Supplies; Print Ribbon; Color Print Ribbon - DataCard CE870 Installation And Administrator's Manual

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.
The ribbon panel configuration that supports YMCKFT functionality can differ
depending on your printer model.
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.
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Full-panel YMCKT Ribbon
Short-panel ymnKT Ribbon
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