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
– Ports: Shows the port to which the printer is connected, and includes the Port Settings button for
setting up a directly networked printer.
– Advanced: Contains the “Update Driver” button. Use the Datacard installation, not this button, to
install a more recent printer driver
– Color Management: Allows you to load a color profile (the printer does not include a color profile).
– Security: Contains setting you use to grant or deny permissions to the printer for users of the PC.
6 If you make changes, click OK to save the settings and close the dialog box. If you do not want to
make changes, click Cancel to close the Properties dialog box.
7 If you change the port or change the printer name, reboot the PC before printing.
Use the Printing Preferences dialog box
Make sure the printer power is on and the printer is connected to the PC.
1 Select Start from the Windows 2000 or XP task bar.
2 From the Windows Start menu, select Settings and then Printers (2000) or Printers and Faxes (XP).
The Printers (and Faxes) window appears.
3 Click once on the SmartDriver icon.
4 Select File from the Printers menu bar, and then select Printing Preferences. The SmartDriver Printing
Preferences dialog box appears.
– If you have the Printer Toolbox open, you can click the Printing Preferences button on the Status
page to open the Printing Preferences dialog box.
5 View or change settings.
– If the setting you want to change appears, select the setting.
– If the setting you want to change does not appear, click the Advanced button to display the
Advanced Options dialog box.
– Click the plus sign (+) to see all selections available.