FARGO electronic II manual Connecting the Color ID Card Printer to Your Computer

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C.Connecting the Color ID Card Printer to Your Computer

1.Connect the Centronics-type parallel side to the printer. Snap the fastening clips into place.

The Color ID Card Printer is designed to be used with nearly any IBM-PC or compatible running Windows 3.1x or Windows 95. A minimum of a

486 DX class computer with 4MB RAM or higher is required. For best performance, a Pentiumª class computer with 8 MB RAM or higher is recommended.

The printer is equipped with an ECP-compatible, high-speed Centronics parallel port. This port is the means through which the printer receives data from your computer. To connect the printer to your computer, obtain a shielded, bi-directional parallel cable and refer to the following steps:

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Contents Color ID Card Printer Printing History For Users in the United States Table of Contents Appendix B Interfacing Information Introduction How Your Color ID Card Printer Works Special FeaturesPage Safety Precautions Vorsicht Sicherheits- maßnahmenAvertissements Consignes de sécurité¡PRECAUCION Precauciones de seguridadPrecauzioni per la Sicurezza Cuidado Precauções de SegurançaChinese or Japanese to be keylined here Chinese or Japanese to be keylined here Arabic to be keylined here Getting Started Identifying the Parts Power About Ribbons Ribbons and CardsPage Loading Ribbon into the Printer About Cards Page Loading Cards into the Printer About Printer’s Laminator Card LaminatingAbout Overlaminates Loading the Overlaminate into the Printer Take-up Roll Running the Self Test Applying PowerHooking Up the Printer Connecting the Color ID Card Printer to Your Computer Page Windows Highlight the Install Unlisted or Updated Installing the 32-Bit Print Spooler for Windows Page Setting Up Windows Printer Driver Card Size Ribbon Type Color Matching Overlay Dither ModePanel Graphics Panel Only Split Ribbon Print Page Orientation Fast 32-bit SpoolerDuplex Printing Controls Magnetics Lamination Page Supplies Required MaintenanceStandard Printhead Cleaning Expanded Printhead Cleaning Cleaning the Printer’s Case Inside Clearing a Card Jam Clearing a Ribbon Jam Cleaning the Card Feed Rollers Cleaning the Drive Roller Maintaining the Cleaning Rollers Card Input Mechanical AdjustmentsAdjusting Adjusting Internal Card GuideInternal Adjusting Card Separator Flap Card Flap Adjustment Adjusting the Laminator Top Edge Bottom Edge Trouble- shooting Symptoms printer makes strange sounds or stops printing My prints have blotches small voids in them My prints have streaks in themPage Page Print Speed Technical SpecificationsIntroduction Magnetic Stripe Encoding ModuleLocations TrackSending Track Information ~1%JULIE ANDERSON623-85-1253? Introduction Centronics- type Parallel Interface Interfacing InformationIndex