FARGO electronic HDP5000 manual Printer Adjustments

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Adjusting the Card Flattener __________________________________________________________ 7-10

Section 8: Printer Adjustments_______________________________________________ 8-1

Safety Messages (review carefully)______________________________________________________ 8-1

Printing on Alternate Card Stocks_______________________________________________________ 8-2

Selecting the Right Cards and optimizing the HDP Print Process ____________________________ 8-2

Selecting the Appropriate HDP Printer Driver settings ____________________________________ 8-3

Conducting the Tape Adhesion Test___________________________________________________ 8-5

Printer Driver Options ________________________________________________________________ 8-8

Installing Printer Driver Updates _____________________________________________________ 8-8

Setting Up the Printer Driver__________________________________________________________ 8-10

Setting up Windows 2000/XP/2003 __________________________________________________ 8-10

Using the OK, Cancel and Help buttons_______________________________________________ 8-10

Using the Card tab ___________________________________________________________8-11

Selecting the Card Size____________________________________________________________ 8-12

Selecting the Card Type ___________________________________________________________ 8-13

Setting the Orientation ____________________________________________________________ 8-17

Specifying the number of Copies ____________________________________________________ 8-18

Selecting the Diagnostics button ____________________________________________________ 8-19

Selecting the Test Print button ______________________________________________________ 8-20

Selecting the About button _________________________________________________________ 8-21

Selecting the Toolbox button _______________________________________________________ 8-22

Using the Device Options tab ___________________________________________________8-23

Detecting Supplies at Print Time Function_____________________________________________ 8-24

Adjusting the Ribbon Type_________________________________________________________ 8-27

Adjusting the Film Type___________________________________________________________ 8-28

Using the Dual Sided Group Functions__________________________________________________ 8-29

Using the Dual Sided - Print Both Sides option _________________________________________ 8-30

Using the Print Both Sides - Split 1 Set of Ribbon Panels option ___________________________ 8-31

Using the Print Both Sides - Print Back Image on Front of Card option ______________________ 8-32

Using the Dual Sided - Print Back Side Only option _____________________________________ 8-33

Using the Options Group_____________________________________________________________ 8-34

Using the Rotate Front 180 Degrees or Rotate Back 180 Degrees options ____________________ 8-35

Using the Disable Printing option____________________________________________________ 8-36

Using the Image Color tab _____________________________________________________8-37

Using the Quality – Color Matching dropdown _________________________________________ 8-39

Adjusting for the Resin Dither ______________________________________________________ 8-43

Using the Advanced Image Color window_____________________________________________ 8-44

Using the Default button on the Image Color tab ________________________________________ 8-50

Using the Image Transfer tab___________________________________________________8-51

Adjusting the Image Position controls ________________________________________________ 8-52

Adjusting the Transfer Dwell Time and Temperature ____________________________________ 8-54

Using the Default button___________________________________________________________ 8-58

Using the Magnetic Encoding tab _______________________________________________8-59

Using the Encoding Mode dropdown list ______________________________________________ 8-60

Selecting the Coercivity/Magnetic Track ______________________________________________ 8-64

Reviewing the Shift Data Left Function _______________________________________________ 8-65

Reviewing the Magnetic Track Options _______________________________________________ 8-66

Using the Magnetic Track Options___________________________________________________ 8-68

Using the Character Size buttons ____________________________________________________ 8-70

Using the ASCII Offset dropdown list ________________________________________________ 8-71

Using the Bit Density dropdown list__________________________________________________ 8-72

Using the LRC Generation dropdown list _____________________________________________ 8-73

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