InfoSheet 2:
Cumulus Network & DCS Files

This infosheet gives you some more information about using Desktop Color Seperation (DCS) files with Cumulus.

Cumulus Network and Cumulus PowerPro catalog the DCS master file only. When you try to catalog one of the four color seperation files (*.c, *.m, *.y, *.k) Cumulus will ignore these files.

The menu items used for manipulation of the image files (delete, copy, move, find) are not useful for handling DCS files because they only work with the cataloged master files. So when you use the "Copy image file..." menu item only the master file is copied and not the four color seperations.

The four manipulation commands for DCS files are implemented as scripts in the Cumulus Network version and can be accessed using the "Scripts" menu. You have to select the record (or a number of records) you want to work with and then select the appropriate menu item to activate the function. The names of the scripts and of the menu items and its functions are as follows:
Delete DCS Files - deletes the record in the database, the referenced master file and the four color seperation files.
Copy DCS Files to Folder... - Cumulus asks the user to select a folder. The master and the four color seperation files are copied
into the specified folder.
Move DCS Files to Folder...- Cumulus asks the user to select a folder. The master and the four color seperation files are moved into the specified folder.
Find DCS File - Cumulus launches the folder including the master and the four seperation files. These files are marked.

It is important for the scripts that the files which belong together are in the same folder.


If you have further questions please send email:

In the United States:
support@canto-software.com

In Europe and Asia:
support@canto.de

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