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Contents English 1 Deutsch 19 Español 38 Français 57 Italiano 75 i
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide English System Requirements • A PC-compatible computer with a parallel port. • Microsoft Windows 95 (or later) operating system. • 16MB RAM (minimum); 32MB RAM (recommended). • 50MB free hard disk space (minimum). • A VGA 800 x 600 color monitor, 256 colors minimum, 16-bit recommended (see Recommended Monitor Setting in the Troubleshooting section for advice on setting your monitor). • A CD-ROM drive, 2x speed (minimum); 4x or fa
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide 4. Turn off your computer. Note: If you have more than one printer and only one parallel port on your computer, you can purchase a manual or automatic electronic switching device that allows you to connect both printers through the same parallel port. For more information, refer to Electronic Switching Devices in the Troubleshooting section of this manual. Install the Polaroid ColorShot Hardware 1. Printer 2. Power indicator light 3.
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide 5. Connect the power cord (3) to a grounded outlet. Note: The printer power is now on. The green power indicator light (2) on the front of the printer should be on. There is no on/off switch. 6. Connect the printer interface cable (5) to the parallel port on the back of your computer. 7. Connect the other end of the printer interface cable to the parallel receptacle on the back of the printer. Install the Polaroid ColorShot Soft
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide Install MGI PhotoSuite 1. Insert the MGI PhotoSuite CD into your CD-ROM drive. The Installing MGI PhotoSuite window displays. 2. Click the appropriate language button for your installation. The Welcome window opens. 3. Click Next. The License Agreement displays. 4. Click Yes to continue with the installation. 5. Follow the rest of the installation instructions as applicable to your system. MGI PhotoSuite Online Help Refer to the MGI PhotoS
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide 4. Insert the film into the tray, with the film cover facing up and the wide plastic border nearest the door. Note: The film cover protects the light-sensitive material beneath it. Film Cover 5. Slide the film tray in until it latches shut. Configure the Print Driver In order to begin using the Polaroid ColorShot printer, you must configure the Polaroid Colorshot print driver. 1. From the Start menu, select Settings. 2. Click on the Printers f
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide Set Printer Graphics 1. Click on the Graphics tab. 2. Select Portrait as the default orientation. You can override this choice from within your image application when necessary. Note: Leave the Intensity level at the center setting. You change this setting only when you need to compensate for speed variation in a film pack. 3. In the Copies box, click on the up or down arrows to select the number of copies to print. 4. Click the Using Pre
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide 5. Move the slide control under Display area to the right, to the highest resolution available; 800 x 600 is recommended. 6. Click OK. Test the Printer To learn how to use the Polaroid ColorShot printer, Polaroid recommends that you print two test images (portrait and landscape) using MGI PhotoSuite. The test images are located in the Samples folder in the ColorShot folder on your hard drive. Print Portrait Test Image 1. Start the MGI PhotoS
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide Print Landscape Test Image 1. From the MGI PhotoSuite window file menu, select Open. 2. Open the ColorShot Samples folder. It is located in the ColorShot folder on your system’s hard drive. 3. Double-click the image file flowers.tif. 4. Click Printer Setup on the File menu of the MGI PhotoSuite window. 5. Select Landscape as the Orientation. 6. Follow steps 8 through 13 from the previous section Print Portrait Image. In a few moments, t
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide Delete the ColorShot Printer 1. Double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop. 2. Double-click the Printers folder icon. 3. Click on the ColorShot icon. 4. Select Delete from the File menu. 5. Click Yes to All. Delete ColorShot Entries From Your Registry 1. Make sure the ColorShot CD is in your CD-ROM drive. 2. From the Start menu, select Programs. 3. Click on Windows Explorer. 4. Click on your CD-ROM drive. 5. In the Contents folder, right-c
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide 1. ColorShot printer 2. Power indicator light 3. Paper printer 4. AC adapter/power cord 5. Switching device 6. Computer parallel port 7. Interface cables Operating Tips This subsection provides some tips on printing images with the Polaroid ColorShot Parallel printer. Increasing Printer Performance To optimize the speed and performance of your printer: • Increase the amount of RAM in your computer. • Increase the available hard disk space. • Dec
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide Previewing Before Printing The format size of the paper is unique to a printer. Polaroid recommends you preview all prints before printing. The ColorShot print driver has a Preview window, as well as MGI PhotoSuite. • There is a delay between selecting the Print function within an imaging application and seeing the ColorShot Preview window. The length of delay depends on your computer’s speed and on the size of the image file you are pri
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide Image File Size For the best control over image size: • Polaroid recommends that you resize your image in your imaging application before printing. • When given a choice between .bmp, .tif, and .jpg image files, select .bmp over .tif, and .tif over .jpg. The compression is less in each case. • If you must use .jpg, select the least compression or maximum quality. • The Polaroid ColorShot printer does not print image files larger than 18MB.
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide Technical Support From within the U.S.A., call 1-800-432-5355, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., (Eastern Time) or fax to 1-781-386-9688. You can also write to Polaroid National Technical Support Operations, 201 Burlington Road, 1-2A Bedford, MA 01730. In Canada, call 1-800-268-6970 or write to Polaroid Canada, 350 Carlingview Dr., Toronto, Ontario M9W 5G6. Fax: 416-675-3228. You can also submit technical questions via electronic
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide Danmark Polaroid a.s. Blokken 75 3460 Birkerød Tlf.: 80011887 Deutschland Polaroid GmbH Sprendlinger Landstrasse 109 63069 Offenbach Tel.: 06995096056 España Polaroid (España), S.A. Calle Orense 16 - 2ª planta. 28020-Madrid Tno.: 913778103 France Polaroid (France) S.A. B.P. 7 78996-Elancourt Cédex Tel.: 0141913810 Hong Kong Polaroid (Far East) Ltd. 32/F Windsor House 311 Gloucester Road Causeway Bay Tel.: (852) 2894 0333 Italia Polaroid (Italia
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide Japan Nippon Polaroid Kabushiki Kaisha Mori Building, No. 30 2-2 Toranomon 3-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo (105) Tel.: 81-3-3438-8811 Fax: 81-3-3433-3537 México Polaroid de México S.A. de C.V. Paseo de la Reforma 195-Piso 17 C.P. 06500 México, D.F. Tel.: 703-1111 Fax: 566-0505 Del interior al 91 (800) 70-727 Ventas 91 (800) 70-747 Nederland Polaroid Nederland B.V. Zonnebaan 45 3606 CH Maarssen P.O. Box 1219 3600 BE Maarssen Tel.: 0204874534 New Zealand Polaroid
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide Österreich Polaroid Ges.m.b.H. Eitnergasse 5A 1231 Wien Tel.: 06607433 Portugal Polaroid (España) S.A. Sucursal em Portugal Edificio Monumental Avenue Praia da Vitória 71-A, 4ºB 1050 Lisboa Tel.: 0505446017 Puerto Rico Polaroid Caribbean Corporation Centro de Seguros Ave. Ponce de León 701, Miramar, Santurce 00907 Tel.: (809) 725-6240 Fax: (809) 725-5462 Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Polaroid AG Hardturmstrasse 133 8037 Zürich Tel.: 018385329 (Deutsch) 01838534
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide Sverige Polaroid AB Ekholmsvägen 36 Box 204 127 24 Skärholmen Tel.: 084451231 U.K. Polaroid (U.K.) Ltd. & Polaroid Export Operations Wheathampstead House Codicote Road Wheathampstead Hertfordshire AL4 8SF Tel.: 0181 308 6508 (U.K.) (44) 181 308 6593 (Export) Revised 8/17/98 English • 17
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Polaroid ColorShot Parallel User’s Guide Limited Equipment Warranty Polaroid Corporation warrants your Polaroid ColorShot printer against defects in manufacture for a period of one year from the date of purchase. To verify the warranty period, you should keep the sales receipt or other proof of purchase date. Should this product, or any component or accessory included with it, become defective at any time during the warranty period, Polaroid Corporation will, at its discretion, either repai
