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Maxsys and MX Series Software Administrator’s Guide 243
Appendix C: Artista VHD
Module
This appendix explains how to create the setups necessary for
printing with an Artista
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VHD module on an MX6000 card
personalization system.
Setups can be created on an MX6000 Simulator and then copied to
the production card personalization system.
Introduction
The Artista VHD module prints separate layers of cyan, magenta, yellow, black,
and optionally a spot color on transparent retransfer material, and then transfers
the composite image to the card using heat and an adhesive. Images are printed
with pigment-based inks, not conventional dyes.
Ribbons must be installed in the following order:
• Cyan, magenta, and yellow in that order
• Black can be the fourth ribbon
• A spot color ribbon must follow black (if black is present) or yellow
The Artista VHD module prints at 600 dots per inch. An optional 1200 dots per
inch printhead can be used only in the fifth printhead position.
Requirements for graphics files used with the Artista VHD module are given in
the Data Formatting Guide.
Ribbon Stock Setup
You must create a Ribbon Stock Setup for your printing jobs. Follow these steps:
1. From the menu bar, select Applications | Stocks | Stock Management.
2. Under Stock Types (in the left pane), select Retransfer Stock Set.
3. Click New. The Retransfer Stock Set dialog box opens.
4. On the Ribbon Stock tab, enter a description. For this example, use
“CMYK+K+Gold+Blanking”.
5. Click in the box for each print station (Mount Point) you will use, and select
the Stock Name of the type of ribbon that will be mounted in that print
station.