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Product Features
Technical Overview
This dye sublimation ribbon employs thermal transfer technology to produce vibrant, durable images on card surfaces. The YMCKT color configuration provides complete full-color printing capability, supporting the creation of detailed photographs, complex graphics, and security features on plastic card stock.
With a rated yield of 500 pages, this ribbon offers extended production capacity between supply changes. The original manufacturer construction ensures proper ribbon tension, consistent dye application, and reliable performance throughout the ribbon's usable life.
Key Product Advantages
This original manufacturer ribbon provides several advantages for card printing operations. Genuine Entrust Datacard supplies maintain print quality consistency and reduce the risk of printer damage compared to aftermarket alternatives.
These strengths make the product easier to deploy and manage in real environments, especially where reliability, usability, and day-to-day operational continuity matter. Notable benefits include Original Manufacturer Quality, Full-Color YMCKT Support, 500-Page Production Capacity, Prefilled Cassette Format.
Deployment / Use Cases
The 525150-004 ribbon is deployed in secure credential production environments using Entrust Sigma DS1 and DS2 card printers. These systems serve organizations requiring reliable identification card printing for employee badges, visitor credentials, student IDs, and membership cards.
Typical installations include corporate security departments, educational institutions, healthcare facilities, government agencies, and membership organizations. The ribbon supports both standard identification cards and specialized applications requiring full-color graphics, photographs, or security features on plastic card media.
Corporate Security
Produces employee identification badges with full-color photographs and corporate branding for access control systems.
- Secure credential production
- Branded identification cards
- Access control integration
Educational Institutions
Creates student and staff ID cards with color photographs for campus security and facility access management.
- Student identification
- Library access cards
- Campus security credentials
Highlights
- Original Entrust Datacard manufacturer ribbon
- Dye sublimation print technology
- YMCKT full-color printing capability
- 500-page typical print yield
- Compatible with Entrust Sigma DS1 and DS2 printers
- Prefilled ribbon cassette format
- Professional card printing applications
- Secure credential production
Specifications
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Datacard Group |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 525150-004 |
| Brand Name | Entrust Datacard |
| Product Name | YMCKT full-Color Prefilled Print Ribbon Cassette |
| Product Condition | Original |
| Product Type | Ribbon |
| Technical Information | |
| Print Technology | Dye Sublimation |
| Print Color | YMCKT |
| Typical Print Yield | 500 Pages |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Compatibility | Entrust Sigma Card Printers: DS1 DS2 |
FAQ
What printers is this ribbon compatible with?
This Entrust Datacard ribbon is specifically designed for use with Entrust Sigma series card printers, including the DS1 and DS2 models. These printers are commonly deployed for secure credential production in corporate, government, and institutional environments.
What does YMCKT color configuration mean?
YMCKT represents the five color panels on this dye sublimation ribbon: Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black, and Topcoat. This full-color configuration enables the printer to produce vibrant photographs, detailed graphics, and professional identification cards with complete color reproduction capabilities.
How many cards can I print with this ribbon?
The 525150-004 ribbon has a typical print yield of 500 pages, which translates to approximately 500 standard identification cards under normal printing conditions. Actual yield may vary based on card design complexity, coverage percentage, and printer settings.