- Identifying the parts

The printer looks very solid and weights about 4.3Kgr. Its dimensions are 190mmH x 432mm W x 266mmD. The illustration shows the CD tray and all of the control buttons and LED indicator lights found on the printer. On the top of the printer you will find the power button, the CD tray button witch opens and closes the CD tray, and the ink cartridge button, which positions the cartridge carrier for easy ink cartridge replacement.

The power light indicates that power is on. The busy light indicates that the printer is printing, processing, or is in some way busy.

On the rear panel of the printer there are the communication ports. Both serial and parallel interface port are provided. If using the printer with Windows, you will use its parallel interface port. Note that the printer’s auxiliary port is for use with auto loaders and automatic duplicators only. Also you can find the manufacturer label.

- Installing ink cartridges

For full-color printing, a 3-color ink cartridge is available. This cartridge contains the three process-color inks of yellow, magenta and cyan, which combine to produce up to 16.7 million colors. The available monochrome ink cartridge can be used for inexpensive printings and of course with the 3-color ink cartridge for 4-color CMYK printings.

Note that since different brands of CDs have different printable coatings, you may have to adjust the printer driver settings to accommodate your specific brand of CD media. You may find that certain brands of CDs provide higher printing quality than others.

With the CD tray closed, open the printer’s front cover by pulling down its top-left corner. Remove the tape covering the cartridge’s print head and press the Ink Cartridge button on the printer to move the carrier to the load position. Insert the color ink cartridge into the left cartridge carrier position and the black cartridge in the right position. The copper end is placed first. Close the printer’s front cover and press the ink cartridge button to reset the cartridge carrier. We are ready to install the printer under Windows ME.