User`s guide

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Chapter 4: Card Design Tasks
Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutcarddesigntasksyoucan
performthroughtheCardPrinterDriver.
Usethefollowinginformationtofinetuneyourcarddesignandprinting:
• ConfiguringPCPrintingPreferences
• DesignTasksinW indowsPrintingPreferencesonpage 49
• UsingEscapesonpage61
• UsingMagneticStripeFont s onpage 68
Configuring PC Printing Preferences
ThePrintingPreferenceswindowletsyousetupyourprintingpreferences.
Followthesestepstochangetheprintingpreferencessettings.
1. DisplaythePrinterswindowonyoursystem.
2. Right‐clicktheiconforthecardprinterandselectPrintingPreferencesfrom
themenu.
3. Selecttheribbontypeoptions.
A. FromthePrintingpreferenceswindow,selecttheLayouttabandclick
Advanced.TheAdvancedOptionswindowdisplays.
Ifyouareusingprintersharing,settingsontheclientPC,suchasribbontypeand
printresolution,mustbeconfiguredtomatchthesettingsofthehostPC.Print
qualityfromtheclientPCmaybeaffectediftheWindowsprintingpreferencesand
printerpropertiesarenotthesameon
thehost PCandtheclientPC.
WhenyousetupthehostPC,writedownthesettingsyouspecifyinthePrinting
Preferenceswindow.Thesearethesettingsyouusewhenyousetupeachclient
PC’sprintingpreferences.
ThehostPCautomaticallydetectsandselectstheribbontype.
TheclientPCdoesnotautomaticallydetectthetypeofribboninstalledinthe
printer.Instead,itdefaultstoYMCKTribbonand300x300dpiresolution.