Primera Technology III manual Printing a CD

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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:

-15 -12 -9 -6 -3

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-6

 

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Horizontal Calibration

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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

Now that you have hooked up the printer, loaded the print supplies, and installed the printer driver, you are ready to print your first CD. 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:

34 Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh

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Contents CD Color Printer Printing History Hardware Setup Read Me FirstSelf-test should look like this Software InstallationCD Contents Macintosh Printer Driver Installation InstructionsOEMSETUP.INF Page Interactive Feature in this Please NoteViii Table of Contents Page Getting Started Thank YOU…Choosing a Good Location Unpacking and InspectionIdentifying the Parts Applying Power About INK Cartridges and Printable CDS Installing AN INK CartridgeInk Cartridges and Printable CDs Do not Touch the Copper Area Loading Blank CD Media Loading a Blank CDPrinting a Self Test Replacing or Switching INK Cartridges Copper AreaInk Cartridges and Printable CDs Ink Cartridges and Printable CDs Using the CD Color Printer III with Windows Connecting the Printer to Your ComputerInstalling the Printer Driver Windows 95/98 or Windows NT/2000Using the CD Color Printer III with Windows Installing the 32-BIT Print Spooler for Windows 95/98 Using the CD Color Printer III with Windows Setting UP the Printer Driver Using the CD Color Printer III with Windows Media Ink Saturation Use 32-bit Spooler CartridgeCalibrate Printer 15 -12 -9 -6 Printing a CD Using the CD Color Printer III with Windows Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh CD Color Printer III Installer Chooser CD Color Printer Photo PrimaColor Print Quality Enlarge/reduce Cartridge Printer Printing a CD Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh Installing the Backgrounder Printing with the BackgrounderBackgrounder Status Window Admin menu Backgrounder MenusJobs menu Problems During a Background Print Interpreting the Printer’s Indicator Lights Power Light Busy Light PrinterInterpreting the Printer’s Indicator Lights Cleaning the INK Cartridge Nozzles Cleaning the CD Tray and Printer CasingMaintaining the Printer Clearing a CD Media JAMTechnical Specifications Print SpeedAppendix a Interfacing Information IntroductionPin Number Signal DescriptionMini 8-PIN Serial Interface Pin Number Signal Description PIN Minicircular Auxiliary InterfaceIndex CD-R Color Printer Limited Warranty What is CoveredWhat Primera will do to Correct Problems What this Warranty does not CoverWarranty Supplies and Technical Support Information For Mac or PowerPC Need Supplies?Following are Primera-approved media partners Introducing Signature CD-R Media from Primera Primera WWW Site Primera Tech Support FAX Two Carlson Parkway North Plymouth, MN 55447-4446 USA Fax