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Appendix A

Appendix B

Troubleshooting

Printing a card

P420 Plastic Card Printer

Appendix C

A.·MEDIA LOADING ORIENTATION

The magnetic encoder is a factory installed item with

the read/write head positioned below the card path,

available with HICO encoding (P420 CM1 or P420

CEM1) or LOCO encoding (P420 CM2 or P420 CEM2).

When loading cards into the Card Cartridge, please

ensure that the magnetic stripe is facing down and

closest to the rear.

Also available are Printer models with the Magnetic

Read/Write head positioned above the card path, with

HICO encoding (P420 CM3 or P420 CEM3) or LOCO

encoding (P420 CM4 or P420 CEM4)

When loading cards, please ensure that there is a

magnetic stripe.

NOTE:

M1 = Stripe Down HICO M3 = Stripe up HICO

M2 = Stripe Down LOCO M4 = Stripe up LOCO

Approved HICO & LOCO PVC cards are available. (See Appendix C).

ONLY USE cards that comply with ISO 7810 & 7811

standards for magnetic stripe cards. The magnetic

stripe must be flush to the surface of the card to work

properly. Never use taped-on magnetic stripes.

STRIPE

DOWN

STRIPE

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