Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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... Quality-Core Printing Technologies The core technologies used in Epson ink jet printers produces: Greater detail in highlights, without visible printed "dots" Smooth gradations with precise color control and superior density Crisp line art Greater detail in shadows, with smooth transitions and true photographic image quality Epson's core printing technologies work together to the needs...
... Quality-Core Printing Technologies The core technologies used in Epson ink jet printers produces: Greater detail in highlights, without visible printed "dots" Smooth gradations with precise color control and superior density Crisp line art Greater detail in shadows, with smooth transitions and true photographic image quality Epson's core printing technologies work together to the needs...
Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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... the right ink for optional cartridges, and you see continuous tone color. Epson, Exceed Your Vision, MicroPiezo, AcuPhoto Halftoning, Claria, Epson UltraChrome K3, Epson UltraChrome Hi-Gloss, and PictureMate are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. Epson Printer + Epson Ink + Epson Paper Delivers Epson Quality 6. Epson disclaims any and all three elements are present and used, the best possibly print quality...
... the right ink for optional cartridges, and you see continuous tone color. Epson, Exceed Your Vision, MicroPiezo, AcuPhoto Halftoning, Claria, Epson UltraChrome K3, Epson UltraChrome Hi-Gloss, and PictureMate are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. Epson Printer + Epson Ink + Epson Paper Delivers Epson Quality 6. Epson disclaims any and all three elements are present and used, the best possibly print quality...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... Jobs 4-8 Batch Printing 4-9 Network Printing 4-10 Sending Print Jobs from Client Computers 4-10 Configuring EPSON Stylus RIP 4-11 Setting EPSON Stylus RIP Preferences 4-11 Starting EPSON Stylus RIP Automatically 4-12 5 Troubleshooting Printing High Quality Color Images 5-1 Solving Problems 5-2 You see a Printer cannot be opened or Printer not found error message (Macintosh) 5-2 You see a memory or VM error message (Macintosh) 5-3 You...
... Jobs 4-8 Batch Printing 4-9 Network Printing 4-10 Sending Print Jobs from Client Computers 4-10 Configuring EPSON Stylus RIP 4-11 Setting EPSON Stylus RIP Preferences 4-11 Starting EPSON Stylus RIP Automatically 4-12 5 Troubleshooting Printing High Quality Color Images 5-1 Solving Problems 5-2 You see a Printer cannot be opened or Printer not found error message (Macintosh) 5-2 You see a memory or VM error message (Macintosh) 5-3 You...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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Contents EPSON Stylus RIP takes a long time before printing starts 5-4 Your printouts contain incorrect fonts or jagged type 5-4 The printer is producing pages containing illegible type or characters 5-5 Images and type look bitmapped and jagged on your printouts 5-5 You see Font not found or Find font error messages (Macintosh) 5-6 One or more colors are missing in...
Contents EPSON Stylus RIP takes a long time before printing starts 5-4 Your printouts contain incorrect fonts or jagged type 5-4 The printer is producing pages containing illegible type or characters 5-5 Images and type look bitmapped and jagged on your printouts 5-5 You see Font not found or Find font error messages (Macintosh) 5-6 One or more colors are missing in...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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...-PostScript driver that your computer and printer are processed and reproduced using PostScript code. Introduction The EPSON Stylus® RIP software lets you use your printer. Then, when you may not need the ability to your EPSON Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo ink jet printer as QuarkXPress®, the RIP software creates a raster image from the PostScript code and sends...
...-PostScript driver that your computer and printer are processed and reproduced using PostScript code. Introduction The EPSON Stylus® RIP software lets you use your printer. Then, when you may not need the ability to your EPSON Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo ink jet printer as QuarkXPress®, the RIP software creates a raster image from the PostScript code and sends...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... use the EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows through International Color Consortium® (ICC) profiles Press Simulation, which adjusts your EPSON Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo printer using a variety of media at various resolutions-to more closely match the output of SWOP-coated printing devices 2 Special Features To make the most of your printer's photo-quality output, the EPSON Stylus RIP...
... use the EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows through International Color Consortium® (ICC) profiles Press Simulation, which adjusts your EPSON Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo printer using a variety of media at various resolutions-to more closely match the output of SWOP-coated printing devices 2 Special Features To make the most of your printer's photo-quality output, the EPSON Stylus RIP...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... Macintosh, you need to your screen when you print. Click OK to the Raster Spool Mode setting can print with EPSON Stylus RIP for more information. Setting Up Your PostScript Printer Before you can take effect. 3. Raster Spool Mode is off. Note: The Timeout, Network Name, and Job Priority...to accept the changes. See page 2-17 for Macintosh Raster Spool Mode This checkbox turns the raster image spooling feature on your network. 2-5 In Raster Spool Mode, the Stylus RIP Monitor appears on and off -the default setting is recommended only when you click OK and exit the...
... Macintosh, you need to your screen when you print. Click OK to the Raster Spool Mode setting can print with EPSON Stylus RIP for more information. Setting Up Your PostScript Printer Before you can take effect. 3. Raster Spool Mode is off. Note: The Timeout, Network Name, and Job Priority...to accept the changes. See page 2-17 for Macintosh Raster Spool Mode This checkbox turns the raster image spooling feature on your network. 2-5 In Raster Spool Mode, the Stylus RIP Monitor appears on and off -the default setting is recommended only when you click OK and exit the...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... it running . In most situations, you should leave it on or restart your printer. Then, when you send a PostScript print job from an Application When you want to the Stylus RIP Server, it processes the PostScript file into a raster image and prints it active until you shut down your desktop. Just make starting... Client software sends it starts automatically each time you turn on your Macintosh, see page 2-14. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Now you're ready to drag and drop PostScript files for printing, create an alias of the StylusRIP Server program on drag ...
... it running . In most situations, you should leave it on or restart your printer. Then, when you send a PostScript print job from an Application When you want to the Stylus RIP Server, it processes the PostScript file into a raster image and prints it active until you shut down your desktop. Just make starting... Client software sends it starts automatically each time you turn on your Macintosh, see page 2-14. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Now you're ready to drag and drop PostScript files for printing, create an alias of the StylusRIP Server program on drag ...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... selected options, click Print. If you have an EPSON Stylus Color 1520 or 3000 printer, or an EPSON Stylus Photo 1200, 1270, or 2000P, choose one of system resources, you turn on the printer and the standalone or print server Macintosh. 2. Starting the EPSON Stylus RIP Server Software Automatically Note: Because the Stylus RIP Server software uses a lot of the following...
... selected options, click Print. If you have an EPSON Stylus Color 1520 or 3000 printer, or an EPSON Stylus Photo 1200, 1270, or 2000P, choose one of system resources, you turn on the printer and the standalone or print server Macintosh. 2. Starting the EPSON Stylus RIP Server Software Automatically Note: Because the Stylus RIP Server software uses a lot of the following...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... need to completely install EPSON Stylus RIP: Check the printer's setup and operation. Install the EPSON Stylus RIP software on your computer. Install the Adobe PostScript 4.2 or 5.0 driver, depending on the PANTONE PDF file, located at: C:\Program Files\EPSON\PANTONE\\ CoatedPaper720\ Note: If you're planning to use ICM (Image Color Matching) and you need...
... need to completely install EPSON Stylus RIP: Check the printer's setup and operation. Install the EPSON Stylus RIP software on your computer. Install the Adobe PostScript 4.2 or 5.0 driver, depending on the PANTONE PDF file, located at: C:\Program Files\EPSON\PANTONE\\ CoatedPaper720\ Note: If you're planning to use ICM (Image Color Matching) and you need...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... Press Simulation feature assumes you are printing with CMYK color data and you want your image may get unpredictable results. 4-7 If you may be clipped. 4. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Web Offset Publications, the U.S. standard for color management. otherwise, the top and bottom edges of ...Print on single sheets Choose this setting when you 're printing on roll paper; You have an EPSON Stylus Color 1520 or 3000 printer, or an EPSON Stylus Photo 1200, 1270 or 2000P printer, choose one of paper; If you have the following Paper Options: Print on roll paper...
... Press Simulation feature assumes you are printing with CMYK color data and you want your image may get unpredictable results. 4-7 If you may be clipped. 4. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Web Offset Publications, the U.S. standard for color management. otherwise, the top and bottom edges of ...Print on single sheets Choose this setting when you 're printing on roll paper; You have an EPSON Stylus Color 1520 or 3000 printer, or an EPSON Stylus Photo 1200, 1270 or 2000P printer, choose one of paper; If you have the following Paper Options: Print on roll paper...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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..., so check these conditions whenever you might encounter with the EPSON Stylus RIP software. Many problems can be solved by making sure the printer is turned on and properly connected to your EPSON ink jet printer. For the best results, use specially coated ink... jet paper, which is designed to some of the problems you encounter a problem. This chapter covers the following: Printing high quality color images Solving problems Printing High Quality Color Images To obtain high quality color images...
..., so check these conditions whenever you might encounter with the EPSON Stylus RIP software. Many problems can be solved by making sure the printer is turned on and properly connected to your EPSON ink jet printer. For the best results, use specially coated ink... jet paper, which is designed to some of the problems you encounter a problem. This chapter covers the following: Printing high quality color images Solving problems Printing High Quality Color Images To obtain high quality color images...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... specifications for instructions. You're using coated ink jet paper. Also make sure you named the printer correctly. 5-2 See your printer documentation for your printer (included on the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM). If you're working with scanned images, check the scanner software settings. Try cleaning the print head with the utilities provided...
... specifications for instructions. You're using coated ink jet paper. Also make sure you named the printer correctly. 5-2 See your printer documentation for your printer (included on the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM). If you're working with scanned images, check the scanner software settings. Try cleaning the print head with the utilities provided...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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...with one of the font. Solution Add RAM to Courier or print a bitmap image of these two extensions in this folder, unless you have PostScript compatible fonts (not just screen fonts) loaded on the printer and clean the print heads if necessary. See your computer. Solution When you ... .ps or .prn extension. Upgrade your CPU, if possible, for faster processing of fonts will default to your printer documentation for instructions. If the page is missing a font, EPSON Stylus RIP will process faster with the print job. Run a self test on your system and selected in the right ...
...with one of the font. Solution Add RAM to Courier or print a bitmap image of these two extensions in this folder, unless you have PostScript compatible fonts (not just screen fonts) loaded on the printer and clean the print heads if necessary. See your computer. Solution When you ... .ps or .prn extension. Upgrade your CPU, if possible, for faster processing of fonts will default to your printer documentation for instructions. If the page is missing a font, EPSON Stylus RIP will process faster with the print job. Run a self test on your system and selected in the right ...
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... PostScript code. Restart your application's Print Setup dialog box. 5-5 Images and type look bitmapped and jagged on changing this doesn't work, turn off the printer to establish communication with the standard EPSON non-PostScript driver rather than Stylus RIP. If this setting in the Stylus RIP window on a PC to either EPP or ECP mode...
... PostScript code. Restart your application's Print Setup dialog box. 5-5 Images and type look bitmapped and jagged on changing this doesn't work, turn off the printer to establish communication with the standard EPSON non-PostScript driver rather than Stylus RIP. If this setting in the Stylus RIP window on a PC to either EPP or ECP mode...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... cannot be processed directly by Stylus RIP. Troubleshooting Your printed output has white lines Possible cause Your screen saver is not in the correct folder or directory. The print head nozzles are enlarging the images. Solution Turn off your printer's PPD from PageMaker 6.0 or... 6.5 (Windows) Possible cause Your PostScript printer PPD file is interrupting the printing process. Solution Try printing the images in another application and then print. 5-7 Solution...
... cannot be processed directly by Stylus RIP. Troubleshooting Your printed output has white lines Possible cause Your screen saver is not in the correct folder or directory. The print head nozzles are enlarging the images. Solution Turn off your printer's PPD from PageMaker 6.0 or... 6.5 (Windows) Possible cause Your PostScript printer PPD file is interrupting the printing process. Solution Try printing the images in another application and then print. 5-7 Solution...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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...printer. Printed images are incorrect. Your Macintosh freezes when you try printing again. Solution When selecting the PDF format, select Generic Color in Page Setup or Print Setup. Then close your printer documentation for the document. Check your applications before you select the correct printer icon, AppleTalk zone, and printer... size that your printer software settings are...printer name in the printer. You are correct for information on the maximum printable area on page 2-5 and make sure you run Stylus RIP. Troubleshooting Your printout has misplaced images...
...printer. Printed images are incorrect. Your Macintosh freezes when you try printing again. Solution When selecting the PDF format, select Generic Color in Page Setup or Print Setup. Then close your printer documentation for the document. Check your applications before you select the correct printer icon, AppleTalk zone, and printer... size that your printer software settings are...printer name in the printer. You are correct for information on the maximum printable area on page 2-5 and make sure you run Stylus RIP. Troubleshooting Your printout has misplaced images...
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..., 2-10 to 2-13, 4-6 to 4-7 Color problems, 5-6 ColorSync, 1-9 to 1-10 Communications error, 5-3 Configuring Stylus RIP Macintosh, 2-2 to 2-8 Windows, 4-11 to 4-12 D Drag and drop printing, 2-15 to 2-16 E EPS files, problems, 5-7 EPSON accessories, 6 help, 6 Error messages, 5-2 to 5-3 F Fonts, problems, 5-4 to 5-6 H Help, 6 I ICC profiles, 1-9 to 1-10, 3-13 ICM support, 3-13 Images, problems, 5-5 to 5-8 Ink setting Macintosh...
..., 2-10 to 2-13, 4-6 to 4-7 Color problems, 5-6 ColorSync, 1-9 to 1-10 Communications error, 5-3 Configuring Stylus RIP Macintosh, 2-2 to 2-8 Windows, 4-11 to 4-12 D Drag and drop printing, 2-15 to 2-16 E EPS files, problems, 5-7 EPSON accessories, 6 help, 6 Error messages, 5-2 to 5-3 F Fonts, problems, 5-4 to 5-6 H Help, 6 I ICC profiles, 1-9 to 1-10, 3-13 ICM support, 3-13 Images, problems, 5-5 to 5-8 Ink setting Macintosh...
User Manual - USB/Parallel Kit
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System Requirements Macintosh Computer: Operating system: Memory: Storage: Display: CD-ROM drive: Printer cable: Apple iMac Macintosh OS 8.1 with iMac Update 1.0 32MB RAM At least 50MB of free hard disk space for storing images (100MB or more recommended) 13-inch RGB display or better 24-speed CD-ROM drive EPSON USB/Parallel Adapter cable 34
System Requirements Macintosh Computer: Operating system: Memory: Storage: Display: CD-ROM drive: Printer cable: Apple iMac Macintosh OS 8.1 with iMac Update 1.0 32MB RAM At least 50MB of free hard disk space for storing images (100MB or more recommended) 13-inch RGB display or better 24-speed CD-ROM drive EPSON USB/Parallel Adapter cable 34
User Manual - USB/Parallel Kit
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Windows Computer: Operating system: Memory: Storage: Display: CD-ROM drive: Printer cable: An IBM® compatible PC with at least a 486/ 66 MHZ processor (Pentium® processor recommended) Windows 98 At least 16MB of RAM (32MB recommended) At least 50MB or free hard disk space for storing images (100MB recommended) VGA, Super VGA, or better display adapter and monitor Double-speed CD-ROM drive (quad-speed or faster recommended) for installing the printer software EPSON USB/Parallel Adapter cable 35
Windows Computer: Operating system: Memory: Storage: Display: CD-ROM drive: Printer cable: An IBM® compatible PC with at least a 486/ 66 MHZ processor (Pentium® processor recommended) Windows 98 At least 16MB of RAM (32MB recommended) At least 50MB or free hard disk space for storing images (100MB recommended) VGA, Super VGA, or better display adapter and monitor Double-speed CD-ROM drive (quad-speed or faster recommended) for installing the printer software EPSON USB/Parallel Adapter cable 35