Magicard Ribbons

Magicard ribbons load into your ID card printer and put the image onto the card, whether that is a full colour photo, text or a hard-wearing black panel. Which ribbon you need comes down to what it lays down, how many cards it prints and whether your printer is direct-to-card or retransfer.

Full colour YMCKO ribbons carry five panels: yellow, magenta and cyan mix your photo colours, a black resin panel gives sharp text and a clear overlay seals the surface. Yields run 100 images (MD100YMCKO, MA100YMCKO), 200 (MB200YMCKO, MC200YMCKO) and 300 (MA300YMCKO or EN1, MB300YMCKO, MC300YMCKO), with the MA450 half panel reaching 450 on part-card colour. Six panel YMCKOK ribbons add a second black panel for the reverse of a double sided card: EN8 MA250YMCKOK, MB250YMCKOK, MC250YMCKOK and LC8/D M9005-748.

Black with overlay ribbons print text, barcodes and the protective coat in one pass over 600 images: MC600KO, MB600KO and EN6 MA600KO. Monochrome ribbons run to 1,000 images in gold (MA1000K-Gold) and silver (MA1000K-Silver), with LC3 covering both. The grey MA1000K-Scratch hides PINs on membership cards.

Retransfer printing needs a dye film and a retransfer film. Prima 4 takes Prima433 YMCKK, Prima434 YMCK-UV or the Prima431 dye and retransfer pairing, with Prima436 film. Prima833 YMCKK and Prima834 YMCK-UV cover 750 prints. Prima836 film covers 1,000. Ultima HE1000YMCK, HE750YMCKK and HE750YMCKS work with HE1000RT film. The HE4000 set supplies both for 1,000 images. Clear patch laminate comes in 0.6 mil and 1.0 mil.

Ribbons for the Rio Pro Xtended are listed under Magicard Rio Pro Xtended ribbons.

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Ribbons by printer: Magicard 300 ribbons, Magicard 600 ribbons, Magicard Pronto ribbons, Pronto100 ribbons, Enduro ribbons and Rio Pro ribbons.

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