Specifications

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Datacard 150i and 275/280P/295 Card Personalization
Systems: Guide for Use with ID Works Software
ID Works Standard and Enterprise Version 5 Online Reference Library
Distributing Encoder Configurations
The Datacard 150i and 275/280P/295 Magstripe Plug-ins store
configurations in the ID Works\bin directory in a file named
DCC295MagStripe.INI or DCC150iMagStripe.INI. The default
location for the ID Works\bin directory is in C:\Program
Files\Datacard\ID Works\bin, but the ID Works installation program
allows you to install the ID Works files to a different location. Search
for the file in Windows Explorer if you do not know its location.
Because configurations are not stored with ID Works projects, the
Export utility in ID Works Administrator does not include any encoder
configurations you may have changed or created for your card
designs. If you will distribute your ID Works project to other
computers in your system, you must ensure that the encoder
configurations are available on those computers. There are two ways
to accomplish this:
• Recreate the encoder configurations on each computer in your
system (requires a copy of ID Works Designer on each
computer).
• Distribute the .INI file by copying it (using Windows Explorer) from
the computer on which it was created to the other computers in
your system.
Job Tracking
Because the Datacard 150i and 275/280P/295 Magstripe Plug-ins
bypass the Windows print spooler, the method described in the
Production help topic, “Track card printing jobs” does not apply. The
ID Works Print Job Monitor, automatically loaded with your ID Works
software product, provides an alternate way of tracking jobs through
the Card Personalization System.
To begin using the ID Works Print Job Monitor, from the Windows
Start button select Programs, Datacard, ID Works, Tools, and then
Print Monitor.