Roland Color Choice Software Training Goals

Roland Color. Choice Software Training

Goals · To present an overview of the Roland Color. Choice Software Solution · To provide knowledge for successful installation · To train on features and capabilities of the program

Agenda z z z z Introduction and Program Overview Color Theory Installation on MAC & Windows Components of Program Workflow Color Theory Printing from Mac & Windows Troubleshooting

Roland

Software Description z Roland Color. Choice is a Post. Script printer driver for the Roland Hi-Fi Jet printer available on both Macintosh and Windows platforms

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

Printing from Application

Hardware Recommendations • Windows · Pentium II 233 MHz · 128+ MB RAM · 2 GB free hard disk · Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4. 0 • Macintosh · Power Macintosh or compatible · 128+ MB RAM · 2 Gb free Hard Disk · Mac. OS 8 or later

Connectivity Options z Windows Platform y Standard IEEE 1284 parallel cable z Macintosh Platform y MAC/PCI Card x w/ standard IEEE 1284 cable

Roland

RIP z RIP - Raster Image Processor y Process of converting pixels into lines of dots at various sizes, and densities for each separate CMYK color for printing. z What does a RIP really do? y Converts design into separate CMYK colors y Uses halftone screening or diffusion patterns to fool the eye into seeing continuous tones y Directly drives large format printers

Color gamut z The gamut of colors each space can reproduce. z Visible gamut is the eye. z Visible > Pantone > RGB > > Hifi > CMYK

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

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

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

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

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

Input / Output Profiles Eg. SWOP Coated CMYK data RGB data CMYK Input profile RGB Input profile Common Color Space Output Profile CMYK or CMYK+Lc. Lm data

On Windows Refer to User Guide enclosed in your binder Roland

On MAC Refer to User Guide enclosed in your binder Roland

From Windows Roland

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 - 720 dpi - 360 dpi - 180 dpi - DRAFT - FAST - NORMAL - FINE - SUPER - PHOTO

Setup Properties - Print • FJPig. Lc. Lm_BEC • FJPig. Lc. Lm_CAN • FJPig. Lc. Lm_OP-G_NORMAL • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-AC 10_FINE • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-PMP 2_FAST • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-PMP 2_FINE • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-PMP 2_NORMAL • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-WMWV_FINE • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-WMWV_NORMAL • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-WTBM_FINE • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PET-G_SUPER-PHOTO • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PVC-G_SUPER-PHOTO • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PVC-M_NORMAL-FAST • FJPig. Lc. Lm_SFC • FJPig. Lc. Lm_YP-M_FINE • FJPig. Lc. Lm_YP-M_NORMAL-FAST

Profile overview

Setup Properties - Print - Perceptual - Relative Colorimetric - Saturation - Spot Color

Setup Properties - Print The Color. Choise 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 Lc. Lm - CMYK O/G

Setup Properties - Color

Buttons Add Job Save Job Abort Job Delete Job Pause Job RIP&Print

Printing from Windows

Printing from Windows

Printing from Windows • Sending Mode • Hold / Print • Done Mode • Hold / Delete

Printing from Windows

Printing from Windows

From MAC Roland

MAC Interface

File Menu

Edit Menu - Hold Job - Delete - Inches - Feet - Millimeters - Centimeters

Printer Menu

Printer Properties - Communication

Printer Properties - General - Roll 52 / 5 - Roll 52 / 10 - Roll 52 / 50 - Roll 52 / 150 - Others feet

Printer Properties - Print - 720 dpi - 360 dpi - 180 dpi - DRAFT - FAST - NORMAL - FINE - SUPER - PHOTO

Printer Properties - Print • FJPig. Lc. Lm_BEC • FJPig. Lc. Lm_CAN • FJPig. Lc. Lm_OP-G_NORMAL • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-AC 10_FINE • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-PMP 2_FAST • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-PMP 2_FINE • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-PMP 2_NORMAL • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-WMWV_FINE • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-WMWV_NORMAL • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PCM-WTBM_FINE • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PET-G_SUPER-PHOTO • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PVC-G_SUPER-PHOTO • FJPig. Lc. Lm_PVC-M_NORMAL-FAST • FJPig. Lc. Lm_SFC • FJPig. Lc. Lm_YP-M_FINE • FJPig. Lc. Lm_YP-M_NORMAL-FAST

Printer Properties - Print - Perceptual - Relative Colorimetric - Saturation - Spot Color

Printer Properties - Print

Printer Properties - Print - CMYK Lc. Lm - CMYK O/G

Printer Properties - Color CMYK

Buttons Add Job Save Job Delete Job Stop Job RIP&Print Pause Job RIP&Print

Pantone colours from Photoshop Roland

Setting up the ICC profiles

Setting up the ICC profiles

Setting up the ICC profiles

Selecting a Pantone colour

SWOP CMYK VS HI FI CMYKLm. Lc

Color Choice Setup • Deselect the input colour profiles • Select the correct output profile

The location of ICC profiles

Question & Answers

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