User’s Guide
for Macintosh
For US Customers
For European Customers
Declaration of Conformity
RADIO & TELEVISION INTERFERENCE
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Table of Contents
Printing on Photographic-Quality Labels
Chapter 2 Various Printing Operations
Photographic-Quality Color Printing
Printing Full Color Data at 1200 x 600 dpi
What to Do If the Power Is Shut Off While Printing
What to Do When a Cartridge Change Error Occurs
Introduction
For US Customers
Service, Support and Supplies
Warranty
Product Support
Product Label
Warranty
Position of Label
Chapter
Major Functions and Operations
Getting Your Printer Ready
Getting Your Printer Ready
Removing the outside packing materials
Opening the front cover
Removing the carriage packing material
Closing the front cover
How to attach the Macintosh interface module
How to remove the Macintosh interface module
Locating the printer
Connecting Cables
Connecting the printer to your computer
Power cord connections
Name and Function of Each Part of the Printer
Printer Front View
DIP switches
Printer Rear View
Inside the Printer
SCSI connector
power light
Paper Feed Switch
Control Panel
power button
Installing Ink Cartridges
Identifying Ink Cartridge and Paper Types
Chapter 1 - Major Functions and Operations
3. Open the front cover
Installing Ink Cartridges
2. Take up any slack in the ribbon
4. Place the ink cartridges
Insert the left end of the ink cartridge, while pushing the left side latch of the ink cartridge holder slightly to the left with the ink cartridge
2. Remove the ink cartridge
Exchanging Ink Cartridges
1. Open the front cover
3. Place a new ink cartridge on the ink cartridge holder plate
Automatic feed mode
Loading Paper
Paper Types and Available Feeding Modes
Manual feed mode
Notes and precautions about paper
3. Place the paper in the sheet feeder
Loading Paper in Automatic Feed Mode
1. Pull out the paper support 2. Switch the paper feed mode
Chapter 1 - Major Functions and Operations
1. Push the paper support in
4. Adjust the paper feed guide to the paper size
Up to 20 sheets of paper can be loaded at a time
Loading Paper
3. Lift the paper stopper
4. Load paper
Loading Paper in Manual Feed Mode
5. Adjust the paper feed guide to the paper size
1. Switch the paper feed mode
Insert paper straight into the sheet feeder
3. Adjust the paper feed guide to the paper size
2. Insert paper
Chapter 1 - Major Functions and Operations
Purpose of the Printer Driver
Installing the Printer Driver
Preparing for Installation
System Requirements
Contents of the Installation Disks
Installing the Printer Driver
Using Balloon Help
Selecting the MD-1300 Driver
4. Click on the close box to close the Chooser
2. Click on the MD-1300 printer driver icon
MD-1300
5. Click on the OK button to close the dialog box
Testing the Printer
Page Setup Dialog Box
Print Dialog Box
Print Preview
Turning the Power On or Off
Turning on the Power
Turning off the Power
Requirements
Printing Operations
Printing Monochrome
Placing an ink cartridge in your printer
Loading the paper in your printer
Setting up the printer driver for printing
5. Make any necessary changes to the settings in the Print dialog box
6. After making any changes, click Print to start printing
Printing Operations
Requirements
Printing Color
Placing ink cartridges in your printer
Loading the paper in your printer
Setting up the printer driver for printing
2. Click Colors in the Print dialog box
Printing
1. Select Print from the File menu to display the Print dialog box
3. To print a photograph, check the Multi-pass Black check box
Step 1¨Open the ColorSyncTM System Characteristic Document
To Print in Colors Similar to Those in a Photograph
Printing Operations
Step 2¨ Set the Characteristic
Step 3¨ Set the Monitor
Step 6¨ Start Printing
Step 5¨ Enable the ColorSyncTM Function During Printing
Step 4¨ Display the Print Dialog Box
Printing Operations
Chapter 1 - Major Functions and Operations
Various Printing Operations
Chapter
Learning to Use the Many Functions of Your Printer
Photographic-Quality Color Printing
Requirements
Step 2¨ Install the Photographic-Quality Ink Cartridges
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
∙ You may load as many as 20 sheets of Photographic-Quality
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 5¨ Print
8. Click the Print in the Print dialog box to start printing
7. Once the settings have been finished, click OK
The color matching is normally set to Drivers Matching
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Printing on Photographic-Quality Paper 4 x 6 / 100 x 148 mm
Requirements
Printing on Photographic-Quality Paper 4 x 6 / 100 x 148 mm
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to be Printed
Step 2¨ Install the Photographic-Quality Ink Cartridges
Printing on Photographic-Quality Paper 4 x 6 / 100 x 148 mm
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 5¨ Print
When Photographic Paper is selected from the Type pop-up menu, overcoating is automatically set. We recommend that overcoating be normally provided. If overcoating is not provided at the end of printing, check the Disable Overcoat Cartridge check box in the Print dialog box
Photographic-Quality Labels 20 stickers
Printing on Photographic-Quality Labels
Requirements
Photographic-Quality Labels 2 stickers
20 stickers
Step 1¨ Create Data for Printing on Photographic-Quality La- bels
Step 2¨ Install the Photographic-Quality Ink Cartridges
2 stickers
Step 3¨ Load the Photographic-Quality Labels in Your Printer
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Printing on Photographic-Quality Labels
When Photographic Paper is selected from the Type pop-up menu, overcoating is automatically set. We recommend that overcoating be normally provided. If overcoating is not provided at the end of printing, check Disable Overcoat Cartridge check box in the Print dialog box
Step 5¨ Print
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to be Printed
Printing Full Color Data at 1200 x 600 dpi
Requirements
Printing Full Color Data at 1200x 600 dpi
Step 2¨ Install the Ink Cartridges
Step 3¨ Load Paper
Manual feed mode is used for this printing
∙ For Photo Realistic Paper, select Photo Realistic Paper
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 5¨ Print
∙ For Photo Realistic Labels, select Photo Realistic Label
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Full Color & Photo Realistic Finishing Glossy Finish
Requirements
Full Color & Photo Realistic Finishing Glossy Finish
Printing Method
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Printing in Spot Color Metallic and White Color printing
Types of Spot Color Printing
Single Spot Color Printing
Step 1¨ Create Data for Spot Color Printing
Requirements
Step 2¨ Install the Ink Cartridge
Step 3¨ Load Paper
Leave the other holders empty
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 5¨ Print
3. Select Black & White or Grayscale from the Colors pop-up menu
4. Click the Colors button in the Print dialog box
7. Click Print in the Print dialog box
Multi Spot Color Printing
Requirements
Step 1¨ Create Data for Spot Color Printing
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
2. Set the colors corresponding to each spot color you want to use
∙ Color compositions using CYMK settings n/100%
Tables of color composition settings for spot color printing
∙ Color compositions using RGB settings n/100%
Application color used to indicate the spot color
Step 2¨ Install the Spot Ink Cartridges
Step 3¨ Load Paper in Your Printer
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 5¨ Print
7. Click Preview in the Print dialog box
The dialog box for selecting cartridges is displayed
8. If the loaded cartridges are correct, click OK
Full Color + Spot Color Printing in Multi-page Mode
Requirements
Step 1¨ Create an Image for Full Color + Spot Color Printing
1. Prepare the full color image and the spot color images separately
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Step 4¨ Load Paper in Your Printer
Step 3¨ Install the Spot Color Ink Cartridges
Step 2¨ Prepare the Spot Color Image
Install the spot color ink cartridges required for this image
Step 5¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 6¨ Print
Page
Step 7¨ Prepare the Full Color Data
Step 8¨ Change the Cartridges
Step 9¨ Print
Simultaneous Full Color + Spot Color Printing
Requirements
Step 1¨ Create the Full Color + Spot Color Print Image
1. Create the full color and spot color data to be printed
Chapter 2 - Various Operations
Spot color
Step 3¨ Load Paper in Your Printer
Step 2¨ Install the Ink Cartridges
3. Adjust the paper feed guide to the width of the paper
2. For Letter / A4 paper, fully extend the paper support
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 5¨ Print
Page
Printing Greeting Cards
Requirements
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed
Step 3¨Load the Greeting Card into the Printer
Step 2¨ Install the Ink Cartridges
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 5¨ Print
∙ For full color printing, select Millions of Colors
∙ For information on the color-matching selections, see Chap- ter 1, Printing Operations
Printing on Photo Realistic Labels
Requirements
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed
Step 2¨ Install the Ink Cartridges
Photographic-Quality Label templates have been prepared in the Label folder of the ALPS Installation CD-ROM included in the pack- age. When creating data using those templates, please see the section “How to Use Photo Label Templates” in the “Read Me” file on the ALPS Installation CD-ROM for instructions. You may use them, or employ some other application to lay out the data ac- cording to the print format shown below
Step 3¨ Load Paper
∙ Printing Mode is fixed to Glossy Finish
Step 4¨Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 5¨Print
∙ Colors is set to Millions of Colors
5. Click Print in the Print dialog box to start printing
4. Once the settings have been finished, click OK
3. Make color matching selections as required
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Printing on Back Print Film
Requirements
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed
Use an application and create the image to be printed
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Step 3¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 4¨ Print
Step 5¨ Transfer the Image to Paper with an Iron
Step 6¨ Curl Correction
Step 7¨ Obtain a Matte Finish
Examples
2. Apply the iron
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Making Iron-on Transfers
Requirements
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed
Use an application and create the data to be printed
Step 3¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Making Iron -on Transfers
Iron-on Transfer Sheet
Step 4¨ Print
Step 5¨ Transfer the Iron-On to Cloth
5. Remove the finishing sheet after the cloth has cooled com- pletely
Iron-on transfers can be used not only onto fabric items
Transfer Procedure
Examples
Material Selection
Printing on Overhead Transparencies
Requirements
Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed
Step 2¨ Set up the Transparency Separators
OPERATION
Step 3¨ Install the Ink Cartridges and Overhead Transparencies
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
Step 5¨ Print
8. To start printing, click Print in the Print dialog box
7. Once the settings have been completed, click OK
6. Make color matching selections as required
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Undercoating with a White Ink Cartridge
Requirements
Undercoating with a White Ink Cartridge
Install the white ink cartridge in any of the ink cartridge holders
Step 2¨ Install the White Ink Cartridge
Step 1¨ Create Data for Full Color Printing
Step 3¨ Load Paper in Your Printer
Step 4¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing
When the Multi-page mode is not used, print in full color again after executing undercoat printing. In this case, perform printing in manual feed mode. Consecutive printing using automatic feed- ing may result in incorrect paper feeds
Step 5¨ Print
Photo Realistic Finishing Glossy Finish in Multi-page Mode
Photo Realistic Finishing Glossy Finish in Multi-page Mode
Requirements
Step 3¨ Execute Full Color Printing
Step 2¨ Install Ink Cartridges
Step 1¨ Create Data
Step 4¨ Exchange the Ink Cartridges
Photo Realistic Finishing in Multi-page Mode
Step 5¨ Print
Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
Printer Driver
Chapter
Printer Driver Functions
Using the Chooser
Chooser Settings
Functions of the Printer Driver
Selecting a Device
Selecting the SCSI Port
Functions of the Printer Driver
Using AppleTalk
Background Printing
Page Setup Dialog Box
Type
Size
Custom Paper Sizes Edit Button
Paper sizes
Orientation
OK/Cancel
Reduce/Enlarge
Printer Effects
Copies
Printing Mode
Print Dialog Box
Pages
Options
Cancel
Quality
Print
Preview
Colors Dialog Box
Multi-page Mode
Colors Dialog Box
Blends
Brightness
Spot Color Print
Multi-pass Black
Color Matching Options
OK/Cancel
1. Choose ColorSyncTM System Profile from the Control Pan- els
2. Click Set Profile
Using Background Printing
Using Background Printing
Using the Queue Monitor
Using Backgroung Printing
Preferences settings
Queue Monitor Window
Error Display
Error Display
Chapter 3 - Printer Driver
Appendix
Cleaning the Printer
Cleaning the Main Unit
Cleaning the Print Head
Cleaning the Printer
1. Push the front cover eject button and gently lower the front cover
Cleaning the Platen
2. How to install a cleaning pad
Exchanging Cleaning Pads for Photographic-Quality Color Printing
1. How to remove the cleaning pad
Cleaning the Printer
∙ Paper feed and eject Paper feed
ready / insert Button Functions
∙ Canceling an alarm
Paper eject
Indicator light status
Indicator Lights Summary
Normal Printing Mode
Alarm status shown by indicator lights
Troubleshooting
5. Press the power button to turn on the power
What to Do When a Cartridge Change Error Occurs
1. First, press the power button to shut off the power
Troubleshooting
Clearing Paper Jams
Follow these steps to clear a paper jam
Troubleshooting
Power does not come on
The icon does not appear in the Chooser
The MD-1300 printer cannot be selected in the Chooser
The MD-1300 printer does not print or stops printing
Is the ribbon in one of the cartridges used up?
Are the print settings correct?
Color printing is not working or is extremely slow
Are the ink cartridges for color printing installed?
Are you using memory management tools or virtual memory?
Has one of the ribbons separated from the head?
Printing is light, distorted, or has gaps
Are you using the correct cartridges for the chosen printing medium?
Is the head dirty? Is there something stuck on the head?
Paper is not feeding or ejecting correctly from the sheet feeder
Page
A mechanism or cartridge change error occurred
Ink cartridges are not correctly recognized
Printing Quality, Hue, and Resolution
How should I use white ink?
Ink and Paper
Can I print on overhead transparencies using metallic cartridges?
Cartridges run out very fast with monochrome printing
Other problems and operations
Connection Method
How do I uninstall the printer driver?
Specifications
General Specifications
Specification
Connector Signals
DIP Switches
Connector
Interface
Using cardboard, thick paper or back print film
Printable Area
Appendix
Photo Realistic Labels 16 stickers
Photographic-Quality Labels 2 Stickers
Printing is possible within the range shown in rectangles
19.8mm
Photographic-Quality Labels 20 Stickers
Specification
8.5mm 17mm 0.67
Ink cartridges
Available Supplies
MD-1300 Supplies List
Print media
Index
105, 109
29, 30
15, 24
Index