0Navigator RIP for Windows 2000/2003/XP Operator Manual Navigator RIP 7.0 Release™ March 2005 Copyright and Trademarks Navigator RIP 7.0 Release Operator Manual is based on the Harlequin RIP OEM Manual Navigator 7.0 is based on the Harlequin RIP Genesis Release™ March 2005 Global Graphics Part number: HK–7.0–OEMXP–GENESIS Document issue: 102 Copyright © 1992–2005 Global Graphics Software Ltd. and 2005 Xitron, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permis- sion of Global Graphics Software Ltd. The information in this publication is provided for information only and is subject to change without notice. Global Graphics Software Ltd and its affiliates assume no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of any information in this publication. 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Contents Navigator RIP Preface 11 1 Introduction to the Navigator RIP 19 What is the Navigator RIP? 19 Why use the Navigator RIP? 21 The Navigator RIP in depth 22 2 Running the Navigator RIP 45 Machine requirements 46 Installing printer interface cards 51 Navigator RIP folder structure 51 Starting up the Navigator RIP 57 Menus affected by optional features 64 Stopping the Navigator RIP 66 3 Getting Started with the Navigator RIP 69 A simple Navigator RIP session 69 A more complex use of the Navigator RIP 80 Using the Navigator RIP with a spool folder 83 Monitoring the Navigator RIP 84 4 Navigator RIP Output Methods 87 Historical overview 87 Page buffering modes 88 Navigator RIP 7.0 Release : March 2005 Operator Manual 5 The throughput system 91 Advanced details of page buffering modes 105 Page buffering modes: a summary 109 5 Configuring Output Formats 111 Creating and managing page setups 111 Page Setup Manager dialog box 112 Edit Page Setup dialog box 115 Selecting different devices 118 Sending output to the screen 123 Output to Preview 128 Output to None 128 Output to TIFF 129 Sending output to a printer 147 ProofReady plugins 148 Multiple device output plugins 150 Output plugin dialog boxes 154 Separations, Screening and Color 154 Advanced Media Saving 156 Media and time saving using optimization 166 Default page size 167 Margins 167 Printing effects 169 Control strip 170 Scaling the image 183 Features 184 Cassette management 187 Page Setup Options 187 Page Setup Option Extras 193 PDF Options 199 Calibration 200 Other page setup options 202 6 Screening 203 Managing separations styles 203 Separations Manager dialog box 204 Edit Style dialog box 205 6 Operator Manual Navigator RIP 7.0 Release : March 2005 Halftoning 206 Screen angles 213 Dot shapes 215 Halftone frequency 219 Screening options and number of gray levels 220 Job settings and Navigator RIP settings 225 Harlequin Precision Screening 226 Harlequin Screening Library 235 Automatic detection of color separations 243 Using Harlequin Harpoon PCI 244 7 Configuring the RIP 245 Configure RIP dialog box 246 How the Navigator RIP controls files 246 Control of page buffering modes 248 Job timeout 251 Threads and parallel processing 252 Network buffer size 252 Printer buffer size 253 Extras 254 Specifying prep files 256 Navigator RIP memory allocation 256 Minimum free disk space 258 Disable sounds 258 Resetting the Navigator RIP to default values 258 Choosing the user interface language 259 8 Configuring Input 263 Input management 264 Managing input plugins 266 Using the AppleTalk input plugin 270 Using the NT Print input 271 Using the NT Pipe input 276 Using the Spool Folder input folder 280 Using the Socket input plugin 286 Using the Asynchronous Socket plugin 294 Using the Asynchronous Socket Quit plugin 295 Navigator RIP 7.0 Release : March 2005 Operator Manual 7 Using the Serial input plugin 295 Using more than one method 302 Using the Print File command 302 Printing PostScript-language files 304 Printing PDF files 304 Printing JPEG and JFIF files 323 Printing GIF files 323 Printing TIFF/IT files 323 Printing TIFF 6.0 files 328 Printing page buffer files 331 Entering PostScript-language code by hand 333 9 Media Management 335 Why manage your media? 335 Advancing and cutting media interactively 338 Advancing and cutting media automatically 340 Monitoring media 346 10 Simple Imposition 357 What is Simple imposition? 357 Input file formats 358 How to activate Simple imposition 358 The Imposition Manager 358 Configuring Simple imposition 360 Example impositions 374 11 JDF-Enabled RIP 381 System description 381 Installation of the JDF Enabler 383 Starting the JDF Enabler 385 JDF Enabler configuration 389 Using the JDF-Enabled RIP 389 12 Fonts 399 Supplied fonts 400 Types of font 400 The DLD1 format 402 8 Operator Manual Navigator RIP 7.0 Release : March 2005 Installing fonts in the Navigator RIP 402 Pre-loading fonts 406 Producing a list of installed fonts 406 Proofing fonts 407 Removing fonts 409 Composite fonts (Type 0) 410 Font substitution 411 The HqnFontSetStubs start up files 412 Font Backup 413 Font Emulation 413 13 Calibration 419 Why calibration is needed 419 Calibration and linearization 421 Calibration in the Navigator RIP 422 Example procedure 424 Editing calibration sets 435 Consistency of calibration 439 Tone curves 441 Press calibration 442 Using a combination of calibration sets 446 Print Calibration dialog box 447 Calibration Manager dialog box 450 Edit Calibration dialog box 455 14 Color Separation 467 Introduction 468 What color separations are 471 Producing color images from separations 475 How color separations are produced 478 Creating and managing separations 480 Separations Manager dialog box 480 Edit Style dialog box 484 Color Setup 493 Color separation angles in job 508 Trapping features 508 Pages in the Output Controller 509 Navigator RIP 7.0 Release : March 2005 Operator Manual 9 Appendix A Troubleshooting 513 Appendix B Jobs Containing Color Management Data 535 Appendix C Using Genlin 539 Glossary 549 Index 567 10 Operator Manual Navigator RIP 7.0 Release : March 2005 Navigator RIP Preface WELCOME to the HarlequinÉ PostScriptÉ language compatible interpreter. This man- ual is a complete guide to using the Navigator RIP, and provides technical details when necessary. For details of how to install the RIP, see the separate Installation Guide. This manual is intended for anyone using or evaluating the graphical user interface version of the Navigator RIP for PC platforms running Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional.