DataCard SD260L Installation And Administrator's Manual

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SD260L/SD360/SD460 Installation and Administrator’s Guide 21Short-Panel RibbonColor print ribbon also is available in a short-panel option. Thecolor area for short-panel ribbon is either 1.57 inches (40 mm) or1.47 inches (37.5 mm), depending on the ribbon configuration.The ymc panels of short-panel ribbon are approximately half thelength 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 thecard design. Color printing begins when the software detects a color pixel and continues for thelength of the ymc panels.Split-Ribbon Color PrintingSplit-ribbon color printing lets you use less ribbon to print cards in color. It is available only withthe Card Printer Driver. Refer to your printer’s Driver Guide for information about how to specifysplit-ribbon color printing and the split ribbon options available.Split-ribbon color printing uses a single ribbon panel set from a full-color ribbon to print bothsides of a card, rather than two or three panel sets. The ribbon can be a full-panel or short-panelcolor ribbon. The order in which the color, black, and topcoat sections of the panel set are used toprint the card depends on the type of ribbon installed in the printer and the split-ribbon optionselected on the printer’s Printing Preferences window.Manage ColorColor management is the process of making color on the PC monitor and printed card appear assimilar 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 PrinterManager. Refer to “Print” on page 55 for more information.Print Text in ColorThe printer can print text in any color. Small characters are likely to be more readable if they are asans-serif font formatted as black and printed with the black (K) panel. Refer to “Print Text inMonochrome” on page 23. The printer supports 6-point or larger text.Most types of cards, including cards with magnetic stripes and smart cards, can beprinted using split-ribbon printing. Options for color, monochrome, and topcoatare available when you use split-ribbon printing.Short-panel ymcKT Ribbon