DataCard CE875, Installation And Administrator'S Manual

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42 Elements of Card Design
Monochrome Printing
Monochrome printing prints cards using a single color. You can use the black panel of a full-color
ribbon to print monochrome elements.
Monochrome Printing with Full-Color Ribbon
Full-color ink ribbon includes a black panel. Text and bar
codes are usually printed with the black panel. Full-color
print ribbon also prints any monochrome or one-bit-per-
pixel graphics using the K panel.
Print Text in Monochrome
Printing text using a K panel can make text look crisp, because it uses only one panel for printing.
The font used also affects legibility. The printer reliably
prints 2-point Arial font. Bold, sans-serif fonts are more
readable after printing than serif fonts, or fonts with
thin strokes, as shown at right. In the example, fonts
that print well are shown toward the top of the card.