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DTC550 Direct to Card Printer/Encoder User Guide (Rev. 2.8)
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Resolving the Ribbon wrinkle problems
Symptom: Printed cards have off-colored lines or streaks on them, as shown on the
next page.
Step Procedure
1 Confirm that the Printer is using the most current driver from:
http://www.fargo.com
2 Adjust the Dye-Sub Intensity setting within the Image Color tab of the Printer
Driver. See the Using the Image Color tab
.
a.
Open the Printer control panel from the computer.
If using Windows 2000/XP, right click on the DTC550 Series Card Printer
and select Printing Preferences.
b.
Click on the Image Color tab.
c.
Adjust the Dye-Sub Intensity to a more negative value in increments of
10%.
OR
Correct the Image Darkness in the LCD. See the Using the Image
Darkness Option procedure under Using the Printer Calibration Utility
.
a. Select Menu from the LCD.
b. Select Setup Printer and then select Image Darkness.
c. Adjust the current value to a more negative number in increments of 2.