Roland ColorChoice Software Training

Goals

To present an overview of the Roland ColorChoice Software Solution

To provide knowledge for successful installation

To train on features and capabilities of the program

Agenda

Introduction and Program OverviewColor Theory Installation on MAC & WindowsComponents of ProgramProgram WorkflowColor TheoryPrinting from Mac & WindowsTroubleshooting

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Software Description

Roland ColorChoice is a PostScript printer driver for the Roland Hi-Fi Jet printer available on both Macintosh

and Windows platforms

Software Overview

Software-embedded Adobe PostScript 3 RIP Platforms supported: Mac, Win 95, 98, NT 4 Open architecture ICC color management Print Directly from any DTP application Familiar Interface Easy-to-use Powerful

Printing from Application

Hardware Recommendations

Pentium II 233MHz

128+ MB RAM

2 GB free hard disk

Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0

Power Macintosh or compatible

128+ MB RAM

2 Gb free Hard Disk

MacOS 8 or later

Windows Macintosh

Connectivity Options

Windows Platform Standard IEEE 1284

parallel cable

Macintosh Platform MAC/PCI Card

w/ standard IEEE 1284 cable

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RIP

RIP - Raster Image Processor Process of converting pixels into lines of dots at

various sizes, and densities for each separate CMYK color for printing.

What does a RIP really do? Converts design into separate CMYK colors Uses halftone screening or diffusion patterns to

fool the eye into seeing continuous tones Directly drives large format printers

Color gamut

The gamut of colors each space can reproduce.

Visible gamut is the eye.

Visible > Pantone > RGB > > Hifi > CMYK

The gamut of colors each space can reproduce.

Visible gamut is the eye.

Visible > Pantone > RGB > > Hifi > CMYK

Rendering Intents

Defines how output / print colors that are outside the color gamut of the printer. Perceptual Relative Colorimetric Saturation Spot Color

Rendering Intents

This intent is best for photographic images. The relationship between colors in original is scaled proportionally to fit the output device’s color gamut.

Rendering Intents

Is best for images, such as logos, where the original needs to exactly match the output. Colors that falls outside of printer’s gamut are converted at the edge of the gamut, which may reduce the total numbers of colors available. For this reason, this intent should only be used when there are relatively few colors in an image

Rendering Intents

This intent is best for images where true color matching is NOT as important as vivid colors. This intent may be used to boost colors within a photographic image.

Rendering Intents

This intent produces the greatest saturation possible, should only be used for NON-photographic images. Examples may include charts and graphs.

Spot Color

Input / Output Profiles

Eg. SWOP

Coated

CMYK data

Common Color Space

RGB Input

profile

CMYK Input

profile

OutputProfile

CMYK orCMYK+LcLm

data

RGB data

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On WindowsRefer to User Guide enclosed in your binder

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On MACRefer to User Guide enclosed in your binder

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From Windows

Windows Interface

File Menu

- Hold Job- Delete

- Inches- Feet- Millimeters- Centimeters

View Menu

Help Menu

Printer Menu

Setup Properties - General

Setup Properties - Communication

Parallel

Setup Properties - Print

- 720dpi- 360 dpi- 180 dpi

- DRAFT- FAST- NORMAL- FINE- SUPER- PHOTO

Setup Properties - PrintFJPigLcLm_BECFJPigLcLm_CANFJPigLcLm_OP-G_NORMALFJPigLcLm_PCM-AC10_FINEFJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_FASTFJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_FINEFJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_NORMALFJPigLcLm_PCM-WMWV_FINEFJPigLcLm_PCM-WMWV_NORMALFJPigLcLm_PCM-WTBM_FINEFJPigLcLm_PET-G_FINEFJPigLcLm_PET-G_SUPER-PHOTOFJPigLcLm_PVC-G_SUPER-PHOTOFJPigLcLm_PVC-M_NORMAL-FASTFJPigLcLm_SFCFJPigLcLm_YP-M_FINEFJPigLcLm_YP-M_NORMAL-FAST

Profile overview

Setup Properties - Print

- Perceptual- Relative Colorimetric- Saturation- Spot Color

Setup Properties - Print

The ColorChoise ICC profiles can be loaded in Photoshop or Illustrator. If the CMYK conversion is already done, the “Perform color correction” switch should be turned OFF.

Setup Properties - Print

Setup Properties - Print

- CMYK- CMYK LcLm- CMYK O/G

Setup Properties - Color

Buttons

Add Job

Save Job

Delete Job RIP&Print

Pause Job

Abort Job

Printing from Windows

Printing from Windows

Printing from Windows

Sending Mode Hold / Print

Done Mode Hold / Delete

Sending Mode Hold / Print

Done Mode Hold / Delete

Printing from Windows

Printing from Windows

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From MAC

MAC Interface

File Menu

Edit Menu

- Hold Job- Delete

- Inches- Feet- Millimeters- Centimeters

Printer Menu

Printer Properties - Communication

Printer Properties - General

- Roll 52 / 5 feet- Roll 52 / 10 feet- Roll 52 / 50 feet- Roll 52 / 150 feet

- Others

Printer Properties - Print

- 720dpi- 360 dpi- 180 dpi

- DRAFT- FAST- NORMAL- FINE- SUPER- PHOTO

Printer Properties - PrintFJPigLcLm_BECFJPigLcLm_CANFJPigLcLm_OP-G_NORMALFJPigLcLm_PCM-AC10_FINEFJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_FASTFJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_FINEFJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_NORMALFJPigLcLm_PCM-WMWV_FINEFJPigLcLm_PCM-WMWV_NORMALFJPigLcLm_PCM-WTBM_FINEFJPigLcLm_PET-G_FINEFJPigLcLm_PET-G_SUPER-PHOTOFJPigLcLm_PVC-G_SUPER-PHOTOFJPigLcLm_PVC-M_NORMAL-FASTFJPigLcLm_SFCFJPigLcLm_YP-M_FINEFJPigLcLm_YP-M_NORMAL-FAST

Printer Properties - Print

- Perceptual- Relative Colorimetric- Saturation- Spot Color

Printer Properties - Print

Printer Properties - Print

- CMYK- CMYK LcLm- CMYK O/G

Printer Properties - Color

CMYK

Buttons

Add Job

Delete Job RIP&Print

RIP&Print

Pause Job

Stop Job

Save Job

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Pantone colours from Photoshop

Setting up the ICC profiles

Setting up the ICC profiles

Setting up the ICC profiles

Selecting a Pantone colour

SWOP CMYK VS HI FI CMYKLmLc

Color Choice Setup

Deselect the input colour profiles

Select the correct output profile

The location of ICC profiles

Question & Answers

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