hello I'm Brian Manwaring director of product management here at onyx graphics sometimes
getting started with a new software product can be intimidating so today I'm going to walk you
through the basics of using onyx products and show you how simple it can be to get started
one of the easiest things about onyx products is that no matter which product you're using whether
it's onyx thrive onyx productionhouse post your shop or rip Center all of our products are built
based on the same look and feel that way as your business grows onyx makes it simple to
grow with you without having to learn a new way of printing to get started today we're going to
first walk you through the basics of printing your first job then we'll cover navigating onyx
rip-queue onyx job editor and cut server and finally we'll discuss some of our more advanced
printing features so let's get started the first question new users of onyx software ask is how
do I print my first job here let me show you the first thing we're going to do is to open
the image into the software so go up here and click the Open button on the toolbar and the
screen that comes up will show you thumbnails of all of the images here in my folder so I'm
going to pick the image I'd like to print blue car and then I need to pick which printer I want
this to be on so I've got printer a selected all I need to do is click open that'll bring
this the image into the software and you'll see that it's it's ripping right now if I
select that image it'll generate a preview over here on the side so I can make sure that's set
up correctly and then all I need to do to print is to click on my printer and click print now
it's that simple getting started with onyx is quick and easy and only takes just a few clicks
now what happens if you need to print multiple copies of an image or what if you need to change
to a different kind of media let's go back to rip-queue and i'll show you some of the ways
you can make changes to a job first let me show you the interface of rip-queue you'll see at the
top we have a toolbar with common tools that are used throughout the printing workflow below that
is a list of the printers that are installed on your system I've got printer and printer be the
main area of the software here is the jobs ready to print area so this is showing you all of the
jobs that are being prepared or currently ready to be printed and at the bottom you see a list
of jobs that have already been printed now this section over here on the right this is showing
you previews of your jobs as well as additional information so let's go ahead and open up a number
of files at the same time I'll go click open I'm just going to select a few images I'd like
to print again I need to pick which printer I'm printing this on so printer a and here's an area
which is for job ticket information so I have an opportunity here to enter some additional
information if I have a job ticket an order number or maybe a customer name I can enter that here so
this job I'm going to enter this for company ABC and then I'm going to click open so all three of
those images that I selected are now being brought into the software and they're currently ripping so
if I click on any one of those you'll be able to see a preview of that more detailed or if I click
on my printer up here you'll see a nest of how all of those images can be printed together now as we
asked how do we make changes to some of these jobs so let me open up one of these just double click
on the image and it brings up another window I've got a color manage to preview here that shows me a
color accurate rendering of what that file will look like when it's printed and I have common
options here to make some simple changes to the job so for example if I want to print more than
one copy of the image all I have to do is change the number of copies if I need to change what the
media is set to so it'll print on a different kind of media I can change that right here I'm
gonna change this to photo paper if I'd like to as well I can also rotate the image here simply
by just choosing the right setting and then I'll click OK and again that image is getting prepared
to be printed on that new type of media on photo paper so if I want to print this it's very simple
all I need to do is click on my printer now I have it set right now to adhesive vinyl and I
changed my media so let's change that very quickly by clicking change changing what kind of media I'm
using click OK and now you'll notice that the job that I set three copies of is ready to print all
I need to do is click print in rip-queue onyx keeps it all in the same place making it easy
to navigate and quickly send jobs to the printer we've gone over the basics of sending files but
what happens if you need to make changes to the file itself to prepare it for printing let me
show you an application we have called job editor to open the image in job editor I'm going to start
here and rip-queue select the image I'd like to change and then I can either open the image in
job editor by clicking on the toolbar up here at the top or by clicking this job editor button on
the right so I'll go ahead and click the button and then open this job into job editor now with
the image loaded you'll see across the top here I've got several tabs that provide me all of the
tools I need to prepare my job for printing the first tab is my printer and media tab so I've got
a choice here to make adjustments to which media I'm printing on what my print mode is if I'd like
to change what the color management options are for an image I can do that right here and also
select which cutter is going to be used for for contour cutting this image on the preview and
size tab I've got the ability to make size changes for my image so here under image size let's say I
want to make this image 25 inches I just changed that very simply here and then if let's say I
want to crop the image down I can do that by just simply grabbing the side and setting my crop to be
what I'd like it to be right there I've also got options to rotate the image or to mirror it if I'd
like to some of the other tabs include tiling I've got a color correction tab where I can make color
edits to the image and when I'm all ready to go go over here to the print tab I can set the number
of copies the way I'd like that to be and then simply click click Submit job editor gives you an
organized place to quickly find all of the tools you need to make prepping files for print easy
sometimes printed jobs need to be sent through a cutting device for finishing let me show you
how this is handled in onyx Saharan rip-queue I've got several jobs that are needing to be
printed let me go and find a couple of jobs that are for my customer ABC and let's get those ready
for printing and for cutting so a new feature here in onyx 11 is the ability to search for
jobs here in the queue so if I go up in here and I just type in ABC it's going to bring up
all of the jobs that match that customer so this painted lady job let's change that and get that
ready for cutting again in this job properties window I've got all the options I need here to
make some simple changes so the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to select a cutter here
under contour cutter selection and to pick my graphtec cutter and the other thing I'd like
to do is when I print this image I want to be able to cut around the edge of that so that I
don't have to do that manually so I'm going to go over here to the marks tab and choose the
option generate tile outline cut paths that'll place a cut path right around the edge of that
image I'm gonna go ahead and click OK now this job's ready for for cutting let me go up to my
printer and you'll be able to see all of the jobs that are ready to print and there's another one
that was here in the queue this onyx 11 shield that's also ready for printing and cutting so
I'm going to go ahead and click print now the softer is going to generate the print
it's also generating the cutting instructions needed for finishing this job so if I go over
to cut server you'll see in cut server there's a new job here under my graphtec cutter so if
I select that you'll see all of the paths and outlines needed for my cutting as soon as my
print is done I'm ready to go I can just click cut now by taking an integrated approach to printing
and cutting onyx has made finishing your prints easy well that's the basics but it's only the
beginning there are also more advanced features to give you great color and more control over
your workflow here quick sets and hot folders make it easy to automate your workflow saving
valuable set-up time during production our new swatch books feature recently introduced in
onyx 11 provides a quick way of matching those hard to hit colors we also have tools for easy
matching of Pantone colors color replacements and profiling here at onyx graphics we're working hard
to give you all of the tools you need to create great prints today we've covered some of the
basics to get you started if you're interested in learning more about how to use our products visit
our website at onyx GFX comm or contact your local reseller for more training opportunities