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CX-1 Disc Publisher For Mac OS-X  Users Manual Microboards Engineering LLC  Version ane.0  Any unauthorized modification to this equipment may effect in the revocation by the FCC of the user's authority to operate this equipment. Note: This equipment has been tested and establish to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency free energy and, if not installed and used in accord with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference volition not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television set reception, which tin can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to endeavour to right the interference by one or more than of the following measures:  • • • •  Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and antenna Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different than that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help  This product is in conformity with the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) through compliance with the following European standards: EN 55022, EN 55024. The CE mark has been affixed in accord with the CE Marking Directive 93/68/EEC.  Canadian Department of Communications (Dr.) Argument This Class B digital apparatus complies with the Canadian ICES-003 Issue iv:2004. Cet appareil numerique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB-003 du Canade.  ii  MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC  CX-1 DISC PUBLISHER  Table OF CONTENTS  Introduction .......................................................................................................................... five What'due south Included................................................................................................................. 5 System Requirements ....................................................................................................... 6 Assembly and Installation..................................................................................................... six Assembly Instructions ....................................................................................................... 6 CX-1 Disc Publisher Associates....................................................................................... 6 Front Panel Indicators and Buttons ................................................................................... 7 Loading Discs.................................................................................................................... 7 Installing Ink Cartridges..................................................................................................... viii Supported Ink Cartridges ............................................................................................... 8 Loading / Replacing Ink Cartridges ................................................................................ eight Replacing Empty Ink Cartridges ..................................................................................... 9 Installation of Drivers and Software................................................................................. x Commuter and Microboards PrintWrite Installation ............................................................. 10 Connecting to a Mac ....................................................................................................... 10 Adding the Microboards PF-3 Printer ........................................................................... 10 Printer Alignment................................................................................................................ 11 Microboards Utility.............................................................................................................. 11 Supply Status .................................................................................................................. 12 Clean Pen ....................................................................................................................... 12 Device Information .......................................................................................................... 12 Test ................................................................................................................................. 12 Disc Printing .................................................................................................................... 13 Support............................................................................................................................ 13 Supplies .......................................................................................................................... 13 Registration ..................................................................................................................... 13 Recycling......................................................................................................................... 13 The CX-one Disc Publisher and PrintWrite ............................................................................ xiv Print Merely without PrintWrite .............................................................................................. 14 Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................. xv Printer not printing: .......................................................................................................... 15 Disc Loading fault ........................................................................................................... 15 Low Ink indication............................................................................................................ 15 Printing Specifications ........................................................................................................ 16 Technical Support .............................................................................................................. 16  3  4  MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC  CX-1 DISC PUBLISHER  Introduction The Microboards CX-ane Disc Publisher is a single bulldoze, 100 disc capacity impress and tape system. The CX-one combines industrial forcefulness press and recording into a unmarried, like shooting fish in a barrel to use duplicator. The organisation includes one high-speed DVD recorder. Microboards and HP co-developed the printer technology, allowing up to 4800 x 1200 dpi printing. The Microboards PrintWrite software is a dynamic interface for both beginners and power users to hands record DVD Video, DVD information, Sound CD'south, Information CD'due south, Video CD's and much more. Other features include: • Asynchronous print and record function • Creation of audio CD'southward from MP3 or wave files • Batch mode, allowing multiple different masters to be used at a time. • Integrated print role. • A encompass flow of your recently-used images used for printing. • Multi-task queueing. Fully Integrated Automation Microboards combined our patented auto-loading system with HP's proven inkjet printer technology to give users the highest output possible, both in image resolution and print speed. Since the CX-i Disc Publisher is an auto-loading printer, no scale of robotics or manual feeding of discs is required. The CX-1 Disc Publisher connects past a single USB 2.0 interface to your calculator. Flexibility and Speed for Any Application While the CX-one Disc Publisher was designed to fill a need in the high-volume arena, it besides has the ability to print at 4800 10 1200 dpi on both DVD and CD media. With the included design software, users tin relish its benefits whether making a few discs or a few hundred.  What'south Included When unpacking your CX-1 Disc Publisher system, the following items should exist included: •  CX-one Disc Publisher  •  100 disc output assembly  •  CX-ane Disc Publisher Quick Commencement Guide  •  •  Users Manual (This document)  •  Microboards Disc Publisher Install CD (Includes hardware drivers and Microboards PrintWrite Disc Publishing Software)  Ability String  •  •  1 V102C Tri-color ink cartridge  USB 2.0 Printer Cable  •  •  1 V101B Black ink cartridge  Blank Printable CD's  •  •  Impress Sample  three Input Bin rods  If whatsoever of these items are missing, please contact your benefactor or Microboards Technology Technical Support department at 952-556-1639.  The CX-1 Disc Publisher installation disc includes an Installer that will walk yous through the procedure step by step. Delight perform the installation in order as specified in the Installer earlier connecting to a computer.  v  System Requirements The Microboards CX-one Disc Publisher has the following minimum requirements and compatibilities: Operating Organization Mac Bone 10.5 or 10.6 Processors Intel Processor is required Organization Retentivity Minimum i GB of system memory Difficult Drive A divide internal 7200 RPM difficult drive is recommended for storing your data. Using the same hard drive as the operating arrangement tin can cause the organization to perform slowly. USB Connexion USB 2.0 is required. USB one.1 is not supported, every bit using USB ane.1 will result in significantly longer recording times and the potential for recording failures.  Assembly and Installation Assembly Instructions CX-ane Disc Publisher Assembly Remove the CX-1 Disc Publisher system from the shipping box and confirm yous received all of the items. Identify the CX-i Disc Publisher on a stable, flat surface. You lot will need room both in forepart and behind the organisation, every bit discs will be accessed from both locations. Open up the forepart door and remove the blue packaging foam from under the ink wagon. Install the 2 long input bin posts into the input hopper by screwing them downward onto the spiral mounts on the left side of the input hopper. Install the broad post on the right side of the input hopper. Install the output bin: • Align the two holes in the output bin with the holes on the Front of the printer (numbers 1 and two). • Secure the output bin with the two thumb screws. • The output bin should now exist securely in identify. • Next, slide in the 100 disc output spindle into identify.  1  The Output Bin is designed to hang over the front border of your work surface. Plug in the CX-1 Disc Publisher with the Air conditioning ability cord provided. Turn on the CX-1 using the switch on the back of the unit.  six  two  MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC  CX-1 DISC PUBLISHER  Front Panel Indicators and Buttons Out of Ink LED Cancel  Power Push button o  Out of Media Indicator  Power On LED  Power Button – The Ability push button turns the CX-1 Disc Publisher on and off. It may take a few seconds for the CX-one Disc Publisher to turn on subsequently you lot press the Power button Note: The AC power switch located on the back of the CX-1 Disc Publisher must be turned on first in order to supply power to the Front Panel.  o  Ability On LED – This LED will show green when the ability to the printer is on.  o  Abolish Button – Pressing the Cancel button cancels the current impress chore.  o  Out of Media Indicator Button – Pressing this push button will clear any media feed problems. This push has an LED that will flash amber when a media feed issue is occurring.  o  Out of Ink LED – This LED will be on if the cartridges are missing or if there is an issue with either of the cartridges.  Loading Discs The system volition take CD or DVD 120 mm (12 cm) inkjet printable discs. If the disc does not have an inkjet printable surface, the ink will not attach to the surface of the disc. The CX-1 Disc Publisher volition only accept 12 cm discs. Business card or 8 cm discs are non supported past this system.  Figure 1  Figure 2  Load the first 5 or vi discs flat, every bit seen in effigy 1. Load the residuum of the discs at an angle, against the broad input rod, as seen in effigy ii. The CX-one Disc Publisher will concur a maximum of 100 discs. DO Non load more than 100 discs in the organisation, equally this may crusade the discs to load incorrectly.  7  Installing Ink Cartridges Supported Ink Cartridges The CX-one Disc Publisher uses 1 tri-color ink cartridge and 1 black ink cartridge. The part numbers for these cartridges are V102C (color) and V101B (blackness). If other cartridges are installed, the CX-i Disc Publisher volition non function. These cartridges are bachelor from whatsoever Microboards reseller. Refill kits or not-Microboards ink cartridges are not recommended for utilize in the CX-1 Disc Publisher system. Use of non-Microboards cartridges will cause the printer to fail. Employ of refilled cartridges may crusade the CX-i Disc Publisher to neglect and may affect your warranty.  Loading / Replacing Ink Cartridges Cartridges can exist changed while the CX-1 Disc Publisher is on. The Out of Ink LED will light if any cartridge is beginning to run low on ink. •  With the printer on, open up the front cover and expect for the print railroad vehicle to motility to the centre of the printer.  •  Elevator the cartridge latch by lifting the center of the front of the latch.  •  If replacing an empty ink cartridge, remove the cartridge that needs changing by sliding the cartridge towards the front of the Publisher.  •  Remove each new print cartridge to be installed from its packaging.  •  Remove the protective covering from the printheads before installing the cartridges.  •  Slide the right ink cartridge into the correct slot – color on the left, black on the right.  •  Lower each cartridge latch until information technology locks into place past applying gentle pressure to the finger depression. Do not try to force the latch downward.  •  Close the front end cover.  •  Wait for the cartridge priming bicycle to complete before sending whatever impress jobs to the printer. The priming cycle will accept approximately 70-80 seconds.  Any fourth dimension y'all change ink cartridges, you should always wait until the printer has primed the cartridges before sending it a impress job. The priming cycle will have lxx-80 seconds to complete after the door is closed.  Inserting or Removing a Cartridge Later on lifting the cartridge latch, slide the cartridge back to insert, or frontwards to remove.  eight  Lowering the Cartridge Latch The latch on the right in is the correct position. The left latch is being closed.  MICROBOARDS Applied science, LLC  CX-1 DISC PUBLISHER  Replacing Empty Ink Cartridges The CX-one Disc Publisher will notify you when either cartridge is completely empty. Since the current print task will exist cancelled at that point, it is strongly recommended that you replace the cartridges when you are notified that they are depression rather than waiting until they are empty. Since the CX-i Disc Publisher is designed for unattended operation, however, this may not always be possible. If you come across the Out of Ink message on your PC, delight perform these steps: 1. Open the front door of the CX-1 Disc Publisher. 2. When the railroad vehicle moves to eye, remove the ink cartridge specified in the message. 3. Replace the cartridge and shut the front door. 4. Press the Cancel button on the front end printer control panel. 5. Wait for the printer to prime the cartridge. The priming cycle will have approximately 70-eighty seconds to complete. Practice non perform the next pace until the priming bicycle completes. 6. Subsequently the disc ejects, click the OK push button on the Out of Ink message. 7. If this occurs during a Zulu2 action and the cartridge is non replaced immediately, follow the on-screen instructions that volition appear.  Any fourth dimension y'all change ink cartridges, y'all should e'er await until the printer has primed the cartridges before sending it a print job. The priming cycle volition take 70-80 seconds to consummate after the door is closed.  9  Installation of Drivers and Software Commuter and Microboards PrintWrite Installation Drivers and Microboards PrintWrite must be installed on a hard deejay. Once you lot take installed the software, store the original installer disc in a safety place. 1. Insert the Installation CD in your organisation's disc drive. Open the disc icon when it appears on the desktop. 2. Double-click on the Microboards Publisher.mpkg icon. Follow the on-screen instructions, read and agree to the end user license agreement. three. When prompted, enter your administrator password. 4. When prompted, click Install. Once the Microboards Installer has completed, a restart is required.  Connecting to a Mac Practice Non CONNECT YOUR CX-1 DISC PUBLISHER Earlier RUNNING THE INSTALLER LOCATED ON THE INSTALLATION Disk!! The connection betwixt the Mac and the Microboards CX-ane Disc Publisher is done with i USB 2.0 cable. ane. Plug in the Air conditioning power cord to the back of the CX-1 Disc Publisher. 2. Confirm that the power is turned ON to both the CX-1 Disc Publisher and on your Mac. 3. Connect the foursquare shaped cease of the USB cable to the back of the CX-1 Disc Publisher. four. Connect the apartment, rectangular end of the USB cable into a USB 2.0 port in your Mac.  Adding the Microboards PF-3 Printer Once the drivers and software have been installed and the CX-i connected, the Microboards PF-3 Printer needs to exist added. 1. Click System Preferences in the Dock. 2. Select Print & Fax. If the Microboards PF-iii printer has not been added automatically, then click the Add together or + button to add a printer. three. Select Microboards PF-3 from the listing and click the Add together button. iv. Once the Microboards PF-3 Printer has been added, it will appear in the available printers list, as shown below.  10  MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC  CX-1 DISC PUBLISHER  Printer Alignment Verify the printer alignment the kickoff fourth dimension you lot use the Publisher. Y'all may need to marshal your printer before the printed images will be centered on your media. Changing the brand or type of media you are using may also crave small-scale alignment adjustments.  Alignment •  Click Organization Preferences in the Dock.  •  Select Impress & Fax.  •  Double-click the Microboards PF-3 icon.  •  Click the Printer Setup button.  •  Click the Utility button to open up the Microboards Toolbox.  •  Click the button.  •  Click the Disc Press icon.  •  Enter the alignment changes into the Top and Left Side boxes. These settings will change the size of the top and left margins, respectively. Decreasing the values volition move the image upwardly or to the left, increasing will adjust down or to the right.  •  Click the Apply At present push.  •  Verify the alignment by printing a total coverage image. The paradigm should impress centered on the disc. If non, adjust the Superlative and Left Side alignment values according to the graphic on the Alignment tab and echo.  Open  Printer  Utility  Microboards Utility Access the Microboards Utility by selecting the System Preferences from the Dock. Select Print & Fax. Highlight the Microboards PF-iii icon and click the Utility icon. You tin can likewise select Open Printer Utility from the Utilities carte in PrintWrite. The Utility will permit you to admission the Printer data equally shown below. Docked Utility Icon  11  Supply Condition The Supply Status page shows how much remains of all 3 colors, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. NOTE: If you place a used cartridge in the CX-i, the ink level may not exist reported correctly. If the CX-one tin can identify the cartridge, it may report the correct ink levels; if not, information technology will assume that the ink cartridge is new and will show ink levels of 100%. Before each disc is printed, the ink levels are checked. If the level of any one color is has reached 10%, a warning bulletin will exist displayed on your Mac and printing will be temporarily suspended. You can either alter the cartridge at this point, or proceed printing using the aforementioned cartridge. If y'all go on with the same cartridge, printing volition continue uninterrupted until the ink level reaches five%. The low ink level warning will be displayed once more. Once again, either change the cartridge or go on. In one case the ink level reaches three% or less, the alert will be displayed before each impress. Information technology is strongly recommended that you lot replace the cartridge at this bespeak.  Clean Pen The Clean Pen function allows you to run a cleaning cycle on the ink cartridge. At least one disc must be in the input hopper for the utility to function. Click the Clean push once a disc has been loaded to the belts. If the resulting disc shows streaks similar to those shown in the image on this page, you may need to run the Make clean utility once again.  Device Information Click the Device Information icon to view the Model of your PF-3 printer.  Test To confirm the estimator is communicating with the CX-one Disc Publisher, print a Exam Disc. This can exist done with one of the inkjet printable CD'due south included with your CX-1 Disc Publisher, or an inkjet compatible disc you may already have. To impress the Examination Disc:  12  •  Load at to the lowest degree 1 piece of printable media in the Input hopper.  •  From the Microboards Toolbox, select Test.  •  Click the Test button.  •  One time printing is complete, the disc will be ejected into the output hopper.  MICROBOARDS Technology, LLC  CX-one DISC PUBLISHER  Disc Printing The Outer and Inner Diameters volition change the size of the area to be printed. To avert excessive ink buildup, these values should never be fix so that the CX-one Disc Publisher is press off the media. The Alignment values will motion the print image on the disc in 0.ane mm increments. The Restore to Factory Settings button will restore the values to the default values. The Top and Left Side values will be changed to 0.  Back up Clicking the Back up push button will open the Microboards Technology Support website in your default internet browser. This function requires an internet connection.  Supplies Clicking the Supplies button will open the Microboards Engineering science website in your default internet browser. This role requires an internet connection.  Registration Clicking the Registration button will open your default internet browser to the Microboards Production Registration webpage. When registering your CX-i Disc Publisher, delight be sure you are including the correct serial number, which will be on the back of the CX-i and on the box product label. This office requires an internet connection.  Recycling Clicking the Recycling button will open the Microboards Technology website in your default cyberspace browser to provide yous with information on recycling used ink cartridges. This function requires an internet connection.  thirteen  The CX-1 Disc Publisher and PrintWrite Microboards PrintWrite is required to control the Burn down and Print functionality of the Microboards CX-1 Disc Publisher. Information technology is able to fix upward publishing jobs, load the CX-one , fire to the loaded disc, unload the disc, and then print the image y'all have selected. PrintWrite will automatically find your CX-1 Disc Publisher the robotics and printer when the application is opened. Having more than one robotic organization connected to the Mac is not supported. Please see the Microboards PrintWrite manual for more information on using PrintWrite.  Impress Only without PrintWrite While PrintWrite does include a Print Only project blazon, you can print from whatever application to the CX-1 Disc Publisher. When printing using the CX-1 Disc Publisher from whatever awarding, you should always cull Microboards PF-3 and 120mm disc in the Format For and Newspaper Size Folio Setup selections, respectively. It is highly recommended that the image you are press is 120mm by 120mm. Having a dissimilar size epitome may issue in the improper placement of the image on the disc.  Printing prior to burning whatever media is not recommended!!  14  MICROBOARDS Technology, LLC  CX-1 DISC PUBLISHER  Troubleshooting Printer not printing: 1. Confirm the CX-1 Disc Publisher is plugged into a ability source and is turned on. The ON/OFF switch is located at the back of the unit, above the power cable connector. 2. Confirm the green light on the power push is lit on the Control Panel. If AC power is on and the green light is off, press the power button on the Command Panel and wait for several seconds. If the light still does not come on, contact Microboards Technical Support. 3. Confirm the CX-1 Disc Publisher is connected to the computer. This tin exist checked by clicking on Start, going to Settings and selecting Printers. Ostend the printer is listed and is active. 4. Confirm that the Microboards V102C and V101B Ink Cartridges are being used. The CX-ane Disc Publisher will non function with any other cartridge!  Disc Loading mistake one. If a disc is non loaded correctly, an fault bulletin will be displayed on your Mac. Check to see if there are any discs on the belt. Remove any discs that are left on the belt. ii. Lift the cover and check for any discs on the forepart deck of the CX-1 Disc Publisher. Remove any discs institute on the belts. Close the cover. 3. Next, reload the input bin and click the OK button on the error message to go along. The system volition load the side by side disc and continue printing the remaining discs for that task.  Depression Ink indication Before each disc is printed, the ink levels are checked. If the level of any one color is has reached x%, a warning message will exist displayed on your Mac and printing will be temporarily suspended. You tin either change the cartridge at this indicate or continue press using the same cartridge. If you continue with the aforementioned cartridge, press volition proceed uninterrupted until the ink level reaches v%. The depression ink level warning will be displayed once more than. Over again, either change the cartridge or continue. One time the ink level reaches 0%, the warning will exist displayed before each print. It is strongly recommended that you supersede the cartridge at this indicate. Please note that the percentage indicates the lowest of the three ink color levels, not the overall ink level. Because of this, cartridges containing multiple ink colors may not feel empty when the ink level is reporting 0% as 1 colour may be empty while the others are not. If y'all notice poor ink quality or a missing color in your prints at any time, supercede the ink cartridge.  15  Printing Specifications Print Speed: Depends upon per centum of coverage and print manner selected Photo:  • •  Approx. 115 seconds for 100% full-color coverage, Photo Best Fashion Approx. 80 seconds for 100% full-color coverage, Photograph Normal Mode  Text & Graphics:  • • • •  Approx. 65 seconds for 100% full-color coverage, Text & Graphics All-time Mode Approx. 25 seconds for 100% full-color coverage, Text & Graphics Normal Mode Approx. 30 seconds for 20% coverage Text & Graphics Best Style Approx. 20 seconds for 20% coverage Text & Graphics Normal Mode  Impress Technology: HP Inkjet Print Quality, Black: upward to 1200 dpi Print Quality, Colour: up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi Warranty: One Year Express Warranty Ink Cartridge Types: Microboards V102C (Color) and V101B (Black) Maximum Print Width: iv.72" (120mm)  Media Types: Inkjet Printable-surface 120mm CD, DVD, and BD optical media (BD publishing support requires a BluRay Publisher) Connectivity: USB 2.0 required Power Supply: Machine Discover AC Ability: 90VAC – 240VAC, 47Hz – 63Hz Memory: viii MB  Technical Support For technical questions or support bug, contact Microboards Applied science technical support: United States PH: 952-556-1639 FAX: 952-556-1628 support@microboards.com www.microboards.com  Europe PH: +44 (0) 845 230 7800 www.microboards.co.u.k.  Japan PH: 03-3561-2266 www.microboards.co.jp  Please have the Model and Series Number of your G3 Disc Publisher available when contacting Technical Support. Date of Purchase: Place Purchased: Series Number: Replacement Ink Cartridges: V102C (color) and V101B (black)  sixteen

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