Chapter 3: Using The System; How The Card Travels - DataCard CD800 User Manual

Chapter 3: Using the System

This section provides information about how a card travels through the
printer, printer controls, printing a test card, loading and replacing
supplies, and cleaning the printer.

How the Card Travels

Card processing begins when you send the card to print from the PC. The hopper pick mechanism
picks a card and moves the card into the printer for processing.
Optionally, the card moves to the magnetic stripe encoding area or to the smart card park station,
depending on the type of card selected. Encrypted data is decrypted and written to the card. If
the system includes a laminator, the card then moves into the laminator where the overlay
material is applied to the card. The finished card exits the printer through the card output hopper.
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