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4 Ink Cartridges and Printable CDs

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.
With both of these ink cartridges, you can print directly onto

virtually any brand of 

printable-surface CD

 media. Since

different brands of 

CDs

 have different printable coatings,

however, you may need to adjust the printer driver settings to

accommodate your specific brand of CD media. Refer to

Section 3 for further printer driver information. 
Due to the wide variety of printable-surface CD media, you

may find that certain brands of CDs provide higher print

quality than others. For maximum print quality, use CD media

authorized by the printer manufacturer. Contact your local CD

Color Printer reseller or contact the printer manufacturer

directly for selection and pricing on all printer supplies and

accessories.

B. INSTALLING THE INK CARTRIDGES

1. With the CD Tray closed, open the printer’s front cover by

pulling down on its top-left corner.

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Summary of Contents for Autograph Autograph Pro

Page 1: ...111501 510119 01 User s Manual 2001 All rights reserved CD Color Printer Pro...

Page 2: ...dance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does ca...

Page 3: ...essing the Ink Cartridge Button The color cartridge must be installed in the left position and the black cartridge must be installed in the right position Insert the cartridges copper end first into t...

Page 4: ...he appropriate software required for printing The included CD contains all of the necessary software At a minimum you must install the printer driver appropriate for your computer s specific operation...

Page 5: ...O INF Follow the on screen instructions to complete installation 32 Bit Print Spooler MUST INSTALL if using Windows 95 98 Me only 1 Insert the included CD into your computer s CD ROM drive 2 Close dow...

Page 6: ...you to jump to different locations within the document Each listing in the Table of Contents is interactive Place the cursor on either the words or the page number A small hand with a pointing finger...

Page 7: ...lor Printer Pro with Windows A Connecting the Printer to Your Computer 11 B Installing the Printer Driver 12 C Installing the 32 Bit Spooler for Windows 95 98 Me 14 D Setting Up the Printer Driver 16...

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Page 9: ...y setting up and printing with your new CD Color Printer A CHOOSING A GOOD LOCATION Place the printer in a location with adequate air circulation to prevent internal heat build up Do not place the pri...

Page 10: ...ves to cancel the current print job if a print error occurs and to reset the printer for the next print job The CD Tray Button opens or closes the CD Tray for loading and ejecting CDs The Ink Cartridg...

Page 11: ...aders and automatic duplicators only which are sold separately For more information on each of the interface ports please refer to Appendix A D APPLYING POWER 1 Locate the power adapter supplied with...

Page 12: ...and of printable surface CD media Since different brands of CDs have different printable coatings however you may need to adjust the printer driver settings to accommodate your specific brand of CD me...

Page 13: ...into the left cartridge carrier position copper end first 6 Push the cartridge back until it snaps into place 7 Repeat steps 2 through 6 for the black cartridge placing it in the right cartridge carr...

Page 14: ...and DO NOT touch its printable surface 3 Press and release the CD Tray button to close the CD Tray If you wish you may also leave the CD Tray open and it will automatically close at the start of the...

Page 15: ...s 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 th...

Page 16: ...ling a new replacement ink cartridge remove the cartridge from its packaging and remove the tape covering the cartridge s printhead DO NOT TOUCH THE COPPER AREA 3 From within the printer driver setup...

Page 17: ...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 altern...

Page 18: ...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 If you v...

Page 19: ...btain a shielded bi directional parallel cable and refer to the following steps NOTE For faster printing your computer s parallel port mode should be set to ECP If you experience problems with this se...

Page 20: ...ll the information needed for printing Use the following steps to install the printer driver NOTE This section of the Operator s Manual assumes that you are already familiar with Windows and know how...

Page 21: ...uld browse to D Win98 Me Driver You would then select the file named CD_PRO INF Follow the on screen instructions to complete installation Once installed the CD Color Printer Pro icon will appear in t...

Page 22: ...s a result it is highly recomended that you use the 32 Bit Print Spooler when printing from Windows 95 Windows 98 or Windows Me Also the 32 Bit Print Spooler will display the ink remaining in your pri...

Page 23: ...window and click on the Add Remove button To print with the 32 Bit Print Spooler you must select the Use 32 Bit Spooler option from within the printer driver setup window as described in Part D of thi...

Page 24: ...s Current Job tab HINT If you want to send the last job without having to rasterize it again simply open the 32 Bit Spooler and click print The Direct to Port Mode option allows the spooler to send d...

Page 25: ...tup 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 Some applicatio...

Page 26: ...0 provides the lowest quality but fastest print and that Super Photo 2400 provides the highest quality but slowest print You may wish to experiment with these options to see which one is best for your...

Page 27: ...the left and right arrows to change the ink saturation setting Moving the slide s box to the left reduces the overall ink saturation while moving it to the right increases it Manual Load Select this o...

Page 28: ...32 Bit Spooler Select this option for consistently faster print processing under Windows 95 98 Me This option is only selectable if operating under Windows 95 98 Me and if the included 32 Bit Print S...

Page 29: ...zles still appear to be clogged remove the cartridge and gently wipe the nozzle area sideways with a clean water dampened cloth If after several cleanings a color still does not appear on the test pri...

Page 30: ...the New Color Cartridge or New Black Cartridge button or the Used Cartridge button accordingly These selections are necessary for the printer to accurately keep track of ink cartridge ink levels Calib...

Page 31: ...n 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 di...

Page 32: ...sing the same CD 4 When the second run of the print is compete you should have a test print that looks like the following 5 Along the Vertical axis of the printed CD template find the number whose lin...

Page 33: ...your image to the round shape of a CD for printing The driver will also automatically crop out the center 1 73 44mm of your image to accommodate a CD s non printable center hub more or less if you ch...

Page 34: ...minute or so 5 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 set...

Page 35: ...job and is waiting for you to load CD media or has a print media jam If media loading is required simply load media into the CD Tray according to Section 2 C and press the CD Tray button to resume pri...

Page 36: ...u do replace the cartridge now then the ink levels will be cleared It assumes you replaced with a fresh cartridge If you instead press the CD Tray button to continue then the ink levels will not be cl...

Page 37: ...it may stain if left on the tray too long To avoid this simply wipe off any ink from the CD Tray as soon as you notice it Use a lint free cloth slightly moistened with water to wipe off the CD Tray I...

Page 38: ...me K Color Matching PrimaColorTM color matching software included Media Types Printable surface 120mm CD R or DVD R also supports 58mm x 86mm printable surface business card CDs with optional adapter...

Page 39: ...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 t...

Page 40: ...high when the printer is busy or moving the CD Tray 2 Tray Out Output is high when the CD Tray is fully ejected 3 Tray In Output is high when the CD Tray is fully inserted 4 CD In Output is high when...

Page 41: ...olor Matching 18 Dither Mode 18 Ink Cartridges 4 18 Ink Cartridge Button 2 Ink Saturation 19 Interface Port 3 31 Manual Load 19 Media 18 Parallel Port 3 11 31 Print Quality 18 Printable CDs 4 Printer...

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