Polaroid Direct Connect Adapter User Manual
Direct Connect Adapter
User Guide
Table Of Contents
What is the Polaroid Direct Connect adapter?
Direct Connect features
What is in the Direct Connect package
About the adapter
Setting up the Direct Connect adapter
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Install the software
2
Connect the adapter to your computer
3
Start the configuration software
4
Select a camera
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Select a printer
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Add a watermark to your pictures
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Choose a picture format
Printing with the Direct Connect adapter
Connecting the camera, adapter and printer
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Printing modes
Printing steps
Solving problems
Direct Connect software cannot find serial port
Adapter does not print
About LED indicator codes
Obtaining technical assistance
Within the U.S.A.
Outside the U.S.A.
Internet support
Polaroid Technical Support telephone numbers
Repair service
Obtaining configuration files for additional cameras
Limited Equipment Warranty
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FCC notices
Software license agreement
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What is the Polaroid Direct Connect
adapter?
The Polaroid Direct Connect adapter lets you prin t
photographic-quality digital pictures from your digital
camera – without your computer. The adapter connects
your camera directly t o your Polaro id ColorSh ot Photo
Printer so you can print self-developing, full-color pictures any time, any place.
To print a digital picture from your camera, display the
picture on the camera's LCD panel and press the print
button on the Direct Connect adapter. The adapter also
has other modes for printing all pictures and printing
an index picture with several thumbnails (small pictures) on one sheet of film. Additionally, you can add a
watermark (a graphic logo and text) to each picture.
Direct Connect features
No computer needed for printing pictures from your
digital ca mera
Sets up easily with your PC, then prints without
the computer
Small and lightweight
Works wi th digital cameras from leading manufactur-
ers such as Olympus, Agfa, Epson and Casio
Can be upgraded to support additional cameras from
other manufacturers such as Kodak
Offers multiple modes for printing single pictures, all
pictures in the camera at once, and indexes (several
pictures on each sheet)
Capable of adding a logo and text (watermark) to pictures
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Note: The quality of pictures printed with the Direct
Connect adapter depends on the quality of the pictures
captured by the digital camera. Picture quality can v ary
considerably among digital camera models.
What is in the Direct Connect package
Direct Connect adapter
a
Computer interface cable
b
Serial camera connector
c
USB camera connector
d
Direct Connect configuration software on CD-ROM
e
User's guide (not shown)
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About the adapter
Print button
a
Print All button
b
Print Index button
c
Select Picture/Cancel Print button
d
LED indicator
e
ColorShot Photo Printer USB or parallel connector
f
(USB show n )
Direct Connect power connector
g
ColorShot printer power connector
h
Camera and computer connector
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Setting up the Direct Connect adapter
Before printing with the adapter for the first time, you
need to configure it with the Direct Connect Configuration Software. You can also use the software to
change the setup later.
Using the software, you define:
• the digital camera you are using.
• the printer you are using.
• the option of adding a watermark to your pictures.
• the picture format: Best Fit to Page or Fill Entire Page.
To set up the adapter:
1
Install the software.
Start your computer.
a
Insert the Direct Connect CD-ROM in your
b
CD-ROM drive.
Click the Start button and then click Ru n.
c
Type x:setup.exe (substitu te the letter of your CD-
d
ROM drive for x) and click OK.
Follow instructions on your screen to complete the
e
installation.
Remove the CD-ROM from your CD-ROM drive.
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2
Connect the adapter to your computer as
shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Connecting the adapter to your computer
Direct Connect adapter
a
Not connected (USB connector sho wn; Direct Connect
b
parallel version has 25-pin connecto r instea d)
Not connected
c
ColorShot power cord and adapter (provided with
d
ColorShot printer)
Serial port (COM1, COM2, etc.)
e
Interface cable
f
LED indicator (flashing red until you start the configu-
g
ration software in the following step)
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3
Start the configuration software.
Click Start and then click Programs.
a
Click Direct Connect Configuration Software
b
The main window opens.
The LED indicator on the adapter changes from flashing red to steady orange, indicating that the adapter and
computer are communicating. If the indicator is not
steady orange, see Solving problems on page 22.
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Select a camera.
Note: The Direct Connect adapter can be set up for
only one camera at a time. If you have multiple adapters set up for different cameras, you may wan t to label
each adapter to indicate its current setup.
Click the Camera button to display a list of compatible
a
digital ca meras.
If you do not see your camera listed, see Obtaining
configuration files for additional cameras and printers
on page 29.
Click your camera model and then click the OK button to
b
send the camera setup information to the adapter.
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5
Select a printer.
Click the Printer button to disp lay a list of compatible
a
printers.
If you do not see your printer listed, see Obtaining
configuration files for additional cameras and printers
on page 29.
Click your printer mode l and then click the OK button to
b
send the setup information to the adapter.
If you ... Then ...
c
are finished configuring the
software
want to add a watermark to
your pictures
want to select a picture
format
Click Exit
The setup data is sent to
the adapter.
Continue to Add a
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watermark to your pic tures.
Skip to Choose a pic-
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ture format (page 16).
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Add a watermark to your pictures.
You can use the Direct Connect conf igu ration so ftware
to add a watermark containing a logo or text (or both)
as shown in Figure 2 to all pictures you print.
Figure 2. Picture with a watermark
The watermark location is limited to one of four picture quadrants, which you select during setup.
At the Direct Connect software main windo w, click the
a
Watermark button.
The current watermark location appears as a rectangle
in one of the four quadrants of the image area, as
shown in Figur e 3.
Figure 3. Watermark rectangle
To choose a different quadrant for the watermark, click
b
the desired quadrant to move the watermark rectangle.
For example, to move the watermark rectangle to the
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upper left quadrant as shown in Figure 4, click the
upper left quadrant area.
Figure 4. Watermark rectangle
If you want to ... Then ...
c
create a new watermark Click the Create
Watermark button
and go to step d.
add a watermark saved earlier
Click the Load
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Watermark button.
Choose the
2
folder and
.BMP file containing the
watermark.
Click Open.
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Skip to step k
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on page 15.
Click the Load Image button and then choose the
d
folder and file containing the logo.
The following file formats are supported:
.BMP .PCX .TGA
.ICO .PNG .TIF
.JPG .PSD .WMF
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