FARGO electronic Card Printer manual Choosing the Macintosh Printer Driver

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4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual

E. CHOOSING THE MACINTOSH PRINTER DRIVER

Once the Macintosh printer driver is installed, you must specify that you would like to use that driver by selecting it from the Chooser, a Desk Accessory in the Apple menu. This instructs your Macintosh to send print jobs to the Card Printer instead of to some other printer you may already have connect to your system. Refer to the following steps to select the Card Printer driver:

1.Select Chooser from the Apple menu.

2.The Chooser displays an icon for all the printer drivers installed in the System Folder. Among these, you should see the icon for the 4250 Card Printer driver you just installed. If you do not see the icon, go through the installation procedure again making sure the Install driver and prefs option is selected. Once you locate the icon for your 4200 Series Card Printer, click on the icon to select it.

3.Select either the Modem or Printer Port to indicate to which port the serial interface cable was connected. If the Printer port is selected, AppleTalk should remain inactive while printing unless you are using AppleTalk through your Ethernet port. AppleTalk does not apply when printing with the Modem port selected.

4.Select either On or Off to enable or disable the printerÕs Background Printing function. When enabled, this function allows you to work in the foreground of your application program while printing in the background. Please refer to Section 6 for more information on background printing.

The next time you open the Chooser, the selected driver will no longer be highlighted. The Chooser remembers, however, which driver is the current one but does not display it when opened.

F. SETTING UP THE PRINTER DRIVER

Once the appropriate printer driver for your computer has been installed, you will need to set the driver up with the proper print options. Although each of the included printer drivers displays the print options in a slightly different format, the basic options are the same. For this reason, this section lists and describes each of the printer driver options in alphabetical order, rather than displaying them in the order in which they appear within any one of the printer drivers.

NOTE: Since the 4225 is a monochrome-only printer, its printer driver will not display all of the printer driver options provided for the 4250. Therefore, if using the 4225, simply disregard any options discussed in this section which do not appear in your printer driver setup window.

To open the printer driver setup window, please refer to the following steps for your specific operating system:

Section 5: Using Your 4200 Series Card Printer

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Contents Page Trademark Acknowledgements Printing HistoryFor Users in Canada For Users in the United StatesFor Users in Taiwan Table of Contents Appendix a Magnetic Stripe Encoding Module Introduction Thank YouHOW Your Card Printer Works Dye-SublimationSpecial Features Resin Thermal TransferSafety Precautions Sicherheitsmaßnahmen Consignes de sécurité Precauciones de seguridad Precauzioni per la Sicurezza Avvertenze AttenzionePrecauções de Segurança Advertências Cuidado4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual 4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual 4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual 4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual Choosing a Good Location Getting StartedAbout Moisture Condensation Applying Power Unpacking and InspectionIdentifying the Parts On/Cancel Button LCD DisplayOn LED Light Ready LED LightInstalling the Cleaning Roller Extending the Card Output Drawer Ribbons and Cards About RibbonsResin-Only Ribbons for 4250 Dye-Sublimation-Only Ribbons for 4250 onlyDye-Sublimation/Resin Ribbon for 4250 only Loading Ribbon Into the PrinterSupply Take-up About Cards Loading Cards Into the Printer Running the Self Test Self Test Example Actual size Connecting the Printer to Your Computer Using Your 4200 Series Card PrinterIBM-PC Using Your 4200 Series Card Printer Macintosh Installing the Windows Printer Driver Windows 95/98 or Windows NTWindows Installing the 32-BIT Print Spooler for Windows 95/98 4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual Installing the Macintosh Printer Driver Setting UP the Printer Driver Choosing the Macintosh Printer DriverWindows 95/98 Windows NTAlgebraic Apply Ribbon OverlayBuffer Single Card CalibrateCard Size Color MatchingDisable Printing Dither ModeControls Dye-Sub IntensityImage Placement FargoColorPanel Graphics Panel OnlyMonitor OrientationPicture Controls Print Edge-to-EdgeResin Heat Ribbon SensorRibbon Type Rotate 180 DegreesPrinting a Card 4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual Using the Print Backgrounder For Macintosh Installing the BackgrounderPrinting with the Backgrounder Backgrounder Status WindowAdmin menu Backgrounder MenusProblems During a Background Print Jobs menuMaintenance Supplies RequiredStandard Printhead Cleaning Cleaning the PRINTER’S Case Expanded Printhead CleaningCleaning the Inside of the Printer Clearing a Card JAM Clearing a Ribbon JAMCleaning the Card Feed Rollers Cleaning the Drive Roller Maintaining the Cleaning Roller 4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual Mechanical Adjustments Adjusting the Card Input GuidesMechanical Adjustments Adjusting the Internal Card Guide Adjusting the Card Separator FlapCard Separator Adjustment Wheel Troubleshooting Interpreting LCD Display MessagesTOP Line of LCD Message Cause Solution 4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual TOP Line of LCD Message Cause Solution TOP Line of LCD Message Cause Solution Both Lines of LCD Message Cause Solution Printer beeps just before each ribbon panel is printed General Troubleshooting SuggestionsPrinter doesn’t seem to work at all ’m having problems printing from Windows 95/98 My prints have spots small voids in themPhotos on my ID cards look very pixelated or grainy Printing gets cut off or is not centered on the cardTwo or more cards feed at the same time Can’t get the cards in between the Card Input Guides4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual Technical Specifications Card TypesWeight Appendix a Magnetic Stripe Encoding Module Magnetic Track OptionsEncoding Mode / Coercivity / Track Selection Magnetic Track Options Encoded Bit DensityCharacter Data Size Character Ascii OffsetISO Track Locations LRC Generation ModeSending Track Information ~1%JULIE ANDERSON623-85-1253? 4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual Appendix B Interfacing Information IntroductionWire Diagram CENTRONICS-TYPE Parallel InterfaceSignal Description Mini 8-PIN Serial Interface4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual Appendix C Internal Printer Settings Adjusting the Internal Printer SettingsImage Darkness 00 + Magnetic Offset 00 + SmartCard Offset 00 + RESUME+CANCEL 4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual Index Background print utility Bar codesLCD display

Card Printer specifications

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