User`s guide

SD/CD Series Card Printers User’s Guide 9
Chapter 3: Using the System
Thissectionprovidesinformationonhowacardtravelsthrough
theprinter,theprinteraspartofacardproductionsystem,printer
controls,printingatestcard,loadingandreplacingsupplies,and
cleaningtheprinter.
How the Card Travels
ThecardisverifiedandsenttoprintfromthePC.Thehopperpickmechanism
picksacardandmovesthecar dintotheprintercomponentforprocessing.
Optionally,theca
rdmovestothemagneticstripeencodeareaortothesmart
cardparkstation,dependingonthetypeofcardselected.Theencrypteddatais
decryptedandwrittentothecard.Thefinishedcardexitstheprinterthroughthe
cardoutputhopper.
Card Printer System Overview
Thecardprinterisusedwithotherequipmentandsoftwaretocreateacard
productionsystem.Thesystemproducescardsforaspecificpurposeandthe
cardsmustmeetrequirements.
Equipment
Thesystemcaninclude:
1. APC,withsoftwaretosupportthe
printer,suchas:
• TheXPSCardPrinterDriverfor
Windows.
• IDsoftwa redesigned
specificallytocapture,format,
andsavethedataforcards.
• Aretailapplicationsuchas
Microsoft
®
WordorAdobe®
Photoshop
®
.