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1. GETTING STARTED 1 1 Unpacking your card printer Your P100 printer ships in a carton and protective anti static bag Keep all packing material in case you need to move or re ship the printer While unpacking inspect the carton to ensure that no damage occured during shipping Please ensure that you have a clean and nearly dust free environment for proper operation and storage of the printer GETTING STARTED T V In addition to user documentation make sure the following items are included with your P100 printer POWER CABLE CLEANING CARTRIDGE PRINTER DRIVER DISK floppy or and CD If any items are missing please contact your dealer To reorder please refer to Appendix C of this manual U 2 GETTING STARTED 1 2 Indicators and Controls Your P100 printer has an LCD Display two LED s and two Panel Buttons lt LCD Display Power e Clear Button A LED 2 gt O O Y 3 Select XN i A Alert LED Menu Button Next LCD Display The 16 character LCD Display is used for e Showing the printer s current status e Providing operator and service messages Chapter 5 LED s The two LED s are used for e Green Power LED e Amber Alert LED with beeper This Alert LED is on when an error condition exists The Beeper will sound three alert Beeps and the LCD Display will show the associated error message PANEL BUTTONS The Menu Button left is a pus
2. Operating Temperature 60 to 86 F 15 to 30 C e Operating Humidity 20 to 65 non condensing e Storage Temperature 23 to 158 F 5 to 70 C e Storage Humidity 20 to 70 non condensing e Ventilation Free air Thermal transfer Resin ribbons offer more durability than dye sublimation with greater resistance to scratches and UV induced fading Dye Sublimation printing requires dye sublimation ribbons with either black or cyan magenta and yellow plus black resin panels Measured without card output hopper TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 37 Y Options e Centronics Cable e RS 232C serial port e USB port e Smart Card Contact Station 0 76mm cards only e Magnetic Encoder 0 76mm cards only e Cleaning supplies e Service Manual Use only Polaroid approved card and ribbon media Using non approved card or ribbon media can void your warranty Refer to the Accessories section for more information about Card and Ribbon Media available from Polaroid TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS APPENDIX A Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder This section contains information on the additional operations of the P100 Printers with Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder See Chapter 2 for location INTRODUCTION Operation and maintenance requirements for the P100 Printer with the optional magnetic card stripe encoder See Chapter 2 for location The magnetic encoder can be set for either high or low coercivity O APPENDIX A 39 NI
3. Possible Cause A Contamination on the card surface a B Dust inside the printer and or dirty Cleaning Roller gt Solution A1 Check that cards are stored in a dust free environment A2 Use a different supply of cards B1 Perform a Cleaning of the printer see Cleaning section B2 Replace Cleaning Roller see Cleaning section eThere are non printing horizontal lines white on the card surfaces oo Yi Possible Cause A Ribbons is not correctly positioned B Print Head may be dirty C Print Head elements may have been damaged e g scratched or burnt Solution A1 Open cover and press down the Print Head Unlock Lever to open the Print Head carriage The Print Head will move up A2 Check that the ribbon is properly rolled onto the ribbon cores and there are no wrinkles in the ribbon A3 Push down on the Print Head Lock Lever until an audible click signals the locked down position A4 Ribbon will automatically synchronize A5 Print again B1 Perform a Cleaning of the Print Head see 4 2 Cleaning the Print Head C1 Call service for Print Head replacement information TROUBLESHOOTING ePrinting shows very pale or inconsistent results Possible Cause A Ribbon may have been stored improperly or is damaged B Cards may not meet specifications C Contrast and or Intensity may be set to values which are too high D Dust or embedded contamination on elements of the Print Hea
4. capable of causing electrical shock and personal injury An area where electrostatic discharge ESD can cause component damage Use a grounding wrist band Elevated temperature hazard capable of producing a burn Keep Card Printer clean by minimizing cover open time Table of Contents GETTING STARTED cisien iodo cian tisteves diet sostini 1 1 1 Unpacking your card printer ooooooccccccccnnnncoccnnnnnnnnniincnnnnnnnno 1 1 2 Indicators and controls ooooocooooocccccccnnnnnnococononnnnnoninornnnnnnnnns 3 1 3 Brinter installation ici Aa 4 OPERATION coi in esie rRe a os EERE EESE ES iE 5 ZA Printer Fedtu ress em ae a a a ee Ra 5 2 2 L ading ribbons smie esena a e ie Ea E E i 6 2 3 Loading card Senise tae 8 Card Feeder E EE E E T E aa veh nate 8 Card Cleaning Cartridge ccccccccccccccccnncicininnninicinininanannnnns 10 Card Thickness Control Lever ooooooooocccccccccnnccnnnonoccccnnnnns 11 Card Output Hopper cccoocooooncccconcnnnnnonnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnoninicinos 11 2 4 Reject Card Boxe tia ooh casa ces da Gea eg hoes aa 12 2 5 Feeding one card at a time eeeeeeeeeeceecccccccceecceeeeeeceeteeeseeees 14 2 6 Printing a test card cococccicccccccccccccccccconccccncccnnoncnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnns 15 2 7 Printer menu information oooooooooccccnccnnnnonoooccnnnnnnnaiccnnnnnnnno 16 PRINTING A SAMPLE CARD ooconcccnccconccccncccnnccncnccnnnanos 19 Install Driver on windows 95 98 oooocccccccccccnnnnoccccccnnnnnnnnno
5. MESSAGE MEANING ACTION INITIALISING The printer is performing an Wait for the ready message internal test before use READY Ready for use WAIT Print Head cool down mode Wait for READY message TEMPERATURE SELF TEST Self test card printing Wait for test card DOWNLOADING The card data is being Wait for card printing to start transmitted DATA The vellow panel is being PRINTING YELLOW printed The magenta panel is printing PRINTING MAGENTA PRINTING CYAN The cyan panel is printing TROUBLESHOOTING 29 WU SCREEN MESSAGE MEANING ACTION PRINTING BLACK A monochrome panel is being printed PRINTING VARNISH The overlay is printing PRINT A hologram overlay is HOLOGRAM printing Carry out the cleaning CLEAN PRINTER The printer is prompting procedure as detailed in operator maintenance section 4 of this manual The printer is prompting Carry out the cleaning CLEAN MAG HEAD operator procedure as detailed in Appendix A of this manual The printer is performing an CLEANING internal cleaning routine REMOVERIBBON Pe ribbon has not been Remove ribbon removed while the cleaning operation is in progress OUT OF RIBBON The printer ribbon has run out Replace printer ribbon Remove the jammed card MECHANICAL The printer has an error ERROR moving the card internally Ensure that the card enot out of specification
6. The card feeder is empty Add more cards or adjust OUT OF CARD the card feeder to accept the cards ROTATION ERROR The printer has an error moving the card in the flip Remove card COVER OPEN The cover is open Close the cover Lock the print head in its The print head is not locked qe HEAD OPEN into a lower position The data being sent from the aie OR ne Ta COMMAND ERROR host is not recognised printing a card from known good data PARAMETERS The features of the card are Check the Windows driver ERROR not recognised options and printer type NY 30 TROUBLESHOOTING SCREEN MESSAGE MEANING ACTION ENCODING ERROR Data cannot be written or Check that the cards are read from the card s loaded with the magnetic magnetic stripe stripe in the correct orientation Check whether high or low coercivity cards have been specified Check that the data conforms to ISO specifications See Appendix A of this manual for further information READING ERROR Data cannot be read from Check that the cards are the card s magnetic stripe loaded with the magnetic stripe in the correct orientation Check whether high or low coercivity cards have been specified Check that the data conforms to ISO specifications See Appendix A of this manual for further information The reject box is full Empty the reject box and REJECT BOX FULL press the right panel button MAGNETIC ERROR The printer cannot detect a Check th
7. an optional contact station for programming Smart Cards ISO 7816 This printer model responds to commands that position the cards at the contact station where the printer connects to the contacts on the Smart Cards All other printer operations remain the same as the standard P100 model YJ 22 APPENDIX B 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 1 0 3 C3 Clock 8 C8 RFU 2 C4 RFU 9 GND when chip is at 5 C5 GND station Refer to the Card Printer Programmer s Manual for complete programming information DO NOT position printing over the Smart Card Chip APPENDIX B APPENDIX C Accessories amp supplies Please contact your Polaroid authorised dealer to place an order for accessories and supplies RIBBONS The following ribbons may be used in the P100 Printer Monochrome Resin Ribbons Sold by the Roll D
8. no other warranty whether written or oral is expressed or implied Polaroid specifically disclaims the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose DECLARATIONS OF CONFORMITY European Council Directive Compliance to Standards 89 336 EEC EMC Directive EN 55022 B RE S modified by condo i Immunity to a EMC Directive EN pa L Flectroinasieiic Disturbances a ci Low voltage Directive EN 60950 Product Safety Model P100 conforms to the following specification C FCC Part 15 Subpart A Section 15 107 a and Section 15 109 a Class A digital device Supplemental Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmfull interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmfull interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential are
9. 20 Install Driver on windows NT4 0 o ooooooccnnoccccnooonccooncononnncnnnnos 21 Set Printer Driver Options oooooooooccccccccnnnnnnnoniocnccnnnnnnnnnns 21 Printing a Sample Card oe a ae TE AAA 22 MeL EA NING iii airis 23 41 Cleaning SUSE Mi a AA e ia nd bones 24 4 2 Cleaning the print head oooiiciccicccccccccccccccccncconnnccnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 25 4 3 Card Cleaning Cartridge ccccceceeeecceeeeeceeeceeeeceeeceeeeeeteees 26 TROUBLESHOOTING cecceccsceccscccceccccsccscscsccscscosees 29 5 1 Interpreting LCD Display Messages ooooccccccccconcccccnnncnononono 29 5 2 Print Quality issues viril bata 32 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ceceeeescsecsccscescsceeees 35 APPENDIX A MAGNETIC CARD STRIPE ENCODER 39 Introduction wick esccccidicas cache eset weds tinned ews basses iii 39 Media Loading Orientation ooooocncccnncnncccnnononcccnnnnnnnnnnnns 40 Magnetic Encoder Cleaning eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetneneeeee 41 APPENDIX B SMART CARD CONTACT STATION 42 Introduction iii sie Lickin Bie ede hed end ena eino Eraiki 42 Media Loading Orientation ooooocccccccccnnnnnoncccccnnnnnnnnnnnnons 43 Smart Card Contact Station Interface cccccconnnnnnccccnnnos 43 APPENDIX C ACCESSORIES amp SUPPLIES 0 00000 44 Ribbons niran iach eek EAA dee een Ai e 44 Carasa nera it Nate dhe Ue he tl do od ina de eo 45 ACCESSOTIES A A eae ae 46 we viii
10. 98 or Windows NT 4 0 software application program using the drivers provided with the printer This section contains information on the printing of a dual sided card in color using the 6 Panel color ribbon YMCKOK and the Windows Printer Driver BEFORE installing updated printer driver versions always delete the existing printer driver version from your computer y PRINTING A SAMPLE CARD 19 Y A To install the P100 Printer Driver in Windows 95 98 use the following steps IMPORTANT NOTE ENSURE THAT YOUR PC PRINTER PORT IS SET TO STANDARD MODE AND ALSO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE DELETED ANY PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THIS PRINTER DRIVER IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR IT DEPARTMENT This installation uses floppy drive A or from CD Rom as the installation drive with the printer used as stand alone Start your computer and then Windows Insert your Polaroid Driver diskette into the drive A or CD drive Under Windows click the Start button select Settings then Printers Double click on the Add Printer icon and also Next Ensure Local Printer is selected and click on Next Click on Have Disk and then type in A win95 and click OK P100 CARD PRINTER should be displayed after which click on Next Choose LPT1 Standard Printer Port click on Next select Yes to set as Default Printer and click on Finish to install The Printer Wizar
11. A MEDIA LOADING ORIENTATION The magnetic encoder is a factory installed item with the read write head positioned below the card path available with HICO encoding or LOCO encoding When loading cards into the Card Cartridge please ensure that the magnetic stripe is facing down and closest STRIPE to the rear DOWN Also available are Printer models with the Magnetic Read Write head positioned above the card path with HICO encoding or LOCO encoding When loading cards please ensure that the magnetic stripe is facing up and closest to the rear STRIPE UP NOTE M1 Stripe Down HICO M3 Stripe up HICO M2 Stripe Down LOCO M4 Stripe up LOCO Approved HICO amp LOCO PVC cards are available See Appendix C ONLY USE cards that comply with ISO 7810 amp 7811 standards for magnetic stripe cards The magnetic stripe must be flush to the surface of the card to work properly Never use taped on magnetic stripes U 40 APPENDIX A B MAGNETIC ENCODER CLEANING There exists two different processes to clean the Magnetic Stripe Encoder The first process consists of a standard cleaning of the printer This cleans the most important parts of the printer including the Print head Transport Roller and Magnetic Stripe Encoder refer to chapter 4 Cleaning for more instruc tions The second process consists of a cleaning of the Magnetic Encoder using the Menu Button from the LCD Display To acces
12. Cover and locate Cleaning Cartridge 2 Gently remove Cleaning Cartridge by rotating up and away from printer Continued on next page LO j SS 26 CLEANING eS G 3 Remove Cleaning Roller from Cartridge and discard a 4 Install new Cleaning Roller into Cartridge To avoid contamination always hold the Cleaning Roller assembly by the ends A 5 Carefully peel off wrapper from new Cleaning Roller while in Cartridge SLOT 6 Replace Cartridge into printer Make sure the arrow on top of the assembly is facing toward the rear of the printer Hook assembly into slot on printer and rotate down Ensure the assembly locks in place DO NOT touch the roller surface that con tacts the cards 7 Close Cover See Appendix C for replacement Cleaning Rollers Although the CLEAN PRINTER message is displayed until maintenance has been performed the printer will continue to operate CLEANING 27 TROUBLESHOOTING This section offers solutions to potential problems you may experience with your P100 printer The table below lists the screen messages that will be displayed on the printer s LCD both during normal operation and to alert operator of any error conditions There is also some additional information dealing with quality issues concerning printing onto cards 5 1 Interpreting LCD Display messages SCREEN
13. LEAN PRINT HEAD Next To clean the Thermal Print Head and card transport system To run Next CLEAN MAG HEAD cleaning To clean the magnetic Encoder Head Next Select TEST PATERN To print a printer test card PRINT PARAMETERS To print a test card showing the operating parameter settings of the printers SELF TEST GO TO MAIN MENU MENU To run printing MAG PARAMETERS To print a test card showing the operating parameter settings of magnetic encoder Select Next DEFAULTS Select Ribbon type To show the type of ribbon installed It may not match the ribbon physically installed until the installed ribbon has been selected through the driver Offset X aa Y bb To show the X print location offset value in pixels aa To show the Y print location offset value in pixels bb Mag Option cccc To show the setting of the magnetic encoder as cccc which can be HICO high coercivity LOCO low coercivity NONE no encoder present Color Parameters To show the intensity values of Yellow Y Magenta M and Cyan C panels and contrast value of Black Resin K Panel Selec GO TO MAIN MENU OPERATION 17 NF PRINTING A SAMPLE CARD Printing with the P100 Printer requires the Windows Printer Driver your card design issuing software or printer command level programming through the printer interface The P100 Card Printer can be used with any Windows 95
14. RATION n V 2 4 Rejected Card Box The P100 Printer is equipped with a Rejected Card Box When an encoding can not be completed the card is ejected into the Rejected card box The P100 Printer counts the number of cards which go into the Rejected Card Box After 20 cards the printer stops the Amber LED Flashes and a LCD Message is displayed indicating the need to empty the reject box E When LCD screen reports message HOW TO MAINTAIN 1 Press the top of the Rejected Card Box Door as shown Allow the door to swing down and open 2 Remove all cards from the Rejected Card Box WJ 12 OPERATION 3 Swing up the Rejected Card Box Door and press the top An audible click signals the locked position 4 Press the Clear Button on the front panel to re start the current printer job and to clear the rejected cards counter OPERATION 133 YD 2 5 Feeding one card at a time A Manual Feed Slot is available on the side of the Card Feeder cover for feeding single cards Cleaning Cards are fed manually through this slot The Feeder must be empty for manual card feeding to work properly For one at a time printing feed cards through slot on side of Feeder Do not feed more than one card at a time WJ n OPERATION 2 6 Printing a Test Card With ribbon and cards loaded your P100 printer is ready to print To check the operation of the printer you should print a test card 1 Press the Menu But
15. User Manual P100 Polaroid Part Number No 110439A Rev 1 1 Polaroid FOREWORD This manual contains installation and operation information for the Polaroid P100 Series card printers manufactured by Polaroid Corporation RETURN MATERIALS AUTHORIZATION Before returning any equipment to Polaroid Corporation for in warranty or out of warranty repair contact Repair Administration for a Return Materials Authorization RMA number Repack the equipment in the original packing material and mark the RMA number clearly on the outside Ship the equipment freight prepaid to the address given to you by Repair Administration COPYRIGHT NOTICE This document contains information proprietary to Polaroid Corporation This document and the information contained within are copyrighted by Polaroid Corporation and may not be duplicated in full or in part by any person without written approval from Polaroid While every effort has been made to keep the information contained within current and accurate as of the date of publication no guarantee is given or implied that the document is error free or that it is accurate with regard to any specification Polaroid reserves the right to make changes for the purpose of product improvement at any time TRADEMARKS Polaroid P100 is a pending service mark Polaroid is a registered trademark of Polaroid Corporation Cambridge MA All other marks may trademarks or registered trademarks of their res
16. a is likely to cause harmfull interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense INDUSTRY CANADA NOTICE This device complies with Industry Canada ICS 003 class A requirements Cet quipement est conforme a ICS 003 classe A de la Norme Industrielle Canadienne WA iv INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing the Polaroid 100 Plastic Card Printer These printers produce cards ideal for personalised identification access control visitor membership promotion and luggage card badges and tags This manual guides you to efficient start up and operation of your new Card Printer P100 PRINTER MODELS The Polaroid Product Number tells a story Here is a quick review of the Polaroid Card Printer Series numbering and lettering system to help you The P100 Plastic Card Printer employs Dye Sublimation and Resin Thermal Transfer technologies Model numbers include identifiers that specify options are shown using the following lettering conventions P100 X X X nnnnnn Sw Serial Number M Magnetic Encoding j E Smart Card C Color NY ICONS Throughout this manual different icons highlight important information as follows Ma gt rebbbb Important general information Mechanical hazard such as one associated with moving parts capable of resulting in equipment damage or personal injury Electrical hazard such as an exposed voltage point
17. ad Unlock Lever to open the print head carriage The print head carriage will pop open J 6 OPERATION SUPPLY SPINDLE 3 Load ribbon onto the supply spindle under print head carriage and empty core with tape attached onto the TAKE UP SPINDLE CLICK take up spindle Make sure the ribbon comes off the top of the supply spindle and feeds to the top of the take up spindle 4 Push down on the Print Head Lock Lever until an audible click signals the locked down position 5 Close Cover Please note that the ribbon automatically synchronizes whenever the print head lock down occurs The card flipper will not operate and an error will be indicated if you try to flip a card when the cover is open OPERATION 2 3 Loading Cards To help you load print and collect cards the P100 has the following items A CARD FEEDER This item is used for loading cards 1 Open Card Feeder Cover by putting your fingers on both sides and rotating the cover in a clockwise direction to the open position 2 Install cards into Feeder as shown 3 Close Card Feeder Cover V 8 OPERATION DO NOT bend cards or touch print surfaces as this can reduce print quality The surface of the cards must remain clean and dust free Always store cards in an enclosed container Ideally use cards as soon as possible If cards stick together carefully shuffle them See Chapter 6 Tech
18. ary Allow 2 minutes to dry before re using the printer Note For a printer cleaning prior to the WHEN TO CLEAN signal press the Left Panel Button until the LCD screen shows CLEANING MENU Press the right Panel Button to select and one more time again to run the cleaning process Repeat first steps 1 amp 2 above Although the CLEAN PRINTER message is displayed until the cleaning process has been performed the printer will continue to operate 24 CLEANING 4 2 Cleaning the Print Head A cleaning using the Cleaning System with cards usually suffices However a separate Print Head cleaning using swabs can remove more stubborn deposits when print anomalies persist To avoid deposits only use foam tipped swabs 1 Raise Print Head and remove the Ribbon 2 Clean Print Head by moving alcohol moistened swab tip side to side across Print Head elements Only use moderate force To reorder swabs see Appendix C Never use a sharp object to scrape deposits from the print head Permanent damage will result CLEANING 25 YD 4 3 Card Cleaning Cartridge Your P100 Printer also has a Card Cleaning Cartridge This item cleans the cards entering the printer To ensure print quality the cleaning roller requires periodic replacements lt WHEN TO MAINTAIN When LCD screen reports message Run a printer cleaning first see 4 1 Cleaning System for more instructions HOW TO MAINTAIN 1 Open
19. d Solution A1 Change ribbon and print again B1 Use a different supply of cards C1 Adjust Contrast and or Intensity values in software D1 Perform a cleaning of the Print Head see 4 2 Cleaning the Print Head ePrinting shows blurry printed image Possible Cause A Ribbon may not be correctly positioned A B Ribbon may not be synchronized on the correct color panel position C Cards may not meet specifications D Dust inside the printer and or dirty Cleaning Roller Solution A1 Open cover and press down the Print Head Unlock Lever to open the Print Head carriage The Print Head will move up A2 Check ribbon is properly rolled on ribbon cores A3 Push down on the Print Head Lock Lever until an audible click signals the locked down position A4 Ribbon will automatically synchronize A5 Print again B1 Open cover and press down the Print Head Unlock Lever to open the Print Head carriage The Print Head will move up B2 Push down on the Print Head Lock Lever until an audible click signals the locked down position B3 Ribbon will automatically synchronize B4 Print again C1 Use a different supply of cards D1 Perform a cleaning of the Print Head see 4 2 Cleaning the Print Head D2 Replace Cleaning Roller see 4 3 Cleaning Cartridge gt Y 1 TROUBLESHOOTING 33 U eNo printing on the card Possible Cause A Ribbon may not be installed in the printer B Cards may not meet specification
20. d will copy the necessary files to the PC for you and the P100 printer driver installation will be completed SS YY 20 PRINTING A SAMPLE CARD B To install the P100 Printer Driver in Windows NT4 0 Ensure that you have administrative privileges to perform this installation or contact your Information Technology Department Set printer as Not Shared for stand alone use Use the steps provided for Windows 95 98 installation with the exception of step 6 where you must type in A nt40 instead and click OK Once the printer driver has been successfully installed you will need to configure it for your printer This driver provides control of several printer features when printing from Windows applications These features are accessed through the P100 Plastic Card Printer Properties To access these properties select the P100 Card Printer icon in Printers Then click File Menu and select Properties C Set Printer Driver Options The P100 Printer screen appears Change the options as follows On the Printer tab configure the magnetic encoder feature If your printer is equipped with a Magnetic Encoder option select With Magnetic Encoder option On the Card tab select card orientation Landscape or Portrait Select Landscape On the Ribbon tab select the Ribbon Type Select YMCKOK for the standard 6 panel ribbon In the same tab go to Black Panel area and select Text Only This option allows th
21. e card orientation magnetic stripe on the card FLASH ERROR Contact your dealer for technical support NO ACCESS Ribbon Errors Check that the print ribbon has not run out Lock and then unlock the print head assembly this resynchronises the ribbon automatically When using a color ribbon it should advance automatically so that the leading edge of the Yellow panel is beneath the print head Ensure that the correct ribbon type has been specified in the Windows driver Card Feed amp Mechanical Errors Ensure that the card thickness adjustment has been set up correctly to allow one card to feed Magnetic Encoding Errors Check that the cards are inserted correctly in the printer Ensure that the cards are low or high coercivity as required and are set up correctly in the printer driver Cleaning Alert The printer has counted the number of cards printed and has automatically flagged that a cleaning routine needs to be carried out See Chapter 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 31 V 5 2 Print Quality Issues This section will help you resolve print quality problems The print quality is dependent on several factors The two most important factors that will increase your print quality are cleanliness and card stock To diagnose and fix print quality problems follow the troubleshooting procedure below eSmall spots appear on the printed card with a non printed area or a different color Yj
22. e text printing using the Black Resin Panel from the Color Ribbon Close the Eltron P100 Printer Properties screen Now that you have loaded media and set up the printer driver the P100 Printer is ready to print PRINTING A SAMPLE CARD 21 ZW D Printing a sample card Follow the steps to print your first card Go to the Microsoft Word Software If the printer was not selected as the default printer go to the File menu and Select Printer and choose Polaroid 100 Card Printer in the printer names list Then Close the print dialog box Come back to File menu and choose Page Setup Select Paper Size tab and in Paper Size choose Card Then select the orientation landscape Go to Margins tab put the Top Bottom left and right margins with O values Press OK to close Page Setup window The card appears on the screen Design a card with 2 sides as follow a Symbols in color 3 8 dk ae FA gt SAMPLE CARD lt Text in Red M JOHN JONES Sales Director Logo in Black gt Build the World with us and White S Http Qatrworld com lt _ ____ Text in Black Zz Front Side If found return to Http atrworld com Text in Black UMMA MM E Barcode in Black Back Side Once you are ready to print go to File and point Print The printer will feed in a card and start printing the data download time will va
23. escription Black 1000 images Red 1000 images Green 1000 images Blue 1000 images Gold 1000 images Silver 1000 images White 1000 images Scratch Off Gary 1000 images Black 1500 images Red 1500 images Green 1500 images Blue 1500 images Yellow 1500 images Gold 1500 images Silver 1500 images White 1500 images Color Ribbons Sold by the Roll Description 6 Panel Color Ribbon YMCKOK 170 images 5 Panel Color Ribbon YMCKO 200 images 2 Panel Black Ribbon K Dye O 500 images 2 Panel Resin Ribbon K Resin O 600 images 6 Panel Color Ribbon YMCKOK 250 images 5 Panel Color Ribbon YMCKO 350 images 2 Panel Black Ribbon K Dye O 800 images 2 Panel Resin Ribbon K Resin O 800 images Note Y Yellow M Magenta C Cyan K Black O Overlay VIA 44 APPENDIX C CARDS The following plain white plastic cards are available for use in the P100 printers Blank White Cards sold by the box Description Premier Grade PVC Card 10 mil 5 packs of 200 Card 10 mil adhesive back 5 packs of 200 Card 30 mil 5 packs of 100 Card 30 mil low coercivity Mag Stripe 5 packs of 100 Card 30 mil High coercivity Mag Stripe 5 packs of 100 Premier Plus Grade PVC composite 60 40 Card 30 mil 5 packs of 100 Card 30 mil low coercivity Mag Stripe 5 packs of 100 Card 30 mil low coercivity Mag Stripe 5 packs of 100 N
24. h button used for e Bringing printer into Menu Mode when pressed with the printer showing READY on the LCD Display e Using in Menu Mode to scroll through Menu Options The Clear Button right is a push button used for e Clearing an error status when LCD Display shows an error report and Alert LED is on e Invoking automatic retry of the operation which gave the error e Selecting a Menu Option when in Menu Mode NOTE the buttons beep when pressed GETTING STARTED 3 J 1 3 Printer Installation The following will guide you through the installation of your P100 printer CAUTION Limit AC power supplied to the P100 Printer to 110 230 V AC 60 50 Hz for an associated 680 mA 310 mA Limit excess current draw to 16 amps or less using an associated cir cuit breaker or other such device Never operate the printer in a location where operator computer or printer can get wet Personal injury could result The printer must be connected to an earthed electrical power supply and properly protected against electrical surges and grounding faults 1 Place the printer in a location that allows easy access to all sides The printer should never be operated while resting on its side or upside down 2 Place the printer s power switch in the OFF 0 position 3 Insert the power cable to the printer power socket and attach to grounded electrical socket of the proper voltage and type 4 Attach interface cable to pr
25. inter and computer and then secure 5 Switch power on CAUTION Intermittent or unpredictable operation may occur from unsecured connectors If damaged the power cable must be replaced by an exact equivalent Use only Parallel Cable under 3 Meters in length J GETTING STARTED OPERATION 2 1 Printer Features The following shows the features found on your P100 Printer STANDARD FEATURES OPTIONAL FEATURES OONDUBWH Print Head A Magnetic Encoder Station Print Head Unlock lever B Smart Card Contact Station Manual Holder Card Output Hopper Card Cleaning Cartridge Rejected Card Box LCD Display amp 2 Panel Buttons Card Feeder cover Card Thickness Control Lever PLEASE NOTE Any blue items inside the printer can be operated by the user OPERATION 2 2 Loading Ribbons The P100 Printer requires approved ribbons See Appendix C The Resin Thermal Transfer and Dye Sublimation ribbons are specifically designed for your P100 Printer For optimum performance and printer life Print Head always use approved ribbons DO NOT TOUCH the print head or the electronic components on the print head carriage Discharges of electrostatic charge P from the human body or other surfaces can 4 damage the print head or other electronic components used in this device 1 Remove ribbon from packaging 2 With printer power ON and READY status open cover and press down on the Print He
26. nical Specifications for card requirements and capacities OPERATION 9 XA B INSTALL CARD CLEANING CARTRIDGE This item is used to clean the cards entering the printer lt 1 Remove Card Cleaning Cartridge from packaging lt 2 Open Printer cover and remove the yellow reminder tape from the location for the Cleaning Cartridge 3 Make sure the arrow on top ofthe assembly is facing toward the rear of the printer Hook assembly into slot on printer and rotate down Ensure the assembly locks in place 10 OPERATION C CARD THICKNESS CONTROL LEVER This item is operated by the user to prevent more than one card feeding into the printer at the same time and causing a jam Open Cover and adjust lever to the correct position for the card thickness you are using Repeat for different card thickness Factory setting is for 30mil 0 762 mm card thickness See diagram below Card thickness A 60mil 1 524mm to 50mil 1 27mm B 40mil 1 016mm C 30mil 0 762mm D 20mil 0 508mm E Less than 20mil 0 508mm Start at lowest position and move lever up to match card thickness For other card thickness start lever at lowest position and move up until cards feed D CARD OUTPUT HOPPER This item is used for collecting printed cards Install Card Output Hopper onto printer by hooking over bottom edge of card exit aperture OPE
27. otes T 10mil 0 254mm 30mil 0 762mm 10 mil cards are recommended for single side printing and monochrome only Many other card types are also available ask your dealer for more information APPENDIX C 45 MY ACCESSORIES Accessories available for P100 Printers appear below Always refer to the part number when placing an order Printer Supplies Description Additional Card Output Hopper Replacement Print Head Kit Cleaning Supplies Description Premier Cleaning Kit 25 swabs 50 cards Adhesive Cleaning Roller Kit set of 5 Cleaning Cartridge complete Cleaning Card Kit box of 100 cards Cleaning Swab Kit box of 25 swabs VF 46 APPENDIX C
28. pective holders J y Na iii WARRANTY INFORMATION WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU To establish your warranty period and provide access to technical support send us your warranty registration card today Polaroid warrants the mechanism control electronics and power supply under normal use and service to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of twelve 12 months from the date of purchase by the end user Polaroid warrants the print head under normal use and service to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of twelve 12 months from the date of purchase by the end user Proof of purchase or Product registration is required If proof of purchase or product registration cannot be established shipment date to the original buyer dealer or distributor will be used to establish the warranty period Failure to exercise caution to protect the equipment from electrostatic discharge damage adverse temperature and humidity conditions or physical abuse including but not limited to improper packaging shipping service or repairs performed by personnel not authorized by Polaroid may void the warranty Failure to use only Polaroid approved media may void the warranty Polaroid will at its option repair or replace the equipment or any parts which are determined to be defective within this warranty period and which are returned to Polaroid The warranty set forth above is exclusive and
29. per capacity 300 cards 10mil up to 100 cards 30 mil TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 35 WJ CARD DIMENSIONS ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR PLAIN CARD 2 125 0 002in 53 98 0 050mm 3 375 0 010in Radius 85 72 0 sm 0 125in 3 18mm 0 009 0 034in 0 23 0 84mm ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR MAGNETIC STRIPE CARD oo t 0 623in 15 82mm min 0 218in 5 54mm max i 0 115in 2 92mm gt 0 221 in 5 62mm max gap 0 218 in 0 210 in 0 631 in 5 54mm Max _ 8 54mm 7 54mm 0 623 in 15 82mm Min MAGNETIC STRIPE 0 0 115in a CHIP POSITION FOR SMART CARD 0 790 in 21 87mm 7 0 782 in 19 87mm Min k 0 403 in 10 25mm Max NY 36 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Ribbons Monochrome 1500 cards roll e Monochrome colors black red blue green yellow silver gold white e K resin O 800 cards roll e K dye O 800 cards roll e YMCKO 350 cards roll e YMCKOK 250 cards roll Overlay Varnish Thermal transfer e 4 microns thick e Clear and holographic options Clear Genuine Secure Hologram Custom Hologram Interfaces Centronics Parallel Standard e RS 232C Serial Optional e USB port Optional Mechanical Width 20 9 523 mmf e Depth 10 17 254 3 mmf e Height 10 76 269 mmf e Weight 27 5 Ibs 12 5 kg Electrical 110 230 Volts AC 60 50 Hz e FCC Class A CE UL and CUL approved Environmental
30. ry depending on the complexity of the card design and the processing speed of your computer O0 Once the printing job is achieved the card is ejected from the printer KF 22 PRINTING A SAMPLE CARD CLEANING PROTECT YOUR FACTORY WARRANTY The recommended maintenance procedures must be performed to maintain your factory warranty Other than the recommended cleaning procedures described in this manual allow only Polaroid authorised technicians to service the P100 Printer NEVER loosen tighten adjust or bend etc a part or cable inside the printer NEVER use a high pressure air compressor to remove particles in the printer 1 CLEANING 23 MN 4 1 Cleaning System Your P100 Printer includes a simple cleaning system using the Pre Saturated Cleaning Cards provided The regular use of these cards will clean and maintain important parts of your printer including the Print Head and Transport Rollers CLEAN PRINTER WHEN TO CLEAN When LCD screen reports message HOW TO CLEAN 1 Leave power on Open Cover and release Print Head Bracket to remove ribbon Close Print Head bracket Close Cover Remove cards from Card Feeder 2 Insert one Pre Saturated Cleaning Card provided through slot on the side of the Card Feeder Cover 3 Press the right Panel Button for a few seconds The card will feed into printer and carry out the cleaning process Repeat the process with a new Cleaning Card if necess
31. s C Cable on Print Head may be disconnected D Print Head elements may be scratched or burnt Solution A1 Check for ribbon in the printer B1 Use a different supply of cards C1 Power off the printer and check the Print Head cable connections D1 Call Service for Print Head replacement information For optimum print quality always keep cover of the printer closed except during ribbon loading and card thickness control procedures The card flipper will not operate and an error will be indicated if you try to flip a card with the cover open QF 34 TROUBLESHOOTING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General e High speed printing over 102 cards hour edge to edge in full color YMCKOK throughput e Small footprint e Windows Drivers for 95 98 and NT 4 0 option e One year printer warranty e One year print head warranty Colour Printing e Color dye sublimation or monochrome thermal transfer printing e 35 seconds per card 2 sides YMCKOK throughput e 300 dpi 11 8 dots mm print resolution e Edge to edge printing standard Fonts e Resident Arial Normal 100 Arial Bold 100 e True Type fonts available via Windows Driver Cards e Types PVC Composite e Card width length ISO CR 80 ISO 7810 2 125 54mm by 3 375 86mm e Option Magnetic Stripe ISO 7811 e Option Smart Card ISO 7816 2 e Card thickness 0 25mm to 1 524mm e Card Feeder capacity up to 300 cards 10mil up to 100 cards 30 mil e Card Output Hop
32. s the Magnetic Encoder Cleaning Menu proceed as below 1 Leave power on 2 Remove cards from the Card Feeder 3 Insert one Pre Saturated Cleaning Card provided through slot on the side of the Card Cartridge 4 Press the Menu button until the LCD screen shows CLEANING MENU 5 Press the Select button to select 6 Press the Menu button again until the LCD screen shows CLEAN MAG HEAD 7 Run this operation by pressing the Select button ISO STANDARD ENCODING Track Field Separator Track density Valid Characters of characters 1 A 210BPI Alphanumeric 79 ASCII 20 957 Numeric 2 a TSBPI ASCII 48 62 40 Numeric E a Zen ASCII 48 62 107 Bit per inch Except the character Including Start Stop and LRC characters Also note that these 3 characters are automatically managed by the magnetic encoder according to the ISO Standard Norms NOTE Refer to the Card Printer Programmer s Manual for complete programming information APPENDIX A 41 APPENDIX B Smart Card Contact Station This section contains information on the additional operations of the P100 Printers with Smart Card Contact Stations See Chapter 2 for location INTRODUCTION Smart Cards can have a built in microcomputer and a battery Card Memory can store fingerprints voice recognition patterns medical records and other such data The P100 may be equipped with
33. ton until the LCD screen shows SELF TEST 2 Then press the Select Button once 3 A test card will print after a few seconds LCD display will show printing status Test Card is printed on both sides of the card y This is an example of the test card PLASTIC CARD PRINTER PRINTER P100CEM Serial Number 23666 Firmware 4 00 300 dpi PLASTIC CARD PRINTER PRINTER P100CEM Serial Number 23666 Firmware 4 00 Head resist stance 1234 j IMU AI Ome Ee ae j EC 12 Printing Counter 123456 A Front Side Back Side OPERATION 15 Y 2 7 Printer Menu Information The printer is equipped with a LCD Display and two key buttons which gives access to printer menus When the Menu button to enter the Menu Mode Menu Button A Clear Button a lt NEXT y SELECT The top line display shows menu information The second line of display clarifies the function of the two NEXT and SELECT key buttons relative to the current menu item The printer will return to READY Mode if either of the two key Buttons is not pressed within ten seconds of entering Menu mode See next page P100 LCD Menu Tree If the printer is equiped with a Magnetic Stripe Encoder 1 OPERATION READY Next Next PRINTER Select Printer Model Number INFO Reject Box Status To show the number of cards remaining in the reject box GO TO MAIN MENU Nen CLEANING MENU 2 y C
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