Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Sprinter Flip (inc. Mag Encoding option) Quick Start Guide Printer/Software Setup Iss. 02 Dec 97 3503-22-01 Stock No.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Setting up your MAGICARD Sprinter Flip takes just three easy steps: 1. Unpack and install the printer A B C D E F G H 2. Load the supplied WINDOWS Driver software. Ix Iy J 3.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Preparing a Location for the Printer A • A clean, level surface. • Adequate space for: - opening the Card Collection Door - opening the Top Cover - cable access at the rear. - allowance for air circulation. • An adequately ventilated room.
Quick Start Guide • • • • Ultra Electronics Card Systems An adequate power supply. Ambient temperature +10 to +30 deg C. Relative Humidity 20/70% RH. Protection from direct sunlight and Card Collection Door Top Cover chemicals. • Protection from abrupt temperature changes.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems B Quick Start Guide Removing the Printer from the Box 1 2 Place on a smooth, level table and remove the polyethylene container. Carefully open the box and remove any accessories. 3 Open the front door and remove the metal shipping clip from the chassis.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Checking the Package Contents C Locate each item as listed below: 1 2 The MAGICARD Sprinter Flip 3 A Roll of Dye Film and a Take-up Core (Only supplied as standard with certain Models) The Card Cassette Page 6 MAGICARD Sprinter Flip
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide A Power Cord with Molded Plug for your Country 4 MAGICARD Sprinter Flip Page 7
Quick Start Guide 5 Ultra Electronics Card Systems 6 Envelope containing 5 Cleaning Cards and 1 Thermal Printhead Cleaning Pen. Envelope containing this Quick Start Guide and the PrintMAGIC WINDOWS Driver 3.5" floppy disk.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Install the Dye Film 1 3 D 2 Replace the Film Carrier Open the Printer Cover by lifting the "Dzus" fastener ring and turning a quarter turn anti-clockwise. Remove the Dye Film carrier. Open the Dye Film package.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems correct orientation of the dye film. Fit the empty take-up core on the upper boss, observing the correct orientation of the notches on the Take-up Core.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems 4 Manually turn the Spur Gear until the slots on the core engage with the lugs. Quick Start Guide 5 Turn the 'Dzus' Fastener 1/4 turn clockwise to lock in place. Lay the ring flat against the panel 6 Pull about 6" of dye film off the roll of dye film, observing that it should be coming off the top of the roll, as per the label illustrations.
Quick Start Guide 7 Avoid touching the tip of the thermal printhead with your hands. Feed the leading edge of the dye film over the tip of the Thermal Printhead and beneath the two guide bars, where fitted. (Refer to the diagram on the side). Page 12 Ultra Electronics Card Systems 8 Fasten the end of the dye film onto the Take-up Core with a small piece of adhesive tape, and wind on a couple of turns. Avoid creasing of the dye film and position it centrally on the core.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems E Quick Start Guide Load the Plastic Cards 1 2 3a Remove the 'tacky' roller before each batch of 100 cards, by putting your fingers beneath it and "snapping" out the left hand end of the roller. Remove surface dust by using a strip of 'Scotch' adhesive tape, and "snap" back into place. Flex a stack of plastic cards, to make sure they are not 'stuck' together. Avoid touching the surfaces to be printed.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Drop the cards flat down into the plastic Cassette, side to be printed uppermost, mag stripe to the left and facing down (if used).
Ultra Electronics Card Systems 54 Quick Start Guide 5 Close the Printer Door. Close the Printer Cover and secure the front latch. 6 Ensure that it is fully seated. Install the Cassette into the printer from the rear.
Quick Start Guide F Ultra Electronics Card Systems Connect the Printer to a Power Supply 1 Locate the ON/OFF Switch and check that it is in the OFF position. 2 Plug in the Power Cord. Plug the other end into a power socket. 3 Switch ON. The indicators should all flash and the motors run briefly. Finally, the POWER ON and ON LINE indicators will remain ON..
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Test the Printer Operation G Print an Internally-Generated Test Card to make sure your printer is working correctly: 1 2 It will take a few seconds before printing commences. When finished, a Test Card will be ejected from the aperture in the Front Panel. At the rear of the printer, locate the TEST Push-button. This is located in the rear panel, just above the Centronics parallel interface connector. Press the push-button momentarily.
Quick Start Guide H Ultra Electronics Card Systems Install the parallel Interface Cable Your MAGICARD Sprinter Flip supports bidirectional ECP as well as uni-directional parallel interfaces: 1 Switch the printer OFF. Locate the Parallel Interface connector on the rear panel. 2 Plug a good quality, screened Centronics Interface cable into this socket and secure the wire latches.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Install the WINDOWS Driver Ix Procedure to be followed if your PC uses WINDOWS 3.1 or 3.11.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems • Select the ADD>> button, the List of Printers will appear. In the List of Printers, select Install Unlisted or Updated Printer: Select the Install..... button.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide • Insert the PrintMAGIC WINDOWS Driver Disk into the floppy disk drive A. Select the OK button: • Another dialog window appears, listing the PrintMagic MAGICARD Printer Driver. Select the PrintMagic Printer.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems • After about 30 seconds, the Printers window appears and the PrintMagic MAGICARD Printer on LPT1 should have been added to the Installed Printers list. Press the Set as Default Printer button. DO NOT check the Use Print Manager check box. Select the Close button. Close the Control Panel window. NOTE: The above procedure assumes that the floppy disk drive on your PC is Drive A and also that the printers parallel port on the PC is LPT1.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Install the WINDOWS Driver Iy Procedure to be followed if your PC uses WINDOWS 95.: • Start the PC and from the desktop select the My Computer folder. Select and open the Printers folder: • Select and open the Add Printer icon.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems • Select the Next> button: • Select the Have Disk button: Page 24 MAGICARD Sprinter Flip
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide • Insert the PrintMagic WINDOWS Driver Disk into the PC Drive A.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems • Select the Next> button: • Select the desired port (usually LPT1) and select the Next> button: Page 26 MAGICARD Sprinter Flip
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide You may then be offered the choice of which printer to use as the default printer. Select the PrintMagic MAGICARD Printer and then select the Next> button: • If you opt to print a test page, do so only if the printer is connected, switched ON, loaded with cards and dye film and ready to run. The test page may be incomplete. Select the Finish button to complete the installation.
Quick Start Guide J Ultra Electronics Card Systems Printer Setup Printer Setup procedure to be followed if the Default settings differ from your requirement: Printer Setup Changes to the printer setup options performed via the Control Panel are non-volatile, until subsequently changed, even though the PC may be switched off after use.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Image Aspect Tab On this page, the card orientation may be set. There are four options:• Standard • Rotate 180 Degrees • Full Card • Full Card 180 Degrees Prints images on a card with a border. (MAGICARD 300 and MAGICARD 300 plus). As Standard, but rotated 180 degrees. Full-bleed printing up to the card edges. (MAGICARD 300 plus only).( As Full Card but rotated 180 degrees.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Color Format / Film Tab Dye Film Fitted tells the printer which kind of dye film you have installed. Page 1 & 2 Color Formats tells the WINDOWS Driver which dye film panels to use on your card for each side. For a simple color image, leave the default selection at YMC-Composite Black. If you want to print using the resin black dye panel, select YMCK-Resin Black.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Card Settings Tab Duplex Mode must be selected if requiring to print both on the front and the back of the card. It must be deselected if the doument is a single page. Manual Flip Mode does not apply to the Sprinter Flip model. This mode is used when cards are turned over manually and reinserted, after printing the top. Used only for non-Flip models.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Color Adjust The default values for the Contrast, Brightness and color balance of the printed card may be changed in this setup tab. Unless you know what you are doing, avoid changing the defaults. About Data on this page is for information only. Extensive Help information is available. When the printer set up selections have been made, click on the OK button to close the setup window and to accept any changes that have been made.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Verifying Computer to Printer Communication in WINDOWS K The simplest way to verify correct operation is to print a test image from a WINDOWS application: • Ensure that the Printer is switched ON and that the POWER ON and ON LINE indicators are lit. • Run a WINDOWS application (badge-making, desk-top publishing or image processing) on your PC, with a suitable image or artwork. • Ensure that the PrintMagic MAGICARD Printer is the default printer.
Quick Start Guide L Ultra Electronics Card Systems In Case of Difficulty Check the Installation: • • • • • • • • • • Repeat the Installation Steps in this Guide. Check that the Printer is selected to the correct mains voltage. Check that all cables are correctly connected. Check the Printer Setup in the WINDOWS Driver. Check the dye film and cards are correctly loaded. See what happens in the PrintMagic print manager (the icon appears on the Desktop during printing and the print status can be checked).
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Important Cleaning Procedures M It is very important that the MagiCard Printer be cleaned at regular intervals in accordance with these instructions. Cleaning Cards and a Cleaning Pen are included with every printer shipped Thermal Printhead Cleaning It is recommended that the Thermal Printhead be cleaned after every roll of dye film, i.e. after every 250 cards printed.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems 4. Whilst changing the dye film, and with the dye film removed, gently wipe the tip of the Thermal Printhead, using a gentle side-to-side action, with the Felt Tip Cleaning Pen supplied. 5. Using a tissue, remove any deposits from the pen tip and replace the pen cap to avoid solvent evaporation. Allow the solvent to evaporate fully from the printhead before proceeding to fit the new roll of dye film.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide 1. Hinge down the Pull-down Card Tray. Hinge down the Front Cover and lift up the Top Cover to the vertical position, and remove the Cassette. Switch ON the power supply. 2. Get the motor to turn the rollers by operating the Cover Microswitch in the hinged cover, by hand. Allow the motors to achieve full operating speed before applying the Cleaning Card to the rollers, otherwise the motors will stall and the rollers fail to turn. 3.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Cleaning the Optics 1. Using a small, soft lens brush, gently remove dust and debris from the visible mechanism and the brushstrips. Ensure the two light emitting diodes (LED's) adjacent to the Thermal Printhead, are clean and not obscured. 2. Check that the two apertures to the two optical sensors (one is 3mm diameter, the other is a fine slit in a stainless steel strip) are not obscured by debris. Cleaning the Magnetic Head (if fitted) 1.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Ultra Electronics Limited shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance or use of this material.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Limited Warranty Information 1) Coverage: Ultra Electronics Ltd Warrants that the MAGICARD printer shipped with this Warranty statement will conform to the manufacturers specifications and be free from defects in materials or workmanship for a period of 12 months from the date of original purchase by the user, but there are additional conditions on the printhead Warranty (see para 2).
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide EC Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer's Name: Ultra Electronics Limited. Manufacturer's Address: Waverley House, Hampshire Road, Granby Estate, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9XD England. declares that the products Product Name: Model Numbers: MAGICARD Sprinter Flip.
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