Alps Electric MD-5000P Bedienungsanleitung
Online User’s Guide
for Windows 3.1, 95/98
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Table of Contents
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Contents
Various Printing Operations .......................... 4
Printing on Photographic-Quality Paper (4" x 6") ...................... 10
Printing on Photographic-Quality Labels ................................... 16
VPhoto Color Printing on VPhoto Print Film..............................22
VPhoto Color Printing on VPhoto Paper.................................... 25
VPhoto Color Printing on Plain Paper ....................................... 28
VPhoto Color Printing on Photo Realistic Labels ...................... 31
Full Color & Photo Realistic Finishing (Glossy Finish) .............. 34
Printing Method .................................................................... 34
Printing in Spot Color ................................................................ 36
Single Ink Printing .................................................................. 37
Multiple Inks Printing .............................................................. 41
Simultaneous Metallics & CMYK Inks Printing ....................... 49
Printing in Foil Color .................................................................. 56
Types of Foil Color Printing .................................................. 56
Single Foil Color Printing........................................................ 57
Multi Foil Color Printing .......................................................... 61
Simultaneous Full Color + Foil Color Printing......................... 67
Printing Greeting Cards............................................................. 72
Printing on Back Print Film ........................................................ 75
Examples.............................................................................. 81
Making Iron-on Transfers ........................................................... 82
Examples.............................................................................. 87
Printing on Overhead Transparencies ....................................... 88
Undercoating with a VPhoto Primer Ink Cartridge.....................92
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Printer Driver................................................. 96
Printer Driver Setup Dialog Box.................................................97
How to Open the Printer Driver Setup Dialog Box ............... 97
Name and Functions of Each Item of the MD-5000 Dialog Box 98
Settings in Each Tab.................................................................. 99
Document/Quality Tab .......................................................... 99
Paper Tab ...........................................................................104
Image Settings Tab............................................................. 106
Various Printing Operations
Learning to Use the Many Functions of Your Printer
The MD-5000P not only prints outstanding monochrome
and full color images but also offers a wide variety of
other options, including printing in foil or metallic color
and printing on iron-on transfer sheets, photo labels,
and greeting cards. This chapter will show you how to
use these useful functions step by step. Read Chapter 1
of this guide and learn the basic operations of your printer
before reading this chapter. We hope you will take full
advantage of the many functions of your printer.
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Photographic-Quality Color Printing
Thissection describeshow toprint Photographic-Quality Colorimages onPhotographic-
Quality Paper.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 print with an overcoat ink that produces a smooth, shiny surface like a
photograph.
Requirements
You need the following items for Photographic-Quality Color printing.
•Ink cartridges
Make sure that you use only the Photographic-Quality ink cartridges listed
below.
Photo Cyan ink cartridge (Part No. 105812-00)
Photo Magenta ink cartridge (Part No. 105814-00)
Photo Yellow ink cartridge (Part No. 105816-00)
Photo Overcoat ink cartridge (Part No. 105818-00)
•Media
Photographic-Quality Paper (8.5" x 11") (Part No. 105822-00)
•The guide sheet (the thick paper with the written description) included with
the set of paper sheets
Caution
Always use Photographic-Quality Paper for Photographic-Qual-
ity Color printing. Failure to do so can damage the printer as
well as the cartridge ribbon. Up to 20 sheets of paper can be
loaded into the sheet feeder at once.
Print surfaces that have been overcoated cannot be used for
subsequent printing. If you attempt to do so, the printer may
malfunction.
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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¨¨
¨¨
¨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¨¨
¨¨
¨Load the Photographic-Quality Paper (8.5"x 11") inYour
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”
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 this sheet. Only the glossy side of the Photographic-
Quality Paper is printable, so be sure to load the sheets
with the glossy, printable side up.When handling sheets,
hold the bent top of the guide sheet only to avoid smear-
ing or discoloring the glossy printing surface.
guide sheet
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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
button.
ready / insert
Note
Only the glossy surface of paper can be subjected to Photo-
graphic-Quality printing. Since the opposite surface cannot be
printed on, make sure the paper is correctly oriented.
Important
• You may load as many as 20 sheets of Photographic-Quality
Paper at one time.
• Fan the sheets before 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 Paper, the final sheet may not feed properly.
• Always use the Photographic-Quality ink cartridges to print
on the Photographic-Quality Paper. Printing with any other
combination can damage the cartridge ribbon as well as the
paper.
• Remove both the Photographic-Quality Paper and the guide
sheet before loading any other type of paper.
• The guide sheet is not reusable. When you load a new set of
Photographic-Quality Paper, make sure that you load them
with the new guide sheet from the same package.
• Note that when all the Photographic-Quality Paper has been
fed from the sheet feeder, the printer will detect that the pa-
per feeder is empty and will not feed the guide sheet. If you
try to feed the guide sheet through the printer, it may get
damaged. Do not use a damaged guide sheet in the printer.
• Keep both used and unused sheets away from heat, humid-
ity, dust, and direct sunlight.
• The printed image on the Photographic-Quality Paper may
discolor. Keep it out of contact with plastic, such as docu-
ment holders, wallet windows, erasers, hairdressing items,
and cosmetic items.
• Keep all unused sheets in the original bag.
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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 DocumentType dialog box in the ALPS MD-5000P dialog
box appears.-
Note
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/Text or Photographs from the Document
Types setting in the Document/QualityTab.
4. Select Photographic Paper from the MediaType setting.
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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 Paper from the Media Type setting,
the overcoat finishing will be automatically provided. It is rec-
ommended to print with the overcoat. However, if printing with
the overcoat is not desired, click the More Setting button, and
then uncheck the Glossy Finish check-box in the Option set-
ting.
Step 5¨¨
¨¨
¨Print
Click OK in the Print dialog box, and printing will start.
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Printing on Photographic-Quality Paper (4" x 6")
Thissection describeshowto printPhotographic-Quality Colorimageson Photographic-
Quality Paper. 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 print with an overcoat ink that produces a smooth, shiny surface like a
photograph.
Requirements
You need the following items for Photographic-Quality Color printing.
•Ink cartridges
Make sure that you use only the Photographic-Quality ink cartridges listed
below.
Photo Cyan ink cartridge (Part No. 105812-00)
Photo Magenta ink cartridge (Part No. 105814-00)
Photo Yellow ink cartridge (Part No. 105816-00)
Photo Overcoat ink cartridge (Part No. 105818-00)
•Media
Photographic-Quality Paper (4" x 6") (Part No. 105824-00)
•The guide sheet (the thick paper with the written description) included with
the set of paper sheets
Important
Make sure that none of your Photographic-Quality Paper is
warped more than 0.2" / 5 mm. Warped sheets can cause unsat-
isfactory print results.
Each sheet should have a warp of 0.2" / 5 mm or less when placed
on a flat surface.
Important
• Always use Photographic-Quality Paper for Photographic-
QualityColor printing. Failure todoso can damagetheprinter
as well as the cartridge ribbon. Up to 20 sheets of paper can
be loaded into the sheet feeder at once.
• Print surfaces that have been overcoated cannot be used for
subsequent printing. If you attempt to do so, the printer may
malfunction.
0.2" / 5mm or less
0.2" / 5mm or less
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