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PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 7 13. A dialog will display telling you the printer has been installed. Click OK. 14. A dialog will display telling you that PowerPDF has been installed. Click OK. 15. The Setup Complete dialog will display. Click Finish. You have completed the PowerRIP 2000...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 8 4. The Select Components dialog will display. If you wish to add an additional new printer to the PowerRIP 2000, but not remove previous print-er(s), make sure you select both the new and previous printer(s) in the Select Componentsdialog. If you have more...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 9 Installing PowerRIP 2000 Software (Client) Drivers for Remote Workstations Drivers for Remote Workstations gives you the abilityto create PowerRIP 2000 Remote Printer Queues forworkstations on the network. If you are on a large net-work, Remote Printer Que...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 10 Uninstalling PowerRIP 2000 If you wish to remove a previously installed revision ofPowerRIP 2000 and replace it with a new revision, youshould use Uninstall. Uninstall will retain the integrityof your validation while removing the previous revi-sions comp...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 11 3. You will get a warning message that removing validation will result in PowerRIP being printed onall further output. Click OK. 4. You will get a message which will include your invalidation (remove) code. Write down your invalidation (Remove) code. 5. L...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 12 Printing to PowerRIP 2000 from most Windows appli-cations is simple. Select the PowerRIP 2000 printer inthe print dialog of your applications, select settings forresolution, paper type, etc., and click Print. The appli-cation builds the PostScript file in...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 13 Printing from stand-alone workstationrunning Windows NT 4 Note: It is assumed that a WordPad file is on the screen and ready to be printed. 1. Go to File>Print. The Print dialog will display. In the printer Name field select your printer. 2. Click Prop...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 14 Printing from a Macintosh Client to Windows NTServer 4.0 or Windows 2000 Server Note: For this discussion we will be using the LaserWriter driver. The same directions apply for AdobePS. 1. Go to the Chooser and highlight LaserWriter. Click Create. Create ...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 15 PowerRIP PDF is the ideal utility for creating highquality, platform independent PDFs. You can takeadvantage of all your applications’ various features andattributes, combined with the feature intensivePowerRIP 2000, giving you complete flexibility to cre...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 16 Specify Settings - Output Tab Output File Name Job Name.PDF - creates the PDF using the job name. File Name.PDF - creates the PDF using the name of the file. User Defined - When User Defined is selected User Defined File Name becomes active. You can type ...

Thumbnails Thumbnails are very small page representations that aid the user in navigating through multi-page document. Thumbnails are useful for multi-page documents such as manuals. Color Creates a color PDF. Monochrome Not available at this time. View File If you select View File the PDF will auto...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 18 Specify Settings - Images Tab Halftone Information - Select Preserve Halftone Information when you want to retains the halftone (screening) information - Select Use Device Dependent Color to use the PowerPDF 2000 color corrected information when creating ...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 19 Color Mode Color Mode cannot be deselected. Monochrome not supported in this revision. Intended PDF Color SRGB-WEB - is the default RGB color space for Windows and the color standard for Appearance for the Web. NTSC-1953 - is the color standard for nation...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 20 Subset Fonts Selected Subset Fonts if you have created a list of fonts in Always Embed These Fonts. The subset you have created will always be embedded with the PDF when it is created. Embed All Fonts Select Embed All Fonts to embed all the fonts with the...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 21 Separated Files Select Make Composites to create a composite PDF from separations When you click on Edit/Define Spot Colors the Spot Color Configuration dialog will display. To define a spot color click Add Spot Color. The Add Spot Color dia-log will disp...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 22 Edit/Define Spot Color When you clickEdit/Define SpotColor, the SpotColor Configurationdialog will display.This dialog gives youthe ability to AddSpot Colors and/orDelete Spot Colors.You can save your spot colors in CMYK, RGB, or theLAB color mode. Add Sp...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 23 Overview PowerRIP TIFF is ideal for creating high quality, highresolution TIFF images that are platform independent.The higher the resolution you select, the higher thequality the TIFF image becomes. But it also should benoted that the higher the resoluti...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 25 TIFF File Setup - Output tab Output File Name Job Name.TIF - creates the TIFF using the job name. File Name.TIF - creates the TIFF using the name of the file. User Defined - When User Defined is selected User Defined File Namebecomes active. You can type ...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 26 TIFF File Setup - Color tab Color Mode Select the Color Mode that meets your needs. The available selections areCMYK Color or RGB Color. Intended TIFF ColorAppearance SRGB-WEB - is the default RGB color space for Windows and the colorstandard for Appearan...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 28 The nested file can be then converted to a TIFF fileusing PowerRIP 2000’s PowerRIP TIFF feature forinclusion in Web pages among other uses. All the PowerRIP 2000 features are available whenusing Nesting including: • Make Composites from Separations• Power...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 29 Calibration What is color and why do I have to calibrate The science of color can be very complicated ifdescribed using mathematics to describe human vision.It is much easier to understand color if we use broadconcepts instead of those difficult, complica...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 30 your images from. You might want to make a number ofcalibration files for the different paper types and applica-tions that you will be using. RGB color describes the mixing of red, green, and blue which are called the three additive primary colors.These t...

It should be noted that deselecting use Calibration in theFolder Scanner Configuration dialog will disable the cus-tomized calibration file. Your files will then be printedwith the PowerRIP 2000 default settings. Output Calibration NOTE: It is highly recommended that a densitometer be used when cali...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 32 Dot gain is the change in size of the printed dot. Dot gainis defined as an additive percentage so the increase of thedot size from 50% to 60% is called 10% gain. It shouldalso be noted, at this point, that the ink jet printer uses adithered (stochastic) ...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 33 • Cancel: Click Cancel to exit the Q-Curve 5.0 dialog. • Save As: After you have created a customized file click Save As to save the file for future use. The Save As dialog will display. Give your calibration file a name and click Save. Note: You should h...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 34 Chapter 8 includes system requirements for all supported printers. Printer Epson SeriesEpson Stylus Color, Color II, Color IIs,400, 500, 600, 640, 660, 740, 760, 800,850, 860, 900, 1160, 1500, 1520, 3000Epson Stylus Pro, Pro XL, Pro XL+,5000, 777, 880, 98...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 35 Option Description Paper Size Copy Count Resolution Scaling TrueType Font Color Mode Rendering Intent RGB Source Paper Size should be set to match the paper you have in the printer. Thedefault setting is Letter. Select the number of copies you wish to pri...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 36 PowerRIP 2000 Printers Properties/Features (Cont) Negative Image Paper Type Generate Pure Black Negative Image should be set to No unless you wish to print a Negativeimage. Paper Type should be set to match the paper you have in the printer.PowerRIP 2000’...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 37 Option Description PowerRIP PDF Properties/Features PDF Color Appearance SRGB-WEB is the default color space for Windows and the color standardfor the Web. NTSC -1953 is the color standard for national TV. SWOP is thecolor standard that all printing press...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 39 PowerRIP TIFF Properties/Features Option Description Make Separations Make Separations should be set to No unless you are creating a separation.You can create separations In Color or In Black. No is the default setting. Resolution The available resolution...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 40 Note: The User Interface information discussed in this chapter is dependent on your printer and version of PowerRIP 2000. Not all features are available on all printers or on all revisions of PowerRIP 2000. PowerRIP 2000 Control Panel Dialog Main Control ...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 41 nostic in nature, and can help technical support person-nel identify and correct problems you may encounterwhen printing PostScript files. Status Bar The Status Bar displays various messages dependingon what the mouse pointer is pointed at. The Status Bar...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 42 • This dialog allows you to change how often PowerRIP 2000 scans the selected queue folder, and how many times PowerRIP 2000 will scan a new PostScript file before beginning to process it. Note: This last feature can come in very handy when printing over ...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 43 • Configure PowerRIP 2000: Selecting this command opens the Configure PowerRIP dialog, which allowsyou to control how long printed PostScript files remain available for reprinting, and how many files are retained. It also allows you to name your log file ...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 44 Chapter11 will explore various troubleshooting options to help you solve problems you may encounter whileinstalling, setting up, and using PowerRIP 2000 without the need to call on Technical Support. This appendix isdivided into separate sections for trou...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 46 Problem Solution A message about insufficient memory isprinted in place of or after a job. Jobs stop printing after a certain time andthe paper is ejected before printing iscomplete. Prints are clipped close to the edges ofthe paper. Fonts appear fine on ...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 47 Glossary Several items having special meaning within the context of this manual are listed below: application Applications are the programs that run on a computer. Some common desktop publishing andgraphics applications are PageMaker an Photoshop. bitmap ...

PowerRIP 2000 Manual iProof Systems, Inc. 48 Index A Always Overwrite.....................................................16Auto Rename ................................................................16Rotate ...................................................................38 Auxiliary Control Pan...