DTC<sup>®</sup> Materials
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DTC® Materials
Optimized materials made for Direct-to-Card printing technology
Overview Key Features Specifications

Ribbons

Custom dye-sublimation and resin ribbons work seamlessly with HID printers to consistently produce colorful images, crisp text and precise bar codes.

Holographic foil cards for DTC

Increase the security of your card issuance system with tamper-resistant, instantly verifiable foils permanently embedded on each card.

Blank white cards for DTC

Video-grade PVC UltraCard™ card stock with polished, scratch- and debris-reduced surfaces optimizes the quality of your printed images.

Overlaminates

Applying an overlaminate to your cards not only improves durability, it greatly increases the security of the card. Overlaminates with standard or custom holograms create an ID card that is difficult to forge, yet easy to verify.

Accessories

We designed Certified Accessories to make maintenance straightforward and upgrades simple. Accessories can be ordered with your printer, or added in the future to extend the capabilities of your printer/encoder.

Cleaning Kits

All accessible printer parts can be maintained with kits containing printhead cleaning pens, interior cleaning cards, interior/exterior cleaning pads, card cleaning cartridges and high-volume card cleaning tapes.

Hardware

Upgrade or modify printer capabilities with one or more components

  • Dual-sided printing module
  • 32 MB RAM upgrade
  • External Print Server (Windows® only)
  • Card Lamination Module
  • Magnetic Stripe Encoding Module
  • Contact Smart Card Encoding Module
  • MIFARE® Contactless Smart Card Encoding Module
  • HID® iCLASS™ Contactless Smart Card Encoding Module
  • HID Proximity Reader
  • USB-to-Parallel Interface Cable (Windows 98/Me/2000/XP only)
  • Custom dye-sublimation
  • Produces high quality text and bar codes
  • Solutions include Ribbon, Holographic Foils, Cards, Overlaminates and more!

Ribbons

Full Color (Dye-Sublimation) Ribbons
Ribbon Type DTC550
Image Count		 DTC400/e, C30/e
Image Count		 Applications
YMCKO 500 250

Photo-accurate color prints, visual recognition
YMCKO Half Panel Not Available 350 (Refill and Starter Kit Only)  
YMCKOK 400 200  
YMCKK 500 Not Available  
YMCFKO 400 200 - DTC400/e Only

Includes fluorescing (F) panel for secure imaging
YMCFKOK 350 175 - DTC400/e Only  
One-Color (Resin) Ribbons
Ribbon Type DTC550
Image Count		 DTC400/e, C30/e
Image Count		 Application
Black Resin (standard) 3,000 1,000 Bar codes, text, serial numbers, bold graphics
Black Resin (premium) 3,000 1,000  
KO (Resin w/ Overlay) 1,500 500  
White 1,000 1,000  
Blue 1,000 1,000  
Green 1,000 1,000  
Red 1,000 1,000  
Gold Metallic 1,000 500  
Silver Metallic 1,000 500  
BO (Dye-sub black) Not Available 500 Full grayscale imaging
Holographic foil cards for DTC
Custom Holographic Foil Cards for DTC Printing
Product Specifics Artwork* Order Minimum Delivery Lead Time
VeriMark Cards 2D custom logo, text, or graphics in gold, on a silver foil 500 cards 2-4 weeks
HoloMark Cards Custom holographic logo, text, or graphics; available in gold or silver 5,000 cards 8-12 weeks
Embedded Foil Cards Custom translucent or metalic foil that can be placed anywhere on the card 1,000 cards 3-5 weeks