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: Setup Guide
• If the coupler type is HID, Casi, or Indala, the files to support the reader are installed by Windows. For
Windows 2000, Me, and 98SE, use the Windows installation CD-ROM to install the files. (Windows XP
includes the files on the PC.) Use the RF IDeas CD-ROM provided with the smart card module which
contains the configuration utility to complete setup.
• If a contact station is installed, obtain driver files from the supplier or manufacturer.
• If the printer has a combo smart card module, obtain files for each type of coupler included.
Hardware set up
Make sure the printer driver has been installed and that the printer produces a sample card before setting
up the smart card module.
A printer with a smart card module has one or two additional ports.
• If the printer has a USB smart card port, follow these guidelines:
– The USB cable must be a type CM 30V cable, up to a maximum of 6.5 feet or 2 meters long. A
longer cable might result in electrical interference.
– Datacard recommends that you connect a smart card port directly to the PC port (without using
other USB devices, which might permit access to the smart card data).
– The Windows XP operating system includes support for contact smart card modules and for HID,
Casi, and Indala contactless modules. The files will be installed automatically when you connect the
USB smart card port to the PC. More recent files for GemPC couplers are available from Gemplus.
Install the files from Gemplus after Windows installs the device.
– If you plug in the smart card USB port instead of the printer data port when installing the printer, the
Add/Detected New Hardware wizard appears, naming the coupler as the hardware it found. For
Windows XP only, allow the wizard to complete and then connect the USB data cable to the USB
port closest to the input hopper to install the printer on the PC.
– For Windows Me and 98SE and HID, Casi, and Indala readers, use the Windows installation CD-
ROM to install contactless couplers that use a USB port.
– For Windows Me, 2000, and 98SE and contact couplers, use the downloaded files from Gemplus to
install the drivers, not the Add/Detected New Hardware Wizard. Restart Windows before you use
the coupler.
– If the printer includes two smart card modules that use a USB port, the port will be connected to an
internal hub. Make sure you have the files (described above) for both devices before you connect
the smart card USB port and the PC. When you connect the smart card USB port and PC, the PC
will identify two new devices and might display two Found New Hardware Wizards. Use only one
wizard at a time and follow the guidelines above to install each type of coupler.
• If the printer has only a serial smart card port, you can connect the hardware before installing files to
support the smart card.