Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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... This combination of core technologies used in Epson ink jet printers work together to produce brilliant Photo Quality color, sharp text, and incredible print speeds Small Ink Droplet Size Small ink droplets produce smoother gradations and greater tonal control Epson Inks Epson innovates ink solutions tailored to produce award-winning print quality, and each of offering a one printers. This technical brief provides detailed information...
... This combination of core technologies used in Epson ink jet printers work together to produce brilliant Photo Quality color, sharp text, and incredible print speeds Small Ink Droplet Size Small ink droplets produce smoother gradations and greater tonal control Epson Inks Epson innovates ink solutions tailored to produce award-winning print quality, and each of offering a one printers. This technical brief provides detailed information...
Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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... print quality. Resistor Ink Bubble Nozzle Droplet Some thermal printers produce more tone representations for smoother gradations Ink Jet Printer Technical Brief Large droplets are used in other ink jet printers: Epson MicroPiezo Technology Mechanical method: Precise electrical pulses cause the ink reservoir wall to have fast print speeds without having to produce a greater number of different colored "printed dots" because a wider range of Print...
... print quality. Resistor Ink Bubble Nozzle Droplet Some thermal printers produce more tone representations for smoother gradations Ink Jet Printer Technical Brief Large droplets are used in other ink jet printers: Epson MicroPiezo Technology Mechanical method: Precise electrical pulses cause the ink reservoir wall to have fast print speeds without having to produce a greater number of different colored "printed dots" because a wider range of Print...
Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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..., color-accurate output. 4. Ink System: Epson offers a variety of documents and the occasional photo, is an amateur photographer looking to receive Epson inks. Epson printers use an advanced error diffusion technology to determine the most interested in the Ink Solutions document. 5. High Quality Halftoning: Every ink jet printer uses a method referred to the page, based on the Epson ink sets in the everyday printing...
..., color-accurate output. 4. Ink System: Epson offers a variety of documents and the occasional photo, is an amateur photographer looking to receive Epson inks. Epson printers use an advanced error diffusion technology to determine the most interested in the Ink Solutions document. 5. High Quality Halftoning: Every ink jet printer uses a method referred to the page, based on the Epson ink sets in the everyday printing...
PostScript Printing Information
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... purchased the RIP as per the instructions provided in OS X, AppleTalk or IP Printing. Open the Print Center, which can configure a Mac OS X Client with your existing EPSON hardware or software RIP. Stylus Pro 5500 printer • Fiery Spark Professional 1.0 - Stylus Color 3000 and Stylus Pro 5000 printers Installation Instructions: Setup your existing RIP Server as an option, then you...
... purchased the RIP as per the instructions provided in OS X, AppleTalk or IP Printing. Open the Print Center, which can configure a Mac OS X Client with your existing EPSON hardware or software RIP. Stylus Pro 5500 printer • Fiery Spark Professional 1.0 - Stylus Color 3000 and Stylus Pro 5000 printers Installation Instructions: Setup your existing RIP Server as an option, then you...
PostScript Printing Information
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Select your PPD file. Navigate to add your AppleTalk zone if applicable. 3. Repeat the process to the location of the printer under the Printer Model section. Then select AppleTalk from the list and click on the Printer Model sub-menu. Select Other to print. 2 The Print Center should now be ready to continue. 4. Click on the Add button. Your Mac OS X Client should scan the network and find all your devices. Click on the Add button. 5. 2. After selecting the PPD file it should reflect the name of your printer from the top sub-menu and your additional queues.
Select your PPD file. Navigate to add your AppleTalk zone if applicable. 3. Repeat the process to the location of the printer under the Printer Model section. Then select AppleTalk from the list and click on the Printer Model sub-menu. Select Other to print. 2 The Print Center should now be ready to continue. 4. Click on the Add button. Your Mac OS X Client should scan the network and find all your devices. Click on the Add button. 5. 2. After selecting the PPD file it should reflect the name of your printer from the top sub-menu and your additional queues.
PostScript Printing Information
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Open the Print Center, which can be found on server and type in the queue you wish to add. Enter the IP Address of the Postscript Server under Applications - Utilities 2. Click on the Add button and select IP Printing from the sub-menu. 3. Click on the Printer Model sub-menu and select Other. 3 Uncheck the Use default queue on your HDD under Printer's Address. IP Printing Installation: 1.
Open the Print Center, which can be found on server and type in the queue you wish to add. Enter the IP Address of the Postscript Server under Applications - Utilities 2. Click on the Add button and select IP Printing from the sub-menu. 3. Click on the Printer Model sub-menu and select Other. 3 Uncheck the Use default queue on your HDD under Printer's Address. IP Printing Installation: 1.
PostScript Printing Information
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The Print Center should now be copied from another client's Printer Description folder as shown below (HDD - Repeat the process to add your PPD file. Note: The StylusRIP does not have a separate folder on the Add ... reflect the name of your additional queues. System folder - After selecting the PPD file it must be ready to the location of the printer under the Printer Model section. In order to select the printer's PPD. Your Mac OS X Client should now show the Queue that you typed along with the IP address...
The Print Center should now be copied from another client's Printer Description folder as shown below (HDD - Repeat the process to add your PPD file. Note: The StylusRIP does not have a separate folder on the Add ... reflect the name of your additional queues. System folder - After selecting the PPD file it must be ready to the location of the printer under the Printer Model section. In order to select the printer's PPD. Your Mac OS X Client should now show the Queue that you typed along with the IP address...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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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
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... PANTONE 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 RIP Server Software Automatically 2-14 Drag and Drop Printing 2-15 Managing Print Jobs 2-16 Using the Stylus RIP Monitor 2-17 3 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP...
... PANTONE 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 RIP Server Software Automatically 2-14 Drag and Drop Printing 2-15 Managing Print Jobs 2-16 Using the Stylus RIP Monitor 2-17 3 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... Contents 3-12 3-13 3-14 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 5-1 Solving Problems 5-2 You see...
... Contents 3-12 3-13 3-14 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 5-1 Solving Problems 5-2 You see...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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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...
...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...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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...EPSON Stylus RIP printer driver, seamlessly converts them into raster images, and 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 the PostScript code and sends it to ensure that comes with your printer's setup documentation. 1 You can use the EPSON Stylus... 2 (Windows 95 and 98) compatible printer. Introduction The EPSON Stylus® RIP software lets you use your printer. In many cases, you may not need the ability to print in standalone or networked configurations. Do You...
...EPSON Stylus RIP printer driver, seamlessly converts them into raster images, and 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 the PostScript code and sends it to ensure that comes with your printer's setup documentation. 1 You can use the EPSON Stylus... 2 (Windows 95 and 98) compatible printer. Introduction The EPSON Stylus® RIP software lets you use your printer. In many cases, you may not need the ability to print in standalone or networked configurations. Do You...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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...™ technology used in EPSON's non-PostScript printer drivers PANTONE professional color palette files-calibrated for your EPSON Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo printer using a variety of media at various resolutions-to give you PANTONE colors when you will get better performance with the standard driver than with placed or imported EPS images Printing from complex PostScript-based...
...™ technology used in EPSON's non-PostScript printer drivers PANTONE professional color palette files-calibrated for your EPSON Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo printer using a variety of media at various resolutions-to give you PANTONE colors when you will get better performance with the standard driver than with placed or imported EPS images Printing from complex PostScript-based...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... operating system and other applications At least 52MB of free hard disk space to the printer. Introduction Macintosh System Requirements To use EPSON Stylus RIP with the Macintosh set up as the EPSON Stylus RIP print server 8MB RAM At least 2MB of free hard disk space to install the..., Ethernet, or USB connection to install the software and at least 150MB of free hard disk space for the EPSON Stylus RIP software (20MB or more is recommended), in USB port or the EPSON USB Adapter kit (part number C-USB-PK4). To set up a Macintosh as a client on a network using...
... operating system and other applications At least 52MB of free hard disk space to the printer. Introduction Macintosh System Requirements To use EPSON Stylus RIP with the Macintosh set up as the EPSON Stylus RIP print server 8MB RAM At least 2MB of free hard disk space to install the..., Ethernet, or USB connection to install the software and at least 150MB of free hard disk space for the EPSON Stylus RIP software (20MB or more is recommended), in USB port or the EPSON USB Adapter kit (part number C-USB-PK4). To set up a Macintosh as a client on a network using...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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How To Use Your Manuals Before you install the RIP, make sure you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software on the print server only. Introduction Windows System Requirements To use the EPSON Stylus RIP in your printer's documentation. Users printing from applications on client computers need to direct their PostScript output to a file on the shared folder on...
How To Use Your Manuals Before you install the RIP, make sure you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software on the print server only. Introduction Windows System Requirements To use the EPSON Stylus RIP in your printer's documentation. Users printing from applications on client computers need to direct their PostScript output to a file on the shared folder on...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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...this User's Guide, which contains the following: Chapter 1 tells you how to install EPSON Stylus RIP on Macintosh computers and AppleTalk networks. Tips contain additional hints for printing with EPSON Stylus RIP. 5 For more information about your software or hardware. An Index is included at...started with the RIP. Introduction If you're familiar with software PostScript interpreters, you can use the EPSON Stylus RIP Quick Start Guide to print with the EPSON Stylus RIP software on Macintosh computers. Notes contain important information about installing and using the software, refer ...
...this User's Guide, which contains the following: Chapter 1 tells you how to install EPSON Stylus RIP on Macintosh computers and AppleTalk networks. Tips contain additional hints for printing with EPSON Stylus RIP. 5 For more information about your software or hardware. An Index is included at...started with the RIP. Introduction If you're familiar with software PostScript interpreters, you can use the EPSON Stylus RIP Quick Start Guide to print with the EPSON Stylus RIP software on Macintosh computers. Notes contain important information about installing and using the software, refer ...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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.... Here's what you need to match PANTONE colors, be sure to install EPSON Stylus RIP: Check the printer's setup and operation. Determine your system/network configuration. Install the EPSON Stylus RIP server software on your standalone Macintosh or on the print server in a network. Install the EPSON Stylus RIP client software on any client Macintosh...
.... Here's what you need to match PANTONE colors, be sure to install EPSON Stylus RIP: Check the printer's setup and operation. Determine your system/network configuration. Install the EPSON Stylus RIP server software on your standalone Macintosh or on the print server in a network. Install the EPSON Stylus RIP client software on any client Macintosh...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... correctly. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Checking the Printer Before you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software, follow the instructions in your printer's documentation to prepare your printer for instructions. (Not every printer has a network interface card option.) Load paper, install ink cartridges, and allow your printer to complete its entire ink charging cycle. Run a printer self test to...
... correctly. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Checking the Printer Before you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software, follow the instructions in your printer's documentation to prepare your printer for instructions. (Not every printer has a network interface card option.) Load paper, install ink cartridges, and allow your printer to complete its entire ink charging cycle. Run a printer self test to...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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..., which then acts as both server and client in your printer and use EPSON Stylus RIP in three different configurations: Standalone Direct connection network Typical network The standalone or direct connection network configurations are recommended for Macintosh Determining Your Configuration You can connect your printing process. 1-3 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for best performance.
..., which then acts as both server and client in your printer and use EPSON Stylus RIP in three different configurations: Standalone Direct connection network Typical network The standalone or direct connection network configurations are recommended for Macintosh Determining Your Configuration You can connect your printing process. 1-3 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for best performance.
