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
• Actions you take while performing administrative functions can cause messages to be issued. At times,
the messages will not be displayed on the Admin PC but can be displayed on other PCs if the Printer
Toolbox is active.
Printer sharing
This section describes how you can print to a printer over a network using Microsoft File and Printer
Sharing. A shared printer is connected to a PC with the printer driver installed (host PC). Users at other
PCs on the network (clients) can print to the shared printer over the network. Up to 10 client PCs can
share the printer at one time. Users at client PCs do not have the same level of access to the printer
driver as a user at the host PC.
The following operating system configurations are supported:
• Both the client and host PCs run Windows 2000.
• Both the client and host PCs run Windows XP.
• Both the client and host PCs run Windows Me or Windows 98 (Second Edition).
Requirements for local printer sharing
Before sharing a printer over the network, meet the following requirements:
• A network card is installed in and working on each PC to use the printer.
• The same Windows operating system is installed on and operating on each PC.
• If you are installing both a network card and a service pack or Windows upgrade, install the network
card first and then install the service pack or upgrade. If you installed a service pack or upgrade before
installing a network card, you must install the service pack or upgrade again.
• The printer must be enabled for sharing. See Windows help for information on enabling printer sharing.
• The PC with the printer attached must remain on, and the Windows operating system must be running.
For Windows 2000 and XP, a user with Print, Manage Printers, and Manage Documents permissions to
the printer must be logged on at the host PC so that other users can print.
• If more than one printer is connected to a PC and one is a shared printer, the printers must have
different names.
• For Windows 2000 and Windows XP, you must set up permission for users at the client PC and
permission for users at the host PC. See Setting printer permissions for more information.
Printer and PC setup
This section describes the components you need to use the SP Series printer with local printer sharing.
Network: A network must be set up and working before you begin. This guide does not address
network setup or requirements.