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. User’s Guide K300 Optima User’s Manual Rev. (12) months from the date of purchase by the end user. Warrants the print head, under normal use and service, to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of twelve (12) months WARRANTY INFORMATION or 100k passes (whichever occurs first) from the date of purchase by the end user.

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INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing the Cim K300 Optima Plastic Card Printer. These printers produce cards ideal for personalized identification, access control, visitor, membership, promotion and luggage card, badges and tags.

This manual guides you to an efficient start up and operation of your new Card Printer. An area where electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause component damage.

Use a ground- ing wrist band. Elevated temperature hazard, capable of pro- ducing a burn.

Keep Card Printer clean by minimizing cover open time. K300 Optima Rev.07.99. OPERATION.5 K300 Optima PRINTER FEATURES.5 LOADING RIBBONS.

K300 Optima Rev.07.99. GETTING STARTED UNPACKING Your K300 Optima printer ships in a carton and YOUR CARD protective anti-static bag.

Keep all packing ma- terial in case you need to move or re-ship the PRINTER printer. While unpacking, inspect the carton to ensure that no damage occurred during shipping. Optima printer: CARD CARTRIDGE POWER CABLE CARD OUTPUT HOPPER INTERFACE CABLE SWABS & SATURATED CLEANING CARDS CD ROM (OPTIONAL) CARD CLEANING CARTRIDGE and PRINTER QUICK REFERENCE (Not Shown) If any items are missing, please contact your dealer. K300 Optima Rev.07.99. INDICATORS Your K300 Optima Printer has three Status indi- cators and a panel button on the front and a AND CONTROLS power switch on the rear: PANEL INDICATORS BUTTON INDICATORS (green, amber & red) signal printer activity by illuminating or flashing, as. K300 Optima Printer. INSTALLATION CAUTION: Limit AC power supplied to the K300 Optima to 110 230 volts, 60 50 Hertz, for an associated 800 milliamps.

Limit excess current draw to 16 amps or less, us- ing an associated circuit breaker or other such device. OPERATION K300 Optima The following shows the features found on your PRINTER K300 Optima Printer: FEATURES K300 Optima Rev.07.99. Panel Button 2. Print Head Unlock Lever 7. Card Cleaning Cartridge 3.

Manual Holder 8. Card Cartridge 4. Card Output Hopper 9. Card Thickness Control OPTIONAL FEATURES A. Magnetic Encoding Station B. Smart Card Contact Station K300 Optima Rev.07.99. (See Appendix C).

The Resin Thermal RIBBONS Transfer and Dye Sublimation ribbons are spe- cifically designed for your K300 Optima Printer. For optimum performance and printer life (Print Head), always use approved ribbons. DO NOT TOUCH the print head or the elec- tronic components on the print head carriage.

TAKE-UP SPINDLE ‘CLICK’ 4. Push down on the Print Head Lock Lever until an audible ‘click’ signals the locked-down 5. Please note that the ribbon automatically synchronizes whenever the print head lock down occurs.

K300 Optima Rev.07.99. LOADING CARDS To help you load, print, and collect cards, the K300 Optima has with the following items: A - CARD CARTRIDGE For loading cards.

Install Card Cartridge by hooking onto printer as shown and clicking down. Install cards into Cartridge.

DO NOT bend cards or touch print surfaces as this can reduce print quality. For other card thickness, start lever at lowest position and move up until cards feed. C - CARD OUTPUT HOPPER For collecting printed cards Install Card Output Hopper onto printer by hooking over bottom edge of card exit aperture. K300 Optima Rev.07.99. Do not feed more than one card at a time.

REMOVING CARD Remove the Card Cartridge prior to packaging CARTRIDGE the printer for shipment. To remove, pull hook back, and lift hopper out. HOOK K300 Optima Rev.07.99. This is an example of the test card. PLASTIC CARD PRINTER PRINTER: P310CEM Serial Number 23666 Firmware: 4.00 300 dpi TEST CARD Head resistance: 1234 Offset: X12 - Y12 EC: 12 Printing Counter: 123456 2 3 6 6 6 K300 Optima Rev.07.99. Windows printer driver, the WindCard soft- ware, or printer command level programming through the printer interface. The K300 Optima Card Printer can be used with any Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 software application program, using the drivers provided with the printer.

Double-click on the Add Printer icon. The Add Printer Wizard will display a list of printers. Select Have Disk and locate the K300 Optima Drivers on the CD.

For more in- formation about how to install a Windows driver please consult the appropriate Microsoft documentation. The printer will feed in a card and start printing (the data downloading time will vary depending on the complexity of the card design and the processing speed of your com- puter). Once the printing job is achieved the card is ejected from the printer. K300 Optima Rev.07.99. K300 Optima Rev.07.99. The recommended maintenance procedures must be performed to maintain your factory warranty.

Other than the recommended cleaning proce- dures described in this manual, allow only CIM S.p.A. Authorized technicians to service the K300 Optima Printer NEVER loosen, tighten, adjust, or bend, etc. A part or cable inside the printer. CARD CLEANING Your K300 Optima Printer also has a Card Cleaning Cartridge. This item cleans the cards CARTRIDGE entering the printer. To ensure print quality, the cleaning roller requires periodic replacements.

WHEN TO MAINTAIN When the amber & red indicators flash. DO NOT touch the roller surface that contacts the cards.

See Appendix C for replacement Cleaning Rollers. Although the amber and red indicators will keep flashing until maintenance has been performed, the printer will continue to operate. K300 Optima Rev.07.99. K300 Optima Rev.07.99.

Load new ribbon. Ribbon will automatically synchronize FLASHES and printing will restart with new card. Media alert: Ribbon The Printer stops and an error comes up in the Windows application program or in WindCard Software. K300 Optima Rev.07.99. FLASH Print head alert: Cool down mode Printing stops NO INDICATOR 1. Make sure power cord is plugged in properly at both ends. ILLUMINATES 2.

Call technical support. Power cord The power switch is ON. K300 Optima Rev.07.99. This may be caused by contaminations Contamination on card surface on the card surface. Check that cards are Small spots on the printed card with a stored in a dust free environment. Non-printed area or a different printed color. K300 Optima Rev.07.99.

K300 Optima Rev.07.99. Windows Drivers for 95 and NT 4.0 (option).

One year printer warranty. One year (100k passes) print head warranty. Powerful EPCL (Cim Printer Program Com- mand Language) Color Printing. Color dye sublimation or monochrome thermal transfer printing. (0.230.84mm) ISO STANDARD DIMENSIONS FOR MAGNETIC STRIPE CARD 0.623in (15.82mm) min 218in (5.54mm) max MAGNETIC STRIPE 00.115in (2.92mm) 00.115in (2.92mm) CHIP POSITION FOR SMART CARD ISO STANDARD AFNOR STANDARD. Use CIM S.p.A./Cim approved media only.

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K300 Optima Rev. UV-induced fading. Dye Sublimation printing requires dye sublima- tion ribbons, with either black or cyan, magenta, and yellow (plus black resin) panels. † Measured without card feeder and card hop- K300 Optima Rev.07.99.

Hot Swap Warranty program. Cleaning supplies. Service Manual. WindCard design software Use only CIM S.p.A.-approved card and ribbon media. Using non-approved card or ribbon me- dia can void your warranty. Refer to the Accessories section for more infor- mation about Card and Ribbon Media available from CIM S.p.A. APPENDIX A - MAGNETIC CARD STRIPE ENCODER Operation and maintenance requirements for the K300 Optima Printer with the op- tional magnetic card stripe encoder.

(See Chapter 2 for location). The magnetic en- coder can be set for either high and low coercivity. ‡ Including Start, Stop and LRC characters. Also note that these 3 characters are auto- matically managed by the magnetic encoder according to the ISO Standard Norms. NOTE: Refer to the Card Printer Programmer’s Manual for complete programming in- formation. K300 Optima Rev.07.99. Smart Cards can have a built-in microcomputer and a battery.

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Card Memory can store finger- prints, voice recognition patterns, medical re- cords and other such data. The K300 Optima may be equipped with an optional contact sta- tion for programming Smart Cards (ISO 7816). PINS CONTACT POINTS C1 (Vcc) C6 (Vpp) C2 (Reset) C7 (I/O) C3 (Clock) C8 (RFU) C4 (RFU) (GND when chip is at station) C5 (GND) Refer to the Card Printer Programmer’s Manual for complete programming informa- tion.

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