Alps Electric MD-5000P manual Single Foil Color Printing, ∙ Media

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Various Printing Operations

Single Foil Color Printing

Single foil color printing uses just one color. Only the foil color to be used is installed in the printer. This method is used when an entire image or document is going to be printed in a single foil color. This method of printing can be used even when the applica- tion you are using does not allow designation of color components. Using this method, even grayscale images can be printed in foil color.

Requirements

For single foil color printing you will need the following.

∙Media

Normal paper such as plain paper, Laser Paper, postcards, etc. can be used just as with normal color printing.

In case of Greeting Cards (Part No. 106090-00), single foil color printing can be executed only on the paper (not glossy) side.

∙Ink cartridges

For single foil color printing, use either of the following ink cartridges. Gold Foil ink cartridge (Part No. 105148-00)

Silver Foil ink cartridge (Part No. 105150-00)

The following ink cartridges are also necessary for undercoating. Cyan ink cartridge (Part No. 106020-00)

Magenta ink cartridge (Part No. 106015-00) Yellow ink cartridge (Part No. 106010-00) Black ink cartridge (Part No. 106005-00)

Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed

Use any application to create the image or document you want to print, and prepare it just as you would for normal printing.

Note

It is not necessary to select a color in the application that matches the color of the ink cartridge in the printer. Leaving the charac- ters and images in black is fine.

Step 2¨ Install the Ink Cartridges

Install the desired foil color, cyan, magenta, yellow, and black ink cartridges into the ink cartridge holders. The ink cartridges may be installed in any order. For details, please refer to the section entitled “Installing Ink Cartridges” in Chapter 1.

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Contents Online User’s Guide for Windows 3.1, 95/98 Table of Contents Printer Driver Various Printing Operations Photographic-Quality Color Printing ∙ Ink cartridges∙ Media 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 Printing¨ Install the Ink Cartridge ¨ Load PaperManual feeding ¨ 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 Colors and color components used to indicate foil colors Foil colorApplication 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 ¨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 paperPrinting on Back Print Film ∙ Paper to transfer the image to∙ Iron 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 Transfer Procedure Iron-on transfers can be used not only onto fabric itemsMaterial Selection 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 Undercoating with a VPhoto Primer Ink Cartridge ¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed As UndercoatWhite 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 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 Method to ApplyPrinter Effects Preview Paper Size Show Details dialog boxStatus Display Refresh buttonPages Per Sheet LayoutPrint Borders check box Scaling check boxPhoto Enhancement Color BalanceImage Color Match