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DTC500 Series Card Printer/Encoders User Guide (Rev. 5.0)
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Glossary of Terms (continued)
Term Definition
UPS (Un-interruptible
Power Supply)
An AC power supply, typically powered by batteries, which
provides temporary power to the PC or Printer during an
interruption of the supply voltage.
USB (Universal
Serial Bus)
A 1.5M/sec (12Mbit/sec) serial communication interface that can
support 127 separate devices consisting of 4 wires: power,
ground, data in and data out.
Virtual Memory A technique used by Windows when chip memory is exhausted,
in which data is written to the hard to hold data temporarily and
support Window's operations.
Wrinkle The appearance in the card image of wavy or arched lines, either
colored or clear, caused by improper film or Ribbon tension.
YMC The designation of colored Ribbon by the panels of color in the
order in which they are printed: Yellow (Y), Magenta (M) and
Cyan (C).
YMCK The designation of colored Ribbon by the panels of color in the
order in which they are printed: Yellow (Y), Magenta (M), Cyan
(C) and Black (K).
YMCKH The designation of colored Ribbon by the panels of color in the
order in which they are printed: Yellow (Y), Magenta (M), Cyan
(C), Black (K) and Heat Seal (H).
YMCKK The designation of colored Ribbon by the panels of color in the
order in which they are printed: Yellow (Y), Magenta (M), Cyan
(C), Black (K), Black (K) (the second K is for backside, black only
printing).
YMCKO The designation of colored Ribbon by the panels of color in the
order in which they are printed: Yellow (Y), Magenta (M), Cyan
(C), Black (K) and Overlay (O).
YMCKOK The designation of colored Ribbon by the panels of color in the
order in which they are printed: Yellow (Y), Magenta (M), Cyan
(C), Black (K), Overlay (O), Black (K) (used for backside, black
only printing).