Printing On Thick Cards - DataCard ImageCard series Manual

ImageCard/UltraGrafix (Express and Select Classes) User's Guide
Whether you will have automatic or manual duplex printing, keep data on
one page if you want to print on just the front of the card. For a two-sided
card, send a two-page document and enable a setting in the printer driver
Properties dialog box to print on both sides:
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Printing on thick cards

The printers in the ImageCard/UltraGrafix line normally print on plastic
cards that are 0.030" thick, but you can configure them to print cards as thick
as 0.050". (If you want to encode data on smart card chips, however, you
cannot use cards thicker than 0.030".) These are the steps to setting up the
printer for thick cards:
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Windows 95/98 users: Select Settings and then Printers from the Windows
95/98 Start menu. Select the printer. (The icon has the name chosen
during printer driver installation.) Then choose File and Properties. The
printer's Properties dialog box opens. Click on the Card tab and then
select "Enable printing on two sides." Click OK to close the Properties
dialog box.
Windows NT users: Select Settings and then Printers from the Windows
NT Start menu. Select the printer. (The icon has the name chosen
during printer driver installation.) Then choose File and Document
Defaults. Click on the Advanced tab if necessary, and then set Print on
Both Sides (Duplex Printing) to Long Side. Set Duplex Method to
manual or automatic, and then choose a ribbon type. Click OK to close
the Default Document Properties dialog box.
Always test your card design to make sure it works properly before
you put it into production.
If your printer does not already have one, order and install a printhead
cartridge for thick cards. The cartridge you need depends on whether
you want to print in full color or in monochrome (using one color only).
You can tell which type of cartridge is already in your printer by looking
for a special sticker on the existing cartridge, as shown in Figure 5:-9.
Type of printing to do
on thick cards
Color
Monochrome
Description of sticker
on required cartridge
Green dot
Picture of a 3-color
ribbon
5-17
Printhead cartridge
part number needed
557656-001
557655-001