Welcome to your new Eltron P205 (Monochrome) & Eltron P210 (Color) User’s Manual Part Number: 980363-001 © Zebra Technologies Corporation 1 Rev.
FOREWORD This manual contains installation and operation information for the Eltron P200 Series card printers manufactured by Zebra Technologies Corporation. RETURN MATERIALS AUTHORIZATION Before returning any equipment to Zebra Technologies Corporation for in-warranty or out-of-warranty repair, contact Repair Administration for a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) number. Repack the equipment in the original packing material and mark the RMA number clearly on the outside.
DECLARATIONS OF CONFORMITY European Council Directive Compliance to Standards 89/336/EEC modified by 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC EMC Directive EN 55022-A RF Emissions control EMC Directive EN 500082-1,1992 Immunity to Electromagnetic Disturbances 73/23/EEC modified by 93/68/EEC Low voltage Directive EN 60950 Product safety Model: P210 conforms to the following specification: FCC Part 15, Subpart A, Section 15.107(a) and Section 15.
INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing the Eltron P210 Plastic Card Printer. Eltron’s P200 series card printers offer a low cost, high quality solution to those requiring computer-controlled printing and encoding of credit card style plastic cards. Card applications include customer loyalty, access control, visitor, membership, gift cards, durable business cards. This manual guides you to efficient start up and operation of your new Card Printer.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 GETTING STARTED ••••••••••••••••••••• 9 1 • 1 Unpacking your P210 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • 2 Indicators and control • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • 3 Printer installation • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 9 11 12 OPERATION • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2 •
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 32 APPENDIX A - MAGNETIC CARD STRIP 36 ••••••••••• Introduction • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • A- Media Loading orientation • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • B- Magnetic Encoder Cleaning • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • APPENDIX B - ACCESSORIES & SUPPLIES • • • • •
1 GETTING STARTED 1 • 1 Unpacking your card printer Your P210 printer ships in a carton and protective anti-static bag. Keep all packaging material in case you need to move or re-ship the printer. Pull your printer out of the carton by grabing it on both side. While unpacking, inspect the carton to ensure that no damage occured during shipment. Please ensure that you have a clean and nearly dust free environment for proper operation and storage of the printer.
Make sure the following items are included with your P210 printer: POCKET GUIDE EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY CLEANING CARTRIDGE PRINTER DRIVER & USER’S MANUAL CD INTERFACE CABLE If any items are missing, please contact your dealer. To reorder, please refer to Appendix C of this manual.
1 • 2 Indicators and Control Your P210/P205 printer is equiped with a Multi Function Panel Button with a surrounding light ring that glows in three colors to provide printer status indication.
1 • 3 Printer Installation The following will guide you through the installation of your P210/P205 printer. CAUTION: Limit AC power supplied to the P210/P205 Printer to 24 VDC. Limit excess current draw to 16 amps or less, using an associated circuit breaker or other such device. Never operate the printer in a location where operator, computer, or printer can get wet. Personal injury could result.
2 • 1 Printer Features The following shows the features found on your P210 Printer: 2 OPERATION Card Cleaning Cartridge ( under the Ribbon Cartridge) Print Head Magnetic Encoder Station (optional) Ribbon Cartridge Power switch Cover Release Buttons Multi Function Panel Button and Indicator Light Card Feeder & manual card feed 13 Card output hopper
2 • 2 Loading Ribbon Cartridge The P210 Printer requires approved ribbon cartridges (see Appendix C). The Resin Thermal Transfer and Dye Sublimation ribbons are specifically designed for your P210 Printer. For optimum performance and printer life (Print Head), always use approved ribbons. You can print up to 100 cards in YMCKO with the ribbon cartridge. When ribbon is completely used change the whole cartridge assembly. DO NOT TOUCH the print head or the electronic components on the print head carriage.
2 • 3 Loading Cards To help you load, print, and collect cards, the P210 has the following items: A - CARD FEEDER This item is used for loading cards, it can hold up to 50 cards of 30 mils. You may have to install the Card Feeder. Hold the card feeder on the sides and slide it into the rail guide. • Install Cards into feeder at the front of your P210 printer. For Cards with magnetic stripe refer to Appendix A for loading instructions.
B - CARD OUTPUT HOPPER 1 • Press on the card output hopper door and pull it down to place it in its functional position. When not using the printer place the card output hopper back in its closed position to protect the printer from dust.
C - INSTALL CARD CLEANING CARTRIDGE This item is used to clean the cards entering the printer. It must be installed before using the printer. *Improper cleaning will reduce printer life and degrade print quality. 1 • Open the lid by pressing both Cover Realese buttons located on the sides of your printer. 2 • If the ribbon cartridge is installed, remove it to access the cleaning cartridge location. 3 • Remove Card Cleaning Cartridge from plastic bag.
2 • 4 Feeding one card at a time For feeding one card at a time, like Cleaning Cards for example, remove all cards from card feeder and insert one card at a time at the bottom of the feeder. Do not feed more than one card at a time.
2 • 5 Printing a Test Card With ribbon cartridge and cards loaded, your P210 printer is ready to print. To check the operation of the printer, you should print a test card. 1 • Place the printer’s power switch in the OFF (0) position. 2 • While holding down the Multi Function Panel Button, switch printer ON (1). The status indicator will glow green. 3 • Keep pressing the Multi Function button until the green indicator starts flashing.
6 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General 33 • High speed printing 40 seconds per card in YMCKO 4 seconds per card in Monochrome • Small footprint • Windows Drivers for 95/98/2000/ME and NT 4.0 • One year printer warranty • One year (100,000 passes) print head warranty` • Powerful EPCL (Eltron Printer Command Language) Color Printing • • • • Color dye sublimation or monochrome thermal transfer printing 300 dpi (11.
Ribbons Cartridges Interfaces Mechanical Electrical Environmental Options 34 • Black Monochrome: 500 cards/cartridge • YMCKO dye sub: 100 cards/cartridge • USB port / Parallel • USB port / Serial • Width: 7.18” (182,4mm) • Depth: 11.92” (303mm) • Height: 7.03” (178,8mm) • Weight: 6.
CARD DIMENSIONS ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR PLAIN CARD ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR MAGNETIC STRIPE CARD 35
CHIP POSITION FOR SMART CARD 36
A APPENDIX Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder This section contains information on the additional operations of the P210 Printers with Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder. (See Chapter 2 for location.) INTRODUCTION Operation and maintenance requirements for the P210 Printer with the optional magnetic card stripe encoder. (See Chapter 2 for location.) The magnetic encoder can be set for either high or low coercivity.
A • MEDIA LOADING ORIENTATION The magnetic encoder is a factory installed item with the read/write head positioned below the card path, available with HICO encoding or LOCO encoding. When loading cards into the Card Cartridge, please ensure that the magnetic stripe is facing down and closest to the right. Note: M1 = Stripe Down HICO M3 = Stripe up HICO M2 = Stripe Down LOCO M4 = Stripe up LOCO approved HICO & LOCO PVC cards are available. (See Appendix C).
B • MAGNETIC ENCODER CLEANING Use the standard cleaning card process. . This cleans the most important parts of the printer; including the print Head, Transport Roller and Magnetic Stripe Encoder (refer to chapter 4 “Cleaning” for more instructions.) 1 • Leave power on. 2 • Remove cards from the card feeder. 3 • Insert one presaturated card (provided) through slot on the side of the Card Cartridge. 4 • Press the Multi function button.
B APPENDIX Accessories & Supplies Please contact your Eltron authorised dealer to place an order for accessories and supplies. Use only Zebra-approved card, ribbon and patches media. Using non-approved card or ribbon media can void your warranty. Refer to the Accessories section for more information about Card and Ribbon Media available from Zebra Technologies Corp.
ACCESSORIES Accessories available for P210 printers appear below. Always refer to the part number when placing an order.
