Alps Electric MD-5000P Printer User Manual


 
Various Printing Operations
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Step 2
Install the Ink Cartridges
Install the necessary ink cartridges into the ink cartridge holders.
In simultaneous full color + foil color printing, up to two foil colors
can be used provided that full color printing is executed with cyan,
magenta, yellow, black, and Finish inks. Even when undercoating
using VPhoto Primer ink, simultaneous full color + foil color printing
is possible by exchanging ink cartridges when the corresponding
message is displayed.
Step 3
Load the Paper in Your Printer
The method used for loading paper depends on the paper type.
Use manual feed mode for cardborad (thick paper) and greeting
cards. For plain paper or Laser Paper, you may also use auto-
matic feed mode to print a number of sheets at one time. For
details, see the section entitled “Loading Paper” in Chapter 1.
1. For manual feed mode, set the paper feed switch to posi-
tion “M”; for automatic feed mode, set it to “A”.
2. For Letter paper, fully extend the paper support.
3. Adjust the paper feed guide to the width of the paper.
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.
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.