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CONTENTS
Contents
INTERNET CONTROLLED PLOTTER (ICP)..............................5
How to Use Help .................................................................6
Conventions used in the manual .................................................6
Part I ICP.............................................................................7
How does the ICP work?.....................................................8
ICP Components..................................................................9
Opening the Program, Presettings ..................................10
The ICP Homepage ...........................................................11
Information ..............................................................................11
Icons........................................................................................11
Page Overview..............................................................13
Plotter status .............................................................................13
Spool area usage .....................................................................14
Refreshing ................................................................................14
Job list (Queue) ........................................................................15
Starting, stopping, cancelling or deleting a job ...........................17
Page Plotter ..................................................................19
Part II - Administration ....................................................21
Access rights for administration.......................................22
Buttons..............................................................................23
Page Settings ................................................................24
Page Network ...............................................................26
TCP/IP .....................................................................................26
CIFS (SMB) ...............................................................................26
Appletalk..................................................................................27
NFS .........................................................................................27
FTP ..........................................................................................27
ICP 3
CONTENTS
LPDP ........................................................................................28
Page Calibration ...........................................................29
Plotter settings ..........................................................................29
Error handling ..........................................................................30
Page Controller .............................................................34
Date / time...............................................................................34
Password..................................................................................34
Diagnostics ..............................................................................35
Set system info..........................................................................35
Firmware update ......................................................................35
Part III - Appendix............................................................37
Troubleshooting................................................................38
Overview of the file formats.............................................41
ICP
ICP
ICP
Part I ICP
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ICP
ICP COMPONENTS
ICP Components
Base Unit
A processor is located in the plotter housing. It is integrated into
the network and processes your print jobs fully automatically.
Direct access to this processor is only necessary in the event of a
repair.
Internet Browser Screen
In your browser, you can open the ICP screen that enables the
print jobs to be created and managed. Further information on
this topic is contained under Part I ICP
Additional Tools
The CD supplied with autorun modus contains a number of
tools and two manuals, namely:
KM-PLOTCLIENT
KM-PLOTCLIENT HDI
KM-SCANTOOL
KM-WINPRINT
Manuals for ICP and Clients. The manual KMPLOTCLIENTS describes the installation and operation
of KM-PLOTCLIENTS as well as two network protocols.
It explains how you can use the Client to produce print
jobs and send them from the workstations to ICP. It also
contains information about solving applications
problems.
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The first line shows you the location of the plotter. The
administrator may also have entered some special notes on the
plotter. These will be found on the "Notes" line. This example
shows a reminder that the plotter has to be serviced at a
particular time. Any questions you may have for the
administrator can be sent to him by e-mail. In order to open an
e-mail program simply click on the e-mail address given.
Icons
At the top are three navigation symbols which open additional
pages when you click on them:
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PAGE OVERVIEW
Page Overview
On this page you are informed about the processing of the print
jobs. The current status of the plotter and the performance of
the system is shown, too. There are several possibilities to
refresh the information on this page.
Plotter status
Top left-hand a traffic light is shown which shows the status of
the plotter.
Green: The plotter is working perfectly.
Yellow: Plotting is interrupted for a moment. The plotter
continues the plotting automatically. An information appears for
a moment beside the traffic light.
Red: Plotting is interrupted because of a plotter problem. Please
repair the plotter problem. An error message is shown besides
the traffic light.
In two cases the command Continue is offered:
Printing process is stopped by the administrator
A plotter roll is empty
You can restart the printing process clicking the command
continue. In case of an empty roll the plotter tries to use
another suitable roll. This option has the following
consequences for the print jobs:
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PAGE OVERVIEW
If you have selected a certain roll for your print job (e. g. Roll 1)
and this roll is empty, the plotter wont choose another roll. The
job will be cancelled and an error message will be displayed or
printed (error page). In case you have selected the auto option
(any roll) for the print job it will be printed on another suitable
roll. It can be a roll with the same medium, the same or bigger
width. The program will also select any available medium, if the
job creator has made this setting for your print job.
Refreshing
The page has to be refreshed at regular intervals because it is a
static page. If the refreshing function is deactivated the new print
jobs, which are sent before the last refreshing, are not shown.
The same applies to a changed job status or other
characteristics of the jobs.
You can activate an automatic refreshing or a manual
refreshing as follows:
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PAGE OVERVIEW
ICP
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PAGE OVERVIEW
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ICP
PAGE OVERVIEW
Prepared:
Preparing:
Pending:
Pausing:
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PAGE OVERVIEW
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ICP
PAGE PLOTTER
Page Plotter
Clicking on the button "plotter" brings up information on the roll
status.
The roll status shows which of the plotter's print rolls are
available. Furthermore, the screen will show, for each roll,
whether it is available, what medium is loaded and how wide
the printable medium is.
Example:
This information refers to the bypass tray. You can put any
medium (paper, film or transparent) on the bypass tray. The
maximum size of a medium is shown.
Example of a roll:
At the top the roll name is shown. The green light shows that the
roll is ready for printing. Otherwise it would be red. In this case
you should check if the roll is empty or if it has been installed in
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PAGE PLOTTER
a wrong way. Below the roll name the medium (paper, film or
transparent) of the roll is shown:
Paper
Transparency
Film
You can see the medium name if you roll with your mouse over
the icons. Finally the size of the medium is shown.
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ICP
Part II - Administration
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ICP
BUTTONS
Buttons
Two buttons are offered repeatedly. Thats why they are
described only once in this chapter:
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PAGE SETTINGS
Page Settings
You can make four settings on this page:
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PAGE SETTINGS
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PAGE NETWORK
Page Network
To integrate the ICP in your network you have to do some
settings. Select a network protocoll you need and do your
settings.
TCP/IP
TCP/IP are the basic network protocols. In order for these
protocols to function, a few presets are necessary:
Hostname: The host name must be unique in order for the
computer to be recognised immediately on the network.
Network configuration: There are two ways of allocating
the IP address. If there is a DHCP server on the network, the
IP address will be automatically allocated for the ICP
computer. In this case select DHCP. Otherwise activate the
option the values below and enter the following items: IPAdress, Networkmask, Gateway.
Using the buttons which are shown below in the user interface
you can accept the entries or you can restore the previous
entries.
CIFS (SMB)
SMB, which stands for Server Message Block, is a protocol for
sharing files, printers and serial ports. Its mainly used in the
Windows systems.
Here you enter the work group or domain where the ICP is to be
found on the Windows network. By using the spool directory,
you can print files directly via this directory.
In order to provide the user with access to the spool directory,
select "Yes", if not enter "No".
The purpose of the plotter queue is to enable you to use the
drivers WINPrint, Spool AutoCad, Plotclients. In addition, the
ICP is displayed on the network as a normal Windows printer.
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PAGE NETWORK
Appletalk
By using the spool directory, you are able to print files directly
via this directory. In order to provide the user with access to the
spool directory, select "Yes", if not enter "No". The plotter queue
enables the ICP to be accessed like a network printer. Enter
whether or not you wishto provide access to the plotter queue.
Using the buttons which are shown below in the user interface
you can accept the entries or you can restore the previous
entries.
NFS
Under Unix, NFS enables files to be printed directly from the
directory. If you wish to provide the user with access to the spool
directory, select "Yes", if not enter "No".
Using the buttons which are shown below in the user interface
you can accept the entries or you can restore the previous
entries.
FTP
FTP is needed by the program "PLOTCLIENT JAVA-CFG". It is
also an important protocol for those systems that are unable to
use the SMB, NFS and Appletalk protocols. To provide access to
the working directory via anonymous FTP, enter "Yes". If you
wish to prevent access, enter "No".
Using the buttons which are shown below in the user interface
you can accept the entries or you can restore the previous
entries.
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PAGE NETWORK
LPDP
This protocol is used in Unix. With the aid of this protocol, the
ICP can be accessed as a network printer. If printing is to be
permitted, enter "Yes", if not enter "No".
Using the buttons which are shown below in the user interface
you can accept the entries or you can restore the previous
entries.
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PAGE CALIBRATION
Page Calibration
Plotter settings
Preferred paper orientation
If the job is sent without settings concerning the paper
orientation these settings will be used. You can select one of the
following options: none, portrait, landscape or minimal
size. If you select minimal size the program selects the paper
orientation which causes the smallest waste of paper.
Job flag sheet medium
In this dialogue you can select a medium for the Job Flag Sheet
and the Error Sheet. If this medium isnt available, the Job Flag
Sheet and the Error Sheet wont be printed and the processing
of the next jobs will be continued. Thats why you should take
care that the selected media is available in the plotter. The
option dont care results in an automatic medium selection of
the plotter.
Maximal waste paper
Here you can prescribe the maximal waste paper. By this way
you can avoid a high consumption of paper. The percentage
you can select relates to the drawing size. If you select f.e. 50%
the waste paper of a printed drawing can be maximal 50% of
the drawing size.
Because the hard disc capacity is limited the data have to be
deleted from time to time. You can select one of four options:
Manual: Delete the files yourself.
Maximal job number: Enter a number of jobs. If this
number is topped the oldest jobs will be deleted.
Disc capacity: You can prescribe the percentage of your
hard disc which can be used for storing. If this percentage is
topped older jobs will be deleted.
Job age: All jobs which are older than the selected period
will be deleted. You can select minutes, hours or days.
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PAGE CALIBRATION
Using the buttons which are shown below in the user interface
you can accept the entries or you can restore the previous
entries.
Error handling
Tolerance size
The effect of the format tolerance is that, in the plot, the chosen
format will be slightly exceeded by the selected tolerance. The
result is that the drawing will be shortened by the value of the
tolerance. The format tolerance must not exceed 1 cm (0.39
inch).
The following example explains this function more clearly:
The example is based on the assumption that you have a plotter
with two rolls available, with the following roll widths:
Roll 1: roll width approx. 841 mm
Roll 2: roll width approx. 594 mm
Example 1:
You have a drawing sized 595 x 420 mm. You have selected
synchronous cut as the cut mode. The drawing is to be printed
in landscape format.
Compare the drawing dimensions with the roll width. The
drawing can only be printed if its dimensions are smaller than,
or equal to, the roll width. The tolerance values can be
deducted from the drawing dimensions.
Which roll and which cut will now be selected at various
tolerance values:
Tolerance
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Selected roll
Cut after
0 mm
420 mm
1 mm
420 mm
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2 mm
420 mm
Example 2:
You have a drawing sized 595 x 420 mm. You have selected
format cut as the cut mode. The drawing is to be printed in
landscape format.
Which roll and which cut will now be selected at various
tolerance values:
Tolerance
Selected roll
Cut after
0 mm
594 mm
1 mm
595/420 mm
2 mm
420 mm
Example 3:
You have a drawing sized 842 x 594 mm. You have selected
format cut as the cut mode.
The drawing is to be printed in landscape format.
Which roll and which cut will now be selected at various
tolerance values:
Tolerance
Selected roll
Cut after
0 mm
1 mm
594 mm
2 mm
594 mm
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PAGE CALIBRATION
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PAGE CALIBRATION
Error reaction:
cancel and wait: The job is halted in case of an error and plot
mode is deactivated.
cancel and continue: The second option is for the faulty job
to be skipped and for the plot mode to continue.
continue: In the dialogue maximal error you can prescribe
the number of faulty pages which are allowed. That means the
faulty pages will be ignored and only the rest of the job will be
printed. If there are more than the maximal number of faulty
entries in this job the complete job will be left out and the next
job will be printed.
maximal errors:
See continue.
Using the buttons which are shown below in the user interface
you can accept the entries or you can restore the previous
entries.
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PAGE CONTROLLER
Page Controller
You can carry out the following settings and actions for the
controller:
Date / time
This allows you to enter the date, time and the time zone. The
time zone is given in brackets. CST for example is Central
European Summertime, GMT Greenwich Meantime.
You can also select the time settings of the local computer by
clicking on the following button:
Password
When delivered, both the password and the user name are
entered as "admin". If you wish to change the administrator's
password, enter it in the top box. The password must comprise
5 - 8 letters and no spaces. Confirm the new password by
entering it again in the lower box.
Using the buttons which are shown below in the user interface
you can accept the entries or you can restore the previous
entries.
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PAGE CONTROLLER
Diagnostics
It could happen that some errors occur in the program, but you
dont know the causes for it and so you cant repair the errors.
But you can start a diagnostic check of this program. The results
will be saved in a file which you can send to the SupportService. To create a diagnostic check file, press the following
button:
Save the file in any directory you wish. This file can be sent to
the manufacturer for servicing purposes.
Firmware update
To update the software of the program and the controllerboard,
proceed as follows:
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PAGE CONTROLLER
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PAGE CONTROLLER
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TROUBLESHOOTING
Troubleshooting
1. Controller does not boot
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TROUBLESHOOTING
7. Scaling
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