Security Key Issues; Other Tips, Hints And Information - DataCard ImageCard series Manual

ImageCard/UltraGrafix (Express and Select Classes) User's Guide
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Security key issues

The card creation application you use might require a security key on the
parallel port. You might receive "security key not found" messages or
"parallel port data error" messages, or you might notice that the card creation
application slows. If this happens, do one of the following:
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Other tips, hints and information

Some other things to keep in mind about using the printer:
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When you use the printer with a network-connected PC, be aware of the
following:
♦ Look at the printer Properties dialog box for the PC with the
printer directly attached to see current printer values. Also look at
that PC for printer messages. The network-connected PC (the one
without the printer directly connected) does not display messages
or show current printer values.
♦ Smart card data cannot be sent from the network-connected PC to
the printer.
♦ Your application might support features from the network-
connected PC that are not directly supported by the printer
driver.
♦ IAT high-coercivity encoding is the only encoding format
supported for printing with a network-connected PC.
♦ To change the settings on a network-connected PC, follow the
steps in Using the printer properties dialog box (Chapter 3) to go to
the printer Properties window. Do not change settings from within
an application!
Put the security key on a different parallel port, if available. The security
key can be on a compatible-mode (IBM AT-mode) port. The interface
cable should remain on the ECP parallel port (usually LPT1).
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Keep the security key on the ECP port with the interface cable attached.
Find the configuration utility for the security key in the folder for the
card creation application. See the information for the application that
uses the security key for recommended settings.
Whenever you are encoding magnetic stripe data or programming smart
cards, some cards may not be printed completely. Be sure to process
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