iColor 500 User manual

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iColor®500 Digital Color + White Transfer Media
Printer User Manual
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Table of Contents
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iColor®500ModelSummaryPage3
InstallingConsumables Page4‐8
PrinterSoftwareInstallationInstructions–USBconnection   Page8‐11
PrinterSoftwareInstallationInstructions–Networkconnection   Page12‐14
iColor®TransferRIPInformationPage15‐16
PrintingwithFluorescentColorsPage17
iColor®500ConsumablesPage17
ReplacingtoneranddrumcartridgesPage18
PrinterSettingsforiColor®PremiumTransferMediaPage19‐21
WhiteprintInstructions(withoutiColor®TransferRIP)Page22
MultipurposetraysettingsPage23‐28
iColor®500PrintingTipsPage29‐30
iColor®500PrinterSpecSheetPage31
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RefertotheincludedFlashDriveorCDwithyourprinterforindepthinstructions.iColor®TransferRIPlicensecodewill
alsobeprovidedondriveorCD(ifpurchased).
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January2017Edition–Anewerversionofthismanualmaybeavailableatwww.icolorprint.com/support

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iColor®500 Digital Color + White Transfer Media Printer
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TheiColor®500printerhasbeendevelopedtoproducehigh‐qualityconventionalcolorprintswiththeoutof
theboxfunctionalityofprintinginwhite.
Pleasefollowtheenclosedquicksetupguidetogetstarted.TheiColor®500comescompletewith4toner
cartridgesforfullcolorandblackprinting(CMYK),aswellasourexclusivefluorescentwhiteprintingkit(toner
anddrumcombination).Justquicklyswaptheblackforwhitewhenyouwanttoaddwhiteasaspotcolor,or
toprintawhiteunderprintoroverprintinconcertwiththeiColor®TransferRIPsoftware.Blackcanthenbe
producedusingcompositeblack(madefromCMY),oriftrueblackandwhiteisneededatthesametime,just
passtheprintthoughtheprinterasecondtime.Ourregistrationsystemwillensuretheprintsarelinedup
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Youwillalsohavetheoptiontoaddourfullfluorescentkitwhichcomescompletewith3[CMY]toner
cartridgesandmatchingdrumunits.Thissystemrequiresnoadditionalsoftwareorexpertisetoprint
conventionalCMYKimagesinvividfluorescentcolor.Inaddition,addexclusiveiColorsecurityandcleartoner
optionsatanytime.
Pleasenotethatvectorandlineartimages,includingtext,arelikelytoproducethebestresults.Forexciting
designideasandsuggestionsforusingtheiColor®500formaximumeffect,pleasevisitourwebsiteat
www.icolorprint.com.
iColor®PremiumTransfermediahasbeenoptimizedtoprovidequalityresultswhenusedwiththeprinter,
enablingtheusertoproduceeye‐catchingdesignswhichmaybeappliedtoavarietyoftextilesandsurfaces.
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Installing Consumables
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RemovesecuritytapeandpackingmaterialandreinstallMPTTray
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Pressbutton‘a’andliftcover‘b’
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Removethecartridges.Notethatthetoneranddrumcartridgescomeoutasaset.
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Carefullyremovetheprotectivecoveringfromeachcartridge
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Replaceeachcartridgeintheproperslotandslidetheblueleverforwardtoengageeach
cartridge.Makesurethehandlesarecompletelyforward.NOTE:Thewhitecartridgethat
camepreinstalledinyourmachineisalreadyinthelockedposition.Justremovetheprotective
coveringbutdonotmovethebluehandle!
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Removefuserlock

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Closecover
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Installing iColor®500 printer on a PC
ThesefollowinginstructionsareforWindows7,8,and10viaUSBandNetwork.Youmusthave
Administratorprivilegesonthecomputertoproceed.
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USBSetup:
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1. UnpacktheprinteraccordingtotheSet‐upGuide.DonotturnonorconnectyouriColor®printer
tothecomputeruntiltheinstallprogramasksyoutodoso.Doingsocancauseerrorsduring
installation.
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2. LocatetheinstallationfileontheUSBdriveorCDthatwasshippedwithyourprinteranddoubleclickto
launchthesetupprogram.
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3. Clickcontinuetoinstallthe
iColor®500driver.
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4. Select‘Localprinter’and
clicknext
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5. Highlight‘USB’underthe
portsettingsandclicknext.
Highlighttheprinter
(identifiedasC711),andclick
next.
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