Yellow shadow Printed cards are displaying a yellow highlight around letters and photo.

Most likely it's either a dirty printer, or a printer than needs a calibration performed.

Printing color cards is done with a series of passes using a ribbon that has a series of panels - yellow, magenta, cyan, black, and a clear overlay. The card is positioned; a panel is printed; the card is repositioned; another panel is printed; etc.

This color "ghosting" or "shadowing" happens when the card is not positioned properly at the start of one or more of the ribbon-panel print-cycles. This can occur when the card slips on dirty rollers, or there is a sensor or calibration issue.

Both procedures are documented in the user manual, and at the Datacard web-site. I'd perform the recommended cleaning first. If it's been a long time since cleaning, I'd do it more than once.

If that doesn't correct your issue, the next step would be to perform a calibration.

If it is still not performing properly after the above steps, you may need to have the device serviced, as a sensor could be failed or failing.

Hello Joseph,
Could you attach a photo showing the printer's internal test card?
To print the built-in test card, press and release the small test button on the rear of the printer. This may give some clues as to the cause of the problem.
Check that the printer has been thoroughly cleaned with the special cleaning cards (Magicard Part Number: M9005-761).
A video showing the cleaning sequence can be seen here;

http://magicardonline.net/

You will need to enter your printer's serial number in the QuickSearch box. Then choose the Videos tab on the left.

Check the card thickness adjuster setting is correct.
Finally, ensure there is no dye film stuck to the print roller.

I hope the above information is helpful.

Kind Regards,

MC.

side stand is down indicator.

normally there is a description in the user's manual for the alignment (convergence) of this machine.

There are 4 inks, cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. When the black runs out, you are left with sort of a dark purple or brown color.

how do i get rid of shadowing on my scrreen

It is using the colours to make the grey and the proportion is not correct. Do a calibration.

What printer is it ? Some older ones need manual calibration, where patterns are printed, then you tell the system which is the best one. Newer ones can self calibrate, but still need it done. Go into your printers menu and see if you can find something on calibration or allignment.

yes sounds like a convegence issue.

Try this. Worked for me immediately, including with PhotoShop

1. Go to Color Management (in Vista, just click the Windows Orb / Start Search & type in Color Management)
2. On Devices, select your display (repeat if you have multiple ones... at least I did). e.g., Syncmaster ....
   
3. Check the box: Use my settings for this device
4. Select any and all profiles you have and Remove them.

Check to see if that fixed it. You may need to restart. I didn't have to.

more info, and where I learned about it here:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/07/11/windows-vista-photo-gallery-yellow-tint-background-problem/comment-page-2/
http://www.walkernews.net/2008/07/15/how-to-fix-windows-photo-gallery-yellow-tint-and-photoshop-monitor-profile-problem/