Zebra Technologies P1013372-001 REV. A user manual Advanced Black Panel Options Pop-Up

Printer Settings and Adjustments

Card Printer Printing Preferences

Advanced Black Panel Options Pop-Up

The Advanced Black Panel Options pop-up window allows you to manage and configure Black Extraction. This window is available when using Black Panel (K-Panel) ribbons; e.g., YMCK, YMCKK, etc.

This window controls how the driver selects the text and/or graphics to be printed with the Black Panel.

To access the Advanced Black Panel Options pop-up window, select Start > Printers and Faxes. Right click on the Zebra ZXP Series 8 Card Printer listing, and select Printing Preferences > Card Setup. Select Ribbon info > K Front ... or K Back...

The figure below shows settings for the front side of the card; settings for the back side of the card are identical.

•Set black panel extraction type:

-Disable black extraction treats all non-black specified elements as composite black (YMC).

-Print YMC black under K is used to print composite black (YMC) under the K panel. When selected, the operator can choose to do this by selecting certain areas or types of data (e.g., text, graphics, etc) via the Area manager.

-Print all black data specifies all black data to be printed with K.

•Apply black extraction on: Specify Black text, Black graphics, or Black monochrome bitmaps. The driver will automatically determine the best K-Panel setting based on the card design elements.

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