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User’s Guide Printed on recycled paper Nflight.bk Page i Friday, September 1, 2000 8:32 AM ...
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ii All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of ...
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iii Introduction Do You Need PostScript? 1 Special Features 2 Macintosh System Requirements 3 Windows System Requirements 4 How To Use Your Manuals 4 Cautions, Notes, and Tips 5 Where To Get Help 6 1 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh ...
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iv Contents Color Matching 1-9 Press Simulations 1-9 ColorSync 2.x Support 1-10 PANTONE Color Support 1-10 2 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Setting Up the EPSON Stylus RIP Server 2-2 Configuring EPSON Stylus RIP Preferences 2-4 Se...
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v Contents Color Matching 3-12 ICC Support 3-13 PANTONE Color Support 3-14 4 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Printing from an Application 4-1 Starting EPSON Stylus RIP 4-2 Printing with the Default Options 4-2 Printing and Setting Pr...
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vi Contents EPSON Stylus RIP takes a long time before printing starts 5-4 Your printouts contain incorrect fonts or jagged type 5-4 The printer is producing pages containing illegible type or characters 5-5 Images and type look bitmapped and jagged...
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1 The EPSON Stylus ® RIP software lets you use your EPSON Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo ink jet printer as a PostScript ® 3 (Macintosh ® , Windows ® 2000, and Windows NT ® ) and Level 2 (Windows 95 and 98) compatible printer. It read...
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Introduction 2 Here’s what you can use the EPSON Stylus RIP for: ◗ Printing documents with placed or imported EPS images ◗ Printing from complex PostScript-based drawing and publishing applications like Adobe Illustrator, ® Macromedia ® F...
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Introduction 3 Macintosh System Requirements To use EPSON Stylus RIP with a Macintosh in either a standalone or network environment as a print server, your system should meet the following minimum requirements: ◗ Power Macintosh, ® iMac ™ se...
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Introduction 4 Windows System Requirements To use the EPSON Stylus RIP in either a standalone or peer-to-peer network environment, your system should include: ◗ IBM ® -compatible PC with 486 or higher processor (Pentium ® 133 MHz or higher rec...
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Introduction 5 If you’re familiar with software PostScript interpreters, you can use the EPSON Stylus RIP Quick Start Guide to get started with the RIP. For more information about installing and using the software, refer to this User’s Guide...
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Introduction 6 Where To Get Help EPSON provides technical assistance through electronic support services and automated telephone services 24 hours a day. The following table lists the contact information: To speak to a technical support representat...
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1-1 1 This chapter provides instructions for installing the EPSON Stylus RIP software on a standalone Macintosh or the print server Macintosh in a network. You can then install the PostScript printer driver and PPD (PostScript Printer Description...
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1-2 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Checking the Printer Before you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software, follow the instructions in your printer’s documentation to prepare your printer for use. Make sure you perform the following step...
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1-3 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Determining Your Configuration You can connect your printer and use EPSON Stylus RIP in three different configurations: ◗ Standalone ◗ Direct connection network ◗ Typical network The standalone or ...
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1-4 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Direct Connection Network Configuration In a direct connection configuration (shown below), the Macintosh that is connected to the printer acts as the print server, with the EPSON Stylus RIP Server soft...
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1-5 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Typical Network Configuration In a typical network configuration, the print server and all client Macintosh computers are connected to the printer only via an Ethernet connection on an optional network ...
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1-6 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on a Standalone or Print Server Macintosh Before you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software, disable all anti-virus or disk utility extensions, and shut down any application...
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1-7 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 6. Once your system has restarted, open the Apple menu and choose Control Panels > AppleTalk. 7. If you’re using a serial or USB connection, choose Remote Only from the Connect via pop-up men...
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1-8 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on a Client Macintosh Once you’ve installed the EPSON Stylus RIP Server software on your print server, you can install the Client software on the client Macintosh computer...
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1-9 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 5. Follow the on-screen instructions, then click Quit when prompted to finish the installation. 6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for each client Macintosh that will print with EPSON Stylus RIP over the net...
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1-10 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh ColorSync 2.x Support For applications that support ColorSync 2.x, use the ICC profiles that are included with the EPSON Stylus RIP software. When you install the RIP software, these profiles should au...
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1-11 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Every attempt is made to accurately match color values as closely as possible to the PANTONE spot colors. However, no color matching scheme can guarantee an exact match, due to environmental and other...
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1-12 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Nflight.bk Page 12 Friday, September 1, 2000 8:32 AM ...
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2-1 2 Once you’ve installed the EPSON Stylus RIP software on your Macintosh computer(s), you need to set up your server or standalone Macintosh before you can start printing PostScript documents. Once you’ve set it up, you can print with the R...
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2-2 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Setting Up the EPSON Stylus RIP Server Follow the steps below to set up the EPSON Stylus RIP Server software the first time you use it—you’ll need to do this for both standalone and network conf...
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2-3 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh If you connected the printer via a network interface card and use AppleTalk zones, select the printer’s zone and then select the printer name. Or use the Scan button to locate the printer on you...
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2-4 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Configuring EPSON Stylus RIP Preferences To configure the Stylus RIP Server, follow these steps: 1. Open the File menu and select Preferences . You see the following dialog box: 2. You can change the...
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2-5 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh ◗ Raster Spool Mode This checkbox turns the raster image spooling feature on and off —the default setting is off. Raster Spool Mode is recommended only when you frequently print multiple copies ...
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2-6 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh To select the proper PPD file and Chooser settings, follow these steps: 1. Turn on your EPSON printer, and if it is connected to a network, turn on the print server Macintosh. 2. Double-click the S...
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2-7 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 4. From the Chooser, click Setup to select the PPD file that corresponds to your EPSON ink jet printer. The following dialog box appears: 5. In most cases, clicking the Auto Setup button will au...
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2-8 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Now you’re ready to print a PostScript document from the print server or a client Macintosh. See the following section for printing instructions. To make starting Stylus RIP easy and to allow you t...
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2-9 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Sending the Print Job To print a document from an application, follow these steps: 1. Open the document you want to print in your application. 2. Select Page Setup from the File menu. The Adobe Page...
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2-10 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Setting Print Job Options Print job options are divided into categories—you access these different categories of options via a pop-up menu that is initially labeled General. Certain categories, s...
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2-11 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 2. Choose one of the following Print Color settings: ◗ Black and White Select this setting for faster printing of text and/or line art in black only. ◗ Color/Grayscale Choose this setting for ...
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2-12 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh The profiles use these terms: ◗ 360P_360: 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper ◗ GF_1440, GF_720: Glossy Film at 1440 or 720 dpi ◗ GP _ 1440, GP_720 : Glossy Paper at 1440 or 720 dpi ◗ MA : Matte Paper - He...
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2-13 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Printer Specific Options Follow these steps to set media quality and type, ink, and Press Simulation options if you selected Printer Specific Options from the Print dialog box: 1. Set the Media(Q...
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2-14 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 4. If you have an EPSON Stylus Color 1520 or 3000 printer, or an EPSON Stylus Photo 1200, 1270, or 2000P, choose one of the following for the Paper Options setting: ◗ Print Using Roll Feed Media...
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2-15 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 3. Choose Make Alias from the File menu. The software creates a StylusRIP Server alias icon in your Stylus RIP folder. 4. Drag the StylusRIP Server alias icon to your desktop. 5. Open the Syste...
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2-16 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 5. Select any PostScript Level type, set the Data Format to Binary, and choose Include All fonts. 6. Set any other options you want to use and click Save. 7. If necessary, choose the folder wher...
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2-17 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh You can use the information in the window to track the progress of your print job. If a problem occurs during printing, you’ll see the error displayed in the Message area. To cancel a print job, ...
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2-18 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh After you send a print job and the Stylus RIP Server processes it, the StylusRIP Monitor starts automatically. You can see a list of spooled print jobs and the status of the job that’s currently ...
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3-1 3 This chapter provides instructions for installing the EPSON Stylus RIP software and accompanying PostScript driver on your Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows NT system. Even if you already have other PostScript printer drivers,...
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3-2 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Checking the Printer Before you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software, follow the instructions in your printer’s setup guide to set up your printer for use, making sure you perform the following steps: ...
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3-3 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Follow these steps to install EPSON Stylus RIP and the PostScript driver on your computer: 1. Insert the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM in your drive. The installation program starts automatically. If it doesn�...
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3-4 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows 4. Enter a folder name where the EPSON Stylus RIP files will be installed, or click Next to accept the default name. 5. Once the EPSON Stylus RIP files are installed on your system, you see a dialog box ...
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3-5 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Installing the PostScript Driver on Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT After you install the Stylus RIP software, the AdobePS 4.2 or 5.0 setup program starts automatically. Follow the steps below. No...
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3-6 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows 4. At the Install PostScript Printer from PPD dialog box, highlight the PPD file that corresponds to your printer model and click Next . Note: If the dialog box doesn’t initially display any PPD files...
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3-7 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows 6. At the Add Printer dialog box, click both No radio buttons. Otherwise, your printer may output pages of code. Give the Stylus RIP printer a descriptive name to differentiate it from the standard dri...
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3-8 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Note: If you use PageMaker 6.0 or 6.5, you also need to copy your printer’s PPD file to a PageMaker folder. Copy your EPSON printer’s PPD file from the Windows\System folder to C:\PM6\RSRC\USENGLISH\...
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3-9 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows 5. At the Select the Printer Port dialog box, make sure the Use the following port option is selected, then choose StylusRIP: EPSON StylusRIP from the port list, and click Next . 6. At the Add Printer ...
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3-10 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows 9. At the Name Your Printer dialog box, give the Stylus RIP printer a descriptive name to differentiate it from the standard driver. Then click Next . 10. At the Printer Sharing dialog box, make sure th...
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3-11 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Setting Up Network Printing Computers within the same workgroup on a peer-to-peer network can use EPSON Stylus RIP to print over the network. File and printer sharing must be enabled and the Adobe PostS...
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3-12 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Connecting the Client Computers Once you’ve enabled sharing on the server’s print queue directory, each of the client computers needs to connect to it. Windows provides several methods for connecting...
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3-13 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows ICC Support For Windows 95/98/2000 and Windows NT 4.0 ICM support, use the ICC profiles that are included with the EPSON Stylus RIP software. (Your application must also support Windows color matching t...
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3-14 Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows PANTONE Color Support PANTONE professional color palette files for your printer are included with the EPSON Stylus RIP software. These files can be read directly into most PANTONE-licensed applications s...
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4-1 4 Once you’ve installed the EPSON Stylus RIP software on your computer(s), you’re ready to print in PostScript. To print with the EPSON Stylus RIP, you need to start the RIP, set printing options, print from your application, and let the ...
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4-2 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Starting EPSON Stylus RIP To start the EPSON Stylus RIP software, click Start , Programs, EPSON, and click StylusRIP . The program checks your printer, and then opens the StylusRIP window: This w...
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4-3 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows 2. Choose the EPSON Stylus RIP printer driver from the print dialog box. The Where: field changes from LTP1 to StylusRIP or File . 3. If you want to change any printer options before printing, se...
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4-4 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Follow these steps: 1. Open a document and choose Print or Print Setup from the File menu. 2. Select the EPSON Stylus RIP printer from the Name menu and click Properties . 3. In Windows 95/98/200...
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4-5 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows The Device Options tab lets you select the type of media (paper) and desired resolution, ink color mode, and press simulation mode. Note: To make the settings in these dialog boxes your default settin...
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4-6 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows In the Windows 95/98/2000 Device Options tab and the Windows NT Advanced tab, you click the feature you want to change in the upper portion of the dialog box, and then choose the setting for that feat...
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4-7 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows 3. If you have an EPSON Stylus Color 1520 or 3000 printer, or an EPSON Stylus Photo 1200, 1270 or 2000P printer, choose one of the following Paper Options : ◗ Print on roll paper Choose this setting...
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4-8 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Managing Print Jobs While your job is printing, the following information appears in the Stylus RIP window: If a problem occurs during printing, you’ll see an error indicated in the Message area. If ...
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4-9 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Batch Printing In addition to having the RIP process print jobs as soon as they are created, you can also create print jobs and hold them in a queue so you can print them at a later time. This allows y...
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4-10 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Network Printing You can use EPSON Stylus RIP to share your printer over a Windows peer-to-peer network. See “Setting Up Network Printing” on page 3-11 for setup instructions. You can print direc...
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4-11 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Configuring EPSON Stylus RIP You can configure the following two preference settings for the EPSON Stylus RIP software: ◗ For convenience in printing from your applications, you can change the defau...
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4-12 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows 4. Select the preference you want: ◗ Type a new path for the Temp Directory if you want to change the folder where the RIP looks for print files to process. (You must first create this folder in ...
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5-1 5 This chapter describes solutions to some of the problems you might encounter with the EPSON Stylus RIP software. Many problems can be solved by making sure the printer is turned on and properly connected to your computer or network before y...
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5-2 Troubleshooting ◗ Make sure you’re using the correct PostScript driver for your printer (included on the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM). ◗ If you’re working with scanned images, check the scanner software settings. ◗ Try cleaning the print...
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5-3 Troubleshooting You see a memory or VM error message (Macintosh) You see a communications error message when you try to open EPSON Stylus RIP EPSON Stylus RIP does not run (Windows) Possible cause Solution Virtual memory is not turned on. Sel...
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5-4 Troubleshooting Your saved files don’t print (Windows) EPSON Stylus RIP takes a long time before printing starts Your printouts contain incorrect fonts or jagged type Possible cause Solution You’re not saving your PostScript print files wit...
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5-5 Troubleshooting The printer is producing pages containing illegible type or characters Images and type look bitmapped and jagged on your printouts Possible cause Solution The printer is not receiving and processing PostScript code. Click Can...
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5-6 Troubleshooting You see Font not found or Find font error messages (Macintosh) One or more colors are missing in your printout or it prints in black ink only Possible cause Solution You’re allowing Font Substitution in your application. Tur...
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5-7 Troubleshooting Your printed output has white lines Bitmap images or clip art looks jagged You’re having trouble printing from PageMaker 6.0 or 6.5 (Windows) EPS and TIFF files do not print Possible cause Solution Your screen saver is interru...
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5-8 Troubleshooting Your printout has misplaced images or type Printed images are clipped at the edges Your Macintosh freezes when you try to print from QuarkXPress Your Macintosh loses custom page sizes when selecting PDF file output from QuarkXPre...
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I-1 Index A AppleTalk, 1-4 to 1-5, 1-7, 2-2 to 2-3, 2-6 B Batch printing, 4-9 Bitmap images, problems, 5-7 C Cancelling print jobs Macintosh, 2-16 to 2-18 Windows, 4-8 Chooser, 2-5 to 2-8 Client installation Macintosh, 1-1 to 1-2, 1-8 to 1-9 Clip ar...
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I-2 Index L License key, 2-3, 4-2 M Macintosh configuring Stylus RIP, 2-2 to 2-8 drag and drop printing, 2-15 to 2-16 installing Stylus RIP, 1-1 to 1-2, 1-6 to 1-9 memory requirements, 2-2 network configuration, 1-3 to 1-5 printing from application...
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I-3 Index Printer Profile setting, 2-11 to 2-12 Printer, checking, 1-2, 3-2 Printing batch, 4-9 cancelling, 2-16 to 2-18, 4-8 drag and drop, 2-15 to 2-16 from Macintosh applications, 2-8 to 2-9 from Windows applications, 4-1 to 4-3 Macintosh option...
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