Monthly Archives: June 2013

Feeder not recognized – Evolis Kiosk

You can check to see if the feeder module manufacturer is set correctly if your Evolis Kiosk printer’s feeder module is not responding to a self test. The commands can be found here Escape commands for KIOSK    

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First Look – Nisca PRC-201 Driver

TransTech is currently testing Nisca’s new PRC-201 600dpi Dye Sublimation Retransfer printer. Here’s a first look at the printer driver                  

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SMART-50 Ribbon Type Selection

If you’d like to check or change your SMART-50’s ribbon type, here’s how: – Go to your Control Panel, then go to “Devices and Printers” (Windows Vista or 7) or “Printers and Faxes (Windows XP) – Right-click on your SMART-50 … Continue reading

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Clean Printer – IDP Smart-50

Take the following steps to clean your IDP Smart -50 Printer Go to your printers and faxes folder Right click on the IDP Smart-50 printer and choose printer properties Click on the Service Tab Click on the Clean printer tab … Continue reading

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How to launch a cleaning cycle with a Mac – Evolis Printers

Click on the system preferences Open Print & Fax Select your Evolis Printer Choose Options and Supplies Click on Utility Click on Open Printer Utility Type in the command Scp and then hit the execute button.

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IDP SMART-50 Utilities

There are many useful utilities that you can use to interact with the SMART-50 printer.  These utilities allow you to interact with the printer to do things like: Print a test card Set up network properties Update the firmware Show … Continue reading

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Installing IDP SMART-50 printer driver

To begin installing the printer driver for your SMART-50 series printer, insert the disc that came with the printer into your computer.  It should begin running the installation program.  If not, go to “Computer” (or “My Computer”) and double click … Continue reading

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IDP Smart-50 Printer Series Overview

The Smart-50 is a series of ID badge printers made by IDP.  The series starts with the SMART-50S (single-sided) and the SMART-50D (dual-sided) printers, and goes on to the SMART-50L (laminator) and the SMART-50R (rewritable).   SMART-50S & Smart-50D Both … Continue reading

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ChromaID Wins 2013 Prism Award

Visualant Inc. has been awarded the “Green Photonics” Prisim Award for the powerful environmental contamination detection applications of the ChromaID scanner. The potential environmental applications were nicely outlined in The ChromaID Story: Air, water, and soil analysis becomes vastly more affordable and … Continue reading

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Visualant bringing “Tricorder” to life

Visualant Inc. is being recognized for making Sci-Fi a reality with it’s revolutionary ChromaID scanner. The Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE is aiming spur development of high-reliability, low-cost and easily deployed medical diagnostic devices. Visualant’s device is proving a  strong platform for this … Continue reading

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