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Zebra ID Card Print Ribbons

For consistent high-quality output from your Zebra card printer, use Zebra’s TrueColours® print ribbons. TrueColours ribbons deliver vibrant color photos and “true-to-life” flesh tones, as well as sharp monochrome bar codes and text.

Prolong card life with Zebra’s patented overlay (“O panel”) in the ribbons, which protects your card against dye migration and abrasions. TrueColours ribbons are also designed to help extend the life your Zebra card printer with a unique silicone-based coating that minimizes printhead debris. Ribbons without this coating allow particulate buildup on the printhead, which may decrease the life of this critical printer part.

TrueColours Monochrome Resin Ribbons

Zebra TrueColours® Monochrome Resin Ribbons use “thermal transfer” printing technology, a process by which a heated printhead is used to transfer a digitized image from the ribbon to the surface of the card. Monochrome ribbons can be used on all Zebra card printers. They are available in a variety of colors including black, red, green, blue, gold, silver, white and scratch-off gray.

TrueColours Multi-panel Ribbons

Zebra TrueColours® Multi-panel ribbons are developed with the newest technology in dyes available. Multi-panel ribbons use dye-sublimation, which means the color dye is vaporized into a gaseous state and then diffused onto the cards at the printhead station.

Security Featured Ribbons

Prevent unauthorized use of your card printer and supplies with print ribbons that have factory programmed customer security codes. The printer will authenticate the ribbon security code before printing, helping keep your ID issuance process secure.

Laminates & Overlays

Combat card counterfeiting, alteration and duplication with Zebra’s TrueColours® secure supplies, such as varnish overlays and laminates. These protective materials prolong card life by preventing image fading and dye-migration and reduce normal wear from handling and frequent card swiping through magnetic stripe readers.

For added security and durability, you can deter card forgery with Zebra’s customizable levels of card security. Various types of holograghic, optically variable inks and other security featured laminates can be designed to make your card design unique and more secure.

Varnish Overlay Ribbons

Clear
Hologram (Genuine Secure Image)

Laminate Ribbons

Carrier based and linerless based laminate, 1.0 mil and 0.6 mil thick
Clear laminate (full size, smart card cut out, ½ size for magnetic stripe cards)
Hologram laminate (Genuine Secure Image and World Globe Image) full size

Security Featured Laminates

Customizable hologram laminates add a unique security feature that makes cards more tamper-resistant and deters fraudulent reproduction of cards. There are various types of holograms available.

OVI takes optically variable inks to make up an image or text within the laminate. It will show various color effects as the image is rotated.
Pixel-Grafx hologram takes state-of-the-art computer graphics with traditional holography to produce “pixilated” imagery. These images or patterns are made up of a series of pixels or dots, which are exposed to laser light at multiple angles to achieve maximum brightness even in ordinary (fluorescent) lighting conditions.
2D Hologram is made up of two-dimensional images. The hologram images are assigned different colors and position in one layer. It just has one layer on hologram image, without visual depth.
2D/3D Hologram is made up of multiple two dimensional layers with hologram images visually placed one behind another with visual depth to produce an effect of three-dimensional hologram structure. It has very good visual depth between different layers and shininess on first layer.