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Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide 
(Rev. 1.0.3)

 

 

Part Number:

  L001213 

Summary of Contents for Persona Persona M30e

Page 1: ...Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Part Number L001213 ...

Page 2: ...cuments were thoroughly reviewed to provide Fargo with professional and international standards requirements guidelines and models for our technical training and user documentation At all times the Copyright Protection Notice for each document was adhered to within our Fargo documentation process This reference to other documents does not imply that Fargo is an ISO certified company at this time A...

Page 3: ... Types __________________________________________________________17 Selecting the Disable Printing Option __________________________________________________18 Selecting the Print Both Sides Option __________________________________________________18 Selecting the Resin Dither Options_____________________________________________________19 Print and Overlay Options___________________________________...

Page 4: ... Name Ubuntu Version 7 10 Media ubuntu 7 10 desktop i386 iso Dependencies CUPS version 1 3 2 Kernel version 2 6 22 14 generic File structure CUPS service name path etc init d cupsys CUPS PPD model path usr share ppd custom CUPS filter path usr lib cups filter CUPS config path etc cups LOG directory var log ...

Page 5: ...ion Name Fedora Version 8 Media Fedora 8 i386 DVD iso Dependencies CUPS version 1 3 5 Kernel version 2 6 23 14 107 fc8 File structure CUPS service name path etc init d cups CUPS PPD model path usr share cups model CUPS filter path usr lib cups filter LOG directory var log cups ...

Page 6: ...ption Name Fedora Version 7 Media F 7 i386 DVD iso Dependencies CUPS version 1 2 10 Kernel version 2 6 21 1 3194 fc7 File structure CUPS service name path etc init d cups CUPS PPD model path usr share cups model CUPS filter path usr lib cups filter LOG directory var log cups ...

Page 7: ...rise Desktop 5 Version 5 Media Rhel 5 client i386 disc1 5 iso Dependencies CUPS version 1 2 4 Ghostscript version 8 5 12 Kernel version 2 6 18 8el5 File structure CUPS service name path etc init d cups CUPS PPD model path usr share cups model CUPS filter path usr lib cups filter LOG directory var log cups ...

Page 8: ... openSuse Version 10 3 Media openSUSE 10 3 GM KDE i386 iso Dependencies CUPS version 1 2 12 Kernel version 2 6 22 5 31 default File structure CUPS service name path etc init d cups CUPS PPD model path usr share cups model CUPS filter path usr lib cups filter LOG directory var log cups ...

Page 9: ...Refer to the SELinux web site at www nsa gov selinux or the documentation for your specific distribution for more information Step Procedure 1 Unpack the driver tar ball by running the following command as root from the directory the file was downloaded to tar xzvPf fargoM30e 1 0 0 1 tgz Note If an existing driver was already present on the system it may be necessary to restart CUPS to allow the f...

Page 10: ...assword enter your login username and password or the root username and password 5 a Enter a Name Location and Description for the Printer b Click Continue 6 a If an entry exists in the dropdown select the HAL Printing backend option OR b Select Internet Printing protocol ipp c Click Continue 7 a Enter the Device URI recorded previously using the HAL printer Backend Example hal org freedesktop Hal...

Page 11: ...ing info product M30e string info udi org freedesktop Hal devices usb_device_9b0_2110_A8010217_if0_printer_A8010217 string info vendor Fargo Electronics Inc string linux device_file dev usb lp0 string linux hotplug_type 2 0x2 int linux subsystem usb string linux sysfs_path sys devices pci0000 00 0000 00 1d 1 usb6 6 1 6 1 1 0 usb lp0 string printer commandset NONE string list printer description M3...

Page 12: ... M30eTst prn Test Print file usr share fargo M30e RibbonCal prn Ribbon Sensor Calibration File usr share fargo M30e CleanPrinter prn Clean Printer File Printing a Sample Card Entering the Print Only Command Run the following command lp d PrintQueueName filename Entering the Print with Mag Encoding Command Run the following command lp d PrintQueueName o Magtrack1 25MAGTEST1 3F Magtrack2 3B123456789...

Page 13: ...e Card Hopper and close the Hopper door 2 Open the Front Cover remove the Ribbon Cartridge and close the Printer s front cover 3 Place a notebook or a completely opaque sheet of paper in front of the Printer to block the ambient light 4 From a terminal window enter lpr l usr share fargo M30e RibbonCal prn 5 When completed the Printer will beep twice ...

Page 14: ... cards from the Card Hopper and close the Hopper door 2 Open the Front Cover and remove the Ribbon Cartridge 3 Remove the paper backing from both sides of the Cleaning Card 4 Place the Cleaning card into the Single Feed Slot 5 From a terminal window enter lpr l usr share fargo M30e CleanPrinter prn ...

Page 15: ...ting a Test Card Step Description 1 Ensure that cards are in the Input Hopper 2 Ensure that the YMCKO Ribbon is installed in the Printer 3 From a terminal window enter lpr l usr share fargo M30e M30eTst prn 4 When completed a test card should be printed ...

Page 16: ...Selecting the Card Size Command Line Usage CUPS option Description PageSize CR80 Media Size CR80 Sets the Page Size for the print job to CR 80 3 375 L x 2 125 W 85 6mmL x 54mmW PageSize CR79 Media Size CR79 Sets the Page Size for the print job to CR 79 3 295 L x 2 043 W 83 7mmL x 51 9mmW ...

Page 17: ...for the print job to Colored Resin This option should be used for any of the colored resin Ribbons Red Blue Green or White Ribbon MetallicResin Ribbon Type Metallic Resin Sets the Ribbon type for the print job to Metallic Resin This option should be used for any of the metallic resin Ribbons Gold Silver Ribbon KOPremiumResinWithOvelay Ribbon Type KO Premium Resin with Overlay Sets the Ribbon type ...

Page 18: ...lies DisablePrinting False Disable Printing No Select it to perform full printing and encoding operations Selecting the Print Both Sides Option Command Line Usage CUPS option Description PrintBothSides True Print Both Sides Yes If the Printer is equipped with a Flipper Module it will print the second page of a print job on the back side of a card PrintBothSides False Print Both Sides No If the pri...

Page 19: ...oth Sides True Command Line Usage CUPS option Description ResinDither Graphics Resin Dither Optimized for Graphics Select Optimized for Graphics when printing drawings and graphics with resin ResinDither Photo Resin Dither Optimized for Photos Select Optimized for Photo when printing photo quality images with resin ...

Page 20: ...ed from print and overlay PrintAreaFront OmitSignatureAreaPrintAndOverlay Front Area Print Omit Signature Area Print and Overlay An area corresponding to the ISO location for a Signature Stripe will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaFront VisualSecurityUpperLeftVerimark Front Area Print Visual Security Upper Left Verimark An area 25mmL X 27mmW in the upper left corner of the card will be ...

Page 21: ...eft corner of the card will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaFront VisualSecurityLowerLeftHolomark Front Area Print Visual Security Lower Left Holomark An area 23mmL X 23mmW in the lower left corner of the card will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaFront VisualSecurityLowerRightVerimark Front Area Print Visual Security Lower Right Verimark An area 21 1mmL X 27mmW in the lower r...

Page 22: ...ntAreaBack OmitSmartChipPrintOnly Back Print Area Omit Smart Chip Print Only An area corresponding to the ISO location for a smart chip will be omitted from print PrintAreaBack OmitMagStripePrintAndOverlay Back Print Area Omit Mag Stripe Print and Overlay An area corresponding to the ISO location for a Magnetic stripe will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaBack OmitMagStripePrintOnly Back...

Page 23: ...Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 23 Reviewing the Back Print Area Examples Display Omit Smart Chip Example Display Omit Magnetic Stripe Example Display Omit Signature Area Example ...

Page 24: ...ding Mode JIS II Sets the Encoding Mode for the Print job to JIS II See Sending JISII Magnetic Encoding Information for additional information MagEncodingMode Raw Magnetic Stripe Encoding Mode Raw Sets the Encoding Mode for the Print job to RAW See Sending ISO Magnetic Encoding Information for additional information Setting the Coercivity Command Line Usage CUPS option Description Coercivity High ...

Page 25: ...cific Start Sentinel SS and the last character must be the specific End Sentinel ES The characters or data in between the SS and ES can include all of the valid characters specific to each track The number of these characters however is limited by each track s maximum character capacity When segmenting track data the appropriate Field Separator FS must be used The table below shows the SS ES FS an...

Page 26: ...coding Information The CUPS Driver uses URL Encoding when defining data to be encoding to the Magnetic Stripe Any special characters such as start and end sentinels must be described with URL encoding to be recognized See the URL Encoding Reference for additional information ...

Page 27: ...coding when defining data to be encoding to the Magnetic Stripe Any special characters such as start and end sentinels must be described with URL encoding to be recognized See the URL Encoding Reference for additional information Reviewing the URL Encoding Reference 21 2A 27 28 29 3B 3A 40 26 3D 2B 24 2C 2F 3F 25 23 ...

Page 28: ... ASCII Code Character ASCII Code Character 32 space 56 8 80 P 33 57 9 81 Q 34 58 82 R 35 59 83 S 36 60 84 T 37 61 85 U 38 62 86 V 39 63 87 W 40 64 88 X 41 65 A 89 Y 42 66 B 90 Z 43 67 C 91 44 68 D 92 45 69 E 93 46 70 F 94 47 71 G 95 _ 48 0 72 H 49 1 73 I 50 2 74 J 51 3 75 K 52 4 76 L 53 5 77 M 54 6 78 N 55 7 79 O ...

Page 29: ... Note This will produce a darker more saturated image 2 Adjust the dye sub Intensity value lower to use less heat when transferring dye sub colors to the card Note This will produce a lighter print Following the Resin Heat Front Procedure Command Line Usage CUPS option Description ResinHeatFront 0 100 to 100 Resin Heat Front K 0 1 Adjust the Resin Heat Front value higher to use more heat to transf...

Page 30: ... to a card 2 Adjust the Resin Heat Back value lower to reduce the amount of heat used and reduce the transfer of resin to the card Following the Overlay Heat Procedure Command Line Usage CUPS option Description OverlayHeat 0 50 to 50 Overlay Heat O 0 1 Adjust the Overlay Heat value higher to use more heat and increase the transfer of overlay to a card 2 Adjust the Overlay Heat value lower to reduc...

Page 31: ...zontal adjustment to move the image toward the card output side of the Printer if a positive number is entered and toward the card input side of the Printer if a negative number is entered Selecting the Vertical Option Command Line Usage CUPS option Description VOffset 0 100 to 100 Vertival Offset 0 Use the Vertical adjustment to move the image toward the front of the Printer if a positive number ...

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