Primera FX500E, User Manual

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Printing
Options Tab
Either use the Current Printer Setting or choose your own Darkness
and Speed Settings. Adjust these values to your needs.
Recommended settings on Primera certified foils:
Foil Darkness Speed
Gold/Silver Metallic 8 4 inch/s
Blue/Red Metallic 8 4 inch/s
Clear Transparent 9-10 3 inch/s
This is only a recommendation. If the printout doesn't meet your
requirements, try to reduce or increase the darkness/speed setting.
E. PRINTING FROM OTHER PROGRAMS
Since this printer uses a standard Windows printer driver you can
print from any application you would like. There are just a few
things to remember that will make it much easier.
1. Set the Page/Label Size in the Driver. BarTender automatically
prompts you for the size of the label that you are using. When
printing from any other program you must do this manually.
2. Check the image or document size. The image size or document
size should correspond to the Page/Label Size set in the driver.
3. Choose the right printing program. There are many
different applications that are capable of printing to the LX500e.
However there are only a few that are ideal
printing applications. For example, Adobe Illustrator is
an excellent design program but is not always the best printing
program. It can be difficult to find the printing preferences or to
know the exact size of the art board. It is best to save as a PDF
file and print from Adobe Reader or export as a 300 dpi JPG and
print from BarTender.