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CENTRONIC CABLE INTERFACE

The above drawing shows the required connections to use the printer centronic interface.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

42

Printer Pin

Lign Name

1

-STROBE

2

DO

3

D1

4

D2

5

D3

6

D4

7

D5

8

D6

9

D7

10

-ACK

11

-BUSY

12

PE

13

SLCT

14

-AUTO FEED

32

-ERROR

31

-INIT

36

SLCT IN

19-30-33

GND

Note

: The printer pins number 15, 16, 18, 30, 34, 35 are not connected.

Summary of Contents for K 500 Optima

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Page 3: ...to CIM S p A This document and the information contained within are Copyrighted by CIM S p A and may not be duplicated in full or in pa rt by any person without written approval from CIM While every...

Page 4: ...it www cimitaly it On demand assistance with all problems relating to hardware software installation or outright malfunctioning of the printer product The technical support is offered free of charge...

Page 5: ...rinter Series numbering and lettering system to help you The K 500 Optima Plastic Card Printer employs Dye Sublimation and Resin Thermal Transfer technologies Model numbers include identifiers that sp...

Page 6: ...rts capable of resulting in equipment damage or personal injury Electrical hazard such as an exposed voltage point capable of causing electrical shock and personal injury An area where electrostatic d...

Page 7: ...eeding one card at a time 14 2 7 Printing a test card 15 2 8 Printer menu information 16 PRINTING A SAMPLE CARD 21 3 1 Install Driver on windows 95 98 22 3 2 Install Driver on windows 2000 NT4 0 23 3...

Page 8: ...viii APPENDIX A 43 Introduction 43 A Media Loading orientation 44 B Magnetic Encoder Cleaning 45 APPENDIX B 46 Introduction 46 A Media Loading orientation 47 B Smart Card Contact Station Interface 47...

Page 9: ...n and protective anti static bag Keep all packaging material in case you need to move or re ship the printer While unpacking inspect the carton to ensure that no damage occured during shipping Please...

Page 10: ...ntation make sure the following items are included with your K 500 Optima printer If any items are missing please contact your dealer CLEANING KIT POWER CABLE PRINTER DRIVER DISK floppy or and CD CARD...

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Page 12: ...y and properly protected against electrical surges and grounding faults 1 Place the printer in a location that allows easy access to all sides The printer should never be operated while resting on its...

Page 13: ...atures Optional Features 1 Print Head Unlock Lever A Smart Card Contact Station 2 Print Head B Magnetic Encoder Station 3 Card Thickness Control Lever 4 Card Feeder 5 LCD Display and two panel Buttons...

Page 14: ...always use approved ribbons DO NOT TOUCH the print head or the electronic components on the print head carriage Discharges ofelectrostatic charge from the human body or other surfaces can damage the...

Page 15: ...supply spindle and feeds to the top of the take up spindle 4 Push down on the Print Head Lock Lever until an audible click signals the locked down position 5 Close Cover Please note that the ribbon a...

Page 16: ...n the Laminator Unlock Lever to open the laminator bracket The laminator bracket will pop open 4 Load patch onto the supply spindle 1 under laminator bracket and align the notch of the empty core with...

Page 17: ...r in a clockwise direction to the open position 2 Install cards into Feeder as shown 3 Close Card Feeder Cover DO NOT bend cards or touch print surfaces as this can reduce print quality The surface of...

Page 18: ...ing Cartridge from plastic bag and peel off protective wrapper from adhesive cleaning roller 2 Open printer cover and remove the yellow reminder tape from the location for the Cleaning Cartridge 3 Mak...

Page 19: ...d thickness See diagram below Card thickness A 60mil 1 524mm to 50mil 1 27mm B 40mil 1 016mm C 30mil 0 762mm D 20mil 0 508mm E Less than 20mil 0 508mm Start at lowest position and move lever up to mat...

Page 20: ...ts the number of cards which go into the Reject Card Box After 20 cards the printer stops the Amber LED Flashes and a LCD Message is displayed indicating the need to empty the reject box WHEN TO MAINT...

Page 21: ...Swing the Rejected Card Box Door and press the top An audible click signals the locked position 4 Press the Clear Button on the front panel to re start the current printer job and to clear the rejecte...

Page 22: ...side of the Card Feeder cover for feeding single cards Cleaning Cards are fed manually through this slot The Feeder must be empty for manual card feeding to work properly For one at a time printing f...

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Page 24: ...menu information and the second line of display clarifies the function of the two NEXT and SELECT key buttons relative to the current menu item The printer will return to READY Mode if either of the t...

Page 25: ...To Clean the Thermal Print Head and card transport system Clean Mag Head To Clean the magnetic Encoder Head Go to main Menu Test Pattern To print a printer test card Print Parameters To print a test...

Page 26: ...e in pixels aa To show the Y print location offset value in pixels bb Mag Option cccc To show the setting of the magnetic encoder as cccc which can be HICO high coercivity LOCO low coercivity NONE no...

Page 27: ...h Clear 0 6 Ribbon setting Firmware V1 00 LAM CYCLE Causes a single cycle of the lamination operation i e produces a single sided lamination on a blank unprinted card Selt test menu Go to main menu Of...

Page 28: ...e The K 500 Optima Card Printer can be used with any Windows 95 98 or Windows NT 4 0 software application program using the drivers provided with the printer This section contains information on the p...

Page 29: ...Windows Insert your CIM Software diskette into the drive A or CD drive Under windows click the Start button select Settings then Printers Double click on the Add Printer icon and also Next Ensure Loca...

Page 30: ...perties select the K 500 Optima Printer icon in Printers Then click File Menu and select Properties 3 3 Set Printer Driver Options The K 500 Optima Printer screen appears Change the options as follows...

Page 31: ...Size tab and in Paper Size choose Card Then select the orientation landscape Go to Margins tab Set the Top Bottom left and right margins to O zero values Press OK to close Page Setup window The card...

Page 32: ...our factory warranty Other than the recommanded cleaning procedures described in this manual allow only CIM S p A authorised technicians to service the K 500 Optima Printer NEVER loosen tighten adjust...

Page 33: ...ages HOW TO CLEAN 1 Leave power on Open Cover and release Print Head Bracket to remove ribbon Close Print Head Bracket Close Cover Remove cards from Card Feeder 2 Insert one Pre Saturated Cleaning Car...

Page 34: ...nt anomalies persist To avoid deposits only use foam tipped swabs 1 Switch power Off open cover raise Print Head and remove the Ribbon 2 Clean Print Head by moving alcohol moistened swab tip side to s...

Page 35: ...avoid deposits only use foam tipped swabs Never touch the rollers with fingers WHEN TO MAINTAIN Cleaning frequency varies with different environments Clean when lamination anomalies persist HOW TO MA...

Page 36: ...e printer To ensure print quality the cleaning roller requires periodic replacements WHEN TO MAINTAIN When LCD screen reports message Run a printer cleaning first see 4 1 Cleaning System for more inst...

Page 37: ...ing Roller while in Cartridge 6 Replace Cartridge into printer Make sure the arrow on top of the assembly is facing towards the rear of the printer Hook assembly into slot on prin ter and rotate down...

Page 38: ...g printing onto cards 5 1 Interpreting LCD Display messages A About the Printing Station SCREEN MESSAGE INITIALIZING READY WAIT TEMPERATURE SELF TEST DOWNLOADING DATA PRINTING YELLOW PRINTING MAGENTA...

Page 39: ...recognised The features of the card are not recognised Data cannot be written or read from the card s magnetic stri pe Data cannot be read from the card s magnetic stripe The reject box is full The p...

Page 40: ...correctly in the printer driver Cleaning Alert The printer has counted the number of cards printed and has automatically flagged that a cleaning routine needs to be carried out See Chapter 4 SCREEN M...

Page 41: ...the printer has an error moving the card internally The printer has detected a temperature error A lamination command has been sent and the tempera ture has not reached 7 C of the recommended temp Th...

Page 42: ...leaning of the printer see Cleaning section B2 Replace Cleaning Roller see Cleaning section There are non printing horizontal lines white on the card surfaces Possible Cause A Ribbon is not correctly...

Page 43: ...ards may not meet specifications D Dust inside the printer and or dirty Cleaning Roller Solution A1 Open cover and press down the Print Head Unlock Lever to open the Print Head carriage The Print Head...

Page 44: ...n in the printer B1 Use a different supply of cards C1 Power off the printer and check the Print Head cable connections D1 Call Service for Print Head replacement information For optimum print quality...

Page 45: ...on Edge to edge printing standard Bar Code Code 39 Code 128 B C with without check digit 2 of 5 2 of 5 industrial UPCA EAN8 EAN13 PDF 417 2D bar code and other symbologies available via Wincard Classi...

Page 46: ...CARD DIMENSIONS ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR PLAIN CARD ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR MAGNETIC STRIPE CARD CHIP POSITION FOR SMART CARD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 40...

Page 47: ...Genuine Secure Hologram Custom Hologram Interfaces Centronics Parallel Standard USB port Optional Mechanical Width 31 69 805mm Depth 9 25 235mm Height 10 43 265mm Weight 47 28 Ibs 21 45 kg Electrical...

Page 48: ...e the printer centronic interface TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 42 Printer Pin Lign Name 1 STROBE 2 DO 3 D1 4 D2 5 D3 6 D4 7 D5 8 D6 9 D7 10 ACK 11 BUSY 12 PE 13 SLCT 14 AUTO FEED 32 ERROR 31 INIT 36 SLCT I...

Page 49: ...ns of the K 500 Optima Printers with Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder See Chapter 2 for location INTRODUCTION Operation and maintenance requirements for the K 500 Optima Printer with the optional magnetic...

Page 50: ...he Magnetic Read Write head positioned above the card path with HICO encoding or LOCO encoding When loading cards please ensure that the magnetic stripe is facing up and closest to the rear Note M1 St...

Page 51: ...ated card provided through slot on the side of the Card Cartridge 4 Press the Menu button until the LCD screen shows CLEANING MENU 5 Press the Select button to select 6 Press the Menu button again unt...

Page 52: ...nal Smart Card contact station Smart Cards can store fingerprints voice recognition patterns medical records and other such data This printer model basically responds to commands that position the car...

Page 53: ...the printer B SMART CARD CONTACT STATION INTERFACE When a command to the parallel printer interface sends a card to the Smart Card Contact Station the printer connects the Smart Card Contact Station t...

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