510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page i 012204-510119-(06) CD Color Printer Pro User’s Manual © 2001 All rights reserved.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page ii Notices: The information in this document is subject to change without notice. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS MADE WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. No liability is assumed for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page iii Read Me First! Congratulations on the purchase of your new CD Color Printer. To begin printing with your new printer immediately, please refer to the following quick start instructions. For more complete information regarding all aspects of your printer’s operation, please refer to the printer’s main User’s Manual. HARDWARE SETUP 1.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page iv driver has been installed. Refer to the cleaning procedure explained within the Cartridge button description of Section 3-D in the manual to clean the cartridge nozzles. Also, you must perform a bidirectional calibration prior to printing; see the description in Section 3-D after you have installed the printer driver. 6. Connect the printer to your computer using the proper interface cable.
10119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page v 3. Double-click on the Add Printer icon. This will launch the Add Printer Wizard. Click Next, then click Next again. 4. Click the Have Disk button. 5. Click Browse, select your CD-ROM drive. 6. For Windows Windows 2000/XP, open the Win2000-XP folder and select the file named OEMSETUP.INF.
510119pdf.qxd 5/28/2002 4:53 PM Page vi Please Note To fully utilize CD Color Printer Pros high-speed printing, you must set your PC parallel printer port to the ECP setting. Otherwise, you may find that print speed is up to 50% slower than you might expect. Please refer to your computer systems documentation for instructions on enabling ECP. It is almost always found in the CMOS settings which are entered upon power-up. If you have questions on this, contact your PCs Technical Support Group.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page vii INDEX Table of Contents Section 1: Getting Started A. Choosing a Good Location...............................................................................1 B. Unpacking and Inspection ...............................................................................1 C. Identifying the Parts..........................................................................................2 D. Applying Power....................................................................
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510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 1 TOC INDEX Section 1: Getting Started THANK YOU… ...for choosing the CD Color Printer Pro. This printer is the perfect way for you to label all of your custom CDs quickly, easily, and with a touch of class. The CD Color Printer Pro lets you print razor-sharp text, vibrant spot colors, and even stunning photo-realistic photographs directly onto the surface of printable CDs.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 2 TOC INDEX C. IDENTIFYING THE PARTS This illustration shows the extended CD Tray and all of the control buttons and LED indicator lights found on the printer. Power Button Power Light Busy Light CD Tray Button Ink Cartridge Button Front Cover CD Tray The Power Button turns the printer’s power ON and OFF. This button also serves to cancel the current print job if a print error occurs and to reset the printer for the next print job.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM TOC Page 3 INDEX This illustration shows the input ports found on the rear panel of the printer. Both a parallel and a serial interface port are provided. If using the printer with Windows, you will use its Parallel Interface Port. Note that the printer’s auxiliary port is for use with auto loaders and automatic duplicators only, which are sold separately. For more information on each of the interface ports, please refer to Appendix A.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 4 TOC INDEX Section 2: Ink Cartridges and Printable CDs A. ABOUT INK CARTRIDGES AND PRINTABLE CDS For full-color printing, a 3-color ink cartridge is available. This cartridge contains the three process-color inks of yellow, magenta, and cyan, which combine to produce up to 16.7 million printable colors. A monochrome ink cartridge is also available for fast, inexpensive black-and-white printing or can be used with the 3-color cartridge for 4-color CMYK printing.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 5 TOC INDEX 2. Remove the color ink cartridge from its packaging. 3. Slowly remove the tape covering the cartridge’s printhead, being careful to avoid damaging or removing the barcode label on the underside of the cartridge. DO NOT TOUCH THE COPPER AREA! 4. Press and release the Ink Cartridge button to move the carrier to the load position. 5. Insert the color ink cartridge into the left cartridge carrier position, copper end first. 6.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 6 TOC INDEX C. LOADING BLANK CD MEDIA The CD Color Printer Pro is capable of printing onto a variety of CD related media including printable CDs and DVDs, and cardboard CD templates. Each of these items is loaded one at a time, before the start of each print job. Loading a Blank CD 1. With the printer’s front cover shut, press and release the CD Tray button. 2.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 7 TOC INDEX D. PRINTING A SELF TEST Now that the printer is set up and print supplies are loaded, a self test should be performed to check for proper operation of the printer. A sample of the self test print is shown below. Refer to the following steps to run a self test: 1. If power is ON, turn it OFF now using the Power button. The Power light should be OFF. Verify that print supplies are installed and that the CD Tray is closed. 2.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 8 TOC INDEX E. REPLACING OR SWITCHING INK CARTRIDGES Once you begin using your CD Color Printer Pro on a regular basis, you will eventually need to replace an empty ink cartridge. Please refer to the following steps: 1. With the CD Tray closed, open the printer’s front cover by pulling down on its top-left corner. 2.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 9 TOC INDEX 4. Remove the installed ink cartridge by grasping the top of the cartridge and firmly pulling it straight toward you. You will hear the cartridge snap out of position. Remove it from the printer. 5. Insert the replacement or alternate ink cartridge into the cartridge carrier, copper-end first. 6. Push the cartridge back until it snaps into place. 7. Close the printer’s front cover. 8.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 10 TOC INDEX Alternately, you may use the Ink Cartridge button; to indicate a previously used cartridge simply press the button and release quickly. If you have installed a fresh new cartridge, press and hold the button until the cartridge returns to its home position. The two LED’s will then blink on and off simultaneously.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 TOC 9:11 AM Page 11 INDEX Section 3: Using the CD Color Printer Pro with Windows A. CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO YOUR COMPUTER The CD Color Printer Pro is designed to be used with nearly any IBM-PC® or compatible running Windows 2000/XP. The printer is equipped with a standard 8-bit Centronics-type parallel port. This port is the means through which it receives data from your computer.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 12 TOC INDEX The printer must have its Power light illuminated to receive data. If the light is not on, press the Power button. B. INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER The CD Color Printer Pro can be used with virtually any Windows application program. This is accomplished by installing in Windows what is called a “printer driver.” The printer driver is simply software which gives the printer all the information needed for printing.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 13 TOC INDEX 3. Double-click on the Add Printer icon. This will launch the Add Printer Wizard. Click Next, then click Next again. 4. Click the Have Disk button. 5. Click Browse, select your CD-ROM drive. 6. For Windows XP and Windows 2000, open the Win2000-XP folder and select the file named OEMSETUP.INF. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation. 7.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 14 TOC 8. INDEX Once installed, the “CD Color Printer Pro” icon will appear in the Printer’s folder: IMPORTANT! During installation of the Windows 2000/XPdriver you must de-select (uncheck) the check box “Automatically detect and install my plug and play printer”. NOTE: Before installing updated printer driver versions, always delete the existing printer driver version from your system.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 15 TOC INDEX C. SETTING UP THE PRINTER DRIVER Once the printer driver has been successfully installed, you will need to set the driver up with the appropriate print options. Refer to the following steps to change or verify your printer driver options: 1. Click the Start button, then click Printers and Faxes. Right click on the CD Color Printer PRO Icon and select Printing Preferences. 2.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM Page 16 TOC INDEX NOTE: Most applications allow you to change these same printer driver options from their “Print” and/or “Printer Setup” screens. This means that you don’t have to go back to the main printer setup window each time you want to change a setting or option in the printer driver. These applications will usually give you the same choices and options, but in a slightly altered format.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:11 AM TOC Page 17 INDEX Color Matching Click on the Color Matching down arrow and choose the color matching option that’s right for you. Select None if you are more interested in processing speed rather than color accuracy, if you have already color corrected your image for printing, or if you are using some other third party color matching software. Select Algebraic if you would like the printer driver to make very simple color balance adjustments based on an RGB color model.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:12 AM Page 18 TOC INDEX (unless using an autoloader). This will close the CD Tray and let the printer know that a fresh CD is installed and ready to be printed. Black Text With Black Cartridge Only Select this option to print black text using the black cartridge only. This option only is used for CMYK printing to force black text to print with black only instead of CMYK.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:12 AM Page 19 TOC INDEX Purge Area Incomplete Diagonal Line Missing Horizontal Line Nozzle Test Areas Purge Area Incomplete Diagonal Line Each color should have two horizontal lines and should have a continuous diagonal line between. Notice in the example shown, the black nozzle test area has a missing top horizontal line and the diagonal line is not continuous; the cyan nozzle test area does not have a continuous diagonal line.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:12 AM Page 20 TOC INDEX Calibrate This section displays options for fine-tuning the position of your printed image, changing the size of a CD’s nonprintable center, and also performing a bi-directional calibration. The following gives a complete description of each of the Calibration options. The Center Size adjustment enlarges the non-printable center if a positive number is entered and reduces its size if a negative number is entered.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 TOC 9:12 AM Page 21 INDEX The Bi-di Calibration Print button will perform a test print to calibrate the bi-directional printing and also the color-to-black offset values. Place a CD in the printer tray before clicking on this button. Your print should look something like this: After the test print completes enter the numbers which match best to complete the calibration. The Enable bi-di printing check box enables bi-directional printing for the fastest throughput.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:12 AM Page 22 TOC INDEX To do this, refer to the following steps: 1. Verify that a CD tray is installed in the printer. Also, verify that the printer is powered ON and that it is connected to your computer. (Do not use a cardboard CD template for best accuracy). 2. Click on the Centering Test Print button of the Image Placement box within the Calibration window. The printer will begin printing the calibration test print. 3.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:12 AM TOC Page 23 INDEX D. PRINTING A CD Now that you have hooked up the printer, loaded the print supplies, and installed the printer driver, you are ready to print your first CD. Follow these steps to print your first image: 1. Go to your favorite graphics application program. Or, install and open the Windows CD creation software included with your printer. 2. Open or create the image file you wish to print.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:12 AM Page 24 TOC 5. INDEX Once processing is complete, the printer will begin to print. Print time will vary depending on whether you are printing with color or monochrome cartridges and on which Print Quality setting you selected. When printing is complete, the CD Tray will automatically open and remain fully extended until the next print job is received. E. CREATING A PRINT FILE (*.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:12 AM Page 25 TOC INDEX Once you are confident of your driver settings, simply click Print. When using Windows 2000 or XP you will be prompted for the name, but not the destination path. The file destination is determined by your operating system. To find the file after it is created, simply search for that file using the Find File feature found on the Start Menu. Each time a file is created it should be saved in this location.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:12 AM Page 26 TOC INDEX Section 4: Interpreting the Printer’s Indicator Lights The Power and Busy LED indicator lights located on the top of the printer can tell you a lot about what is happening inside the printer. To accurately interpret what it means when these lights are on, off, or flashing, please refer to the following: Busy Light Power Light Power Light Busy Light Printer on solid off Is ready to receive a print job.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:12 AM Page 27 TOC Power Light flashing rapidly INDEX Busy Light on solid Printer Cartridge Problem. Either the wrong cartridge or no cartridge is installed. If the proper cartridge is installed, but the error continues, the printer may not be able to properly detect the cartridge. There is a multi-colored barcode label on the bottom of the ink cartridge which the printer uses to identify the cartidge. If this label is damaged, the cartridge may not be detected properly.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:12 AM Page 28 TOC INDEX Section 5: Maintaining the Printer The CD Color Printer Pro is designed to require very little maintenance. Nevertheless, there are a few procedures you can perform on a regular basis or as needed to ensure your printer’s best performance. A.
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510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:12 AM TOC Page 30 INDEX Appendix A: Interfacing Information A. INTRODUCTION The CD Color Printer Pro is equipped with a standard 8-bit centronics-type parallel interface port. This communication port is the means through which the printer receives data from your computer. Contact technical support if you need more information on the parallel port specifications.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:12 AM Page 31 TOC INDEX B. 6-PIN MINICIRCULAR AUXILIARY INTERFACE The 6-pin minicircular auxiliary interface is used for connecting the printer with auxiliary equipment such as a CD transporter/ auto-loader. Pin assignments are as follows: 6 5 4 3 2 1 Uses 5v logic @ 5mA Pin Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 Signal Description Busy - Output is high when the printer is busy or moving the CD Tray. Tray Out - Output is high when the CD Tray is fully ejected.
510119.qxd 1/23/2004 9:12 AM Page 32 TOC Index Algebraic ...........................................................................................17 Auxiliary Port ...............................................................................3, 31 Busy Light.....................................................................................2, 26 Calibrate ............................................................................................20 Cartridge.........................................
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