DataCard SD160

SD260L/SD360/SD460 Installation and Administrator’s GuideSD160/SD260 Installation and
Card Layout
Thearrangementorlayoutofcomponentsdetermineshowwellyourcarddesignworksforusers.
Followtheseguidelinestopositioncarddesigncomponentsforbestresults.
Margins
Anyunprintedareaattheedgeofthecardoraroundtheperimeterofacardfeatureiscalledthe
margin.
MarginsattheEdgeofaCard
Thecardprinterscanprintedgetoedge,whichisthesameasamarginofzero (0)ornomargin.
Thecardon
theleftshowsamarginofwhitespaceattheouteredgeofthecard.Thecardonthe
rightshowsedge‐to‐edgeprinting.
Edge‐to‐edgeprintingcanrequirefine‐tuningtheprinterandthecarddesign.Includethistaskas
partofsetup.
MarginsforCardFeatures
Maintainamarginbetweenprintingandcardfeatures,suchasasignaturepanel,magneticstripe,
orsmartcardchip.Forbestresults,donotprintcloserthan
0.1inch(2.5mm)fromsucha
feature.