DataCard ImageCard Magna, User Manual

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Install the printer
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User’s Guide for Magna™ Platinum™ Series Printers
14 From the User Information page, click “View Release Notes” if you want to view
detailed information about the printer driver installed. The WordPad application
opens and displays the release notes. Click the Close or Exit button when you are
done viewing release notes.
15 From the User Information page, click “Magna Platinum Series e-Guide.” The
SmartDriver e-Guide Installation dialog box opens.
16 Click OK to start the self-extraction (zip) program. The WinZip . . . dialog box
appears.
17 Use the default path to extract the files (or specify another location). Click Unzip to
extract files and then click OK to start the e-Guide installation program.
18 The installation program detects whether the Adobe Acrobat Reader program is
installed on the PC. If it is not, the installation program reminds you to install it.
Continue with these steps and be sure to perform step 19.
Click OK to close the message box if it appears.
19 The program installs the files for the Magna Platinum Series e-Guide. Click Finish
when it is complete.
20 If a message appeared as described in step 17, click “Acrobat Reader” on the
User Information page. Follow the prompts to install Acrobat Reader.
21 If you will be using more than one type of printer on this PC, install e-Guides for
each printer type, following steps 15 through 19.
The SmartDriver supports the Magna Platinum series printer, the SP35 card
printer, Magna Class printer with AIT, the Select Class printer with AIT, the Select
Platinum series printer, and the ImageCard IV printer.
22 Click Exit to close the Datacard Group program, and then remove the CD-ROM
from the PC’s drive.
23 Go to “Print sample cards” on page 7-20 to print a sample card and verify
installation.
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Install the printer driver to a USB port on Windows Me or 98
1 Close all applications. Do not close Windows.
2 Make sure printer is powered on.
3 Connect the printer to the PC using the USB data cable. The operating system
detects the printer and displays the Add New Hardware wizard.
4 With Windows running, insert the CD-ROM in the PC's drive.
– The Windows "Add New Hardware" wizard should read the CD-ROM and
suppress the Datacard Group installation program. Use the Add New
Hardware wizard to run the driver installation process. Do not use the
Datacard Group installation program if it starts automatically.
– If you are using diskettes, extract the files to the PC’s hard drive.