Alps Electric MD-1300 - Manual (Page 72)

Chapter 2 - Various Printing Operations
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Printing in Spot Color (Metallic and White Color printing)
Spot color printing (metallic and white color printing) is a unique feature of the MD-
Series printers. Although most applications are not designed to handle spot color print-
ing, the MD-1300 printer driver allows you to select specific colors or color components
that will be replaced by spot colors such as metallic and white inks when printing. You
can print with up to four spot colors (or three spot colors plus black) from most applica-
tions that allow color specification.
Moreover, because metallic inks are opaque, metallic printing is unaffected by the color
of the underlying paper. As a result, you can print not only on colored paper but also on
black glossy surfaces or brightly colored surfaces (like those found in greeting cards).
When a white ink is used as undercoat, colored paper can be subjected to full color
printing. To provide a white undercoat, see "Undercoating with the White Ink Cartridge".
Types of Spot Color Printing
The following types of spot color printing are possible depending on the types of
ink cartridges used.
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Single spot color printing
Spot color printing using a single color.
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Multi spot color printing
Spot color printing using 2 or more colors. Up to 3 spot colors plus black can
be used.
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Full color + spot color printing
Full color printing and spot color printing can be combined in two ways, by
printing in Overlay mode or by printing all colors in one sequence.