Roland COLORCHOICE - Manual (Page 15)

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Menus
You may access a number of RIP Software’s functions using the menus at the top of the main window.
File Menu
The File menu allows the user to add a job, save a job as a different format, send, pause, or abort a job or
stop the process by exiting. The following chart defines each of these options:
Add Job
The Add a Job command allows you to add a job directly to the Print Monitor.
To Add a Job
1. From the File menu select Add Job. The Add Job dialog box displays.
2. From the Add Job dialog select the path of the job you would like to add.
3. Click Open. The job is added to the printer queue.
Job Properties
Job Properties can be accessed from within Roland COLORCHOICE and are settings associated with a
particular job. The Job Properties come from either the Printing Properties set in client, or the Setup
Properties set in RIP Software Server. To change the Job Properties, select Job Properties from the File
menu. Within Job Properties you may preview the job by selecting page preview, layout preview or no preview
(Macintosh only). Page preview displays the image of the job. Layout preview displays the job relative to the
output media. (See the Job Properties General Tab section for additional details).
Save As
The Save As command allows you to save an image into different file formats. Once a job has been printed,
you may want to save the RIPed file so that you can reprint it without having to RIP the file again. Saving a file
as Native format, with a .PRT extension, allows you to save RIPed files for reprinting.
To Save a Job into a Different Format
1. Click on the job you would like to save into a different format.
2. From the File Menu select Save As.
3. Select the destination folder and the file name.
4. Click Save.
Send
Once jobs are in the Print Monitor, you can select individual jobs or groups of jobs for printing. When selecting
a group of jobs, they are printed in the order that they appear in the queue.
To Send a Job to Print
1. Click on the job or jobs you would like to print.
2. From the File Menu select Send to RIP.
Pause
When printing a job, the software begins RIPing the file. RIP, which stands for Raster Image Processor, is a
process that converts the selected file into a series of dots that are used to reproduce the file on the selected
media. RIPing involves a complex algorithmic process that requires a significant portion of your computer’s
processing capacity. Larger files, in terms of MB, take longer to RIP than smaller files. The nature of the RIP
process makes it impossible to pause and restart. For this reason, the Pause button is dimmed to prevent you