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Copying the Megarip C5 Media Library and Printers

Megarip C5 does not have access to the database Archive utility included with other Serendipity Megarip products. However, for various reasons, it may be necessary for a user to move or copy the C5 Media Library and/or Printers to a … Continue reading

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Installing the Dongle Driver on Mac OS X 10.9.x and above

Serendipity Blackmagic, Megarip and Veripress were affected by a Sentinel dongle driver error that caused an operating system crash when attempting to run the Server on Mac OS X 10.9 and above. A new Mac OS X 10.9+ compatible dongle … Continue reading

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Minimise Cutting for Nested Jobs

The Nesting feature of Serendipity Blackmagic/Megarip/C5 is designed to automatically arrange queued jobs to best use the space available on the printer media, minimising waste. In some cases however, this can make printed jobs time consuming to cut. Version 5.4.01+ … Continue reading

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Spot Colour plates not separating or printing in Megarip Screen Print

Problem: Spot colours plates in files submitted for printing as screen print separations are not being printed and/or are being amalgamated into CMYK plates. Serendipity Megarip does not have in the capability to process spot colours except as a separated … Continue reading

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Waiting for Correct Media – QueueManager job status

Submitted jobs are not printing and are listed in the QueueManager with a status of ‘Waiting for Correct Media’. Why? Answer: The Output queue (printer) to which the jobs are being sent has a Media assigned it different to the … Continue reading

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