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    Roland BN DRIVER for Windows(R) 11
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We do recommend you to read through this document first for your better understanding of Roland BN DRIVER. This "Readme" file provides some important information to install Roland BN DRIVER.

Explanation here is assuming that you are already familiar with operations on Windows. The further information about operation on Windows, please refer the user's manual from Microsoft Corp.

If you are reading this file with Notepad, check 'WordWrap' in Edit menu so that you can read more easily.


< Table of Contents >

1. System Requirements
2. Installing the Driver
3. Uninstalling the Driver
4. Important Notes


* "Windows(R)" is registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft(R) Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
* "Adobe" and "Adobe Illustrator" are registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries.
* Corel and CorelDRAW are registered trademarks or trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited.
Other company and product names appearing herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Copyright (C) 2022  Roland DG Corporation


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< 1. System Requirements >

- Microsoft(R) Windows 11 operating system
- Intel(R) Core 2 Duo or higher processor
- 2 Gbytes or more of RAM
- 30 Mbytes or more of free hard disk space for installation
- USB interface (USB 2.0 Hi-Speed is required.)


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< 2. Installing the Driver >

*	Log on as a user with administrator rights.
*	If an older version of the driver is installed, uninstall it before you install the new one. For more information about how to remove the driver, refer to the next section, "Uninstalling the Driver."

1.	Switch off the power to the machine, then detach the connector cable between the machine and the computer.
2.	Turn on the computer. After Windows has started, turn on the machine. At this time, do not attach the connector cable to the computer and the machine yet.
3.	From the [Start] menu, choose [All Programs], then [Accessories], then [Run], and then click [Browse].
4.	Choose the name of the drive or folder where the driver is located.
5.	Select "SETUP64.EXE" and click [Open], then click [OK].
6.	The [User Account Control] appears, click [Allow].
7.	The Setup program for the driver starts.
8.	Click [Install] to choose it.
	Choose the machine and connection port you're using, then click [Start].
9.	After installation has finished, use the cable to make the connection between the computer and the machine.


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< 3. Uninstalling the Driver >

*	Log on as a user with administrator rights.

1.	Switch off the power to the machine, then detach the connector cable between the machine and the computer.
2.	Start Windows.
3.	Click [Desktop].
4.	Move the mouse to the bottom right corner to display the Charm, then click [Settings].
5.	Click [ControlPanel], and then click [Uninstall a program].
6.	Click the driver for the machine to delete to select it, then click [Uninstall].
7.	A message prompting you to confirm deletion appears. Click [Yes].
8.	Click [Start]-[Desktop].
9.	Start Windows Explorer, then open the drive or folder where the driver is located. (*)
10.	Double-click "SETUP64.EXE".
11.	The [User Account Control] appears, click [Allow].
12.	The Setup program for the driver starts.
13.	Click [Uninstall] to choose it.
	Select the machine to delete, then click [Start].
14.	If it is necessary to restart your computer, a window prompting you to restart it appears. Click [Yes].
15.	After the computer has restarted, start [ControlPanel], then click [View devices and printers].
16.	Right-click the icon of the machine to delete, then click [Remove device].


(*) When using the CD-ROM, specify the folder as shown below (assuming your CD-ROM drive is the D drive).

	D:\Drivers\WIN11X64

If you're not using the CD-ROM, go to the Roland DG Corp. website (http://www.rolanddg.com/) and download the driver for the machine you want to delete, then specify the folder where you want to expand the downloaded file.


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< 4. Important Notes >

- If you are using the white ink model of BN-20, the windows driver is unavailable for creating "printdata." Therefore, you cannot print from application softwares (such as Illustrator, CorelDRAW, R-Works, so on) by using windows driver.
Roland VersaWorks is available for printing because it can create "printdata" by itself and output the data to BN-20 through only a port of windows driver.

- This driver does not support [Test Print].

- Even if there are blank sections, in which there is no print data, the printer feeds the sheet by the sheet size length specified by the driver. To prevent wasting sheets, (1) after printing finishes, raise the pinch lever, and then position the sheet so that printing will start at an unused section or (2) set the sheet size length so that it is slightly larger than the print data.

- Specify the line width for cutting lines as follows.
It may not be possible to cut lines of the specified width.

* Program Settings
  CorelDRAW X7/X6/X5/X4	-- Hairline

- When you will output TrueType or OpenType fonts, you should generate 'outlines' of texts to convert them into vector data.

- When you remove the USB removable device (USB flash drive or USB hard disk etc.), you must run [Safely Romove Hardware and Eject Media] or [Eject] before detaching it. If you remove the USB device without it in process of printing, the printing may be aborted.


##### Important Notes When Performing Output from Adobe Illustrator #####

- Illustrator : You cannot print rectangles with metallic line or fill colors.
gRectanglesh refers to shapes that meet all the following conditions.

	Four anchor points
	Four 90-degree angles
	Rotation angle of 0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees

* These conditions may also apply to the uppercase gih and lowercase gLh characters.

To avoid this problem, select the rectangle, and then click the [Object] menu, [Path], and then [Add Anchor Points]. You can add anchor points to a rectangle without changing the rectangle's shape.
For text, first make the text into an outline, and then add anchor points by following the above procedure.

- When you want to print in metallic color and when you want to perform cutting, clear the [Print As Bitmap] checkbox in the [Print] dialog box.
To display the [Print] dialog box, click [Print] on the [File] menu.

- Set the document's color mode to [RGB]. If you select CMYK mode, the CMYK values will be converted to RGB values when the output is generated.
In this situation, the RGB colors that you used the driver to specify as metallic colors and cutting lines will differ from the RGB colors that are generated by Illustrator, so you will not be able to print metallic colors or perform cuts.

- Please don't cancel printing by operating Illustrator. If you cancel printing, press the BN-20 power button for a few seconds.
When you print from Illustrator to BN-20, the now printing message is displayed. If you click [Cancel] button in the message box, but the printing process is still alive. You cannot operate the Illustrator untill the end of printing process.


##### Important Notes When Performing Output from CorelDRAW #####

- Set the document's color mode to [RGB]. If you select CMYK mode, the CMYK values will be converted to RGB values when the output is generated.
In this situation, the colors that you used the driver to specify as metallic colors and cutting lines will differ from the colors that are generated by CorelDRAW, so you will not be able to print metallic colors or perform cuts.


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If you have further questions or problem, please contact to your local vendor or Roland sales center.
