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HDP5000 CUPS Driver User Guide
Linux & MAC OS
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Fargo HDP5000 CUPS Driver User Guide for Linux and MAC
HDP5000 CUPS User Guide Linux & Mac OS User Guide (Rev 1.1), property of HID/Fargo
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Revision 1.1 October 2009 HDP5000 CUPS User Guide Linux & Mac OS
Added webpage link for driver setup
Updated driver install instruction
MAC Ethernet setup
Revision 1.0 August 2009 HDP5000 CUPS User Guide Linux & Mac OS
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Table of Contents
Supported Distributions CUPS 5
Installation Procedure for the CUPS Driver on Linux OS 6
Installation Procedure for MAC OS X Driver 7
HID/Fargo Printer Driver Setup 11
Selecting the Card Size 11
Selecting the Supported Ribbon Types 12
Selecting the Disable Printing Option 13
Selecting the Print Both Sides Option 13
Selecting the Split 1 set of Ribbon Panels Options 13
Using the Image Color Capabilities 14
Selecting the Color Matching Options 14
Selecting Resin Dither: 15
Following the Dye-Sub Intensity Procedure 15
Following the Resin Heat Front Procedure 16
Following the Resin Heat Back Procedure 16
Image Transfer Options 17
Selecting the Horizontal Option 17
Selecting the Vertical Option 17
Transfer Temperature 18
Transfer Dwell Time 18
K-Panel Options 19
Selecting the Front K-Panel Area 19
Selecting the Back K-Panel Options 19
Selecting the K-Panel Only Front Options 20
Selecting the K-Panel Only Back Options 20
Lamination Options 21
Lamination Position and Speed: 21
Lamination Side: 21
Lamination Film Types Per Cartridge 22
Lamination Transfer Temperatures per Cartridge 23
Magnetic Encoding Options 24
Setting the Encoding Mode 24
Setting the Coercivity 25
Sending ISO Magnetic Encoding Information 26
Sending JIS II Magnetic Encoding Information 27
Sending RAW Magnetic Encoding Information 27
Reviewing the URL Encoding Reference 27
Reviewing the ASCII Code and Character Table 28
Using the Command Line Option Setup for CUPS 29
Adding a USB Printer 29
Example output from lshal 30
Adding a Network Printer 31
Determining the Printer IP Address 32
Probing for Fargo Network Printers on the Network 33
Reviewing the File Listing 33
Printing a Sample Card 34
Entering the Print Only Command 34
Entering the Print with Mag Encoding Command 34
Managing Printer from the Cups Web Interface. 34
Printer-Specific Options 34
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Setting Printer Options 35
Canceling Print jobs from Command Line 35
General Printing Options for CUPS 35
Ethernet Installation Procedure for the MAC Driver 36
Printer Maintenance Options for Linux and Mac 40
Performing a Ribbon Sensor Calibration 40
Performing a Film Sensor Calibration 41
Performing a Lamination Sensor Calibration 42
Cleaning the Printer 43
Printing a Test Card 44
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Supported Distributions CUPS
The Common Unix Printing System (CUPS), a modular printing system for Unix-like
computer operating systems, allows a computer to act as a print server. A computer running
CUPS is a host that can accept print jobs from client computers, process them, and send them
to the appropriate printer.
Linux 32-bit - Ubuntu 7.10, Fedora Core 7 & 8, Red Hat Enterprise 5, openSuse 10.3,
NovelSuse 9.
MAC OS X Version 10.4 -10.5
File structure
CUPS service name & path /etc/init.d/cupsys
CUPS PPD model path /usr/share/ppd/custom
CUPS filter path /usr/lib/cups/filter
CUPS config path /etc/cups
LOG directory /var/log
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Installation Procedure for the CUPS Driver on
Linux OS
Note: On some Linux Distributions, it may be necessary to disable SELinux (security
enhanced Linux) 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 fargoHDP5000-1.0.0.4-1.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.)
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Installation Procedure for MAC OS X Driver
Download the Mac Printer Driver from www.fargosupport.com to the desktop. (This
will be in Zip format)
Unzip the folder
Double-click on the HDP5000V1.0.0.4 PKG folder to start the installation
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