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Adhesive Backed Cards
Adhesive-backed cards are printed, and then adhered to proximity cards when
the card surface is not flat enough to print. The printing surface (white side) of
adhesive-backed card meets the material requirements for use in some printers.
Use the following guidelines:
• Store cards in a cool place (such as a refrigerator) to avoid adhesive migration.
• Clean the printer’s card tracks to remove any
adhesive residue. Use the
printhead cleaning pen or isopropanol and a swab to remove the residue.
• Use a print margin of at least 0.05 inch when using adhesive-backed cards.
Card Quality Guidelines
Cards must meet the following card quality guidelines for the printer to print
high quality graphics on them successfully.
Card Surface
• The card must be free of irregularities such as particles embedded in the
surface.
• The card surface
must be smoot
h and even. Surface irregularities can cause
loss of contact, resulting in printing voids.
• Th
e printing surface must be glossy.
• Card edges must b
e free of raised burrs, which can cause printing voids. This
is especially true when printing edge-to-edge.
Card Handling
These guidelines apply to unprinted cards.
• Any debris or particles on an unprinted c
ard’s surface can reduce print
quality and damage the printhead.
• Grease or oils, such as oils
from your fingers, also reduce print quality. Keep
cards completely clean. Do not touch the print surface of a card with your
fingers or hands.
• Do not use a rubber band to bind blank cards together.
• If you drop a card on the floo
r, do not insert it into the printer.
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