DYE-FILM TYPES CARD DETAILS HICKNESS O OBTAIN GOOD QUALITY PRINTS THE CARD MUST BE RINTABLE REA OF THE SELF - ADHESIVE CARDS CONTACT & CONTACTLESS CHIP CARDS UPGRADING YOUR PRINTER FIRMWARE CLEANING AND TESTING ...
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Magnetic Stripe Positional Adjust Magnetic Verification Track Settings Mode Density Start and Stop Characters Character Parity and LRC parity THE MAGICARD SUPPORT TOOLS UPPORT OOLS INDOW The Communications tab Refresh Data button The Configuration tab Adjusting the Image Start Position...
Completely flat. Printable Area of the Card: Both the Rio and Tango printer offer high quality edge to edge (full bleed) printing. Thus the whole upper surface of the card may be utilised by the customer. Maximum Page Size - 1026 pixels (86.9mm) x 624 pixels (54mm) For full bleed printing guillotined cards are recommended, as pressed or stamped PVC cards have edge roll off which can cause a white line around the edge of the card.
This enables the transfer of data to and from the computer or encoding hardware. Upgrading your Printer Firmware The Rio and Tango printers are designed so that future improvements can be downloaded from our website http://www.ultramagicard.com/support/downloads to keep your printer up to date with all our latest research.
A standard HoloKote logo (a key symbol) is built in to the Magicard Rio and Tango card printers, but increased security can be achieved through the use of an encrypted custom logo which is electronically stored in a miniature ‘Compact Flash’...
Some of the printer settings are not accessible when entering the menu this way. (Use method 1above) The Magicard printer driver differs in appearance depending on the version of Windows being used. The commands are the same, only the visual layout is different.
Layout of the Windows 95 / 98 / ME Driver This chapter explains how the various tools within the Print Properties Menu allow the user to make adjustments to achieve optimum print results. To enter the properties menu: On your computer select; Start >>Settings >> Printers. Right click your mouse on the relevant printer.
Not available in Win 95. This allows the printer to be available to Network users. Printer tab Printer Model: Selects the type of printer being used, Rio, Tango, Standard, Magnetic Encoding etc. Printer Options: Selections available within this field vary with the type of printer model selected.
Image Position: By using these sliding controls, the image position on the card can be moved in the horizontal plane from the datum settings set in the Magicard Support Tools. • Start Position: Moves the image left (L) and right (R) at the front edge of the card (when viewed in landscape).
Resin Black Button Options The various options available decide how the black colour is transferred to the card, either as a composite of the 3 colour panels, directly from the resin black panel or a combination of resin black laid over the composite black.
Card Tab: Image Size Allows the customer to choose between Full bleed edge to edge setting, with the whole surface of the card printed, or printed with a white border around the edge of the card. Card Orientation Either landscape or portrait. Flip Front / Back 180 Changes the orientation of the print as it is transferred to the card.
Layout of the Windows NT, 2000 & XP Driver The style of the driver layout for Windows NT, 2000 & XP is shown below. The commands and selections are the same as for the Windows 95, 98 & ME driver described above, only the visual layout is different.
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The full selection tree for Windows NT, 2000 & XP giving access to all print control options. (As on the Magicard Card Printer Advanced Document Settings screen print above) Magicard Card Printer Advanced Document Settings. |__ Paper Output...
Driver Guide for Magnetic Encoding Windows NT, 2000 & XP Windows 95, 98 & ME Windows 2000: Within the Printer Windows 95/98: Within Printer Properties page go to the Device Properties page go to the Printer tab and Settings tab, select...
Advanced Settings Within this page you can manually select the Encoding Coercivity and Track Settings, or alternatively you can select User Specify in which case the driver will take the settings from the badging application. These settings will either be set in the application software or they can be specified on the image.
Ensure that there is power to the printer, the printer is connected to the computer and that the printer is on line (Green light illuminated) . Select the Magicard Support Tool program on your computer. The Communications window will be shown by default.
The Configuration tab This page provides you with information about the printer set up, - it also allows you to adjust these settings. The following information is shown on the screen:- Image Start Position. This is the position where the image will start printing. Image End Position.
The Statistics tab This page will provide you with statistical information about the usage of your printer. This includes, the number of cards printed, the number of Dye panels printed, the number of cards printed since the last cleaning cycle, the Dye panels printed since the last cleaning cycle and the number of cleaning cycles carried out.
Appendix A Mag Command Structure Required for ISO Standard Encoding Listed below are the command instructions which must be placed in the image file control header for an ISO standard encoding string: Command Parameter Function 1, 2, 3 Track 1, 2 or 3 75, 210 Bits per inch 7, 5...
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The Magicard Rio Mag magnetic encoder can accept any combination card data format. If the card data format is changed, ie track 1 data encoded on track 2, the Magicard Rio Mag will encode the data on track 2, but when read with a Standard IOS 7811-2 card reader this data will not be decoded and displayed.
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