User guide

Elite Series User Guide
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Discus makes it easy to use your own graphics
for disc labels or to choose from a wide selection
of existing images, fonts, and design options to
create striking graphics for your discs. The Discus
program can be run directly from FlexWare and
the printer control settings can be accessed from
the Print tab within Discus.
By default, Discus is configured to operate with
the Disc Makers Autograph VII printer and it in-
cludes a template that matches these Disc Printer
characteristics. If you are using a different printer
with your Elite series duplicator, refer to the
instructions provided with that printer.
Through the setup options available through the
Print Setup dialog box, you can make a number
of adjustments, including:
• Selecting the print quality for a job, from
draft quality to high resolution
• Choosing the media type (Plain Disc, by
default)
• Varying the color attributes and color space
for a print job
• Setting up a print mask to correspond with
different media sizes and types
Disc printer properties can be accessed by means
of:
• From the Print Setup control panel,
accessible from the Windows Start menu
(Start menu> Control Panel>Printers and
Faxes>Disc Printer>Printing Preferences).
• From Discus (select the Print tab and click the
Setup button).
• From the Printers and Faxes dialog box
(Start menu>Printers and Faxes). Select
the appropriate printer from the Printers
and Faxes dialog box and choose Printing
Preferences or Properties to configure the
printer as required.
SPECIFYING PRINT REGIONS
Printable disc media from different sources may
have print regions—in other words, the area that
the printable surface covers may extend different
distances from the hub (inner diameter) and from
the outer edge of the disc (outer diameter). To
ensure that the disc printer only prints an image
on the printable surface (and not bare plastic), use
the controls available in Discus before printing to
specify the settings.
To adjust print regions in Discus
1 Start the Discus program and select the Print
tab. The screen that appears should show
the Disc Makers Autograph VII printer se-
lected. If it doesn’t, use the Select template
button to choose the Autograph VII tem-
plate.
2 Place the cursor over control knob on the
top slide bar, which adjusts the distance that
printing will extend toward the outer edge
of the disc. A pop-up box shows the current
print region measurements. The default is
118 mm. Set the slide bar adjustment to 117
mm, as shown in the figure, to set the outer
limits of printing (this corresponds to typical
disc media from Disc Makers).
Chapter 4: Using Discus
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