Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Features
Features in the 7.0.0.4r release include:
• New Printer Support:
o PrintStation 060r: Support for the Ricoh Aficio 2051/2060/2075.
• New in TrueEdit:
o Option to include page in chapter when inserting a page at beginning or end of a chapter
o Additional page range control when Pasting to Pages
o Automatic job defrag when saving
o Additional tab builder controls in Tab!Settings.
" Extra Margin Offset to Search for Tab Data
" Only search for tabs on pages with blank page area
Supported Firmware
System supports the following Ricoh printers:
o PrintStation 060r with the following firmware versions:
" Ricoh Engine Firmware
" Engine Firmware P/#: CS3922
" Engine Firmware Version: 1.18.1
" NMP Application: 0.2.4
" Required Memory: 384 MB
o PrintStation 3131r with the following firmware versions:
" Server Version: 2.1
Note: The controller must have server version 2.1 installed BEFORE the MicroPress is
physically connected to the engine. Failure to do so may result in the controller becoming
inoperative!
Cautionary Statements
• Upgrading to v. 7.0.0.4r
o MicroPress 7.0.0.4r requires a new License Number.
o When the MicroPress Setup dialog prompts for the License Number, the new 7.0 License Number
can be pasted into the Variable Length edit.
• MicroPress Installation
o Before installing the system on a Microsoft XP server, you must disable screen saver hibernation. To
disable screen saver hibernation:
1. Right-click Windows XP desktop and select “Properties” from the pop-up menu to open the
“Display Properties” dialog.
2. Select the “Screen Saver” tab.
3. Click the “Power” button.
4. Select the “Power Schemes” tab.
5. Set all time-out controls (i.e., power scheme settings) to “Never.”
6. Select the “Hibernate” tab.
7. Check the “Disable hibernation” box.
8. Click OK.
• TrueEdit Remote Installation
o The .NET Framework 1.1 must be installed prior to installing TrueEdit Remote on the client
computers.
o To view the help files for TrueEdit Remote please install Acrobat Reader on the client machine. The
Acrobat Reader install is located on the MicroPress server under “\Micropress\Acroread”.
o TrueEdit Remote needs to be reinstalled when upgrading from a previous version of the MicroPress.
• PrintStation 2432r
o The “Bypass” tray supports simplex jobs and can only output to the “Copy” tray or “External” tray.
o When the print engine jams, all of the pages that are inaccessible to the user, will be ejected to the
“Copy” tray by the engine. These eject pages must be removed from the job if the output destination
of the job was the “Copy” tray.
o The “External” destination tray supports simplex jobs. Duplex jobs will be redirected to a destination
tray that supports duplex.
o The first page output on a 1200 dpi job may take up to 3 minutes depending on the time it takes the
engine to do its 1200 dpi calibration and color adjustments.
o When printing at 1200DPI the printer will runs at half the rated speed.
• PrintStation 060r
o Advanced Settings. The following advanced settings are recommended for use only when
necessary.
o Single Job Accelerator: To perform some functions like subsets and tab ejects, the PSM
has to break up a single job into many smaller sub jobs. By design, the PSM will wait until a
sub job finishes printing before sending the next sub job. Setting “Single Job Accelerator” to
“True” allows the PSM to send each sub job without waiting for each sub job to print. This
setting is an engine performance enhancement. Default setting is TRUE.
o Bypass Set to Face Up: Bypass has the ability to output face up or down in simplex mode
based on this setting. However; paper sizes that cannot be duplexed by will output face up
automatically. Default Setting is FALSE (Face Down).
o Disable Advanced Feed Tray Warnings: This setting can filter out warnings concerning
paper tray setting of disabling “Autoselect” and “Duplexing”. The operator can enable/disable
these paper tray settings from engine’s control panel. Default Setting is FALSE.
o Use Fake Duplexing: This setting improves the performance of the engine by putting a back
side to duplex pages which do not have a back side. Putting on the back side allows the
engine to print continuously without having to clear its paper path to print simplex pages. This
effects duplex jobs only. Default setting is TRUE.
o When an error occurs (Paper out, Jam, etc…) when printing to the engine, the engine does not
always report that there is paper left in the finisher. Make sure that paper path has actually been
completely cleared before continuing to print.
• PrintStation 090r
o “Add Covers…” is now found as a feature such as merge or imposition under the job menu. To find
“Add Covers” right click on a job and it will be displayed with the other job features. “Add Covers” is
now applied to the job through a script that inserts the page(s) to the job, similar to a page being
added using the “Insert/Delete Pages” feature. The pages are applied directly to the job and cannot
be removed by any other means than deleting that page from the job. Please note that multiple
covers can be added to job by using the “Add Covers” feature multiple times. If this occurs the only
way to remove the extra covers is to delete the pages from the job.
o When an error occurs (Paper out, Jam, etc…) when printing to the engine, the engine does not
always report that there is paper left in the finisher. Make sure that paper path has actually been
completely cleared before continuing to print.
o The engine will allow a user to make copies while it is printing a job from the MicroPress. Making
copies while the engine is printing a MicroPress job should be avoided.
o If the engine is being used to make copies while the MicroPress is connected to it, the MicroPress will
not report that the copies are being made.
o When upgrading the System/Copy firmware to 5.04.2 please check with the printer manufacturer to
get the correct firmware for the Printer/Scanner. If the correct version is not installed at the same time
the scanner will not work.
• PrintStation 075r
o Jams may occur if the size of the paper set at the engine does not match the paper size selector on
the tray.
o “Add Covers…” is now found as a feature such as merge or imposition under the job menu. To find
“Add Covers” right click on a job and it will be displayed with the other job features. “Add Covers” is
now applied to the job through a script that inserts the page(s) to the job, similar to a page being
added using the “Insert/Delete Pages” feature. The pages are applied directly to the job and cannot
be removed by any other means than deleting that page from the job. Please note that multiple
covers can be added to job by using the “Add Covers” feature multiple times. If this occurs the only
way to remove the extra covers is to delete the pages from the job.
o The engine will allow a user to make copies while it is printing a job from the MicroPress. Making
copies while the engine is print a MicroPress job should be avoided.
o If the engine is being used to make copies while the MicroPress is connected to it, the MicroPress will
not report that the copies are being made.
o When printing thick or transparency media type from the bypass tray, these pages will always be face
up. All other media types will be face down.
• PrintStation 1351
o The PrintLink must be turned ON after the server. If the server is always ON then there is no problem,
also if there is a hub or switch there is no problem, however if the server is turned OFF and a cross-
over cable is in use, the power will need to be cycled on the PrintLink or turn OFF the PrintLink with
the server.
o The PrintLink may take up to 2 minutes to boot up.
o The LED on the PrintLink will light when the PrintLink has booted up, it can be flashing or on steady.
o The LCD panel on the printer will show the engine name (i.e., "Y1") when it is communicating
properly. If not, "Please Wait" will display. If the LCD panel is blank then this could indicate a problem
with the printer's interface unit.
o The Reset button has two functions; A) if pressed after the 1351 PrintLink is booted up then a test
page will output on the printer, or B) if pressed during power on, then factory defaults will be restored
on the PrintLink (this includes the IP address restored to 10.10.10.2).
• TrueEdit
o TrueEdit Tumble function did not work. If the tumble action were applied to a page within TrueEdit the
page was not rotated.
o Media color was not updated in thumbnail view if it was changed in single page view.
o Deleting a page while thumbnails where being generated caused a crash.
o Display didn’t show next page after a chapter as a front surface.
o Crash when running tab builder on color pages where one or more planes (C, M, Y, K) are blank.
o During thumbnail generation if TrueEdit ran out of memory the application would stop responding or
generate a program exception error.
o Inserting a tab at the beginning (first page) of a chapter would result in the tab being placed outside of
the chapter.
o If inserting an image on a tab specifying an absolute position would not function correctly.
o Unable to drag/drop a chapter in the tree view if all pages were part of a chapter.
o After certain functions (for example Export…) TrueEdit would not repaint correctly in thumbnail view.
o Editing three consecutive pages without saving would result in a program exception error.
o Improved performance when working with tabs, especially color tabs.
o Improved performance with color Header/Footer/Numbering
o Crash when converting a page to tab and entering tab data manually.
o Using "Copy To"/"Paste From" multiple times always pasted original copied image.
o "Tools!Options!Units" was disabled in Thumbnail view.
o File save failed if thumbnails were being generated in background.
o Convert to tab didn't work for blank pages.
address with a forward slash (“/”). For more information on using the Media Manager, consult the
MicroPress User Guide, section “Using the Media Manager.”
o When importing media types from DSF into MicroPress, you must map the media to the
engine. For instance, the default media type in DSF is “US Letter White,” which corresponds to
the MicroPress default media type “Plain.” In the Media Manager, map the DSF media type to the
MicroPress media type plain following these steps: (1) Select the media type to map in the
“Media Display Name” pane. (2) Click the “Engine Media Types” tab. (3) Single-click to select the
row for the engine you want to map the media type to. (4) Click in the “Media Type Column” and
select “Plain” from the pull-down list.
o Numbering
o Numbering - The largest number you can enter without commas when using the PSM’s
Numbering feature is 2147483647. The workarounds are either to: (1) add commas to the
number 2,147,483,647 or (2) use a hyphen (-) in the number, as in 21474-83647. In the latter
case, when the PSM begins numbering, it looks at the number as if it were 83647 and starts
numbering from there.
o Numbering large jobs (i.e., that exceed 2 gigabytes in size) can cause the PrintStation Manager
to shut down.
o Numbering - When applying numbering to LetterR and A4R jobs created by certain client
applications the number will appear upside down. This is due to the orientation in which the client
application sends the job. This can be corrected by using the Tumble or Rotate features before
using Numbering. Check to see if this course of action is needed by using preview to view the
job.
o Scale and Rotate can cause the PSM to shut down when running out of hard disk space.
o Many applications display paper sizes in the print dialog that appear synonymous with supported
paper sizes when in fact they are not supported. For instance, we support 'LetterR', but not 'Letter-R'
or 'Letter Rotated'. If you select one of the unsupported paper sizes, the job may not produce
expected results in the PSM.
o Mail Merge / Apply Forms feature - If you execute Mail Merge or Apply Forms features on a job that
is set up as “Split Color and Black and White,” the job will no longer have an icon.
o Split Color Jobs and Forms - Be aware that sending Split Color Jobs to virtual engines (VEs) that
have Forms turned on may yield unexpected results.
o TrueEdit
o Once you modify a job in TrueEdit (like adding tabs), that job cannot then be moved to another
VE within TrueEdit, the Move option is grayed out. The job can be moved using Drag/Drop in the
MicroPress or in Explorer.
o If you create a chapter and select “Insert Page,” the system will insert a page after every page in
the chapter instead of inserting a single page after the chapter. “Insert Page After” is applied at
page level rather than chapter level (unlike PSM).
o RIP
o MP-RIP only support PDF levels 1.4 and older.
o 060r:
o The Interposer (Slip Sheet Inserter) is not currently supported. Use of the Interposer will result in
unexpected engine failure which can only be reset by power cycling the engine.
o When Z-folding mixed page sized jobs containing “A4 and A5” or “Letter and Statement”, the
A4/Letter images must be roated to A4R/LetterR before print.
o The combination of Z-Fold and Right Vertical Staple is unsupported for Tabloid and A3 sizes.
o After the engine is awaken from sleep mode, the PSM may intermittently report a Finisher Jam. If
this occurs, reset the secondary power switch located on top of the engine.
o Use of the GBC Punch finishing option will result in a 180 degree rotation of the image at print
time. While this rotation is necessary (so that the holes are punched on the left side of the paper)
this rotation may result in incorrect Z-Folding and Stapling positions.
o Use of the Copy or Printer functions while the engine is being used by the MicroPress may cause
unexpected results. It is recommended that this combination be avoided.
o 090r:
o If booklet stapling with covers is set then the cover’s size must match the size of the job. If they
do not, then the job will not be booklet stapled.
o After an error timeout, a job may print extra error separators when Group copy is selected.
o When using subset stapling and banked tabs:
a) Tabs must be in order starting with position 1.
b) Tab ejects must be at the end of the job.
c) No tab positions can be skipped in the middle of a job
o 075r:
o If booklet stapling with covers is set then the cover’s size must match the size of the job. If they
do not, then the job will not be booklet stapled.
o 2432r:
o Job containing mixed 600 and 1200 dpi pages are not supported.
o 3131r:
o Print jobs with the following characteristics or options applied may not print at the engine’s rated
speed:
" Insert Sheet(s)
" Margin Offsets
" Stapling
o Selecting the Booklet Maker finishing option may cause the system to issue the following
warning: "You cannot select this folding option and a stapling option at the same time." It is safe
to ignore this warning.
o Engine status feedback may not be reported correctly in all conditions (for example, reporting
the amount of paper in the trays, finishing devices attached, toner out, etc.).
o When archiving, it is recommended that you use MSM archiving rather than PDF archiving. PDF
archiving can cause unpredictable results or not complete successfully.
o Copy jogging (offset copies) is not supported. Instead, it is recommended to use copy
separators when offset copies feature is needed.
o When Job Ticket type Job Separators are enabled, the separator page may print incorrectly. If
the separator displays a pattern resembling "tire treads" then it is suggested that you use "blank"
page type separators instead of “job ticket” type separators.
o Jobs containing both simplex and duplex pages will be processed as a duplex job. All simplex
pages will receive an additional second (blank) page that will result in an additional click count
(on the engine).
o Mixed media and paper size stapling features are not supported. This includes insert sheets
as well as similar media being pulled from different input trays.
o Duplex jobs will not begin printing until the first 60 pages is spooled at the engine. If the job has
fewer than 60 pages then printing will not begin until the entire job is spooled at the engine.
o If a duplex job is aborted and paper remains in the duplex tray then the next job may print with
a shifted image. If it is necessary to abort or suspend a job, remove all paper from the duplex tray
before printing the next job.
o Staple jobs will not begin printing until 50 sheets (or the complete job if fewer than 50 sheets)
are spooled at the engine.
o Manual/bypass tray incorrectly reports Tabloid size regardless of actual size of media loaded in
this tray.
– In the Output section, change the setting from “Postscript (use file parsing)” to “Binary
Data (no file parsing)”.
Printing certain PDFs with the font ArialMT or Arial-BoldMT may result in text reflow or spacing
issues or may error out in the MicroPress RIP with this message:
…font Arial-BoldMT not found
– If printing PDF from Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0, try upgrading to Acrobat Reader
version 4.0 (which is included with the latest version of MicroPress software). You can
also try printing the PDF from the MicroPress server. If you download the file into
MicroPress-RIP, Courier font may be substituted (which will most likely produce
undesirable text spacing). You can prevent this by configuring the RIP to not substitute
Courier. By default, MP-RIP does not contain the Windows True Type 1 fonts Arial-
BoldMT, or ArialMT.
– For best results, print the file via Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0. Reader 4.0 will send the
appropriate fonts or substitute Helvetica, which will yield nearly identical print results.
• Printing EPS files
EPS files do not always have a showpage command (depending on the application that created it).
Therefore, you might have to set the showpage command in the RIP.
– Go to the page set up you are using to process the EPS file.
– Click Edit\Options. The Page Setup Options window opens.
Additional Information
• Supported Optional Equipment
System supports the following Ricoh equipment:
PrintStation 060r
" Large Capacity Tray
" SR841 3000 Sheet Finisher with 100 Sheet Stapler
" SR850 3000 Sheet Finisher with 50 Sheet Stapler
" SR861 3000 Sheet Finisher with Saddle Stitch
" Z-Folding Unit: Type 2105
" GBC Punch Unit
Note: Slip Sheet Input Unit is not supported!
PrintStation 085r
" RT42 Large Capacity Tray
" SR810 Finisher with 100-Sheet Stapler
PrintStation 1351r
PrintStation 2432r
" Tray 3
" Tray 3 and 4
" Tray 3 (LCT)
" Left Tray 1 and 2
" 2 Tray Finisher
" Booklet Finisher
" Punch Units (US 2 and 3 hole, EU 2 and 4 hole, and NEU 4 hole)
• System Requirements
o For Windows XP Professional and 2003 Server, the following Operating System features
must be disabled:
" Automatic Updates
" Windows Firewall
o It is recommended that Microsoft Windows 2000 with service pack 3 or greater be used.
o It is recommended that MicroPress 7.0.0.4r be run on systems with at least a single Intel PIII
800 MHz processor and 512 MB of RAM. Version 7.0.0.4r can be run on 500 MHz systems
but performance may suffer.
o It is recommended that TrueEdit Remote be run on systems with at least 500Mhz systems
with 128 Megs of RAM for B\W jobs. EFI recommends that TrueEdit Remote be run on
systems with at least 500Mhz systems with 512 Megs of RAM for color jobs.
• Installation Guides
o Installation guides can be viewed and printed from the Documentation CD.