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HiTi Card Printer
CS-300
User Manual
Hi-Tuch Ia gig Techg ies V.2007.03
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Microsoft, MS, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporations. Pentium is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corporation. TrueType is a U.S. trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. COPYRIGHT The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instructions carefully. Keep these instructions for future reference. Follow all warnings and instructions as marked on the product. 2. Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid detergents or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. 3. Do not use this product near water. 4. Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand, or table. The product may fall, causing serious damage to the product. 5. Op
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Instruction 5 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 6 1-1 Check Accessories 6 1-2 Appearance Of CS-300 7 1-3 Install Power Cord & USB Cable 10 1-4 Install Cleaning Roller 11 1-5 Install Card & Ribbon 12 Chapter 2 Software Installation 14 2-1 Install Driver (Win 2000 & XP ) 15 2-2 Uninstall Driver (Win 2000 & XP ) 16 2-3 Install Card Desiree CS 17 2-4 Driver Instruction 18 Chapter 3 Operation Instruction 28 3-1 LCD Display Instruction 28 3-2 Operation Instruction 28 Chapter 4 How To
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Instruction Thank you for choosing HiTi Card Printer. We hope this will just be the beginning of our long-term and successful association. With this HiTi card printer, you can easily and conveniently print high quality plastic cards, such as personalized ID cards/credit cards, membership cards,.…etc. Please read this manual carefully and complete the installation before operating the printer. HiTi Card Printer CS-300 Features Supports double-side printing. High quality prin
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Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 1-1 Check Accessories Please make sure the following items are included when you unpack the card printer. 1.Card Output Hopper 2. Weight 3. USB Cable 4. Power Cord 5. User Manual 6. CD 7. Cleaning Roller 8. Cleaning Kit If any of the above items is missing, please contact your nearest HiTi customer-support facility or your local HiTi distributor. For detailed information, please refer to Appendi
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1-2 Appearance of CS-300 CS-300 Front side A. Card Input Hopper This is the Card Input Hopper for storing blank cards. Please insert the blank cards gently and remember to shield them with the built-in cover to avoid any dust entering in there. B. Card thickness selection button HiTi CS-300 provides four selections for thickness: 0.3 mm (10 mil), 0.5 mm (20 mil), 0.8 mm (30 mil) and 1.0 mm (40 mil). Please move and slide the selector for
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CS-300 Back side D C A B A. Power Switch This switch turns the power of the printer on or off. B. Power Socket Connect your power cord here. C. USB Connector Please connect the printer to a controlling device, such as a PC or a laptop, hereby using the build-in USB connector. D. Specification Label Printer specification and detail information display label. 8 www.hi-ti.
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Control Panel. A. LED Light Turn the power on. The printer will automatically initiate a system check and turn on the green LED light to indicate that the printer status is normal. If an error occurs, an error message will be shown on the LCD display and flash the LED. Please refer to “Chapter 5 Troubleshooting” for resolving this error message. Status Light: Green LED means that the status of the card printer is normal. Error Light: Re
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1-3 Install Power Cord & USB Cable 1. Connect the printer to the AC power outlet using the supplied power cord. 2. Please connect the printer to a PC using the supplied USB Cable. 3. Turn on the “Power Switch". Before you turn on the “Power Switch”, please make sure that you have already installed the printer driver. Please refer to Chapter 2. 4. You will see a "New Hardware Found" message display on the PC screen. Then i
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1-4 Install Cleaning Roller ※Please install the cleaning roller before using the card printer. 3. Slide the ID button and lift the ribbon door up. 2. Open the cover of the cleaning module, as illustrated. 3. While holding the cover of the cleaning module open, insert the cleaning roller spool into the spool receivers. Turn the cleaning roller after its installation; if it turns smoothly, then the installation of the cleaning roller should be correct. If it does not turn sm
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1-5 Install Card & Ribbon ※ ※ The HiTi card printer package does not include cards and ribbons. You ※ ※ can contact your local HiTi distributor or refer to Appendix E for consumer ordering information. The Card Installation 1. Please move and slide the selector for 2. Open the door of the Card Input thickness to the correct thickness position Hopper. which matches the thickness of the card to be printed. 1. Insert a blank card, place the weight on the top and close the d
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The Ribbon Installation 1. Remove the ribbon slack by rotating 2. Remove the fastener on the ribbon the spool as illustrated. as illustrated 3. Slide the ID button and lift the ribbon door up. 4. Hold the ribbon cartridge handle and insert it into the printer as illustrated. Please make sure the drive gear is properly seated against the ribbon spool. 5. Close the ribbon door. Make sure the STATUS LED displays green light and the LCD display shows “READY”. 13
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Chapter 2 Software Installation System Requirements Please make sure your PC conforms to the following requirements. Intel Pentium or compatible PC Windows 2000/XP 128 MB RAM or higher Available USB port 100 MB or more free hard disk space CD-ROM Drive Notice!! 1. Microsoft, MS, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. 2. Pentium is a U.S. registered trademark of the Intel Corporation.
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2-1 Install Driver (Windows 2000/XP) 1.Insert the “Driver CD” into the CD-ROM drive. If the installation doesn’t start automatically; run the “autorun.exe” in the disk. Please select printer model “CS-300”. 2.Please select “Driver / HiTi CS-300” and install. 3.Click the “Start” button to install the driver. 4.Connect the printer to the PC using the USB cable and turn the printer on. 15 www.hi-ti.com
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5. In Windows 2000 or Windows XP, if there’s message dialog showing “Digital Signature Not Found” or “Driver Incompatibility”, please click “Yes” to continue to install the driver. 6. After copying several files, the Windows 2000 / XP system recognizes this printer and the installation will be finished. 2-2 Uninstall Driver 1. Under Control Panel/ Add Remove Programs, you can find “HiTi CS-300” Card Printer”. 2. Select [Remove] option, then the system will begin to
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2-3 Install CardDesiree CS 1. Insert the “Driver CD” into the CD-ROM drive, if the disc doesn’t auto start, then please execute the “autorun.exe” in the disc. 2. Select "Software / CardDesiree CS" and install. 3. Select language and destination; then press the “Start” button. 4. When the installation is finished, a pop-up message will appear to ask whether or not to place a "Card Desiree CS" icon on the Windows Desktop? 5. The "Card Desiree CS" installation is finished.
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2-4 Driver Instruction You can access the driver settings in Control Panel-> Printers. Select HiTi CS-300 and right-click the mouse button, then select “Printing Preferences”. The printer driver is divided into seven different categories (not including general properties) integrated in a main page. The seven different categories list as below: 1. Device Option 2. Printing Area 3. Color 4. Tools 5. Magnetic Encoding 6. Import/Export 7. About
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[Device Option] You can modify the settings of the card printer in this page. A B C E H D F G Ribbon Type: Select the ribbon type you want to use. 1. YMCKO ribbon,2. Resin K A. ribbon or 3. YMCO ribbon. B. Card Type: Select the card type you want to use. You may choose “Blank Card”, “6-pin Smart Chip Card”, “8-pin Smart Chip Card”, “Magnetic Stripe Card”, “Chip/Magnetic Card”, and “Adhesive Card”. (Default setting: “Blank Card”) C. Quality Mode: Quality Mode is the default setti
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※When you select the YMCKO ribbon as your ribbon type, several options for Resin K will be available. Disable The “Resin K” within YMCKO ribbon will not be applied to print the black section and the black (RGB = 0, 0, 0) in graphical objects. It means the color in black (RGB = 0, 0, 0) will always be composed by Y, M and C. Always on The “Resin K” within the YMCKO ribbon will be applied to print all of the black (RGB = 0, 0, 0) in the images. Text only The “Resin K” within YMCKO ribb
