MS JP2 Help Page

Notes:

This driver includes a 'Variable, No Small' Dot Size. This mode will only print using large and medium size dots.

Print Mode:

Pressing the Properties button next to the Printer Model window on the Imaging Configurations screen will launch the control panel for this printer.

• Print Mode: Choose resolution for printing.
• Inkset Type: Select the desired inkset to use.
• Head: Choose to print with selected head, or select 'ALL' for printing with all the heads.
• Nozzle: Select the desired nozzles to use (A-line, B-line or ALL).
• Pass Count: Select pass count. Will vary depending on Print Mode selected.
• Quality Mode: Select the quality mode to use for printing. Some of the print modes only offer one quality mode.
• Dot Set: Choose to print with the Small, Medium, or Large dot set.
• Dot Size: Select the size of the dot to print with, when using the above selected dot set.
• Speed: Set the speed that the head travels at during printing.
• Wave Effect: Select the wave pattern to print with.
• Scan Width: Choose if the print head should travel the width of the image, the width of the media, or the width of the printer.
• Print Direction: Print in Unidirection (one direction) or Bidirection (both directions).
• Overprint: Choose the number of times each area is printed over. A setting of 2 would double the amount of ink that is printed.
• Media Cut: The sheet cutting option can be set to Off, or to use the front panel settings, or to one of the options listed below.
• If the cut is set to double cut, after the cut operation is executed once, the cutting blade returns to the same position and execute the cut again.
• If the cut is set to 2 steps, the cut will be completed in two motions.
• If the cut is set to 3 steps, the cut will be completed in three motions.
• If the cut is set to the high pressure, the cut operation will be executed with high pressure.
• If the cut is set to the low pressure, the cut operation will be executed with low pressure.
• Time Between Passes (sec): Allows you to specify the minimum time that a printhead pass will take. This may be necessary to slow down the printhead when there are excessive drying problems, or when printing separations onto film.

Media:

When you click on Media, the following properties page will be displayed:

• Send Paper Feed Calibration (-5.00% to 5.00%): Enter calibration value for adjusting the paper feed.
• For an example, print a line that is 1000 mm long in the paper feed direction.
• Measure the actual printed length.
• Enter the difference in percentage (-5% to 5%). If the printed line is shorter, enter a negative value. If it is longer, enter positive value.
• Set Drying Time After Print: Additional drying time, in seconds, can be set after the print is completed.
• Set Front Panel Media Settings: Allows one of the printers predefined front panel Media Settings to be selected, without having to switch the front panel over to this media setting.
• Set Media Thickness: Set the appropriate media thickness in microns. The conversion of microns to millimeters is: 80 microns = 0.08 mm
• Set Media Stiffness: Select the stiffness of the media so the vacuum can be adjusted accordingly (High, Medium, Low, Very Low, OFF).

Heater:

When you click on Heater, the following properties page will be displayed:

The Heater page allows you to adjust the heater settings.

• Checking 'Use Front Panel Heater Settings' disables driver heater controls and uses the printer's front panel settings instead.
• Check boxes for each heater allows the turning of each heater on or off.
• Adjust heater temperature in degrees centigrade. Temperature in Fahrenheit is displayed to the right of the control.

Color Separations:

When you click on Color Separations, the following properties page will be displayed:

The Color Separations controls are only available if a monochrome mode has been selected on the Print Mode tab.

• Make Separations on RIP: This will cause the RIP to separate the image into CMYK plates.
• Make Negative: This inverts monochrome images when printed.
• KCMY: This allows you to print monochrome images directly to any one of the printheads. This is especially useful to eliminate overuse of a single printhead when printing only monochrome.

Auto-Generation:

When a custom inkset is selected that includes an unmanaged ink channel, the following properties page will be displayed:

• Auto-Generation:
• No Auto-Generation: The unmanaged ink channel is not printed unless specified through a spot color replacement.
• Auto-Generate ink from traced areas: The unmanaged ink channel will be applied only to the traced areas that have been created using the Trace tab in the main SoftRIP interface.
• Auto-Generate the entire page: Prints the unmanaged ink channel on the entire image.
• Auto-Generate where other inks are used: Prints the unmanaged ink channel on all non-zero pixels(marked areas). In addition, a "choke" or "spread" may be applied to the area.
        Note: A choke shrinks the unmanaged channel in relation to the printed area.
        Note: A spread expands the unmannaged channel in relation to the printed area.
• Ink Density: Set percentage of ink to be used for the unmanaged ink channel. Can be set from 10% to 100%.