Quick Reference Guide
for Windows 7, Vista, and XP
Please visit our Technical Support website at www.microboards.com/support
820-00228-01
Rev 10.03.11
For a more in-depth look at the
installation process, please refer to
the Installation Section of the User’s
Manual.
Be sure your computer meets the
Minimum System Requirements as stated
in the User’s Manual and that you have
read these instructions and the Manual
prior to contacting Microboards Technical
Support with installation or configuration
questions!
CX-1 Disc Publisher Installation:
You should not attempt to install the CX-1 Disc Publisher unless you are logged on
to your PC with administrative rights.
The hardware and much of the software installation will occur without intervention.
1. Unpack the CX-1 Disc Publisher and place it in the selected workspace. This
space should have enough vertical space to allow for easy loading of media into
the input hopper and have enough room behind the CX-1 Disc Publisher to allow
the unloading of rejected discs.
2.
Insert the CX-1 Disc Publisher Installation disk into the CD/DVD ROM drive on
your computer. The installer should open automatically.
If the installer does not automatically open, click the
Start
button and select
Run from the Start menu. Click the
Browse
button and go to the CD/DVD drive,
highlight
MBInstall.exe
, click the
Open
button, then click
OK
.
Prerequisite Windows components may need to be installed before the Disc
Publisher can be installed. If any prerequisites are not present, they will be
installed at this point. You will not be able to install your Disc Publisher without
installing the prerequisite components. You will need to reboot the PC after the
prerequisites are installed. The Disc Publisher installer will launch automatically
after rebooting.
CX-1 Disc Publisher Installation
Select
Microboards CX-1 Disc Publisher
from the list, then click the
Install
Microboards CX-1 Disc Publisher
button that appears.
3.
You will first be guided through the hardware setup.
Please follow all directions
on each window before clicking the Next button.
4.
After the physical hardware setup is complete, you will be instructed to connect
the CX-1 Disc Publisher to the computer. Once this occurs, Windows will find
your new hardware and run through the driver installation process.
5. Once all of the drivers have been installed, click the
Next
button and you will be
prompted to install the ink cartridges. Click the Next button when complete.
6. Click the
Finish
button when complete. If the hardware is still being installed at
this point, you will be asked to wait until that process is complete.
7.
Disc Publishing Software Installation
A.
Click the
Finish
button to begin the PrintWrite Disc Publishing software
installation process. PrintWrite is not supported on Windows 2000.
8.
Rebooting your PC is required before attempting to run your CX-1 Disc
Publisher!
Click the
Finish
button to do so.
The Microboards Printer Toolbox Installation
The Microboards Toolbox is installed silently during the CX-1 installation. This
application is used for general maintenance functions.
After the installation completes, the Toolbox will
start up. You will see an icon appear in the tool
tray in the lower right corner of your Windows
desktop. To access the Toolbox, double-click
the icon circled to the right.
The Toolbox will also automatically start up after rebooting the PC. Please see
the other side of this Guide or the User’s Manual for more information on the
Toolbox.
For more information on configuration options, please see the CX-1
Disc Publisher Configuration Quick Reference Guide on the other
side of this page, or refer to the appropriate sections of the User’s
Manual.
Windows Configurations for Non-Administrative Users
To allow users who are logged on to your PC without administrative privileges to use
PrintWrite, a few final steps must be taken. You will need to be logged in as an
administrator to perform these steps.
If you only have users with administrative rights on your PC, or do not intend to
allow non-administrative users to run PrintWrite, you will not need to perform the
following steps.
Do NOT connect your CX-1 Disc Publisher to your
computer until you are prompted to do so by the CX-1
Disc Publisher Installer
INK CARTRIDGES CAN BE USED!
As is true with all printers, the quality of ink cartridge and the quality of the ink
within the cartridge will affect your output. To ensure quality results, the CX-1 Disc
Publisher will not operate with any other ink cartridges in place.
The use of refilled ink cartridges will void your warranty!
ONLY V102C and V101B
In order to guarantee quality results from the CX-1 Disc Publisher,
Sharing the PrintWrite Working Directories
If PrintWrite is to be run by users logged in as Standard or other Non-Administrative
user types, the main PrintWrite application directory will need to be shared to allow
those users access to the necessary files and directories. The main application
directory will be the same as the directory specified during the PrintWrite installation.
The default installation directory is
C:\Program Files\Microboards\PrintWrite
; if
you changed the location, you must share the directory you selected.
You will need to specify that you are allowing users to modify the contents of the
PrintWrite directory.
You will also need to share the
C:\MBSDK Data
directory in the same way. The
location of this directory cannot be changed during the installation. This directory
will not appear until the first time PrintWrite is launched.
Windows Firewall
You may need to add two applications, PrintWrite.exe and ServerManager.exe to
the Windows Firewall Exceptions list, depending on your PC’s Windows Firewall
settings. If Windows Firewall is on and you do not add them to the exceptions list,
non-administrative users will be blocked from running PrintWrite.
Printer not responding
1. Ink cartridge installed correctly?
2. Turn on power to Printer (front and rear panels).
Hardware not installing on
PC
1. You do not have Administrator privileges on your
PC. Log in as an administrator before installing.
2. Turn on power to CX-1 Disc Publisher (back panel)
3. Reseat USB connection
4. Installation CD in drive?
Installation Troubleshooting Guide:
