The Eltron Company P500, P600 Printer Features and Options

Printer Features

and Options The Privilege card printer series are part of El-

tron’s personal and industrial printer family. A

Privilege card printer prints on standard credit

card size cards. These color printers can pro-

duce images using either dye sublimation

and/orthermal transfer (monochrome) modes.

This list only serves as a reference. Consult the

latest Data Sheet.

PRIVILEGE SERIES CARD PRINTERS

Print Resolution

•300 dots per inch (11.8 dot per millimeter)

Printing Technology

•Monochrome - Thermal Transfer

•Color - Dye Sublimation

Print Time

•Typically3 secondsper card(monochrome)

•Typically 45 seconds per card (color)

Print Speed

•0.5 ips

Font Support

•Arial 22 Bold and Arial 28 Normal

•True Type fonts with the WindCard™ or

Windows™ compatible printer driver to ac-

cess Windows™ resident fonts.

Bar Code Symbologies

•Code 39 (3 of 9)

•Interleaved 2 of 5 (I-2/5)

•Standard 2 of 5 (2/5)

•EAN 8

•EAN 13

•UPC A

•MONARCH

•Code 128 subsets B with or without Check

Digit

•Code 128 Subset C with or without Check

Digit

68 980179-001Rev. A

AppendixA

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: