Datacard Group 150I manuel d'utilisation

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    Printer Driver for the Datacard 150i, 28x, and 450 S er ie s Printers on Windows ® 95 and 98 Ins ta llat ion an d Technical Reference Manual Novembe r 2001 Part No. 526887-001, Rev B[...]

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    ii Revision Log Printer D river for the Datacar d Printers on Windows ® 95 and 98 Installation and Techn ical Reference Manual Revision Date Affected Pages Description of Changes A May 1998 A ll New Release B December 2001 A ll Update for new company information and Windows 98. Liability Statement This Datacard product has been bu ilt to the high [...]

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    iii Table of Contents Introduction _______________________________________________________________________ 1 What’s in this Manu al ___________________________________________________________________1 Related Do cuments ____________________________________________________________________2 Sys tem Require ments ____________________________________[...]

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    iv List of Tables Table 1: Supported Printer Capabilities ........................................................................................ ........ 1 Table 2: Text Fonts ................................................................................................................................. 18 Table 3: Embossing and Indent Type by P[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 1 Introduction The Datacard Printer Driver s for Windows® 95 and 98 provide users with the ability to print from those Microsof t® Windows operating syst ems to the Datacard 150i, 280, 285, and 450 Series card printers. The capa bilities of these printers are listed in Table[...]

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    2 W indows 95 and 98 Printer Driver Installation an d Technical Reference Printing in a Window s Environment . This chapter tells how to get information and procedures for pausing, resumi ng, and deleting print jobs. Troubleshooting . This chapter includ es information and procedures for solving printing probl ems. Related Documents If you need add[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 3 System Requirements The minimum system requirements for inst alling and using the printer driver for Windows 95 or 98 are: · Microsoft Windows 95 or 98 · An computer that meets th e Windows minimum req uirements · One of the following: · A 150i printer with the following[...]

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    4 W indows 95 and 98 Printer Driver Installation an d Technical Reference Printer Driver Limitations The Datacard printer driver for Windows 95 or 98 does not support: · Two-sided badge printing usin g the Datacard QuikWorks software · Encapsulated postscript (.eps) files · Microsoft Windows 3.1 and NT (see separate driver for Windows NT and 200[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 5 Installing the Printer Driver The Datacard prin ter driver for Win dows 95 or 98 creates CPX ports. CPX ports are virtual ports that use your existing COM ports to communicate wi th your Datacard printer. No additional hardwa re is needed. Setting up an additional port in th[...]

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    6 W indows 95 and 98 Printer Driver Installation an d Technical Reference 6. Insert the driver disk or CD into the appropriate driv e on your computer. Enter the drive identifier, and then click the OK button. 7. Select the description of your Datacar d printer from the Printers list and click the Next button. After several seconds, the driver file[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 7 The Port Name dialog box appears. 9. Type the name of th e CP X Port, and then click OK . The CPXx: dialog box appears. 10. Select the baud rate appropriate for your printer. Baud rates set at the factory are: Printer Default B aud Rate Recomm ended 150i 9600 280 and 285 960[...]

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    8 W indows 95 and 98 Printer Driver Installation an d Technical Reference If you select Confirmation for each da ta block processed, the operator must acknowledge the following message before the printer will continu e to the next record. Card-by-car d confirmation will reduce throughp ut. If you select Cache bitmaps in printe r memory, the speed o[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 9 14. Select whether you want Wind ows to use your Datacard printer as the default printer. In most cases you should select No . 15. Click the Fi nish button. Windows completes the inst allation of your printer. Go on to the next procedure, Select ing Embossing and Indent Font[...]

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    10 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference Selecting Embossing and Indent Fonts The information that follows explains how to identify to your Windows 95 application pr ogram which fonts are r esident in your Datacard printer and how to complete the software settings. For a comp lete explanation of printer fonts, see[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 11 4. For the 280, 285, and 450 printers, in the Page size area select the card size you are using. The printer dr iver refers to th e card size as the paper size. Select a logical page size to restrict the printing and embossing to legal areas. If your Windows application doe[...]

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    12 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 9. Click OK to close the dialog box. 10. Click OK on the Properties dialog box to save your settings. Go on to the printer configuration option s procedure for your printer. Setting 150i Printer Configuration Options The following procedure tells how to change the 150i prin[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 13 Setting 28x Printer Configuration Options The following procedure tells how to change the 28x printer configuration to work with the printer driver fo r Windows 95 or 98. The instru ctions begin at the main menu of the printer’ s display window. Sett ing Customer Eng i ne[...]

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    14 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference Sett ing Superv isor Configuration Opt ions 1. Press F2 to choose Supervisor . 2. When prompted for an access code, press F1 and F2 . 3. Verify and set the configurat ion options identified below. Use the fun ction keys (F1, F2, and F3) to scroll through menus, select a men[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 15 Setting 450 Printer Configuration Options The information that follows explains how to change the 450 printer configuration to work with the printer driv er for Windows 95 or 98. Disabling Auto Remake 1. Press the READY button. The message, “Operator Setup Press Option Ke[...]

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    16 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 15. If necessary, press the EN TER button until CR is displayed. 16. Press the OPTION button. The current Buffered Mode setting appears. 17. If necessary, press the EN TER button until Off is displayed. 18. Press the OPTION button. The current Data Conversion setting appear[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 17 Printer Fonts The printer driver for Window s 95 and 98 uses two types of fonts: tex t and pseudo. Refer to the tables on the pa ges that follow for specific fonts that are available. text fonts Text fonts are the “flat” fonts printed on a card. They are available on th[...]

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    18 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference The text fonts shown in Table 2 are av ailable in point sizes 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 24, and 36. Table 2: Text Fonts Printer Font Name Characteristics A v antGarde-Boo k San serif p ro p ortional AvantGarde-D emi San serif p ro p ortional Bookman-Demi Se r if p ro p ortio[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 19 Embossing and Indent Type The Datacard 150i, 280, and 450 pr inters support the embossing and indent type sets listed in Table 3. The printer uses an ar ea on all sides to hold the card during embossing. If you try to place embossed text in this area, an e rror occurs and t[...]

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    20 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference Magnetic Stripe Encoding Datacard printers support the Magnetic Stripe tracks listed in Table 4. Table 4: Magnetic Stripe Tracks Magnetic Stripe Style Encoding Font Track # Max imum Length Character Set 3 Track IA TA (210 BPI) AB A (75 BPI) TTS (210 BPI) 1 2 3 76 37 104 alp[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 21 Translating Characters If you use special characters (for example, accent marks for some languages, the Visa V), you will need to translate the characters sent by you r Windows application to the corresponding positions on the embossing wheels. 1. Select the Character Trans[...]

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    22 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference For exact values to enter, refer to yo ur country’s code page in the Windows Resource Kit, available from Micros oft Corporation. Decimal values 00 through 31 (hexadecimal values 00 th ro ugh 1F) are non-pr inting control codes. 5. In the Output Character area, select Hex[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 23 Changing a Character T ransl ation 1. Select the Character Translations tab of the CPXx: properties sh eet. (If necessary, from the Windows Start button, select Setting s and then Printers . Select your Datacard p rinter from the lis t of printers, and th en click the righ [...]

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    24 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 10. Click OK to save your changes and return to the printer Properties dialog box. Click OK to close the printer Pr operties dialog box. Deleting a Translated Charact er 1. Select the Character Translations tab of the CPXx: properties sh eet. (If necessary, from the Windows[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 25 Printing in a Windows Environment You manage print jobs on your Datacard printer in exactl y the same way you manage othe r print jobs in Windows. S ee Windows help, available from the Start button menu , for information on: · Pausing print jobs · Restarting print jobs ·[...]

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    26 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference The Port Name dialog box appears. 5. Type in the name of the CP X port, and th en click th e OK button. The CPXx: dialog box appears. 6. Verify that the baud rate is set appropri ately for your printer. Other setti ngs are optional. Datacard recommends that only auth orized[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 27 7. The new CPX port is created and assi gned to your Datacard printer.[...]

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    28 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference Restoring Default Spool Settings Normally, the spool settings need not be ch anged. If they were changed, you can restore the default settings by clicking the Restore Defaults button on the Spool Settings dialog box. 1. Open the Datacard printer’ s Properties dialog box f[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 29 Troubleshooting Why do I get an error using embossed fonts? The most common error occurs when embossed fonts are n ot positioned correctly on a card. Embossed fonts can be placed anyw here on a card, exce pt for the margin area, which varies by printer. If embossed te xt is[...]

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    30 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference Applications may need to be restarted to ensure that the n ew fonts are recognized and updated in the men u. Also, in the application, make sure the corre ct printer is selected and the Page Setu p is configured proper ly for card si ze, card orientation, and margins. Why d[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 31 Initial setup problems printing Graphics, Embossing or Magnetic Stripe If you have followed the prescribed steps to select embossed fonts and/or magnetic stripe fonts and still cannot print su ccessf ully, the problem may be an incorrect setting in the printer itself. In ot[...]

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    32 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference &[...]

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    Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 33 Index .eps ......................................................................... 8 150i printer co nfiguration options ................... 16 28x printer configuration options ....................... 17 supervisor settin gs ........................................ 18 45[...]

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    36 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference &[...]