DataCard SD260 - Card Layout; Margins

SD Series Installation and Administrator’s Guide 23
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.
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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car d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.