DCP 350 User Manual
Table of Contents
1 Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 4
1.1 Printer outside features......................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Ribbon cartridge features...................................................................................................................... 7
1.3 LCD panel display & button operation .................................................................................................. 8
2 Printer installation................................................................................................................................... 12
2.1 Fitting the ribbon ................................................................................................................................. 12
2.2 Loading the cards ............................................................................................................................... 15
2.3 Driver installation (Windows XP, 2000, 2003) .................................................................................... 17
2.4 Driver installation (Windows Vista, 7) ................................................................................................. 22
2.5 Network configuration ......................................................................................................................... 26
3 Driver configuration ................................................................................................................................ 34
3.1 Checking printer properties................................................................................................................. 34
3.2 Changing printer properties ................................................................................................................ 34
3.3. Other settings..................................................................................................................................... 37
4 Utilities...................................................................................................................................................... 40
4.1 Card Printer Setup .............................................................................................................................. 40
4.2 Card Printer Test................................................................................................................................. 47
4.3 Firmware upgrade............................................................................................................................... 53
5 Optional device driver installation......................................................................................................... 55
6 Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................... 60
6.1 Cleaning the printer............................................................................................................................. 60
6.2 TPH (Thermal Print Head) replacement ............................................................................................. 64
6.3 Card movement .................................................................................................................................. 65
6.4 Printing quality .................................................................................................................................... 66
6.5 Magnetic stripe encoding.................................................................................................................... 68
6.6 General operation ............................................................................................................................... 68
7 Printer specification................................................................................................................................ 70