SD Series Installation and Administrator’s Guide 1
Chapter 1: Installation
Thischapterdescribessystemrequirementsandprovidessetup
instructionsfortheDatacard®SD™SeriesCardPrinters.
Yourinstallationmayhaveadditionalrequirementsforacardproduction
environment.Consultyoursystemadministratortodeterminetheoptimum
locationforcardproduction.
PC Requirements
UseaPCthatmeetsorexceedsthefollowing:
•  A32‐or64‐bitprocessor,runningat2GHzorfaster
•  2GBormorememory(RAM)andatleast1GBfreespaceontheharddrive
•  Oneofthefollowingsupportedoperatingsystems:
•  Windows8.1
•  Windows8,32‐or64‐bit
•  Windows7,32‐or64‐bit
•  WindowsXP,32‐bit,ServicePack3
•  WindowsServer2012,R2
•  WindowsServer2012
•  WindowsServer2008,64‐bit
•  WindowsServer2003,32‐bit
•  USB2.0portorEthernetnetworkconnection
•  IDsoftwareorothercardproductionsoftwaretocaptureandorganizethe
datatoprintoneachcard
ForCardPrinterDriverinstallationtroubleshootingandcardproduction
troubleshootinginformation,refertoyourprinter’sDriverGuideandUser’sGuide.