Before you can use your HID Fargo printer to encode and print ID cards, you must add
the printer to Security Center.
Before you begin
- Install and connect the HID Fargo ID card printer and encoder.
- Make sure that the HID driver and firmware are both up to date.
For more information, see the documentation that came with your printer.
Procedure
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From the Config
Tool home page, open
the Plugins task.
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From the entity browser, select the Advanced enrollment
role.
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Click Printer profiles.
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Under the Profile list, click Add
().
A printer profile appears in the list.
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In the Profile field, enter a name for the printer profile,
then in the Manufacturer field, select HID
Driver.
The HID printer configuration options appear.
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Configure the following:
- Encoder
- Select the HID encoding unit you want to use.
- Card type
- Choose from:
- Docking card support
- Choose from:
- None
- Prox
- Contact
- Contactless
- MiFare
- Double-sided printing
- Indicates whether or not the printer has two-sided printing capability. Turn this
setting ON if your printer has hardware capable of two-sided
printing. When this setting is set to OFF, you will be prompted
to reinsert a card if you need to print on both sides.
- File format
- Use this list to load the HID-provided file format configuration file to enable card
encoding and reading. Select the format, click Edit, and load the
format file.
IMPORTANT: In order to encode cards of a given format, you must
have the correct HID-provided file loaded in the File format
field.
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Click Add and close.