User manual POLAROID P75 PRINTER

[. . . ] User Manual P75 © 2000 POLAROID FOREWORD This manual contains installation and operation information for the Polaroid 75 Series card printers manufactured by Polaroid Corporation. RETURN MATERIALS AUTHORIZATION Before returning any equipment (camera or printer) to Polaroid 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. 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 is copyrighted by Polaroid Corporation and may not be duplicated in full or in part by any person without written approval from Polaroid. [. . . ] The Resin Thermal Transfer and Dye Sublimation ribbons are specifically designed for your P75 Printer. For optimum performance and printer life (Print Head), always use approved ribbons. DO NOT TOUCH the print head or the electronic components on the print head carriage. Discharges of electrostatic energy that accumulates on the surface of the human body or other surfaces can damage the print head and other electronic components used in this device. 1. With printer power on and READY status, open cover and press down on the Print Head Unlock Lever to open the print head carriage. The print head carriage will pop open. Continued on next page . . . . . . 2. 2 SUPPLY SPINDLE 3. Load ribbon onto the supply spindle (under print head carriage) and empty core (with tape attached) onto the takeup spindle. Make sure the ribbon comes off the top of the supply spindle and feeds to the top of the take-up spindle. TAKE UP SPINDLE `CLICK' 4. The Card Cartridge must be empty for manual card feeding to work properly. For one-at-a-time printing, feed cards through slot on side of Hopper. Do not feed more than one card at a time. REMOVING CARD Remove the Card Cartridge prior to CARTRIDGE packaging the printer for shipment. To remove, pull hook back, and lift hopper out. HOOK 2. 7 PRINTING A TEST CARD With ribbon and cards loaded, your P75 printer is ready to print. To check the operation of the printer you should print a test card. 1. LCD display will show printing status. This is an example of the test card. 2. 8 PRINTER MENU INFORMATION The printer is equipped with a LCD Display which gives access to different menus. Menu key moves from READY Status into the Main Menu by pressing the Menu Button : Menu Button [NEXT] Clear Button [SELECT] The top line display shows menu information. The second line of display clarifies the function of the two [NEXT] and [SELECT] press buttons relative to the current menu item. 2. 9 Printer Model Number Printer Firmware Version PRINTER INFO Number of impressions GO TO MAIN MENU CLEAN PRINT HEAD To clean the Thermal Print Head and card transport system CLEANING CLEAN MAG. HEAD To clean the magnetic Encoder Head GO TO MAIN MENU READY SELF TEST TEST PATERN To print a printer test card PRINT PARAMETERS To print a test card showing the operating parameter settings of the printers MAG - PARAMETERS To print a test card showing the operating parameter settings of magnetic encoder. It may not match the ribbon physically installed until the installed ribbon has been selected through the driver Offset X: aa-Y:bb To show the X print location offset value in pixels (aa) To show the Y print location offset value in pixels (bb) Mag. Option: cccc To show the setting of the magnetic encoder as (cccc), which can be: - HICO (high coercivity) - LOCO (low coercivity) - NONE (no encoder present) Color Parameters To show the intensity values of Yellow (Y), Magenta (M) and Cyan (C) panels and contrast value of Black Resin (K) Panel. GO TO MAIN MENU PRINTER DEFAULTS 2. 10 3 STARTING TO PRINT CARDS Printing with the P75 Printer requires the Windows printer driver, the Windows ID Card Maker application software package or printer command level programming through the printer interface. The P75 Card Printer can be used with any Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4. 0 software application program, using the drivers provided with the printer. This section contains information on the printing of a sample card in color (using the 5-Panel color ribbon YMCKO) and the Windows printer driver. BEFORE installing updated printer driver versions, always delete the existing printer driver version from your computer. 3. 1 TO INSTALL THE P75 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. This installation uses floppy drive 'A' as the installation drive with the printer used as stand alone. Insert your 'POLAROID Software' diskette into the drive 'A'. Click on Have Disk and then type in 'A:\win95' and click OK. Choose LPT1 : ECP Printer Port, click on Next, select Yes to set as Default Printer and click on Finish to install. 8. The Printer Wizard will copy the necessary files to the PC for you and the P75 printer driver installation will be completed. TO INSTALL THE P75 PRINTER DRIVER IN WINDOWS NT4. 0: Ensure that you have administrative privileges to perform this installation or contact your IT department. [. . . ] Poor Print Quality: Print a Self-Test card, and check that the printer is clean and dust free. Check that the correct type of ribbon is being used and is specified correctly in the Windows driver. Ensure that the cards are clean and are not covered by loose plastic particles. Do not try reprinting previously printed cards as the ink will not bond correctly to the card Missing areas of print: Ensure that the cards are flat and free from any surface depressions. [. . . ]