The DNP DS-820 has the auto-rewind function, a big saving feature on media usage. When you use say 8x12 media and print a 6x8 image, most printers will use an entire 8x12 print to do the 6x8, wasting the other 1/2 of the 8x12, but the DS820 will automatically rewind and use the unused 1/2 of the 8x12 if you print a second 6x8. Amazon.com: dnp 620a - 2 Stars & Up. Skip to main content. Try Prime EN Hello, Sign in Account & Lists Sign in Account & Lists Orders Try Prime Cart.
Update July 2017: This utility will also work with the DNP DSRX1 Photo Booth Printer and DNP DS620A. The latest version is 1.2.1.1
Update May 30: This utility will also work with the DNP DSRX1 Photo Booth Printer.
Want to know how many prints you have made on your DNP DS 40 or DNP DS 80? Want to know how much media is left in the printer? Well, unfortunately, there is no print counter on the front of these machines. In fact, there is no LCD panel at all. Enter PrinterInfo v1.0 – yes that is really the name of this software application. It ain’t pretty but it get’s the job done. Launch DNP printer info and you will get updated stats on your printer.
This little app and the manual can be downloaded from DNP. Go to the following site and download the User Manual: PrinterInfo and the Status Display Tool: PrinterInfo…
The app will download a compressed file called PrinterInfo_1.2.1.1.zip. Extract it. Click twice to run the PrinterInfo_1.2.1.1_setup (PLEASE NOTE: Do not run the application while the printer is printing) Click on yes. You will see a screen similar to the shot above with info on your DNP printers. Uh-oh, getting low on media? Better call Imaging Spectrum 😉
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Thanks for reading, I hope you found this helpful. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to leave a comment below and I’ll contact you.
~Bill
Ever wonder how many prints you have left on the media in your DNP DSRX1, DS40 or DS80 printer? None of us like to get our photo booths to a gig only to find out we do not have enough media with us. This how to will show you how to quickly identify this using the PrinterInfo utility from DNP. As an added bonus this utility also will give you the lifetime prints of the printer (Life Counter) along with other information about your printer such as firmware version and serial number.
Steps:
- First thing you need to do is download the PrinterInfo application from DNP's website. You can find it at http://www.dnpphoto.com/drivers/ towards the bottom under the heading PrinterInfo. There are two downloads list there, the full installer and installer/upgrade. If your PC has the Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 installed you can download the installer/upgrade otherwise you will need to download the large full installer. I recommend you check if you have .NET 3.5 installed and save yourself a couple hundred megs of unnecessary downloading. You can follow the steps outlined here to quickly verify its installation.
- Once your download is complete execute the file (setup_printerinfo_X.X.exe) and install the application. The application will install in the directory C:DNPPIAPrinterInfo.
- Navigate to this directory (folder) and execute (double-click) PrinterInfo.exe. You will be prompted with a message box similar to the following. This is a warning notifying you NOT to run this application while the printer is printing (I guess bad thing will happen).
- Click yes on the warning (if you are indeed not printing) to continue launching the application. After launching information for each printer connected to the system is displayed in a grid on the screen.
- The information displayed by PrinterInfo is described below:
- Printers – PrinterInfo lists most DNP OEM printers attached to the system. The printers are listed in an x – y format
where x represents the printer model, and y represents the order that the printer appears in the list. - Media Remaining – This column lists (approximately) the number of prints left on each printer’s set of media.
- Life Counter – This column lists the total number of prints that each printer has done over its lifetime. If a printer’s motherboard is replaced with a new motherboard, the life counter will go back to 0.
- 5×7/6×8 — This column estimates the number of 5×7 or 6×8 prints made using 6×8 media on a DS printer.
- Counter A – This column displays the value of Counter A, a volatile memory address on the printer’s motherboard. The value is increased by the same amount as the life counter after every print.
- Counter B – This column displays the value of Counter B, a volatile memory address on the printer’s motherboard. The value is increased by the same amount as the life counter after every print.
- Media Size – This column lists the type of media that each printer is using.
- 3.5×5
- 6×8
- 8×12
- 4×6
- 6×9
- 5×7
- 8×10
- Status – This column displays the status of each printer.
- Firmware – This column displays the firmware that each printer is currently using.
- CVD – This column displays the name of the color profile that has been assigned to each printer.
- Serial Number – This column displays the serial number for each printer.
- Refresh – Clicking this button will update all the printer information displayed in the grid. This button is to be used
mainly to update the printer status after an error has occurred. For example, you can attempt to correct a paper jam
and click the refresh button afterwards to see if the error has been cleared.
- Printers – PrinterInfo lists most DNP OEM printers attached to the system. The printers are listed in an x – y format
DNP has a nice Quick Reference Card for this utility also on their website, you can download it on the same page or directly at http://www.dnpphoto.com/downloads/DS/PrinterInfo/PrinterInfo_1.1_QRC2.pdf
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