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Supplies and Parts
Supplies
Print ribbon, indent ribbon, and topping foil are available from your dealer. For best results, run a
cleaning card and replace the cleaning sleeve after every 500 cards processed by the system,
when you replace a print ribbon, or every 6 months.
Print Ribbon
Print ribbon kits include a print ribbon, a cleaning card, and a replaceable cleaning sleeve.
Color Print Ribbon
Color print ribbon is available in either full-panel or short-panel options. Both full-panel and
short-panel print ribbons use the following color panels: Y (yellow), M (magenta), C (cyan/blue),
K (black), and T (topcoat). Ribbons with an ultraviolet fluorescent (F) panel provide an additional
security feature.
Full Panel
Use full-panel print ribbon when the card design calls for
color printing on the entire card.
Full-panel color print ribbons with an ultraviolet (UV)
fluorescent panel, YMCKFT, also are available.
Short Panel
Use short-panel print ribbon when only a portion of the card
design calls for color. For example, a card design may have a
color photo on the top or left of the card, and black text on the
bottom of the card. The color area for short-panel ribbon is 1.57
inches (40mm) or 1.47 inches (37.5 mm), depending on the ribbon configuration. The ymc panels
of short-panel ribbon are approximately half the length of a full card.
When you print with short-panel print ribbon, you define the location of the color area in the
card design. Color printing begins when the software detects a color pixel and continues for the
length of the ymc panels.
The ribbon panel configuration that supports YMCKFT functionality can differ
depending on your printer model.
Full-panel YMCKT Ribbon
Short-panel ymnKT Ribbon
