Printer Pooling
Set up Printer Pooling
Setting up a printer pool has two components:
•"Installing the Printer Pool Driver"
Installing Each Printer
First, install the physical printers. To install each printer:
1Install the same type of supplies in each printer. See "Installing Supplies and Powering on the Printer" for the steps to follow.
You must install the same ribbon type in each printer for the card data to be processed (rendered) correctly by the driver and for each printer to accept any card sent.
2Install each printer and its driver on the PC. See "Installation on Windows" for the steps to install a local (USB) or network printer.
3Set up each printer with the same settings, especially print on both sides, magnetic stripe settings, and laminate "apply material."
The print ribbon type is set based on the print ribbon actually installed in the printer and cannot be changed.
4Verify the operation of each printer on its own.
Installing the Printer Pool Driver
After each printer is installed and working correctly. install the printer pool driver. This is a “logical” printer to which the application sends jobs.
1Install the printer pool driver. Start the driver installation program by doing one of the following:
—Insert the driver CD in the PC’s drive. When the dialog box appears, click "Install the Printer".
—If you downloaded the installation file from the Web site,
2For Windows Vista, click “Continue” on the User Account Control dialog box if it appears.
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