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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– The Printhead tab in the Advanced Setup area of the Printer Toolbox. Any user can use the Color
Settings tab, which affects processing on the PC.
Printing
• To send print jobs from a PC on the network to the printer, make sure the printer is set up, the driver is
installed on the PC, and the Windows test page has printed successfully.
• Open the Properties (Windows Me or 98) or Printing Preferences (Windows 2000 or XP) dialog box.
Select card design settings, such as rotation and topcoat pattern.
• Select the printer in the application, and print. The print server will handle jobs from more than one PC
at a time. See Status for details.
Status
The Printer Toolbox is displayed by default when the PC starts. The icon for the printer appears in the
system tray, usually in the lower right corner of the Windows desktop. (Double-click the icon to open the
Toolbox, if needed.) The Printer Toolbox displays the port mode and printer status. The port mode for a
printer connected using a network print server is "The port type is directly networked." The possible
printer statuses are:
• Printer responding normally.
– The printer is powered on, connected to and communicating with the network. The printer is not
currently printing cards.
• Printer is busy.
– The printer is printing, is communicating with another PC, has an error, or is powered off.
– Users can submit print jobs. When the printer is available, the PC will send the jobs to the printer.
• Network not responding.
– The print server is not responding to a query by the printer driver.
• Communication with the printer is suspended.
– The printer has been busy or the network has not responded for more than 30 seconds.
– The status might change to "Printer is busy" or "Network is not responding" after communication
resumes.
Messages
• The printer driver displays messages when the driver has a problem sending a card or when the printer
has a problem completing a card. Any PC with the driver installed and connected to the printer over the
network using a print server can display messages from the printer.
• Messages not associated with a job, such as startup and out of ribbon messages, can appear on all
PCs that send jobs to the printer.
Administration
• Several tasks should be performed only from the Admin PC. In addition, Datacard recommends that
other PCs connected to the printer not use the printer while administration tasks are performed on the
Admin PC. (The PCs can be powered off or users can exit from the Printer Toolbox and avoid printing.
If the Printer Toolbox is active, it can display messages that result from the administrative tasks.)