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HDP5000 CUPS Driver User Guide
Linux & MAC OS
© 2009 HID Global Corporation. All rights reserved.
Document Number L001389 Rev.1.1
Fargo HDP5000 CUPS Driver User Guide for Linux and MAC
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HDP5000 CUPS User Guide Linux & Mac OS User Guide (Rev 1.1), property of HID/Fargo Electronics, Incorporated © 2009 HID Global Corporation. All rights reserved. Exclusive permission is granted to authorized resellers of HID Global products to reproduce and distribute this copyrighted document to authorized HID Global customers, who have signed a “no disclosure agreement” regarding the restricted, proprietary use of said document. The revision number for this document will be updated to
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Table of Contents Supported Distributions CUPS 5 Installation Procedure for the CUPS Driver on Linux OS 6 Installation Procedure for MAC OS X Driver 7 HID/Fargo Printer Driver Setup 11 Selecting the Card Size 11 Selecting the Supported Ribbon Types 12 Selecting the Disable Printing Option 13 Selecting the Print Both Sides Option 13 Selecting the Split 1 set of Ribbon Panels Options 13 Using the Image Color Capabilities 14 Selecting the Color Matching Options 14 Selecting Resin Dithe
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Setting Printer Options 35 Canceling Print jobs from Command Line 35 General Printing Options for CUPS 35 Ethernet Installation Procedure for the MAC Driver 36 Printer Maintenance Options for Linux and Mac 40 Performing a Ribbon Sensor Calibration 40 Performing a Film Sensor Calibration 41 Performing a Lamination Sensor Calibration 42 Cleaning the Printer 43 Printing a Test Card 44 HDP5000 Cups (Linux & MAC OS) User Guide Rev1.1 4
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Supported Distributions CUPS The Common Unix Printing System (CUPS), a modular printing system for Unix-like computer operating systems, allows a computer to act as a print server. A computer running CUPS is a host that can accept print jobs from client computers, process them, and send them to the appropriate printer. Linux 32-bit - Ubuntu 7.10, Fedora Core 7 & 8, Red Hat Enterprise 5, openSuse 10.3, NovelSuse 9. MAC OS X Version 10.4 -10.5 File structure CUPS service name & pat
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Installation Procedure for the CUPS Driver on Linux OS Note: On some Linux Distributions, it may be necessary to disable SELinux (security enhanced Linux) capabilities in order to install or use the CUPS Driver. Refer to the SELinux web site at: www.nsa.gov/selinux/ or the documentation for your specific distribution for more information. Step Procedure 1 Unpack the driver tar-ball by running the following command as root from the directory the file was downloaded to: # tar -xz
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Installation Procedure for MAC OS X Driver Download the Mac Printer Driver from www.fargosupport.com to the desktop. (This will be in Zip format) Unzip the folder Double-click on the HDP5000V1.0.0.4 PKG folder to start the installation HDP5000 Cups (Linux & MAC OS) User Guide Rev1.1 7
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HID/Fargo Printer Driver Setup Once the CUPS and MAC driver are installed the printer options are setup as shown below. Go to webpage http://localhost:631 In order to access the Set Printer Driver options shown below. (NOTE: Click here for Ethernet setup. Ethernet Installation Procedure for the MAC Driver ) Selecting the Card Size Card Options available include the Card Size only Card Type, Orientation and Copies options are not supported. These options are supported in the
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Selecting the Supported Ribbon Types Command Line Usage CUPS option Description Ribbon = YMC Ribbon Type = Sets the Ribbon type for the print YMC job to YMC – Full Color Ribbon = YMCK Ribbon Type = Sets the Ribbon type for the print YMCK job to YMCK – Full Color/ Resin Black. Ribbon = YMCKK Ribbon Type = Sets the Ribbon type for the print YMCKK job to YMCKK – Full Color/Two Resin Black. Ribbon = YMCKH Ribbon Type = Sets the ribbon type for the print YMCKH job to YMCKH – Heat se
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Selecting the Disable Printing Option Command Line CUPS option Description Usage DisablePrinting = True Disable Printing Select it to encode or re-encode cards to = Yes save time and avoid the use of printing supplies. DisablePrinting = Disable Printing Select it to perform full printing and False = No encoding operations. Selecting the Print Both Sides Option Command Line CUPS option Description Usage PrintBothSides = True Print Both Sides If the Printer is equipped with a Flippe
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Using the Image Color Capabilities Selecting the Color Matching Options Command Line CUPS Option Description Usage ColorMatching = Color Matching = This provides a closer match to the System System Color RGB color specifications. (Note: This Management option shifts colors to a different color model so the colors in the image will more closely match how they appear on the monitor.) ColorMatching = None Color Matching = Select None for print speed versus None print color or for
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Selecting Resin Dither: Select the appropriate dither method according to the type of image to be printed. (Note: This option only affects those objects printed on the backside of a card with the resin black Panel of a YMCK or YMCKK Print Ribbon. This is only enabled when using at least one K panel and dual sided enabled, splitting one set of panels.) Command Line CUPS Option Description Usage ResinDither = graphics Resin Dither = This is a lower quality print. Optomized for Graphi
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Following the Resin Heat Front Procedure Command Line CUPS option Description Usage ResinHeatFront=0 Resin Heat Front (K) = 0 1. Adjust the Resin Heat Front value higher to use more heat <-50 to 50> to transfer resin to a card. 2. Adjust the Resin Heat Front value lower to reduce the amount of heat (used to transfer resin to the card). Following the Resin Heat Back Procedure Command Line CUPS option Description Usage ResinHeatBack = Resin Heat Back (K) = 0 1. Adjust the Resin H
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Image Transfer Options Selecting the Horizontal Option Note: Over adjusting the Horizontal offset may result in ribbon breaking. Command Line Usage CUPS option Description HOffset=0 Horizontal Offset = 0 Use the Horizontal adjustment to move the image toward the card <-100 to 100> output side of the Printer (if a positive number is entered) and toward the card input side of the Printer (if a negative number is entered). Selecting the Vertical Option Command Line Usage CUPS opt
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Transfer Temperature Command Line Usage CUPS option Description Transfer Temperature Sets TransferHeat =0 Transfer Heat = 0 temperature for InTM transfer in <150 to 190> <150 to 190> Celsius Lower limit = 150.0 Celsius, Upper limit = 190.0 Celsius • UltraCard III - Composite: Default = 175.0 Celsius • UltraCard- PVC: Default = 175.0 Celsius • Custom: Default = 175.0 Celsius Transfer Dwell Time Command Line Usage CUPS option Description Transfer Dwell Time Sets dwell time
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K-Panel Options Selecting the Front K-Panel Area Command Line Usage CUPS option Description KPanelAreaFront = None Front K-Panel Area = Select None to have any None graphics objects that are black in color to be printed using composite colors (YMC) KPanelAreaFront = FullCard Front K-Panel Area = Select Full card to print any Full Card black graphic objects on the card in resin. Note: If using a YMCK Ribbon, Split 1 Set of Ribbon Panels must be set to No. Selecting the Back K-
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Selecting the K-Panel Only Front Options Command Line Usage CUPS Options Description KPanelOnlyFront = True K-Panel Only Front = Select K-Panel Only Front if Yes printing resin black onto a white background in order to maximize the sharpness of printed text and bar codes. KPanelOnlyFront = False K-Panel Only Front = No Select K-Panel Only Front to have all black printed with the Yellow (Y), Magenta (M) and Cyan (C) Ribbon panels directly beneath the resin black (K) panel.) Selecti
