Installing

Teckna GX-12s
(grey colour)
Serial N° : S834xxxxx to S10081388 - see label under device
1. Identification of the USB port
Windows XP / Vista
Open the Device Manager to identify the USB port used by the printer (Printer must be connected and switched
on): (Start Control Pannel System Hardware Device Manager)
2. Double-Click on Other devices then
on 2742 (code of the printer)
3. Open the Details tab et select the line
below in "Property":
Device Instance Identification Path (XP)
or
Bus relations (XP sp3)
or
Device Instance Path (Vista)
4. Note the USB Port Number used by
the printer (USB001 in this example)
Windows 7-8
1. Switch on the printer and open the Devices and Printers menu (Start Devices and Printers)
2. Double-click on the EZ-100P icon (or press right button of the mouse > Properties)
3. In Hardware tab,
select the 2742 device
and click on Properties
4. In Details tab select
Device Instance Path and note the address of the USB port on which the printer is connected (USB005 in our example)
IMPORTANT NOTE! : If you unplug the printer care to connect it back into the same USB port because
each port has its own identification path!!
2. Installing the Printer Driver
1. Download the ELTRON driver from www.seagullscientific.com and execute:
Next
Next
Finish
3.- Follow instructions from the Wizard :
Install printer drivers
Rename the printer : Teckna GX-12
Select Eltron LP2742
and the USB port you noted in # 1
Finish
3. Setting the Printer Driver
1. Open the Printer Manager
XP - Vista : Start > Control panel > Printers and faxes
Win 7 :
Start > Devices and printers
Win 8 :
Settings > Control panel > Devices and printers
2. Click with the right button of the mouse on the Teckna (or Eltron) printer icon
3. Open the Printing Preferences window and set tabs as below:
Page Setup
Stock Name: User (101,6mm x 101,6mm)
Orientation : Landcape
Graphics
Dithering : None
Stock
Media Type : Continuous
Extra Feed : 10,0 mm
Options
Darkness : 5 (see below)
Print Speed : 50.80mm/sec
Click on Apply > OK
3.1 Set Speed & Darkness
Quality of prints depends on the material (paper, polypropylene, PolysatTM,etc....) and on the print ribbon
you use. Darkness (temperature of the printhead) is expressed by a scale of densities (0 > 15). Setting
the temperature (darkness) too low causes a pale print. Setting the temperature too high can cause
damages to the print head because the print film then melts on it. Differences may occur from one printer
to another. The following values are average settings for some Teckna materials and print films.
Quality
Speed
Darkness
SuperGold – Metal’X
Polysat, PolyClear, SuperSilk
50,80 mm/sec.
4>7
SuperSatin
38,10 mm/sec.
13
38,10 > 50,80 mm/sec
4>9
38,10 mm/sec.
10 > 13
Matt Gold – Black KFN
Polysat, PolyClear, SuperSilk
SuperSatin