Installing a C30 or DTC400 Card Printer on a 64 bit Windows 7 PC
(this will probably work on a Vista 64 bit system also)
Run the previously downloaded driver program.
To install your C30/DTC400 card printer you must first install the C30e/DTC400e printer
driver as a networked printer driver. (If you have a DTC400 printer, replace C30 with
DTC400 in these instructions. When installing the driver you can generally use the
default settings except for the install screen below. On this page of the installation you
need to select “Network Connection (Ethernet)” and then in the “Enter the IP Address of
the Printer” box, enter a bogus IP address of “169.254.1.1” (without the quotes) and click
“Next”. Continue to the completion of the Driver Install.
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When the driver installation has completed, you can connect your C30/DTC400 printer to
your computer’s USB port. Windows will detect the printer and begin searching for a
compatible printer driver. In the window that indicates that Windows is searching for a
driver, you can click the cancel. Eventually Windows should display a window
indicating that the driver was not successful installed. Click the “Close” button.
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Next, open the Devices and Printers window. (Click the Windows “Start” button and
select “Device and Printers”. The Device and Printers window will look something like
the following image. Note that the C30e Card Printer is listed in the Printers and Faxes
section. This indicates that the C30e card printer has been successful installed. Note that
the C30 card printer is listed in the Unspecified section, indicating that the driver was not
successfully installed.
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Right click on the C30 Card Printer icon in the Unspecified section and select
“Properties”
In the C30 Properties window, click the “Change Settings” button in the lower left
corner.
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In the Change Settings screen, click the “Update Driver” button.
Then select the “Browse my computer for driver software”
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Select “Let me pick from a list of devices on my computer” and then click the “Next”
button.
Scroll down the list of device types and choose “Printers”
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On the left select “Fargo Electronics Inc.”, On the right select “C30e Card Printer”.
Then click the “Next” button.
In the Update Driver Warning window, click the “Yes” button.
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When the following window appears click the “Close” button.
Open the Devices and Printers window and notice that there is an additional icon for a
C30e printer named “C30e Card Printer (Copy 1)” This printer instance will print to your
C30 card printer. Notice also the Unspecified section of the Devices and Printers is no
longer displayed.
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Right click on the “C30e Card Printer (Copy 1)” icon and select Printer Properties from
the list.
In the Printer Properties window you can rename the printer to “C30 Card Printer” (type
the new name in the top text box, (highlighted in blue)).
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The C30 printer icon is now displayed in the Devices and Printers
Window.
Next in the Devices and Printers window, Right Click on the C30e Card Printer icon and
select “Remove device”
Click Yes to remove the C30e card printer.
Reboot the PC. You may need to update the printer firmware before the printer will print
properly.
Your C30 printer is now ready to print.
NOTE: The C30e has settings in the Printer Driver – Printing Preferences referring to
and associated with the C30e’s ability to use erasable cards. This functionality is not
available on the C30 printer and the results of using any of the associated functions is
unknown.