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HDPii High Definition Card Printer/Encoder User Guide (Rev. 1.1)
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Inhibit Panel Feature Operation
The Inhibit feature allows the user to define areas on the card surface which will not accept
any transfer of print data. With the reverse image transfer technology used in this printer, the
color (dye-sublimation, for colors or resin thermal transfer, for black resin) is transferred first
onto a transfer film then that transfer film is used to fuse the coloring material onto the
surface of the card.
The inhibit material is transferred to the film after any dye-sublimation colors or resin thermal
transfer ink are transferred to the film and before transferring the film to the card. (Note:
Thus the inhibit material prevents the coloring material from being transferred to the card.
Examples of where this feature may be used are signature panels, and magnetic stripe
areas.)
There are two ways to use the Inhibit Panel feature:
• Define inhibit areas using the Fargo Workbench.
• Define inhibit areas using the application software.
Using the Fargo Workbench Printer Utility For Inhibit Area
Placement
The first way to utilize the Inhibit Panel feature is to use the Fargo Workbench Printer Utility
to add rectangular inhibit areas. Each print job generated from the client computer will
contain the instructions to place the corresponding inhibit area(s) on the card surface.
Using the Fargo Workbench to define the inhibit area works regardless of whether the printer
being used to print jobs is a shared instance from another computer (e.g., on a local area
network) or an instance local to that computer.
