Carl Valentin Spectra II 108/12 Windows Printer Drivers

Download Loftware’s Free Carl Valentin Spectra II 108/12 Printer Driver to print from any Windows application. Optimize printer performance by using Loftware Cloud to design your barcode and RFID labels and tags and your coding and marking messages easily, ready to print.

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Version

March 16, 2026

10.6.30

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Supported printers

Carl Valentin Spectra II 108/12

Installation guides

English

Tested on

Windows 8.1 | 10 | 11

Windows Server 2012 R2 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022 | 2025

CPU Architecture x86, x64

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Technical specifications

Feature Support
Technology type Thermal Transfer Label Printer
Color mode Monochrome
Info availability Status
Operating mode Tear off, Cutter, Peel off with label taken sensor, Peel off with external static signal, Peel off with external dynamic signal
Number of printheads/groups 1
Print width to 108 mm

Release Notes

10.6.30

  • Year offset can be used on internal printer clock.
  • Added support for Specta V models.
  • Corrected printer name for Spectra 216/12.

10.6.27

  • Update ILX V 81/12 print width to 81mm and ILX V 54/12 to 54mm.
  • Vario V printer models are supported.

10.6.26

  • The Printer installation wizard properly responds the installation status to the Control Center application.

10.6.24

  • Not Accessible status is now returned when querying for status when printer is not connected.
  • Prninst will no longer show empty list of ports when user asked for port selection.
  • All printers get updated after Windows upgrade and no longer produce errors when opening print preferences dialog.

10.6.21

  • Added support for ILX V and Pica V series.
  • When installing fonts on a Windows system with the German language setting, they were not listed in the Driver Settings under Font Download. This is fixed now.

10.6.15

  • When user creates port with non-English letters in its name, port was not automatically selected. This is fixed now in the installation utility.
  • Updated print mode options for Compa III 103/8, Compa III 108/12, Compa V 103/8 and Compa V 108/12 to support direct thermal and thermal transfer options.

10.6.12

  • Fixed driver installation crash on Windows Server Datacenter environments.
  • Printing from Microsoft Universal Print Connector is working now.
  • Added back translations for printer status (job status in print spooler, enhanced status checking from application).
  • An issue with some of the True Type fonts not being shown in the download dialog has been solved.

10.6.11

  • Fixed simultaneous printing and status checking which caused the printer spooler to stop working.

10.6.10

  • Fixed the issue of stopping printing due to "No connection" error when printing on multiple printers simultaneously.

10.6.9

  • The installation of a network printer has been corrected, ensuring that the network port number is now correctly set.
  • Adding an existing printer model to a different port no longer causes the printer installation to fail.
  • Minimized usage of memory consumption in the Print Spooler windows service.

10.6.8

  • Unidirectional printer drivers are now installed on LAN port without error message.
  • Fixed installation issue preventing printers being installed on USB port.
  • Printer network discovery now works on servers with multiple network adapters.
  • Corrected driver update procedure, no longer removing printers that do not match case sensitive printer name.

10.6.7

  • Printer installation wizard now shows correct port choices when installing the driver.

10.6.6

  • Added support for Compa V and Vita V series.
  • Stabilized driver Port monitor and Language monitor memory consumption.
  • Stabilized memory consumption in the windows environment when sending data to printer.
  • Redesigned installation process in the installation utility wizard. Added logging functionality to the installation utility.
  • Removed “Peel of with label taken sensor“ operation mode option and updated USB PnP for Micra II models.

10.6.0

  • Update port monitor functionality to prevent possible memory consumption.
  • This is initial release of Loftware printer driver, rebrand from NiceLabel printer driver family.

10.5.2

  • Driver core stabilization by improving memory and heap allocations.
  • Redesigned the self extracting driver package users download from the internet web page.
  • Stabilized driver's communication component.

10.5.0

  • Printer options resolution, darkness and speed are now correctly merged when changing printer models.
  • Stabilized communication interface between the driver and the Label Design application.
  • Removed limitation of loaded driver packages on Server 2008 and Server 2016 system.
  • Corrected status response when multiple status queries are requested at the same time.

10.4.2

  • Command font option is supported.
  • Additional dispenser modes supported.
  • Operation mode for ILX, SPE2 and SPX2 series is now having option to use setting set in the driver or on the printer.