FARGO electronic DTC500 - Manual (Page 122)

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DTC500 Series Card Printer/Encoders User Guide (Rev. 5.0) 122
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 procedure in Section 3, page 167.
a. Open the Printer control panel from the computer.
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If using Windows 95/98/ME, right click on the DTC500 Series Card
Printer Icon and select Properties.
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If using Windows NT 4.0, right click on the DTC500 Series Card Printer
and select Document Defaults.
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If using Windows 2000/XP, right click on the DTC500 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 Adjusting the Image Darkness
procedure in Section 8, page 264.
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.
3 Adjust the Ribbon Tension. See the Adjusting the Ribbon Tension procedure in
Section 8, page 262.
a. Select Menu from the LCD.
b. Select Setup Printer and then select Ribbon Tension.
c. Adjust the current value to a more positive number.
Continued on the next page