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Magicard 2e Driver Manual

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  • Page 1 Prima 2e Re-transfer Printer Printer Driver Manual...
  • Page 2 Prima 2e 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Print setting transfers...42 5.2. Options ...43 5.2.1. General Options...43 5.2.2. Printer Driver Profiles and Printer Grouping Definition...44 5.2.3. Setting up Printing Preferences and Managing of Printer Driver Profiles ...50 5.3. LUT / Password...51 5.3.1. Lookup Table Configuration...51 5.3.2. Password ...51 5.4.
  • Page 4 6.7. Precoding ...64 6.8. Encoding String...65 6.8.1. Encoding string examples...68 Troubleshooting and known limitations ...70 Appendix A...71 Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 4 of 77...

  • Page 5: Legal And Copyright Information

    Prima 2e Driver Manual Legal and Copyright Information This product is provided on an "as is" basis, without any other warranties, or conditions, 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. You assume the entire risk as to the results and performance of the Software.

  • Page 6: Installation

    Prima 2e Driver Manual Installation 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 are required for driver installation! Log on to Windows as system administrator.
  • Page 7 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.
  • Page 8 Prima 2e Driver Manual 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. Page 8 of 77...
  • Page 9 Prima 2e Driver Manual Click "Continue Anyway" to continue the installation. Now the files will be installed. Click on "Finish" to complete the installation. Page 9 of 77...
  • Page 10 A reboot may be necessary, as shown below. Please wait until the driver installation is completed, then click "Finish". The selected printer should appear here (see arrow): Under Start -> Programs -> XID5xx Printer, you should see the related modules Page 10 of 77...
  • Page 11 Prima 2e Driver Manual 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 Hardware Wizard appears and shows a signature warning: Click "Continue"...
  • Page 12 Prima 2e Driver Manual 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.
  • Page 13 Prima 2e Driver Manual 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.

  • Page 14: Advanced Printer Configuration

    Prima 2e Driver Manual 2.2. Advanced Printer Configuration If the printer is used in a network environment and will be shared with other users, then click "Shared as:" and name the printer. Afterwards other users can select this printer within the network environment.
  • Page 15 Prima 2e Driver Manual The Color Management settings should only be used by experienced users. Page 15 of 77...
  • Page 16 Prima 2e Driver Manual Note: The screenshot may differ depending on system configuration: On the "About" tab you will find the version of the installed printer driver: Page 16 of 77...

  • Page 17: Printing Preferences

    The print order per full color site with an YMCKK ribbon appears as following: Yellow Magenta Cyan P r i n t d i r e c t i o n Prima 2e Driver Manual Carbon (K) Carbon (K) Carbon (K) Page 17 of 77...

  • Page 18: Layout / Setup

    Prima 2e Driver Manual 3.2. Layout / Setup 3.2.1. Page Orientation This option will be used to setup the page orientation between Portrait and Landscape. 3.2.2. Set-up for Control of Printing / Encoding This option sets up the control of "Print and Encode", "Encode only" or "No Encoding".

  • Page 19: Set-Up For Use Of Cards With Magnetic Stripe Or Smartchip (Card Type)

    Type) If the "Magstripe" or "Smartchip" checkbox is enabled, all options regarding encoding and positioning of card will be enabled. In addition, the "Card placement in the printer tray" shows dynamically the correct images to the operator. Please note that the magstripe function is for visualization AND activation.

  • Page 20: K/Po Panel

    This tab allows you to both define the kind of extraction methods for placing different objects to the K-plane (Carbon black) and to define inclusion areas for PO (peal-off) separately for front and back. 3.3.2. Default Settings Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 20 of 77...

  • Page 21: Selection Of Text Objects To Be Printed On K-Plane

    Prima 2e Driver Manual 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. Sample: The upper text box was printed with K and the lower box with YMC:...

  • Page 22: Selection Of Black & White Images To Print On K-Plane

    Prima 2e Driver Manual 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. 3.3.5. K Plane options 3.3.5.1.
  • Page 23 Prima 2e Driver Manual 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 to use them without introducing side-effects.
  • Page 24 Prima 2e Driver Manual 3.3.5.2. Definition of areas for printing on K-plane In combination with the special colors (see chapter 3.3.5), you can define inclusion areas: After clicking on the area button the following dialog window appears: Page 24 of 77...
  • Page 25 Prima 2e Driver Manual 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.
  • Page 26 Prima 2e Driver Manual Preview of defined sample K-Panel areas Measurement changes The following sample shows a change of units e.g. from Pixel to Inch Page 26 of 77...
  • Page 27 Prima 2e Driver Manual Tip: Keeping values after disabling gives you the flexibility to design the areas before you enable this setting. Page 27 of 77...

  • Page 28: Po Panel Area Definition (Peel Off)

    Prima 2e Driver Manual 3.3.6. PO Panel Area Definition (Peel Off) This function is designed to define areas 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.
  • Page 29 Prima 2e Driver Manual 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.g. signature fields). After clicking on the PO area button the following window appears:...
  • Page 30 Prima 2e Driver Manual 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.
  • Page 31 Prima 2e Driver Manual 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. Page 31 of 77...

  • Page 32: Advanced

    Prima 2e Driver Manual 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.

  • Page 33: Track Formats

    Independent from speed or material usage settings, the Card Output options "Front up" or "Front down" will force the card orientation when leaving the printer. This option should be used only if an external lamination unit is attached to the printer. Page 33 of 77...

  • Page 34: Material Usage

    Prima 2e Driver Manual 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.

  • Page 35: Sample Of Magnetic Stripe Encoding

    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. For the printer driver to differentiate between magnetic track data and the rest of the printable objects, the magnetic track data strings must be uniquely "tagged"...

  • Page 36: Advanced Intelligent Printer Management (Aipm)

    Dispatcher (DISP) application. The user has direct access to all setting parameters he needs. The Dispatcher is a part of the printer driver and appears in the program group under the XID5xx Printer folder or starts automatically when launching a print job.

  • Page 37: Printers

    - Red Fatal error Every printer can be set into Pause Mode or continue individually. This function is very useful e.g. if the user wants to change the ribbon or insert new cards into the tray. 4.2.2. Material Capacity List For all three printer consumables the remaining capacity will be shown separately: Retransfer Film, Color Ribbon and Cards in Tray.

  • Page 38: Tools

    If there is a reason to cancel running prints the clear statement deletes the jobs from the Windows spooler. - Reset Counter: Here the counter can be reset without closing and restarting DISP. Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 38 of 77...
  • Page 39 Prima 2e Driver Manual Inside the Print Jobs list, the user can handle single jobs by right clicking with the mouse button as follows: - Delete (e.g. if unwanted after error recovery) - Suspense (e.g. job can wait) - Restart (e.g. after an error occurred) - Move to top (prioritization) Depending on the actual status of the print job, particular functions may not be available.

  • Page 40: Administration Center

    Administration Center. The following Plug-In DLLs are included by default: 5.1. Printer Settings The "Printer Settings" tab enables the user to set the printing parameters e.g. speed, temperature etc. in a comfortable manner via PC separately for every detected printer. This involves the...

  • Page 41: Re-Transfer Settings

    (for future use) 5.1.4. Other settings ISO Type HiCo or LoCo Magstripe Cards Card Type Normal or Cybernetic Size (future use) Printer Stand By No .. 60 minutes Buzzer On or Off Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 41 of 77...

  • Page 42: Print Setting Transfers

    Settings will be downloaded and stored to the printers memory Test Print Starts a test print Card Material Predefined settings for several cards Note: These settings are samples only and need to be checked with test material! Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 42 of 77...

  • Page 43: 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. Dispatch copy print to all available printers If enabled, all copy print jobs will be served to all available printers.

  • Page 44: Printer Driver Profiles And Printer Grouping Definition

    Solutions to define several groups of "virtual" printers. If created, every Windows application can print to one virtual driver shown in the Windows printer folder without sending jobs individually. In addition, a single printer can be defined as a virtual printer for routing the jobs to specific printer.

  • Page 45: Creation Of Printer Groups

    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.
  • Page 46 Prima 2e Driver Manual The following two samples show how to enter the information: Sample A: As a result of this definition the printer appears in the list. Page 46 of 77...
  • Page 47 - "PrinterXID #2 to #4" with the IDs 2, 3 and 4 was added. - "XID ARF's Printer Farm" with the IDs 1 - 7 was added. After successfully adding a virtual printer with the same name, additional groups will be generated and displayed automatically in the Windows' printer folder:...

  • Page 48: Setting Up Printing Preferences And Managing Of Printer Driver Profiles

    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: Highlight a group by clicking the right mouse button and Click button "Delete Group"...
  • Page 49 Prima 2e Driver Manual 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 Printer Driver Profiles By clicking on the "Export ..." button, a save dialog will be opened as shown below:...
  • Page 50 Prima 2e Driver Manual 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. The Windows open dialog will be opened as shown below:...

  • Page 51: Lut / Password

    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 internal printer LUT. The Lookup Table contains the values to control the print density for every color separately. It can be useful to get the same color impression if the customer needs to print on several materials with backgrounds in different shades of white.

  • Page 52: Driver Config

    Prima 2e Driver Manual 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. To do so, retype the old password and type the new password twice to confirm.

  • Page 53: Advanced Chip Encoding Framework (Acef)

    Precoding Application independency through the use of an Encoding String The printer driver handles all of the synchronization and error scheduling of the jobs and initiates the encoding sequence by calling the corresponding plugins. The encoding itself, i.e. the communication with the encoder hardware and the chip card is done by a small piece of external software that is loaded and executed by the driver.

  • Page 54: Plugin Architecture

    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.

  • Page 55: Software And Hardware Setup

    Encoder Position: This shows whether a plugin encodes contact or contactless chips (this determines the position where the card is moved in the printer, either to internal encoding position or to the right side of the printer) Can Precode: This shows whether a plugin can perform a precode process (see chapter 6.7 for further...

  • Page 56: Port Assignment

    Since each encoder is also attached physically to the computer (USB, COM or any other possible port), a link of a "printer ID" and the "port" where the encoder hardware is attached on the PC must be created. This link is called "Port Assignment".
  • Page 57 ID. This link is created by selecting the printer ID in the printer list, the encoder's port name in the port list and then pressing the "arrow-up" button to create the link. This procedure must be repeated for each encoder connected to a printer.

  • Page 58: Format Templates

    Format Template 2 would contain the definition: Format Template "Employee" Fieldname Sector EmployeeNo 1234 Firstname scrambled-high-secure-key Lastname scrambled-high-secure-key BDate scrambled-high-secure-key Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 58 of 77 Filler Format Filler Format leading 0 trailing spaces Text trailing spaces Text Date...
  • Page 59 Prima 2e Driver Manual 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 6.8, keyword "ft".

  • Page 60: Configuration (Global Settings And Test)

    Prima 2e Driver Manual 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 speed, which is common for COM ports.

  • Page 61: Application Setup

    Therefore, the encoding string must be sent "as text" by the application. The "switch" for the driver to find the encoding string is in the Card Type section of the document's printer properties. If "Smartchip" is selected here, the encoding string will be captured and processed.

  • Page 62: Multi-Printer Encoding

    6.4. Multi-printer encoding By using multiple XID 590i printers in a printer group (see 5.2.2.1, Creation of Printer Groups), the throughput of produced cards per hour can significantly increased. The printer driver offers full support for printing and encoding on multiple printers simultaneously.

  • Page 63: Printing And Encoding Over Network

    Using the so-called "sequence order", the encoding and printing process can be tweaked to be performed in the fastest possible way. Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 63 of 77...

  • Page 64: Precoding

    What is precoding? In the time between the first and the second step, this printer must be locked for the second step, which contains the data that needs to be encoded on the card or the layout that needs to be printed, or both.

  • Page 65: Encoding String

    Since this data is different for each printed card, it is placed directly on the layout. The encoding string has a special format that can be recognized by the printer driver. There are several keywords that are reserved and required by the driver to determine what needs to be done.
  • Page 66 Sophisticated plugins can provide a user interface to visually build and test a syntactically correct encoding string that reflects the fields from the selected format template! Applications should provide a way to replace data inside a text field per-record. Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 66 of 77...
  • Page 67 ID that is used for both steps. The printer is locked in the first step for this precode ID and only a second job with the same ID can unlock the printer. Therefore it is required that other cards have different IDs.

  • Page 68: Encoding String Examples

    Job 1 runs the plugin "Contact" using the format template "Guest" to read something from the card and locks the printer for the second job with the precode id "16457". Job 2 runs the same plugin and format template on the previously locked printer to encode the data, then prints.
  • Page 69 Prima 2e Driver Manual 4. Visual appearance of encoding strings This example shows how an encoding string does appear in the application window and does not appear on the printed card Encoding string in the layout Printed card Page 69 of 77...

  • Page 70: Troubleshooting And Known Limitations

    In case the error persists, mostly due to a hardware error, please write down the error message and contact the company from which you purchased the printer. Known limitations Copy printouts depend on the applications used.

  • Page 71: Appendix A

    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 intuitive steps.
  • Page 72 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: Front side of card Two sided layout: Front side of card Prima 2e Driver Manual Back side of card Back side of card Page 72 of 77 Select Select...
  • Page 73 Prima 2e Driver Manual Step 2: Landscape or portrait Check if the design is a landscape or a portrait design. Landscape Select Portrait Select Page 73 of 77...
  • Page 74 Prima 2e Driver Manual 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 and the sides must be printed.
  • Page 75 If you turn the card around the short edge (vertical flip axis) and the back-side is upside-down, select the horizontal flip axis. Note: For one-sided layouts, the flip axes are not selectable. Prima 2e Driver Manual Page 75 of 77 Select...
  • Page 76 The following illustrations show some examples of magnetic stripe and chip cards and a combination of both types and the effect of the rotate-button. Note: The same applies for one-sided cards. Magnetic stripe Magnetic stripe + contact chip Prima 2e Driver Manual Contact chip Page 76 of 77...
  • Page 77 The following illustrations show some examples of magnetic stripe and chip cards and a combination of both types and the effect of the rotate-button. Note: The same applies for one-sided cards. Magnetic stripe Magnetic stripe + contact chip Prima 2e Driver Manual Contact chip Page 77 of 77...

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