User's Manual Part 4

Troubleshooting
Test Card Descriptions
P1013772-001 Rev. A ( Draft 1 ) Zebra ZXP Series 8 Card Printer User’s Manual 95
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