Puma Disc Inkjet Printer COMPLETE SOLUTIONS FOR ON-DEMAND CD & DVD PRODUCTION Photo-Quality CD/DVD Inkjet Printer OPERATING & MAINTENANCE MANUAL ZZ 004 833 -1-
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer Thank you for purchasing the Verity Systems Puma Disc Printer. OPERATING & MAINTENANCE MANUAL Document Reference No. TP 004 833 (Rev 1.01) Production Standard ZZ 004 833 VERITY SYSTEMS LTD VERITY SYSTEMS, INC. 2 Eastern Road 5441 Merchant Circle, Unit A Aldershot Placerville Hampshire California GU12 4TD 95667 United Kingdom United States Tel: +44 (0) 1252 317000 Tel: (530) 626-9363 Fax: +44 (0) 1252 316555 Fax: (530) 626-9395 Email: sales@veritysystems.
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Puma Disc Inkjet Printer SOFTWARE WARRANTY (LIMITED) If you discover physical defects in the media on which the software is distributed or in the User’s Manual, Verity Systems will replace the media or manual for a period of ninety (90) days after the purchase by the retail customer. You must return the disk or manual to Verity Systems or an authorized Verity Systems dealer within the warranty period accompanied by proof of purchase.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 1.2 1.3 7-8 Overview………………………………………………………………. 7 Features……………………………………………………………….. 7 Specifications………………………………………………………… 7-8 Section 2 BOX CONTENTS 8 Section 3 9 CONNECTING YOUR PUMA Section 4 BUTTONS & LIGHTS 9-10 4.1 Cancel Button…………………………………………………………. 9 4.2 Print Cartridge Status Light………………………………………… 9 4.3 Resume Button & Light……………………………………………… 9 4.4 Power Button & light………………………………………………… 9 4.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer Section 11 ERRORS 25 Section 12 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 26 Appendix A OTHER GRAPHICS SOFTWARE PACKAGES 27-34 CorelDRAW & Photoshop………………………………………….. 27 Create a Page………………………………………………………… 27 Introducing the Mask……………………………………………….. 27 Understanding the Mask Interface……………………………….. 28-30 Mask Type………………………………………………………. 28 Enable Mask……………………………………………………. 28 Standard Area Settings………………………………………. 29 Hub Area Settings…………………………………………….. 29-30 Mask Origin……………………………………………………..
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview Verity Systems, world leading developers & manufacturers of optical disc duplication and printing systems, has launched a brand new, drawer mechanism CD/DVD printer: the Puma.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer Print Speed: 25% mono coverage @ normal, text quality approx.* 16 seconds per disc 25% mono coverage @ normal, inkjet quality approx.* 19 seconds per disc 100% full colour coverage @ normal, inkjet quality approx.* 24 seconds per disc 100% full colour coverage @ best Inkjet (PhotoRet) approx.* 52 seconds per disc 100% full colour coverage @ photo quality (PhotoRet), approx.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer SECTION 3: POWER ON 1. 2. 3. Connect the power cable to the printer and plug into the power supply. Power up the Puma by pressing the Power Button. (See Fig. 1) The Power Button light will flash for a short period then remain illuminated. SECTION 4: BUTTONS & LIGHTS The Printer Buttons let you turn the printer on & off, cancel a print job, open & close tray or resume printing. The lights give you visual clues about the status of the printer.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer Caution! Always use the Power button to turn the printer on and off. Using a power strip, surge protector, or a wall-mounted switch to turn the printer on and off may cause printer failure. 4.5 CD Tray Button Pressing this button will slide the CD tray back and forth into the printer. SECTION 5: INSERTING A CD INTO THE PRINTER 5.1 Standard (120mm) CDs & DVDs With your Puma switched on, push the CD Tray Button on the front of the printer (see Fig.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer 3. Open the printer cover 4. Using your hand, slowly slide the CD tray back into the printer until approximately 1 inch of the CD tray remains protruding from the front of the printer. 5. Fit Part 2 of the adaptor matching the pin on the adaptor to the hole on the CD tray (Fig 5 & Fig. 6). Locator hole on CD tray Fit adaptor part into locator hole Fig. 5 Fig. 6 6. Close the printer cover and press the CD tray button so that the CD tray slides out. 7.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer SECTION 7: INSTALLING THE PRINTER SOFTWARE Note: Your Puma should not be connected to your PC during the initial software installation. If connected, remove the USB and power cables from the printer. There may be variations in the following instructions depending on operating system (2000 or XP) and configuration. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Place the Printer Driver CD into the CD-ROM drive of your PC. The Verity_Puma installation wizard should automatically start.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer d. When prompted, select Local Port e. When the Wizard asks for the name of the printer, click the Have Disk button and navigate to the enu/drivers/win2k_xp/Puma.inf file on the CD-ROM and select Open and then OK. f. The driver will begin to install on your PC. g. Whenever prompted click Next. h. When complete, select Finish and the Verity Systems Puma print driver icon will appear in your printer settings i. The Digital Signature Not Found message box (see Fig. 11) will appear.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer Fig.12 To open a saved project, click File Open, browse for your file, then click Open. The toolbar in CD Label Designer allows you to import graphics, add text, and add shapes to your design. CD Label Designer also enables you to add track listings and many other features. The software is very similar to many Windows applications in terms of functionality. When you have finished creating your label, save the project by clicking File Save.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer These options adjust the dimensions of the label – entering in lower values will decrease the printable area, higher values will increase it. If the printed image is off centre on your disc, you can adjust these values to change the position of the disc. Increasing the Left value will move the print to the right, increasing the Top value will move the print down. Fig.13 When you are happy that the template is in the correct position, place a blank CD into the CD tray.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer SECTION 10: SETTING PRINTER PREFERENCES You can choose a number of printing options on your Puma from the Printer Preferences menu. 10.1 Paper/Quality Fig. 17 This screen allows you to select the appropriate output quality for your disc. Disc Surface Type Select the type of surface you want to print on from this drop down list.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer Print Task Quick Sets In addition to using the Disc Surface Type and Print Quality options to set your output quality, the Puma is pre-programmed with nine print settings: Default Premium Photo Quality Matt (4800x1200 dpi) Premium Photo Quality Glossy (4800x1200 dpi) Photo Quality Matt (PhotoRET) Photo Quality Glossy (PhotoRET) Best Inkjet (PhotoRET) Normal Inkjet (600x600 dpi) Normal Text (300x300 dpi) Fast Text (300x300 dpi) • • • • • • • • • Selecting a setting will automatica
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer b. c. Click the Print Preview checkbox and a preview of your print image will automatically appear on screen each time you print. Select Advanced Features and you are presented with the following options (Fig.19): Ink Volume: Select this feature to lessen or increase the amount of ink used to print a document. Dry time: Select this feature to increase the time the printer holds a document After printing if ink on your printed document smears.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer 10.3 Colour Fig. 20 Saturation: Brightness: Colour Tone: Colour Space: ZZ 004 833 Intensity of printed colour Lightness or darkness or printed colours Warmth or coolness of printed colours Defines the range of colours that can be printed. sRGB/sYCC is an appropriate colour space for most print jobs. Adobe RGB is an emerging colour space that offers more colours than sRGB/sYCC, but which only works for images.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer 10.4 Services Fig. 21 Print a Test Page: Prints a test image onto a CD (ensure you have a disc in the Puma before selecting this option). Clean the Print Cartridges: Cleans the print cartridges & prints out a test image (Ensure you have a disc in the Puma before selecting this option). Display Ink Levels: Estimates the amount of ink left in each cartridge. (Displays only when printing) 10.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer Fig. 22 Mask Type: Enable Mask: Standard Area Setting: Hub Area Setting: Mask Origin: Parameter Unit: Select the mask that matches the media to which you wish to print on. Choose from the following: Standard CD/DVD (120mm) Business Card Rectangle (86x 61mm) Business Card Rectangle (80 x 61mm) Mini CD (80mm) Click this checkbox to switch the Puma’s mask on or off. IMPORTANT. If you are using CD Label Designer software, you MUST switch off the mask.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer Fig. 23 Note: In order to set the calibration, the Puma must be attached to your PC via the USB cable. Calibration will not work if the printer is connected via the parallel port. Click the Set Print Position button, the Calibration Screen appears (See Fig. 24). Fig. 24 Follow the on screen instructions. 1. Step 1: Set both offsets to ‘0’. This is the default setting. 2. Step 2: Place a disc onto the CD tray and retract the tray into the printer. Click ‘1st Test Print’.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer 3. Step 3: rotate to discs 180 degrees in the CD tray and retract the tray once more into the printer. Click ‘2nd Test Print’. A series of broken, red circles will print onto the disc as shown in Fig. 24 on the previous page. 4. If the printer is in calibration, the 2nd Test Print should sit directly on top of the 1st. If this is not the case, the ‘Offsets’ need to be adjusted. 5.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer Example 2 Example 2 The 2nd test image prints out of line as shown in Example 2 (the red broken circles are printing too far right on the X-axis and too far down on the Y-axis). To bring the two test prints together you would need to adjust the X-axis by a negative value and the Y-axis by a negative value. Under Step 1 on the Calibration screen, select the negative (‘-‘) check box next to the Xaxis and the Y-axis and enter a value in each between 1 and 5. 6.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer SECTION 11: ERRORS You can identify many common problems using the lights on the printer’s control panel. The Following list highlights common errors and the recommended corrective measures: Print Cancel Button Print Cartridge Status Light Resume Button & Light Power Button light 1.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer SECTION 12: TECHNICAL SUPPORT You should first attempt to get technical assistance from your dealer or distributor. Verity Systems support personnel can be reached at: VERITY SYSTEMS LTD VERITY SYSTEMS, INC. 2 Eastern Road 5441 Merchant Circle, Unit A Aldershot Placerville Hampshire California GU12 4TD 95667 United Kingdom United States Tel: +44 (0) 1252 796901 Tel: (530) 626-9363 Fax: +44 (0) 1252 316555 Fax: (530) 626-9395 Email: uksupport@veritysystems.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer APPENDIX A: Using other Graphics Software Packages CorelDRAW & Photoshop While CD Label Designer offers a quick and easy method for designing CDs, if greater control & more flexibility is what you need, you may wish to use a package such as Photoshop or CorelDRAW to design your discs. Create A Page If you wish to use CorelDRAW or Photoshop graphics software to create an image to print on the Puma, we recommend you start by creating a page 120 mm x 120 mm in your design software.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer Understanding the Mask Interface The Puma mask interface, located in the Printer Preferences, looks like this: Selected mask will be displayed here Fig. B Using the mask, adjustments can be made to match exactly the size of media you wish to print. Each of the features included on the mask interface is described on the following pages: Mask Type: The Puma has pre-determined masks for the following types of media: Standard CDs & DVDs (120mm) Business Card Round (63mm) (i.e.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer Standard Area Settings: This feature allows you to adjust the print area of the mask. You can amend the following dimensions: Outer Diameter – Can be used when printing standard 120mm CDs & DVDs and Mini Ds Note: The maximum print area for a CD is 120mm in diameter. The mask will not accommodate and the printer will not print beyond this diameter. Fig.C However, this outer diameter can be reduced to accommodate the slightest variation in printable media.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer The mask interface displays the hub. Once again the Outer & Inner diameters of the hub can be adjusted to fit your media’s requirements exactly. See Fig. B. Mask Origin: The Calibration tab should be used to align your print image with the CD, however, the masks origin can also be used to more the position of the image by entering values in the X & Y axis. Fig. F As you will see from the above diagram (Fig. F), the maximum distance you can move the mask is 1mm in any direction.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer APPENDIX B: RECOMMENDATIONS & MAINTENANCE Positioning your Puma ♦ Ensure your Puma is placed on a flat surface. ♦ Ensure there is sufficient ventilation around your printer. ♦ Avoid places subject to dust, moisture & vibrations. Maintaining your Printer ♦ DO NOT force the print cartridge cradle – always follow the correct procedures for changing ink cartridge (see section 5).
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer White Tab Sensor Toothed section 2. On the left hand side of the tray there is a toothed drive section (see image above). If this drive section is dirty, it may effect the tray action. This can cause print quality issues and distorted images. The toothed section is very easy to clean. Simply brush it gently with a soft damp (not wet) toothbrush or similar, and wipe away any excess with a soft cloth. 3.
Puma Disc Inkjet Printer 5. Approximately 20mm (3/4 inch) above the slide bar runs the linear encoder (see image above). This encoder tells the print carriage where to stop horizontally. If it becomes contaminated with ink, it may cause banding on the printed disc. To clean the linear encoder, wipe it with a damp lint-free cloth. Calibration The Puma comes with its own calibration tool within the printer driver. If the printed image is slightly off centre, you can re-align and re-centre the printed image.
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