The Eltron Company P500, P600 Smart Card Chip Interface

Protect Your Factory Warranty!

Neglect in performing recommended cleaning

procedurescan void your warranty, as can im-

proper packaging and shipping.

Other than the recommended cleaning proce-

dures described in this manual, only allow

Eltronfactory authorized technicians to service

these printers.

NEVER loosen,tighten, adjust, bend, etc. any

part or cable inside of the printer.

Theonly user adjustable features of these card

printers are made in software (or program-

ming)and the card feeder gate adjustment (see

Section 2).

Smart Card

Chip Interface When a command to the parallel printer inter-

face sends a card to the Smart Card Program-

ming station, the printer connects the Smart

Card Chip contacts to the female DB-9 con-

nector on the rear of the printer. An attached

external Smart Card Programmer uses the

DB-9 as an interface to Smart Card chip con-

nections.

980179-001Rev. A 59

SmartCard Contact Station

Figure 4-2

Smart Card

Contacts Interface

Smart Card

Contact

Interface

Smart Card

Contact

Interface

Host Computer

Interface

Host Computer

Interface

Contents

Main Page FOREWORD RETURN MATERIALS AUTHORIZATION COPYRIGHT NOTICE TRADEMARKS WARRANTY INFORMATION We Need To Hear From You! iv FCC NOTICE: INDUSTRY CANADA NOTICE: Icon Descriptions vi ELTRON INTERNATIONAL,INC. Table of Contents viii 1 Getting Started Introduction Features Models Unpacking Privilege Card Printers Check List Page Installation Step Unpacking Step Attach Power Page Step Attach Interface Cable Step Applying Power Page Page Page Upgrading to Expanded Memory Step Step Step 3 Expanded Memory Board Installation Page 2 Operation Major Components Controls & Indicators The Power Switch See Appendix A for troubleshooting tips. Operation Page Page Step 3 Step 4 Page Step 5 Handling the Media Card Gate Adjustment Page Page Page Printer Access and Usage Printing Printing a Test Card Adjustments Physical Processes Color Dye Sublimation Gray-Scale Dye Sublimation Resin Thermal Transfer Overlay Varnish Thermal Transfer Print Sequence Page Cleaning The Printer Page Card Path Elements Page Page Page Page Page Page Cleaning Platen and Transport Rollers Step 2 Page Page Page Cleaning Laminator Rollers Step 3 Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder Introduction Media Loading Orientation Ensuring Data Reliability Encoding Example 2. Set Read/Write Parameters, Enter Data, Encode Stripe, and Eject: MagneticCard Stripe Encoder Example 3. Reset to ANSI/ISO: 54 Page Page 4 Smart Card Contact Station Introduction Media Loading Orientation Adjustments Smart Card Chip Interface Media Jams Appendix A Trouble Shooting Common Printing Problems Trouble Shooting Guide 62 Page Other Support Resources Parallel Interface Cable Wiring required to use the printers parallel interface. Female DB-25 to Male DB-25 PRINTER Supported Card Media and Ribbon Card Media Ribbons CardDimensions MagneticStripe Dimensions SmartCard Chip AppendixA Printer Features and Options Page Page Appendix B Supplies and Accessories Accessories Print Ribbons AppendixB for use in Privilege card printers. Special Ribbons 72 Page Page Appendix C Windows Card Printer Driver Installation of Printer Drivers Page Windows 95 Sequence Page Page Page Page Page Using the Windows 95 Driver Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Printer Setup Options Page Page Page Head Setting Printer Control Memory Options Glossary 102 Page 104 Page World Wide Offices: