Alps Electric MD-5000P инструкция обслуживания

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T able of Contents 2 Contents V arious Printing Operations .......................... 4 Printing on Photographic-Quality P aper (4" x 6") ...................... 10 Printing on Photographic-Quality Labels ................................... 16 VPhoto Color Printing on VPhoto Print Film .............................. 22 VPhoto Color Printin[...]

T able of Contents 3 Printer Driver ................................................. 96 Printer Driver Setup Dialog Bo x ................................................. 97 How to Open the Printer Driver Setup Dialog Bo x ............... 97 Name and Functions of Each Item of the MD-5000 Dialog Bo x 98 Settings in Each T ab .......................[...]

V arious Printing Operations Learning to Use the Man y Functions of Y our Printer Th e MD-5000P n ot only prints outstan din g m onochr om e an d full color im ages but also offers a wi de vari ety of oth er opti ons, in cluding prin ting in foil or m etallic color an d prin ting on iron-on tr ansfer sh eets, photo labels , an d gr eeting cards . T[...]

5 V arious Printing Operations 5 Photographic-Quality Color Printing This section describes how to pr int Photog raphic-Quality Color images on Photographic- Quality P aper .With Photographic-Quality Color printing, you can print continuous-tone images with the same high quality as photographs. In Photographic-Quality Color print- ing, you can also[...]

6 V arious Printing Operations 6 Step 1 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Prepare the Image to be Printed Use any application to create the image or document you want to print. Step 2 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Install the Photographic-Quality Ink Cartridges Install the Photographic-Quality ink cartridges into the ink car- tr idge holders. The ink car tridges may be installed in[...]

7 V arious Printing Operations 7 3. Adjust the paper feed guide to the width of the paper . 4. For manual feeding, load one sheet of paper in the sheet feeder , and press the ready / insert b utton. ready / insert Note Only the glossy surface of paper can be subjected to Photo- graphic-Quality printing. Since the opposite surface cannot be printed [...]

8 V arious Printing Operations 8 Step 4 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing 1. Select Print from the File menu. The following dialog box appears. 2. Click Properties. The Document T ype dialog box in the ALPS MD-5000P dialog bo x appears.- Note Please note that the procedure for opening the dialog box of ALPS MD-5000P driver may s[...]

9 V arious Printing Operations 9 5. When the following notice window appears, confirm the contents, and click OK. 6. Change other necessary settings. 7. When you complete the setup, click OK to close the dia- log box. Note If you select Photographic P aper from the Media Type setting, the overcoat finishing will be automatically provided. It is rec[...]

10 V arious Printing Operations 10 Printing on Photographic-Quality Paper (4" x 6") This section describes how to print Photographic-Quality Color images on Photographic- Quality P aper . With Photogr aphic-Quality Color printing, you can print continuous-tone images with the same high quality as photographs. In Photographic-Quality Color[...]

11 V arious Printing Operations 11 Step 1 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Prepare the Image to be Printed Use any application to create the image or document y ou want to print. Step 2 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Install the Photographic-Quality Ink Cartridges Install the Photographic-Quality ink cartridges into the ink car- tr idge holders. The ink car tridges may be installed[...]

12 V arious Printing Operations 12 2. For automatic feeding, load the guide sheet supplied with the paper into the sheet feeder , placing the printed side facing down. Then, place the Photographic-Quality Paper on the guide sheet. Only the glossy side of the Photo- graphic-Quality Paper is printable, so be sure to load the sheets with the glossy , [...]

13 V arious Printing Operations 13 • Keep both used and unused sheets away from heat, humid- ity , dust, and direct sunlight. • A printed image on Photographic-Quality Paper ma y discolor. Keep it out of contact with plastic, such as document hold- ers, wallet windows, erasers, hairdressing items, and cos- metic items. • Keep all unused sheet[...]

14 V arious Printing Operations 14 5. When the follo wing notice window appears, confirm the contents and click OK. 6. Select Photo Paper 4 x 6 in from the Paper Size setting in the Paper T ab.[...]

15 V arious Printing Operations 15 7. Change other necessary settings. 8. When you complete the setup, click OK to close the dia- log box. Note If you select Photographic P aper from the Media Type setting, the overcoat finishing will be automatically provided. It is rec- ommended to print with the over coat. Howe ver , if printing with the overcoa[...]

16 V arious Printing Operations 16 Printing on Photographic-Quality Labels This section describes how to print Photographic Quality Color images on Photographic- Quality Labels. The Photographic-Quality Labels are a vailable in the f ollowing two types . Photographic-Quality Labels (20 stickers) Photographic-Quality Labels (2 stickers) (Part No. 10[...]

17 V arious Printing Operations 17 Step 1 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Create Data for Printing on Photographic-Quality La- bels Use the application of your choice to create the text and graphics you want, and lay them out within the printable area of a Photo- graphic-Quality Label. The following explanation will assume the use of Photographic- Quality Labels (2[...]

18 V arious Printing Operations 18 Step 3 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Load the Photographic-Quality Labels in Y our Printer Y ou may use either automatic f eed mode or man ual 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 fee[...]

19 V arious Printing Operations 19 Important • Y ou may load as man y as 20 sheets of Photographic-Quality Labels at one time. • F an the sheets bef ore loading them on the sheet feeder . The printer may feed more than one sheet at one time when they are stuck together . • If you do not load the guide sheet with the Photographic- Quality Labe[...]

20 V arious Printing Operations 20 2. Clic k Pr oper ties. The Document T ype dialog box in the ALPS MD-5000P dialog box appears. Important Please note that the procedure for opening the dialog box of ALPS MD-5000P driver may slightly differ from one application to another . 3. Select Graphics/T ext, or Photographs from the Document T ypes setting [...]

21 V arious Printing Operations 21 7. When you complete the setup, c lic k OK to close the dia- log box. Note If y ou select Photographic Label from the Media T ype setting, the over coat finishing will be automatically pro vided. It is rec- ommended to print with the over coat. Howe ver , if printing with the over coat is not desired, c lic k the [...]

V arious Printing Operations 22 VPhoto Color Printing on VPhoto Print Film This section describes how to print images on Vphoto print film. Photogravure-lik e quality can be achieved by printing images on VPhoto print film with Micro Dry TM standard inks. This is very effectiv e when printing multicolored images like computer gr aphics (CG). Requir[...]

V arious Printing Operations 23 Step 3 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Load the VPhoto Print Film (8.5" x 11") in Y our Printer Y ou may use either automatic f eed mode or man ual feed mode to load the film into y our pr inter . 1. For manual feed mode, set the paper feed switch to posi- tion “M”; for automatic feed mode, set it to “A”. 2. Adjust [...]

V arious Printing Operations 24 2. Click the Document/Quality tab to bring this portion to the front. 3. Select A utomatic, Photographs, or Graphics/T ext fr om the Document T ype depending on the document to be printed. 4. Select VPhoto Print Film from the Media T ype setting. 5. Change the necessary settings. 6. When you complete the setup, click[...]

V arious Printing Operations 25 VPhoto Color Printing on VPhoto Paper This section describes how to print images on VPhoto P aper . Photogr avure-lik e quality can be achieved by printing images on VPhoto Paper with Micro Dry TM standard inks. This is very effectiv e when printing multicolored images like computer gr aphics (CG). Requir ement Y ou [...]

V arious Printing Operations 26 Step 2 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Install the Ink Cartridges Install the total of five ink cartridges (cyan, magenta, yellow , b lack, and finish II) into the ink car tridge holders. The ink car tr idges ma y be installed in any order . For details, please refer to the section entitled “Installing Ink Car- tridges” in Chapte[...]

V arious Printing Operations 27 2. Clic k the Document/Quality tab to bring this portion to the front. 3. Select A utomatic, Photographs, or Graphics/T ext fr om the Document T ype depending on the document to be printed. 4. Select VPhoto P aper (4x6" Plus) fr om the Media T ype set- ting. 5. Change the necessary settings. 6. When you complete[...]

V arious Printing Operations 28 VPhoto Color Printing on Plain Paper This section describes how to print VPhoto color images on plain paper . Photogr avure- lik e quality can be achie ved b y printing VPhoto color images on plain paper . This is ver y eff ective when printing multi-colored images like computer g raphics (CG). Requir ement Y ou need[...]

V arious Printing Operations 29 Step 3 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Load the P aper in Y our Printer Y ou may use either automatic f eed mode or man ual 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”. 2. Adjust the paper feed guide to the width o[...]

V arious Printing Operations 30 5. Set Print Mode to VPhoto Color . Note • When Laser Paper and VPhoto Color are selected from the Media T ype and Print Mode, respectively , Glossy Finish is automaticall y set. W e recommend that glossy finish be nor- mally provided. If you do not want to obtain glossy finish, click the More Settings button, then[...]

V arious Printing Operations 31 VPhoto Color Printing on Photo Realistic Labels This section describes how to print VPhoto Color images on Photo Realistic Labels. Photo Realistic Labels may be used as photo stickers. Prepare the image you want to print using a scanner or a digital camera, then layout it out within the printable area of a Photo Real[...]

V arious Printing Operations 32 3. Load one sheet of Photo Realistic Label in the sheet feeder , and press the ready/insert button. Note • Be sure to manually feed Photo Realistic Labels one at a time. • For Photo Realistic Labels, load so that the glossy surface faces upward. • Provide a gap of several millimeters between the paper feed guid[...]

V arious Printing Operations 33 Note When Photo Realistic Label is selected fr om the Media T ype, Print Mode is automatically set to VPhoto Color . And Glossy Finish is also automatically set. W e recommend that glossy fin- ish be normally provided. If you do not want to obtain glossy finish, click the More Settings button, then uncheck the Glossy[...]

V arious Printing Operations 34 Full Color & Photo Realistic Finishing (Glossy Finish) Use the steps outlined here for full color printing and photo realistic finishing (glossy finish). Then the image will be finished with a Finish II car tridge, to create a glossy eff ect similar to a Photograph. This method is par ticular ly effectiv e f or p[...]

V arious Printing Operations 35 T e xt or Photog raphs from the Document T ype setting in the Document/Quality T ab in the MD-5000 printer dr iv er dialog bo x. Then select Glossy Finish from the Print Mode setting tab. Pr inting is carr ied out in the f ollowing order : cyan, magenta, yello w , blac k and finishing. F or details, see the instructi[...]

V arious Printing Operations 36 Printing in Spot Color Spot color printing is a unique feature of the MD-Series printers. Although most applica- tions are not designed to handle spot color printing, the MD-5000 printer driver allows you to select specific colors or color components that will be replaced by spot colors such as metallic and white ink[...]

V arious Printing Operations 37 Single Ink Printing Single Ink printing uses just one color . Only the 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 color . This method of printing can be used even when the application you are using does not allow designation o[...]

V arious Printing Operations 38 Step 2 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Install the Ink Cartridge Install the metallic ink cartridge you want to print with in cartridge holder . Step 3 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Load Paper The method used for loading paper depends on the paper type. Use manual feed mode for thick paper and greeting cards. For plain paper , laser paper , and Hig[...]

V arious Printing Operations 39 Step 4 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing 1. Select Print from the File menu to open the Print dialog box, then click Properties. 2. Click the Document/Quality tab to bring this portion to the front. 3. Set Document T ype to an option appropriate to the docu- ment to be printed. 4. Set Media T ype [...]

V arious Printing Operations 40 5. Check Use Spot Colors check box so that the Spot Colors dialog box is displayed. 6. Click the Use Spot Color(s) radio button. 7. Set Print Using to Single Ink. 8. Enabled ink cartridges among those installed in the printer are displayed in Select Ink Cartridge(s). Click the radio button(s) of the ink cartridge(s) [...]

V arious Printing Operations 41 Multiple Inks Printing Use the steps outlined here for spot color printing using two or more spot color ink cartridges. By associating each spot color with a color (or color composition) in your application, you can print with as many as six spot colors (or five spot colors and blac k). Y ou can use this method with [...]

V arious Printing Operations 42 Step 1 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Create Data for Spot Color Printing 1. Use any application to create the image or document you want to print, and prepare it just as you would for normal printing. The image may contain text as well as graphics. Note Single spot color printing can produce grayscale images. How- e ver , be a ware[...]

V arious Printing Operations 43 2. Set the colors corresponding to each spot color you want to use. For example, set the parts of the image that you want to print in metallic gold to yello w , the par ts of the image that you want to print metallic cyan to blue, and so forth. If you are also using black, set the parts of the image that you want to [...]

V arious Printing Operations 44 The colors (and color compositions) associated with spot colors are shown in the following table. ■ Colors (and color compositions) used to indicate spot colors In multi spot color printing, indicate spot colors by selecting colors in the application that resemble the spot colors. As much as possible, try to select[...]

V arious Printing Operations 45 Step 2 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Install the Spot Ink Cartridges Install all the spot ink cartridges for the spot colors you want to use into the ink car tridge holders. The order of the ink cartr idges is not important. Step 3 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Load P aper in Y our Printer The method used for loading paper depends on the paper ty[...]

V arious Printing Operations 46 4. For manual feeding, load one sheet of paper into the sheet feeder and press the ready / insert button. For automatic feeding, load all of the sheets together . ready / insert Manual feeding Automatic feeding Step 4 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing 1. Select Print from the File menu to open the[...]

V arious Printing Operations 47 4. Set Media T ype depending on the paper used. 5. Check Use Spot Colors check box so that the Spot Colors dialog box is displayed. 6. Click the Use Spot Color(s) radio button. 7. Set Print Using to Multiple Inks. 8. Enabled ink cartridges among those installed in the printer are displayed in Select Ink Cartridge(s).[...]

V arious Printing Operations 48 Note • If bidirectional communication is not possible, all the usable cartridges are displayed. • Even though you have set the color of an area to your de- sired color , the area will not be printed if the corresponding ink cartridge has not checked. 9. When you complete the setup, click OK to close the dia- log [...]

49 V arious Printing Operations Simultaneous Metallics & CMYK Inks Printing This section explains ho w to print Metallics & CMYK Inks simultaneously . This printing method differentiates between spot color and full color areas depending on their color composition. For this reason, it is necessary to assign the proper color to each area. Thi[...]

50 V arious Printing Operations Step 1 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Create the Full Color + Spot Color Print Image 1. Create the full color and spot color data to be printed. It is not necessary to prepare the spot color and full color im- ages separately as with full color + spot color printing using Ov er la y mode. The data is prepared on the same page. Ar- e[...]

51 V arious Printing Operations Printing in Metallic Color The colors (and color compositions) associated with spot colors are shown in the following tables. ■ Color composition for indicating spot colors When printing full color and spot color simultaneously , the spot colors are designated by corresponding color compositions on the screen. r o [...]

52 V arious Printing Operations Step 2 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Install the Ink Cartridges Install the ink cartridges that you are going to print. With the Metallics & CMYK Inks mode, you can print your docu- ment in full color plus up to three spot colors of your choice with- out having to change ink cartr idges . Y ou can also print your docu- ment up [...]

53 V arious Printing Operations 4. For manual f eeding, load one sheet of paper into the sheet feeder and press the ready / insert button. For automatic feeding, load all of the sheets together . ready / insert Manual feeding Automatic feeding Step 4 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver for Printing 1. Select Print from the File menu to open th[...]

54 V arious Printing Operations 4. Set Media T ype to the paper used. 5. Change the necessary settings. 6. Chec k Use Spot Color s check bo x so that the Spot Colors dialog box is displa yed. 7. Click the Use Spot Color(s) radio b utton. 8. Set Print Using to Metallics & CMYK Inks. 9. Enab led ink cartridges among those installed in the printer[...]

55 V arious Printing Operations Caution • If bidirectional communication is not possible, all the usable ink cartridges are displayed. • Even though you have set the color of an area to your de- sired color , the area will not be printed if the corresponding ink cartridge has not checked. 10. When you complete the setup, click OK to close the d[...]

V arious Printing Operations 56 Printing in Foil Color F oil color printing is one of the unique features of the ALPS MD-5000 printers. Although most applications are not designed to handle f oil color pr inting, the MD-5000 printer driv er allo ws you to select specific colors or color components that will be replaced b y f oil colors and b lack i[...]

V arious Printing Operations 57 Single Foil Color Printing Single f oil color printing uses just one color . Only the f oil color to be used is installed in the printer . This method is used when an entire image or document is going to be pr inted in a single foil color . This method of printing can be used e ven when the applica- tion you are usin[...]

V arious Printing Operations 58 Step 3 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Load the P aper in Y our Printer The method used f or loading paper depends on the paper type. Use manual f eed mode for cardboard (thic k paper) and greeting cards. F or plain paper or Laser P aper , you ma y also use auto- matic f eed mode to pr int a number of sheets at one time . F or detail[...]

V arious Printing Operations 59 4. Set Media T ype depending on the paper used. 5. Chec k Use Spot Color s check bo x so that the Spot Colors dialog box is displa yed. 6. Click the Use Foil Color(s) radio b utton. 7. Set Print Using to Single Ink. 8. Enab led ink cartridges among those installed in the printer are display ed in Select Ink Car tridg[...]

V arious Printing Operations 60 Caution If bidirectional communication is not possib le, all the usab le ink cartridges are displayed. 9. When you complete the setup, c lic k OK to close the dia- log box. Step 5 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Print Click OK in the Print dialog bo x to star t printing.[...]

V arious Printing Operations 61 Multi Foil Color Printing Use the steps outlined here f or foil color printing using two f oil color ink car tridges. By associating each f oil color with a color (or color component) in your application, y ou can pr int with two foil colors or tw o f oil colors plus blac k. Y ou can use this method with most applica[...]

V arious Printing Operations 62 Step 1 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed Use any application to create the image or document y ou want to print. Usually create te xt and graphic object data. Then set the colors corresponding to each f oil color you want to use . F or ex- ample , set the parts of the image that you want to print in gold[...]

V arious Printing Operations 63 F or the colors (and color components) associated with foil colors , see the f ollowing table . ■ Colors (and color components) used to indicate f oil colors In multi f oil color printing, indicate foil colors b y selecting colors in the appli- cation that resemble the f oil colors. As much as possible, try to sele[...]

V arious Printing Operations 64 Step 2 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Install the Ink Cartridges Install all the f oil color ink car tr idges y ou want to use. The ink car tridges may be installed in an y order . Step 3 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Load the P aper in Y our Printer The method used f or loading paper depends on the paper type. Use manual f eed mode for cardboard [...]

V arious Printing Operations 65 3. Set Document T ype to an option appropriate to the docu- ment to be printed. 4. Set Media T ype depending on the paper used. 5. Chec k Use Spot Color s check bo x so that the Spot Colors dialog box is displa yed. 6. Click the Use Foil Color(s) radio b utton. 7. Set Print Using to Multiple Inks. 8. Enab led ink car[...]

V arious Printing Operations 66 Note • If bidirectional communication is not possible, all the usable cartridg es are displa yed. • Even though you ha ve set the color of an area to your de- sired color , the area will not be printed if the corresponding ink cartridge has not checked. 9. When you complete the setup, c lic k OK to close the dia-[...]

V arious Printing Operations 67 Simultaneous Full Color + Foil Color Printing This section describes how to print full color + foil color sim ultaneously . This printing method diff erentiates between foil color and full color areas depending on their color component. F or this reason, it is necessar y to assign the proper color to each area. This [...]

V arious Printing Operations 68 Note There are a small range of color component values that will be interpreted by the printer as indicating f oil colors. Because of this, photographs and other data with large numbers of different color s ma y have areas that match the foil color designations and print partially in foil color . When printing images[...]

V arious Printing Operations 69 Step 2 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Install the Ink Cartridges Install the necessary ink car tr idges into the ink cartr idge holders. In simultaneous full color + f oil color printing, up to two foil colors can be used provided that full color printing is e xecuted with cy an, magenta, y ellow , black, and Finish inks . E v en wh[...]

V arious Printing Operations 70 2. Clic k the Document/Quality tab to bring this portion to the front. 3. Select A utomatic, Photographs, or Graphics/T ext fr om the Document T ype . 4. Set Media T ype to the paper used. 5. Change the necessary settings. 6. Chec k Use Spot Color s check bo x so that the Spot Colors dialog box is displa yed. 7. Clic[...]

V arious Printing Operations 71 Caution • If bidirectional communication is not possible, all the usable ink cartridges are displayed. • Even though you ha ve set the color of an area to your de- sired color , the area will not be printed if the corresponding ink cartridge has not checked. 10. When you complete the setup, c lic k OK to close th[...]

V arious Printing Operations 72 Printing Gr eeting Cards This section describes step by step operation f or printing on greeting cards. By combin- ing full color and metallic color printing, you can create man y different looks f or your g reeting cards. Requir ements F or printing on greeting cards, y ou will need the following. • Ink car tridge[...]

V arious Printing Operations 73 Step 1 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed Create the te xt and graphic objects with an application, and la y them out within the printing area of a greeting card. Step 2 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Install the Ink Cartridges. 1. Install the ink car tridges into the ink cartridge holders. Step 3 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Load the[...]

V arious Printing Operations 74 3. Set the Media T ype to Cardboar d (Thick paper). 4. Set the Paper Size to User Defined to open the paper size specification dialog bo x. Set the P aper Width to 5.83 inches, and the Paper Length to 7.87 inc hes, and click OK. 5. When you complete all the setup, c lic k OK to close the dialog box. Step 5 ¨ ¨ ¨ ?[...]

V arious Printing Operations 75 Printing on Back Print Film This section e xplains the steps for printing illustrations and photogr aphs on back print film. Attaching printed back print film to paper with an iron gives the final image a glossy finish like a photog raph. Also , a finishing sheet that can be used to create a matte (non- glossy) finis[...]

V arious Printing Operations 76 Bac k Print Film Step 1 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed Use an application and create the image to be printed. There are no special considerations in creating the image . Pre- pare the image just as you w ould for normal color printing. Step 2 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Install the Ink Cartridg es and Load the Bac[...]

V arious Printing Operations 77 4. Adjust the paper feed guide to the paper side. 5. Press the ready / insert button, while holding the paper so that it will not fall. Step 3 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver f or Printing 1. Select Print from the File men u of y our application. Clic k the Properties button in the Print windo w . The printe[...]

V arious Printing Operations 78 5. When you complete the setup, c lic k OK to close the dia- log bo x. Step 4 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Print 1. Click OK in the Print dialog bo x. Pr inting will begin. Step 5 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ T ransfer the Ima g e to P aper using an Iron T r ansf er the image to paper (using an iron) after printing on the bac k print film is co[...]

V arious Printing Operations 79 • If insufficient pressure is applied to the image, b ubb les can f orm when the film is lifted off . Make sure to apply enough pressure, particularly ar ound the edges and corners. • Set the iron f or 160 ° C/320 ° F (cotton). If the ir on has outlet holes for steam, set the iron to Dry and av oid the holes, u[...]

V arious Printing Operations 80 3. Leave them r olled up for five minutes. 4. Unroll them, and the curl should be corrected. Note Do not leave the back print film attac hed to the transfer sheet too long after the transfer . Doing so will make the sheet get curled up more tightly . Now y ou hav e an image with glossy finish. Step 7 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ O[...]

V arious Printing Operations 81 Examples Y ou can use back print film f or man y different purposes, including posters , book cov ers , greeting cards , and more.[...]

V arious Printing Operations 82 Making Iron-on T ransfers The special f eatures of the MD-Ser ies printers enable y ou to create iron-on transf ers, which allow y ou to pr int illustr ations and photos and then transfer them to cloth using an iron. With the iron-on transfer sheets , you can create one-of-a-kind T -shir ts , handker- chiefs, and oth[...]

V arious Printing Operations 83 Step 1 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed Use an application and create the data to be printed. There are no special considerations f or creating the data. Create the data just as you w ould for b lack or full color printing. Note • Because each iron-on transf er sheet can only be printed on once, try t[...]

V arious Printing Operations 84 Step 3 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver f or Printing 1. Select Print from the File men u of y our application. Clic k the Properties button in the Printer Setup windo w . The printer dr iv er settings window appears. Note Please note that the procedure f or opening the dialog bo x to set up the printer drive[...]

V arious Printing Operations 85 Step 4 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Print 1. Click OK in the Print dialog bo x. Pr inting will begin. Step 5 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ T ransf er the Ir on-On to Cloth Use an iron to transf er the image to cloth after the printing on the iron-on transf er sheet is completed. 1. Cut around the printed ima g e as c lose to the edges of the ima[...]

V arious Printing Operations 86 3. Remo ve the ir on-on transfer sheet after the cloth has cooled completely . Star ting at the corners, make sure the iron-on is firmly attached to the cloth, and then carefully peel off the rest of the sheet. If the sheet does not come off cleanly , replace it, and then iron it again. 4. Place the finishing sheet o[...]

V arious Printing Operations 87 Note What to do when the image does not print well When printing iron-on transf er sheets in one or more colors, the print results may appear r ough if printed at higher print quality . In such cases, use Standard Dither from Halftone option in the Imag e Setting dialog bo x. This will make the image appear r ougher [...]

88 V arious Printing Operations Printing on Overhead T ranspar encies This section describes how to print graphics and te xt on ov erhead transparencies. This function allows you to print full color images on the overhead transparencies to quickly produce materials for presentations and numerous other occasions. Requir ements For printing on overhe[...]

89 V arious Printing Operations Step 2 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Set up the T ransparency Separators. Under certain conditions, electrostatic build-up may cause a print- ing transparency to “pick up” an already completed page. This could lead to paper jams. T o prev ent this, please set up the tr ans- parency separators as described below . 1) With a pair[...]

90 V arious Printing Operations Step 3 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Install the Ink Cartridg es and Overhead T ransparen- cies. 1. Install the ink cartridges in the ink cartridge holders. 2. Set the paper feed switch to position "A". 3. Place the overhead transparencies into the sheet f eeder . Fan the transparencies to make sure they are separated. 4.[...]

91 V arious Printing Operations Step 4 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Set Up the Printer Driver f or Printing 1. Select Print from the File men u of your application. When the dialog box appears, click Properties. A dialog box appears , where you can set up your printer driver . Note Please note that the procedure for opening the dialog box to set up the printer d[...]

92 V arious Printing Operations Under coating with a VPhoto Primer Ink Car tridge A VPhoto Pr imer ink car tridge can be used to pr int undercoat. Undercoat fills the unev eness of paper surf ace so that many plain paper will be suitable f or printing. Requir ements F or undercoating, y ou will need the following. • Ink car tridges VPhoto Primer [...]

93 V arious Printing Operations 2. For Letter paper , full y extend the paper suppor t. 3. Adjust the paper feed guide to the width of the paper . 4. For manual f eeding, load one sheet of paper into the sheet f eeder and press the ready/insert b utton. For automatic feeding, load all of the sheets together . Step 4 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Set Up the Printe[...]

94 V arious Printing Operations 7. Set Print Using to VPhoto Primer (Undercoat). 8. Click OK to c lose the dialog box. 9. Clic k the P aper tab to bring this portion to the front, then check the Overlay check button. 10. When you complete the setup, click OK to close the dia- log box.[...]

95 V arious Printing Operations Step 5 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Print Clic k OK in the Print dialog bo x to star t pr inting. Y our document will be printed using VPhoto Primer ink. Note The Overlay function lets y ou lea ve a sheet in the printer after a printing pass is complete, so that y ou can change cartridges and print addittonal color s on the same p[...]

Printer Driver Printer Driver Printer Driver Functions This chapter describes each o f the prin ter d river settings requir ed for contr olling th e prin ting oper ati ons. Read it to learn the specifi c setup details f or different prin ting mod es.[...]

97 Printer Driver Printer Driver Setup Dialog Box How to Open the Printer Driver Setup Dialog Box Y ou may open the printer driv er setup dialog box in one of the f ollowing wa ys. • Select Print from the File menu, and then click Properties in the Print dialog box. • Select Page Setup from the File menu. Click Printer in the Page Setup dialog [...]

98 Printer Driver 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 T abs Y ou get access to different tab items b y clicking one of the tabs. Click on a tab to display the selected tab items. Radio buttons Y ou ma y select one of[...]

99 Printer Driver Settings in Each T ab Document/Quality T ab This tab allows y ou to select a Document T ype, Media T ype, and a f ew other settings. Document T ype Clic k the down arro w , and select the desired document type from the display ed settings. The availab le options are as follows: • Automatic Use this option to hav e the MD-5000 pr[...]

100 Printer Driver Media T ype Clic k the do wn arrow , and select a media paper from the display ed options. The a vailab le Media T ype options de- pend on the Document T ype settings. The a vailable op- tions are as follo ws: • Plain P aper Select this f or pr inting on plain paper . • Laser Paper Select this for printing on laser quality pa[...]

101 Printer Driver Print Settings This option allows y ou to select Spot Color and Print Mode settings. • Use Spot Colors check bo x Clic k this option to display the Spot Colors Settings dialog bo x, where y ou can select the spot color pr inting options. • Spot Colors... b utton While the Use Spot Colors is selected, you can clic k this butto[...]

102 Printer Driver Print Mode This option allows y ou to select Pr int Mode. • Standar d Color Select this option to ex ecute printing in the mode opti- mal for the media selected. • Econom y Blac k Select this to print rough drafts of text document using EconoBlack ink cartr idge (re versible up to 20 times .) • Glossy Finish Select this opt[...]

103 Printer Driver Printer Effects This option allows you to select Glossy Finish and VPhoto Pr imer (Undercoat). This option is link ed with the Pr int Mode setting in the Document/Quality tab . • Glossy Finish check bo x Select this option to obtain the photograph like glossy pr int using Finish ink car tridge. • VPhoto Primer (Undercoat) c h[...]

104 Printer Driver Show Details dialog box This Show Detail dialog box displa ys the current settings. • Status Display This status display area sho ws y ou all settings currently selected in the printer driver . It also displays the infor mation of the installed ink cartr idges. • Refresh button Clic k Refresh b utton to refresh and update the[...]

105 Printer Driver Layout Set Pages P er Sheet and Scaling. The a vailable op- tions vary depending on the settings in Print Mode and Paper Size. • Pages Per Sheet Select the corresponding option to print two , four , six, or eight pages on one page. The orders of printing pages can be selected with the T op-Left T Right and T op-Left to Bottom r[...]

106 Printer Driver Image Settings T ab Set the brightness, contrast, and color balance of the printed image in this tab . Photo Enhancement This option allows y ou to select either automatic satu- r ation or color balance. When Use Automatic option is selected, y ou can use Satur ation or Color Balance option. • Saturation T o increase the contra[...]