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CIP3 output plugin

Version 1.5r0
April 2013
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Contents

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Capabilities of the plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3 Typical workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Software installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1 Plugin security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 Device configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1 Filename setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2 DIG comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.3 Extents and Transforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.4 Output file contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.5 Coding text entries for Job Name and Sheet Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.6 Double‐sided styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4 Routine use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.1 Page Setup settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.2 Producing acceptable input jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5 Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6 Example output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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CIP3 Output Plugin

This document describes the use of the CIP3 output plugin with the Harlequin MultiRIP.

Note to OEMs: This document is presented for inclusion in end‐user documentation

such as a manual based upon the OEM Manual or for use as a supple‐
ment to that manual. You may wish to change the introduction to this
document to suit the presentation you choose. (Notes like this one are
not meant for onward publication to end‐users. They give information
of interest only to staff at GGSL and its OEMs.)
This document describes the CIP3 plugin version 1.5, for use with the Harlequin MultiRIP. The plugin
is available for the RIP running under the Windows 32‐bit and 64‐bit. The operating system support is
the same as for the Harlequin MultiRIP. See the Harlequin MultiRIP release notes for the latest
information.

1 Introduction
Plugins are a way of extending the capabilities of the Harlequin MultiRIP in a way that does not
require any programming or other technical skills from the person installing the plugin. Typical
plugins allow the RIP to accept jobs from various sources of input, to process the data in various
ways, to report on the progress of rasterizing the image, and to provide page images in new formats,
and to send the final image to output devices or interface systems.
The CIP3 plugin allows the RIP to produce Print Production Format (PPF) files as specified by a
group called International Cooperation for Integration of Processes in Pre‐press, Press, and Post‐press
(CIP4). PPF files contain information about print jobs including administrative data, information
about inks and register marks, comments, and preview images.
The PPF specification is available on the internet, as described in Section 5, page 15. Briefly, the group
wish to provide enabling standards for applying Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) tech‐
niques to printing workflows by avoiding the need for recalculation or re‐entry of information. The
result of this work is the Print Production Format (PPF) file specification.
In the Harlequin MultiRIP, you can use the same RIP that generates your film or plates to create PPF
files enabling ink‐keys to be set quickly and easily on press. PPF file generation is just as easy and
automatic as generating the plates and films themselves, and using those files with your press can
bring you to color far faster, reducing make‐ready times and wastage, and removing the need for
plate scanners.

1.1 Requirements
The CIP3 plugin has no special requirements; its output is to file only, typically at a low resolution.
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1.2 Capabilities of the plugin

The plugin has the following options:
• CMYK color preview images, 8 bits per pixel, separated or unseparated. Spot colors are sup‐
ported, but only for separated output files. (The preview image is the starting point for calculat‐
ing the ink‐keys in the software that reads PPF files.)
• Uncompressed or run length encoded compressed files.
• A choice of resolution for the preview image.
• A choice of work styles for single and double‐sided sheets.
Version 1.4r11 and later of the plugin supports the version 2.0, version 2.1 and version 3.0 PPF specifi‐
cations.

1.3 Typical workflow

Because the purpose of the PPF specification is to provide PPF files that accurately predict the charac‐
teristics of a film or plate, you can expect to have pairs of page setups. In each pair, one page setup
should produce the high resolution data required by your actual output device and the one for CIP3
should mimic all settings of that page setup except that it should have Calibration set to (None) and
produce a lower resolution version of the image on film or plate.
In use, you should send a job twice: once to the page setup for the real device and once to the page
setup using the CIP3 plugin. (Jobs sent to the CIP3 plugin run quickly because the resolution used in
a PPF file is typically very low compared to the real device.)

2 Software installation
The plugin may be supplied as part of your standard Harlequin MultiRIP installation media. If so,
installing the RIP is sufficient to install the plugin.
If you receive separate installation media, or an updated plugin, install it using this procedure.
1. The CIP3 plugin requires the Harlequin MultiRIP to be installed on the target machine. Install the
RIP, if this is a new installation.
2. Run the setup program for the operating system you are running. Click Next to move onto the
next screen. Use Previous to go back to the previous screen.
Note: Ensure you run the installer appropriate for 32‐bit or 64‐bit machines.
3. In the “Choose Install Folder” window you must specify the Harlequin MultiRIP installation
folder as the destination for the plugin files. Click Next.
If you select an invalid or incorrect RIP folder an error message will appear. Use the browser to
select the correct RIP folder and click Next.
4. In the “Choose Plugins” window choose CIP Plugin X.Xrx plugin along with any other plugins
you want to install. Click Next.
5. Read the agreement displayed in the “Plugin License Agreement” window. You must click the I
accept... option to continue. Click Next.
6. In the “Pre‐installation Summary” window, check that your selections are correct and then click
Install.
7. When the “Install Complete” window appears click Done.
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8. After installing the plugin start the Harlequin MultiRIP.

If you have correctly installed the plugin the following message will appear in the RIP monitor
when you next start up the RIP:

CIP3 plugin: Version 1.5 - Copyright (C) 1997-2010 Global Graphics Software Ltd. All
Rights Reserved.

To use the plugin, choose CIP3 in the Device list in the Page Setup dialog box. Configure the device as
described in Section 3, page 6 and choose options in the Page Setup dialog box as described in Section
4, page 14.
Note: If CIP3 does not appear as an option in the Device list in the Page Setup dialog, see Section 2.1.

2.1 Plugin security

If you are using Sentinel LDK security you may be required to use a new product key. For information
on how to use the Sentinel LDK see the Sentinel LDK security document.
if you are using HLS you may be required to enter a password before you can use a plugin or other
options such as color management. If the CIP3 option does not appear as an option in the Device list in
the Page Setup dialog box, follow this procedure.
When requesting the password from your supplier you may be asked to give the serial number of your
RIP. The RIP displays this number in the main Harlequin MultiRIP window when starting up, in the
form:

Serial number: 1234-56

You must also tell your supplier the platform for which you require the password. The platform is the
combination of operating system and processor type. For example, you might specify Windows 7, and
Intel processor.
1. Once you have a password, use the File > Configure RIP menu option to display the Configure RIP
dialog box.
2. Click the Extras button in the Configure RIP dialog box to display the Extras dialog box.
3. Select the platform‐dependent entry for CIP3, and click Add. (For example, the entry for Win‐
dows 32‐bit machines, and Intel processor is cip3.i32, CIP3.)
4. Enter the password for this option given to you by your supplier, and click OK.
5. Click OK in each of the Extras and Configure RIP dialog boxes.
Once the plugin is installed fully, you can choose it as an entry in the Device list in the Page Setup dia‐
log box. Once you have chosen the device, you can click Configure Device to see the configuration dia‐
log box shown in Figure 1.
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3 Device configuration

Figure 1 CIP3 file converter configuration dialog box

The controls in this dialog box fall into categories:

• Output filename setup
• Inclusion of Digital Imposition Geometry (DIG) comments
• Inclusion of extents and transforms
• Format of the output file contents
Make the settings you wish then click OK.
Note: Not all CIP3 consuming applications can read all combinations of options in a PPF file. Choose
a combination of device configuration in this dialog box and a Style in the Page Setup dialog box that
matches the capabilities of the consuming application that you intend to use.
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3.1 Filename setup

The settings in this section allow you to name the PPF files simply and uniquely. In all cases, the file
name is based on the PostScript‐language jobname, but you have control over the length of the name,
an optional numerical sequence, and the file extension.
Directory
Click the button to use a file browser to choose the directory to hold the output file.
Alternatively, type in the text field to enter the full path to the directory you want to use. This
path must specify the disk name and all directories to an existing directory.
If you do not choose a directory, the plugin creates the files in the SW folder of the RIP installation
that you are using.
Use 8.3 Filenames
Select this check box to use DOS‐compatible short file names. Leave this check box unselected to
use long file names, upon which you can make some restrictions by selecting the remaining con‐
trols in this section.
Limit jobname to … characters
Select this check box to base the name of the file created on an initial substring of the jobname set
in the PostScript‐language file which describes the page. Use the text field to specify the maxi‐
mum number of characters you want to take from the jobname, starting from the beginning of the
name.
Leave this check box unselected to use all the alphabetic and numeric characters in the jobname.
Append … digits
Enter a number here to append a known length of numerical string to the job name in order to
create a unique name for each file produced. The number is an integer starting at 0 (zero). For
example, enter 3 in this field to generate numbers of the form: 000, 001, 002, and so on.
Extension
Enter a text string to act as an extension to the file name. The default is PPF, but you can choose
another extension if it is required by your workflow.

3.2 DIG comments

If Digital Imposition Geometry (DIG) comments are present in incoming jobs, the controls in this sec‐
tion allow you to use some of the names included in these comments as parts of CIP3 comments spec‐
ified in the Contents section of this dialog box.
DIG comments follow a specification created and maintained by ScenicSoft, Inc. The comments are
included in PostScript‐language files produced by Preps from ScenicSoft and ImpoStrip from
Ultimate Technographics Inc. The comments provide enhanced support for large format imagesetters
using more than one imaging head.
It is safe to select these check boxes for jobs that do not contain the relevant DIG comments.
Read Title
Select this check box to read the title given in any %SSiDIGTitle: comment from the incoming
job. (This title may be used to set the file name for use in the Job Name or Sheet Name fields lower
in this dialog box.)
Leave this check box unselected if you wish to ignore any %SSiDIGTitle: comment.
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Read Surface
Select this check box to read the surface given in any %SSiDIGSurface: comment from the incom‐
ing job. (This title may be used to set the file name for use in the Job Name or Sheet Name fields.)
Leave this check box unselected if you wish to ignore any %SSiDIGSurface: comment.

3.3 Extents and Transforms

There are several very similar subsections under this heading, one each for Film, Plate, Press, and Paper.
You can set all of these values or leave some at the default values.
Extents refer to the physical area of the image. Transforms are the offsets, rotation, and mirroring that it
is possible to apply. Depending on the choice that you make for Work Style, also in this section of the
dialog box, there may be a back to the sheets requiring different but related transforms.
The transforms are cumulative and executed in the top to bottom order used in this dialog box. The
transforms defined for Film are applied in moving from the raster data to the film image, the trans‐
forms for Plate are applied in moving from the film image to the plate, and so on.
A sufficiently large offset or inappropriate rotation can cause loss of image data, as Figure 2 shows. In
each of the cases, the bold outline represents the total area of the film, and the light outline represents
the image area. The shaded (gray) areas show where parts of the image are not imaged because of a
transform.

A A
A

No transform Offset Rotation

Figure 2 Transforms and possible image clipping

Note: The extents and transforms do not affect the raster that you can view in Roam. They are a
record of how the following stages of the printing workflow should handle the raster and the physical
images in order to achieve a correct product after printing, cutting, and folding.
The CIP3 PPF specification defines all geometry with respect to an origin at bottom left of the relevant
coordinate system. However, the specification does not clearly define what is the “bottom left” of a
plate, what is the imageable area of a press, and so on. You may encounter some conventions that are
specific to the way in which various vendors have interpreted the specification.
Note: All Width, Height and Offset values must be entered in points.
Width and as Job
Select the as Job check box to use the width set in the job.
Alternatively, to set a fixed value, deselect the check box and enter a value in the Width text field.
The value set here is ignored if you select the as Job check box.
Height and as Job
Select the as Job check box to use the height set in the job.
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Alternatively, to set a fixed value, deselect the check box and enter a value in the Height text field.
The value set here is ignored if you select the as Job check box.
Left Offset and Center
Select this Center check box to center the image horizontally on the film.
Alternatively, to set a fixed offset, deselect the check box and enter a value in the Left Offset text
field. A positive value moves the image to the right. The value set here is ignored if you select the
Center check box.
Note: Figure 2, page 8, shows the effect of positive values for left and bottom offsets. You can also
enter negative values.
Bottom Offset and Center
Select this Center check box to center the image vertically on the film.
Alternatively, to set a fixed offset, deselect the check box and enter a value in the Bottom Offset
text field. A positive value moves the image upwards. The value set here is ignored if you select
the Center check box.
Rotation
Select one of the rotations available in this list. The default is 0 (zero) degrees for no rotation.
Mirror
Select one of the choices available in this list. The default is None for no mirroring, but you can
choose Horizontal or Vertical for cases that require it. For example, you may require mirroring
where outputting the image emulsion‐down.
These controls re‐occur in each of the following subsections. In each case, the process the controls are
describing is the one that places the image on the item that is the title of the subsection. For example,
the settings in the Plate subsection control how the film is treated in arriving at a position on the plate.
At the end of the Film, Plate, Press, and Paper sections, there are some controls that are more general.
Work Style
This control sets the production of single or double‐sided sheets, and the relationship between
the front and back of double‐sided sheets. (See Section 3.6, page 13 for more details.) Choose one
of the entries in this list, to match the choice made during imposition and be careful of some
imposition terms that have two possible meanings.

Work style Comments

Single Sided These jobs do not have backs.

Sheetwise Invert paper transform left/right for the

back. Swap sheet lay for back.

Work & Turn These jobs do not have backs. (The same
plate is used for the back with the sheet
turned over to maintain the same gripper
or leading edge.)
Also known as: Work and Flop (but this
name is sometimes used for other styles).

Table 1 Work styles

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Work style Comments

Work & Tumble These jobs do not have backs. (The same
plate is used for the back with the sheet
tumbled over to use a different gripper or
leading edge.)
Also known as: Work and Flop, Work and
Roll.

Perfecting Sheetwise Invert paper transform top/bottom for the

back. The sheet lay is the same on the back
as on the front. Similar to: Work and Twist

Perfecting Work & Turn These jobs do not have backs. (There are
two identical plates with the plate for the
back rotated by 180 on the press, relative
to the plate for the front.)

Perfecting Work & These jobs do not have backs.

Tumble
Also known as: Perfecting Work and Roll.

Double Sided Web Invert paper transform left/right for the

back. The sheet lay is the same on the back
as on the front. (For a web, it is more
common to use the terms top form and
bottom form, rather than front and back.)

Table 1 Work styles

Sheet Lay
Choose Left or Right from this list. This choice sets the lay for the front of a double‐sided sheet.
The lay for the back of the sheet, if it is required, and different from the front, is determined by
the Work Style. (The lay is the guiding edge of the paper in the press, viewed in the direction of
paper flow.)
Include all Extents and Transforms
Select this check box to include values in the PPF file for all settings in the Extents and Transforms
section, even if they are at their default values. The default values have no effect, but the software
reading the PPF files may require the settings to be present in the PPF file.
If you leave this box unselected, the PPF file includes only the values for controls that you have
set explicitly. For example, if you have set values only for the Film and Plate subsections then only
those values (and any defaults displayed higher in this section of the dialog box) appear in the
PPF file.
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3.4 Output file contents

Note: Several options in the Page Setup dialog box also affect the contents of the file.
Version
This setting controls the CIP3 version number included in the PPF file.
The options are Version 2.0, Version 2.1, and Version 3.0.
Compression
The options are None and Run length.
None produces an uncompressed file. Run length produces a compressed file. (The compression
technique is lossless so there is no effect on image quality.)
Encoding
The options are Binary (raw), Hexadecimal, and ASCII 85.
Note: ASCII 85 is an encoding using 85 printable characters of the ASCII set from character 33 (!)
with limited line length and EOD markers
This controls the storage format of the preview images, giving various compromises between
portability and file size but does not affect the image. If you want to transfer the PPF file over net‐
works where conversion of the line‐end characters within the file is possible, then you should use
ASCII 85 or Hexadecimal. If this is not the case, use the more compact Binary format.

Job Name
Enter fixed text or a code sequence (or both) to set a value for the CIP3AdmJobName comment in the
PPF files. Section 3.5, page 11 describes the possible codes and their meanings. The default value
is the code %J which inserts the job name taken from the PostScript‐language job or a DIG com‐
ment if present.
Note: Together with the setting for Sheet Name the settings you make here allow the CIP3 plugin
to pass information to the PPF reader software that associates the sheets with a job and to identify
sheets in a double‐sided job as being front or back sides.
Sheet Name
Enter fixed text or a code sequence (or both) to set a value for the CIP3AdmSheetName comment in
a PPF file. The default value is the code Sheet %S which inserts the strings: Sheet 1, Sheet 2, and
so on. Section 3.5, page 11 describes the possible codes and their meanings. See also the note for
Job Name.
Sequence of Image Data
Allows the sequence of image data to be changed to match the expectation of a downstream CIP3
reader.
The default setting of Left to right, top to bottom matches the behavior of earlier plugins.
AntiAlias
Select this box to antialias the preview image.

3.5 Coding text entries for Job Name and Sheet Name
Both of these text fields are coded in exactly the same way. They may include: plain text, which
appears exactly as entered; with or without control sequences, which are replaced by variable text
specific to the job or sheet as the job is processed.
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Use the default values if you are in doubt about what you should include in these fields. The default
values have been selected to be compatible with many CIP3 PPF readers. If you have problems with
the defaults, please check for recommendations from the supplier of your PPF reader.
Control sequences must start with a percent character ( % ). This must be followed immediately with
either of:
• A character taken from the list below
• An integer and then a character taken from the list below
There must be no spaces between the percent character, the integer (if present), and the control char‐
acter itself.
The recognized control characters are:

%F Inserts Front for the front of a two‐sided sheet and Back for the back. All
single‐sided sheets are regarded as front sides.

%G Inserts the signature number of the imposition. This number is always 1

unless the job contains %SSiDIGSignature: comments.

%J Inserts the job name. This name is usually set by a PostScript‐language

or PDF job. If a job does not set the name, this sequence inserts the input
filename instead.

%N Inserts the file name of the job being processed. If Read Title comments
has been checked in the DIG comments section and the job contains a
%SSiDIGTitle: comment then this sequence inserts the value of that
comment.

%P Inserts the plate (surface) number, starting at 1 for the first plate in the
job.

%S Inserts the sheet number within the signature, starting at 1 for the first
sheet in the job.

%T Inserts the title description set by %%Title in the PostScript language

job.

%% Inserts a single percent character.

If you give the sequences as shown, the text inserted is the full length of a string or the required (vari‐
able) number of digits for an integer.
If you include an integer in the control sequence — for example, %3S — it is used to specify the length
or precision of the value entered into the final string. If the result of the control sequence is a string,
and that string is longer than the precision, then it is truncated after the specified number of
characters. If the result of the control sequence is an integer that has fewer digits than the precision
then it will be left‐padded with zeros to equal the precision.

3.5.1 Examples
The exact strings to enter in these fields may vary both with your workflow and with the PPF reader
or readers that you intend to use.
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In the following examples, the job name defined in the job is:

8476065 Master Document

In Job Name In the PPF file Notes

%J 8476065 Master Document Default

%7J 8476065

%J SIG%3G 8476065 Master Document

SIG001

%P. %J 1. 8476065 Master Document Matches CIP3

plugin v1.18 and
earlier

Table 2 Useful Job Name values

In Sheet Name In the PPF file Notes

Sheet %S Sheet 1 Default

%S/%G 1/1

%P. %J 1. 8476065 Master Document Matches plugin

v1.18 and earlier

Table 3 Useful Sheet Name values

3.6 Double-sided styles

There are several ways to achieve a double‐sided sheet, involving various imposition styles that may
require one or two plates. The Work Style control allows you to set up the CIP3 plugin to suit these
styles.
Whether or not the same plate is used on both the front and back of a sheet, the front to back registra‐
tion must be maintained and there is frequently a need to alter the orientation or offsets for use on the
back. Figure 3 shows the dimensions that can be affected by such changes. For example, left/right
inversion means that the horizontal offset of the back is calculated from the values on the front as
(Paper width - Plate width - Horizontal offset).
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Paper width
Front
Plate width

Paper
Plate
height
height
Horizontal
offset

Vertical offset Horizontal offset after

left/right inversion

Back

Horizontal
offset

Figure 3 Left/right inversion of offsets

4 Routine use
The remaining controls that you need to consider are in the Page Setup dialog box. In general, you
should make the settings that you would when producing real output.

4.1 Page Setup settings

The default value for Resolution is 50.8 dpi (or the equivalent 20 dpcm and 2 dpmm). This resolution is
the value suggested in the CIP3 specification referenced in Section 5, page 15.
Note: Version 1.1r8 of the CIP3 plugin applied a special interpretation to resolution which is no longer
used.
When producing the CIP3 file, the margins and alignment may need to match the films or plates
exactly; you need to be aware of this when switching PostScript Printer Descriptions (PPDs) to gener‐
ate composite color PostScript‐language jobs because margins and orientation may change also.
Instead you could use the Recombine preseparated jobs check box (in the Edit Style dialog box) so that
you can use the same jobs for film or plates and CIP3 generation.
Style (Color generation)
The options are in the Style list in the Separations, Screening & Color section of the Page Setup
dialog box:
• CMYK Composite (Pixel)
• CMYK Composite (Frame)

These choices control the layout of the data inside the CIP3 file. The CIP3 plugin will always
create files with CMYK data in them, even if you send only a single separation. (The unused sep‐
arations are empty, so with run length compression enabled they are very small.)
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The CMYK Composite (Frame) setting is readable by more applications that read PPF files.
Note: If you use the Separations Manager (by clicking the button alongside the Style list), you can
copy the CMYK Composite (Frame) style and edit it to include spot colors either by name for spe‐
cific colors or by using the existing setting (Other colors in job) to include all spot colors
found and not named elsewhere in the list. However you choose to add spot colors, set the Print?
column for your colors to Yes or Not Blank. Take care when you do this to properly duplicate the
settings in the separations style for the page setup that sends output to your real imagesetter, or
you may find different separations in the real output and in the PPF file.
Using the CIP3 output plugin you are able to change the output order of separations. The stan‐
dard order is CMYK, you can however change this to suit your requirements. For example, some
customers like to produce KMCY output. To change the order, drag and drop the colorant names
in the upper window of the Edit Style dialog. The separations are generated in list order.
If you are sending a preseparated job to the RIP, you can use the Recombine preseparated jobs
option (in the Edit Style dialog box) to recombine the separations into a composite output, so that
only one CIP3 file gets produced. The CIP3 option to produce separated or unseparated PPF files
still applies.
Calibration
Choose None in the page setup used for CIP3. (Make your normal setting for linearization in the
page setup used for output to film or plate.)
Intended Press and Actual Press
These controls are available so that you can accurately match the page setup used for output to
film or plate. The settings for CIP3 output must be the same as ones in the page setup used for
output to film or plate.

4.2 Producing acceptable input jobs

To produce composite color PostScript‐language jobs correctly, you (or the customers supplying you
with jobs) must use a PPD that supports color. You can check that you are getting composite color jobs
by checking the page buffers in the Output Controller, using the Roam button.
Similarly, you can supply jobs as any other form of input acceptable to the RIP. Note that PostScript‐
language and PDF jobs can be preseparated rather than composite. Preseparated jobs will produce
one PPF file for each separation, unless you select the Recombine preseparated jobs option in the Edit
Style dialog box.

5 Related documentation
For more details about the CIP3 format, see:
• Specification of the CIP3 Print Production Format
This specification is available from:

http://www.cip4.org/

6 Example output
The bulk of the CIP3 output file is a preview image, included as raw binary data or in an encoded
form, but the file does contain some header and trailer lines that are human readable.
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Here is a simple example for a CMYK job, prepared using the CMYK Composite (Pixel) setting:

%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%CIP3-File Version 2.0
% Generated by the Harlequin CIP3 plugin version 1.4r11
CIP3BeginSheet
/CIP3AdmJobName (eDocument Library) def
/CIP3AdmSheetName (Sheet 6) def
/CIP3AdmSoftware (Harlequin CIP3 plugin version 1.4r11) def
/CIP3AdmCreationTime (Fri Aug 20 13:02:54 2010) def
/CIP3AdmSheetLay /Left def
/CIP3AdmPSExtent [596.693 795.118] def
/CIP3AdmFilmTrf [ 1 0 0 1 0 0 ] def
/CIP3AdmFilmExtent [ 596.693 795.118 ] def
/CIP3AdmPlateTrf [ 1 0 0 1 0 0 ] def
/CIP3AdmPlateExtent [ 596.693 795.118 ] def
/CIP3AdmPressTrf [ 1 0 0 1 0 0 ] def
/CIP3AdmPressExtent [ 596.693 795.118 ] def
/CIP3AdmPaperTrf [ 1 0 0 1 0 0 ] def
/CIP3AdmPaperExtent [ 596.693 795.118 ] def
/CIP3TransferFilmCurveData [ 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 ] def
/CIP3TransferPlateCurveData [ 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 ] def
/CIP3AdmSeparationNames
.....................[ (Cyan) (Magenta) (Yellow) (Black) ] def
CIP3BeginFront
CIP3BeginPreviewImage
/CIP3PreviewImageWidth 421 def
/CIP3PreviewImageHeight 561 def
/CIP3PreviewImageBitsPerComp 8 def
/CIP3PreviewImageMatrix [ 421 0 0 -561 0 561 ] def
/CIP3PreviewImageResolution [ 50.800000 50.800000 ] def
/CIP3PreviewImageEncoding /Binary def
/CIP3PreviewImageCompression /None def
/CIP3PreviewImageByteAlign 1 def
/CIP3PreviewImageComponents 4 def
CIP3PreviewImage
.......lines of data.......
CIP3EndPreviewImage
CIP3EndFront
CIP3EndSheet
%%CIP3EndOfFile

Note: In this example, the entry for CIP3AdmSeparationNames is actually a single line but appears
here on multiple lines for clarity. Also ... lines of data ... is used to represent large regions of
data omitted from this listing.
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Copyright and Trademarks

CIP3 Output plugin v1.5
For Harlequin MultiRIP v10.0
April 2013
Part number: HMR‐1.5‐CIP3
Document issue: 103
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