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HDPii High Definition Card Printer/Encoder User Guide (Rev. 1.1) 8-5
Rendering Print Jobs
Rendering of the print job occurs on the given local workstation if the Printer Driver is
installed for use on that particular workstation.
• Shared Instance: However, if the Printer Driver is a shared instance (e.g., shared from
another workstation), the print job is rendered (converted to something that the printer
understands) on the workstation where the Printer Driver is shared from while under
Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and 2003.
• Print Job Rendering: Under Microsoft Windows Vista, the rendering of the print job may
be performed on either the workstation sharing the printer or the workstation creating the
print job, depending upon the setting chosen in the printer instance.
• Rendering Engine: Since the Printer Driver looks for the file with the “~i” command, the
file location specified within the command is relative to the sharing workstation on
Windows 2000, XP and 2003.
o Under Windows Vista the default configuration is to render the job on the
workstation that is generating the print job.
o The bitmap image file must exist in the location specified on the sharing
workstation or on the printing workstation, depending upon your settings for
that printer on the workstation generating the print job.
• Example: Place a “~iC:\Test\inhibit.bmp” text object within a Word Pad print job against a
non-shared (e.g., local) HDPII printer under Windows XP to cause the Printer Driver to
look for a file with that name and location on the local workstation. (Note: This is because
the Printer Driver processing occurs on the local workstation.)
• Inhibit Area Location: The location of the inhibit area within the print job is the upper left
hand corner, where the text object is placed upon the drawing within the application.
(Note: The inhibit file bitmap must contain one bit per pixel (e.g., monochrome).)
• Print Size: If the inhibit bitmap is larger than the page print size, it is trimmed to fit it. The
normal print size for a HDPII CR-80 card is 2.204 inches by 3.452 inches.
o With that print size, the maximum size of the inhibit bitmap area would be 661
pixels by 1035 pixels.
o If the inhibit bitmap is smaller than the page print size, it will still be used by the
driver and be referenced to the upper left hand corner of the ~i text object.
• Bitmap Black Areas: The black areas of the bitmap are the areas that will correspond to
where the inhibit material will prevent the transfer of dyes on to the card.