User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Revision Log
- How-Do I… Quick links to Frequently Asked Questions
- Contents
- Message 100: Request not supported
- Message 101: Job could not complete
- Message 102: Card not in position
- Message 103: Printer problem
- Message 104: Critical problem
- Message 105: Magstripe data error
- Message 106: Magstripe data not found
- Message 107: Magstripe read data error
- Message 108: Magstripe read no data
- Message 109: Print ribbon problem
- Message 110: Print ribbon out or missing
- Message 111: Card not picked
- Message 112: Card hopper empty
- Message 113: Close cover to continue
- Message 114: Cover opened during job
- Message 115: Wait for print temperature
- Message 116: Magstripe not available
- Message 117: Reader not available
- Message 118: Print ribbon type problem
- Message 119: Print ribbon not supported
- Message 120: User paused the printer
- Message 121: Print ribbon ID problem
- Message 122: Magnetic stripe format problem
- Message 123: Insert new card then continue
- Message 124: Insert same card then continue
- Message 500: The printer is not available. The card cannot print.
- Message 501: The printer connection was lost. Printing the card is canceled.
- Message 502: The card data is missing or is not usable. The card cannot print.
- Message 503: The magnetic stripe data is missing. The card cannot print.
- Message 505: Bonjour is not installed. Cannot connect to the printer.
- Message 506: A card is currently processing.
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- Card Design and Setup
- Printer Driver
- Updates, Upgrades, and More
- Removing a Printer from a Windows PC
- Troubleshooting
- Supplies and Parts
- How-To Topics
- How to Install a Large Output Hopper
- How to Install the 200-Card Input Hopper Option
- How to Adjust the Colors Printed
- How to View Card Counts using the Driver
- How to View Card Counts from the Printer LCD Menu
- How to Change a Card Design
- How to Run a Cleaning Card
- How to Clean the Printhead
- How to Set the Driver Network Port Value
- How to Encode Magnetic Stripe without Printing
- How to Change the LCD Backlight
- How to Get the Printer Network IP Address
- How to Get the Printer USB IP Address
- How to Load Cards
- How to Load Ribbon
- How to Open Printing Preferences
- How to Open the Printer Manager
- How to Open the Printer Properties
- How to Print Driver Sample Cards
- How to Print a Printer Test Card
- How to Print on Both Sides of the Card
- How to Print More Than One Copy of a Card
- How to Rotate the Card
- How to View Printer Status
- How to Find the Printer Serial Number
- How to Set Magnetic Stripe Coercivity
- How to Set the Print Area
- How to Set the Print Resolution
- How to Set Static IP Address Type
- How to Use Print Blocking Escapes
- How to Use Magnetic Stripe Escapes
- How to Use Magnetic Stripe Fonts
- How to View the Driver Version
- How to View Network Information
- Legal Notices
XPS Card Printer Installation and User Guide 130
How to Encode Magnetic Stripe without Printing
Using the XPS Card Printer Driver, you can use the printer to encode magstripe data on a card
without printing on it. If you are using ID software to produce cards, these steps are not
necessary and you can use the settings in the software to encode without printing.
1. Open Printing Preferences. See
Open Printing
Preferences for the steps to follow.
2. On the Layout tab, click the Advanced button.
3. Click the Encode Only choice and choose "On" as the
setting. Skip this step if you are using ID Software.
4. Click OK to save the setting and close the Advanced
page, and then click Apply on the Layout page.
5. The driver discards all printable data and sends only
the magnetic stripe data to the printer.
6. Format the data:
• If using ID software, use a magnetic stripe field if
available.
• Using other PC software, format the data using
magstripe fonts or magstripe escapes.
• The card shown has the text "Sports Arts"
formatted with a magstripe font. It will be sent as
encoded data. The other images and text on Page
1 will be discarded.
7. Send the card to the printer.
• In a PC application, use only one page if sending Encode Only data. A two-page
document will cause an error and the card will not be encoded.
HINTS & TIPS
• See How to Use Magstripe Fonts for information on formatting data using fonts.
• See
How to Use Magstripe Escapes for information on using escapes to format data.
• You are responsible for using characters supported by the track format. The driver
discards line returns before and after data.