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Prism III Setup and Installaon Guide
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Before you begin:
This document describes how to set up your Rimage Prism III printer.
The instrucons in this document are intended for people who are familiar
with hardware setup, soware installaon, and Windows operang systems.
If you do not understand the procedures in this document, ask your computer
technician for help.
Documents referenced in this procedure are found on the Rimage Prism III
User Guide disc included with your system and are also available online at
www.rimage.com/support. From the Support menu select: Printer Series >
Prism III > User Manuals tab.
Important!
• This guide provides the informaon needed to set up a standalone Prism
III printer. If your Prism III printer is part of an autoloader system, refer
to your autoloader’s setup and installaon guide for instrucons. If
your Prism III printer is part of an AutoPrism III AutoPrinter, refer to the
AutoPrinter’s setup and installaon guide for instrucons.
• Read all setup instrucons thoroughly before you begin.
• Save all packing boxes and packing materials.
Notes:
• Your product may not look exactly like the product pictured.
• The terms “Prism” and “Printer” are used throughout this document to
refer to the Rimage Prism III printer.
• Unless otherwise indicated, all Windows navigaon statements are
Microso Windows 7 paths. Other operang systems’ navigaon paths
may dier slightly.
Set up your Printer
a. Unpack the Prism III printer. Refer to the label on the Prism printer
box.
Note: The Prism print ribbon is already installed in the printer.
Important! If you are installing the Prism printer on an autoloader
or AutoPrinter, refer to your product’s setup and installaon guide
for cabling instrucons.
b. Connect the cables.
Important! Make sure the power switch is in the O posion. Do
not power on the printer unl prompted to do so during the CD
Designer Soware Suite installaon.
i. Connect the USB cable from the printer to the external control
center (PC).
ii. Connect the power cord from the Prism printer to an electrical
outlet.
Register the Rimage Printer
Learn More
Register your Rimage printer to receive parts and labor covered
for 1 year and priority phone support.
Product registraon and warranty acvaon is available at:
www.rimage.com/support/warranty-registraon.
Before you can operate a standalone Prism printer, you must install the
Rimage soware (CD Designer Soware Suite) and Prism printer driver.
Important! Rimage CD Designer soware is not Macintosh
®
compable.
Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all Windows navigaon statements
are Microso Windows 7 paths. Other operang systems’ navigaon
paths may dier slightly.
a. Insert the Rimage CD Designer Soware Suite disc that shipped
with the printer into your computer’s disc drive.
b. If the installaon does not start automacally, browse to the disc
drive on your computer and open the le named setup.exe.
c. Follow the prompts to install the CD Designer soware and
PrismIII printer driver.
Install the Rimage Soware
and Prism III Printer Driver (PC Only)
Refer to the Rimage Prism III User Guide for instrucons on how
to set print sengs and for instrucons on how to operate and
maintain the Prism printer. The user guide can be found on the
User Guide disc that shipped with the Prism III printer.
For more informaon about your Rimage autoloader or AutoPrism
AutoPrinter, refer to the user guide that shipped with your
product.
For addional support and product informaon, go to
www.rimage.com/support.
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