FARGO electronic Pro-L User Manual download pdf (Page 6)

Introduction

Section 1: Introduction 1

Thank You...

for choosing the Pro-L Card Printer. This printer has been designed to provide you

with stunning, photo-quality color output on a variety of different card sizes and

thicknesses. It offers many features which easily allow you to create full-color

photo ID cards complete with high resolution graphics, text, bar codes, and much

more.

A. HOW YOUR CARD PRINTER WORKS

Your card printer utilizes two different, yet closely related printing technologies to

achieve its remarkable, direct-to-card output  dye-sublimation and resin thermal

transfer. The following describes how each of these technologies works:

Dye-Sublimation

Dye-sublimation is the process your printer uses to print smooth, continuous-tone

images that look truly photographic. This process uses a dye-based ribbon roll that

is partitioned by a number of consecutive color panels (see Section 4-A for more

ribbon information). The panels are grouped in a repeating series of the four

process colors  yellow, magenta, cyan, and black  along the entire length of the

ribbon. The printer always prints the yellow panel first, followed by the magenta

panel, the cyan panel, and finally the black panel.

As the ribbon and card pass simultaneously beneath the printhead, hundreds of

thermal elements within the printhead heat the dyes on the ribbon. When these

dyes are heated, they vaporize and diffuse into the surface of the card. By varying

the heat intensity of each thermal element within the printhead, it is possible for

each transferred dot of color to vary in hue, thus blending one color smoothly into

the next and producing photo-realistic images.

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