Zebra Technologies P420i user manual Printing a Test Card

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Card

Printer

Solutions

General information

Getting started

Operation

Printing a card

Cleaning

Troubleshooting

Specifications

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

P420i Plastic Card Printer

2•6 Printing a Test Card

With ribbon and cards loaded, your P420i printer is ready to print. To check the operation of the printer you should print a test card.

1. When the printer displays READY, press the “Next” button (left) on your Control Panel to “SELF TEST CARD MENU” , then the “Select”button (right).

2. Press “Next” to the SELF TEST CARD Print parameters, and then “Select”.

3. A test card will print after a few seconds. LCD display will show printing status.

Test Card is printed on both sides of the card.

This is an example of the test card.

Front Side

Back Side

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Contents Welcome to your new Foreword Product Warranty Statement Declarations of Conformity P420i Printer Models P420i Plastic Card Printer Table of contents Appendix a Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder Getting Started Unpacking your card printerPrinter Driver Disk floppy or/and CD Centronic Parrallel Indicators and Control DisplayPrinter Installation Printer Features OperationLoading Ribbons General information Loading Cards Card FeederInstall Card Cleaning Cartridge Card Thickness Control Lever Card Output HopperRejected Card Box Reject BOXP420i Plastic Card Printer Feeding one card at a time Printing a Test Card Printer Menu Information Next SelectReady Condt Printing a Sample Card NtingP420i Plastic Card Printer Set Printer Driver Options Printing a sample card Cleaning Protect Your Factory WarrantyClean Cleaning SystemPrinter Cleaning the Print Head Card Cleaning Cartridge Slot Troubleshooting Interpreting LCD Display messagesReject BOX Full P420i Plastic Card Printer Print Quality Issues SolutionPrinting shows very pale or inconsistent results No printing on the card Technical SPECIFICATI0NSCard Dimensions Interfaces Environmental Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder Appendix aIntroduction ·MEDIA Loading Orientation Down·MAGNETIC Encoder Cleaning ISO Standard EncodingAppendix B Smart Card Contact StationSmart Card Pins Contact Points ·SMART Card Contact Station InterfaceAppendix C Accessories & suppliesRibbons Cards Blank White Cards Sold by the boxAccessories Printer SuppliesWorld Wide Sales and Support