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Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide 222 Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 Table Of Contents Subject Page Minimum System Requirements……………………………………………..3 Installing the Firewire Adapter Card………………………………………...4 Installing the Drive Bay…………………………………………...……………4 Making the Connection…………………………………………………………5 Installing the Scribe EC Software………………………………………….....6 Installing the Scribe EC Alignment Utility…………………………………..
33 Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 SCRIBE EC with OptiEC PRO PRINTER INSTALLATION GUIDE Minimum System Requirements Print Station & 1-Drive Models – Minimum System Requirements: • • • • • • • • • • • Minimum Pentium® III or compatible personal computer @ 800 MHz or faster. Windows 2000 Professional (Service Pack 4 or higher) or Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 1.
Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide 444 Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 MF DIGITAL 121 Carolyn Blvd. Farmingdale, NY 11735 001 631 249 9393 www.mfdigital.com IF YOU PURCHASED A PRINT STATION – SKIP THIS PAGE Mounting the Firewire Adapter Card Note: The internal configuration of your computer may be different from the computer picture below DVD dive ScribeEC requires only one PCI firewire B controller card (IEEE-1394B).
Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide 555 Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 Making the Connection 1 & 2 Drive Systems have one firewire B cable connection (IEEE-1934B). 4 Drive Systems have two firewire B cable connections (IEEE-1934B). USB cable to the host PC Power cable Power cables Serial cable to the host PC Printer Interface cable between the loader and the printer.
Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide 666 Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 Installing the SCRIBE EC Software 1. Insert the SCRIBE EC software CD. 2. From the CD ROM drive of the computer, click Install SCRIBE Software. (fig. 1) 3. Click Next (fig. 1). 4. Accept the license agreement and click Next (fig. 2). (fig. 2) 5. Click Install (fig. 3). (fig. 3) 6. Click Finish (fig. 4). (fig.
Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide 777 Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 Installing the SCRIBE EC Alignment Utility 1. Insert the SCRIBE CD into the CDROM drive of your PC. 2. Click on setup.exe of the alignment utility and Click Next (fig. 1). 3. Choose the setup type that best suits your needs, then click Next (fig. 2). 4. Click Install (fig. 3). 5. A progress bar will appear (fig. 4). (fig. 1) (fig. 2) 6.
Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide 888 Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 Installing the OptiEC PRO Printer Driver 1. Click Start-> Settings-> Printers 2. Click Add New Printer 3. The “Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard” window will appear (fig. 1). Click Next button. 4.
Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide 999 Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 Installing the OptiEC PRO Printer Driver (cont.) 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. After specifying location of a driver for the OptiEC PRO printer, the printer “CD/DVD Printer 6” will appear in the “Add Printer Window” (fig. 7). Click Next to continue.
Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide 101010 Adjusting the OptiEC PRO Printer Driver Settings Printing Preferences To change the printing preferences for the OptiEC PRO printer, please do the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1111 Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 Aligning the Drive Tower 1. From your Start Menu Open the SCRIBE EC Alignment Utility (fig. 1). It will be located in the folder designated when you installed the alignment utility. Choose the appropriate COM Port which the Scribe EC Loader is installed on, select the “All other printer types or drives’ bay” and then click the Start Test button.
1212 Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 Aligning the OptiEC PRO Printer Alert: Before starting the Alignment Utility, position the back end of the inkjet printer in line with the dotted line on the top of the drive bay. 1. From the Start Menu Open the SCRIBE EC Alignment Utility. It will be located in the folder designated when you installed the alignment utility.
1313 Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide Setting up the ScribeEC software for the printer. 1. Execute the ScribeEC software. 2. Click the “Settings” tab. 3. Click the “Change settings” button as shown in the picture. 4. In the “Scribe settings editor” window, using the drop down menu select the “MF Digital OptiEC Pro6 Printer” as shown in the picture. 5. Click the OK button. 6.
1414 Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 Installing / changing ink cartridges in the OptiEC PRO printer. The ink level monitoring option was tested on the OptiEC PRO with both ink cartridge configuration: Color+Black and Color+Photo. There are two ways to install / replace ink cartridges in the OptiEC PRO printer. CD/DVD Printer 6 User's manual shows both ways.
1515 Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 Generating a PRN file for the OptiEC PRO printer. 1) Open up the SureThing CD Label software as shown in fig. 1. Fig.1 SureThing CD Label software. 2) Save all projects as a SureThing file for future implementation. Select File => Save As… type in a file name.
Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide 161616 Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 5) Check the Print to file box, press the OK button as shown in fig.3 Fig.3 Selecting Print to file option. 6) Press the OK button to proceed as shown in fig. 2. 7) Type the name and location of the output PRN file. You MUST use the “.PRN” extension to successfully generate the PRN file. Click the OK button as shown on the fig.4 Fig.
Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide 171717 Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 Appendix A DVD8Z-9001EC, DVD8Z-9002EC 1 and 2 DVD drive system requires only one PCI firewire B controller card (IEEE1394B) to be installed in the host PC. One firewire B cable is connected between the host PC and the drive bay.
Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide 181818 Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 Troubleshooting 1. The ScribeEC program did not recognized the loader. a. Check the power cable on the back of the ScribeEC loader. b. Make sure the power switch in the power supply of the loader is in the ON position (the I is pressed in). c. Make sure the power switch on ScribeEC loader is turned ON. d.
1919 Scribe EC Quick Installation Guide ScribeEC PRO printer with with PrismOptiEC PLUS Printer Installation Guide Document Revision: 2005/05/20 2004/12/07 Genuine MF Digital Consumables Thermal Printer Supplies Thermal CD/DVD Printer Ribbons The Gold Standard Part# Product Description CDP-PRN-BK CDP-PRN-BLK CDP-PRN-RED CDP-PRN-BLUE CDP-PRN-GRN CDP-PRN-MULTI 750' Black Ribbon for Prism Plus (Fine Line Print) 850' Black Ribbon for Spectrum 2 Printers 656' Red Ribbon for Prism Plus & Spectrum 2 Print
