FARGO electronic C16 service manual Printer Components Dye-Sublimation/Resin Print Ribbons

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Printer Components: Dye-Sublimation Print Ribbons (continued)

Type	Description
Dye-	It is available in a monochrome version.
Sublimation-	• This ribbon consists of dye-sublimation ribbon panels, which alternate
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	with a clear protective overlay (O) panel.
Ribbon
	• Dye-Sublimation images must have an overlay panel applied to them
	(or they will quickly begin to wear or fade).
Dye-	This ribbon provides a dye-sublimation black panel (B) along with an
Sublimation	overlay panel (O) and is used to print smooth, photo-quality black and
Black (BO)	white photo ID cards. (Note: Dye-Sublimation bar codes are readable
(provides 500	only by visible-light bar codes scanners.)
prints)

Printer Components: Dye-Sublimation/Resin Print Ribbons

Type	Description
Dye-	The Dye-Sublimation/resin print ribbon combines the yellow (Y), magenta
Sublimation/	(M) and cyan (C) dye-sublimation panels with a Resin Black (K) Panel.
resin print	• Ribbon Panels: By combining both types of ribbon panels, this
ribbon
	ribbon can be used to print full-color, photo-quality images with the
	dye-sublimation panels along with sharp, black text and bar codes
	with the resin black panel.
	• Overlay Panel: A clear overlay panel (O) is also included on most
	ribbons to protect the dye-sublimation images. (Note: Dye-
	Sublimation images must have an overlay panel applied to them or
	they will quickly begin to wear or fade.)
Full-Color	This ribbon is used to print full-color photo ID cards along with resin black
(YMCKO)	text and bar codes. (Note: Both infrared and visible-light bar code
(provides 250	scanners can read bar codes printed with resin black.)
prints)	• An overlay panel (O) is included to protect the full-color dye-
	sublimation printing.

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