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FotoPrisa 300P/U Photo Printer User’s Manual.
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Do not block the ventilation holes on the device. Keep away from liquid, heat, dust and direct exposure to sunlight or strong electromagnetic field. Before you move the device, make sure that all power or cable connections are disconnected. Place the device on a flat and stable surface.
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i Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED ....................................................................... 1 1.1 I NTRODUCTION TO F OTO P RISA P RINTER .................................................................. 1 1.2 F AMILIARIZE Y OURSELF WITH F OTO P RISA P RINTER .
ii CHAPTER 4. SOME USEFUL TIPS FOR PRINTING ............................................ 29 4.1 C AUTIONS ON USING RIBBON CARTRIDGES AND PAPER .................................................. 29 4.2 C HOOSING THE RIGHT FILE FORMATS FOR THE PRINTING OUTPUT .
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1 FotoPris a Chapter 1. Getting Started 1.1 Introduction to FotoPrisa Printer Thank you for choosing the true photo-quality FotoPrisa Printer by Acer Peripherals, Inc.
2 FotoPris a and quickly. The Photo Express image editing software allows you to get and edit image from various sources, such as from the web, through the digital camera or from scanner. You can also open image files that are already stored in your computer.
3 FotoPris a Manual paper feeding slot The FotoPrisa Printer provides two paper-feeding methods: manual feeding and paper cassette feeding. You can feed photo paper manually through this slot. While the FotoPrisa Printer is in printing process, the paper will go back and forth in the paper feeding slot for 3 or 4 times.
4 FotoPris a Ventilation holes These holes are designed to carry heat out of the machine. Do not block these holes while using the printer. Rear View (FotoPrisa 300P) Power inlet Connect the power cord here. This power inlet accepts AC power 100-240V, 50/60Hz.
5 FotoPris a Rear View (FotoPrisa 300U) Power inlet Connect the power cord here. This power inlet accepts AC power 100-240V, 50/60Hz. Power switch Turns the printer power on or off. USB Connector Use this connector to connect the FotoPrisa 300U Printer to the USB port of your computer with a USB cable.
6 FotoPris a 1.3 Software introduction Your FotoPrisa Printer comes with two powerful software tools: FotoPrisa driver FotoPrisa driver is designed specifically for making it easier and more efficient to print images in various formats with FotoPrisa Printer.
7 FotoPris a 1.4 Prepare to print This section shows you how to prepare the printer for printing images. Follow these steps when you use the FotoPrisa Printer to print images. Step 1- Turn on the printer power Turn the power switch ON and wait until the printer completes its self-test.
8 FotoPris a 4. Push the new ribbon cartridge all the way into the ribbon cartridge socket. When the cartridge goes into its place, you will hear a click from the ribbon cartridge hook.
9 FotoPris a Load paper through paper cassette Before you load the paper into the paper cassette, ruffle the paper to separate each sheet. Open the paper cassette cover and load photo paper with the marked side face down into the paper cassette. You can load up to 25 sheets of photo paper into the paper cassette.
10 FotoPris a Step 4- Print Print images from your image editing software. The FotoPrisa driver Preview Window will pop up if you have checked “Preview” in the Property Window (please see Chapter 2 for details). You can adjust the print settings from the Preview Window.
11 FotoPris a Chapter 2. FotoPrisa driver This section gives you a comprehensive description on the FotoPrisa driver functions and how to adjust printer settings and image quality in the Preview Window. 2.1 Introduction to FotoPrisa driver FotoPrisa driver is an integrated part of your FotoPrisa Printer.
12 FotoPris a The FotoPrisa Printer driver can be divided into two parts: Property Window and Preview Window . 2.2 Property Window This is where you can adjust the print settings and print area.
13 FotoPris a Orientation This option allows the image to be printed on the paper in two orientations: landscape and portrait. You can choose the proper printing direction that fits the image style. When “Resolution” is set to “300x600dpi”, the “Orientation” is unchangeable in Preview Window.
14 FotoPris a Media Type You can choose between Photo Paper, Sticker (4x4) and Sticker (Single) in this item. If you use photo paper or postcard for printing, choose "Photo Paper". If you are printing images on stickers, please choose "Sticker (4x4)" or “Sticker (Single)”.
15 FotoPris a 2.2.2 The "Print Area" tab According to the settings in “Orientation”, “Tile” and “Media Type” in the "Setting" tab, the "Print Area" tab displays the available print area options and their related information.
16 FotoPris a 2.3 Preview Window The Preview Window only appears when you have checked "Preview" in the "Setting" tab in Property Window: Preview Area The preview area is where you can get a idea of what the image will look like before you actually print.
17 FotoPris a “Print” button Click this button to print. “Cancel” button Click this button to cancel. “Help” button You can click this button to read the online help content. “Information” button Click this button to display the related information about the FotoPrisa driver.
18 FotoPris a "Image Quality" tab The Image Quality tab provides the following tools to adjust the image quality before you print. The setting change will be applied in the preview area in real-time. Brightness: Drag the slider to the left to decrease the overall brightness of the image.
19 FotoPris a Chapter 3. Photo Express In this chapter you will be presented a general introduction to the functions of Photo Express. For more detailed descriptions, please first install Acrobat Reader by searching and double- clicking the file “ar32e301.
20 FotoPris a You can run Photo Express by either double-clicking the icon on your desktop or from the shortcut in the Windows “Start” menu. After Photo Express is launched, the following main scr.
21 FotoPris a Below is an introduction to each part of the Photo Express main screen: Mode Tab: The Mode tabs switch Photo Express between Photo mode and Project mode. Photo mode is where the majority of your work is done, while the Project mode lets you make greeting cards, name cards, and other fun things based on templates.
22 FotoPris a 3.2 Applications In the sections below, we will show you how to make your personalized postcards, invitations, greeting cards, name cards and stickers with your FotoPrisa Printer and the templates in Photo Express. Photo Express allows you to import images various sources, including a file, a scanner or a digital camera.
23 FotoPris a 6. The scanner driver will pop up. Scan the image you want to use. When finished, the image will automatically replace the one in the template. You can adjust the size of the image by moving the handles on it. 7. Now we want to edit the text on the greeting card.
24 FotoPris a Make a unique invitation for your friends Aside from getting images from a scanner, you can also use a digital still camera to capture images and import them into Photo Express. You can then use the templates in Photo Express to edit them and output them as unique invitations for your friends! 1.
25 FotoPris a 12. Click Print . The FotoPrisa Preview Window will appear after a few seconds. If everything looks OK, click button to start printing your invitation.
26 FotoPris a Prepare an amazing postcard for your relatives If you have already had a file stored in your computer that is suitable to be output with FotoPrisa Printer, you can also use it to create an amazing postcard. 1. Click Photo on the Mode Tab .
27 FotoPris a Create stickers With your FotoPrisa Printer and the specially designed 4x4 sticker, you can create your original stickers and put them on your books, cellular phone or other personal goods. You can also give them to your friends to share your creativity.
28 FotoPris a Create a special name card Don’t you find your name card too dull and serious? Use your FotoPrisa Printer and the templates in Photo, you will be able to create vivid and high-quality name cards for yourself. 1. Click Project on the Mode Tab .
29 FotoPris a Chapter 4. Some Useful Tips for Printing To achieve the best print quality: Use only genuine FotoPrisa Printer consumables. Genuine FotoPrisa Printer ribbon cartridges and paper are exclusively designed for the FotoPrisa Printer to provide the best printing result.
30 FotoPris a Keep the photo paper/sticker and ribbon cartridge away from high temperature, humidity and direct sunlight. Please flatten the paper in packed status if it is curled up (See figure 1). Before you print, ruffle the photo paper/sticker to release the static electricity and separate each sheet.
31 FotoPris a 4.2 Choosing the right file formats for the printing output Like in Photo Express, in many image editing software, more than one image file format are supported for editing and output use.
32 FotoPris a *.tga (Targa) This format, one of the principal True Color image formats, can store image data with up to 32 bits per pixel. Compared to TIF and JPEG, which are other options for True Color images, TGA is relatively simple and therefore widely used in imaging programs.
33 FotoPris a specific programs or equipments. Here we don’t recommend these formats for FotoPrisa Printer. 4.3 Choose the appropriate image source for the file to be printed To get a perfect printo.
34 FotoPris a sacrificing the resolution. In order to obtain the best printing results, it is recommend that the source image size be large than 800 pixels x 1000 pixels . If you are using a digital camera as the image source, make sure that the camera is capable of taking pictures at 1.
35 FotoPris a Image dimension and resolution Image dimension indicates the very dimension of an image you will see on physical printouts. The difference between image dimension and image size is that .
36 FotoPris a Different images in different dimensions The actual printout size shown in FotoPrisa Preview window.
37 FotoPris a How to adjust the resolution and dimension of an image Now you have chosen an image with appropriate image size and aspect ratio according to our discussion above, the next step is to adjust the resolution and dimension of the source image.
38 FotoPris a Quality of original image The printer reflects the image we want to print out. If the original image's quality is not good enough (e.g. with smearing and unwanted dots or scribbles), of course, the printout will not be satisfactory as well.
39 FotoPris a Secondly, maximize your browser window and you can approximately judge if the image size is suitable for FotoPrisa Printer full-size printing by comparing with the size of window visible area. For example, if your display resolution is 800 x 600 pixels: 4.
40 FotoPris a 1. Get the right image If you are using a digital still camera It’s better to choose the camera with aspects ratio of 4:3, like 640 x 480 (minimum requirements bigger than 600 x 450), 800 x 600, 1024 x 768…, etc. Then download to the PC to save as appropriate file in the image-editing program (such as Photo Express).
41 FotoPris a Chapter 5. Troubleshooting and FAQ 5.1 Troubleshooting 5.1.1 Paper Jam If you encounter paper jam during the operation of the printer, please refer to the following instructions to remove. 1. Power off your printer and then remove the paper cassette from the printer.
42 FotoPris a 5.1.2 LED Messages The LED indicators on the printer provide information on the status of your printer. The on/off/flash of each LED indicator represents certain error or process that occur within your printer. Please refer to the following table to identify the meaning of the LED messages.
43 FotoPris a 5.1.3 Printer (parallel) port settings (For FotoPrisa 300P) FotoPrisa 300P is designed to work with your computer in all parallel port modes, but is optimized for ECP-mode connection with the parallel port of your computer.
44 FotoPris a 5.1.4 USB port settings (For FotoPrisa 300U) The FotoPrisa 300U Printer is connected to your computer via USB port. USB is short for Universal Serial Bus, a connection interface capable of transmitting signal at 12Mbit per second.
45 FotoPris a 5.2 FAQ 1. What is dye sublimation printing? Dye sublimation works in much the same way as thermal wax transfer. Thermal wax transfer creates images by selectively heating colored wax from a ribbon so that it will adhere to paper or film.
46 FotoPris a 3. What type of printing material is used? In contrast to traditional types of liquid ink, ink cartridges, crayon ink and dry toner, dye-sublimation printers utilize ink ribbons which look like rolls of colored cellophane.
47 FotoPris a 7. What is the difference between a YMC ribbon cartridge and a YMCO ribbon cartridge? There are two different kinds of ribbon cartridges available for using with your FotoPrisa Printer: the ribbon cartridge without overlayer (YMC) and with overlayer (YMCO).
48 FotoPris a 5.3 Service and Information For more information on the imaging products of Acer Peripherals, Inc., on-line technical support and software updates, please visit our web site at http://www.acerperipherals.com (USA) http://www.acerperipherals.
49 FotoPris a Chapter 6. Appendix Acer Peripherals Genuine Printing Media Series Standard Kit – Photo Ribbon cartridge / Photo Paper 25 sheets Option Kit - Sticker Ribbon cartridge / Sticker (4x4) 2.
50 FotoPris a Product Specifications Item Description Print Method Dye sublimation Resolution 300 x 600 dpi Printable Colors 16.77 million, 256 gradations each of C, M , Y Ribbon Cartridge Type YMC (yellow/magenta/cyan) Paper size 101.5 x 148mm Print area 101.
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