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: Setup Guide
– The smart card serial cable must be a shielded DB9 serial cable, up to a maximum of 9.8 feet or 3
meters long.
– For a 680 coupler, double-click the downloaded file to view the files available. Follow the instructions
in the downloaded file to install a reader on the PC. You do not need to install the complete API.
• If the printer includes both a smart card USB port and a smart card serial port, the printer includes both
a contact coupler and a 680 reader. Install files for both devices and use two smart card cables.
Verify Windows installation of a smart card module
Verify that the driver files for the smart card coupler(s) are installed correctly on the PC and that Windows
can communicate with the coupler.
• Check the Windows Device Manager to verify that the device is installed:
– A contact smart card module will appear as an entry under “Smart Card Reader.”
– If the contact reader appears as an entry under “Other devices” the device is not installed correctly.
For Windows Me and 98 SE, restart Windows to enable device installation.
– A contactless smart card module is likely to appear as a Keyboard or a Human Interface Device.
– A 680 contactless module does not appear in the Device Manager list.
• To verify the installation of Gemplus smart card driver files, use the Gemplus SmartDiag utility, which is
available from the GemPlus web site.
• SmartDriver Diagnostics, which you can install using the SmartDriver CD-ROM, include the ability to
test some types of smart card couplers.
• To verify the installation of HID, Casi, or Indala readers, install and use the configuration utility on the
RF IDeas CD-ROM.
Tips for success
• Cards-per-hour ratings do not apply. The smart card personalization process requires dwell
time that is controlled by the personalizing application, not the printer and driver.
• The Retry button on message boxes is not available. The personalizing application can control
messages, and so some printer messages might not be displayed.