Datacard Group SP Series Printer User Manual


 
Advanced Information
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Users Guide for the Magna Class Printer
For Windows 98, set card design values.
Select the same
Ribbon type as the Host PC. For other settings, such as Magnetic
stripe encoding format, Print on two sides, and Apply option
station material, the printer must support the setting you select
but the setting can be different from the Host PC setting.
For Windows NT, change card design settings
, including
settings such as landscape or portrait orientation. Many settings
are read from the host PC and cannot be selected.
Pause or delete print jobs you submitted from Print Manager
at the client PC.
The card job remains in the print queue until it is
sent to the printer. See Windows help for information on using
Print Manager.
On Windows NT, view Print Manager to see printer messages
from the host PC.
The card job remains in the print queue until it
is sent to the printer. You can expand the Status column in the
Print Manager dialog box to see the messages.
Changing the type of print ribbon
When you change the type of print ribbon you use, perform the
following tasks:
Change the print ribbon in the printer
Change the Print Ribbon Type setting
Change the card design if needed
Change the printhead if needed
Change printhead settings through the Status Monitor
Print sample cards to verify the new setup
Change the print ribbon
Change the print ribbon in the printer. See Changing the print ribbon
on page 2-14 for information on changing the ribbon in the printer.
Change the Print Ribbon Type setting
See Working with printer settings and data on page 3-1 for
information on changing the print ribbon setting.
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