FARGO electronic M30e - Manual (Page 3)

Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide (Rev. 1.0.3) 3
Table of Contents
Supported Linux Distributions ___________________________________________________ 4
Ubuntu 7.10 __________________________________________________________________________ 4
Fedora Core 8 ________________________________________________________________________ 5
Fedora Core 7 ________________________________________________________________________ 6
Red Hat Enterprise 5 ___________________________________________________________________ 7
openSuse 10.3 ________________________________________________________________________ 8
Installation Procedures __________________________________________________________ 9
Installing the CUPS Driver ______________________________________________________________ 9
Adding a USB Printer _________________________________________________________________ 10
Example output from lshal _____________________________________________________________ 11
Reviewing the File Listing _____________________________________________________________ 12
Printing a Sample Card ________________________________________________________ 12
Entering the Print Only Command _______________________________________________________ 12
Entering the Print with Mag Encoding Command ___________________________________________ 12
Printer Maintenance ___________________________________________________________ 13
Performing a Ribbon Sensor Calibration ___________________________________________________ 13
Cleaning the Printer ___________________________________________________________________ 14
Printing a Test Card ___________________________________________________________________ 15
Driver Options ________________________________________________________________ 16
Using the Device Options ______________________________________________________________ 16
Selecting the Card Size ______________________________________________________________ 16
Selecting the Ribbon Types __________________________________________________________ 17
Selecting the Disable Printing Option __________________________________________________ 18
Selecting the Print Both Sides Option __________________________________________________ 18
Selecting the Resin Dither Options _____________________________________________________ 19
Print and Overlay Options ______________________________________________________________ 20
Reviewing the Front Print Area _______________________________________________________ 20
Reviewing the Back Print Area _______________________________________________________ 22
Reviewing the Back Print Area (Examples) ______________________________________________ 23
Magnetic Encoding Options ____________________________________________________________ 24
Setting the Encoding Mode __________________________________________________________ 24
Setting the Coercivity _______________________________________________________________ 24
Sending ISO Magnetic Encoding Information ______________________________________________ 25
Sending JIS II Magnetic Encoding Information _____________________________________________ 26
Sending RAW Magnetic Encoding Information _____________________________________________ 27
Reviewing the URL Encoding Reference __________________________________________________ 27
Reviewing the ASCII Code and Character Table ____________________________________________ 28
Using the Image Color Capabilities_______________________________________________________ 29
Following the Dye-Sub Intensity Procedure ______________________________________________ 29
Following the Resin Heat Front Procedure _______________________________________________ 29
Following the Resin Heat Back Procedure _______________________________________________ 30
Following the Overlay Heat Procedure _________________________________________________ 30
Using the Image Position Function _______________________________________________________ 31
Selecting the Horizontal Option _______________________________________________________ 31
Selecting the Vertical Option _________________________________________________________ 31