DataCard SD Series

SD Series Card Printers User’s Guide 11
Chapter 3: Using the System
Thissectionprovidesinformationabouthowacardtravelsthrough
theprinter,printercontrols,printingatestcard,loadingand
replacingsupplies,andcleaningtheprinter.
How the Card Travels
ThecardisverifiedandsenttoprintfromthePC.Thehopperpickmechanism
picksacardandmovesthecar dintotheprinterforprocessing.
Optionally,thecardmovestothemagneticstripeencodingareaortothesmart
cardparkstation,dependingonthetypeofcardselected.Encrypteddatais
decryptedandwrittentothecard.InanSD460laminatingsystem,thecardthen
movesintothelaminatorwheretheoverlaymaterialisappliedtothefrontand
backofthecard.Thefinishedcardexitstheprinterthroughthecardoutput
hopper.