Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD 300 Color Printer MAGICARD 300 MAGICARD 300plus MAGICARD Sprinter (inc. Mag Encoding options) Quick Start Guide Printer/Software Setup Iss. 03 Dec 97 3461-22-02 Stock No.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Setting up your MAGICARD Color Printer 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.
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Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems 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.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems • • • • Quick Start Guide 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.
Quick Start Guide B Ultra Electronics Card Systems 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.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Checking the Package Contents C Locate each item as listed below: 1 2 The MagiCard Color Printer 3 The Card Cassette 4 A Roll of Dye Film and a Take-up Core (Only supplied as standard with certain Models) A Power Cord with Molded Plug for your Country MAGICARD Color Printer 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 Open the Printer Cover by lifting the "Dzus" fastener ring and turning a quarter turn anti-clockwise. Remove the Dye Film carrier. 3 D 2 Open the Dye Film package. Fit the dye film on the lower boss, observing the 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.
Quick Start Guide 4 Manually turn the Spur Gear until the slots on the core engage with the lugs. Ultra Electronics Card Systems 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.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems 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). MAGICARD Color Printer Quick Start Guide 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.
Quick Start Guide E Ultra Electronics Card Systems Load the Plastic Cards 1 2 Flex a stack of plastic cards, to make sure they are not 'stuck' together. Avoid touching the surfaces to be printed. 3a Drop the cards flat down into the plastic Cassette, side to be printed uppermost, mag stripe to the left and facing down (if used). 3b 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.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems 54 Quick Start Guide 5 Close the Printer Cover and secure the front latch. Install the Cassette into the Printer.
Quick Start Guide F Connect the Printer to a Power Supply 1 Locate the Mains Voltage Selector Switch on the rear panel and check that it is correct for your country - select 115V or 230V. 3 Plug in the Power Cord. Plug the other end into a Power Supply socket. Page 14 Ultra Electronics Card Systems 2 Locate the ON/OFF Switch and check that it is in the OFF position. 4 Switch ON. The indicators should all flash and the motors run briefly. Finally, the POWER ON and ON LINE 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.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems the internal software version is printed on the test card.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems H Quick Start Guide Install the parallel Interface Cable and Ultra Secure Key 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. Plug the other end into the Printer connector of your PC (LPT1 or LPT2) 3 Note the position for the Ultra Secure Key at the rear of the Magicard Printer.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Install the WINDOWS Driver Ix Procedure to be followed if your PC uses WINDOWS 3.1 or 3.11.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide • 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.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems • 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.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide • 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.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems 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.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide • Select the Next> button: • Select the Have Disk button: MAGICARD Color Printer Page 23
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems • Insert the PrintMagic WINDOWS Driver Disk into the PC Drive A.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide • Select the Next> button: • Select the desired port (usually LPT1) and select the Next> button: MAGICARD Color Printer Page 25
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems 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.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems J Quick Start Guide Printer Setup Printer Setup procedure to be followed if the default setting 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.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Image Aspect 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.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Colour Format / Film Dye Film Fitted tells the printer which kind of dye film you have installed. The dye film supplied with your printer is five panel UR1 dye film. Leave the default selection at YMCKO Resin. Note that UR8 dye film is only valid for the Magicard Flip Model. Page 1 Color Format tells the WINDOWS Driver which dye film panels to use on your card. For printing on the resin black dye panel leave the default selection at YMCK - Resin Black.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Overcoat Page 1 - Overcoat check box can be used to turn overcoating on and off. Page 1 - Ultra Secure check box can be used to turn this security feature on and off. An Ultra Secure key must of course be fitted to enable this feature. Page 1 Overcoat Areas/Windows can select the options for specific areas of the card to be overcoated, or for windows to be left in the overcoat (up to five in each case). Overcoating is a 2.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Card Settings Duplex Mode - when checked, will convert the driver to allow double-sided printing. this function only applies to Magicard Flip models so leave this checkbox switched off. Manual Flip Mode - allows operators, running non-Flip models, to manually turn the printed card over and reinsert for printing on the back. Print on Back Only - For Magicard Flip models only, leave unchecked.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems X Start Position - This function allows the operator to adjust the position of the start of the image. A 1% shift is approximately 0.1mm. For interfacing to earlier models, leave set at the default value of 50, to prevent file errors. X End Position - This function allows the operator to adjust the position of the start of the image. A 1% shift is approximately 0.1mm. This adjustment only applies to Full Bleed models.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide Mag Encoding using the WINDOWS Driver If you wish to use the magnetic encoder from within a WINDOWS application, create a text string with a tilde (~) symbol at the beginning and place the string anywhere on the image, using a black true type font.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems 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.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems L Quick Start Guide 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).
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems 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.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide 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.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems 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.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide 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.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems LED Error Codes N The MAGICARD printer has extensive error trapping facilities, to provide the operator or service agent with fault diagnosis information. ON LINE and ERROR Indicator Flashing The ON LINE indicator flashing indicates that the printer is receiving and processing a file of image data. If the ERROR indicator is also illuminated continuously, it indicates that the file of image data is incomplete and that the printer is waiting for the rest.
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).
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Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems 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: Product Name: Model Numbers: MAGICARD 300 Color Card Printer. 3461-0002 (basic model) 3471-0002 (+Mag Encoding option) MAGICARD 300plus Color Card Printer.
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