User's Manual

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ........................................................................ 7
1.1 Printer outside features ........................................................................... 7
1.1.1 SMART-30 outside feature. ...................................................................... 7
1.1.2 SMART-50 outside feature. ...................................................................... 8
1.2 Printer inside features .................................................................................. 11
1.2.1 SMART-30 inside feature. ..................................................................... 11
1.2.2 SMART-50 inside feature. ..................................................................... 12
1.3 Ribbon cartridge features ............................................................................. 13
1.4 LCD panel display & button operation ......................................................... 14
2. Printer installation .............................................................. 18
2.1. Fitting the ribbon ......................................................................................... 18
2.2. Loading the cards ........................................................................................ 21
2.3. The withdrawal of printed cards. ................................................................. 23
2.4. Driver installation (Windows XP, 2000, 2003) .............................................. 24
2.5. Driver installation (Windows Vista, 7, 8) ...................................................... 31
2.5. Network configuration ................................................................................. 37
3. Driver configuration ........................................................... 46
3.1. Checking printer properties ........................................................................ 46
3.2. Changing printer properties ........................................................................ 46
3.3. Other settings .............................................................................................. 51
4. Utilities ............................................................................... 54
4.1. Card Printer Setup ....................................................................................... 54
4.2. Card Printer Test ......................................................................................... 64
4.3. Firmware upgrade ....................................................................................... 70
5. Optional device driver installation ..................................... 73
5.1. Contact smartcard reader ............................................................................ 73
6. Troubleshooting ................................................................. 78
6.1. Cleaning the printer ..................................................................................... 78
6.2 TPH (Thermal Print Head) replacement ........................................................ 82
6.3. Card movement ........................................................................................... 83
6.4. Printing quality ............................................................................................ 84
6.5. Magnetic stripe encoding ............................................................................ 85
6.6. General operation ........................................................................................ 85
7. Printer specification ........................................................... 87