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XPS Card Printer Installation and User Guide 144
How to Print Driver Sample Cards
The XPS Card Printer Driver includes a sample card, which shows a basic ID card. The card can be
printed with any ribbon the printer supports.
The driver also includes a magnetic stripe test card, available when the printer includes a
magnetic stripe option. The card has the same data printed on
it and encoded on the magnetic stripe.
1. Open Printer Properties. See
How to Open Printer
Properties.
2. Click the Status tab.
3. The Status tab shows the printer status. The printer
should be "Ready" or "Busy." If the printer is not
available, troubleshoot the problem.
4. Click the button for the card you want:
"Print Sample Card" button
"Print Mag Stripe Test Card" button
5. The printer picks the card and prints it. If the
card does not print, troubleshoot the problem.
The sample card verifies communication between
the driver and the printer. The images and text do
not change.
HINTS & TIPS
The magnetic stripe test card verifies that the
driver sends magnetic stripe data to the printer and
that the printer encodes it. The data cannot be
changed.
The magnetic stripe data sent by the driver requires
that the printer be set to encode the three-track ISO format for a three-track module, or the
JIS-II format for the single-track module.
The sample card buttons will print one copy of the selected card. The Number of Copies
entry on the Printing Preferences> Advanced page does not apply to the sample cards.