User's Manual

November 2015 PLT-02496, Version: 1.0
Printing Preferences Page 3-19
3.8 K-Panel Resin Tab
Use the K-Panel Resin tab to control where the resin black (K) panel of a full-color ribbon is printed. If
printing with a ribbon type that does not have a K-Panel, all K-Panel Resin options will be disabled.
Resin black text is desirable due to its sharp, saturated color (good for barcodes). By default, the
printer driver will print all True-type black text and True-type barcodes with the resin black (K) panel
of the print ribbon.
If printing black text or barcodes that are not True-type, select a Print All Black with K Panel option.
The printer driver will print areas of the image where it finds black coloring with the print ribbon resin
black (k) panel as specified by selected options.
Field Description
Front/Back Specify the side of the card to apply the area definition.
Print All
Black with K
Panel
Define the Overlay or Print Area.
Full Card: Select this option to print the resin black (K) panel for all black found within all
areas of the image.
Defined Area(s): To print the resin black (K) panel in the selected and defined area(s).
Undefined Area(s): To print the resin black (K) panel in the space outside the selected and
defined area.
Print YMC
under K
Print all black in the designated defined/undefined areas, with the Yellow (Y), Magenta (M)
and Cyan (C) ribbon panels directly beneath the resin black (K) Panel.
Select this option if printing resin black text or barcodes onto a colored background to
provide a more gradual transition between the two.
Print K Only
Print all black in the designated defined/undefined areas only with resin black, or to print
resin black onto a white background to maximize the sharpness of printed text and barcodes.
Click and drag the corners and the sides of an
area to change size and location of area. The
horizontal, vertical, and X, Y coordinates
update accordingly.
Up to five areas can be added for the K-Panel.