User`s guide

62 Card Design Tasks
About Printing Areas
Ifthecardhasmorethanonenon‐printableareaonaside,definebothnon‐
printingareasusingprintblockingescapes.Anescapestatementappliestothe
sideofthecardwhereitappearsinthedocument.
AreasdefinedusingprintblockingescapesalwaysoverrideCardPrinterDriver
PrinterPreferencessettings.
Eachprintblockingareaisasquareorrectangularshape.
Print Blocking Syntax
Thesyntaxorstructureofeachprintblockingescapestatementis
~XX%n1n2n3n4?where:
• ~isthebeginningofthe
statement
• XXrepresentsthe typeofaction–
BlockPrint(PB),AddTopcoat(TA),
orRemoveTopcoat(TR)
• %indicatesthestartofvalues
• n1isthedistancefromthetopof
thecardtothestartofthearea
• n2isthedistancefromtheleft
edgeofthecardtothestartthe
area
• n3iswithwidthofthearea
• n4istheheightofthearea
• ?istheendofthesta tement
Thecardintheexampleshowsthedimensionsofathree‐trackmagneticstripe
area.
Theescapestatementcanspecifymorethanoneareaofthesametypeby
placingasemicolon(;)characterbetweenthesetsofvalues.
Blockingtypicallyextends0.1inchbeyondtheedgesofafeature.Thedimensions
listedincludetheextendedblockingregion.