MagTek EC500 99875172 - Manual (Page 44)

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B1b - CONTACT SMARTCARD ENCODING
A printer fitted with a smartcard contact station works in exactly the same way as a basic card printer.
The ExpressCard 500 smartcard contact station is used to program chips to ISO 7816-2 standards.
>>Contact station location
The contact station is a module fitted in the factory. It is located over the path taken by the cards and
before the print head. To make contact with the station, the smartcard is positioned underneath it and is
pushed mechanically upwards. The programming sequence for a smartcard is always carried out before
the printing.
Use only smartcards compliant with the ISO 7816-2 standard. Never print over the chip.
>>Card positioning
Smartcards must be placed in the card feeder so that the chip is facing downwards as shown below:
1. Remove the card feeder from the printer as shown.
2. Lower the spring system as shown and insert a maximum of 100 x 0.76 mm magnetic cards (chip down).
3. Put the feeder back into the printer, then press on the upper section of the feeder until it clicks.
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