Product Info
Table Of Contents
- SP_Info_Central.book
- SP Series Info Central
- What do you want to do?
- Answer questions you have about using the printer
- Learn how to use this online information
- Learn more about tasks, such as installation, setup, or maintenance
- Solve problems with printing
- Access an online version of the Printer Guide
- Open help for the Printer Toolbox and Messages
- Open help for Properties or Printing Preferences
- Safety and compliance (FCC)
- Acknowledgments
- SP Series Info Central
- SP_Install_e-guide.book
- Installation
- Before you install
- Install the printer
- Installing the driver
- Upgrading the driver
- Reinstalling the driver
- Troubleshooting Installation Problems
- PC port settings
- Connecting more than one printer or more than one PC
- On the CD-ROM
- Installation
- SP_Setup_e-guide.book
- Setting up for your card design
- How do I create a card design?
- What is a card design?
- When should I perform setup tasks?
- What do I use to set up the printer?
- Why are there several interfaces to set up the printer?
- Card design checklist
- Working with Properties and Printing Preferences
- Changing the type of print ribbon
- Set up for monochrome (K) printing
- Color settings
- Changing settings in the printer
- Magnetic Stripe Setup
- Smart card setup
- Setting up for your card design
- SP_Production_e-guide.book
- SP_Supplies_e-guide.book
- SP_Troubleshooting_e-guide.book
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SP Series Info Central: Production e-Guide
d Select OK. ScanDisk can require 5 minutes or more for a standard scan.
e When ScanDisk is complete, follow any instructions and close the program.
7 Free up additional disk space:
a From the Windows task bar, select Start, Programs and then Windows Explorer.
b Open the C:\Temp, C:\Windows\Temp, C:\Winnt\Temp, or C:\Win2K\Temp folder. Delete any files
not being used.
c Open the C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files, C:\Winnt\Temporary Internet Files folder. Delete
any files not being used.
d Open the Recycle Bin in Explorer. Delete all files from the Recycle Bin.
e Click the icon for drive C:\. The status line shows the available disk space, such as:
48.2MB (Disk free space: 302MB)
f Make sure the Disk free space is 40MB or greater.
g Remove additional files if needed.
8 Run the Disk Defragment program if one is installed on the PC:
a From the Windows task bar, select Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools and then Disk
Defragmenter.
b Select the drive to scan, usually C:\.
c Select OK to run the program.
d When the program completes, a message appears.
e Select OK to close the program.
9 With all applications closed, from the Windows task bar, select Start and then Shutdown.
10 From the Shut Down Windows box, select Restart the Computer and then Yes.
11 If you were printing cards, restart the card creation program (such as Preface or ID Works) and send
the card to print again.
Other PC problems
• On Windows 2000 and XP, the PC can appear to have maintenance problems when the user
does not have the necessary permissions. See “Setting Printer Permissions” in Installing the
Driver to set permissions.
• If a Datacard printer driver was installed on this PC and then removed, you can run the
Cleanup Utility to remove any files that Windows does not remove. See the “Running the
Cleanup Utility” in Reinstall the Printer Driver.
• If the print processor is not the correct one, the PC can appear to have problems. Make sure
that the “Print Processor” or the “Print using the following driver” selection in Properties is
SmartDriver.