Polaroid DIGITAL PHOTO PRINTER - Manual (Page 5)

Revised 8/17/98 English • 3
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 Software
1. Turn on your computer. The printer is detected as soon as you
power on the system, and the New Hardware Found message
box displays.
Note: If the New Hardware Found message box is not displayed,
go to Add a Printer in the Troubleshooting section of this manual.
2. The system searches your floppy disk drive for the print driver
software and displays the Insert Disk message box.
3. Click OK. The Copying Files dialog box opens.
4. In the Copy files from list box, delete the highlighted text and type
the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive (for example, D:\ or E:\).
Note: If you have not yet inserted the Polaroid ColorShot CD into
the CD drive, insert it now.
5. Click OK to begin the installation. The License Agreement
displays.
6. Click Yes to proceed with the installation.
7. Click Finish when the Setup Complete dialog box displays.
Note: Be sure to view the Readme file for last-minute information
about the printer and print driver.
Install the Free Image Editing Software
(MGI PhotoSuite)
MGI PhotoSuite is an easy-to-use image editing software package
provided with the Polaroid ColorShot printer. Polaroid recommends
that you install it, and then print two test images to get started.