QMS ColorScript 310 User manual

ColorScript 310/330 Printer
User’s Guide

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ColorScript 310/330 Printer
User’s Guide
Revision1.1 - March, 1997

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Preface
Your ColorScript 310/330 Printer
Thank you for purchasing your QMS ColorScript 310/330
printer. Using either the ColorScript 310 or the The ColorScript
330, you can easily produce photo-realistic 24-bit, 300-dpi color
prints from a variety of Macintosh, Windows3.1, and
Windows95 applications.
The ColorScript 310/330 is a dye sublimation thermal transfer
printer. It operates by evaporating colored dye from a Mylar
ribbon and transferring it onto special paper stock or
transparency film. Multi-color prints pass the thermal print head
once for each primary color in the print.

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Both ColorScript printers handle a wide variety of paper and
transparency film sizes:
◆The ColorScript 310 prints to various paper or transparency
film sizes, including A5, A4, A, and SuperA
◆The ColorScript 330 prints to various paper or transparency
film sizes, including A4, A3, A, SuperA, B, and SuperB
Other ColorScript 310/330 features include:
◆Memory expandable to 128 MB
◆An internal 540MB hard disk
◆Easy connection to additional, external hard disk drives
◆Connectivity using LocalTalk, Thinnet Ethernet, 10Base-T
Ethernet, Parallel, and SCSI interfaces
Intended Audience
This User’s Guide is for pre-press and graphic design
professionals who will use the ColorScript 310/330 printer to
produce accurate color proofs of print jobs before going to
press.
This manual provides illustrated, step-by-step instruction on
creating proofs with the ColorScript 310/330 printer from a
variety of applications. ColorScript 310/330 printer users should
have sufficient computer knowledge to control their various
hardware devices, operating system software, and graphics
applications.

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Description of Contents
Chapter1, “Installing Your Printer”
Here you’ll learn about unpacking the ColorScript 310/330
printer, and connecting the printer to your computer.
Chapter2, “Loading Paper and Film”
This chapter covers loading paper or transparency film into the
paper cassette and manual feed tray.
Chapter3, “Changing Printer Ribbons”
This chapter describes how to change the ink ribbon.
Chapter4, “Printing from the Mac OS”
This chapter describes the installation of the ColorScript 310/
330 printer software, and printing from some of the more
popular graphics and page layout applications for the Macintosh
Operating System, including:
◆Macromedia Freehand5.5
◆Adobe Illustrator6.0
◆Adobe PageMaker6.0
◆Adobe Photoshop3.0.5
◆Quark Express3.3
Chapter5, “Printing from Windows”
Here you’ll find out how to set up the ColorScript 310/330
printer in Windows3.1 and Windows95. This chapter also
details printing from the following Windows-based graphics and
page layout applications:
◆Macromedia Freehand5.5
◆Adobe Illustrator4.0

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◆Adobe PageMaker6.0
◆Adobe Photoshop3.0.5
◆Corel Draw5.0 (in Windows3.1)
◆Corel Draw6.0 (in Windows95)
◆Quark Express3.3
Chapter6, “Upgrading Your Printer”
This chapter provides instructions for upgrading printer
memory, adding external hard disk capacity, and setting up
SCSI printing.
Chapter7, “Storing and Ordering Supplies”
This chapter describes how to store printer supplies and prints,
and how to order new printer supplies.
Chapter8, “Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your Printer”
This chapter includes instructions for cleaning and servicing the
printer, explanations of printer controls and indicators, and a
troubleshooting section describing error messages and situations
which may come up while printing from Windows3.1,
Windows95, and the Macintosh Operating System.
AppendixA, “Technical Specifications”
Technical specifications for the ColorScript 310/330 printer
include physical specifications and input and output capabilities.
Glossary
The glossary defines the fundamental terms associated with
printer operation.
Index
Major terms and concepts are referenced in the Index.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1—Installing Your Printer
Finding a Location for the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Setting the Printer Voltage Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Connecting the Power Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting the Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Non-SCSI Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SCSI Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Switching the Printer On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 2—Loading Paper and Film
Loading a Stack of Paper or Film. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the Manual Feed Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 3—Changing Printer Ribbons
Removing the Ribbon Cassette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing a New Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Printing in Monochrome Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Chapter 4—Printing from the Mac OS
Installing the Printing Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Configuring the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Selecting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting up the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Calibrating Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Printing from Various Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adobe Illustrator5.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Adobe PageMaker6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Adobe Photoshop3.0.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Macromedia Freehand5.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Quark Express3.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Reprinting the Last Printed Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 5—Printing from Windows
Setting Up the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Installing Windows3.1 Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Setting Up the Printer in Windows95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Calibrating Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Printing from Various Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adobe Illustrator4.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adobe PageMaker6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Adobe Photoshop3.0.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Corel Draw5.0 (from Windows3.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Corel Draw6.0 (from Windows95) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Macromedia Freehand5.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Quark Express3.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Reprinting the Last Printed Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Chapter 6—Upgrading Your Printer
Adding Memory to the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Connecting an External Hard Disk to the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Changing the SCSI ID of the Printer’s SCSI Input Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141