Seiko SLP 720 Direct Thermal Printer Settings
1. Install labels into printer
- Unpack printer and plug into power.
- Load labels into printer. They go face up.
- With the lid open, press the FEED button 5 times. The light will blink after a few seconds.
- Close the lid. The light should turn aqua.
- Press “V” button on printer to feed a single label.
- Note: if you cannot reliably feed a single label, eVisitor will probably not be able to print.
2. Set the Windows driver for all new users
- Plug the USB cord into the computer.
- Install the driver.
- Settings, Devices, Printers, SII SLP720, Manage, Printer Properties, Preferences, Document Settings:
- Change “User Settings” to “58mm Marked Paper Settings (Label)”.
- Set Speed to Middle. Note: the profile will revert back to “User Settings”, that is OK.
- Then select Margin: Minimum Margin.
- Click OK, OK.
3. Set the Windows driver for the current user
- Settings, Devices, Printers, SII SLP720, Manage, Printing Preferences, Document Settings:
- Change “User Settings” to “58mm Marked Paper Settings (Label)”.
- Set Speed to Middle. Note: the profile will revert back to “User Settings”, that is OK.
- Then select Margin: Minimum Margin.
- Click OK.
- Print a test page from the windows driver. You should get two labels printed portrait.
- Note: If you can’t reliably print a Windows test page, eVisitor will probably not be able to print.
4. Configure eVisitor
- Log into eVisitor
- Go to settings, devices, printer settings: “Reset Printer Settings to Default”.
- Set your label printer to: SLP720.
- Test by printing several badges.
- NOTE: This printer seems to LEFT TRIM the print, so leave a dot or a line at the left of the template.
If you are NOT using eVisitor, you may need to set:
- Layout / Orientation: set as needed
- Paper Quality / Advanced / Paper size: SLP-SRL.
- Paper Quality / Advanced / Halftoning: SuperCell may improve the photo quality.
- Document Settings / Speed: Middle may improve barcode quality.
- Document Settings / Density: adjust as needed.
Networked: The SLP720RT-EK2F11-03 version has an Ethernet port and can be shared as a network printer.
1. Setup the printer as an an Ethernet printer:
- The ethernet port on the back that is the factory default.
- To switch between USB and Ethernet: With the power ON, press Power Switch 3 times within 3 seconds.
- Plug into Ethernet. It will use DHCP to acquire an IP address. Or have IT assign it one.
- To print out the printer configuration: turn it off. Hold the V button while turning it on until the configuration prints.
- Ask the IT department to reserve the IP address for the printer. They will need the MAC address and the IP address.
2. Setup a computer to use the networked printer.
- Settings, Devices, Printers, Add, “the printer… is not listed”, “Add a local printer…”
- Create new port, Standard TCP/IP Port, Enter the IP from above.
- Type: Standard, Generic Network Card.
- Select printer type SII SLP 720.
- Printer name: SII SLP720RT – Networked.
- Do not share.
- Continue from step 3 above, skipping the USB cord step.
It’s easy and free to activate this feature. Simply call us and ask for “Red Flag, No Badge” to be turned on. Once it’s on, the above pop-up will come up when a red flagged visitor comes back. No badge will print and the attendant will need to follow the facility’s policy for handling red flagged visitors.