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Guide to printing on transparent media (using white ink)
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Guide to Printing on Transparent Media
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  • Page 1 SC-545EXW Guide to Printing on Transparent Media (Using White Ink)
  • Page 2 ➢ Roland DG Corp. assumes no responsibility for any direct or indirect loss or damage which may occur through use of this product, regardless of any failure to perform on the part of this product.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Printing White Data ........................35 Copyright and property of this Software and this manual belong to Roland DG Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any from or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

  • Page 4: About This Guide

    (2) SC-545EX User's Manual This manual covers full details about how to use the SC-545EXW, including how to set up the printer and where to locate the printer, etc. Read this next to the above one. (3) Roland VersaWorks Quick Start Guide This manual explains basic operations of Roland VersaWorks, including how to set up the program.

  • Page 5: Before You Begin

    Using Queue Folders (Queue Properties) Roland VersaWorks has two "queue folders", labeled A and B, in its main window. You can assign a set of default print settings (queue properties) to each of these folders, and print files quickly by using the settings you have made within either of the folders.

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Quick Start

    Chapter 1 Quick Start This chapter describes the overview of available methods for printing on transparent media, and briefly explains how to print by using each of the methods.

  • Page 8: Transparent Media Print Overview

    1-1 Transparent Media Print Overview About Methods for Printing on Transparent Media In addition to employing only CMYK colors or only white when printing on transparent media, you can employ both of them in a single print. The following is an example image of a CMYK and white double-layered print. CMYK color data example: White data example: "Flag_Color.ps"...

  • Page 9: Available Printing Modes

    Available Printing Modes Each time you perform a single print operation (that is, a single print job) is performed using Roland VersaWorks, an appropriate "printing mode" must be selected in accordance with the method you take, which is described on the last page, and the type of ink (CMYK or white) you use.

  • Page 10: Printing On Transparent Media

    1-2 Printing on Transparent Media This section explains how to print on transparent media by using each of four different methods. Printing White Data and then CMYK Color Data ( CMYK-On-White Use the CMYK-on-white method when you want to have a printed image as illustrated below. Transparent media Printing surface of the media: white layer is printed first, and...
  • Page 11 Make sure that you set the color of any objects in the white layer of the image between K0% and K100% in the CMYK mode. This rule also applies when you want to use gradient colors. Start up Roland VersaWorks on your computer. Check the printer model and status in the main window.
  • Page 12 1-2 Printing on Transparent Media Assign the settings for printing the CMYK layer of the image to queue folder A. ❶ Double-click ❷ In the [Queue A Properties] dialog box that appears, make the following settings. Make sure that all the settings for the setup items other than listed below are left as their initial defaults. Icon Setup item Setting...
  • Page 13 , drag it in the job list, and then drop it (release the mouse button). Observe that both the white image and CYMK color image are displayed in the same size in the layout window (the right part of the Roland VersaWorks window). Print the white data. ❶...

  • Page 14: Printing Cmyk Color Data And Then White Data (Cmyk-Under-White)

    1-2 Printing on Transparent Media Printing CMYK Color Data and then White Data ( CMYK-Under-White Use the CMYK-under-white method when you want to have a printed image as illustrated below. Transparent media Printing surface of the media: CMYK layer is printed first, and then white layer is printed on it.
  • Page 15 Make sure that you set the color of any objects in the white layer of the image between K0% and K100% in the CMYK mode. This rule also applies when you want to use gradient colors. Start up Roland VersaWorks on your computer. Check the printer model and status in the main window.
  • Page 16 1-2 Printing on Transparent Media Assign the settings for printing the white layer of the image to queue folder B. ❶ Double-click ❷ In the [Queue B Properties] dialog box that appears, make the following settings. Make sure that all the settings for the setup items other than listed below are left as their initial defaults. Icon Setup item Setting...
  • Page 17 1-2 Printing on Transparent Media In the Queue B Job List, drag and drop the white data PS file (Flag_White.ps). ❶ Click the [Queue B] tab in the main window so that the title above the tab changes to "Job List - Queue B".

  • Page 18: Printing Only White Data

    Make sure that you set the color of any objects in the image between K0% and K100% in the CMYK mode. The above rule also applies when you want to use gradient colors. Start up Roland VersaWorks on your computer. Check the printer model and status in the main window.

  • Page 19: Printing Only Cmyk Color Data

    Prepare the image files for printing. Draw an image using application software such as Adobe Illustrator, and then save the image as a PS file. Start up Roland VersaWorks on your computer. Check the printer model and status in the main window.
  • Page 20 1-2 Printing on Transparent Media Make necessary settings for printing the image to queue folder A. ❶ Double-click ❷ In the [Queue A Properties] dialog box that appears, make the following settings. Make sure that all the settings for the setup items other than listed below are left as their initial defaults. Icon Setup item Setting...

  • Page 21: Cutting The Media After Printing

    This feature is useful, for example, when you want to make stickers using adhesive film media. For information about how to draw contour lines, see "Roland VersaWorks Quick Start Guide". Cutting the Media After Printing White Data and then CMYK Color Data Perform the same operations under "Printing White Data and then CMYK Color Data"...

  • Page 22: Cutting The Media After Printing Only White Data Or Cmyk Color Data

    1-3 Cutting the Media After Printing Cutting the Media After Printing Only White Data or CMYK Color Data Perform the same operations under "Printing Only White Data" (page 16) or "Printing Only CMYK Color Data" (page 17), except for the following changes. G In step , draw the contour lines in the image you want to print, and then save the image as the PS file with the contour lines data included.

  • Page 23: Chapter 2 Tutorial

    Chapter 2 Tutorial This chapter describes detailed information about how to print two layers (CMYK layer and white layer) on a single sheet of transparent media, starting with drawing an image that consists of two layers using Adobe Illustrator.

  • Page 24: Tutorial Overview

    2-4 Making Job Settings and Printing the Image page 33 In this section, you will print CMYK color data and white data using Roland VersaWorks. You will also learn relationship between the [Queue A (B) Properties] dialog box and the [Job Settings] dialog box, and perform...

  • Page 25: Creating Data For Printing

    G Make the two layers precisely form the image you expect when you create data for each layer. You can use any application software as far as it can save files in a format that can be loaded into Roland VersaWorks.
  • Page 26 2-2 Creating Data for Printing To draw an image using two layers (step through First, draw a full-color image (like the one shown below) in the CMYK mode. Note the following when drawing: G Make sure that you use the CMYK mode of the application software. G Draw all the objects in a single layer.
  • Page 27 2-2 Creating Data for Printing Insert a new layer named "White". ❶ On the Layers palette menu, click [New Layer]. ❷ On the [Layer Options] dialog box that appears, enter "White" in the [Name] box, and then click This inserts the "White" layer above the "Color" layer, and the "White" layer becomes active for drawing. Draw the white layer of the image in the layer "White".
  • Page 28 The Adobe Illustrator's own [Print] dialog box is displayed. Click the down arrow to the right of the [Printer] box, click [Roland VW] from the list that appears, and then click Setup in the lower left corner of the dialog box.
  • Page 29 If you're using Windows 2000, click the [Layout] tab on the [Print] dialog box, and then click Advanced instead of the above operation. The [Roland VersaWorks Advanced Options] dialog box appears. ❸ Click the down arrow to the right of the [Paper Size] box, and then click [PostScript Custom Page Size] from the list that appears.
  • Page 30 2-2 Creating Data for Printing ❹ Enter appropriate values to [Width] and [Height] under [Custom Page Size Dimensions]. Make sure that you specify the values to fit the image you draw in step through š Click OK three times to close each of the dialog boxes and return to the Windows [Print] dialog box.
  • Page 31 2-2 Creating Data for Printing To save the white layer of the image as a PS file (step By using the Layers palette, hide the "Color" layer and display only the "White" layer. Perform the same operations as steps through Important! G Make sure that you specify the values for [Width] and [Height] under [Custom Page Size Dimensions] identical ❹...

  • Page 32: Making Default Settings For Printing (Using Queue Properties)

    Roland VersaWorks program. Roland VersaWorks has two "queue folders", labeled A and B, in its main window. You can assign a set of default print settings to each of these folders using the [Queue A (B) Properties] dialog box, which is displayed by double-clicking either of the queue folders.
  • Page 33 2-3 Making Default Settings for Printing (Using Queue Properties) To assign default settings for printing CMYK color data to the Queue folder A (step through Double-click The [Queue A Properties] dialog box is displayed. Each of the icons shown in the left of the dialog box represents a group of related setup items.
  • Page 34 2-3 Making Default Settings for Printing (Using Queue Properties) Click OK to close the [Queue A Properties] dialog box. To assign default settings for printing white data to the Queue folder B (step through Double-click The [Queue B Properties] dialog box is displayed. In the [Queue B Properties] dialog box, make the following settings.

  • Page 35: Making Job Settings And Printing The Image

    2-4 Making Job Settings and Printing the Image Job Settings Overview As described in "Queue Properties Overview" on page 30, you can make default settings for printing using the [Queue A (B) Properties] dialog box. By using the [Job Settings] dialog box, you can change the default settings independently for each of print jobs, before printing.

  • Page 36: Printing Cmyk Color Data

    2-4 Making Job Settings and Printing the Image Printing CMYK Color Data To add the PS file that contains the CMYK layer of the image to the Queue A Job List (step through Click the [Queue A] tab in the main window so that the title above the tab changes to "Job List - Queue A".

  • Page 37: Printing White Data

    2-4 Making Job Settings and Printing the Image To print the CMYK layer of the image (step Click to start printing the file. G After printing is complete, it takes approximately 15 minutes to dry out the media. G When the media is dried out, it will return to the original position automatically, according to the settings you made in step through .
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