Problems With Card Appearance - DataCard magna User Manual

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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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The printer must be connected to the PC with the driver installed, and both printer
and PC must be running.
Open the Printer Toolbox if needed.
page 3-11.
Make sure that magnetic stripe cards are loaded in the card cartridge. (See
"Loading cards" on page 2-3
Click once on the Print Mag Stripe Card button in the Printer Toolbox. 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). See
more magnetic stripe information.
– NTT track: NTT formatted data on the track.
Remove the card from the card output stacker.
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
Magna Platinum Series printers include Datacard's Advanced Imaging
Technology™ (AIT). Cards printed with Advanced Imaging Technology have a
different appearance than cards printed with earlier Magna printers, including
those with Tru Image™.
"Opening and using the Printer Toolbox" on
for information on loading cards.)
"Magnetic stripe encoding" on page D-1
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