User manual ZEBRA P330M

[. . . ] Zebra® P330i & P330m Card Printer User's Manual 980459-001 Rev C Foreword This manual contains installation and operation information for the Zebra P330i and P330m Card Printers manufactured by Zebra Technologies Corporation, Camarillo, California. The only difference between these models is that the P330i supports full-color ribbons (which may include a protective overcoat panel), and the P330m supports monochrome color printing only. In this manual, references that are specific to the P330i or P330m will be identified as such; references that apply to both models will use the term "the printer. " Return Materials Authorization Before returning any equipment to Zebra Technologies Corporation for in-warranty or outof-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. [. . . ] · If "Disable Single Feed Support" is selected, when the printer runs out of cards in the feeder, the LCD display will read OUT OF CARDS. · If "Enable Single Feed Support" is selected, when the printer runs out of cards in the feeder it will wait until a card is inserted in the single-card slot or cards are loaded in the feeder, and then will automatically continue. Printing a Sample Card Sample card designs are installed with the printer driver. Sample cards require Microsoft Word or Microsoft Paint application software. The cards are accessed via the Start menu. Select Start, select Programs, select Zebra Card Printers, and select a sample card, or follow the directions below to design a card. Follow these steps to design and print your first card: 1. Depending on your computer configuration this may be done by double-clicking an icon on your desktop, or by clicking the Windows Start icon, selecting Programs, and navigating to Microsoft Word 2. Go to the File menu and choose Page Setup. Select the Margins tab, and set the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right margins to 0 (zero). Click OK to close the Page Setup window. Design a card with both black and colored text and with colored pictures (see example below). us!http://www. zebracard. com Note · For cards thinner than 20 mils (0. 51 mm), the card design must be limited to (1) no more than two 30 mm x 30 mm areas of full color, (2) black information (text and barcode, for example) must cover no more than 50% of the card area, and (3) there must be at least a 5mm unprinted border along all edges. For cards thicker than 40 mils (1. 02 mm), the card design must have at least a 5mm unprinted border along all edges. For cards with thickness between 20 mils (0. 51 mm) and 40 mils (1. 02 mm), these restrictions do not apply; full color printing is permitted edge to edge in both directions. 26 P330i & P330m Card Printer User's Manual 980459-001 Rev C Printing a Card Feeding One Card at a Time 8. Once you are ready to print, go to the File menu and select Print. If the printer was not selected as the default printer, go to the File menu, select Print Setup and choose Zebra P330i Card Printer (or Zebra P330m Card Printer) from the printer names list. Then Close the Print Setup dialog box. 10. The printer will feed in a card and start printing (the data download time will vary depending on the complexity of the card design and the processing speed of your computer). 11. Once the printing job is complete, the card is ejected from the printer. Feeding One Card at a Time A Manual Feed Slot is available below the Card Input Hopper for feeding single cards. The Card Input Hopper must be empty for single-card feeding to work properly. 1. Verify that there are no cards in the feeder, then close the Card Feeder cover. 2. Insert a single card into the slot below the Card Feeder. [. . . ] Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder upgrade kits are also available. When loading cards with magnetic stripes into the card feeder, please ensure that the magnetic stripe is down and nearer to the rear of the printer. Also available are Printer models with the Magnetic Read/Write head positioned above the card path. When loading cards into one of these models, ensure that the magnetic stripe is up and nearer to the rear of the printer. 980459-001 Rev C P330i & P330m Card Printer User's Manual 47 Magnetic Card Encoder Sample Encoding Program Sample Encoding Program Refer to the Programmer's Manual (part number 98001-001). Note · ONLY USE cards that comply with ISO 7810 and 7811 standards for magnetic stripe cards. The magnetic stripe must be flush to the surface of the card to work properly. [. . . ]