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Ultra Electronics Ltd
Magicard Enduro User Manual
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Overcoat Options
By default the printer will print the transparent protective overcoat
layer over the entire surface area of the card. The Overcoat Options
window provides advanced controls for customising the size and
position of the area covered, and to insert ‘holes’ (of no overcoat)
into that overcoat area.
Overcoat Area Selection
When enabled, the User Defined option gives access to the overcoat
area definition window; click on the ‘Define’ Button to access these
options.
Overcoat Holes
An overcoat hole is an area on the card that will have no overcoat printed on it.
A variety of pre-set Overcoat Holes can be selected for use with magnetic stripe and smart chip cards. (The holes will
conform to the ISO standard positions).
Alternatively, the User Defined option provides advanced controls for creating customised overcoat holes, click on the
‘Define’ Button to access these options.
Overcoat – Define Areas & Holes
User Defined Overcoat Areas & Holes are created by entering the size and position of the coverage area or hole. It is
possible to define up to 2 Overcoat Coverage Areas and up to 2 Overcoat Holes, these will appear in a preview window
in the right hand side, Areas will appear as Grey polygons and Holes will appear as Black polygons.
Defining a custom coverage area (or hole):
Select one of the available Profiles from the list
on the left side of the window - its details will be
displayed on the right side along with a preview.
Define the size (height and width) of the required
coverage area (or hole) and it will be displayed
as a rectangle in the preview window - use this
rectangle to gauge the height and width values
correctly.
Move the rectangle to the required position.
Positioning is based on a grid reference using
an X (left/right) and Y (up/down) axis and moving
in units of pixels (Tip: there are 11.8 (approx. 12)
pixels per millimetre (mm)). Use the preview as
a guide while increasing/decreasing the X and Y values.