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AVALON and AVALON DUO Printer USER MANUAL
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The Card Front & Card Back Tabs
Use the
Card Front and Back tabs
to determine how the
front
and back of a printed
card will be produced. There are a variety of options that will allow detailed
customization
of ID cards - the
colour format
of printed images,
overcoat security
options, and
orientation
of the printed images.
Colour Format
There is a small picture of two parrots, this shows the
effects the selected
colour format
will have on the printed
images’; if the picture of the parrots is in colour you have
your printer setup to print
full colour
images, if the parrots
are black and white then your printer is setup to print in
monochrome only.
Colour with Composite Black (YMC):
When enabled you will be able to print full colour images,
and any areas of your card design that are black (RGB
value
0,0,0
) including black text and barcodes will be
printed with
Composite Black
.
This means that black areas are printed using a
combination
of the
Y
ellow,
M
agenta and
C
yan colours from the dye-film
ribbon. Use this option if you are printing an image that contains photographs with black areas and your design does not use
much black text and you want to keep your printing speeds as fast as possible.
Colour with Resin Black (YMCK):
When enabled you will be able to print full colour images, and any areas of your card design that are black (RGB value
0,0,0
)
will be printed either as a
composite
of the 3 colour panels or
directly
from the
resin black panel
.
There are a number of
Black Options
available for the user to select which parts of the image should be printed with the
resin black panel -
these options should be
experimented
with, as both the
definition
and
intensity
of the
black
can be
varied
. Use this option if your card design uses
barcodes
and/or a lot of black text. The printer will use the resin panel to
produce
crisp and clear barcodes and text
.
Monochrome (K Only):
This option
must
be selected if a
monochrome dye film (LC3
) is being used.
When enabled,
all images
will be printed in the
single colour resin
. Use this option if you want to photocopy your card
design, or if your card design only contains black objects and text, or you are using a
Resin-only dye film
and you want a
fast and economical print cycle.
Black Options button:
Click on the
Black Options
button to configure how your printer handles the printing of designs that contain
black (
with a
RGB value of 0,0,0). Advanced black options are
not available
if your colour format is set to
Colour and Composite Black
(YMC).
