Zebra Technologies P1013372-001 REV. A user manual Inhibit Pop-Up, Select the inhibit panel area

Printer Settings and Adjustments

Card Printer Printing Preferences

Inhibit Pop-Up

The Inhibit pop-up window allows you to select the inhibit panel area for mag stripe, 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 > Printers and Faxes. 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 arounnd the mag stripe area.

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

-Custom file based inhibit area: See below.

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

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