Datacard Group RP90, RL90 manual About the Printer, Outside of the printer

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About the Printer

About the Printer

The Datacard® RP90 Plus E card printer uses retransfer printing technology to produce high-quality, edge-to-edge printing on one or both sides of a variety of PVC and non-PVC card surfaces, including contact and contactless smart cards. The retransfer printing process uses two ribbon types –a color ink ribbon and a retransfer film. The ink ribbon is available in YMCK (Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, and Black) or YMCKK format. The printer uses these colors to print images on the retransfer film, and a heat roller to transfer the image onto a card. The printer can be equipped with optional magnetic stripe and smart card capabilities.

The outside of the printer

Printer door	Open the door to access the ink ribbon and retransfer film
	cartridges.
Printer LCD panel	Shows the printer status and any messages. Use it to change
	printer settings. (You can also use the driver Status Monitor, if
	installed, to change some printer settings.)
Door latch	Slide the latch to the right to open the printer door.
Card hopper	Load blank cards.
Power switch	Press the switch to power on the printer.
Fan filter	Helps reduce airborne contaminates entering the printer.
Card discharge slot	Cards removed from the print area exit here. If the optional RL90
	laminator is installed, cards exit the printer and enter the laminator
	here.
Smart card module	An optional smart card module is available.
Card stacker	Printed cards exit here. If the optional laminator is installed, the
	card stacker is attached below the laminator’s card discharge slot.

2	RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide

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Contents User Guide Regulatory compliance Contents Messages RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Safety Liability statementSafe environment Safe human interfaceWho to call for assistance Introduction1About this manual About the Printer Outside of the printerInside of the printer Back of the printer About the laminator Parts of the laminatorAbout the laminator RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Using the printer Load Supplies Load cardsTips Handling cards See Supplies on page 67 for specific card informationLoad ink ribbon Tips Handling ink ribbonLoad retransfer film Tips Handling retransfer filmLoad laminate Tips Handling patchOr topcoat material See Laminator material onPower on Check the PC connectionOptional laminator connection LCD sequence on laminator startup Power on the laminatorTips for laminator power LCD sequence on printer startup Power on the printerTips for printer power Prepare to print cards Initialize the ink ribbonSet the retransfer film type Tips Ink ribbonInitialize the retransfer film Print cards using ID software Printing cardsPrint from a PC application Tips PrintingPrinting cards RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Viewing and changing Printer settings Setup tab Printing PreferencesEncode tab Tips Card cleaning roller Printing PropertiesTips for Success Status MonitorOpen the Status Monitor Close the Status Monitor Printer Status tabSee Status monitor messages on Printer Setting tabIcon Status Icon Color Meaning Retransfer tab Bend Remedy tabMedia Setting tab Display Reasons for ink recognition error and the solutionsProperty tab Printer Select tabSee Hopper jam on page 52 to remove Status monitor messagesOthers tab See Turnover jam on page 53 to remove See Retransfer section jam on page 54 toMending broken ink ribbon or retransfer Film on Correctly see Load retransfer film onPower on the printer on page 15 Ink ribbon on Initialize the ink ribbon onPrinter LCD panel on Using the LCD menusAbout the Printer LCD panel Heat roller on page 45 or Cleaning the magnetic Using the Printer LCD panelMagnetic stripe cards. See Cleaning the card feed rollers Menu Display Menu Display USB See Preparing the printer and laminator for transport About the Laminator LCD panel MenuUsing the Laminator LCD panel Laminator on page 49 for more informationTaking care of your printer Cleaning the printer Cleaning the card cleaning rollersCard feed roller Load cards onPower on the printer. See Power on the printer on Cleaning the card feed rollers and heat rollerTips Cleaning card feed and heat rollers Cleaning the magnetic head Tips -Magnetic head cleaning cardTips Thermal head Cleaning the thermal headCleaning printer fan filters Preparing the printer and laminator for transport Tips Laminator cleaning card Cleaning the laminatorRun a laminator cleaning card Cleaning the laminator cartridge Laminator fan filterMessages Error recovery Printer roller layoutPrinter error recovery Hopper jamTurnover jam Tips Turnover jamRetransfer section jam Tips Retransfer jamMending broken ink ribbon or retransfer film Ribbon on page 16 or Initialize the retransfer film onBend remedy printer settings Bend remedyTips -Bend Remedy Remedy tab onBend remedy laminator settings To set the laminator Card FanSee Cleaning the card feed rollers and heat Printer LCD messagesSee Hopper jam on See Turnover jam onMending broken ink ribbon or retransfer film See Cleaning the card cleaning rollers on As described in Operating environment onDescribed in Retransfer section jam on Tips Laminator card jam Laminator error recoveryCard jam Align the end of the supply material with Patch position Change the left-to-right positionLaminator LCD messages LCD Message Possible Cause Solution Supplies6 Ink ribbon, retransfer film, and laminator material CardsInk ribbon Retransfer filmCard material Cleaning suppliesCard size RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Site requirements Tips Site selection Site guidelinesOperating environment Ventilation clearance Storage Environment for suppliesPrinter specifications Laminator specifications RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Magnetic Stripe Encoding Inline Encoding on Character Code Table onTip for success Inline EncodingExample Character Code Table DELCharacter Code Table RP90 Plus E and RL90 User Guide Compliance FCC Regulatory compliance Design and information contained in these June