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Contents Introduction Do You Need PostScript? 1 Special Features 2 Macintosh System Requirements 3 Windows System Requirements 4 How To Use Your Manuals 4 Cautions, Notes, and Tips 5 Where To Get Help 6 1 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Checking the Printer 1-2 Determining Your Configuration 1-3 Standalone Configuration 1-3 Direct Connection Network Configuration 1-4 Typical Network Configuration 1-5 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on a Standalone or Print Server Macintosh 1-6 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on a Client Macintosh 1-8 iii
Contents Introduction Do You Need PostScript? 1 Special Features 2 Macintosh System Requirements 3 Windows System Requirements 4 How To Use Your Manuals 4 Cautions, Notes, and Tips 5 Where To Get Help 6 1 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Checking the Printer 1-2 Determining Your Configuration 1-3 Standalone Configuration 1-3 Direct Connection Network Configuration 1-4 Typical Network Configuration 1-5 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on a Standalone or Print Server Macintosh 1-6 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on a Client Macintosh 1-8 iii
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...Color Support 1-10 2 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Setting Up the EPSON Stylus RIP Server 2-2 Configuring EPSON Stylus RIP Preferences 2-4 Setting Up Your PostScript Printer 2-5 Printing from an Application 2-8 Sending the Print Job 2-9 Setting Print Job Options 2-10 Starting the EPSON Stylus... Stylus RIP Monitor 2-17 3 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Checking the Printer 3-2 Installing the EPSON Stylus RIP Software 3-2 Installing the PostScript Driver on Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 3-5 Installing the PostScript Driver on Windows 2000...
...Color Support 1-10 2 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Setting Up the EPSON Stylus RIP Server 2-2 Configuring EPSON Stylus RIP Preferences 2-4 Setting Up Your PostScript Printer 2-5 Printing from an Application 2-8 Sending the Print Job 2-9 Setting Print Job Options 2-10 Starting the EPSON Stylus... Stylus RIP Monitor 2-17 3 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Checking the Printer 3-2 Installing the EPSON Stylus RIP Software 3-2 Installing the PostScript Driver on Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 3-5 Installing the PostScript Driver on Windows 2000...
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... 4 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Printing from an Application 4-1 Starting EPSON Stylus RIP 4-2 Printing with the Default Options 4-2 Printing and Setting Printer Options 4-3 Managing Print 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...
... 4 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Printing from an Application 4-1 Starting EPSON Stylus RIP 4-2 Printing with the Default Options 4-2 Printing and Setting Printer Options 4-3 Managing Print 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...
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...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 your printout or it prints in black ink only 5-6 Your printed output has white lines 5-7 Bitmap images or clip art looks jagged 5-7 You're having trouble printing from PageMaker 6.0 or 6.5 (Windows) 5-7 ...
...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 your printout or it prints in black ink only 5-6 Your printed output has white lines 5-7 Bitmap images or clip art looks jagged 5-7 You're having trouble printing from PageMaker 6.0 or 6.5 (Windows) 5-7 ...
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... automatically prints them on your EPSON Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo ink jet printer as QuarkXPress®, the RIP software creates a raster image from an application such as a PostScript® 3 (Macintosh®, Windows® 2000, and Windows NT®) and Level 2 (Windows 95 and 98) compatible printer. You can use the EPSON Stylus RIP with your printer. Using the standard driver is...
... automatically prints them on your EPSON Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo ink jet printer as QuarkXPress®, the RIP software creates a raster image from an application such as a PostScript® 3 (Macintosh®, Windows® 2000, and Windows NT®) and Level 2 (Windows 95 and 98) compatible printer. You can use the EPSON Stylus RIP with your printer. Using the standard driver is...
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... applications, especially photography, use the EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows through International Color Consortium® (ICC) profiles Press Simulation, which adjusts your EPSON printer's color gamut to give you PANTONE colors when you can use the standard, non-PostScript EPSON driver. Special Features To make the most of your printer's photo-quality output, the EPSON Stylus RIP software includes these special...
... applications, especially photography, use the EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows through International Color Consortium® (ICC) profiles Press Simulation, which adjusts your EPSON printer's color gamut to give you PANTONE colors when you can use the standard, non-PostScript EPSON driver. Special Features To make the most of your printer's photo-quality output, the EPSON Stylus RIP software includes these special...
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... drive An available parallel port configured as LPT1 You can print with the EPSON Stylus RIP on using file sharing, with the printer connected to -peer Windows network by using and maintaining your printer. 4 How To Use Your Manuals Before you install the RIP, make sure you ...on the print server. See page 3-5 for instructions on a peer-to the print server's parallel port. Introduction Windows System Requirements To use the EPSON Stylus RIP in your printer's documentation. Also, refer to a file on the shared folder on the print server only. Users printing from ...
... drive An available parallel port configured as LPT1 You can print with the EPSON Stylus RIP on using file sharing, with the printer connected to -peer Windows network by using and maintaining your printer. 4 How To Use Your Manuals Before you install the RIP, make sure you ...on the print server. See page 3-5 for instructions on a peer-to the print server's parallel port. Introduction Windows System Requirements To use the EPSON Stylus RIP in your printer's documentation. Also, refer to a file on the shared folder on the print server only. Users printing from ...
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...this information throughout your manual: Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment or to install EPSON Stylus RIP on Windows computers and set up client computers on networks. Introduction If you're familiar with software PostScript interpreters, you can ...use the EPSON Stylus RIP Quick Start Guide to get started with the EPSON Stylus RIP software on Windows computers. Tips contain additional hints for printing with the EPSON Stylus RIP software on Macintosh computers and AppleTalk networks. Chapter 2 explains...
...this information throughout your manual: Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment or to install EPSON Stylus RIP on Windows computers and set up client computers on networks. Introduction If you're familiar with software PostScript interpreters, you can ...use the EPSON Stylus RIP Quick Start Guide to get started with the EPSON Stylus RIP software on Windows computers. Tips contain additional hints for printing with the EPSON Stylus RIP software on Macintosh computers and AppleTalk networks. Chapter 2 explains...
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... and shut down any applications that are running. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on a Standalone or Print Server Macintosh Before you aren't prompted to open its window. 2. If necessary, double-click the Stylus RIP CD-ROM icon to restart your computer, manually ...the installation, click the Restart button when prompted to install the RIP into, and click Install. 5. Insert the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM in the Stylus RIP window. 3. From the Installer dialog box, select Easy Install, specify an Install Location to restart your drive. Double-click...
... and shut down any applications that are running. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on a Standalone or Print Server Macintosh Before you aren't prompted to open its window. 2. If necessary, double-click the Stylus RIP CD-ROM icon to restart your computer, manually ...the installation, click the Restart button when prompted to install the RIP into, and click Install. 5. Insert the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM in the Stylus RIP window. 3. From the Installer dialog box, select Easy Install, specify an Install Location to restart your drive. Double-click...
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...Easy Install, specify an Install Location to open its window. 2. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on a Client Macintosh Once you've installed the EPSON Stylus RIP Server software on your print server, you install the EPSON Stylus RIP Client software, disable all anti-virus or ...disk utility extensions, and shut down any applications that are running. Insert the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM in the Stylus RIP window. 3. At the title screen, click Continue. 4. Then, follow these steps: 1. Before you can install the ...
...Easy Install, specify an Install Location to open its window. 2. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on a Client Macintosh Once you've installed the EPSON Stylus RIP Server software on your print server, you install the EPSON Stylus RIP Client software, disable all anti-virus or ...disk utility extensions, and shut down any applications that are running. Insert the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM in the Stylus RIP window. 3. At the title screen, click Continue. 4. Then, follow these steps: 1. Before you can install the ...
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You can also use the Stylus RIP window to monitor your printer. Here's what this chapter covers: Setting up and starting the Stylus RIP Server application, selecting the RIP in the Chooser, printing from an application Printing over a network Drag and drop printing ... the RIP software process your print job and send it up, you can start printing PostScript documents. 2 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Once you've installed the EPSON Stylus RIP software on your Macintosh computer(s), you need to set it to your print jobs, manage the print queue, or...
You can also use the Stylus RIP window to monitor your printer. Here's what this chapter covers: Setting up and starting the Stylus RIP Server application, selecting the RIP in the Chooser, printing from an application Printing over a network Drag and drop printing ... the RIP software process your print job and send it up, you can start printing PostScript documents. 2 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Once you've installed the EPSON Stylus RIP software on your Macintosh computer(s), you need to set it to your print jobs, manage the print queue, or...
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... configure the software for the printer, checks printer settings and licenses, and then displays the Stylus RIP server window. If you're using EPSON Stylus RIP on a standalone Macintosh, continue with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh If you for your new port. Leave the window open. Printing with "Setting Up Your PostScript Printer" on page 2-5. The Stylus RIP Server software searches...
... configure the software for the printer, checks printer settings and licenses, and then displays the Stylus RIP server window. If you're using EPSON Stylus RIP on a standalone Macintosh, continue with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh If you for your new port. Leave the window open. Printing with "Setting Up Your PostScript Printer" on page 2-5. The Stylus RIP Server software searches...
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... is running it on a standalone server to either the Mac OS or the EPSON Stylus RIP Server application. maximum is 240. Network Name This is the name that appears in the Chooser and in the Stylus RIP server information window when the server is 120 seconds; Move the slide bar all the way... to Stylus RIP if you are running . Job Priority This sets the resource priority given to increase...
... is running it on a standalone server to either the Mac OS or the EPSON Stylus RIP Server application. maximum is 240. Network Name This is the name that appears in the Chooser and in the Stylus RIP server information window when the server is 120 seconds; Move the slide bar all the way... to Stylus RIP if you are running . Job Priority This sets the resource priority given to increase...
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... processing your file is printing, the Server Information window displays the following information: (If you don't see this window, select Show window from the PostScript menu.) 2-16 Page currently printing Click here to use and click Save. 7. After your file or files. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for processing in the order in which they...
... processing your file is printing, the Server Information window displays the following information: (If you don't see this window, select Show window from the PostScript menu.) 2-16 Page currently printing Click here to use and click Save. 7. After your file or files. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for processing in the order in which they...
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... must have Raster Spool Mode turned on Raster Spool Mode: 1. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for this mode to take effect. 2-17 Choose Preferences from each client Macintosh. Using the Stylus RIP Monitor If you're running the EPSON Stylus RIP on your print job. Check Raster Spool Mode and click OK. ...press the J and . (period) keys on a network, you 'll see the error displayed in the window to use the StylusRIP Monitor to manage your print jobs from the File menu of your keyboard. Follow these steps to turn on to track the progress of the Stylus RIP Server software. 2.
... must have Raster Spool Mode turned on Raster Spool Mode: 1. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for this mode to take effect. 2-17 Choose Preferences from each client Macintosh. Using the Stylus RIP Monitor If you're running the EPSON Stylus RIP on your print job. Check Raster Spool Mode and click OK. ...press the J and . (period) keys on a network, you 'll see the error displayed in the window to use the StylusRIP Monitor to manage your print jobs from the File menu of your keyboard. Follow these steps to turn on to track the progress of the Stylus RIP Server software. 2.
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To cancel a print job that 's currently printing in the StylusRIP Monitor window. You can see the StylusRIP Monitor window, select Show window from the File menu. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh After you don't see a list of spooled print jobs and the status of the job that is already spooled and waiting to be printed, select the job and click Cancel Printing. 2-18 If you send a print job and the Stylus RIP Server processes it, the StylusRIP Monitor starts automatically.
To cancel a print job that 's currently printing in the StylusRIP Monitor window. You can see the StylusRIP Monitor window, select Show window from the File menu. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh After you don't see a list of spooled print jobs and the status of the job that is already spooled and waiting to be printed, select the job and click Cancel Printing. 2-18 If you send a print job and the Stylus RIP Server processes it, the StylusRIP Monitor starts automatically.
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... network, you need to Stylus RIP. 3-1 3 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows This chapter provides instructions for many popular applications. Even if you already have other PostScript printer drivers, you need to install AdobePS 4.2 (Windows 95, 98) or 5.0 (NT 4), which are copied to the correct folder. If you need to match PANTONE colors, be sure to...
... network, you need to Stylus RIP. 3-1 3 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows This chapter provides instructions for many popular applications. Even if you already have other PostScript printer drivers, you need to install AdobePS 4.2 (Windows 95, 98) or 5.0 (NT 4), which are copied to the correct folder. If you need to match PANTONE colors, be sure to...
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... Software Before you start, make sure the interface connection and cable are closed. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Checking the Printer Before you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software, follow the instructions in the setup program to install EPSON Stylus RIP on a client computer will be different than the ones you choose for use, making sure you...
... Software Before you start, make sure the interface connection and cable are closed. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Checking the Printer Before you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software, follow the instructions in the setup program to install EPSON Stylus RIP on a client computer will be different than the ones you choose for use, making sure you...
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... a standalone or server computer, choose your printer model from the Installer dialog box and click Install. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for the EPSON Stylus RIP by clicking Browse, or click Next to accept the default installation location. 3-3 Insert the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM in your computer: 1. ... ahead to install EPSON Stylus RIP and the PostScript driver on page 3-12. 3. At the introductory screen, click Next. You see the Installer screen. If it doesn't start automatically, double-click My Computer. Then choose an installation directory for Windows Follow these steps ...
... a standalone or server computer, choose your printer model from the Installer dialog box and click Install. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for the EPSON Stylus RIP by clicking Browse, or click Next to accept the default installation location. 3-3 Insert the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM in your computer: 1. ... ahead to install EPSON Stylus RIP and the PostScript driver on page 3-12. 3. At the introductory screen, click Next. You see the Installer screen. If it doesn't start automatically, double-click My Computer. Then choose an installation directory for Windows Follow these steps ...
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... next section to accept the default name. 5. Enter a folder name where the EPSON Stylus RIP files will be installed, or click Next to install the PostScript driver. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for instructions on your system, you see page 3-8 for Windows 4. For Windows 2000, see a dialog box telling you that setup is finished, the Adobe PostScript...
... next section to accept the default name. 5. Enter a folder name where the EPSON Stylus RIP files will be installed, or click Next to install the PostScript driver. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for instructions on your system, you see page 3-8 for Windows 4. For Windows 2000, see a dialog box telling you that setup is finished, the Adobe PostScript...