User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Title page
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Overview
- Chapter 2: Getting started
- General requirements
- Selecting the site
- Electrical requirements
- Physical requirements
- Environmental requirements
- Unpacking the printer
- Who to call for assistance
- Connecting the printer
- Loading cards
- Loading the print ribbon
- Powering on the system
- Installing the printer driver
- Setup tips
- Making and evaluating test cards
- Printer test card
- Chapter 3: Using the printer
- Chapter 4: Maintaining the printer
- Chapter 5: Advanced Information
- Chapter 6: Troubleshooting
- App. A: Safety and compliance
- App. B: Supplies and cards
- App. C: PC settings
- App. D: Magnetic stripe encoding
- Index

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User’s Guide for Express™ and Select™ Printers
Card material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
New cards preferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Pre-punched cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Card quality guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Card storage specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Cleaning supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Printer cleaning card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Duplex cleaning card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Magnetic stripe cleaning card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Citrus solvent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Printer driver diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Anti-static wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Printer components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
Printhead cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
Interface cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
Power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8
Smart card serial cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8
Print ribbon cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
Card cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
Fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
Appendix C: PC settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
PC settings for all operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Configuring the ECP parallel port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
PC settings for Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Setting port values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Setting printer permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Setting a smart card serial port—Windows NT . . . . . . . . C-4
PC settings for Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
Setting port values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
Setting a smart card serial port—Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . C-7
Appendix D: Magnetic stripe encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
IATA, ABA, and TTS character sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
NTT character set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
Magnetic Stripe settings used by the
Express or Select printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3