8.3.

1 neoStampa
Last update: 28/06/2018

USER MANUAL
 Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................9
Overview ................................................................................................................................ 9
New Features....................................................................................................................... 10
Installation and Activation ......................................................................................11
Technical Requirements neoStampa................................................................................ 11
Supported Systems...........................................................................................................................................11
Windows.............................................................................................................................................................11
Supported Spectrophotometer.......................................................................................................................11
Supported Web Browser for Print Server and neoControl ..........................................................................12
OS X ....................................................................................................................................................................12
Windows.............................................................................................................................................................12
Languages..........................................................................................................................................................12

Installation ........................................................................................................................... 13
Uninstallation ...................................................................................................................... 14
Activation ............................................................................................................................. 15
USB protection (dongle) ...................................................................................................................................15
UUID format (Universally unique identifier) .................................................................................................15
New Activation ..................................................................................................................................................15
Renew Activation...............................................................................................................................................17

Get Started with neoStampa ..................................................................................18

User Interface neoStampa................................................................................................. 18
Interface customization ...................................................................................................................................19
Automatic positioning of floating windows ...................................................................................................19
Hide Windows ...................................................................................................................................................19
Languages..........................................................................................................................................................19

Printer Configuration.......................................................................................................... 20
Connectivity .......................................................................................................................................................21
Parallel Connector ............................................................................................................................................21
USB Connection ................................................................................................................................................22
Network Connection.........................................................................................................................................22
Other Connections............................................................................................................................................22

Media Size............................................................................................................................ 23
Media size - Advanced parameters ................................................................................................................23

Preferences.......................................................................................................................... 25

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Edition ................................................................................................................................................................25
Color Management...........................................................................................................................................26
RIP.......................................................................................................................................................................27
Logging...............................................................................................................................................................28
PDF/PostScript...................................................................................................................................................29
Rendering options ............................................................................................................................................29
Default rendering parameters ........................................................................................................................29

Control Center..................................................................................................................... 30
File Load Options ................................................................................................................ 31
Print Job Type ....................................................................................................................................................31
Printer ................................................................................................................................................................31
Scheme...............................................................................................................................................................32
All In One............................................................................................................................................................32

Load and Save Print Jobs ................................................................................................... 33

Manage Workspace ............................................................................................................ 34
Tools ...................................................................................................................................................................34
Zoom Options ...................................................................................................................................................34
Guidelines ..........................................................................................................................................................35
Automatic Distribution (Nesting) ....................................................................................................................37
Measurements and Position ...........................................................................................................................38
Measurement Units ..........................................................................................................................................39

Printer Scheme Configuration................................................................................40

Profiles and Schemes for Profiler Option ........................................................................ 40
Profiles and Schemes for RIP Option ............................................................................... 41
Installing Schemes ............................................................................................................................................41
Installing ICC Profiles ........................................................................................................................................41

Scheme Manager ................................................................................................................ 42

Scheme Selector................................................................................................................................................42
Scheme Grouping .............................................................................................................................................42
Scheme Backup.................................................................................................................................................43
Print Mode .........................................................................................................................................................44
Mode ..................................................................................................................................................................44
Quality ................................................................................................................................................................44
Bi-directional Print ............................................................................................................................................44
Cut sheet at end................................................................................................................................................45
Advanced... ........................................................................................................................................................45

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Dithering Methods............................................................................................................................................45
Ink .......................................................................................................................................................................46
Ink control..........................................................................................................................................................46
Postlinearization ...............................................................................................................................................47
Color Balance ....................................................................................................................................................47
Color ...................................................................................................................................................................48
Output ICC profile .............................................................................................................................................48
Direct Color Table..............................................................................................................................................48
Rendering Intents .............................................................................................................................................50
Advanced ...........................................................................................................................................................51
Dimensional Correction ...................................................................................................................................51
Full Page and Width..........................................................................................................................................51
Information/Log ................................................................................................................................................52
Override Destination Folder ............................................................................................................................52
Legacy Mode Calibration..................................................................................................................................52
Input Defaults....................................................................................................................................................52
PDF/PostScript...................................................................................................................................................53
Photoshop PDF Rendering Options................................................................................................................53
PDF/Postscript Rendering Options .................................................................................................................53
Colorways ..........................................................................................................................................................55
Overprint Calculation .......................................................................................................................................55
Input Channel Curve.........................................................................................................................................55
Production Simulation Curve ..........................................................................................................................56

SYNC Scheme ...................................................................................................................... 57

Film Printing Configuration................................................................................................ 58
Printer scheme manager .................................................................................................................................58
Printing Quality .................................................................................................................................................58
Bi-directional Print ............................................................................................................................................58
Cut Sheet at End................................................................................................................................................58
Dithering ............................................................................................................................................................59
Ink Control .........................................................................................................................................................59
Advanced Options.............................................................................................................................................60

Print Job Management neoStampa .......................................................................61

Modifications on Print Jobs................................................................................................ 61
Cropping ............................................................................................................................................................61
Tiling ...................................................................................................................................................................61
Mosaics ..............................................................................................................................................................62

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Copies.................................................................................................................................................................63
Rapport ..............................................................................................................................................................64
Labels and Numbers ........................................................................................................................................65
Crop and Registration Marks...........................................................................................................................66

Rapport Mode ..................................................................................................................... 67

Opening Document for Rapport .....................................................................................................................67
Composition Options .......................................................................................................................................67

Film - Separations Creation ............................................................................................... 70

Preparing Design for Printing..........................................................................................................................70
Overprints..........................................................................................................................................................71
Multi-channel Images .......................................................................................................................................71
Separations Dialog............................................................................................................................................72
Color Separation ...............................................................................................................................................72
Linearization of Black Ink .................................................................................................................................73
Halftoning Methods..........................................................................................................................................74
Other Separation Options................................................................................................................................75
Registration Marks............................................................................................................................................76
Channel Selection .............................................................................................................................................76
Edition of Prepared Separation.......................................................................................................................76
Separations Link of Design ..............................................................................................................................77

Contour Cutting................................................................................................................... 78
Contour cut elements & Registration marks .................................................................................................79
Cut surrounding box.........................................................................................................................................79
Send Directly to Cutting Plotter.......................................................................................................................80
Axes ....................................................................................................................................................................81
Export Paths ......................................................................................................................................................81

Color Management..................................................................................................82
Input ICC Profiles................................................................................................................. 82
Proofing..............................................................................................................................................................82

Multichannel DCS Files ....................................................................................................... 83

Mixed Print Mode .............................................................................................................................................83
Split Print Mode.................................................................................................................................................83

Special Colors ...................................................................................................................... 84

Input and Device Color.....................................................................................................................................84
Obtaining Color by Reading from Device.......................................................................................................85
Create Variations from obtained color...........................................................................................................85

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Use Special Colors ............................................................................................................................................86
Direct Color Table..............................................................................................................................................87
Format specifications of the CSV ....................................................................................................................87

Generation of Color Palettes ............................................................................................. 88

Color mode ........................................................................................................................................................88
Configuration of the parameters with variation of one ...............................................................................89
4 corners configuration....................................................................................................................................90
CVS files..............................................................................................................................................................90
Format specifications of the CSV ....................................................................................................................91

Color Adjustments Filter .................................................................................................... 92

Photoshop™ PDF and Device Inks .................................................................................... 93
Create PDF with Alpha channel.......................................................................................................................93
Save PDF with Alpha channel ..........................................................................................................................93
Load PDF with Alpha Channel in neoStampa................................................................................................95

RIP Management......................................................................................................97
RIP Options .......................................................................................................................... 97
General...............................................................................................................................................................97
Process and Send simultaneously ..................................................................................................................97
Process, and then send ....................................................................................................................................97
Process only.......................................................................................................................................................97
Pages and Copies..............................................................................................................................................98
Print and Cut .....................................................................................................................................................99
RIP with Print Server.......................................................................................................................................100

Hot Folder neoStampa ..................................................................................................... 101

Parameter configuration................................................................................................................................101
Page ..................................................................................................................................................................102
Trigging printing condition.............................................................................................................................102
Output settings ...............................................................................................................................................102

Job Queue .......................................................................................................................... 103

PrintServer Option............................................................................................................ 105
Consumption Calculation .................................................................................... 106
Job consumption............................................................................................................... 106
neoControl......................................................................................................................... 106
General Aspect ................................................................................................................................................107
Cost Control.....................................................................................................................................................107
Schemes...........................................................................................................................................................107

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Jobs ...................................................................................................................................................................108
Export information to XLS..............................................................................................................................108

Software Files ........................................................................................................ 109

Folders................................................................................................................................ 109
Files Format neoStampa .................................................................................................. 110
Import files format specifications.................................................................................................................110
Export files format specifications .................................................................................................................110

Files Format Calibration Wizard ...................................................................................... 110

Import files format specifications.................................................................................................................110
Export files format specifications .................................................................................................................111

TeamViewer Quick Support ................................................................................. 112

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Copyright
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for the exclusive use of the registered users. The total or partial reproduction of the program is
prohibited, as well as all its support materials, by electronic, mechanical, photographic or any other
means, without the express written authorization of the © Inèdit Software. All trademark mentioned in
this manual is Copyright of its owners.

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About the Documentation

In this manual you will find descriptions of the options that the program offers and extensive
explanations of the various processes and aspects involved in this application.
• Tips and Notes will help you through the software’s workflow.
• Attentions and Warnings will help you avoid making mistakes in the workflow’s process.
Introduction

Overview
neoStampa is an image processor program for large format color printing (RIP) for continuous Rapport,
multiple images printing and/or for the creation of separations in film printing. It can be obtained with
all three units or separately:

RIP & FILM EDITION: For color and film printing.

RAPPORT: For continuous printing.

FILM EDITION: For film printing exclusively.

With the program we can import any design in PostScript format or any other image taken from your
scanner or other programs, and scale these designs to the chosen or necessary measurements.
The program achieves the enlargement of images with maximum quality and, owing to its color
correction algorithms and the different shades available, it will present perfect results, ready to send to
printers and/or cutting machines in large format. It also allows the possibility of using ICC printer
characterization profiles.
This manual covers the three modes of neoStampa 8.3 program: RIP, RAPPORT and FILM, as there are
features common to all three. Still, there are well differentiated sections corresponding to each printing
mode.
The following features are supported by, and are compatible with neoStampa 8.3.

File formats: • Image formats (BMP, TIF, JPG, PSD, XJB)

• Indexed TIFF
• Vector/combined formats (EPS, PDF)
• Multichannel formats (PSD, TIF)
• Layout formats (CP4, CP5)

Color spaces: • RGB (supports embedded profiles)

• CMYK (supports embedded profiles)
• Grayscale (supports embedded profiles)
• LAB (CIELAB D50, 2°)

Colors and • Color combinations of up to 16 colors.

inks: • Base inks: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Golden Yellow, Orange, Red, Violet,
Blue, Green, Brown, Beige, Pink.
• Light inks: Up to 4 light inks of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow; 2 light inks of Red, Green,
Blue.
• Special inks: spot inks, dilution/penetration ink, mask ink, white ink, metallic ink.
• Multiple inks of the same color can be configured with individual behaviours.

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New Features
• Measurement comparison and average improvements
• PrintServer WebAPI token protection

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Installation and Activation
The process of neoStampa installation is very fast and easy. You may obtain the installation file
neoStampa 8.3-8.X.X-Setup.exe when purchasing the software, and receive it in an USB drive, or
downloading it from Inèdit's website: http://www.inedit.com/en/download/neostampa_1_2_3_4_5_6_7_8

Installing neoStampa requires logging into the computer with an account that has Administrator rights.
neoStampa's software Setup Wizard will take you through the steps for installing the software.

Technical Requirements neoStampa

Supported Systems

Windows

Windows 7 Windows 8.1 Windows 10

• Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, or AMD Athlon® with 64bit support

• 4GB minimum RAM memory (16GB recommended)

Supported Spectrophotometer
• Avantes Spectrocam
• GretagMacbeth Spetrolino/SpectroScan
• Barbieri Spectro LFP
• Barbieri SpectroPad
• X-Rite EyeOne Pro
• X-Rite DTP 32
• X-Rite DTP 41
• X-Rite DTP 51
• X-Rite eXact
• Konica Minolta ColorScout

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Supported Web Browser for Print Server and neoControl
Being Print Server and neoControl applications that require a web browser to work, the technical
considerations for are only related to such web browsers.

OS X

Safari 6.X Google Chrome 29.X Mozilla Firefox 23.X Internet Explorer

Windows

Safari 6.X Google Chrome 29.X Mozilla Firefox 23.X Internet Explorer

Languages
• English
• Spanish
• Italian
• German
• Japanese
• Chinese (Simplified)

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Installation
1) Download neoStampa according to the directions. Double-click on the downloaded file to begin the
installation.

2) You will be prompted to select the installation language .

3) Follow the prompts of the Setup Wizard to install the software.

4) The Installation Wizard pop-up window will

appear. Click Next to
continue due the installation steps and process.

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 5) In the last step, click Finish to complete the
installation.

6) After installation, neoStampa's icon will appear on the PC desktop as a shortcut to run the software.
You can also access the software by first clicking Start on the PC task-bar, and then clicking All
Programs. Click to open neoStampa 8.3 folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Inedit\ and then click
neoStampa icon to run the software.

Uninstallation
If you have neoStampa already installed, you will first be prompted to uninstall the old version.

Follow the prompts from the Setup Wizard to uninstall the software.

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Activation

USB protection (dongle)

The dongle is a hardware device that you can connect to a computer's parallel or USB port. The product
is authorized to run on that computer as long as the dongle remains connected. This dongle will
activate the software when provided an XDAT file, or the activation code is introduced. Supports
multiple Inedit products activations.

UUID format (Universally unique identifier)

Activations with UUID format do not require to plug-in any hardware devices. It will use an unique
identifier number that will activate the program when provided an .XDAT file, or the activation code is
introduced in the required field.

New Activation
1) Double-click on the program icon. In the next
window you have the chance to search in your
computer for your license number (.xdat), which
comes in the USB drive, or introduce the code
manually or copying it, which also comes in
the .xdat file. It is highly recommended to place
this file in the desktop, or somewhere that you
can access easily.

2) In the first case, press the Explore… button and search for the .xdat.

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 3) At pressing the Apply button, a new window
opens with Activation results.
Valid and life time licences
Valid and temporary licences
Not valid and expired licences
Be aware that if you have other Inèdit licenses
too, those will be listed in red color, but only the
one related to neoStampa will be activated
(green).
At the bottom left corner of the window you can
see all the found dongles you may have
connected, and, if necessary, you can choose
which one is to be used for the activation.

4) Press OK to continue the activation. With successful activation,

neoStampa starts automatically.

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Renew Activation
1) Copy the new XDAT activation file to the
computer desktop.
2) Ensure that neoStampa is closed and that the
Dongle is connected to the computer.
3) Open neoStampa with the Shift key pressed
until a window opens.
4) Select the XDAT file you copied to the desktop
by clicking on Explore.
5) Click on Apply to start the new activation.

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Get Started with neoStampa
User Interface neoStampa
Before starting to work with neoStampa, read this topic to learn more about neoStampa's interface, its
tabs and buttons, and basic navigation. This is a standard window, with the standard menu bar and
buttons to access the main functions.

1. At the top there is the standard drop menu bar.

2. On the top area, close to the main the window, there are the selections of printers and schemes,
direction action buttons bar and the zoom bar.
3. On the right there is the Control Center, from where the majority of transformations and
configurations will be carried out.
4. At the center of the window you can see the page, where all the designs will be placed. If you are
using a bobbin format for printing, on the left-hand side of the screen appears the beginning of
the bobbin and the width of the bobbin is in the vertical scale.
5. On the left are shown the image action buttons.
6. The information bar, situated in the lowest part of the window, will show you the messages
related to the work you are carrying out, or that which is being processed in the queue.
7. The RIP button is to send the design to the printer.

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Interface customization
To access this window, click on View | Workspace from the top context
menu. It unfolds all the Workspace options that may be visible while
you work. If not selected, they will be hidden.

Automatic positioning of floating windows

When a floating window moves through the working window, certain marks will appear, enabling the
automatic positioning of the floating window. In the middle of the screen appear the position marks. By
positioning the cursor of the mouse while pressed, on any of the four keys, the area represented will be
highlighted and the floating window will be positioned there.

Hide Windows

Floating windows can be configured as to automatically hide when not used, in order to save working
space. The icon appearing on the window bar representing a tack, shows whether the window can be
hidden or if it is fixed. The following example indicates that the window is a fixed one: . If
pressed, the tack mark will assume a horizontal position, meaning that the window can be hidden:

In the case, for example, of the Job Queue window, when it is hidden a
tab appears in the inferior part of the working area. Right clicking on
the tab you can organize its window position.

Languages

From the Tools options on the upper menu bar, you can access the
Language you want to run your program. If you wish to change it,
select the new language and restart the program.

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Printer Configuration
Before starting to work with neoStampa, you will have to select the printers you wish to use with the
program, set the type of connection and other advanced parameters.

1) Click on File | Configure Printer… from the unfolded list, or access the Printer Configuration window

by clicking on the button at the top of the window.

2) In the opened window, the 'Add...' and

'Remove' buttons allow you to introduce the
printers you require in the list of installed
printers.

3) With 'Add...' the drivers list opens, where you

choose your specific brand driver and type:

4) You can configure the type of connection used

for each printer. To do this, select the printer from
the list and then select the required type of
connection in the Connectivity section.

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 5) If you have various printers installed, only one
of them will be the default printer. It is the one
that will always be used when the program is
started and when a new document is opened. To
set the default printer, place the mouse on it,
right-click on it, and select the option from the
menu that appears.

6) The Test… button on the lower part of the window, will allow you to try the connection, and if there
was any feature that needs to be changed, the Options… button allows to perform such changes.

Connectivity
Connecting a computer to a printer may seem a very simple thing to do, but in fact there are many
aspects to take into consideration, some of which are anything less than obvious. There are always
alternative connecting methods that can be done if regular procedures fail.
The most common problems in badly implemented connections are the following:
1. The slowness in sending data makes the printer "halt" while data is being sent, and so it stops.
2. Data interruption problems cause the printer to stop printing, or it makes it behave oddly.

Parallel Connector
Also known as the printer port (LPTX). This type of system only needs a parallel cable, although it is
simple to use, it can be slow. Many modern circuit-boards support high-speed parallel ports that
comply with the IEEE1284 standard. However, to be able to use these ports, any system has two
requirements. The port must be ECP configured and use a 32bit operating system (WNT, 2000, XP), and
the parallel cable must also comply with this standard. If the system complies with these requirements,
then you should enable this connection by configuring the parallel port in the program. From the
printer's Configuration, chose the Lpt1 (parallel port) connection, and with the Options button, use
extended ECP mode.

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USB Connection

Several Parallel to USB converters exist, but in this

case they are installed in the generic printer
system, using the drivers of the converter.
Configure the program connection as SPOOLER,
and select the printer driver that has been
configured for using the converter.

Network Connection

This is the fastest and most secure connection for

the transmission of data. Some printers already
support direct network connection. Also available
in the market are Parallel Network converters,
which are suitable. An important consideration is
that such a converter is of good quality and
conforms the IEE1284 parallel standards. If it does
not, communication with the printer will be
slow. In the latter cases you will need to configure
the program connection as TCP/IP, and configure
the IP addresses correctly.

Other Connections

Since the program is able to use the drivers of

printers installed on Windows (SPOOLER), it is
possible to connect them to any printer, with any
kind of connection supported by Windows, as for
example FireWire.

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Media Size
In Control Center there is also the Media Size branch. Pagination is
the splitting up of the design so that it can be printed in different
sections when it is larger than the page measurements. The below
window is to define the useful measurements of the page that is in the
printer.

Pre-defined sizes allows to select given standard sizes or to create new

ones.
Media Size: If the design exceeds the width or length of the page, the
program will print them in as many parts as it is necessary. The option
Printable sizes allows entering the values for useful material measures
for printing which are usually those provided by the printer or page
measures that have to be subtracted from the margins of the printer
itself. If you work with a bobbin, you can either set the length of the
page or deactivate it, since the printer's limit is very high and it is
unlikely to surpass it in one single printing operation. If we deactivate
Media Length, this will indicate that we are working with reel and the
remaining length is not important.
In the section Margins, the physical margins of the printer will be
shown, but it is possible to modify them in case we are interested in
displacing the design with respect to the loaded paper.

Media size - Advanced parameters

When the design to be printed outsizes the width of the material, an automatic pagination is carried
out, that is, the design is divided into two or more parts so that they are printed separately. In the menu
below , unfolded from the Advanced branch, are all the options:

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 In Pagination overlapping, choose the exact area (Width and Length)
that each design shares, in order to make an accurate assembly.
In some printing systems, especially those with inks that tend to dry up
if not used, it is a good idea to print a side bar using all the colors, with
a Control Bar printing. In this way, even if a color is not used in an area
of the design, we kind of force its use in each pass of the printhead.
The option to Print Statistics and Comments comes handy when you
want the Printout information of a particular design to be seen when it
is printed. The contents can be edited in a new dialog when clicking on
'Configure...'. The distance between the image and text can be added
in the filed 'Sep' next the button.

From Text formatting you can choose Font and

font Size of the text to print.
In the section Selectable Data you can select
which information will be shown in the print, from
a large list of options. Just tick the ones you
need. In User Text you will be able to write any
text you wish. The editor allows to introduce
multi-line texts.
The Preview window shows how the information
will look like when printed.

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Preferences
To access the Preferences window, display the options from the Edit menu, on the top menu bar of the
program.

Edition
In this window we can set the following values,
which the program will use by default.

Displacement with the keyboard: the selected objects can be moved using the keyboard's cursor keys.
Pressing the cursor and Shift and Control keys at the same time can cause the distance moved to be
different from when they are not pressed. In this section, you can configure the distance the design will
move with these keys.
Undo levels: Here we configure the number of operations the program will retain in its memory in case
we wish to undo any of the actions carried out. Every time a transformation is done on an object it is
memorized, so that we can use the undo command to return to the previous position. The undo levels
use part of your PC system's memory. If your PC has little memory it would be advisable to reduce its
value.
Automatic detection of rapport parameters: This option allows to detect and use embedded rapport
parameters in file and print job.
Adjust movement to Guidelines: Here we can determine whether we wish the objects to be snapped by
the guide lines and its distance in pixels to the screen from which the guide lines will snap the objects.
Show grid: Activates grid on the job.
Avoid object overlap: Activating this option the program avoids that two designs may overlap; with
Minimal separation we can determine the minimum separation allowed between them. If we want to fit
a design inside another we will have to deactivate this option.
Optimize media: Media optimisation when open/import images in job.
CP5 file path: This option enabled will located the source file location when saving CP5.

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Color Management
In this window you can configure the color model
which will be used by default by the monitor, the
scanner you will use, and the printer for color
proofs.

Monitor profile: If you have a specific Monitor profile for your equipment, you can install it in the
system. The Monitor's Profile is very important in order to achieve that colors are as close as possible to
the colors of the design. The more precise the Monitor's Profile is, the better simulations you will
obtain, and therefore what appears on the screen will be the same as what will be printed. There are
systems for generating monitor models which calibrate monitors, and allow you to view colors very
realistically. Bear in mind that in order to keep a monitor perfectly calibrated, first of all you need to use
a high quality monitor, control the environmental light and, of course, all the monitor's controls.
Force Absolute Colorimetric for LAB: Option can be selected if we want to print a document with Lab
parameters. In such cases the Rendering Intent has to be Absolute Colorimetric, no matter what
parameters we have introduced in the scheme.
Do not print LAB 100/0/0: Option is used when we don't want a simulation to be printed, as it might
color all the image background.
Skip automatic spot color detection: Must only be activated, if desired, for vectorial images.
Color Engine: The program has several functions that manage color transformations based on the
parameters of ink limit, linearization and the profiles. These functions are in the so called Color Engine.
We recommend to select "Adobe CMM", although the older "Little CMS" is also a good choice, as it is
compatible with previous neoStampa versions.

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RIP
In this window you can configure CPU and
memory usage of the program.

Memory usage: Even though the program configures this value automatically, in systems with limited
memory it may be interesting to assign little memory to the program so we can continue working with
other programs. Bear in mind, though, that the application will work slowly. In any case, and particularly
for configurations with high levels of installed RAM memory (such as 4GB), we recommend never going
over the 256MB of memory that will be used by this program.
Multi-thread RIP: for computers with various processing cores, we can decide to assign the same job to
two of them.
16-Bit Color Processing: It implies better color quality.
Limit jobs to one page only: It limits the job to one page, instead to split in two when the print file is out
of range.

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Logging
In this window you can configure Log file location,
and manage the compute cost connection
memory usage of the program.

Generate a Log File for each RIP job: Is a feature of the program, which generates a Log with all the
information about the printed job. Such file has information of the quantity of ink dots that have been
used for the printing, the size of the media used and the printing modes used for the job. All this
information will be conveniently used so that the program will be able to produce quite a precise cost
report. The log files can be organized by date.
Connection with Production Manager: The program offers an extended version of neoControl app,
called Server Option, which is acquired separately and serves to centralize the reception of data from
several computers and also manages the cost of various stations. We will indicate in this document the
server's name and the path to get to that server manager.

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PDF/PostScript
In this window you can configure PDF and
Postscript default input.

Rendering options
Default engine: Previous neoStampa 7 already had a new rendering engine incorporated for PDF
documents. The engine that was used in older versions can also be used.

Default rendering parameters

Color space: It indicates the color space where the PDF doc will be rendered before turning it into
something printable. Both RGB or CMYK spaces can be selected to configure the output or input
parameters, but you can also select "multi-channel output". This last option will make color conversions
directly to the printer, allowing color substitution rules to take place. The checkboxes Antialiasing makes
lines smooth, Overprint simulate DeviceN multichannel overprint method and High precision applies.
Resolution: The parameters of this function indicate the resolution at which the PDF documents will be
rendered. As a general rule, the 1/2 and Higher of print resolution will be used, with a minimum dpi of
72 and a maximum of 360.

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Control Center
The Control Center is a dialog box which is used to control most of the functions that the program has,
along with its configurations. The operation tree is at the top of the Control Center. These functions
appear and disappear, depending on the objects selected and the possible actions that might be
undertaken at each moment. Available functions and actions from the Control center will be detailed in
this chapter.

In some of the options of the Control Center branches, the Apply and Save buttons are
available so that the parameters introduced are kept for the same configuration. Logically, it is always
possible to change the values manually at any time. In the boxes where you can add numeric values
you must click the Enter button on your keyboard in order to validate them. In other cases, after making
changes, these will come into effect by clicking on this button.

Most of the functions are Folded branch Unfolded branch

branches of the main section
Selection. To hide them, you just
have to click on the .

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File Load Options
When you open a design, a window with the
options to configure some parameters will
automatically appear. Most of them are very
straightforward to select, such as Print job type,
Printer and Scheme.

Print Job Type

As mentioned before, neoStampa supports 3 different types of
printing: Rip, Rapport and Film Edition. When you open a design, a
window with the option to select the type is available from Open As.

The opened jobs are indicated with a different icon in the tab below
the media page.

Printer
You have the chance to select the printer,
although this selection can also be done from the
main window.

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Scheme
When you open a document you may know to
what Scheme is associated to. You can choose the
one you want from the list of all the schemes
loaded in your neoStampa 8, related to a specific
printer too.

If you tick the Automatic scheme selection, the

program will search for the scheme a design is
associated to.

Let's suppose that you create a coloration with

neoColorations and that you associate it to a
scheme. When you open this design in
neoStampa, having the Automatic scheme
selection ticked, it will be opened with that
scheme.

All In One

If you tick the option 'Open all files into the same
document', the program will load all selected
images in the same document. If this option is not
ticked, it will open each image in a new media
page.

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Load and Save Print Jobs
The program allows you to load and save various image files in the same media page.

When the program is started, the main window opens. Choose either to open or insert a document or
create a new media page with corresponding buttons. You can do this from the file menu or from the
actions tools from the sidebar. If no design is opened in the program, use the program's Open
command or click the open design button. If you wish to add a new design in the working area, use the
Insert command or click on the Insert button.

If you wish to make a copy of a design in the working area, select the option from the Edit menu. You
can also do this by moving the design with the "Ctrl" key pressed. If you wish to eliminate a design, first
select it and then press the "Del" key of your keyboard, or select the option from the Edit menu, also
available from the sidebar.

Save… and Save as… are saving options for pages with contents, in
format CP5 ( Ciber Print 6.0 files). Export… options allows to export
pages in CP5, XML and XJB files. In all options the source name defaults
to first object source path.

 If you want to save CP5 files in same path location as the source file, you need to enable the
corresponding preference in Preferences>Edit.

 Exporting XML and XJB are a limited functions. Image repetitions are not supported in exported
XML and XJB files. Only available for multiple and single images.

Possibility to rename the job in the task windows before saving or ripping.

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Manage Workspace
In this next section we will see the pre-handling of loaded images, before they are sent to print.

Tools
From menu bar you can find the main tools for modifying your print file. From 'Customize...' you can
make advanced tools setting, like adding keyboard shortcuts corresponding to a tool.

Zoom Options
In the main window you can see the zoom buttons bar, which is used to increase or reduce the size of
the objects on the screen.

The buttons, in this order, perform the following actions:

• Zoom in: this is used to enlarge any area of the design.
• Zoom out: this is used to reduce any area of the design.
• Previous Zoom: this is used to return to the previous view after having enlarged or reduced.
• Zoom all: Using this you can see all the objects of the design fit into the screen.
• Zoom selected objects: it is the same as the previous one but only showing the selected items.
• Zoom roll width: this is used to view the whole working area on the screen.
• Zoom printer width: this is used to view on the screen the whole width of the printer.

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Guidelines
The guidelines are lines that can be placed in any position in the design, and there may be as many as
required. To create guidelines, either horizontal or vertical, click on the design rulers…

….and drag the cursor to the desired position.

To delete a guide, select it and drag it out of the working screen.The guidelines are specially useful to
align various designs on the same horizontal or vertical line.

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 The context menu of the guidelines in the ruler bar, is accessed by
mouse right-clicking over the ruler bar.

The context menu in the ruler bar allows you to activate the guidelines
magnetism. When an object comes close to a guideline, and if the
Activate Guidelines option is activated, this object will attach itself to
the guideline closest to it.

The option Adjust opens a new window that allows to adjust the guide
numerically.

From this window you can adjust the guides to a specific numerical position, or add and remove guides.
To modify the position of a guideline, click over the value of the position and introduce the new value.

To add horizontal or vertical guidelines, click the Add button, and introduce the position directly on the
list of guidelines. Click the button and introduce the value. To eliminate any guide line from the
list, select it and press the Del button on the keyboard.The Snap to guidelines option activates or de-
activates their magnetism.

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Automatic Distribution (Nesting)
The program has a powerful design distribution tool, Nesting, to place the designs on the media page,
wasting the minimum material possible and, consequently, printing them in the least possible time.

This option can be accessed by clicking the auto-distribution button , on the right context menu.

A dialog will pop up when Nesting is selected, with a few options. For
example, the Minimal separation between objects can be set manually,
which will be the distance between designs, to avoid overlapping.
EasyCut mode prints stripes along the left page side in print direction
to allow easy cuts.

When clicking Ok the designs will be distributed in

the most efficient way.

In sheet media page size mode,

when the printing material
consists of loose sheets, the
program will distribute the
documents on each page
without splitting the designs,
except in the case of those that
are larger than the size of the
page.

Without distribution
Distributed on sheets

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Measurements and Position
When you click on a design, 8
marks surrounding it appear,
which we call Handles. The
design is selected and we can
act upon it when we see the
handles.
If we wish to select various
designs at the same time, click
on them, one after the other,
maintaining the "Ctrl" key
pressed down, or else creating
an area by dragging the cursor
so that all the items inside it will
be selected.

Multiple selection with the cursor

Selected area with two designs

Using the handles you can re-

size the designs graphically. By
clicking and dragging the corner
handles you modify
proportionally the
measurements of the design.
Moving the central handles from
any side the original proportion
will be lost.

Moving a design is achieved by clicking within it. The symbol of a hand will allow you to move it. All
actions can also be carried out numerically through the controls located just top of the window.

You can introduce the sizes wanted for the design or the scale factor by using the top controls. To
maintain the proportions, the proportional button must be clicked:
The proportions are maintained (horizontal – vertical).

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 The proportions are not maintained (it will be distorted).
This button will move the chosen design to coordinates 0,0 offset of the media page automatically.

You can also rotate the design by clicking the rotation buttons.

The Mirror option will make a vertically symmetrical copy of the

design. That is to say, as if seen reflected in a mirror placed at one of
its sides.

 While designs are being moved within media page, the program takes into account all the other
designs. From the Software's preferences window, when the function Avoid object overlap is
activated, the designs will not overlap. Please refer to section Preferences in this document.

Measurement Units
The program can be configured to show the objects measurement
values in different units, in millimetres by default, as we have
previously seen.Measurement units can always be configured
independently, in each of the control options where new values can be
introduced.

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Printer Scheme Configuration
In this chapter of the manual is explained every detail to configure your printer and the inks selection.
Before going through the various tabs of the Scheme manager, notice that the configuration can be
done through two different options: RIP and Profiler.
neoStampa with a Profiler option allows to create new calibrations with the Calibration Wizard 8.3. This
opens a Calibration process which helps you obtain the best printing results. The obtained scheme
configurations should not be changed, as they are contain precise information of a particular
process. This option is licensed based.
neoStampa with RIP option lets you load printer schemes and ICC profiles. It also allows to make
adjustments on the printer scheme. At the beginning of this chapter there are explanations of the
various tables and tabs in the Printer Scheme Manager, in a very general way.

 Advanced technical description of Printer scheme manager configuration modes and types are
listed in the Calibration Wizard 8.3 manual. Refer to that document to explore all the
possibilities of the program. The most important ones are listed in the Calibration
Wizard Manual.

Profiles and Schemes for Profiler Option

When you work with neoStampa for the first time, you need to run a calibration process with the
Calibration Wizard, to create a scheme calibration that will set ink amounts, linearization curves and
maximum ink limits, as well as printing a chart target and create a ICC printer profile. This option is
licensed based.

To start the Calibration Wizard , select the

Printer scheme manager, in upper bar on the
main window. The Calibration wizard button is at
the bottom left corner of the Printer scheme
manager.
Or click on the shortcut on your desktop to run
the Calibration Wizard.

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Profiles and Schemes for RIP Option
Once the printer or printers required for the program have been selected, you must select the schemes
that you are going to use with each printer.
The program allows two types of profile files:
1. Standard ICC Color Profiles: These are the ICC files that contain the color information for each
material. Normally, they are standard files available from the manufacturer, but they can also be
created with specific programs.
2. Color Schemes (cps): These are the ICC color profiles together with all the printing parameters
and the linearization configuration. A scheme contains all the information that we would select
separately in the various tabs of the printing scheme manager.
Although installing schemes and color profiles can be done at any time, even as new materials are
being used, we recommend doing this when installing the program, as they contain density curves,
resolution parameters and adequate ink limits.

Installing Schemes

To install printing schemes in the program (files with cps extension), select the Printer scheme
manager and click on the Add button. You will see that upon selecting a print scheme, all the options
from the Printers dialog are configured, along with the corresponding ICC color profile and the
linearization file (lut). You can use the Browse button to search for the schemes in your computer.

Installing ICC Profiles

To install color ICC profiles select the button ,

Printer scheme manager - Color to select profiles
and upload them and click on Add to select the
profile. A window showing the directory where the
profiles are will come up. Select the ones you
require and click on the Ok button. Bear in mind
that the program will only show the parameters
which are compatible depending on the type of
process selected (CMYK, CMYKOrGr, etc.). When
selecting the parameters for printing, it is
important that the printing resolution matches as
much as possible with the resolution used to
create the ICC parameters, which is normally
specified in the color profile description.

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Scheme Manager
First, open the Printer scheme manager window,
with the button at the upper menu bar. At the
top of the window a Printing scheme can be
selected. The Scheme contains all the printing
parameters, including the color profile and the
adjustment of densities. Once all the parameter
are configured, it is possible to save this
configuration in a scheme. Having the program
already configured for different kinds of jobs and
materials is easy, and it prevents making
mistakes.

Scheme Selector
At the top of the window a Printing scheme can
be selected. The scheme contains all the printing
parameters, including the color profile and the
adjustment of densities. The browse button on
the left will direct you to all your saved schemes.
With the lock button you can lock the scheme for
further modifications, using a password.The
buttons on the right are used to add and remove
schemes, or save any of them as a copy using
another naming.

Scheme Grouping

You have the possibility to group the schemes.

Click on button Save as… and the dialog to name
the duplicated scheme opens.

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 All you need to do is to add "@" in the name,
where the name should be split to use the
information as sub group. Click OK to continue.

The new scheme will contain the sub group.

Scheme Backup
At the bottom of the Printer Scheme manager there is the Backup button. This is to save any changes
made in the scheme.

Any time you make changes on a finished scheme

they will be stored in a new zip file. This is a very
useful function as you may want to use a previous
version of the scheme. The first version is saved
as a _zip0. cpz file, and the following ones will
continue numeration.

When you browse through the schemes list in

your computer, you will be able to see all the
versions from a scheme.

Whenever you want to use any of those copies,

press Restore and selected it from the given list.

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Print Mode
The Print mode refers to the actual way in which
the machine prints. Some printers allow you to
print in various resolutions or modes, varying the
final quality of the printing.

Mode

Here you will be able to select the number of inks for every job. If your
printer allows it, you will be able to place up to 16 inks. With ceramic
jobs, profiles can be created with just 3 inks.

The "K" mode will only print in black, that is to say, in grey scale. Multichannel modes, like CMYK+cmk,
allow, for printers of more than 4 cartridges, to work as if each color was totally independent, paying no
attention as to what ink is charged where. For example, in printers having CMYKcmk, it is possible to
place special colors in the free cartridges, and the program will use such inks depending on the
information given on the color profile. This type of configurations are usually used for textile printing,
because the use of special colors is required to gain color gamut.

Quality

Here you can select the physical printing mode of the machine.There
are printers that allow printing at various resolutions or at various
modes, varying the final quality of the printing.

Bi-directional Print
It will send a command to the printer telling the printhead to move in one or in both directions. If you
activate this function, the printing will speed up, but you could eventually loose some quality.

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Cut sheet at end
In printers that support cutting the paper once the printing process is over, by not activating this option
we allow the printer to do the cutting.

Advanced...

To access specific configurations of the selected

printer's driver, click the Advanced button at the
bottom of this page.
The new window is exclusive for each printer.
Here, you can configure specific parameters
which can normally be configured from the
printer's own panel. This window will therefore
change depending on the controller you have
chosen.

Dithering Methods

The last configuration parameters of the Print Mode tap is

Dithering. This option allows the choice of the dithering type to be
generated for the print. The most frequent ones, which are the ones
that deliver better results are the ones we indicate next.

 Refer to Calibration Wizard Manual for description.

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Ink
In the second tab Ink of the Printer scheme
manager, we can see very precise adjustments on
the behaviour of the printer.

Ink control

Clicking on the button beside the

Linearization file, we get the Ink control window.
Changes in its values need to be done from the
Calibration Wizard assistant, where adjustments
on Ink level, Ink Limit or Light ink usage are done.
In Ink Level the information included in the
printing scheme is shown, and it is related to the
ink quantity percentage used for each color with
respect to 100%. Ink limit shows the value for the
maximum ink quantity admitted by the media.
Too high values could cause an ink excess and not
dry properly, or print blurry images. Low values
could cause vivid colors, composed of 2 or more
colors, were rendered pale. The Ink cut is the
individual ink limit for each color channel. It may
be inferior than 100% for some color channels,
depending on the kind of calibration carried out.

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Postlinearization

Clicking on the button beside the Postlinearization file, when the

whole color separation process is done, we get the response curves'
window. Once again, any adjustments must be done in the Calibration
Wizard assistant. We can make some adjustments on them so as to
improve the result, if certain tones aren't like what it is expected.

Color Balance

This option allows correcting small global color deviations in any of the
basic printing channels. Thus, for example, if a printing has a magenta
dominant, the easiest way to correct it is using this option, therefore
reducing only the magenta channel to a determined value, depending
on the dominating quantity. This modification can be carried out
manually with the controllers, or by entering the value on the inferior
box and pressing enter. The Link channels option applies the same
modification to all the channels.

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Color
This is the way we tell the program how the device
chosen for the printing behaves.

Output ICC profile

An output profile contains the information of the printer's usable color space, and of the behaviour of
its inks. A wrong output profile will probably render unexpected results in the printed color, so it is very
important to select the color profile (or printing outline) according to the combination of material, ink
and resolution to be used. A color profile for a printing mode of 720 may not work with a 360
resolution, that is to say, a profile for vinyl may not work for paper, etc.
We can choose one of the profiles to do the printing, although it is possible to add more by using the
Add… button. The button on the left will direct you to already saved ICC profiles.

The button on the left will direct you to already saved ICC profiles. The
Edit button opens the color picker window, and shows the color space
of the selected profile. You can search for specific color by values,
clicking on the color space or sliding for color.

Direct Color Table

If you have any saved color or a selection of them,

you can choose them from the drop-down list
available in this section.

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 With the Edit button, you will access a window
with the list of special color/s. Here you have the
option to import colors to the color table.

When you select one of the colors, the button

becomes active, from which you will access

the color information window, where you could
eventually change its parameters:

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Rendering Intents

Simulation consists of obtaining in our printer the

same results that would be obtained in another
printing system. Through several Rendering
intents, we specify the color engine what
calculations need to be made to transform colors
from one color space to another, taking into
account both origin and target working spaces.
This program offers various interpretation
methods: Perceptual, Saturation, Relative
colorimetric, Absolute colorimetric, Clear Ink,
Color Matching and Don't use ICC, which we will
briefly describe below.

Perceptual: The input range is adapted proportionally to that of the output device. This is the most
commonly used method for printing photographs, something that does not require great accuracy in
color but does require a good appearance.
Relative colorimetric: With this method, if a certain color (CIE L*a*b* value) enters into the range of the
device, it is faithfully represented, but with the image still maintaining a good overall appearance. To
achieve this, a lineal relationship is established between the black and white of each of the devices
(brightness adaptation). So, for example, the white of a monitor directly corresponds to the white of the
paper, although they are different CIE L*a*b values. The colors that remain outside the range of the
output device adapt to the nearest ones. This can be used for vector and photographic designs, so that
the final result "turns out well".
Absolute colorimetric: This method works in a similar way to the relative one, but the brightness is not
adapted. In this way, we achieve the most exact reproduction of the input colors. The colors that remain
outside the range of the output device adapt to the nearest ones. This is the method to use in
corporate logos with few colors, where the best possible color accuracy is essential.
Saturation: This system aims at obtaining results with more vivid colors, whilst trying not to lose color
quality. It works well in vectorial designs that need a certain amount of vividness, or in photographs
that are not very saturated, in order to improve their printed appearance.
Clean ink: In case the design contains pure colors, as for instance 100% cyan, this will only be printed
with cyan ink so the color profile will not "soil" the original cyan color.
Color Matching: Each color of the design is transformed when we apply the color profile according to
the indications of the profile. In this way the color deviation which will be obtained, according to the
color profile can be calculated, and a search for the color which best matches the real color we want to
obtain is carried out. Be aware that the exact colors' search is very slow and the time for processing
designs can be considerably extended.
Don't use ICC: no modification is carried out on the entry save for the application of the LUT charts of
ink balance that may be already selected.

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Advanced
The fourth tab of the Printer scheme manager,
used to manage page settings, and also shows the
scheme information.

Dimensional Correction

The option allows to correct differences in measurements that may

occur during vaporization, cleaning, or drying processes. If, for
example, a printed media that we know must exactly have a 800
millimetres length, and the resulting print measures 796 (4 millimetres
less), we can make a correction by clicking on the three dots button
beside, and a Compensation calculator pops-up.

Full Page and Width

The option Full page mirroring places the outprint in mirror mode. It is useful when we transfer an
image from sublimation paper to fabric, with the help of an iron plate or similar.
The option Full width ripping is used in the following cases:
1. In the case we have prints of different widths, the printheads will go over all the width of the
media. In this way the drying time will be the same for all inks.
2. The other application is used for printers with drivers that generate .TIFF files. Activating this
option the dimensions of the files generated will correspond to the media size and not to that of
the design.

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Information/Log

Here are basically information about the scheme creation, modification and finish date, so the name of
media, ink and comments that has been added when finishing the scheme.

Override Destination Folder

For file based drivers which use port setting FILE:

in drivers connection, this option is enabled to the
user to specify a different output folder.

Legacy Mode Calibration

Information that the scheme is created using the older profiling engine of neoStampa 7. Please refer to
the Calibration Wizard 7 manual to know how to use it.

Input Defaults

Clicking on Input Defaults you will access a new

window. In it, you will be able to pre-determine
some parameters, which values will be applied to
the new documents associated to the scheme you
are working with.

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PDF/PostScript
This option is exclusive for documents generated
in PDF, or else created with the Photoshop
program.

Photoshop PDF Rendering Options

This option will manage Photoshop PDF files using Alpha channels. Here the Image resolution can be
set and the rendering color space with or without overprint. Practical example you can fine in section
Photoshop™ PDF and neoStampa Device Inks.

PDF/Postscript Rendering Options

In this part you can configure PDF and Postscript default input. For more information about Rendering
color space, refer to section Preferences in this document.

This option will make color conversions directly to

the printer, allowing color substitution rules to
take place.

Selecting DeviceN with Ink Limit control enables

the curve control, the option to control the spot
colors behaviour in PDF gradients in Black with a
curve. Click on Edit… to open the curve window.

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 The default curve is pdf_spotcolors.lut, which is linear. The adjustment
of the curve is flexible, and can be altered by adding new curve
position points, or entering values. Clicking on Ok you will overwrite
the current curve. To get best results, you need to print the image and
verify visually if the curve needs more adjustments. This curve can be
exported in .csv and .acv formats for further implementations.

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Colorways
This option is exclusive for colorways simulation
and production and engraving curves.

Overprint Calculation

This option activates the DeviceN multichannel overprint simulation method. It will be applied to xjb/
xml jobs containing .xcm colorways. To activate it you need to store a multicolor profile inside the
scheme folder.

Input Channel Curve

The way to adjust the curve is to enter the Input

and Output values, based on the Photoshop
curve, press Edit… to access the curve dialog. To
get best results, you need to print the image and
verify visually if the curve needs more
adjustments. This curve can be exported in .csv
and .acv formats for further implementations.

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Production Simulation Curve

To simulate the gradient between the color-tabs

colors to production, it is necessary to adjust the
production simulation curve manually. For
example, in case that the production color
formula is between 2 or more color-tabs which
aren't included in the color library, the system will
create a gradient using the curve to simulate the
production. Press Edit… to access the curve dialog
to change the Input and Output values, or move
the points manually, based on the visual decision
made when checking the production
gradient. The way to adjust the curve is through
visual checkins.

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SYNC Scheme
This option, situated in the upper context menu, exports calibrations schemes to Inèdit's neoTextil
Colorations program. This is a useful tool in case you want to print colorways with the specified scheme
using device colors.

When clicking on the button the search dialog

opens. You are required to select the directory:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Inèdit
Software\InSwRipSettings
After accepting the directory, the scheme will be
synchronized, and it can be used for neoTextil
Colorations.

 For more information please refer to neoTextil nT Colorations Manual.

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Film Printing Configuration
The printing in the FILM mode differs from the printing in the RIP mode because many functions
belonging to color are hidden or inactive.

Printer scheme manager

The printing scheme manager contains all the
printing parameters. Open it with the button .

Once all the parameters are configured, it is possible to save this configuration in a scheme. Thus,
having the program already configured for different kinds of materials is easy, and prevents
mistakes. Remember that only by selecting a scheme you will have configured all the printing options.

Printing Quality

The printing quality refers to the actual way in which the machine prints. Some printers allow you to
print in various resolutions or modes, varying the final quality of the printing.

Bi-directional Print

This function will send a command to the printer indicating the printhead to move in one or in both
directions. Activating the bi-directional Print, the job will be done faster, but it can lose some printing
quality.

Cut Sheet at End

Activates or de-activates this option in printers that allow cutting the media after printing.

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Dithering

This printing mode has been implemented for printers with variable
dot printing technology. Disabling the Large dot makes the print dry
sooner; this is what we call the Fast dry mode. However, bear in mind
that by activating this option the resulting color could be paler and, to
compensate this shortage, the Ink Usage may have to be increased.

Ink Control

When printing film, it is very important to control

the use of ink in order to achieve maximum
opacity, which is the amount of ink that polyester
film can absorb. The use of ink should be at its
top value, making sure that the ink dries well and
doesn't spill. We must also make sure that small
details such as dots or fine lines can be
reproduced. If such details are lost, it means that
there is an ink excess, and it should be
lowered. Once reached the correct amount of ink,
we should save that scheme so that we don't have
to enter the values manually every time. But take
into account that, according to the resolution of
each print, the value of ink amount can vary.

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Advanced Options
In the Advanced tab you will find the Dimensional
Correction. This option allows to correct measure
differences, which are usually caused by the
printer's mechanic imperfections or by faulty
adjustments.

If, for example, a printed job has to be exactly 40 inches long, and the
final job is 39.020, then we can make a correction clicking on the
button . Pressing the Ok the corresponding correction will take
place

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Print Job Management neoStampa
Modifications on Print Jobs

Cropping
This program function allows you to select a specific area of a design and trim it. This is especially useful
to carry out printing tests of the most representative areas of a design, without having to print the

whole design. There are two ways to this, selecting the crop button on the left of the working
space or by choosing the branch Cropping from the Control Center.

When you click on the side button, you are able to

make a selection of the design graphically.
This operation can be done as many times as it is
required. The area selected can also be modified
by moving the corners of the rectangle.

Tiling
The program contains a tool for dividing a design into various panels to print separately. This option is

very useful when the designs are very large and must be printed in sections. Click on the tiling button
and the window with the available panel features will pop-up.

The number of pieces desired can be set in Rows

and Columns, as well as the exact measure of
Overlap needed, which will be that overprint
space between panels that will allow an easy
assembly. When Remove white border usually by
default in some images formats is taken away
when the option is selected.

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 At selecting Add cut marks, another window appears with several
options. These will be fully explained further on, in section Crop and
registration Marks in this document.

The final panelled result, given the above

specifications, looks as follows, when selecting to
print registration and crop marks.

Mosaics
With this option we have the possibility of making multiple copies of a same design with absolute ease.

Access the function Mosaic from the Control Center, or selecting the button on the left of the
working space.

When you click on the side button, you are able to make a selection of the design graphically, while
moving the green indicators surrounding the image.

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 If you wish to do make a selection manually, click on the Mosaic option
in the Control centre. You will have to options to operate Mosaic:
Copies and Rapport. Rapport option is licensed based.

Copies

Introduce the number of copies desired in width and length, or the

total of them. Below, in Gap, you can set the distance between copies.

The media page with the new copies as per above settings will be
repeated.

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Rapport

This option allows to set the copies as repetition using rapport drop.
Introduce the width and height of the rapport repetition and set the
drop value and orientation. Using files with embedded rapport
information, drop and orientation will be detected automatically.

The media page with the repetition as per above

settings will be repeated seamless.

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Labels and Numbers
Still in the mosaic dialogue, you can introduce and edit numbering each of the copies. First tick on the
Labels&numbers option, and the Edit button will become available:

From the Edit window you can choose format of

numbering, font and size, color of font and
position of the number in the copy in respect to
the edge of the image.

And the composition of the images in the media

page will look ordered.

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Crop and Registration Marks
The specific dialog to print Registration marks and Document name in your designs, is also shared, as
we have seen, by the Tiling option. This function in the program offers a variety of options. It is in the
Control Center branches:

The Registration marks can be selected from a long drown-drop list.

Here are some of the choices:

Calibration and Density bars can also be printed in the document, if

you like. And the Marks color can be changed, as a color picker will
pop-up when clicking on the square.
Crop marks can be positioned as Inner close to the design and choose
the horizontal and vertical bleed, or they can delimit the Full frame.
The lines of such marks can also be edited according to the Width of
the line and its Length, in and outside.

If you wish to Print the Document name, you have

three positions to do so, and you can decide its
distance in respect to the design. The Setup…
button opens Print Information window to select
the font, data and enter an user text that should
be shown in the print information. The can be
aligned in left, center or right. The text is mirrored
with the document by default, but can be disabled
with the corresponding checkbox.

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Rapport Mode
The Rapport printing mode allows for combining and joining repetitions of a single design in such a way
so as to produce a continuous design of unlimited dimensions, showing no splices between designs.
This feature is used for example for continuous textile printing such as fabric reels, like bed-sheets or
curtains production. This option is licensed based.

Opening Document for Rapport

When opening a document, the option Open
as has to be selected. From the three options,
Rapport Printing is shown with the icon .

If, instead of opening a document, you choose to open a new

document, the window that will appear is the following. In the case of
Rapport type documents, the design will appear repeated in such a
way as to cover the whole of the surface that is to be printed.

Composition Options
When loading a design in Rapport mode we may establish the following options for the Rapport, by
selecting them in Rapport from Control Center.

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 Rapport Scheme: This is a list of settings that the user may save in
order to make it easier to repeat Rapport settings for similar designs.
The Save and Delete functions allow organizing such items.
• Offset: With this option it is possible to control the displacement
between the copies, either horizontally or vertically. The default
displacement values are 1/2 and 1/3, and are equivalent to
shifting the copy by half or by one-third of its size.
• Length: It refers to the quantity in length of the loaded design
which we wish to print.
• Width: It refers to the amount of the material that we wish to
print widthwise.
• The Infinite value shows that there's no length limit and printing
will continue uninterrupted until the user decides to stop it. The
customized value allows us to determine the number of meters
which we wish to print. In Width it will detected the rapport
width automatically. The Minimum value is the minimum motif
that must be printed for all the design information to be
contained, and to ensure that when making copies the Rapport
will be correct. This option is only valid for printers with special
repetition functions, which are sufficiently precise to carry out
continuous Rapport.
• With Start, the offset where the design will start in the image
page can be set, both vertical and horizontal positions. The
button it will calculate the average of the offset.
• With Position, the point where the design will start its print on
the media can be set, both vertical and horizontal positions. For
instance, if we need to leave a margin of 0,3 mm to start the
printout, this is the place to set it. The button it will calculate the
average of the position point.
• Using Machine Repeat mode option, the output image will
contain the selected width and minimum repeat in length. If
using Print statistics it won't be printed. Depending on the
driver, the final length will be written in textile
(.xml, .job, .robust, etc.)

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 In the following image, a design and a non-
displaced copy of it may be observed. The pattern
has been designed in such a way that it is
necessary to displace the motifs in order to make
them coincide.

In the following image the copy has been 1⁄2 half

displaced horizontally, making the motifs fit, and
when the copies are made, the resulting design
will be continuous.

The following image shows the minimum design

quantity for (minimum Rapport) for the next
repetition to fit perfectly and to generate
continuous rapport.

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Film - Separations Creation
The program is especially developed for the generation of films with ink injection printers. The
resolution of these printers is very high, and capable of completing the majority of jobs with processes
that require screen printing.
When producing very fine dithers, the printer can generate "moirés" and small oscillations, mostly
produced by the physical resolution of the printer when printing the dither. With the studied correction
algorithms, the program can minimize these imperfections by adapting angles and the frequency of the
dither. This option is licensed based.

Preparing Design for Printing

There are 3 possible systems for creating a print:
• Creating a 4 color: The design will be separated in 4 colors (CMYK) or 6 colors (CMYKOG). In order
to print them, it will reproduce the original colors, usually with a dither of dot shapes that create
the typical "rosette". This system is generally used to reproduce photographs or designs with
many colors.
• With spot colors: The design is prepared with a mass of definite colors, even though it is possible
to recreate tones of the same color using dithers. Normally, this is used to reproduce designs
with only a few colors and to reproduce corporative colors (e.g. Pantone®)
• Combination of the two systems: The design is a combination of the four colors and the spot
colors.

The program enables the creation of films with the three systems, but the design has to come prepared
to us as we need them. Generally, vector design software are used to create originals, like CorelDraw®,
Adobe Illustrator® or Macromedia Freehand®.
How does the program differentiate a 4-Color system or spot colors?
A photographic image will only be reproduced with 4-Color, except if it has been generated with color
layers and it's been saved as a DCS file.
A vectorial design will be reproduced in 4-Color, except those objects whose color is assigned to a color
from a "fixed color palette" (Pantone®, Trumatch®, etc.). So, when we create a design, we should assign
the objects colors to colors with a fixed color palette that has a proper name. In the next example, we
can see a design composed by 4-Color and two spot colors.

In the cases in which we have a design prepared with colors differentiated for 4-Color and spot colors,
we should export the design to Encapsulated PostScript® format (EPS).

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Overprints
An overprint occurs when two adjacent colors overlap, and the color on top takes some space from the
color below. This ensures that no white bands between the two colors appear when they are printed.
The designer must take this characteristic into consideration, and create a design in which the colors
are mounted properly. In the following example we can see a yellow disk encircled by a black border. To
create this design correctly, we use the overprint of black on top of the yellow.

As you can see in the figure on the right, the external and internal lines belong to the black color, while
the central line belong to the yellow. In the printing process, the yellow will be printed first and then the
black, covering a small part of the yellow area.
Whatever the design program used, it needs to indicate, for each object, to preserve the overprint. This
will ensure that, when the design is exported in EPS, the required information for each object is
included.

Multi-channel Images
The multi-channel images are composed by the normal channels (CMYK) and other additional channels
that are normally used for specific colors (as for example plain colors or Pantone colors).
The program can also interpret these channels, whenever the document is being saved in PostScript
DCS. The most modern versions of program for graphic design and design are compatible with this
option (eg. Adobe PhotoShop® 6.0).
Each image channel has to be specified with a color and a name for each color so that it can be saved
with its name in the document.
To open the document DCS in the program, in the window of separations, you will be able to see the
channels CMYK more than the special channels that contain the image. In order to select the colors that
you can print, you can remove the CMYK if you only wish to print the colors of the other channels.

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Separations Dialog
To access the preferences window for the
generation of separations, open the job as
Separation Printing. The job will only be opened if
we have a bitmap or a vectorial design. The next
window will appear.

Color Separation
The Hexachrome Mode option allows us to create hexachrome separations, which are CMYK + orange
and green. To create the hexachrome separation, you will need to specify in the program what
hexachrome color profile should be used, as it will require such a profile to create the six channels.
The option to Convert spot colors to process colors indicates that the program should convert all plain
inks (Pantone®) to their corresponding CMYK components, which are generated through 4 channels
only. The option Negative allows to make a print in negative, that is, what is transparent turns black and
what is black turns transparent.
To Apply ICC profile allows for the specification of color profiles for the generation of the CMYK
channels. If we have a color profile that is similar or exactly like the one used by the printing system for
film mode, then it will be possible to select and generate the CMYK channels with the maximum
guarantee of results.
Bear in mind that if we are separating color from an RGB image, only the CMY channels will be
produced. If, on the contrary, a section of color is selected, it is certain that the 4 channels CMYK can be
obtained. The Linearize black ink compensates for the different types of dot that the film/ink may have,
and ensures that each tone is reproduced correctly.
This test can facilitate the printing of gradations of black from 0 to 100. The resulting print is completely
uniform with changes in tone from 0-5% to 95-100%.
Clicking on the Edit button it will open the linearization window.

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Linearization of Black Ink
This option should be used to adjust the printer so that it delivers the
black tones we need. It opens the following window.

The best way to achieve this is to adjust the printer gradations of black
and white and calibrate them in percentages.

Visually, the change in tones must be gradual, in both the lighter and
darker areas. If it is observed, for example, that from the 80% on only
black can be seen, then the linearization curve should be corrected
approximately at that point.

Once a curve is corrected, a modification name can be assigned to it in the Profile, and Save it. It is
advisable to print again the same gradient and compare the results to see if there has been an
improvement. Remember that if you use a different film, you will probably have to use a different
linearization curve too.

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Halftoning Methods
Several methods are displayed from the
halftoning list. We should select the desired type
and establish the desired characteristics with the
Settings… button. Here you are accessing the
Angle Screen Settings window.

It is possible to establish for each color the angle

of the screen the frequency (l/in, l/cm) and the dot
shape, although the most common procedure is
to use the same one for all the channels. To select
the dot shape, select the list of supporting shapes
for ink jet printers. We recommend using the
round one, even though you can also get good
results with the Euclidean.

The frequency of the dither can be introduced in

lines per inch or centimeter. Based on the
resolution of the printer, the program calculates
the frequency and angles that best approximates
what has been introduced. This can be seen by
pushing.

Depending on the value of the selected "Super Cell", the adaptations of angles and frequencies will
differ.
• The value 1x1 is the one which best defines the shape of the dot, calculating the angles and
frequency which best matches with the resolution of the printer. However, it can sometimes lose
gradations of grey tones.
• The value 4x4 will not define with such precision the shape of the dot, but it generates more
gradations of grey tones.

To avoid "losing dots" when reproducing the lightest and darkest

tones, the program has a controller which eliminates the smallest dots
of both extremes in the dither.

The lightest and darkest dots can be deleted in order to facilitate the
print of the design, and this is done shortening the dots
representation, by moving the scale's edges.

The Pad-printing option ensures that the darkest areas always retain their dots, so that they don't
simply appear as a black mass. This is necessary when using films in this printing system. The
configurations that we have created can be saved, to re-load them in similar works further on.

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 The stochastic dither disperses the dots, grouping them more if the
tone is dark, or separating them more if the tone is light. The size of all
of the dots is the same. This type of dither has the advantage of
avoiding the Moiré effect between the different colors.
As in most cases, it is not possible to reproduce the size of a dot from a
printer, and a larger dot needs to be created. To do this, the program
allows the enlargement of the printer's dot to a value in which a larger
dot impression can be obtained.
Using the Dot multiplier, it is possible to increase the value in microns
(127 microns=0.127 millimeters).

Other Separation Options

The Option Maintain document overprints is used to preserve the overprint (solid fill). Clicking on it, you
save the areas of the filling that have remained under the other colors, in such a way that the colors
that overlap have a margin to allow they're printed. To preserve the overprint (solid rules) Save the
areas of the outline that are underneath other colors. The option Do not create empty plates indicates
the program that if there is any completely empty channel to discard it. In this way unnecessary media
is saved.

In the Custom settings list it is permitted to save the configuration of

the entire separation window from the previous operation. In this way
it is possible to save varied configurations according to the type of
separation required. Next to this list there are the buttons to save or
delete the configuration from the list.

Press the OK button on this window to proceed creating the separations. When ready to print the
separations, pay close attention to the quality of the print that is configured in the program (print
resolution) and the bi-directional modes. Normally, the best results are achieved by selecting the
highest resolution and the uni-directional mode. Bear also in mind that if you want to use the auto-
distribution function of the program, you must first de-activate the design rotation function, so that the
program will rotate only some channels and not others. For the best jobs results, it is recommended
that all channels print in the same manner.

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Registration Marks
In this tab, options for registration and crop
marks can be selected.
Registration marks: they are signs that are printed
in the center of the four sides of the design, and
they are used to allow the program to register the
different colors at the moment they are being
printed.
Crop marks: they are two marks that are situated
in the four furthest corners of the design, and
serve as a reference for the final cut of the design
when its already printed.
Density and calibration bars: generate the
printing of signs for each of the colors of the
separations.
Calibration Bar: generates the printing of the
colors and color combinations samples.
Document Information: Includes information
about file name, type of dither and
printing channel.

Channel Selection
In the separation window, it will appear a list of all the channels that
can be separated. On the left of each color there is a square that can
be marked ( ), indicating the channels that we want to separate.On
the right of each color we are shown information about the dithering
that are used for the separations.

Edition of Prepared Separation

Once the separations are done, it is possible to modify several of the
design's characteristics relating to size, orientation, and crop marks
from the Control Center dialogue. Moreover, it is also possible to
modify the characteristics relating to the dither, once the separations
are ready. To do that we should double click on one of the separations,
and a window with the dither configuration will appear. Notice that
some other options are disabled at this stage.

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Separations Link of Design
All the created separations
which belong to the same design
are linked to one another. Any
change we make in any of these
will automatically be applied to
the rest of the separations of the
same design.
In this way, for example, when
re-sizing one of the separations,
Resizing a separation
the others will automatically be
resized in the same proportion. All the separations have been
resized

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Contour Cutting
This program function allows us to create a cutting path for those printers that support contours cut
(Print & Cut), or for plotters with cutting system. We access this option from the Control Centre:

The options for the creation of the contour are:

• Contour cut elements
• Registration marks
• Cut surrounding box

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Contour cut elements & Registration marks
The program interprets the design and locates all cut elements and
registration marks as layers in PDF document.

The elements colors must be spot colors.

When choosing a color from the list, you can see on the screen that the
fillets with that particular color are seen as a dotted line. This shows
that it is a cutting line. In this image you can see an outside cutting
outline.

The option 'Print cut paths' offers the possibility that the stroke can be printed and cut. In this case,
both the original color fillet and thickness and the dotted line will be shown. The PostScript clip paths
option allows the cutting of areas of image trimming generated directly in Photoshop®. Consult the
Adobe Photoshop® manual to know about how to generate layouts in a document and include them in
a Photoshop EPS together with the image.

Cut surrounding box

This creates a rectangle outside the limits of the design, both for images and vectorial designs. With this
option, we can introduce the distance between the contour that will be created, and the rectangle
marking the limits of the design.

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Send Directly to Cutting Plotter
Once generated the cropping path, it is possible
to send it to a cutting plotter. By clicking on the
Cut button you will access to the configuration
window for the Contour cutting:

In Plotter, you will be able to select the model of

plotter you will use. To add plotters to the list or
configure your connexions, press 'Configure...'.

Depending on the model of plotter selected, it will be possible to control directly the cutting speed as
well as its pressure and acceleration. It is also possible to select the cutting quality when bends are
being cut in the section Curve resolution. The option Read registration marks will only be active in the
plotters in which the reading of these marks is activated through software, that is, the program has to
indicate the plotter to search for the register marks in order to position itself correctly in the origin of
the printing.

The Plotter options button opens the next

window with Advanced options.

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Axes
In all plotters that allow configuration, you should select the option of rotating 90° the axes, since in
order to adjust the printing and cut, the origin of coordinates is to be found to the right of the plotter.
For plotters which do not have the function of reading register marks (OPOS), we recommend using the
register marks from the previous branch in the Control Center, which only prints angles. Place the cut
origin on the right mark, once the material has been loaded in the cutting plotter .

Export Paths
All the cutting plots that we may create can be exported to be cut with the CiberCut software, special
for the vinyl cutting. Pressing the button Export paths, the file selection window will pop up, and it will
allow you to enter a file name and select where to save it. The generated file has the extension "ct5" and
it is only valid to be loaded in the program CiberCut. This contains the cutting pathway of the design
and the exact position so that when cut, it will match the printed image if register marks are used
(OPOS).

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Color Management
This is perhaps the most important section for color printing. Many different parameters can be set to
obtain the best possible results. This manual does not intend to be a course in color theory. However,
some basic points are covered to enable the correct configuration of the program, and therefore
achieve optimum printed works.

Input ICC Profiles

These are the ICC profiles that the program uses to interpret the
documents to be processed. You can select them from the Control
Center. The input profile of the selected document must match the
profile that has been used in the designing program as output profile.
If these two profiles differ, there can be differences in the
interpretation of colors and therefore in the printed result.
Each design program (CorelDraw, Illustrator, PhotoShop, etc) allows to
specify the color profile with which the created design will be saved or
exported. This is the profile that has to be selected in Input profiles.
They can be added to the program by clicking on the square button on
the right. In case a design comes from an unknown source and the
profile with which it has been generated is not specified, the most
usual work profiles are; RGB: Generic RGB or CMYK: Generic CMYK
Take into account, though, that by selecting those profiles the result is
not guaranteed.

 When a TIFF, JPG or EPS image is loaded in the program, and one of the profile lists indicates
"Embedded...", it means that the ICC profile that comes embedded in the file will be used. They
are usually images coming from Adobe® Photoshop® 5.0.2 or higher. In these cases it is not
necessary to select the input profile since the program recognizes them automatically.

Proofing
Proofing consists of obtaining from our printer the results which would
be obtained using another printing system. Through different
Rendering intents we specify to the color engine what calculations
need to be made in order to transform colors from one working space
to another, taking into account both origin and target working
spaces. There are four main rendering intent groups.

Perceptual or photographic: with this rendering method the whole working space of origin is uniformly
scaled with respect to the origin of coordinates, until it fits the destination working space.
Saturation: this method is done in two steps. The first is like the perceptual one, when the working
space of origin is scaled down until it fits into the destination one. In the second step the working space
is expanded, and the points that delimit it meet with the edges of the working space of destination.

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Relative colorimetric: when there are different color temperatures between working spaces, the relative
intent detects this variation and equals both spaces before comparing them. This method is used when
we wish to dismiss the color of the paper or media.
Absolute colorimetric: again, when there are different color temperatures between working spaces, the
system will ignore this fact and will try to compare colors as it finds them. This rendering method is
used when we want to take into account the color of paper or media, and what it does is subtracting
that color from the image color, and then we obtain the desired color when printing. Logically, the
precision of the result will depend on the exactness of the color profiles we use.

Multichannel DCS Files

This program allows the use of EPS multi-channel
designs (DCS 2.0) for printing. These files contain
information which has been previously separated
into several color channels, corresponding to the
different inks which are to be used for printing.
When opening a DCS file, the program will show
information about the channels that are in the file
and the color corresponding to each channel.

Once the file has been opened the program can manage the DCSs in
Mixed or Split Modes from Control Center.

Mixed Print Mode

Mixed mode means all colors will be mixed with the opacity
percentage of each channel to form a single image composed of all
colors. You may modify opacity levels for each channel by introducing
the appropriate value in the opacity column. The combination of all the
colors of each channel, with the established opacity level, will be the
result which will be printed.

Split Print Mode

Separate mode means that every DCS channel will be sent to only one
ink cartridge in the printer. If the "multichannel" color mode is used,
the printer's available channels will show in the color column. If the
CMYK+xxx color modes are used, the available CMYKxxx channels will
appear. In order to modify DCS channel assignment to printer
cartridges, click on the Color column and select the desired
cartridge. Using multi-channel color mode allows for the independent
correction of ink density and limits for each of the printer's colors.

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Special Colors
The program has a powerful tool to modify the printing of specific colors. The tool is available from the
Control Center or from the icon , and it will allow you to:
1. Modify the printing of any color of the design without modifying the whole print. For instance, in
order to modify a corporative color of a design, which is being printed together with an image,
we can give precision to the color of the logotype without modifying the global color of the
image.

2. Assign a determinate color to an ink cartridge or a combination of them. This is particularly

useful for printers with more than 4 ink cartridges where it is possible to use the rest of the
cartridges for special colors, such as reds, greens, whites, fluorescents, etc. This will allow a part
of the design to be printed with a fluorescent color, for example, without modifying the rest of it.

3. Modify the printing of any color of the design, reading the real color of a sample printed in color
with a spectrophotometer. Although this is a variation of section 1, the color entry precision is
very useful.

Clicking on the Special Colors icon, a small

dropper will appear in the design . Select the
desired color and a window allowing the
modification of the special color will appear. For
usage pf special colors refer to its section Use
Special Colors.

Input and Device Color

The Replacement mode allows us to determine the way in which the values of the color we want to
obtain will be specified.
We have the following options:
1. CIELab, which stands for the spatial coordinates of the color and expresses their values (a,b) and
luminosity (L). Although it is a value which is difficult to imagine, there are many colors which are
usually expressed this way, since it is a representation of color which doesn't depend on any
device (printer, screen, scanner, etc).

2. RGB (Entry), possibility of entering the color and its values Red, Green, Blue. If, for instance, we
see a red dominant in the already printed color, we can correct only value R, by lowering it.

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 3. CMYK (Entry), possibility of entering the values Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. As in the
previous case, it is possible to correct the color dominants.

The options given with the Device color are to:

4. Possibility of entering a CMYK or RGB values without their being modified by the profile of the
exit color, i.e., we will enter a real value which will be sent to the printer. For instance, if we want
to obtain a "pure red", we can specify the values: Magenta (M)=100, Yellow (Y)=100.

Minimize dE: With this function the program looks for the color with the less difference (dE) to the
original. For that, it makes an exhaustive search within the printer's profiles.
Automatic light inks: In case our printer has light inks such as light magenta, grey, etc, we can specify a
multichannel replacement color. By default we must enter the values of all the colors, but keeping the
Automatic Light Inks option activated, the program will be the one to calculate automatically the ink
percentages.
The option Perform density and ink usage adjusted linearizes the special colors whenever we have a
linearization curve for special colors. The option Perform ink limit control ensures that the printing of
the color palettes never exceeds the established limit value of the ink.
In the Components section we will introduce the values for the desired color following the substitution
mode selected.

Obtaining Color by Reading from Device

It is possible reading colors directly from a spectrophotometer. This proceeding will add a lot of
precision, since we will be measuring a color directly from a real sample. Press the Measure... button
once the spectrophotometer is correctly placed (consult the list of devices supported by neoStampa to
your usual provider).

Select the correct device, which is automatically assigned when device

is connected. If necessary, set the communication port where such
device is connected and the parameters for scanning. Press Read! to
make the reading once the spectrophotometer's pointer is on the color
sample to be measured. This value will be in the color components'
section.

Create Variations from obtained color

From Variations... you can access the color charts to create color palettes with the obtained color.
Refer to the section in this manual.

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Use Special Colors
To use this option printers must have more than 4 colors. First, from the Printer Scheme manager
we will select Print Mode and then Mode; and we will choose more than 4 colors, for example 8-Color.

We will then press on the color, selecting Special

colors in order for the Special color

configuration window to appear.

In this example we will place in the printer in the space of the cartridges for Light Cyan and Light
Magenta the cartridges for special colors (red, fluorescent, etc). If we want to print the color we have
selected with just one of the special colors, we will enter value 100 for one of the components (c,m),
depending on where they are in the printer.

For instance, with the red cartridge in the Light magenta channel (m)
the values will be selected.

Combinations of cartridges can of course be done. If, for example, we

have fluorescent yellow in the Light magenta channel of the printer,
and we want to print a fluorescent green, composed of 50%
fluorescent yellow and 50% normal cyan, it should be configured in this
way. This Operation can be repeated for as many colors of the design
we wish.

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 Once accepted the color, it will show in the list for special colors, with
the values for original color as well as the modified color.

Direct Color Table

Under the special color window there is the

option to save the special color configuration
under a name.

Whenever you want to use that configuration, you

can select the name given to it from a drop-down
list, in the Direct color table in the Color tab within
the Printer Scheme manager.

Format specifications of the CSV

In order to add a color table with Device RGB specifications, you need to create the CSV text file. The
headers in the CSV are specified and must be followed.

ORDER NAME R G B

column 1 for color ORDER number column 2 for the color name column 3-5 used for the RGB values.

Example:

CODE NAME R G B

1 11-0103 C 238 238 230

 Using neoMatch program to replace the color, the CSV file is exported in this format.

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Generation of Color Palettes
The program is equipped with an assistant for the generation of color palettes, that is to say, color
patches of very little color variations, which are defined by the user. The user will also be able to
determine the number of squares to appear and the rank of colors between which the color palette will

range. Pressing the button for the generation of palettes , the color chart window opens.

There are three ways to generate the patches:

• Variation of one : starting from a
determined color, it will carry out variations
between patches of a certain percentage of
color.

• 4 corner: determining the four extreme

colors of the angles of a rectangle, it will
generate the patches through the variation
of the color progressively from one angle to
the other.

• CSV: importing a CSV file with the list of

colors to print.

Color mode
• Input LAB, CMYK and RGB:
The introduced color will be modified afterwards by all the RIP color management -applying the
selected profiles and all other specifications, so the same color transformations that would be
applied to any design charged in the program will also be applicable.

• Output profile colorspace (RGB):

The introduced color will be the ICC profile color. This mode permits to make color tables for
special colors and replacing with the output profile.

• Device colors:
The introduced color will be the direct output color which won't be modified by the color profiles.
This mode permits to make color tables for special colors (plain colors or fluorescent) in
configured systems with special inks or multichannel.

• Perform density and ink usage adjustment:

The option permits linearize the special colors whenever there is a linearization curve for
the special colors.

• Perform ink limit control:

The option assures that the printing of the color palettes never exceeds the established
limit value of the ink.

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Configuration of the parameters with variation of one
• Deviation:
It is the maximum percentage of variation of the generated
colors with respect to the selected color. This variation will be
carried out by modifying the four components of the color
(CMYK).

• Max steps:
Total number of patches to be generated.

Clicking on the color, a color picker window opens. Select the color by
either introducing directly the value or pressing on the color selection
box.
Press the Ok button and the color will be selected.

Measuring colors is available for Input and Output options only.

Clicking on button Measure… a new dialog opens and gives you the
possibilities to select the spectrophotometer. Click on Read! to start
the measurement.

Your selected colors will be calculated and displayed in arrangement of

your patch size and separation.

Click on Ok and the palette will be loaded in neoStampa 8. The origin

color is displayed in the corner of the palette.

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4 corners configuration
For this option, introduce the patches of each of the corners. To
introduce each color, press on the rectangle of the corresponding
color. Next to the upper left patch, there are two selectors where you
can introduce the number of vertical and horizontal patches. With >
you can copy the color into next field to create shades of colors easier.

Clicking on one patch the color picker window opens. Select the color
by either introducing directly the value or select it on the color gamut
space. Press the Ok button and the color will be selected. Repeat the
operation for each of the four angles.

Measuring colors is available for Input and Output options only.

Clicking on button Measure… a new dialog opens and gives you the
possibilities to select the spectrophotometer. Click on Read! to start
the measurement.

Your selected colors will be calculated and displayed in arrangement of

your patch size and separation.

CVS files
You can import colors or libraries that you already have or know, using
the following browse button.

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Patch size and separation between patches can be customized, from the buttons on the right down
part of the window.

Format specifications of the CSV

In order to import colors with DeviceN specifications, you need to create the CSV text file. The headers
in the CSV are specified and must be followed.

CODE R G B NAME InkLevels

column 1 for color CODE column 3-5 used for column 2 for the color Device CMKY levels in %
number the RGB values name

Example:

CODE R G B NAME InkLevels

1 238 238 230 321 C=40%|M=0%|Y=0%|K=100%

2 238 238 230 321 C=40%|M=2%|Y=0%|K=100%

3 238 238 230 321 C=40%|M=4%|Y=0%|K=100%

4 238 238 230 321 C=40%|M=6%|Y=0%|K=100%

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Color Adjustments Filter
neoStampa provides Brightness/Contrast/Saturation filters that can be used to adjust colors in RGB,
CMYK LAB, Grayscale and PDF image files, expect Multichannel images. Each filter option is separated
which can be defined by the user and for each image in the job document.

Once the image file is loaded, the option Color adjustments becomes
available from Control Center. The user will be able to move each filter
or enter desired value. Below the filters in the preview you can see the
result of the filter adjustment.

The filters can be used also for each printer

scheme, which will be applied in each image and
job document when open with the scheme. In
printer scheme manager in Advanced tab open
the Input defaults. Inside you can enable the
Color adjustment and set the filter values.

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Photoshop™ PDF and Device Inks
neoStampa supports device inks coloring using Photoshop™ PDF with embedded Alpha channel files.
This section describes how to create PDF files from Photoshop with Spot Colors and print them with
neoStampa using Device Inks. Here are no special requirements for Photoshop.

Create PDF with Alpha channel

Open an RGB image and create as many spot
color channels as you need. Solidity value it's not
relevant and on Channel Options make sure that
Spot Color is selected.

Save PDF with Alpha channel

To save the file follow these settings:

• Select format Photoshop PDF

• Enable Spot Colors
• Embed color profile sRGB IEC61996-2.1

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 In step General:
• Use Press Quality preset
• None Standard
• Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4) compatibility
• Enable option to preserve Photoshop
Editing Capabilities
• Enable option to optimize for Fast Web
Preview

In step Compression:
• Select option to Do Not Downsample
• Chose compression ZIP
• Image Quality 8 Bit

In step Output:
• Select No Conversion in Color Conversion
• Select Include Destination Profile in Profile
Inclusion Policy
• Click on Save PDF to complete the saving
of the newly created PDF file.

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Load PDF with Alpha Channel in neoStampa
Before open the file, make sure in Preferences to
select the Default rendering parameters to
Output DeviceN.

Select the calibration that you want to use from

Printer Scheme Manager and go to PDF/Postcript
tab. Enable Photoshop PDF rendering options
and keep the settings as you see on the
screenshot. Click on Save to make it active.

Open the Pdf file with neoStampa, a small window

will pop on the screen detecting the Photoshop
Spot Color.

 To get the window, the Suppress Filter

Dialog in the Open File dialog must be
disabled.

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 To make changes in device
inks, go to Special Colors
from Control Center and
double click on Special
Colors list selecting the Spot
Color.
In the Special color
configuration-dialog select
the device color inks setup.
Finally type your desired
device values, click OK and
print the PDF file.

Clicking on Selection from Control Center you can view the File
information properties of the PDF file, like Creator, Photoshop etc.

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RIP Management
RIP Options

General

On selecting the button from the

program you access the configuration window for
the printing options. Following is described the
three processing options, and other options in
this window tab.

Process and Send simultaneously

This means that at the same time that the file is being processed, the information that has already been
processed is being sent to the printer. This method is the one which makes the printing start faster,
because the moment some data has been processed, this is already sent. The problem with this system
is that, if the computer is not fast enough or the file to be processed is excessively complex, what can
happen is that the printer stops while waiting for new information and, depending on the materials,
small bands can appear in the print as a consequence of the ink drying.

Process, and then send

This means that the program will process the whole file, and when it finishes it will send all the
information to the printer. This method ensures that all the subsequent information arrives at the
printer without interruptions, since it is not necessary to make any calculation at the moment of
printing. The disadvantage of this method is that you will have to wait both for the processing and
printing times, and might seems too long. Also, working in this way can generate printing files that are
too big, and therefore we recommend checking the free space on the disk.

Process only
In this case, the program will only process the file generating print directories, to be sent later to the
device.
The advantage of generating a printing file is that several copies of the same job can be made without
the need for additional processing. In the case of the print occupying more than one page, a printing
file is generated for each one of them, adding a number to the original name.
Normally, the printer files usually have the extension .pro or .plt. Thus, for example, from a file
named mar.tif, a printing file mar.prn can de generated, or in the case of occupying more than one
page, we would produce files like mar_1.prn, mar_2.prn, …

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Notice that a printing file may need a lot of space in the hard disk, and therefore we will have to check
the available space in the unit. As a reference, printing an image of DIN AO size in a printer of 360 dpi
generates a printing file of some 90 Mb. Later, you can send this file directly to the device with hardly
any use of the computer's spare memory. For that, use the program's Job queue.
The Start job queue if it's stopped option makes the job queue start up and immediately begin
processing or sending jobs.
The option Keep the job after processed temporarily saves the processed work, in case you have to re-
send the same work again for other copies. Once the job has been erased or the job queue finishes, the
work already processed will disappear.
For printers which supply status information, the Check printer status before sending option, allows the
program to wait for the printer to be ready to receive information, and the program notifies if there is
any problem with the printer. Only some specific connection types and printers supply the printer
status information, and this is generally the case with printers connected through network wiring (TCP/
IP).
The Print selected objects only separately option, will only print the selected designs at that specific
moment, ignoring those which are not.

Pages and Copies

A few options are offered in the second tab of the
RIP window.

When a design is bigger in size to the defined page, the program generates the pagination
automatically, that is to say, it divides the design as in many pages as it needs to print it.
In Page Selection, you can set if you want all the pages printed at once or just select a few. Notice that
letters A, B, C etc. correspond to the columns and 1, 2, 3 etc. to the lines. So, the page A1 would
correspond to the bottom left page.
In the box Number of copies one can specify the number of times that the same work will be
automatically repeated, without having to establish the copies manually.
The option Pause between copies generates a pause of a few seconds before sending the following
copies. With certain printers, if when sending several copies the printer loses data or a transmission
error appears, this can be avoided by establishing this value in a few seconds (for instance 5).

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Print and Cut
The third tab of the printing options window
corresponds to the printing options for those
printers that allow simultaneous printing and
cutting.

Although it is more common to do the printing first and the cutting straight after, we may also be
interested in doing it in two separate stages. Thus, for example, if we have to laminate a design first, it
will do the printing first and then, once laminated, we will reintroduce the laminated print into the
plotter in order to cut out the outline.
The options for activating or deactivating printing and cutting are found in the above window. If the
cutting option is activated, we can adjust the settings of the plotter in cutting mode such as speed,
pressure and acceleration (these last two if the plotter allows it).
The two options at Printing and cut size adjust, allow correcting little deviations between what is printed
and what is cropped, generally caused by the printer. Here it is possible to make such correction
adjustments.
All the cropping paths created can be exported to be crop with the CiberCut software, special for the
vinyl cutting. Clicking on the button Export paths, the file selection window will be shown and it will
allow you to enter a file noun and select where to save it.The generated file has the extension "ct5" and
it is only valid to be loaded in the program CiberCut. It contains the cropping path of the design and the
exact position so that when cropping it will match the printed image if register marks are used (OPOS).

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RIP with Print Server
Selecting option 'Send to 'PrintServer' will send to
print job to active Print Server to print. In 'Server
address' select the active Print Server according
the IP. The destination schemes available can be
selected. The job action to activate to job queue
when sending the job to Print Server and send as
XJB are available optional options.

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Hot Folder neoStampa
Hot folder is a flexible feature for automatically laying out files on a page, and then printing them. It is
associated with a set of functions and settings registered as a program. Simply placing a file in a hot
folder will prompt the associated program to run, and output the document, without you're having to
start this application or program.

From the top of the window, on the buttons bar,

the button takes to the Hot folder

dialog. Click on the New button to open the
configuration dialog, Del button to erase any or
the button Configure if you want to make changes
in any configuration you already have.

The Hot folder configuration window opens,

showing you several settings for its use.

Parameter configuration
From the square with three dots next to the Path dialog, navigate to
the directory you want to use as your Hot folder destination. If you tick
on the Active option, the jobs sent to the hot folder will be printed
automatically.

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Page
• Roll width - defines the media roll width.
• Origin X/Origin Y - defines disposition of the image on the page.
• Design separation - distance between the designs on the page.
• Nesting - designs will be distributed in the most efficient way.
• Allow rotation - allows file rotation for the best fit.
• Fit in page - scales the image to the page.
• EasyCut mode - prints stripes along the left page side in print
direction to allow easy cuts.

Trigging printing condition

The part of this configuration window allows for choosing number of
documents to print, and the time interval of inactivity between printing
jobs.

Output settings
Allows to change printer and options related to the Scheme, which are
fully explained in section 6 of this manual. If you wish to have a
definite Output folder, navigate to the directory you want to use from
the square with three dots.

Finally, two options are given in relation to Processed files. Once again,
the option to move files to specific folders is done with the button with
three dots.

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Job Queue
The window showing the Job Queue which appears at the bottom of the working area is as follows:

The Queue menu bar. From left to right, the buttons perform the following functions:
1. Button to Activate the Job Queue;
2. Button to Stop the Job Queue;
3. Button to obtain information from a selected job;
4. Button to Add a processed file (prn, plt) to the Job Queue;
5. Button to process or send the selected job;
6. Button to momentarily stop the selected job;
7. Button to stop printing any more copies than the one being printed;
8. Button to Cancel a job;
9. Button to take a job at the head of the queue;
10. Button to take a job upper on the list of the queue;
11. Button to take a job down on the list of the queue;
12. Button to take a job at the bottom of the queue;
13. Button to eliminate from the queue the jobs selected;
14. Button to eliminate all jobs finished;
15. Button to eliminate all jobs, whatever their estate;
16. Button to access the Cost of printing utility;
17. Button to access the configuration of the Job queues.

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 A context menu, which pops up clicking with the right button of the
mouse on any particular job, shows the same buttons as above in a
different distribution.

When selecting the Process / Send option, the

following window is displayed. In this window,
three possible options appear: Process Only,
Process and Send and Send. When you Send a job
you will be able to set the number of identical
copies desired. You also have the possibility to
send a processed job to a file, selecting the
location for it in the computer. In Copy mode the
number of copies desired can be introduced.

The Length mode will only be activated for Rapport prints (unlimited copies), when the option is
activated in the RIP, and if a Rapport document has been generated. Here you can set up the desired
length of the printout. The options of establishing Bi-directional Print and Cut Sheet at End can be
selected on this window too. Finally, the option Origin Setup can be established here, leaving some
unprinted media space both lengthwise (Pre-feed) and/or widthwise (Displacement).

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PrintServer Option
Print Server is a more sophisticated version of the Job Queue. With it, you are able to manage rapport
image jobs as xml and xjb jobs easy in the queue. Additional feature of using layouts is provided to
embedded job info data. Also, a webAPI connection is possible.

The Print Server program is located in neoStampa

8 folder. So, to start it for the first time, you will
have to reach neoStampa's location in your
computer, which path is 'C:\Program Files
(x86)\Inedit\neoStampa 8.X'.

Or click on the shortcut on the desktop to run the Print Server.

 For usage refer to the Print Server Manual.

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Consumption Calculation
The cost calculation of printing jobs is an unresolved matter for the majority of digital printing software,
since it is very difficult to calculate the exact quantity of ink that will be used in each job. neoStampa
offers a job control function for digital printing, gathering all the information from a job, and providing a
cost calculation before the actual print.

Job consumption

The dollar icon in the upper context menu opens a

dialog, where you can see the quantity of ink that will be needed to
print the job you have prepared. With this value you can already have a
close idea of the cost of your print.

neoControl
With neoControl's function, you will be able to calculate the cost of any job even before sending it to the
print. The option neoControl Server, which must be acquired with a separate license, allows to control
all the printers connected to neoStampa 8. This feature allows to organize Job Queues, send new jobs,
erase them or control the costs before printing, and all this from an authorized computer with an
internet connection. Generally speaking, neoControl has been created so that you can access to all the
information of your printers in an easy and friendly way. For this reason all the icons that appear on the
several screens, as well as the texts in bold, will automatically take you to all the information stored in
relation to them.

 In this document we are introducing a short version description of neoControl. For more
information about it, please refer to its user manual or visit the webpage http://
www.inedit.com/en/product/neocontrol.

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General Aspect
From neoStampa you can access neoControl by
clicking on the icon from the Jobs
Queue. Within this application, there is an Index
section with the options Printers, Job Queues and
Jobs History, and the Setting section with Media,
Inks, Schemes, Workstations and Settings options.

Cost Control
In the Settings section, in Medias and Inks, you
will be able to set the cost of such products. Any
time you have a new media or type of ink, you will
be able to set their price by clicking on the new
option, and also entering name, reference,
supplier, etc.

Schemes
In the Schemes option, you will be able to control
the parameters of each scheme, with its
associated information and characteristics.

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Jobs
When you click on a Job you access its
information.

Clicking on Copies, a window with the Costs of that job will pop up.

Export information to XLS

Selecting the Jobs History you will view all the jobs
that have been completed with neoStampa,
grouped in three different timings (Today,
Yesterday and Calendar).

Under each job or group of jobs you have the option to Export the data generated from those jobs to
an Excel file:

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Software Files
Folders
The main software files are stored in: C:\Users\Public\Documents\neoStampa 8

The default folders are:

• Color: Printer scheme folders inside created by driver name folders.
• CrashLog: neoStampa crash log files.
• Debug: neoRipEngine log file.
• Jobs: Print job informations and previews.
• Log: With each processed job a log will be created. Also possible to organize by daily folders.
• neoControl: Contains software files required for neoControl process.
• Tmp: Created temporary job files.

The optional folders are when you are using Print Server:
• Layouts: Print Server job layouts.
• ReportLayouts: Printer Server report layouts that are printed at the end of the job.

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Files Format neoStampa

Import files format specifications

Format / Type Extension

Direct Color Table CSV .csv

Color Chart (CSV) CSV .csv

Export files format specifications

Format / Type Extension

Ink Control (curve) CSV .csv

Photoshop ACV .acv

Postlinearization (curve) CSV .csv

Photoshop ACV .acv

Files Format Calibration Wizard

Import files format specifications

Format / Type Extension

Single Ink Cut (measurement) CGATS .txt, .cie, .icc, .icm

Densities (curve) ZSV Lab .zsv

LUT .lut

Black generation (patch file) Multichannel TIF, EPS, PDF, PSD, DCS 2.0

Printer profiling (measurement) CGATS .txt, .cie, .icc, .icm

Test print (image file) Image TIF, PSD, JPG

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Export files format specifications

Format / Type Extension

Single Ink Cut (measurement) CGATS .txt

i1 Profiler .txt

Densities (curve) ZSV Lab .zsv

LUT .lut

Linearization (curve) CSV .csv

Photoshop ACV .acv

Printer profiling (measurement) CGATS .txt

i1 Profiler .txt

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TeamViewer Quick Support
neoStampa 8 comes with the installation of a TeamViewer QS application. Whenever you need
individual assistance, contact our technical team through the email
address [email protected] or by phone, and set up a TeamViewer session.

Search for neoStampa 8 program in your computer, and click on Inèdit Quick Support:

Then the TeamViewer window will pop-up, ready to connect with the technician you have previously
contacted.

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