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4: Printer Settings and Adjustments
Printing Preferences
P1045430-002 Zebra ZXP Series 8 Card Printer User’s Manual 93
Inhibit Option
The Inhibit pop-up window allows you to specify areas on a card where you do not want
transfer film to be placed (magnetic stripe, smart card chip, signature panel, or other non-
printing areas of a card). This window is available only when using ribbons with an inhibitor
panel; e.g., YMCKI.
To access the Inhibit pop-up window, select Start > Devices and Printers. Right click on the
Zebra ZXP Series 8 Card Printer listing, and select Printing Preferences > Card Setup.
Select Ribbon info > Front Inhibit... or Back Inhibit...
The figure below shows settings for the front side of the card; settings for the back side of the
card are identical.
• Select the inhibit panel area:
- Disable Inhibit: Default.
- Inhibit printing on magnetic stripe: Places a no-print zone around the magnetic
stripe area.
- Inhibit printing on smartcard contact: Places a no-print zone around the smart
card chip area.
- Custom file based inhibit area: See below.
• Bitmap based inhibit panel area: This option is enabled when Custom file based inhibit
area is selected from the dropdown menu. To locate the bitmap, click on the Browse
button to bring up a dialog for choosing the file.
To create a bitmap-based inhibit panel area; see next page.
Note • The quality of magnetic stripes on cards varies from manufacturer to manufacturer
which can result in remnants of the transfer film remaining on the magnetic stripe and may
affect the readability of the magnetic stripe on some cards. The remnants will eventually rub
off the stripe with a few swipes through a reader, but the transfer film can be virtually
eliminated with the use of the YMCKI ribbon.