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PowerRIP ImageSet Print Settings
The following are the settings which are common to all
outpt devices supported by PowerRIP ImageSet. Although some
of the choices available for these settings may vary from device
to device, their function is the same.
Paper Size
This settings will tell PowerRIP ImageSet what size the
destination media is. Please note that this setting is not neces-
sarily the size of the document. Although your document might
have been created as tabloid size, for example, if you want to
print it on a tabloid sheet of paper, you must choose tabloid
(11x17) paper size. Also, you might want to print a letter size
document on a bigger sheet to allow for crop marks or registra-
tion marks. When using the nesting feature (described later), the
size you pick here will be the size of the pages nested onto the
output media.
Print Quality
This is where you would pick your output resolution.
Invalid choices will have a warning icon next to the selection,
valid choices will not.
ICM Method/ICM Intent
PowerRIP ImageSet has its own color management and
ICM support built in. Leave the default settings in these two
options as they will not have any effect. They are visible only
because they are part of the Windows PostScript driver. The
settings for color management are decribed below under “RGB
Source Profile”, “CMYK Source Profile”, “Output Profile” and
“Rendering Intent” which allow much more control and flexibil-
ity for color management.
Scaling
Enlargement/reduction percante desired for your output.
Pretty self-exaplanatory... a settings of 50% would result in a
printout of the document that’s half the original size.
Color Mode
This option will define the color mode of the output, color
or monochrome (this option not available for the PDF or TIFF
generator output devices)
Output Profile
This option lets you choose the ICM or ICC to use for
output. PowerRIP ImageSet comes with all the necessary ICMs
to generate color-correct output to all the supported devices. It
picks the correct ICM automatically according to the paper type
and resolution selected. You can, however, define your own
ICM/ICC to use as your output profile. Please refer to the
“Adding additional ICCs to PowerRIP ImageSet” section for
instructions on adding ICCs (ICMs) to PowerRIP ImageSet. If
there are no custom ICMs added to the PPD, this option will not
display.
Rendering Intent
This option allows you to choose the rendering intent for
your output. Your choices are: Perceptual, Absolute Saturation,
Relative Saturation, Relative Colorimetric & Absolute Colori-
metric
RGB Source Profile
This option will allow you to select the input profile to use
for your 3-color images. Although PowerRIP installs quite a few
RGB source profiles which you can select, you can add addi-
tional input profiles to the PPD. Please see the “Adding addi-
tional ICCs to PowerRIP ImageSet” section for more informa-
tion on how to do this.
CMYK Source Profile
The same as the RGB Source Profile option but for CMYK
images.
Make composite from separations
Selecting “Yes” will cause a separated job to be printed as
a composite.This option is widely used to proof separations
before they go to press, check trapping, etc. When using this
feature, you MUST print a separated job from an application
which supports separations (Quark XPress, PageMaker, etc.). If
you select Yes and print a composite job, the results will be
unpredictable.
Make Separations
This option is the opposite of the “Make composite from
separatiosn” option. When set to “Yes” PowerRIP ImageSet will
print four plates (C,M,Y & K) in black from any composite job.
This feature is widely used to print separations when the
original document is either not available or created on an
application which does not support the printing of separations
(Microsoft Word, etc)
Mirror Image
Flips the page about its X axis (left is right, right is left)
Negative Image.
Prints a negative of the page (white is black, black is
white). This feature is handy when printing a document which
was creted in “negative” mode and a positive printout is desired
as well as for printing offset negatives on devices which support
plate material. Care should be used when using this feature as it
tends to use A LOT of black ink on inkjet printers.
Paper Type
Allows selection of the output media type (Plain paper,
photo paper, etc.). This option is not available for the PDF or
TIFF generator output devices.
Generate Pure Blacks
When enabled, this option will convert black pixels made
up of 100% C,M,Y & K (or 100% C, M & Y) and convert them
to 100% K only. This feature not available on all devices.
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