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Cancelling a print job.

Windows 3.11:

To cancel a print job in Windows 3.1

you must reboot your system. Re-enter Windows and
click on the Birmy

Delete Pending Jobs

icon or go to

File Manager

and go to the directory

c:\Birmy

and

delete the files in this directory. Now restart

PowerRIP.

Windows

95: To cancel in Windows 95, Hold down

the Control, Alt, Delete keys to get to the Close Pro-
gram panel. Select the Birmy PowerRIP task and then

select End Task. It will ask you again,

select end

task

to confirm your selection. Then go to the Birmy

Delete Pending Jobs

icon and click on it or go to

File Manager and go to the directory

c:\Birmy

and

delete the files in this directory. Now restart

PowerRIP.

Birmy Graphics Corporation

Summary of Contents for PowerRIP Stylus

Page 1: ...Version 3 1 Windows 3 11 Windows 95 Windows NT 3 51 Intel for EPSON Stylus Color EPSON Stylus Pro EPSON Stylus Pro XL INSTALLATION OPERATION MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...PowerRIp The Software Program That Turns Your Printer Into A True Adobe PostScript Level 2 lmager Gila Adobe PostSaipt ...

Page 3: ...y products Video simulations may not match printed color output PowerRIP is a registered trademark of Birmy Graphics Corp Adobe and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions Windows Windows 95 Win32s and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corpora tion in the U S A and other countries Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corpora...

Page 4: ... Support Installing the Software Windows 3 11 Printer Driver Windows 95 Printer Driver Windows NT Printer Driver Operating PowerRIP Printing from a Network Registering your Software 1 2 3 3 5 9 12 17 21 22 24 Customizing PowerRIP Printer Menu File Menu 26 30 Testing PowerRlP 32 Tips and Obtaining 35 the Best Printing Quality Troubleshooting Glossary 40 43 ...

Page 5: ...ree for letter size and 80 MB free for ledger size paper Keyboard LPT printer output port SOFTWARE Windows 3 1 or higher Windows 95 or Windows NT 3 51 or higher Intel version NOTE Before installation A Ensure that printer port LPT is installed and active B Ensure that 40 MB free space is avail able on your hard drive before starting the installation of PowerRIP C Set up the EPSON printer according...

Page 6: ...ions files must be sent to PowerRIP through applica tions like Pagemaker using the PowerRlP PostScript Driver in Windows when printing How PowerRIP works On Windows 3 11 and 95 Windows prints a file to the C BIRMY directory PowerRlP scans this directory for files and processes the files into an image that is then sent out the LPT port to the printer PowerRlP must be minimized in order to scan On W...

Page 7: ... will not extract correctly See the readme file on the PANTONE disk for use with your application This is also a self extracting 3MB file Copy this to your hard disk and type Readme from the DOS prompt then open the file it created called PANTONE WRI with the Windows Write program PowerRIP Technical Support For technical assistance with the installation configuration and operation of Birmy PowerRI...

Page 8: ...d a description of the problems you are encountering Please refer to the Troubleshooting Section for solutions before calling Technical Support Birmy Graphics Voice Fax Email 407 723 2893 407 768 9669 PowerRIP Support 8 Birmy com Mailing address Birmy Graphics Corporation 250 East Drive Melbourne Florida 32904 4 Birmy Graphics Corporation ...

Page 9: ...irements PowerRlP will not work correctly PowerRIP Installer automatically loads the following l 32 Bit WIN32S Windows libraries if not already loaded l PowerRlP software User manually installs l PowerRIP Windows Printer Drivers To install PowerRIP 1 Turn on the computer and start Windows 2 Insert the floppy disk labeled PowerRlP Disk 1 into the floppy drive either A or B 3 From the Windows 3 11 P...

Page 10: ...ive B type B SETUP NOTE If you are loading from Windows 95 click on Start select Run then type A SETUP or B SETUP or use the Add software option in Windows 95 5 The PowerRlP program will now start to load and you see a Welcome screen Click on NEXT 6 Birmy Graphics Corporation ...

Page 11: ...t if desired and then click NEXT Note If you choose not to install PowerRlP at this time click CANCEL to stop the installation 7 The program continues installing asking you for Disk 2 then Disk 3 and finally Disk 4 Click on OK after inserting each disk If you are not loading from the drive displayed you need to enter a new path before selecting OK Birmy Graphics Corporation 7 ...

Page 12: ...Disk 4 from the floppy drive 10 You must now install the Printer Driver using Windows Print Manager See the next section on how to do this Note PowerRlP needs your screen saver turned off It may interfere with the print pro cess See your Windows Users Manual if you do not know how to do this PowerRlP runs from Windows and may not run from special desktops like Navigator Click on the Windows icon i...

Page 13: ...B 2 3 ammand Line A SETUP EXE 0 Run Minimized Click on OK then the Adobe Printer Installer will ask if you would like to read the Read Me file This file contains useful information about printing You can print this Read Me file later Select Continue The Adobe Printer Installer will complete its installation and ask to have Windows restarted Click on Restart When Windows restarts you should be at t...

Page 14: ...lect your EPSON printer and click on install 5 Your printer should successfully install Now close and go to Control Panel and select Printers and select PowerRIP as your default printer 6 Now select PowerRlP and click on Connect cDefault Printer PowerRIP For Stylus Color on LPTl 10 Birmy Graphics Corporation ...

Page 15: ...t Go to the section Registering your Software 9 When you print from an application it will ask you for a file name You can use almost any name but you must print to C BIRMY directory or the drive letter where PowerRlP was installed Output File Name C BIRMYUOB Note When printing under Windows 3 11 PowerRlP does not return user operation until printing is fin ished Birmy Graphics Corporation 11 ...

Page 16: ...PowerRlP Windows 95 Printer Driver Installation 1 Click on Start Settings Printers section of Windows 95 2 Click on Add Printer then Next 12 Birmy Graphics Corporation ...

Page 17: ...3 Click on Local Printer then Next Note You may not see this screen if you are not on a network 4 Click on Have Disk Birmy Graphics Corporation ...

Page 18: ...ou must change to that drive designation Click OK Note You may need your Windows 95 CD or master diskette 1 0 to install the Windows 95 PostScript drivers 6 Select your printer and click Next 7 Then select print to File Creates a file on disk Click Next Birmy Graphics Corporation ...

Page 19: ... Finished you may be asked to install your Windows 95 CD or master diskette 10 for the Windows Drivers The program installation is now complete PowerRlP must be registered before you can use it Go to the section Registering your Software If you would like to share your printer on a network com plete step 12 and the section about printing on a network Birmy Graphics Corporation 15 ...

Page 20: ...ould like to share your printer on a network you just have to share on your computer the C BIRMM directory or the drive letter where PowerRIP is installed You should refer to your Windows user manual on how to do this Other users on the network that are given rights to your C BIRMY directory just print their files to this directory Now go to the section on Printing from Workstations on a Network 1...

Page 21: ...lP under printer name and go to driver and select Other Printer tima Qtir D miplian hint o PWWRIP I Glher I I LPTl ad 3 You will then be prompted to put the PowerRlP Windows NT drivers disk into drive A Insert it into drive A or B if your drive is B IPlease put the disk in the drive indicated or selacl a new path name Birmy Graphics Corporation 17 ...

Page 22: ...ar Drivw 5 Now go to Print to and select Other 6 Select Local Port ailablm Print Moniton Digknl Nelvork Poll cnher I I I 7 Type C BIRMY IN PS and click OK If your drive is different than C type that drive letter 18 Birmy Graphics Corporation ...

Page 23: ...Workstations on a Network 9 Now go back to Print Manager and create another printer 10 Name it LPT Select the PowerRlP driver that is now in the system under printers Select the Print to as LPTl port or the LPT port that your EPSON is con nected to and click OK Do not share this printer Birmy Graphics Corporation 19 ...

Page 24: ...e PowerRIP sends a small 30 byte file before each print job This 30 byte file contains information for the printer to setup resolution and other options This 30 byte file does not print a page _ _ _ r 12 The program installation is now complete PowerRIP must be registered before you can use it Go to the section Registering your Software 20 Birmy Graphics Corporation ...

Page 25: ... will not pick up the jobs or files to print from in this maximize mode You must minimize PowerRlP to run automatically PowerRIP features like resolution must be changed from the maximized mode PowerRlP will ignore resolution request from the applications See Config uring PowerRlP for more imformation The PowerRlP defaults settings are Resolution 360 DPI Selected Always use Stochastic Screening Se...

Page 26: ...the printer or directory is shared as shown on the previous pages The computer running PowerRlP under Windows NT can have application print sharing properties activated as shown on the previous section If you are running under Windows 95 you need to share the C BIRMY directory or the drive where PowerRlP was installed The workstations then only need to load PowerRlP print drivers and not the Power...

Page 27: ...is checked This will give you two print queues one that will write a file called IN ps and one called lN2 ps You may add additional ports as long as the file and share names are unique Workstation Setup for Windows 3 11 for Workgroups Windows 95 and Windows NT The workstations only need to load the appropriate Windows Drivers If PowerRlP is running under Windows NT instead of printing to a Local P...

Page 28: ...ftware You must register your copy of PowerRlP before you can use it Follow these steps 1 Click on the registration icon 2 When you see the prompt insert Disk 1 into Drive A or B and click OK 24 Birmy Graphics Corporation ...

Page 29: ...tration Screen Do not call this phone number for technical support Call the numbers listed on page 3 for technical support 4 When given the unlock code type it in the Unlock Code box and click OK Your PowerRlP is now ready to use See Section 2 for instructions on customizing PowerRIP Birmy Graphics Corporation 25 ...

Page 30: ...ad When the cursor returns the program has loaded 3 Minimize the Program Manager window by clicking on the down button in the upper right side of the window The Birmy icon should now be visible along with Program Manager Other icons may also be present 4 Double click on the Birmy PowerRlP icon You see the Birmy PowerRlP window shown below which has two menus File and Printer See the following two ...

Page 31: ...ylus printers NOTE The display shows only the printer for which you purchased PowerRIP If you want to purchase support for additional printers call Birmy Graphics Corporation at 407 723 2893 Options Allows you to select A Media Type B Optional Printer Features C Resolution D RIP Options E LPT Port Birmy Graphics Corporation 27 ...

Page 32: ...aper stocks Microweave A printing method in which images are printed in finer increments to reduce the possibility of banding white lines and produce laser like images Bi directional When this option is selected the printer prints one line from right to left and the next line from left to right Bi directional mode is faster but print quality is de creased when it is selected 28 Birmy Graphics Corp...

Page 33: ...references the 16 million possible shades of Red Green and Blue combinations commonly used in the computer industry to a specific standard CIE based ABC Application Defined utilizes optional third party color calibra tion software Stochastic Stochastic screening is a random dot pattern as opposed to a fixed screen ruling Stochastic produces more tones and has better detail than fixed screen ruling...

Page 34: ...dow you can select a file name for the log as well as a drive and a directory File Name pirectories c powerrip progfam r I List Filer d lupe D rixeer lOutput Log Fik LOG u IWc bob Print opens a PostScript File box You have the option of selecting the drive directory and file name of a PostScript job to print Also included is a directory called Examples which contains a job for testing See Section ...

Page 35: ...p examples hiyes Gid c bob 0 Bead Only About gives you information about PowerRIP The product version and revision should be included on all information sent to Birmy Graphics Corporation with support questions Exit quits the program Birmy Graphics Corporation 31 ...

Page 36: ...een minimize the Program Manager window by clicking on the down arrow in the upper left of the screen 5 Double click on the Birmy icon This will maximize the Power RIP window 6 Click on Printer The pulldown menu will appear 7 Select Options Set the following options A Media Type Coated Paper B Microweave On C Optional features Uni directional D Resolution 720 E Stochastic On F RGB Calibrated On NO...

Page 37: ...8 Click OK 9 To open a Print PostScript file box click on File click on Birmy Graphics Corporation 33 ...

Page 38: ...orttcript Filel PS I Qirectorier c pow p emmpter ID riyat mc bob 11 Click on cgolfer ps then click OK 12 The program will now process the PostScript file cgolfer ps The program will take a few seconds to a couple of minutes depending on the speed of your computer and the amount of memory it has The output will be a golfer drawing in color 34 Birmy Graphics Corporation ...

Page 39: ... LAB EPS or calibrated RGB EPS files RGB TIF and CMYK TIF files do not access the color ren dering dictionaries automatically if placed in other applications and then printed PowerRIP includes a means of automatically converting non calibrated RGB TIF into calibrated RGB TIF with a software switch Treat all RGB as calibrated This switch will convert most RGB color calls into calibrated color space...

Page 40: ...ng the automatic options in a color ren dering dictionary RAM Requirements PowerRIP RAM requirements are dependent on the complexity of your printed pages We suggest that if your pages are taking a long time to pro cess that you increase your RAM PowerRIP will have performance increases with up to 64 MB of RAM Once full EPSON Stylus printer speed is obtained an increase in RAM will not improve per...

Page 41: ... is a random dot pattern as opposed to a fixed screen ruling Stochastic screen produces more tones and has better detail than fixed screen rulings Maximum density for color Your PowerRIP has been designed to allow users to print up to 300 maximum color from CMYK files Exceeding this number will cause problems with excess ink Many desktop drawing applica tions set black to 400 by default A black of...

Page 42: ...ry Now restart PowerRIP Windows 95 To cancel in Windows 95 Hold down the Control Alt Delete keys to get to the Close Pro gram panel Select the Birmy PowerRIP task and then select End Task It will ask you again select end task to confirm your selection Then go to the Birmy Delete Pending Jobs icon and click on it or go to File Manager and go to the directory c Birmy and delete the files in this dir...

Page 43: ...un the Birmy Delete Pending Jobs icon by click on it Now restart PowerRIP Also you can double click on the desktop or hold down the Control Alt Delete keys to get to the Close Program Panel Select the PowerRIP task and then select End Task It will ask you to confirm your selec tion click OK Then run the Birmy Delete Pending Jobs icon by clicking on it Birmy Graphics Corporation 39 ...

Page 44: ...d Register PowerRIP by calling the 800 613 3031 Birmy Fulfillment Center phone num ber This number is only for registration Problem Solution Wrong fonts or very jagged type Most fonts are downloaded with the print job Sometimes a bitmap image of a font is downloaded If the page is missing a font PowerRIP will default the Courier font or print the bitmap image of a font Check to make sure you have ...

Page 45: ...ller will look better EPS files produce better quality Tiffs simple text files do not print Tiffs and simple text files are designed to be placed into other documents They can not be processed directly by PowerRIP Place these files on a page using an appli cation and print from that application White lines on output Screen savers cause the CPU to be interrupted during the printing process Turn off...

Page 46: ...tory close your application then start PowerRIPor put more RAM in you system Problem Solution Delete Pending Jobs keeps DOS windows stays open after deleting jobs in Windows 95 This is defined under Windows 95 To exit dos window automatically you must make the following changes Go to Settings Taskbar Startup Menu Program Then select Programs Advanced Programs PowerRIP Delete Pend ing Jobs Click on...

Page 47: ...mage The processor inside the computer Pentium is faster than 486 Ecapsulated PostScript This is a file type that may contain complex graphics It is designed as a universal format to include complex graphics in other applications A device capable of printing an image on a physical medium e g a printer imagesetter ink jet printer etc A set of software functions to convert PostScript language operat...

Page 48: ...with 8 megabytes of RAM today and many with 16 MB as minimum You can add more RAM to most computers See your computer dealer for more information Raster Image Processor An application or device that renders images in raster format for an imaging device Tagged Image File Format This is a standard image file format consisting of labeled fields 44 Birmy Graphics Corporation ...

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