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User’s Guide for Magna™ Platinum Series™ Printers
Personalization supplies
Print ribbon and optional topcoat and laminate supplies are used to personalize cards.
This section describes Datacard®-certified personalization supplies for the Datacard®
Magna™ Platinum™ Series photo ID printer with Advanced Imaging Technology™
and how to store them.
Use Datacard-certified supplies in the Magna printer.
Print ribbons
You must use one of the following Platinum Series print ribbons in color (ImageCard)
Magna™ Platinum Series printers:
Magna Platinum Series card printers feature Datacard proprietary Platinum Series
ribbons which are designed specifically for Magna and Select Platinum Series
printers. If another color ribbon is installed, the printer will continue to prompt the user
to install Datacard’s proprietary Platinum Series ribbons. The printer will only
successfully print cards when Platinum Series ribbon are installed. Datacard is your
exclusive source for Platinum Series ribbons.
For color or monochrome Magna printers, you can use the following single-color
(monochrome) print ribbons:
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Ribbon type Part number
Panel
description Colors Printed
One panel set
prints:
YMCK
#
549081-202 Three colors
and true black
Full color and
true black
One side of a
card
YMCKT 549081-204 Three colors,
true black, and
topcoat
Full color, true
black, and
topcoat
One side of a
card
YMCKTKT 549081-206 Three colors,
true black,
topcoat, true
black, and
topcoat
Full color, true
black, and
topcoat
Front–full color,
true black &
topcoat;
Back–true black
& topcoat
#.
Topcoat or overlay required.
Ribbon
type
Part
number
Images
printed Panel description Colors
One panel set
prints:
KT 806124-109 True black and topcoat Black One side of card
K black 596230-001 1,800 Continuous black Black Not applicable
K white
#
596230-
0103
1,800 Continuous white White Not applicable
K red
†
596230-
0104
1,800 Continuous red Red Not applicable