Hqn025-RTL dev plug-in.pdf - Xitron

e.g.%d would evaluate to 951213 on December 13th, 1995, and %2d to 95 in 1995.%8S-%C.%4u would generate a file name based on the first 8 characters of thejob name after characters which would be illegal in a file name have beenremoved (uppercased), with the separation color appended and then anumerical extension up to 4 characters long generated automatically to ensureunique file names. Thus the Magenta separation of a job called “This is anExample” could generate a file called THISISANEX-M.7121.4 TroubleshootingIn most cases any problems which arise during output can be cleared byaborting the output from the RIP and switching the printer off and on. Thenotes below cover situations which cannot be cleared in this way:• RIP shows Could not set port timeout to 30, job aborted -cleaning upThis is almost always caused by the RIP failing to obtain control of theparallel port because some other process is using it. Check that you don’thave any printer instances in Windows Print Manager associated withthe port you are using to connect to the plotter.• Output frequently becomes garbled mid-way through some plots fromWindows NT.Check that you have version 5.1 of the Sentinel driver installed (selectthe file \WinNT\System32\Drivers\Sentinel.sys in the file managerand choose Properties from the file menu.) Version 5.1 has been shippedwith Harlequin RIP from version 3.3 revision 7b4 and version 4.0revision 2b onwards. If you have earlier revisions of the Sentinel driveryou may see garbled plots, especially on large pages.• No output is created while printing.Make sure that the exact size of the page in the page layout dialog inPage Setup. If this is not entered the plugin will not be able to output thepage correctly.7 Commercial in Confidence Technical Note Hqn025: v1.3 June 2001