Specifications

SD/CD Installation and Administrator’s Guide 19
Print Text in Monochrome
PrintingtextusingaKpanelcanmaketextlookcrisp,becauseitusesonlyone
panelforprinting.Finetextismorereadablewhenprintedwithmorepower.You
setthepowerusingthePrinterManager.Referto“P rinterSettingMenu”on
pag e 38formoreinformation.
Thefontusedalsoaffectslegibility.Theprinterreliably
prints6‐pointArialfont.Bold,sans‐seriffontsaremore
readableafterprintingthanseriffonts,orfontswith
thinstrokes,asshownatright.Intheexample,fonts
thatprintwellareshowntowardthetopofthecard.
Print Bar Codes
Barcodedesignfollowsasetofstandardsbasedonthetypeofbarcode
produced.Barcodescontainaseriesofblacklines(bars)separatedbywhiteareas
(spaces).Eachcharacterofencodeddataisrepresentedbyasetofbarsand
spaces. Abarcodestandardspecifieshowmanybarsandspacesencodea
character.Thestandardalsospecifiestheminimumsizeofthewhitearea,or
quietzone,thatsurroundsthebarcode.
Whenanapplicationprintsbarcodes,thedataissenttotheprinterasanimage.
Theformatinwhichtheapplicationsendstheimagedetermineshowtheimageis
rendered.Ifthedatasentisaone‐bit‐per‐pixelimage,suchaspureblackbarson
awhitebackground,thesoftwareprocessesitusingtheKpaneloftheprint
ribbon.Ifthedatacontainsapixelofcolorotherthanpureblackorpurewhite,
suchasthevariouscolorsinaJPEGimage,itprocessestheimageusingtheYMC
panelsoftheprintribbon.