Datacard Group SP Series Printer User Manual


 
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Advanced Information
Users Guide for the Magna Class Printer
and data for Windows NT on page 3-1. For Windows 98, see
Settings and data for Windows 98 on page 3-5.
Select whether to print on two sides (duplex printing). A
duplex module is required to print on two sides.
Select the print ribbon type before printing a test card.
If you use a print ribbon with a topcoat (T) panel, select the
topcoat pattern for the front of the card, the back of the card,
or both.
If the printer has an overlay station, select and whether to
apply the material to the front of the card, the back of the
card, or both. A duplex module is required to apply overlay to
the back of the card or to both sides of the card.
If the printer has a magnetic stripe module, select the
magnetic stripe coercivity and encoding format.
Make sure the Disk free space is 40 MB or greater. If the cards
you print include printing over most of the card surface, Disk free
space of 50 MB or greater is useful. See Windows help for
information on determining disk free space.
Print a Windows test page from the PC to verify that the drive is
installed correctly:
a With the printer Properties dialog box open, select the
General tab.
b Make sure the printer is connected to the parallel port and is
powered on.
c Click the Print Test Page button. Windows prepares a test
page and the driver sends part of it to the printer.
d If the card prints, you have successfully installed the printer
driver.
If you downloaded the driver from the Internet, you can delete the
Magna. folder and the folders for the disks (disk1 and so on)
from your hard drive after installing the printer driver. You can
also delete the downloaded Magna....exe file.
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