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Printer test card, Printer test card -16 – Datacard Group SP Series User Manual

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Getting started

User’s Guide for Express™ and Select™ Class Printers

4

Release the Ready button. You hear a series of tones.

Allow 30 to 60 seconds for the printer to begin printing the test card. The status
light will flash green while the Express or Select printer is processing the data.

5

Remove the card from the card output stacker.

The printer test card is shown in

Figure 2-13 on page 2-16

.

If the printer test card did not print successfully, see

“Setup tips” on page 2-14

. If

needed, turn to

“Troubleshooting” on page 6-1

.

Printer test card

The printer test card is designed to perform most of the functions available in the
printer.

Figure 2-13: Printer test card

Check the following:

The test card has the pattern shown on the front of the card. The back of the card
is unprinted.

If a topcoat (T) panel is included in the ribbon and you select a ribbon type that
applies topcoat to the front of the card, the front of the card has topcoat applied.

If a magnetic stripe module is installed in the printer and enabled, the following
data is encoded on the card:

Track Format

Data

Track 1

(IATA)

TEST PATTERN IATA CHARACTER
SUBSET 0123456789

Track 2

(ABA)

012345678012345678990123456789

Track 3

(NTT)

0123456789=9876543210

Track 3

(TTS)

0123456789=9876543210