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Roland PC-600 User Manual

Roland PC-600 User Manual

Version 3.1 for pc-600 colorcamm, for macintosh
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Roland COLORCHOICE

for Macintosh

Version 3.1

User Guide

Thank you very much for purchasing the PC-600.
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To ensure correct and safe usage with a full
understanding of this product's performance, please
be sure to read through this manual completely and
store it in a safe location.
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Unauthorized copying or transferal, in whole or in
part, of this manual is prohibited.
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The contents of this operation manual and the
specifications of this product are subject to change
without notice.
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The operation manual and the product have been
prepared and tested as much as possible. If you find
any misprint or error, please inform us.
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  • Page 1: For Macintosh

    Roland COLORCHOICE Thank you very much for purchasing the PC-600. • • • • for ColorCAMM ® for Macintosh Version 3.1 User Guide To ensure correct and safe usage with a full understanding of this product’s performance, please be sure to read through this manual completely and store it in a safe location.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Port tab ...10 Print tab ...10 Cut tab ...13 Color Adjust tab ...14 Printing with Roland COLORCHOICE ... 14 Printing Already Prepared Jobs ...14 Sending Jobs Directly from an Application ...14 Working with Jobs ... 15 Adding Jobs to the Print Monitor ...15 Deleting Jobs from the Print Monitor ...16...

  • Page 3: License Agreement

    Carefully read the following terms and conditions before installing the software. This is a legal agreement between you, the end user (either an individual or an entity), and Amiable Technologies, Inc. If you do not agree with the following, you should promptly return the package. Use of this program indicates your acceptance of the terms and conditions stated below.

  • Page 4: Welcome

    Welcome Welcome to the documentation for the Roland COLORCHOICE Software. We believe that you will find the information useful and the software easy to learn. System Requirements Minimum Recommended Processor 90MHz 601 Power PC 64MB (virtual memory set to 128MB)
  • Page 5 You are asked to re-enter your User ID. Type in “1000” again, and then click OK. The Installation Options dialog appears. Click OK. The next screen prompts you for the type of installation and the location to which you want to install the software. Accept the default selection of Easy Install and specify the location to which to install the software.
  • Page 6 15 Double-Click on the AdobePS Installer Icon. The Adobe Printer Driver installer is launched. 16 Click Continue. 17 If you accept the terms of the License, click Accept. The next window prompts you for a location to install the Adobe PostScript Installer.
  • Page 7 20 Double-click the RCC for ColorCAMM icon to start the software. The Add Setup dialog appears. 21 Select your printer in the list and then click Next. You are prompted for the port to which the selected printer is connected.

  • Page 8: Uninstalling The Software (Macintosh)

    • From the Preferences folder, drag the two RCC for ColorCAMM preference files into the Trash. • Locate and open the ‘Extensions’ folder. Drag the Am_ColorCAMM PC-600 spooler file into the Trash. From the ‘Printer Descriptions’ folder, located within the ‘Extensions’ folder, drag the PPD files, named according to your output device, into the Trash.

  • Page 9: Getting Started

    Getting Started To start the Roland COLORCHOICE Software, double click the icon labeled RCC for ColorCAMM located in the RCC for ColorCAMM Software folder. The Print Monitor displays when you start the software. You can control every facet of job management from the Print Monitor.

  • Page 10: Port Tab

    Media Size- Select a media size that is currently loaded into your printer. You can specify custom media sizes by selecting other from the list and then editing the Height and Width values. Margin- Specify custom margins, if desired. Send- You can choose to send the Print and the Contour, the Print only, or the Contour only.
  • Page 11 Perform Color Correction- Checking this setting makes incoming jobs use the color correction settings- ICC input and output profiles that are explained below- of Roland COLORCHOICE RIP Software. If this setting is not checked, incoming jobs are assumed to already have color correction.
  • Page 12 Mirror button on Job Properties. • Pause for Spot Colors - when using spot color ribbons and this option is checked, the printer will pause between each spot color. The printing can be resumed clicking on correspondent dialog box.

  • Page 13: Cut Tab

    None- When this mode is selected, Roland COLORCHOICE will not send any settings regarding the cutting operation. The settings in the printer panel will be used instead. Cut Fast, Cut Medium, Cut Slow- When these options are selected, Roland COLORCHOICE will send the settings for the cutting operation.

  • Page 14: Color Adjust Tab

    The job is added to the Print Monitor. Alternatively, you can drag and drop files onto the Print Monitor window. To send a job to the printer, select the job from the Print Monitor and then select Print from the File menu.

  • Page 15: Working With Jobs

    To send a job to the printer, select the job from the print queue and then select Print from the File menu. The job prints. In addition to specifying how a job will print using the Printer and Job Properties dialog boxes, you can access a number of print settings directly from your design application.

  • Page 16: Deleting Jobs From The Print Monitor

    Pausing and Resuming Printing When you print a job, the Roland COLORCHOICE Software begins RIPing the file. RIP, which stands for Raster Image Processor, is a process that converts the selected file into a series of dots that are used to reproduce the file on the selected media.

  • Page 17: Saving Jobs In Native Format

    Saving Jobs in Native Format Once a job has been printed, you may want to save the RIPed file so that you can reprint it without having to RIP the file again. Saving a file as Native format, with a .prt extension, allows you to save RIPed files for reprinting. Select the job that you want to save as in Native Format by selecting it in the Print Monitor window.

  • Page 18: Setting Job Properties

    Setting Job Properties Job Properties offer an additional level of control. You can access Job Properties by clicking on a job in the Print Monitor, and then selecting Job Properties from the File menu. Many of the settings in the Job Properties tabs are also contained in the Setup Properties dialog.

  • Page 19: The Print Tab

    Send - you can specify to send the print and the contour, the print only, or the contour only. The Print tab The Print tab settings are identical to the settings on the Print tab of the Setup Properties dialog box. See “Print tab” on page 10.

  • Page 20: The Color Adjust Tab

    The Color Adjust tab The Color Adjust tab settings are identical to the settings on the Color Adjust tab of the Setup Properties dialog box. See “Color Adjust tab” on page 14.

  • Page 21: Advanced Printing Procedures

    Click OK to close the Setup Properties dialog box. Go to Apple menu and select Chooser. Highlight Adobe PS and make sure ColorCAMM PC-600@... is selected. In Illustrator, go to File>Document Setup. Select Options ‘Use printers default screen’, and then check box for Use Page Setup and click the Page Setup...
  • Page 22 11 Go to File>Color Setting and check ‘Simulate print colors on display’ if you want your monitor to soft-proof CMYK output. 12 Go to File>Print. Select your printer in the ‘Printer’ field and select the page you want to print, and the number of copies.

  • Page 23: Pagemaker 6.5

    Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it, correct output profiles and rendering intent are set. Click OK to close Setup Properties. Go to Apple menu and select Chooser. Highlight Adobe PS and make sure ColorCAMM PC-600@... is selected. In PageMaker, go to File>Document Setup.

  • Page 24: Photoshop 4

    Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it, correct profiles and rendering intent are set. Click OK to close Setup Properties. Go to Apple menu and select Chooser. Highlight Adobe PS and make sure ColorCAMM PC-600@... is selected.
  • Page 25 Select Page Attribute from the pop-up menu. Select the defined Custom Page in the ‘Paper’ field. Select Adobe Photoshop from the pop-up menu. Click the Screen button. Check the box for ‘Use Printer’s Default Screen’s. Click OK for Halftone Screen dialog.
  • Page 26 10 Click OK for Adobe Page Setting dialog. 11 Go to File>Print. Select your printer in the ‘Printer’ field and select the page you want to print, and the number of copies. 12 Select Adobe Photoshop from the pop-up menu and set the ‘Encoding’ selection to Binary. Set the ‘Print in’...

  • Page 27: Photoshop 5

    Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it, correct profiles and rendering intent are set. Click OK to close Setup Properties. Go to Apple menu and select Chooser. Highlight Adobe PS and make sure ColorCAMM PC-600@... is selected. In Photoshop go to File>Page Setup. From the ‘Paper’ field select your page size.
  • Page 28 Check the box for ‘Use Printer’s Default Screen’s. Click OK for Halftone Screen dialog. 10 Click OK for Adobe Page Setting dialog. 11 Go to File>Print. Select your printer in the ‘Printer’ field and select the page you want to print, and the number of copies.

  • Page 29: Quarkxpress 3

    Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it, correct profiles and rendering intent are set. Click OK to close Setup Properties. Go to Apple menu and select Chooser. Highlight Adobe PS and make sure ColorCAMM PC-600@... is selected. Launch QuarkXPress. If you are using the EFIColor XTension, select Edit>Preferences>EfiColor and uncheck...
  • Page 30 10 Select Page Attributes from the pop-up menu. Select the defined Custom Page in the ‘Paper’ field. 11 Select QuarkXPress from the pop-up menu. Select ‘Roland ColorCAMM’ from the ‘Printer Type’ menu. (Do not select Roland ColorCAMM PC-600 here.) Click OK for Adobe PS Page Setting dialog.

  • Page 31: Quarkxpress 4

    Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it, and that correct profiles and rendering intent are set. Click Quit to close the Properties dialog. Go to the Apple menu and select Chooser. Highlight Adobe PS and make sure that ColorCAMM PC-600@... is...
  • Page 32 Launch QuarkXPress. Select Edit>Preferences>Color Management and uncheck Color Management Active. Click File>Page Setup. In the Printer Description list, select your Roland printer. Then click the Output tab to display it. Select Composite color from the Print Colors list and Printer from the Halftoning list. Then click the Page Setup button.
  • Page 33 13 Select Printer Specific Options from the menu. 14 Select the appropriate options, and then click Print. You are returned to the Print dialog box. 15 Click Print to start printing.

  • Page 34: Contour Cutting And Spot Color Printing

    Contour cutting lines can also be created using a special color • CutContour On your Roland COLORCHOICE Installation CD, you will find Color Library files for each application. If you are using PhotoShop, you will not be able to print in Spot Colors and contour cut.

  • Page 35: Quarkxpress 4

    of the Installation CD to FreeHand 8:Colors folder. Start FreeHand. Create a new design file or open an existing file. Execute Window>Panels>Color List and open the Color List Palette. Select 'ColorCAMM PRO' from the 'Options' menu of Color List Palette. All the Spot Colors and the Cut Contour color will be listed in the Color Library window.
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