Datacard (Entrust) SD260 / SD360 — PVC card printing setup

Printer setup › Datacard (Entrust) SD260 / SD360

Printers: Entrust Datacard SD260, SD360, SD460 (Windows printer name “XPS Card Printer”)

1. Install the printer driver

Download the driver for your exact model and Windows version from the maker’s website: Entrust support ↗. After installing, print a Windows test page once to make sure the printer works.

2. Windows Printing preferences

1. Switch the printer on. Open Windows → Printers & scanners (Devices and Printers) → right-click your printer → Printing preferences.
2. The values below are a starting point for a double-side printer with a half-panel colour ribbon (colour on the photo side, black on the back). With a full-panel ribbon choose that ribbon and colour on both sides.
3. Set these options in XPS Card Printer — Layout tab:

   Orientation

   Landscape

   Print on Both Sides

   Flip on Short Edge

4. Set these options in XPS Card Printer — Layout → Advanced:

   Print bar codes using monochrome

   On

   Print black image pixels using monochrome

   Off

   Rotate front / back side card image 180 degrees

   Off

   Split ribbon

   No

5. Set these options in XPS Card Printer — Print Area and Print Mode tabs:

   Front and Back Side Print Area

   Print and topcoat entire side of card

   Print Resolution

   Always use standard resolution (300 × 300 dpi)

6. Color Adjustment tab: brightness, contrast and colour can be tuned to the card you want.
7. Click Apply / OK so Windows remembers the settings. Repeat them if Windows creates a second copy of the printer on another USB port.

3. Settings in Print Perfect Ai

1. Set these options in Print Perfect Ai → App Settings → Printer & output:

   Select Printer Type

   Single Side or Double Side

   Select Printer Brand

   DataCard

   Select Printer Name

   your card printer

   Half Panel Ribbon

   tick for half-panel ribbon / pre-printed cards

2. Double Side sends front and back as one job — no card flipping. Back side upside down? Tick “Rotate back side 180°”.
3. The card always fills the whole card page of the driver, so there is no white edge.
4. In the software click Print test card. If the print sits a little off the card, correct it with X Offset / Y Offset (mm) and print again — the values are saved.