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Reviewing the Glossary of Terms (continued)

Term	Definition
Direct-to-Card (DTC)	The Direct-to-Card printing process prints digital images directly
Printing	onto any plastic card with a smooth, clean, glossy PVC surface.
Dither	A system of distributing dots to control the hue, brightness and/or
	saturation. In monochrome printing, this controls the brightness.
	In color printing, dithering can supply a larger color gamut than
	non-dithering. In the Driver, dither modes can be selected to
	provide better image quality depending on the type of image to be
	printed.
Dongle	A peripheral that attaches to a port to act as a key for an installed
	application. The PC is able to run that application only when the
	dongle is installed. Typically, it works as a pass-through device
	and is connected in serial to the parallel cable.
Dot	The smallest unit of an image that the Printer is able to produce.
	The smaller the dot, see dot pitch, the sharper the image.
Dot pitch	A measurement of image sharpness denoting the width of the
	dots that makes up a pixel. The smaller the pitch, the sharper the
	image.
Download	The transfer of a data file from one device to the other over a
	network or cable, typically from the Internet to a PC.
DPI (Dot Per Inch)	A measurement of the Printer resolution indicating how many dots
	a Printer can produce in a linear inch.
DRAM (Dynamic	A microchip based volatile memory storage device. The Printer
Random Access	uses this to buffer a print job, transferred from the PC, until the
Memory)	Printer contRoller is able to process the packet.
Driver	Software utility installed in Windows, that interfaces an application
	to rasterize image data and include command codes so the
	Printer can process the file.
Duplex Printing	Printing on the front and the back of the card.
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