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SP35 Info Central
– The status might change to "Printer is busy" or "Network is not responding" after communication
resumes.
Messages
• The printer driver displays messages when the driver has a problem sending a card or when the printer
has a problem completing a card. Any PC with the driver installed and connected to the printer over the
network using a print server can display messages from the printer.
• Messages not associated with a job, such as startup and out of ribbon messages, can appear on all
PCs that send jobs to the printer.
Administration
• Several tasks should be performed only from the Admin PC. In addition, Datacard recommends that
other PCs connected to the printer not use the printer while administration tasks are performed on the
Admin PC. (The PCs can be powered off or users can exit from the Printer Toolbox and avoid printing.
If the Printer Toolbox is active, it can display messages that result from the administrative tasks.)
• Actions you take while performing administrative functions can cause messages to be issued. At times,
the messages will not be displayed on the Admin PC but can be displayed on other PCs if the Printer
Toolbox is active.
Printer sharing
This section describes how you can print to a printer over a network using Microsoft File and Printer
Sharing. A shared printer is connected to a PC with the printer driver installed (host PC). Users at other
PCs on the network (clients) can print to the shared printer over the network. Up to 10 client PCs can share
the printer at one time. Users at client PCs do not have the same level of access to the printer driver as a
user at the host PC.
The following operating system configurations are supported:
• Both the client and host PCs run Windows 2000.
• Both the client and host PCs run Windows XP.
• Both the client and host PCs run Windows Me or Windows 98 (Second Edition).
Requirements for local printer sharing
Before sharing a printer over the network, meet the following requirements:
• A network card is installed in and working on each PC to use the printer.
• The same Windows operating system is installed on and operating on each PC.
• If you are installing both a network card and a service pack or Windows upgrade, install the network
card first and then install the service pack or upgrade. If you installed a service pack or upgrade before
installing a network card, you must install the service pack or upgrade again.
• The printer must be enabled for sharing. See Windows help for information on enabling printer sharing.
• The PC with the printer attached must remain on, and the Windows operating system must be running.
For Windows 2000 and XP, a user with Print, Manage Printers, and Manage Documents permissions to
the printer must be logged on at the host PC so that other users can print.
• If more than one printer is connected to a PC and one is a shared printer, the printers must have
different names.