Related Documentation; What Is A Plug-In; Assigning Printer Plug-Ins; Do I Need To Assign The Printer Plug-Ins - DataCard SR200 User Manual

Related Documentation

Refer to the Datacard SR200 & SR300 Card Printers and LM200 & LM300 Laminators Installation
Guide for information about installing and setting up the printer and optional laminator.
Refer to the Datacard SR200 & SR300 Card Printers and LM200 & LM300 Laminators User's Guide
for information about using the printer and optional laminator to create cards.

What is a Plug-in?

A plug‐in is a software module that provides an interface between a Datacard ID software
application and a peripheral device (such as a card printer) or between the peripheral device and
a component within the device (such as a magnetic stripe encoder installed inside a card printer).
This guide is concerned with two plug‐ins:
The printer plug‐in is named Datacard SR‐CR retransfer printer plug‐in. Its purpose is to
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translate a card's design elements so that the printer can successfully print the design onto a
card.
The encoder plug‐in is named Datacard SR‐CR retransfer magnetic stripe plug‐in. Its purpose
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is to translate magnetic stripe data from the card design to an optional magnetic encoder
module inside the card printer.

Assigning Printer Plug-ins

Printer plug‐ins must be assigned on each computer that prints cards from a Datacard ID
software application to an SR200 or SR300 printer.
The Datacard SR‐CR retransfer magnetic stripe plug‐in is contained within the Datacard
SR‐CR retransfer printer plug‐in. When you assign the plug‐in to your card printer, both
plug‐ins are included in that assignment.

Do I Need to Assign the Printer Plug-ins?

During the card printer installation procedure, the step‐by‐step instructions tell you when to
power on the printer and when to connect the USB cable (and the network cable, if printer is to
be used on a network). Please follow the instructions in the Datacard SR200 & SR300 Card
Printers Installation Guide carefully to ensure correct installation.
If the installation instructions are performed correctly, then the printer is installed before the
plug‐in, and the plug‐in is automatically assigned. If the plug‐in is installed after the printer, then
you must manually assign the plug‐in to the printer. (Refer to "Assigning the Printer Plug‐ins" on
page 3 for instructions.)
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ID Works
Application
Printer Encoder
Plug‐in
SR200 & SR300 Plug-in User's Guide
Plug‐in