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Making a printer test card
1 Power off the printer.
2 Confirm that cards and print ribbon are loaded in the printer.
—  If the printer has a magnetic stripe module, the card must have a magnetic stripe.
—  If it is a three-track module, be sure to use blank cards with the correct coercivity (the default is high 
coercivity).
—  If the printer has been installed previously and 
has used a custom magnetic stripe format, you 
might need to set the printer to use the default 
encoding format for the module. See SP 
Series Info Central for information on magnetic 
stripe setup.
3 Power on the printer (1). Within 5 seconds, press 
and hold the Ready key (2), as shown in the 
illustration. Hold the Ready key firmly until the 
printer sounds three tones and displays “Printer 
Test Card” on the LCD panel, usually about 30 
seconds. 
4 Release the Ready key and observe the printer. 
You hear the internal components initialize and the 
printer starts processing the card. 
5 After it is printed, remove the card from the output 
hopper. 
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