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Overview
User’s Guide for the ImageCard® IV Printer
How the printer works
The ImageCard IV printer produces personalized cards. The following describes the
process used to print cards:
The numbers in Figure 1-6 illustrate each step.
1 The printing process begins with a card creation application running on a PC. In a
card creation application, you assemble the elements of the card design. The
elements can include a photo, logo, text (name, identifying number, and so on)
and perhaps data to print as a barcode, encode on a magnetic stripe, or program
in a smart card.
2 When you select the print button, the card data is sent to the printer driver, which
prepares the data for the printer.
3 The printer driver sends the data, along with control information, to the printer.
4 The printer starts the job by picking a card from the card input tray.
Figure 1-6: How the printer works
5 Inside the printer, the following happens:
– The card passes through the cleaning rollers. If the printer includes an
optional particle detector, the card passes through that module also.
– The card moves to the turret, which positions the card at the first station to
process it.
– A smart card chip, if the module is present, is programmed first. The card is
moved again to the turret which feeds it to the print station.
– A magnetic stripe, if the module is present, is usually encoded next.
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