Zebra Technologies P420i user manual Table of contents

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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

Table of contents

GETTING STARTED			1
1	1 • 1	Unpacking your card printer	1
1	1 • 2	Indicators and control	3
	1 • 3	Printer Installation	4

OPERATION			5
2	2 • 1	Printer Features	5
2	2 • 2	Loading ribbons	6
	2 • 3	Loading cards	8
		A - Card Feeder	8
		B- Card Cleaning Cartridge	9
		C - Card Thickness Control Lever	10
		D - Card Output Hopper	10
	2 • 4	Reject Card Box	11
	2 • 5 Feeding one card at a time		13
	2 • 6	Printing a test card	14
	2 • 7	Printer menu information	15

PRINTING A SAMPLE CARD		18
3	A - Install Driver on windows 95/98	19
3	B- Install Driver on windows NT4.0	20
	C - Set Printer Driver Options	20
	D - Printing a Sample Card	21

CLEANING		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	22
4	4 • 1	Cleaning system	23
	4 • 2	Cleaning the print head	24
	4 • 3	Card Cleaning Cartridge	25
5			27
TROUBLESHOOTING			27
	5 • 1	Interpreting LCD Display messages	27
	5 • 2	Print Quality Issues	30
6TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS			33

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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 CleaningClean Cleaning SystemPrinter 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 Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder Appendix aIntroduction Down ·MEDIA Loading OrientationISO Standard Encoding ·MAGNETIC Encoder CleaningSmart Card Contact Station Appendix B·SMART Card Contact Station Interface Smart Card Pins Contact PointsAppendix C Accessories & suppliesRibbons Blank White Cards Sold by the box CardsPrinter Supplies AccessoriesWorld Wide Sales and Support