DataCard ImageCard Magna, User Manual

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Overview
User’s Guide for Magna™ Platinum Series™ Printers
About this manual
This manual provides detailed information about the Datacard® Magna™ Platinum™
Series photo ID printer. The first section provides operators with information about the
printer and how to use it. The second section provides installers with requirements for
installation and installation procedures. The third section provides reference
information.
This User Guide works with the online e- Guide, which you can see using the desktop
icon installed with the printer driver. Figure 1-1 shows the e- Guide icon.
Figure 1-1: Desktop icon for the e-Guide
This guide describes the current printer driver. (At the time of printing, the current
printer driver is the SmartDriver version 5.1.)
Audience
This manual is intended for persons using a Magna Platinum Series printer. To
operate the printer, you must have the following skills:
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Ability to read and understand written and graphical instructions
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Ability to operate a personal computer (PC)
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Experience with Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98,
Windows Me, or Windows NT®
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Ability to load supplies
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Ability to perform simple troubleshooting using written and graphical instructions
For the skills needed for installation, see “Installation audience” on page 6-2 .
About the Magna printer
The Magna photo ID printer includes the printer and a printer driver which runs on a
PC. The printer uses supplies when printing cards, including:
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Platinum™ Series print ribbon
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Replaceable cleaning sleeves
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Blank cards
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Optional topcoat or overlay supply material
The Magna printer prints full-color or monochrome images on one or both sides of
PVC cards. The images printed can include photos, text, logos, barcodes and
digitized signatures. The printer can perform additional personalization tasks, such as
encoding magnetic stripe data and sending data to smart card chips. With the optional
overlay module, the printer can apply a durable polyester patch (laminate) to one or
both sides of the personalized card. With the optional topcoat module, the printer can