Director EC Office Publisher
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with OptiEC PRO Printer
Installation Guide
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
Director EC Office Publisher
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Installation Guide
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Installing the Firewire Adapter & 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
5. Locate an empty PCI slot, as seen in
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.
(fig. 1)
the PC’s manual.
(fig.1).
(fig. 2)
Installing the Software Identifier Card (DKI001-0107)
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 reinstalled, 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.
1 2
3 4
6
5
8
9 10
Vcc
D-
D+
(fig. 3)
3.5” Power Cable
USB
USB pin assignment.
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Installing the Driver for the Software Identifier Card’s driver
(DKI001-0107)
1. Once the Software Identifier card is
installed 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
3. Click on
windows
4. Driver files will be copied and
installed on a host PC
5. Click the
window
6. Congratulations you have successfully
installed the driver for the Software
Identifier Card.
fig. 1)
Next
(
Continue Anyway
(fig. 2)
Finish
(fig. 4)
.
.
(fig. 3)
button on the final
.
(fig. 1)
on the next
.
(fig. 2)
(fig. 3) (fig. 4)
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Making the Connection
1 & 2 Drive Systems have one firewire B cable connection (IEEE-1934B).
POWER
CABLE
USB CABLE
TO PC
POWER
CABLES
SERIAL
CABLE TO PC
PC Connection
PRINTER INTERFACE
CABLE BETWEEN A
LOADER AND A PRINTER
FIREWIRE
CABLE TO PC
(IEEE-1394)
Power cable
Serial cable to a loader
USB cable to a printer
Firewire cable to a drive bay
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Installing the 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)
1. Insert the Director EC Publisher
Note:
software CD.
2. From the CD ROM drive of the
computer, click
3. Click
4. You MUST accept default folder and
5. Confirm Installation and click
6. Installation completed click
7. (
8. Congratulations you have successfully
Next (fig. 1)
Next (fig. 2)
click
(fig. 3)
4).
Before running Director 3.0 on a
Windows XP system the “ODBC
FoxPro” drivers MUST be installed
(step # 7)
installation of the Director EC software
Double click the
located on the Director EC Publisher
software CD.
installed Director EC Office Publisher
software.
.
Windows XP systems ONLY
Director 3.0
.
.
VFPODBC
Next
Close
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file
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Installing the OptiEC PRO Printer Driver
1. Click Start-> Settings-> 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 to “Install from Disk”, click the
“Browse” button (fig. 5). Browse the location
of the printer driver on a CD (fig. 6).
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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.
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(fig. 7)
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(fig. 8)
(fig. 10)
(fig. 11) (fig. 12)
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Adjusting the OptiEC PRO Printer Driver Settings
Printing Preferences
To change the printing preferences for the OptiEC
PRO printer, please do the following:
1. Go to Start-> Settings -> 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.***
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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-> Settings -> 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.***
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Selecting system drives and OptiEC PRO printer for Director 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.
MF Digital OptiEC PRO
System Setup tab
(fig. 1)
Note:
***Do not select drive C: as
a system drive ***
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Turning OFF Auto RUN on a CD-ROM drive.
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1. Go to “
2. Go to “
3. Type in “
Start
Run
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)
Autorun value should
be set to zero.
(fig. 2)
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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 your PC.
2. Click on
and Click OK
3. Click
version
4. Click
5. A progress bar will appear (
6. Click
(fig. 5)
Alignment Utility setup.exe
(fig. 1)
Next
button to install complete
(fig. 2)
Install
to start installation
Finish
to complete installation
.
.
fig. 4)
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.
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(fig. 1)
(fig. 2)
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Aligning the Drive Tower
1. From your Start Menu Open the SCRIBE E
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 installe
on and Click Start Test.
Follow the instructions by opening the top
2.
CD/DVD drive tray, and Clicking Yes (fig. 2).
The picker arm will hover a disc over the drive
tray, observe the discs position and make the
appropriate adjustments to the drive tower (fig.
3).
Click Yes when you are satisfied with you
3.
adjustment (fig. 4).
4. The picker arm will then place the disc onto
the drive tray. Follow the on screen
instructions and click OK (fig. 5).
5. Once you are satisfied with the drive towe
alignment, tighten the thumb-screws locate
on both sides of the drive tower (fig. 6).
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Aligning the OptiEC PRO Printer
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Alert:
1.
Before starting the Alignment Utility,
osition the back end of the inkjet printe
in line with the dotted line on the top o
the drive bay.
From the Start Menu Open the SCRIBE E
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 to then choose the OptiEC then
Click the Start Test button (fig. 1).
2. Follow the onscreen instructions then Clic
Yes button (fig. 2). The picker arm will then
hover a disc over the open printer tray.
Observe disc’s position and make the
appropriate adjustments to the printer (fig. 3).
3. Click Yes when you are satisfied with you
adjustment (fig. 4).
4. The picker arm will then place a disc onto the
printer tray. Follow the on screen instructions
then 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. 2)
(fig. 5)
(fig. 3)
(fig. 6)
(fig. 4)
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Troubleshooting
1. Director EC program failed to initialize.
a. The Software Identifier Card was not installed.
b. Software Identifier Card’s driver was not installed correctly.
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.
3. 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 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 connection between the drive bay and the host PC.
e. Check if 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 Director EC
program.
4. Director EC program did not recognize a 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 #5).
c. Check the USB printer cable connection between the printer and the host PC.
d. Check the printer interface cable connection between the printer and the Director EC loader (page
#4).
e. Manually open the printer tray then execute the Director EC software.
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