CRON LaBoo CTP Output System Operation Manual Hangzhou CRON Machinery & Electronics Co., Ltd No.99, Jinyi Road, Xiaoshan Economic and Technological Development Zone, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, P.R.China TEL: 0571-8283 8989 FAX: 0571-8283 8877 Foreword The contents of this manual and the version are subject to change without further notice Unless otherwise specially indicated, the name, corporate name and data used in the examples in this manual are all fictional The patent, trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights of this manual and the technologies and products involved in this manual shall be possessed by CRON Machinery & Electronics Co.,Ltd Without the prior written consent of CRON Machinery & Electronics Co.,Ltd., this manual shall in no way grant the license for those patents, trademarks, copyrights or other intellectual property rights Copyright reserved © (2007-2010) CRON Machinery & Electronics Co.,Ltd All rights reserved CRON and LaBoo are the registered trademarks of Hangzhou CRON Machinery & Electronics Co.,Ltd Microsoft, Windows, and Windows XP are the trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation The labels and product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of respective companies All rights relating to the software version of LaBoo CTP Output system belong to Hangzhou CRON Machinery & Electronics Co.,Ltd Hangzhou CRON Machinery & Electronics Co.,Ltd shall produce and be fully responsible for the marketing of all software products and their subsequent upgraded products in this manual This software product is LaBoo CTP Output system developed by Hangzhou CRON for the control of CTP system Output and can be operated in WindowsXP and Windows 32-digit Operating System environments This manual introduces the installation method of output software and the installation method of dongle, describes various functions on software interface, and briefs the entire workflow and precautions of the software and other information of the software I Special Note Before installing, please make sure that the date and time of the computer system are accurate It is not allowed to modify the date and time after installation of the software; otherwise, the device may stop working II Contents Foreword I Special Note II I.Quick Guide .1 1.Install Software 2.Install Dongle 3.Update Restriction 4.Input the Device Parameters 5.Add Template 6.Device Initialization 7.Output II.Software Installation 1.Install Output Software (LaBoo) Install Dongle 15 2.1 Continue to install dongle directly 15 2.2 Boot up LaBoo Window 20 III.Software Operation 25 Interface Introduction 26 1.1 Operate 26 1.2 View 34 1.3 Help 35 1.4 Shortcut Key 38 1.5 Parameter Template List 40 1.6 Wait Output Job Queue 40 1.7 Finish Job Queue 40 1.8 Display Prompting Message 41 1.9 Parameter Template Arrangement 42 1.10 Device Status Monitor 42 Input initialization sequence number 44 2.1 Input Mode 44 Create Template 47 3.1 Template List 47 I 3.2 Create New Template 48 3.3 Create Hot Folder 55 3.4 Other information 56 3.5 Confirm Template Creation 58 3.6 Edit Template 58 3.7 Replace Template 60 3.8 Open File 61 Output 66 4.1 Single Output 66 4.2 Continuous Output 66 4.3 Re-Output 68 Appendix 69 1.Focal Length Test: 69 Power Test 73 Appendix 74 LaBoo Error Message and Suggestions 74 II I.Quick Guide 1.Install Software 1.1 Insert the accompanying CD-ROM, find setup.exe file under the file directory of CD-ROM, and install software according to the prompts, as shown in Figure 1-1-1: Figure 1-1-1 1.2 After installing the software, the desktop will display LaBoo logo Installation contents will be displayed in program bar as shown in Figure 1-1-2 and Figure 1-1-3 Figure 1-1-2 Figure 1-1-3 Laboo Operation Manual 2.Install Dongle You may select to continue to install after installing Output software directly or select to boot up LaBoo window A Directly install Output software as shown in Figure 1-2-1 Figure 1-2-1 B Enter “Help” → “About LaBoo (A)” → “Install Dongle” from LaBoo window as shown in Figure 1-2-2 and Figure 1-2-3 Figure 1-2-2 Figure 1-2-3 Install Dongle according to prompts 3.Update Restriction If the system prompt reads “dongle expired” or the job information bar prompt reads “the licensed Output of the software is less than 500 times, please contact your dealer in time”, please immediately update software restriction The specific procedures are: click “Help” → “About LaBoo (A)” → “Update Restriction” and find the update file *.upd and “Open” Update is completed as shown in Figure 1-3-1 Quick Guide Note: *.upd is the decoding file provided by CRON or its dealer It is used for designating the service conditions and time limitation of LaBoo software Figure 1-3-1 4.Input the Device Parameters Click the shortcut key “Engineer Operate” on faceplate or menu bar “Operate” → “Engineer Operate”, “Modify Device Parameter”, “Read in Device Control Parameters”, and select “Read in Parameters from Device” after going on-line; once parameters are successfully read, it will display as shown in Figure 1-41: Figure 1-4-1 Laboo Operation Manual 5.Add Template 5.1 Click the shortcut key “Template” on faceplate or menu bar “Operate” → “Modify Output Template”, enter template list as shown in Figure 1-5-1: Figure 1-5-1