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
Print servers that have been tested are:
The HP jetdirect 175x printer server uses a USB cable to connect to the printer and an RJ45 cable to
connect to an available network port. It can be used with the SP35 or SP55 printer.
The HP jetdirect 380x print server uses a USB cable to connect to the printer and the 802.11b wireless
(WiFi) protocol to connect to a wireless access point (WAP) on the network. It can be used with the
SP35 or SP55 printer.
• Print Server Software
The print servers are shipped with the appropriate CD-ROM that includes the print server software you
will need to set up and administer an HP jetdirect 175x or 380x print server.
• Power supply and power cord for the print server
The power supply and cord are shipped with the print server.
• USB cable to connect the printer and print server
The USB cable is shipped with the print server.
• For a wired connection, a network cable to connect the print server to the network
You must provide the cable to connect to your network.
• For a wireless connection, a wireless network adapter for the PC
The wireless network adapter must use the same wireless protocol as the print server (802.11.b.) One
adapter is needed to configure the print server for both ad-hoc and infrastructure modes. If you plan to
use ad-hoc mode, you also need a wireless network adapter for each PC that will use the printer.
•PC
– The PC must be an X86 MMX-compatible PC, running Windows Me or Windows XP (preferred) or
Windows 98SE or Windows 2000. (See PC and software requirements for service pack
requirements.) For a wired or wireless infrastructure connection, the PC must be connected to and
working on an Ethernet network.
– The printer driver will be installed on a PC to enable the user to print to the Datacard printer. (If a
previous version of the SmartDriver is currently installed on the PC, upgrade the driver following the
steps in Upgrading the driver before following these steps. )
– More than one PC on the network can print to the printer. Datacard recommends that one PC be
used for administrative tasks, such as running the setup utility and, if needed, Diagnostics.
– For Windows XP and 2000, users must have the same permissions as for a locally attached printer.
(Power users cannot perform all the tasks required.) See Setting printer permissions for information
about permissions.
• For a wired or infrastructure wireless connection, an Ethernet network
The Ethernet network can be either a 10baseT or a 100baseT Ethernet network. The print server is
configured using the TCP/IP protocol. The print server is attached to an available network port for a
wired connection or uses a Wireless Access Point (WAP) for a wireless infrastructure connection. See
the documentation for the print server for details about network requirements.
• SP35 or SP55 Printer
– An SP35 or SP 55 printer works with the SmartDriver, version 6.0 or higher, which supports a direct
network connection.
– Future releases of the printer driver will be tested for direct network support.