Printer components: ribbons and cards (continued) – FARGO electronic PERSONA C10 User Manual
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Persona C10/M10 ID Card Printer Service Manual (Rev. 4.0)
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Printer Components: Ribbons and Cards (continued)
Term Description
Clear Overlay
Panel
The Ribbons which have a clear overlay panel will print an ID card and
place a clear, protective overlay over the card’s printable area. All color or
monochrome dye-sublimation cards must have this overlay applied to
them.
If it is not applied, the card’s dye-sublimation image will quickly begin to
wear or fade.
Be sure the Overlay option within the Printer Driver setup window is
selected when printing with Ribbons which have a clear overlay panel.
Note: The only time you should not utilize a Ribbon’s clear overlay panel
is if you intend to apply a separate, custom overlaminate to a card
immediately after printing.
Resin Black
The Ribbons which utilize a resin black, are intended for printing bar codes
onto cards which can be read by both infra-red and visible light bar code
scanners.
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Bar codes printed with a dye-sublimation black can only be read by a
visible light bar code scanner. Cards printed solely with monochrome
resin text, bar codes or images do not require any type of protective
overlay.
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The black monochrome resin Ribbons are available in both a premium
and standard quality. The premium resin black Ribbon provides
maximum durability and is ideal for applications (e.g., access control
where cards are repeatedly swiped through a magnetic stripe reader).
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The standard resin black Ribbon provides high durability ideal for most
general purpose ID card applications. In addition to a standard black
resin Ribbon, several other standard resin Ribbons are available in a
variety of spot colors including blue, green, red and metallic gold.
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All monochrome resin Ribbons provide 1,000 prints. The blue, green
and metallic Ribbons are capable of printing bar codes which can be
read by visible light bar code scanners only. Bar codes printed with the
red and scratch-off Ribbon are not readable.