Magnetic Stripe Encoding; General Operation - idp SMART-81 User Manual

5.7. Magnetic stripe encoding

(1) Magnetic encoding error.
Please press front-left button to retry.
The magnetic head is contaminated with the dust and dirt:

Clean the magnetic head with the cleaning kit.
The magnetic encoding data is not transmitted or the wrong data is transmitted:

Check the setting of the program and the driver and the magnetic encoding data you
transmitted.
The card is not magnetic card, or inserting direction is wrong:

Change the card or the direction.
Bad magnetic stripes on the card:

Change the card.

5.8. General operation

Ribbon snapped during printing.
(2)
Open the printer top cover, remove the ribbon cartridge, reconnect the snapped
ribbon, and install it to the printer. Please review the following cause.
Non-standard cards or bad cards:

Change the cards.
Too high or low setting of the color density:

Please contact the local supplier. The color density default of your printer needs to be
changed.
(2) LCD display "Ribbon Not Found"
Press the front-left button to retry. If it occurs frequently, check the followings.
Not genuine ribbon:

Change to the genuine ribbon.
Ribbon is consumed:

Printing is not possible if ribbon is used up. Change the ribbon.
Snapped ribbon:

Open the top cover and take out the cartridge. After putting the snapped pieces on
together, install the cartridge again.
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