DataCard SD260L - Card Design; Verify Setup

A-10 SD460 Laminating System
Card Design
Setupyourcarddesignusingyourcardproductionsoftwareoranotherapplication,suchas
MicrosoftWord.YoucanspecifyyourlaminationpreferencesusingtheCardPrinterDriver.Your
cardproductionsoftwarealsomayprovidelaminationsettings.
TheCardPrinterDriverallowsyoutospecifybothprinterandlaminationpreferences.Refer
to
yourprinter’sDriverGuideforcompleteinformationonsettingupprintingpreferencesand
laminationoptions.
 Iftheprinterhasonelaminator,youcanapplytheoverlaymaterialtooneorbothsidesof
thecard.
 Iftheprinterhastwolaminatorsloadedwithdifferentoverlaymaterials,thequickestwa yto
processacardistoapplytheoverlayinL1tothefrontofthecardandtheoverlayinL2tothe
backofthecard.
Youcanfine‐tunethesettingsthatcontrolthe
applicationoftheoverlayusingPrinterManager.
Refertotheprinter’sInstallationandAdministrator’sGuideforinformationonusingPrinter
Manager.
Verify Setup
Afteryousetuptheprinter,printseveraltestcardstodeterminehowwellthelaminatorapplies
theoverlaytothecard.YoucanprinttestcardsfromtheCardPrinterDriver(refertotheprinter’s
DriverGuide),fromtheprinterLCDpanel(referto“PrintaTestCard”on
page 22),orfromPrinter
Manager(refertotheprinter’sInstallationandAdministrator’sGuide).Youmayneedtoprint
multipletestcardstomakesuretheoverlayispositionedcorrectly.Thecardstock,thecard
design,andtheprinter’senvironmentallcanaffecttheappearanceofcards.
Whenevaluatingacard,
makesurethat:
 Theoverlaysarebeingappliedproperly:
 Eachoverlayisappliedcompletelytothecard.
 Thematerialadhereswelltotheedgesofthecard.
 Theoverlaydoesnotcomeoffwhenthecardisbentortwisted.
 Thecardisdebowedcorrectly.
 Theimpressionispositionedcorrectlyandhastheproperdepth.
Ifyouneedtomakeadjustmentstothelaminatororoverlaysettings,refertothe“Printer
Manager”sectionoftheprinter’sInstallationandAdministrator’sGuide.