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Making a printer test card
1Power off the printer.
2Confirm that cards and print ribbon are loaded in the printer.
—If the printer has a magnetic stripe module, the card must have a magnetic stripe.
—If it is a
—If the printer has been installed previously and
has used a custom magnetic stripe format, you |
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might need to set the printer to use the default |
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encoding format for the module. See SP |
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Series Info Central for information on magnetic |
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stripe setup. | 1 |
3Power on the printer (1). Within 5 seconds, press and hold the Ready key (2), as shown in the illustration. Hold the Ready key firmly until the
printer sounds three tones and displays “Printer Test Card” on the LCD panel, usually about 30 seconds.
4Release the Ready key and observe the printer.
You hear the internal components initialize and the printer starts processing the card.
5After it is printed, remove the card from the output hopper.