Printer registration procedure
No printer is registered right after RasterLink7 is installed. You can use the [Printer Management] function to register the printers you use.
- Before registering any printer, select [Control Panel] - [System and Security] - [Administrative Tools] - [Service] in Windows and enable [Windows Firewall] (which means the firewall is running). If [Windows Firewall] is set to disabled, you cannot register any printers.
- Turn on the printer you use, and check that the RasterLinkPC is connected with the printer through a USB 2.0 cable or a LAN cable.
- In the [Printer Management] screen that appears when you start RasterLink7, if no printer is registered, click [Add].
- Configure the settings in the order specified in the following figure and table, according to the printer to be connected:
(1) | Model | Select the printer you want to register. |
(2) | Color | Specify the number of colors available in the printer. If the printer has only one color setting, the list shows nothing.
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(3) | Output Port | If the PC is connected with the printer through a USB2.0 cable, then select [USB2.0]. If it is connected through a LAN cable, then select [Ethernet]. |
(4) | Ink set | Select the inkset that is automatically retrieved from the printer. |
(5) | Special Colorset | Select a special colorset. |
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| Available Printers | A list of printers that are connected to the PC (as serial numbers of the printers or [MACHINE NAME] values specified in the panel) is displayed. Select the printer you want to register. If the connected printer is not displayed, click [Read printer status]. If it is not still visible, check the following:
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Manual IP address(Advanced) | The IP address (IPv4) set for Mimaki printers can be connected by specifying directly. | |
(7) | Printer Name | The name is used as a printer tab name in the main window. Enter identifiable names if several printers are to be registered. This name is also used for the names of the hot folder and printer driver. |
(8) | Profile Management | Launches the Profile Manager. |
- It is recommended that [Ethernet] be selected for [Output Port] when registering. In this case, after registering the printer, specify the hot folder for shared use in MPC using [Select output folder] on the following printer status window.
- For [Output Port]: [Ethernet]
- Printer status: Can be displayed
- Ink consumption calculation: Possible
- Output operation: Automatically output with the file name "YYYYMMDDhhmmss" to the specified output folder
- For [Output Port]: [File]
- Printer status: Cannot be displayed
- Ink consumption calculation: Not possible
- Output operation: Output destination specified each time
When using the "White cartridge expansion option", ink level information is displayed for all of the ink cartridges added on the printer status screen.
Cartridges with a letter displayed after the ink name form one UISS set.
Example: TxF300
- Without option
- With option
- Note:
Information for additional ink cartridges is not displayed on the inkset display on the printer registration screen, regardless of whether or not the "White cartridge expansion option" is used.
- Click [OK].
- If the device profile that supports the selected printer, color, and ink set is not installed, the printer cannot be registered. Install the device profile.
Profile installation
- Click [Yes].
- The [Do you create the hot folder and printer?] message appears. If you want to create a hot folder and printer that support the registered printer, click [Yes].
- If you have no particular reason, then click [Yes] to create the hot folder and the printer. (Even if you click [No] here, you can create the hot folder and the printer later.)
- For details about the hot folder and the printer, refer to the accompanying "RasterLink7 Reference Guide" and "RasterLink7 Network Connection Guide" or at our official website.
- The printer is added. Click [Close].
- The RasterLink7 main window appears.
