Alps Electric MD-5000P manual Printing on Photographic-Quality Labels, ∙ Ink cartridges

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Various Printing Operations

Printing on Photographic-Quality Labels

This section describes how to print Photographic Quality Color images on Photographic- Quality Labels. The Photographic-Quality Labels are available in the following two types.

Photographic-Quality Labels (20 stickers)			Photographic-Quality Labels (2 stickers)
(Part No. 105850-00)			(Part No. 105848-00)

Photographic-Quality Labels may be used with a variety of items, such as business cards, greeting cards and name tags.

Requirements

You need the following items for printing on the Photographic-Quality Labels.

∙Ink cartridges

Make sure that you use only the Photographic-Quality ink cartridges listed below.

Photo Cyan ink cartridge (Part No. 105812-00) Photo Magenta ink cartridge (Part No. 105814-00) Photo Yellow ink cartridge (Part No. 105816-00) Photo Overcoat ink cartridge (Part No. 105818-00)

∙Media

Photographic-Quality Labels (2 stickers) (Part No. 105848-00) or

Photographic-Quality Labels (20 stickers) (Part No. 105850-00)

∙The guide sheet (the thick paper with the written description) included with the set of paper sheets

Important

∙ Always use the above listed ALPS Photographic-Quality La- bels. Using some other types of paper can cause the printer to malfunction.

∙Print surfaces that have been overcoated cannot be used for subsequent printing. If you attempt to do so, the printer may malfunction.

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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 ¨ Install the Photographic-Quality Ink Cartridges Paper feed switch a¨ Prepare the Image to be Printed 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 Printing in Spot Color ∙ Single Ink∙ Multiple Inks ∙ 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 RGB settings n/255 ∙ Color compositions using RGB settings n/100%∙ Color compositions using Cmyk settings n/100% Color composition for indicating spot colors¨ Install the Ink Cartridges ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing Various Printing Operations ¨ Print Printing in Foil Color ∙ Single foil color printing without halftone∙ Multi foil color printing ∙ 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 copiers¨ Obtain a Matte Finish Leave them rolled up for five minutesUnroll them, and the curl should be corrected 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 ¨ Set up the Transparency Separators Separator Outer box To be aligned the edge Inner boxPaper output slot 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 BoxDefault button Cancel buttonTabs Radio buttonsSettings in Each Tab Document TypeMedia Type Print Settings Print Mode Method to Apply Printer EffectsPrinter Effects Preview Show Details dialog box Paper SizeStatus Display Refresh buttonLayout Pages Per SheetPrint Borders check box Scaling check boxColor Balance Photo EnhancementImage Color Match