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48 Section 6: Using Your Card Printer
Pro-L Card Printer User’s Manual
E. PRINTING A CARD
Now that you’ve set up the printer, loaded media, and installed the printer driver,
you’re ready to print a card. Follow these steps to print your first card:
NOTE: If you are using the printer’s optional SmartGuard Security Feature, you must insert a
valid SmartGuard Access Card into the printer’s Security Card Slot before attempting to
complete the following steps. If you are not using the SmartGuard feature, you DO NOT
need to insert an access card in order to begin printing.
1. Go to the Windows application program in which you will be creating your
cards and open or create a card format.
2. Once you are ready to print, select Print Setup (or the equivalent) from the
program’s File menu to verify that the printer driver settings are correct for
your card design. Remember to select the proper Card Size and Ribbon Type
and, if applicable, to verify that the proper magnetic and/or lamination
settings are selected. After you’ve properly configured the driver, select the
Print button from the application’s Print screen.
3. The printer’s RIP (raster image processing) begins. The image processing time
will vary depending upon the complexity of the image and the processing
speed of your computer.
4. After the image is processed and sent to the printer, the printer will feed in a
card and print the first color (yellow), followed by the remaining colors
(magenta, cyan, and black). If using a ribbon with a clear overlay, the clear
overlay panel will print immediately after the last color panel. If printing onto
the back side of a card, encoding, or applying an overlaminate, the printer will
finish these functions last, then eject the card.
5. If everything looks good, you’ve successfully completed set-up, initial testing,
and printing with your card printer. Please refer to the remaining sections of
this manual for important information on printer maintenance, mechanical
adjustments, and troubleshooting.
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