MIMAKI APC-130 Manuale utente
D202270-11
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
URL:http://eng.mimaki.co.jp/
Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Foreword ................................................................................................ 4
CAUTION ................................................................................................................4
Before using the printer driver, be sure to read Read me .......................................4
Symbols ..................................................................................................................5
Supported Plotter ....................................................................................................5
System and Software ..............................................................................................5
Check the setting on the plotter side .......................................................................5
Printer Driver Installation ..................................................................... 6
Settings of the Printer Driver ............................................................... 8
Setting the “Printing Preferences” ...........................................................................9
Set the output port ................................................................................................14
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Foreword
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Foreword
Congratulations on your purchase of Printer Driver.
CAUTION
This document has been created based on the specification as of January 2014.
Names in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of each company.
Description contained in this Operation Manual are subject to change without notice for improvement.
Do not copy this software to any other disk for the purpose of other than making a backup disk or load it
in memory for the purpose of other than execution.
Except for the damages prescribed in Warranty Notes of MIMAKI Engineering Co., Ltd. assumes no
responsibility for effects (including loss of income, indirect damages, special damages, or other financial
damages) resulting from the use or non-use of the product. This also applies to the case when MIMAKI
Engineering is notified of the possibility of damages. For example, MIMAKI Engineering Co., Ltd.
assumes no responsibility for damages of media (work) caused by using this product and indirect dam-
ages caused by a product created using the media.
For more information of this product, contact a distributor in your district or our office.
Before using the printer driver, be sure to read Read me
Before using the printer driver, read ReadmeAPCE.txt attached to the installer of the APC-130 printer driver.
In ReadmeAPCE.txt, notes related to the printer driver are described.
Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation and other
countries.
All brand names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
2014 MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.All rights reserved.
Foreword
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Symbols
Notes and useful information are described with the mark below.
Supported Plotter
This printer driver supports the plotter below manufactured by Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
APC-130
System and Software
The following conditions are required to use Printer Driver.
This document explains the installation/set-up procedure using Windows 8 as an example.
Check the setting on the plotter side
First, check the setting of the plotter.
Symbols Meaning
Important notes in use of printer driver are given with this symbol. Understand the
notes thoroughly to operate the machine properly.
Useful information is given with this symbol. Refer to the information to operate the
machine properly.
OS Microsoft Windows XPSP3 (32bit only), Windows 7 (32bit/64bit),
Windows 8(32bit/64bit), Windows 8.1(32bit/64bit)
CPU IBM PC or compatible mounting Pentium processor or compatible CPU.
• If each setting value of the plotter is different from the one in the table below, you cannot output
drawing normally.
Function Setting Value
Connecting conditions of RS-232C Data Length : 8bits
Origin Lower left
Setting of Pen No. assign Do not change it from the default. *1
*1. When you changed the setting, perform “Initializing the Settings” in the Chapter 3 of the user’s manual
to initialize the setting contents to the default. (However, all setting contents will be initialized to the de-
fault.)
Printer Driver Installation
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Printer Driver Installation
1Access to the Mimaki’s web page and open the page of APC-130
product information. Download the “APC-130 printer driver” from
the download site.
2Double-click .
3Select the folder to unzip the installer,
and click .
• The [SetupAPC130] folder is created in the selected
folder.
4Open the folder you selected in step 3, and double-click .
• Install shield wizard will start.
5Click .
6Check [I accept the terms of the
license agreement] and click .
Select the folder to unzip.
Click
Click
Check
Click
Printer Driver Installation
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7Select a function to install, and click
.
• If you do not install PortMonitor, uncheck the box.
• You cannot install when only PortMonitor is selected.
8Click .
• Start installation.
9Click .
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When the installation is completed,
the Printer is added to “Devices and
Printers”.
• The name for “Device and Printers” varies
depending on the OS.
Windows XP: Printer and Faxes
Windows 7/8: Device and Printers
Select a function
Click
Click
Click
Settings of the Printer Driver
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Settings of the Printer Driver
Set the printer driver depending on your usage.
1Open “Devices and Printers”, and
select the plotter to be set.
2Click the right button of the mouse,
and select “Printer properties”.
3Properties are displayed.
• Properties have the setting tabs of the table below.
Click each tab to perform/ check the setting.
• The name for “Device and Printers” varies
depending on the OS.
Windows XP: Printer and Faxes
Windows 7/8: Device and Printers
Setting tab Outline
General
General information of the printer driver is displayed.
When you click , you can perform various setting related to print-
ing (“Form setting_”, “Output setting_” and “Etc.”). (from P.9)
Sharing Sets printer sharing.
Ports Sets the output port. (P.14)
Advanced Performs detailed setting related to the driver.
Color Management Manages colors. (Setting is not required.)
Security Performs setting related to the security.
MIMAKI Displays the version information of the printer driver etc. When you click the
URL, MIMAKI’s web page is displayed.
Select
Settings of the Printer Driver
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Setting the “Printing Preferences”
This chapter explains about Printing Preferences when using APC-130.
Form setting
1Referring to P.8, display the “General” tab and click .
• Display the “Form setting” tab of Printing Preferences.
• Depending on your usage, perform each setting.
(1) Orientation
Set whether to cutting the image vertically (Portrait) or horizontally (Landscape) in the paper.
(2) Rotate
Set whether to use the form vertically or horizontally.
Setting value.........0,90,180,270 (degree)
(3) Mirror
Flips horizontally and cuts.
(4) Paper size
Select the paper size attached to the APC-130 or the paper size to be recognized by the application
from the list box.
(5) Custom page
Enables to set up to 4 kinds of user size form.
Length .......50 to 15000mm
Width ......... 50 to 1300mm
When you click , the custom page you set
returns to the defaul.
(6) Fit to page
Cuts the image scaled to the paper size.
(7) Output paper
Selection of the paper size is activated when "Fit to page" is checked.
(2)
(1)
(4)
(7)
(8)
(5)
(6)
(3)
(9)
Settings of the Printer Driver
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(8) Scaling
Scaling is activated when "Fit to page" is unchecked.
If scaling up the paper size which is larger than the paper size, the image is cut in the range of the
paper size only.
(9) Output more than 3m
When this image is clicked, a message is dis-
played.
If the paper is set to "UserSize1", up to 5m can be out-
put.
However, output that exceeds 3m is not covered by
warranty.
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