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Product Support

Entrust Sigma DS3 Direct-to-Card Printer

DS3

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How-to-Videos

Change the LED Color - Sigma Series
Clear a Card Jam - Sigma Series
Empty the Printer Reject Tray - Sigma Series
Find the Serial Number - Sigma Series
Front Panel Overview - Sigma Series
Load Cards in a Single Hopper Printer - Sigma Series
Replace a Print Ribbon - Sigma
Power On the Card Printer - Sigma Series
Print a Test Card - Sigma Series
Read the Configuration Label - Sigma Series
Repair a Broken Print Ribbon - Sigma Series
Run a Cleaning Card through a Single Hopper Printer - Sigma Series
Parts of the Single Hopper Printer - Sigma Series
Understand the Front Panel Icons - Sigma Series
Load Cards in a Multi-hopper Printer - Sigma Series
Run a Cleaning Card through a Multi-hopper Printer - Sigma DS3/DS4
Find and empty the CLM Laminator's reject tray.
How-to video that discusses the parts of the CLM Laminator.
Load the laminate overlay ribbon into the Sigma DS3 or DS2 card printer with Laminator.
Use an isopropyl cleaning card to clean the inside of a CLM laminator.
Understand the lights on the CLM Laminator.
Set up Logical Hoppers - Sigma Series

Drivers

XPS Card Printer Driver

Entrust XPS Card Printer Driver v8.5 for Microsoft® Windows® operating systems

The Datacard XPS Card Printer Driver uses Microsoft XPS print technology to support card production using an SD160, SD260, SD260L, SD360, SD460, CD800, CD800 with CLM Laminator, CD820, CE840, Artista CR805, CL 900, Sigma DS1, Sigma DS2, Sigma DS3, EM1 and EM2 systems. The following operating systems (latest service pack recommended) are supported with the XPS Card Printer Driver v8.5:

  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10, 32 and 64-bit
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022

Note:

  • Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016 are not supported by this version of the Card Printer Driver and cannot be installed on these operating systems. Driver version 8.4 is available for these Windows versions.
  • Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 R2 are not supported by this version of the Card Printer Driver and cannot be installed on these operating systems. Driver versions 6.x are available for these Windows versions.

Documentation describing the installation and use of the printer and driver can be downloaded from the User Guides section.

XPS Card Printer Driver Guide

Linux Driver

Entrust LXM Card Printer Driver v1.7 for Linux operating systems

The Entrust LXM Card Printer supports card production for SD Series: SD260™, SD460™ Card Printers, CR Series: CR805™ Card Printers and Sigma DS1, DS2, DS3 and DS4 Card Printers. The following operating systems are supported with LXM Card Printer Driver v1.6 x64 bits (release notes):

  • Ubuntu-20.04 LTS
  • Kylin 10

User Guides

Developer Tools

XPS Card Printer Driver Software Developers Kit

The Software Development Kit provides codes samples and documentation to software developers for developing Microsoft Windows applications that work with SD, CD, CE, CL900, CR, Sigma series card printers. It also supports CLM and TIM modules. Samples are provided as source code and compiled binaries for Visual C++, Visual C#, Visual Basic, and Java. Developers who need application control of printing preferences, application control of card movement, or require data from the card must use the SDK.

NOTE: The v8.5 SDK requires XPS Card Printer Driver v7.3 or later.

Software Developers Kit Reference Guide

Firmware

Sigma Printer Firmware D4.3.1-SP1 - EXE

Sigma Printer Firmware D4.3.1-SP1 - FLS

D4.3.1-SP1 Firmware Release Notes

Printer Warranty

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