User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- DTC4500 User Guide
- Section 1: Specifications
- Section 2: Setup and Installation Procedures
- Section 3: Print Driver Installation
- Section 4: Printer Preferences Tab Functions
- |contextid=30 Using the Card tab
- Using the Toolbox Options
- |contextid=150 Using the Configuration Tab
- |contextid=151 Selecting the Calibrate Laminator tab
- Using the Event Monitoring Group Box
- |contextid=152 Selecting the Calibrate Ribbon tab
- |contextid=154 Selecting the Clean Printer tab
- |contextid=155 Selecting the Advanced Settings tab
- |contextid=40Using the Device Options tab
- |contextid=50Using the Image Color tab
- |contextid=51Using the Image Calibrate tab
- |contextid=70Using the Magnetic Encoding Tab
- |contextid=80Using the Lamination tab
- |contextid=90 Using the Overlay / Print Area tab
- |contextid=100Using the K Panel Resin tab
- |contextid=120Using the Printer Info tab
- Section 5: Selecting the Fluorescent Panel Ribbon Type
- Section 6: System Overview- Troubleshooting
- Section 7: Troubleshooting
- Section 8: Cleaning
- Section 9: Firmware Upgrades
- Section 10: HID Global Technical Support
- Appendix A
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Functional Specifications
This Card Printer utilizes two different, yet closely related printing technologies to achieve its remarkable
direct-to-card print quality for dye-sublimation and resin thermal transfer.
Printer Components: Print Ribbons
The Card Printer utilizes both dye-sublimation and/or resin thermal transfer methods to print images
directly onto blank cards. Since the dye-sublimation and the resin thermal transfer print methods each
provide their own unique benefits, Print Ribbons are available in resin-only, dye-sublimation-only and
combination dye-sublimation/resin versions.
To make it easier to remember which Print Ribbons are which, a letter code has been developed to
indicate the type of Ribbon panels found on each Ribbon. This letter code is as follows:
= Dye-Sublimation Yellow Panel
= Dye-Sublimation Magenta Panel
= Dye-Sublimation Cyan Panel
= Resin Black Panel (Premium unless otherwise stated )
= Clear Protective Overlay Panel
= Ultra Violet Fluorescing Panel
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