Ultra electronic ID Card Printer - Manual (Page 30)

IDX380 Printer Driver Manual Page 30 of 42
Extraction method
The printer driver can use the following extraction methods to find elements of the type indicated,
and move them to the K plane to be printed in pure black.
By pixel
Searches the card for all elements within a preset range from process black, and moves them to
the K plane.
Note: This method could cause some odd results with elements such as black hair in a photo-
graph. Because the K plane is monochromatic, there will be no highlights or gradations in the
black, leaving black hair looking unnatural, as if it was hand-drawn.
K Plane on Second page
Moves all true black elements to the K plane and keeps all process black elements with the color
elements. Depending on your printer driver, your drawing program may need to generate 2 pages
per card side to properly execute this command.
Text
Moves all text elements to the K plane. Note: also colour text elements are printed to the K plane.
If this is not wanted use extraction method “by pixel” or “K Plane on Second page”.
Dithering
This is a method of simulating the halftone dots used in traditional printing. On black and white
devices, dithering produces simulated grayscale. It is also referred to as Halftoning. There is
currently only one setting (default).