本文介绍了粘胶卡的使用机在斑马证卡打印机上使用时发生的问题This article explains the use of adhesive-backed cards and the problems that may incur when using them on Zebra card printers
适用于Applies To
- 选择打印机类型Select card printer models (see note below)
- 斑马和非斑马粘胶卡Zebra and non-Zebra adhesive back cards
详细信息Details
粘胶卡也称为贴片卡，是指PVC卡片的背面有不干胶纸，将不干胶的衬纸去除后，可以将卡黏贴在其它卡片表面上，常见于员工卡、考勤卡应用中。在粘胶卡打印时，我们一定要特别留心。Adhesive-backed cards are cards that can be peeled off a backing in order to stick it to a hard surface or onto other cards. Special care is required when printing on these cards.
注释NOTE: 并非所有Zebra证卡打印机支持粘胶卡，因为卡片厚度的原因。Not all Zebra card printers support these cards due to the thickness size requirements for each printer. Check the printer's user manual or Zebra's website for printer/card specifications.
粘胶卡一般厚度是10-20mil，因此在打印过程中粘胶卡更加容易变形。Adhesive-backed cards are generally in the 10-20 mil thickness variety, and as such they are more sensitive to deformation during the printing operation. 这将导致色带断裂。This can lead to ribbon breaking. 更为重要的是，许多非Zebra原厂粘胶卡的衬纸是类似蜡光纸的表面。More importantly, some non-Zebra adhesive-backed cards have a wax/paper like backing that you pull away to expose the adhesive. 这种衬纸非常滑，导致卡片传送轮无法更好地抓牢卡片These cards are not supported as the paper backed adhesive cards are very slippery and prevent the transport rollers in the printer from getting a good grip on the card. 这将导致在打印过程中出现卡片停滞的现象This leads to the card stalling during the printing process. 卡片停滞时，打印头传递的热量将在卡片的一个位置上持续释放太长时间，从而将色带烫穿。When the card stalls, the heat from the print head will stay at one spot for too long and break (burn through) the ribbon.
我们在使用Zebra原厂的PET衬底的粘胶卡时，也要注意以下几点：When using Zebra mylar-backed adhesive cards, keep the following in mind:
- 卡片设计中不要有大面积的色彩（单个彩色图案面积应该小于卡片的10%，总彩色图案面积小于30%）It is important that the card design be one that does not have large areas of color (color areas should be less than 10% of the card area each and less than 30% of the card area in total)
- 设计不能是边到边，卡片边缘保留2-3mm的空白The design should not be edge to edge, leave a 2-3 mm spacing from the edge of the card to the edge of printing objects / text
- 周期清洁打印机，因为粘胶经常会溢出、积累在卡片和色带传送区域Cleaning your printer frequently will also help, since the adhesive backed cards often have adhesive which "leaks out" at the edge of the card and this can accumulate on the card and ribbon transport areas
Contact the card manufacturer should you have questions about the material/quality of your card.
