E DISC TITLE PRINTER for CW-100 Ver.4.10 For Windows® User’s Guide • We recommend that you print on a disc* before you record anything on it. Printing on a disc that already has data recorded on it can cause the data to become corrupted. • Note that CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. shall not be held liable for any loss or corruption of data on discs arising through the use of this product. * CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, etc.
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Importing Text Data ..................................................... 26 Contents Importing CD-TEXT Data for a Music Label ..................... Importing Windows Media Player Data for a Music Label . Importing Easy CD Creator Data for a Music Label .......... Importing File and Folder Name for a Data Label or Digital Image Label ....................... Importing Data Created with a Previous Version ................. About the Bundled CD-ROM and CD-R .............................
Configuring Font Settings (Free Text Template, Free Design Template) ................ 50 Other Operations Inserting a Label Background Image (Free Text Layout) ...................................................... 51 Configuring Advanced Settings ..................................... 61 To configure advanced print settings .............................. 61 Registering and Deleting a Phrase Memor y Entry ............ 62 To configure advanced layout settings ............................
About the Bundled CD-ROM and CD-R Handling Precautions • Handle the disc to avoid finger smudges, dir t, scratches, etc. on either of its surfaces. • Should the disc become dir ty, use an eyeglass cleaning cloth or some other soft dry cloth to wipe it lightly from the center of the disc outwards towards its edge. Never use phonograph record cleaner or any other cleaning agent.
Scope of This Manual Using the Assistant Feature The DISC TITLE PRINTER application has an Assistant feature that guides you step-by-step through certain operations. (See page 22.) This manual does not cover standard Windows operations. This manual covers operating procedures for the DISC TITLE PRINTER application only. It does not include any detailed information about standard Windows operations like the following.
3.Click Save. • All of the sample screens in this manual show operation under the English version of Windows XP. Screens appear differently when running the application under another operating system. • Note that the screen images shown in this manual may dif fer somewhat from those that actually appear on your computer screen.
The sections of this manual are arranged as shown below. Refer to the indicated pages for details. How to use this Manual Getting Ready • Installing the DISC TITLE PRINTER application Label Making Overview (page 12) • This section takes you through the basic label creation and printing process, using a music CD label as an example.
CW-100 Printer Features After using this DISC TITLE PRINTER application to create the labels you want, you can connect your printer to your computer and print them. • Music Discs Labels can include artist names and track titles (page 20). You can also import track names from Windows MediaTM Player, or Easy CD Creator, or you can import CD-TEXT from a CD (page 26). • Screen shots shown in this manual are based on Windows Media Player for Windows XP.
Important! This printer and its software do not include functions for recording to a CD-R, CD-RW or other types of discs. • Data Discs You can import the names of folders and files you plan to store on a disc and print them on its label. You can also type in information manually (pages 20 and 30). Business report.xls Holiday work.xls New employees research data.doc Weekly meeting summary.doc New order.xls Counter error data.
CW-100 Printer Features • Print with TrueType fonts installed on your PC (page 39). • Support for both text and images (page 41). Note that images are printed in monochrome. • A collection of preset templates lets you produce great looking labels with minimum effort.
• A Free Text Template allows more control over the appearance and layout of text (Free Text → page 46). • A Free Design template gives you almost total freedom for laying out text and images to create exactly the look you want (Free Design → page 46).
Label Making Overview To create a label Label Creation Basics 1. On your Windows desktop, double-click the DISC TITLE PRINTER for CW-100 short cut icon. After you install the DISC TITLE PRINTER application, connect the printer to your computer, and load an ink ribbon cassette into the printer,* you can perform this operation in this section to actually print a label. This section takes you through the basics of label making, from layout, to printing and storage.
2. Select the “Vertical” or “Horizontal” option, and then click 3. Click OK. • This starts up the DISC TITLE PRINTER application and then displays a label template selection menu. • Use the Advanced Settings dialog box (page 61) to control whether or not the printer orientation dialog box appears each time you start up the DISC TITLE PRINTER application. . This displays the main window for the music label template.
4. Input the text data you want. Configuring Template Setting Move the cursor to the label input boxes, and then type in the disc title, artist names, and track names. The text you input appears in the preview image on the screen. 5. Click . This displays a dialog box for selecting the print pattern. Note See page 36 for details about print pattern setting. 6.
7. Click Selecting a Font . This displays a dialog box for selecting the text layout. 9. Click . This displays a dialog box for making font settings. Note See page 37 for details about changing the text layout pattern. 8. Click . 10. Confirm that Title tab is selected. Note If a different tab is displayed, click Title. 11. For Font Size, select 2.
12. Click the To print a label Artist Name tab. Important! • See the separate “Printing Pr ecautions” sheet for impor tant information about printing conditions. • Do not try to use this printer to print on a mini CD-R or a CD-R business card. Doing so can damage the printer. Use the printer to print on 12cm discs only. • We recommend that you print on a disc befor e you record anything on it. Printing on a disc that already has data recorded on it can cause the data to become corrupted. 1.
• The dialog box shown below appears on your computer screen when the disc tray opens. 1 3. Place the disc onto the disc tray. • Placing a disc onto the tray when the printer is standing up vertically 3 4 5 6 2 1 Shows how the disc should be oriented when placed on the disc tray. Note • You can specify the vertical/horizontal configuration of your printer using the Printer Orientation setting on the Print 2 tab of the Advanced Settings dialog box (page 61). 2 Click to start printing.
4. Close the disc tray. Printing on a disc that already has something printed on it • Press in lightly on the tray, press the Eject button, or click the button on the DISC TITLE PRINTER application screen. This printer will not print properly over a logo or other printing that is already on a disc. For such a disc, you will need to use the printer's built-in printing guide to make sure that printing is performed in the correct location. 1 Pull the printing guide from the printer.
To save label data 1. Click . 2. On the menu that appears, click Save. 3. Check the file name and then click Save. The label data is saved in your Windows My Documents folder. Note See page 33 for details about saving label data. To quit the DISC TITLE PRINTER application 1. Click . 2. On the menu that appears, click Exit. Note You can also quit the application by clicking the button in the upper right corner of a main window.
Label Making with Preset Templates 3. Click the label template you want to use. Automated Label Layout • You can select from among five label templates. Selecting a template displays its main window, which contains the elements for the template you select. • Input the text you want. A selection of content-specific preset label formats makes label creation as easy as selecting the right format and filling in the blanks.
Digital Image Label • If you want to create your own original layout, select the Free Text or Free Design template. See “Creating an Original Label Layout” on page 46 for more information.
Using the Assistant Screen Using the Assistant Feature When you are unsure of DISC TITLE PRINTER application operations... Follow the instructions on the Assistant screen for quick and easy labels. The Assistant feature provides you with step-by-step guidance for creating labels and performing other operations. The Assistant screen does not appear while the Free Text or Free Design label template is displayed. Even after you are accustomed to making labels...
2 File Button Clicking the button displays a menu of commands that you can use to perform the operations described below. Using the Main Window The information in this section describes the main window for the music label template.
Output a list of file names on a printer (page 35) Quit the DISC TITLE PRINTER application Click a file name to display the corresponding label data. Note that only the last five files you have saved appear in this list. Create Data Index File Exit 8 Printing Pattern Panel This panel shows the location and orientation of the printing on the currently selected label. Click this panel when you want to change the location and orientation of the printing.
t Label Preview Image You can use this image to get an idea of what your label will look like, before you actually print it. y Eject Button Opens the disc tray. This button performs the same operations as the Eject button on the front of the printer. Important! The Eject button is disabled while a printing operation is in progress.
Importing Text Data Importing data helps to eliminate the need for inputting text by hand. The following describes the type of text data you can impor t into labels. Music Labels CD-TEXT data, or track name and other data created by Windows Media Player or Easy CD Creator Data Label or Digital Image Label File names and folder names You can also import text data you created using a previous version of CASIO DISC TITLE PRINTER application and conver t it to CW-100 format. 3.
Importing Windows Media Player Data for a Music Label Important! The DISC TITLE PRINTER application suppor ts display of English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. Note, however, that your system may not be able to display Japanese, Korean and Chinese correctly if it is not configured for the special characters used by these languages. • • • • • What is Windows Media Player? • Windows Media Player is an application that lets you playback and manage multimedia files that are on your computer or the Internet.
7. Select the playlist you created in step 3, and then click 3. After importing the track list, select Export Playlist to File... from the File menu, and save data to a playlist file (a file with the file name extension “asx”). With Windows Media Player 7.0, it is not necessar y to copy the music. Note See Windows Media Player online help for full details about its operation. Open. A dialog box for selecting the specific text you want to impor t appears after all the text on the CD is read.
6. On menu that appears, click Importing Easy CD Creator Data for a Music Label Import and then Import Easy CD Creator Project List. This displays a dialog box for opening a file. Note Easy CD Creator • Easy CD Creator is CD-R and CD-RW writing software. DISC TITLE PRINTER application supports project lists created using Easy CD Creator for incorporation into a music label. This capability is supported for data created using Easy CD Creator 4.0 and 5.0.
Importing File and Folder Name for a Data Label or Digital Image Label To import file names 1. On the file names, and then click . 2. Click Import and then Import File Name. To import a folder name 1. On the data label template or digital image label template main win- dow, move the cursor to the label input box where you want to import Use the following procedures to import a folder name and file names for data label or digital image label. This displays a dialog box for selecting files.
Importing Data Created with a Previous Version Perform the following steps to impor t data from a file that was created using a previous version DISC TITLE PRINTER application, and conver t it to DISC TITLE PRINTER for CW-100 Ver. 4.10 format. This procedure supports conversion and import of files whose names end with the extension “.ctp” or “.ctw”. 1. On the main window, click 2. On the menu that appears, . point to Import and then click Import TITLE PRINTER Data.
6 Insert Inserts a new line above the one that is currently selected in a label input box. Useful Text Input Functions Right-clicking the DISC TITLE PRINTER application main window displays a shortcut menu of commands that come in handy during text input. w e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 q Before text editing 7 Time Stamp Stamps the current date into the label input box. The date that is stamped is the one being kept by your PC’s clock. 8 Phrase Memory Shows a list of preset phrases.
3. Click Save As. Saving Label Data 1. Click the This displays the Save As dialog box. button. 2. On the menu that appears, click Save. This displays a dialog box for saving label data. 4. Specify the folder in • Save: This button appears if this is the first time you are saving the label data. Clicking this button saves the data, assigning the title name as the file name. If the label data you are editing has already been saved, this button name changes to Overwrite.
Opening a Label Data File Perform the following steps when you want to open an existing label data file. • See page 31 for information about opening a file created using previous version DISC TITLE PRINTER application. 1. Click the button. 2. On the menu that appears, click Open. This displays a dialog box for selecting the file you want to open. 3. Select the name of the file you want to open, and then click Open. The data in the file is displayed in the label input box and the label preview image.
3. Select the folder for which you want to create a data index, and then Creating a Data Index File click OK. This displays the Save As dialog box. For a disc that contains so much data that it cannot fit on a label, you can use the following procedure to create a data index file that you can print out on a computer printer. 1. Click the button. 2. On the menu that appears, click Create Data Index File. This displays a dialog box for selecting a folder. 4.
Important! With print patterns 8 through q, only one line of text can be printed in each label print area, regardless of the font size (1×, 2×, 3×) setting. Configuring Layout Settings You can control the appearance of your labels using the printing pattern and text layout panels, and the Font and Image buttons. Any changes you make to a label are immediately reflected in the label preview image. To configure print pattern settings 1. On the main window, click the To configure layout settings panel.
To modify a preset print pattern Configuring Text Layout Settings 1. On the main window, click You can select from a number of different layouts for the text on your labels. . This displays a dialog box for selecting a print pattern. 2. Click About the Layout Panel This Displays a menu of options. . This displays a dialog box for configuring advanced print pattern settings. 1 2 Template Music Label 1 The settings you configure are reflected here. 3.
To configure text layout settings To modify a preset text layout 1. Click the 1. On the main window, click panel. This displays a menu for selecting a text layout. 2. Click . . This displays a menu for selecting a text layout. The settings you configure are reflected here. 2. Click the text layout to which you want to change. This causes the text layout panel and the label preview image to change in accordance with the text layout you selected. 3.
3. Click the L button in Font. Configuring Font Settings Use the procedures in this section to control the font, attribute, and size settings of label text. 1. On the main window, click the button. This displays a dialog box for configuring font settings. 4. Select the font you want from the list that appears. 5. In the Font Style group, select one or more of the available options (Double Wide, Italic, Bold). Note The standard default is all font styles unchecked. 2.
• With print patterns 1, 4, and 5 (page 36), selecting certain font sizes can cause text in the upper par t of the label preview image to shift to the lower part, or text in the lower par t of the image to shift to the upper part. 6. In the Font Size group, specify the number of lines and the font size. To do this: Select this number of line option: Print 6 lines per label 6 lines: Print 9 lines per label 9 lines: • The number of lines you can print per label also depends on the font size.
Inserting an Image into a Label 2. If you are creating a label that allows input of multiple images, tap the tab for the image (Image 1 or Image 2) you want to input. You can use either of following two methods to input an image into a label. • Inputting an image from a file • Capturing a PC screen image 3. Click Open Image.
2. Display the screen you want to capture. 5. Click Capture. This minimizes the main window. 3. On the Windows taskbar, click DISC TITLE PRINTER for CW-100. Note To cancel the capture operation, press the Esc key or right-click your mouse. This displays the main window. 6. Locate the mouse pointer at one of the corners of the area you want to select for capture. Holding down the left mouse button, drag the pointer to the corner that is diagonally opposite the one you star ted from. 4.
7. After making sure the preview shows the image you want, click Controlling the Aspect Ratio of an Image OK. Note that the layout preview image on the main window shows a monochrome version of the image you selected. Perform the following steps to specify whether the aspect ratio should be maintained when the image is resized, and to specify the position of the image. Note • See page 44 for information about monochrome conversion dithering settings. 1.
About color images... Maintain Aspect Ratio On When you insert a color image, it is automatically conver ted to a monochrome image. The colors of the image are expressed as different shades of gray. 1. While the image you inser ted is displayed in the layout preview im- age, click the L button in Dithering. Maintain Aspect Ratio Off Note that the Image Position settings appear dimmed and are not available when the Maintain aspect ratio check box is cleared. 2.
2. Select “Pattern” or “Error Diffusion” and then click OK. The dithering setting you select is reflected in the label preview image on the screen. Difference between Pattern and Error Diffusion Dithering With both dithering methods and dark colors are printed blacker, while light colors are a lighter shade of gray. Compared with Pattern dithering, Error Diffusion takes longer, but the printout looks better.
Original Label Making Creating an Original Label Layout There are two templates for creating an original label layout: the Free Text label template and the Free Design label template. For details about more basic label creation procedures, see the steps under “Automated Label Layout”. Free Text Label Template Free Design Label Template • The Free Text label template lets you input text using many of the same techniques available on a word processor application.
Free Text Label Template Main Window Free Design Label Template Main Window 7 Measurement Unit Button 1 Print Pattern Panel 8 Zoom Box 2 Toolbar 4 Insert Image Button 5 Insert Text 1 Print Pattern Button Panel 2 Toolbar 9 Insert Image Button 3 Work Area Resizing the Work Area You can resize the work area by dragging its right side, bottom, or lower right corner. • Resizing the work area while you are editing text inside of it cancels the editing operation.
Free Design and Free Text Template Main Windows 8 Zoom Box Select once of the following options to change the size of the work area as described below. Detailed: Displays the print area in actual size (100%). Normal: Displays the print area as 62.5% its actual size. Free Text Template 1 Print Pattern Panel This panel shows the location and orientation of the printing on the currently selected label. Click this panel when you want to change the text layout.
5 Image Button Click this button to input an image or to select a background image (page 51). –Horizontal Send –To Front 6 Print Button Prints the label (page 16). Free Design Template –To Back –Forward –Back 1 3 Resize –By Width –By Height Makes all of the selected fields the same height and/or width. –By Height and Width 5 Layout Button Alignment The commands in this submenu align fields on a reference field. –Left Aligns the selected fields on their left sides.
■ To change font style settings Configuring Font Settings (Free Text Template, Free Design Template) You can use the following procedure to italicize or bold text. 1. Input text into the work area. 2. Highlight the characters whose font style setting you want to change. This section describes how to configure font settings for text you input manually into the work area, or text you import. 3. Click to make the selected text bold, or to make the text italic.
Inserting a Label Background Image (Free Text Template) 1. On the main window, click . 2. Click or , and then select the image you want to inser t. • The image appears in the preview image on the main window. • One image can be inserted per label area. After you insert an image into print pattern , you cannot input text. To insert a label background image, choose or . Note • See “Inserting an Image into a Label” on page 41 for information about inserting images.
Common Text Field and Image Field Operations Fields (Free Design Template) The following operations are the same for both text fields and image fields. This section contains general information about fields. It also explains operations that are common to both text and image fields. ■ To move a field Select the field and then drag it to the location you want. Note • For fine movement of a field, use your keyboard arrow keys. Each press of an arrow key moves the selected field one dot.
1. Using the procedure under “Importing Text Data”on page 26, import Inputting Text into a Text Field (Free Design Template) the text from a file. A dialog box for selecting the specific text you want to impor t appears after all the text is imported. The following describes how to input, edit, and delete text. 1 To input text manually 1. On the main window, click or . This inserts a text field into the upper label area. 2. Type in the text you want.
2. Click Batch or Separate. Inserting an Image into a Label (Free Design Template) • The text you input here appears in the work area and the label preview image. Use the procedures in this section to insert an image into a label and to delete a label image. Note • When you import file names and folder names, click OK. • When you import file names and folder names, each name is inserted into its own field. To insert an image into a label 1.
Important! Resizing a text field does not affect the size of the text inside the field. Resizing a Field (Free Design Template) Use the procedures in this section when you want to change the size of a field. J Important! Note that the result obtained when you resize a field depends on whether it is a text field or an image field. 1. Select the field you want to resize so it is enclosed by a gray selection boundary. 2.
■ To make multiple fields the same size Aligning and Resizing Fields (Free Design Template) You can resize multiple fields so they are the same size as a reference field that you specify. Example: Resizing fields by height and width A selection of useful commands makes it possible to instantly position fields on a label and to make multiple fields the same size (See page 49). Reference field Note You can use the following procedures for both text fields and image fields.
2. To make a different field the reference field, hold down the Ctrl key as To align fields 1. Drag the mouse on the label so the fields you want to align or resize you click the new reference field. are enclosed in the selection boundar y. This is the reference field. 3. Click the button. This displays a menu. L Note • See “Toolbars” on page 49. 4. On the menu, select Alignment. 5. On the submenu that appears, select the command you want.
3. Input the values you want. The settings you configure are reflected in Configuring Field Properties (Free Design Template) the preview image on the main window. 4. Click the Size tab. Clicking the button and then Properties displays a dialog box that you can use to change the properties of a field. Note The unit of measurement (millimeters, pixels, inches) used on the Field Properties dialog box is the same as that selected with the ruler unit of measurement unit button (Page 48).
1 Undo Undoes the last operation you performed. Useful Text Input Functions (Free Text Template, Free Design Template) 2 Cut Cuts the currently selected field from the label and places it onto the clipboard. This section describes various useful functions you can access on the shortcut menu that appears when you right-click on the Free Text label template or Free Design label template. 3 Copy Copies the currently selected field and places it onto the clipboard.
q User Shows a list of preset phrases registered by you. Clicking a phrase inserts it at the current cursor position. See page 62 for information about registering preset phrases. Note See the “Phrase Library List” on page 65 for more information. w Return to Original Size (Image Field only) This command change the size of the field so the image within it is the same size it was when captured or imported. e Layout Use the commands on the submenus to align fields and to move them forward and back.
Other Operations Print 2 Tab Configuring Advanced Settings Print Confirmation Use this setting to specify whether printing should star t immediately, or if a confirmation message should be displayed before printing of each label area starts. On the main window or the print dialog box, click or . This displays a dialog box for making advanced label creation or print settings. To configure advanced print settings 1. On the main window or Print dialog box, click the 2.
Registering and Deleting a Phrase Memory Entry To turn display of data import precautions on and off You can register frequently used terms and phrases for instant recall whenever you need them. See “Useful Text Input Functions” on pages 32 and 59 for information about using phrase. 1. On the main window or Print dialog box, click the 1. On the main window or Print dialog box, click the or 2. On the dialog box that appears, click the or button. Import tab. button. 2. Click the Phrase Memory tab.
To configure advanced layout settings Print Pattern Panel and Text Layout Panel Function Use the following procedure to save the settings of a layout you create, and to control what appears when you click the Print Pattern panel and Text Layout panel. 1. On the main window or print dialog box, click the or Select the check box next to Show advanced print pattern settings only if you want the Advanced Print Pattern Settings dialog box (page 37) to appear when you click the Print Pattern panel.
Using Help The online help feature lets you access the following type of information. • Information about functions and supplementar y information • Software version information • Connection on the CASIO Website To use Help 1. On the main window, click the button. 2. Click Help. 3. Use standard Windows online help procedures to find the informaYou can also obtain assistance by accessing the CASIO Website. While your computer is connected to the Internet, click and then click CASIO Website.
Phrase Library List Troubleshooting The following is a list of the built-in phrase librar y contents. See page 32 and 59 for information about using phrase. Check the contents of this troubleshooting guide whenever you experience operational problems with this DISC TITLE PRINTER application. If you can’t find the information you need here, check the CW-100 User’s Guide.
Recommended Action Symptom ● Printing color is The color of the final printout is affected by different from what I expected. both the color of the ink ribbon and the color of the disc you are printing on. Symptom Possible Cause Try using a lighter color disc or a darker color ink ribbon. ● The last part of input data does not print. ● Printing is misaligned. Improper alignment of the disc in the tray. Use the printing guide when aligning the disc in the tray (page 18). ● Cannot print.
Message Error Messages Recommended Action Page The label file cannot be imported because it is corrupted or an unsupported format. Message Specify a proper label file format. pages 26 – 31 The text data cannot be imported because it is corrupted or an unsupported format. Create a new song title list and try again. page 27 There is still a Disc in the printer. Remove the Disc to quit. Remove the disc and then quit.
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