User`s guide

XPS Card Printer Driver Guide 29
Setting Up a Printer Pool
Thefollowinginstructionsdescribehowtosetupprinterpoolingforall
supportedWindowsoperatingsystems.Operatingsystem‐specificdifferences
arenoted,wherenecessary.Thescreensshownmaydifferslightlyfromthoseon
yoursystem
1. InstallthefirstnetworkprinteronthehostPC.Referto“Installingthe
Driver”onpa ge8.
2. Connecteachadditionalprinteryouwanttoincludeinthepooltothe
networkusinganEthernetcable.
3. WritedowntheIPaddressofeachprinter.Refertoyourprinter’sUser’sGuide
fordetailsonobtainingtheIPaddress.
Print Sample Card and
Magstripe Test Card not
available
The Print Sample Card and Magstripe Test
Card buttons on the
PrinterPropertieswindow
Status
page are not available for a printer
belonging to a printer pool. Print sample cards
or test cards from the LCD screen on the
printer.
Printer pool print queues A printer that cannot process jobs continues
to have jobs assigned to it by the pool
controller. The Card Printer Driver does not
determine if each printer in the pool is ready
to receive card jobs.
• Remove printers that are not available
from the pool until they are functioning
and ready to receive print jobs.
• To remove a printer from the pool, open
Printer Properties and click the
Ports tab.
• Remove the check from the port
assigned to the printer.
Some software, such as Microsoft Word, sends
multiple-card (batch) files as a single print job.
In this case, the pool sends all cards in the
batch to the same printer. Software designed
specifically for card production sends each
card in the batch as a single print job. The
printer pool distributes single print jobs among
the available printers.
Feature Tip for Printer Pooling