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DTC500 Series Card Printer/Encoders Troubleshooting Guide (Rev. 3.0)
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Resolving the Communication Errors (continued)
Step Procedure
5
Determine the nature of the problem with printing from the application.
a. Print a self-test from the Printer to ensure that the Printer (itself) is
functioning properly. See the Printing the Self-test on page 190.
b. Print the Windows test page that is located in the General tab of the driver.
c. Use WordPad (a Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ NT/ 2000/XP word processing
program in the Accessories Program Group) via Start > Programs >
Accessories > WordPad. Follow this procedure:
•
Open the program and type: “This is a Test.”
•
Select
File > Page Setup
and click on the
Printer
button.
•
Ensure that the DTC500 Series Card Printer/Encodersis selected and
click
OK.
•
Change all the margin settings to
zero (0)
and click
OK.
•
Select
File > Print
on the Menu Bar.
•
Go to
File
on Menu Bar and select
.
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