Page 2 - Plastic Card printer
FOREWORD This manual contains installation and operation information for the P310 i Series card printers manufactured by Zebra Technologies Corporation,Camarillo, California. RETURN MATERIALS AUTHORIZATION Before returning any equipment to Zebra Technologies Corporation for in-warranty or out-of-war...
Page 3 - PRODUCT WARRANTY STATEMENT; Printers; II
PRODUCT WARRANTY STATEMENT Printers All Zebra Card Printers are warranted against defects in material orworkmanship for twelve (12) months from the purchase date.Proof of purchase or shipment date is required to validate the warrantyperiod. The warranty becomes void if the equipment is modified,impr...
Page 4 - III
DECLARATIONS OF CONFORMITY This equipment is being tested for compliance with the limits for a Class Bdigital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits aredesigned to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in aresidential installation. This equipment generates, u...
Page 5 - INTRODUCTION; PRINTER MODELS; IV
INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing the Zebra P310 i Plastic Card Printer. These printers produce cards ideal for personalized identification, accesscontrol, visitor, membership, promotion and luggage card, badges andtags. This manual guides you to an efficient start up and operation of your newCard...
Page 6 - ICONS
CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C P310 i Plastic Card printer V Important general information Mechanical hazard, such as one associatedwith moving parts, capable of resulting ine...
Page 7 - Table of contents
Table of contents ICONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 UNPACKING YOUR CARD PRINTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 INDICATORS AND CONTROLS . ....
Page 8 - UNPACKING; ETTING STARTED
CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C P310 i Plastic Card printer 1 Y o u r P 3 1 0 i p r i n t e r s h i p s i n a c a r t o n a n d p r o t e c t i v e a n t i - s t a t i c b a g ...
Page 10 - INDICATORS
INDICATORS (green, amber & red) signal printer activity by illuminating or flashing, a follows: 3 CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C P310 i Plastic Card printer Your P310 i pr...
Page 11 - C A U T I O N
CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 4 PRINTER INSTALLATION The following will guide you through the installation of your P310 i Printer. CAUTION: Limit AC power supplied to the P31...
Page 12 - PERATION; FEATURES
CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 5 O PERATION P 310i PRINTER FEATURES The following shows the features found on your P 3 1 0 i Printer. S T A N D A R D F E A T U R E S O P T I O...
Page 15 - LOADING CARDS
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 8 LOADING CARDS A - CARD CARTRIDGE For loading cards. To help you load, print, and collect cards, theP310 i is equip...
Page 18 - FEEDING ONE
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 11 FEEDING ONE CARD AT A TIME A Manual Feed Slot is available on the size ofthe Card Input Hopper for feeding single...
Page 19 - PRINTING A
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 12 PRINTING A TEST CARD With ribbon and cards loaded, your P310 i printer is ready to print. To check the operation ...
Page 20 - RINTING A SAMPLE CARD
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 13 P RINTING A SAMPLE CARD Printing with the P310 i Printer requires the Windows Printer Driver, your c a r d d e s ...
Page 22 - Se t Pr i n t e r D r i ve r O p t i o n s :; Close the Zebra P310i Printer Properties screen.
Se t Pr i n t e r D r i ve r O p t i o n s : The P310 i Printer screen appears. Change the options as follows: On the Printer tab configure the magnetic encoder feature. If your printer isequipped with a magnetic Encoder Option, select With Magnetic Encoderoption. On the Card tab select card orienta...
Page 23 - Printing a sample card:; Follow the steps to print your first card; Come back to File menu and choose Page Setup.; Once you are ready to print, go to File and point Print
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 andSelect Printer and choose Zebra P310i Card Printer in the printer names list.Then Close the print dialog box. Come back ...
Page 24 - LEANING
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 17 C LEANING P R O T E C T Y O U R F A C T O R YWARRANTY! The recommended maintenance procedures mustbe performed to...
Page 25 - CLEANING; WHEN TO CLEAN
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 18 Your P310 i Printer includes a simple cleaning system using the Pre-Saturated Cleaning Cardsprovided. The regular...
Page 26 - CLEANING THE
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 19 A cleaning using the Cleaning Cards usuallys u f f i c e s . H o w e v e r , a s e p a r a t e P r i n t H e a dc...
Page 27 - CARD CLEANING; WHEN TO MAINTAIN
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 20 Your P310 i Printer also has a Card Cleaning C a r t r i d g e . T h i s i t e m c l e a n s t h e c a r d s ente...
Page 29 - ROUBLESHOOTING; PROBLEMS / DESCRIPTION
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 22 T ROUBLESHOOTING The following offers causes or solutions to symptoms related to improperoperation. Check this ta...
Page 31 - POOR PRINTING QUALITY
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 24 Ribbon Errors: Check that the print ribbon has not 'run out'. Lock and thenu n l o c k t h e p r i n t h e a d a ...
Page 32 - ECHNICAL; G e n e r a l
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 25 T ECHNICAL SPECIFICATI0NS • High speed printing, over 140 cards/hour edgeto edge in full color (YMCKO) throughput...
Page 34 - O ve r l ay va r n i s h
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 27 • Monochrome: 1500 cards/roll• Monochrome colors: black, red, blue, green, silver, gold, white. For P310i only• K...
Page 35 - O p t i o n s
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 28 • USB port• RS-232C serial port• Smart Card Contact Station (30 mil cards only)• Magnetic Encoder (30 mil cards o...
Page 37 - I S O S T A N D A R D E N C O D I N G
MAGNETIC ENCODER CLEANING The read/write head requires periodic cleaning to maintain errorfree encoding. WHEN TO CLEAN When the amber & red indicators flash.(Every 1000 cards* approx.) * Using 5-panel color ribbon (YMCKO).*Optional factory setting. HOW TO CLEAN 1. Leave power on.Open Cover and r...
Page 38 - APPENDIX; I N T R O D U C T I O N
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 31 APPENDIX B - SMART CARD CONTACT STATION T h i s s e c t i o n c o n t a i n s i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h eaddi...
Page 39 - MEDIA LOADING ORIENTATION
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 32 MEDIA LOADING ORIENTATION Orient the cards with the Smart Card Chip atthe top of the card and facing away from th...
Page 40 - R I B B O N S; Monochrome Resin Ribbons (Sold by the Roll)
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 33 APPENDIX C - ACCESSORIES & SUPPLIES Please contact your Zebra-authorized dealer to placean order for accessor...
Page 41 - C A R D S
C A R D S The following cards are optimized for use in the P310 i Printers: Notes : 10mil = 0.254mm;30 mil = 0.762mm10mil cards are recommended for single side printing monochrome andspot Color only. Many other card types are also available; ask your dealer for more information. 34 CardPrinterSoluti...
Page 42 - A C C E S S O R I E S; Cleaning Supplies
P310 i Plastic Card printer CardPrinterSolutions General information Getting started Operation Cleaning Specifications Appendix A Appendix B Troubleshooting Printing a card Appendix C 35 A C C E S S O R I E S Accessories available for P310 i Printers appear below. Always refer to the part number whe...
Page 43 - World Wide Sales and Support:
World Wide Sales and Support: Zebra Technologies CorporationCard Imaging Division1001 Flynn RoadCamarillo, CA. 93012-8706.USAPhone:+1 (805) 579 1800Fax.:+1 (805) 579 1808Toll Free in US: (800) 452-4056e-mail: [email protected] Zebra Technologies CorporationCard Imaging Division, (Europe, Middle Ea...
