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DTC500 Series Card Printer/Encoders Troubleshooting Guide (Rev. 3.0)
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Resolving the Printer not reading Encoded Magnetic Track Data
Step Procedure
1
Verify that the cards are loaded properly with the Magnetic Stripe facing down
and towards the back of the Printer.
2
Verify that the card is encoded with magnetic data by using a magnetic imager
or developer solution.
3
Use
WordPad
(a Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ NT/ 2000/XP word processing program
in the Accessories Program Group), as shown on the next page.
a. Open the program and type in: ~1%JULIEANDERSON^1234567890?
b. Select
File > Page Setup
and click on the
Printer
button.
c. Ensure that the DTC500 Series Card Printer/Encodersis selected and click
on
OK.
d. Change all the margin settings to
zero (0)
and click on
OK.
e. Go to
File
on Menu Bar and select
. (
Note:
The Printer should then
feed a card into the Encoder and magnetically encode it.)
4
Caution:
Ensure that the Coercivity of the cards matches the setting
in the driver.
5
Compare the settings for the card reader to the settings in the driver.
6
Caution:
Ensure that the Magnetic Stripe on the card is free of
scratches or voids.