6.5. Printing and encoding over network Multiple workstations on the network can print on a PC that has one or more printers attached
locally and has shared the printers in Windows. Such a PC is called print server.
On the print server, it is mandatory that a user is logged on, otherwise the dispatcher will not be
able to process the jobs.
As the encoding string is embedded in the layout, the encoding string is transported inside the print
job (or spool job) over the network from the printing workstation to the print server.
The print server will properly process the job including the encoding, and distribute it to the
corresponding printers.
In an operator-less mode, it is even possible to re-encode and print failed jobs on other free
printers with the option "Redistribute print job" on the Options page of Administration Center.
This guarantees that all cards in the batch will be produced without user interaction - assuming that
enough printers are in the group for high availability.
The driver is capable of handling multiple encoding strings in one layout, which might be
- different encoding format templates with one encoder
- contact encoding and contactless encoding
- combination with magstripe
Usually, the driver processes the strings in the order how they are sent from the printing
application. Since it is impossible to determine this, and since this differs for each application, a
special keyword allows specifying the processing sequence of multiple encoding strings. Using the
so-called "sequence order", the encoding and printing process can be tweaked to be performed in
the fastest possible way.
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