Alps Electric MD-5000P

Various Printing Operations

Step 1¨¨

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¨Prepare the Image to be Printed

Use any application to create the image or document you want to

print.

Step 2¨¨

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¨Install the Photographic-Quality Ink Cartridges

Install the Photographic-Quality ink cartridges into the ink car-

tridge holders. The ink cartridges may be installed in any order.

Step 3¨¨

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¨Load the Photographic-Quality Paper (4"x 6") in Your

Printer

You may use either automatic feed mode or manual feed mode to

load the paper into your printer.

1. For manual feed mode, set the paper feed switch to posi-

tion “M”; for automatic feed mode, set it to “A”.

Paper feed switch “A” Paper feed switch “M”

Contents

Main Table of Contents Contents Various Printing Operations.......................... 4 Table of Contents Printer Driver................................................. 96 Various Printing Operations Various Printing Operations Photographic-Quality Color Printing Page Various Printing Operations button. Page Page Printing on Photographic-Quality Paper (4" x 6") Page Page Page Page Page Printing on Photographic-Quality Labels Create Data for Printing on Photographic-Quality La- bels Install the Photographic-Quality Ink Cartridges Load the Photographic-Quality Labels in Your Printer Various Printing Operations 1. Select Print from the File menu. The following dialog box appears. Page Page VPhoto Color Printing on VPhoto Print Film Install the Ink Cartridges Page Page VPhoto Color Printing on VPhoto Paper Page Page VPhoto Color Printing on Plain Paper Page Page VPhoto Color Printing on Photo Realistic Labels ready/insert Page Full Color & Photo Realistic Finishing (Glossy Finish) Printing Method Page Printing in Spot Color Types of Spot Color Printing Single Ink Printing Create Data for Spot Color Printing Page Page Page Multiple Inks Printing Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Simultaneous Metallics & CMYK Inks Printing Create the Full Color + Spot Color Print Image Page Page Page Page Page Printing in Foil Color Types of Foil Color Printing Single Foil Color Printing Install the Ink Cartridges Page Page Page Multi Foil Color Printing Page Page Page Page Page Simultaneous Full Color + Foil Color Printing Page Page Page Page Printing Greeting Cards Page Page Printing on Back Print Film Page ready insert Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing Transfer the Image to Paper using an Iron Step 6 Curl Correction Step 7 Obtain a Matte Finish Page Making Iron-on Transfers Page Page Page Page Examples Printing on Overhead Transparencies Set up the Transparency Separators. Page Page Undercoating with a VPhoto Primer Ink Cartridge Page Page Page Page Printer Driver Setup Dialog Box How to Open the Printer Driver Setup Dialog Box Name and Functions of Each Item of the MD-5000 Dialog Box The name and functions of each item of the MD-5000 dialog box are shown below. Functions of the Printer Driver Settings in Each Tab Document/Quality Tab This tab allows you to select a Document Type, Media Type, and a few other settings. Document Type Media Type Print Settings Print Mode Printer Effects Method to Apply Printer Effects Preview Show Details dialog box Paper Tab This tab allows you to select a paper size and a few other settings. Paper Size Page Image Settings Tab Set the brightness, contrast, and color balance of the printed image in this tab. Photo Enhancement Image Color Match