FARGO electronic II manual About Overlaminates

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B.About Overlaminates

IMPORTANT!

The Color ID Card PrinterÕs internal lamination system allows you to choose between either a thermal transfer film overlaminate or a polyester chip overlaminate called PolyGuardª. These two unique overlaminates are available in two specific designs. The film overlaminate is available as simply a clear material or with a generic, preprinted holographic-type design and is approximately 2 microns thick.

PolyGuard, which is approximately 1 mil (.001Ó) thick, is available in these same designs but provides for greater durability than the thermal film overlaminate. PolyGuard should always be used if you need ID cards with the highest degree of durability and security.

If you require custom thermal transfer film or PolyGuard overlaminate designs, please contact your reseller or the printer manufacturer for more information.

If using the thermal transfer film overlaminate, you must use it in conjunction with a ribbon which provides a clear overlay panel. When used with this type of ribbon, the printer will apply the clear overlay panel of the ribbon over the film lamination layer of a printed card. This process is required for maximizing card durability when laminating with the thermal transfer film material. The ribbon types which do not provide an overlay panel or support overlay printing are Monochrome Resin and 5 Color Resin black. Avoid using these types of ribbons in conjunction with the thermal transfer film material. These ribbon types are ideal, however, when laminating with PolyGuard.

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Contents Color ID Card Printer Printing History For Users in the United States Table of Contents Appendix B Interfacing Information Introduction How Your Color ID Card Printer Works Special FeaturesPage Safety Precautions Vorsicht Sicherheits- maßnahmenAvertissements Consignes de sécurité¡PRECAUCION Precauciones de seguridadPrecauzioni per la Sicurezza Cuidado Precauções de SegurançaChinese or Japanese to be keylined here Chinese or Japanese to be keylined here Arabic to be keylined here Getting Started Identifying the Parts Power About Ribbons Ribbons and CardsPage Loading Ribbon into the Printer About Cards Page Loading Cards into the Printer About Printer’s Laminator Card LaminatingAbout Overlaminates Loading the Overlaminate into the Printer Take-up Roll Applying Power Running the Self TestHooking Up the Printer Connecting the Color ID Card Printer to Your Computer Page Windows Highlight the Install Unlisted or Updated Installing the 32-Bit Print Spooler for Windows Page Setting Up Windows Printer Driver Card Size Ribbon Type Color Matching Dither Mode OverlayPanel Graphics Panel Only Split Ribbon Print Page Fast 32-bit Spooler OrientationDuplex Printing Controls Magnetics Lamination Page Supplies Required MaintenanceStandard Printhead Cleaning Expanded Printhead Cleaning Cleaning the Printer’s Case Inside Clearing a Card Jam Clearing a Ribbon Jam Cleaning the Card Feed Rollers Cleaning the Drive Roller Maintaining the Cleaning Rollers Card Input Mechanical AdjustmentsAdjusting Adjusting Internal Card GuideInternal Adjusting Card Separator Flap Card Flap Adjustment Adjusting the Laminator Top Edge Bottom Edge Trouble- shooting Symptoms printer makes strange sounds or stops printing My prints have blotches small voids in them My prints have streaks in themPage Page Print Speed Technical SpecificationsIntroduction Magnetic Stripe Encoding ModuleTrack LocationsSending Track Information ~1%JULIE ANDERSON623-85-1253? Introduction Centronics- type Parallel Interface Interfacing InformationIndex