Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CD Color Printer FARGO electronic
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971015-510225-(01) U ser Õ s Manual © 1997 by F ARGO Electr onics, Incorporated CD Color Printer 510225 Fargo/CD Color Prtr 7/29/98 2:39 PM Page i.
Notices The information in this document is subject to change without notice. NO W ARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS MADE WITH REGARD T O THIS MA TERIAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED W ARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A P AR TICULAR PURPOSE.
T able of Contents Section 1: Getting Started A. Choosing a Good Location...............................................................................1 B. Unpacking and Inspection .....................................................................
Getting Started 1 Section 1: Getting Started THANK YOU… ...for choosing the CD Color Printer . This printer is the perfect way for you to label all of your custom CDÕs quickly , easily , and with a touch of class.
2 Getting Started ¥ W arranty Statement and Registration Card ¥ This manual and other printed information Save the carton and packing materials. They will come in handy when transporting the printer .
Getting Started 3 This illustration shows the input ports found on the rear panel of the printer . Both a parallel and a serial interface port ar e provided. If using the printer with W indows, you will use its Parallel Interface Port. If using the printer with an Apple ¨ Macintosh, you will use its Serial Interface Port.
4 Ink Cartridges and Printable CD-R’ s Section 2: Ink Cartridges and Printable CD-R’ s A. ABOUT INK CARTRIDGES AND PRINT ABLE CD-R’S For full-color printing, a 3-color ink cartridge is available. This cartridge contains the three pr ocess-color inks of yellow , magenta, and cyan, which combine to produce up to 16.
Ink Cartridges and Printable CD-R’ s 5 2. Remove the ink cartridge from its packaging. 3. Remove the tape covering the cartridgeÕs printhead. DO NOT TOUCH THE COPPER AREA! 4. Press and r elease the Ink Cartridge button to move the carrier to the load position.
6 Ink Cartridges and Printable CD-R’ s C. LOADING BLANK CD-R MEDIA The CD Color Printer is capable of printing onto a variety of CD-R related media including printable CD-RÕs, car dboard CD templates, and jewel case booklets and inserts. Each of these items is loaded one at a time, before the start of each print job.
Ink Cartridges and Printable CD-R’ s 7 Loading a Blank Jewel Case Booklet or Insert Blank CD-R jewel case booklets and inserts are available for creating custom jewel case labels. The jewel case booklet is what slips into the top lid of the jewel case.
8 Ink Cartridges and Printable CD-R’ s 3. Press and r elease the CD T ray button to close the CD T ray . If you wish, you may also leave the CD T ray open and it will automatically close at the start of the print job. Once printing is complete, the CD T ray will automatically re-open.
Ink Cartridges and Printable CD-R’ s 9 E. REPLACING OR SWITCHING INK CARTRIDGES Once you begin using your CD Color Printer on a regular basis, you will eventually need to replace an empty ink cartridge or switch between color and monochrome cartridges.
10 Ink Cartridges and Printable CD-R’ s 4. From 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.
Ink Cartridges and Printable CD-R’ s 11 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.
12 Using the CD Color Printer with W indows Section 3: Using the CD Color Printer with W indows A. CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO YOUR COMPUTER The CD Color Printer is designed to be used with nearly any IBM-PC ¨ or compatible running W indows 3.1x, W indows NT , or W indows 95.
Using the CD Color Printer with W indows 13 The printer must have its Power light illuminated to receive data. If the light is not on, press the Power button. B. INST ALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER The Color CD Printer can be used with virtually any W indows application program.
14 Using the CD Color Printer with W indows 3. Double-click on the Add Printer icon. 4. Follow the on-screen instr uctions to complete installation. When prompted, do not have W indows print a test print since you most likely performed a printer self test in Section 2.
Using the CD Color Printer with W indows 15 6. Select the Install button. 7. Insert the supplied Printer Driver diskette into your computer Õs disk drive. If you insert the diskette in a drive other than the A: drive displayed in the Install Driver dialog box, you must change the drive designation.
16 Using the CD Color Printer with W indows 2. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and select Control Panel. 3. Double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon. 4. Follow the on-screen instr uctions to complete installation. When installed, the 32-Bit Print Spooler will appear in the Programs gr oup of the Start menu.
Using the CD Color Printer with W indows 17 When the 32-Bit Print Spooler is running, its icon will appear in the W indows 95 T ask Bar . During a print job, it is sometimes helpful to click on this icon to bring the 32-Bit Print Spooler status window to the foregr ound of your application.
18 Using the CD Color Printer with W indows W indows 95 or W indows NT , click the Start button, point to Settings, and select Printers. Then, click on the CD Color Printer icon with the right mouse button and select Properties if using W indows 95 or Document Defaults if using W indows NT .
Using the CD Color Printer with W indows 19 Ink Cartridge Select either Color or Monochrome according to the type of ink cartridge you have installed. Print Quality Select the appropriate print quality option for your image.
20 Using the CD Color Printer with W indows Ink Saturation This option controls the ink saturation of the printed image. When printing onto the printer manufacturer Õs T uf fCoat CD-R media, this option should be left at its default setting of 100%.
Using the CD Color Printer with W indows 21 and printing process. In this case, the W rite Direct to Port option should be selected. For some computers, however , this option may not be supported by the particular brand of PC and should not be selected.
22 Using the CD Color Printer with W indows If this window appears as shown below , check that an ink cartridge is installed, that the 32-Bit Print Spooler is installed, and that your computer is connected and communicating properly with the printer .
Using the CD Color Printer with W indows 23 Calibrate Select this button to display options for fine-tuning the position of your printed image and the size of a CD-RÕs non-printable center .
24 Using the CD Color Printer with W indows If you have just unboxed your new printer and are using it for the first time, you should run a simple calibration procedur e to assure that your images will be center ed when printed on a CD. T o calibrate your printer , refer to the following steps: 1.
Using the CD Color Printer with W indows 25 After your selections have been made, close out of the printer setup window . Y ou are now ready to go to an application program and print. All printer driver selections will stay the same until you change them.
correct for your image. Be sur e the proper Media and Ink Cartridge options are selected accor ding to the supplies you have installed in the printer . Once the driver is set, select Print from the pr ogramÕs File menu. 4. The printer driver will then begin to process the image.
Using the CD Color Printer with Macintosh 27 Section 4: Using the CD Color Printer with Macintosh A. CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO YOUR COMPUTER The CD Color Printer is designed to be used with any Apple Macintosh supporting Color QuickDrawª and running system software 7.
28 Using the CD Color Printer with Macintosh The printer must have its Power light illuminated to receive data. If the light is not on, press the Power button. B. INST ALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER The CD Color Printer can be used with virtually any Macintosh application program.
Using the CD Color Printer with Macintosh 29 4. When the Installer window appears, select the options you would like the installer program to install. In most instances, the default selections will suffice.
30 Using the CD Color Printer with Macintosh 3. Select either the Modem or Printer Port to indicate to which port the serial interface cable was connected. If the Printer port is selected, AppleT alk should remain inactive while printing unless you are using AppleT alk thr ough your Ethernet port.
Using the CD Color Printer with Macintosh 31 Ink Cartridge Select either Color or Monochrome according to the type of ink cartridge you have installed.
32 Using the CD Color Printer with Macintosh click on the Set Profile… button, select the F ARGO Default System (icc) profile, and click on the Select button. The pr ofile is now selected. Ink Saturation This option controls the ink saturation of the printed image.
Using the CD Color Printer with Macintosh 33 Cartridge Select this button to display options for changing or cleaning an ink cartridge. Select the Change button to move the printer Õs ink cartridge carrier to the load position in order to change ink cartridges.
The Center Size adjustment enlarges the non-printable center if a positive number is entered and r educes its size if a negative number is entered. As a rule, an adjustment of 12 pixels is equivalent to approximately 1 millimeter . Once you have entered the optimum calibration values, you will most likely not need to change them again.
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. For example, in the above illustration, the number would be -6.
¥ If creating a label for a CD-R, set your page size to 4.56Ó x 4.56Ó (1 16 x 1 16mm). Although your image will appear square on scr een, the printer driver will automatically crop your image to the r ound shape of a CD-R for printing. The driver will also automatically crop out the center 1.
Using the Print Backgrounder for Macintosh 37 Section 5: Using the Print Backgrounder for Macintosh The printer driver for Macintosh provides a backgr ound print utility called the Print Backgrounder . This print utility is turned on or off thr ough the Chooser .
38 Using the Print Backgrounder for Macintosh your print jobs. Backgrounder pr ocesses all print jobs in the order in which they wer e sent to the printer .
Using the Print Backgrounder for Macintosh 39 D. BACKGROUNDER MENUS File menu Open Status W indow and Close Status Window: Opens and closes the Backgrounder status window .
40 Using the Print Backgrounder for Macintosh lower left-hand corner of the window indicates that Backgrounder has stopped. Y ou cannot quit from Backgrounder while it is pr ocessing a job. Stop Processing must first be selected to cancel the processing job and stop Backgrounder .
Using the Print Backgrounder for Macintosh 41 E. PROBLEMS DURING A BACKGROUND PRINT Errors that ar e detected during a background print must be reported. The Backgr ounder , however , cannot simply pr esent a dialog box as soon as the error occurs, since the dialog could obscure work that is being done in the for eground.
42 Interpreting the Printer ’ s Indicator Lights Section 6: 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 .
Maintaining the Printer 43 Section 7: Maintaining the Printer The CD Color Printer is designed to requir e very little maintenance. Nevertheless, there ar e a few procedur es you can perform on a regular basis or as needed to ensur e your printer Õs best performance.
44 Maintaining the Printer B. CLEANING THE CD TRA Y AND PRINTER CASING If ink gets on the printer Õs CD T ray , it may stain if left on the tray too long. T o avoid this, simply wipe off any ink from the CD T ray as soon as you notice it. Use a lint-free cloth slightly moistened with isopropyl alcohol to wipe of f the CD T ray .
T echnical Specifications 45 Section 8: T echnical Specifications Print Method: Thermal Ink-Jet Print Resolution: Normal: 300 x 300 dpi Highest Quality: 600 x 300 dpi Print Speed: Depends upon coverage and print quality mode; about two minutes per full-color CD, less than 30 seconds for monochrome black (15% coverage) Colors: 16.
46 Interfacing Information 14 25 13 PIN 1 36 18 PIN 1 19 WIRE DIAGRAM DB36P DB25P 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 32 15 31 16 36 17 THROUGH 3019 THROUGH 25 SHELL SHELL T ABLE A-1: Parallel Interface Pin Assignments Appendix A: Interfacing Information A.
Interfacing Information 47 C. MINI 8-PIN SERIAL INTERF ACE The mini 8-pin serial interface connector is the standard interface used by Macintosh. The printer Õs 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.
48 Interfacing Information D. 6-PIN MINICIRCULAR AUXILIAR Y INTERF ACE The 6-pin minicircular auxiliary interface is used for connecting the printer with auxiliary equipment such as a CD transporter/ auto-loader .
Index 49 Index Algebraic .....................................................................................19, 31 Auxiliary Port ...............................................................................3, 48 Backgrounder .....................
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