers (see
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System Requirements and Installation
Upgrading to a New Version of the ML-500
Utilities
Uninstalling a Previous Version
If you are upgrading to a new version of the ML-500
Utilities, you must first uninstall the previous version. You can then install the new version.
1.
From the Start menu select Settings, then select Control Panel.
2.
Select Add / remove programs.
3.
Remove the previous version of the ML-500
Print Utilities. (It is not necessary to uninstall the port monitor or printer drivers.)
Downloading and Installing the ML-500 Utilities from the Kodak Web Site
Software updates for the ML-500 printer can be found on the KODAK web site.
1.
Go to the following Web site: http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/softwar e/ML500/ml500Software.jhtml
.
2.
Follow instructions on the screen for downloading and installing the software.
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Installing the ML-500 Utilities from the CD
1.
Choose the KODAK PROFESSIONAL ML-500
Digital Photo Print System CD with the appropriate language.
2.
Insert the CD in your CD drive.
3.
Select a language.
The Software screeen listing all software components on the ML-500 Software CD appears.
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NOTE: At the top of this screen you can select
Documentation or Additional Support for more information.
4.
Click Printer Utilities to launch the installation wizard.
A dialog box warns you to quit other open
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applications and disable virus protection software. Follow those instructions then click
OK.
5.
Click Next on the Welcome screen.
7.
On the Customer Information screen, enter your user name and company name. Click Next.
IMPORTANT: You must enter both your user name and company name before you can continue.
8.
On the Choose Destination Location screen, click Next to install the Utilities in C:\Program
Files\Kodak\ML-500\Utilities\ or click Browse, select another folder, then click Next to install the Utilities in the selected folder.
6.
Click Yes on the License Agreement screen.
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System Requirements (Port Monitor and Printer Drivers)
9.
Click Next on subsequent screens then click
Finish on the final screen.
The port monitor is installed on the server system.
Therefore, the system requirements for the port monitor are the same as for the ML-500 Utilities.
See
To install the printer drivers, your client system must have the following minimum hardware and software:
WINDOWS 2000/XP Operating Systems
✔ 350 MHz PENTIUM III processor with a minimum of 256 MB of memory
✔ WINDOWS 2000 (Service Pack 2, or latest),
WINDOWS 2000 Server (Service Pack 2, or latest), WINDOWS 2000 Advanced Server
(Service Pack 2, or latest) or WINDOWS XP
✔ Color monitor with an 800 x 600 pixel resolution
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WINDOWS 98/ME Operating Systems
✔ 350 MHz PENTIUM III processor with 64 MB of memory
✔ WINDOWS Millennium or WINDOWS 98
Second Edition
✔ Color monitor with an 800 x 600 pixel resolution
WINDOWS NT Operating System
✔ 350 MHz PENTIUM III processor with 64 MB of memory
✔ WINDOWS NT 4.0 Workstation with Service
Pack 6a (or latest) or WINDOWS NT 4.0
Server with Service Pack 6a
✔ Color monitor with an 800 x 600 pixel resolution
IMPORTANT: If using the WINDOWS printer drivers to print, you must install the port monitor and the drivers on the server system, then share the printer drivers with the client systems.
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MACINTOSH Operating System
✔ 300 MHz G3 processor or higher
✔ 128 MB of memory or higher
✔ MAC OS 10.2.3 or higher
(OS 10.2.3 or higher is required to use the
Custom Paper Size panel.)
✔ Color monitor with 800 x 600 pixel resolution or higher
IMPORTANT: WINDOWS 2000 Server or
WINDOWS 2000 Advanced Server is required for sharing the Source Folder using File Services for MACINTOSH with the APPLETALK Protocol.
Installing the Port Monitor and
Drivers
Provided with your printer are ML-500 Drivers for
WINDOWS 98/Me, WINDOWS NT 4.0, WINDOWS
2000/XP and MACINTOSH Operating Systems.
IMPORTANT: If you will be printing from client systems to the ML-500 printer, you must first install the port monitor and printer driver(s) on the server system
(the same computer the Printer
Utilities were installed on). You must also share the printer driver(s) with the client system(s).
NOTE: Refer to
“ML-500 Digital Photo Print System
at the beginning of this manual for a description of client and server systems.
NOTE: Verify that a Source folder has been created
(see
page 44 ) before installing the port
monitor.
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System Requirements and Installation
Install the port monitor and drivers in the following order:
1.
Install the port monitor on the server system.
The server must be WINDOWS 2000 or
WINDOWS XP.
2.
Install the WINDOWS 2000/XP driver on the server system (see
3.
If the client operating system is Windows 98,
WINDOWS Me (see
NT 4.0 (see
page 12 ), you must install that
driver on the server before installing it on the client.
4.
Install the appropriate WINDOWS driver
(see
(see
page 14 ) on the client system.
Installing the Port Monitor on the Server
The ML-500 port monitor sends print jobs to the source folder when printing from a printer driver.
The port monitor must be installed on the server system.
1.
Verify that a Source folder has been created
(see
page 44 ) before installing the port monitor.
If a Source folder does not exist, start the Print
Server application (see page 41 ) and a Source
folder will be automatically created in the default path: (C:\ML-500 Source Folder).
IMPORTANT: If you don’t do this, you will not be able to complete step 12.
2.
Insert the KODAK PROFESSIONAL ML-500
Digital Photo Print System CD.
3.
Select a language.
4.
Click Port Monitor to display the Print Server
Properties screen.
5.
Click Add Port.
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6.
Click the Add Port button.
7.
Click the New Port Type... button.
8.
On the CD drive, browse to the Port Monitor folder in the appropriate language folder (for example, <CD drive>:\English\Port Monitor).
9.
Select the appropriate .INF file:
WINDOWS 2000: select the MONITOR.INF file.
WINDOWS XP: select the EKSDPM.INF file.
10.
Click Open, then click OK.
11.
Select Kodak Source Directory Port from the list then click the New Port... button.
12.
Specify a port number (1-999) and the name of the Source folder you wish to use. Click OK.
Close dialog boxes until the Printers window comes to the front.
If you did not verify the Source folder in step 1, you will not be able to complete this step.
13.
Install the appropriate ML-500 printer drivers for the operating system you will be printing from.
Be sure to select the EKSD local port for the printer driver to use, and share the printer over the network.
See the following instructions for specific installation details.
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System Requirements and Installation
Installing WINDOWS Printer Drivers
Installing the WINDOWS 2000/XP Driver on the
Server System
1.
Insert the KODAK PROFESSIONAL ML-500
Digital Photo Print System CD.
2.
Select the appropriate language.
3.
Click Printer Drivers to display the Add Printer
Wizard screen.
4.
Follow the Add Printer Wizard instructions.
Choose the appropriate settings for the wizard dialog boxes, as outlined here:
✔ Local or Network Printer dialog box
a.
Select Local Printer.
b.
Uncheck Automatically detect and
install my Plug and Play printer.
c.
Click Next.
✔ Select the Printer Port dialog box
(WINDOWS 2000), Select a Printer Port dialog box (WINDOWS XP)
Choose Use the following port and select the EKSDn port where n is the number that was used when the port monitor was installed. Click Next.
✔ Add Printer Wizard dialog box
(WINDOWS 2000), Install Printer
Software dialog box (WINDOWS XP)
This dialog box displays a list of manufacturers and their associated printers.
a.
Click the Have Disk... button to display the Install from Disk dialog box.
b.
Click the Browse... button to display the
Locate File dialog box.
IMPORTANT: By default, the Add Printer Wizard displays the last .INF file installed (the
Port Monitor .INF file). DO NOT choose the Port Monitor .INF file; this file will not install the driver.
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c.
Navigate to the directory on the CD where the ML500.inf file resides, for example,
<CD_drive>:\English\Print_Driver\Win_X
P_Win_2000).
d.
Open this file. The Install From Disk dialog box reappears.
e.
Click OK.
The Kodak Professional ML-500 printer appears in the list.
f.
Click Next.
✔ Name your Printer dialog box
Click Next to accept the default selections or choose an appropriate printer name.
Select whether or not you want this to be the default printer.
✔ Printer Sharing dialog box
Choose Share as: so that the printer will be accessible from clients printing with drivers.
Provide a share name to be displayed on the network.
✔ Location and Comment dialog box
Optionally supply a location and comment that is displayed in the Printers list.
✔ Print Test Page dialog box
Select No.
✔ Completing the Add Printer Wizard dialog box
Click Finish.
✔ Digital Signature Not Found dialog box
Click Yes to continue the installation.
5.
If the new printer driver is not listed in the
Printers window after the installation is complete, select Refresh from the View menu.
6.
If you plan to use the logo feature in the driver, you must disable advanced printing.
a.
Right-click the ML-500 printer and select
Properties).
b.
Click the Advanced tab.
c.
Uncheck Enable advanced printing
features.
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Installing the WINDOWS 98/Me Driver on the
Server System
1.
From the Start menu select Settings, then select Printers. Right-click the ML-500 printer and select Properties.
2.
Click the Sharing tab and click the Additional
Drivers button.
3.
Select the INTEL WINDOWS 9x environment and version and click OK.
4.
You will be prompted to place the ML-500
Software CD in your drive. Ensure the CD is in the drive and click OK.
5.
Browse to the English/Printer_Driver/
Win 98 Win Me folder on the CD and select the
ML500.INF file. Click OK.
6.
The driver will be installed and the Sharing tab reappears. Click Close.
Installing the WINDOWS NT Driver on the Server
System
1.
For proper operation of the WINDOWS NT 4.0 printer driver, you must first install the
WINDOWS 2000 printer driver (see page 10 ) on
the ML-500 Print Server.
2.
After installing the WINDOWS 2000 printer driver, install the WINDOWS NT 4.0 printer driver on the same Print Server using the
KODAK PROFESSIONAL ML-500 Digital Photo
Print System CD. When asked to select a port, choose the same EKSDn port as selected for the WINDOWS 2000 printer driver. Be sure to specify a share name that identifies this driver specifically for WINDOWS NT 4.0 users.
NOTE: Do not install this driver under the Additional
Drivers window of the WINDOWS 2000 printer driver's Sharing tab. You would have no control over the default printing preferences.
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Installing the WINDOWS Drivers (any version) on the Client System
From the client system, browse to the print server system and install the shared printer on the client:
1.
Check that your computer is properly connected to your network.
2.
From the Start menu select Run.
3.
Type \\"system name" where "system name" is the name of the system running the ML-500
Printer Utilities. Click OK.
4.
Based on your client operating system, right-click the appropriate ML-500 printer name and select Open.
NOTE: There will be one printer listed for
WINDOWS 98, Me, 2000 and XP Operating
Systems and one printer listed for
WINDOWS NT 4.0 Operating System.
5.
The ML-500 driver will be installed on the client system. If the new printer driver is not listed in the Printers window after the installation is completed, click the View menu and select
Refresh.
6.
Ensure the Print Server Application is running on the server, and you are ready to print from the client system.
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Installing the MACINTOSH Printer Driver
Installing the MACINTOSH Driver on the Client
System
1.
Double-click the ML-500.pkg file.
2.
Enter the Administrator name and authorization password.
3.
Respond to the ReadMe and License prompts.
4.
Select the startup disk volume for the destination.
5.
Click Install or Update.
6.
Restart your computer.
NOTE: It is not necessary to install the
MACINTOSH printer driver on the server system.
Uninstalling the MACINTOSH Printer Driver
1.
Remove the ML500 folder from the
Library/Printers/Kodak folder on the volume used to start your MACINTOSH computer.
NOTE: You may need to change permissions for the folder or log in as root to remove this folder.
2.
In Print Center, delete the printer from the printer list.
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Before You Can Print (WINDOWS
Operating Systems)
Naming the Printer
After installing the Printer Utilities software, start the
ML-500 Utilities (see
page 20 ). The following dialog
box appears:
Before using the KODAK PROFESSIONAL ML-500
Digital Photo Print System, you must do the following:
✔ Name your printer in the ML-500 Utilities software.
✔ Set preferences in the Print Server application
(see
✔ Ensure the appropriate XtraLife option is set in the Configuration application (see
✔ Enter a printer name in the Name field (for example, ML-500 Printer) and click OK.
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Setting Print Server Preferences
1.
Start the Print Server application (see
2.
From the Server menu select Server
Preferences.
3.
Change the Source folder, if needed
(see
The Print Server application monitors this folder for files and places them in the print queue. A default source folder (c:\ML-500 Source Folder) is used if you don’t change source folders.
4.
Select a log file, if needed (see page 44
).
The log file is a text (*.txt) file where all actions performed by the ML-500 Print Server are recorded. A default log file (c:\program files\Kodak\ML-500\Utilities\<printer name>.txt) is used if you don’t select a different one.
5.
Change print job settings, if needed
(see
Selecting the XTRALIFE Option
1.
Start the Configuration application
(see
2.
Click the General tab (see
3.
Verify that the XTRALIFE ribbon type is set to the type of ribbon you are using on the printer
(Glossy or Matte). See page 30
.
Once you have completed these preparations, TIFF or JPEG files placed in the source folder will be printed.
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System Requirements and Installation
Before You Can Print (MACINTOSH
Operating System)
After you have installed the MACINTOSH printer driver on the client system, you must do the following before printing:
1.
On the WINDOWS server: Enable File
Services for MACINTOSH Operating System
(see
2.
On the WINDOWS server: Share the
WINDOWS Source folder
(see
3.
On the MACINTOSH client: Add the ML-500 printer to the Printer List
(see
IMPORTANT: WINDOWS 2000 Server or
WINDOWS 2000 Advanced Server is required for sharing the Source Folder using File Services for MACINTOSH with the APPLETALK Protocol.
Once you have completed these steps, print jobs going to the ML-500 printer from any application, are placed in the WINDOWS Source folder. The print server queue settings determine when the job is printed.
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Enabling File Services for MACINTOSH
Operating System
On the WINDOWS 2000 Server or Advanced
Server System:
1.
Right-click My Network Places and choose
Properties.
2.
Select Advanced in the Menu bar and choose
Optional Networking Components to display the WINDOWS Optional Networking
Components wizard.
3.
Check the Other Network File and Print
Services check box and click Details.
4.
Select File Services for Macintosh.
5.
Click OK.
All necessary files are copied to your system.
NOTE: You may be prompted to insert the
WINDOWS Server CD.
Sharing the Server’s Source Folder
The Source folder resides on the WINDOWS server. ML-500 jobs are queued there for printing.
This folder must be shared for you to access it.
Once the Source folder is shared, you can set up the MACINTOSH driver so that print jobs are sent to the Source folder.
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On the WINDOWS 2000 Server or Advanced
Server System:
1.
Right-click My Computer and choose Manage.
2.
Expand the Shared Folders in the left panel and select Shares.
3.
Right-click and select New, then select File
Share.
4.
Browse to the Source folder that has been set up on the WINDOWS server.
5.
Type a share name, for example, ML500.
6.
Be sure Macintosh Share (not Windows) is checked.
Adding the ML-500 Printer to the Printer List
On the MACINTOSH client:
1.
Open the Print Center.
2.
Click Add, choose Kodak File from the
Printing Protocol list, then click Select.
3.
Navigate to the WINDOWS Source folder and click Choose.
4.
Click Add.
A new printer with the same name as the
Source folder should appear in the printer list.
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ML-500 Print Utilities
ML-500 Print Utilities
This section provides an overview of the ML-500
Print Utilities and the ML-500 applications that work with the KODAK PROFESSIONAL ML-500 Digital
Photo Print System.
Starting the ML-500 Utilities
✔ From the Start menu select Programs, then select Kodak Professional ML-500 Utilities.
ML-500 Utilities
The ML-500 Print Utilities acts as a program launcher for the following ML-500 applications:
Configuration (see
printer settings and monitor printer and media status
Print Server (see
images on the ML-500 printer
Calibration (see
page 75 ): Lets you control the
color balance and density of images printed on the ML-500 printer
NOTE: To add a shortcut to your desktop, right-click
Kodak Professional ML-500 Utilities in the Start menu. Choose Send to, then choose Desktop (create shortcut).
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ML-500 Print Utilities
Utility Bar
To move the Utility Bar using the grab handles:
1.
Position the cursor over the grab handles.
The Utility Bar is located at the left of the ML-500
Utilities screen. It contains icons that represent the
ML-500 applications. Double-clicking an icon opens the application. If two or more applications are open, you can bring an application to the front of the viewing window by clicking its icon in the Utility Bar.
You can move the Utility Bar anywhere on the screen.
2.
Click and drag the Utility Bar to a new location.
Dragging the Utility Bar to the right or left of the viewing window attaches it to that edge.
To move the Utility Bar using the floating window button:
1.
Click the floating window button.
The Utility Bar detaches from the edge of the screen.
2.
Position your cursor over the title bar.
3.
Click and drag the Utility Bar to a new location.
Dragging the Utility Bar to the right or left of the viewing window attaches it to that edge.
Turning the Utility Bar On or Off
✔ From the File menu select Utility Bar.
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ML-500 Print Utilities
Starting ML-500 Applications
✔ From the File menu select Open
Configuration, Open Print Server, or Open
Calibration.
Alternatively, double-click the appropriate icon on the Utility Bar.
Closing the ML-500 Applications
✔ Click the
at the upper right of the screen, for example, the Configuration screen.
IMPORTANT: If you select Exit from the File menu, all ML-500 applications close.
Alternatively, press the Ctrl and F4 keys or click the icon next to the File menu.
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ML-500 Print Utilities
Selecting a Printer
If more than one printer is installed on your computer, you can choose the printer that you wish to use:
1.
Leaving the ML-500 Utilities open, close all other running ML-500 applications.
If you proceed without closing applications, dialog boxes may appear to confirm closing of each application.
2.
From the Printer menu, select a printer.
Arranging and Viewing Open Applications
When two or more applications are running, you can arrange their windows to suit your preference:
✔ From the Window menu select:
Cascade: Application windows appear stacked upon one another
Tile: application windows share window space equally
Arrange Icons: organizes minimized application icons
Configuration (if already open): makes
ML-500 Configuration current
Print Server (if already open): makes ML-500
Print Server current
Calibration (if already open): makes ML-500
Calibration current
NOTE: In Cascade view, the top window reflects the current application. In Tile view, the highlighted window is current. To make another window current, simply click it, or select it from the Window menu.
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ML-500 Print Utilities
Exiting the ML-500 Utilities
IMPORTANT: You can exit the ML-500 Utilities at any time; however, if any ML-500 applications are running, you will be prompted to close them. If you continue exiting the ML-500 Utilities, open applications will be interrupted and closed, and unsaved information may be lost. Whenever possible, make sure to close running applications before exiting the ML-500
Utilities.
1.
Exit all running applications.
2.
From the File menu select Exit.
Alternatively, click the at the upper-right of the ML-500 Utilities window, or press Alt and
F4.
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Configuration
Using the ML-500 Configuration application you can change printer settings such as power saver, print speed, and image length. You can also:
✔ Monitor the printer and media status
✔ Obtain serial numbers and firmware versions
✔ View the error history
✔ Make a test print
✔ Adjust color alignment and cutter
✔ Download new firmware
Getting Started
Starting the Configuration Application
✔ Click the Configuration icon on the Utility bar.
The Configuration screen appears.
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Configuration
Status Bar
The Status Bar, located at the bottom of the window, shows the current state of the printer and media.
One of the following printer states appears: Ready,
Initializing, Printing, Printing stopped, Canceling,
Setup, Cooling, or Not found.
One of the following media states appears:
✔ OK (all ribbon and paper supplies exceed the low state)
✔ Low (any ribbon or paper supply is at or below the low state)
✔ Empty (any ribbon is missing or empty, or paper supply is empty)
✔ Unknown (the state of any ribbon or paper supply is unknown)
Showing or Hiding the Status Bar
✔ From the View menu select Status Bar.
Refreshing the Configuration Screen
To update the screen with current printer information:
✔ From the View menu select Refresh or press the F5 key.
Closing the Configuration Application
✔ Click the at the upper right of the
Configuration screen.
IMPORTANT: If you select Exit from the File menu, all ML-500 applications close.
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Configuration
Setup
General Tab
Most setup functions are accessed through the
General tab.
Selecting a Language for the Printer Control
Panel
The Printer control panel on the front of the ML-500 printer provides status and error information. When you first set up the ML-500 printer, you should select the language to appear in the Printer control panel.
1.
Click the General tab.
2.
Select English, French, German, Italian,
Spanish, or Portuguese.
3.
Click Apply.
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Configuration
Setting the Time and Date
Set the time and date when first setting up the
ML-500, then as needed.
The printer time and date are associated with printed images.
1.
Click the General tab (see
2.
To change the time:
Click a field, for example, hours, then use the arrows to select the appropriate number.
Repeat for each field.
3.
To change the date:
Click the arrow next to the month to display a monthly calendar.
Use the arrows at the top of the calendar to select the correct month and year.
Click the date.
4.
Click Apply.
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Configuration
Setting the Power Saver
To conserve energy, the ML-500 goes into a power save state after a specified period of inactivity. You can specify the amount of time that the printer remains inactive before the power saver takes effect.
1.
Click the General tab (see
2.
Select the Power saver check box if it is not already selected.
3.
Select the number of minutes of inactivity.
4.
Click Apply.
NOTE: Pressing any printer button "awakens" the printer from the power saver.
Setting the Media Low Threshold
You can specify the media low threshold. When the ribbon or paper reaches this threshold, a media low status appears in the Status Bar and in the Media
Supply area on the General tab.
1.
Click the General tab (see
2.
Enter a number between 10 and 500 ft (3.018 and 152.4 m).
3.
Click Apply.
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Configuration
Selecting the XTRALIFE Ribbon Type
You can select glossy or matte ribbon type. (Matte is usually used for portrait work.)
1.
Click the General tab (see
2.
Select a ribbon type.
3.
If you selected Matte, you can specify a Matte
level or use the default.
The range is -4 to 4, with 4 providing the highest matte level and -4 the lowest.
4.
Click Apply.
Selecting the Paper Type
You can specify the type of paper used in your printer. Currently there is only one paper type, but there may be others in the future.
1.
Click the General tab (see
2.
Select a paper type.
3.
Click Apply.
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Configuration
Choosing Default Settings for the Cutter
1.
Click the General tab (see
2.
Choose an option:
No cuts - the paper will not be cut
Cut between prints - the paper will be cut once between images
Trim leading and trailing edges - the paper will be cut twice between images to remove leading and trailing edges
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Click Apply.
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Configuration
Adjusting Print Head and Paper Cutter
Registration
1.
Click the Settings tab.
2.
Click Start Wizard.
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Click Next on the Registration Wizard screen.
A registration test print is sent to the printer.
4.
Examine the test print and note the number closest to the following occurrences:
✔ Magenta: magenta and yellow converge
✔ Cyan: magenta and cyan converge
✔ Cutter: the point at which the cutter intersects the diagonal line
NOTE: Ideally all values are zero.
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5.
Enter the Magenta, Cyan, and Cutter values from the registration test print and click Next.
Valid entries for Magenta and Cyan are -64 to
+64.
Valid entries for the cutter are -16 to +16
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6.
Click Next to print another test print or click
Finish to close the wizard.
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Viewing and Changing Printer Names
1.
From the Printer menu select Edit List.
2.
Under Name, highlight the name of the printer you wish to change and type a new name.
3.
Click OK.
1.
Download the firmware file from the Kodak Web site ( http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/ software/ML500/ml500Software.jhtml
) to your computer hard drive.
2.
Click the Download Firmware tab.
Downloading Firmware
You may occasionally need to download new firmware for your printer. One file contains all firmware, regardless of what is new.
IMPORTANT: Do not turn off the printer or remove any cables during the download process. If you do, the download will not complete and the previous firmware version will be used.
3.
Click Browse.
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4.
In the File Open dialog box, navigate to the folder containing the downloaded firmware
(.rom) file.
5.
Select the firmware file.
6.
Click Download.
A message indicates the approximate download time and an elapsed time indicator shows the progress of the download.
7.
If the download was successful, you will be instructed to power the printer off / on. Wait for
"Ready" to appear in the printer's control panel, then click OK.
If the download was not successful you will be instructed try again, then, if repeated attempts are unsuccessful, to obtain service for your printer.
Checking Status
Checking Printer Identification
✔ Click the Identification tab to view the following:
Serial numbers for the printer and print heads
Firmware versions for printer components
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Checking Printer and Media Status
There are several ways to check printer and media status:
✔ The Status Bar (see
) indicates the current state of the printer and media
✔ The General tab (see page 27 ) shows the
amount of available media
✔ The Usage tab (see
information about printer and media usage
Viewing History
To view the error history for your printer:
1.
Click the History tab.
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2.
Click User errors or Service errors to view dates and times of errors, paper usage, and descriptions of errors.
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Checking Printer Usage
To view information about the current printer’s usage, the amount of paper used on the printer, and the number of paper cuts:
✔ Click the Usage tab.
Checking the Media Supply
To view information about each type of media on the current printer:
✔ Click the General tab (see
the following:
Amount remaining for each type of media
(paper, and cyan, magenta, yellow, and
XtraLife ribbon)
State of each type of media (OK, Low, Empty,
Unknown)
NOTE: Text appears red in the Low and Empty states.
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Saving a Report
You can save a report showing history, serial numbers, and firmware versions. The report is saved in a text file (.txt), which can be opened by an application such as NotePad.
1.
From the Configuration menu select Save
Report.
2.
In the Save Printer Configuration Report dialog box, select a folder in which to save the report.
The file is named Printer Configuration
Report.txt. You can change the name if you wish.
3.
Click Save.
Making a Test Print
You can make a test print and look for artifacts such as dust spots, lines, or banding. Some patterns bring out certain artifacts better than others.
1.
Click the Test Print tab.
2.
Select the number of copies to be printed
(1 - 600).
3.
Select a pattern (see the table on the next few pages) then Click Print.
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Pattern
#1 Mid gray
Output
#2 Min gray
#3 Boxes on mid gray
#4 Grid on gray
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Pattern
#5 One pixel grid
Output
#6 Two pixel grid
#7 Max gray
#8 Offset dots
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Pattern
#9 Registration squares
Output
#10 Matte XtraLife
#11 Max CMYX- gray
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Print Server
Using the KODAK PROFESSIONAL ML-500 Digital
Photo Print Server application, you can manage basic and custom printing of JPEG (*.jpg), TIFF
(*.tif), and Rosetta (*.ros) image files.
NOTE: Rosetta files are created by the Print driver.
In addition to printing individual image files, you can print packages or layouts (see
).
Getting Started
Starting the Print Server Application
✔ Click the Print Server icon on the Utility bar.
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Status Bar
The Status Bar, located at the bottom of the window, provides helpful information about printing status.
The following table describes the Status Bar fields.
Indicator
Jobs
Copies
Server
Printer
Media
Description
The total number of print jobs in the print queue
The total number of copies for all print jobs in the print queue
The current state of the ML-500 Print
Server (Running, Suspended, or Force
Printing)
The current state of the printer status
(Ready, Initializing, Printing, Printing
Stopped, Canceling, Setup, Cooling, Not
Found)
The current state of the ribbon and paper media (OK, Low, Empty, Unknown)
Showing or Hiding the Status Bar
✔ From the View menu select Status Bar.
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Tool Bar
A Tool Bar appears at the top of the Print Server screen. It provides shortcuts to functions that you access through the menus.
Showing or Hiding the Tool Bar
✔ From the View menu select Tool Bar.
Closing the Print Server Application
✔ Click the
Server screen.
at the upper right of the Print
IMPORTANT: If you select Exit from the File menu, all ML-500 applications close.
Force Print Now
Resume
Suspend
Flush
Dequeue
Move Down
Move Up
Enqueue
Using the Tool Bar
✔ Click a Tool Bar button to access the associated function.
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Changing the Source Folder
The Source folder is designated for printing image files. When an image file is placed in the Source folder, a print job is created and placed in the print queue.
A default Source folder (c:\ML-500 Source Folder) has been created.
If you wish to change the default, do the following:
1.
From the Server menu select Server
Preferences.
2.
Next to Source Folder, click Browse.
3.
Select a folder to use as the Source folder, then click OK.
NOTE: If the print queue is suspended, print jobs are not created until printing resumes.
Selecting a Log File
The log file is a text (*.txt) file where all actions performed by the ML-500 Print Server are recorded.
The file contains the date and time the ML-500 Print
Server is started and stopped, as well as the date and time of printing activities.
A default log file (c:\program files\Kodak\ML-500\
Utilities\<printer name>.txt) has been created.
If you wish to change the default, do the following:
1.
From the Server menu select Server
Preferences.
2.
Next to Log file, click Browse.
3.
Select or create a folder and log file name, then click Open.
4.
Click OK.
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Printing and the Print Queue
Making Prints
You must create a print job before an image file can be printed. Print jobs that appear in the print queue are sent to the printer. Once a print job has completed, it disappears from the print queue.
Image files that don't print are temporarily stored in the Failed Jobs folder instead of being sent to the print queue. The Failed Jobs folder is located within the Source folder. Check this folder occasionally for image files that failed to print.
If you allocate disk space (see
successfully printed image files are sent to a
Successful Jobs folder after leaving the print queue.
The default disk space allotted for the Successful
Jobs folder is 0, so images are not sent there unless you allocate space. Like the Failed Jobs folder, the
Successful Jobs folder is a temporary storage area that is located within the Source folder.
Adding Print Jobs to the Print Queue
Jobs in the print queue appear on the Print Server screen.
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To create a print job when images are on a different computer than the ML-500 Print Server:
NOTE: Images are deleted from the Source folder after a job has run.
✔ Copy an image file into the Source folder
(see
To create a print job when images are on the same computer as the ML-500 Print Server:
NOTE: Images are not deleted after a job has run.
✔ Drag and drop individual image files or groups of image files into the print queue on the Print
Server screen. Change settings, if needed, then click OK.
✔ Manually create a print job using the Enqueue command (see
Unless you specify otherwise, printing starts when one print job is in the print queue. You can change the print queue limits (see
override them by forcing printing (see page 65
).
When you increase the number of jobs before printing starts by changing the print queue limits, less paper is used.
NOTE: If printing does not start, check that printing is not suspended (see
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Manually Creating a Print Job
1.
From the Server menu select Enqueue or
press the Enqueue Tool Bar button.
2.
Next to Image File, click Browse to locate the image file or files, then click Open.
3.
Change other settings, if needed, then click OK.
4.
To initiate printing, select Resume from the
Server menu.
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Print Job Settings
Print settings are used to change a variety of features, from altering a print's appearance to specifying print queue options. Change settings using the Job Preferences dialog boxes.
See the table on next few pages for descriptions and default values for the settings.
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Print Setting
Copies
Cutter
Sharpen
Use label
Leading border
(pixels) *
Description
Specifies the number of copies to print
Default Value
1
Allowable Range
1 - 9999
Specifies how to cut the paper
Specifies the level of image sharpness
Specifies whether to use a label and allows selection of label text
Specifies the amount of white space that prints before the image
Cut between prints No cuts
Cut between prints
Trim leading and trailing edges
Normal None
Normal
High
(Unchecked)
Define:
Date and time stamp
(checked)
Black (selected)
75 0 - 3000
See
Selecting the number of copies to print
Choosing paper cutting boundaries
Sharpening images
Labeling prints
Adjusting borders on
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Print Setting
Trailing border
(pixels) *
Image offset
(pixels) *
Description
Specifies the amount of white space that prints after the image
Specifies the amount of white space that prints on the left side of the image
Center image Ensures that an equal amount of white space prints on both sides of the image
Color management Enables the use of color management for the print
Input profile
Use embedded profiles
Specifies the input profile to use for printing
Specifies use of embedded profiles for images if any are available
Default Value
75
Not applicable if
Center Image box is checked, otherwise
75
(Checked)
Off sRGB Color Space
Profile
(Checked)
Allowable Range
0 - 3000
0 - 2560
See
Adjusting borders on
Adjusting borders on
Adjusting borders on
Files with the extension ICC or ICM
Using color management
Using color management
Using color management
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Print Setting
Output profile
Rendering intent
Package
Layout
Scaling
Description
Specifies the output profile to use for printing
Specifies the type of output for the print job
Specifies the layout of the package being printed
Specifies the layout of the image being printed
None
None
Specifies the preferred scaling type
Default Value
ML-500 3Color Photo
Gloss
Allowable Range
Files with the extension ICC or ICM
Perceptual (for photos)
Perceptual (for photos)
Saturation (for graphics)
Colorimetric (for closest match)
See
Using color management
Using color management
Scale to fit Scale to fit
Scale to fit
Selecting a print package or layout
Selecting a print package or layout
Selecting a print package or layout
* 300 pixels = one inch
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Displaying a Dialog Box for Changing Print Job
Settings
You can change job settings for the following:
✔ Jobs in the Source folder
✔ When manually enqueuing files
✔ For jobs already in the queue
A different dialog box is used for each method. All dialog boxes contain the same tabs.
To change settings for all jobs in the Source
Folder:
✔ From the Server menu select Job
Preferences.
The Job Preferences dialog box appears.
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To change settings when manually enqueuing jobs:
1.
From the Server menu select Enqueue.
The Enqueue Print Job dialog box appears.
To change settings for jobs already in the queue:
1.
In the Print Server window, click the job or jobs for which you wish to change print settings.
(Press and hold the Ctrl key while clicking to select multiple jobs. Press and hold the Shift key while clicking to select a range of jobs.)
2.
Right-click the highlighted job (or any one of the highlighted jobs if more than one is highlighted).
NOTE: You cannot change print settings for jobs that are in Printing or Sending status.
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The Edit Print Job dialog box appears.
Selecting the Number of Copies to Print
You can change the number of copies for a print job.
1.
Display a dialog box for changing print job
2.
Select the Job Settings tab.
3.
Next to Copies, select the number of copies, between 1 (default) and 9999, to print.
4.
Click OK.
NOTE: For Rosetta (*.ros) image files, this setting is controlled by the ML-500 Printer Driver and cannot be changed using the ML-500 Print
Server.
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Choosing Paper Cutting Boundaries
WARNING:
The cutter is very sharp and can cause injury. Stay away from the cutter when the printer is running.
You can choose how prints are cut, or you can choose not to cut prints at all:
1.
Display a dialog box for changing print job settings (see
).
2.
Select the Job Settings tab.
3.
Under Cutter, select an option.
No Cuts - the paper will not be cut
Cut between prints (default) - the paper will be cut once between images
Trim leading and trailing edges - the paper will be cut twice between images to remove leading and trailing edges
4.
Click OK.
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Sharpening Images
1.
Display a dialog box for changing print job settings (see
).
2.
Select the Job Settings tab.
3.
Under Sharpen, select an option:
None - No sharpening is applied. Use when sharpening is applied elsewhere in the imaging chain.
Normal (default) - Moderate amount of sharpening is applied. Use with images that have good sharpness.
High - Increased sharpening is applied. Use with images that have less than optimal sharpness.
4.
Click OK.
NOTE: For Rosetta (*.ros) image files, this setting is controlled by the ML-500 Printer Driver and cannot be changed using the ML-500 Print
Server.
Labeling Prints
You can add labels (up to 256 characters) to your prints to help identify them.
The text label you create appears below the image and adds 1/2 inch to the trailing border.
1.
Display a dialog box for changing print job
2.
Select the Job Settings tab.
3.
Under Label, select Use Label.
4.
Click Define.
5.
Select from the options under Information and
Text color. You can enter additional text in the
Custom text box.
6.
Click OK to close the Define Label dialog box.
7.
Click OK.
NOTE: If the Use Label option is checked and the default settings are not changed, the date and time are printed in black.
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Adjusting Borders on Prints
You can reposition an image on a print, which changes the thickness of the white borders around the image.
The default spacing for leading and trailing borders is 75 pixels, and the Center Image box is checked.
This ensures that there will be equal amounts of white space on the top and bottom of the image, and equal space on the left and right of the image.
NOTE: 300 pixels = 1 in. = 2.54 cm (for example,
900 pixels = 3 in. = 7.62 cm)
1.
Display a dialog box for changing print job settings (see
).
2.
Select the Job Settings tab.
3.
Change the settings under Image Placement:
✔ Next to Leading Border, select the amount of white space, between 0 and 3000, that will print before the image.
✔ Next to Trailing Border, select the amount of white space, between 0 and 3000, that will print after the image.
✔ To change the amount of white space that will print on either side of the image, deselect the Center Image box. Next to
Image Offset, select the amount of white space, between 0 and 2560, from the left edge of the paper to the left edge of the image. The amount on the right side of the image will decrease by this amount.
NOTE: For 8 inch paper, you may need to adjust the print head and paper cutter registration
(see
page 32 ) to center the image.
4.
Click OK.
NOTE: For Rosetta (*.ros) image files, this setting is controlled by the ML-500 Printer Driver and cannot be changed using the ML-500 Print
Server.
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Using Color Management
The Print Server contains embedded color management support. This allows optimum color reproduction to be achieved from your image files.
Furthermore, if your monitor is properly color managed, it will improve the degree of print-to-monitor match that is obtained.
For color management to function correctly, you must specify an input and output profile. The input profile determines the color values for the corresponding image data. The output profile determines the correct printer values to produce the desired color values.
The Use embedded profile if available option allows automatic selection of the correct input profile if one is embedded in the image file.
sRGB is automatically selected as the default input profile since many imaging devices use this as their default. You should select the ML-500 Matte or
Glossy profile as your output profile.
1.
Display a dialog box for changing print job
2.
Select the Color Management tab.
3.
Select the On option for Color Management.
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4.
Next to Input Profile, click Browse.
5.
Select an input profile and click Open.
6.
Next to Output Profile, click Browse.
7.
Select an output profile and click Open.
8.
Select a Rendering Intent.
9.
Click OK.
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Selecting a Print Package or Layout
With package printing, you send a single document page to the printer and get multiple document page sizes on your print. For example, if you select the package "5 x 7 in. and 3.5 x 5 in. and Wallets," your print contains one 5 x 7 in. print, one 3.5 x 5 in. print, and a number of wallet size prints (depending upon the paper size selected).
For best results, be sure the image in the document you wish to print is the same size as the largest document page in the package. For example, if you select the package "5 x 7 in. and 3.5. x 5 in. and
Wallets," the image on your original document page should be 5 x 7 in. If necessary, resize the image on the document page in an application such as
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP before printing.
With layout printing, you send a single document page to the printer and get multiple copies of the same size on your print. For example, if you select the package "4 x 6 in (Borderless)," your print contains two borderless 4 x 6 prints.
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The print sizes may not be exact because of the aspect ratio of the images on the document page.
1.
Display a dialog box for changing print job settings (see
).
2.
Select the Packages and Layouts tab.
3.
Select the Package or Layout option.
4.
Select Scale to Fit or Scale to Fill.
Scale to
Fit
Scale to
Fill
The longest edge of the image file is scaled to match the desired layout size. In some cases, the shorter edge of the image file will be shorter than the layout size when printed.
The printed image will be the exact size of the layout selected. In this case, the image file is scaled so that the shortest edge matches the layout size. In some cases, the longer edge will extend beyond the layout size and will not be printed.
In either case, the aspect ratio of the image file is maintained.
NOTE: For best results when using "borderless" packages, use the Scale to Fill option.
5.
Click OK.
NOTE: For Rosetta (*.ros) image files, this setting is controlled by the ML-500 Printer Driver and cannot be changed using the ML-500 Print
Server.
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Using Custom Printing Packages or Layouts
To create a custom printing package or layout, see
1.
Display a dialog box for changing print job settings (see
).
2.
Select the Packages and Layouts tab.
3.
Click Custom.
4.
Click Browse.
5.
In the file selection box, locate the custom package or layout file you wish to use, or choose the last and most recently used custom package file at the bottom of the drop-down package list.
NOTE: If a custom package has never been created, then a custom package file will not be on the drop-down package list.
6.
Click OK to save your selection. The preview window changes to represent the actual custom package layout.
7.
Check for any page size mismatch messages.
If only a portion of a custom package fits on the page, the partial image is outlined in red, and a message appears indicating that some images in the custom package file are off the page.
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8.
Select Scale to Fit to shrink the images to fit in the available space or select Scale to Fill to enlarge the images to fit in the available space.
9.
Click OK.
NOTE: For Rosetta (*.ros) image files, this setting is controlled by the ML-500 Printer Driver and cannot be changed using the ML-500 Print
Server.
Removing Jobs from the Print Queue
To remove a specific job:
1.
In the Print Server window, click the job you wish to remove.
2.
From the Server menu select Dequeue.
Alternatively, press the Delete key, or press the
Dequeue Tool Bar button.
To remove multiple jobs:
1.
In the Print Server window, press and hold the
Ctrl key and click the jobs you wish to remove.
2.
From the Server menu select Dequeue or press the Delete key.
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To remove a range of jobs from the print queue:
1.
In the Print Server window, hold the Shift key and click the first and last jobs in the range you wish to remove.
2.
From the Server menu select Dequeue.
Alternatively, press the Delete key, or press the
Dequeue Tool Bar button.
To remove all print jobs:
1.
From the Server menu select Flush or press the Flush Tool Bar button.
2.
Click OK.
Rearranging the Print Job Order
You can change the order in which print jobs are processed by moving jobs within the queue.
To move a single job:
1.
In the Print Server window, click the job to be moved.
2.
Do one of the following:
✔ From the Server menu select Move Up or
Move Down.
✔ Press and hold the Ctrl key and press the up or down arrow keys.
✔ Drag and drop the highlighted job to the desired position in the print queue.
✔ Press the Move Up or Move Down Tool
Bar buttons.
Move Down
Move Up
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To move multiple jobs:
1.
In the Print Server window, press and hold the
Ctrl key and click the jobs to be moved.
2.
From the Server menu select Move Up or
Move Down to move the jobs up or down in the queue. Alternatively, drag and drop the highlighted jobs to the desired position in the print queue.
To move a range of jobs:
1.
In the Print Server window, press and hold the
Shift key and click the first and last jobs in the range you wish to move.
2.
From the Server menu select Move Up or
Move Down to move the jobs up or down in the queue. Alternatively, drag and drop the highlighted jobs to the desired position in the print queue.
NOTE: You cannot rearrange jobs with Printing or
Sending status.
Suspending Printing
Suspending "locks" the print queue by preventing the ML-500 Print Server from sending print jobs to the printer. It also prevents image files in the Source folder being sent to the print queue. Suspend the print queue when you want to change the paper or ribbon, or perform calibration or diagnostic tests.
The print queue remains suspended until printing is
resumed or forced (see page 65 ).
NOTE: Print jobs that are currently being printed or being sent to the printer will be printed before the queue is suspended.
To suspend printing:
✔ From the Server menu select Suspend,, or press the Suspend Tool Bar button.
"Server: Suspended" appears in the Status
Bar.
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Resuming Printing
Resuming "unlocks" the print queue and sets the
ML-500 Print Server to its normal mode of operation.
To resume printing:
✔ From the Server menu select Resume, or press the Resume Tool Bar button.
"Server: Running" appears in the Status Bar.
Forcing Printing
By default, printing starts when one job is in the print queue. You can change print queue limits
(see
page 68 ), if desired. Force printing lets you
override these limits and begin printing immediately.
Existing print jobs in the print queue are processed without delay.
Force printing continues until all the jobs in the print queue have been sent to the printer.
To force printing:
✔ From the Server menu select Force Print
Now or press the Force Print Now Tool Bar button.
"Server: Force Printing" appears in the Status
Bar.
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Attended and Unattended Printing
You can operate the ML-500 Print Server in attended or unattended mode. If a printing error occurs, attended mode requires direct intervention before printing can continue, while unattended mode does not. Unattended mode is useful when printing overnight, or during times when no one is available to respond to error messages.
If you are running in attended mode and an error occurs, printing is suspended until you acknowledge the error message that appears. If you are running in unattended mode and an error occurs, printing continues when possible. In either case, printing stops if intervention is absolutely required (loading paper, changing the ribbon, etc.).
All errors are recorded in the log file (see
To switch between attended and unattended modes:
✔ From the Server menu select Attended.
Server Preferences
Change server settings using the Server
Preferences dialog box.
Refer to the table on the next page for descriptions of the settings and default values.
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Print Setting
Threshold (jobs)
Threshold override
(minutes)
Description
Specifies the minimum number of print jobs required in the print queue before printing begins
Specifies the number of minutes after which printing begins, regardless of the threshold value
Startup state Specifies the startup mode of the print queue for the ML-500
Print Server
Successful jobs (MB) Specifies the amount of memory to allocate to the storage of successfully printed image files
Failed jobs (MB) Specifies the amount of memory to allocate to the storage of image files that failed to print
Default Value
1
60
Suspend
0
Alert when full
(unchecked)
250
Alert when full
(unchecked)
Allowable Range See
1 - 100 Setting print queue limits (see
)
1 - 1500
Suspend -
Resume
0 - 50000
0 - 50000
Setting print queue limits (see
Selecting a startup state (see
Allocating disk space to print job folders
Allocating disk space to print job folders
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Setting Print Queue Limits
Unless you specify otherwise, printing starts when one job is in the print queue. You can change the number of jobs or the number of minutes from the time the first print job was created before printing begins.
You can change the print queue limits to better suit your needs:
1.
From the Server menu select Server
Preferences.
2.
Under Print Queue, next to Threshold, select the minimum number of print jobs, between 1 and 100, required in the print queue before printing begins.
3.
Next to Threshold, select the number of minutes, between 1 and 1500, after which printing will begin regardless of the Threshold value.
4.
Click OK.
Allocating Disk Space to Print Job Folders
After leaving the print queue, image files for failed jobs are moved to a Failed Jobs folder. If you have allocated disk space to the Successful Jobs folder, image files for successful jobs are moved there.
The Successful Jobs folder and Failed Jobs folders are automatically generated and are located within the Source Folder.
From time to time, check the Failed Jobs folder for image files that failed to print.
You can allocate the amount of disk space each folder has by specifying the amount of memory available to each:
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1.
From the Server menu select Server
Preferences.
2.
Under Folder size limits, specify the amount of memory, between 0 (default) and 50000 megabytes, to allocate to the storage of successfully printed image files. To receive a notification when the storage is full, select Alert
when full.
3.
Specify the amount of memory, between 0 and
50000 megabytes (250 is the default), to allocate to the storage of image files that failed to print. To receive a notification when the storage is full, select Alert when full.
4.
Click OK.
NOTE: Upon reaching the folder size limit, the oldest image files will be deleted to make room for new image files. If a folder size is set to 0, image files will not be saved in that folder.
Selecting a Startup State
Upon opening the ML-500 Print Server application, the print queue is in Suspended status by default. If you wish, you can choose to have the Print Server in Running (Resume) status each time you open it.
To choose a startup state:
1.
From the Server menu select Server
Preferences.
2.
Under Startup state, select the status you prefer the print queue to be in each time you open the
ML-500 Print Server application.
3.
Click OK.
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Command Files
Creating and Printing Command Files
A command file (*.kmd) specifies an image to be printed and the job settings to apply to that image.
Settings in the command file override settings in the
Enqueue Print Job window. For example, the
Enqueue Print Job window might specify one copy of queued images to be printed. A command file might override that setting and print three copies of a specified image.
The command file is generally written using
MICROSOFT Notepad and saved with the extension .kmd rather than .txt. Command files contain a series of allowable commands that are communicated to the ML-500 Print Server (see
Allowable command file commands). To work properly, command files must adhere to a specific convention and set of rules (see Command file rules).
To create a command file:
1.
From the Start menu select Programs, select
Accessories, then select Notepad.
2.
Type the command lines you wish to use to print your image.
3.
From the File menu select Save As.
4.
Choose a location and file name for your file.
5.
Click Save when complete.
6.
From the desktop or WINDOWS Explorer, change the file extension from .txt to .kmd.
To send a command file to the ML-500 Print Server, copy the file into the Source Folder.
NOTE: You cannot use the Enqueue command to send a command file to the ML-500 Print
Server.
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Allowable Command File Commands
The following commands are allowed in command files:
FILENAME: (String: full (path and file) name of the image file)
COPIES: (Numeric, 1 to 9999: number of copies to print)
CUT: (NO, BETWEEN, or TRIM: cut type)
SHARPEN: (NONE, NORMAL, or HIGH: image sharpening level)
USE_LABEL: (TRUE or FALSE: whether to add a label)
LABEL_FILENAME: (TRUE or FALSE: whether to include file name on label)
LABEL_DATE_TIME_STAMP: (TRUE or
FALSE: whether to include date/time stamp on label)
LABEL_PRINTER_SERIAL_NUMBER: (TRUE or FALSE: whether to include printer serial # on label)
LABEL_JOB_NUMBER: (TRUE or FALSE: whether to include job number in label)
LABEL_CUSTOM_TEXT: (String, 0 to 512 characters: custom text to include in the label)
LABEL_TEXT_COLOR: (CYAN, MAGENTA, or
BLACK: label text’s color)
LEADING_BORDER: (Numeric, 0 to 3000: leading border in pixels)
TRAILING_BORDER: (Numeric, 0 to 3000: trailing border in pixels)
CENTER: (TRUE or FALSE: whether to center the image horizontally)
IMAGE_OFFSET: (Numeric, 0 to 2560: image left side offset in pixels if CENTER is FALSE)
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PACKAGE: (Numeric, 0 to 65535: package to be used, 32767 or higher is a Custom package and
0 is no package)
PACKAGE_SCALING: (Selection, FIT or FILL)
PACKAGE _CUSTOM_FILE: (String, full (path and file) name of package file)
USE_CM: (Selection, TRUE or FALSE: whether to color image)
CM_INPUT_PROFILE: (String, full (path and file) name of the input profile)
CM_USE_EMBEDDED: (Selection, TRUE or
FALSE: whether to use embedded profile)
CM_OUTPUT_PROFILE: (String, full (path and file) name of the output profile)
CM_RENDERING_INTENT: (Selection,
PERCEPTUAL, SATURATION, or
COLORIMETRIC: rendering intent)
Command File Rules
The following rules describe command file functionality and convention:
✔ A command file specifies an image to be printed and the job settings to apply to that image. If any settings are missing, the settings specified in the Server Preferences dialog box apply.
NOTE: Rosetta (*.ros) files contain commands that cannot be overridden by the command file.
✔ A command file consists of several commands, with one command per line.
(Blank lines are also allowed but are ignored.)
✔ A command line contains a command (such as FILENAME:) and a value. The colon character is optional, and the command can be uppercase, lowercase, or mixed case. For example, FILENAME:, filename, and
FilenamE are all the same command.
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✔ The set of values allowed depends on the command. For example, the COPIES command accepts a value between 1 and
9999. Values, like commands, can be uppercase, lowercase, or mixed case. All values are of three types: numeric (as in the
COPIES command), a selection of choices
(such as No, Between, and Trim for the CUT command), or a text string (for the FILENAME and LABEL_CUSTOM_TEXT commands).
✔ Spaces or tab characters separate the command from its value. Spaces and tabs may also be placed before the command or after the value. All are ignored.
NOTE: Spaces and tabs are allowed in a text string, but they cannot be the outermost characters, as they are ignored.
✔ If the same command appears more than once, the last value is the one that is used.
✔ The extension of a command file must be
".kmd". The file must be saved as a text file; rich-text or MICROSOFT Word formats add extra formatting information that is not understood by the ML-500 Print Server and generate errors.
✔ If an error occurs, error information is written to the log file. It also appears in a dialog if the
ML-500 Print Server is running in Attended mode.
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Sample Command File
The following is an example of a typical command file.
FILENAME: H:\Images\Jpg\Birthday_1152x864.jpg
COPIES: 1
CUT: NO
CENTER: FALSE
IMAGE_OFFSET:
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Calibration
Using the ML-500 Calibration application you can control the color balance and density of the prints made with the ML-500 printer. You can verify and change the color look-up tables (LUTs) for the printer.
When to Calibrate the Printer
Calibrate the printer:
✔ Whenever you change a ribbon or a set of ribbons, especially when the ribbons have a new lot number
✔ When you have a concern about the quality of the production prints
✔ As necessary to maintain settings for multiple media types.
Getting Started
Starting the Calibration Application
✔ Click the Calibration icon on the Utility bar.
The Calibration screen appears.
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Status Bar
The Status Bar, located at the bottom of the window, shows the following:
✔ Name of the media used for the current calibration event (if one has been selected)
✔ Message appears under the following conditions:
Calibration operation taking more than two seconds
Rasterizing a calibration target
Printing a calibration target
Sending new LUTs to the printer
Showing or Hiding the Status Bar
✔ From the View menu select Status Bar.
Tool Bar
A Tool Bar appears at the top of the Calibration screen. It provides shortcuts to functions that you can access through the menus.
Send LUT
Complete Calibration Cycle
Analyze Target
Print Calibration Target
Using the Tool Bar
✔ Click a Tool Bar button to access the associated function.
Showing or Hiding the Tool Bar
✔ From the View menu select Tool Bar.
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Closing the Calibration Application
✔ Click the at the upper right of the
Configuration screen.
IMPORTANT: If you select Exit from the File menu, all ML-500 applications close.
Calibration Process
Process Overview
1.
Print a calibration target (see
2.
Analyze a calibration target (see
3.
Send the LUT to the printer (see
You can perform the steps separately, as listed above, or perform all steps at one time by performing a complete calibration analysis
(see
page 86 ). If you select the latter option, some
of the steps in analyzing the target are skipped.
You may need to run more than one calibration cycle to ensure that the printer's calibration is in tolerance (see
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Selecting a Calibration Starting Point
When printing a calibration target (see
you must select a calibration starting point. Each starting point serves a different purpose. Use the starting point that best suits your needs.
✔ Current settings: Starts the calibration using the current calibration data. You will use
Current settings most often. Use Current settings if the printer is close to optimal and just needs some fine-tuning or if you are running a scheduled calibration task.
✔ Factory defaults: Starts the calibration using the settings that were shipped with the printer.
Use this option if calibrating the printer for the first time or if the current calibration is unacceptable and you would like to make a fresh start.
✔ Redo last calibration: Starts the calibration from the beginning of the last calibration. Use this option if the calibration was in tolerance or very nearly in tolerance up until the most recent calibration.
✔ Designated event: Starts the calibration at a specific calibration event. Use this option if you know the date and time when the last good calibration was done and you want to start the calibration from those settings. If you select this option, an extra dialog box in the
Print Target Wizard requires you to select the event from which to start the calibration.
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Printing a Calibration Target
You print the calibration target using a defined set of printer response curves as the starting point. Most often the starting point is the ending point of the previous calibration event. Options for other starting points exist for special needs.
When you print a calibration target, a specific calibration event number is created that is related to the media and printer. Each target is numbered as it is printed so that you can refer to the number when it is requested.
Before you print the calibration target, check the following:
✔ Is the correct type of media (glossy or matte) loaded in the printer?
✔ In the Configuration application, is the selected XtraLife ribbon type the same as that
loaded in the printer (see page 30 )?
To print a calibration target:
1.
From the Calibration menu select Print
Calibration Target.
2.
In the Select Media dialog box, select the media to calibrate, then click Next.
3.
In the Select Calibration Starting Point dialog box, select a starting point (see
), then click Next.
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NOTE: If you select Designated event as a starting point, you must select an event number and date from the drop-down list on the Select
Calibration Event dialog box then click
Next.
4.
Click Finish.
You need not analyze the target immediately. If necessary, you can exit the calibration application between printing and analyzing the target so that you can resume printing.
Analyzing a Calibration Target
You can analyze the printed target visually or with a suitable densitometer. Then, you determine if the current calibration is acceptable or if the printer response curves from this calibration event should be stored in the database and the new LUTs sent to the printer.
Since each target has a unique event number, you need not analyze a target immediately after you print it. After you analyze the calibration target, the results can be stored in the program and sent to the printer in the form of new LUTs, or you can ignore the results.
The analysis steps differ slightly depending on the measurement source selected in the Edit
Configuration dialog box (see
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1.
From the Calibration menu select Analyze
Calibration Target.
2.
Enter the event number from the target or scan the bar code.
NOTE: If the event has been completed
), a warning message appears.
3.
Click Next to print the calibration target.
4.
Analyze the target. You can only use Status A densitometers (see
✔ For visual analysis
a.
Visually examine the calibration print and enter the cluster number that appears most neutral (gray).
b.
Click Next.
✔ For analysis on a patch reading
densitometer a.
Click Next. The Measure Target
Densities dialog box appears.
b.
Read the RGB values for each target step. The values appear in the dialog box. If necessary, use the cursor to adjust the sequence of the readings, positioning the highlight row to reread a patch.
c.
Click Done.
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✔ For analysis on a strip reading
densitometer a.
Prepare the target for reading in the densitometer.
b.
Click Next.
✔ For file analysis
a.
Read the calibration target and save the results to a file.
b.
Click Next.
c.
Search for and select the file in which you saved the target readings.
d.
Click OK.
5.
Based on the analysis, indicate what to do with the calibration data. You must consider whether the calibration is in tolerance, and which setting you used for a starting point to determine the proper action.
✔ Record: record the data and consider this calibration complete. This results in the calculation of a new set of LUTs. You may want to use this option if the printer is only slightly out of tolerance and the current production appears normal OR if the starting point was other than Current
Settings.
✔ Discard: discard the calibration data. The
Next button changes to a Finish button. You should only select this option if the printer is clearly in tolerance, when the starting point was Current Settings, and when you do not want to disturb the current printer settings for the media.
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✔ Refine data by calibrating again: allows you to perform another iteration of calibration, using the calibration LUT calculated from the previous calibration as the starting point. Use this option if the current calibration is out of tolerance and you wish to continue calibrating the printer to get it within the selected tolerance limits.
6.
Click View Graph to view a graph of the most recent calibration data.
NOTE: The View Graph button does not appear if you are using visual analysis as there is no densitometer data to graph.
7.
Do one of the following:
✔ Click Finish to close the wizard and record that the calibration is complete.
✔ Click Next to continue.
✔ Click Cancel to exit the wizard and wait to send the new calibration data to the printer, for example, if the printer is busy.
Sending a LUT to the Printer
Sending a LUT to the printer makes permanent or temporary changes to the printer's color settings.
You must send the resulting look up table to the printer when the printer is not in use and only when the upcoming workflow matches the LUT being sent to the printer.
If you need to adjust the calibration tolerance level, see Changing Calibration Settings (see
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When to Send a LUT to the Printer
Calibration is out of tolerance
The calibration is almost always out of tolerance
If
Production printing colors are off
Then
calibrate and then immediately send a new LUT to the printer.
send a new LUT to the printer immediately after calibration. the problem might be inherent instability (noise) in the system. Select a less strict tolerance level in the
Edit Configuration dialog box.
send a new LUT to the printer.
You want to make temporary color adjustments
You have new media for which the printer has no LUT
The calibration is in tolerance calibrate and send the new
LUT to the printer. send no LUT and continue printing.
You can view graphs (see page 91
) to see how close the calibration target densities are compared to the calibration aims. The graphs can help you to determine if you should send the LUT to the printer.
To Send a LUT to the Printer
1.
From the Calibration menu select Send LUT to
Printer.
2.
Select a Media name from the list, then click
Next. NOTE: If there is only one media name in the calibration database, this step is omitted.
3.
Select an event number and date, then click
Next.
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4.
Select Apply Master Balance if you wish to apply a temporary adjustment to the colors for this print job. NOTE: The Master Balance dialog box does not appear for Visual Analysis.
5.
Adjust the temporary values for Red, Blue,
Green, and Density and click Next. NOTE:
When sending a temporary color adjustment, the final dialog box is a different color than all of the other dialog boxes in the wizard.
6.
Wait until printing stops, then click Finish.
After sending a LUT to the printer, you can run test prints before resuming production to ensure that the correct LUT was sent.
Making Temporary Color Adjustments
You can make temporary color adjustments to print jobs using the Send LUT to the Printer wizard.
Temporary color adjustments last until overwritten by a new temporary or permanent adjustment or until turning off the printer.
You might want to make temporary color adjustments:
✔ If a customer's images are too yellow
(perhaps from outdated film) and the prints must be reprinted.
✔ If an ad campaign requires that all the prints be slightly blue for a unique look.
NOTE: You cannot send temporary LUTs to the printer when using Visual Analysis. Achieve the same effect by selecting the patch that matches the adjusted color.
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To make temporary color adjustments:
1.
From the Calibration menu select Send LUT to
Printer.
2.
Select a Media name from the drop-down list, then click Next. (If there is only one media type in the calibration database, omit this step.)
3.
Select an event number and date, then click
Next.
4.
Select Apply Master Balance to apply a temporary adjustment to the colors for this print job.
5.
Adjust the temporary values for the Red, Blue,
Green, and Density and click Next.
6.
Ensure that all printing has stopped, then click
Finish in the Send LUT to Printer dialog box.
NOTE: When sending a temporary color adjustment, the final dialog box is a different color than the other dialog boxes in the wizard.
Performing a Complete Calibration Analysis
Performing a complete calibration cycle includes printing and analyzing a calibration target.
If you perform a complete calibration cycle, you cannot print anything else until the cycle is complete.
1.
From the Calibration menu select Perform
Complete Calibration Cycle.
2.
Select the media to calibrate, then click Next.
3.
Select a starting point (see
).
NOTE: If you select Designated Calibration Event as a staring point, you must select an event number and date from the drop-down list.
4.
Click Next to print the calibration target.
5.
Analyze the target (see
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6.
Do one of the following:
✔ Click Finish to close the wizard and record that the calibration is complete.
✔ Click Next to continue.
✔ Click Cancel to exit the wizard and wait to send the new calibration data to the printer, for example, if the printer is busy.
1.
From the Edit menu select Configuration.
Changing Calibration Settings
You can change the calibration settings such as the measurement source, the port where the densitometer is connected, and the calibration tolerance level. You can also set permanent color adjustments to the prints.
2.
Select or change options, as needed. See the table on the next page.
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Setting
Measurement
Source
Serial Port
Meaning
A measurement source consists of the following:
✔ Visual: the target will be analyzed visually
✔ Text file: a densitometer will record the data and you will import a text file
✔ X-RITE DTP-36
✔ X-RITE 404
✔ X-RITE 414
✔ X-RITE DTP-41
✔ X-RITE 528
✔ X-RITE 530
Select the serial port to which the densitometer is connected. This is disabled if Visual, Remote, or Text
File is selected in the Measurement
Source list.
Setting Meaning
DP2 (KODAK
PROFESSIONAL
Digital Print
Production
Software)
Select the check box to use DP2 with the ML-500. This places a copy of the LUTs as files where DP2 can use them.
Calibration
Tolerance Level
Select a tolerance level of Loose,
Normal, or Tight. This option is disabled if Visual is selected in the
Measurement Source list.
Update calibration preferences by media
Select the Media to which you want to apply additional color adjustments.
Select the appropriate color variances for each adjustment of
Red, Green, Blue, and Density; valid values are -100 to 100. The measurements are in 0.001 log e increments.
These controls are disabled when the measurement source is Visual.
3.
Click OK to save the changes.
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Working with Media and Printers
Adding New Media
Add new media:
✔ When the media you want to use is not in the database
✔ When adding a new media type
To add new media:
1.
From the Calibration menu select New, then select Media.
2.
Select a Media type.
3.
Select an XtraLife setting, either Glossy or
Matte.
4.
Select a Media Width.
5.
Click OK.
When a new media type is created, the name is added to all media type drop-down lists for the selected printer.
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Importing a Media Type Catalog
You can import a new media catalog whenever a new media catalog becomes available from Kodak.
The catalog lists all media that can be used by the
ML-500 printer. Importing a new media catalog does not change the name of any media or any calibration history.
Typically, the following information is updated when you import a new media catalog:
✔ type of surface for each media type
✔ printing and calibration aims
To import a media catalog:
1.
Place the media catalog file in the
<install path>\Cal2000\MDB\ folder.
2.
From the Calibration menu select Import, then select Media Catalog.
3.
Click OK.
Deleting Media from the Media List
The media name is based on the ribbon set, media type, media width, and XtraLife settings when you add the media. There is nothing to edit on the media name, but you can remove unused media from the list.
1.
From the Edit menu select Media.
2.
Select the media you want to delete.
3.
Click Delete. Click Yes or No to confirm.
4.
Click Done.
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Importing a Printer Model Catalog
When printer models change or when new printer models are introduced, a new printer model catalog can be imported. The Calibration application obtains the new printer information from the printer model catalog and uses this information for all printers of the same type. Kodak may update the printer model catalog on occasion.
1.
Copy the new printer model catalog to the following location: <install path>\Cal2000\MDB\.
2.
From the Calibration menu select Import, then select Printer Model Catalog.
Viewing Calibration Data Graphs
The view graphs feature provides access to graphs generated by calibration event data. This feature is available for everything but the Visual measurement source in the Edit Configuration dialog box.
1.
From the View menu select Graphs.
2.
Select a media name.
3.
Click Next.
4.
Select an event number and date.
5.
Click Next to view the plot.
You can adjust the display based on the Graph
Type, Display Data, and Display Colors.
NOTE: Click Back to view a different graph, then select an event number and date, or click to close the dialog box.
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Reference
Completed Calibration Event
A completed calibration event is any calibration target that has been printed and analyzed. You can reanalyze a target if the following are true:
✔ The calibration target was analyzed visually.
✔ There have been no other calibrations completed for the printer and media combination since the one that you want to analyze.
Approved Densitometers
Use densitometers with a Status A spectral response with the ML-500 calibration application.
Densitometers with a Status T spectral response are unsuitable for the ML-500 calibration application.
The following densitometers are usable with the calibration application:
✔ X-RITE 404 *
✔ X-RITE 414 *
✔ X-RITE DPT-36
✔ X-RITE DPT-41
✔ X-RITE 528
✔ X-RITE 530
* Only the 404 and 414 densitometers marked with
"A-RESP" are usable with the calibration application.
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Calibration Tolerance Level
The calibration tolerance level defines the range within which a target must fall to be considered acceptable.
There are three options for tolerance from which you can choose based on the accuracy and repeatability of the densitometer and printer:
✔ Loose: Use if you may be redoing the calibration needlessly because of inherent statistical noise in the system.
✔ Normal: Use for all your calibrations, unless you are frequently recalibrating your printer, especially if you are recalibrating and the prints look good.
✔ Strict: Use only if you can demonstrate that your printing system's inherent variability does not cause needless recalibration, and your output product demands very tight density control.
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Printer Drivers
Printer drivers are used to print to the ML-500 printer from applications on your system.
Printer drivers for the following operating systems are included on the KODAK PROFESSIONAL
ML-500 Digital Photo Print System CD:
✔ WINDOWS 2000 / WINDOWS XP
✔ WINDOWS 98/ME
✔ MACINTOSH OS X
The printer driver for your operating system must be installed (see
) before you can print from
ML-500 Utilities. In addition, you can use the printer driver to access the ML-500 printer from other applications such as ADOBE PHOTOSHOP.
Image Color Management (ICM)
Image Color Management (ICM) is a MICROSOFT
WINDOWS color management tool that is part of the WINDOWS operating systems. ICM lets you match the colors on your monitor with the colors on the printed page.
See your WINDOWS documentation for complete instructions on how to use ICM.
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WINDOWS XP / WINDOWS 2000
Operating Systems
Removing a Printer Driver
1.
From the Start menu select Settings, then select Printers.
2.
Select the ML-500 printer.
3.
From the File menu select Delete.
4.
Click Yes for the prompt.
Displaying the Printing Preferences Screen
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When you access the Printing Preferences screen through the Start menu, you can change settings for print jobs in all applications.
When you access the Printing Preferences screen while printing a file from an application, you can change settings for that print job only.
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To Change Settings for All Print Jobs
1.
From the Start menu select Settings, then select Printers.
2.
Right-click the ML-500 printer and select
Printing Preferences.
To Change Settings for the Current Print Job
1.
From the File menu select Print.
2.
Right-click the ML-500 printer and select
Printing Preferences.
2.
Click the Layout tab.
Laying Out the Page
You can select portrait or landscape orientation for your document page.
1.
Display the Printing Preferences screen
(see
3.
Select the orientation.
4.
Click OK.
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Scaling a Document Page
You can scale a document page by a specified percentage between 10% and 400%.
1.
Display the Printing Preferences screen
(see
2.
Click the Layout or Paper/Quality tab.
3.
Click Advanced.
4.
Expand the Document Options, Printer
Features, if necessary.
5.
Select the desired scaling percentage.
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Click OK.
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Creating a Custom Form
You can create a custom paper size using
WINDOWS functionality, then select the paper size when you print using the ML-500 driver.
1.
From the Start menu select Settings, then select Printers.
2.
From the File menu select Server Properties or right-click an open area in the window and select Server Properties.
.
3.
Select the Forms tab then select the Create a
New Form check box.
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4.
Enter the Form Description and Paper Size.
One of the dimensions must be 8.53 in. (21.67 cm). The left, right, top, and bottom margins must all be 0.00.
5.
Click OK.
To Use a custom form from an application:
1.
From the File menu select Print.
2.
Right-click the ML-500 printer, select
Properties, then click Advanced.
3.
Select the custom paper size from the Paper
Size drop-down list, then click OK.
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Using Package Printing
With package printing, you send a single document page to the printer and get multiple document page sizes on your print. For example, if you select the package "5 x 7 in. and 3.5 x 5 in. and Wallets," your print contains one 5 x 7 in. print, one 3.5 x 5 in. print, and a number of wallet size prints (depending upon the paper size selected).
The print sizes may not be exact because of the aspect ratio of the images on the document page.
To fill the entire print area, you may need to resize the images on the document page before printing.
You can:
✔ Use standard printing packages
✔ Create custom printing packages
(see
✔ Use custom printing packages (see page 102
)
Using Standard Printing Packages
For best results, make sure that the image in the document you wish to print is the same size as the largest document page in the package. For example, if you select the package "5 x 7 in. and
3.5. x 5 in. and Wallets," the image on your original document page should be 5 x 7 in. If necessary, resize the image on the document page in an application such as ADOBE PHOTOSHOP before printing.
1.
Display the Printing Preferences screen
(see
2.
Click the Layout or Paper/Quality tab.
3.
Click Advanced.
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6.
Click the Packages tab.
7.
Select Package as the Print format.
8.
From the drop-down list, select a standard package.
4.
Select the 8.5 x 14 in. paper size. You must use this size for all standard packages.
NOTE: Custom packages may require different paper sizes.
5.
Click OK.
9.
Click OK.
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Using Custom Printing Packages
To create a custom printing package or layout, see
1.
Display the Printing Preferences screen
(see
2.
Click the Packages tab.
3.
Select Package as the Print format.
4.
Click Browse.
5.
In the file selection box, locate the custom package file you wish to use, or select the last and most recently used custom package file at the bottom of the drop-down package list.
NOTE: If a custom package has never been created, then a custom package file will not appear in the list.
6.
Click OK.
The preview window changes to represent the actual custom package layout.
7.
Check for any page size mismatch messages. If necessary, select a different page size.
If only a portion of a custom package fits on the page, the partial image is outlined in red, and a message appears indicating that some images in the custom package file are off the page.
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Cutting Prints
WARNING:
The cutter is very sharp and can cause injury. Stay away from the cutter when the printer is running.
1.
Display the Printing Preferences screen
(see
2.
Click the Layout or Paper/Quality tab.
3.
Click Advanced.
4.
Expand Document Options, Printer Features, if necessary.
5.
Under Cutter, select an option. (See page 31 .)
6.
Click OK.
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Adding a Logo to a Page
1.
Display the Printing Preferences screen
(see
2.
Click the Logo tab.
4.
Locate and select the file for your logo.
NOTE: The logo must be either an uncompressed
TIFF (.tif) or a bitmap (.bmp) file.
Do not compress the logo file. If you select a compressed file, a message appears indicating that the driver is unable to read the logo file and that the file format is incorrect.
5.
Click OK to open and read the file.
6.
Click OK.
The logo appears in the Logo preview window.
7.
Click Apply.
3.
Click Browse.
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Displaying the Properties Screen
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When you access the Properties screen through the
Start menu, you can change settings for print jobs in all applications.
When you access the Properties screen while printing a file from an application, you can change settings for that print job only.
To Change Settings for All Print Jobs
1.
From the Start menu select Settings, then select Printers.
2.
Right-click the ML-500 printer and select
Properties.
To Change Settings for the Current Print Job
1.
From the File menu select Print.
2.
Right-click the ML-500 printer and select
Properties.
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Laying Out the Page
You can select the orientation for your page.
1.
Display the Properties screen (see
2.
Click the Layout tab.
3.
Select the orientation (Portrait or Landscape).
4.
Select the desired scaling percentage
(10% - 400%).
5.
Click OK.
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Using Package Printing
With package printing, you send a single document page to the printer and get multiple document page sizes on your print. For example, if you select the package "5 x 7 in. and 3.5 x 5 in. and Wallets," your print contains one 5 x 7 in. print, one 3.5 x 5 in. print, and a number of wallet size prints (depending upon the paper size selected).
The print sizes may not be exact because of the aspect ratio of the images on the document page.
To fill the entire print area, you may need to resize the images on the document page before printing.
You can:
Use standard printing packages (see page 100
)
Create custom printing packages
(see
Use custom printing packages (see page 102
)
Using Standard Printing Packages
See
page 100 for a description of standard printing
packages.
1.
Display the Properties screen (see
2.
Click the Media tab.
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3.
Select the 8.5 x 14 in. paper size. You must use this size for all standard packages.
IMPORTANT: You must use this size for all standard packages.
4.
Click Apply.
5.
Click the Layout tab.
6.
Select Package as the Print format.
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7.
From the drop-down list, select a standard package.
8.
Click OK.
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Using Custom Printing Packages
To create a custom printing package or layout, see
1.
Display the Properties screen (see
2.
Click the Layout tab.
3.
Select Package as the Print format.
4.
Click Browse.
5.
In the file selection box, locate the custom package file (.kpg) or select the last and most recently used custom package file at the bottom of the drop-down package list.
NOTE: If a custom package has never been created, then a custom package file will not appear in the list.
6.
Click OK.
The preview window changes to represent the actual custom package layout.
7.
Check for any page size mismatch messages. If necessary, select a different page size.
If only a portion of a custom package fits on the page, the partial image is outlined in red, and a message appears indicating that some images in the custom package file are off the page.
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Cutting Prints
WARNING:
The cutter is very sharp and can cause injury. Stay away from the cutter when the printer is running.
1.
Display the Properties screen (see
2.
Click the Media tab.
3.
Next to Cutter, select an option. (See page 31 .)
4.
Click OK.
Adding a Logo to a Page
1.
Display the Properties screen (see
2.
Click the Logo tab.
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3.
Click Browse.
4.
Locate and select the file with your logo.
NOTE: The logo must be either an uncompressed
TIFF (.tif) or a bitmap (.bmp) file.
Do not compress the logo file. If you select a compressed file, a message appears indicating that the driver is unable to read the logo file and that the file format is incorrect.
5.
Click OK to open and read the file.
6.
Click OK.
The logo appears in the Logo preview window.
MACINTOSH Operating System
Color management is built into the MACINTOSH printer driver and is always used.
Laying Out the Page
1.
Open a document. From the File menu select
Page Setup to display the Page Setup dialog box.
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2.
From the Settings menu select Page
Attributes.
3.
From the Format for menu select ML-500.
4.
From the Paper Size menu, select an option:
✔ 8.5 x 7 in. (216 x 178 mm)
✔ 8.5 x 11 in. (216 x 279 mm)
✔ 8.5 x 12 in. (216 x 305 mm)
✔ 8.5 x 14 in. (216 x 355 mm)
Custom papers are included at the bottom of the list.
The default setting (as shipped) is 8.5 x 11 in.
5.
In the Orientation section, select an option:
✔ Portrait
✔ Landscape
✔ Reversed Landscape
6.
In the Scale window, enter a value (1 to 100%).
7.
Click OK.
Adding a Custom Paper Size
NOTE: This feature is available only in MAC OS
10.2.3 and higher.
1.
From the Settings menu in the Page Setup dialog box (see
Paper Size.
2.
Click New.
3.
Enter a name for the Custom Paper Size.
4.
Enter values for Height, Width, and for the
Printer Margins.
5.
Click Save.
The custom page size is now accessible from the Paper Size menu.
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Using the Print Dialog Box
1.
Open a document. From the File menu select
Print.
2.
Select the desired panel from the list.
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The following panels are available
✔ Copies & Pages
✔ Layout
✔ Output Options
✔ Logo
✔ Printer Options
✔ Packages
✔ Summary
3.
Change settings, as needed.
4.
Click Print.
Viewing a Summary of Print Settings
✔ On the Print dialog box (see page 113 ), select
the Summary panel.
The current settings are displayed.
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Adding a Logo to a Page
1.
On the Print dialog box (see page 113 ) select
the Logo panel.
2.
Check Use Logo.
3.
Click Select.
4.
Select the file for your logo
NOTE: The logo must be PICT file.
5.
Click Open.
The logo appears in the Logo preview window.
Placing the Logo
To change vertical and horizontal position, enter values from 0 to 100.
✔ Vertical Position: 0 = top edge of the imageable area; 100 = bottom edge
✔ Horizontal Position: 0 = left edge of the imageable area; 100 = right edge
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Editing Opacity
✔ To edit the opacity of the logo, enter a value from 1 to 100% (the larger the percentage, the greater the opacity).
Editing Scale
✔ To edit the scale of the logo, enter a value from 1 to 400% (or until the image exceeds the imageable area, whichever comes first).
6.
Click Print.
The position of the logo (relative to the printed page) appears in the Layout preview window.
Notes:
✔ Because the logo is applied to the image after
ICC color management, the logo is not color managed.
✔ Because the logo is applied to the image after
"Pages per Sheet" is applied, the logo is not applied to individual pages on the sheet.
Using Printer Options
On the Printer Options Panel you can select the paper finish, select cutting options for the printer, and sharpen prints.
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Choosing Glossy or Matte
1.
On the Print dialog box (see page 113 ) select
the Printer Options panel (see
2.
Select the XtraLife menu.
3.
Select an option:
✔ Glossy – invokes the "gloss" ICM profile in the print job
✔ Matte – invokes the "matte" ICM profile in the print job
Cutting Prints
WARNING:
The cutter is very sharp and can cause injury. Stay away from the cutter when the printer is running.
1.
On the Print dialog box (see page 113 ) select
the Printer Options panel (see
2.
Click the Cutter pull-down menu.
3.
Select an option (see page 31 ).
4.
Click Print.
NOTE: The default setting (as shipped) is 1 cut
(separate prints).
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Sharpening Prints
1.
On the Print dialog box (see page 113 ) select
the Printer Options panel (see
2.
Click the Sharpen pull-down menu.
3.
Select an option:
✔ None – no sharpening in the print job
✔ Normal – normal sharpening in the print job
✔ High – high sharpening in the print job
4.
Click Print.
NOTE: The default setting (as shipped) is Normal sharpening.
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Using Package Printing
With package printing, you send a single document page to the printer and get multiple document page sizes on your print. For example, if you select the package "5 x 7 in. and 3.5 x 5 in. and Wallets," your print contains one 5 x 7 in. print, one 3.5 x 5 in. print, and a number of wallet size prints.
The print sizes may not be exact because of the aspect ratio of the images on the document page.
To fill the entire print area, you may need to resize the images on the document page before printing.
You can:
✔ Use standard printing packages
(see
✔ Create custom printing packages
(see
✔ Use custom printing packages
(see
Using Standard Printing Packages
See
page 100 for a description of standard printing
packages.
1.
Verify that 8.5 x 14 paper size is selected
(see
IMPORTANT: You must use this size for all standard packages.
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2.
On the Print dialog box (see page 113 ) select
the Packages panel.
Using Custom Printing Packages
To create a custom printing package, see
1.
On the Print dialog box (see page 113 ) select
the Package panel.
2.
Click Select Custom Package.
3.
Select the custom package file you wish to use.
NOTE: If a custom package has previously been selected, it appears at the bottom of the list.
4.
Click Print.
The preview window changes to represent the actual custom package layout.
If only a portion of a custom package fits on the page, the partial image is outlined in red, and a message appears indicating that some images in the custom package file are off the page.
3.
From the Package drop-down list, select the standard package you wish to use.
4.
Click Print.
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Getting Help
Getting Help
In addition to this User’s Guide, the following resources provide information about the ML-500
Utilities:
✔ Online Help
✔ KODAK PROFESSIONAL ML-500 Digital
Photo Print System CD contains printable and multimedia documentation
✔ KODAK PROFESSIONAL ML-500 Digital
Photo Print System Web site: http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/softw are/ML500/ml500Software.jhtml
✔ Frequently asked questions: http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/profe ssional/products/ekn017852.jhtml?id=0.3.26.
6.18&lc=en then select Frequently Asked
Questions.
✔ Technical support (1-800-235-6325)
Using Online Help
Help is available for the following:
✔ ML-500 Utilities
✔ Print Server
✔ Calibration
✔ Configuration
✔ Most Printer drivers
You can view the Help system for each application or get context-sensitive help for window items.
If only the ML-500 Utilities has been opened, then only that Help system is accessible. If the
Configuration, Print Server, or Calibration applications have also been opened, then the Help systems for the current window (see
) and the ML-500 Utilities are accessible. For example, if the Configuration application is current, its Help system is accessible.
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Getting Help
Viewing a Help System
With the exception of the Printer Drivers, view Help as described below:
1.
In the current window, select the Help for that application from the Help menu.
For example, from the Help menu select
Configuration Help, then select Help Topics.
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2.
Use the Contents, Index, or Search tabs to navigate to the desired Help topic.
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Getting Help
Viewing Help for Printer Drivers
WINDOWS:
1.
In any application, select Print from the File menu.
2.
Select the ML-500 printer then click Properties.
3.
Click the Help button.
MACINTOSH:
✔ Launch the Help Center and select ML-500
Help.
Using Context Sensitive Help
WINDOWS:
Do one of the following to view a description of a window item:
✔ Right-click a window item (for example, a button or list item) then click the What’s This? popup.
✔ Press the F1 key for information about a highlighted window item.
MACINTOSH:
✔ On the Print dialog box, click the button.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Error Message or Problem
Message indicates that the ML-500 is out of ribbon
No source folder appears during port monitor installation
Image Too Large
Image Too Small
Offset Too Large
Incompatible File Format
Invalid Color Management Profile
Reason for Error
Check the following (Refer to the ML-500 Operator’s Guide):
✔ Is the platen assembly screwed in completely?
✔ Is the ribbon installed properly?
✔ Is the ribbon wound properly?
✔ Is the paper threaded properly over all of the rollers?
You must run the Print Server application before installing the port monitor. Verify that a Source folder has been created
(see page 44 ) before installing the port monitor.
The print job is wider than 8.533 in. / 21.67 cm. and/or longer than
37 ft / 11.2776 m and will not fit on the page even if the offset is set to zero.
The print job is less than 150 lines (1/2 in. / 1.27 cm.) long.
The print job is wider than the paper width but it would fit if the offset was smaller.
Image file must be in one of the following formats: JPEG (*.jpg),
TIFF (*.tif), Rosetta (*.ros).
A color management profile is corrupt or otherwise unusable.
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Troubleshooting
Error Message or Problem Reason for Error
Driver can’t read logo file. Format is incorrect.
Logo files must not be compressed. They can be uncompressed
TIFF (.tif) or bitmap (.bmp).
Job isn’t printing or blank sheet is printed When you move, delete, or edit a print job, printing is suspended.
Complete the task and printing resumes automatically.
Can’t print from application using the printer driver
Artifact appears in prints (lead edge fold)
Error # 1001, 1005, or 1023 appears or blank white space appears in prints.
Check the following:
✔ Are all the cables attached correctly? (Refer to the ML-500
Operator’s Guide.)
✔ Does the printer appear in the list of available printers in the
Print dialog box?
✔ Did you select the driver?
✔ Did you select the appropriate print settings?
This may be caused by a ribbon folding.
Try a ribbon with a different lot number
If the problem appears with a matte ribbon, try a glossy ribbon to see if the artifact disappears.
Check the following:
✔ WINDOWS XP Home edition installed on the server can cause this problem. See
for system requirements for the server system.
✔ Do you have the latest firmware version? See
.
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Error Message or Problem
When printing from ADOBE PHOTOSHOP,
8.5 x 14 images are cropped or blank pages are printed.
Custom form does not appear in the Paper Size drop-down list (see
).
Reason for Error
To resolve (in PHOTOSHOP), select Page Setup. from the File menu, select the ML-500 printer, and select a new page size.
One of the dimensions must be 8.53 in. (21.67 cm).
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Appendix A
Creating Custom Printing Packages or Layouts
You may create a custom package or layout template file using any word processing application and then save it as a text file. Use pixels as the units for the image size, and specify where you want the images to appear on the printed page.
When you print your job, select the custom package template file, and apply it to your print job.
NOTE: Use the sample files on the CD that was shipped with the ML-500 printer as examples for creating your custom package template files.
For each image in the job, use pixels to indicate:
✔ distance from the left side of the paper's printable area to the left side of the image
✔ distance from the top of the paper's printable area to the top of the image
✔ width of the image
✔ length of the image
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Appendix A
Specifications for creating a template file
Use the following format to define the placeholders for the images in your custom template:
Type: KPKG<EOL>
Version 1.0<EOL>
#<comments><EOL> x1,y1,xdim1,ydim1<EOL> x2,y2,xdim2,ydim2<EOL> xN,yN,xdimN,ydimN<EOL>
✔ The Type field requires the 4 characters
KPKG.
✔ The Version field requires the 2 digits separated by a single decimal (1.0 in the example).
✔ Use pixel units for image locations and dimensions.
✔ The # sign designates the beginning of a comment. The end of a comment is indicated by <EOL> (End of Line, the Enter or Return key). Comments can appear anywhere.
✔ The upper left corner of image N is identified by xN, yN as referenced from the 0,0 datum of the printable area of the page.
✔ The dimensions of image N are in integers identified by xdimN, ydimN with no integers at a value less than 6.
✔ The x and y values are non-negative integers separated by commas.
✔ The end of an image specification is indicated by <EOL> (End of Line, the Enter or Return key).
✔ Always include at least one complete image in the file.
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Glossary
GlossaryGlossary
Aim
The desired response of the printer.
Client systems
Remote computer systems that are networked to the server system that is connected to the
ML-500 printer. If you will be using the ML-500
WINDOWS printer driver to print, the driver must be installed on the client systems.
Command file (*.kmd)
Specifies an image to be printed and the job settings to apply to that image.
Glossy
A shiny finish that coats the top surface of the paper.
Hot folder
See Source folder.
Layout
A single print with multiple copies of the same page size, for example two 4 x 6 in. prints.
Log file
A text file (*.txt) where actions performed by the
ML-500 Print Server are recorded.
Look-up table
Look-up tables let the printer compensate for changes in media and in the printer to keep your printer consistently operating at the same color response. Look-up tables are created by combining the desired density response for the printer in the form of aims, the current calibration curves, and the calibration image information.
LUT
See Look-up table.
Matte
A flat finish that coats the top surface of the paper.
Media catalog
A file that contains data about the types of media the printer can use. This includes some data about the media that does not affect calibration.
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Glossary
Media name
The media name is a combination of several media properties: ribbon set, paper type, XtraLife type (glossy or matte), and media width.
Package
A single print with multiple document page sizes, for example, one 5 x 7 in. print, one 3.5 x 5 in. print, and a number of wallet size prints.
Printer control panel
The display panel on the front of the ML-500 printer that provides printer status and error information.
Print job
A block of information that is assigned a number in the print queue. It is a combination of an image file and its specific settings, which tells the printer how to print the image. Print jobs are printed in the order they were added to the print queue.
Print queue
The print queue is a list of print jobs awaiting printing. For each job number, the print queue displays the number of copies, the type of image file, the current status, and the file source.
Rosetta file
Files created by the printer drivers.
Server systems
The system connected to the ML-500 printer is considered the server system. The ML-500
Printer Utilities are installed on this system. If you will be using the ML-500 WINDOWS driver to print, the port monitor and the printer driver(s) must be installed on the server before installing the printer drivers on the client systems.
Source folder
The Source folder is a folder that you designate for printing image files. Image files placed within this folder will be automatically sent to the print queue as print jobs.
Template file
Used when creating custom printing packages or layouts, a template defines size and position of placeholders for images.
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Index
A
adding a logo to a page, 104, 110, 115
adding the ML-500 printer to the printer list
analyzing a calibration target, 80
arranging open applications, 23
B
before you can print (MACINTOSH), 17
before you can print (WINDOWS), 15
borders, adjusting on prints, 57
C
calibration
analysis (complete), performing, 86
selecting a starting point, 78
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Calibration application
Status bar
Tool bar, 76 showing or hiding, 76 using, 76
calibration target
catalog
changing the source folder, 44
closing
color adjustments, temporary, 85
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Index
complete calibration analysis, 86
completed calibration event, 92
Configuration application
closing, 26 refreshing the screen, 26
Status bar, 26 showing or hiding, 26
copies, selecting the number to print, 54
cutter
cutter and print head
D
deleting media from the media list, 90
disk space, allocating for print job folders, 68
drivers and port monitor
drivers. see printer drivers, 94
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editing configuration for calibration, 87
enabling file services (MACINTOSH), 18
F
folders
allocating disk space for, 68 failed jobs, 68
G
H
context sensitive, 123 for printer drivers, 123
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Index
I
identification information for printer, 35
importing
installing
L
language, selecting for printer control panel, 27
layout or package, selecting, 58
logo, adding to a page, 104, 110, 115
LUT
making temporary color adjustments, 85
M
MACINTOSH printer driver
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media
and printer status, checking, 36
media low threshold, setting, 29
media type catalog, importing, 90
ML-500 applications
N
naming the printer (WINDOWS), 15
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Index
O
overview
P
package and layout printing, 100, 107, 119
creating custom printing packages, 127
standard printing packages, 100, 107, 119
package or layout, selecting, 58
paper cutter and print head
paper cutting boundaries, choosing, 55
port monitor
port monitor and drivers
print head and paper cutter
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print jobs
print queue
Print Server application
Status bar, 42 showing and hiding, 42
printer
printer and media status, checking, 36
printer drivers
MACINTOSH
Index-4
Index
choosing glossy or matte, 117 cutting prints, 117
using the Print dialog box, 113
viewing a summary of print settings, 114
displaying the Properties screen, 105 laying out the page, 105
adding a logo to a page, 104, 110
displaying the Printing Preferences screen, 95
printer identification, checking, 35
printer model catalog
importing, 91 printer model catalog, importing, 91
printer names, viewing and changing, 34
printing
forcing, 65 forcing printing, 65
process
R
rearranging the order of queued print jobs, 63
refreshing the Configuration screen, 26
registration
adjusting for print head and paper cutter, 32
removing a print job from the queue, 62
S
allocating disk space to print job folders, 68
changing the source folder, 44
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selecting a startup state, 68 setting print queue limits, 68
setting print queue limits, 68
settings
sharing the server’s source folder
starting
starting point for calibration, selecting, 78
startup state, selecting for print server, 68
Status bar
Calibration application, 76 showing or hiding, 76
Configuration application, 26 showing or hiding, 26
Print Server application, 42 showing and hiding, 42
status of printer and media, 36
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T
target. see Calibration target, 79
tolerance level for calibration, 93
Tool bar
Calibration application, 76 showing or hiding, 76 using, 76
Print Server application, 43 showing and hiding, 43 using, 43
U
usage of printer, checking, 37
Utility bar, 21 turning on and off, 21
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Index
V
W
WINDOWS 2000/XP driver
WINDOWS 98/ME driver
WINDOWS drivers
WINDOWS NT driver
X
XtraLife option
XtraLife ribbon type, selecting, 30
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