FARGO electronic CD Color Printer manual Printing a CD-R

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After your selections have been made, close out of the printer setup window. You are now ready to go to an application program and print. All printer driver selections will stay the same until you change them.

E. PRINTING A CD-R

Now that you have hooked up the printer, loaded the print supplies, and installed the printer driver, you are ready to print you first CD-R label. Follow these steps to print your first image:

1.Go to your favorite graphics application program. Or, install and open the Windows CD creation software included with your printer.

2.Open or create the image file you wish to print. If using a program other than the included Windows CD creation software, you will need to create a custom page or canvas size in your program according to the type of label you intend to create. The following tips will help you do this:

¥If creating a label for a CD-R,set your page size to 4.56Ó x 4.56Ó (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-R for printing. The driver will also automatically crop out the center 1.6Ó (41mm) of your image to accommodate a CD-RÕs non-printable center hub. If you would like to better visualize where the round outside edge and the round non-printable center of a CD-R will fall in relation to your image, simply draw one circle with a 4.56Ó (116mm) diameter and another with a 1.6Ó (41mm) diameter. Then, center both circles within your active page or canvas area. These circles will serve as a guide while designing your image. Be sure to delete these circles before printing.

¥If creating a label for a jewel case Booklet, set your page size to 4.7Ó x 4.73Ó (119 x 120mm).

¥If creating a label for a jewel case Insert, set your page size to 4.63Ó x 5.97Ó (118 x 152mm).

3.Once you have created your image and are ready to print, select Print Setup (or the equivalent) from the programÕs File menu to verify that the printer driver settings are

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Contents CD Color Printer Trademark Acknowledgments Table of Contents Getting Started Thank YOU…Choosing a Good Location Unpacking and InspectionIdentifying the Parts Applying Power Ink Cartridges and Printable CD-R’s Installing AN INK CartridgeAbout INK Cartridges and Printable CD-R’S Do not Touch the Copper Area Loading Blank CD-R Media Loading a Blank CD-RLoading a Blank Jewel Case Booklet or Insert Printing a Self Test Replacing or Switching INK Cartridges Copper AreaInk Cartridges and Printable CD-R’s Push the cartridge back until it snaps into place Using the CD Color Printer with Windows Connecting the Printer to Your ComputerInstalling the Printer Driver Windows 95/Windows NTWindows Installing the 32-BIT Print Spooler for Windows Panel Setting UP the Printer Driver Media Dither Mode Ink CartridgePrint Quality Color MatchingInk Saturation RotateManual Load Write Direct to PortOrientation Fast 32-bit SpoolerCartridge Using the CD Color Printer with Windows Calibrate 15 -12 -9 -6 Printing a CD-R Using the CD Color Printer with Windows Using the CD Color Printer With Macintosh Installing the Printer Driver Chooser Setting UP the Printer Driver Ink Cartridge Enlarge/reduce Cartridge Printer Printing a CD-R Using the CD Color Printer with Macintosh Installing the Backgrounder Using the Print Backgrounder for MacintoshPrinting with the Backgrounder Backgrounder Status Window Backgrounder Menus Admin menuFile menu Jobs menu Problems During a Background Print Interpreting the Printer’s Indicator Lights Power Light Busy Light PrinterCleaning the INK Cartridge Nozzles Maintaining the PrinterClearing a CD Media JAM Cleaning the CD Tray and Printer CasingTechnical Support Technical Specifications Print SpeedIntroduction Appendix a Interfacing InformationCENTRONICS-TYPE Parallel Interface Pin Number Signal Name Signal Description Mini 8-PIN Serial InterfacePin Number Signal Description PIN Minicircular Auxiliary InterfaceIndex
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