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Open Card data format
The Open Card data format uses ASCII data. Any host computer that can generate an ASCII (text) data stream
and send it to the printer using TCP/IP (or TCP/IP with LPD/LPR) can send card data using the Open Card data
format. Organizations that use operating systems other than Windows can print cards without inserting a PC
between the host computer and the printer (provided that the systems can generate an ASCII data stream).
The Open Card feature provides two methods for specifying the format of the data; supported Open Card
commands and Card Layout menus in the printer. For organizations that currently send data tagged with Open
Card commands to a printer or embosser, the printer can produce printed cards from the same data stream. Or,
you can use the Card Layout menus to define card designs that reside in the printer and format the data.
The Open Card feature supports printing text, printing bar codes, printing logos, and encoding magnetic stripe
data on a card. For text, you can choose from several fonts and sizes that are printer-resident. For bar codes, you
can also choose from several bar code fonts (for different types of bar codes) and sizes. For graphics, you can
download up to four black-and-white logo files to the printer and choose where to place the files on the card. The
printer does not provide the ability to download a different graphic for each card. Each text or graphic field can be
rotated independently. In addition, the entire card design can be rotated to change the relationship of printing to
the magnetic stripe.
For magnetic stripe data, you can define encoding formats in the printer (using Printer Diagnostics) and then
send up to three tracks of data (with a magnetic stripe option). For some features, you must use a PC running the
CP Driver and Printer Diagnostics to configure the printer. After configuring, you can use the host computer to
send Open Card data and print cards.
The Open Card format supports printing with one color on one side of the card in landscape mode. If you use a
full-color ribbon in a full-color printer when you send Open Card data, the printer will use only the K panel in the