Alps Electric MD-1300 Printing Greeting Cards, Requirements, ¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed

Printing Greeting Cards

Printing Greeting Cards

This section describes step by step operation for printing on greeting cards. By combin- ing full color and metallic color printing, you can create many different looks for your greeting cards.

Requirements

For printing on greeting cards, you will need the following.

∙Ink cartridges

The following ink cartridges can be used. 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) Metallic gold ink cartridge (Part No. 106030-00) Metallic silver ink cartridge (Part No. 106045-00) Metallic magenta ink cartridge (Part No. 106035-00) Metallic cyan ink cartridge (Part No. 106040-00) White ink cartridge (Part No. 106050-00)

Finish ink cartridge (Part No. 106054-00)

Caution

On the glossy side of greeting cards, ALWAYS use metallic color ink cartridges.

∙Media

Use the greeting cards specifically designed for your printer. Greeting Card set (Part No. 106090-00)

Caution

∙ Always use the above listed greeting cards. Using some other type of cards can cause the printer to malfunction.

∙Do not bend the greeting cards before loading them on the printer. Once you have bent a card, you may not be able to obtain satisfactory printing results around the crease.

Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed

Create the text and graphic objects with an application, and lay them out within the printing area of a greeting card.

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