Specifications

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Document Stock
Coating and Preprint
03/05/2009 TTPM2™ Installation and Programming Manual P1003645-001
Coating and Preprint
Thermal-Print to Preprint Alignment
Tolerances in the printer, and in the ticket stock itself, can cause misalignment between the
preprint of the ticket stock and the thermal print. The ticket guides in the printer are adjusted to
54.38 ± 0.05 mm. Narrower adjustment tolerances would cause paper jam when the relative
humidity changes the ticket width.
A ticket width of 53.98 ± 0.2 mm gives a maximum misalignment of 0.65 mm (54.38 + 0.05 –
(53.98 – 0.2)).
Magnetic Media
Thermal coating Shall meet or exceed the ANSI 3.11
specification
Smoothness: Max. 75 Sheffield units
Properties: Same as fax grade 3
Top coating The thermo-sensitive surface of the document
stock can be provided with a protective UV or
moisture proofing top coating
Caution • Never use abrasive inks as they reduce the life of the thermal print head.
Preprint Tickets can be preprinted on one, or both sides.
Ink for thermo-sensitive side: Laser printer approved ink with-out
whiteners
Ink for magnetic stripe side: Offset ink
Note • Avoid designing tickets that require close alignment between preprint and thermal
print.
Magnetic stripe Side stripe positioned according to ISO 7811/2
Center stripe (option)
Magnetic media Full tape, transfer tape or slurry
Caution • In case of slurry, care must be taken to avoid excess slurry material and
abrasive particles that may cause unduly high degree of wear on the magnetic recording
and read heads in the TTPM2 .