DataCard ImageCard Magna, User Manual

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Troubleshooting
User’s Guide for Magna™ Platinum Series™ Printers
Print a magnetic stripe test card
The printer must be connected to the PC with the driver installed, and both printer
and PC must be running.
1 Open the Printer Toolbox if needed. “Opening and using the Printer Toolbox” on
page 3-11.
2 Make sure that magnetic stripe cards are loaded in the card cartridge. (See
“Loading cards” on page 2-3 for information on loading cards.)
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
“Magnetic stripe encoding” on page D-1 for
more magnetic stripe information.
– NTT track: NTT formatted data on the track.
4 Remove the card from the card output stacker.
5 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.
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Problems with card appearance
Problems with card appearance can be the result of the following:
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Image capture tools, such as the camera
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Card creation application, which displays the image
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Limitations in technology, such as differences between how an image looks on the
monitor and how it looks after it is printed
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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™.
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