Datacard Group SP Series - Manual (Page 68)

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Advanced Information
User’s Guide for Express™ and Select™ Printers
a higher intensity than larger characters. See Help for the Printhead tab for
detailed steps to follow.
– The correct setting produces cards that meet your guidelines.
5 Record the new value in the log and return to printing mode.
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Print sample cards
After the printhead, settings, and/or card design are changed, print sample cards,
using the new or changed card design (s). Test all aspects of the card design,
including printing, alignment, magnetic stripe encoding, barcode readability, and
durability.
When you use a two-step printing process, make sure to prepare enough cards in the
first step to allow thorough testing in the second step of your overall printing process.
When to make changes
This section provides some representative examples of changes you might make and
the changes required for the printer.
Changing operational settings
This section describes the operational settings for the printer that you can change
using the printer driver. These settings can be used to customize the performance of
your printer to meet the demands of your card design.
For detailed information about how to change each setting, see Help for the
appropriate dialog box.
Change Print
ribbon 1
Print
ribbon 2
Change
printhead?
Change K
intensity?
Add color printing to the
back of a card with color on
the front
YMCKK
(old design)
YMCK/
YMCK
No No
Add scratch-off area to color
and black ID card
YMCKTKT Scratch-off
(K)
Yes Yes
Add scratch-off area to color
ID card
YMCT/
YMCT
Scratch-off
(K)
Yes No
Add scratch-off area to one-
color ID card
Green (K) Scratch-off
(K)
No Yes
Pre-print cards with red
logo, then print color and
black ID cards
Red (K) YMCKTKT Yes No