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Dye Sublimation Printing
The entire length of a dye sublimation ribbon is made up one continuously repeating sequence of color panels. Three panels make up this sequence; each of the panels is a separate color. The colors are yellow, magenta, and cyan.
When mixed in the right proportions, these three colors can recreate the rainbow.
Dye-sub ID Card Printer ribbons also have at least 1 black resin panel - this is used to print bar codes and text - and one clear panel; this applies a protective laminate over the colors that have been laid down.
Inside dye sublimation ID badge printers - the Fargo DTC300, DTC400, and DTC550, and Zebra Eltron’s P110i, P210i, and also the Zebra P330i - this ribbon and the blank ID card pass together under a printhead. Hundreds of thermal elements in the printhead heat the dyes on the ribbon’s panels. The dyes turn into vapor, which diffuses onto the surface of the ID card. More intense heat vaporizes more dye, making the color that appears on that part of the ID card more intense.
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Direct-To-Card Printing Resin Thermal Transfer Printing Dye Sublimation Printing Inkjet Card Printers Laminate ID Card Printers Advanced Picture ID Machines Why a Photo ID Printer? Overview of Photo ID SystemsThe vapors produced from each of the panels blend into each other. A continuous gradient of colors is produced. An image of photo-realistic quality appears, and is then covered by the clear laminate.
A new photo ID card comes out of the ID card printer and is ready to be put to work.
