Card

Printer

Solutions

General information

Getting started

Operation

Printing a card

Cleaning

Troubleshooting

Specifications

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

P420i Plastic Card Printer

A . ·MEDIA LOADING ORIENTATION

Position the cards with the Smart Card Chip at the top of the card and towards the printer.

B.·SMART CARD CONTACT STATION INTERFACE

When a command to the parallel printer interface sends a card to the Smart Card Contact Station, the printer connects the Smart Card Contact Station to the female DB-9 connector on the rear of the printer.

An attached external Smart Card Programmer can be used to program Smart card chips.

DB - 9

SMART CARD

DB - 9

SMART CARD

PINS

CONTACT POINTS

PINS

CONTACT POINTS

1

CI (VCC)

6

C6 (Vpp)

2

C2 (Reset)

7

C7 (I/O)

3

C3 (Clock)

8

C8 (RFU)

4

C4 (RFU)

 

 

5

C5 (GND)

9

(GND when chip is at station)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refer to the Card Printer Programmer’s Manual for complete programming information.

DO NOT position printing over the Smart Card Chip.

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Zebra Technologies P420i user manual ·SMART Card Contact Station Interface, Smart Card Pins Contact Points