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CP80 and CP80 Plus Service Manual 2-1

Chapter 2: Theory of

Operation

This chapter provides the theory of operation for the CP80 and CP80

Plus card printers.

Print Engine Functional Block Diagram ____________________________________________ 2-3

Laminator Functional Block Diagram______________________________________________ 2-4

Printer Components______________________________________________________________ 2-5

Sensors_______________________________________________________________________________2-5

Motors _______________________________________________________________________________2-6

Miscellaneous ________________________________________________________________________2-7

LCD Service Mode Menu Diagram_____________________________________________________2-8

Laminator Components __________________________________________________________ 2-9

Sensors_______________________________________________________________________________2-9

Motors _______________________________________________________________________________2-9

Sequence of Operation_________________________________________________________ 2-10

Power-on Initialization________________________________________________________________2-10

Default Card Printing Sequence ______________________________________________________2-10

Lamination Process __________________________________________________________________2-12

Graphics Printing _______________________________________________________________ 2-13

Printhead Settings ___________________________________________________________________2-14

Magnetic Cards ________________________________________________________________ 2-16

Magnetic Data Principles ____________________________________________________________2-16

Encoding Format ____________________________________________________________________2-21

Magnetic Stripe Primary Data Standards _________________________________________ 2-24

ISO/IEC 7811 (Parts 2 and 6) __________________________________________________________2-24

AAMVA DL/ID-2000 __________________________________________________________________2-24

Saflok and Ving______________________________________________________________________2-24

Multiple Record Format (SDS)_________________________________________________________2-25

JIS X 6302 (Type I and Type II Cards)___________________________________________________2-25

Magnetic Media Locations___________________________________________________________2-26

Data Track Locations ________________________________________________________________2-27

DataCard CP80 Plus User Manual

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