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Epson Stylus Pro 10600 - UltraChrome Ink - Stylus Pro 10600 Print Engine Product Support Bulletin

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EPSON
PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN
Date: 3/25/04
Bulletin #: PSB.2004.03.006
Reference: TE03-461 Rev.A, epson10997, TE03-620Rev.A, TE03-620 Rev.B
Product: Stylus Pro 5500, 7600DYE, 7600UCM, 9600DYE, 9600UCM, 10000DYE, 10000CF, 10600UCM
Subject: Driver Plug-in Up-Date v1.0cE for the Epson MAC OS-X Printer Driver
This bulletin was created to inform you of a Epson Driver Plug-in up-date for the Stylus Pro 5500, 7600DYE, 7600UCM, 9600DYE,
9600UCM, 10000DYE, 10000CF, 10600UCM standard Mac OS X Epson printer drivers released prior to January 01, 2004.
Description of Change:
This change updates the standard Epson driver interface plug-ins ONLY that were included as part of the Epson MAC OS X driver
released prior to January 01, 2004, and supersedes the epson10997 connectivity Plug-in up-date previously posted.
NOTE: Should you need to reinstall the Epson Printer Driver after this up-date, you will need to re-apply the update again
afterward to update the drivers standard plug-ins.
Reason:
This Update stabilizes Epson driver Interface communications during printing and corrects Epson Status Monitor functions for the
following Professional Graphics printer driver plug-ins and upgrades their versions to: FireWire v1.81, USB v1.81, TCPIP v1.81.
NOTE: In addition we recommend you upgrade your MAC OS-X operating system to the most current version.
How Do I Get The Up-Date?
The up-date is available for download on our WEB SIte: www.epson.com from the MAC Drivers & Downloads section for each of the
printers listed. The file name is epson11054.
EPSON Professional Graphics Group
Originator: rws
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  • Page 1 Description of Change: This change updates the standard Epson driver interface plug-ins ONLY that were included as part of the Epson MAC OS X driver released prior to January 01, 2004, and supersedes the epson10997 connectivity Plug-in up-date previously posted.
  • Page 2 Win NT 4.0/2000/XP Print jobs being sent through the Epson standard print driver should be in the RGB format in order for color management to be utilized properly. Macintosh OS X allows you to create any paper size regardless of printer driver’s limitations. Exceeding these limitations will result in your image being...
  • Page 3 NOTE1 NOTE 1 ColorBurst RIP Print jobs being sent through the Epson PostScript driver can be either RGB or CMYK format. Settings in the RIP will determine how color management is used. Maximum page size allowable from software applications: Stylus...
  • Page 4 All Epson large format printers use 360dpi as the input resolution (this is the resolution data is rasterized at), therefore when printing from Photoshop, the maximum page length you will be able to output to any Epson large format printer using the standard Epson print driver would be 83.33 inches (30,000 pixels / 360dpi). As for the Epson desktop products, they rasterize data at 720dpi, therefore the maximum page length obtainable with the standard print driver would be 41.67 inches (30,000 pixels / 720dpi).
  • Page 5 For Windows Users, if you encounter partial/incomeplete prints while having Finest Detail enabled, please disable this setting. It is recommended for low resolution text and line art to sharpen their edges. For photos, this may create a massive print file that is too large for the printer driver to process correctly. The following examples show how to setup banner printing from Adobe Illustrator 8.x/9.x and CorelDRAW 9 from the PC platform.
  • Page 6 Adobe Illustrator CS: In this example, we are creating a banner, which is 227 inches (Illustrators max. page setup). NOTE: Mac O/S 10.3.3 system is used in this example. Windows versions of this application should be very similar in functionality. Please refer to your software documentation for additional assistance. In this example, a “20 inches wide X 180 inches high”...
  • Page 7 3. Click on File, Print, click Setup, under Tiling click on the drop down arrow, select Tile Full 4. Pages and click the Printer button. 5. When the printer setup window comes up, select your printer name and set the Roll Paper Options to: Roll Paper Banner Roll Paper Banner –...
  • Page 8 7. Then click on Print. This will bring you back to the Print window. 8. This time click on Page Setup, you see the following screen, just click on Continue (If you don’t want to see the window again, place a check mark on Don’t Show Again box).
  • Page 9 9. When Page Setup is open, click on the down arrow for Custom Paper Size. NOTE: When creating the custom page size, divide the banner size by a value that will make it less than the printer maximum custom page size (90.5 inches). In this example we take (180/2 = 90), therefore the custom page size created would be 20x90 (inches).
  • Page 10 11. Under Paper Size, click on the drop down arrow and select the custom paper size you created (i.e. 20 X 180) orientation is set to portrait mode. Then click OK. 12. In the Print windows the preview pane will show 2 grids or pages. This indicates that a full image is tiled.
  • Page 11 13. Click on General, then click the square on Reverse Order. 4. Click on Print.
  • Page 12 NOTE 1: When enabled, the first page will be printed first, instead of the last page first. Or Change the orientation to “Reverse”, then you don’t have to check the “Reverse Order”. NOTE 2: Always select the custom page size last, if not, it will default to other paper sizes. NOTE 3: Before printing a large document, make sure you have enough ink to prevent getting an Ink Out message, causing the print job to stop and not completing the entire print.
  • Page 13 Adobe Illustrator 8.x/9.x: In this example, we are creating a banner, which is 227 inches (Illustrators max. page setup). 1. Launch Illustrator and open or place your file in the page layout. Click on File, then Document Setup. The following screen appears. 3.
  • Page 14 5. Click on the Paper Tab. The following appears. 6. Set the Paper Source to Roll Paper (Banner) and also enable Save Roll Paper. 7. When creating the custom page size, divide the banner size by a value that will make it less than the printer maximum custom page size.
  • Page 15 8. After setting the custom page size and other driver settings (media type, resolution, etc.), click OK. This will bring you back to the document setup. Now double-click the “Page” tool. 9. The page should now show the following. 10. At this point you can and resize the image to fit within the printable area and print.
  • Page 16 CorelDRAW: In this example, a banner is created at 227 inches. 1. Launch CorelDRAW and open or place an image in your page layout. 2. Adjust the page size and image for the document as shown in the following image. 3.
  • Page 17 4. Click on the Paper Tab. The following appears. 5. Set the Paper Source to Roll Paper (Banner) and also enable Save Roll Paper.
  • Page 18 6. When creating the custom page size, divide the banner size by a value that will make it less than the printer maximum custom page size. In this example we take (227/3 = 75.7), therefore the custom page size created would be 44x75.7 inches.
  • Page 19 8. At this point, click File then Print. CorelDRAW will then run a pre-flight check and will show the following window.
  • Page 20 9. Click on the Layout Tab and enable Print Tiled Pages and set any additional parameters as you see fit. 10. At this point you could check other tab settings (if necessary) and click Print Preview (recommended) if you want to see how the file will be printed or Print to output the file to your printer.
  • Page 21 Subject: Connectivity Plug-in Update v1.0bE for the Epson MAC OS X Printer Driver A connectivity plug-in update is available for the standard Epson MAC OS X printer drivers released prior to January 1, 2004. This update applies to these printers: Stylus Pro 5500, 7600DYE, 7600UCM, 9600DYE, 9600UCM, 10000DYE, 10000CF, 10600UCM Reason For Update: This update improves the stability of the drivers USB, Firewire and TCP/IP communication module plug-ins.
  • Page 22 Macintosh OS X system. If this is a fist time Epson Stylus Pro Macintosh OS X printer driver installation you will only need to follow the driver installation steps. If you have previously installed the Epson Stylus Pro 7600, 9600, 10000 or 10600 inkjet printer driver on your computer you must first Remove the driver from your system prior to performing the driver installation, this insures a complete driver installation.
  • Page 23 Prior to starting the installation it is recommended you copy the installation package (example: SPro7600_16b.pkg) to your hard drive. This will save you time should you wish to reinstall the driver in the future. EPSON Professional Graphics Group Page 2.
  • Page 24 The installer requires your Macintosh password for Authentication. Enter your Password and click OK. The Installer Introduction screen will be displayed, click CONTINUE. Read the License Agreement and click CONTINUE. You are asked to Agree or Disagree to the License Agreement click AGREE to continue the installation. EPSON Professional Graphics Group Page 3.
  • Page 25 The Printer Driver will now be installed, a progress window is displayed during the installation. 10. When the Printer Driver installation has completed the following window is displayed, click RESTART to Finish the installation. EPSON Professional Graphics Group Page 4.
  • Page 26 You have Two ways to Add a printer. You can use the Add button or you can select Add Printer from the Printers drop down menu, click Add. On the Add printer window you first need to select the Epson Interface Connection the printer is attached with: Only choose an...
  • Page 27 After you choose the Epson Interface Connection, the Print Center automatically searches the connection for printers. When the search completes: Select your printer from the list by clicking on it. Next select your Page Setup. Roll Paper is the default. If your work flow will include several of the choices they can be added individually, or to save time you can add all the choices by selecting All.
  • Page 28 To make the printer the Default printer highlight the printer then go to the Printers Menu and select Make Default or click the Make Default button. The Default printer will be highlighted in the Printer List: EPSON Professional Graphics Group Page 7...
  • Page 29 10. To view the Job Status of a printer double click on it in the Printer List to display its information and status: EPSON Professional Graphics Group Page 8...
  • Page 30 Then from the new Printer List window select your printer and click OK. From the Epson Printer Utility you can Check the Status of Ink-Paper-and the printer itself, perform print head Nozzle Checks, Clean the print head, or perform Print Head Alignments.
  • Page 31 Before installing a New Driver you must first properly remove the existing Driver and all of its components. Open the Epson Driver from any application and select print. Remove all user created “Presets” that were created for the printer you are removing. From the Presets drop down menu select the Preset (example: MYPRESET) then select Delete..
  • Page 32 In the next steps you will be dragging Files or Folders to the Trash. OS X requires you to have proper “Ownership & Permissions” to the Epson folder on your OS X hard drive. Highlight the Epson folder then GoTo File, Get Info and select “Ownership &...
  • Page 33 4.1.2 Drag the printers Preferences to the TRASH. The second option is to drag the entire Epson folder to the Trash. Dragging the entire Epson folder to the Trash Deletes ALL Epson Printers. From the Receipts folder Drag the Printers Package information to the TRASH.

  • Page 34: Installation Instructions

    This bulletin provides instructions for installing and configuring a Mac OS X Client with your existing EPSON hardware or software RIP. If your EPSON Professional Wide Format printer was bundled with one of the RIP packages listed below, or if you had purchased the RIP as an option, then you can configure a Mac OS X Client with OS Version 10.2 and above for PostScript printing...

  • Page 35: Add Button

    AppleTalk 2. Click on the button. Then select from the top sub-menu and your AppleTalk zone if applicable. Print Center 3. The should scan the network and find all your devices. Select your printer Printer Model Other from the list and click on the sub-menu.
  • Page 36 IP Printing Installation: Print Center Applications - Open the , which can be found on your HDD under Utilities IP Printing 2. Click on the button and select from the sub-menu. Printer’s Address 3. Enter the IP Address of the Postscript Server under .

  • Page 37: Printer Model

    4. Navigate to the location of your PPD file. After selecting the PPD file it should reflect the Printer Model name of the printer under the section. Click on the button. 5. The Print Center should now show the Queue that you typed along with the IP address. 6.
  • Page 38 3rd. party RIP paper configuration. The custom paper configuration also allows the user to use media other than EPSON genuine media or to customize Epson media settings. The settings you make using the printer control panel paper configuration can be saved and recalled as required by your work flow.
  • Page 39 10/22/03 Printer Control Panel Paper Configuration Epson always recommends performing a nozzle check prior to using the custom paper configuration to ensure that the printer is functioning properly in order to obtain the best possible image quality and results. The EPSON Stylus Pro 10600 UC Printer control panel Paper Configuration menu contains the following...
  • Page 40 Stylus Pro 10600 UC PSB.2002.09.002A 10/22/03 Stylus Pro 10600 UC Paper Configuration Control Panel Navigation Map START Power On Normaly Press SelcType PAPER NUMBER = STD * Adj. PF+/PF- Paper Num 1 -10 Enter Press Item PRINTER SETTING MENU THICK. PAT.=PRINT * Enter PAT.
  • Page 41 This section describes each of the Custom Paper Configuration choices and how they can be used. In most cases when the Epson driver and media are used all of these values are pre-configured and do not require a custom paper configuration.
  • Page 42 10mil thickness. Damage to the cut- ter blade will occur by using the built in Auto Cutter to cut these medias. Epson has a manual cutter option that can cut these medias.
  • Page 43 Stylus Pro 10600 UC PSB.2002.09.002A 10/22/03 Drying Time: The default is *0.0 Sec. Setting a Dry Time is useful if the printer pauses during a print waiting for more data to print from the computer. Ideally the print head of the printer should continue moving consistently from start to finish when printing an image.

  • Page 44: Issues And Solutions

    Stylus Pro 10600 UC PSB.2002.09.002A 10/22/03 ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS Below are some common issues you could experience and suggestions on how they may be corrected: • General Print Quality: Head Cleaning, Paper Thickness Adj., Print Adj. • Paper Cutting: Cut Pressure Adj., Cut Method Adj.,...

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