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MF DIGITAL DIRECTOR EC Installation Manual

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Director EC Office Publisher with OptiEC
Printer Installation Guide
DIRECTOR EC OFFICE PUBLISHER WITH OptiEC PRINTER
DIRECTOR EC OFFICE PUBLISHER -- PC MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
A Pentium® III or compatible personal computer @ 933 MHz or faster with Three (3) Free PCI slots.
Windows 2000 Professional (service pack 4.0 or higher) or Windows XP (service pack 1.0a or higher)
1GB RAM (PC 133 specification - SDRAM or DDRAM)
1 Hard Disk Controller Adaptec BRAND Ultra 29160
1 18 GB SCSI 15,000rpm Ultra 160 SCSI Hard Drive (formatted NTSF) as follows:
1 Basic Partition for System (C:) & 2 5GB NTFS Partitions (D:)(E:) – Temp folder in root on each partition
1 Firewire 1394 Card (Supplied by MF DIGITAL)
1 Software Identifier Card (Supplied by MF DIGITAL) Computer needs 3.5" power connector for this card
1 external COM port (COM1 or COM2) - 2 ports needed if using Prism Plus or Spectrum2
Network 100/10Mbs on Board
Video 1024 x 768
One Parallel Port
THE DIRECTOR EC LOADER MUST BE INSTALLED ON COM PORT 2
THE DIRECTOR EC SOFTWARE MUST BE INSTALLED ON C:\ DRIVE

INSTALLATION GUIDE

MF DIGITAL
121 Carolyn Blvd.
Farmingdale, NY 11735
001 631 249 9393
www.mfdigital.com
Document Revision: 2/21

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Summary of Contents for MF DIGITAL DIRECTOR EC

  • Page 1: Installation Guide

    1 Firewire 1394 Card (Supplied by MF DIGITAL) • 1 Software Identifier Card (Supplied by MF DIGITAL) Computer needs 3.5” power connector for this card • 1 external COM port (COM1 or COM2) - 2 ports needed if using Prism Plus or Spectrum2 •...
  • Page 2 Software Identifier Cards Installing the Firewire Adapter & You should never attempt to service a unit without ensuring proper anti-static protection. The Note: use of a grounding strap, or other such grounding device, is advised. In addition, the internal configuration of your computer may be different from the computer pictured below. Installing the Firewire Card The DirectorEC Office Publisher requires one IEEE-1394 card.
  • Page 3: Making The Connection

    Making the Connection PC Connection Page 3...
  • Page 4 Installing the Director EC Office Publisher Software [1] Note: When installing the Director EC software on Windows XP you MUST install ODBC FoxPRo drivers. See step #2 bellow. (fig. 1) 1. Insert the Director EC Publisher software CD. From the CD ROM drive of the computer, click Director 3.0...
  • Page 5 Installing the Director EC Office Publisher Software [2] Note: Windows XP MUST install ODBC FoxPRo drivers before running Director 3.0 1. After installation of the Director EC software go to “c:\cdDirector\ODBC FoxPro Driver” folder. (fig. 1) (fig. 1) Double click the VFPODBC file.
  • Page 6 Selecting system drives for Director EC System Setup tab 1. Open Director EC software. Director EC software might prompt a message “System Drives Missing” click OK. Go to “System Setup” tab and select system drives “D and E” (fig. 1) (fig.
  • Page 7 Turning OFF Auto RUN on CD-ROM. 1. Go to “Start”. 2. Go to “Run” 3. Type in “regedit” then click OK (fig.1) 4. Navigate to “Autorun” registry following the path “My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL _MACHINE\SYSTEM\Cu (fig. 1) rentControlset\Services\Cd rom” (fig. 2) 5. Set value in “Autorun” registry to zero if different.
  • Page 8 Installing the Director EC Publisher Alignment Utility for aligning the Drive Tower and Printer 1. Insert the Director EC Office Publisher CD into the CD-ROM drive of your PC. 2. Click on setup.exe of the alignment utility and Click OK (fig. 1).
  • Page 9 Installing the Director EC Publisher Alignment Utility for aligning the Drive Tower and printer (cont.) 5. A progress bar will appear (fig. 4). (fig. 4) 6. Click Finish to finish installation. (fig. 5) (fig. 5) Page 9...
  • Page 10 Installing the OptiEC Printer Driver 1. Click Start-> Settings-> Printers 2. Click Add New Printer 3. The “Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard” window will appear (fig 1). Click Next. 4. In the “Local or Network Printer” window, uncheck the “Automatically detect installed printer”...
  • Page 11 Installing the MF Digital OptiEC Printer Driver (cont.) 7. After specifying the driver for the MF Digital OptiEC printer, the printer “MF Digital OptiEC” will appear in the “Add Printer Window” (fig 7). Click Next to continue. 8. In the “Name your Printer” window,...
  • Page 12 Adjusting the MF Digital OptiEC Printer Driver Settings Printer Spooling It is important to disable printer spooling on the MF Digital OptiEC printer. To do so, please follow the steps below: 1. Go to Start-> Settings -> Printers 2. Right-click on the MF Digital OptiEC printer in the Printers Folder 3.
  • Page 13 Utility (fig. 1). It will be located in the folder designated when you installed the alignment utility. Choose COM Port 2, which the Director EC Loader is installed. Select all (fig. 1) other printer types and drive bay. Click on Perform Test.
  • Page 14 Aligning the MF Digital OptiEC Printer Before starting the Alignment Utility, Alert: position the front end of the printer on the dotted line on the top of the drive bay. (fig 1) 1. From your Start Menu Open the EC Alignment Utility (fig.