Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto MAGICARD 2e del fabbricante Prima
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Prima 2e Re-transfer P rinter Printer Driver Manual.
Welcome to the high performance printer driver for the XID5xxi series printer. This manual will help you to install, set-up and configure the driver to get the best results for your prints. The driver runs on 32-bit Windows platforms and was successfully tested under Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional.
Table of contents 1. Legal and Copyright Information ................................................................................................ ......... 5 2. Installa tion ........................................................................
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1. Legal and Copyright Information This product is provided on an "as is" basis, without any other warranties, or condition s, expressed or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantable quality, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or those arising by law, statute, usage of trade or course of dealing.
2. Inst allation 2.1. Printer Driver Installation Note 1: It is recommended to install the driver before you connect the printer to the PC! Note 2: System administrator privileges ar e required for driver installation! Log on to Windows as system administrator.
Note: Please note that you have to choose the exact name of the delivered member of our XID Printer Family. The wrong choice will result in a non-working printer!!! An administrator password can be set during initial installation. This password grants access to the Administration Center.
Note: It is recommended to use the proposed default path. Please verify the path shown and click " Next ". Click " Install " to continue.
Click " Continue Anyway " to continue the installation. Now the files will be installed. Click on " Finish " to complete the installation.
A reboot may be necessary, as shown below. Please wait until the driver installatio n is completed, then click " Finish ". The selected printer should appear here (see arrow): Under Start -&.
By calling the printer properties, from the " General " tab, you can print a test page as follows: After your test page has been printed successfully, click " OK ". After the installation has been completed, connect the printer to the PC and power on.
The Wizard will ask you to connect to Windows Update: Choose " No, not this time " and click " Next ". Choose " Install the software automatically " and click " Next ". Note: The hardware name (" CX-320 U6 ") may differ depending on the firmware and the ID of the printer.
The wizard will ask you for the location of the driver files. In the " Files Needed " window, click on the dropdown list box and choose the first entry. Click " OK " to continue. Click " Finish " to close the Hardware Wizard.
2.2. Advanced Printer Configuration If the printer is used in a network environment and will be shared with other users, th en click " Shared as: " and name the printer. Afterwards other users can select this printer w ithin the network environment.
The Color Management settings should only be used by experienced users. Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 15 of 77.
Note: The screenshot may differ depending on system configuration: On the " About " tab you will find the version of the installed printer driver: Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 16 of 77.
3. Printing Preferences 3.1. Introduction into driver and print technology In graphic user interfaces all options are shown dy namically as there are card feeding, loading card in magazine, card leaving the printer etc.
3.2. Layout / Setup 3.2.1. Page Orientation This option will be used to setup the page orientation between Portrait and Landscap e. 3.2.2. Set-up for Control of Printing / Encoding This option sets up the control of " Print and Encode ", " Encode only " or " No Enco ding ".
3.2.3. Set-up for use of cards with magnetic stripe or smartchip (Card Type) If the "Magstripe" or "Smartchip" checkbox is enabled, all options regarding encoding and positioning of card will be enabled. In addition, t he "Card placement in the printer tray" shows dynamically the correct images to the operator.
Flip Axis: Here you can setup the orientation of the 'card body', which is the same as the function as former 'Image Orientation'. The advantage is that you do not need to imagine how the card will rotate. Just pick up a card and you will understand the idea behind flipping the card horizontally or vertically.
3.3.3. Selection of text objects to be printed on K-plane By enabling " Text ", you are able to specify if all text or only black text should be printed on the K-plane.
3.3.4. Selection of black & white images to print on K-plane By enabling " Black and White Images " you can specify if black or black & grey images should be printed on the K plane.
It is recommended to choose either black or an extreme color, which will not be used in the rest of the layout. Pure colors (like Magenta) will never appear in digital photos, so it is safe t o use them without introducing side-effects. By clicking "OK" the color will be shown on the button.
3.3.5.2. Definition of area s for printing on K-plane In combination with the special colors (see chapter 3.3.5), you can define inclusion ar eas: After clicking on the area button the following dialo.
To create a new area: Click and draw a rectangle area while pressing and holding down the CTRL -key on the keyboard. To edit an area: Select an area you want to move or resize by clicking on the area itself or choose it from the list. You can move the area pixel by pixel using the cursor -keys.
Preview of defined sample K-Panel areas Measurement changes The following sample shows a change of units e.g. from Pixel to Inch Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 26 of 77.
Tip: Keeping values after disabling gives you the flexibility to design the areas before you enable this setting. Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 27 of 77.
3.3.6. PO Panel Area Definition (Peel Off) This function is designed to define a reas which will be prevented from printing (e.g. signature fields). The YMCK-PO looks like shown: Yellow Magenta Cyan Carbon (K) Peel Off (PO) Note: A special ribbon type is required to use this option.
The peel off area is enabled by clicking the checkbox: Warning: Use of full PO area results in non-visible printout. In each case you need to define smaller areas (e.
3.3.6.1. Definition of areas Peel Off To create a new area: Click and draw a rectangle area while pressing and holding down the CTRL -key on the keyboard. To edit an area: Select an area you want to move or resize by clicking on the area itself or choose it from the list.
Preview of defined sample K-Panel areas Tip: Keeping values after disabling gives you the flexibility to design the areas before you enable this setting.
3.4. Advanced 3.4.1. Global Print Offset and K Plane Offset Global Print Offset: Here you can shift the offset of the layout in horizontal and vertical direction by changing the values; this influences the complete layout. K-plane Offset: The changing of the values for K-plane only influences the offset of the K -plane.
3.4.3. Track Formats The track formats are shown for informational pur pose. Only standard formats are allowed to be encoded. 3.4.4. Card Output By enabling the " Card Output " option, the user can force or override the default setting of the printer driver.
3.4.5. Material Usage The " Material Usage " area shows the expected usage of color and retransfer ribbon using the currently selected options. In some rare combinations, the " Save Material " option will become available and lets you enforce material saving over production speed.
3.4.6. Sample of magnetic stripe Encoding Sending Track Information Magnetic track data is sent in the form of text strings from the application software to the printer driver, along with all of the other printable objects within your card design.
4. Advanced Intelligent Printer Management (AIPM) 4.1. Introduction The "Advanced Intelligent Printer Management" wa s developed with a focus on giving the most power and flexibility to the user. All necessary controls and settings are stored centrally in the Dispatcher (DISP) application.
4.2.1. Printers The printer line shows the printer’s status: If the printer is connected and detected by the Dispatcher and has no low level errors (e.
During the run time of DISP the card counter shows the Cards for print and Cards printed . Cards for print shows all jobs in the file list including copy prints. In special cases, e.g. if a cleaning pr ocedure is needed, an info line at the bottom shows the related info message.
Inside the Print Jobs list, the user can handle single jobs by r ight clicking with the mouse button as follows: - Delete (e.g. if unwanted after error recovery) - Suspense (e.
5. Administration Center The " Administration Center " is the central point for administrative management of hardware related settings, printer driver and LUT/passwor d control.
5.1.1. Re-transfer settings Ribbon Type Counts per roll (1000, 750) Temperature -3 (Low) ..Standard + 2 (High) Speed (Front/Back) -10 (Slow) .. Standard .. +2 (Fast) 5.1.2. Bend remedy Temperature Off .. -5 (Low) .. Standard .. 0 (High) Speed -2 (Slow) .
5.1.5. Print setting transfers Load from File An already set file can be loaded Save to File Actual settings can be saved to file From Printer Settings will be read from printer’s memory To Printer .
5.2. Options With the "Options" it is possible to enable / disable following items: 5.2.1. General Options Start DISP with printers in paused mode If enabled, the next time DISP is started (either by closing or rebooting PC) the printer will stay in paused mode.
Windows Applications Send 4 print jobs Virtual Printer (e.g. My printer group A) 3 Physical Printers assigned to the group. DISP Printer. ID = 1 Printer ID = 2 Printer ID = 3 JOB 1 JOB 4 JOB 3 JOB 2 5.
5.2.2.1. Creation of Printer Groups After clicking on " Add " in Printer Driver Profiles and Printer Grouping , the user needs to enter a new group name and the ID of the printer which will belong to this group. In the following window, the user can enter the following settings.
The following two samples show how to enter the information: Sample A: As a result of this definition the printer appears in the list. 1. 3. 2. 4. Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 46 of 77.
Sample B: When checking the maximum number of available pr inters you will get the maximum performance: It is possible to add several groups including overlapping IDs, as shown in the sample two groups named: - " PrinterXID #2 to #4 " with the IDs 2, 3 and 4 was added.
5.2.2.2. Deleting of Printer Groups There are two different ways of deleting Printer Groups: by Dispatcher or by use of the standard procedure in the Windows printer folder. We strongly recommend using Dispatcher. To delete Printer Groups the following steps have to be done: 1.
By clicking on the " Printing Preferences ... " button the user can view and setup the printer settings out of the Dispatcher for the highlighted printer name as shown below: 5.2.3.2. Exporting of Pr inter Driver Profiles By clicking on the " Export .
5.2.3.3. Importing of Printer Driver Profiles If the customer needs to import the printer profiles he can do this by clicking on the 'Import ...' button.
5.3. LUT / Password 5.3.1. Lookup Table Configuration Inside the Lookup Table Configuration the user has the possibility of using his own LUT tables. LUT tables contain the color control values, which can be used instead of the intern al printer LUT. The Lookup Table contains the values to control the print density for every color separately.
5.4. Driver Config This page allows setting, changing and removing the password of the Administration Center. When you click on " Reset " button, the following dialog appears. If a password has been set during installation, it can be changed here.
6. Advanced Chip Encoding Framework (ACEF) Included in the printer driver is the Advanced Chip Encoding Framework , which is capable of handling all card encoding itself. The mechanism is independent from the application, allowing virtually any Windows based applicati on to perform chip encoding.
6.1. Plugin architecture As the printer driver does not do the encoding itself but loads an additional piece of software that know how to "talk" with a certain encoder hardware and chip card, it is not limited to chips and encoders that are currently present on the market.
6.2. Software and Hardware Setup 6.2.1. Plugin Info When a plugin is installed properly and appears in the list of Installed Plugins , clicking on it will select and activate it.
This prevents plugins from crashing the driver by attempting to use unsupported functions of a later driver release. Plugin version The plugin's version number is shown here. This is for support purposes to determine which version of the plugin is installed on the system.
This mechanism allows easy recognition of the port name of each single encoder device in a multiple printer (and encoder) environment by plugging them in one-by-one.
6.2.3. Format Templates Some applications require different encodings, depending on the layout of the card, b ut use one chip type. Plugins can be developed to support multiple encoding styles, definitions, formats, and all in combination.
Each layout must then contain a "reference" to each format template, along with the encoding data, and the plugin would be able to understand what, where and how needs to be encoded. For an example how this reference looks like, please refer to section 6.
6.2.4. Configuration (Global Settings and Test) The most important part in the chip encoding setup is to test the communication with the encoding device and to test if the encoder can access, write to and read from the chip. Some encoders require even global settings like authentication keys or the transfer spee d, which is common for COM ports.
6.3. Application Setup The chip encoding features of the driver are application independent, i.e. the applicat ion does not need to be set-up for the specific encoder hardware of the encoding plugins.
The font, however, is not relevant for parsing, as long as if it is a standard Windows fo nt. So to summarize all of the above: Important - The encoding string must be on front page of the layout! - The encoding string must be in plain standard format with no special effects in the layout! 6.
6.5. Printing and enc oding over network Multiple workstations on the network can print on a PC that has one or more printers attached locally and has shared the printers in Windows. Such a PC is called print server . On the print server, it is mandatory that a user is logged on, otherwise the dispatcher will not be able to process the jobs.
6.7. Precoding Introduction A special preprocessing might be required by the application before encoding or printing the card , or both. In some cases, a serial number from a card needs to be processed and the card which has to be produced is selected by this serial number, i.
6.8. Encoding String In an encoding environment, there are many parameter s that must be configured in order to the encoding to be performed correctly.
corresponding section of the application's handbook on how to set up a text field with a string that can hold both, fixed and variable data. There are three types of applications that: - recogniz.
The following keywords in an encoding string are reserved by the driver and processed in a special way. Keyword Option Format Description pi mandatory Text p lug i n name This name must match with the one shown in the Installed Plugins list in Plugin Manager.
6.8.1. Encoding string examples 1. Simple encoding string {pi="Contact" ft="Guest" ...encoding data... } Uses the plugin " Contact " and the format template " Guest " to encode the encoding data, then prints the card.
4. Visual appearance of encoding strings This example shows how an encoding string does appear in the application window and does no t appear on the printed card Encoding string in the layout Printed .
7. T roubleshooting and known limit ations Print Errors As a result of the enhanced error recovery capability of the AIPM driver, the user can decide in case of an error to cancel, delete, recover, pause or re-print jobs.
8. Appendix A Layout placement on card The printer driver uses a technology that allows you to quickly setup and adjust the document properties for correct layout placement on the printed card. This section describes the idea behind it and how to find the correct settings in six int uitive steps.
Step 1: One- or two-sided layout Check if the design is a one or two-sided layout, i.e. if the layout has only a front side or a front and back side. One sided layout: Select + = Front side of card Ba.
Step 2: Landscape or portrait Check if the design is a landscape or a portrait design. Landscape Select = or Portrait Select = Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 73 of 77.
Step 3: Visible encoding features, Magnetic Stripe or Contact Chip If the card is not blank, it is important to select the features so the driver knows in which order an d the sides must be printed.
Step 4: Flip axis The driver determines the rotation of the layout sides fr om the flip axis of the card, which is the axis around which the card can be flipped and the layout stays in the correct orientation, not upside- down. The following illustration shows a vertical flip axis, i.
Step 5: Rotation of the card For non-blank cards, the layout design must cope with either the conta ct chip or the magnetic stripe or both on each side of the card. In the layout, these areas are usually left blan k and the Rotation-button allows the print to match the layout, i.
Step 6: Exchange the card sides As seen in the last step, for non-blank cards, the position of the magnetic stripe or contact chip or both must be adjusted to fit the layout.
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Prima MAGICARD 2e è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Prima MAGICARD 2e - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Prima MAGICARD 2e imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Prima MAGICARD 2e ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Prima MAGICARD 2e, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Prima MAGICARD 2e.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Prima MAGICARD 2e. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Prima MAGICARD 2e insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
