                                                                 November 2005
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About RISO Controller PS7R Software
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                                                  RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION

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              Read me before using RISO Controller PS7R software
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"Read also other ReadMe files and so on included in this CD-ROM before using this product."

[Contents]
  Information on operation
    1. General
    2. For Windows user
    3. For Macintosh user
  Identified defects on this software
  Restrictions on application software
    1. General
    2. For Windows user
    3. For Macintosh user
  Notes
  Trademarks

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  Information on operation
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1. General
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(1) Image rotation function
    In some applications, regular size originals are temporarily handled as portrait originals in 
    memory regardless of the orientation. For landscape originals, the portrait state (rotated 90 
    degrees) is regarded as 0 degree and then rotated by the angle that has been set.
 
(2) Image processing
    If images with gradation are output with dot screen, density steps may be visible to the naked
    eye.

(3) Console function
    To display the console screen with Microsoft Internet Explorer, select "Enable" of the setting 
    of Java.
    In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, the setting of Java can be changed with [Tools], [Internet 
    Options], [Security], and [Custom Level].

(4) Network setting
    In Microsoft Internet Explorer, if you input incorrect values as IP address and subnet mask 
    address for network setting, the settings cannot be changed with the browser or IP setting tool.
    (The controller cannot find them.) 
    If incorrect values are set, set the correct values from the control panel on the printer.

(5) Preview of job manager
    On the preview screen of the [Storage] tab, only the first page is displayed even if data with 
    pagination is displayed.

(6) Form function
    When using the form function, match the settings of the paper size and orientation of data to be
    output with those of registered form data. If these settings do not match, the conditions of the
    output data have priority.

(7) If you perform multi-page printing from a computer with a small available space of hard disk, 
    the spool area of the computer may become insufficient and printing may not be performed 
    properly.

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2. For Windows user
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(1) If you execute uninstallation while the printer driver is used (printer driver is opened from an
    application), the printer driver is not uninstalled correctly. After closing all applications,
    execute uninstallation.

(2) If you use the commonly used printer which is connected to the printer server, input IP address
    which is set to the controller on the setting screen below and execute printing. 

     On the server side PC for the commonly used, open the properties of the printer of [Start]-
     [Printers and Faxes], set the check of "Through printer server" of the [Environment] tab to
    'ON' , and set the IP address of the controller. 

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3. For Macintosh user
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(1) The installer of Mac OS X has no uninstallation function. To delete the printer, open [Print
    Center] of the [Utilities] folder from [Applications] in the Mac OS X Startup Disk, select the
    printer that you wish to delete, and click the [Remove] icon.

(2) On Mac OS X, do not restart PS7R while account records are opened or monitoring is opened with
    Microsoft Internet Explorer. Doing so will close Microsoft Internet Explorer abnormally.
    To check account records on Mac OS X, execute Check and Save of Account Record from Help of
    Microsoft Internet Explorer.

(3) On Mac OS X, if you change the choice in the Re-output window, the frame size of the choices may
    be changed, resulting in screen disturbance. In this case, move the cursor to another window and
    then move it to the original window. The window will be displayed properly.

(4) With Safari on Mac OS X, the console function does not operate properly. Use of Microsoft
    Internet Explorer is recommended.

(5) In the Mac OS X Classic mode, when performing printing for the first time after starting
    Classic, use Chooser to select the printer again.	
    	
(6) On Mac OS 9, for using the monitoring function, the version of MRJ (Mac OS Runtime for Java)
    must be MRJ 2.2.6 or later.
    The MRJ version of the current system can be checked by selecting MRJLib from [Macintosh HD],
    [System Folder], [Extensions], and [MRJ Libraries] and executing "Get Info" in the "File" menu.

    For details, see the following address.

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120209

(7) For referring to the help on Mac OS 9, after clicking the [Help] button in the printer driver
    setting screen, close the setting screen.

(8) On Mac OS 9, files to load are copied into the folders shown below by the installer for the
    printer driver:

  For HC Series: 
    /System Folder/Extentions/
          OEMCLib
    /System Folder/Extentions/Printer Descriptions/
          P7H7??
          P7H7??Help
          P7H7??M9.ppd

  For RZ/RV/MZ/MV Series: 
    /System Folder/Extentions/
          OEMCLib
    /System Folder/Extentions/Printer Descriptions/
          P7RZ??
          P7RZ??Help
          P7RZ??M9.ppd
   The part marked with ? differs with each language.

(9) Printing can not be performed even though you drag and drop the Postscript file onto an icon on
    the desktop printer.

(10) Screen fonts in the default font of the printer are stored in Mac OS9/X: /ScreenFonts in the
     printer driver CD. Use them by copying them to the Mac OS font folder. 

(11) The printer name for font downloading differs from the one for printing. If the printer 
     name for printing is "RISO_PS7R" ,"RISO_PS7R (font)" is specified for the one for font
     downloading. Note that printers need to be selected again by the selector before downloading
     depending on the kind of fonts to be used. 

(12) [Re-start of RIP] can be selected to the installer with some of Postscript font installers, 
     but selection can not be made with PS7R. Perform [Restart] from the console. 

(13) You can download the font having the same name with the one in the default font of the printer.
     Note in the case of downloading, however, that the default font of the printer is overwritten
     by a newly downloaded font and the font, after the downloading is performed, can not be
     reverted to the default font at the time of purchasing.  

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  Identified defects on this software
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Contact you local RISO service representative for the detailed information about the defects 
the actions to be taken against them.

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  Restrictions on application software
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1. General
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(1) Be sure to remove any check mark from "Collate" in the print dialog of an application when
    printing. Even if you execute collated printing, remove it. If you print with the checkmark,
    printing may not be performed properly.

(2) In Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel, if you print originals including multiple paper sizes,
    data of the second page and after may not be printed properly.

(3) In Microsoft Word, if you change the paper size repeatedly, margin setting may not be performed
    properly.In this case, close the application temporarily and restart it.

(4) In Microsoft Excel, if you specify "Entire workbook" for printing with different "print quality"
    settings for sheets, the application executes output by dividing into multiple jobs and
    therefore printing may not be performed     properly. In this case, make the same "print quality"
    setting for all sheets.
    For other print setting values, those of the leftmost sheet are reflected to all sheets.

(5) In Microsoft Excel, if you print data including many ruled lines by reducing approximately 15%
    with "Page Setup" and "Scaling," printing may take a very long time.

(6) In Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Reader, if you print originals including
    multiple paper sizes, data of the second page and after may not be printed properly.

(7) In Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Reader, if you print landscape originals,
    enable the setting of "Auto-Rotate and Center".

(8) In Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Reader, if you enable the setting of "Fit to
    paper," the zoom setting of the printer driver cannot be used. Disable this setting.

(9) In Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe Reader, line-based colours become similar to photo-based
    colours. This is because colour conversion setting is embedded in creation of PDF and 
    photo-based processing is performed.

(10) In Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PageMaker, etc., colour conversion in an
     application may cause unexpected colour printing.

(11) It is recommended to disable the colour conversion setting in the application.
     In the case of data output from a foreign language OS, the job name and so on may not be
     displayed correctly on the job manager. This is because the character codes differ depending
     on the foreign language.

(12) When splitting a duplex printing job or pagination job with Output-range-based from
    "Clustering" and "Job split," incorrect output occurs unless the number of printed pages is
     used.
     Example 1: For a duplex print job, use an even number of pages for job split setting.
     Example 2: For duplex printing and pagination - Multi-up (multi-page): 2 pages/sheet, set four
     pages for job split.

(13) With Adobe llustrator 10 in use, duplex and/or pagination over multiple pages may have trouble
     printing, since Adobe llustrator 10 splits the data over multiple pages into one job per page.
     If trouble printing occurs, convert the data into PDF data with Adobe Acrobat and then print
     out the PDF-converted data with Adobe Reader, etc.

(14) If PDF file containing the image with high resolution, printing may end in Postscript error. 
     Remedy: You may avoid the above trouble by making the setting of [Print as image] enable.
  
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2. For Windows user
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(1) In Microsoft Word, even if you change the paper size in the application, the original size
    display in the printer driver is not changed. The output paper size is the size that has been
    set in the application.

(2) In Microsoft Word, when specifying an irregular paper size, disable the setting of "Allow
    A4/Letter paper resizing" among the options of the print setting dialog.

(3) In Microsoft Word, as to the data of GIF using the transparent colour or the data which is
    pasted with the image in PNG format, the developing time of the data may take too long. 
    Remedy: You may avoid the above trouble by pasting the image without using the transparent
    colour and by using the function for transparency of Microsoft Word. 

(4) In Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint, printing of bitmap images may
    cause printing of some colours in white areas. In this case, adjust the "Brightness" in 
    properties of the bitmap image.

(5) If you set the following condition in Adobe Reader 6, an error may occur.
    Condition: The setting of "Choose Paper Source by PDF page size" is enabled and pagination in
    the print setting of the printer driver is set to Multi-up (multi-page).
    Remedy: Disable the setting of "Choose Paper Source by PDF page size".

(6) When PPD files are used for print out with an application (Adobe PageMaker etc.) that 
    directly outputs a postscript file, copy at first PPD files that are 
    stored in the printer driver CD to the location specified 
    by the application and then execute printing. 

    Printer name     PPD name            Stored folder name
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    HC5500           P7H7UKGP.ppd        \Driver\xxxx\HC\ppd\
    RZ/MZ/MV         P7RZUKGP.ppd        \Driver\xxxx\RG\ppd\

     ("xxxx" is a folder name that depends on the language.)

(7) For setting items in properties of the printer driver in which a numerical value is set, the
     cursor up and down keys must be used. Direct input of a value cannot be performed.

(8) When you print a Microsoft Office 2003 file that contains a Joint Photographic Experts Group
    (JPEG) image, the JPEG image may appear two times where only the single image should appear. 
    However, the rest of your document prints correctly. For example, 
    this symptom may occur when you print a Microsoft Word document, a Microsoft Publisher
    document, or a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.

    In this case, set the PostScript language level to level 1.
    To set the PostScript language level to level 1 for PostScript drivers, follow these steps:
      1. Open the Printer Property, and then click Advanced. 
      2. Expand PostScript Options. 
      3. Click the PostScript Language Level box, and then type 1 to set the PostScript language
         level to level 1. 


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3. For Macintosh user
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(1) On Mac OS X, in some applications, line-based colours become similar to photo-based colours.

(2) On Mac OS X, in some applications, monochrome processing may cause a low grey density.

(3) On Mac OS X version 10.2 or earlier, pagination and duplex printing from Adobe Reader 6 are not
    properly performed. On Mac OS X version 10.2 or earlier, it is recommended to use Adobe Acrobat
    Reader 5.

(4) On Mac OS X version 10.2 or earlier, if you perform printing repeatedly, plug-in selection may
    become impossible. In this case, close the application temporarily and restart it.

(5) On Mac OS 9, when printing from Microsoft Excel, if you change the orientation from the print
    setting of the printer driver, the setting in the application is not changed.
    If you change the orientation in the application, the setting in the printer driver is changed.

(6) When PPD files are used for print out with an application (Adobe PageMaker etc.) that 
    directly outputs a postscript file, copy at first PPD files that are 
    stored in the printer driver CD to the location specified 
    by the application and then execute printing. 

    Printer name     PPD name            Stored folder name
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    HC5500           P7H7UKGP.ppd        /ppd/IJ Printer/UK/
    RZ/MZ/MV         P7RZUKGP.ppd        /ppd/Duplicator/UK/

(7) On Mac OS 9 or in the Mac OS X Classic mode, if the memory capacity assigned to an application
    is small, icons on the plug-in screen and form preview are not displayed. Increase the memory
    capacity assigned to the application.

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  Notes
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(1) Reproduction or copying of this instruction or any parts thereof without permission is strictly
    prohibited.

(2) Although every effort has been made to ensure that the contents of this instruction are error-
    free, please contact us if you notice any error or other points which should be brought to the
    company's attention.

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  Trademarks
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Microsoft(R), Windows(R) and PowerPoint(R) are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in 
the U.S.A and other countries.
Macintosh(R), Mac OS(R), Safari(TM) are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc.
Sun Microsystems(TM), Java(TM) are registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S.A and
other countries.
Adobe(R), Acrobat(R), Reader(R), Photoshop(R), Illustrator(R), PageMaker(R) and PostScript(R) are
trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the U.S.A and other countries.
Product names and company names referenced in this file are (registered) trademarks of respective
companies.
Copyright(C) 2005  RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION, JAPAN



