DataCard SD260 Installation And Administrator's Guide

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Split-Ribbon Color Printing
Split‐ribboncolorprintingletsyouuselessribbontoprintcardsincolor.Itisavailableonlywith
theCardPrinterDriver.Refertoyourprinter ’sDriverGuideforinformationabouthowtospecify
split‐ribboncolorprintingandthesplitribbonoptionsavailable.
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ri bbon.Theorderinwhichthecolor,black,andtopcoatsectionsofthepanelsetareused
to
printthecarddependsonthetypeofribboninstalledintheprinterandthesplit‐ribbonoption
selectedontheprinter’sPrintingPreferenceswindow.
Manage Color
ColormanagementistheprocessofmakingcoloronthePCmonitorandprintedcardappearas
similaraspossible.Forcolormanagement,thecardprinterusesthesRGBcolorstandard
(standardRed,Green,andBluecolorspace).YouspecifythecolormanagementsysteminPrinter
Manager.Referto“Print”on
page 44formoreinformation.
Print Text in Color
Theprintercanprintte xtinanycolor.Smallcharactersarelikelytobemorereadableiftheyarea
sans‐seriffontformattedasblackandprintedwiththeblack(K)panel.Referto“PrintTextin
Monochrome”onpage 19.Theprintersupports6‐pointorlargertext.
Print Graphics in Color
Theprinterproducesfull‐colorimagesfrommosttypesofgraphics.ItcanuseBMP,JPEG,TIFF,
andPNGfileformatsforphotosandlogos.
Vectorgraphics,suchasWMFandSVGfiles,havecomponentssuchasshapeswithlinesandfills.
ComponentsdefinedasblacknormallyprintwiththeK
panel.
Becausetheprinterusestheprintribbonpanelsinsequence(YMCfirst,thenK),blackimagescan
printovercolorgraphics.Forthebestappearanceofcolorgraphics,ortopreventbackgrounds
thatareblackfromprintingovercoloredimages,useacolorthatappearsblackbutisnot,
sothat
allpartsofanimageprintwiththeYMCpanels.Forexample,intheRGBcolorspace,0, 0,0is
black(andprintswiththeKpanel),but0,0,5isnotblack(andprintswiththeYMCpanels).
Mosttypesofcards,includingcardswithmagneticstripesandsmartcards,canbe
printedusingsplit‐ribbonprinting.Optionsforcolor,monochrome,andtopcoat
areavailablewhenyouusesplit‐ribbonprinting.

DataCard SD260 Specifications

General

Windows operating systems supported	Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64
Color	Yes
Print speed (color)	200 card/h
Product color	Blue, Grey

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	391 mm
Width	175 mm
Height	224 mm