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SD/CD Installation and Administrator’s Guide 17
Manage Color
Color management is the process of making color on the PC monitor and printed
card appear as similar as possible. For color management, the card printer uses
the sRGB color standard (standard Red, Green, and Blue color space).
Print Text in Color
The printer can print text in any color. Small characters are likely to be more
readable if they are formatted as black and printed with the black (K) panel. The
printer supports 6 ‐ point or larger text with a sans ‐ serif font.
Print Graphics in Color
The printer produces full ‐ color images from most types of graphics. It can use
BMP, JPEG, TIFF, and PNG file formats for photos and logos.
Vector graphics, such as WMF and SVG files, have components such as shapes
with lines and fills. Components defined as black in the file normally print with
the K panel.
Because the printer uses the print ribbon panels in sequence (YMC first, then K),
black images can print over color graphics. For the best appearance of color
graphics, or to prevent backgrounds that are black from printing over colored
images, use a color that appears black but is not, so that all parts of an image
print with the YMC panels. For example, in the RGB color space, 0, 0, 0 is black
(and prints with the K panel), but 0, 0, 5 is not black (and prints with the YMC
panels).
Types of Color Images
Cards can include both color photos and a color logo or text. The logo is usually
the same on each card, and the photo is unique. Follow these guidelines to obtain
the best results for printing both logo and photos.
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First, check the color quality of the photos:
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Adjust the image capture system to get the best quality photos; work with
distance, lighting, and camera settings to obtain consistent, high ‐ quality
photos.
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Evaluate the quality of printed photos after the image capture system is
optimized.