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Contents

Section 1: Operating the Printer

Chapter 1: Overview	1-1
About this manual	1-2
Audience	1-2
About the Select printer	1-2

About Advanced Imaging Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Printer models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Printer features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Who to call for assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Chapter 2: Using the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Loading cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Loading the print ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Powering on the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Status light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Making cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Operating tips	2-10
Removing cards	2-10
Responding to messages	2-11
Shutting down the system	2-13

Chapter 3: Using the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Working with printer settings and data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Tips for settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Settings and data for Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Settings and data for Windows Me and 98 . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Settings and data for Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Using the Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Opening and using the Status Monitor	3-10
Viewing Status Monitor information	3-11

Chapter 4: Maintaining the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Running a cleaning cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Replacing the cleaning roller sleeve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Using the printer cleaning card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Using the magnetic stripe cleaning card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Cleaning the printer rollers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Cleaning tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Cleaning the printhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Replacing the printhead cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Chapter 5: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

If you think the printer is not working . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Making and evaluating test cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Printer test card	5-4
Windows test page	5-5

User’s Guide for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGrafix® Select™ Printers