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- Page 1 P75i User's Manual General Info. Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications User's Manual Appendix A Appendix B P75i Appendix C User's Manual No. 980496-001 Rev. A © 2004 ZIH Corp.
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Page 2: Copyright Notice
This document contains information proprietary to Polaroid. This document and the information contained within is Copyrighted by Polaroid and may not be duplicated in full or in part by any person without written approval from Polaroid. While every effort has been made to keep the information contained within current and accurate as of the date of publication, no guarantee is given that the document is error-free or that it is accurate with regard to any specification. - Page 3 Surface transportation charges for return to customers in the continental United States is paid by Polaroid. Otherwise, Polaroid pays CPT (carriage paid to) nearest airport, customer pays customs, duties, taxes, and freight from airport to destination.
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Page 4: Declarations Of Conformity
Use of a shielded cable is required to comply within Class B limits of Part 15 of FCC Rules. Pursuant to Part 15.21 of the FCC Rules, any changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by Polaroid may cause harmful interference and void the FCC authorization to operate this equipment. - Page 5 Appendix A Polaroid's Product Numbers tell the story: Appendix B Here is a quick review of Polaroid's Card Printer Series numbering and lettering system Appendix C to help you. Polaroid's P75i Plastic Card Printer Series employ Dye Sublimination and Resin Thermal Transfer Technologies.
- Page 6 An area where electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause component damage. Use a grounding wrist band. Elevated temperature hazard, capable of producing a burn. Keep Card Printer clean by minimizing cover open time. User's Manual...
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Page 7: Table Of Contents
INDICATORS AND CONTROLS ..... . . PRINTER INSTALLATION ...... -
Page 8: General Info
General Info. Getting Started Operation Printing a Card APPENDIX A - MAGNETIC CARD STRIPE ENCODER ... Cleaning APPENDIX B - SMART CARD CONTACT STATION ... . Troubleshooting APPENDIX C - ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES . -
Page 9: Getting Started
Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C P75i ETTING STARTED UNPACKING Your P75i printer ships in a carton and protective anti-static bag. Keep all packing YOUR CARD material in case you need to move or re-ship the PRINTER printer. While unpacking, inspect the carton to ensure that no damage occurred during shipping. - Page 10 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C P75i User's Manual In addition to user documentation, make sure the following items are included with your P75i printer. POWER CABLE(S) CARD CARTRIDGE INTERFACE CABLE CARD OUTPUT HOPPER CLEANING KIT CD ROM With drivers & documentation...
- Page 11 Panel buttons: The menu Button (left) is a push button used for: - bringing printer into menu mode when pressed with the printer showing READY on the LCD display. - using in Menu Mode to scroll through Menu Options.
- Page 12 1. Place the printer in a location that allows easy access to all sides. The printer should never be operated while resting on its side or upside down.
- Page 13 Appendix B Appendix C P75i User's Manual 4. Attach and secure the interface cable to printer and computer. Note: In printers with two- connectors, use the USB or the Parallel/Ethernet, never both. 5. Switch power on. Parallel Computer Connector Option...
- Page 14 Solid > 30 sec Rapid Flashing (9/sec) Slowly Flashing (1/sec) ETHERNET Press the Ethernet Push button with the printer ON to to get a Test Card. Press and hold the Ethernet Push button while turning ON the Printer to perform a RESET.
- Page 15 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C S TANDARD FEATURES 1. Print Head PLEASE NOTE: Any blue items inside the printer can be operated by the user. Contact your management or authorized dealer for more details. P75i SECURITY P75i P75i PRINTER...
- Page 16 Ribbons for full color printing (See Appendix C). RIBBONS The Resin Thermal Transfer, Dye Sublimation ribbons and monochrome ribbons specifically designed for your P75i Printer. For optimum performance and printer life (Print Head), use i Series ribbons. DO NOT TOUCH the print head or the electronic components on the print head carriage.
- Page 17 'click' signals the locked-down position. Close Cover. Please note that the ribbon automatically synchronizes whenever the print head lock down occurs. The ribbon specifications will be sent to the printer and the driver parameters will automatically be set. User's Manual...
- Page 18 General Info. Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C P75i LOADING CARDS To help you load, print, and collect cards, the P75i is equiped with the following items: - CARD CARTRIDGE For loading cards. Open Feeder door.
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Page 19: Specifications Appendix A Appendix B
General Info. Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications This item is used to clean the cards entering the printer. Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C P75i - INSTALL CARD CLEANING CARTRIDGE Remove Card Cleaning Cartridge from packaging. - Page 20 - CARD THICKNESS CONTROL LEVER This item is operated by the user to prevent more than one card feeding into the printer at the same time and causing a jam. Open Cover, and adjust lever to correct position. Repeat for different card thickness.
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Page 21: Feeding One Card At Time
General Info. Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C P75i FEEDING ONE A Manual Feed Slot is available on the side of the Card Input Hopper for feeding single cards. CARD AT A TIME Cleaning Cards are fed manually through this slot. -
Page 22: Printing A Test Card
Appendix B Appendix C P75i PRINT A TEST With ribbon and cards loaded, your P75i printer is ready to print. To check the operation of the CARD printer you should print a test card. 1. Place the printer’s power switch in the OFF (0) position. -
Page 23: Printer Menu Information
[Next] and [Select] key buttons relative to the current menu item. The printer will return to READY Mode if either of the two key Buttons is not pressed within ten seconds of entering Menu mode. - Page 24 GO TO MAIN MENU SELF TEST Next MENU Select TEST PATTERN To print a printer test card PRINT PARAMETERS To print a test card showing the operating parameter settings of the printers MAG - PARAMETERS* To print a test card showing the operating parameter settings of magnetic encoder.
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Page 25: Printing A Sample Card
Printing with the P75i Printer requires the Windows Printer Driver, your card design/issuing software or printer command level programming through the printer interface. The P75i Card Printer can be used with any Windows 95/98/Me or Windows NT4.0/2000/XP sotware application program, using the drivers provided on CD with the printer. -
Page 26: Install The P75I Printer Driver
Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C use the Polaroid Install Wizard that is provided with your documentation The Wizard will: a • Check to see which operating system you are using b • Delete previous versions of the driver and clean up any unnecessary Registry entries c •... -
Page 27: Set Printer Driver Options
Set Printer Driver Options: Printing a Card Cleaning The P75i Printer screen appears. Change the options as follows: Troubleshooting 1• On the Device Settings tab the magnetic encoder feature is automatically enabled. If you need to change settings for a Magnetic Encoder, select Specifications Magnetic Encoder settings button. -
Page 28: Print A Sample Card
Go to the Microsoft Word Software. If the printer was not selected as the default printer, go to the File menu, Select Printer and choose Polaroid P75i Card Printer from the printer names list. Then Close the print dialog box. -
Page 29: Cleaning
The recommended maintenance procedures must be performed to maintain your factory warranty. Other than the recommended cleaning procedures described in this manual, allow only Polaroid authorized technicians to service the P75i Printer. NEVER loosen, tighten, adjust, or bend, etc. a part or cable inside the printer. -
Page 30: Cleaning System
2. Insert one Pre-Saturated Cleaning Card (provided) through slot on the side of the Card Feeder Cover. 3. Press the right Panel Button for a few seconds. The card will feed into printer and carry out the cleaning process. Repeat the process with a new Cleaning Card if necessary. P75i... -
Page 31: Cleaning The Print Head
General Info. Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C N e v e r use a sharp obj e ct to scrape deposits from t he print head. Perm a nent dam a ge w i llm r esult. 1 . -
Page 32: Card Cleaning Cartridge
Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C P75i CARD CLEANING Your P75i Printer also has a Card Cleaning Cartridge. This item cleans the cards entering CARTRIDGE the printer. To ensure print quality, the cleaning roller requires periodic replacements. WHEN TO MAINTAIN Replace the cleaning cartridge roller each time you install a new ribbon. -
Page 33: Troubleshooting
Make sure the arrow on top of the assembly is facing toward the rear of the printer. Hook assembly into slot on printer and rotate down. Ensure the assembly locks in place. DO NOT touch the roller surface that contacts the card. - Page 34 ROUBLESHOOTING This section offers solutions to potential problems you may experience with your P75i printer. The table below lists the screen messages that will be displayed on the printer's LCD, both during normal operation and to alert operator of any error conditions. There is also some additional information dealing with quality issues concerning printing onto cards.
- Page 35 The printer is prompting operator maintenance CLEAN MAG HEAD The printer is prompting operator CLEANING The printer is performing an internal cleaning routine The ribbon has not been REMOVE RIBBON removed while the cleaning operation is in progress The printer ribbon has run...
- Page 36 Magnetic Encoding Errors: Check that the cards are inserted correctly in the printer. Ensure that the cards are low or high coercivity as required, and are set-up correctly in the printer driver (Appendix A).
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Page 37: Print Quality Issues
Cleaning NOTE: The Polaroid i Series ribbon is specifically designed to be compatible with all Polaroid i Series printers. Use of a Print Ribbon other than the Troubleshooting Polaroid i Series may result in poor print quality, which the following fixes may not correct. - Page 38 General Info. Getting Started Operation • Printing a Card surfaces. Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C P75i There are non-printing horizontal lines (white) on the card Possible Cause A. Ribbon is not correctly positioned. B. Print Head may be dirty. C.
- Page 39 => Solution A1.Check for ribbon in the printer. B1.Use a different supply of cards. C1.Power off the printer and check the Print Head cable connections. D1.Call Service for Print Head replacement information. For optimum print quality, always keep cover of the printer closed except during ribbon loading and card thickness control procedures.
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Page 40: Technical Specifications
• True Type fonts available via Windows Driver i Series printers require the use of i Series Ribbons for full color printing. Refer to the accessories section for more information about Card and Ribbon Media availaible from Polaroid Corp. User's Manual ECHNICAL... - Page 41 General Info. Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Overlay varnish P75i • Types PVC, Composite Cards* • Card width/length: ISO CR-80 - ISO 7810, 2.125” (54mm) by 3.375” (86mm) • Option: Magnetic Stripe - ISO 7811 •...
- Page 42 General Info. Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Environmental Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C P75i • Operating Temperature: 60 to 86°F (15 to 30°C) • Operating Humidity: 20 to 65% non condensing • Storage Temperature: 23 to 158°F (-5 to 70°C) •...
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Page 43: Card Dimensions
General Info. Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C P75i User's Manual CARD DIMENSIONS ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR PLAIN CARD ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR MAGNETIC STRIPE CARD CHIP POSITION FOR SMART CARD 0.757 in 1.124 in (19.23 mm) -
Page 44: Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder
Printers with Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder. (See Chapter 2 for location.) Appendix B INTRODUCTION Appendix C Operation and maintenance requirements for the P75i Printer with the optional magnetic card stripe encoder. (See Chapter 2 for location). The magnetic encoder can be set for either high or low coercivity. - Page 45 When loading cards into the Card Cartridge, please ensure that the magnetic stripe is facing down and closest to the rear. Also available are Printer models with the Magnetic Read/Write head positioned above the card path, with HICO encoding (P75i CM3 or P75i CEM3) or LOCO encoding (P75i CM4 or P75i CEM4).
- Page 46 - MAGNETIC ENCODER CLEANING There exists two different processes to clean the Magnetic Stripe Encoder. The first process consists of a standard cleaning of the printer. This cleans the most important parts of the printer; including the Print head, Transport Roller and Magnetic Stripe Encoder (refer to chapter 4 "Cleaning"...
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Page 47: Smart Card Contact Station
Smart Cards (ISO 7816). This printer model responds to commands that position the cards at the contact station, where the printer connects to the contacts on the Smart Cards. All other printer operations remain the same as the standard P75i model. - Page 48 CONTACT POINTS CI (VCC) C2 (Reset) C3 (Clock) C4 (RFU) C5 (GND) Refer to the Card Printer Programmer’s Manual for complete programming information. DO NOT position printing over the Smart Card Chip. User's Manual DB - 9 SMART CARD PINS...
- Page 49 Appendix B Appendix C P75i Accessories & Supplies Please contact your Polaroid dealer to place an order for accessories and supplies. RIBBONS The following ribbons may be used in the P75i Printer: Color Ribbons (Sold by the Roll) Part Number...
- Page 50 P75i User's Manual General Info. World Wide Sales and Support Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Polaroid Digital ID Systems 4650 Executive Blvd. Appendix A Ft.Wayne, IN 46808 Appendix B www.polaroid-id.com Appendix C Toll Free number: 1-866-484-0611...