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72 Supplies and Parts

New Cards for Color Printing

Theprinterisdesignedtoprintonnewcardstock.Ifyouprintoncardstwice,be

carefultoavoidgettingdirt,fingerprints,orothercontaminantsoncardsbefore

thesecondprinting.Previousprintingcaninterferewithprintingandresultin

cardsthatdonothavetheappearanceyouwant.Printingoncardsthathave

beenissuedmightintroducesubstancesthatinterferewithcardprintingor

damagetheprinter.Ifapreviouslyprintedcardhasbeenprintedwithtopcoat,

thecardcannotbeprintedasecondtime.

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an

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a

printheadcleaningswab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smoothandeven,andfreeofirregularitiessuchasraisedburrs

orparticlesembeddedinthesurface.Surfaceirregularitiescancauseprinting

voids,especiallywhenprintingedgeto

edge.

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