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 •...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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...
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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”...
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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,...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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