I&a system Smart User manual

User Manual

Smart

mart Dual

Card Printer

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photocopied, translated, reproduced or transmitted in whole or in part for any reason and

by the means that might be, albeit electronic or mechanical, without the express, written

authorization of the company I&A System card printer.

All information contained herein may be subject to modification without prior notice.

I&A System card printer accepts no liability for any possible errors herein, nor for any

accidental damage or damage caused through the dissemination or the use of this manual.

Trademarks

Smart is a trademark and I&A System is a registered trademark of I&A System card printer.

Windows is registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. All other trademarks or registered

trademarks are marks of their respective holders. Smart Design is a trademark of I&A

System.

Return Materials Authorization

In order to make a warranty claim you must contact an I&A System Reseller. You will be

responsible for packaging the printer for shipment and the costs of shipping and insurance

of the printer from the point of use of the printer to the I&A System Reseller. The I&A

System Reseller will bear the costs of shipping and insuring the printer from the repair

location to the address from which the printer was shipped.

Before returning any equipment for in-warranty or out-of warranty repair, contact an I&A

System Reseller or an I&A System Service Center for a Return Materials Authorization

(RMA) number. Repack the equipment in the original packing material and mark the RMA

number clearly on the outside of the box. For more information about RMA or I&A System

warranty statements, refer to the Warranty booklet on the quick install guide.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction

1.1 Printer Outside Features

1.2 Printer Inside Features

1.3 Ribbon Cartridge Features

1.4 LCD Panel Display and Button Operation

2. Installing the Printer

2.1 Loading a Ribbon

2.2 Loading Cards

2.3 Installation the Printer Driver

2.4 Test Printing

2.5 Changing a Ribbon and Cleaning Roller

3. Checking and changing the Printer Properties

3.1 Checking the Printer Properties

3.2 Changing the Printing Setting

3.3 Changing the Printer Properties

4. Troubleshooting

4.1 Card Transfer

4.2 Printing Quality

4.3 Magnetic Stripe Encoder

4.4 General Operation

5. Printer Specification

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TABLE OF FIGURES

<Figure 1> Printer Front/Side Features

<Figure 2> Printer Rear Feature

<Figure 3> Printer Inside

<Figure 4> Ribbon Cartridge

<Figure 5> Open Top Cover

<Figure 6> Take out the cartridge

<Figure 7> Preparation the ribbon

<Figure 8> Install the ribbon

<Figure 9> Install the cleaning roller

<Figure 10> Peel the protective rapper

<Figure 11> Install the ribbon cartridge

<Figure 12> Close Top Cover

<Figure 13> Adjust Card Thickness

<Figure 14> Holding the Cards

<Figure 15> Push the stack back and forth

<Figure 16> Restore the card stack

<Figure 17> Placing the cards and close the hopper cover

<Figure 18> Connect the Power Cord

<Figure 19> CD Loading

<Figure 20> Driver Install Guide

<Figure 21> Driver Installation

<Figure 22> Printer Turn ON

<Figure 23> No, not this time

<Figure 24> Install the software automatically

<Figure 25> Continue Anyway

<Figure 26> Finish

<Figure 27> I&A SMART Card Printer

<Figure 28> Printer Properties

<Figure 29> Printer Test Page

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<Figure 30> Test Print O.K

<Figure 31> Ribbon Separation

<Figure 32> Checking the Printer Properties

<Figure 33> Printing Setting

<Figure 34> Layout

<Figure 35> Paper/Ribbon/Quality

<Figure 36> Side/Media

<Figure 37> Sharing Printer

<Figure 38> Port

<Figure 39> Advanced

<Figure 40> Color

<Figure 41> Print Quality Trouble Example 1

<Figure 42> Print Quality Trouble Example 2

<Figure 43> Print Quality Trouble Example 3

<Figure 44> Print Quality Trouble Example 4

<Figure 45> Print Quality Trouble Example 5

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1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing the I&A System Smart Card Printer. This manual helps you effectively

and professionally for the start-up and operation of your new Card Printer.

1.1 Printer Outside Features

This Smart Card Printer takes a power via the adaptor provided with the printer. Using

USB port, it communicates with user’s PC. For the user’s convenience, the printer

process status can be seen through LCD and most of the operations can be controlled

by two LED buttons.

The following shows the external functional features found on your Smart Printer.

Power Switch

Power Connector

USB Port

Rear Card Outlet

(If necessary)

Top Cover Open Button

External Contactless IC Encoding

Position

Hopper (Input Hopper)

LED buttons

LCD (Show the process status)

Magnetic/Contact IC/Contactless IC

Encoder are installed inside

External Contact IC Encoder

(SIM Type)

Stacker (Output Hopper)

<Figure 1> Printer Front/Side Features

<Figure 2> Printer Rear Feature

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1.2 Printer Inside Features

Smart Printer adopts a semi-permanent Ribbon cartridge.

The following shows the internal functional features found on your Smart Printer.

1.2.1 Thermal Printer Head

This enables the cards to be printed.

(Caution!

Do not contact the surface of the printer head with fingers or a sharp metal object to

avoid degrading print quality or damaging printer head permanently.)

1.2.2 Hopper(Card Input Hopper)

Load the cards for printing.

1.2.3 Stacker(Card Output Hopper)

Collect the printed and/or encoded cards.

1.2.4 Card Thickness Control lever

Adjust the cards thickness.

1.2.5 Manual Card Output Wheel

When a card is jammed, the card can be out using this wheel by manually.

(Information!

Most of the card jam error can be solved by controlling the front LED buttons. So use

this wheel when the problem is not solved by using the front LED buttons.)

Thermal Printer Head

Ribbon Cartridge

Card Thickness Control lever

Hopper

Stacker(Output Hopper)

External Contactless IC Antenna

Manual Card Output Wheel

<Figure 3> Printer Inside Features

1.3 Ribbon Cartridge Features

1.3.1 Ribbon Cartridge

Install a Ribbon and a disposable cleaning roller provided with the Ribbon.

(Important!

This semi-permanent ribbon cartridge is a component of the printer. Printer does not

operate if it is broken or damaged. In this case, please contact printer reseller.)

1.3.2 Ribbon

Ribbon for printing.

1.3.3 Disposable Cleaning Roller

It removes dust in the surface of card to improve print quality before the card is printed.

It should be changed together with the Ribbon.

(Caution! This disposable cleaning roller is provided with the Ribbon. If this is not changed,

print quality mighty be degraded.)

Ribbon Cartridge

Ribbon

Disposable Cleaning Roller

<Figure 4> Ribbon Cartridge

1.4 LCD Panel Display and Button Operation

Smart Printer shows the real-time process status to user. Please refer to the below

LCD panel display and button operation.

LED Buttons

No LCD Message Left Press Right Press Printer Status

1S M A R T

System Ready

Printer Setting

Information

(only for A/S)

Software

Power ON/OFF System Stand By

2Ver X.XX…

Initialize… Initializing

3S M A R T

Printing! Printing

4S M A R T

Mag R/W

Magnetic

Read/Write

5S M A R T

Out of Ribbon No Ribbon

6S M A R T

Out of Card No Card

7S M A R T

Top Cover Open

Move

transportation

roller to left

Move

transportation

roller to right

Top Cover open

8Ribbon Not Found