Zebra Technologies P100iTM - Manual (Page 70)

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Smart Card Encoder
Printing on Smart Cards
Contactless Smart cards
For contactless smart-cards, orientation is not a consideration (unless the card will be printed
on; see below).
Printing on Smart Cards
Contact Smart Cards
When designing material to be printed on Contact Smart Cards, be sure the printing will not be
on the contact area.
Contactless Smart Cards
When designing material to be printed on Contactless Smart Cards, be sure the printing will
not be on the smart chip area (i.e., the printing on either side of the card must not be on top of
or underneath the smart chip area).
By looking at an unprinted card very carefully, it is possible to see the chip location (as in the
figure on the left below). If you print in that area, results will be unsatisfactory (in the figure on
the right, the “star” should have been a single solid color).
Smart Chip Location