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About this manual
This manual provides detailed information about the Datacard® Select™ Platinum™
Series photo ID printer. 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.
This guide describes the current printer driver. (At the time of printing, the current
printer driver is the SmartDriver version 5.1.)
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 perform additional personalization tasks, such as
encoding magnetic stripe data and sending data to smart card chips. See "Printer
models" on page 1-3 for details about which combinations are supported.
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® 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98,
Windows Me, or Windows NT®
Ability to load supplies
Ability to perform simple troubleshooting using written and graphical instructions
Platinum™ Series print ribbon
Replaceable cleaning sleeves
Blank cards
User's Guide for Select™ Platinum Series™ Printers
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