User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Revision Log
- How-Do I… Quick links to Frequently Asked Questions
- Contents
- Message 100: Request not supported
- Message 101: Job could not complete
- Message 102: Card not in position
- Message 103: Printer problem
- Message 104: Critical problem
- Message 105: Magstripe data error
- Message 106: Magstripe data not found
- Message 107: Magstripe read data error
- Message 108: Magstripe read no data
- Message 109: Print ribbon problem
- Message 110: Print ribbon out or missing
- Message 111: Card not picked
- Message 112: Card hopper empty
- Message 113: Close cover to continue
- Message 114: Cover opened during job
- Message 115: Wait for print temperature
- Message 116: Magstripe not available
- Message 117: Reader not available
- Message 118: Print ribbon type problem
- Message 119: Print ribbon not supported
- Message 120: User paused the printer
- Message 121: Print ribbon ID problem
- Message 122: Magnetic stripe format problem
- Message 123: Insert new card then continue
- Message 124: Insert same card then continue
- Message 500: The printer is not available. The card cannot print.
- Message 501: The printer connection was lost. Printing the card is canceled.
- Message 502: The card data is missing or is not usable. The card cannot print.
- Message 503: The magnetic stripe data is missing. The card cannot print.
- Message 505: Bonjour is not installed. Cannot connect to the printer.
- Message 506: A card is currently processing.
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- Card Design and Setup
- Printer Driver
- Updates, Upgrades, and More
- Removing a Printer from a Windows PC
- Troubleshooting
- Supplies and Parts
- How-To Topics
- How to Install a Large Output Hopper
- How to Install the 200-Card Input Hopper Option
- How to Adjust the Colors Printed
- How to View Card Counts using the Driver
- How to View Card Counts from the Printer LCD Menu
- How to Change a Card Design
- How to Run a Cleaning Card
- How to Clean the Printhead
- How to Set the Driver Network Port Value
- How to Encode Magnetic Stripe without Printing
- How to Change the LCD Backlight
- How to Get the Printer Network IP Address
- How to Get the Printer USB IP Address
- How to Load Cards
- How to Load Ribbon
- How to Open Printing Preferences
- How to Open the Printer Manager
- How to Open the Printer Properties
- How to Print Driver Sample Cards
- How to Print a Printer Test Card
- How to Print on Both Sides of the Card
- How to Print More Than One Copy of a Card
- How to Rotate the Card
- How to View Printer Status
- How to Find the Printer Serial Number
- How to Set Magnetic Stripe Coercivity
- How to Set the Print Area
- How to Set the Print Resolution
- How to Set Static IP Address Type
- How to Use Print Blocking Escapes
- How to Use Magnetic Stripe Escapes
- How to Use Magnetic Stripe Fonts
- How to View the Driver Version
- How to View Network Information
- Legal Notices
XPS Card Printer Installation and User Guide 72
Printing Graphics
The printer produces full-color images from most types of graphics.
It can use BMP, JPEG, TIFF, and PNG file formats for photos and
logos.
Vector graphics, such as WMF and SVG files, have components such
as shapes with lines and fills. The XPS Card Printer Driver separates
each component. Components defined as black in the file are likely
to print with the K panel.
For the best appearance of graphics, use a color that appears black
but is not, so all parts of a graphic print with YMC panels. In the RGB
color space, 0, 0, 0 is black (and prints with the K panel), but 0, 0, 5 is not black (and prints with
the YMC panels).
Backgrounds that are black might print over colored images or text. Use a color that appears
black for the background to prevent overprinting, or use white text over the black background.
The printer uses the YMC panels of full-color ribbon to print grayscale graphics.
Types of Color Images
Cards can include both color photos and a color logo or text. The logo is usually the same on
each card, and the photo is unique. Follow these guidelines to obtain the best results for
printing both logo and photos:
• First, check the color quality of the photos.
o Change the image capture system to get the best quality photos; work with
distance, lighting, and camera settings to obtain consistent, high quality photos.
o Evaluate the quality of printed photos after the image capture system is
optimized.
o Use the Color Settings tab in Printing Preferences to adjust the printed output, if
necessary.
• Next, evaluate the other color areas of the card, such as text or logo.
o The application might have settings that can help improve the printed color of
text.
o Image editing applications, such as Photoshop©, can be used to change the
color of a logo file for optimal printing.
o If the cards do not have the colors you want, ask your administrator or service
provider for assistance.
• See
HINTS & TIPS
Layout for information about different components, such as a logo or photo, and
how to manage colors.
• See "Printing Text" in the
Monochrome Printing topic for information about how the
driver separates color and monochrome components for printing.