MF DIGITAL DIRECTOR EC Installation guide
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1. 6 fig 1 fig 6 fig 2 Page 15 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Aligning the OptiEC PRO Printer fig 3 fig 4 fig 5 Alert Before starting the Alignment Utility position the back end of the inkjet printer in line with the dotted line on the top of the drive bay 1 From the Start Menu Open the SCRIBE EC Alignment Utility It will be located in the folder designated when you installed the alignment utility Choose the appropriate COM Port Number which the Scribe EC Loader is connected on Then choose the OptiEC and click the Start Test button fig 1 2 Follow the onscreen instructions then click the Yes button fig 2 The picker arm will then hover the disc over the open printer tray Observe disc s position and make the appropriate adjustments to the printer fig 3 3 Click the Yes button when you are satisfied with your adjustment fig 4 4 The picker arm will then place the disc onto the printer tray Follow the on screen instructions and click the OK button fig 5 5 Once you are satisfied with the printer s alignment tighten the thumbscrews located on both side of the printer fig 6 fig 1 fig 6 fig 2 Page 16 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Using the DClient Application to sub2. 3 0 3 Click Next fig 1 4 You MUST accept default folder and click Next fig 2 5 Confirm Installation and click Next fig 3 6 Installation completed click Close fig 4 Note Before running Director 3 0 on a Windows XP system the ODBC FoxPro drivers MUST be installed step 7 7 Windows XP systems ONLY After installation of the Director EC software Double click the VFPODBC file located on the Director EC Publisher software CD 8 Congratulations you have successfully installed Director EC Office Publisher software Note When installing the Director EC software on Windows XP system the ODBC FoxPro drivers MUST be installed step 7 Page 8 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Installing the OptiEC PRO Printer Driver 1 Click Start gt Settings gt Printers 2 Click Add New Printer 3 The Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard window will appear fig 1 Click Next button 4 In the Local or Network Printer window uncheck the Automatically detect installed printer option leaving the Local printer attached to computer option fig 2 and click Next button 5 In the Select a Printer Port window select USB001 port fig 3 then click Next button 6 In the Install Printer Software window click the Have Disk button fig 4 You will be then prompted t
3. Director EC program failed to initialize a Check if the Software Identifier Card DKI011 0107 is installed correctly page 4 b Check the power connection to the Software Identifier Card page 4 c Check if the Software Identifier Card s driver is installed correctly page 5 2 Director EC program did not recognize the loader a Check the power cable on the back of a Director EC loader b Make sure the power switch on the power supply of the loader is in the ON position the I is pressed in c Make sure the power switch on Director EC loader is turned ON d Check the serial cable RS232 connection between the Director EC loader and the host PC page 6 3 The Director EC fails to execute the jobs a Check the Resource Info tab in the cdDirecotr software for the list of drives recognized by the cdDirector software b The drives are not recognized by the Director software go to the next step 4 c Wrong printer is selected in the System Setup tab page 11 d The printer s status is Offline Make sure the power to the printer is turned ON the printer is connected to the host PC and the printer s status is Ready 4 The Director EC program did not recognize any drives a Press the eject button on the drive to check for power b Check the power cable connection on the back of the drive bay c Turn the power button on the drive bay The power button is located on the front of the tower d Check the firewire ca
4. the Firewire Adapter amp Software Identifier Cards DKI001 0107 Installing the Firewire Card The DirectorEC Office Publisher requires one IEEE 1394B card 1 Shut down the PC 2 Turn the PC s power off 3 Unplug the PC s power cord 4 Remove the PC s cover as indicated in the PC s manual 5 Locate an empty PCI slot as seen in fig 1 6 Install the firewire adapter card fig 2 Installing the Software Identifier Card DKI001 0107 fig 2 You should never attempt to service a unit without ensuring proper anti static protection The use of a grounding strap or other such grounding device is advised In addition the internal configuration of your computer may be different from the computer pictured below Note fig 1 USB 3 5 Power Cable 1 If your PC is not OFF perform the Windows shutdown now 2 Turn off powers switch and unplug AC power from the wall 3 If the PC s cover has been re installed remove it now 4 Locate an empty slot to mount the Software Identifier Card fig 3 5 Connect the 3 5 floppy type power cable 6 Using 9 pin ribbon connect the card to an open internal USB on a PC motherboard fig 3 USB pin assignment Page 5 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Installing the Driver for the Software Identifier Card DKI001 0107 1 Once the Software Identifier card is i
5. the OptiEC PRO printer please do the following 1 Go to Start gt Settings gt Printers 2 Right click on the CD DVD Printer 6 in the Printers Folder 3 Go to Printing Preferences 4 For the Scribe Program to use the printer effectively please match the settings of your printer driver to the example on the right side of this page a Ink Cartridge setting depends on installed cartridge 5 To save settings click Apply and OK to exit NOTE Any changes made to the printer driver settings require a NEW PRN file to be made If you change one of the settings be sure to create a NEW PRN file Printer Spooling It is important to disable printer spooling on the OptiEC PRO printer To do so please follow the steps below 1 Go to Start gt Settings gt Printers 2 Right click on the CD DVD Printer 6 printer in the Printers Folder 3 Go to Properties 4 Go to the Advanced Tab 5 For the Scribe Program to use the printer effectively please match the settings of your printer driver to the example on the right side of this page 6 To save settings Click Apply and OK to exit NOTE Any changes made to the printer driver settings require a NEW PRN file to be made If you change one of the settings be sure to create a NEW PRN file Page 11 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Selecting system drives and OptiEC PRO printer for Directo
6. Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO PRINTER INSTALLATION GUIDE www mfdigital com Page 2 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Table Of Contents Subject Page Minimum System Requirements 3 Installing the Firewire Adapter amp Software Identifiers 4 Installing the Driver for the DKI001 0107 Card 5 Making the Connection 6 Installing the Director EC Office Publisher Software 7 Installing the OptiEC PRO Printer Driver 8 Adjusting the OptiEC PRO Printer Driver Settings 10 Selecting system drives and the OptiEC PRO printer for the Director 11 Turning OFF Auto RUN on a CD ROM drive 12 Installing the Director EC Publisher Alignment Utility 13 Aligning the Drive Tower 14 Aligning the OptiEC PRO printer 15 Using the DClient Application 16 Troubleshooting Section 17 Page 3 Director EC Office Publisher with O
7. ble connection between the drive bay and the host PC e Check the Device Manager for the IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers which is the firewire PCI controller card installed in the host PC f Check if the Windows operating system recognized the drives by going to My Computer or Device Manager Windows operating system must initialize the drives prior to executing the cdDirector program 5 Director EC program did not recognize the OptiEC PRO printer a Make sure power to the printer is turned ON b Make sure the Director EC program is set for MF Digital OptiEC PRO printer page 11 c Check the USB printer cable connection between the printer and the host PC page 6 d Check the printer interface cable connection between the printer and the Director EC loader page 6 Page 18 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Genuine MF Digital Consumables Thermal Printer Supplies Thermal CD DVD Printer Ribbons The Gold Standard Part Product Description CDP PRN BK 750 Black Ribbon for Prism Plus Fine Line Print CDP PRN BLK 850 Black Ribbon for Spectrum 2 Printers CDP PRN RED 656 Red Ribbon for Prism Plus amp Spectrum 2 Printers CDP PRN BLUE 656 Blue Ribbon for Prism Plus amp Spectrum 2 Printers CDP PRN GRN 656 Green Ribbon for Prism Plus amp Spectrum 2 Printers CDP PRN MULTI 656 Multi Ribbon for Prism Plus Ink Jet Printer Su
8. mit a job request from the local PC to the DirectorEC NOTE It is not required to install the DirectorEC Office Publisher Software on each networked PC but does require the Dclient exe file to be copied onto each local PC on the network After installing the DirectorEC Office Publisher Software page 5 copy the DClient exe application to the PCs on the local network The DClient exe file is located at C cdDirector DClient DClient exe Submitting a Job request Execute the DClient application Create an image using the Data Image Editor tab or load an existing IMG file Create a label using the Label Editor tab or load an existing PRN file Click the Make disc icon at the Data Image Editor toolbar The popup window will now show the Connect to server where a job can be submitted for production The Connect to server window requires DirecotrEC s host PC information Server address is the IP address of the DirectorEC s host PC User name User s mane submitting a job Password User s password Image Image to be submitted Label Image to be submitted JobID Any name describing a job Quantity Number of discs to be produced Press OK to submit a job Note The cdDirector program MUST be running on the host PC for the DClient application to be able send a job request Page 17 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Troubleshooting 1
9. nstalled and PC is turned ON the Found New Hardware Wizard window will popup 2 Insert the Director EC Publisher software CD in a CD ROM then choose the Install the software automatically Recommended option and click Next fig 1 3 Click on Continue Anyway on the next windows fig 2 4 Driver files will be copied and installed on a host PC fig 3 5 Click the Finish button on the final window fig 4 6 Congratulations you have successfully installed the driver for the Software Identifier Card fig 1 fig 2 fig 3 fig 4 Page 6 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Power cable Serial cable to the host PC Firewire cable to the host PC IEEE 1394 Power cables Printer interface cable between the loader and the printer USB cable to the host PC Making the Connection 1 amp 2 Drive Systems have one firewire B cable connection IEEE 1934B PC Connection Power cable Serial cable to the loader USB cable to the printer Firewire cable to the drive bay Page 7 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Installing the Director EC Office Publisher Software fig 1 fig 3 fig 2 fig 4 1 Insert the Director EC Publisher software CD 2 From the CD ROM drive of the computer click Director
10. o Install from Disk click the Browse button fig 5 Browse the location of the printer driver on a CD fig 6 fig 1 fig 2 fig 5 fig 3 fig 6 fig 4 Page 9 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Installing the OptiEC PRO Printer Driver cont 7 After specifying location of a driver for the OptiEC PRO printer the printer CD DVD Printer 6 will appear in the Add Printer Window fig 7 Click Next to continue 8 In the Name your Printer window leave the printer as the default name and select the printer to be the default printer name fig 8 and click Next 9 In the Printer Sharing window select Do Not Share the Printer fig 9 and click Next 10 Choose No for Print Test Page fig 10 then click Next 11 The Completing the Add Printer Wizard window will appear fig 11 Click Finish 12 Click on Continue Anyway button to proceed fig 12 13 You have now successfully installed the printer driver for OptiEC PRO printer fig 7 fig 8 fig 9 fig 11 fig 12 fig 10 Page 10 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Adjusting the OptiEC PRO Printer Driver Settings Printing Preferences To change the printing preferences for
11. pplies Inkjet CD DVD Printer Cartiridges Part Product Description CDP OPTI EC C Color Ink Cartridge for OptiEC Inkjet Printer CDP OPTI EC CX Large Color Ink Cartridge for OptiEC Inkjet Printer CDP OPTI EC BLK Black Ink Cartridge for OptiEC Inkjet Printer CDP SIG4IC BLK Black Ink Cartridge for Sig IV Sig Pro amp OptiEC PRO Printers CDP SIG4IC C Color Ink Cartridge for Signature IV Inkjet Printer ONLY CDP SIGPROIC C Color Ink Cartridge for Sig Pro amp OptiEC PRO Printers CDP OPTI EC PROC C Photo Ink Cartridge for OptiEC PRO Printer ONLY www mfdigital com
12. ptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 DIRECTOR EC OFFICE PUBLISHER WITH OptiEC PRO PRINTER INSTALLATION GUIDE DIRECTOR EC OFFICE PUBLISHER PC MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS A Pentium 4 or compatible personal computer 2 GHz or faster Windows 2000 Professional service pack 4 0 or higher or Windows XP service pack 1 0a or higher 1GB RAM One 1 Hard Disk Controller Adaptec BRAND Ultra 29160 One 1 18 GB SCSI 15 000rpm Ultra 160 SCSI Hard Drive formatted NTSF as follows One 1 Basic Partition for System C Two 2 9GB NTFS Partitions D E Temp folder in root on each partition One 1 Free PCI slot One 1 internal USB port for the Software Identifier Card DKI 011 0107 One 1 external USB port for OptiEC PRO printer One 1 PCI Firewire B Card IEEE 1394B supplied by MF DIGITAL One 1 DKI011 0107 supplied by MF DIGITAL PC needs a free 3 5 floppy drive power cable for DKI card One 1 External COM port COM1 or COM2 Network 10 100Mbs on Board Video 1024 x 768 THE DIRECTOR EC SOFTWARE MUST BE INSTALLED in C DIRECTORY MF DIGITAL 121 Carolyn Blvd Farmingdale NY 11735 001 631 249 9393 www mfdigital com Page 4 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Vcc D D 1 2 3 4 6 9 10 5 8 Installing
13. r EC 1 Execute the Director EC 3 00 program 2 When the Director EC software is executed for the first time it might prompt the System Drives Missing message Click OK to proceed 3 Next go to System Setup tab and select system drives D and E Depending on systems configuration system drive letters might differ fig 1 4 Select the MF Digital OptiEC PRO printer 5 Make sure the Skip Alignment Spindle option is checked 6 Finally click the Apply button and restart the Director EC program System Setup tab fig 1 MF Digital OptiEC PRO Note Do not select drive C as a system drive Page 12 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Turning OFF Auto RUN on a CD ROM drive 1 Go to Start 2 Go to Run 3 Type in regedit then click OK fig 1 4 Navigate to Autorun registry following the path MyComputer HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurentControlset Services Cdrom fig 2 5 Set value in Autorun registry to zero if different fig 1 fig 2 Autorun value should be set to zero Page 13 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Installing the Director EC Publisher Alignment Utility for aligning the Drive Tower and Printer 1 Insert the Director EC Office Publisher CD into the CD ROM drive of yo
14. ur PC 2 Click on Alignment Utility setup exe and Click OK fig 1 3 Click Next button to install complete version fig 2 4 Click Install to start installation fig 3 5 A progress bar will appear fig 4 6 Click Finish to complete installation fig 5 fig 1 fig 2 fig 3 fig 4 fig 5 Page 14 Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC PRO Printer Installation Guide Document Revision 2005 05 20 Aligning the Drive Tower fig 3 fig 4 fig 5 1 From your Start Menu Open the SCRIBE EC Alignment Utility fig 1 It will be located in the folder designated when you installed the alignment utility Choose the appropriate COM Port which the Scribe EC loader is installed on Then choose the All other printer types or drive s bay and click the Start Test button fig 1 2 Follow the onscreen instructions by opening the top CD DVD drive tray and clicking the Yes button fig 2 The picker arm will hover the disc over the drive tray observe the discs position and make the appropriate adjustments to the drive tower fig 3 3 Click the Yes button when you are satisfied with your adjustment fig 4 4 The picker arm will then place the disc onto the drive tray Follow the on screen instructions and click the OK button fig 5 5 Once you are satisfied with the drive tower alignment tighten the thumb screws located on both sides of the drive tower fig
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