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About this manual
This manual provides detailed information about the Datacard® Select™ Class photo
ID printer with Advanced Imaging Technology™. The first section provides operators
with information about the printer and how to use it. The second section provides
installers with requirements for installation and installation procedures. The third
section provides reference information.
This User Guide works with the online e-Guide, which you can see using the desktop
icon installed with the printer driver. Figure 1-1 shows the e-Guide icon.
Audience
To operate the printer, you must have the following skills:
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For the skills needed for installation, see "Installation audience" on page 6-2.
About the Select printer
The Select photo ID printer includes the printer and a printer driver which runs on a
PC. The printer uses supplies when printing cards, including:
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The Select printer prints full-color or monochrome images on one or both sides of
PVC cards. The images printed can include photos, text, logos, barcodes and
digitized signatures. The printer can also encode data on a card's magnetic stripe and
program a smart card chip on a card. (These steps are commonly called
"personalizing" the card.) Magnetic stripe encoding and smart card programming are
options that can be purchased as part of the printer.
The printer driver receives digital information from a card creation application and
processes the data to send to the printer. When the printer receives the data, it prints
Figure 1-1: Desktop icon for the e-Guide
Ability to read and understand written and graphical instructions
Ability to operate a personal computer (PC)
Experience with Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows Me, Windows NT®, or
Windows 2000
Ability to load supplies
Ability to perform simple troubleshooting using written and graphical instructions
New Advanced Imaging Technology print ribbon
New replaceable cleaning sleeves
Blank cards
User's Guide for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGrafix® Select™ Printers
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