Specifications

SD/CD Installation and Administrator’s Guide 17
Manage Color
ColormanagementistheprocessofmakingcoloronthePCmonitorandprinted
cardappearassimi lar aspossible.Forcolormanagement,thecardprinteruses
thesRGBcolorstandard(standardRed,Green,andBluecolorspace).
Print Text in Color
Theprintercanprinttextinanycolor.Smallcharactersarelikelytobemore
readableiftheyareformattedasblackandprintedwiththeblack(K)panel.The
printersupports6‐pointorlargertextwithasans‐seriffont.
Print Graphics in Color
Theprinterproducesfull‐colorimagesfrommosttypesofgraphics.Itcanuse
BMP,JPEG,TIFF,andPNGfi le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inthefile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).
Types of Color Images
Cardscanincludebothcolorphotosandacolorlogoortext.Thelogoisusually
thesameoneachcard,andthephotoisunique.Followtheseguidelinestoobtain
thebestresultsforprintingbothlogoandphotos.
• First,checkthecolorqualityofthephotos:
• Adjusttheimagecapturesystemtogetthebestqualityphotos;workwith
distance,lighting,andcamerasettingstoobtainconsistent,high‐quality
photos.
• Evaluatethequalityofprintedphotosaftertheimagecapturesystemis
optimized.