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Advanced Information

User’s Guide for the Magna™ Class Printer

This section describes the operational settings for the printer that you 
can change using the printer driver. These settings can be used to 
customize the performance of your printer to meet the demands of 
your card design. 

For detailed information about how to change each setting, see Help 
for the appropriate dialog box.

You must use the PC to which the printer is connected to change 
operational settings. You cannot change operational settings 
using a PC connected through a network.

You can work with the following:

Before changing any operational settings, you need to record the 
current values in the printer using the Printer Values tab. This 
record will allow you to return to current settings if the changes 
you make do not address your concerns. 

You can change the print performance and appearance of cards 
you print by changing the preheat value. The preheat value 
determines the temperature of the printhead during the print 
process but when the printhead is not actually printing. A higher 

Add scratch-off area to color 

and black ID card

YMCKTKT

Scratch-off 

(K)

Yes

Yes

Add scratch-off area to color 

ID card

YMCT/

YMCT

Scratch-off 

(K)

Yes

No

Add scratch-off area to one-

color ID card

Green (K)

Scratch-off 

(K)

No

Yes

Pre-print cards with red 

logo, then print color and 

black ID cards

Red (K)

YMCKTKT

Yes

No

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