Primera Technology CD Color Printer II instruction

Section 4: Using the CD Color Printer

with Macintosh

A. CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO YOUR COMPUTER

The CD Color Printer is designed to be used with any Apple Macintosh supporting Color QuickDrawª and running system software 7.0 or higher. For best performance, a Macintosh with a 68040 processor and 8MB of RAM (or higher) or a PowerPCª with 8MB of RAM (or higher) is recommended. The printer driver is accelerated for use with a PowerPC.

The printer is equipped with a high-speed serial port. This port is the means through which the printer receives data from your computer. This port is not AppleTalkª compatible. To connect the printer to your computer, simply obtain a standard serial cable with an 8 pin mini-DIN connection on each end, and refer to the following steps:

1.Connect one end of the serial cable to the printer.

2.Connect the other end of the cable to either the Printer or Modem port of your Macintosh.

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Primera Technology CD Color Printer II Using the CD Color Printer With Macintosh, Connecting the Printer to Your Computer

Contents

CD Color Printer Printing History Table of Contents Page Unpacking and Inspection Getting StartedThank YOU… Choosing a Good Location Identifying the Parts Applying Power Ink Cartridges and Printable CD’s Installing AN INK CartridgeAbout INK Cartridges and Printable CD’S Do not Touch the Copper Area Loading a Blank CD Loading Blank CD Media Loading a Blank Jewel Case Booklet or Insert Printing a Self Test Copper Area Replacing or Switching INK Cartridges Ink Cartridges and Printable CDÕs Ink Cartridges and Printable CDÕs Connecting the Printer to Your Computer Using the CD Color Printer with Windows Windows 95/98 or Windows NT Installing the Printer Driver Using the CD Color Printer with Windows Installing the 32-BIT Print Spooler for Windows 95/98 Bit Print Spooler Setting UP the Printer Driver Ink Cartridge MediaPrint Quality Rotate Dither ModeColor Matching Ink Saturation Write Direct to Port Manual LoadFast 32-bit Spooler Cartridge Orientation Calibrate Printer 15 -12 -9 -6 Printing a CD Offset box Using the CD Color Printer with Windows Using the CD Color Printer With Macintosh CD Color Printer II Installer Chooser CD Color Printer High PrimaColor Print Quality Enlarge/reduce Cartridge Printer 12-15 Using the CD Color Printer with Macintosh Installing the Backgrounder Using the Print Backgrounder for MacintoshPrinting with the Backgrounder Backgrounder Status Window Backgrounder Menus Admin menuFile menu Jobs menu Problems During a Background Print Power Light Busy Light Printer Interpreting the Printer’s Indicator Lights Clearing a CD Media JAM Cleaning the INK Cartridge NozzlesCleaning the CD Tray and Printer Casing Maintaining the Printer Technical Support Print Speed Technical Specifications Introduction Appendix a Interfacing InformationCENTRONICS-TYPE Parallel Interface Mini 8-PIN Serial Interface Pin Number Signal Name Signal Description PIN Minicircular Auxiliary Interface Pin Number Signal Description Index Page