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hiti640.book Page ii Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Copyright 2002 Hi-Touch Imaging Technologies Company All rights are reserved. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation of this manual is prohibited without prior written permission of Hi-Touch Imaging Technologies, except as allowed under the copyright laws.
hiti640.book Page iii Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Customer Service We're delighted that you choose HiTi Printer. In order to provide you the best service, HiTi Imaging Technologies, Inc. provides a full-year of free customer support service worldwide. If you need help or just have a question, you may reach our customer representatives via phone, fax, or email. We also welcome your comments.
hiti640.book Page iv Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual To provide you better and fast service, please record the following information of your printer: • • • • • • • Printer Serial Number Printer Model Number The version of Printer driver. You can get it by choosing Control Panel > Printer > HiTi 640 DL photo printer. Click Properties > About on the Printer dialogue box.
hiti640.book Page v Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Contents Customer Service .................................................................................................... iii Online Support .................................................................................................iii Customer Support Center ................................................................................iii Contact Information ...........................................
hiti640.book Page vi Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Editing Photos ..................................................................................................18 Choosing Print Formats and Amounts .............................................................19 Printing Your Photos ........................................................................................20 Sending Print Jobs to Multiple Printers .....................................................
hiti640.book Page vii Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual System Requirements ......................................................................................53 Limited Warranty Statement .............................................................................54 Safety Instructions ............................................................................................56 FCC Information ......................................................................
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hiti640.book Page 1 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Chapter 1 Introduction Thanks you for purchasing HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer, the best companion for your digital photo business. You take the shots and HiTi Photo Printer brings quality prints in less than 70 seconds, making it easier than ever to print your digital photos for your customers.
hiti640.book Page 2 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Maintenance Maintenance Printer • To clean the printer, use a clean soft dry cloth to wipe the printer. If stronger cleaning is required, moisten the cloth with neutral solvent, then wipe the printer again with a soft dry cloth. • Always keep the air vents clean and free of dust. Dust that enters the printer through the vents will cause poor print quality, like resulting in light spots on the prints.
hiti640.book Page 3 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Chapter 2 Setting up Your Printer This chapter contains the following topics for setting up your printer: www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 4 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Unpacking Your Printer Unpacking Your Printer Before you begin to install your printer, check if you have the following items: paper cassette printer documentation software CD USB cord 4 power cord www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 5 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Setting up Your Printer Setting up Your Printer 1. Connect the power cord to the power connection. 2. Connect the printer to your computer using the USB cord. 3. Insert the ribbon cartridge into the printer. For more information, see Installing or Replacing Ribbon Cartridges on Page 6 of the user guide. 4. Place paper into the paper cassette.
hiti640.book Page 6 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Installing or Replacing Ribbon Cartridges Installing or Replacing Ribbon Cartridges HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual 1. HiTi 640 DL photo printer simplifies the steps of installing or replacing ribbon cartridges to three steps only. To avoid unexpected error messages, you must use genuine HiTi supplies. Using other company's ribbon cartridges may result in serious damage to your printer. 2.
hiti640.book Page 7 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Loading Paper Loading Paper 1. Hi-Ti 640 DL photo printer allows you to print different types of paper and sticker for your digital photos. Again, to avoid unexpected error message, you must use genuine HiTi photo paper. Using other company's photo paper will result in paper jam and color shift errors. Warning: The HiTi paper can be purchased from HiTi dealers. 1. Pull out the paper cassette from the printer.
hiti640.book Page 8 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Loading Paper 2. Place a stock of paper into the paper cassette. The printer allows you to load 100 sheets at a time in maximum. • Load the paper with print side (glossy) face-up; the printed photo faces up in the output tray. Be sure the paper is in the direction with the narrow edge side sitting at the inner side of the paper cassette. • Do not touch the print (glossy) side of the paper with your fingers.
hiti640.book Page 9 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Installing Printer Driver Installing Printer Driver Before you can use HiTi photo printer to print your digital photos, you first need to install the printer driver to the computer with which the printer is connected. Note: When you set up the printer for the first time, be sure to turn off the printer before you begin to install printer driver software. 1. Insert "Software CD" into CD-ROM drive.
hiti640.book Page 10 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Installing Printer Driver HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Note: Hi-Ti provides three ways for installing printer driver. For detailed descriptions, refer to the Appendix, Driver Management section in this user manual. 10 www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 11 Monday, June 24, 2002 Chapter 3 2:46 PM Using PhotoDésirée to Print Your Photos After you have successfully set up the printer and installed the printer driver, let's print an image from HiTi PhotoDésirée where you can customize digital images into calendars, poster or greeting cards. The PhotoDésirée’s ease-of-use user interface lets you easily adjust the saturation, contrast, sharpness, brightness or hues of your photos in any way you like.
hiti640.book Page 12 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Working Flow Working Flow The following figure illustrates basic working flows of using PhotoDésirée software to print your digital images. Open PhotoDésirée MiniLab edition Edit images (Invoke ImagEnhancer) Open images Set prices Apply templates Enter texts Choose calendars Set paper type Adjust color settings Modify layouts Set print amounts Print 12 www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 13 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Setting Display Resolution Setting Display Resolution Before running PhotoDésirée, make sure the monitor display resolution is set to 1024 x 768 pixels or higher, and the color setting is set to the Hi Color (16 bit) or True Color (24 bit) mode. To set the display resolution: 1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel from Windows start menu. Select Display from the Control Panel.
hiti640.book Page 14 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Application in a View Application in a View Image Index Choose and print image indexes in vary formats Customer Data Show customer name and photo number and job ID number Open Images Open images for print Print Formats Show print formats and amounts Special Handling Area List the images that are edited. The editing levels are: low, medium and high, defined by price.
hiti640.book Page 15 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Installing PhotoDésirée MiniLab Edition Installing PhotoDésirée MiniLab Edition PhotoDésirée is the application where you can edit photos for print. 1. Insert "Software CD" into CD-ROM drive. The Software CD can be found in the package that is shipped with the printer. 2. The HiTi Welcome window appears on the screen. Choose Install HiTi PhotoDésirée MiniLab Edition. 3.
hiti640.book Page 16 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Opening PhotoDésirée MiniLab Edition HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Opening PhotoDésirée MiniLab Edition 1. Select Start > Programs > HiTi > MiniLab > MiniLab from Windows start menu. 2. The main window of PhotoDésirée MiniLab edition opens on the screen. 16 www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 17 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Opening Photos Opening Photos 1. Click the Add Image button. 2. On the Add Images window that opens, select the image(s) you want to print. • Select All: Choose this when you want to select all images in the folder. If there is any sub-folder under this folder, check the Include Subfolder selection item. • Select Multiple: Choose this if you only want to add certain images in this folder.
hiti640.book Page 18 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Editing Photos HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Editing Photos To edit a photo you add into the PhotoDésirée application, do the following: 1. Double-click the image you want to edit. The ImagEnhancer opens on the screen. 2. Edit the image in the ImagEnhancer. For detailed descriptions, see Introducing ImagEnhancer starting on Page 27. 3.
hiti640.book Page 19 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Choosing Print Formats and Amounts Choosing Print Formats and Amounts You can choose to print your digital photos in different formats and specify the amounts you want to print for each type. The available print formats are: • • • • • 4 x 6 inch photo 4 x 4 sticker 4 x 2 x 4 sticker 1 inch ID photo 2 inch ID photo To choose a print type: 1. Move your mouse over the image you want to specify.
hiti640.book Page 20 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Printing Your Photos HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Printing Your Photos Printing Index Card for Selected Photos 1. Select the format of the index card you want to print. 2. Click the Index Print button. index card format print index button Printing Photos 1. Click to select the image you want to print. 2. If you want to print multiple images at a time, hold the shift key while keep clicking other images to select them. 3.
hiti640.book Page 21 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Sending Print Jobs to Multiple Printers Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Sending Print Jobs to Multiple Printers HiTi 640 DL printer now enables you to work more efficientlly by allowing you to send print jobs to multiple printers at the same time. When you hit the Print button, the printer automatically detects what type the photo paper is required and sends the print job right to the printer with correct paper type/size installed.
hiti640.book Page 22 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Sending Print Jobs to Multiple Printers Pricing Your Photos One of the functions that empowers the PhotoDésirée MiniLab edition to be your best business partner is its embedded price and customer database system. The pricing system in the PhotoDésirée MiniLab edition is able to automatically calculate the price of all printing jobs in your store, letting you hassle-free from all those calculation works.
hiti640.book Page 23 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Viewing Prices Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Viewing Prices Once you have selected and edited the photos for print, PhotoDésirée MiniLab edition automatically calculates how much these photos should be charged for right away. To view the price, check the Price Area located at the bottom of the PhotoDésirée window.
hiti640.book Page 24 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Modifying Prices HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Modifying Prices You can always modify the price of how you will charge for processing digital photos. For instance, you can assign different prices for processing different types or sizes of photos, e.g., stickers, 4 x 6 photos or ID photos. For those which require editing efforts, like adding texts or calendars, assign prices for Low/Middle/High levels. 1.
hiti640.book Page 25 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Modifying Prices 3. Click the OK button to apply the changes and close the dialog box. To modify the prices: 1. Click the Price Setting button. 2. The options available are: • Normal Price: Modify the price for original prints without editing efforts • Special Process Price: Modify the price for prints with editing efforts 3. Modify the fields you want to change. 4.
hiti640.book Page 26 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Adding/Editing Customer Data HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Adding/Editing Customer Data You can always add, edit or delete a customer’s data entry from the Valuation and Data System window. You can also query a customer’s information by his/her telephone number or his first/last names. 1. Click the Data System button to open the Data System window. The contact information of the customer displays. 2.
hiti640.book Page 27 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Chapter 4 Introducing ImagEnhancer The ImagEnhancer window is the place where you can customize your digital photos by taking advantages provided in the ImagEnhancer. The available functions are: www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 28 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Assigning Templates HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Assigning Templates 1. Double click on the image that you want to customize with a template. The ImagEnhancer window opens. 2. To assign a template: • Double click on the template that you want to assign to the image. • Click on a template, then drag and drop it to the image on the preview pane. 3. Check the result from the preview pane.
hiti640.book Page 29 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Adjusting Colors Adjusting Colors 1. Adjust the color setting of your photo to the way you like by selecting either of the color setting items. 2. Or check the Mirabella checkbox to view the Mirabella window where ImagEnhancer automatically creates 9 images with different settings in lightness and basic skin tones. 3.
hiti640.book Page 30 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Adding Texts HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Adding Texts 1. Double click on the image to which you want to add text. The ImagEnhancer window shall then open. 2. Click the Text Icon. When the Add Text dialog box appears, type the words you want to add on the image. • Select a font typeface and size • Select the color of the text • Select the degree of the transparency for text or text block 3. Click the Check button to apply the changes.
hiti640.book Page 31 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Adding Calendars Adding Calendars 1. Double click on the image to which you want to add calendar. The ImagEnhancer window shall then open. 2. Click the Add Calendar Icon to bring up the Add Calendar dialog box. 3.
hiti640.book Page 32 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Rotating Images HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Rotating Images 1. In the ImagEnhancer window, specify the degree of the image rotation. You may also move the slider to set the image rotation degree. 2. Check the result from the Preview pane. 3. Click the Check button to apply the change to the image and close the ImagEnhancer window. 32 www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 33 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Adjusting Image Layouts Adjusting Image Layouts 1. Double click on the image which you would like to adjust its layout. Then, the ImagEnhancer window shall open up on the screen. 2. Choose to position the image by the width or height of the print paper. Or you can choose to manually scale the image. By moving the slider, you can manually set the image size. 3.
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hiti640.book Page 35 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Chapter 5 Frequently Asked Questions This section documents possible solutions to questions that are frequently asked. If the problem you encounter is not listed, visit HiTi corporate web site for the most updated solutions or contact HiTi customer service representatives. Table 5-1. Paper Jams/LEDs Problem The orange LED light blinks. Possible Cause • • • • • • • Printing stops in the middle of processing. www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 36 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Table 5-1. Paper Jams/LEDs Problem While printing, I accidentally opened the ribbon door. The paper is jammed and I could not remove it from the printer. Possible Cause Solution Turn off the printer and close the cover of the ribWhen you open the cover of the ribbon cartridge, the printer bon cartridge. Then turn the printer back on. The printer will try to eject the jammed paper.
hiti640.book Page 37 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Table 5-2. USB Connections Problem Possible Cause Solution The USB host device on Moth- For Via or Intel chipset Motherboard, you need to erboard is not installed corinstall the "Inf updator" and "chipset driver." rectly. Windows 98 does not install it correctly unless you update the driver to correct versions. You can download the drivers from Via or Intel websites: Intel chipset software: http://support.intel.
hiti640.book Page 38 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Table 5-2. USB Connections Problem No "New Hardware wizard" dialog box appears on the screen even though the USB cable between the printer and PC is sure to be connected. When I connect the USB cord between computer and printer, an "Unknown device" message appears on the screen. Possible Cause Solution The operating system of your printer is not either Windows 98 or 2000.
hiti640.book Page 39 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Problem The skin color on the printed photos seems incorrect. Possible Cause The color table setting in the driver is damaged. Solution This is rarely to happen. If it is happened, uninstall the printer driver and then re-install it. The latest version of the driver can be downloaded from the HiTi website (http://www.hi-ti.com).
hiti640.book Page 40 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Problem Possible Cause The printed photo has horizontal The USB connection between wave marks, especially the the printer and computer is disCyan and Yellow colors. connected, causing data underrun. Solution Close unnecessary applications on your computer to avoid memory insufficiency while printing. Avoid running multi-tasks applications at the same time, e.g., Word and PowerPoint.
hiti640.book Page 41 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Table 5-4. Software Related Problem The software is not install correctly. Possible Cause Solution The software conflicts with Uninstall the printer software. your virus protection program. The software conflicts with another software program. Close all software programs (including virus protection programs) that are running while printing.
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hiti640.book Page 43 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Chapter 6 Troubleshootings This chapter contains tips that can help you identify and solve problems if HiTi photo printer is not working properly. However, before you go over the lists, we would like to suggest that you should: 1. Make sure that cable connections are secured; or 2. Make sure that you are using the correct cable for your operating system.
hiti640.book Page 44 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual LED Signal Lights LED Signal Lights The LED signal lights on the front of the printer are designed to blink when there is something wrong with the printer. If the printer stops operating and a LED signal light is on or blinking, check the following procedure to see what problem the printer may have. Green Signal Light Indicate that the printer is processing a printing job.
hiti640.book Page 45 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM LED Signal Lights Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Red Signal Light Indicate problems and notify users a problem occurs on the printer. Different blinking times indicate different problems. Blinking Times Reason Solutions 1 Ribbon door is opened. Close the top cover of the printer. 2 No ribbon cartridge installed. Install a ribbon cartridge. 3 Run out the ribbon cartridge. Replace the old ribbon cassette with a new one.
hiti640.book Page 46 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual LED Signal Lights Blinking Times Reason Solutions 7 Under run a. Check if too many applications are opened on your computer. If so, close other applications to release memory for printing. If the problem remains, restart the computer. b. Avoid assigning printing jobs to 2 different printers (multitasking) at the same time. c. Clean up the temp directory on your machine.
hiti640.book Page 47 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Error Messages Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Error Messages When the printer is not running properly, an error message will pop up on the screen as recorded in the following section. Error Message Cause Solutions No Printer Printer driver is not installed successfully. Reinstall the driver. The newest version of driver software can be downloaded from the HiTi web site http://www.hi-ti.com Printers are off-line or paused.
hiti640.book Page 48 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Error Message Cause Solutions No paper No paper left in the paper cassette. Load paper into the paper cassette. Paper is incorrectly loaded in the paper cassette. Load paper correctly into the paper cassette. Paper cassette is incorrectly installed. Load the paper cassette correctly. No ribbon cartridge in the printer. Load a ribbon cartridge. The ribbon cartridge is not installed correctly.
hiti640.book Page 49 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Error Messages Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Error Message Cause Solutions Creating DC failure Memory allocation problem. Upgrade the memory of your PC to 64 MB RAM or above. The Resolution of the Monitor Setting is Too Low. Monitor resolution is set to lower than 800 x 600 pixels. Set your monitor resolution to be 800 X 600 or higher.
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hiti640.book Page 51 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Chapter 7 Specification, Regulatory and Warranty Specifications Print Model HiTi 640 DL I/O Interface USB 1.1 Print Method Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer Dimension (mm) 264 (W) x148.9 (H) x 368.
hiti640.book Page 52 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Package Contents Package Contents • • • • • • • 52 HiTi Photo Printer 640 DL x1 Photo Paper Cassette x1 Software CD-Rom x1 User Manual x1 Quick Installation Guide x1 USB Cable x1 Power Cord x1 www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 53 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM System Requirements Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual System Requirements • Operation System: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP • Pentium PC designed to run Windows 98/ME/2000/XP • 128 MB DRAM or greater • 100 MB hard disk space or greater • USB port www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 54 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Limited Warranty Statement Limited Warranty Statement Ver. 1.1. October 2002, revised by Hi-Touch Imaging Technologies. HiTi products warranty period Photo printer 1 year A. Extent of Limited Warranty 1.
hiti640.book Page 55 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Limited Warranty Statement d. Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Operation outside the product's specifications. Such as use the personal photo printer to be a commercial mass printing, and make defect of parts, HiTi would not responsible for the services. 4. For HiTi printer products, the use of a non-HiTi ribbon cartridge, or a refilled ribbon cartridge, non-HiTi photo paper or sticker.
hiti640.book Page 56 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Limited Warranty Statement 2. To the extent allowed by local law, except for the obligations specifically set forth in this warranty statement, in no event shall HiTi or its third party suppliers be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, whether based on contract, tort, or any other legal theory and whether advised of the possibility of such damages. D. Local Law 1.
hiti640.book Page 57 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Limited Warranty Statement Hi-Ti 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual rug, or other similar surface should never block the openings. Theirs products should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register, or in a built-in installation unless proper ventilation is provided. 6. This product should be operated from the type of power indicated on the marking label.
hiti640.book Page 58 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Limited Warranty Statement 2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. 3. Never push objects of any kind into these products through cabinet openings as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could result in a fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind on the product. 4.
hiti640.book Page 59 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Appendix Printer Driver Details This appendix provides extensive information on how you can adjust your printer settings and functions to meet your printing expectation, including installing printer driver and configuring printer settings. The topics covered in this appendix are: www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 60 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Installing Printer Driver HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Installing Printer Driver In Windows 98 environment Although there are three methods available for installing printer driver, we recommend you use the first one as it is the most straight-forward and easy to follow.
hiti640.book Page 61 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Installing Printer Driver Method 1. Install driver, then plug in USB cable cord (Recommended) 1. Please insert the "Software CD" into the CD-ROM drive. If CD-ROM does not start automatically, you can initiate it by double-clicking the CD-ROM drive from Windows Explorer or by double-clicking the My Computer icon. 2. Select Install HiTi Photo Printer 640DL Driver from the Welcome window. 3.
hiti640.book Page 62 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Installing Printer Driver HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Method 2. Plug in the USB cable cord, then install the printer driver 1. Plug in the USB cable cord to the USB ports of the printer and your personal computer. Note: Be sure to switch off the printer before you proceed the following steps. 2. The New Hardware Found message box appears and so does the Install From Disk dialog box. Select the path to your CD-ROM drive, e.g., d:\. Click OK.
hiti640.book Page 63 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Installing Printer Driver 6. Select if you want to set the printer as the "default printer." Choose Yes if you’re sure only photo printing will be processed from this computer. Click Finish. 7. The installation is complete. www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 64 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Installing Printer Driver HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Method 3. Using the Add Printer Wizard 1. Choose Control Panel > Printer from Windows Start menu. Double-click on the Add Printer icon. 2. The Add Printer Wizard is invoked. Click Next to begin the installation process. 3. Choose if the printer is a local printer or is connected to a network system, e.g., LAN. Choose Local printer if the printer does not belong to a network system.
hiti640.book Page 65 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Installing Printer Driver 4. Choose HiTi and HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer as the manufacture and model of the printer driver. Click Next. If you can’t find them in the scroll-down list, click Have Disk to locate them from the CD-ROM. Usually, you can simply type "D:\" if your CD-ROM is on the D drive. 5. If you have installed the driver on the computer before, choose Replace existing driver. Click Next. www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 66 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Installing Printer Driver HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual 6. Choose USB001-HiTi-640DL as the port for use with the printer. Note that the port status should be "connected." Click Next. 7. Select if you want to set the printer as the "default printer." Choose Yes if you’re sure that only photo printings will be processed on this computer. Click Finish. 8. The installation is complete. 66 www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 67 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Installing Printer Driver In Windows 2000 environment 1. Insert the "Software CD" into the CD-ROM drive. If CD-ROM does not start automatically, you can initiate it by double-clicking the CD-ROM drive from Windows Explorer or by double-clicking the My Computer icon. 2. Select Install HiTi Photo Printer 640 DL Driver from the Welcome window. 3. The Installing Printer Driver message box appears.
hiti640.book Page 68 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Installing Printer Driver HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual 4. The Windows 2000 system will display a warning message, saying "Digital Signature Not Found." Click Yes to continue the installation process. 5. The system starts to copy driver files from the CD-ROM. When done, click OK. 6. Then, connect the USB cable cord to the printer and your personal computer. Switch on the power of the printer.
hiti640.book Page 69 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Installing Printer Driver 8. If you want to check your printer device, select Control Panel > System Properties > Hardware from Windows Start menu. Click Device Manager to open the Device Manager window. www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 70 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Configuring Driver Settings HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Configuring Driver Settings In Windows 98 environment To configure driver settings, first open the Printers windows by choosing Control Panel > Printers from Windows Start menu. Click the HiTi USB Printer icon and right-click Properties from the pop-up menu. The Printer Property window displays on the screen.
hiti640.book Page 71 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Configuring Driver Settings General This General category contains printer’s general information, like printer name or descriptions. You can also choose what separator page to use when printing from this printer. • Click Print Test Page if you want to test if the printer works properly. • Click Apply to apply the changes you make. Or click OK to apply the changes and close the Printer Properties window.
hiti640.book Page 72 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Configuring Driver Settings HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Details The Details category contains information about the port and printer driver version used by this printer. You can add, delete or capture ports connected to this printer by selecting from the drop-down list. • The default time-out setting is also included in this category.
hiti640.book Page 73 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Configuring Driver Settings Color Management The Color Management category allows you to choose a color setting profile associated with the photo printer. • Choose Automatic to allow Windows automatically to select a color setting profile. Choose Manual if you want to specify a profile to use. • Click Apply to apply the changes you make. Or click OK to apply the changes and close the Printer Properties window.
hiti640.book Page 74 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Configuring Driver Settings HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Sharing The Sharing category is ONLY available when you install Microsoft Networks function on the computer connected with the photo printer. This also means that the printer is located in a local LAN environment and you can share it as a public printer. • Assign the Sharing Name and Comment for this printer. You can assign a password for assessing this printer if necessary.
hiti640.book Page 75 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Configuring Driver Settings Setting The Setting category provides you the choices of specifying output format settings on each paper type. • Select a paper type from the scroll-down list and modify the settings if necessary. The paper types available are: photo, sticker 4/2/4 and sticker 4x4. The format settings available are: • Orientation: Set the output format as portrait or landscape.
hiti640.book Page 76 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Configuring Driver Settings HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Preview Function The Preview function allows you to preview the output format and do the final check before printing. You can always invoke the Preview window for checking before you hit the Print button. The options available are: 1. Adjust color settings, e.g., brightness, contrast, and sharpness. Define if the image to be centralized on the photo paper.
hiti640.book Page 77 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Configuring Driver Settings Tools Position Calibrating 1. According to the result of your print output, specify a number that fits best to the sticker dimension. 2. You must fill in the number of Area A and Area B in order to adjust the horizontal and vertical margins. Color Preference Setting This option gives you a natural look of your skin tone in the photo.
hiti640.book Page 78 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Configuring Driver Settings HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual About This section shows the copyright information of the driver software installed on this machine. The corporate web site address is also listed for your reference. Click OK to apply the changes and close the Printer Properties window. For more detailed information, click Help to view Windows online help file. 78 www.hi-ti.
hiti640.book Page 79 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Configuring Driver Settings In Windows 2000 environment To configure the driver settings, first open the Printers windows by choosing Control Panel > Printers from Windows Start menu. Click the HiTi USB Printer icon and right-click Properties from the pop-up menu. The Printer Property window displays on the screen.
hiti640.book Page 80 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Configuring Driver Settings HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual General This General category contains printer’s general information, like printer name or descriptions. You can add or modify the location and comment of the printer. • Click Print Test Page to test if the printer works properly. • Click Printing Preference to configure options on printing. See Printer Preferences on Page 81. • Click Apply to apply the changes you make.
hiti640.book Page 81 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Configuring Driver Settings Printer Preferences To open the Printer Preference window: • Choose Printing Preference from the Printer Properties window (see General on Page 80). For options available in this category, refer to the Setting on Page 75 of the In Windows 98 environment section. • Click Apply to apply the changes you make. Or click OK to apply the changes and close the Printer Properties window.
hiti640.book Page 82 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Configuring Driver Settings HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Ports The HiTi photo printer creates a "virtual printer port" for printing through the USB port when you install the printer driver. Make sure the HiTi USB Photo Printer 640 DL is checked and the status is Connected. Click Apply to apply the changes you make. Or click OK to apply the changes and close the Printer Properties window.
hiti640.book Page 83 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual Uninstalling Printer Driver Uninstalling Printer Driver In Windows 98 environment You should uninstall the printer driver if: you want to re-install with a new version of printer driver, or you want to remove the printer driver from your machine. 1. Choose Control Panel > Printers > Uninstall HiTi USB Photo Printer 640DL from Windows Start menu. Click Add/Remove. 2.
hiti640.book Page 84 Monday, June 24, 2002 2:46 PM Uninstalling Printer Driver HiTi 640 DL Photo Printer User Manual In Windows 2000 environment 1. Choose Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs from Windows Start menu. Choose Uninstall HiTi USB Photo Printer. 2. Click Start to uninstall the driver software from the machine. 3. The uninstallation is complete. Note: You don’t need to restart your machine to complete the uninstallation. 84 www.hi-ti.
