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Persona C16 Card Printer Service Manual (Rev. 5.0)

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Technical Specifications

Type Description

Print Method

Dye-Sublimation/Resin Thermal Transfer

Resolution

300 dpi (11.8 dots/mm)

Colors

Up to 16.7 million

Print Speed

30 seconds per card/120 cards per hour (YMCKO)
(Note: (): Indicates the print ribbon type and the number of ribbon panels
printed where Y=Yellow, M=Magenta, C=Cyan, K=Resin Black, B=Dye-
Sublimation Black and O=Overlay.)

Print speed is measured from the time a card feeds into the Printer to
the time it ejects from the Printer.

Print speeds do not include the time needed for the PC to process the
image.

Process time is dependent on the size of the file, the CPU, amount of
RAM and the amount of available resources at the time of the print.

Accepted
Standard
Card Sizes

CR-80 (3.375” L x 2.125” W/85.6mm L x 54mmW)

CR-79 Adhesive Back (3.303” L x 2.2125” W/83.9mm L x 52.1mmW)

Print Area

CR-80 edge-to-edge 3.31” L x 2.02” W/84mm L x 51mmW

Accepted
Card
Thickness

0.20” (20 mil) to 0.30” (30 mil)/.5mm to .76mm

Accepted
Card Types

PVC or polyester cards with polished PVC finish; monochrome resin
required for straight polyester

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