Zebra Technologies P420i user manual Troubleshooting, Interpreting LCD Display messages

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Card

Printer

Solutions

P420i Plastic Card Printer

General information

Getting started

Operation

Printing a card

Cleaning

Troubleshooting

Specifications

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

TROUBLESHOOTING

This section offers solutions to potential problems you may experience with your P420i printer. The table below lists the screen messages that will be displayed on the printer's LCD, both during normal operation and to alert operator of any error conditions. There is also some additional information dealing with quality issues concerning printing onto cards.

5•1 Interpreting LCD Display messages

SCREEN MESSAGE

MEANING

ACTION

 

 

 

INITIALIZING

The printer is performing

Wait for the ready message

an internal test before use

 

 

READY

Ready for use

 

 

 

 

WAIT TEMPERATURE

Print Head cool down

Wait for READY message

 

mode

 

SELF TEST

Self test card printing

Wait for test card

 

 

 

DOWNLOADING DATA

The card data is being

Wait for card printing to start

transmitted

 

PRINTING YELLOW

The yellow panel is being

 

printed

 

 

 

PRINTING MAGENTA

The magenta panel is

 

printing

 

 

 

PRINTING CYAN

The cyan panel is printing

 

 

 

 

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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 Unpacking your card printer Getting StartedPrinter Driver Disk floppy or/and CD Centronic Parrallel Display Indicators and ControlPrinter Installation Operation Printer FeaturesLoading Ribbons General information Card Feeder Loading CardsInstall Card Cleaning Cartridge Card Output Hopper Card Thickness Control LeverReject BOX Rejected Card BoxP420i Plastic Card Printer Feeding one card at a time Printing a Test Card Next Select Printer Menu InformationReady Condt Nting Printing a Sample CardP420i Plastic Card Printer Set Printer Driver Options Printing a sample card Protect Your Factory Warranty CleaningPrinter Cleaning SystemClean Cleaning the Print Head Card Cleaning Cartridge Slot Interpreting LCD Display messages TroubleshootingReject BOX Full P420i Plastic Card Printer Solution Print Quality IssuesPrinting shows very pale or inconsistent results No printing on the card SPECIFICATI0NS TechnicalCard Dimensions Interfaces Environmental Introduction Appendix aMagnetic Card Stripe Encoder Down ·MEDIA Loading OrientationISO Standard Encoding ·MAGNETIC Encoder CleaningSmart Card Contact Station Appendix B·SMART Card Contact Station Interface Smart Card Pins Contact PointsRibbons Accessories & suppliesAppendix C Blank White Cards Sold by the box CardsPrinter Supplies AccessoriesWorld Wide Sales and Support