RecTrac 10.1 Reference Guide

Reference Guide RecTrac 10.1
of the wrinkled ribbon has been spooled onto the front spool, push the printing mechanism back down until you
hear it click into place.
6 Now that the print stock is loaded, adjust the print ribbon. On the right side of the printing mechanism, there's a
dial with the numbers 1-9 on it. These numbers designate how wide the pass stock is. For 3 inch wide stock,
set the number to 6.
7 Close the cover. It should click into place.
8 Turn the Power On.
9 In Windows go to Start � Settings � Printers.
10 Select Add Printer and follow the steps in the Wizard.
Note: Before starting steps 9 & 10 make sure you have the printer's drivers disk handy.
See Also: Troubleshooting the Ovation Printer
RecTrac Printer FM for the Ovation Printer
1 In RecTrac, click on (Files - System - Other -) Printer/Device File Maint.
2 Scroll down the Device Listing to see if there is an OVATION2 Printer. If not, click Add.
3 Click the down arrow next to the Type field and select Printer from the drop down list.
4 In the Sub-Type field select Ovation from the drop down list.
5 In the ID field, type OVATION2.
6 Click the Next button at the bottom of the screen. Notice that several new fields are now displayed on the screen.
7 In the Description field, enter Ovation 2 Pass Printer.
8 Select Active as the status option.
9 In the Form Size field enter the form size of your passes.
Note: The typed entries are case sensitive.
10 In the Print Option field, enter N for normal.
11 In the Large Font field, 4. In the Medium Font field, 3. In the Small Font field, type 2. These are all taken from
the manual and are printer specific.
Note: You can also use fonts 0,1,5 and 6. Fonts 0 – 2 are upper and lower case, fonts 3 – 7 are all upper case letters.
12 In the Bar Code field, type 1A40040.
13 In the Backfeed Rotation field, type f400. This field is how far back the printer will rotate the card to detect the
black line to start printing. f400 has been proven to work, but if you would like the printer to feed more or less,
then adjust the 400 number to what you would like, using the formula 200dots=1inch.
14 In the Prt Device field, type the port that the ovation printer is attached/captured to (for example: LPT1 or com1).
15 In the Print Speed field, type PB. There are other options but this option has proven to worked well in the past.
16 In the Slew Speed field, type SB. There are other options but this option has proven to work well in the past).
17 In the Dot Size field, type D11. This is required for an Ovation2 printer and is in the manual.
18 In the Density field, type H25. There are other options but this option has proven to work well in the past.
19 In the Gap/Bline field, type r if the pass stock is separated by a black line OR type e if the stock is separated by
a notch.
20 In the Text Rotation field, type 1.
Note: 1 = no rotation, 2 = 180 degree rotation (upside down)
21 Click Done. The printer has been setup. You will return to the Printer/Device Maintenance screen.
22 Click Exit.
Template Setup for Pass Printing with the Ovation Printer
1 In RecTrac, click on (Files - Pass -) Pass Template Maintenance. If you receive a message No Pass Templates
Exist - Do You Wish To Add, click Yes.
2 In the Template ID field, name the Pass Template whatever you would like.
3 In the Description Field, use whatever description best describes your Pass.
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