2: Installation and Setup
Loading the Laminate
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Laminating Contact Smart Cards
The laminate for the top surface of a contact smart card has a repeating pattern of an index hole
and a rectangular cutout to expose the card’s electrical contacts.
Step 1. Remove the Upper Laminate Cassette; see Page 22.
Step 2. Open the cassette, and remove the laminate if present.
Step 3. Load the smart card laminate into the cassette; see Page 24.
Step 4. Cut the laminate, splitting the index hole as shown.
electrical contacts
index hole
rectangular cutout
Cut the laminate, splitting the
index hole