User manual POLAROID P100 PRINTER

[. . . ] 110439A © Polaroid Rev. 1. 1 FOREWORD This manual contains installation and operation information for the Polaroid P100 Series card printers manufactured by Polaroid Corporation. RETURN MATERIALS AUTHORIZATION Before returning any equipment to Polaroid Corporation for in-warranty or out-of-warranty repair, contact Repair Administration for a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) number. Repack the equipment in the original packing material and mark the RMA number clearly on the outside. Ship the equipment, freight prepaid, to the address given to you by Repair Administration. COPYRIGHT NOTICE This document contains information proprietary to Polaroid Corporation. This document and the information contained within are copyrighted by Polaroid Corporation and may not be duplicated in full or in part by any person without written approval from Polaroid. [. . . ] To install the P100 Printer Driver in Windows 95/98, use the following steps: IMPORTANT NOTE - ENSURE THAT YOUR PC PRINTER PORT IS SET TO STANDARD MODE AND ALSO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE DELETED ANY PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THIS PRINTER DRIVER. IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR IT DEPARTMENT. This installation uses floppy drive 'A' or from CD Rom as the installation drive with the printer used as stand alone. ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Start your computer and then Windows. Insert your 'Polaroid Driver' diskette into the drive 'A' or CD drive. Under Windows click the Start button, select Settings, then Printers. Double click on the Add Printer icon and also Next. Ensure Local Printer is selected and click on Next. Click on Have Disk and then type in 'A:\win95' and click OK. P100 CARD PRINTER should be displayed after which click on Next. Choose LPT1 : Standard Printer Port, click on Next, select Yes to set as Default Printer and click on Finish to install. The Printer Wizard will copy the necessary files to the PC for you and the P100 printer driver installation will be completed. 20 PRINTING A SAMPLE CARD B. To install the P100 Printer Driver in Windows NT4. 0: Ensure that you have administrative privileges to perform this installation or contact your Information Technology Department. Set printer as Not Shared for stand alone use. Use the steps provided for Windows 95/98 installation with the exception of step 6. where you must type in 'A:\nt40' instead and click OK. Once the printer driver has been successfully installed, you will need to configure it for your printer. This driver provides control of several printer features when printing from Windows applications. These features are accessed through the P100 Plastic Card Printer Properties. To access these properties select the P100 Card Printer icon in Printers. Then click File Menu and select Properties. C. Set Printer Driver Options The P100 Printer screen appears. Change the options as follows: ° ° ° ° ° On the Printer tab configure the magnetic encoder feature. If your printer is equipped with a Magnetic Encoder option, select With Magnetic Encoder option. On the Card tab select card orientation: Landscape or Portrait - Select 'Landscape'. On the Ribbon tab, select the Ribbon Type. [. . . ] The magnetic stripe must be flush to the surface of the card to work properly. Never use taped-on magnetic stripes. 40 APPENDIX A B. MAGNETIC ENCODER CLEANING There exists two different processes to clean the Magnetic Stripe Encoder. The first process consists of a standard cleaning of the printer. [. . . ]