KM Internet Plotter Manual

INTERNET CONTROLLED

PLOTTER

KM-4850w KM-P4850w KM-P4845w

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CONTENTS

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Contents

INTERNET CONTROLLED PLOTTER (ICP)..............................5 How to Use Help.................................................................6 Conventions used in the manual .................................................6

Part I ICP.............................................................................7

How does the ICP work?.....................................................8 ICP Components..................................................................9 Opening the Program, Presettings ..................................10 The ICP Homepage...........................................................11 Information ..............................................................................11 Icons........................................................................................11 Page Overview..............................................................13 Plotter status .............................................................................13 Spool area usage .....................................................................14 Refreshing ................................................................................14 Job list (Queue) ........................................................................15 Starting, stopping, cancelling or deleting a job...........................17 Page Plotter ..................................................................19

Part II - Administration ....................................................21

Access rights for administration.......................................22 Buttons..............................................................................23 Page Settings ................................................................24 Page Network ...............................................................26 TCP/IP .....................................................................................26 CIFS (SMB) ...............................................................................26 Appletalk..................................................................................27 NFS .........................................................................................27 FTP ..........................................................................................27

CONTENTS

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LPDP ........................................................................................28 Page Calibration...........................................................29 Plotter settings ..........................................................................29 Error handling ..........................................................................30 Page Controller.............................................................34 Date / time...............................................................................34 Password..................................................................................34 Diagnostics ..............................................................................35 Set system info..........................................................................35 Firmware update ......................................................................35

Part III - Appendix............................................................37

Troubleshooting................................................................38 Overview of the file formats.............................................41

INTERNET CONTROLLED PLOTTER (ICP)

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INTERNET CONTROLLED PLOTTER (ICP)

This manual describes the program ICP, which is part of a plot management system.

The client-server architecture of the system allows each user connected to define their own print jobs and sets of drawings and to send them to ICP for plotting. ICP can process whole sets from documents or drawings, with a high degree of automation.

ICP accepts print jobs from CAD systems, from archived data stock, from scanning systems such as KM SCANTOOL or from other clients. The standard data formats supported are HPGL, HPGL/2, HP-RTL, Calcomp 906/907, TIFF, BMP, PCX, T6X, RLC and CALS. CIT, PDF and Postscript are optional formats.

We wish you every success when working with ICP.

HOW TO USE HELP

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How to Use Help

This manual informs you about the functions of the program, the icons and the information on the user interface, the plot management and the administration of the program. If you just need help for the current ICP page you can use the direct help. To open it click on the small question mark which is in the top left-hand corner next to the name of the current page.

Conventions used in the manual

Two icons are used in the text to point out special circumstances or advantages or even to warn you against certain steps:

Note: You are free to decide whether you wish to follow the recommendation given in a note or not. Tips are usually used to draw your attention to special circumstances or even to point out useful commands or ones that are easily forgotten and overseen.

Attention: It is advisable to take particular notice of any possible problems marked with Attention to e.g. avoid problems with your data stocks, etc.

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Part I ICP

HOW DOES THE ICP WORK?

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How does the ICP work?

The ICP (Internet Controlled Plotter) is designed to enable large format prints to be handled. The individual workstations are connected to the ICP plotter across the network. You can send your print jobs to the plotter from your workstation. The print job is processed by the ICP and sent to the plotter fully automatically. In other words, no settings need to be made directly on the plotter itself. The administrator can access the ICP via any workstation on the network and calibrate the plotter and enter settings for the controller and the network from there. The ICP can be used on all popular operating systems such as Windows, Unix and MacOS.

ICP COMPONENTS

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ICP Components

Base Unit A processor is located in the plotter housing. It is integrated into the network and processes your print jobs fully automatically. Direct access to this processor is only necessary in the event of a repair. Internet Browser Screen In your browser, you can open the ICP screen that enables the print jobs to be created and managed. Further information on this topic is contained under Part I ICP Additional Tools The CD supplied with autorun modus contains a number of tools and two manuals, namely:

KM-PLOTCLIENT KM-PLOTCLIENT HDI KM-SCANTOOL KM-WINPRINT Manuals for ICP and Clients. The manual KM-

PLOTCLIENTS describes the installation and operation of KM-PLOTCLIENTS as well as two network protocols. It explains how you can use the Client to produce print jobs and send them from the workstations to ICP. It also contains information about solving applications problems.

OPENING THE PROGRAM, PRESETTINGS

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Opening the Program, Presettings

You can open the ICP screen by opening a customary Internet browser and entering the name or the IP address in the corresponding browser field, namely: http:// Save the entry in the address field by pressing the Return key, then open the ICP homepage. You have now established a direct connection to the ICP and can operate it from your workstation.

Attention: You have to activate Java and Java-Skript in the presettings of the browser program.

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The ICP Homepage

Information

At the top of the window displayed on your workstation monitor, you will first see some general information on the plotter: Location: 3rd floor, Room 76 Notes: Plotter will be serviced tomorrow Administrator: [email protected] The first line shows you the location of the plotter. The administrator may also have entered some special notes on the plotter. These will be found on the "Notes" line. This example shows a reminder that the plotter has to be serviced at a particular time. Any questions you may have for the administrator can be sent to him by e-mail. In order to open an e-mail program simply click on the e-mail address given.

Icons

At the top are three navigation symbols which open additional pages when you click on them:

Overview: Here you get information about the plotter status, the spool area usage and the processing of the print jobs.

Plotter: This screen provides information on the status of the reel.

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Administration: This section is for the administrator only. You need authorisation to access it. The use of these pages is described in Part II Administration.

PAGE OVERVIEW

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Page Overview

On this page you are informed about the processing of the print jobs. The current status of the plotter and the performance of the system is shown, too. There are several possibilities to refresh the information on this page.

Plotter status

Top left-hand a traffic light is shown which shows the status of the plotter.

Green: The plotter is working perfectly.

Yellow: Plotting is interrupted for a moment. The plotter continues the plotting automatically. An information appears for a moment beside the traffic light.

Red: Plotting is interrupted because of a plotter problem. Please repair the plotter problem. An error message is shown besides the traffic light.

In two cases the command Continue is offered: Printing process is stopped by the administrator A plotter roll is empty

You can restart the printing process clicking the command continue. In case of an empty roll the plotter tries to use another suitable roll. This option has the following consequences for the print jobs:

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If you have selected a certain roll for your print job (e. g. Roll 1) and this roll is empty, the plotter wont choose another roll. The job will be cancelled and an error message will be displayed or printed (error page). In case you have selected the auto option (any roll) for the print job it will be printed on another suitable roll. It can be a roll with the same medium, the same or bigger width. The program will also select any available medium, if the job creator has made this setting for your print job.

Spool area usage

The percentage usage of the spool directory is shown beside the plotter status information. If the level is high, this indicates that the jobs will take some time to print out and that only a limited number of new jobs can be accepted.

Refreshing

The page has to be refreshed at regular intervals because it is a static page. If the refreshing function is deactivated the new print jobs, which are sent before the last refreshing, are not shown. The same applies to a changed job status or other characteristics of the jobs. You can activate an automatic refreshing or a manual refreshing as follows:

The autorefresh is launched by clicking on the blue triangle. Then it changes to a square. If you click on the square the autorefresh will be stopped. After clicking on the red button you can enter the refreshing interval. The presetting is 25 seconds. If you want to refresh the page just click once the button besides the message refresh this page now.

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Job list (Queue)

Below the system information the print jobs are listed which have been sent to the ICP. The jobs are sorted in five lists according to different criterions. You can open a list clicking on one of the following buttons:

List of jobs, which are printed at the moment or which were printed: At the top the last three processed jobs are shown which have been printed out or which are canceled because of a problem. Then follow six more jobs which are printed at the moment or which are prepared for printing. They are marked with the status plotting, prepared, preparing, pending or pausing. If there are more jobs in the queue you can see the next one clicking on the message which appears below the job list. Use the buttons, which are on the right of each job entry, to restart, cancel, delete or stop a print job. The buttons are described in the next chapter.

List of jobs which are prepared for printing or are printed now: All jobs are listed which are marked with the following status: plotting, preparing, prepared, pending. If you open this list bear in mind that all jobs will be shown and that the loading of these job list might take a long time. Use the buttons, which are on the right of each job entry, to restart, cancel, delete or stop a print job. The buttons are described in the next chapter.

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Stopped jobs: These jobs are stopped in order, for example, to check the quality of a printout. Use the buttons, which are on the right of each job entry, to restart or delete a print job. The buttons are described in the next chapter.

Cancelled jobs or faulty jobs : Here are jobs listed which can`t be printed because they are faulty or they have been cancelled by a user. In addition to the job number and name a error code and an error message is shown. The error code can be used to identify the error exactly. The error message describes a potential reason. If you have repaired the job you have to send it again to the ICP.

Use the buttons, which are on the right of each job entry, to restart or delete a print job. The buttons are described in the next chapter.

Finished jobs: Here are the jobs which have been printed. The older print jobs are deleted from time to time. Use the buttons, which are on the right of each job entry, to restart or delete a print job. The buttons are described in the next chapter.

The jobs in the lists are sorted according to the status, the job number, the job name, the owner and the job size:

Status: Here you can see the status of jobs. There are the following icons and status names:

This icons marks a job which is already printed out.

Plotting: Marks a job which is printed at the moment.

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Prepared: The job is prepared for printing.

Preparing: Preparation of this job has started.

Pending: This job will be prepared soon. Jobs, which are sent from the Plotclients with higher priority, are sorted in the beginning of the pending job list. If there are several jobs with the same priority those jobs will be sorted higher which have been sent earlier.

This icon marks a job which can`t be printed because of a processing error. Another reason could be that the job has been aborted. Further information about the print errors you can find in the corresponding job list.

Pausing: This job has been stopped and can be continued.

Job number: Each job has an own number which is given to identify the job. So you are able to distinguish the jobs which have the same name. The number cannot be altered.

Job name: If a job has been sent from the Plotclients the name of the job is shown here. If a CFG-file has been sent you see the name of the CFG-file. If a single drawing file has been dropped into the spool directory the file name is shown here.

Owner: Here you can see the name of the job creator. Size: The file size enables you to check how much space

your print job needs in the spool directory.

Starting, stopping, cancelling or deleting a job

On the right of the job list, beside each job, you can see two of the following buttons used for restarting, cancelling, deleting or stopping a print job:

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Starting the printing: You can print repeatedly jobs which have been printed, stopped or cancelled.

Cancelling or deleting the job: A job, which is processed at the moment (pending, plotting, preparing, prepared), will be cancelled. A job, which is marked with the Problem icon, will be deleted.

Stopping a job: These jobs are stopped in order, for example, to check the quality of a printout. It is a print job which is prepared for printing or which is plotted at the moment. It can be continued later (see Starting the printing).

PAGE PLOTTER

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Page Plotter

Clicking on the button "plotter" brings up information on the roll status. The roll status shows which of the plotter's print rolls are available. Furthermore, the screen will show, for each roll, whether it is available, what medium is loaded and how wide the printable medium is. Example:

This information refers to the bypass tray. You can put any medium (paper, film or transparent) on the bypass tray. The maximum size of a medium is shown. Example of a roll:

At the top the roll name is shown. The green light shows that the roll is ready for printing. Otherwise it would be red. In this case you should check if the roll is empty or if it has been installed in

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a wrong way. Below the roll name the medium (paper, film or transparent) of the roll is shown:

Paper

Transparency

Film

You can see the medium name if you roll with your mouse over the icons. Finally the size of the medium is shown.

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Part II - Administration

ACCESS RIGHTS FOR ADMINISTRATION

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Access rights for administration

In order to enter settings in the administration fields, special access rights are required which, as a rule, are reserved for the administrator. That`s why you are called on in a dialogue to enter your user name and your password. At first you can use the term admin as username and as password. Later on you should change the password in order to prevent an unauthorized access to the system settings. Further information on changing a password you can get in the chapter Controller.

BUTTONS

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Buttons

Two buttons are offered repeatedly. Thats why they are described only once in this chapter:

The data entered or selected will be saved. If you change the data after saving it, you will need to save it again.

The changes are ignored and the saved entries will be brought back on the screen.

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Page Settings

You can make four settings on this page:

Pause plotting: If you deactivate the plotter, no further print jobs can be processed. This function is used, amongst other purposes, for changing rolls during operation. Click on it once again to continue with plotting. Also on page Overview a note appears beside the red traffic light. It tells you that the plotting process is cancelled. Continue the plotting process clicking on Continue.

Delete all jobs: This provides a means of deleting all the print jobs held in the plotter queue. This would be useful for example if an error is found in several queued documents.

Reinitialize the plotter: As a rule, the program will ask whether the plotter is to be re-initialised every time the network or calibration settings are changed. If you have made several changes, for example to the network settings, this enables you to re-initialise the plotter.

Reset system to factory defaults: This will clean the spool area and install the factory default configuration data. It might be useful if

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the administrator made faulty settings and wants to repair them.

PAGE NETWORK

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Page Network

To integrate the ICP in your network you have to do some settings. Select a network protocoll you need and do your settings.

TCP/IP

TCP/IP are the basic network protocols. In order for these protocols to function, a few presets are necessary:

Hostname: The host name must be unique in order for the computer to be recognised immediately on the network.

Network configuration: There are two ways of allocating the IP address. If there is a DHCP server on the network, the IP address will be automatically allocated for the ICP computer. In this case select DHCP. Otherwise activate the option the values below and enter the following items: IP-Adress, Networkmask, Gateway.

Using the buttons which are shown below in the user interface you can accept the entries or you can restore the previous entries.

CIFS (SMB)

SMB, which stands for Server Message Block, is a protocol for sharing files, printers and serial ports. Its mainly used in the Windows systems. Here you enter the work group or domain where the ICP is to be found on the Windows network. By using the spool directory, you can print files directly via this directory. In order to provide the user with access to the spool directory, select "Yes", if not enter "No". The purpose of the plotter queue is to enable you to use the drivers WINPrint, Spool AutoCad, Plotclients. In addition, the ICP is displayed on the network as a normal Windows printer.

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Select "Yes" or "No" depending whether you wish to provide access to the plotter queue.


Appletalk

By using the spool directory, you are able to print files directly via this directory. In order to provide the user with access to the spool directory, select "Yes", if not enter "No". The plotter queue enables the ICP to be accessed like a network printer. Enter whether or not you wishto provide access to the plotter queue.


NFS

Under Unix, NFS enables files to be printed directly from the directory. If you wish to provide the user with access to the spool directory, select "Yes", if not enter "No".


FTP

FTP is needed by the program "PLOTCLIENT JAVA-CFG". It is also an important protocol for those systems that are unable to use the SMB, NFS and Appletalk protocols. To provide access to the working directory via anonymous FTP, enter "Yes". If you wish to prevent access, enter "No".


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LPDP

This protocol is used in Unix. With the aid of this protocol, the ICP can be accessed as a network printer. If printing is to be permitted, enter "Yes", if not enter "No".


PAGE CALIBRATION

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Page Calibration

Plotter settings

Preferred paper orientation If the job is sent without settings concerning the paper orientation these settings will be used. You can select one of the following options: none, portrait, landscape or minimal size. If you select minimal size the program selects the paper orientation which causes the smallest waste of paper.

Job flag sheet medium In this dialogue you can select a medium for the Job Flag Sheet and the Error Sheet. If this medium isnt available, the Job Flag Sheet and the Error Sheet wont be printed and the processing of the next jobs will be continued. Thats why you should take care that the selected media is available in the plotter. The option dont care results in an automatic medium selection of the plotter.

Maximal waste paper Here you can prescribe the maximal waste paper. By this way you can avoid a high consumption of paper. The percentage you can select relates to the drawing size. If you select f.e. 50% the waste paper of a printed drawing can be maximal 50% of the drawing size.

Because the hard disc capacity is limited the data have to be deleted from time to time. You can select one of four options:

Manual: Delete the files yourself. Maximal job number: Enter a number of jobs. If this

number is topped the oldest jobs will be deleted.

Disc capacity: You can prescribe the percentage of your hard disc which can be used for storing. If this percentage is topped older jobs will be deleted.

Job age: All jobs which are older than the selected period will be deleted. You can select minutes, hours or days.

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Error handling

Tolerance size The effect of the format tolerance is that, in the plot, the chosen format will be slightly exceeded by the selected tolerance. The result is that the drawing will be shortened by the value of the tolerance. The format tolerance must not exceed 1 cm (0.39 inch).

The following example explains this function more clearly: The example is based on the assumption that you have a plotter with two rolls available, with the following roll widths:

Roll 1: roll width approx. 841 mm

Roll 2: roll width approx. 594 mm

Example 1: You have a drawing sized 595 x 420 mm. You have selected synchronous cut as the cut mode. The drawing is to be printed in landscape format.

Compare the drawing dimensions with the roll width. The drawing can only be printed if its dimensions are smaller than, or equal to, the roll width. The tolerance values can be deducted from the drawing dimensions. Which roll and which cut will now be selected at various tolerance values:

Tolerance Selected roll Cut after

0 mm Roll 1 (width 841 mm)

420 mm


420 mm

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420 mm

Example 2: You have a drawing sized 595 x 420 mm. You have selected format cut as the cut mode. The drawing is to be printed in landscape format. Which roll and which cut will now be selected at various tolerance values:



594 mm


595/420 mm


420 mm

Example 3: You have a drawing sized 842 x 594 mm. You have selected format cut as the cut mode.

The drawing is to be printed in landscape format. Which roll and which cut will now be selected at various tolerance values:


0 mm none (drawing too large)


594 mm


594 mm

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Continue after roll end: It is continuously checked whether the rolls are filled. You can select one of the following options which are used in the case a roll is empty: No: If you select No you instruct the plotter to use another roll of the same medium and format. If it is not available, the plotter should wait for the roll to be changed (plotter status Traffic lights are red). You have the following possibilities to restart the printing process: - Put a new roll into the plotter, - click continue which you will find next to the traffic lights

(plotter status), - select the option Yes in this dialogue or - open and close a plotters door. The No option has the following consequences for the print jobs: If you have select a certain roll for your print job (e. g. Roll 1) and this roll is empty, the plotter wont choose another roll. The job will be cancelled and an error message will be displayed or a error page will be printed. But if your job has the setting auto (any roll) the print job will be printed on another available roll, which has the same medium and format. If it isnt the case a error message will be displayed and a error page will be printed. Yes: If you select Yes, the printing process will be continued. It doesnt matter if a roll is empty. This option has the following consequences for the print jobs: If you have select a certain roll for your print job (e. g. Roll 1) and this roll is empty, the plotter wont choose another roll. The job will be cancelled and an error message will be displayed or printed (error page). Whether the printing process will be continued or not depends on the settings you have made for the error cases (see below). In case you have selected the auto option (any roll) for the print job it will be printed on another roll. It can be a roll with bigger size. The program will also select any available medium, if you have made this setting for your print job.

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Error reaction: cancel and wait: The job is halted in case of an error and plot mode is deactivated.

cancel and continue: The second option is for the faulty job to be skipped and for the plot mode to continue.

continue: In the dialogue maximal error you can prescribe the number of faulty pages which are allowed. That means the faulty pages will be ignored and only the rest of the job will be printed. If there are more than the maximal number of faulty entries in this job the complete job will be left out and the next job will be printed.

maximal errors: See continue.


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Page Controller

You can carry out the following settings and actions for the controller:

Date / time

This allows you to enter the date, time and the time zone. The time zone is given in brackets. CST for example is Central European Summertime, GMT Greenwich Meantime. You can also select the time settings of the local computer by clicking on the following button:

With the other button you can store the settings:

The data entered or selected will be saved. If you change the data after saving it, you will need to save it again.

Password

When delivered, both the password and the user name are entered as "admin". If you wish to change the administrator's password, enter it in the top box. The password must comprise 5 - 8 letters and no spaces. Confirm the new password by entering it again in the lower box.


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Diagnostics

It could happen that some errors occur in the program, but you dont know the causes for it and so you cant repair the errors. But you can start a diagnostic check of this program. The results will be saved in a file which you can send to the Support-Service. To create a diagnostic check file, press the following button:

Save the file in any directory you wish. This file can be sent to the manufacturer for servicing purposes.

Set system info

In this field you can enter information that you wish to have at the head of the ICP screen. Location: The location of the plotter. comment: Special features relating to the plotter. For

example you could enter here the fact that the plotter is serviced on day X.

Admin e-mail: The e-mail address that enables the user to contact the administrator immediately in the event of a problem.

additional admin info: Here information on the administrator, for example the telephone number, can be entered.


Firmware update

To update the software of the program and the controllerboard, proceed as follows:

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1. Look up the manufacturer's Internet site to see whether an update is available for the ICP firmware.

2. Download the file to a directory of your choice on your network.

3. Enter the file name and the path in the relevant box or use the "Durchsuchen"("Browse") function and select the file.

4. You may find that the original status of the system has to be restored before the firmware can be updated. A corresponding instruction will then appear. If this is the case, click on the box "Reset system to factory defaults". This will clean the spool area and install the factory default configuration data.

5. Click on the following button to confirm the installation:

After the successful installation you have to restart the plotter. Start the plotter not until the LED-light on the operating panel has stopped blinking. Now you can use the new software.

Attention: Probably the installation goes wrong because the write protection jumper of the controller-board are not placed. Yours attention will be called to it by a note. The problem should be solved by a service-technician.

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Part III - Appendix

TROUBLESHOOTING

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Troubleshooting

1. Controller does not boot Call Service Technician 2. Clients cannot connect

to ICP Set IP address of ICP correctly Check whether the correct

spool path is set in the Clients

If in case of DHCP verify operation of DHCP server

3. Files are not printed File format is not supported. Choose another file format.

Image size exceeds engine limits. Reduce image size.

Selected roll is empty. Delete print job by web interface and send it again with another roll selection or roll selection auto.

Check the width of the available plotter rolls.

The file might be damaged. Try to print it again or save it in another file format.

Check if the plotter is in the offline mode and cannot receive plot jobs.

Ensure that auto plot mode is activated in ICP

4. Files are not printed License check

As certain file formats as PDF, Postscript or similar cannot be printed, you must first acquire the relevant licenses for these optional file formats and install a license file. Contact your dealer.

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5. Files are plotted on an unexpected medium (e.g. plot on ISO A3 instead on ISO A4)

As the roll sizes in ICP must be fixed without tolerances, it is necessary to print on a larger roll, even if the drawing is only 0.1 mm larger than the roll selected by you. This might occur if unfavorable pen widths or scaling have been selected. Scale drawing to e.g. 99% or use a thinner pen width for drawing frame.

6. Lines are not visible If the file to be plotted is in a HPGL or Calcomp format, the color can be set too light or the pen widths are too small.

7. Scaling Following points must alsways be kept in mind when scaling drawings: photos and drawings can result in a loss of quality; note the minimum pen widths when scaling.

8. Job is not printed Case 1: If you have sent print jobs for roll 1 and the roll goes empty, wait until operator changes roll with new one. All following jobs have status wait, too. If you have set roll selection on auto, print jobs will be printed on the next roll, if it is of same format and medium. If that roll is empty, too, and no similar roll available, jobs will finally remain in status wait.

Case 2: same as first case, but roll must not be exactly

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similar. Print jobs will be continued on other roll, even if it is of larger format however medium must be the same.

Case 3: Print job will be set on error so that following print jobs can be continued if they, for example, are to be printed on different medium.

OVERVIEW OF THE FILE FORMATS

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Overview of the file formats

In the following chart all file formats are listed. The standard formats are listed in the first chart and the optional formats in the second. In the column Read you can see, which file format can be opened and read. In column Write you can get the information which file formats can be created after scanning or editing and which not.

Format Related documentation

color depth

compression

Read Write remark

uncompressed CCITT/3 1D FAX CCITT G3 FAX CCITT G4

TIFF Tagged image file format TIFF, Revision 6.0, Adobe Developers Association

b/w

PackBits

yes yes

BMP Windows/OS/2 Bitmap format

b/w uncompressed

yes yes size limits apply

uncompressed

PCX PCX format, version 2.x-5.x, ZSoft Paintbrush

b/w

RLE runlength coded

yes yes size limits apply

T6X The T6X file format, Ratio Entwicklungen GmbH

b/w FAX CCITT G4

yes yes

RLC no formal reference different market standards

b/w RLE runlength coded

yes yes 16 bit size limits


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DODISS, Department of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards

MIL-STD-1840B

b/w FAX CCITT G4

yes yes

CALS

MIL-STD-28002A

b/w FAX CCITT G4

yes yes

HPGL, HPGL/2

The HPGL and HPGL/2 command set, Hewlett Packard

256 pens Palette Color 8 bit

as specified in reference

yes no

b/w 1 bit

HP-RTL yes yes

grey 4 bit

HP-RTL yes no

Palette color 8

HP-RTL yes no

HP-RTL HP-RTL, Raster Transfer Language, Hewlett Packard

RGB 24

HP-RTL yes no

Calcomp Calcomp 906/907 controller, Calcomp

16 pens b/w

Calcomp

yes no

The following file formats are optional. You can use the DWG format only, if you have installed an AutoCAD program on your PC.

b/w FAX CCITT Group 4

yes yes CIT SDN 84-007 / Version 3.2.0, Intergraph Corporation b/w FAX

CCITT Tiled-Group 4

yes yes

DWG Autodesc tbd yes no


ICP 43

b/w PS, EPS Palette color 4

PS, EPS

grey 4 PS, EPS grey 8 PS, EPS Palette color 8

PS, EPS

PS/PDF PS/PDF

RBG 24

PS, EPS

yes

no

TIFF Tagged image file format TIFF, Revision 6.0, Adobe Developers Association

b/w 8 bit, yes yes

INTERNET CONTROLLED PLOTTER (ICP)How to Use HelpConventions used in the manual

Part I ICPHow does the ICP work?ICP ComponentsOpening the Program, PresettingsThe ICP HomepageInformationIcons

Page OverviewPlotter statusSpool area usageRefreshingJob list (Queue)Starting, stopping, cancelling or deleting a job

Page Plotter

Part II - AdministrationAccess rights for administrationButtonsPage SettingsPage NetworkTCP/IPCIFS (SMB)AppletalkNFSFTPLPDP

Page CalibrationPlotter settingsError handling

Page ControllerDate / timePasswordDiagnosticsSet system infoFirmware update

Part III - AppendixTroubleshootingOverview of the file formats

Documents

KM Internet Plotter Manual