User`s guide
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In this chapter, you will find all the information required to perform certain simple procedures that you may
be asked to do by your Evolis dealer to provide you with the most effective assistance.
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Printing a test card gives certain technical information about your printer and confirms its correct working.
We advise you to print it when the printer is put into service and to keep it at hand.
1.
Make sure there are a ribbon and a card in the printer.
2.
Press the push button for three seconds. All the lights go out.
3.
Press the push button once more and hold it down.
4.
The light of the push button comes on.
5.
Release the push button as soon as the light flashes.
6.
The test card is printed in a few seconds (in color if the printer has a color ribbon or in monochrome
if it has a black ribbon).
7.
The printed card is ejected into the output hopper.
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The printing of a test card gives the following information:
■
Correct printing of the colors and black.
■
The correct position of the ribbon in the printer.
■
The printer model.
■
The serial number of the printer.
■
The serial number of the kit head number
■
The version of the Firmware installed in the printer.
This example below shows the Dualys printer test card:
Front side printing Back side printing
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As indicated above, you can simply identify the software version loaded into your printer thanks to
the test card (Firmware no.).
You can also identify the ver-
sion of the print driver instal-
led as follows:
■
Go into the driver
properties (on the print
driver logo, right-click
and choose
Properties
)
■ Graphic
tab
■ About
button