Scribe EC with Signature IV Printer
Installation Guide
SCRIBE EC WITH SIG IV INSTALLATION GUIDE
Minimum PC System Requirements
• A Pentium II/III PC 800 MHz or faster
• Windows 2000 Pro (Service Pack 4) or Windows XP
• 512 MB Ram
• 7200 RPM ATA-100 Clean Hard Disk NTFS - (5GB Free Space)
• 800 x 600 display, 16-bit color recommended
• Two Button Mouse
• Two Free PCI Slots
• 1 external COM port (COM1 or COM2) - 2 ports needed if using Prism
Plus or Spectrum2
• Win ASPI driver layer (Included)
• IEEE-1394s adapters (Included) (Except print Station)
• Appropriate IEEE-1284 Printer Cable if attached
Document Revision: 2/21
MF DIGITAL
121 Carolyn Blvd.
Farmingdale, NY 11735
001 631 249 9393
www.mfdigital.com
IF YOU PURCHASED A PRINT STATION – SKIP THIS PAGE
Installing the Firewire Adapter Card
The internal configuration of your computer may be different from the computer pictured below.
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
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 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).
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Preparing the Primera Sig IV Printer
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What’s In The Box
• Signature IV printer
• Signature IV printer adapter plate
• Power adapter
• Printer software CD
• Color ink cartridge
• Spare ink cartridge holder
• Warranty statement and registration card
• Operator’s manual
Installing the Primera Sig IV Printer Adapter Plate
1. Using needle nose pliers, remove the
rubber feet from the bottom of the
printer (fig. 1).
2. Screw the printer plate to the botto
of the inkjet 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
Two drive unit uses one fire wire adapter card and one cable.
Four drive unit uses two firewire adapter cards and two cables… Install one cable in each
firewire card.
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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)
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Installing the Primera Sig IV 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).
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Installing the Primera Sig IV Printer Driver (cont.)
7. After specifying the driver for the Sig
IV printer, the printer “CD Color Printer
IV” 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 Sig
IV 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
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fig 11
fig 12
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Adjusting the Primera Sig IV Printer Driver Settings
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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 CD Color Printer PRO
printer 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.
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.***
rinter Spooling
It is important to disable printer spooling on the
Signature PRO printer. To do so, please follow the
steps below:
1. Go to Start-> Settings -> Printers
2. Right-click on the CD Color Printer PRO
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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Aligning the Drive Tower
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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. Select all other printers and drives, an
Click Start 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
adjustments to the drive tower (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 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)
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(fig. 5)
(fig. 6)
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Aligning the Primera Sig IV Printer
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Alert:
1. From your Start Menu Open the SCRIBE E
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4. After restarting the Scribe EC Software
5. A Printer Alignment Box will appear. First,
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Before starting the Alignment Utility,
position the front end of the printer on the
dotted line on the top of the drive bay.
Software.
Once the Scribe EC Software opens, click on
the Settings tab.
Click Change Settings and select the MF
Digital Signature IV Printer. After making this
selection, you will need to restart the Scribe
EC Software program.
rogram, go to the Settings Tab. You will now
see a button that says “Test Loading an
Unloading the Printer”. Click button. (fig 1)
you will click the “Pick up a disc from the
Input spindle and put it down on the printe
tray” (fig 2). Adjust the printer so that the CD
is aligned in the printer tray (fig 3).
After ensuring proper placement of the CD on
the printer, continue with the Alignmen
Utility and pick up the CD from the printe
tray.
After you are satisfied with the alignment o
the CD on the printer tray, lock the printer in
lace by tightening the thumb screws on the
printer plate to hold the printer in place.
(fig. 1)
(fig. 2)
(fig. 3)
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