Roland VersaStudio BN-20, Master Manual

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Contents
Contents ........................................................................................................1
Chapter 1 The Basics .........................................................................................3
Introduction ...................................................................................................4
Part Names .......................................................................................................................................... 4
Roland BN-20 System Configuration ......................................................................................... 5
How to Open the BN-20 Driver's Printing Preferences Screen ......................................... 6
How to Open the Utility Window / Exit the Utility ................................................................ 7
How to Start the R-Works .............................................................................................................. 8
How to Open the BN-20 Driver/R-Works Help ....................................................................... 8
Usable Media ...................................................................................................................................10
Four Different Output Methods ................................................................................................11
Important Points During Use .....................................................................................................11
Switching Power On and Off ......................................................................12
Switching the Power On ..............................................................................................................12
Switching the Power Off (Sub-power Off) ............................................................................13
Printing ........................................................................................................14
STEP 1: Loading Media .................................................................................................................14
STEP 2: Bidirectional Adjustment .............................................................................................19
STEP 3: Printing Tests and Normal Cleaning ........................................................................21
STEP 4: Calibrate Sheet Feeding Amount ..............................................................................22
STEP 5: Starting Print Output .....................................................................................................23
Stopping Print Output ..................................................................................................................24
Chapter 2 Fully Utilizing the Machine .............................................................27
Cutting / Printing & Cutting ..........................................................................28
Adjusting cutting ............................................................................................................................28
Accurately Adjusting the Cutting-in Amount ......................................................................30
Adjusting printing & cutting ......................................................................................................31
Creating Data for Cutting / Printing & Cutting.....................................................................32
Cautionary note on making output with cutting ..............................................................34
Performing Printing and Cutting Separately ................................................35
To Perform Printing and Cutting Separately .........................................................................35
Printing with Crop Marks .............................................................................................................35
Aligning Automatically and Cutting ........................................................................................37
Crop Cut Adjustment ....................................................................................................................39
Using Metallic Silver Ink ..............................................................................40
Characteristics of Metallic Siver Ink and Important Notes ..............................................40
Creation of Print Data Using Metallic Color (R-Works) ......................................................41
Creation of Print Data Using Metallic Color (General Application for Drawing) ......43
Blend Print and Layered Print ....................................................................................................45
Blend Print (Metallic CMYK) ........................................................................................45
Layered Print (Metallic Silver
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CMYK) .................................................................................50
Layered Print (CMYK
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Metallic Silver) ..................................................................................55
Printing a Metallic Color Chart (R-Works) ..............................................................................60
Utility : Other Function .................................................................................62
Performing Various Adjustments Through a Sequence of Operations .......................62
Setting of Dry Time ........................................................................................................................63
Resetting All Adjustments to Factory Default Values ........................................................66