Primera Technology 6 user manual Printing a Disc

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C. PRINTING A DISC

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

1.Go to your favorite graphics application program. Or, install and open the SureThing CD Labeler 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, set your page size to 119.7mm x 119.7mm. Although your image will appear square on screen, the printer driver will automatically crop your image to the round shape of a CD for printing. The driver will also automatically crop out the center 38.5mm of your image to accommodate a CD’s non-printable center hub (more or less if you change the center size in the Calibration tab). If you would like to better visualize where the round outside edge and the round non-printable center of a CD will fall in relation to your image, simply draw one circle with a 119.7mm diameter and another with a 38.5mm 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.

3.Once you have created your image and are ready to print, select Print Setup (or the equivalent) from the program’s File menu to verify that the printer driver settings are correct for your image. Be sure the proper Ink Cartridge options are selected according to the supplies you have installed in the printer. Once the driver is set, select Print from the program’s File menu.

4.The printer driver will then begin to process the image. Depending upon the size of the image and the processing speed of your computer, processing time can take from several seconds to a minute or so.

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