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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................................... 7
1.1 Printer outside features ..................................................................... 7
1.1.1 SMART-30 outside feature. ................................................................ 7
1.1.2 SMART-50 outside feature. ................................................................ 9
1.2 Printer inside features ........................................................................... 11
1.2.1 SMART-30 inside feature. ............................................................... 11
1.2.2 SMART-50 inside feature. ............................................................... 12
1.3 Ribbon cartridge features ...................................................................... 13
1.4 LCD panel display & button operation .................................................... 14
2. Printer installation ............................................................. 18
2.1. Fitting the ribbon .................................................................................. 18
2.2. Loading the cards ................................................................................ 21
2.3. The withdrawal of printed cards. ........................................................... 23
2.4. Driver installation (Windows XP, 2000, 2003) .......................................... 24
2.5. Driver installation (Windows Vista, 7, 8) ................................................. 31
2.5. Network configuration .......................................................................... 37
3. Driver configuration .......................................................... 46
3.1. Checking printer properties .................................................................. 46
3.2. Changing printer properties .................................................................. 46
3.3. Other settings ...................................................................................... 51
4. Utilities .............................................................................. 54
4.1. Card Printer Setup ................................................................................ 54
4.2. Card Printer Test .................................................................................. 64
4.3. Firmware upgrade ................................................................................ 70
5. Optional device driver installation ..................................... 73
5.1. Contact smartcard reader ..................................................................... 73
6. Troubleshooting ................................................................ 78
6.1. Cleaning the printer .............................................................................. 78
6.2 TPH (Thermal Print Head) replacement ................................................... 82
6.3. Card movement .................................................................................... 83
6.4. Printing quality..................................................................................... 84
6.5. Magnetic stripe encoding ...................................................................... 85
6.6. General operation................................................................................. 85
7. Printer specification .......................................................... 87