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152 Zebra ZXP Series 8 Card Printer User’s Manual P1045430-002
7: Troubleshooting
Test Card Descriptions
Test Card Descriptions
Image Title Description Print artifacts to look for with this image
MID GRAY Flat uniform gray Motion artifacts, banding, platen defects, transfer
artifacts, dirt, overall density level
GRID ON GRAY Solid black on top, gray grid
underneath
Colored ribbon wrinkles in the black area, or clear/white
transfer film wrinkles in the gray area
CYAN STRIPES Horizontal stripes next to
lighter vertical stripe
Non-uniformity or horizontal banding within cyan box on
right of card
2 PIXEL GRID 2 pixel wide grid lines on
white
Mis-registration between color planes
DARK CYAN Maximum cyan only density
image
Motion artifacts, transfer artifacts, scratches, dirt
MAX GRAY Maximum CMY (black)
density image
Wrinkles, snapping noise during printing, ribbon /
transfer-film tears or breaks, flash, card positioning
OFFSET DOTS Individual C, M, & Y dots
spaced at regular intervals
Motion artifacts on specific color planes,
mis-registration
SMEAR Gray with full density YMCK
blocks near top
Color smear artifacts
MIN MAGENTA Flat uniform low-density
magenta
Motion artifacts, banding, platen defects, density level,
uniformity, bead position
MID MAGENTA Flat uniform mid-density
magenta
Motion artifacts, banding, platen defects, density level,
uniformity
MID CYAN Flat uniform mid-density cyan Motion artifacts, banding, platen defects, density level,
uniformity
MID YELLOW Flat uniform mid-density
yellow
Motion artifacts, banding, platen defects, density level,
uniformity
MOTION &
REGISTRATION
Uniform cyan with registration
marks on sides
Banding, mis-registrations, motion artifacts
GRADIENT BOXES 3 sets of light-to-dark
grayscale ramps
Used to create color calibration look-up table
MONOCHROME
ONLY
Barcode and text Edge contrast, pattern damage, non-uniformity
DENSITY SETUP Used to measure mid and
max densities
Density level of mid-gray and black
GRID ON GRAY 2 Less stressful version of the
grid-on-gray target
Colored ribbon wrinkles in the black area, or clear/white
transfer film wrinkles in the gray area