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Table of Contents
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Introduction............................................................................. 7
1.1 Printer outside features ...................................................................................... 7
1.2 Printer inside features....................................................................................... 10
1.3 Ribbon cartridge features ................................................................................. 11
1.4 LCD panel display & button operation ............................................................ 12
2. Printer installation................................................................. 15
2.1. Fitting the ribbon .............................................................................................. 15
2.2. Loading the cards ............................................................................................ 18
2.3. Driver installation (Windows XP, 2000, 2003) ................................................ 20
2.4. Driver installation (Windows Vista, 7)............................................................. 28
2.5. Network configuration ..................................................................................... 34
3. Driver configuration .............................................................. 43
3.1. Checking printer properties ............................................................................ 43
3.2. Changing printer properties ............................................................................ 43
3.3. Other settings ................................................................................................... 48
4. Utilities ................................................................................... 51
4.1. Card Printer Setup ............................................................................................ 51
4.2. Card Printer Test .............................................................................................. 61
4.3. Firmware upgrade ............................................................................................ 67
5. Optional device driver installation ....................................... 69
5.1. Contact smartcard reader ................................................................................ 69
5.2. Contactless smartcard reader ......................................................................... 67
6. Troubleshooting .................................................................... 70
6.1. Cleaning the printer.......................................................................................... 75
6.2 TPH (Thermal Print Head) replacement ........................................................... 79
6.3. Card movement ................................................................................................ 80
6.4. Printing quality ................................................................................................. 81
6.5. Magnetic stripe encoding ................................................................................ 82
6.6. General operation ............................................................................................. 82
7. Printer specification .............................................................. 84