Contents
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Contents
Declaration of conformity v
Chapter 1: Introduction 1-1
About this manual 1-2
Required skills 1-2
The printer and its features 1-2
Parts of the printer 1-5
Printer software requirements 1-9
Card quality guidelines 1-10
Card surface 1-10
Card handling 1-10
Card storage and maintenance 1-10
Supplies 1-11
Chapter 2: Getting started 2-1
Choosing a site 2-2
Environmental requirements and specifications 2-2
Electrical requirements 2-2
General requirements and intended use 2-3
Connecting cables 2-4
Loading supplies 2-5
Loading blank cards 2-5
Loading and replacing the ribbon 2-8
Installing the printer driver for the first time 2-10
Magnetic stripe encoding 2-15
Printing test cards 2-18
Printing magnetic stripe test cards 2-23
The basics of printing from an application 2-25
Chapter 3: Day-to-day printer use 3-1
Accessing printer features 3-2
Using the printer properties dialog box 3-2
Using the default document properties dialog box (Windows NT only) 3-5
Using the status monitor 3-6
Opening and using the status monitor 3-7
Viewing status monitor information 3-7
Starting a printer cleaning cycle 3-8
Cleaning the magnetic stripe head 3-8
Cleaning the duplex module 3-9
Starting or quitting diagnostics 3-9
Creating a magnetic stripe test card 3-9
Suspending or resuming the status monitor 3-10
Exiting the status monitor 3-10
Using What’s This help (Windows 95/98 only) 3-11
Performing a cleaning cycle 3-12
Cleaning the printhead 3-16
Cleaning the magnetic stripe head 3-17
Cleaning the duplex module 3-19
Reconfiguring the printer driver 3-20