Image Clipping Leading And Trailing - DataCard CP80 Plus Service Manual

Image Clipping Leading and Trailing

These settings clip (truncate) the image so printing begins in the correct position.
Range
Increase Value
Decrease Value
Symptom/Solution
CP80 and CP80 Plus Service Manual
0 to 1000 (in thousandths of an inch)
Increases the amount of unprinted space on the leading or
trailing edge of the card.
Decreases the amount of unprinted space on the leading
or trailing edge of the card.
Undesirable white space on the leading edge of the card.
• Reduce the leading edge image clipping.
• Also check the Card Registration Offset Adjustment (p. 5-
50) to make sure that is not the cause.
Undesirable white space on the trailing edge of the card.
• Reduce the trailing edge image clipping.
• Verify that the card design is not too short to extend to
the end of the card.
Frequent ribbon breaks at the leading or trailing edge of a
card.
• Increase the image clipping to prevent the printhead
from overheating the ribbon before printing should
begin.
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