Zebra Technologies P1013372-001 REV. A - Manual (Page 132)

128 Zebra ZXP Series 8 Card Printer with Laminator P1013372-001 Rev. A
Troubleshooting
Test Card Descriptions
Test Card Descriptions
Image 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 cyan stripes
alongside vertical lighter
cyan box 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
Mid Magenta Flat uniform mid-density
magenta Motion artifacts, banding, platen defects, density
level, uniformity
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, and 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
White Max-Gray Max-density areas on
sides with tilted white
center
Ribbon wrinkle
Max-Gray White Same as above with slant
direction changed
Ribbon wrinkle
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
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