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
• For a user connected through a network using Printer Sharing, select Allow only for the Print
permission. (Select Deny for Manage Printers and Manage Documents.)
8 Select Apply to save the change. Save changes for each name.
9 Repeat steps 5 through 8 to add other users or groups.
10 Select OK to close the Properties dialog box.
Changing the type of printer connected
The SmartDriver supports SP35 printers, Select printers (Platinum Series or with Advanced Imaging
Technology), Magna printers (Platinum Series or with Advanced Imaging Technology), and ImageCard
IV printers. Each of these groups is considered a printer type. You can directly connect one type of
printer to a PC, install the SmartDriver, and, at a later time, connect a different type of Datacard printer.
If the printer is connect using a direct network connection, the PC will detect the printer connected and
change driver settings.
• If another printer is connected to a USB port, the operating system detects the new printer and starts
the Add/Detected New Hardware wizard.
• On the Windows XP operating system, the operating system can detect the changed printer and display
the Add/Detect New Hardware wizard. Follow the wizard. If the wizard displays a message indicating
that it cannot find the ds.ppd file, click Cancel on the message box to continue and use the printer.
This feature is designed for use in limited situations, such a connecting a backup printer when the main
printer is out of service.
Operating tips for changing the type of printer
• When the printer is powered up and connected, the SmartDriver detects the type of printer attached.
The SmartDriver reads settings from the printer and updates values on the PC for the printer.
• The Properties or Printing Preferences dialog box includes a Printer Type setting. In addition, the
Printer Toolbox displays the type of printer connected.
• You must set the Printer Type on the Client PC for a shared printer. The driver on a Client PC cannot
communicate directly with the printer and so cannot determine the type of printer connected.
• If a printer is connected and running, the SmartDriver will detect it and change the Printer Type to
match the machine connected. (Power off the printer or disconnect it if you do not want the SmartDriver
to detect that type of printer.)