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That is why we have decided to share with you the experience of one of our clients who needed to purchase an ID card printer for the first time. In this fourth post, Patricia finds out more about the different ribbons that an ID card printer uses.
�Evidently, ID Card printers don�t use a standard ink cartridge that laser and inkjet printers do. ID Card printers use ribbons, which are plastic cartridges with ink on a film. I assumed a double-sided printer would need two ribbons to operate. Yet again, I was wrong.
Additionally, if a YMCKO/monochrome ribbon says �500 prints�, this does not mean it will make 500 cards. The ribbon will print 500 times so on a double-sided printer you will get 250 cards and a single carded printer you will get 500 cards. This is not the case with a YMCKOK ribbon, which would print a true 500 prints on a double sided printer.
Fun fact, the term �YMCKO� actually describes the colors used!