Can't Install from CDs with fusion drive.

I have a new iMac with fusion drive. I tried to install Print Shop from CD and was told I don't have enough room. Drive is 75% empty, It must to looking at the flash drive. Any ideas what to do?

In addition to what the others have said, OS X sees a Fusion Drive as a single device called a Logical Volume. The SSD and HHD that make up the Fusion Drive are totally hidden from the application by CoreStorage. So the problem is not that the SSD is full. It must be somewhere else.
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