Alps Electric MD-5000P manual Photographic-Quality Color Printing, ∙ Ink cartridges, ∙ Media

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Various Printing Operations

Photographic-Quality Color Printing

This section describes how to print Photographic-Quality Color images on Photographic- Quality Paper.With Photographic-Quality Color printing, you can print continuous-tone images with the same high quality as photographs. In Photographic-Quality Color print- ing, you can also print with an overcoat ink that produces a smooth, shiny surface like a photograph.

Requirements

You need the following items for Photographic-Quality Color printing.

∙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 Paper (8.5" x 11") (Part No. 105822-00)

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

Caution

Always use Photographic-Quality Paper for Photographic-Qual- ity Color printing. Failure to do so can damage the printer as well as the cartridge ribbon. Up to 20 sheets of paper can be loaded into the sheet feeder at once.

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 ∙ Media Photographic-Quality Color Printing∙ Ink cartridges Paper feed switch a ¨ Install the Photographic-Quality Ink Cartridges¨ Prepare the Image to be Printed Guide sheetVarious Printing Operations Click Properties ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing¨ 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 Stickers ¨ Create Data for Printing on Photographic-Quality La- bels¨ Load the Photographic-Quality Labels in Your Printer ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing Click Properties ¨ Print VPhoto Color Printing on VPhoto Print Film ¨ Install the Ink Cartridges¨ Load the VPhoto Print Film 8.5 x 11 in Your Printer Click OK in the Print dialog box to start printing Requirement VPhoto Color Printing on VPhoto Paper¨ 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 ∙ Ink cartridge Full Color & Photo Realistic Finishing Glossy FinishVarious Printing Operations ∙ Single Ink Printing in Spot Color∙ Multiple Inks ∙ Metallic & Cmyk Inks¨ Create Data for Spot Color Printing Single Ink PrintingManual feeding ¨ Install the Ink Cartridge¨ Load Paper ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing ¨ Print Multiple Inks Printing ¨ Create Data for Spot Color Printing Various Printing Operations Colors and color compositions used to indicate spot colors Tables of color composition settings for spot color printing¨ Load Paper in Your Printer ¨ Install the Spot Ink Cartridges¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing Various Printing Operations ¨ Print Simultaneous Metallics & Cmyk Inks Printing Create the full color and spot color data to be printed ¨ Create the Full Color + Spot Color Print Image∙ Color compositions using RGB settings n/100% ∙ Color compositions using RGB settings n/255∙ 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 ∙ Single foil color printing without halftone Printing in Foil Color∙ 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 Application color used to indicate the foil color Colors and color components used to indicate foil colorsFoil 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 ¨Load the Greeting Card into the Printer Install the ink cartridges into the ink cartridge holdersClick OK in the Print dialog box. Printing will begin Set the Media Type to Cardboard Thick paper∙ Iron Printing on Back Print Film∙ Paper to transfer the image to Back Print Film Normally, use Photographs ¨ Transfer the Image to Paper using an Iron Plain paper Paper for copiers ¨ Curl CorrectionLeave them rolled up for five minutes ¨ Obtain a Matte FinishUnroll them, and the curl should be corrected Apply the ironExamples ∙ Cloth to transfer the image to T-shirt, handkerchief, etc Making Iron-on Transfers¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed Set the Media Type to Iron-on Transfer Sheet ¨ Transfer the Iron-On to Cloth Various Printing Operations Material Selection Transfer ProcedureIron-on transfers can be used not only onto fabric items Printing on Overhead Transparencies Separator Outer box To be aligned the edge Inner box ¨ Set up the Transparency SeparatorsPaper output slot SeparatorAdjust the paper feed guide to the paper size ¨ Install the Ink Cartridges and Overhead Transparen- ciesClick OK in the Print dialog box. Printing will start White portions of data R=G=B=100% are not undercoated Undercoating with a VPhoto Primer Ink Cartridge¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed As Undercoat ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing Various Printing Operations ¨ Print on Undercoat Printer Driver How to Open the Printer Driver Setup Dialog Box Printer Driver Setup Dialog BoxCancel button Default buttonTabs Radio buttonsDocument Type Settings in Each TabMedia Type Print Settings Print Mode Printer Effects Preview Printer EffectsMethod to Apply Paper Size Show Details dialog boxStatus Display Refresh buttonPages Per Sheet LayoutPrint Borders check box Scaling check boxPhoto Enhancement Color BalanceImage Color Match