Epson Pro XL User manual

Version

3.1

Windows

3.11

Windows

Windows NT

3.51

(Intel)

for

EPSON Stylus Color

EPSON Stylus Pro

EPSON Stylus Pro XL

INSTALLATION

OPERATION

MANUAL

PowerRIp”

The Software Program That

Turns

Your Printer

Into

True

Adobe PostScript”

Level

lmager

Gila

Adobe

PostSaipt

1995

Birmy

This manual may not, in whole, or in part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated,

transmitted or converted to any electronic or machine

readable form without prior written

consent of

Birmy

Graphics Corporation.

Information

contained in this document is subject to change without notice and does not

represent a commitment on the part of

Birmy

Graphics Corporation.

Birmy

Graphics Corporation does not warrant, guarantee, or make any representation

regarding the use or the result of the use of any color system included in

Birmy

products.

Video simulations may not match printed color output.

PowerRIP@

is a registered trademark of

Birmy

Graphics Corp.

Adobe and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems

Incorporated

which may be

registered in certain jurisdictions.

Windows, Windows

95,

Win32s,

and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corpora-

tion in the U.S.A. and other countries.

Intel

is a registered trademark of

Intel

Corporation.

EPSON and EPSON Stylus are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation.

This program was written for Windows based systems and makes no

warranties

whatsoever, either express or implied, regarding this product, including warranties with

respect to its merchantability or its fitness for any particular purpose.

All other trademark are the properties of their respective owners.

Table of Contents

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section

Section 6

Installation

System Requirements

Operational Overview

PANTONE

Birmy

Technical Support

Installing

the Software

Windows

3.11

Printer Driver

Windows

Printer Driver

Windows NT Printer Driver

Operating

PowerRIP

Printing from a Network

Registering your Software

Customizing

PowerRIP

Printer Menu

File Menu

Testing

PowerRlP

Tips and Obtaining

the Best Printing Quality

Troubleshooting

Glossary

Installation

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

HARDWARE

Intel

486

or higher processor

Minimum of RAM for Windows and

Windows

95, 24

MB minimum of RAM for

Windows NT

(See section 4 for more on RAM.)

VGA or

SVGA

color monitor

Mouse

3.5”

floppy drive

Hard drive with at least

MB free for letter

size and

MB free for ledger size paper.

Keyboard

LPT

printer output port

SOFTWARE

Windows

3.1

or higher, Windows

95,

Windows NT

3.51

or higher (Intel version)

NOTE: Before installation

A. Ensure that printer port

(LPT)

is installed

and active.

Ensure that

MB free space is avail-

able on your hard drive before starting the

installation of

PowerRIP.

Set up the EPSON printer according to the

documentation that came with it.

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Graphics Corporation

Operational Overview

The following is an explanation of how a page is pro-

cessed by

PowerRIP.

The Windows Printer Drivers

supply the printer with codes that are needed to image a

page. PostScript is a coding method that is the standard

for high quality graphic output. When using the

PowerRlP

Windows printer drivers, PostScript code is

sent by Windows Applications, like PageMaker, to

PowerRlP

which processes it into a high resolution

image and sends that image to the printer.

PowerRlP

processes PostScript code and drives the

EPSON Stylus series printer. Text,

EPS,

tiffs and applica-

tions files must be sent to

PowerRIP

through applica-

tions, like

Pagemaker,

using the

PowerRlP

PostScript

Driver in Windows when printing.

How

PowerRIP

works

On Windows

3.11

and

95,

Windows prints a file to the

C:\BIRMY

directory.

PowerRlP

scans this directory for

files and processes the files into an image that is then

sent out the

LPT

port to the printer.

PowerRlP

must be minimized in order to scan.

On Windows NT,

PowerRIP

is set up so the Windows

Print Manager creates a file in

C:\BIRMY

instead of the

LPT

port.

PowerRlP

scans this directory

for files to process. After processing,

PowerRlP

sends

the bitmap image it created to the

LPT

port or

LPT

queue.

Note: If

PowerRlP

is not installed on the

drive then it

will scan the drive letter you installed it on.

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PANTONE

professional color palette files are included in

your

PowerRlP

package. These files can be read directly

into commonly used applications so the user can have

printer calibrated versions of all

PANTONE

Colors for the

EPSON Stylus Pro and Pro XL models.

The file is a self-extracting zip file. Just copy it to any

desired directory and type

Epalete

-d

from the DOS

prompt and it will extract itself and make its own

subdirectories. Remember to use the

-d

after

Epalete

the subdirectories will not extract correctly.

See the

readme

file on the

PANTONE

disk for use with

your application. This is also a self-extracting

3MB

file.

Copy this to your hard disk and type

Readme

from the

DOS prompt, then open the file it created called

PANTONE.WRI

with the Windows

Write

program.

PowerRIP

Technical Support

For technical assistance with the installation, configuration

and operation of

Birmy

PowerRIP,

please call

Birmy

Customer Support at

407-723-2893.

The hours of opera-

tion are

9am-8pm

EST

Please do not call the

Birmy

Fulfillment Center for techni-

cal information. There are no support personnel at that

location; the phone number is for the

PowerRlP

registra-

tion only.

Birmy

Graphics Corporation

When calling for technical assistance, be ready to identify

your system and its configuration, the serial number of your

copy of

PowerRIP,

and a description of the problems you are

encountering. Please refer to the Troubleshooting Section for

solutions before calling Technical Support.

Birmy

Graphics:

Voice

Fax

407-723-2893

407-768-9669

PowerRIP-Support

Birmy.com

Mailing address

Birmy

Graphics Corporation

250

East Drive

Melbourne, Florida

32904

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Graphics Corporation

Installing

the Software

Before installing

PowerRIP,

make backup copies of all

the installation disks. There is no copy protection on the

disks.

You will be required to register

PowerRlP

and

obtain the unlock code for your copy

PoweRlP

after

installation.

If your system does not meet the minimum hardware and

software requirements,

PowerRlP

will not work correctly.

PowerRIP

Installer

automatically loads the following

Bit

(WIN32S)

Windows libraries if not

already loaded

PowerRlP

software

User manually installs

PowerRIP

Windows Printer Drivers

To install

PowerRIP

Turn on the computer and start Windows.

Insert

the floppy disk labeled

PowerRlP

Disk 1 into the floppy drive (either A or

B).

From the Windows

3.11

Program Manager, select

File,

then

Run.

(For Windows

instructions see

the note on the next page.)

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Graphics Corporation

In the command line type

A:\SETUP

and click

OK.

(If you are loading from drive

type

B:\SETUP.)

NOTE:

If you are loading from Windows

click

Start,

select

Run,

then type

A:\SETUP

(or

B:\SETUP);

or use the Add software option

in Windows

95.

The

PowerRlP

program will now start to load

and you see a Welcome screen. Click on

NEXT.

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Graphics Corporation

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