HP Designget AG5234 Rev. 7 manual Creating a page setup, Enabling plugins in the Harlequin RIP

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USER GUIDE FOR HP 6 COLOR PLUGIN

3.6 Enabling plugins in the Harlequin RIP

After installing the plugin files into your RIP, you must enable them in the Configure RIP Extras dialog before they can be used. To do this you will need your hp6 color plugin password, as supplied to you, as well as pass- words for color management and screening plugins which may be required.

To enable the HP DesignJet 6 color plugin, color management and screening plugins in the RIP, do the follow- ing:

1.Select Harlequin RIP > Configure RIP > Extras, to open the Configure RIP Extras dialog (Figure 3).

Figure 3 Configure RIP Extras dialog

2.From the list of RIP extras that are available to you, select HP, DesignJet 5000 Series and click Add.

3.In the Enable Feature dialog (Figure 4), enter your hp6col plugin password and click OK.

Figure 4 Enable Feature password dialog

The HP DesignJet 6 color plugin has now been enabled in your RIP, as indicated by Enabled Yes in your extras list.

4.If it is not already enabled and you want to use the ProofReady profiles supplied with the plugin, you must enable Harlequin ColorPro in your RIP. Choose the appropriate color management plugin from the list, click Add and enter your color management password.

5.Finally, if not already enabled in your RIP, enter passwords for the screening plugins used by the printer’s output devices. Refer to Table 2 for a list of the printer’s devices and the screens each supports.

6.When you have finished enabling the new RIP features click OK to close the Configure RIP Extras dialog, and OK again to close the Configure RIP dialog.

You can now create page setups which use the HP DesignJet devices to process jobs for the HP DesignJet printer, as described in the next section.

4 Creating a page setup

This section describes how to create a page setup in your RIP that processes jobs for the HP printer.

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Contents HP DesignJet 6 color ProofReady Plugin Copyright and Trademarks Page Contents System requirements Summary of plugin featuresIntroduction WindowsInstalling plugins with the RIP Installing the pluginLinux User Guide for HP 6 Color Plugin Installing screening plugins Location of plugin folders Source folder Description Destination folderCreating a page setup Enabling plugins in the Harlequin RIPSetup dialog AG50324 Rev Configuring Harlequin RIP devices Layout optionsOption, and named according to the settings in File template Printer Devices Adding output devicesProofReady profiles Supplied ProofReady profilesChanging the default screening method ProofReady profile Device Paper type HP Ref Resolution dpiOutput file naming Description of screening modesConfigure Device dialog showing File template field Tag usage Checking tagsTag Description Content generating tags Buffer name without the page number prefix and without char Post processing operations Checking the command string Post processing substitution codesCommand line monitoring Color management Troubleshooting post processing commandCalibrating the printer Create a suitable page setup Creating and installing ICC profilesRecalibrating the printer Install the ICC profile in your RIP Print and measure an ICC targetCreating color setups New Color Setup dialog Eclipse ReleaseTroubleshooting Error messagesPrinter-specific messages and symptoms Job output for job name is aborting Messages for file name templates Messages for post processing Parallel port performance and reliabilityProblems with passwords Patterning when not using color managementAG50324 Rev