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April 2007
KEY SP75 PLUS PRINTER IMPROVEMENTS
The following are the improvements from the current SP75 card printer to the new SP75 Plus
card printer.
Look / Feature / Functionality SP75 Plus Printer
Product name
SP75 Plus Printer
Product nameplate on printer
New - More polished look and feel
Printer colors
SP Plus series printers have new darker gray enclosures,
unique blue translucent hoppers and cover will remain
Throughput Speed:
Card picking
Improved first card picking by 25%
Color Simplex Single Lamination
YMCK:
o Old: Up to 170 cph
o New: Up to 175 cph
Color Duplex Single Lamination
YMCK-K:
o Old: Up to 150 cph
o New: Up to 165 cph
Color Duplex Dual Lamination
YMCK-K:
o Old: Up to 90 cph
o New: Up to 105 cph
Printer Operation Improvements
Card scratching
o Input gate improvements
o Transport improvements
o Duplex improvements
Improved card picking
New non-aging rubber composition for more robust reliability
Improved high speed precision drive
mechanism
Higher speed printing and quieter operation
Silent cooling system
Virtually silent, long life cooling fan system
Laminator cartridge
More robust laminator gate allowing for easier supplies loading
Enhanced color tables
New color tables for more realistic colors
Thermal compensation
Improved card to card density for longer card programs
New Supplies
New print ribbons
ymcKT short panel 650 yield
YMCKT-K duplex 375 yield
Improved cleaning system
Larger cleaning sleeve for improved cleaning performance
New Options
Input hopper empty notification option
New option – requires application development
Ethernet
New 10/100 mbps data transmission
Printer Driver Improvements / Changes
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating system
support and new Datacard
®
Open Platform
printer driver that supports non-Windows
operating systems i.e. Linux
Windows XP & 2000 operating systems only – no support for
older operating systems. We are working on Vista™ operating
system – available summer 2007
Microsoft® Windows operating system
Support
Windows XP & 2000 only – no support for older operating
systems. We are working on Vista™ – available summer 2007
Interface
With 2.0 driver – have moved more functionality to tool box for
easier access including card counters
Supplies reordering message
Added pop-up message to allow channel partners to customize
their URL to direct customers to order supplies
Supply “gas gauge”
New Tool Box page to view how much supplies are still available
– both ribbons and laminates
Monochrome dithering
Enhanced functionality to improve dithered images
Printer ICON on the desktop
New and improved Icon for better usability and branding