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
Users Cannot Print to the 150i or 275/280P/295
System
Under the Windows 2000 operating system, a Datacard Card
Personalization System cannot switch back and forth between
printing from ID Works identification software applications and from
non-ID Works applications.
The serial communication port to which the Card Personalization
System is attached is locked by the operating system when the
printer driver is installed. Only the printer driver has access to the
port. Because the ID Works software cannot use the driver, it is
prevented from communicating with the System. The printer driver
can be redirected from the serial communication port that the Card
Personalization System is attached to, allowing the ID Works
software to access the serial port and communicate with the System.
However, this redirection prevents sending information to the System
from any other application. If you need to access the System from the
ID Works software and from other applications, you will need to take
the following steps before you change applications.
Preliminary Steps:
The following steps are needed to support using the Card
Personalization System from ID Works applications.
1 Install and test the Card Personalization System and printer
driver. (The steps needed to accomplish this are documented in
the Printer Driver for the Datacard 150i, 28x, and 450 Series
Printers on Windows NT and 2000 Installation and Technical
Reference Manual,which came with your Card Personalization
System.)
2 Install ID Works software and Datacard plug-ins.
3 Assign the appropriate plug-in to the System using the ID Works
Administrator Assign Printer Plug-ins utility. See the Administrator
online help topic, “Assign printer plug-ins”.
4 Set the ID Works project properties to use printer fonts from the
installed Card Personalization System. See “Project Properties”
on page 3.
5 Attach the System to serial communication port 1.