Product Info
Table Of Contents
- SP_Info_Central.book
- SP Series Info Central
- What do you want to do?
- Answer questions you have about using the printer
- Learn how to use this online information
- Learn more about tasks, such as installation, setup, or maintenance
- Solve problems with printing
- Access an online version of the Printer Guide
- Open help for the Printer Toolbox and Messages
- Open help for Properties or Printing Preferences
- Safety and compliance (FCC)
- Acknowledgments
- SP Series Info Central
- SP_Install_e-guide.book
- Installation
- Before you install
- Install the printer
- Installing the driver
- Upgrading the driver
- Reinstalling the driver
- Troubleshooting Installation Problems
- PC port settings
- Connecting more than one printer or more than one PC
- On the CD-ROM
- Installation
- SP_Setup_e-guide.book
- Setting up for your card design
- How do I create a card design?
- What is a card design?
- When should I perform setup tasks?
- What do I use to set up the printer?
- Why are there several interfaces to set up the printer?
- Card design checklist
- Working with Properties and Printing Preferences
- Changing the type of print ribbon
- Set up for monochrome (K) printing
- Color settings
- Changing settings in the printer
- Magnetic Stripe Setup
- Smart card setup
- Setting up for your card design
- SP_Production_e-guide.book
- SP_Supplies_e-guide.book
- SP_Troubleshooting_e-guide.book
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SP Series Info Central:Supplies e-Guide
Card size
Use CR-80 size cards with the following nominal dimensions:
Actual card thickness can vary by up to ten percent from the sizes listed. Smart card chips can be raised
slightly from the printing surface.
Card bow must be less than the thickness of the card.
Card material
Use cards made of the following types of material:
• Glossy PVC surface, either 100% PVC cards or composite cards with a PVC surface.
• If you use both a topcoat station and an overlay station, composite cards with a polyester core and PVC
surface are recommended.
• Cards with a magnetic stripe on one side of the card.
• Cards with a smart card chip on the top of the card. Depending on the module installed in the printer,
contact-type, contactless, or both types of smart card chips can be programmed.
Embossed cards cannot be processed in the SP Series printer.
StickICards
StickICards™, part number 597640-001, can be used. StickICards are used to make personalized cards
that can be adhered to proximity cards when the card surface is not flat enough to print. The printing
surface of the StickICard (white side) meets the material requirements for use in the printer.
When using StickICards, follow these guidelines:
• Store cards in a cool place (such as a refrigerator) to avoid adhesive migration.
• Fan cards before loading them in the card cartridge.
• Clean the printer’s card tracks to remove any adhesive residue. Use the printhead cleaning pen or
isopropanol and a swab to remove the residue.
• Use a print margin of 0.1 or 0.05 inch with StickICards.
Contactless smart cards
Contactless smart cards are also called RF (radio frequency) cards and proximity cards. Contactless smart
cards can have an irregular surface where the internal components of the card are located. You might
modify the card design to avoid printing photos or other images over the internal components of the card.
Length 3.37 inches 85.60 mm
Width 2.125 inches 53.98 mm
Thickness with
smart card chip
0.027 to 0.040 inches 0.685 to 1.016 mm
Thickness (all
other cards)
0.020 to 0.050 inches 0.508 to 1.27 mm