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My Evolis New Pebble Card Printer Notes

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I have an 'Evolis New Pebble' Card printer (a.k.a Pebble 2) and these are my notes (and solution) for getting this printer to work on a Windows 10 PC.

Running a Evolis New Pebble (a.k.a Pebble 2) on Windows 10

This is my easy solution

  • Install and use Pebble 4 Windows 10 drivers (Pebble 2/3/4 share the same driver,)
  • Connect the Pebble on to a HP JetDirect Ex Plus (J2591A) Print Server.
  • Set the print server up on your network
  • Install the printer in Windows 10 using a standard TCP/IP port with the IP of the print server and then select the Evolis Pebble driver.

 

My Research

Make new Drive Belt (Poly Belt / PU Belt)

I could not find anywhere I could by a new drive belt but discovered you could make your own very cheaply

The belt is a Round PU Belt and we will replace it with a one having the following specs:

  • 2mm Diameter
  • 6 inches / 152mm

This is what my belt looked like when I took it out. It is no longer flexible and if you look you can see where the PU join is.

What you need

  • A couple of bricks
  • A PC Blanker plate with a flat head (where you screw it to a case) which allows it to be head in place by the brick
  • A small blow torch
  • A 6 inch length of your PU belt

What I did

  • Heated up the top of the blanker plate with the blow torch until read hot.
  • Touched the top of the blanker plate with each end of the PU belt.
  • When they were melted (hot enough) I removed them from the blacker plate and pushed them together making sure they were even.
  • I held the 2 ends together for about 2-3 mins
  • Leave for a few minutes more.
  • Test the new belt is strong by pulling it.

What other people have done

Replace Pebble 2 Drive Belt

This is just an outline of what to do as stripping the printer is easy, just a bit fiddly at ppints.

  • Drive belt location
  • remove lid screw
  • remove the card bucket screw
  • remove screws on the side
  • remove screws below
  • waggle top cover off (carefully)
  • unscrew control board and pull out
  • remove the drive motor
  • take the circlip of the drive cog
  • replace drive belt (made earlier)
  • re-assemble printer

HP JetDirect Ex Plus (J2591A) Print Server

This is an old piece of kit with no Web Admin so some notes are required.

HP Jetdirect EX Plus Print Server Manuals | HP® Customer Support - Manuals or user guides for your HP Jetdirect EX Plus Print Server

Reset Configuration

  • Make sure the unit is off
  • Connect the unit tot he network with an ethernet cable.
  • Hold the 'Test' button down
  • Power on the device
  • keep holding the 'Test' button for 5-30 seconds and then release.

Get IP Address of Box

Pick the easiet option below to get the IP address of the box.

  • Option 1 - Press the 'Test' button and a diagnostic sheet will printout with the IP.
  • Option 2 - Check you DHCP server for a new entry.
  • Option 3 - Scan your network with an IP scanner.
    • Advanced IP Scanner
    • Angry IP Scanner
    • Slitheris Network Discovery
  • Option 4 - Check to see if you can connect to the box's fallback IP of 192.0.0.192
  • Option 5 - Possibly use Web JetAdmin?

See Current Configuration

Do this

  • telnet 10.0.0.127
  • Press Enter
  • Press Enter
  • Press / + Enter to show current configuration
  • Press ? + Enter to show configurable options

Gives this

Please type [Return] two times, to initialize telnet configuration
For HELP type "?"
> >
   ===JetDirect Telnet Configuration===
        Present Config  : BOOTP
        MAC Address     : xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
        Host Name       : 10.0.0.127

        IP Address      : 10.0.0.127
        Subnet Mask     : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway : 10.0.0.1
        Syslog Server   : 0.0.0.0
        Idle Timeout    : 90 Seconds
        Set Cmnty Name  : Not Specified

        DHCP Config     : Disabled
        Passwd          : Disabled
        Novell          : Enabled
        DLC/LLC         : Enabled
        Ethertalk       : Enabled
        Banner page     : Enabled
>
        To Change/Configure Parameters Enter:
        Parameter-name: value <Carriage Return>

        Parameter-name  Type of value
        ip:             IP-address in dotted notation
        subnet-mask:    address in dotted notation
        default-gw:     address in dotted notation
        syslog-svr:     address in dotted notation
        idle-timeout:   seconds in integers
        set-cmnty-name: alpha-numeric string (32 chars max)
        dhcp-config:    0 to disable, 1 to enable
        novell:         0 to disable, 1 to enable
        dlc-llc:        0 to disable, 1 to enable
        ethertalk:      0 to disable, 1 to enable
        banner:         0 to disable, 1 to enable

        Type passwd to change the password.

 Type "?" for HELP, "/" for current settings or "quit" to save-and-exit.
 Or type "exit" to exit without saving configuration parameter entries
>

Set Static IP

This sets static IP and disables some unused protocols. The settings above are only temporary so need to be set permanently.

NB: when you type these in, you will not see text appear in the console

  • telnet 10.0.0.199
  • Press Enter
  • Press Enter
  • host-name: JETDIRECT
  • ip: 10.0.0.199 <Carriage Return>
  • subnet-mask: 255.255.255.0 <Carriage Return>
  • default-gw: 10.0.0.1 <Carriage Return>
  • dhcp-config: 0 <Carriage Return>
  • novell: 0 <Carriage Return>
  • dlc-llc: 0 <Carriage Return>
  • ethertalk: 0 <Carriage Return>
  • banner: 0 <Carriage Return>
  • quit

Notes for Options

  • DLC/LLC
    • HP's proprietary Logical Link Control/Data Link Control protocol.
    • DLC/LLC protocols are provided for legacy systems that might require support
  • Ethertalk
    • Is for Apple Mac OSand devices.
  • Banner
    • Print a port-specific LPD banner page.
    • From HP Jetdirect Print Servers Administrator's Guide.

JetDirect Notes

Downloads for Pebble Printers

  • Pebble 2/3/4 share the same driver, so use the Pebble 4 driver for Windows 10
  • Seagull do a generic driver which i have not tried.

Most downloads are not available on the evolis.com website for the older printers so I had to look on 'The Wayback Machine' for some.

 NB: I have most of the drivers and some manuals stored locally.

 

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