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SD/CD Installation and Administrator’s Guide 23

Apply Topcoat

Full‐colorprintingfadesifitlackstopcoatprotection.Topcoatprotectstheprinted

imageonthecard.Itisappliedasaneven,consistentfilm.

Makesurethatallcolorprintingiscovere dwithtopcoat(exceptforareassuchas

magneticstripe,smartcardchip,orsignaturepanel).

Whenaribbonwithatopcoator“T”panelis

installed, theprintercanapplytopcoattothecard

usingtheprinthead.Full‐color(YMCKT),KT,and

KTTribbonsincludetopcoatpanels.

Topcoatmustberequestedbytheapplication

sendingthecardtotheprinter.Mostcard

productionsoftwarerequeststopcoatautomatically.

Non-Printing Areas

Thecarddesigncanhavearea swhereprintingisnotallowed.Suchareasinclude

amagneticstripe,signaturepanel,orsmartcardchip.Cardproductionsoftware

usuallymanages suchnon‐printingareasautomatically.IfyoudonotuseID

software,youcanusethedimensionsprovidedbelowformagneticstripeand

smartcardnon‐printingareastocustomizeyourprintandtopcoatareas.

Donotapplytopcoatoverthemagneticstripe,smartcardchip,orsignaturepanelof

acard.Topreventtopcoatapplication,youmustdefineanon‐printingarea.

• Blockingfornon‐printingareastypicallyextends0.1inchbeyondtheedgesof

afeature.Thedimensionslistedinthefollowingsectionsincludetheextended

blockingregion.

• Printseveralcardsusingyourcarddesignandapplicationtoverifythat

printingandtopcoatareappliedasyouintend.

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