DataCard SR200 User manual

Brand: DataCard

Model: SR200

Category: Plastic card printers

Type: User manual

This manual is also suitable for

SR300

The DataCard SR200 is a reliable and versatile card printer that offers a range of features for professional card printing. With its ability to print high-quality images and text, the SR200 is ideal for creating personalized ID cards, employee badges, and other plastic cards. It supports various card sizes and thicknesses, making it suitable for a wide range of applications. Additionally, the SR200 offers optional features such as magnetic stripe encoding and smart card encoding, allowing you to create cards with enhanced security and functionality.

Datacard

SR200 & SR300 Plug-in

User’s Guide

March 2014

Part No. 527446-001, Rev. A

Notice

Pleasedonotattempttooperateorrepairthisequipmentwithoutadequatetraining.

Anyuse,operationorrepairyouperformthatisnotinaccordancewiththeinformation

containedinthisdocumentationisatyourownrisk.

TheseproductsconformtoregulatoryrequirementsasspecifiedinNorthAmerica,

Europe,andAsia.

Referto “ComplianceStatements”onpageiiiformoreinformation.

Trademark Acknowledgments

DatacardisaregisteredtrademarkandservicemarkofDataCardCorporationinthe

UnitedStatesandothercountries.

MasterCardisaregisteredtrademarkofMasterCardInternationalIncorporated.

VisaisaregisteredtrademarkofVisaInternationalServiceAssociation.

AdobeandReaderareregisteredtrademarksofAdobeSystemsIncorporated.

Windowsisaregisteredtrademarkof

MicrosoftCorporation.

Allotherproductnamesarethepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.

Proprietary Notice

ThedesignandinformationcontainedinthesematerialsareprotectedbyUSand

internationalcopyrightlaws.

AlldrawingsandinformationhereinarethepropertyofDataCardCorporation.All

unauthorizeduseandreproductionisprohibited.

DatacardGroup

11111BrenRoa dWest

Minnetonka,MN55343‐9015

Phone:952‐933‐1223

Fax:952‐933‐7971

www.datacard.com

©2014DataCardCorporation.Allrightsres e r ved .

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Compliance Statements

Liability Statement

TheWARNINGandCAUTIONlabelshavebeenplacedontheequipmentforyoursafety.Pleasedo

notattempttooperateorrepairthisequipmentwithoutadequatetraining.Anyuse,operationor

repairincontraventionofthisdocumentisatyourownrisk.

Safety

AllDatacard®productsarebuilttostrictsafetyspecificationsinaccordancewithCSA/UL60950‐1

requirementsandtheLowVo ltageDirective2006/95/EC.

Therefore,safetyissuespertainingtooperationandrepairofDatacard®equipmentareprimarily

environmentalandhumaninterface.

Thefollowingbasicsafetytipsaregiventoensuresafeinstallation,operationand

maintenanceof

Datacard®equipment.

• Connectequipmenttoagroundedpowersource.Donotdefeatorbypassthegroundlead.

• Placetheequipmentonastablesurface(table)andensurefloorsintheworkareaaredryand

non‐slip.

• Knowthelocationofequipmentbranchcircuitinterruptersorcircuitbreakersandhowtoturn

themonandoffincaseofemergency.

• Knowthelocationoffireextinguishersandhowtousethem.ABCtypeextinguishersmaybe

usedonelectricalfires.

• Knowlocalproceduresforfirstaidandemergencyassistanceatthecustomerfacility.

• Useadequatelightingattheequipmentlocation.

• Maintaintherecommendedtemperatureandhumidityrangeintheequipmentarea.

Regulatory Compliance

Notice for USA (FCC notice)

ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforClassAcomputing

devices,pursuanttoPart15ofFCCrules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovidereasonable

protectionagainstharmfulinterferencewhentheequipmentisoperatedinacommercial

environment.Thisequipmentgenerates,uses,andcanradiate

radiofrequencyenergy.Ifthis

equipmentisnotinstalledandusedinaccordancewiththisinstructionmanual,itmaycause

harmfulinterferencetoradiocommunications.Operationofthisequipmentinaresidentialarea

islikelytocauseharmfulinterferenceinwhichcasetheuserwillberequiredtocorrectthe

interferenceattheirownexpense.Changesormodificationsnotexpresslyapprovedbytheparty

responsibleforcompliancecouldvoidtheuser'sauthoritytooperatetheequipment.

Notice for Canada

ThisDevicecomplieswithIndustryCanadaLicense‐exemptRSSstandard(s).Operationissubject

tothefollowingtwoconditions:1)thisdevicemaynotcauseinterference,and2)thisdevice

mustacceptanyinterference,includinginterferencethatmaycauseundesiredoperationofthe

device.

CetappareilestconformeavecIndustrieCanadaRSS

standardexemptesdelicence(s).Son

fonctionnementestsoumisauxdeuxconditionssuivantes:1)cedispositifnepeutcauserdes

interférences,et2)cetappareildoitacceptertouteinterférence,ycomprislesinterférencesqui

peuventcauserunmauvaisfonctionnementdudispositif.

Notice for Europe

TheEUDeclarationofConformitycanbefoundonDatacard.com

WeherebycertifythatthisprintercomplieswithEMCDirective2004/108/EC,R&TTEDirective

1999/5/EC,andtheEURoHSDirectiveEUDirective2011/65/EC.ThisprinterconformstoClassAof

EN55022andtoEN301489‐5.Operationofthisequipment

inaresidentialenvironmentmay

possiblycauseinterference.Intheeventofinterference,theusers,attheir

ownexpense,willbe

requiredtotakewhatevermea sur esarenecessarytocorrecttheproblem.

Notice for China (Simplified Chinese)

为级产环

该产线

这

对

Notice for Taiwan (Traditional Chinese)

Notice for Japan

JapaneseVoluntaryControlCouncilforInterference(VCCI)classAstatement

Korea Communications Commission (KCC) statement

California Proposition 65 Compliance

WARNING: This product contains chemicals, including lead, known to the State of California to

cause cancer, and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling.

Revision Log

Datacard

SR200 & SR300 Plug-in User’s Guide

Revision Date DescriptionofChanges

AMarch2014 Firstreleaseofthisdocument

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Table of Contents

Introduction to This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Who Should Read This Guide?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Related Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

What is a Plug-in? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Assigning Printer Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Do I Need to Assign the Printer Plug-ins? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Viewing the Current Plug-in Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Assigning the Printer Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Project Design Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Card Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Topcoat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Photos and Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Ribbon Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Smart Card Encoding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Magnetic Stripe Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Designing an ID Works Project or WebID Application to Encode Magnetic Stripes . . . . . 7

Creating a New Magnetic Stripe Encoder Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Changing a Magnetic Stripe Encoder Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Deleting a Magnetic Stripe Encoder Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Printing Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Printer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Sending Cards to the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Printing Multiple Copies of Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Distributing the ID Works Project and Encoder Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Distributing the ID Works Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Distributing the WebID Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Distributing Encoder Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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SR200 & SR300 Plug-in User’s Guide 1

Introduction to This Guide

ThisguideexplainshowtousetheDatacard®SR200&SR300cardprinterwiththefollowingcard

designsoftware:

 Datacard®IDWorks®identificationsoftware

 Datacard®IDCentre™identificationsoftware

 Datacard®WebID®identityinformationsoftware

TheguidedescribeshowDatacardIDsoftwareapplicationsuseplug‐instotranslatecarddesigns

intolanguagetheprintercanunderstandanduse.ItalsoexplainshowDatacardIDsoftware

featuresrelatetofeaturesinyourprinter,aswellaswhichDatacardIDsoftwarefeaturescannot

beusedwithyourprinter.

Finally,thisguideliststhestepsyoumusttaketoensurethatDatacardIDsoftwareapplications

producethecorrectresultsontheSR200&SR300printer.

Who Should Read This Guide?

ReadandunderstandthisguideifyouuseoneoftheaboveDatacardIDsoftwareapplicationsto

designandprintcardsonanSR200orSR300cardprinter.

Theinformationinthisguidewillhelpyouto:

 Understandwhataplug‐inis,andwhatitisusedfor.

 Knowwhethertheprinterplug‐inshavebeenassignedtoyourSR200orSR300cardprinter,

andtomanuallyassignthem,ifnecessary.

 CreatecarddesignsusingDatacardIDsoftwarefeaturesthatarecompatiblewithSR200or

SR300cardprinters.

 UseyourDatacardIDsoftwaretoencodedataontosmartcardsusingaSR200orSR300card

printer.

 UseyourDatacardIDsoftwaretoencodemagneticstripedataontocardsusingaSR200or

SR300cardprinter.

 UseyourDatacardIDsoftwaretosendcardstoanSR200orSR300cardprinter.

 DistributeDatacardIDsoftwareprojectsormagneticstripeencoderconfigurationstoother

locationsorusers.

InformationinthisguidethatappliestoDatacard®IDWorks®identificationsoftwarealso

appliestoDatacard®IDCentre™identificationsoftware.

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Related Documentation

RefertotheDatacardSR200&SR300CardPrintersandLM200&LM300LaminatorsInstallation

Guideforinformationaboutinstallingandsettinguptheprinterandoptionallaminator.

RefertotheDatacardSR200&SR300CardPrintersandLM200&LM300LaminatorsUser’sGuide

forinformationaboutusingtheprinterand

optionallaminatortocreatecards.

What is a Plug-in?

Aplug‐inisasoftwaremodulethatprovidesaninterfacebetweenaDatacardIDsoftware

applicationandaperipheraldevice(suchasacardprinter)orbetweentheperipheraldeviceand

acomponentwithinthedevice(suchasamagneticstripeencoderinstalledinsideacardprinter).

Thisguideis

concernedwithtwoplug‐ins:

 Theprinterplug‐inisnamedDatacardSR‐CRretransferprinterplug‐in.Itspurposeisto

translateacard’sdesignelementssothattheprintercansuccessfullyprintthedesignontoa

card.

 Theencoderplug‐inisnamedDatacar dSR‐CRretransfermagneticstripeplug‐in.Itspurpose

istotranslatemagneticstripedatafromthecarddesigntoanoptionalmagneticencoder

moduleinsidethecardprinter.

Assigning Printer Plug-ins

Printerplug‐insmustbeassignedoneachcomputerthatprintscardsfromaDatacardID

softwareapplicationtoanSR200orSR300printer.

Do I Need to Assign the Printer Plug-ins?

Duringthecardprinterinstallationprocedure,thestep‐by‐stepinstructionstellyouwhento

powerontheprinterandwhentoconnecttheUSBcable(andthenetworkcable,ifprinteristo

beusedonanetwork).PleasefollowtheinstructionsintheDatacardSR200&SR300Card

Printers

InstallationGuidecarefullytoensurecorrectinstallation.

Iftheinstallationinstructionsareperformedcorrectly,thentheprinterisinstalledbeforethe

plug‐in,andtheplug‐inisautomaticallyassigned.Iftheplug‐inisinstalledaftertheprinter,then

youmustmanuallyassigntheplug‐intotheprinter.(Refer

to“AssigningthePrinterPlug‐ins”on

page 3forinstructions.)

TheDatacardSR‐CRretransfermagneticstripeplug‐iniscontainedwithintheDatacard

SR‐CRretransferprinterplug‐in.Whenyouassigntheplug‐intoyourcardprinter,both

plug‐insareincludedinthatassignment.

ID Works

Application

Printer

Plug‐in

Encoder

Plug‐in

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Viewing the Current Plug-in Assignments

Whenprintingacard,youcandetermineifthecorrectDatacardprinterplug‐insarebeingused:

1. OpenacardprojectandselectFile>PrintintheDatacardIDsoftwareapplication.

ThePrintCard(s)dialogboxdisplaysthenameoftheprinterplug‐inbeingused.

IfDatacardSR‐CRretransfer

printerplug‐inisnotdisplayed,youmustmanuallyassignthe

plug‐intotheprinter.(Referto“AssigningthePrinterPlug‐ins”below.)

2. ClickOKtoprintthecard.

3. Examinetheprintedcardforproblems.

Ifyoufindelementsofthecardthatdidnotprintorencodecorrectly,it

couldbethatthe

wrongplug‐inisbeingused.Referto“AssigningthePrinterPlug‐ins”belowtoverifythe

printerplug‐inortoassignthecorrectDatacardprinterplug‐intotheprinter.

Assigning the Printer Plug-ins

IftheDatacardplug‐inswerenotassignedwhenyourprinterwasinstalled,youcanusethe

AssignPrinterPlug‐insutility tospecifyassociationsbetweenavailableprinterplug‐insand

installedprinters.

HowyouaccesstheutilitydependsonwhichDatacardIDsoftwareproductyouareusing:

 IntheID WorksorIDCentresuite,logontotheAdministratorapplication.FromthePrinting

menu,selectAssignPrinterPlug‐ins.RefertotheAdministratoronlinehelptopic“Assign

printerplug‐ins”forstep‐by‐stepinstructions.

 WebIDuserscanaccesstheAssignPrinterPlug‐insutil ity throughtheDatacardWorkstation

Utility.

Thisisthewrongplug‐in.The

printerusesthisgenericprinter

plug‐iniftheDatacardSR‐CR

retransferprinterplug‐inhasnot

beenassignedtotheprinter.

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1. OpenyourDatacardIDsoftwareapplicationandaccesstheAssignPrinterPlug‐insdialogbox.

2. ClicktoselectPlug‐inintheViewByarea.

3. ClickthePrinterPlug‐inNamedrop‐downlistandselectDatacardSR‐CRretransferprinter

plug‐in.

4. Fromthelistofinstalledprinters,select

theboxnexttoeachSR200orSR300printer.(The

defaultprinternameisSR‐CPU1.Thenamesofyourprintersmightbedifferent.)

5. ClickOK.

TheDatacardSR‐CRretransferprinterplug‐in(andtheincludedDatacardSR‐CRretransfer

magneticstripeplug‐in)isnowassignedto

eachprinteryouselectedinstep 4.Whenyou

printcardsfromyourDatacardIDsoftwareapplication,thoseplug‐inshelpensurethatyour

carddesignandencodeddataarecorrectlyplacedontothecard.

Project Design Considerations

ID WorksDesignerincludessomefeaturesthatcannotbeusedwiththeSR200&SR300card

printersanddoesnotprovidefeedbackatdesigntimewhetherafeatureissupportedbythe

printer.ThissectionexplainswhichID Worksfeaturestoavoidinyourcarddesigns.

YouusetheEditCardDesignProperties

dialogboxtochangepropertiesoftheoverallcard

design.(R efertotheID WorksDesigneronlinehelptopic“AccesstheEditCardDesignProperties

dialogbox”.)

Print sample cards from the Datacard ID software application to your SR200 or SR300 printer to

ensure that your card design will work in production.

Tip:

SelectPrintertoselecta

printerandviewtheplug‐

insthatareassignedtoit.

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ThefollowingsettingsinIDWorksDesigneroverridethecorrespondingsettingsinthePrinting

PreferencesdialogboxoftheSR200&SR300printerdriver:

 Landscapeorportraitorientation

 Numberofcopies

 Printonbothsides(duplexprinting)

 Rotateby180(degrees)

 Magneticstripeorsmartcardencoding

OthersettingsinthePrintingPreferencesdialogboxfortheSR200&SR300printer,suchasUsing

ResinKink,canoverridethesettingsyoumakeusingtheIDsoftware.RefertotheDatacard

SR200&SR300CardPrintersandLM200&LM300LaminatorsUser’s

Guideformoreinformation.

Card Size

CR80(alsocalledISO‐1)istheonlycardsizesupportedbytheDatacardSR‐CRretransferprinter

plug‐in.IfyourcarddesignislargerthanaCR80card,onlyaportionofthecarddesignisprinted.

(RefertotheID WorksDesigneronlinehelptopic“Changecardsize”.)

Topcoat

TheSR200&SR300printerdoesnotsupportatopcoatprintpanel.Donotselect:

 TheApplytopcoattonon‐fieldareassettingonthePrintingtaboftheEditCardDesign

Propertiesdialogbox.

 TheApplytopcoatoverfield settingontheGeneraltabofacard’sEditFieldPropertiesdialog

box.

 TheUsetopcoatpanelsettingontheAppearancetabofacard’sEditFieldPropertiesdialog

box.

Photos and Graphics

Forbestprintingresults,selectPrintblackusingYMCpanelsforcolorphotofields,graphics

fields,orcardbackground.Forphotoandgraphicsfields,thisselectionisonthePrintingtabof

theEditFieldPropertiesdialogbox.ForthecardbackgrounditisontheBackgroundtabofthe

Edit

CardDesignPropertiesdialogbox.

Barcodes,whicharesenttotheprinterasgraphics,mustbeprintedwiththeblack(K)panel.

Ribbon Configurations

TheSR200&SR300printerplug‐insupportstworibbontypes:YMCKandYMCKK.Theprinteralso

supportsYMCKPOandYMCUVKribbons.YMCKPOhasapeel‐offpanelwhichremovesthe

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protectiveretr ansferfilm.YMCUVKhasaUVpanel,whichprintswithtranslucentUVink.Both

requireadditionaldatawhichtheplug‐indoesnotsupport.

Designyourcardandsetprintingpreferencestousetheribbonsefficiently.Forexample,ifyour

carddesignhascolorfieldsonthefrontandonly

blackfieldsonthebackside,whenprintedwith

aYMCKribbon,onecompletesetofpanelsisused.Theyellow,magenta,andcyanpanelsare

usedforthefrontsideofthecardandtheblack panelisusedforthebackside.

Ifthiscardincludesabarcode,

locatingthebarcodeonthebackconservesribbonandresultsin

thebestappearanceonthefrontofthecard.Acarddesignwithcoloronfrontandback,and

blackprintingonbothsidesusestwosetsofYMCKpanels.

TheYMCKKribbonisthemos tefficientchoiceif

yourcarddesignhascolorandpureblackonone

sideandblackonlyontheotherside.

Referto“PrintingPreferences”intheDatacardSR200&SR300CardPrintersandLM200&

LM300LaminatorsUser’sGuideforinformationonsettingupcolorandmonochromeprinting.

Smart Card Encoding

IfyourSR200orSR300cardprintercontainsanoptionalsmartcardreader,yourcarddesignscan

includedatatobeencodedontothecardsyouprint.

ProgrammingforsmartcardchipencodingisdoneoutsideoftheDatacardIDsoftware

application.Eachinstitutiontypicallydevelopsitsownproprietarysoftwareand

customplug‐ins

tomeetitsencodingrequirements.

UsetheDatacardIDsoftwareSmartCardApplicationManager(shownbelow)tocreatesmart

cardfieldsandencodesmartcarddata.

When smart card encoding is required, connect the printer with a USB data cable only.

Network installation of the SR200 & SR300 card printers does not support smart card use.

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Magnetic Stripe Encoding

IfyourSR200orSR300cardprintercontainsanoptionalmagneticencoder,yourcarddesigncan

includedatatobeencodedontothecards’magneticstripes.

WhendesigningcardswithaDatacardIDsoftwareapplication,usetheDatacardSR‐CRretransfer

magneticstripeplug‐intocommunicatemagneticstripedatato

theprinter,asdescribedinthe

sectionsbelow.

Designing an ID Works Project or WebID Application to

Encode Magnetic Stripes

1. OnyourID WorksProductionFormorWebIDpage,insertafieldforeachmagneticstripe

trackyouwanttoencode.

Tocombineinformationfromtwoormorefieldsonatrack,createacompositefield.For

step‐by‐stepinstructionsrefertotheID WorksDesigneronlinehelptopic“Addacomposite



fieldtoaProductionForm”or“DataViewPageCompositeFieldDefinition”intheWebID

ConfiguratorUtilityGuide.

2. Inyourcarddesign,insertamagneticstripefield.RefertotheID WorksDesigneronlinehelp

topic“Addamagneticstripefieldtoacard”forstep‐by‐stepinstructions.

3. Double‐click

onthemagneticstripefield. TheEditFieldProperties[MagneticStripe]dialog

boxdisplays.

For WebID applications, the magnetic stripe track fields must be named as follows:

<Magnetic Stripe Card Field Name> : Track n

Forexample,ifyouacceptthedefaultmagneticstripefieldname(M agStripeField1),

thecompositefieldfortrack1ontheWebIDpagemustbenamedMagStripeField1:

Track1.Notethatthereisaspaceoneachsideofthecolon(:).

ThisDatacardplug‐inwasinstalled

andassignedtoyourcardprinter—

automaticallywhentheprinterwas

installed,ormanuallyusingthe

“AssigningPrinterPlug‐ins”

procedureinthisguide.

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4. OntheEncodingtab,selectDa tacardSR‐CRretransfermagneticstripeplug‐inintheDevice

list.

5. AlsoontheEncodingtab,selectaconfigurationfromthedrop‐downlist.

Referto“CreatingaNewMagneticStripeEncoderConfiguration”onpage 9or“Changinga

MagneticStripeEncoderConfiguration”onpage 10if

youneedtocreateoreditanencoder

configuration.

6. ClickOK.TheEditFieldProperties[MagneticStripe]dialogboxcloses.

7. UsingtheID WorksFieldConnector,connectProductionFormfieldstotheappropriatetracks

intheProductionOutputarea.Ref ertotheID WorksDesigneronlinehelptopic“Connect

fields”forstep

‐by‐stepinstructions.

InWebIDapplications,cardfieldsareautomaticallyconnectedtodatabasecolumnsifthe

cardfieldnamematchesthedatabasecolumnname.

8. PrintatestcardforyourprojectfromtheIDsoftware,usingtheID WorksProduction

applicationortheWebIDCardIssuanceWorkstation.

Sample cards printed in the ID Works Designer application are not encoded.

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Creating a New Magnetic Stripe Encoder Configuration

1. OpenorcreateanID Worksprojectthathasacarddesignwithamagneticstripefield.

2. SelectthemagneticstripefieldandopentheEditFieldProperties[MagneticStripe]dialog

box.Refertotheonlinehelptopic“Addamagneticstripefieldtoacard”forstep‐by‐step

instructions.

OntheEncodingtab,selectDatacardSR‐CRretransfermagneticstripeplug‐infromthe

Devicelist.

4. ClickEditConfigurations.TheDatacardSR‐CRmagneticstripeConfigurationsdialogbox

opens.

5. ClickNew.TheNewMagneticStripeConfigurationdialogboxopens.

To create a new configuration by copying an existing configuration, refer to “Changinga

MagneticStripeEncoderConfiguration”onpage 10

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6. EnteraconfigurationnameandclickOK.TheDatacardSR‐CRretransfermagneticstripeplug‐

in:[name]dialogboxopens.

7. (Optional)IntheDesignerFieldNamesarea,changethetracknamesfromthedefaultvalues

(Track1,Track2,Track3)tothenamesoftheProductionFormorWebIDpagefieldsthatwill

supplydataforthetracks.

8. Saveandclosethenewconfiguration:

a. ClickSave.TheDatacardSR

‐CRmagneticstripeConfigurationsdialogboxcloses.

b. ClickExitandthenclickOKtoclosetheEditFieldProperties[MagneticStripe]dialogbox.

Changing a Magnetic Stripe Encoder Configuration

1. OpenorcreateanID Worksprojectthathasacarddesignwithamagneticstripefield.

2. SelectthemagneticstripefieldandopentheEditFieldProperties[MagneticStripe]dialog

box.Refertotheonlinehelptopic“Addamagneticstripefieldtoacard”forstep‐by‐step

instructions.

OntheEncodingtab,selectDatacardSR‐CRretransfermagneticstripeplug‐infromthe

Devicelist.

It may be helpful to give the configuration the same name as the ID Works project or

WebID application that will use it.

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4. ClickEditConfigurations.TheDatacardSR‐CRretransfermagneticstripeConfigurations

dialogboxopens.

5. SelecttheconfigurationyouwanttochangeandclickEdit.TheDatacardSR‐CRretransfer

magneticstripeplug‐in:[name]dialogboxopens.

6. Makethenecessarychangestothetracknames.

7. ClickSaveto

saveyourchangeswiththecurrentconfigurationname.TheDatacardSR‐CR

retransfermagneticstripeplug‐in:[name]dialogboxcloses.

–or–

ClickSaveAstosaveyourchangesunderanewconfigurationnamewithoutchangingthe

originalconfiguration.TheSaveConfigurationasdialogboxopens.Typea

configuration

nameandclickOK.

8. ClickExittoclosetheDatacardSR‐CRretransfermagneticstripeConfigurationsdialogbox,

andthenclickOKtoclosetheEditFieldProperties[MagneticStripe]dialogbox.

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Deleting a Magnetic Stripe Encoder Configuration

1. OpenanID Worksprojectthathasacarddesignwithamagneticstripefield.

2. SelectthemagneticstripefieldandopentheEditFieldProperties[MagneticStripe]dialog

box.Refertotheonlinehelptopic“Addamagneticstripefieldtoacard”forstep‐by‐step

instructions.

3. Onthe

Encodingtab,selectDatacardSR‐CRretransfermagneticstripeplug‐infromthe

Devicelist.

4. ClickEditConfigurations.TheDatacardSR‐CRretransfermagneticstripeConfigurations

dialogboxopens.

5. SelecttheconfigurationyouwanttodeleteandclickRemove.

Aconfirmationdialogboxopens.

6. ClickYestoremovetheconfiguration.

ClickExittoclosetheDatacardSR‐CRretransfermagneticstripeConfigurationsdialogbox

andthenclickOKtoclosetheEditFieldProperties[MagneticStripe]dialogbox.

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