Epson Mural 8- Manual

Untitled Document Additional setup notes- Configuring your system for optimal performanceVirtual Memory- You may want to increase the Windows Virtual Memory settings to approximately 1 GB. This will provide more system stability when working with large image files. System Resources- Close all progra...

Untitled Document 2. Turn Off the Color Profile button In the Options screen of Novelty 8, Mural 8, and Novelty Pro 8. Click here for instructions . Windows Color Profiles (ICC) users- 1. Install the color profile. 2. Under the Color Management tab of your EPSON printer driver click Add and select t...

Untitled Document 3. Turn On the Color Profile button In the Options screen of Novelty 8, Mural 8, and Novelty Pro 8. Click here for instructions. Software Installation Insert your Novelty 8, Mural 8, or Novelty Pro 8 CD into your CD-ROM drive and installation will begin automatically. To manually i...

Untitled Document When the activation screen appears, call your distributor to receive an “activation key” ( required for printing ). Type in the activation key. The OK button will become enabled . Click OK to activate the software. The software has now been set to full use mode. Interactive Multime...

Untitled Document Creating a custom product If the product you desire is not listed, click the CUSTOM button. Enter the Width and Height of the image you would like to print ( to the nearest thousandth of an inch ). Select the desired Substrate and Shape . Click the Save Product button to save all o...

Untitled Document The selected template's name will appear in the Template File box. Click the Save Product button to save all of the product specifications and template for future use. Click the OK button to continue to the next step. Creating a Custom Template Using any other program such as Micro...

Untitled Document Height values match that of your custom template's outer dimensions. 5. The upperl eft corner pixel and lower left corner pixel color specify the invisible color. In the example below the upper left corner pixel and lower left corner pixel are black ( figure A. ). Therefore any par...

Untitled Document Select Tile Murals from the main screen. Select the tile size you wish to create your mural from. The window below will appear. Choose your mural width and height ( in number of tiles ) by clicking the down arrows next to Choose Mural Width and Choose Mural Height . DO NOT TYPE IN ...

Untitled Document You are now ready to select the overall width and hieght of your mural. The following screen will appear. Click the down arrows next to Choose Mural Width and Choose Mural Height and select how many tiles wide and how many tiles tall you would like your mural. Click OK when you are...

Untitled Document Supported File Types Novelty 8, Mural 8, and Novelty Pro 8 support the following common Windows file types: TPMultiImage displays and stores PCD, DXF, BMP, CMS, GIF, ICO, JPG, PCX, all TIFFs, PNG, SCM, and WMF (PCD, DXF and WMF are read only) to/from a file. Attempting to open a fi...

Untitled Document Click on the Scan Image button to launch your scanner's software. When scanning is complete, the image will appear on screen as seen below. Click "Next" to proceed. file:///C|/Program%20Files/CTP,%20Inc/Novelty%20Pro%208%20Demo/V8Manual.htm (17 of 39)7/19/2004 11:09:31 AM

Untitled Document Using Saved Images To use a previously saved image, click the Saved Images button located on the left side of the screen. The Open an image file dialogue box will appear. All saved images are stored in the Saved Images folder located in the software's program folder . Click on the ...

Untitled Document Saving Images Any image which is imported into the Novelty 8, Mural 8, and Novelty Pro 8 program may be saved for later use. To save an image, click the Save Image button located on the right side of the screen. The Save Image dialogue box will appear. In the File Name field, type ...

Untitled Document happen: 1- The image must be cropped or "trimmed" to match the shape of the product, or2- The image size must be adjusted (not cropped) so as to fit within the shape of the product being designed. Method 1 produces the best results as the images will "fill up" the p...

Untitled Document This warning allows you to reimport the image at a higher resolution thereby preventing printing errors. Cropping an Image for Murals (Mural 8, and Novelty Pro 8 only) When cropping for a mural, the mural grout lines will appear over your image indicating the default mural layout ....

Untitled Document Arrows- Move the image within the template. Enlarge/Reduce Image- Adjust the image size within the template. Rotate Image- Rotates the image in 90 degree increments clockwise. Rotate Border- Rotates the Template or Border in 90 degree increments counterclockwise. Click Next when yo...

Untitled Document Print Preview for Murals (Mural 8, and Novelty Pro 8 only) When creating a mural, the Print Preview screen will display how your finished mural will appear. Click Next to continue. file:///C|/Program%20Files/CTP,%20Inc/Novelty%20Pro%208%20Demo/V8Manual.htm (23 of 39)7/19/2004 11:09...

Untitled Document Current Printer At the top left corner of the Print Preview screen, your currently selected printer is displayed. Click the Print button to print the image as it appears on screen. Selecting a Printer The Select Printer button allows you to change your default printer as well as ch...

Untitled Document Edge Fades Click the Edge Fade button to add a "fade to white" border around the edge of the image. Re-clicking the Edge Fade button will increase the amount of edge fading. Click Undo Edge Fade at the bottom of the screen to restore your image back to its original state. A...

Untitled Document Clicking the Add Text button will bring you to the Add Text screens. Novelty 8, Mural 8, and Novelty Pro 8 include a range of fonts and text features which will allow you to add multiple lines of text or paragraphs, change font colors, use popular phrases, implement curved text, an...

Untitled Document Click on the image name you would like to add and click Open . The image will appear on your layout. The added image can be sized using the Enlarge and Reduce image buttons. Click and drag the image to position it as desired. When finished adjusting your added image, click Next to ...

Untitled Document Image Adjustments Click the Adjust Image button to control various image attributes such as brightness, contrast, color balance, and sharpness. Brightness- Click the Up or Down arrows to increase or decrease the brightness of your image. Contrast- Click the Up or Down arrows to inc...

Untitled Document Images per Sheet - If your product is small enough, multiple images can be laid out on a sheet. Either type in the number of desired images or use the up and down arrows to change the number of Images per Sheet . Novelty 8, Mural 8, and Novelty Pro 8 will automatically calculate th...

Untitled Document Horizontal Margin - The Horizontal Margin controls the amount of space on the left side of the print. This can be adjusted to the nearest thousandth of an inch. Vertical Margin - The Vertical Margin controls the amount of space on the top side of the print. This can be adjusted to ...

Untitled Document You first must import and save each image design separately. Then, from the Print Options screen, simply right- click on one of the images you would like to replace. The Open Image File dialogue box will appear. Select the desired saved image and click Open . The new image will rep...

Untitled Document Product Information At the top of the Options screen is the Novelty 8, Mural 8, and Novelty Pro 8 Product Information Window. The following information is displayed here: 1- Software Version #. Displays the current software version number. Print Counters Built into Novelty 8, Mural...

Untitled Document 2- Total Scanned Prints. This represents the total number of scanned image prints since the installation of the program. 3- Total Library Prints. This represents the total number of image library prints since the installation of the program. 4- Total Other Prints. This represents t...

Untitled Document To select a scanner which is connected to your computer, click on the desired scanner and click the Select button. Refer to the chart below for proper selection of your Epson scanner's TWAIN drivers. If your scanner does not appear in the list, refer to your scanner's documentation...

Untitled Document The colors on the finished product are coming out wrong (Powerdriver Pro users). Your printer's color profile is not being used. 1. Install the latest version of Powerdriver Pro for you printer and operating system. 2. Select Powerdriver Pro as your default printer driver. 3. Corre...

Untitled Document 1. Windows Operating System type2. Novelty 8, Mural 8, or Novelty Pro 8 Software version #3. Printer type and Software version #4. Scanner type5. Dye sublimation ink type Contacting CTP Technical Support Hours: 8am - 5pm Monday - Friday MSTPhone: 303-619-0071Fax: 303-485-8032E-mail...