Hi-Touch Imaging Technologies CS-300 manual

www .hi-ti.com 1 HiT i Card Printer CS-300 User Manual Hi-Touch Imaging Technologies V.2007.03[...]

www .hi-ti.com 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Microsoft, MS, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsof t Corporations. Pentium is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corporation. T rueT ype is a U.S. trademark of Apple Computer , Inc. Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Brands and product names are tradema[...]

www .hi-ti.com 3 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instructions carefully . Keep these instructions for future reference. Follow all warnings and instructions as marked on the product. 2. Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid detergents or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. 3. Do not use this prod[...]

www .hi-ti.com 4 Instruction 5 Chapter 1 Hardware Inst allation 6 1-1 Check Accessories 6 1-2 Appearance Of CS-300 7 1-3 Inst all Power Cord & USB Cable 10 1-4 Inst all Cleaning Roller 1 1 1-5 Inst all Card & Ribbon 12 Chapter 2 Sof tware Inst allation 14 2-1 Inst all Driver (Win 2000 & XP ) 15 2-2 Uninst all Driver (Win 2000 & XP )[...]

www .hi-ti.com 5 Instruction Thank you for choosing Hi T i Card Printer . W e hope this will just be the be ginning of our long-term and successful association. With this HiT i card printer , you can easily and conveniently print high quality plastic cards, such as personalized I D cards/credit cards, membership cards,.…etc. Please read this manu[...]

www .hi-ti.com 6 Chapter 1 Hardware Inst allation 1-1 Check Accessories Please make sure the following items are included when you unpack the card printer . 1.Card Output Hopper 2. Weight 3. USB Cable 4. Power Cord 5. User Manual 6. CD 7. Cleaning Roller 8. Cleaning Kit If any of the above item s is missing, please contact your nearest HiT i custom[...]

www .hi-ti.com 7 1-2 Appearance of CS-300  CS-300 Front side A. Card Input Hopper This is the Card Input Hopper for storing blank cards. Please insert t he blank cards gently and remember to shield them with the built-in cover t o avoid any dust entering in there. B. Card thickness selection button HiT i CS-300 provides four selections for thick[...]

www .hi-ti.com 8  CS-300 Back side D C A B A. Power Switch This switch turns the power of the printer on or off. B. Power Socket Connect your power cord here. C. USB Connector Please connect the printer to a controlling device, such as a PC or a laptop, hereby using the build-in USB connector . D. Specification Label Printer specification and de[...]

www .hi-ti.com 9  Control Panel. A. LED Light T urn the powe r on. The printer will automatically initiate a system check and turn on the green LED light to indicate that the printer status is normal. If an error occurs, an error message will be shown on the LCD display and f lash t he LED. Please refer to “Chapter 5 T roubleshooting” f or r[...]

www .hi-ti.com 10 1-3 Inst all Power Cord & USB Cable 1. Connect the printer to the AC power outlet using the supplied po wer cord. 2. Please connect the printer to a PC using the supplied USB Cable. 3. T urn on the “Power Switch". Before you turn on the “Power Switch”, please make sure that you have already installed the printer dri[...]

www .hi-ti.com 1 1 1-4 Inst all Cleaning Roller Please ※ install the cleaning roller before using the card printer . 3. Slide the ID button and lift the ribbon door up. 2. Open the cover of the cleaning module , as illustrated. 3. While holding the cover of the cleaning module open, insert the cleaning roller spool into the s pool receivers. T ur[...]

www .hi-ti.com 12 1-5 Inst all Card & Ribbon ※ ※ ※ ※ The HiTi card printer pack age does not include cards and ribbons. Y ou can cont act your local HiTi distributor or refer to Appendix E for consumer ordering information.  The Card Installation 1. Please move and slide the selector for thickness to the cor rect thickness position w[...]

www .hi-ti.com 13  The Ribbon Installation 1. Remove the ribbon slack by rotating the spool as illustrated. 2. Remove the fastener on the ribbon as illustrated 3. Slide the ID button and lift the ribbon door up. 4. Hold the ribbon cartridge handle and insert it into the printer as illustrat ed. Please make sure the drive gear is properly seated [...]

www .hi-ti.com 14 Chapter 2 Sof tware Inst allation System Require ments Please make sure your PC conforms to the following requirements .  Intel Pentium or compatible PC  Windows 2000/XP  128 MB RAM or higher  A vailable USB port  100 MB or more free hard disk space  CD-ROM Drive Notice!! 1. Microsoft, MS, MS-DOS and Windows are [...]

www .hi-ti.com 15 2-1 Inst all Driver (Windows 2000/XP) 1.Insert the “Driver CD” into the CD-ROM drive. If the installation doesn’t start automatically; run the “autorun.exe” in the disk. Please select printer model “CS-300”. 2.Please select “Driver / HiT i CS-300” and instal l. 3.Click the “S tart” button to install the drive[...]

www .hi-ti.com 16 5. In Windows 2000 or Windows XP , if there’s message dialog showing “Digital Signature Not Found” o r “Driver Incompatibility”, please click “Y e s” to continue to install the driver . 6. After copying several files, the Windows 2000 / XP system recognizes this printer and the installation will be finished. 2-2 Unin[...]

www .hi-ti.com 17 2-3 Inst all CardDesiree CS 1. Insert the “Driver CD” into the CD-ROM drive, if the disc doesn’t auto start, then please execute the “autorun.exe” in the disc. 2. Select "Sof tware / CardDesiree CS" and install. 3. Select language and destination; then press the “S t art” button. 4. When th e inst allation [...]

www .hi-ti.com 18 2-4 Driver Instruction Y ou can access the driver settings in Control Panel-> Printers . Select HiT i CS-300 and right-click the mouse button, then select “Printing Preferences”. The printer driver is divided into seven different categories (not including general properties) integrated in a main page. The seven different ca[...]

www .hi-ti.com 19 [Device Option] Y ou can modify the settings of the card printer in this page. A. Ribbon T ype: Select the ribb on type you want to use. 1. YM CKO ribbon,2. Resin K ribbon or 3. YMCO ribbon. B. Card T ype: Select the card type you want to use. Y ou may choose “Bl ank Card”, “6-pin Smart Chip Car d”, “8-pin Smart Chip Car[...]

www .hi-ti.com 20 ※ When you sele ct the YMCKO ribbon as your rib bon ty pe, s everal options for Resin K will be availab le. NOTE: 1. G raphical D evice I nterface, a W indows standard for dividing the images to many graphical objects and transmitting them to output d evices, su ch as monitors and printers. 2. It is recommended to select “Disa[...]

www .hi-ti.com 21 [Printing Area Setting] In this page, you may modify printing areas which will be covered and uncovered by the ribbon. Y ou can design printing areas, such as the following instructions. The dark a rea represents the area which will be covered by the ribbon, and the blank area represents the area where the ribbon will not cover an[...]

www .hi-ti.com 22 [Edit Area] A. Designed Area: Y ou can choose the default layout setting or the custom layout previously desi gned and saved through the drop-down list. If you would like to create a new layout, please select [ User defined ]. B. Delete: Delete the layout setting file. C. Save: Save the layout setting file in a particular folder a[...]

www .hi-ti.com 23 [Color] Y ou may set the printing color of your preference in this page. A. Color preference setting: There are four options. 1. HiT i Optimized Color (General): The standard color present ation. 2. HiT i Optimized Color (Enhanced): S tronger contrast. 3. Windows Color Management: When applying this option, please follow the proce[...]

www .hi-ti.com 24 b. Please press the “ Reset ” buttons in C. Printer Color Adjuster and E. Skin T one Adjuster respectively . c. Meanwhile, unmark □ □ □ □ Image Auto Enhancement in “B. S pecial Function”. 4. Do not apply any color preference: Select this option and follow the steps below to acquire the maximum color space. a. Pleas[...]

www .hi-ti.com 25 [T ools] A. Printing Posit ion Adjuster: Y ou may set the thickness of the card and print out a test chat, then modify parameter [A] or [B] or [C] to adjust the printing position. Notice: ※ 1. Please make sure the position of the thickness adjuster on the printer matches the thickness of the card bef ore proceeding to modify par[...]

www .hi-ti.com 26 [ Magnetic Encoding ] A Magnetic Encoding Dat a: Input Magnetic Da ta directly . When you are not using the database, you can manually enter data for th e encoding of the magnetic stripe. There are three tracks within the magnetic str ipe. The first track includes alphanumeri c characters and other simple symbols. The second and t[...]

www .hi-ti.com 27 3 2468024680 4 HIJKLMN 12345678 5 12345678 2468024680 6 HIJKLMN 2468024680 7 HIJKLMN 2468024680 0987654321 a. 1 ABCDEFRG –this format is for encoding the 1st track only – ex: 1 xxxxxxxx b. 2 12345678 – this format is for encoding the 2nd track only – ex: 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 c. 3 2468024680 –this format is for encoding the [...]

www .hi-ti.com 28 Chapter 3 Operation Instruction In this Chapter , you will find a detailed introduction ab out the operation through the LCD display . 3-1 LCD display instruction The printer is equipped with an LCD Display and four buttons , which give access to printer menus. Turn the printer power switch on, t he printer system will detect the [...]

www .hi-ti.com 29 ．． CARD OUT SNR The sensor for cards in the card-insert mechanism. (ENABLE / DISABLE) . The default s etting is [DISABLE]. However , once you switch [DISABLE] to [ENABLE] and there are no cards in the Card Input Hopper , the erro r message [CARD OUT] will b e shown o n the LC D display . If the [Card Out] mes sage continues to[...]

www .hi-ti.com 30 Chapter 4 How to maint ain your printer In order t o preserve t he performance of the printer and the print quality , please remember to maintain your card printer regularly . We will introduce a detailed cleaning procedure in the following sections. Please pay attention to the following when you use the printer . 1. For a better [...]

www .hi-ti.com 31 4-1 Clean Cleaning Roller 1. Switch the card printer off. 2. Slide the ID button and lift the ribbon door up. 3. Open the cover of the cleaning module and take the cleaning roller off, as illustrated. 4. Rol l the cleaning roller against the adhesive side of the cleaning card or against the adhesive tape to remove the dust from th[...]

www .hi-ti.com 32 4-2 Clean Print Path  In St and al one mode 1. T urn the power switch of the printer on. 2. The printer will check the system sta tus automatically , and show “Ready” on t he LCD display . 3. Click the [<] or [>] button, and select [Cleaning mode] to begin the cleaning pr ocess. 4. The cleaning process will be display[...]

www .hi-ti.com 33 4-3 Clean TPH Head 1. Please turn off the power before cleaning the TPH head. 2. Open the ribbon door , the TPH head is attached to the ribbon door module. 3. Please use the sponge cleaning swab to clean the TPH head. ※ ※ ※ ※ Notices: 1. Please do not touch the TPH head with your hand. 2. Do not use any liquid detergent s [...]

www .hi-ti.com 34 4-4 Clean Air Filter 1. Switch the card printer off. 2. Open the ribbon door . 3. Slide the air filter out from the side of ribbon door and cl ean the dust on the filter , as illustrated. 4. Insert the air filter into the ribbon door and close the r ibbon door . The cleaning process is finished.[...]

www .hi-ti.com 35 4-5 Cleaning Card-inse rt Mechanism 1. Switch the card printer off. 2. Open and empty the Card Input Hopper . After removing all the cards and the weight, please use the sponge cleaning swab to clean the r ollers and the sensor on the card-insert mechanism.[...]

www .hi-ti.com 36 4.6 Clean Ribbon Sensors 1 1 1 1. Switch the card printer off. 2. Open the ribbon door . 3. Remove the ribbon cassette. 4. Please use the sponge cleaning swab to clean the ribbon sensor s , as shown. 5 . Please re-insert the ribbon cassette and close the ribbon door .[...]

www .hi-ti.com 37 Chapter 5 T roubleshooting If there is any er ror message displayed on the LCD screen, please r ecord the message first; do not press [ OK] imm ediately . Please f ollow the instructions below for troubleshooting. Notice: After you press ※ [OK] in the error message dialogue, the printer will reset and the error message may be er[...]

www .hi-ti.com 38 Ribbon out The ribbon has been used up. 1. Please install a new ribbon. 2. Please follow the instructions from the LCD display to switch the ribbon sensors (Please refer to C hapter 3, section 2, the description of RIBBON 1) If the error message still occurs, please c ontact your nearest HiT i distributor or HiT i customer service[...]

www .hi-ti.com 39 Card jam in card path Card jam in a flipper Card jam in the device. Please remove the card by following the instructions on the LCD monitor of the printer bef ore continuing the print job. Please press [ OK ] to get step by ste p instructions. 1. OPEN THE DOOR: Open the ribbon door to see whether the card and the ribbon are sticki[...]

www .hi-ti.com 40 Cam TPH e rror Cam pinch error Cam flipper error Cam Mag error The error occurs in the mechanism . Check sum error - SDRAM Check sum error – SRAM Check sum error – FLASH Check sum error – W rong firmware The version of the firmware is not correct. Press the ‘Cancel” button to restart t he card printer . Or download the l[...]

www .hi-ti.com 41 Thermal p rint head overheat 1. The printer will detect the printing temperature automatically . When the temperature is overheated, the printer will stop printing temporarily and cool the temperature down. The card printer will continue until the temperature will be below 60 ℃ . 2. When you continue printing more than 5 to 10 p[...]

www .hi-ti.com 42 carefully re-install it to it s proper position. 3. Please clean the chip on the side of the ribbon and re-install the ribbon. 4. Please make sure the ribbon door is clo sed. If the error message still occurs, please c ontact your nearest HiT i distributor or HiT i customer service center . W ebsite: http://hi-ti.com RIBBON IC ERR[...]

www .hi-ti.com 43 RJ-BOX FULL The rejected box is full of cards Please remove the invalid cards from the rejected box or follow the instructions from the LCD display and press [ NEXT ] → [ IGNORE THE ERROR ] to clear this error condition. RJ-BOX MISSING The rejected box is not placed in the proper position Please make sure the rejected box is in [...]

www .hi-ti.com 44 Appendix A CS-300(i) Specificat ion Model Name CS-300 CS-300i Print Method Photo-quality dye sublimation Thermal T ransfer Dual-side Printing Resolution 300dpi x 300dpi , 256 levels per color Display LCD control panel Memory 32MB, 1MB Flash Print Speed Quality mode : 45 seconds / single side ; S peed mode : 35 sec / single side Pr[...]

www .hi-ti.com 45 Appendix B Safety Instructions Read these instructions carefully . Save these instructions for future reference. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. 1. Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cle aners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. 2.Do not use this [...]

www .hi-ti.com 46 Appendix C Limited W arranty S tatement CS-300(i) warranty period is one year f rom the date of original purchase. The detail limit ations and extent are as described here below: A. Extent of Limited W arranty 1. Hi-T ouch Imaging T echnologies (Hi T i) warrants to the end-user customer that the HiT i products specified above will[...]

www .hi-ti.com 47 B. Limita tions of W arranty T o the extent allowed by local law , neither HiT i nor it s t hird party suppliers make any other warranty or condition of any kind, whether express or implied, with respect to the HiTi products, and specifically disclaim the im plied warranties or conditions of mer chant ability , satisfact ory quali[...]

www .hi-ti.com 48 Appendix D FCC Compliance S tatement  FCC Information The Federal communication Commission Radio Frequency Interference S tatement includes the following paragraph: This equipment has been t ested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Digital Device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed t [...]

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www .hi-ti.com 53 Appendix E Customer Service Information If your printer does not function normally , please refer to the following procedures for assistance. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Support Process Before you contact HiT i customer support, please try the following: 1. Y ou have consulted the Quick I nstall ation Guide. 2. Y ou have consulted the tr oubl[...]

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www .hi-ti.com 55 Appendix F Order Informatio n If you would like to purchase HiT i Printer or accessories. Please contact our dealer or visit HiT i W ebsite http://www . hi-ti.com for quickly order service. T aiwan Hi-T ouch Imaging T echnologies 3F , 31, Shuang-Shih Rd. Sec.3, Pan-Chiao City , T aipei County 220, T aiwan T el :+886-2-82583058 Fax[...]

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