Specifications

Working with Printer Options 115
ID Works Basic Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
Field Properties Print Options
Text, static text, date, line, rectangle, and ellipse fields let you select
the K-panel whenever you select black as the color.
Card photo, static graphic, and variable graphic fields and the
graphics used for card backgrounds all have Print Options that let you
control use of the printer’s K-panel.
If you select Color, the image will be printed with the yellow,
magenta, cyan, and black printer ribbon panels (if the printer ribbon
being used has a black panel). If you also select Print black using
YMC panels, black pixels in the image will be printed by using all
three of the other panels. This gives a more natural appearance to
the image.
Your card printer’s driver may automatically print black using the
YMC panels for photos and graphics. In that case there is no need to
use this option. Check your printer documentation to determine your
printer driver settings.
If you select Grayscale, the ID Works software will convert the
colored pixels in your image to shades of gray. You must specify
grayscale conversion if your card printer uses ribbons that have only
one color panel—typically a K-panel—but you can use this feature
with color ribbons as well. Converting photos to grayscale results in
an image similar to a black-and-white photograph printed in a paper