Magnetic Stripe Test Card; Problems With Card Appearance - DataCard ImageCard Select User Manual

Troubleshooting
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Magnetic stripe test card

If the printer includes a magnetic stripe module, you can print a magnetic stripe test
card. The card uses the magnetic stripe settings in the Properties, Default Document
Properties, or Printing Preferences dialog box.
Use this card to verify that the printer encodes a card correctly.
Print a magnetic stripe test card
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Problems with card appearance

Problems with card appearance can be the result of the following:
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User's Guide for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGrafix® Select™ Printers
The Windows test page is generated by Microsoft Windows. The small size of the
card, compared to printer paper, means that some of the text is not printed on the
card.
The Select printer must be connected to the PC with the driver installed, and both
printer and PC must be running.
Double-click the printer icon in the System tray.
opens.
Make sure that magnetic stripe cards are loaded in the card cartridge. (See
"Loading cards" on page 2-2 for information on loading cards.)
Click once on the Mag Stripe Test button. The printer driver formats card data for
the type of module installed, as follows:
– Three-track: IAT formatted data (IATA data on track 1, ABA data on track 2,
and TTS data on track 3)
– NTT track: NTT formatted data on the track
Test the card by passing it through a card reader that will display the data encoded
on the card. The encoded data should match the data printed on the test card.
Image capture tools, such as the camera
Card creation application, which displays the image
Limitations in technology, such as differences between how an image looks on the
monitor and how it looks after it is printed
Printer maintenance or PC settings
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The Status Monitor