Download Pegasys to Horizon

If images are not being received by the printer but the ping command comes back successfully, restart the
Codonics Print daemon: right-click on the desktop to display the Pegasys Main Menu, and then right-click
PATIENT UTILITIES > CODONICS UTILITIES > RESTART CODONICS PRINT DAEMON.
Setting the Horizon as the Default Printer
See also the section Setting the Codonics Printer as the Default in the Codonics Color Dye Sublimation
Printers Ver. 7.0 Release Document. To set the Horizon as the default for all sessions, use the Set
Default Devices application. Click on SYSTEM MAINTENANCE > SET DEFAULT DEVICES >
CHANGE DEFAULT SETTINGS > CHANGE DEFAULT FORMATTER.
To change the default printer for a single session:
1. Display the Formatting Control Panel by right-clicking on the Format icon and selecting Control
Panel from the pop-up menu.
2. Right-click on the Formatter button and selecting a Codonics printer from the pop-up menu. Click
Proceed.
3. When the application is closed, the default printer will revert to the printer set through Set Default
Devices or through the Print Preview.
Adjusting Image Quality
The Horizon provides a number of adjustments that can be used to optimize printed image quality. These
adjustments are invoked using the Configuration Info field in the Configuration screen.
The most important setting for color printing is Codonics’ exclusive Medical Color Matching (MCM) setting.
The setting devised for Horizon is MCM 103.
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Gamma: Affects the overall lightness or darkness of the printed image while preserving full black and full
white. An increase in gamma value will lighten the printed image; a decrease in gamma value will
darken the printed image.
Contrast: Enhances or reduces the contrast of the printed image. Positive settings will enhance contrast
while negative settings will reduce contrast in the printed image.
Saturation: Color prints only. As saturation increases colors get brighter and more vibrant. Negative
saturation (desaturation) removes color and makes them more muted.
An example of the Configuration Info line using three settings is:
mcm=103\gamma=1.2\contrast=5
Codonics Driver printing only: If the print is too dark and changes to settings do not seem to have any effect,
create a special Custom Job Setting for the printer:
1. Go to the printer and press the left arrow and the Menu key (
+ Menu ).
2. Press the down arrow to Custom Job Settings, then press Enter.
3. Go to New… and press Enter.
4. Go to Name and press Enter.
5. Press the left and right arrows (
)simultaneously. Enter the name RAW_JS by using the up and
down-arrows. Press Enter when this is complete.
6. Next, go to the LUT setting and press Enter. Change the LUT to Visual.
7. Press Enter, then Menu, then send a print from the Pegasys to verify the change.
8. If further adjustment is required, return to the Custom Job Settings menu (steps 1 and 2), go to
Edit, and change the Gamma value to 1.3. Exit using Menu. Test this new configuration, and
increase the gamma by .3 until the desired lightness is reached. Gamma should not go above 2.0; if
prints are still too dark at that gamma then there is another issue.
Erica Sommer
Codonics, Inc.
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