Mutoh Toucan LT

July 9, 2007

Print Mode:

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

This page of the properties sheet allows you to control the following items:

• Print Mode: Select the ink type and printing resolution
• Pass Count: Select pass count / Overlap
• Dot Size: Select the size of the dot
• Print Direction: Print in both directions (bi) or one direction (uni)
• Cutter: Enable or disable paper cutting after the print
• Overprint: Overprint controls the number of times the printer prints over the same area. A setting of 2 will double the amount of ink laid down.
• Head Speed: High Quality is a faster head speed than Normal
• Time Between Passes: Time Between Passes allows you to set a drying time between each pass. This is especially useful when printing on film
• Drying Time: Select the drying time in seconds

Advanced Settings:

The Advanced page controls saving images to the hard drive and allows you to select options to fine tune the type of media installed.

• Save Image on printer hard drive: Choose whether to enable the hard drive save feature
  • Note: There will be a prompt for a file name when the job is spooled to the printer
    The file name may only contain capitol letters (A-Z) and/or numbers (0-9)
• Save and print: Saves the image to the hard drive while the image is being spooled to the printer
• Save then print: Saves the image to the hard drive and then immediately proceeds to print the saved image off of the hard drive (See note below: uses the same front panel settings as "Save only")
• Save only: Saves the image to the hard drive. Printing will be done off of the front panel
  • Note: The front panel control for the following commands will have precedence over the driver control when printing from the hard drive
    • Media Thickness and Head Height (On "Advanced Settings" tab)
    • Media Stiffness (On "Advanced Settings" tab)
    • Media Feed Correction (On "Advanced Settings" tab)
    • Media Cut (On "Print Mode" tab)

• Advanced Controls: Choose whether to disable the advanced settings
• Media: Choose from a selection of media types
• Media Stiffness: Will adjust the power of the media vacuum
• Media Thickness: Select thickness of the media in mm
• Head Height: Set the gap between the platen and the head
• Send Feed Correction: Check to send a value
• Media Feed Calibration: Adjust the amount of feed correction necessary to eliminate micro-banding

Color Separations:

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

• The Color Separations controls are the same as those of other printers, and are only available if a monochrome mode has been selected on the Print Mode tab.
  • Separations on RIP: This will cause the RIP to separate the image into CMYK plates.
  • Make Negative: This inverts monochrome images when printed.
  • KCMY56: This allows you to print monochrome images to any of the heads in the printer. This is especially useful to eliminate overuse of a single printhead when printing only monochrome.

Note: Go to Help->Help Subjects->Color Separations for more information

Heater Controls

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

The Heating page allows you to adjust the heater settings.

• Checking Use Printer Front Panel Heater Control will turn the RIP control of heaters off
• Check boxes on individual heaters allow one to turn each heater on or off
• Adjust heater temperature in degrees centigrade