Datacard Group SP Series Printer User Manual


 
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Users Guide for the Magna Class Printer
Contents
Chapter 1: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
About the Magna Class printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Printer models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Printer features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
How options are identified in this manual . . . . . 1-10
PC and software specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Chapter 2: Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
General requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Selecting the site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Electrical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Physical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Unpacking the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Who to call for assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Connecting the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Loading cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Loading the print ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Loading the overlay material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Removing the overlay cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Loading overlay in the cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Replacing the overlay cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Verify the debower position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Powering on the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Installing the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Setup tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
Making and evaluating test cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
Printer test card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
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Chapter 3: Using the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Working with printer settings and data . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Settings and data for Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Settings and data for Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Using the Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Opening and using the Status dialog box . . . . . . 3-8
Viewing Status Monitor information . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
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