Page 2 - Polaroid Digital ID Systems; COPYRIGHT NOTICE; User’s Manual; Polaroid
I FOREWORD This manual contains installation and operation information for the Polaroid P100iSeries card printers. RETURN MATERIALS AUTHORIZATION Before returning any equipment to Polaroid for in-warranty or out-of-warrantyrepair, contact Repair Administration for a Return Materials Authorization (R...
Page 3 - II; PRODUCT WARRANTY STATEMENT
II P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid PRODUCT WARRANTY STATEMENT PrintersAll Polaroid Card Printers are warranted against defects in material orworkmanship for twelve (12)...
Page 4 - III; DECLARATIONS OF CONFORMITY
III DECLARATIONS OF CONFORMITY This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class Bdigital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed toprovide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.This equipment gen...
Page 5 - IV; INTRODUCTION
IV INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing the Polaroid P100i Plastic Card Printer. These printers produce cards ideal for personalized identification, access control,visitor, membership, promotion and luggage card, badges and tags. This manual guides you to an efficient start up and operation of your n...
Page 6 - ICONS
V P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid Important general information. Mechanical hazard, such as one associatedwith moving parts, capable of resulting inequipment damage or ...
Page 9 - Unpacking your card printer
1 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid Your P100i printer ships in a carton and protective anti-staticbag. Keep all packing material in case you need to move or re-ship the ...
Page 11 - Indicators and Control
3 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid 1•2 Indicators and Control Your P100i printer has an LCD Display, two LED’s and two PanelButtons. The 16 character LCD Display is used...
Page 12 - Printer Installation; CAUTION
4 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid 1•3 Printer Installation The following will guide you through the installation of your P100iprinter. C A U T I O N : L i m i t A C p o...
Page 14 - ETHERNET; LED
6 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid ETHERNET INDICATORS ETHERNET PUSH BUTTON Press the Ethernet Push button with the printer ON to to get aTest Card.Press and hold the Sw...
Page 15 - Printer Features; STANDARD FEATURES
7 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid O PERATION 2•1 Printer Features The following shows the features found on your P100i Printer: STANDARD FEATURES OPTIONAL FEATURES 1. P...
Page 16 - P100i SECURITY FEATURES
8 P100i SECURITY FEATURES Your P100i Plastic Card Printer comes equipped with severalsecurity features. For information on the Passcode electroniclock or the TrueSecure Varnish Image Printing, please referto the i Series Security Features supplement document. Contact your management or authorized de...
Page 17 - Loading Ribbons; D O N O T T O U C H
9 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid 2•2 Loading Ribbons The P100i Printer requires approved ribbons (see Appendix C). TheResin Thermal Transfer and Dye Sublimation ribbon...
Page 19 - Loading Cards; CARD FEEDER
11 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid 2•3 Loading Cards To help you load, print, and collect cards, the P100i has the followingitems: A - CARD FEEDER This items is used fo...
Page 20 - CARD CLEANING CARTRIDGE
12 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid B - CARD CLEANING CARTRIDGE This item is used to clean the cards entering the printer. 1 . · R e m o v e C a r d C l e a n i n g C a ...
Page 21 - CARD THICKNESS CONTROL LEVER
13 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid C - CARD THICKNESS CONTROL LEVER This item is operated by the user to prevent more than one card feedinginto the printer at the same ...
Page 22 - Rejected Card Box
14 2•4 Rejected Card Box The P100i Printer is equipped with a Rejected Card Box. When anencoding can not be completed, the card is ejected into the RejectedCard Box. The P100i Printer counts the number of cards which go intothe Rejected Card Box. After 20 cards the printer stops, the Amber LEDFlashe...
Page 24 - Feeding one card at a time
16 2•5 Feeding one card at a time A Manual Feed Slot is avalable on the side of the Card Feeder cover forfeeding single cards. Cleaning Cards are fed manually through this slot.The Feeder must be empty for manual card feeding to work properly. F o r o n e - a t - a - t i m e p r i n t i n g , f e e ...
Page 25 - Printing a Test Card
17 2•6 Printing a Test Card With ribbon and cards loaded, your P100i printer is ready to print. Tocheck the operation of the printer you should print a test card. 1. When the printer displays READY, pressthe “Next” button (left) on your Control Panelt o “ S E L F T E S T C A R D M E N U ” , t h e n ...
Page 26 - Printer Menu Information
18 2•7 Printer Menu Information The printer is equipped with a LCD Display and two key buttons whichgives access to printer menus.Press the Menu button to enter the Menu Mode The top line display shows menu information. The second line of displayclarifies the function of the two [NEXT] and [SELECT] ...
Page 30 - To i n s t a l l t h e P 1 0 0 i P r i n t e r D r i v e r
22 3 • 1 . To i n s t a l l t h e P 1 0 0 i P r i n t e r D r i v e r automatically on all Operating systems,use the install wizard. The wizard will: - Automatically launch when the driver CD is inserted. - Check to see which operating system you are using Delete previous versions of the driver and ...
Page 31 - Set Printer Driver Options:
23 P100i User’s Manual General Info. Getting Started Operation Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Printing a Card 3•2 Set Printer Driver Options: To open the P100i Printer screen, right mouse click on your driver iconand select Properties. Change the options as ...
Page 32 - Printing a Sample Card:; - Come back to File menu and choose Page Setup.
24 P100i User’s Manual General Info. Getting Started Operation Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Printing a Card 3•3. 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...
Page 33 - LEANING
25 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid C LEANING PROTECT YOUR FACTORY WARRANTY!The recommended maintenance proceduresmust be performed to maintain your factorywarranty.O t ...
Page 34 - Cleaning System; CLEAN
26 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid 4•1 Cleaning System Your P100i Printer includes a simple cleaning system using the Pre-Saturated Cleaning Cards provided. The regular...
Page 35 - Cleaning the Print Head
27 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid 4•2 Cleaning the Print Head A cleaning using the Cleaning System with cards usually suffices.However, a separate Print Head cleaning ...
Page 36 - Card Cleaning Cartridge
28 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid 4•3 Card Cleaning Cartridge Your P100i Printer also has a Card Cleaning Cartridge. This item cleansthe cards entering the printer. To...
Page 38 - TROUBLESHOOTING; Interpreting LCD Display Messages
30 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid MEANING The printer is performing aninternal test before use Ready for use Print Head cool down modeSelf test card printingThe card d...
Page 42 - Print Quality Issues
5•2 Print Quality Issues This section will help you resolve print quality problems. The print qualityis dependent on several factors. The two most important factors that willincrease your print quality are cleanliness and card stock. To diagnoseand fix print quality problems, follow the troubleshoot...
Page 43 - C1 • Call service for Print Head replacement information.; A • Ribbon may have been stored improperly; D • Dust or embedded contamination on
35 A4 • Ribbon will automatically synchronize.A5 • Print again. B1 • Perform a Cleaning of the Print Head (see 4•2 Cleaning thePrint Head). C1 • Call service for Print Head replacement information. • Printing shows very pale or inconsistent results. Possible Cause A • Ribbon may have been stored imp...
Page 44 - C1 • Use a different supply of cards.; D • Print Head elements may be scratched or
36 A2 • Check that the ribbon is properly rolled onto the 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 toopen t...
Page 48 - CARD DIMENSIONS; ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR PLAIN CARD
40 CARD DIMENSIONS ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR PLAIN CARD ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR MAGNETIC STRIPE CARD CHIP POSITION FOR SMART CARD P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid ...
Page 49 - Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder; PPENDIX
41 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder This section contains information on the additional operations of theP100i Printers with Magnetic Card S...
Page 50 - MEDIA LOADING ORIENTATION
42 A.· MEDIA LOADING ORIENTATION The magnetic encoder is a factory installeditem with the read/write head positioned belowthe card path, available with HICO encoding( P 1 0 0 i C M 1 o r P 1 0 0 i C E M 1 ) o r L O C Oencoding (P100i CM2 or P100i CEM2). When loading cards into the Card Cartridge,ple...
Page 52 - Smart Card Contact Station
44 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid Smart Card Contact Station This section contains information on the additional operations of theP100i Printers with Smart Card Contac...
Page 54 - Accessories & supplies; RIBBONS; ACCESSORIES
46 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid Accessories & supplies Please contact your Polaroid authorized dealer to place an order foraccessories and supplies. RIBBONS The ...
Page 55 - World Wide Sales and Support:
47 P100i User’s Manual General Information Getting Started Operation Printing a Card Cleaning Troubleshooting Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Polaroid World Wide Sales and Support: Polaroid Digital ID Systems 4650 Executive Blvd. Ft.Wayne, IN 4680847
