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Your Javelin Jack printer will tell you its exact printing status using its LED indicators on its visual display board. Each LED indicator has its own unique colour which represents your Javelin Jack’s printing status.

If your printer requires assistance, please ensure that you reference your printer status to the techincal team – usually the problem is simple to solve and your printer status will help the technical team to diagnose your printer quickly.

Unsure of what to do? Please see our customer support page here and get in touch today with our technical support team.

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Compare our software packages

	PriceTag Price labelling software Includes: Design tools, printing tools, images tools, allergen and icon image library, unlimited internal database	Create Entry level software Includes: Design tools, printing tools, image tools, limited to 200 records, Magnetic stripe encoding	Connect Everything in Create Plus: Advanced: design tools, printing tools and image tools. Unlimited records. CSV, MS, DB and Paradox connectivity.	Enhanced Everything in Connect Plus: Face recognition. Unlimited templates per layout. Multiple database connections. MS SQL server and MY SQL connectivity.	Ultimate Everything in Enhanced Plus: Encoding: MIFARE® Classic, HID® proximity reading. Plug-in support.	Max Everything in Ultimate Plus: Encoding: MIFARE® DESFire and MIFARE® SAM reading. Advanced scripting.
Software features
Free lifetime updates	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Design tools and functionality features
Various card sizes	CR80	CR80	All sizes	All sizes	All sizes	All sizes
Add card templates	Unlimited	5	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Pre-defined templates	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Step-by-step card design wizard	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Text, image, and drawing objects	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
1D Barcodes	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Manual data entries	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Grouping templates	✅	–	✅	✅	✅	✅
Background removal	–	–	✅	✅	✅	✅
2D Barcodes	✅	–	✅	✅	✅	✅
Export card preview	–	–	✅	✅	✅	✅
Unlimited layouts per template	–	–	–	✅	✅	✅
Printing features
Print to windows printers	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Single and dual sided printing	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
UV Panel printing	–	–	✅	✅	✅	✅
Batch printing	✅	–	✅	✅	✅	✅
Windows print manager	–	–	✅	✅	✅	✅
Network printing	–	–	–	–	–	SBS
Photos, signatures, and image features
Image tools editor	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
DirectShow webcam support	–	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Twain image Acquisition	–	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Canon camera support	–	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Copy and paste photos	–	–	✅	✅	✅	✅
Advanced photo options	–	–	✅	✅	✅	✅
Signature pad support	–	–	✅	✅	✅	✅
Automatic face recognition	–	–	–	✅	✅	✅
Database connectivity
Internal database	✅ Unlimited	✅ Up to 200 records	✅ Unlimited	✅ Unlimited	✅ Unlimited	✅ Unlimited
MS Excel connectivity	–	–	✅	✅	✅	✅
CSV and text DB connectivity	✅ CSV import/export only	–	✅	✅	✅	✅
Paradox connectivity	–	–	✅	✅	✅	✅
MS SQL server connectivity (native)	–	–	–	✅	✅	✅
MySQL Connectivity (native)	–	–	–	✅	✅	✅
Active directory read and write (LDAP)	–	–	–	–	–	✅
Encoding features
Magnetic encoding	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
HID® Proximity reading	–	–	–	–	✅	✅
MIFARE® Classic 1K and 4K	–	–	–	–	✅	✅
MIFARE® DESFire EV1	–	–	–	–	–	✅
MIFARE® SAM AV2	–	–	–	–	–	✅
Other features
ID scanner support	–	–	–	–	✅	✅
Fingerprint scanner support	–	–	–	–	✅	✅
Paxton Net2 access control data connector	–	–	–	–	Plugin	Plugin
Contact card encoding	–	–	–	–	Plugin	Plugin
MIFARE® Ultralight	–	–	–	–	Plugin	Plugin
iClass & SEOS reading	–	–	–	–	Plugin	Plugin

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Javelin Jack direct-to-card printer

Checking my printer status

Compare our software packages

PriceTag

Price labelling software

Includes:
Design tools, printing tools, images tools, allergen and icon image library, unlimited internal database

Create

Entry level software

Includes:
Design tools, printing tools, image tools, limited to 200 records, Magnetic stripe encoding

Connect

Everything in Create

Plus:
Advanced: design tools, printing tools and image tools. Unlimited records. CSV, MS, DB and Paradox connectivity.

Enhanced

Everything in Connect

Plus:
Face recognition. Unlimited templates per layout. Multiple database connections. MS SQL server and MY SQL connectivity.

Ultimate

Everything in Enhanced

Plus:
Encoding: MIFARE® Classic, HID® proximity reading. Plug-in support.

Max

Everything in Ultimate

Plus:
Encoding: MIFARE® DESFire and MIFARE® SAM reading. Advanced scripting.

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