The Eltron Company P500 Printer User Manual


 
rial also deposit a card coating that adds ultra-
violet protection and an even longer card life
than overlay varnish.
Print Sequence For P500 printers without Expanded Memory,
the typical print sequence for YMCKrO Rib-
bons proceeds as follows:
Printer ribbon synchronizes to the yellow (Y)
ribbon panel prior to printing. If not, press
the RESET button to re-synchronize.
Card-feed rollers deliver a card to the trans-
port rollers, which accurately position cards
for all subsequent printer operations.
Data for Yellow (Y) imaging downloads.
Yellow Printing occurs.
Card moves back, and ribbon advances to
next panel.
Download, print, return card, and synchro-
nize steps occur for ribbon panels Magenta
(M), Cyan (C), Black Resin and Overlay.
For duplex (two-sided) card printing, cards
move to the card-flip, where the lower side
transfers to an up-facing side. P500 cards
return again to the print head of the first sta-
tion for a repeat of the imaging sequence.
Often, only black resin (say for a bar code)
gets applied on the second side. The
YMCKrOKr ribbon offers an economical
choice for those with this requirement.
After imaging, P500s send the cards to the
Laminator station through the Card-Flip.
There, either a die cut patch or a lamination
material is applied to the up-facing side.
P500s only support single-side lamination
using the included software. However, the
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