54 Zebra ZXP Series 1 Card Printer User’s Manual P1060728-002
4: Printer Settings and Adjustments
Printing Preferences
- Monochrome Conversion SUMMARY
• Diffusion/Halftoning: Use on pictures. Image content dictates if error diffusion
or halftoning would look best. For the majority of time, diffusion is better.
• Barcode: Use on text, barcodes, line art, and simple graphics.
• Text Mode: Use with black anti-alised text.
- Printing Mode - Sets the type of printing required:
• Print.
• Encode Only is used when magnetic encoding is the only function desired,
printing will not occur.
• Print and Encode on same side prints on the magnetic stripe side of the card.
- Copies - Sets the number of copies of cards printed.
- Auto detect start of image for half panel ribbons - Enabled only when a half-panel
ribbon is installed. Automatically detects the edge of the color image to be printed;
see Appendix D for setting the edge manually.
• Single Feed options (refer to Appendix C for details on the single-card feed mode)
- Card feeder: The printer will attempt to a pull a card from the Card Feeder. If the
Card Feeder is empty, the printer will generate an
OUT OF CARDS error message.
- Single feeder slot: For each print job, the printer will generate an
INSERT CARD
message. Any cards in the Card Feeder will not be used.
- Auto feed: The printer will attempt to feed cards from Card Feeder first. If Card
Feeder is empty, the printer will generate an
INSERT CARD message. No OUT OF
CARDS error message will be generated.
• Ribbon info and options
- Ribbon type displays the type of ribbon installed in the printer. Tagged ribbons
(YMCKO) are detected and displayed automatically. Untagged ribbons (Black
Monochrome and White Monochrome) must be selected from the dropdown menu.
Note that the type of monochrome ribbon selected is critical -- white monochrome
ribbon will not print acceptably with Black Monochrome selected.
Depending on the printer model and ribbon combination selected, the Black Panel
Options and Overlay Varnish Options buttons are enabled for color ribbons and
disabled for monochrome ribbons; see Page 55 and Page 61 respectively.
Ribbon Description
Eco Cartridge
Image Count
YMCKO 100
1/2 YMCKO 400
Black Monochrome 1000
White Monochrome 500
