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Roland ColorChoice Software Training. Goals. To present an overview of the Roland ColorChoice Software Solution To provide knowledge for successful installation To train on features and capabilities of the program. Agenda. Introduction and Program Overview Color Theory
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Goals • To present an overview of the Roland ColorChoice Software Solution • To provide knowledge for successful installation • To train on features and capabilities of the program
Agenda • Introduction and Program Overview • Color Theory • Installation on MAC & Windows • Components of Program • Program Workflow • Color Theory • Printing from Mac & Windows • Troubleshooting
Introduction Roland
Software Description • Roland ColorChoice is a PostScript printer driver for the Roland Hi-Fi Jet printer available on both Macintosh and Windows platforms
Software Overview • Software-embedded Adobe PostScript 3 RIP • Platforms supported: Mac, Win 95, 98, NT 4 • Open architecture ICC color management • Print Directly from any DTP application • Familiar Interface • Easy-to-use • Powerful
Hardware Recommendations Windows Macintosh • Pentium II 233MHz • 128+ MB RAM • 2 GB free hard disk • Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0 • Power Macintosh or compatible • 128+ MB RAM • 2 Gb free Hard Disk • MacOS 8 or later
Windows Platform Standard IEEE 1284 parallel cable Macintosh Platform MAC/PCI Card w/ standard IEEE 1284 cable Connectivity Options
Color Theory Roland
RIP • RIP - Raster Image Processor • Process of converting pixels into lines of dots at various sizes, and densities for each separate CMYK color for printing. • What does a RIP really do? • Converts design into separate CMYK colors • Uses halftone screening or diffusion patterns to fool the eye into seeing continuous tones • Directly drives large format printers
Color gamut • The gamut of colors each space can reproduce. • Visible gamut is the eye. • Visible > Pantone > RGB > > Hifi > CMYK
Rendering Intents • Defines how output / print colors that are outside the color gamut of the printer. • Perceptual • Relative Colorimetric • Saturation • Spot Color
Rendering Intents This intent is best for photographic images. The relationship between colors in original is scaled proportionally to fit the output device’s color gamut.
Rendering Intents Is best for images, such as logos, where the original needs to exactly match the output. Colors that falls outside of printer’s gamut are converted at the edge of the gamut, which may reduce the total numbers of colors available. For this reason, this intent should only be used when there are relatively few colors in an image
Rendering Intents This intent is best for images where true color matching is NOT as important as vivid colors. This intent may be used to boost colors within a photographic image.
Rendering Intents Spot Color This intent produces the greatest saturation possible, should only be used for NON-photographic images. Examples may include charts and graphs.
Eg. SWOP Coated CMYK data RGB data CMYK Input profile RGB Input profile Common Color Space Output Profile CMYK or CMYK+LcLm data Input / Output Profiles
Installation On Windows Refer to User Guide enclosed in your binder Roland
Installation On MAC Refer to User Guide enclosed in your binder Roland
Printing Roland From Windows
- Hold Job - Delete - Inches - Feet - Millimeters - Centimeters File Menu
Setup Properties - Communication Parallel
- 720dpi - 360 dpi - 180 dpi - DRAFT - FAST - NORMAL - FINE - SUPER - PHOTO Setup Properties - Print
FJPigLcLm_BEC FJPigLcLm_CAN FJPigLcLm_OP-G_NORMAL FJPigLcLm_PCM-AC10_FINE FJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_FAST FJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_FINE FJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_NORMAL FJPigLcLm_PCM-WMWV_FINE FJPigLcLm_PCM-WMWV_NORMAL FJPigLcLm_PCM-WTBM_FINE FJPigLcLm_PET-G_FINE FJPigLcLm_PET-G_SUPER-PHOTO FJPigLcLm_PVC-G_SUPER-PHOTO FJPigLcLm_PVC-M_NORMAL-FAST FJPigLcLm_SFC FJPigLcLm_YP-M_FINE FJPigLcLm_YP-M_NORMAL-FAST Setup Properties - Print
- Perceptual - Relative Colorimetric - Saturation - Spot Color Setup Properties - Print
The ColorChoise ICC profiles can be loaded in Photoshop or Illustrator. If the CMYK conversion is already done, the “Perform color correction” switch should be turned OFF. Setup Properties - Print
- CMYK - CMYK LcLm - CMYK O/G Setup Properties - Print
Buttons Add Job Save Job Abort Job Delete Job Pause Job RIP&Print
Printing from Windows • Sending Mode • Hold / Print • Done Mode • Hold / Delete
Printing Roland From MAC
- Hold Job - Delete - Inches - Feet - Millimeters - Centimeters Edit Menu
- Roll 52 / 5 feet - Roll 52 / 10 feet - Roll 52 / 50 feet - Roll 52 / 150 feet - Others Printer Properties - General
- 720dpi - 360 dpi - 180 dpi - DRAFT - FAST - NORMAL - FINE - SUPER - PHOTO Printer Properties - Print