HID FARGO HDPii User Guide - Manual (Page 159)

HDPii High Definition Card Printer/Encoder User Guide L001130 Rev 1.4
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Important! Fargo Card Printers require highly specialized Print Ribbons to function properly.
To maximize Printer life, reliability, printed card quality and durability, you must use only
Fargo Certified Supplies. For this reason, your Fargo warranty is void, where not prohibited
by law, if you use non-Fargo Certified Supplies. To order additional materials, please contact
your authorized reseller.
Printing on Alternate Card stocks
Selecting the Right Cards and optimizing the HDP Print Process
In order to optimize the HDP Card Printer’s capabilities for cards with hard-to-print surfaces,
we recommend evaluating the card stock selection before installation of the Printer.
The variability in cards based on:
• Different surface textures and different sources of raw materials: This may require
different HDP Film transfer parameters.
• Varied methods of assembling IC smart cards and proximity cards: These particular
adhesives used to glue a smart chip to a plastic card may react differently to a Transfer
Roller’s pressure and temperature.
• Cleanliness of card stock: The HDP process does not eliminate the need to use clean
card stock. The best-looking card always starts with the cleanest card surface. Dirt and
debris on a card can show up as blemishes on the card surface and may reduce the life
of the image itself.
Selecting the appropriate Printer Driver settings
You have these card selections (to choose from):
• Fargo UltraCard III (Default Card Type)
• Fargo
Ultracard
• HID ISO Prox – Standard (13xx)
• HID ISO Prox – Composite (15xx)
• HID Identity – Standard (IDx20A)
• HID Identity – Composite (HTx20E)
• HID iCLASS – Standard (20xx)
• HID iCLASS – Composite (21xx)
In addition, you have these selections (to choose from):
• Defaults: The HDP Printer Driver software has default Transfer Temperature and Dwell
Time settings that deliver the best transfer for these card types. These defaults
automatically configure based on the card type, Ribbon type and whether printing single-
or dual-sided.