In summary, your system and the installed ribbon together determine what kind of color you can produce:
System: | Produces: |
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Monocolor model | z single color |
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Multicolor model | z single color |
| z multiple spot colors using paneled or continuous |
| single color ribbons |
| z blended color, using CYMK ribbons, paneled |
| ribbons, or continuous single color ribbons |
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Color & Cut model | z single color |
| z multiple spot colors using paneled or continuous |
| single color ribbons |
| z blended color, using CYMK ribbons, paneled |
| ribbons, or continuous single color ribbons |
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Ribbon color needed
When the system needs a different color ribbon installed to complete your print job, it prompts you with a Color Needed message that asks you to install the required ribbon, close the printer cover, and click OK to continue the print job. This process is sometimes called swapping ribbons.
Note: For best printing results, we recommend that you avoid printing entire file groups that contain labels that require ribbon swapping. When printing file groups, the printer takes its information from the first label in the group.
The system may not be able to process new ribbon information you add during the print job in time to affect the appropriate label(s).
Substituting ribbon colors
When printing multiple colors by swapping ribbons, you can substitute a different color for the color currently being prompted. If you open and close the printer cover, printing will continue with the current color regardless of whether or not it is the specific color required by the print job:
