Installation on Non-Windows Platforms

This section provides information about installing the printer

•"Open Platform Driver Installation"

•"Open Card Installation"

Open Platform Driver Installation

To install the printer with the Open Platform Driver, see the Open Platform Driver Guide, which is available at: www.datacard.com/openplatformdriver. You can download the complete driver which includes the guide, or you can download the information. For both downloads, you must click through and accept the license agreement.

Open Card Installation

Printers with the Built-in Ethernet and Open Card option include an LCD panel, which provides access to status information and configuration settings. Printers with the Open Card option can print cards using the Open Card data format (when the Data Format is set to Open Card). The option includes a CD-ROM which contains utilities, samples, and the Data Formatting Guide (in PDF format).

Plan for the following installation and setup steps:

1Define the requirements for the card to guide you in the installation and setup. See the Data Formatting Guide for details about card features supported.

2If you need to change settings, such as K power, install the printer and driver on a Windows PC. You might also want to install Diagnostics for Card Printers if you will set up a custom magnetic stripe format. The Data Format must be “Printer Driver” to use the driver and Diagnostics for setup. See "Installation on Windows" for the steps to install the Card Printer Driver for Windows.

3Connect the printer to a PC with Telnet to define card layouts in the printer. See Data Formatting Guide > Getting Started > Connecting the Printer. The Data Format must be “Open Card” to use the Telnet menus in the printer. Plan to print sample cards to verify that cards meet the requirements.

4Connect the printer to the production system and configure the system to communicate with the printer. The Data Format must be “Open Card” to receive data from the host and use it to print cards.

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