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AVALON and AVALON DUO Printer USER MANUAL
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Black Resin Options:
Halftoning (Monochrome Only):
If printing with Monochrome dye-film ribbon, you first must select the
Monochrome (K Only) option in the Card Front/Card Back tab; this
enables these Halftoning options.
There are two Halftoning options available – they determine how the
printer driver translates colour images into black and white. Select
the option that works best with your card design, if your card design
has two colours only (black and white only) then changing the
Halftoning options will not have an effect. Error diffusion is the default
and recommended option as it produces the best results.
All Black in image is printed with:
This option enables the user to select which of the black parts of the
image should be printed with the resin black panel. They should be
experimented with, as both the definition and intensity of the black
can be varied.
By default all black objects will be printed in Resin Black except
areas of black in pictures.
It is not recommended disabling the ‘Pictures use YMC only’ option
if your card design has photographs on it.
It is possible to configure whether objects such as barcodes and text are printed using Resin Black or Composite
Black, to do this, select YMC in the ‘All Black in image is printed with:’ drop down list.
Three options will be enabled:
Mono bitmaps use K-Resin:
Mono (monochrome) bitmaps are pictures formatted to contain only
black (RGB value of 0,0,0) and white (RGB value of 255,255,255).
Many ID badging applications generate barcodes as monochrome
bitmaps, so when enabled, barcodes will be printed in resin black.
This improves clarity and makes barcodes easier to read with
conventional barcode scanners.
Black Text uses K-Resin:
When enabled, all black (RGB value of 0,0,0) text in your card design
will be printed in Resin Black. This improves clarity and is highly
recommended if your card design uses black text or ‘True Type’
Barcodes. This option is enabled by default.
Black Polygons use K-Resin:
When enabled, all black (RGB value of 0,0,0) Polygons (simple
shapes such as squares, triangles and rectangles) in your card
design will be printed in Resin Black. This improves clarity and
contrast of the polygons. This option is enabled by default.