Alps Electric MD-5500P User manual

Online User's Guide
for Windows 95/98/Me,
Windows XP
Windows 2000,
and Windows Vista 32
P
WIndows 2000,
Windows 2000,

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-5500 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-5500P 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.
Various Printing Operations

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Various Printing Operations
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Photographic-Quality Color Printing (MD-5500P)
Thissection describeshow toprint Photographic-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 (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.
Photographic-Quality Color Printing (MD-5500P)