The Eltron Company P310 manual Chapter General Description, Printer Description

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

1.1PRINTER DESCRIPTION

Eltron® Model P310 printers offer low cost solutions to those that need to print, encode magnetic stripes, or program smart plastic cards. Eltron offers imaging ribbon varieties that include dye sublimation color, dye sublimation black, thermal transfer monochrome in various colors, and scratch-off gray. Dye sublimation ribbons include panels that support the application of a clear protective varnish.

Standard P310 printers have a Card Feeder and Printer Station, supporting single-side plastic card printing. Users can set the Card Feeder for the wide range of plastic card thicknesses offered.

Software support exists for the selection, imaging, and positioning of two internal fonts and eight bar code formats. This means that the units recognize associated software commands. Users can avoid using either an application or the printer driver to image these

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