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Prima
Reverse transfer
ID card printer
Printer Driver Manual
P R O F E S S I O N A L S E R I E S
Secure ID card printers
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Prima 3 Driver Manual Welcome to the high performance printer driver for the Prima 3 series printer. This manual will help you to install, set-up and configure the driver to get the best results for your prints. The driver runs on 32-bit Windows platforms and was successfully tested under Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional as well as under new Windows Vista operating system. This driver was designed for the best performance and stability. Additionally, all the necessary features re
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Prima 3 Driver Manual Table of contents 1. Legal and Copyright Information.........................................................................................................6 2. Installation..............................................................................................................................................7 2.1. Printer Driver Installation...................................................................................................................7 2.2.
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Prima 3 Driver Manual 6.3. Application Setup ............................................................................................................................66 6.4. Multi-printer encoding......................................................................................................................67 6.5. Printing and encoding over network................................................................................................68 6.6. Multiple encodings on one card ...
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Prima 3 Driver Manual 1. Legal and Copyright Information This product is provided on an "as is" basis, without any other warranties, or conditions, expressed or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantable quality, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or those arising by law, statute, usage of trade or course of dealing. You assume the entire risk as to the results and performance of the Software. Neither we, our dealers nor our suppliers shall have any
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Prima 3 Driver Manual 2. Installation Cont. 2.1. Printer Driver Installation Note 1: It is recommended to install the driver before you connect the printer to the PC! Note 2: System administrator privileges are required for driver installation! Log on to Windows as system administrator. Start the installer program "Setup XID5xx 5.5.exe" from your driver CD ROM. Follow the instructions (See the following screen shots). The installation itself contains two separate steps in one inst
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Prima 3 Driver Manual Note: Please note that you have to choose the exact name of the delivered member of our XID Printer Family. The wrong choice will result in a non-working printer!!! An administrator password can be set during initial installation. This password grants access to the Administration Center. Note: It is possible to leave this field empty, but it is recommended to enter a password. If both entries match, click "Next" to continue. 7
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Prima 3 Driver Manual Note: It is recommended to use the proposed default path. Please verify the path shown and click "Next". Click "Install" to continue. Click "Continue Anyway" to continue the installation. 8
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Prima 3 Driver Manual Click "Continue Anyway" to continue the installation. Click "Continue Anyway" to continue the installation. Now the files will be installed. 9
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Prima 3 Driver Manual Click on "Finish" to complete the installation.A reboot may be necessary, as shown below. Please wait until the driver installation is completed, then click "Finish". The selected printer should appear here (see arrow): Under Start -> Programs -> XID5xx Printer, you should see the related modules 10
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Prima 3 Driver Manual By calling the printer properties, from the "General" tab, you can print a test page as follows: After your test page has been printed successfully, click "OK". After the installation has been completed, connect the printer to the PC and power on. The Hardware Wizard appears and shows a signature warning: Click "Continue" to proceed. 11
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Prima 3 Driver Manual The Wizard will ask you to connect to Windows Update: Choose "No, not this time" and click "Next". Choose "Install the software automatically" and click "Next". Note: The hardware name ("XID 5xxie U2") may differ depending on the firmware and the ID of the printer. The Hardware Wizard appears and shows a signature warning. Click "Continue Anyway". 12
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Prima 3 Driver Manual The Hardware wizard will install the needed files automatically. Click "Finish" to close the Hardware Wizard. Congratulations! You have successfully finished the printer driver installation. 13
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Prima 3 Driver Manual 2.2. Advanced Printer Configuration If the printer is used in a network environment and will be shared with other users, then click "Shared as:" and name the printer. Afterwards other users can select this printer within the network environment. Note: The screenshot may differ depending on system configurations: The required printer port will be linked automatically to DIGID5 port. Do not change the following default settings unless you are an advanced
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Prima 3 Driver Manual The Color Management settings should only be used by experienced users. 15
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Prima 3 Driver Manual Note: The screenshot may differ depending on system configuration: On the "About" tab you will find the version of the installed printer driver: 16
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Prima 3 Driver Manual 3. Printing Preferences 3.1. Introduction into driver and print technology In graphic user interfaces all options are shown dynamically as there are card feeding, loading card in magazine, card leaving the printer etc. The printing technology contains printing of the colors as a mixture from Yellow, Magenta and Cyan ("Y", "M", "C"). Black ("K"), also known as Carbon black or process black, is often available on color ribbons. The reason for the use of Carbon ("K")
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Prima 3 Driver Manual 3.2. Layout / Setup 3.2.1. Page Orientation This option will be used to setup the page orientation between Portrait and Landscape. 3.2.2. Set-up for Control of Printing / Encoding This option sets up the control of "Print and Encode", "Encode only" or "No Encoding". 18
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Prima 3 Driver Manual Set-up for use of cards with magnetic stripe or smartchip (Card Type) If the "Magstripe" or "Smartchip" checkbox is enabled, all options regarding encoding and positioning of card will be enabled. In addition, the "Card placement in the printer tray" shows dynamically the correct images to the operator. Please note that the magstripe function is for visualization AND activation. 3.2.3. Set-up for Layout Orientation The Setup for Layout Orientation is
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Prima 3 Driver Manual Flip Axis: Here you can setup the orientation of the 'card body', which is the same as A the function as former 'Image Orientation'. The advantage is that you do not need to imagine how the card will rotate. Just pick up a card and you will understand the idea behind flipping the card horizontally or vertically. Side A or B: Use the pull down menu to set up the patch usage of the color ribbon for side A (Front side) and side B (Back side). B Rotation / Swap:
