ID PHOTO SYSTEM DIS900D OPERATION MANUAL
CONTENTS Page 1 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ......................................................................................... 3 - 5 2 UNPACKING...................................................................................................................6 3 PRINTER SETUP ..................................................................................................... 7 - 9 4 CONNECTION..............................................................................................................
1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS In the interest of safety, please observe the following precautions: POWER REQUIREMENT This system is designed for operation on 120V AC or 220V-240V, 50/60Hz AC. Never connect to any outlet or power supply having a different voltage or frequency. WARNING: THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED. AVERTISSEMENT: CET APPAREIL DOIT ETRE MIS A LA TERRE. PROTECTIVE MEASURES IF ABNORMALITIES ARISE, .....
BE CAREFUL WITH THE PRINTING UNIT Don't move the unit while the drawer is open. This may cause injury. Be careful not to catch your finger in the printing unit while the drawer is being closed. CONNECTION CABLES Only use the cables provided. INSTALLATION LOCATIONS MAINTAIN GOOD VENTILATION Ventilation slots and holes are provided on the top, sides and bottom of this unit. Place the unit on a hard and level surface and locate at least 10 cm from walls to insure proper ventilation.
CAUTION ON RELOCATING When transporting this unit, make sure it is not likely to be subjected to impacts. They can be a prime cause for damage. Also, make sure to disconnect the power cord from the power outlet, and all cables from the devices. CONNECTING DEVICES Read thoroughly "Operating Precautions" of the instruction booklets for the devices connected with the Digital color printer. The power cord must be disconnected after printing is over.
2. UNPACKING Take the unit out of the box by the following procedures. Make sure to check the contents. PRINTER 1 Open the top of the box. 2 Remove the accessory box. 3 Remove the cushion above the unit. 4 Take the unit out of the box carefully. Make sure to keep the unit horizontal. Then, unwrap the packing. • Accessory box Power cord Ink cassette Operation manual Printer driver CAMERA, ETC. 1 Open the top of the box. 2 Take out the system cable and operation manual.
3. PRINTER SETUP Before printing a photo, install print paper and ink cassette. UNLOCK THE PRINTING UNIT See CP900DW(ID) operation manual for details. RELEASING THE PRINTING UNIT LOCK 1 Press down the knob to pull out the tray. 2 Shift the printing unit lock switch to the right (UNLOCK). INSTALLING PRINT PAPER Do not remove the seal on the print paper yet. Gear Seal 1 Insert the print paper roller with gear on the left. Press the folder 1 as shown right, and set the print paper roller.
3 Remove the seal, and insert the edge of the print paper right below the roller cover with arrow marks towards the front panel. Make sure to insert the paper straight. arrow marks 4 Feed the print paper through the paper outlet by hand. 5 Pull both sides of the print paper to eliminate slack. INSTALLATION OF INK SHEET INSTALLING THE INK SHEET colored roller white roller Load the ink sheet into the cassette before inserting the cassette into the printer.
INSTALLING THE INK CASSETTE 1 Eliminate any slack of the ink sheet. Hold the colored roller and turn the white roller. 2 Insert the ink cassette with the ink sheet into its compartment. Put the ink cassette with flat top side to each 1. Then, set the other side (with handle) as shown right. When exchanging the ink sheet, remove the cassette by holding the handle. INSERT THE PRINTING UNIT 1 Push the printing unit until it is locked into place.
4. CONNECTION CABLE CONNECTION Connect the components as follows.(example) Make sure to turn off each device when connecting. After connecting the cables, make sure to set the cover over the terminals on the camera. (See page 21 for removing and setting the cover.
5. TAKING A PICTURE You can take up to four pictures (without Compact FlashTM), and choose the best one. 1 Connect the camera and the printer. 2 Turn on the printer. The camera is also turned on. 3 Switch the camera to CAMERA mode. • When the camera is turned on, it is set to CAMERA mode. • If PLAY mode is selected, press CAMERA/PLAY button. • The printing area, face guide, multi format setting, color setting and memory position are displayed.
6 Press EV button to adjust brightness when taking picture. EXP. is displayed. NOTE • If FLASH : OFF is selected on CAPTURE menu, EV is displayed. 7 Press T (+) or W (-) button to adjust the brightness. To make an image brighter, increase the value. To make an image darker decrease the value. 8 Press SET button. 9 Press SHOT button halfway to adjust focus. During focus adjusting, the focus mark ( ) is blinking. When focus is adjusted, the focus mark stops blinking.
C Switch the camera to PLAY mode to print a picture. Press CAMERA/PLAY button. D Select the image to be printed. Press T (+) or W (-) button to select the image. E Print the image. Press PRINT button. Refer to page 14 to get maximum quality of your pictures. Printed image Deleting the memorized images (when using a Compact FlashTM) 1 Set the camera to PLAY mode. 2 Display the image to be deleted by pressing T (+) or W (-) button. The position number of the image being selected blinks.
6. PICTURE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTING PICTURE QUALITY Adjusting the image source first is the key to get maximum picture quality. CAMERA ADJUSTMENT Always adjust the camera setting first. Only after you are sure that the camera is providing the best picture quality and color balance, should you adjust the printer setting. Make sure to adjust the camera setting in the same condition which you actually take a picture.
7 Change EXP. CENTER value. Repeat increasing the EXP.CENTER value by 5 starting from 260. (Use T(+) button to increase the value.) Take a picture and check the brightness in the picture at every increase of the EXP.CENTER value. As the EXP. CENTER value increases, the image gets brighter, however, the image stops getting brighter at a certain value. This is the maximum EXP. CENTER value. 8 Set EXP. CENTER value. Decrease the maximum EXP. CENTER value by 5. Set this value as EXP. CENTER.
ADJUSTING THE COLOR OF IMAGE (WHITE BALANCE) Default setting is flash light W.B. If you are not satisfied with this setting, please proceed as follows. 1 Place a piece of white paper in front of the camera and display it to cover the LCD. Place the white paper at the actual position of a person who is taking a picture from the camera. NOTE The memorized picture should not be completely white. It is necessary that the picture is a little bit dark, means slightly gray.
7 Press T(+) or W(-) button to select LOCK and press SET button. LOCK menu appears. 8 Press T(+) or W(-) button to select IN and press SET button. The camera automatically starts adjusting white balance, and completes setting in a few seconds. 9 Repeat pressing T(+) or W(-) button to select
FINE-ADJUSTING OF COLOR 1 Press SET button for more than 3 seconds. MENU is displayed. 2 Press T(+) or W(-) button to select COLOR. 3 Press SET button. The COLOR menu is displayed. If B/W button on the camera is pressed, B/W menu is displayed. 4 Press T(+) or W(-) button to select a, b or c, then press SET button. 5 Change the value of each item to get the best color. COLOR : R Adjusts red-subcontrast of the printed image. B Adjusts blue-subcontrast of the printed image.
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7. FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS CAMERA (FRONT) 1 1 2 FLASH SOCKET LENS 2 CAMERA (REAR) 2 1 3 4 5 7 6 8 9 A B C D I HGF E 1 SET BUTTON Press for 3 seconds to display MENU. Press to select a menu item to be changed and save the settings. Repress to exit the menu mode. 2 W(-) BUTTON Press to zoom down an image or select a menu item. In PLAY mode, use to select the memorized picture. 20 3 T (+) BUTTON Press to zoom up an image or select a menu item. On PLAY mode, use to select the memorized picture.
8 PRINT BUTTON Press to print an image. 9 LED Normally, this LED is green. It blinks in red during reading or writing an image in a Compact Flash. In sleep mode, it lights up in orange. C LCD Displays the source image, memorized image, multi mode, color or B/W setting number and memory position. D CF SLOT Insert a Compact Flash here. A CAMERA/PLAY BUTTON Switches the camera between CAMERA and PLAY modes. Press for more than 3 seconds to display the total number and remaining number of prints.
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MENU ITEMS The MENU is used to set the following items. The settings can be saved or changed by pressing SET button. WB COLOR SHARP LCD CAPTURE MODE TRIM S.MENU RESET < EXIT Adjusts white balance. Adjusts color of the print image. Adjusts image outline. Adjusts color and brightness of the LCD Sets flash and shows the settings made by an installer. Sets resolution of an image. Sets the printing area of an image. Opens the sub menu. Resets the above items to the settings made by an installer.
6 Press SET button. The item “a” opens. 7 Press T (+) or W (-) button to select an item. 8 Press SET button. “R” is selected. The value being changed blinks. 9 Press T (+) or W (-) button to change setting. A Press SET button. The changed value is saved. Blinking stops. B Repeat the above steps 7 to 10 to change other values. C Select
WB This menu is used to adjust white balance of the camera. LEVEL Sets the color temperature. When the value is lower, the color becomes reddish. When the value is higher, the color becomes bluish. 4000K 4400K 4800K 5200K 5600K 5800K 6000K 6200K 6600K 7000K MANUAL Sets the color level manually. R Adjusts the level of red color. B Adjusts the level of blue color. LOCK IN Adjusts white balance based on the most recent white chart image. RECALL Set the value to the setting locked before.
When LCD is on B/W mode, the following items are displayed. Y Adjusts the yellow color of print image. M Adjusts the magenta color of print image. C Adjusts the cyan color of print image. • On B/W mode, test print is not available. SHARP Adjusts the sharpness of the image. SOFT NORMAL HARD USER Coef Offs Softens the image sharpness. Does not adjust the sharpness. Reinforces the sharpness. Adjusts the sharpness voluntarily. Sets the strength of sharpness. Sets offset value.
MODE Selects the resolution. <1.6m HS When the distance between the camera and the object is less than 1.6m, the resolution sent to the printer becomes 800*600 pixels in case of 1 and 2-multi prints. The printing speeds becomes faster. <1.6m HQWhen the distance between the camera and the object is less than 1.6m, the resolution sent to the printer becomes as follows. The image quality becomes better. MULTI is set to 1 or 2 : Data of 1280*960 pixels is sent.
USER L R T B Sets the print area of the image. Sets the print area of the left side. Sets the print area of the right side. Sets the print area of the top side. Sets the print area of the bottom side. Multiple prints with L size ink sheet If you print multiple images with L size ink sheet, the images are printed as follows. 1 1-image (75x100mm) 2 4-image (50.8x74mm) 4,4D 6-image (36.5x48mm) 6 9-image (30x35mm) 16 24-image (19x25mm) 1 2 4 4D 6 16 S.MENU See the next page for details.
SUB MENU SLEEP ON OFF Selects whether the LCD is turned off or not when any camera operation is not carried out for more than 5 minutes. LCD is turned off when any camera operation is not carried out for more than 5 minutes. Press SET button to be active the camera. LCD is not turned off. OP SKIP Selects whether the overcoating process on the print is skipped or not. ON Overcoating process is skipped. OFF Overcoating process is carried out.
OPTIMUM SETUP FOR THIS SYSTEM 2m 0.3m 0.3m 1.5m to 2m EFFECT OF BACK FLASH • The back flash reduces the shadow behind the subject.
9. TROUBLESHOOTING BEFORE CALLING FOR SERVICE Use the following troubleshooting chart to resolve any apparent defect in operation. If you are unable to resolve the problem, unplug the power cord and contact your dealer. Causes No power No signal Image is not printed. The camera setting does not work. 32 Countermeasures • Is the power cord plug disconnected from the outlet? Connect the power cord plug to the outlet firmly. • Is the printer turned on? Confirm that the printer is turned on.
10. SPECIFICATIONS Printer Camera Image pickup device 1/2.7 type CCD No. of effective pixels 1636H x 1236V (2,022,096 pixels) Video signal PAL colour system Digital signal Data format Y, C (JPEG) / RGB Data size Interface Function Lens Printing method 3 colour faces progressive printing (yellow, magenta and cyan) Print quality Dot resolution max.1676x1280dots Number of grades 256 for each color 1600x1200/1280x960/ 640x480 pixels Printng time Approx. 46sec.
Name of Importers Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. Benelux Branch Nijverheidsweg 23 A, 3641 RP. Postbus 222, 3640 AE Mijdrecht Phone 02972-82461 FAX 02972-83936 French Branch 25, Boulevard des Bouvets - 92741 NANTERRE cedex Phone (01) 55.68.55.00 FAX (01) 55.68.57.
OPERATING SP MENU 1 Press CAMERA/PLAY button to switch the camera to CAMERA mode. In CAMERA mode, mark is displayed on the upper right of the LCD. 2 Press SET button for more than 3 seconds. MENU is displayed. 3 Press COLOR and MULTI buttons at the same time for 3 seconds. SP MENU is displayed. 4 Select your desired item by pressing T (+) or W (-) button. 5 Press SET button to open the item. 6 Press T (+) or W (-) button to change the setting. 7 Press SET button. The changed value is saved.
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