FARGO electronic II manual Standard Printhead Cleaning Expanded Printhead Cleaning

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B.Standard Printhead Cleaning

C.Expanded Printhead Cleaning

CAUTION!

a wrist strap (with integral resistor) connected to an ESD ground. Or, at a minimum, make positive contact with the bare metal chassis of the printer with your hand prior to touching any internal electrical components.

This procedure should be performed if you notice a streak on the card where color was not transferred. This procedure should also be performed during every ribbon change or after every 250 prints in order to maintain consistent print quality. The printhead is located near the center of the opened top cover assembly.

1.Open the printerÕs top-right cover by pressing its Cover Release Button.

2.If you observe dust and/or other particles laying on the top surface of the ribbon, manually roll it up into the take-up roll. Occasionally, dust may settle on the top surface of the ribbon and cause print quality problems.

3.Use a Printhead Cleaning Pen from the Printer Cleaning Kit or a soft, lint-free cloth slightly moistened with isopropyl alcohol to wipe dust and other accumulated particles off the surface of the printhead. If using a cloth, be extremely careful not to use too much alcohol. It must not be allowed to drip into the printer!

4.Once the printhead is completely dry, shut the cover. If a streak persists, perform the steps in section C.

Perform if you have a streak on the printed output that canÕt be solved by the Standard Printhead Cleaning procedure. To maintain your printerÕs high quality of printing, this procedure should also be performed approximately every 2,500 prints as part of the printerÕs general maintenance program.

1.Open the printerÕs top-right cover by pressing its Cover Release Button.

2.Use a soft, lint-free cloth slightly moistened with acetone to wipe off the surface of the printhead. Be extremely careful not to use too much acetone. It must not be allowed to drip into the printer!

ACETONE IS A VERY POWERFUL SOLVENT. DO NOT APPLY ACETONE TO ANY OTHER AREA OF THE PRINTER, SINCE IT WILL DESTROY THE FINISH OF PAINT, RUBBER, AND PLASTIC.

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Contents Color ID Card Printer Printing History For Users in the United States Table of Contents Appendix B Interfacing Information Introduction How Your Color ID Card Printer Works Special FeaturesPage Safety Precautions Vorsicht Sicherheits- maßnahmenAvertissements Consignes de sécurité¡PRECAUCION Precauciones de seguridadPrecauzioni per la Sicurezza Cuidado Precauções de SegurançaChinese or Japanese to be keylined here Chinese or Japanese to be keylined here Arabic to be keylined here Getting Started Identifying the Parts Power About Ribbons Ribbons and CardsPage Loading Ribbon into the Printer About Cards Page Loading Cards into the Printer About Printer’s Laminator Card LaminatingAbout Overlaminates Loading the Overlaminate into the Printer Take-up Roll Hooking Up the Printer Applying PowerRunning the Self Test Connecting the Color ID Card Printer to Your Computer Page Windows Highlight the Install Unlisted or Updated Installing the 32-Bit Print Spooler for Windows Page Setting Up Windows Printer Driver Card Size Ribbon Type Color Matching Panel Graphics Dither ModeOverlay Panel Only Split Ribbon Print Page Duplex Printing Fast 32-bit SpoolerOrientation Controls Magnetics Lamination Page Supplies Required MaintenanceStandard Printhead Cleaning Expanded Printhead Cleaning Cleaning the Printer’s Case Inside Clearing a Card Jam Clearing a Ribbon Jam Cleaning the Card Feed Rollers Cleaning the Drive Roller Maintaining the Cleaning Rollers Card Input Mechanical AdjustmentsAdjusting Adjusting Internal Card GuideInternal Adjusting Card Separator Flap Card Flap Adjustment Adjusting the Laminator Top Edge Bottom Edge Trouble- shooting Symptoms printer makes strange sounds or stops printing My prints have blotches small voids in them My prints have streaks in themPage Page Print Speed Technical SpecificationsIntroduction Magnetic Stripe Encoding ModuleSending Track Information TrackLocations ~1%JULIE ANDERSON623-85-1253? Introduction Centronics- type Parallel Interface Interfacing InformationIndex
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