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Latest Javelin drivers and firmware
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Latest Javelin drivers and firmware
Further to the announcement made last month of improved Javelin J110i and J120i drivers and firmware to enhance the sharpness and the colour of the printed image, a further significant update to the printers' firmware is required to prevent intermittent ribbon recognition issues. The following chart shows the printer model, and the latest driver and firmware combinations:
The latest drivers and firmware may be downloaded from Eagle's web site
Recommended action
All new Javelin J110i and J120i shipped by NBS from today's date will have the new firmware installed, and will be provided with the latest versions of the driver on CD. It is essential that all printers installed in the field now be upgraded with the latest versions of the driver and firmware, as noted above.
Failure to install the new driver and firmware may result in the printer - at sometime during its life - no longer recognizing Javelin-encoded ribbon cartridges. If this occurs, then the printer will have then to be returned to NBS for a factory-installed-upgrade.
In a limited number of cases, the driver and firmware upgrade may result in darker prints. To adjust for lighter prints, the following steps are recommended:
A. Change the printer head settings of the new driver.
B. If Step A does not result in the preferred print, then adjust the print head resistance.
Instructions for Steps A and B are provided in the Procedures section below.
Procedures
Driver upgrade procedure
- Select the appropriate printer driver on the Eagle's web site
- Save the driver file into a local computer folder.
- Unzip or extract the contents of the Zip file to a new folder on the local computer and open this folder.
- Select and double click the setup.exe file. The Installation Wizard will begin running.
- Follow the Installation Wizard step-by-step instructions.
- Skip this step if the driver is being installed for the first time in the computer.
- Select Remove if the option to Modify, Repair or Remove appears. Remove is only required if a previous driver version has already been installed.
- Click the Finish button when the Uninstall Complete window appears.
- Re-boot the computer. The driver is not fully uninstalled until the PC is re-booted.
- Re-run the installer (Go to Step 3) and continue with the next steps.
- Click the Finish button.
- (Recommendation) View the ReadMe file. The Readme file provides the latest printer and driver information and is available in the Programs folder under NBS Card Printers.
- Installation complete. The i-Series driver is now successfully installed.
Firmware upgrade procedure
- Make sure printer is turned on.
- Download the appropriate .bin file and save in a folder on the computer.
- Open the printer control panel.
- Select the appropriate i-Series printer.
- Right mouse-click on the printer, select Properties.
- Select Device Settings tab.
- Select F/W Download...
- Select the Properties button.
- Select "Select File" button.
- Browse to the directory where the .bin file is located.
- Select the .bin file, Open.
- Select Start Firmware Download.
- Wait for "Firmware Downloaded Successfully..." message.
- Select Close.
- Select OK.
- Repeat steps 4-6.
- Check firmware version by checking the number listed after "Printer Model/Firmware Version".
Print Intensity Adjustment (Making prints lighter or darker)
Step A. New driver head settings procedure
- On computer, go to Control Panel.
- Select Printers and Faxes.
- Move cursor over the NBS J110i or J120i USB Card Printer option.
- Right click when cursor is over the selected printer.
- Select Properties.
- Select General tab
- Select Printing Preferences
- Select Head Settings in the Options tab.
- Select Properties.
- Adjust Colour Intensity
- Change the Yellow, Magenta, and Cyan values by one or two equal values during each adjustment.
- Adjust Colour Contrast
- Change the Yellow, Magenta, and Cyan values by one or two equal values during each adjustment.
- Select Close.
- Select OK to close out tabs.
- Print card to evaluate result of adjustments.
- If the result is still not preferred after adjusting Colour Intensity and Contrast, select Restore defaults in the Head Settings Options tab.
- Select Close.
- Go to Step B.
Step B. Printhead Resistance change procedure
Note: Change the printhead resistance only after installing the appropriate driver
and firmware, and going through Step A above.
- Restore the new driver head settings to the Default values.
- Under the Printer Properties, Device Settings tab, select Tools Properties
- In the Command Line, enter "!R" to read the present printhead resistance
- In the Command Line, enter "!R xxxx" In place of xxxx, enter the numerical value of the desired printhead resistance. Recommending incremental decreases by 50 or 100 ohms.
- After receiving an ACK in the printer status window, print a sample card to check the colour level.
Note: If the colour is too light, raise the printhead resistance. Recommend incremental increases by 50 or 100 ohms. Limit overall printhead resistance changes to +/- 200 ohms from the current setting.
If you require technical assistance, please contact technical.service@nbstech.com
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