Card Size; Topcoat; Photos And Graphics; Ribbon Configurations - DataCard SR200 User Manual

The following settings in ID Works Designer override the corresponding settings in the Printing
Preferences dialog box of the SR200 & SR300 printer driver:
Landscape or portrait orientation
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Number of copies
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Print on both sides (duplex printing)
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Rotate by 180 (degrees)
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Magnetic stripe or smart card encoding
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Other settings in the Printing Preferences dialog box for the SR200 & SR300 printer, such as Using
Resin K ink, can override the settings you make using the ID software. Refer to the Datacard
SR200 & SR300 Card Printers and LM200 & LM300 Laminators User's Guide for more information.

Card Size

CR80 (also called ISO‐1) is the only card size supported by the Datacard SR‐CR retransfer printer
plug‐in. If your card design is larger than a CR80 card, only a portion of the card design is printed.
(Refer to the ID Works Designer online help topic "Change card size".)

Topcoat

The SR200 & SR300 printer does not support a topcoat print panel. Do not select:
The Apply topcoat to non‐field areas setting on the Printing tab of the Edit Card Design
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Properties dialog box.
The Apply topcoat over field setting on the General tab of a card's Edit Field Properties dialog
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box.
The Use topcoat panel setting on the Appearance tab of a card's Edit Field Properties dialog
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box.

Photos and Graphics

For best printing results, select Print black using YMC panels for color photo fields, graphics
fields, or card background. For photo and graphics fields, this selection is on the Printing tab of
the Edit Field Properties dialog box. For the card background it is on the Background tab of the
Edit Card Design Properties dialog box.
Bar codes, which are sent to the printer as graphics, must be printed with the black (K) panel.

Ribbon Configurations

The SR200 & SR300 printer plug‐in supports two ribbon types: YMCK and YMCKK. The printer also
supports YMCKPO and YMCUVK ribbons. YMCKPO has a peel‐off panel which removes the
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