Polaroid ProPalette 7000 Installation And Quick Reference
Polaroid ProPalette 7000 Installation And Quick Reference

Polaroid ProPalette 7000 Installation And Quick Reference

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ProPalette 7000
ProPalette 8K Series
Installation and Quick Reference

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  • Page 1 ProPalette 7000 ProPalette 8K Series Installation and Quick Reference...
  • Page 2: Unpack The Box

    1 Unpack the Box Make sure you have all the following components. Contact your ProPalette film recorder software and connecting cables are in a dealer if any are missing or damaged. separate box. Some models include a 4x5 or 6x7 camera back packed with the film recorder.
  • Page 3 English Installation 6 2 Position the Film Recorder Place the film recorder at a convenient working height on a flat vibration-free surface. Make sure that all four rubber feet are in contact with the surface, and that the ventilation holes are not obstructed.
  • Page 4: Connection Types

    3 Connect the Film Recorder Connection Types ProPalette film recorders have a parallel port for connection to a Windows computer, and a SCSI port for connection to either a Macintosh computer or to a Windows computer with a SCSI host adapter installed.
  • Page 5 English Installation 8 Parallel Connection (PC) Turn off both your PC and Plug the parallel cable into the film recorder. the parallel port on the film recorder and secure the connection. Connect the film recorder Plug the parallel cable into the parallel port on your com- to power.
  • Page 6 SCSI Connection (PC or Macintosh Computer) Turn off both your com- Plug the 50-pin end of the puter and the film SCSI cable into the SCSI recorder. port on the rear panel of the film recorder and secure the connection. Plug the 25-pin end of the SCSI cable into the SCSI port on Connect the film recorder your computer and secure the connection.
  • Page 7 Installation 10 English In this example, the film recorder is the only SCSI device and In this example, the film recorder is in the middle of the SCSI must be terminated. This example shows external termination chain and must not be terminated. using a separate terminator (not included).
  • Page 8 Press , then press Press until appears, SCSI ID? highlight (terminate) or (turn then press to display the current off termination). SCSI ID number. Press , then press twice. Press to select an unused SCSI ID number. Note that the SCSI host Press the Reset button on the back of adapter is usually ID 0, and most the film recorder.
  • Page 9: Install The Software

    4 Install the Software Turn on your computer. Click on the Palette icon on the CD. Insert the Polaroid Palette Software CD ROM into the drive. Follow the instructions on the menu. Windows 95, 98, or NT After the installation, click Quit to exit the installer.
  • Page 10: Test The Installation

    5 Test the Installation If the film recorder is connected via SCSI, and the computer has an EIDE controller for the CD, an error message may appear indi- Start the PC and Graphx RasterPlus95 software. cating that the recorder is disconnected or off-line after attempt- Select Edit...Queue Properties .
  • Page 11: For More Information

    You can also view the on-line manuals from your hard disk. Open the PAL_MAIN.PDF file. For the Macintosh computer, the file is in the Online Manuals folder within the RasterPlus® Polaroid folder. For the PC, the file is in the Program file\Graphx\...
  • Page 12 Front Panel Keypad Buttons What It Does What It Does Escape Displays the menu on the Select Selects a menu or submenu device-setup or Change Setup? film recorder message panel. device-activation item. Marks the selected item with an asterisk (*). Use the menu system to Change Setup?
  • Page 13 Quick Reference 16 English Loading 35 mm Film Verify that the 35 mm cam- Insert the film cassette at era back is attached, and an angle into the chamber. turn the film Push the cassette in fully, recorder on. so that the film lies flat against the track.
  • Page 14 Close the camera back door until you hear a click. The message panel on the film recorder displays Loading film , the film advances, then the message panel displays the number of exposures available. Close the film recorder front door. Quick Reference 17 English...
  • Page 15 Quick Reference 18 English Loading 6x7 Film Verify that the 6x7 camera Note the pressure plate back is attached, and turn dial setting. the film recorder on. If the black arrow is point- ing to the type of film (120 or 220 length) you are loading, proceed to step 5.
  • Page 16 Turn the camera insert Turn the film roll so that around, verify that the the film feeds toward the film type appears in the back of the camera insert. display window, and check that the plate is locked into position. If the plate is not locked into position, turn the pressure plate O FF O LR B...
  • Page 17 Quick Reference 20 English Pull out and wrap the film Open the camera back. around the back of the Check that the top and pressure plate until the end bottom latches are fully reaches the take-up spool. open. : Do not pull the film Seat the camera insert Note out too far.
  • Page 18 Check the control lever Press the START button positions on the top of the on top of the camera back camera back. If the con- to advance the film to the trol levers do not point to first exposure. the white squares, turn the levers until they point to the white squares.
  • Page 19 : Some 4x5 films are Note available in Readyload packages. When used with the Polaroid 545i or the Kodak Readyload packet film holder, you can load the film holder outside of a darkroom.
  • Page 20 Push any button on the keypad to confirm dark slide removal. © Copyright Polaroid Corporation, 1999. All rights reserved. “Polaroid” and “ProPalette” are trademarks of Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A. All other product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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