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Printer Driver for the Datacard 150i, 28x, and 450 S er ie s Printers on Windows ® 95 and 98 Ins ta llat ion an d Technical Reference Manual Novembe r 2001 Part No.
ii Revision Log Printer D river for the Datacar d Printers on Windows ® 95 and 98 Installation and Techn ical Reference Manual Revision Date Affected Pages Description of Changes A May 1998 A ll New Release B December 2001 A ll Update for new company information and Windows 98.
iii Table of Contents Introduction _______________________________________________________________________ 1 What’s in this Manu al __________________________________________________________________.
iv List of Tables Table 1: Supported Printer Capabilities ........................................................................................ ........ 1 Table 2: Text Fonts .........................................................................
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 1 Introduction The Datacard Printer Driver s for Windows® 95 and 98 provide users with the ability to print from those Microsof t® Windows operating syst ems to the Datacard 150i, 280, 285, and 450 Series card printers.
2 W indows 95 and 98 Printer Driver Installation an d Technical Reference Printing in a Window s Environment . This chapter tells how to get information and procedures for pausing, resumi ng, and deleting print jobs. Troubleshooting . This chapter includ es information and procedures for solving printing probl ems.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 3 System Requirements The minimum system requirements for inst alling and using the printer driver for Windows 95 or 98 are: ·.
4 W indows 95 and 98 Printer Driver Installation an d Technical Reference Printer Driver Limitations The Datacard printer driver for Windows 95 or 98 does not support: · Two-sided badge printing usin g the Datacard QuikWorks software · Encapsulated postscript (.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 5 Installing the Printer Driver The Datacard prin ter driver for Win dows 95 or 98 creates CPX ports. CPX ports are virtual ports that use your existing COM ports to communicate wi th your Datacard printer.
6 W indows 95 and 98 Printer Driver Installation an d Technical Reference 6. Insert the driver disk or CD into the appropriate driv e on your computer. Enter the drive identifier, and then click the OK button. 7. Select the description of your Datacar d printer from the Printers list and click the Next button.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 7 The Port Name dialog box appears. 9. Type the name of th e CP X Port, and then click OK .
8 W indows 95 and 98 Printer Driver Installation an d Technical Reference If you select Confirmation for each da ta block processed, the operator must acknowledge the following message before the printer will continu e to the next record. Card-by-car d confirmation will reduce throughp ut.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 9 14. Select whether you want Wind ows to use your Datacard printer as the default printer. In most cases you should select No . 15. Click the Fi nish button. Windows completes the inst allation of your printer.
10 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference Selecting Embossing and Indent Fonts The information that follows explains how to identify to your Windows 95 application pr ogram which fonts are r esident in your Datacard printer and how to complete the software settings.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 11 4. For the 280, 285, and 450 printers, in the Page size area select the card size you are using. The printer dr iver refers to th e card size as the paper size. Select a logical page size to restrict the printing and embossing to legal areas.
12 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 9. Click OK to close the dialog box. 10. Click OK on the Properties dialog box to save your settings.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 13 Setting 28x Printer Configuration Options The following procedure tells how to change the 28x printer configuration to work with the printer driver fo r Windows 95 or 98. The instru ctions begin at the main menu of the printer’ s display window.
14 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference Sett ing Superv isor Configuration Opt ions 1. Press F2 to choose Supervisor . 2. When prompted for an access code, press F1 and F2 . 3. Verify and set the configurat ion options identified below.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 15 Setting 450 Printer Configuration Options The information that follows explains how to change the 450 printer configuration to work with the printer driv er for Windows 95 or 98.
16 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 15. If necessary, press the EN TER button until CR is displayed. 16. Press the OPTION button. The current Buffered Mode setting appears. 17. If necessary, press the EN TER button until Off is displayed.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 17 Printer Fonts The printer driver for Window s 95 and 98 uses two types of fonts: tex t and pseudo. Refer to the tables on the pa ges that follow for specific fonts that are available.
18 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference The text fonts shown in Table 2 are av ailable in point sizes 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 24, and 36.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 19 Embossing and Indent Type The Datacard 150i, 280, and 450 pr inters support the embossing and indent type sets listed in Table 3. The printer uses an ar ea on all sides to hold the card during embossing.
20 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference Magnetic Stripe Encoding Datacard printers support the Magnetic Stripe tracks listed in Table 4.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 21 Translating Characters If you use special characters (for example, accent marks for some languages, the Visa V), you will need to translate the characters sent by you r Windows application to the corresponding positions on the embossing wheels.
22 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference For exact values to enter, refer to yo ur country’s code page in the Windows Resource Kit, available from Micros oft Corporation. Decimal values 00 through 31 (hexadecimal values 00 th ro ugh 1F) are non-pr inting control codes.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 23 Changing a Character T ransl ation 1. Select the Character Translations tab of the CPXx: properties sh eet. (If necessary, from the Windows Start button, select Setting s and then Printers .
24 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 10. Click OK to save your changes and return to the printer Properties dialog box. Click OK to close the printer Pr operties dialog box. Deleting a Translated Charact er 1. Select the Character Translations tab of the CPXx: properties sh eet.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 25 Printing in a Windows Environment You manage print jobs on your Datacard printer in exactl y the same way you manage othe r print jobs in Windows.
26 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference The Port Name dialog box appears. 5. Type in the name of the CP X port, and th en click th e OK button. The CPXx: dialog box appears. 6. Verify that the baud rate is set appropri ately for your printer.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 27 7. The new CPX port is created and assi gned to your Datacard printer..
28 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference Restoring Default Spool Settings Normally, the spool settings need not be ch anged. If they were changed, you can restore the default settings by clicking the Restore Defaults button on the Spool Settings dialog box.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 29 Troubleshooting Why do I get an error using embossed fonts? The most common error occurs when embossed fonts are n ot positioned correctly on a card. Embossed fonts can be placed anyw here on a card, exce pt for the margin area, which varies by printer.
30 Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference Applications may need to be restarted to ensure that the n ew fonts are recognized and updated in the men u. Also, in the application, make sure the corre ct printer is selected and the Page Setu p is configured proper ly for card si ze, card orientation, and margins.
Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 31 Initial setup problems printing Graphics, Embossing or Magnetic Stripe If you have followed the prescribed steps to select embossed fonts and/or magnetic stripe fonts and still cannot print su ccessf ully, the problem may be an incorrect setting in the printer itself.
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Wind ows 95 and 98 P rinter Driver Installation and T echnical Reference 33 Index .eps ......................................................................... 8 150i printer co nfiguration options ................... 16 28x printer configuration options .
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