HP Designget AG5234 Rev. 7 Introduction, System requirements, Summary of plugin features, Windows

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HP DesignJet 6 color ProofReady Plugin

1 Introduction

This manual describes the HP DesignJet 6 color ProofReady™ plugin for the Harlequin RIP™. The plugin deliv- ers Harlequin RIP optimized output to the printer and provides ‘out-of-the-box’ proofing quality color manage- ment profiles, hence the name ProofReady.

1.1 Summary of plugin features

•Support for common paper types at various print resolutions.

•Provides ProofReady color profiles for instant, expert color management.

•Provides calibration profiles for common paper types at various print resolutions.

•Supports a variety of halftone screens (depending on the device selected), including support for optional preview.

•Supports a range of print quality settings.

•Supports output to printer, file and network.

2 System requirements

To operate correctly, the HP DesignJet 6 color plugin requires the following system resources:

•Connection interface, either:

IEEE 1284-compliant bidirectional parallel port. Check your BIOS is set to use bidirectional mode.

HP JetDirect J6057A 10/100Base-TX print server supporting TCP/IP, Appletalk, DSL/LLC and IPX/SPX protocols.

USB 1.1 (USB 2.0 compliant).

2.1 Windows

These are the platform requirements for a Windows operating system.

•Intel® Pentium® 4 1 GHz (or equivalent).

•Microsoft® Windows 2000 (SP 2), Windows XP Professional or Home Edition and Windows Vista.

•256 megabytes (MB) of RAM (512 MB recommended for variable sized dot devices).

2.2 Apple Mac

These are the platform requirements for a Mac OS X operating system.

•Intel Mac and PowerPC G4.

•Mac OS X v.10.4 or later.

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Contents HP DesignJet 6 color ProofReady Plugin Copyright and Trademarks Page Contents Introduction Summary of plugin featuresSystem requirements WindowsLinux Installing the pluginInstalling plugins with the RIP User Guide for HP 6 Color Plugin Installing screening plugins Source folder Description Destination folder Location of plugin foldersEnabling plugins in the Harlequin RIP Creating a page setupSetup dialog AG50324 Rev Layout options Configuring Harlequin RIP devicesOption, and named according to the settings in File template Printer Adding output devices DevicesSupplied ProofReady profiles ProofReady profilesProofReady profile Device Paper type HP Ref Resolution dpi Changing the default screening methodDescription of screening modes Output file namingConfigure Device dialog showing File template field Checking tags Tag usageTag Description Content generating tags Buffer name without the page number prefix and without char Post processing operations Post processing substitution codes Checking the command stringCommand line monitoring Calibrating the printer Troubleshooting post processing commandColor management Recalibrating the printer Creating and installing ICC profilesCreate a suitable page setup Print and measure an ICC target Install the ICC profile in your RIPNew Color Setup dialog Eclipse Release Creating color setupsError messages TroubleshootingPrinter-specific messages and symptoms Job output for job name is aborting Messages for file name templates Parallel port performance and reliability Messages for post processingPatterning when not using color management Problems with passwordsAG50324 Rev
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