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
Choose one of the following procedures, depending on whether you will use a wired or wireless
connection.
Installing a wired network connection
1 Connect the HP jetdirect 175x print server to the printer, using the USB cable shipped with the print
server.
2 Connect the print server to the network. See the setup information provided with the print server.
3 Connect the print server to a power source.
4 Plug in the printer power cord to power on the printer.
5 Insert the print server CD-ROM in the drive of the administrative PC. The CD-ROM automatically
starts. Click on Install to run the utility that sets up the print server and network printer. Follow the
prompts to complete print server setup.
– Be sure to record the server name or IP address, which you will use when you install the
SmartDriver on the PCs that send print jobs.
6 On each PC that will send jobs to the printer, beginning with the Admin PC, install the SmartDriver. See
Installing the driver and follow these guidelines:
– Choose to install a directly networked printer.
– Make sure than each printer has a unique name on the PC. One PC can connect to multiple
Datacard printers on the network.
7 Configure the port to define the connection between the printer and PC.
a After installing the driver, open the printer Properties dialog box.
b In the Properties dialog:
• On Windows 2000 and XP, make sure you are logged in as the Administrator. (Users and Power
Users cannot complete this task successfully.) Select the Ports tab. Click the Configure Port
button.
• On Windows Me and 98, select the Details tab. Click the Port Settings button.
c Enter the server name or IP address of the print server (from step 5). If your network uses DHCP,
use the server name (not the IP address, which the network changes).
d Click OK to save the setting. Open the Enter Network Address dialog box again.
e Click the Test button to verify that the PC can communicate with the print server. If the PC does not
communicate with the printer, see Troubleshooting a direct network installation.
8 With the Properties dialog box open, select the General tab. Click the Print Test Page button to send a
Windows test page to the printer. If the test page prints, the printer has been successfully installed.
Installing a wireless network connection
On Windows 2000 and XP, make sure you are logged in as the Administrator. If networking is set up on
the PC, log into the network.
1 Install the wireless network adapter, including the driver files, to the PC. Follow the instructions
provided with the adapter to install it.