Making Cards; Print From A Pc Application - DataCard ImageCard User Manual

Using the printer

Making cards

This section describes several ways to make cards using the Magna
Class printer.
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With any application, test your card design to verify the results.
Use a card creation application
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Print from a PC application

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User's Guide for the Magna™ Class Printer
Usually, cards are sent from a card creation application, which
captures, organizes, and formats the information on the card. A
card creation application is specially designed software that
handles the types of information used on cards. See
creation application"
If you do not have a card creation application, you can use
another PC application to format the information to print on cards.
If you are encoding magnetic stripe data, be sure to use an
application in which you can save the result and edit it again,
such as Windows WordPad™. See
for the steps to follow.
Follow the instructions for the card creation application to
capture, format, and save the data for the card.
In the card creation application, send cards to the printer.
The printer driver receives data for each card, prepares the card
for printing, and sends each card to the printer in the order
received. The printer driver keeps cards in a queue if the printer is
busy.
Select the printer settings that correspond to the cards to print.
See "Working with printer settings and data" on page 3-1
information. Settings might include the following:
for the steps to follow.
"Print from a PC application"
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"Use a card
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