UJF-7151plus/UJF-3042MkII/UJF-3042MkII EX/UJF-6042MkII

Braille Print Guide

This guide shows you how to print braille using UV curable ink LH-100 (Clear, PR-200) for UJF-7151plus/UJF-
3042MkII/UJF-3042MkII EX/UJF-6042MkII.
Read this guide thoroughly before use.

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Table of Contents
Notice ......................................................................................................................... 1
About Braille Printing ............................................................................................... 3
Target Environment and Notes ................................................................................ 3
Role of Software ........................................................................................................ 4
Preparation for Braille Printing ................................................................................ 4
Print Braille ................................................................................................................ 5

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 About Braille Printing
By setting a spot color name for the braille data you created, you can easily print braille in a dome shape which
conforms to ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) (Quality standard JIS
T9253 for braille with UV-curable resin ink).

• The dome shape may be slightly different depending on the differences in printer condition,
settings, or media types.

Target Environment and Notes

Check the following target environment and notes.

Target Environment

Printer UJF-7151plus/UJF-3042MkII/UJF-3042MkII EX/UJF-6042MkII

• LH-100 (Clear, PR-200)
Ink
Braille is created using Clear and Primer.
• RasterLink6Plus Ver.1.8 or later
• RasterLinkTools for Illustrator Ver.1.5.3 or later
• [Windows]
Software
Adobe® Illustrator® 10 or later version
• [Macintosh]
Adobe® Illustrator® 10 or later version

Notations for the Jobs

In this guide, terms "Braille job" and "Job of which Job Attribute is Braille" are used, and each represents the
following condition. Make sure you do not get them mixed up.

Job of which the Job Attribute is Braille

Braille job

Notes

• For the job of which Job Attribute is Braille, Braille is not be displayed for preview.
• Braille job and cut job cannot be composed.

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 Role of Software
The roles of software are as follows.

Illustrator
Creating Braille data
Create the Braille data based on the Braille syntax.

RasterLinkTools
Set the spot color for Braille printing
You can set the spot color dedicated for Braille printing for the Braille data you created by clicking the Braille but-
ton once.

RasterLink6Plus
Printing Braille
You can print the dome-shaped Braille automatically without setting the print count and so on.

Preparation for Braille Printing

Before performing Braille printing, install the profiles in the following list to RasterLink6Plus for the target printer.
If Braille data is sent to RasterLink6Plus without the following profiles installed, an error message is displayed,
and Braille data cannot be read in.

Printer Ink set Output setting Media Media material

UJF-7151plus LH-100 CMYK 600 x 900VD UV- PET
UJF-3042MkII LH-100 CMYK 1200 x 1200VD* UV- PET V3.5
LH-100 CMYK
UJF-3042MkII EX 1200 x 1200VD* UV- PET V3.5 White PET Gloss
LH-100 CMYKLcLm
LH-100 CMYK
UJF-6042MkII 1200 x 1200VD* UV- PET V3.5
LH-100 CMYKLcLm

*For UJF-3042MkII, UJF-3042MkII EX and UJF-6042MkII, only the last print layer (Clear) is printed at 600 x 600VD.

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 Print Braille
Print Braille on the color plate. Here, the following procedure is used for an explanation using an example of the
standards for Braille of ADA.

1. [Illustrator] Create Braille data ( P.6)

2. [RasterLinkTools] Set the spot color for the Braille data ( P.7)

3. [RasterLinkTools] Send the data to RasterLink6Plus ( P.7)

4. [RasterLink6Plus] Change the Print Conditions for data as desired ( P.8)

5. [RasterLink6Plus] Print ( P.8)

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1. Create the Braille data. (Illustrator)
(1) Based on the Braille syntax, check the Example
Braille arrangement for the character
you want to create.
Mimaki

(2) Use the Ellipse Tool in Illustrator to cre-

ate the following shape.
• Shape: Perfect circle
• Diameter: 1.55 mm (ADA)
If you set the Line to none, it will be
easier to adjust the position in the
next step.

(3) Layout the shape you created in (2)

based on the standards for Braille of
ADA.

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2. Set the spot color for the Braille data. (
(1) Select the Braille data on Illustrator.
RasterLinkTools)

(2) Click the [Braille] icon on RasterLinkTools.

• "MmkBraille_ADA" is attached to the Braille data

line, and the Stroke is set to "0.5 pt", and the Paint
is set to "None".

3. Send the data to RasterLink6Plus ( RasterLinkTools)

• Before outputting the Braille data to RasterLink6Plus, make sure you check the conditions in the
following procedure.
(1)Click the [Setup] icon on RasterLinkTools.

(2)Check the following conditions.

• The [Print Special Color Layer] check
box is off.

• [ADA] is selected for [Braille Type].

The default value for the OS other than
Japanese is set to [ADA], and for the
Japanese is set to [JIS].

(1) Check the above, and then click the [RasterLink Output]
icon on RasterLinkTools.

• The job which is composed of Color

and Braille is registered to Raster-
Link6Plus.

• You can also register the data you have saved in EPS format on Illustrator without using the
[RasterLink Output] function to RasterLink6Plus.

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4. Change the Print Conditions for data as desired. ( RasterLink6Plus)

• You cannot set the following for the Braille job.

• Arrange with other job
• Change the scale
• Turn on the Mirror function
• Add Fotoba cut mark
• Crop
• Jig Print
• Step & Repeat
• Tiling
• Kebab Jig Print

• You cannot do the following for the job of which the Job Attribute is "Braille".
• Change the Print Condition
• Color Replacement and Special plate

5. Execute printing. ( RasterLink6Plus)

(1) Click the [Execute] icon .

(2) Click [Start], and execute printing.

• Printing is performed automatically with multiple feeds so that the height of the Braille conforms
to the standards of ADA.
• The printing time for one row of Braille is approximately 37 minutes. (For UJF-7151 plus)

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