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 zIntroduction and Program Overview zColor Theory zInstallation on MAC & Windows zComponents of Program zProgram Workflow zColor Theory zPrinting from Mac & Windows zTroubleshooting

Roland

Software Description zRoland ColorChoice is a PostScript printer driver for the Roland Hi-Fi Jet printer available on both Macintosh and Windows platforms

Software Overview ySoftware-embedded Adobe PostScript 3 RIP yPlatforms supported: Mac, Win 95, 98, NT 4 yOpen architecture ICC color management yPrint Directly from any DTP application yFamiliar Interface yEasy-to-use yPowerful

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 WindowsMacintosh

Connectivity Options zWindows Platform yStandard IEEE 1284 parallel cable zMacintosh Platform yMAC/PCI Card xw/ standard IEEE 1284 cable

Roland

RIP  RIP - Raster Image Processor yProcess of converting pixels into lines of dots at various sizes, and densities for each separate CMYK color for printing. zWhat does a RIP really do? yConverts design into separate CMYK colors yUses halftone screening or diffusion patterns to fool the eye into seeing continuous tones yDirectly drives large format printers

Color gamut zThe gamut of colors each space can reproduce. zVisible gamut is the eye. zVisible > Pantone > RGB > > Hifi > CMYK zThe gamut of colors each space can reproduce. zVisible gamut is the eye. zVisible > Pantone > RGB > > Hifi > CMYK

Rendering Intents zDefines how output / print colors that are outside the color gamut of the printer. yPerceptual yRelative Colorimetric ySaturation ySpot 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 Output Profile CMYK or CMYK+LcLm data RGB data

Roland On Windows Refer to User Guide enclosed in your binder

Roland On MAC Refer to User Guide enclosed in your binder

Roland 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 dpi dpi - DRAFT - FAST - NORMAL - FINE - SUPER - PHOTO

Setup Properties - Print FJPigLcLm_BEC FJPigLcLm_CAN FJPigLcLm_OP-G_NORMAL FJPigLcLm_PCM-AC10_FINE FJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_FAST FJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_FINE FJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_NORMAL FJPigLcLm_PCM-WMWV_FINE FJPigLcLm_PCM-WMWV_NORMAL FJPigLcLm_PCM-WTBM_FINE FJPigLcLm_PET-G_FINE FJPigLcLm_PET-G_SUPER-PHOTO FJPigLcLm_PVC-G_SUPER-PHOTO FJPigLcLm_PVC-M_NORMAL-FAST FJPigLcLm_SFC FJPigLcLm_YP-M_FINE FJPigLcLm_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

- 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

Sending Mode Hold/ Print Done Mode Hold/ Delete Sending Mode Hold/ Print Done Mode Hold/ Delete

Printing from Windows

Roland 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 dpi dpi - DRAFT - FAST - NORMAL - FINE - SUPER - PHOTO

Printer Properties - Print FJPigLcLm_BEC FJPigLcLm_CAN FJPigLcLm_OP-G_NORMAL FJPigLcLm_PCM-AC10_FINE FJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_FAST FJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_FINE FJPigLcLm_PCM-PMP2_NORMAL FJPigLcLm_PCM-WMWV_FINE FJPigLcLm_PCM-WMWV_NORMAL FJPigLcLm_PCM-WTBM_FINE FJPigLcLm_PET-G_FINE FJPigLcLm_PET-G_SUPER-PHOTO FJPigLcLm_PVC-G_SUPER-PHOTO FJPigLcLm_PVC-M_NORMAL-FAST FJPigLcLm_SFC FJPigLcLm_YP-M_FINE FJPigLcLm_YP-M_NORMAL-FAST

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

Printer Properties - Print

- CMYK - CMYK LcLm - CMYK O/G

Printer Properties - Color CMYK

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

Roland Pantone colours from Photoshop

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

Colorchoice Software Training