Document Outline

• FARGO DTC4500e Card Printer
  • 1 Specifications
    • 1.1 Regulatory Compliance
    • 1.1.1 Agency Listings
    • 1.1.2 United States
    • 1.1.3 Canada
    • 1.1.4 Taiwan
    • 1.1.5 Japan
    • 1.1.6 Korea
    • 1.2 Safety Messages (Review Carefully)
    • 1.2.1 Safety Messages – Unites States
    • 1.2.2 Safety Messges - French
    • 1.2.3 Safety Messages - Taiwan
    • 1.2.4 Safety Messages - China
    • 1.3 Technical Specifications
    • 1.4 Functional Specifications
    • 1.5 Printer Components: Print Ribbons
    • 1.5.1 Ribbon Types and Print Counts
    • 1.6 Printer Components: Blank Cards
  • 2 Setup and Installation Procedures
    • 2.1 Choosing a Good Location
    • 2.1.1 About Moisture Condensation
    • 2.2 Unpacking and Inspection
    • 2.3 Installing the Print Ribbon Cartridge
    • 2.4 Installing Blank Cards into the Input Card Hopper
    • 2.5 Card Size Selection
    • 2.6 Printer Power
  • 3 Print Driver Installation
    • 3.1 Driver Installation Instructions
  • 4 Printing Preferences
    • 4.1 Card tab
    • 4.1.1 Card Size
    • 4.1.2 Orientation
    • 4.1.3 Copies
    • 4.1.4 Diagnostics
    • 4.1.5 Test Print
    • 4.1.6 Toolbox
    • 4.2 Configuration (Toolbox)
    • 4.2.1 Set Language
    • 4.3 Calibrate Laminator (Toolbox)
    • 4.4 Calibrate Ribbon (Toolbox)
    • 4.5 Clean Printer (Toolbox)
    • 4.5.1 Safety Messages (Review Carefully)
    • 4.5.2 Cleaning Kit
    • 4.5.3 Printhead Cleaning
    • 4.5.4 Cleaning the Platen and the Card Feed Rollers
    • 4.5.5 Cleaning the Printer’s Exterior
    • 4.6 Advanced Settings (Toolbox)
    • 4.6.1 Overview of Advanced Settings
    • 4.7 Device Options Tab
    • 4.7.1 Supplies
      • 4.7.1.1 Ribbon Type
    • 4.7.2 Dual Sided
      • 4.7.2.2 Split 1 Set of Ribbon Panels
      • 4.7.2.3 Print Back Image on Front of Card
      • 4.7.2.4 Print Back Side Only
    • 4.7.3 Options
      • 4.7.3.1 Rotate Front 180 Degrees
      • 4.7.3.2 Rotate Back 180 Degrees
      • 4.7.3.3 Disable Printing
      • 4.7.3.4 Write Only
      • 4.7.3.5 Encrypt Job Data
    • 4.7.4 Fluorescent Panels
      • 4.7.4.1 Selecting the Fluorescent Panel Ribbon Type
      • 4.7.4.2 Creating a Custom Fluorescent Image using the YMCFKO Ribbon
      • 4.7.4.3 Configuring Fluorescent Data using the Application
    • 4.8 Image Color Tab
    • 4.8.1 Image Quality
      • 4.8.1.1 Color Matching
      • 4.8.1.2 Resin Dither
    • 4.8.2 Heat
      • 4.8.2.1 Dye-Sub Intensity (YMC)
      • 4.8.2.2 Resin Heat, Front (K)
      • 4.8.2.3 Resin Heat, Back (K)
      • 4.8.2.4 Overlay Heat (O)
    • 4.8.3 Default
    • 4.8.4 Advanced Settings
      • 4.8.4.1 Image Quality
      • 4.8.4.2 Balance
      • 4.8.4.3 Default
    • 4.9 Image Calibrate Tab
    • 4.9.1 Vertical
    • 4.9.2 Horizontal
    • 4.10 Magnetic Encoding Tab
    • 4.10.1 Encoding Options
      • 4.10.1.1 ISO Encoding
      • 4.10.1.2 Custom Encoding or Raw Binary Encoding Mode
    • 4.10.2 Magnetic Track Options
      • 4.10.2.1 Reviewing the ISO Track Locations
      • 4.10.2.2 Reviewing the Sample String
      • 4.10.2.3 Sending the Track Data
    • 4.11 Lamination Tab
    • 4.11.1 Lamination Position
    • 4.11.2 Lamination Speed
    • 4.11.3 Lamination Side
    • 4.11.4 Lamination Type
    • 4.11.5 Automatically detect installed Laminate for every print job.
    • 4.12 Overlay / Print Area Tab
    • 4.12.1 Defining an Overlay or Print Area
    • 4.12.2 Deleting a Defined Area
    • 4.12.3 Overlay / Print Area
      • 4.12.3.1 Defined Area
      • 4.12.3.2 For Print and Overlay
      • 4.12.3.3 For Overlay Only
      • 4.12.3.4 For Print Only (No Overlay)
    • 4.12.4 Security Options
      • 4.12.4.1 Visual Security Solutions
      • 4.12.4.2 Verimark
      • 4.12.4.3 HoloMark
    • 4.13 K Panel Resin
    • 4.13.1 Print All Black with K Panel
      • 4.13.1.1 Full Card
      • 4.13.1.2 Defined Area(s)
      • 4.13.1.3 Undefined Area(s)
    • 4.13.2 Print YMC under K
    • 4.13.3 Print K Only
    • 4.14 Defined Area
    • 4.15 Printer Info
  • 5 System Overview - Troubleshooting
    • 5.1 Sequence of Operations
  • 6 Troubleshooting
    • 6.1 Printer Error Buttons
    • 6.1.1 Printer Error button and on-screen messages
    • 6.1.2 Error Messages
    • 6.1.3 Troubleshooting with the Error Message Table
    • 6.1.4 Printer-Specific Tools
      • 6.1.4.1 Additional Printer Specific Tools
  • 7 Firmware Upgrades
    • 7.1 Upgrade Information
  • 8 Technical Support
    • 8.1 Reading the Serial Numbers on a FARGO Printer