Specifications

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Card Layout
Thearrangementorlayoutofcomponentsdetermineshowwellyourcarddesign
worksforusers.Followtheseguidelinestopositioncarddesigncomponentsfor
bestresults.
Margins
Anyunprintedareaattheedgeofthecardoraroundtheperimeterofacard
featureiscalledthemargin.
Margins at the Edge of a Card
Somecardprinte rscanprintedgetoedge,whichisthesameasamarginof
zero (0)ornomargin.Thecardontheleftshowsamarginofwhitespaceatthe
outeredgeofthecard.Thecardontherightshowsedge‐to‐edgeprinting.
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• Edge‐to‐edgeprintingcanrequire fine‐tuningtheprinterandthecarddesign.
Includethistaskaspartofsetup.
• Somecontactlesscardssupportedge‐to‐edgeprinting.Contactyourcard
manufacturertolearnwhetherthecardsyouusesupportedge‐to‐edge
printing.
Margins for Card Features
Maintainamarginbetweenprintingandcar dfeatures,suchasasignaturepanel,
magneticstripe,orsmartcardchip.Forbestresults,donotprintcloserthan0.1
inch(2.5mm)fromsuchafeature.