FARGO electronic HDP5000 User Manual

HDP5000 CUPS Driver User Guide

Linux & MAC OS

Document Number L001389 Rev.1.1

Fargo HDP5000 CUPS Driver User Guide for Linux and MAC

HDP5000 CUPS User Guide Linux & Mac OS

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Revision 1.1 October 2009 HDP5000 CUPS User Guide Linux & Mac OS

Added webpage link for driver setup Updated driver install instruction

MAC Ethernet setup

Revision 1.0 August 2009 HDP5000 CUPS User Guide Linux & Mac OS

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Table of Contents

Supported Distributions CUPS 5 Installation Procedure for the CUPS Driver on Linux OS 6 Installation Procedure for MAC OS X Driver 7 HID/Fargo Printer Driver Setup 11

Selecting the Card Size 11 Selecting the Supported Ribbon Types 12 Selecting the Disable Printing Option 13 Selecting the Print Both Sides Option 13 Selecting the Split 1 set of Ribbon Panels Options 13

Using the Image Color Capabilities 14

Selecting the Color Matching Options 14

Selecting Resin Dither: 15

Following the Dye-Sub Intensity Procedure 15 Following the Resin Heat Front Procedure 16 Following the Resin Heat Back Procedure 16

Image Transfer Options 17

Selecting the Horizontal Option 17 Selecting the Vertical Option 17 Transfer Temperature 18 Transfer Dwell Time 18

K-Panel Options 19

Selecting the Front K-Panel Area 19 Selecting the Back K-Panel Options 19 Selecting the K-Panel Only Front Options 20 Selecting the K-Panel Only Back Options 20

Lamination Options 21

Lamination Position and Speed: 21 Lamination Side: 21 Lamination Film Types Per Cartridge 22 Lamination Transfer Temperatures per Cartridge 23

Magnetic Encoding Options 24

Setting the Encoding Mode 24 Setting the Coercivity 25 Sending ISO Magnetic Encoding Information 26 Sending JIS II Magnetic Encoding Information 27 Sending RAW Magnetic Encoding Information 27 Reviewing the URL Encoding Reference 27 Reviewing the ASCII Code and Character Table 28

Using the Command Line Option Setup for CUPS 29

Adding a USB Printer 29

Example output from lshal 30 Adding a Network Printer 31 Determining the Printer IP Address 32 Probing for Fargo Network Printers on the Network 33

Reviewing the File Listing 33 Printing a Sample Card 34

Entering the Print Only Command 34

Entering the Print with Mag Encoding Command 34

Managing Printer from the Cups Web Interface. 34 Printer-Specific Options 34

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Setting Printer Options 35 Canceling Print jobs from Command Line 35 General Printing Options for CUPS 35

Ethernet Installation Procedure for the MAC Driver 36 Printer Maintenance Options for Linux and Mac 40

Performing a Ribbon Sensor Calibration 40 Performing a Film Sensor Calibration 41 Performing a Lamination Sensor Calibration 42 Cleaning the Printer 43 Printing a Test Card 44

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Supported Distributions CUPS

The Common Unix Printing System (CUPS), a modular printing system for Unix-like computer operating systems, allows a computer to act as a print server. A computer running CUPS is a host that can accept print jobs from client computers, process them, and send them to the appropriate printer.

Linux 32-bit - Ubuntu 7.10, Fedora Core 7 & 8, Red Hat Enterprise 5, openSuse 10.3, NovelSuse 9.

MAC OS X Version 10.4 -10.5

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

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Installation Procedure for the CUPS Driver on Linux OS

Note: On some Linux Distributions, it may be necessary to disable SELinux (security enhanced Linux) capabilities in order to install or use the CUPS Driver.

Refer to the SELinux web site at: www.nsa.gov/selinux/ 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 fargoHDP5000-1.0.0.4-1.tgz

(Note: If an existing driver was already present on the system, it may be necessary to restart CUPS to allow the file changes to take effect.)

or the documentation for your

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Installation Procedure for MAC OS X Driver

 Download the Mac Printer Driver from www.fargosupport.com to the desktop. (This

will be in Zip format)

 Unzip the folder

 Double-click on the HDP5000V1.0.0.4 PKG folder to start the installation

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HID/Fargo Printer Driver Setup

Once the CUPS and MAC driver are installed the printer options are setup as shown below.

Go to webpage http://localhost:631 In order to access the Set Printer Driver options shown below.

(NOTE: Click here for Ethernet setup. Ethernet Installation Procedure for the MAC

Driver )

Selecting the Card Size

Card Options available include the Card Size only

Card Type, Orientation and Copies options are not supported. These options are supported in the application used to print.

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).

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Selecting the Supported Ribbon Types

Command Line Usage CUPS option Description

Ribbon = YMC Ribbon Type =

YMC

Ribbon = YMCK Ribbon Type =

YMCK

Ribbon = YMCKK Ribbon Type =

YMCKK

Ribbon = YMCKH Ribbon Type =

YMCKH

Ribbon = K Ribbon Type = K Sets the Ribbon type for the print

Ribbon = PremiumResin Ribbon Type =

Premium Resin

Sets the Ribbon type for the print job to YMC – Full Color

Sets the Ribbon type for the print job to YMCK – Full Color/ Resin Black.

Sets the Ribbon type for the print job to YMCKK – Full Color/Two Resin Black.

Sets the ribbon type for the print job to YMCKH – Heat seal.

job to Premium Resin. Sets the Ribbon type for the print

job to Premium Resin.

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Selecting the Disable Printing Option

Command Line Usage

DisablePrinting = True Disable Printing

DisablePrinting = False

CUPS option Description

Select it to encode or re-encode cards to

= Yes

Disable Printing = No

save time and avoid the use of printing supplies.

Select it to perform full printing and encoding operations.

Selecting the Print Both Sides Option

Command Line Usage

PrintBothSides = True Print Both Sides

PrintBothSides = False Print Both Sides

CUPS option Description

If the Printer is equipped with a Flipper

= Yes

= No

Module, it will print the second page of a print job on the back side of a card

If the print job has multiple pages, it will print on separate cards.

Selecting the Split 1 set of Ribbon Panels Options

Requires PrintBothSides = True and the Print Back Side option must be set to one of the “Print Only” values

Command Line Usage CUPS option Description

SplitRibbon = True Split 1 set of Ribbon

Panels = Yes

SplitRibbon = False Split 1 set of Ribbon

Panels = No

Select this option to automatically print full-color on the front of a card and resin black on the back of a card.

Each side of the card will use a full set of Ribbon panels regardless of the Ribbon configuration.

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Using the Image Color Capabilities

Selecting the Color Matching Options

Command Line Usage

ColorMatching = System

ColorMatching = None Color Matching =

CUPS Option Description

Color Matching = System Color Management

None

This provides a closer match to the RGB color specifications. (Note: This option shifts colors to a different color model so the colors in the image will more closely match how they appear on the monitor.)

Select None for print speed versus print color or for use of third party color matching software.

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