Zebra Technologies 8 user manual Inhibit Option, Select the inhibit panel area

4: Printer Settings and Adjustments

Printing Preferences

Inhibit Option

Note • The quality of magnetic stripes on cards varies from manufacturer to manufacturer which can result in remnants of the transfer film remaining on the magnetic stripe and may affect the readability of the magnetic stripe on some cards. The remnants will eventually rub off the stripe with a few swipes through a reader, but the transfer film can be virtually eliminated with the use of the YMCKI ribbon.

The Inhibit pop-up window allows you to specify areas on a card where you do not want transfer film to be placed (magnetic stripe, smart card chip, signature panel, or other non- printing areas of a card). This window is available only when using ribbons with an inhibitor panel; e.g., YMCKI.

To access the Inhibit pop-up window, select Start > Devices and Printers. Right click on the Zebra ZXP Series 8 Card Printer listing, and select Printing Preferences > Card Setup. Select Ribbon info > Front Inhibit... or Back Inhibit...

The figure below shows settings for the front side of the card; settings for the back side of the card are identical.

•Select the inhibit panel area:

-Disable Inhibit: Default.

-Inhibit printing on magnetic stripe: Places a no-print zone around the magnetic stripe area.

-Inhibit printing on smartcard contact: Places a no-print zone around the smart card chip area.

-Custom file based inhibit area: See below.

•Bitmap based inhibit panel area: This option is enabled when Custom file based inhibit area is selected from the dropdown menu. To locate the bitmap, click on the Browse button to bring up a dialog for choosing the file.

To create a bitmap-based inhibit panel area; see next page.

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