DIGITAL COLOR PRINTER P-200 Installation Guide This Installation Guide explains how to install and use the Olympus P-200 Digital Printer software for Windows 95/98/Me. Keep this manual booklet in an easily accessible place for future reference. User Registration It is prohibited by copyright laws to duplicate this software and installation guide in whole or in part, or to lease the software to a third party without permission from the copyright owners. Olympus assumes no liability for any damages, loss of profit and any claims from third parties resulting from the use of this software. If this software contains any manufacturing defects, Olympus will replace it. However, Olympus assumes no liability for any defects not related to manufacturing. This software can only be used on designated equipment. For the purpose of improvement, the specifications of the software may be subject to change without notice. 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The TM and ® marks are omitted in the text of this booklet. 3 Table of Contents System Requirements ......................4 Installing the Software......................5 Easy installation (plug & play)..................................5 Manual installation ........................7 Uninstallation ................................9 For high-speed operation..............9 Printing ............................................ 10 To cancel printing........................ 12 Tips for printing ........................... 13 Split Print......................................... 14 Adjusting the Image Quality ......... 16 Troubleshooting Guide................... 17 4 System Requirements The following hardware and software are required to install and run this software. Computer: IBM PC/AT compatible machine with an i486SX or better CPU running Windows 95, 98 or Me (Pentium or better CPU recommended). Memory: 8 MB minimum (32 MB or more recommended, depending on the application to be printed). Hard disk: Minimum 15 MB free (Recommendation: 30 MB or more). More space is required for larger images or multiple-page files Display: Minimum 256-color graphics capability (Recommendation: 32,000 colors or more). Disk drive: Floppy disk drive (required for installation). Notes This software may be upgraded without notice. The screen images shown in this booklet may differ slightly from the actual screen images displayed by the software. The latest information about this software is recorded in the "Readme.txt" file on the provided floppy disk. Be sure to read this file. 5 Installing the Software Install the Windows 95/98/Me printer driver software on the provided floppy disk in your PC. This description uses a PC running Windows 98 as an example. Easy installation (plug & play) 1 2 Connect the printer to your PC. Please refer to the printer's instruction manual for details on connecting the printer to your PC. Turn on the printer and the PC. Launch Windows. The [Add New Hardware Wizard] dialog box appears. Click [Next] to continue. 3 Select [Search for the best driver for your device] and click [Next]. 6 4 Insert the floppy disk into the PC's floppy drive. Select [Floppy disk drive] and click [Next]. 5 Follow the on-screen instructions. 7 Manual installation 1 2 Click the [Start] button of Windows, point [Setup] and click [Printer]. Double-click the [AddPrinter] icon. The [Add Printer Wizard] dialog box appears. 3 Select [Local printer] as the printer connection destination. Olympus does not guarantee that this printer will operate correctly on a network. The printer should be connected directly to the PC. 8 4 Insert the floppy disk into the PC's floppy drive and select [Use disk]. Set the floppy disk drive as the [Copy source of distributed file.] The drive name of the floppy disk drive varies depending on the setup of each PC. Check your PC's instruction manual if you are not sure. When you find the file, go on to the next step. 5 6 7 Note Set [LPT1: Printer port] as the port to be used by the printer. Select whether the printer is used as the default printer or not. Click [End] to complete installation. When "Insert Windows CD-ROM (or floppy disk)" is displayed during installation, insert the specified CD-ROM or applicable floppy disk in the PC and click [OK], The required file will be installed automatically. If Windows setup is started when the Windows CDROM is inserted, cancel the Windows setup. The installation of the printer driver will continue. 9 Uninstallation When the printer driver software is no longer necessary, uninstall it as described below. 1 2 Click the [Start] button of Windows, point [Setup] and click [Printer]. The [Printer] window appears. Click the [OLYMPUS P-200] icon. 3 4 In the [File] menu, click [Delete]. Uninstall the printer driver by following the on-screen instructions. For high-speed operation To use the printer at a high speed, we recommend the printer port be used in the ECP mode. This will reduce the data transfer time from the PC. To switch to the ECP mode, BIOS setup is required. The setup method varies depending on the PC. Please refer to your PC's instruction manual for BIOS setup. Notes Data transfer time varies depending on PC. Some printers are not compatible with the ECP mode. Take care when using more than one printer. 10 Printing You can print images created using commercially available image processing or retouching applications using this printer driver software. 1 Run the application and open the images you want to print. Set the image size to 1280 x 960 pixels or less for printing, image processing or retouching. If you are using an application that also allows you to specify image resolution as well as image size, set the resolution to 320 dpi. For details on how to make these settings, refer to the application's user manual. The image size is automatically set when printing is performed using the digital camera utility, etc. 2 3 In the application [File] menu, click [Printer Setup] Set up the printer in the [Printer Setup] dialog box. The dialog box shown above is an example using the Olympus CAMEDIA Master 2.0 application. The contents of dialog box vary depending on the application you are using. Set [OLYMPUS P-200] as the printer name. Set the print orientation to [Portrait] when the image is longer vertically than horizontally, or to [Landscape] when it is longer horizontally. 11 4 5 6 Click [OK] to close the [Printer Setup] dialog box. In the [File] menu, click [Print]. The [Print] dialog box appears. Set the number of prints [Copies]. The print copies can be set up to 25. The dialog box shown above is an example using the Olympus CAMEDIA Master 2.0 application. The contents of dialog box vary depending on the application you are using. 7 Note Click [Print]. The images will be printed. The auto power off function automatically turns the printer OFF if it has not been used for an hour. Before you start printing, check that the printer has not turned OFF automatically. Other printing-related operations Split printing, see page 15. Image quality adjustment, see page 17. 12 To cancel printing When the print monitor is displayed: Click [Cancel printing]. When data is left in the Windows printer spooler: 1 2 3 4 Click the [Start] button. Point [Setup] and click [Printer]. Double-click [OLYMPUS P-200] to open the [OLYMPUS P-200] window. Click the name of the queued document you want to cancel. 5 Click [Document] in the menu, then click [Cancel printing]. For details, please refer to the Windows instruction manual. 13 Tips for printing To get the best printing results, be sure to read the instruction manual of the application you are using. Information on how to change the resolution and image size is especially important. In addition, read the following tip. Print in an environment with as large color display capability as possible. The number of available colors of some applications is determined according to the display color setting of the PC used in printing. To print the best images possible, it is recommended to print from a system capable of displaying 64000 colors or 16.77 million colors if possible. Adjust the image size and resolution (with an application that prints images according to the resolution of the printer). If the application in use is capable of adjusting the image resolution and size, set the resolution to 320 dpi and the size to 1280 x 960 pixels or smaller. (If the image size in pixels is larger, the image may be printed on more than one sheet of print paper.) 14 Split Print You can split a sheet of print paper into multiple planes and print the same image on each of them. 1 2 3 In the [File] menu of the application, click [Print]. The [Print] dialog box appears. Click [Properties]. [OLYMPUS P-200-LPT1: Properties] appears. Set the split method in the [Paper] sheet. 15 Images can be printed in one of the following split methods. Single 2-split print 4-split print 9-split print 16-split print To obtain correct split prints (with an application that prints images according to the resolution of the printer): Set the resolution to 320 dpi and image size to 1280 x 960 pixels. Please refer to the instruction manual of the application you are using for more information on settings. Note Print preview is not available. 16 Adjusting the Image Quality You can adjust the brightness, depth, contrast and sharpness of an image for printing. Brightness: Brightness is adjusted across the entire image plane. Image brightness increases when adjusted in the + direction. Adjusts the color intensity of the image. Color intensity is increased when adjusted in the + direction. Increases or reduces image contrast. Contrast (crispness) increases when Contrast: adjusted in the + direction. Sharpness: Emphasizes or de-emphasizes image contours. Image contours are emphasized when adjusted in the + direction. Depth: 1 2 In the [File] menu of the application, click [Print]. The [Print] dialog box appears. Click [Properties]. [OLYMPUS P-200-LPT1: Properties] appears. 3 Set the image quality in the [Color adjustment] sheet. [Brightness], [Depth] and [Contrast] each can be adjusted in 21 steps between -10 and +10. [Sharpness] can be adjusted in 11 steps between -5 and +5. To return to the default settings, click [Standard]. The default value is 0 for all settings. To cancel image quality adjustment, click [Cancel]. The [Print] dialog box appears again. Caution If your image processing application has image adjustment capabilities similar to those described above, the image quality should be adjusted with the application instead of the driver software. If the image quality is adjusted in both the application and driver software, print results may differ from what you expect. 17 Troubleshooting Guide To solve problems you may experience with the printer driver, check the troubleshooting guide before calling for service. If the problem persists, contact you dealer for information what to do next. Please also refer to the Instruction manual provided with the printer. Symptom An image is printed on several sheets. Cause The resolution or image size setting is incorrect. Treatment Set the resolution to 320 dpi and image size to 1280 x 960 pixels or less. Printed image contains zigzag lines. Printing will not start. The image may have been enlarged before printing. Set the resolution to 320 dpi and image size to 1280 x 960 pixels or less. No print paper is loaded, the ink ribbon has run out, or paper is jammed, etc. Certain PCs and applications take a long time to compile print data. Printing multiple sheets with complicated settings also takes long time. Check the indicators on the top panel of the printer and toad print paper if required. Also refer to the instruction manual of your printer. Please wait until the PC completes print processing. There may be a problem with the digital color printer. Check the indicators on the top panel of the printer and error messages on the PC monitor screen. When the printer and PC are normal and printing still has not started 5 minutes after initiation, turn the printer OFF then ON again and retry printing. Note that printing of multiple sheets may take more than 5 minutes for preparation. Check the hard disk capacity. If it is insufficient, create more free space. There may not be enough free space on the hard disk. 18 Symptom PC operation is Cause The PC's memory may not Treatment unstable. have enough free memory. If more than one application ...