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P100i

User’s Manual 

General Information

Getting Started

Operation

Printing a Card 

Cleaning

Troubleshooting

Specifications

Appendix A

Appendix B 

Appendix C

Polaroid

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RINTING A SAMPLE CARD

Printing with the P100Printer requires the Windows Printer Driver, your
card design/issuing Windows software or printer command level
programming through the printer interface.

The P100Card Printer can be used with any Windows 98/ME/XP/Win
2000, Windows NT 4.0 software application program, using the drivers
provided on CD with the printer.

This section contains information on the printing of a dual-sided card in
color (using the 6-Panel color ribbon YMCKOK) and the Windows Printer
Driver.

BEFORE installing updated printer driver
versions, always delete the existing printer
driver version from your computer.

 

 

       

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Страница 1: ...neral Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid User s Manual No 980497 0012 Rev A 2004 Polaroid Corporati...

Страница 2: ...nd the information contained within is copyrighted by Polaroid and may not be duplicated in full or in part by any person without written approval from Polaroid While every effort has been been made t...

Страница 3: ...rranty service or replacement is not defective as herein defined the customer will pay all handling and transportation costs Printheads Since printhead wear is part of normal operation the original pr...

Страница 4: ...w to identify and resolve Radio TV Interference Problems This booklet is available from the U S Government printing Office Washington D C 20402 Stock No 004 000 00345 4 Use of a shielded cable is requ...

Страница 5: ...tic Card Printer employs Dye Sublimination and Resin Thermal Transfer Technologies Model numbers include identifiers that specify options are shown using the following lettering conventions P100i User...

Страница 6: ...able 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 discharg...

Страница 7: ...17 2 7 Printer menu information 18 PRINTING A SAMPLE CARD 21 3 1 To install the P100i Printer Driver Automatically on all Operating systems use the install wizard 22 3 2 Set Printer Driver Options 23...

Страница 8: ...TION 44 Introduction 44 A Media Loading Orientation 45 B Magnetic Encoder Cleaning 45 APPENDIX C ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES 46 Ribbons 46 Accessories 46 APPENDIX D World Wide Sales and Support 47 P100i...

Страница 9: ...inter ships in a carton and protective anti static bag Keep all packing material in case you need to move or re ship the printer While unpacking inspect the carton to ensure that no damage occurred du...

Страница 10: ...following items are included with your P100i printer P100i User s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B App...

Страница 11: ...n an error condition exists The Beeper will sound three alert Beeps and the LCD Display will show the associated error message The Menu Button left is a push button used for Bringing printer into Menu...

Страница 12: ...or printer can get wet Personal injury could result The printer must be connected to an earthed electrical power supply and properly protected against electrical surges and grounding faults CAUTION I...

Страница 13: ...or the Parallel Ethernet never both 5 Switch power on Parallel Computer Connector Option USB Computer Connection Ethernet Computer Connection Option P100i User s Manual General Information Getting St...

Страница 14: ...Red Flashing Power On Self Testing Red Solid 30 sec Failure of Power On Tests Red Green Flashing Alternately Firmware Download mode Green Solid 30 sec Proper Hardware Operation Network Found Green Ra...

Страница 15: ...ures found on your P100i Printer STANDARD FEATURES OPTIONAL FEATURES 1 Print Head A Magnetic Encoding Station 2 Print Head Unlock Lever B Smart Card Contact Station 3 Manual Holder 4 Card Output Hoppe...

Страница 16: ...nic lock or the TrueSecure Varnish Image Printing please refer to the i Series Security Features supplement document Contact your management or authorized dealer for more details P100i User s Manual G...

Страница 17: ...Series printers require the use of i Series ribbons for full color printing 1 Remove ribbon from packaging 2 With printer power ON and READY status open cover and press down on the Print Head Unlock L...

Страница 18: ...the ribbon type inserted The card flipper will not operate and an error will be indicated if you try to flip a card when the cover is open 3 Load ribbon onto the supply spindle under print head carri...

Страница 19: ...d cards or touch print surfaces as this can reduce print quality The surface of the cards must remain clean and dust free Always store cards in an enclosed container Ideally use cards as soon as possi...

Страница 20: ...TRIDGE This item is used to clean the cards entering the printer 1 Remove Card Cleaning Cartridge from packaging 2 Open Printer cover and remove the yellow reminder tape from the location for the Clea...

Страница 21: ...orrect position Repeat for different card thickness Factory setting is for 30mil 0 762mm card thickness See diagram below D CARD OUTPUT HOPPER This item is used for collecting printed cards Install Ca...

Страница 22: ...Amber LED Flashes and a LCD Message is displayed indicating the need to empty the reject box WHEN TO MAINTAIN When the LCD screen reports message HOW TO MAINTAIN 1 Press the top of the Rejected Card...

Страница 23: ...position 4 Press the Clear Button on the front panel to re start the current printer job and to clear the rejected cards counter P100i User s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Print...

Страница 24: ...through this slot The Feeder must be empty for manual card feeding to work properly For one at a time printing feed cards through slot on side of Feeder Do not feed more than one card at a time P100i...

Страница 25: ...CARD MENU then the Select button right 2 Press Next to the SELF TEST CARD Print parameters and then Select 3 A test card will print after a few seconds LCD display will show printing status Test Card...

Страница 26: ...NEXT and SELECT key buttons relative to the current menu item The printer will return to READY Mode if either of the two key Buttons is not pressed within ten seconds of entering Menu mode See next pa...

Страница 27: ...ds remaining in the reject box GO TO MAIN MENU CLEAN PRINT HEAD 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...

Страница 28: ...ls 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 encoder present Color Parameters To show the intensity values of...

Страница 29: ...or printer command level programming through the printer interface The P100i Card Printer can be used with any Windows 98 ME XP Win 2000 Windows NT 4 0 software application program using the drivers...

Страница 30: ...sary Registry entries You must select Remove from the install options to remove any previous driver versions Shut down of PC if necessary Install the new driver files The install Wizard will walk you...

Страница 31: ...In Windows NT this is located under Document Defaults when you right mouse click from your driver icon In Windows 2000 and XP it is located under Print preferences 3 In the Ribbon section the ribbon t...

Страница 32: ...d in Paper Size choose Card Then select the orientation landscape Go to Margins tab put the Top Bottom Left and Right margins with O values Press OK to close Page Setup window The card appears on the...

Страница 33: ...WARRANTY The recommended maintenance procedures must be performed to maintain your factory warranty Other than the recommended cleaning procedures described in this manual allow only Polaroid authori...

Страница 34: ...operate Note For a printer cleaning prior to the WHEN TO CLEAN signal press the Left Panel Button until the LCD screen shows CLEANING MENU Press the right Panel Button to select and one more time agai...

Страница 35: ...sing swabs can remove more stubborn deposits when print anomalies persist To avoid deposits only use foam tipped swabs 1 Raise Print Head and remove the Ribbon 2 Clean Print Head by moving alcohol moi...

Страница 36: ...eaning Cartridge This item cleans the cards entering the printer To ensure print quality the cleaning roller requires periodic replacements WHEN TO MAINTAIN When LCD screen reports message Run a print...

Страница 37: ...the ends 5 Carefully peel off wrapper from new Cleaning Roller while in Cartridge 6 Replace Cartridge into printer Make sure the arrow on top of the assembly is facing toward the rear of the printer...

Страница 38: ...ting ACTION Wait for the ready message Wait for READY message Wait for test card Wait for card printing to start TROUBLESHOOTING This section offers solutions to potential problems you may experience...

Страница 39: ...as not been removed while the cleaning operation is in progress The printer ribbon has run out The printer has an error moving the card internally The card feeder is empty The cover is open The print...

Страница 40: ...on the card ACTION Check that the cards are loaded with the magnetic stripe in the correct orien tation Check whether high or low coercivity cards have been specified Check that the data conforms to...

Страница 41: ...of the Yellow panel is beneath the print head Ensure that the correct ribbon type has been specified in the Windows driver Card Feed Mechanical Errors Ensure that the card thickness adjustment has be...

Страница 42: ...e B Dust inside the printer and or dirty Cleaning Roller Solution A1 Check that cards are stored in a dust free environment A2 Use a different supply of cards B1 Perform a Cleaning of the printer see...

Страница 43: ...again B1 Use a different supply of cards C1 Adjust Contrast and or Intensity values in software D1 Perform a Cleaning of the Print Head see 4 2 Cleaning the Print Head Printing shows blurry printed i...

Страница 44: ...ce Cleaning Roller See 4 3 Cleaning Cartridge No printing on the card Possible Cause A Ribbon may not be installed in the printer B Cards may not meet specifications C Cable on Print Head may be disco...

Страница 45: ...ublimation or monochrome thermal transfer printing 35 seconds per card 2 sides YMCKOK throughput 300 dpi 11 8 dots mm print resolution Edge to edge printing standard Bar Codes Code 39 Code 128 B C wit...

Страница 46: ...o 100 cards 30mil Card Output Hopper capacity up to 100 cards 30mil Ribbons Monochrome Monochrome colors black red blue green yellow silver gold white K resin O K dye O YMCKO YMCKOK YMCK YMCKK Overlay...

Страница 47: ...58 F 5 to 70 C Storage Humidity 20 to 70 non condensing Ventilation Free air Thermal transfer Resin ribbons offer more durability than dye sublimation with greater resistance to scratches and UV induc...

Страница 48: ...Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid 0 125 in Radius 3 18 mm 3 375 0 01 in 85 72 0 25...

Страница 49: ...ripe Encoder This section contains information on the additional operations of the P100i Printers with Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder See Chapter 2 for location INTRODUCTION Operation and maintenance re...

Страница 50: ...encoding P100i CM3 or P100i CEM3 or LOCO encoding P100i CM4 or P100i CEM4 When loading cards please ensure that there is a magnetic stripe NOTE M1 Stripe Down HICO M3 Stripe up HICO M2 Stripe Down LOC...

Страница 51: ...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 until the LCD screen shows CLEAN MAG HEAD 7 Run this operation by pre...

Страница 52: ...2 for location INTRODUCTION Smart Cards can have a built in microcomputer and a battery Card Memory can store fingerprints voice recognition patterns medical records and other such data The P100i pri...

Страница 53: ...inter interface sends a card to the Smart Card Contact Station the printer connects the Smart Card Contact Station to the female DB 9 connector on the rear of the printer An attached external Smart Ca...

Страница 54: ...5 Panel Color Ribbon YMCKO 330 images 3 152 5 Panel Color Ribbon YMCKO 200 images bulk 3 158 5 Panel Color Ribbon YMCKO 330 images bulk 3 157 5 Panel Color Ribbon YMCKK 200 images 3 153 4 Panel Color...

Страница 55: ...ration Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid World Wide Sales and Support Polaroid Digital ID Systems 4650 Executive Blvd Ft Wayne IN 46808...

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