Product Info
Table Of Contents
- SP_Info_Central.book
- SP Series Info Central
- What do you want to do?
- Answer questions you have about using the printer
- Learn how to use this online information
- Learn more about tasks, such as installation, setup, or maintenance
- Solve problems with printing
- Access an online version of the Printer Guide
- Open help for the Printer Toolbox and Messages
- Open help for Properties or Printing Preferences
- Safety and compliance (FCC)
- Acknowledgments
- SP Series Info Central
- SP_Install_e-guide.book
- Installation
- Before you install
- Install the printer
- Installing the driver
- Upgrading the driver
- Reinstalling the driver
- Troubleshooting Installation Problems
- PC port settings
- Connecting more than one printer or more than one PC
- On the CD-ROM
- Installation
- SP_Setup_e-guide.book
- Setting up for your card design
- How do I create a card design?
- What is a card design?
- When should I perform setup tasks?
- What do I use to set up the printer?
- Why are there several interfaces to set up the printer?
- Card design checklist
- Working with Properties and Printing Preferences
- Changing the type of print ribbon
- Set up for monochrome (K) printing
- Color settings
- Changing settings in the printer
- Magnetic Stripe Setup
- Smart card setup
- Setting up for your card design
- SP_Production_e-guide.book
- SP_Supplies_e-guide.book
- SP_Troubleshooting_e-guide.book
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SP Series Info Central
– If you installed the driver from downloaded files, a message appears indicating that the SP Series
Info Central (or e-Guide) isa not installed. You can locate the download file for SP Series Info
Central and the e-Guide in the downloads area of the Datacard Web site at www.datacard.com.
–Go to Printing sample cards to complete installation.
If you will connect additional Datacard printers, you can install e-Guides for the Magna Platinum Series
printer, the Select Platinum Series printer, and the ImageCard IV printer. The procedure is slightly
different for these e-Guides. See the User Guide for the printer for details.
Install the printer driver to a USB port on Windows Me or 98
1 Close all applications. Do not close Windows.
2 With Windows running, insert the CD-ROM in the PC's drive.
3 The SmartDriver window opens automatically.
4 Make sure printer is powered on and ready.
5 Connect the printer to the PC using the USB data cable. The operating system detects the printer and
displays the Add New Hardware Wizard.
– If you are using a downloaded file, extract the files to the PC’s hard drive. The SmartDriver
installation program will start automatically when the files have been extracted.
6 Use the Add New Hardware Wizard to start the driver installation process. Close the SmartDriver
Printer Driver Setup dialog if has started automatically.
– For some Windows Me and 98 PCs, Windows finds USBPrint.inf and installs USB printer support. If
this occurs, follow the prompts. The Add New Hardware Wizard appears again; continue.
7 On Windows 98, click Next on the Wizard and do one of the following:
– If you are installing from CD-ROM, make sure that “Search for the best driver for my device
(recommended).” is chosen.
– If you are installing from files on the hard drive, click “Specify the location of the driver.”
– Click Next.
8 On Windows Me, the Wizard searches automatically and might open the SmartDriver installation
program. If it does, go to step 12.
9 Browse to the location of the DSPnp.inf file and click OK and Next as prompted.
10 The installation program displays a question asking whether you would like to view the Release Notes.
Do one of the following:
– Click Next to continue.
– Click Yes and then Next to open the Release Notes in WordPad. Close the Release Notes when you
have viewed the information.
11 If you are installing from CD-ROM, choose the information to install:
– Choose the SP Series Info Central and e-Guide. If you will connect additional Datacard printers, you
can
install e-Guides for the Magna Platinum-AIT printer, the Select Platinum-AIT printer, and the
ImageCard IV printer.
– Click to remove the check from any e-Guide that you do not want to install.
12 Click Next to copy driver files and to install the e-Guide(s) you selected.