Smart Card Encoding - DataCard SR200 User Manual

protective retransfer film. YMCUVK has a UV panel, which prints with translucent UV ink. Both
require additional data which the plug‐in does not support.
Design your card and set printing preferences to use the ribbons efficiently. For example, if your
card design has color fields on the front and only black fields on the back side, when printed with
a YMCK ribbon, one complete set of panels is used. The yellow, magenta, and cyan panels are
used for the front side of the card and the black panel is used for the back side.
If this card includes a bar code, locating the bar code on the back conserves ribbon and results in
the best appearance on the front of the card. A card design with color on front and back, and
black printing on both sides uses two sets of YMCK panels.
The YMCKK ribbon is the most efficient choice if your card design has color and pure black on one
side and black only on the other side.
Refer to "Printing Preferences" in the Datacard SR200 & SR300 Card Printers and LM200 &
LM300 Laminators User's Guide for information on setting up color and monochrome printing.

Smart Card Encoding

If your SR200 or SR300 card printer contains an optional smart card reader, your card designs can
include data to be encoded onto the cards you print.
Programming for smart card chip encoding is done outside of the Datacard ID software
application. Each institution typically develops its own proprietary software and custom plug‐ins
to meet its encoding requirements.
Use the Datacard ID software Smart Card Application Manager (shown below) to create smart
card fields and encode smart card data.
When smart card encoding is required, connect the printer with a USB data cable only.
Network installation of the SR200 & SR300 card printers does not support smart card use.
6 SR200 & SR300 Plug-in User's Guide