Evolis Tattoo Operator's manual

Welcome

To The World of Evolis Card Printer Products!

Congratulations on making the Tattoo printer your choice!

Please read carefully this Operating Guide before installing your printer.

It is a quick guide to help you to use your Tattoo Card Printer.

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photographic, or otherwise without prior written permission from Evolis Card Printer.

All information contained in this document is subject to changes without prior notification.

Rev.1.1

Printer description ................................................... 3

Printer connection.................................................... 4

Driver installation .................................................... 5

Indicators .............................................................. 6

Cards loading ......................................................... 9

Ribbon loading ..................................................... 11

Cleaning ............................................................. 12

Cleaning of the printer interior

...................................... 12

Cleaning of the print head

.......................................... 13

Maintenance of the cleaning roller

................................. 14

Help & Support ..................................................... 15

Summary table

Thermal Transfer Print Head For printing cards

Media Thermal Transfer Monochrome Ribbon

Control Panel Shows the printer activity

Push Button Shows power ON/OFF and clears error

Cleaning Roller Removes dust before printing the cards

Cover Button Opens the cover

Card Feeder Holds the cards before printing

Electrical Connector For connecting the printer to the power supply

USB Port (optional) Enables data to be received and sent from and to the computer

Parallel Port (standard) Enables data to be received and sent from and to the computer

Serial Port (optional) Enables connection to a keyboard

Printer description

IMPORTANT !

The printer must be placed on a flat surface, in a dust free environment.

It is essential to be able to access the printer from all sides for its installation.

Printer connection

IMPORTANT !

To disconnect the printer, pull the plug out of the socket which must remain

easily accessible.The printer must be connected to an electrical wiring properly

installed and equipped with an earth socket.

Use only the printer power supply provided by Evolis.

IMPORTANT !

La mise hors tension de ce produit se fait par le retrait de la fiche secteur qui

doit rester accessible. Ce produit doit être raccordé à une installation électrique

correctement protégée et équipée d’une terre.

Utiliser uniquement l’alimentation de l’imprimante fournie par Evolis.

IMPORTANTE !

Para desconectar este aparato quite el enchufe del conector, éste debe permanecer

fácilmente accesible. Este aparato debe estar conectado a una instalación eléctrica

correctamente protegida y con toma de tierra.

Utilizar unicamente la alimentación de la impresora suministrado por Evolis.

WICHTIG !

Um den Drucker vom Netz zu trennen, soll einfach der Netzstecker aus der Steckdose

gezogen werden. Der Drucker selbst soll ausschließlich an einer geeigneten

Stromquelle mit korrekter Erdung angeschlossen werden.

Nur die mit dem Evolis Drucker belieferten Stromversorgung und Stromkabel benutzen.

Install the driver

Before using the Tattoo printer, you must install its driver.

The Tattoo operates under Windows 95/98/2000, Me, NT 4.0 or Xp.

The enclosed CD-Rom includes a utility which automates the installation of the

printer driver. This utility installs the suitable driver for your computer

configuration.

To install the Tattoo Windows Driver, please proceed as described below:

NOTE !

For further information or if the installation program does not run automatically,

refer to the User’s Guide supplied on the CD-Rom.

Insert the CD-Rom in your

computer CD drive.

The program runs

automatically.

Click on the menu

“Driver Installation”

The driver installation runs

automatically.

There is a control panel on the front of the printer with four LED’s. Each is

associated to a symbol showing the Tattoo activity during printing or/and

personalizing of the magnetic stripe.

The lights show:

The control panel LED’s are in either of the following conditions:

The push button allows re-initialization in case of:

Indicators

Push button

Magnetic encoding error

SWITCHED OFF

SWITCHED ON

FLASHING

Cleaning cycle required

No card

in feeder

Ribbon is

finished



MECHANICAL PROBLEM



MAGNETIC ENCODING ERROR



CARD EJECTION

It also allows:

- Printing of a test card

- Running of a cleaning cycle

- Switching off of the printer

Push button

Indicators

PRINTER READY

END OF RIBBON

NO CARD

PROCESSING

The printer is ready to process

Note: After 10 minutes without activity, the

printer returns to the sleep mode. All the LED’s

turn off. To re-activate power, push one second

on the button.

The printer is receiving data.

There is no ribbon inside the printer.

The ribbon is finished.

The ribbon has been incorrectly installed.

Printing will start again after the ribbon has

been checked out.

There is no card in the feeder.

The feeder has been incorrectly installed in

the printer.

Press on the push button for one second.

Printing will start again after the feeder has

been checked out.

The magnetic stripe card orientation in the

feeder is incorrect.

The type of encoding is incorrectly set (HICO

or LOCO).

The encoding data does not comply with ISO

7811 Norms.

Press one second on the push button. The

current magnetic encoding job will start again.

If the problem still occur, call for technical

assistance.

Refer to the following conditions to determine the status or current activity of

your printer.

MAGNETIC ENCODING ERROR

A cleaning cycle is required.

See Cleaning section for more information.

A card is jammed inside the printer.

A mechanical part is defective inside the

printer.

Press one second on the push button. If the problem

still occur, call for technical assistance.

The printer is waiting for a card to be

manually inserted in the feeding mouth.

The printer is waiting for the card to be

taken out of the feeding mouth.

Note: the next printing job will be stopped until the

card is removed from the feeding mouth.

The print head system is cooling down.

Note: Printing stops. The pending printing job starts

again automatically after a few seconds.

The printer cover is opened.

COOL DOWN MODE

PRINTER COVER OPENED

MECHANICAL PROBLEM

CARD INSERTION SIGNAL

CARD TO BE TAKEN OUT

PRINTER CLEANING ALERT

Indicators

Cards loading

The Tattoo printer works in three different card loading modes which

can be selected through the printer driver in the “Main” tab:

Feeder Cards are taken automatically from the feeder

Manual feed Cards are manually inserted one by one by the

operator in the feeding mouth at the front

of the printer

Auto select Printer works automatically either from the feeder

or the feeding mouth depending of where

the cards are detected.

Load the cards from feeder

Press the spring system

down inside the feeder

and insert the cards as

shown (100 cards max.

0.76mm – 30mil)

Remove the feeder from

the printer as shown.

Replace the feeder in the

printer.

IMPORTANT !

Advice about selecting cards:

• Only use the types of card which comply with the Tattoo printer specifications.

• Do not touch the surface of the cards ; the printing quality depends upon this.

• Do not use damaged, folded or embossed cards.

• Always store blank cards in a clean, dust free location

Card thickness:

• The Tattoo printer accepts automatically cards from 0.25mm (10mil)

to 0.76mm (30mil) thickness.

Insert a card in the feeding

mouth. The card will be

automatically taken in.

Note: The side to be printed

must be facing top.

Load the cards manually

Cards loading

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