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Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 1 MAGICARD 300 Color Printer MAGICARD 300 MAGICARD 300 plus MAGICARD Sprinter (inc. Mag Encoding options) Quick Start Guide Printer/Software Setup Iss. 03 Dec 97 3461-22-02 Stock No.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 2 MAGICARD Color Printer Setting up your MAGICARD Color Printer takes just three easy steps: 1. Unpack and install the printer A Preparing a Locat.
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Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 4 MAGICARD Color Printer • A clean, level surface. • Adequate space for: - opening the Card Collection Door - opening the Top Cover - cable access at the rear. - allowance for air circulation. • An adequately ventilated room.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 5 • An adequate power supply. • Ambient temperature +10 to +30 deg C. • Relative Humidity 20/70% RH. • Protection from direct sunlight and chemicals. • Protection from abrupt temperature changes.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 6 MAGICARD Color Printer Carefully open the box and remove any accessories. Open the front door and remove the metal shipping clip from the chassis. Place on a smooth, level table and remove the polyethylene container.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 7 The MagiCard Color Printer A Roll of Dye Film and a Take-up Core (Only supplied as standard with certain Models) The Car.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 8 MAGICARD Color Printer Envelope containing this Quick Start Guide and the PrintMAGIC WINDOWS Driver 3.5" floppy disk. Envelope containing 5 Cleaning Cards and 1 Thermal Printhead Cleaning Pen.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 9 Open the Printer Cover by lifting the "Dzus" fastener ring and turning a quarter turn anti-clockwise. Remove the Dye Film carrier. Replace the Film Carrier Open the Dye Film package.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 10 MAGICARD Color Printer Manually turn the Spur Gear until the slots on the core engage with the lugs. Pull about 6" of dye film off the roll of dye film, observing that it should be coming off the top of the roll, as per the label illustrations.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 11 Avoid touching the tip of the thermal printhead with your hands. Feed the leading edge of the dye film over the tip of the Thermal Printhead and beneath the two guide bars, where fitted.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 12 MAGICARD Color Printer Flex a stack of plastic cards, to make sure they are not 'stuck' together.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 13 Install the Cassette into the Printer. Close the Printer Door Close the Printer Cover and secure the front latch.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 14 MAGICARD Color Printer Locate the Mains Voltage Selector Switch on the rear panel and check that it is correct for your country - select 115V or 230V. Plug in the Power Cord. Plug the other end into a Power Supply socket.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 15 At the rear of the printer, locate the TEST Push-button. This is located in the rear panel, just above the Centronics parallel interface connector.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 16 MAGICARD Color Printer the internal software version is printed on the test card..
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 17 Switch the printer OFF. Locate the Parallel Interface connector on the rear panel. Note the position for the Ultra Secure Key at the rear of the Magicard Printer. Plug a good quality, screened Centronics Interface cable into this socket and secure the wire latches.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 18 MAGICARD Color Printer • Start WINDOWS and in the MAIN group, select and open the Control Panel window: • Select and open the PRINTERS icon: Install the WINDOWS Driver Procedure to be followed if your PC uses WINDOWS 3.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 19 • Select the A DD>> button, the List of Printers will appear. In the List of Printers , select Install Unlisted or Updated Printer : Select the I nstall..... button.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 20 MAGICARD Color Printer • Insert the PrintMAGIC WINDOWS Driver Disk into the floppy disk drive A. Select the OK button: • Another dialog window appears, listing the PrintMagic MAGICARD Printer Driver.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 21 • After about 30 seconds, the Printers window appears and the PrintMagic MAGICARD Printer on LPT1 should have been added to the Installed Printers list. Press the S e t as Default Printer button.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 22 MAGICARD Color Printer • Start the PC and from the desktop select the My Computer folder. Select and open the Printers folder : • Select and open the Add Printer icon. Install the WINDOWS Driver Procedure to be followed if your PC uses WINDOWS 95.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 23 • Select the Next> button: • Select the H ave Disk button:.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 24 MAGICARD Color Printer • Insert the PrintMagic WINDOWS Driver Disk into the PC Drive A. • Select the OK button:.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 25 • Select the Next> button: • Select the desired port (usually LPT1 ) and select the Next> button:.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 26 MAGICARD Color Printer You may then be offered the choice of which printer to use as the default printer.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 27 Printer Setup procedure to be followed if the default setting differ from your requirement: Printer Setup Changes to th.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 28 MAGICARD Color Printer Image Aspect On this page, the card orientation may be set. There are four options:- • Standard Prints images on a card with a border. (MAGICARD 300 and MAGICARD 300 plus).
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 29 Colour Format / Film Dye Film Fitted tells the printer which kind of dye film you have installed. The dye film supplied with your printer is five panel UR1 dye film. Leave the default selection at YMCKO - Resin.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 30 MAGICARD Color Printer Overcoat Page 1 - Overcoat check box can be used to turn overcoating on and off. Page 1 - Ultra Secure check box can be used to turn this security feature on and off. An Ultra Secure key must of course be fitted to enable this feature.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 31 Card Settings Duplex Mode - when checked, will convert the driver to allow double-sided printing. this function only applies to Magicard Flip models so leave this checkbox switched off.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 32 MAGICARD Color Printer X Start Position - This function allows the operator to adjust the position of the start of the image. A 1% shift is approximately 0.1mm. For interfacing to earlier models, leave set at the default value of 50, to prevent file errors.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 33 Mag Encoding using the WINDOWS Driver If you wish to use the magnetic encoder from within a WINDOWS application, create a text string with a tilde (~) symbol at the beginning and place the string anywhere on the image, using a black true type font.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 34 MAGICARD Color Printer The simplest way to verify correct operation is to print a test image from a WINDOWS application: • Ensure that the Printer is switched ON and that the POWER ON and ON LINE indicators are lit.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 35 Check the Installation: • Repeat the Installation Steps in this Guide. • Check that the Printer is selected to the correct mains voltage. • Check that all cables are correctly connected.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 36 MAGICARD Color Printer Thermal Printhead Cleaning It is recommended that the Thermal Printhead be cleaned after every roll of dye film, i.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 37 4. Whilst changin g the dye film, and with the dye film removed, gently wipe the tip of the Thermal Printhead, using a gentle side-to-side action, with the Felt Tip Cleaning Pen supplied.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 38 MAGICARD Color Printer 1. Hinge down the Pull-down Card Tray. Hinge down the Front Cover and lift up the Top Cover to the vertical position, and remove the Cassette. Switch ON the power supply. 2.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 39 Cleaning the Optics 1. Using a small, soft lens brush, gently remove dust and debris from the visible mechanism and the brushstrips. Ensure the two light emitting diodes (LED's) adjacent to the Thermal Printhead, are clean and not obscured.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 40 MAGICARD Color Printer The MAGICARD printer has extensive error trapping facilities, to provide the operator or service agent with fault diagnosis information.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 41 Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 42 MAGICARD Color Printer Limited Warranty Information 1) Coverage: Ultra Electronics Ltd Warrants that the MAGICARD printer shipped with this War.
Ultra Electronics Card Systems Quick Start Guide MAGICARD Color Printer Pag e 43 Fax: +44 (0)1305 777904.
Quick Start Guide Ultra Electronics Card Systems Page 44 MAGICARD Color Printer EC Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer's Name: Ultra Electronics Limited. Manufacturer's Address: Waverley Hous e, Hampshire Road, Granby Estate, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9XD England.
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