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2.

Click Options…. The Options window appears

3.

Select the desired screen.

4.

Click OK. The print dialog box reappears.

5.

Click Print.

In a PC environment, to select the enhanced screens

1.

Start your Windows application.

2.

Go to the Control Panel and select Printers.

3.

Click Setup….

4.

Click Features….

5.

Locate the Enhanced Screen options and select the desired
screen.

6.

Click OK.

7.

Click OK.

8.

Close the Control Panel window.

Accurate Calibration Technology

XANTÉ’s Accurate Calibration Technology (X•ACT) allows you
easily to calibrate the printer’s engine to print more precise
horizontal and vertical dimensions within the width of one dot.

X•ACT compensates for print engine variations. Every printer prints
in a slightly different way; one engine may print one line a little long
and another a bit short with a usual accuracy of 1 mm 

±

 2 mm. While

this variance is acceptable for many uses, it is unacceptable for color
separations and other jobs where pinpoint accuracy is essential.

Working with X•ACT varies depending on if you are in a PC or
Macintosh environment. Also, after you adjust the printer’s line

Summary of Contents for Accel-a-Writer 8200

Page 1: ...of Gray Line Screens Scanner Resolutions Line Art Scanning Halftone Scanning TIFF PICT EPS Formats Gamma Corrections Enhanced Screening Accurate Calibration Technology Page Design Typefaces and Fonts...

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Page 3: ...for adding finishing touches for a truly professional image Levels of Gray The resolution of a laser printer is measured in dots per inch dpi The standard resolution on your Accel a Writer 8200 is 600...

Page 4: ...er Resolution LPI 1200 x 1200 dpi 75 800 x 800 dpi 50 600 x 600 dpi 38 Line Screens Knowing how many levels of gray you would like to achieve is one factor in determining the appropriate line screen t...

Page 5: ...ize For example if a line screen of 95 is used the scanner resolution should be set to 190 dpi 95 x 2 If that resolution cannot be selected choose the next higher resolution available Also scanner res...

Page 6: ...using the formulas in the previous section Halftone Scanning Note Different versions of PageMaker may work differently See the application manual for details QuarkXpress only allows you to change the...

Page 7: ...hen dark photos are scanned Your Accel a Writer 8200 offers seven gamma settings 0 through 6 with 0 as the default Settings 0 through 5 progressively lighten the midrange values If you need a negative...

Page 8: ...Black White Input Levels Gamma 5 Black White 1 1 0 Output Levels Black White Input Levels Gamma 4 Black White 1 1 0 Output Levels Black White Input Levels Gamma 3 Black White 1 1 0 Output Levels Blac...

Page 9: ...e default enhanced screen is setup under the MISC SCREEN menus If you use the software printer setup you can select the levels of gray and gamma settings simultaneously Gray level and line screen comb...

Page 10: ...urate Calibration Technology XANT s Accurate Calibration Technology X ACT allows you easily to calibrate the printer s engine to print more precise horizontal and vertical dimensions within the width...

Page 11: ...In a Macintosh environment to calibrate line lengths and adjust the printer margins 1 Start Command Center by double clicking its icon 2 Select X ACT Calibration from the General menu The following s...

Page 12: ...ter or longer than the measurement above the vertical scroll bar in figure 7 3 adjust the scroll bar until the measurement reads the exact length of your line 7 Click Update Print When the new page pr...

Page 13: ...f the x axis is low move the x scroll bar right until you reach the desired number of units 13 Click Set Print An alignment page with new settings prints 14 Measure where the x and y axes cross If pos...

Page 14: ...e prints with a horizontal and a vertical line on it 7 Measure the horizontal line If it is shorter or longer than the measurement to the right of the horizontal scroll bar fig 7 5 adjust that bar unt...

Page 15: ...Align Printer Margins 11 Click Print Test An alignment test page prints giving current printer settings at the bottom 12 Measure where the x and y axes cross They should cross 1 up from the bottom an...

Page 16: ...hanical side allowing you such freedom as scaling rotating and filling text and graphics However a basic understanding of terms and elements of page design can help you add finishing touches for a tru...

Page 17: ...typefaces include those which have combinations of serif and sans serif designs as well as graphic type characters such as arrows hearts squares or Greek symbols Each typeface category lends itself to...

Page 18: ...e Demi NewCenturySchlbk Roman ITC AvanteGarde DemiOblique Palatino Bold Palatino BoldItalic Miscellaneous Palatino Italic Symbol Palatino Roman ZapfDingbats Times Bold Times BoldItalic Times Italic Ti...

Page 19: ...a cluttered appearance Other Elements of Design Other elements of design besides typeface forms include orientation pitch point size and spacing Orientation The terms portrait and landscape orientati...

Page 20: ...e number of characters which can fit horizontally within one inch For example your printer has the PCL typeface Courier 10 pitch 12 points Ten characters fit within an inch and the size is 12 points i...

Page 21: ...ender the downward stoke within a character set fig 7 10 6Point 8 Point 10 Point 12 Point 14 Point 18 Point 24 Point 54 Point Ready 72 Point PostScript Ascender x Height Descender Fig 7 10 Point Sizes...

Page 22: ...ters For example the letter l needs less space than a w Except for Courier the rest of your printer s resident PostScript typefaces are proportionally spaced Proportional spacing is more legible bette...

Page 23: ...ext All capitalized text is much harder to read than mixed case text Vary paragraph lengths to help readers keep track of where they are on the page Keep most paragraphs to five lines or less to help...

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