User manual POLAROID P4000

[. . . ] P4000 Printer Guide 566372-002 Rev B January 2006 Information resources for the P4000 ID card printer: To install one printer to a PC using a USB cable, see the Installation Map, shipped at the top of the printer carton. For detailed installation information or for special situations (such as network installation), see e-Guide/ InfoCent. chm on the driver CD-ROM. Message Help If you see a message, click Help on the message box. Printer Guide This Printer Guide contains operating information for the printer and driver. [. . . ] The printer is paused (without an error) or is initializing. Steady Amber Status Light Description Blinking Amber Meaning The printer has an error. Check the following: · See the PC for a message. · · If you used the Power-on/Ready sequence to print a test card, check the printer for problems. If you changed the printer name, power the PC off and on. Steady Red The printer has a condition that requires service or the printer did not power-on correctly. To attempt to correct the condition, power the printer off and on before calling for service. The printer power is off. Off Page 12 Page 13 Opening Printing Preferences Begin with the printer connected to the PC and powered on so values are saved correctly. 1 2 3 Choose Start from the Windows task bar. Choose Settings and then Printers (and Faxes). Click once on the PCID Driver printer icon to select it. -- The driver must be installed for the printer icon to be present. -- PCID Driver is the default name of the printer. -- From the menu bar, choose File and choose Printing Preferences, and then click the Advanced button. It might take a few moments for the dialog box to appear. Printing Preferences dialog box for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. 5 View settings or change settings. -- Make sure that driver settings match printer features and supplies used. -- The Print Ribbon Type setting is read from the printer and cannot be changed (for most connection types). -- If you change the card design, review and update all settings for the new card design. -- Use the default settings of "Spool printing so program finishes printing faster. " and "Enable bi-directional support. " -- To open the Printer Toolbox, choose "Open Printer Toolbox. " 6 Choose OK to save and close or choose Cancel to close without saving changes. See Info Central for detailed setup information, including information about settings for card features. Printing Preferences dialog box for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Page 14 Page 15 Open the Printer Toolbox The Printer Toolbox icon is located in the lower right corner of the Windows desktop. The icon shows the status of communication between the printer and PC. See Info Central for details about the icon. By default, the Printer Toolbox dialog box is displayed. If it is not, do one of the following to display it: -- Double-click the icon. [. . . ] See Setup in Info Central. 2 The printed cards do not look the way that was intended. Cards jam often. · 3 · · 4 The ribbon has broken. · · What is the problem?5 The printer does not respond when printing a card or when clicking "Resume" on the Printer Toolbox. Try this: · · · · Make sure the printer is plugged in. [. . . ]