User`s manual
ever, P500s also have a Card Laminator station.
Laminators serve as heat-transfer devices for mate
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rial or panels contained on Laminator Ribbons. A
variety of these kinds of ribbons exist:
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Ribbons with die-cut panels can carry die-cut
panel sizes that substantially cover the card
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Die cuts with cutouts for Smart card contacts,
and smaller die cuts that serve to avoid mag
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netic stripes
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Preprinted die cuts can contain security de
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vices such as graphics, holograms, or opti
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cally-encoded patches.
Laminators also serve a thermal-transfer function of
ribbon coated material instead of the die-cut panels.
However, only a total card application can occur.
Because the print station can have a dye sublima-
tion ribbon with a varnish panel, many choices exist
for selection of protective coatings. Additional com-
mands exist to implement Laminator use.
Whereas P3xx's and P4xx's have single CPU
boards, P500s employ two—one controls printing
and card feeds (Module 1 operations); the other
controls card flips and lamination (Module 2 opera-
tions). Because of a master-slave arrangement,
Module 1 also receives Laminator commands.
However, all commands destined for Module 2 re-
quire a #1 preface, for example:
#
1+TC165↵
P600s have two complete Print Station modules
(including associated CPU Boards) separated by a
Card-Flip assembly. Although controlled by a
common parallel host interface, both Print Stations
respond to the same command set (with some
additional positioning parameters and some
differing responses to positioning commands). To
simplify memory management, both Print Stations
have Extended Memory as a standard feature.
Overall, the same commands apply, but the Card
Feed command applies only to the print station
attached to the Card Feed assembly (Module 1).
Similarly, the Card Flip commands apply only to
the Print Station closest to the Card Output (Module
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