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XID 8300 Printer Driver
6.1 Plug-in architecture
As the printer driver does not do the encoding itself but loads an additional piece of software that know how
to "talk" with a certain encoder hardware and chip card, it is not limited to chips and encoders that are
currently present on the market.
Such a piece of software is called "Plug-in". The driver can handle an almost unlimited number of these Plug-
ins.
Important
The base driver will come with no Plug-ins installed. Therefore the Plug-in Manager will show an empty list
in the Installed Plug-ins window, as shown below:
Plug-in Manager after clean installation.
As the requirements on the chip type and encoder hardware differ, users can install the Plug-ins they need
for their encoding requirements.
Plug-in Installation
The installation of a customized Plug-in depends of the Plug-in itself. Plug-ins usually come with a separate
setup routine or will be installed by system integrators on customer-side when the printers are setup.
After installation of a Plug-in, the list can be refreshed by
- clicking on the "Reload" button shows the list of installed Plug-ins
- changing to another Category in Administration Center, then going back to Plug-in Manager
- restarting the Administration Center