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Section 4: Ribbons and Cards
4250/4225 Card Printer UserÕs Manual
Resin-Only Ribbons (for 4250 and 4225)
Resin-only ribbons consist of a continuous roll of a single resin color. No protective
overlay panel (O) is provided since resin images do not require the protection of
such an overlay. The following resin-only ribbon types are available:
Standard Resin Black (K)
This ribbon provides high resin durability ideal
(provides 1,000 prints)
for most general purpose monochrome ID card
applications. Resin black bar codes are readable by
both infra-read and visible-light bar code scanners.
Colored Resin
Several colored resin ribbons are available in
(provides 1,000 prints)
a variety of colors for customizing or color coding
resin-only ID cards.
Premium Resin Black (K)
This ribbon provides maximum resin durability
(provides 1,000 prints)
ideal for applications such as access control where
cards are repeatedly swiped through a magnetic stripe
reader. Resin black bar codes are readable by both
infra-read and visible-light bar code scanners.
Metallic Resin
Metallic resin ribbons are available for printing
(provides 1,000 prints)
resin images with a metallic sheen.
Dye-Sublimation-Only Ribbons (for 4250 only)
Dye-sublimation-only ribbons are available in either monochrome or full-color
versions. These ribbons consist of a series of dye-sublimation ribbon panels which
alternate with a clear protective overlay (O) panel. Dye-sublimation images must
have either an overlay panel or a separate overlaminate applied to them or they
will quickly begin to wear or fade. The following dye-sublimation-only ribbon
types are available:
Dye-Sublimation Black (BO)
This ribbon provides a dye-sublimation
(provides 500 prints)
black panel (B) along with an overlay panel
(O) and is used to print smooth, photo-quality
black and white photo ID cards. Dye-
sublimation bar codes are readable only by
visible-light bar code scanners.
Full-Color (YMCBO)
This ribbon allows you to print full-color
(provides 250 prints)
photo ID cards. Since the black panel of this
ribbon is dye-sublimation black (B), bar codes
printed with this ribbon can only be read by
visible-light bar code scanners.
K
K
B
O
Y
M
C
B
O
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