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16 Elements of Card Design

Printing Design

Color Printing

Colorprintribbonisavailableinfull‐panelandshort‐panelstyles.

Full-Panel Ribbon

Full‐panelcolorprintingusesaprintribbon

withthreecolorpanels:Y(yellow),

M(magenta),andC(cyan).Theribbonalso

includesaK(black)panelandaT(topcoat)

panel.TheprinterappliestheYMCcolorpanelstothecardfirst,printsblack

componentsusingtheKpanel,andthenappliestheT(topcoat)toprotectthe

colorimagefromdamage.

Short-Panel Ribbon

Colorprintribbonalsoisavailableinashort‐

paneloption.Thecolorareaforshort‐panel

ribbonis1.57inches(40mm).Theymcpanelsof

short‐panelribbonareapproximatelyhalfthe

lengthofafullcar d.(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thecarddesign.Colorprintingbeginswhenthesoftwaredetectsacolor

pixelandcontinuesforthelengthoftheymcpanels.

Split-Ribbon Color Printing

Split‐ribboncolorprintingletsyouusefewerribbonstoprintcardsincolor.Itis

availableonlywiththeCardPrinterDriver.Refertoyourprinter’sDriverGuidefor

informationonhowtospecifysplit

‐ribboncolorprinting.

Split‐ribboncolorprintingusesasingleribbonpanelsetfromafull‐colorribbon

toprintbothsidesofacard,ratherthantwoorthreepanelsets.Theribboncan

beafull‐panelorshort‐panelcolorribbon.Theorderinwhichthecolor,black,

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andtopcoatsectionsofthepanelsetareusedtoprintthecarddependsonthe

typeofri bboninstalledintheprinterandthesplit‐ribbonoptionselectedonthe

driverPrintingPreferenceswindow.

Mosttypesofcards,includingcardswithmagneticstripesandsmartcards,canbe

printedusingsplit‐ribbonprinting.Optionsforcolor,monochrome,andtopcoating

areavailablewhenyouusesplit‐ribbonprinting.

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