Features
• 300 dots-per-inch print resolution for crisp,
clear printing.
• High resolution color dye sublimation tech-
nology supporting 32.7K colors for photo
quality imaging, along with:
Monochrome thermal transfer technology
for solid imaging of Bar Codes, Text and
Graphic Objects, each producable from
command parameters, making related bit
map downloads unnecessary.
• A Bar Code command that can produce en-
coded card printing in any of 10 resident bar
code formats, and a Text command that can
produce text using 2 resident fonts.
• A 3-Track Magnetic Stripe Encoder option
that writes and then read-verifies data,
supporting cards with high- or low-
coercivity magnetic stripes. P500s can have
either up- or down-facing stripe encoders.
• P500s have Windows™ design and print
user software and a Windows™ printer con-
trol driver that supports True Type fonts.
• Efficiently designed to fit in minimum foot-
print, with a see-through cover that offers us-
ers a view of the process while offering
protection from exposure to environmental
contaminants.
• Produces duplex (two-sided) Prints on ei-
ther plain or preprinted plastic card materi-
als.
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