SD160/SD260 Card Printers User’s Guide 41Printing includes unexpected dataThe color printing has flawsProblem ProbableCause SolutionTextthatwasintendedforthemagneticstripeprintedonthecardinstead.Themagneticstripefontwasnotappliedtothetext.Referto“MagneticStripeFonts”intheprinter’sDriverGuide.Theescapewastypedincorrectly.Referto“MagneticStripeEscapes”intheprinter’sDriverGuide.Thetexttoencodewaslongerthanoneline.Reducethefontsizetokeepalltextononeline.Severalblankcardsareejectedbeforethefullcardprints.Theapplicationusesthepagesizethatisineffectwhenacarddesigndocumentiscreated.Settingthepagesizeaftercreatingthedocumentcancauseerrors.Usethepagesetupfeatureoftheapplicationtosetthepagesizebeforecreatingthedocument.Considercreatingatemplateforcardsthatopensatthecorrectpagesize.Problem ProbableCause SolutionOneormorelinesappearonthecard.Theprintheadisdirtyordamaged.Cleantheprinthead.Referto“CleanthePrinthead”onpage 26.Theprintqualitychangesfromthepreviouscard.Theribbontypewaschangedwhilecardjobswereintheprinterqueue.Thetypeofribboninstalledintheprinterdeterminesthecolorprofileusedwhenthecardissenttoprint.Iftheribbontypechangeswhilejobsarequeued,thecardmaynotprintcorrectly.Allowallqueuedjobstocompletebeforechangingthetypeofribbonintheprinter.Changingtoaribbonofthesametypedoesnotaffectprinting.Onecolorpanelisnotalignedcorrectlywithothercolorpanels.Thecardsareslippinginthetrack.Runacleaningcard.Referto“RunaPrinterCleaningCard”onpage 28.Thecardsarenotthecorrectsizefortheprinter.Usecardsthatmeetthesizerequirementfortheprinter.Referto“Cards”inyourprinter’sInstallationandAdministrator’sGuideforspecifications.Ifyoumustusethecardsyouhave,askyoursystemadministratorforhelp.