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Orientation
Select either Portrait or Landscape. Selecting Portrait causes the card to print in a
vertical orientation. Selecting Landscape causes the card to print in a horizontal
orientation. An icon illustrating a printed card helps represent the difference
between the two.
Picture Controls
When the Algebraic color matching option is selected, this option allows you to
control the Contrast and Gamma of the printed image, as well as the individual
color balance of Yellow, Magenta, and Cyan. In most cases, the default settings of
these options will suffice.
To control the overall darkness and lightness of the printed image, adjust the
Dye-Sub Intensity slide by clicking and dragging the slideÕs box or by clicking on
the left and right arrows. Moving the slide to the left causes less heat to be used in
the printing process, thus generating a lighter print. Moving the slide to the right
causes more heat to be used, thus generating a darker print. This slide only affects
those images printed with dye-sublimation ribbon panels (YMCB). As a result, this
slide will not appear if printing with a resin-only ribbon.
To control the amount of heat the printer uses when printing with the resin black
panel(s) of a full-color ribbon or when printing with a resin-only ribbon, adjust the
Resin Heat slide. Moving the slide to the left causes less heat to be used in the
printing process, causing resin images to be lighter or less saturated. Moving the
slide to the right causes more heat to be used, causing resin images to be darker or
more saturated. This control can be helpful for fine tuning the saturation of resin
text and bar codes.
Note that if using a Windows printer driver, all control options will display and can
be adjusted as long as the Algebraic color matching option is selected. When the
None, Monitor, or FargoColor option is selected, only the Dye-Sub Intensity and
Resin Heat sliders will display. Likewise, if using the Macintosh printer driver, only
the Dye-Sub Intensity and Resin Heat options are available.
Print Edge-to-Edge
Select this option to print full-bleed images all the way out to the edge of a card.
When this option is not selected, the printer will automatically place a non-
printable margin of about .10Ó (2.54mm) around the entire perimeter of a card. If
you have selected this option and you are still getting a slight non-printable border
along one or two edges of the card, select the Calibrate option to fine-tune the
position of your printed image. Please note that it is not possible to print edge-to-
edge on 10 mil (.010Ó/.254mm) cards
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