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About the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The outside of the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The inside of the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features and options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Loading cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Loading print ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Power on the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The LCD panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Making a printer test card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Data formats for the SP Series Card Printer. . . . . 15
SmartDriver data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Open Card data format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Data formats summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Printer Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Site requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Useful tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Network installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Prepare the printer for installation . . . . . . . . . 26
Connect the printer to the network . . . . . . . . 27
Set up the network printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Set up for your card design . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
SNMP support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Print a card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
From the SmartDriver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Using the Open Card data format . . . . . . . . .38
Cleaning the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Cleaning the printer rollers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Getting the most out of your printer. . . . . . . . . . . .43
Printer LCD settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
LCD menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
View status settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
View the Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
View the Firmware Revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
View Card Counts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
View the Data Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
View the Network Address Mode,
IP Addresses, and MAC Address . . . . . .51
Change settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Set LCD Backlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
