Fargo-electronic 76503 Manual de usuario

Operating InstructionsModels: 76500 (110/120 VAC)76501 (220/250 VAC)76502 (110/120 VAC)76503 (220/250 VAC)76504 (110/120 VAC)76505 (220/250 VAC)© 1994

1Consignesde sŽcuritŽAvant dÕutiliserlÕappareil, pri•re delire attentivement lesconsignes de sŽcuritŽsuivantes.5AvertissementsATTENTION!POUR EVITER TO

1Precaucionesde seguridadAntes de operar launidad, haga el favorde leer detenidamentelas siguientesprecauciones deseguridad.6AdvertenciasÁPRECAUCION!P

1Precauzioniper lasicurezzaPrima di dare inizio alfunzionamento dellaunitˆ, siete pregati dileggere attentamentele seguentiprecauzioni disicurezza.7Av

1Precau•›esdeseguran•aAntes de operar estaunidade leiacuidadosamente asseguintes precau•›esde seguran•a.8Advert•nciaCUIDADO!PARA EVITAR PERIGO DE CHOQ

3GettingStartedA. Choosing aGood LocationPlace the unit in alocation with adequateair circulation toprevent internal heatbuild up. 1. Use the dimensio

B. AboutMoistureCondensationC. Unpackingand Inspection.13If the unit is brought directly from a cold to awarm location, or is placed in a very damp ro

D. Identifyingthe PartsThese illustrationsshow the controls,switches and indicatorlights, and input jacksfound on yourPrimeraPro. Forcomplete instruct

E. Removing theRibbon CartridgeThe printerÕs RibbonCartridge is locatedinside the unit duringshipment. Remove thecartridge from theprinter using thefo

4. Flip open theRibbon CartridgeCover.You are now ready togo on to Section Fourto learn about paper,ribbons, transparenciesand how to load thevarious

4Ribbons andPaperYour PrimeraPro initially comes equipped with botha 30 print 3-color wax thermal transfer StarterRibbon and a 10 print dye-sublimatio

NoticesThe information in this document is subject to changewithout notice.FARGO ELECTRONICS, INCORPORATED, MAKESNO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD T

NOTEsublimation ribbon and 100 sheets of dyesublimation paper, both in the unique A6-sizeformat. The A6 kit is perfect for printing snapshot-size pho

DO NOT REVERSE THE RIBBON. DAMAGEMAY OCCUR TO THE THERMAL PRINT HEAD!3. Place the supplyend of the ribbon intothe supply end of theRibbon Cartridge (t

C. Placing theRibbon Cartridgeinto the Printer1.Press the CoverRelease Lever. Allowthe cover to swing upand open.2. With the coveropen, place the Ribb

D. About Paperand TransparencyFilm21PrimeraPro comes equipped with both a waxthermal transfer and a dye-sublimation samplemedia kit. The wax thermal t

E. Installing andAdjusting PaperTraysPrimeraPro has twopaper trays. Thebottom tray (PaperSupply Tray) is forstoring paper beforeprinting. Theremovable

PrimeraPro readily accepts five different sizes ofprint media: A-size (Letter), A4-size, A-long(Letter-long), A4-long, and Legal-size. The A-long,A4-l

To adjust between A and A4 widths, you must also move the Paper Guide onthe Paper Input Tray to the left or right for A and A4 size sheets.To adjust b

25Follow these steps toload paper ortransparency film:1. A maximum of 50sheets of thermaltransfer paper, 25sheets of dye-sublimation paper, or30 sheet

3. Insert the printmedia Ñ PRINT SIDEFACING DOWN!Ñbetween the paperguides. Move theAdjustable PaperGuide to match thepaper size. A and A4-size marking

5PoweringUp thePrinterA. ApplyingPower1.A powertransformer suppliedwith the printer shouldbe properly configuredfor the power used inyour country. Rem

For Users in the United States:This equipment has been tested and found to complywith the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant toPart 15 of t

28NOTEFARGO supplied120 VAC transformer:FARGO supplied 220-250 VAC transformer:3. Place the AC powerplug end of thetransformer into anavailable wall o

B. Running theSelf TestA self test can now beperformed to check forproper operation of theprinter. The self testshould be conductedonly with the waxth

4. Release the Powerswitch followed by theOn Line switch. Theself test pattern shouldnow be printing.Color Self TestExample:(Approximately 35% ofactua

6UsingPrimeraProWith anIBM-PC orCompatible31A. ConnectingPrimeraPro toYour PCPrimeraPro is designed to be used with nearly anyIBM-PC or compatible run

323. PrimeraPro musthave its On Line lightilluminated to receivedata. If the light is noton, press the On Lineswitch.4. If the On Line lightis flashin

B. Installing theWindows 3.1Printer Driver33PrimeraPro can be used with virtually anyMicrosoft Windows 3.1 (or higher) softwareapplication program. If

343. For best per-formance, Use PrintManager at the bottomleft of the Printersgroup (should have anÒXÓ).4. Select the Add>>button.5. Highlight t

358. FARGO PrimeraProshould now be listed inthe Add Unlisted orUpdated Printer dialogbox. Select the OKbutton. Your PCÕs diskdrive will now loadPrimer

Once the printer driver has been successfullyinstalled, you will need to set the driver up for thetype of paper and ribbon used. There are alsoseveral

37Paper Size Click on the Paper Size down arrow. A list ofpaper size selections will appear. Select the onethatÕs appropriate for the media size you

Table ofContentsSection 1: IntroductionA. How Your PrimeraPro Color Printer Works...1B. Special Fea

38your image for printing, or if you are using someother third party color matching software. Select Algebraic if you would like the printerdriver to

resources will again be devoted to the normalfunction of your on-screen applications.Depending upon the processing speed and brandof your computer, yo

D. Printing aColor PageNow that youÕve set upthe printer, loadedmedia, and installedthe printer driver,youÕre ready to print acolor page! Followthese

7UsingPrimeraProWith AnAppleMacintoshPrimeraPro for the Macintosh is designed to beused with any Apple Macintosh supporting ColorQuickDraw. The FARGO

Quick StartIf you want to startusing your colorprinter right away,follow this quick startguide. If you areunsure of any of theprocedures, refer to the

43disk window. Then double-click on the READ MEfile to get the latest information about the driverand the installation process. Carefully read thedocu

44NOTEThe next time you open the Chooser, the selected driverwill no longer be highlighted. The Chooser, however,remembers which driver is the current

45The Print Quality option determines at whichresolution the document will be printed. Draft willprovide a quick print at screen (72 dpi) resolution.S

Perfed PaperWhen printing onto A-long or A4-long paper ortransparency film with perfed extensions, you mayfind that PrimeraPro will print over the per

47Making the dots four or five times larger, however,can make the bitmaps look ragged. The Betterbitmap scaling option works by enlarging the sizeof t

Section 9: Using PrimeraPro With aCommodore Amiga A. Connecting PrimeraPro to Your Amiga ...57 B. Installing the Amiga Printer Driver ...

48print color, if you have already color corrected yourimage for printing, or if you are using some otherthird party color matching software. When the

49done using ColorSynergyª software by Candela¨,Ltd. This program can also be used to create yourown custom printer profiles. For more informationon C

50NOTE Before printing, check that the printer has paper and theproper ribbon installed, and that it is powered on. Boththe power and On Line lights s

51A. Introduction toBackgroundPrintingPrinting documents with the FARGO drivernormally takes place in the Òforeground;Ótherefore, the computer cannot

The Backgrounder status window gives youdetailed information about the status of the printjob currently processing and about each print jobwaiting in

E. FARGOBackgrounderMenus53The list of queued jobs displays below the currentjob in the order in which they were sent to theprinter. Some applications

54NOTENOTEDouble-clicking on a job in the status window is ashortcut for Get Info.Quit: Exits the Backgrounder. Note that you cannotquit while a job i

55on hold is useful if you wish to create a print job atpresent, yet save its processing until later. If Hold is selected on the job currently process

56Memory UsageThe FARGO Backgrounder processes documentsfaster if it is given more memory in which tooperate. You can change the amount of memoryused

57PrimeraPro is designed to be used with nearly anyAmiga with system software 2.x or higher. Yoursystem must have a minimum of 2 meg of RAM towork wit

1IntroductionThank you forchoosing theFARGOPrimeraPro ColorPrinter.PrimeraPro hasbeen designed toprovide you withstunning, highquality coloroutput on

58B. Installing theAmiga PrinterDriversPrimeraPro can be used with a variety of Amigasoftware application programs. If your applicationprogram allows

59Printer Preferences (sys:Prefs/Printer)Use the Prefs/Printer program to selectÒPrimeraProÓ as the current printer and set theother gadgets as descri

60NOTEThe Floyd dither setting negatively effects colors whenprinting dye-sublimation output. If printing with thedye-sublimation process, use ordered

61PrimeraPro Control Interface(sys:WBStartup/PPCI)PPCI is provided to allow additional control overthe PrimeraProÕs printing operation. Normally thePP

62Tool Types: (Continued)Disk Buf=OFF Force disk buffering.ToFile=No Print to Printer (default)or to file.High DPI=OFF Selects 600x300 DPI.Once the ch

63When canceling a print job you may need to turnthe printer off and on to complete the cancellationand clear the paper from the printer. You will als

For full instructions on these FARGO: devicecontrols, you must refer to the PPCI.DOC fileincluded on the PrimeraPro printer driverdiskette. This PPCI.

6510MaintenanceYour PrimeraProis built to requirea minimum ofmaintenance.Nevertheless,there are a fewprocedures thatyou can performon a regular basiso

66B. Standard PrintHead CleaningThis procedure isperformed if younotice a streak on thepage where ink wasnot transferred. 1. Open the printerÕstop cov

67Perform only if you have a streak on the printedoutput that canÕt be solved by the Standard HeadCleaning procedure.1. Open the printerÕs top cover w

B. SpecialFeaturesWith your PrimeraPro, switching back and forthbetween these printing methods is easy. All you do isload either the wax thermal trans

681. Open the printerÕstop cover with theCover Release Lever. 2. Remove the RibbonCartridge from theprinter. (The RibbonCartridge should alsobe cleane

69F. Clearing aPaper JamIf a sheet of paper ortransparency filmbecomes jammedinside the printer forsome reason, remove itwith the followingsteps:1. Le

704. If any ink is visible on the drive roller, clean itaccording to the steps in H, below.H. Cleaning theDrive RollerPeriodically, youshould clean th

If you have difficulty operating your PrimeraProColor Printer, the troubleshooting suggestions in thissection should, in most cases, solve the problem

Symptoms: printer makes strange sounds, maybe evenstops printing. If your dye-sublimation ribbon is sticking to yourdye-sublimation paper, check that

73Symptoms: small spots on the print with no ink ordifferent colors of ink. Most likely due to dust inside the printer. Reviewthe procedures in Sectio

74My Dye-Sublimationprints look verydithered orpixelated.Symptoms: prints do not look smooth or continuous, butrather grainy and unclear. Some applica

75Symptoms: printer starts to make noise like everythingis fine, but no paper feeds. Push the paper or transparencies in all the way. Ifinserting a s

76Two sheets ofpaper (ortransparencyfilm) feed at thesame time. Be sure to ÒfanÓ the media before loading. Statictends to attract two sheets together.

77How can I tell myprinter suppliesapart, and whichsupplies are usedspecifically forwax thermaltransfer printingand which areused for dye-sublimationp

2SafetyPrecautionsBefore operating theunit, please read thefollowing safetyprecautions carefully.3WarningsCAUTION!TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO

78B. TroubleshootingFor FARGOÕsMacintoshPrinter DriverandBackgrounderIf you are having difficulty using the FARGOdriver, run through the following che

79 Is MultiFinder turned on (applies only toSystem 6)? If so, try quitting from the applicationand setting the application memory size to ahigher valu

80The foregroundapplication is lessresponsive whileprinting in thebackground. Background printing shares the processor in theMacintosh with the foregr

8112TechnicalSpecifications Printing Method: Non-impact wax thermal transfer/dye-sublimationPrinting Resolution: Software-selectable, color and monoc

82Output Tray: 30 Sheets Maximum Internal Font: Letter Gothic 12 cpi (12 point); Code Page 850 Character SetPrinter Driver: Windows 3.1 (or higher), M

83AppendixASwitchSettingsThe PrimeraPro Color Printer has an 8-positionDIP switch located on the rear panel next to theparallel input port. These swit

84B. Character SetConfigurationinstalled, the printer still assumes that there is acolor ribbon installed. Therefore, the monochromeribbon is advance

(FACTORY SETTING)(FACTORY USE ONLY)85TABLE A-3: Character Set SelectionsTABLE A-2: Character Set ConfigurationCOUNTRY SW5 SW6 SW7 SW8U.S.A. off off of

86AppendixBInterfacingInformationA. IntroductionB. CENTRONICS-type ParallelInterfaceDepending on your operating environment, thePrimeraPro Color Print

87TABLE B-2: Apple LocalTalk Interface Pin Assignments1, 2, 7: No Connection3: TxDÐ Transmit Data (active low) from printer4: Signal GroundÐ connected

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88AppendixCPrimeraProÕsPrinterCommandsand ControlCodesThis sectioncontains asummary of thePrimeraPro ColorPrinterÕscommands andcontrol codes.These com

89 The total number of repeated bytes and unrepeated bytes is 320. Blank raster line: $85 R $00 (R is repeat as described above).4. Page Eject: $87Exa

90IndexA6-Accessory Kit...17Adobe Type Manager...50Ami

91FARGO BackgrounderAbout ...51Batch Printing ...

92Printer DriverSee Amiga, Macintosh or Windows DriverRibbonAbout .....1, 17, 77Cartridge...

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