FARGO electronic Card Printer manual Magnetic Offset 00 +

4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual

To move the printed image toward the leading edge of the card, or card output side of the printer, press the On/Cancel button to enter a negative value. To move the printed image toward the trailing edge of the card, or card input side of the printer, press the Pause/Resume button to enter a positive value. Notice the arrows on these buttons indicate the direction the printed image will move on the card. The maximum adjustment range is ± 32 pixels. As a rule, 10 pixels equals about

.030Ó/.8mm which is about the same as the thickness of a standard CR-80 size card. Keep this in mind when adjusting this option so you do not over-adjust. If you set too high of a negative value, for example, the print ribbon may break.

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This option applies only if the printer has a built-in magnetic stripe encoder. If so, this option allows you to shift the starting point of where the printer will begin encoding the magnetic track data on a cardÕs magnetic stripe. When adjusting this value, keep in mind that a card and its magnetic stripe will always remain in the same relative position as the card travels through the printer. The following diagram represents how the magnetic data will move in relation to the fixed position of a cardÕs magnetic stripe as a positive or negative Magnetic Offset value is entered.

To move the start of the magnetic data more toward the leading edge of the card, or card output side of the printer, press the On/Cancel button to enter a negative value. To move the start of the magnetic data toward the trailing edge of the card, or card input side of the printer, press the Pause/Resume button to enter a positive value. Notice the arrows on these buttons indicate the direction the magnetic data will move on the cardÕs magnetic stripe. The maximum adjustment range is ± 32 pixels. As a rule, 10 pixels equals about .030Ó/.8mm. Keep this in mind when adjusting this option so you do not over-adjust. If you set too high of a negative value, for example, the printer may start encoding before the cardÕs magnetic stripe reaches the encoding head.