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Au gust 20 01 Part No. 539 123-001 User ’ s Guide for ImageC ard® Selec t™ and UltraGrafix® Selec t™ Printers.
ii User ’s Guide for ImageCard® Sele ct™ and UltraGrafix® Sel ect™ Printers Please note and heed the W ARNI NG and CAUT ION labels that ha v e been placed on the equipm ent for you r safety . Please do not a ttempt to op erate or repair this equipmen t without ad equate training.
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iv User ’s Guide for ImageCard® Sele ct™ and UltraGrafix® Sel ect™ Printers Magnetic st ripe test card ................. ...... .. 5 - 7 P r o b l e m sw i t h c a r da p p e a r a n c e ............. ...... .. 5 - 7 Print Module . ....... ...
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User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers 1 1 Overv iew This chapter p resents the following: • The purpose of this manual • Who should use this manua l .
1-2 O verview User ’s Guide for I m ageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers About this manual This manual provides de tai led inform ation about the Datacard® S elect™ Class ph oto ID printer wit h Advanc ed Imaging T echnolog y™.
Overview 1-3 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers the card. The driver kee p s track of the progress of the card in the printer and sends data for t he nex t card as soon as the printer is ready and the da ta is av ailable.
1-4 O verview User ’s Guide for I m ageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers • Magnetic st ripe mo dule, for either 3-t rack (IA T) en coding or sin gle-track NTT encoding. The m odule i s installed in-line w ith the print ope ration.
Overview 1-5 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers Printer feat ures Use the in formation in this sec tion to identify the f eatures and controls you use on the printer .
1-6 O verview User ’s Guide for I m ageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers Card o utput stacker The card output stacker ho lds the cards after t hey hav e been pr ocessed. B oth completed cards and rejected cards go to the card output st a cker .
Overview 1-7 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers Swin g ar m The swing arm opens to give you access to t h e print ribbon cartridge, continuous cleaning roller , and printhead ca r tridge . Push down on the ra ised end of the swing arm to o pe n i t.
1-8 O verview User ’s Guide for I m ageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers Back of the printer Figure 1 -5 shows the back of the S el ect Class prin ter: Figur e 1-5: T he back o.
Overview 1-9 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers Smart c ard serial port(s) On printers equippe d with the smart card option, use these conn ectors for the seria l cable from t he PC or conta ct station that carries the d ata to encode on the smart card chip.
1-10 O verview User ’s Guide for I m ageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers.
User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers 2 2 Using the printer This section d escribes how to pe rform basic tasks requ ired to operate the Datacard® Se lect ™ Class photo ID printer with Advanced Imagin g T echnology™ .
2-2 Us ing the printer User ’s Guid e for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers Loading ca rds Load cards whe n beginning work or when the card cart ridge is low on cards or em pty . Y ou can load cards when the printer pow er i s on or off.
Using the printer 2-3 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers For m agnetic stripe cards , the magne tic stripe faces do wn a nd is positioned toward the side of the printer that opens (see Figure 2-3).
2-4 Us ing the printer User ’s Guid e for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers Loading th e print ribb on The printer uses prin t ribbon with color panels, continuous col or , or color and topcoat . Full-color ribbon (such as YMCKT ) must be Premiu m ribbon, which uses blue r ibbon spools.
Using the printer 2-5 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers 3 Grasp the ribbon cartridge handle, and lift up to remove the print ribb on cartridge (see Figure 2-7). Avoid touching the printhead cartridge and ribbon tracker .
2-6 Us ing the printer User ’s Guid e for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers Re plac e th e prin t ri bbo n car tri dge 1 Place the ribbon cartridge onto the ribbon cartridge supports ( see F igure 2-9). Make s ure the cartridge is securely seat ed.
Using the printer 2-7 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers Figu re 2- 10: Po wer o n the pri nter 5 Press the PC Power switch to t urn on the power to the PC. T urn on power to any other eq uipment ne eded.
2-8 Us ing the printer User ’s Guid e for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers Making c ards This section describes several ways to mak e cards using the Select printer .
Using the printer 2-9 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers 2 In the card creation application, send cards to the printer . The printer driver recei v e s data for each card, prepares t he c ard for pri nting, and sends each card to the printer in the order received.
2-10 Us ing the printer User ’s Guid e for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers The text for one magnetic stripe track must be on one line. The text must use the default type size of 3.5 or 4 p oints to keep ch aracters on the same line.
Using the printer 2- 1 1 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers Figure 2-12: Remove c ards 2 Dispose of partly processed cards according to your policies for handling the confidential data that m ight b e on t he cards .
2-12 Us ing the printer User ’s Guid e for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers If a m essage appea rs repeatedly and you cannot reliably correct the situation, service might be requi red. Before you call your service representative, write down the following: – The message and me ssage numbe r .
Using the printer 2- 13 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers Shutting do wn the system The printer and PC can be left on during lunch time and other short breaks. Follow your security procedures when l eaving the p rinter .
2-14 Us ing the printer User ’s Guid e for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers.
User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers 3 3 Using the printer driver This chapter provides info r mation t o he lp y o u use t he p rint e r driver for the Select printer with Advanc ed Im aging T echnology™ effectively and effi c iently .
3-2 Us ing t he prin ter dri v er User ’s Guid e for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers W or kin g w ith p rin ter se tt ing s a nd da t a Printer driver settings and dat a are organi zed diff eren tly for Windows NT , Windows Me and 98, and Windows 2000.
Using the printer dri ver 3-3 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers • T opcoa t pa ttern d urin g the prin t cycle • Cleaning interval • Magnetic st .
3-4 Us ing t he prin ter dri v er User ’s Guid e for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers 5 Select the tab that con tai ns the information yo u wa nt t o view or change. 6 If you mak e changes, click OK to save t he settings and c lose the dialog box.
Using the printer dri ver 3-5 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers setting afte r selecting Y MCKTKT ri bbon, the Print Ribb on T ype val ue will be blank. If the selections you wa nt to use are not available (are grayed out), make sure the feature is available in t he printer .
3-6 Us ing t he prin ter dri v er User ’s Guid e for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers 4 Select File from the Printers menu bar , and then select Properties. The Select Properties di alog box appears. Figure 3-3: Pro perties dial og box , Wind ow s Me and 9 8 5 Select the tab w it h t he information to vi e w or change.
Using the printer dri ver 3-7 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers • Magnetic st ripe encodin g formats and coercivity The Printing Preferences dialog box also provides access to the About dialog box, which shows the printer d river version.
3-8 Us ing t he prin ter dri v er User ’s Guid e for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers 6 If you mak e changes, click OK to save t he settings and c lose the dialog box. If you do not want to make changes, click Cancel to close the Properties dialog box.
Using the printer dri ver 3-9 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers If the selections you wa nt to use are not available (are grayed out), make sure the feature is available in t he printer . Also make sure that the printer is powered on and con nected to t he PC an d resum e the S tatus M onitor .
3-10 Us ing t he prin ter dri v er User ’s Guid e for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers Use the Help button o n the S tat us M onitor for more inform ation about ea ch wi n dow .
Using the printer dri ver 3- 1 1 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers Open the S tatus Mo nitor • Double-click on the Select S tatus Monitor icon (see Fi g ure 3-6 ) .
3-12 Us ing t he prin ter dri v er User ’s Guid e for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers The S tatus Monitor automatical ly resum es wh en you print a c a rd, or when you open Properties, Doc ument Default Properties, or P rinting Preference s.
Using the printer dri ver 3- 13 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers Color setting s (see Figure 3-8) are o ne of t h e features o f Adva nced Im aging T echnology .
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User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers 4 4 Maint a in ing th e printer This chapter provides info r mation t o he lp y o u maintain the Select™ Class p rinter with Ad vanced Im aging T echnol ogy for optimal performanc e.
4-2 M ai ntainin g t he pr inter User ’s Guide for ImageCard® Se lect™ and Ult r aGrafix® Select™ Running a cleaning cycle A cleaning cycle includes replacing the sleev e of t h e continuous cleaning roller and running a cleaning card. R eplace the cleaning roller first, and t h en run a cleaning card.
Ma intain ing the pr in ter 4-3 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers 4 Lift t h e continuous cleaning roller unit out of t he printer (step 1 in Fi gu re 4-2). Fi gure 4 -2: Lift the r oller o ut of the prin ter 5 Slide the used sleeve off the cleaning roller spindle (step 2 in Figure 4 -2).
4-4 M ai ntainin g t he pr inter User ’s Guide for ImageCard® Se lect™ and Ult r aGrafix® Select™ 9 Replace the print ribbon cartridge. 10 Close the swing arm, pressing it down until t he pus h latch cl icks i nto place. 1 1 Close the pri nter top cover.
Ma intain ing the pr in ter 4-5 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers – Click the OK button when the printer driver displays the “printer has reached the cleaning count” mes sage. (If you do not c lick OK, the m essage appea rs each time you print a card, until you use the printer cleaning card.
4-6 M ai ntainin g t he pr inter User ’s Guide for ImageCard® Se lect™ and Ult r aGrafix® Select™ Do not peel of f the blue stripe on the back of t he card. 2 Open the S tatus Monitor by double-click ing t he icon . 3 Click the Mag S tripe button in the Clean area.
Ma intain ing the pr in ter 4-7 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers Figur e 4-7: Clean the pick ro llers c Click the “Printer” button in the Clean area. Click OK on the promp t t ha t appears. Do not insert a cleaning card! The driver sends a command to the printer to run the printer cleaning card.
4-8 M ai ntainin g t he pr inter User ’s Guide for ImageCard® Se lect™ and Ult r aGrafix® Select™ Do not place the pen next to the black transport base. The pe n can get pinched between the roller and the transport base. c Do one of the following to turn the rollers i n t he p r i nter .
Ma intain ing the pr in ter 4-9 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers 6 Print a c ard to verify the qua lity of printing. Y ou can print a printer test card, a sample card, or a card using your card creation appli c ation.
4-10 M ai ntainin g t he pr inter User ’s Guide for ImageCard® Se lect™ and Ult r aGrafix® Select™ 3 Open the cleaning pen. 4 Using ge ntle pressure, move the c leaning pen back and forth along the full lengt h of the printhead edge (see Figure 4-9).
Ma intain ing the pr in ter 4- 1 1 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers 1 Power o f f the printer . 2 Open the top cover. 3 Push do wn o n the swing arm. The pus h latch wi ll release the swin g arm. Lift the swing arm up until it is fully open.
4-12 M ai ntainin g t he pr inter User ’s Guide for ImageCard® Se lect™ and Ult r aGrafix® Select™ 6 Remov e the printhead cable s. – Push the black locking tabs to the side. Rem ove the gray con nector of the printhead data cable from the printhead ca rtri dge (see Figure 4-1 1).
Ma intain ing the pr in ter 4- 13 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers Rep lace the p rinthea d cart ridg e 1 Carefully align the openings on the (white) power cable plug with the wires of the power receptacle on the pri n thead.
4-14 M ai ntainin g t he pr inter User ’s Guide for ImageCard® Se lect™ and Ult r aGrafix® Select™ Fi gure 4-14: Secu re the printhead cartr idge 7 Hold the printhea d cartridge latch lever down (ste p 2 in Figure 4-14) and pi vot the printhead cartridge down toward the swing arm (st ep 3 in Figure 4 - 1 4).
User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers 5 5 T roub lesh ooting This chapt er e xplains how to t roubleshoot the Sele ct printer with Advanced Imaging T echnolo gy™ and how to obtain service.
5-2 Troubleshooting User ’s Guide for I m ageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers T r oubleshooting guide When you use the Select printer , you migh t experience problems. Use the foll ow ing to help you locate information for dif f erent types of problems.
T r oubleshooting 5-3 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers 4 Make sure the printer is the selected printer in the card creation application. Print a sample card using the card creation application or see “P rinting sample cards” on page 7-15 .
5-4 Troubleshooting User ’s Guide for I m ageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers.
T r oubleshooting 5-5 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elect™ and UltraG r afix® Sel ect™ Printers Y our s ervice provi der migh t ask you to use a diff e rent procedure to make a printer test c a rd. The card printed might have additional area printed on it.
5-6 Troubleshooting User ’s Guide for I m ageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Select™ Printers 5 Select the P r int T est Page but ton on t he G eneral tab. W ait while W indows c r eates a test page image. T he card w ill print when t he PC a nd printer are connec ted, and the printer and driver are wo rking toget her .
T r oublesho oting 5-7 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers The Window s test page is generated by Mic rosof t Windows. The s mall size of t he card, compared to pri nter paper , means that s ome of the text is not print ed on the card.
5-8 Troublesho oting # Obtain guidance from ser vice before perf orming this task . User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ultr aGrafix® S elec t™ Printers New Sel ect print ers in clude Datacard’s A dvanced Imagi ng T echnology ™ (AIT) .
T r oublesho oting 5-9 # Obtain gui dance from service bef ore perform ing this task. User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers The leading or trail ing edge of t he prin ted card is not t he ex pected c olor .
5-10 Troublesho oting # Obtain guidance from ser vice before perf orming this task . User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ultr aGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Printe d card images (photos ) are blur ry . Printe d cards, i ncluding text, are bl urry .
T r oublesho oting 5-1 1 # Obtain gui dance from service bef ore perform ing this task. User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Printe d card images (photos ) look f aded. Printe d cards, i ncluding text, loo k f aded.
5-12 Troublesho oting # Obtain guidance from ser vice before perf orming this task . User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ultr aGrafix® S elec t™ Printers The p rin te d card s h ows wavy li nes along th e length of the ca rd (woodgrai n).
T r oublesho oting 5-1 3 # Obtain gui dance from service bef ore perform ing this task. User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers T o pcoat appl ied using the pri nt ribb on Y ou mi ght apply t opcoat to the car d using a T panel as part of t he print ribbo n.
5-14 Troublesho oting # Obtain guidance from ser vice before perf orming this task . User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ultr aGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Obt aining s ervice For repair ass istance, contact you r servic e represe ntative.
T r oubleshooting 5-1 5 User ’s G uide for Imag eCard® Sele ct™ and UltraGrafix® Sel ect™ Printers When to obtain service Pe r for m t h e s tep s ear li er i n t his ch ap t er b e f or e o b t aini n g s e rvice.
5-16 Troubleshooting User ’s Guide for ImageCard® Select™ and Ult raGrafix® Sel ect™ Printers Figure 5-5: Pack a Select pri nter for shipping 1 1 Place the p rinter in the shipping carton , resting in the shipping supports (step 1 in F igu re 5-5) .
User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers 6 6 Before you in st a ll This chapt er p resents the followin g: • Skills that installe rs need • Physi cal, el.
6-2 Before you in stall User ’s Gui de for I mageCard® Select™ a nd UltraG rafi x® Selec t™ Print ers Inst allation a udi ence T o perform the procedur es in the installat ion secti on of this.
Be fore y ou in stal l 6-3 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers • S tore all suppl ies i n a clean, c ool, dry loc ation. See “ Supply r oll sto rage” on page B-2 fo r informati on about the storage en vironme nt for Select s upplies.
6-4 Before you in stall User ’s Gui de for I mageCard® Select™ a nd UltraG rafi x® Selec t™ Print ers Env ir onment al re qui reme nt s The Select p rinter requi res the following env iron men.
Be fore y ou in stal l 6-5 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers • Some para llel c ommunicati on devices us e a cable wi th a plug t hat allo ws another dev ice to be at tached, s o that two paralle l devic es are at tached to one PC parallel por t, kno wn as a p as s-th rough or piggy- back plug.
6-6 Before you in stall User ’s Gui de for I mageCard® Select™ a nd UltraG rafi x® Selec t™ Print ers.
User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers 7 7 Install the p rin ter This secti on describes h ow to install an d s et up the Datacard® Select ™ Class p hoto ID p rinter.
7-2 I nstall the printer User ’s Gu ide fo r ImageCard ® Selec t™ and Ult raGr afix ® Select ™ Printers Unpacking the printer Select a s ite that meets the requirement s de scribe d i n See “Bef ore you install” on page 6-1 . Un pack the printe r, f ollowing these steps.
Install the printer 7-3 User ’s G uide for Imag eCard® Sele ct™ and UltraGrafix® Sel ect™ Printers 7 Slide t he shi pping s uppo rts o f f the ends of the pri nter .(The bott om shipp ing supports remain in the carton. ) 8 Remov e t he printer fro m the plasti c bag.
7-4 I nstall the printer User ’s Gu ide fo r ImageCard ® Selec t™ and Ult raGr afix ® Select ™ Printers Con nect a paral le l port dat a ca ble 1 Attach the paral lel port cabl e to the E CP parallel port on the pri nter. The paral lel port ca ble must be a shield ed, T ype C, IEEE 128 4 parallel p ort cab le, up to a maximum of 6.
Install the print er 7-5 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Co nnec t a U SB d at a ca ble 1 Attach the flat end of the USB cable to the USB port on the PC (s ee Figure 7-3) o r to a device attached to th e PC throu gh a USB port.
7-6 Instal l the print er User ’s Guide for ImageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Sel ect™ Print ers 2 Connect t he serial cable to the outside printe r port ( Figure 7- 4) i f a contactl ess module is installed i n t he print er .
Install the print er 7-7 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers 2 Plug the other end of t he p ower cord into a single- phase, 3-wir e grounded receptacle wi th 90- 130V AC or 195- 254V AC at 50 or 60 Hz (st ep 2 in Figure 7-5 ).
7-8 Instal l the print er User ’s Guide for ImageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Sel ect™ Print ers ROM, or through the e-Gu ide icon on the deskt op) for informat ion on these installati on alter natives. Y ou can al so dir ectly connec t the pri nter to a netwo rk usi ng the Sma rtDriver Dir ect Network Kit.
Install the print er 7-9 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Figur e 7 -6 : Dr ive r i nstal lati on p rog ram 5 Click Nex t in the first Printe r Driver Setup dia log box.
7-10 Instal l the print er User ’s Guide for ImageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Sel ect™ Print ers 12 The in st al lation pr ogram cop ies file s t o the PC an d update s entr ies (not for Windows 20 00).
Install the print er 7- 1 1 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers – Secur ity on the PC might be set t o prevent ins tallati on without a digi tal signatur e. See Windows help for “ digital signat ure” to change the secur ity setting.
7-12 Instal l the print er User ’s Guide for ImageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Sel ect™ Print ers – Click Next to c ontinue. – Click Y es and then Nex t to op en the Rele ase Notes in WordPad. Clos e the Release Notes w hen you have viewed the inf ormatio n.
Install the print er 7- 13 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Y ou might n eed to cancel th e Smar t Driver Install ation program if it starts autom atically . The Found New Hardware w izard must start the instal lation program f or USB install ation.
7-14 Instal l the print er User ’s Guide for ImageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Sel ect™ Print ers • Obtain t he e-Guide f rom th e E-Guide fol der of th e Print er driver CD-ROM . Using Win dows Explorer , searc h for the Dssm.h lp file.
Install the print er 7- 15 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Printing samp le cards The Select p rinter is shipped wit h cards that are print ed in the facto ry. Files for thes e cards are also prov ided on the driver CD so you can print the same cards at your si te.
7-16 Instal l the print er User ’s Guide for ImageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Sel ect™ Print ers 15 Use the c ard comparison t o complet e the I nstallation Report and e- mail or f ax the report to D atacard. ♦ Se tup t ip s Ma ke s ur e tha t : • The card car tridge is in place and contai ns cards.
Install the print er 7- 17 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers • Fine-tun e black (K -panel) pri nting if y ou print bar codes or fine text. S ee the e- Guide for ImageCa rd® Select ™ and UltraGrafix® S elect™ Printers for ste ps to follow .
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User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers A A Safety and compliance This appe ndix presents: • Regulatory c ompliance inf ormati on • Sa fety i n fo rmat .
A-2 User ’s Guide for ImageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Sel ect™ Print ers Liability st atement This Datacar d® prod uct has been bui lt to the hi gh stand ards of Datacard Corporat ion (doing busin ess as Datacard® Gro up).
A-3 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers • Opera te t h e pri nter with the cove r closed. Acknowledgment s Micro soft, Win dows NT , a nd Window s are trade marks or regi stered tradema rks of M icr os of t Cor por at ion .
A-4 User ’s Guide for ImageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Sel ect™ Print ers.
User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers B B Supplies and cards This appe ndix des cribes spe cification s, part nu mbers, and handling for s upplies an d com ponents used with the Selec t printer wi th Advanc ed Imagi ng T echnology™ .
B-2 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters Y ou can use the foll owing singl e-color (mono chrome) print ri bbons in ImageCa rd and UltraGraf ix pri nters:.
B-3 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers • Supply rolls sh ould be at room temperat ure when they are install ed in the printer and used. I f suppl ies are sto red in a coole r environ ment th an the print er , allo w suppli es to r each room temperatur e bef ore usi ng.
B-4 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters • Cards with a smart card c hip on the top of the card. Depend ing on the module installed in the pri nter , contact- type, c ontactless, or both types of smart c ard chips can b e pro grammed.
B-5 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers • The cards can not have a punched area closer than 0. 45 in (1.14 cm) from the right edge (a s loaded in the card cartr idge). • If the card has a magnetic str ipe, the card cannot be pun ched anywher e i n the stri pe.
B-6 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters Card storag e specification s The cards sho uld be stored in a cool, dry , and dark place. Exc essive light can c ause yellowi ng of cards on exposed ed ges. Keep cards in their origina l packaging .
B-7 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Figure B-4: Replacea ble c leaning sleeve Cleaning ki ts Cleaning k its incl ude 5 pr inter cleanin g car ds and 5 replac eable c leaning s leeves.
B-8 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters Printer driver CD -ROM The Select pri nter drivers ar e deliv ered on a CD-ROM.
B-9 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers The prin ter drivers are upda ted from time to time to prov ide optimal f unctionalit y . Y ou can ob tain the most recen t printer drive r for the PC o pera ting syst em you use from the Datacard Web si te at ww w .
B-1 0 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters Figure B-6: Selec t repla ceable pri nthead car tridge Do not touch the print ing edge of the printhea d in the print head cartrid ge. If you do, clean it. See “Clean ing th e pri nthead” on page 4-9.
B-1 1 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Pow er co rd The Select pri nter uses one of the foll owing power cor ds: • U.
B-1 2 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters Prin t ribbon c art ridge The print ribbong c artri dge is part number 555545- 998. Be sure to change the print ri bbon sett ing in the printe r driver when you change the type of print r ibbon.
B-1 3 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Cle aning roll er spi ndle The Cleanin g roller s pindle holds the replac eable c leaning sleev e.
B-1 4 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters.
User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers C C PC settings This appe ndix p rovides i nformat ion abou t the PC o n whic h the printer driver for the Sele ct p rinter with Advanc ed Imaging T echn ology™ i s installed.
C-2 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters PC settings for all oper ating syst ems This secti on describes ho w to co nfigure the ECP paralle l port. Conf iguring the ECP p aral lel port For most PCs, the para llel port is conf igured as an ECP parallel port in the PC's BIOS.
C-3 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers 5 Click the + next t o Ports (COM an d LPT) to displa y the por t entries. U sually t he second installe d por t is L PT2. 6 Click Printer Por t (LPT2), or other entry for th e installed por t, and t hen selec t the Properti es butt on.
C-4 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters Set up a Universal S erial Bus ( US) port 1 Right-c lick on the My Comput er icon on the desktop and then se lect Propert ies from the popup menu . The System Prope rties dialog box ap pears.
C-5 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers 8 Click OK on th e Proper ties dialog box and o n the Sys tem Properti es dialog b ox to save s ettings and c lose the dialog b oxes.
C-6 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters • Setting print er permi ssions • Setting s erial port v alues Setting paral l el port valu es Port values inc lude the port t o which the pri nter is assigned , the communic ation mode for t he p ort, an d pri nter s pooling.
C-7 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers 4 Select t he Securi ty tab. 5 Review t he Names list. If the names for which you want to specify per missions do not ap pear i n the list , add the n ames. a Select the Add bu tton to open the Selec t Users and Groups dialog box .
C-8 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters 5 Click the Per missions b utton to open the Printer P ermissi ons dialog box. 6 Select the Add bu tton to open the Add Users and Groups di alog box. 7 Select the Show Users butt on.
C-9 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers 3 From the Ports dialog box , select the port , such as COM1 or C OM2 (Figure C-3) . Fi gur e C-3: Po r t s di alog bo x 4 Select the Sett ings button t o display the port set tings.
C-10 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters PC settings for Windows Me and 98 This s ection descri bes the fo llowing set tings for PCs r unning W indows Me an d 98.
C-1 1 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers 5 Click the Plus sign + nex t to Ports (CO M & LPT) to show the availa ble ports. The list shou ld include an entr y such as "ECP Printer por t (LPT 1).
C-12 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters 3 On the syst e m Pr operti es dialog box, select the Device Manager tab. Figu re C -5 : Devi ce M anag er tab of Sy s tem P rope rti es di alog bo x 4 Click the Plus sign + nex t to Ports (CO M & LPT) to display a lis t of po rt s.
C- 13 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Figur e C -6: S ett ings di al og bo x 7 Select t he Port Sett ings tab. 8 Select the fol lowing set tings: 9 When the sett ings are correct , click OK to save settin gs and close the dialog box .
C-14 User ’s Guide for ImageCar d® Sele ct™ and Ul traGrafix® S elect™ Pr inters.
User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers D D Magnetic stripe encoding This appe ndix descri bes the specif ications a nd cha racters you can en code o n a m .
D-2 User ’s Guide for ImageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Sel ect™ Print ers NTT char acter se t The maximum field len gth for NTT (Nippon T ele phone & T elegraph) form at is 69 characters . NTT all ows spaces, numeric char acter s, upper case a lphabe tic characters , lower cas e alph abetic charac ters , and special charac ters .
D-3 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Magnet ic Str ipe settings used by the Select printer The follow ing table presents techn ical details that appl y to encoding magnet ic stripe data.
D-4 User ’s Guide for ImageCard ® Select™ and UltraGraf ix® Sel ect™ Print ers.
User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers E E Inst allation me ssages This appe ndix lists mess ages dis played dur ing p rinter installati on and descri bes actions to take based on the messag es.
E-2 User ’s Gui de for I mageCard® Select™ a nd UltraG rafi x® Selec t™ Print ers Y ou need a t leas t 50 Mb o f fre e dis k space t o install thi s pr inter d river . The PC must have Windows NT Service Pack 4 (or higher ) inst alled to continue with thi s inst allat ion.
E-3 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Y ou must have administra tor privileges to use this ins tallation . There was an error cr eating a desktop shortcut f or (component). The s etup DLL detect e d an error .
E-4 User ’s Gui de for I mageCard® Select™ a nd UltraG rafi x® Selec t™ Print ers There is not enough disk sp ace to complete this ins tallation. Canceling inst allat ion. Y ou are inst alling a n ol der printe r driver and a cur re nt ver s io n is inst alled.
E-5 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers The printe r driver can be inst alled wi th the Micr osoft Windows 95 opera t - ing syste m. Data c ard hi ghly recommends that you use Windows 98 Sec- ond Edition (SE) or Millennium Edition (Me) with the printer driver to avoi d unexpected re s ult s.
E-6 User ’s Gui de for I mageCard® Select™ a nd UltraG rafi x® Selec t™ Print ers Do you want this print e r to be the default pri nter? An i nt erna l er ror has occu r red. Canc elin g in st al la tio n. A printer with thi s name already exist s.
E-7 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers The e-Guide and Acrobat Reader are not ava ilable to inst all. T o inst all a pri nter to a USB port, click Cancel, power on the print er ,.... Acrobat Reader is requ ired to v i ew the e-Guide.
E-8 User ’s Gui de for I mageCard® Select™ a nd UltraG rafi x® Selec t™ Print ers Y ou can have up to 31 characters ( including sp aces) in the name of the print e r . An in vali d p aram eter ha s been det ect ed duri ng prin ter in s t al lat io n.
E-9 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers This printer driv er c annot be inst alled on this ope r ating system. Cancel- ling ins ta llation. Could not create the log f ile. Cance lling inst allation. Plea se restar t the PC a nd ru n thi s installat ion ag a in .
E-1 0 User ’s Gui de for I mageCard® Select™ a nd UltraG rafi x® Selec t™ Print ers Cou ld no t acce ss fi le ___ ____ ___ ____ . The Inst allation did not c omplete . Driver i nst a llat ion for Wi ndows 2000 only Digit al signature not found.
E-1 1 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Removing t he printer dri ver for Windows ME , 98, and NT T ype in the name of the Data card printer to remove . (prin t er name) is not a Dat acard printer , is an invalid name, or it was inst alled us ing the Add Printer s wizard.
E-1 2 User ’s Gui de for I mageCard® Select™ a nd UltraG rafi x® Selec t™ Print ers.
User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers Index Numerics 2000 e- 4-8 A AC pow er 1-9 accesso ries bag 7- 3 Add Ne w Hard ware Wizar d e -4-5, e -4-6, e -4-1 3.
2 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elec t™ and Ult raGraf ix® Sele ct™ Print ers cleani ng kit B-6 magnet ic stripe module 4- 5, e -3 -5 mo re o ft e n 4 -2 , e -3-2 pen 4-9, B -7, e -3-9 printe.
Ind ex 3 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers ho s t P C m a nage m ent e -4-17, e - 4 - 2 1 humidit y 6-4, B-2 , B-6 I icon e-Guide 1 -2 printer 3 -3, 3.
4 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elec t™ and Ult raGraf ix® Sele ct™ Print ers P parall el cable pass-throu gh n ot s upported 6-5, e -4-3 parall el port cable spec ificati ons e -1 -2 command.
Ind ex 5 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers position of prin ting e -4-32 power off 2-13, e -1-26 power on 2- 6, e -1-10 printing int ensity e -4-32 pr.
6 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elec t™ and Ult raGraf ix® Sele ct™ Print ers proble ms smart card module e -2-6 program card creati on 6-5 p r i n t e rd r i v e r6 - 4 Properti es Windows 2.
Ind ex 7 User ’s Guide for I mageCard® S elect™ and Ul traGrafix® S elec t™ Printers process ing car ds e -4-24 serial cable B- 10 serial po rt 1-9, 7-5, e -1-3 Software Develope r’s Kit 2-9.
8 User ’s Guide for ImageCard® S elec t™ and Ult raGraf ix® Sele ct™ Print ers Windows test page wizar d 5-6, e -1-14 upgradi ng the printer dr iver e -4-6 Windows 20 00 administ ration e -4-1.
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