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Ricoh GX7000 - Color Inkjet Printer Sublimation Manual

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Ricoh GX7000
Sublimation Manual
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  • Page 1 Ricoh GX7000 Sublimation Manual gem tec ™ Sales: 01332 855 085 Tehcnical Support: 01332 858 333 www.xpres.co.uk...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Index Contents Ricoh GX7000 Installation Driver Setup CorelDRAW Setup (CorelDRAW 10 - X4 & X5) P.10 Working with templates P.18 CorelDRAW tools P.20 CorelDRAW tasks P.22 Troubleshooting / Tips P.23...
  • Page 3 Installation I nstallation Guide - Ricoh Driver and Inks Unpack and setup the p r i nter as described in the printer setup instructions. Have the printer plugged into a power outlet but not turned on. IMPORTANT: DO NOT INSTALL THE STANDARD EPSON CARTRIDGES.
  • Page 4 Installation Insert the Ricoh CD into the CD/DVD Rom driver . Select a langu a ge for the interface & click OK. Click Quick Install with USB, and then click next. Click ‘I accept the agreement’ and click nex t...
  • Page 5 Installation Click ‘Next’ to confirm the driver installatio n The installation process will now begin . You will be prompted to turn the printer On to allow detection of the Ricoh GX7000 .
  • Page 6 Installation 9. Once the printer has been detected you will be shown the following dialogue box, asking if you would like to set the printer as the default printer. You can select either Yes or No depending on which printer you prefer to be you default printer.
  • Page 7 Installation 1 2 . The system will now install the user manual, and then show the following window to confirm the install is complete. Click Finish...
  • Page 8: Driver Setup

    Driver Setup To setup the Ricoh GX7000 Driver ready for Sublimation printing using Corel Draw follow the steps below: 1. Click Start > Control Panel > Printers (’Printers and Faxes’ if using windows XP or previous operating systems). Right click on the GelSprinter GX7000 option and select Printing Preferences as shown below.
  • Page 9 Driver Setup 3. In the Printing Preferences Window shown below, select ‘Inkjet Plain Paper’ for the ‘Paper Type’, and then select ‘User Settings’ as shown. Now click ‘Change’ 4. In the new window shown below, change the ‘Colour Profile’ option to ‘Off’ and then tick the ‘Use Error Diffusion’ option.
  • Page 10 Driver Setup 5. Click ‘Save’ 6. Type ‘Subli Print’ under the Custom Setting Name option as shown below, and click OK.
  • Page 11 Driver Setup 7. Click ‘OK’ in the Printing Preferences window to confirm all changed settings as shown below.
  • Page 12: Coreldraw Setup (Coreldraw 10 - X4 & X5)

    Save the Colour Profile on to your Desktop (drag and drop if taking from the supplied CD). Now Right Click the Colour Profile (Ricoh 7000 v1.15) and select ‘Install’ - There will be no confirmation that the file has been installed.
  • Page 13 Also select RGB under the ‘Color mode used for effects:’ option. Make sure that the drop down option below the centre circle shows ‘Internal RGB - Fraser (1998)’, and the drop down option below the printer to the left hand side states ‘Ricoh - 7000 v1.15'.
  • Page 14 CorelDRAW 10 - X4 Setup 4. Click on the Import/Export icon to open the window below Import/Export Icon Select ‘Always Convert Using’ and ‘Always Embed Using’. In both drop down lists select ‘Internal RGB - Fraser (1998)’ as shown. 5. Now click on the ‘Advanced Printer Settings’ to open the window below. Advanced Printer Settings Icon Make sure that ‘Do Not Override’...
  • Page 15 CorelDRAW 10 - X4 Setup 7. When you have your image ready to print, go to File > Print and select the relevant printer (GelSprint GX7000). Now select the Prepress tab, make sure that the ‘Mirror’ option is ticked as shown below. (Sublimation requires the images to be printed in Mirror).
  • Page 16 Save the Colour Profile on to your Desktop (drag and drop if taking from the supplied CD). Now Right Click the Colour Profile (Ricoh 7000 v1.15) and select ‘Install’ - There will be no confirmation that the file has been installed.
  • Page 17 CorelDRAW X5 Setup 3. Now click on Tools > Colour Management > Default Settings. You will now see the colour management dialogue box appear as shown below: Subli Print Here we will configure Corel's default color space and ICC profiles. The green arrows and numbers correspond to each phase of the setup process which are detailed below.
  • Page 18 2 Select the 'Color' tab. Select 'Print Composite'. Select 'Use document color setting'. Select 'CorelDRAW' from 'Color conversions performed by:'. Select 'RGB' from 'Output colors as:'. Select the ‘Ricoh 7000 1.15' profile from 'Correct colors using color profile:'. Select 'Perceptual' from 'Rendering intent:'.
  • Page 19 You are now ready to print. Click 'Print’ and Corel will now print your image using the sublimation ICC profile combined with the configured Ricoh Print Driver. (If you also click the ‘Apply’ button this ICC profile combined with the configured Ricoh Print Driver. (If you also click the ‘Apply’ button this will store your settings ready for future use).
  • Page 20: Working With Templates

    Working with templates In this section you will learn how to open a sublimation template, import an image and use the power clip tool to fit the image to the template. For this exercise we will use the 9cm² square coaster. If you have had an installation by an Xpres engineer, you will find the templates in a folder on your desktop called 'Xpres'.
  • Page 21 Working with templates If your image does not fit the power clip correctly first time, right Diagram 1 click on the image and choose 'Edit Contents' from the drop down menu (diagram 1). You can also click on Effects > Power Clip > Edit Contents.
  • Page 22: Coreldraw Tools

    CorelDRAW tools CorelDRAW is an extremely powerful program of which you will probably only need to use half of the tools and features of the program. In this section we will introduce you to the tools in CorelDRAW and what they do and also take you through the most common tasks you will need to complete in CorelDRAW.
  • Page 23 CorelDRAW tools The Pick Tool This is the main tool that you will use in CorelDRAW, it is used for manipulating anything onscreen in the main window and also for selecting and using any of the other tools, holding the left mouse button and dragging a box will select anything within the area that you drag over, clicking an object onscreen with a single left mouse button click will select individual objects.
  • Page 24: Coreldraw Tasks

    CorelDRAW tasks Grouping & Ungrouping CorelDRAW allows objects to be grouped with other objects, this means that when one object is moved or resized, other objects grouped with it will also have the same action applied to them. To group objects, use the pick tool to select the objects and either go to your arrange menu, then select ‘Group’...
  • Page 25: Troubleshooting / Tips

    Troubleshooting / Tips Useful CorelDRAW tips To ensure CorelDRAW performs at it's best, click on Tools > Options, click on 'snap to objects' and un-tick the 'snap to objects on (ALT+Z)'. Now click on the + next to 'Text' and click on 'Quick correct'. Un-tick all five boxes. Depending on your system memory you can increase the memory usage available to CorelDRAW (default 25%).

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