Fargo DTC300 - Section 5: Printer Adjustments; Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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DTC300/DTC300M Card Printer/Encoder User Guide (Rev. 2.2)
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Section 5: Printer Adjustments
See this section for Printer adjustments.
Table of Contents
Section 5: Printer Adjustments_______________________________________________5-1
Table of Contents ___________________________________________________________________ 5-1
Safety Messages (review carefully)______________________________________________________ 5-4
DTC300/DTC300M Print Driver Options_________________________________________________ 5-5
Reviewing DTC300 and DTC300M Printer Drivers ______________________________________ 5-5
Reviewing DTC300 Printer Driver____________________________________________________ 5-5
Reviewing DTC300M Printer Drivers _________________________________________________ 5-6
Using the Card tab___________________________________________________________________ 5-7
Adjusting the Card Size Option ______________________________________________________ 5-7
Adjusting the Orientation Option _____________________________________________________ 5-8
Selecting the number of copies_______________________________________________________ 5-9
Using the Diagnostics button under the Card tab ________________________________________ 5-10
Using the Clean Printer Option______________________________________________________ 5-11
Using the Clean Printer Option (Continued) _________________________________________ 5-12
Using the Test Print button_________________________________________________________ 5-13
Using the About button____________________________________________________________ 5-14
Using the Device Options tab (DTC300) ________________________________________________ 5-15
Adjusting the Ribbon Type option ___________________________________________________ 5-16
Selecting the Auto Ribbon Select option ______________________________________________ 5-17
Using the new Printer Driver (Rev. 2.1.5) _____________________________________________ 5-18
Changing the Color Profile Selection for the DTC300____________________________________ 5-18
Changing the Color Profile Selection for the DTC300 (continued)________________________ 5-19
Adjusting the Color Matching option_________________________________________________ 5-20
Adjusting for the Resin Dither ______________________________________________________ 5-21
Using the Print Both Sides option____________________________________________________ 5-22
Using the Split 1 Set of Ribbon Panels option __________________________________________ 5-23
Using the Print Back Side First option ________________________________________________ 5-24
Using the Print Back Side Only option________________________________________________ 5-25
Using the Rotate Image 180 Degrees option ___________________________________________ 5-26
Using the Disable Printing option____________________________________________________ 5-27
Using the Device Options tab (DTC300M)_______________________________________________ 5-28
Adjusting the Ribbon Type option ___________________________________________________ 5-28
Selecting the Auto Ribbon Select option ______________________________________________ 5-29
Adjusting for the Resin Dither ______________________________________________________ 5-30
Using the Rotate Image 180 Degrees option ___________________________________________ 5-31
Using the Disable Printing option____________________________________________________ 5-32
Using the Resin Heat (K) option ____________________________________________________ 5-33
Using the Overlay Heat (O) option _____________________________________________________ 5-34
Using the Image Color tab (DTC300)___________________________________________________ 5-35
Using the Resin Heat (K) option ____________________________________________________ 5-36
Using the Overlay Heat (O) option___________________________________________________ 5-37
Using the Color Matching option and Default button_____________________________________ 5-38
Using the Calibrate tab ______________________________________________________________ 5-39
Using the Image Position Controls___________________________________________________ 5-40
Using Image Position controls (continued) __________________________________________ 5-41
Using the Sensors button __________________________________________________________ 5-42
Using the Settings button __________________________________________________________ 5-43
Using the Magnetic Encoding tab ______________________________________________________ 5-44