Chapter 5: Using The Printer; Buttons And Lights; Buttons - DataCard ImageCard IV User Manual

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Buttons and lights

Two ImageCard IV printer buttons control the printer directly. Printer panel lights
provide information about the printer's current state.

Buttons

Use the Power button and Ready button to control the printer directly. (The printer
driver also includes controls that affect the printer.
Power button
The Power button controls the power to the printer and all stations in it. See
on the printer and PC" on page 5-4
page 5-16
Ready button
The Ready button operates the pause function and clears partially-processed cards.
Pause or resume the printer
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for more information.
Figure 5-1: Ready and Power buttons
Press the Ready button briefly to pause the printer.
The cards in the printer stop processing at the end of the current process.
Depending on the options installed in the printer and the location of cards when
the printer is paused, the following can occur:
– The current process (such as printing color panels, printing a black panel,
encoding a magnetic stripe, or applying a topcoat or overlay) will complete.
– A card inside a station stays in the station.
– A card in the turret is moved to the next station or the output tray.
and "Shutting down the printer and PC" on
Ready button
Power button
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