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1 User s Manual v1.2

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of contents Table of contents 2 License agreement 3 Introduction 4 Installation 5 The Software package 5 Installation 5 Requirements 5 Rolandprintstudio software installation 5 After the installation 6 Open the RIP 6 Additional installations 7 Installing patches and updates 7 Installing printer drivers 7 Installing profiles 7 Configuration 10 Configuring the drivers 10 Open the server administration 10 Configure the IP address 10 Add a new roll/page size 11 Removable devices and shared folders 12 Removable devices 12 Using the shared folders created by Rolandprintstudio 12 Accessing a shared folder from a Rolandprintstudio workstation 12 Registration 13 Registration and Licensing 13 Installing the license key 13 Production 15 Main interface 15 Main Interface 15 Changing the language 16 Changing the input profile 17 Open a file 17 Viewing a file 20 Print a file 20 Info 24 About applications 24 About the images 24 The Info window 25 Info in Workflow mode 29 Worfkflows 30 Workflow Editor 31 Workflow report 33 HotFolders 35 HotFolders 35 HotFolders Admin 35 Edit 37 General presentation of Edit 38 Working modes 38 The Properties windows: images, texts and vector entities 44 The Edit Setup window 48 2

3 TABLE OF CONTENTS The Spooler 51 RolandPrintstudio Spooler window 51 The Log file button 57 The Setup button 57 Profiling 60 Other modules 60 Appendix How to filter the image bar 61 The filter 61 Done Jobs 63 Image bar views 63 License agreement 2016 ROLAND DG CORPORATION. All rights reserved. Please refer to the Rolandprintstudio End-User License Agreement document for complete License agreement. Acknowledgements This documentation, as well as the software described in it, are supplied under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. The information contained in this documentation is supplied for informational use only, and may be modified without prior notice by Roland. Roland assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this documentation. Except when it is permitted by such license, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise) without having obtained prior written permission from Roland. Please remember that existing artwork or images that you may want to scan as a template for your new image may be protected under copyright law. The unauthorized inclusion of such artwork or images into your new work could be a violation of the rights of the author. Please be sure to obtain any permission required from the authors. Names and trademarks used in this document are trademarks of their respective holders. 3

4 INTRODUCTION Introduction This manual will take you through the configuration process of a Rolandprintstudio Workstation, from the software installation to the first print you will perform. The process has been divided into four big steps symbolized in the following diagram: Installation Configuration Registration & Licensing Production 4

5 INSTALLATION The Software package The software package includes: Installation - 1 flash drive with Rolandprintstudio installation and this manual - 1 Installation Help - 1 USB hardware dongle On Rolandprintstudio s package box, you will find your Access number; this is the serial number of your software. On the USB dongle, you will also find a sticker with a number; this is the serial number of the dongle and is called the Dongle-Number. Installation Requirements These numbers are required to register your product on Whenever the software asks for a password please use roland. Please keep them safe as there is no free replacement when lost. The first step is to ensure your system reaches the software requirements. - Hardware: Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 based Mac mini, imac or Mac Pro. MacBook Air and MacBook Pro not recommended! PPC based hardware (G5, G4 ) not supported! - System: Mac OS X RAM: 4GB or more. Minimum 1GB per core, recommended at least 2 GB per core. - HDD: 250GB - Monitor: Resolution at least 1280 x 1024 Rolandprintstudio software installation Launching 1. Log in with any account. 2. Insert the Rolandprintstudio Installation flash drive. 3. Double-click the flash drive icon, then the Rolandprintstudio Install icon. 4. When asked for authentication, enter an administrator name and password of your MAC. You need to enter this password as the following procedures will require the installation of some system files. Admin appears by default in the Name field, since it is the first account that has been created after the installation. If you do not have an X11 server, it will be installed now. This procedure may take a few seconds. The installation wizard will then open. Rolandprintstudio software requires a frequent use of the three buttons of the mouse. If you have a single-button mouse, you can emulate the second button using the Alt (Option) key and the third button using the Apple (Command) key. 5

6 INSTALLATION Installing Once launched, follow these seven steps to precede the installation. To go from one step to the following, click on the arrow at the bottom right of the window. 1. Language selection 2. Starting window 3. Installation mode (choose simple) 4. System services selection Do not select the services if you are installing Rolandprintstudio on an existing Mac OS X system that is also used for other tasks. It may partly break your system configuration (network, printer queue lines ). On the other hand, if your system is dedicated to Rolandprintstudio, do not hesitate to install these services. 5. Printers selection 6. Cutters selection 7. Finally, launch the installation. Once the installation is done, reboot your workstation, accept the license agreement and Rolandprintstudio will then open in demonstration mode. After the installation Open the RIP Once the installation is completed, double-click on the Rolandprintstudio icon on the desktop, your product will start automatically. Button and overview of Rolandprintstudio. 6

7 INSTALLATION Additional installations Installing patches and updates Patches and updates are available from Rolandprintstudio online platform: There is usually only one downloadable official update, which will include all the previous ones, so that you do not have to install them one after the other. A patch/update consists of one file called XXXX.calpatch. The file is a compressed archive; please make sure that you do not decompress it before proceeding to the installation. After downloading the file, double click it. You will be prompted for an administration password. Enter roland. After you type in the password, the Rolandprintstudio installer will open. Then you will only have to press the Next button until the installation is finished. Installing printer drivers Printer drivers are available from Rolandprintstudio online platform: A driver consists of one file called XXXX.calpatch, which is to be installed exactly the same way as described above. Once the installation is finished, simply restart Rolandprintstudio software, and your driver will be available and automatically added to the application tab. Installing profiles Profiles are available from Rolandprintstudio online platform: A profile (or a set of profiles) consists of one file called XXXX.calpatch, which is to be installed exactly the same way as described above. However, we recommend you to use the procedure described below to install the profile patch: 1. Ensure first that the file has not been decompressed. 2. Open Rolandprintstudio RIP software. 3. Then open the Media Explorer module: click on the ME icon. 4. Then double-click on the printer icon or select it and click on Next. 7

8 INSTALLATION 5. Select your printer in the list and click on Next or directly double-click on the printer. 6. Then click on Install Patch. 7. The file selection pop-up opens. Find the patch on your computer and select it. Then click on Load. 8. A new pop-up opens displaying the list of the profiles contained in the patch. Select the profile(s) you want to install then click on Install selection or click directly on Install all. 8

9 INSTALLATION 9. You will be prompt for a password, enter roland. 10. Finally, a message informs you of the number of profiles installed or updated. 9

10 CONFIGURATION Configuration A good network connection is mandatory to drive some of the printers using remote tools like FTP for example. Please, refer to your Mac documentation to correctly configure your network parameters. Configuring the drivers Before printing anything, you ll have to configure the IP address of your printer(s) driven through the network. This can be done using the Server Admin tool. Open the server administration 1. Open Rolandprintstudio. 2. Go to the Settings tab. 3. Click on PrinterSettings. Configure the IP address 1. From the Servers administration window, select your printer then click on Configure 10

11 CONFIGURATION 2. The printer configuration window opens. Enter the IP address in the Host/IP address field. Here you can change the printer connection type, for example USB instead of network connection. 3. Once all fields are correctly set up, do not forget to click on Proceed to save the changes. Add a new roll/page size In the configuration window, you also can add a new roll or page size. 1. Open the Pages tab. 2. Click the New button then fill the fields as wanted. Use the New/Dup (duplicate)/delete/edit buttons to manage the pages and rolls sizes. 3. Once all page sizes are correctly set up, do not forget to click on Proceed to save the changes. 11

12 CONFIGURATION Removable devices and shared folders Removable devices On Mac OSX removable devices (external drives, USB flash drive, DVD/CD, as well as network drives) are attached (mounted) to a local folder. The workstation opens using the folder: /Volumes/<name of the device> USB devices open with: /Volumes/< name of the device > Network folders open with: /Volumes/<server>/< name of the device > Using the shared folders created by Rolandprintstudio Once Rolandprintstudio software is installed, your workstation will be sharing three folders: Public, Save and Tools. To connect to the Rolandprintstudio workstation, you need to know the IP address. Connect from Windows Choose one of the following: - Use the network explorer to find the workstation using its name - From the network explorer, enter \\<IP address>\<folder name> where <IP address> is Rolandprintstudio workstation IP address and <folder name> one of the three shared folders (public, save or tools). Example: \\ \Public Example: \\ In the file explorer, enter \\<IP address> where <IP address> is Rolandprintstudio workstation IP address Connect from Mac OS X To connect from a Mac OS X to Rolandprintstudio workstation, in the Finder menu, select Go then Connect to server. Then choose between one of the following depending on your network configuration: Example: smb:// Example: afp:// Type: smb://<ip address> using Rolandprintstudio workstation IP address - Type: afp://<ip address> using Rolandprintstudio workstation IP address Accessing a shared folder from a Rolandprintstudio workstation To connect from a distant machine to Mac OS X Rolandprintstudio workstation, in the Finder menu, select Go then Connect to server. Then choose between one of the following depending on your network configuration: Example: smb:// Type: smb://<ip address> using the distant machine IP address - Type: afp://<ip address> using the distant machine IP address Example: afp:// The remote drive will be accessible under /Volumes. 12

13 REGISTRATION Registration Registration and Licensing Besides the installation, you also need to register and get your license file. Indeed, even if a USB dongle is shipped in your package, you will also need a license file to get a fully working software. The key needed to unlock the Rolandprintstudio software is a file that has to be imported in your system. In order to retrieve this License file, you will have to register on-line on Rolandprintstudio online platform: The registration procedure can be done from any workstation with an internet access. To download your key, you will have to enter the dongle number and the access number. You will find the access number on the Rolandprintstudio s package box. The license file is basically a gzip-compressed text file called accessxxxx.txt.gz (XXXX being your access number). Please do not uncompress this file. Be careful that Safari does not open it as well. Copy it exactly as is, without renaming it, to the workstation desktop. Installing the license key 1. Save your license file on your desktop (the file looks like: accessxxxx.txt.gz) 2. Plug your dongle on your workstation in a USB port. 3. Open the Key Manager. Tab Settings then KeyManager. 4. Use the right part of the window to find and import your key. Click Desktop if your key is stored on your Desktop. Use the others shortcuts or Other to open the File selection window. 13

14 REGISTRATION 5. The message all keys are ok appears informing you imported the key successfully 6. Close the Key Manager and click on Yes to save the licenses. 7. Enter Rolandprintstudio s administration password: roland. You can still try the RIP software in demonstration mode, with the following restrictions: a logo will be tiled on all of your prints, and random annoying pop-ups will also tell you that you do not have keys. 14

15 Main interface Production In this chapter, we ll see how to configure and operate Rolandprintstudio. Please note that a help online function is available for every button if you let the mouse cursor hover above it. Main Interface The software is divided into two main windows: - The image bar, containing the thumbnails of all the loaded files. - The application bar, containing all the modules such as: - Features like File Manager to load images - Printers: after the driver installation, the associated module is added to the application bar. - Cutters. Drag & Drop The software uses a drag & drop mechanism to use a tool on an image. For example, to print the target.pdf file on the Roland-XJ740 printer, you can: - Drag the target icon from the image bar and drop it on the Roland-XJ740 icon in the application bar or - Drag the Roland-XJ740 icon from the application bar and drop it on the target icon in the image bar or - Open the print module by double-clicking on the Roland-XJ740 icon in the image bar, then drag the target icon from the image bar and drop it on the opened print module. Once the print module is open, you can change the image at any time by draging a new thumbnail from the image bar into it. 15

16 Changing the language To change the language, open the user configuration module. 1. Open Rolandprintstudio. 2. Open the user configuration: in the Settings tab, click on the Preferences module. 3. In the software configuration, click on Advanced. 4. On the second line, choose the new language between: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, German, Chinese, Turkish or Japanese 5. Click on the Restart button to save the change. 6. A message pops-up informing you that the restart will stop all running modules including the print modules. 7. Click Yes to restart and Yes to all open print module asking for a stop. 8. Rolandprintstudio closes then opens again in the chosen language. Whatever the language chosen, buttons are always placed at the same spot so you can easily reproduce the previous procedure to switch from another language to English for example. 16

17 Changing the input profile 1. Open Rolandprintstudio. 2. Click the Special menu then click Color Configuration. 3. Select, for each input, its associated profile. 4. Click on Ok to save the changes. Open a file 1. From Rolandprintstudio application bar, double-click on File Manager. 2. In File Manager, click on Setup 17

18 3. The setup window opens. Here you can set up images import options (preview resolution, APPE, GhostScript, etc.). 4. Then use the browser on the left side to locate your file. When you select your file, a preview might appear on the right side or not, depending on the type of the file. Buttons represent the most used directories to pick up image files: the parent folder, your personal folder, the Public folder, the CD/DVD-ROM and the desktop. The last two buttons allow you to create a new folder and to refresh the list. 5. Double-click on your image or use the Open button to import your file in the image bar. 18

19 6. At the bottom left you can see the loading process, cancel it if you need to. 7. Once the loading reaches 100%, the image appears in the image bar. 8. Finally, close File Manager. 19

20 Viewing a file Display is a module to display the files. It does not appear in the application bar. It opens by a simple drag of the file thumbnail from the image bar to the desktop (or by doing a double click on the thumbnail). You can zoom in and out, and scroll in the image, with the three buttons of the mouse (left and right buttons to zoom, middle button to scroll). Print a file 1. Select your printer within the available ones then double-click on it to open it. 2. Drag and drop your image from the image bar to your printing module. You can also directly drag and drop your image from the image bar to the printer s icon on the application bar. In this case the module will open with the image. 20

21 3. Set your printing configuration. The profiles are selected automatically. If the combination you have selected does not have a profile, the menus will turn RED. More parameters are available using the buttons: Page setup Here you can change the printing scale and position in the Main Settings tab, select some crop marks in the Crop Marks tab, manage the cut, the white, etc. 21

22 Printer parameter The displayed options depend on the printer. Spooler Opening (see the next section) Spot Color management 22

23 Color management Here are set up: profiles for this particular printer and all that is needed to globally manage color. 4. When you have set up all the options, go back in the main Print window. 5. Finally, launch the print by clicking Print. 6. You can see the progress at the bottom of the window. To follow the print in progress in more details, you can use the Spooler. 23

24 Info Info has two functions: provide information about an application, ans about the properties of an image. About applications Open this module by selecting an application. You can either use the About Module entry in the menu of the Applications window......or click the About tab, and select About Module (Alt+A). About the images Let's suppose you want to know more details about an image. To do so, open this module by drag & dropping the image onto Info's icon. You can select an image and use the keyboard shortcut Alt-A. You can also use the About entry of the image bar menu, although this way of proceeding is longer. This menu appears when you right-click with the mouse pointer in the image bar. 24

25 NOTE: On every image compositions (vector images) that have been created with Edit, a COMP mark is displayed; the mark for PostScript images is PS. When an image contains a cut contour, it is also marked with a cutter icon. The Info window When you open an image in the Info module, you will first see, in the upper part of the window, the following information and functions: - A thumbnail of the image sent into this module. - Name: the name of this image. - Type: the image type. - Profile: the profile applied to the image. Quit: Closes the application window. To definitively quit the Info module, press the Shift key while clicking this button. 25

26 The general tab All the available information regarding two distinct entities (the manipulated file and the associated file) is gathered in this tab. Resolution: This is the image resolution. For vector images, this data corresponds to the resolution of the preview. NOTE: The resolution of the image can be modified in this field. Page Size: This is the size of the image s page. The unit in which this size is listed is to be chosen in the menu on the right: Inches or Millimetres (mm). Dimensions: The size of the image (in pixels). Image Size: The space (in bytes) taken by the image when it is loaded in memory. Type: Color mode and depth of the image s colors (in bits). Page: Which page of the document the image corresponds to (in rasterized PDF documents, for instance, there can often be several pages). Other information, related to the file associated to the image, is also available: File path: This is the path to the file associated to the image. In the case of vector images, since the file is read again to match the resolution of the current processing, this file may not be where it is supposed to be anymore. The [ ] button allows you to choose a new path. NOTE: If a vector image points to an invalid file, this file will be highlighted, as in the opposite screenshot. For raster files, the preview data is used during the processing; therefore, this field is only displayed in read-only mode. 26

27 File size: Size of the file. Date: Date of creation of the file. Temp. file: This is the temporary file used by the Rolandprintstudio software and its modules. The ICC tab When you load an image into the Info module, this tab displays the list of color profiles applied to the file, as they have been chosen when the image was loaded through FileManager. The Misc tab Number of vectors and Number of images indicate how many items of each type are contained in the image. Embedded images gives more information about the embedded objects, notably their type, dimensions in pixels, their resolution... 27

28 The Spot colors tab This tab displays the spot colors contained in the image. The Contours tab When you load an image with contours into the Info module, this tab shows you the number of contours contained in the image. 28

29 The Comments tab In this tab, the Comments field allows you to edit the comment associated to an image. When this comment is modified, the buttons located under its text become available. Moreover, some files do not support the adding of comments; in this case, the Comments field is not writeable. The Ticket tab The Ticket tab is only available when an image is sent to a queue line. The ticket is then generated. It contains some information: name of the sender, name of the job... Info in Workflow mode Drag&drop the icon of Info in the Workflow Editor. In WorkFlow mode, the Info module is used as a filter applied to the input images. In this mode, only the significant fields of the regular interface are kept. The available filtering options are the following ones: Type: The type of the image inserted into the WorkFlow. The options available in this menu are All (any type), RGB, CMYK, Gray, ColorMap, Not RGB, Not CMYK, Not Gray and Not ColorMap. Depth: The image depth. The available choices are All, 16 bits, 8 bits, 1 bit, Not 16 bits, Not 8 bits and Not 1 bit. Alpha: Lets you know if a transparency plane is contained in the image or not. The available choices are All, Alpha and No Alpha. Click Apply Filter for these filtering options to be taken into account in the WorkFlow. 29

30 Worfkflows The WorkFlows mode allows you to automate most of the basic functions of the Rolandprintstudio software. A WorkFlow must have images as entries, and an objective as a destination. The images will be processed between these operations. In order to create a WorkFlow, use the WorkFlow Editor. Entry: The entry can be connected on a Hotfolder. It can also be from File Manager, or the Image Bar. Processing: Between the moment the image starts to be processed in a WorkFlow and the moment it reaches its destination, it can undergo a process, for example a contrast or luminosity enhancement, adding a logo to the image... Destination: The destination of a WorkFlow can be writing it into a database, a printer or a file (TIFF, JPEG...). It can also be another Hotfolder on another workstation (sharing the jobs among different nodes of the network). A WorkFlow is edited, created and processed for one user who can look at and administrate those processes with WorkFlow Report (see below). These WorkFlows can be used in several ways. Automation of jobs for a network: If your network is a heterogenous one (including Mac or Windows systems), you can use these WorkFlows linked to HotFolders to make your workstation become a Server. 30

31 Fully automatic jobs (without graphic interface): You can link icons in your desktop environment with WorkFlows. Workflow Editor The WorkFlow Editor allows each user to create and edit his own WorkFlows. Open the WorkFlow Editor using the menu of the Rolandprintstudio window, with a right click of the mouse. You can also use the WorkFlow icon, in the Applications bar. 31

32 The WorkFlow concept is based on the possibility of chaining the Rolandprintstudio modules. You may send image flows into these WorkFlows through different means. Create and edit a Workflow A WorkFlow is made of several sequences of Rolandprintstudio modules dropped in the WorkFlow window from the software window. A WorkFlow only becomes operational once all the modules composing it have been set up, and once it has been saved. Set up the applications First, you have to know that the behaviour of the applications is a little different in WorkFlow mode, because the characteristics of the images to be processed are not known when the parameters are defined, but only at the time of the execution of the WorkFlow. For some modules, you can set some adjustments with a reference image (this image is not always the one on which the WorkFlow will run). For other modules, this is not needed. An application launched in WorkFlow mode must be considered as an adjustment box for the corresponding process in the WorkFlow. In the application bar, select and double click the Workflow icon, then type a name for the workflow (for instance, Print_to_Printer). Drag & drop the Print module in the workflow. Its icons will appear as grayed, because the module has not been configured yet. Configure the Print module: Double-click the first icon (Print) to activate and configure the module. Click the PRINT button to validate the parameters. 32

33 The workflow is automatically saved. The Workflow window Now that you have the name of the current WorkFlow and the list of available WorkFlows, you can see the icons of the modules composing the WorkFlow (to delete a module, click on its icon and press Backspace). The New button allows you to create a new WorkFlow. In addition to the usual buttons (Delete and Quit), there is also a button called Batch File (a Batch command is implicitly associated with any WorkFlow), which generates the equivalent batch command in an ASCII file (may be saved as a template). These files can be a good starting point for the use of the Rolandprintstudio software in command line. Once all the adjustments are set, validate them with the Apply button, or any equivalent button. When the application quits, the module is then properly set up. Each selected and saved WorkFlow is virtually a new Rolandprintstudio application. There are different mechanisms to activate a WorkFlow. - By selecting one or several images in the image bar and activating a sub-menu entry of the image bar (right button). - By selecting a WorkFlow in the Load Into menu of the File Manager. In any case, the images are physically sent to a Job. A Job is an association between a WorkFlow and a group of images: the job coordinates the different processings of the WorkFlow (see WorkFlow Reports). Workflow report Now that you have sent images into WorkFlows using different methods, you can now check and manage how they are being processed. Open the WorkFlow Reports window, in the Applications menu. This window allows you to check the status of the running jobs, and even to stop them and to consult the error or success messages of every finished job. 33

34 If you have set Hotfolders, the Workflows can be launched by everyone in the network. The reports are organized in a hierarchic way, from the most general on the top to the most detailed. You can fit the height of the different lists with the buttons appearing between the lists on the right hand side. The list of WorkFlows displays the list of waiting jobs on their way to be executed, or already finished (Status field). Two values are displayed under the name Images, respectively representing the number of images processed successfully and the total number of processed images. The list of Batches displays the modules composing the selected WorkFlows in the WorkFlow list, as well as their status and the number of processed images (total number under the Done field, error number under the Failed field). The Current field is a progress indicator of the current processing. The list of messages displays all the messages sent by the selected module into the Batch list: errors, warnings, and progress of the current processing. Clear erases all the reports of the finished Jobs. Stop interrupts the execution of the selected Job. 34

35 HotFolders HotFolders HotFolders are directories in which files are detected in order to be sent into a WorkFlow. To create or edit a HotFolder, see HotFolders Admin. This component, which is essential to create a Server, can, on the one hand, manage the access of the Rolandprintstudio WorkFlows to a heterogeneous network (PC, Mac...). On the other hand, it can also share the jobs among the different nodes of the network. HotFolders Admin A specific directory needs to be defined as a HotFolder. It will detect each file dropped into it, and process it. Hotfolders can be activated within specific hours; they can also detect files with certain extensions and send them into a pre-defined WorkFlow or into the software's image bar. Creating a HotFolder 1. In the application bar, select Special, then Hot Folders. 2. When the list of HotFolders appears, you can see the default one. 35

36 3. Click New to create a new HotFolder. The window called Edit HotFolder will then be displayed. 4. Configuring a HotFolder is done as shown in the example below: a. Choose a Name for your HotFolder. b. In the Send to field, you can set the WorkFlow which will process your image coming from Batch. c. Directory: Here, give the name of the directory in which your file will be saved. d. You can also choose a filter. e. Time-out: By default, the execution begins severals seconds after the detection of a file. You can set this time from 1 to 1000 secondes. If your network is fast and your workstation very powerful, you may reduce the delay set by default; if it is not the case, increase the delay. f. With the option placed at the bottom of this window, you can also decide whether or not your HotFolder is to be Active. g. Click Fileman Parameters and set File Manager. h. Click OK, in the configuration window, to validate the settings. 5. Click OK. Your Hotfolder is now created, and appears in the list of HotFolders of the main window. 36

37 Edit Edit is the module to use if you want to create documents from images, texts or vectors. Thanks to the edition, creation and data entry tools, you can easily create a composition and print it, or save it as a PDF file. You can also optimize your print using the Nesting or Fit to page functionalities. The interactive composition and the positioning of the objects allow to create documents in a fast and powerful way. The result is a composite image or a standard (raster) image. Example of composition created with Edit Edit is very interesting if you want to optimize a print. In fact, it is easy to drop images in the work space and, thanks to the Nesting function, to reorganize them in order to use the minimum quantity of paper. Example: Select images and drop them in the work space from Edit. Then, take a right click in the work area and choose Nesting in the menu. With a second right click, choose Fit page to selection. Click Create and New composite document to save your composition. You can now print your work. Example of composition created with Edit and the Nesting function. 37

38 General presentation of Edit Edit is the perfect tool to create printed documents, or for compositions. You can choose different formats for your work space depending on the loaded printer, apply a margin, and so on. Edit functions with three types of elements: The vector elements (or creation mode). You can create shapes (circles, rectangles, polylines, polygons...), apply a prime coat, different shapes for the corners... The image element, which you can use as a template, apply an opacity to, whose proportions you can keep when it is cropped... The text option, which allows to define a text area with a chosen font, to define the size, to use a shadow function or an opacity, to make a rotation... By simply using these three types of elements, you can make all your compositions. NOTE: A composite (vector) image is an image the size of which on the disk is always light, whatever the size, resolution, depth, and mode of the final image. It contains the description of the current composition. A standard image (raster) is an image the side of which on the disk depends on the dimensions, mode and depth. It is described in pixel data. The lists of the different functions of Edit Objects, Tools, Alignments... can now be minimized; thus you can very easily organize your workspace. - To minimize a group of tools, you need to click once the small black triangle on the left of this group - To restore a group of tools, the procedure is the same: click on the arrow again. NOTE: If you keep the CTRL key pressed while dropping an image in Edit s main window, a dialog box will ask you how many times you want this image to be duplicated. Working modes Data entry help tools The Settings area, from left to right, allows you to: - display or hide the grid. - snap the pointer to the grid (whether the grid is displayed or not). - snap the pointer to the control points. NOTE: The snap depends on the Magnetization distance option, in the Setup window. 38

39 The Edition mode The Edition area, from left to right, contains: - the edition mode for the entities control points. - the cropping mode for the selected entities (it is interesting for cliparts loaded from templates). - the rotation mode for the selected entities (this is not available for the images). The Creation mode The Objects area switches the software to Creation mode (also known as 'vector mode') for the respective entities (polylines, arrows, arcs, polygons, rectangles, circles, image templates and text templates, gradients). The Image template icon allows to create templates in which you can drop an image. It can be cropped or resized. The Text template icon allows to insert a text. The Properties window of the text allows you to choose the font, the size... The Degrader function allows you to apply a gradient to a template, but only if the image it contains has been created using the Degrader module. Templates These are areas defined in the document. They have several attributes. A template may be empty or contain an image. Images are displayed in their respective templates. Template creation In order to create a template, you can use the selections of the display or drop an image in Edit. A template is then implicitly and automatically created to receive the dropped image. How to select a template There are several ways of selecting a template: - For a single template, highlight the desired template with the left mouse button. - For a set of templates, outline them with a rectangular area created with the middle button. To perform multiple selections, use the Shift key. - To select the templates cyclically, use Tab and Shift + Tab. - For a hidden template, use Alt and the left mouse button to select it. How to drop images in a template The Blocks Wizard function allows you to create and automatically align a certain amount of templates on the workspace. These templates will all have the same size. 39

40 Width and Height allow you to set the templates' size (the unit is the one chosen in the Setup). X Spacing and Y Spacing define the space left between the templates. Nbr. X corresponds to the number of templates placed horizontally, while Nbr. Y corresponds to the number of templates placed vertically. NOTE: If you set all these fields as Auto, you will obtain a single template, adapted to the size of the document itself. You can then drop images from the working bar into these templates, and not only one by one. How to move a template To move a template: - Select the template with the mouse. - Using manually entered values, select the template and enter the new positions in the template's X and Y fields. How to resize a template To resize a template: - Select the template and work on it as you would do in the Display, using the resizing handles. - Select the template and enter the new sizes in the template's W and H fields. How to remove a template - Select a template or a set of templates and press Backspace. - If the template contains an image, the image will be removed, and will need to press Backspace a second time to remove the template. - To remove all the templates, selected or not, click Shift + Backspace. NOTE: When you have moved or resized a template, you can cancel this action by pressing Esc. 40

41 What is a model? A model is made of a blank page and of a set of empty templates. It can be defined, saved or loaded in Edit. For instance, as is shown in the images below, you can create several templates, each with a different size, and then reorganize them thanks to the Nesting command, before dragging and dropping images in them (the images will automatically be re-shaped to the size of the templates). Of course, you can also create them by using the Block Wizard tool, as explained above. Empty templates Templates containing images Be careful: when saving a model, images contained in the templates are not saved in it. The model is just a description of the positions and dimensions of the templates and final image. From the Clipart Browser, you can charge or save models (built-in models) or cliparts (free images contained in a catalog). When saving a document: - Choose Save all as clipart to save the whole page as a clipart. - Choose Save selected as clipart to save the selection as a clipart. - Choose Save all as template to save the page as template. - Choose Save as PDF to save the page in a PDF file. 41

42 Edition tools In the Tools area, from left to right: - Displays the properties (shown hereunder) of the selected entity. - Stretches the images and vector entities, so that they fill the whole surface of the document (if Keep ratio is selected on certain entities, they will not be deformed). - Apply a 90 rotation (clockwise or counter-clockwise) on your templates and images. - Applies a Nesting on the selected entities. - Adjusts the page size, depending on the surface filled by the selected elements (Fit to page). - Opens the Gabarit Wizard window. - Copies the selected entity into the clipboard. - Cuts the selected entity and copies into the clipboard. - Pastes the cut or copied entity into the work area. Alignment tools The Alignments area offers the following tools (from left to right and top to bottom): - Vertically aligns the selected entities in their left side. - Vertically aligns the selected entities in their center. - Vertically aligns the selected entities in their right side. - Horizontally aligns the selected entities in their upper side. - Horizontally aligns the selected entities in their center. - Horizontally aligns the selected entities in their bottom side. - Places the selected entities in the foreground. - Moves the selected entities from one level toward the foreground or background, depending on which arrow you click. - Places the selected entities in the background. Position - The Position area allows you to view and manually modify the position and dimensions of the whole composition, or of one of its elements. - X0: When an element is selected, this field modifies the abscissa (x-coordinate) of its point of origin. - Y0: When an element is selected, this field modifies the ordinate (y-coordinate) of its point of origin. - X1: When an element is selected, this field modifies the abscissa (x-coordinate) of the point opposite to the point of origin. 42

43 - Y1: When an element is selected, this field modifies the ordinate (y-coordinate) of the point opposite to the point of origin. Dimensions - W: Width of the selected element. - H: Height of the selected element. - %W: Modifies the redimensioning factor for the element's width. - %H: Modifies the redimensioning factor for the element's height. Page format In this part of the window, you can directly select the page size. The first drop-down menu allows you to select the printer on which you plan on printing your Edit document. The second drop-down menu allows you to select a predefined format (A4, A3, A0 ) or to define a custom format. Moreover, the formats configured on the target printer are also available in this list. Click on the top button to adjust the page dimensions to all the entities in the work area (shortcut: Alt+E). Click on the second button to adjust the page height to all the entities, while preserving the page width (shortcut: Alt+F). NOTE: Right under this area, you can choose the measure unit that will be used for your Edit document (inches or millimetres). Nesting The buttons in this part of the window allow you to manage the nesting functions available in Edit (they can also be accessed from the Edit Menu). Nests all the entities of the document (shortcut: Alt+K) Nests all the entities of the document, then adjusts the page height (shortcut: Alt+I). Rotates the entities and groups, which allows you, in some cases, to save up on the amount of paper used. Enables the creation of independent rows, in order to make cutting easier. Click this button to prevent the entities from being reordered when nested (this option tries to preserve the position of the entities on the page). This option prevents images from overlapping, and you cannot move them outside of the page. It is only helpful for manual nesting. 43

44 The Properties windows: images, texts and vector entities Image properties The Contour area: - Enabled: displays the border. - Color: border color. - Opacity: border opacity. - Thickness: border thickness. - Cut Contour: information about a real cut that will be added around the entities (the margins of the crops are taken into account here). The Image area: - Image Name: selected image name. - Id: template name. - Keep Image Ratio: allows to maintain the proportions of the images dropped in the template. - Opacity: opacity of the image. The Crop Marks area: - Standard, Frame, Corner, Tombo and Targets: displays six types of different marks. - Margin: margin between entity and marks. With Information, you can insert the following data in your document: - Date: the date. - Page Number: the number of the page. - File Name: the name of the file. The Misc area: - Keep Entity Ratio: keeps all the proportions of the entity. - ICC Calibration: applies an ICC calibration on the entity). 44

45 Text properties The Contour area here is identical to the one described previously. The Text area: - Text: opens the Text Editor window. - Font: you can choose fonts, after having loaded them in the Setup. - Width and Height: characters' height and width. - Rat.: applies a ratio. - Angle: the way the text is inclined. - Spac.: applies a space between the characters. - Inter Line: height of the interline. - Bg: background color. - Fg: text color. - Opacity: text opacity. The Background Color window: The Misc area: - Keep Entity Ratio: keeps the proportions of the entity - ICC Calibration: applies an ICC calibration to the entity 45

46 Text Editor window - The Text Value area is the text edition area. - Char Set opens the Char Set window, where you can choose different characters. NOTE: Text Editor appears automatically when you create a text area, or click an existing text area. Presentation of the vector entities window properties The vector entities share certain functions. They are explained below. The Contour area: - Enabled: displays the border. - Cut Contour: information about a real cut, that will be added around the entities (the margins of the crops are here taken into account). - Color: border color. - Opacity: border opacity. - Thickness: border thickness. - Ext.: the control points of an entity can be placed on the outside, on the inside or on the middle part of the border. The Misc area: - Keep Entity Ratio: keeps the proportions of the entity. - ICC Calibration: applies an ICC calibration on the entity. Example of control points positioning: Middle Inside Outside 46

47 Example of joining: For the following entries, the Control Points area is identical: Polylines, Arrows, Arcs and Polygons. - The Control Points area allows to choose the control point index from the entities which coordinates you want to display. The Filling area is identical for the following entries: Polylines, Rectangles and Circles. - Enabled: enables items filling - Color: filling color - Opacity: filling opacity. Properties of the polylines The properties window contains three areas: Contour, Misc and Control Points. They have all been described above. Properties of the arrows - The Arrow shape field allows to choose the type of arrow you want to use, the size of the arrow point, its thickness, and the angle of the arrow. Properties of the arcs The properties window contains three areas: Contour, Misc and Control Points. Properties of the polygons The properties window contains four areas: Contour, Misc, Control Points and Filling. Properties of the circles and rectangles The circle and rectangle properties windows are the same and contain three areas: Contour, Filling and Misc. 47

48 The Edit Setup window The Edit parameters are set in the Edit Setup window. The Setup window is composed of three tabs: Document, Entities, Fonts. Document tab The Image type area: - Mode: the mode in which rasterized images are created, followed by their depth (expressed in bits). - Resolution: document resolution. The Margins area: - Left, Right, Top, Bottom: composition page margins. The Misc area: - Horizontal grid step: horizontal step of the grid. - Vertical grid step: vertical step of the grid. - Magnetization distance: defines the distance of the magnetic step. - Cross cursor: displays a cursor through all the work space, horizontally and vertically. - Preserve entities size when resizing: if the format of the page is changed, the entity will still retain its original dimensions. - Display rulers: displays the rulers. - Background color: applies a background color. - The Duplicate Drop field allows to choose the number of times an image will be inserted, when it is dropped in Edit. 48

49 Entities tab In this tab, you can modify the default properties of the different entities (they are detailed in the The window properties from the images, texts and vector entities chapter). Fonts tab The Fonts tab allows to load fonts, so that they will be available for text entities. - Preview area: displays the preview characters. You can choose them by incrementing/decrementing the matching value or by typing the characters in. - Available Fonts: displays the available fonts list. To use them in Edit, click the arrow pointing to the right) after having chosen the font. 49

50 - Selected Fonts: displays the installed fonts in Edit. In order to delete a font, select it in Selected Fonts, and click the arrow pointing to the left. Functions available in the three tabs: - Reset: all parameters will be set with their default values. - Cancel: closes the window without applying the changes. - OK: applies the changes and closes the window. 50

51 The Spooler You can open the Spooler either from the Print module or the Application bar. From the Spooler window, you can check the state and the progress of your jobs, you can also block, release, delete them or check the log files, etc. Not all jobs are re-printable from the Spooler. To be able to reprint a job, you have to select an action involving the computation of a Reprint file (select Keep ripped file or use the Rip or Rip then print actions). Please also note that the Spooler window does not have to be opened all the time; even if you close it, jobs will go on normally. RolandPrintstudio Spooler window The Spooler window contains three main parts: 1. The Status window, upper right part: status of the different printing jobs. 2. The Information window, bottom right part: information on the jobs ready to be printed. 3. The Left side window: the list of available servers. 51

52 The Preview window displays the image that is going to be printed. This image can be viewed in local mode only; if you are working on a distant computer, you will not see the image being displayed. The Job tab This tab summarizes the parameters that have been set in the main window of the Print interface (they are specific to each printer model). - Destination: the destination of the document (directly printed, printed in a file). - After Print: the action to be done once the job is printed (here: hold the job). - Copies: the number of copies that are to be printed. This function is especially useful if an error occurs: in this case, Already done shows you the number of copies that have actually been printed. Thus, you can easily resume the printing where it has stopped. - Type: the type of the document (Raster, PS, HPGL). - Orig. file: the name of the original file. - Input file: the spooler file. - Job size: if you work in local mode and the printer is connected to a server, this field shows the room taken by the job on the hard drive of this server. - Printer: the name of the printer from which the job was sent. - Sent from: the name of the server from which the job was sent. The Colors tab This tab contains the following information: - Mode: The color mode (RVB, CMJN...) of the entities in the document - Entity: The various entities composing the printable document (vectors, images...) - Profile: The profile applied to the image. - Rendering: The type of rendering applied to the image. - Black: The type of black used for the image. - Simulation profile: The simulation profile applied to the image, if there is any. - Output profile: The ICC profile that will be applied to the image when it is printed. 52

53 The Settings tab - Media: shows the media (paper) in use for the print. - Loading: the feeding type (paper roll or sheet). - Document size: the size of the document. - Printing size: the printing dimensions. - Media usage: the surface of the media that is used for printing. - Scale: the scale at which the image is printed. - Media size: the size of the media used for printing. - Quality: the printing quality level. - Resolution: the printing resolution. - Mode: the color mode used for printing. - Options: the specific options (anti-aliasing ) activated for the job. The Printer tab This tab summarizes the printer settings that have been chosen in the Settings window: the ink type, the roll selection, etc. The Media tab NOTE: These settings are specific to each printer, hence why they are not described in detail here. This tab summarizes the media-related settings that have been defined in the Print module. 53

54 The History tab - Date: the date at which the printing job was created. - Action: action done on this date (creating the document, printing...). - Nb: the number of copies you want to print. - Status: the status of the printing (done, cancelled...). The CostProof tab This tab details the cost of the ink and media that are going to be used to print the job. Click on Configure to set your media and ink costs. (See page 59 for monetary unit.) The Cutting tab The options in this tab are available when an image contains one or more contour(s). For more details about cutting, please refer to the VisualCut manual. - Cutting: Shows whether the document must be cut or not. - Target cutter: The cutter to which the image will be sent. - Barcode: The barcode on the image to be cut. - Cutting file: The cut file associated to the image, if there is one. The Action Buttons Prior button: Clicking this button gives priority to the selected job over all the others. The Abort and Delete button: Stops and deletes the selected job(s). 54

55 The Purge button: The job is kept in the spooler, but cannot be printed any more. The Block button: You can block the jobs present in the queue. These jobs will not be printed, but will stay in the spooler. The Print button: This button allows you to launch the printing of the selected job again. The job is placed in the queue, and is printed as soon as the server is ready. The Settings button: This window is only available when the job is not directly sent to the printer (for instance, if you have chosen Compute & Reprint, or if an error has occurred...). It allows you to redefine a certain number of settings. The Main tab: Destination: Here, you can redefine whether the job is to be sent directly to the printer, to a file, etc. After Print...: - Delete job: the job will be deleted after the printing. - Hold job (printable): keeps the printed job in the spooler. - Purge job: the job remains in the spooler, but is not printable any more. Number of copies: shows the number of copies to be processed. Already done: forces the number of copies already processed. The Specific tab: Here, you can redefine printer settings. These settings depending directly on the model of the printer, they will be different depending on what printer you are sending the job to. 55

56 The Media tab: These parameters correspond to specific settings concerning the media defined in the Print module, such as the Type of the media itself, or the quality type of the printed black ink (Black cartridge). The Nest-O-Matik tab: This tab is only available when you are working with nested images. 56

57 Media Loading: The type of media loaded. Space between jobs: Space between the nested images. Automatic rotation: When activated, this option enables the rotation of images, in order to avoid wasting paper. Job reordering: This allows the reordering of the images. If deactivated, the images are inserted in the order they were submitted. Independant rows: Enables the creation of independent rows (this makes the cutting easier). The Log file button Displays the history of all the jobs that have been printed since the installation of the printer s driver. The Setup button The Setup window allows you to configure various options. The Processing, Done and Error tabs The Processing, Done and Errors tabs give access to the following data: Processing: jobs that are currently being processed. Done: finished jobs. Errors: jobs for which errors have been encountered. 57

58 - Job: name of the job, - Id: the Id number given to the current job. When the server is first launched, the number 1 is given. - Host: displays the name of the machine that has sent the printing. - Server: name of the printer server. - User: username of the person who has sent the job. - Type: the job's format (HPGL, Post Script, Composite, Raster). - Size: image size (in Mb) - Destination: peripheral to which the job has been sent - Creation: date on which the job has been sent. - Last Print: date of the last printing. - Time: displays the required time for printing. - Total: the total of jobs in the spooler. - Mode: printing mode (color, white & black). - Copies: how many copies will be printed. - Done: how many printings have been done. - Resolution: printing resolution. - Quality: printing quality (low, normal, high). - Loading: chosen roll. - Media: chosen media (paper). - After Printing: what to do with the job after printing. - State: job state. - Flush: number of minutes remaining until the job is flushed (for Autonest jobs) - Cutting: whether a cut file has been generated with the print or not - Progress: job progression (in %). - Message: displays error messages and warnings. The Misc tab It is also located in the Setup window. 58

59 - Spooler Mode: Here you can choose whether the Spooler will be in User or Administrator mode. The Administrator mode allows you to spool all printers on the network. The User mode allows to spool only the printers that are used on the machine in local mode; these machines can be connected to other machines on the network. - Display running servers only: only displays the printers that are currently connected. - Show hostnames in server list: displays the hostname in the list of servers. - Warn if server is stopped: checking this box will warn you if the current server is stopped. - Length & Area Unit: the units that will be used to measure the dimensions and surface of the printings. - Monetary unit: monetary unit in which the printing cost will be displayed. - Reset resets all settings. - Cancel cancels the modifications you have just made. - OK accepts the modifications that have been made. 59

60 Profiling To create and calibrate a medium and create the associate ICC profile, you have to use Media Explorer. Other modules Please refer to the Media Explorer User Manual for further information. In this manual, we have briefly reviewed the usage of most common modules, which are: File Manager, Display, Print, Spooler and Media Explorer. Rolandprintstudio RIP contained more others modules that are also often used like Tiling. Please refer to the Tiling User Manual for further information. 60

61 APPENDIX HOW TO FILTER THE IMAGE BAR Appendix How to filter the image bar Description of the image s bar functionality that allows you to filter the elements so you can easily find your images. The filter The filter is a text field. The filtration is done on the fly and starts after the first character you put in the field. The filter is applied to every tab at the same time and it does not clear when you change the tab. If you press Enter on your keyboard while your mouse cursor is on the filter, the current selection will be saved in the last selections list so you will be able to reuse it shortly. Filter options Only the 5 last entries are saved. Making a right click on the image bar opens the following drop-down menu that displays the available options. 61

62 APPENDIX HOW TO FILTER THE IMAGE BAR There click on Filter options to display the specific filter options: - Use Name Approximate: if this option is activated, the search on the file names allows errors and approximations If the approximate name usage is deactivated, the search on the file name will be strict. - Use Metadata & Properties: the search will be done in the metadata and files properties including the resolutions and the Job Ticket information (Customer, Sales, Ticket Number) - Use Tag: search in the image comments - Use AND logic: if this option is activated, when a search is made, the image must contained every element typed to be selected If this option is deactivated, the search will be considered as successful as soon as one of the elements is present. File format Search on the comments, here we focused on the example word. You can do a search on the file format, just use its sign: pdf, JPEG, TIFF It can either be in capitals or not. Multiple search Be careful, a distinction between EPS and PS is not possible. You can enter several filter by separate them with space. In this case, the filter will search files containing the first element or the second, or the third, etc. Be careful, if the Use AND logical is activated, all elements need to be in the image data to select the image. In the following example, are searched JPEG files or files containing the NYC mention in their title, metadata or tags. 62

63 APPENDIX HOW TO FILTER THE IMAGE BAR Done Jobs The two buttons next to the filter allow you to limit the images display according to their job status: done or undone. The cross button, when activated, displays only undone jobs. The right button displays only jobs that are marked as done. The two buttons cannot be activated at the same time but if none is activated, it just displays all the images. Image bar views All jobs Undone jobs Done jobs Three views are available. To change the view: 1. Make a right click on the image bar to open the drop-down menu. 2. Open the under-menu View. 3. Choose your view between: - Thumbnail: default view, it displays a little preview of the file - List Compact: it only displays the file name in a list - List Detailed: files are displayed in a list with their name, type and size 63

64 APPENDIX HOW TO FILTER THE IMAGE BAR Thumbnail Compact list Detailed list The view changing does not affect the filter or the normal use of the image bar. However, in list mode, you cannot drag an application on an image as it is possible in the thumbnail mode. 64