Datacard Group 28X, 150I, 450 User Manual

Printer Driver for the Datacard

150i, 28x, and 450 Series

Printers on Windows® 95 and 98

Installation and

Technical Reference Manual

Part No. 526887-001, Rev B

November 2001

Revision Log

Printer Driver for the Datacard Printers on Windows® 95 and 98

Installation and Technical Reference Manual

Revision Date Affected Pages Description of Changes

A May 1998 All New Release

B December 2001 All Update for new company

information and Windows 98.

Liability Statement

This Datacard product has been built to the high standards of DataCard Corporation. Please note and heed the WARNING and CAUTION labels that have been placed on the equipment for your safety. Please do not attempt to operate or repair this equipment without adequate training. Any use, operation or repair in contravention of this document is at your own risk. By acceptance of this system you hereby assume all liability consequent to your use or misuse of this equipment. DataCard Corporation assumes no liability for incidental, special or consequential damage of any kind. Equipment specifications, applications and options are subject to change at the sole discretion of DataCard Corporation without notice.

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Acknowledgments

Datacard is a registered trademark and QuikWorks is a trademark of DataCard Corporation.

Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

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Table of Contents

Introduction _______________________________________________________________________ 1

What’s in this Manual___________________________________________________________________1 Related Documents____________________________________________________________________2 System Requirements___________________________________________________________________3 Printer Driver Limitations ________________________________________________________________4 Embossing Limitations __________________________________________________________________4

Installing the Printer Driver__________________________________________________________ 5

Selecting Embossing and Indent Fonts_________________________________________________ 10 Setting 150i Printer Configuration Options ______________________________________________ 12 Setting 28x Printer Configuration Options ______________________________________________ 13

Setting Customer Engineer Configuration Options__________________________________ 13 Setting Supervisor Configuration Options __________________________________________ 14

Setting 450 Printer Configuration Options ______________________________________________ 15

Disabling Auto Remake __________________________________________________________ 15 Setting Communication Parameters ______________________________________________ 15

Printer Fonts ______________________________________________________________________ 17

Embossing and Indent Type___________________________________________________________ 19 Magnetic Stripe Encoding ____________________________________________________________ 20 Translating Characters _______________________________________________________________ 21

Changing a Character Translation ________________________________________________ 23 Deleting a Translated Character__________________________________________________ 24

Printing in a Windows Environment_________________________________________________ 25

Adding CPX Ports ____________________________________________________________________ 25 Restoring Default Spool Settings _______________________________________________________ 28

Troubleshooting __________________________________________________________________ 29

Why do I get an error using embossed fonts? __________________________________________ 29 Embossed fonts do not print as they appear on the screen._____________________________ 29 Why don't embossed fonts appear in the font menu? __________________________________ 29 Why don't magnetic stripe fonts appear in the font menu? _____________________________ 30 Why do I get time-out errors? _________________________________________________________ 30 Initial setup problems printing Graphics, Embossing or Magnetic Stripe __________________ 31 How do I check the version of the printer driver? _______________________________________ 31 My Word 97 document doesn’t print.__________________________________________________ 31 Multiple copies of Word 6 documents don't print. ______________________________________ 31

Index ____________________________________________________________________________ 33

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List of Tables

Table 1: Supported Printer Capabilities................................................................................................ 1

Table 2: Text Fonts ................................................................................................................................. 18

Table 3: Embossing and Indent Type by Printer ............................................................................... 19

Table 4: Magnetic Stripe Tracks ........................................................................................................... 20

Introduction

The Datacard Printer Drivers for Windows® 95 and 98 provide users with the ability to print from those Microsoft® Windows operating systems to the Datacard 150i, 280, 285, and 450 Series card printers. The capabilities of these printers are listed in Table 1.

Table 1: Supported Printer Capabilities

Printer Capabilities

150i Emboss

280 Emboss

Indent Encode magnetic stripes Topping

Indent Encode magnetic stripes Print graphics Topping

285 Encode magnetic stripes

450 Emboss

This driver allows for rotation of both barcodes and printed text but not for rotation of embossed text.

What’s in this Manual

This manual contains the following information:

Introduction. This chapter provides information about system requirements and limitations.

Installing the Printer Driver. This chapter provides installation information and procedures for both the printer driver and the printer.

Print graphics

Indent Encode magnetic stripes Topping

Printer Fonts. This chapter includes information about fonts that are available using the printer driver for Windows 95 and 98.

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Printing in a Windows Environment. This chapter tells how to get information and procedures for pausing, resuming, and deleting print jobs.

Troubleshooting. This chapter includes information and procedures for solving printing problems.

System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for installing and using the printer driver for Windows 95 or 98 are:

· Microsoft Windows 95 or 98

· An computer that meets the Windows minimum requirements

· One of the following:

· A 150i printer with the following firmware:

Mainboard: 556228-501 Rev. A or above

A 2xx printer with the following firmware:

Mainboard: 596006-501 Rev. H or above

Graphics: 596199-50x Rev. A or above

A 450 printer with the following firmware:

Mainboard: 590752-501 Rev. D or above

Refer to the operator’s manual for procedures to determine the printer’s firmware level.

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Printer Driver Limitations

The Datacard printer driver for Windows 95 or 98 does not support:

· Two-sided badge printing using the Datacard QuikWorks software

· Encapsulated postscript (.eps) files

· Microsoft Windows 3.1 and NT (see separate driver for Windows NT and 2000)

· NTT (or J) encoding

· Smart card personalization

· Barcode generation: your Windows application must generate the barcode and

pass it to the driver for printing

· “Indent” fonts do not display in WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get)

· Encryption capability as required by Visa

· The 150i password for the production of major brands of financial cards (Visa,

MasterCard, etc.)

· Any magnetic stripe encoding schemes other than IATA, ABA, or TTS

· Network printing: because of the complex nature of networking, Datacard does

not provide Help Desk technical support for the printer driver in networked applications

Embossing Limitations

Cards pass through the embosser in landscape orientation and the embossing wheels print characters horizontally. Therefore, embossing must be limited to landscape orientation.

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Installing the Printer Driver

The Datacard printer driver for Windows 95 or 98 creates CPX ports. CPX ports are virtual ports that use your existing COM ports to communicate with your Datacard printer. No additional hardware is needed. Setting up an additional port in this way tells Windows to use a software component (called a Port Monitor) for printing to your Datacard printer.

1. From the Windows Start button, choose Settings and then Printers. The Printers

dialog box appears.

2. Double-click the Add Printer icon. The Add Printer Wizard dialog box appears.

3. Click the Next button.

4. If the computer is on a network, the following dialog box appears. Select Local

printer and then click the Next button.

5. Click the Have Disk button on the next window.

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6. Insert the driver disk or CD into the appropriate drive on your computer. Enter

the drive identifier, and then click the OK button.

7. Select the description of your Datacard printer from the Printers list and click

the Next button.

After several seconds, the driver files will be on your system. You must now configure the driver so it knows which port the printer is connected to.

8. Click the Add Port button.

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The Port Name dialog box appears.

9. Type the name of the CPX 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 Baud Rate Recommended

150i 9600

280 and 285 9600 57600; 19200 if less than a Pentium

450 19200

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If you select Confirmation for each data block processed, the operator must acknowledge the following message before the printer will continue to the next record. Card-by-card confirmation will reduce throughput.

If you select Cache bitmaps in printer memory, the speed of printing can increase significantly when you use Printer type fonts and print the same bitmap (for example, a logo) on several consecutive cards.

Other settings are optional. Datacard recommends that only authorized Datacard service representatives alter the remaining settings.

11. Click the OK button.

12. Click the Next button.

13. If you want, type a user friendly name for the printer. In most cases, the default

name is sufficient.

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