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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the cost per card using full colour printing process?
- What is the cost per card using monochrome printing process?
- What kind of applications are plastic card printers typically used for?
- Can you explain the dye sublimation printing process?
- What is the thickness range of the cards that can be used with my plastic card printer?
- What is a magnetic stripe card?
- What is Lo-Coercivity and what is Hi-Coercivity?
- Does my printer come with Windows Drivers?
- What is the proper way of using cleaning cards?
- What is the cost per card using full colour printing process?
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The cost per full colour card is from £0.30 to £0.45 depending on the printer. This is based on 1000 cards.
- What is the cost per card using monochrome printing process?
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The cost per monochrome card is £0.06. This is based on 1000 cards.
- What kind of applications are plastic card printers typically used for?
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- Secure ID
- Access Control
- Membership Systems
- Time & Attendance
- Loyalty
- Can you explain the dye sublimation printing process?
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Dye sublimation printing uses a ribbon to produce an image on a plastic card by turning the ribbon into a gas. The gas impregnates the card and generates the image on the solid core of the PVC card.
- What is the thickness range of the cards that can be used with my plastic card printer?
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The range that can be used is from 0.25mm to 1.524mm.
- What is a magnetic stripe card?
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A magnetic stripe card has a coloured data strip that can be encoded with alphanumeric data on a number of tracks.
- What is Lo-Coercivity and what is Hi-Coercivity?
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These are two standard encoding types for magnetic strips and they are measured in oersteds. Lo-Co is for less secure applications and Hi-Co for the more secure applications.
- Does my printer come with Windows Drivers?
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Yes. For further details visit our Manuals & Downloads sections.
- What is the proper way of using cleaning cards?
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- Turn off power to printer.
- Lift printhead lever and insert the cleaning card. Put printhead lever down after card is inserted.
- Enter into head-cleaning mode through the power on switch panel operations.
- Refer to user's manual for specific instructions on how to enter the head-cleaning mode.
- Once in this mode use the panel switches to move the cleaning card back and forth under the printhead and on the roller.
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