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Scribe EC with Prism Plus Printer
Document Revision: 08/03
Installation Guide
SCRIBE EC WITH PRISM PLUS PRINTER INSTALLATION GUIDE
Minimum PC System Requirements
1 Drive SCRIBE EC Minimum System Requirements
• A Pentium® II/III or compatible personal computer @ 450 MHz or faster.
• Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP
• 256 MB RAM
• 7200 RPM ATA-100 Hard Drive with 850 MB for CD-R and 6GB (NTFS) for DVD-R of free
hard disk space - fully defragmented
• Monitor: 800 x 600 display, 16-bit color recommended.
• Two button mouse
• High quality Recordable CD-Rs / DVD-Rs (see approved media list on website
www.mfdigital.com
• One free PCI slot
• One external
Prism Plus or Spectrum2 (COM1 and COM2)
• Win ASPI driver layer (Included)
• One IEEE-1394 Adapter (Included)
• Appropriate bi-directional parallel printer cable (IEEE 1284 compliant)
for details)
COM Port (COM1 or COM2). * Two external Comports are needed if using
2,4,6 Drive SCRIBE EC Minimum System Requirements
• A Pentium®III or compatible personal computer @ 800 MHz or faster.
• Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP
• 1 GB RAM (Asynchronous Operation)
• 7200 RPM ATA-100 Hard Drive with 850 MB for CD-R and 6GB (NTFS) for DVD-R of free
hard disk space - fully defragmented
• Monitor: 800 x 600 display, 16-bit color recommended.
• Two button mouse
• High quality Recordable CD-Rs / DVD-Rs (see approved media list on website
www.mfdigital.com
• Free PCI slots (one for 2-drive systems and two for 4 and 6-drive systems)
• One external
Prism Plus or Spectrum2 (COM1 and COM2)
• Win ASPI driver layer (Included)
• IEEE-1394 Adapters Included
• Appropriate bi-directional parallel printer cable (IEEE 1284 compliant)
for details)
COM Port (COM1 or COM2). *Two external Comports are needed if using
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Installing the Firewire Adapter Card
One and two drive ScribeECs require one
IEEE-1394 card. Four drive systems require
two IEEE-1394 cards.
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).
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 Drive Bay
1. Place the drive bay onto the base unit as seen in (fig. 1).
2. Position the drive bay so that the front right corner sits over the dotted line (fig. 2). Proper position is
shown in (fig. 3).
(fig.1)
(fig. 2) (fig. 3)
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Preparing The Prism Plus Printer
What’s In The Box
• Prism Plus printer
• Prism Plus printer adapter plate
• Power adapter
• Printer software CD
• Black thermal ribbon (installed)
• Warranty statement and registration card
• Operator’s manual
Installing the Prism Plus Printer Adapter Plate
1. With a Phillips head screwdriver,
remove the rubber feet from the
bottom of the printer (fig. 1).
2. Using the flat head screws provided,
attach the printer plate to the bottom o
the printer as seen in (fig. 2).
(fig. 1)
(fig. 2)
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Making the Connection
1 & 2 Drive Systems 4 Drive System
PC Connection
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Installing the SCRIBE EC Software
1. Insert the SCRIBE EC
software CD.
2. From the CD ROM drive of
the computer, click Install
SCRIBE Software.
3. Click Next (fig. 1).
4. Accept the license agreement
and click Next (fig. 2).
5. Click Install (fig. 3).
6. Click Finish (fig. 4).
(fig. 1)
(fig. 2)
(fig. 3)
(fig. 4)
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Installing the SCRIBE EC Alignment Utility
1. Insert the SCRIBE CD into the CDROM drive of your PC.
2. Click on setup.exe of the alignment
utility and Click OK (fig. 1).
3. Click the button indicated in (fig. 2).
4. Enter a name for the group where
the Alignment Utility will be
located. Click Continue (fig. 3). The
Scribe Program Utility will appear
under Start / Programs / ”group
name” after installation is
complete.
5. A progress bar will appear (fig. 4).
6. Click OK (fig. 5) to finish
installation.
(fig. 1)
(fig. 2)
(fig. 3)
(fig. 4)
(fig. 5)
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Installing the Prism Plus 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.
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..
5. In the “Select a Printer Port” window,
leave the default as LPT1 (fig 3) and
click Next.
6. In the “Install Printer Software”
window, click the “Have Disk” button
(fig 4). You will then be prompted to
“Install from Disk”, click the
“Browse” button (fig 5). Select the
location of the printer driver from
your CD-ROM drive in the PC (fig 6).
fig 1
fig 2
fig 3 fig 4
fig 5
fig 6
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Installing the Prism Plus Printer Driver (cont.)
7. After specifying the driver for the Prism
Plus printer, the printer “Rimage Perfect
Image Printer PF” 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
(fig 8) and click Next.
9. In the “Printer Sharing” window, select
“Do Not Share the Printer” (fig 9) and
click Next.
10. Say No to “Print Test Page” (fig 10)
and click next.
11. The “Completing the Add Printer
Wizard” window will appear (fig 11).
Click Finish. After clicking finish, the
Prism Plus printer driver will be installed.
You will be asked to accept that the printer
driver is not digitally signed by Microsoft,
click Continue (fig 12). You have now
successfully installed the printer.
fig 7
fig 8
fig 10
fig 9
fig 11 fig 12
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Adjusting the Prism Plus Printer Driver Settings
rinting Preferences
To change the printing preferences for the Signature
PRO printer, please do the following:
1. Go to Start-> Settings -> Printers
2. Right-click on the Rimage Perfect Image
Printer PF printer in the Printers Folder
3. Go to Printing Preferences and click the
Advanced button
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.
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
rinter Spooling
It is important to disable printer spooling on the
Prism Plus printer. To do so, please follow the
steps below:
1. Go to Start-> Settings -> Printers
2. Right-click on the Rimage Perfect Image
Printer PF 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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Adjusting the Prism Plus Printer Driver Settings (cont.)
evice Settings
7. Go to Start-> Settings -> Printers
8. Right-click on the Rimage Perfect Image
Printer PF printer in the Printers Folder
9. Go to Properties
10. Go to the Device Settings Tab
11. 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.
12. 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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Aligning the CD/DVD Drive Tower
Alert:
1. From your Start Menu Open the SCRIBE E
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.
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 Perform Test.
Follow the instructions by opening the top
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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 (fi
3).
Click Yes when you are satisfied with you
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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).
(fig. 1)
(fig. 2)
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(fig. 3)
(fig. 4)
(fig. 5)
(fig. 6)
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Aligning the Prism Plus Printer
Alert:
1. From your Start Menu Open the SCRIBE E
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.
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 Perform Test.
Follow the instructions and Click Yes (fig. 2).
2.
The picker arm will hover a disc over the
rinter tray, observe the discs position an
make the appropriate adjustments to the inkje
printer (fig. 3).
Click Yes when you are satisfied with you
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adjustment (fig. 4).
4. The picker arm will then place the disc onto
the printer tray. Follow the on screen
instructions and click OK (fig. 5).
5. Once you are satisfied with the inkjet printe
alignment, tighten the thumb-screws locate
on both side of the printer (fig. 6).
(fig. 1)
(fig. 2)
(fig. 3)
(fig. 4)
(fig. 5)
(fig. 6)
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