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RemoteDigital Blueline

User Guide

RemoteDigital Blueline

User Guide

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Copyright © 1997 by Creo Products Incorporated. All rights reserved.

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CONTENTS

Using This Manual .......................................................... xiWho Should Use This Manual ....................................................................... xii

What Is in This Manual .................................................................................. xii

Conventions Used in This Manual ................................................................ xiiiFonts ....................................................................................................... xiiiSymbols .................................................................................................. xiiiTerminology ............................................................................................ xiii

Assumptions .................................................................................................. xiv

1 OverviewWhat is Remote Digital Blueline .................................................................... 1-2

Digital Proofing .............................................................................................. 1-3OPI ......................................................................................................... 1-4Allegro Preview RIP ................................................................................ 1-4Digital Blueline ........................................................................................ 1-5Virtual Proofing System (VPS) ............................................................... 1-5

2 Using Allegro RIPIntroduction ................................................................................................... 2-2

Starting Allegro RIP ....................................................................................... 2-3Checking if Allegro RIP is Already Running ........................................... 2-5Exiting Allegro RIP .................................................................................. 2-5

Submitting Files to Allegro RIP ..................................................................... 2-6Connecting to a Network Drive ............................................................... 2-6Placing Files in the Input Folder ............................................................. 2-8

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3 Configuring Allegro RIPIntroduction ................................................................................................... 3-2

Configuring Allegro RIP .......................................................................... 3-2Input Source ........................................................................................... 3-4Page Setup ............................................................................................. 3-4

Default Configurations ................................................................................... 3-5Default Setup for TrendServer or Overture ............................................. 3-5Default Setup for PlateMaster ................................................................. 3-6

Creating Input, Error, and Output Folders ..................................................... 3-7

Creating a Page Setup .................................................................................. 3-8

Modifying a Page Setup ................................................................................ 3-9Saving a Page Setup .............................................................................. 3-14

Creating an Input Source .............................................................................. 3-15

Managing Fonts ............................................................................................ 3-18Loading Mac Fonts on Allegro RIP ......................................................... 3-18

4 Using Digital BluelineIntroduction ................................................................................................... 4-2

Digital Blueline Modes ............................................................................ 4-2Messages ............................................................................................... 4-3

How Files Are Processed .............................................................................. 4-3

Starting Digital Blueline ................................................................................. 4-5

Submitting Files to Digital Blueline ................................................................ 4-6Submitting Files Using Overture or TrendServer .................................... 4-6Submitting Files Using PlateMaster ........................................................ 4-7

Cancelling Print Jobs .................................................................................... 4-7

5 Configuring DigitalBluelineIntroduction ................................................................................................... 5-2

Setup Checklists ........................................................................................... 5-3Before You Create Templates List .......................................................... 5-3Templates List ........................................................................................ 5-4

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Creating Templates ....................................................................................... 5-5

Template Options .......................................................................................... 5-6General Tab ............................................................................................ 5-6Print Options Tab .................................................................................... 5-8Proof Marks Tab ..................................................................................... 5-14Printer Tab .............................................................................................. 5-17

Saving Templates ......................................................................................... 5-18

Editing Templates ......................................................................................... 5-19

Deleting Templates ....................................................................................... 5-19

Setting Up Spot Colors .................................................................................. 5-20Setting the Default Spot Color ................................................................ 5-21

Creating a Virtual Printer ............................................................................... 5-22

Creating a Printer Pool .................................................................................. 5-23Modifying a Template For Use With a Printer Pool ................................ 5-23

Performing a Print Test ................................................................................. 5-25

6 TroubleshootingError Messages ............................................................................................. 6-2

Information Messages ................................................................................... 6-4

A Menus ......................................................................... A-1File Menu ...................................................................................................... A-2

Edit menu ...................................................................................................... A-2

Templates Menu ........................................................................................... A-3

B Raster Formats ........................................................... B-1

Glossary........................................................................... G-1

Index................................................................................. I-1

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List of Figures

1-1 Digital Proofing Using a Manual System with OPI .............. 1-3

1-2 Digital Proofing Using a Manual System without OPI ......... 1-3

1-3 Digital Proofing With PlateMaster ....................................... 1-4

2-1 Allegro RIP Menu Bar ......................................................... 2-3

2-2 RIP Monitor Window ........................................................... 2-3

2-3 Allegro RIP Menu - Start Inputs selected ............................ 2-4

2-4 Warning – more than one Allegro RIP could be running ..... 2-5

2-5 Input Folders ....................................................................... 2-7

2-6 Making Preview Files Using Overture or TrendServer ........ 2-8

2-7 Making Preview Files Using PlateMaster ............................ 2-9

3-1 Configuring Allegro Preview RIP ......................................... 3-3

3-2 Default Preview RIP Setup for TrendServer or Overture .... 3-5

3-3 Default Preview RIP Setup for PlateMaster ........................ 3-6

3-4 Page Setup ......................................................................... 3-9

3-5 PlateMasterPreview Configuration Dialog Box ................... 3-10

3-6 Save Setup Dialog Box ....................................................... 3-14

3-7 Input Manager Dialog Box ................................................... 3-15

3-8 Edit Input Dialog Box ........................................................... 3-15

3-9 Spool Folder Configuration Dialog Box ............................... 3-16

4-1 Processing Files Using TrendServer or Overture ............... 4-4

4-2 Processing Files Using PlateMaster ................................... 4-4

4-3 Digital Blueline Window ....................................................... 4-5

5-1 Configuring Digital Blueline ................................................. 5-2

5-2 11"x17" Paper Showing Positive Trim Offset ...................... 5-10

5-3 Print Black Layers Only ....................................................... 5-12

5-4 Print All Pages per Color ..................................................... 5-12

5-5 Print All Colors per Page ..................................................... 5-13

5-6 Print Colors Combined ........................................................ 5-13

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5-7 Proof marks as printed by Digital Blueline ........................... 5-15

5-8 Test Print - Double-Sided Page ........................................... 5-25

5-9 Duplex Configuration – x and y Directions .......................... 5-26

USING THIS MANUAL

Included in This Section:

Who Should Use This Manual....................... xii

What Is in This Manual.................................. xii

Conventions Used in This Manual................. xiii

Assumptions.................................................. xiv

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Who Should Use This ManualThis manual is intended for anyone who is involved in proofing jobs inprepress department using Digital Blueline.

What Is in This ManualChapter 1, Overview – describes Digital Blueline, its hardware and software components, and the difference between using Digital Bluelialone or as part of PlateMaster.

Chapter 2, Using Allegro RIP – describes starting and stopping Allegro RIP, how to connect to a network drive, and sending files to Allegro R

Chapter 3, Configuring Allegro RIP – describes creating and changing page setups and input sources in Allegro RIP.

Chapter 4, Using Digital Blueline – describes starting Digital Blueline, and producing hard proofs from Digital Blueline.

Chapter 5, Configuring Digital Blueline – describes setting up templatesand setting up your printer.

Chapter 6, Troubleshooting – explains how to recover from common erroconditions.

Appendix A, Menus – lists each of the menus that can be displayed fromthe VPS menu bar.

Appendix B, Raster Formats – lists each of the raster format options wheconfiguring your output device in Allegro RIP for network transfer to your proofing device.

Glossary – provides an alphabetical listing and description of the termused in this manual.

Index – alphabetically lists terms, topics, and procedures described in manual and their page numbers. Use the index to quickly find the information you need.

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Conventions Used in This ManualThis section describes the fonts and terminology used in this manual.

Fonts

Bold Helvetica is used to refer to buttons, options in a dialog box, mennames, and menu commands.

Times Italic is used to refer to other chapters in the manual, or to titlesother guides.

Helvetica is used for figure and table captions.

Courier is used for messages on your computer screen.

Symbols

WARNING:This symbol warns you of things that can cause permanent data lossor that can cause a loss of function, reliability, or quality.

CAUTION: This symbol warns you of things that can cause you inconvenience, such as temporary data loss or process delays.

Terminology

Clear Place the mouse pointer over the check box for the specified option, and click the left mouse button so thathe X or check mark is removed from the check box.

Click Place the mouse pointer over the specified option or button and then press and release the mouse button.

Double-click Place the mouse pointer over the specified check box,button, box, or icon and then quickly press and releasethe left mouse button twice.

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AssumptionsThis manual assumes you have a working knowledge of prepress operations and that you are familiar with the use of a personal compurunning the Windows operating system, and a computer running the Macintosh operating system.

It also assumes that all the hardware, software, and network componof your system have been installed, configured and are operating correctly.

Drag Hold down the left mouse button while moving the mouse, and then release the button.

Enter Type the information, and then press the ENTER or RETURN key.

Point Position the mouse pointer at a submenu that doesn’t need to be clicked, e.g. the Programs submenu under the Start menu in the Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 taskbar.

Press Press the specified key or key combination on your keboard, e.g. CTRL+ALT+DEL.

Select Place the mouse pointer over the check box for the spfied option, and click the left mouse button so that an Xor check mark appears in the check box.Or:Place the mouse pointer over the specified box or buttand then click the left mouse button.

Type Type the information. Do not press ENTER or RETURN.

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1 OVERVIEW

Included in This Chapter

What is Remote Digital Blueline.................... 1-2

Digital Proofing.............................................. 1-3

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What is Remote Digital BluelineRemote Digital Blueline is part of Creo’s digital proofing solution. Remote Digital Blueline is a hard copy proofer that enables you to prepare a two-sided hard copy proof of a file or job in reader order, bemaking plates. The file format that Digital Blueline accepts is .prv, alscalled preview. Preview files are bitmap files created by processing PostScript files in Allegro RIP. Allegro RIP is a raster image processothat converts PostScript files to raster data.

Using Remote Digital Blueline, errors in the imposition layout or problems with images can be detected before plates are prepared, thsaving you time and money.

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Digital ProofingDigital proofing allows you to soft and hard proof your files. The proceof proofing involves creating preview files from PostScript files.

There are some differences in the workflow used to create the previewfiles, depending on whether you are using PlateMaster or a manual system, such as TrendServer or Overture, and on whether you are usOPI with the manual system.

Digital Proofing With Manual System

Figure 1-1: Digital Proofing Using a Manual System with OPI

Figure 1-2: Digital Proofing Using a Manual System without OPI

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OPI is an image management application that exchanges low-resolutimages for high-resolution images, then merges the high-resolution images for output.

OPI is always used with a PlateMaster system. For manual systems, as Overture or TrendServer, OPI is an optional feature. When OPI is uwith Overture or TrendServer, the input folders used for creating prevfiles is the PrevDrop folder.

For more details about setting up and using OPI with manual proofingsystems, see the OPI Release Notes.

Allegro Preview RIP

This application is the same PostScript Level 2 software RIP (raster improcessor) used by Creo’s output devices, such as Trendsetter, thougdigital proofing it is used at a lower resolution, that is, 300 to 600 dpi.

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Files are sent to the Allegro RIP from the imposition workstation. Oncfile is RIPed, the rasterized image is available to Digital Blueline.

For more information, see Chapter 2, Using Allegro RIP.

Digital Blueline

This application is a hard copy proofer that enables you to prepare a sided hard copy proof of a file in reader order, before making plates. Digital Blueline sends the rasterized image created by Allegro RIP to printers, including color printers, that use a PostScript level 2 RIP.

For more information, see Chapter 4, Using Digital Blueline.

With Color Proofing Devices

Though Digital Blueline can print to a color proofing device, such as aIRIS or a Rainbow, the quality of the proof may not meet your expectations. This occurs because the .prv files for Digital Blueline arRIPed as 1-bit (i.e. monochrome) images.

For color proofing, we recommend using Creo’s CPS product with filethat were created using the ColorProofingSystem page setup (or any page setup that produces 8-bit grayscale images). For more informatabout color proofing, see the CPS User Guide.

Virtual Proofing System (VPS)

VPS enables you to view the rasterized image created by Allegro RIP computer screen, in full color, so you can check for errors before makplates. The view in VPS shows you how the plates will come out.

Use VPS to check imposition, backup, measurements, color breaks, trapping.

For more information, see your VPS User Guide.


Overview


2 USING ALLEGRO RIP


Introduction ................................................... 2-2

Starting Allegro RIP....................................... 2-3

Submitting Files to Allegro RIP...................... 2-6


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IntroductionAllegro Preview RIP is used to create preview files, which are rasterizimages of your PostScript files. The preview files are processed by DigBlueline which sends the files to the printer to produce hard copy proin reader order.

Note: If you are also using Creo’s VPS product, the same preview fican be used to create hard proofs.

Use Allegro RIP to:

• RIP your PostScript files

• monitor the progress of your files being RIPed*

• check for error messages

• create new page setups or change existing ones

• check that all the required fonts are in the PostScript file

*If using PlateMaster, you can look to the Maestro Event Log instead messages about failed jobs, that is, jobs that did not RIP. See the PlateMaster User Guide for more details.

This chapter includes only the information required to use Allegro RIPcreate preview files. Refer to the Allegro RIP Reference Guide for more detailed information on other features in Allegro RIP.

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Starting Allegro RIPAllegro RIP is started automatically when PlateMaster starts up.

Allegro RIP starts automatically when TrendServer is started. To startTrendServer, click the Start TrendServer button.

To start Allegro RIP from Overture:

1. Double-click the Allegro RIP icon.

The Allegro RIP menu bar is displayed

Figure 2-1: Allegro RIP Menu Bar

If a warning is displayed indicating that another Allegro RIP might running, see Checking if Allegro RIP is Already Running on page 2-5.

2. From the Allegro RIP menu, select RIP Monitor .

The RIP Monitor window is displayed. A check mark is displayed neto RIP Monitor , indicating that the RIP Monitor is open.

Figure 2-2: RIP Monitor Window

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• view Allegro RIP activities

• check for error messages

• check whether your files have been RIPed, etc.

4. From the Allegro RIP menu, select Start Inputs .

Figure 2-3: Allegro RIP Menu - Start Inputs selected

A check mark is displayed next to Start Inputs to indicate that files can be RIPed.

Note: To configure Allegro RIP, for example, to create a page setselect Start Inputs again. The check mark is no longer displayed, and files can’t be RIPed.

If Allegro RIP is currently processing a file, it will finish the file before turning Start Inputs off.


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It is critical that you have only one Allegro RIP running at a time or yocan corrupt your configuration. If you try to start Allegro RIP when it’salready running, or if you crash or reboot your computer without first closing Allegro RIP, the warning in Figure 2-4 is displayed.

Figure 2-4: Warning – more than one Allegro RIP could be running

To check if Allegro RIP is already running:

1. When you see the warning in Figure 2-4, access the Windows NT TaskManager.

The Task Manager dialog box is displayed.

2. In the Applications tab, check if Allegro RIP appears in this list morthan once.

If Allegro RIP appears once in the list, click Yes in the Allegro RIP warning dialog box.

If Allegro RIP appears twice in the list, it is already running somewhere on your desktop, and you must click No in the Allegro RIP warning dialog box.

Exiting Allegro RIP

To exit Allegro RIP:

1. From the Allegro RIP menu, select Quit .

A confirmation dialog box is displayed.

2. Click the Yes button.


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1. Connect to a network drive.

2. Place the files in the correct folder.

Connecting to a Network Drive

Your PostScript files are located in folders on your PC or Macintosh computer. You need to copy them to the Allegro RIP input folders on yserver (Overture, TrendServer, or PlateMaster).

To access these shared folders from your desktop, you must connectnetwork drive:

Note: On older versions of the Macintosh operating system, the systwindows misrepresent the size of hard drives, including remotdrives like PMJobs. For example, the Macintosh window will show an 80 gigabyte RAID as being only 2 gigabytes.

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Making Preview Files with Overture or TrendServer

If using Digital Blueline on its own (that is, not as part of PlateMaster)PostScript files are placed in the PrevDrop folder if using OPI, or in the PrevIn folder if not using OPI.

Note: For more information about making preview files when using OPI, see the OPI Release Notes.

Figure 2-6: Making Preview Files Using Overture or TrendServer

Note: If you need to RIP files using different settings, you can createnew input folders and page setups. See Chapter 3, Configuring Allegro RIP for more details.

To RIP files with Overture or TrendServer:

1. On your Macintosh screen, double-click the Mac Preview Folders icon.

The input, output, and error folders are displayed.

2. From the folder containing your PostScript files, select the PostScfiles you want to rip.

3. Drag a copy of these files to the input folder. The default folders ar

PrevDrop – if using OPI

PrevIn – if not using OPI

The files are RIPed according to the page setup associated with thinput folder, and the .prv files are placed in the PrevOut folder.

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Making Preview Files With PlateMaster

When you send files to Allegro Preview RIP via PlateMaster, imposedPostScript files are dropped into ImpoDrop.

Figure 2-7: Making Preview Files Using PlateMaster

To RIP files with PlateMaster:

1. Mount the PMJobs drive (if you do not see this icon on your desktop

2. Impose the job, and print the imposed PostScript.

3. Place the imposed PostScript files in the ImpoDrop folder.

The imposed PostScript files are moved to the Imposed folder. OPI merges the images from the HiRes folder, and Allegro RIP processesthe files and puts the .prv files in the Preview folder.

RIPing Unimposed PostScript Files

To RIP unimposed PostScript files to a PlateMaster system as part of preflight procedure, you can drop the files into one of two places:

• PrevIn folder (T:\Preview\PrevIn)

• ColorDrop folder for the job

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Included in This Chapter:

Introduction ................................................... 3-2

Default Configurations................................... 3-5

Creating Input, Error, and Output Folders ..... 3-7

Creating a Page Setup .................................. 3-8

Modifying a Page Setup ................................ 3-9

Creating an Input Source .............................. 3-15

Managing Fonts............................................. 3-18


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Default configurations are provided when Digital Blueline is installed; you only need to create additional configurations if you want to proceyour files using a different page setup. See Default Configurations on page 3-5.


As shown in Figure 3-1, when configuring Allegro Preview RIP for Overture or TrendServer, you need to create:

• an input source, linking an input folder and error folder to a page se

• a page setup, that controls how the files are RIPed, and sets whereoutput folder is located

When configuring Allegro Preview RIP for PlateMaster you only needcreate a page setup. The input, error, and output folders are not chan

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An input source links an input folder and an error folder with a page setup. When you place a PostScript file in an input folder, the file is RIPaccording to the settings of the page setup associated with the input folder.

Input sources are only required if you have an Overture or a TrendSeIf you have a PlateMaster system, you always submit files to the AllegPreview RIP by placing them in the ImpoDrop folder for the job.

See Creating an Input Source on page 3-15.

Input Folder

Allegro RIP uses input folders to process information. Input folders, acalled hot folders or spool folders, are directories that have been linkea page setup via an input source. For TrendServer or Overture withouOPI, the default input folder is PrevIn . If using OPI, the default input folder is PrevDrop .

For PlateMaster, the input folder cannot be changed. It is always the ImpoDrop folder for the job.

Error Folder

The folder where Allegro RIP places the original PostScript file if it encounters an error during processing.

Page Setup

A page setup controls how files are RIPed, for example, it controls theresolution, screening, RGB handling, and font handling. As well, the output folder is set in the page setup.

For Overture or TrendServer, the page setup is linked to the input foldvia an input source. For PlateMaster, the page setup is chosen via thoptions in Maestro.

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The folder where Allegro RIP places the RIPed preview files. For Overture and TrendServer, the default output folder is PrevOut .

For PlateMaster, the output folder cannot be changed. It is always thePreview folder for the job.

Default Configurations

Default Setup for TrendServer or Overture

The standard setup for using Allegro Preview RIP to create preview fiis defined during system installation.

Figure 3-2: Default Preview RIP Setup for TrendServer or Overture

The default setup consists of:

• the PrevIn input source that links the PrevIn input folder to the Preview300 page setup

• the Preview300 page setup that links to the PrevOut output folder

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The standard setup for using Allegro Preview RIP to create preview fiis defined during PlateMaster installation.

Figure 3-3: Default Preview RIP Setup for PlateMaster

With PlateMaster, the default setup consists of:

• ImpoDrop , the input folder

• a page setup, linked to ImpoDrop via the Preview – Page Setup job option set in Maestro

• Preview , the output folder

Note: The input and output folder cannot be changed.

Adding New Page Setups for Use with PlateMaster

The input and output folders for PlateMaster are always the same. Thonly part of the configuration that can be changed is the page setup. changing the page setup, you can alter how the file is processed, for example, the screening of the image. See Creating a Page Setup on page 3-8.

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Note: Most of the time, the default configuration provided during thesetup of your TrendServer or Overture system will be adequatfor your needs. See Default Configurations on page 3-5.

The input folder and error folders are part of the input source; the inpfolder is where you drop the PostScript files for processing. The outpufolder is defined in the page setup, and is where the preview files will placed by Allegro RIP.

Note: This procedure is for Overture and TrendServer only. If using PlateMaster, the input folder is always ImpoDrop , and the output folder is always Preview .

To create a folder:

1. Create a new directory on your server.

Make the name as descriptive as possible since you may be creatmany input and output folders.

2. Share the directory.

3. If you will be accessing the directories from a Macintosh, create a Macfile volume.

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Note: Most of the time, the default configuration provided during thesetup of your TrendServer or Overture system will be adequatfor your needs. See Default Configurations on page 3-5.

To create a page setup:


A check mark is no longer displayed next to Start Inputs , indicating that files cannot be RIPed and Allegro RIP can be configured.

2. From the Page Setups menu, select Save As .

The Save Setup dialog box is displayed.

3. In the Save Setup dialog box, select a page setup on which you wabase the new page setup.

For example, select Preview300 as the page setup.

4. In the Save As box, type a name for the new page setup.

For example, type Preview300Debug as the name for the new setu

5. Click the Save button.

You have now created a new page setup, identical to the page setyou selected in step 3. You can now modify the new page setup asrequired. See Modifying a Page Setup on page 3-9.



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To modify a page setup:


A check mark is no longer displayed next to Start Inputs , indicating that files cannot be RIPed and Allegro RIP can be configured.

2. From the Page Setups menu, select the page setup that you want toview or modify.

3. From the Allegro RIP menu, select Page Setup .

The Page Setup dialog box is displayed.

Figure 3-4: Page Setup

4. In the Output device box, select PlateMasterPreview .



5. Click the Configure device button.

The PlateMasterPreview Configuration dialog box is displayed.

Figure 3-5: PlateMasterPreview Configuration Dialog Box

6. In the Folder box, type the directory location of the output folder.

If you need to browse for the directory, click the Folder button.

Note: This step is not applicable for PlateMaster, since all previewfiles will be sent to the Preview folder for the job regardless ofwhat output folder is set here.

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9. Set the page setup options as required.

For an explanation of the page setup options that pertain to RIPingpreview files, see Page Setup Dialog Box Options on page 3-12.

Try filename as base This check box should be selected so that preview file will be the same name as inpuPostScript.

Note: If the PostScript filename is greaterthan 31 characters, Allegro RIP willshorten the name. Shortening the nmay cause problems in Digital Blueor CPS.

Raster Format Select one of the options to set the type of rformat for your color proofing device. Consthe manual for your proofing device and software to determine which format is bestwhich situation. The option, outlined in mordetail in Appendix B, Raster Formats, changethe type of output file created.

Abort job if RGB Image detected

Select this check box if you want Allegro Rto fail the job if an RGB image is found. Thiuseful for early detection of RGB images, which will not image properly on plate.

Report OPI Comments Select this check box to get a diagnostic rein the System Monitor window while the fileRIPing.

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11. Save the page setup.

See Saving a Page Setup on page 3-14.

Page Setup Dialog Box Options

Resolution Select the resolution that the image will be screened at. The highest resolution that can befor Allegro Preview RIP is 600 dpi; the default is300 dpi.

The Vertical and Horizontal resolution must be the same; if one is changed, the other will be changed to the same resolution automatically.

Calibration Do not select a calibration set; dot gain calibration isn’t required for preview files.

Rotate Select the degree at which the file should be rotated. The rotation must be set to 270 degreefor the backup mode in VPS to work correctly.

Mirrorprint Clear this check box; if selected, it will invert theimage.

Scaling button The setting must be 100%; the image must not scaled.

Screening button This button opens the Screening Setup dialog box. See Screening Setup Dialog Box Options on page 3-13.

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Options button This button opens the Page Setup Options dialbox. The only option in this dialog box that is important for preview files is the Abort the job if any fonts are missing check box.

Select this check box if you want Allegro RIP tocancel a job when a font is missing, an action that can be useful for preflighting files.

Frequency For proper Digital Blueline operation, set the frequency to 53 lpi.

This low frequency should be used because thighest resolution at which the preview files abeing RIPed is 600 dpi. If the frequency is nochanged, i.e. is left at the higher frequency intended for final output, for example 150 lpi, tquality of the preview files will be very poor.

When the files are RIPed for platemaking, thehigher frequency specified in the imposed filewill be used.

Override frequency You must select this check box. If it is not selected, the higher frequency of the imposedwill be used which will result in poor quality preview files.

Spot function Select the dot shape applied to the entire imaThe spot function selected here will be used oif the Override spot function check box is selected.

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To save a page setup:

1. From the Page Setup menu, select Save As .

Figure 3-6: Save Setup Dialog Box

2. Select the page setup you changed.

The name of the page setup appears in the Save As box.


Angles For proper Digital Blueline operation, set eachangle to 45 degrees.

Override Angles You must select this check box so that the anof each screen is set to 45 degrees.

Rotate screens according to page rotation

Select this check box to rotate the screen angfor the graphics relative to the page rotation sethe Rotate box.

If the Rotate box is set to anything other than0 degrees, select this check box so that the protation is taken into account when the anglesapplied.



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If you have a PlateMaster system, you don’t need to create input souInstead, you submit files to Allegro Preview RIP by placing them in thImpoDrop or ColorDrop folder, and the page setup is selected via the Preview – Page Setup job option in Maestro.

To create an input source:

1. From the Allegro RIP menu, select Input Manager . The Input Manager dialog box is displayed.

Figure 3-7: Input Manager Dialog Box

2. Click the New button. The Edit Input dialog box is displayed.

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We recommend using the name of the input folder as the name of input source to make it easy to remember.

4. In the Type box, select SpoolFolder .

5. In the Page Setup box, select the page setup that you are linking tothe input folder.

6. Click the Configure button.

The Spool Folder Configuration dialog box is displayed.

Figure 3-9: Spool Folder Configuration Dialog Box

7. In the Spool Folder box, type the path name of the directory that is thinput folder.

If you don’t know the path, use the Spool Folder button to search for the directory.

8. In the Error Folder box, type the path name of the directory that youwant the file to go to if there is an error.



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Delete on Error Select this check box to delete the file if aerror occurs. Clear this checkbox to movefile to the Error folder defined above.

Delete once completed Select this check box to delete the file frothe input folder once it has been processsuccessfully. Clear the check box to move thfile to the Error folder once it has been completed successfully.

Scan spool folder every Type the frequency at which you want AlleRIP to scan the input folder.

Time to wait for file for stabilize

Type the amount of time you want to delaprocessing of the file after it has been detein the Input folder. The delay makes surethe entire file has been copied across thenetwork.



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Macintosh PostScript fonts in a given job can be downloaded to AllegRIP through Preps. The files are a little bigger since they contain PostScript fonts, and RIPing them may take a little longer.

Alternatively, you can use third party applications such as:

• a font converter

• a font downloader

Font Converters

Font converters convert Mac PostScript fonts to PC PostScript fonts. Examples of this type of software are:

• Chameleon

• FontMonger

• Fontographer

Using these converters, the Mac font is only temporarily loaded in AlleRIP. It is no longer there when Allegro RIP is restarted.

Font Downloaders

FireWorks from Harlequin is a font downloader. To use it, you must defian AppleTalk type of input source. See Creating an Input Source on page 3-15. FireWorks can download fonts permanently onto Allegro RIP.

Loading Mac Fonts on Allegro RIP

If you always use a specific Mac font, you can load that font onto AllegRIP permanently. Avoid this whenever possible as the administration these fonts may be a problem.

See Installing Fonts in Allegro RIP in Chapter 11 in the Allegro RIP Reference Guide for more details.


4 USING DIGITAL BLUELINE


Introduction ................................................... 4-2

How Files Are Processed.............................. 4-3

Starting Digital Blueline ................................. 4-5

Submitting Files to Digital Blueline................ 4-6

Cancelling Print Jobs .................................... 4-7


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You can give these proofs to a customer to proof the content. You canuse the proofs like a regular blueline to check:

• order of the pages in the imposition template, for example, the confor page 12 shows up on a proof page with folio #17

• registration

• whether page images are within imposition page boundaries

• fonts

Note: Any errors found in the hard proof must be changed in Preps othe original PostScript file. The file must then be RIPed again.

Digital Blueline Modes

Digital Blueline has two modes: Go and Pause . You select the mode youwant from the Digital Blueline dialog box, shown in Figure 4-3. In Go mode, Digital Blueline is able to process files. It processes the previefiles in the input folder linked to the current template. In Pause mode, you can modify templates or change the current template; files cannoprocessed.

The mode setting does not apply if you are using PlateMaster. Files aprocessed automatically when the Hard Copy Proof job step is reachregardless of which mode Digital Blueline is in.

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Information and error messages are displayed in the Messages box iDigital Blueline dialog box. See Figure 4-3. For an explanation of whathese messages mean, see Chapter 6, Troubleshooting. The messages mayalso be printed, which is helpful when you need to save the messagelater viewing.

To print what is displayed in the Messages box:

1. Select the text you want to copy.

2. From the Edit menu, select Copy .

3. Open an editor application, such as Notepad or Wordpad.

4. Paste the selected text.

How Files Are ProcessedDigital Blueline templates control how the files are processed and whfiles are processed. The template determines:

• which input folder Digital Blueline selects files from

• which printer Digital Blueline prints to

Note: To print one file to multiple printers, you can set up a printer pool. See Creating a Printer Pool on page 5-23.

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Figure 4-1: Processing Files Using TrendServer or Overture

With PlateMaster, the template is selected as the HardProof – Template job option for the job. Each job can have a different Digital Blueline template assigned to it.

Figure 4-2: Processing Files Using PlateMaster

Digital Blueline runs on the PlateMaster server, not on the Maestro workstation. To create or modify templates when using Digital Bluelinwith PlateMaster, you need to go to the PlateMaster server and start Digital Blueline.

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Using PlateMaster, Digital Blueline is started automatically. You will need to start it manually on the PlateMaster server when creating or modifying templates.

To manually starting Digital Blueline with PlateMaster:

1. Open the Program Manager window on the PlateMaster server.

2. In the PlateMaster window, double-click the Digital Blueline icon.

The Digital Blueline dialog box is displayed.

To start Digital Blueline with Overture or TrendServer:

1. Double-click the Digital Blueline icon.

Figure 4-3: Digital Blueline Window

If you have not configured Digital Blueline previously, do so now. SChapter 5, Configuring Digital Blueline.

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Submitting Files Using Overture or TrendServer

To submit files automatically:

If you always use the same template, and the template’s input folder issame as the Allegro RIP’s output folder (usually PrevOut ), leave Digital Blueline in Go mode and files will automatically be printed.

To submit files manually:

1. From the Digital Blueline window, select Pause .

2. From the Templates menu, select which template you want to be thcurrent template from the Templates list.

If the template you want is not in the list, select Apply template file and select the template from the list shown.

3. Move the preview files from the Allegro RIP output folder to the current template’s input folder.

If the template’s input folder is the same as the Allegro RIP output folder, for example, the RIPed files are sent to the PrevOut folder and the template’s input folder is PrevOut , skip this step.

4. From the Digital Blueline dialog box, select Go.

The files will be printed to the printer selected in the template.

Resubmitting Files

If the current template is set to move the files to another folder after printing, you can reprint the files simply by moving them back to the input folder linked to the template.

If the current template is not set up to move the files to another directafter printing, you can reprint them by clicking the Reset button. The Reset button is only available when Digital Blueline is in Pause mode.



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Using PlateMaster, you can print a digital blueline two ways:

• automatically, by selecting the Hard Copy Proof job step and a tempin the HardProof - Template job option when creating the job

• manually, using the Services menu

For more details, see Printing Hard Copy Proofs in the PlateMaster User Guide.

Cancelling Print JobsUse this procedure to cancel a print job that is being processed by DiBlueline.

This section is not relevant if using Digital Blueline with PlateMaster.

To cancel a job:

1. In the Printing window, click Cancel.

Digital Blueline changes to Pause mode.

2. Go to the input folder for the current template, and remove all of thpreview files that you don’t want to print.

Note: If you don’t know where the input folder is, check the path ithe Input Directory box in the General tab of the current template.

3. Go to the Printers folder.

That is, from the Windows NT 4.0 taskbar, point at Start , Settings , then select Printers .

4. Double-click the printer you are using.

5. Delete any pending documents.

Note: Even if Digital Blueline has finished sending the job to the prinqueue, you may still be able to delete the job(s) from the printqueue before your printer starts printing them. To delete jobs from the print queue, follow steps 3 to 5 above.

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Introduction ................................................... 5-2

Setup Checklists............................................ 5-3

Creating Templates ....................................... 5-5

Template Options .......................................... 5-6

Saving Templates .......................................... 5-18

Editing Templates .......................................... 5-19

Deleting Templates........................................ 5-19

Setting Up Spot Colors.................................. 5-20

Creating a Virtual Printer............................... 5-22

Creating a Printer Pool .................................. 5-23

Performing a Print Test.................................. 5-25


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As shown in Figure 5-1, you need to create:

• an input folder, unless you are using the Allegro RIP PrevOut folder as your Digital Blueline input folder

Note: Input folders are not applicable if using PlateMaster.

• a template, to link the input folder and the printer to the print option

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Decide which printers you are using to print proofs.

Physically set up printers on the network. Give each printer a network name. See your System Administrator for this step.

Select which paper sizes you will use, for example 11x17.

If using more than one size:1. Set up a virtual printer for each size. See

Creating a Virtual Printer on page 5-22.2. Create a different template for each paper size

See Creating Templates on page 5-5.

Decide whether you will print single sided, duplex, or both.

If both:1. Set up one virtual printer for single sided, and

the second for duplex. See Creating a Virtual Printer on page 5-22.

2. Create a template for single sided, and a template for duplex. See Creating Templates on page 5-5.

Decide whether to split jobs across multiple printers.

If yes, create a printer pool. See Creating a Printer Pool on page 5-23.

Decide which folder is the Digital Blueline input folder.

Note: This step is not required for PlateMaster, or if using PrevOut as the input folder.

If needed:1. Create a folder.2. Link to a template.

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Requirement Template Option

Proofs 1-up or 2-up In the Print Options tab, select or clear Print two-up .

Note: If both 1-up and 2-up are required, create two templates.

Show areas outside the trim, for example a trim-offset

In the Print Options tab, enter a value in the Trim offset box.

Print separated or combined

In the Print Options tab, select an Output style .

Show trim boxes and bleed boxes

In the Proof Marks tab, select Print trim box and Print bleed box .

Print sluglines In the Proof Marks tab, select Print slugline 1, or Print slugline 2 if using a TIFF in the slugline, then select which information should appear.



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A Standard template is provided when Digital Blueline is installed. Yocan edit the Standard template, or create new templates of your own.

To create a template:

1. From the Digital Blueline dialog box, select Pause .

2. From the Templates menu, select New.

The New Template dialog box is displayed with the values of the current template displayed as a starting point.

3. Modify the options in each tab.

See Template Options on page 5-6.

4. Save the new template.

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The Spot Colors tab is only set up once. Once it is set up, the colors wbe used for all templates. See Setting Up Spot Colors on page 5-20

General Tab

Name

Type a unique, identifiable name. This name will be displayed in the lof templates shown under the Templates menu.

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Type the path and folder name of the folder being used as the input hfolder.

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Type the amount of time you want to delay processing of the file afterhas been detected in the Input folder. The delay makes sure that the efile has been copied across the network. The default of 5 seconds is usually sufficient.

Move printed files to this directory

Select this check box if you want Digital Blueline to move the file fromthe input folder after all of the pages have been printed. If selected, tythe path and folder in the box or use the Browse button to find the folder.

Do not use this option with PlateMaster.

Write debug messages to this log file

Only select this check box if you are trying to track a problem. If selecttype the path and log file name for the debug log file.

Note: You cannot delete or clear a log file from within Digital BluelineTo start a new log file, first delete the old file from the folder specified.

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Output pages are placed in a number of smaller documents, each witnumber of pages you type here. The advantages to this method are:

• Smaller amounts of printing can be cancelled individually.

• Faster throughput can result if you are using a printer pool. See Creating a Printer Pool on page 5-23.

Note: If the Print two-up check box is also selected, all pages withinsignature will be printed in one document regardless of the vaentered here.

Print two-up

Select this check box if you want to print two adjacent pages in the signature on one page, with all the imposition marks if the paper sizelarge enough to fit them in.

If you are also printing duplex, it will also print the appropriate adjacepages on the back. For example, pages 1 and 16 now print on one siwith pages 2 and 15 on the other side. Thus, the print job will simulatsaddle-stitch binding.

Trim offset <N> inches

If set to zero, Digital Blueline images just the pages.

If you specify a positive trim offset, the pages plus the offset specifiedimaged on the paper. This enables the crop marks to be printed, if youusing paper that is large enough to accommodate both the pages andoffset amount.



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Assume folding is book-fashion

Select if you want the front and back pages rotated so that the printedresult can be viewed in book fashion with a vertical fold.

Assume folding is calendar-fashion

Select if you want the front and back pages rotated so the printed rescan be viewed in calendar fashion with a horizontal fold.

Page Numbers

Print all pages

Select if you want every page in the job printed.

Print these page numbers

Select if you want to specify in advance the page numbers you want printed for job using this template. For example, covers may be printedifferently so you could set up a template to print just the cover pagesselected, type the pages that should be printed in the box.

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Any page number listed that does not exist in the job is ignored. Thusspecifying, for example, 50-99999, you can print the last part of a jobwhen you don’t know how many pages are left.

Input Style

Wait for missing pages

If selected, printing does not start until an expected page is found amthe preview files in the input folder. An expected page is one that haslower page number than other pages that have already been found. Fexample, if you send a job containing only signatures 1 and 3 but notsignature 2 when this checkbox is selected, Digital Blueline will wait fpages in signature 2 before printing signature 3.

Wait for missing separations

If selected, printing will not start until all separations expected for a paare found among the preview files in the input folder. The number of separations Digital Blueline expects is set in the Expect <N> separations per page box. This box is not available unless the Wait for missing separations check box is selected.

Output Style

Note: This section is not available if Print two-up is selected. With twup printing, the output style will always be Print colors combined .



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Only the black pages are printed in sequential order.

Figure 5-3: Print Black Layers Only

Note: If a job consists only of spot colors with no CMYK plates and Digital Blueline is set to Print Black Layers Only , then Digital Blueline will not print the job.

To print a job consisting of spot colors only (no CMYK), select the Print all pages per color option. See Print All Pages per Color below for details.

Print All Pages per Color

Color determines the order in which the pages are printed. All the pagfor one color are printed before the first page of the next color. A two pjob is shown in Figure 5-4. All the cyan pages are printed in order befthe magenta pages are printed.

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Print Colors Combined

Pages with all colors combined on each page are printed in page numorder. In other words, all four process colors plus spot colors are combined for page one, then the same for page two, as shown in Figure 5-6.

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Select to print a thin rectangle marking the trim box for the page. The tsize is taken from the trim specified during imposition, for example, in Preps template.

When printed, the corners of the trim box are extended so that they cadistinguished from the page image.

Note: If you select both Print trim box and Print bleed box and they are the same, you will only see the bleed box.

Print bleed box

Select to print a thin rectangle marking the bleed box for the page. Thbleed width is taken from the bleed specified during imposition.

When printed, a hash mark is placed at each side of the box to distinguish it from the page image.



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Figure 5-7: Proof marks as printed by Digital Blueline

Printing Sluglines

You can have up to two sluglines on each page. In each slugline, you can choose which types of information you want to display, such as Date Job Name. Slugline 2 can also contain a TIFF image, for example, a

The TIFF must meet the following criteria:

• tiled TIFF file, like a preview file

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To select a slugline:

1. Select the appropriate Print slugline check box.

2. For slugline 2 only, select Text if you want text to appear. If you only want a TIFF image to appear, skip to step 6.

3. Select an information type from the Type box, such as Date or Job Name.

4. Click the double-arrow button.

The information type is displayed in the Slugline box.

5. Select the positioning of the slugline on the page. The distance is measured from the corner of the page, not from the corner of the pon which the page is printed.

6. For slugline 2 only, select TIFF file, filename , then type the path and filename for the TIFF or use the Browse button to find the file.

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Print format

Encoding method

The encoding method determines how Digital Blueline output is compressed and formatted. This option should usually be set to RLE (ASCII-85).

For black and white job, you can use Source (ASCII-85) for better printing performance; however, in a few cases this encoding method cause some pages to be blank. If this happens, switch back to RLE (ASCII-85).



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Select to print color jobs faster on a black and white printer.

Duplex configuration

The front and back offset boxes are used to compensate for any registration error your printer may have. Run a print test to determineand by how much, your offset should be changed.

See Performing a Print Test on page 5-25.

Saving TemplatesWhen you have selected the options for the template, you must save

To save a new template:

1. From the New Templates dialog box, click the OK button.

The Save Template dialog box is displayed.

2. In the File Name box, type a unique name for the template. Leave t.ini extension.

3. In the Save In box, select the directory in which the template shouldbe saved.

We recommend leaving the template files in the same directory asDigital Blueline software.




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To edit a template:

1. From the Digital Blueline dialog box, select Pause .

2. From the Templates menu, select the template you want to modify from the Templates list.

If the template you want is not in the list, select Apply template file and select the template from the list shown.

3. From the Templates menu, select Edit .

The template is displayed.

4. Modify as needed, then click OK to save.

Deleting TemplatesYou can delete template files you no longer want. If you delete a file tis the current template, the Standard template becomes the current template.

To delete a template file:

1. From the Templates menu, select Delete template file .

2. Select the template filename you want.

3. Click the OK button.



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Spot colors are set up using the spot color tab in the Template dialog You only need to set up one tab, the spot colors created can then be with all templates in Digital Blueline. Any modifications to the tab will bapplied to all templates.

The only function in the tab that is template specific is the default colowhich can be set for each template. See Setting the Default Spot Color on page 5-21.

To create a spot color:

1. From the Templates menu, select Edit .

The Edit Template dialog box is displayed.

2. Click the Spot Colors tab.

3. Click the Modify available spot colors list checkbox.



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5. Click the Add button.

Note: Existing spot colors cannot be modified. They must be deletedand reentered.

Setting the Default Spot Color

The default spot color is set per template. It is the color that Digital Blueline will print if a file contains a spot color that isn’t in the Available spot colors box.

To set the default color:

1. From the Spot Color tab, click a color in the Available spot colors box.

2. Click the Select Default button.

The color you selected is displayed in the Default color box.

3. Repeat for each template.

Name Type the name for the spot color. The name mube identical to the spot color name defined earliin the workflow in the imposition application, such as Preps, or layout application, such as QuarkXPress.

The first spot color found in the list is printed first. Since Digital Blueline considers all spot colors to be opaque, subsequent colors can bloout the first colors printed.

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black

Type the percentages of each contained in thespot color.



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Creating a Virtual PrinterDigital Blueline sends information to the laser printer for how to print tpreview files, using the information provided in the template.

For some information, such as whether to print single- or double-sideand what size of paper to print on, Digital Blueline relies on the printesettings. If you want to use the same printer for different paper sizes oprint both single-sided and double-sided, you can create a virtual prinand link it to a template rather than having to change the printer’s setteach time.

To create a virtual printer:

1. From the Windows NT 4.0 taskbar, point at Start , Settings , and then select Printers .

The Printers folder is displayed.

2. Select Add Printer .

The Add Printer Wizard is displayed.

3. Follow the wizard’s steps, entering information as follows:

• Select My Computer.

• Select the port to which the physical printer is attached.

• Select the correct printer driver for the physical printer.

• For the printer name, change to a different descriptive name, forexample, HP11x17Duplex.

4. Set the printer’s document defaults.

To set the virtual printer’s defaults:

1. From the Printers folder, select the virtual printer.

2. From the File menu, select Document Defaults .

The Default Document Properties dialog box is displayed.

3. Select the correct Paper Size and whether to Print on Both Sides .

4. Click OK.



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Note: While this increases the speed of printing, you may have to manually collate the pages when the file is done, and the backwill not be precise.

To create a printer pool:

Note: All printers must be physically added to the network, and givennetwork name before creating a printer pool. The printers mustbe the same make and model, and must be configured so thasame paper is set up in the same tray for each printer. Contacyour system administrator if this has not been done.

1. From the Windows NT 4.0 taskbar, point at Start , Settings , and then select Printers .

The Printers folder is displayed.

2. Right-click the printer you want to be the pool, that is the printer thwill pool the job to the other printers, then select Properties .

3. Under the Ports tab, select the check box for the ports of ALL the printers you are adding to the pool, then click OK.

The printer pool is created.

4. Modify the templates that you want to use with the printer pool. SeModifying a Template For Use With a Printer Pool on page 5-23.

Modifying a Template For Use With a Printer Pool

Once a printer pool is created, the Digital Blueline template must be modified to use the printer pool.

To set up a template to use a printer pool:

1. Open the Digital Blueline template that you want the printer pool toapply to.



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3. Under the Print Options tab, select Start a new Print Manager document , then in the every <n> pages box type a number between2 and 16.

The number you select determines how many pages are included one print document. Each new document can be sent to a new priin the pool. For example, if you type 4, when Digital Blueline printsthe job it will split it into documents of 4 pages each that can be senany available printer in the pool.

4. Click OK to save the Digital Blueline template.

When this template is the current template, each new print documentbe printed on the next available printer in the pool you created.



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Performing a Print TestThe print test prints a double-sided test page that shows you whetherfront and back line up properly. A single page is printed; on each sidethe paper, cross hairs appear in each corner and in the center of the

Figure 5-8: Test Print - Double-Sided Page

By holding the paper up to the light, you can check whether the crosshairs line up. If they don’t line up, you can modify the x and y coordinain the template to correct it.

Note: The paper changes size as it goes through the laser printer, scross hairs may be slightly misaligned, that is, off by 0.5 to 2 meven if the printer is in perfect registration.

To print the test page:

1. Select the template that is linked to a printer you want to test.

Note: The printer should be set to 1-up in the template, and to dupin the printer’s document defaults.

2. From the File menu, select Perform Print Test .

The double-sided test page is printed.

To correct the duplex alignment:

1. Use either the front or the back as your standard, and align the othside to it.

2. Go to the Printer tab of the template you are adjusting.



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Figure 5-9: Duplex Configuration – x and y Directions

Each notch on the grid is equivalent to 1/12 of an inch, that is, 50 dat 600 dpi or 25 dots at 300 dpi.

4. Repeat the print test and continue to make alignment adjustments

When the print test is registered with 2 mm accuracy, you can prinfiles. There may be some variation between pages because perfecregistration is not possible with a laser printer.

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Error MessagesThe following lists the error messages that can occur during use of DigBlueline. The errors will appear either in their own dialog boxes, or in Messages box in the Digital Blueline dialog box.

The errors are ordered alphabetically. For each, a list of possible solutis given.

Error Description Possible Solutions

Can’t connect to printer ‘<printer name>’

Displayed in the Messages box when Digital Blueline cannot open the printer listed within the quotation marks

Printer may have been renamedin Print Manager, but the templates have not been update

Update the printer selected in thPrinter box for all templates that use this printer.

Can’t move <old filename> to <new filename>.

Displayed in the Messages box when Digital Blueline cannot move a file that has been printed to the folder specified in the Move printed files to this directory box in the template.

Try the following:• Check whether the file to be

moved is open in another application.

• Check whether you have access to copy files into the folder specified.

• Check that the file still exists in the Digital Blueline input directory. It may have been deleted between the time it was printed and when Digital Blueline tried to move it to the folder.


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Can’t open preview file <filename>.

Displayed in the Messages box when Digital Blueline cannot open the file from the Input directory specified in the template.

Try the following:• Check whether the file is open

in another application. Close the other application to enableprinting.

• Check whether the file is still being RIPed.

Preview file is missing imposition information; not processing ‘<filename>’.

The .prv files were not created from imposed PostScript files; therefore, Digital Blueline cannot print them.

Digital Blueline is a page-based proofer that requires page number, position, and orientationinformation from the imposition package. To correct:1. Impose the files, then print to

PostScript.2. RIP the file(s) to create .prv

files.3. Submit to Digital Blueline.

This file is not a valid template for Digital Blueline.

The .ini file selected from the Apply Template dialog box is not a template file; it is another kind of .ini file.

Select a different file from the Apply Template dialog box.

This file is not a valid template for Digital Blueline. It cannot be deleted here.

The .ini file selected from the Delete Template dialog box is not a template file; it is another kind of .ini file.

Select a valid template file from the Delete Template dialog box.

This template name is already in use. Please enter a different name.

The description entered in the Name box has already been used for another template.

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Information MessagesInformation messages are provided to update you on the status of nooperations within Digital Blueline. All of the messages below appear ithe Messages box in the Digital Blueline dialog box.

Two-up printing, Page <#> on signature <#>, couldn’t find page to the <left/right>.

Digital Blueline is set for two-up printing and has a page for which there is no matching page.

Digital Blueline continues to print the job; however, the imposition for the job may be wrong.

Check the imposition for the job.

Waiting for missing page <#>

The Wait for missing pages check box is selected in the template, and Digital Blueline found a page missing from the preview files in the Input directory.

• Check for missing page.Or:• Use a different template to

print discontinuous pages.

Message Description

Job cancelled You cancelled a job that Digital Blueline was printing.

Printing <job name>.

Digital Blueline has started to print the job. Subsequent messages are then displayed as Digital Blueline prints each page or pair of pages.

Scanning <job name> [<filename>] <signature.surface>

A new preview file has appeared in the folder designated as the Input directory for the current template.



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Current template is now “<template name>”.

Displays which template is the current template. This message appears when you start Digital Blueline, select a different template from the Template List , or choose a new template from the Apply Template dialog box.

Template <template name> [<template .ini filename>] deleted.

Displays when you delete a template. The message displays both the name entered in the Name box in the General tab of the template, and the file name that the template was saved under.

There are no preview files in the input directory.

There were no preview files in the Input directory for the current template when Go was selected in the Digital Blueline dialog box.

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Display active jobs This menu command is no longer used. Thougselecting it will not cause any damage, it will noprovide information about the jobs currently being processed.

Perform print test Print a test page to help align back and front foduplex printing. See Performing a Print Test on page 5-25.

Exit Exit Digital Blueline. All pending print jobs are cancelled when you exit.

Copy Copy the selected text from the Messages box to the Clipboard.

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Edit Edit the currently selected template. See Editing Templates on page 5-19.

New Create a new template. See Creating Templates on page 5-5.

Apply template file Select a template that is not in the most recentused Template List.

Delete template file Delete a template from Digital Blueline. See Deleting Templates on page 5-19.

Template List In addition to the Standard template, which always appears in this list, the six most-recentlused templates are listed.

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You can select from eight raster format options when configuring an output device in Allegro RIP for the type of raster format for your coloproofing device. Consult the manual for your proofing device and/or proofing software to determine which formats are best for which situations.

Table B-1: Raster Formats in Allegro RIP

The Raster Format options change the type of output file created by thoutput plugin. The Raster Format option varies the image type, color space, and pixel depth of the image.

Color space Image type Pixel Depth

Monochrome TIFF 1 bit per pixel

Gray TIFF 8 bits per pixel

CMYK Interleaved TIFF 32 bits per pixel

Scitex CT- Gray Scitex CT 8 bits per pixel

Scitex CT- CMYK Scitex CT 32 bits per pixel

EPS Monochrome EPS 1 bit per pixel

EPS Gray EPS 8 bits per pixel

EPS CMYK EPS 32 bits per pixel

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GLOSSARY

Allegro RIP A software application that creates a rasterized imagefrom a PostScript file. It is a PostScript Level 2 softwarRIP. It is part of the Creo Overture product. Allegro RIPworkstation software is used with Creo platesetters.

AppleTalk In Allegro RIP, a type of input source that enables Allegro RIP to act like an AppleTalk network printer.

CMYK Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black. Printing colors for process color production.

contone Short for continuous tone. Images represented by a serieof evenly graduated tones rather than by pure black anwhite.

CPS Color Proofing System. A Creo software application thenables users to output continuous color contract proofor checking a job’s content, color breaks, and color accuracy. CPS is an option in Creo’s TrendServer, Overture, and Platemaster products. CPS-HP can be packaged as an upgrade to CPS.

customer files Files provided by the customer which contain the information for a job. Customer files can include the native application and PostScript files, fonts, and high resolution image files.

Digital Blueline A software application developed by Creo that is usedprint hard copy proofs before making plates. Digital Blueline is also referred to as the hard proofer.

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file A file is a unit in which data is stored on the computer. job includes a number of files.

Fonts folder In PlateMaster, a folder in each job folder that is used store the fonts for a job.

hard proofer See Digital Blueline.

HiRes folder In PlateMaster, a folder in each job folder that is used store the high resolution image files for the job.

image file In PlateMaster, a TIFF or EPS file that contains imagefor a job. Image files can be processed by OPI.

ImpoDrop folder In PlateMaster, an input folder in each job folder to which the imposed PostScript files are written during imposition. The files are moved from here to the Imposfolder.

Imposed folder In PlateMaster, a folder in each job folder that containsthe imposed PostScript files. From here, the files are RIPed by Allegro RIP.

imposition A means of arranging a number of pages on the front aback of a press sheet.

input folder A general term used to refer to any folder you define tocopy PostScript files to so they can be RIPed by AllegrRIP, e.g., PREVIN and ImpoDrop are input folders.

input source In Allegro RIP, a device driver that controls an input device connected to Allegro RIP. Also referred to as aninput plugin. It can be a SpoolFolder or AppleTalk typeand has a page setup associated with it.

job folder In PlateMaster, the folder in the PMJobs drive on yourMacintosh OS that is created when you create a job. Itcontains several folders that are used to store the customer files, imposed PostScript files, image files, afonts for that job.

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LoRes folder In PlateMaster, a folder in each job folder that is used store low-resolution image files.

native application file A file for a job, which has been created using a page layout application, such as QuarkXPress.

OPI Open Prepress Interface. In PlateMaster, a process thcreates low-resolution images from high-resolution images (TIFF and EPS image files) and stores them in LoRes folder for a job. It also moves the high-resolutioimages from the PictureDrop folder to the HiRes folder

Output folder A general term used to refer to any folder you define toaccept files that Allegro RIP rips, e.g. PREVOUT and Preview are output folders.

Overture A Creo product that provides digital proofing. The standard configuration includes Allegro RIP, and VPS.Digital Blueline, CPS, OPI, and CEPSLink are also available.

.prv An extension added to a preview file name when the fiis RIPed by Allegro RIP.

page setup In Allegro RIP, this is a collection of specifications for how a page should look including resolution, orientatioetc.

PictureDrop folder In PlateMaster, the folder in each job folder into which you copy the high-resolution image files for a job, i.e., TIFF and EPS files. From here the files are processedOPI.

PlateMaster A Creo product that supports and controls functions ofthe prepress department of a modern printing operatioby managing the digital workflow from imposed PostScript files to platemaking.

PostScript file A file written in a computer description language createfrom a native application file.


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PostScript folder In PlateMaster, a folder in the job folder that is used tostore the PostScript files from the customer.

preflight A procedure used to check individual files, pages, images, and templates before the entire imposed job iRIPed. Unimposed and imposed PostScript files are checked for data loss, RGB images, missing fonts, backup, etc.

Preps An imposition software program.

PREVERR folder In Overture, an error folder into which PostScript files are placed that Allegro RIP could not rip.

Preview folder In PlateMaster, an output folder, located in each job folder, into which Allegro RIP places the files it rips. It contains the preview (.prv) files for the job. These filesare used for soft and hard copy proofing.

PREVIN folder In Overture, an input folder into which you place the unimposed or imposed PostScript files to be RIPed.

PREVOUT folder In Overture, an output folder into which Allegro RIP places the files it rips. It contains the preview (.prv) fileThese are used for soft and hard copy proofing.

Raster formats In Allegro RIP, a set of twelve raster format options foryour color proofing device. These options, outlined in Table B-1 on page B-1, change the type of output file created by the output plugin. Using the raster format options, Allegro RIP can create a variety of image typecolor spaces and pixel depths.

RGB Red, Green, and Blue color model used by computer monitors to display color. RGB images are not supportby Overture or PlateMaster.

RIP Raster Image Processor. In computer imaging, the computerized process that results in an electronic bitmwhich indicates every spot position on a page in preparation for an actual printout. See Allegro RIP.


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Source folder In PlateMaster, a folder in the job folder in which the customer’s native application files are stored.

SpoolFolder In Allegro RIP, a type of input source that enables you specify several independent directories or folders into which you can place jobs to be RIPed.

TrendServer A Creo product that provides digital proofing and platemaking for the Trendsetter. The standard configurationincludes Allegro RIP, VPS, and the Trendsetter workstation. Digital Blueline, CPS, OPI, and CEPSLinkare also available.

Virtual Proofing System A software application for the Macintosh OS developedby Creo that is used to do soft proofing. It is part of theCreo Overture product. The Virtual Proofing System isalso referred to as the soft proofer or VPS.


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Aabort job

if RGB images found 3-11all pages

print 5-10in one document 5-8

Allegro Preview RIP 1-4configuring 3-5starting 2-3submitting files 2-6using 2-2

Allegro RIPdelete file if error occurs during pro-

cessing 3-17delete file once processing is complet-

ed 3-17

Bbetter printing for color jobs 5-18bleed box 5-14

Ccancelling jobs

Digital Blueline 4-7checking

for missing fonts 3-13imposition page boundaries 4-2registration 4-2

checklistsetup 5-3

color jobsprinting 5-18

configurationchecklist 5-3duplex 5-25

configuringAllegro RIP 3-5

configuring Digital Blueline 4-2connecting to a network drive 2-6conventions used

in this manual xiiiconverting fonts 3-18creating

page setup 3-8sluglines 5-15templates 5-5

Ddefault setup

Allegro Preview RIP 3-5default spot color 5-21destination directory 5-7Digital Blueline

starting 4-5using 4-6

digital proofing overview 1-3Digital Blueline 1-5VPS 1-5

directoriescreating 3-7

directoryinput 5-6

documentprint options 5-8

dot shape 3-13

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downloading fonts 3-18dpi

setting 3-12dropping files in input folder 2-8, 2-9duplex

testing alignment 5-25duplex printing

and two-up 5-9setting 5-22

Eencoding method 5-17error folder

creating new 3-7setting in input source 3-16

errorstroubleshooting 6-1

exitingAllegro Preview RIP 2-5

Ffail job

if RGB images found 3-11faster printing for color jobs 5-18files

submitting to Allegro RIP 2-6folding style 5-10fonts

Allegro Preview RIP 3-18checking if missing 3-13

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frequencysetting 3-13

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Hhard copy proofs

printing, in PlateMaster 4-7help 6-1

IImpoDrop 3-4

submitting files 2-9imposition

checking page boundaries 4-2input folder 3-4

creating new 3-7Digital Blueline 5-6scan frequency 3-17setting in input source 3-16

input manager 3-15input source 3-4

creating 3-15input style 5-11

Lline frequency 3-13

Mmaking preview files 2-6manager

input 3-15manual

terminology used xiiiusing this xiwhat is in this xiiwho should use this xii

missing pageswait for 5-11

missing separationswait for 5-11

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modes 4-2modifying a page setup 3-9move files after processing

Digital Blueline 5-7multiple Allegro Preview RIP copies run-

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trim 5-9OPI 1-4options

raster format B-1output device 3-9output folder 3-5

creating new 3-7Digital Blueline 5-7setting in page setup 3-10

output style 5-11

Ppage numbers 5-10page setup 3-4

check for RGB images 3-11checking if fonts missing 3-13creating 3-8modifying 3-9raster format 3-11rotate preview file 3-12saving 3-14screening angles 3-14setting line frequency 3-13setting resolution 3-12

paper sizesetting 5-22

Pause mode 4-2PlateMasterPreview 3-9

configuration 3-10PrevDrop folder 3-4

submitting files 2-8preview files

making 2-6Preview folder 3-5Preview RIP 1-4PrevIn folder 3-4

submitting files 2-8PrevOut folder 3-5print jobs

cancelling 4-7Print Manager document 5-8Print Options

Print All Colors per Page 5-13Print All Pages per Color 5-12Print Black Layers Only 5-12Print Colors Combined 5-13tab 5-8

print test 5-25print two-up 5-9Printer

duplex configuration 5-25printer

assigning to template 5-17document defaults 5-22template tab 5-17testing duplex alignment 5-25

printer pool 5-23printing

adjacent pages 5-9color jobs 5-18hard copy proofs 4-7

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page numbers 5-10to multiple printers 5-23

printing files again 4-6processing files using Digital Blueline 4-2proof marks

bleed box 5-14sluglines 5-15trim box 5-14

proofingcolor B-1

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Rraster format 3-11

description of options B-1registration

checking 4-2reprinting files 4-6Reset button 4-6resolution

setting 3-12RGB images

check for 3-11RIP 1-4RIPing files 2-8, 2-9rotate

file 3-12screening angles 3-14

running more than one copyof Allegro Preview RIP 2-5

Ssaving page setup 3-14screening

angles 3-14

page setup options 3-13setting which page numbers to print 5-10signature

printing adjacent pages 5-9single-sided printing

setting 5-22sluglines 5-15spool folder

creating 3-15spot colors

deleting 5-21setting 5-20setting default 5-21

spot function 3-13Start Inputs

Allegro RIP 2-4starting

Allegro Preview RIP 2-3error 2-5

Digital Blueline 4-5style of folding 5-10submitting files

to Digital Blueline 4-6submitting files to Allegro RIP 2-6

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creating 5-5deleting 5-19duplex configuration 5-25editing 5-19print two-up 5-9saving 5-18spot colors 5-20

templates checklist 5-3terminology

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TIFF imagein sluglines 5-15

trim box 5-14trim offset 5-9troubleshooting 6-1two-up 5-9

Vvirtual printer 5-22

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Documents

Remote Digital Blueline - Kodak · files, depending on whether you are using PlateMaster or a manual system, such as TrendServer or Overture, and on whether you are using OPI with