Alps Electric MD-5000P - Manual (Page 67)

Various Printing Operations
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Simultaneous Full Color + Foil Color Printing
This section describes how to print full color + foil color simultaneously. This printing
method differentiates between foil color and full color areas depending on their color
component. For this reason, it is necessary to assign the proper color to each area.
This printing method is used with applications that allow the user to specify color com-
ponents.
Requirements
For simultaneous full color + foil color printing you will need the following.
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Media
Normal paper such as plain paper, Laser Paper, postcards, etc. can be used
just as with normal color printing.
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Ink cartridges
The following ink cartridges can be used for simultaneous full color + foil color
printing.
Gold Foil ink cartridge (Part No. 105148-00)
Silver Foil ink cartridge (Part No. 105150-00)
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)
Finish II ink cartridge (Part No. 105144-00)
VPhoto Primer ink cartridge (Part No. 105142-00)
Caution
Special color ink is used for foil color printing. Therefore, un-
dercoat must be provided with cyan, magenta, yellow, and black
inks before printing Foil Color.
Step 1
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Prepare the Image to Be Printed
Create the data you want to print, then set the image areas to be
printed in foil colors to colors that correspond to the foil colors you
want to use.
For the colors (and color components) that correspond to each
foil color, please refer to the tables below.