Alps Electric MD-5000P Printing in Foil Color, ∙ Single foil color printing without halftone

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Various Printing Operations

Printing in Foil Color

Foil color printing is one of the unique features of the ALPS MD-5000 printers. Although most applications are not designed to handle foil color printing, the MD-5000 printer driver allows you to select specific colors or color components that will be replaced by foil colors and black ink when printing. You can print with up to two foil colors (or two foil colors plus black) from most applications that allow color specification.

Moreover, because foil inks are opaque, foil color printing is unaffected by the color of the underlying paper. As a result, you can print on colored plain paper.

Caution

∙ Special color ink is used for foil color printing. Therefore, undercoat must be provided with cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks before printing Foil Color.

∙Depending on the font type, size or paper type, Foil Color ink might not be applied well.

Types of Foil Color Printing

The following types of foil color printing are possible depending on the number of ink cartridges used.

∙Single foil color printing (without halftone)

Foil color printing uses a single color (gold or silver).

∙Multi foil color printing

Foil color printing uses two colors (gold and silver).

∙Full color + foil color printing

Full color printing and foil color printing is executed simultaneously.

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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 ¨ 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 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 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 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 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∙ 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 ¨ 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 Material Selection Transfer ProcedureIron-on transfers can be used not only onto fabric items 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 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 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 Printer Effects Preview Printer EffectsMethod to Apply Show Details dialog box Paper SizeStatus Display Refresh buttonLayout Pages Per SheetPrint Borders check box Scaling check boxColor Balance Photo EnhancementImage Color Match