4E Printer Driver Settings
Once the printer driver has been successfully installed, you will need to setup the driver with the appropriate print options. Refer to the following steps to change or verify your default printer driver preferences. These settings will apply to all new designs created in BarTender or other programs after the preferences were changed. Existing labels saved in BarTender will not be affected since the preferences are saved with the label. To change these preferences, you will have to change printer preferences through BarTender. (File Menu - Printer Settings)
Click the Start button, search for "Printers". Select Printers and Scanners. Select the Edible Ink Printer. Choose Manage. Select Printing preferences.
Note on PC Settings:
Most applications allow you to change these same printer driver options from their "Print" and/or "Printer Setup" screens. Some applications such as BarTender save your settings with the design, others use settings only for the current print job just sent to the Printer.
Paper Size
If you are using BarTender, this setting is adjusted during the setup wizard. If you are using a program other than BarTender, you will need to set this to the dimensions of your print. There are several preset sizes to choose from. However, you may also choose your own custom page size. Note: The driver page size will NOT crop a square into a circle automatically. You must use software such as BarTender to crop the circle. Page height and width can be from 25.4 mm (1") to 120 mm (4.72").
Orientation
There are two settings for orientation, Portrait and Landscape. If your text and graphics print left to right or as shown on the screen, select portrait. If you wish your printing to rotate 90 degrees from what you see on the screen so it is printing horizontally, select landscape as your orientation. Remember, this does not change the width and height Paper Size. It is only a tool for viewing a design upright on screen that will be printed sideways on the Printer.
Print Quality
There are 4 levels of print quality in the driver. The lower the quality, the faster the print. Quality 1 provides the fastest print available while Quality 4 provides the best quality. It is recommended that you experiment with the different levels when designing your label to find a good balance between print quality and print speed. Quality 2 is the default.
Color Matching
Vivid Graphics mode is best used for graphical images where accurate color reproduction is not as essential. Images printed in this mode will look more vibrant because more ink is being used to produce them. However, printing images of people may produce skin tones that have a reddish tint.
Vivid Photos mode is best used for photographic images where accurate color reproduction is very essential. Images printed in this mode will look lighter than those printed in Vivid Graphics mode. Skin tones especially will look more natural in this mode.
ICC Profile 1-4 Select the setting that matches your screen the best. Note: ICC monitor calibration and additional setup is required for this option to work.
-NONE- will use no color matching.
Ink Saturation
This option controls the amount of ink used when printing an image. The default setting is 100%, which will provide the most accurate color matching. If the ink is not drying fast enough or "bleeding", you can decrease the Ink Saturation to lessen the amount of ink that is applied to the cookie.
Enable Bi-di
Set to "Yes" for fastest print speed. This requires an alignment print after every cartridge change.
Set to "No" for better quality print (in some cases).
Launch PrintHub
This setting will open the Primera PrintHub application.
Details
Select this setting to see current firmware and driver version information and other printer settings.