FARGO electronic CD Color Printer manual Printing a CD-R

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4.When the second run of the print is compete, you should have a test print that looks like the following:

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5.Along the Vertical axis of the printed CD template, find the number whose lines touch. For example, in the above illustration, the number would be -6. Enter that number into the Vertical box of the Calibration window. Repeat this same step for the Horizontal axis.

6.Select the OK button. The numbers you entered will stay the same until you change them. Your images should now be centered when printed on a CD.

After your selections have been made, select the OK button to save your printer driver selections and to exit the Page 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.

2.Open or create the image file you wish to print. 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:

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Contents CD Color Printer Trademark Acknowledgments Table of Contents Choosing a Good Location Getting StartedThank YOU… Unpacking and InspectionIdentifying the Parts Applying Power About INK Cartridges and Printable CD-R’S Installing AN INK CartridgeInk 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 Print Quality Dither ModeInk Cartridge Color MatchingManual Load Ink SaturationRotate Write Direct to PortCartridge Fast 32-bit SpoolerOrientation 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 Printing with the Backgrounder Using the Print Backgrounder for MacintoshInstalling the Backgrounder Backgrounder Status Window File menu Admin menuBackgrounder Menus Jobs menu Problems During a Background Print Interpreting the Printer’s Indicator Lights Power Light Busy Light PrinterCleaning the INK Cartridge Nozzles Maintaining the PrinterTechnical Support Cleaning the CD Tray and Printer CasingClearing a CD Media JAM Technical Specifications Print SpeedCENTRONICS-TYPE Parallel Interface Appendix a Interfacing InformationIntroduction Pin Number Signal Name Signal Description Mini 8-PIN Serial InterfacePin Number Signal Description PIN Minicircular Auxiliary InterfaceIndex