CIP3 Output Plugin Cip3_op Op

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CIP3 output plugin

Version 1.5r0

April 2013

CONTENTS 2

Contents

1Introduction....................................................................3

1.1 Requirements.................................................................3

1.2 Capabilitiesoftheplugin .......................................................4

1.3 Typicalworkflow ..............................................................4

2 Softwareinstallation.............................................................4

2.1 Pluginsecurity ................................................................5

3Deviceconfiguration ............................................................6

3.1 Filenamesetup ................................................................7

3.2 DIGcomments ................................................................7

3.3 ExtentsandTransforms ........................................................8

3.4 Outputfilecontents...........................................................11

3.5 CodingtextentriesforJobNameandSheetName................................11

3.6 Double‐sidedstyles ...........................................................13

4 Routineuse ...................................................................14

4.1 PageSetupsettings ...........................................................14

4.2 Producingacceptableinputjobs................................................15

5Relateddocumentation .........................................................15

6Exampleoutput................................................................15

CIP3 OUTPUT PLUGIN CONTENTS 3

CIP3 Output Plugin

ThisdocumentdescribestheuseoftheCIP3outputpluginwiththeHarlequin MultiRIP.

NotetoOEMs: Thisdocumentispresentedforinclusioninend‐userdocumentation

suchasamanualbasedupontheOEMManualorforuseasasupple‐

menttothatmanual.Youmaywishtochangetheintroductiontothis

documenttosuitthepresentationyouchoose.(Noteslikethisoneare

notmeantforonwardpublicationtoend‐users.Theygiveinformation

ofinterestonlytostaffatGGSLanditsOEMs.)

ThisdocumentdescribestheCIP3pluginversion 1.5,forusewiththeHarlequinMultiRIP.Theplugin

isavailablefortheRIPrunningundertheWindows32‐bitand64‐bit.Theoperatingsystemsupportis

thesameasfortheHarlequinMultiRIP.SeetheHarlequinMultiRIPreleasenotesforthelatest

information.

1 Introduction

PluginsareawayofextendingthecapabilitiesoftheHarlequinMultiRIPinawaythatdoesnot

requireanyprogrammingorothertechnicalskillsfromthepersoninstallingtheplugin.Typical

pluginsallowtheRIPtoacceptjobsfromvarioussourcesofinput,toprocessthedatainvarious

ways,toreportontheprogressofrasterizingtheimage,andtoprovidepageimagesinnewformats,

andtosendthefinalimagetooutputdevicesorinterfacesystems.

TheCIP3pluginallowstheRIPtoproducePrintProductionFormat(PPF)filesasspecifiedbya

groupcalledInternationalCooperationforIntegrationofProcessesinPre‐press,Press,andPost‐press

(CIP4).PPFfilescontaininformationaboutprintjobsincludingadministrativedata,information

aboutinksandregistermarks,comments,andpreviewimages.

ThePPFspecificationisavailableontheinternet,asdescribedinSection5,page15.Briefly,thegroup

wishtoprovideenablingstandardsforapplyingComputerIntegratedManufacturing(CIM)tech‐

niquestoprintingworkflowsbyavoidingtheneedforrecalculationorre‐entryofinformation.The

resultofthisworkisthePrintProductionFormat(PPF)filespecification.

IntheHarlequinMultiRIP,youcanusethesameRIPthatgeneratesyourfilmorplatestocreatePPF

filesenablingink‐keystobesetquicklyandeasilyonpress.PPFfilegenerationisjustaseasyand

automaticasgeneratingtheplatesandfilmsthemselves,andusingthosefileswithyourpresscan

bringyoutocolorfarfaster,reducingmake‐readytimesandwastage,andremovingtheneedfor

platescanners.

1.1 Requirements

TheCIP3pluginhasnospecialrequirements;itsoutputistofileonly,typicallyatalowresolution.

CIP3 OUTPUT PLUGIN CONTENTS 4

1.2 Capabilities of the plugin

Thepluginhasthefollowingoptions:

• CMYKcolorpreviewimages,8bitsperpixel,separatedorunseparated.Spotcolorsaresup‐

ported,butonlyforseparatedoutputfiles.(Thepreviewimageisthestartingpointforcalculat‐

ingtheink‐keysinthesoftwarethatreadsPPFfiles.)

• Uncompressedorrunlengthencodedcompressedfiles.

•Achoiceofresolutionforthepreviewimage.

•Achoiceofworkstylesforsingleanddouble‐sidedsheets.

Version 1.4r11andlaterofthepluginsupportstheversion 2.0,version 2.1andversion 3.0PPFspecifi‐

cations.

1.3 Typical workflow

BecausethepurposeofthePPFspecificationistoprovidePPFfilesthataccuratelypredictthecharac‐

teristicsofafilmorplate,youcanexpecttohavepairsofpagesetups.Ineachpair,onepagesetup

shouldproducethehighresolutiondatarequiredbyyouractualoutputdeviceandtheoneforCIP3

shouldmimicallsettingsofthatpagesetupexceptthatitshouldhaveCalibrationsetto(None)and

producealowerresolutionversionoftheimageonfilmorplate.

Inuse,youshouldsendajobtwice:oncetothepagesetupfortherealdeviceandoncetothepage

setupusingtheCIP3plugin.(JobssenttotheCIP3pluginrunquicklybecausetheresolutionusedin

aPPFfileistypicallyverylowcomparedtotherealdevice.)

2 Software installation

ThepluginmaybesuppliedaspartofyourstandardHarlequinMultiRIPinstallationmedia.Ifso,

installingtheRIPissufficienttoinstalltheplugin.

Ifyoureceiveseparateinstallationmedia,oranupdatedplugin,installitusingthisprocedure.

1. TheCIP3pluginrequirestheHarlequin MultiRIPtobeinstalledonthetargetmachine.Installthe

RIP,ifthisisanewinstallation.

2. Runthesetupprogramfortheoperatingsystemyouarerunning.ClickNexttomoveontothe

nextscreen.UsePrevioustogobacktothepreviousscreen.

Note: Ensureyouruntheinstallerappropriatefor32‐bitor64‐bitmachines.

3. Inthe“ChooseInstallFolder”windowyoumustspecifytheHarlequinMultiRIPinstallation

folderasthedestinationforthepluginfiles.ClickNext.

IfyouselectaninvalidorincorrectRIPfolderanerrormessagewillappear.Usethebrowserto

selectthecorrectRIPfolderandclickNext.

4. Inthe“ChoosePlugins”windowchooseCIP Plugin X.Xrxpluginalongwithanyotherplugins

youwanttoinstall.ClickNext.

5. Readtheagreementdisplayedinthe“PluginLicenseAgreement”window.YoumustclicktheI

accept...optiontocontinue.ClickNext.

6. Inthe“Pre‐installationSummary”window,checkthatyourselectionsarecorrectandthenclick

Install.

7. Whenthe“InstallComplete”windowappearsclickDone.

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8. AfterinstallingthepluginstarttheHarlequinMultiRIP.

IfyouhavecorrectlyinstalledthepluginthefollowingmessagewillappearintheRIPmonitor

whenyounextstartuptheRIP:

CIP3 plugin: Version 1.5 - Copyright (C) 1997-2010 Global Graphics Software Ltd. All

Rights Reserved.

Tousetheplugin,chooseCIP3intheDevicelistinthePageSetupdialogbox.Configurethedeviceas

describedinSection3,page6andchooseoptionsinthePageSetupdialogboxasdescribedinSection

4,page14.

Note:IfCIP3doesnotappearasanoptionintheDevicelistinthePageSetupdialog,seeSection 2.1.

2.1 Plugin security

IfyouareusingSentinelLDKsecurityyoumayberequiredtouseanewproductkey.Forinformation

onhowtousetheSentinelLDKseetheSentinelLDKsecuritydocument.

ifyouareusingHLSyoumayberequiredtoenterapasswordbeforeyoucanuseapluginorother

optionssuchascolormanagement.IftheCIP3optiondoesnotappearasanoptionintheDevicelistin

thePageSetupdialogbox,followthisprocedure.

Whenrequestingthepasswordfromyoursupplieryoumaybeaskedtogivetheserialnumberofyour

RIP.TheRIPdisplaysthisnumberinthemainHarlequinMultiRIPwindowwhenstartingup,inthe

form:

Serial number: 1234-56

Youmustalsotellyoursuppliertheplatformforwhichyourequirethepassword.Theplatformisthe

combinationofoperatingsystemandprocessortype.Forexample,youmightspecifyWindows7,and

Intelprocessor.

1. Onceyouhaveapassword,usetheFile > Configure RIPmenuoptiontodisplaytheConfigureRIP

dialogbox.

2. ClicktheExtrasbuttonintheConfigureRIPdialogboxtodisplaytheExtrasdialogbox.

3. Selecttheplatform‐dependententryforCIP3,andclickAdd.(Forexample,theentryforWin‐

dows32‐bitmachines,andIntelprocessoriscip3.i32, CIP3.)

4. Enterthepasswordforthisoptiongiventoyoubyyoursupplier,andclickOK.

5. ClickOKineachoftheExtrasandConfigureRIPdialogboxes.

Oncethepluginisinstalledfully,youcanchooseitasanentryintheDevicelistinthePageSetupdia‐

logbox.Onceyouhavechosenthedevice,youcanclickConfigure Devicetoseetheconfigurationdia‐

logboxshowninFigure 1.

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3 Device configuration

Figure 1 CIP3 file converter configuration dialog box

Thecontrolsinthisdialogboxfallintocategories:

•Outputfilenamesetup

• InclusionofDigitalImpositionGeometry(DIG)comments

• Inclusionofextentsandtransforms

•Formatoftheoutputfilecontents

MakethesettingsyouwishthenclickOK.

Note:NotallCIP3consumingapplicationscanreadallcombinationsofoptionsinaPPFfile.Choose

acombinationofdeviceconfigurationinthisdialogboxandaStyleinthePageSetupdialogboxthat

matchesthecapabilitiesoftheconsumingapplicationthatyouintendtouse.

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3.1 Filename setup

ThesettingsinthissectionallowyoutonamethePPFfilessimplyanduniquely.Inallcases,thefile

nameisbasedonthePostScript‐languagejobname,butyouhavecontroloverthelengthofthename,

anoptionalnumericalsequence,andthefileextension.

Directory

Clickthebuttontouseafilebrowsertochoosethedirectorytoholdtheoutputfile.

Alternatively,typeinthetextfieldtoenterthefullpathtothedirectoryyouwanttouse.This

pathmustspecifythedisknameandalldirectoriestoanexistingdirectory.

Ifyoudonotchooseadirectory,theplugincreatesthefilesintheSWfolderoftheRIPinstallation

thatyouareusing.

Use 8.3 Filenames

SelectthischeckboxtouseDOS‐compatibleshortfilenames.Leavethischeckboxunselectedto

uselongfilenames,uponwhichyoucanmakesomerestrictionsbyselectingtheremainingcon‐

trolsinthissection.

Limit jobname to …characters

Selectthischeckboxtobasethenameofthefilecreatedonaninitialsubstringofthejobnameset

inthePostScript‐languagefilewhichdescribesthepage.Usethetextfieldtospecifythemaxi‐

mumnumberofcharactersyouwanttotakefromthejobname,startingfromthebeginningofthe

name.

Leavethischeckboxunselectedtouseallthealphabeticandnumericcharactersinthejobname.

Append … digits

Enteranumberheretoappendaknownlengthofnumericalstringtothejobnameinorderto

createauniquenameforeachfileproduced.Thenumberisanintegerstartingat0(zero).For

example,enter3inthisfieldtogeneratenumbersoftheform:000,001,002,andsoon.

Extension

Enteratextstringtoactasanextensiontothefilename.Thedefaultis PPF,butyoucanchoose

anotherextensionifitisrequiredbyyourworkflow.

3.2 DIG comments

IfDigitalImpositionGeometry(DIG)commentsarepresentinincomingjobs,thecontrolsinthissec‐

tionallowyoutousesomeofthenamesincludedinthesecommentsaspartsofCIP3commentsspec‐

ifiedintheContentssectionofthisdialogbox.

DIGcommentsfollowaspecificationcreatedandmaintainedbyScenicSoft,Inc.Thecommentsare

includedinPostScript‐languagefilesproducedbyPrepsfromScenicSoftandImpoStripfrom

UltimateTechnographicsInc.Thecommentsprovideenhancedsupportforlargeformatimagesetters

usingmorethanoneimaginghead.

ItissafetoselectthesecheckboxesforjobsthatdonotcontaintherelevantDIGcomments.

Read Title

Selectthischeckboxtoreadthetitlegiveninany%SSiDIGTitle:commentfromtheincoming

job.(ThistitlemaybeusedtosetthefilenameforuseintheJob NameorSheet Namefieldslower

inthisdialogbox.)

Leavethischeckboxunselectedifyouwishtoignoreany%SSiDIGTitle:comment.

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Read Surface

Selectthischeckboxtoreadthesurfacegiveninany%SSiDIGSurface:commentfromtheincom‐

ingjob.(ThistitlemaybeusedtosetthefilenameforuseintheJob NameorSheet Namefields.)

Leavethischeckboxunselectedifyouwishtoignoreany%SSiDIGSurface:comment.

3.3 Extents and Transforms

Thereareseveralverysimilarsubsectionsunderthisheading,oneeachforFilm,Plate,Press,andPaper.

Youcansetallofthesevaluesorleavesomeatthedefaultvalues.

Extentsrefertothephysicalareaoftheimage.Transformsaretheoffsets,rotation,andmirroringthatit

ispossibletoapply.DependingonthechoicethatyoumakeforWork Style,alsointhissectionofthe

dialogbox,theremaybeabacktothesheetsrequiringdifferentbutrelatedtransforms.

Thetransformsarecumulativeandexecutedinthetoptobottomorderusedinthisdialogbox.The

transformsdefinedforFilmareappliedinmovingfromtherasterdatatothefilmimage,thetrans‐

formsforPlateareappliedinmovingfromthefilmimagetotheplate,andsoon.

Asufficientlylargeoffsetorinappropriaterotationcancauselossofimagedata,asFigure 2shows.In

eachofthecases,theboldoutlinerepresentsthetotalareaofthefilm,andthelightoutlinerepresents

theimagearea.Theshaded(gray)areasshowwherepartsoftheimagearenotimagedbecauseofa

transform.

Figure 2 Transforms and possible image clipping

Note:TheextentsandtransformsdonotaffecttherasterthatyoucanviewinRoam.Theyarea

recordofhowthefollowingstagesoftheprintingworkflowshouldhandletherasterandthephysical

imagesinordertoachieveacorrectproductafterprinting,cutting,andfolding.

TheCIP3PPFspecificationdefinesallgeometrywithrespecttoanoriginatbottomleftoftherelevant

coordinatesystem.However,thespecificationdoesnotclearlydefinewhatisthe“bottomleft”ofa

plate,whatistheimageableareaofapress,andsoon.Youmayencountersomeconventionsthatare

specifictothewayinwhichvariousvendorshaveinterpretedthespecification.

Note:AllWidth,HeightandOffsetvaluesmustbeenteredinpoints.

Widthandas Job

Selecttheas Jobcheckboxtousethewidthsetinthejob.

Alternatively,tosetafixedvalue,deselectthecheckboxandenteravalueintheWidthtextfield.

Thevaluesethereisignoredifyouselecttheas Jobcheckbox.

Heightandas Job

Selecttheas Jobcheckboxtousetheheightsetinthejob.

No transform Offset Rotation

AA

A

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Alternatively,tosetafixedvalue,deselectthecheckboxandenteravalueintheHeighttextfield.

Thevaluesethereisignoredifyouselecttheas Jobcheckbox.

Left OffsetandCenter

SelectthisCentercheckboxtocentertheimagehorizontallyonthefilm.

Alternatively,tosetafixedoffset,deselectthecheckboxandenteravalueintheLeft Offsettext

field.Apositivevaluemovestheimagetotheright.Thevaluesethereisignoredifyouselectthe

Centercheckbox.

Note:Figure 2,page8,showstheeffectofpositivevaluesforleftandbottomoffsets.Youcanalso

enternegativevalues.

Bottom OffsetandCenter

SelectthisCentercheckboxtocentertheimageverticallyonthefilm.

Alternatively,tosetafixedoffset,deselectthecheckboxandenteravalueintheBottom Offset

textfield.Apositivevaluemovestheimageupwards.Thevaluesethereisignoredifyouselect

theCentercheckbox.

Rotation

Selectoneoftherotationsavailableinthislist.Thedefaultis0(zero)degreesfornorotation.

Mirror

Selectoneofthechoicesavailableinthislist.ThedefaultisNonefornomirroring,butyoucan

chooseHorizontalorVerticalforcasesthatrequireit.Forexample,youmayrequiremirroring

whereoutputtingtheimageemulsion‐down.

Thesecontrolsre‐occurineachofthefollowingsubsections.Ineachcase,theprocessthecontrolsare

describingistheonethatplacestheimageontheitemthatisthetitleofthesubsection.Forexample,

thesettingsinthePlatesubsectioncontrolhowthefilmistreatedinarrivingatapositionontheplate.

AttheendoftheFilm,Plate,Press,andPapersections,therearesomecontrolsthataremoregeneral.

Work Style

Thiscontrolsetstheproductionofsingleordouble‐sidedsheets,andtherelationshipbetween

thefrontandbackofdouble‐sidedsheets.(SeeSection3.6,page13formoredetails.)Chooseone

oftheentriesinthislist,tomatchthechoicemadeduringimpositionandbecarefulofsome

impositiontermsthathavetwopossiblemeanings.

Work style Comments

Single SidedThesejobsdonothavebacks.

SheetwiseInvertpapertransformleft/rightforthe

back.Swapsheetlayforback.

Work & TurnThesejobsdonothavebacks.(Thesame

plateisusedforthebackwiththesheet

turnedovertomaintainthesamegripper

orleadingedge.)

Alsoknownas:WorkandFlop(butthis

nameissometimesusedforotherstyles).

Ta b l e 1 Work styles

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Sheet Lay

ChooseLeftorRightfromthislist.Thischoicesetsthelayforthefrontofadouble‐sidedsheet.

Thelayforthebackofthesheet,ifitisrequired,anddifferentfromthefront,isdeterminedby

theWork Style.(Thelayistheguidingedgeofthepaperinthepress,viewedinthedirectionof

paperflow.)

Include all Extents and Transforms

SelectthischeckboxtoincludevaluesinthePPFfileforallsettingsintheExtents and Transforms

section,eveniftheyareattheirdefaultvalues.Thedefaultvalueshavenoeffect,butthesoftware

readingthePPFfilesmayrequirethesettingstobepresentinthePPFfile.

Ifyouleavethisboxunselected,thePPFfileincludesonlythevaluesforcontrolsthatyouhave

setexplicitly.Forexample,ifyouhavesetvaluesonlyfortheFilmandPlatesubsectionsthenonly

thosevalues(andanydefaultsdisplayedhigherinthissectionofthedialogbox)appearinthe

PPFfile.

Work & TumbleThesejobsdonothavebacks.(Thesame

plateisusedforthebackwiththesheet

tumbledovertouseadifferentgripperor

leadingedge.)

Alsoknownas:WorkandFlop,Workand

Roll.

Perfecting SheetwiseInvertpapertransformtop/bottomforthe

back.Thesheetlayisthesameontheback

asonthefront.Similarto:WorkandTwist

Perfecting Work & TurnThesejobsdonothavebacks.(Thereare

twoidenticalplateswiththeplateforthe

backrotatedby180onthepress,relative

totheplateforthefront.)

Perfecting Work &

Tumble

Thesejobsdonothavebacks.

Alsoknownas:PerfectingWorkandRoll.

Double Sided WebInvertpapertransformleft/rightforthe

back.Thesheetlayisthesameontheback

asonthefront.(Foraweb,itismore

commontousethetermstopformand

bottomform,ratherthanfrontandback.)

Work style Comments

Ta b l e 1 Work styles

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3.4 Output file contents

Note:SeveraloptionsinthePageSetupdialogboxalsoaffectthecontentsofthefile.

Ver sion

ThissettingcontrolstheCIP3versionnumberincludedinthePPFfile.

TheoptionsareVersion 2.0,Version 2.1,andVersion 3.0.

Compression

TheoptionsareNoneandRun length.

Noneproducesanuncompressedfile.Run lengthproducesacompressedfile.(Thecompression

techniqueislosslesssothereisnoeffectonimagequality.)

Encoding

TheoptionsareBinary (raw),Hexadecimal,andASCII 85.

Note:ASCII 85isanencodingusing85printablecharactersoftheASCIIsetfromcharacter33(!)

withlimitedlinelengthandEODmarkers

Thiscontrolsthestorageformatofthepreviewimages,givingvariouscompromisesbetween

portabilityandfilesizebutdoesnotaffecttheimage.IfyouwanttotransferthePPFfileovernet‐

workswhereconversionoftheline‐endcharacterswithinthefileispossible,thenyoushoulduse

ASCII 85orHexadecimal.Ifthisisnotthecase,usethemorecompactBinaryformat.

Job Name

Enterfixedtextoracodesequence(orboth)tosetavaluefortheCIP3AdmJobNamecommentinthe

PPFfiles.Section3.5,page11describesthepossiblecodesandtheirmeanings.Thedefaultvalue

isthecode%JwhichinsertsthejobnametakenfromthePostScript‐languagejoboraDIGcom‐

mentifpresent.

Note:TogetherwiththesettingforSheet NamethesettingsyoumakehereallowtheCIP3plugin

topassinformationtothePPFreadersoftwarethatassociatesthesheetswithajobandtoidentify

sheetsinadouble‐sidedjobasbeingfrontorbacksides.

Sheet Name

Enterfixedtextoracodesequence(orboth)tosetavaluefortheCIP3AdmSheetNamecommentin

aPPFfile.ThedefaultvalueisthecodeSheet %Swhichinsertsthestrings:Sheet 1,Sheet 2,and

soon.Section3.5,page11describesthepossiblecodesandtheirmeanings.Seealsothenotefor

Job Name.

Sequence of Image Data

AllowsthesequenceofimagedatatobechangedtomatchtheexpectationofadownstreamCIP3

reader.

ThedefaultsettingofLeft to right, top to bottommatchesthebehaviorofearlierplugins.

AntiAlias

Selectthisboxtoantialiasthepreviewimage.

3.5 Coding text entries for Job Name and Sheet Name

Bothofthesetextfieldsarecodedinexactlythesameway.Theymayinclude:plaintext,which

appearsexactlyasentered;withorwithoutcontrolsequences,whicharereplacedbyvariabletext

specifictothejoborsheetasthejobisprocessed.

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Usethedefaultvaluesifyouareindoubtaboutwhatyoushouldincludeinthesefields.Thedefault

valueshavebeenselectedtobecompatiblewithmanyCIP3PPFreaders.Ifyouhaveproblemswith

thedefaults,pleasecheckforrecommendationsfromthesupplierofyourPPFreader.

Controlsequencesmuststartwithapercentcharacter(%).Thismustbefollowedimmediatelywith

eitherof:

•Acharactertakenfromthelistbelow

•Anintegerandthenacharactertakenfromthelistbelow

Theremustbenospacesbetweenthepercentcharacter,theinteger(ifpresent),andthecontrolchar‐

acteritself.

Therecognizedcontrolcharactersare:

%F InsertsFrontforthefrontofatwo‐sidedsheetandBackfortheback.All

single‐sidedsheetsareregardedasfrontsides.

%G Insertsthesignaturenumberoftheimposition.Thisnumberisalways1

unlessthejobcontains%SSiDIGSignature:comments.

%JInsertsthejobname.ThisnameisusuallysetbyaPostScript‐language

orPDFjob.Ifajobdoesnotsetthename,thissequenceinsertstheinput

filenameinstead.

%N Insertsthefilenameofthejobbeingprocessed.IfRead Titlecomments

hasbeencheckedintheDIG commentssectionandthejobcontainsa

%SSiDIGTitle:commentthenthissequenceinsertsthevalueofthat

comment.

%PInsertstheplate(surface)number,startingat1forthefirstplateinthe

job.

%S Insertsthesheetnumberwithinthesignature,startingat1forthefirst

sheetinthejob.

%T Insertsthetitledescriptionsetby%%TitleinthePostScriptlanguage

job.

%% Insertsasinglepercentcharacter.

Ifyougivethesequencesasshown,thetextinsertedisthefulllengthofastringortherequired(vari‐

able)numberofdigitsforaninteger.

Ifyouincludeanintegerinthecontrolsequence—forexample,%3S—itisusedtospecifythelength

orprecisionofthevalueenteredintothefinalstring.Iftheresultofthecontrolsequenceisastring,

andthatstringislongerthantheprecision,thenitistruncatedafterthespecifiednumberof

characters.Iftheresultofthecontrolsequenceisanintegerthathasfewerdigitsthantheprecision

thenitwillbeleft‐paddedwithzerostoequaltheprecision.

3.5.1 Examples

TheexactstringstoenterinthesefieldsmayvarybothwithyourworkflowandwiththePPFreader

orreadersthatyouintendtouse.

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Inthefollowingexamples,thejobnamedefinedinthejobis:

8476065 Master Document

3.6 Double-sided styles

Thereareseveralwaystoachieveadouble‐sidedsheet,involvingvariousimpositionstylesthatmay

requireoneortwoplates.TheWork StylecontrolallowsyoutosetuptheCIP3plugintosuitthese

styles.

Whetherornotthesameplateisusedonboththefrontandbackofasheet,thefronttobackregistra‐

tionmustbemaintainedandthereisfrequentlyaneedtoaltertheorientationoroffsetsforuseonthe

back.Figure 3showsthedimensionsthatcanbeaffectedbysuchchanges.Forexample,left/right

inversionmeansthatthehorizontaloffsetofthebackiscalculatedfromthevaluesonthefrontas

(Paper width - Plate width - Horizontal offset).

In Job Name In the PPF file Notes

%J 8476065 Master Document Default

%7J 8476065

%J SIG%3G 8476065 Master Document

SIG001

%P. %J 1. 8476065 Master Document MatchesCIP3

pluginv1.18and

earlier

Table 2 Useful Job Name values

In Sheet Name In the PPF file Notes

Sheet %S Sheet 1 Default

%S/%G 1/1

%P. %J 1. 8476065 Master Document Matchesplugin

v1.18andearlier

Table 3 Useful Sheet Name values

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Figure 3 Left/right inversion of offsets

4 Routine use

TheremainingcontrolsthatyouneedtoconsiderareinthePageSetupdialogbox.Ingeneral,you

shouldmakethesettingsthatyouwouldwhenproducingrealoutput.

4.1 Page Setup settings

ThedefaultvalueforResolutionis50.8 dpi(ortheequivalent20 dpcmand2 dpmm).Thisresolutionis

thevaluesuggestedintheCIP3specificationreferencedinSection5,page15.

Note:Version1.1r8oftheCIP3pluginappliedaspecialinterpretationtoresolutionwhichisnolonger

used.

WhenproducingtheCIP3file,themarginsandalignmentmayneedtomatchthefilmsorplates

exactly;youneedtobeawareofthiswhenswitchingPostScriptPrinterDescriptions(PPDs)togener‐

atecompositecolorPostScript‐languagejobsbecausemarginsandorientationmaychangealso.

InsteadyoucouldusetheRecombine preseparated jobscheckbox(intheEditStyledialogbox)sothat

youcanusethesamejobsforfilmorplatesandCIP3generation.

Style(Colorgeneration)

TheoptionsareintheStylelistintheSeparations, Screening & ColorsectionofthePageSetup

dialogbox:

• CMYK Composite (Pixel)

• CMYK Composite (Frame)

ThesechoicescontrolthelayoutofthedatainsidetheCIP3file.TheCIP3pluginwillalways

createfileswithCMYKdatainthem,evenifyousendonlyasingleseparation.(Theunusedsep‐

arationsareempty,sowithrunlengthcompressionenabledtheyareverysmall.)

Paper width

Paper

height

Plate

height

Vertical offset

Plate width

Horizontal

offset

Horizontal offset after

left/right inversion

Horizontal

offset

Front

Back

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TheCMYK Composite (Frame)settingisreadablebymoreapplicationsthatreadPPFfiles.

Note:IfyouusetheSeparationsManager(byclickingthebuttonalongsidetheStylelist),youcan

copytheCMYK Composite (Frame)styleandeditittoincludespotcolorseitherbynameforspe‐

cificcolorsorbyusingtheexistingsetting(Other colors in job)toincludeallspotcolors

foundandnotnamedelsewhereinthelist.Howeveryouchoosetoaddspotcolors,setthePrint?

columnforyourcolorstoYesorNot Blank.Takecarewhenyoudothistoproperlyduplicatethe

settingsintheseparationsstyleforthepagesetupthatsendsoutputtoyourrealimagesetter,or

youmayfinddifferentseparationsintherealoutputandinthePPFfile.

UsingtheCIP3outputpluginyouareabletochangetheoutputorderofseparations.Thestan‐

dardorderisCMYK,youcanhoweverchangethistosuityourrequirements.Forexample,some

customersliketoproduceKMCYoutput.Tochangetheorder,draganddropthecolorantnames

intheupperwindowoftheEditStyledialog.Theseparationsaregeneratedinlistorder.

IfyouaresendingapreseparatedjobtotheRIP,youcanusetheRecombine preseparated jobs

option(intheEditStyledialogbox)torecombinetheseparationsintoacompositeoutput,sothat

onlyoneCIP3filegetsproduced.TheCIP3optiontoproduceseparatedorunseparatedPPFfiles

stillapplies.

Calibration

ChooseNoneinthepagesetupusedforCIP3.(Makeyournormalsettingforlinearizationinthe

pagesetupusedforoutputtofilmorplate.)

Intended PressandActual Press

Thesecontrolsareavailablesothatyoucanaccuratelymatchthepagesetupusedforoutputto

filmorplate.ThesettingsforCIP3outputmustbethesameasonesinthepagesetupusedfor

outputtofilmorplate.

4.2 Producing acceptable input jobs

ToproducecompositecolorPostScript‐languagejobscorrectly,you(orthecustomerssupplyingyou

withjobs)mustuseaPPDthatsupportscolor.Youcancheckthatyouaregettingcompositecolorjobs

bycheckingthepagebuffersintheOutputController,usingtheRoambutton.

Similarly,youcansupplyjobsasanyotherformofinputacceptabletotheRIP.NotethatPostScript‐

languageandPDFjobscanbepreseparatedratherthancomposite.Preseparatedjobswillproduce

onePPFfileforeachseparation,unlessyouselecttheRecombine preseparated jobsoptionintheEdit

Styledialogbox.

5 Related documentation

FormoredetailsabouttheCIP3format,see:

• SpecificationoftheCIP3PrintProductionFormat

Thisspecificationisavailablefrom:

http://www.cip4.org/

6 Example output

ThebulkoftheCIP3outputfileisapreviewimage,includedasrawbinarydataorinanencoded

form,butthefiledoescontainsomeheaderandtrailerlinesthatarehumanreadable.

CIP3 OUTPUT PLUGIN CONTENTS 16 

HereisasimpleexampleforaCMYKjob,preparedusingtheCMYK Composite (Pixel)setting:

%!PS-Adobe-3.0

%%CIP3-File Version 2.0

% Generated by the Harlequin CIP3 plugin version 1.4r11

CIP3BeginSheet

/CIP3AdmJobName (eDocument Library) def

/CIP3AdmSheetName (Sheet 6) def

/CIP3AdmSoftware (Harlequin CIP3 plugin version 1.4r11) def

/CIP3AdmCreationTime (Fri Aug 20 13:02:54 2010) def

/CIP3AdmSheetLay /Left def

/CIP3AdmPSExtent [596.693 795.118] def

/CIP3AdmFilmTrf [ 1 0 0 1 0 0 ] def

/CIP3AdmFilmExtent [ 596.693 795.118 ] def

/CIP3AdmPlateTrf [ 1 0 0 1 0 0 ] def

/CIP3AdmPlateExtent [ 596.693 795.118 ] def

/CIP3AdmPressTrf [ 1 0 0 1 0 0 ] def

/CIP3AdmPressExtent [ 596.693 795.118 ] def

/CIP3AdmPaperTrf [ 1 0 0 1 0 0 ] def

/CIP3AdmPaperExtent [ 596.693 795.118 ] def

/CIP3TransferFilmCurveData [ 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 ] def

/CIP3TransferPlateCurveData [ 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 ] def

/CIP3AdmSeparationNames

.....................[ (Cyan) (Magenta) (Yellow) (Black) ] def

CIP3BeginFront

CIP3BeginPreviewImage

/CIP3PreviewImageWidth 421 def

/CIP3PreviewImageHeight 561 def

/CIP3PreviewImageBitsPerComp 8 def

/CIP3PreviewImageMatrix [ 421 0 0 -561 0 561 ] def

/CIP3PreviewImageResolution [ 50.800000 50.800000 ] def

/CIP3PreviewImageEncoding /Binary def

/CIP3PreviewImageCompression /None def

/CIP3PreviewImageByteAlign 1 def

/CIP3PreviewImageComponents 4 def

CIP3PreviewImage

.......lines of data.......

CIP3EndPreviewImage

CIP3EndFront

CIP3EndSheet

%%CIP3EndOfFile

Note:Inthisexample,theentryforCIP3AdmSeparationNamesisactuallyasinglelinebutappears

hereonmultiplelinesforclarity.Also... lines of data ...isusedtorepresentlargeregionsof

dataomittedfromthislisting.

CONTENTS 17 

CopyrightandTrademarks

CIP3Outputpluginv1.5

ForHarlequinMultiRIPv10.0

April2013

Partnumber:HMR‐1.5‐CIP3

Documentissue:103

Copyright©2013GlobalGraphicsSoftwareLtd.Allrightsreserved.

CertificateofComputerRegistrationofComputerSoftware.RegistrationNo.2006SR05517

Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyany

means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionof

GlobalGraphicsSoftwareLtd.

Theinformationinthispublicationisprovidedforinformationonlyandissubjecttochangewithoutnotice.

GlobalGraphicsSoftwareLtdanditsaffiliatesassumenoresponsibilityorliabilityforanylossordamagethat

mayarisefromtheuseofanyinformationinthispublication.Thesoftwaredescribedinthisbookisfurnished

underlicenseandmayonlybeusedorcopiedinaccordancewiththetermsofthatlicense.

HarlequinisaregisteredtrademarkofGlobalGraphicsSoftwareLtd.

TheGlobalGraphicsSoftwarelogo,theHarlequinatHeartLogo,Cortex,HarlequinRIP,HarlequinColorPro,

EasyTrap,FireWorks,FlatOut,HarlequinColorManagementSystem(HCMS),HarlequinColorProductionSolu‐

tions(HCPS),HarlequinColorProofing(HCP),HarlequinErrorDiffusionScreeningPlugin1‐bit(HEDS1),Har‐

lequinErrorDiffusionScreeningPlugin2‐bit(HEDS2),HarlequinFullColorSystem(HFCS),HarlequinICC

ProfileProcessor(HIPP),HarlequinStandardColorSystem(HSCS),HarlequinChainScreening(HCS),Harle‐

quinDisplayListTechnology(HDLT),HarlequinDispersedScreening(HDS),HarlequinMicroScreening(HMS),

HarlequinPrecisionScreening(HPS),HQcrypt,HarlequinScreeningLibrary(HSL),ProofReady,ScalableOpen

Architecture(SOAR),SetGold,SetGoldPro,TrapMaster,TrapWorks,TrapPro,TrapProLite,HarlequinRIPEclipse

Release,HarlequinRIPGenesisRelease,HarlequinMultiRIP,HarlequinParallelPagesandHarlequinVariData

arealltrademarksofGlobalGraphicsSoftware Ltd.

ProtectedbyU.S.Patents5,579,457;5,808,622;5,784,049;5,862,253;6,343,145;6,330,072;6,483,524;6,380,951;

6,755,498;6,624,908;6,809,839.

OtherU.S.PatentsPending

ProtectedbyEuropeanPatents0803160;0772934;0896771;67229760.8‐08.

PortionslicensedunderU.S.PatentNo.5,212,546;4,941,038.

TrueTypeisaregisteredtrademarkofAppleComputer,Inc.

TheECIandFOGRAICCcolorprofilessuppliedwiththisHarlequinRIParedistributedwiththekindpermis‐

sionoftheECI(EuropeanColorInitiative)andFOGRArespectively,andofHeidelbergerDruckmaschinenAG

(HEIDELBERG).

TheIFRAICCprofilessuppliedwiththisGlobalGraphicsSoftwarearedistributedwiththekindpermissionof

IFRAandofGretagMacbeth.

InternationalCooperationforIntegrationofProcessesinPrepress,PressandPostpress,CIP4,JobDefinitionFor‐

mat,JDFandtheCIP4logoaretrademarksofCIP4.

Adobe,AdobePhotoshop,AdobeTypeManager,Acrobat,DisplayPostScript,AdobeIllustrator,PostScript,Dis‐

tillerandPostScript 3areeitherregisteredtrademarksortrademarksofAdobeSystemsIncorporatedinthe

UnitedStatesand/orothercountrieswhichmayberegisteredincertainjurisdictions.

GlobalGraphicsSoftwareLtdisalicenseeofPantone,Inc.PANTONE®ColorsgeneratedbyScriptWorksare

four‐colorprocesssimulationsandmaynotmatchPANTONE‐identifiedsolidcolorstandards.Consultcurrent

PANTONEColorPublicationsforaccuratecolor.PANTONE®,Hexachrome®,andPANTONECALIBRATED™

aretrademarksofPantone,Inc.©Pantone,Inc.,1991.

Otherbrandorproductnamesaretheregisteredtrademarksortrademarksoftheirrespectiveholders.

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USGovernmentUse

HarlequinRIPsoftwareisacomputersoftwareprogramdevelopedatprivateexpenseandissubjecttothefollowingRestrictedRightsLegend:

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19,asapplicable.UsebyagenciesoftheDepartmentofDefense(DOD)issubjecttoGlobalGraphicsSoftware’scustomarycommerciallicenseas

containedintheaccompanyinglicenseagreement,inaccordancewithDFAR227.7202‐1(a).ForpurposesoftheFAR,theSoftwareshallbe

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