User guide

• Smart card application module (which uses the SDK for the smart card and

reader type).

• Smart cards that work with the reader in the printer.

Several smart card options are available, either as factory-installed options or as

field upgradable options.

All smart card options require a customized application to communicate with the

smart card. An application plug-in or the customized application manages the

communication with the driver. (The customized application uses both driver

and smart card programming interfaces.)

The options are:

• Dual contacted/contactless — A dual smart card reader can communicate

with contacted and Mifare

contactless smart cards, or cards with both

contacted and contactless components. There are two types of dual smart card

readers available from Datacard –an SCM

reader from Sun Microsystems

a Duali smart card reader from Duali Corporation. SCM

drivers for

Windows are available on the printer Web site. SCM

also provides a

Software Development Kit (SDK). Duali Corporation provides an SDK and

documentation from the manufacturer’s Web site.

• iCLASS

by HID

Read / Write — The iCLASS

solution supported in the

printer is from RFIDeas

. It uses input device drivers for the Windows

environment, which are included with Windows. RFIDeas provides a utility

to configure the reader. RFIDeas

also sells code samples and an SDK for

customizing an application. You must write or use a customized application

to communicate with the card.