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HiTi Digital CS-310 User Manual

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    HiTi Card Printer CS-310/320 User Manual www.hi-ti.com...
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. HiTi Digital, Inc. makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

  • Page 3: Safety Instructions

    SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instructions carefully. Keep these instructions for future reference. Follow all warnings and instructions as marked on the product. 2. Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid detergents or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. 3.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Instruction Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 1-1 Check Accessories 1-2 Appearance Of CS-310/320 1-3 Install Power Cord & USB Cable 1-4 Install Cleaning Roller 1-5 Install Card & Ribbon Chapter 2 Software Installation 2-1 Install Driver (Win 2000 & XP/Vista ) 2-2 Uninstall Driver (Win 2000 &...

  • Page 5: Instruction

    ID cards/credit cards, membership cards,.…etc. Please read this manual carefully and complete the installation before operating the printer. HiTi Card Printer CS-310/320 Features Supports double-side printing*. High quality printing.

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Hardware Installation

    Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 1-1 Check Accessories Please make sure the following items are included when you unpack the card printer. 1.Card Output Hopper 2. Weight 3. USB Cable 4. Power Cord 5. User Manual 6. CD 7. Cleaning Roller 8.

  • Page 7: Appearance Of Cs-310/320

    B. Card thickness selection button HiTi CS-310/320 provides four selections for thickness: 0.3 mm (10 mil), 0.5 mm (20 mil), 0.8 mm (30 mil) and 1.0 mm (40 mil). Please move and slide the selector for thickness to the correct thickness position, which matches the thickness of the cards in the Card Input Hopper.
  • Page 8 CS-310/320 Back side* A. Power Switch This switch turns the power of the printer on or off. B. Power Socket Connect your power cord here. C. USB Connector Please connect the printer to a controlling device, such as a PC or a laptop, hereby using the build-in USB connector.

  • Page 9: Control Panel

    Control Panel. A. LED Light Turn the power on. The printer will automatically initiate a system check and turn on the green LED light to indicate that the printer status is normal. If an error occurs, an error message will be shown on the LCD display and flash the LED. Please refer to “Chapter 5 Troubleshooting”...

  • Page 10: Install Power Cord & Usb Cable

    1-3 Install Power Cord & USB Cable 1. Connect the printer to the AC power outlet using the supplied power cord. 2. Please connect the printer to a PC using the supplied USB Cable. 3. Turn on the “Power Switch". Before you turn on the “Power Switch”, please make sure that you have already installed the printer driver.

  • Page 11: Install Cleaning Roller

    1-4 Install Cleaning Roller* Please install the cleaning roller before using the card printer. Slide the ID button and lift the ribbon door up. 2. Open the cover of the cleaning module, as illustrated. 3. While holding the cover of the cleaning module open, insert the cleaning roller spool into the spool receivers.

  • Page 12: Install Card & Ribbon

    1-5 Install Card & Ribbon The HiTi card printer package does not include cards and ribbons. You can contact your local HiTi distributor or refer to Appendix E for consumer ordering information. The Card Installation 1. Please move and slide the selector for 2.

  • Page 13: Ribbon Installation

    The Ribbon Installation* 1. Remove the ribbon slack by rotating 2. Remove the fastener on the ribbon the spool as illustrated. as illustrated 3. Slide the ID button and lift the ribbon door up. 4. Hold the ribbon cartridge handle and insert it into the printer as illustrated. Please make sure the drive gear is properly seated against the ribbon spool.

  • Page 14: Chapter 2 Software Installation

    Chapter 2 Software Installation* System Requirements Please make sure your PC conforms to the following requirements Intel Pentium or compatible PC Windows 2000/XP/Vista 128 MB RAM or higher Available USB port 100 MB or more free hard disk space CD-ROM Drive For CS310i / CS320i, please follow the below procedures to install software.

  • Page 15: Install Driver (Win 2000 & Xp/Vista )

    1.Insert the “Driver CD” into the CD-ROM drive. If the installation doesn’t start automatically; run the “autorun.exe” in the disk. 2.Please select “Driver / HiTi CS-310 / CS-320” and install. 3.Click the “Start” button to install the driver. 4.Connect the printer to the PC using the USB cable and turn the printer on.

  • Page 16: Uninstall Driver (Win 2000 & Xp/Vista )

    6. After copying several files, the Windows 2000 / XP system recognizes this printer and the installation will be finished. 2-2 Uninstall Driver 1. Under Control Panel/ Add Remove Programs, you can find “HiTi CS-310/320” Card Printer”. 2. Select [Remove] option, then the system will begin to uninstall the “HiTi CS-310/320”...

  • Page 17: Install Carddesiree Cs

    2-3 Install CardDesiree CS 1. Insert the “Driver CD” into the CD-ROM drive, if the disc doesn’t auto start, then please execute the “autorun.exe” in the disc. 2. Select "Software / CardDesiree CS" and install. 3. Select language and destination; then press the “Start” button. 4.

  • Page 18: Driver Instruction

    2-4 Driver Instruction You can access the driver settings in Control Panel-> Printers. Select HiTi CS-310/320 and right-click the mouse button, then select “Printing Preferences”. The printer driver is divided into seven different categories (not including general properties) integrated in a main page. The seven different categories list as below: 1.

  • Page 19: Device Option

    Lock: If you are using a 3 party software application other than Card Desiree CS and the default printer of your computer is not CS-310/320, then please enable “Lock” to fix the printing direction. Front/ Back side setting: Setup which side you want to print.
  • Page 20 When you select the YMCKO ribbon as your ribbon type, several options for Resin K will be available. The “Resin K” within YMCKO ribbon will not be applied to print Disable the black section and the black (RGB = 0, 0, 0) in graphical objects.
  • Page 21 [Printing Area Setting] In this page, you may modify printing areas which will be covered and uncovered by the ribbon. You can design printing areas, such as the following instructions. The dark area represents the area which will be covered by the ribbon, and the blank area represents the area where the ribbon will not cover anything.
  • Page 22 [Edit Area] A. Designed Area: You can choose the default layout setting or the custom layout previously designed and saved through the drop-down list. If you would like to create a new layout, please select [User defined]. B. Delete: Delete the layout setting file. C.

  • Page 23: Color

    2. HiTi Optimized Color (Enhanced): Stronger contrast. 3. Windows Color Management: When applying this option, please follow the procedures as below: a. Please check whether the “HTCS310” / “HTCS320” file exists or not. [Control Panel]→Printers and Faxes→HiTi CS-310/320→Properties→Color Management. www.hi-ti.com...
  • Page 24 b. Please press the “Reset” buttons in C. Printer Color Adjuster and E. Skin Tone Adjuster respectively. c. Meanwhile, unmark Image Auto Enhancement in “B. Special Function”. 4. Do not apply any color preference: Select this option and follow the steps below to acquire the maximum color space.
  • Page 25 [Tools] A. Printing Position Adjuster: You may set the thickness of the card and print out a test chat, then modify parameter [A] or [B] or [C] to adjust the printing position. Notice: 1. Please make sure the position of the thickness adjuster on the printer matches the thickness of the card before proceeding to modify parameter [A] or [B] or [C] to adjust the printing position.

  • Page 26: Magnetic Encoding

    Magnetic Encoding Magnetic Encoding Data: Input Magnetic Data directly. When you are not using the database, you can manually enter data for the encoding of the magnetic stripe. There are three tracks within the magnetic stripe. The first track includes alphanumeric characters and other simple symbols.
  • Page 27 a. 1 ABCDEFRG –this format is for encoding the 1st track only – ex: 1 xxxxxxxx b. 2 12345678 – this format is for encoding the 2nd track only – ex: 2 11111111 c. 3 2468024680 –this format is for encoding the 3rd track only – ex: 3 00000000 d.
  • Page 28 [Lamination] A: Lamination Side: 4 options to do lamination: No Lamination, Front Side Lamination, Back Side Lamination, Double Side Lamination. B: Lamination Type: Lamination ribbon options. C: Transfer Dwell Time: The speed of the transfer to do lamination. D: Transfer Temperature: The temperature of the transfer to lamination. E: Lamination Position: To adjust the initial / terminal positions of lamination.

  • Page 29: Chapter 3 Operation Instruction

    Chapter 3 Operation Instruction In this Chapter, you will find a detailed introduction about the operation through the LCD display. 3-1 LCD display instruction The printer is equipped with an LCD Display and four buttons, which give access to printer menus. Turn the printer power switch on, the printer system will detect the printer status and feedback the error messages on the LCD display if any error would occur.
  • Page 30 CARD OUT SNR sensor cards card-insert mechanism. (ENABLE / DISABLE) The default setting is [DISABLE]. However, once switch [DISABLE] to [ENABLE] and there are no cards in the Card Input Hopper, the error message [CARD OUT] will be shown on the LCD display.

  • Page 31: Chapter 4 How To Clean & Maintain

    Chapter 4 How to maintain your printer* In order to preserve the performance of the printer and the print quality, please remember to maintain your card printer regularly. We will introduce a detailed cleaning procedure in the following sections. Please pay attention to the following when you use the printer. 1.

  • Page 32: Clean Cleaning Roller

    Clean Cleaning Roller 1. Switch the card printer off. 2. Slide the ID button and lift the ribbon door up. 3. Open the cover of the cleaning module and take the cleaning roller off, as illustrated. 4. Roll the cleaning roller against the adhesive side of the cleaning card or against the adhesive tape to remove the dust from the cleaning roller.

  • Page 33: Clean Print Path

    2. Connect the printer to the PC with the USB cable. 3.Find the driver settings under Control Panel/ Printers. Choose HiTi CS-310/320 and right-click mouse button, and select “Properties”. 4. Select the [Tools] and press the [Cleaning Tools] button. 5. Follow the cleaning process, a.

  • Page 34: Clean Tph Head

    Clean TPH Head* 1. Please turn off the power before cleaning the TPH head. 2. Open the ribbon door, the TPH head is attached to the ribbon door module. 3. Please use the sponge cleaning swab to clean the TPH head. Notices: 1.

  • Page 35: Clean Air Filter

    Clean Air Filter 1. Switch the card printer off. 2. Open the ribbon door. 3. Slide the air filter out from the side of ribbon door and clean the dust on the filter, as illustrated. 4. Insert the air filter into the ribbon door and close the ribbon door. The cleaning process is finished.

  • Page 36: Clean Card-Insert Mechanism

    4-5 Cleaning Card-insert Mechanism 1. Switch the card printer off. 2. Open and empty the Card Input Hopper. After removing all the cards and the weight, please use the sponge cleaning swab to clean the rollers and the sensor on the card-insert mechanism. www.hi-ti.com...

  • Page 37: Clean Ribbon Sensor

    4.6 Clean Ribbon Sensors 1. Switch the card printer off. 2. Open the ribbon door. 3. Remove the ribbon cassette. 4. Please use the sponge cleaning swab to clean the ribbon sensors, as shown. 5. Please re-insert the ribbon cassette and close the ribbon door. www.hi-ti.com...

  • Page 38: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

    Chapter 5 Troubleshooting If there is any error message displayed on the LCD screen, please record the message first; do not press [OK] immediately. Please follow the instructions below for troubleshooting. Notice: After you press [OK] in the error message dialogue, the printer will reset and the error message may be erased after “Reset”.
  • Page 39 1. Please install a new ribbon. 2. Please follow the instructions from the LCD display to switch the ribbon sensors (Please refer to Chapter 3, section 2, the description of RIBBON 1) Ribbon out The ribbon has been used up. If the error message still occurs, please contact your nearest HiTi distributor or HiTi customer service center.
  • Page 40 Please remove the card by following the instructions on the LCD monitor of the printer before continuing the print job. Please press [OK] to get step by step instructions. 1. OPEN THE DOOR: Open the ribbon door to see whether the card and the ribbon are sticking together or not.
  • Page 41 Cam TPH error The error occurs in the mechanism. Cam pinch error Press the ‘Cancel” button to restart the card printer. Or download the latest version of firmware from HiTi website and follow the instructions from the HiTi Card Cam flipper error Printer User Manual to re-install the firmware.
  • Page 42 1. The printer will detect the printing temperature automatically. When the temperature is overheated, the printer will stop printing temporarily and cool the temperature down. The card printer will continue until 1. Please wait a while until the thermal printing head Thermal print head temperature will be below 60 cools down, and the printer will restart automatically.
  • Page 43 carefully re-install it to its proper position. 3. Please clean the chip on the side of the ribbon and re-install the ribbon. 4. Please make sure the ribbon door is closed. If the error message still occurs, please contact your nearest HiTi distributor or HiTi customer service center.
  • Page 44 Please remove the invalid cards from the rejected box or follow the instructions from the LCD display and The rejected box is full of cards RJ-BOX FULL press [NEXT] → [IGNORE THE ERROR] to clear this error condition. Please make sure the rejected box is installed The rejected box is not placed in the properly.

  • Page 45: Appendix A Hi-Ti Card Printer Specification

    Appendix A CS-310/320 Specification Model Name CS-310 CS-320 Print Method Photo-quality dye sublimation Thermal Transfer Dual-side Printing Resolution 300dpi x 300dpi , 256 levels per color Display LCD control panel Memory 32MB, 1MB Flash Print Speed Standard Mode : 25 seconds / single side ; Premium Photo Mode : 32 sec / single side Print Area CR-80 edge-to-edge 86 mm(L) x 54 mm(W) / 3.375"(L) x 2.125"(W)

  • Page 46: Appendix B Safety Instructions

    Appendix B Safety Instructions Read these instructions carefully. Save these instructions for future reference. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. 1.Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. 2.Do not use this product near water.

  • Page 47: Appendix C Fcc Compliance Statement

    Appendix C FCC Compliance Statement FCC Information The Federal communication Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement includes the following paragraph: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Digital Device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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  • Page 54: Appendix E Order Information

    If you would like to purchase HiTi Printer or accessories. Please contact our dealer or visit HiTi Website http://www.hi-ti.com for quickly order service. Taiwan HiTi Digital, Inc. 20F., No.100, Sec. 2, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei City 100 , Taiwan Tel : +886-2-2363-8833 Fax: +886-2-2362-1319 Web:http://www.hi-ti.com/...

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