DataCard 285 User Guide

User’s Guide for the Magna™ Class Printer

This chapter describes advanced tasks you 
might perform using the printer driver. To perform 
the procedures in this chapter, you should know 
how to use the printer to print cards and be 
comfortable using the Windows NT or Windows 
98 operating system. It describes:

How to reinstall the printer driver

How to print over a network

The operational settings in the printer that you can change

After you have installed the printer driver for the first time, you might 
want to remove the current driver and install the driver again. Typical 
reasons for reinstalling the printer driver include:

To fix a problem at the PC

To install a more recent version of the driver

See 

 (Windows NT) or 

 (Windows 98), for information about viewing the version 

of the printer driver.

You can obtain the current printer driver from your reseller or service 
provider. You also can download the driver from the Datacard web 
site, at www.datacard.com. Go to the resource center, find the printer 
driver selection, and follow the directions provided.

Be sure to download the correct printer driver for your operating 
system.

The following lists the operating systems supported and provides 
additional information about limitations for each operating system:

Windows NT 4.0 requires Service Pack 5 or 6. The Magna Class 
printer driver is not supported for PCs with Alpha, MIPS, or 
PowerPC processors.

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