MF DIGITAL DIRECTOR EC OFFICE PUBLISHER WITH Spectrum2 PRINTER INSTALLATION GUIDE

Director EC Office Publisher with Spectrum2 Printer Installation Guide

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DIRECTOR EC OFFICE PUBLISHER WITH Spectrum2 PRINTER

INSTALLATION GUIDE

DIRECTOR EC OFFICE PUBLISHER -- PC MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• A Pentium® III or compatible personal computer @ 933 MHz or faster with Three (3) Free PCI slots.

• Windows 2000 Professional (service pack 4.0 or higher) or Windows XP (service pack 1.0a or higher)

• 1GB RAM (PC 133 specification - SDRAM or DDRAM)

• 1 Hard Disk Controller Adaptec BRAND Ultra 29160

• 1 18 GB SCSI 15,000rpm Ultra 160 SCSI Hard Drive (formatted NTSF) as follows:

• 1 Basic Partition for System (C:) & 2 5GB NTFS Partitions (D:)(E:) – Temp folder in root on each partition

• 1 Firewire 1394 Card (Supplied by MF DIGITAL)

• 1 Software Identifier Card (Supplied by MF DIGITAL) Computer needs 3.5” power connector for this card

• 1 external COM port (COM1 or COM2) - 2 ports needed if using Prism Plus or Spectrum2

• Network 100/10Mbs on Board

• Video 1024 x 768

• One Parallel Port

THE DIRECTOR EC LOADER MUST BE INSTALLED ON COM PORT 2

THE DIRECTOR EC SOFTWARE MUST BE INSTALLED ON C:\ DRIVE

MF DIGITAL

121 Carolyn Blvd.

Farmingdale, NY 11735

001 631 249 9393

www.mfdigital.com

Installing the Firewire Adapter & Software Identifier Cards

Installing the Firewire Card

The DirectorEC Office Publisher requires one IEEE-1394 card.

1. Shut down the PC.

2. Turn the PC’s power off.

3. Unplug the PC.

4. Remove the PC’s cover as

5. Locate an empty PCI slot, as

6. Install the firewire adapter card (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.

indicated in the PC’s manual.

seen in (fig.1).

(fig. 1) (fig. 2)

Installing the Software Identifier Card

a. If your PC is not OFF, perform the

Windows shutdown now.

b. Turn-off powers switch and unplug AC

power from the wall.

c. If the PC’s cover has been re-installed,

remove it now.

d. Locate an Empty slot, Mount the

Software Identifier card in slot as illustrated (fig. 3).

e. Connect the 3.5” Floppy type power

cable such that the yellow wire is facing out.

f. Using a 40 Pin EIDE cable, connect the

card to the Secondary IDE Channel on your PC mother- board.

g. Be sure PIN 1(red wire) if facing

AWAY from the motherboard, and next to the power connector on software identifier card (fig. 3).

(fig. 3)

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Making the Connection

PC Connection

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Installing the Director EC Office Publisher Software [1]

ote:

When installing the Director EC software on Windows XP you MUST install ODBC FoxPRo drivers. See step #2 bellow.

1. Insert the Director EC Publisher software CD.

2. From the CD ROM drive of

the computer, click

Director 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).

(fig. 1)

(fig. 2)

(fig. 3)

(fig. 4)

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Installing the Director EC Office Publisher Software [2]

ote:

Windows XP MUST install ODBC FoxPRo drivers before running Director 3.0

1. After installation of the Director EC software go to “c:\cdDirector\ODBC FoxPro Driver” folder. (fig. 1)

2. Double click the VFPODBC

file. (fig.2)

3. Congratulations you have

successfully installed Director EC Office Publisher software.

(fig. 1)

(fig. 2)

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