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Contents

Preface 9

1 Introduction to the Harlequin MultiRIP 13WhatistheHarlequinMultiRIP? 13WhyusetheHarlequinMultiRIP? 14TheHarlequinMultiRIPindepth 15WhybecomeaHarlequinMultiRIPOEM? 32IntegratingtheHarlequinMultiRIPwithyourproduct 33AboutGlobalGraphics 37

2 Running the Harlequin MultiRIP 39Machinerequirements 39Installingprinterinterfacecards 44HarlequinMultiRIPfolderstructure 44StartinguptheHarlequinMultiRIP 48Menusaffectedbyoptionalfeatures 55StoppingtheHarlequinMultiRIP 56

3 Getting Started with the Harlequin MultiRIP 59AsimpleHarlequinMultiRIPsession 59AmorecomplexuseoftheHarlequinMultiRIP 66UsingtheHarlequinMultiRIPwithaspoolfolder 69MonitoringtheHarlequinMultiRIP 70

4 Harlequin MultiRIP Output Methods 73Historicaloverview 73Pagebufferingmodes 73Thethroughputsystem 75Advanceddetailsofpagebufferingmodes 86Pagebufferingmodes:asummary 90

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5 Configuring Output Formats 91CreatingandmanagingPageSetups 91PageSetupManagerdialogbox 92EditPageSetupdialogbox 94Selectingdifferentdevices 96Sendingoutputtothescreen 99OutputtoPreview 103OutputtoNone 103OutputtoTIFF 104OutputtoPDFRaster 118Sendingoutputtoaprinter 124ProofReadyplugins 125Multipledeviceoutputplugins 126Outputplugindialogboxes 129Separations,ScreeningandColor 129AdvancedMediaSaving 131Mediaandtimesavingusingoptimization 137Defaultpagesize 139Margins 139Printingeffects 140Controlstrip 141Scalingtheimage 150Features 151Cassettemanagement 153PageSetupOptions 153PageSetupOptionExtras 158PDFOptions 161Calibration 161XPSOptions 163

6 Screening 167Managingseparationsstyles 167SeparationsManagerdialogbox 168EditStyledialogbox 169Halftoning 170Screenangles 175Dotshapes 176Halftonefrequency 179Screeningoptionsandnumberofgraylevels 180JobsettingsandHarlequinMultiRIPsettings 184HarlequinPrecisionScreening 185HarlequinScreeningLibrary 191Automaticdetectionofcolorseparations 198


7 Configuring the RIP 199ConfigureRIPdialogbox 199HowtheHarlequinMultiRIPcontrolsfiles 200Controlofpagebufferingmodes 201Jobtimeout 203Threadsandparallelprocessing 204HarlequinVariData 206Printerbuffersize 207Extras 209Specifyingprepfiles 210HarlequinMultiRIPmemoryallocation 210Minimumfreediskspace 212Disablesounds 212ResettingtheHarlequinMultiRIPtodefaultvalues 213Choosingtheuserinterfacelanguage 213

8 Configuring Input 215Inputmanagement 216Plugininstallation 217Managinginputplugins 217UsingtheNTPipeinput 221UsingtheSpoolFolderinputfolder 224UsingtheSocketinputplugin 229UsingtheAsynchronousSocketplugin 234UsingtheAsynchronousSocketQuitplugin 235Usingmorethanonemethod 235UsingthePrintFilecommand 236PrintingPostScriptlanguagefiles 237PrintingPDFfiles 237PrintingXPSDocuments 251PrintingHDPhotoimages 251PrintingJPEGandJFIFfiles 252PrintingGIFfiles 252PrintingTIFF 6.0files 252Printingpagebufferfiles 254EnteringPostScriptlanguagecodebyhand 256

9 Media Management 259Whymanageyourmedia? 259Advancingandcuttingmediainteractively 262Advancingandcuttingmediaautomatically 263Monitoringmedia 268

10 Simple Imposition 277WhatisSimpleimposition? 277


Inputfileformats 277HowtoactivateSimpleimposition 278TheImpositionManager 278ConfiguringSimpleimposition 279Exampleimpositions 295

11 Fonts 305Suppliedfonts 305Typesoffont 306TheDLD1format 307InstallingfontsintheHarlequinMultiRIP 308Preloadingfonts 310Producingalistofinstalledfonts 310Proofingfonts 311Removingfonts 312Compositefonts(Type0) 313Fontsubstitution 314TheHqnFontSetStubsstartupfiles 315Fontbackup 316FontEmulation 316

12 Calibration 321Whycalibrationisneeded 321Calibrationandlinearization 323CalibrationintheHarlequinMultiRIP 324Exampleprocedure 325Editingcalibrationsets 334Consistencyofcalibration 337Tonecurves 339Presscalibration 339Usingacombinationofcalibrationsets 342PrintCalibrationdialogbox 343CalibrationManagerdialogbox 345EditCalibrationdialogbox 349Featuresintroducedforflexographicprinting 356

13 Color Separation 363Introduction 363Whatcolorseparationsare 373Producingcolorimagesfromseparations 376Howcolorseparationsareproduced 378Creatingandmanagingseparations 380SeparationsManagerdialogbox 380EditStyledialogbox 383ColorSetup 391Colorseparationanglesinjob 401


Trappingfeatures 402PagesintheOutputController 403

Appendix A Troubleshooting 407

Appendix B Jobs Containing Color Management Data 423

Appendix C Using Genlin 427

Glossary 435

Copyright and Trademarks 449

Index 457


Preface

TheHarlequinRIPisaninterpreterandrendererformultiplepagedescriptionlanguages.ThismanualisacompleteguidetousingtheHarlequinRIP,andprovidestechnicaldetailswhennecessary.FordetailsofhowtoinstalltheRIP,seetheseparateInstallationGuide.

ThismanualisintendedforanyoneusingorevaluatingthegraphicaluserinterfaceversionoftheHarlequinMultiRIPforPCplatformsrunningonMicrosoftWindows.TheguidecoversthefeaturesoftheHarlequinMultiRIPinastructuredway,givingexamplesthatshowyouhowtoperformawidevarietyofusefultasksintheRIP.FormoredetailsabouttheotherversionsofRIPsavailable,seeChapter1,IntroductiontotheHarlequinMultiRIP.

Contents of this manualThismanualdiscussesbasicconceptsatanearlystage,leavingmorecomplexissuesforthelaterchapters.Inaddition,eachchapterstartswithabasicdescriptionoftherelevantfeaturesbeforedescribingindetailthemoretechnicalissuesinvolved.

ThefirstthreechapterscontaininformationaboutwhattheHarlequinMultiRIPdoes,andhowtogetitupandrunningonyourmachine.

Chapter1,IntroductiontotheHarlequinMultiRIP,givesadescriptionofwhattheRIPdoesandthekindoftasksforwhichyoucanuseit.ThischapteralsogivesabroadoverviewofthedifferentversionsofRIPthatareavailable.

Chapter2,RunningtheHarlequinMultiRIP,describesyourmachinerequirements,andhowtostartuptheHarlequinMultiRIPonceitisinstalled.

Chapter3,GettingStartedwiththeHarlequinMultiRIP,describesthemostfundamentalelementsofthesystem.Itshowsyouhowtodousefulworkwithoutlearningalargenumberofnewskills.

Thenextfourchaptersformamorecomprehensiveaccountofthesoftware.

Chapter4,HarlequinMultiRIPOutputMethods,introducesthedifferentwaysinwhichtheRIPcanoperate,andhowyoucangetthebestperformanceoutofthesoftwareforthejobsyouarerunning.ThechaptermovesfromgeneralprinciplestomorespecificexamplesofthebestwaytousetheRIP.


Chapter5,ConfiguringOutputFormats,describestheflexibilitytheHarlequinMultiRIPprovidesforconfiguringtheappearanceofanyprintedpage.Thetoolsdescribedinthischapterwillbeusedonaregularbasis,andareimportantforanyonewhowillmakeextensiveuseoftheproduct.

Chapter6,Screening,explainsthecontroltheHarlequinMultiRIPgivesyouoverscreeningtechniques.ThischapterincludesacompletedescriptionofusingHarlequinPrecisionScreening.

Chapter7,ConfiguringtheRIP,showsyouhowyoucanconfiguretheHarlequinMultiRIPtogivethebestperformanceinyourenvironment.Youwillprobablywanttoexperimentwiththeoptionsdescribedinthischapter,butonceyouaresatisfiedthattheRIPisrunningasyouwantit,youwillnotneedtoalterthemonaregularbasis.

ThelaterchaptersofthemanualdealwithspecificfacilitiesthattheHarlequinMultiRIPoffers,andmaybeusedasreference.

Chapter8,ConfiguringInput,describesthedifferentwaysinwhichyoucansendpostscriptlanguagecodeandotherformsofjobasinputtotheHarlequinMultiRIP,eitherworkingonastandalonemachine,oraspartofanetwork.

Chapter9,MediaManagement,givesyoucompletedetailsofthemediamanagementfacilitiesavailableintheHarlequinMultiRIP.

Chapter10,SimpleImposition,providesdetailsonhowtousetheimpositionfeaturesoftheHarlequinMultiRIP.

Chapter11,Fonts,describestheusethattheHarlequinMultiRIPmakesoffonts,thedifferentfontformatsthatareavailable,andthespecialbuiltinfacilitiesthattheRIPhastomakehandlingfontseasyandmoreefficient.

Chapter12,Calibration,discussesthewaysinwhichtheHarlequinMultiRIPcanhelpyouensureaccuratecalibrationofyouroutput.

Chapter13,ColorSeparation,describesthefacilitiestheHarlequinMultiRIPprovidesforcontrollingtheprintingofindividualcolorantsinbothcompositeandseparatedoutput.

AppendixA,Troubleshooting,providessolutionstocommonproblemsthatoccurwhenrunningtheHarlequinMultiRIP.

AppendixB,JobsContainingColorManagementDatadescribeshowjobsandimageswithattachedcolormanagementdatainteractwithrelatedsettingsintheHarlequinMultiRIP.

AppendixC,UsingGenlindescribesautilityprogramprovidingsemiautomaticmeasurementofcalibrationtargetsgeneratedbytheHarlequinMultiRIP.

Lastly,theGlossaryexplainsterminologyusedthroughoutthemanual.


AssumptionsTheHarlequinMultiRIPrunsonMicrosoftWindows.Itisimportantthatyouarefamiliarwiththeappropriateoperatingsystem,atleasttothelevelofusingthefileExplorerandasimpletexteditororwordprocessorsuchasNotepadorWordPad.Ifyouarenot,refertotheMicrosoftHelpormanuals.

Incomplexinstallations,youmaywishtosendjobsbetweenPCs,Macintoshcomputers,andcomputersrunningtheUNIXorLinuxoperatingsystem.ThismanualdescribesthedetailsspecialtotheHarlequinMultiRIP,butnotthefundamentalsofnetworkingconnectionsandservices.Youarelikelytorequireassistancefromtechnicalsupportstaffforinitialconfigurationandoccasionalmaintenanceofsuchinstallations.

Note:ThesupportedoperatingsystemsarelistedintheInstallationguideandReleasenotes

ConventionsThismanualusessomeconventionstomakeitclearwhereyougivekeyboardcommandsorchoosefromthemenusanddialogboxes,asdescribedinthefollowingsections.

The keyboardYoucanexecutemanyofthecommandsavailableintheHarlequinMultiRIPeitherbyusingthemouseorbyusingakeyboardshortcut.Thisisacombinationorsequenceofkeypressesthatexecutesacommandwithoutyouhavingtochooseamenuoptionwiththemouse.Keyboardshortcutsforindividualcommandsarediscussed,incontext,throughoutthemanual.

TheShiftkeyisoftenusedwhenselectingagroupofobjectsfromalist.Forexample,whenselectingagroupoffilestoprint.Itisalsousedinkeyboardshortcutsandinsomemouseactions.

TheControlkeyisusedinkeyboardshortcutsandinsomemouseactions.Forexample,youcanoftenholddownControlwhilepressinganotherkeyoramousebutton.Wheneverthismanualdescribesoneoftheseactions,thetextshowswhichkeyormousebuttontouse:forexample,whenyoucanusetheControlkeyandtheletterkeyKincombination,thetextshowsCtrl+K.

TheControlkeyisalsousedwhenselectingseveralobjectsfromalistthatdonotformacontiguousblock.Forexample,youcanusethiskeywhenselectinganumberoffilestoprint.

Somekeyboardshortcutsarespecifictoaparticularwindowandonlyoperatewhenthatwindowisactive.Whenusingawindowingsystem,ensurethattherelevantwindowisactivebeforeusingoneofthesekeyboardshortcuts.

Shift

Ctrl


Fonts and formatsThefollowingfontsandstylesareusedthroughoutthisdocumentation.

1. Paragraphsthatarenumberedandusethisfontcontaininstructionswhichyoushouldfollowintheshownorder.

Textwritteninthissans-serif bold facerepresentsamenutitle,amenuitem,oracontroliteminaRIPdialogbox.Textincludingananglebracket( > )indicatesbothamenuandtheoptioninthatmenu.Forexample:choosetheHarlequin MultiRIP > Start InputsoptionisashorthandmethodofreferringtotheStart InputsmenuoptionintheHarlequin MultiRIPmenu.

TextwritteninthistypewriterfacerepresentsapieceofPostScriptlanguagecode,afilename,ortextdisplayedbytheHarlequinMultiRIP.

Ifatermiswritteninitalic,itisthefirstmentionofanimportantconcept.Thisconceptisexplainedinthetextimmediatelyfollowing,intheglossary,orboth.

Note:Textindicatedbystartingwithaboldwordintheleftmarginisimportantandshouldbereadcarefully.ANote,likethisone,isoftenasuggestionthatmaysaveyouwork,improveperformance,orimprovethequalityofoutput.

Warning:LikeaNote,aWarningisimportantandoftenindicatestheneedforcaretoavoidlossoffilesorsettings.

NotetoOEMs: Noteslikethisone,specificallyaddressedtoOEMs,arenotmeantforonwardpublicationtoendusers.Theylistopportunitiesforcustomization,relatedtechnicaldocumentation,andotheritemsofpossibleinteresttostaffatGlobalGraphicsanditsOEMs.


1

IntroductiontotheHarlequinMultiRIP

ThischapterprovidesanintroductiontothecapabilitiesoftheHarlequinMultiRIP.

NotetoOEMS: Thischaptercontainstwotypesofinformation.Section 1.1throughSection 1.3containmaterialforbothendusersandOEMs,andshouldbeeasilyadaptableforuseinanOEMsownusermanual.TheremainingsectionsareforanOEMreadershiponly.

WhatistheHarlequinMultiRIP?onpage13definestheHarlequinMultiRIP.

WhyusetheHarlequinMultiRIP?onpage14describestheadvantagesofusingtheHarlequinMultiRIP.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPindepthonpage15describesvariousfeaturesoftheHarlequinMultiRIP.

WhybecomeaHarlequinMultiRIPOEM?onpage32describestheadvantagesofintegratingtheHarlequinMultiRIPintoanOEMsystem.

IntegratingtheHarlequinMultiRIPwithyourproductonpage33discusseshowtointegratetheHarlequinMultiRIP.

AboutGlobalGraphicsonpage37describesthecompanybehindtheHarlequinMultiRIP.

1.1 What is the Harlequin MultiRIP?TheHarlequinMultiRIPisanapplicationthattakesadocumentorjobdescribingimagesorpagesandproducesoutputfromthatjobonanoutputdevicewhichcanbeaprinter,imagesetter,computerscreen,orafileondisk.Thetermoutputdeviceisusedthroughoutthismanual,exceptwherethenatureofthedeviceisimportant.

Ingeneral,asoftwareapplicationorhardwaredevicethatperformsthistaskisknownasaRasterImageProcessor(RIP)or,wherethePostScriptlanguageisinvolved,aPostScriptlanguagecompatibleinterpreter.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPisasoftwareRIPmanagementsystem.ItcontainsbothasoftwareRIPandacollectionofsupportingfunctionsthathelptheRIPperformitstaskefficiently.Forexample,theRIPacceptsjobsfromvarioussources,handlespreviewingandoutputofprocessedpages,andperformstheassociatedfilehandling.


1 IntroductiontotheHarlequinMultiRIP

TheHarlequinMultiRIPisdesignedfordigitalproductionprintcustomers,drivinghighspeeddeviceswithRIPfarms.ThedifferencebetweentheHarlequinRIPandtheHarlequinMultiRIPistheinclusionofmultithreadedcompositing(MTC)oflivetransparency.

1.1.1 Input and output formatsTheHarlequinMultiRIPacceptsjobsandproducesoutputinseveralformats,withtheexactoptionsdependingonyourconfigurationoftheRIP.

Therangeofinputformatsincludes:thePostScriptlanguageandEncapsulatedPostScript(EPS)files,PortableDocumentFormat(PDF)files,XMLPaperSpecification(XPS)files,(16bit)TIFF 6.0baselinefiles,andJPEGandJFIFfiles.TheHarlequinMultiRIPsupportsmodernversionsofthesefilesincludingPostScriptLanguageLevel 3,PDFversionsupto andincluding1.7,andderivedstandardssuchasPDF/X.TheRIPalsohascontrolsforspecialhandlingofolderversionsofthesefilesifnecessary.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPcanproduceoutputinavarietyofformats,tosuitvariousphysicaloutputdevicesandfileformats.TheabilitytoproduceTIFF 6.0filesisastandardfeaturebutitiseasytoaddoutputoptionsforotherformatssuchasCIP3PPFfiles.Similarly,thereareoptionsforoutputtomanyproofingprintersandfinaloutputdevices.

1.1.2 Versions of the Harlequin MultiRIP TheHarlequinMultiRIPisavailableindifferentconfigurationsandisabletooperateondifferentcomputerplatforms.Theconfigurationthatisbestforyoudependsverymuchonyourindividualneeds.Thismanualshouldhelpyouassessthefunctionalitythatmeetsthoseneeds.

TheInstallationguideandReleasenotescontainthelistofsupportedplatforms.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPisappropriateforawiderangeofoutputdevicesincludinghighresolutionimagesetters,lowerresolutionplainpapersetters,andmediumtohighresolutionprintersandplotters.Itsupportsthespecialfeaturesofthesedevices,andmaximizestheiroverallproductivity.

1.2 Why use the Harlequin MultiRIP?TheHarlequinMultiRIPhasprovenitselftobeafast,versatile,andpowerfulinterpreterandrendererformultiplepagedescriptionlanguages.Therearemanyreasonsforchoosingitaboveothersimilarinterpreters,themostimportantofwhicharediscussedhere.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPiseffective,compatible,androbust;andshowsrealbenefitsineverydayuse.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPiseffectivebecauseitprocessesjobsquickly,isabletoprocessjobsofvirtuallyanysize,andcanreoutputselectedpagesoracompletejobwithoutreinterpretation.


TheHarlequinMultiRIPiscompatiblebecauseitiskeptuptodatewiththePostScriptlanguage,PDF,XPS,andfontspecifications;imagefileformats;andrelevantstandardsfromindependentbodies.Note:TheHarlequinMultiRIPisabletouseproprietaryextensionsinternallyforqualityofoutput,speed,andefficiencywithoutlosingcompatibility.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPisalsocompatiblebecauseitsupportsseveralnetworkingprotocolsforuseinmanykindsofnetworks,whetherornotallthecomputersareofthesametype.

Robustnesscomesfromexperiencewithmanyrealjobs.YoucanconfiguretheHarlequinMultiRIPtooverridepoorsettingsinincomingjobs(andavoidofficeprinterqualityscreeningonexpensivemedia);useitsabilitytodetectpoorlylabeledcolorseparations,andsoon.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPisflexibleenoughtosupportmanyworkflows,including:compositeorpreseparatedcolor;thePostScriptlanguage,PDForXPS.SomeoftheseinputformatsrequiretheHarlequinMultiRIPoptions.

AsystemusingtheHarlequinMultiRIPiseasytoextendandtoupgradewhennecessarybecausetheHarlequinMultiRIPisasoftwarebasedRIP.

Youcanaddoptions,suchasadvancedscreening,colormanagement,andtrapping,whenusingLDKsecurity,byobtaininganewproductkey.

Youcanaddmoreoutputoptionswithsoftwarepluginstosupportimagesetters,platesetters,proofinganddisplayprinters,andworkflowintegration.

APostScriptlanguageprogrammercanaddsimplefragmentsofPostScriptlanguagecodetoprovidefeaturessuchasmarkingpageswithdraftorsimilaroverprintandcolorbars.

Itispossibletoupgradehardwareandsoftwareindependently.TheHarlequinMultiRIPisverysimilaronallplatformssothereislittleornoneedforretrainingifyouneedtoaddanothertypeofcomputer.

WhenyouupgradetheHarlequinMultiRIPyoucantransferyourexistingsettingstothenewversionoftheRIPandmostoptionaloutputplugins.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPsupportssimpleimpositionofbooks,pagepadding,andcreep.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPindepthonpage15discussesmanyofthesefeaturesinmoredepth.

1.3 The Harlequin MultiRIP in depthWhyusetheHarlequinMultiRIP?onpage14describedsomeoftheadvantagesofusingtheHarlequinMultiRIP.Thissectiondescribesthefeaturesthatcontributetothoseadvantages.

CharacteristicsofasoftwareRIP.Seepage16.



Fileformatandversionsupport.Seepage17.

Extendedcolorcapabilities.See page18.

Screeningoptions.See page23.

HarlequinColorPro.See page24.

Graphicsformats.See page25.

Inputandoutputmethods.See page26.

Complexjobs.See page27.

Throughputcontrol.See page27.

Previewing.Seepage28.

Pagebuffercompression.See page28.

Fontsandfonthandling,includingcompositefontsandfontemulation.See page29.

Conveniencefeatures.See page30.

TrapPro.Seepage56.

SimpleImposition.Seepage277.

1.3.1 Software RIPs compared to embedded RIPsManyinterpretersandrenderersforpagedescriptionlanguagesarebasedonhardwareratherthansoftware.Thatis,mostprinterscomesuppliedwithaRIPthatrunsonitsownspecialhardware.SometimesaRIPmayrunononlyonetypeofprinter.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPcontainsasoftwareRIP,carefullywrittentosupportanumberofcomputingplatformsandoutputsystems.

ThereareanumberofadvantagestousingasoftwareRIP:

IfyouhaveahardwareRIPandwishtotakeadvantageofnewhardware,youmusteitherpayforanupgradeoftheoldhardwareorstopusingit.WithasoftwareRIPsuchastheHarlequinMultiRIP,youcanuseyouroldhardwareforotherpurposesyoustillhaveausablecomputer.Thus,takingadvantageofnewtechnologyinthehardwareindustryismuchmorecosteffectiveifyouhaveasoftwareRIP.

YoucaneasilytakeadvantageofnewfeaturesifyouhaveasoftwareRIP.IfnewfeaturesareaddedtoahardwareRIP,theonlywaytotakeadvantageofthosefeaturesistobuythenewversionofthehardware,ortohaveafirmwareupgrade.Bothoftheseoptionsincurconsiderabletimeandexpense.DoingthesamethingforasoftwareRIPismuchsimplerandcheaperimprovedversionsoftheHarlequinMultiRIPcanberunonthesamehardwareasolderversions,andcanbesenttoyouondisk.

WhenyoubuyahardwareRIP,youbuyadedicatedmachinewhichisspecializedforperformingonetask:interpretingthepagedescriptionlanguage.WithasoftwareRIP,thenondedicatedhardwareyoubuyisacomputer,whichcanbeusedformanypurposesotherthanrunningtheHarlequinMultiRIP.


ItismuchmoreexpensivetocustomizeahardwareRIPtoindividualrequirementsthanitistocustomizeasoftwareRIP.

Evenif,despitethesepoints,youfeelthatahardwareRIPisstillthebestsolutionforyourparticularcase,itneednotbetraditional,dedicatedhardware.ItispossibletousehardwareacceleratorstoassistasoftwareRIPsuchastheHarlequinMultiRIP.

1.3.2 File format and version supportTheHarlequinMultiRIPsupportsseveralfileformatsandmaintainsthissupportacrossthewidelyusedversionsoftheseformats,aswellasthelatestversions.

TheinputfileformatsthattheHarlequinMultiRIPsupportsare:

PostScriptLanguageLevel 3,Level 2,andLevel 1.

PDFversionsuptoandincludingPDF1.7files.

XPSversion1.0files.

PDF/X1a:2001,PDF/X1a:2003,PDF/X3:2002,PDF/X3:2003,PDF/X4,PDF/X4p,PDF/X5g,PDF/X5gp.

JPEGandJFIF.

TIFF6.0.

GIF.

SeePageSetupOptionsonpage153andChapter8,ConfiguringInputformoredetails.

Thereasonforsupportingolderversionsoffilesandapplicationsisthatalmostallpagedescriptionsarecreatedautomaticallybyapplications.Thoseapplicationscanonlyusethefeaturesofthepagedescriptionlanguageastheyexistedatthetimeofwritingtheapplication,andthosefeaturesaresubjecttochange.

Forexample,theHarlequinMultiRIPisaPostScriptLanguageLevel3compatibleRIPmanagementsystembutstillsupportsfeaturesofPostScriptLevel 2andearlier.TheRIPalsorecognizesusesofPostScriptlanguagecodespecifictocommonimagecreationandpagelayoutapplications.

ThePostScriptlanguagewasfirstcreatedandusedinthemid1980sandsincethattimeithasundergonemanyimprovementsandchanges.Throughoutthisperiod,peoplehavebeentryingtocreatePostScriptlanguagepagedescriptionsthat,aboveall,workdespiteanybugsintheinterpreterswhichmayhaveexistedatthetime.

Tocopewiththissituation,theHarlequinMultiRIPiscompatiblenotonlywiththePostScriptlanguagejobsoftoday,butwiththejobsofyesterday.Therearetwoaspectstodealingwitholderjobs:dealingefficientlywithfeaturesthatarenowbettersupportedbymoremodernversionsofthepagedescriptionlanguage;dealingwithworkaroundmethodsforbugsinolderversionsofthepagedescriptionlanguage.TheHarlequinMultiRIPdoesboth.

Itmightnotbeimmediatelyobviouswhyitisnecessarytodealwithbugsandworkaroundmethods,butconsiderthisexample.



WhathappensifabugisfixedinawidelyusedPDLinterpreterandrenderer?NewerRIPsandapplicationsnolongerhavetocopewiththatbug,butproblemsariseifyouwishtointerpretoldpagedescriptions(generatedwithanapplicationwrittenbeforethebugwasfixed)withyournewRIP.Theoldpagedescriptionstakethebugintoaccount,butthenewRIPdoesnot,sothehardcopyproducedwithyournewRIPiswrong.IfyourRIPcannotaccommodatethis,astheHarlequinMultiRIPcan,youroldfiles(andindeedyourapplicationifyoustilluseit)areuseless.

1.3.2.1 Additional informationTheHarlequinMultiRIPcanalsoenablesubstitutionofhighresolutionimagesforPDFandPostScriptlanguagejobs,usinganinRIPimplementationoftheOpenPrepressInterface(OPI),versions 1.3and2.0,andDesktopColorSeparation(DCS),versions 1.0and2.0.SeeFeaturesonpage151fordetails.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPcanbeconfiguredtosupportspecialfeaturescolormanagement,fontsubstitution,duotones,andvignettesofjobsproducedbyseveralimagecreationandpagelayoutapplications.Theseapplicationsinclude:

AdobePhotoshop

AdobeIllustrator

QuarkXPress

SeePageSetupOptionExtrasonpage158formoredetails.

1.3.3 Extended color capabilitiesTheHarlequinMultiRIPsupportstheuseofcolorcapabilitiesintroducedwithPostScriptLanguageLevel 3.ThissupportincludesuseofNcolororextendedgamut(previouslycalledHiFi)colorsystemsusingvaryingnumberofcolorants,whetherthosecolorantsmimicCMYKsystems(photoinksystems)oruseobviouslydifferentcolorants.

TheRIPprovidesseparationsmanagement,preview,screening,calibration,andpluginsupportforthepopularNcolorsystems.

TheRIPalsohastheabilitytocalibrateandscreenspotcolorsseparatelyfromprocesscolors.ThisfeaturegreatlysimplifiesthemanagementofspotcolorsintheRIP.

1.3.3.1 /DeviceN and N-colorThe/DeviceNcolorspaceallowsbettercontrolofPostScriptlanguagecodeinenvironmentswherethenumberofseparationsisnolongerdominatedbytheCMYK,RGB,andmonochromecolormodels.Nrepresentsthenumberofprocesscolorseparations.Usingthe/DeviceNcolorspace,CMYKcorrespondstoN=4,RGBtoN=3,andmonochrometoN=1.ThiscolorspaceallowstheHarlequinMultiRIPtoaccessseparationswhereN=2(duotones)orgreaterthan4(Ncolor).

The/DeviceNcolorspaceprovidesthefunctionalitytosupportextendedgamutcolororNcolorsystemswherecolorantsinadditiontoCMYKenhancetheattainablegamutofanout


putprocess.Italsoprovidessolutionsforminimizingthenumberofspotcolorsrequiredbyanoutputdevice.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPusesthiscolorspacetoextendseparationsmanagement,Roam,andplugincapabilities.Dependingonyourspecificdeviceandworkflow,additionalplugindevelopmentmayberequiredtomakeuseoftheexpandednumberofcolorchannels.

1.3.3.2 Duotones, tritones, and quadtonesSomeapplications(forexample,Photoshopversions 2.5andlater)convertduotonesinvolvingspotcolorstoCMYKcolorswhenproducingcompositePostScriptlanguagejobs.Whilethecompositeoutputiscorrect,whensuchjobsaresubmittedtoaRIPthatusesinRIPseparation,theduotonesaredrawnontheprocesscolorseparationsandnotonspotcolorseparationsasexpected.

Photoshop hastheabilitytoproducespotcolorseparationswheninRIPseparationisselectedforaLanguageLevel 3RIP.ThiseliminatestheproblemjustdescribedforoutputgeneratedbyPhotoshop 5.0whensenttoanyLanguageLevel 3RIP.

InadditiontoproducingcorrectoutputfromPhotoshop5.0jobs,theHarlequinMultiRIPcorrectlyhandlesjobsfromPhotoshopversions 2.5through4aswell.TheHarlequinMultiRIPdetectsthisconstructinPhotoshopjobsandcorrectlydivertstheduotonetospotcolorseparations.NotethatyoumustconfiguretheHarlequinMultiRIPtogeneratethesespotcolorseparationsforthistowork.

FormoreinformationseeAdobePhotoshopfeaturesonpage159.

1.3.3.3 Patterns and Smooth ShadesLanguageLevel 3implementsfeaturesthatimprovethequalityofPostScriptlanguagefills.Inaddition,itallowsshadestobeoutputsmoothlyattheresolutionoftheoutputdevicetarget.TheRIPextendsthiscapabilitybyallowingforvignettereplacement,inwhichexistingvignettesinPostScriptlanguageandPDFjobsarereplaced.

Thisfunctionalitygreatlyimprovesthequalityofgradientsandshadesonoutput.

1.3.3.4 ImagesTheHarlequinMultiRIPsupportstype3and4imagedictionaries(forusessuchasmasks).Thisallowsanapplicationtoproducemasksusingmultipleimagesinamoreefficientfashion.ThismasktechniquealsoimprovesperformancebyeliminatingtheneedforadetailedPostScriptlanguageclippingpath.Thisfeatureisbestsuitedtolowerresolutionoutputdevicesandworkflows.

1.3.3.5 settrapparamsLanguageLevel 3includesasoftwareinterfacethatallowsthedescriptionoftrapsettingswithinaPostScriptlanguagefile.



TheHarlequinMultiRIPincorporatesthesettrappramsinterfaceandusesthisforsettingtrappingparameters.Harlequinhasextendedsettrapparamstoincludethosetrappingparametersthatarenotcoveredbythe3010specification.

1.3.3.6 Type16 halftonesTheHarlequinMultiRIPsupportstype16halftones,whichcancontainmorethan256shadesofgray.Harlequinhasalwayssupportedanarbitrarynumberofgraylevels,eveninthePostScriptlanguageLevel 1compatibleRIPs.IntheHarlequinMultiRIP,thissupportformoreshadesofgrayisalsoaccessibleusingtheLanguageLevel 3constructs.

1.3.3.7 Idiom recognitionTheHarlequinMultiRIPusesidiomrecognitiontodetectPostScriptlanguageproceduresandreplaceproceduresthatareboundwhendefined.ThisextendstoproceduressomeofthebenefitsthatHarlequinsshadowopoperatorprovidesforoperatorredefinition.OncethePostScriptlanguagecodeisintercepted,theHarlequinMultiRIPreplacesitwithoptimizedcode.

Thisoperatorhasmanypotentialusesthatincludedetectinglevel 2codeinaPostScriptlanguagefileandreplacingitwithLanguageLevel 3code.

1.3.3.8 Type 32 fontsTheRIPrecognizesandsupportsType32fonts.

1.3.3.9 Other operatorsTheRIPsupportstheLanguageLevel 3operatorsthataredefinedinthe3010LanguageLevel 3specification.TheHarlequinMultiRIPacceptsPostScriptlanguageoutputfromapplicationsusingtheseLanguageLevel 3operators.

1.3.3.10 File filtersTheHarlequinMultiRIPsupportstherequiredfilefilteradditionsdocumentedinthe3010LanguageLevel 3specification.

1.3.4 Color, screening, and Roam functionalityTheRIPcontainsseveralcapabilitiesrelatingtocolor,screening,androam.Whereappropriate,Harlequinhastakencaretoenabletheendusertocontroltheunderlyingfunctionalityfromtheuserinterface.

Notallofthefunctionalityisapplicabletoalloutputdevicesorworkflows.Youwillfindsomefeaturesmorerelevantthanothersforparticularoutputdevicesandworkflowinstances.


1.3.4.1 Color APITheHarlequinMultiRIPcontainsaprogramminginterface(API)thatallowsyoutosettheoptionsfortheHarlequincolormanagementmodulesfromPostScriptlanguagecode.Thisprovidescontroloverallcoloroptions,includingtheinstallationofICCprofiles,withoutauserinterface.

1.3.4.2 Spot color screening and calibrationTheHarlequinMultiRIPhasthecapabilitytocalibrateandscreenspotcolorsaswellasprocesscolors.ThisfeaturegreatlysimplifiesthemanagementofspotcolorsintheHarlequinMultiRIP.

1.3.4.3 UseCIEColorThisoperatorimprovescolorcontrolinthePostScriptlanguagecodebyallowingdevicedependentinputdatatobetranslatedtoadeviceindependentCIEcolorspace.Theinputcolorsaremappedtothedeviceindependentcolorspaceusinganinputprofile.Thecolorsmaythenbetransformedreadyforprintingonanotheroutputdevice.

HarlequinhasprovidedthisfunctionalityforsometimethroughthecolormanagementmodulesthelatestbeingColorPro.YoucanchoosetousethecolormanagementspecifiedinthejobbyUseCIEColor,ortooverridethisandinsteadusethemoredetailedcontrolsprovidedwithColorPro.

1.3.4.4 Embedded ICC profilesWhenColorProisenabled,theHarlequinMultiRIPcandetectanduseICCprofilesembeddedinPhotoshopEPS,TIFF,JPEGorHDPhotoimages.SeetheColorProUsersGuidefordetails.

1.3.4.5 Colorimetric roamProvidedasystemisusingansRGBdisplay(monitoranddisplaycard)andthemonitorisproperlycalibrated,Roamapproximatescolorimetricoutputonthedisplay.

1.3.5 Memory managementThereareGUIcontrolsforsettingmemory.

BydefaulttheHarlequinMultiRIPassumesitshouldtakeadvantageofallthephysicalRAMonthesystem,andwilllimititselftothatamountlessanallowancefortheoperatingsystemandotherapplications.Alternatively,youcanspecifyanamounttowhichyouwishtheRIPtolimititselfand/ortheamountitshouldallowforusebyotherpartsofthesystem.Ineithercase,thespecifiedmemoryisnotheldexclusivelyfortheHarlequinMultiRIP.Instead,theHarlequinMultiRIPtakesonlytheamountofmemoryitrequiresatthetime.Thisamountriseswhileprocessingajobbutoncethejobisprocessedthememoryisreturnedtothesystem.ThisallowstheHarlequinMultiRIPtocoexistonasystemwiththeoperatingsystemandotherapplications.



Youcanalsospecifyareserveamountofmemory,availableforshorttermusebytheHarlequinMultiRIP.Forexample,theHarlequinMultiRIPmayusethisreserveintimecriticaloperations,wherethealternativewouldbetousediskstorage,aslongasthereserveislargeenoughtokeeptheoperationinmemory.

1.3.6 Multi-threaded compositingWithLDKsecuritymultithreadingisenabledbyobtainingaproductkeyallowingaparticularnumberofthreads.Multithreadedcompositing(MTC)isdesignedtoimproveperformancewhenprocessingfilescontainingtransparency.

MTCisalayeredoptionandrequiresanLDKproductkeyforittobeenabled.

TousemorethanonethreadanLDKproductkeyisrequired.

YoumustensureyourRIPisrunningmultithreaded.MultithreadingallowstheRIPtotakeadvantageofhyperthreadingandmulticoreCPUarchitecturesaswellasmultipleprocessors.

FormoreinformationseeUsingmultithreadingonpage204.

1.3.7 Harlequin Parallel Pages (interpreter/renderer pipelining)HarlequinMultiRIPsupportstheinterpretationofonepageofajobwhilethepreviouspageofthesamejobisbeingcompositedand/orrenderedinoneormoreseparatethreads.HarlequinParallelPagesworksincombinationwithmultithreadedcompositingandmultithreadedrendering(MTR).

HarlequinParallelPagesisappliedtojobssubmittedinallPDLssupportedbytheRIP.

TheuseofHarlequinParallelPagesisprotectedbyactivatingyourRIPwithanLDKproductkey.

FormoreinformationseeHarlequinParallelPages(Interpreter/renderer/pipelining)onpage204.

1.3.8 Harlequin VariData

Theadventofvariabledatajobsmeansthatmanypartsofaprintingjobwillremainconstantwithsmallparts,suchastext,beingchangedforeachprint.Thus,timesavingscanbemadebyprocessingtheconstantareasonlyonce,especiallyiftheconstantareaisalargegraphic.ThisistheideabehindtheHarlequinVariData(HVD)feature.TheRIPdetectsconstantareaswithinaPDFfile,retainsthemandthenreusesthemasnecessary.

AnyPDFfilewithpagesthatsharerasterelementsandhavemarkswhichchangefrompagetopageshouldbeacceleratedbythisoptimizationintheRIP.TheRIPscansthePDFforsuchpages,RIPsthesharedrasterelementsonce,andthenretainsthemforuseonsubsequentpageswiththesamepageelements.

HVDinternalandexternalmoderequiresthattheRIPisactivatedwithanLDKproductkey.


FormoreinformationseeHarlequinVariDataonpage206andUseHarlequinVariDatacheckboxonpage249.

1.3.8.1 Garbage collectionGarbagecollectionisperformedwhenmemoryislowandreclaimsthememoryoccupiedbycompositeobjectsthatarenolongeraccessibletothePostScriptlanguageprogram.

Thishelpssomejobsthatallocatealotofmemory,butnotall.Somejobsthatcouldnotpartialpaintwillnowneedsignificantlylessmemorythanbefore.

Whengarbagecollectionstarts,amessageisdisplayedontheconsolewindow.

GarbagecollectioniscontrolledusingthePostScriptLanguageoperatorvmreclaim.Formoreinformationongarbagecollection,seesection3.7.4oftheThePostScriptLanguageReference(3rdEdition).

1.3.9 FlatOutTheHarlequinMultiRIPreleasesarecapableofstitchingsinglepagePGB(PageBuffer)filesintoapredefinedflat.ThisfeatureenablesthedevelopmentofpagebasedworkflowsaroundtheHarlequinMultiRIP.

Threecomponentsarerequiredtoproduceastitchedflat:

1. AbackgroundPGB(PageBuffer)file.YoucancreateabackgroundinapagelayoutapplicationandthenconvertthePostScriptlanguagecodetoaPGBusingtheHarlequinMultiRIP.Thisflatbackgroundcontainsaslotforeachpage.Thisbackgroundmaycontainsluglines,cropmarks,andsoon.

2. SinglepagePGBfile(s).Forexample,toproduceaneightpageflat,eightsinglepagePGBfilesmustbegenerated.

3. Aflatdescriptionfile.ThisfiledescribesthelocationofthebackgroundandsinglepagePGBfilesondisk.Theflatdescriptionfilealsoindicatesthepositioningofpagesontheflat.

TheflatdescriptionfileispresentedasaninputtotheHarlequinMultiRIPandthePGBfilesarestitchedintoasingleflatforoutputtothespecifiedoutputdevice.

ForadditionalinformationonhowtogenerateaflatdescriptionandmoreonPGBstitching,pleaserefertotheFlatOutUserGuide.

1.3.10 Screening optionsTheHarlequinMultiRIPhasseveralscreeningfeaturesandoptions,designedtoproducehighqualityoutputondevicesrangingfromimagesetterstoinkjetproofingprinters.ThereisgeneralizedscreeningsupportforcolorsystemsthatgobeyondstraightforwardCMYKprocesscolors,butyouneedanoutputpluginanddeviceabletosupportthesecolorsystems.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPisabletocreateextragraylevels(withHPS)andtocontrolthenumberofextralevels,evenwithPostScriptlanguageLevel 1jobs.Thisfeaturehelpstoeliminate



steppinginvignettesandtoavoidposterization,whileenablingyoutosetalimitonthenumberoflevelsthatisappropriatetotherequiredimagequality.TheRIPalsosupportsmorethan256shadesofgraywhentheyarespecifiedusingPostScriptLanguageLevel 3constructs.

1.3.10.1 Harlequin Precision ScreeningForveryhighqualityoutput,HarlequinPrecisionScreening(HPS)hasbeenproduced.Thisisaproprietaryfeaturethateliminatesobjectionablemoirpatterningwhenproducingcolorseparations.

Oncecorrectlysetup,andwithsufficientmemoryavailable,theHarlequinMultiRIPcanproduceoutputwithHPSatspeedscomparabletothoseobtainedwhenusingtraditionallowerqualityrationaltangentscreening.

HPShasbeendesignedforautomaticoperation,withouttheneedtorefertocomplextablesofmagicnumbers,andyoucanchoosetooverrideanybadsettingsinthejob.Thisisespeciallyusefulforprintbureaus,whooftenreceivePostScriptlanguagecodethatisnotsetupforhighqualityscreening.

HPScanbeactivatedusinganLDKproductkey.

1.3.10.2 Harlequin Screening LibraryGlobalGraphicshasdevelopedanumberofspecialscreeningstrategiesforveryhighqualitypresswork,particularlywhenprintingincolor.TheyareincludedintheHarlequinScreeningLibrary(HSL),andrequiresanLDKproductkeytobecomeenabled.

HSLincludesHarlequinDispersedScreening(HDS),GlobalGraphicsspatentedFrequencyModulation(FM)screeningtechnology.MoirpatterningisimpossiblewithHDS,anditgivesfinerdetailforagivendeviceresolution.AlsoincludedareHarlequinChainScreening(HCS),whichisparticularlygoodatcreatingsmoothflattintsandatholdingdetailincontinuoustoneregions,andHarlequinMicroScreening(HMS)whichallowsagreaterrangeoftonestobeusedevenathighscreenrulings.

1.3.10.3 Screening for extended color systemsSeveralcolorsystemsrequiremorethanthefourscreensusedforCMYKwork.TheHarlequinMultiRIPcontainsscreenssuitableforusewithextendedgamutcolorsystemssuchasthePANTONEHexachromeColorSelectorsystemorthevariousphotoinktechnologiesusingdifferentdensities(lightanddarkversions)ofoneormorecolorants.

1.3.11 Harlequin ColorPro

ItispossibletoaddandusetheadvancedcolormanagementfacilitiesprovidedbyHarlequinColorProwhichisanoptionalextraprovidedwiththeHarlequinMultiRIPandrequiresanLDKproductkeyforittobeenabled.


ColorProtogetherwithSetGoldProprofilemakingsoftwareisGlobalGraphicscolorsciencesolutionforensuringcolorqualityandaccuracyforproofingandemulation.ColorProprovidesthelargestrealizablecolorgamutsforthefinalprintmarketandallowsgreateraccuracythanwouldbepossibleusingstandardprofiles.

HarlequinColorProembracesopensystems,industrystandardsanddeviceindependentcolorscience,andisabletomakefulluseofthem.IfyouhaveICCprofileswithwhichyoualreadyachievegoodresultsyoucanusetheseprofileswithColorPro.YoushouldhoweverbeawarethatColorProcontainscolorsciencethatisoptimizedfortheHarlequinMultiRIPandiseasilyutilizedwiththeintroductionofSetGoldPro.

ColorProallowsyoutospecifydifferentgamutmappingalgorithmsinthereproductionofapage.Forexample,youcansimultaneouslyspecifyAbsolutecolorimetrictoreproducesomeelementsofthepageandyetspecifyPerceptualtoreproducethephotographs.Theendresultisthat,onasinglepage,thecolorforphotographsareeachcalculatedwithoutaffectingotherelementsonthepage.

HarlequinColorProallowsprocessingofcolorsinpagedatausingICCprofilesproducedbyOEMs,thirdparties,orendusersusingthirdpartycharacterizationandprofilingtools.ICCprofilesspecifyatranslationbetweentwocolorspaces.Eachprofileispreparedforaspecificsetofimagingconditions.Onedevicemayhavemorethanoneprofile.Theprofilesmaycorrespondtorunningthedevicewithdifferentcombinationsofresolutions,inks,andpaper.

NewprofilescanbeeasilyaddedtoColorPro,andpreviouslyinstalledprofilescanbeselectedwithouttheneedtoreinstalleachtimeaprofileisused.

AnoptiontouninstallICCprofilesisalsoprovided.

Inaddition,ColorProallowstheuseofprofilespreparedintheHarlequinMultiRIPformat.GlobalGraphicssuppliesanumberofprofilesforcommonlyusedsystems.

WhenColorProisenabled,theHarlequinMultiRIPcandetectanduseanyICCprofilesthatPhotoshophasembeddedinEPS,TIFF,JPEGorHDPhotoimages.

ThismanualdescribestheHarlequinMultiRIPwithoutColorPro,butmentionsareaswhereColorProwouldmodifyyouruseoftheHarlequinMultiRIP.TheextrafacilitiesaredescribedintheseparatemanualColorProUsersGuide.

ForinformationoncolorfacilitiesprovidedintheHarlequinMultiRIPasstandardseeColorSetuponpage391.

1.3.12 Graphics formatsTheHarlequinMultiRIPcanproducehalftoneoutput,8bitgrayscaleoutput,8and10bitrunlengthencoded(RLE)output,andcolorcontone(continuoustone)outputinNcolor,CMYKandRGBformats.ThisallowstheRIPtobeusedfordrivingcontonecolorprintersaswellasimagesetters.

Thisoutputispassedtoanoutputplugin(describedinInputandoutputmethodsonpage26),andfromtheretotheoutputdevicecontrolledbythatplugin.Outputdevicesareoftenphysicalprintersproducingimagesonpaperorfilm;butdevicescanalsobefilesondisk,storingtheimagesinaspecificgraphicsformat.



Anoutputpluginthatcreatesdiskfilesprovidesasimplemethodoftranslatingfromtheinputformattoanothergraphicsformat.UsingsuchanoutputpluginextendsyourabilitytotransfergraphicsdefinedinthePostScriptlanguageorPDFtoothersoftwareapplicationsorsystems.Forexample,youcanproduceagraphicsimagewithoutdependenciesonexternalfontsorcolormanagement.Also,youmaywishtosendapagedescriptiontosomeonewhodoesnothaveaccesstoPostScriptlanguagetoolsbutwhocanusefilesintheTaggedImageFileFormat(TIFF).TIFFisacommonlyusedgraphicsformatandaTIFFoutputdeviceissuppliedwiththeRIP.

1.3.13 Input and output methods TheHarlequinMultiRIPperformsmostofitsinputandoutputusingplugins,smallauxiliaryprogramsthattheRIPloadswhenitstartsup.

YoucaninstallnewpluginsintoanexistinginstallationoftheHarlequinMultiRIPtoaddnewinputandoutputcapabilities.Severaloptionalpluginsaresuppliedwithaninstallerprogram,anditisalwaysbettertouseaninstallerifitexists,butthebasicoperationisfilecopying.

1.3.13.1 Output pluginsTheRIPsendsalloutputtoprintersandotheroutputdevicesthroughoutputplugins,therebyallowingthequickandstraightforwardadditionofsupportfornewoutputdevices.

Typicaloutputpluginssupportsingleoutputdevicesorfamiliesofsimilardevicesandmaybesuppliedwithspecialscreens,calibrationandcolormanagement,andotherfeaturesappropriatetothedevice,suchascontrolofexposureorcuttingmedia.

Optionaloutputpluginssupportfileformatsusefulinworkflowsystems,advertisingdistribution,andsettingupprintingpresses.TheseformatsincludetheCIP3PrintProductionFormat(PPF).

1.3.13.2 Input pluginsInputpluginsprovidecommunicationbetweentheHarlequinMultiRIPandothersystems,primarilyassourcesofinput.

ThestandardinputpluginsprovidedwiththeHarlequinMultiRIPinclude:

SpoolFolderThispluginallowsyoutosetuptheHarlequinMultiRIPsothatitcontinuallyscansorpollsafolder(directory)forexample,onacentralserverforinputfiles.Whenthesefilesappearandarecomplete,theRIPprocessesthem.Thespoolfolderusesthenetworkfileaccessprovidedbyyourmachineforexample,NetworkFileSystem(NFS)onmachinesrunningtheUNIXoperatingsystem.Youcanusemultipleconfigurations(asdescribedinMultipleinputsonpage27),allowingyoutohaveseveralscannedfolders,eachwithadifferentassociatedPageSetup.SeetheSpoolFolderInputPluginmanualforfurtherinformation.


NTPipeThisprovidesanamedpipeallowinghighspeedcommunicationwithanapplicationsuchasanOpenPrepressInterface(OPI)server.

SocketsWiththisplugin,theHarlequinMultiRIPcanacceptinputfromanetworksocketclientprogram,whichmaybepartofalargerworkflowsystem.ThispluginsupportsTCP/IPandUNIXsocketprotocols.

1.3.13.3 Multiple inputsForsomeinputtypes,itispossibletohaveavailableseveralconfigurationsorPageSetups(whereparameterssuchasresolution,outputdevice,rotation,andnegationaregivenspecificvalues).WhenusingtheSpoolfolderplugin,severalspoolfolderscanbemadeavailable,eachwithanassociatedPageSetup.

Youcanenablemultipletypesofinputtooperateatthesametime.

1.3.14 Complex jobsGivenenoughmemoryanddiskspace,theHarlequinMultiRIPcaninterpretarbitrarilycomplexjobs.ThesameisnottrueformanyotherhighresolutionRIPs.

Thisisachievedwithafeaturecalledpartialpagebuffering(orpaintingpartialpagesinsomemessages).Essentially,ifaparticularjobissolargethatitcannotallbefittedintomemoryatonce,theRIPinterpretsonlyasmuchofthepagedescriptionasdoesfitintomemory,andplacestheinterpretedimageinapartialpagebuffer.Havingdealtwithpartoftheimage,theRIPgainsenoughfreememorytodealwiththenextparttheeffectbeingthatthepagedescriptionisdividedintomanageablesections,whichareinterpretedoneatatime.Diskspaceisusedtoholdwhathasbeeninterpretedsofaruntilthewholeimagehasbeenprocessed,andprintingcancommence.

1.3.15 Throughput controlInalmostallcircumstances,itisdesirabletoproducepageimagesasquicklyaspossiblewhilemaintaininghighquality.AllHarlequinMultiRIPsarewrittenwiththisaiminmindandcanbenefitfromoperatingwithfasthardware.Beyondthis,andespeciallywhenusinghighresolutionimagesetters,specialtechniquescanhelpmaximizetherateofproducingusefuloutput.TheHarlequinMultiRIPcanusethesetechniques,collectivelycalledthroughputcontrol,wheneitherofthemultiplepagebufferingmodesisselected.SeePagebufferingmodesonpage73formoredetailsofmultipleandsinglepagebufferingmodes.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPincreasesjobthroughputintwoways.

Firstly,theRIPdiffersfromotherRIPsinthewaybitmapsareproducedandsenttoanoutputdevice.AtraditionalRIPmustinterpretapageandsendthebitmapdirectlytotheoutputdevicebeforecontinuingwiththenextpage.Becauseofthis,ifyouhavetochangecassettesorsomefaultoccurswiththeoutputdevice,thecurrentpagecannotbeoutputuntilthefaultiscleared;productiveworkstopsuntilthesituationisresolved.



TheHarlequinMultiRIPcanbeoperatedinthiswayifdesired,butitoffersapowerfulalternativethatovercomestheselimitationsbysavingbitmapsondiskintheformofpagebuffers,beforebitmapsgofromthedisktotheoutputdevice.Manypagebufferscanbestoredondisk(asmanyaswillfitintotheavailablediskspace),andtheRIPcancontinuetoproduceandsavepagebuffers,evenifthedeviceisnotreadytooutput.Ifaprinterjamoccursinanovernightjob,theRIPisstillabletoprocessthejobandthepagebuffersarereadyforoutputthenextday.Inahighvolumeenvironment,thisabilitycanbeinvaluable.

Evenwhentherearenoproblemswiththeoutputdevice,youcanstillsavetimeifyouneedtoproducemorethanonecopy,youdonotneedtoreinterpretthepagedescription,becausethebitmapsarestillretainedondisk.Thismeans,forexample,thatifapagegetsdamagedinthedeveloperorthereisaproblemwithinkdeliverythenitiseasytoprintanothercopy.

Secondly,theHarlequinMultiRIPincreasesjobthroughputbyallowingjobinterpretationandoutputtooccursimultaneously.Whilesomepagesofajobarebeinginterpreted,otherpages,whichhavealreadybeeninterpreted,canbesenttotheoutputdevice.Thiscangreatlyincreasethroughputwhenoutputtingseveralpagesinsuccession.Withafastcomputer,itispossibletodrivetheimagesettercontinuouslyforseveralpages.Evenwithfastoutputdevices,timecanbeusedeffectively,becausetheRIPcanbeinterpretingdatawhiletheoutputdevicestartsup.

1.3.16 Previewing TheHarlequinMultiRIPallowsyoutopreviewpages,attheiroutputresolutiononscreentocheckthemformistakesbeforetheyareoutput,attheirfulloutputresolution.Youcanpreviewhalftone,contoneandgrayscaleimagesusingthefullcolorcapabilitiesofthedisplaysystem.

Youcanrequestareducedviewoftheentirepageinaseparatewindow.Thisprovidesabetterideaofwhatthewholepagelookslike,andalsoactsasanavigationaidtohelpyoutodisplayanypartofthepageatfullresolution,tocheckfinedetail.

Theremainingfunctionalitydependsonthepagebufferingmode.(SeePagebufferingmodesonpage73formoreinformation.)

Usingeitherofthemultiplepagebuffermodes,youcanviewseveralseparationsorpages,overlaidorseparately.Thisallowsagoodcheckofthepage,includingcheckingimagepositioning,trapping,andsoon.Youcanviewseparationsintheirnaturalcolors,thusobtainingarealisticimpressionoffinaloutput,orinfalsecolors,tohighlightdifferencesbetweensimilarseparationsorcompositepages.

Ineitherofthesinglepagebuffermodes,youcanviewonlyindividualseparationsoracompositeimage,andonlyinthenaturalcolors.

1.3.17 Page buffer compressionWhenproducingjobsathighresolutionsoronlargeformatdevices,largeamountsofdiskspaceareoftenrequiredifpagebuffersareused.TheRIPmakesthemostoftheavailable


diskspacebycompressingpagebuffersastheyarecreatedandplacedondisk,andthenuncompressingthemastheyarereadfromdiskandprintedordisplayed.

Compressionsavesagreatdealofdiskspaceandoftenmeansthatlargejobscanbeprintedwithoutstoppingtheimagesetter,becausecompresseddatacanbereadfromdiskmorequickly.Stoppinganimagesetterpartwaythroughajobcanleadtoalossinoutputquality,sothisfacilitycanbeofgreatbenefit.(Seethedescriptionofdataunderrunonpage207,whichexplainsoneproblemthatpagebuffercompressioncanhelpavoid.)

Pagebuffercompressionalwaysproducesbuffersofthesamesizeasorsmallerthantheoriginal.Forcolorpages,ittypicallyachievesacompressionratioof3:1,andfornewspaperpagesatypicalratioof10:1.Thatis,thecompressedpagebuffercouldbelessthanathirdofthesizeofanuncompressedoneforcolorpages,andatenthofthesizefornewspaperpages.Forcolorimages,thiscanmeanreducingdiskrequirementsfrom150 MiBtoonly50 MiB.

PagebuffercompressionintheRIPisacompletelylosslessprocedure.Thequalityofyouroutputisfullypreservedwhencompressingandthenuncompressingthepagebuffers.Fordetailsoftheamountofdiskspaceyouneedtoreserveforpagebuffers,seeAbilitytoRIPajobonpage41.

Filesgreaterthan2GiBcanbereadandwritten.Themostlikelyuseofthisistheabilitytogeneratepagebuffersgreaterthan2 GiB.

1.3.18 Fonts and font handlingToprinttext,therelevantfontsmustbeinstalledinaRIPbeforeinterpretingajob,orthefontsmustbesuppliedwiththatjob.

IftheinterpreterseesthataTimesRomanfontisneededforaparticularjob,itmustknowwhataTimesRomanfontis.TheHarlequinMultiRIPcomesreadysuppliedwiththe35standardfontsfoundonmostPostScriptlanguageprintersandseveraladditionalfonts.(FormoreinformationseeSuppliedfontsonpage305.)Thousandsofotherfontsarecommerciallyavailable,asissoftwaretohelpyoudesignyourownfontsfromscratch.TheRIPcanloadanyPostScriptlanguagefontintotheRIPforuseininterpretation(unlessthefontisencryptedusingsomeproprietaryencryptionmechanism).

TheHarlequinMultiRIPenablesyoutodownload,list,andprooffontseasilyandquickly.YouhavecompletecontroloverwhichfontsareloadedwhentheRIPisrun,andcanremoveanyunwantedfontsatanytime.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPcanconvertanyType 1PostScriptlanguagefontintoitsownformat,DLD1.DLD1fontsconsumemuchlessmemoryanddiskspacethannormalType 1descriptions,andsoreduceprocessingtimebutwithnochangeinoutputquality.

The35standardhintedfontsareprovidedwiththeHarlequinMultiRIPinDLD1format.Fonthintingisessentialwhenpreviewingimagesorprintingatlowresolution,whereitgreatlyimprovesthequalityoftheoutput.



1.3.18.1 Composite fontsTheHarlequinMultiRIPsupportscompositefonts,inbothOriginalCompositeFormat(OCF)andCharacterIdentifier(CID)formats,whichallowyoutouselargeorcomplexfontssuchasthoseforChinese,Japanese,orKoreancharacters.CompositefontssupportlargecharactersetsandareespeciallyimportantintheFarEast.

Thereareseveralfeaturestoalloweasycompositefontinstallationwithoutrequiringcomplexstructuringofthefonts.Also,becauseofthehighvalueofsuchcomplexfonts,theHarlequinMultiRIPprovidesawayofencryptingfonts,sothattheycanonlybeusedwithaparticularcopyoftheRIP.

1.3.18.2 Font emulationWhenfontsrequestedbythejobareunavailabletotheRIP,someworkflowsbenefitsignificantlyfrombeingabletoproduceacceptable,readablecopyusinganotherfont.Thisisparticularlytruewithrapidturnaroundworkflowstypicalofdigitalprinting.Toachievethis,emulatedfontsareusedtoproducesuitablefacsimiletextbasedonthecharacteristicsofthefontthatisbeingemulatedintermsofstyle,spacing,heightandwidth.Inthisway,asuitablereadablefontwithsimilarcharacteristicsofthetargetfontisusedintheplaceofamissingfont.

FontEmulationisoftenacceptablewhendigitalprinting,andcanbepreferabletothefilenotbeingproducedatall.FormoreinformationseeFontEmulationonpage316

1.3.19 Convenience featuresTheHarlequinMultiRIPprovidessomeusefulfacilitiesformonitoringmediaoncassetteloadeddevicessuchasimagesettersandforusingortestingfragmentsofPostScriptlanguagecode.Thesefragments,pagefeatures,candosuchthingsaslabellingoutput.

MostofthesefacilitiesrequirelittleornoknowledgeofthePostScriptlanguage.

1.3.19.1 Media management Outputdevicesvarygreatlyinthetypeofoutputmediatheycanuseandtheamountofmanualinterventionrequired.Somedevicesuseasinglesourceofrollfedorsheetfedmaterialandtheoutputisreadytouse,whileotherdevicescanacceptmediafromavarietyofsourcesorrequireprocessingoftheoutput.Equally,differentusersmakeverydifferentdemandsontheirimagesetterswithrespecttofilmandpaperhandling.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPincludesasophisticatedmediamanager.

Forexample,youcankeeptrackofthemedialeftontherollsofuptosixteeninputcassettes;avarietyofmaterialsandmediawidthscanbeset,andthesystemallowsyouspecifyautomaticmediacuttingatpredeterminedplaces,suchasafteraparticularnumberofpagesorbeforethetakeupcassettegetstoofull.

Inaddition,theHarlequinMultiRIPwarnsyouwhenacassetteisnearlyempty,andallowsyoutodefinehowmuchspaceshouldbeleftbetweenpages,betweenjobs,andbetweenfilm


cuts.Itwillevensavemediabyautomaticallyrotatingpagestousetheminimumamountoffilm.

1.3.19.2 Page featuresSometimesyoumaywanttoapplyaspecialeffecttoyourjobs.Forexample,youmaywanttohavethewordDraftoverprintedoneverypage.Becausethesecanbeoneoffneedsyoumaywanttoproduceaspecialcopyofadocumentwhileitisatdraftstageitispreferablenottoalterthejobifatallpossible.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPprovidesthisfacilitybyallowingyoutospecifyafragmentofPostScriptlanguagecode,independentofyourmainjob,tobeprocessedinconjunctionwithit.Afragmentsuchasthisisknownasapagefeature.

Apagefeaturecarriesoutsomeprocessonyourjob,leavingtheoriginaluntouched.Often,theeffectoftheprocessistoproduceadesiredprintedeffectsbutsomepagefeaturesproducenoprintedoutputbecausetheirpurposeistoreportsomepropertiesofthejob.

AnumberofpagefeaturesareprovidedwiththeHarlequinMultiRIPforimmediateuseorasexamples.Youcanchooseanyofthoseforimmediateusefromamenuinadialogbox.SeeFeaturesonpage151fordetails.

Aswithplugins,youcanaddnewpagefeaturesbyplacingtheminaparticularfolder.

NotetoOEMs: Ifyouareinterestedinwritingyourownpagefeatures,askGlobalGraphicsfortheExtensionsmanual.ThisdescribessomepowerfulextensionstothePostScriptlanguageespeciallydesignedforuseinpagefeaturesandelsewhereandsupportedbytheHarlequinMultiRIP.

1.3.19.3 Interactive sessionsTheHarlequinMultiRIPhasafeatureknownastheexecutive,whichallowsyoutorunaninteractivePostScriptlanguagesession.ThismeansthatyoucantypefragmentsofPostScriptlanguagecodeandhavetheminterpretedimmediately.Thiscanbeveryusefulwhendebuggingandtestingsmallpartsofjobs.

TheexecutivefeatureisavailableintheHarlequinMultiRIPonallsupportedplatforms.

1.3.19.4 Page impositionPageimpositionistheprocessoflayingoutseveralpagesofadocumentononelargesheetofpaperorfilm.UsingacombinationofPostScriptlanguageoperatorsandanextensiontothelanguage,itispossibletotakeseveralpagesandproduceoutputonalargesheetofpaper,eachpagebeingprintedinanorientationandpositiondeterminedbyyou.

Pageimpositioncanbeusefulbothforsavingmediapagescanbeorientatedsoastousetheoptimumamountofpaperandforprintingpreimposedsheetsofpaper,forinstancewhenprintingabookwherecertainpagesaremadeoutofthesamepieceofpaper.Some



understandingofthePostScriptlanguageisusefulhere,buttheHarlequinMultiRIPissuppliedwithseveralimpositiontemplateswhichcanbeusedimmediately.

1.4 Why become a Harlequin MultiRIP OEM?NotetoOEMs: AllmaterialfromheretotheendofthischapterisintendedforOEMs

andevaluatorsonly.Itcanberemovedfromusermanuals.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPisaproductalreadymeetingtheneedsofmanygraphicsandprepressusers,soitisagoodchoiceforthoseusers.TheHarlequinMultiRIPisalsoagoodchoiceforintegrationintovarioussystems,basedonmanybusinessandtechnicalreasons.

Note:TheHarlequinMultiRIPisaprovenbrandwithmarketingbackup,butGlobalGraphicscanprovideanequallygoodservicetoOEMswhoprefertosupplyaproductwithoutobviousbranding.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPisagoodchoicenow,forthesereasons:

ThereisarangeofRIPeditionsfordifferentneeds.SeeEditionsoftheHarlequinMultiRIPonpage33fordetails.

Thereisgoodscopeforcustomizationanddifferentiationinthemarketthroughuseofexistingoptions,OEMdevelopment,orcustomdevelopmentbyGlobalGraphics.OEMscanaddtheirownpluginsandusedocumentedprogramminginterfaces(APIs)andPostScriptlanguageextensions.Additionally,GlobalGraphicscanofferinternaladditionstofunctionalityoroverseecompleteprojectsincludingdeliveryofcustomsoftwareandhardware.

TheRIPeditionswithaGUIsupportlocalizationofdialogboxesandmessagesintodifferentlanguages,includingthoserequiringdoublebyterepresentations.

ThereistechnicalsupportanddocumentationfortheconfigurationandinternalworkingoftheRIP,anditsinteractionswithpopularrealworldapplications.

GlobalGraphicsprovidesuserleveldocumentationfortheRIPanditsaddonoptionstoshortentimetomarketandloweryourcosts.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPisalsoagoodchoiceforthefuture:

GlobalGraphicsisdevelopingRIPsandothercomponentsforuseinworkflowandnetworkedapplications,usingamixtureofopenstandardsandinternaloptimizations.

GlobalGraphicsisdevelopingformsofGUI,suchasPPM,forsimplerapplicationsandincreasingthedegreeofOEMcustomizationpossibleinthoseGUIs.

GlobalGraphicsparticipatesactivelyintheinternationalgroupsdevelopingnewstandardsforfileinterchangeinthegraphicsandprepressindustries.ThisgivesGlobalGraphicsavoiceindeterminingthosestandardsandanearlyviewofhowthosestandardsarebeingimplemented.


1.5 Integrating the Harlequin MultiRIP with your productThewayinwhichyoubuildasystemusingtheHarlequinMultiRIPstartswithachoiceoftheappropriateedition.Thissectionliststheavailableeditions,looksatoneeditionindetail,discussesinputandoutputplugins,anddescribesoneoftheoptionalprogramminginterfaces.

1.5.1 Editions of the Harlequin MultiRIPThereareseveraleditionsoftheHarlequinMultiRIP,eachadaptabletoaparticularcombinationofuserneedsandofferingdifferentscopeforOEMdevelopmentandintegration.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPcanberuninheadlessmode,thatis,withoutaGUI.ThismodeisachievedusingasimpleheadlesscommandwhenstartingtheRIPandisintendedforusewherecommandscanbesuppliedthroughplugins.TheHarlequinMultiRIPalsohasaCORBAinterface(seethedescriptionoftheSOARSDKbelow).TheHarlequinMultiRIPinheadlessmodeisabletousepluginsandotherconfigurationdatausedbythestandardmodeoftheHarlequinMultiRIP

ThedifferentconfigurationsoreditionsoftheHarlequinMultiRIPinclude:

TheHarlequinMultiRIP,issuppliedwithanintegratedGUIandprovidesmultithreadcompositing,andisdescribedinthismanual.ItisavailableonMicrosoftWindowsplatforms.

TheHarlequinMultiRIP(headlessmode)isthesameRIPastheClassicEditionbutisruninheadlessmode,thatis,asasuppressedGUIRIPexecutable.Thismodeisachievedusingasimple-headlesscommandwhenstartingtheRIPandintendedforusewherecommandscanbesuppliedthroughplugins.GlobalGraphicsalsoprovidesaRIPwithaCORBAinterface(seethedescriptionoftheSOARRIPbelow).TheHarlequinMultiRIP inheadlessmodeisabletousethepluginsandotherconfigurationdatausedbythestandardHarlequinMultiRIP.

TheSOARSDKsupportsdevelopmentagainsttheHarlequinMultiRIPCORBAinterface.TheSOARSDKiscurrentlyavailableonMicrosoftWindowsplatformsandotherHarlequinMultiRIPplatformsondemand.SOARoffersawelldefinedcrossplatforminterfaceforuseinfullyfeaturedworkflowsystemsorspecialpurposedesktopapplications.TypicallythisinterfaceallowsconstructionofdistributedsystemscomprisingaHarlequinMultiRIP,anOEMsownGUIproduct,andperhapsotherservicemanagerssuppliedbyOEMsorGlobalGraphics.TheSOARhost,jobloggerandROAMserveraresupported.

1.5.2 Contents of a Harlequin MultiRIPTheHarlequinMultiRIPcomescompletewithauserinterfaceandcodetoallowthecoreRIPtocommunicatewithavarietyofoutputdevices,thefilesystem,anddifferentnetworks.YoumaynotwishtouseallthefacilitiesofthissystembutitisusefultoconsideritasanexampleofhowthecoreRIPinteractswithothercomponentsaspartofacompletesystem.



ThedetailsoftheworkyoumustcarryouttointegratetheHarlequinMultiRIPwithyourproductdependontheproductyouareassembling,thecomputerplatformyouareusing,andtheamountofworkyouwishtodo.

GlobalGraphicscanconfiguretheHarlequinMultiRIPtoyourspecificationsifappropriate.Thiscanmeanthatyouhaveashippablesystemveryquickly.Pleasecontactusfordetails.

IfyouwanttoconnecttoaninputoroutputdeviceforwhichGlobalGraphicsorthirdpartiesdonotsupplyaplugindriver,youcaneitherdevelopyourowndriver(possiblywithacorrespondinghardwareinterfacedevelopment),oraskGlobalGraphicstoquotefordoingthenecessarywork.GlobalGraphicscansupplydocumentationortrainingtohelpyouproduceinputoroutputplugins.

Figure 1.1showstheorganizationofTheHarlequinMultiRIP.

Figure 1.1 Schematic diagram of a Harlequin MultiRIP system

ThecoreHarlequinMultiRIPformsthecentralmodule,ontowhichothermodulesarejoined,eachmoduleperformingaspecificsetoftasks.ThefourouterareasencirclingitrepresentthemodulesinthesystemwhichmustbeaddedtousetheRIP.

Themoduleshownatthetopofthediagramistheuserinterfaceofyoursystem.Thisconsistsofthepartsoftheapplicationthatusersseewhenusingthesoftware,suchaswindowsorcommandlineoptions.IneditionsotherthantheHarlequinMultiRIP,alluserinformation

File System

Recorders

User Interface

EtherTalkSpool

Sockets

Comms

Core RIP

Modules

Core RIP Interface

Plugin Interface Code

ActiveQueue

Held Queue

PREVIEW

OEM-defined

Input PluginsOutput Plugins

TIFF

OEM-defined

CoreRIP


andcommandscanberoutedtoandfromcomputersremotefromthecomputerrunningtheRIP.

Ontheleftisthemodulewhichdealswithconnectionstoothersystemsforinput,usuallyoveranetwork.Thediagramshowsconnectionstoanumberofexamplenetworkingsystemsthisisnotanexhaustivelistofpossibilities.Youcanaddothernetworkswithappropriatepluginsandtheusercanmakemultipleconnectionstodifferentnetworkingsystems,ifneeded.

ThemoduleatthebottomdealswithconnectionstothefilingsystemofthemachineonwhichyouarerunningtheHarlequinMultiRIP.ThismoduledealswithallthefileaccessrequirementsoftheRIP,includingaccesstoPostScriptlanguageobjectsforexample,whenajobrequiresaccesstoadiskbasedresourcesuchasafont.ItalsohandlesfileaccessfrominsidetheRIPitselfforexample,accesstotemporaryworkspacefilesondisk.Inordertoreplacetheunderlyingfilingsystem,therefore,onlythisselfcontainedmoduleneedstobereplaced,leavingthecoreRIPunaltered.

Ontherightisthemoduledealingwithpagedeliveryandpostprocessing.ThismoduletakesoutputfromtheRIPanddeliversittoaprinter,acomputerscreen,aformattedfilelikeTIFF,oranOEMdefineddevice.Typically,thismodulewilluseaselectionofoutputpluginstomeetallyourcustomersneeds.

1.5.3 Input and output optionsTheHarlequinMultiRIPcanuseinputandoutputplugins.Inputandoutputmethodsonpage26describesthebenefitsofpluginstotheuser,buttherearealsoadvantageforOEMsandotherdevelopers.

TheavailabilityofreadytousepluginsfromGlobalGraphicsorthirdpartiesmeansthatyoumaynotneedtodoanydevelopment.

YoucandevelopsupportforanewdeviceindependentlyoftheHarlequinMultiRIP,meaningfastertimetomarket.

Yougaintheabilitytoextendorupgradeexistinginstallations.

Itiseasytoaddanoutputplugintoyourproduct.BecauseofthemodulardesignonwhichtheHarlequinMultiRIPisbased,codetorunaparticulardeviceandanysupportingfilessuchascolorprofilescansimplybeplacedinanappropriatediskfolder(directory).Subjecttoanysecuritymechanisms,suchassupplyinganLDKproductkey,thatdevicebecomesavailablewhentheRIPisnextrun.Youcanaddthepluginwhenconfiguringyourcompleteproductformanufacturingorsupplythepluginfolderwithasimpleinstallationprocedureforlaterinstallationatausersite.

TheRIPpassesimagedatatooutputpluginsin1bithalftone,grayscaleorcolorrunlengthencoded(RLE),orgrayscaleorcolorcontoneformat,asappropriate.Also,alldevicecontrolfunctionssuchascuts,feeds,andpapertrayselectionarepassedthoughthepluginmechanism.

Youcaneasilyaddyourowninputplugins.AninputpluginprovidesaninterfacebetweentheHarlequinMultiRIPandanexternaljobsourceandhidesthedetailsofcommunication



withthatsource.ThismeansthatinterfacestoinputdevicescanbewrittenindependentlyoftheHarlequinMultiRIP.

AninputpluginmayalsobeusedtoprovideaPostScriptlanguagedeviceonwhichafilecanbeopened,tosupportfilesopenedexplicitlyfromPostScriptlanguageprogramsthatarestoredinsomespecialway.TheycanalsobeusedtoaddcustomPostScriptlanguagefiltersformanipulatingdata.

1.5.4 Harlequin Display List TechnologyHarlequinDisplayListTechnology(HDLT)isoneAPIsupportedbyGlobalGraphics.HDLTprovidesaprogrammaticinterfaceforcustomizationbetweeninterpretationandrendering,inallversionsoftheHarlequinMultiRIP.ThisoptionalextensiongivesaPostScriptlanguageprogrammertheabilitytointerceptelementsastheyareputontothedisplaylist.Onceobjectsareintercepted,almostanyprocessingcanbedonebeforetheprogrammerdecideswhethertoadd,discard,orreplaceeachobject.

HDLTprovidestheabilitytocustomizebehaviorafterinterpretationbutbeforerendering,enablingtasksthatareotherwiseeffectivelyimpossible.HDLTisfullydescribedintheHarlequinDisplayListTechnologyUsersGuide.

1.5.5 RIP securityTheHarlequinMultiRIPusesSentinelLDKsecurityforitsprotectionandforitsmanyextraandlayeredoptions.LDKsecurityprovidesbothsoftwareandhardwareprotectionoptions.WithsoftwareprotectiontheRIPlicenseandlayeredoptionsaresecuredagainstvariousidentifiersextractedfromthecomputeronwhichtheRIPisrunning.Theseidentifiersdonotneedtobeknownatthetimethelicenseisordered;theyarereadwhentheRIPinstallationisactivated.HardwareprotectionallowstheRIPanditsoptionstobesecuredagainstahardwaredongle.

FormoreinformationseethedocumententitledLDKSecurityforHarlequinMultiRIP.

IfyouthinkyoumayhaveanyexpiringLDKproductkeysselecttheHarlequin MultiRIP > Expiring Licenses...option.Thedialogbelowwillappearshowinganyexpiringlicenses:

Figure 1.2 Expiring Licenses dialog box


1.6 About Global GraphicsHarlequinbeganoperatingin1986inCambridge,England,andwasacquiredinJuly1999byGlobalGraphicsS.A.HarlequinwasrenamedGlobalGraphicsSoftwareLimitedinJune2001andisnowamultinationalsoftwarecompanyofferingtechnologybasedproductsandservicesforthedigitalprintingandpublishingindustry.Thecompanyisarecognizedleaderinhighperformanceprintingandpublishingtechnologies.GlobalGraphicsmaintainsapresenceintheAmericas,Europe,andtheAsiaPacificBasin.

GlobalGraphicssellsproductsthroughOEMs.OurOEMpartnersincludetheworldsleadingmakersofimagesetters,computertoplateanddirecttopresssystems,digitalcolorproofersandlargeformatprinters,aswellasseveralleadingprepresssystemsintegrators.BecauseourproductsareintegratedwiththeseOEMsdigitalpublishingandprepresssystems,theyareofferedunderavarietyofbrandnames.

GlobalGraphics,supplieshighperformanceprecisionequipmentandsystemsolutionstothegraphicartsindustry.GlobalGraphicssupportsitsclientsanddistributionnetworkworldwideandservicesitssignificantinstalledbasethroughatechnicalandserviceofficenetworkinEurope,America,andAsia.

SeetheCopyrightandTrademarksonpage449ofthismanualforsourcesofmoreinformation.


2

RunningtheHarlequinMultiRIP

ThischapterisashortguidetogettingtheHarlequinMultiRIPrunningonyourmachine.Itdoesnotcontaincompleteinstallationdetailsbecausethesedifferbetweendifferentcombinationsofcomputer,operatingsystem,andoutputdevice.Forfulldetails,seetheseparateHarlequinMultiRIPInstallationGuideforyourplatform(combinationofcomputerandoperatingsystem).

Thischapterprovidesdetailsforthefollowing:

Machinerequirements,describedinMachinerequirementsonpage39.

Connectingyourmachinetoanoutputdevice,describedinInstallingprinterinterfacecardsonpage44.

ThefilesandfoldersusedbytheRIP,describedinHarlequinMultiRIPfolderstructureonpage44.

StartinguptheHarlequinMultiRIPandanintroductiontothestandardmenusanddialogboxes,describedinStartinguptheHarlequinMultiRIPonpage48.

Somemenusthatappearonlywhenoptionsareenabled,describedinMenusaffectedbyoptionalfeaturesonpage55.

StoppingtheHarlequinMultiRIP,describedinStoppingtheHarlequinMultiRIPonpage56.

2.1 Machine requirementsThissectioncoversthehardwarerequirementsthatyouneedtoruntheHarlequinMultiRIP.DonotworryifyouarenotfamiliarwiththeRIPtechnicaltermsusedinthissection.Asyouworkthroughthemanual,allofthesetermswillbeexplained.TheGlossaryonpage435explainsmanyoftheseterms.

Hint:FollowthebasicsofthissectiononfirstreadingtogetaworkinginstallationoftheRIP.WhenyouaremorefamiliarwiththeRIP,usethissectionforreference,sothatyoucanimprovetheRIPsperformanceinyourenvironment.


2 RunningtheHarlequinMultiRIP

2.1.1 PerformanceForagivenprocessortypeandspeed,themostimportantthingsaffectingtheperformanceoftheHarlequinMultiRIParethebuiltinorphysicalmemory(RAM)andthespeedandsizeofdisks.

TheHarlequinMultiRIPisasuppliedas32bitor64bitapplication.

Usinga64bitbuildaidsperformanceinthefollowingways:

ThecompiledcodecanperformsomestepsinfewercyclesbecauseoflargerwordsizestherebyincreasingtheRIPspeedbyaround10%.

Muchlargeraddressspace.

A64bitbuildcanaccessalltheRAMinstalledinyourcomputer.

Note:Checkthereleasenotesandinstallationguideforthelatestspecificationinformation.

Inadditionthefollowingpointsshouldbeconsidered:

Theremustbesufficientspacetoholdpagebuffersondisk.

Theremustbesufficientvirtualmemoryavailableforthejob.Thisisespeciallyimportantwhenusingcompositefonts.

Forsomeoutputdevices,adiskwithacertainminimumperformancemayberequired.

Important:Thegeneralruleisthatthemorememory,thebettertheperformance.Noteespeciallythatifyouusethefollowingfeatures,werecommendthatyouaddextraRAM:

Addanadditional8MiBRAMforeachcompositePostScriptlanguagefontusedinasinglejob.

Addanadditional12MiBRAMforwhenusingHarlequinPrecisionScreening(HPS).

Addanadditional256MiBRAMwhenusingTrapPro.

WhenusingHarlequinColorPro,addextraRAM.Therequiredamountcanvaryaccordingtothefunctionsyouuse.

TherearesomeinstanceswhentheHarlequinMultiRIPcannotpaintpartialpagebufferstodisk:forexample,whenrecombiningpreseparatedjobsorusingTrapPro.Insuchcases,theRIPwillneedextramemoryandmusthaveenoughmemorytocompletethejob.SeeHarlequinMultiRIPmemoryallocationonpage210,theTrapProUserManualandHarlequinMultiRIPInstallationGuideforfurtherdetails.

Forlargeformatdevices,morememorymayberequired.

Ingeneral,ifajobusesmorethanoneofthesefeatures,addtogethertheextramemoryrequiredbyeachfeature.Forexample,ifajobusescompositefontsandyouareusingHPSaddtogethertheextraamountsofRAM.YouwillalsoneedenoughextraRAMtoaccommodateanyprinterandnetworkbuffersyouwanttosetup.

Formoredetails,seeChapter6,Screening,Chapter7,ConfiguringtheRIP,andChapter11,Fonts.


Note:Thismanualusesconventionsoffontandstyletodescribespecialkeycombinationsandtohighlightthetitlesofprograms,optionsinmenusanddialogboxes,andtextthatwesuggestyoutype.Fordetails,seetheConventionsonpage11inthePreface.

WindowsServer2008R2usediskspaceasvirtualmemory.

ForWindowsServer2008R2,thedefaultssuggestedwhenyouinstallWindowsaresatisfactoryforusewiththeHarlequinMultiRIP.Ifyoulaterinstallmorediskspaceormemory,youshouldupdatethevirtualmemorysetting.Todothis,opentheSystemcontrolpanelanddisplaythePerformancetab.IntheVirtual Memorysection,clicktheChangebuttonandusetherecommendedfigures.

Insummary,aswellasthememoryanddiskallocationsdiscussedhere,theperformanceoftheRIPalsodependsonthefollowing:

Thespeedoftheprocessor.

TheamountofadditionalRAMonyourmachine.(AdditionalRAMisRAMabovethebasicrequirement.)

Thediskspeedofyourmachine.

Theinterfaceusedtosenddatatotheoutputdevice,especiallyifitisahighperformancedevice.

Performanceissuesaredescribedthroughoutthismanual,butseeespeciallyChapter7,ConfiguringtheRIP,andAppendixA,Troubleshooting,fordetailsaboutoptimizingtheperformanceofyourhardware.

Forfurtherdetailsonmachinespecificationsyoushouldconsulttherelevantinstallationguide.

2.1.2 Ability to RIP a jobDependingonwhatpagebuffermodeyouchoose,theHarlequinMultiRIPwillusuallycreateoneormorepagebuffersondiskwhenyouprocessanyjob(seeChapter4,HarlequinMultiRIPOutputMethods,forfulldetails).ThisallowstheRIPtoprintanyjobonamachineofanyperformance,nomatterhowcomplexthejobis.Theonlyrequirementforyourmachine(apartfromaminimumrequirementofRAM)isthatitmusthavesufficientfreediskspacetoholdthesepagebuffers.

Bydefault,theHarlequinMultiRIPcompressespagebuffersasitcreatesthem:thecompressionisalwayslosslessanddoesnotaffecttheoutputqualityinanyway.Thiscompressioncanreducethediskspacerequiredtoanythingfromhalftoatenthoftheuncompressedfile,orevenless.However,youdonothavetocompresspagebuffersifyoudonotwishto.SeeChapter7,ConfiguringtheRIP,forfulldetails.

Note:Cropmarkscangreatlyincreasetheactualsizeofthepage(byaddinglargelyblanksurroundstotheimage)andhencecreateaneedformorediskspace.IfyouasktheHarlequinMultiRIPtocompresspagebuffersastheyarecreated,theextraspacerequiredbycropmarkscompresseswell,asdoestheotherblankspacebetweentextandimages.



Typicalfreediskrequirements,forbothcompressed(C)anduncompressed(U)pagebuffers,areshowninthefollowingtable,givingdetailsforoutputatdifferentresolutionsandfordifferentpagesizes.Thesefiguresareforhalftonepagebuffersholdingamonochromepageoroneseparationofaseparatedpage.AllfiguresaregiveninMiB.

Contonepagebuffersorcompositecolorpagebuffersarebiggerthanmonochromepagebufferswhenuncompressed,byacombinedfactortakingaccountofthenumberofbitsusedpercolorandthenumberofcolorsinthepagebuffer.Forexample,whenuncompressed,afourcolorpageusing8bitspercolor(256tonalvalues)woulduse32timesmorememorythanthefiguresgivenhere.Itishardertopredicttherelativesizesofcompressedpagebuffersbecausethecontentsofthepagehavealargeeffect.Forexample,thecompressionratioachievableforapagefilledwithanunchangingbackgroundtintislikelytobebetterforacontonepagebufferthanforahalftonepagebuffer.

Inaddition,youmustensureyouhaveenoughdiskspacetoholdworkspaceforprocessingthescannedimagesonanyonepageofyourjob.Forexample,whenprintingtheSeyboldMusicianstestjob(afullcolorscannedimage),8 MiBofextradiskworkspacewillsometimesberequiredinadditiontothefiguresshownabove.(Wheneverpossible,theHarlequinMultiRIPusesRAMinpreferencetodiskspace.)

IfyouhavesparememoryafterallocatingmemoryfortheconsiderationsdescribedinPerformanceonpage40andintheseparateHarlequinMultiRIPInstallationGuide,youmaybeabletousethissurplustocreateaRAMdiskinwhichtoplacepagebuffers.Tobeuseful,theRAMdiskmustbeatleastlargeenoughtoholdasinglepagebuffer,andifyouwanttousethroughput(usingeitherofthemultiplepagebuffermodes),itshouldideallybelargeenoughtoholdatleasttwopagebuffers.

For2540 dpicolorwork,aRAMdiskofaround100 MiBisdesirable.For1016 dpimonochromeoutput,aRAMdiskofaround30 MiBmaybeenough.

US Letter A4 Tabloid A3 Broadsheet

Resolution U C U C U C U C U C300 dpi 1.00 0.20 1.00 0.20 2.00 0.40 2.10 0.41 4.60 0.93

400 dpi 1.70 0.36 1.80 0.37 3.60 0.71 3.70 0.74 8.20 1.60

600 dpi 4.00 0.80 4.10 0.83 8.00 1.60 8.30 1.70 19.00 3.70

800 dpi 7.10 1.40 7.40 1.50 14.00 2.90 15.00 3.00 33.00 6.60

900 dpi 9.00 1.80 9.30 1.90 18.00 3.60 19.00 3.70 42.00 8.30

1200 dpi 16.00 3.20 17.00 3.40 32.00 6.40 34.00 7.20 74.00 14.80

1524 dpi 26.00 5.20 27.00 5.40 52.00 10.40 54.00 10.80 120.00 24.00

2400 dpi 64.00 12.80 68.00 13.60 128.00 25.60 136.00 27.20 296.00 59.20

3048 dpi 104.00 20.80 108.00 21.60 208.00 41.60 216.00 43.20 480.00 96.00

Table 2.1 Typical free disk requirements for page buffers


2.1.3 Driving a printer effectivelyThemachinerequirementsdiscussedsofarhaveconcernedtheproductionofapagebuffer.MeetingtheserequirementsissufficientforyoutoviewthepagebufferonscreenorfortheHarlequinMultiRIPtoconvertitintoafileinausefulgraphicsformat.

Whenyouwanttoconvertthepagebuffertoanimageonphysicalmedia,youmusttransferthedatatoanoutputdevice.ThistransferisanotherfactordeterminingoverallperformanceandoftenimposesotherrequirementsonthecomputersystemrunningtheRIP.

Manyoutputdevicesneeddatatoreachthematasustainedhighspeed;ingeneral,thisspeedbecomeshigherandhardertoachieveastheresolutionofthedeviceincreases.Table2.2,page43,showsexamplesofrequireddatatransferrates(inkibibytespersecond)fortypicaloutputdevicessupportedbythevariousversionsoftheHarlequinMultiRIP.

Withsimplejobs,thesedataratescanbeachievedwithoutusingapagebufferondisk.However,withcomplexjobs,apagebuffermayberequired,whichmeansthatthediskonyourcomputermustbefastenoughtosupplydataattheserates.Ifthediskistooslowandyourprinterisnotcapableofstop/startingwithoutabandoningthepage,itisnotpossibletooutputthewholepage.Ifyourprintercanstop/startinthemiddleofapage,thenachievingtherequireddatarateislessimportant,butthequalityoftheoutputmaystillbeaffected,dependingonthedevice.

Whenyoulookatthedataratesinthistable,notethefollowing:

Thediskspeedofyourmachinemustbeslightlyfasterthanthedatarateoftheoutputdeviceinordertodriveitsuccessfullytheextraspeedallowsfortheoverheadoftransferringtheoutputtotheprinter.Forexample,amachinewithadiskspeedof1.3 MiB/smayberequiredtodriveaslowimagesetterat750 KiB/s.

TosmoothoutpeaksandtroughsofdiskperformanceandothersystemandRIPfunctions,theHarlequinMultiRIPusesaprinterbufferinmemory.Typically,youshouldmakethisbufferlargeenoughtoholdbetween5and10secondsofoutputtothedevice:forexample,7.5 MiBforadevicethatoutputsat750 KiB/second.YoucansetthesizeoftheprinterbufferintheConfigureRIPdialogbox:seeChapter7,ConfiguringtheRIP.

Westronglyrecommendthatyouusecompressedpagebuffers.Ifthisisdone,theHarlequinMultiRIPcanachievehigherdataratesbecauselessdatahastobereadfromdisk.Compress

Rate(KiB/s)

Resolution(dpi) Output device

200 300 Largeformatinkjetprinter2000 300 Dyesublimationprinter

750 2400 Slowimagesetter1500 1270 Fastimagesetter8000 4000 Largeformatdrumrecorder

Table 2.2 Required data rates for typical output devices



ingpagebuffersalsoletsyouruntheRIPonaslowerdiskthanwouldberequiredwerepagebuffersnotcompressed.Thereareveryfewsituationswhereitisnotdesirabletocompresspagebuffers.

2.2 Installing printer interface cardsIfyouwanttoproduceoutputonaprinterorimagesetter,theremustbeasuitablewayofconnectingtheoutputdevicetothecomputerrunningtheHarlequinMultiRIP.Manylowormediumresolutiondevicescanconnecttostandardcommunicationsportsorprinterportsonyourcomputer.Usingahighresolutionorhighspeedoutputdevicemaymeanthatyoumustinstallaspecialprinterinterfacecardinthecomputer.

ThereshouldbeinstallationinstructionssuppliedwithanyinterfacecardandtherearesomegeneralguidelinesintheseparateHarlequinMultiRIPInstallationGuideforeachplatform.

2.3 Harlequin MultiRIP folder structureThefolderinwhichtheHarlequinMultiRIPisinstalledcontainstheHarlequinMultiRIPapplicationitself,andafoldercalledSW,aswellasothersupportfiles.TheSWfoldercontainsthefilesthattheRIPneedsinordertorun,suchasdevicedriverfiles,PostScriptlanguageheaderfiles,andfonts.Youcaninstallnewdevicedrivers,features,andsooninmanycasesbyplacingtherelevantfoldersorfilesdirectlyintotheappropriatefolder,butitissafertouseasuppliedinstallationprogramifthereisone.

Warning:DonotdeleteanyfilesfromtheSWfolder,exceptinthelimitedcaseswherethismanualortheHarlequinMultiRIPsupportstaffadviseyoutodo so.

Note:InstallingtheHarlequinMultiRIPcreatessomeofthefollowingitemsimmediately:otheritemsarecreatedlater,asrequiredbylaterreconfigurationoftheRIPortheuseofparticularoptionssuchasscreeningfeaturesorspooledinput.

TheSWfoldercontainsthefollowingitems: Thecaldatafolder,whichiscreatedwhenyoufirstusetheOutput > Print Calibration

menuoptiontoprintacalibrationtarget,andisupdatedasyouprintmoretargets.Thisfolderholdsfilesandfoldersdescribingtheprintedtargets.IfyouusetheGenlinprogramtomeasureaprintedtarget,itgeneratesafileofresultsinthisfolder.

Thecategoriesfoldercontainsthecategoriesresource. ThecharstringsfoldercontainsthefileStandardCharStrings,whichcontainsthe

standardnametocharactermappingsusedbymostfonts.Othermappingfilesmayalsobestoredhere.

TheCIDFontfoldercontainsfontsdefinedintheCID(characteridentifier)format. TheCMapfoldercontainsinformationforusewithCIDfonts. Thecolorrenderingsfoldercontainscolorrenderingresources. ThecolorspacesfoldercontainsresourcesforthecolorspacesdefinedintheHarle

quinMultiRIP.


TheCompletefolderisprovidedasadefaultlocationforthespoolfolderinputtoplacefilesthatithassuccessfullyprocessed.

TheConfigfoldercontainsalltheconfigurationfilesfortheHarlequinMultiRIP.TheseincludefilesdetailingsuchthingsasthecurrentPageSetupandConfigureRIPsettings,aswellasfoldersforinformationincludingtheconfigurationforavailabledevices,defaultcolorprofiles,andtargetdefinitions.IntheConfigfolder,theFactorySettingssubfoldercontainsthedefaultconfigurationfortheHarlequinMultiRIPwhenitisshipped.ThisisessentiallyacopyoftheConfigfolderitself.IntheConfigfolder,thePage SetupssubfoldercontainsallthePageSetupsyouhavesavedwithintheHarlequinMultiRIP.

TheCrdgenfoldercontainsthecolorrenderingdictionary(CRD)generatorpluginexecutables.YoucanonlymanipulateCRDsintheHarlequinMultiRIPwiththeColorProoptionenabled.

TheDevicesfoldercontainsalltheoutputpluginfiles(possiblywithinsubfolders)forthevariousoutputdevices.

TheencodingsfoldercontainsthefontencodingsforthefontsinstalledintheRIP. TheErrorfolderisprovidedasadefaultlocationforthespoolfolderinputtoplace

filesthatitcannotprocess.

TheExtensionsfoldercancontainfoldersorfilesusedtoimplementextensionstotheRIP.

TheFlatPgbDirfolderprovidesspaceforthepagebufferfilesusedbyFlatOut.SeetheFlatOutUserGuidefordetails.

ThefontsfoldercontainsfontsusedbytheHarlequinMultiRIP(includingthefontsinstalledwiththeRIP).

TheFontSetfolderisusedforPostScriptLanguageLevel 3fontsets,oftenusedwithCFFfonts.Itmaybeempty.

Theformsfoldercontainsresourcesforbitmapforms. Thehalftonesfoldercontainshalftoneresources.

Note:Thecommentsinthesehalftoneresourcesfilesshowhowyoucandefinecustomdotshapesincapablegraphicsandlayoutapplications,andhavethesedotshapeslinkedtoHarlequinscreensinthegeneratedPostScriptlanguagefiles.

Theicccrdfoldercontainsthecolorrenderingdictionaries(CRDs)producedfromICCprofiles.

TheIdiomSetfoldercontainsidiomsetresources.EachidiomsetinthisfolderisloadedwhentheRIPstarts.



NotetoOEMs: ItisreasonabletoaddyourownidiomsetstotheHarlequinMultiRIPbyplacingtheminthisfolder.Addingtoomanyidiomsetscandegradetheperformanceofthebindoperatorbuttheadditionof,forexample,overahundredwellformedidiomsetshaslittleeffect.

TheInputsfoldercontainsallinputpluginfiles(Spool,andanyothers). TheMessagesfolderhasbeenmovedtothesamelevelastheSWfolderandcontains

localizedmessagefiles.TheappropriatefileisselectedthefirsttimetheRIPisstarted

TheMediaSavingDircontainspagebuffersthataremarkedformediasaving.TheMediaSavingDirislocatedasasubfoldertothePageBuffersfolder.

TheNamedColorfolderisthelocationoffilesdefiningaresourcetype/NamedColor,whichstorescolorvaluesreferredtobyname.

TheNamedColorOrderfoldercontainsfilesdefiningtheordersinwhichresourcesoftype/NamedColor,aresearchedwhentheHarlequinMultiRIPislookingforthedefinitionofanamedcolor.FormoreinformationseeNamedcolorsonpage366.

ThePageFeaturesfoldercontainsallthePostScriptlanguageheaderfilesthatareavailableintheEnable FeaturedropdownlistoftheEditPageSetupdialogbox.Thismenuisgenerateddynamicallyfromthefilesavailableinthisfolder.IfafeatureisturnedonintherelevantPageSetup,theappropriatefileisrunatthebeginningofthejob.AdditionalexamplepagefeaturesareavailableinthefoldercalledExampleswithinthisfolder.TheexamplefilessuppliedwiththeRIPshowyouhowtodosuchthingsasproducedraftcopies,performpageimposition,resubmitpagebuffers,anduseimagereplacementwithDCSfiles.Youcanaddyourownfilesifyouwish.

ThePageBuffersfolderprovidesspaceforrenderedpagesthatarewrittentodisk.TheMediaSavingDirislocatedasasubfoldertothePageBuffersfolder.

WithLDKsecuritythePasswordsfolderisnolongerused. ThepatternsfoldercontainsresourcesforPostScriptlanguagepatterns. ThePrepFilesfoldercontainsalltheprepfilesusedbytheHarlequinMultiRIP. TheprocsetsfoldercontainsvariouspatchestothePostScriptlanguage,aswellas

otherfunctionalitythatisnotbuiltdirectlyintotheHarlequinMultiRIP.Patchesforspecificapplicationsareheldhere,aswellascalibrationtestjobs.

NotetoOEMS: OEMscanaddfilestotheprocsetsfolder. TheReproductionCriteriafolderisthelocationoffilesdefiningaresourcetype

/ReproductionCriteria.Thisisusedtolinkcolorrenderingdictionaries(CRDs)tothecriteriawhichcreatedthem.ThisallowstheHarlequinMultiRIPtotestwhetheraCRDneedstoberegeneratedorwhetheronealreadyexists.

TheScreeninfoldercontainsscreeningpluginsforusebytheHarlequinMultiRIP.Inmanyinstallations,therearenoscreeningplugins.


TheScreensfolderisusedwhenhalftonescreensarecached(savedtodiskforlateruse).ThereisasubfolderhereforeachdotshapecacheknowntotheHarlequinMultiRIP,eitherassuppliedorascreatedduringuse.

TheSeparationFeaturesfolderperformsasimilartasktoPageFeaturesbutappliesonlywhenseparatingjobsintheHarlequinMultiRIP.

TheSpoolfolderisadefaultlocationusedbytheSpoolfolderinputpluginforreceivingjobs.

TheSysfolderincludesHqnStart,theHarlequinspecificstartupfile,andBootlist,alistoffilestobeexecuteduponbooting(starting)theHarlequinMultiRIP.ThisfolderalsocontainsHqnProduct,whichcontainsPostScriptlanguagestartupcodespecifictothatproduct,andHqnOEM,whichmaycontainadditionalstartupPostScriptlanguagestartupcodecreatedbytheRIPsupplier(orOEM).

ThetargetepsfoldercontainsanyEPSfilesthatareincorporatedincustomcalibrationtargets(andpotentiallyothertargets).Thisfolderisreferredtofromtargetdefinitionswhileinterpretingatargetfile,especiallyinresponsetothePrintCalibrationdialogbox.

Thetmpfolderisusedasalocationfortemporaryfiles. TheTrapParamsfolderisusedforPostScriptLanguageLevel 3trappingparameters.It

maybeempty.

TheUsrfoldercontainsseveralfilesneededbytheHarlequinMultiRIP. TheUtilitiesfoldercontainsfiles,eachofwhichcanperformausefulfunctionwhen

runasajob(usingthePrint Filemenuoption):

BackupConfiguration.psThisfileenablesyoutomakeabackupfilecontainingallyourconfigurationsettingsforaninstallationoftheHarlequinMultiRIP.

BackupFonts.psThisfileenablesyoutomakeabackupfilecontainingallyourfonts,boththestandardsetandanyadditionalfontsthatyouhaveinstalled.

Youcanstoresuchabackupfileelsewhereforsecurityand,forexample,useitasasimplewaytorestoreacomplexconfigurationifyouneedtoreinstallthesameversionoftheHarlequinMultiRIP.(YoucanrestorebackedupfontstoanewerversionoftheRIPbutyoucanonlyrestoreconfigurationsettingstothesameversionoftheRIP.)Note:TheBackupFonts.ps and BackupConfiguration.ps filesshouldonlybeusedviathePrintoptionontheFilemenu.AttemptingtousethesefilesfromasocketinputmaycausetheRIPtocrash.TheWorkSpacefolderprovidesspaceforanytemporaryworkspacefilescreatedbytheRIP.

TheLOGFILEfilecontainsarecordofalltransactionswiththeHarlequinMultiRIPmonitor.Thisfilecanbesavedanditssizerestricted.FormoreinformationseeMonitoringtheHarlequinMultiRIPonpage70.


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