Reference Guide

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 About this manual

All brand names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

About this manual

This manual explains the functions of “RasterLink6”.

Notations
Menu items are enclosed in quotation marks like [Full Color].
Buttons in dialog box are framed like Update .

Symbols

Indicates a caution you must observe when operating the product.

Describes a useful procedure.

Shows the number of the page that has related contents.

About Terms
Job : A “Job” means a printing file that is handled by RasterLink6. Once data in any format from
application software such as Adobe Illustrator is spooled in RasterLink6, it is registered in
RasterLink6 and becomes a job.
Scan : “Scan” on the RasterLink6 means the head moving direction (Y direction) of the printer.
Feed : “Feed” on the RasterLink6 means the media moving direction (X direction ) of the printer.

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 RasterLink6 Software Configuration

RasterLink6 Software Configuration

RasterLink6 consists of the following software.

RasterLink6
Software that receives various image data, performs many different kinds of edits on them and
sends drawing data to the printer

Profile Manager
Software that manages the device profile and the input profile used in RasterLink6
( Installation Guide P.30)

RasterLinkTools
Plug-in software to print & cut and create data for special color in Adobe Illustrator and
CorelDRAW ( P.176)

License tool
License activation is required to use RasterLink6. License tool is the tool to perform license acti-
vation. ( Installation Guide P.15)

Update tool
Tool to download the latest program and the latest profile via the Internet and apply them
( Installation Guide P.24 and P.25)

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Table of Contents
Notice .................................................................................................................2
About this manual ............................................................................................3
Notations ......................................................................................................................... 3
Symbols ........................................................................................................................... 3
About Terms .................................................................................................................... 3
RasterLink6 Software Configuration ..............................................................4

Basic Information of RasterLink6

RasterLink6 start-up .......................................................................................12
For Windows XP/ Windows Vista/ Windows 7 ............................................................... 12
For Windows 8 ............................................................................................................... 13
For Windows 8.1 ............................................................................................................ 14
For Windows 10 ............................................................................................................. 15
Screen configuration ......................................................................................16
Common item ................................................................................................................ 16
Flow up to print ...............................................................................................20
Read an image in RasterLink6 ...................................................................................... 20
Select a job .................................................................................................................... 23
Perform the basic setting such as enlargement/ shrinkage ........................................... 24
Output ............................................................................................................................ 25
Terminating RasterLink6 ................................................................................26

Function Explanation
About each function icon ...............................................................................28
Displays job information- Properties ............................................................29
Function ......................................................................................................................... 29
Screen configuration ...................................................................................................... 29
Operation ....................................................................................................................... 32
Collect multiple images - Arrangement ........................................................38
Function ......................................................................................................................... 38
Screen configuration ...................................................................................................... 38
Arrangement setting of imposition ................................................................................. 39
Conditions for imposition ............................................................................................... 41
Procedures to impose .................................................................................................... 42
Perform basic image edit and print - General Print .....................................44
Function ......................................................................................................................... 44
Screen configuration ...................................................................................................... 44
Print on the material arranged in the jig - Jig Print .....................................56
What is the “jig”? ............................................................................................................ 56
Function ......................................................................................................................... 56
Screen configuration ...................................................................................................... 57
Procedure for printing using a jig ................................................................................... 63
At times like this ............................................................................................................. 66
Conditions for Jig Print .................................................................................................. 67

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Print a large image by splitting it - Tiling .....................................................68

Usage of split print ......................................................................................................... 68
Function ......................................................................................................................... 68
Screen configuration ...................................................................................................... 68
At times like this ............................................................................................................. 75
Conditions of tiling ......................................................................................................... 76
Print images side by side without any spaces between them
- Step & Repeat ..............................................................................................77
Function ......................................................................................................................... 77
Screen configuration ...................................................................................................... 77
Clip some parts of the image - Crop .............................................................81
Function ......................................................................................................................... 81
Screen configuration ...................................................................................................... 81
Create an image for special color ink
- Special plate ..................................................................................................83
Function ......................................................................................................................... 83
Screen configuration ...................................................................................................... 83
Job whose plate cannot be created ............................................................................... 85
Make one image by overlapping images - Composition .............................86
Function ......................................................................................................................... 86
About way to overlap jobs at composite ........................................................................ 86
Screen configuration ...................................................................................................... 89
Procedures to compose ................................................................................................. 92
Perform detailed setting of the composed image - Layer ...........................94
Function ......................................................................................................................... 94
Special color overlapping print ...................................................................................... 94
Position and size correction of special color .................................................................. 95
Screen configuration ...................................................................................................... 96
Set the print condition - Quality ....................................................................98
Function ......................................................................................................................... 98
Screen configuration ...................................................................................................... 98
Replace a color of the image with another color
- Color replacement .....................................................................................112
Function ....................................................................................................................... 112
About data ................................................................................................................... 112
Screen configuration .................................................................................................... 113
To replace colors using a colorimeter (when selecting a profile of V3.5 or later) ........ 115
Note for color replacement .......................................................................................... 117
Linkage with color collection ........................................................................................ 120
When you perform color replacement using special color ........................................... 121
Color replacement setting ............................................................................................ 122
Output into the printer - Execution .............................................................127
Function ....................................................................................................................... 127
Screen configuration .................................................................................................... 127
Duplicate the job - Duplication ....................................................................131
Function ....................................................................................................................... 131
Screen configuration .................................................................................................... 131

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Save the job in the file - Backup

Read the saved job - Restore ......................................................................132
Function ....................................................................................................................... 132
Screen configuration .................................................................................................... 132
Deleting Jobs and ripped Data - Delete ......................................................134
Function ....................................................................................................................... 134
Screen configuration .................................................................................................... 134
Print & cut ......................................................................................................135
Function ....................................................................................................................... 135
Creating procedures of print & cut job ......................................................................... 135
Twin Rolls Print .............................................................................................139
Function ....................................................................................................................... 139
Jobs that Twin Rolls Print cannot perform ................................................................... 139
Conditions under which Twin Rolls Print cannot be set ............................................... 139
Example of image arrangement .................................................................................. 139
Procedures for Twin Rolls Print ................................................................................... 140
Toggle Print ...................................................................................................143
Function ....................................................................................................................... 143
Jobs that Toggle Print cannot perform ........................................................................ 143
Toggle Print setting ...................................................................................................... 144
Use by naming various setting - Favorite ..................................................145
Creating Favorites ....................................................................................................... 147
Method for saving a Favorite ....................................................................................... 147
Method for applying a Favorite to a job ....................................................................... 147
Print the color chart ......................................................................................148
What is the color chart? ............................................................................................... 148
Color chart that can be created ................................................................................... 148
RGB/CMYK color chart ................................................................................................ 150
Special color chart ....................................................................................................... 155
Color collection .............................................................................................159
What is the color collection? ........................................................................................ 159
Color collection type .................................................................................................... 159
Creating color collection file and registering color ....................................................... 160
Perform color replacement using the color collection .................................................. 162
Auto Exceution .............................................................................................163
What is Auto Execution? ............................................................................................. 163
Flow of Auto Execution ................................................................................................ 163
Menu bar ........................................................................................................167
[File] ............................................................................................................................. 167
[Function] ..................................................................................................................... 167
[Tool] ............................................................................................................................ 167
[Environments] ............................................................................................................. 168
RasterLinkTools ............................................................................................176
What is the RasterLinkTools? ...................................................................................... 176
Function ....................................................................................................................... 176
Displaying the RasterLinkTools window ...................................................................... 176
Changing paths into cut data ....................................................................................... 177

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Generating cut lines around the periphery of graphic objects ..................................... 177
Extracting the Outline .................................................................................................. 180
Saving data to RasterLink6 ......................................................................................... 184
Creating composed data for special-color plates ........................................................ 186
Changing RasterLinkTools settings ............................................................................. 191
Checking for updates to RasterLinkTools .................................................................... 191
Update notify .................................................................................................192
Update notify display ................................................................................................... 192

At times like this

Trouble Shooting ..........................................................................................194
Error message ............................................................................................................. 194
About security setting of installed PC ........................................................200
CD menu screen does not appear when installation CD is inserted into the PC ......... 200
When License Activation / Program Update / Profile Update is used .......................... 200
Images cannot be read into RasterLink6 ..................................................................... 200
If an error occurred in the RasterLink6 screen display ............................201
Method to solve 1 ........................................................................................................ 201
Method to solve 2 ........................................................................................................ 201
RasterLink6 does not launch even after the RasterLink6 icon on
Desktop is double-clicked ...........................................................................204
Method to solve ........................................................................................................... 204
Note on application ......................................................................................205
About Adobe Photoshop 5.x and earlier ...................................................................... 205
About Adobe Illustrator ................................................................................................ 205
Caution about Mac OS X ..............................................................................213
Print PDF documents .................................................................................................. 213
Caution about using hot folder with Macintosh ........................................214
Improvement of the spooling speed when printing from the application
software with Macintosh ..............................................................................215
RIP speed improvement method for images containing gradated
objects ...........................................................................................................216

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Basic Information of
RasterLink6

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 RasterLink6 start-up

RasterLink6 start-up
Depending on the authority of user who started RasterLink6, the available function is limited.

Authority of user Unusable function

Other than administrative right To create hot folder and printer driver. ( P.145)
Administrative right (Windows Vista and later) To read an image by drag & drop. ( P.21)

For Windows XP/ Windows Vista/ Windows 7

1 Select [Mimaki
RasterLink6];[Start] - [All
Select

Programs] - [Mimaki RasterLink6]

menu.
• Or double-click the “Mimaki RasterLink6” icon
on the desktop.

2 User Account Control screen is

displayed.

3 Click Yes . Click

If the security center symbol (shield) is displayed

• If the security center symbol (shield) is displayed, in order for a file to be
executed, display the User Account Control screen and make sure that file
execution is permitted.

4 RasterLink6 starts.

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For Windows 8

1 Right-click on the Start screen.

• On the bottom-right side of the screen, the [All
apps] icon is displayed. Click it.

2 The screen changes to the appli-

cation screen.
• Click [Mimaki RasterLink6].
• Or, double-click the [Mimaki RasterLink6] icon
on the desktop.

3 User Account Control screen is

displayed.

4 Click Yes . Click

If the security center symbol (shield) is displayed

•If the security center symbol (shield) is displayed, in order for a file to be
executed, display the User Account Control screen and make sure that file
execution is permitted.

5 RasterLink6 starts.

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 RasterLink6 start-up

For Windows 8.1

1 Click the arrow icon in the bottom

left of the Start screen.

2 The screen changes to the appli-

cation screen.
• Click [Mimaki RasterLink6].
• Or, double-click the [Mimaki RasterLink6] icon
on the desktop.

3 User Account Control screen is

displayed.

4 Click Yes . Click

If the security center symbol (shield) is displayed

• If the security center symbol (shield) is displayed, in order for a file to be
executed, display the User Account Control screen and make sure that file
execution is permitted.

5 RasterLink6 starts.

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For Windows 10

1 Select [Mimaki RasterLink6] -

[Start] - [All App] - [Mimaki Select

RasterLink6] menu.
• Or double-click the “Mimaki RasterLink6” icon
on the desktop.

2 User Account Control screen is

displayed.

3 Click Yes . Click

If the security center symbol (shield) is displayed

• If the security center symbol (shield) is displayed, in order for a file to be
executed, display the User Account Control screen and make sure that file
execution is permitted.

4 RasterLink6 starts.

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 Screen configuration

Screen configuration
RasterLink6 performs various settings on the main screen display by selecting the function icon at the right on
the screen and changing it.

Common item

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1. Function icon
You can change the main screen by pressing these icons.
When the screen height is not big enough to display all icons, the scroll bar is displayed.
You can change the size of these icons or can hide unnecessary icons. ( P.173)
Depending on your printer, the displayed function icons differ. In addition, depending on the job con-
dition selected in the job list, some function icons are displayed in gray and you cannot select them.

2. Job List
The job list is displayed.

• This screen is displayed when you select the function icons below:
Job property, imposition, composite, Special plate, Execution, copy, backup/ restore and deleting
jobs

For each line

Arranged Imposed ( P.38) jobs are connected with a line and displayed.
Layered Composed ( P.94) jobs are connected with a line and displayed.
Job Name The job name is displayed. You can change this in the job property ( P.29).
Thumbnail The thumbnail image is displayed.
The job color attribute is displayed. Though the image is [Color], for the job on which
you specified single color replacement ( P.33) and the job created in the plate
Attribute
creation ( P.83), the specified color is displayed.
In addition, for the printer cutter, the job for cut is displayed as [Cut].

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Indicates that they are You can widen spaces of

imposed. the list by moving this slider
up/ down.

Indicates that they are

composed.

Indicates the attribute.

Job background color

Job background color has the meaning below:
Color Status *1 Notes
White Waiting

• Only the color of the print job changes if only printing

by using a print & cut job.
Green Printed
• Only the color of the print job changes if only cuting
by using a print & cut job.
“Partially printed” refers to any of the following states:
• Not all tiles were printed by using the split print
Cream color Partially printed
function.
• For the multiple pages job, not all pages were printed.
Pink Terminated
Magenta Error
Blue Running
*1. If there is ripped data, it is displayed by boldface.

Tool tip
When you put the mouse onto the job, the status of
that job is displayed in the tool tip.

• Displayed data
Status/ with or without RIPped data/ whether RIP & print
are available/ image editing type

Popup menu
When you select a job and click the right button of the
mouse, the popup menu is displayed.

Immediate Print / RIP and Print / RIP Only / Print Only/

Cut < - > RIP and Print (only Print cutter) / Cut < - >
Print (only Print cutter) / Cut Only (only Print cutter)
Executes the job respectively.
For details, refer to [Execution]
P.127.
Top Moves to the top of the job list.
Bottom Moves to the bottom of the job list.
Duplicate Duplicates with the setting of the
[Duplicate] screen P.131.
Delete Ripped If there is ripped data, deletes the
Data ripped data.
Delete All Data Deletes the selected job.

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Double-click the job

Moves to the normal printing screen ( P.44).

Sort
Click [Arranged] at the left end of the job list header bar to have the items sorted in ascending/
descending order.

3. Printer status
Information of the printer that has been connected is displayed.

• This screen is displayed when you select the function icons below:
Job property, imposition, composite, print, copy, backup/ restore and deleting jobs
• Depending on the printer, the displayed contents differ.

4. Job queue list (For details, P.130)

The status of the process, RIP and print at reading the image is displayed.
You can abort/ delete/ change printing order of the job that has been processed.

• This screen is displayed when you select the function icons below:
Job property, imposition, composite, Special plate, Execution, copy, backup/ restore and
deleting jobs
• If “Auto Exceution” ( P.163) has started, “Auto Executing” will be displayed in the tab.

5. Print progress screen

Opening this screen while the printer is printing
enables you to check how far the printing has pro-
ceeded at the current moment.
To display this screen, select [Enviroments]-[Option...]-
[Display]-[Display print progress]. P.169
This screen can be displayed with the following mod-
els:
JV400-LX, JV400-SUV, TS500, TX500, UJV500
JV300, JV150, CJV300, CJV150, TS300P, Tx300P,
TS500P, SIJ-320UV, UJV55-320

• If the length of the print image exceeds

100 m, it will be displayed divided into
sections of 100 m.

• The print progress is not displayed when

settings are made for Print & Cut jobs and
the Auto pull-back printing.

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6. Printer tab
Switches the main screen by printer registered in the printer management ( P.172).
Total number of jobs read for that printer is displayed beside the printer name (number in red frame in
the figure below).

• You can create jobs up to 200 in total for all printers.

7. Working Disk
The used amount of the disk in which the folder (work folder) to manage job information of Raster-
Link is displayed.

8. Physic. Mem.
The current used amount of the memory of this computer is displayed.

9. Message display
The progress status of the process is displayed.

• As the error is displayed in red, be sure to check it.

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Flow up to print
When you print one image, it is performed in the following procedures.
(1) Read the image in RasterLink6.
(2) Set the basic settings such as enlargement/ shrinkage.
(3) Output.

Read an image in RasterLink6

There are four methods to read an image into RasterLink6.

• You can read jobs up to 200 in total for all registered printers. If you try to read more, an error occurs.

[File] menu

1 Select [Open] from the [File] menu.

• The [Select file name to print] dialog is displayed.

• You can display it also by pressing %VTN + 2.

2 Select an image to read.

• When you registered multiple printers, select
the dedicated printer from [Printer Name].
• Select the initial condition of the job after read-
ing from [Favorite]. For “Favorite”, refer to
P.145.
• The selected “Favorite” will be selected by
default from the next time.

• You can select multiple images

to read.

• You cannot read an image with

selecting a shortcut file.

3 After selecting all image files, press [Open].

4 The image is read into RasterLink6 and a job is created.

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Drag & drop into Job List

1 Drag & drop an image to be read into [Job List].

drag and drop

2 The [Select file name to print] dialog is displayed.

• The rest is the same as reading by using the [File] menu.

• When you use the windows OS of Windows Vista and later, and you start RasterLink6 with
administrator’s right, even if you drag & drop the file into the job list, it is not read in.

Hot folder

Copy a file to the special folder (hot folder) to automatically load the image.
You can create this for each [Favorite]( P.145), and the condition set for “Favorites” is also set for the
read job by default.
For the creating method, refer to P.145 and when you use via the network, refer to the Network Connection
Guide.

1 The hot folder is in the directory below:

• [Install folder of RasterLink6]\Hot\Favorite name

• As the hot folder is automatically set to be shared at creation, you can copy it via the
network.

2 Copy an image file in the hot folder.

• A job is created.

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Printer driver

By using the printer driver created in RasterLink6, you can send an image directly to RasterLink6 from an
application.
You can create this for each [Favorite], and the set condition for “Favorites” is also set for the read job by
default.
For the creating method, refer to P.145 and when you use via the network , refer to the Network Connec-
tion Guide.

1 Perform [Print] of each application.

• As the printer driver is automatically set to be shared at creation, you can refer to via the
network.

2 Select the same name printer as [Favorite] from printers and print.

If an image is not displayed in the job list after you read it, it is possible that the following
problems occur.
• When you register multiple printers, the printer tab currently displayed may not be the printer
selected for [Printer Name] in the [Select file name to print] dialog. Change the printer tab.
• Total number of jobs may exceed 200 in total for all printers. Check the message display.

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Select a job

1 You can select a job with a click of a

mouse from the job list.

Click

Select continuous and multiple jobs

After selecting the top job with a click of a

mouse, click the last job while pressing
[SHIFT].
Click

Click+[SHIFT]

Select multiple jobs intermittently

Select them with a click of a mouse while

pressing [CTRL].

Click+[CTRL]

Click+[CTRL]

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Perform the basic setting such as enlargement/ shrinkage

1 Select a job to print from the job list.

2 Select (General Print) from the function icons.

• The main screen is changed to the general printing screen.

3 On the general printing screen,

you can perform the setting
below:
[Scale] Enlarges/ shrinks the image.
[Rottion] Rotates the image.
[Mirror] Makes the image into the mirror
image for right and left.
[Position] Specifies the printing position of
the image.
[Copy] Makes the specified number of
copies of the image.

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Output

1 On the general printing screen, press the

Preview screen.
(Execution) button under the

• The screen is changed to the [Execution] screen and the printing operation starts.

• The printing method differs depending on the setting of the last performed method. For the
performing method type, refer to P.128.

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 Terminating RasterLink6

Terminating RasterLink6

1 Select [Exit] from the [File] menu.

You can also terminate in the methods below:

• Press %VTN + 3 .
• Press “x” at the upper right of the main window.

• After RasterLink has been terminated, the job read/ set by that time is automatically saved.
• After restart, the job automatically saved is read automatically.

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Function Explanation

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 About each function icon

About each function icon

Shortcut
Button (*) Function Outline Page
keys
Displays job/ printer information and changes job
Job Properties Alt+I P.29
attribute.

Arrangement Sets imposition of multiple jobs. Alt+A P.38

Sets the size/ the position/ the number of copies of

General Print Alt+G P.44
the image and prints.
Arranges the image to the jig and prints.
Jig Print This function is displayed only for the flat-bet Alt+J P.29
printer.
Prints the image by splitting it.
Tiling With a flat-bed printer, this icon is not displayed in Alt+T P.68
the initial settings (**).
Prints the image by lying repeatedly without any
spaces.
Step & Repeat Alt+S P.77
With a flat-bed printer, this icon is not displayed in
the initial settings (**).

Crop Cuts a part of the image. Alt+C P.81

Creates the job dedicated for special color from

the selected job.
Special plate Alt+P P.83
This function is displayed only for the printer with
special ink cartridge.

Composition Prints multiple jobs by overlapping them. Alt+M P.86

Sets the layer print.

Layer This function is displayed only for the printer with Alt+L P.94
special ink cartridge.

Quality Sets the printing condition. Alt+Q P.98

Color Replacement Sets the color replacement. Alt+R P.112

Execution Executes the selected job. Alt+X P.127

Duplication Duplicate the selected job. Alt+U P.131

Backup / Restore Saves and restores the job. Alt+B P.132

Delete Deletes the job. Alt+D P.134

(*) With the UJF-3042HG, UJF-6042, UJF-3042MkII, and UJF-6042MkII, the Kebab Print icon will be displayed in addition
to the above. For details about this function, refer to the separate “Kebab System Operation Manual” or “KebabMkII/
MkII-L System Operation Manual.” With the UJF-3042HG and UJF-6042, the BBQ Jig Print icon will be displayed in
addition to the above. For details about this function, refer to the separate “BBQ System Operation Manual.”
(**) Nondisplayed icons can be displayed by means of the “Function icon setting” ( P.173 ) in [Printer Management...] ( P.172).

• Depending on the printer and ink set, some of the functions may not be displayed.
• Depending on the function settings, some items may be unselectable (grayed out). Pressing the shortcut
keys for the functions in question will display the reasons why they cannot be selected, in the message
area.

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Displays job information- Properties

Function
On the [Properties] screen, you can perform the operation below:

 Change the job name.

 Change the job attribute (full-color print/ special plate print/ UV irradiation etc.).
 Display job information.

Screen configuration

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1. Lock
Turning this on makes it impossible to change the settings for, or to delete, the selected job(s).

• When a job is locked, no functions can be executed for it except [Special plate][Backup] and
[Execution].
• Locking a single job in a group of jobs that have been composed or imposed will lock all the
other jobs in that group.

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2. File
Displays the job and the image information which created the job.
Job Name Displays the job name. Though the default name is the file name of the original image,
you can change it. ( P.32)
File Name Indicates the file name of the image.
Format Displays the file format of the image.
Image Size Displays the file size of the image.
Pages Displays the number of pages of the image.
Page Size Displays the size of one page.
Favorites at the Displays the specified favorite setting when spool the job.
spool
Job Attribute Displays or sets the attributes below depending on the printing method.
Full Color Job to print with colors of the original image. This is the default of the image job.
Mono Color Attribute that can be set only when the original image is CMYK color mode.
Prints with assigning either of CMYK to the specified ink color.
For details, refer to P.33.
Special Color Job created in the [Special plate] function ( P.83). You cannot
change to other attribute. For details, refer to P.83.
Cut Only Only for print cutter) Job of cutting data. You cannot change to other
attribute. Concerning print-and-cut, refer to P.135.
Use special color names Displays the name of the special color ink (white, clear, etc.) to be used
for the job.
Image Edit
Color Adjustment Color adjustment set Displays the color adjustment set used for the job.
Set

3. Quality
Displays the following conditions set in the printing condition ( P.98).
Media, resolution, input profile, profile name, Overprint times, Pass, Fast Print, Print Direction, Spe-
cial Color Over Print, Heater, Heater OFF

4. Results
Displays various results after performing RIP and print.

Ink Consumption Calculates the ink amount to be consumed by printing from ripped data and dis-
plays them by ink.

• Depending on the combination of the machine type and ink, as data

required for calculation is not available, the ink amount to be consumed
cannot be displayed in some cases. In such a case, the message to inform
you accordingly is displayed. Data will be added by update in sequence.
• When the ink amount to be consumed is not calculated by the option
setting ( P.168), this column is not displayed.
• For some machine types, the ink amount to be consumed cannot be
calculated if you do not connect it with the printer.

Time Displays the time for each processing.

5. Date
Displays the date and time when you registered the job.

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6. Working Directory
Displays the working directory name where the job information is stored.
The actual working directory is right under the directory indicated in [Working Disk] of upper left of the screen.
e.g.)
Working disk : C:\MijSuite\Jobs\RL01
Working directory : Cl\Elm\20121217_110309_252
→The actual folder is
C:\MijSuite\Jobs\RL01\Cl\Elm\20121217_110309_252

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Favorite

You can use the [Properties] screen to register and use the following items as Favorite:
• Job Attribute
• Color replacement origin/Color after color replacement
Displayed when the job attribute is the “Mono Color”.
• UV mode settings

The above conditions can be registered / used as a favorite in the following job.
• Job of which the job attribute is “Full color print” and CMYK or spot color is not color-replaced to special
color ink.
• Job of which the job attribute is “Mono color”.

• UV Mode (Color Replacement)

UV mode setting to register/use the job of which CMYK or spot color is color-replaced to special color
ink.
• UV Mode (Special plate)
UV mode setting to register/use the job created a plate or auto special color plate.

For the setting adaption procedures, refer to P.145.

You cannot save jobs to Favorite with the following conditions or use the settings of Favorite.
• Job attribute of the [Properties] screen is “Cut Only”
• The original image is RGB color mode.

Operation

Change the job name

You can change the job name.

Use this when you read the same image file several times or when you copy the job to distinguish from
each other.

1 Enter any name into [Job Name] of [Properties] and press the [Rename] but-
ton.
• The job name is changed.

Change Press

• In addition, [Job Name] of [Job List] is also changed.

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Perform setting to print a full-color image with one ink color

-Mono color replacement

Use this when you print special color ink (white/ clear/ primer etc.) with one color etc.

• You can perform single color printing only for CMYK color mode image. (It is unavailable for RGB color
mode.)
• You can perform single color replacement both for the illustrator (vector) and the image (raster).

1 Select a job of which [Job Attribute] of [Properties] is “Full Color”.

2 Select “Mono Color”.

• The [Job Attribute] dialog is displayed.
• Select the color to be replaced in the original
image from [Source color].
• Select the ink color to use from [Ink].
• When there is more than one same ink color,
you can select that ink color more than one.

3 Press the OK button and close the dialog.

• [Job Attribute] of [Properties] is changed to “Mono color”.
• Thumbnail and attribute in the job list are changed according to the set condition.

• For the full-color image, color information other than specified ones as [Source color] are discarded and is
not printed.
• The density of [Source color] is applied to the ink density to be printed.

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Change the ink density etc. of the special color plate created in
[Source colorSpecial plate] function

When the job attribute is “Special Color”, you can change ink color and ink density of special color ink.

1 Select a job of which [Job Attribute] of [Properties] is “Special Color”.

2 Press the setting button of [Job

Attribute] of [Properties].
• The [Job Attribute] dialog is displayed.

3 Change [Ink] and its ink density.

4 Press the OK button and close the dialog.

• When you change ink, the attribute of the job list is changed.

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For UV printer

If you use a UV printer, you can perform UV irradiation setting. The setting contents vary with the model
and the job attributes.

• UV mode screen will not be displayed in SIJ-320UV and UJV55-320.

 When job attribute is color/ white/ primer

• If the job attribute of the UJF-7151 is a primer, please refer to the ”When the job attribute is
clear.” ( P.36) .

Set the illuminance of the UV lamp.

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 When the job attribute is clear.

• Specify the UV mode (printing method) when printing a clear plate.

• UV mode that does not correspond to the printer will not be displayed.
• If the job attribute of the UJF-7151 is a primer, please read by replacing the “clear” to “primer”.

• Panel Setting

The illuminance is the panel setting value.

Specify the number of clear plates to be overlapped.

• Emboss Print

You can create an embossed effect by repeatedly print-

ing clear ink.
Illuminance : Set the illuminance at printing.
Print : Specify the number of overprints.
Additional UV irradiation :
For emboss print, as it is not cured only with
irradiation at printing, it is necessary to addi-
tionally perform irradiation only. Set the
number of irradiations and the illuminance
at that time.

• Glossy Print

Prints clear ink with the irradiation setting to be glossy,

with a smooth surface.
Additional UV irradiation :
To cure fully after printing clear ink, addition-
ally performs irradiation only. Set the num-
ber of irradiations and the illuminance at
that time.

• For JFX200

Print bottom clear liquid :

Print clear matte tone over the color.
For details, rrefer to the separate “JFX200 Clear Ink
Print Guide”.

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• Matte Print

Prints once while irradiating clear ink. As it cures right

after printing with irradiation, uneven feeling remains and
it becomes matte.
Illuminance : Set the illuminance at printing.
Additional UV irradiation :
Set this if additional irradiation is required.
Set the number of irradiations and the illumi-
nance at that time.
• Print and Irradiation

Prints without irradiating clear ink. You can specify the

number of overprints.

Print : Specify the number of overprints.

Illuminance : Set the number of irradiations after printing
and the illuminance at that time.

• Irradiation Only

Does not print at all and performs irradiation only.

If curing is not enough, you can perform irradiation addi-
tionally.
Illuminance : Set the number of irradiations and the illumi-
nance at that time.

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Collect multiple images - Arrangement

Function
In [Arrangement], you can perform the operation below:
• Make collective print of multiple images.

• In RasterLink, outputting multiple images at a time is called as “Imposition print”.

Screen configuration

2
3
4

1. Alignment Mode
For setting the method of lining up a job group when the [Arrange] button is clicked.
To lay out the individual jobs in any desired positions, use [General Print] ( P.44) after arrange-
ment.
For details, refer to next page.
Sequential Arranges jobs in the media feeding direction.
Minimize Arranges jobs so that you can use the media effectively.
No rotation The jobs will be laid out by the same method as for minimum area, but will not be
automatically rotated.
Minimize The jobs will be placed in the media feeding direction while maintaining the rotation
(Keep rotation) set in the “Quality” screen.

2. Scan margin / Feed margin

Set the spaces between images by the width and the feed. This value is will be applied when the
[Arrange] button is clicked. Change [General Print] ( P.44) after arrangement. For details, refer
to next page.

3. Arrange in the Center

When checked, the imposed job entire area is arranged at the center of the media. This value is will
be applied when the [Arrange] button is clicked. Change [General Print] ( P.44) after arrange-
ment.
For details, refer to P.40.

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4. Arrange
Imposes multiple jobs selected in the job list. Depending on the job setting, imposition cannot be
performed with some conditions. For details, refer to P.41.

5. Release
Cancel the imposition setting of the imposed job selected in the job list.

Arrangement setting of imposition

When you press the imposition button, the selected multiple images are arranged. You can specify the
arrangement method at that time from two types.
It is possible, via [General Print], to carry out arrangement on jobs for which you have specified a number of
copies. If you do so, the inter-image spacing that you specified for such jobs will be overwritten with the spac-
ing setting for arrangement.

Minimize/ No rotation/ Minimize (Keep rotation)

Minimum area : Depending on the image to be arranged, the jobs will be automatically rotated
to minimize the print area.
No rotation : The order of arrangement of the jobs will be changed automatically to
minimize the print area. The jobs will not be automatically rotated.
Minimize (Keep rotation) : The jobs will be placed to minimize the print area while maintaining the
configuration of the rotation of the jobs set in the “Quality” screen.
Arranges images so that the printing area may become minimum. With “Minimum area”, the jobs may
sometimes be rotated automatically. With “No rotation”, the jobs will not be rotated.

Image C
Minimum Image C
area
Image B Feed space

Image A
Image A Image B

Scan space Media

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Sequential

Arranges images in the media feeding direction. To arrange so that the length becomes minimum, the job
is rotated automatically in some cases. You can specify the feed space.
You can perform print images in sequence with the continuous print instruction simply, however, at this
time, the printer puts a certain amount of space between images. You can instruct the space between
images correctly in the imposition print in sequence.

Image C
Image C

Image B
Image B
Feed space

Image A
Image A

Media

Arrange in the Center

Arranges the imposed image with the center of the media width.

Minimize

Image C Image C
Aligning The center of the entire
with center imposed image is arranged
with the center of the media
width.
Image A Image A
Image B Image B

Sequential

Image C Image C

Aligning
Image B with center Image B Arranges the borderline rect-
angle surrounding all images
(dotted line part) at the center
Image A Image A of the media width.

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Conditions for imposition

Maximum arrangeable number of jobs

Up to 30 jobs can be arranged.

Editing conditions that you cannot perform imposition

For the job with the setting below, you cannot perform imposition:
• Tiling
• Step & repeat
In addition, you cannot impose other job with the already imposed jobs. In such a case, first release impo-
sition once and then perform imposition.

When you impose composed job

You can impose multiple composed jobs, however, there are the conditions below:
• When you overprinted special color, the printing order of special color and color are the same for all jobs
to be imposed.
• For flatbed machine, the number of printing moves are the same for all jobs to be imposed.

Carrying out arrangement on print & cut jobs

It is possible to carry out multiple arrangement of print & cut jobs, but there is the following condition for
this:
• It is not possible to carry out arrangement of combinations of print & cut jobs with color-only or cut-only
jobs.

About printing condition

 Conditions unavailable for imposition

You cannot impose the jobs if the conditions below differ:
Output resolution, (only for UV printer) UV mode

 If the conditions other than above differ

If the printing conditions below differ, all become the same condition as the top job:
Pass, number of overprints, halftone, high-speed printing, printing direction
drying time by scanning, [Cut Media after Print] margins before and after printing, end margin feed,
heater standby, heater OFF, absorption fan, device adjustment, dot size, distance correction, work
change,Cut Quality.

For the conditions other than above, you can impose even if the settings differ.

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Procedures to impose

Perform imposition

1 Select multiple jobs to be imposed.

• For the method to select multiple jobs, refer
to P.23.

2 Select the [Arrangement] icon.

3 Set the alignment mode, margins

and with/ without “Arrange in the
center”. Then click [Arrange].
• The selected jobs are displayed in a lump in
the job list and lines are displayed for imposi-
tion.

4 When you select the [General Print]

icon, they are imposed and dis-
played in the preview screen.

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Release imposition

1 Select a job to release its imposi-

tion.
• Imposition of the selected job only is released.
If you release all impositions, select all jobs.

2 Select the [Arrangement] icon.

3 Click [Release].
• Imposition of the selected job is released.

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Perform basic image edit and print

- General Print
Function
You can perform the operations below in [General Print].

• Enlargement/ shrinkage, rotation and mirror of image

• Arrangement of image (moving and copy layout)
• Addition of register mark
• Addition of printing information label
• Performing print

Screen configuration
Rough configuration

Job LIst/ Favor- Image Edit

Preview screen
ite screen screen

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Image Edit screen

1. Scale
1 Specifies the printing size of the image. You can specify it by
magnification (%) or the actual length size.
• When [Keep Ratio] is ON, you can enlarge/ shrink with the
2 3 aspect ratio fixed.
4
2. Rotation
Rotates the image. You can set the values below:
5

6
0° 90° 180° 270°

7 3. Mirror
Makes the mirror image.
8 • When mirror and rotation are used at the same time, first
mirror image is made and then it rotates.
9 When rotation is 0 degree
Mirror

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When rotation is 90 degrees

Mirror Rotation
11

12

4. Deskew(Only flat-bed printer)

For tilting images, in a range of −45 to +45 degrees. Use this
when you print onto objects that are placed tilted relative to the
table.
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• When [Deskew] is applied, the right and bottom positions of the tilted image will be the same as
before tilting.

Tilt -30° Tilt 30°

• [Rotation] and [Deskew] are both in the counterclockwise direction.

• When [Rotation] and [Deskew] are combined, the result will be as shown in the figure below.

Rotation 0° Rotation 90° Rotation 90°

Tilt 0° Tilt 0° Tilt 30°

• With the arrangement function, it is possible to specify tilt angles for the individual images.
• When 2 or more has been specified as the number of copies, and in the case of multipage jobs,
the same tilt angle will be applied for all the images.
• When arrangement is used with 2 or more specified as the number of copies, and when tilting
has been specified for multipage jobs, tilting will be applied to individual jobs.
• If a registration mark is specified, it will not be tilted. Rather, it will be applied to the image
rectangle after the image has been tilted.

Tilt 30°

• If a Information label is specified, it will not be tilted.

• When Crop ( P.81) is set, it is the post-clopping image that will be tilted.
• Setting tiling or step & repeat after [Deskew] has been set via “General Print” will disable the
[Deskew] value.

• When an image is tilted, a certain amount of jaggies will occur in the outline and linear portions.
With raster data in particular, the jaggies will be salient if the resolution is low. If you are going
to tilt raster data, you are recommended to create the data with a resolution that is close to the
printing resolution.

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5. Position
Sets the origin position of each job with the numerical value.
• When [Arrange in the Center] is ON, the image is arranged at the center of the media. When you
copy or impose, as indicated in P.40, moves the entire area of multiple images to the center of the
media.
• If [Lock the trimming position] is activated, jobs will be displayed with the trimming origin locked.
(In the case of a roll-to-roll printer, or arranged, composed or multipage jobs, it will not be dis-
played.)
• Move type : The movement method for multipage jobs can be specified. This is displayed only
for a multipage job.
Individual Moves each page individually.
Whole Moves all the multipage jobs together.
6. Copy
Makes the specified number of copies of the image and arranges.
The following methods for shifting of copied images can be specified:
• Block move : All the copied images will be shifted together.
• Each move : The copied images will be shifted individually.

• For arranged jobs, no choice of shift method will be displayed, and the shift method will be
“Each move”.

7. Layout
When the job is imposed or set to be copied and it is arranged automatically (refer to P.54 [Optimiza-
tion]), specify the arranging position. After specifying, by pressing the [Optimization] button, the set-
ting is reflected on the preview.
• Space
Specifies the space between images by the numeri- Scan space
cal value. When the image is imposed, the space
specification of the imposition screen is overwritten.
Feed space

• Pitch
Specifies the distance from the origin of the image to
the origin of next image by the numerical value. Scan pitch
In the following cases, pitch specification is not dis-
played: Feed pitch
• Arrangement has been executed.
• Multipage job (*)
• Nesting in widthwise direction (only displayed with multipage jobs (*)) – the images in a multi-
page job are arranged in widthwise rows. When it is off, they are arranged in lengthwise rows.
*Multipage job: A file that contains multiple images, such as a multipage PDF or TIFF, is called a
multipage job.

8. Printing page range (only displayed when multipage job has been selected)
For specifying the pages to be printed in a multipage job.

• All
Prints all the pages in the file.

• Page specification
Prints specified pages.
Examples of page specification:
• To print pages 2 to 5, enter: [2-5]
• To print just pages 2, 4 and 6, enter: [2,4,6]
• To print pages 2 to 5 and pages 8 and 11, enter: [2-5,8,11]

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9. Print Area (only with flat-bed printer)

For registering a valid print area that matches the size of the media to be printed on.
If you register a valid print area, it will serve as a guide for laying out the images.
It will also prevent the equipment from printing outside the media.

• The print area setting is retained as a template.

• Enter a title and click the [+] button, to enable addition of a presetting.
Now click the [Setup] button. The dialog box below will appear. You can use it to set the print area.

Print area preview

Valid print area

• Print area preview

This displays, as a red rectangle, the valid print area set via the [Valid Print Area] menu.

• [Valid Print Area] menu

Default Sets the valid print area to the maximum size and specifies the printer’s initial ori-
gin position for the area ’s origin position.
Scan For entering the width of the valid print area.
Feed For entering the height of the valid print area.
Scan offset For entering the width-direction shift distance from the printer origin.
Feed offset For entering the feed-direction shift distance from the printer origin.

10. Crop mark

This is for applying a registration mark to images.
This is mainly used with our printer and cutting plotter to perform position detection when cutting.

For JV400-LX

For CJV300

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• Mark Shape
You can select an outer or an inner registration mark. If no mark is to be printed, set “OFF”.
Match the “Shape” setting with the cutting plotter’s settings.

Outer registra- Inner registra- Zero margin reg-

tion mark tion mark istration mark

• The Zero margin registration mark can only be used when using CJV300, CJV150.
• You can use the Zero margin registration mark to reduce the media used by print & cut in
comparison to Outer registration mark and Inner registration mark.
• You can set the Zero margin registration mark according to the following procedure.

1. Set the following items by using the

General Print screen.
(1)Set the amount of multiple copies. 1
(2) Select [Block move] for the copy transfer
method.
2. Select (Outer registration mark) or
(Inner registration mark) for the
registration mark shape. 2
(3) Select [Individual] for the registration
mark position.
3
• This allows you to select (Zero
margin registration mark). 4
3. Select (Zero margin registration
mark) for the registration mark shape.

• Mark Size / Line Width

For changing the size of the registration mark. The recommended values for sensing with a
Mimaki printer and cutting plotter will be displayed as the [Recommend Mark Size]. Enter values
equal to or higher than these. (The [Recommend Mark Size] will vary depending on the size of the
images.)

S Mark Size
W Line Width

• Fill around the register mark

Fills around the register mark with red color.
When register mark is not recognized on the media of other than white, the mark can be recog-
nized with this function.

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• Location
You can select whether to apply a registration mark to individual images, or to the whole of a set of
laid-out multiple images.
Individual : Applies a registration mark to individual images. During cutting, each individual image will be
sensed for the mark, and this will take time. But it will lessen the discrepancy between print-
ing and cutting. With print & cut jobs, the following screen for setting registration mark sens-
ing locations will be displayed if you select “Individual” for registration mark printing.

The higher the number of registration marks to be read, the higher the cutting positional
accuracy will be, but also the more time sensing will take.
Different search position can be set for the first time and for the second and subsequent time.

When “Individual” is selected for Location in Crop mark , note the

following points:
• When more than one is set for the number of copies and the number of images in the
last line is smaller than the number of images in the first line, even after a number of
cuts equal to the number of copies have been made completely, registration marks
are still detected, which leads to a registration mark detection error.

Whole : Applies a registration mark to the whole of a set of laid-out multiple images. During cut-
ting, it will only be necessary to sense the registration mark for one set, and so the time
taken will be short. But the discrepancy between printing and cutting will be large relative
to “Individual”.

Individual Whole

Pay attention to the following point if you select “Whole” for the
registration mark layout.
• The registration mark detection function cannot be used with this setting if
cutting is performed with a Mimaki cutting plotter following printing. In such a
case, select “Individual”.

• Intermediate Register Marks (CJV300, CJV150)

When “Whole” is selected for [Location], you can add Intermediate Register Marks. By adding
Intermediate Register Marks, you can cut long paper with higher accuracy.
Direction : Sets the split direction for Intermediate Register Marks.
Count : Sets the split count for Intermediate Register Marks. (You can specify a value in the range
from 2 to 10 for the split count.)

• To set Intermediate Register Marks, set the split count so that the interval between
registration marks becomes 50mm or greater.
• Specify an offset that is larger than the registration mark size if setting Intermediate Register Marks.

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• Offset
Set the offset of a registration mark from an image.

• After registration mark printing has been set for a job, it will not be possible to make the
following settings for that job:
With “Whole” set for [Location]:
Tiling, Step & Repeat, Crop, Special plate
With “Individual” set for [Location]:
Tiling, Step & Repeat

11. Cut Line

When this is ON, prints a cut line around the image.
When you press the [Setting] button, the dialog below is displayed.
Line width : Specify the line width in units of 0.1points.
(Range: 0.3 to 30point)
Line Color : Specify the line color.
Interval Color : Specify the color between line segments.
Dash line : When you draw a dashed line, make this ON.
Dashed line shape : When you draw a dashed line, specify the line
type and intervals.

A cut line cannot be printed for a job configured as follows:

• Step & Repeat
• A value other than “OFF” is selected for the registration mark shape.
• A job with registration marks output through RasterLink from FineCut.

• When the checkbox for “Cut Line” is selected, the output size including a cut line is displayed.

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12. Fotoba cut mark

When “Add fotoba cut mark” is set to ON, cut marks used for FOTOBA series (high speed finishing
cutter machine) are printed on the image.
Mark Shape : Set the marks to be added between images.
Select not to add any vertical lines between
images.
Select to add vertical lines between images,
and select to add double lines.
Horizone mark width : Select the mark width in the scanning direction.
Line Width : Specifies the line width of the mark.
(Range: 1.00 to 3.00mm)
Line Spacing : Specifies the double line spacing.
(Range: 1.00 to 3.00mm)
Margin : Set the margin between the image and the
mark.
Between Jobs : If (No vertical mark between copies) in the
form is selected, set the margins between jobs.
(Range: 0.00 to 1000.0mm)
Layout : Select the layout position for the job.
Offset : When the Right is selected, enter the distance
from the right end to the mark. When the Left is
selected, enter the distance from the left print
origin to the mark.

• The target size indicates the calculated size after cutting with the FOTOBA series.
• You can use this in combination with the copy, arrangement or tiling function.
• FOTOBA cut marks cannot be added in the following cases:
(1) Print & cut job
(2) Twin rolls print job
(3) Step & repeat print job
(4) Special color plate job
(5) Job in which one of the following settings has been made in the General Print
window.
(When an item other than [OFF] is selected for the mark shape of the register mark,
when [Lock the trimming position] is set to ON or when [Cut line] is set to ON)
(6) Job in which [Print corner mark] or [Cut line] is set to ON in the tiling window.
(7) During Auto Execution

13. Information label

When select the "adding the label", the information of the items selected to be printed at the end of
the job.

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Preview screen

1
2

1. Input/ Output
The original size of the selected job is displayed in [Input] and output size in [Output].

2. Arrow key unit

You can move the selected job with the arrow key on the keyboard. Specify the moving amount of
the job for one hit of the key at that time.

3. Layout preview
Arranged position when the image is printed is displayed.
The white part inside the image is the available drawing range (in the media) and the gray part is
outside range.

You can perform the followings by selecting the image with a mouse. (You can select only one
image.)
• Make the selected image be the target to edit on the [Image Edit] screen.
• Move the selected image with the arrow key on the keyboard.
• Drag and move with a mouse.

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4. Various button
Display with media Displays the arranging preview width as the media width.
width
Zoom out Zooms out the arranging preview screen.

Zoom in Zooms in the arranging preview screen.

Updating media Obtains the media width from the printer and updates the display of the
width available drawing range in the arranging preview.
This is displayed only for Roll to Roll machine.
Optimization When select the alignment method and click the , the image is
placed in the selected alignment method. When run, the margin set-
tings specified in the “Position” will be [Link] the flatbed machine, if
multiple images cannot fall into one plate, by performing optimization,
creates new plate automatically and arranges the image that cannot be
fallen into one plate in it.

Execution Executes RIP/ print. The setting of mode to execute is the one you
used the [Execution] function previous time. ( P.127)
Restore Restores the setting to the one when you opened the [General Print]
screen.

 For flat-bed printer

Plate information
When you impose multiple images or copy, they do not fall into the plate and therefore, it is necessary
to print multiple times.
In such a situation, by pressing “Optimization”, new plate is created and they are arranged in it.
When there are two and more plates, the display becomes red. By pressing , you can
switch the preview screen by plate.

Click .

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Job List

The imposed job is displayed.

By selecting, it becomes the target to edit in [Image Edit].

Favorite

In the [General Print] screen, you can register/ use the conditions below as Favorites.
• Scale
• Rotation
• Mirror
• Arrange in the Center
• Deskew
For the setting method and the application method, refer to P.145.

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Print on the material arranged in the jig - Jig Print

What is the “jig”?
The jig means the part to fix small materials to be printed (e.g. pen, case). By fixing, you can print on it easier.

Function
You can perform the operations below in [Jig Print].

• Create a position template (hereinafter referred to as [jig template]) to print on the material arranged in
the jig.
• Print the outline of the jig set in the jig template.
• Arrange the image in the jig template.
• Perform print.

• This function can be used only for the flat-bed printer.

Available combination of function

Depending on job printing condition setting difference, some combinations are not available for jig arrange-
ment.

Setting condition Jig arrangement

Composition OK
Arrrangement OK
Specify number of copies with general
OK
print
Crop OK
Tiling NG
Step & Repeat NG
OK : Jig arrangement is possible.
NG : Jig arrangement is impossible.

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Screen configuration

Rough configuration

Jig template selec-

tion screen

Preview screen
Job List・ Jig arrangement editing
Favorite screen Jig editing

Selecting/ creating jig template

1
2

6 3 4 5

1. Jig Print
For specifying whether or not to print the jig print.

2. Jig template name

Select the jig template.
When you create a template newly, enter new name here and press (adding jig template).

• You cannot edit/ delete the “entire drawing area” template.

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3. Print jig outline

Print the outline of the jig set in the jig template.
When you press this button, the [Print jig outline] dialog is displayed.

Favorite : Select the favorite setting that will become the default at printing outline.
Line width : Specify the line width of the outline.
Offset : Specify offset of the line to be drawn actually against the jig rectangle.
(hereinafter referred to as red frame: rectangle, black line: outline to be printed)

Offset setting Offset value Result

Draws the outline with the jig
Specified 0 rectangle being the center of
the line.
Draws the outline with the
inner perimeter of the jig
Half of line width No setting
rectangle contacting outside
the line.
Draws the outline outside the
jig rectangle.
Specified +

Color : Sets the outline color.

When you press the [Print] button, the outline job is printed.
Clicking the [Save] button will create a PDF file of the outline.

4. Adding a jig template

When you enter new name in [Jig template name] and press this button, new jig template with the
current setting as the default is added.
When you select the existing name and press this button, it is overwritten with the current setting.

5. Deleting a jig template

Deletes the jig template selected in [Jig template name].

6. Read only
Turning this on makes the jig template you have selected into a read-only file. Specify this if you
want to prevent the jig template from being changed or deleted.

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Jig arrangement editing tab and arrangement preview

In the jig arrangement editing tab, perform image editing against the job selected on the thumbnail or the
arrangement preview. You can display the preview at actual print by board on the arrangement preview.

1
5
2
3
4

1. Scale
This is for specifying the print size for images you have selected via thumbnails or preview. You can
specify it as a zoom factor (%) or actual-dimension size.

• Turning [Keep Ratio] on will retain the original image’s aspect ratio when enlargement/
reduction is executed.

2. Rotation
Rotates the image selected in the thumbnail or the preview.

3. Mirror
Makes the mirror image of the image selected in the thumbnail or the preview.

4. Copy
Specifies number of copies of the image selected in the thumbnail or the preview.

5. Arrangement preview
Previews the status with the image arranged in the jig template.

6. Changing board
If the total images to be printed will not fit into one board, another board or boards using the same jig
template will be created, and the images placed in it/them, automatically. Click to
toggle between the boards.

First board (1/2) Next board (2/2)

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Jig Layout

[Jig]
[Link]
1 For specifying the overall size of the jig.

[Link]
For specifying the distance from the print origin to the jig’s bottom
2 right.

[Link]
3 For tilting the jig as a whole in the range −45 to +45 degrees, about
the jig’s bottom right as pivot point. When the jig is tilted, the
objects on it will tilt and their positions will be relatively displaced.
Specify this correction if the jig was installed in a tilted state relative
4 to the table.

• When the jig is tilted, a certain amount of jaggies will occur in

the print images’ outlines and linear portions. With raster data
5 in particular, the jaggies will be salient if the rasterization
resolution is low. If you are going to tilt raster data, you are
recommended to create the data with a resolution that is
close to the printing resolution.
6
[Material]
For defining information about the objects placed on the jig. In the
preview, selected object definitions are displayed with a red rectan-
7
gle, and unselected object definitions with a black rectangle.

[Link]
8
For specifying the size of single materials.
Settable sizes range from 25.4 mm to the printer’s valid print size.

9 [Link]
10
For specifying the quantity of materials placed in the widthwise and
heightwise directions.
11 The maximum settable quantity for each direction (widthwise and
heightwise) is 99, making a maximum settable total of 99 × 99 =
9801.

[Link](Pitch)
Width : For specifying the distance from the right end of the neigh-
bor material on the right.
Height : For specifying the distance from the bottom end of the
neighbor material below.

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7. First position
For specifying the distance from the jig’s bottom right to material 1’s bottom right.
Jig size
Material size

Jig size

Leading material position

Material space Jig position

8. Layout
For specifying, via 9 directions, which position on the material is to be the reference for placing the
images.

[Adjustment]
Set whether to use the material position you have specified, and carry out fine adjustment of the print position.

9. Material Combo box

For selecting materials to be adjusted. They can also be selected via template preview, using the
mouse.

10. Skip
If you put a check mark in this box, no image will be placed at the position of the object in question.
This is also indicated, by an “×”, in template preview and placement preview. Put a check mark here
if you do not want to place an image at the position of a particular object because it is dirty or dam-
aged, etc.

11. Position
Perform fine adjustment of the material position arranged at equal spaces.

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Favorite

You can register/ use the conditions below as Favorites in the [Jig
Print] screen.
• JIg name
• Scale
• Rotation
• Mirror
For the setting method and the application method, refer to P.145

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Procedure for printing using a jig

The procedure is set forth below, using printing onto a material of the dimensions in the figure below as an
example.

1. Initial registration of the jig template

(1) Select the job to be printed, then click the jig print icon to open the jig print screen.
(2) Enter an appropriate name for the jig template (“My Jig” in the illustration below) and click the [+] but-
ton. The display will automatically switch to the jig definition tab.

2. Setting the jig template

Enter the size of the jig installed to the printer. In this example, the jig installed to the printer has the
dimensions in the following figure. The numbers in the figure correspond to the step numbers in the
size-entering procedure below.


degree
ᗘ


PP
PP
PP




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PP
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PP


PP
PP
Origin

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PP
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(1) Enter the jig’s overall size.

(2) Enter the distance from the print origin to the jig’s bottom
right.

(3) Enter the jig’s tilt angle relative to the table. Use a positive
value for a counterclockwise angle, a negative value for a
clockwise one.

(4) Enter the material’s size.

(5) Enter the quantity of the materials placed, in the widthwise

direction and in the heightwise direction.

(6) Enter the spacings for arranging the materials in rows.

(7) Enter the distance from the jig’s bottom right to the first
material’s bottom right.

(8) If the material size and image size are incongruous, select
a placement policy.

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3. Arrange the image in the jig.

(1) Press the property icon of the job to display the Job list.
(2) Select the job to print and open the Jig Print screen.
Here, select the three imposed jobs as an example.

• If you select multiple jobs that have not been arranged, you cannot select jig printing.
• Also, depending on the conditions, there are some settings that do not allow jig printing.
refer to “Conditions for Jig Print( P.67)”.

(3) Select the created jig template (My Jig).

The images are arranged in the arrangement preview one by one.

• RasterLink arranges the images from the top image of the job list. If the printing order is important, be
careful about the order to read images into RasterLink. (The top image of the job list is the one read into
first. You cannot change the order of the list after reading images.)

(4) When you print each image several times, select the image in the [Arrangement preview] and specify
the number of copies in [Copy].
Here, specify to print two of each image.

4. Print.
Press the printing button under the arrangement preview to print.

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At times like this

The printed position is misaligned

If the printed position is misaligned with the jig template arrangement set first time, adjust the position for
each material in the [Adjustment] tab of the jig editing tab.
This chapter explains how to set if the third material’s position in the example of the previous chapter
“Printing procedures using jig” is misaligned.

(1) Measure how much the printed result is misaligned against the third material.

0.02inch

Material outline

0.04inch

(2) Open the Jig Print screen.

(3) Open the [Jig Layout] tab.
(4) Set [Material 3] in the material number in the [Adjustment] column and enter as below.

(5) Again print them and check that there is no misalignment.

If there is any material being printed abnormally, reprint that image

only

You cannot specify the image to print directly in the jig printing screen. Specify to print that image only in
the procedures below:
 When the job is only one and you specify to copy
Set the failed number of copies in the number of copies and perform jig printing.

 When you imposed images

Cancel imposition once and impose only the failed ones again and perform jig printing.

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Conditions for Jig Print

Editing conditions that do not allow jig print

Jig print will not be possible when the following settings have been made for a job:
• Tiling
• Step & Repeat

When printing multiple images:

Make the arrangement settings before selecting the job group and opening the jig print screen.

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Print a large image by splitting it - Tiling

Usage of split print
When you output an image larger than the printer width such as a sign, by using the split print function, you
can print by splitting the image into the size to construct easier.

Function
You can perform the operations below in [Tiling].
• Enlargement/ shrinkage, rotation and mirror of image
• Setting split image
• Layout setting of split image
• Option setting to construct easier on sign etc.
• Performing print

Screen configuration

Rough configuration

Favorite Divide Edit/ Layout

Preview screen
screen screen

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Divide Edit

1. Tiling Edit
1
When this is ON, sprit print is specified and you can edit.
2
2. Scale
Enlarges/ shrinks the image.
3 4

3. Rotation
5 Rotates the image.

4. Mirror
Makes the mirror image of the image.

6
5. Work
Specifies the size and the position to clip the image.

• In RasterLink, the target to construct such as a sign is

called [Work]. Usually, RasterLink enlarges the image
into a little larger than the work and clips the required
7
part in this [Work] function.

8 6. Divide tile
Splits the image. You can split up to 100.

9 • In RasterLink, one split image is called [Tile].

There are three types of the splitting.

[Link] size
Sets the size of one tile and applies it to all tiles.
[Link] quantity
Sets the number of splits each for the scan and the feed and
performs equal split.
[Link]
Select the tile to specify the size by using [Left], [Right], [Top],
[Bottom] button and specify the size. The size of the target tile
to edit is displayed with rectangle on the Preview screen as
below. When you click the mouse on the ▼ mark, it changes to
the selected status (). In this status, you can perform fine
adjustment with the cursor key.

㻝㻞㻟㻠 㻝㻞㻟㻠 㻝㻞㻟㻠 㻝㻞㻟㻠

㻡㻢㻣
㻡㻢㻣
㻡㻢㻣
㻡㻢㻣

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• Make the size of one tile be larger than 25.4mm square. If it is less than this, a warning message is
displayed at printing or at changing screens and you cannot continue the process.
• Especially, when the splitting method is [Tile size], a tile of 25.4mm and less may be created at the left
edge or the upper edge of the image due to calculation difference. In such a case, enlarge the size of the
tile next to this in [Resize].

Narrow tiles are generated Enlarge the tile next to this

(red part). to include the red part.

7. Overlap
When you construct on a sign, if you paste the split images as it is, gaps may be generated. To pre-
vent this, you can put overlap space on neighboring parts of tiles.

A
B
C
D

[Link] specification
Specify the length of overlap space.
[Link] space position
Specify the position to put overlap space. When you split the image into three vertically and set to
put overlap space on the right and the left of the tile, the way to put overlap space is as below (the
shaded area is overlap space):

No overlap space is put on the edge of the image.

It is put when there is a tile next to this.

C. Print Corner Mark

When this is ON, the mark (+) used for reference to paste is printed. When you press the [Set-
ting...] button, the dialog below is displayed.
Position and length : Specify the length of four sides of the mark.
(Range: 0 to 100mm)
Line width : Specify the line width of the mark in units of 0.1pt.
(Range: 0.3 to 30point)
Color : Specify the color and the density of the mark.
When you press the [OK] button, the setting is
applied.

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D. Overlap line
When this is ON, a line (split line) is printed on the borderline between the tile itself and overlap
space. When you press the [Setting] button, the dialog below is displayed.
Line width : Specify the line width in units of 0.1points.
Line Color : Specify the line color.
Interval Color : Specify the color between line segments.
Dash line : When you draw a dashed line, make this ON.
Dashed line shape : When you draw a dashed line, specify the line
type and intervals.

• The corner mark and the split line are printed on overlap space.

Corner mark

When overlap space is put on When overlap space is put on When overlap space is put on
the right and the left the top and the bottom four directions
Overlap line

When overlap space is put on When overlap space is put on When overlap space is put on
the right and the left the top and the bottom four directions

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8. Option
Tile number
When this is ON, the tile number is printed so that you can see at which position of the original
image the tile is [Setting]
When you press the button, the dialog below is displayed.

Font size : Set the font size of the tile number.

Color : Set the color of the tile number.
Position : Select at which position of the tile to print the tile number.
Print tile number on the overlap :
When you set to put overlap space and when this is ON,
the tile number is printed on overlap space.

• The tile number is displayed as W for the scan direction and H for the feed direction, and (1, 1) for the
lowest right tile (printing origin).

Ascending order of H
W3-H3 W2-H3 W1-H3

W3-H2 W2-H2 W1-H2

W3-H1 W2-H1 W1-H1

Ascending order of W

Cut line
When this is ON, a line is printed on the outer of the tile. If there are spaces in the tile etc., you
can use this for reference to cut.
When you press the [Setting] button, the dialog below is displayed.

Line width : Specify the line width in units of 0.1points.

Line Color : Specify the line color.
Interval Color : Specify the color between line segments.
Dash line : When you draw a dashed line, make this ON.
Dashed line shape : When you draw a dashed line, specify the line
type and intervals.
You cannot set [0] to all dash lines and interval.

• The cut line is printed on the outer of the tile including overlap space.

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9. Print Order
Select the printing order and the tile to print.

When you print all tiles at a time

Click the icon to indicate the printing order.

Icon

9 8 7 7 8 9 3 2 1 1 2 3
Printing
order 6 5 4 4 5 6 6 5 4 4 5 6
3 2 1 1 2 3 9 8 7 7 8 9

Output the specified tile only in any order

Select [Selected tiles]. For the tile order specification/ selecting method after that, refer to [To print
the specified tile only.] ( P.75).

Layout

1
1. Reverse Even-numbered Column
Rotates the even number sequence counted from the right of the
2
tiles 180 degrees.
3 This is effective when there is color difference due to the heater
temperature difference between the right and the left of the
4 printer and when you paste tiles, the pasted part may stick out.
5
•OFF: Prints all tiles with the same direction.

A B C
ABC
•ON: Prints the even number sequence (here, Tile B) by rotat-
ing it 180 degrees.

ABC

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2. Free Location
When this is ON, you can move the tile to any position.

3. Alignment Mode
This can be operated when [Arrange in any position] is ON.
By putting space between tiles by the width specified in [Scan margin][Feed margin] and pressing
the [Rearrange] button, arranges them as below.

• Nest
Arranges tiles in the media width direction side by side.

Tile 3
Tile 3

Tile 2 Feed space

Tile 2 Tile 1
Tile 1

Scan space Media

• Sequential
Arranges tiles in the media feed direction side by side.

Tile 3
Tile 3

Tile 2
Tile 2
Feed space
Tile 1
Tile 1

Media

4. Arrange in the Center

When it is ON, the entire range of multiple tiles is moved to the center of the media as indicated in
P.40 .

5. Position
Moves the tile selected by clicking on the layout preview using the numerical value.

Favorite

You can register/ use the conditions below as Favorites in the [Tiling] screen.
• Scale
• Rotation
• Mirror
• Size and position of overlap space
• With/ without corner mark and its setting
• With/ without split line and its setting
• With/ without tile number and its setting
• With/ without cut line and its setting

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At times like this

To print the specified tile only

When you reprint the specified tile because the work has failed etc., you can print it with the procedures
below:

1 Select the target job and open the split print screen.

2 Select [Selected tiles] in the [Print

Order] column.
• The number indicating the printing order is dis-
played on each tile on the split preview.

3 Press the [Clear Order] button.

• The number displayed on each tile on the split preview is cleared.

4 Click the tile to print on the split pre-

view.
• The number indicating the printing order is dis-
played on the clicked tile.
• You can select multiple tiles. The printing order Click
is displayed in the clicked order.

5 Print it.

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Conditions of tiling

Conditions unavailable for tiling

You cannot perform tiling for the job with the setting below:
• Imposed
• Step & repeat
• Composed
• When you set the number of copies for normal printing etc.
• Print & Cut
• When you set the register mark for normal printing etc.

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Print images side by side without any

spaces between them - Step & Repeat
Function
You can perform the operations below in [Step & Repeat].
• Enlargement/ shrinkage, rotation and mirror of image
• Specifying way of lying/ output width/ length of image

• To lay images without any spaces between them, this function removes spaces of four directions. (Even if
spaces are put in four directions in terms of design, they are removed.)

(The dotted line indicates the image borderline.)

Step & repeat with images lined up in rows, 2 horizontally and 3 vertically

There becomes no space.

There becomes no space.

• However, on the preview screen, the images will be displayed without the gaps removed.

Screen configuration

Favorite screen Image Edit Preview screen

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Image Edit

1. Step & Repeat Edit

1
Performs Step & Repeat.
2
2. Scale
3 4 Enlarges/ shrinks the original image.

5 3. Rotation
Rotates the original image.

4. Mirror
6
Makes the mirror image of the original image.

7 5. Position
Moves the image arranged in Step & Repeat.
• When [Arrange in the Center] is ON, arranges entire Step &
Repeat arranged image at the center of the media.
8

6. Type
Specifies the way of lying images.
Normal : The images are lined up without staggering.

9
vertical 1 : The images are lined up staggered in the vertical
direction. The stagger amount increases by an
offset in each column.
vertical 2 : The images are lined up staggered in the vertical
direction. The even columns only are staggered
by an offset.
horizontal 1: The images are lined up staggered in the
10 horizontal direction. The stagger amount
increases by an offset in each row.
horizontal 2 : The images are lined up staggered in the
horizontal direction. The even rows only are
staggered by an offset.
Sitcker Print (displayed with Roll to Roll printer):
The images can be lined up with any desired spacings (refer to
next page for details)

Example: The various types of placement with offset of 1/3

Normal vertical 1 vertical 2 horizontal 1 horizontal 2

* refer to next page regarding Sitcker Print.

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7. Offset
This is displayed when the images are to be lined up staggered. It is for specifying the stagger
amount.

8. Size
Specifies the repeating size.
Length : Specifies printing length/ width. Maximum length : 600m
Number of Poeces : Specifies with the number of images assuming the original image is one.
Maximum range: Length 600 m⁄image size multiplied by scaling

9. Sticker Print
This is displayed when “ Sticker Print ” is selected for [Type].
Sticker Print Total : For specifying the quantity of images.
Scan Direction : For specifying the quantity of images lined up in the widthwise direc-
tion and feeding direction.
Margin : For specifying the inter-image spacings in the width direction and
feed-direction.
Roller Margin : For setting the value for the paper right-edge margin. If the paper is
to be cut subsequently, see the Instruction Manual for the cutting
plotter used regarding this margin value.
Reference Line : For printing a line that will serve as origin when the printed sheet is
cut with the cutting plotter.

• Use this when you copy-print images that are to be cut.

Using the printer driver to read images into RasterLink may result in blank spaces being formed around
the images. This is particularly likely to occur if print paper larger than the images is set in the printer driver
settings. If spacings are set for the copying with the images in such a state, the pacings will be added to
the blank portions around the images, and so the spacings will appear larger than specified in the printed
copies.
This function avoids this problem by first removing the blank spaces at the outside of the images, so that
copying is carried out with the specified spacings inserted between the images.
Also, when images are to be cut with a cutting plotter, you must specify whether the cutting plotter is to
read the left or right registration marks initially. The registration mark guiding line indicates which
registration marks – left or right – the cutting plotter should be instructed to read.
When images are output by the printer driver:

Data created by Blank spaces are

design software formed around the data

Paper size larger than the

images is specified. Then,
when the driver outputs:

Difference between the output images on the preview screen and the actually printed images

A registration mark guid-

ing line that indicates the
origin can be printed.

Schematic of the driver-output data Actually printed images (with blank spaces
when laid out around the data automatically removed)

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10. Information label

When select the "adding the label", the information of the items selected to be printed at the end of
the job.

Favorite

You can register/ use the conditions below as Favorites in the [Step & Reoeat] screen.
• Scale
• Rotation
• Mirror
• Arrange in the Center
• Type
• Offset value
• Reference Line

Conditions that do not allow step & repeat

Step & Repeat cannot be set for jobs for which the following settings have been made.
• Auto Special Color Composition job
(The job combining the Color layer job and Special Color layer job which is automatically created with
[Composite automatically] in Composition function.
• Arrangement
• Tiling
• Number of copies 2 or higher with “General Print” or the like
• Print & Cut
• Mark specified with “General Print”.
• Multipage jobs

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Clip some parts of the image - Crop

Function
You can perform the operation below in [Crop].
• Clip some parts of the image.

Screen configuration

Rough configuration

Thumbnail Image Edit Preview screen

Image Edit

1. Triming
Specifies the rectangle area to be clipped by the distance from
1
left, right, top and bottom of the image.

2. Size
2
Specifies the size of the rectangle to be clipped.

• Specify trimming and size based on the original size of the

image. If you specify larger one in the general printing etc.,
the image after being clipped will be enlarged.

3. Initialize
Returns the setting to the one to print entire image.

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Clip preview

By dragging & dropping the green line with the mouse on the preview,
you can specify the area to clip.

Thumbnail

When you selected several images in the job list and moved to the [Clip] screen, the list of selected jobs is
displayed in the thumbnail. After selecting the image you set to clip, perform setting. Perform setting for
each job. (You cannot set collectively.)

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Create an image for special color ink

- Special plate
Function
You can perform the operations below in [Special plate].
• Create the image to print with special color ink (white, clear coat, etc.) from the color image.
• Specify the printing order (overprint order) of the created image.

• This function is available only when you set special color ink set.
• The created job is called [Special color plate] job.
• The special color plate created in creating plate does not have color density information of the original
image. It is all one color and the ink density is the one specified at creation or in the job attribute of the job
property ( P.34). When you want to change the density by using gradation in one image etc., create
an image for special color and perform [Single color replacement] ( P.33) by yourself.

Screen configuration

3
4
5

1. Spesial Color
Specify special color ink to use and its density.

• Only one type special color ink can be set for the created special color plate.

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2. Create area
Set on which part you print special color of the original image.
• Whole Image
Prints special color on entire rectangle of the original image.
• Valid Pixel
Prints special color only on the printed part of the original image.

Entire Paints the area inside the dot-

image ted line with special color ink.

Paints the colored area only

Original image with special color ink.
Effective
(The dotted line around indicates pixels
entire rectangle of the image.)

• When you want to paint inside the figure with special color as below,

Create data for special color with design software and perform single color replacement ( P.33).
• When you use Illustrator or CorelDRAW as design software, you can create data for special
color like above easily by using RasterLinkTools. For details, refer to P.186.

3. Composite automatically
After creating the special color plate job, set whether you perform composite automatically
( P.92).
Specify whether you put the special color plate [On] or [Under] the original image.

• When you create multiple plates for special color from the original image (e.g. creating special
color plate for white and for clear from one color image), as you cannot create plate from the
composed job, do not compose here but compose on the [Composite] screen ( P.92).

4. Create
After setting 1 to 3 above, when you press this button, the job for special color plate is created and it
is added to the job list.

• Depending on ink specified for special color plate and the UV mode settings of the clear plate,
the color of the created job preview image is as below:
• The thumbnail color of the clear
version will be changed to the setting
of the UV mode.
• Please see the “For UV printer”
( P.35) for the setting of the UV
mode.

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5. Automatic Creation
Activate [Create plate, after file reading] to create Favorite.
Apply the created Favorite when reading the image to create a special color plate according to the
Favorite settings.

Favorite

You can use the [Special plate] screen to register and use the following items as Favorite:
• Special color ink and density used
• Special color region
• On/Off of automatic composite after plate creation
• Composite order
• On/Off of automatic plate creation
For the setting adaption procedures, refer to P.145.

Job whose plate cannot be created

If you select the job with the conditions below, you cannot create a plate.
• Imposed
• Composed
• Tiling or step & repeat is set.
• Special color plate created by using plate creation
When you want to create plate for the job above, once cancel the above setting and then create.

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Make one image by overlapping images

- Composition
Function
You can perform the operation below in the [Composition] screen.
• Specify to print multiple jobs by overlapping them.
There are several ways to overlap. They are explained in the next chapter.

• When you compose images of different sizes, they are aligned with the lower left of the biggest one of jobs
to be composed.

Composite

Create data for the color and special color plates by using either of the following methods if
creating data in order to print by overlapping color and special color plates.
• Use uniform data sizes (length and width).
• Align with the lower-left origin point.

About way to overlap jobs at composite

The way to overlap jobs at composite differs depending on the printer type and the job attribute.

For Roll to Roll printer

Composite of color jobs

Creates printing data by overlapping all image data and prints them at the same time.

Composite

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Composite of color job and special color plate job

For Roll to Roll printers, the specifiable print methods vary depending on the printer model. The following
table shows the methods that can be specified for a composite of color job and special color plate job.

Special color overprint

Machine Special color overprint Auto pull-back print
not applied
Prints by using the following two
methods:
• Prints two layers of color and
JV400 series/
special color at the same
UJV500/ Not supported.
time.
UJV55-320
• Prints three layers in the
following order: color, special
color, and color.
Prints two layers of color and
JV33/CJV30 Not supported.
special color at the same time.
Prints by using the following two
methods:
• Prints two layers of color and
special color at the same Creates image data with
JV300 time. color and special color Not supported.
• Prints three layers consisting layers overlapping each
of color and special color other and simultaneously
layers placed one on top of prints these layers.
another in an arbitrary order.
Prints by using the following two
methods:
Prints only an arbitrary job
• Prints two layers of color and
first, pulls back the media
special color at the same
when the print job is
CJV300/CJV150 time.
completed, and then prints
• Prints three layers consisting
the remaining images over
of color and special color
the printed job.
layers placed one on top of
another in an arbitrary order.
Roll to Roll
printers except Not supported. Not supported.
for the above

Example: Composing a color plate with a white special-color plate

Special color overlapping print by specifying to print color on white
→You can print them without mix of white and color. When
Color plate you print on the clear media, you can find that white is
painted all over the media seen from the rear.
Composite

Printing without special-color superpositioning (Simultane-

White plate ous printing of special color and color)
→As white is mixed into the color image, you can gain
creamier color.

Overprinting by pulling the media

back to the origin

First time Second time

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For flat-bed printer

For flat-bed printer, the behavior differs depending on the [Priority pollicy] ( P.90) specified at composite.
Composite of color jobs
When [Priority policy] is “Speed” : Creates printing data by overlapping all image data and prints at
the same time.
When [Priority policy] is “Quality”: Prints images one by one and when print has been completed,
the printer returns to the origin and prints next image on the
image printed before.
When Speed
→Creates data by overlapping all images and prints them at the same time.

Composite

When Quallity
→Prints images one by one and the printer returns to the origin and prints
next image on the image printed before.

First time Second time Third time

Composite of color job and special color plate

When you compose color job and special color (white etc.) job, prints as below depending on the set-
ting of [Priority pollicy].
When [Priority policy] is “Speed” : Prints two layers of color and special color at the same time by using
the “special color overlapping print” function.
When [Priority policy] is “Quality” : Prints images one by one and when print has been completed, the
printer returns to the origin and prints next image on the image
printed before.

• When you specify the ink set using light cyan and light magenta, even if you specify “Speed”, the
operation is the same as “Quality”.
• If the special-color plate is clear, the printing method will be determined by the UV mode settings ( P.35).

Color and special color are surely printed by overlapping them. You cannot print color and special color
at the same time.

Example: Composing a color plate with a white special-color plate

Speed priority = special color overlapping print
→Prints white and color at a time without mixing them.

Color plate
Composing by specifying to
print color on the white plate

Quality priority
→Prints images one by one by returning to the origin and
overlapping them.
White plate

First time Second time

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Screen configuration

Rough configuration

Composite list

Composite option
Composite/ Release

Composite preview

Composite list

Jobs to be composed are displayed. The job selected in the job list is
displayed as the target to compose.
For the flatbed printer, prints from the bottom of the list.
(The final order is displayed in the [Output order] column.)
You can change the printing order by drag & drop the item in the list.
If you change the order after composite, click [Composite] button
again after changing the list order.
You can change the printing
order by drag & drop.

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Composite option

Reverse When this is ON, you can make mirror image of the
job selected in the list.
Priority policy This is displayed only for the flatbed printer.
Select the overprinting method from the followings:
•Speed
Prints as fast as possible by using special color
overprint etc.
•Quality
Prints the image one by one and when one print-
ing is completed, returns to the origin and prints
next image on the image printed previously.
Though the image quality is good, speed is slow.
• For a composite of the following two types of jobs, always select "Quality". If "Speed" is selected for the
composition, special color ink cannot be printed.
(1) The job on which you specified mono color replacement ( P.33 )
(2) The job created from the job on which you specified single color replacement in the special plate ( P.86)

• When you set to “Quality”, prints the image one by one. Therefore, you can change the resolution by
image. (You can use it by setting high image quality for color and setting low resolution for white
because the speed has priority.) For details, refer to Printing conditions P.98.

“Mirroring” relationship between the general print screen and the composed screen
“Mirroring” specified on the general print screen is carried out collectively on a job group after it
has been composed.
“Mirroring” specified on the composed screen is carried out on specified jobs only. Use it when you
want to mirror only a white plate, or for similar purposes.
When composition is carried out in the order in the list on
the right, the results will be as shown below.

e.g. 1:If mirroring of the white job is turned on on e.g.2: If mirroring of the white job is turned on on
the composed screen and turned off on the the both composed screen and the general
general print screen: print screen:
 Mirroring will be applied to the white job.  The result will be a mirror image of Exam-
ple 1 – in other words, mirroring will be
applied to the color job.

Pull back after Print : Displayed in CJV300/CJV150.

When this option is ON, simultaneously prints the
jobs up to the job selected in the list, pulls the
media back to the print origin, and then prints the
remaining jobs. This option is effective when you
want to print color after drying special color well in
the overprinting of special color and color. For
Print & Cut jobs, pull back operation is always
performed between printing and cutting. Note that
you cannot disable the pull back setting.

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Composite/ Release

[Composite] Composes jobs in the composite list.

button When they are composed, the composed jobs are connected with a line in the job list.

• The top values for zoom out/ zoom in/ rotation/ mirror and printing condition
in the composite list are applied to all jobs.

[Release] Cancel job composite displayed in the composite list.

button

Composite preview

The preview of composed print is displayed. When you compose with

special color plate, it is displayed with the preview color of the special
color plate ( P.84).

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Procedures to compose

Compose

1 Select multiple jobs to print by com-

position.

2 Select the composition icon.

• The composition screen is displayed.

3 Specify the overlapping order by

drag & drop in the composition list.
• Prints from the bottom of the list.
• For the listing order above, the image with
white [Attribute] is printed under and the image
with color [Attribute] is printed over.

4 Among jobs to compose, if there is one on which you perform mirror print,
select that job and make “Mirror” ON.

• When you see from opposite side from the printed surface such as for clear media, set “Mirror”
after composition in ”General Print" screen.

5 For a flatbed printer, select [Speed] when you print as fast as possible and
[Quality] when you make the image quality as good as possible.

6 Click [Composite].

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Release composition

1 Select the composed job.

2 Select the composition icon.

3 Click [Release].

4 All composed jobs are released.

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Perform detailed setting of the com-

posed image- Layer
Function
You can perform the operations below in [Layer].
• For the machine type supporting special color overlapping print, perform setting change of special color
overlapping print.
• Correct the position and the size of special color.

• This function is available only when you set special color ink set.

Special color overlapping print

What is special color overlapping print?

Special color overlapping print is the method to print by overlapping special color (white/ silver/ primer/
clear) on the color image with a single print. Use this when you compose special color with color job, or,
you perform color replacement of some part of color image by using special color. For printing at composi-
tion, refer to P.86 .

Machine type available for special color overlapping print

You can perform special color overlapping print in the machine type below.

Machine type Target ink

CJV150 White / Silver
CJV300 White / Silver
CJV30 White / Silver
JV400-LX White
JV33 White / Silver
JV33-260 White / Silver
JV300 White
JFX200 White / Primer / Clear
UJF-3042FX White / Clear
UJF-3042HG White / Primer / Clear
UJF-3042MkII White / Primer / Clear
UJF-6042 White / Primer / Clear
UJF-6042MkII White / Primer / Clear
UJF-7151 White / Primer / Clear
UJV500 White
UJV55-320 White

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Position and size correction of special color

When you wish to solve the following problems, set the correction of position in layer editing and correction of
size.
• When you print special color images (white and clear) and color images by overlapping them, they may
be misaligned in some cases, and when you wish to correct this
• When you want to print clear so that it may cover a little over the color image.
• When you wish to print the white ink image a little smaller because white ink printed on the base is
printed outside the color image

Correction of position

Move the special color image position by the specified pixels of feed/scan direction.

e.g..:When color image and special color image are misaligned as below:

Enlarged

Set the special color image

to move -2 pixels in the
width direction and 1 pixel in
the feeding direction.

The special color image is misaligned with the Printing position of the spe-
Special color image color image by 2 pixels in the width direction cial color image aligns with
Color image and 1 pixel in the reverse direction of feeding. the color image.

Correction of size

Correct the size of the special color image.

e.g..: When you set the special color image to thicken by 2 pixels for both of feed/scan direction

Enlarged Thicken by 2 pixels

for both of feed/
scan direction.

:Added dots
The size specification method is common to all machine types.

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Screen configuration

Rough configuration

Job List
Layer Adjust

The layer adjust screen differs depending on the machine type and special color ink.

Job List

The list of jobs to be printed in the composed jobs at the same time is displayed. When print is performed
by separating composite jobs into several times such as print by flat-bed printer, perform layer setting for
each print. To change the setting screen for each print, use the arrow button under the job list.

e.g.) Displaying job list when you compose in the output order below in UJF-6042

Composite contents and order on composite screen

First time : Primer
Second time : White and color
Third time : Clear

Change to Change to

First time: Primer Second time: White and color Third time: Clear

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Layer Adjust

Perform the settings below:

• Printing method of special color overprint (for printer supporting special color overprint)
• Correction of printing position and size of special color ink

The layer setting screen differs depending on the machine type/ special ink type/ with or without composi-
tion.
(The figure below is for when a special-color plate is composed with a color plate, by means of JV400-LX
and with white selected as the special-color ink set.)

Special Color Over Displayed only for printer supporting special color overprint.
Print Specify whether you print color and special color by overlapping them and when you over-
lap them, specify the order to overlap.
Quality Displayed only when you set to perform special color overprint and for printer with quality
setting.
Specify the printing quality when you perform special color overprint. The higher the level
becomes, the better the image quality becomes. However, the printing speed is slower.
Position Correction Moves the special color data position by pixel. Correction is from −99 to +99 pixels.
For details, refer to P.95.
Special color size The size of the special color data is corrected in pixels for each color.
correction For details, refer to P.95.

Favorite

You can use the [Layer] screen to register and use the following items as Favorite:
• Position correction
• Special color size correction
For the setting adaption procedures, refer to P.145.

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Set the print condition - Quality

Function
You can perform the operations below in [Quality].
• Selecting device profile
• Setting various output conditions
• Setting color matching method
• Setting color adjustment

Screen configuration

Rough configuration

Job List Print Quality : Print Quality :

Favorite Quality setting Color matching

Job List

The list of imposed and composed jobs is displayed.

Perform setting by job selected from the list. If you perform the same
setting to all jobs, select all jobs here.

• If [Output Order] are same, those jobs are output at the same
time. Therefore, it is necessary to make the settings below of
[Print Quality] the same.
(In addition, depending on the machine type, other setting
shall be the same.)
• If [Output Order] are different, you can change all setting by
job.

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Print Quality: Quality setting

The setting contents of the quality setting column of drawing quality differ depending on the machine type.
Here, the setting items that are common to all machine types are explained.

 Selecting device profile

The “device profile” is the file that has the printing condition and data to adjust the ink amount to gain
the best image quality.
The device profile exists for each printer, ink set, media and resolution. In the drawing quality screen,
select the device profile by narrowing down these conditions.

• The device profile is provided in the CD/ DVD attached with the product as well as by the method below:
(1) Download from our official site
(2) Installation using profile update
For the above, refer to the installation guide.
• By using “MimakiProfileMasterII” (separately sold) or “MimakiProfileMaster3” (separately sold), you can
create the device profile by yourself.

Narrow down by : Specify the order to narrow down.

• Media
Narrow down in order of ink set g media type g media name g resolution.
• Resolution
Narrow down in order of ink set g resolution g media type g media name.
Inkset : Select the ink set that you use.
Media : The combo box in the first line is [Media type] and the one in the second line is [Media
name].

• [Media type] is displayed/ categorized based on the information registered

in the device profile. However, there is a device profile without this
information. [Media type] of such a device profile is “Other”.
• When you select “All” to [Media type], all media are displayed in [Media
name].

Resolution : Specify the output resolution.

If the number of resolution is high, though the image quality is improved, the printing
speed becomes slow. On the other hand, if the number is low, though the printing speed
becomes fast, the image quality becomes degraded.
(For the image quality/ speed, the setting of [Selecting output setting] P.102 has
influence. Refer to it.)
Version : Display the version of the device profile.

• You cannot use the profile of V1 profile and V2 profile (extension is “cot” for
both) supported in RasterLinkPro5 and earlier.

Type : Display the type of the device profile.

Specify device profile directly :
Specify the device profile from the file name.

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 Check the matching of device profiles

You can print one image with imposition by using multiple profiles.
There is a case that you do not know which profile shall be applied against new media. If there is no
profile dedicated to that media, use the profile for similar media.
However, if multiple profiles exist, or, if you do not know the proper media at all, you can choose the
profile by using this function and printing with multiple profiles at a time.

• When the selected job has settings below, you cannot use this function.
Composite, imposition, tiling, step & repeat
• Color adjustment is not applied with this function.

When you press [Check the matching of device profiles], the dialog below is displayed.

(4)

(5) (6)

(8)
(9)
(10)

The parenthesized numbers in the figure correspond to

the numbered steps in the execution method below.

Actual procedures
(1) Select a job that you want to print with multiple profiles.
• As print is performed with this job being nested and copied by the number of profiles automatically,
set the image size etc. in [General Print] in advance.
(2) Open the [Quality] screen.
(3) Press the [Check the matching of device profiles] button.
(4) Select [Inkset][Resolution].
• You cannot select the device profiles with different ink set and different resolution.
(5) The list of selected [Inkset][Resolution] profiles is displayed. Check the checkbox of the selection col-
umn of the profile to print.
• When you use all profiles, check the [Select All] checkbox.
(6) Select the print condition.
(7) The media length required for the printing will be displayed for your reference.
(8) Press (Print) button.
(9) [Confirmation] dialog box will be displayed. Click the [OK] button. The [Check the matching of device
profiles] dialog box will be closed.

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(10) When you change the screen to [Properties] screen, you can check that the same number of jobs as
the ones you selected in the [Check the matching of device profiles] dialog and they are processed/
output.

(11) Printing will be executed with the images arranged over the full width, without any margins.

(12) As the profile name is printed above each image, apply it to the actual job.

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 Printing time estimate

If you execute printing with the currently displayed conditions, an estimate of the time the printing will
take will be displayed. It does not include RIP time. The printing time estimate is displayed with the fol-
lowing models, when connected to a printer.
JV400-LX, JV400-SUV, TS500, TX500, UJV500, JV300, JV150, SIJ-320UV, CJV300, CJV150,
TS300P, Tx300P, TS500P, UJV55-320

• An estimate of the time the printing will take when Logical seek is set to OFF will be displayed. If Logical
seek is set to ON, an estimate of the time the printing will take might be significantly different from the
actually expended time.
• Printing time estimate is not displayed when settings are made for Print & Cut jobs and the Auto pull-back
print.

 Selecting output setting

The value set in the device profile is displayed by default. In addition, (Default) is added to that value.

Pass : Specify the number of splits of one band (max. feeding width printable in one scan).
The more the number of splits is large, the more the image quality is improved and the
slower the print speed becomes.
Click the [Detail...] button to display the following dialog box:

Move the slider toward “Quality”, and the image quality improves, but the media feed
speed slows down.
Overprint : Specify the number of scans at drawing one pass.
If you increase the number of scans, the density becomes high.
Halftone : Specify the gradation expression of print.
Print Direction : Uni -direction
When the head moves to the opposite side, it discharges ink and print. Compared to “Bidi-
rectional”, it has high resolution, however, print speed becomes slower.
Bi-direction
When the head moves forward and back, it discharges ink and performs printing. Quality is
not as good as with “Uni-direction”, but is faster.
For some machine types, you cannot set this.
Scan speed : Print at high speed. However, the quality becomes lower than general print. Depending on
the combination between the machine type and the resolution, you cannot set this in some
cases.

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 Color Pattern Print (JV150, JV300, CJV150, CJV300)

Print a Color pattern for nozzle clogging detection beside an image.

Print Positiom : Specify where to print a Color pattern.

Left Side Prints from the position, the output width +20mm.
Right Side Prints from the print origin.
Both Sides Prints on both left and right side.
Print width times: Specifies the left-end Color pattern print width. Specify a value in the range from 1 time to
five times.

• The print width for 1 nozzle of Color pattern is 1.8mm (1 time).

• The amount of ink consumption displayed after RIP and print does not include the ink amount consumed
to print a Color pattern.

 Use headunit (JV5, JV300, CJV300)

Selects the head to use for printing.

 Print white ink at a density of ES3 compatible (JV33, TS3, CJV30, TPC)
Print SS21 white ink in equivalent density of ES3 white ink.

• This can be used only when SS21 white ink and ES3 other color inks are set to the printer.

 Feed direction distance correction (only flat bed printer)

Print by correcting the print size, move amount, and spacing in the feed direction.

Edited image size : Enter the size of print data in the feed direction.
Printed image size : Enter the measured value in the feed direction for the data printed without correcting
the distance.

 Scan direction distance correction (only flat bed printer)

Print by correcting the print size, move amount, and spacing in the direction of the width.

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Auto correction : Prints by using the printer's corrected values. (Displayed in JFX200.)
Manual correction : Edited image size Enter the size of print data in the direction of the width.
Printed image size Enter the measured value in the direction of the width for the
data printed without correcting the distance.

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 Feed Direction (UJF-3042FX, UJF-3042HG, UJF-6042)

Specifies the feed direction for a print operation.

• Feed Direction can be used only when the ink set using light ink is specified.
• The four setting types below are available for Feed Direction. Note that the selectable setting types differ
depending on the type of plate to be printed at one time.

User Definition : Let you specify whether to print from the front side or the back side.
Profile Setting : Print will be executed in the direction set in the profile.
Device fixed value : The feed print direction is fixed.
Auto : The feed print direction changes according to the type of plate to be printed before
and after each.

 Printing of the White ink at higher density (UJF-7151, UJV55-320)

The density of white ink to print will be higher.

• Change the ink amount and ink limit of white ink.

• It is useful when there is a low density of white ink even if you change the ink amount and ink limit in the
color adjustment.

 Print a primer/white at the recommended density (UJF-7151, UJF-3042MkII,

UJF-6042 MkII)
Release the density adjustment of primer / white ink that is set at RasterLink6.

• Recommend to set ON this function when print.

• Special color ink that this function can be used will depend on the printer.
UJF-7151: Primer
UJF-3042MkII, UJF-6042 MkII: Primer, White

 Calibration
Set the using method of “Calibration” and “Equalization” data in the device profile.

• The [Setting] button of calibration becomes valid when you select the device profile with the calibration
data.
When you add the calibration data to the device profile, use our profile creating software
“MimakiProfileMasterII” (separately sold).

When you press the setting button, the dialog below is displayed.

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No use : Perform color matching without using data of calibration or equalization.

Use : Data of calibration or equalization selected from the list below is used.
Newest : Data of calibration or equalization whose creation date is latest is always used. When you add
information every day, it can save your time to select each time.

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Print Quality: Color matching

Color matching means to match output color with input color.

Based on the ICC profile and the own data, match the color.

 Illustration and image

You can set color matching setting for illustration (vector data) and image
(raster data) separately.

• When you use “Effect” such as Gauss, Transparence for the vector
object in Adobe Illustrator, some parts of this object is converted
into the raster data. In such a case, use the same setting for both
the illustration and the image, as using a different setting for the
illustration and the image will result in colors varying inside the
same object.

Color Matching
Keep the color matching setting as the template.
By entering the name and pressing the [+] button, you can add the
preset.
Valid Select whether you perform color matching or not.
When this is OFF, the operation other than ink limit process is not performed.
Color Matching Method
Perceptual (Image)
This is suitable for the photo image. Color matching is performed so that brightness of entire
image becomes closer to the input image.
Saturation (Graphics)
This is suitable for illustration image. Color matching is performed so that the entire image
becomes deep.
Relative
Performs color matching for colors in the same color gamut of the input profile and the device
profile so that they become closer as much as possible. However, if the color becomes out-
side the color gamut of the device profile even if the color can be expressed in the input pro-
file, it is rounded to the color in the color gamut that can be expressed in the device profile.
Therefore, high saturation part is collapsed.
Absolute
The method to maintain the relative color gamut is the same as the color matching method.
However, in the method to maintain the relative color gamut, even if white (media color) is dif-
ferent from the input profile, no correction is performed. In this mode, color correction is per-
formed on the color including media color so that it may come closer to the color of input
profile. As a result, color may be printed on white part of the original image in some cases.
Gray Balance
This is valid when the image data color is CMYK color mode. Tone adjustment of CMYK is
performed and color matching calculation using the ICC profile is not performed. Specify this
when you perform color matching process at application side.
Pure K, Pure C, Pure M, Pure Y
This is valid when the image data color is CMYK color mode. If you perform color matching
using the ICC profile, even if you specify the image color with either of C, M, Y and K, they
become mixed color at print.
When this is ON, if there is a single color of C, M, Y and K respectively. It makes the colors
not be mixed.
Input Profile
Specify the profile of input side. When there is a target profile, you can install with the profile
manager.
If a profile has been embedded in the images, a [Embedded Profile] check box will appear.
Putting a check mark in this box will prioritize use of the embedded profile as the input profile.

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Color Adust

Color adjustment adjusts the ink amount after color patching process.
You can adjust the ink amount of CMYK as well as special color ink such as white and silver.

Color Adjust- Add the set name in which you save the setting.
ment set
• Color adjustment depends on the device profile. Even the color adjustment set
registered once is not displayed if the device profile is different.
In addition, even the same color adjustment set is handled as a different
adjustment file if the device profile is different.
• When you select [Standard], you cannot edit color adjustment.

Density Adjust the density.

Set by illustration (vector object) and image (raster object) other than for [Entire].

Change the ink limit value set in the device profile with the same ratio for each ink.
It is effective when ink is dark or light entirely.
The ink limit is changed to the value calculated by multiplying it by the value specified here.
Ink increases with +1 to 50% setting, however, the final ink limit cannot exceed 100%.
e.g.) when ink limit of cyan is set to 70% in device profile

[Whole] value Ink limit of cyan

Whole
-50% 35% (70%×(100-50)% = 35%)
-10% 63% (70%×(100-10)% = 63%)
+40% 98% (70%×(100+40)% = 98%)
100% (However it becomes 70% x (100+50)% =
+50%
105%, it is rounded to 100%.)

Change contrast between -50% to +50%.

-50%~-1% Becomes the direction without change of colors.
Contrast
+1%~+50% Becomes the direction with big change of colors. You can make images
sharper, however, tone at the high density part is collapsed.

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Change the ink amount of black and cyan/ magenta/ yellow between -50% to +50%.
-50%~-1% Lowers the ink limit of black ink by ratio.
0% K-CMY adjustment of detailed setting becomes valid. (When it is other than 0%,
Black K-CMY adjustment setting becomes invalid.)
+1%~+50% Increases the black ink amount and decreases ink amount of cyan/ magenta/
yellow.
To perform more detailed setting, perform K-CMY adjustment.
Change each ink amount of cyan/ magenta/ yellow between -50% to +50%. This is effective
when you adjust the hue. The ink amount of middle part is changed, however, the ink limit is
Cyan,
not changed.
Magenta,
Highlight Changes the ink amount focusing around bright part.
Yellow
Middle Changes the ink amount focusing around 50% part.
Shadow Changes the ink amount focusing around dark part.
Change the amount of spot color ink between -50% to +50%. The ink limit is not changed.
Special
Adjusting the concentration of spot color is enabled if you are using a profile version of v3.3 or
Color
later.

 Detailed color adjustment

Pressing the SET button will open a screen for ink limit, linearization, special-color ink limit and K-CMY
ratio adjustment.
Ink Limit
Change each ink limit of process color ink (cyan, magenta, yellow
and black, etc.) with the slider.
Entire is the setting of each color ink limit. Third-order color is the
ink limit used when ink of more than three inks are mixed. The ink
limit of Entire is the upper limit of Third-order color.
If ink blurs at the part where more than three inks are mixed, you
can reduce ink with this setting.

Three-color ink limit of each color is

applied to the part where CMY are mixed.
For the part of other single color and the
part where two colors are mixed, entire
ink limit of each color is applied.

C0,M0,Y0 The limit of entire cyan, entire magenta and entire yellow are used respectively.
C1,M1,Y1 The limit of cyan third-order, magenta third-order and yellow third-order are used respec-
tively.

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Linearization
Perform curve edit on halftone density of process color ink (cyan,
magenta, yellow and black, etc).
Adjust tone so that each ink can be printed as smooth gradation.
You can change the maximum density (ink limit) here, however, as
the ink limit adjustment becomes hard, do not change the maximum
density.

Special color ink limit

Adjust special ink density of white, clear, silver, etc.

Though the setting specified in input is used as it is by default, per-
form curve adjustment in this screen when the density change of gra-
dation is poor etc.

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K-CMY Mixing Ratio

Perform curve edit on the using ratio of black and cyan/ magenta/ yellow.
Adjustment is possible for each illustration and image.
If input is a RGB image and ink spill out at the shadow part, you can reduce the ink amount without
changing colors at the shadow part, by reducing cyan/ magenta/ yellow and increasing black.

• When you set 0% to Black in [Density], you cannot perform setting.

Unadjusted Mixed black Adjusted Mixed black

curve curve

Output
Mixed
black
Output

Mixed
black Pure black
curve
Pure
black
Pure
black Input Input
Mixed black
Pure black Mixed black
curve

Value of adjusted curve

Input color Mixed Single color

Output color
A B black black Explanation
C M Y K Input Output Input Output C M Y K
(1) 64 85 64 5 64 64 64 0 64 85 64 5 No change
(2) 128 150 160 5 128 128 128 0 128 150 160 5 No change
(3) 200 192 200 5 192 128 192 64 136 128 136 69 A part of CMY changes into K.
(4) 255 255 255 5 255 128 255 128 128 128 128 133 A part of CMY changes into K.

Calculation of (3)
C 200 - 192 + 128 = 136 C Y
M
M 192 - 192 + 128 = 128
Y 200 - 192 + 128 = 136 C Y
K 5 + 64 = 69 M

K C Y K
M
The shaded area is The input of mixed black The output of mixed black
mixed black of CMY. is removed from CMY. is added to CMY.
The output of single color
black is added to K.

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Replace a color of the image with another

color - Color replacement
Function
You can perform the operations below in [Color replacement] screen.
• Select CMYK color or spot color in the image and replace it with another ink color or L*a*b value.
• Replace the gradation color of CMYK color.

About data

Data available for color replacement

You can perform color replacement on data satisfying all conditions below:
Color mode CMYK
File format ps, eps, pdf
Vector object (illustration object)
Raster object (illustration object) such as photos is impossible.
However, even if you perform color replacement on the object whose conditions are as below, you
cannot print correctly in some cases.
Object
• The one on which the filter effect such as Drop shadow, Transparence and Gauss of
Adobe Illustrator was performed
• Gradation object (*) when [Compatible gradation & gradation mesh print] of Adobe
Illustrator is checked
(*) When you perform color replacement on gradation, there are further conditions. (Refer to the next chapter “Grada-
tion”.)

Replaceable color

Spot color : This is a special color with name (it is called [Special color] or [Spot color] in Illustrator etc.).
(For the concrete specification method of spot color on Illustrator, refer to P.123.)
CMYK : Replaces a process color (color consisting of cyan, magenta, yellow and black etc.).
Gradation : You can replace four kinds of gradation below.
(For the concrete specification method of gradation on Illustrator, refer to P.125.)

Maximum density (%) Minimum density (%)

Type
C M Y K C M Y K
Cyan 100 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
Magenta 1 100 1 1 1 0 1 1
Yellow 1 1 100 1 1 1 0 1
Black 1 1 1 100 1 1 1 0

Maximum density Minimum density

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Color that can be specified as color after replacement

You can specify the color below after replacement:

• Ink : Specify ink color and its density of the printer with 0% to 100%.
• L*a*b* : L*a*b is the coordinate value of the color space that is independent on the machine.
Specify L (brightness), a* (red-green space coordinates) and b* (blue-yellow space coordinates).

• When you set color correction ( P.159) to “Use” ( P.160), if there is a condition to be matched
at reading the image, color replacement is performed automatically.

• Even if you specify the color after replacement with ink color or L*a*b value, the color differs depending
on the conditions and environment such as the printer type and ink used for actual printing.

Screen configuration

Rough configuration

Inputting data
changing tab

Inputting/ out-
putting color list

Preview

Replacement color
inputting
Search spot
color name

Input data switching tab

There is the [Inputting/ outputting color list] and [Replacement color Inputting] screen by color type avail-
able for replacement.

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Inputting/ outputting color list

The list of colors for each inputting data inside the image.

Spot color
Input Displays spot color name and displayed color on the
preview.
Output Displays color after replacement and simulated print
color.
Ink Limit Displays whether ink limit in the device profile is
applied or not at printing.

• If you select a profile of V3.5 or later, you can click A to display the following information.
Color difference : Displays the color difference calculated from the following 2 L*a*b values.
(1) Output L*a*b value
(2) L*a*b values calculated from the profile selected in the Quality window.
However, the color difference is not displayed if the output L*a*b value lies within the color reproduction
range for the selected profile. Also, if L*a*b values are specified in Output ink: Output, the ink used for
outputting is displayed.

CMYK
Input Displays the component value of CMYK and dis-
played color on the preview.
Output Displays color after replacement and simulated
printed color.
Ink Limit Displays whether ink limit in the device profile is
applied or not at printing.

• If you select a profile of V3.5 or later, you can click A to display the following information.
Color difference : Displays the color difference calculated from the following 2 L*a*b values.
(1) Output L*a*b value
(2) L*a*b values calculated from the profile selected in the Quality window.
However, the color difference is not displayed if the output L*a*b value lies within the color reproduction
range for the selected profile. Also, if L*a*b values are specified in Output ink: Output, the ink used for
outputting is displayed.

Gradation
Input Displays gradation type ( P.112).
Output Displays the lowest limit value of gradation after
(Lower Limit) replacement.
Output Displays the highest limit value of gradation after
(Upper Limit) replacement.

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Replacement inputting screen

The replacement inputting screen differs depending on the inputting data and the color after replacement.

 When inputting data is spot color/ CMYK and color after replacement is Lab

Replace Check this checkbox when you replace.

Input Input the numerical value for the color after
replacement.
Register into color Register the color after color replacement
collection into color collection. ( P.120)
Select from Select the color after color replacement
color collection from color collection. ( P.120)
Apply When you press this, the setting is applied
to the selected color.

To replace colors using a colorimeter (when selecting a profile of V3.5 or later)

1 Click .

2 Place the colorimeter on the white reference,

and then click [Next].
• Calibration for the colorimeter starts.
• When calibration is complete, the color measurement
screen is displayed.

3 Select the color you want to measure.

4 Measure the target color using the colorime-

ter.
• The measurement result is displayed.
• When you want to continue measuring colors, repeat the
steps 3 to 4.

5 Click [Finish].
• The L*a*b value measured is displayed in Output.

• If “Uncalculated” is displayed in the color difference, click

to calculate and display the color difference and output
ink information.

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 When inputting data is spot color/ CMYK and color after replacement is CMYK

Replace Check this checkbox when you replace.

Input Input the numerical value for the color after
replacement.
Apply profile Ink limit When this is ON, the ink limit of the profile is
used. (For details, refer to “Color process at
color replacement”.)

• When there is ink of special

color ink set in three slots and
more, “Apply profile ink limit”
is always ON and you cannot
change it.

Register into Register the color after color replacement

color collection into color collection. ( P.120)
Select from Select the color after color replacement
color collection from color collection. ( P.120)
Apply When you press this, the setting is applied
to the selected color.

 When inputting data is gradation

Replace Check this checkbox when you replace.

Output Set the replacement color for the lowest
(Lower Limit) density of gradation.
Output Set the replacement color for the highest
(Upper Limit) density of gradation.
Register into Register the color after color replacement
color collection into color collection. ( P.120)
Select from Select the color after color replacement
color collection from color collection. ( P.120)
Apply When you press this, the setting is applied
to the selected gradation.

Search spot color name

You can search for the spot color name displayed in the input/output color list.

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Preview

1 1 Displays color information of the position you click with the mouse
in the preview image.
Input : Displays object (illustration or image)/ color mode/input-
ting color.

• If there is any place on which color

replacement cannot be performed, check
whether it is data available for color
replacement in this column ( P.112).

Output : Displays color information after replacement.

2

2 Blink indication
When checked, the selected color part in the inputting/ outputting
list is highlighted.

Note for color replacement

Note for data to be replaced

You cannot perform color replacement correctly for a color with the filter effect such as drop shadow/ trans-
parence/ gradation of Adobe Illustrator.

When performing color replacement for spot colors

Following are cautions when using spot colors with changed density in animage.
• RasterLink sets ink density with respect to a spot color density of 100%.
The ink density is calculated automatically based on the spot color density.
Example:
If a special color called Spot (display color given by C=100, M=0, Y=0, K=0) is printed at 100% density in
one area and at 50% in another in Illustrator, and the ink density for Spot is set to C=0, M=80, Y=20, K=0
in RasterLink, the ink density for Spot in the area printed at 100% becomes C=0, M=80, Y=20, K=0 and
the ink density for Spot in the area printed at 50% becomes C=0, M=40, Y=10, K=0.
• The color for a spot color displayed in the Color Replacement information list may be different from the
display color specified in Illustrator. This is because the input color of the spot color displayed in the
Color Replacement information list displays the colors matched to the density of the spot color detected
first on the image in RasterLink.
Example:
If a special color called Spot (display color given by C=100, M=0, Y=0, K=0) is printed at 100% in one
area and at 50% in another in Illustrator, and RasterLink detects first the area where Spot is printed at
50%, the display color for Spot in the Color Replacement information list is set to C=50, M=0, Y=0, K=0.

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Changing the spot color used in gradation

If you want to specify a spot color as the color for gradation, it is only possible to change the color if the fol-
lowing two conditions are satisfied:
• The same spot color has been specified for all the gradation slides, and only the density differs.

• A check mark has been placed against [Compatible Gradient and Gradient Mesh Printing.] in the llustra-
tion settings.

Specifying differing spot colors for gradation

If differing spot colors are specified as the colors for gradation, the colors cannot be changed. Also, when
such differing colors have been specified, remove the check mark against [Compatible Gradient and Gra-
dient Mesh Printing.] in the Illustration settings. If the check mark remains, the objects for which such gra-
dation has been specified will not be printed, whether color changing has been set or not.

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When performing color replacement for gradation

• If a midpoint is introduced between the maximum density and minimum density of a gradation by “Grada-
tion slider” and the color is changed, color replacement cannot be performed.
• Color Replacement of gradations that include a lot of clipping paths may not be performed correctly.
• Color Replacement of gradations that use Illustrator filter effects such as Drop Shadows and Transpar-
ency may not be performed correctly.
• Illustrations with the same colors as those included in the gradation are also replaced.
Example:
Maximum density C = 100, M = 1, Y = 1, K = 1
Minimum density C = 0, M = 1, Y = 1, K = 1
If a C = 50, M = 1, Y = 1, K = 1 illustration is included in the data, it will be color replaced.
• Even if the setting of replacing gradations seems can be performed on the “Gradation” screen, the
replacement will not be performed depending on the data. Check if the replacement will be performed or
not, by reduced print in advance without fail.
• When the Illustrator setting “Compatible Gradient and Gradient Mesh Printing” is checked, gradation
replacement cannot be set.

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Linkage with color collection

The color collection is the library of color replacement information.
For details of the color collection is explained in P.159. Here, the function of the color collection that you can
use from each replacement color inputting column of the color replacement screen is explained.

Select from color collection

Select color replacement information from the color collection and apply it to the job.
When you press (Select from color collection), the screen below is displayed.

Color collection list

Select the color collection.
Color patch list
The color list inside the selected color collection is dis-
Color collection list Color patch list played.

Application procedures
(1) Select the color collection to use from [Color collection list].
(2) Select the color used as the one after replacement from [Color patch list].
(3) Press the [OK] button. The value is set in [Replacement color inputting] and it is applied.

Register to color collection

Register the replacement color input in the [Replacement color inputting] column into the color collection.
When you press (Register to color collection), the screen below is displayed.

Color collection list

Select the color collection to register.
Color patch list
Color patch list
The color list inside the selected color collection is dis-
Color collection list played.
Inputting color
The color selected as the replacement source and the
Inputting color
replacement information input in the [Replacement color
inputting] column are displayed.

Application procedures
(1) Select the color collection whose color you register from [Color collection list].
(2) Check that the information input in the color replacement screen is in [Inputting color] and press the
[Register] button.
(3) The data is registered in [Color patch list].

• If you activate [Apply profile ink limit], printing will be carried out with the set value changed to a lower
value in order to alleviate ink overflow. (Even if you specify 100%, printing will be carried out with a value
lower than that.)
If you remove the check mark, printing will be carried out according to the specified color component
values, but bleeding due to ink overflow and other printing faults will be liable to occur.
As far as possible, use color changing with this function activated.

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When you perform color replacement using special color

When you perform color replacement using color ink and special color ink at the same time as the color after
replacement, depending on the printer and the layer setting ( P.94), it is printed as below.

For Roll to Roll printer

 For JV33/ CJV30/ JV400/ UJV500/ JV300/ CJV300/ CJV150/ UJV55-320

With special-color superimposition printing set in Layer Setting ( P.94), the color changing will be
as follows.

Overlapping print of special color is not performed.

Prints special color and color at the same time. Therefore, special color and color ink are mixed.
Color  special color
After printing the color after replacement only, special color is overlapped on it.
Special color  color
After printing the special color after replacement only, color is overlapped on it.

 For other Roll to Roll printers

Prints the special color and the color at the same time. Therefore, it seems that inks are mixed.

For flat-bed printer

With special-color superimposition printing set in Layer Setting ( P.94), the color changing will be
as follows.

Color  special color

After printing the color after replacement only, special color is overlapped on it.
Special color  color
After printing the special color after replacement only, color is overlapped on it.

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Color replacement setting

There are other functions to change a color other than color replacement. They are single color replacement
( P.34) and plate creation ( P.83). This chapter explains data creation for each main usage and setting
method of these functions.
For data creation method, Illustrator CS5 is explained as the example.

To print with one color ink such as white

Use the single color replacement function.

 Data creation method on Illustaror

It is recommended to create data with CMYK single color.

1 Make the image color mode [CMYK].

• Select [Document Color Mode]-[CMYK Color] from the [File] menu.

2 Select all objects and select only one color of CMYK.

• For an object with one color, change with [Color].
• When you do not change the density change for gradation object, change with [Gradient].
• When it is difficult to change color on Illustrator as it is created using other effect, write into the raster
format image and replace it with one color only with Photoshop etc.

3 Save and read it into RasterLink.

 Color replacement method

Refer to “Perform setting to print a full-color image with one ink color -Mono color replacement”
( P.33).

To print special color such as white on clear media as the base

and print color on it

Use the plate creation function.

For details, refer to P.83.

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Replace spot colors in a color image

The spot color is special color with name. By adding usage etc. to the spot color name, it becomes refer-
ence for color replacement. Use the color replacing function to replace.

• Fully read note of color replacement and set.

 Data creating method on Illustrator

1 Make the image color mode [CMYK].

• Select [Document Color Mode]-[CMYK Color] from the [File] menu.

2 Register a spot color. (If you use the spot color already registered, proceed to
the Step 3.)
(1) Select [Swatches] from the [Window] menu.
The [Swatches] window opens.
(2) Press the ▼ button at upper right and select [New Swatch...] from the displayed menu.
The [New Swatch...] window opens.
(3) Set as below and click OK.
• Swatch Name : Enter the color name.
• Color Type : Select “Special color”.
• Color Mode : Select “CMYK”.
• Color : Specify the displaying color. If color
replacement is not performed, data is
printed based on this color.

(4) It is registered in the list on the [Swatches] window.

3 Apply the spot color to the object.

(1) Select the object.
(2) Select either of “Stroke” or “Fill” by which you apply the spot color on the [Color] window.
(3) Select the created spot color from the [Swatches] window.
The color is applied to the object.

4 After you create data, save it and read it into RasterLink.

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 Color replacing method

1 Select a job and switch to the color replacing screen.

2 Open the [Spot Color] tab.

• All spot colors used in the image are displayed in the list.

3 Select a spot color to which you perform color replacement from the list.

4 Specify the replacement color.

Replace CMYK color in the color image

Replace CMYK color.

• Fully read note of color replacement and set.

 Data creating method on Illustrator

1 Make the image color mode [CMYK].

• Select [Document Color Mode]-[CMYK Color] from the [File] menu.

2 Specify the color in the [Color] window.

3 After you create data, save it and read it into RasterLink.

 Color replacing method

1 Select a job and switch to the color replacing screen.

2 Open the [CMYK] tab.

• All CMYK colors used in the image are displayed in the list.

3 Select a color to which you perform color replacement from the list.

4 Specify the replacement color.

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Change gradation in the color image to the color mixed with multiple ink

When you change gradation to the color mixed with multiple ink, perform gradation replacement.

• Fully read note of color replacement and set.

 Data creating method on Illustrator

1 Make the image color mode [CMYK].

• Select [Document Color Mode]-[CMYK Color] from the [File] menu.

2 Create an object and select it.

3 Select [Gradation] from the [Window] menu.

• The [Gradation] window is displayed.

4 Specify the maximum/ minimum density settable in P.112 gradation.

maximum minimum

5 After you create data, save it and read it into RasterLink.

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 Color replacing method

1 Select a job and switch to the color replacing screen.

2 Open the [Gradation] tab.

• All gradation types used in the image are displayed in the list.

3 Select a gradation to which you perform color replacement from the list.

4 Specify the maximum/ minimum density after the replacement.

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Output into the printer - Execution

Function
You can perform the operations below in the [Execution] screen.
• Specifying and performing RIP and the outputting method of the selected job
• Specifying the number of outputs

• This chapter explains the job queue screen closely related to as well as the [Perform] screen.

Screen configuration

Job queue Print

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Performing screen

The performing screen differs depending on the image job and print & cut job ( P.129).

 Image job

2
3
4
5

1. Performing method
There are the performing method below:
Immediate Print : RIP and print are performed at the same time.
Depending on the job condition, even if you specify [RIP & Print]. It changes into
[Print after RIP] and performs in some cases. ( P.130 “Condition on which you
cannot perform RIP & Print”)
If the original image is complicated, RIP process cannot be performed in time and the
printing operation stops temporarily. In this case, use [Print after RIP].
When you perform RIP & print, the ripped data is not created.
RIP and Print : Prints after RIP has been completed. Ripped data is created.
RIP Only : Only RIP is performed and the ripped data is created. Print is not performed.
Print Only : Performs print only. If RIPped data has not been created (whether it is created or not,
refer to [Job list status check]), prints after RIP.

2. Print Count
When you perform RIP & Print: It is the number of repetitions of RIP & Print.
Print after RIP print, Print: It is the number of repetitions of Prints. (For Print after RIP, RIP process is only once.)

3. Delete ripped data after print

When it is ON and the executing method is print after RIP or print only, deletes ripped data after
printing.

4. Delete Job after print

When it is ON and the executing method is RIP & print, print after RIP or print only, deletes job data
including the read image.

5. Start
Performs the process specified in the Step 1.

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 Print & cut job

1. Execution Order
Print <-> Cut : Prints and cuts.
Print : Prints only, without cutting.
Cut : Cuts only, without printing.

2. Print
The same as how to execute an image job.

3. Execution Times
Performs printing and cut by the specified number of times.

• When “Cut” is selected for Execution order, the value for Execution Times cannot be changed from “1
time”.

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Job queue

Displays the progress status. In addition, you can perform the opera-
tions below against the job selected in this list.

Changes the processing order. First, terminates the job that

is currently being processed and then performs this.
Aborts the job process.

Restarts the job process terminated once.

Aborts the process of the selected job.

Aborts the process of all jobs.

After executing, the job process suspends automatically. If
you read the image and perform RIP/ print after executing,
click to restart.

• The current job cue and auto execution status ( P.163) are shown in the job queue tab.

Preparing: Running: Suspending: Auto executing:

Displayed during Status where image Status where no read- Status where Auto Exceu-
start-up reading, RIP and ing, RIP or printing is tion ( P.163) has
printing are enabled carried out started.

Condition on which you cannot perform RIP & Print

On the conditions below, even if you specify RIP & Print, printing is performed after RIP automatically.

• Use General Print screen to set the amount of multiple copies and select “Each move” for the transfer
method.
• Imposed jobs
• Composed jobs
• Arbitrarily-positioned specification in tiling is ON.
• Step & repeat
• Print & Cut print job
• BBQ Jig print job
• [Print bottom clear liquid] is enabled for gloss tone printing.
• Printer is a JFX200 (6-color)
• Clear ink printing is repeated two or more times.
• FOTOBA cut marks are set to be add.
• Toggle print

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Duplicate the job - Duplication

Function
You can perform the operation in the [Duplication] screen.
• Duplicate the selected job.
By using this function, if there is a base job, you do not have to read the same image again.
In addition, the setting of the base job is also duplicated, you can create a job by changing some settings
only without changing the original job.

Screen configuration

1. Duplicate counts
Specify the number of duplications of the job.

2. Include ripped data

When this is ON, ripped data is also duplicated.

3. Duplicate
Duplicates the job.

• When you duplicate the job, the job name becomes the same as the original job. It is recommended to
change the job name in the [Job property] screen to recognize them. (For the setting method, refer to
P.32.)

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Save the job in the file - Backup

Read the saved job - Restore
Function
You can perform the operations below in the [Backup/ Restore] screen.
• Save the job in the file (backup file).
• Read the saved backup file and restore the job.

Screen configuration

1
2
3

1. Backup;
Save the selected job in the specified backup file.
When you select multiple jobs, these are saved in on backup file.

• The data below is saved in the backup file.

Image, job setting information, device profile, inputting profile and various setting file
• The ripped data is not included in the backup file. Therefore, it is necessary to perform RIP
again after restoring.

2. Delete Job after Backup

When this is ON, the job is deleted after backup.

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3. Restore
Restore the job from the backup file.

• If the machine type in which backed up job is registered and the special color ink set that is set to that
machine type are not registered in RasterLink, an error is displayed in the message area and you cannot
restore it.
• If the device profile/ the input profile specified in the backup file are not installed, an error is displayed in
the message area and you cannot restore it. In this case, the device profile/ the input profile in the backup
file are saved in the folder below. (The detailed saving destination is displayed in the message area.)
Terminate RasterLink once, start the profile manager and install the profile.
Installation folder\Tmp
After installation, restart RasterLink and restore it again.

• You cannot restore the backup file before RasterLinkPro5.

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Deleting Jobs and ripped Data - Delete

Function
The following operations are carried out on the [Delete] screen:
• Deletion of selected jobs
• Deletion of RIP-ed data of selected jobs

Screen configuration

1. Delete completely
Delete all the data of jobs selected in the job list.

Deletion is not possible in the following cases:

• One part only of a composed or arranged job group has been selected.
In such a case, first cancel the composed or arrangement, then select the jobs you want to
delete and delete them.
If you want to delete an entire composed or arranged job group, select all the jobs in it.

2. Delete ripped data only

Delete ripped data that are present in the jobs you have selected in the job list.

3. Delete
Execute deletion with the conditions specified above.

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Print & cut

Function
• Print & cut with the printer cutter such as CJV300, CJV150.

Creating procedures of print & cut job

Creating print & cut data

 File/ data format for print & cut

Files and data formats available for print & cut are as below:

File format ps, eps, pdf

Vector object (illustration object)
Specify the following for the color of the line segments (paths) to be cut:
Special color with “CutContour” added in front of its name
• When you add the string after CutContuor, it is handled as another cut line with
Object available changed Cut condition.
for cut

}
CutContour
CutContourCut1 You can set the cutting condition separately.
CutContourHalf

When you use RasterLinkTools ( P.176), you can create print & cut data easily on Adobe Illus-
trator/ CorelDRAW.

Puts the pass (line) whose special color

name is “Cutcontour” around the illustra-
tion as the cutting line.

Reading print & cut data

When it is read into RasterLink, though it is one data file originally, it is

read as two jobs of color and cut, and it becomes composed job auto-
matically.
The icon indicating cut is displayed in the thumbnail of the cut
job.

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Editing

 Cut Edit screen

1. Cut Path
Specify how to cut the cutting data.
Special color list for cut Displays special color for cut.
You can specify the cutting condition each for the special color.
After selecting special color to edit from this list, perform the setting below.
Spot color path Cut When this is ON, the selected special color pass is cut.
Cut Condition Specify the cutting condition.
Tool Select the cutter. When you select HALF, it becomes dotted-line cut.
Speed Set the cutting speed.
Pressure Specify the pressure of the cutting blade.
Offset Correct the center position of the cutting blade.
Apply Applies the settings.

For the cutting condition, there is the proper amount depending on the media and the cutter. Refer to
each user manual.

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2. Print & Cut origin adjust (only CJV300, CJV150)

Prints and cuts an adjustment pattern to adjust the Print & Cut origin.

• Execute Print & Cut origin adjust after setting the print condition.
• If you change the resolution or path after executing Print & Cut origin adjust, you must execute
Print & Cut origin adjust gain.
• After finishing executing Print & Cut of an adjustment pattern, the job for Print & Cut origin adjust is
automatically deleted from the job list. However, if you clear data or an error occurs during the
adjustment pattern Print & Cut process, delete the job for Print & Cut origin adjust manually.

Click [Print & Cut origin adjust] to display the dialog box on the
right.
Add register mark When this option is ON, prints information
about the resolution, number of paths, and
waveform at the upper left of an adjustment
pattern.
Add Labe When this option is ON, prints by adding
registration marks.
[OK] Click this button to Print & Cut an
adjustment pattern.

3. Option
Cut Pinch Roller Specifies the cut pinch roller pressure.
Pressure
Auto Cut When this option is ON, the media will be automatically cut after the Cut
process is completed.
• Maximum data length+: Specifies the distance between the data end and the
cut position.
• Cuts copies and continuous registration marks by line: When this option is ON,
each time a line is printed, cuts the copies of an image laid out in that line.
Outer Frame Cut Besides cuts the cutting
data inside data, selects Individual cutting of
whether to cut image job rectangles: : ON

borderline and rectangle

of job as whole.

Click [Detail…] and you 3 copies laid out as

Cutting of rectangle
can set cut conditions. stated above
of job as whole : ON

Heater Temperature When this option is ON, turns all heaters OFF when cutting.
After Print
• Depending on the media, if the heater temperature is high, the
cutting accuracy decreases due to distortion. In such a case, turn
this option ON.

Sort When this option is ON, changes the order of cutting properly so as to shorten
the time for cutting.
Sheet Feed For Leaf media, feeds media before cutting to see if all shapes can be cut.
Approximation Type Selects how to cut curves.
• Straight Line:
Cut into small lines that approximate to the curves. The cutting accuracy
becomes low, but the cutting speed is high.
• Arc : Cut into small circles that approximate to the curves. The cutting speed
is low, but the cutting quality improves.

• Check the adjustment pattern after Print & Cut and enter adjustment values for X and Y in the printer's
input screen.

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 Combination with other functions

The functions that you can use with print & cut is as below:

Function Available for combination

Composition (*) OK
Crop NG
Tiling NG
Step & Repeat NG
Special plate OK
Composition (**) OK
Color replacement OK
(*) Can only be carried out on Print & Cut jobs.
(**) Can only be carried out on a combination of Print
& Cut and print jobs.

Outputting method of print & cut

Move to the performing screen and perform print & cut.

For performing print & cut, refer to P.135.

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Twin Rolls Print

Function
Printing can be performed with SIJ-320UV and UJV55-320 by setting two rolls of media. This is referred to as
“Twin Rolls Print”.
After setting the rolls in the printer, retrieve the printer status so that the twin rolls print setting can be used.

• This function can only be used if two rolls have been set in the SIJ-320UV/UJV55-320 and the printer
status has been retrieved.
• Use the printer status screen to check the printer status.

Size between the two rolls

Media size Media size

of left roll of right roll

Jobs that Twin Rolls Print cannot perform

Twin rolls print cannot be used if a job with the following condition is selected.
• Step & Repeat editing is enabled.

Conditions under which Twin Rolls Print cannot be set

Registration marks cannot be printed if the following conditions are specified due to twin rolls print.
• Multiple copies have been set and “Each move” is selected for the transfer method.
• Setting the Arrangement.
• Add FOTOBA cut marks.

Example of image arrangement

You can arrange and print images by using the following three procedures when using twin rolls print.

Arrangement Example 1. Arrangement Example 2. Arrangement Example 3.

Specify multiple copies of a single Impose multiple images on both rolls Print images that are divided
images for both rolls and print. and print. among the two rolls.

Right roll Left roll Right roll Left roll

Right roll Left roll

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Procedures for Twin Rolls Print

This section explains the procedures for printing for each of the image arrangement examples.

Arrangement Example 1.

1 Select one job to print from the job list.

2 Select (General Print) from the function icons.

3 Select multiple copies on the Gen-

eral Print screen.
• Images are nested and arranged in the right
roll.

4 Refer to the “Left Roll Detect

Position” to input the [Left Roll
Layout Position] for the printing
origin point of the left roll.

• Input a value for the [Left Roll 1. Input 2. Click

Layout Position] that is more than
the value displayed for the “Left
Roll Detect Position”.

5 Click (Optimization).

6 Select [Each move] for the copy

transfer method.

7
1. Select
Click (Optimization).
2. Click
• The images are arranged on the left roll also.

8 Perform printing.

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Arrangement Example 2.

1 Select multiple jobs from the job

list to be printed.
[Link]

2 Select (Arrangement) from the

function icons.
[Link]

[Link]

3 Click [Arrangement] button.

4 Select (General Print) from the function icons.

5 Refer to the “Left Roll Detect

Position” to input the [Left Roll
Layout Position] for the printing
origin point of the left roll.

• Input a value for the [Left Roll [Link] [Link]

Layout Position] that is more than
the value displayed for the “Left
Roll Detect Position”.

6 Click (Optimization).
• This arranges by dividing the jobs between left and right media.
• Odd-numbered jobs of the job list are arranged on the “Right roll” and even-numbered jobs on
the “Left roll”.

7 Select the job you want to copy and

set the amount of multiple copies.
• The current arrangement position in each roll
changes to nest arrangement.
• Images are arranged by overlapping in
order to achieve nest arrangement
regardless of other jobs.

8 Click (Optimization).
• Jobs in each roll are placed in nesting
arrangement in order.

9 Perform printing.

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Arrangement Example 3.

1 Select one job to print from the job list.

2 Select (Tiling) from the function icons.

3 Use the Divide Edit tab to enable

[Tiling Edit] and specify the tiling
editing settings.

4 Use the Layout tab to specify the

following settings.
[Link]

• [Free Location] :Valid

• Alignment Mode : Nest

5 Refer to the “Left Roll Detect

Position” to input the [Left Roll
Layout Position] for the printing
[Link]

origin point of the left roll.

• Input a value for the [Left Roll Layout Position] that is more than the value displayed for
the “Left Roll Detect Position”.

• This arranges by dividing the tiles between left and right media.

• Odd-numbered jobs of the job list are arranged on the “Right roll” and even-numbered jobs on
the “Left roll”.

6 Perform printing.

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Toggle Print
Function
For JFX200-2531, you can divide the printing area into two areas and toggle the area for each printing.
While printing in one area, you can set a media for the other area to reduce the time required for media set-
ting.

A
A
While printing the FRONT-side area, set While printing the REAR-side area, set
the media for the REAR-side area. the media for the FRONT-side area.

• This function can only be used if the toggle print function has been enabled on the printer side and the
printer status has been retrieved.
Use the printer status screen to check the printer status.

• When the toggle print function is enabled on the printer, printable size changes.
Toggle print function
OFF ON
Max. printing FRONT side : 2500mm X 1300mm
2500mm X 3100mm
area REAR side : 2500mm X 1300mm
For details about the toggle print printer, refer to the operation manual of the printer.

Jobs that Toggle Print cannot perform

Toggle print cannot be used if a job with any of the following conditions is selected.
• Step & Repeat editing is enabled.
• Tiling editing is enabled.

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Toggle Print setting

This section explains about setting of the print area on the performing screen.

1. Print area

AUTO Prints by automatically switching the print area for each

print.
1 FRONT Prints on the FRONT side area only.

2 REAR Prints on the REAR side area only.

2. Print start area

When "AUTO" is selected for the print area, select the print area
where print is started.

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Use by naming various setting - Favorite

You can register various setting values into [Favorite] in RasterLink6. By calling registered Favorites, you can
set the condition that you frequently use easily.

1 2 3 4 5

9
7 10

1. Hot folder setting

Creates or deletes the hot folder and the printer driver of the selected [Favorite setting].
When you spool data to the created hot folder or the printer driver, the setting value of [Favorite set-
ting] is applied to the spooled job.
When you click the [Hot folder setting] icon, the [Hot Folder]
screen on the right is displayed.
When you click the [Create] button, the hot folder and the
printer driver are created.
If they have already been created, you can delete them with
the [Delete] button.

• When you create the hot folder and the printer

driver, start RasterLink6 with the administrator
right.

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2. Cancel save
Cancel the latest save.

3. Save
Saves the setting value of the screen that you are editing in [Favorite].

4. Application
Applies the setting value in the selected [Favorite] to the setting items of the screen that you are
editing.

5. Applying all
Applies the setting value in the selected [Favorite] to the jobs on the screens that you are editing, as
well as to the setting items of other screens.

6. Favorites setting list

The list of [Favorite] is displayed.
By default, the favorites with the same name as the registered printer is set. This setting can be
edited.

7. Additional name
Input the name of [Favorite] to add.

8. Setting value
The setting items and values saved in the selected [Favorite] is displayed.

9. Delete
Delete the selected [Favorite].
When the hot folder and the printer driver are created, they are deleted at the same time.
You cannot delete the preset [Favorite] (same name as printer).

10. Add
Newly add [Favorite] with the setting value of job that being edited.

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Creating Favorites

1 Use the function icons to select functions for which you have a Favorite set-
ting screen.

2 Enter in the empty column the name of the Favorite to be registered, then
click the button.
• The file will be added to the list.

Method for saving a Favorite

1 Use the applicable function icon to open the screen that you want to set as a
Favorite.

2 On the various editing screens, set the values to be saved.

3 Create the favorite on the Favorite setting screen, or select the Favorite from
the list.

4 Click button.
• The values saved will be displayed in the [Setting value] space.

Method for applying a Favorite to a job

1 Use the applicable function item to open the screen you want to apply the
Favorite to.

2 Select the Favorite you want to apply from the list in the Favorite setting
screen.

3 Click button.
• The values saved in the [Setting value] space will be set on the editing screens.

• If you want to simultaneously apply not only the items set on the screen you are editing, but also items set
on other screens, click button.

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Print the color chart

What is the color chart?
With the color chart function, you can create color example by changing color component in a certain value
focusing around the specified color (Base color).
For example, if the printed color is a little different from the target color you can search the target color by cre-
ating the color chart focusing around that color.

Color chart that can be created

Color chart type

You can create three charts depending on the color component to change.

 CMYK color chart

Create the chart image (PDF format) and job of CMYK color mode.

[Usage]
Based on CMYK color chart, change the image color of CMYK color mode before spooling with
design software and output the target color.

 RGB color chart

Create the chart image and job of RGB color mode.

[Usage]
Based on RGB color chart, change the image color of RGB color mode before spooling with design
software and output the target color.

 Special color chart

Create the job of the chart by specifying output ink density.

[Usage]
Based on the chart, specify the ink density as the color after replacement in color replacement
( P.112). You can use this especially to check colors when you perform color replacement using
special colors such as white/ silver.

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Color chart pattern

Depending on the number of basic points, you can create three pattern charts.

 For one Base color

Specify color change of three directions of height direction/ width direction/ page direction focusing
around the Base color.
C80.00% M100.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C60.00% M100.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C40.00% M100.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C20.00% M100.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C0.00% M100.00% Y20.00% K0.00%

C80.00% M100.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C60.00% M100.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C40.00% M100.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C20.00% M100.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C0.00% M100.00% Y10.00% K0.00%

C80.00% M100.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C60.00% M100.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C40.00% M100.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C20.00% M100.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C0.00% M100.00% Y0.00% K0.00%
C80.00% M80.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C60.00% M80.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C40.00% M80.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C20.00% M80.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C0.00% M80.00% Y20.00% K0.00%

C80.00% M80.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C60.00% M80.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C40.00% M80.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C20.00% M80.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C0.00% M80.00% Y10.00% K0.00%

C80.00% M80.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C60.00% M80.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C40.00% M80.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C20.00% M80.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C0.00% M80.00% Y0.00% K0.00%
C80.00% M60.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C60.00% M60.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C40.00% M60.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C20.00% M60.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C0.00% M60.00% Y20.00% K0.00%

Height direction+
C80.00% M60.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C60.00% M60.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C40.00% M60.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C20.00% M60.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C0.00% M60.00% Y10.00% K0.00%

C80.00% M60.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C60.00% M60.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C40.00% M60.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C20.00% M60.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C0.00% M60.00% Y0.00% K0.00%
C80.00% M40.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C60.00% M40.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C40.00% M40.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C20.00% M40.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C0.00% M40.00% Y20.00% K0.00%

Base Color1 C80.00% M40.00% Y10.00% K0.00%

1
C60.00% M40.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C40.00% M40.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C20.00% M40.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C0.00% M40.00% Y10.00% K0.00%

C80.00% M40.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C60.00% M40.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C40.00% M40.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C20.00% M40.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C0.00% M40.00% Y0.00% K0.00%
C80.00% M20.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C60.00% M20.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C40.00% M20.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C20.00% M20.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C0.00% M20.00% Y20.00% K0.00%

C80.00% M20.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C60.00% M20.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C40.00% M20.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C20.00% M20.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C0.00% M20.00% Y10.00% K0.00%

C80.00% M20.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C60.00% M20.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C40.00% M20.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C20.00% M20.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C0.00% M20.00% Y0.00% K0.00%

Height direction-

Page direction+

Width direction- Width direction+

Page direction-

 For two Base colors

Specify color change of two directions of width direction/ page direction by making color change
between two Base colors be height direction.

C60.00% M10.00% Y40.00% K20.00% C70.00% M32.50% Y35.00% K20.00% C80.00% M55.00% Y30.00% K20.00% C90.00% M77.50% Y25.00% K20.00% C100.00% M100.00% Y20.00% K20.00%

C60.00% M10.00% Y40.00% K10.00% C70.00% M32.50% Y35.00% K10.00% C80.00% M55.00% Y30.00% K10.00% C90.00% M77.50% Y25.00% K10.00% C100.00% M100.00% Y20.00% K10.00%

C60.00% M10.00% Y40.00% K0.00% C70.00% M32.50% Y35.00% K0.00% C80.00% M55.00% Y30.00% K0.00% C90.00% M77.50% Y25.00% K0.00% C100.00% M100.00% Y20.00% K0.00%
C60.00% M10.00% Y30.00% K20.00% C70.00% M32.50% Y25.00% K20.00% C80.00% M55.00% Y20.00% K20.00% C90.00% M77.50% Y15.00% K20.00% C100.00% M100.00% Y10.00% K20.00%

C60.00% M10.00% Y30.00% K10.00% C70.00% M32.50% Y25.00% K10.00% C80.00% M55.00% Y20.00% K10.00% C90.00% M77.50% Y15.00% K10.00% C100.00% M100.00% Y10.00% K10.00%

Height direction+ C60.00% M10.00% Y30.00% K0.00% C70.00% M32.50% Y25.00% K0.00% C80.00% M55.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C90.00% M77.50% Y15.00% K0.00% C100.00% M100.00% Y10.00% K0.00%
C60.00% M10.00% Y20.00% K20.00% C70.00% M32.50% Y15.00% K20.00% C80.00% M55.00% Y10.00% K20.00% C90.00% M77.50% Y5.00% K20.00% C100.00% M100.00% Y0.00% K20.00%

C60.00% M10.00% Y20.00% K10.00% C70.00% M32.50% Y15.00% K10.00% C80.00% M55.00% Y10.00% K10.00% C90.00% M77.50% Y5.00% K10.00% C100.00% M100.00% Y0.00% K10.00%

C60.00% M10.00% Y20.00% K0.00% C70.00% M32.50% Y15.00% K0.00% C80.00% M55.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C90.00% M77.50% Y5.00% K0.00% C100.00% M100.00% Y0.00% K0.00%
C60.00% M10.00% Y10.00% K20.00% C70.00% M32.50% Y5.00% K20.00% C80.00% M55.00% Y0.00% K20.00%

Base Color1 1 C60.00% M10.00% Y10.00% K10.00% C70.00% M32.50% Y5.00% K10.00% C80.00% M55.00% Y0.00% K10.00%
2 Base Color2
C60.00% M10.00% Y10.00% K0.00% C70.00% M32.50% Y5.00% K0.00% C80.00% M55.00% Y0.00% K0.00%
C60.00% M10.00% Y0.00% K20.00%

C60.00% M10.00% Y0.00% K10.00%

Height direction- C60.00% M10.00% Y0.00% K0.00%

Page direction+

Page direction-

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 For four Base colors

For four Base colors specify color change of page direction by making color change among four Base
colors be width direction/ height direction.

C0.00% M0.00% Y50.00% K20.00% C0.00% M12.50% Y37.50% K20.00% C0.00% M25.00% Y25.00% K20.00% C0.00% M37.50% Y12.50% K20.00% C0.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K20.00%

C0.00% M0.00% Y50.00% K10.00% C0.00% M12.50% Y37.50% K10.00% C0.00% M25.00% Y25.00% K10.00% C0.00% M37.50% Y12.50% K10.00% C0.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K10.00%

C0.00% M0.00% Y50.00% K0.00% C0.00% M12.50% Y37.50% K0.00% C0.00% M25.00% Y25.00% K0.00% C0.00% M37.50% Y12.50% K0.00% C0.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K0.00%
C12.50% M0.00% Y37.50% K20.00% C15.63% M12.50% Y28.13% K20.00% C18.75% M25.00% Y18.75% K20.00% C21.88% M37.50% Y9.38% K20.00% C25.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K20.00%

Base Color3 3 C12.50% M0.00% Y37.50% K10.00% C15.63% M12.50% Y28.13% K10.00% C18.75% M25.00% Y18.75% K10.00%
4
C21.88% M37.50% Y9.38% K10.00% C25.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K10.00%
Base Color4
C12.50% M0.00% Y37.50% K0.00% C15.63% M12.50% Y28.13% K0.00% C18.75% M25.00% Y18.75% K0.00% C21.88% M37.50% Y9.38% K0.00% C25.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K0.00%
C25.00% M0.00% Y25.00% K20.00% C31.25% M12.50% Y18.75% K20.00% C37.50% M25.00% Y12.50% K20.00% C43.75% M37.50% Y6.25% K20.00% C50.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K20.00%

C25.00% M0.00% Y25.00% K10.00% C31.25% M12.50% Y18.75% K10.00% C37.50% M25.00% Y12.50% K10.00% C43.75% M37.50% Y6.25% K10.00% C50.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K10.00%

C25.00% M0.00% Y25.00% K0.00% C31.25% M12.50% Y18.75% K0.00% C37.50% M25.00% Y12.50% K0.00% C43.75% M37.50% Y6.25% K0.00% C50.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K0.00%
C37.50% M0.00% Y12.50% K20.00% C46.88% M12.50% Y9.38% K20.00% C56.25% M25.00% Y6.25% K20.00% C65.63% M37.50% Y3.13% K20.00% C75.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K20.00%

C37.50% M0.00% Y12.50% K10.00% C46.88% M12.50% Y9.38% K10.00% C56.25% M25.00% Y6.25% K10.00% C65.63% M37.50% Y3.13% K10.00% C75.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K10.00%

C37.50% M0.00% Y12.50% K0.00% C46.88% M12.50% Y9.38% K0.00% C56.25% M25.00% Y6.25% K0.00%
C50.00% M0.00% Y0.00% K20.00%
C65.63% M37.50% Y3.13% K0.00%
C62.50% M12.50% Y0.00% K20.00%
C75.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K0.00%
C75.00% M25.00% Y0.00% K20.00% C87.50% M37.50% Y0.00% K20.00% C100.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K20.00%
Base Color2
C50.00% M0.00% Y0.00% K10.00% C62.50% M12.50% Y0.00% K10.00% C75.00% M25.00% Y0.00% K10.00% C87.50% M37.50% Y0.00% K10.00% C100.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K10.00%

C50.00% M0.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C62.50% M12.50% Y0.00% K0.00% C75.00% M25.00% Y0.00% K0.00% C87.50% M37.50% Y0.00% K0.00% C100.00% M50.00% Y0.00% K0.00%

Base Color1 1 2
Page direction+

Page direction-

RGB/CMYK color chart

The setting method for CMYK and RGB color chart is same.

Displaying method of setting screen

 For CMYK color chart

Select [CMYK color chart] from the [Tool] menu.

 For RGB color chart

Select [RGB color chart] from the [Tool] menu.

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Screen

 Screen configuration

1
4
5

3
7

1. Screen for adding/ selecting/ deleting chart

Inputting/ selecting chart Select the existing chart setting file, or, enter the chart name to create new
name combo box chart setting file.
Update Save the settings of the chart that is currently selected.
Number of Base colors Set the number of Base colors.
For the number of Base colors, refer to P.149.
Create the Base color chart setting file of the number of Base colors combo
Adding chart
box with the entering chart name/ selecting combo box. If there is the same
name chart setting file exists, check whether it is overwritten. If it is overwrit-
ten, each value becomes the default.
Delete the currently selected chart setting file.
Deleting chart

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2. Setting screen: color setting

The setting screen differs depending on the number of Base colors.

For one Base color For two Base colors For four Base colors

Base color Set the Base color.

When you click the color rectangle, the color selection dialog is displayed.

Click

Width direction Focusing around the Base color, specify one color component to change in each
Height direction direction, the density increment by patch and the number of patches of that direction.
Page direction Focusing around the Base color, specify one color component to change in the page
direction, the density increment by page and the number of pages before/ after of it.

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3. Setting screen layout

Patch Specify one color patch size and space size between
patches.
Margin Specify the spaces from top/ bottom/ right/ left of the
page.
Print base Specify whether you put  mark on the Base color at
color mark print.
(On preview, whether this is ON or OFF, the Base color
mark is displayed.)

4. Font
Specify the font of the character to use in the color chart and the title size of each page.

5. Preview display area setting

Set the area displayed on the preview screen.
Display based on the printable area : Gain the media size of the selected printer and display that area
as the valid area.
Display based on the fixed form : Display the selected fixed size and the direction as the valid
area.

• The area specified here is display area on the preview, and it differs from the actual page size.
The actual page size is [Page size] surrounded with blue.

6. Chart preview
When you click the patch, that patch is selected and each density of
color component is displayed in the message area.
In addition, when you right-click it, the pop-up menu is displayed and
you can set the selected color as the Base color.

7. Changing pages
When you specify the increment of colors in the page direction, you can change pages.

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Creating PDF format file

You can save the color chart of the PDF format file based on the setting.

(1) Select [Create PDF…] from the [File] menu of the color chart.
(2) The “Select file name to save” dialog is displayed.
(3)If you fit the page with the fixed-size paper, check the
checkbox and specify the fixed-form size paper.
(4)Enter the file name and press [Save].
(5)It is saved as a PDF format file.

Creating a job

Create the color chart as the PDF format image based on the setting and create a job by reading it auto-
matically.

(1) Select [Create Job] from the [File] menu of the color chart.
(2) The “Select condition to print” dialog is displayed.

• Select the printer to output and the favorites setting matching the printing conditions etc.
If you fit the page with the fixed-size paper, check the checkbox and specify the fixed-form size
paper.
(3) Press the [OK] button.
(4) When you display the main screen, the job of chart file name is created in the selected printer’s job
list.
• The handling way is the same as the normal multiple pages job.

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Special color chart

Setting screen displaying method

Select [Special color chart] from the [Tool] menu.

Screen

1
4
5

1. Screen to add/ select delete chart

Printer selecting combo As the special color chart depends on the printer ink set, select the target printer.
box
Chart name inputting/ Input the chart name to select the existing chart setting file or to create new chart
selecting combo box setting file.
Update Save the settings of the chart that is currently selected.
Based colors Set the number of Base colors.
For the number of Base colors, refer to P.149.
Create the chart setting file of the Base color of the Base color number combo box
Adding chart
with the chart name inputting/ selecting combo box. If Create the Base color chart
setting file of the number of Base colors combo box with the entering chart name/
selecting combo box. If there is the same name chart setting file exists, check
whether it is overwritten. If it is overwritten, each value becomes the default.
When you press this, [Select condition for Color chart] dialog is displayed.

To determine the ink set to use, select the Favorites

setting.

Delete the currently selected chart setting file.

Deleting chart

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2. Setting screen
The setting screen differs depending on the number of Base colors.

For four Base colors

For one Base color

For two Base colors

Apply profile ink limit When this is ON, the ink limit of the profile is used. It can reduce ink spilling out.

• When there are three slots or more of ink of the special ink set,
“Apply profile ink limit” becomes always ON and you cannot
operate.

Base color Set the ink density that acts as the Base color.
When you click the color rectangle, the “Color Collection” dialog is displayed.
Select the ink color density that acts as the Base color.

Click

Width direction Focusing around the Base color, specify one color component to change in each
Height direction direction, the density increment by patch and the number of patches of that
direction.
Page direction Focusing around the Base color, specify one color component to change in the
page direction, the density increment by page and the number of pages before/
after of it.

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3. Setting screen layout

Patch Specify one color patch size and space size between
patches.
Margin Specify the spaces from top/ bottom/ right/ left of the
page.
Print base Specify whether you put  mark on the Base color at
color mark print.
(On preview, whether this is ON or OFF, the Base color
mark is displayed.)

4. Font
Specify the font of the character to use in the color chart and the title size of each page.

5. Preview display area setting

Set the area displayed on the preview screen.
Display based on the printable area : Gain the media size of the selected printer and display that area
as the valid area.
Display based on the fixed form : Display the selected fixed size and the direction as the valid
area.

• The area specified here is display area on the preview, and it differs from the actual page size.
The actual page size is [Page size] surrounded with blue.

6. Chart preview
When you click the patch, that patch is selected and each density of
color component is displayed in the message area.
In addition, when you right-click it, the pop-up menu is displayed.

Apply color to base : You can set the selected color for the
Base color.
Register to Color Collection : Register the selected color in the color
collection.

7. Changing pages
When you specify the increment of colors in the page direction, you can change pages.

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Creating a job

Create the color chart as the PDF format image based on the setting and create a job by reading it auto-
matically.
(1) Select [Create Job] from the [File] menu of the color chart.
(2) The “Select condition to print” dialog is displayed.
• The output printer is fixed to the one specified in the special color chart.
• Select the favorites setting whose printing condition etc. matches.
When you fit the page to the fixed paper size, specify the fixed paper size by checking this.

(3) Press the [OK] button.

(4) When you display the main screen, the job of chart file name is created in the selected printer’s job
list.
• The handling way is the same as the normal multiple pages job.
• Ink density setting is performed on the color replacement screen.

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Color collection
What is the color collection?
The color collection is the outline of replacement information of color replacement ( P.112).
You can create the collection file each for the usage/ original color information before replacement and after
replacement.

Color collection type

You can create the color collection file of the conditions below by combining original color information before
replacement and after replacement.

 Spot color : ink

Replace spot color with ink color.

 Spot color : Lab

Replace spot color with Lab value.

 CMYK : ink
Replace the color in the CMYK color mode image with ink color.

 CMYK : Lab
Replace the color in the CMYK color mode image with Lab value.

 Gradation
Save replacement information of gradation color replacement.

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Creating color collection file and registering color

Displaying color collection screen
Open [Color Collection…] from the [Tool] menu.
Or, press from the color replacement screen.

Screen

 Color collection list

Display the color collection list currently available for the printer displayed in the main window.

About each row

Color Collection Displays the color collection file name.
When this is ION, if there is the color information in the read image as in the color
Use
collection, performs color replacement with its output data automatically.
Type Displays color collection type ( P.159).
Modify Displays whether you can add/ delete/ change of color.

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About pre-set color collection

The color collection below is preset.
• DIC Color Guide / DIC Color Guide CS2 (*)
Spot color for DIC color guide: This is the color collection for Lab.
Depending on the Adobe Illustrator version, it is corresponding to the swatch library of DIC color guide as
below:

Adobe Illustrator Version Color collection name

8 ~ CS DIC Color Guide
CS2 ~ CS5 DIC Color Guide CS2

• PANTONE® color (*)

Spot color for PANTONE® colors: Lab color collection.
You can use the following two types.

No. Color collection name Number of colors

1 PANTONE+ Solid Coated 1867
2 PANTONE+ Solid Uncoated 1867

• RasterLink
Spot color capable of color replacement as white ink only or silver ink only: This is the color collection of
ink. The swatch file contains "CutContour".
• Mimaki Whity Color
Mimaki’s own spot color using white ink: This is the color collection of ink.
You can use when you use white in the special color ink set.
• ES3 Metallic Color
Mimaki’s own spot color using silver ink of ES3 ink: This is the color collection of ink.
You can use when the ink set is ES3 and when you use silver in the special color ink set.
• SS21 Metallic Color / SS21 Metallic Color (No Silver)
Mimaki’s own spot color using silver ink of SS21: This is the color collection of ink.
You can use when the ink set is SS21 and when you use silver in the special color ink set.
• SS21 Metallic Orange Color / SS21 Metallic Orange Color (No Silver)
Mimaki’s own spot color using silver ink of SS21: The color is a collection of ink.
You can use when the ink set is SS21 orange ink and using silver in the special color ink set.
• Artista Textile Print Color Collection
Mimaki’s own spot color using fluorescent yellow and fluorescent pink: This is the color collection of ink.
You can use when you use fluorescent yellow and fluorescent pink of the Sublimation 410 / Sublimation
54 in the special color ink set.
About using Mimaki Whity Color/ ES3Metallic Color/ SS21 Metallic Color/ SS21 Metallic Orange Color
The swatch file for Adobe Illustrator and the color chart (PDF) are saved in the directory below in the
installation folder. You can perform color replacement of white/ silver easily using these files.
Swatch file: Installation folder\Swatch\Illustrator
Color chart PDF: Installation folder\Colorchart\Default

(*) In the initial settings, if the same color information of the loaded image exists in color collection, color replacement is
not designed to be automatically performed for the output data. If you want to perform automatic color replacement, set
[Use] ( P.160) to ON. The manual CD contains the DIC Color Guide chart (PDF). Use this chart as needed.

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Color collection operation screen

When the color collection [Use] is ON and if multiple collections have the color with
same condition, collection information at the top of the list is applied. With the [  ]
(Changing applying order
[  ] button, you can change the collection order.
of color collection)
Adds new color collection.
When pressed, the [Add] dialog is added. Enter the color collection type and
name.
Copy the collection currently selected in the color collection list. When pressed,
the [Duplicate] dialog is displayed. Enter new collection name.
Deletes the collection currently selected in the color collection list. You cannot
delete the one whose [Modify] is “Impossible”.
Creates the swatch file for Adobe Illustrator/ CorelDRAW for the collection
currently selected in the color collection list.
The file types vary as follows due to the application used by the swatch file.
• For Adobe Illustrator : Illustrator (AI)
• For CorelDRAW X4 or lower : CorelDRAW(CPL)
• For CorelDRAW X5 or later : CorelDRAW(XML)
You cannot create in the condition below:
• The one whose [Modify] is “Impossible”
• The one whose type is “Gradation”, “CMYK: ink”, “CMYK: Lab”

Color list
Displays the list of colors inside the collection selected in the color collection list.
When you delete the selected color, press [x].

Inputting color value

Adds and edits the color information inside the collection selected in the color collection list.
For the settable value, refer to the color replacement screen ( P.112).

Perform color replacement using the color collection

There are two methods for color replacement using the color collection.

Always apply the color collection

When you always want to perform color replacement with the setting of the specific color collection file for
the read image, set as below.

(1) Open the color collection screen.

(2) Select the color collection file that you always want to use and check the checkbox of [Use].
(3) Close the color collection screen.

This is applied when you read an image newly.

Perform color replacement individually on the color replacement

screen

On the color replacement screen, you can refer to the color collection. For details, refer to the color
replacement function ( P.112).

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Auto Exceution
What is Auto Execution?
Auto Execution is a function that automatically starts RIP and executes outputting when images that comply
with the conditions have been read in.
It is convenient when settings that are to be regularly used have been decided on.

• The following cannot be carried out with auto printing:

Composition, Tiling, Step & Repeat, Jig Print (only flat-bet printer), Twin Rolls Print, Addition of FOTOBA
cut marks

Flow of Auto Execution

Auto Execution is carried out according to the flow below.

Set as “Favorites” the items you want to use for the images that are to
(1) Set the “Favorites”
be printed via auto execution.
↓
(2) Set the printing conditions for
Set what conditions printing is to start with.
Auto Execution
↓
(3) Start Auto Execution Start Auto Execution.
↓
(4) Have the images read in, Have the images read in to the hot folder or driver with the same name
using the “Favorites” set as the “Favorites” set in (1).
↓

(5) Comply with the

Accumulate jobs until Auto Execution printing conditions set in (2) are
printing conditions
complied with.
for Auto Execution?

↓
(6) Run printing When the printing conditions are complied with, run printing.

(1) Setting the “Favorites”

Set the “Favorites”. The conditions that are set for the various jobs in Auto Execution depend on the hot folder
and driver associated with the “Favorites” that are used when having images read in, and on the “Favorite set-
tings” in the file selection dialog box.
For details of the “Favorites”, refer to P.145.

The Favorite settings that are applied to jobs are the following:
•General Print
In the case of color jobs : Scale, Mirror, Deskew (only flat-bet printer)
In the case of Print & Cut jobs : Scale, Mirror, Cut Condition, Register Mark
•Quality
All the parameters set for Favorites
The settings for the color collection ( P.159) will be applied for the color changing settings.

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(2)Setting the conditions for Auto Execution

Set the conditions for start of printing during Auto Execution.

 Displaying the setting screen

Select [Enviroments]-[Oprion...] from the menu. The Option dialog box will be displayed.
Click the [Auto Execution] tab in the option dialog.

 Setting contents

1. Execute condition
Arranged print Jobs will be accumulated until any one of the conditions below is complied with,
then the jobs will be arranged and printed with minimum area ( P.39).
By Number of jobs If this is activated, printing will be executed at the moment when the specified
number of jobs has been read in.
By Paper length When this is activated and the printer is a Roll to Roll printer, printing will be
(omly for roll to roll) started when the jobs read in have been arranged with minimum area and reach
a specified length. For the specific conditions, refer to P.166.
By Printable area full When this is activated and the printer is a flat-bed printer, printing will be started
(only for flat printer) when the jobs read in have been arranged with minimum area and protrude from
the print area set in the Favorites.
Individual print RIP and printing are carried out as soon as the images are read in.

• If [Arranged print] is activated, RIP will be started immediately after the images are read in.
• If [Arranged print] is activated and [By Paper length] and [By Number of jobs] are both deactivated, only IP
will be carried out – printing will not be carried out. Stop Auto Execution and print via manual operation,
using the execution screen.
• The values for [Scan margin], [Feed margin] and [Arrange in the Center] that are currently set on the
arrangement screen ( P.38) will be applied.
• Some of the images will be rotated automatically, depending on the individual image sizes.
• Where multiple Favorites are present on the same printer, ahead of output, arrangement will be carried
out on each favorite that was used when the images were read in.
• In the case of a print cutter, ahead of output, arrangement will be carried out on each print job and each
print-and-cut job.
• Editing and similar operations cannot be carried out on jobs with “Awaiting printing” status (jobs with sky-
blue background color). To edit such jobs, stop Auto Execution.

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2. Option
Stop auto-execution if the image exceeds media size
If the images read in exceed the printable range (the media width in the case of a roll-to-roll printer,
the print area setting specified for Favorites in the case of a flat-bed printer), Auto Execution is
stopped.
Stop Job Queue if an error occurred during auto-execution
If an error occurs, the job queue is stopped. Accordingly, the subsequent image read-in, RIP and
print processing are also stopped. Check out the error, then click the restart button on the job
queue screen ( P.130.

(3) Restarting Auto Execution

Select [Enviroments]-[Auto Exceution]-[Start] from the menu.

• During Auto Execution, [Auto executing] will be displayed in the job queue ( P.130) tab.

• To stop Auto Execution, proceed as follows:

Select [Enviroments]-[Auto Exceution]-[Stop from the menu.

(4) Having images read in using the Favorites you have set

Have images read in using the Favorites you set in (1). For the method of specifying favorites for image
read-in, refer to “Read an image in RasterLink6” on P.20.

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(5)Are the printing conditions for Auto Execution complied with?

Accumulate jobs until the printing conditions set in (2) are complied with.

• If you have selected [Arranged print] for the printing conditions and activated [By Paper length (only for roll
to roll)], the conditions for print start will be as below.
Specified
length

Read in Read in Print start

The images read in will be redeployed with minimum area.

If the specified length is exceeded as a result, only those images that do not exceed
the specified length will be printed.

Example : The first image already exceeds the specified length

Specified
length

Print start
The images
read in

If the first image already exceeds the specified length, printing of the first image
will start when the second image is read in.
The second image will be printed next time.

(6) Printing

Execute printing.

• [Delete ripped data after print] and [Delete Job after print] on the Execution screen ( P.128) will be
applied as the post-printing conditions.
• To cancel the RIP and printing, execute stopping of the job queue ( P.130).
Stopping Auto Execution will not stop the RIP and printing.

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Menu bar
[File]

[Open]

Selects the image to print and reads it. For details, refer to P.20.

[Restore]

Selects the backup job file and reads it. For details, refer to P.132.

[Exit]

Terminates RasterLink6.

[Function]
The [Function] menu is the one that displays the function icons ( P.28) as the menu.
• You can make the [Function] menu hidden with the [Function icon setting] ( P.173).
• In the [Function] menu, the function hidden in the [Function icon setting] is also displayed.

[Tool]

[RGB Color Chart]

Starts the RGB color chart creating function. For details, refer to P.148.

[CMYK Color Chart]

Starts the CMYK color chart creating function. For details, refer to P.148.

[Special Color Chart]

Starts the special color chart creating function. For details, refer to P.148.

[Color Collection]

Starts color collection. For details, refer to P.159.

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[Environments]

[Auto Exceution]

Auto Execution is a function whereby RIP is started and printing executed automatically when images are
read in, provided that they comply with the conditions.
For details, refer to P.163.

 [Auto Exceution]-[Start]
Start Auto Execution.

 [Auto Exceution]-[Stop]
Stop Auto Execution.

[Option...]

Opens the option screen and performs various settings.

The one whose setting is changed becomes valid after restarting RasterLink6.

 [Job Control]
Hyper Job Threading
Specifies the method performed in parallel when you perform multi-
ple jobs in parallel for one printer.
The changed setting becomes valid from the job that is executed
after change.
OFF Does not perform jobs in parallel. The spooling process,
the RIP process and printing process are performed in
sequence.
Lebel 1 Performs the RIP process and printing process in paral-
lel. Maximum of two jobs are performed in parallel.
Lebel 2 The spooling process, the RIP process and printing pro-
cess are performed in parallel. Maximum of three jobs
are performed in parallel.

Calculate Ink Comsumption

When this is ON, calculates rough ink consumption and displays it on the
job property screen ( P.29).

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 [Perfomance]
Priority
If the operation response lowers much during RIP, it will be improved
by making the setting to [Response]. However, as the RIP speed
becomes slower, use it with the default setting if there is no problem.

 [Display]
Preview Resolution
Specifies the resolution of the preview image created at spooling.

Display Tooltips
When this is ON, simple explanation is displayed for the item with
mouse pointer.

Unit
Sets the unit of length (mm, inch).

Display print progress

With printers that have print status display capability, a [Print prog-
ress] screen ( P.18) will be displayed during printing when this
has been activated.

 [Disk]
Disk Space to Keep
Sets the minimum amount of space of hard disk including the work
folder.
If the space becomes less than the setting value during executing the
job, the executing operation stops.

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 Printer Management
1. Wait time for Power OFF
Specifies the time from when the print process is completed until
1 the printer powers off when [Power OFF] is specified for the
2 printer in the [Job Queue] screen.

• Set the power of the printer to OFF.

1. Click the active job in the [Job Queue] screen.
2. In the popup menu displayed by right-clicking the
mouse, click [Power OFF].

2. Create a printer driver of different architecture

(x86 / x64)
When set to ON, create a driver of architecture (x86 / x64) which
is different from the PC’s OS, of which RasterLink6 has been
installed when created a printer driver.

• Please set ON this function when the driver output from

the client PC whose Windows OS architecture (x86/
x64) is different from the RIP-PC’s.
• Depending on the OS of the RIP-PC, with this function
ON an error occurs when creating a printer driver, and
you may not be able to create a printer driver.
• If an error occurs, please set this function to OFF.
But if you create a printer driver after you set this
function to OFF, you cannot driver output from the client
PC whose Windows OS architecture is different from the
RIP-PC architecture (x86/ x64).
Please use the hot folder output.

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 Device
1. Device
Check the connection of the colorimeter used for color replace-
ment.
Click [Colorimeter setting] to display the setting dialogue.
1 Connect the colorimeter to the PC, and then click [Check device].

• The connection success

dialogue is displayed when the
connection is checked.

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[Printer Management...]

Opens the printer management screen and adds/ deletes/ changes the setting of the printer.

Printer List
Displays the registered printers in the list.
Add
Displays the [Printer setting] screen to add a printer.

Delete
Deletes all settings/ jobs of the printer selected in the printer list.
Function icon
Displays the [Function icon setting] screen to change the function
icon indication displayed on the right of the main window of the
printer selected in the printer list.
Properties
Displays the [Printer setting] screen to check/ change the setting of
the printer selected in the printer list.

 Printer setting screen

This is displayed when you click the [ADD] and the [Properties] button on the printer management
screen.
Click the [Properties] button to display information on the printer selected in the printer list.

1
1. Model
Select the model name of the printer to register.
6
2. Color
Select the color of the printer to register.

2 3. Output Port
Select the output port type.
3 7
4. Properties of Output Port
Set the information to the output port.
4 8
5
5. Printer Name
Enter the name to distinguish it from other printer.
10 9
6. Inkset
Select the ink type set on the printer.

7. Available Printers
The connectable printer is displayed.

8. Read printer status

Make the connectable printer list information the latest.

9. Cancel
Cancel the printer registration.

[Link]
Register the printer.

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 Function icon setting

This is displayed when the [Function Icon] button is pressed on the printer management screen.
You can use this to change the settings concerning the function icons of the printer selected in the
printer list.

Function icon list

Displays the function list supported by the printer selected on the
printer management screen.
You can hide/ display that icon in the [Appearance] column.
If the background of function name is gray, you cannot hide that icon.

Changes the displaying order of the function selected in the function

icon list.

Size
Changes the function icon size.

Show [Function] menu at main window

When this is ON, the [Function] menu is displayed on the menu bar
of the main window.

Back to Default
When you click it, the function icon setting is returned to the default.

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［Update notify settings…］

Open the [Update notify settings] screen to configure settings for Update notify.
Changed settings will be applied when RasterLink6 restarts.

 Update notify settings screen

1. Check for Updates and Notify
With this option set to ON, when RasterLink6 launches, connects
1
to the Internet, checks for the latest RasterLink6 software
information and device profiles, and notifies you.
2
Even if “Check for Updates and Notify” is set to ON,
you cannot use Update notify in either of the
following cases:
• The RasterLink6-installed PC is not connected to the
3 Internet.
• The license has not been activated.

2. Interval Time
Set the time interval in which to check for the latest RasterLink6
software information and device profiles when RasterLink6
launches (Every launch/Every day/Every week/Every month).

3. Notify contents
Application
When this option is ON, checks for the latest RasterLink6 update
data.
Profile
When this option is ON, checks for the latest profiles.
Select an option for the profile(s) you want to install.
• All Profile
• Current printer model
• Select printer model and ink type
Click [Select] to display the following dialog box:

• If you are using a proxy server, click “Internet Option”.

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[Setup work folder]

Change working folder if you want to change the working folder to a different disk.
RasterLink6 automatically closes after changing the working folder.

1. Open the [Look in] pulldown menu,

select the working folder that has been
changed, and click on [Select].
Select the folder of a disk with sufficient free disk
space.

You cannot specify any of the following

locations for the working folder.
• Root folder of a disc
• RasterLink6 installation folder

2. The job information currently in the

working folder is copied to the working
folder after the change.
The current working folder is deleted after copying
is completed. RasterLink6 operations are disabled
until the working folder change is completed.

3. The exit confirmation window for Ras-

terLink6 is displayed when the working
folder change is completed.
Click [OK] to exit RasterLink6.
The changed working folder is used the next time
RasterLink6 is started.

[Version Infomation]

Open the Version Infomation screen of RasterLink6 to display program information.

Serial Key
The serial key used for license authentication is dis-
played.

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RasterLinkTools
What is the RasterLinkTools?
It is an Adobe Illustrator/Corel DRAW plug-in tool for creating print-and-cut data and special-color plate
images for RasterLink6.
It is installed separately from RasterLink6. refer to the Installation Guide for the installation method.

• Print-and-cut data created with the RasterLinkTools cannot be used as print & cut data for RasterLinkPro5
and earlier versions in the RasterLink series.

Function
The following operations are carried out with the RasterLinkTools:
• Specifying paths as cut lines
• Generating cut lines around the periphery of graphic objects
• Generating outlines around the periphery of image data without paths.
• Saving data to RasterLink6
• Creating composed data for special-color plates

It can also be used to create the following data when functions are applied:
• Composed data for special-color plates

Displaying the RasterLinkTools window

Select [Mimaki RasterLink] from the Illustrator’s [Window] menu.
The [Mimaki RasterLink] window below will open.

 In the case of Corel DRAW:

A tool icon will be displayed when the RasterLinkTools is installed.

• If Mimaki’s FileCut cutting plug-in is installed after the RasterLinkTools has been installed, the tool icon for
the RasterLinkTools will be hidden. For details, refer to [When RasterLinkTools for CorelDRAW and
FineCut have been installed] in the Installation Guide.

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Changing paths into cut data

Follow the procedure below to change paths so as to be recognizable as cut lines by RasterLink6.

1 Select the path you want to make

into a cut line.

2 Click [Convert Cutline] in the

[Mimaki RasterLink] window.
• Alternatively, select [RasterLink]-[Convert Cut-
line] from the [File] menu.
• In the case of Corel DRAW:
Select [RasterLink]-[Convert Cutline] from the
[Tools] menu.

3 The path’s color will be converted to

a special color (special color name:
CutContour) indicating a cut line,
and to “None” for “fill color”.

Generating cut lines around the periphery of graphic objects

Follow the procedure below to generate a cut line that follows the outline of a graphic object, at the object’s
periphery.
If hollow portions (inner frames) inside the object were set in the options during creation, cut lines that take out
such portions can be generated.

1 Select all the objects that you want

to add cut lines to.

2 Click [Extract Frame] in the [Mimaki

RasterLink] window.
• Alternatively, select [RasterLink]-[Extract
Frame] from the [File] menu.
• In the case of Corel DRAW:
• Select [RasterLink]-[Extract Frame] from the
[Tools] menu.

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3 An [Extract Frame] dialog box will

be displayed.
• Offset Specify the interval between the
object and the cut line.
• Joins You can select from three
options: Round/Mitered/Bev-
eled (Illustrator only).
• Miter Limit This will be enabled if you select
“Mitered” for the corner shape.
Use it to specify the corner pro-
jection amount, as a factor of
the offset value (Illustrator only).

Mitered Round Beveled

Corners are pointed Corners are rounded Corners are beveled

The same size as offset Four times offset

Offset Offset

When corner factor = 1: When corner factor = 4:

The cut line’s corner is cut off at a The cut line’s corner is projected out to a distance from the object’s cor-
distance from the object’s corner ner that is equal to four times the offset. (In this figure, cutting-off of the
that is equal to the offset. line’s corner stops being applied at factor 4, and setting a corner factor
that is any higher than this will have no further effect on the shape.)

• Extract the inside When this is activated, cut lines will be created so as to take out any hollow por-
tions that are present inside the objects selected.

When [Extract the inside] is activated: When [Extract the inside] is deactivated:
Cut lines will also be created in the A cut line will be created around the
hollow portions. object’s periphery only.

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4 The cut line(s) will be generated.

The line color of a path that has been changed to [Convert Cutline] is as follows in the initial
settings:
Name: CutContour
Color type: special color
Hues: Cyan100%, Magenta0%, Yellow100%, Black0%
In cases such as the following, it will be necessary to change the color setting for the cut lines:
• When lines with multiple cut conditions are to be created in a single data item. For details, refer to P.135.
• The cut lines are to be printed, and you want to use a color different from the one in the initial settings.
For the setting method, refer to “Data creating method on Illustrator” in [Replace spot colors in a color
image] ( P.123), which sets forth a similar method.

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Extracting the Outline

Create an outline to cut an image data with no path and readable on Illustrator such as bitmap, JPEG, or TIFF
image.
You can also create an outline only in the same color area by specifying the color.

Trace simply

The outline of an image data can be created easily.

1 Select an object on Illustrator.

2 Click [Outline Extraction] button in

[Mimaki RasterLink] window.

3 Click [Trace execute] button.

• To change the tracing area, drag the slider while
checking the preview.

• Clicking [Trace execute], a new layer is

created as [RL Trace Layer 1], [RL Trace
Layer 2...]. Use this to set cutting
condition for each layer. ( P.135)
• To cut the data in this layer , click
[Convert Cutline] to convert it to cut data.
( P.177)

4 An outline is created on the [RL Trace

Layer] of Illustrator.

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 “Trace simply screen” screen configuration

7
8

2 3 4

1. Preview You can confirm the outlines to be extracted or

compare the image and the traced image.
Displays the image (monochrome) and the
traced image.
8. Traced image display
2. Select whether the traced image is displayed
on the preview or not.
Moves all the object being displayed.

3.
Zooms in and out the preview.
Click on the preview to enlarge the view. To
reduce the view, click on the layout area as
pressing down the [Alt] key (Windows) or
[Option] key (Macintosh).

4.
Changes the displaying area of the object.

5.
Zooms in and out the preview.

6. Trace Area Select

Drag the slider to select the tracing area.
Move to [Small] to trace narrower area.
Move to [Large] to trace wider area.

7. Image display
Select whether the image to be traced is dis-
played on the preview or not.
If checked, a trace area set on Trace Area
Select is displayed in grey.

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Trace with detail setting

Use this tab when setting the object traced at [Trace Simply] in detail, or when tracing a specific color or area
of the object.

1 After executing [Trace Simply], click

[Trace with detail setting] tab.

2 Set the tracing and click [Trace execute]

button.
• Select the tracing area and set the tracing while
checking the preview.

• Clicking [Trace execute], a new layer is

created as [RL Trace Layer 1], [RL Trace
Layer 2...]. Use this to set cutting
condition for each layer. ( P.135)
• To cut the data in this layer , click
[Convert Cutline] to convert it to cut data.
( P.177)

3 An outline is created on the [RL Trace

Layer] of Illustrator.

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 “Trace with detail setting” screen configuration

7
8

10
11
12

13

2 3 4

1. Preview 10. Dust Removal

Displays the image and the traced image. Delete the line that is shorter part than the
specified length. Remove the extra lines cre-
2. ated by scanning.
Moves all the object being displayed.
11. Image display
3. Select whether the image to be traced is dis-
played on the preview or not.
Zooms in and out the preview. If checked, trace an area set on Trace Area
Click on the preview to enlarge the view. To Select is displayed in grey.
reduce the view, click on the layout area as You can confirm the outlines to be extracted or
pressing down the [Alt] key (Windows) or compare the image and the traced image.
[Option] key (Macintosh).
12. Trace line display
4.
Displays selected tracing area.
Changes the displaying area of the object. Click square on the right to change the display
color of the tracing area.
5.
Zooms in and out the preview. 13. Traced image display
Select whether the traced image is displayed
6. Trace Area Select on the preview or not.
Click square on the right to change the display
7. Trace Setting (recommended setting) color of the traced image.

8. Trace Setting (detail setting)

9.
Extracts only the outline.

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Saving data to RasterLink6

When print & cut data have been created, follow the procedure below to save them to RasterLink6.

1 Click [Output to RasterLink] in the

[Mimaki RasterLink] window.
• Alternatively, select [RasterLink]-[Output to
RasterLink] from the [File] menu.
• In the case of Corel DRAW:
Select [RasterLink]-[Output to RasterLink] from the [Tools] menu.

2 A file saving screen will be displayed.

• Select an appropriate location and click [OK].

• It’s convenient to save the file to a hot folder, because then the file will automatically be saved
as-is to RasterLink6.

• Use Adobe Illustrator CS for Macintosh, The File name can be used alphanumeric two
characters.
• Use Adobe Illustrator CS6~CC2014 for Macintosh, The Folder name can be used
alphanumeric.
• Not to output the grouped path, Please hide in the path unit.

3 An [EPS Options] screen will be displayed.

In the case of Illustrator:

Simply click the [OK] button.
In the case of Corel DRAW:
CorelDRAW X3, X4
Remove the check mark from Spot Colors [Convert
spot colors to process] in the [Advanced] tab.

CorelDRAW X5, X6
Remove the check mark from Spot Colors [Convert
spot colors to ...] in the [General] tab.

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4 The file will be saved.

• If it is saved to a hot folder, it will be automatically read into RasterLink6.

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Creating composed data for special-color plates

The RasterLinkTools is used mainly for creating print-and-cut data, but it can also be used as set forth below,
for creating special-color data that cannot be created with the plate creation function.

Creating data for printing SS21 Metallic Color

To print part of print data using silver ink of SS21 ink, prepare the following three types of plates.

(1) Metallic color plate:

Color data to be printed over silver ink

(2) Color plate:

Color data not to be printed over silver ink

(3) Silver plate:

Data for printing silver ink

By using the cut-out function in RasterLinkTools, you can create data for these three plate types easily.

1 Create a layer for the silver plate

above the layer for print data.

2.A new layer appears.

[Link]

• Select the layer and double-click to change the layer's name.

Double-click

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2 In the layer created in step 1, create a path for the area you want to print by
using silver ink.

• Be sure to create a path for an area to print using silver ink. Note that an area with image data
in it is not treated as a cut-out target.
• Be sure to set the following conditions to a path for an area to print using silver ink.
Filling : K100
Line : No filling

3 Select the layer for print data and

the layer for the silver plate. Hold down the
Shift, and click.

• The cut-out function applies to all

the layers visible at the moment.
For a necessary layer, click to
hide it so that it is excluded from the
layers to be cut out.

4 In the [Mimaki RasterLink] window,

click [Subtract from shape area].

• When [Subtract from shape area] is clicked, [RL Mask Layer 1] and
[RL Mask Inversion Layer 1] are newly created.

• [RL Mask Layer 1] is a layer for the metallic color plate,

and [RL Mask Inversion Layer 1] is a layer for the color
plate.

• For the subsequent procedures, refer to the separate Metallic Color Print Guide .

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When you want to fill in all the interior of a graphic with a special color

The special color is not printed

for the white portions

If you create a special-color plate for an image such as the above, by selecting [Valid Pixel] in the [Special
plate] function, the special color will not be printed for the white portions inside the image (the letter outlines
and the wave portions).
This means that the background color will show through unchanged at the portions in question, as shown
below.

To print the original image inclusive of the white portions in the special color, it will be necessary to create an
image for special coloring.
Below is set forth the method for creating such an image with the RasterLinkTools.

1 Open the image with Illustrator.

2 Select all the objects.

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3 Click [Extract Frame] from the RasterLinkTools’s menu.

4 An [Extract Frame] screen will be

displayed.
• Offset : (Illustrator) 0mm
(CorelDRAW) 0.01mm
• Extract the inside : OFF
Then click the [OK] button.

5 Paths that enclose all the objects

will be created.

6 With the current settings, the spe-

cial color for cutting will be applied.
So, change the special color setting
as follows:
• Stroke : None
• Fill : Black100%

7 Click [Output to RasterLink], to save the data to a hot folder.

8 The data will be read into RasterLink6.

9 Special color replacement will

be carried out.

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10 Compose with the color

image will be carried out.

11 Printing will be executed.

• The special color will be printed for the whole
of the image interior, including the white por-
tions.

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Changing RasterLinkTools settings

Open the [Setting] dialog to perform various settings.

1 Printing a special color layer.

• Can be used from RasterLinkTool ver.1.3.
• Set [Print Special Color Layer] to on, perform
[Output to RasterLink] for data that replaces
the colors of the libraries shown below pro-
vided by Mimaki to automatically create a spe-
cial color plate when reading into RasterLink6.
MIMAKI RasterLink Library
MIMAKI SS21 Metallic Color Library
MIMAKI SS21 Metallic Orange Color Library

• When "Print Special Color Layer" is set to ON, Favorites created in the following function window are not
available.
Properties
Special plate
• This function is available in the following software.
Adobe Illustrator CS ~ CC2014
CorelDRAW X5~X7

Checking for updates to RasterLinkTools

When you are connected to the internet, you can get information on updates to the RasterLinkTools.

1 Click button in the [Mimaki Ras-

terLink] window.
• Alternatively, select [RasterLink]-[About Ras-
terLinkTools] from the [File] menu.

2 An [About LasterLink Plugin] screen

will be displayed.
• Click the [Online information] button to access
the latest information on the plug-in via the
internet.
• If you activate [Check the RasterLink Plug in
information when illustrator started.], updated
information will be automatically displayed
when Illustrator is started up.

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Update notify
When RasterLink6 launches, notifies the latest information about RasterLink6 and profiles.

Even if "Check for Updates and Notify" is set to ON in Update notify settings, Update notify is not
displayed in either of the following cases:
• The RasterLink6-installed PC is not connected to the Internet.
• The license has not been activated.

Update notify display

When the latest information is available for RasterLink6 and profiles, their respective dialog boxes appear.

 Profile
• Click [Yes, Sure] to launch Profile Update. Download the latest
version of the profile.
After the profile has been downloaded completely, check for
RasterLink6 update data.
• Click [Cancel] to check for RasterLink6 update data.

 Application
• Click [Yes, Sure] to download the update data.
Launch RasterLink6 to upgrade the version.
• Click [Cancel], and RasterLink6 launches.

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Trouble Shooting
Error message
Error message Indicate condition Remedies
RasterLink6 was started up while
Failed to start RasterLink6 because
the other program (ProfileManager) Exit the Profile Manager, and then
the other program is using the pro-
is opening the database file (Pro- start RasterLink6.
file-database.
file\[Link]).
ProfileManger was started up while
Failed to start ProfileManager
the other program (RasterLink6) is Exit the RasterLink6, and then start
because the other program is using
opening the database file (Pro- Profile Manager.
the profile-database.
file\[Link]).
RasterLink6 was started up while
RIP software has been already run- the other MIMAKI RIP software Exit the other MIMAKI RIP software,
ning. (RasterLinkGP/UJ, RasterLink2-5) and then start RasterLink6.
is running.
Failed to load the execution module The file needed for running Raster-
Please reinstall RasterLink6.
: [execution module name] Link6 is broken.
Failed to get the printer attribute
information and pre-installed pro- Profile management file may be
Failed to get the profile information. files information from the database destroyed. Please reinstall Raster-
file (Profile\[Link]) during Link6.
RasterLink6 start-up.
When RasterLink6 is executed, not
RasterLink6 was started up when less than one RGB Input file is
There is no RGB input profile.
all the RGB input profile is unin- required. Please install RGB Input
Please install at least one profile.
stalled in Profile Manager. profile provided using ProfileMan-
ager.
When RasterLink6 is executed, not
RasterLink6 was started up when less than one CMYK Input profile is
There is no CMYK input profile.
all the CMYK input profile is unin- required. Please install CMYK Input
Please install at least one profile.
stalled in Profile Manager. profile provided using ProfileMan-
ager.
Failed to register the printer in
[Printer Management] because the
device profile for specified [Ink set] When activate RasterLink6, not less
There is no full color device profile. is not installed at all. than one Device profile is required.
Please install at least one pro-
RasterLink6 was started up with Please install Device profile using
file.[Printer Name: Ink set]
the device profiles for [Ink Set] ProfileManager.
deleted after printer registration in
ProfileManager."
Failed to get the ink set information When adding the printer in [Printer
The inkset information [Inkset dis-
by erroneous selection of [Model] Management], please select the
crimination] is not defined in the
and [Color] when adding the printer [Model] and [Color] which is match-
database.
in [Printer Management] ing to the connected printer.
The Device profile specified in the
RasterLink6 was started up in a RasterLink6 has updated device
Favorite setting [Favorite name]
state that device profiles which is profiles specified in the favorite set-
was not found. The settings were
associated with Favorite Setting in ting automatically. Please confirm
initialized. Please check the set-
Profile Manager. the favorite setting.
tings.
The device profile specified in the RasterLink6 was started up in a RasterLink6 has updated device
Job [Job name] was not found. The state that device profiles which is profiles specified in the job automat-
settings were initialized. Please associated with the job was ically. Please confirm the print con-
check [Quality] settings. removed in Profile Manager. dition.

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Error message Indicate condition Remedies

In [Printer Management], you tried
Any available printer has not been to register the printer in a state of Please confirm the connection
specified. the computer disconnected to the between the printer and computer.
printer.
Please input the printer name which
In [Printer Management], you input
The printer name has been already is NOT registered in [Printer Man-
the [Printer name] which is already
used. agement] or registered in [Control
registered as the same printer.
Panel]-[Printer].
The selected available printer has In [Printer Management], you input In [Printer Management], it is not
been related to another printer the [Printer name] which is already possible for the printer to register
(Printer name). registered as the same printer. multiple printers.
It is not possible to change the ink
You clicked [OK] in [Printer Man-
set information to the pre-registered
The ink configuration had changed. agement]-[Properties] after chang-
printer. Please delete the registered
Please register a new printer. ing the ink set for the registered
printer in [Printer Management] and
printer.
then newly add the printer.
When registering multiple printers
[MACHINE NAME] is duplicated for
in [Printer Management], If two or more printers are con-
some printers.
[MACHINE NAME] overlaps the nected with USB2.0 interface, spec-
Please specify a unique [MACHINE
printer which was already regis- ify a unique [MACHINE NAME] for
NAME] for each printer by the Oper-
tered, it was not possible to register each printer.
ation Panel.
the printer.
You tried to create or delete a hot
folder in [Favorite Setting] after you
logged in as regular user and
Insufficient access rights to perform started RasterLink6. Please log in as Administrators
the operation.
You tried to delete a printer that the group user, and then start Raster-
Please restart RasterLink6 after log
hot folder was created in [Printer Link6.
on as an administrators group user.
Management] after you logged in
as regular user and started Raster-
Link6.
Computer is in a state where it is not
possible to start or stop Print
Spooler service in Windows. Start or
Windows Print Spooler service can-
Could not stop Print Spooler. stop of the service program is
not be stopped or started when cre-
Could not start Print Spooler. blocked by anti-virus software.
ating or deleting a hot folder.
Please temporarily uninstall the
anti-virus software or temporarily
void virus detection function.
Printer driver supporting the hot This may be an unexpected effect of
Cannot create the printer driver folder cannot be created or deleted a printer from other company.
[Printer driver name]. when creating or deleting a hot Delete the printer of the other com-
Cannot create the printer [Printer folder. pany from [Control Panel]-[Printer].
name].
Cannot remove the printer driver Delete the printer created by Ras-
[Printer driver name]. terLink6 from [Control Panel]-
Printer drive cannot be deleted
Cannot remove the printer [Printer [Printer] after restarting if this error
when uninstalling RasterLink6.
name]. occurs when
uninstalling.
Windows available file path is up to
255 bytes. Especially it tends to be
When spooling a file by operating
long path name when accessing
[File]-[Open] or Drag & Drop, the
File name is too long. from network drive. Please copy the
file could not be accessed because
file into the local drive such as local
full path of the target file is too long.
HDD and USB memory and then
load the file into RasterLink6.
Jobs has been reached upper limit
No more jobs can be registered.
of registerable number of jobs (200 Please delete unnecessary jobs.
Please delete unnecessary jobs.
jobs).
Unsupported file format was loaded Printout with [File]-[Print] menu at
Cannot recognize the file format.
to RasterLink6. the application software.

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Error message Indicate condition Remedies

Failed to get the image size (media Printout with [File]-[Print] menu at
Cannot get the image size.
size) of the loaded file. the application software.
This message may appear when
Cannot move the file from [source] This error happens because the Cli-
you copy the file from Client com-
to [destination]. ent computer release the copied file
puter to Hot folder.
Printout with [File]-[Print] menu at
the application software.
When [VMerror], [limitcheck]
appears, input image data is too
complicated. Please simplify the
data by, for example, rasterize the
vector objects. If the image contains
RIP core has detected an error a gradation object, please try turn-
PostScript Error when reading a file or RIP process- ing off [Compatible gradation]. If the
ing. image contains a gradation mesh,
please try turning on [Gradation
mesh print].
If [invalidaccess] occurs when load-
ing PDF file, PDF file is protected by
a password. Please re-save the
PDF file to unclock the password
protection.
Restart the RasterLink6.
The operation can not continue due It became the state available mem-
to extremely insufficient memory. ory is extremely small. Decrease the [Preview resolution] at
[Environments]-[Option]-[Display].
Please set the media into the
Layout preview can not be dis- You switched to the Layout preview machine and get the printer status
played because the media width is in a state that Media has not been data again.
zero. Confirm the media width at set into the printer, or [Manual: 0
[Printer Status]-[Media]. mm] is specified in [Media size]. Please input a valid size when spec-
ify the [Media width] manually.
The job is arranged out of the print The job is located out of the print Arrange the job within the drawing
area. area completely. area.
The job is partially located out of
The job is arranged out of range of Please rearrange the job within the
the print area. It does not print the
the print area. print area.
part protruding.
Any of print tiles is not selected in Specify one or more print tiles at
Any of print tiles is not specified.
[Tiling] menu. [Tiling]-[Divide Edit].
The size of top row tiles is too small.
Adjust the tile split range and set the
The size of left column tiles is too In [Tiling] screen, the tile size is
tile size to be bigger than 1 inch
small. less than minimum size exists.
(25.4 mm).
The size of some tiles is too small.
The size of some tiles is smaller In [Tiling] screen, the tile size is Please specify the tile is larger than
than the overlap. less than overlap length exists. the overlap length.
In [Arrangement] screen, you tried In [Print Condition] menu, change
Different [Resolution] is specified in
to imposition jobs with different res- the resolution and dot type to match
selected jobs.
olution and dot type (ND/VD). the target job.
In [Arrangement] screen, you tried In [Print Condition] menu, change
Different [Multilayer Print Type]s are
to imposition jobs with different the multilayer print type to match
specified in selected jobs.
multilayer print type. with the target.
This Print Condition is different from
the selected job. In [Arrangement] screen, it tried to
[First Job Name]Print Condition imposition multiple jobs but print If you do not want to change the
applies to all selected jobs in case condition will be changed to be print condition, select [NO].
of arrangement. imposing.
OK?

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Error message Indicate condition Remedies

Only a part of Composited /
Arranged Job is not Delectable. To In [Delete] screen, you tried to
Please delete the job after release
Delete a Part of Composited / delete some of arranged jobs or
the arrangement or composition.
Arranged Job, Please De-composite composite jobs.
/ De-arrange Job before Delete.
Please confirm the printer power on,
USB2 : Cannot open port(W). and the connection between the
It cannot connect to the printer.
USB2 : Cannot open port(U). printer and computer with USB2.0
cable.
Print was interrupted by [DATA
During printing, [DATA CLEAR] key
USB2 : [DATA CLEAR] function CLEAR] key. It is not possible to
of the operation panel was
was performed by the print again from the interruption.
pressed, or "MEDIA END" was
printer. Please start printing from the begin-
detected.
ning.
This error tends to occur with a non-
recommended environment such
as:
DRV : An error has occurred • Not using a computer having Intel
During print data transfer to the
during output(W). Chipset
printer, USB communication failure
DRV : An error has occurred • Extended USB cable with a
has occurred.
during output(O). repeater cable
• Quality of USB cable is poor. (Use
Mimaki recommended cable.(sold
separately))
Cannot connect to the printer with
USB2.0 Hi-Speed mode. Please In the USB connection to the
Please check the USB2.0 connec-
check the connection of USB port, printer, it was unable to connect
tion environment.
cable and USB-Hub are based on with USB2.0 Hi-Speed mode.
USB2.0.
Please check the connection
You tried RIP with the printer dis- between the computer and the
Cannot get information for the cal- connected. In some of Mimaki printer.
culation of the consumption of ink printers, it is required to connect If you don't need to count the ink
from the printer status. with the printer for counting ink con- consumption, turn OFF [Calculate
sumption. Ink Consumption] in [Environment]-
[Option]-[Job control].
Please set the media into the
You started to print the job in a machine and get the printer status
Cannot execute the Job because state that Media has not been set data again.
the media width is zero. into the printer, or [Manual: 0 mm]
is specified in [Media size]. Please input a valid size when spec-
ify the [Media width] manually.
Cannot get information for multi
You executed RIP the 3-layer print- Please check the connection
layer print from the printer status.
ing job with the printer discon- between the computer and the
Please check the connection to the
nected. printer.
target printer.
Please recreate the input file.
Unable to read the file. Either the file
During RIP processing, an error This error also occurs when loading
has been damaged or the file format
was detected in the input file. the alpha channel TIFF file. Please
is not valid.
remove the alpha channel.
When restore the backup job file in
[Backup] screen, it was unable to
No restorable printer is registered Register the applicable printer with
restore the job because the same
(Model name). the PrinterManagement and restore.
printer which backup job is created
was not registered.

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 Trouble Shooting

Error message Indicate condition Remedies

When restore the backup job file in
Cannot restore the file because it You cannot restore backup job that
[Backup] screen, you tried to
was backed up by newly version of is created in the latest version of
restore the backup job which is
RasterLink6. LasterLink6 onto the former version.
backup in the newer version of
Please update RasterLink6 to [Ver- Please update RasteLink6 to the lat-
RasterLink6 than that is currently
sion No.] or later. est version.
installed.
Cannot restore the job because the
When restore the backup job file in
necessary profile has not been
[Backup] screen, the backup job Please follow the message and
installed.
was not restored because the install the device profile in Profile-
Please exit RasterLink6 and install
device profile which is used in Manager after closing RasterLink6.
the following profile by ProfileMan-
backup job was not installed.
ager and then restore the job again.
The free space of the working drive
(Drive Name) is less than the setting HDD space has dropped below the Please delete unnecessary jobs to
size (## GB). set value in [Environment]-[Option]- secure any free space capacity of
Please delete unnecessary jobs or [Disk]-[Disk Space to Keep]. the drive.
Ripped Data.
Can not operate the job which is not For the job of running, you speci- Please wait until the job execution is
ready. fied to rerun it before completion. completed.
For the locked job, you operated
Attribute change, Arrangement, Please unlock the job in [Job Prop-
No operation applies to locked job.
Layer creation, Composition, Dele- erties].
tion.
You selected the locked job and
The changes were not saved opened edit screen. Even if you Please unlock the job in [Job Prop-
because one or more jobs has been changed in any edit screen, the erties] when changing the job set-
locked. change will not be applied when ting.
switching the screen.
This message appears when the
print condition (pass, layer, print
The print condition in effect is not direction, high speed print) is not
recommended condition and it is • Please print with recommended
recommended print condition (rec-
not possible to get UV level. print condition.
ommended drawing mode) of pro-
file. When selecting [Yes], print is inter-
• Please change the setting other
It may be compromise of quality if rupted. than [HOST] in UV mode setting
you continue the printing. at the printer.
When selecting [No], print is contin-
ued with UV level setting by the
printer.
Please specify the page with care of
the followings:
In [Page setting], you entered Do not use ""-"" at 2 places.
The specification method of the improper character strings or speci- Do not use the character other than
printing page range is not suitable. fied the upper limit of the input ""-"" and "","".
page is greater than the total page. Do not enter the upper limit of the
input page is greater than the total
page.
You tried to composite the jobs with
Can not composite jobs with differ- different ink color set. It is not pos- Please change the device profile of
ent color set of device profile. sible to composite jobs with differ- the same color set.
ent color set.
You tried to composite the jobs in Please change to the same device
[Speed priority] with different device profile and then composite the jobs.
Cannot Speed-priority Composite
profile. It is not possible to compos-
jobs with different device profile. Please composite the jobs in [Qual-
ite jobs with different device profile
in [Speed priority]. ity priority].
You tried to composite the jobs in Please change to the same resolu-
[Speed priority] with different reso- tion and then composite the jobs.
Cannot Speed-priority Composite
lution. It is not possible to compos-
jobs with different resolutions. Please composite the jobs in [Qual-
ite jobs with different resolution in
[Speed priority]. ity priority].

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 Trouble Shooting

Error message Indicate condition Remedies

Server is busy, so cannot connect to
the database. License activation was executed
Please try it again later.
Please wait for a while and try during server maintenance.
again.
Follow RL6 Operation manual to
Re-activate is needed. License is not activated. deactivate the License and then
activate the License again.
License activation had been per-
formed with LAN cable connected
but Raster Link was started with
wireless LAN connection.
(1) Restore the computer to the
License activation had been per-
condition when License Activa-
formed with wireless LAN connec-
tion was performed before start-
tion but Raster Link was started
ing Raster Link. Change the
with LAN cable connected.
network connection (LAN cable
Computer configuration was or wireless LAN) Replace the
The PC configuration has been changed. motherboard of your pc to the
changed after your activation. Example: original one
(a) The motherboard in your pc (2) Activate the License again after
was replaced. deactivate it, and then start Ras-
(b) The pc has been connected ter Link.
with LAN cable under the differ- If the computer is not connected
ent environment when License to the internet, perform Substi-
Activation was performed. tute License activation.
(c) The pc has been connected in
the different wireless environ-
ment when License Activation
was performed.
This message may appear when
using the following network con-
nection: Connect with a LAN cable for
• PPP connection type network license activation. Do not use the
Error occurred during activation. adapter (e.g. USB data PPP connection type network
communication terminal) adapter and USB connection type
• USB connection type network network adapter.
adapter (e.g. USB wire-
less LAN adapter)
You find this error when you try to
activate licence with leaving the
licence activated on the another
Please deactivate the license on the
computer.
This serial key is already used on other computer, and then activate
(e.g. If you have a computer with
another PC. the license on the computer you
licence activated, yet installed Ras-
need.
terLink6 to the another, executing
the licence activation, then you find
this error.)
In the case of the message above is
shown, delete unnecessary jobs to
reduce the number of registered
The number of jobs registered into
jobs. Basically, it is recommended to
the job list of RasterLink exceeds
The job in Hot Folder was ignored. delete unnecessary jobs from the
200, the above message is shown
job list. In case the job will be used
when loading the job.
in the future, it is also recommended
to backup the jobs before deleting
from the job list.
An image size is too large to create If you cannot create the outline
An overflow error occurred. the outline using Outline Extraction using Outline Extraction function,
function in RasterLinkTools. please reduce an image size.

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 About security setting of installed PC

About security setting of installed PC

CD menu screen does not appear when installation CD is inserted into the PC
If an automatic execution function (Autorun) of the CD or the USB memory is disabled, the CD menu does not
start when the CD is inserted. In this case, display the CD drive as follows, and then directly select
“[Link]” to execute it.

(1) Select the CD drive in the explorer.

(2) Select “[Link]”, and then select [Open] from the pop-up menu.

• Be sure to use [Link] to install RasterLink6. If it is installed directly from the RasterLink6
installer without using the [Link], some files are not installed and errors may be caused.

When License Activation / Program Update / Profile Update is used

When security software with a firewall function is used, block the network (Internet) connection from each tool
of License Activation / Program Update / Profile Update.
Most security software display connection admission screen to confirm when the software tries its first con-
nection to the network. If the connection confirmation window appears when each tool above is started
first,admit it.
If you did not admit it in error, refer to the manual of the security software used, and admit the network connec-
tion of the following files.

• RasterLink6 installation drive\MijSuiteWeb\Bin\[Link]

• RasterLink6 installation drive \MijSuiteWeb\Bin\[Link]
• RasterLink6 installation drive \MijSuiteWeb\Bin\[Link]

Images cannot be read into RasterLink6

When reading images into RasterLink6, sometimes an error message
window as shown on the right appears and the images cannot be read.
The possible causes are that the security software blocks the start of the
tools necessary for RasterLink6 to read images, or faultily detects the
image as a virus and deletes it. Check the followings.

(1) Referring to the manual of the security software, check the following file is on the software list that
limits the start, and if it is on the list, admit the start.
RasterLink6 installation folder \Bin\[Link]
(2) Check the file above is in the PC. If not, reinstall RasterLink6. Then, refer to the manual of the secu-
rity software to set the file above on the white list (The file list that is not virus).

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 If an error occurred in the RasterLink6 screen display

If an error occurred in the RasterLink6

screen display
In rare PC environment, an error below may occur in the RasterLink6 screen display.

• When you switch tabs, a part of the previous tab remains.

• The preview image jumbles.
• When you use RasterLink6 for a long time, the screen display becomes look funny and the PC may
freeze at worst.

If these errors occur, it is possible to solve them with the following methods:

Method to solve 1
Upgrade the driver of the graphic board to the latest version.
For the method to upgrade the driver of the graphic board, refer to the manual of your PC or the graphic
board.
If the latest driver is not provided, perform the next [Method to solve 2].

Method to solve 2

 For Windows XP

1 Right-click the desk top and select [Property] from the displayed pop-up
menu.

2 As the “Display Properties” window

is displayed, click the [Settings] tab.
• Click Advanced .
Select

Click

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 If an error occurred in the RasterLink6 screen display

3 From the displayed window, click

[Troubleshoot]tub.
• Change “Hardware acceleration” to the second
Select

from the left end.

The following message is displayed:
“Disable all DirectDraw and Direct3D accelera- Setting
tions, as well as all cursor and advanced draw-
ing accelerations. Use this setting to correct
severe problems with DirectX accelerated appli-
cations.”

4 Click OK .
Click

5 Terminate “Display Properties” with OK .

 For Windows Vista

1 Right-click the desk top and select [Personalization] from the displayed
pop-up menu.

2 As the “Personalization” window

is displayed, click [Display Set-
tings].

Click

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 If an error occurred in the RasterLink6 screen display

3 As the “Display Settings” window is

displayed, click Advanced Settings... .

Click

4 From the displayed window, select

[Troubleshoot].
Select

Click

5 Click Change settings .

6 Change “Hardware acceleration” to

the second from the left end.
• The following message is displayed:
“Disable all DirectDraw and Direct3D accelera-
tions, as well as all cursor and advanced draw- Change
ing accelerations. Use this setting to correct
severe problems with DirectX accelerated appli-
cations.”

7 Click OK .
Click

8 Terminate [Display Setings] with OK .

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 RasterLink6 does not launch even after the RasterLink6 icon on Desktop is double-clicked

RasterLink6 does not launch even after the

RasterLink6 icon on Desktop is double-clicked
In some PC environment, RasterLink6 might be unable to launch even after the RasterLink6 icon on Desktop
is double-clicked.
At this point, on Windows, click [Start]-[All Programs]-[MimakiRasterLink6]-[MimakiRasterLink6] to launch
RasterLink6.

• If this phenomenon occurs, you might solve the problem by the following method:

Method to solve
Change desktop themes.

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 Note on application

Note on application
About Adobe Photoshop 5.x and earlier
Files of Adobe Photoshop 5.X or older versions may be printed dark.
And when EPS file of Adobe Photoshop 5.X or older versions is placed on Adobe Illustrator, it may also be
printed dark.
In case an image is printed dark, execute one of the following procedures.
Uncheck “Post Script Color Management” of Print Dialogue of Adobe Photoshop. Or, save it with Adobe
Photoshop 6 and later.
When “Post Script Color Management” is checked, color matching of RasterLink6 does not work and the
image is printed dark.

About Adobe Illustrator

 Drop shadow and Transparency

Data that is created with Adobe Illustrator 9 or later versions adopting transparency effect may have
prominent jags (stair-like oblique line), when it is enlarged and printed with RasterLink6.
To avoid this, set items of “Document Setup” menu of Adobe Illustrator as follows.

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When using drop shadow command, the color around the object becomes different from the ground
color.
To avoid this, set color matching method of both illustration and image of RasterLink6 equal.

 Letters cannot be plotted

 Letters become italic
 A part of the object around the letters cannot be plotted
Change the font into Outline.
When printing with the printer driver, set the driver so as to download the font.

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 Note on application

 Circles or letters become polygonal

Output resolution of Paths of Illustrator is too low or scale ratio at RasterLink6 is too high (for example
some are set at 1000%).
Default value of Output resolution of paths of Illustrator is 800 dpi.
Increase the Output resolution of Illustrator or lower the scale ratio of enlargement at RasterLink6.

For increasing the output resolution of Illustrator paths, calculate the resolution with the following for-
mula. Specifying a higher value than that obtained with the formula has no effect.

 With Illustrator 8, 9, or 10
Output resolution = Resolution in the scan direction of the selected device profile x scale value (%)
specified for image editing / 100

Example:
Selected device profile resolution: 720 x 1440 dpi
Set the scale value for image editing at 1000%

720 (scan direction resolution ) x 1000 (scale value) / 100 = 7200

Set the Illustrator path output resolution to 7200.

As for Illustrator 8 and Illustrator 9, changing the Output Resolution of “Printing & Export” in “Document
Setup...” does not affect on the created object.
To change the created object, select the object and change the object size at “Attributes” pallet.
To access “Attributes” pallet, select “Window” menu and then “Show Attributes”.

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 With Illustrator CS, CS2 or CS3

When saving to an EPS file, there is no setting item for path output resolution. Use the printer driver
from Illustrator to set “Flatness” of “Graphics” to “Quality” before printing.

If you do not increase the scale value in RasterLink6, or you increase the output resolution of Illustrator
paths, circles and text objects may be printed as polygons. In this case, select the relevant object in
Illustrator, apply [Add Anchor Points] 1 to 3 times, and make the individual curves shorter.

 A jaggy contour occurs in characters to which a transparent effect is applied

When you enlarge an image on the RasterLink6 side, there may be a case where a jaggy contour
occurs in characters to which a transparent effect is applied.
To avoid such a trouble, set the items of “Document Setup” of Adobe Illustrator as follows.

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 Some objects that are applied transparency effect have unnecessary lines or
some parts of the object do not appear
Some complicated objects and photos that are applied transparency effect may have unnecessary
lines or some parts of the objects.
To avoid this, set items of “Document Setup” menu of Adobe Illustrator as follows.

 Gradation Tone Jump is prominent

To avoid this, set items of “Document Setup” menu of Adobe Illustrator as follows.

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 Illustrator CS, CS2, CS3 (When saving EPS)

When saving EPS, set “EPS Options” as follows.

 Illustrator CS, CS2, CS3 (When printing)

When outputting the printer driver, set “Print” as follows.

• When setting the data to replace gradation, do not check “Compatible Gradient and Gradient Mesh
Printing”. It disables color replacement.

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 Linked data isn't printed.

 RIP isn't started
When linked images placed on the data of Adobe Illustrator exist in a data, embed the image in the
data of Adobe Illustrator.

 The surrounding image of EPS file saved by Illustrator 10 is cut off

When arranging rectangular object with thin line on surrounding part, the line may become thinner or
may be printed nothing.
It occurs because the whole image size is rounded by integer Point and is clipped.

In Illustrator 10, arrange dummy object around the image and save as EPS, or set a little larger Post-
Script custom page size in printing with printer driver.

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 The image size differs between on application and on RasterLink6

The image size created by application does not correspond completely to the image size displayed on
the job editor of RasterLink6. It occurs by following causes.

(1) Limitation of the image size set by PostScript language

Application usually sets the size by mm or inch, but PostScript language sets the number by Point
(1/72 inch).
Although image object size is measured by Point of real number, the whole size in saving EPS file or Post-
Script custom page size in printing with printer driver is eventually changed to the Point of integer.
It causes conversion error up to 1 Point (0.353 mm).
(2) Effect of line width
The object size displayed on [Information] window of Illustrator does not include the line width.
Actual object size includes the line width.
(3) Effect of the calculation of size by specific application
As Illustrator 10 described above, specific size calculation by application effects on the size.

By the reasons above, it causes about 1 Point error even when printing with original size. Therefore,
when scaling by RasterLink6, the error widens (In case of 1 Point error, widening 1000% causes 3.5
mm error).
If considering the accuracy of output size, note the followings to reduce the error.
• Print by original size as possible
• If scaling, set by % (do not set by mm or inch)

 Data in the same place is cut twice

For data of Adobe Illustrator 9 or later to which a transparent effect has been applied, when Print & Cut
is executed in RasterLink6, cut data may be cut twice.
In such a case, change the settings as follows by using Adobe Illustrator.
(1) Separate the “Print data” and the “Cut data”, and then move the “Cut data” layer on top.

(2) "Convert All Text to Outlines" and set “Convert All Strokes to Outlines” to OFF.

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 Caution about Mac OS X

Caution about Mac OS X

Spooling from Mac OS X, it is enacted the following restrictions.

Print PDF documents

When printing PDF documents from Acrobat Reader ver. 5, [File Name] on the “Job List” turns into garbage.
This problem is modified after ver. 6, print PDF documents using Adobe Reader ver. 6 or later.

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 Caution about using hot folder with Macintosh

Caution about using hot folder with Mac-

intosh
 In case canceling the file copying to the hot folder, the error occurs.
Most of all files canceled copying are ignored or moved to the error queue, however RasterLink6 may
abend since spooling the file copied incompletely.
Do not cancel copying the file as far as possible.
With Mac OS X, abnormal phenomena may occur simply by clicking the open hot folder in the Finder.
When copying files, do not perform any unnecessary operations in the Finder.

 When deleting the file from the hot folder by compulsion during copying, error
occurs.
You can force to delete the file copying from the hot folder at Mac OS X. However, when doing these
operation, the other files may be deleted or RasterLink6 may abend.
Do not delete the file copying to the hot folder.

 About extension display on OSX

For OSX, the extension is not displayed if the checkbox of "Show all filename extensions" is not
checked from [Finder Preferences]-[Advanced].

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 Improvement of the spooling speed when printing from the application software with Macintosh

Improvement of the spooling speed when printing

from the application software with Macintosh
Changing the output folder to hot folder, the spooling speed may be faster depending on the application
software. Try the following steps.
The file can be spooled from application to the hot folder by following steps, however, error may occur
depending on the application software. When the error occurs, clear the check box for “Save as File” of
[Output Options] menu in the “Print” window.

Application software caused error

 Illustrator 10
It is unstable to output the file.

 Illustrator CS
Some files cannot be spooled.

 Photoshop 7
Some files cannot be spooled when does not change the file name to save.

1 Open the “Print” window in the [File] menu with the application software.

2 Select the printer for RasterLink6 at

“Printer;” menu.
• Select “Output Options”.
[Link]

[Link]
• Check the box for “Save as File”.
• Select “PostScript” at “Format”. [Link]

3 Click Save .
[Link] [Link]

4 Specify the hot folder of RasterLink6

to output.
[Link]

5 Click Save .
[Link]

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 RIP speed improvement method for images containing gradated objects

RIP speed improvement method for

images containing gradated objects
Where objects with complex gradation meshes, or very large numbers of gradated objects, are present inside
an image, RIP processing will take time. In such cases, the RIP speed can be improved by changing the
Illustrator settings.
It is usually recommended to remove a check mark against [Compatible Gradient and Gradient Mesh
Printing]. If you want to specify a spot color as the color for gradation, put the check mark.
Try the following settings if the RIP speed does not improve.

 In cases where gradation meshes are heavily used or where objects with large
gradation meshes are present:
Put a check mark against [Compatible Gradient and Gradient Mesh Printing.] in the Illustrator settings.

 In cases where gradations are heavily used for color filling or lines or where
objects with large gradation are present:
Remove a check mark against [Compatible Gradient and Gradient Mesh Printing.] in the Illustrator set-
tings.

• As you can infer from the above instructions, activation of the [Compatible Gradient and Gradient
Mesh Printing.] setting has validity with regard to either gradated objects only or gradation mesh
objects only.
Change the setting according to which of the two the Illustrator’s [Document information] window
indicates is more heavily used.

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