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- Page 1 Reverse Transfer ID Card Printer PRIMA DRIVER MANUAL Issue 2...
- Page 2 Ultra Electronics Card Systems Magicard Prima Printer Driver Manual Welcome to the new high performance printer driver for the Prima printers. This manual will help you to install, set up and handle the driver to get the best results for your prints.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
DISPATCHER PROGRAM SECTION 4.2 DISPATCHER SCREEN SECTION 4.3 PRINTER SETTINGS SECTION 4.4 OPTIONS TAB SECTION 4.5 CREATION OF PRINTER GROUPS SECTION 4.6 DELETION OF PRINTER GROUPS SECTION 4.7 LUT AND PASSWORDS SECTION 4.7.1 SECTION 4.7.2 PASSWORDS Magicard Prima Driver Manual... -
Page 4: Legal And Copyright Information
Ultra Electronics Card Systems TECHNICAL SUPPORT For technical assistance, please contact your printer supplier or Magicard Technical Support. Legal and Copyright Information This product is provided on an “as is” basis, without any other warranties, or conditions, express 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. -
Page 5: Installation
USB Kit. PREPARATION OF THE P.C. Follow the installation instructions of the Prima Printer instruction manual Turn off the PC and the printers. Remove the power cable from all hardware and the connection cables between PC and printer Install the SCSI card in your PC as described by the manufacturers’... -
Page 6: Printer Driver Installation
7. Run the “Set-Up.exe” file in the root directory of the CD. 8. Select “Next” on the menu. 9. Choose your printer model. Ignore the XID 430 as it is not sold by Magicard. Normally the XID 440 is the printer to choose, however if you have the daisy- chain functionality it will be a XID 450. - Page 7 Ultra Electronics Card Systems 10. Gives you the location of where the drivers files will be loaded, select “Install”. 11. Printer files will be copied, once completed you must restart the computer. Magicard Prima Driver Manual...
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Page 8: Advanced Printer Configuration
Ultra Electronics Card Systems ADVANCED PRINTER CONFIGURATION If the printer is used in a network environment and should be shared with other users then click on "Shared as:" and give the printer a name. So other users then can select this printer within the network environment. - Page 9 Ultra Electronics Card Systems Do not change the following default settings unless you are an advanced user: You can view the version of the installed printer driver. Magicard Prima Driver Manual...
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Page 10: Printing Preferences
Printing Preferences INTRODUCTION In graphic user interfaces all options are shown dynamically as there are card feeding, loading card in magazine, card leaving the printer etc. 3.1.1 LAYOUT AND SET-UP. 3.1.2 ENABLING FRONT AND REVERSE SIDE PRINTING Magicard Prima Driver Manual... - Page 11 3.1.3 ENABLING THE USE OF MAGNETIC STRIPE CARDS 3.1.4 ENABLING THE USE OFCHIP CONTACT CARDS Magicard Prima Driver Manual...
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Page 12: Default Settings
3.2.2 DEFAULT SETTINGS 3.2.3 SELECTION OF TEXT OBJECTS TO PRINT ON K-PLANE By enabling of “Text” you can specify if the whole text or black text only shall be printed on the K plane. Magicard Prima Driver Manual... - Page 13 DEFINITION OF SPECIAL COLOURS TO BE PRINTED ON THE K- PLANE If you use special colors which match existing ones of your layout they will be printed on K-plane. After clicking on the color button pick up or define a new color as you need. Magicard Prima Driver Manual...
- Page 14 Ultra Electronics Card Systems 3.2.6 DEFINITION OF AREAS FOR PRINTING ON THE K-PLANE In combination with the special colours (see chapter 3.2.5) you can define inclusion areas. Magicard Prima Driver Manual...
- Page 15 Ultra Electronics Card Systems After clicking on the area button the following window appears: Create new area: Simply click and draw rectangle area while pressing CTRL button, for editing click on the field you want to resize or/and move. Magicard Prima Driver Manual...
- Page 16 Ultra Electronics Card Systems Delete of area Choose the corresponding area from the list, right-click on mouse button and click on delete. PREVIEW OF DEFINED SAMPLE K-PANEL AREAS Magicard Prima Driver Manual...
- Page 17 The following sample shows change of units e.g. from Pixel to Inches 3.2.7 PEEL OFF PANEL AREA DEFINITION This function is designed to define areas which shall be prevented from printing (e.g. signature fields). Default Settings Magicard Prima Driver Manual...
- Page 18 PEEL OFF AREA ENABLED NOTE: USE OF FULL PEEL OFF AREA RESULTS IN A NON-VISIBLE PRINTOUT. YOU MUST DEFINE A SMALLER AREA After click on the PO area button the following window appears: Magicard Prima Driver Manual...
- Page 19 Simply click and draw rectangle area while pressing CTRL button; for later editing click on the field you want to resize and/or move. Delete of area: Choose the corresponding area from the list, right-click on mouse button and click on delete. Magicard Prima Driver Manual...
- Page 20 Ultra Electronics Card Systems PREVIEW OF DEFINED SAMPLE PO PANEL AREAS. Magicard Prima Driver Manual...
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Page 21: Advanced Menu
The changing of the values for K plane only influences the offset of the K plane. Synchronization: If enabled, the printer waits until the card exits the printer. It then downloads the next print job, this is useful to prevent loosing print jobs but it also decreases the print speed. -
Page 22: Sample Magstripe Encoding
Magnetic track data are 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 23: Driver Description (Dispatcher)
Using the Dispatcher the user has direct access to all the setting parameters they need. The dispatcher is a part of the printer driver and is located in the normal area of Windows: C:\Windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86 under the sub directory of 2. -
Page 24: Dispatcher Screen
SECTION 4.2 When a print job is started the “Dispatcher” screen shows the status of every printer, current print job and any pending print jobs. If you “right click” on any of the print jobs pending you have full control over their priority. -
Page 25: Printer Settings
SECTION 4.3 The “Printer Settings” tab enables the user to set the printing parameters e.g. Speed, Temperature and Bend Remedy. The settings are shown in a user friendly manner via the P.C for every printer connected to the SCSI bus. -
Page 26: Options Tab
• Automatically re-distribute print job on error. If enabled and printers are daisy-chained, this function will make sure that every print job is directed to the next printer in that group under an error scenario. • Show Error Messages. Default is On, if it is turned off the user can limit the errors shown on the screen. - Page 27 SECTION 4.4 OPTIONS TAB CONTINUED Printer Group Definitions. The printer group definition is a unique technique 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.
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Page 28: Creation Of Printer Groups
This section outlines how to create printer groups on your Windows system. To create a new printer group: 1. Select new group. 2. Choose the SCSI ID’s of the printer you want in the group 3. Choose “add group”. 4. The virtual printer group appears within the dialogue box. -
Page 29: Deletion Of Printer Groups
• Highlight the virtual printer group within Windows. • Right click and then select “Delete”. • Referring to the printer group in the dialogue box, highlight the printer group you want to delete. • Press the button “Delete Group”. NOTE USING THE DISPATCHER PROGROM ENSURES THE PRINTER GROUP IS DELETED FROM WINDOWS;... -
Page 30: Lut And Passwords
The password option is designed for use in high security environments only. The user can set a password to ensure only certified people can produce ID cards. NOTE THIS OPTION IS DISABLED BY DEFAULT AND NEEDS TO BE ENABLED BY MAGICARD TECHNICAL SUPPORT. Magicard Prima Driver Manual...