Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide
Previewing Before Printing
The format size of the paper is unique to a printer. Polaroid recommends you preview all prints before printing. The ColorShot print driver has a Preview window, as well as MGI PhotoSuite.
•There is a delay between selecting the Print function within an imaging application and seeing the ColorShot Preview window. The length of delay depends on your computer’s speed and on the size of the image file you are printing.
•If the ColorShot printer does not print, make sure you have not minimized the Preview window.
•If you do not see the entire image in the Preview window, make sure the margins are set to zero in Page Setup on the Preview window.
Loading a Partially Used Pack
If you load a partially used pack of film keep in mind the following points:
•The printer assumes a full pack is loaded, and the software gives you an incorrect picture count. You will have to keep track of the number of exposures manually.
•The top frame of a partially loaded pack of film acts as a film cover. It is ejected when you initiate the first print command.
Printing Scanned Photographs
Be sure to scan photographs at the resolution and dimensions of the output device.
•For the Polaroid ColorShot printer, the resolution is 160 dpi, for 3.625 inches by 3.0 inches.
•In your imaging application, check to make sure the aspect ratio is maintained when you resize a scanned image; otherwise, the image will be distorted.
Printing Digital Camera Photographs
If you have a choice of resolutions from a digital camera, select the best quality, or the resolution that is closest to the ColorShot resolution of 580 x 480.
Revised 8/17/98 | English • 11 |
