Datacard Group RL90 manual

RP90 Plus E Card Printer and RL90 Card Laminator: User Guide June 2008 Part Number 570024-00 2 Re v B[...]

ii RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Please note and heed the W ARNING and CAUTION labels that have been placed on the equipment for your safety . Please do not attempt to operate or repair this equipment without adequa te training. See “Safety” on page vi for the basic safety tip s to ensure safe operation and maintenance of this equipment. Regu[...]

RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide iii Content s Liability statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Safe environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Safe human inte[...]

iv RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Printer Setting tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Retransfer tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Bend Remedy t ab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Media Setting ta b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide v Retransfer film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Laminator material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Card size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Liability statement vi RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Liability st atement This Datacard® product has been built to the high st andards of DataCard Corporation Corporation (doing business as Datacard Group). Please note and heed the W A RNING and CAUTION labels that have been placed on the equipment for your safety . PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OPER[...]

RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 1 Introduction About this manual This manual provides detailed information about the Dat acard ® RP90 Plus E card printer and the optional Dat acard ® RL90 card laminator . The firs t section provides operators with basic information about the printer and laminator including drawings and part s identification. The [...]

About the Printer 2 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide About the Printer The Datacard® RP90 Plus E card printer uses retran sfer printing technology to produce high-quality , edge-to-edge printing on one or bot h sides of a variety of PVC and non-PVC card surfaces, including contact and cont actless smart cards. The retransfer printing process uses t[...]

About the Printer RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 3 The inside of the printer Retransfer film cartridge Holds the retransfer film. Film cartridge eject button Press to release and remove the retransfer film cartridge. Ink ribbon cartridge Holds the ink ribbon. Ribbon cartridge eject button Press to release and remove the ink ribbon cartridge. Card [...]

About the Printer 4 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide The back of the printer Power recepta cle Plug in the power cord. USB port Plug in the USB cable. Ethernet port Plug in the Network cable. Laminator connection port Used to connect the optional laminator module or other optional equipment. Future expansion port s Not used at this time. CAUTION: Do[...]

About the lam inator RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 5 About the laminator The Datacard® RL90 card laminator is an optional laminating module that works with the RP90 Plus E printer to add topcoat or patch mat erial to printed cards. Holographic laminating material is also available for added security and tamper resist ance. A printed card can be [...]

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RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 2 Using the printer This section describes how to perfo rm basic tasks required to operate the Datacard® RP90 Plus E printer and the Datacard® RL90 card laminator . It describes how to: Load supplies • “Load cards” on p age 8 • “Load ink ribbon” on p age 9 • “Load retran sfer film” on page 10 • [...]

Load Supplies 8 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Load Supplies Load cards The card hopper can hold approximately 250, .030” (.75mm) cards. The cards are loaded and held in position with a card bracket. Make sure that magnetic stripe or smart cards are loaded in the proper orientation for processing. 1 Open the card hopper . 2 Slide the card bracke[...]

Load Supplies RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 9 Load ink ribbon 1 Slide the door latch to the right and open the printer door . 2 Press the ink ribbon cartridge eject button to remove the orange cartridge. 3 Remove both used ribbon spools from the cartridge (if present). 4 Load the new roll of ink ribbon on the cartridge: a Put the full spool of ri[...]

Load Supplies 10 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Load retransfer film 1 Slide the door latch to the right and open the printer door . 2 Press the retransfer film cartridge eject button to remove the green cartridge. 3 Remove both used film spools from the cartridge (if present). 4 Load the new roll of retransfer film on the cartridge: a Put the ful[...]

Load Supplies RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 1 1 Load lamina te 1 Open the laminator door by pulling the top of the door toward you. 2 Press the laminator cartridge eject button and remove the laminator cartridge carefully . The material must be tight when removing the cartridge. 3 Place the roll of material and empty take-up spool side by side on[...]

Power on 12 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Power on Check the PC connection The printer and PC are connected when the printer is set up. T o avoid receiving error messages on the LCD panel, make sure that all supplies are properly loaded and in position before powering on the printer . Before you begin processing cards, check the following: • Th[...]

Power on RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 13 Optional laminator connection When using the optional RL90 laminator , check the following: • The optional laminator cable is securely connected to the printer and the laminator . • The power cord is connected to the laminator and appropriate grounded power source. • Supplies are loaded and the lami[...]

Power on 14 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Power on the laminator When the optional RL90 laminator is installed, turn the laminator power on before powering on the printer . 1 Press the “ | " symbol on the laminator power switch. 2 The laminator powers on. The LCD panel displays "Initializing" and the green Ready light blinks. 3 &[...]

Power on RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 15 Power on the printer 1 Press the “ | " symbol on the power switch. 2 The printer powers on. The LCD panel shows the firmware version and the printer begins initializing. The LCD panel shows "Initializing" while the printer checks and positions the ink ribbon and retransfer film. 3 When op[...]

Prepar e to print cards 16 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Prep are to print cards Initialize the ink ribbon 1 Press the RESET key on the control panel. 2 The LCD display reads "Initialize OK?" 3 Use the up and down arrow keys to select "2'nd Panel, OK?" or "Next Panel, OK?" — Press the ENTER key when "Init[...]

Prepar e to print cards RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 17 Initialize the retransfer film 1 Press the RESET key on the control panel. 2 The LCD display reads "Initialize OK?" 3 Use the up and down arrow keys to select "2'nd Panel, OK?" or "Next Panel, OK?" — Press the ENTER key when "Initialize, OK?" i[...]

Printing cards 18 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Printing cards Cards can be sent from ID software such as Datacard ® ID W orks ® identification software. ID software handles the types of information used on cards. If you do not have ID software, you can use another PC application to format the information to print on cards; however , most PC ap[...]

Print from a PC application 1 Use the application's page setup feature to set the following: — Set paper or page size to CR80 card or 2.125" x 3.375" — Set the orientation for the card design – either portrait or landscape. — Set margins to zero for edge to edge printing. 2 Format and save the card information. 3 Select the D[...]

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RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 3 V iewing and changing printer settings This section describes how to view and change printer and laminator settings. It describes: • “Printing Preference s” on page 22 • “Printing Properties” on p age 24 • “S tatus Monitor” on page 25 • “Using the LCD menus” on p age 35 — “About the Prin[...]

Printing Pref erences 22 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Printing Preferences The Printing Preferences dialog box contains the Setup , Print, Encode, and V ersion tabs. T o open Printing Preferences: 1 Choose S tart from the Windows task bar . 2 Choose Settings and then Printers (and Faxes). The Printers (and Faxes) window opens. 3 Click once on th[...]

Printing Preferences RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 23 The look up table requires a file with a full set of 256 values (0-255) fo r each plane for Y ellow , Magenta, Cyan, and Black. Each field can have a value from 0 through 255. Dat a should be ASCII numeric values, separated by a comma or line feed. T o use the Security Erase feature, use a YMC[...]

Printing Properties 24 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Laminator tab The Laminator tab cont ains settings for using the optional RL90 laminator . Y ou can set whether to apply material to the front of the card, the back of the card or both. Y ou can also set the temperature, speed, patch position, and fan settings for each side of the card. Use thi[...]

S tatus Monitor RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 25 S t atus Monitor The S tatus Monitor can be installed when the driver is installed. The S tatus Monitor handles bidirectional communication between the printer and printer driver . Y ou can use the S t atus Monitor or the printer LCD panel for many settings. Open the St atus Monito r T o open the S[...]

S tatus Monitor 26 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide If you choose Keep Blocking and decide that you want the S tatus Mon itor to run, you must uninstall the S tatus Monitor , restart Windows Vist a, and install it again. 3 T o start the S tatus Monitor without Administrator permissions, click the icon to open it. A prompt appears to tell you that yo[...]

S tatus Monitor RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 27 • The current state of the printer , such as ready . The icon changes with different states. See the table below . Printer Setting t ab The Printer Setting tab shows: • Controls for viewing or changing print settings: — Resin K Print Level, which sets the K resin ink print density . — Level[...]

S tatus Monitor 28 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide • Controls for viewing or changing magnetic stripe settings. — Number of Retry , which sets the ma ximum number of retries when writing o r reading magnetic stripe data fa ils. Default value is 1. — ISO Mode, which sets the power used by the magnetic card encoder . The default is Hi-Co. • A[...]

S tatus Monitor RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 29 Media Setting t ab The Media Setting tab shows: • The type of Ink ribbon in the printer , the lot number of the ribbon, and the number of panel sets included in the ribbon. The printer provides this information and it cannot be changed. If the printer cannot recognize the type of ink ribbon, one [...]

S tatus Monitor 30 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Property t ab The Property t ab shows: • The version of printer firmware, and firmware versions of any installed options such as magnetic stripe encoder or laminator . “ ???? ” means an option is not inst alled or connected. • Configuration information for options installed. • The unit nu[...]

S tatus Monitor RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 31 Others t ab The Others tab shows the following for a USB- connected printer: • Controls for printing a test card. The printer will create one test card, using the internal test patt er n. • A control for saving a command log. Y our service provider might ask you to save a command log as part of[...]

S tatus Monitor 32 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 01039100 Card Jam ha ppens in the printer . Please open the printer door and re move the card after turning off the printer power . 1 Switch off the printer power . 2 See “T urnover jam ” on page 53 to rem ove the card. 3 S witch on the printer power . 01039200 Card Jam ha ppens in the printer [...]

S tatus Monitor RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 33 0104A900 MG encoder is not set correctly . Please turn off the printer power and set MG unit correctly . 1 T urn the printer power switch off and then on. 2 If th e error happens again, call for service. 0104AB00 Mechanical failure happens in the MG encoder . Please turn off and on the printer powe[...]

S tatus Monitor 34 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 0104F100 Hardware failure of Retransfer Roller happens. Please turn off and on the printer power to initialize the printer . 1 T urn the printer power switch off and then on. 2 If th e error happens again, call for service. 0104F200 Hardware failure of Retransfer Roller Thermister happens. Please t[...]

Using the LC D menus RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 35 Using the LCD menus About the Printer LCD p anel The printer LCD pa nel has a 2-line display , six keys, a Ready light, Error light, and speaker . The display backgro und color changes according to the prin ter's function; the background is bright gree n during initialization, orang e whi[...]

Using the LC D menus 36 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Press the MENU key and "User Mode" is displayed on the LCD panel. The LCD p anel changes to read "Display" within 0.5 seconds. Press the ENTER key when "Display" is shown to access display settings which include the card counter , LCD contrast, and LCD background [...]

Using the LC D menus RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 37 Ink Ink T ype YMCK: 0 YMCKPO: 2 YMCKK: 4 Displays the type of ink ribbon that is loaded in t he printer . Datacard su pports YMCK and YMC KK ink ribbons. (The printer detect s the type of ink ribbon; it canno t be set.) See your dealer regarding su pport for YMCKPO ink ribbon. Black level Choo[...]

Using the LC D menus 38 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Ink Ink T ype YMCK: 0 YMCKPO: 2 YMCKK: 4 Displays the type of ink ribbon that is loaded in t he printer . Datacard su pports YMCK and YMC KK ink ribbons. (The printer detect s the type of ink ribbon; it canno t be set.) See your dealer regarding su pport for YMCKPO ink ribbon. Black level Choo[...]

Using the LC D menus RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 39 Card Thickness S tandard Thin Set S tandard for 0.030 inch (0.76mm) thick cards or Thin for 0.010 inch (0.25mm) thick cards. Contact your dealer or service provider before using 0.010in (.0.25 mm) thick cards. MG ISO T ype ISO coercivity setting Lo-Co Hi-Co Set coercivity for writing data to I[...]

Using the LC D menus 40 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Subnet Mask The default Subn et Mask of the printer is 25 5.255.255.0. If you do not use DHCP , ask your network a dministrator for the Subnet mask. Gateway The default Gateway of the printe r is 192.168. 0.1. If you do not use DHCP , ask your network administrator for the Subnet mask. Session[...]

Using the LC D menus RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 41 About the Laminator LCD p anel When you power on the laminator , it begins initializing. The laminator searches for laminate and then start s preheating. The laminator is ready when the LCD display reads "Ready" and the Ready light is steady green. Ready LED (green) S teady Green The[...]

Using the LC D menus 42 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Using the Lami nator LCD p anel Use the LCD panel to change laminator settings, or use the Laminator t ab of the S tatus Monitor to change some settings from the PC. LCD Display Settings Funct ion Mode Single Pass Default setting; laminates on one side only . Passes card without laminating. Fi[...]

RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 4 T a king care of your printer This chapter provides information to help you maintain the Dat acard ® RP90 Plus printer and the Datacard ® RL90 card laminator for optimal performance. It describes: Cleaning the printer • “Cleaning the card cleaning rolle rs” on page 44 • “Card feed roller” on page 44 ?[...]

Cleaning the printer 44 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Cleaning the printer This section provides information on proper care and cleaning of the RP90 Plus printer . It also includes recommendations on how often to clean and replace components. Cleaning the card cleaning rollers The card cleaning rollers are located inside the card hopper and clean[...]

Cleaning the printer RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 45 Cleaning the card feed rollers and heat roller The heat roller provides the heat used during the retransfer process. The card feed rollers move the card inside the printer . See “Pr inter roller la yout” on pag e 51 to find the location of the rollers. Begin with the printer (and optional [...]

Cleaning the printer 46 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Cleaning the magnetic head When printing magnetic stripe cards, the magnetic head should be cleaned every 1,000 cards. If you are not using magnetic stripe cards, the magnetic head does not require cleaning. Begin with the printer (and optional laminator) powered off. 1 Move the RL90 laminator[...]

Cleaning the printer RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 47 Cleaning the thermal head The thermal head assembly should be cleaned once every ten rolls of retransfer film. Begin with the printer (and optional laminator) powered off. 1 Slide the door latch to the right and open the printer door . 2 Press the ink ribbon cartridge eject button and remove t[...]

Cleaning the printer 48 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Prep aring the printer and laminator for transport Use saved packaging materials to prepare the printer and optional laminator for transport. T ransport includes moving the printer from one location to another within the same facility . 1 Set the printer to transport mode using the LCD panel. [...]

Cleaning the laminator RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 49 Cleaning the laminator Most card jams are caused by dirty rollers. Clean the laminator at the same time that you clean the printer . If you are using the laminator as a stand-alone unit, clean the laminator every 1,000 cards. Run a laminator cleaning card 1 Press the MENU key on the laminato[...]

50 Cleaning the laminator cartridge The laminator cartridge can collect debris and dust during lamination and supply loading. Clean the cartridge every 1,000 cards. 1 Open the laminator door by pulling the top of the door toward you. 2 Press the laminator cartridge eject button to remove the laminator cartridge. 3 Remove the supply and take-up spoo[...]

RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 5 Messages and error recovery This chapter provides information to help you respond to the printer and laminator messages and explains how to recover from an error . It describes: • “Printer roller layout” on page 51 • “Printer error re covery” on page 52 • “Printer LCD messages” o n page 58 • “[...]

Printer error reco very 52 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Printer error recovery The printer ’s LCD panel background color changes to red when the printer has an error . The LCD panel displays text that describes the error . Hopper jam If a card jams in the card hopper section, “Jam (Hopper)” is displayed on the LCD panel. T o remove the jam[...]

Printer error r ecovery RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 53 T urnover jam If a card jams in the card turnover section, “Jam (T urnover)” is displayed on the LCD panel. T o remove the jammed card: 1 Slide the door latch to the right and open the printer door . 2 Press the ink ribbon cartridge eject button and remove the ink ribbon cartridge. 3 Re[...]

Printer error reco very 54 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Retransfer section jam If a card jams in the retransfer section, “Jam (T ransfer)” is displayed on the LCD panel. T o remove the jammed card: 1 Slide the door latch to the right and open the printer door . 2 Press the retransfer film cartridge eject button and remove the retransfer film[...]

Printer error r ecovery RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 55 Mending broken ink ribbon or retransfer film If the ink ribbon or retransfer film breaks, “Media Broken” is displayed on the LCD panel. Broken ink ribbon is shown in the following example; rep airing broken retransfer film uses the same steps. 1 Slide the door latch to the right and ope[...]

Printer error reco very 56 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Bend remedy Single-sided printing can cause the card to warp depending on the type of cards you use. Use the bend remedy T emp Level settings to correct the condition and use the S peed settings to fine tune the adjustment. Bend remedy printer settings Y ou can also change the printer setti[...]

Printer error r ecovery RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 57 Bend remedy laminator settings When the laminated card warps concave, the printer bend remedy settings should be effective in correcting the problem. See “Bend r emedy printer settings” on page 56 on the previous page. If the laminated card warps convex, set the printer Bend Remedy> [...]

Printer error reco very 58 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Printer LCD messages LCD Message Possible Cause Solution Please, Power Off The power must be turned off to initialize the printer . T urn the power switch off and then on again. Please Remove Media Cassette Cleaning cannot start when the retransfer film cartridge is in the printer . 1 Remov[...]

Printer error r ecovery RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 59 Media Broken The retransfer film is broken. 1 Repair the retransfer film as described in “Mending br oken ink r ibbon or r etransfer f ilm” on pag e 55 . 2 Press RESET , and then ENTER to ini tialize the printer one ribbon panel. Media Search The printer is searching for the retransfe r[...]

Printer error reco very 60 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide No Cleaning Ro. The cleani ng rollers are missing. 1 Reinstall the cleaning rollers. 2 Press RESET , and then ENTER to ini tialize the printer . 3 See “Cleaning the card cleaning r ollers” on page 44 for more information. No Cassette The ink ribbon or retransfer film cartridge is not in[...]

Printer error r ecovery RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 61 MG Write Magnetic stripe writing error 1 Check the orientation of magnetic stripe cards in the card hopper as described in “Load cards” on page 8 . 2 Press RESET , and then ENTER to ini tialize the printer . EXT Unconnected An external device, such as the optional laminator , is not wor[...]

Laminator er ror recovery 62 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Laminator error recovery The laminator LCD panel displays the error . Card jam The laminator LCD panel displays the location of the card jam: Card Jam (In), Card Jam (Middle), or Card Jam (Out). Use the following steps to remove card jams. 1 Open the laminator door by pulling the top of t[...]

Laminato r error re covery RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 63 6 Inspect the cartridge: — If the material on the cartridge is in one piece: — T urn the cartridge take-up knob counter-clockwise until all damaged material is wound neatly on the take-up spool. — If the material is split or broken: — T rim the ends of the broken portions evenly [...]

Laminator er ror recovery 64 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Patch position The position of the p atch on the card can very slightly with a different lot of laminator supply material. Y ou can change the left-to-right position or the top to bottom position. Change the left-t o-right position Use the laminator LCD panel to change the lef t-to-right [...]

Laminato r error re covery RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 65 Laminator LCD messages LCD Message Possible Cause Solution Please Power OFF T o initialize this unit, the power must be switched off once. T urn the laminator ’s power switch of f, and then back on to initialize the laminator . Please Reset Displayed when Reset is necessary after chang[...]

66 HR Cam Heater Cam error . T urn the power switch off, and then back on . Contact your service provider if this does not correct the condition. Heater Err Th e heater temperature does not incre ase. Check that the voltage inlet switch, located on the back of the laminator , is in the proper posi tion for the input voltage. Contact your service pr[...]

RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 6 Supplies This section outlines the recommended supplies to use with the Datacard ® RP90 Plus E card printer and the Datacard ® RL90 card laminator . • “Ink ribbon, retransfer film, and laminator material” on page 68 • “Cards” o n page 68 • “Cleaning supplies” on pa ge 69[...]

68 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Ink ribbon, retransfer film, and laminator material Ink ribbon Color print ribbons are designed for full-color card printing. The ribbons use the following color panels: Y=yellow , M=magenta, C=cyan/blue, and K=black. The following ink ribbons are available: YMCK 568971-001 (Prints up to 1,000 cards per roll.) YMC[...]

RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 69 Card size Use CR-80 size cards with the following nominal dimensions: Length 3.375 inches 85.60 mm Width 2.125 inches 53.98 mm Thickness 0.010 or 0.030 inches 0.25 or 0.762 mm 0.030 is the printer ’s default setting. Contact your service provider before using 0.010in (0.25mm) thick cards. Card material For best [...]

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RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 7 Site requirement s This section describes the operating environment recommended for your Datacard ® RP90 Plus E card printer and Datacard ® RL90 card laminator . It describes • “Site guidelin es” on page 72 — “Operating envir onment” on p age 72 — “V entilation clearance” on page 73 — “S tor[...]

72 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Site guidelines When choosing a site for the printer and its supplies, consider these guidelines: • Keep all dust, dirt, food, liquids, etc. away from the printer at all times. • Do not use supplies or cards that have been dropped on the floor or have otherwise become contaminated. • Keep paper and foreign m[...]

RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 73 V entilation clearance T o ensure proper ventilation to the printer and laminator , maintain minimum clearance distances as shown. Sides: 8” (20mm) Back: 4” (10mm) • Keep paper and foreign materials off the printer . •P l a c e t h e printer on a stable platf orm • Do not place in areas susceptible to st[...]

74 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Printer specifications Recording method: Sublimation type retran sfer Feed format: Automatic feed Recording density: 300 dpi Expression gradation: 256 gradations for yellow (Y), Magenta (M), and Cyan (C); 2 for Black (K) Printing time: 29 sec. (single sided, excluding data transfer time) Interface: USB 2.0 Etherne[...]

RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 75 Laminator specifications T ransfer method Halogen lamp built-in heat roller method T ransfer time 20 seconds. The time varies acc ording to settings. Usage environment T emperature: 59° F to 86° F (15° C to 30° C) Storage environment T emperature: 5° F to 131°F (-15° C to 55° C) Humidity: 30% to 70% (witho[...]

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RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide A Magnetic S t ripe Encoding This section provides information about encoding magnetic stripe data. It includes: • “Inline Encoding” on page 78 • “Character Code T able” on page 79[...]

Inline Encoding 78 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Inline Encoding When the Magnetic Encode setting on the Printing Preferences Encode t ab is checked, the magnetic stripe encoder can be enabled. The encoding data is sent to the card printer through the printer driver using the prefix charac ters described in this section. This function is called ?[...]

Character Code T able RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide 79 Character Code T able The following table shows the usable ASCII character codes. The encoding dat a must use only allowed characters. * Do not use these characte rs as encoding data; T hey are reserved for use by the driver as start or end sentinels. b 7 0000111 1 b 6 0011001 1 b 5 0101010 1[...]

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RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide B Compliance (FCC) This section describes the regulatory compliance of the Datacard® RP90 Plus E printer and the Datacard® RL 90 laminator . It includes the following: • Regulatory compliance — Notice for USA (FCC notice) — Notice for Canada — Notice for Europe • Notice to Users of Printers E quipped with[...]

Regulatory compliance 82 RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Regulatory compliance Notice for USA (FCC notice) This equipment generates, uses, and can radi ate radio frequency energy . If it is not installed and used in accordance with this inst ruction manual, it may interfere with radio communications. This equipment has been tested and found to be w[...]

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