Primera Technology III manual

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Notices: The infor mation in this document is subject to change without notice. NO W ARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS MADE WITH REGARD TO THIS MA TERIAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO , THE IMPLIED W ARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR PURPOSE. No liability is assumed for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential dama[...]

iii R ead Me F irst! Congratulations on the purchase of your new CD Color Printer . T o begin printing with your new printer immediately , please refer to the following quick start instructions. For more complete infor mation regarding all aspects of your printer s operation, please refer to the printer s main User s Manual. HARDWARE SETUP[...]

iv The self -test should look like this: 6. Connect the printer to your computer using the proper interface cable. F or best results, use a IEEE 1284-Compliant cable and do not connect to an A/B switch box. Also, note that the printer will print fastest if your computer s parallel port is set to ECP mode (most new computers are set to ECP). Y ou[...]

v Installation Instructions: W indows 95/98 or W indows NT/2000 Printer Drivers: 1. Insert the included CD into your computer s CD -ROM drive. 2. Click on the Start button on the task bar , point to Settings , and select Printers . 3. Double-click on the A dd Printer icon. This will launch the A dd Printer W izard. Click Next , then click Next a[...]

vi 6. Select your CD -ROM drive, open the folder named W in95-98 folder , then open the folder named 32 Bit Print Spooler . 7. Double-click on the Setup.exe file then select the Finish button to complete installation. IMPORTANT! Once the printer driver software is installed, the Image Placement values labeled on your printer s rear panel must be[...]

vii Please Note The S pare Ink Cartridge Holder provides a convenient place to store an extra ink cartridge and also prevent s an opened ink cartridge from drying out. T o use this holder , simply set it next to the printer . The S pare Ink Cartridge Holder must always remain in an upright or vertical position. Insert an Ink Cartridge into the hold[...]

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ix T able of Contents Section 1: Getting Started A. Choosing a Good Location ...............................................................................1 B. Unpacking and Inspection ...............................................................................1 C. Identifying the P arts .........................................................[...]

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Getting Started 1 Section 1: Getting Started THANK Y OU ...for choosing the CD Color Printer III. 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 III lets you print razor-sharp text, vibrant spot colors, and even stunning photo -realistic photographs direc[...]

2 Getting Started C. IDENTIFYING THE P ARTS This illustration shows the extended CD T ray and all of the control buttons and LED indicator lights found on the printer . Th e P ower Butto n tu r ns the printe r s power ON and OF F . This button also serves to cancel the cur rent print job if a print error occurs and to reset the printer for the n[...]

Getting Started 3 This illustration shows the input ports found on the rear panel of the printe r . Both a parallel and a serial inte r face port are provided. If using the printer with Windo ws, you will use its P arallel Inte r face P ort . If using the printer with an Appl e ® Macintosh, you will use its Serial Inter face P ort (use a USB -to -[...]

4 Ink Cartridges and Printable CDs Section 2: Ink Cartridges and P rintable CDs A. ABOUT INK CARTRIDGES AND PRINT ABLE CDS F or 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 [...]

Ink Cartridges and Printable CDs 5 2. Remove the ink cartridge from its packaging. 3. Remove the tape covering the cartridges printhead. 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 ink cartridge into the cartridge carrier , copper end first. 6. Push the cartr[...]

6 Ink Cartridges and Printable CDs C. LO ADING BLANK CD MEDIA The CD Color Printer III is capable of printing onto a variety of CD related media including printable CDs and D VDs, 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. W ith the printer s front cover shut[...]

Ink Cartridges and Printable CDs 7 D. PRINTING A SELF TEST Now that the printer is set up and print supplies are loaded, a self test should be pe r fo r med to check for proper operation of the printer . A sample of the self test print is shown below . Refer to the following steps to r un a self test: 1. If po wer is ON, turn it OFF now . The P owe[...]

8 Ink Cartridges and Printable CDs E. REPLACING OR SWITCHING INK CARTRIDGES Once yo u begin using your CD Color Printer III on a regular basis, you will eventually need to replace an empty ink cartridge or switch between color and monochrome cartridges. T o do this from a Macintosh use the same steps described in P art B of this section. T o do thi[...]

Ink Cartridges and Printable CDs 9 4. F rom within the printer driver setup window , click on the Cartridge button and then on the Change button to move the carrier to the load position. Note that the printer driver must be installed and that the printer must be connected to your computer (see Section 3) in order to complete this step. 5. Remove th[...]

10 Ink Cartridges and Printable CDs 7. Push the cartridge back until it snaps into place. 8. Go back to the printer driver setup window and click on either the New Cartridge Installed or the Old Cartridge Installed button to indicate whether you installed a fresh, new cartridge or simply switched between a previously used color cartridge and a prev[...]

Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows 11 Section 3: Using the CD Color P rinter III with W indows A. CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO Y OUR COMPUTER The CD Color Printer III is designed to be used with nearly any IBM-PC ® or compatible r unning W indows NT/2000, or W indows 95/98. The printer is equipped with a standard 8-bit Centronics-type paral[...]

12 Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows The printer must have its P ower light illuminated to receive data. If the light is not on, press the P ower button. B. INST ALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER The CD Color Printer III can be used with virtually any W indows application program. This is accomplished by installing in W indows what is called a ?[...]

Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows 13 3. D ouble-click on the A dd Printer icon. This will launch the A dd Printer W izard. Click Next , then click Next again. 4. Click the Have Disk button. 5. Click Browse , select your CD -ROM drive. 6. F or W indows 95/98, open the W in 95 & 98 Driver folder and select the file named CDCOLOR3.INF .[...]

14 Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows C. INST ALLING THE 32-BIT PRINT SPOOLER FOR WINDOWS 95/98 Y our CD Color Printer III ships with a print utility program called the 32-Bit P rint Spoole r . This print spooler is for use only with W indows 95 or W indows 98. Once installed, the print spooler is able to process your print jobs and send [...]

Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows 15 5. Click Next , then click on the Browse button. 6. Select your CD -ROM drive, then open the folder named 32 Bit Print Spooler . 7. Double-click on the Setup.exe file, then select the Finish button to complete installation. When installed, the 32-Bit Print Spooler icon will appear in the Programs grou[...]

16 Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows The Curr ent Job tab tells you the name and size of the file printing, the progress of the overall print job, as well as the total number of copies left to print. It also provides buttons which allow you to pause or cancel the print job at any time during the printing process. The Settings tab tells y[...]

Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows 17 2. In W indows 95/98, you will see several tabs from which printer settings can be changed including Media , Device Options , Cartridge , and Calibrate . In W indows NT , click on the Advanced tab of the Document Settings window . In W indows 2000 click on the Advanced button for more driver settings.[...]

18 Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows Media The media option will be set to CD for printing onto printable surface CDs, DVDs, and cardboard template CDs. When sizing your images for printing, keep in mind that each type of CD media has the following maximum printable areas: CD 4.567 round (116mm). F or a complete description of each ty[...]

Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows 19 Ink S a tu r a tion This option controls the ink saturation of the printed image. When printing onto the printer manufacturer s T uffCoat CD media, this option can be left at its default setting of 50%. When printing onto other brands of printable CD media, you may need to adjust this control in or[...]

20 Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows Use 32-bit Spooler Select this option for consistently faster print processing under W indows 95/98. This option is only selectable if operating under W indows 95/98 and if the included 32-Bit P rint Spooler software has been installed. When selected, this option allows the printer driver to send all [...]

Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows 21 Section 2-E, select either the New Cartridge Installed button or the Old Cartridge Installed button accordingly . These selections are necessar y for the printer to accurately keep track of ink cartridge ink levels. NOTE: The ink type shown will be whatever Ink Cartridge is selected in the driver . Al[...]

22 Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows HINT : Notice the direction the V ertical and Horizontal adjustment ar r ows point within the Calibration window are representative of the direction the printed image moves on the CD. If you ever wish to verify your factory-recommended V ertical and Horizontal calibration settings, you can r un a simp[...]

Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows 23 4. When the second run of the print is compete, you should have a test print that looks like the following: 5. Along the V ertical axis of the printed CD template, find the number whose lines touch. F or example, in the above illustration, the number would be -6. Enter that number into the V ertical b[...]

24 Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows E. 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. F ollow these steps to print your first image: 1. Go to your favorite graphics application program. Or , install and open the W indows CD creat[...]

Using the CD Color Printer III with W indows 25 3. Once you have created your image and are ready to print, select P rint Setup (or the equivalent) from the programs File menu to verify that the printer driver settings are correct for your image. Be sure the proper Ink Cartridge options is selected according to the supplies you have installed in[...]

26 Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh Section 4: Using the CD Color P rinter III with Macintosh A. CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO Y OUR COMPUTER The CD Color Printer III is designed to be used with any Apple Macintosh supporting Color QuickDraw and r unning system software 7.0 or higher . F or best perfor mance, a Macintosh with a 68040 pr[...]

Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh 27 The printer must have its P ower light illuminated to receive data. If the light is not on, press the P ower button. B. INST ALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER The CD Color Printer III can be used with virtually any Macintosh application program. This is accomplished by installing what is called a  printer[...]

28 Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh appropriate files will automatically install onto your computer . An alert box will then display indicating that installation is complete. 5. Click on OK to exit the installer . Driver installation is now complete. C. THE CHOOSER The Chooser is a Desk A ccesso r y in the Apple menu. Before you can us[...]

Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh 29 4. Select either On or Off to enable or disable the printer s Background P rinting function. When enabled, this function allows you to work in the foreground of your application program while printing in the background. Please refer to Section 5 for more information on background printing. The ne [...]

30 Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh Print Quality Select the appropriate print quality option for your image. Keep in mind that Fast 600 provides the lowest quality but fastest print, and that Photo 1200 provides the highest quality but slowest print. Y ou may wish to experiment with these options to see which one is best for your part[...]

Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh 31 Ink S a tu r a tion This o ption controls the ink saturation of the printed image. When printing onto the printer manufacturer s T uffCoat CD media, this option can be left at its default setting of 50%. When printing onto other brands of printable CD media, you may need to adjust this control in [...]

32 Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh Ca r tridge Select this button to display options for changing or cleaning an ink cartridge. Select the Change button to move the printer s ink cartridge carrier to the load position in order to change ink cartridges. Note that pressing the printer s Ink Cartridge button serves this same purpos[...]

Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh 33 When facing the printer , the V ertical adjustment moves the printed image toward the back of the printer if a positive number is entered and toward the front of the printer if a negative number is entered. The Horizontal adjustment moves the printed image toward the left-hand side if a positive numb[...]

34 Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh 4. When the second run of the print is compete, you should have a test print that looks like the following: 5. Along the V ertical axis of the printed CD template, find the number whose lines touch. F or example, in the above illustration, the number would be -6. Enter that number into the V ertical [...]

Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh 35  If creating a label for a CD, set your page size to 4.567 x 4.567 (116 x 116mm). Although your image will appear square on screen, the printer driver will automatically crop your image to the round shape of a CD for printing. The driver will also automatically crop out the center 1.6 (41[...]

36 Using the Print Backgr ounder for Macintosh Section 5: Using the Print Backgr ounder for Macintosh The printer driver for Macintosh provides a background print utility called the Print Backgrounder . This print utility is tur ned on or off through the Choose r . When the Backgrounder is turned on, it allows you to conveniently continue working i[...]

Using the Print Backgrounder for Macintosh 37 your print jobs. Backgrounder processes all print jobs in the order in which they were sent to the printer . C. THE B ACK GROUNDER ST A TUS WINDOW The Backgrounder status window gives you detailed information about the status of the print job currently processing and about each print job waiting in the [...]

38 Using the Print Backgr ounder for Macintosh D. BA CK GROUNDER MENUS File menu Open Status W indow and Close Status W indow: Opens and closes the Backgrounder status window . The Backgrounder continues to work if the status window is closed. Log F iles: The Backgrounder has the ability to create and maintain a sequential history file, or Log file[...]

Using the Print Backgrounder for Macintosh 39 lower left-hand cor ner of the window indicates that Backgrounder has stopped. Y ou cannot quit from Backgrounder while it is processing a job. Stop Pr ocessing must first be selected to cancel the processing job and stop Backgrounder . When Backgrounder stops, the menu changes to Continue Processing. W[...]

40 Using the Print Backgr ounder for Macintosh E. PROBLEMS DURING A BACK GROUND PRINT Errors that are detected during a background print must be reported. The Backgrounder , however , cannot simply present a dialog bo x as soon as the error occurs, since the dialog could obscure wo rk that is being done in the foreground. Er ror dialogs appear imme[...]

Interpreting the Printer s Indicator Lights 41 Section 6: Interpr eting the Printer s Indicator Lights The P ower and Busy LED indicator lights located on the top of the printer can tell you a lot about what is happening inside the printer . T o accurately interpret what it means when these lights are on, off, or flashing, please refer to the[...]

42 Interpreting the Printer s Indicator Lights P ower Light Busy Light Printer flashing on solid Has either the wrong cartridge rapidly or no cartridge installed. Make sure the proper ink cartridge is installed: T urn the printer OFF , cancel the job from the computer , turn the printer ON, and tr y again after installing proper cartridge. 51017[...]

Maintaining the Printer 43 Section 7: Maintaining the Printer The CD Color Printer III is designed to require very little maintenance. Nevertheless, there are a few procedures you can perfor m on a regular basis or as needed to ensure your printer s best per formance. A. CLEANING THE INK CARTRIDGE NOZZLES It may be necessary to clean the ink car[...]

44 T echnical Specifications Section 8: T echnical Specifications Model: CD Color Printer III Print Method: Ink-Jet Printing Resolution: 1200 x 1200 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi, or 600 x 300 dpi, driver selectable Print Speed: Depends upon percentage of coverage and print mode selected. About 134 seconds for 100% full-color coverage, Photo 1200. About 68 se[...]

Inter facing Infor mation 45 Appendix A: Inter facing Infor mation A. INTRODUCTION The CD Color Printer III is equipped with both a standard 8-bit centronics-type parallel inte r face port and a high-speed serial inte r face port. These communication ports are the means through which the printer receives data from your computer . This section descr[...]

46 Interfacing Infor mation B. MINI 8-PIN SERIAL INTERF ACE The mini 8-pin serial inte r face connector is the standard inte r face used by Macintosh. The printe r s serial port mates with a standard computer to printer serial cable. For best results, always use a high-quality serial cable which is less than 6 feet in length. Pin assignments are[...]

Inter facing Infor mation 47 C. 6-PIN MINICIR CULAR A UXILIAR Y INTERF ACE The 6-pin minicircular auxilia r y inte r face is used for connecting the printer with auxilia r y equipment such as a CD transporter/ auto -loader . Pin assignments are as follows: Uses 5v logic @ 5mA Pin Number Signal Description 1 Busy - Output is high when the printer is[...]

48 Index Inde x Algebraic .....................................................................................18, 30 A uxiliary P ort ...............................................................................3, 47 Backgrounder ...................................................................................36 Busy L ight ...................[...]

W ar ranty 49 CD-R Color Printer Limited W ar ranty A. WHA T IS CO VERED Primera T echnology , Inc. (Primera) warrants to the original purchaser that the product enclosed with this Limited W ar ranty statement and used in the countr y of purchase will conform to the manufacturer s specifications and be free from defects in workmanship and [...]

PRIMERA SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE INTEGRITY AND/OR LONGEVITY OF AN Y TEXT , PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES, DIGITIZED IMAGES, GRAPHICS, BAR CODES, OR COMBINA TION THEREOF THA T ARE PRODUCED, GENERA TED, OR OTHER WISE TRANSFERRED T O DISCS BY THE USE OF PRIMERA S HARDW ARE OR SOFTW ARE NOR IS PRIMERA LIABLE FOR THE INTEGRITY , VIABILITY , OR LONGEVIT[...]

Supplies and T ec hnical Suppor t Inf or ma tion 510171Pr5.qxd 5/2/2000 3:39 PM Page 51 TOC[...]

Need Supplies? See your local dealer or call Primera at 763-475-6676 or Fax 763-475-6677 or order direct from our www site: w w w .primerastore.com 53315 Blank T uf f-Coa t CD-Rs, W hite 50-disc spindle, no jewel cases included 53325 Blank T uf f-Coa t CD-Rs, Silver 50-disc spindle, no jewel cases included 53318 Color Ink Car tridge 53319 Monoch[...]

Signa tur e III Prints Onto V ir tuall y Any Printa ble-Surf ace CD-R Media T he f ollowing are Primer a-appr o v ed media par tner s . . . T o order additional Primera-approved CD-R media, call Primera at 1-800-797-2772, or call our media partners directly at: Microboards: 1-800-646-8881 Maxell: 1-800-377-5887 Mitsui Advanced Media: 1-800-682-2377[...]

F or the ultimate in CD-R durability and quality choose Signature media. Unlike most printable-surface CD-Rs that take ten minutes or more to dry , Signature CD-Rs dry immediately , saving you time. And other CD-Rs are not water-resistant no matter how long they dry . But Signature CD-Rs feature a unique protective coating called T uff-Coat  , d[...]

NEED TECHNICAL SUPPORT? WERE GLAD T O HELP! I f you find that you need some help in operating your new Primera printer , the instructions in the User s Manual should in many cases solve the problem. If you still have difficulty or cant find the right answer to your question, please call Primeras T echnical Support Group at (763) 475-666[...]

T wo Carlson Parkway North  Plymouth, MN 55447-4446 USA 763-475-6676  Fax 763-475-6677 WWW Home Page: http://www .primeratechnology .com E-mail: sales@primeratechnology .com Signature and T uff-Coat are trademarks and Primera is a registered trademark of Primera T echnology , Inc. ©2000 Primera T echnology , Inc. All rights reserved. 510182-[...]

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