for Macintosh
User’s Guide
For European Customers
For US Customers
RADIO & TELEVISION INTERFERENCE
Declaration of Conformity
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Table of Contents
Photographic-Quality Color Printing
Chapter 2 Various Printing Operations
Printing on Photographic-Quality Labels
Printing Full Color Data at 1200 x 600 dpi
What to Do When a Cartridge Change Error Occurs
What to Do If the Power Is Shut Off While Printing
Introduction
Warranty
Service, Support and Supplies
For US Customers
Product Support
Warranty
Product Label
Position of Label
Major Functions and Operations
Chapter
Getting Your Printer Ready
Getting Your Printer Ready
Removing the outside packing materials
Removing the carriage packing material
Opening the front cover
How to remove the Macintosh interface module
How to attach the Macintosh interface module
Closing the front cover
Locating the printer
Connecting the printer to your computer
Connecting Cables
Power cord connections
Printer Front View
Name and Function of Each Part of the Printer
Inside the Printer
Printer Rear View
DIP switches
SCSI connector
Control Panel
Paper Feed Switch
power light
power button
Identifying Ink Cartridge and Paper Types
Installing Ink Cartridges
Chapter 1 - Major Functions and Operations
2. Take up any slack in the ribbon
Installing Ink Cartridges
3. Open the front cover
4. Place the ink cartridges
Insert the left end of the ink cartridge, while pushing the left side latch of the ink cartridge holder slightly to the left with the ink cartridge
1. Open the front cover
Exchanging Ink Cartridges
2. Remove the ink cartridge
3. Place a new ink cartridge on the ink cartridge holder plate
Paper Types and Available Feeding Modes
Loading Paper
Automatic feed mode
Manual feed mode
Notes and precautions about paper
1. Pull out the paper support 2. Switch the paper feed mode
Loading Paper in Automatic Feed Mode
3. Place the paper in the sheet feeder
Chapter 1 - Major Functions and Operations
Up to 20 sheets of paper can be loaded at a time
4. Adjust the paper feed guide to the paper size
1. Push the paper support in
Loading Paper
4. Load paper
3. Lift the paper stopper
5. Adjust the paper feed guide to the paper size
Loading Paper in Manual Feed Mode
1. Switch the paper feed mode
2. Insert paper
3. Adjust the paper feed guide to the paper size
Insert paper straight into the sheet feeder
Chapter 1 - Major Functions and Operations
Preparing for Installation
Installing the Printer Driver
Purpose of the Printer Driver
System Requirements
Installing the Printer Driver
Contents of the Installation Disks
Selecting the MD-1300 Driver
Using Balloon Help
MD-1300
2. Click on the MD-1300 printer driver icon
4. Click on the close box to close the Chooser
5. Click on the OK button to close the dialog box
Page Setup Dialog Box
Testing the Printer
Print Dialog Box
Print Preview
Turning on the Power
Turning the Power On or Off
Turning off the Power
Printing Monochrome
Printing Operations
Requirements
Placing an ink cartridge in your printer
Loading the paper in your printer
Setting up the printer driver for printing
6. After making any changes, click Print to start printing
5. Make any necessary changes to the settings in the Print dialog box
Printing Operations
Placing ink cartridges in your printer
Printing Color
Requirements
Loading the paper in your printer
Setting up the printer driver for printing
1. Select Print from the File menu to display the Print dialog box
Printing
2. Click Colors in the Print dialog box
3. To print a photograph, check the Multi-pass Black check box
To Print in Colors Similar to Those in a Photograph
Step 1¨Open the ColorSyncTM System Characteristic Document
Printing Operations
Step 3¨ Set the Monitor
Step 2¨ Set the Characteristic
Step 4¨ Display the Print Dialog Box
Step 5¨ Enable the ColorSyncTM Function During Printing
Step 6¨ Start Printing
Printing Operations
Chapter 1 - Major Functions and Operations
Chapter
Various Printing Operations
Learning to Use the Many Functions of Your Printer
Requirements
Photographic-Quality Color Printing
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed
Step 2¨ Install the Photographic-Quality Ink Cartridges
∙ You may load as many as 20 sheets of Photographic-Quality
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Step 5¨ Print
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
The color matching is normally set to Drivers Matching
7. Once the settings have been finished, click OK
8. Click the Print in the Print dialog box to start printing
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Requirements
Printing on Photographic-Quality Paper 4 x 6 / 100 x 148 mm
Printing on Photographic-Quality Paper 4 x 6 / 100 x 148 mm
Step 2¨ Install the Photographic-Quality Ink Cartridges
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to be Printed
Printing on Photographic-Quality Paper 4 x 6 / 100 x 148 mm
Step 5¨ Print
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
When Photographic Paper is selected from the Type pop-up menu, overcoating is automatically set. We recommend that overcoating be normally provided. If overcoating is not provided at the end of printing, check the Disable Overcoat Cartridge check box in the Print dialog box
Requirements
Printing on Photographic-Quality Labels
Photographic-Quality Labels 20 stickers
Photographic-Quality Labels 2 stickers
Step 2¨ Install the Photographic-Quality Ink Cartridges
Step 1¨ Create Data for Printing on Photographic-Quality La- bels
20 stickers
2 stickers
Step 3¨ Load the Photographic-Quality Labels in Your Printer
Printing on Photographic-Quality Labels
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 5¨ Print
When Photographic Paper is selected from the Type pop-up menu, overcoating is automatically set. We recommend that overcoating be normally provided. If overcoating is not provided at the end of printing, check Disable Overcoat Cartridge check box in the Print dialog box
Requirements
Printing Full Color Data at 1200 x 600 dpi
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to be Printed
Printing Full Color Data at 1200x 600 dpi
Step 3¨ Load Paper
Step 2¨ Install the Ink Cartridges
Manual feed mode is used for this printing
Step 5¨ Print
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
∙ For Photo Realistic Paper, select Photo Realistic Paper
∙ For Photo Realistic Labels, select Photo Realistic Label
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Requirements
Full Color & Photo Realistic Finishing Glossy Finish
Full Color & Photo Realistic Finishing Glossy Finish
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Printing Method
Types of Spot Color Printing
Printing in Spot Color Metallic and White Color printing
Step 1¨ Create Data for Spot Color Printing
Single Spot Color Printing
Requirements
Step 3¨ Load Paper
Step 2¨ Install the Ink Cartridge
Leave the other holders empty
Step 5¨ Print
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
4. Click the Colors button in the Print dialog box
3. Select Black & White or Grayscale from the Colors pop-up menu
7. Click Print in the Print dialog box
Requirements
Multi Spot Color Printing
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Step 1¨ Create Data for Spot Color Printing
2. Set the colors corresponding to each spot color you want to use
∙ Color compositions using RGB settings n/100%
Tables of color composition settings for spot color printing
∙ Color compositions using CYMK settings n/100%
Application color used to indicate the spot color
Step 3¨ Load Paper in Your Printer
Step 2¨ Install the Spot Ink Cartridges
Step 5¨ Print
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
The dialog box for selecting cartridges is displayed
7. Click Preview in the Print dialog box
8. If the loaded cartridges are correct, click OK
Requirements
Full Color + Spot Color Printing in Multi-page Mode
1. Prepare the full color image and the spot color images separately
Step 1¨ Create an Image for Full Color + Spot Color Printing
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Step 2¨ Prepare the Spot Color Image
Step 3¨ Install the Spot Color Ink Cartridges
Step 4¨ Load Paper in Your Printer
Install the spot color ink cartridges required for this image
Step 5¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 6¨ Print
Page
Step 7¨ Prepare the Full Color Data
Step 9¨ Print
Step 8¨ Change the Cartridges
Requirements
Simultaneous Full Color + Spot Color Printing
1. Create the full color and spot color data to be printed
Step 1¨ Create the Full Color + Spot Color Print Image
Chapter 2 - Various Operations
Spot color
3. Adjust the paper feed guide to the width of the paper
Step 2¨ Install the Ink Cartridges
Step 3¨ Load Paper in Your Printer
2. For Letter / A4 paper, fully extend the paper support
Step 5¨ Print
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Page
Requirements
Printing Greeting Cards
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed
Step 2¨ Install the Ink Cartridges
Step 3¨Load the Greeting Card into the Printer
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
∙ For full color printing, select Millions of Colors
Step 5¨ Print
∙ For information on the color-matching selections, see Chap- ter 1, Printing Operations
Requirements
Printing on Photo Realistic Labels
Photographic-Quality Label templates have been prepared in the Label folder of the ALPS Installation CD-ROM included in the pack- age. When creating data using those templates, please see the section “How to Use Photo Label Templates” in the “Read Me” file on the ALPS Installation CD-ROM for instructions. You may use them, or employ some other application to lay out the data ac- cording to the print format shown below
Step 2¨ Install the Ink Cartridges
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed
Step 3¨ Load Paper
Step 5¨Print
Step 4¨Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
∙ Printing Mode is fixed to Glossy Finish
∙ Colors is set to Millions of Colors
3. Make color matching selections as required
4. Once the settings have been finished, click OK
5. Click Print in the Print dialog box to start printing
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Requirements
Printing on Back Print Film
Use an application and create the image to be printed
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Step 3¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 4¨ Print
Step 5¨ Transfer the Image to Paper with an Iron
Step 6¨ Curl Correction
Step 7¨ Obtain a Matte Finish
2. Apply the iron
Examples
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Requirements
Making Iron-on Transfers
Use an application and create the data to be printed
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed
Making Iron -on Transfers
Step 3¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Iron-on Transfer Sheet
Step 4¨ Print
Step 5¨ Transfer the Iron-On to Cloth
5. Remove the finishing sheet after the cloth has cooled com- pletely
Examples
Transfer Procedure
Iron-on transfers can be used not only onto fabric items
Material Selection
Requirements
Printing on Overhead Transparencies
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed
OPERATION
Step 2¨ Set up the Transparency Separators
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Step 3¨ Install the Ink Cartridges and Overhead Transparencies
Step 5¨ Print
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
6. Make color matching selections as required
7. Once the settings have been completed, click OK
8. To start printing, click Print in the Print dialog box
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Requirements
Undercoating with a White Ink Cartridge
Undercoating with a White Ink Cartridge
Step 1¨ Create Data for Full Color Printing
Step 2¨ Install the White Ink Cartridge
Install the white ink cartridge in any of the ink cartridge holders
Step 3¨ Load Paper in Your Printer
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 5¨ Print
When the Multi-page mode is not used, print in full color again after executing undercoat printing. In this case, perform printing in manual feed mode. Consecutive printing using automatic feed- ing may result in incorrect paper feeds
Photo Realistic Finishing Glossy Finish in Multi-page Mode
Photo Realistic Finishing Glossy Finish in Multi-page Mode
Requirements
Step 1¨ Create Data
Step 2¨ Install Ink Cartridges
Step 3¨ Execute Full Color Printing
Step 4¨ Exchange the Ink Cartridges
Step 5¨ Print
Photo Realistic Finishing in Multi-page Mode
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Chapter
Printer Driver
Printer Driver Functions
Chooser Settings
Using the Chooser
Functions of the Printer Driver
Selecting the SCSI Port
Selecting a Device
Functions of the Printer Driver
Background Printing
Using AppleTalk
Type
Page Setup Dialog Box
Custom Paper Sizes Edit Button
Size
Paper sizes
Reduce/Enlarge
OK/Cancel
Orientation
Printer Effects
Print Dialog Box
Printing Mode
Copies
Pages
Quality
Cancel
Options
Print
Colors Dialog Box
Preview
Multi-page Mode
Blends
Colors Dialog Box
Brightness
Multi-pass Black
Spot Color Print
Color Matching Options
1. Choose ColorSyncTM System Profile from the Control Pan- els
OK/Cancel
2. Click Set Profile
Using Background Printing
Using Background Printing
Using Backgroung Printing
Using the Queue Monitor
Queue Monitor Window
Preferences settings
Error Display
Error Display
Chapter 3 - Printer Driver
Appendix
Cleaning the Main Unit
Cleaning the Printer
Cleaning the Printer
Cleaning the Print Head
1. Push the front cover eject button and gently lower the front cover
Cleaning the Platen
1. How to remove the cleaning pad
Exchanging Cleaning Pads for Photographic-Quality Color Printing
2. How to install a cleaning pad
Cleaning the Printer
∙ Canceling an alarm
ready / insert Button Functions
∙ Paper feed and eject Paper feed
Paper eject
Normal Printing Mode
Indicator Lights Summary
Indicator light status
Alarm status shown by indicator lights
Troubleshooting
1. First, press the power button to shut off the power
What to Do When a Cartridge Change Error Occurs
5. Press the power button to turn on the power
Troubleshooting
Follow these steps to clear a paper jam
Clearing Paper Jams
Power does not come on
Troubleshooting
The icon does not appear in the Chooser
The MD-1300 printer does not print or stops printing
The MD-1300 printer cannot be selected in the Chooser
Is the ribbon in one of the cartridges used up?
Are the ink cartridges for color printing installed?
Color printing is not working or is extremely slow
Are the print settings correct?
Are you using memory management tools or virtual memory?
Are you using the correct cartridges for the chosen printing medium?
Printing is light, distorted, or has gaps
Has one of the ribbons separated from the head?
Is the head dirty? Is there something stuck on the head?
Paper is not feeding or ejecting correctly from the sheet feeder
Page
Ink cartridges are not correctly recognized
A mechanism or cartridge change error occurred
Printing Quality, Hue, and Resolution
Can I print on overhead transparencies using metallic cartridges?
Ink and Paper
How should I use white ink?
Cartridges run out very fast with monochrome printing
Connection Method
Other problems and operations
How do I uninstall the printer driver?
General Specifications
Specifications
Specification
Connector
DIP Switches
Connector Signals
Interface
Printable Area
Using cardboard, thick paper or back print film
Photographic-Quality Labels 2 Stickers
Photo Realistic Labels 16 stickers
Appendix
Printing is possible within the range shown in rectangles
Specification
Photographic-Quality Labels 20 Stickers
19.8mm
8.5mm 17mm 0.67
MD-1300 Supplies List
Available Supplies
Ink cartridges
Print media
Index
105, 109
29, 30
15, 24
Index