Ricoh Type 480 Manuel d'utilisateur

RW-480 PLOTBASE Printer/Scanner Reference

PREFACE Caution: Network interface cables with ferrite core must be used for RF interference suppression. Note to users in the United States of Am

JOB EDITOR "Default" settings area The following chapters explain which default settings you can enter in the Job Editor. The changed setti

JOB EDITOR can use all formats, also ISO B, C. However you have to place the drawing in the "2portrait" position. Original: In the "

JOB EDITOR drawing in a free format of 1.0 % to 999.0 % of the original. The input field for Y-scaling is automatically filled with the value of the

JOB EDITOR • Border: If you want a white border around the drawing, activate the field "On" and enter the required spacing for all side bo

JOB EDITOR • Mirror: In this area you can set whether the drawing is to be mirrored or not during plotting. The individual fields mean the followin

JOB EDITOR button above the entry list. The settings are on the two cards "Specific" and "Additional". They are essentially ident

JOB EDITOR size and number of colors. The tabs "General" and "Pens" appear only, if you open a HPGL- or a Calcomp drawing file. T

JOB EDITOR Newly inserted entries can have the following file formats, which are identified by RW-480 PLOTBASE from the file extension: • Calcomp .

JOB EDITOR DWF/DWG/DXF option on the server: • DWF...(*.dwf) • DWG ...

JOB EDITOR Add using the right-hand mouse button To add an entry using the right-hand mouse button, proceed as follows: 1. Mark an entry in the entr

PREFACE Note to users in Canada Note: This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Remarque concernant les utilisateurs au Canada

JOB EDITOR the file to the RW-480 PLOTBASE entry list. You can also add several drawings by holding down the Ctrl key, click on all the required file

JOB EDITOR by using the tools in the "View" toolbar. These have already been explained on Page 43. Stamp editor You can define as many sta

JOB EDITOR that you have saved previously (read the following chapter "Stamp Configurations") from the file selection. Now save this config

JOB EDITOR "Settings" tab General details, e.g. on mirroring, rotation, stamp type and stamp position are made in the "settings"

JOB EDITOR "Opaque". There are three possible settings: - Opaque: The stamp overwrites the area of the drawing beneath it. - Transparent: I

JOB EDITOR "Data" tab On the card "Data", the order compiler stipulates the stamp content. On this card you can enter the text a

JOB EDITOR before the final print. In this window you can move the directional arrows to move from side to side and enlarge or reduce the view using

JOB EDITOR field "User name" in the stamp. • Stamp gradation: This option is only available, if you select stamp type "opaque"

JOB EDITOR respective HPGL or CalComp tabs via the "pen settings..." button. View the changes RW-480 PLOTBASE has an additional function,

JOB EDITOR settings under a unique name so that you can use them again later: 1. Click on the button "Save". 2. Choose the directory and a

RW-480 PLOTBASE RW-480 PLOTBASE This manual describes the programs RW-480 PLOTBASE and RW-480 SCANTOOL, which are parts of the RW-480 plot management

JOB EDITOR • Pen color: Select the pen color in the second column under "color". Click on the arrow to the right of the color setting and

JOB EDITOR HPGL and HPGL/2 - Colors To assign the required grey scale to each of the individual colors, open the "Color" tab: In this win

JOB EDITOR HPGL and HPGL/2 - Misc • Pen Source/ Color Source: The following description applies to both pen source and color source. If you activat

JOB EDITOR paper size. This fact means that unwished for printing results are obtained, if a drawing is only printed in sections or in the most unfav

JOB EDITOR − Max: Using the keyboard, enter the maximum pen widths. The entry affects all HPGL pens. kness that the pen draws, e.g. to and no longe

JOB EDITOR reload the drawing in the File Viewer after each change. Patternstyle: You have a choice of four filling patterns to influence• a pure di

JOB EDITOR HPGL and HPGL/2 - Plotter Defaults These settings are the standard defaults or plotter defaults. They are only used if you have activated

JOB EDITOR apart from the black and white pens: these settings are saved as presets. Calcomp pen settings In the cards you can define numerous pen at

JOB EDITOR • Size: The pen widths are entered directly using the keyboard in the first column under "Size". The maximum values that can be

JOB EDITOR Calcomp - Colors To assign the required grey scale to each individual color, open the "Color" tab: The change to the percentag

RW-480 PLOTBASE Another manual is available: RW-480 CLIENTS This manual describes the installation and operation of RW-480 CLIENTS as well as two net

JOB EDITOR Calcomp - Misc • Pen Source: If you activate the field "File", you tell the plotter that the printout should use the pen thick

JOB EDITOR In this way, you can ensure that a drawing that has exactly the same size as a standard format is printed on this size paper thereby avoid

JOB EDITOR Attention: If you enter a larger value, you will obtain a s m a l l e r drawing: The entry 1 equates to 0.125 %. Example: if you enter 8

JOB EDITOR • Sync char • End char • Double Sync • check sum You can either let RW-480 PLOTBASE determine the values or you can enter the necessar

PRINT JOB Print job The following chapters explain how you can manually or automatically plot an order. It also explains how jobs can be interrupted o

PRINT JOB The "Autoplot" mode is either set using the "Plotter" menu, by clicking on the "Autoplot" button in the RW-48

PRINT JOB • Click on the relevant button or • Open the context menu using the right-hand mouse button and select "Plot". Note: If the fun

PRINT JOB • Quit Autoplot mode: The Autoplot mode is used for automatic processing of the print jobs. If you want to interrupt the printing process

PRINT JOB Reload plotter This command is used if the plotter has failed to initialize. This can happen e.g. if you have already started RW-480 PLOTB

PRINT JOB • Plot Error Pay attention to further error messages and advices which are shown in the status window. As far as they are not shown, try t

RW-480 PLOTBASE Guide to the manual This manual contains all the information that you will need for the correct use of RW-480 PLOTBASE and RW-480 SCA

PRINT JOB images are shown correctly in the file viewer. If errors are appearing, you have to substitute the defective images. If the images seem to

PRINT JOB selected plotter roll. • Queue default SSL-File not found:... The Default-SSL file can’t be found. Maybe it has been deleted in the spool

PRINT JOB • Module Set2Single could not find the file: ... A file is not available. A certain, preselected time of waiting is observed until this e

Part III - RW-480 SCANTOOL RW-480 PLOTBASE 143

INTRODUCTION Introduction RW-480 SCANTOOL is an important user program of the RW-480 system. This application enables you to comfortably and easily u

INTRODUCTION 480 PLOTBASE. There, the job order is read automatically and passed on to the plotter. Finally, the drawing is printed on the plotter.

START AND QUIT PROGRAM Start and quit program Although you had to install RW-480 PLOTBASE and RW-480 SCANTOOL as a user with administrator rights,

PROGRAM WINDOW Program window RW-480 PLOTBASE 147

DEFAULT VALUES Default values Before you begin working, you should set the general default values, which remain valid until you explicitly alter them

DEFAULT VALUES Note: The "Add" button always adds the selected formats at the end of the list. On the other hand, if you use "Insert

RW-480 PLOTBASE status bar. The so-called "signal lights" is also explained. Configuration: Here you can read which default values are poss

DEFAULT VALUES • Change name: You can change names in the upper field. • Set format borders (x and y values): The format border settings (x and y

DEFAULT VALUES To delete the undesired borders use the drawing editor. There you can find tools for cutting the borders. Attention: Bear in mind th

DEFAULT VALUES when it appears in the status bar at the bottom edge of the screen, until you have quit the window with "OK". "General&

DEFAULT VALUES RW-480 Plotbase configuration The spool path is also entered automatically after installation. The print jobs that contain the inform

DEFAULT VALUES • File: The scanned drawings are saved as files. • Multipage File: You can scan in several pages one after the other and save them

DEFAULT VALUES that you can remain at the machine and can scan all drawings after each other, without having to press the scan button for each drawin

DEFAULT VALUES based on the operating system and network capacities. Note for later scanning processes: The program retains the settings after each s

DEFAULT VALUES 1. Activate "Multipage file" and "Autostart" on the card "General". 2. Choose your "File Scan&quo

DEFAULT VALUES You can use the left-hand button to cancel generation of the multipage file, now or later. You can use the right-hand button to rep

DEFAULT VALUES Change language When starting the program for the first time, your RW-480 software comes up in the language you selected on installati

RW-480 PLOTBASE Start and quit program: As the title says. Program window: This page includes a figure that shows all the work areas of the program.

TOOLS Tools This section gives you a brief overview of the program tools, which you can activate using the toolbar and the control bar and about the

TOOLS Rotate drawing 90° to the right Rotate drawing through 180° Drawing in original position Successively enlarge drawing Successively

TOOLS Control bar The following functions are available in the control bar: Start scan. Read the chapter on "Scan" from P. 165 Dispatch

KEY COMBINATIONS Key combinations The following lists all the keys and key combinations: Main screen F5: Start scan F7: Send job order to RW-480 PL

KEY COMBINATIONS Drawing editor ESC + mouse: For operations, in which you drag a rectangle or window on the drawing with the mouse (e.g. zoom window,

FILE MANAGEMENT File management This chapter describes how you can open, close and save drawings. It also describes further comfortable tools such as

FILE MANAGEMENT You can also load multipage documents (PDF, RW-480PS, HPGL, HPGL/2, Tiff). There is no limitation to the number of pages per document

FILE MANAGEMENT • CALS [after MIL-STD-28002A] ...(*.cal) • DWF...

ARCHIVE MANAGEMENT Archive Management With RW-480 SCANTOOL it is possible to generate index data which describes the scanned drawings. They are for e

ARCHIVE MANAGEMENT Specifying Presets If you wish to select the settings for the filing or to change the settings, enable the "Archive" fie

RW-480 PLOTBASE Drawing editor: This chapter describes the RW-480 SCANTOOL drawing editor which, apart from a large number of functions, you can use

ARCHIVE MANAGEMENT of the Primarykey is described in chapter "Creating descriptive database file", p. 222. • Scan File: In the tab "

ARCHIVE MANAGEMENT create a new SDF file, enter a new name under Options. Please see page 169. Filing drawings after scanning If you wish to file dra

SCAN Scan This chapter describes scanning. You will find out which settings are required and how you can start the actual scanning process. If you w

SCAN The orientation as portrait or landscape format can be freely adjusted. In addition, you can activate the "Automatic length detect".

SCAN "Automatic length detection" feature (see above). In this case, the "DY" box (format height) is deactivated. • Preview: If

SCAN the grey values of a photo or another original. Use the "Text/Photo" mode if the original to be scanned has text as well as photos. U

SCAN scanning length: MB RAM in PC recommended maximum scan length 0256 MB 03000 mm 0512 MB 06000 mm 0768 MB 08000 mm 1024 MB 10000 mm 1536 MB

SCAN Start scanning process After you have set all the parameters, the scanner is switched on and the drawing is ready, you can start the scan. To d

SCAN Cancel scan You can cancel the scanning process at any time by clicking once on the STOP button in the control bar: In the "Autostart&q

PREPARE PRINT JOBS Prepare print jobs This program enables you to scan in and plot individual drawings or even whole sets of drawings. You can scan

RW-480 PLOTBASE Conventions used in the manual Two terms are used in the text to point out special circumstances or advantages or even to warn you ag

PREPARE PRINT JOBS 3. A window opens, in which you select a existing set name or give a new set of drawings (job order) a name. The name can hav

PREPARE PRINT JOBS Activation of the "Locked" option is useful, for example, if the drawings contained in the job order should not be avail

PREPARE PRINT JOBS You then no longer need to click the scan key each time and can insert all the drawings in the scanner, one after the other. 7.

PREPARE PRINT JOBS You can now change the job order again at a later time or print it off again. If you want to cancel the job, click on "Cancel

PREPARE PRINT JOBS relevant defined folder using "Browse". Confirm with "OK". 4. The job editor then opens: All the settings fo

PREPARE PRINT JOBS function). 5. You now have two possible ways of accessing drawings that you want to save in the job editor save. You can either lo

PREPARE PRINT JOBS If you save the job order, you can also send it at a later time or change it again. The save is described in the following steps.

DRAWING EDITOR Drawing editor The following section describes the drawing editor of RW-480 SCANTOOL. You can read how to set your default values and

DRAWING EDITOR • Undo: In "Undo", you stipulate how many work steps in the program can be undone. If an unlimited number of steps are to

DRAWING EDITOR Edit drawings The following pages describe how to edit a drawing: Cut out any number of areas, copy, insert again, overwrite and inse

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DRAWING EDITOR Zoom window selected with the mouse Successively enlarge cut out area Successively reduce cut out area Switchover to zoom al

DRAWING EDITOR Invert whole area Filter drawing Align drawing Multipage documents: Go to first page Multipage documents: Back one page

DRAWING EDITOR In the top block you can undo the last commands. Your last commands are listed in the lower block. Deskew and despeckle drawing Befo

DRAWING EDITOR The program opens a window, in which you can enter which areas are to be deleted from what number of pixels and less: If e.g. you ent

DRAWING EDITOR 1. First click on the button or . 2. Using the mouse, drag a relevant-sized rectangle at the required position in your drawing. RW

DRAWING EDITOR required format is not included in the list, you can select it using the "Configure" button. The program then opens the &quo

DRAWING EDITOR • Enlarge a position about the center • Enlarge a section defined with the mouse • Successively enlarge section • Successively re

DRAWING EDITOR the input window via the "Tools – Enter text" menu item or you can click once on the relevant button: The window that then

DRAWING EDITOR • Merge: Open the window using the "Insert mode" button. Choose between "Opaque", "Transparent" and &qu

DRAWING EDITOR window and draw directly with the mouse, without having to close the window. This has the advantage that you can draw several differen

Trademarks Adobe®, Acrobat®, PostScript® and PostScript®3TM are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. AutoCAD® and DWF, DWG, DXF are registered

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS System requirements Please read through the following recommendations carefully. They can be very helpful in finding the optimum

DRAWING EDITOR Enter certain page If you use the last button, a dialog opens in which you can directly enter the page you wish to go to: Grey sca

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OVERVIEW OF THE FILE FORMATS Overview of the file formats In the following chart all file formats are listed. The standard formats are listed in the

OVERVIEW OF THE FILE FORMATS Format related documentationcolor depth compr. read write remark DODISS, Department of Defense Index of Specificatio

OVERVIEW OF THE FILE FORMATS The following file formats are optional. You can only use the DWF/DWG/DXF formats if you have installed a full version f

INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS XP WITH SP 2 Installation on Windows XP with SP 2 This section describes, how to use RW-480 PLOTBASE on Windows XP Professio

INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS XP WITH SP 2 5. Shutdown again RW-480 PLOTBASE and wait 10 seconds. 6. Open "Start - Control Panel - Windows Firewall

INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS XP WITH SP 2 The new ports will automatically be added to the list of ports: 8. If you want to use RW-480 PLOTCLIENT MAC

INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS XP WITH SP 2 You can start the service manually by starting it in the Control Panel. However, we recommend to change this se

CUSTOM PAPER SIZES IN LIBCAD 2005 Custom paper sizes in LibCAD 2005 This section describes how to setup custom paper sizes in AutoCAD and LibCAD 200

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS necessary • CD ROM drive • Floppy drive • RW-480 Controller: Physical dimension: 142 mm x 122 mm PCB dimension: 127 mm x 97 mm

PLOTBASE DIRECTORY PLOTBASE directory The main directory "Program files" also contains the sub-directories for the program RW-480 PLOTBASE.

PLOTBASE DIRECTORY folder is set up for each job order, which contains the name of the print job. Tools: This is where the installation programs for

PLOTBASE DIRECTORY subfolder is usually a folder that can be reached via a network. SSL subfolder: Except of the Default.ssl empty. The clients send

PLOTBASE DIRECTORY than one plot file. In most cases theses files are automatically created by the PLOTCLIENT programs and put into the spool folder.

PLOTBASE DIRECTORY program also reads in the "Default.ssl" in the main RW-480 PLOTBASE folder, to complete the job configuration. 3. After

PLOTBASE DIRECTORY folder respectively. In case of CFG the rule is: Either copy just the plot file into the folder or copy both CFG file and plot fil

HPGL/2 COMMANDS AND PENS HPGL/2 commands and pens In this chapter we have listed all the HPGL and HPGL/2 commands that the program fully or partiall

HPGL/2 COMMANDS AND PENS RR = + WG = + • Line and Fill Attributes Group: AC = + FT = + LA = ~ LT = + PW = + RF = + SM = + SP = + UL = + WU = + •

HPGL/2 COMMANDS AND PENS • Palette Extension: CR = + NP = + PC = + SV = + TR = + • Dual-Context Extension: No commands are supported • Digitizing

CALCOMP COMMANDS AND PENS Calcomp commands and pens In this chapter we have listed all the Calcomp commands and their implementation status in RW-48

SETTINGS BEFORE INSTALLATION Settings before installation This chapter describes the settings for the operating systems Microsoft® Windows® XP Profes

CALCOMP COMMANDS AND PENS • Symbols Commands: font selection + [not all symbols] symbol string count + plotter symbol scaling + controller symbo

CALCOMP COMMANDS AND PENS Pen Pen width in mm Pen width in pixels 4 0.25 4 5 0.32 5 6 0.38 6 7 0.44 7 8 0.51 8 9 0.57 9 10 0.64 10 11 0.70

CREATING DESCRIPTIVE DATABASE FILE Creating descriptive database file Before you can save data in an archive, a descriptive database file with the e

CREATING DESCRIPTIVE DATABASE FILE 10. No distinction is made between upper and lower case letters. 11. If a key word is used more than once, the w

CREATING DESCRIPTIVE DATABASE FILE 2. Do not use special characters or symbols. 3. For separation use an underscore "_" and not a space.

CREATING DESCRIPTIVE DATABASE FILE %y → year Example: =NAME=date =TYPE=date,%d.%m.%y In this example, the archive box will automatically have the d

CREATING DESCRIPTIVE DATABASE FILE → volume: With the field type "volume", you instruct the program directly to display the number in the

CREATING DESCRIPTIVE DATABASE FILE Upcase the user’s text entry is converted to UPPER CASE letters, and saved Lowcase the user’s text entry is con

CREATING DESCRIPTIVE DATABASE FILE In this example ARCBASE indicates that the data records are clearly distinguishable by the number in the "Dr

CREATING DESCRIPTIVE DATABASE FILE =NAME=subject no. =TYPE=string,x20 =NAME=naming =TYPE=string,x30 =NAME=description =TYPE=string,x200 =NAME=projec

SETTINGS BEFORE INSTALLATION Activate SNMP service To use the SNMP service, you must adjust the following settings: 1. Open the window "Windows

INDEX Index A Activate entries ... 106 Align... 192 Archive delimiter ... 169 DES example ...

INDEX after scanning ... 171 manually ... 170, 171 Fill pattern... 125, 132 H HPGL and HPGL/2-Commands... 21

INDEX View ... 199 N Naming conventions... 38 O Operating mode RW-480 PLOTBASE ... 212 P Pause function ...

INDEX File scan ... 155 Image view ... 153 Key combinations... 163 Load drawing... 165 Multipage file...

INDEX Text ... 115 Stamp editor... 111 Symbol bar Drawing editor... 189 Synchronization ...

SETTINGS BEFORE INSTALLATION Activate LPR service This setting is also necessary if you use the RW-480 PLOTCLIENT MAC. You must adjust the following

INSTALLATION OF THE PROGRAMS Installation of the programs The setup described here is used for the following installations:  Driver software for th

INSTALLATION OF THE PROGRAMS If you haven't deactivated the Windows "Autorun" function for CDs, the RW-480 installation wizard starts,

INSTALLATION OF THE PROGRAMS 21. Accept or change the target directory for RW-480 PLOTBASE installation and indicate whether RW-480 WINPRINT should

INSTALLATION OF THE PROGRAMS Shutdown other application. • Use of complex file formats Depending on the cpacity of your computer, it can take a long

SETTINGS AFTER INSTALLATION Settings after installation If you want to send print jobs to RW-480 PLOTBASE with the ftp command, you must set up an FT

CONTENTS Contents Preface...9 RW-480 PLOTBASE...

SETTINGS AFTER INSTALLATION 3. In "Configure" open the window "Spool path" and check whether the spool path stated here correspo

SETTINGS FOR THE DWF/DWG/DXF FORMAT Settings for the DWF/DWG/DXF format A full version from AutoCAD series 2000 to 2006 or the DWF/DWG/DXF option mu

SETTINGS FOR THE DWF/DWG/DXF FORMAT 9. Now enter a name for the .pmp file which saves the format attributes. Then click on "Next". 10. Yo

EXTEND RW-480 LICENSES Extend RW-480 licenses You can extend the functions of this program. To do this, you must install a new license file, which yo

EXTEND RW-480 LICENSES on "Install" in the lower section of the window. You will then be asked whether you really want to install the licen

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START AND QUIT PROGRAM Start and quit program To use all the functions of this program, you need to have the administrator rights for your computer.

PROGRAM WINDOW Program window RW-480 PLOTBASE 37

PROGRAM SEQUENCE Program sequence This chapter starts off by explaining a few important definitions which will be used in later chapters and also in

PROGRAM SEQUENCE • TIFF ... (*.tif) [Group 3,4; uncompressed; packbits; str

CONTENTS Job toolbar...42 Entry toolbar...

PROGRAM SEQUENCE Draftsman/woman: The [technical] Draftsman/woman prepares the drawings for the client, which can later be collated by the user to fo

PROGRAM SEQUENCE 4. SET CREATING AND PLOT SETTING: The user puts together the drawings in RW-480 CLIENT to form jobs, assigns the priorities for the

TOOLS Tools This section gives you a brief overview of the program’s tools, which you can activate using the four tool bars as well as the informati

TOOLS Add entry at the end of the entry list Insert entry in front of the marked position in the entry list Delete entry from the entry list

TOOLS Switch over to 1:1 view of drawing Multipage document: Show first page Multipage document: Go back one page Multipage document: Ent

TOOLS continued. RW-480 PLOTBASE signal lights The RW-480 PLOTBASE signal lights show the status of a print job (three circles) and the printing mod

TOOLS Status bar The status bar is located on the lower edge of the monitor and provides you with the following information: • Account: SDF (Sta

TOOLS • NUM: Toggle the keypad functions (here: NUM). Context menu RW-480 PLOTBASE provides an additional comfortable mouse function for use during

CONFIGURATION Configuration The following chapters describe how you can use the "Configuration" menu to alter the program settings. Attenti

CONFIGURATION RW-480PS and PDF (Options) As an option, RW-480 PLOTBASE can also read the RW-480PS format and PDF format. You can open the settings fo

CONTENTS "Job Specific" tab...93 "Job Additional" tab...

CONFIGURATION occurred in the PostScript or .pdf file. A constantly activated .log file takes up extra memory and impairs the performance of the prog

CONFIGURATION "Fonts" tab RW-480 PLOTBASE supports: Type 0 = Composite Fonts Type 1 = Basic RW-480PS fonts Type 3 = user-defined fonts

CONFIGURATION the additional fonts. 3. Click once on the font, which you wish to add and quit the dialog by clicking once on the "Open" bu

CONFIGURATION PLOTBASE enters the new alias in the font list. • Delete fonts: To delete a font or an alias, you only need to mark it in the font lis

CONFIGURATION • Text (only black/white) • large technical picture • Technical picture • Image/ picture You will also find the names of the setti

CONFIGURATION In addition, the settings "Invert" and 2 to 64 grey scales are available in the pull-down menu. The inversion causes a color

CONFIGURATION "PDF Halftoning" tab You can use this tab to manipulate the grey scale values in the PDF file: The functions are the same as

CONFIGURATION CGM (Option) You can start the CGM settings using the "Configuration - CGM defaults" menu or via the keyboard shortcut "

CONFIGURATION Properties You can adjust further properties of the program using the "Configuration - Properties" menu. Each of the possible

CONFIGURATION Normally the PLOTCLIENT user can use all job settings. But maybe the administrator want to limit the user rights for certain PLOTCLIENT

CONTENTS Start and quit program ...146 Program window ...

CONFIGURATION • Name: Enter the Reader´s name. The name should be logical. • Active: You can deactivate some Reader by clicking on the activated

CONFIGURATION • Type: There are basically two types of interpreter: .ssl and .cfg. SSL readers are used by PLOTCLIENTS which generate SSL files, (P

CONFIGURATION HPGL Default Additional – HPGL Settings JOBNAME Job – Job Name MARGIN Default Specific – Border, Position MEDIA Default Specific –

CONFIGURATION copies of the drawing files that are to be printed. These files are first stored in a spool directory and then automatically deleted by

CONFIGURATION "Job Management" tab To ensure that too much hard drive capacity is not used and thereby maintain an adequate performance of

CONFIGURATION You can instruct RW-480 PLOTBASE to sort the jobs and make additional changes: • No sorting or checking: This is the default setting.

CONFIGURATION "Exception Handling" tab On this tab you can enter what the program should do if a plotter roll is empty or errors occur duri

CONFIGURATION following diagram. Use identical media if available. Otherwise wait.: If you have activated this option, if a roll is empty the progr

CONFIGURATION Option: use identical medium or wait for roll change. Is an identical rollavailable in the plotter?Option: use any medium.Entries are p

CONFIGURATION • On error: You can choose between three options: 1. "abort job and turn off the Autoplot mode": The job is halted in case

CONTENTS Drawing editor ...187 Start and quit the drawing editor ...

CONFIGURATION To activate the response click on the activation check-box. Additionally you are asked to specify the path to the response data. By def

CONFIGURATION when printing an job flag sheet, the selected medium source (roll) is considered, but the selected medium is ignored. The opposite appl

CONFIGURATION The paths and names of the SDF and form file are preset. The SDF and TXT files do not have to be saved in the account folder. You can

CONFIGURATION Rotate: Zoom: Stamp: Fold: Notes: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ An SDF file can also be read into and edited in

CONFIGURATION Field Explanation MirrorCount Number of reflections in the printed set of drawings Notes Free comments on the job order OriginalFile

CONFIGURATION "Engine Access Control" tab/User authentication With the function "User authentication" of the RW-480 plotter, you

CONFIGURATION RW-480 programs run in normal mode again! The "Engine Access Control" tab has the two sections "Engine Authentication St

CONFIGURATION • User Code Authentication: In RW-480 PLOTBASE: only print jobs, that job owners are registered, can be printed out from RW-480 PLOTBA

CONFIGURATION "Administration": Please find below instructions for setting up or changing a password, and how you can use the password to

CONFIGURATION 2. Now click on "Set up password". 3. Enter both the old and the new password (at least 4 letters) in the following dialog

CONTENTS Example of a database description ...228 Index...

CONFIGURATION 3. Start your RW-480 program again. If you always want the program to appear in the language set as standard for your Windows operati

JOB HISTORY Job History All job planned for plotting or that have already been printed are automatically included in the job list: A print job conta

JOB HISTORY possibilities for the further action: There are the following possibilities: • no action: If nobody acts the print job will be cancele

JOB HISTORY Attention: If you want to restart the canceled print job you do not need to change and save the following print parameters: Sample Print,

JOB HISTORY program tells you to insert the medium in the bypass tray. The plotter will not print if you proceed the other way round. An overview of

JOB HISTORY printed automatically. It has to be started manually in the job list. You can add this priority to a job, for example, if you want to cha

JOB HISTORY detailed information about the job status. This function is particularly useful if the "Problem" status is displayed. In the ch

JOB HISTORY • Priority: The user has possibly set one of the following priorities: normal, high, low, wait and immediately. If they have not assign

JOB HISTORY attention to the fact that the list is not shown according to the standard, i.e. according to consecutive job numbers, by the activated &

JOB HISTORY displayed first. • Plotted: The plotted job with the oldest date is in the first position. If jobs have the same date, the job with the

PREFACE Preface This manual contains detailed instructions on the operation and maintenance of this machine. To get maximum versatility from this ma

JOB HISTORY number 1007 and all other print jobs with a larger job number are to be shown. • Job name: Here you can either search for a complete jo

JOB HISTORY • Plotted: The instructions under "Date" apply here too. Cancel selection To cancel a selection and to view the complete job

STATUS DISPLAY Status display The status display is a pure information window, in which you cannot make any entries and changes. It contains inform

JOB EDITOR Job editor You can use job editor to alter the settings for jobs and the entries contained within them. In addition, you can also add or d

JOB EDITOR • Job name: This is where the name of the plot job is displayed, which the user has selected. You can enter maximum 50 characters. Please

JOB EDITOR Sorted means that the entries of an order are printed out as follows when several copies are required: E.g. you have the entries A, B and

JOB EDITOR • Job flag sheet: The job flag sheet contains information about the print job and is printed together with the print job. Lots of informa

JOB EDITOR "Job Additional" tab Use the "Job Additional" tab to adjust the settings for "Combine" and "Document Se

JOB EDITOR Note: Custom paper sizes are not supported for the feature "Combine"! • Media type: Use this selection menu to choose the media

JOB EDITOR • User Name: Also give the job a user name. This additional information is particularly useful if several users send jobs to the document