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SD/CD Series Card Printers User’s Guide 9

Chapter 3: Using the System

Thissectionprovidesinformationonhowacardtravelsthrough

theprinter,theprinteraspartofacardproductionsystem,printer

controls,printingatestcard,loadingandreplacingsupplies,and

cleaningtheprinter.

How the Card Travels

ThecardisverifiedandsenttoprintfromthePC.Thehopperpickmechanism

picksacardandmovesthecar dintotheprintercomponentforprocessing.

Optionally,theca

rdmovestothemagneticstripeencodeareaortothesmart

cardparkstation,dependingonthetypeofcardselected.Theencrypteddatais

decryptedandwrittentothecard.Thefinishedcardexitstheprinterthroughthe

cardoutputhopper.

Card Printer System Overview

Thecardprinterisusedwithotherequipmentandsoftwaretocreat eacard

productionsystem.Thesystemproducescardsforaspecificpurposeandthe

cardsmustmeetrequirements.

Thesystemcaninclude:

1. APC,withsoftwaretosupportthe

printer,suchas:

• TheDatacardXPSCardPrinter

DriverforWindows.

• IDsoftwaredesigned

specificallytocapture,format,

andsavethedataforcards.

• Aretailapplicationsuchas

Microsoft

WordorAdobe®

Photoshop

.

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