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14 Elements of Card Design

Printing Design

Color Printing

Colorprintribbonisavailableinfull‐panelandshort‐panelstyles.

Full-Panel Ribbon

Full‐panelcolorprintingusesaprintribbon

withthreecolorpanels:Y(yellow),

M(magenta),andC(cyan).Theribbonalso

includesaK(black)panelandaT(topcoat)

panel.TheprinterappliestheYMCcolorpanelstothecardfirst,printsblack

componentsusingtheKpanel,andthenappliestheT(topcoat)toprotectthe

colorimagefromdamage.

Laminatingprinterssupportfull‐colorprintribbonswithoutatopcoat(T)panel.

TheseincludeYMCKandYMCKKribbon.Thetopcoatorpatchoverlayappliedby

thelaminatorsprovidesprotectionagainstwearandcolorfading,sotheprint

ribbontopcoatpanelisnotneededformostoverlaymaterials.However,

DuraShieldoverlaymate rialsrequirethattheribbontopcoatbeappliedfirst.

Laminatingprintersalso

supportfull‐colorprintribbon

withafront‐sideultraviolet

(UV)fluorescingpanel,YMCKF‐KT.TheUVprintingisundetectableundernormal

lightingandismeanttoprovideanotherformofsecurity.Refertoyourprinter’s

DriverGuideformoreinformationaboutsettingupacarddesignthatusesthe

UVpanel.

Short-Panel Ribbon

Colorprintribbonalsoisavailableinashort‐

paneloption.Thecolorarea

forshort‐panel

ribbonis1.57inches(40mm).Theymcpanelsof

short‐panelribbonareapproximatelyhalfthe

lengthofafullcar d.(Inthisguide,“ymc”inlowercase,insteadof“YMC,”refersto

“short‐panel”colorpanels.)

Whenyouprintwithshort‐panelprintribbon,youdefinethe

locationofthecolor

areainthecarddesign.Colorprintingbeginswhenthesoftwaredetectsacolor

pixelandcontinuesforthelengthoftheymcpanels.

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