Alps Electric MD-5000P manual Color Balance, Photo Enhancement, Image, Color Match

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Printer Driver

Image Settings Tab

Set the brightness, contrast, and color balance of the printed image in this tab.

Color Balance

This setting allows you to adjust the color balance of the printed image. Click on the Color Balance button to dis- play the color balance setup sliders. Move the sliders to change the color balance settings.

•Saturation

Adjusts the color intensity of the printed image. Mov- ing the slider to the right intensifies the colors, and makes the printed colors more vivid. Moving it to the left reduces the color intensity, and makes the printed colors more dull.

•Red Strength

Adjusts the brightness of red in the printed image. Mov- ing the slider to the right intensifies red, while moving it to the left reduces the intensity of red.

•Green Strength

Adjusts the brightness of green in the printed image. Moving the slider to the right intensifies green, while moving it to the left reduces the intensity of green.

•Blue Strength

Adjusts the brightness of blue in the printed image. Moving the slider to the right intensifies blue, while moving it to the left reduces the intensity of blue.

Photo Enhancement

This option allows you to select either automatic satu- ration or color balance.

When Use Automatic option is selected, you can use Saturation or Color Balance option.

•Saturation

To increase the contrast in an image.

•Color Balance

To intensify the colors and lighten the midtones in an image.

•Darker Black

When this box is checked, black is created using all four inks (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black), so that the black portions of a color photograph or other graphic are blended more naturally.

Image

Adjust the brightness and contrast of the image by mov- ing the sliders.

Increasing the brightness makes the entire image brighter. Increasing the contrast intensifies the differ- ences between light and dark areas.

Color Match

This setting allows the printer to adjust colors accord- ing to the data type, for higher color printing quality. The available options are as follows:

•None

No color matching.

•Use Driver’s Matching

Color matching is performed automatically by the printer driver.

•Match for Graphics/Texts

Colors are adjusted for business documents that con- tain some graphics. When Graphics/Texts is selected in the Document Types setting, this option is auto- matically selected.

•Match for Photographs

Colors are adjusted for photographs or illustrations. When Photographs is selected in the Document Types setting, this option is automatically selected.

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Contents Online User’s Guide for Windows 3.1, 95/98 Table of Contents Printer Driver Various Printing Operations ∙ Ink cartridges Photographic-Quality Color Printing∙ Media ¨ Prepare the Image to be Printed ¨ Install the Photographic-Quality Ink CartridgesPaper feed switch a Guide sheetVarious Printing Operations ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing Click Properties¨ Print Printing on Photographic-Quality Paper 4 x ¨ Load the Photographic-Quality Paper 4x 6 in Your Printer Guide sheet ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing Various Printing Operations Click OK in the Print dialog box and printing will start Printing on Photographic-Quality Labels ¨ Create Data for Printing on Photographic-Quality La- bels Stickers¨ Load the Photographic-Quality Labels in Your Printer ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing Click Properties ¨ Print ¨ Install the Ink Cartridges VPhoto Color Printing on VPhoto Print Film¨ Load the VPhoto Print Film 8.5 x 11 in Your Printer Click OK in the Print dialog box to start printing VPhoto Color Printing on VPhoto Paper Requirement¨ Load the VPhoto Paper 4x6 Plus in Your Printer ¨ Print VPhoto Color Printing on Plain Paper ¨ Load the Paper in Your Printer Set Print Mode to VPhoto Color VPhoto Color Printing on Photo Realistic Labels Select Photo Realistic Label from the Media Type setting ¨ Print Full Color & Photo Realistic Finishing Glossy Finish ∙ Ink cartridgeVarious Printing Operations ∙ Multiple Inks Printing in Spot Color∙ Single Ink ∙ Metallic & Cmyk InksSingle Ink Printing ¨ Create Data for Spot Color Printing¨ Load Paper ¨ Install the Ink CartridgeManual feeding ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing ¨ Print Multiple Inks Printing ¨ Create Data for Spot Color Printing Various Printing Operations Tables of color composition settings for spot color printing Colors and color compositions used to indicate spot colors¨ Install the Spot Ink Cartridges ¨ Load Paper in Your Printer¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing Various Printing Operations ¨ Print Simultaneous Metallics & Cmyk Inks Printing ¨ Create the Full Color + Spot Color Print Image Create the full color and spot color data to be printed∙ Color compositions using Cmyk settings n/100% ∙ Color compositions using RGB settings n/255∙ Color compositions using RGB settings n/100% Color composition for indicating spot colors¨ Install the Ink Cartridges ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing Various Printing Operations ¨ Print ∙ Multi foil color printing Printing in Foil Color∙ Single foil color printing without halftone ∙ Full color + foil color printingSingle Foil Color Printing For manual feed mode, set the paper feed switch to posi Various Printing Operations ¨ Print Multi Foil Color Printing ¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed Foil color Colors and color components used to indicate foil colorsApplication color used to indicate the foil color ¨ Install the Ink Cartridges Various Printing Operations ¨ Print Simultaneous Full Color + Foil Color Printing Application color used to ¨ Install the Ink Cartridges Various Printing Operations ¨ Print Printing Greeting Cards Install the ink cartridges into the ink cartridge holders ¨Load the Greeting Card into the PrinterSet the Media Type to Cardboard Thick paper Click OK in the Print dialog box. Printing will begin∙ Paper to transfer the image to Printing on Back Print Film∙ Iron Back Print Film Normally, use Photographs ¨ Transfer the Image to Paper using an Iron ¨ Curl Correction Plain paper Paper for copiersUnroll them, and the curl should be corrected ¨ Obtain a Matte FinishLeave them rolled up for five minutes Apply the ironExamples Making Iron-on Transfers ∙ Cloth to transfer the image to T-shirt, handkerchief, etc¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed Set the Media Type to Iron-on Transfer Sheet ¨ Transfer the Iron-On to Cloth Various Printing Operations Iron-on transfers can be used not only onto fabric items Transfer ProcedureMaterial Selection Printing on Overhead Transparencies Paper output slot ¨ Set up the Transparency SeparatorsSeparator Outer box To be aligned the edge Inner box Separator¨ Install the Ink Cartridges and Overhead Transparen- cies Adjust the paper feed guide to the paper sizeClick OK in the Print dialog box. Printing will start ¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed As Undercoat Undercoating with a VPhoto Primer Ink CartridgeWhite portions of data R=G=B=100% are not undercoated ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing Various Printing Operations ¨ Print on Undercoat Printer Driver Printer Driver Setup Dialog Box How to Open the Printer Driver Setup Dialog BoxTabs Default buttonCancel button Radio buttonsSettings in Each Tab Document TypeMedia Type Print Settings Print Mode Method to Apply Printer EffectsPrinter Effects Preview Status Display Show Details dialog boxPaper Size Refresh buttonPrint Borders check box LayoutPages Per Sheet Scaling check boxImage Color BalancePhoto Enhancement Color Match
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