User guide

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1. Welcome to Card Printer Solutions _________________________________ 1
New Printer Family ______________________________________________________ 1
Intended Audience _____________________________________________________ 2
2. Card Printers and Solutions ________________________________________ 3
Payment Cards, e-Purse and Cashless Vending __________________________ 3
Access Control _________________________________________________________ 3
Time and Attendance ___________________________________________________ 4
Multiple Types of IDs for One Organization________________________________ 4
Multi-purpose Cards ____________________________________________________ 4
Secure Card Issuance___________________________________________________ 4
3. How the Printer Works _____________________________________________ 5
Printer Components _____________________________________________________ 5
Outside of the Printer ________________________________________________ 6
Inside the Printer ____________________________________________________ 6
Printer Configuration Label___________________________________________ 7
Features Supported by Printer Model_____________________________________ 8
Printer Throughput_______________________________________________________ 8
4. Implementation Choices for Features _____________________________ 11
Magnetic Stripe________________________________________________________ 11
Setting Values______________________________________________________ 11
Formatting Data ___________________________________________________ 11
Smart Card ____________________________________________________________ 12
Smart Card Readers ________________________________________________ 12
Contact Cards _____________________________________________________ 13
Contactless Cards__________________________________________________ 13
Smart Card Processing _____________________________________________ 13
5. Card Design_____________________________________________________ 17
Sequence of Tasks _____________________________________________________ 17
Supplies Quality _______________________________________________________ 18
Card Layout ___________________________________________________________ 19
Backgrounds_______________________________________________________ 19
Image Placement __________________________________________________ 20
Badges ____________________________________________________________ 20
Margins ____________________________________________________________ 21
Bar Code Printing __________________________________________________ 21
Changing a Card Design ___________________________________________ 23
What is an Acceptable Card? __________________________________________ 23
Guidelines for Users _________________________________________________ 24
6. Magnetic Stripe__________________________________________________ 27
About Magnetic Stripe Encoding________________________________________ 27
About the Data Format_____________________________________________ 28
About Coercivity ___________________________________________________ 29