FARGO electronic M30e User's Manual
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1. Position Function Selecting the Horizontal Option Note Adjusting the Horizontal offset may result in ribbon breaking Command Line Usage CUPS option Description HOffset 0 Horizontal Offset O Use the Horizontal adjustment to g move the image toward the card SIDOUID TOME output side of the Printer if a positive number is entered and toward the card input side of the Printer if a negative number is entered Selecting the Vertical Option Command Line Usage CUPS option Description VOffset 0 Vertival Offset 0 Use the Vertical adjustment to move the image toward the front of the Printer if a positive number is entered and toward the rear of the Printer if a negative number is entered 100 to 100 Rear nf Printer Card Output Horizontal Horizontal Card Input side of Printer side of Printer mmu Direction card travels through printer Front of Printer Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 32. not imply that Fargo is an ISO certified company at this time ANSI ISO ASQ Q9001 2000 American National Standard sub title Quality Management Systems Requirements published by the American Society of Quality Quality Press P O Box 3005 Milwaukee Wisconsin 53201 3005 The ASQ ISO 9000 2000 Handbook editors Charles A Cianfrani Joseph J Tsiakals and John E West Second Edition published by the American Society of Quality Quality Press 600 N Plankinton Avenue Milwaukee Wisconsin 53203 Juran s Quality Handbook editors Joseph M Juran and A Blanton Godfrey Fifth Edition McGraw Hill Any questions regarding changes corrections updates or enhancements to this document should be forwarded to Persona Support Services 6533 Flying Cloud Drive Eden Prairie MN 55344 USA 952 952 946 8466 800 327 4620 FAX 952 941 7836 www buypersona com E mail support buypersona com Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 2 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 Ishal 11 Reviewing the File Listing 12 Printing a Sample Card 12 Entering the Print Only Command 12 Entering the Print with Mag E
3. 1 0 3 10 Example output from Ishal udi org freedesktop Hal devices usb device 9b0 2110 A8010217 if0 printer A8010217 info addons hal lpadmin add string list info callouts remove hal lpadmin remove string list info capabilities printer string list info category printer string info interfaces org freedesktop Hal Device Printer string list info parent org freedesktop Hal devices usb device _9b 2111 A8010217 if0 string info product M30e string info udi org freedesktop Hal devices usb device 9bO 2110 A8010217 if0 printer A8010217 string info vendor Fargo Electronics Inc string linux device file dev usb 1p string linux hotplug type 2 0x2 int linux subsystem usb string linux sysfs path sys devices pci0000 00 0000 00 1d 1 usb6 6 1 6 1 1 0 usb 1pe string printer commandset NONE string list printer description M30e Card Printer string printer device dev usb 1pe string printer originating device org freedesktop Hal devices usb device 9bO 2111 A8010217 ifO string printer product M30e string printer serial A8010217 string printer vendor Fargo Electronics Inc string Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 11 Reviewing the File Listing usr share cups model M30e ppd PPD File for the M30e Card Printer usr lib cups filter rastertofargoM30e Raster Filter for the M
4. 30e Card Printer usr share fargo M30e MS30eTst prn Test Print file usr share fargo M30e RibbonCal prn Ribbon Sensor Calibration File usr share fargo M30e CleanPrinter prn Clean Printer File Printing a Sample Card Entering the Print Only Command Run the following command lp d PrintQueueName filename Entering the Print with Mag Encoding Command Run the following command Ip d PrintQueueName o Magtrack1 25MAGTEST1 3F Magtrack2 3B1234567890 3F Magtrack3 3B 1234567890 3F filename Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Printer Maintenance Performing a Ribbon Sensor Calibration Sep Deseripton Remove all cards from the Card Hopper and close the Hopper door 2 Open the Front Cover remove the Ribbon Cartridge and close the Printers front cover Place a notebook or a completely opaque sheet of paper in front of the Printer to block the ambient light From a terminal window enter lpr I usr share fargo M30e RibbonCal prn When completed the Printer will beep twice Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 13 Cleaning the Printer COC From a terminal window enter lpr I usr share fargo M30e CleanPrinter prn Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Printing a Test Card Ac 3 From a terminal window enter lur cc When completed a test card should be printed 4 5678 FA
5. FARGO Part of HID Global CI Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Part Number L001213 Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 property of Fargo Electronics Incorporated Copyright O 2008 by Fargo Electronics Incorporated All rights reserved CUPS Common UNIX Printing System is Copyright 2008 by Apple Inc 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino CA 95014 USA http www cups org The ICC Software License Version 0 1 Copyright 2003 2006 The International Color Consortium All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Exclusive permission is granted to authorized resellers of Fargo products to reproduce and distribute this copyrighted document to authorized Fargo customers who have signed a no disclosure agreement regarding the restricted proprietary use of said document The revision number for this document will be updated to reflect changes corrections updates and enhancements to this document Revision Control Date Document Title Number Revision 1 0 3 May 13 2008 Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 These reference documents were thoroughly reviewed to provide Fargo with professional and international standards requirements guidelines and models for our technical training and user documentation At all times the Copyright Protection Notice for each document was adhered to within our Fargo documentation process This reference to other documents does
6. PS PPD model path CUPS filter path CUPS config path LOG directory etc init d cupsys usr share ppd custom usr lib cups filter etc cups var log Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Fedora Core 8 Fields Description Name Fedora Version 8 Media Fedora 8 i386 DVD iso Dependencies CUPS version 1 3 5 Kernel version 2 6 23 14 107 fc8 File structure CUPS service name amp path etc init d cups CUPS PPD model path usr share cups model CUPS filter path usr lib cups filter LOG directory var log cups Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Fedora Core 7 Fields Description Name Fedora Version 7 Media F 7 i386 DVD iso Dependencies CUPS version 1 2 10 Kernel version 2 6 21 1 3194 fc7 File structure CUPS service name amp path etc init d cups CUPS PPD model path usr share cups model CUPS filter path usr lib cups filter LOG directory var log cups Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Red Hat Enterprise 5 Fields Description Name RedHat Enterprise Desktop 5 Version 5 Media Rhel 5 client i386 disc1 5 iso Dependencies CUPS version 1 2 4 Ghostscript version 8 5 12 Kernel version 2 6 18 8el5 File structure CUPS service name amp path etc init d cups CUPS PPD model pa
7. RGO TEST Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 15 Driver Options Using the Device Options Selecting the Card Size Command Line Usage CUPS option Description PageSize CR80 Media Size Sets the Page Size for the print CR80 job to CR 80 3 375 L x 2 125 W 85 6mmL x 54mmW PageSize CR79 Media Size Sets the Page Size for the print CR79 job to CR 79 3 295 L x 2 043 W 83 7mmL x 51 9mmW Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Selecting the Ribbon Types Command Line Usage CUPS option Description Ribbon StandardResin Ribbon Type Standard Resin Sets the Ribbon type for the print job to Standard Resin Ribbon PremiumResin Ribbon Type Premium Resin Sets the Ribbon type for the print job to Premium Resin Ribbon ColoredResin Ribbon Type Colored Resin Sets the Ribbon type for the print job to Colored Resin This option should be used for any of the colored resin Ribbons Red Blue Green or White Ribbon MetallicResin Ribbon Type Metallic Resin Sets the Ribbon type for the print job to Metallic Resin This option should be used for any of the metallic resin Ribbons Gold Silver Ribbon KOPremiumResinWithOvelay Ribbon BODyeSubBlackWithOverlay Ribbon Type KO Premium Resin with Overlay Ribbon Type BO Dye Sub Black with Overlay Sets the Ribbon type for the print job to KO Pr
8. Sending RAW Magnetic Encoding Information The CUPS Driver uses URL Encoding when defining data to be encoding to the Magnetic Stripe Any special characters such as start and end sentinels must be described with URL encoding to be recognized See the URL Encoding Reference for additional information Reviewing the URL Encoding Reference TELL EE ee Ti bL Coco Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 27 Reviewing the ASCII Code and Character Table ASCII Code Character ASCII Code Character ASCII Character Code 32 space 56 8 80 P 33 57 9 81 Q 34 58 82 R 35 59 83 S 36 60 84 T 37 61 85 U 38 8 62 gt 86 V 39 i 63 87 W 40 64 o 88 X 41 65 A 89 Y 42 n 66 B 90 Z 43 67 C 91 44 i 68 D 92 45 69 E 93 46 70 F 94 47 71 G 95 E 48 0 72 H 49 1 73 50 2 74 J 51 3 75 K 52 4 76 L 53 5 77 M 54 6 78 N 55 7 79 O Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 28 Using the Image Color Capabilities Following the Dye Sub Intensity Procedure Command Line Usage CUPS option Description DyeSubIntensity 0 lt 50 to 50 gt Dye Sub Intensity YMC 0 Adjust the Dye Sub Intensity value higher to use more heat when transferring dye sub colors to the card Note This will produce a darker more saturated image Adjust the d
9. e coercivity for magnetic encoding to 300 Oersted Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 24 Sending ISO Magnetic Encoding Information The CUPS Driver uses URL Encoding when defining data to be encoding to the Magnetic Stripe Any special characters such as start and end sentinels must be described with URL encoding to be recognized See the URL Encoding Reference for additional information e The first character of this data string must be the track s specific Start Sentinel SS and the last character must be the specific End Sentinel ES e The characters or data in between the SS and ES can include all of the valid characters specific to each track e The number of these characters however is limited by each track s maximum character capacity When segmenting track data the appropriate Field Separator FS must be used The table below shows the SS ES FS and the valid characters defined for each track Track i Valid Characters Maximum Sentinel Separator Number of Characters ASCII 32 95 Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 25 Sending JIS Il Magnetic Encoding Information The CUPS Driver uses URL Encoding when defining data to be encoding to the Magnetic Stripe Any special characters such as start and end sentinels must be described with URL encoding to be recognized See the URL Encoding Reference for additional information Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 26
10. e omitted from print and overlay 21 Reviewing the Back Print Area If you are using Split Ribbon Print this option must be set to one of the Print Only values See the examples on the next page Command Line Usage CUPS Options Description PrintAreaBack FullCardPrintAndOverlay Back Print Area Full Card Print and Overlay The full card will be printed and overlay will be applied PrintAreaBack FullCardPrintOnly Back Print Area Full Card Print Only The full card will be printed and overlay will not be applied PrintAreaBack OmitSmartChipPrintAndOverlay Back Print Area Omit Smart Chip Print and Overlay An area corresponding to the ISO location for a smart chip will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaBack Back Print Area An area corresponding to OmitSmartChipPrintOnly Omit Smart Chip the ISO location for a Print Only smart chip will be omitted from print PrintAreaBack Back Print Area An area corresponding to OmitMagStripePrintAndOverlay Omit Mag Stripe Print and Overlay the ISO location for a Magnetic stripe will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaBack Back Print Area An area corresponding to OmitMagStripePrintOnly Omit Mag Stripe the ISO location for a Print Only Magnetic stripe will be omitted from print PrintAreaBack Back Area Print An area corresponding to OmitSignatureAreaPrintAndOverlay Omi
11. emium Resin Overlay Sets the Ribbon type for the print job to BO Dye Sub Black withy Overlay Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Selecting the Disable Printing Option Command Line Usage CUPS option Description DisablePrinting True Disable Printing Yes Select it to encode or re encode cards to save time and avoid the use of printing supplies DisablePrinting False Disable Printing No Select it to perform full printing and encoding operations Selecting the Print Both Sides Option Command Line Usage CUPS option Description PrintBothSides True Print Both Sides Yes If the Printer is equipped with a Flipper Module it will print the second page of a print job on the back side of a card PrintBothSides False print on separate cards Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Print Both Sides No If the print job has multiple pages it will Selecting the Resin Dither Options Requires Resin Ribbon or Print Both Sides True Command Line Usage CUPS option Description ResinDither 2 Graphics Resin Dither Optimized for Graphics Select Optimized for Graphics when printing drawings and graphics with resin ResinDither Photo Resin Dither 2 Optimized for Photos Select Optimized for Photo when printing photo quality images with resin Fargo M30e CUPS Driv
12. er User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Print and Overlay Options Reviewing the Front Print Area Command Line Usage CUPS Options Description PrintAreaFront FullCardPrintAndOverlay Front Print Area Full Card Print and Overlay The full card will be printed and overlay will be applied PrintAreaFront OmitSmartChipPrintAndOverlay Front Print Area Omit Smart Chip Print and Overlay An area corresponding to the ISO location for a smart chip will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaFront OmitMagStripePrintAndOverlay Front Print Area Omit Mag Stripe Print and Overlay An area corresponding to the ISO location for a Magnetic stripe will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaFront OmitSignatureAreaPrintAndOverlay PrintAreaFront VisualSecurityUpperLeftVerimark Front Area Print Omit Signature Area Print and Overlay Front Area Print Visual Security Upper Left Verimark An area corresponding to the ISO location for a Signature Stripe will be omitted from print and overlay An area 25mmL X 27mmW in the upper left corner of the card will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaFront VisualSecurityUpperLeftHolomark Front Area Print Visual Security Upper Left Holomark An area 23mmL X 23mmW in the upper left corner of the card will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaFront VisualSecurityUpperRightVerimark Front A
13. erface is http localhost 631 Step Procedure 1 Attach Power and USB to the printer 2 Froma Terminal window run Ishal to retrieve the list of devices 3 Refer to the Example Output for Ishal below for a sample of output to look for to identify the printer Record the Device URI to be able to add the printer Example Device URI org freedesktop Hal devices usb_device_9b0_2112 A8010217_if0_printer_A8010217 4 Choose Add Printer Note If you are asked for a username and password enter your login username and password or the root username and password 5 a Enter a Name Location and Description for the Printer b Click Continue 6 a Ifan entry exists in the dropdown select the HAL Printing backend option OR b Select Internet Printing protocol ipp c Click Continue 7 a Enter the Device URI recorded previously using the HAL printer Backend Example hal org freedesktop Hal devices usb device 9bO0 2112 A8010217 ifO0 printer A8010217 b Click Continue 8 a Select Fargo Electronics from the Make list b Click Continue Note If Fargo Electronics is not listed in the Make list it may be necessary to restart CUPS and begin the process to add the printer again 9 a Select M30e en from the Model list b Click Add Printer 10 After installation is complete it may be necessary to specify the page scaling options for the Print Queue Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev
14. ncoding 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 Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 3 Supported Linux Distributions Ubuntu 7 10 Fields Description Name Ubuntu Version 7 10 Media ubuntu 7 10 desktop i386 iso Dependencies CUPS version 1 3 2 Kernel version 2 6 22 14 generic File structure CUPS service name amp path CU
15. rea Print Visual Security Upper Right Verimark An area 25mmL X 27mmW in the upper right corner of the card will be omitted from print and overlay Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Continued on the next page 20 Reviewing the Front Print Area Command Line Usage CUPS Options Description PrintAreaFront VisualSecurityUpperRightHolomark Front Area Print Visual Security Upper Right Holomark An area 23mmL X 23mmW in the upper right corner of the card will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaFront VisualSecurityLowerLeftVerimark Front Area Print Visual Security Lower Left Verimark An area 21 1mmL X 27mmW in the lower left corner of the card will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaFront VisualSecurityLowerLeftHolomark Front Area Print Visual Security Lower Left Holomark An area 23mmL X 23mmW in the lower left corner of the card will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaFront VisualSecurityLowerRightVerimark Front Area Print Visual Security Lower Right Verimark An area 21 1mmL X 27mmW in the lower right corner of the card will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaFront VisualSecurityLowerRightHolomark Front Area Print Visual Security Lower Right Holomark Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 An area 23mmL X 23mmW in the lower right corner of the card will b
16. t Signature Area Print and Overlay the ISO location for a Signature Stripe will be omitted from print and overlay PrintAreaBack OmitSignatureAreaPrintOnly Back Area Print Omit Signature Area Print Only An area corresponding to the ISO location for a Signature Stripe will be omitted from print Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 22 Reviewing the Back Print Area Examples Display Omit Smart Chip Example 5678 orc TEST Display Omit Magnetic Stripe Example FARGO TEST Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 23 Magnetic Encoding Options Setting the Encoding Mode MagEncodingMode Magnetic Stripe Sets the Encoding Mode for the Print ISO Encoding Mode job to ISO See Sending ISO Magnetic ISO Encoding Information for additional information MagEncodingMode J Magnetic Stripe Sets the Encoding Mode for the Print IS2 Encoding Mode job to JIS Il See Sending JISII JIS II Magnetic Encoding Information for additional information MagEncodingMode Magnetic Stripe Sets the Encoding Mode for the Print Raw Encoding Mode job to RAW See Sending ISO Raw Magnetic Encoding Information for additional information Setting the Coercivity Command Line Usage CUPS option Description Coercivity High Coercivity High Sets the coercivity for magnetic encoding to 2750 Oersted Coercivity Low Coercivity Low Sets th
17. th usr share cups model CUPS filter path LOG directory usr lib cups filter var log cups Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 openSuse 10 3 Fields Description Name openSuse Version 10 3 Media openSUSE 10 3 GM KDE i386 iso Dependencies CUPS version 1 2 12 Kernel version 2 6 22 5 31 default File structure CUPS service name amp path etc init d cups CUPS PPD model path usr share cups model CUPS filter path usr lib cups filter LOG directory var log cups Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Installation Procedures Installing the CUPS Driver Note On some Linux Distributions it may be necessary to disable SELinux capabilities in order to install or use the CUPS Driver Refer to the SELinux web site at www nsa gov selinux or the documentation for your specific distribution for more information Step Procedure 1 Unpack the driver tar ball by running the following command as root from the directory the file was downloaded to tar xzvPf fargoM30e 1 0 0 1 tgz Note If an existing driver was already present on the system it may be necessary to restart CUPS to allow the file changes to take effect Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 Adding a USB Printer The primary CUPS interface can be accessed on the local computer using a web browser The address for the CUPS int
18. ye sub Intensity value lower to use less heat when transferring dye sub colors to the card Note This will produce a lighter print Following the Resin Heat Front Procedure Command Line Usage ResinHeatFront 0 lt 100 to 100 gt Adjust the Resin Heat Front CUPS option Resin Heat Front K 0 Description value higher to use more heat to transfer resin to a card Adjust the Resin Heat Front value lower to reduce the amount of heat used to transfer resin to the card Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 29 Following the Resin Heat Back Procedure Usage Command Line CUPS option Description ResinHeatBack Resin Heat Back K 2 0 1 0 100 to 100 Adjust the Resin Heat Back value higher to use more heat and increase the transfer of resin to a card Adjust the Resin Heat Back value lower to reduce the amount of heat used and reduce the transfer of resin to the card Following the Overlay Heat Procedure Command Line CUPS option Description Usage OverlayHeat 2 0 Overlay Heat O 0 1 Adjust the Overlay Heat value 50 to 50 higher to use more heat and increase the transfer of overlay to a card Adjust the Overlay Heat value lower to reduce the amount of heat used and reduce the transfer of overlay to the card Fargo M30e CUPS Driver User Guide Rev 1 0 3 30 Using the Image
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