DataCard CE840, Инструкция по установке и руководство администратора

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46 Elements of Card Design
Printing Design
Printing design includes color and monochrome printing, bar code printing, non-printing areas,
and card layout.
Color Printing
Color print ribbon is available in full-panel and short-panel styles.
Full-Panel Ribbon
Full-panel color printing uses a print ribbon with three
color panels: Y (yellow), M (magenta), and C (cyan). The
ribbon also includes a K (black) panel and a T (topcoat)
panel. The printer applies the YMC color panels to the
card first, prints black components using the K panel, and then applies the T (topcoat) to protect
the color image from damage.
Full-panel color print ribbons with an ultraviolet (UV) fluorescent panel, YMCKFT, also are
available.
The UV printing is undetectable under normal lighting and is meant to provide another form of
security. Refer to your card personalization software documentation for more information about
setting up a card design that includes UV printing.
Short-Panel Ribbon
Color print ribbon also is available in a short-panel option. The
color area for short-panel ribbon is either 1.57 inches (40 mm) 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. (In this guide, “ymc” in lowercase, instead of “YMC,” refers to “short-panel”
color panels.)
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.
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). You specify the color management system in Printer
Manager. Refer to
“Print” on page 79 for more information.
The ribbon panel configuration that supports YMCKFT functionality can differ
depending on your printer model.
Full-panel YMCKT Ribbon
Short-panel ymcKT Ribbon