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

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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